“ The Centre Democrat. RE — or Circulation Over 6,200 Largest in Centre County. PROF.D.0.ETTERS WAS RE-ELECTED Meeting of the School held on Tuesday REFUSE TO INCREASE SALARY Will Remain Same as Formerly, at $1630 per Annum— Directors | Advised to make out Early as Possible. Reports Tuesday morning the school directors of Centre county held a meeting in the court house, Bellefonte. There are 207 directors in the county, 139 were present. The chairman meeting was Prof, I, L.. Foster, of College, and the secretary was H. Quigley, Esq Bellefonte. The fi of ’ ’ of the C rst , ot item of business was the election of al the no next candai- County Superintendent for three years. As there were dates except the present Prof. David O. Etters, of State College, he was elected unanimously. Henry C. Quigley then offer tion raising the salary of Prof. from $1680 a year to $2000. Mr. Quigley QO Ha th made a very nice little speech in favor | of the motion, setting forth many sons why the raise should be made vote was then taken and it was lost. John P. Harris then made a motion that the salary should be raised to $1800, but it was no go. Prof. Etters then was called upon which he thanked re-election. He reas A to make an address i the convention then stated that it was expedient for the directors to send in their reports early for'their portion of the state appropria- tion. Some directors put this oft so long that unnecessary trouble is often caused. He condemned the practice made by a great many directors in school districts where certain schools are placed in con- trol of one man, Every school township should be under the guidance of the entire board. given out it should meet with the ap- proval of every director within the dis- trict. create more general satisfaction among the patrons of the schools. ing many other timely suggestions by Prof. Etters the convention was brought to aclose. They were in session one hour. n H for ms rugt ual Hospital Notes. The following patients underwent ations this week for appendicitis iss Anna Shuey, daughter of Mr, and Chas. Shuey; she was in a ical condition at first, but is much o “Andrew Jodon, farmer, Bertha Deitrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deitrick, all of Bellefonte. Edward Kane, of Bellefonte, who had been very sick with catarrhal pneumo- nia, is better. Miss Flora Love, operated on for ap- pendicitis, was discharged Monday Joe Coughn, student of State ( infected right hand, discharged Adam Garbrick, of Spring twp., operated on, Moaday, and ly. Jone Riter, veternarian admitted for treatment Moses Clark, of Potter wound in right f The following patients were discl the past week: Dora operation, Milesbur; putation ad fir White, operation operati.n, Mile There are 20 ps present and all on that acco applied this week showing the need for the building The tollowing were admitte week: Mrs. Rey Mrs Yeager, Mrs. Al 1, Mr: Beezer, Mrs. Rowan, Mrs serve oot, 1s impro arged 1 Sellers, mastoid Verna Shope, am. Bellefonte; Mrs Mrs Brown, Se ents in tl he rooms 1e hospital at are filled patients admi several i could not be the 1 the past Harry Geo Me Platts, ert Schad reo Bull Attacks a FeFmer Charles ( ferocio township The bull attemptec was attacked bya his farm in Lamar county, Saturday him down and then thrust its horns into Bur rell's body He was greatly bruised about the body and legs, but managed to arise and leap the fence before the infuriated an could inflict fatal in juries, He carried a small axe hands, whic! retained, As the bull made another mad rush at him, and with the fence between, the farmer hurled the axe at the animal and struck it in the forehead, felling it to the ground The bull was after i shot, it was considered unsafe roam at large Burrell 18 ull on n n + w 1 : imal 4 im i ne Var: to as itt 0 allow Built an Ice Dam, H, E. Zimmerman, of Benner, re- siding at the entrance to McBrides Gap, has had a large dam built across the gully through which the stream of that mountain gap flows, and is for.an ice dam. The breast, walled with stone, will give the dam a depth of twelve feet and cover an area of no less than an acre up the ravine, The dam is perhaps forty rods from the residence, and a most suitable spot for ice pur. pose, or even as a water power, Purest of mountain water will produce an ab. solutely pure quality of ice, Railroad Business Still Dull, The movement of slow freight over the railroads contioues to decrease to such an extent thatit has been found ad. visable to lay off more men, On Wed. nesday morning 100 firemen were laid off indefinitely on the Pittsburg division, and 69 engineers were demoted