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VOL. XCVII
WHY YOUR TAXES ARE HIGH.
A Few Faets From the County Audi.
tors’ Statement Can't Be
plained Away.
Oct. 25.)
pubiished a
(Centre Democrat,
Last week we
tive
compira-
statement of the amounts paid for
accounts by the former Demo-
of
certain
cratic Board County
for
by
three and the amounts pald
the
Messrs,
years,
present Republican Board.
Austin
The
Annual
and Yarnell, for same
Purposes, amounts were taken
from the Auditors Statements
for
sumed
the years, and are
The
wus n
respective {re-
to 1 correct,
that
"or COMparisons
show that there large in-
under
We
crease
the
in various expenditures
Republican board. are
for the
and
present
not responsible amounts ex-
pended by Austin Yarnell. yet they
much displeasure Over
of
have shown
the publication the ison
In
compar
the Jol-
lowing INCREASED EXPENDITURES
UNDER THE REPUBLICAN BOARD
WERE SHOWN FOR THREE YEARS
PAST:
the thulated statement
Pay
$
Republican Incredse in
for
Republican
Assessors
Increase in
lerks RE
Pay
Pay for Coms. C
Republican Increase in
to Janitors
Republican Increase
Cost of Delivering
lepublican Increase
ty Solicitors
Increase
Notes,
tepublican
Outstanding
Republican [nerease
Collected, 3 yn
Taxes 3
Another Example—Accondi
Ines Auditors’ St
Annual
present Comm iss
$1816 ¢
the
Philipsburg,
was
County
or making the
three wards of
which is
We
$607
5
8 LY
allowed
only
informed that
the
in
ably
made water assessment
Jellefonte
he
barn
wards
quired that go
age and and
of spigots on every
lar to the
tire
himself
garrett
aa
town in
either
is considerably
the same amount
This comparison ot
tended t
<>
which show about
Lg That
Or stand
of
vember.
Centre county for el
Prothonotary Wilkinson's Aceount
To show that general increases
the
Years
penditures prevailed throughout
court house ths three
in
glance
Roy Wilkinson, the
past
of
let us take a at the account
present
of
former Dermoor
on the
which
verified by
Fore.
D
atic
R
official.
State
prothonotary, over that
man, the ns
found
ment.
same Auditors’
# doubted
anyone who hing preserved
can easily
these documents {from year to Year:
ices Rendered:
Demoerat Republican
D. R. Foreman Roy Wilkinson
1917--8712.90 1920--$1,523.26
1918 926.95 1921 2.069.36
1919-1123.66 1822-- 1,734.90
2,763.51 Totals
REPUBLICAN INCRE
$5.327.52
ASE—#2,56401
Sesslons of Court:
1919—-D. R. Foreman, Dem,
charged for 456 dayw “a
1922 Roy Wilkinson, Rep,
charged for 151 days. .........
REPUBLICAN INCREASE— 8550.00
(this is an increase of over 300 per ot.)
3225
ti
According to the above Pgothonotury
Wilkinson must attend
ance in court every the
have been In
other day in
he drew pay.
Jury Fees Returned to Cunty:
Democrat Republican
DP. R. Foreman Roy Wilkinson
1917$144.17 1920--NONE
1918 116.47 1421--NONBE
1019 172.16 1922+ NONE
$43280 Totals NONE
When civil cnses ure tried In court a
Jury fee of $448 charged where a verdict
fe secured. This fee is always changed
up and collected by the prothonotary
and returned t, the County Commis.
sioners, If the present prothonothry
has remitted anything on this account
or three years we could not find it, un-
less it is covered up In some other ne
count.
Further comment on the above come
parisons is unnecesary.
S———————————— a —————pa
If you want to feel that you have
Tuesday,
vote the Democratic ticket.
CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS,
The School of the Future Is the Cen-
tralized
12.000 Such
Consolidated School
t. 8.
or
Schools Now in
There are wer 12.000 centralized
now «
or consolikkited schools in the rural dis-
trivts, small oitdes of the
They
approximately
towns, and
Iinited States have taken the
place of 50.000 little one
schools During the vear 1919-
dated
is truly a
teacher
20 over 1.000 new oconsbl schools
were established,
fuy
hope -
sign fon
onsolid exhuen -
tonad pnckard
a thorough
dustrious
| te
Cian Salis
te, do #0 next Tuesday
dedfont Hike man-~withaut
Like the good fighter he is.
