VOL. CI. USE DEATH CHAIR FOR 165 PERSONS IN TWELVE YEARS One-Third Pen- That Escaped Pardon Board Shows of Men Sentenced alty~Clemency on Increase. and sixty-five men executed n 1815 hundred been One have in the from sive, a report of Pardons death Pennsylvania to 1926 1 ite Bu hin thi the Wit prisonment, death the conde dates et The hot 1097 appl proved Ww there and 4f issued 92 det were carried ernor Pinchot death rants, of which 45 have been executed. There now are six persons awaiting their doom. The report disclosed that 756 appli 'cations for pardons were received and 252 applications granted during the administration of Governor Brum- baugh; 1284 applications received and 382 granted during the administration of Governor Sproul, and 2039 applica- tions received and 529 approved dur- ing the administration of Governor Pinchot, Of the 629 . pardons recommended during the tenure of Governor Pin- chot, the report pointed out that 261 were upon the recommendation of the trill judges and district attorneys: 71 upon recommendation of the juries, priSon officials and prosecutors and probation officers, and 197 restore citizenship to persons who had served their sentences. 78 Wiar- to is Abandons Exams, At a meeting of the teachers of the Bellefonte High school. Professor Ar- thur H. Sloop, superintendent of the Bellefonte public schools, announced that no mid-year examinations will be given to the students of the High school this year. In announcing this departure from the usual custom, Mr. Sloop stated that it was an experi- ment. upon the outcome of which will depend the future attitude of the = hogl board on mid year and final examina- tions. The value of examinations for determining the amount of knowledge a student gained during a school term been disputed. Some educators an examina- 4 has often 1s maintain that tion is not a fair test of a Progre i strain the tions ian st ide 45 iver and $15.18, potatoes $238.62 ¥ it - potato « rop $29.40 Oats 1925, $17.85 $190.40. ana tal value of the estimated at $37 698.600, $48.201.000 I — —————— Construction work on a new dormi tory for girls at iucknell University will be started within a few weeks it has been announced at Lewisburg by Dr. Emory W. Hunt. president. The building will be large enough to ac commodate 160 girls, and will help golve the housing problem for young women who have made requests to enter the university next fall The new dormitory will be known as Larl- son Hall in honor of Mra. Katherine Larson, who gave Bucknell 26,000 fn her will A ——— Local High Senlors Glye Program. On Friday afternoon of last week the senior class entertained the other classes of the local High school for a forty-minute period Some of the feat- ures of the program were: Respect for the seniors as shown by the fresh- men during the senior P. 0. D. period; the four stages through which a High echool pupil passes: reflections of the lower classmen ae seen by the seniors: school paper: freshmen class BONE ; baptism of the greenest freshman, silliest sophomore, the most stuck-up Junior; senior viay written by a senior. The benediction was pronounced as follows: “Now Abideth seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen—but the great- est of these Is senlors.”—By a senior. A ——— Lewistown sold its new $28,000 bona issue to a Philadelphia house ut a margin of $1.60 per $100 par value sb i A A AAAS. —— Under a recent ruling of the Btate Health = Depsattment, physicians are ordered: to report to local boards of health all forms of pneumonia, that disease having been listed ns a com- municable deecase, Mikes Jess M. Burns, who has been acting postmistress of the town since early in September, has been advised that she had been selected as postmis- tress of Selinsgrove for the next four years, White in 1925 in 1826, The 192 to- in and 4 - STATE-WIDE TRAFFIC PLAN SIGNALS Committee Drafts a Uniform Code and Will Ask Legisiature to Enact If. The committee of traf- directors met in Harrisburg decided recommend to the that traffic signal lights be sfand- the same thing, 1 recommendations a mayors and to Legisla wd to mean pr oposed mean noth- n and would “stop” would r and a green light mea wet id Rand Rt, No