Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 23 March 1911 — Page 2

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WOULD YOU?

You speak of your neighbor with envy, because his investments have paid You are saddened by hearing him boasting concerning the money he's made You look at the house he is building and you pass on your way with a sigh You think you are mighty unlucky and are constantly wondering why You think your burdens are heavy, in sorrow you speak of your plight. But would you—just think the thing overbe anyone else if you might? You go to work in the morning and wonder how long it will he Before you may turn from your masters and hold up your head and be free You speak of the men who are playing, while you must be toiling away, .Ab the favorite children of Fortune, and often you pause in dismay You read of the triumphs of others in science, in art and in trade, And you wish you were favored with talents such as they have doubtless displayed Unknown, you stand pensive at places where men who were famous have stood, But would you—just think the thing overbe anyone else if you could? —Selected

SIATElXEiPTION LICENSE LAW

Will Soon Be in Effect—Holders of 36 Months Licenses Who Have Taught Six Years May Apply—

Other Laws.

The new teachers exemption law -will soon be in effect, when the recently enacted laws are published. Under the provisions of this law, any person who has taught six consecutive years and holds a thirty-six months State license now in force, is entitled to State exemption. The holders of primary, common school, high school or any other kind of State license, may take advantage of the provisions of this law. Applications for exemption can be sent to the State superintendent, Charles A. Greathouse as soon as the law goes into effect.

At present there is but one person teaching in the county on, State license. State exemption license will entitle the holder to teach any place in the State, as long as he does not miss a term.

Some of the other recent laws passed, which are of general interest, are as follows:

House bill No. 332 puts abandoned cemeteries under the supervision and care of township trustees, who shall keep any such cemetery "in a respectable condition by fencing when there is no fence, by keeping the fences in good repair and keeping the weeds mowed," and shall take like care of all public cemeteries in his township. The act of 1905 with relation to the care of public or private cemeteries is repealed. An emergency is declared, and the act took effect March 6th.

A new criminal law prescribes a penalty of imprisonment in the State prison not less than three nor more than fifteen years with disfranchisement for "horse stealing." The penalty for grand larceny is* imprisonment not less than one nor more than fourteen years, with disfranchisement.

MUST LABEL RENOVATED BUTTTR. Anew law forbids the sale of any renovated butter unless the words "renovated butter" or "process butter" shall be plainly printed in bold faced letters at least three-fourths of an inch high on the top and sides of the receptacle, package or wrapper in which it is kept for sale or sold, or if exposed for sale uncovered, a placard bearing such words shall be exhibited. Violations of the act are punishable by fines of not less than $25 nor more than $250, or. imprisonment for not less tnan thirty days nor more than five months, or both. There is no emergency clause.

MUST SERVE AT MICHIGAN CITY. Senate bill No. 37 provides that all male life prisoners shall serve their sentences at the Indiana State prison (at Michigan City) and not in the reformatory (at Jeffersonville.) Life prisoners now in the reformatory are to be transferred- An emergency is declared, and the act took effect March 2.

Bryan at Richmond.

Richmond Palladium—The contract with William Jennings Bryan for his appearance at the Chautauqua the afternoon of Aug. 29, was closed Wednesday. The Chautauqua program committee has its work well completed, only a few open dates remaining at this time.

CENSURE

Censure and criticism never hurt anybody. If true they show a man his weak points and forewarn him against failure and trouble if false they cannot hurt him unless he is wanting in character.—G

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TRUNK OF BONES

Grewsome Find at Noblesville Clears

Up Disappearance of Man 44

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Marriage.

A mysterious disappearance of a man atJNoblesvilles forty-four years ago, on the eve of his marriage, has been solved by the finding of[a trunk of bones and their identity.

The trunk of bones were found some time ago and an effort to identify the man who had evidently been murdered, has been successful, and there is nojdoubt Ithat »they are the bones of Eugene C. Woodmansee who was killed there forty-four years ago, when he went there from Danville, III., to marry Mrs. Sarah Virt. He was seen by the minister who was to perform the ceremony, two hours before the time for the marriage, but neverjappeared at the home of the bride to be. It was thought even then, that he had been made away with for a large sum of money he was known to have on his person. The facts were never discovered however until after the trunk of bones were dug up on the site of an old tavern along White river.

