Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 July 1920 — Page 4

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It AIN HKHXtK, R.R . No. 1.

Karl Smhi'ilin and wife and Osi-ar .Martin and family spent the day Sunlay at Newport. Wit tSutherlin was in Indianapolis Friday niK-ht ami Saturday. Otha Bales and wife attended churi h at Beach Grove Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gardner spent Sunday at the Shades. Davi dKKnjjhin and wife attended the cow sale at Russellville Saturday afternoon. Quince Wilson and family took Sunday dinner with Guy Sutherlin and family. LIBERTY Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Herrington of Moberly, Mo., arrived here Monday to visit hi i parents Mr. and Mrs. L>. \V. Syester. Mr. and Mrs. John Branneman, Mr. and Mrs. Evert Wallos and daughter Daptha, and Mrs. Vett Mann of near Cloverdale visited Mrs. Branneman’s sister Mrs. Sarah Rader and family Friday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Reiser and children visited Mr. and Mrs. William Smith in Poland Sunday. Miss Tracy Krack is spending a few days here with relatives. Little Mary Mustard is visiting her cousin William Mullinix and wife of Switz City. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Syester and son Alta visited Mr. and Mrs. James Syester in Brazil, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. 15. Mustard and . children visited Mr. and Mrs. John ! Thompson near Bowling Green, Sun-| day. j Mr. and M's. C. W. Mace of Center Point called on Mrs. Sarah Rader and ' family Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Laughniillcr and children of Lewis are visiting here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. 1 Thomas Tribble. MALTA

Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas and family. Mr. and Mrs. John McElroy of near Rtelsville visited their father Mr. Stephen McElroy over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. l^ee Gunnison and little son of Brazil visited Mrs. W. H.

Williams Sunday.

Mr. Frank Armstrong left Friday for Kentland where he will work in the McCray rock quarry. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Huron and children of Carbon were the guests J Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Nettie New-

ton and family'.

Mr. and Mrs. George Kerr of Bridgetoh visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Yates Sunday.

DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT HDALE ON TUESDAY NIGHT WAS LARGELY ATTEND ED—C. L. A1HHART PERMANENT CHAIRM AN OF THE MEETING—SEVER AL GRKENCA8TLE MEN ATTEND

CAS AT »<0 A THOUSAND. Tn# N«w York G*» Light Company Get That Price from 1824 to 1828. Tile tret Incorporated (as company waa the National L.gfct and Heat Company of Enyland, eetabliehed in 1809. in America the 11m pas company ass incorporated in Baithuore in 1818, the second one in Boston in 1822 and the next one was the New York Gas Light Company, incoipcrated in 1822. Prior lo ISuO the gaa business of this roectry »ae nominal, but the price probably was rerpon'i e for its alow development. From 1824 lo 1828, says ''Moody * Magazine." the New York Gas Light Company sold gar to consumers at the rate of $10 a iboiunna cubic feet. The first ar’ifltisl illuminating g:cs wa* produced In England about 1725 by one Dr. Hales, but not until 17XS was a practical test made. In that year the Eari of bundonald of Scotland arranged an apparatus by whlrh Le lighted bis ciuGe with gas. Tbo same year William Murdock of Hirralugbaiu, England. Introduced gas as a MsiU In bis workshops at Redruth and Cornwall. As Mr. Murdock was the firtt man to reap any comm t re a! benettt from the discovery of the use of illuminating gas, he may properly be accredited as the father of modern public liUlltiee. In 1818 London Bridge s as illumiratrd by gas. and five years later pas "as in general use throughout the main pait of l.ondon.