def taken toward the private WAYS, | ness ston of wer irecting sign on along State erected by sometimes elimination property These signe, bus! organizations. are { placed along fences or on hosrds tablished for the parpose. A Btate law regulates the distance from a State highway at which a sign may be erected, The committee also decided to make a recommendation to permit the State, cities and boroughs to designate through traffic or boulevard highways on which vehicles would have the right of way over those crossing or entering such streets from intersect ing highways. Organization of the uniform committee was perfected through forts of the State traffic ef- chairman. In addition to Mayor Marsh, traffic engineer, Pittsburgh: W. B. Mills, superintendent of police, Philadelphia; Mayor George A. Hover: ter, Harrisburg: former Mayor Wm. T. Ramsey, Chester: Mayor Henry Renninger, Allentown: and represen- tatives of the State Motor Federation, the State police and ine State High- way Departments. F Banks ;_-: Annual Meetings, hy Fig Ratiepal Bank, Centre Hall: The Annual meeting of ste kKholders of the bank was held last week and sulted in the re-election the retir- ing board which consisted of R M Bmith, F V, Goodhart, FE. O Duret, I. Frank Mayes, Daniel Duup, J IL Decker, W. W. Ker! J. C Brooks, PF. E. Wieland and T. © Delaney. The board of directors elected following of the President Daniel E. Wisiand ant $125 The § HM), and has divided profi 150.662 The National the annual sharehiolders’ meeting held Tuesday "afternoon. January 11th, the directors of last year were all re-eject- ed viz—J. R. Brungart. M. Haines i MN. Moyer, 8 A Blerly, C. H Smull, W. J. Kreider Weaver, Jr. H. A Meyer and WwW. 1. Barner. The board then organized with J R. president; M. C. Haines, vice pres. dent; J. N. Moyer. vice president: M. Bierly, cashier. The bank is this week installing an entire new vault equipment consisting of half-inch steel Hning for entire inside of vault, and a ten-inch burglar proof door. This equipment will carry the lowest rate of insurance known and give the pa- trons the maximum of protection. The equipment wag shipped to Centre Hall station in order to avoid crossing con demned bridges between Coburn and Rebershurg, and the York Safe and Lack Company is making the install ation, First National Bank, Bpring Milas: Ditectors—J. H. Rishel, J. K. Bitner. A. B. Tee, T J. Decker, A. J. Shook. M. T. Zuber, Jeremiah Zottle, J. WwW, Zerby and W. Cal Meyer. The officers chosen were: President, J. H. Rishel; Vice presidént, J, K. Bitner: cashier, H. F, Erdley, and teller, BE. F. Lee, a ——— — A Church at Snow Shoe Burned About 10 o'clock Sunday morning, fire destroyed the Presbyterian church at Bnow Shoe, of which Rev. Howard E. Oakwood is Pastor. The loss was estimated at $10,000 and is partly cov ered by insu 3 s The bullding, which is a one-story frame structure, was remodeled throughout about a Year ago and it ia thought that an overheated furnace In the basement was the cause of the flames, 5 A ———— i Appreclates Vallant Work at Fire, Walter R, Hosterman desires the Reporter to say for him that he has a deop sense of appreciation for the wpitalized at $52.000 deposits un $1.- its Rebershurg tank At J ly for his Interests at the fire which deatroyed his ‘Place of business on Sunday night, THE FISHER €ABINET. Newspaper of Forests | Dorworth, Centre County | Man, Made Secretary | and Waters, | 3 The Fisher Secretary is as the (t Montgomery Year cabinet of Charles Johnson. Salary, $5000 » Attorney Baldrige Salary Judge He shurg, B $1 ' Secretary Pitt of borough ¥1 Secretary {Charles E, {tre county, Secretary i 4 ‘harles A | Philadephia. I Secretary H. Salary, $10,000. 500, of Forests and Waters, Dorworth, Bellefonte, Cen Salary, £5000, of Labor and Waters, 4918 Green Salary, $10.000, of Welfare, Mrs, MceOunuley, Beaver, i Industry #streat E. county = leaver { i if | Benson E. Taylor, Brockway, Jefferson county. Salary. $8000. ! Secretary of Banking Peter G. Cam- | eron (Reappointed), Wellsboro, Tioga jcounty. Salary. $10,000 | Commissioner of Fisheries {i R. Buller { Reappointed), | Mount, Wayne eounty. Salary, $4500, Adjutant General, Frank D Beary (Reappointed). Allentown Lehigh coun- ty. Salary, $5060. Charles E. Dorworth, Secretary | Forests and Waters. the Centre counts | representative in the cabinet, was bon {in Bellefonte in 1876, educated | Bellefonte High school and the Belle. | fonte Academy. and #ince . 