§ ¥ Bally, obi agar ie 8 be ¥ ae HE Sa REN ISSUED WEEKLY. CENTRE HALL - THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918, SMITH & BAILEY . . . . . Froprietors S. Wa BMITH + + + + + +» + + + BoNor Loca®! Editor and Business Manager EDWARD E, BAILEY { ” Entered at the Post Office in Centre Hall as second Class mall matter TERMS, ~The terms of subscription to the Re- porter are one and ons-half dollar per year. ADVERTISING RATES-Display advertise ment of tan or more inches, for three or more in gertinns, tan oants per inoh for oach fssne . Dis play advertising ncoupying less space than ten fnohes and for less than three insertions, from fifteen to twenty-five cents par inch for each tssna, according to composition, Minimum charge seventy-five oants, Looal notices AcCOmpAnY Ing display advertis- ing five cents per line for each insertion ; other- wise, eight cents per line, minimum charge, twenty-five cents. Legal notices, twenty cents per line for three fusertions, and ten cents per line for each ad- ditional insertion CHURCH APPOINTMENTS. Presbyterian,—Centre Hall, morning Lutheran —Tusseyville, morning, communion ; Centre Hall, afternoon ; Spring Mills, evening. communion ; Centre Reformed. — Union, morning reparatory service Saturday alternoon. {all, evening POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS CONGRESS, We are suthorized to announce the name of Wm E Tobias, of Du Bois. Pa, as a candidate for the democratic nomination for the office of representative in Congress for the 21st district of Pennsylvania This district includes Cameran, Center, Clearfield and McKean counties. Fri mary election Tdesdav, May 21st, 1918, Post office address, Du Bois, Pa. pd Sales y— of War Savings By Organizations ia Penns Valley. [Under this head will be published each weck the sales of W.S. S. and T.S. reported by organizations in Penns Valley. Reports should reach this office each Monday] Sales for Week Ending Mar 16 Lady of Valley Rebekah Ldg. $125.00 Pledge by members of Centre Hall Lutheran Church . Junior W. S. Society, Interme- diate grade, Centre Hall . Relormed C. E. of Centre Hall Society, stitution that suffers gum vending mschipe and the like, Sn ——— A —————— “ over there ’ would do if they heard gome of the excuses put up by citizans of this beat of ali free couniry, asked to bay ! and r«flact whether a little jab in rear of the man back home might like a freeman should. Ssrm————— A ——— ¢0 meagre that he cannot help the government by purchasing a Thrifs Stamp or War Savings Stamp, pot telling the truth, What Is more, bonde, is not a good loyal citizen, they must, they volGoteer no of patrioti=m. Pleasant Gap. W. D. Herman and bride arrived home la _ of Cha he ee SE CN DO sat WIR A RTC The great drive for sufficient labor to man the farms of Centre county is on. America must produce the greatest crops in her history this reasoa or be threafeped with the invasion of her own soil by the Germans. If we do not raise enough to feed ourseles and our Al- lies the fight will be lost before we can get our full military strength to the oth- er side to support the soldiers of France and England who have been fighting since 1914, These countries have put so many of their men n the fighting line and into the munition plants that they haven't enough left at home to till the soil and must depend on us for food. Men and boys of Centre county, this year will be what our grea® President eaid it was to The determining point of the war. Qur government has told our Allies that we can be depended upon to pro-| duce the food necesary and it is now up to us to make the promise good. | Within the next two weeks we must | enroll every man and boy who is cepa- ble of doing any work on a farm, if he is not already working on a farm. There may not be any need for them but the emergency demands that a list of availa- ble man and boys be immediately com- piled so that if they should be needed we will know where to find them at a moment's notice. This week there are being mniled to all the ministers of the gospel. all the se- cret fraternal, patriotic aod other organ- izations, all the public school teachers and Sunday school superintendents in the county, full information as to how be. the enrollment is to be carried out. Let us appeal to every citizen of the | county to enthusiastically co-operate in the work It is absolutely necessary to] the welfare of our country. A'l men who are capable of going out! emergency to belp for a day or #0, | whether they bankers merchants mechanics, or lab-! orers should enroll. Every old en igh to do the chores or follow a har- row or hay on Every clerk or mechanie lived on a farm experience in an are preachers, lawyers boy drive a wagon a farm uld enroll or laborers who once and has had some farm iid enroll. I'he cards will indicate whether the persons enrolling can give only a few iting the » to spend the | days d season or whether he entire immer on to That isn't patriot. t the thought of the wages jeter you Ihink of it like those men who srried to help the Go: d stricken city of Haven thought that. Our intry is in need of relief today just ke Lock Haven was and the call perative because it makes its the patriotic in addition to the humanitarian impulse. LOCK of 8 more in appeal t IFHE FIRST MEETING, On M was held nday at 2 o'clock & meeting in the arbitration yoom in the urt house in Bellefonte formulate the plans for the campaign. There were present fully two hundred farmers and others from all parts the was called to and stated by George R. Meek, executive secretsry for Centre Then Dean R. L. Watts, of 1 of Agriculture of the Pennsyl- vania State College ; County Superin- tendent of public schools, D O. Etters ;| Clement Dale, Eeq., chairman of the] Four Minute speakers; R. H Olmstead, | county farm agent; former treasurer G. G. Fink, and Burdine But- ler, of Howard, spoke. All of the gen- tlemen urged the utmost endeavor on the part of