Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 June 1921 — Page 3

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THE HERALD-DEMOCRAT, GREENCAiiTLE, INDIANA

.OVERDALE IDON’T WANT REFORMATORY 0 ' ■■ - L1S E. (iILL, KErRESEMA. FROM PUTNAM COUNTY I^YS INTENT OF LEOISLABjgS IN PASSING ACT WAS It, PUT INSTITUTION AT PUT. [aMYILLE o (By Willis E, Gill) LOVERDALE, Ind , May 27.— Re of the most important mea. . considered by the 72nd general obly was the removal of the sr.a Reformatory from Clarksville County, Indiana to Putnamville lam County^ Indiana. | was the big economic measure of [session Costing the State only hundred thousand dollars to all expenses for the removal this small sum coming back to Igtate from the proceeds of the jof the property now owned with little margin to spare. [would also be a great saving to ■ State to have the Reformatory [the Penal Farm already located Iphteen hundrej acres of land at amville under one management, (lied by one waters ystem one ig system, etc. warding of the bill seemed "That the Indiana reformatory I located at Clarksville, in the tv of Clark SHALL be hemoved VUTNAMVILLE. in PUTNAM Jy Indiana” Sec_ 1- No one saw fca d they saw r ) the far reaching |s of the little big word ‘adjacent’ 2 “If deemed practable by said littP ( . sai,j reformatory shall be Id ON or adjacent to the Indiana [farm at Putnamville ” [rybody was happy, the reforma va? to be removed, placed under |anagement and money saved to Itate in the transaction. One Ire that woul f j distinguish the ly administration as the best ^ : administration fh e state had had was passed under a full

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all were proud that we had a measure thus calculated to [va-t sums every year to the b' burdened tax payers, tr the provisions of the bill the advertised and sold the pro. k’f the reformatory, money was In the contract and the bridges Burned behind us when suddenly discovered that the two instiwere so fundamentally differ, lai it woul ( | be a grave mistake [the very thing the legislature the direction of those who have advised them inteligently

Iready done

p discovered that the guards (her subordinate employees of No different institutions would is of each other causing un. Id constant friction, all of ami many other reasons no deep anj fundamental were ^ied by this committee gadding the country at $10 per day II uses all of which should have I' own by the sponsors of this re and presented to the legisla. Lore and not after the bill had picted into law. was to be done? Was there to correct this serious mis. the ignorance of the legisla. l>d the uncalled for hasty ac. the governor who could have time and opportunity to have fated before his action which [islature does not have in the |ratio n of more than a thou,

in sixty days

mly some one came to the in finding in section two of the word “Adjacent” which meant t sixteen miles from Putname location stipulated in sec. le 80 that unless Putnamville all of Putnam county section nuls section one. language of a bill determines ning of the legislature pass, 'ill the sponsors of this mea. r it was their intent that the -ee should be “Up in the air” location as it now appears ? I y tell us that it was their ina " the tim e that instead of ' three hundred thousand they ,p ally spend from two to five dollars for a bran new loca_ «t they never intended to lo_ at Putnamville at all? That undred appropriated was on. t p r that when we had gone so e would be no way left but to ?r and deeper ? their intent and understand if located anywhere in Put-' it would still be located “Removed to Putnamville?” ‘ir inB ^ r ’ in(r threatened with injunc. edings by DePauw univer. beenB? <lt ^ Prs two different sites have ^J®*ndoned near Greeneastle for best of reasons by the comThey are now seeking other i Cloverdale has been ap.

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PUSHING WORK ON NATIONAL ROAD

pealed to an d highly colored pictures of the wonderful advantages it would be to us putting us "On the '

map” by having this wonderful pen. | The Indiana Railway Commission cl’" Wlth possible speed to

the National old Trails road

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on us and our children for all time

to come.

It would be a great moral force, say they, to keep us sweet anj good even ranking along with such institutions as DePauw University, Dr Grose not with standing Besides we could sell them our spare butter and eggs and if per. chance we were so foolish as to con. elude to move away from th e community with such an asset it would be a great advertisement in selling our property to point out to the pros, pective buyer that besides ou r new and up to date school building our ready and easy access to DePauw and Indiana universities, we are Only FIVE miles from the Penal farm and last but not least only a mile from one of the most up to date state prisons anywhere and surely jf the first mentioned advantages would not get us a buyer the last two would bring them across. Cloverdale is my home not by birth but from choice and so far as I know now I shall live the balance of my days here an d I hope that I shall al. ways be found giving what little influence I mav hav e to the things that I believe will he an up lift not only to the financial but to the moral stand ing of the home of my choice It is with malice toward none who may differ from me i n this matter that I wish whatever may he the re. suit to stand up and be counted as a. gainst this matter root an,) branch. GLENN LYON MEMBER OF GRADUATING CLASS

