THE CENTRE REPORTER ISSUED WEEKLY. CENTRE HALL - PENN'A. MARCH 27. 1910. THURSDAY, SMITH & BAILEY . . . « « PFroprietors B. W.BMITIC. . = + + +» «+ + » + Balter Loca! Editor and Business Manager BDWARD £, BAILEY Entered at the Post Office in Centre Hall ns second Class mail matter, TERMA. ~The terms of subscription to the Be porter are ono and one-half dollars per{yoar. ADVERTISING RATES-—Display advertise mont of ten or more inches, for three or more in sertions, ton cents per inch for cach issue . Dis pisz advertising acoupyin los than ten nohes aud for Yess than three insertions, from fifteen to twenty-five cents per inch for sach issue, sccording to oom tion, Minimum charge reventy-five conta. Local! notices accompanying dfspla sdvertis. ing five cents per line for each insertion ; other. wise, eight cents per line, minimum twenty-five cents, Legal notices, twenty cents per line for three i rhe and ten cents per line for each ad- ditional insertion. AEE 4 A, e » = This paper has enlisted with the government in the cause of Americ? for the period of the war. -- =x. CHURCH APPOINTMENTS. United Evangelical —Fgg Bi, morning ; Tussey ville, afternoon ; Centre Hall, evening. Method ist— Centre pall, morning ; Sprueetown afternoon ; Spring Mills, evening. Reformed - Tussey ville, u orning ; Centre Hall, afternoon. Valley, momivog, Union, Centre Hall, evening Lutheran afternoon ; Georges ————— Political Announcements, FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Wa are authorized to announce the name of GEORGE M. HARTER, of Marion Township, Nittany P. O.. BR. D, cccupation lsrmer, as & can aidate for the nomination for County Commis sioner, subject to the rules governiog the Demo- cratic primaries. pd FOR REGISTER, We are authorized to announce the name of FRANK 8MITH, of Beliefonte Borough, as candidate J he Orphans Court of Centre County, subject «0 tha rules governing the Democra primaries, FOR TREASURER. We are an’ hrized to announce the name of J, E. HARTER, of Penn Township, as & candi date for the nomination of County Treasurer sub- ject to the deci lon of the Democratic voters as expressed at the general primaries to be held Wednesday, September 17¢h, 1919, pd. Ww. 8. 8. The 19:18 Campaign for the sale of War Savings Stamps was conducted on the basis of a otic appeal to every man, hild to help win the war. Ti y Savings Campaign 1s to be conducted with the primary object of making the I * thrift” and in the investmen small denominational Governmen a permanent America The ot the 1919 Campaign will be ** 1 wisely, save intelligently and tically, avoid waste, and invest safely.’ Organize at once into War Savings Societies. See to it that one is organ- ized in every public school room in our district ; in industrial and other in- stitutions. county chairman will take pleasure in rendering to you val uable assistance in this and other plans whereby the ** systematic ” idea of sav- ing may be properly and intelligently and the permanence thereof ally guaranteed, As Chairman of Group 3 of the War Savings Division, comprising the coun- ties of Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Mon- tour, Northumberland, Potter, Tioga and Union it will be my purpose to fre- quently give to the people living in spid counties information concerning the standing of the counties of said Group, as compared with the per capita for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States, W. Harrison WALKER, War Savings Division, Chairman Group 3. systen te also X our A SS —— Three Escape at Lock Haven Jail. Three prisoners escaped from the Clinton cougly jail at Lock Haven some time between midnight and 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. Workmen going past the rear of the jail on their way to work that morning saw the iron gate in the rear wall pried partly up on the bot- tom. Sheriff Rathgeber was at once no- tified.and it was found that three of his prisoners Bad escaped, They are Sam- uel Bechtel, who had been awaiting trial on a serious charge, and two train riders, who, when arrested about a week ago, gave their names as James Raden. bush and Chester Larkins, The men had not been locked in their cells last evening and they secured a heavy iron bar off one of the iron cots and by use of this broke the lock on the rear door and got into the jail yard, where they again used the bar, to pry open the lower part of the dvor in the wall, Word has been sent ont to nearby places to be on the lookout for the trio, Lecture Course Season Closed. The Centre Hall Lecture Course, for the season 1415-19, closed on Tuesday evening, with the appearance of the Swanee River Quartette, Lecture course patrons were treated te two ex. ceptionally fine musical numbers dur- ing the past week. On Thursday evening the Columbia Sextstte, a group of charming ladies, furnished a musical program, the out- standing feature of which was art of a superlative degree. Collectively and in- dividually they performed in a manner which evoked hearty applause from the good sized audience. Their program was