VOL. XCIIIL. COX WILL SUPPORT | DRY ENFORCEMENT. | Declares He Will Oppose Any Meas- ure In Conflict With the Prohibi- | tion Amendment. A statement regarding the Volstead prohibition enforcement law-—that be | would oppose '* any amendment that is | in conflict with the constitution and the eighteenth amendment as interpreted by | the supreme court,” and bombardment of questions regarding the League of | Nations from persons of German blood, | warked a lively tour of South Dakota | one day last week by Governor Cox, The Democratic presidential candidate also launched new criticism of Senator Hard- ing, his Republican opponent, assailing bitterly the senator’s Baltimore speech of Monday and again dubbing him a ‘‘brewer." Governor Cox's statement upon the Volstead act was in reponse to a ques- tion from a man at Mitchell a few days ago. ‘If elected president of the United States what will be your attitude in re- gard to the Volstead law 7’ point-blank query made. ““My*attitude with reference to that whole question is" Governor Cox replied: ‘I shall oppose any measure that in conflict with the constitution of the United States and the eighteenth amendment as interpreted by the su- preme court,” was the is A TYPICAL REPUBLICAN. {The Philadelphia Record ) Senator Harding not long ago contri- buted a little levity to the campaign by solemnly assuriog an interviewer that in the event of his election his first step would be to reverse the foreign policy of the United States, and by declaring in the next breath, that despite the bership in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, He had been kept so much in the dark that he didn’t know what our for- eign policy is, In Baltimore on Monday night a heck- ler asked him if Sepator Johnson were right when he asserted ‘that Senator Harding had ‘‘scrapped the League of Nations.” Itwas a terribly embarras- ing question, because Mr. Harding wants the Johnson-Borah wing of his party to believe he has escaped the Lea- gue, and the Taft-Wickersham-Root wing to believe that he favors it. So mem- rebuked the heckler for his impoliteness, but finally was forced to admit that he was against the League as it stands, and has no substitute to offer, The two light on Senator Hard incidents throw a strong statesman- n should ipetence. The 3 this : - Any- ship in which even a R be able to discern his inc Senator's simple creed is thing Democratic in origin or flavor must be condemuped ; any sitbstitute bearing the Republican label is to be ap- planded. After all, is not that the creed of the party ? Is it not true that if Woodrow Wilson had happened to be a Republi- can his very act in peace and war would have been vociferously approved by the very people who are now denouncing him, and the peace treaty, line for and word for word would long ago have been ratified. Harding is typical of the intelligence, competence and sense of justice of his party. That is the worst thing “The Record” has ever said of Republican: sm. line GOV. COX AND THE CHILDREN. It was under Governor Cox's adminis. tration that Ohio adopted the mothers’ pension system, enabling poor widows to keep their children in their homes in- stead of having the little ones placed in orphan institutions. The first tax for this purpose was one-tenth of a mill ; it has now been increased to one-fifth of a mill. Orphan asylums, however, were not neglected. Governor Gox's attitude was express. ed in his message ds follows **No matter how complete be the in- stitution, no matter how humane be its management and no matter how effi. cient its training bureau, it tan pever approach in benefit that which comes in the child's own home at the kuee of the child's own mother.” Ohio has an effective bureau of juve. pile research, established by Governor Cox's admmistration, under which the moral, mental and physicial wants of the children are looked after and cared for, This bureau has demonstrated re. markable usefulness, —————— ATT OS $1.00 Wheat Profitable ! “Wheat can be profitably grown at one dollar a bushel,” Senator Warren G. Harding said so in the U. 8. Senate on July 19, 1917. See the Congressional Record for proof. What do you think of his judgement ? AI AL RRR. Fools become angels at railroad ecross- ings, Why not substitute this for stop, look and listen, Kessler just returned with the second lot of goods at the lowest possible prices, Read his opening ad. -. EALTH SCHOOL Pennsylvania State Department Of Health, ~~ i? i vi mnteesentenmps ans Questions, 1. How may persons be protected against small pox? 2. What evidence of vacdélnation of children must teachers have? 3. Upon what authority may a child be excused from vaccination? VACCINATION Small pox, one time as common as measles, has almost disappeared. Four hundred years ago it through Mexico taking a toll of 3,500, 000 lives. last year Pennsylvania, with a population of over 9,000,000, had only two deaths from this disease, The knewledge that one attack of small pox afforded a life-time protec tion against a invasion of the disease, early led the practice inoculation in the European countries. This consisted In insertion under the skin of some part of the body of a