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EXPRESS.

LIBERTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916

Number 31

WAR IS IT WORTH THE PRICE?

An Address Delivered to the Methodist Brotherhood Monday Evening, Feb. a8, 1916, by G. W. Robertson,

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The most valuable thing i human life. The next most valuable is that by which human life is unstained. The third most valuable is intelligence. Arid the fourth which we can not have unless we have the first three is morality. Anything which man does that destroys human life, that which sustains human life or which prevents man's progress in intelligence is wrong and should he abolished. The infant at birth has scarcely any intelligence, yet it has a germ within its frail body which is capable of expansion by proper culture into a mind of wonderful it Whence capable of almost un-

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not moral but he

ight kind of mor-

telligence. A man

he right before he

tng survive with-

which sustains

mind reach a

high degree or fficiency for good unless V abiding place

in a well nouriV housed, well clothed body. HeTsxr conclude that next to human life property which sustains human life is the mos valuable thing in the universe. Does war destroy human life If it does, then war is wrong and is not worth the price. Does war destroy property or that which gustains human life! If it does then war is not worth the price! Does war prevent great number of people from reaching a higher degree of intelligence and righteousness? To answer " tins, compare the golden age of Pericles with an equal pefod in which Greece was engaged in deadly stvife aiong the dif- " ferent city states. To show that war is not worth the price and that it should be abolished let let us look upon it in all its hideousness. To the inhabitants of a peaceful valley "dotted " over with - beautiful homes in which peace, plenty, and happiness reigned there came whispers of war then -,rmon of war and t?nHy a great battle

was fought, and into this valley the wild newt came Far flashing on the wings of flame, Swift as the boreal light which flip At midnight through the startled skies. And there was tumult in the air The fife's shrill note, the drum", loud beat. And through the wide land everywhere, The answering tread of hurrying feet." I can see the people as they gather at the place of enlistment, the young men as they march around to the music of fife and drum to give their names to the enrolling officer the surgeon as he examines each man carefully and accepts only those who are sound physically and mentally, for war is greedy and will accept only the best specimens of manhood. I can see them as they hid farewell to their friends and dear ones can see them as they march away, then turn and wave a last farewell to their weeping friends and relatives can see them on the march in the ranks of a large army foot sore and weary the vast army as it goes into camp upon a beautiful farm.

They are in the enemy's country and

have orders to forage upon the country They not only strip this and the sur

rounding farms of everything that will furnish food for horse or man, but they burn all the fencing and many of the

farm buildings for fuel in their campfires and to cook their food. I can hear the "cannon's terrible rumble and roar

telling that the battle is on once more." Hark! Did you not hear it! It sounds nearer, clearer, deadlier than before. Then I hear the sharp, short snap, snap, bang, bang and roar of the repeating rifles as the two armies come into close action and engage in a death struggle. I hear all this and fully, realize that every shot is aimed at a human being the purpose of each and every shot is to destroy human life, the most precious thing in the universe. Both armies are

equipped with modern weapons and the slaughter of this conflict is terrible. The

battle rages for hour after hour. First

one army and then the other is driven back and thus they trample back and

forth over the dead and wounded. Let us bring our imagination into play and let it wander over that field of carnage, watch man after man fall, look upon that green grass crimsoned with human blood, listen to the moanings of horses, the groans of men, look upon these writhing forms, gaze upon the pallor of th is multitude of upturned faces to whom death is more of an Angel of Mercy than man himself then let us

'BIRTHDAY PARTY.

The land uow included within fh

Mrs. Homer Baker, who was Miss Maud Fahrlander, of Liberty, celebrated her eighth birthday on Tuesday, February 2!th, at her home in College Corner. She w as lorn ?( years ago on the 29th i day of February. The 29th of February ! has appeared on the calendar only seven times since then and it was on one of tliacii rarn runi alona liu n mim l va n( !

lilt ill m v l s ii" lim, ti j I . l r -1 , ..it r ii 'bounds of Union count v. Ind.. is largely her Liberty friends visited her in Col legi? . , ...

