entre femocrat, $85.00 IS CEN) GOUNTY's SHARE Of the Money Spent on the $13,000,- 000 State Capitol, and $63,000 FOR THE TRIMMINGS This Money Could have Been Used for | Needed Hospitals, Overcrowded Asy- lums---Or for Public Roads. School | Funds--Would Reduce Local Taxes. The Philadelphia Press, a leading Re. publican paper of this state, edited by Hon. Charles Emery Smith, on contained a leading editorial on tl state Capitol from which the following | extracts are made : Monday 1e new “While liberal expenditure would be permitted and forgiven to produce im posing effects which have challenged ad- miration, it is quite another thi erate profligate extra en graft. Unhappily i escape the conclusion ti ten all over the Capitol plain and a third First, that t over.luxurious; second, th would even if hones are grossly excessive, excess is largely graft.” ‘Exactly the same work richness could be less figure. T competent only is muc + ) ng to toi- ance or 1S m ech mucao © urious and ¢ but THERE IT. We be plain that contested.” “The d urer that ti the bounds o ir The new C: but over $9 any speci was spent for h at Press says is ‘largely gr ‘there is a great steal in i Few people vast sums compr mean, t “steal” that is born by Centre county, or each individual taxpayer and voter. Let us illustrate : The cost of the new Cap. tol, in round figures, is over $13,000,- 000. Of this amount $4,000,000 was ap- | propriated to pay for the completed ac, but the "Board on Buildings | and Grounds,” under Gov. Pennypacker, | spent in a stealthly manner over $0 000,000 more for the trimmings, which the "Press" and others great steal, all of which was exposed by pronounce a the vigilance of State Treasurer Berry. WHAT IT COST CENTRE COUNT The money in the State Treasury be. longs to the ¢ Ac. cording the popu was 6,30 means that ov zens of thi to 1909, lation en n 2,115 which [ 1,000,000 man, woman building In tgoo the pop ty was 42,824. a} : that it cost over $85,648.00. Since t Ihe 1 $9,000 000, would be foun Centre county | share for the i declares o 5 you can t get J more than of Centre county f this is our share of the spent for trimmings AN HER The asses smaller t tries and fine h labor of many erations is Jess than If $2,581,432 in our bonds, notes, ) were heaped together on a pile it would not equal the amount they | spent alone for chandeliers and globes, Think of it State Treasurer Berry estimates that there is not ‘less than $2,000,000 graft, and may reach over $4,000,000. That | vast sum belonged to the people ab. | solutely, It came from them indirectly, | but surely. It was spent by the Gang, | with the approval of a simple.minded, | old man who was made Governor, by this Gang. fancy that he became their subservient | and grateful servant ever since. He re. | , cently denied and refused the asylums | and hospitals needed appropriations, on the ground that the condition of the treasury would not permit it, using the following words : “l withhold my approval from this bill for the reason that the condition of the State revenues does not justify the appropriation at this time." to acqui is $13 ’ ’ th of the § e COs the amount county at interest, including stocks, judgments, mortgages, etc ° Circulation Over 4 4 Largest in Centre County { epted or | Or in the case of ex essened items “1 withhold my approval of the re- mainder of said item for the reason that the condition of the State revenue does not justify a larger appropriation at this time," It was at this very time that $9,000, | 000 was passing from the State Treasury | into the hands of the Gang's favorite architect and contractors. TREASURER BERRY “LIFTS THE LID” At a Rousing Reform Rally in the Court House, Governor Pennypacker made reduc-| tions in no less than 130 charitable ap- propriations, In vetoing the bill for the creation of two anti-tuberculosis institu tions, he remarked “Provisions for charitable work in this Commonwealth have already reached formidable proportions.’ The proportions of the bills for decor. ist the 1 ool 1 Of 11 new Ht fur ng ating and ate House, to say the least, Tl charitable appropriations last round y : althoug ywwiously extravagant, lid not appear to him so 3 16 Governor reduced the year, in | numbers, by $2,500,004 I'Y SUFFERS FOR LOOT utions for The mental diseases su the Govern treatmer the most of sduced th The Bellefonte mnstit hand the amount ‘an . 11.1 wer 1 the Gang could have juander on this $13,000,000 loot A meeting last week, in one of the eastern prominent Gangster orator, a counties, offered the following apology for the astounding steal in the new Cap- itol job exposed by State Treasurer Ber. | ry a short time ago. Said he : “The citizens of the State have no cause for complaint, because they pay no state taxes, and all the money taken for trimmings, came {rom taxes Assess. 