Page 4 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLFFONTE, PA., MARCH 256, 1909 She Centre Democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ. Editor and Proprietor, W. FRANCIS SPEER, Associate Editor, BN SWORN CIRCULATION OVER s200 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per YEAR Persons who send or bring the money to the ofMice and pay in advance, §1 per year CENTRE DEMOCRAT clubs with N. Y. thrice-an-week World for Pittsburg Stockman for.......... - $1.65 The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name. All oredits are given by a chaoge of label the first issue of each month. Watoh that, after you remit. We send no receipts unless by special request. Watch date on vour label, Subscribers changing postoMce address, and not notifying us, are liable for same. Subscriptions will be continued, unless other- wise directed, We employ no collector. You are expected to send or bring the money to this oMee, EDITORIAL. Cutting of wages has been going on in different parts. On Monday the Pennsylvania Steel company, one of the largest of the independent steel companies in the country, has announc- | ed a reduction in wages approximat- ing 10 per cent, effective April 1. ALL eyes appear to be on the state treasury, judging from the variety and number of demands being made in the Legislature. Besides pew appropriations and increase already on the list, there for creating new offices salaries all round. of those are projects and raising of Taft's message to congress,called in ex- tra session, to revise the tariff and prune it from brief and clear needing no wordy flation. The country relief will result for which racy has been pleading these many years. tariff to its burdensome prinnacle, is in is in hope that the democ- Reduce the a revenue basis, by all means. Wuex Roosevelt wrote always was very lengthy, consequently read only by a few gans then would * the document on Now President ” of brevity, f re laudation from elves these organ grinders it Lord and good devil.’ No fines have yet been collected from Pp reason trusts that been prosecuted and found guilty The for it there have been yardwide meshes left in the law for the big fish to get through. The anti-trust laws have been framed only to make believe and draw the wool over the people's eyes. Another fine sample of how the government is run entirely to give the great offenders the slip. Just avout bers of the republican of Pittsburg are 1 dictment for graft and general corrupt practices. A bunch has already been tried and proven guilty down for arrest and tri ave 1s three-fourths of the mem- city nder suspicion and in- government and others are It has develog ed that this republican nest has been the basin of most astounc Bribery to city funds, by bankers, f¢ ling rotteness 2 re control of the vast 8e( r private spes ulation; graft in contracts, and now evi dences of jury-fixing hope of having free, these are things tha Alle deeds the rascals g lisgrace of Pittsburg and By su gangsters have been rolling are the « gheny county the G.O. P up great majorities that their revel in riminal wealth may be carried on National now re Tux ports $150 000.000 in debt instead of the former surplus of millions The state gov ernment reports not the charities and not enough to money enough for all give the deserving old soldiers a pit tance by pension. Yet in state legislature are bills to raise salaries, offices, a two ill lation for en- larging the state park, and throughout the nowhere the prosperity promised is not only not com- ongress and create new and useless million pr capitol country dollars appro ing, but the situation is Now, who is it that is running the State and governments, and made such glowing promises before the elec tion’ When members of the Legislature are heard declaring that they are al ways in favor of making a beginning with a system of State highways, but that revenues are insufficient without getting worse National more taxes, depend upon it that thus is the sinister Nlpering of the com bination of banks whose Treasury surplus is above all considerations, public surplus to the State administration evil than that influence should continue to well remarked by the Record, The state Livestock Sanitary Board on from isease the whole state except a few districts in Lancaster and Delaware counties, the The quarantine against shipment by rail and is also Tuesday issued an order releasin quarantine for foot and mouth order to take effect on March 26, moving cattle