Liberty Express, Volume 14, Number 24, Liberty, Union County, 12 January 1917 — Page 2
HEWS Fr COUNTY
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM NEAR-BY
! TOWNS AND FARMING COMMUNITIES
Noah I'rovvn 11 in Kiehmond.'iT
day. Mary llei-eit .ent Monday willi Curie Witt. .Mr. mid Mrs. Cabins Snoudeti'
lohn Suowdeii an. I family. NuikI.iv
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MOUNT PLEASANT.
EILLINGSVILLE.
Sunday -ei ! nel Sunday at 1:00 j oYlmk. There "ill ! in-caching services
in tin evening iit 1 1 . i . , .1.., .
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week with Mr. and Mr. Xoali Iii own. Mr. at nl Mrs. W. V. Ardery ami David S-lni.-tor ami family lnt Sunday with . lark Ürookl. iiik and family. Mr. Henry Doak is iiting friends at I.ilirrty, Jinl. Mrs. M.l. llammitt and little daughters returned 1 their Iioiuc, Sund.iy, after a two wi'tks' vUit with friends and relatixis liiic. ( lark-. I'.M.ukl.uik ami family, Harry Aht-riiatliy and family and Charles Ardery and family called on Mr. and Mrs. KlUwi.rth Ardery, Saturday evening.
LYONSVILLE
Miss Mary Simpson, of l'airhaveit, is visiting at the homo of Mrs. Itohcit I Iii " for a few weeks. A. (!. McDill has gone to I'rescott, Arizona, on a business tri and will also
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llll I IMHi iimv n I. WIV llt'lllt. iimiwivi Miller,, Tuesday evening. Miss Once Smith's Sunday school class of boys and their girls friend.s had a party, Friday even inj;, at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hlack went to New LislHtu, Saturday, for a short visit with Mrs. Mack's sister and husband. Misses Jessie Stewart and Laura Murphy wont to Indianapolis, Tuesday, for a short visit with the former's sister, Mrs. Seott Matthews. C 0. Pentecost and family are moving, this week, from the property recently purchased by E. D. Cleveland to Dr. I law-ley's property, on Liberty street.
Mr. a ul Mrs. Terry Stelle started, Tuesday, to spend a few weeks with her grandparents, Mr. and Mr. L. li. Jones, in Florida. Mrs. Mat Williamen pcnt Saturday v ith her husband, Mat Williamson, at the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. Mrs. Mary McVicktr ond ton, Luther, j-j.eiit the week end with Curtis Scholl and family. Miss Icea Plankenhorn spent Sunday evening with home folks. Charles Riglcy and mother spout Sunday with Mr9. Jordan Kibby. Mrs. John Kibby spent Sunday with Mrs. Ora llama rd. Mr. and Mrs. John Lane spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moore. Ed. l'lottgu and family tpent Saturday evening and Sunday with Mr. and Mre. Harvey Grant. Dorothy Drown sj.ciit Sunday with Mildred Scholl. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Walker attended the funeral of John Darter, of Alquina. Frank Wilson purchased a farm of Mrs. Lizzie Kibby. Mrs. Ed. Carpenter and daughter, Lottie, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank I'.ourns. Mrs. Lizzie Oldham and daughter, Mae, spent Saturday with Mrs. John Brown. Miss Mabel Plankenhorn epetit Sat
urday night with Mrs. Charles l'rife
HANNAS GREEK.
P.ort Jlurroughs, of Muncie, is visiting friends in this vicinity. Everett Little and family visited relatives in Liberty and attended church services, Sunday. Hilbert Orebaugh and Paul Hart left, Friday, to spend a few days with friends at Purdue University. Everett Gardner sold his farm recently to John Loehr, of College Corner. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carson spent Sunday with Chester Maze and family, near Clifton. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Creek entertained at dinner,- Tuesday, Everett Stevens and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carson.
HERE AND THERE.
P.utehcring is out of order this week. Guess the sign is wrong.
Paul ( oimau ay and family wore the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Huntington, Sundav.
John l'.ell
north of thi- city. Mrs. Margaret Doll and Mrs
jiire report eil better. j Mrs. den Winters returned home. 'Sunday evening, alter a week's stay with , her brother and wife.
j Miss Mary I'.randenhurg is suffering ninity al-;.x;,i. a s ....... . ,- (.i..ii;i;.
tended the funeral service, of James; M isscs Viola I.a fuze and Ruth Smith
warier, o. .viquina, .n..,iay altern.,.... ; .(tf(I(!l.(1 hirthdav
like iteceaseil had been a n
quina for a numbers of years
and Mrs. I.'avmoiid llcvciiirer aiid.oiated with him in later vears. bear wit-'
Mr. auF Mr. John l'.ell and family. Sun-' lies to the fact that lie was a man.
iliy amiliooii. .,, that Ins li.e. thouL'li lived humblv.
