he Centre Democral. Cirgulay A Over 5600—Largest in Centre County. : BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 1911 Vol. 34. No. 41 ————— mg FACTS ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE. CANDIDATES’ EXPENSED, |. TWOSYOUTHFUL OFFENDERS, THAT HIGH STREET BRIDGE. What the Various Politicians Spent | Harvey Tressler and Harry Barner How The Public Was Deceived---Promises Were Not or ore tie Brimaries. ct ani: i ag ivi Store. +. A Few Things Not Generally Known--Ignored a Home Kept---An Expensive Blunder---An Awful i : teme 0 es In - | ve be post v; gr a ' Industry.--Men Deprived of Work --Paid Debt Confronts Tax Payers. un lidates at 1 he “primaries in this | once th Ko e opportunity, an on An Emormous Price thelr account of : have tem In the last issue of the Centre Democrat six facts were clearly p nte ized é Amour \ deta while oth to the taxpayers of Centre county relative to the repairing of the ‘ou ‘ g on A 1m Some They are facts that can not be successfully refuted, because they werd en | candidates, who 8 ed to be working ne Policen from public records, that are a« sible to all who may be Interested, ! repors na He usey teat Ao Ever : wr} a " y . hat. wan H. 1 : he DIO. : i " dah ’ wy ’ i ye H ! ) : may seek information. Further, \ facts are still fresh in the mind i vontean bil Hap etor of Bellefont (ds id atid " “ Ya Phrena ¢ the plagt public as they are not of ancient te, b are matters mt transpired he to lack © iniforn n a Shes £1 611 16 in a mri bv ‘ anRA was scattered pil of ire ind steel the raw mater) oc) { in his bus- ground, open, invited, since the spring of 1909, when the agit ? 8 begun for the repa . bo coms tainly ed " ; ' wa and } : Ds why Soph od Centre County Court House Thos ididates whe e no ing . vithir | ‘ f and From the financial statement made by Commissioners Woodring and Zim t nt merman, and filed in the Prothonotary's office in June, 1308, we quote again ' Hip ay ally was a revelation to alize tl v } h an important ine FACT NO, 1:—“The present actual indebtedness of the county (July at hich y ey were p Yates in this. col o " be» at wo had A fnportan J Be 1909) is $54,350. To offset this there is over $29,000 due the county in taxes fore Funth H n own ( r hea : 3 Rl Sym £ ig Playient, 5 Ww Boh nas ” to. 4 . Hy and tax liens. not required to te mount | robbing, Ti bridge FACT NO. 2:—“The expense for additions and improvements to the Sheriff- Den : Hnrary 3 opened firs ; A thet : . y ris Court Housa is estimated at $60,000.” Art B. 1.4 hi ipp! g | the window e rear of tl re r Inquls as to wh was d ning, he showed us that he had "nn gd near eration } | ’ \ 1 r tore and too t) ¢ the ah A A : " vol Ad me ! J ranton, FACT NO. 3:—“The amount of debt to be incurred by funding present } $5 : wring ing a be indebtedness, and for alterations, additions, and improvements to the coun- ( ty buildings is $100,000.” Knisely, no From the annug! financial statement, of Centre County, Issued March 17 Prothonotary round to 1911, we quote 1 e.. C. 1 Hoffer atrest ‘and FACT NO. 4:—“Commissioners statement of entire cost of repairs to ! Fi Diel $7.4 3 WILIrock | how much Court House” to that date:-—"$122,052.56." a SS : ihout $H.8E, From the Souvenir book issued by the Commissioners May 10t} , We Treasurer A “% \ pia | amount quote for Fact &: it elard a Ry - Com Mr. Gillen FACT NO. 5:—“The new and remodeled court-houss therefore will : ohm § ’ r+ Joslah'l1 mord aan cost the county sixty-two hundred dollars per year for thirty years, four ‘ritchar $22 tobt ), M ar, le Bs the a s thousand dollars for the annual interest and twenty-two hundred dollars than § VIVE for the annual sinking fund payments.” J 3 } From these facts there can be no d 1 f v That the Commissioners guaranteed the vers not to spend over $60,- 000 in repairing the building; instead, they u Jar , 1811, pald out $1 HW for this purpose, and the bullding then was f m completion vor dos Recorder this $122,000 include the ostly interior irnishing in the Librar I tate el room, District Attor s offices, ete, where elabora mahogany fur rare and expensive oriental rugs were placed, costh ny thousands al, making the npleted bulldir ost nearer $1 } than $60,000 ised the put ash regist over for WOT kK i sional H. " Commissioner That to this $13 the count n Jun 000 bonds, payable vided floating indel i I taxpayers ditional present fle That hen they te { indebtness “will not in any way affect the tax rate’ thev certainly are nderrating t} x1 lating their selemn pledge Ie repairs to the | 1dir now ing statements Coroner HOW PUBLIC AS DECEIVED, i LE The Ck crat publicly annour 1 in June W) propositi Auditor 8 absol All sensible pl a ‘ y th point The first de } taken was a meeting t} ome of 0 ry wi ' tat _ ("tement § R ug frtu nd haar . n . y Wi ! ‘ thi 4 wt Font ri y 2&4 A The 1 was attend r thar 5 YY 6X- of the county officials and member of » bar