a THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1897. Che Centre Democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ ED. & PROP CIRCULATION, OVER 1800. Telephone Call 183. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Regular Price If pald In ADvaxoe . COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR 1897 $1.50 per year. £1.00 n 1). Addre Bellefonte mm Ir $4 no Trafford Ed Brown, Ji Gio BR Meek : J Witmer Wolf, Centre Hal Abe Webe Howard fas. B Mileshurg Millhelm Sam’'l Weiser, Jr Millhaim Unlonvll Isbin Fleming Phi bu Ist w Lukens Philipsburg rey Denning Centre Hall Hownrd Milesburg Ips Howe Aha IN Khrumrine, St Romola y Lirove Mills wieshurg Penns Cave Penn Hall Spring Mil's Winklebeck Coburn ! Stover Woodward ry McAfee Stormstown A Swabb Linden Hall t Confer Howard *<mith » H Emerick Ce rank : EDITORIAL M ANSWER nInon : us and | other | of the | : and FOR BETTER ROADS, Secretary Thomas J. Edge Suggests Changes in the Law. Secretary Thomas J. Edge of the state department of agriculture, in his second annual report, discusses the rural road question pretty fully. In his report he says: “Undaer our present modified road law the supervisor is empowered to collect 25 per cent of the tax in cash, and he had power to use this portion of the fund for the purchase of any needed road imple ments, and all he now lacks is the hearty endorsement of those who have elected him to office. “Deputy Secretary Hamilton, after a careful investigation of the road question all of its bearings, states mn our i farn that rs are annually expending more $ i § 3,5000,000 in the repair « at the 0,000 of road which end ofthe 1 no better condition than at its 4 ut some in the svs- radical changes and its expe tures, tem these otficers should be placed in charge of any larger amount of funds “Under our present system of taxation, which hardly has its parallel in the other , it15 not just that all of the expense ads of th should fail upon the loc: er, § perm nent impros ements ol « lor rural taxpay- iv in that case the towns and boroughs whose inhabitantsuse the roads fully as much as the farmer, pay in I { both Hanna man as State or from For and Bushnell are also afte aker sult is t} fight Hanna's McKinley, put him to win same position and the re wy having an interesting boodle, and pull on in a strong position Ine county ¢ i ect LO ISS their statement : ipts and expendit { ures of the various county officers during he ccasion for all kinds of { wealth | national capitol to secure 1 aggregations o legislation, imposing taxes | 81) for the benefit of private one of the most pernicious | : moun times ] arming condition of affairs, as we see them Is there not enough patriotic sentiment left to avert an im. i pending crash and bitter controversy | between the classes—the great opulent, | extravagant rich, and the poor destitute, starving workmen, now crying for em. ployment or bread. The men to whom this republic has giv- en the control of affairs promised much. The election has not restored the condi as yet, and the outlook is not promising. They must make an accounting, The people are growing impatieut. The st be ready for circulation in our issu the past year atement will like of next week - Ww ver J. BRyAx recently sent a crisp $100 He Appre ciated the honor and expressed it in a note to a namesake substantial way - Frank N. Moore, special agent of the | department of agriculture, while going the rounds of the candy trade, discover. ed in the analysis on candy that a large percentage contained rum and brandy, This candy sells for 40 and 50 cents a pound, and the dealers say it is largely sought after by boys and girls between the ages of ten and sixteen years. Mr, Moore also had a sample or rock aud rye drops which got its name from the fact | that no rock and rye was found in its in. gredients, but instead contained a liberal | quantity of tartaric acid, Some HARRISBURG LETTER. A Bill to Abolish Borough and Township Poorhouses, THE SOHOOL FUND DISTRIBUTION, A Decision by Secretary Reeder Affecting Many Corporations the State Dolng Business In A Bill Fixing Seven Months as the Minimum School Term. {Bpecial Correspondence.) HARRISBURG, Jan 25. Owing to the fact that the election of the United States sen ator is over, the appointments made and the various committees formed, the legis lature will now proceed to the vigorous dispatch of business. There is likely to be a little friction between opposing face tions over some matters of legislation, but it is believed that harmony will prevall in the end. "This was manifest after the in- troduction of a concurrent resolution onl! ion of ing for an investigat the stato troas ury and auditor general's departments, which was introduced hy Mit chell, of Jefferson. Senator Flinn opposed the resolution on the that were no charges against either depart- ment, and the resolution was unnecessary ; but it passed with fow dis senting votes, When the resolution was introduced in the house, Mr. Bliss, of Del aware, was