LUOVALS, Miss Rebecca Derstine was from Bellefonte over Funday. Mr. and Mre. Bamuel Shoop, of Hec- la Park, spent Monday with friends in town. Another list of Smileage Books” purchasers appear iu this iesue. They are men with a dollar and a heart, Mrs, George W. Ocker, of Lewls- burg, spent a few days the past week with Mre. J, O. Rosswap, in this place. Mr. and Mre. H. D. W. XKnoglisb, of Pittsburg, Mre. Morris Furey and family, of Bellefonte, attended the fu- neral of John G. King, on Tuesday. Mre. James B, Stahl, the latter part of lsst week, returned from Altoona where for three weeks she was witn her three sone located in the inland city. Mre. Mary 8hoop, who has been visiting at the home of Mrs. James Wix, near Harrisburg, for the past few monthe, is expected home this week. Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Keefer and daughter Agnes, of Youngwood, from Saturday until Monday were guests of Mis. Keefer’s parents, ’'Zquire and Mrs, Cyrus Brungart. The Reporter would like to have re- ports from any organization on the south side of the ccurty boosting the sale of Thrift and War Bavings etampe, A spac: has been reserved for such re- ports. The Pink Label appears on your pa- per this week, It is an indication that credits on subecription have been made. If you have paid recently, see whether you have been given proper credit; if not, then advise us at once, George Michael, of near Milroy, wae in Centre Hall on Monday to place bis sale bill printing with the Reporter, Mr. Michael will hold sale on Batar- day, March 23, following which he will work on a farm near Reedsville, M. F. Roesmar, of Tusseyville, was a caller at this office on Monday and reported that a recent visit to the home of his daughter, Mrs, W. O. Heckmar, at State College, found that family enjoying their new home. Rev. F. H. Foes and Frank P. Flo- ray, the latter a delegate, are attend- ing the United Evangelical conference at Jersey Shore this week. Rev. Fose, having served his limit of time on the local charge, will be removed fron Centre Hall this spring. Private C. H. Bubb had the good fortune to secure a five-day leave of ab- genee ‘rom Camp ‘ead, Maryland, arriving at bis home in Potter township on Bunday. He looks the picture of health, and on being ssked as to camp life said, “Everything isall right with me.” C. L. Goodling, msnager of the State College farme, underwent an op- eration in a Baltimore hospital, and is now at the home of his parents ip York. He will be obliged to visit the hospital several times each week, and that is why he and hia family will re- main in York for the present, The Lutheran Church Wartime Bervice Fund of $750,000 went *‘ Over the Top” Jat Wednesday, and the leading Lutheran states have promie- ed to make it a million. The Luther- an church has proved that it is will ing to back up ite faith with its dol- lars, that ** Christ may go to camp and oversese, ’ The local P, O. B, of A., includiog invited gueste, er joyed a social gather- log in the Grange ball last Thursday evening. About 135 persons were present. A short program was carried out prior to serving refreshments, Rev, Josiah Btill and Rev. R., R. Jones made a few-minute remarks along patriotic lines ; Misses Verns, Ethel Rowe, Lillian Emery and Mar- garet Emery pleased the audience with a short play, while the male chorus rendered several selections, home The month of February, usually one of snows, upset all records for ita lack of white flukes in the month just closed. According to the report made by the Reporter to the Weather Bureau, only one and a quarter inches of snow fell during February. The mild weather toward the close of the month resulted In over a half-icrch of rainfall. The begioning and ending of the month witnessed extremes of weather— February starting out with a week of below-zero weather, the thermometer at one Lime registering 138 degrees below, and winding up with mercury soaring high in the 50's, The public sales of farm stock and implements to date have been first clase. Cows have passed into the three figure series, the range above $100 being about the same as it was above $560 a few years sgo. Cattle Jof all kinds bring top figures. Horses are also selling well, with an indica. tion that the sales coming later in the month will tes a rise in the price Farm machinery, the well worn that was usually sacrified and nothing thought of, Is bringing good prices, while all machinery '‘ good as new” fs selling at the top—sometimes resch- ing and at times exceeding the price asked by dealers ; all leather, eepecia’s ly that termed good and good as new, is also on the top. At these sales, where the highest prices are pald for oattie of all kinds as well ne for horser, the