LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Warren S. Krise, of Johnstown, is
visiting his father, Prof. W. A. Krise,
Postmaster S, W. Smith has been off
\duty for a week owing to a severe cold.
Mrs, (Rev.) Roy Corman, of Cressona,
is visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs, F.
M. Fisher,
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Shultz are at-
tenting the U, Ev. Conference, in ses-
sion at Williamsport this week.
James Sweetwood, last week, entered
the Mansfield (Tioga county) State Nor-
mal School to complete his school work.
Mrs. Bruce Auman and daughter
Dorothy, of Struthers, Ohio, are visiting
the former's parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. S.
Slick,
W. M, Grove publishes an executor’s
notice in this issue on the estate of Nan-
cy Heim, late of Gregg township, de-
ceased.
E. S. Ripka, the Hamilton-Brown
shoe salesman, was called to Boston,
Mass., the latter part of last week on
business.
Mrs. James Fetterolf, who recently
underwent an operation for appendicitis
in the Bellefonte hospital, is improving,
but is unable to do any house work.
Miss Lola Ulrich was fortunate in
having returned to her a pair of eye
glasses which she lost on her way to the
Grange hall last Thursday evening,
Mrs. Edmond Blanchard, of Belle-
fonte, left for Fort Worth, Texas, last
week, where she joined her husband,
who is in the oil business at that place.
A wind storm of great intensity last
Wednesday night again closed up all
the roads. Rural mail carriers were
compelled to return after a futile at-
tempt to ‘*‘make" their routes,
The local Boy Scouts did a good deed
one day last week when they scattered
corn for the wild turkeys along Nittany
mountain, east of town. The winter
has been a hard one on bird life.
Mrs. J. M. Spicher and interesting
little granddaughter, Freda Claycomb,
and Mrs, James Wolfe, all of Cresson,
spent from Friday until Monday with
Mrs. Spicher's sister, Mrs. H. J. Lam-
bert.
Mr. and Mrs. Gross R. Allison, after
spending a week or more with the form-
er's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W,
Runkle, here, returned on Wednesday
morcing to their home in New Castle,
Kentucky.
T. A. Hosterman, at Centre Hill, pur-
poses making a clean-up sale of live
stock, implements and household godds,
but has decided on no definite date. By
next week, however, he hopes to have
selected the time.
Two Dodge cars were brought in from
Detroit, Michigan, for Boozer & Smith,
the past week. Cleveland Brungart, of
Centre Hall, and a Mr, Hagan, of State
College, drove the cars in. One of the
cars has been sold to R. P, Campbell,
oprietor of the Penns Cave property.
Kerlins’ Grand View Poultry Farm
this week began the filling of their im-
mense orders for baby chix, shipments
being made by parcel post. On Tues-
day, 2500 baby chix left the mammoth
incubator, some on their way to Okla.
homa. For the next few months many
thousand chix will be shipped. Such
good care is exercised by the Kerlins in
The ladies of the local Rebekah lodge
realized gross receipts of $63.00 in the
giving of their entertainment in Grange
hall last Thursday evening. It was one
of the coldest and most stormy nights of
the winter, and considering this fact,
the receipts are considered good. It was
practically impossible for the out-of-
town people to attend on account of the
drifted roads, otherwise there would
have been a crowded house, [he en-
tertainment was well given and showed
that much preparation had been made
for it.
The country merchant who looks up-
on the country.wide distribution of the
mail order catalogs which recently pass-
ed out of the local post office to practi-
cally every farm home in this vicinity
with an air of indifference, is not alive
to the potent influence these handsome-
ly prepared catalogs exercise in the av-
erage home. The appealing style of the
description of the article, together with
a picture of the same, means many a
sale for the far-away business house and
a dollar that has taken wings, never to
return. There is but one force that
will counteract this buying away from
home : advertising by the local mer-
chant in his home paper. Surely he
does not expect the purchaser to always
come to him and ask whether or not he
has this or that article for sale, the price
of it, and inquire into its quality when
the mail order catalog has placed all this
information right on his own table, un.
der his very eyes. There is not a single
merchant who would not say that his
goods are in many cases superior to
those of the distant mail-order house,
and that prices are also as low, besides
being able to show the advantage of
buying at home, but the purchaser
wants to be shown, The home paper is
the logical medium through which to
reach the trade. The message that
the advertiser bas is as much discussed
in the family circle as is any particular
item of news. The mail order house
has no chance with the live merchant
who keeps his customers informed
through advertising in the home paper,
The buying public looks for the news
from your storp and has a right to ex-
pect it,
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
lic sale, at Tusseyville, and will an-
nounce date later.
