Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 23 July 1914 — Page 7

Page PDF (11.57 MB)

Back to issue view

a. J,!S

K, it-: If

Y-r-

f' i'L

BARN OF JAMES DEER STRUCK 1 AND BURNED WITH CONTENTS fi—WIDOW HUNTS HOME IS

Vv BURNED—STOCK KILLED —OTHER DAMAGE DONE.

During the elcetric Strom Thursday afternoon, a great deal of dam-

"v v- •. 3,age was done in central Hancock county by the lightning. \T,„ One of aJmes Deer's big barns, s, 106x40 feet, was struck, at tiis farm ". on Route 3, two miles southeast of town and was completely destroyed,

/together with the contents. The barn contained 36 tons of

I' timothy hay, a great deal of which

t. had just been put up about five

tons of baled straw, 400 bushels of corn, 75 bushels of wheat, 75 bushels of oats, two gasoline engines and a Jot of small farm tools. All these .were destroyed. There were several horses in the barn and one, owned by John S. Orr, of this city, was killed. Mr. Orr is the contractor who is building Mr. Deer's new William Schieldmeier, of Sugar house and had put his horse up in Creek township, has been raising •the barn. Two other horses were" alfalfa for several years and has knocked down, but were saved. The' observed closely its growth, and is personal property burned was part-! much pleased with his experience, nership property of Mr. Deer and Me has harvested two six-acre tracts his son-in-law, Almond E. Wickard, this year. Six years or more ago he who lives across the road from the sowed six acres. After it had grown

bors, who gathered at the fire. Mr. Deer and Mr. Wickard wish to express their appreciation to these neighbors for their timely help in saving their property.

Deer home. for four or five years he broke the Hays Duncan and Mr. Wickard ground up and sowed it in wheat, were in the barn when the storm' He says it was an awful job to started, but left the barn and ran' break it, on account of the alfalfa to Mr. Wickard's house a few min- roots. He had his plow sharpened utes before the lightning struck the especially for the work when he barn. (began, but. was compelled to keep a

Mr. Deer carried $400 insurance file with him in order to sharpen on the barn, and he and Mr. Wick- the share of his plow so that, it sard carried $700 on the personal would sever the roots of the plant, property that was burned, with When the field was broken he said

Widow's Home Burned. The home of Mrs. Nancy Hunt, widow lof the late Harvey Hunt,

House Struck In Town. The house on Fourth street of Mr. Van Deman was struck by lightning ,' during the storm Thursday afternoon, and a small amount of damY/ age was done to the building. The fire department was called, but they -had nothing to do when they arrived.

Three Fine Jerseys Killed Dr. C. K. Bruner and Alvin Chap§3*man, tenant on Mr. Bruner's, farm, suffered the loss of three fine Jersey r': cows during the electrical storm

Thursday afternoon. The cows were under a tree in the pasture, ^which was struck by lightning. The cows were within about fifteen feet of each other when found late in the evening, when Mr. Chapman went to get the cows at milking time. These cows were fine in every particular and some of them were registered. They were insured.

Rain Skipped Some Places. The rain Thursday afternoon was not general all over the county, but seemed to center in Center township. It skipped places all around here, some places hardly getting the dust layed. In some localities the rain in the evening was much heavier than in the afternoon, although that was not the case in this city.

Burt Burk, Roy White, Ford Fort and Dr. Trees, of Maxwell, attended the Fairmount fair Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bundy received a long distance telephone message from Carl A. Bundy, of Los Angeles, California, Thursday afternoon, stating that his father-in-law, Dr. Southworth, of that city, was dead.

M. T. Willeti is having a new floor placed in his gfteeftr hi the Masonic HpU^-oa W«rt Msjli

Civil Service Examinations. J? Civil service examinations will be held during the months of July and August for various government positions. The Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. C., will, give full information.

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gant went to Winamac Friday to look after the sale of some real estate on which they had the first mortgage. The real estate was sold under a judgment taken on the mortgage.

Thomas Randall is having the dome on the corner of the Randall block, corner of Main and State streets, painted a bright yellow. It was a pretty dangerous job and the work attracted considerable attention.

NEW FEATURE 10 ALFALFA GROW IRC

Reproduces Itself When Turned Under to Sow Different Crop. Seems to Be a Good

Fertilizer.

