LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Home made ice cream at the parlors
of William McClenahan on Saturday
evening, adv.
Place your order early if you want a
supply of fertilizer for your fall seeding.
—R, D, Foreman,
Bruce D. Rowe feturned to Philadel-
phia on Saturday atter spending six
weeks at his home here.
W. S. Brooks expects to hold a stock
sale on Thursday, November 11. Post-
ers will appear later,
Unclaimed letters at Centre Hall post-
office: Mrs, Alice Raymond, Mrs. Di-
nah Confer, Miss Helen Packer,
Just in—a carload of Baugh & Son Co.
fertilizer ; all new, fresh goods. Five
Brands to select from.—R. D. Foreman,
Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Shoop are
spending a few days in Mifflin county.
Mrs, Belle Whiteman is in chirge of the
restaurant during their absence.
Yellow peaches, from the Buffalo Val.
ley Fruit Farms, at Mifflinburg., were
sold at Centre Hall this week at $4 00
per bushel for the choice variety.
Mr. and Mrs, Robert Burchfield, Mr.
and Mrs. C. K. Decker and daughter,
Berdean, all of Montgomery, spent sev-
Frank J. McClellan, in town.
Mrs. Agnes Meyer, of Lock Haven,
visited at the J. H. Weber home for a
few days. Her son, George Meyer,
station agent at Montgomery, was also
here for a day during fair week.
The recent registration of women of
voting age in Centre county shows that
there are close to 10,000. Just what per-
ceptage of them will go to the polls in
November remains to be determined.
A poverty social will be held by Class
A. of the Reformed Sunday School at
Boalsburg, Sept. 21st, at the home of
Mrs. S. J. Wagner, A prize will be
given for the best costume. A silver
offering will ve taken,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brooks and chil-
dren-—Russell and Genevieve—of Cleve-
land, Ohio, have returned to their home
after spending a few weeks with the
former's parents, Mr, and Mrs, Wm. S,
Brooks, west of Centre Hall,
Mrs, Sarah Reeder, a half-century
reader of the Reporter, was among those
who paid their respects to the Reporter
during the last week. . Mrs, Reeder re-
cently returned home from Mifflinburg
where she spent six weeks amoog rela
tives,
Hayes B. Ralston and Howard Calla-
han, two ambitions young men from
Potter township, left on Tuesday - for
Kansas City, Missouri, where they ex-
pect to take a full course in automobile
repairing in one of the best schocls in
the country.
Various towgships in Centre county
received a total of $7020.30 from the
State Highway Depar tn ent, last week,
as part of the township road reward
fund not applied for, Only townships
which complied with the State law re-
eived money.
D. K. Geiss, of Philadelphia, was an
arrival in Centre Hall last week and met
any of his friends during the week "of
the Encampment and Fair. He will
spend ahout ten days here and at Belle-
Wagner Geiss.
y LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. New-
ton E. Emerick on Sunday morning.
W.C. T. U, meets at the home of
Mrs, F. M. Fisher, on Saturday even-
ing.
G. C. King, of Spring Mills, will rum
his cider press Tuesday and Tuursday
of each week.
Elberta peaches for sale at the or-
chard of W. G. Grossman, Tusseyville,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week.
Mr, and Mrs. A. J. Musser, of India-
na, Pa., visited the latter's sister, Mrs.
O. F. Funk, and other relatives in this
place, one day last week. They were
traveling in their Franklin car.
Mr. and Mrs.'W. F. Colyer entertain-
ed the following guests last week : Clar.
ence Heim and family, of Harrisburg ;
Mr. and Mrs. George Zettle, of Orange-
ville, Ill. ; Mrs, John Heim, of Lewis-
burg ; Mrs. John Dunkle, of Woolring-
ton.
Miss Louise Park, formerly of Michi.
gan, and now of Washington, D. C,,
came to Centre Hall beginning of the
week to trace her ancestors who are re-
lated to the Groves in Penns Valley.
Of this she is certain from the fact that
certain letters coming into her possession
indicate that in 1865 her grandfather left
this section for the west where he mar-
ried and reared a family.
Among the Reporter's visitors during
the Encampment and Fair who remitted
on subscription, were the following : J.
I. Snyder, of Freeport, Ili. ; Roy White,
of Lewistown ; Thomas Keefer, of
Youngwood , W, F. Lingle, of Sunbury;
R. D. N Spring Mills; R. P.
Breon. of Horseheads, N. Y.; Mrs. T.
C. Buttorf, of Yeagertown ; Mrs, J. W,
Buttorf, of Millmont ; H. M. Hettinger,
of Adtoona ;: W. A. Brown, of Hunting-
don ; George E. High, of Lock Haven ;
J. H. Lohr, of Rutledge.
After an absence of almost forty
years, William Farnper, of Machias, New
York, came to Centre Hall the latter
part of last week. He is builder and
contractor, The senior Farner was ac-
companied by his son Keith, and two of
his brothers, Messrs. John W. and El-
mer, both of Port Allegheny, this state
John is superintendent of the Potter
Gas Company, and Elmer 1s also em-
ployed by the same concern in an im-
portant way. The three brothers were
mere boys when they left here, and are
ns of the late John Fi arner, who built
the public school building and various
other structures in Centre Hall. The
Reporter is pleased to say that the Far-
ners all made good, and they were
great] y lensed to again mingle for a
long ago.
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Boise Brown Sells Store.