Mr. ami Mrs. Clyde Walls, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lawson and son and Mrs. Ransom spent last Sunday with friends in Indianapolis. Mrs. Frances Harper has returned to her home in Muncie after several wteks v.-it with her sisters. Mrs. Marie Campbell visited at Will Shucks last Sunday night. Mr- Charlie Snodgrass and Mi s An,it Miiier spent last Monday w.th M- s. Emu,a Morgan an | daughters. Mrs. Alberta Nichols has returned lo her home in Indianapolis afw sp"nt'ing i veral weeks with her niece Mrs. Jo. Pickett. Miss .V.ny Nichols and sister D trihy sp.iil a few days with Mrs. Will Shuck am 1 daughter last week. M ,f s. (i'ace Wright has been roel i ick the nast week but is some belli r at this writing. Miss Mary Shuck spent last Friday with Mrs. Marie Lawson. Mrs. Heightsmnn of Ohio has reform d to her home after visiting her brother, Mrs. Morris Goodwin for sev eral days. Miss Ruth Morgan is spending a few <iavs at Coatesvillc with Mrs. Sar ah Snodgrass. Mrs. Ona Morehart of Oklahoma has returned to her home after several weeks with her parents Mr. and Mis. Charles Knetzer. LENA NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Payne and two children of Watseka came Tuesday to \ isit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geoige Coombs and returned home Thu' sday evening. Miss Myrtle Beck of Iowa came Tuesday to v isit Mrs. Hailey C. Tabor and friends. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Cunningham of Kentland were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Vinzant Tuesday evening. Miss Essie Sexton and Mr. Bert Mm lan were in Indianapolis Thursday visiting the former’s father Mr. John Sexton who is in the hospital. Mrs. Roy Roller and children of Car bon were here Saturday visiting Mrs. | Elza Morlun and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. Goonts of Mattoon. Illinois came Wednesday to visit their mother, Mrs. Howard Adamson. Mrs. Doris Kettring of,Terre Haute came Wednesday to take care of her mother Mrs .Grant Reinohl who is seriously ill. ’"'•■H Mr. Harold Vinzant was in Greencastle Saturday. Miss Freydis Cox of Greencastle is spending the week with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Murphy. Mr. an,l Mrs. Douglas Mitchell and daughter of Brazil were the guests

A crowd which completely filled the Roachdale Opera House, hiard a discussion of the issues of the campaign by Carlton McCulloch of Indianapolis democratic candidate for governor on Tuesday night. The address opened the campaign in north Putnam County and that the Democrats are eager and enthusiastic was demonstrated by the large crowd and the interest manifested in the

meeting.

C. L. Airhart, formerly auditor of Putnam County was chairman of the meeting and introduced the speaker of the evening. Mr. Airhart in his introductory remarks predicted a sweeping democratic victory this fall. The Governor-to-be discussed the issues of the campaign laying special stress upon the tax law mixup in which the Republican administration hns plunged the state of Indiana. Among the Greencastle men who went to Roachdale to attend the meeting are county chairman Otto Dobbs, Glen Springer, Ott Webb, candidate for treasurer; C. C. Gillen, Oscar Rector, Mack Ricketts, Fred Lancaster. candidate for sheriff; an ( | Robert

Mahoney.

POSTPONE FARE INCREASES Railroads (’an Not Prepare Schedules in Time to Make Change Before Aug. 2fi.

Handkerchief Came From Italy. A writer in a French review points fit that the handkerchief does not tone to us from CTitou, as has been peheraily received, but from Italy. It is only 260 years ago that the handkerchief of a Venetian lady was considered a great curiosity. The handier hlef crossed the Alps and vv a« revelved with great favor at the court J of France. Handkerchiefs were then made of ,

cambric or iawn and bordered with V enetian or Alencon lai». I'nder Henry III. o? France the sachet was Introduced. The huuderehief was taken into Germany a little later and was known a* the "fazclletin." after Its Italian name. Only persons of M.iallty used K and an edict in 1297> was published at Dresden interdicting the us« of the handker hlef among the trading classes.—London Globe.

Apples Without Cores. Almost everybody has heard the el y id the boy who asked his comphnion for the core of his apple, to which request the companion made the historic remurk: “There ain't go n' to he no core." Now Justice of tho Pence David Barb of CliiTori. Bartholomew' county, has nn app’w tree and that tree bears apples. Flinuld any person ask for th" < < c of an apple froia the trio lie would hr doomed to disappointment, beiai o tbe anpies do not have core'. Justice Barb has brought some ct tl ■ applet ti ’his i By and extoi •! them He says the tree that be .r • the apples never blooms in the spr.rc, hut through some T">it process it bears apples the same rs other tree . Tuese apples are without a core and they are a!-o seedless.—Indian, pu . ■ Neva.

Washington, Aug. 3. —New freight rates and passenger fares will be made effective August 26, instead of August 20 for pasenger fares and Aug. 25 for freight tariffs, railroad officials announced tonight. At the same time it was announced that the American railroads would ask the Canadian railway commission ers foi permission to make thc“ new rates effective on transportation from the new rates ettiective on transportation from the United States to the dominion. Decision to postpone the putting into effect of the advanced charges authorized last Saturday by the interstate commerce commission fromthe dates announced yesterday was reached tonight after tariff experts of the carriers had informed Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for tho Association of Railway Executives, that it would be Impossible to have the blanket schedule ready before August

