‘The Centre Lemocrs Circulation, ! pq r 3400. —————————— PHILIP BH Re-nominated vo ih ~ratic Ticket for Comm A Ther# as aire coun- an Philip embers sioners 1 this ot a niss yea fex in! Phi $00 0 deassd, Boalisbur parents 1823 ; his Joka, Geu well known | eventiial or ~'a Mr ers, they taught 3 labor by practice. F.om his summers working attending tae district ter K Like a Meyer inet public » a few mouths in wi In 188) he was marie Fetteroff and their famity cons children, Dora C. and Rober! Since his marriage he has been ¢ in farming cear Boalsvurg winter season he makes ase al talents by conductmg and musical conventisns ove: the at which he is recogoiz d as best. As the Meyer family 15 their musical ability in Philip there is a big chunk, acd be bas been wmdustrious enough to improve the same Philip Meyer comes from leading and noted valley who have a record for integrity, intelligence and thrift I to ove Hoon for one of the fawilies of Penus- industry, They are all of what 1s known as ""Penvsvalley Dutch’ extraction make noa pology as it represcals a large portion of the and law abiding citiz:zas in county, and among the four nominees for office of Commissioner Mr. Mever is the only man who is able to speak "Pensa Dutch” with these people when they have occas gion to transact business in that office. Mr. Meyer need not base his candi of which thev need stable, Prosperons Centre dacy on the fact that he is a farmer, a | good musician or a ‘"Pennsvalley Dutch- man.” As Commissioner he has made a good record. The official reports show that for the past three years that office has been carefully conducted, and in which he has taken an active part. Sim. plicity and economy has enabled them to reduce expenditures and save taxes, | Centre county bas no debt, and the tax rate is the lowest, will increase his future efficiency. Philip H. Meyer bas proven himself a man of capacity, and considerable execu. | tive ability. He is a man of good judg ment and sufficient courage tosay “No!” when politicians attempt to make raids in the public funds. These are reasons why it is extremely important that he be | retained for the coming term, The coal strike in the anthratic region bas assumed such a condition as to cause Gov. Stone to call out the entire state malitia for the purpose of pre. serving order and to prevent violence to those who may want to work in the mines. Of course this included Company B, of our town. They received orders Tuoesday and Wednesday morning the boys pulled out at 8 o'clock. Their des tination is not known and how long they will be out is uncertain, Owing to the critical {llness of Mrs, Taylor, the past week the Capt. was granted a permit for several days. When a fellow is greén and is dove up brown, it makes bim blue, E. A. HUMPTON. Democratic Nominee for the County Commissioner. Ephram A. Humpton, of Snow Shoe, Office of | Pa., was born in Rush towhship, Sept 2, 1864, and i» a son of Richard and Susan Humpton, When about six years of age the family moved to Cooper town ship, Clearfield Co. Pa., where he re. sided until of age and where he worked on a farm in the summer and in the woods in the winter, He attended the His past experience | common schools until 13 years old, after | BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1902. |OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW ifficulties of the “oitler A Chapter arn AN UPRIsIM: OF Letters Written ov, youn Harris, Terrance and Conrad Weiser Preparations to Meet the Hostile Invasion, which he worked summer and winter for | his father, + further education at the North sstern State Normal, Edinboro, Pa., t graduated from the North Western aess college, Tacoma, Wash., after 1 he attended the Spring Mills {my one term. Ha tuwonsly employed in teaching school ‘hoe township for the past By occupation Mr. Hump r, he also learned the car. trade, hich he followed in sum. wer tithe and tp oght dauriag the winter A S G0 Gos CEC VETS ton is a arn Lia On a lumberman 20! comtractor for two fa the Wet, In Snow Shoe ship hie was a'ways looked upon as rus thy and reliah’'s citizen, hav- een elected in a repu lican district year, years whi towt a wor fog 8s ASSESSOT Oue tax of the Snow Shoe The eople of are eating dastic one ‘or years, and treasurer schoo! district { hoe Hampton's ur years Soow over Mr candidac reason, that he made the best the township ever had. He succeeded in compelling corporations and the «hift'e individuals to pay their taxes in a that was thorough. effective astonishing He is a modest, nuassum- ing fellow ; plain in dress maaner and of a and his lounger you know him towaship xX CO man net and reserved | retiring acquaintance disposition; im the As Mr. Homp ton spent most of his time in Snow Shoe township he does not have as wide an acquaintance over the county as some others. Lat us assure our readers that here they have a man of sterling worth; his integrity is of the highest order; he comes from the ~ommon people; as a farmer, then carpenter, school teacher, is perfectly in touch with the masses ; he has good sense, and with it an education that would qualify him for a mor: ex alted public station. Above all, he has a mind of his own and the manly courage to do what in his judgment is right. What we have said of Mr. Humpton's | traits of character, in the above sketch, |is not fullsome praise and cheap flat. tery, but facts pure and simple. We | consider