Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 November 1908 — Page 1

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THF WKATHER Fair tnnit'lit and Tuesday except showers or snow Hurries extreme north portion, niueli eohler with cold wave north portion.

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JHRE1TENED LIFE OF SON

/\I K SMIIIISON, WHO \ FEW \ i \i:s \<;o w \s i 01 \n t;t ii.oi \i\\si,\i <;im:ii v\n j;|5\ i ll \ TERM IN ritlNON, IS Ul l lllti: THF. M \V(lit ON \ Si IIIOFS < II AlMiF—IS FI N FI I S.-,» A N11 GIVEN till I! \YS IN .1 Alii.

WIFE TE^TIFYS AGAINST HIM

II.id I'.ccn to Grecncastle Saturday \llcrnooii and Hail Gone lloiu<‘ in >n Intoxicated Condition—l.oadcd Shot Gun and Ran His Family I'roin Their Home—\rrested Sunday Morninn.

Zack Smithson, who a few years i was sentenced to serve a term in ■ penitentiary for killing a man ii.<il Boswell in this county, was fore the mayor this morning and t cl $.->() and sentenced (o tin days jail, for threatening the life of his oi. Roy. Tile Smithsons live a iron t ; ile north of PutnamvlTle. Zack had been in Greeneastle Satiny and when he reached home he intoxicated and immediately rti cl in io raise a disturbance. His n, Roy, became exasperated at his i tier’s condition and told him that would not stand his actions much '!ii;er. This angered Zack and he nt l.i the smoke home m.l getting hell went back into H house and In olcii his gun. I he members of hi family believi'i that he would kill one of them in from the house, .lust a they - re leaving Mrs. Smith on looked h k and saw him lever the gun foil'd Roy. The family went to the of a neighbor, Christian Slia- ' i to spend the night. I'he hoys then came to town and ore out a wa i ant for I heir fat ti-

er's arrest. Marshal Reeves went to the home Sunday and arrested Zack. Tliis morning Mrs. Smithson and her sons, Roy and It os. appeared again I him. They testified that Zack had been drinking for several months and on several occasions had threatened their lives. This morning in court Zack cryed and bogged ids wife not to prosecute him. He- also implored the mayor to be easy with him, claiming that he had not threatened the life of his son. The mayor, however, assessed a heavy line and jail sentence. Saturday night as Zack started for the Monon train from the square lie fell in front of a carriage which Mrs. A icy Loekridge was driving. The Fuggy ran over the man’s foot but h- was not injured. Mrs. I.ockridge \.as in no way responsible for the accident as the man was intoxicated and simply fell in front of the buggy as Mrs. Loekridge started to drive across a crossing.

MUST NOT DESTROY BRIDGE trustee stoker enterta'KS

Hitch Contractor on Upper Eel River Is Resli'iiincil From Removing a

Railroad Structure.

4 S10,000.000 SUIT FILED

diaries \|. Schwab, Hie Steel King, Is Served With Papers in Sensational Case—lndiana|Mdis Man a defendant.

Charles M. Schwab, owner of Itethlaheiu Steel Company, today was served with the summons and complaint at hisi New York ottice, in a sensational suit brought in the New York Supremo Court to recover a ten million dollar mining property, known as the San Toy Silver and Lead Group. Walter It. and .lohn c. Wright. Frank Lewis, \rtemus N ll.idlev and W. G. Paxton, of Indianapolis. are among the defendant-

SUIT ON NOTE

The bank of Russellville lia filed suit against Morton G Donehow and Preston Wilson to collect on a note alleged to ho over due. The complaint states that the amount of the loan wa $sti and that the inleiv t has been paid up to last July. The note is now past due and th’e plaintiff demands judgment for $125.

Yon may depend upon this Shoe tore to show all the correct styles, a the best Shoes made, for all uses, ,

it all 11 Tiles.

You can count on linding Imre just Hie sort of Shoos, you’ll take pleasiieand satisfaction in wearing. Wc ; '•iie.ve that we have bettor Shoes' Hi.-iti you’ll find at most Shoe Stores, j Mutch t.liom, if you ran. Match the

hoe at Hie price, not tin prices, for ' fonlsville.

ices can he matched anywhere. We believe an Investigation will oriviino you that it will he profitihln for you to make this your Shoe

tore.