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Th e only young women students in Indiana law school Miss Jessie Levy and Miss Esther Goldberg, received their diplomas yesterday and were ad mitted to the bar in Indiana graduat. ing with a class of thirteen Miss Levy who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Julius Levy of South Bend pre. iously attended Valparaiso university am! has been for three years associat e ( ] with th e courts. When she is admitted to the Supreme court bar Tues day she will he the youngest woman so admitted. She is 22 years old and has been filling the position of law clerk to Judge Julius C. Travis of the Supreme court. Miss Goldberg has been acting as law clerk to Judge Alonzo Nichols of the Appelate court, Sh P is the daughter of Mrs. William Goklberjr of this city. STie too, will be admitted to the Supreme court bar Tuesday. Janies A Roh. bach, dean Ihe Indiana law school, made the motion for their admission to the bar. Dean Rohhach made motion yesterday also for admission to the bar of the following other grad, nates of the school: Glenn Findley, Fae Patrick Paul Ream. Ellis Rush. Thomas Weber. William Hinkle, Zebedee Hicks. Riley Fuller Glenn Lyons, John Weinbreeht and Ernest Reeker,—Indianapolis Star

get Uie National old Trails road in first class condition for the summer

auto tourist traffic.

The section of the National road from Mt. Meridian east has just been completed and steps are being taken by the Highway commission to grade the section between Reelsville to Mt Meridian and put it in as fine condition as possible for this year Next year the contract will be left "for the paving of that section of the road The Commission will let the con. tract soon for the paving of the sec. tion between the east limits of Bra. zil and Reelsville an,) with the contruction of th e portion between Reels ville and Mt. Meridian next year the National road will be hard surfaced from Terre Haute to Indianapolis and for the greater part of the way

east through the state.

The Carpenter Construction Com. pany is rushing work on the paving of its section between Seelyville and Brazil and now has the pavement complete^ almost as far as Billtown. It is expected that this pavement will be completed to the western limits of Brazil by the middle of July There is still the section between Seelyville and Highland Lawn cemetery to be paved, but this piece of road has been fut in fine shape and the Com. mission will not be in a hurry to tear this up and pave it

MEADOW INFESTED WITH WHITE TOP IN COUNTY

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Many clover and timothy meadows in Putnam County are thickly i S’if 8 r “y---

.bk v,|« ,„ m th, hay♦rop, Whitt 'f. rnl , d

top 18 a winter annual weed having 21 will be granted a charter as the small daisy ike flowers with white ! Greeneastle Kiwanis club rays and yellow centers- The weed The evening’s event beside being at

GREENCASTLE KIWANIS T

CLUB IS ORGANIZED

Sixty five Greeneastle business men met in banquet at th e Grand Central

spreads by seed dissemination White top can be prevented

grain crops by:

1. Sowing clea n seed, 2. Having well prepared seed beds. Plowing destroys white top Discing does not. White top can be controlled by: 1. Spraying with either iron sulphate, 2 to 1 gallon water; salt solution, 3 lbs, to 1 gallon water; or Sodium Arsenate, ounce to

gallon water

2. Clipping meadows. Most practical and economical method

for Putnam County.

In May the white top plants ar e us.'/ p ^ t0 * at ' 0 " al ually considerably ahead of the RuSSe11 Br0WT) ’ ArldreW Durham

tended by the local business men was attended by delegations of Kiwanis Club members from both Terre Haute

and Crawfordsville-

An election of officers for the local club followed the banquet. The officers

selected are as follows

I President Andrew Durham I} Vice President S. A Hays I Secretary Russell E. Brown ■Treasurer Earnest Browning Trustees—J. P, Hughes H B. Longdon. Roy Abrams, J. L. Randel, W, L. Denman, Ferd Lucas, R P-

Mullin.