190% has | heen publisher of the Bellafonte Be publicdn. Mr. Dorworth had exten | BVe newspaper experience in Philadel | phia and Pittsburgh. being a widely - known political writer In addition to [ publishing. he has extensive business jinteresta in Pennsylvanian. He rman- {aged the Fisher campaign last fall, | He has long been & personal friend of the Governor. In the Sproul chairman of the mission of Pennsylvania, during Goverdor Pinchot. then eriry Commissioner, and later Robert Y. Stuart, were ex offi hers of the commission Mr. D orth ter~Bupply ( Nathan Pleasant of be was { which For Major © men whit administration Water Supply om period was cha ‘omim insdo a Thrie Farms Sold FI ment the W Ste t far x sh of said to John Dale f penitentinry was Hmeltzaly, who purcha Mr. Dale some years ago. | OF The threes new farm owners will each occupy their respective farms April 1st ES ———— A ——————— tering Writes from So, Dak. yy “i Ham Wi west Cioheen place $8 ited tance the price The | Rockview Harry from a is have heen 4.50606 rm LE) by it to Dor wold sed kenroth i Madison, South Dakota. Jan. il, Editor Reporter: Usually I am so busy that I fail to | notice color of label, but when special attention to its meaning associated with numerical figures, 1 ask the ques jtion, how am 1 measuring up? To be | right with your usual friendly dispo- | gition I Inclose a P. O. order to shove ahéad into more significant years 1 can assure you I greatly enjoy the report of the hunters as given each Year's hunting season. Surely Centre county is a leader améng hunting sports, Yours truly, D. J. MITTERLING. MAI SATAN. Loeal Chevrolet Sales, Through the Homan Company agen- cy, Centre Hall, there was mold recent: ly a Chevrolet sedan to Clayton Press. ier, Millheim: one and one-half ton Chevrolet truck to Bradford and Com pany, and a similar truck to William MeClenahan, Centre Hall A A SL AIAN Preserving Game, Mifflin county sportsmen are mak- ing an effort to both increase and Preserve wild life. Last week 372 Kansas wild rabbits were liberated in various wooded sections in that coun- Bince the closing of the hunting season over 200 bushels of corn and 600 bushels of scratoh feed has been placed in Mifflin county woods and mountaing for the birds and wild game, Al SP SATS. I. L. .8mith, of Centre Hall, an: hounces his candidacy for the office of county treasurer, In this Jesus. Mr. Smith made a mighty creditable show- ing In the campaign four years ago when he Jost out to J. O. Heverly, the Republican and present fncumbent of the treasurer's office, by the scant mar gin of 300 votes, % HOSTERMAN GARAGE BURNED SUNDAY NIGHT R. Hosterman—1. L. Smith Loses Two Cars In Storage. in The Crarage, owned hy took Hosterman R. Hoste: day night about t minan fire walve ¢ Hey from # of the town was i period. but setion There i congiderable 1 thi hard ttie on for i time Was | confidence of being able to Tv | flame confined to the original struct jure, and for this reason the proffered {ald of the Bellefonte fire Company was [ not necessary During the early stages of the fire, {Le L. Smith, who formerly owned the garage and lives next to #t. was bat- tling remove from the workshop {two cars—a Dodge coupe and Dodge touring—stored there by him. The door was partially opened, where the cars stood within arm's length. but hie got ho further. The door refined to yield, and It was only after the cars Were almost & total! wreck that they with others were removed The loss sustained Mr. man is sstimated al between | and tw ently thousand dollans ried a reasonable amount of insur ance. Of two policies he carried, the neavier one was renewed a day before the In addition to the equipment and stock, two mew care, one a Dodge se dan and the other a Nash car. were totally ruined. In storage were the two cars belonging to Mr. Smith, n sedan owned by the Misses Ecoyrod of Tusseyville, a Studebaker by a Pits burgh ge the int eed w