The local Boy Scouts will repeat their
play, “4 Country Boy Scout,” in Grange
hall on Friday, March 19th. It will be
their fifth performance.
Miss Elizabeth Sweetwood is home for
a short vacation from Camp Dix, New
Jersey, where she jhas been employed
for some time past.
A meeting of the Red Cross will be
held Friday eveniug, March s, at 7:30 at
the home of Mrs. Clyde Smith, Object
of meeting, election of officers,—Chair-
man.
Owing to three concerts coming the
same week the time for the Susquehan-
na Glee Club has been changed to
March 18. Full account ot this splendid
concert will be given next week.
Mrs. Cyrus Brungart was called to the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora Kee-
fer, at Youngwood, on Saturday, owing
to a rather serious illness, due to neu-
ritis, an inflammation of anerve in the
arm. It is feared that pneumonia will
develop. Mrs, Keefer is in a very weak-
ened condition. Her many friends in
Centre Hall trust that that she may soon
be fully restored to good health.
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Marriage Licenses.
Albert W, Hoesch, State College
Helen M, Patrick, Erie
John B. Frankenberger, Centre Hall
Catterine A. Corman, Bellefonte
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CENTRE MILLS
Mrs, Snavely, ot Mifflinburg, has
come to take charge of the home of her
deceased sister, Mrs, Lizzie Hassenplug.
Miss Minnie Kline, who was confined
to her bed for some time in Baltimore
with *‘flu” which developed into double
pneumonia, has recovered and returned
home to help nurse her mother, Mrs,
John A. Kline, who is seriously ill,
Another daughter, Mrs. Margaret God-
shall, wife of Prof. Godshall, of Oxford,
Ohio, and little son also arrived at the
parental home Friday and will remain
until Mrs, Kline is better.
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Transfers of R eal Estate.
Maggie Horner, et bar, to May Ven-
rick, tract in Potter Twp.; $400.
Sarah ].Holloway, et bar, to C. Z, Sto
ver, tract in Potter Twp ; $950.
Mary E. Sholl, et bar, to Raymond C,
Bressler, tract in Millheim ; $300.
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CHARLEY HAD BRIGHT IDEA
Probably the First Time He Had Ever
Really Believed in Food
Conservation.
Little Charley was bashful, He
didn't like to meet all of his mother's
ald colleagues, and he didn’t care
much for girl cousins at family re
unions. In school he didn't even have
the most common impulse to twist the
halr of little Mary Jones in front of
him, or even stick the brown braid In
the inkwell. He was distinctly modest,
The family was out on a motor trip,
They were nearing a city in eastern
Indiana, and it was about noon, so nat-
urally they thought a little about eat
ing. This was the topic of discussion.
“Um,” said the father, “there Is a
nice hotel in Main street.”
Little writhed. Eat In a
hotel with people In it? It was bad
eiough to go in a hotel with people
in it, but eat in a hotel with people
in fit—never.
The rest of the family didn't see it
that They were for getting a
semi-country meal in this little city.
Finally, they decided to make for the
hotel for sure.
Charley was in despair. He didn't
know what to do. They were deter
mined to go to the hotel and then——
He had the iden!
“Papa,” he said, weakly, “let's don't
eat this noon”
Charley
way.
“Well, why are you suggesting such
a thing, anyway?”
“You see, um—ah, well, daddy, Mr.
Wilson says to win the war, and Mr.
Hoover says food will do it, Let's con-
serve "Indianapolis News,
WORLD HAS MUCH COCHINEAL
Little Probability That the Supply Will
Fall Much Below the
Demand.
