Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 6 March 1913 — Page 7

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CHARLES WHITESELL HAS PASSED AIAIAY

Well Known and Highly Respected Knightstown Man Had a Son and Daughter Here.

Charles Whitesell, an aged and well known citizen of Knightstown. died about 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Whitesell was formerly a merchant at Knightstown, and was a most highly respected citizen. He was the father of Joseph Whitesell. of North State street, and of Mrs. Wood L. Walker of North Pennsylvania street, this city. One daughter, Mrs. Homer Bragg, lives at Muncie, and one, Louise Whitesell, at home. The widow also survives.

OBITUARY

John Henry Brooks, son of William and Mary Brooks, was born March 10, 1866, and died March 1. 1913, at the age of 47 years. He was next to the youngest of a family of seven children, three of whom, Robert W. Brooks, Laura A. Bentley and Sarah B. Hamilton, survive him.

He "spent his boyhood days on the old farm in Blue River township, this county. Full of hope and courage, he early in life formed habits of persistence, and for ten years, beginning at the age of 18 years, he worked to secure higher education by teaching, awhile, then going to school. He graduated at the Indiana State Normal in 1896.

He was married to Margaret I. Miller on November. 23, 1898, and to them were born four children— Jessie Irene, Robert Miller, Sarah Eleanor and John Homer.

In his home one was impressed with his loving thoughtfulness, seeking always to give the best he possessed to his family. His nobility of character was seen in his charity toward his fellow man, ever able to see the good.

He was a birthright member of the Friends church, faithful in attendance and duty, quiet and unassuming in manner, he believed that to make a correct life was the best thing any man could do. He was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men a member of the National Monument Dealers' Association, and a charter member of the State Association, holding at the time of his death the office of vicepresident. For about fifteen years he had been in the monument business in this city, succeeding Joel B. Pusey, conscientious in all of his dealings, he held the entire confidence of the public.

During the eighteen months of illness, he often expressed himself as being weary in body, but was patient and hopeful having much to live for, yet content with whatever must be. He was a man among men and we shall ever love and admire his memory. "God's plans, like lilies, pure and white unfold

Time will reveal the calyxes of gold And if through patient toil we 1 reach that land,

Where tired feet with" sandals loosed roay rest When we shall clearly see and understand, I think that we shall say: 'God knew the best.'" dw 1A

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OBITUARY—LUMAN BANKS

Luman Banks was born in Greenfield May 1, 1864, and died March 3, 1913, being at the time of his death, 48 years, 10 months and 2 days old. He was the fourth child in a family of six children born to Andrew J. and Viola Harvey Banks. His death occurred in the house in which he was born, and he never had resided in any other home.

As a child, boy and young man he was different from most other persons in those stages of life. He was unusually serious, thoughtful and earnest. So much so, indeed, that it was often said of him that he was never like a boy. By nature he was quiet, modest and retiring, always shunning publicity and society. His education was secured in the Greenfield schools and he attended at (lie West, or Washington, school building from the first primary grade to the last term of the High School Senior year, when he disconlinued his school course without graduating, rather than go through the publicity of the commencement occasion.

On leaving High School he immediately entered the mechanical department of his fathers hardware store, and began the apprenticeship of the several trades involved in the business, and soon became one of the most skilled mechanics in the city, and took complete charge and management of that branch of the business. Possessing a strong physical constitution and wonderful strength, he applied himself with a diligence and constancy which few men could have endured.

When the father sought to retire from active participation in business on account of age, the son was taken into the business under the firm name of A. J. Banks & Son, and he had full control of the partnership business for many years, and up to the lime of his father's death. He took and completed many large contracts in Greenfield, Hancock and adjoining counties, always doing the work in the most efficient and commendable way. After the death of his father, he did business under the firm style of A. J. Banks' Son.

When in the prime of life few men in business in Greenfield ever commanded greater confidence and respect in business than /he. He was by nature the soul of honor and integrity. He had many true friends. He was devoted to his work, his home and his parents. They seemed to be his whole life thought.

The death of his mother, a few years ago, was a sad blow to him, and he never appeared to be his former self after it occurred. That followed by the death of his father a few months ago, were sad losses which he could not overcome.

He was not communicative, and no one ever knew the depth of his grief and sorrow, but there is reason to believe that he was strongly affected by meloncholy. He was of such a nature that friends and relatives could not get close to him in such a way as to give him relief. There can be no doubt in the minds of those who understood his nature best that he suffered silently and alone more than: anyone-ever knew, and not being able to get relief he preferred to die rather than longer endure.

He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Rosalind Corcoran, Mrs. Linna B. Gant and Mrs Viola B.( Spgncer, and a nuqib^r of o|h|^ reltitiyfes.