4
the same office again
HoT Fie grees f=
i he
in Overseas man. the
the
| rea h his
| sheriff
Mrs Hall
fall school
next
be lig
and Miss Contre
to
Tuesday
not
Mr.
{don’t
| isssstne
voter,
bond
sohood faxes
by
Putting
vite for the
Your
voting
the
ex
thier,
the
through
will hon vier,
"yeu on bond
bond fast
asnge,
means a heavy
pa
of
Ml gradually
the
expenditure of
penditure of money
many years, Fallure bond mesue
to carry means a heavy
money anyhow. and that paid within a
heavy for
MUST
few . yvears
We
fnxntion every -
the school house.
-
bendy have
While in office many men think they
jean spend in any way the money ool
form of taxes withowt mo
in they
{dy 80, and ¥ anyone objects they sim-
| ply snort and go on with thelr program
| veghrdions of the wishes of the people
Wie furnish funds, saying in of
fir. 'e none of your bugines--no sug-
{gestion. good ae it may be, from you
But when election time the
worm turng--it is the tern,
Here im the proposition: HM you belfeve
the men up for office who have had
control of your money during the past
years were not cconomieal. dik nog ex
pend wisely, took no thought for the
welfare of the taxpayers nt fnrge, ft In
your duty to vote fof men who are
|
and whose very
leted in the
lestation, and any instances
the
CONE
eprie sw
-
{pledged to ecomomy,
(Hives lead yop to believe that they will
hold to thelr promises. Vote for Swabb
nnd Spearly for commissioners,
A —————————
Vote early next Tuesday to avoid
the rush.
|
HALL, PANT
H U RSDAY,
>
>
ER 1923,
NO. 43
The Criticlsm OWered
The Reporter has been
with and ig being accused of criticising
the borough council in the
the of the Nittany
the borough
what
found aault
building of
Mountain
Fol-
termed
portion
road within Hmits,
lowing is reprinted in
The tem 1s taken
of September Tth,
Nittany
week, was
of
to rough sections,
criticism. from the
leportor of last year:
“The road over Mountain,
during last improved by
in application crushed stone be-
It would
of
ing given
appens that the eontinuous use
the work wonders
Pe a
keeping
road dr would
and would
of
from
im thie” road very
cheap method an even
even surface which the water
would drain quickly.”
From lnst spring on until the road
was chipped and oiled the road &
means resorted to for keepin
of road
By
the Kg
stretch in nny semblan
oomedit do
the
{a
on way, you know
it was avodd leg action
the fn citizen
by
ON
the
8H ng
part
road that oiling borough
if
dw was done?
this has nothing to do
apending program mapped ou
ar by the borougt
of which will be for a
item
entirely useless Ever since
wis purchased
by #1
without
SERS
every
inant
yielded Wing Used
the
droughts »
POO 08
in xpayers
01. hasssd
faa Carvit
ogni
0
stempliated
peeled expenditure
Red Cross Roll Call,
cement has been
Raed
Hl
Pitals Were
we forming
endeared the
every khaki-chad
th
3
Red
And werd ostn
gresit re
the Cross in time of
time of pete
the
{ continued In
that reason,
for the open-
this your
It
the
Or penioe day.
annual roll call
warly appropriate. tends
the fact 1
Hed Qross aoe
home at work
fa Twat ime
it
the a wart
is a peacetime work
to
but They
It also serves emphasize
newering appeals at home just as well
they responded to calls from the
workd
Through the Hed Cross Nurse,
work in State~College dis
nleo includes
Boalsburg, Pine Grove Mills,
Hall, Milihwém and
uffalo Run Section.
To carry on this local
it tw hoped that there will be 100
coming
peaco-time
which
Onk
back
Hall,
the
work sucoose-
cont, in the
Ould.
