FOR $1 You can > YHE CENTRE DEMOCR and Weekly Pittsburg it, both ope year. Thi A BARGAIN, aeuIt A we he Centre Ile MOST NEWS _o THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT snd Weekly Pittsburg Post both ope year for §igo All the news worth having for the LEAST MONEY CHAS R. KURTZ Ed. and Prop. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS In Convention at Howard Last Week. THE PROCEEDINGS IN FULL rs Elected for the Ensuing Year—Some of the Tt by Whom--1It Was an Interesting and Profitable Lonven- Office Discussed and PICs $11 The fifth annual onvention f the Centre county Union of the y P.5.C.E. yuvered in the Evangel: Howard, on Wedne Te ening Sept. 1 ident Miss Louise Hensyl, led the chair in the absence Lichenthaler, of Philipsburg. rendered by Miss Annie hy } 3 Yicel f Howard, bh of Mr. G.W. solo was Address of w to the wel. county officers {i recording of Milesbu treasurer Taylor, district f Bellefonte secretary in charge of M 8 gave ; v ajew of Howard. The Tee 1g ‘Nearer lesson on the y the 1 Rev. ‘Showers R. H. Irwi Another followed Oy the sing ging the | up for Jesus. yy occupied many Es Ts CoOnsSeC ] in whict testifie ed The Wondrous testimonies were given, after bad a number of sentence prayers. 1 Faith Looks up to Thee” was sung! he convention. Rev, Means pronounced the Benediction, fol by the benediction. of lowed SDAY NOON ORE sion opened at ise Service,” conducte Of Howard lead me lest Scrip ire lesson from 6th chapte Sentence prayer and singing; prayer was offered by R Thompson, of Lock Haven. Singing t the convention. Rev. M. S. Blair, pastor of the Christian church, of Blanchard, read the 19th Psalm and led in a word of prayer. The Parliament on work wastaken up. Miss E Stroop. of Milesburg, corr responding secretary of Centre count ¥, was president of this committee. The lookout was the first ia order. Mr. R. H. Irwin asked the society the question, ‘How keep a record of committee work > several answers, that of Mr. H. G. Ebbs, of Loveville, being among the best, Mr Ebbs stated that their society at Centre . Line mittee work «at every regular the society, and makes a port on consecration The the with Elsie K, Lo tion sang, * or, The leaders read | the wh wv tr Ye) noumaus 'Y meeting mouthly re- evening. : prayer meeting coms vext to be discussed. Rey. J.J Hollenbaugh, of Williamsport, took an active part and gave much instruction as to the best means of conducting a meet. ing of the Christian Endeasor society. We should be careful not to use too many references, it kills the spirit of the meet. ing. We should vary the program as much as possible in order that it will not grow monotonous. Mrs. Dr. Hensyl emphasized that we should use (questions, and stated that the "Golden Rule’ might be useful for this purpose. Many others itt oe nitiee was joined in the discussion and introduced | some good points. Solo by Miss Annie Hensy!, entitled ‘Moment by Moment.’ Rev. J. H. Orbison, a missionary from Lahore, India, was introduced and ad- missionary. Mr. Orbison spoke of the progress of Christianity in India during the last fifty yedrs, 000,000 of Christians in India. country than in ours or in any other en- lightened country. Their system of eda. cation is modeled on the plan of the En- glish and American universities, Singing “Only Kemembered by what we have done.” The parliament on local work was dis. cussed. Rev. Thomuvson, of Lock Haven, took up the subject and inspired the meeting with his instructive talk. Mr. Thomson impressed us that we should have our whole heart and soul in the work. Rev. M. 8. Blair added a few re. marks, saying that all work done for the up-building of Christ and the Church is local work and that the Gospel of jesus Christ is missionary work in every sense from first to last. Prayer by Rev. Bright, of Philipsburg, after which the conven- tion joined in singing ‘Speed Away.” Benediction. