Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 December 1908 — Page 1

To get results try a little advertlsement In the Herald Want Ad Columu—They are rewl by all the pet>j<le—AH the time.

; reencast(c KeraCd.

Fair t«>ntKhi n«~.s mill warmer t

VOL. 3. NO. 235.

OKKKNOASTLE, INDIANA, THl'IWDAY, DKOKMHKK 31,

SI NOLK COPIES 24 .

MILLIE MOOLIN TO HOSPITAL

I'ORMI K POSTOI I’lCK LMIMiOVK SENT TO INSANE HOSPITAL IN INDIA NAI*OLlS TODAY I’KOM HEK HO>IE IN KOACHDALE— HAD BEEN CKADUALLY <IETTINti WOKSE FOR MONTHS.

INSANITY CAUSED LOSS OF WORK

because of complaints filed with the Government by other employes at the office and by citizens. Her actions there became unbearable and finally action for her discharge was taken. An inquest as to her sautty was held at that time on an affidavit by a member of her family. Later the relative withdrew the affidavit, however, and nothing resulted of the inquest. Since her discharge she has grown gradually worse and it was decided to send her to the hospital.

MISS PARKS NOT INJURED

In Sicily Dot Not Near Enough to The Knrtlii)uake licgimi lo he in Serious Danger Though Plans Are Deranged

easily accounted for by the fact that urgent messages of state and associated press reports occupy the wires completely. Miss Parks has often visited here and is well known by many, and ail were uneasy when the article in the Star appeared this morning. Miss Parks has been In Palermo several years.

WILL CLOSE WORK FRIDAY

BRClHfR THINKS SISTER SAtt

Hecaine So Obnoxious to Postofllce Employes And Citizens That Sin* Was Discharged From the Service t Several Months Ago—An Inquest Held \l That Time.

DEATH OF ISABELLE RAGAN

Alias Millie Modlin, former stamp clerk in the Greencastle postofllce, was taken to the Indianapolis hospital for the insane, from her home in Hoa< hdule today. Miss Modlin had bet u insane for months Lately she lias gradually grown worse and it was finally decided to send her to the hospital. An inquest was held in Roachdale last v>eek and the woman was declared insane. Admittance papers for her admittance to the hospital were received yesterday and she was taken to Indianapolis today. Miss Modlin, it will be remembered, was discharged from her duties at the postoffice several months ago

Miss Isabelle Ragan died at Innhome in Marion Township, just north of Delmar, this morning at 2:10 o’clock. The house was the old Ragan home in which the deceased was born May 2, 1843. She was one of a large family most of which survive to mourn her. The father and mo ther, Ruben and .lane Hagan pren'd ed the daughter to the grave. There survive her Win. H. Ragan, of Wash ington, 1). C.: R. M. Ragan, of Pillmore; J. S. Ragan of Pueblo, Col., and H. H., of Salem, Oregon. Four sisters also survive her, Mrs. Mar; Rosebro, of Oakland, Cal.; Mrs Hnr riet Moore, of this city; Mrs. Welch, of Lena, and Mrs. Amy Nicholson. The funeral will be held at the house on Saturday morning at lu o'clock. The interment will be in Fillmore Cemetery.

Miss Ethel E. Parks, a former resident of this city and a sister of Earl Pi an y Parks, who was to have made her debut in grand opera abroad last Sunday, was at Palermo, Sicily, when the earthquake shook the island. Mips Parks cablegramed to hoj- brother last week that she would make her debut in the Theater Vittorio, Palermo, but it is feared that the quake upset her plans. No late word ha been received from Miss Parks She is aecompanied by her mother, \li Ella Parks, who joined her daughter in Germany about a year ago. Indianapolis Star.

“Two Times One Are Ten." The above is the subject of the watch-night sermon tonight lu the chapel of the College Avenue Church at about 9 o’clo4;-k, by Dr. J. P. D. lohn. This is a part of the very otrong and unique program which , begins at 7:30 p m and ends when the clock in the college tower strikes the mid-night hour.

Executive Committee of tin* Local Option Forces Plan for Hurry-up I Work On New Year's Day in Green-1 castle Township.

PETITIONS IN SATURDAY MORNING

Relatives here received a telephone message from Mr. Percy Parks of Indianapolis, brother of Miss Park- staling that she was at Palermo, and that there was no fear that she had been injured by the earthquake. No cablegram lias been received sinee the shock, but this is

OWKilR^CHEia

UNUSUAL

OFFER

or

Men’s Suits In small sizes only—-34 and 35 chest measurements. Former prices §6.00 to §18.00, You may now have your choice for

$5.00

30 Young Men’s Long PantSuits In sizes 14 years to 17 years. Chest measurements 30 to 33. These sold from $6.00 to$15.00. Reduced now to $5.00 ■

If your size is represented you will be wise to see these suits. ALL.EN BROS.

