Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 17 August 1911 — Page 8

MONEY TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE

AT FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST. I also have a large Private Fund to loan at 6 per cent, interest. All loans made on long time, with prepayment privilege.

Insurance of All Kinds

Written in the Best Companies at Very Low Rates. Surety Bonds executed. Life and Accident Policies issued.

NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER. Legal Papers of All Kinds Properly

Drawn and Executed. WILLIAM A. HUGHES

(Right if I write it.)

No. 10 Masonic Temple, Greenfield. Both Phones 20 and 101.

Local News

Lester T. Ellis made a business trip to Rush county Tuesday.

Edgar Wood and family, of Shelby county, were here Tuesday attending the Horse Show.

George W. Means and wife, of London, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Wood.

Merritt and Earl Crum, of London, are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Anna Parish.

Miss Pauline Phares, of Brookville, is visiting Pearl and Ruth Hilt on West South street.

Miss Opal Parker and Miss Maude Ellis saw Rosalind at Red Gate, at the Park theater, Indianapolis.

Miss Ruth Fort, of Charlottesville, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith and attending the horse show.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tierney and daughter, Dorotha, have returned from a visit with relatives at Delaware, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Ora Tweedy, of Richmond, are guests of Frank Barr and family.

Mrs. Arthur Kogul, of Elwood, is spending a few days here with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Walton and Mr. and Mrs. Carey Walton.

Miss Grace Getman, who has been at Chicago for five months, is spending her vacation at her home in this city.

B. F. Morris, railway mail clerk of Indianapolis, formerly of this city, spent the day with Greenfield friends.

Mrs. Raymond Catt, of Flasher, N. D., is visiting Eli Catt and family and other relatives and friends near Westland.

The gold watch charm, advertised Monday as lost by A. B., has been found and returned to this office, through the medium of a Reporter ad.

Miss Hazel Binford, of Carthage, Miss Eva Pusey and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne White, of Ivnightstown composed a party which left Tuesday to visit Niagara Falls and surrounding points of interest.

Several land owners, whose farms are in the game preserves, report that the Hungarian partridges, with which they were stocked two years ago, are very plentiful. They are not as wild as the regular quail.

Miss Mary Jackson and Chalmer Schlosser, of New Palestine, are in the city visiting George Cooper and family and Dr. and Mrs. 0. S. Heller.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Fort and daughter, Ruby, of Knightstown, spent the day with Ed Hayes and family.

Miss Gertrude Cooper has returned from a two weeks' visit at New Palestine with Miss Mary Jackson.

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Donnelly, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Mannix, and Mrs. N. G. McCarthy, of Indianapolis, will spend Thursday with M. C. Quigley and family.

Mrs. James Willard and Mrs. Kate Milbourne, of Fountaintown, are attending the horse show and visiting their sister, Mrs. Ora Boyce.

Found—Wednesday on the streets of Greenfield, a bill book and pocket book combined, containing some money. Owner can have same by calling at the Mayor's office, proving property and paying for this advertisement. ,,, 16t2-w

Lyle Coultrap has returned home after a visit with Donald Shumway.

Mrs. John Small, of Indianapolis, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Feaster.

Mrs. Mary Cole has returned from a visit with friends at Shelbyville, Marion and Anderson.

Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas, of R. R. 1, took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. George Morehead.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kesling, of Peru, are here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barr.

Miss Ethel Harvey has returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hittle.

Miss Pearl Hilt has returned home from a pleasant visit with friends at Fountaintown.

Miss Myrtle Schlotter, of Indianapolis, is here a guest of Miss Bess Walton.

Misses Olive and Mary Adams and Miss Clara Morford will go to Niagara Falls on the excursion.

John Butler and family, of Carthage, visited Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Davis.

Miss Henrietta Foster has returned to her home at Bloomington, after a few days' visit here with friends.

Mr. and Mrs. James Steele, of Indianapolis, are here the guests of Mrs. Sadie Burk.

Mrs. Mattie Brothers and daughter, Leona Mrs. Alma Keightley and daughter, Dorothy, of Greencastle, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert Walton.

A card was received at this office today from Petoskey, Mich., stating that Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Slifer are enjoying themselves there and are gaining every day.

Mrs. Mary Myers has returned from a trip to Niagara Falls. She went with a party from Indianapolis. Among the number were Mrs. Maggie Ryon, Mrs. Boyd Templeton, Mrs. Lizzie Howard and Miss Ruth Howard.