HERALD WANT ADDS PAY

BESOM I ions

Whereas, it hns pleased our all wise I Providence to remove from our midst J i.uv beloved sister Emma McNary and J while we bow in humble submission ■ to the will of the most high, We pause for a moment with revu ent breath. To speak of that angel which mor-

A v -s Hunter's Mist.ke, A llurtiand hunter starung out * f ier a deer ore day recently put a blanket on h's horse tiefore he put on tie harness so Hint tho aiiiir.ui would be warm. Arriving at a l.kelr I la e he tied the hrtrse beside a wood road and went Into tbe woods, lie bad not travelled far "lien lie struck an old road Following this for about g mile he saw in tbe distance what he took to lie a moose standing in tbe road. Taking careful aim he fired and was much pleased to see the animal fall. He rushed up and found he had killed his own horse. The walk home was a long one—Kennebec Journal. Counter Diplomacy, “I think you will lit* this goods, madam," urged a salesman in a Fur ltd avenue shop. "It Is juat tbe thing for a stout, middle aged lady ” "Blrl" squealed the rustomer In a rsge. The clerk saw his faux pas and recovered himself quickly. "Pardon me." be emlled, "I mistook you for the young 'ady who was In here yesterday looking for something for her grandmother. Now that 1 look at you again, 1 see that inir was an older person. Now, If you are buying for yourself, we have “‘•’•this* over krr* that "

tills cull death. Th' 1 gavel Iris sounded which none disobey. And for friends tried and true we must sorrow today. Thi refore, Be it resolved that the Bei eh wood Pleasant Circle of which h" was an esteemed member, has los one of its most faithful and loyal members and workers, her family a loving sister and mother, her community one of the kindest and best of friends and neighbors. Resolved, that wo extend our sincevo sympathy tn her family in this sad hour of bereavement. Resolved, that these resolutions he spread upon tho minutes of our circle, a copy sent to tho county papers, and a copy furnished the family of the deceased. Transiently the passing faces . Stamp their image on the mind. Other features fill their places But lo! backward turn to listen For the tones we would recall Murmuring we, while teardrops fall No one hears the door that opens. When they pass beyond our call; Soft as loosened leaves of roses, One by one our loved ones fall. Mrs. Morris Goodwin, Mrs. T. G. Talbott. Mrs. A. L. Arnold. Committee.

Getting a Gocd Start. "Miss Sophie," beloved benefactress of I alf ihe poor of New Orleans, sat at her (l<-<k writing when an elderly woman who had made many prev'iuis uemands upon her was uaured in. "O. Miss Sophie," she >aid. I r :■ : h-li-Hsly, "I want to borrow a fl i a;, please, rig! t avvav." "\\ hul do you m ed the mm.i for, Krmagrada?" Well, now, you too. I’m g( ir- to got married, and I need it for the licem-t." Hut if Ihe lean vou are to marr" cannot pay for the lioenre, how is he going lo support you?" "That’s ju»t what I want to explain to you. Miss Sophie. You see tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, and we arc coming to you- free d’noer. Then van always „ive ns something to t: i;o home and hi ire evening Hie K r, s Daughters ..re aoing lo have a bassot (iistributim. end we snail each get one. Tlia' will keep us a week eits ly, and by lb:u Dm* we ll he on our feel." —Y’ouths Companion

The Wheat Map. The Northwestern Miller t«snrs s — wheat map of the I'nited S'.ates which show* some startling conipa.ri-

sonr.

Vermont wag om e ti e granary of

Nmv York City, ft now produces j thing to do. The tattler TTTt 'i"’ * 00 *’ «•••!}• one bushel of wheat for more j he could give him w. M i “ ,h *‘

ihiui 2"n in Minnesota, the banner t rylng the hod.

The Irishman Had doubts.

As is well known, Rev. Rohert Cth. yer of Nsw York opy waa a hlacktic in Germantown. Penn befern fc, cam* a preacher. Once w tien ikere was little work at band, he ask.. 4 builder in his neighborhood for - ,r.

a Job c»r.

John Williame and Tom Retd •in* of the stories told by Mr. Wllliaras concerning the lat* Speaker Thomas U Reed, was as follow! One day," said Mr. Williams, "I inn Mr Reed coming out of the cloak room and be said to tue in that peculiar drawl of his: Williams, whatever makes you such a bitter partisan?’ Well, Mr. Speaker, that's pretty good coming from you, isn’t it?” I replied. "'Never mind me, be replied, 'but "h> see you such a bitter par ivsn?' “Well, I'll tell you,’ 1 said. You know I never saw a Republican until I w as 38 years old and i can i get used to them, somehow.' "He looked at me reproachfully and walked away without another word."— Baltimore Sun.