Wood Brothers. The barn had no, it reminded him of new ground, lightning rods. Mr. Deer has been! which had just been cleared. He pretty hard hit by fire in the last' said the roots were sticking up all year, as his house burned the night' over the field. He said sometimes of the 27th of last January and his the plow would strike a root and new home will not be ready for oc- pull it out of the ground to the cupancy for some time, being now, length of two feet. 6 ready for the plasterers. A big barn that stood about 40 feet from Schieldmeier sowed it to wheat, the one that burned was saved'After the wheat began to grow the Thursday afternoon by the neigh- alfalfa. made, its appearance also,

gromid

located in Blue River township, half hay off of it that fall. He is still a mile south on the Range Line and cutting it for hay and this year has a quarter east, was struck by light- already cut two crops off of it. His ning Thursday afternoon, and was other field of six acres will be ready completely destroyed by fire. Mrs. Hunt and a son were at home, but neither was injured. With the help of neighbors, a greater part of the

household goods were saved. The a new feature, for Hancock county house was insured for $500 and the growers, and it is only another evihousehold goods for $150 with J. R. Walker, in the Home of New York Company.

and Mr. Schieldmeier says that the stand of alfalfa was better than the original stand wTas. The wheat did well and the next harvest the crop yielded 35 bushels to the acre. The wheat did not interfere with the alfalfa, so it came up through the stubble and he harvested a crop of

to cut the second time within a few days. The fact that alfalfa can be plowed up and reproduce itself without being reseeded is probably

dence that it is a farm product which the farmers of the county can not afford to neglect. While it was reproducing itself, the field yielded a good crop of wheat. From the returns of the wheat crop, it would appear that alfalfa is a good fertilizer.

Some Gardening, This.

W. W. Rigdon takes the prize as a gradener. Everything is growing rapidly since the rains and his garden on South State street looks fine. He was surpprised Thursday morning, however, to find a very good looking bicycle in his garden. He believed be had really raised it there until a boy came along and identified it as one that was stolen, or at least borrowed without the consent of the owner. Ed Davis, who delivers meat for Ed Fort, who was glad to get it back again. The wheel had evidently been, abandoned by whoever took it. V-V /.

Miss Mary Reynolds, of Indianapolis, who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Ramsey, returned home Monday.

False Fire Alarm.

The fire alarm was sounded about 7 o'clock Thursday evening, but it proved to be a false alarm, as there was no fire.

Civil Service Examination.' Civil service examinations fori various government positions will be held (during July and August. Notices giving particulars are posted at the postofflce.

Vint Smith spent Sunday at his farm in Owen county.

Raleigh Silton, of Maxwell, former county recorder, was visiting relatives in Qreenfleld Saturday.

LaWspn Wiggins and wife, df B°ut4S A were here Friday, guest*

Our farmers In Good Shape Elmer C. Gant. the well-known insurance man of the Home of N,ew York, said while home over Sunday, that Hancock county farmers were in good shape oh corn as compared with farmers of some counties of the State.: He was in Jasper county last week and it is still needing r'ain. He said if it did not get rain this weelc the corn crop would amount to nothing. He Reports the oats and hay good in a few counties, but they are light in most of them. .. ....

N. T. Foster and son, Lester, have purchased .thp Mrs. John Windsor farm of 63 nacres. Thiis farm joins a farm recently purchased by Mr. Foster.

PROGRESS HADE DY THE UNITED STATES

Has Nearly Four Million Squaire Miles, 100 Million People, OneThird of World's Railroads and Third of World's

Mail Service.

Washington, D. C., July 3, 1914— in the basic elements of econoffiic progress the United States ranks high among the nations of the world, being one of the five countries only, which have an area in excess of 3 million square miles, and the only nation of the western world (except Russia) having a population of over 100 million. In the interchange of products among its own people, it leads the world, its home trade at the present time being estimated at nearly 40 billion dollars, or equal to the international exchanges of the world and approximately 10 times the value of our foreign trade, now valued at 4 billion dollars.

