+ LOOALS, FOWDEK MILL EXPLODES IN The borough and township schools MIFFLIN COUNTY; KILLS SIX, open on Monday. A ———— — CARA THE MARKETS, | | In the matter of the GRAIN | application for the SEPIEMBER COURT vONVENES, LOOALS Dr. L. E, Wolfe had a Bell telephone installed in his home this week. I AeAL NOTICE Homicide Case Engages Uourt.—FPanel of Iu the Court of Com. ® 3 Forty Jurors Exhausted in Ohallengl g Jury, September sessions of Court opened Monday morning with President Judge Henry C. Quigley on the bench, The grand jury was called and P, E Womeledorf of Philipsburg celecied ne foremar. The trial list for next week’s civil court was taken up and owing to a number of the attorneys having to be before the Buperior Court next week it left but one or two cases for trial, which was deemed by bench and bar a8 good cause for a continuance of the whole week's court and a saving of money to the county, and the whole list went over to December term. Court convened again on Monday James I. Fetterolf is contemplating building a garage some time this fall, The site is not yet definitely known. The automobile traffic through Cen- tre Hall, on Bunday, was quite heavy, yet not as heavy as the Bunday previous, Rev. U. L. Lyle, of Petersburg, will conduct Holy Communion service in the Presbyterian church Bunday morning at 10:80 o'clock. Mre. Elmira Bhowere, of near Centre Hall, was prerent at the golden wed- ding anniversary of Mr, and Mre, Abrabam Bhowere, at White Deer, on Bajurday. H. J. Lambert, who recently moved from State College into his property in Centre Hal!, is building a concrete afternoon snd the first case taken up Robipeor, Richard Langdon, an Durbin Carver. This case was tried at Beptember sessions, 1915, before the Hor. Albert W, Johnson, and resulted in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. A motion made for a new trial wae granted, The case is now to be re-iried. The defendants werearraign- ed and counsel is the same aa reported in this paper a year ago, excepting that J, C. Furst is District Attorney in place of D. Paul Fortney. The Court at once preceeded to challenge a jury for the trial and eleven jurors were selected out of the panel of forty jurors and the twelfth juror was select- ed out of ten talismen called, The jury selected is as follows : George E. Miller, butcher, Millheim, Alfred Rowan, farmer, Huston, W. H Meyer, farmer, Gregg. H. A. Elder, farmer, Ferguson, P. A. Hoover, farmer, Taylor, Harry Lyon, foreman, Spring. John H. Miller, justice, Ferguson. B. F. Boal, engineer, Benner, Harry Miller, mechanic, Philipsburg. Edward Isenburg, clerk, Ferguson, J. G. Nolan, laborer, Walker. Isaac Horner, laborer, Philipsburg, Just as the Reporter goes to press (Wednesday noor) the case is placed in the bands of the jury. ————— A ————————— Entertained at Penns Cave House, Mr. and Mie. Robert Campbell, of Penns Cave, delightfully entertained the Liadles’ Aid Society of the M. E, church, last Thursday, sixteen mem- bers being present. The regular buai- ness meeting was held, after which the ladies were invited to the dining room wher2 an elegant dinner wse served them by the hosters, The afternoon was spent ip sewing snd be- ing entertained by music on the Vietrole, and last, bat not least, by a trip through the cave, through the kindness of Mr. Campbell. MS is Vogel's Minstrels at Garman's, ‘‘Japland,” whiea will be seen at the Garman Opera House, Bellefonte, Friday ev'g, Beptember 29, demands the interest of theatre-goers because of ite povelty and diversity, running the gamut of opere, mipstrelsy and farce. The huge company of fifty-two in- cludes a beautiful Geisha girl chorus and royel Jepanese ballet, headed by Mile. Rose Edytb, late of the Metro. politan Opera Co., New York, Pricer, 35, 50, 75 and $1.00, ————— A AP —————— STATE AGRICULTURAL NOTES, Fruit growers who have plum trees report eplendid results this sesson with the German pruce plum, Lancaster county tobacco growers are selling the crop for the beet prices they have had in many years, Ope of the largest fruit growers in the apple belt near Waynesboro re- ports a crop of 20,000 bushels of apples, Reports from Montgomery county state that the drought has been hard on the corp, potatoes and pasture, but that » heat and oats are yielding well, The grape