Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-03-28
Death OF George w. Smith.

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community died Tuesday evening
March 10. The cause of death be-
ing brights disease although he suf-
fered complication of diseases for
twelve long weeks untR death
relieved him. Mr.. Smith was
born in Carlisle January s. 1910.
being 81 years 2 months and II
days. He was a son of Jacob and
Mary Anna Smith. On March "a,
1864 he was married to Emma l..
Lisson in the Episcopal church at
Muncy. After a short residence at
at Hughesville they settled on a
farm near EaglesMere where he
resided at his death. Mrs. Smith S
death having occurred about two
years ago. The following children
survive: George r., Henry, Edw.
L., Mrs. Philip Houseknecht; Mrs.
Monroe Bennett; and Walter C..
also one brother and five sisters
and twenty-one grand children.
The four sons and Mr.. House
knecht and Mr.. Bennett acted as
pail bearers. The services were con-
lucted from the EaglesMere Bap-
list church by Rev. A. G. A. Bux-
ton p. III. ID. who was accompanied
by five of the vested choir of La
porte. Interment in the Eagles
Mere Cemetery.
The first warm days of spring bring
with them desire to get out and en-
Joy the eeXhilarating air and sunshine
Children that have been housed up
III winter are brought out and you
wonder where they all came from.
Fhe heavy winter clothing is thrown
aside aud many shed their flannels.
fhen a cold wave comes and people
say that grip is epidemic. Colds at
this season are even more dangerous
than in midwinter, as there is much
ianger of pneumonia.
The House Committee on Educa-
ton reported with an Affirmative rec
ommendation the bill introduced by
Representative IIadgood, which pro-
vides new method for the distri-
button of the school appropriation.
Hereafter one-fourth, of the amount
is to be distributed Jon the basis Of
the number of children between -iX
and sixteen years of age; one-fourth
on the number of paid teachers reg
ularly employed, and the remaining
one-half upon the basis of the com
parative rate of valuation and tax
levy.
The bill is designed to favor the
districts which assess property at it,
full value and levy the highest rae
If tax. Thirty-one townships levy
the maximum tax Q3 mills for main
tenance) allowed by law and yet can
not keep their schools in operation
during the minimum term of seven
months.
Two hundred and fifty nine dis
tricts levy a school tax of l3 mills,
and 23S other districts levy a tax for
school purposes at the rate of ten
mills or more. In 1895 the rate of
State appropriations per pupil was
50. II; in 1905 it had sunk to Si30
by the increase of school population
md the amounts taken out for com
mon schools.
Under the proposed appropriation
of thirteen millions the rate per pupil
will be $I.S9, or twenty five cents
less than in 1895.
To help the districts which have
taxed themselves to the limit, there
should, it is contended, be either an
increase of the school appropriation
to fifteen millions, or different
mAthod of distributing the appropri-
alton. All the districts in the State
have been using their State money
for school purposes, with the eXcep-
ton Of Philaden hia, which has the
State school appropriation in the city
treasury.
While amusing herself with a
bottle last week Hazel, the two year
old daughter of John G. Marsey, of
Hugesville, without the knowledge