District Trustee Frank Lyon Delegates to National Convention:

JOHN A FRIEND MEETS FORMER SOLDIER PAL

DICK SHIRLEY MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Richard A, Shirley, president of the the W. H, Johnson. & Son .Company, heating and ventilating, was appointed to the board of public works last Friday by Mayor Jewett He becomes the Democratic member of the board succeeding Thomas ARiley who resigned Tuesday to be. come a member of th e state indus. trial board The appointment became effective at once an,| will be until- the end of the vear when the present city administration goes out. Mr Shirley and the mayor were graduated from DePauw University in the same class in 13C7 and later were room, mates at the Harvard University Law school. He had been connected with the Johnson company for twelve years, being p’c : dent for the last six years. Prior to that he was secretary and treasurer of the company. He is a members of_ the Chamber of Com. merce, the Kiwanis Club and other organizations and lodges. Th-. mayor, in commenting on th n appoint, ment, said that Mr. Shirley’s technical knowledge fits him to act as a member of the board admireably.— Ind : anapolis Star

meadow crop, being- several inches taller than clover or the grass plants j This makes it possible to raise the bar of the mowing machine high' enough to clip off the tops of the weeds- Although this process does' not kill very many top plants, it| checks the growth and development’ to such an extent that the damage to the crop is considerably reduced Many of the clipped plants throw out side shoots, but there are compara. tively small and weak, and not a very large percentage of them reach above the crop plants Since this method requires no special equipment and comraratively little labor and is nearly as effective as spraying, it is highly recommended for general prac tice. The Proper time to clip an in-

fested meadow is in May.

THE WOMAN’S BIBLES CLASS

OBITUARY

John A. Friend, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Friend was given quite a surprise while attending the carnival one night last week. He met a form, er soldier frien,] of his, F. R, True, blood of Vincennes who is now a member "of the carnival company- Mr, Friend and Mr Trueblood were in the same division while in France and

were i n the German Prison at Ros. — — tatt, Germany together Mr- True, an only daughter Myrtle, was born, blood wasc aptured by the Germans | t0 whom she was most affectionately

on October 7, 1918 and Mr Frien,) on devoted.

Emma Miller was the daughter of James and Francis Miller and was born near Roachdale, Ind., March 8 1859- Her death occurred May 23, 1921, she being a little over sixty one year ol,] at that time. She had been in declining health for several months but fatal illness came about a month ago. Since then she had gradually grown vvors e and was re. moved to St, Vincent’s Hospital at Indianapolis where everything was done that medical skill and kind

hands could do

On Dec. 21, 1883 she was mar. ried to James D. Stover and to them

An interesting company assembled in the attractive home of Mrs. Walter Crawford on Friday afternoon for the May meeting of the Woman’s Bible class of College Avenue M. E Sun. day School, the President Mrs, Christ, ian £• Stoner being in the chair. | Mrs. J W. Carver read the grac. ious words of invitation to the Gospel Feast, in th e fifty fifth chapter of Isaiah, and Miss Laura Sheridan off. ered the opening prayer. Miss Martha Crouch had charge of the pro gramme of the afternoo n and im_ pressively led in “Quotations from I-avorite Psalms and was assisted by Mesdames Arnold, Hauck, Darnall, Landes and Pierce At one point in the programme the entire company arose and recited the Twenty Third Psalm, emphasizing the pronouns “I”, “Me”, and “My”. This was suggested oy a reference made to an affecting incident which took place in the Meth odist Hospital when Mr. Harry Max. well showe,; his faith by repeating it thus. The interchange of experience duri ing the meeting proved again that it is the good old bible—the inspired recorded word of God—that can give help and strength in times of grief an,) trouble. No “New Bible” evolv. e-l from the train of H. 0 Wells or any other human being can meet the needs of people in all conditions of life and death and in all ageg" of the world. During the social hour our hospit.able hostess served delicious angel food cake, ice cream and fruit juice, and thus closed the club year of these Bible students-

the 9th.

They were together in Buyancy and Montmedy Castle. They worked to gether in the saw mill at the German Prison Camp at Rostatt for seven cents a day. , When they left tHe prison they were placed on the same train and were in the same hospital at Nichz,

France.

It was a very pleasing experience

Although having a very quite unassuming manner, Mrs. Stover was deeply interested in all public move, ments. She was kind hearted and al ways ready to help those jn need. She was kind and gentle and never spoke unkind of anyone. During her illness she always tried to make ev. erything as easy for those about her

as possible,

Mrs. Stover was a member in full

„ , Mrs. aiover was a memner in run to find an exsoldier pal 3,000 m.les gtandjng jn the p r e gb y t erian church from the pri.on Camp and to renew | havinp unjte(] with the church with acquaintance an,, talk over old times f, her husband on Eagter D j 920 alld after being apart for several years. rernaine<i a faithfl)1 and & de

voted Christian to the end- She spoke

WEEK EM) PARTY

Miss Mabel Hampton of Indianapolis' entertained as week end guests at the home of her mother, Mrs. Hattie Hampton on West Elizabeth Street,i Miss Marjory Kercheval, Miss Bonnie Baker, and Miss Bobbie Bishop all of IndianpolisA surprise dinner was planned by Mrs. Hampton to greet the arrival of Miss Hampton and her guests The house was beautifullw decorated in pink roses and syringas. Covers were laid for Miss Kerche. val Miss Baker and Miss Bishop of Indianpolis, Miss Helen Cox, Miss Edna West Miss Amanda Browning and Miss Mildred Long of this city and Miss Hampton.