Corner and help in the celebration. The " ' ""r9 ,"

partv included Mrs. Owen Putriden and i daughters Ruth and Mary Elizalieth fra Ivriinst (fl7o nml chihlrnn ? Afra i

, x- i i 'of civi i.atioii was to Im a line dran Emerson Barnard, Miss Nina Barnard, . . . . ... from l-'nrt. Ueeovprv. ().. to the liloillll OI

Mrs. loren Kennedy, Mrs. i.eorge wriggs, -

Miss Emma Driggs, Mrs. Jess E. Stevens u,e

and son; Mrs. Mary Fahrlander, Mrs. I "is I me. AlWt Fahrender and daughter: MrsJ Boundary"

Historical SkeVMhes

of UnidrCoimtv

Hv W. N. McMAIUN

CONGRESSMAN GRAY.

Indians to tht United States ItV

the tnaty of Greenville. .. in 17'.". by the terms of which the western lvordcr

tuckv River

called the "Old Indian

passes diagonally iiuuns;

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.Toe Snyder, Mrs. Will Driggs, Mrs. Lonjthe western parts of Brownsville, LibRidenour and daughter; Mrs. Gus Butler, ;erty and Harmony townships, thus mak-

Mrs. J. M son.

Freeman and Mrs. E. P. Wil-

SALEM SCHOOL

ing, on aö. of its angle, many fiac

tional sections. In 1809, howttar, by the treaty of Ft. Wayne, the fwelve Mile" purchase was made, which fc.s the name implie

! extended the bimlary twelve milek Indiana Centennial Celebration Program WPStward. thus including all the land' Friday, March 3. ;0f onr ,.0,nitv not previously accounted

for.

.Bv the School

As Ohio, which Warne a state in

1 18(1-2. wns beiiKT settled ranidlv, the U.

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Song, "America"

Paper, "Early Inhabitants"

Theodore Brendel' s ,..., ,V:is not Ion? in making

Paper, "How Spanish Rule Affected In-!npW Rrvevs to the westward, and thus diana" Louis Preen we fm(1 tiat Tai, Ldlow then a wellSong. "Morning" Girls of Room 2 fcnown surveyor. at work in Union Paper. "Early Pioneers". .Robert Brendel j(.0,mtv in 1S00. wlim he laid otT townI'jiper, "Old-time Customs" (ships ten and twelve. likewise, in the Everett Higgins first six vow,s of nineteenth century. Recitation, "The Raggedy Man" tne records show that government surGoldie Shepardjvevg a1(j nats w,.r). UVA,(. by the above-

Star Spangled Banner . .

Song,

By the School Paper, "Highways" .'.Lela Tibbetts Paper, "Modes of Travel". . .Faye Boring Song. "Billy and me" Roy Abner, Bennett Lacy, Ralph Sanford. Paper, "Pioneer Days". .. .Harry O'Xeill Recitation, "A Boy's Mother" Ralph Brendel Paper, "Development of Education in Indiana" Ella Dubois Paper, "Education in Indiana" . . ... .V. ..... Paul Paddock Song, "Kvening Hymn" Tupils of Room 2 Song and lriil. ...... "Pupils of Ruoui I

Paper, "George Rogers Clark1

Esther Abner

Paper, "Early Indiana. ....'. jfawley Gardner $ong, "On the Banksof Hie Wabash" 7.. By the School Recitation, "Patriotism" Sarah Breen Paper, "Agriculture in Indiana" Raymond Mize Paper "Manufacture in Indiana" Delbert Logue Song. "The Sun Is Up" Lola Lee and Roxie Severt Quotations from Indiana Authors Grades 4, i, (5 Song, "Flag of the Free" Eight Girls Song, "Milk Maid's Song" Naomi Albert, Coldie Shepard. Ollie Ray. Toast to the Flag Boys of Room 2

song Boys of Room 3 Song, "On We Are Floating" (iirls of Room 3

Song, "Indiana"

By School and Visitors

Intermission and Dinner. History of Salem School

Clinton Gardner

"Schools of Olden Times, by An Oldtime Teacher". .Mrs. Emeline Gardner

"Pleasant Hill School'

Mrs. Nettie Breen

"The Quaker Church"

Mrs. Elnora Harlan "Underground Railroad". . .Allan Beard

"Lotus Lyceum Hall"

Mrs. Stella Maxwell

"Writers of Indiana"

Mrs. Bessie Johnson

Reminiscences. The afternoon program will be diversi

tied by the singing of old-time songs by

our music teacher, .Miss Kate Dusted,

and by V ictrola music.

