LOLALS, The potato is steadily soaring 1h price, The new postage rate will go into effect November 2, . For sale—copy of Linn’s History of Centre County. Itquire at this office. Look over your strong box and see how much you did to back the boys in the trenches, Boozer & Bmith sold a new Dodge car to John Heckman, at Bpring Mills, last week. A cow purchased by Cleveland Mit- terling from Daniel Bohn gave birth to twin heifer calves last week, As a result of the heavy rains of the past two weeks, the borough reservoir is more than half full of water, The Philipsburg public schools roll- ed up the handsome sum of $10,000, in subscriptions on the Liberty Bond loan, Theee are almost too busy days for bunting game, large or small, even af- ter admitting that it is fine, healthfal gport. Miss Gertrude Floray returned on Monday from a ten days’ visit at the home of her sister, Mrs, Mary A, Boy- der, at Muncey. A Btory and Bong service will be rendered in the Evangelical church Bunday evening, The people are cord- ially invited. : Mre. Kathryn Dale and sister, Miss Mollie Hoffer, left on Monday for Htate College, where they will spend the winter with the former’s daughter- ic-law, Mre. (Or) P. H. Dale. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society, of Tusseyville, will hold their annual Thank-offering service Saaday, November 4, at 7 o'clock, in the Union church. All are cordially invited. Dr. Edwin Earle Sparke, President of the Pennsylvania Btate College, will speak on -** What we are doing to belp, ”” in Boal Hall, Boalsburg, on Wednesday evening, November 5th, at eight o'clock. Everybody is invited. J. H,Weibly, who lives in the Fergus Potter home nesr Linden Hall, inform- ed the Reporter that he will get 300 bushels of corn from a strip of meadow land this year, which heretofore had yielded nothing, This a bit of pa- triotiem which rings true. There will be no one cent rate for post cards or posial cards having a writen message on them, on acd after November 2ud. It will cost you two cente to send a postal card of any kind having a written message on it, no matter to where it is addressed in the United States, W. F, Colyer will hold his fourth acrpual ssle of pure bred Poland. Chica hogs on his farm east of Old Fort, on Wednesday, November 14th, Mr. Colyer will dispose of about 140 bead of hoge, ranging in size from sucking pigs to brood sows weighing 500 ibe. Bee posters. Farmer Bloom:r Weaver, on the Treaster farm along Binking creek, hee a cow that has it all over the pro- verbial goose that laid the golden egg. Last winter the cow gave birth to twin calves and Inst week repeated with a pair of big healthy calves, Bhbe is a real war cow, beyond a doubt, The District Sunday-school conven tion of thie, tbe eleventh district of Centre county, comprising Centre Hall bore, Potter and Gregg townships, will be held in the Union church at Tusseyville to-morrow (Friday). There will be the ususl afternoon and evening seseions. A good program has been prepared, Mis Edith Cole, who is teaching her fourth term in the Burnham High Behool, passed through Centre Hall last week, in company with an automobile party, and stopped with Mre. 8. W. Bmith for a brief time, Miss Cole is a native of Boalsburg, a graduate of Bloomsburg Normal, aud as teacher ie quite successful. Deemer T. Pearce, gealer of weights snd measures for Centre county, wishes the Reporter to make aunouces ment of a correction on the cards which he hes placed in the hands of dealers, The errors apply to onions and gooseberries, On onions 50 Ibe, shall constitute a bushel instead of 656 lve, and 40 lbs, of gooseberries shall constitute a bushel instead of 46 Ibe, Davie, the magiciap, proved to be all that the advance notices said he wee, Heappeaed as the first num- ber on the local lecture course, last Wednesday evening, and kept his ag. diecce eurprised and dumbfounded from start to finish. One magical feat followed another in rapid succes- sior, and each succeeding ong proved more mystifying than the one preced- jog it, Davis is unquestionably one of the best magicians on the Amerigsn stage today. Three automobiles conveyed a num- ber of Btate College professors and their wives to Millhelm Tuesday eve- plug, says the Bate Times, The party wea a birthday sgrprise for Mrs. Sparks, wife of Dr. E. KE. Bparke, prezident of Peun Biate, They were served a sumptuous supper at the Na tiousl hote , after which they went to the ¥Ylikeim Anditorigm and enjoyed several excellent reels of motion pic. turer, which were taken along by Dr, ~ Bparks snd shown at bis expense, . About twenty residents of Milibelm were invited 50 wittess the plotures, LOODALS The rabbit season opens to-day (Thursday). Rabbits are said to be plentiful, D. W. Bradford went to Harris. burg on Tuesday where he transacted business, Wanted.