LOUALS,
Charles Kahn, of Boalsburg, was a
visitor at this ofM se last Thursday.
The residence of Miss Mary Fisher
was wired for electric light, last week.
Mise Bertha Deitrich, of Bellefonte,
was a guest at the F. M, Fisher home
over Bunday.
“Tom” Smith (Hur * Tom”) will
be the chef in charge of the ox roast
at State College on Raturday.
The primary school was closed on
Tuesday owing to the death of Miss
Helen Bartholomew's niece, Miss Mar-
garet Bartholomew.
Perry Krise ia firing the boller at
the condensary, Spring Mills, He
succeeds Berjamin Hackenburg, who
again took up the work of traveling
salesman for confectionaries.
Misses Margaret Emery and Carri
Mitterling rendered a beautiful word
and song dialogue in the Grange hall
last Thursday evening, in connectior
with the Rogers entertainment,
Mr. snd Mre, Warren Zimmerman,
and Mrs, Simpsop, all of Bunbury,
were guests of Merchant and Mre, C.
M. Smith, the former couple on Batur-
dsy and the latter remaiviog over
Sunday.
Mr. and Mre. Bamuel Burris, who
moved this spring from the Horner
farm, near Pleasant Gap, to the Benja-
win Ksuftman farm, at Zion, were
presented recently with a ten-pound
baby boy.
A soft-shell egg, measuring blpe
inches by eight inches, was produced
by a Rhode Island Red hen owned by
John Rine, last week, Its cubical
contents was easily #» great as that of
four normal sized eggs.
The following young men from Dear
Centre Hall have been called for ex-
amination before the local board: Oo
Friday, April 19, Herbert Garie, Ira
D. Whiteman, D. M. Bradford, On
Monday, April 22, Daniel B. Bloom.
The meeting dn the interest of the
Third Liberty Loan and W, B. B,
scheduled for Spring Mills last Batur-
day, was postponed until Baturdsy
evening of this week, in Grange hall.
Prominent speakers will be there,
The Centre County Mutual Fire Io-
surance Company held its first quar-
terly meeting in Hellefoute, on Mou-
day. The meeting was well attended
by directors, and a large amount of in-
surance was reposted by the recretary,
Frank M, Fisher, as having been taken
on new applica lone, as well as many
renewals of former policies,
John H. Runkle, of near Centre
Hal), lost a valuable driving horse,
last week, which he purchased only
a faw weeks previous, The animal
took sick and in a short time died.
Mr. Runkle’s losses in horse flash
have been heavy in his thirteen years
of farming, bls most recent loss bring-
ing the total to six animale,
A meeting on the War Board plar,
under the auspices of the Btste P. O.
8, of A,, will be held at Centre Hall on
Saturday evening, May 4'h, st which
time either the Bta'e President of the
order ora man of cqual ability will
deliver an address along purely pstri-
otic lines, Rodgers, the biind music-
jap, will again be here and have a part
in the program. The doors will be
open to the pubile.
The conditions for big catches of
trout on Monday, the opening day of
the season, were very unfavorable. The
heavy snow of the past week caused
Ligh water, In the Beven Mountain
streane, above Colyer, where limit
catches were frequently made on the
opening daye, very little success waa
met with on Monday. Many fisher-
men returned with empty creele, whije
a few displayed two or three speckled
beauties,
The local Rebekah Lodge, I. O, O,
F., held an interesting meeting on
Tuesday evening when more than
fifty members of the Btale College,
mpripg Mills and Millbeim lodges
were present, The work on the nities
tory degree cccupied the greater part
of the session. Two distinguished
Rebekahs present were Mre, Marthe
RK. Parry, President of the Rebekah
Assembly, snd Mrs. Ewing, Grand
Deputy. A loncheon followed the
business session.
The Odd Fellows at Bpring Mills re-
cently purchased the old Evangelical
Association. church building where
they have been holding their meetings
for & number of years. Bince the
church trustees would not dispose of
the lot, the Odd Fellows purchased a
plece of ground directly east ¢f their
former location and will move the
building onto that, The United Ev-
ange.icals will move thelr church
vaildiog from the hill onto the site
which the three-link men will vacate,
nt the same time making repairs to
the edifice.
During the week endiog April 6th
Centre ccunty had a per capita of 22e,
and for the entire campaigh now has
$2 66, Centre retsined tenth place in
the lst of counties comprising the
Eastern District of Pennsylvanis, but
instead of keeping ninth place in the
gales for the week ending the sixth
instant, it dropped down to fourteenth
piace. There are several counties Ime
mediately following Centre county
that will likely “run away’ with
this conn'y within the next week or
two unless an extra «ffort is put forth
jogs and Thrift Btampe,
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LOOALS
J. D. Neese, of Bpring Mille, breed-
er of thouroughbred Duroc Jersey
hogs. favored the Reporter with a call
on Tuesday,
Mre, Lizzie Jacobs leaves this
(Thursday) morning for Steubenville,
Ohio, to visit her son and dsughter-in
law, Mr, and Mre. Guy W. Jacobs,
The warm rays of sun beginning of
the week quickly disposed of much of
the sevent en-inch snowfall of the
few days previous. The country roads
were put in miserable condition as a
result,
Miss Mildred Brown, of Potters
Mille, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
win Brown, has gone to Lock Haven
where she will be a student in the
State Normal Mchool at that place for
the next three monthe.