crop in some sections of the State is said to be the poorest in many years. The early part of the season was unfavorable snd many grapes rotted, The petato crop has suffered great damege in rome sections through the cold wet spring snd the attacks by, the polato bugs and other pest Much lees than an average crop is ex- pected. The canveries throughout the State hsve purchesed immense quantities of corn snd tomatoes and are having a big sesson as all the surplus stock was practically sold out for shipment abroad. Adsms and Fraoklin county fruit growers look forward to almost a normal yield of apples, while the yield in Perry county which is rapidly com- ing to the front will have a crop of about 10,000 bushels, Reports from all over the Btate indi cate that the osts yield will not be as large as expected. There wae a good growth of oats but the threshing hse shown a much smaller percentsge of grain than was expected, The displays of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture at the county fairs sre attracting much st tention. Perfect fruit is beivg shown, but practical examples of fruit and tree diseases and pests are aleo displayed, More silos bave been built through- out the Btate during the past yesr than ever before in one year snd the farmers in most districts sre now busy filllog these silos for winter use, The new ellos are mostly of stone, tie and from the house to the stable, ‘he home of Mr, and Mre. Earl Rosr, who occupy the Ishler farm pear Madisonburg, was brightened on Tueg- day of last week by the addition of a 114-1b. baby boy. Mother and child are doing well, Have you made a contribution tu- ward supporting the families whose beads are at the border ? If you have not done so you cught to do go at once. Get into touch with the Centre County Soldiers’ Relief Association, Deemer Plerce, sealer of weights and measures for Centre county, was in Centre Hall Inst Wednesday and pase- ed upon the scales in the various places of businese. He found no at- tempts to ehort-weight or short-meas- ure the public and sccordingly put his 0, k. stamp on all instruments, Prof. Cyrus Btover Grove, a Penns Valley product who for years hss been county superintendent of schools of Btepbepson edunty, Illinolr, in mak- ing a remittance on subscription to the Reporter saye, ‘‘ This action speaks more joudly of the value of the Re- porter to me than any multiplication of words.” Wild turkeys and grey squirrels promise to be plentiful f r the bunpter this fall. Forester Leonard Barnes for some time dally observed a flock of fifteen or more birds in the vicinity of the state house in Greens Valley, Those who have been spotting the fquirrel bunting grounds report see- ing the bushy tailed rodents in big numbers at work on the hickory nut trees, Donald Sewell, aged 13 years, sp inmate of the Tressler Orphans’ home at Loysville, employed in the priot- iog office of the institution, bad his left arm torn completely from his body when he attempted to put a beit on » pulley wheel above a printing press, The arm wae caught and the lsd wae whirled around the shaft, The mapgled stump was amputated about an inch below the shoulder, Arthur Kelly and Mises Anna Rey- nolde, of Reedsville, Joseph Riden snd Miss Mary Btevensor, of McVeytowr, were an auto party that passed through Centre Hall on Bunday on their way to State College. Mr, Kelly io a dairy- msn aud conducta a dairy farm Dear Reedsville, and Mr. Riden is a dentist, Miss Reynolds is about to take up her work as teacher in domestic science in the McConnelsburg, Fulton county, public schools, Bhe held a similar position for several years in the Ber- wick schools, The well being drilled for an ad- ditional supply of water for the borough is located about fifteen feet from the north west corner of the reservoir, From the beginning a dark slate was found, the drilling through which wae termed as medium hard by the operator, Wallace White, At s depih of some seventy feet it was thought enough water had been secured to furnish an ordinary farm, Drilling will be continued, no doubt, until a much more liberal quantity will be found, so that when actually needed the supply will be equal to the mand, Although the Reporter does not have it cflicially it is certain that quite a few automobile drivers have