raised on highways To cure a cough or cold in one day take Krumrine's White Pine and Tar, It stops the tickling inthe throat and One bot. tle should always be kept on hand, as it takes but half as long to cure a cough allays the irritation promptly, or cold when taken in time, funded if it fails to relieve. ine's Drug store, Money re ste $1.80 | calls for | interest in the It would be better a thousand times to reduce the Treasury last dollar needed for this pre- vail in the legislation of Pennsylvania, At Krum. | UNIONVILLE. Arthur Hanscom's have moved in the | house on Bunker Hill, | Howard Miles, who had his leg badly broken last September, has so far re. {covered as to be able to walk without | crutches. He has already limped after a { plow for two days. | 8, K. Emerick has developed into a | first class auctioneer, If you don't want [to buy at a sale, don't you go where | - | Samuel is crying it. Well, | makes you bid. | kick. he just | David Keatley has fixed up a beauti- | i i | ful home for his plrents, Mr, and Mrs | Wm. Keatley. That's correct, David, { honor thy father and mother, | Where, oh where! is Bennie Freder- ick? Iam afraid be has been kidnapped. Mary | severa | urday looking pretty and happy. | Again our town is E. Griest, after an absence of months, returned home on Sat- | ¥ overshadowed | [in gloom, cause why? I'll tell your happy | jolly Sadie Emerick left a few days ago for a month's visit to her daughter, Mrs. | | Julia Peters, at Pittsburg, The joke's on Bob Cambridge, In writing the sale bills for Mrs, Leathers sale, he came across an article he couldn't ered his hat full of gold and silver coin! | Moral: When you see a heap of red hot | coals in a fence corner give it a vigorous | Was he ‘day dreaming?” Domino, ROOSEVELT ON WAY TO AFRICA Ship Bearing Him and His Party Salled Monday, DUE AT NAPLES APRIL 3 | Crowd Sees Former President Off at | » | name, so he called it a peanut roaster. | | At the sale merchants Sam Jim B. Stere both wanted it. { finally knocked down to Jim B. It fact that it is a parrot cage. Holt and | was | A diag- | nosis of the queer thing, developed the | Now Jim | thinks he'll bring an action of false pre- | | tence against Robert and | Emerick, No more sawdust for sale, I | fixtures to Ed. Barton. Mrs. Wm. A. Alexander left on Wed { nesday for Philadelphia to see her son { James, who was so badly injured by auctioneer have | | disposed of the entire plant, stock and | | his party of lion hunters. some of the machinery atthe Williamson | free school for learning trades, a few | weeks ago, Grandma Holtzworth and her grand daughter, Miss Bess Brown, of Belle- fonte, attended the surprise party in { honor of the anniversary of H, E. Holtz worth’s birthday on last Saturday even- ing, at the latter's home, Did not learn particulars. On last Friday night, about 8 | the cry of fire! fire! fire! startled our citi zens when, on investigation, it was dis- covered to be a shanty belonging t« Owen Underwood, on the south side the dam, supposed to have been set al by tramps. Wm. Solt is buil large frame house which he in modern style. A fancy, “nr | adorns it vorth side, Ss it on 144 14) at o'clock, r window the it will and an ad town, Severa finished, reImen | frame picked uj delivered t hands and much as to i glasses, 4 | old yor 10, gent « that On last Saturday L Rev. Dr. Piper finished his instructions to his Bible class at the residence of A « St. Clair, he was presented with a | handsome Morris chair by the members of his class as an appreciation of his earnest devotion and untiring labors in his efforts to advance hisclass in a wider knowledge of the Bible and christian ad- vancement. J. W. Smith presentation speech in a worded address, which nearly the of our popular however he was equal to the occasion, and responded in accepting the valuable and handsome present, It was a glad surprise to ou belove: pastor and we feel sure that h fully appreciated both the present and the motive which promg ie class to made the neat, well knocked "ut ¢ : . out | pastor talk’ in his usual happy style - i Hy La ned ti give Ii% WHEN 1 WAS A BOY e spook stories | re: Three litt hearing told John Kreider, life at Gatesburyg, dren st Rev. Isaa think) when a young went to Centre Line 0 mow It morning passed the distance east of dog "giving tong on the south side of the trail of a rabbit stopped and listened; towards where he few minutes his dog-ship emerged from the brush and sat on his haunches in front of grinning teeth in a