small quantity of the secretion tak en from a pustule of a mild in the hope that a miid attack would follow, The operation was usu- ally performed with a sharp pointed Knife, but as a number of persons died from the Small pox thus artificially In- duced, the practice never attained widespread popularity, Something more than 100 years ago, Edward Jenner, an English Physlelan, that } swept second to of the case, similar observed milk g As n class were particularly free from Small pox. It had long been known that cows were suhiect to a disease called “Cow pox,” which, while mHder In charac tor Yi to mai king resemblance Small ne Jenner believed in Mm or va of Cow pox wou a8 a I He demonstrate «faction. by frst CASes serve i POX. to his own swrotection Smal theory gat vaceinating his n a number of others, falled to contract Small exnoey tn it or by he virus under the shed the re. storm of op- old ed per- COws into from the facial expression features of still others were sald to have jost their po and were capable of ex emotions only hy a series tempts at rid own son and thi all of re % it when he publi f hic vneriment a I8S O Ri the COWS? superstition were serious there be. pox and ‘ination. e¢ value of vac. pox been de- handicaps, gan to he more applicant 1 at Sn complete eination against Small monstrated, that its practice is mhiversal although the method has materially changed, The virus Is obtalged from calves, which have been subiected to most careful examination to assure thelr freedom from disease, It is prepared under strictest antl. septic precautions, and then as a don ble check, Is tested upon other ani mals to make sure of its purity. The same care should be employed in earing for a vaccination vesicle or (sore) as Is exercised In treating a wound, The germs of Tetanus (lockiaw) are found In the ground and especially abound In the manure of horse stables. Open vacelnation sores should be protected hy soft clean bandages and children should not be allowed to play In the dirt or around stables un- til their Vaceioation has healed. One good “take” as it ls ecaynmonly called, Is often sufficient to guarantee protection against Small pox for life, but as a matter of precaution, It l= well to have a revaccination attempted about every five to seven years, The law “of Pennsylvania requires all children to produce certificates of successful vaccination before they can enter school, School teachers and school directors are held personally responsible and are lable to be fined from five to one hundred dollars for each case of non. compliance, When a family physician claims the child is physically unfit for Vacelna- tion, the County Medieal Director or some person authorized by him, upon examination may Issue a temporary certificate permitting attendance at school, “good for one year only,” In municipalities, such temporary certifl. cates are Issued by the medieal officer (or his deputy)) of the borough or city Board of Health, LAA ASIA The Aaronsburg Reformed charge held an lon for a pastor, on Sunday, over which Rev. R. R, Jones presided, AIA I « The Reporter, $1.50 a year today ARN DESTROYED BY FIRE IN GEORGES VALL Two Horses Perish in Flames in Sat- urday Night's Fire. -The Origin is a Mystery. A large barn on the J. W. Gobble farm in Georges Valley was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Two valuable horses perished in the flames, and there was a complete loss of machinery, grain, etc. According to a statement made by Mr. Gobble to the Reporter, the origin of the fire & complete mystery. About eight o'clock a member of the family bad occasion to go outside the house and noticed the barn afire, Mr. Gobble hurried to the building, and see- ing the large rolling doors ablaze and the interior a mass of flames, turned his energies toward saving his horses. Bput upon attempting to enter the horse en- try he was confronted by a wall of fire which sto cd as a barrier to his progress. By this time the barn was ablaze in all directions and lighting up the sky soon brought peighbors to the scene who turned their efforts toward saving the is house which was eighty feet distant and + about which the hot embers were failing very rapidly. In n was reduced to ashes, hour's time the but continued to smoulder for severa an bar the 1 rses mentioned as loss, Mr. Gobble states ten tons of amount h became there were hay, a lot of straw, a small of and the flames. whic The e implements wheat, oats prey to consumed included a mower, two sleds, corn buggies, two wagons, chop LASOn " mill, He mates his loss at upwards of $2000, with line engine and saw rig, ete. esti- ¥ ¥ but small insurance, He expects to re- build, Rumor has it that an which was kept in the barn, 1 9 in leaving the piace that evening, was responsible for the fire, but Mr, Gobble claims suct report to be false, Owing to the great volume of we did with our early faR t DUsSIiness uying, I was compelled to take a second trip to the market to replenish my stock. Read ¥ ) Kessler's Fall Opening ac de I Mt SSR A A $300,000 Coal Deal Clearfield County. in The Roberta Coal Company, of Johns 3 town, recently closed rt a deal fo ugs of the Jacob Tome Institute