been called to account for exceeding the epeed limit through Centre Hall, This paper did all in ite power to give notive that the speed ordinance wae being put into efleg!, and in this lssue sgair, In a conespicucus manner, calls attention to the ordinance. We do this because we feel it an obligation to inform our readers against the danger of a ten dollar fine, and have no inclin- ation to do anythiog to trap the up suspecting public. The ratuer peculiar feature of the report, of the vatious perties who worked (he stop-watch Is that prsctically all the violators are pereons from a die tance, while no observer would come to the conclusion that such a condi- tion ought to exist. It is not amiss to easy here that the Harrisburg bunch, headed by the Governor, that passed through Centre Hall a few weeks ago at a epeed probrbly in excees of any violator called to account, must have blinded the stop-watch man for their numbers were not reported, We cane not see now the local officials can con- sistently stand for prosecuting the common herd and let the self-styled thoroughbreds go free. Buch favorit- ism lays open the local authorities to J. M, Goodhart of Lewistown, pass- ed through town on Friday. Keep the statement that Centre Hall is the cleanest town In Pennsyl- vania true by keeping ‘everlastingly cleaning up. A large copperhead snake met its doom under the wheels of a big tour- ing car on the mountain road, Tuee- day evenivg. We'll pot hear much about big potatoes in this section this fal), and we want to hear less about the ‘small potatoes’ always with ue, Mre. J. Voneids, wife of the black- smith at Old Fort, was admitted to the Lock Haven hospital on Monday for surgical treatment, Bipce farmers began cutting corn the general opinion prevails that the crop ie betler than it was thought to be before the stalks were handled, “ Pernsylvania Day at Bhadow Lawr,” on October 14th, will be the occasion for a large outpouring of all Pennsylvanians who stand for the Wilson ides. Reagle, the stock buyer, shipped a car load of hogs on Monday. The price piid was ten cents per pound. That price is pearly enough to make a common hog respectable, (George Krise, son of W, B, Krise, of Johnstown, who is in the navy train- ing school at Newport, Rhode Island, from Tuesday until Wednesday was the guest of his grandparents, Prof. and Mre. W. A. Krise, Liloyt¢ Eckenroth, of Pleasant Gap, was a pleasant caller at this office on Tuesday. Mr. Eckenroth is one o! tbe skilled mechanics engaged In put- ting up buildings on the penitentiary grounds at Rockview. D. Roses Bushman has the concrete walls for the cellar of the new house be is erecting, about completed, The building will stand at the foot of Nittany mountain on the land recent- ily purchased from D. A. Boozer. Among the most recent farmers to join the auto-owning cless are Arthur Grove, of near Farmers Mille, who purchased an Overland of G. H. Emerick, snd Newton Yarpel!, of pear Linden Hall, who drives a cvew Studebaker, Mre. Asher C, Btahl sand two sons— Robert and Frederick Eugene, the lat- ter only four weeka old—of Altooune, are spending the week at the James ¥, Stahl home. Accompanying them here was Miss Jennie Stab’, who since July was in Altoons. Mr. and Mre. Samuel T. Browp, of Bethlehew, are guests of Dr, and mare, A. G, Lieb. Mr, Brown is one of the ssseseors in Bethiebem and is con- sequently good suthority for the state ment that his city is makiog rspid etridee io improvements apd increase of buildinge. Hiram Grove, of Pittsburgh, has been elected superintendent of the Westmoreland hoepital, located at Giresnsburg, succeeding Mies Estella Foust, who resigned some time spo. Mr. Grove is a native of Poller town- shipard for a number of years was connected with the reformatory at Morgsoze, bul lately bas been a part of the city machinsry of Pittsburgh. Mrrringe Licenses, John J. Daugherty, Clearfield Carrie A. G. Bloom, Clearfield Samuel BR. Ralstor, State College Esther M. Bhuey, Bellefonte Walter T. Crago, Philipsburg Margaret Jones, Philipsburg John E, Confer, Potters Mills Emma Rosenberry, Lewistown Floyd Viehdeffer, Snow Shoe Justena Lorrah, Bnow Bhoe Elmer Harper, Philipsburg Ethel Frank, Philipsburg Linden Hall Mre. J. W, Keller spent Tuesday night in Bellefonte, A youog son was a recent