Chprles F. Boyder, a Penn Blate
graduate, and employed in 8a ges
meek factory in Philadelphia where
9000 masks are marufactured dally,
gpent Bunday with his uncle and
aunt’, Mr. and Mrs, F. M, Fisher, in
Centre Hall,
David Bweetwood, of Spring Mille,
was admitted to tbe Lewistown hos-
pital, Tuesday, suflering a severe lacer-
ation of the fingers of his right hand.
Mr. Bweetwood was ipjured while
about his regulsr employment at the
Standard Steel Works,
The ( lover Club, a wWomeL's assc-
ciation of the town, recently made
liberal contributions to tie locsl Red
Cross society and to the Woman's
Oversea Soldiers’ hospital which bas
been established in France by the
women of Penpsylvanis,
The County farm agent, R. H, Olms
stead, and the botany departm nt at
State College, have made arrange.
ments to treat barley smut, and apy
farmer baviog barley needing treat.
ment may have it by making appli
eation to the farm agent of the botany
department at State College.
The pupils in the intermediate grade
of the local schools are pushing shead
in their purchsses of *‘ baby bonds
and since their lsst report have
bought W. 8 ®, enl T. 8. to the
amount of $3200, making a total to
date of $258.75. They are credited
with having purchased one W. 8, Uer-
tificate, 26 W, HB, Btampes and 115
Phrift Stamps, Very good, indeed.
George E. Breoo, who ir employed
by a bridge building company at
Reading, within the pset month was
twice advanced and is now on a sal
ary. He was first made a foreman,
od within two weeks a superintend-
ent. The R porter ia pleased to meu-
tion his advancement and that the
salary he now receives is quite attrao-
tive.
The following, reprinted from the
Millheim Jourpal, Is Lighly compli-
mentary to the residents of Millbeim,
Coburn and vicinity : The jitney eup-
per held Saturday evening by the local
Red Croes petted $110 35, and tha lad-
jes who had the supper in charge are
jubilant over the success they had,
which was made possible by the gen-
erous support of the public The
elothing collected recently by the Red
Cross from Millbeim and Coburn resi-
dents for the destitu'e and Belgians
amounted to 1,000 pounde, which was
the largest amount gathered by any of
the chapters affiliated with the Biate
College organization.
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What German Rule Means
(Continued from first pagel
systematic exploitation snd wanlon
destruction would inevitably ead to
etarvation of the population, especial
ly of the sged, feeble, and the children
and to the forced enslavement of the
able-bodied workers. Furthermore,
the results of these evi's will not end
with the war, but will be perpetusted,
The ¢>rquered lande, even after they
regain their freedom, will sufler long
and grievously from the enfeeblement
of the population caused by the misery
during the occupation of the countries
by the Germans,
Other chapters in this publication
which may be optained free by writ-
fog to 8 Jackson Place Washington,
D. C., are devoted to pillage and arion
ss practiced by German officers and
troops ; to the deliberate burning of
the rich city of Louvain on the false
charge that the citizens have fired on
German troops ; and to the wanton
destruction of houses, orchards, snd
every work of man carried out Inst
spring io northern France when Hin-
denburg was forced to fall back from
the reglon of the Bomme,
WEEHLY WARK NEWS DIGEST,
67,716 MEN EXCUSED
FROM MILITARY BERVICE
UNDER VOCATION PROVISIONS
vice law making specified voeations a |
ground for exemption or discharge,
apart from the * necessary industries’ |
deal t with by the district boards 67,-|
716 men were excused from military
duty.
Of the men exemppted 1,666 were
Federel or Btate cfficers; ministers
8,076 ; divinity students, 8,144 ; in the
military and naval service, 47,822.
County ard municipal cfficials
numbering 889 were discharged ; cue-
tomhouse clerke, 171 ; mail employees,
1,476 ; arsenal workmen, 2,828 ; Feder- |
al employes designated by the Presi
dent, 1,777 ; pliots, 1,772 ; marines, 2,-
666,
FARM TRACTOR NOTES
TO BE REDISCOUNTED
BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
Federal reserve banks are to redle
count notes secured by farm tractors,
according to the Depsrtment of Agri-
culture, Iastructious have been issu d
to all Federal reserve banks authotiz-
ing them to rediscount tractor paper
presented by any member banks, pro-
vided it has maturity not exceeding
¢ix months and the tractors are pur-
chased for agricultural pu. pose,
WAR DEPARTMENI
PLANS FURIL
TO HELP FARM WORK
YUGHS
For the purpose of sugmenting agri
culture production it ls the inteption
of the War Departreat to grant fur
loughs to enlisted men Lo enable them
to engage io farming during the cres
ent season. Commanding offic re |
may grant such furloughs w ithin pre-|
geribed rules whenever It appears
in this town.
for their own sakes.
done it.
best for us.