farmer is almost the exclusive cus tomer. LUOALS Help conserve foodstuffs, March, ¢o far, has indeed been very lamb-like. W. (. T. U. BEaturday afternoon, 2.80, st the Reformed parsonage. A round-up of all the country loaf- ers might go far toward solving the problem of farm labor. Robert Boyder, of Altoons, spent Sunday with his family at the James Stahl home. Every farmer in the Btate Is asked to raise poultry this epring and many are planniog for large flocke. Miss Hazel Emery la teaching the Manor Hill echool, west of Old Fort, during the illness of the teacher, Miss Edpa Neff, A dance beld inthe I, O. O. F. hall at State College proved an atiraction for a number of local residents ob Friday night A splendid team of young horses of- fered for sale by 8B. W. Bmitbh. The team may be seeen at his barn to the rear of the Reporter office, Mre. Kathryn Conley’s condition fe such as to give her many friends wuch concern. Fur the past ten days she has been confined to her bed. Miss Mabel Alllsop, of Spring Mills, departed last Wednesday for Toron- to, Canads, where she expects to gepend some time with her brother, Ralph Henney is recovering nicely from a recent operation performed on the nasal pesssages by Dr. H, H., Long- well, which will result in more perfeet breathing, If you delight in a smart, mirthful musical comedy, don’t fail to see “Oh! Johnny, Oh”, at Garman’s opera house, Monday night, March 11th. Allen Moyer and funnily, of Darragh, came to Centre Hall Thursday of last week, having been called here on sac- count of the illness of Mr, Moyet’s mother, Mrs. Franklin Moyer. Mre. Charles Kimmey, of Tussey- ville, is in a serious condition at her home suffering with aphesie, a cerc- bral disease which sffzcts the power of speech. Her children have all been called home, (C. M. Bierly, the postmaster at Re- bersburg, informed the County Chair- man of the War Savings Committee that on Friday afternoon he made a» house to house canvass, and in less thap two hours had disposed of War Savings Stamps sggregating $175.00, This indicates that the bonse to house canvass is what Is neccessary In the rural districts of Centre county. A copy of the Willshire (Ohio) Her- ald reached the Reporter desk lsst week. At the head of the editorial column is found the name of William (3. Hefler, a former Potter township boy, who is a newspaper man of apy years’ experience. While having been employed on seversl of Ohlo’s papers for a number of years, it was only re- cently that be became the owner of one, The Herald is a clean, newsy sheet, and the Reporier wishes Mr, Hoffer success It looks very much as though the daylight saviog bill will become a law, and if it doeenll we will need to do about the last of the month Is to {urn the hands of the clock on just one hour and go on getting out of bed, breakfastlicg, going to work, quiting work and going to bed at the same hour as before. By the last of Oecte- ber, the clocks will again be turned back an hour, and so on repeating go- ing forward one hour in the epriog and back to old time in the fall. The idea is to save daylight—zet cut of bed earlier, do the day's work, and then have an hour more day light for yourself, Io the countries where the day light saving Is practiced the plan is liked, and so it will bé in the States, once introduced. ——————— A A ——————— Bilge Bail Pastor Jolts Audience, Rev. C. A. Weaver, pastor of the Biue Ball Methodist church, gave his audience something to think about in his last week's sermon. Rev. Weaver's sermon was entitled “ Uonmaesk the Dance’, and for one hour and forty minutes, with the church packed to capacity and each suditor giving his words the closest attentior, Parson Weaver walloped the evils of dancing. Incidentally he threw a few stiff punches into card playing. The sermon, according to reports, stripped these pastimes of thelr veneer of respectability and exposed the evil and temptations in them that so fre- quently result in broken homes and lives, Fe foo { 1-buy it "with | 2=cook if with i 3-sewve just en, Stories of Activities and Conditi ons Throughout the United States from Washington, D. C. GEN, PERBHING WANTS | NINE PAIR OF BHOES A YEAR FOR MEN BERVING IN FRANCE imately nine pairs of shoes per msn per year. This quantity is in excess of actual consumption and Is being used to bulld up a reeerve for all troops in France. When such a sup- ply 1s sceumulated, the quantities per man will be reduced. The Quartermaster General’s De- partment now has on hand and due on outstanding contracte, 7,664,000 field shoes and 7,873,000 marching shoes. than a million additional shoes during the year. WITH HUNDREDS OF MEN LEARNING TO FLY ACCIDENTS ARE FEW Records of the War Department show that from the