Entertains at <1 O’clock Hit Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Woody entertained a number of their friends at a six o'clock dinner Saturday. Tim decorations were pink and white, the table being decorated with a basket covered with smilax and filled with pink and white, carnations and ferns. Tlie guests were Hr. and Mrs. W. W. Tucker. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Swahlen. Dr. and Mrs. O. F. Overstreet, Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Toss, Mr. and Mr VanArsdel, and Miss Blanche Woody of Craw

MUCH LIKE PUTNAM

Are teachers enthusiastic? Well j had you been at the interurban station Saturday afternoon and had i seen the crowd that took the 6:42 car for the west, you would have decided that they are not always sad land serious. Tills was all caused by CASE M'. Sim Stoner, trustee

Judge Parr of the Lebanon Circuit Court spent a portion of Thanksgiving Day hearing the arguments on the motion to dissolve the restraining order in (he case of Win. D. I Tame el al. vs. David If. Shockley et al for public drain. Tf was his first case and was an Important one. The Ben-llur Traction Company had '“cured a temporary restraining order against M J. Hannawait, the intractor, who is dredging Hie Re] River drain, preventing him from interfering with the company's Ii ridge across the drain. The contractor ought to have Hits restraining order dissolved, while the traction compam desired to have it made permanent. The request for a special linding was withdrawn and Judge Purr rendered judgment for the petitlonei tijut the temporary restraining order he made permanent. The Hen-llur Traction Company was represented by Whittington ft Williams of this city, while Attornl ‘>- Ter ii n im a- Higgins of Lebanon appeared for the defense. The contractor wu; restrained by an order of court is ued by Judge Artman in October. The defendant was proposing to blow up Hie cement bridge witli dynamite. The destruction would have been quite a loss to the Benllui. as ii Is constructed with three twenty-five foot spans and was built at a com oi $n non. Judge Parr’s injunction will prevent the contractor from de ii eying any part of the i'ridge, a tim report of (lie commission which made the investigation reported that the contractm could get beneath the bridge without doing it au> injury. The bridge is located near Jamestown CrawforJavIlle Review.

INDIANA'S MANY DIVORCES

Gliristio’s Slioti Store

MARRIAGE LICENSES

McCullough and Ada F. dob.

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We will sell you 4 Pairs of Children’s H eavy 51 oc k i n gs for $1.00 Will guarantee them to wear four months without coming in holes. 11 tliey do— YOU GET A NEW PAIR FREE FOR EACH PAIR THAT WEARS IN HOLES

SimuK FoiH'lh in the l.isl of States Where Legal Separation is Large.

Set* them in onr Sloi * * f o r M*‘ii

Allen Brothers

During tlie last two years the government census of department has gathered statistics of marriage and divorce throughout the country. The work was done through the census department and W. P. Hillings gathered the statistic in tills part of Indiana and was employed on the same work in other stales. The statistics cover a period of the last twenty years. The bulletin just issued makes n very interesting study and the facts ■ t forth are soinewnar startling. The figures given show a wonderful 'mount of dome lie infelicity In Tnd ana. In fact tlie per cent, of divn, res granted, based on population. vi'.iter in Indiana than In any of the other tales save Colorado and ' a i ngton. Even South Dakota when' divorce laws are liberal, is en ti'cl.v outclassed by Indiana. In Inliana the courts grant divorces at the rate of i 12 for every lon.onn population every year. During the I ent> years covered in Hie investialien up.72 I divorces were granted in Indiana. These figures gathered 1 lie government will doubtless rei.lt Hi n further agitation for additional legislation on tin* mater of ranting divorces. These is need omc legislation in Indiana.

DEATH OF WILLIAM TOBIN

Well Knokn I'litnam County Man Hies in Muncie and Will lie Itui-ieil in 1 Tuw foislsvillc on Wednesday. \ lelegram ha- been received announcing the deatli this morning, in Muncie, Indiana, of William Tobin, Sr., well known in Grecncastle and Putnam County. Mr. Tobin formerly lived some four miles north of town, and for many years was a well known figure on our streets. The remains will be brought to Crawfordsville for interment on Wednesday, the funeral occurring hi that, city nt !< o'clock. The deceased leaves four children: Mrs. Mike Kelley and Mr. William Tobin, Jr., of Muncie: Edward Tobin of Roachdale, and Mrs. August Earle, of Craw-

foi'dsville.

of Green-

castle Township, inviting ids teachers and their families and the Count> Superintendent and ids wife to take six o'clock dinner with him at

his country home.

“AH aboard,” shouted the conductor and we were on our way. Miss Newman had to pay a dime, (she took up too much room,) hut the remainder of us got off witli a fare of five cents each. Soon tlie motorman applied the brakes, all, too soon! and we alighted in the vanished twilight to find Christie Stoner there with his trusted mule team and a liny wagon to drive us across the fields and pastures to Ids father’s palatial mansion. Fred Thomas was the first tt, climb the ladder and when he was safely mounted on Ids high perch lie shouted, "Let’ij go," but “No, No, No!" came in a protest “I am going too,” came from his wife on the

ground.