to fire men, Asa rule most of the men laid off are ‘‘extra” men, whose places are taken by men who are forced to £0 back to ‘‘extra” work until business picks up. At the directors convention at Lock Haven, Tuesday, Prot. Ira N. McClos- key was re-elected county superinten- St ot schools, His salary was fixed at 1 ' ——————— —“—- Directors | | Clearfield, on April 17th, 1908. ed was aged 60 years, 9 months and 15 | whom | pneumonia, aged 17. State | incumbent, | ed a mo- | Etters | | down with the same disease ! vi | making a record of 53 in al “ " 3 «f A MAT | charged June 13¢ When a school is This would facilitate matters and | frter mak-| | Wolfs store, on Sunday, | pearance under the | Roler, of intended | *RECENT DEATHS. Carvin J. PortEr:—died at his home in Mackeyville Thursday evening from | | . ’ {blood poisoning due to a bealin | ear, Several years ago Porter ausing blood poisoning. WirLiam | Shoe, died daughter at Mrs. the home of his only Evert Daugherty, in Deceas- His wife preceded him in death about eleven years ago. One daughter and one son survive. Mr. Bowes was highly respected in the community in which he lived, The remains were taken to Snow Shoe for interment in the Ask- ey cemetery, ' Vicror Hov:—the oldest Mrs George W. Hoy, died at his home, near Pine Hall, Tuesday afternoon 28th, of He had been ill several weeks and had partially covered so as tobe able to sit up when he suffered a relapse, which proved fa. tal, He was a mber of the Lutheran church at Pine Hall and is survived by days. son of vi e4. "rr ut his widowed mother, two brothers and I work wi sday Thor nur Burial was made afternoon at two o'clock in the Pine Hall cemetery Mis, C Phil after an il with scarlet five sisters, HARLES AMMERMAN:—died ipsburg Sunday morning Iness of a little over fever in one Two children but in case of the mother the attack was not severe, but account of g run down through the attention she had been obliged to give to her children, and the setting in of other complications of a more cpitical character, could throw off the disease. Her age was about j0 years, 80 on " she not DOWeEr of his Wirrniam C. Emexmizer:~died at | home in Boggs Twp., Centre county, aged 75 years, af Inf April days. verted and united with the U. B. church years service )y 1908, 7 mo. and § in in the churth. In Sept. Co. A. 97 Regt, Pa. Vol. and was dis- making ¢ months He was mustered into Dr. G, No. 26: Dpt. of Penn, service. L. Potter Post, on June 12, 1886; served as jr. V. C. and | Sr. \V. C, at the time of his death, His wife preceded him just five to the home of the good and true. They left seven children and a host of friends to mourn their departure. Inlerment was made at Fairview cemetery, Rev, 0. T. Stewart officiating. Witeian K. Stover: died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gephart, at in the jaw. was arrested by Sawing the cutting it out which relieved in his | ost his | | left arm in a fodder shredder. Two weeks | | ago the interior of his ear became sore, | Bowes :—formerly of Spow | IS BETTER THAN A MACHINE re. | at 7 o'clock | week | were | the | | Read what he says In the year of 1855 he was con- | 1864, he enlisted’in | A BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDA Y, MAY 7, 1908. MORE ABOUT THE KING SPLIT LOG DRAG Remarkable Results From its in Lycoming County. nee ( ‘ol. John A in How- Sapervisors Strongly Endorsed by Woodward— Used ard Twp. Recently Shonld Adopt i one t 1A The article published in our last issue relative to the split log drag for improv. ing and maintaining our ¢lay roads elic ited much tavorable comment from many of readers, and we look for- ward to seeing a number of experiments made in our this season at this time of the year we expact to see fre. quent rains and soft muddy roads just in the proper condition to begin effective th the drag ike to our section We would | hear from any su- | pervisor who may take up this idea and | give 1t This week we re- letter from Hon. of Howard, who is a fair test ceived an interestin John A. Woodward, an advocate of good roads. and an enthu- siast upon the advantagesof using the “King Split-Log Drag" on earth 4 roads. STRONG EN } Howarp, Pa., ArriL 30, Eviror CExTrE DEMOCRAT My long and active interest in public road improvement stimulated and enlarged by y« extended and in- telligent treatment of & ortapt and special phase of 1998, is the impulse recently gis to the it for State and County roads will eventually work out that side of the problem all right, but with all the official and association expenditure of energy { and money that it may be possible to centre upon these, it will