of being unafraid to go and felt fully

preuared

She leaves her husband, one daugh. ter, Mrs. Ellis Myers of Roachdale and the little grandson James Lynn Myers, a sister Mrs Harvey Crosby of Roachdale an,, a brother Samuel Miller to mourn her loss. The funeral services wer e held Wed nesday from the home in the presence of a large company of neighbors and friends, conducted by the Rev. F. E. Hamlin, pastor of the Presbyterian church. The remains were laid to rest in the Lebanon Cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hazelett of Cleveland, Ohio are her e for a short visit with the former’s parents, Mr and Mrs S A. Hazelett.

AND YET CITY FOLKS ROAST US FARMERS

He wanted to buy a Duroc Jersey) and called up a Duroc breeder over the phone. Yes, he would sell him one' "Is she cross?,” he asked. “No, but all of them are liable to be when they have pigs,” replied the breeder. j “That will not bother,” answered the city man- “I don’t have pigs Is she fat?” * i “Not exactly, but she is in prima condition,” same th e reply “But I don’t want one I have to prime” protested the city man. I want the milk to come any time we) care to pump it out ” “You’d better tell that to your milk man” laughed the breeder. Haven’t you one that gives milk easily?” “Plenty of them. You can take your lenty of them. You can take your 1 pick out of one hundred sows.” “Sows! Sows! You mean cows!” “No, I mean sows; hogs.” A controversy followed and the city man was convinced that a Duroc Jersey was a hog One hour later he lost te n dollars by betting that’ there was no such thing as a Jersey) cow, Y et this is one of the fellows who joke about the farmer blowing out the gas.

During he evening there were in. teresting talks by John M. Bromert of Indiananpolis, Lieut. Governor, of Indiana Kiwanis; C. M McCabe of Crawfordsville and S A. Hays of Greeneastle. During the evening Prof. Omar Wilson of the DePauw School of music led in community singing The organization of the Kiwanis club in Greeneastle has been under way for several weeks and the meeting on Wednesday night was the cul. mination of the organization work The club is similar to the Rotary club excepting that its membership is limited to two members of any one class of business instead of being limited to one as in Rotary. The members of the Kiwanis club and their business classification is as

follows:

Louis M, Stevens Drugs R. P, Mullins Drugs Cassell C. Tucker Surgeon A. Evan Ayler Sergeon Wm, M. McGaughey Physician J. Don McLean Automobiles H C. Foster Automobiles Frank J, Cannon Clothing Henry J. Prevo Clothing A- J, Duff Coal Ferd Lucas Coal Milton Brow n Real Estate R. S, Fouts Real Estate J L. Randel Bank R. E. Brown Bank Roy M. Abrams Trust Co, Earnest A. Browning Trust Co. Ralph J Overstreet Dentist James A. Throop Dentist Andrew E, Durham Lawyer S- A, Hays Lawyer F. M. Lyon Abstractor M J. Murphy Abstracter W. L Denman Post Office Earnest Stoner Post Office Howard P. Barnaby Lumber Albert G. Lloyd Lumber E. C Dodson Public School B. A, Knight Public School Geo, R- Christie Shoes A. W. Broadstreet .. Dental Surgeon Car] H. Stewart Zinc Earl R, Harris Mill Frank J. Thomas • Meats H. E. Hawkins Garage Janies O Cammack .. Photographer C. C, Hurst Insurance H. B Troyer Osteopath J, E. McCurry Undertaker H. S. Werneke Jeweler Louis F, H^ys Grocer L. C, Buchlfeit Books C. E Crawley Cleaning James E, Cannon Cutter W. A- Beemer Plummer C. N. MeWethy Laundry James Bittles Handles Earl Ellis Farmer E R. Bartley Mayor O. G, Webb County Treasurer Benton Curtis County Auditor R. E. Knoll County Auditor Chas Jackson County Agent Harry Moore, County Clerk Frank Wallace County Supt J. P Hughes County Judge Wm- P. Koehler .. County Surveyor Omar Wilson Musician Howar d J. Bamum Musician H. B. I/mgden Languages A B, Caldwell .. English Literature Walter N. Hess Biology W. M Hudson Sociology Harry B. Gough .. Public Speaking Wm E. Smythe English

