Liberty Express, Volume 14, Number 25, Liberty, Union County, 19 January 1917 — Page 1
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LIBERTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, ANUARY 19, 1917.
Number 25
HOUSE BURNED
FOR HOSPITAL
Mr. and
Mrs. Sim - Pheanis Loss, Tuesday.
Suffered Palatial Country Home of Mrs. Geo. i Smith and Mr. and Mrs. David Esteb
Offered to Wayne County. Tho palatial country" home of Mrs.
EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN
Meetings Continue with Great Interest. Many Added to Church.
The house on the corner of Sycamore j ami Spring streets, the home of Mr. ami
Mrx. Sim Pheanis. caught lire on Tuea-j t Jeorge Smith, which in north of Lilwrty
(lav, shortly after noon and was almost totally detro el. Most of their-household gooils were
In spite of the severe weather of the past week, tho Barr union evangelistic meeting1 held in the Methodist Cliurch
ami oil the Richmond atul Liberty pike, ihn vr hatl a phenomenal growth and the
ami which it is estimated cost $20,H0 j interest lias come fo he intense. The to erect, will probably become the Wayne ! great sermons delivered by Mrs. Barr
each night are beginning to find their resuit, and in the last few days n great manv have taken the stand for the
carried out ami saved, but on account of U'oitnty tuberculosis hospital. It in about the inten-e cold there was some delay of ! four miles south of Richmond. the lire department getting a stream of j This property, it has just been an-
w at er on the house so that the roof and ' nouneed, will he given to the county by (Christian life
Upper halt" story was almost altogether Mrs. Smith, widow of the late George burned ami the .remainder of the house j Smith, a wealthy real estate owner, and ho damaged by the lire and water as to j ln-r daughter. Mrs. David Ktcb. and they remain practically worthless according , probably will be joined in the gift Into appearances shortly after the blaze. Mrs. Smith's grandsons, Harold If. and The lire is thought to have started Lloyd Smith, both ot Indianapolis, fro n a defective Hue, and Mr. Pheanis J The only condition to the gift, which said that he thought it had started some .Mrs. Smith makes is that the residence time in the morning and been burning or and ground be used for treatment of smouldering several hours before it was j tuberculosis cases and that it be known discovered, but a big fire had been built j as the George and Clarissa Smith Tuup at noon and it is thought that the i berculosis hospital. Mrs. Smith, who is stove pipe may have been overheated and i now 1XJ years old, and lives w ith her started the blaze at that time. j daughter and the latter husband, Mr. Some school children, John Dugan audi and Mrs. Fsteb in the property, is much the little daughter of Sam Spahr, first interested in the fight to prevent tubercnoticed the blaze and warned the oecu-1 ulosis and to effect cures of persons w ho pants of the house, ami Mr. Pheanis then jure ill. with the disease.
telephoned the fire department. The water works whistle brought a large crowd of citizens in a brief time and the contents of the house were removed in a verv short time. ' " -
' A bucket brigade worked on the flames,
Her interest, it is understood, became j into the thing.
the more intense as the result of the death of her only son, Lewis P. Smith, of tuberculosis, a number of years ago. Mr. Smith was a resident of Union county, and his death occurred on the
The program for this week is exceptionally strong, and the several special features have drawn large crowds. - Especially was this so with the Junior Choir night on Wednesday night when about sixtv voungsters under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. fieorge-took the choir platform and furnished the music for the entire service. It' would le hard to imagine a lot of lilicr and better trained boys and girls, as they put everything they had into the songs and recitations: Aside from the chorus selections the following' special numbers were much enjoyed: Solo by Charlotte Dcl.)is. a recitation by Clementine l'hares. Frajiklyn Dulioi was the spry
young yell leader, and he put some pep
Wi TER WORKS
Installation
Boilers Not Yet Begun.
fineer Anxious.
