Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-03-08

for such great aud good" paper to make, bu
do not see how II affects Ben, Exnlain your
self, Sam.
! S. That squb was no more intended for thC
Bellefonte Presbyterians than for the Sand
| wich Islanders. FritZy knows that lthey car
pay for' half n dozen tl0,OOO buildings and buy
out the great and good Reporter" besides
Ben was engaged all last summer, and very sue
ccsslully. In soliciting funds for the Millheinl
church. and Freddy must needs vent his spleen
at Ben and Mil lhcim In other forms than polit-
ical.
j, You may NJ more than half right, sam,
and honestly confess Hhdtc not seen such a
narrow-mnded, illlberal contracted and bigot-
cd little item Ia any paper this long time.
s. You rre right, boss. There Is not liberal
streak, however faint, In the tithe article but IL
" In exact harmony with the sentiments aud
practice OF the ilIustrous author. But what do
You think OF Freddy's position oh'the prohlbitOry
amendment?
J. Well, ho Is opposed 10 that. Sgltdre,y rs
see by the Reporter OF Feb. 18th. | have no
fault to tlnd with Kurtz for Opposing the IL
mendment, but don't like the Sneerlng style
in which he speaks OF the friends OF the maa-
sure. lie chuckles that Iii Is conceded on AL
sides that the amendment proposition Is killed"
OF which not everybody IS quite so sure as he
seems 10 be-and then he 'NUds further on: :
THE amendment dgitdtorS are In a Ccry an.
happy condition and hare fairly been caught
betlceen the decd and the deep sea-"
r. That reads exactly like the old "Schnr,us-
blair language.
s. Yes but here is quite : different specimen
of temperance literature. In the printed min
utes OF Central Penna Synod, which met In
Lewistown last September, and of which kurtz
was n member, on page e you can read the fol-
lowing: '.
Committee No. IS.-Tcnshcrnnce
WHEREAS, In view OF the widespread evils OF
intemperance, an eifOlt Is now being made 10
amend the Constitution OF THIS State 30 AS 10
forever prohibit the manufacture and safe Of In
loNicating liquors, except for scientific, me
Chancal and medicinal purposes therefore be it
ReSolred, That we heartily endorse the efforts
Of the PrOhibiti0nal amendment Society Ia have
this question submitted 10 vote Cf the people.
4. IL. SPANGLER,
i. kURTZ,
Adopted. S. 4. FURST.
J. Why that's consistency with vengeance.
S. No boss, II is double dealing and hypoc.
rIsy OF the basest Kind. But that's Frltzy for
you--ether IN politics or In morals.
j. sam You are very plain aud harsh; your
language borders on rudeneSS ..
S. Boss, you know generally take the near
cut. There is power aud force IN plain truth.
J. There Is yet one point, Mr. Reporter, Oh
which am anxious TO have little light. In the
RrDOrter OF Feb. lst, kurtZ intimatcs that Ben
wrote to Il Mr.. Rowell IN New York aud Inter
fered with the Rep0rtsrs business. Who is Nj
Rowell and what is there,in Kurtzs charge L?
The Re p0rter's statAnent Is so vague that can
make nothing definite out 'orit
r. The MessIS. (Sep.y'. ROwe.l& & Co., of New
York, publish thc- AMEkICAE NEWSPAPER Df-
RECToRY annually 1t contains list OF all the
newspapers and periodicals in the United States
and territories, the circulation or pretended
circulation Of each, the place where Published,
etc. There are number of similar works pub
lshed but the AMERICAN IS The acknowledged
standard.
j. Well?
Il. some timo in November Ben wrote 10 the
publishers. claiming higher rating of "crcp-
ialioE"-lrom * which means 500, to Xxi"
exceeding 500 The Rowells wrote back, stat
ing that they were n little particular in such
things and asked 10 be informed on what
grounds the JOURNAL claimed an increased rat
ing. Ben replied that he would furnish a COM
p!etc list OF subscribers verified on oath, II ne
cessary, and ut the same time drew attention TO
some ugly crookcdness ih the Reporters card,
as published in the DIRECTORY OF 1850. This Is
about the amount Of it.
j. 70 doubt the Rowels raped KurtE or
the kuucklcs, and that's what makes him mad
s. But when Fritzy said in his Reporter.
some two years ago, that the circulation OF your
paper was about 81, estimated by lceight, the
JOURNAL took the studied Insult in silence
II. AS we'll rs many other filings, before that
time and since.
}. What is the Reporters advertisement In
Rowells book for 1850, have you copy with
you?
II. Ycs-hero 1t is:
CENTRE HALL, Centre o.. s0o+ pop., on
Lcwisburg. Centre g. Tyrone Rd., and on turn
PIKE road tr"m Bellefonte TO Lewistown, 15m
y. w. of Harrisburg.
CENTRE REPORTER; Thursdays; DEM
ocratic; four pagesr size gsS44; subscription 81 !:
established 1865; Fred. KurtZ editor and pub
Usher; ;circulaliOn l. Official paper and largest
in The county.
j. What a strange mixture of truth and
ialsehood.
S. call It good specimen OF first class W..
ing. Why just look at it. Frtzy says that
Centre Hall has a population Of 500, while the
official census OF the same year makes it only
$50. Here he lies TO the extent OF over one hun
dr>d per cent and that without the slightest
preteXt or excuse. The Statement ION the J..
c. & Tyrone Rd." is equally false, for all know
that Spring Mills, six miles distant is the near.
est railroad point to Centre Hall.
r.. But Freddy's claim that the great and
good Reporttr" Is an Official paper Is Just 4
little too funny for anything. doubt whether
one other OF the thousands of local papers pub
lishcd in the United States would set up such a
pompous and ridiculous pretenslon.
j. That is simply too absurd to talk about
But why cannot newspaper men act honestly
in this mntterq am confde ut that such q po-
Icy would pay best I'm the long run.
II. Exactly SO. We have made It a rule from
the beginning not to misrcpresent the ''circula-
ton" Of the JOURNAL under any crcum stanc-
es. Our books and lists are open for the in
spection of advertisers aud patrons-of all who
come on business at any time,
s. jude, Is there not a rule OF evidence that
when witness is guilty Of falsehood on point
his entire statement is discreditcd e?
J. Yes, believe so. e.
s. Then nothing tlHt:Fritzy says about the
big circulation of the Reporter is fairly entitled
to credence.
Il. And what he says about the "circulu-
ton of Others to just as little.
j. Kurtz seems to be severely afflicted with
circulation" on the brain. Pfhc malady seems
ID affect his meagre veracity very materially
s. Yes, and all the advertisements he gets on
the strength OF Such statements as bn Duh1isbas