After mature di ssion, Surveyor er H. Wetzel, loss | with Voor ouths wl 1, penses are ght # ca ure good non-union 1 ‘ } for less t) sentiment of those present was unanimous that repairs were necessary, and than $66 Hep ravi J letcher ! he bed win in large factories; because I would not have needed to ship my finished Sram should be made in a substantial manner. Carefully prepared plans were sub- | DO statement i w— sn—— by rail to Bellefonte, because mysel! and workmen live here in Bellefonte, and mitted from the Philadelphia architects. At this meeting it wa positively an | ad andidajoes jan lians = SXDAT were | PAME FROM CLEARPIELD we would not have had travel'ng rxpenses and board hills and adher ex - y nounced th t the rebuilding would cost about $45,000, anti that the architects Py de #4 wrod io oo” BO al | delays; because T wor py papsive who are financially responsible, would GIVE A BOND GUARANTEEING THE |_| Ee soni © A Slate: | Josiah Pritchard a Resident of Cen. | exper ver t ENTIRE COST NOT TO EXCEED $650000. This assurance from those who | tre County Only 8 Years eo 3 Be any we a raph bak . . spoke in behalf of the Commissioners, is what induced those pre ' ' PENITENTIARY COMMISSION There a n ch d atisfaction or | girders r the sateh fatto sh. may fad " a . ¢ trusses and dorse the proposition. In ore to insure the accuracy of thi atement ‘ hs publisher in the past week Interviewed several prominent attorns resent at | Visited Bellefonte on Wednesday to this meeting and a positively. recalled t the was abs given Inspect McBrides Gap Location, that an indemnifyir bond w w given he architects for ar ymount The { vins ere of the cor the repairs would ex ! the Centre Democrat id have superintended the work myself and not needed an Judge Orvis’ home "On Saturday & Harris, the Phil for the proposed né 4 The nty 4 - n “ ‘ ‘aml A ts . OWS . Foarit ‘ t « ere R . gy Ana a4 . y a & of the irt house, and the architects have guaran rent the re ty Tras ! , ( . DY dd Cants withdre 2 AROther Moment M “ C Ne | wh, we teed that they can be made for so much money. Bids w be received fron eslsning local contractors, and nothing would please the commissioner price for the nodelir give the contract te of them. but if their estimates as fol- owt dh ‘ nie with eNE pract t a star st} The - price, they will have ‘ ¢ next ing. gi hard doe . " ‘hd . a The si \ “ . ery 1 who are willing to come within t equired limit th § & Fores — ' " ar alius » him &% a like ) "> ) will attempt to N. a4 ‘usirs meter hunts rs el ners bund { men & In the same article he ntre Democrat or . pi np ] | IrOUn flor 1 . . as \ ul ire he republican . ' ar r strious, 1 1 the yu house } A N bre . 1 4 . wit _— remodel the court hous » cost of $60.000 1 - Bak i : a Det in ordes at there may be with hur far # at home : nfortunate t of work absolute goarantee t} it would not he any mors " nmi 1 went rn Phos toga : ne oust In ter this week a | 8h ’ "> ahead pell-mell, ane "oman : ell eme . ‘ } wl : ) et $4 hy As \ vf search was made if the As use are They never secured e Indemnifying bone . acts nd when do tion In Nit 5 / : ” us records ir ‘omn fon Ml bu mt 3 Xt 3 - 800 nt . po ‘ ‘ h . . oH our people found that Commissioners Woodring d Zimmern no ly | Brides Gap. 17 wen into ever ps ¢, which should 4 Hel) ounty. at an unn YOO x thee Sawn R , ; a , spent the promised $60,000 1 hat there is now n demnifying be | « | detail regarding : water sup " ha aie] Shad te _ J ra ising Centre , t 3 " ra } vitchard's res 4 PM ecord ¢ ! st ‘ - istence from the architects, and that there is $75,000 additions ¥ ply bullding materia limestone A "a 1 " a pity r si ploy me ' mie " ht 4 . f : em Pi RAN o ahov 8 follow ul Hab LAL : La and ¥ rir r ar um In the face of these facts can anyone say that these commissioners kept !rAnsportation neil ( Mr ble he ' : Hagan of Pitsburg was invited to be In 1902, Josiah Pritchard was as- , h ' aK n are sweeph rom the ! remind all She 313d so carefully and deliberately made to the taxpayers of Centre present to explain e trolley propost. | sessed for some property, and his leg- that & sev nt a alt xakacas thon and assured them that In & very | 8! residence is given on the acsessor's Thus the n raised LX 4 nt t of Cohtre GoW 't this One calculation shows that | these ¢ been iasued In on num- | brief time, if the loos n was selected. | books as a citizen of “DECATUR | where it is sadly needed : : : h others, to help | ber to be retired annually, in 30 years on d ¥ coul ve ’ a | we trolly line woul be rushed t TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUN- | slsewhere. to give other labor emt ent wher A N fairness 3 the taxpayers, over the present method of payir 4 . v 1o1 \ ompletion and put in operation TY: PA” it should have remained here in Be . rh Af : decency Again If $2200 is pald and compounded annually o1 ‘4 0 ves While Mr. Francies has been here a 1802 Josiah Pritchar ecame a! dustry and given local WOrKIMNR ai new ine it would yield over $1258000, or save $28,000. Even at ? } fo mber of times this is t fir ! { Philipsburg borough, this | g.