His Mistake.

Y oung Wife-Before we were marned Ton said you loved the ground 1 wa.kn* on. Iiublty-1 didn't know there wa« i mortage on your dad's farm. — Boston Globe.

Why Uncle Ned Saved Him. "That was a brave aet!”ejeeu!at*(! a Boston man. as be stood on the wharf in a little southern town and saw an old negro piling* unhesitatingly into Hie water to save a very small boy who had stumbled unu fallen from some piling. "A brave a<i. and l.i s i.n hero, no mailer how Luck 1 •> j. in is!” The Bostonian was foremost in the group that gathered alunit t'ncle Xi J when ho climbed back on the dock with the rescued bid. Y'ottr son. is it? he queried. "Or per lap- only your grandson?' There was very fei vant n-!:n r.uh n In tho down-ousters tones a> he put ihe out stion. "No. sub: no, suit," gurgled ITirle Ned. ‘ Dat 11 1 rascal a n't no klnm ry or tnino." "Tlie.i it was all the I,raver!" exclaimed tho Interrogator, positively baling hb lo ad oi i of p i><-( t for ihe old man's high-born couraao. "Huh,” • puttered the hero, "you sho’ don't think l s« durn fool 'no'igh to !• t dal boy drown when hes got every lpeck or my iish-batt in his p.x ket'.’ - \\ ashington Po-1,

Slide. It.ichester was once known *s ih • “Flour City.” Now It is called the “Flower City." But New York stiil raises as much wheat as WTscom In. Maryland produces more than either. Ti \a v nearly twice as much and Pennsylvania three times as much. Only eight Slates surpass Pennsylvania in wheat-raising. Kansas produces nearly as much wheal as both the Dakotas, which a’<inueh niw* often meutk ned as w rn-at Jsiaies. Only a trifle more than half of the wheat crop grows west of the Mississippi. Illinois. Indiana and (Hilo still prod nee 80,00<hliou bushels, which is more than any Far Western Siale, •tnd over one-eighth of tbe whole crop. Little Delaware raisos more wheat than all New England. Virginia, West Ytrgtnls, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina raise M.'i.OlXi.tKK) bioheis. New York Is the second Dour-mill-ing centre in (he United States, though far behind Minneapolis, which can grind 82,000 barrels a day. Cleanliness is Essential, Cisanlines* cannot !>• too strictly observed. The hoe should lie used at least twice a week under th* perches, and (resit sand or sifted asbis scat tered on the Door. The pi tches should be fixed so that they can be taken out when desired. In warm weather tbej should be examined particular!} at ihe ends and be well rubbed with kerosene. The straw ,n Hie nest boxes should lie often changed oibeiwi.-* v ill contain a lot of vermin. All tlie Crop Raised. Sylvester H. Burch, chief c!‘-rk of the government department ol agriculture, conies from Kansas. A Kansas farmer called on Mr. Burcii in YVasbingtcn ami all Hie ('arming mur vi!s of (k» di i ailment were shoon to him. He was silent. He seci.teu impressed. I tell you what it is. sir, said Mr. Burch, enthusiastically, in* time is coming when a man will o* able to carry all the fertilizer for uu acre Vf ground in one of his wkisiecst pockets."

•• I'm your man." replied th* 1 lac*. | smith, promptly. Years afterward, while un itn; edifice was being erected in ( h/nu for Dr.Collyer, he was stanouig a- Ti| tbe beams, watching the progre t the work, when an Irishman ^ along carrying a hod of brn k» Vollycr spoke to him and h» nauv : "This is har-rtl work, sorr -ai Irishman. I know t! lit well,” a. Collyer; "In my day I've citiii* t ( hod myself.” "The Irishman stared nt me .- r .. giant," said Dr. Collyer in i t-latin* up Incident, "and thvn wcut on liis, mumbling something that suun:-,| suspiciously like I "c lien a l,e' ; » „ the parson wa« meh a kfcr s Police Acumer

Lccation of Our Roads. Many of our roads were originally Lid out wiihoui any attention to gt-u-eral topography, and in most (uses followed l he gel tier's path from cabin to cabin the pig trail, or ran alon,; the boundary lines of the farms regardless of grades or direction. Most of them remain to-day where they were located years ago. and where untold labor, expense, and mergy hav*. been wasted in trying to haul ovir them and in endeavors to Improve tlieir deplorable condition.

