0 - Centr ¢ Lemocral, pth. Circulation Over 4,.J0.—Largest in Centre.County. FAMOUS TOURS BY BRIDGE BUILDERS Our County Commissioners Did Much Traveling. THEY RODE IN PULLMAN CARS Even if They Took Receipts None Will Say Who Actually Paid the Bills-- Big Money for Bridges--Something to Think About. The followin Ex penses it five years CHAPTER IL A Memorable Trip to the St Louis Ex- position, inty Comn lently fear ng they might get le fall in evil com. vurchase gold brick or d : IAS a Rol K ) oO : her or pany some of rash thing while alone in that big city,~wvery thoughtfully drop ped all important business engagements, rushed to the station at Pittsburg and found all sound After Some fatherly advice for not being ac the Centre county tourists, and in jubilant spirits, companied by a guardian or chaperon, they were corralled, and compelled to get out of those dusty, uncomfortable day coaches and from thence on with Mr. Farris as chaperon they rode like ords and dined like princess, on those t9'ling palaces built by Pullman, Of Course it cost a lot more to travel that! : way; but there is one advantage, Mr, | Pullman gives a receipt for everything | you get, except the tips to the waiters, | It was a glorious ride through the fertile . : : i plains of Ohio, Indianna and Illinois, as wheels they could | from their palace on feast their eyes on the landscape and see the busy husbandry toiling in the fields, | 3 x 1 sowing grain and gathering in the corn ‘WAS OBEDIENT TO THE BOSSES harvest. Same as the good old farmer: . r back in Centre county. } tl 4 ey stopped at was CHAPTER IIL. Attending the Inauguration ton, D. C. 877] $6,003 beat the Pach WK [otal Here we have the chap that whn! yrs * Marna ceed Bite red them the famou Hotel, an inn that has catered of fame and fortune Mr. Musser under men remaine Rn ae that the the Board of 0 : M agent the second trip to the the inauguration Our with and.naturally with bridge builde cet " on are inclined to deal kin uch ; and that may be the reason why Mr, Musser secured contract since, {or building the steel bridge across the race in Bellefonte for something like $7.000, which some people are impudent enough to say cost too much, But then can you expect pur United Order | Bridge Builders to deal with anyone else than '‘respectable” gentlemen, and bridge agents are that Thus endeth the reading of the third chapter, ‘respectable people ily the 0 a —— Ms ss Who would refuse A set of driving harness, A fine laprobe, And a fur cap ? BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906. PUBLIC REGORD OF | _ J. LEE PLUMMER cv: Proof that He was Alding : Legislation, Voted for all Forms of Machine Bills in the Last Legisiature--In League With the Philadelphia Roosters-= Hostile to Honest Elections. J. to Lee Plummer the machine 's rapld progress 10+ f the Republican reward affecti ms « was in of committ service crati eatly « to Republi of ballot refor tion legl quitous measur members were fore the cle that the claimant ary of $1¢ of the oflice, Base Use of Political 00 eac! Power, Cameron « that to which Bernard . Fourth district of Luz fairly elected, to James G. Harvey, Plummer, who propared the reposts the vidence erne county, wi of was {1 by perversion mers may be found on the Legislative IK « 30 3729 to 3740 of pages Record Further Proof of Turpitude. Though Mr. Plun cases would ha everlasting g pirates they are not the stance of his Infamous achievements He was in full accord machine legislation and voted for the Busquehanna river grab, which involve ed the repeal of the canal company's charter, He supported the notorious Kingston Dam bill which was intended to bestow on machine favorites authority to seize the canal as well as all rivers and streams of the commonwealth. The iniquitous filtration bill, which was designed to enrich certain favor tos of the state machine and would have put the people of all parts of the state under the mercy of the “gang” received his active and earnest sup- port, Thosa bills were subsequently strick- on from the calendar of the senate for the reason that Governor Pennypacker served notice on those