Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 19 January 1911 — Page 7

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IN UNITED STATES OF

Masters Paul Rhoadarmer, Harold Hufford and Robert Spangler, whose pictures are shown in the above cut, are the recipients of an honor and distinction, that they will remember with pride and pleasure throughout the remainder of their lives.

These young Greenfield Americans are the first official Grail Scouts in the entire country or world, and the "Scout Club" was organized by Barton Pogue, leader and assistant organizer of the. Greenfield Holy Grail CaBtle, the second organized in the United States, by Rev. Perry E. Pow

fold. First, it is to hold the Holy

Three Greenfield Boys Shown In Pictures Below Receive High Honor by Holy Grail Organization. Second Camp at Greenfield

Has First Official Scouts

FIRST OFFICIAL GRAIL SCOUTS

If you have a red, blotched, pimply, coarse skin, apply a generous coating of it to-night, and notice the effect to-morrow.

Get it at any A. D. S. Drug btore. Look for the sign.

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ell, who originated the ide while pastor of the Bradley M. E. church in this city. The idea of the Grail Scouts was originated by Mr. Pogue, and a story of their organization and first trip and the many very interesting incidents of (hat trip to the woods, was published in the January number of the Young Kn:ght. the official organ of the Holy Grail Club. This paper is edited by Perry E. Powell and Barton Pogue, and published in this city b}' the Mitchell Printing Company.

COOKING A MEAL IN THE WOODS

The above cut shows the first of- I boipfuintss aiui the art of making the ficial Grail Scouts of America cook- best out of iir surroundings and ing a meal in the woods on the ocl-u- condi'.ion. Tu«- healthful athletic sion of their scouting trip. The ob-1 sports, coo t,f i^ir meals in the ject of the new organization is mani-1 -v• oos wn^n msking

Grail boys together in a stronger bond etc.. are all taught

of brotherhood and also to teach thtm hat they never forget them.

BEAVTIFLES

51 Gives that delicatexomp *e xicm so difficult to obtain in any other way.

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is a pure, greaseless toilet cream fragrant, pleasant and harmless.

BARRY SHORT, New Palestine, Ind.

Verdict for Plaintiff.

The jury returned a verdict for Laura Witham for $95 in her suit against Jonathan Hiday for $250 damages.

For either acute or chronic kidney disorders, for annoying and painful urinary irregularities take Foley's Kidney Pills. An honest and effective medicine for kidney and bladders disorders. M. C. Quigley. .Mrs. Etta Stoneburner was taken to a hospital at Indianapolis Sunday, where she was to be operated on Monday for a tumor. She wias accompanied by her brother, WilKam Martini and Dr. T. E. Lowe«.«

shelter couits, first: aid to the injured,

such a manner

Comes on April Sixteen Tiiis Year,'

or Three Weeks Later Than LiaJ

No Eclipse of the Moon.

Fathers and husbands will have more time this year than last to pay off the bills run up by wifey and the girls at Christmas time, before Easter hats are ripe. Easter will not occur this year until April 16, while last year it fell on March 27, or three weeks earlier.

For the first time in many years there will be no eclipse of the moon during 1911. There will, however, be two eclipses of the sun, and one will be^visible in all parts of the United States excepting the extreme northeast corner.

The visible eclipse will occur on April 22, and will be a total eclipse— that is, the entire disc of Old Sol will be in shadow.

The young people of Brown's Chapel neighborhood made a surprise on Guy and Jay and Miss Blanche Aronhalt, at their home, miles east of Greenfield, Friday evening. It was in the nature of a farewell Iparty as Miss Aronholt and her brothers^expect to leave soon to take up their residence elsewhere. A happy social evening is reported.

Thbmas Williams is quite sick at his home in Jackson township.

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GREENFIELD REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911.

Then Entire Amount of Taxes Collected

Was $656 Only One Clock and

Twenty-seven Watches in

County.

People of the present day and generation can hardly realize what the county has grown from in seventyfive to a hundred years, or since the early pioneer days. Now, with over a quarter of a million dollars in taxes collected each year, and expended as rapidly, or more rapidly than collected, the sum of $656, the amount collected in 1832 seems insignificent, indeed. It wouldn't pay the county commissioners.