¢ they might support their tami) ' ! nd respecta) ow i deposits, it would have yielded $108,000, or $5,000 more than the present rate H , on Y a gh a ry p : a ; § he has Th N yi ant In all fairness is such cond ot : bi pr wo Sn No effort was made to float this loan In Centre county with its dozen or the soled tion of a MoH ation will lon ’ ut a, mask : on be settled During the afternoo s nreference and recognition for the Since the above wa written It rd at the Prothonotary's office showed taxpayers, who pay this $186,000 in thirty years, were not Invites invest In the commission was In session at \ best paying office in this count) that the report of the viewers on this bridge has not beer onfirmed absolute® these gilt-edged securities, but it peddied to the citle ne reason Brockerhoff House, gathering all ) deserving Republicans who have | by the court. Nothing is on record to that effect Ey for doing so is variously surmised by pe acquainted with financial mat avallable data possible ’ n the county all their lives One of the wo 3 y ters. While all these transactions were going on, our commissioners, Hike Inno They have gtven out no ir formation and thelr ancestors for many gener " : ; oods” contentedls , . > ahs te wa to anyons thus far, and for that | ations more. and who have heen sul Sant bird To na ‘ a in an on alka "ie \ Hd ay reason predictions are only idle specu- | stantial citizens and heavy taxpayers that in a few days work would be commenced and rushed to completion. The it, 1 gE reg ( » much trust in those accepted as confi- | ution all those Years clerks in the Commissioner's office examined the minutes of the dally proceed. dential advisors A number of citizens from Pennsval- | ings, and reported nothing on record regarding awarding a contract for th Another item, as the bonds and sinking funds draw Interest for 30 years, ley were in Bellefonte on Wednesday | Alexandria Pastor Resigns. High street bridge. Some councilmen were seen and no definite answer cot _ both are sald to be subject to a 4-mill state tax annually, which in that time | afternoon and were In consultation Following the close of the regular | be secured, although a special session of council was held during fair walk would mean $12,000 and $6,000 state tax or $15,000 to be added to $186,000 or | WIth the commission, which indicates preaching service In the Presbyterian | about Oct, 4th $204,000 as the met cost of the $100.000 bonds. The Gazette, sald recently it | that notwithstanding the opposition of | cp upey, at Alexandria on Sunday EXPLANATIONS ARE NOW IN ORDER! was “one of the shrewdest and most economical deals aver accomplished hy the singe in Jranhavailey. wry oth: | morning Rev. William Stewart, pas- g any board of County Commissioners In this or any other sate” but facts the Tatton iy th Bi. ow $08 ed She shurelh sailed hia fuck 5 | eem— on’ » om vd co on rum ' re sal 1 . gether and offered vie resignation n a Ray a MMon rumor now refers to the deal as having a taint foing so Rev. Stewart took occasion | WOES OF A NEWSPAPER OFFICE.| Judges Are Men It neither was shrewd or economical. From every aspect it was a blunder i Political Cards Came Down. to score a part of his congregation, | Na ironutmtly. Fe ; pe, hat courts are not entirely above ’ Almost a wagon load of political | which for a time has been maintain. requently receive letters that criticism was the opinion of the late and the people must pay dearly for the stupidity of our commissioners for al- | cards be aring the portraits and names | ing that his pe riod of usefulness 8 | are worse than puzzles, Carelessness Senator George | Hoar of Massa- lowing themselves to be even a party to this suspicious deal of defented candidates for county past Rev Etewart sald “Now | chusetts, who, while a member of the nominations were removed from dif | will resign in order to make way for house of representatives In 1876, sald ferent places In the town last week. | a younger man, A small part of the the marvelous. We here refur to only My own public life has been a very AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. | got a dirty deal, his many friends win | The cards of the successful nominees | more tashibnable set have been harp- (a few recent Incidents: Last week (brief and insignificant one, extending are still In their places Lewisburg | ing at me for some time to make this | wo received four letters asking for a | VOY little beyond the duration of a Journal move, and It Is up to the cCONgrega- | change In address without a syllable | ¥ngle term of senatorial oMoe, But The Bellefonte Clivie Club could ex- | tion as a whole, whether 1 continue | oo to where the paper had been golag in that brief period 1 have seen five : pend some of its surplus energy to as your patsor” No definite action | ¢ snd to get out we will have 1 judges of a high court of the United appear on the official ballot, In addi Hospital Notes good advantage in like manner in this | was taken on the minister's resigna- | 410 into ever 5000 names, and then | States driven from office by threats it So Shoss, nominated a th Facant n Amit rsor Hrastmente Jults Fore community Hot . Suna) : . : oft fall, because of similarity of some of Imp achment for corruption or fi " ! ‘ y , : r Stewart has been the maladministration. 