Ligonier Banner., Volume 52, Number 18B, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 July 1918 — Page 2

Farm Loans for Five Years or TWENTY YEARS May be wholly or partly repaid any interest paying date after first year. The best Loan Plan ever offered borrowers. Let us tell you all about it. The Straus Bros. Company. Ligonier - Indiana IF YOUR HORSE COULD CHOOSE he certainly would select this •hop as the place he would prerer to come to be Jshod. Act on that assumption | and bring him here the next time he needs shoeing. You’ll find (him better gaited and better (tempered "after we have shod him E. W RIEBER

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FRED H. GREEK. HARRY GREEN. JOHN H. GREEN. ODELL OLDFATHER. Green Brothers and Oldfather. FARM LANDS, TIMBER AND SECURITIES BOUGHT AND SOLD. OFFICES WITH Fanners and Merchants Trust Company. LIGONIER, INDIANA.

Hujonter IBsitwr UTABLMHfiD !••• By W. C. B. HARRISON Published every Tuesday and Friday and entered in the Postoffice at Ligonier, Ind., • .eccud class matter. Will Hays, the young Indianian who was boosted to head place in the national republician committee, is running true to form. He is assessing the corporations through their officers in an effort to raise a million dollars to be usedin an attempt to discredit the Wilson administration. Mr. Hays comes from the Watson-Goodrich-Kealing school of politicians who believe in exchanging special, privileges in legislation for campaign assess ments. Mr. Hays is not likely to get very far. /nim PERFECTION! ( OILCOOKSTOVES | M Save the ,■ S ^Nation’s & lIHIH ft 'J vPS it a z b vpaA-j» Q --Ji i । Dinner Time and [ Dinner’s Ready Meals well cooked and done § on time —that is why 3,000,000 § homes use New Perfection Oil H Cook Stoves. B You, too, can have gas stove M comfort with kerosene oil. The S Long Blue Chimney Burner » turns every drop of oil into g clean, intense heat, like gas. § No soot —no smoke —fastest S cooking oil burner made. Come in and let us show it to you B * A. B. Weaver I I -■ II

Sunday Evenings With popular Poets. At the Methodist Church Sermon Lectures by the Pastor July 14 Whittier and Retribution “Skipper Ireson’s Ride” July 21 Longfellow and the Work shop of Destiny “The Village Blacksmith” July 28 Holmes and the Way of Life to Freedom “Tiie Chambered Nautilus” August 4 Lowell and the Spirit of True Almsgiving “The Vision of Sir Launfal” August 11 Bryant and the Trustworthiness of the Invisible Guide “Lines to a Waterfowl” August 18 Poe and the Thralldom of Despair “The Raven” August 25 Markham and the Tragedy of Industrial Oppression “The Man with the Hoe” September 1 Riley and Real Treasures of Life. “Ike Walton’s Prayer” Services at 7:30. The pastor will speak only twenty minutes. Tliis is a personal invitation to you to attend a short, spicy spirited ser vice.

Very Good Wheat Emergency Demonstration Agent B. V. Widney was a very busy man Tuesday visiting many farms in Noble county being accompanied by E. J. Petry, expert pathologist of the U. S. agricultural department, Washington. Mr. Petry was here for the sole purpose of studying plant diseases—wheat, rye and oats, paying special attention to oats.

Mr. Widney states that Expert Petry’s findings were as follows: In oats that were treated this spring, he found practical!}’ nd smut. In oat s that were tieated a year ago, he found from 2to 4 percent of smut. In oats that were treated for smut prior to two. years ago, or that have never been treated at all, thedegree of smut ranged from 4to 12 percent. There were in 1917 about 16,5000 acres of oats in Noble county. Mr. Widney states that the average yield is right around 30 bushels to the acre or for the county 495,000 bushels—almost shalf a million bushels. If the loss from smut, the county over, averages ay 5 p ercent.. it would mean a loss of 24,750 bushels

Bobeck Family Reunion

The fifth Bobeck family reunion was held at Wm. Bobeck's home near Syracuse last Sunday. There were 59 present at the noon hour to do ample justice to the fine dinner. After dinner a short program was enjoyed the exercises closing by the singing of “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Officers elected for the coming year were as follows: President, Mae Lehman; program committee, Elva Vorhes and Eva Larson: secretary, Pearl Bobeck; lunch committee, Alma Chidister and Laura Bobeck. Next reunion will be held the first Sunday in July at the home of Freeman Bo beck.

