VOL. XOIIL.
SATURDAY OPENING DAY
OF ENCAMPMENT & FAIR.
All Ready for 46th Annual Gathering.
—Big Increase in Tent Holders. —
The Program for the Week
Everything is ready for the opening
of the Grange Encampment and. Fair,
Saturday, September 6th,
Thirty additional tents have been se.
cured which makes the camp larger than
ever before and practically all the tent
holders will move in Friday and Satur-
day for a full week of pleasure.
effcrt has Been made to assure pleasure,
comfort and amusement for the tent
holders.
The exhibits and lectures in the aud
itorium will furnish interesting instruc-
tion for both old and young.
All the exhibits will be arranged in an
interesting manner, and attendants will
answer all questions pertaining to the
exhibits.
Instructors from the State Co
conduct interesting
both agricultural an
i
Every
lege wil
demonstrations along
d domestic science
lines. .
'
sheep
than
The exhibit of horses, cattle,
and hogs will be larger and better
last year, ‘The
by boys and girls
the exhibit.
Bands and orches tras willkfurn
sic ng the wee
THE
Saturday
in the Audit
Sunday,
services,
tack ine oc
SLOCK Ing L
will
x ich
is mu.
Aurir
PROGRAM
M.—Picture Show
[.—Harvest
Home
Keller, [
Rev
Reformed chur
rill deliver the :
Monday,—Placing of
7:30.~Moving pictures
orium,
Tuesday.—Open-ai
7:30.—~Moving
Ww ednesday,
delivered
da jt
dan, member of
Rev, H. G.
State ng
Grange.
chot, member of
A. Master
Grange, a
sen, Secr
These
McSparran,
Prof
etary of
J
rd
oa
shoul I hear
F
1 gpecial
rsday.
Fauroaq ant
ation, etc, of
In the opinion of
Commissioner, time will
elapsed f
permit of complete compl
requi
Arrangements have been made
Department to pu
1aspeciors,
rom the approval of this law
iance with
rements,
ved
ttl out
a motor
fully empowered t
equipped with devices for ch
testing excessive hts,
etc.
checking up the establishments of
5
Hor
weig glari
Inspectors will also be
ers in second-hand me
the records of public garages.
8
pecifications for light te
been prepared, and the
$
. 34 ¢ * — A
now in positic i LO MaKe proper roa
laboratory tests for controll
lights on veh
shall comply
motor icles, so that they
with the provisions of this
Act,
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Farmers’ Institutes For 1919-1920.
Communities
desir eing Farmers’ In
stitute meetings durin
ie
COMmIng win-
ter are requested to kindly notity the
Chairman of County Farmers Insti
tutes, C. L. Goodling, State College, Pa.,
wu or before September 4, at which time
bureau Agent, repre
rganizations,
«nd the county chairman of institutes
will decide where institutes will be held
this winter, Owing to the increased
cost of operating Institutes, Secretary of
Agriculture Rasmussen has found it
necessary to reduce the number of days
on which Institutes will be held in the
various counties, In order to accommo-
date as many communities as possible,
Institutes this winter will be held only
one day instead of two. In this way it
1s thought that better speakers can be
secured and possibly more interest
aroused in the meetings,
ow vh
iE a
the county farm
sentatives of agricultural
Killed When Mine Roof Fell,
{ Ashland No. 4, a small country mine
operated by Hil Brothers, at Hawk
Run, was the scene of a most unfortud-
ate fatality, last Wednesday, when Mike
Pristash, aged 19 years, was caught un.
der a fail of the mine roofing and so se-
verely injured that his body was lifeless
before the dirt and timbers could be
pulled away from him,
DEMOBILIZING ARMY
GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
More Than Million Men Mustered
Out of Service in Two Months.
