Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 2, Ligonier, Noble County, 31 March 1910 — Page 1

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LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY. INDIANA,. THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1910.

| Nobie cireuit dourt by Mrs Amanda amer, of Kikhart tawnship, through neroatiorney L. A Foster, of Ls. gratige “against ber husbawd. Jacoh N, Lower, for divotes aug §ioan sltmeny. fﬁ%@w&kiﬁ% Ehatges Ccruel treatment, The parties Lave wen tstried ovErlwenty yenrs. . They are mutes aud aee well known i e part of the eounty. Mr. Lower ownes 130 mores of land anid s qone Preparstions for extensive frack work op the Lake Bhars datiog the sgﬁﬁ“tig ;M‘!¥ ﬁmm ii‘mfwa*ﬁi foar the segßring of Iha INrdest amoinof stenl Fugis in the Bistary of the Toraii depariageit sl ihe Lake Stare st Hiunafi apd bas fnde that depart. it oB! the Busiest of the Eik Cart g Thers are at the prosent chnfger 230 tonk of wteal £atle i 2’£*€¥ withier :mwsu ufxifi i““* ! ress L '3*&? & iiiiﬁﬂf *tﬁé’ifhﬁ . : Birelin corsetn for the wig wy ot iure e Tally developed types. spweinl demigne for stout figares, Creer fify itfersnt stylem. Dndivid val ikt eat vour teasdence, Tele phone Mes A ) Bdw.

'~ JOHNE. LAMB TALKS :'f‘wrw' Fiands D mawral Takes Sides With | ticvernnr Marsha i He Give i : Cornl Bowmas 5w o . Entire sagresment with Goyernor Marshali’s siatemant regarding the mdvisability of having the democrat. .r’ stnte ronventions elect %%‘l’NQ*}'S#’* For L oited Bialen senßinr wWas &3 pressed by John B Lamb Tossday: L She suggestion that the coming demoeratic state convention should pomitnate & oandidate for Uaited ‘Hiates senator tieets with my bearty and sneqguivoeal approval.” said Mr lamts, [ was s spember of the oot mities on resolutions in the dewocratic state convention of 1M whioh te bt ledd 1o the f‘nzwémitm 8 rencin. tionan faverof mmending the fedornl caustilation so (hat | niled Sistea srnators might be electssd by the ‘yarions states hy direct vole of the peaple. This resalotion was slopted by :"»ai' glale ®hnvention. sbsl iJ—!é beet B part ofevery democratio state | platform sines promulgatsd. foclud | ing tho state platform of Taw ; There fine never beepn o any coni- ‘ vention s single Yols or & note of apposition to the lc}m;e’liuﬁ 0 {?s%§§ prineciple. 1t is therefors the undis- | puted doctrine af the democratic | party in lodians that senators shoold | b elerted v the direct vots of _H’i*‘g peaple It ie aleu trae that the dein f neratic nßtional cahiventian at | Phenver in 18s adapted » ;s}a:!nu;:g wWiieh was unaniinpusly reported h the oopinittes Gt resclutions, ‘_“f;:“ % fiieh I bomdd thie hiotine !;* b & I}JF!}P% Ler and contatned & distinet avowal | of this doetrine, aud Lhis, 160, w;(?z-é it w dissenting vile - i o view of the fmpossibeiity e«f% carrving oot this ides withoat an. amendmant to the econstitution nfé the | nlted States, (L secins to Me tiint tho next best thing is for the deniocratic state convention, Cn_n"zposed of delegates fresh from. the | peapde, to. recomimmend to the rwxxi general a‘nwmhi’y ‘8 demoeratic | eandidate for senator. These (IM“-! gates Will be thoroughly reprmnn'&w% tive of the sentin.ent of the party in % every finok and corner of the com- | monwealth avd will be chosen with | full knowledge of the faect that Uzt,sz guestion will be presented to thm;:% for their consideration when the ponvention neats, I know of no way ander existing law of brioging the secticn of United BStates senators closer to the peoplal : ““Asan aspiract fur Rhe high office of U nited Nmim«q SEOALOT ;durmg the gession of the Inst geperal assembly. I was first candidate to advosste an | open batlot, aud 1 am now willing to | submit whatever claims 1 may have | to this tiuporiant place to the mam‘E than seventeen | hundred domocratic | delogates, who will meet in conven- g tion at Indisnspolis oo the 27th and | Zmth of next ‘monthi. Whatever | courss A mé&"utuy of the convention | inits wisidom shall adopt, will tiave | iy ungualified support, and whatever of strength and ability 1 hmwé will be &t the service of the demoeraticstate copunittes when the plst Sform i agresd upon and the ticket 'is nomloated. . _ . “lthas loug been my ambition to fill the seat {0 the senate so long oo cupied by that distingaished Terre | Haute statesman, the Hosoorable éi)anu‘i W. Voorheea, who was my preceptor and long-time friend. HR !fgmiitéi‘.af strength sonsisted in -the E!acx that be believed in the peopls, ‘and this cunfidence was recipro. icatm! by the people aslong a 8 he ived. 1f 1 sbould antagonize the proposition that the rank and file Lof the demoeratie party in conven%thm assembled should bave the right to nominate a eandidate for z!'mwd s’&9!@& sepator, | would be | false to evary priceiple of demoersgcy which 1 learned at the feet of this distinguished man. and to every Eidea of democracy which my mature | years have convinced me are vital |to the welfure of ail the people.” Hortner, Hass are Biting Black bass have got the hungry } fever mnd the bass casters who have been out this week have been getting %amm nice ones. “Unele Silas" |Goodrich _at Loon lake, who jalways knows where they are, got six baguties Thursday, one of themn weighing four pounds. Oa Troy {Cedar, Roy Estlick hooked four tnice ones, his largest weighing four aud a half pounds. Fishermen say ‘that the bass are cleaniog their beds, something that has been unheard of before at this season. Their instinet tells them that spring is here and they bave getto work to fulfill the requirements of pature.,—Columbia {City Post. _ _ . Playing into the Hands of Monopolyl Beyond a doubt all the Montgomery Wards of the country are heartiIy in favor of the parcels post proposition. It might enable them to make money faster. even though it | did injure the merchant ofthe home | community. It is a pretty good rule to find what centralized capital stands for and thén go squarely ' against it. The people are not ready try entirely over to the big cities.— 'Starke County Republican, -