That our present foreign trade is far short of the immediate possibilities of the nation is evident from a consideration of its area, commerce, and other economic factors in comparison with that of

Mr- other leading countries, as set forth in comparative tables published in the "Statistical Abstract of the

United States, 1913," compiled by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce. Thus the present export trade of the United States billion dollars) represents about $25 per capita. Aper capita basis equal to that of Argentina would raise the export power of the United States to 5 billion dollars and one equal to that of Belgium would bring its exports to 10 billion dollars a year while our aggregate foreign trade, when upon a per capita basis as large as that of Canada would be considerably over 13 billion dollars a year.

Other comparative tables in the "Statistical Abstract" further emphasizes the commercial power of the United States and its strong international position. In railway mileage, for example, we possess one-third of the world's total, our 258,000 miles being ten times as much as the mileage of the United Kingdom and six times that of Germany. One company alone has 238,000 miles of telegraph lines, or double the total in Russia, next in order. More than one-third of the world's mail service is performed upon routes located in the United States, while our public debt of one billion dollars is smaller than that of Italy, Austria-Hungary, Spain, Germany, Australia, Japan, British India, or Great Britain, and is less than one-sixth that of France,, and one-fourth that of Russia.

GREENFIELD REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914

Temporary recession have frequently marked the course of American commerce, but the tendency, according to historical tables published in the Statistical Abstract, is ever higher. In 11 years, from 1890] to 1901, our foreign trade grew from 1 Vi billion to 2*4 billion dollars, an increase of 50 per cent, while in the 11 years from 1902 to 1913, it increased from 2Y* to 4% billions, a gain of 90 per cent.

The foundations of this 'growth are laid deep in the soil and. natural resources of our country and in the character of our people. Thus the American Union, from 13 States having 325 thousand square miles and 1 million people, has expanded to 48 States and the Territories of Alaska, Porto Rico, and Hawaii, with an area of 2 2-3 million square miles and 100 million people. In the period since 1870 the value of our farm products has risen from 2 billion to about 10 billion dollars a year the output of coal from less than 30 to nearly 500 million tons copper from 12% thousand to oyer

one-half million toh6 pig iron from 31

millionTetroleuthAfrom

221 tfilifcft to billion gallons cindmanufAoturers

Mallie Murpliy, Son-in-Law of M. HL Gant, Accepts Position With Thomas R. Shipp In Conservation Work.

Mallie Murphy, of Indianapolis, has accepted a position with Thomas R. Shipp, and left for Washington, D. C., Monday morning. Mr. Murphy is a son-in-law of M. H. Gant, of this city. He has been connected with the Indianap-' olis News in the reportorial department. Air. Shipp, with whom he has accepted a position, was formerly also connected with that paper and is well known in Greenfield. He is now located at Washington, D. C., and is connected with the National conservation movement and has charge of the publicity department of the Republican National Committee. Mr. Murphy had formerly assisted Mr. Shipp in the conservation work at Indianapolis, and the latter urged him to come to Washington. The position is a lucrative one and Mr. and Mrs. Mur"phy will make that city their future home.

Bing Powers, of Blue River township, lost a fine 3-year-old draft mare Tuesday morning, which was insured with W. I. Garriott for $125. 21d-lw-l (Advertisement.)

Ora Staley, of Oklahoma, has been visiting Hancock county friends. He was for several years a successful teacher in the Hancock county schools.

Horse Show and Carnival. The business men of Greenfield are contemplating putting on a horse show and carnival this coming fall. They will decide on definite plans in a few clays.

Physicians report an unusual amount of sickness during the present month. Many people are suffering with stomach and bowel trouble.

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bodkin, of Rural Route 7, were in Greenfield a .fgw evenings ago in their buggy. Mr. Bodkin said that he would have driven in in his automobile, but he was out of gasoline.

Ed C. Pauley has been hauling vitrified tile for a few days for the silo to be erected on the Banks farm. The silo will be erected within ten days, silo of the kind Hancock county.

This is the first to be erected in

Mr. and Mrs. Atral Wickard entertained a week-end party at their country home near Greenfield. The guests were Miss Lucile Brandon, Miss Beulah Bresette, Miss Maud Heenan, Miss Hazel and Miss Gladys Heidenreich, of Indianapolis, and Earl Mattix, Harvey Thomas and Harry Wickard, of Greenfield.—Indianapolis Star.