The report for 1832, showing the amount that the collector stood charged with for that year, is as follows: 524 polls, taxes $262.00 485^horses, taxes 242.50 172 oxen, taxes 43.00 27 watches, taxes 13.50 1 clock, taxes 50 2 stallions,Jtaxes 5.50 Land, taxes 56.83 Town lots 21.68 Non-resident, road tax 10.83

Total $713.19 Errors 56.83

Balance $656.35 The report is signed by Morris Pierson, county treasurer.

Only one clock and twenty-seven watches in the entire county. But-, see how we grew in three years. In 1835 the total amount of taxes collected was $925.58. We owned 709 horses, 130 oxen, 15 silver watches, 1 gold watch, 3 composition watches and 2 brass clocks. There were 684 polls. This gold watch was the first ever owned or taxed in the county, but the people were growing in numbers and wealth and could afford more time pieces and other luxuries.

Under the system of special taxation, the following were the rates until 1832. On each poll, 50 cents on each horse, 38^2 cents on each ox, 18% cents on each silver watch, 25 cents on each gold watch, $1 on land, half the rate of State tax. In 1832, town lots were taxed at cent on each $1.

In 1836, which was the first year under the new system of taxation, the taxes were as follows: 845 polls, at 75 cents each, $635.25 total valuation of real and personal property, at $490,710.79, at 20 cents on eaoh $100 valuation, $981.42 for road purposes, at 1 cent on each $100 valuation, $49.07. Total taxes for the year, $1,665.74.

Birthday Party.

Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jeffries gave a birthday party in honor of their son, Virgil, Saturday night. Those present were Cecil King, Marguerite Gorman, Robert Mulvihill, Ruth Hilt, Paul Beckner, Anna Elsbury, Russell Gant, Luna Elsbury, Robert Troy, Beatrice Beckner, Harold Bourne, Katie Jeffries, Gladys West, Orville Harrold, Jeanette Kight and Marie Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Jeffries, and Mr. and Mrs. Noble Coffey. The refreshments were ice cream and cake, apples, bananas and candies. The party had a delightful time and about 11 o'clock they all departed, wishing Virgil many more happy birthdave.

It dor.'t make any difference what others quote harness at, it stands to rtason that J. M. Havens & Co. can sell them cheaper, as they have no rent or high salaried men to pay. Come and see for yourself. w2t&d

A blacksmith stand for sale in Mt. Comfort, 4-room house, good barn, blacksmith shop, %. acre of good land good business established. All build- 1 ing in first class repair, cement walks good driven well. Price right for quick sale. See W. W. Rigdon at once, east side of court house, Greenfield, or Wm. Bell, the owner, at the shop. 13t3wl

The Sunshine Circle met with Miss Minnie Austin at her home East Main street, Thursday afternoon. A report of the past years work was given, and it was shown that a great deal of work had been done by this orgination, and many of the sick had been remembered with flowers. During the coming year more of this work has been planned by this organization. Officers were elected for the ensuing year, Mrs. James Olift, President Mrs. Bertha Tyner, first Vice President Mrs. Pearl Gibbs, second Vice President Mrs. Nell Harvey, Secretary and Mrs. Nell Zimmerman, Treasurer. The hostess served prunewhip with whipped cream, cake, dates and coffee. Mrs. B. F. Dailey was a guest. The next meeting will be held next Thursday with Mrs. Stanley Zimmerman. I fMfr

ELS OF J. N."

'Observations of A Country Station

Agent" Concerns'A Queer

Character.

J. E. Smith, Panhandle agent at GasiCity, near Marion, who of late has been writing for magazines, recently penned a number of short stories under the general title of Observations of a Country Station Agent," which run in Munsey's magazine and will be read with interest by a number of people in Greenfield who knew^ the late Immortal J. N., the principal character in one installment.of.the story written by Smith.

The story follows: "Recently there died the prince of deadheads. He earned his honored title, and maintained it proudly to the end.

Twenty or thirty years ago he was known all over the land as "The Immortal J. N."

He went from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Mexico to Canada and re crossed and back-tracked through every state on every railroad and some time in his life visited every town of importance in America and never paid a cent of car fare.

Ho was tall and majestic. His hair fell over his shoulders in long ringlets. He was neither clarevoyant nor astrologer, but always in reserve he carried the occult power to 'remove the pressure' and 'raise the veil.'

He adorned the hotel registers with a distinguished flourish, but he never paid a cent for keep.

There were pomp and circumstance in his presence. He knew all the railroad officials and conductors throughout the broad land.