That hay ride! It made the teachers poetical. Miss llodsliire looked for the new moon and when she saw Hie lights on tin' sk> from Grecncastle file turned u> get its full gaze over her right shoulder, and then I smiled, she bud lost her bearings. Mr. Sinclair began 10 philosophize, (silently of course) on tlie powers of James Watt's steam engine as he saw the east hound fiver on the Vandalia crossing the open wild below us with its rtreamers of dazzling light radiating from every open window. Just then he turned toward tlie west and lhere was the electric car with its ‘no pully and no pushy” racing with time toward the city and Franklin and lus chained lightning crossed ills mind. This was only for a moment however, it was gone! Then he glanced toward a Monon switch engine a few hundred yards away and he sighed, ‘‘There are a few tilings in this active world that do not go

so very swift yet."

Just now T. C. Vaughn began to meditate also, hut when .Mr. Stoner’s magnificent home showed a beacon light from every spacious window he sniffed the frosty air for Hie savory odor of Hie National Bird and then lie murmured, "I wish the mules could go a little faster Just once more at least." Nor should 1 fail to mention the Gouiity Superintendent here. He sat on the rear of the hay wagon and complained of weird sensation which he called a hungry headache and hisi wife In her ecstasx found Mi s l/OVett’s overshoe which she did not know she had lost. Mrs. Sinclair and Mrs. Vnugliu had a little private conversation about the beauties of county life and had just hegu 11 to talk about the children and what they had planned for Christian when we heard, "Why, good evening folks. How-do-you-do. Get rigid out Otho, don’t let the mules start while the ladies are dismounting, they might fall and get hurt, they might, so they might,’’ and we all knew it was tlie voice of the host himself, and was he ever more happy? Yes, just once, (when he was safely planted at the dinner table.) “You are all here, are you, come right in, Fred I’ll carry the baby,” but Fred stain ini'rod, “We left her at home to keei

company for her aunt."

When wraps were laid aside Miss Tompkins discovered her second bouquet was gone, and Mr. Vaughn the good Samaritan that he is, came to her rescue and she smiled as she fastened a rose at its accustomed place for the third time since leav-

ing home an hour before.

Then there were Mr. Stoner’s as sistants, Mr. Albert Houck and wife Mr. and Mrs. Christie Stoner and Mrs. Ed. Houck and Mrs. John Houck (aunts of the hostess), also to help give us a royal welcome. Next we entered the dining room. Well, It took my appetite, there was too much, i wished for more time, just say a month to do it justice. And the fun hunting our place cards, Miss Buster knew hers at once when she found Mrs. Jim Crow lisping her a-b-c’s, (from the Crow school). Miss Newman found a new-man, the hero from the gridiron with IUr hair well kept, his favorite cigarette with its rings of soothing smoke curling above his head and Ids peg top trousers rolled half way to his knees showing his fancy hose. Mr. Sinclair

REV. JOHNSON 4 DELEG4IE

Gin's In IMiilailelpliiu ns a lieprcsrii* l.ilixt- nf Hie MHIunlist Fluircli al I'lii' Feilt-ral ion of Hie ('hiii'clirs of Christ of \ mcrictt.

RUSTEE OF THE AMERICAN UNI,

Rev. D. B .Johnson leaves tomorrow for Philadelphia where he will be one of Hie delegates of the Methodist Church to tlie Federation of the hurdles of Christ of America This meeting is the oulgrowlh of the fed rallon meeting in New York some three years ago when the representatives of thirty denomination', met there and laid down tentative plan for a general federation. These plans have now been before the governing bodies of the various denomination and have been ratified. As a result the delegates of the various denominations meet in Philadelphia tills week, to discuss the mailer still further and with power to act. There will lie some 600 delegates from tin

dcnoininut ions.

Tlie Methodist church, at its last General Conference, unanimously ratified the plan as adopted in New York three years ago, and appointed delegates to the present convention. I’liere are four delegates-at-large, and one from each 5(1,000 of membership, thus making place for some thirty delegates from the Methodist hurcli. Rev Johnson is one of the ,■

b'legates.

While in the East Rev. Johnson will attend a meeting of the trustee; of the American University at Washington, being one of tlie governing board of that great institution. He represents several states on tlie board of trustees. The unlver-it) now owns 100 acres of land in Washington. has just finished one build ing. the flehoel pf History, and ha some two and one-half millions of

endowment.