concerned that he would positively veto every one of them. Even to oblige Quay and serve the conspirators who had gone to dans gerous lengths to help him to the gub- ernatorial nomination the servile Pen- nypacker would not approve such mon- strous measures. Dut Plummer had no qualms of conscience, He was cordially for them and his record to that effect | | will be found on pages 1520 and 15621, | 1689, 2431 to 2435 of the Legllative with all : ~ Continued on page 4 Vicious |; TELL THE TRUTH. ie time has come for plain talk re- me of the candidates who now sup the county soliciting wrt from the people, Dome think that politics grants lander and be smu ny andidates, in whicl SOIT 1110 - 3 N 1 Nora ores 1 y als wil ngag i pp an ‘1 iDl Ah DO Mr. White { slected he will leave never . 4 e ( al CPuLy WwW. R Ty a G ruth.’ —r— Notice to Voters. ons who have not pai 1 their taxes Pet wiween October 4th, ictober , cannot vole attend to tl ler w who voted on ist have a tax 1. October 7th is she las 14 taxes — Oxg of the most important things in is their It highly important that in the office of Register we have a man of ability so that the records will be kept mam. selecting men for public office fitness for the position iamed, is clerical in a neat, orderly and systematic ner; above all that the work be under a careful, man, In all Centre county not a better man than Harry J. reliable Jackson can be found for that place and | In addition, he | very few are his equals, is obliging, courteous and a perfect gen- tleman, Yeu will make no mistake by giving him your vote, and he will ap. preciate it, too, HISTORICAL REVIEW OF CENTRE COUNTY Sketch of Some Citizens, READ AT THE LAST MEETING A Brief Eminent A Long Line of Men Who Were Prom- inent in the State Nation--A Roil of Honor--Centre County's Pride--Familiar Names Re-called. and M Manus james : nen and elected a Harr leader I'he th ith « lay tate ned by ale isburg wher non the flo th v He le . nsidered the The bar later became Hon. J. H Law "Judge and the nt Judge 1 war iy man nted As reafler i» Orvis Sin came Presid General Beaver erved it in bat tie, Was : : One ving rt. has and w re-ele and wi n at the coming ninate to the same hig November ele Other members of the bar, who served as President Judges, were Hon Adam Hoy, by appointment; elected for full ten year terms were, Hon, A O Furst, Hon. John G. Love, and Hom, Ellis L. Orvis, at present on the bench Of Governors, Bellefonte produced the following: William Bigler; John Big ler, Governor of California, and a broth er of William aforesaid; Andrew Gregg Curtin, elected two terms; General James A. Beaver; General Daniel H. Hastings, | elected by one of the largest majorities, Last, but not least, this county fis | proud of having been the home of a dis. | tinguished historian, who filled import. | h ton, positio able EE... Continued on Page 2. Vol, 27. No. 38. crs ——— FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs--Selected and Original. W OWS You money A - GIGANTIC ANGLO-JAP ALLIANCE . nn all na a: nguts Eastern the commerce of he territ iv ail KILLED AT MILL HALL. e Stray Bull Case. Butler, of Marsh ech Creek to re. Th f} a ng Potter's onths before 1 S. Mobley, The jus r action, tice had not complied the stray amounting 1 not as Butler ¥v in advertising : the COSts, 1 We wis within t animal, to $17.32, on appeal days allows ana ’ \ intler @ he 20 Of 5 ne | and now Potter has given 1 of costs int ve hand \ the bil WwW. 1 of "Squire Harter, of Blanchard, to collect. a—————— “Poor Papa I" Cries Suicide's Boy. “Poor papa! Come quick, mamma come and see him Georgie Mench, running out to his moth- er, who was hanging up the clothes in the door yard last Tuesday morning at Forge, near Altoona, “Papa,” who was Andrew Mench, a disconsolate blacksmith, had just called out sadly, in- doors ©. “Good-bye, Georgie,” and had lisped four year old Cove | slashed his throat with a razor from ear to ear. He died soon afterward, despite the efforts of his grieving wife and child to stay the flow of blood from the awful gash in his throat,
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