VOL. XC.
NO. 18
FARMER'S WEEK AT «STATE, »
Annual Event Wil! Be Held December 26,
27, 28 and 29,
The annual Farmers’ Week at the
Pennsylvania State College will be
held this year on Wednesday, Thurs-
day, Friday and BSaturday—December
26,27, 28 and 29. Although the pe-
riod has been reduced to four days the
program indicates that a large amount
of practical information is in store for
those who attend.
Lectures and demonstrations will
be given in all phases of agriculturé in-
cluding vegetable gardening and flori-
culture, A special home economics
program has been arranged for the wo-
men who attend and also for the boys’
and girls’ club members,
Lecture periods, each one hour in
length, will begin each dey at 8:30 a.
m, and last until 5:00 p. m. Double
periods will be used when necessary
for practicums and demonstrations.
Evening programs will be general and
largely social or recreational,
Edpcational exhibits will be staged
by various departments of the school
of agriculture. Printed programs are
now available,
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May Open Ballot Boxes Because of Small
Pox,
The ballot-boxes of the voting pre-
cinet at Blue Ball, Clearfield, county,
may be opened in order to get the vot-
ing list of all men who voted there
November 6. More than half of the
cases of emallpox in Pennsylvania to-
day are at Blue Ball or vicinity, and
the State Health Department, believ-
ing that the cases may spread among
those who voted because one of the
election officers, J. W. Motter, had the
disease on election day, has given or-
ders that all the voters be vaccinated
and placed under surveillance,
Bo far three of the voters have devel-
oped the disease. If the court is peti-
tioned to open the ballot-box the ap-
plication would be made bzfore Judge
Bell, who, Doctor Dixon says, was
erroneously reported to have r sisted
vaccination when, as a matter _of fact,
he was vaccinated even after health de-
partment officials told him he was not
a “ contact’,
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“Empty” Gus Kills Lad,
Harold Thompeon, sged nine, a
Williamsburg school boy, was acci-
dentally shot through the head by »
ball from a 32-calibre rifle in the hands
of Garfield Showalter, on lsst Wednes-
day afternoon, in that town, and died
st Altoona hospital the same night
without regaining consciousness,
Acting upon the old theory that the
weapon was not loaded, young Sho-
walter pulled the trigger a minute
after receiving the gun from a third
boy. The Thompson lad was walk-
ing away from the others and the
wissile struck the back of his head,
piowed through the brain and lodged
in the forehead over the right eye,
Young Thompson was on his way
home from school when he encoun
tered the Bhowalter lad and his com-
panion. The trio bad looked over the
rifle and Bhowalter’s chum declared it
was pot loaded. He handed it to the
former and the shooting ensued.
Burgeons were powerless to save the
boy’s life. The bullet stopped in the
bone of the skull and was removed
from the flesh over the right eye.
Biair-Sunderiand,
The announcement of the marriage
of Wiillam D. Blair and Miss Pearl
Louise Sunderland was made by the
bride’s parents, Mr, and Mrs, Richard
H. Sunderland, in Wilmington, Dela-
ware, the ceremony having been per-
formed the day before Thanksgiving.
The groom will be recalled by many
Reporter readers as an instructor in ma-
sic, baving bad a number of pupils in
Centre Hall about ten or twelve years
8go, The Reporter extends congratu-
lations,
New Red yrors Members,
Mrs. G. L. Goodhart,
Mrs, Charles Slack,
Mrs. Mary Shoop.
Mrs. C, M. Smith.
Mrs. Jacob Sharer,
Mrs R. R, Jones.
Mrs. J. H. Puff,
Mrs, C. D. Bar holomew,
Mrs. E. 8. Ripka,
Mrs, Thomas Delaney.
Mrs. Mary Daubermnn.
Miss Helen Bartholomew.
Miss Mollie Hoffer,
Mise Laura Runkle,
Miss Cora Boal.
Thomas Delaney
Jacob Sharer,
D. J. Meyer.
D. Ross Bushman,
Mrs, J. H. Koser.
LUUKY WAS UNLUVKY PLAOE,
At Lenst Tormed So by Mr, and Mrs, John
E, Rearick, Who Were Held Up by Robe
bers in a Bank,
Lucky, Montgomery county, Arkan-
8as, has no doubt been termed a place
of no luck by Mr, and Mrs, John E.