beginning of train- ing in June, 1917, to February 22, 1918, the fatalities at military aviation fields in this country have been 61 ; 10 offi- flighte, and 12 men killed in unauthor- ized flights and ground accidents, Since the training began In the United Btates, student aviators have | flown coneiderable more than 100, 000 | wiles, Hundreds of hitherto inexper-| jenced men have been learning to fly. | Thelr early flights are ander the guid-| ance of inetructore, and prior to these | flights two or more months are spent | in preliminary ground work. There | comes a time, however, when every | student aviator must take his machine | up alone, and every precaution has | been taken to reduces the number of | accidents and safeguard the aviator in | his solo flights, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORTS INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF BUGAR 1917 in the United Btales was about Agriculture, ing in 1016 was 84 7 pounds per cspits, There were about 1,500,000 000 Aaronsburg, Boott Btover, ¢f Rebersburg, was a visitor In town on Baturday. Margaret Witmyer is visiting Bellefonte, Mre. Sarah Harper is pot in ber usu- al good health. Mre. Walter Orwig ls steadily im- proving in health. Ray Nixon and Miss Mildred Wolfe, of Logantop, spent a day st the wil | Haines bome, Edward Stahl and daughter, of Mil | ton, were Fundsy guests of the form- er's aster, Mary, who is not well. in ls the guest of her daughter, Mra. C. Feldler. Miss Busan Lenker expects (0 make | household goods, F. P. Bower, who is confined to his | becuse for a week, is able to be around | again, Sumner Burd and family, of Wolfs | Chapel, spent Banday with Mr. and | Mre. James Holloway. Mrs. Luther Btover ia expected toar- | rive home from New Jersey this week, after spending the winter with her niece, Mre. Eva M. Cranston, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Detwlier, of | Centre Hall, spent Haturday with the former's father, at the Warren Wink- leblech home, | pounds of commercial stock of suger | on hand August 81, 1017, compared to | 2,000,000,000 pounds on the same da'e in 1916 New York reported the larg: est stocke, followed in order by Call- fornis and Louleiana. | SELECTIVE BERVICE BOARDS IN OKLAHOMA BERVE | WITHOUT PAY Of 251 members of the lol selec tive-aervice boards in Oklahoma 97 per cent have eerved without pay. The cost per man certtfled for ser- viee In Oklahome was $1.67 less than in any other Btate, sccording to fig- ures made public by Provost Marshsll General Crowder. The cost of opera- | tion of the selective-service law ran | bighest in Delaware, §19 per man. | The average cost per msn certified throughout the United Btate was {4.- 93. MEN AT ALL CAMPS RECEIVE INSTRUCTION IN GAS DEFENSE At each cantonment in the Uoited Btates ectiool hss been established where every officer and man receives | lostruction in gas defense, The American gas mask, similar to the British, is as mechanically perfect as | the best experts have been able to pro- | duce. The fice plece, with glass or | celluloid eyepiece, "is connected by a | flexible tube with a canister carried iu {a kpapesck. The incoming breath {comes through the canister, which is {filled with several layers of chemicals { which neutralize or render harmless | the gae-laden air. Oatgolog breath | pussess outside the face plece through {a small valve, The sludect in gas defense soon learns to get hie mask on in a burry, six seconds belpg the standard time | when the kpap:sck contsiniog the | mask ls banging at his chest in the { “alert” roeition., Aft r intensive is arranged. | The class is put in trenches and with- out any warning elouds of smoke and chlorine are liberated by the ipstruc- ore, metkas sre burriedly put or, alarms sounded, an J sleeping men io dugouts arcused. When the attsck ceaien the trex ches are cleared «f gee, | the air is tested, and permission Ie giv- en to remove msske. Res, John Bmitb, Carrie Balley, Tilelah Vonads, Harry Snavely, Mary Smith, Oa February 20.b, the grammar school, under the chaperonship of their teacher, e1 joyed a sleighing par- ty at the home of Bham Hasckenbery, Ibe evening was spent in playing var- ious games and at midnight a Juoch was served consisting of lee cream, | sandwiches and coflee. All enjoyed a | pleasant evening and returned home with many fond recollections of the The sophomore clase of the Gregg ownship Voeationsal school will give a | nipg, March 16 b, io the Bpring Mills Grange ball, Admission 10 and 20 . _- HARRISBURG NEW3 LETTER, ( Continued from first page ) | nounced himself as 8 Republican can- | didate ball a dozen times, threatened | for weeks to make apother “ formal” statement, announcing himse!f and declaring his platform. It