He never begged a favor. He was never cowed or confounded, humiliated or disheartened. He arose and stood superior to all surroundings and to all personalities.

In hie hand he carried the mystice (Jryptic scroll, containing the secret of the universe, which solved all the riddles that make the existence of man a puzzle, [and wherein was the power to dissolve with a gesture and a word the suji, moon and stars into comets taihi.

When he road on a train, it was a favor to the road, and a matter of congratulation to the managmeet to be able to extend the courtesy of travel.

All railroads, great and small, knew the Immortal J. N. and the mystic power he carried.

He was a restless traveler, never stopping longer than a day at one town.

Now and then a new conductor would hold out a witless hand for a ticket or cash fare, and the prince of dead heads would arise and thunder:

Avaunt! I am the Immortal J. N. Lay one hand on me, and I will remove the pressure! Dare to molest me and I will raise the veil!

There are not many conductors who want the veil raised and knowing that that was the Immortal J. N.'s specialty, and that he could deliver the goods on the spot, they passed him up.

No conductor ever had the nerve or hardihood to put him off the train. A few years ago the Immortal J. N. joined the prophets who have gone before. There were no convulsions of nature—no cataclysms when he went. No peals of thunder—no quaking of the earth, no darkening of the sun's splendor. One day the anchor chain broke, the bark drifted away and went oyer the hazy horizon and that was all.

Then a strange impulse seized the people. Tke power and privilege of issuing passes was taken away from the railroads and all the deadheads,high,low, or of whatever degree, perished from the face of the earth and the tribe was no more.

And'the cause. Known to all philosophers and railroad men only.

The Immortal J. N. had at last removed the pressure. He .had finally lifted the veil.

He had made good."

We are in the swim, always a clearance sale at our place of business. Come in and get a good plush robe for $3.75 at J. M. Havens & Co. w2t&d

Notice.

For Sale:- 10 car load, of all sizes of drain tile. Mohawk Lumber Co., Mohawk. 12tlw3

Our harness is of the best make and material that money can buy. J. Havens is a practical harness maker, has grown up in the business, therefore his experienced worth something and he should know how to make and buy goods. Call and look through their line of harness* J. M. Havens & Oo, w2t&d

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Van Derry and Cordia Martin are again under arrest. This time it is under the charge of robbing the New Palestine bank. The robbery occured December 29th. It is said that the Greenfield officers gave the detectives pointers that the Greenfield boys might be implicated. With this tip Derry and Martin were kept under close surveilance, and were found to be displaying and spending money very freely in Indianapolis. They are said to be dressing nicely, keeping company with a fast class, and financing champaign suppers. It is said that they made no attempt to conceal their extravagance. It. is |said that a woman gave the officers tip which finally led to the arrest of Derry Saturday. After many hours of sweating Derry is said to have signed a confession Sunday afternoon involving Martin in the robbery of the bank. At that time Martin was visiting with a lady friend at his home in this city.

The officers in Greenfield located him, and when he and his lady friend went to the interurban station to take a car for Indianapolis, Night Policemen Johnson and Thompson accompanied by Marshal Shumway went to the station and arrested him. Policemen said, "Cordia we want you and placed him under arrest. The arrested man denied any connection with the robbery. He had on his person at the time $32.50 He was very nervous when arrested which the officers say was in great contrast with his remarkable composure on a former occasion when he was taken into toils. He insisted on being allowed to accompany the young lady home but the officers informed him that they thought she could get home alone. Her name was given^as Delia Baxter 530)4 South Meridian street. She said she did not know much of Martin having met him for the first time only last Friday night at a dance at Masonic Temple at Indianapolis. She was nicely dressed, and the officers asked her if Martin had made her any presents of jewelry or clothes, but she said he had not. She was evidently greatly agitated lest she, too, should be drawn into the matter and placed under arrest. Officers from Indianapolis came over early this morning and tqok Martin to Indiamapolis.

He and Derry will probably be brought back to Greenfield as the sheriff and city marshal are both at Indianapolis this afternoon. If they are not returned to Greenfield it willbe because the officers are afraid Martin will cut his way out of the Greenfield jail as he did on a former occasion.

It is said that Derry told where much of the money was hidden but at time of going to press nothing positive was known about the money.

Many other rumors are afloat, but could not be verified.

Victims of A Gay Life—Charged With the New Palestine Bank Robbery—Derry Is Said to Have Made A Confession—Both Have Been In

Trouble Here Before

ROLL FOR 1910

of deaths occurred in the last si? months of the year, there having been but 14 before July 1.

