Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 3 October 1912 — Page 4

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CKEENFIELD REPUBLICAN

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

•stared at the postoffice, Greenfield, Ind., as •eeond clsse natter.

SPENCER PUBLISHING CO. Newton R. Spencer, Editor & Mgr.

OBITUARIES ...$1.00 CARDS OF THANKS ... .25

Republican National Ticket

For President of the United States, WILLIAM H. TAFT. of Ohio.

For Vice President of U. S., JAMES S. SHERMAN. of New York.

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET

For Governor

W. T. DURBIN, Anderson,

For Lieutenant Governor THOMAS T. MOORE, Greencastle.

For Secretary of State FRED I. KING, Wabash.

I For State Treasurer JOB FREEMAN, Terre Haute.

For Auditor of State

I. NEWT BROWN, Franklin.

For Attorney General F. H. WURZER, South Bend.

Supt. of Public Instruction SAMUEL C. FERREL, Ft. Wayne.

For State Statistician J. L. PEETZ, Indianapolis.

Reporter Supreme Court

I W. H. RIPLEY, Indianapolis..

Supreme Judge, First District W. D. ROBINSON, Evansville.

Supreme Judge, Fourth District LEANDER MONKS, Winchester.

Appellate Judge, Southern District DAVID A. MYERS, Greensburg.

REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET

For Representative

George W. Gates, of Center tp. For Judge Elden A. Robb, of Center tp.

For Prosecuting Attorney DeWitt Cooper, of Center tp. For Sheriff James W. Hiday, of Yernon tp.

For Treasurer

John Hittle, of Sugar Creek tp. For Surveyor Albert C. Atherton, Sugar Creek.

For Coroner

Wm. R. Johnson, of Jackson tp. Commissioner Middle District John S. Souder, of Center tp. Commissioner Eastern District Franklin M. Bridges, Brown tp.

Persons who vote in Indiana will have to register. Monday, October 7th, is Ihe last day for registration. No matter whether a voter likes the registration law or not, it is the law, and if lie. would exercise his right of franchise on election day, he must register.

The time has come in the political campaign when the most strenuous efforts are being put forth by all parties to influence votes, but the people are not becoming so much excited as they have heretofore. They are acting like they intended to vote their judgment instead of their excitement and prejudice.

The apathy in politics, while it might indicate reform in the sense that people are not so radically partisan as formerly, still it might, at the same time, indicate that they are indifferent as to their discharge of political and citizen duties. It will be a sad day when the people generally become negligent in the discharge of their political duties.

The Democratic fight in New York between Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate for President on the one side and Tammany Hall, 'led by Boss Murphy, is interesting to Republicans, because it may result in the election of a Republican

Governor in that state, but our sympathy is with Mr. Wilson, and we hope he will beat Murphy and his Tammany gang.

We have heard so much of the .wisdom of the founders of the United States Government, all our lives, that we can not now think the old constitution which they drafted and adopted, is not still worthy of our confidence and support. The man who today would teach disrespect for it immediately arouses our suspicions.

J. L. BINFORD, PRES.

Farmers and Banks

The farmer needs the bank—it will keep his money in absolute safety without charge. It will pay his bills* Instead of carrying the money to people, he mails them checks. It gives the best receipt for what he pays.

This bank appreciates the deposits of farmers, and feel that we can be mutually helpful to each other. We give a standing invitation to all farmers to make our bank your headquarters when in town.

Party bias, more often than anything else, inspires apologies for public wrongs. This should not be the case. The true loyal party man should condemn official wrongs even when in his own party, and should not support them by his vote. If men felt the responsibility of cleansing their own party so strongly that they would not support it in wrong, there would be less wrong. The consciousness that wrongs will be justified and sustained by strong party organizations stimulates political and official wrongs. One is disgusted at the constant manifestation of anything to win in politics. The righting of political evils lies with the people. If the work is left to leaders prompted by selfish interests, they will never be corrected.