B, H. Brown, who a little over a year
ago purchased the well-known Swartz
store and dwelling house, at Tussey-
ville, this week sold out the business
building and home,
ser is Charles T. Ramer, of
v, whose wife is a daughter of C
S. Bodtotf, of near Tusse yville. He
will take possession some {ime next
month,
as well as the store
made Decessar y bees ause the amount of
The week of September 26 to October
2nd has been designated Forest Protect-
ion Week by Governor Sproul. Itis at
this season of the year that forest fires
are most likely to occur, and every good
citizen should do his utmost to aid in
preventing this curse,
Mrs, Florence Rhone Bayard, of Ty.
roue, was ~alled to the home of her aunt
Mrs. Robert Sankey, at Wichita, Kan-
sas, on account of the latter'seiliness,
and departed for the west last Thursday,
She was was accompanid as farasa Ip-
dianapolis, Indiana, by her brother.in-
law and sister, Rev, aid Mrs. W, C,
Dunlap.
D. W. Bradford had three toes on his
left foot badly mashed on Monday when
a horse owned by Cloyd Brooks stepped
on the foot. Mr, Brooks was preparing
to move a binder bought of Mr. Brad-
ford, when the animal, 10 being hitched
to the machine, suddenly wheeled about
and placed its weight on Mr. Bradtord’s
foot. Needless to say it has given him
much pain.
The following item appeared in the
Sunbury Daily, date of Sept. 3, and
concerns a young lady, a former resi-
dent of Centre Hall, and granddaughter
of Mr, and Mrs, John Geary: John
Friedman and Miss Edna Krape, popu-
lar Converting Works employes, were
guests of honor at a chicken and waffle
supper attended by a number of their
fellow employes at the Buffalo Valley
Inn, at Mifflinburg, last evening. Miss
Krape is soon to wed and Mr. Friedman
will attend the University of Penna,
During the Grange Encampment and
Fair Felix Lee, accompanied by Mrs.
Lee and daughter, Miss Naomi, were
among the Reporter's callers, Mr, Lee
is general foreman of construction of
bridges and buildings for the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company and with his
family lives at Sayre, Susquehanna
county. Justnow the Lees are on a va-
cation and will visit Altoona, Pitts.
burgh, Toledo, and Detroit. At the lat-
ter place a son, Roy E. Lee, is located,
He is chief experimental engineer for
the Russell axle people. After their
' visit is completed there, the party of
A three will return home by way of Toron-
to, Canada, and Buffalo,
work connected with the business, in ad-
dition to his serving as postmaster, was
more than he alone could do. Unable
to secure any assistance and the volume
of his business continually growing,
placed him a position where the duties
became too burdensome, and forced the
step which he has reluctantly taken,
During his short term in business Mr,
Brown established a reputation for fair
and honest dealing which soon spread
beyond the borders of his own township
and resulted in his getting mahy new
customers. Mr, Brown is undecided as
to his plans for the future.
sn A—— A SARI A
The School Enrollment.
School opened on Monday with a total
attendance of 152 scholars, divided
among the various schools as follows
High school, Prof. N, L. Bartges and
Miss Isabel Rowe, teachers—46, with a
possibility of this figure reaching so.
Grammar grade, Miss Mary A. Hess,
teacher-—-3s,
Intermediate grade, T. L. Moore,
teacher—47.
Primary grade, Miss Helen Bartholo.
mew, teacher—24,
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Thomas Harrison Dead.
Thomas Harrison, of Charleston, W.
Virginia, died suddenly in the Bellefonte
hospital this Wednesday morning about
eight o'clock, following hemorrhages,
His wife, nee Miss Anna Grove, of Cen-
tre Hall, and his mother, of Pleasant
Gap, survive. Mr. Harrison was em-
ployed in West Virginia and came here
recently for the benefit of his health,
No funeral arrangements have] yet
been made,
* State Agricultural Notes.
Whatever is worth doing on a farm is
worth doing well, .
The Pennsylvania apple growers, as a
rule, lack proper stofage facilities,
Centre and Tioga are the leading bar
ley producing counties in Pennsylvania. |
Fifty.six pounds of fresh burned
stone lime accomplishes the same pur.
poses as seventy -four pounds of hydrat.| soap
ed lime and one hundred pounds of pul«
verized lime stone,
BLAIR
BIG
DAYS
Half Hundred
Makes of Cars
CAMBRIA
4 BIG
NIGHTS
Mammoth
POULTRY{|SHOW
Thousands of Chickens of all breeds, that will
eventually be shown in the Jbig |'metropolitan
shows, A great flock of fancy pigeons and hun-
dreds of rabbits, cavies and other"pet animals.
TWO DARING PILOTS
Latest Models
Children over 12 years, 25 cis.
Wanted :
A Number of Men.
Steady employment thro-
ughout the winter,
Apply at the Quarry,
Centre Hall Lime & Stone Co.
CENTREJHALLY
is casy to use
No other lye Is packed sosafely and conve-
niently, or is so economical-not a bit wasted.
No other lye or soap cleans and di Siinlects
easily and rics as Banner Lye.
the ® Adenser and a colon the
worl has ever Use it for cleaning
chet, cellar, sinks, dairy, foilk-Dank
and nd bottles, for for ole mink water, andthe ihe labor
of washing
Makes pt pure soap
4nd aavis iminay busides, itched graase can of
BE gust work’ A A
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Chemical Works PhiladelpblaUs A
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