A — AI MS AR
Pennsy Cheeks Auto Drivers,
During the months of June, July,
August and September the Pennsylya-
nin Railroad company, at selected
crossings in the thirteen states through
which the road Dy — checked 242142
automobile drivers to ascertain the pe
tnt. of drivers careless in thelr man-
ner of Cromsing the crossings. It is sur.
prising to find tht of the large num-
participation
oll
careless or reckless driving, It there
fore follows that the great bulk of aoe
cidents st highway crossings, ans Well
as nocidents on the streets and high
whys, may Be charged to the onreless.
nese of a ve small minority of auto.
mobile drivers,
Bellefonte, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs, Voter:
I am a Demoeratie eandidate for
County Commissioner, a farmer
and a tax-payer; I am. as other
farmers are, Int ed In the veo
nomieal administration of County
alfalrs, What Interests me In
these matters should Interest you,
and HH, from what you may know
or learn of me, you think I am a
suitable person for the offer, |
kindly ask your support November
6, 1993,
Yours sincerely.
JOHN 8. SPEARLY.
Henner
Centre County Potato Day.
Reporter has been found
the
| The
i 4
and girls thoughout
furnished through
in Bellefonte,
Matilda,
weak,
from seed
! :
{buminess men state
Port
of Jas
in
on
the Y.
After
lege and
in M.
Bellefonte
had
awarded
{evening
i
{ A.
|
| program
POON
of
prizes
the evening been
i
jried out, were
lows:
Sheffer Entertalns
Snellen,
Farmers,
Mr.
Milk
and
the had
Produclg Com
secretary,
Rand
Linrges
VOoORIs Ls,
tained a
vmpion of the county-—$20.00 cash
£1. «
cash,
ch
| Chas mpbell, Penna, Furnas
3s 0
1 Fired
| Harrisburg
0
Hiate
State
Rows, College
Show,
OH
Bellefonte
Bellefo
Cohen & O
hy H
talph
CC. Yeager,
Poorman,
by
Hoy
Potter
lellofont iv
$2
Puosdsbur
“rst
thao
College
——
ture on the Holy Land.
Al
mliuipie——
Institute,
and contin.
Young Peoples Workers
{ dé hwo sinh
H
Sum rir
InGays ox-
PBonanidd, Jr.
teruiont
amsoaiato
People’s
BEether 1. Willkumes,
ng People's Superintendent,
wy State Sab-
and Roy M
Preus
van
Association
Eo” By "
bret hiren
Sunday -schood
ores of
st Ors,
shonits wrd all teach
heed wx nn 12
inf
work of the
pas are and 24
the lost ormnd
on
ments the
Froopniew’ Dvigion and the ros.
working program for this depart.
‘" institute
PM
in the M. E
Institute
win
Monday
of
be served
orn -
Novem
ber 19, church Bel.
forte. supper will
and the meeting
P.M
will
at &mominal charge
wis CONEn
Derg
te through to 9:30
pedo
Part someon,
A——— ———
ions, hymns and mt
an important of the
i
Ts
{ will
i
rone and Altoona ia completed, which
this fall, motorist
able
instead of the gnder-coated thor
be the
| sclarvely be
try
joughfare hugging the main line of the
{ Pannasy, crossing and ®
the road
through clean, fresh coun-
penetrates severs; wm,
and recrossin
ia trolley line,
adoro
{ry and,
new concrete
| winds
no
| grove on its way to Bellwood. and on
the whole presents a cnsiderably more
attmctive view than does the old route.
a ———————
NEXT WEDNESDAY ANOTHER
BOOSTER DOLLAR DAY,
Altoona Booster Stores are gong to
pull anothes Bargain Dollar Day next
| Wednesday November 7.
The Association is reluctant
Ho annousce 1t because it is almost me
| possible Handle the crowds NOW
and the number of wise buyers is con-
tinundly growing.
Nevertheless, we will do our best to
itake ore of you. But you MUST
COME EARLY.
Were you in Altoona on August 157
If not, you missed Some real bar-
gaina!
Don't miss coming next Wednesday,
becuse you cnn buy seasonable mers
chandise of any kind at bargain prices,
There are Jota of good movies in
town next week-—see the Strand. Good
pices to eat—Beam's or Caum's and
Community Rest Rooms on 15th Street
have been established for visitors’
comfort,
Look for the OFFICIAL Dollar I'my
Window Card before you buy. It ls
ONLY in Booster" nrembers’ windows,
It's A guarantes,
If you come by auto call at the of-
fice of the Booster Association and get
one of Mayor Ithodes' Vikitore® cards
for your protection,
Booster
to
#
COMB,
NEXT WEDNESDAY, November 7.