arrival at the home of Mr, and Mre, Earl Rose. Forest Miller left on Monday for Hiate College where he will begin his last year in the High school, Miss Mildred Campbell of Fairbrook is spending this week with her friend, Mildred Wieland, Mise Jane Siabig ls quite ill at the home of her nleos, Mre. Daniel Calla han, Herbert Klinger and Bad Ralston joined the excursioniste on the trip to Niagara on SBaturdsy night, Robert Burchfield, who was here for the funeral of his mother, Mre. Cora Burchfield, left for his home in Montgomery on Tuesday afternoon. Mildred Wieland, Gladys Hazel, Rboda Courtney, Riley Stover, Oyril Zechman and Russell Ishler will enter the senior class at the Btate College High school which opens on Friday. Rev. William MoClellan and son, Dr. Roy McClellan, Hugh Beck and wife, Paul Beck and wife, Mrs, Jacob Felty sod Hugh Burchfield were smong those In attendance at the faneral of Mre, Cora Burchfield, Saturday evening Mr, and Mrs, Frank Osman entertained about thirty young people sta birthday party for thelr daughter Mary. Obolos refresh. concrete, replscivg the ola wooden stiye, least, Is not to blame, \ oyskle Uwe, Mystery as to the ususe of the mxplosion Which Souffed Out 81x Lives at Newton Hamilton Inst Wednesday, plosivee Compspy, at Newton Hrmi'- ter, Mifflin county, was the scene of a terrific explosion last Wednesday morning when 117,000 pounds of powder and gun entton let go, ecatter- ing death and destruction. Bix young men were killed. The explosion occurred in the air dryiog department of the plant and the six men who lost their lives were the only ones within the building at the time. The structure is located several hundred yards from the nesr- est of the other buildings of the huge plant and coneequently no one else of the many employes or gusrds was injured. Nothing remsined of the stout frame building where the powder was being put through the last processes but a tangled masse of smoking timbers and twisted bits of machinery, Debris was ecattered over an area of more than five hundred feet, The ghock of the detonation was dietinctly felt in Newton Hamilton and in Mt. Union doors and windows were shaken in their frames, A — —— EU CENTRE MILLS Mies Mary Best spent Sunday afler- noon at the J, A. Kline home, Rev. Williams spent Bunday after- noon st the Kline home. Most of the farmers in this valley are busy raising potatoes snd mak- ing cider from the fallen apples, Mr. sud Mre., Arthur Cummings attended the foveral of William Rishel, at Madisonburg, on Fridsy. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moyer, st Tuseey ville, Two of Mrs, William Henry Bweely's the other from Salone, Sweely and Relish bowmes on Bunday, The foundation for Mr. Bweely's hooee js flojs ed and the carpenters are busy tearing the old and will move it this week, Mra. W. V. Godshal!, desughter and son spent a few daye inst week with the former's parents, Mr, and Mre, J. A. Kline, Newton Yarvell snd family, and son George and family of Linden Hall motored to this plece on Funday and ¢epent the day at the J. A, Klive bome, The trip was made in new Biludebaker car. ———————— Desr knows but whet after all the speeding fines have been collected apd paid juto te tressury, we'll vole lo pave he streets with gold. ————— ibe farm woodiots of the United States contain about 10 per cent of the total stancing timber in the country. Ee ... Remember the ¢«xcursion to “Bhadow Lawn’ on Hsturdsy, Oc- tober 14th. the former's Sale Keg ister # one © home SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3h, c.ovk, Mrs Willisan Sanath will sedi st ber a Madieou burg, ot of household goods SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th, at one o clock p Im, al the H. W, Kremer residence, sa ol of household goods wii be disposed of atl public sale, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14th, at one o'clock, Mrs Mary Hearick wil sed ot of hovsehoia goods st bet residence in Centre Hall boro WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH, st ten o'clock am, bo BK Luge oteball mie west of Uua Fort, ou Eariystown toad, will sell farm stock and implements, THURSDAY, MARCH 15th, two miles east of Cetitre Bail, Uy shearer & Keller © Clean up sae Of Iara SOCK ald LID plete IS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ist, 