Funeral occurred at 10 o'clock a. ej$ax,( Marcfc,5, 1913. In-

EASTER HATS WILL BE OF MANY COLORS

Splendid Headdress Effects Have Been Devised and Smaller, More Compact Effects, the Style.

The approach of Easter, with its suggestions of returning sprightliness and special enjoyments, is probably as conspicuously noticeable in the displays of women's headgear as in any other visible thing. The local milliners, it is said, have, or will have a huge amount of new and attractive headdresses ready for the Easter season.

While a few weeks yet lie between the present and the day on which this blaze of splendor will appear, its component parts are already visible to the millinery experts, and admit of some description.

Practically all the hats will be of the close-fitting shapes, and will incline to small and compact outlines, in contrast to the far-flung, wing-like, sail-like structures that have adorned, and frequently wellnigh hidden both the heads and the shoulders of the fair ones in the recent past.

But what the hats of this season lack in bulk, they will more than recompense in richness of trimming and coloring. All the shades of red, from the brightest to that which is nearly brown pale yellow, bright yellow, green, blue—in a word the hats this season will run the limit of the chromatic scale. There will be flowers of about all sizes and assortments, and in a degree of abundance not seen for many a season. Bulgarian novelties will be popular, and the trimmings will almost all be elaborate. Nell Rose, Coquederoc, the Lyre, and so forth, are some of the names which are being attached to some of the adornments which will soon appear.

HAS CHERRY FURNITURE HUNDRED YEARS OLD

Mrs. J. C. Davis of This City, Received Bed-Room Suite as Present That, is Very Valuable.

Mrs. J. C. Davis, of West Fifth street, has received from Shelbyville a hundred year old cherry bed-room suite that belonged to her ancestors. The furniture plants at Shelbyville offered goodly sums for the furniture, as cherry wood is almost extinct, but Mrs. Davis refused them, as she wishes to retain it in the family. She is having the furniture refinished and it will be one of the most valuable antique suites in the country.

"Barney's Troublesome Foot," by Jessie Nay-Wagoner, appeared in the March number of the Black Cat magazine. It will be remembered that Mrs. Wagoner gave a reading at the Temple Club party last year, and is a sister of E. J. Nay, of this city.

Allowances

Allowances made by the Board of Gravel Road Directors of Hancock County, at their regular meeting, March 4, 1913. John Hull, labor on Char. &

.$ 2.50

Bunker Hill G. R. Emery Williams, Char. & B. Hill G. Quincy Bates, labor, Brooks

John W. Addison labor on Brooks gravel road Lewis Simmons, gravel, for

General G. James Kingen, labor, Mohawk Williams & McCord rd.... Anton Maroska, labor on Mohawk, Williams & MeCordsville G. R. C. O. Eakin, labor Mohawk,

Williams and McC. & R.... tt. H. Meier, labor, Nat'l..... C. A. Ostermeier, labor, Nat'l J. D. Adams & Co., road drag jSfeibrjt Jpi. .., 'Win. H! Albea, per diem, G'.

1.50

2.10

Range Line G. 143.75 James Bussell, per diem as G. R. director 15.00 R. Haynes, War. & Ktown GR 1.50 W. H. Marsh, labor Martindale G. Frank Felt, labor, Gfld and

Brandywine G. R. L. C. Barrett, labor, Gfld and Brandywine G. Harry Logan, labor, Brandywine & Center G. L. C. Barrett, labor, Brandywine and Center G. D. H. Cooper, labor Pendleton G. Chas. Foster, labor, Nat'l rd Elda Willett, labor, Nat'l Earl Jessup, labor, Nat'l I. M. WHlett, abor, Nat'l James Souder, labor, B'wine. C. I. Gray, labor, B'wine Gfld. Bridge & Sewer Co., sup.