js difficult to come out on this question for him. He has a record of 22 years in the stale senate and, ss a burp, and Miss Minnie Cole, of Virgil | ols, spent Sanday at the John Haines home, Mr. Bhowere, of Wolfs Btore, accom- panied by ©. Zeigler, Mr, and Mrs, E. R, Wolfe and family, motored to the | home of Effie Weaver on Baturday. Last week Miss Marion Eisenhauer, the primary teacher, and Clarence Grove, of Bwéngle, made a trip to Maryland and had the nuptial knot tied. Henry Bower, who spent the winter months with his son-in-law, Prof, Charles Kreamer, in Norristown, re- tarned home last week, much pleased with his trip. Spring Mille. Sixth month school report of the Spring Mills grammar school, E. E. Haney, teacher, Number of puplis enrolled, 22; average attendance, 19; average per cent, 94; average per cent, for term, 93. The following at- teaded every day duriog the month : Grace Dunkle, Isabel Jase, Martha Weaver, Eugene BI Catherine Hostermap, John Ho Vera Sinkablos, John Meyer, David Host- erman, Leland Kline, Tbe following puplis attained an average of 85 per oent, and over in thelr monthly ex- sminations : Eugene Blegel, Leland Kline, Ostherine Hosterman, Charles Hackenberg, tieorge Hosterman, John Gramley, Isabel Lee, David Hoster map, Robert Neese, Vera Sinkabloe, John Meyer, Alms Corman, Katie He Is accredited by his fellows as a ca | pable leader in the Benate, yet he nev- er raised his hand to stop the slaugh- tering of meritorious bills in commit- | tee. Besides, hia Republican orgsnoi- zation in Delaware gounty is one of | the most notorious boose machines in the Btate. Now he must square that record with the people. Bo in order to relieve Bproul from any embarrassment on the liquor end, his * harmony " mansgerr, Penrose, Crow, Bnyder, Baker, Gallagher, at sat wee k's conference put out » ‘new " plan. How would a referen- dum vote on the prohibition amend ment do? He bas the suggestion made and interviews certain infloen- tial persons on the theme, He go's no comfort, for the anti-liquor people in the Republican party are awake to the liquor control and know the dar= ger of matching thelr political wits against the wily backers of the Organ- ization program. Thery is another reason why Sproul has taken so long in getting out his statement, He does not know where the Vares stand, He came oul as a Republican candidate at the Pittsburg brewery dinner in Janusry and stood under the protecting arm of Penrose when he made the announocment, He has realized, himeelf, sivoe then that this was a bad start, Then he had himself photographed with Oo's onel Roosevelt. This did not work well either, for the people of the state knew he had always opposed with his Demociney Pights On, {By Herbert Keviman | God Himeelf cannot muke a statu go" peace, The pathe to Yesterday are Irretree- able—tbe 1ulns that line thew, Irre- placeacle. Yer, land can be returned, but who shall return the'r clean souls to se'zed wemon ? What of the Lus!- tania snd the tower of Lonvain? How shall Bpring be made to dance be- fore blind eye: ? How may the sweep of a pen decree Easter in Flanders and bid elain legions rise laughing from the sod ? “ Ante statu quo”! “Things just as they were ’’, Thus would the P.usslan offer pen- ance, Thus would we win the war and he the ecore, These are Lhe terms on which he'd sheathe his hate, Buch a prace must all the more con- vince the German people of their sa- perior quality and the supeiiority of their political system. How can an uninvaded, prevailing empire, with still invineible armies on every front, be expected to repudiate leaders whom combined Christendom can’t defeat. Isolated, self-financed, self-nuriured, and terrifically outnumbered, Prussia may well read victory In & stslemate, Peace with Jookerdoma would be equivalent to a treaty with the Missle sippi—sand as futile. Bo long ss oul- law rivers and rsces command old sources and follow cold coureee, both will break bounds at fl od-ide, Bball the cobra eicespe full-fspged ? Bball the Rbine Monster live on fo sow the world with dragon's teeth again ? Bhall foul death of kinsmen on violated ress eternally stain our flag? Bball Mohammed's knife te left at Asia's throat ? Shall Fedau’s thame remain unwashed from Frereb banners and ravished PEelgium cry her deft in vain, while Hun and Turk ride free with sanguine hands aud cur hot, knightly oaths for loot, Kaiser, though justica cost the half our blood and gold, we'll not have leas, Democracy fights on, ~MARCH COSMOPOLITAN. n'‘anle Meaning vole the humanitarian mensures that the Colonel #0 long advocated. Counting on a personal friendship with Benator Vare, Bproul then er- deavored to get a declaration from the Vare brothers that would put