Kendallville Complaint

Captain J. Austin Jones, who is working hard to add to the number of men enlisted in the local liberty guards finds it a difficult task to increase the number. “I don’t understand whyjt should be so,” he said today, “as it seems to me Kendallville has a great plenty of material to bring our home company up to the standard of surrounding to^ns, say Ligonier, for instance. In many cities of our size a full company is found, with uniforms, rifles and all necessary accoutrements. We are subject to call to any part of the state, and I feir we would make a poor shxywing for Kendallville if we had to go—even to Avilla.”— Kendallville News Sun

Stricken With Apoplexy

William N. Beazel, who for many has conducted harness stfire on South Cavin street in this city, suffered a severa stroke of apoplexy early Thursday morning at his home on West Second street and his condition is very serious. Mr. Beazel is aged about 70 t years and is one of the highly respected business men of this city.

Gets Finger Nipped

Charles Hardesty, employed in the Banner Steam Launtry met with an accident Thursday morning when he lost a fingernail in a laundry machine. Dr. Lane dressed the wound which is a very painful one. Mr. Hardesty is short several fingers and says he can not spare any more.

'Brai- Tatar"

KIBR will heli wadyou* I wheat i^<_&iiQ^pldi«®# V. S, Food Administration. Br’er Tater ain’t skeerln’ up a ghos’ wen he say we alls mus’ eat less wheat en less meat en save all de. fat en sugar we kin. We has jist got ter feed flat big army er fightin’ sojer boys, en we kin-do hit by batin’ right smart mo’ taters en garden sass en eatin’ mo’ fish en game ’stid er pork and beef. Ef we alls don’t gin ter feed dem sojers right now we’ll be feedin’ somebody ’fo’ Jong en it won’t be us.

ER BANNER. LIGONIE ,

GM CONSUMERS MUST BUY WINTER SUTPIY NOW Consumers must buy their Venter supply of Coal durhg the Spring ami Summer for sior^a iiftodiictian is to be ■B s<ss^ rtainta'.ned at a June taaxunnm. arbLflu’ Alibied. io ovoid a serious Coal shortage this Wloter* tj. a. r-jti. AmcMSTKmdN

To Mother From Kennth L. McDaniel 7th Co., 4 Reg., Camp Greene Charlotte, N. C. Dear Mother:

I leceived your letter yesterday and was overjoyed to here from you and to learn good news from home. This is your birthday and may it be a happy one I wish you many more of them when we can all be together but now my mind and heart is there if I cannot be.

This day as always is the the Memorial day in American and as the President has issued a proclaimation that this day shall be one of the fastingand prayer we had a regimetai chaplin sevices. We marched in companies over to the Ampitheater which we ourselves have built the Chaplin gave us one of the finest talks 1 have ever listened to. Such service is much more sincere than any you will ever hear in Civilian life. You are there witii a different feeling of which is not of sadness, but on oi happiness on the highest scale.

It makes us feel as we should feel with cares in the present Crisis, to be no place but where we are.

It also makes me glad and proud Mother that I am an enlisted man and that they dig not have to drag me into the of service humanity. This is the only way I can see it Mother dear and I am sure you will agree with me It should make you happy to know and feel that I am here and that Providence is sure to take us who are fighting or rather who are in the service during the time when the rightousness of the world is threatened for in the greatest strife that is what it is and nothing else. What could it be when we join to down such movements as are in -the minds of our enemies'? The army is a queer place but it is now different from time of peace. The cause makes it that way 1 don’t believe there is a soldier in the ranks who has been in any length of time although he may not state it as 1 have, that does not not feel as I do about it. We come in contact with the realism of life in a way we can not in civilian life. Remember we are all happy don’t expect it to last long and are surely having a tine time. You dear mother should be one of the happiest women in Indiana today to have a son placed in the condition I am today and will be through out the entire war. Remember thecause above all, then remember the branch of service and the safty in which I am. lam not telling but the truth when I say lam enjoying my self for I am. lam feeling line end fatter then ever before in my life. Why should anyone ever spend one minute of worry about me? I would not be any place else if I coule be and mother I know you*would not have me any place otiier than here, 1 sincerely believe that I will be with you on your next birthday only wish 1 could be now but 1 can’t I wish you all the happiness in the world and hope they continue through the many years.

This is a fine day we have been having hot weather down here now 95 to 98 in the shade every day 1 believe we will move from here in a couple of weeks but not for Prance they say that we are going into the factories in the U. S. to get our training in the Mechanical line I will probably come north some place all I know is the rumor that is going around. Well mother how are you? How are all the brothers and sisters I will try to write them all soon will not have time now that is toaay tell them I send my love and best wishes to all.