A peculiar ring was with the bones and this was identified by the murdered man's sister-in-law at Norwood, Ohio, as it was an exact counterpart, of one worn by her husband the two being presented to the men by their father on their 21st birthday.

It is thought that Woodmansee visited the roadhouse on the eve of his marriage and was induced to take part in a game of cards, then murdered. Sarah Wirt, whom he ,was to marry, died in 1888.

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J. W. Murphy Falls Victim to Ery­

sipelas—Leaves Family—Funeral

Monday Afternoon.

J. W. Murphy, age 61 years, died at 6 o'clock Saturday evening at his home at Mohawk after a serious illness with blaek erysipelas. He was a well known and highly respected citizen. Funeral Monday at 2 o'clock at Mohawk.

Mr. Murphy has been married twice. His first wife was Sarah Jackson and he has five children living as the fruits of that marriage. His second wife, Martha Wilson, survives and also eight children, the fruits of the last marriage.

While Mr. Murphy was not a college educated man, he was a constant reader and a free thinker and was a natural mechanic. He was authority ©n all kinds of machinery and his services were always in demand among his neighbors. A brother Robert Murphy liveg in this city and a sister Eunice Cox lives at Muncie. The funeral Monday was in charge of Bishop Floyd and Rev. O. F. Lydy.

Showing What Systematic Planting of Trees Will Mean.

In 1870, Isaac Davis purchased the lot on West Fifth street on which his house is located. The next year he bought and set out a maple sproutabout the size of a broom handle. The tree grew so rapidly and caused so much shade that a few days ago he had it cut down and made into wood The tree made probably seven or eight cords of wood. This shows in a small way what the re-foresting of the country means and what it will do. More trees should be planted every year by land owners and the coming generation will be greatly benefited while the ones who plant them will get much pleasure and satisfaction from the experiment.

Words of Memory.

In loving remembrance of Harry Earl Parvis who died March 19, 1910 His suffering ended with the day, Yet lived he at its close And breathed the long, long night away, A statue like repose. But when the sun in all his state Illumined the eastern skies, He passed through glory's morning gate, And walked in paradise, There are few flocks, however, watched and tended, *, But one dead lamb is theie, There are few firesides howso'er de fended, But has a vacant chair. Father, Mother, Brother and Sister.

Were Paid Better in 1910 Than in

Last Forty-five Years, According

to Statistics—Average

$27.50 a Month.

Higher wages were paid to American farm hands during 1910 than at any time in the last 45 years, according to statistics just made public by the Department of Agriculture. .The average wage for the country was|$27.50 a month during 1910 while 20 years]- ago they were only $18.33. With board the average wage was $19.21.

In some parts of the country the rate ofj^wages of farm laborers was higher than in others. The highest was in Neyada, where the rate was $54,Jwhile infMontana and Washington itjwas $50. South Oarolina paid the lowest rate, $16.50.

In the NewIEnglanq and iNorth Atlantic states the (average was $33JL9, with Massachusetts paying the highest, $37.20. With board the average was $21.65,

In Jthe South Atlantic states the average was $19.75, with W. Virginia paying the highest, $29. With board the average was $13.77.

In the North Central states east of the Mississippi river the average was $31.81, with Wisconsin paying the highest, $37.25. With board the average was $22.92.

In the North Central states west of the Mississippi, the average was $34.45 with North Dakota paying the highest, $42, With board the average was $25.10.

In the Southern Central states the average was 21.90, with Oklahoma paying the highest, $28.10. With board the average was $15.28.

OLD GREENFIELD DRAMATIC GLUB

Frank Hammel spent Sunday in Greenfield and while looking through his old home on East street, found a photograph of the members of the Greenfield Dramatic Club. They were photographed in stage costumes. The club included Penn Bidgood, Lee O. Harris, William Randall, Alex Black, Frank Hammel, Walter O. Bragg, William Meek, William Huston, Mary Riley, Anna Harris, Jessie Randall, Mary Roberts.