threatening manner as if about to spring at his throat. The dog was a large one and our hero feeling his hat raising on the end of his hair, concluded that it was about time to ‘get busy He took his scythe off his shoulder and with one mighty blow thought he would cut the canine in halves; but to his horror the dog wasn't there, disappeared like blow ing out a light, . He then went on to his work but the strange incident kept him thinking for many days and no satisfac tory explanation was ever made. Was he “daydreaming? My father, in his younger da ed coaling. One morning w who lived mos several of 1 reside fath Selin and of there Kreider, man, one n : 5 lear had ort was Just Ni regong : Loveville, heard a ie up in jarret the road, as if on or fox. Mr. Kreider the dog ming was stand KTAAS $ \ th ie 4 ! : his 'S., follow file going around to dress the coal pits, he saw a | large copper head snake stretched across his path and struck it with the edge of | his shovel, intending to cut it in two; | but he didn't succeed. He then sawed it with the shovel, the head and tail ends | flopping up and down, Then he lifted the shovel to give it another cut, the | snake stuck to the shovel till it was three | or four feet off the ground, then dropped. It was the last he ever saw of the reptile, | He searched the bushes in every direc tion but his snakeship had completely | evaporated. Was he “day-dreaming’’ A German coverlet weaver lived at my grandfather's near Gatesburg. One night he had gone over to the village and on his return home about nine | o'clock, he saw a heap of red hot coals of fire in afence corner inside of a field then {owned by the Shorb, Stewart Co. He | concluded to have a smoke, He had a | wood pipe with a lid on it. Accordingly { he climbed over into the field and having loaded his pipe with the weed, put coal | wouldn't | the lid of his | pipe and gave the pile of coals a kick, after coal on it, but it “oatch;” at last he shut scattering them in every direction { Next morning when he opened the lid | of his pipe to take his morning smoke he | discovered a bright shiney ten cent piece {10 the bowl of his pipe. He quickly went | down to the field where he had seen the heap of cools, and to his great joy, gath- Hoboken Pier — Youngeter's Good Wishes Bring Smile to His Face. The Hamburg, Carrying Him to Eu- and the Admiral, on Which He Will Sail For Africa, Among the Finest Vessels Afloat. rope, New York, March 23.—-Out on the “bosom of the ocean,” as the writers have it, {8 Theodore Roosevelt with They are aboard the Hamburg American line steamer Hamburg, which cast off her lines from her Hoboken pier on Mon day, and to the music of the whistles of numerous ferryboats, tugs and oth er vessels salled down the bay with her distinguished passenger. Accompanying Mr. Roosevelt — or Colonel Roosevelt, as some wise re porters addressed him on the pler—are { his son, Kermit Roosevelt; Major Ed gar A. Mearns, medical corps, U. 8. A, retired; Edmund Heller and J, Alden Loring. The last named three men ac company Mr. Roosevelt as representa tives of the Smithsonian fnstitution while the younger Roosevelt is oficial photographer of the expedition The long plier to which the steamer Hamburg was moored was jan with gathered to see Roosevelt party sall. They made the pler ring with their cheers f voyager from the time of his from New York city il the burg salled. He was mig with the and showed gratification by his smiles and the quency with which he lifted his hat to greetings. To a rec statement of his returned a smilis nial has all been and over again.” he sald nothing to say.” Among the most enthusiastic of ti cheering crowd when the Hamburg moved slowly away from her pler wa a small boy, who had crowded to th« very limit permitted by the authorities of the steamship line. His last cry, “Goodby, Teddy; take care of yous self!” brought a smile even to the far: of the ex-president, who seemed then a little tire] of smiling Two Fire Ships Carry Party. The Hamburg is due at Naples or {3 Mr. R £5 —., nea perso: the hitly + atlly reception fe response for a f« Mr. 1 rmai Roosevelt i rinted “and 1 “re y A i Ove hav oe evelt and his party Hamburg-Ame ship Admiral & and hot tris the R and sti Admiral orite § lown and along of East Afr Mombasa oast due at party On bh Rooseve the to L nd remalr during the rains the Rooses its that 1" will ympiets is expected expedition the d of next year April 1, 1910 trit ark through ontinent in t} spring about FEELS STEEL IN HIS ARN Has Worked Up and Down From EI boy to Wrist Seven Years Hazleton, Pa, March 23 —A plece steel that entered the arm of Hen Noss, of Berwick, In 1902, while } was at work, has not been remove and he can feel it work up and dow: the limb from the eblow to the wrist It does not cause him any pain, and as long as no serious results are lke to occur from the Injury he will un dergo no operation reaching C ¥ | more and RECENT DEATHS, Mrs. Freperick Powers:—died her home at Cedar Spring on 18. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Jacob and Edward. at Samuel Lerrzerri—died at his home at Lewisburg, Monday 15. aged 78 years, of heart failure, He was a_broth er.of P. P, Leitzell, of Millheim, Fun { | | | eral services were held at Sprucetown | Friday and interment was made in the Sprucetown cemetery, Tomazine 'T, Mirek: —died recently at the home of her friend, Anna Yar- nell, at Philadelphia. | Class History... She was born in | | Centre county, in 1841 and spent the | earlier part of her life in Bellefonte, but | her later years she has lived in Balti Philadelphia. She was a sis ter of Abram V, Miller. Mrs, Susan Bruncarp:—wife C, Bungay, died at her home at Altoona, t month and 15 days. She was twice married and is survived by her husband and two daughters, Misses Laura and Jennie Tibbins, both of Altoona, The remains were taken to Loganton, for interment, Mis. Joun Deisrer:—died suddenly on Friday evening at her home at Rote, Sugar valley, of heart disease, aged 6: years, She is survived by her husband, two sons and two daughters. Mrs Deibler spent her whole life in the neigh borhood where she died. Funeral took place on Monday forenoon. Rev. Rear ick, of the Lutheran church, of which deceased was a member, officiated and burial at Hill tery. Mes was made Cedar ceme Fannie Harrster :—died at the home of H. A. Elder, on the Branch, Tuesday morning, March gth, after a long illness from a complication of dis. eases, She was born in Tadpole over 73 years ago and was a daughter of Eman uel and Sophia Gates, pioneer settlers of that valley. Her husband, William Harpster, died over 30 years ago. Dur ing her widowhood she lived with her two children, James, of ings, and Mrs. il. A. Elder long member of the Luthe y active member Greenridge Presbyterian chu funeral was attended by H. C. Quigley of Bellefonte, and J. A. Quigley, of ve rch Miss Evra Swirkr .—formerly of Belle fonte, but for the last five years a resi. dent of Philadelphia, died at the Phila delphia hospital Friday evening at ¢ o'clock where she had been operated « 1 was f The deceased 1842, and for t ist 16 rine Swi mn n born in was er {Oo umors Bellefonte, Aug the Mrs Most and it laug leceased Bellef last few Catt now hter own ist Episcopal church one brother Edward, o a sister, Mrs Frank Eckel mains were brought to Bellefon Monday m« ng and were taken to th home of her brother, E« West gery » is survived Bellefonte Eckel, wife N.J]. There Crnssie of Camden " leaver street, w Ces were HUBLERSBURG Spring here and the farmers are on the move Prof. J. C. Bright an made a business trip to Axemann last Saturday D. N. McAuley returned an extended visit to Pitcairn Mrs. John Gentzel died suddenly Sat irday night of apoplexy ]. D. Miller in the throat, The ladies of the will bold a sewing y me of Rev. H. I. Crow, Thursday The school term is rapidly drawing tc close. The preparations for the High School commencement are well under head.way, The classaumbers ten this year ia the next to the largest that ever graduated here. The baccalaveate sermon will be preached to the graduat. ing class on Sunday morning, March 28, in the Reformed church fev Il. N Fleck will preach the sermon, assisted in the services by Rev. H. I. Crow On Tuesday night, March 30, the alumni of the High School will hold a reception for the graduating class. This will also be the occasion for organizing the alumm energet dD A. Deitr Bellefonte and » home {rom is on the sick list, a town and nity arty at the vil h (GARBRICK BROTHERS MACHINISTS OPPOSITE BIG SPRING WE put rubber tires on baby carts and carriages. WE sell the Etters easy running force pump WE sell boiler tubes; us before buying, call and see WE do boiler work WE repair and mowers, WE sell gasoline and steam en gines—new and second hand. WE sell the Raycycle bicycle WE manufacture the ‘Little Gi- ant” test pump, sharpen lawn BELLEFONTE. PA. WE WE WE WE sell bicycle sundries manufacture smoke stacks, sell stack iron and boiler plate, have on hand good second hand lawn mowers, WE