Frost In Six Weeks.

According to the sign of the Katydid, there will be frost in six weeks more, as these insects have been heard making music recently.

For Sale—A well bred driving mare. J. N. Dobbins, Route 10. 20d-4-eod-p-w-l (Advertisement.)

William Cox and family have returned from a visit in Kentucky. They were gone four weeks. The trip was made in a traveling wagon, camping out in a tent. They visited Shelton, Concord, Hilton and other towns where they had relatives. They are pleased with their trip.

8#S George and Harvey Smith, of this city, spent Sunday afternoon with their brother, Freeman and wife, •near Gem.

Bert Swain, of Brandywine township, was in Greenfield Monday and arranged for an office in Room 5 of the Masinic Temple. He is an auctioneer, having taken a course at the Jones National Auctioneers' school at Chicago.

Mrs. W. P. Fisk, John Biser, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bussell visited Mrs. John Biser and William P. Fisk Sunday, who are at St. Yincent's hospital 'at Indianapolis. They were both operated upon recently, and are getting along nicely.

Miss "Elizabeth Frost has gone to Blooirtington for a few weeks' visit with friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Hiiey* of Eden, FMday with the latter's sister,

wsigs

JAJ

SliP

A100HG NEWSPAPER MAII TO WASHINGTON

'V •.

awoDtoful"goodhtoeelrtered

to hi thf £f5!v°ld

Monday, suit was filed in the Henry county circuit court by Guy Lamar, asking that a receiver be appointed for the C. O. Hammon music store. Lamar alleges that Hammon is indebted to him in the sum of $72 and that the firm is in danger of insolvency.

HELD PROBATE VALID

Public Sale of Shetland Ponies

I A IN decided to close out my entire herd of pure bred Shetland I I Ponies, I will sell at public auction at my home in Mooresville, Indiana Sale to begin at 10 a. m., on

Thursday, July 30th, 1914

Sixteen Head Pure Bred Shetland Rentes, as follows-

9tom01''

dhr!thOUt

?fn?rF?r

8ySar8

£lack

°ld'

mtere8ti

Four per cent off for cash.

Llst

New Castle Piano Man's Whereabout Unknown—Worried By Debt—Ask Friend to Tell

Wife.

C. O. Hammon, the well known New Castle piano man, who disappeared last Thursday, is still missing. Mr. Hammon, it is thought, was suffering from mental depression, caused by accounts due, which he was unable to pay, according to to New Castle papers. He mailed a letter at Kokomo to a friend in Nev^ Castle, stating that he was leaving the country. Mr. Hammon asked his friend to break the news gently to his wife. The Daily Times says: "Hammon has been engaged in the piano and music business here for a number of years. A day or two ago the representative of a Cincinnati house arrived here to collect an account. Hammon seemed at that time to lose his nerve. He has various amounts of money borrowed at the banks of the city, bat each loan is fully protected by collateral. If the $147 is all that he owes without collateral, he will probably return, although he is known to be suffering from a severe mental and nervous strain. Mr. Hammon was evidently suffering from depression, caused by the fact that he was unable to pay the account of $147 which was due. He has always been of a nervous disposition and was so constituted that he worried greatly. The only con-

ha8

with some

to be one of the best they have ever seen a sure breeder brm^cXtefo™0dLyof™ifemare,illf0a1'

1 dark brown and white mare safe in foal, and a good brood mar© 1 bay mare, 4 years old, bred a beauty. 1 bay and white mare, 3 years old. 1 plain black mare, 3 years old. 1 yearling mare, brown and white. 1 yearling mare, black. 1 black gelding, 6 years old, a nice one. 1 black and white gleding, 5 years old. 1 black gelding, with some white, 4 years old. 1 bay gelding, 3 years old. 1 black gelding, 2 years old. 1 black yearling, 1 brown yearling. 1890 and

n°,e9

DOt Paid

demnation directed towards him is she gave me a few doses of them and based on the cowardice displayed and not because he had been unfortunate in a business ,vay."

Court Gives Decision in Scott Will,

Case.

The judge of the Hamilton county Circuit court, at Noblesville, has rendered his decision in the Scott will case, finding that the probate of the will was valid.