Mi . and Mis. David ( hvongor and son. ' w as essentially worth while. I .iov and Ralph, and Mr. ami Mr,.' Mr. t hihl was not a iihiiiImt of any ll.iyir.oml Winters spout Sunday w ith ' church organization, but the life he has i:.t inoiid ( levonger an ! family. lived speaks eloquently of his love for j Mrs. Sa.ah Wrb-tor is quite ill at the j humanity, through which man shows i home of her daughter. Mrs. Join. Pell, j bot his love for Divinitv. The "Golden
Rule" lias Ik'oii his creed, and so nobly , has he lived it that we feel certain that '
Quite a number from this
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Klent Ol Ml.,
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Ind., Tneilav
party
night.
at Conners-
for him all is well. I The Voyage. A tiny boat came from far over the sea ! The sea of azure and gold, j That separates earth from "The Summer; Land" , ,
Ami whose farther
strand, And the boatman wa
shore is a golden
stern and old.
"eph J. I Febiu.ll IX. 1 S7.. To tl.iunion were born five children - IIa. ey E., Pert ha ()., James Edward. Ft auk I... and Klli Edith. Of this number, two Harvey and Frank- preceded her to tie better land. The other, together with her husband, her agod father. si brothers, three sitcis und many other relatives and friends mourn their lo-.. I'.ut most of all Will she le mied ill the home. Always thinkin ot the e..ti,i,,it and welfare of others rather than of h. i own, she made her home a sweet and sunny spot for her loved ones. Even in the midst of her sntrering she kept thinking of the welfare of thoe who weie earing for her, fearing that they would overtax themselves.
JM years of aye. ; Some of our people have boon attend-, ing the union revival services at Liberty.' They report interesting meetings.' j Levi Wilson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hubert ami Mr. and Mis. Mack Wil- ! son and family took dinner with Mr.:
and Mrs. Z. If. I.aysoii, Sundav.
Mr. and Mrs. Ozro Chance were
MEMOIR.
Joseph Childs 1842-1916.
but
In the course of a human life
two thintjs are cei tain- birth ami death.
Oro Chance were the. We rejoice ucr the birth of a child, al-
guesta of Mr. ami Mis. Law rence Miller, ' though wu know that its journey through
one of toil, sorrow and dis-
jllis long, white beard swept out on the
wind, I lie locks w ere scanty and gray, A scythe he lore Iiis symbol of rank, And while on the waves the lniat rose and sank lie called our dear one aw a v.
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of East Coiincrsville. Sundav.
Mrs. David Maze spoilt Saturday and Sunday in Liberty w ith her sister?. Mrs. Carrie Toler. John Show alter and Theodore Lorg have caught the hunting fever. Luck to you, boys. P. F. Williamson and familv wtre in
t Liberty, Sunday, attending the revival; meeting. They were the guests of Mrs.' Alice Wilson, mother of Mrs. William-j son. j
l-evi nson and Ozro Chance are cut
ting wood this week.
life may be
appointment. When a human soul blips the bonds that coiilij.e it within the walls of a prison-house of disease and distress, we grieve not for the one who has been freed from the ills of humanity, but for those left behind who so sorely mis the beloved presence, and who "long for the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still." Joseph Childs, 111 whose memory and respect we are gathered this afternoon, was born in Raden, Germany, in 1H42,
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W. W. Nickels ami daughter. -Ethel. ! vn uw 'C0,U1 ,a 01 ""ruary.
were in Coiincrsville, Monday. "nly ight years of age, he boI). T. Wilson, Garlield Stanley, Enoch j ,allu' a" u,'I',,a" 1,11,1 lül' u'" )'l'ilrs ,l,ak' Maze and David Maze hauled hogs to ! his lu"ne Wlti Mr- Jo,in ll"t, of RichPrnwusvUIe for fhrciien West Mmid ir ' ond, Ind.
COLLEGE CORNER.