10 a m., about two miles west of Tussey ville, by DD. Gels Wagner Ciean up ssie 0 farm sock and implemelia LOST AND FOUND. LOST ~ Lafiy's goid watch, bunting css; also fob ; marked ~ Ring Booster ™' | lost On Grange Park on road 10 Via Fort A suitabie reward wail De paid it maine is relurned 10 Us office, A a adipd "VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT PUBLIC SALE. ~~ ihe sudemmigued beirs of Alexander MoOoy, deceased, Wik seul st pubic saie at the lsie residence of the deceased, wonied obe-eighth mie west of Potiurs milis, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1916 atl one o'clock p. m., the following described real esiaie, Vie TRACT, NO, L-~FARM OF 162 ACRES AND BUMK ParxUH Es, 10 sche Uuaer cuilivation, aislce pestute ALG Umbe iand ; bunding iu KO0d CoBUILve ANA siluaiod Rong stale Lighway wading rom, Powers is WW Bale Uwmilege IE wi Ab KIDG OL te ui deen, 1Ciuding good sppie vtuhmid, Thos inci is obie Of Lie Gest un fwiier Wwaselp WF poduclivetion and Bs oe pecially wel adapted of sock raising. TRACT NO, L~FARM OF 12 ACRES AND 80MA PERU Es, hrecled whereon a good house aud barn, Various Kinds of fruit, TRACI NO, 8-85 ACRES AND BOME PEAUHES, No buildings on this tset; good pusture inud, Tracts Noa 1 and 2 sre situeted viic-eighto mile east of Folters Miles sud adjoin he puciic toad. all 01 the above described read esinie is very valliable, For ttber nlurmation in regard 0 same Wii J, F. MoUoy, LIS N. s2ad Si., Philadelphia, Pa, of Uyrus Brasgsrt, Ustitte Mall, Pa, TERME OF SBALK~~10 per cents of purchase mutivy be paid on day of sai | remainder of terms Wiki be ade KROWE BD Gay Of sie, Bold as the real estate of the late Alexander Mouoy, deceased, by the heirs, AGNES MeCOY POTTS SAMUKL MeCOY J. F, moLOY, ht ry “ome rd, Siw ii @ readers of this paper w leased to learn that there is at least one readed disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is . Hall's Catorrh Ure Ja the nly ® © now known to the med tutions . Corrected weekly by Bradford & Son. Barley... oho BREA oo Butter BTOLEN ~The undersigned wishes the party or rties who stole from her residence three silver EANpPOODsS, thre: tables; sons, and three table forks during the picnic of 1915 and 1916 to return them to her immediately, and thereby save prose. cution, MRS, JOMN GEARY, dt-paid Centre Hall, Pa CYRUS BRUNUGART JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CENTRE HALL, PA. Special attention given to collecting, Legal writings of all classes, Including deeds, mortgages sgreements, etc, marriage [loenses and hunter's licenses secured, and all matters pertaining to the office attended to promptly. octaivie pd appointment of a guardian for Mary A, Kreamer, s feeble mindad person To the next of kin of the sid Mary A. Kream- mon Pless of Cantre County, Pa., No. 191 5 7’ | September term 191 You are hereby notified that at a Court of Comn- mon Pleas of Centre County, held st Bellefonte Fa., on the 15h day of September, 1516, the ssid court fixed the 7th day of October, 1916, at 10 o'- clock a. m., at the court house fn Bell~fonte, Ps, #8 the time and pisce for hearing the application of ueorge W, Hosterman, a nephew of the said sprointment of a vardian for the ssid Mary A. Kreamer, & rowl ent of Heber burg, Miles township, Centre County, Pa., and further directed that 10 dys writlen notice of reid hearing be given to her end aiso 10 the members of her family, residing within the jurisdiction of the court, and by at lenst two weeks publication in one newspaper of general circulation published in Centre eounty, and by mailing marked copies thereof to (he last known | wstotlice sddrees of such of the partis as reside beyond the jurisdiction of said court, st which time and place all parties interested may attend if they deem proper, HARRY KELLER, Attorney for the Petitioner FOUND OR PARK.—~Horse blanket, halter, tie rope, side curtain and rubber bisnket for buggy were found on Grange Park, Upon preaf of ownership the undersigned will be plessed 10 deliver the sume, atser payment for this adv, has been made, GEO, W, GINGERICH, Bell 'phone No, 71-11. Centre Hall, Pa _— purse appeals to you, — — —— i ! i ——— on om——— + m—— REO Town Dt H | * Centre Hall, Pa. | o»
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