This Club was organized more than a quarter of a century ago. Of the members three" couples were subsequently married. They were William Randall and Anna Harris, Frank Hammel and Jessie Randall, and Wal ter Bragg and Mary Roberts. Half of the members of the Club have passed to the Great Beyond. They are Alex Black, William Randall, Mary Riley Eitel, Anna Harris Randall, Capt Lee O. Harris and Mary Roberts Bragg.

MORAL TRAINING IN SCHOOLS

At the meeting of the central In diana school superintendents association ib was unanimously decided that the moral training in the schools of today is haphazard, uncientific and unsystematic. The relation of the State board of accounts to the city school boards was argued at length and it was agreed that the recom mendation for uniformity" of reports should be enforced. The superintendents Were unanimous in the be lief that medical inspection should be introduced in the schools, and sev eral plans were proposed to reach the individual pupil in the school and get the best work possible. It was unanimously decided that high schools should not pay too much attention to agriculture, as it would tend toward specialization. The superintendents also held the belief that industrial education should not be attempted on a large scale when the school has only a limited amount of money.

Heart in Its Neck.

Dr. Clark of Morristown has on exhibition in his office, according to the Sun of that town, a great curiosity in the way of a calf, with its heart in its neck, half way between the shoulder blade and jaw bone. The calf was large in size, perfect in form and the heart was perfect in every way.

Card of Thanks

We wish to express our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends for their many acts of kindness, words of sympathy and beautiful floral offerings during the sickness and death of our little son. "p William Wheeler and wne.

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In "The Prodigal Judge" the author, Vaughan Keafcer, introduces to his readers that increasingly rare thing in the modern novel—a new and really original character. Judge Slocum Price is the prodigal judge and his first appearance on the scene of the narrative is not at all in accord with the dignity of his title. The judge is, in fact, a tramp—a drunken, disreputable vagabond, with nothing in manner or condition to indicate that he might become a "beloved vagabond." He and a dissipated companion, Solomon Mahaffy, have taken refuge in an abandoned hut near a village, and a small wandering boy, bereft of his guardian, comes to them. The boy, so the tale goes, saw a man of 60, whose gross and battered visage told its own story. There was a sparse white frost about his ears and his eyes, pale blue and prominent, looked out from under beetling brows. He wore a shabby plum-colored coat and tight, drab breeches. About his fat neck was a black stock, with just a suggestion of soiled linen showing above it. His figure was corpulent and unwieldy. His voice rumbled thickly forth from his capacious chest the very sound of it was sleek and unctuous."

When he had learned the name of the waif at bis cabin door he grandiloquently introduced himself to the child: "I am Slocum Price—Judge Slocum Price sometime major general of militia and ex-member of Congress, to mention a few of those honors my fellow countrymen have thrust upon me." He discoursed at some length to the boy, beaming on him affably, and, after giving him his supper, politely asked him to join him in a drink. When the lad refused, saying he did not like liquor, the judge exclaimed: "You amaze me! Well, well, the greater the joy to which you may reasonably aspire. The splendid possibilities of youth a»e yours. My tenderest'regards!" and he nodded over the rim of the cracked glass his shaking hand had carried to his lips. "Personally, I can drink or not," he remarked, "but I hope I am too much a man of the world to in dulge in any intemperate display of principle." Presently he sent the boy to bad, bidding him first to say his prayers, adding: "Religion is as becoming in the young as it is respectable in the aged. I'll not disturb you tonight, for it is God's wil that I should sit up and get very drunk."

Other characters in the book are interesting, notably. Yancy—a "poor white" of amiable characteristics and deep aversion to labor. He figures prominently in the ^rst hundred pages of the tale anu is apparently likely to be a leading personage throughout, but is scarcely known in the later chapters after the judge comes on the stage. The delayed appearance of this principal character is a defect in the construction of the narrative. Delightfully humorous are the chapters dealing with a fam* poor whites, the' Cavendishes.