1.50

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6.00

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Allowances

List of allowances made by the Board of Commissioners of Hancock county, Indiana, at their regular March, 1913 meeting: Levey Bros. & Co., supplies clerk's office $ 86.60 Levey Bros. & Co., bar docket 15.00 Levey Bros. & Co., supplies auditor's office 181.31 Levey Bros. & Co., supplies treasurer's office 51.60 Levey Bros. & Co., supplies recorder's office 17.98 Levey Bros. & Co., supplies sheriff's office 14.72 Levey Bros. & Co., supplies surveyor's office 26.15 Levey Bros. & Co., supplies county supt. office 65.55 Levey Bros. & Co., supplies coroner's office ...." 2.11 E. R. Gibbs inquest M. Swartz 11.50 Delia K. Gibbs, inq. Swartz.. 2.00 Geo. Woods, wit. Swartz inq .75 E. R. Gibbs, McDuffie inquest 14.00 Delia K. Gibbs, McDuffie inq. 4.00 Moses C. Wood, McDuffie inq .35 Ella McDuffie, wit. McD. inq. .75 R. E. Whittaker, McD. inq.. .75 L. H. Jacobi, erron. tax 21.70 Mahlon 'Apple, erron. tax 10.86 M. C. Wood, sal. clerk 525.00 M. C. Wood, supl. elk. office. 6.60 L. Wood, sal. auditor 700.00 L. WTood, supl. aud. office 10.21 A. F. Cooper, sal. co. treas.. 383.32 A. F. Cooper, exp. treas. office .95 J. E. Sample, sal. recorder... 350.00 J. E. Sample, postage, rec. of. 4.85 Mack Warrum, serving jury 8.10 Mack Warrum, serving jury 7.80 M. Warrum, per diem, sheriff 2.00 M. Warrum, sal. sheriff 333.34 M. Warrum, board prisoners 99.20 M. Warrum, ins and outs... 16.00 G. J. Richmaii, sal. co. supt.. 352.12 G. J. Richman, postage 8.70 G. J. Richman, traveling exp 5.45 Alice Richman, ass't co. supt 3.00 Anna Phillips, ass't co. supt. 1.75 J. H. Bussell, sal. co. com 75.00 W. H. Albea, sal. co. com 75.00 G. W. Allen, sal. co. com 50.00 W. P. Wirick, truant officer 40.00 H. G. Barnett, rep. c. 12.00 S. P. Green, drayage c. 2.25 G. R. Hull, sal. as janitor 50.00 J. W. Walker Co., supplies.. 29.76 J. W. Walker Co., sup. jail... 1.25 S. G. Snodgrass, rep. jail 3.00 W. H. Boyd, sal. fireman hp.. 52.00 John Boring, ass't fireman hp 38.00 Gfld. Ice & Fuel Co., coal hp. 488.53 Amer. Boiler & Sheet Iron Co. repairs h. I. 26.45 C. H. Rest., exp. h. 5.25 C. Cook, sal. sUpt. poor farm 250.00 Frank Gibbs, sup. por farm. 128.05 Co-Op. Store Co., sup. pr fm 3.6\ Gfld. Lum. & Ice Co., coal pf 51.58 T. E. Lowe, sal. poor phys,,. 50.00 Standard Oil Co., sup. pr fm 8.80 A. C. Pilkent.on, sup. co. B. H. 7.50 Milo Gibbs, sal. sec. B. 72-00 Milo Gibbs, ex. sec. B. 9.39 Spencer Pub. Co., adv 12.15 J. L. Justice, sup Brown tp pr 17.90 Claude Cass, transfer Brown 'tp. poor 3.00 Odom Durham, sup. Brown tp. poor 9.50 Gfld. Ice & Fuel Co., sup. to

Center tp. poor 13.00 C. E. Vaughn, sup. Center tp. poor 34.00 Harry Strickland, sup. Center tp. poor 30.00 Gfld. Ice & Fuel Co., Center tp. poor 28.00 J. W. Walker Co., sup. Center tp. poor 61.24 J. B. Ellingwood, med. attd.

Vernon tp. poor 30.50 O. H. Cook, med. att'd Vernon tp. poor 8.50 Chappell Bros., sup. Vernon tp. poor 6.75 G. C. Winslow, engineering. 28.00 T. E. Glascock, sal. co. atty.. 125.00

LAWRENCE WOOD, Auditor. Advertisement

Case is Continued.

The case of Boweii vs. the Union Traction Company, which was set for trial for today, was continued until March 12th, on account of the sickness of Wm. Kittinger, one of the attorneys for the defense.

A new case was filed on a change of venue from Marion county, in which Margaret Easton charges Willis D. Williams with seduction, and asks $10,000 damages.

Found of Unsound Mind. The petition for a guardian for Rachel E. Green was heard by Judge Earl Sample Saturday, and Mrs. Green was found to be a person of unsound mind, and incapable of managing her estate. A guardian has not been appointed yet.

Lecture Well Attended Notwithstanding the inclement weather Friday evening, the lecture of Prof Elbert RiiaseU, of Earffram,. as well attended at the Friends church. Prof. Russell is widely known as a Bible student and. lecturer, and thosS who heard him on. £50|Frida/ ev^ini were well enter4.00T tained arid pfei 8.40

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BEHIND FOOTLIGHTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS

SAM TOLSH. POPULAR SHOEMAKER, WAS ACTOR IN OLD COUNTRY AND TRAVELED

WITH THE NEW7 YORK DRAMATIC CLUB.