there anything but Ke to Hoster fifteen He car by fire party in #t unt nce NDE season i The origin determined ate Hit ely yy the Drol § of not been a ; The meat Fat the nt whee 5 1 ted burned on @ 7 the ¥ Bot focnted A All Sunday Night Fires. # rather singular t t all fire ! neg (rene ng in Cen {tre years, hap Memo ¥ the Od Fellows Harp town), Hall during pored on Sunday n { eal planing mill, bullding, the nrge stable on the jor lot. the Shirk {near {ana the Himterman garage, last Sun night. ——————— A — AA FARMERS HAVE FRIEND IN PENN STATE HEAD Declaring that he had always found his most sympathetic supporters, his soundest counsellors and truest friends among the farmers, Dr. Ralph 1D. Hetzel, new president of the Penneyl- vania State College, in his first pub. lie address ince assuming office, great- ly Impressed an audience of over 2000 Pennsylvania farmers at the opening mesting of the Farm Products Show in Harrisburg on Tuesday night of this week. “This was my experience in the middie west, In the far-west and in New England.” said President Hetpel, “and I hope I may prove myself wor: thy of equal confidence in this State.” He added that farming has one of his ultimate nim = in life, despite the fact that he first became a lawyer and then a college professor and finally a col- irge president, President Hetzel spid that he was in love with hi® job and realized great future possibilities in it. He sketched the great Industrial and agricultural service that State College is rendering the people of Pennsylvania. He prais- ed the college extension organizations that take educational information to all who desire it, declared for a stil greater research program in the solu- tion of farm and industrial problems, and expressed faith in the young col: leg men and women of today, urging that facilities for their training be made the best available ’ Appreciation of the kindly manner In which he has been received in Pennsylvania was expressed by Presi- dent Hetzel and sald that he feels he shall be happy in the service of the Commonwealth. Scores of agricultural school faculty members and extension specialists from Bate College are in attendance at the Farm Show which is declared to be the best of its kind ever held in the Capital city. A number of the State wide farmers’ organizations were od dressed informally by President Hetzel. the post ghits ro fn Is the home | day 1927. FOREST PLANTING IN PENN FOREST THE DISTRICT Region Done by the Late Leonard Rhone R. Neff, 8 red and C, ‘in afte pinnting Tyee hartly shows hat The to sux Io cau flreams to become gn and n id after smal rain. The land 5 soil has been an against almost all the | washed many adequate system of protection fires is established, in the near it will not long until will be a difficult matter” During the spring of 1909 the first planting was made under the direction of Forester McNeal. The planting was done in Green's Valley on the Nittany Mountain. and the following two vear seedlings, from the Mount Alto ery were used: White Pine Scotch Pine European Larch Balsam Pir Each species and Fr off flopes. Unless be 3.500 1.200 25 250 was planted by itself | This planting wae done af a total cost jof $5.25 per acre or at a co of $4.03 per thousand trees In the ground Most of these trees are growing to- day and there is not a thirftier planta tion in the district Other ambitious peared and the territory | Forset planting then ipetus. To date a fe at foresters soon ap: was divided have been mas {| Forest, which Thi 1670 tree AOTOR, 8 required wernt ingoe nd IESG trees in the in esl 050 tren Pennsylvania’s ate land owners | Applications from 1 Penn District are total, of 200.000 {ever, all the tree seedings available not yet been allotted Have you ordered what you now need? If not, order now THOR HARBESON, District Forester, Milroy, Pa. I AAU AA AAA, $53.68 for Red Cross. The total contributions for the local Red Cross was $83.65--$69.00 for adult members and $1489 for the public school children. This is an intrease over last year of $11.83. A MSNA Houtz~S8tover, Miss Floda B. Stover, of Houwerville, and Roy A. Houts of Lemont, were married at the Evangelion) parsonage in Centre Hall, on