Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 December 1920 — Page 3

MONDAY DECEMBER 20, 1920

THE GREENCASTLE HERALD

PACE 3

Local News

The Christmas meeting of the Priscilla Club wil be held this evening a t 7 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Charles MctGaughey on east Anderson street. The county commissioners went to the County House, east of Greencastle this morning to inspect th e new light inir plant which has just bee n installed there.

C. L. Airhart of Crawfordsville, former county auditor, was here today. Fay Hamilton, prosecuting attorney aws in Indianapolis today on legal business. Miss Hazel Lear spent the week end in Bainbridge the guest of Mr. and Mrs Sherman Murphy. The funeral of Mrs. Benjamin Pruitt whose death occurred at the home in Bainbridge Friday afternoon was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Brick Chapel church. Rev. Levi Marshall of the Christian Church had charge of the services. Burial was in the Brick Chapel cemetery. Her death was due to cancer. She leaves the husban t | and several children. Elbert Tincher of Mt. Meridian filed an affidavit against John Meek also of Mt. Meridian, on Saturday charging him with issueing a check without funds in the bank to meet the payment of the check.

Looked Bad.

The Browne family possessed a whole sheaf of umbrellas, but they were all sadly In need of repair. One morning on his way to the office. Browne took them along to be mended. At lunch time he went into a restaurant and on leaving absent-mind edly walked off with a lady's umbrella He apologized profusely and re-

turned It.

In the evening he called for the um hrellns again. He boarded a ear and found himself sitting opposite the Indy of the lunchtime episode. She leaned over and whispered dramatically: "I say. you've had a good

day, haven't you?”

Cone mi log Vacations. It hai been demonstrated la the experience of every successful business man, that a short relaxatloa from work, both mental and physical, la ot vast benefit, not only to the

No Wonder Mona Smiled.

If Whistler's conceit was a pose he assumed it tpiite early in ins career. We are told that as an art student he used to copy famous paintings at the Louvre, and on one occasion a brother artist came upon him as he was finish-

ing a copy of “Mona Lisa.” “You've done a tine tiling

said the other.

“Yes, I’m quite pleased with It." agreed Whistler, and then in his quizzical way lie added. “I wonder what they’ll do with the poor old original

now ?"—Boston Transcript. Air Propellers on Cars.

Before long we are likely to see many motorcars driven by air propellers like those of airplanes. Experiments are being made with such airdriven cars In Europe, and they are said to have worked out very satisfactorily. The power utilizabie In this way for a vehicle on land Is so great that It has been found practicable to run freight cars on railroads at high speed with an air propeller in front and another behind.—Kansas City

Star.

Tomsdoed.

Traveling Man—Some tornado that was we had around here last night. Do any damage to your new barn? Phlegmatic Fanner—Dunno. Hain't found the durn thing yet.—American Legion Weekly.

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The funeral of Mrs Edward Albright, age 63, whose sudden death occurred Friday evening w is held on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Maple Heights Church. Burial was in j Forest Hill cemetery Mrs. Allbright’s |

death resulted from heart disease. TheBefore tuning that present for ci-ceased is survive,) by the husband i ^ubby see our window, Greencastle and a number of children ' Battery t ompaUy—N. Side Square.

employe but also to the employer. The chief contention of those, who are opposed to granting vacations to their employees, is that the suggestion of such a thing Is preposterous. But there is not a successful business man who hag not observed that the granting of vacations has beer me almost universal in this country; and who does not know that what Is preposterous never could have been adopted, as a system which has ro..tntalned itself and become

well establishedd.

There may be wisdom, however, In questioning the actual physical value of two weeks' vacation In a year, and to say that it is absurd to suppose that a man in two weeks, can recuperate from the wear and

t icie, i [ear ft y ear ' g wor ) t There mar

be wisdom, also, in the declaration that men make Inroads upon their vitality and purses, during vacation, which cannot be repaired in the following eleven months and two

weeks.

However, most men, who are eorr,petent and valued, are not .> 'ooilsh as to squander their substance and to undermine their beaith. by an injudicious manner of spend.ng their holiday, If they need rest, they will manage to obtain it; but. as a rule, they do not need rest so much as a change of occupation, and if their vacation be wisely employed, the memory of their pleasure cheers them in their work, throughout the remainder of the year. It would be difficult to estimate any loaa to the man. who accepts the offer of a vacation; and the only question is whether the employer is a loser by his acceptance. The universality of the vacation system is a very good proof that there is not any loss; If here were any, employers would not continue a custom to their disadvantage, and the fact that vacations are granted is an evidence that the employers reckon upon a gain. The eleven months and two weeks work Is of better quality than the twelvemonths' work; and in the Improved quality of the work the employers realize their profit.