Rearick, who experienced there the
most thrilling moments of their lives
in that middle western state. It was
nothing less than & real bank robbery,
Mr. and Mrs. Rearick being the de-
positors at the window, They lost
their $160.00 about to be deposited.
Briefly told, it was this way: Mr,
and Mre. Rearick sold a portion of
their farm, and made their first visit
to the bank to deposit a part of the
havd money in the deal. The cash
was laid out on the counter, and the
cashier had filled out a deposit certifi.
cate and handed it to Mr. Rearick
when suddenly there appeared a small
band of robbers commanding ‘all
hands up.” The defenseless usually
respect such commande, and it was
here. The bank directors were hold-
ing a meeting just then, but obeyed
the request to kneel face to the wall.
The cashier was also lined up, A gan-
man kept the officers quiet while a
second looted the bank, taking all the
visibie cash,
While this was going on, little at-
tention was apparently being paid to
Mr. and Mrs, Rearick and several
others in the lobby, Mr, Rearick took
advantage of what he thought a lack
of vigilance on the part of the robbers
by slipping the $150 hs had deposited
and was left lie at the receiving win-
dow by the cashier, into his wife's
pocket. When the bank was looted,
the gunman stepped up to Mrs. Rear-
ick and made demand for the wad,
which was turned over,
At the curb in front of the Lucky
bank stood an automobile, All those
in the bank were marched to the street
and lined up, The cashier was ordered
to step on the running board of the
car, the robbers entered the car and
drove to the mountain, carrying the
cashier with them for several miles,
Bome time later two of the robbers
were captured, but not until they were
first badly crippled,
Lucky is an unincorporated village,
located in a sparcely settled section,
Montgomery county, in which it ie
located, having less than 15,000 inhab-
itante,
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Judge Hall Dead,
Judge Harry Alvan Hall, of Ridge-
way, Elk county, died at the Bellevue-
Stratford, Philadelphis, Baturday
morning, after an illness of three
montbe. Judge Hall, who was fifty.
six years old, presided over common
pleas court district No. 25, including
Clinton, Cameron and Elk counties.
Judge Hall was stricken with hesrt
disease three months ago, and a month
later he was taken to Philadelphia for
treatment,
The funeral was held Tuesday at
Rigdeway.
Judge Hall was born in Karthaue,
Clearfield county, Ootober 7, 1861,
He was admitted to the bar in Juue,
1881, and began practice in Ridgeway,
Inter succeeding to the practice of his
brother, J. K. P. Hall, He married
Miss Carran McNairy, of Nashville,
Tenn. at Louisville, Ky., in 1888,
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National Goards in France.
American National Guards unite,
representing every state in the union,
are now in France,
They arrived several weeks ago but
it was not until a few days 8go that
permission was given at army head-
quarters to announce the fact,
The new American Bammles were
given a hearty welcome by the French
people. They were quartered in towns
which heretofore bad seen only a few
of the American fighting men and the
citizens welcomed the soldiers like
heroes. It is officially stated that the
first arrival of guard units are making
encouraging progress in their training.
America’s Rainbow division of the
new National army is now in France
slong with other National Guard
units, The units represent thirty-
three states,
While the war department made no
official announcement of this tact ihe
army censor sald that it would be per-
missable to state that the Rainbow
division had reached France,
A A a Ms.
Bringing up Father Abroad.
Funnier than ever, more musical
than any of its predecessors, gayer in
color than even the original of the
‘ Father” series, and ae a natural con
BUOKS ARE FALLING,
Loosl Parties Make Kills First Day Oat.
Many Camps Having Success,
The great influx of hunters to the
Beven Mountains the latter part of last
week resulted In no less than fifty
camps belog established from Coburn
westward to the Bear Meadows, for
the two weeks’ deer hunt, Wagons
and auto trucks conveyed party after
party to the good hunting grounds to
be found via Tusseyville and Colyer,
and residents of those sections say that
bunters were yever so numerous, In
many places camps are located within
a stone’s throw of each other. Figur-
ing that the average party consists of
fifteen men, it will be seen that no less
than from seven to eight hundred are
on the chase on this side of the Centre-
Mifflin line, An even greater num-
ber is to be found on the other side.