The ion of army
date was declared one of the greatest ac-
complishments of the war by Secretary
Baker in statement pointing out
the comparison between the fignres in
this war and those of and ‘65. The
Secretary laid particular emphasis upon
of transportation a-
rning the men from
demobili zat our to
a
'98
record
in
the great
chieved
France,
retur
*“The demobilization record to date is
the of
" said the Secretary.
the
one of
the
most splendid successes
“It ranks
achieve-
h alone
ird of a
help from
h shipping, whict
rawn at that time.
re
war,
favorably with
ments of the war,
OL igh hor
greatest
mo
re than a th
1
a
In one
we br ne mo
this with little
million :
ne} tn n
neh took me than
fifty per cent of ou men
y y
aimost single -hand
0 men in the month of
han. were ever trans.
izle month,
jualling
he civil war,
eward and de-
roximaltely
men newly enlisted hs eX presses
forene ¢ we $ tf. ¢
preierences as regaras piaces of
Of these 12,754 have expressed
SCTVE 10 Bure Among
§
given
while
’t
service preferences
1a Lae 1nias try,
ive
5 a preference for cavalry.
tpn
from
France. ’
Mr,
re Hall.)
(Letter to his and Mrs.
WwW.
parents.
XK. Bloom, Cent
Camp Dodge, France,
August 3, 1919,
Dear Mother and all
Well,
ng to you. |
last week ; you no doubt
tere I am again writ.
hear from you
supposed 1 was
I expect to get start-
ed 10 about and that
not long, having got used to waiting,
You know, must De the last
You see, | am wondering why
they sead * * home and keep
but if they sent me home, the
other fellow would say, “Why do they
send Dan Bloom home and keep me
here.” B50 that is the way it goes.
it rained here this morning, but it is
nice now, 1 believe it is hotter here
than io the States, ’ ,
There remain only three companies
about 400 men-and It does seem
strange to sce so few soldiers, You
might compare it with the Grange pic-
nic. You know what the Thursday
crowd is hike and what Friday is like iu
comparison. Well, that is about the
way it is bere, .
Are you tenting at the picnic this
year? Ifyou are, you had better tell
me where the tent is located, for 1 might
walk a on you unexpected. Then a-
gain, 1 may not be home until the last
of October,
i
did pot
ed my way home,
three months, is
SOe One
one,
that fellow
me here ;
Dass Bro
AA
Dollars wasted by the Repuplican
Congress in dalliance and delay can be
replaced by the taxpayers. But how can
mofe time be raised by taxation?
Exphing Teachers Salary Bill.
In order that the recent teachers’salary
measure passed by the State Legislature
be properly interpreted by the various
school districts, the State Department of
Public Instruction un Saturday issued
suggestions to aid in interpreting the
act,
The two grades of
Auto Accident on ! Nittany Mt.
A new Cadillac
Harris Smith, a Lewistown
was badly damaged, on Sunday,
it broke through the guard rail
other of Nittany mountain,
turned over several times in going down
an embankment comparatively
dry creek bed,
In the car were
daughter, Miss Mary, and sons,
and Maurice, They escaped fortunate.
ly with a few slight bruises.
After the machine was placed back on
the road it was able to proceed to Hunt-
Extensive
before the car
belonging to
merchant,
when
on the
and
sedan,
side
into a
special certificates
are classified as follows by the depart.
ment.
DEPART
Mr. and Mrs, Smith,
Joseph
MENT'S CLASSIFICATION,
Temporary are
classed with
{two-year certi
Permanent
special certificates
professional certificates
fic
ates.)
ingdon under its own power.
special certificates are
classed with State Normal School di.
. county certificate
State permanent certificates and
repairs will be
will again be put in
necessary
service, plomas permanent
t————————
Civil Service Examination,
Civil
held
Philipsburg for
college
provisional certificates,
The act does not make
tor
time
ought to be
will be
and
examinations
State C
service provision
for
incre
any
re the of salaries
of rural
Appli-
of
at Bellefonte, lleg increase part
the n teachers
carrier, on September 27,
A%CS
this
8 clearly within the province of
board, The State
contribution to such increases.