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Praise service at 1:30, conducted by Mr, D. Allison Irwin, of Jacksonville, opened with music, hy following hymns were “Come Home," ake Thou my and lead me," wd “Throw out the Be Line.” President Rk. H, Irwin read ' iy at | | sol There were | keeps a correct record of all com- | | twenty five who o J i nouced by Rev. Sechrist, dressed the meeting on his work as a | Fifty years ago | there was not a Christian in the province | of Punjaub, and now there are over 250,- | The pro- | gress in Christianity is greater in that | the scripture lesson and led in prayer. Music by the convention. Reports from | the different societies were then read. Up to this time forty-one delegates and | visitorsghad registered, The reports, that were read, show great progress in the Christian Endeavor movement in our county. Nominations for the place of next year's C. E. Union convention were then in order, Mr. Tate, of Lemont, proposed Lemont; Mr. George McGee, of Beech Creek, proposed Blanchard. The ballot resulted in favor of Lemont. Miss Rose Levy, the County Treasurer, wade the request that all correspondence concerning finances should be mailed to her at Milesburg and not to the Corres. ponding Secretary like many have done heretoliore, The Junior R and was real 18. teen unior Endeavorers of Howard joi AY in e exercise of singing and speaking. A ti from Milesburg then rendered a ' Miss Levy enthused all her hearers a talk on Junior Work. She stated the Junior Society, of Milesburg, gave £30 toward the erect ion of '‘resbyterian church in that place. Music Rev. J. J. Hollenbaugh gave us an earn- talk on Junior Societies. Mr. Hollen. baugh read a paper on the subject and in his talk he spoke of the vast import 5, He said that we Talks asa un Idren. These talks the LrOs8 Pr who is w ally was next interest J t 1 1 1 } i 1 L | the new est 1107 sOCiet ¢ Chalk young ded 3 wat ICAUS LO chi upon ith singing "Ble “Faith 15 H. Irwi lesson and liberal ¢ Misses Hensyl an ITSAng a qu iefoute Mr and behold . irietie. , of Bel work nteresting Take time Mr Cota, secretary of ¥Y. M. C. A, gave the society @ talk which Mas full of good things. He asked all who prof ess. edd to be Christians to raise the hand, and majority of those present were willing oufess Christ _ Second, Mr. Cota de- it ber of those who had t during the last year, 3ds went up. Th SPORE Weaver instructive to } SCC { a soul aud only three ject of Mr rom Ae rena dress was A Sur There was nothing in ention to excel Mr. Cota's It was well illustrated such examples as Paul and Mr. Cota to uched the audience by referring to the noble life of Brother Hi igh Beaver who passed away from this ince the last county convention was Mr. Beaver gave an address os the same subject, at Milesburg, just one year ago Septem iber 1st. Mr. Cota refer. ed to the worldly pleasures of lifeas a means of drawing souls away from Christ and the church. We should not indulge in anything of such a nature that we can not take God with us. Mr. J. C. Weaver led in prayer. Mr. Derr, of Bellefonte, sang a solo, entitled “The bird with a broken pinion.” Mr. Samuel Taylor then opened the consecration service. | The convention sang ‘More Love to | Thee.” The leader read a part of the | second chapter of Philippians. Rev right sang a solo of consecration entitled “Here am I, send me.’ Silent prayer followed by audible prayer by Mr. Tay- lor. He then gave a good talk on the subject of consecration, Prayer by Prof. Jas. R. Hughes. There were almost gave testimony and offered praver. This part of the service was followed by nineteen sentence prayers, President R, H. Irwin then thanked the people of Howard for their kindness, the different committees for doing hel r duty so earnestly, and the choir for their choice music. Mr, Cota gave the society a motto for the coming | year, ‘'I am thine, and all that I have.’ The convention sang the closing hymns, | “Thou wilt take care of you,’ and “Blest | be the Tie." The benediction was pro. The Christian | Endeavor benediction was repeated by | the society. C. V. DeLdoxa, Recording Sec'y. A — — A Good Position, On Friday H. Elmer Rierly, of Rebers- burg, was in town and we learned from him that he has accepted a position as Professor of mental and moral sciences, in the Ladies Seminary, at Roanoke, Va., and will soon leave for that place to as- sume the duties of the position. Mr. Bierly is a graduate of Princeton and spent some time in Harvard University pursuing a course of study in philosophy and is well equipped for the place. This school is a large one and is well equipped and one of the leading southern educa- tional institutions, with a strong faculty. Cotas 3 Lite." > Cony red the eats Married in Kansas, Miss May Barrett, a sister of Miss Lillian Barrett, of the telephone ex- change. was married, at Junction City, Kan., on Thursday 25th, to Owen Tanton, a well to do druggist. May is well known in Bellefonte which was her former Hoge. She is a daughter of Dr, and Mrs, h PROGRAMME , and Thomas Barrett, both of whom are long since dead. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER PAT RONS EXHIBITION Will be in Full Bloom at Hall Next Week OF EXERCISES A Larger Display of Farm Stock Than of Former Years t Speakers Who Will} and Their Implements Sam Prominen Topics fourth nnual of H: Hall, everything y Patrons Centre demonst opening ium, ad Frain, Miss Emma Brewer and otl Tuesday, Weslnesday, rsday il be anpour weakers bill Agri mag ¥ oa Yue res resented Rothrock, JT. mong the list of st , zoologist, Dr mer, and “The iT pd mss veler: the Hon. The nation. Pearson, As It Al ssed arian Tariff fects will be discu by of Cal representative Farmer" David Lubin, ifornia. will be Colonel J. N. Brigham. tary Allman, The state grange, Secre- Lecturer W. F. Hill, Ceres Mrs. Helen Johnson, W. MM. Benmninger, Frank Moore, Hou. Gerard C. Brown and J. A. Gundy. The public schools by County Superintendent C. I. Gramley, the county grauge by Master George Dale, Colonel! J. F. Weaver and Isaac Frain. The State College will be represented by Dr. Armsby and Dr. Frear Lecturer, -— EE High License, Surely Oregon has hit upon a new expedient to keep her citizens sober. Every man who drinks is obliged to take out a li and un- he cense costing flve dollars a year less armed with this document or hotel. Every six months the | of the persons who take out the license are to be published in the local papers, so | Lyk that the public may know who they are, and those who are not drink. This is certainly an unique plan and somewhat startling i Milton's Inter-County Fair. Milton, The inter-county fair at the | largest and best of the Central Pennsyl- | vania fairs, will be held October sth, | 6th, 7thand Sth. ual liberal premiums in all departments, there will be three special attractions. | Exhibition of fancy shooting, baloon as- censions and parachute descents daily, and exhibition by a wonderful Japanese. Races every day. Bicycle races, etc. Excursions on railroads and specially low rates. ———— A — Free Delivery for Philipsburg During the past week a general post. office inspector has been in Philipsburg looking over that territory in regard to free mall delivery. The town and ad- joining boroughs have quite a large pop- ulation who get their mail at that office and they feel quite confident that they will get it. md dp The Pactory Moves. The Tyrone shoe factory is running along in good shape now with about forty people at work in the several depart. ments, During next week the force will be increased to about fifty. The capa: city of the factory, with the number of le as stated above, is about 400 pairs of 8 a day. Centre | the perspiration thn 1 ta 14 { 11th, not be served with liguor at anv saloon | names | | ele. | man authorized to | | by three bands and a drum corps. In addition to the us- | 1597. WEATHER PREDICTIONS What Foster Has to Say About the Weather “you'll find on whee! of the wheelbarrow, ashes hack of the house | | pile of coal piie of coa 1 will have to be moved, The has are of white ash and are adjustabl you can get any nyle of hump on ' t % Tegulated i ] The suits your fancy. by the load load sell. you put on, the more you have Be careful and keep the ball bear ing well oiled so they won't cut The tire $0 you won't and repair kit with you, into the cones. is absolutely puncture. less, have to By the time you have removed that pile of ashes I think have made a century You'd better YOu wii ome it to dinner now.’ - i Arrangements Completed. The committee has completed arrange ments for the reunion of the Veteran As sociation of Clinton county and the Vet. eran’s C Centre takes place at Hecla park on September A program was prepared, which includes a base ball game, bicycle races, Speeches will bemade by Congress. Packer, Ex-Senator Thomas, of ens, and ex-Governor Beaver, of Bellefonte. The music will be furnished A dress parade will be held during the day, and all veterans are requested to bring canes. They will be given a badge in the morning when they report, and splen. lub of county, which | did coffee will be served during the day | by the ladies. EE —— — Programme of Events. The following is a programme of events at Hecla Park on Saturday Sept. 11th, at the Veteran's picnic of Centre and Clinton counties : A. M.~10, ball game. Howard vs Mackeyville. 10:30 business meetings of Veterans to appoint committees. 12 dinner, P. M.~1 adjourned meetings of Veterans, 1:30 bicycle races. Admission, gentlemen 15 cents, ladies 10 cents. 