In the first half of the last cen
tury the culture and growth of the
cochineal insect was introduced, and
so successfully carried out in vari
ous parts of the old world that the
quantity yearly prodoced now rivals
the whole amount obtained from Cen-
tral America, the source from which
all foreign supplies were first obtained.
In 1831 the culture of the cochineal
was commenced on the Canary islands,
and the first crop consisted of only
8 pounds; in 1832, it was 120 pounds;
in 1833, it had risen to 1319;
and In 1840, the enormous quan-
tity of 800,000 pounds was exported
from these islands, the greater part
of which was sent to England and
France. In 1845 the quantity of co-
chineal produced in Java, under the
patronage of the Dutch government,
mounted to 45,000 pounds, Under the
auspices of the French government,
plantations were commenced in Al
gerin, which promige to succeed ad-
mirably. Some specimens already ex-
ported are pronounced to be superior
to the finest qualities from Mexico,
Solls unfit for the cultivation of the
vine, or potato, readily support the
cactus, on which the cochineal insect
feeds, while the Insect ean be more
readily raised than the silkworm, and
with 1 chances of loss,
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAKE STATEMENT.
Bellefonte, Pa., Feb, 28, 1929,
Appreciating that the tax payers are entitled to the fullest infor..ation on the
financial condition of Centre County the newly elected Board of County Com-
missioners have prepared and herewith present the following statement of the
facts as we find them at the beginning of our «dministration.
The apparent balance as shown by the last auditors’ statement of the Treas-
urer's account of $113,508.95 is depleted by unpaid bills of 1919 amounting to $5,
191.83, leaving an actual balance toward running expenses for 1920 of $5 317.12,
Damage claims, (on 3 different State Highway Routes under contract in the
county contracted for by the old Board of Commissioners) for which the county is
liable, is estimated at $10,000.00,
Contracts amounting to $25,091.85 for road improvements in State College and
Bellefonte Boroughs were incurred by the previous Board of Commissioners, but
must be paid by the present Board of Commissioners.
Old indebtedness which the new Board of Commissioners must assume,
gether with estimated expenses for the year 1920 amount fo $193,662 48.
to-
With every dollar of anticipated revenue from all sources collected at the old
rate of millage, namely 4 mills, the total income in 1920 would be only $113 605."
96, less estimated rebates, exonerations and commissions amounting to $8,728.79,
or $104, 877.17, making a deficit at the end of the present year of $38,785.31.
An increase in the millage to 6 mills at least is imperative, and even this will
produce an income of only $142,956.58, less estimated rebates, exonerations and
commissions amounting to $11,452.26 or $131,504 32, making a deficit at the end of
year amounting to $62,158.10,
To yield an income during the present year sufficient to wipe out old indebted-
ness and meet current expenses would necessitate a levy of 10 1-7 mills,
While the present Board of Commissioners is not responsible for this condi-
| that a millage of
be most burdensome to all tax payers, parti ly at the pres-
tion of affairs and would prefer to start with a clean slate, we fe
10 1-7 mills would
ent time, and therefore have limited the millage for the year 1920 to 6 mills.
1920 BUDGET.
LIABILITIES — a —
Indebtedness Jan. 5, 1920, as per auditors’ report, - $
Indebtedness Jan. s,
45 20% 73
8,191.84
3.824.
1920, not shown on aud, report
Estimated rebates on 1920 tax dupilcates
Estimated commissions on taxes 5.82.90
Estimated exonerations on taxes 1,734 63
139.960
Estimated expenditures for 1920
$205,114.74
ASSETS —
Balance in hands of Treasurer -
Estimated tax uncollected at end of year
Estimated tax collected by end of year
Tax liens and unseated land returned
Estimated dog tax
Sundry Asylum bills due
Sundry convict bills due
Snow Shoe Township road account
Estimated indebtedness Jan. 3rd, 1921
HARRY P. AUSTIN,
GEORGE H. YARNELL,
GEORGE M. HARTER,
Attest Comm
R. W. IRWIN, Clerk
issioners of Centre County.
MAKE YOUR DOL-
LAR BUY MORE
True, indeed, it is that the purchasing value
of a Dollar has deceased so as to give you
very little in return for one hundred cents.