1 ITM I

I as nv imam ml .lohn Brown-

named surveyor as w and Stephen Ludlow

son. According to account left us by the pioneers, our county was covered by the forest primeval, consisting in the main of magnificent walnuts and maple, sturdy oaks and beeches and towering specimens of the elm, blue a-h. hickory and yellow poplar or tulip tree. Along the streams were the white-holed but-

tonwoods, while on the thinner soils were

tangles of spice buh and brambles. The flora was rieh and varied while the fauna consisted of such of the wild

animpls yet to be found, together wij,,, v-tkh contains the enabling sc many of the 'la? 'Vl','b '"l'u ItoYui. i-i,htün ot our .onr.v.-t no

appeared at the advent of civilization.. The streams, we are told, were clear and deep thisi being notably fO of Whitewater, berX. the 1 ' aj'd, while

it would not bT 'W$aTVö say th

traversed Union county and thus settled eastern Indiana. As cirlj 1S04 we find that -lohn Temphtoti h.i.l entered the West half of Seetl'rti 4.iand a little later Joseph Hanna took ojit paiers for the north half

of Section'!). lM,th of those tracts bei

situated ill ll.rnioiiv InunJiln

Before Indiana became a state iii 181(5

most of the desirable land of our count v

had U-eii pre-empted, a jwrusal of the list of 01 igfjia I entries showing the names of iruny whose descendants are citizens of the cour v at the present day.

These h.-rdy settlers soon erected cab

ins, .clean.' I part of the timber, made traces through the thick woods. laid the four.iations for schools and churches, and having don all thev could for their fam'ljy passen on to their rewards leaving for tl.ee- hildren the tak of bringing the land b greater fruition. The early inhabitants of Union count v

were not mieiiltured. and yet their homes were cf i;e-esity primitive and often uncomfortable Being built of logs, with hujre fireplaces, the interiors may be described by John Finley, who passed through this, region in 1H1K. when he say s : "One ide was lined with divers gar-

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inlets,' .

Dried juunpkiiis overhead were strung. Where venison hams in plenty hung; Two riles placed above the door; Tb. lay stretched upon the lloor In !-in ii . domicile was rife With sjx'ciniens of Hoosier life." '1 U. 1 . ins hereabouts were first a part . : aiburn county, Indian Territory, 1 !th Lawrenceburg as county-seat, but a Franklin, Wayne and Fayette were. - t spart, the congressional townships 'f I nion were includel in those

count -. While 'the volume of-Indiana

not

to be to ii : at the court house, we know fromVh. r. ords that Union county as a ep:f..y 01 jiuizatipn began in 1821 and

The

origin

in the fact that the county was made

Finlv Grav in his campaign

Washington has expended more than any other candidate for Congressional nominations in the Sixth district, according to the list of campaign excuses statements given in Washington dispatches. Mr. Gray's expenditures in the campaign have lieen $S10.9.". There is much comment in Washington, it is said, on the fact that James E. Watson's statement does not say whether he has made any promises of any kind to anyone in this campaign. The statements call for these promises, if any, to be listed.