—Potatoes ; will pay high-4 est cash price.—D. OC, Mitterling, Cen- tre Hall, Pa, It is on November 20d, not after that date, that the new postage rate gobs into effect, The Potters, real entertainers, will appear in Grange hall, Saturday even ing, November 10th, Mrs, Laura Harper and daughter, Mies Helen, of Bellefonte, spent Bun- day at the G. H, Emerick honte, Tuesday was a real winter day, snow flurries continuing throughout the day. Corn storing and all man- ner of farm work has been much re- tarded the past week, The Mil'heim Btock Company had the misfortune to lose their large Per- cheron horse, which was valued at $4,000, and which was kept by R. H. Bhook, of Penn Hall, 'Squire Cyrus Brungart, while on hie way home from the eastern part of the state last week, obeerved a large flock of wild turkeys from the car windows in the vicinity of Weikert, below Coburn, J. R. Bmelzler, of Potters Mille, was a caller at this office on Mondsy morpiog .and reported deer doing much damage to his crops. He ob- served a flock of four in his flelds one day keeping a patch of rye closely nib- bled to the ground. Two Hallowe'en parties were held by the younger set on Tuesday night. The older boys and girls were enter- tained at the Clement W. Luse firm house, while the smaller ones epjryed all sorts of Hallowe'en games in a vacant house near the station, ———— I AU ——————— Marriage Licenses, Robert G. Hassinger, Bellefonte Louisa G, Grassmyer, Milesburg Chester McCormick, BtateCollege Lillian B. Musser, State College —— Is St —————— LUTHER'S THESES They Started a Warm Debate 400 Years Ago. THE SALE OF INDULGENCES This Was Resolutely Opposed by Luther as Unchristian—Four Hun. dredth Anniversary of the Reforma. tion to Be Widely Celebrated on Oct. 31 in Many Churches. When the crowds of worshipers In Wittenberg from all over Europe came they were astonished to he door an announce bate. It was not unusual such announcements on the r it was the University Professors and stu s made their announcements there, called In question the very thing for which they had all come to Wittenberg—the granting of Indui- gences by the Church, Cl Bu'letin Board, 3 avy § Lodi] urch door, f But this debate Indulgences had been the custom in the Church for generations. They had gradually assumed a regular form and had finally become a business for rais- for Church purposes. A niking house in Germany, the Fug handled the sale there. Indul was the remission of penalties imposed by the Chureh before complete forgiveness of sin was recelved, If the penalties were not pald for all sins before death they had to be paid in Purgatory, Indulgences, however, could be bought for the dead, releasing them from their pains, It soon became “pay your womey and do what you please,” A Great Progressive, This announgepent of debate had been posted by Martin Luther, a monk of the order of Augustine Hermits He was professor at the University and had received a Doctor's degree He was a progressive, alive to the is sues of the day. But most of all he was a man of counscienca, He had struggled for years te attain peace with Cod, but had falled to find it through indulgences and the like. But when he put simple faith in Christ he found it, and after that he was the en: emy of forms and empty observances When the Pope grapted this jadul. gence Frederick, the ruler of Electoral Saxony, of which Wittenberg was the capital, forbade the agents of the Pope to sell indulgences in his territory They came to nearby places and ‘the people of Frederick's duchy went gun) the line and pbiained them, The mor effect was bad, To elear up the whole question of indulgences, which