Owing to the absence of the foresters
in some sections of the bunting terri-
tory, it is impossible to get an accurate
list of the hunting parties this year,
In the lower end, Lewis M. Detz, for-
ester at Coburn, sends in the following
lst :
Leaders of parties having temporary
camping permits on state land :
John E, Wesklem— Pottsville, head-
waters of Bwift Run near Paddy
Mountain tunnel.
F. R. Mackannan— Rutledge, Cherry
Ran,
J. D. HeH—Lykens, one mile south
of Paddy Mountain tunnel,
J. T. MecMahan—Renfre u, Paddy
Mountain,
Kennelly-Bweetwood party —Spriog
Mille, Bummit, head of Big Poe
Valley.
Leaders of parties baviog perman-
ent forest camps on state land :
E. E Kopenhaven— Millersburg,
Cherry Run camp 21.
R. E. DeLisle—Altoons, Poe Mills
camp 203, mouth of Big Poe Creek.
R. R. Palmer—Junists. Panther
Ran eamp 212, mouth of Panther Run.
J. E. Bervinger—Catawises, Junc-
tion Camp 204, Junction,
Andrew Vonads snd Coburn party —
Thick Mountain Camp 211.
David Libby and party —Welker,
Hoofuagle Camp 450, mouth of Hoof
nsgle Run.
Campers on private land adjacent to
state land:
Rote-Wingard party of Coburn,
Penne Creek Hunting Club, west
{ Continued on inside page. )
High School Gives ” State * Big Class
That the public schools of Penpayl-
vania are the priveipal feeders to the
State College Is shown in a report just
issued by A. H. Espendale, the col
lege registar, Of the 755 freshman
eprolled this year, 639 of them were
wholly prepared for Penn State in the
public schools,
Only 72 freshman came from private
preparatory schools, Forty-four first-
year men attended both public and
private schools before coming to col-
lege. Four hundred and thirteen difi-
erent schools are represented in the
fresbmen clase, 346 of which are pub
lle schools and 67 are private prepara-
tory schools,
Following sre the schools baving
thejlargest representation in the fresh-
man class :
Wilkes- Barre High Bhool 18; Btate
College High BSehool 17; Altoona
High Bohool 15; Peabody High School
of Pittsburgh, 18; Northesst High
Behool, of Phildelphis 18; York
High Behool 18 ; Reading Boys’ High
School 12 ; Johnstown High Behool,
11; West Philadelphia High Behool
for Boys, 10.
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The Olympic hunting club, of Pal
myrs, Lebanon county, is one of the
few hunting clubs with headquarter in
the Beven Mountains in comparative
nearness to Colyer, which boasts of a
permanent camp, obviating the neces-
sity of erecting oanvas each year,
The Lebanon county crowd purchased
the Veunrick property a year ago and
are located in a good deer locality.
The majority of the hunters arrived
on Thursday and Friday in sutomo-
biles. They are principally business
men and the outing is chiefly what
they are afier. H. D. Bpeece is their
chef, and no club bossts of a better
one. The vamp’s larder is such that
the sald Bpeece has every opportunity
to practioe bis art to the limit. If you
should happen to drop in on them you
would find a jolly bunch of fellowes,
with Cook Bpeecejready to serve you
with chicken and wsflles,
oysters, or a bill of fare such as you
would look for in a first-class city res
taurant and not in the wilde of the
Beven Mountains, The personnel of
the party follows: Messrs, Jacob
Harts, A, G,
J. H,
COMMUNITY DAY AT SPRING miLLs,
Two Days Next Week Will Be Devoted in
Interest of Gregg Township School,
The teachers and pupils of Gregg
township are planning to celebrate a
“Cvmmunity Day” and Township
Institute at the Vocational School lo-
cated at Bpring Mille, on Friday
afternoon, December 14, and Batur-
day, December 15. The purpose of
this event is to bring the citizens and
patrons of the township into closer
touch with the public schools, to ac-
quaint them with the work that the
children sre doing and to discues
problems belonging to the schools. It
will also provide an opportunity for
the citizens to observe the nature and
extent of the work undertaken by the
Vocational School.