1 corporations and there 1 um still left in the is treas the apolo might have been and would have been concealed Plus mer was a notorious Gang tool and ti nted him badly ele Berry’ mise take, for hs ( lid steal in in less than four mont since last June) he has pried off the and revealed the most gigantic the history of our state, WHAT 18 YOUR DUTY The Gang picked old Pennypacker up in Philadelphia and forced him on the people, and this is the result, This year the same Gang have selected another timid, mild-mannered old man Philadelphia for the same office-~a man who never had a positive opinion on any public measure; and when reform move ments were in progress, in Philadelphia, | his record shows absolutely that he al cellar.’ It is the voters’ duty to seriously think these matters over and determine wheth. er the interests of the state and county can best be served by the election of Stuart (Penrose’s nominee for Governor) or Emery who is opposed to this ma. chine and will, if elected, investigate this capitol steal and imprison every guilty thief, as well as protect your interests in the future, from | | Produces Data to Show How the Tax-! payers Were Robbed [of Millions-- Emery, Black and Creasy There-- Monster Meeting. Hon spell-binders arrived in town on Wednes Lewis Emery and his party leted an $4.000,000--an effort to deceive the peo- . : ple. He told how an item in the o nal contract, called for wood floors at | $7,100, but the Gang put in another for which they received $167,530. A whole in the same er, aggregating the enormous su list of items were set out, nn m on m ma of $3,236, 121—spent by this Gang ‘as | believe 1n defiance of the § of t} e law The second count in his the Gang was, ‘that $4.5¢ against have been AT y ey Le ig scheme Mus could matter needs to inves to choose the Shall we choose the men whose political interest lies in exonerating the politicians who have made it possible When Berry ceived a splendid greeting iis whole Ww . men who are to do it be tigated are about was introduced "he re. speech constant applause interrupted him, while tumultuous cheers prevailed at his closing remarks, he principal speaker on this occasion, | tas the others yielded most of their time | for him as he pried under the gang and {litted the lid." He most certainly | profound impression on the vast audi : His elevation has so flattered his | ways dodged, or was in the ‘‘cyclone ence. The meeting was organized with the | following officers | Chairman—~Col. J. L. Spangler i Vieo Presidents :~Ma), James Harris, R. 8. | Brouse, W. A. Lyon, Hammond Sechier, Dr Joseph M, Brookerhof!, L. T. Munson, of Belle | fone ; Geo Motte). John Hoffman, Bd. Jones of Pullipsburg ; William Hipple, Burnside twp. Toner Lueas, Moshannon ; bt. Gilliland, of | Snow Shoe: PP. J. MeDonnell, of Unionville Abraham Weber, of Howard ; Richard Ri Raglovible W. lH. Frey, Ferguson Twp Wm, n Ingle. Centre Hall | James Runkle, Tussey. ville: Emanuel Smith, Potters Mills: John Welland, Hoalsburg i William Pesler, Sons Mills: W. F. Smith, Poun Twp ; John J. Orn BELLEFONTE, PA, THUR (PROVES GRAFT IN CAPITOL During his | Mr. Berry was| ‘made good,” as his speech produced a | SDAY, OCTOBER I1, 19086. dorf, Woodward ; (i FF. PP, Musser, Millhels J. MeCauley, Walker ege Twp. : R. M. Fost Noll, Pleasant Gap Michael Shaffer, Pot BERRY GETS A FROST Gov. Pennypacker tries Hard to Hold | the Lid--Plays Clam At the meeting of the State board of | public grounds and buildings, at Harris- | burg, Tuesday, State Treasurer Berry endeavored to obtain some information from Gevernor Pennypacker and Super intendent of Public as to what they intended to do regard- the capitol scandal, but all his ques. The ing tions were met with frosty silence governor was as mute as a clam ferred him to the attorney Berry holds that plicated things that means Hn violation of the ku The Governor and Ays.are mu v \ rym 3 "ry » tion nationat cha : n the ranks Homer Castle lidate ANC for Governor in this State and Dr Ww, one of Castle's nn inent supporters Resdlutions were jadopted declaring "that the Standard Oil Cam ”0ity and other] ~orporstions contributed $50,000 to Castle's campaign and that all Castie’s efforts are Swall ost prom- have directed toward aiding the cause of that octopus the most d less an rporation s face of THE CENTRE COUNTY FAIR, The Weather Unfavorable, Crowds Present but Big maxit nte tra 1} ’ Wy expe horsemen on Lt in the e of the of the great ar horses The spee es 118 18 one AWINDE cards the fast ol races will take place this afternoon and tomorrow (Friday) afternoon and no lover of the race course should miss them, Go and take your family with you A game of ball was played between the Pine Grove Mills team and