was agl tating everyone more or less, Luther proposed this debate. The matter had never been taken up and settled by the Church authorities, Printerts ink. Luther's attitude was unmistakable He was opposed to the whole ing money rere ners, gone 5 EA LUTHER'S BIG DAY Great Celebration of Reforma- tion on Oct, 31, 1917, ALL CHURCHES TO TAKE PART Special Sermons, Lectures and Jubl. lee Programs in Honor of Martin Luther and His Work—Famous Men Hail the Coming Celebration With Satisfaction—Lutheran Activities. Martin Luther nafled his ninety-five theses on the Castle church door at Wittenberg, October 81, 1517, and caused an upheaval in world conditions of such far-reaching importance that the four hundredth anniversary of that duy will be very generally observed. The theses, topies to be discussed, with his students, dealt with certain prac tices In the established church which he opposed, but interests not directly n part of the church life of the day were soon affected-—social economic and politieal and educational cond tions felt the force of the new move ment, It was revolutionary in char acter, and from {ts beginning the mod- ern age Js usually dated, Men like Lather, Zwingli, Calvin, Knox, who in their respective countries and in thelr time advanced the reformation cause, will receive due recognition, but the main interest centers in what these men thought, believed, preached, taught; i what they own also in Hecom- plished, Every pupil of Protestant per- wuasion and every Sunday school will ccognize this anniversary in sermons, le aud special jubilee programs larger denominations have rations. The Federal Coun- HI All the made propa Fae, Sra eo & ¢ ‘ici. Medal, ches of Christ in Amer representing over thirty and directing its nationa cil of the Chur ican, denomi- nations, is stimulating the celebration fram and from the office of its ation Co co In the ling, Philadelphia, iment for the Celebration. ‘olces hail the coming cele- th satisfaction. certainly there should be # the Four Hundredth An the Reformation,” says ¢ wold 3 veil, 1 office in New tion of an hardly look at the sky Luther's procia 517, ‘The iu seeing mation tober 31, ith,” says John Wanams uther nalled his ons, or thes je Castle Chur of a new-born Protestant Chureh Jubilee Memorial Funds. The College Boird of the Preshyie rian.Church in the South Is raising ¢ h to provide ar ndowed chalr for teaching the Bible an Euglish in each Hepes, In the Reformed Church a fund has beer tablished which, when completed, is ting the ic mbes ninety-five 8. on the door of $ % ¥YY ¢ wynsy +11 i It became the cradle ” Inrgs fund out of whi of i118 o« to farnish the means for ers 3 foveal wii chaff 2Memorial Buliding FIR ol pubed 8 sSmory ‘af ff Ie "hiladeiphia in memory of a m or of that denomination and a great lead hilin 8 the same for the present, Rear of Crider’s Exchange lemon That this is not Here it is, a A variety of bodies to meet the variety of demand BELLEFONTE, PA. Both Phones OVER 2,2000,000 FORDS IN USE SET (Continued from 20d column] wa were all over Europe, he de- vas held at every market place sud wine shop, not at the University, sed, The Pope at first took it ¥, 48 a mere monkish quarrel. But | a the Church was stirred every! where and the Income from the sale seriously threatened he tried to make Luther recant, but ia vain, ” as i Tou Hghtl win The pe 31, 1017 ting of these theses on Oct. marks the beginning of the Reformation and the Era of Protestant Christianity, | President Butler of Columbia Uni. versity wrote to the New York Celebra- tion Committee: “To recall to the mind of the twentieth century the signifi | of the great movement known os the Reformation is valuable service, If the world needed a religious and | philogophical reformation in the six teenth century In order to emancipate the individual surely it needs a social and political reformation in the twen.! tieth century for the same purpose” | “It 1s most fitting that there should be some general celebration of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Reformation,” writes President Hib ben of Princeton University. “This is & matter of interest and concern aof only for the Lutheran churches of the country, but for all who draw