CAPITAL STATE BANK A I A $ 5 0 0 0 0

Nothing could indicate the great change in political interest than that less than 100 men could be marshalled for the parade of the Democrats from the Columbia Hotel to the opera house last Monday to hear the Honorable Samuel M. Ralston speak. Mr. Ralston is a good speaker. He is a man of clean life and fine character, and should command the attention of every Democrat in the sections where he speaks, and still his crowd last Monday was small. We do not think that the small crowd indicated that Mr. Ralston is not supported by^ the Democrats of Hancock couny, but it did indicate, beyond a doubt that people are not interested in politics as they were twenty years ago. The time was when a candidate for Governor would attract a crowd that" would pack the streets of Greenfield, but it seems that day has passed. This is a time when political apathy is very noticeable. People are not going crazy on politics as they once did.

Too great respect can not be shown to Christianity and its ordinances. Its influences on the lives of the people has been good. More Christianity in politics would not be amiss. The opening of conventions with prayer, which has been very common from time immemorial, has met with the general approval of the people. The present campaign, however, has witnessed in some places the use of prayer as a special feature. If this is prompted by true Christian devotion, it is above criticism, but if it is used merely to appeal to the credulity and partiality of Christian people in order to elicit their support for unworthy and unchristian candidates, it is sacriligious. It is on a par, or worse, than the practice of using the church and religion to promote unlawful business. We do not pretend to say that there are any cases of candidates "playing" religious people simply for their political support, but the cause of true Christianity is so sacred and the general conditions of politics and political practices so corrupt and dishonest in many places, that any attempt at blending the two should be watched closely, until there is positive evidence that there is no concerted effort to prostitute the cause of Christianity to the service of the devil. If the lives of men are such as to justify the reading of the Scriptures, the singing of hymns and psalms and appealing to God for aid in their work, well and good, but if it is done only for selfish purposes to secure political support for men who boldly disregard God's sacred moral laws, it is blasphemy and should find, instead of the support of Christian people, their strongest condemnation.

DIPHTHERIA

Too strong emphasis can not be placed upon the necessity of the greatest care by everyone against the spread of the dreaded disease, Diphtheria, which has developed in our city. No warning is needed by

VC.

W. J. THOMAS, ASS'T. CASHIER N. C. BINFORD. CASHIER

Some people think that politics and administration do not have anything to do with business conditions, but before one year from this date they will have to explain the radical change in the business conditions of this country. With the election of Woodrow Wilson, prices of everything except money will decline. The rate of interest will advance.

M. CURRY, V.-PRES

the physicians of the city. They alone fully appreciate the danger, and every precaution suggested by them should be followed to the letter. In the spread of contagious diseases the responsibility is largely on the public. The people never have been cautious enough. Hence it is that physicians and health officers have secured the passage of strict laws requiring great care. These laws should be obeyed strictly, and the. physicians and boards of health should have the hearty co-operation of the people in their enforcement. No disease is to be dreaded more than diphtheria.

There are many cases and every case of sore throat should promptly be investigated, and if there is any symptom of diphtheria, the case should at once be put under restriction. The schools being 'in session the teachers should ever be wratchful to the end that there be no general epidemic of the disease.

SOME FACTS FOR VOTERS

Business never better. Wages never higher. Factories running full time. Railroads crowded with Ira flic. Labor in demand. Rank deposits increasing. Everybody busy and hopeful. WHY CHANGE WHEN ALL'S WELL?

THE OTHER SIDE FACTS

Bread lines a mile long. Soup houses everywhere. Banks mostly busted. Three Million men idle. Ten Million children hungry. Homes plastered with mortgages. Nobody making any money. WHY HAVE THE HARD TIMES AGAIN?

SOLD GASOLINE CHEAP

Failed to Deliver Goods and Given Prison Term.