TOWN COUNCIL

from ' IIelt Meetin2 Thursday Evening. Con

sidering Garbage Problem. The regular nut-ting of the City Council was held 011 Thursday evening. Beside the usual routine of biisii.ess nothing of es.eial iniMiltailce was t-elledllled for act ion but some matters of importance were to he considered and some matters of interest to the tovn will come up in the near fwtri.. At a special meeting n-i Tuesday a week ago a petition wns male to the Public I'tilities Commission to r.L'-iw the installation of water tnettrs fcr all consumers and cnum-i asked fcr the rate to be fixed at JO cents per 1.IXHI gallons of water for the first W.niX and 15 cents per thousand for the additional used. Monroe Duval!, the town clerk, in

... 11 1 41 1 t -s leaking of this the other day. pointed Attention is called to the change of 1 ... . , a a - ollt that the cost of operating the plant date of next Criterion entertainment to i 1 h , , , ,.. !ws about iJtOO a year and that under March 10 instead of March lb. I , , ; . 'the present method of financing this

! utility

CASTLE SQUARE ENTERTAINERS.

there was a larse deficit every

iyear which was paid out of the tax fund, A valuation has. therefore, been made

Teachers' Association to Meet at Con-uf the plant, an estimate of the amount

SIXTH DISTRICT

nersville March 10 and 11.

jof water that will lie used bv consumers

iand after deducting a per cent which The Sixth District Teachers Assoeia-jmay reasonably be paid out of the town tion will hold their second annual meet-I taxes for tire protection, a rate lias been ing at Connersville at the high school 1 figured which it is estimated will make building on Friday and Saturday, March i the plant self-supporting. The provis-

10 and 11.

ional ordinance which has been drafted

C. C. Abemathy, Union county school! is now under consideration by the Board superintendent, will preside over tlie f Public Utilities.

meeting Friday evening. Following a j Mr. Duvalll also

vhil attain ll its present area in 182. Tin at naau 'UnlW' may have bad its origii

irrealer volume of waterlwns e:irrieil a

hundred years ago, it is true that thf'y,, f narts of the three contiguous or

musical program. Sup-rintendent E. L. Rickert, of the Connersville schools, will give an address on "Playground Activities and Their Relation to School Work." F. 0. Pickell, of Richmond, will speak on "Supervised Study in the High School." Sujerintendent Rickert will preside over the Saturday morning session. In the afternoon sectional meetings will be held and Miss Laura Hill, of the Liberty schools, will speak before the intermediate and grammar grade section on "Language in the Intermediate and Grammar Grades." In the high school section Prof. Oscar Williams, of Pdoomiiigtoii. will preside at the Round Table, and an address will be niiule ou ."I listorv Teaching" by Isa-

dore Wilson, of Newcastle

lii.i!.. i.tfrv iM-tiiA Mrs

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iuA Mr

Fried Walker w ill make at'drs:. , r A general business minting wil! be held at 11:30 a,' ' Saturday at7 there will U a.

musical progra-. address b- ll Kniest H. Lindl :y of Blo,m"ington.

said that another

matter to be considered soon was the problem of the disposal of garbage and he is to suggest to council that it be collected and carted to a farm where it can be sold or profitably fed to hogs. A study of the problem lias convinced this official that the disposal mad by burning garbage is too expensive a proceed 11 re.

BASKET BALL

Liberty High Closes Season. Take Ga.ne

from Cambridge 52 to 10.

MOTHERS MEETING.

realize that thes are men. What crime is theirs? What have they done that they must thus writhe and suffer ? Had these men any quarrel T (Continued on last page.) ,

The meeting of the Mothers' Club was

hold at the new home of Mrs. Oscar Martin, Friday afternoon. A large number were present to enjoy the program and the very pleasant afternoon that followed. Mrs. Aaron Filer, Mrs. R 0. Abernathy, Mrs. Dugal and Mrs. Smith Dubois had charge of the topic "Preventing Bad Habits in Children." Miss iwu

Filer and Miss Athalene Martin renderpd

piano solos which were n...eh ,.u...i

Mrs. Martin served refreshments . FORTNER ANNESS. Mr. William D. Anne of Lihorfr

telegraph ojierator at the C. I. Sl XV

j station here, was married on Saturday,

.,ury ui, to Miss Bessie Fortner, of Oxford, at the home of the bride's parents in that city. They will reside in Liberty on the North Side.

waterways were characterized by steadier flow. As an old settler has oil, the streams seemed, as a rule, to rise tad fall very slowly, due of course tp t ie forest mat and slowly-draining swamplands. Tn our present day the Hoods rush from the uplands unobstructed, thus carrying awav much of the valuable

humus of the soil, not to the especial credit of modern agricultural conditions.

