Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 March 1921 — Page 4
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THE HERALD-DEMOCRAT, GREENCASTLE. INDIANA
FRIDAY MARCH 18.19 2 ,
The Herald-Democrat
Charles J. Arnold
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’"ocnded : 1858
I'jblinhed Friday at the office, 17 •nd li* Smith .lackson Street, Green»i» Indiana. j
WORLD LOVES A SINNER. All the world does not love a lover. It la a cultivated taste, alien to the natural man and unknown to childhood. But all the world does love a sinner, either because he 1b convertible to a saint or because a taste for lawbreaking Is an Inheritance from our Brut parent*, who broke the one and only law Imposed upon them, writes Agnes Reppller In Century Magazine. The little children whom Fra Llppo Lippi sees standing In a "row of admiration” around the murderer on the altur step express their Innocent Interest In crime. Bayard, sans peur et sans reproche, has never stirred the heart of youth as Kobln Hood, that bold outlaw who "beat and bound” unpopular sheriffs and “readjusted'' the distribution of poverty — delightful phrase, as old as the world and as fresh as tomorrow morning. The terrible and undeserved epithet, "blameless," has robbed great Arthur of his Just need of homage. 'The Master Thief" enjoyed, and sdll enjoys, unmerited popularity.
Rome Interesting and reliable statistics on the treasure to be gathered from the sea and dug up from the land are furnished by government reports. It Is estimated that on an average $1,000,000 worth of fish Is taken from the waters of the world each day, and that the farms of the fnKed State* yielded the diggers more than $3,000,000,000 In a year and the mines almost a# much. Gleaning from the sea and digging from the land do not hear the romantic name of treasure hunting but are Just plain every-day ork.
It Is generally recognized that the federal government Is going to pay Its debts and that It will get the money from the people, but It's highly Important, says Houston Post, to get the burden on the backs of the poor as soon as possible, as it Is beginning to annoy the rich and well-to-do.
French balloonists may have made longer trips than Lieutenants Farrell, Hinton and Kloor, hot no air voyage ever had so many thrilling and romantic accompaniments as this plunge Into northern Ontario’s wildest spot of snowy waste.
The ex-kalser Is still represented as confident that he will be recalled to rule as emperor of Germany. Alienists say that delusions of grandeur, while comparatively mild In manifestation, are among the hardest to cure.
The divorce ground Is desertion In a suit brought against a husband who is reported to be "so feeble be cannot leave the house.” Maybe be got Into the cellar and couldn't get back up again.
Sometimes we wonder whether the high school girl was really wrong when she said that “service is doing something you do not want to do for somebody you do not want to do it for.”
The prince of Monaco Is going to finance a research into the ancestry of man. He is anxious to know how far back our progenitors put coconuts on the red and black.
The American Women’s Overseas Legion will have to change Its name If It doesn’t want its initials to cause a lot of rude merriment among the former doughboys.
Perhaps the blue-law reformers are merely asserting their Inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, but If they don’t let up they will chase It oft the earth.
The shah of Persia owns a tobacco pipe worth $300,000, and even at that It is highly probable that Mrs. Shah won't let him smoke It In the best room.
Another reason why people criticize the government so much Is because It does poorly at heavy cost ■ great deal that the citizen ought to do for himMil
The English paper which declares the world Is overpopulated Is wrong; It is merely overhoboed, overpolldclaned, trvervamped and underplowed.
Bamming It all up the economists think that times will be better Jnat as soon as the people get tired waiting few prices to hit bottom.
Bread price* are being deflated. Now, If the pneumatic loaf is punctured, the staff of life may come back to Us old standing.
BIGGER THINGS IN ATHLETICS IS WALKER’S PLAN
DE PAUW’S NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SAYS THAT HARD WOIJK WILL RESULT IN PUTTING TIGERS ON HIGHER PLANE — SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE MARCH 21 o
To put DePauw varsity athletics here on a plane with conference schools is the plan of Fred Walker, DePauws new athletic director, when he takes charge of Tiger athletics next fall. Some of the policies of the new mentor were outlined to “Ted” Ogden captain of last year’s football team, and captai n elect for next year, on Ogden’s visit to Chicago Saturday an<j Sunday at a special conference We’re going to move out” said Mr Walker. It will mean a lot of hard work and training^ but we’ll put De. Pauw Athletics on a higher plane.” Spring football will start next Monday, March 21, according to Mr. Walker and the only way he charac. terized it was “Work.” “The men must begin now for next fall,” he said. “Daily exercises must be begun and continued until the season is over next year ” he said.
GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL WEEK TO BE OBSERVED APRIL 24 TO MAY 1
A state wide movement to get Ind. iana children into the Sunday school and to awaken the interest of parents to the same ends is to be observed the week of April 24 to Mayl The campaign is under the direction of the Indiana Sunday School Associa tion Children’s Department of which Nellie C. Young is Superintendent, and the effort i s to be County wide in each of the 92 counties. A song festivity < story telling i par. ades of schools and pageants are to be given by the children, and county conferences of pastors, superinten. dents and other Sunday School officials are to be held^ and parents to be organized into Father’s and Mother’s classes, or combined Parent’s Classes The county plan includes vis itatio n to each home to enlist the in. terest of parents. Quantities of literature on plans and features for Children’s Week are distributed to active workers from the headquarters of the Stat* Assoc, iation at Indianapolis
INDIANA FORT IS URGED AS NEW HOSPITAL SITE
WASHINGTON, arch 15 —The ad. vantages of Ft Benjamin Harrison as a site for one of the large hospitals to be established by the government for sick and disabled veterans of the worl^ war were urged today by Senator Watson in conference with Ew. ing Laporte, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of public health < Representative was made that the Chamber of Commerce of Indianapolis would do everything expected of it in aiding government officials in handling the project if the post near Indianapolis is designated as a site. Senator Watson was told a board would hold meetings in ten days or two weeks to consider designation of sites, and that the claims of Indiana, polis would receive full consideration Five new hospitals each to cost $2,500,000 are to be established Two will be for mental anj nervous cases and three for tubercular patients. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
QUAKE SHAKES CITY
AND STATE
INDIANAPOLIS, March 15,—An unusual earth formation, probably a remnant of the huge readjustment period which followed the disappearance of the ice packs which covered this continent thousands of years a. go wag the propable cause of the slight earthquake felt in western and central Indiana and eastern Illinois yesterday morning according to Hen. ry Lane Bruner profesor of geology at Butler college last night. The geologist said that it would be imposisble to determine th e cause exactly without visiting the scene and mak ing extensive investigations. Prof. Bruner who hag been ill for several days was at first unable to credit the report that Indiana had been subjected to a ,‘quake” and sug. geste^ that the shaking of the earth might have been due to a gigantic explosion. “It is unheard of in this state,” he said “So far as I know, Indiana has never experienced a local earthquake before. The only record that we have of a shake up which was at all local was the Mississippi valley quake of 1811 which occurred in the vicinity of the spot where the Missouri river and the Mississippi river joins. That quake was due to a sinking of the soil in that region and the portion of the valley affected by it is how known as “The sunken country by the resi. dents of the region. “Purely Local Shock” Prof Bruner said that as the quake appeared to center about Terre Haute the indications were that it was purely a local shock, undoubtedly due to a readjustment of the earth’s strata. In most cases, he said, such readjustments took place only where the separations or lines in the strata were of an almost perpendicular character^ Changes in the earth’s formation under any other condition is highly improbable “Readjustment of the strata cr’y,” the professor explained “could have caused the quake here as :» volcanic shock is inconceivable in thi s portion of the great plains.
HAAG BROTHERS BACK /ROM PENAL FARM
INDIANAPOLIS. March 9—Julius A. Haag and Louis E_ Haag, Indianap olis druggists who were sentenced to serve thirty days on the Indiana state farm for violating the State prohibition laws, have returned from the farm after completing their sen. tences, Attorney John Ruckelhaus an. nounced. The Haags have payed their fines of $400 each and costs which were also imposed on a verdict of a jury in the criminal court.
HARDING’S AIRDALE PUP WILL HAVE NEGRO VALET
WASHINGTON, March 10—The post of master of hounds has been created, unofficially, at the White House, an^ William X_ Jackson, negro messenger at the executive mansion since President Roosevelt’s time, has been deputized to the job. Laddie Boy, the President’s Airdale now constitut es the “pack” but an English bull pup is soon to joi n it as soon as it is old enough to begin its public career Th e pup was bsrn March 4 and will be presented to Mr. Harding.
DE PAW RIFLE TEAM TO MEET C ULVER C ADETS
Among the contestants in the Discussion contest which will be held in the G. H. S, auditorium are Harry Gray, James Zeis and other former members of the Public speaking class. The subject is “The Housing Prob-
lem.”