THE YEMNI CASE TO JURY

Damage Suit Which Has Ib'qmrcd Eight Days for Trial is All Ended Hut t lie Decision.

ARGUMENT TOOK ALL DAY TO-DAY

The campaign for signatures on the local option election petition will culminate tomorrow in a grand round up of signatures, preparatory to handing in the ]>apers on Saturday. The resolution adopted at the

mass meeting Saturday called for the | • | PI H, aranee,

papers to be in by ten o'clock on the morning of January 2nd. and it is expected that most of the work will

be done by that time.

The Chairman, Charles Bridges, lias called a meeting of all the workers of Greencastle township for the court house tonight at 7:30 o’clock. The object of the meeting Is to layplans tor the work on Friday, when every effort will be put forward to

Bloomington Gets Hite brack. The Monroe County Council has voted $300 to restore the hitchrack

around the court house at Blooming-

ton. The hitchrack was removed from the square there when the new

court house was built, and the ques-

tion of its being replaced has been an issue in that county for a period of two years. The hitebraek question was also an issue in this county when the new court housi* was completed. but the rack was not put back. The people can now see that doing away with the hitchrack around the public square here has been not only a benefit to the town hut adds much to the attractiveness of the public square, and our beautiful court house is not marred by its

WATCH MEETING PROGRAM

College Avenue Church I'lans to Watili the Old Year Out and the New Year in With an interesting Service Tonight.

OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED

close up the work In the township |

1 tie Yenim damage suit for $15,-1 large number of signatures. """ “Sainst the \ andaliu Coal Coni- Conflicting reports are coming in P an » wenit t© the .Jury late this *f-1 of work ou , townships In

many places the work of securing! signatures has been very easy. In other places it has been difficult. The workers in the movement state that! they have no doubt that a sufficient number of signatures to call Uu-

hy Saturday ]

morning.

ternoon. The evidence was finished yesterday, and the whole .lay today was given over to the argument. Each side spoke three hours, and ilie summing up of the evidence was unusually interesting. An ex-ap-

pellate judge and two ex-circuit | t ; lertlon will h<1 8eoured

judges represented the defendant aided by T. C. Grooms and other counsel, s. A. Knight of Brazil and A. Hays represented the plaintiff. The trial was. begun on Saturday the I9tli and lias, thus far, consumed eight days. It is probable that it will take some time for the jury to come to a decision as the evidence is complex and involves many scientific problems. The trial of the case has

extended the term of the court ini There hag been considerable dis-l this county seven days beyond the ,. us8 j on recently as to how long aftei I

Greencastle Chapter, No. 255, O

E. S. met last night for installation of officers. Airs. Susie Bittles acted as installing officer and Mrs. Fannie Lynch as marshal. The work was given in a beautiful and Impressive manner. Dainty refresh-no-nts were served and a social evening enjoyed. Visitors from Morton Chapter were present, and all report-

’d having a royal good time.

REBEKAHS WILL ENTERTAIN

WHEN THEY TAKE OFFICE

State Law in Regard to tin* Conven-

ing of tin 1 Legislature and the Inaugural ion of the Go . rnor.

The Rebekah’s will entertain their families and friends this evening at their hall. They expect to have u good social time while the old year passes out and the new year slips in. The lady Rebekahs’ say there will be lots of pie, coffee, pop-corn, etc., on hands.

DR. J. P. 0. JOHN WILL PREACH

College Avenue Church will be the place of a watch meeting held tonight to escort the old year out and

*.

welcome the new year in. An interesting series of services has been arranged. The program follows: 7:30 p. m. Sunday School lesson, Acts 1:1-11, Rrof. H. G. Woody. 8:30, Song and prayer service, led by J. P. Allen 9:00, Sermon, Dr. J. P. D. John. Music. Quartet. Social intermission. 10:00, Symposium. Final Philosophy, Dr. H. A. Gobin. Public Charities, Miss Ames. Piano Solo, Miss Bernice Craig. Scriptural Giving, Dr. Sigler of California. Micslons, W. C. VanArsdel. Temperance Situation, Prof. H. B.

Gough.

Greencastle District, Dr. J. W.

Walker.

11:00, New' Year’s Hopes

Resolutions, everybody. 11:30, Praisi 1 service.

11:54, Concluding words

prayer, The pastor.

There will be other interesting features connected with the program. All the people are cordially invit’ed. 'I lie people will lie welcome at any time during the evening and are at liberty to retire when they wish

and

and

usual limit.

MEET tFOR SECOND READING

Oounly Council Meet and Consider| Fin- a Secoiul lime flu* DeU.it Appi'i.pi'intioiis 1*iish4sI Yesterday.