Very soon after the survey of the land the settlers began to arrive, pushing

their devious way through the wilderness and carrying such baggage a the trail permitted.

A study of the biographies of the pioneers reveals the fact that the great majority came from North and South Carolina, while others migrated from Virginia. Tennessee. Kentucky. Maryland. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Nan-tucket.

Across the mountains of the South

g nizations and patriotism being indic;'.td by t In word it is only natural tl.tit the village which eventually bec fie the county town should be called 1 Vrty. Uy att of the General Assembly, the empty seat was first I tea ted at BrownsV.o. where it continued not longer than

augurgwell for the-

MISS SOPHIA W00TERS

Death Occurred Unexpectedly Wedfesday Morning. Was in Her 69th Year.

The death of Mis Sophia Woofer occurred at her home in Liberty on Kast Vine Street on Wednesday morning at 0:00 o'clock. She had been in failing health for some time and was a sufferer from tuberculosis but her death came unexpectedly at this time. Miss Wooters was the daughter of

fvj year? when we lind, through the

j-lTrts of Dr. Sylvanus Everts, of the j lcm neighborhood, the Legislature ap.isrinted commissioners who relocated the

I seit of iustiee at l-ils'i tv on account of 1

u - 1 1 ' I Benjamin and Helen Wooters and was

1 eenirai na-aiiuii.

Tim 4', ; .;l hnilt at Itl-ownsville

III .H 1 1' ' I " ....... ... - . . . 10,L slim in I-ehrimrv. 1S4S

at a cost of $4::s.H). This structure, ' . .

biilt "of hewn hgs one foot square,

was 23 x 1:! teet in dimensions, wun

two rooms one for debtors and the

'ther for criminals." Kach room had

a UU one m 1 1 ii i u " , iiir

'born in this count)' in Harmony Town-

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs.

. Klizalteth Scott and Miss Caroline Woot-

!ers and she had made her home with the

latter in Liberty for the past thirty

one doo

X'ing fifteen inches square with cross-

ibars so arranged as to give the debtor

...... many 01 tnese stumy . .... na .. ti,milrht. no

made their way to old Fort "'"ton I Ml niye reward at Cincinnati and, after a brief respite criminalitv.

r. . . I V ' I IIVl IICIHI 111111 ...v.. .

"in iiieir laiiguing journci. ""ni

onward along the Whitewater follow

ing mainly the "Carolina Trace" wl id,

No court house was built at this time. (Continued next week.)

MRS. CATHERINE BUCKLEY

Aged Fairfield Lady Passes Away. Old.

est Resident of Franklin County

CLUB NOTES

The Criterion Club met with Miss Tillie Iambert on Saturday, February 22, and the following program was

Mrs. Catherine Buckley, mother of: given

lohn T. Buckley, and said to have ven

the oldest resident of Franklin coi nty,

passed away at her home in Fairfiel 1 on Thursday, February 24. her age ing

years. 8 months and I df.y. The

funeral services were held at the .'air

field Methodist church on Sunday 1 orning, conducted by Rev. Polhemus. In

terment was at the Sims cemetery.

She was a native of Highland co nty.

O., her maiden name being I)eMoss. 19T

grandfather DeMoss was killed and

scalped by Indians. In 1S37 she was married to Isaac Buckley, who paid away in 1888. Mrs. Buckley is survived by two daughters and one son of a family of eleven children.

MR. AND MRS. K0LP.

Responses Current Events. "Commerce Between the United States and South America" Miss Tillie Lambert "The Political Attitude of South America" Miss Ethel Abemathy "Progress and Prospects in South America" Mrs. Ixittie Filer

The htudy of South America has proven very interesting. The Club will meet with Mrs. Linna Fosdick March 11 for Indiana Day.