their tra ditions and Inspiration from the work | of Martin Luther” i cance { tant Church in Ameri- a. The boards of education of seven. teen denominations have inaugurated a program of activity to extend over sev eral years in behalf of the Church col leges, In the Lutheran church the va- rious funds collected are used for edu ar of the rote THE MARM wry, PRODUCE AT STORER BUMSE iccmsrirscssssssscssnse Egzs .. sersesnse +8 PES SEE SS SS — tion, Home and Foreign missions and Ministerial Relief. The goal set by the Lutherans*is $10,000,000, Lutheran Activities he Lutheran Chureh has been espe cially active, The several branches of the Church have spectn! committees nf work. Most extensive preparation have been made under the direction of the Joint Lutheran Committee, whicl represents three of the foremost Luth- eran national bodies, with headquarters in Philadelphin, There are over 200 local committees, Altogether a vers considerable stock of celebration helps pamphlet and book Hterature has been prepered for celebration use. Instead of concentrating upon one day, the year preceding Oct. 31, 1017, was designated as the anniversary season, Indoor mass meetings attended hy a8 many as 10,000 persons have been held, while outdoor rallies attended by a great many more have been held during the summer months, Several anthems and There is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years Was supposed to be incurable. For a eat many years doctors pronounced it a al disease and prescribed local reme- dies, and by constantly failing to eure with local treatment, pronounced it Incur- able. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore re- wires constitutional treatment. Hall's atarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only Canstitutional cure on the market. It is en internally. It acts directly on the and mucous surfaces of the system. ey offer one hundred dollars for any ease it falls to cure. Send for ¢ and testimonials, Address: F. J. CHENEY & OO. Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, Tc. Take Hall's Family Pile for constipation, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CENTRE HALL, PA, Hoenses and hunter's sogured. and pertaining to mommy. OC18.1916 vs cantatas have been composed. Medals, posters, stamps, banners and other par aphernalia are ppavided. The Ameri enn Lutheran Publicity Bureau is es pecially active in spreading informp tion. Lutherans ave taking advantage of AMES W, SWABB JUSTICE OF THE PEACE LINDEN HALL, ORNTRE CO. PA. Deeds, Mirigsgen, Wilh, written ac. ox. EE the anniversary to get t Three bodies have aleeady werged. A second BPaup ub four district synods have unit- ed, Thee ether es which have been unusually active in the celebra. tion are now in a movement which very likely will merge them. The Climax, All plans and getiviies te a a ERE Wigs to . The celebratior fe tion of the Sixteenth Century and tg Hasten the Transforma pi omme and "of" ier 2 o larger idle Our Big Line of Fall Merchandise Is Ready for You. BUY! BUY! BUY! Thai's 2!l we have been doing for the past several weeks, and ‘the re- sult is shown in our well-stocked counters, which gives you a choice in buying such as you will find no where else in the entire valley. We take pride in the quality and quantity of merchandise which we strive to maintain, in the face of prices w hich we have never known in our entire experience in merchandising, Our enormous pur- chasing, however, results in your favor, for quantity buying means BEST prices, and as we have been able to get them, we give them to you. We mention here only a few of our many at- tractive lines : Big Line Sweaters for the cold days that are right ahead. 3 We have them for Men, Women and Children, inall the different styles, weights and colors. A good Sweater goes far in keeping away Winter sickness. Dress Goods for the Ladies in an almost endless assortment of patterns and grades. We'll be pleased to show you them. Then there is our big line of Shoes for all the family. No need to elaborate on their quality. Their name is enough. For Fall and Winter wear--work or drest--we have the right shoe. Specials : Gold Band Brown & White Cooking Ware
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