The W. C. T. U. ntet at the home of Mrs. F. F. Pconard, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Hinkley Smith, of Hamilton, is fpendiifg this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart. Misses L. 0. D. Smith and Ruth Kirk weie Cot.net sville visitors, Saturday. J. 0. Ryan transacted business in Cincinnati, Saturday. The h'gh school students had a social time, Friday evening, in the assembly loom of the building. Mis Essie Killough spent a few days last week the guest of Misses Verna Pentecost and Grace Smith. Ernest Popfog!e, who is employed in the Ward creamery, has been very sick tiie past week, and was taken to the hospital in Muncie, Monday. Mrs. Jane PiMgt'uid, mother of Lawmice Rridgford, and W. IL Trissel were married on Wednesday of last week. They will reside on the farm of the vroom, four miles eat of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miles spent Sunday with Frank Witt and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Davis were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Aramcrman, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lanane and daughters, of Sharptown, spent Sunday evening with Thomas Lanane and family. Ruth Mullin took supper with Mrs. Roxa McMahan and family, Sunday ev-
ers rally given at Fairfield that night.
Mrs. Mary Mullin and Hazel Bryan visited Will Stanton and family several days last week. Elizabeth and Mary Reisert spent Sunday afternoon with Ruth and Alpha Mullin. Robert Abernathy was a Connersville visitor, Wednesday. Miss Carrie Witt spent Thursday with James Mullin and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clemens have moved to Prookville, where Mr. Clemens will conduct a large garage. Mrs. Joseph Abernathy visited Mrs. Noah Brown, Monday afternoon.
Herbert Ardery spent several days last ' ternoon.
week with Mr. and Mrs. Noah Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moore visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Shanklin, Sunday evening. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Geise, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geise and daughter were gnosis of Charles Brown and family, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Witt and daughter. Carrie, spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miles.
Perry Williamson and Paul Counaway are spending their time in the woods with saw and ae these fine days. Lawrence "Tappan and family wore among the church-goers, Sunday. James Long transacted business in Brownsville this week. j Next Sunday, January I I, is regular time for preaching service? here. Time, 10:00 o'clock a. m. j Mrs. Ruth Howe, of Cincinnati, is spending a few days with her sisters, Mrs. Garfield Stanley and Mr. Jp. T. Wilson, of this vicinity. ' ' Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Abernathy, of Liberty, spent Tuesday with Uncle Jos. Showalter, Mrs. Abernathy's father.
David Maze made a' business t'Tn to
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At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the Union Army, and for three years served in the defense of the country of his adoption. In April of 1876, he was united in marriage to Drusilla Farlovv, who preceded, hiin to "The Rotter Land" eight and one-half years ago. Since that time he has made his home w ith his only daughter, Mrs. Frank Egan, of Denver, Colo., who with two dearly beloved grandchildren, Bessie and Josoph Egan, mourn the loss of a devoted father and grandfather. On the afternoon of December 27, 1916, while the echo of Christinas joy-bells
might almost
t in sorrow or dread was the clast .
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of hands, But like brother with brother met, And with perfect trust in the boatman gray He entered the shallop and passed away O'er the sea without fear or regret. And the boatman's face became mild and sweet And his voice held a balm of healing
As he guided the boat with tenderest . care
To the golden strand of the mystic sea, w here The welcoming bells were pealing. And a host of loved ones awaited him there, The dear ones who'd goTTe on before him; We almost could see the welcoming throng, And we almost could hear their melodious BOllg As night's shadows fell tenderly o'er him. Our eyes grew dim as we watched the craft With its precious freight disappearing, But we know that the sea was calm that day And the journey was safe for the boatman gray By the light of Heaven was steering. And some glad tomorrow we, too, will set sail
O'er the mystical sea, blue and golden,
Protecting the Eyes. Every automobile rider has experieneed the dis.om forts of dust in the eyes, nnd also fiom the etiWtH of cold winds. A suggestion has been made that these discomforts may he greatly alleviated by applying castor oil along the eyelashes. This, it is claimed, will catch most of tin .lut before it can enter the eye, and aUo it protects the eyes from the chilling effects of the wind.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE.