One brother, Albert Wooters. who enlisted for service in the Civil War. contracted measles in camp where he died, in the early years of the war. Miss Wooters was a memler of the

Disciple Church, having joined the Dubois

Creek in her girlhood. She remained a faithful attendant as long as her health permitted and was active in the interests of the organization. The funeral service is to be held thU morning at the old Franklin Church east of Fairfield. It will be conducted by

Rev. Yocum, the Christian Church Rushville.

SPELLING CONTEST

Won Saturday by Miss Ruth McCarty of Liberty.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kolp, of Pie . nond,

announced monuay night that thev

would continue their series of ihm..:....'

lessons at the Coliseum another weeks.

ing

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UNION COUNTY. We publish this week the first of a series of articles 011 the "History of Union County." In view of the fact that this is Centennial year it is a good time to "brush up" on the history of state and county. This first article was prepared by Wm. N. McMahan and it will be followed by other Interesting ones. Suggestions and material in regard to county history may be sent to this office or to C. C. Abernathy of the Centennial 'Committee.

The annual spelling contest of the county schools was held at the Memorial Building on Saturday afternoon and was won bv Miss Ruth McCartv of Libert v.

who is in the third year of High School. The first prize is $.".00. The second prize of $3.00 was won by Miss Hazel Iliggins, also of the third year of Liberty High School. Miss Maud Huntington, of the Greenwood school, won the third prize of $2.00. The banner was awarded the Lilierty schools.

The musical part of the program was furnished by Miss Kate Husted. Ralph Kitchel. Miss Virginia Bates and Miss Charlotte DuBois. The contest was under the auspices of the Union County Public School Union of which Vivian Egan is President, and who presided over this event. The pronouneer was Prof. J. I Manahan, of the Normal Department of Miami. There were 19 contestants.

Liberty high school dosed llliLlI . ll:t I.'..?.!.... ........ T.

- i.t i 1 in. I j c en 1 iyr in impressive- fashion, - rum pin y

the big end of the 52 to 10 count, Cam

bridge City being the victim. Cambridge was not iü'.h'- ii'r:i;:. at fi,y time, ;.r I it was vnily a case of '"how nianv" with Libert. The passing of the ivcaU was supej-blaiiTl there was a dash about IT. J . ... " I. . t ' . .

i ue leaniwo'K

Is when t

'lylit to 1111

chances of trict toiirn.

exceedingly bright, and the Liberty fans will await 'eagerly returns from the

games. Speaking of the Cambridge game, we might add that Maibauyh played a marvelous game as floor guard.

and Davis at back guard was a team in

himself. Stevens, although snmouli.i

lacking in practice owing to sickness, played a corking game, ringing up nim markers in all, besides foul throws. Thompson started his first high school game of the season and. after overcoming a case of stage fright, looked like a sure "comer." He ought to develop into a worthy successor to Barnard for the l!M('.-17 team. Barnard entered the fray in the last few minutes of play, and caged four baskets right oil the reel. Whitman played a good game at center and contributed much by his nifty passing, and scored four field goals. In a later issue the scores of the season will appear, along with averages and other data on the team. The financial support given the team this seaon leaves little to be desired. The team will finish the season with a neat surplus.

JOHN M. L0NTZ

Was in Liberty Wednesday Afternoon. Confident of Nomination.

lohn M. Lontz. of Richmond, candidate for Democratic nomination for Congressman from the Sixth, was in Liberty on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Ixmtz has Wen looking over the situation and has visited all the counties of this District. Mr. liOiitz says he expects to

carry Wavne Count v strong, as also

Fayette. He is also counting on Union,

Hancock and Shelby and in the other

counties says he will run strong enough to assure him the nomination. Congressman Gray is directing his own campaign from Washington. He has sent a letter to every Democrat in the district as far as known urging his claim and asking support partly on the ground that he is unable to leave important duties at Washington to personally canvass this district.

An interesting nun-ting of the Methodist Brotherhood was held on Monday evening though the attendance was not large. The devotional part of the meeting was conducted by the President, Morris Clark ,who gave a brief talk ou "The -Sermon on the Mount."

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