2 Joint Camp Fire of both organizations. Speeches by prominent men, 3:30 dress parade and review in Athletic park. Veterans Picaje On account of the Veterans Picnic at Hecla Park, Saturday, Sept. 11th, the Central R. R. of Pennsylvania, will move trains on the following special schedule: Leave Bellefonte 7.20, 9.48, 11.008. m., 1.30, and 7.45 p. m. Leave Mill Hall 8.15, 9.01, a. m., 1,00, 5.05 and a.10 p.m, Leave Hecla for Mill Hall 4.08, 7.00 and 8.13 p.m. leave Hecla for Bellefonte 1.47, 2.00, 5.30, 5.46 and 9.51 p.m, The CuxTRE DEMOCRAT and Pittsburg | ed W. Fost for $1.50 a year. Leming to hump your. | take a pump | ;¢ he enlisted | sylvania Infantry, | Presbyterian | member | Republic, also was a member of the Odd | U. | sistent member until his death, always A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER Arrested in Bellefonte on Tuesday Afternoon HE HAD A STOLEN BICYCLE and threatened to down him the lad stopped. Officer Mullen arrive lellefonte with rock and few minutes buggy and took him he home of T mile north 18g7, an and father, whose age month, 20 days. At the in Company F 154 remained the war his first wife Death entered t 1 removed a kind and years, 2 age of Penn- and services till the close of married twice, daughter William iddings, she died in the year Three children He was and of 187g was a of Jane born to them, the other in of Penfield, were died in and two Frank and Howard who 1s his seco was also Turner, of infancy him ; field, Survive Clear at home county, fa 1856 whose name Wallaceton, Clarfield vives h he married wife, county, who im several wil He professed 1 ago, cligion yCArs himself of Julian, he h the After and connected church the death of his first wife, to Penfield and while there of the Grand Army of Fellows. Three years ago he back to his old home, near where he was born. Shortly after his return be and his wife connected themselves with the B. Church here and remained a con ready to assistthe church in the advance- ment of good work The funeral services were held at the house, 10 o'clock a. m., August 15, by the Rev. Maxwell, of Port Matilda. The funeral was then taken in charge by the Unionville order of Odd Fellows, when the assembly moved to the upper Union- ville cemetery, where burial rictual of the order was carried out. After which the remains of the deceased was laid away in the silent city of the dead. A Big Contract. Hon, James Kerr, of Clearfield, has nearly completed arrangements for build. ing 165 miles of railroad in New Mexico. It is probable work will be commenced in the near future, with Geo. H. Good, the veteran contractor, in charge. The Creamery Project. Only about half dozen persons met at Ocker's grain house, Centre Hall to con. sult over the erection of a creamery. One thousand dollars are ‘already pledg , and two thousand more are necessary for the plant, B | student in moved | became a | the | | Grove died at came | VOL. G. A. BR. STATISTICS te College former Lt year, where the be acted as work pot meeting with t returned Beng edacatic be left Thursday ocated abou! Mo VECATS Kansas City the next five Cal h das four hours 18 conuecied with the: Bible, formerly { Bellefoute, the same college — Death at Lemont Ou Wednesday the in Lemont, Ja of a few days. Mr reached his 75th year by the 10th of The interment takes place Shiloh cemetery, on Friday morning. He was a member of the Lutheran church. Mrs Grove preceeded him to the grave about three years ago. He was a retired farm. er and one of the substantial and respected citizens of that community ———— A A——— Sale of Property On Saturday, Oct. 2nd Dr. J. W. Stam will offer at public sale, a double frame dwelling house, on East Penn street, in the borough of Millheim. Alsoy'4 acres of good limestone land, near Millbeim, adjoining lands of John Stoner, George Ulrich, along public road leading from Millheim to Penns Creek. A 01d Seldier Gone. On last Friday Jerry Shreffler died at his home in Centre Hall from dysentery, his age was about 65 years. Interment at Centre Hallon Monday. He was a member of the 58th regiment and served from "61 to "66 as a musician. A wife, two sons and two daughters survive him, A — Smoker's Hoart-Burn. Heartsburn from excessive smoking, ov from any other cause, is relieved by the first dose of No. 10, Dr. Humphrey's Specific for Dyspepsia-25c- all druggists. Michael el morning Mr e¢ of his s« filer a hom m Dani Grove, brief illness have Sept, Grove would at most
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