Mrs. James McClintock and daugh ter, India Henry Cornelius, Misses Margaret, Eva and Mabel Cornelius and Mr. and Mrs. George Paulsel, of

Noblesv and Mrs. John Adlei Mrs. V. R. Ellis.

C. W. Schmidt, formerly in business in this city, but now living on his farm in Wayne county, was one of the "home comers" who enjoyed

today.

Death of Little Girl.

Helen Fern, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Fuller, died at 10 o'clock Tuesday evening at their home near Maxwell, after an illness of several weeks. Funeral Thursday at 10 o'clock at the Christian church in this city, in charge of H. Eshelman, undertaker.

Society Events

FACTS GATHERED

being with old Greenfield friends Have No Extra Cash To Pay Judgments—Ousted Showman is the Plaintiff.

The ladies of the Priscilla Circle of Charlottesville spent a very pleasant afternoon at the Spiceland sanitarium Thursday. A picnic supper was spread on the lawn at 6 o'clock, after which the crowd took the car for New Castle and attended a theater at that place, returning home on the last car. Those who went were Mrs. Orval Mattix, Mrs. Mort Stanley, Mrs. Harry Comstock, Mrs. Earl Binford and the Misses Mabel Walker, Glen Bell and Mina Overman.

Mrs. Eldon A. Robb entertained Monday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock at her home on East North street, in honor of her niece, Mary Rose Landig, of Cleveland, Miss. She was assisted by her daughter, Miss Gladys, and Miss Flossie Robb. Mrs. James H. Walton and Mrs. Claude Townsend. Games and contests were indulged in, and refreshments of ice cream, and cake, and warm French chewing taffy was served. Those present were Lucile Walton, Katherino Curry, Olive Hanes, Virginia Cooper, Margaret Morehead, Lavon Hamilton, Forest Mason, Mildred Conklin, Eva King, Jesse Brooks and Lucile Hudson.

Rose Warrum entertained Friday evening the clerks of the Spot Cash Department Store, and also Miss Henrietta Foster, of Bloomington, and Guy Aronholt. Refreshments of ice cream, cake and cider were served. -•.

Data Secured For Use On Train Lecture Tour Through State Last of This Month.

In making preparations for the wheat improvement lecture train to be run over the Big Four lines in Indiana, August 21-28, data is being collected from many sources for the lectures that will be given on this train, and the literature that will be published. The following are a few of the facts gathered for use in this campaign:

Indiana grows annually more than 2,500,000 acres of wheat. The average yield in the state for the past ten years has been 15.2 bushels per acre.

FINE LIGHT DISPLAY

Southern Indiana Gay Company Installed Seven Lamps.

The light display of the Southern Indiana Gas Company attracted considerable attention last night. They have seven big street lights swinging in front of their office on East street, and they make a splendid white light that dispells the

u!u WI"ie inat

sville, arc the guests of Mr. ^J001*1 ^or Quite a distance. They

and Mr. and

also have several lights installed in front of business houses that show up in an attractive manner.

HENRY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION IS SUED.

New Castle, Ind.—Melvin G. Dodson has filed suit against the Henry County Agricultural Society for $1,000 damages. Dodsoft was given space at the fair and after his tent was up the society declined to

low

GREENFIELD REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 1911

The cost of producing an acre of wheat in Indiana is about $12.37. An increase of five bushels in the festival at Fountaintown last Sat average yield per acre would mean urday night. an annual increase in the value of the crop of $12,500,000.

The average yield of wheat grown under ordinary farm conditions on the Purdue experiment station farm for the past twenty-five years has

al­

him to show an account of alleged objectionable features, had him arrested and compelled him to quit the grounds. The Fair Association will not have a large surplus and can not stand any judgments. The directors were in session to settle the fair business when the sheriff served summons on them.

Fort Family Reunion.

The nineteenth annual reunion of the Fort family was held in Craft's grove, near Charlottesville, August 12th. About one hundred of descendants were present. The ficers are John Henry Fort, of Greenfield, R. R. 1, president Lowery Fort, of Knightstown, vice president, and Mrs. Effie D. Hetrick, of Fortville, secretary and treasurer. The above officers were re-elected for next year. No regular program was arranged, but Mrs. Julia Carey

«una. vaicj

and original poem. Wallace Fort of Memphis, Tenn., gave a splendid talk and recited an appropriate selection. Miscellaneous business con eluded the regular routine. The

side Park, Indianapolis, the second Saturday in August, 1912

NEW PALESTINE.

