The Cen tion Over 5,600 AN I ORTANT “TELEPHONE MERGER AMERICAN UNION ABSORBED BY A NEW COMPANY Largest in IT COVERS A WIDER TERRITORY | Sold to a New York Company-—Forms Strong Competitor of the Bell—Gives a Wider Service—Grew from the old Commercial System American Union Telephone com pany, which controls Mm independent telephone state outside of Philade territory of the Pitts purchased by new Telephone Yorl was omop York COMpar tic all the tl been ental ompany, O03 nlly in and has business Iphia or New enable territornr Delawa Virgins wl state FLAG RAISING. A Patriotic Demonstration Schoo! at Hannah, : ut ten minutes, pole; which was given by Mr when Glory air hand and “Old forty «five sot In the willing raisead teacher, La ¢ ths gtrains and After ., Taylor Gets Road Contract » v 34 | yg 1 r » For Charity’s Sake The entertainment to the Elks, In Gar Friday and irday « ning ises to bo an unusually fair While it Is called the County F it will contain amusing features that will bx entertain all It entirel by talent which will make it all the interesting. as there will be dance of local isms and roasts It the that is the for gO The the mans oj ise, on Hat prom interesting af- alr many to local sure is ab an in with beautif he ind will worth first money, jcement to you next the more will be in important, proceeds entirely to charity--not one penny to used by the Elks for their organization Fund will be divided between the Belle- fonte Hospital and deserving poor of the town. Have you done anything for charity recently? If not now in the time to invest be Fire at Milesburg. On Baturday morning the residence of Frank Wallace, at Milesburg, eatight fire from a spark from the chimney It started on the roof of the kitchen and had a pretty falr start before be ing discovered by several hunters who were passing the house at the time. An alarm was given and in a few min- utes afterwards a bucket brigade was formed which succeeded in extinguish. ing the flames before any great dam. age had been done, ~Willlam Chamberlain, Esq. of Milton, spent Bunday in Bellefonte as the guebt of his sister, Mrs, A. O. Furst, on Linn street. i tive { wildering the Andy i gay - MSA swong in place by many ! unable to wus | Ww Centre | more | il | | Harmon vp 1h as | i devoted | ia story | , 44. tre County. STATE SCRUBS, 47; B. H. 8. ned bh} the Ball team in the ning by lori This considering the little Friday ium, t's Beas M. \ strong bad or EY Minas ig to State Scrubs beginning merit of Our sturdy won the is not the rela am Hartranft, visiting ts captain, and chose to defend south basket For twenty minutes the spectators were thrilled by beautiful field goals by both teams. The half ending with State, a few points in the lead Our crack Beezer and Hartranft, everywhere, be guards greatly the laba toss forwi were thus opposing Hartswick pwmyed admirably Ho also kept up their tion by blocking thus keeping the scor had all kinds of lucl ment of the game second half Bellefonte centre igh past reputa- he shot while sition Weston many DISCOVERED IN TIME was Raging in Mrs, Hibler's Home, Sunday Morning | bee H ible the nae that ang her w 0 Ome ame = ray so kl and Ad for } Harmon Next Democratic Choice. Former Rn Bn North Carolina recent Intervie at Richmond, Va, sald “Juda mon ernor of Ohio, will next Presidential Democratic party, Everywhere 1 Govern Glenn, of in wr n nm Har be the of the judgment I have found candidate Gov nominee in my have been the leading party opinion ne and Hunting the Grizzly. On page 7 in this Issue ontitied of will be Hunting the th best lore hy Democrat. It is bound to please time to carefully found Giriznly stories ever Roosevelt, and It every subscriber This written by Theo should be read of the Centre thing that will take aver, IR One is some. all who look It “Credits Given. If you sent us any money during the past month of November, In payment of subscription, you will find that cred. it was given by a change of the date on your label this week. Look at It now, and in case of an error please no- tify us at once, stating plainly the amount sent and the error. Hat Factory Burned. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the West Branch hat and eap face tory at Northumberland on Saturday. The factory was the town's main in. dustry, employing 100 men. The loss is placed at $100,900, - AUTOMOBILES ARE ONLY AN the! stair- | wi inj C BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, GOOD ROADS A COMMON NECESSITY, IN- CIDENT GOOD ROADS COST THE LEAST The Grange Should Advocate the Im- provement of our Highways—The Automobile Heavily Taxed--Must Pay More This Year. At a Grange ype 11 } a4 pu ' series d In ref roads Thes he chances oY much comfort ally when den CRE pre expense the st the ats sly for greater ortion of What the nt desires the Automobile Cl to with they have intelligence ub of Centre is not supervisors,” be much respect fo these officialn intimation as hasty both accomplish intrigue “we too of Aan | the | they and deem such unjust. and a reflection ib and the upon officials concerned subject of more seriously considered than The government at Washing. is devoting and study to has an important de conducted for this special and In been expended highways, It is a live topic that en- lists the best thought-<it will not down, even if there Is prejudice in some sec. tions The automobile clubs, and other leading citizens, are cooperating with Road Bupervisors, and have effected a permanent organization in our county The purpose In to meet and discuss the . Wa Roa todas ton time top mir sate partment ds Purpose | have in good shape at the lowest possible cont. They want to learn from asso. ciation and discussion. They want to avold former errors and profit from their best experience. The automobil- ists want the tax payers of Centre county to know that “the best roads cost the least” and as proof, urge a trip through either Harris or Fergu- son townships, where they have prac tical ideas, a definite purpose, and a determination to adopt modern meth. : “Good | the | recent years millions | in improving our | best methods of maintaining our roads | Democrat. 