Lee Lynn, 20 years old, of Rush county, pleaded guilty to getting money under false pretenses Friday before Judge Blair, and was sent to the State Reformatory for one to seven years.

The young man went among the farmers in that county and sold them large quantities of gasoline at 11 y2 cents a gallon, and collected the money upon taking the orders. In this way he collected $360 of the farmers good hard cash, going un-r der the name of Roy Murphy. He never delivered the gasoline and the farmers began to make investigations that led to his arrest and plea of guilty.

The public sale of Henry Goldman, which occurred near Carthage Tuesday, brought good prices for the property sold. .Burnside & Frost, auctioneers, report that the horses brought as high as $200 cows from $30 to $65 corn, $20.50 per acre hay, $13.25, and hogs brought prices clear up in the royal purple.

Will Move Office.

Dr. Milo Gibbs will move his office in a few days from the Gates buiiding to the Dudding & Moore building. He is having a suite of three nice roomg fitted up in first class style.

Strayed or Stolen A beautiful lemon colored Jersey heifer calf, about eight weeks old. The calf is a pet and the switch of its tail is black. A liberal reward will be given for information leading to the recovery, of the calf. George W. Draper, JR. F. D. 4, one mile south of Greenfield. 30d6wl-pd

Much rye is being sown by the farmers all over the country. It is a nice crop to sow, and in the way of stock pasture it is excellent. In the spring the stock is kept off of it for a time, and it produces an excellent yield of grain.

Card of Thanks.

We desire to express our sincere thanks to our many friends and neighbors who were with us during the sickness and at the death of our dear husband and father.

Mrs. Wm. O. Sebastian and Son. d-w

This has been a good season for raising pumpkins, according to report. There are many large fine ones of a good quality.

SHUBERT MURAT THEATER

The former presentations of the Aborn English Grand Opera Company, of Indianapolis, have established this organization so highly here that local music lovers have begun to look upon the annual visit of this organization as a public institution aside and separate from regular theatricals, and no musical season would seem complete without it. Their return for an engagement of one week beginning on Monday, October 14th, at the Shubert Murat theater, Indianapolis, is the more interesting this time because of the pretentious and varied list of operas they are presenting this season, including "Madam Butterfly," "La Boheme," "The Tales of Hoffman," "Hansel and Gretel," "Lohengrin," "II Trovatore," "Carmen," and "Lucia di Lammermoor."

The double cast of the Aborn English Grand Opera Company this year includes Ivy Scott and Jane Abercrombie, sopranos Eugene Battain and Leonid Samoloff, tenors Jayne Herbert and Zoe Fulton, contraltos Morton Adkins and Louis Kreidler, baritones William Schuster and George Shields, bassos Philip Fein, bufi'o, Carlo Nicosia, conductor, and others. This list is practically the same as that of last season, the only changes being demanded by the new repertoire, Ivy Scott, the coloratura soprano in this organization, was a child actress in Australia. At the age of six she made her debut as Puck in a children's cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and became an ingenue, playing "grownup" parts at the early age of 12. Afterward, her voice showed such promise that she was educated for the grand opera stage. Last season she appeared in the title role of Puccini's latest opera. "The Girl of the Golden West," under the Savage management at the Murat theater.

Mail orders will be taken care of in the order of their receipt, d-w

BOTTLE PUT IN WHITE RIVER FOUND IN PACIFIC OCEAN.

Botlle Launched at Anderson Two Years Ago Picked Up By a Soldier Near the Coast of Hawaii.

Anderson, Ind., Sept. 30.—Mrs. Raymond Forkner, a recent bride, formerly Miss Pansy Daube, of this city, wrote her name on a card two years ago, inclosed the card in a bottle tightly corked and then cast the ^bottle into White River at a point near this city. The card has been returned to her with a brief note by Frank C. Bubil, who says he is a member of Company C, Second Infantry, stationed on the Hawaiian Islands. The note explains that Bubil took the bottle from the Pacific Ocean while it was floating near the shore, on August 16th, last.