(2) of the
in | unite for s Sales serves | 4 }
in the county, for a period of one|indicates that the b.sis upon
positic
i
Proportionate
anil
mat made . but action in
cation forms may be had at any the | matter i
Those who the local makes no
s for
offices named above, pass
the nation are eligi
at Port Matilda or
examirt vacancy
specifically
the
for any vacancy on Clause two act
which
increase for the year 1919-1920 are to be
A ——— > ——————— %
alary }
Penn State Turns Down Over 500 the district to the school
Applications, y
Pi ¥ and also the grade of certificate tha
made in the : list that prevailed in
1918-191 )
the
year
red
More
2 ‘
} vy 4 Sees # gn
imission to the
hupd
Penusy
than hive aj plications
Ivania State
holds when such certificate
f #
i0T 3 4 2
iT ad onal.
ollege 1 the au- ’ .
College ne au hools situated out-sid
# writies owing 3 5 R ¥ Seay
thorities owing ely classed as *'rurs
lassed 1 the
Public
of the facts
intendent of Instr
fter consideration relating
history of the institution has locats 3
nvironment.
: dem and for entrance been so
' AY
la 3 mwenith makes appre
1 classes with advance wean: mi appr
from thirty other colleges. priations toward the salaries of teachers
had nlows
no Pe TSOn
entrance condi-
an
sspenshade’; said
cert
doil-
: : \
imitted with any For teachers holding provisional
3 4 i s
r Penn State ficates teac hools ten
world 5110) pet K
{ all applicants cot or peachers holding provisional cert
il applicants cou >
tea hing i in
per
hole
hy : " th “ * oe
he said, State Co other ian rural school
h OLaTs (DL school month
than v nih
yr teachers ling professional
Normal
slissnifeitiions Cer.
. . cates or State Certificates
Bay Rum and Hair Tonic Death to ; Sri
Bark LWo-year ce twelve dollars and
arbers.
ifs
barbers are de
vy cents ($1 hool month.
2G as ‘or teachers bolding ye Normal
bay rum ent certificates
cates
“or
college
oh. { 5 11 a
certificates, dollars
twenly
y
oq month.
i is
ur
mi
were e
ph Lockwor
va A
ar
cover the case of
teachers te mpor-
uch instances sal-
eaves 3 pps ©
ave a selermined
ingle
single and
“3
Workers Out
hose salary
th
EW
Two Thousand Silk Mill
At Sunbury.
receive
basis of the schoo!
he Susquebanna Silk mills at
plant
Cioseq its
big
vel
week because el it hundred of its em as the
struck, W ith goo workers of the
y Converting works out since last A Load
ny K 3 3 i919 is held
ousand are now in the Had bons
IAnG ale now un called bogsuses or additional
tine
A week previous the concerting
twenty
pay. 15¢ seven of the act uses the
berimrerad
soargea term com peosatiou
ng a text ile work
th
Lhd
is alleged,
men Lor ; Teaching in a rural school entitles the
teacher who holds a certificate higher
than a sional to five dollars ($5.00
per n
SCHOO t
tornado pg bas
for an improvement in
$0 many possibilities
light of
uf educational
sethods that the people who a short
ARO Werg mournit
'3;
4 of
eir school building may now feel a
most pleased that it was taken awav,
The wise board of Delaware
precipitating trouble
-—
Consolidated Schools.
n of the Dewart
3
provi
outh over and above what the dis-
by t wealt cach
teacher who qhalifies in such a position
Where teachers were tem porarily em
ployed in advance position ina district
during 1918 1919 ; and where such teach
ers either on their own account of for
the good of the service are changed to
the position paying less salary than the
temporary employment afforded, the
board of school directors should make as
tow nship has decided to replace the equitabié an adjustment of the matter as
tornado-s. rick building with a con- }is consistent with the merits of the case,
solidat ed school to provide for the pupils .
attending several small rural
schools in that immediate district.
Thus the destructive torpade blew into
the lap of Dewart a public improvemeht
for which it would otherwise have waited
for years. The consolidated school
which mweacs better teachers, more con-
venient school rooms, improved cquip-
muut, more enjoyable surroundings and
a quickened social life through the daily
coutact of the boys and girls from a
wide territory meeting together under
one roof is a long step toward substan-
tially raising the educational stsndards
of the rural districts,
ASS AMP SA PATA SI.