Wednesday after noon of last week at 4:30, by Rev. W. E. Smith, A AG AAAI BRAN. Purchased Furniture Store. J. H. Bridge, who has resided in Mifflinburg for the past six years, has purchased the L. G. Rearick furniture store at Lock Haven and will remove to that place in the near future Mr. Bridge's son-in-law, Russell Smith, wil) be associated with him in the business They took possession of the store this week. Mr. Smith has nn agent for A cash register concern in ‘Williams: port, bth ant 6th Grades School Report. Report for fourth month of school: Per cent of attendance, boys 98, girle 99. The following pupils made 100 per cent in monthly tests: Arithmetile Lawrence Hartley: History—Muth Bailey; Spelling—Dorls Moltz, Ruth Reiber, Paul Foust, Muth Bafley, Jack Coldren.. .Geography-—-Muth Bailey and Hugh Morrow. The following made between 95 and 100 por cent: Asith- metic -Retty Rbright. John Bpyker, Hugh Morrow: Grammar—Muth Ball. oy, John Spyker, Woodrow Hosterman, Spelling Margaret Rees, Hugh Mor: row, Marian Treaster, Lawrence Hast: ley; Geography—John Spyker, Harold Dunkls, Jack Coldren, Loraine Brun. gart~Thoe, L. Moore, ’ fesrt ty citizens the on file seedings for a How- siready tree have . M gi NO. 3 i HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. H. cently ur Mra 0. Fleder, nf Woodward, re~ in the derwent h yi peration Clearfield it in Boric t ns be $if¥is fey telt is { 3 i . {whether 5 man rich because he i rich. bunch ri ¥ C1 weighed nk to t irday zero, the daughter rw allow which re- Ha~ of a mouth in operation the Lock #pitad for its moval, It estimated that more than billion dollars will be spent in the eral Biates for road construction 1927. ‘This expenditure will be on 000 miles of new highways the local Star cdr ie i. - Gh | James I. Petterolf. En.esman, calls attention to a new schedule of prices on Star CAre. A substantial reduction is in effect on closed models. See his ad in this WRUe, your Mrs. Catherine Horner, widow of the |iate William Horner. formerly of Cole | yer, suffered a paralytic stroke at hes {home in Sttte College, last week, and | remained In an unconscious state for | several days. Her condition is consid ered eritical {i Harry Clevenstine is improving | the appearance of the front part of hie { place of business by installing french doors at the rear of the display wih dows. The new dbors are trimmed in maple and present an attractive and {well balanced background | The | Blair, was damaged th $3000 by i morning of last week {sumed to have origin en firepince {by Insurano nterior of the residence of BP. on Bpring street Bellefonte, : extent of more nr Thursday The in pre ted op vered io ti in iy fire fry m an The lous is « history of held nge ¥ at Tohn- iocated being the cha ate Tunie- turned to Bellef the act of The man was {er Carner the fellow to ! t and he complied in a very confused manner and departed The Reedeville National bank will erect a new building in the near fue ture on the site of the Reedeviile drug store, The site is located on the op” posite side of the street from where the bank is now doing business. The Farmers National bank at Selinsgrove will also erect a new building to cost $27,000, Henry White, who for many years Hved on his farm below Penns Caves will move into one of his fwo town properties purchased a fow Years ago. He has selected the home in which Mrs. Reese lives, on Church street. He is said to have leased his farm to Frank Long. now a tenant on one of Willlam Weaver's farms in upper Brush Valley. A sure cure for gossip and slander i= to breathe through your nose keep your month shut A Certain amount of your dying body (for you Me daily), momentarily, floats off on your breath into the air, and God bas fielled the world with plant life to absord such products, such effete and poison material. But gossip and slander on your outgoing breath have only people to absorb them. David and John Bohn, of near Boale” burg, last week visited thelr brother, Daniel C. Bohn, living on the Brockers hoff farm, south of town. Mr. Bohn lives near as the Reitz was ered {his parked man share tire Mr replace in an rem asirang- ordered
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