Miss Ruby Hardy, of Fountaintown, spent Sunday with Fannie Coffey.

been twenty-eight bushels per acre. Sunday in Anderson with Harry H. Experiments in ten representative Pratt and wife. counties of the state have shown an average gain due to fertilization and wife spent Sunday with friends of wheat of 11.6 bushels per acre, at Kennard. The average cost per acre of fertilization was $4.14, leaving a net Williams and wife, John Patterson, profit per acre of $7.46.

In a comparison of wheat grown Blanche Harlan and Naomi Kinder continuously on the same land with wheat grown in a four-course rotation, containing clover, it was found that the plats in the rotation yielded 5.6 bushels per acre more than the plats in the continuous wheat series.

dispells tne

kn nova cnvnr»oi 11 vn c? inftollnrl

Several young people of this place enjoyed a hay-ride last Friday evening, given for Isabel le Woods worth of Chattanooga, Tenn., who is the guest of Genevieve Fritts.

Quite a crowd witnessed the ball games played at the park Sunday. The New Palestine Srs. lost in a game with the Manhattans of Indianapolis, but New Palestine Jrs. won over the Greenfield Shamrocks by the score of 10 to 6. Ashcraft pitched a one-hit game and the team should be congratulated on the way they play, for they are all home boys and have had very little experience in ball playing.

Fay Banta was the guest of Yada Patterson on Saturday night and Sunday.

Listen for wedding bells again in the near future. This is a first class little town, and doesn't intend to be left behind as long as Cupid remains so busy.

favored the company with a reading Greenfield and seven miles west of Carthage, on Monday, September 4, 1911,

Bossy Jones Won Race. The foot race in front of the grandstand Tuesday afternoon was participated in by a number of boys and was exciting to a high degree. "Bossy" Jones, a colored boy, living in the northwest part of the city,( came out ahead and won the prize.

Thaw Snow and E. G. Rawlings, of Charleston, Mo., who is advertising Southern Missouri land, are here attending the Horse Show and meeting a great many people. •fushr

A number from here attended the

WILLOW.

Mrs. Will Humphreys, of New Castle, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Gibson.

Orville Plummer and wife spent

A. E. Sipe and wife and F. H. Sipe

W. N. Shepherd and wife, Edwin

James Van Duyn, Iva VanDuyn,

attended church at Kennard Sunday evening. R. H. Kinder and wife and W. S. Thomas and wife attended the New Castle fair Thursday.

Dell Marsh and Sadie Patterson spent last week the guests of John and Mayme Patterson.

Ed Higgins, of New Castle, spent Sunday with Margaret Tutterow. John Fort and Amy Sherry gave a picnic for their Sunday school classes in Braddock's grove Friday.

Samuel Price, of Milner's Corner, and Charley Hayes and wife called on Jas. Van Duyn Sunday evening.

John Spegal spent Sunday with his brother, Noah, at Brown's Chapel.

Cloyd Boner went to Covington to„ spend a few days with his grandparents.

Irene Jackson, of Milner's Corner, called on Mary Record Sunday evening.

Arnold Huston and family, of Anderson, spent a few days here the guests of Alvin Sipe and wife.

Mrs. Oren Record spent a few days last week with her parents, Frank Bridges and wife, north of Wilkinson.

Omer Fort and family attended the Fort reunion at Charlottesville Saturday.

Elmer Fletcher and Walter King of New Castle spent Sunday at their home here.

R. H. Kinder and wife spent Sunday afternoon at Kennard. W. S. Thomas and wife and Prude Tutterow called on E. H. Boner and wife Sunday evening.

Blanche Harlan spent Thursday and Friday at New Castle as the guest of friends and relatives.

Mrs. E. H. Boner is on the sick list. Jake Staley was home over Sunday.

Will Shepherd and wife entertained the latter's aunt from Indianapolis Saturday.

Iva and Lulu White, of Maple Valley were in town Friday. Miss Uva Van Duyn was at Greenfield having dental work done Saturday.