COUNTY CONFERENCE
On! YA edniV lay of this week the blue
' installation of two new e water works plant had received, and according to Daniel Pouder, at the plant,
print for boilers at not.jjvt lf the erginoc'
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Christian Churches of County to Hold All Day. Session at Liberty Christian Church.
but as no water could be secured from farm. a few miles south of Liberty, the hvdrant in the yard anil the iire had The Richmond Item of yesterda; says MKh great headway, thee effort, proved ttDetermiQed to Make Gift . almost useless. Mv a .
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The one line 01 nose mat was mm msv
proved insufficient even after the regulars began the fight on the south and east sides of the building, for the fire continued for some time on .the opposite sides., which were reached with difficulty. The water was turned on slowjy on account of the frozen condition of the hose and one section of hose had to be removed nd another section substituted on account of ice having been formed in it before water could be thrown on the fire. " . , fr. T'... ru -ttrried -4?l..Vtf) ni'iru'ce on
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"Mrs. Smith arrived at her decision to do something in a very substantial way tor tubercular afflicted .several mouths ago. She counseled w ith her ßister, Mrs. saac Jenkinsoii, of Richmond, other relatives, Attorney John L. Rupe and W. 0. Seaneyv a member of the Board of County Commissioners. Unforseen obstacle? came up, however, which necessitated postponing the formal offer. . "Mr. Rupe yesterday said that if the, two grandsons, who sc far have not consented to sighing awa their interest in
Tuesday night forty-five Odd Fellows attended the service in a body, and Thursday night a large delegation from the Knights of Pythias were the guests of honor. Roth of these delegations received a hearty welcome from MrB. Barr and the pastor of the Methodist church, Rev..C. W. Whitman. Friday night of this week is to be family night,' that is, all-of the families are supposed to come to the meeting together, and sit in a family pew acocrding to the old custom. It has been announced that a souvenir will be given to the largest family present, and Mrs. Barr will preach a special sermon. Saturday night the special fcermon will be of great interest to farmers. The ubjett is, "When a Farmer Moves to Town." Kvervone is invited to this eer-
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ll,f , -. i , .,.- ,a ,,,iis- r,,,r. available to the county without cost to The house and lot wtc reciiuiy pur i , ... . .- .
t-hed' by Mr. Phean'uroL Herbei I TMrr,
the coneidu-:ttonTeing $1,700.
"-Mr. and Mfs. Pheanis have the sympathy of good neighbors and many friends in their loss and misfortune. They were, however, fortunate in being able to secure the house on Vine street from which Mr. and Mrs. Fahrenholz recently moved for a temporary home and a place to put their effects, which were so unceremoniously carried out into the public thoroughfare. j THE LODGES.
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Knijhts of Pythias Installation.
At its regular meeting Friday evening. January 12, Liberty Lodge, Knights of Pythias, installed the following officers for the ensuing term: C. C, John E. Stevens; V. C, Howard Huntington; Prelate, AI. Addison; M. of , Ed. Fogarty; K. of R. & S., F. S. McCarty; M. at A., Forrest Ionard; I. (i., Alonzo Ridenour; Ü. (J. Charles Stahr. The trustees are J. K. Coddington, .lames (Jeorge and J. M. Freeman. I. 0. 0. F. Installation of Officers.
At its regular meeting Saturday evening, January 12. Morton Lodge, I. O. O. F., installed the following officers for the ensuing terra: X. O., I C. Robeson; V. O. Roger S. Logue; Fin. Sec., B. O. Abernathy; Treas., G. V. Robertson; Warden, Forrest Stout; I. G., Ed. Johnson; O. G., Fred Pearce; Chaplain, Win. Shepard; L. S. N. G., Hyle Barcus; R. S. N. G., Thos. Casey; L. S. V. G., Conley Hengeley; R. S. V. G., Forrest Leonard; Host, Thos. Casey. Trustees Robert J. Quick, William Murray, J. M. Freeman. D. D. O. M. AI. Addison.