be very long | before the old “mud road" terror, even yrd, of cancer| The trouble had started on | driver will easil his lower lip some ten years ago, and | efficient after a yh until a na be expected of! I rn Tara : upon lines most traveled, will be entirely eliminated, and in the lanes, by wa weeks | and back roads, it will continue inde finitely unless special attention is given them by local authorities. And here is where the King Dr comes in with its minimum of cost, bo in construction and in use, and its max. imum of effectiveness. It costs so little that the poorest road district can easily} afford a half dogen of them, and any ordinary farm team with an intelligent handle it and mare alf-day's use. more recently when it again made its ap- | more than a bicycle can draw a railroad jaw and spread through his cheek, causing ym much suffering which he bore with christian fortitude, and longed for death to end his He was anative of Haines township and resided at Feidler and was aged about 73 years. Mr. Stover the life of a good, peaceable citizen, and was highly esteemed-—kind as a neigh. bor, and chantable. A widow, and n in Wyoming, and a married daugh. Funeral on Wednesday th Paul cemetery near pain. lived er survive interment in his home ais e St Soromam Wiss ily residence in Union Star, 27, 1908. He was born Dex 1838, in Centre county, Pa , and aged 69 years 4 months and 13 days He was united marriage Rebecca J. Centre county, Pa. In this union there were, born six children, four of them are now living, and present, follow their father to rest; lace His wife, died Dnics Star, 1 8 at hi Mo en 14. with last Rebecca, esday March mited in marriag , of St. Je w to nis ng weph, him Mrs irwensville; Mrs of Linden Hall rungart, New York City; (Geary, of Spring Mills and J. Myers, of Boalsburg, Pa bereaved family have the sympathy nity in their sorrow for ti the mly brother Mar. El Mrs Mrs Mrs n ni comm 1€1r Mrs. Herexa Davs rife of Dale, died suddenl y her Dale's Summit Satur 1 OF she had weeks willl heart tro Musser raary 21,1930, making her age 78 years, 2 months and 13 days On December 7, 1855, she was married to George Dale at Lewistown, Pa. On April 1. 1886, the spring safter their marriage, Mr and Mrs, Dale moved on the farm, at Dale Summit, where they have since resided and enjoyed a peaceful and hap On December 29. 190s, they George home at afternoon been ill for about uble Helena t Penn Hall on Feb 1] on ock was born a Ww ile held their golden wedding at the pome where they went to housekeeping. Mrs Dale was a member of the Lutheran church and was well known throughout the community in which she lived, was a woman who had endeared herself to many by her kind disposition and respect for others and her death is cause of mourning for all who knew her. Besides the husband the following children also survive: Ha C. Dale, cashier of the Rushville, Neb,, National bank; Blanche, married to F. W. Mus. ser, Bellefonte; John S., and Willard Dale, Dale Summit (State College); and Lillie, at home, The following brothers also survive, Daniel Musser, Orangeville, 1llis.; Michael Musser, Rushville, Neb,; William Musser and Benjamin Musser, Jewel oh. Kan; and Charles Musser, Pearl City, Ils, Funeral services were held on Wednes- day morning at 10 o'clock and were conducted Rev. LJ. : pestor of he? Lutheran ga ment was made in the Shiloh ceme- work in its own excellent She | train, but it will do its own appointed Way, quite as 1OCOMoO- not crush nor will it n stoned onadirt shale, loam, gravel, it will make more and better roads, and do it less cost, than any other ever devised, provided it well as either the bicycle or the tive can do theirs stone nor roll them work on a road which either ily or road, whether it sand, slate or fine 0" will down, has bee wh art wih pan at sm rs loen Ne] implement i 1s intelligently handled and is used as soon after rains as the dirt has dried ently to slip from the implement ut of ten men and that "or ny will wait too lo undamental e you think enough and you about right, wil to nor take from t exph of Mr. King for either making ating the drag, but when supervisor of Howard years ago, I made experiment ly the last season in the township, and | differed = from Mr First, 1 had g—a fine white oak eight feet long, twelve inches at the large end and eleven and one-half inches at the small end—sawed rather than split with an axe, because it gave it a better face to begin with, Then | made the steel shoe—an old iron wagon the whole length ot the front slab. How. ever, these differences in detail are not essential, and though I think them de- sirable I want