However, you have observed that that same
Dollar will buy more of the same quality
merchandise at one place than at another,
It is with no thought of boasting that we say
we are selling first-class goods at prices which
our friends say are considerabe less than ask-
ed by most of our competitors. You, too,
should know of these savings, and thus
“make your dollar buy more.”
New Goods Arriving Daily.
We cannot enumerate our many lines in this
space. We simply ask you to call and we
feel sure you will go away satisfied with your
purchases.
Have You Tried Buying at Brown's Store ?
BROWN’S
| General Merchandise
jer TUSSEYVLLLE i
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS A PMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE. ~
y 3 F 3 iY Letters of Administration on the estate of Men
Iwo FARMS FOR SALE. Roseman, ‘ate of Potter township, deceased, 9
Will sell at private sale, farm of 60] paz of Aduiutiiin ob the above estate
acres, located near Centre Hill, in nigh | 2% heat th gn
state of cultivation ; good improvem eniy. | ivr ounily Toque all persons p
Another farm of 100 acres, more or less, | disie t, and those having against
t 1-2 miles west of Potters Mills ; run- | the same to present them duly authenticated for
; settiomont,
ning water at house and barn.— T. A, MARY E ROSSMAN, Admrx.,
HOSTERMAN. 00 Centre Hall, Pa , Route 1.
3tpd.
Centre Hall, Pa. R. F, D, No, 1
ACETYLENE LIGHT PLANT
FOR SALE.—~The undersigned offers
for sale his acetylene light ple at, guar.
anteed 10 be in first-class working order.
and consisting of 25-galion jot genera-
tor, 2 portable lamps. 1 outdoor lamp,
6 double lights, 7 siogle ligh ts, and cel-
lar light ; also 3-hole hot plate—two s-
burners and one 7.burner., Reason for
selling, will install electri ¢ light, This
plant would prove very desirable fof| “7 °°
Pure Bred G Balin.
some one removed frofn the electric | FOR SALE Bue | Bre | Guertmy Bul May
BX ECUTOR'S NOTICE
Wl Ming ror IR CR ff fh
N m, late of Gregg entre Co.
coonaet], DAYIDE been a to the I:
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signed, "
prompt payment, and 1 havine
pa
against estate must present them duly auth
enticated for settlement, . :
W. M GROVE Fxeentor
Gettig & Bower, Ally, spring Mili, Pat
Belletont, Pa.
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line, and will prove an ideal light.—]. pion Breeding J. H. DETWILE a
H. WEBER, Centre thall, Pa, — SU | Pek 0.2" LER, Coniee
This is a photograph of the Ifugao igorrot rice terrace
the most remarkable of their kind in the world, 71
marvelous sights for the tourist to see in the Philip]
found in the Ifugao district of the Mountain province,
The height of these terraces, which are held
to 18 feet, averaging 8 feet high, t
eight-foot stone walls in the Ifugao terraces,
the distance around the world,
These terraces are skillfully irrigated by water brought in troughs along
the precipitous mountain sides over long distances,
is estimated ti
half
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Hit While the Iron’s Hot!
at Nieman's Department Store
Why wait for prices to come down when they are al-
ready down in this Clean-up of Nieman’s Finest
Men's Suits and Overcoats
Women's Coats & Suits
We guarantee you that goods will cost more next fall.
Besides, why gamble on what you don’t know when you
can cash in on what you do know.
A reduction in the hand is worth two in the calendar.
All Women’s Coats Reduced One-Half
$60.00 Coats Now $30.00
$50.00 Coats Now $25.00
$40.00 Coats Now $20.00
$30.00 Coats Now $15.00
$20.00 Coats Now $10 00
Men's and Young Men's Overcoats
$40.00 Overcoats, Now $30.00
$35.00 Overcoats, Now $25.00
$30.00 Overcoat;, Now $20.00
$25.00 Overcosts, Now $15.00
D. J. Nieman
WANTED, - Capable woman or
housework ; three in .
Adress Box 1832,
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WANTED. ~ Men or women lo take
friends ard neighbors for |
hotter} ull lines for |
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