oy >, Md., and located generally in Clear spec Burnside t« 2 | . he deed which wnshig asnips, a consideration of $300,000, was placed on record in Recorder Chase's office at Clearfield, Monday morning. -—— Black Bear Attacks Woman. The Philipsburg Ledger the followitig account o’ an extraordinary occurrence end of Centre gives - ia the west county Tuesday morning a black bear belong- ing to parties who bave for some time conducted an outdoor skating rink in a tent near the creek bridge at Osceola, entered by the kitchen door at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Guiseppe Marcella, natives of Italy, and brutally attacked Mrs, Marcella, With a roar that could be heard quite a distance he pounced upon her, knocking her to the floor, tearing at her clothing and breaking one of her arms, he proceeded to bite and claw at her body, The woman had been preparing her husband's breakfast ana hebeing just in ahother room heard her screafhis which he immediately respond. ed to and grabbing an axe joined Mr, Bear in a battle, and with the assistance of a negro who was passing he succeed. ed in beating the beast off and chased him from the house. The bear was lat- er captured by its owner near the rail- road tracts. The woman's condition thouglr quite serious for a few days, is very good and on Thursday morning about 6 o'clock she ushered into this world a baby boy, both the mother aad baby are getting along nicely and Mrs. Marcella is on the road 'o complete re. covery. We understand this bear plays a feat- ure part at the rink when on duty. He is supposed to be trained and on special occassions he dons the rollers and skins around the rink for drawing attraction. He may be trained along these lines but we think his keeper should train him to stay in his place, During the time the rink was located in Clearfield, which was just recently, this same bear and its keeper went to the bathing beach for a swim and while in the water the bear managed to escape and started down the road to town. He encountered a West Side young lady along the road and attacked her, tearing her clothes badly before being driven away, He was chased by his keeper who coralled him on the front porch at the Shillingtord home on South Second Street, where he had taken refuge, Rev, J. F. Bingman began a series of revival services ia the U, Ev. church at Egg Hill, on Tuesday evening, which will contimue for some time. R Catechumen's Picnic. The six catechetical classes of the Penns Valley Lutheran charge held their annual picnic on Saturday on Grange Park, Not all of the 108 young pupils were present, because of the cool damp weather, and the distance, but all pres. ent reported an enjoyable time, A sumptuous dinner of good things was served in the exhibit building on the Park, and this was followed by some funny after dinner stories, games and contests, Besides the classes there were present several to assist in taking care of the cinldren, and directing the games and amusements. Among them were-—Mrs. M. C. Drumm, Miss Mary Hess, Miss Mary Wert, Mrs. Colonel Decker, Mrs, Nestor Heckman and Miss Laura Whiteman, Several others were invit. ed, among them school teachers, but they could not be present—Miss Orpha Gramley, Miss Nora Wolf, Miss Helen Rishel, Miss Ruth Schreckengast, Miss. es Frantz and Royer, The various contests resulted as fol- lows Race for six boys—Wilbur McClellan, winner. Race for six girls—Ruth Grove, win. ner. all throwing contest—twelve girls— Florence Zettle, winner ; distance, 3s yards, Ball throwing contest—seven boys— James Brooks, winner ; distance, 67 yards, Juoit game, for Wert, winner. boys— Rossman Quoit game, for girls—} kle, winner, Potato race—Paul Smith, winner, I man’s race— George Luse, win- fadaline Fin- 1 - Hind ner, tind Hina Martz, Hammer t man's race, for girls—Anna winger, brow (io Ibs) James Brooks, winner ; distance, 15 feet, Girls’ hammer throw—Grace Grove, distance, 27 feet, Lucky ball contest. The contest was rolling a ball 20 feet into a hole. All contested and Florence Zettle won over Mrs. Drumm by a slight margin. All enjoyed the day and only feeling of sorrow was that all were not present, We wish to openly thank the Grang. » »f the grounds and know nd everything as it was when winner ; use « tered the park. —————— i _—— High School Student Fatally Injured at Football H, Melvin "Kepler, a seventeen-year. id Lock Haven high school student, is dead as the result of an accident sustain” ed during practice. Young Kepler's back was broken Wednesday in a scrimmage and he died on Thursday at the University hospital. Philadelphia, where he was taken for treatment by specialists, am——r— —— Guarding Against Forest Fires. Forester T. Roy T. Morton, of Peters. burg, who is in charge of the Logan State Forest in Huntingdon aod western Centre counties, i aking ex- tensive preparations to protect his terri. tory from fire this fall, This week For- est rangers Robert Bailey and Robert Reitz are rebrushing and clearing the roads and trails on the Bare Meadows division, and Forest Ranger G. E. Rose is clearing the trails and fire lanes on the Greenwood division. la his forest, Forester Morton has many miles of