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The funeral of Chauncey Sfott present for whose sudden death occurred Friday 11 ’ ' V'.* < "" r " in<ow ' Greem.isile

, Battery l ompany N. Side Squxre

evening while shucking corn at his | 1 1 .

farm near Belle Union, was held on i

Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at the j WANTED: —GIr! or young ma n at Brick Chapel church near Belle Union. ! the Herald Office—permanent posit. Services were in charge of Rev | ion to industrious hustler, who wants Brown Burial was in the Brick . to learn —Apply at Herald Office.

Chapel cemetery. Mr Scott’s death — was due to heart disease. He was WANTED- Girl

stricken while at work in his corn j wor j {

field and his body was found about 5 o’i lock Friday evening He ha,| been ! riend about two hours when found.

for reporting and The Herald Office.

FOUND:—A lot of good looking Xmas cards at Ed Hamilton’s Book

dtore.

Mr and Mrs R. H. Wright of Mat- ’ ‘on, Ills, will come on Christmas Day t i lie the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James , Cannon.

WANTED:— 40 or 50 bushels of new orn. John Mitel it Son

The Board of Trustees of the Put* ' i County Hospital made a trip to Ci iwfordsville and Lebanon on Thursday of last week The hoard n : n the trip especially to visit the ( : r hospital at Crawfonlsville and 1 Boone County hospital at Lebanon The trustees were very favorably imP i d by the efficient way in which ’Jc -c two hospitals were operated.

Architect. Contractor and icape Gardening. W. H. broencastle. Indiana.

LandEvaus,

FOR SALE; Xmas Trees Eitel & Son.’

— Genuine Pine Needle sizes 3 to 8 feet. John

Mrs. Mattie Hays who was recently notified that the body of her c t’ ^ 1 t. Andrew Hays would arrive in ! ^ '• York City on December 18 ha ■ r ' rived another message saying that I '1 body would he shipped *0 thM rity j ; d • nee. The body is being shipped ure of Hanna & Huffman, under

takers.

In the issue of the Herald Saturday >t was announced that Mrs_ W W. Tucker entertained with a beautiful bridge party on Friday afternoon and •t should have read Mrs_ James Cunningham at her home at the corn* of Bloomington and Anderson st* reels. Mrs. Cunningham entertained at bridge both Thursday and Friday afternoons

REGISTERED DUROC BOAR:—For Sale C. J. Arnold—Herald Office. Before buying (hat present for hubby. See our window. Greencastle Battery Company. N. Side Square.

Hig Sale at Rickett’s Jewelry store beginning tomorrow Dec. 2. 1920. CENTRAL TRUST

COMPANY

DEMAND CERTIFICATES Earn 4 per'eent fyoiu date for full

Jewelry Christmas gifts at big cut prices at Ricketts Jewelry Store, sale starting Tuesday. Dee. 21, 1920.

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JUST A.FEW.DAYS TO XMAS DON’T LET THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT b« m*rr»d for loeli of fund*. Wo will loan you the MO.'NEV $25.00 to $300.00 TZ On your piano, houaahold goods, automobiia and liva stock. Terms to Suit Indiana Loan Co. Room 3, Dormer Block Agent in Office Thursday

Potatoes Grown in a Hurry. A potato wizard who has found a method for making the ■'spuds'' grow In a hurry, has turned up In Connecticut. William H. Sheldon, is h!s name, and he has a farm on the Housatonlc River. For several seasons he cieated a sensation by getting his first crop of new potatoes Into the market two or three weeks earlier than his neighbors. How he accomplished this was a deep mystery tt everybody. Everyone tried to solve it and failed, and now Sheldon has relieved their anxiety by removing the veil around his operations. During the last week in Februrary, or the first week in March he takes about twenty bushels of his best potatoes from the cellar, and In a warm room, which he retains for this purpose, places them :loso together on the floor, stem end down. The heat and light soon start the growth of the sprouts. In his kitchen, near the stove, he has censtrurted a rack which contains several board trays, each tray being four long and fourteen Inches wide. This he styles his “incubator.” On those trays the potatoes are laid In tho same manner as they are arranged in the room. In about two weeks the leaves start and the potatoes are taken out into tho field and set out In tho same tnanner as celery or tobacco plants. Here is where tho back-breaking part of the process comes In, for it Is no easy matter to set by hand an acre of potatoes. Tho ground is prepared in tho same manner as for ordinary potato planting. Fertilizer is placed in the furrov < and through these furrows a h«avy chain is drawn to thoroughly pulverize the earth and.to mix eartli and fertilizer. The rows ore three feet apart and the imtatoos are fifteen luohog apart In the rows. They are entirely covered with earth and in two or three days will break through the soil. This process, although requiring a good deni of time and attention. is mado profitable, acrordIng to Mr. Sheldort. by the Increased price for which the potatoes can be sold.