MOTHERS' CLUB.
A special meeting of the Mothers' Club will be held on Thursday afternoon, January 25, 1917. The Mothers' Club of Salem and the Parent-Teachers Club of Dunlapsville are invited to attend this meeting, which is to be held in the Library auditorium promptly at 2:00 o'clock. Following a short business session the meeting will adjourn to the Methodist church, where Mrs. Parr will talk to the ladies.
DUNLAPSVILLE CHURCH.
Preaching Sabbath morning, 10:00 o'clock a. m. Subject, "A Visit With Jesu.H Sabbath school 11:00 a. m. DAVID Pv. MOORE, Minister.
it, if they will institute condemnation proceedings. Mrs. Smith has indicated, that if the commissioners willccept the property and will institute condemnation proceeding she will pay the amount of money that the grandchildren would be awarded by egal procedure and that bland her daughter will contribute their interests. '" "The location of the property is regarded as excellent for a tuberculosis hospital by person who are informed on
such subjects. The house stands on the crest of a high hill, commanding a wide iew of the country. Several hundred feet from the house is the Liberty pike,
which turns at this point. House Contains Large Number of Rooms. "The location will be recalled by. many by the water trough, which is along the roadside and by the magnificence of the big white brick house of colonial architecture. The house, it is understood, contains twelve or fifteen rooms. It is in modern condition and there would be
comparatively little expense to the county, it is said, in converting it into hospital Uses. Adjacent ground, also it is
said, would be useful for colony houses, where in the summer and warmer months patients probably would live in portable houses iu the open. "While the location is not near a railway line, Mr. Rupe is of the opinion,
from his knowledge of hospitals of this
nature, that this is not a drawback. It
is pointed out there is no reason for
quick calls being made to or from the
hospital, such as must be considered in
emergency general hospital cases. Ex
cellent roads lead to the property and its availability for the use that is intended is regarded as good.
"lhe attitude ot the county commisionei'K in regard to accepting the propCity is not known, further than that Commissioner' Seaney has been sympathetic to the proposal. It is believed that he has talked with Commissioners Simpson and Cheesiuan and that they likewise are favorable to the location." The property with the 200 acre farm, along with other real estate of the late George Smith, was willed to his widow, luriug her lifetime and to their heirs, including Mrs. Ksteb and the two sons of their deceased son, Lewis P. Smith, upon her death. The large personal estate of Mr. Smith was given to his widow. Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Esteb
are planning to move later to the $13,000 residence that the latter have built on South Fourteenth street, in Richmond.
Barr
speakä every morning 4 ve grown un,til they now have an averajj attendance of between fifty and sixty'Vvery morning. These morning talks otIra. Barra to fnen are extremely impiAsve and have in them great messages. ' - The subject for the Men's meeting Sunday afternoon will be, "The Bloodless Battle," and thoVe who have heard it say that it is the greatest lecture for men that Mrs. 1'arr has yet delivered in Liberty. It is .expected that. Sunday will be the climax' it relation to all that has gone before. "
REVIVAL PROGRAM.