The county council met today and heard the second reading of the deficit appropriations that came up yes terday for the first reading. They were all passed and made legal hy today's meeting. The appropriations

were as follows;

Clerk’s office expense $ (i9.30 Salary County Auditor .... 75.0(1 Auditor's office expense .... 42.77 County treas. offh'e ex 59.23

County Supt. office ex. and -County Institute 35.95

Jurymen 343.80 Bailiff 46.50 Board of Jurymen 183.10 Official reporter 15.00 Jail supplies 36.51 County poor farm 760.52 Bridges 456.53 Election 247.88

Power house and sewer bonds and interest 5140.00

Reform school for boys .... 25.33 Advertising 52.25 Coroner's office expense .... 15.30 Poor Greencastle tp 396.09 Poor Washington tp 96.90 Poor Jefferson tp 1.60

the legislature convenes Governor Hanly "ill serve us governor andl Hugh Th. Miller as lieutenant governor. It has been announced that I the legislature will convene January| and that Thomas it Marshall "ill be Inaugurated as governor and Frank J. Hall as lieutenant governoi on January 11. Thus during four| days of the session Hugh Th. Miller will preside In the Senate as lieu-1 lenant governor. Some have looked on tills us a trick of the Republicans to allow Mr. Miller to appoint) the committees in the Senate. As a matter of fn<'t. the constitu-l tion of the state specifically provides when the legislature shall convene and when the official terms of tiegovernor and the lieutenant govern-) or shall begin. The constitution provides that the) legislature shall convene on the first Thursday after the first Mondav in | January every two years.

< ► * > Announcement

MONON MILEAGE CASE

The case against the Monon Rail-1 road by the United States Govern I meat making the defendant eompany

IJiivitis' puichased the grocery stouk of QuigK A: Cook, 1 very much deriio the pationage of their many ft lends and pat ions to continue at the old stand and shall do our best to please all who do business witli us. J. T. BOYD. Mr J. T. Boyd is a i up-to-date business man with long expetienco and will make it profitable to all who deal Mill) him A great many goods bought of t^uigg ife Cook were bought before the raise in juice. It will jmy you to buy of us. J. T. BOYD.

liable for issuing transportation mil-

Poor Min Creek’tp.'! 1 ! ! ! !'. 14 .Bo I' a * e contrar y ,aw ' has th *‘

Burial o fsoldiers 200.00

ANOTHER BUSINESS BLOCK SOLO

Through the Agr-ncy of the Otitral

Trust Company Fred GoodwlneI company is one of them

United States Supreme Court and will soon be disposed of. The rase grows out of a federal law prohibiting railroads trom giving mileage| over their lines In exchange for ad vertising. Few roads have disregarded the order and the iMounn

in a sim-

Itu,V- .McLean Block.

Through the agency of the Central Trust Company another good sized deal in real estate was closed today when Fred Goodwin purchased from Rascom O’Hair the business block on the corner of Indiana and Walnut Streets opposite the fire department. Mr. Goodwine pays $12,000 for the property. Mr. Goodwin also bought through the Central Trust Company the property on Morton Avenue formerly owned by Mrs. Bascom O’Hair. The deals were closed today.

ilar case in the northern district of| Illinois the court sustained the law in the case and the railroad was| forced to pay for its advertising.

Will Tesi Anti-Cigarette Law. A pool room proprietor of Bloom-) ington was yesterday arrested and fined $25 for selling a box of <'igar-| ettes. He immediately took an appeal to the circuit court, and the) case will be made a test of the law. It will he remembered that when the anti-cigarette law was passed a number of persons over the state were arrested and fined for having the "makings’’ in their possession,] or, for smoking the "coffin nails.' Lately, however, there has been lit ) tie heard of the law, and cigarette!

Clearance Sale 20 Per Cent off

Beginning Friday, January 1st and ending Saturday January 10th. We will give 20 per rent off from the regular prices of all china, photo albums, diessing cases and decorated lamps. All goods marked in plain ligtires. The above sale is for cash only. Jones, Stevens Co.

.>•> .>

♦ ❖ ♦ ❖ MARRIAGK LICENSER « ❖ •> ❖ •>

* * * * * .> •> * * Bm okers and dealers have not been | Charles Lee Potter and Myrtle L. | molested. The police at Blooming-)

Hartman. Lawrence O. Darnell and Lena F. Risk. Otto B. Sawyer and Ode A. Thom- . .i it

ton are determined to stop the prac-l tiee andi the arrest of the pool room proprietor is the beginning of what | may follow If the police carry out[ I their threat.

❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ 4* ❖ * * ❖ * *

January 1st, 1909 FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE In Putnam county w ill receive 3 per cent interest for the past six months on their savings deposited witli TMe Central Trust Company If you are not already a depositor this would be a splendid time for you to start. Make up your mind that you are going to save some money the coming year, and not let some other fellow save what you earn. One dollar w ill open the account. K. L. O’Hair, Pres. S. A. Hays, V. Pres. J. L. Randel, Sec.

❖ ❖ * ❖ ❖ * ❖ ❖ * ❖