TO ALTOONA!
em —
Nebraska
i%
Letter from
CLYDE
i ———
Are American Moral Standards
Than French!
“While
fidelity are
Paris and
in
PF. WEI
AND
Higher
the
Prycheesd
Now
quite
York
method bat
in
ferent not &
Boni de C
notorfous French ‘Bobieman, wi
“It
of posidion,
ss the Count amtellan
Are
Wy
ried Anna Could fe true that
married man wealth a
consequence is expected
in His
this. her parents know this,
thers
expected,
“But 4n
EWwett Heart bride Ki
hr
France WH
Tire
Amerton society
continues the noble (
#hocked when the newspmpers
Sorts reveal the fact that
can busband has
America things are differently,
and surely in my travels in the United
States and my visite to the town pals
aces and the country of the
great and in America. 1 had
ample opportunity to ohsorve”
Bo writes the noble Count Cas.
tellane in a series of articles appears
ing in the NEW YORK SUNDAY AM-
‘ERICAN, in which he tells how he won
and Jost Anna Gould's millions. and re-
veals the scandals of high society of
Europe and Amerion
pretends”
unt. "to Iw
or the
Amor].
sweetheart.
An
a in
done
alloy
wealthy
de
LL AB ———————
Remembor the men who will lay yous
tax and expend ; the money will be
elected moxt Tuesday. If you dy not
vote for men who are commited 6 an
economic admintstmtion of affairs
don't get sore when you pay your
taxes in October of next yoar.
RA
"ut we want Centre Hall reprisen ted
House during the next four years we
ork Lo aud You Sop 1
Lot's
[Smith for treasurer. all do it
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
FROM ALL PARTS.
Vote for Herr for prothonotary,
Vote for Smith for treasurer,
Vote for Hoy for recorder.
Vote for Ocker for register.
Vote for Swabb and Spearly for
loners,
Taylor for sheriff,
commis
Vote for
and
Centre
Voters In
the
Hall borough,
bond Issue,
vote
for sehool
With
day
y Guard)
ing Civil
war
of Millheim,
eightieth
week, ship
y Whe eastern
riovad ship-
Wd goods
B D.
largely
#
les of
CHImie
Paul
oburn
disoovered
rig had been
lisposed person
The rear axle, a
¢
one of the wheels
almost cut
Mrs J A of
birthday surprise
Margar-
twelfth
the
were
son,
tendered a
ward.
her
Twelve
wo
eyvoning's
their 3
ranges
in “honor of
innEYoersarsy of
friends of the little
and
Refreshments
¥ ri joyed the
wore served
To-night
MacDonald in
William
of the
the 11th
Bagie's Talons.” Op-
all-star coast in
Fine rom start to
twoeree]l Metro comedy.
Seen
Pict
{ Thursday)
ures at the ui
RKatarine
Lily.” I 3
"The
shrans
Seardet riday,
“TT he
Desmond in Shadows
North 1 LR
The
Friday,
The Npallers
finial ais, @
Memsprg J
Charles
H of Milroy, and
of Reedeville, were in
he valley on business on Thursday of
They are both in the auto.
game. Mr. Bitner js conducting
at Milroy and finds his new
already too small to properly
accommodate his trade He is selling
the Ford and Overland. Mr. Kyle is
welling under the Lewistown sales com
ditner.
K y bes,
ined woek.,
vols ite
# RH THRY
building
| The Herald-Star, published at Sten.
Ohio, contained the following
article, referring to ote well known to
many Heporter readers: The Steo-
benvile lee plant officials and employes
hipdd a banguet at the plant on Wednes-
doy night which wae an informal good
fellowship affair. There wer 35 in ate
benville,
trimmings was sorved. Then followed
the enteftainment. with some doing jig
and clog danuing, orchestra musio.
songs and talks by James Mulrooney.
and tonstmaster. Geo. EB Wisener,
Geo, Vreeland, Edgar Keilberg and
cobs who wag presented with a hand-
tion address belug nde by Mr. Keit-
berg and Mr Jacobs responded in an
/