MANYYEARS OF ARMY SERVICE

Fitted Him With Courage and Ability To Cope With Conditions in New Country His Wife Chosen

By His Parents, But Sam is Satisfied, and Lives a Happy, Busy Life.

Probably but very few, if any, of the hundreds of people who have gone to the little shoe shop on the east side of the court house square to have their foot troubles adjusted, are aware that the ever-smiling and accommodating proprietor, Sam Tolsh, has shone on the stage, and played to large audiences in two countries, but such is the fact.

Sam is very modest about his accomplishments as an actor, but some of the 1910-11 bills of the "New Dramatic Club" of New York, which the reporter happened to run across, and which gave Sam his just dues as a member of that company of players, brought out his story, with the help of a few adroit questions.

The story of Sam's life has been pretty full of interesting incidents, although he is now only 33 years old, or will be the 15th of May. He was born in Austria, Hungary, and at the age of 12 years he learned the shoemaker's trade, the tradd chosen for him by his parents, but he also learned another profession that was not chosen by them. He thought he could be ari actor, and

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knew lie had some talent, and so he studied and took advantage of every opportunity to practice, and when still only a boy, he had viewed his audiences from behind the footlights. At the age of 19 he was called to serve in the army of his country, and spent three years and eight months in that service, and in addition to doing his duty by his country as a soldier, he also entertained his comrades on many a lonely camp-ground as an actor.

Soon after he left the army, he followed his older and younger brother and sister to America, finding them at New York. Here they tried to prevail upon him to take up his trade as shoemaker, but the footlights were gleaming before his mind's eye, and he answered the call of the stage, against the wishes of his relatives. He traveled about the country and saving his money, sent for his parents, who came to New York. They thought he ought to get married and settle down, as he was then 28 years old, but Sam thought differently, as he was not through sight-seeing. Sam told them he did not want to ijiarry any of the American girls, and thought he had ended the matter, but such was not the case, for his parents knew the girl for him, and they sent for her, and sent a letter to Sam, who was then with his company in Ohio, to come home, as his father was sick. In two weeks Sam had not only dutifully, but willingly and gladly fallen in love with the girl of his parents' choice, arid they were married. Sam did nbt' settle ddwn to shoe-making thert however, but instead started on a wedding trip, joining his dramatic company again, and remained with it until it went to Indianapolis, in February, when he decided to take up his trade again, as his parents and other relatives wished. He worked-, by the day, but could not capabili/utftilhe fta&a'ihoiSi of, his owr#!. With a little borrowed money, he

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a shop, and when he stepped from a car in Greenfield, he says he felt that he was going to make his home here, and in a couple of hours had a lease on the little room on South East street. His start was in a small way, indeed, with nothing but a dry goods box for a. counter, some poor tools, and a small stock of leather. Sam is a hustler, however, and he worked almost night and day, and in fact did work one entire night in order to complete work when promised. He soon had saved enough to bring his wife to this city, and then he began to improve his shop with shoe-making machinery of the latest pattern and the work kept coming, as fast as he could care for it.

Well, the story is about ended. Sam has a well-fitted shop and now hires an assistant has a phone for the benefit of his customers, and keeps just as busy as a man can be and is as happy as a busy, prosperous man with a family has a right to be.

MOVNIG TIME HERE,

March 1st the Signal For Changing From One Farm To Another Ry Owners and Tenants.

The regular spring moving period has arrived, and there will be many people moving during the next two weeks. The fcrst of March is always the signal for many changes on the farms of this community, as it usually is at this time that farm leases expire, or possession is given by sellers. There are many renters who are compelled to move this spring, and there are also owners of farms who are leaving them altogether or changing location. By moving the first of March, the change is completed before the time for plowing begins, and the spring work is usually not delayed or interfered with much.

BIG REWARD OFFERED

Wayne County Will Pay $500 For Arrest of Alleged Murderer.

An appropriation of $500, recommended by the county commissioners recently as a rewrard for the arrest andy conviction of Joseph Snyder, alias Stewart, who is believed to be the murder of William Henry Dayton, was made by the county Wednesday. It is hoped that the reward will attract some of the best detectives on the case.

The council also appropriated $100 as a salary to Shively & Shively, attorneys, who assisted Joshua Allen, former prosecutor, in the prosecution of Jack Lewis, the actor, who was'on trial in the Circuit Court last fall.—Richmond Item.

Mrs. Wallace Mealey was in Greenfield Friday evening, calling on old friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mealey formerly resided in this city, and he had charge of the city water plant. They have resided at Indianapolis for several years.

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