Jack Pooth. from down on South Miin
street, was calling in this locality! "Monday. Mrs. Lawrence Tappau, W. V. Nickels and Helen Wilson, daughter of Levi Wilson, were on the sick list this week, but are reported better at this writing. Some of the middle -aged farmers of this locality have learned that smoking out the skunk is like fishing in the rain barrel for suckers caught on the wrong end of the line. Mrs. Perry Williamson, Mrs. Esther Connaway and daughter, Eleanor, nnd
Mrs. Mack Wilson were tn Libcitv at
one short
MI4 rt
and led
nost have been heardJr,ll,t..i, . , tlJ' Sith a tender "good-bye" to those who week s struggle withy' 4 i-i
, . . , . I V must bide
jmsporeu a tc'I'I i ,u . , . - w Ir n tirr.p wclpnss oivtot the ebb of lung its eat tiajnincmtiiX 1 . j"C -i- -H
1 lie 1 tue - ' r
bve, and icaung
hastened on its journey to join the many loved ones gone before. Such are the principal facts in the life history of Joseph Childs, lasting through almost seventy-live years, but how little they tell of the real life of the man. The loving husband, father and grandfather, the faithful comrade, the devoted tiiend, the kind neighbor, can not be described in a chronological record of events. His life was not one of ease. Not being a man of wealth, he must needs toil with his hands throughout a large
With the boatman gray and olden." Past the harbor-bar, as the vesper bells To penitent prayer are calling 'Neath the kindly stars our boat will glide To the golden strand on the "Other Side," While the shadows of evening are falling.
MEMOIR.
Mary J. Lee 1855-1916.
. i C 1!. l:f.. Tl.Ij. 4:l i. n a nlii-nn
tending church services, Wednesday af- I'4"1 ,,,s UM' . 7" "V
cliocitul, a lid His jovial disposition iuaue
lighter the burden of his labor, and that of those who labored with him.
BROWNSVILLE. For the needs of those less fortunate; Mary Jane, daughter of James and
than he, he had ever the attentive ear, .Margaret Laird, was born October 29, the watchful eye, the helping hand and 1S.", and fell a.leep through Jesus Dethe open purse. , comber 2!), I'.MG. He had a wide acquaintance, and every j She united with the M. E. church acdiiaintauce was his friend. His honor 'when about lt years old, and all who
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Come and bring your friends, and integrity were above reproach, and .became acquainted w.tu ner wui wtiOrrie Michaels attended her those with whom he marched during thejnoss that she lived a Christian life.
dark davs of "the times that tried men's j She was united in marriage with Jo-
Rev. Gardener, pastor of the M. E. church, will begin a series of meetings Wednesday night, January '2 at 7:'
o'clock, Miss
grandfather's funeral, Sunday
Notice Is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Ilenjamln V. Snyder, deceased, to appear In the Union Circuit v-ourt, held at Liberty, Indiana, on the loth day of January, 1S17. and show cause. .aJ?y: Jhy the Final Settlement Accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. te)JLttile88,.tKe Clerk of 8atd Court, thla 18th day of December, 1916. THOS. J. TEMPLETON. clerk of Union Circuit Court. Pig-man & Koberts. Attorneys. 4t21
NL,Cf JlF GRAVEL ROAD LETTING ON THE COUNTY LINE DIVIDING A PART OF UNION TOWNSHIP IN UNION COUNTY, INDIANA, FROM A PART OF BATH TOWNSHIP IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA Notice is hereby given that the Hoards of I'ommisKloners of Cnion County, InoPa,x and franklin county, Indiana, will, in Joint session on Saturday, the 10th day of February, 1917, up to tho hour of 1 o'clock p. m. of said day, recelve sealed proposals for the building and constructing of a certain free gravel road situated on the countv line between Cnion and Franklin Counties, Indiana, dividing a part of fnion TownShip, in Cnion County, Indiana, from a part of Bath Township, in Franklin County, Indiana, petitioned for by Newton LuBols, et. a!., over which there is a rural mall route. Said highway to be built and constructed in accordance with the profile and report of the same, and plans and specifications therefor, all of which are now on file In the Auditor's ottice of Cnion County, Indiana, and the Auditor's ottice of Franklin county. Indiana. The location and description of said highway is fully set out, in the reiort, profile, plans and specifications, and said improvement Is upon a highway already opened and travelled. Said letting will be at the office of the Auditor of Union County, Indiana, in the court house In the town of Libert v, the same being the county In which said proceedings for the Improvement of said hlfirhWMV an now runilnv itii. ulll I ...
pursuant to an Act of the General As-
Maren i, lau., ana ail .is umviiß-iüi thereof. A bond In double the sum of the proposal as required by law must be submitted by bidder when his bid Is filed. Witness my hand and the Seal of the Auditor of Union County, Indiana, this 4th day of January, 1917. Bt24 Auditor of Union Co., Ind.
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In the face of rising markets in all lines of mechandise and an actual scarcity of many lines, we announce this great profit sharing event. It is well known to all that a January Sale here is well worth a trip to Richmond, to participate in the alluring money-saving opportunities presented. All departments included in the big price-smashing sale. Buy now and buy heavily for your future needs. Money invested in dry goods now will return you big dividends. Every indication points to higher prices. This is your opportunity to save on your every-day needs.
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