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A Distinctive Drink

TDONANO, the hot-fruit drink, is a distinctive drink. Though similar in some respects to coffee, tea, chocolate and cocoa, it is, in other respects, quite unlike them. Possessing the good qualities of all these drinks, it has

of their harmful qualities.

A New Book.

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BONANO is the only table beverage in which highfood value is combined with harmless stimulation. And BONANO has a delightful, spicy aroma—a rare, good flavor all its own.

Don't be prejudiced against BONANO. It is not a substitute for something else. We want you to serve it at your table for its own delicious goodness—and for no other reason. Try BONANO a week or two. We know you will like it.

BONANO is healthful, strengthening and

Let the little folks have all the BONANO they want. A 25-cent can of BONANO makes 75 cups of the best hot drink you ever tasted. For sale by

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Fred T. Havens

International Bai-ana Food Co., Corn Exchange Bank Bldg., Chicago, 111

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Fountaintown to Fortville

Four Electric Railways Cross Hancock County East and west. Everv Fifteen Minutes of Every Day One Car Goes East and One Car Goes West across and out of Hancock, an average of one interurban car every seven and one-half minutes carrying our people away from and out of the Home Trading District.

FOUNTAINTOWN TO FORTVILLE means Auto-Truck service turning these four electric roads across Hancock County into feeders for liome business, and forming a network of facilities for public conveyance within the county.

Home-folks wake up to what this means: One big department store at Indianapolis has bought, equipped and now operates two of these auto trucks to carry its customers to its doora. The result is wonderful. Those cars deliver from five to seven hundred people a day yet this store is located on a street where street cars stop at its doors two each way every three or four minutes! If they need the auto trucks to furnish proper facilities for their customers, how about Hancock county merchants with four electric roads cutting across the county and no north and south connection between them?

This is not an untried experiment. For seven months the Auto-Traction car has run from Greenfield to Maxwell. It has carried not hundreds but thousands of passengers in that time—the figures seem impossible to many. The extension of this line to Fountaintown on the south and to Fortville on the north is a movement worthy of the best effort and co-operation of every public spirited person in Hancock county. It will tap a great northern section of Shelby county for home merchants it will knit our home community together as nothing else,could for a comparatively small outlay it will give the north and south connection that Hancock county has needed for twentvfive years. Local pride, home spirit, neighbors first and the outsiders afterwards is at the bottom of this movement. We must sell $400o of the preferred stock of the Company now in the treasury, to accomplish this great boon for this locality. This preferred stock carries no liability, it is non-taxable to the holder, it guarantees 5 per cent, dividends annually. Shares are from $10 to $100 in denominations. We can convince you there is a future to this business. Our charter does not limit us to one locality a word to the wise is sufficient. There is room for even the humblest investor. Call on or address,

The Greenfield Auto-Traction Co., Greenfield, Ind.

There was an inherited title in the family and the paternal Cavendish' believed himself to be rightfully the Earl of Lambeth, but this belief did not deter him from a frantic desire to "carve his opponents or from jumping up and cracking his heels together and yelling defiance to his enemies on the river bank as he floated down the stream on a flatboat with his family, hJs wife the while comfortably smoking a cob pipe.

Though there is more or less melodrama in the story and the author's literary style is not always of the best—"they doubted if royalty itself laid it any over him."

The book offers entertainment merely as a narrative, but it is made especially worth while by the presence in its pages of Judge Slocum Price. The judge, though one of life's derelicts, is an acquaintance worth making, a person, nay, a per8 mage, to be remembered. Mr. Kester deserves thanks for having brought him to the front.

The Bpbbs-Merrill Company, publishers.

Shiloh Aid Society.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Shiloh church held their meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Laura Jones, with all the members but one in attendance. Two visitors present, Miss Laura Wilkey, of Jennings county, and Mrs. Jones, of Greenfield. Some of the old time songs were sung. The rest of the devotional services were carried on in their usual way. A market was planned to be held in Greenfield Saturday, April 1, after which the meeting adjourned to meet with Mrs. Marzella Poer next time.

Bay Thompson, of Muncie, spent Sunday here with friends. Y.

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