PENN HALL.
From last week,
Miss Florence Bartges is visiting at
Laurelton.
Mr, and Mrs. F. 8. Musser spent Sun-
day at Williamsport,
Miss Ethel Musser returned home
after a month's visit among friends and
relatives,
Mr, and Mrs, A. M, Martin and daugh-
ter Sara, of Pine Creek ; Mr, and Mrs,
Ifred Shaffer, of Shamokin ; Miss Eliz}
abeth Nusbaum, of Sunbury ; Miss Ag
ves Stover, of Mifflinburg, were the
guests of Mrs, H, M. Smith,
Mjss Clara Condo is at home on her
vacation.
Miss Sara Condo is visiting her sister,
ribution the ommon fn to
3 last spr
opened the way
that district with
mn oder 0
ihe
\ 3
time the loss
th w
wu
m
school
"
i
now
“Non-Alcoholic Drinks.”
After a conference with Secretary Ras.
mussen, James Foust, Director of the
Bureau of Foods, Department of Agri-
culture, is conducting an investigation
through the Special Agents, relating to
so- called * Non-Alcoholic Drinks.” In
particular hard ciders are going to fur-
nish the most prolific source of violation
of the dry laws,
The Director states there is a marked
interest in the size of the cider crop,
Apricot cider found on general sale
was discovered, on analysis, to contain
6.5 per cent. alcabol, while some cider
sold in one of the northwestern counties
as sweet cider contained 3.68 per cent.
alcohol, There is no 3.75 per cent, law
in Pennsylvania, What was called
grape cider was found to not oaly con-
tain 6 per cent. alcohol but to be also
colored with coal ta: dye, In other sect.
fons, what were alleged to be ciders were
found to con in anywhere from 6 to 10
per cent, "kick.
The Director of the Bureau of Foods
further states that the investigation will
continue and alter déalers are prosecuted
for misbranding in selling such products,
the evidence will be turned over to the
District Attorney and Federal author-
ities.
What are (he Republicans going to do
for the soldier? Vote him vn year,
1919,
State College Delate Spring Mills,
8to 0.
By 8 to o, Spring Mills went down to
defeat at the hands of the strong State
College ball team, on Labor Day, The
game was played on new Beaver field at
the college. Summed up ina few words,
the visitors defeat was due 10 “too much
Thomas," The young college pitcher
refused to permif the Spring Mills boys
connect with his shoots, and he
no trouble in keeping them from scor
ing. How strong he really was is best
shown when it is said that he allowed
only two scrat ch hits, struck out seven-
teen batters, ind permitted only three
more than the required number ¢f men
the nine innings. He had
a string of seven consecy strikeouts,
extending from the fth
ning. Every Sprin
a
sirik
to had
to face him in
fiw
vive
third to the fi
g Mills batter
except ].
and Musser fanning on at
in
Was a
Corman
two
ke-out victim, all
t least oc:
Casons,
For Spring Mills, C
strong and up unti] ti
orman opened uj
te sixth inning the
spectators bad become settled for wit-
nessing a good 1 close game
and seventh innings, however,
a ol
aeveiop.
ng. errors,
th
Lig
ed a combinatio bad pitchi
faulty j ment on the part of
visitors Ay yi game soon
Six runs sewed up the game t
there. ’
and
lost.
was
ana
hen
The following is the box score
STATE COLLEGE
HO
oO
Watts,
P
2b
. Lytle
Goodhart .c
G. Corman, if
Musser. 3b
E Gramley, 58
C « i
miley, ib.
ie ma
Ww. Grs
Catherman,
Meyer, of
¥
J. Corman, p
20
Total
S
.
ils y ©
Oy
llege I X~8
hase hit,
« by Corman 13,
Krumrine. Struck
by Thomas 19. Hit
by Corm
Bases on balls,
ched
Thomas, 1
ball,
Farm Not Sold.