Beset With Luxuries. One of the transatlantic lines has now put trained nurses on its ships. Pretty soon no man of moderate means can afford even to be seasick whil® crossing the ocean.—Kennebec JournaL

Aatu*s am] Steak. “A"tomobl!es will be within the reach of even the poor man before tong,” predicts some one. A similar assurance as regards “chuck” steak would be more welcome Just now.

Boston is excited over a threefoot lobster. They seem to have dwarfs in that town

When The Prize Beauty Arrived ♦ MiiHHMnimmMtm 1 wish she'd come," said young

Gavis.

"1 don't gee where she gets her good looks,” commented young Tillman, as be watched the retreating form of Mra. ) .ampark waddling upstairs. Ever since the Laniparks had been at The Oaks, the exclusive boarding t ouse, the household hud heard of tiu Lampark daughter, who was away visiting. At Mrs. Lampark's first mention oi her daughter no excitement was cheated at the Oaks. Mrs. Lampark was a short, square, shapeless woman, whose Hat and colorless countenance brought irresiaiblv to frivolous minds and thought of a pudding bag. Lampark was wispy as to mustache, hair aud intellect. Nobody ever noticed whether lie was around or not. Somebody in his early youth had left him some money, and his life had been passed in a frantic effort to hang on to it, because lie had a dim realization that if lie lost it bo never could make any more, thereby proving that in the most hopeless of individuals there may lurk a grain of common sense. But as the days went on the young women at the Oaks began to consider seriously the tragedy of Miss Lampark's coming and the bachelors to grow Impatient. They yearned with the fickleness of the masculine for tho tew charmer to appear. Mrt. Lampark achieved real popularity, because if the young men could not see her daughter they could at least hear about her from her mother. ‘T don't know bow Pve got along all these weeks without Hernilone,” Mrs. i ampark w ould sigh. The bachelor* liked that name, Hermione -it was so different from the tiresomelv ordinary Hates and Gertrudes and Marys. “She is so much company for me. She’s not like most young girls who went waste time on their molHers! Hermione is lust as jolly and fascinating alone with .ne as she would b- entertaining a roomful of people. "No, she isn't dark, Mr. GnrvliF How l‘d you ever get that Idea? Hermit/is is a blonde. It's rarely you see a per feet blonde nowadays, don't you ihink? Why when she was a little girl people used to stop me on the street just to exclaim over her hair. But she isn't vain, for I always made It a point »o rubdue any tendency of that sort. It destroys a girl’s charm to have her -elf conscious and proud of herself!” "Too bad some other mothers didn't feel the same way,’’ said young Till aian afterward, watching a group of :he pretty and fluffy voting persons who with their parents abided at the Daks. "Those girls there haven’t an ounce of superfluous sense among them all. Their chief concern is whet? ?i their puffs are still ;n place.” "I don’t now v hat 1 in going to do ibout a room for Hermione,'’ her moll r said one day to sev-ral of the worn- »* and their'daughtets. “The only vie v.nt room has such a small closet am: no box couch and with all hot clotbt i’ don’t see what she viill do. A youir: Hrl going out a lot has to have so many dresses, you know!” After this blow the oilier girls nt 'he Oaks held a ad conference. "I expect,” - rid the former belie of the place, "that, she lias simply heaps V stunning clothi and she is little Hid a perioet Monde. I mink the time las arrived for me to pay that long promised vi It to Ho.-ton. Nobody will | enow whether 1 am here or not afte:

ib” comes.’’

"I’m going to cee if mamma won't take me to California,” said the t il dark Miss Smith wilh the big brown ^yes. “What's tile use of staying here' ’.’d like lo see her tnouch before 1 go." "Hen.ioln entninf next Tuesda >! ' Mrs. Lamputk nuttour -d one evenin'Deanun as itricli is her style of eottn tenance permitted. "Now 1 shall lie tappy. I, only liono she hasn't gone o so much down there that she's lo. : li< r complexion and her bright eyes. Oh, Ihei o your- girl: !'* The whole establishment was keyed ip to del; i ful expectancy and o er '.ody bar !' existed till tho important Tuesday. t; m > fd t public view of thj radiant Mi s Lampark would he when 5he mado her en'ranee lo dinner. At 7 o'clock, when Mrs. I.amp'it was oheerved gc'ting out of tin elevator, It would nol be an exaggeration to say that mere eating was abandomd It. the Oak dining room. Following licr.niother, wilh her father trotting along in tho re"r, caui'’ Mermlone. Khe was Indeed tittle tied blonde—but Iter littleness was of tli.i ! qondescript, slaltsided ort; her blond ness was that of straight tan hair and ! pale blue, prominent eeces and papery washed out complexion. She was hopelessly unbelievably nmotlceable end her fussy gown caused a heavenly peace to surge through the anguished | 1> expectant feminine observers. There was nothing, absolutely nothing, to fear from any girl who would wear a (rock like that. The remarkable thing was that Mrs Lampark fronted the room triumphant ly, saying by her manner: "Here is my daughter! Now, have I exaggerated’ Bow down and worship.” That attitude struck young Gavis and his first exclamation died on his

dps.