Working Out Road Tax. ti hi.s been stated that England and France art justly noted for their ex<ellcm roads and both have Hi* labor tax sysiem. and that, therefore, It is po sihle to have good roads under tlie labor-lax svstern. This statement although partially true. Is not cmi elusive argument in favor of the was in v Inch Americans "work out” Hieir t road tux in in 'St of the States.

‘‘1 never thought it wns so The w indnw is broke on L>;li > -> Get the Tune All Right. A new Irish porter wu- a: « < on an English train. Tie h>sd ►» directed the new man to n la'eioseiy. and thereby learn I ► •! When the first train canu inic r station Hie head porii sbor* Ferry 1)111. change for Ha:' . Stockton and vr Bpennv moor. Coxhoe and rir. ' keep your ktat-- going no Rainey strode ator hie and ■». pd in louder voice: 'Fen 'lull r ,n{» for Dahore, I'mphump, . ••**'. >• i Dlderham, change foi Co>.'' n.ti, V ham, r .nuhain, ('Oldham, tail- c gea's where you are The station master called him <■ t and showed him the rig' ' i um>- .. tbe time table. • polite!}. 'Thank you. so I i h< u of ihe music, but I couhin'i * 'ii» • ord*."—Household Won s

Maintenance of Gravel Roads. In i rtii r <o maiut.i n u g avel roc l in • i-ndit.'iui. it is will to keep plliv ' I ,rnv»1 alorg-ld) at Irequcni 'iiiii v;.! o Hiui tlie person who r<pi. - Hie road can vet tlie material wlthotu Loing mo far for it. As sooa

ns ru: - or i nc. appear on the sin tare j

-unit- of Hi is good tresh inaierial |

shoo:ii I'e ieiii d and stamped Inio po- , siilon or l.i d rak- d smooth nutl| prop, j

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It D d Not Work.

Fertilizer Formulas.

Mr. P> an, of Southpori. Ind.. liaq !..;d lit gv evia Hence in the use of It', : ili • - and "U the - utiject g-:vr> tiie i' following fnrr.iiilas: For worn clay lani! 2 io :: p* r cent, nitrogen, and 6 In r cent, cik of imtash and pliosphoi)c E.ciu. For lihu k land 8 per rent, phosphoric acid. 4 per cent. pota-Hi

at. ! pel • :.t ni : - .er..

"-hi — I iieur Mi's Seri" i ntirond to complete her mu tiou. Ig in r father e no u . He—No, the neig'hiior-.

Mauima—"Fighting ngniu. Willie t Didn't I tell you to stop and count one hundred wlienercr you were migry r" Willie—“But it didn’t do any good, Ma laxik what the Jones Liv (la, while I counted !''—Hai'iier'a Hazur, Poor Artist. Art and Drama met. “Ther* are not so many young men wedded to me as formerly." said Art. "I suppose they could not support yon?" interrogated Drama "No, the trouble was 1 could not support them

Feed Orly Coding Food*. One f the first mistakes the showyard ii-ivire s liable to make is to I give his animals heavy heating foods ' m such quantiHc* as will surfeit them. Never overfeed your animals and feed i-i H cooling foods such a“ are e„ - !y n, ■ i d. Separating Ewes and Lambs. If the lambs are separated from . wes within a period of three months sfl< r birth, some attention will be ud « -ury in order to prevent inflammation of the udders of the ewes for the first few days. This may i t i rwen < by milking.

Wanted a Drink. Magistrate—What proof ' that this man was intoxicated Constable- Ho stopped his :' car at. a watering trough for i sir!—London Tit-Bits. Only When He Talks.

Mar.}' a man loses what lltth cno ryv be hss while wading for a rich rela the to die.

At amateur chauffeur doest': atways have a centroillof late:tat la his automobile.

Symptoms of Feet and Mouth Disease. Tiic symptoms of foot and moutn disease ar. not always positive, the disease may appear in only one pait of the body; case- have been found where the udder or mavbe only the teats are affected, on foot, nr the Ups mav be the only part showing the di». ease. Beauty of Level. Curved Roads. Not only do level, curved roads add bes'ity to the landscape and mah* lan s *!ei g them more valuable, but the horse is ah!* to utilize hit full strength over tbeiu We hear famors sav they n*vet train will turn hogr into a fl«id of i ripe •tamling rye. but in ibe future S'whvs will harvest the crop, thresh It at» foao giuJi s rye lb slops This • HI ».s*

Fhe—D, you a’way* stutter H*—Only when I talk. Af'er geting a new benzine h f« .. m < l ’ Hot Et

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