leen hauled and there rs
no other tvlciice here of preparation for
the install. lion made by the Cincinnati company, p:iston, Stan wood and Gamble, -.ho ere awarded the contract at a special i-eting of the town council on the .Sth i December. In view of the fact "that one of the foih s hai. twice sprung a leak, the engine, is totting a little anxious to have the 'orkj of putting in the new boilers eoinj J-'p1 at an early time. - Tie vjgimer said that it would be nece -r Thursday to begin the use of the boi'er again which had given the troi.'iieSor a briet period. A two-day use 't this boiler is required, as it takes that-lqig to allow the other boiler to cool 0 that it can be cleaned and again put int3 service. The engineer has also call- d utteution to the fact that the boiler hi h so far has proved substantial
is a old as the other one which has been leaking and he is not sure when trouble may j.ot be expected. lie says he is particularly .anxious when the pumping uiact-.Kiery is at work, as that w ould prevent his hearing the first warnings of a lt-tge of steam. TJ iatter is being taken up with the m:feturer8 in order to urge on them tluvi.wessity of an early fulfillment of
llu1!! contract, but it is Reared that there j uiy b some delay on account of present -cadition that affect manufacturers o ro'i and steel and which' have caused a si 01 tage of other commodities. Tic pumping machinery is In use now at water works fof only a few hours ev-t day, and when the fire occurred in ti c eastern part of Liberty on Tuesday tue,' engineer said that the water was l :vr.red in the standpipe only abmit two fr.it, and on that day he said he thiTiot
D as riimli as he had on the previous
Wfbwever, lie: . Liiu iA ra.K'r.p n-p-litiori to .'turn on the direct pressure
Tuesday wheiwIÜ was telephoned the word that the fire was out.
On account of the freezing cold,' the
supply of water to the springs is not as great as it should be to give a good sur
plus, and while it is expected that we will get through this period without suf
fering a water famine of an inconvenient shortage 0 water, warnings have been issued in case: where it is thought there may hare been a waste of water, and this is mentioned here in order that the
Hniowledge of conditions may re?ult in
tare on the part of all patrons and result in conserving the valued water sup-
The county conference of Christian churches will be held at Liberty on January 25. An all-day session will be held and several notable speakers will l in attendance and deliver addresses. Among these may be mentioned Grant K. Lewis and Lucy King DeMoss, of Cincinnati; Mrs. J. D. Case, of Rushville, and District Evangelist G. I. Hoover, of Indianapolis. Morning, afternoon and evening sessions will be held. The program for each session follows: Morning. 9:15 Devotional Rev. G. I. Hoover 9:30 President's Address.. C. K. Arderv
9:45 Report of County Secretary.... a I S JcCärt v 10:00 Address "The Needs and' Opportunities of the District Work".. Rev. G. I. Hoover 10:30 Music. 10:45 Reports from Sunday School Supt. 11:00 Add ress "How to Teach Missions in the Sunday School"..: Lucy King DeMoss 11:30 Announcements and Adjournment Afternoon. 1:30 Devotional Mrs. Parker Ililty 1:45 Business.
COURT IN SESSION
January Term Began Monday. of Divorces Granted.
Number
The January term of Union Circuit Court, Raymond F. Springer, judge, convened 011 Monday. In the cae of Eva J. Reeves, vs. William Y. Reeves, suit for divorce,1 which was the first on the docket, divorce was granted to Mrs. Reeves and she was given the custody of the two minor children, the twins, who are in their 11th year. The defendant is to pay the costs and to pay $300 annually for the maintenance of these children until they are 17 and then $000 annually until they are 21. He is to have the privilege of visiting them but may not take them trom the State or from the jurisdiction of this court without the consent of the mother. The grounds for divorce, alleged aban- . donnrent, were regarded as proven according to the decree of the court. The decree, however, it is understood, was agreed upon by the principals as satisfactory to them as the result of a compromise between the prinicpals to the effect that each would concede certain things and settle their differences in private rather than in pub'ic for the sake of their children and to avoid the likelihood of a long and costly court procedure. In the ca?e of Win. Greggerson and
Gertrude Greggerson vs. Anna E. Griffith
2:00 Address-"Missionaryrrogramfor'tt aK a request for partition of real the Church" Grant K. Lewis jt,6tat the t of final 6ettlement of
o:uu vuuress v omen e worn in mej
Church". ......... .Mrs. J. D. Case
3:45 Adjournment. Evening. 7:15 Devotional Mrs. A. T 7:30 Address. Miss
8:00 Music. 8:05 Address Mr.
Serins
Lewis
The public is invited to these sessions.
Friday Night.