a crimp in the Brumbsugh administration sims to make O'Neil the candidale at the primaries. Every known arl wae tried. Finally, it was announced that Bproul was to speak at suother dinner at Pittsburg spd that smorg the speakers would be Copgreseman John R. KE. Beott, who wants to be a csn- didste on the Penrose ticket for lier- tenant governor’, notwithstandiog the fact that he is an avowed Vare msr, and Harry A. Mackey, chairman of the Btate Workmen's Compersilion Board and a Vare ward leader. For a time it lyoked as if the Vares and their politdeal governor were abcut to split, but Benator Bproul had his eutbusissm considerably damp- ened when he reeched the Pillsturg dinner. All the ropes had been pulled and all the well-known political moves made to get these two Vare men to that dinner—but they wire not there. Mackey had even forward. ed to those in charge of the bapgu«t advance copies of his specch—for put- lieatior, Bat there was no Republi- can love feast that night. Boott, Ike Bproul, bass a record in the legislature, alec, He turned a few years ago against Penrose, after being a Republican whip on the floor of the House, but his allegiance to the Vares or the Vare-Smith fection in Philade!- phis has not changed him materially. No eooner does be get cut of the fifth ward murder rcrape and wash his hands than he has another murder right st his front door. Thuis last murder has not created the foes and feathers produced by the primary day murder of 1817 when gun- mea shot down an cfficer who wes trying to preserve order during a councilmanic fight, The reasdn le that not the same political significance has been attributed to it, but it is not the police's or Beotl’s fault that it has not stirred up tie same ill odors that pervaded Lhe city a year ago. There la little prospect of a especial session, There is no question in the minds of most politiciars that the governor's only interest, developed when it would be too late to do sny good, was to gain some political ad- vantage for the faction be represents. His own political backers referred to his suggestion aes a dream. After thinking the matter over for several weeks Ip Floride, the governor had resched no conclusion, #0 he eaid, upon his return to the capital regard- ing the call for a special session, He said it was still in a plastic state, He referred to the prohibition amendment and the reapportionment matlers as being vital oner, but did not explain why he had allowed two regular wsec- sions to pass before he urged the neces sity of a reapportionment of the con- gressional and legislative districts, It was also pointed oul by men who had helped elect him four years sg» that it was not until after it was too late that he showed any interest in having bis name stricken off the Per- sonal Liberty Party ticket, and that if his interest in Lhe anti-l'iuor cause Is son encugh why he waited until so late to urge the pusesge of 8 measure that would put Penceylvania in (he dry colump, A ff THE MARK ES, PRODUCE AT BTORES SALE REGISTER FRIDAY, MARCH 15h, at one o'¢ D.J, Meyer farm, 2 miles south-east of Linden Hall, J, A. Fortuey will sell: Two mares in fonl, 4 year-old horse, mare co't, rising two years oid, 10 bead young cattle, 11 sheep, 18 shonts, 2 brood BOWE, OCK, on Le BATURDAY, MARCH 14 one o'clock p um H. ¥. Bitner, at Centre Ha will sell Jot household goods, ete. & Hubler. aucts, BATURDAY of Wise MARCH 16th, 12 o'clock west of Centre Hill, J, C, Goodhart will Holstein cattie, several colts, and lot of he TUESDAY. MARCH 1#h, #00 a west of Old Fort, on Boalsburg road Brooks will rell Farm stock and im m. 3 miles Richard IpHements pa wmries BE. Fi will sel Far " WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 2 miles southwest of Centre stock and implementa THURBDAY, MARCH Zist, Samuel Wise, al Farmers M ZCOWs WHRROUS, DRFNITNE, Rik h FRIDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1 mile east Linden Hall, Ge Farm stock, implements and BATURDAY H 2rd F.M Fiher, at Peun Ha suppiles, wagons, iot bh MARL ousehold g BATURDAY, MARCH 23, 10 ¢ 8-4 mile east of Centre Hall, road, will sell farmstock im Clean up sale, BATI 'RDAY, MARC H Zr at 1:°0 mile east of Milroy, hit George Michael wil 6s new, harness, and Jot ¢ THURSDAY MARCH 2 3 miles weet of Centre DUgRY, sleigh, harness THBUREBDAY MARCH 2 Station, full {ine of far hold goods will be sold FRIDAY, MARCH 2 miles west Centre Ha Bartholomew will sell: } ments. L. FF. Mayes, anct BATURDAY, MARCH 30TH B. H. Arney of Centre Ha bold goods T= JB BEALE — Registered Holstein Friesian ( fine stock with an ert sexes for sale at all time prices, or betler vet phone BERZI H FOR BALE-T mediately pond Le WwW. 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