quick to oppose it, because it did not specify when the committes must report. Mr to amend it the committee would be required to report not ater than March 15 carried the was presented to head off intended legisla tion t to reconsider it this week Senator grounds Ie there therefore Bliss moved #0 The motion was Some of members feared it is thought a motion will be made which byt in event a lively discussion will no doubt ensue Proposed Legislation, ! Agricul ns road bill, as Introda Bel retary of y Inst week by Senator M dw Distribution of the Se} x Appropriatio remedy the insan ns ana t propriat much to incentive i i is used in ad ¢ schools it luce taxation publ many £0 A Now st Corporations ral He has de (on ler, so monwealth spect to stock d vd judionts sirts of the been the « method empl Pennsylvania exclusive fran by stock In order to thelr dividends, which amounted to more than » for five years upon the capital stock. This decision grow out of an application made by Seranton oapitalists for a water com. pany charter, in the borough of Philips. burg. against which the Philipsburg Wa. ter company made a protest on the grounds thas it had exclusive franchise. It was shown at a hearing before Secretary Reeder that the old company had paid in dividends in fifteen yoars 8 per cant. ; and in stock dividends, representing surplus earning expended for the improvement and betterment of the pliant, 87.000. It was contended by the company s attorney that these stock dividends were in reality javestments by the stockholder, and sould not be taken into con sideration in estimating the profits of the concern, for the purpose of terminating its exclusive franchise In his decision the secretary declared that whether the dividends were made In stock or in onsh they wore the profits re alized by the stockholders upon thelr tate wed by many of the « retaining thelr their avold paying would per « tions of Dian increasing capital have nt original Investments, and had precisely the samo legal effect as though declared | in cash. The protest was, therefore, over- i ruled. This decision will affect many cor | porations doing business in the state The Pore Food Law, Attorneys of prominence are of the opin ton that Judge Hemphill, of Chester | county, in his decision in declaring that | the title of the pure food act of 1505 is not | sufliclent to cover the substitution of in forior or cheaper substances drew a little | too fine in his Interpretation of the law, | and that if the same were applied to other | laws on the statute books they would also | be declared unconstitutional. They think | that, with all due deference to the able | Judicial, that his decision will not sus alned in the higher courts. The poini| involved was as to whether cotton oll sold as olive oll came within the limits of the pure food act, which in his decislior he declares this does not cover authorities are determined to carry this through the higher courts, and bring t« Justice every offender of this law. The lnw Is altogether too important to be set aside in any particular, as the bo wood The state istory ol the investigations in this respe has dis closed many very flagrant violations. Sines this law has been enforced there has been Ara mupe of foods I'h arly ments, and It is now unnecessary low a certain amount of bus OOM wwement in the mration #18 partic 80 in cond LO swal hulls mnut shells and sand © little pepper Two New Committees, Two new committees have been lished in the legislature, viz., one on pub le roads snd highways and the game and fisheries estab other ot and immorality changed to law and order The committees on vic has been Cirent pressure is brought to bear upon Governor Hastings to re-appoint Dr. Shaffer super intendent of publi f the edu are other fraty by a num but there uction ber « at of the state rH candidates whose friends clain deserve cor Dep ity ~ \ N O84 A Longer School Term three important tion this session of Westn which fixes se um dy ration wr sh I during provid three Kinds wd and AM IO nd third aes schoo have | Fr YOAr the se three and th "yt wl a Wyse] n YoAr The divi. Urees tw Yoar YU Pees Wi nl f the | rding The | os gives biil in tle assurance to the of this Marrick, o io ¢ the . mnty Inst week of the | One enator troduced a bill In senats which provides for division school appropriation in three parts third is to be divided according to the | pumber of one third pro rata to the pupils, and the re maining third according to the number of district I'he bill | also provides for a triennial registration of taxables, and an i gohool ehildreen between and 16 The controversy over the appointment of members of the soldiers’ orphan school commission continues Governor Hastings vory firm in his | determination to not approve the recom mendation of Judge Darte, the commander of the GG. A. RK In Pennsylvania, favoring Thomas Samples’ selection on this com mission, Itissitogether probable that an sther person will be placed in this posi. tion Senator Grady, of