every one to get out the greatest acreage ever planted in Centre county. But all of them expressed the] opinion that such a result can only be sccomplished if the necessary labor is procurable. That is the problem now and the so- Jution is vp to us. Are we going to solve it? We can if each and every one | of us does our part, | to of county. Ihe order meeting the purpose county. the aol tae schoo county THE SPEAKER ARRIVES, Mr. Signor arrived on a late afternoon | train and a meeting was called for 7| o,clock in the eveninz in order that he| might explain the plan of organisation | to be effected in Centre county. Mr, Signor is himself a farmer and is at pres- ent farming one thousand acres of the most fertile 'and in the Schuylkill val- ley. Accordingly he was qualified to talk to a few farmers who remained in town for the evening meeting, He spoke to th m ip a sympathetic vein, but seriously impres-ed upon them the call that the world is making for food stuffs and the response that we as farm. ers must make to the call He said that the fa mers much more subjected to depletion of their help in districts surrounding the great industrial centers have a far more serious problem than we in comparatively isolated Centre county have, yet they are co-operating enthusiastically end hopefully to meet it. After the formal meeting was dis- missed Mr. Signor went into conference with Mrs, J, Thomas Mitchell and Mrs, John Porter Lyon, representing they Counoll of Home Defense ; Prof. Jonas E. Wagner, representing the Boys » ho i we, the executive sccretary. The plans | were laid out as above formulated and | provision was made to employ a man at once who will do nothing but work on the farm labor problem in Centre county until the crops are planted and harvested, This man will be selected this week end he will be under the di rection of D. F. Kapp, of State College, chairman of the committee of Civilian Service and Labor for Centre county, and will co ordinate his work with that of the county farm agent, Mr. Olmstead. 01d Fort Granted License, Judge Quigley on Wednepdny granted a liquor license to the Od Fort botel, Maynard Meeker, proprie- tor. The Old Fort was was one of the places held over when Judge Qigley granted the bulk of the licenses. ————— A APT AAA Liberal to War Relief, The Mennponiter, of Mifflin county, although strenuously resisting the draft into military service as couscien- ti us otjectore are giving liberally to- ward war relief. The Belleville Am- ish church contributed $510 last Hop-| day, Allensville A. M, church $412, | Locust Grove $138, John P. Zywk John Peschy ehurches §3583 92 ssc ol Al Shit Hates for Use of Fam Tractors, The state department of Agriculture hes prepared a form of application for serv ce of the slate’s farm tractors i+ | which the rates are given ing 60 cents per acre ; diskiog §1.50 per | | acre, apd plowing ¥2 per acre, [he | | i ss harrows-| state will require payment of twenty | per cent of the amcunt due upon sign- | ing of the contract and the remaindsr immedia‘ely upon eompletion of thei work, More than 600 applications for | tractors have been received from faro - | ere, —————————————— BOALSBURG D. W, Meyer spent several days las! week In Altoone, Condo Kreamer, of Altoone, his sun’, Mre, Msud Williams, George Yarnell spent Bundsy at the Miess home at Colyer, Mrs, George Fortney spent the week end with relatives in Bellefonte, Miss Annie Lobr spent several day+ | with relatives at Centre Hall, Mre. John Wright and two childrer spent BRanday with Mrs, Wright's par euts, Mr, snd Mra, W. A. Rockey. Miss Frances Patterson Is spendios the week at the Charles Jobnsoobaug! home, Mre. Manoa Kline, of Axemanr, spent Mooday sfternoon at the O. L visited Mothersebaugh home, Mies Lillian Dale returued to her home after spending the winter will her Lrothe?, John Dale, at Bta e Col- lege. Mise Barah Keller returned to be home last week afier spending severs months with relatives diflerevt plese e. Mrs. Huston Bhuey and irer, of State College, were over-Sur- isy visitors at the William Blover home, at two chil- a————————— A — ———— More than 1.600 tons of anthracite coal were condemped In Peupeyivanis markets by representatives of the Fuel Administration recently in the campaign to compel the delivery of clean coal, FOLKS WE ALL KNOW Were you ever Introduced to a Fel low who immediately Grabbed your hand like he had Inherited it? And did your Mitt feel like it had been Caught in the Door? Then you've met the Bone Crusher. Where does he get the Idea that he can Make Friends that way? Alfalfa Seed A limited amount of the BEST GRADE of Alfalfa Seed is offered for sale by — S W, SIMITH, CENTRE HALL. aaa wa i i = Already you will find this store crammed with spring Merchandise, and we are adding new lines al- most daily, New Dress Goods We are showing a very large assort- ment of dress goods in many pretty pat- terns and of extra good quality. It shouldn’t be hard for you to make a choice from the new materials which we have recently purchased. NEW SHOES ARE HERE for Men, Women, Boys, Girls, and the Baby, The Spring and Summer Styles are here in full array, and it will pay you to look .over this lot before deciding fi- nally in th: matter of your Spring Shoe purchases. Remember, it is our aim to keep our store inviting and interesting to you at all times, We strive to do this by constantly adding new lines which the ordinary country store feels it “unnecessary” to handle, It is our way to try to please you. Visit our store ; you are more than welcome. C. M. SMITH The Big Quality Store of Penns Valley CENTRE HALL Watch This Space for New Advertisement W. F. COLYER, Centre Hall, Pa, * 3 SPRING STYLES OF LADIES’ COATS, SUITS AND DRESSES Arriving Daily. You are invited to come in and look them over. Men's and Young Men's Suits and Furnishings at KESSLER’S DEPARTMENT STORE MILLHEIM WATCH FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCF MENT