Sevei*al new chemical instruments will be installed in the Chemistry Department of G H. S in th e near future. They are electric fixtures and will add greatly to the work of the department.
The prospects for the G H. S. track team hooks good. James Zeis, Harry Black, Harry Gray and other track men who have shown the skill in former years will appear on the local lineup. Arthur Perry is among the new men who will appear in the tryouts. He specializes in shot pats.
M’A V OY.FIDLER
Miss Esther McAvoy of Cloverdale and Claude Fidler of Quincy were mariel last week at the Christian Church Parsonage by Rev. Levi Marshall. The young couple will live ©n the groom’s farm near Eminence.
The DePauw rifle team will meet Culver Military academy in a dual meet next Monday March, 21. The meet will be held at Culver, The local team will consist of Morrison, G Scott Van Arsdale and Rufe; with • 9 one other member to be chose n later. The meet is under the auspices of the State Rifle Association.
WOMEN SIT ON GRAND JURY
MONTICELLO, Ind., March 10— For the first time in the history of White county, women are serving on a county grand jury. The session be. gan today with two women serving ag members. They are Mrs Mary G. Henderson of Idaville and Mrs. Emma Rosenstreter of Reynolds.
Wm E Fry of this city has been elected member of the Society of American Magicians, Main Assem. bly This fraternity with headquarters i n New York and branch Assemblies in the larger cities was organ, ized in 1907 and hag become the larg. est organization of its kind in America; it’s mmbership extending over the civilized world. The Main Assembly has several members of note and Harry Hondini world renowned mag. ician and escape artist for President. Mr. W. E. Floyd of “The Floyd’s”, who appeared here in chautauqua last season and is hockey with the Com. munity Chautauqua for this season is also a member.
VIRGIL DECKER FOUND; MURDER INI MATED NOW
OLD RAIL FENCE IS MOURNED
Tm Wasteful for Modem Days, but At Had IU Points of Roal Utcfulnooa.
MOTHER AND SON REPUDIATE EARLY IDENTIFICATION—LEROY LOVETT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN VICTIM OF INSUR. ANCE PLOT
BOURBON. Ind, March 15,’—With a contradictory circumstancial net firmly drawn about their identification of the body of the youth who was found fatally injured beside the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad near Atwood Saturday night, ag that of James Virgil Decker, who had carried life and accident insurance to the amount of $24,000 recently taken out, Mrs Lydia Decker and her eldest son Fred repudiated their identification late today at the inquest over the body held here. Throws New Light Announcement here that Virgil Decker had been arrested and was being held at Marion, Ind., following the reversal of identification of the dead youth by Decker’s mother and brother, threw additional light on the mystery case, which has baffled the officials of two eounties since Satur. day night. With the identification of the dead youth as that of Leroy Lovett and the real Virgil Decker in custody, officials here say they ara beginning to see light from a new angle and addition, al arrests arep i-edicte^ to bear out the verdict of “murder” by Coroner Aspinall. May Reopen Inquest Developements here, it is believed will hinge on the testimony of Virgil Decker when the inquests is reopened in order to learn just what the latter knows of Lovetts’ movements prior to the fatal trip from Elkhart Young Decker was the last person known to have been in company with Lovett the two having driven from Elkhart in 8^ automobile hired for the journey. The general opinion is that Lovett who greatly resembled Virgil Decker was murdered and that an attempt to identify the body as that of Decker, was a part of a scheme to collect the $24,000 insurance carried by Decker.