Family night. Come by households and sit by families. Special sermon by
Mrs. Barr on "Salvation by Families. "Saturday.-; 3M0 p. in. Boys and girls, meeting.-
7:00 p. m. Evening service gpecial
farmers' night. Mrs. Barr will preach
a special sermon to farmers on
"When -a Farmer Moves to Town." Everyone invited. . Sunday. 10:00 Morning service. 2:30 Mrs. Hair will lecture to men only at the Methodist church on "The Woodless Rattle." . 2:30 Women's meeting at the Presbyterian church. 0:15 Young people's meeting at the Library addressed by Mr. Huffman. 7:00 Song service led by Mr. George. Mrs. Barr will preach.
ELECTION DAY
R. Coughlin, Cora'r, was approved.
Final settlement was also approved in the matter of Benton II. and Theo. Shriner vs. Watson C. Shriner, et aL On Tuesday morning divorce was
DeMoss granted to tWe plaintiff in the case of
Augustus E. Vernier vs. Mary A. Vernier. Defendant did not appear to contest. Costs to be paid by plaintiff. Lorcnce A. Greggerson was granted an absolute divorce from Clara M. Greggerson. Costs to be paid'by plaintiff. Defendant did not appear. In the case of Mattie Waking vs. the C. I. S: W. Railway, the Sheriff wa authorized to amend and correct the return
of summons servpd on the lncnl cronr of
The Clerk of the Circuit Court,. Thomas tXta mrta -rf v ... ... , t ;the company. .-The action sought against.
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COUPwT RECORD
Statistics of Union Circuit Compiled by County Clerk.
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This is on request of the State Bureau ; Setser vs. Sarah Setser for -divorce 'was
dismissed at plaintiff's costs.. The divorce case of Claude C. Barnard
Blanche L. Barnard was also dis-
of Statistics that require a report of this kind from each county.
Among other things, the report shows! vs.
that there were 53 civil cases on the docket and eight criminal cases. Thirty were disposed of, three were venued to
one to Franklin
Pink Tea
Feature of Club.
Day for Clytie
While public sentiment usually opposes drinking on election day, the Clytie Club regards it as a special feature, of
the day, -the motto this year being: tea; J The Club met on Friday, January 12, with Mrs. J. 1L Davis. Delightful muic wa furnished by Mrs. Everett Kitchel and Misses Kate and Charlotte Ilusted. Refreshments of tea and cakes were served. The following officers were elected: 'President, Mrs. Delia Lockridge; vice president, Mrs. F. L. Mitchel; treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Lambert; secretary, Miss Marie Gard. The Club will meet, January 19, with Mrs. Chester Roberts.
Wayne county and
county. . . Of ten divorce suits filed in 191G, five were pending the first of January, 1917. Of the eight criminal cases, three were for grand la'reeny. The Clerk granted 19 letters of administration, seven for guardianship, and of
the guardianships five of theße were in the cases of children. One hundred forty licenses to hunters were granted, forty-seven marriage licenses and there were 6ix insanity inquests held. Naturalization papers were taken out in one case, a British subject, who had previously been a citizen of the United States, returning to his first allegiance.
COLORED MAN ARRESTED
and
Was
Taken at Cottage Grove Brought to Liberty JaiL
THE HOME TOWN
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Addison,
Tuesday morning, a daughter, Anna Frances.