diversified, giving the patrons of the course an exhibition of talent along various lines, The six young ladies rep- resented as many States in the union, the pianist being a Pennsylvania girl. The group of four negro entertainers, comprising the Swanee River Quartette, completed the Lecture Course season with their appearance Tuesday evening. They kept the house in an uproar with their native humor and funny songs. Mr. Gnatt, with a towering figure and a bass voice that almost causes the earth to tremble, was at his best in his “01d Black Joe." Collectively their voices blended in the sweetest harmony. The second part of their program was rendered in * old plantation ” dress. —————— A AAG] AI TARA Fiend Poisons Sheep. According to the Reporter's Rebers- burg correspondent, a fiend in human form is getting in some dirty licks in that locality. On Friday morning Mr. Hackman, on going to his barn, four of his sheep lying dead, and by lay a cover to a small box labeled poison, indicating that the gloated over his deed and desired his found close scoundrel victim to know how his innocent sheep suffered in meet Those who place rutes are in a class by designing evil and no punis be too severe | g their death. in in i £ 107 poison them or the perpetrator, ssn Private Alfred Crawford Arrives from Overseas. One by one the boys of the A. are arriving on the shores of the U. A., the latest local soldier to from being Private George Alfred Craw- York City was received by Mr. and®™Mrs. E. W. Crawford, on Tuesday ~~ be heard ford, whose telegram from New his parent 8 Sold Two I. H. C. Tractors. Two more Penns Valley farmers will thif tarnal aman the lacal agent, their wre, operate tractors farms spring, D: W. Bradf having sold the popular I. H. C. vs McCool, of Tuss sd Os chines to } and Charles Stover, Bradford has several other prospects view, ——— A —————— Senior Class Social. be held Satur. A Senior Class Social will Grange Arcadia, Céntre Hall, day evening, April sth. Parcel post sale, Program. Cake walks, Guess cake. Ice cream, will be sold. on candy, peanuts, elc,, cake, Everybody welcome, A —— REBERSBURG. Charles Beck will move tomorrow i Smullton Jonathan Spangler is seriously sick at this writing. Forest Ocker is nursing a painful car buncle on the back of bis neck. Mrs. Floyd Gramley, of Lewisburg, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Wait, James Zeigler had sale on Saturday of his farm stock and implements and on Tuesday moved to Millheim. Lester Minnich and family and Mrs. Scott Stover visited at the Jacob Houser home at Pine Creek on Sunday. C. O. Mallory is at present remodeling the interior of his house ; he will also install a bath outfit. Mifflin Moyer moved to South Rebers- burg, this week, into the house he bought of Monassas Gilbert. Samuel Mowery on last Tuesday moved on the Edgar Stover farm for- merly the Daniel Royer farm. Samuel Bierly has vacated the brick store room and the Boy Scouts of this place have rented the room and after April first will occupy the saline, One day the past week while Charles Bierly was skidding logs in the Stover woods near this place, a heavy log rolled on his foot, so severely bruising his ankle that he has since been unable to be about. ———— I A PAA LINDEN HALL. Mrs. Andy Long is visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert McClellan. Miss Mary Tomco spent Sunday with friends at Fillmore. Mr, and Mrs. Boyd Wieland are visit. ing Mrs. Williams Klinger, Mrs. Edward Sellers and Miss Phebe Potter spent Tuesday with Mrs. W. T. Noll. Mrs. Ross Lowder entertained a num- ber of her friends at a quilting on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Prank McFarlane, after spending a week with friends in Harris burg, are now at their home, Mrs. Alice McGoffin entertained a number of her friends, on Thursday evening, in honor of Mr. and Mrs, Ed- ward Tussey who are wisiting Mrs. Tussey's parents, Mr. and Mrs, William PINE GROVE MILLS. Mrs. C. E. Close was an Altoona visit. or the late end of the week. The Mrs. Mary Wright property has been sold to our miller, A. E. Auman, Mrs. Samuel Wagner spent last week among friends in Altoona, J. H. Bailey sold a pair of mated bays to H. C. Tussey for $450.00. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Homan are both down in bed with an attack of the flu, Postmaster David Barr is bedfast with an attack of flu, Farmer Ed, Harpster is holding the ribbons over a spanking team of bays. Mr. and Mrs, J. F. burg, spent Monday with town, E. W. Mayes and family to Huntingdon on Tuesday where he has a $1200-a-year job. Mrs. Amos Koch Aa- ronsburg to lend a helping h her baby boy, George, who is ill with pneu- monia. The loeal board Swabb, Corl and Parsons—attended the Kimport, of Boals- friends in moved from and to came up of supervisors supervisors meeting in Bellefonte on Monday. Mrs. Milo Campbell is home from the Now for better roads, hospital where she was under the k She is on a fair way to complete ery. James E. Hoover moved to his home at Snow Hill, Maryland, day, where he purchased a and