Philadelphia, is de termined that he will resign his seat In the senate in March, owing to pressure of business affairs He is the father of the senate at the present time, having been elected in 1876, and entered this body in 1877. Almost all who were members of the senate at that time are dead. The street railway Interests wili ask for some important legislation One feature of the proposed legislation ia the provision requiring suitors in dam- ajo sults against traction and street rail way companies to furnish a bond to cover all the probable costs of the suit to pro tact the commonwealth in onse the sulé falls. the pald teachers employed taxables in the school annual census of the ages of ¢ in | ington, CASH 4 First Prizes, cach of $100 Cash - 20 Sscond “* 8 AThig * © 2b Gold Watches - Cash and Prizes given cach month - i i ‘“ HOW TO OBTAIN THEM. i Competitors tosave us many SUNLICHT BOAP Wrappers ns they ean collect, Cut off the top portion of each wrapper, that portion contains | a lug the heading “BUNLIGHT BOAR.” These (called “Cone d Join?) unre te be sent, postage ully paid, enclose with =n sheet of paper stating Compet. or's full uname and address nnd the number of Coupons | > pent In, fo Lever iron ide ’ 4 New York, marked on outside - Wrapper last hand corner) with NUMBER of the DISTRICT Competitor lives in. No.of | NAME OF DISTRICT. District . New York City, Brooklyn, Long und Sinten Islands, New Jersey. NewYork state (« FN} n I 1 i ga alen Ieiaw - “i ie wiwide « Vs Pennsylvanian, Delaware, Mary. Innd, ent Virginia and Dis trict of Columbin. The New England States, rated Plerce specinl, N. Pieros & Co. , of Bul rd ssn Nickle Lan Depmriore lard Oyeclometer, aud Huot Lace Baddie, $ 4 1004 PEG AL Bioycles2,000.00 $3,400.90 Total given during 12 mos, 1897, $40,800.00 Ji log SN gL Lor satpg { = or oven 27 | | 17 A VPOAy /4 LOUK Bib " AND GIVEN FREE PRIZES EACH MONTH FOR nlight RAPPERS RULES. Every month daring 1997 in each of the § districts pon will be ~=cstpd as ollows The | Competitor who sends in the Tor PORTION | F.urgest Number of coupons from Lhe district jn which be or she resides «S100 € awh, apeiilors who send in the mrgest Nombers of oon m the disinet in which they Fach reovive st winner's pp. na lady» or gentisman's Pierce | Special | cle, price $300,060, itv———— J Whe 10) ¢ pet iors who send in the Next Largest Numbers of coupons from the dis riot in whieh t Jo w Fach reorivest winner's option a lady's or gentioms Gold Wateh, price § 2. 17 will Close the Last Day of ¥Varh 1 sens received Loo ete L into Lhe next re from unsold ed Faployees r tusuilics, sre de 0.00 1,000. - will rece Fis § ( Next pons fr reside will y red be Crim Month dur " v be 3 wrat 0 Comm net or's district re in about 21 days after will endesvor Lo sward the * heir a i Judgment, wll Lhint all who competes agrees 10 MM cept the award «Ff Layer Brothers, 144., os final, LEVER BROS., Ltd. New York. HOW TO FIND OUT. History, by Samuel W.H Reading, Miss Annetta Stover Miss Annu Stroop of Modem Ww Spel Clarke ing, Primary Mental Arithmentic, Miss 15. 1 mprovements Foss Frank Holter Geography, R. ( man, W. F How Holmes R. | Leathers to Prevent Tardivess, T Long, Miss Edith Irwin, J. W. Beck Penmanship, 1. A. Zeigler. Arithmetic Ed Hancock, H. CG. Leath. ers, Chas, Delong, S. M. Weber; Misses Nannie Delancey Alice Neff, Esther G Leathers, Maggie V. Tnomas, How to Teach Literature in Grammar Schools, R. C. Holmes Grammer, J. L. Gardoer and teachers of Howard township. How to Secure Regular Attendance, Theodore Pletcher, Recitation, Miss Edith Irwin Language and Composition, by any one, oS io Question Hox, Closing remarks by the chairman. Reduced Rates to Washington 1 hue wry eefit 3 oO! BOSC who desire to remounies incident to the in ney ny will ngton ) from LEGAL NOTICH Okt HANS ( By » chest aple sprout nee south pt A post dog won | thenoe degrees west 60 pe thence thenoe thence north oe north east 10 perehes to stones : thenee by lands now ate of Jacob Flick, north 54° west 11» pereh #8 10 stones and place of beginning, contain ng 10% a and 14 perches and allowance excepting and reserving Liacres and perches nel, granted and conveyed by Jacob Hooves unte James and George Flick, by deed dated June 17h, 802, and recorded in Deed Book No ol, page 311 It being the same premises which Rober Valentine of, al. and Eliza M, Thomas el al executors of William A. Thomas, decens od, by dead dated March 19th, 10, and Mares 2ist, 1870, respectively, and recorded in Centre county in Deed Book FF. Vel, & pages 166 and 168, granted to Israe: Hoover, ana which T. J Dunkle, high sheriff of Centre county by deed dated April 20th, 182, and Intended to be forth with recorded, granted ana conveyed unte Jacob Hoover, now deceased Tews Ten day of sale; bal west hes 8 rehes Lo post hes to white oak perehes Lo post of William Brown then east B14 pore y degrees east and now ’ h west inte perehes to stones Sl the premises KK. Ememick, Adm't, Fleming,
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