At the beginning of the current
school term, the teachers of the town
ship got together and organized for
better and more efficient work. This
teacher's organization meets monthly
and discusses the problems that ariee
in the discharge of the duties of the
profession. Part of the program
which is being put into eflect is the
adoption of a uniform and graded
course of study and a uniform division
of work to be taught from month to
month in the various echools through-
out the township. The teachers voted
to hold an institute and all this is in
accordance with the wave of educs-
tional enthusiasm which seems to be
aweeplog over the township, and it Is
only proper that euch an occassion
should be provided to give the citizeng
an opportu nity to get themselves in
touch with the progress of the schools.
The chief feature of the * Com-
munity Day ’* will be an exhibition of
school work and agricultaral products,
The schools of the township will coms
pete with each other in this exhibi-
tion. Esch pupil In the various
schools Is invited to put on exhibition
any work which be or she has done in
school, such as wood work, crochet-
ing, needle work, etc, together with
agricultural products which they may
select from the home, The teachers
may exhibit note books, drawings,
test papers, elc.,, the work of the
school. The exhibits by the pupils
will be grouped and judged sand rib-
bons will be awarded for the lst, 20d,
aod 3rd best in each group, The ex-
hibits by schools will &lso be judged to
determine which school makes the
best showing. The pupils of the Vo-
cational Behool will aleo exhibit some
sgricultural and school products but
they will be in a class by themselves.
Another feature of the day will be a
short program consisting of talks by
the County Buperintendent and prom-
inent men from Btate College and the
State Department of Education from
Harrisburg. This program will be-
gin at 2:50 p. m. Inthe evening Dr.
Byron King, of Pittsburg, will deliver
a lecture, * Dreams and Visions, ” in
the M. E. church. He will also lec-
ture and recite st the institute on Bat-
urday.
The program :
SATURDAY MORNING
9:00 Song, ‘Pennsylvania,’
Devotional exercises by Rev. W.
H. Williams,
Music,
Recital, “Raven,” by Dr, King.
Music,
Topic, “How to get the papils in-
to High School,” Opened by
W. V. Godshall,
Music,
Address, | “The Teacher's King-
dem.” Dr, King,
Music.!
AFTERNOON,
Song.
Topic, “Value of graded course of
study.” Supt. D, O, Etters,
Music,
Spelling contest, by pupils of the
Township,
Topic, “Daily questions of teach-
ers, and how to confront them.”
Opened by Harold Stover.
Music,
Lotter from Washington State,
Editor Reporter :
Enclosed find money order for sub-
scription to Reporter,
I was very much dissppointed in
not getting in the Forest Regiment
(20th Engineers). It all looked so
good to me and was so promising on
this end for me to go. It turned out
that College men were given the pref-
erence over those who had years of
experience in the lumber business.
We have been bothered since July
with strikes by the I. W. W. We
have had a fair sized crew the past
two weeks. Lots of idle men around
the cities, but they refuse to work.
Bince they have lost the strike they
are coming back to work, but sre
doing devilish things in the way of
destroying property. We bave not
been troubled with walkouts as some
firms have. Here are some of the
things we have had by I. W. W. (lem)
or pro-Germanism: a fire was dis
covered under the library sbout 2 a,
w. ; a fire in the woode, since the dry
season, burning about 20,000 feet of
logs ; a quantity of emery dust put in
an oll pump on one of the engines,
This would have eaten the cylinders,
but it was discovered in tire ; teh
powder put Into some loyal men’s beds.
Buppose you have noticed by the
press of the quarantine of Seattle by
General Green, commander at Camp
Lennis Cantonment, on account of the
vice conditions snd boolleggere. He
wishes to take a healthy army to
Franoe,
With best regards, I am,
Yours truly,
W. H. Porrez,
Edmonds, Wash., Camp 2,
November 25, 1917,
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Bohool Hoard Meets,
The borough school board met on
Monday evening. The newly elected
directors—H. G. Btrohmeler and Ed-
ward E. Balley—were sworn into of
fice by Justice of the Peace J. G. Dau-
berman. Reorganization of the bosrd
followed by re-electing H. G. Btroh-
meler president and E. 8B. Ripka vice
president. Dr. H. F, Bitner tendered
bis resignation as secretary of the
board, after a faithful performance of
the duties of that office for a period of
six years. Edward Bailey was elected
secretary.