they will contributes to increased farm
production, |
Fuarloughs msy be given
manding officers of poste, Camps,
toumentes, divisions, spd department, |
They will be for short periods, largely
for seeding and harvesting time. |
Ihey will vot be granted to enlisted
men of or above the grade of first ser. |
geant, LOT in AD Orgar zation that hase
been order:d to move or fs in trapeil
from points of mobilization or Lrainivg
to a port of embsrkstion. All fur
men ordered to their
when they have received preparatory
orders for duly overs=as, :
Furloughs granted for farm work
will be without pay sud allowances, |
except that enough pay will be re
tained in each case to meet allotments |
in force on the day of the order, war-|
riek lnsurarce, and pledges on Liberty
bonde, {
For sp: experts iu |
sgriculiure furl ba granted |
by the Secretary of War upon applica |
tion by the Hecrelary of Agriculture, |
providing such fur oughs are volun-|
tarily sccepted by the persons for |
whom application is made,
Individual epplications for fur.
loughs submitte | by relatives will be |
ou a form to be furnished by
draft boards,
made out and presented to the local
board, which will complete the form.
If the furlough is granted the appli-
cation will be filed by the command.
ing officer and a certificate furnished
the soldier. If not granted, the sppli-
cation will be relurned with reasons
for disapproval.
If the soldier initiated the spplica-
tion he will give the name of the per-
eon for whom he desires to work, from
whom will be ascertained the need for
farm service. '
Furloughe may be granted en bloc to
men who are willing to accept them,
upon requests of farmers, when time
consumed in tra reling from the post
to the place of labor will not excged 24
houre. In making these applications
farmers will use a form of the Provost
Marshal General's office, also going to
the local board,
organizations |
ally q 1alified
coughs may
local |
Two sections are to be |
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“opiss Printed For Dis
Over the Nation,
s of posters by
een printed by
tigtribution in
nag in the in
yeriy Loan, Any
would be worth
but the artists
charge,
itle of one
{ ters It
nry Raleigh.
geoldier for tev ir
wearing an iron
lies a wopan
06 Des
y has con
tribuls modornized
gpirit of Victory ‘bearing an Amer}
can flaz ¢ ging the patriot
{am of the country for support
advancing columns of American sol
diera
A poster which will appeal especi
ally lents of agricultural
districts is one which depicts a stur
dy farmer bidding farewell to his son
as he leaves for the front. The word
of the
to the real
than for ourselves.
to work for ourselves.
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messi
Rainy days
They're all wool, in
Hart Schaffner & Marx made —satis-
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WHAT BONDS WILL BUY |
Fyery 3100 Liberty Be
tah
A five-ton costs Unc)
Kam $5000,
and buy your
wheel!
truck
ile up the Bofids
spoke In the
Every $50 Bond will make one
six-inch shell. Hurl one at
least, at the Hun!
* * *
About 100 hand grenades can
be made for a $50 Bond. Send
across a couple of hundred to
one of our Boys!
BOG re Pri
A PPaPrl i PD iD DD D®
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured
local applications, as they cannot reach
& diseased partion of the ear There in
nly one way to cure deafness, and that is
constitutional remedies Deafness i»
used by an inflamed condition of the mu-
ous lining of the Eustachian Tube When
his tube is inflamed you have a rumbling
sund or imperfect hearing, and when it is
niirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condl-
tion, hearing will be degtroyed forever, nine
cases out of ten sre caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by eatarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
fend for circulars, free
¥. J. CHENEY & CO. Toleds, Ohlo,
fold 4 Druggias. 15¢
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
eg
HAY FOR SALE ~A ton of loose timothy hay
fs offered for mie~H., W, DINGES, re
Ha'l, Pa.
COLTS FOR SALK «A pair of 8. year-old coltw
sorrel and black, weight 1100 apiece : the makin
. Sound and all tight. Good
ing. —M. J, WALKER, Centre Ha
i ‘phone, o.17pd
FOR SALE
ing reads: “Good bye, Dad! I'm off
to fight for Old Glory~You buy Unit
ed States Government Bonds!" |
Of particular appeal to foreign-born |
Americans is the poster which shows
the arrival of the immigrant and his
family In Free America, and which re.
minds these adopted citizens to "Re
«
nm"
Registered Holstein Friesian Oattle. All extra
fine stock with an ovtra good ARO backing. Both
scxon for sale at all times, Send for pedigree and
1oes, or Dotter yot, and see 0 1
Phone “A. THOMAS, Cengre
BOR. e oi
Map on right shows cost, by
states, for certifying men in the
OD Dee Dt De Pt DP D> ES paar De re
Spring
Opening
A complete and comprehensive display of all
The Newest and Best Styles
in Spring & Summer Apparel
for Men and Women
Our display this Spring is of special in‘erest
to every man and woman in this vicinity, because
the qualities are unusually good and the new mod-
els exhibited are in every way pleasing.
—AND REMEMBER, There are no high
war prices on this new merchandise. We have
priced everything at such reasonable figures that
you can easily afford to buy.
We are anxious to have you see this line.
D. J. Nieman
Department Store MILLHEIM