to quote night here, for the purpose of emphasizing it, one of Mr. King's most pregnant sentences Ve el thai the poorest drag fed poor by a man sy impr Ltd af before is he serving as township a few and operated it 1 lived mewhat King's plan of building. one the lo tire rd 4 fori im Ihe : an! I Re Array A I found the drag somewhat | ient to transport from place to I took an axe and rounded end on the top side of each slab, making an up- side down sled of it. Turn it over, put a small chain around the front rung and there you are with ease and makes a pretty fair stitute for a plow sled i mote be, I do not believe there 1s a road district 4 ii manner to learn will sure hi noonven- place, so one sub. | in Centre county in which there is not enough “mud road” to make the cost of one or more of these ‘King Drags” the best expenditure the township ever made in the direction of road improvement, and I would like to make this suggestion to progressive supervisors fter a careful investigation of con. ditions have as many of them made as in your judgment will be useful, and lace them in the hands of public-spirited armers who live near and drive the mud roads to which these implements are adapted, and suggest to the farmers that they make roads for a few hours after each rain, while the roads are just dry enough to work well and the ‘arm land is yet too wet to plow. Then, let me suggest to you, Mr. Editor, that you constitute yourself a road improvement missionary and provide the supervisor of wach township who will apply for them and pay the postage u em, a few slips printed from week's issue of the Democrat containing the whole of the road article, cut and all, which may distribute to these same pu spirited farmers, who will Jil make experiment of using drag for their own benefit, . Yours for road improvement Jonun A. Woonwarn, * geting the ~ THE SPLIT LOG DRAG. | A Few Points i | Roads. The split log drags” for improving roatls have one great fault, y {cents. The method for of is for a man to hitch his team to place a loose board across the top of | the drag, mount it to hold it | and drag it alo lin Bis two mile drag it back on the {the time of hitchin team one, steady, the road Cross over one side of distri other side _ 1 ip and + CL o & and bac j It ought { hottrs. This should be hard rain or when mutidy. A regular “road several advantages over drag. They cost seven dred dollars, To run one { to 89 along and see t { dare too rapidly | may to manage the machioe who sts the vheel and socks the plow or §Hwn, whichever way he ti | change the appearance | most. Then another man the front of the machine { wil wl team. | | to take roar the is are real takes ¢ | wo Oo hagses in all, are hitche and each has a driver. behind come five or six other are out any other | ment, and who have cupy a place on the co | at 81 75aday. To sum it road machine will « $20 day to run it, | ground and kill all the | itgels near it A si i less than five dollars nad & team can operate it at : three “dollars a day drag Was run six cost would not eq ular road machin ' those who have watche tions of the two Way th dirt roads the split lo machine in the first round watched the roads in this sectio ting worse and worse for a good Joan. and we are convinced that mething wrong with the syster The split log drags do not cost Why not at least investigate? Who be the first in Centre county t a testi—Ex. Hard as Adamant 2 The following little extract is clipped from Monday's Williamsport Gazette & Bulletin: 'P. B. Shaw and S.V. Brown made a tour of inspection by auto on ' of some of the roads of Lycom Tog county. “1a talking about the ride after their return Mr, Shaw said that they in Eldred township that is ab ot kind of itaug wt $300 and i i It will . 3 or drag rag 14 ¥ : m win ) pa . - oo augLaared hndaz the Supafg] Yo of C. D. Heim, and sult is a revelation to any one who will take the trouble of driving over this froad. It is perfect, as hard as adamant, smoot h ana Clean, and reflects credit on the gentlemen whose intelligence and skill have brought it up to such a ot perfection “There throughout the county which | be prolific of results The Good Roads, Association has started the movement the farmers and all hers who use the roads are being action, and this 1g county will soon be the garden spot of the State for perfect highways Shaw says with a little effort Ly eat Lancas- noted f ’ . slate is a rapid growt sentiment is sure 0 C 2, means that Lycomin or fine highways Cost Per Mile Per Year Cost, the dollars anc always important, 1 road with a split.long the best method Mr. J. M. Smith, of says: “1 have been