HOGS DOWN 75 CENTS TO $1,00; TOP $10-65
Indianapolis receipts — Hogs, fresh 8,000; holdovers form Tuesday 1,700; cattle, 1,600; calves 600; sheep and lambs 300. Hog prices brok e 75c to $1 in the live stock market here today. Most sales of hogs up to 10 a m , averaging 250 pounds down were from $10.00 to $10.50. Several lighter kinds brought $10.65 an^ the top price was $10.75. There was little demand for heavy hogs and were quoted as low as $9.50. Pigs brought $10.50 down, sows $9 00 down. About 6 500 hogs were sol’d i n the early trading, local killers taking abut 3.500 Indications were that some of the supply would be left over Bidding in the cattle division was slow and prices were lower. Calves were steady at $14.00 for the best veals. Sheep and lambs were steady the best lambs being quoted at $9.00
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
B. F’. Wing to M. R. Eggers, 160 acres in Floy^ tp. $22,000. R. M. Kond to W H. Higgins, 23 acres in Jackson tp.. $4,000 George Parish to’ C. S. Elliott, 40 acres in Madison tp., $10. Lottie A. Jones to Frank A. Allee land in Waren tp., $14,000. Lee Clark to S. L. Horn lot in Cloverdale $430 J. L. Posher to Kate L- Watson, 25 acre s in Franklin tp. $1250. Osa Mae Grider et al to Squire Young et al, lanj in Franklin tp., $900 James R Frye to W J. Robinson land in Floyd tp. $10,000 Frank Sanson to William H. Shel. don. land in Greencastle tp. Wilbert E. Hubbard to Henry L. Baker, land in Clinton tp , $19,040 Mertie M. Larkin to James H. Wichael. land in Cloverdale tp. $5,000
LUCY W. SHOPTAUGH DIES THURSDAY OF PNEUMONIA
Lucy W. Shoptaugh, age 77, wife of George P. Shoptaugh died last Thursday at the home in Marion Township following an ill. ness of pneumonia The funeral was held Saturday morning at ll -o’clock at the home east of the city and burial was in the Cemetery at Fillmore Beside the husband the deceased leaves one daughter. Mrs Art Raines of Marion township and one son, Frank Shoptaugh of this city.
Among the once necessities of farm life thui reflected prodigality in the use of valuable timber was the old rail fence. Like many other almost bygones of rural life, its place in farm wastcfuluess now is well established, and yet it had its uses for which the struight-liue wire fence cannot qualify. The old rail fence's serrated stretches were the homes of small animal life that now is rapidly disappearing. Around its timbers there grew the uncultivated blackberry, with Its sister the raspberry, and among its recesses there thrived the elder, whose fruit once was coveted pie material and whose blossoms were the foundation for elderberry wine that matrons served of a winter evening when the neighbors gathered. The rail fence, ‘with its invariable undergrowth, was the favorite protection for Hob White in w inter, and from Its top he sang in the warmer seasons. Beneath, the little ground squirrel burrowed. From sjife retreat he chattered if some intruder came near to annoy him as he was busily engaged In gathering his store of food for the snow time. To the harvest hand it afforded protection at the cud of the long row for a brief respite and its corners formed shaded nooks under which the water jug might he kept. And from what royal timber was this old fence constructed ! Black wal-
OBITUARY
Frances Emalin e Johnso. I*, her friends as Una w as th " child of James Gumming, ^ Jane Cooper was born i n >! township, Feb. 6, 1863 and her heavenly home Mar 2 58 years and 24 days.' ’8^1 life was spent in Jefferson . n l] townships except about one - months in San Pierre, j n part of the State, when s h e * 1 years of age anj" about si* ^ near Clinton Falls a short - ter her marriage. For abot^, years has lived at the Hci/ where she died. On Deceit 1882, she was united in marr^ James L. Johnson of Madison ship and for over thirty eigfc ." they have journeyed down life/] way together sharing e 8c |, joys and sorrows. She was i true wife doing all that she build up a comfortable and i home. In February 1891, skej with the Presbyterian church e* namviile and liv*d a consistent!; 1 tian until the end About 15, ago, she and her husband Umi] their home a little orphan years of age anj a short tine] had him adopted as their own e these years she has beer, 8 truej] er giving all the love and cared mother could give her own he, in turn has tried in every,
nut log*, chestnut logs and the smooth could to repay her for that li
length of the ash tree were cleft by numerous rail splitters for the “seven high" fence that stood the storms of decades. There was many a black walnut tall whose timber would make the manufactarer of gun Mocks chortle with satisfaction had he such a present supply of wood at hia command.—
Columbus Dispatch.
GOOD MATERIAL FOR BOILERS
Variety of Pumice Stone le CominQ Into Goneral Use in Japan—Hae Many Advantagea
“Koka Seki” is a variety of pumice stone which, as fur as now known, reports Vice Consul H. T. Goodier of Yokohama, is only found in the small group of Niijima islands (New lalands). which lie off the coast of the Idzu peninsula, about ninety miles south of Tokyo. Though used in Niijima from ancient times as a building material, only comparatively recently has "Koka Seki'' become known commercially in Japan proper. Because of its durability, high tensile strength and capability of resisting 1,300 degrees C. of beat, It is suitable for boiler and furnace construction us well as inner linings of safes and the manufacture of ice chests. As it is claimed, it can be easily cut, will take a surface of paint or metal plating, and as nails can be driven in, it is thought that the uses of this material will greatly Increase. It la however, in re-enforced concrete barge building In Japan that it is best known.