(By Xela Darling.) Many argue that in time practically all merchandising will be done by mail from a few great cities. They contend that this is the economical method. Some Socialists, who believe in the three fundamental principles of Karl Marx socialism, take this view of the trend of the times. The three fundamentals referred to are rent is wrong, interest is wrong, profit is wrong. Well, inasmuch as the large city department stores and mail order houses are private enterprises, are not owned by the people, are not a part of a great commercial system in a co-operative commonwealth, why not keep our rents and profits at home? The habitual mail order house patron is too often like the gambler he is forever talking of his winning, but says nothing of his losses. The one bargain offsets a hundred disappointments. .The lost time, the unsatisfactory goods, the
article he had to return at his own ex
pense, the repairs on shipments damaged
in transit, the patching he has done, the unlooked-for heavy freight charges, are all with an effort forgotten in contemplation of the one article that is just as good or perhaps a trifle better than he really expected it to be. Like the man who thinks he is benetitted by the pana cea. bought from the street corner medicine vender,. he is surprised to find that he got something for bis money. The gambling instinct is an inherent one with everybody, and this very fact accounts for the fascination that mail order buying has fof most folks. That the farmers are the most liberal patrons of the outside concerns is a
prevalent and mistaken idea. Merchants
often do not practice what they preach
thegrocer tends away for dry goods,
while the, hardware dealer sends away for furniture, and the wives of both be
long to some soap club.
Orville Taylor, colored, who was want
ed at Oxford, Ohio, as the result of a
fight in which it is said a white man was seriously injured was captured at Cottage Grove by a posse from Liberty and brought to the jail here at about
30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
missed at costs of plaintiff. In the .matter of Jesse O. Leab vs. Martha Andrew's for whom guardian is asked on uecoimt of alleged fact that she is incapable of managing her estate on account of age and infirmities, the 30th day of January was set for the defend. ant to appear in this cause in court. The trial of the case of David Buck yj. Daniel Rosier occupied the attention of the court on Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday morning and was by intervention of a jury. The jurors w ere D. C. Brookbank, Wm. Robinson, Wm. Murray, Jos. M. Pheanis, Chas. D. Johnson, Howard Higgins, Edgar Dubois, Chauncey F. Burr, Chas. McDugal, John Driscol, David M. Clevenger, Albert Bertch. Tlaintiff's claim was for $S00.00, and he was allowed ?300.00 by the verdict rendered. In probate court the docket for the first three days of the week shows: In matter of settlement of estate of Geo. W. Booth, deceased, letter of administration granted by clerk of court to Chas. T. Dawson, administrator, approved by the Judge. In matter of estate of Theodore Rose, approval of letters of administration granted to Florence Rose, administratrix.
In estate of Mary A. Bell, Jas. A. Bell,
jexec, nnai settlement approved.
Tn pstate of Samuel Abies. Chas. D.
Sheriff Post was notified from College Johns fina, P,tt,cment approved.
Record is also made of determination
Corner Thursday morning that the man
wanted had left there and was coming this way. The Sheriff, accompanied by a deputy and Dr. Crocker, made a hurried automobile trip in that direction but returned later without having found the man. Shortly after noon, Wm. O. Line, Oliver Buchanan and Jas. Bright made another trip, and found Taylor at the C. & O. depot at Cottage Grove and mada the arrest.
STORY HOUR
At
Public Library. Children Invited, a: 00 to 3:00 P. M., Saturday. Afternoon.
of value of estate of Jos. A. Williamson, Sr., deceased, David Smith, adm., for inheritance tax purposes. The amount of the inheritance tax is $6.53. In the matter of the estate of Frederick Greggerson, deceased, appraisment for inheritance tax purposes is made and
,the net amount shown is $3(1,4S0.77, dis
tributed to the heirs, and the tax thereon is $144.81. In the estate of Sarah J. Fields, Thos. Fields, adm., a supplemental report waa approved.
From 2:00 to 3:00 o'clock every Saturday afternoon there will be an hour of story-telling and games in the basement of the public library. Every child in the town and community 10 years
old and under, is cordially invited to 'HI for the past week
come. The "story hour" occupies a very Arthur Harris are also affected but they
prominent place in modern library work, "e reported much better at this time.
and it is hoped It will prove as great a success here as it has elsewhere.
SCARLET FEVER. Several cases of scarlet fever are reported in Liberty but it appears that there is no serious danger of an epidemic of the dread disease. Gene, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Hazard Voorhees has been very seriously
The children of
The Harris home is in the south part
of Liberty near the Flouring milL