Bailey ville on Wednesday morning. The score was 11 to 2 in favor of Baileyville, best these | Big Forest Reserves. Register and Recorder Snyder of | Clinton county, received for record an | agreement of sale whereby the state | comes into possession of 9,545 acres of land in Noyes and Beech Creek town. ships. A similar instrument was filed with the register and recorder of Centre county for 6,000 acres, making an addi- tion of more than 15.000 acres, or nearly twenty-five Square miles, to the forestry reservation of this section. The land is pellg sod by the Lycoming Land and Lumber company, of illiamsport, which receives 4 s0 per acre for it There are twenty-five tracts of 415 acres each in this county, Mrs. Wm. Mano of Mill Hall and Mrs, Al. McCormick of Lock Haven are guests at the home of Mrs. Lousia Bush, When a barber is talkative the man in the chair can’t blame the rasor for losing its temper, Juildings Shumaker NATURAL GAS FOUND AT PINE GLENN The Snow Shoe Coal come Region a Gas Fleld, SPECULATORS AFTER LEASES May Be- Gas now Flowing From a Test Well on the Stuart Lands--Drilled Last Fall-- Suddenly Plugged and Abandoned-- Discovered by a Hunter, ranger IAVE 3 ed LU Hon 10 secure cases nr hase land, but wi sell owners leases and reserve oil, gas and other minerals, invariably the negotia- tions would cease The Centre Democrat received the! above information from one of the jead. | COR: | ing citizens of Burnside township who | prefers not to have his name mentioned | in connection wilh this announcement. The well me is on lands of the ir. St Ktat 1 If the above story slip gas esca a match and see It bu lieve the above We be orrect, and » large « Resigns. ' Lawrer Dr. Colfelt The Wanderer Returned. and for lg also a | ward } any ormation concerning at his parents home having 1 week The young man is slightly demented, and this fact, in connection with his dis appearance caused his parents a great deal of anxiety. He stated to the family that after leaving home he wandered up oerait inf in | into Southern New York where he hired { out to do farm work and had been there up to the time of his departure for home Trouble Never Comes Single. Last spring Mrs. Bitner, wife of Chas. | | W. Bitner, who is night operator at the | Bald Eagle railroad station at Lock Ha. | ven, took a cold which developed into | tuberculosis. About one month ago her condition became serious and she went | to the home of her husband's parents, | Mr. and Mrs, Albert Bitner, of near | Blanchard, where she died last week | and was buried Saturday. At the time | of her death her husband was suffering | with rheumatism, and his only daughter | is critically {ll with pneumonia. i Mitchell for Emery, President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers it is said, will take the stump for Lewis Emery, Jr., fusion can- didate for Governor, He is booked to make a speech or two in Schuylkill coun- ly in favor of the fusion ticket and may be heard in this part of the state, Vol. 28. No. 40, FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs--Selected and Original. NURSERY RHYMES By-o. Bubbx Der daw De mommy Und eo shiofs y hoet de shofe neet ( rods Koes mit net hame bis m By-o, Bubbell Wos robbelt im shiroh Es ketzel is gastarye Un's micell is froh Relda, re Olle sht en G8 geile IDG en mes wart's-ha giessel wel rous 0) Br een 38 ng er re: inounces her en- Poor girl ath gagement all the other gi fellow." Go to a woman, thou man, consider her ways as a bargain hunter and save your muuey - M.ny a man who talking too much d the night has a reputation for esn't talk enough at inderwent an oper. ISIS mj ing and ound in a few days, Mrs, Susan Foore and daughter Amanda were admitted last week for ty. phoid fever 4 TOV. atly § will t r appencici we Al Miss Julia Curtin, who has been suf. fering trom an abscess in the head, is getting along nicely, A Large Wedding. Quite a large wedding took place Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of Mr, and Mrs, J. Wigton, near Graysville. Over two hundred invited guests witnessed the arriage of their oldest daughter, Miss Mary E. Wigton, to Alexander Nulan, of Pittsburg. The bride's sister, Miss Lose, will be maid of honor. After the wedding feast the party took the first train east and will be at home to their friends after Dec. 1st in Pittsburg, where the groom has a good position with the Carnegie people. A Desirable Home, Special attention is called to the adver. tisement in the public sale columns of the J bh Florey home, at Pleasant Gap. This is a most desirable home, in first-class condition with a nice of ground connected with it on which there an abundance of choice fruit. Sale takes place next Thursday afternoon on the premises, }
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