Will Parker and wife attended the Horse Show at Greenfield Wednesday.

next meeting place will be at Brook- ^ood &eneral purpose work horse, 8

Wm. H. Pauley, Auctioneer. PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public auction at the Strickland farm, one-eighth mile south of Westland store,

seven

miles southeast of

Beginning at 10 o'clock a. m., the following personal property, to-wit: Five head of horses, including one

il

years old one 4-year-old gentle driving horse one good sorrel work horse one 3-year-old general purpose gelding, broke to work, and an extra good weanling filly.

Nine head of cattle, consisting of threp good gentle milk cows, including one Jersey two yearlings, one steer and one heifer four weanling calves, two males and two heifers.

Seventeen head of Shropshire sheep, including eleven ewes, five ewe lambs and one buck.

Eighty head of hogs, consisting of ten brood sows, all bred, and several due to farrow before date of sale one fine bred Poland China male hog, 56 shoats, will weigh 80 pounds

THE SILENT BUSINESS MAN

SAMUEL F. MANNON,

The successful mute business man, located on North East street, opposite the Christian church, and near Gibbs' hardware store, who uses the language indicated by the following alphabet:

(1

each 12 smaller shoats. About thirty-five acres of corn in the field.

Farming Implements, etc., including two farm wagons, one good Scotch Clipper breaking plow one good, five-disa wheat drill two riding cultivators three sets of double harness, and many other things too numerous to mention.

Terms—All sums of $5 and under, cash in hand over that amount, a credit of six months will be given the purchaser executing bankable note with approved freehold security, waiving relief from valuation and appraisement laws. Five per cent, discount for cash on all sums over $5. No property to be removed from premises until terms of sale are complied with.

STRICKLAND & PEARSON. w-17-31—d-17-31

EXECUTOR'S SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Executor of the estate of William Ewing, deceased, by order of the Rush Circuit Court, will sell at public sale at his late farm residence, two and one-half miles northwest of Carthage, three mlies southeast of Charlottesville, and five miles southwest of Knightstown, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., on

Monday, August 21, 1911, The following personal property, to-wit.

Nine head of horses, 12 head of cattle, 47 head of hogs. Farming implements of all kinds 31 acres of corn in the field, 150 bushels corn in the crib one 16-horse-power Gaar-Scott engine in good condition one 32-52 Nichols Shephard separator.

Terms—January 1, 1912, on all sums over $5.00. OLIVER W. RIGHTER,

'v4

Mr. Mannon respectfully solicits a liberal patronage in his line of work from the people of Greenfield and vicinity, and assures them, one and all, of courte. ous treatment, first-class work and a square deal.

Executor.

Everette Button, Auctioneer.

Charles Young and Levi Butler, of Carthage and Nathan Butler and Mrs. Margaret Brown, of Westland, spent the day here with J. I. Butler and family."!

FOR SALE

Foi' Rent. Wanted, l^tc.

For Sale—25 or 30 head of breeding ewes, $7.00 per head one thoroughbred Shropshire buck, coming four years old, quiet at a fair price. D. F. Hawk, New Palestine, R. 2. wt2-4td~8-10-15-17

Farm For Sale 44^ acres of good land, well improved, in Jackson township, Hancock county, 3 miles north of Charlottesville. Write James F. Cranfill, Alexandria, Ind., R. F. D. 17. 16t2-wt2

Advertised Letters.

Airdome Theater. Barrett, Miss Eva. Bishop, Fred. Buck, Mrs. R. A. Burke, Miss Billie. Catt, Miss Roxey. Clement & Son. Dennis, Mrs. Ellas. Duncan, C. E. 1 Greenstreet, Mrs. Ella. Lisher, Mrs. Fannie B. Mattox, Earl. Magee, Raymond. 1 O'Brien, Frank. 1 Ruschaupt, Miss Fern. Sinclair, Mrs. Alice.

1

Shirkey, Mrs. Campa. Smith, Gordon (2). Thomas, Mrs. Will. Tucker. T. Parties calling for above, please say "advertised."

G. W. Duncan, P. M.

Farm For Sale.

Forty acre farm with rich fertile soil arid fine improvements. One mile north of Mohawk and one mile of Market and electric line. See John Price, Greenfield, Ind., R. R. 2. Immediate possession. 12t7~wp

Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Milner's Corner Horse Thief Detective Association will hold their regular semi-annual meeting at the Sugar Grove school house on Saturday, August 19, 1911, at 8 a. m. sharp. Chas. H. Jackson, Sec. wt3-d4,11,18

Miss Bartle, of Knightstown, is here a guest of Miss Norma Slifer. S