it extremely fortunate that the people of Centre county have the oppor tunity of voting for and electing such an exce'lent man for what, tothe taxpayer, is the most important office in the county, that of Commissioner, Tur machine legislature bestowed | franchises upon a small knot of corrupt politicians as reward for ballot box staff. ing, fraudulent registration, and bribery roves [to elect a U. 8. senator. Mr, Wanamaker | | himself off:red to pay two and a half i million dollars for these franchises. Bat | the machine administration at Harrls. | burg gave them away without charging a cent. The stocks for these stoien fran. | chises are now on the market valued at | six million dollars, which amount should | have been in the public treasury. Pen nypacker eudorsed this robbery in his | Johnstown speech. Voter, will you en. dorse Pennypacker ? What good can you vf from him should he be elected It's better to begin at the top, If you can stay there, He earned the money to pay | ag a good education, he has been He also had some experience as | ollector five | Bearing upon Ilodias massacres in 17585. including the massacre of inhabit. ants on Penos creek, given id our Review in earlier issues of the Centre Democrat, we print, the following letters of John Haris, and Conrad Weiser, as of historic | interest, Paxton, October 28, 177 | May it please your Honor (Gov. Morris.) | This is to acquaint vou, that on the | 24th of October, I arrived at Shamokin, in order to protect our frontiers up that | way, til they might make their escape | from their cruel enemies, and learn the best intelligence I could. The Indians on the west branch of the | Susquehanna, certainly killed our tnhab- |itants on Penn's creek ; and there are a | hatchet and two English scalps seat by | them up the north branch, to desire them to strike with them, if they are men. | The Indians are all assembling them: selves at Shamokin, to counsel ; a large body of them was there four days ago. | I cannot learn their intentions ; but {seems Andrew Montour and Mona ca | too-tha are to bring down the news from them. There is not a sufficient number of them to oppose the enemy ; and, per: aps, they will join the enemy against us There is no dependance on Indians; ue we are in imminent danger. Ig Mos of Fron CoOwmmg uy A and others, that there is a body with fifteen hundred Indians 1 us, Picks, Ottaways, Oran- adox the pot many da ber © Dix Nations ; and are now, from this Province and re appointed to be at- vat the same time, some of the scem friendly, and others appear like encwles, Montour knew, man: Jays ago, of the encwy beiug on their march agaiost us, before he juformed ; for which I sald as much to him, as I thought pro'ent, con. sidering the place I was in, On the 25h inst, on my return with about forty more, we were attacked by about twenty or thirty Indians rece ed their fire, and about Rfteen of our men and wyself Wok 10 the trees, attacked the villains, killed four of them on the spot, and lost but three more—retreat fug about balf mile through woods, and crossing the Susquehanna, one of whom was shot off an horse riding behind my. self, through the river. My horse was wounded, and falling in the river, I was obliged to quit him and swim part of the way. Four or five of our men were drowned, crossing the river. I hope our journey, though with fatigue and loss of substance, and some of our lives, will be of service to our country, by discovering our evemy, who will be our ruin, if not time: ly prevented I just now received information that there was a French officer, supposed captain, with a party of Shawanese, Delawares, &c., Shamokin, ten days ago; and no doubt intends to take possession of it, which Virginia, which lacked Shamokin Indians suffered. Therefore, 1 thought proper to despatch this message (0 inform your Honor. The Indians bere 1 hope, your (Continued on pages.) Adam | certain information from Andrew | a= ures, Shawanese, and a num. | within six miles of will be a dreadful consequence to us, if Honor, will be pleased to cause them to A Short Talk For Practical People on County Finances Some Striking Comparisons Made Relative to the Manage- ment of the County Commissioners’ Office--Democrat- ic Board have Rendered Good Service--Low Taxes, Expenditures Reduced, a Saving to Taxpayers. Competent and Efficient men In this issue we present brief biograph- ical sketches of the two nominees on the Democratic Ticket, for Commissioners of Centre county. In connection therewith we deem it appropriate to present some facts relative to the management of the Commissioners Office in recent years lo show that every taxpayer has reason to rejoice over the success of democratic economy, If such a condition can be shown by official data, we believe fair- minded men will agree that faithful ser- vice and good accounting merit endorse- ment at the polls. We propose to make fome compari- | sons, of the financial standing and the tax rate of Centre county with adjoining | counties, in which we have gone to con- | | siderable pains to compile statistics from | official reports and absolutely | guarantee their accuracy. The follow. | ing will show how much tax the average only INDIANS | individual must pay for county purposes | in the various counties : COUNTY FINANCES COMPARED © { sgdon Oo, * | Mitiin Co . Union Co Cextar Co This is a remarkable showing, espe- | cially when you consider the amount col- {lected per taxable in | Huntingdon and other counties, in some | instances Centre county people only pay | about one-half as much and, further, there is no county debt to annoy us in the future. For a great many years the Commis. Democratic mavigsment, except two Fisher and Riddle. will show the per capita tax paid since 186 in this county : PER TAXANLE FOR CO. PURPOSES 146... Democratic Board, amount ue Ray Hepublican - 158 Republican 180. Republican 190- Democratie 1) Democratic 1y¥ Next we will show the amount and the | reduction of the county debt during the | same years i CENTRE COUNTY DENT : | Dem—Jan. 1807, debt was | Rep—Jan. 19K " | RepJan. v8 Repdan. 