People here are wondering if there is a subterranean stream connecting White River with the Pacific Ocean, or if some unknown current, after the bottle had gone down the White, Wahash, Ohio and Mississippi, carried it through the Gulf of Mexico out to the Atlantic, then down to the Straits of Magellan and up and across the Pacific to Hawaii.

Miss Hattie Rigdon has resumed her place at the telephone exchange as long distance operator, after an absence of two weeks spent at Muncie, Connersville and Acton. Her mother, Mrs. W. W. Rigdon, joined her at Acton and they spent a week with George W. Showalter and family.

John Michaels, of Anderson James Parris and wife, west of this "City Mrs. Catherine Kinder and family and Richard Pauley and wife were guests Sunday of William

Scott and wife, on We'st Fourth street. Mp. Michaels is the father of Mrs. Scott.

Birthday Surprise.

The friends and neighbors of Mrs. Emma Lanham planned and carried out a surprise for her at her home on North School street. The occasion was her birthday anniversary, and about forty guests were present. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. A jolly good time was had by all.

Prof. Hackleman, wife and chilr dren were guests Sunday of Rev. B. F. Daily and family, east of the city. Prof. Hackleman has charge of the music at the Christian church revival.

Learn of Baby's Death. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Lewis received a letter from their son, Ralph, at Chicago, Friday, stating that his baby daughter died there at the hospital. It was nine days old.

Mrs. W* I. Garriott is spending a few days the guest of Mrs. M. C. Fort, of Wilkinson.

Sketches by Old Scribe. Odom Durham, the big general merchant, of Shirley, has one of the nicest and best equipped store rooms in this part of the country. It comprises an immense sales room with commodious store room, has a lighting plant belonging to the equipment, and many features that make it up-to-date in every particular. This establishment was owned for many years by the firm of Muse & Durham, Mr. Muse being father-in-law of Mr. Durham. In later years Mr. Muse retired from the firm owing to ill health. His health continued to decline until he passed away some weeks ago. The writer knew Mr. Muse well and had frequent pleasant conversation with him. He was a kindly man, a splendid citizen, and one of Shirley's most enterprising citizens. A business man of that town remarked at his death that he had lost the best friend he ever had since he went to Shirley. And no doubt many others could so at test. Miss Grace Muse is the chief clerk at the store, but dame rumor has it that she will assume another role soon. When questioned concerning the rumor, she admitted that it would occur February 30th.

A brief call at the Spiceland Sanitarium revealed some new faces at the helm. The old management has retired. Dr. Fussell, one of the most prominent physicians in that whole section, along with Dr. Kirk, retired from the institution owing to advancing age, and Dr. Smethers, an active young physician of Markleville, took his place. Dr. Fussell returns to his old home in Markleville, the spot that saw him in his swaddling clothes as a doctor, and a people with whom ho has become deeply attached, and who owe him much for what he has sacrificed in their behalf. The loved ones restored, and a new generation ushered in. He is the veritable hero of the "Bonnie Brier Bush" of this age. C. F. Bundy, my old time host on many occasions when I was a pilgrim and stranger in that land, the writer of "Ramblers Rounds," received shelter beneath his hospitable roof. Since that time, much that is sad, and much that is joyful and pleasant has occurred within the former bailiwick of ye old scribe, and many whose "hearts were pregnant with celestial fire" have been gathered in, and the places in the hearts and hearths of loved ones cannot be filled. Much improvement is noticed at the sanitarium. A fine sun parlor will be erected and many things too numerous to mention, which will add to the efficiency of the working force, and also to the facilities from cellar to garrett, and along all lines.

ALL BIRTHS MUST RE REPORTED PROMPTLY.