dragging the road with acheap drag for two years I kept close tab on my time and found | that it required 33 hours work f one team and man to care for three miles of road for one year. The road gets hard. er, smoother and higher all the time.” In Ray county, Missouri, a stretch of road was hired dragged. The cost was $1.66 2-3 per mile for the year {| Sac county, lowa, dragged 28 mile in 1904 Kept it like a race track- Cost, $2.40 pe. mile for the year cents view, 1s of yt care the rag is me Brookfield, Mo., or ~ " The Reunion of Elks Ihe annual state reunion of the Benev olent and Protect Elks will be held in Scranton on May 12, 13 and 14; and plans are rapidly being made forthe visiting Elks and their wives, The Women’s auxiliary of the Scranton lodge are preparing to entertain the | feminine delegations who visit the city at that time. One of the big events of ive Order of Runs from place to place | the week will be the ball and reception | in the Thirteenth regiment armory Shaeffer-Hazel Reunion | The fifth annual Shaeffer-Hazel re union will be held at Grange park, Cen- { tre Hall, June 11th, next. This organi. zation has made a grand success of its | former reunions, and this year's gather. ing will excel any former reunion of these people, to which all relatives and friends are cordially invited, Mrs. Rentschier Ill, Mrs. M, J. Rentschler, of State College, who in company with her husband has been in Gottingen, Germany, since last commencement, has been suffering from an attack of appendicitis. If their pres- ent plans are not disarranged Mr. and Mrs, Rentschler and son expect to sail for New York on Aug. 2. sm —————————— Credit Given. All persons who remitted on subscrip- Han surg 1h month of & will find it given by a on the label with this issue. now, and in case of an error notify once. The annual convention of the count Sunday School association will be held in the State College M. E. church on May LL 20, OUR MERGHANTS n Economy in its Use on | They only | costabout three dollars and eighty-five | Two Clever Fakers erating them | ] gett found a | | Gilbert White and | Chase was found along Lick Run, WERE EASILY DUPED Collect a Nice Sam of Money. OPERATED IN OTHER TOWNS which ¢ a clever trick a considerable secret, and now i 1g a little boy { N N and yo kick them up and dows of times ening tw fonts House 3 | Dickenshid | were smooth talkers, e itleman who dic i AY morn nercas nesd dollars were after the com: had been into the st ale proposed sto pir : : t ! ishing his hh a dance tition Was presented gn. Th a subscription nose and asked to dollars which would be mg expenses in gettin through the legislaty ducks going to water "nt *y UL 0 cha ant had ander his five in defray- repeal act As easy as merchants si ule 2 Ld ou | pulled out their good elegant cash and { forked it over to entire strangers, Itis they secured between $200 and $300. This was only the result of about three hours work in the mo g. and in the afternoon they skidooed to new fields of labor Atter they had gone our me gan to wake up to the fact tl been probably stung said ron rain rchants be- at they had On Tuesday the | same fellows were in Lock Haven and better than the best drive in| Park, Philadelphia. The road | in a few hours cleaned up about §300 in a couple hours and then disappeared as suddenly as they toona in the same way. They are mov. ing westward through the state, and if they are sw and fakers they should be placed behind the prison bar is said that a fellows h aou often better then his fortl mn ] indlers It hind t are instead of our merchants biting as t new } and being strangers to the extent of dred dollars all they would have need to have done was think a little bit then petitioned the members of the legislature from Centre te for the repeal of the mercantile t But P. T. Barnum, the great showman the truth wen be sad i Ameriean peopie like to be humbug. sohts got worked severai oun to & ait that county to vo ax law told ged State Commencement ard of trustees and fac Pennsylvania State C planning to make the 1908 ment one that will eclipse all others is the intention to dispense with mu of the class work and routine exercises make it somewhat a reunion of former students and especially those have interested themselves in the fu wel fare of the college The and elaborate of the ment exercises will be the n of the new president Dr, Edwin Earle Sparks. Many prominent men Andrew Carnegie, Charles M a number college yres idents will be invited, some of whom Rive already signified their intention of being present The b the Lae ity of iege are ymmence It who ire mo notable pall y : . nstall