190 | Dem-Jan. 190], Dem-<Jan. 1902, The above statement shows a decided | improvement every time a democratic | board has been in that office. Next we | will give a pointer on economy during the same years ; fn : ¥ 17.88 17 ] COUNTY EXPENDITURES 187 Republican 18... Republican Iss Republican .... 190 Demecratic ... #0] Democratie #1251 13 61.081 4 This shows that for some reason repub- lican management proves expensive and democratic administration is cheaper Next we will show bow public business was transacted in the manner of gather. Robber's Big Haul. Last Friday morning the discovery was made that the safe in the State College postoffice had been blown open and the | office robbed of between $800 and $1,000 . worth of postage stamps and upwards of | #57 in small change. The robbery was | committed about 4 o'clock that morning. | The postmaster at State College is John |W. Stewart and the office is kept in a | room in a flat. At that hour the people | living in the flat heard an explosion that | sonuded lik: the report of a cannon. | They gave the matter no though, sup- | posing that some of the college students | were on a lark aod had fired a cannon | omewhere near. In the morning the | discovery of the robbery was made, The robbers bad eff:cted an entrance through a widow and afer drilling a hole | in the safe Bad blown it open with nitro. {glycerine. There is no clew to the rob. bers, Atl Struble station they broke in the office at the chop mill, but secured nothing of any valve. Three men were seen coming towards this place early bat morning on a hand car, which was deserted on the track near Bellefonte. ' The fellow who gets through life on his cheek can trutfully say that his face is his fortune, . Blair, Clinton, | sioners Office in this county was under | terms, 'S8 'S¢ and ‘go with Henderson | and Decker: and 'g7-'g8 and ‘99 with | By comparison we | jug in public monies and settling dupli- cates promptly so that no taxes are lost by delays, which is a fair indication of how business is done along other lines, The following table shows the amount settled duplicates Boards : UNSETTLED DUPLICATES : Jan, 1807-12 duplicates unsettled total #2685 51 (above left by Demociatie Board) Jan, 1900-42 duplicates unsettled total 7,167.76 (above left by last Republican Board) Jan. 192-19 Qupiicates unsettied total 2916.0 The last items shows how two years of the present Democratic Board has cut down the unsettled tax duplicates from 52 | to 19 and total unpaid taxes from §7.167 | to $2.916—almost one-third less. The | above are from the official annual state- | ments, The Commissioners inform us that at present, October 1st, only 18 unsettied tax duplicates, and by Jan. 1903 hardly any will be left, is sufficient proof of efficient, thorough, other hand the county has and ®oing to banks for temporary loans. That we call a sample of good man- | agement—financiering for the best inter: ests of the taxpayers. This is a remark. able showing and record upon which | : | port or vote for any corrupt measures in- any man can go before the people. The present County Commissioners | Daniel Heckman and Philip Meyers, are | 1D position of the other two candidates ? entitied to the highest praise for the | | ability, care and ecomomy they have | shown in the past three years in management of that most important of- fice. ] for re-election. Mr. Meyer is a candi. | date for the customary second term. In | | the past three years he and Mr. Heck. " | man have been heartily in accord io all | ! | business before the board. He has dis. | | played capacity and good judgment ; has | been faithful and efficient ; and always | | courteous and obliging In conclusion, the taxpayers of Centre county can congratulate themselves in having at present the lowest tax rate of any county ; no county debt to burden property ; county expenditures at the very lowest figure; finances carefully controlled ; public buildiogs in splendid | repair and the offices supplied with the best equipment ; all county bridges in good repair—all of which is due to elect. | ing competent, honest, faithful men for | Connty Commissioners like Daniel Heck man and Philip Meyer. It is a pleasure to present the name of such a clean, competent man like BE. A, | Humpton for the successor of Mr. | Heckman ; while the record of Mr, | Meyer, in the above statement, is before | the voter and invites his consideration | we therefore have confidence as to the | result at the election. MORE OF THE SANDBAGGERS. Kulp Confesses and implicates Rice and George. Thursday evening, of last week, Wil. liam Kulp, who was confined in the lock. up, at Philipsburg, pending his removal to the county jail to await trial on the charge of highway