Health officers over the state are receiving communications from Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, asking that all births be reported promptly. The letter in part is as follows: "The statistical department recently received some birth certificates which should have been sent in before. "All certificates must be sent on the fourth day of each month for the month preceding to the State Board of Health. "The law commands that birth certificates shall be reported to the health officer having jurisdiction within thirty-six hours after the birth. "If physicians do not report births within thirty-six hours, then the bill for charges for services becomes invalid. "All births~must be recorded and the certificates sent to this department promptly, not later than the fourth day of each month. Don't fail in this it is exceedingly important."

Julius B. Thornton, wife and son, Robert J. 0. Addison and wife, of Indianapolis Mrs. E. A. Thornton, of Knightstown John and Mayme Patterson, of Willow, spent Sunday with Mrs. Adella Marsh, of North Pennsylvania street.

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HIGH PRICED STALLIONS ARE ALWAYS A LOSS

Says Editor of Shelbyville Republican, in Commenting On the $1,000 Insurance Paid Here

In commenting on the item in The Reporter last week concerning the paying of $1,000 insurance by Wood Bros, to Ralph Ginley for the loss of his fine Belgian stallion, the editor of the Shelbyville Republican says: "Wood Brothers, who paid this loss, are well known in Shelby county, being natives of Van Buren township. The special thing we wish to speak of, however, is the $1,000 paid for the loss of the horse. This horse was a Belgian, a magnificent animal and a few years ago cost $2,400. Now the insurance company pays $1,000 for him on his death, and he was no doubt worth that or more. When horse salesmen come around and want to sell any Shelby county man or company of men a stallion for from $2 000 to $2,400, tell them to go to— the horse is not worth it. You can never get your money back on him. A little figuring on the cold-blood-ed facts will show you the truth of the above statement. I have seen a half dozen or more horses bought at the above prices and the man or men who made the purchase lost from $1,000 to $1,500 on each horse. Why then shall farmers go up against this losing game? Do not do it. Fine, full-blooded draft horses are all right and a good thing for the country, but they should be bought at a fair price, one at which the farmer or local horseman can get out alive."

ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Notice is Hereby Given, That the undersigned has been, by the Judge of the Hancock Circuit Court, appointed Administrator of the Esstate of Addie Thompson, late of Hancock County, Indiana, deceased.

Said estate is supposed to be solvent. MICHAEL THOMPSON, Administrator.

Quigley & Hinchman, attorneys for Estate.

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GREENFIELD MARKET These prices are corrected daily from quotations by the Bolt Meat Market, Thomas Nye, the poultry dealer New Milling Company, The Greenfield Milling Company, and local grocers:

CATTLE

Steers [email protected] Stock Cattle [email protected] Heifers [email protected] Bulls [email protected] Canners and Cutters [email protected] Fat cows [email protected] Cows and Calves [email protected] Veal Calves [email protected]

HOGS

Good to Best Heavy [email protected] Medium and Mixed [email protected] Choice Lights [email protected]

WHEAT

Wheat, per bushel 50@95o CORN White Corn, per bushel 65c Yellow Corn, per bushel 60c

OATS AND RYE

Oats, mixed, per bushel 20c Oats, white, per bushel 24c Rye, per bushel 63c

HAY AND STRAW

Baled timothy hay, per ton....$12 Baled mixed hay, per ton 11 Baled clover hay, per ton 10 Timothy hay, bulk, ton 10 Mixed hay, bulk 8 Clover hay, bulk 8 Baled Wheat Straw 4 Bales Oats Straw 5

BACON AND LARD

BUTTER AND EGGS

Butter, per pound 19@25c Eggs, per dozen 23@2ic POULTRY Spring Chickens, per lb 11c Hens, per lb 10c Turkeys, per lb .ioc Geese, per lb ...60 Ducks, per lb 80

SEEDS

Timothy, per bushel. J&[email protected] Clover, per bushel [email protected] Alsike, per bushel [email protected] intW- WOOL Wool, pep Ut. 16(522o