do machine work of all kinds WE have new and second hand pulleys, hangers, pillar blocks and shafting, WE have in stock and sell Edison Batteries, BRAZING A SPECIALTY ———————— GIVE US A CALL. BOTH PHONES. | Address L. | riday morning of cancer aged 35 years, | I H. Grove, Auct LL which consists of about forty graduates, | The commencement exercises will be held on Wednesday evening, March 31, in the town hall; the hall has lately been papered, which has greatly improved its | appearance, Gen, |. A. Beaver will be the prin ipal speaker of the evening; Smith's orchestra of Bellefonte will furnish the music Following is the pro- gram in full Invocation Salutatory~""Vineit qui Rev Vinel Ezra D. Rathmel) Mary Allison I. N Fleck i Oration~""8e¢lf Improvement” ; Beulah Klinefelter Oration—"Success or Failure Ross Rumberger Oration=' The Power of Effort, | Nellie Rumberger Jasper Johnson Gen, James A, Beaver Blanche Hoy Rosalie MoCormick Wealth Sancta Dorman Yesterday and To- Earl 8. Orr | Prof, D. O, Etters Rev. IL. N. Fleck Program will be in rspersed with music Prof. J. C. Bright will conduct an eight weeks' summer normal in our town, beginning Monday, April sth; all who desire to take advantage of this opportunity to make up for lost time or prepare for college and teaching, should notify Prof. Bright, The High School entrance examination will be held Hublersburg, Saturday beg 27, begin JAR, 1M, Class Will Class Prophecy Presentation Oration Oration—"The Craze for Valedictory Oration morrow Presentation of Diplomas Benediction at The find the Harpster, in ing he 148th will Captain John H. mn, interest letter ( N ry i reading reading. P! BLIC SALE VALUAI} ILER riue of an rder an’'s Court of Centre cou Estate of Georg Ferguson townshiy nin, deceased, the ¥y Lhe sal Cori y yaer 1 the doe ' ’ plan the date Yetferre W. HARRISON WALKER Trustee of George Cronemiller, dec'd New linen collars, TheBazaar CRIDER'S EXCHANGE. ‘We will show you on Friday: 6s worth Bo 7% worth 1.00 8 10 12 and 19¢ Bto 25 25 white spreads at 25 white spreads at India linen ......,. Check & striped muslin. , Jeantiful line emb waists elt and ruffs, ! ’ | Hill and Fruit loom 4-4 Bleached mus- lings Hamburgs & Laces big variety, Childrens Misses & great bargains, Ladies underwear Hoisery in black & tan childrens, ladies & mens. Mens fancy shirts 39 worth so - 13 " are , " Mens linen collar dozen .75 10 1.35% Few only left of those dress skirts at 1 48 Trini 1.49 1.69 & Full line of notions cheap. & bution Misses shoes in button lace 1.00 & and lace 1 & 1.15 & the new styles 2 Ladies "shoes in all 25 75, 98 1.25 1.45 & 1.95 ody at Rock Bottom, J.S. GILLIAM, Prop Crider’'s Exchange BELLEFONTE O~-0~O= When About to Purchase ig : The Genuine Oliver Chilled THE POTTER-HOY HARDWARE CoO, Beezer’s Meat Market IGH ST.. BELLEFONTE, PA we keep Dobe but Lhe best quality of HEE} PORK, MUTTON. SLICED BAM All kinds of Smoked Meat. Pork Sausage, etc i YOU wants nice J | : Sal oo tnt a a MACKER’S OPENING + LA Saas o/s 4 yy MACKER WILI onery, Fru l Corner of Confecti t's ERIES » be o CIGARS AN it & Produce Store FRESH 8 1 hh LJ of AN UP DATE N Stone Building ANDY, FRUITS AND m band. Also a nice line of FINE D TOBACCO Both Phones aaa s dt ot to oh ed SEPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPS { W. H. MACKER, Prop’. * 35583502255 S250 0880004 Bellefonte it hh 4 Shoe oe "ee Store BELLEFONTE, PA. This will be une of the 1909 impor fonte for It means an entire Entirely New Equipment tant mercantile events ly new location, with an and an entirely new line of goods, ery want in the line of footwear, inspection on Saturday, March 20th complete and varied, to meet ev which will be opened up for your prove a rare ireat to all careful We carry all grades agd qualit store, and with a repair departmen YOU ARE CORDIALLY IN See some munity of the choice Remember the place, in t HENRY KLINE, Prop. : & Much care and attention has been given to the selection of the stock, and the management are confident that the opening display will HIGH-CLASS Footwear and the best values that money can buy and Children, in Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, etc, as kept by a first-class lines "that JENKINS BUILDING, HIGH STREET Kline's New Shoe Store buyers who know and appreciate y for Men, Women, Misses, Boys t connected VITED to attend this opening 1 be introducedfin this com — EL. he ; LH EE ER HE EEE EEE DE EE 23 EE 301823 383301 BELLEFONTE, PA. 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