Maeterlinck Lose# a Dog. Maurice Maeterlinck ha# a special weakness for animals in general and for dogs in particular. He was greatly distressed, therefore, when, the other day, a gentle litMe Pekinese which he owned was bitten by Alaska, an illmannered Eskimo dog, brought back from America by the poet. The little dog’s injury was severe, affecting the eye, and M. Mueterlinck, finding the animal’s sufferings insupportable, called into consultation one of the best eye specialists in Nice. After a careful examination the physician declared that aa operation was necessary. The four-footed patient, however, unable to take an anesthetic, died under the knife. Now for Services rendered, the specialist has charged M. Maeterlinck the sum of (iOO francs, which le maitre refuses to pay. The physician has gone to court with the matter.—From Le Petit Parisien, Paris.
New Goldfield in Africa. Another goldfield has been discovered in Eastern Akim which promises untold wealth. King Oforiatta, who was educated on European lines, first secured the passage of laws similar to those adopted in South Africa to protect the country from exploitation. The king then proceeded with his investigations, hot meanwhile a colonial government survey party unexpectedly discovered diamonds a year ago. Oforiatta, after a year of research work, now claims that he has discovered that gravel deposits which have been worked for gold for centuries lies over a layer of clay, beneatli which Is more gravel than that of the top layer. Under hi# direction an area exceeding an acre has been excavated. The king states that he Is satisfied that the indications point to the existence of huge goldfields.
Like a Well-Known Voice. A telephone call came to me one afternoon. The voice had the wellknown, honeyed tones of my best girl. She was somewhat peeved over an incident that had occurred u few evenings before. In order to reconcile her I revealed some of my feelings, which were meant for her alone. At the end of this conversation 1 was gratefully and hilariously thanked for my ' Information hy a suddenly changed voice. It proved to lie a friend of mine! who took pains to see that I was told about it for weeks following.—Chicago Tribune.
devotion and 1 during her last J watching with the faithful kj beside her bed through tho»J days and nights Six yeon her father woe called away gl home was broken up_ she toal mother who is almost M yeirj into her home doing al! she < make her mother comforUk*| happy. She was a good neighbul often expresses her regrets tk| health would not permit her; more, for others. Her last siti was of short duration but sh*s ed intensely and though only t at times was patient doiny J thing that wag suggested fo| good and very seldom failed to J nize the touch of the hands d| loved ones. This was the fifth i of pneumonia and these repeitd tacks had so weakened her coal tion that although able to attal her house hold duties, had n« M very strong for a number of yet I short time before she was ss^™ with her last illness. Seen realize the end was near mt»H rangements for her funeral arep ial, going into detail in tellinyf she wanted don e after she was ( She was the youngest of four I ren. Mildred who died Jan IS.f and Mary E , wif^of J. J Bo* ceased Mar. 18, 1903 and Alfn who lives near Putnamville leaves to mourn her departurr] band, son Maynard, the aged i brother, one nephew Forrest of Indianapolis, two nieces, Adella Day of Putnamville ar.dj Minnie Travis of Boone, lowi great nephews Karl and Rfl Travis, a number of other rein
and a host of friends
Jesus keep her up in Heaven Til] we reach the Golden shore Then again O! let us have her |
To be with forevermore.
Written by one w ho loved her
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our ii thanks to all those who so kin«i?| sisted us during the illness andi of our beloved mother. Alsofel beautiful floral offerings contriNH LUKE JOHNSON V MAYNARD JOHNS I
CHURCH ORGANIST BEATtf TO DEATH ON WAY Hi PERTH AMBOY, N J. Mar: —Attacked by an unknown Ml I last night during if heavy fog.l| Edith Wilson, 26 years ohi strangled and beaten to death * | black jack in a n open l ot ’'i* short distance of her home here young woman who was a churcl anlst. left a girl friend a ^ r 11 ing a theater performance about o’clock saying she was go> n $ About 10 o’clock here mother alarmed and asked neighbors to a searching party The body found about midnight FinR< r experts from New York ba« summoned to examine and graph the impressions foendo* Woman's throat. A wisp 0 - found clenched jn her hand rt ‘ garded by the police as » clew.
JOE HAMMOND REPORTED AT THE POINT OF ^
Joe Hammond who has ously ill for aeveral weeks I ported today to ^ ^ j^L death. It i* feared that he liv e for more than two day* " not' able to take any nourishm** ■ Hammond i s suffering of can* |