Rev. Johnson lias jusr nntshed the puhlleation of a small volume entitl•d "The Christian Federation and Civic Union,” which outlines a plan of federation and of civic helpful ness. This plan has been endorsed by most of tlie leading men of the Methodist church, and innnj of tlie

leaders of other churches.

Indiana Law School, DePauw University and the Howe Military Academy. Asa student at Yale he was a football and baseball player, having tilled the position of quarterback on the bulldog team and having held down third base. Other officers elected were as follows: Treasurer, John B. Ballou, Now York: secretary. Frederick J. Cox. Wadeshoro. N. (’.; historian. Charles F. Lamkin. Catesville, Mo., and reporter, F. J It. Mitchell, Chirag.). The next national meeting will he held at Put-in-Bay. ()., the lit 1 week In August, nun. indianapoli; News

H. S. TE4CHERS TO MEET

Program for Hie Event to be Held Saturday, January 2, is made PuKBe by Comity Superintendent Thomas—Meeting to lie Held in I'hr t 'oiirf I louse.

SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED

County Superintendent Oscar Thomas tins announced the program for the meeting of the county high s ho d teacheru to he hold in the court house, Saturday, January 2. The program wa made public today. Following are tlie papers which will lie read and discussed on that day: ’’Agriculture in the Iligli School,” L. G Wright. "Tlie Vocation and Avocation of a Teacher,’’ Miss Qua Knetzer. “Tlie Bi-Monthly Examination." J. H. Vaughn. “The High School Course,” Oscar Thomas.

MOSS FOR GOVERNOR NOW

Election to Congress From Hie Fifth Hisiriet Makes Him Candidate According <0 Blodgi'lt.

REREPTIVE MOOD

W. H Blodgett, of the Indianapolis News, is re ponsilde for the statement that Congressman-elect Ralph W Moss is being boomed for governor. This is the first lias has been heard here of such a boom, and Mr. Moss’s many friends in this city and county were agreeably surprised to learn that the matter had been taken up away from home before such a thing was thought of here. Blodgett says in his write-up: Tlie friends of Ralph W. Moss, State Senator from Clay and Vigo and recently elected Congressman from Hie Fifth district, are touting him for governor four years from •uhv. Mr. Moss lias announced that he is “in the bands of IBs friends," and admits that “a number of prominent citizens" are urging him to make the race and he “lias the matter under consideration.” In fact, Mr. Moss is displaying all the signals i irried by a man who lias made 1111 Ins mind to lie a candidate and is wnit'ng for the plain people to have ■ 11 uprising and demamt that he saclilie" himself on the political iltar of Ins country. Mn • made a surprising 1 are for Congress and in the Senate has always been one of the Denionv.tic lenders.- Brazil Democrat.

Poie'-t Hill Cemetery Kcport. Interments at Forest Hill Cemetery in November, 1!)0X: Minnie Riley, Terre Haute, aged 2n years, urenie sepsis. James p. Brandon, St. Louis, Mo., aged lx years, phthisis pulumeiiatiB. James Daggy, Supt.

Modern Woodmen Notice! Greeting neighbors: Greencastle Camp 3:’«4i). M. W. A. will hold anpual election of officers for 1909 at the camp hall over American Express office at regular meeting of the camp Tuesday, December I, 190S, 7:2n p. m All officers and neighbors are requested to be present and make it a access. You are nee led as you may hold the deciding ballot. 2t O. F. Overstreet. Clerk.

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Small Depositors

s. vi ral reasons why the (T’.NTRAL NATIONAL Iconics small depositors and gives l;h< m the same nt-

CHOSEN FOR PHI DELTA THETA

At the concluding session in Pill burg of the thirtietli biennial coi. volition of the Phi Delia Theta fi ternlty, Samuel K. Ruick, of tl.i city, was elected president of 1 c general council, which Is the high

office in the fraternity

"Polly” It 11 iek. as lie is familia l' known, is a prominent young lawyer and was a member of tlie Legislatin'' of 1905. He Is a graduate of Yah'

t i'll I ion as tie la rgc accounts. In Hu-first place most of our large depositors started in a suinll way and we have had th ■ pleasure of t eeing them grow from year to year, and we are phul to say that we hnv* In Ip, ,1 mnii.v of them increase their luisiness.s and deposit.-;, and we expeel 1 nt inue to do so. Xo far ns this hank i*- concerued, it is just as sat isfaclory to have sev," a I small aci'oimts as one large nne, and we ills 1 recognize the fact that the small depositor now is lhe one that will do (lie Inisiness of the future, and we want your good yvill and patronage. —Central National Bank

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