The suit was filed to set aside the probate of the will of the late W. G. Scott, charging fraud in securing the probate of same. The oourt held for the defendants, that the probate was valid. The case was filed here and venued to Hamilton county, where the trial was held a few weeks ago and the argument made last week.

Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend our sincerest thank's to our friends and neighbors for their extreme kindness shown in the sad loss of our beloved son and brother. Also for the consoling words of the pastor and the singers for their appropriate music and to Mr. Eshelman, the undertaker, for his kindess and efficient service Mrs. Elizabeth Long and 2id-l-w-l L, (Advertisement.)

Family.

William T. Orr, wife and daughter, Julia, of Jackson township, were in Greenfield Monday afternoon

Mr. Orr reports Wheat

threshing about over. The oats threshing will begin in about ten days. The oats are short,-biit'well filled,?'

^Mrs^'Melvin- Williams visited D.

Mr. and Mrs. William Conoway have moved to the Jjohn Souder farm, south of town. Mr. and Mrs, Souder will move to Greenfield this fall.

Cured of Indigestion.

Mrs. Sallie P. Clawson, Indiana^ Pa., was bothered with indigestion, "My stomach pained me night and day," she writes. "I would feel bloated and have headache and belching after eating. I also suffered from constipation. My daugh-* ter had used Chamberlain's Tablets and they did her so much good that

insisted upon my trying them. They helped me as nothing else has done." For sale by all dealers, (Advertisement

Earl Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Smith, has written his parents from Chicago that he expects to arrive here Saturday to visit them. He has not been home for several years. Earl has made a splendid repuation as a composer of popular songs. He is head man with the Tell-Taylor Music Company, of Chicago, and has composed

number of songs that have been

great hits.

Guard Your Children Against Bowel Trouble

Many children at an early an become constipated, and frequently serious consequences result. Not being able to realize his own con-: dition, a child's bowels should b« constantly watched, and a gentle laxative given when necessary. Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are especially well adapted to women' and children. The Sisters

The form and flavor of any medfc cine is very important, no mattef! who is to take it. The taste and appearance are especially important when children are concerned. All parents know how hard it is to give the average child "medicine/1 even though the taste i» partially disguised. In using Dr. Miles Laxative Tablets, however, this difficulty is overcome The shape of the tablets, their appearance and candy-like taste af once appeal to any child, with the result that they are taken without objection.

The rich chocolate flavor n4 absence of other taste, make Dr. Miles'^ Laxative Tablets the Ideal remedy for children,

If thfe first box fails tb. benefit^ th :l*ice is returned. Ask druggist A box of 25 dosea costs Jttljr f&cent*. Never sold ia twllfc

0 ..

froTOI1himeelf

white, considered by good judges

reei8tered stam°n.

i" d™

"S,$-

to draw 8 per

B. F. JONES.

Col. G. M. Isenhower, Chas. G. Isenhower. and C. M. Hadley, auctioneers

STILL GONE: IS

Mooresville, Indiana.

Miss Ruth Stone, 01 Indianapolis, formerly of this city, is attending Columbia University in New York,

The work on the fine new school building at Maxwell is moving along rapidly and part of the foundation is in.

Headache and Nervousness Cured, "Chamberlain's Tablets are entitled to all the praise I can give them," writes Mrs. Richard Olp, Spenceport, N. Y. "They have cured me of headache and nervousness and restored me to my normal health." For sale by all dealers. (Advertisement.)

Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Lewis, who have been visiting his father, William M. Lewis and wife, left Tuesday morning for their home in Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. John McDaniel, Mr, and Mrs. William Conoway, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Conoway, Miss Dorsey McDaniel, Miss Edith Meek, Densel McDaniel, Albert Borden and Alfred Ramsey picnicked on Blue River Sunday.

•, .S?.

51:

il®

-si

-•..j--

-hi

isi ••''Hi

'•£$

Christian Charity, 531 Charles StJ Luzerne, Pa., who attend manj? cases of sickness say of them: "Some time ago we began using TMtl Miles' Laxative Tablets and find that we like them very much. Their action Is excellen* and we are grateful for having been made acquainted witM them. We have had good result* In every case and the Sisters ara iM|j much pleased."