18080, ven thous } TT r Critic a n | re accompt at the genera maintained It the son bx 8 no irdly is of hav ulty principles; 3 he d away 5 ry average thought ht! s a frigh an ol ion tl Centre for and ag A been resu sea visor give to proper drainage ul waste, becal troughs for “breakers” cripy 186 onstruct water dr and the thelr Lo le elous ruin and teams It nr of Associa sappear tagon Centre bearing GRANGE RESOLUTIONS Cc a of Centre Grange. a Meeting ty Pomona our emphatic pr i {lev oounty oevmies : 4 IGT vid oy pr . est oe ship re sUpeTY onloving into nh ) ot mit GAM STATE WON Gone to Florida. Hartsock, « Julian for Bt. Cloud, Florida look the country if It pure there already WwW. A Monday | he i full and iy left where inst w over oar viting will to loca Julian proves Ir hase with a view W. B. Willams, of there and Mr. Hartsock will Join him, in this way they will be good company and can cheer each other { as they think of the “flesh pots” of upper Bald Eagle valley | make ting in in the Prize for Bellefonte Instructor. The results of an essay contest on | economic subjects participated In by { college men all oer the countryy, were announced on Thursday, 256th, the first prise of 3600 going to Frank H Streightofy, in the Bellefonte Academy, for a paper | entieled “The Standard hi, Living, Budgets of American Families” or Abe Lazy's End. A few weeks ago the Democrat gave a brief sketch of Abe Lazy, the origl- nal tgpmp. We notice In an exchange the final end of Abe, thus: “He dled twelve years ago In the Harrisburg asylum, being a charge of Delaware township, Juniata county, His body was sent to Philadelphia where It was dissected In a medion! collegn.” town. per unit at the i county instructor of mathematios Workingmen's 18 £0 kn ore soos | ANNUAL CROP REPORT ENORMOUS YIELD EXCEEDS THAT OF ANY FORMER YEAR THE BASIS OF ALL PROSPERITY Pays Off Mortgages and Makes Better Homes—~The Farmer a Citizen of The World—Value Double Ten Years—S8taggering Figures. FARM in the fa : Crops i ER alive farm »t a 1 than all commoditide h ve Inore Witt di ie LL TOR], the wh fe, niwo SCRA trade Cotton Lead Wheat nds of r The production of all cere ed Is 4.711.000.0000 considerably greater than that for any other 1908 It exceeds the Average prec five 6.5 per The 1606 never been Int is or 34 per cent AVErage This is the highest production for potatoes beet sugar Is combin bushels, an Year except of the cent ding a by value of ve all equaled ar cereals in a exactly the year of tobad all sugar, and rice; next has year in previous £2.000,000,000 almost above five-year oh, amount } , 82. No 47 TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE, ’ The sixty-third titute of Centre ln. in on une Oe 10~ ptiemen vene man s (rar Monday, Decemt OUT " PETA 0 Williamsport the High Sct . Hall wl of Mansfield f Deg nal of pail ol TEE arin of Prof a HOO Mairs, Slate Mag K. Barni ef te i 1 The Thagkse'ving d | arger than uscal for whieh | nected with the hospital are fren of St syst grateful Jon. erhool de. { eral Large Donations day pecepted ar >» Lives Lost. that wit} ason twent Various parts tw) players Stat show all thelr ntry yy istics the end of ths fio p "nl ni nine lavers lost lives In f the o who wenty were seriously injured Heved will die The minor i into the hundreds In 1908 thor thirteen fatalities against the year previous to the highest production for corn, oats | and all cereals Sentenced for Stealing. John Griffith and Samuel Cope, two young men who claimed Pittsburg as their homes, pleaded guilty court to stealing a kit of car penter's tools valued at twenty dol. lars, In Tyrone, and disposing of them in Johnstown. They were both sen- | tenced to pay a fine of $20 and under. prisonment of two years at separate and solitary confinement In the Western penitentiary. They evi dently didn't belong to the Capitol gang, if they had they would not have been rallroaded through so quick He Skipped. William ©. Lilley, who disappeared on Beptember 29 last, formerly treas. urer of nearly every fund of the pres. bytery of Pittsburg, left a shortage of $21,034.84 when he fled, according to the report of the auditors, in Blair | Sail For Europe. TT H Helmn of Oso prominent citizens, aoe ompanied by his only daughter, Miss Lenore, will sail Decomber 11 on an European tour, intending to spend a great part of the winter In Italy. Mr. Helms is 4 son- inlaw of former merchant Daniel Hess, late of Lindenhail, dec'd Hurt at Shooting Match. Prof. Pletcher, principal of the Bagleville schools, was struck on the head by a glancing bullet or a plece of stone at the shooting match on Thurs. day 25. The missile just glanced off Prof. Pletcher's head breaking the skin. Tha Professor won two turkeys Sudden Death of a Farmer. one a's most
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