robbery, “‘squeeled’’ on the rest of the gang and stated that Joe Rice had been ihe instigator of a plot to rob Vaux and had drugged him Satur. day night before the crime was com. mitted. He also implicated Isaac George in his confession and the whole party was haled before Squire LaPorte again, who held the trio in $500 bail each for appearance at court, Rice got batl, but Kulp and George will languish in the bastile for the next two mouths, after which, if they get their just deserts (he three will go west under the escort of Sheriff Brungart. Vaux's watch was found buried at Point Lookout, but the stolen money has not been recovered. The robbery was a bold piece of crime, bunglingly executed and the arrest of its perpetrators will doubtiess prevent the commission of many similar occurs rences. | Chestnuts are very plenty in the moun. taius, of outstanding and unpaid taxes and un. | left by the former | VOL. 24. NO, 48% FACT, FUN AND FANCY. | Bright Sparkling Paragraphs —Select- ed apd Original, How high should a girl IIL her dress In erossing a muddy street ? A couple of inches, or less And stl] this is over two feet, Canvasback duck yard. A work of art generally results from the art of work One ‘““touch’ whole world skin No man's credit is so bad that he can't borrow trouble, Even the Chinese laundryman may be a man of iron, There is just as much kicking in base. ball as in football. The cook car generally be depended upon Lo stir things up, Strange as it may seem when a man is a bore he seldom comes (0 the point, A man never gets 100 old to celebrate a birthday, but a woman is different. The elderly female may adopt new fads, but she objects to new wrinkles. is not sold by the of pature makes the FROM PENNSVALLEY. Mz. Eprron : I am not surprised that your readers are interested in the articles from the several correspondents touching on the subject of who should represent us in the next Legislature. The manner in which | stand, | Legislature, Wetzel the | Mr. Heckman now is at the close of | | his second term, and is not a candidate | the honest volers were deceived by one {of the candidates two years ago, has there were | taught them to regard with suspicion | any That | one who is po! willing to publicly declare his position on the paramount | issues, which is prompt work and means a great saving | in securing delinquent taxes which, by | delays a large portion are found uncol- | lectable and proves a loss while on the | immediate | available funds for current ex- | ¥ are honest, and penses, thus avoiding the necessity of | | raption ; “Shall Quay and bis corrupt gang con- tinue to control our Legislaiare or shall we have pare politics and clean legisla. tion? The majority of the voters of our coun- they desire houest laws enacted and abbor bribery and cor- it is therefore proper that they the several candidates We have two candidates for the and Kepler, who they will not sup- know where openly declare that troduced by the Quay machine. What is Schoonover, it is said, does not deny that be is a machine man and expects to | win on that issue. Strohm expects to be | a little slick, he undoubtedly learned a | trick from John K. Thompson two years | ago, be is as silent as a clam; his po- litical history is, however, anything to | get an office. Let us for a moment look into the po- | litical record of Mr. Strohm. He be trayed john D. Dacker the mau tha brought him before the public, and was {a willing tool in the hands of the gang to perpetrate a similar scheme ; Wm. Al- | lison had to be gotten rid of, and he was the one that was willing to plunge into {the breach. It may be proper to en- lighten the public as to why this man is so frequently before the people for office. | You will observe he is an emergency | man, when a place is vacant and if be | is called ou he is ready to fill the gap; if be is inclined to object, a dose of fafy | from the lieutenants invariably fixes him | up. To prove this assertion, three days | before their Republican County Conven- | tion he oxpressed himself as “entirely disgusted with politics’ and did not know as be would attend their caucus; but on day of convention, when be got into the hands of the gang's lieutenants, he forgot all the good promises be had made, was clay in the potter's hands, could be moulded and shaped to fit any position desired. There was a vacant place, as Mr. Allison was forced to de- cline, by threats that the gang would op- pose him. Strohm was placed on the “sliding board”, like Pennypacker, and slid in. Last spring a clique sought the defeat of C. L. Gramley for superintendent. This same man was approached and urged to be a candidate. His favorite medicine (taffy) was administered and had the proper effect, but unfortunately he got on the wrong “‘sliding board" and slid off, before the race was finished, Voters of Centre county, is such a man fit to represent us in the Legislature ? If elected, would not the gang use him to help carry out their nefarious schemes ? 1f Strohm cannot withstand the pres. sare brought to bear upon him by the lo- cal leaders, how will he be able to stand before the coming and corrupt manipu- lators that will infest the Legislature? Yoters of Centre county do. you think it would be wise to elect him ? has he shown back-bove sufficient for the place? Guuec Townsmrr. Farm Sale. The Hoy farm which was sold to Mrs.
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