the trails that make the forests more accessible and enable the the forest officers to fight forest fires to advantage, After the trails were clear- ed of brush, Forester Morton made bare a strip of soil two feet wide in the centre ot the trail. Flames that reach the bare strip die put, usually, because the litter of leaves and brush have been removed rom their path, A MA MUA Spontaneous Combustion. The Bureau of Fire Protection, De- partment of State Police, is caling at- tention to the importance and necessity of protecting agricultural products against spontaneous combustion, Taken in the widest sense the process and conditions which may incite spon- taneous combustion are moisture, hacte- rial activity, germioation, and sjorage in large heaps ; in other words, the ig. nition of a body by the internal develops ments of heat, o Especial care should be taken that barns and buildings containing bay, brag, gram aud silo materials, be prc. tected from dampness and rain, proper ventilation arranged for the building and stacks to prevent heating, and that materials of this kind be ‘cured and dried. Hay and straw stacks should not be located medr farm building so that in the event of fire such buildings will not be Dutiog the past eighteen months 137 fires, caused by spontaneous combus- tion, were reported to the Bureau of Fire Protection, entailing a loss of $443, 412, a great deal of which could have been avoided if necessary safeguards football m APIO. Trespass notices for sale at the Re- 1920. Announcements Received of Fleming ~Thomas Wedding. A number of friends in Centre Hall of D. Earl Fleming last week received handsomely engraved announcements of the marriage of Miss Amelia Thomas, a daughter of Samuel Thomas, to Mr. Fleming, the same having taken place at Mount Vernon, New York, a Tues. day, September 28th. An ‘‘4t home" card states that Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Earl Fleming will be at home after the filteenth of November, at Dewey Ave- nue, New Rochelle, That Mr. and Mrs. Fleming may en. joy true happiness through a long period of wedded life 1s the ardent wish of the Reporter and the host of friends of the happy coaple. esmm—— ss fost AA ——— Husband Finds Wife Dead at Side. Early Sunday morning, upon awaken- ing from his night's rest, Johan Williams, of Beech Creek, found that he had been sleeping by the side of his wife who was cold in death, Mrs. Williams had retir- ed in her usual good health and her sud- den and unexpected death is a blow to her family. She was aged tixty-two years, and was the mother of Mrs. Bruce Argey, of near Centre Hall, His Lutheran Church Burned Mortgage. Wednesday evening of this week was Brotherhood night at the Lutheran church at Bellefonte and the feature of the evening was burning of the last mortgage against the church property, Rev. Wilson P. Ard is the local pastor, He is a young man of most pleasing per- sonality and is a tireless worker in the profession he has chosen for his lite's work, A — 8-year-old Boy Killed by Truck. Martin Shirk, eight years old, was al- most instantly killed in front of his home near Lewistown, on Saturday, when struck by a mail delivery truck driven by Elder Goss, of Rural Route No 3. The heavy car passed over the child, and he died fifteen minutes later on the way to the Lewistown hospital. Subscription List Corrected. The Reporter's subscription list was corrected this week and due credit has been given on ‘all payments made. Take a glance now at your label and see whether the figures are what they should be. If there is an error report at onc EE ——— a ———— Milton Fair Has Been Against Rain’ “he Milton Fair association has taken advantage of a pew kind of insurance, and the fair there has been insured against rain. The amount of the policy is $16,000 a day. The insurance com- pany carrying the policy is an Ea- glish concern which makes a specialty of insuring events of that nature against unfavorable weather, If more than one ~half inch of rain falls on any of the four days of the Milton fair, the associa- tion will receive $16,000 for that day, The official report of the weather bureau is used to determine the amount of rain- fall, Insured EH i—_—————— $ Auto Injuries Prove Fatal. Tuesday evening of last week George Barrlett passed away in the Bellefonte hospital as a result of injuries received in an automobile sccident that took place Friday, September 17th, between Belle- fonte and Milesburg, when George White, of Huntingdon, was so badly in- jured that he died the following day. Mr. Barrett while standing along the state road was struck by Mr. White's car and was not discovered until almost an hour afterwards. He was immedi. ately taken to the hospital and up wvatil Sunday night indications pointed to his recovery, There were no outward signs of injury but he was hurt internally. Hecomplained of a pain in bead and once stated to the nurse that his back ached. He was a son of Apdrew and Rachel Barrett, and was born near Milesburg, September 24, 1865. A SAA ——— Report Game Pleatiful. All reports are to the pffect that there is an unusually large number of wild turkeys, deer, rabbits and game in the woods in