1 have seen In the that of Reuben T. Come of Union Operations—Mra, Marjorie Harding, . faithful pastor of the Presbyterian state of the union foremost in power township, for the office of county treas Tyrone: Lulu Spicer, Pleasant View When you are thinking of job print and wealth four judges of hef COurts urer, under the “Independent Party.” Russell Wallace, aged 5 years, Milos ing come to the Centre Democrat, impeached for corruption” For that reason his name will be print burg: George EF. Doyd, student st State time justriesa A eal between man and man? more of solid banking Institutions and millions of deposits. Centre county County Commissioners informed us, nevertheless, that the cone tract had been awarded to the York Bridge Company, for $7641 sometime ago: : on the part of some writers runs Int now stand with him, as he defies such Tuesday was the | day for fling an organization, petitions to have nr of candidates names upon the Democrat's list A short time ago we received a letter | congregation at Alexandria the past with one dollar on subscription but no sixteen years name of the remitter. Last week we | ed on the ballot, and from all appear | College, injured while playing foot| WIth 5,500 circulation The Centre | Round Table Meeting at State College. | M22 four letters requesting a shange ui | a ances he will be a real live candidate ball Democrat in the best advertising me A round-table conference on Indus address, without . mentioning whars Our Discovery. Mr. Comley insists that the republicar Twenty-five patients now in the hos. | dium In Centre county {trial training in the public schools the paper was going to previously Mra. Hutchins, of Washington, de organization cast its Influence toward pital i will meet at State Colles. tomorrow Then again last week we received 8 clares that it is Impossible to live up- Josiah Pritchard, of Philipsburg, which Falling as he was descending the | and Saturday, with representatives nate whl if Sotitana nothing more (on leas than $67.50 a day. That may if correct, was not a square deal, and Gets Letter After 47 Years. basement steps at the Plckering Ho- | from among the superintendents and mn what follows be true, but many have discovered It Mr. Comley takes this method of filing | John Nadden, of Tonawanda, who | tel, Henry Getchen, a resident if Jer. | principals of the schools of central “Chas, R. Kurtz: will you send my to be quite possible to exist on cen. & positive protest | was a member of the Third Pennsyl- | sey Shore. fell on Friday and received | Pennsylvania. Charles Lose, of Wil. | paper to Henore, I came back to stay, siderably less than that amount per In all primary campaigns, the county | vania heavy artillery during the Civil | injuries from which he died. Gechen Hamsport, will report for the commit. I am not well” | any chairman and the party organization | War, has just received a letter which | entered the hotel about noon and af- | tee recently named to recommend No postoffice and no signature. A should play no favorites, or set up any | he wrote to his wife while stationed ter speaking to one or two persons form of school records and reports, safe rule is to read over every letter You get the most news In the Cen slates, That Is unfalr and unjust, and | at Fortress Monroe forty-seven years started for the bassment. As he was The school code provides for Indus- | before Inclosing It In an envelope to | ire Democrat if Mr. Quigley gave Comley a lemon, | ago. Where the letter has been all Faescending the stone steps from the trial, manual training and agricul | gee If what you have written Is what ———————————————— as is possible and quite probable, we | these years he does not know. In the | first floor he slipped and fall to the | ture schools and the meeting will dis- | you intend to say and the receiver A Jersey Bhore bride says she Is do not blame Mr, Comley at this time | letter he urgently requests his wife | bottom, landing head first on the | cuss the best methods of carry out | will clearly understand what you glad she's married, because now she for throwing it back. If Mr. Comley | to get him a pair of pants | nara coment floor its provisions, | wished to tell him, N [ean eat all the onlons she wants, i A
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