The record of fatalities in aeronautics for the year 1910, which was not completed until the last day of the year, appears in the February number of popular Mechanics Magazine. Fifty-three names make up the list, beginning with Leon Delagrange on Jan. 4, and ending with Moisant and Hoxsey on Dec. 31. In connection, a number of interesting facts are pointed out: The four pioneers of three years ago, Wilbur and Orville Wright. Henry Farman and Alberto Santos-Dumont—are all living an uncannily large number of the stated! served a dainty two course luncheon, fatalities occurred on the 13th day of This being guest day the following the month, and the greatest number

The Gem Ladies Aid Society was entertained tiy Mrs. Rose Gladden Wednesday at her home in Gem. About forty were in attendance. Refreshments of ice cream, cake, coffee and candy were served. Mrs. Mary Shepherd, Mrs. Hendren, Mrs. Lizzie Elliott, and Mrs. Claude Gladden were among the guests present. The Society will meet next month with Miss Pearl Domanget.

Lee D. Olvey and wife, of Eden, Mr. and Mrs. John Broxaw, of Ft. Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. John Orr, of this city, were entertained at dinner Thursday bj/ Mrs. A. S. Orr.

IN THE TOIL!

Grewsome Find at Noblesville, May

Solve Mystery of Bridegroom's

Disappearance in 1867.

A trunk full of human bones have been unearthed at Noblesville, in a yard and under an old house owned by BertMcCord. The house .stands on the site of an old early day road-house, of bad reputation. The finding of the bones created a big sensation and excitement, as was natural, and hundreds of people visited the spot.

The finding of the bones, it is thought, will clear up the mysterious disappearance in that city, of Eugene C. Woodmansee in 1867, a few hours before the time set for his marriage to Sarah Virt.

Woodmansee, a resident, of Danville, Illinois, went to Noblesville to marry Miss Virt, and was seen after he arrived there. In fact he talked with the minister, who was to perform the ceremony, while the latter was on the way to the Virt home, the story goes. Woodmansee never arrived there however, and was never seen or heard of after that time.

As he was known as a man who carried considerable money, it is thought by the older inhabitants who remember the incidents, that he was murdered as he passed the old tavern, for his money and the body buried in the trunk.

Sarah Virt died in

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few relatives living. If Woodmansee has any relatives living no one knows who or where they are. The coronor has taken charge of the grewsome find, and will try to locate the murdered man's relatives if he has any.

Look for the Bee Hiv£

On the package when you buy ey's Honey and Tar for coughs colds. None genuine without Bee Hive. Remember the name, Foley's Honey and Tar and reject any substitute. M. C. Quigley.

The county commissioners met in special session Saturday, Jan. 14th and awarded the contract, for a heating plant at the county poor farm. There were eight bids submitted and the contract was awarded to Lewman Banks, of this city, for $1,895. The next closest bid was by E. L. Flack, and was $2,090. The highest bid was $2,384 by Johnson & Son, Co.

A very interesting program of the Western Grove Woman's Club was given Wednesday at the home of Mrs-. Thud Snow, by Miss Elmina Binfordl reading a few sketches from Heart Throbs, and a reading by Mrs. Arthur Beeson on "What They Found on New Year's Day a splendid paper was given by Mrs. Frank Briney

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"A Happy Home." The three main features for a happy home were given as love, cheerfulness and optimism.

During the social hour, the hostess, Mrs. O. J. Coffin and Mrs. Thad Snow

were present, Mrs. Lawson Wiggins, Mrs. J. L. Binford, Mrs. Clarkson Elliott, Mrs. John Curry, Mrs. E. O. Catt, Mrs. A. O. Scott, Mrs. J. W. Beeson, Mrs. A. O. White, Mrs. E. R. Binford, Mrs. Kay Barnard, Mrs. Wm. Scott, Mrs. Thomas Smith, Misses: Hazel Parnell and Gladys Hamilton.

Old Soldier Tortured.

"For years I suffered unspeakable torture from indigestion, constipation and liver trouble," wrote A. K. Smith, a war veteran atlErie, Pa., "but

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King's New Life Pills fixed me all right. They're simply great. Try them for any stomach, liver or kidney trouble. Only 25c at M. C. Quigley's.

A. J, bridges, who has been^sick for some time, is reported as beingimproved.