a
as
Meyer
The Meyer ad
was
Centre Hill,
¢ sale by the heirs,
put up for sale on Friday of last
but the highest bid, $:4 was
deemed sufficient for the acres
land, and b and the sale was
postponed. Among the bidders were
John Kline, of Lemont ; George Sear
son, of Linden Hall, and C. 8, Thomas,
of Potters Mills, who entered the last
farm,
vertised at publi
week,
not
not
S00,
of
vildings,
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Will Build Home.
he carpenter, will
lo some extent the or sit-
wm Centre Halli by erecting
bome for Main street lot,
situated south ot the Alfred Krape home,
Excavations had been a4 year of
more ago, but building was postponed.
Mr. Runkle now intends 10 go abead
and complete the building this fall
EE —————
Donated Library.
The daughters of the late Hon, Leos
ard Rhone have donated to Progress
Grange, in Centre Hall, the Rhone li-
brary, consisting of a great number
valuable books, A unanimous vote
thanks for the gift was extended by the
Grange,
runkie
a“
aimseil on his
made
AI MP AP RA.
Millinery Announcement.
A most beautiful and complete assort
ment of Fall and Winter hats is now
ready for your inspection and purchase,
The greater part of this new millinery
was purchased from ove of the largest
and most reputable millinery houses in
the country ; therefore you may feel ac
sured that style and quality are express.
ed in every bat,
You are cordially invited to come at
any time.
Myra Kivrorr,
Centre Hall.
Gospel Services at Colyer.
There will be gospel services at Col
yer, Saturday and Sunday evening,
Sept. 13th and 14th,
Miss Adlena Bebrent, of Paxinos, Pa.,
will preach once more at this place be-
fore she leaves for the West, where she
intends to go to a Bible school the
coming winter at Cincinnati, O., to pre
pare for future usefulness in Evangelis.
tic work. She would be glad to have all
the people in the surrounding commun
ity attend these few last services of the
summer before she leaves the state of
Mrs, John Musser, at Millheim, of course-~it he'll permit them,
1APPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
+ Pogue Cave
utoists on Sunday.
was visited by a crowd of
Millheim’s public sc}
Monday of this
opened on
pene
01 8
WHINE i
week,
ulation of Centre Hall will
tho
The pop
increased by usands next week,
"i
The township
open on the same day- Sept-
ember 15th.
oday Thursday) brothers
1 sell a car load
id Fort,
Peachy
of Hols
N. Boozer and C.
a gasoline
M.
’ lighting
home o Riegel
wholesale
We
il, on Monday
SChouis at
Miss Harriet Frazier, aut
joyed anu
week, where
Mrs, Mary
Ris0O prese ft
(reor Kansas, vi
Hall
of Hays,
ut Centr
Wh
ge Drake,
sd old scenes ab Bogie .
ning of the week en man
Emerick,
the farm
65 Yea for the
came back.
since. He
i has prosper-
Bellefonte on
train service to
undaunted, hiked
, and enjoyed it.
his first
is a carpenter
ed. ‘hen
Sunday, he found
Centre Hall, but,
across the moun
Trinity Methox
Danville, of whi
well own in Penns Valley,
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the
corner stone laying, August 31, with ap-
propriate services throughout the day.
District Superintendent, Rev, ]. 8. Sou.
ser, together with Rev, G. Murray Klep-
fer, D. D., of Harrisburg, and Rev.
Alex, Scott of Bellefonte, both former
pastors, participated. The decorations
were beautiful, and the program elabor-
ale.
no
he
E Piscopal
. W. Mc
is
ich Rev.
pastor,
Ellery Shreckengast, of Coburn, a
Pennsylvania Railroad section band, en
tered a plea of guilty before Judge
Quigley last week to a charge of having
refvsed to assist a State fire warden in
fighting a fire on State forest lands,
He was sentenced to pay a fine of $1
Shreckengast was one of a group
who refused to aid in fighting a fire
pearby Coburn some time ago. "The
The committee appointed to map out
automobile
After dinner the
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Pennsylvania,
J. E. Worrs,
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