TROOPERS DIE IN .MINE WAR 0 WILLIAMSON, W. Va., May 25State police hearquarters here received reports that a West Virginia state trooper and a Kentucky nation, al guardsman were killed at Nolan, west of here whe n fighting in the Tug river battle zone was resumed (apt, Norton of the state police sent the report of the killings to ( apt. J B. Brockus, the latter said. Private Kackley,’ a West Virginia troper and Manley Vaughan of the Kentucky militia were killed, and George Orum, a civilian was wounded th e advices said. Force Rushed to Scene When word of the shooting was re. ceived, state police officiate ordered the Norfolk & Western Railroad Com pany to prepare a special trai n for an immediate run to Nolan, which is on the West Virginia-Kentucky border on Tug river, opposite the line which divides Pike and Martin counties, Ken

tucky,

Capt, Brockus said that his reports from Nola n indicated that two men, Victor Elkins and Clyde Harper, had been arrested in connection with the fight. They were charged with carry ing arms, the captain said. Judge R. D. Bailey of the MingoWyoming Circuit court, hel d a con. ference late today with Maj Tom B Davis who is in charge of the situa. tion growing out of recent disorders a long the West Virginia-Kentucky border. They discussed Governor E. F Morgan’s proclamation placing the Mingo region under martial law. Judge Bailey said that he could sug. gest no further plans as to the wr. forcement program mapped out by Maj. Davis, He added that he believed the proclamation would go far to> remedy conditions along the Tug rfver Discern Firebug’s Work Maj. Davis accompanied by Capt. J. R. Brockus, today penetrated the trouble zone east of Williamson They went as far as Thacker mines' near Matewan, and reported the. situation qniet Both officers .after inspecting the scene of yesterday’s fire at the Lynn Coal and Coke Company said they be. lieved the blaze was of incendiary

origin.

PROPERTY VALUE LOSS WILL REACH MILLION DOLLARS

WILL STAGE A CELEBRATION ON FOURTH OF JULY

Greeneastle will have a big Fourth of July Celebration, The event will be staged by the American Legion and the Putnam County Fish and game Protective association, who will w-ork together in making the day a big event. Preliminary work in arranging for the celebratio n has already begun. On Friday morning a financial committee collected $250 from the merchants as a starter for the fund which will be( required to stage the eventCommittees to arrange the celebra. tion will be appointed and th e work of getting ready will be soon under Way ’ * . .. m,i El-.! IT

That the assesse d valuation of Put nam county personal property will shrink more than a million dollars in the 1921 assessment is the belief of the county assessor who has received the assessment blanks from most of the township trustees. The 1921 assessment was made on the March, 1921 valuations, which are far lower tha n the 1920 valuations As yet the assessor has not complet. ed his work of compiling th e total valuation of personal property as shown by the 1921 assessment but he had progressed far enough to deter, mine that the shrinkage will be at least a million dollars. The assessor has compiled some in. teresting figures on the county’s tax. able, however. The following shows the number of each article listed in the county, the average valuation an ( | the total valuation

No. Automobiles

Average

Total

2,217 Horses

$293,

$649,105.

8,155 Cattle

$49,

404.220,

12,512 Sheep

$36.

554,090^

10,320

$2

24 365- •

Hogs

30,006 Households

$9

298,670,

1,948

$113.

560,120.

Farm Implements (Sets)

1,520

$78.

118,735.

UNIVERSITY CHOIR WILL MAKE TRIP TO BAY VIEW The DePauw University Choir will leave early in August to give its third announcement program at Bay View, Michigan In addition to the four concerts which will form part of the Chau, tauqua series, they will sing twice each Sunday, i n the morning andi at Vesper Services on the lake front. They will also take part in the annual festival held during the latter part of the month. Dean McCutchan who will direct the Choir, is in charge of all the music of the Bay View Assembly, in. eluding a number of community con. certs. Those making the trip are: Jane Johnson, Nolle Winn, Kathleen Kerns, Helen Finch, Pauline Norris, Margar. et Movers, Edith Miller, Christine Vickery, James McAdams, Carlos Taylor, Harold Beane, Edwin Sayre, Ben Habherton. Ralph Graham, Cecil Smith and LaVerne Courtney.

William Kreigh is Buick Touring car.

driving a new