: _ AL Comper Desd | Johs L. Cooper. widely known as & citizen and ecivil engisesr died aboat two o clook Inat Friday mors;fizzg st his bome' number 128 Hsoath Eigth street. (ioshen. Death was dus 1o complications of & dropaical §r;az ure. Mr. Cooper bas been in fail ing Lealth for several wouths bot with the energy snd perseriance that marked bis life be contipued with Lis work. Abontt ‘iﬂ%&t!ﬁm bﬂ ‘becamie warse hpt whenever abie would work for ‘two or three days, For over four. weeks lhe was confined to his bed and death t*mi! ’{ﬂ him early Friday morning aad reHoved his suflerings. Death clmed acarcer of asefuiness Mr. Cooper was il years old and was born in Noble eounty near Ligouier. His father Hiran 1%, Cooper, was a ploneer and owned A splendid farin on the Haw Pateli, Hs gfew ap a farmer bay. acquiriog what edueation he could from the counlbry schools and from his own reading and stadies. He taught school for twelve vears, and then entersd a sehiool of civil enginesring in Latsiog, Mich. He returned to Noble county and m?wdﬁd Mr Brinkerhot! As coninty enginesr. Hs was then elected and served ong derm. He moved 1o Goslien and was & 1.:“;;;@:;3};«-4 of the grocery finu of Phillippl, Contad & Cooper for thres }'mﬁh{ As & civil engineer., Mr. Conper wougreat distioetion. His work s s drainages sud ridge enginesr was of an utiususl order. He was s clev. i er Iraugbtsumian’ aod Hke many men Lo ,é;wevés'is“zv, WO RUCOESA 10 t%m% line he pursued, by continuous ef. fort study and appiication. Mr, Comper Wu‘u;;pumtmi by Governor Hanly as the delegate from I!if}fﬁlf}lgé to the umtional irrigation congress beld by oriter of President Hoosevelt in Boise Clity, Liaho, and W“'hinwﬂg; the moat hovored guests At that gathering. For several years Coop- | e was county and city sugiuesr. i Mr. Coaper was & metmber of the M:ﬂ_i»if»d!st chureh and wasa Koight } of Pythias and & Mason in good standing’ He married Miss Mary Nenfer in Ligopier in 158 and for the twenty seven vears proceeding bis death, bis home life was & bappy and ideal ove. He is sarvived by hiis wife and two daughiters, Mrs, A (. Beyer, of Rochester’ lnd . aud Miss Marion Cooper, who is with her mother. ' - » Mr. Cooper was county engineer from 198 to 1908 He was twice elected and once appointed. As county engineer his work gave general satisfaction. Mr. Cooper was city enwinesr of Goshen from 188 1o 1, part of the timne perfonmniog the duties of both city and ygﬂmt:ﬁpwh neer.—~Goshen News Times, = Mr. Cooper also leaves » w:fidmn«d mother liviog in Goshen, foursisters aud three brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Frank Conrad. Goshen, Mrs, Sam Neufer of the Hawpateh. Mrs, James Melean of 8t Petersbury, Florids and Miss Effis B. Cooper, whois amedical missionsry in China, The brothers are Lutherof Ligonier whois in the employ of the Standard thi Ca., Prof. B H. Cooper. who is President of the Spiceland Academy. Spiceland Ind., and Horatio, s minister of the UL B, Chureb, reaidling in Garwio, Ia ' : . The father of the decensed H. P, Coopet was well' known in Ligonier audon the Hawpateli preceded hitm in death about eleven years ago. The funeral was largely attended. The flowers were profuse indesd, The K. P lodge and members of the Masonic order were in attendance, The K. P, g lodge officiated at the cemetery, Oak Ridge with the beantiful eceremony peculisr to the fraternity. Rev, W. Magor, pastor of the M. E. Church of Goshen conducted the services at t the house, and pronousced the beneEdm‘m} at the grave. i : " TheStoryotthe Fly “The house fly is a distributor of filth, of flith potsons, aud of disease mierobes — . Ml Him . “The fly has cost the world more thau war, famine apd earthquake-- . nidi i ' *The fly is the most dangerous insect Kopown to man— e , - Il Mim ' “The fly is fireat & maggot. He I boro in filth, eats filth and carries fitb— Bl M. “The fly infects the food you eat. He comes to your kitehen or dining room from the garbags can, from the caspidor, from the maunure pile, with lege, feet and body regking with nastiness— e

Mill Him . ' “The presence of flies proclaim the immediate or near presence of filth. ‘*Abolish fiith and the fly will not Fully nine out of every ten case of rhbeumatism is simply rheamatism of the museles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the 'free applieation of Chamberlain’'s Liniment. Give it & trial. You are certain to be pleased with the quick relief and which it affords. Bold by S J. Williams. 'f : For Sale ' - I will sell my residence property on East Fourth street. Price satisfactory and good terms. Good reason for selling. @HUGH Luxpay

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