The board voted to grant the entire
week of Christmas to teachers and
scholars, um .
eer taoieied 1
n Baturday evening st the Reform-
ed parsonage in Centre Hall, by Rev.
R. R. Jones, George I, Fetterolf and
Miss Frances V. MoClellan were
upited in the holy bonds of matri-
mony. The young bride is a dsugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank MocClel-
Tan, of near Potters Mille, and for the
past summer was employed at the Cen-
tre Hall hotel. The groom is a son of
Mr. and Mere. William Fetterolf, east
of Centre Hall, avd Is an industrious
young man. Both enjoy the esteem
of a wide circle of friends who wish
them happiness and prosperity.
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$100.00 Offering for Reltef,
Straight $100.00 wae raised in Centre
Hall and surrounding territory for the
Armenian and Syrian relief. This
sum hes already been forwarded by
the secretary-tressurer of the local
ministerium to relief headquarters in
New York city. The contributions
were received as follows :
High school, Oentre Hall ............... 8 580
Union congregation, at Farmers Mills... 10.78 -
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
Don’t forget the war tax stamp on
official papers,
It was a most beautiful Thankegive
ing Day we had,
Wanted—Tarkeye, Geese, Ducks
and Chickene.—Chae, DI. Bartholoe
mew, Centre Hall, Pa.
A pumber of local residents, em-
ployed at Burnham, spent Thanks
giving Day at their homes in Centre
Hall,
A company of Home Guards WAS Ofe
ganized in Lewistown by the publie
spirited and patriotic young men of
Lewistown,
On Friday and Baturdsy, December
14th and 15ib, a community day sod
local institute will be held in Grange
hall, Bpring Mills,
Dr. W. E. Fischer, pastor of the
Lutheran church, Bhamokin, after a
prolonged vacation on sccount of sick-
ness, hae resumed bis pastoral work,
I need lots of poultry now. Use Leg
Bande to mark your Pullets Bell
your cull stock, Any thing in the
Poultry lime. Both phones, —Chas,
D. Bartholomew, Centre Hall, Ps,
Lewistown fs baving & real estate
boom, there being many esles of ime
proved properties at very fair prices,
Investors are beginning to realize that
town and village properties are stead.
ily advancing,
A new camp ofthe P. O. RB of A.
was jostituted at Hublersburg on
Wednesday evening of Isst week.
John W. Yiesley, state organizer, was
In charge, and the degree team of
Washington Camp of Bellefonte did
the work.
The local Red Cross Auxiliary will
have ample opportunity to show what
it can do in the sewing line once in-
structions are given how to make their
portion of the 28500 bandages Penn-
sylvania women are asked to prepare,
Burely, every one has a “ bit *’ to do,
W. H. Brubsker moved his family
from Middleburg to Centre Hall,
last week, and is now domiciled in the
Mark house recently purchssed from
the Fleisher esiate, Mr. Brubaket is
engaged in the sale of family remedies
and will give his entire time to that
work.
A parcel post package on which the
postage is twenty-five cents will re-
quire a one-cent war tax stamp, If
the postage is between 25 cents and 50
cents, the tax is two cents. And so
on—one cent for every twenty-five
cents (or fraction of twenty-five oente)
postage paid.
A solid concrete road through Mifflin
county ie in prospect. Highway de-
partment officials were in Lewistown
last week making some preliminary
arrangements relative;to local suthori-
ities entering into an agreement with
the United States snd State govern.
ments for the building of such a road
through the county,
In one day in New York City over
one hundred persons were arrested
and fined for spitting in public places,
Itis a sure thing that not all hogs
live in New York. Even in this
pretty little town spitting is practiced
by some who will not quit the filthy
babit until they are impressed by bee
ing arrested and fined,
Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove
Mille, attended the funersi of P. H.
Meyer on Friday, following which he
favored this office with a call. The
Captain retains bis usual vigor to a
marked degree. Besides continuing
his extensive veterinary practice he
keeps his locality ably represented in
the various county papers.
No business can make business or
add tothe property of a people that
gives nothing substantial in exchange
in barter. Liquor is an absolute nop.
essential to human existence or for the