will try his luck Bruce spending home folks, after retu He Merrit for must James J A. have written Seas service, will to home y saying they would § + a lasting peace freed rote desired to returt ‘he team | trees and ter havin BOALSBURG. Mrs. Reuben Stuart and daughter formers of Dormont, are visiting the par- ents, Mr. L Mrs. N. C. Yarnell and daughter, Middleburg, are at their home here. Among the friends and relatives who attended the funeral of Wm. Patterson Robert A. Patterson, of Davis, Ohio; and Mrs. O Mothersbaugh. of were © Ii. : Charles Knoff, of Cleveland, Samuel Kooff, Altoona ; Mr. Mrs, C. W. Wagner, of Cnicago, Ili Dr. and Mrs. Tinsley, Mrs, E, A, Miller and Curtis Wagner, of Altoona ; Mr. and Mrs, J. F. Falhelm, Julian ; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bradford and son, of Centre Hall ; Mrs. Wm. Dawson, of Bellefonte; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Grenoble, of State College. Misses Helen and Miriam Thompson, of Centre Furnace, were over Sunday visitors with their aunt, Miss Sayer, ——————— AP AAT State College Pays Tribute to Dr. Shaeffer's Memory. A tribute to the memory of Dr. Nath- an C. Shaeffer, the late Superintendent of Public Instruction in Peansyivania, was expressed at the Pennsylvania State College last Wednesday. All classes at the institution were suspended after 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon as a mark of re- spect to the venerable educator whose funeral services were held at that time. The State Department of Education, in recognition of his efforts in behalf of ed- ucation suggested to all school superin- tendents, heads of normal schools and colleges that the classes be suspended. of and State Agricultural Notes. Reports received at the Department of Agriculture indicates that only five per cent, of the farmers stored ice for family use as against sixteen per cent. oue year ago, A Chester county man was recently fined fifteen dollars and costs for viola tion of the State stallion law by stand- ing his horse for service without a State licence, This complaint was brought by an agent of the State Livestock Sani- # Goheen. “ tiary Board. ——————— il.3. WILSON SEES PROSPERITY ERA, Secretary of Labor Says There Will Be Long Period of Industrial Activity. ¥ er position than ison to speak tirade and in- Here he By WILLIAM ¢ B. etary of WILSON, Labor, 3 Program, 1 Shipping Ovinens sre be, number Is con- the men industry find sriain siiuation, a hold off on sre in the hope There is a coming down effect upon manufacturer nderiakes to cnt wir does likewise, the whole prices go- nn below even a normal profit. Wages at Top Notch, uring the period of the war our recolved more in actual, In al wages than they had ever receiv. previous time. The cost but the hourly of the workers had gone in the same mtlo. There instances where the hourly waze rate had gone up In excess of cost of living: there were other Instances where it did not go up quite as far as the cost of lv. ing. but the average was very close to the increase in the cost of living. However, the workers had steadier employment then they had been in the habit of recelving; they worked over. time with time and a half for the ex. tra Hime they worked, and they work. Sundays, In many Instances. So the arpregate they received was greater than they had ever had before, Many of thew have some of that In reserve now that enn be utilized and will be utilized, against any general attempt to reduce the wage rates; and because of the disposition on the part of labor, because of the fact that any period of depression that may confront us must of necessity be a short period, and that the reaction Into post-war ac. tivities, giving us a period of Indus tein] prosperity, must come in a very brief period of time, it would be folly if any HR UR position the coming of Prices bel 1 fates of poRaibl + tuinbling and the workers ed at any wage rate up were some flmost the Increased wm en J 4 v.& Sond oe $ ~ PENNSYLVANIA'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE! These County Representatives Are Putting Reai Vim into the Local Drives. Upper Left—ALLEN P, PERLEY, Williamsport, Left ARTHUR PECK, Philadelphia. Harrisburg. Lower Right— CHARLES F,. HESS, Wilkes-Barre, Lower to engage in the conflict necessary STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! The International Harvester Co.'s 8-16 4-cylinder kerosene burner Tractor can plow on land or in the furrow. Why buy a tractor that burns twice as much fuel ? Why not buy from a reliable firm where you have some protection? - A firm that sells 35 different kinds of farm machinery. The I. H. C. Tractor is the only tractor built that carries on springs, and the price is only $975. We don't only want your trade on Traclors—we are not here to-day and gone to-morrow, but we are here to stay. WE HANDLE THE FULL INTERNATIONAL LINE. Carload of Keystone Loaders & Side-Delivery Rakes “yy DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS. 'D. W. BRADFORD CENTRE HALL
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