"Well,” he said later to young Tillman, "Mr:!. Lampark talked that way lx eause she was the girl's mother, j Mothers are apt to—er—exaggerate. Say, I'm going over and talk to Miss Smith."

Extremes.

“Come downstairs, sis, and get some of these sweets." "I will as soon us

I hr.ve taken my bitters."

PAPER CLOTHES IN JAPAN meeting of county council

Boabied Too Soon.

When the old Grand Duke of Meek* lenbiirg-Strclitz was staying at Holkham with Thomas Coke, then commonly known as "king of Norfolk." he boasted one evening at dinner that no man had ever dares! to shoot at him and that if any one had ever attempted such a thing he would have shot the man dead on the spot The next day at the court the grand duke suddenly felt a shower of shot peppering his legs and turning around in a fury to find whence it proceeded saw William Coke with a gun leveled in his direction. "I’ve got another mar.cie ready," said William coolly. “Will yon

shoot V'

Much Might Be Saved by Adopting Kimono as Everyday Dreta. The Japanese have had paper clothes for many years and some of the most "attractive kimonos In the Far Fast are tailored of wood pulp. An expert on Ju|>an insists that the layman will find it hard to distinguish these kimonos from the expensive silk wrappers. “Everybody In Japan wears kimonos," he remarked, according to the New York Evening J’ost, "and the pafor garments are very popular and inWpenslre. For about $1.50 you can bny a kimono that looks like a $50 outfit—and feels like It, too. The paper is soft and pliable and it can be draped gracefully about the figure. If Americans, men, women and children alike, could be converted to the kimono as everyday dress, paper clothing might become the only wear.”

Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Putnam County Council of Putnam County, Indiana > held in the Commissioners Room, in the Court House^ in the City of Greencastle, Indiana, on Friday, December 31st at 10 o’clock A. M. of sai4 <lay to take up matters pertaining to county business for the year 1920 and 1921. R E KNOLL, Auditor Putnam County, Indiana. , 2tD Dee. 13-20

Big Reduction Sale on Jewelry, cut Glass, Ivory Goods, Clocks and Watches at Ricketts Jewelry Store for ,next four days beginning Tuesday December 21 1920.

Gifts For The Motorist Solutions of the Vexing Problem--“What shall 1 get him[that he will like and use every day.”

GOODYEAR TIRES AT LOW PRICES Tires are all guaranteed 30x3 plain $1 3.30 30x3 non skid 15.23 30x3 , / / 2 plain 16.00 30x3'/2 non skid 18.00 other sizes in proportion SPOT .LIGHTS Stewart V-Ray this well known make of spotlight is correctly balanced below the bracket on a three point suspension. Very easy to adjust in any direction. Switch located just below the mirror. Comes complete with cord $6.25. DASH CLOCKS Are welcome gifts once used on your car, proves itself to be an indispensible convenience. Movement is a reliable timekeeper of the eight day type. Complete with screws and bolts for attaching $6.75 BOYCE MOTOR-METER The Boyce motor meter indicates radiator temperature and warns of an overheating motor. Junior Type $4.1 5 Standard Type 6.98

“LYON’’ SPRING BUMPERS A real protection for your car, a bumper that takes the bumps. The bar is of highest quality, double spring steel and carefully oil tempered. We have them to fit most all cars. Installed $14.50. WINTER TOPS An anchor Inclosed top on your car makes winter driving a pleasure, freezing winter gales, the drifts of sleet, snow or rain will make no difference to you if your car is inclosed with an anchor top. Prices as to the make of car. BUICK AUTOMOBILES Last but not least a real gift would be one of our 1921 Buick automobiles, something that all the family could enoy for the next few years to come. Something that makes for health, happiness, and pleasure As for a business car there is none better. As to the cost, the real cost of an automobile is the difference between the purchase price when bought new and the resale price when sold second hand The second hand value of a Buick car speaks for itself.

When in need of anything n the automobile line giv e us a call. We carry a big slot k of parts for the Bui k at all times. We have the agency for the Armleder truck. This is the truck that there is an offer of $1,000.00 for an improvement that will make it I per cent better in operation.

Christie-Thomas Auto Co.

10 & 12 S. Jackson S

Greencastle, Indiana

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Xmas Suggestions

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Leather Vests Sweater Flannel Shirts Officers’ Shoes

Rain Coat Leather Leggins

Sox

Army Outfits

All Wool Blankets

Overcoat

Mole Skin Overcoat

GIVE HIM SOMETHING USEFUL FOR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTIONS THIS WEEK U. S. Army Store Corner Jackson and Franklin Sts.