1 will close for this time hoping this letter finds all feeling tine. I remain your Loving son Kenneth L. McDaniel Sails For Panama Robert D. Shobe sailed last Friday morning f®r Panama on a U. S. battleship. Mrs. Shobe is home from Brooklyn where she spent,some weeks with her husband. The boat makes but one stop, Puerto Rico. Bryan Seiis Tractor The sales force of the Bryan Ford Garage sold to O. J. Mastie a Fordson tractor. George Feldheiser* has bought a truck for his poultry business and Arthur Yeiger. William Hainan and Wilbur Harrdff have bought Ford cars. Mail Carriers Get More Money Word comes from Washington that city postoffices clerks, carriers and rural mail carriers will beginning July Ist receive $2OO a year more pay. The increase is justified. SUNDAY WE MEAT. WHEATLESS USE KQ BREAD. CH AT PRp, • 10411 11 | I hXw EMIEY cm BREAKFAST FOODS WSAj I CONTAINING WHEAT

Word From France W. H. Loy received a letter from his sister Mrs. W. A. Miller of Aurora Mo. with a letter inclosed from her son Major N. B. Pearman in France. The letter sent to his mother follows Dear Mother: 4 1 will take a little time off this evening and write you. It seems we will never get any mail here, havn’t received any yet. I guess we will be straightened out and in w eking order some time. This is a beautiful country and 1 have enjoyed myself so far. The roads are something won- J derful. There are villages of 200 and I 300 inhabitants about every mile and 1 a half apart. One sees no farm houses, the farmers all live in villages. The houses are brick or frame, mud and

plaster, one story with either tile or thatched roof. The cow, horse and pig lots are all in one. so you may know that the villages are not very beautiful or sanitary. The women folks are doing most of the work now. One sees only women, children and old men. the able bodied men are in war or killed. There seems to be a large number of milch cows in this country, we get milk for 30c a gallon and it raises the richest cream but e g<here are 90 cents a dozen. The weather here is cool but we have nice sunny days. This is a good country to raise wheat, barley, flat red clover, and rye, they also have line gardens and nice orchards.

1 saw Tom yesterday for the first time. He is getting along tine. I hav’nt seen the Aurora boys yet but will get down to their place in a day or two. They are six or seven miles from hete.

1 was up on the front last week and had some real live experience. The general and I went up five days for observation and to learn how they do it. I was in the front line every day and rather enjoyed the experiment. 1 saw all the effects of a battle they had two days before. They b^U them shows. They captured 300 Kammrads, these are helmets, guns, haversacks, gas masks and dead Germans were scattered all about. It was a regular wreck but the Germans here have done so many inhuman things that 1 really enjoyed seeing them scattered around. Its a pity they all can’t be in the same place 1 think they should be wiped oil the faoe of the earth so more room could Ue had for a race worth while.

Right now there is another big push on but I am sure the allies will be able to hold even though they are losing territory. What we want is two million men over here as soon as possible and we can then end the whole thing. There is no use going after it by piece meal method. It will cost less in men and money to put in an army of two million and finish the job. 1 am sure that our government realizes this and is dealing with it according. I hope you are all well and enjoying vourselves.

Lovingly your Son, Major F. B. Pearman American Expedition, France Registration Made Easy On petition of Rex Emerick and J. C. Munton chairmen respectively of the county democratic and republican committees, the registration board will visit all the towns of the county to accommodate voters, who must register if they would vote this fall. There will be no expense to the registrant. The board member will be in Ligonier from the26th to the 31st of July both inclusive.

Cromwell August 1 to 3 Kimmell August 16 Wawaka August 20 Cosperville Aug 21 Washington Center August 19 The board will hold day and evening sessions. Newlyweds Get Theirs After adjournment Tuesday night the Liberty Guards concluded to celebrate the weddings of Chester Freed, Jacob Sheets, Jr., and Mayor Henoch. After much difficulty Messrs and Mesdames Freed and Sheets were rounded up but when the bunch reached out for Mayor and Mrs. Sol Henoch the bungomaster run a bluff which worked. Mr. and Mrs. Freed and Mr. and Mrs. Sheets gave a supper at the American Cafe amid great enjoyment. Mrs. Willard Fink returned from Mishawaka Tuesday evening where she visited her uncle Milton Hite.

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- SAVE YOUR | JUNK For the Ligonier Iron & Metal Company, ▲ Ben Feldman, Prop. $ Special high prices paid for Junk, Rags, ♦ Paper, Etc. For one week only we will t pay 20 cents a pound for chickens. j Ligonier Iron & Metal Co. ♦ Everybody Should Read “ My Four Years in Germany By James W. Gerard < * Special edition only 75c, now on sale at ° Hoffman’s Bookstore :: Tractor Demonstration July 13 I > The Moline Tractor Company will demonstrate their tractor and plows on the Geo Feldhiser farm just south of Ligonier o near Oak Park Cemetery. Come and see „ it work. The only one man tractor. Blazed Trail Garage:: Agents < i Baker & Cramer ;; ~ - - Y

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