such Schwab ot Fisherman Missing Thursday Clark Chase, son of post. master Chase, of Clearfield, went on a fishing expedition, stating he would re. turn either Friday night or Saturday morning. * Failing to put in appearance saturday afternoon his wife and par ents became alarmed and soon one hun. dred men in Clearfield formed a search. ing party who have been out in the woods searching for the lost man Tuesday morning a knife belonging Mr. but no further trace of the missing man has yet been found. It is feared that some- thing serious has happened, or that he has become lost in the dense underbrush in the section where he was thought to have been fishing. Sheatz Takes Oath John O, Sheatz Tuesday at noon take the oath of office as state treasurer for the term of two years, succeeding Wil- liam H. Berry Sheatz was without any ceremony except the administration of the oath. Mr. Sheats will personally direct the affairs of the department, He has nam- ed six new attaches of the ment. Joseph P, Gates, of Bedford, being the new cashier, succeeding B. F. Measey, of Ridley Park. Invalid Burns to Death. At Miflioburg, Miss Estella Herr was burned to death at a lime { o'clock Spee rgd IL is Slain pest its re-jed that they worked Tyrone and Al . The induction ot Mr, | Vol, 81. No. IB, Sparkling Paragraphs—- Selec. ted and Original. that seems Bright, The | i to come easiest WEALTH AND MARBLES. “Why get together any asked a friend of the late “You can't eat it { What good “Ever play marbles asked, WV 1 es, nore money?’ You will it do y« when I wa Couldn't eat ‘er were ti 107 Emma Schreck, Mrs. Augustus were united of the Im: he Claude L.. M. Mye Clinton ¢ ter of Mr Patterson, i ¢h. TI Mr. Samuel H Passmore, both married in the St h in that place Thursday evening at 6.30 b Rev. Fraklin T. Eastment The bride is the pretty and accomplished daughter of James Passmore, and the groom is employed in the Uni Petro- ileum Co's. office in that pla wedding tour to eastern cities the couple will return to Philipsburg and take up housekeeping The groom weil known in Bellefonte and his ol y is and riends here wish him and his fair bride much bap- piness, ROOT — RICHTER A wedding of more than passing inter- that of Eugene Root, son of Edward W. Root, of Bellwood, Blair county, and Miss Elsie Richer, of Cumberland, Md. The ceremony was performed in Tucson, Arizona, where the bridegroom is em. ploved and whither the bride journeyed to meet him. Mr. Root has many rela- tives inC His mother was a Miss Iddis erly of Unionville and Half: hip, and is a neph- ew of Mrs Rumberger, of Hub- graduate The ate College class of 1907, urse, and is his pro. B.W lersburg. He Pennsylvaniz in the 1S a of a Sons of Veterans Assemble in June The twenty-eighth annual encamp- ment of the Pennsylvania Division of the Sons of Veterans, U. 5S. A. will be held at Williamsport during the week beginning on June 8. The camp will Sunday, June in the afternoon, with religious services, con. ducted by Chaplain Kelley, Camp No. 44. of that [place. Oa Tuesday after- the sham battle takes place, i h several thousand of the reserves participate, as well as the four IN. G located at Will- iamsport y thousand rounds of shell will be used. On Tuesday after. noon the parade will start and the route all the prine pal streets of the sity. Five hundred tents will be pitched ym the camp grounds for the use of the use of the Sons of Veterans. Besides the numerous bands there will be at least 3000 men and 150 horses in the line of parade, which will make it a spectacle equal to the sham battle on [Tuesday atternoon open on noon win . ompanies covers Spectacular Religion Mayor Isaac Smith of Bromide Okla. homa, swore in 10 additional police of- ficers Tuesday, two preserve the ce. A band of “Holy Rollers” landed in that town last night and took possession next morning of several springs with. out reg.rd to common usage and the ordinance of the new town. The “hap- py band of religionists,” as they call themselves, proceeded to make the sew town hideous by their loud acclaim and the beatiog of drums and the tooting of brass horns, They actually removed their clothes and waded into Bromide | spring, which had recently been enlarg- | ed and made several feet deeper. Five buxom young women horrified the re- sidents of the town by disrobing and | wading out into the cold water, | singing and praying all the while at the | top of their voices, "A a— A small political bomb was exploded in Pittsbu when R Nicholas v orth, of Onto, the Pre dent's son-in-law, in an interview I | 4 § : : =F §Ezz x Wel m—
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