Centre and adjoining counties for this year, This information comes from men who know the woods and are in a posi- tion to give accurate reports. The spring months were particularly favora- ble in the propagation of wild game and the extreme wet weather of mid. summer found the birds strong and able to resist sickness. The same weather caused an abundance of all kinds of food for the game to thrive on and thus hunters will find pheasants, rabbits, squirrels, and the larger game, deer and bear, in very good condition. As a result of the abundance of game it is expected there will be a big demand for hunters licenses and that the hunters will meet with better success than usual, insuring a record breaking hunting sea- son, 0 ea W AAI SP ABI. » porter office, Oysters at Shoop's restaurant, NO. 39 WN AND COUNTY NEWS, ma— HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Last Thursday it rained all day, and it was a cold rain, We would like to see a 21 or 22 on every Reporter label. How is yours 7 W. F. Rishel, of Farmers Mills, ex. pects to hold a stock sale on March 28, 1921, Over at Port Matilda a farmer offers a bushel of apples free to every half bush- el of walnuts that are purchused of him. Floyd Snyder, of Bellefonte, spent a few days here last weék re-roofing his mother’s house at the upper end of Main street, Harry Witwer, the humorous writer, says : A hundred dollars in these days is a garage mechanic's idea of a tight- wad’s tip ! This (Thursday) evening the degree team of the Lemont P, O. 8. of A, will confer the degree upon a class of twen- ty-four candidates in the Centre Hall Camp room. Motorists have been making use of the State road from the cross at Pleasant Gap into Bellefonte, only about roads the third of which has the final covering of asphalt, The finished section is like a boulevard. Non-property holders in Bellefonte were somewhat staggered the past week on receiving their tax notices for 1920 to discover that the school tax had been in- creased to an even five doll the . In addition to the above the property for school purposes has been in 11 + from eighteen to twenty-one mil 5 Hereto- ars. fore one dollar was + th maximum tax creased 5 The following item was gleaned from the Orangeville (lll) Courier. Mr. Good. hart, referred to, is a brother of J. C. Goodhart, of Centre Hill: G. B. Goopd- hart has sold his farm of 100 acres, just south east of Orangeville, to Earnest ‘Weiz, the deal taking place last Thurs- day night. The price paid was $200 per %cre, or $26,000 for the farm, which is a splendid dairy farm. Possession will be given this fall. Have you placed your order for a Sun- day paper? Remember there'll reading until after the Presidential elec- tion. The World's Series and the nam- ing of the next Presidentot the United States are gripping the interest of every red blooded American, and the Sunday papers are the ones that give the most comprehensive information. Don’t de- pend on a copy of your favorite paper without ordering ahead. —I. Clymer Mc- Cienahan, Ali the State Forest lands in east Clinton, southern Lycoming, east- ern Centre and northern Union coun. ties have been combined into one dis. trict, known as the Bald Eagle State Forest. Itiwas named in honor of the well-known mountain acd creek which are topographically prominent in that section. The name also perpetuates the memory of the celebrated Indian chief, Bald Eagle, who was an outstanding figure in the local history. Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, of McElhattan, a mem- ber of the State Forest Commission, suggested the new title. F. P. Floray, of near Tusseyville, was a brief caller at this office last Thursday. Mr. Floray is the secretary of the Potter township school board, and as such has served faithfully for nearly seven years, He%s interested in good schools, but has become digcouraged on account of the trying times through which school directors generally have passed. The State Department's forcing unpleasant duties upon the school directors, the great task of supplying the schools year- ly with teachers, and the added burden of preparing the many new and compli cated reports which falls to the lot of a secretary, are sufficient to mar the plea- sures of the job, and while Mr. Floray appreciates the fact that it is his duty as a good citizen, he is willing that some one else shall prove his good citizenship by accepting the secretaryship at tffe close of the school year. One hundred and seventy former Sol diers who were disabled while in service during the World War are now enrolled at the Pennsylvania State College re- ceiving an education made possible by the government through the Federal Board of Vocational Training. Sixty new rehabilitation students enrolied at the recent college opening are pursuing courses that will fit them as experts in special lines, Seventy-eight of the total enrollment are studying agriculture, about forty are taking eogineering be good south- and in spite of their physical are enjoying every minute of it. established the first “Rehab Club” of any college traming this class and have become recognized as a
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