Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 28, Number 44, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 1 January 1908 — Page 1

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QUESTION? Just what to do and when to do it is the question, but oji aa-uvereoat deal it is no question at all when you see (Sur styles and hear the price. We do not expect to do next season’s business on this reason’s goods, so you do not need to guess more than twice to know what that means. You are going to see some fur coat weather before the winter is over. We ll get you ready here. When you call to look at. overcoats, we can pass a few moments to your advantage in talking men’s and boy's suits ■ HARTMAN BROTHERS,

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Attorney A. A. Smajll Making His Plea For Men to Get Right With God. Recently the business world was surprised at the announcement that Mr. Albert A. Sin ill had decided to closefhis office and travel with Rev. Hobson as ah evangelist. Knowing his “'Sterlingv qualities Mr. Hobson gladly took him into partnership. Mr. Small id a man of good appearance and is well qualified for Jtiis chosen work He is an alumnus of DePauw University, where he studied law. * Since bis graduation be has practiced his profession and at the sftme time been active in church work. He has for years been Superintendent of the Sunday-school of the First Ml E. Church, Anderson, Indiana. He was for some time President of the Epworth League of the North Indiana Conference; was VicePresiden| of the -State Y. M. 0. A., and was .a delegate to the General Conference of the M. E. church In 1900. Since taking up this work the case baa been taken to the “Supreme Gorirt and Affirmed.”—lndianapolis Star.. v~ - v

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■ ■MS'JIRICK COMING IN. v ..‘* ■ <Ol FIRST THREE CARLOADS DELIVERED TO STREETS DEC. 24. Twelve Cars to Arrive This Week — ■ Poston - Block Will Be Laid Early in Spring. The first paving brick for the Central Paving Cos., were delivered On the streets here Tuesday, Dec. 24th. That day three car-loads were placed on South Main street. It was expected that a total of at least twelv.e cars would come in during last week. Shipments will probably continue as long as the ground remains frozen sufficiently to deliver the brick from the cars. The laying of the Poston block will begin in the early spring as the weather will admit of, the contractors say, and the work will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The paving will be completed on the concrete foundation already down, and on Main street first, before the other work, proceeds. Some times brick can be laid as early as March and this year may not be the exception. Society Notes. The United Brethren church people gave a surprise party for and at the home of T. J. I’rickctt their Sundayschool superintendent, on Christmas night. They presented him with a handsome chair. Mrs. 11. E. Coppes entertained the Thimble Club last Friday afternoon at her home on East Market street. Mrs. George Freese will entertain at cards for her sisters, Mesdames John Hill, of Lima, Ohio, and Louis Giles, of Chicago. The party will be given Wednesday afternoon. A Good New Year’s Resolution-. Resolved:—That I will saVe more money duripg the coming year than in; Hie past, by depositing it in the First National Bank. - They pay 3 percent interest on time deposits. _ Watched Fifteen Years. f\. . “For fifteen years I.have watched the working of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve; and it has never failed to cure any sore, boil, ulcer or burn to which it was applied. It has saved us many a doctor bill,” says A. F. Hardy, of East Wilton, Maine. 25c., at J. S. Walters’ drug store. K. ~41

ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1908.

CHRISTMAS EVE PROGRAMMES THE VARIOUS SUNDAY-SCHOOLS HAVE ENTERTAINMENTS. DECORATIONS VERY FINE Children Enjoy The Annual Festivities and Entertain The Older People With Their Programs. The various Sunday-schools in Nappanee had their usual entertainments in Nappanee on Christmas eve excepting the Evangelical and that was given on the Sunday evening previous. These annual festivities of the Sun-day-schools have become quite attrac-' tive and highly enjoyable to thp children and even to other pupils, and they also afford much pleasure and entertainment for the older people, most of whom have passed through the same things. As usual the decoration for the occasion by each Sunday-school were of special merit, some were even elaborate. So far as could be ascertained, the attendance at each church was as large as usual. At the United Brethren church the house was decorated with colored papers looped in the center and attached to the sidewalls, making a very pretty effect taken together with the other decorations. On the rostrum was fashioned a house, showing the interior of a room containing the fire place and mantel. The roof of the house was covered as to represent snow, and a “snow man” at the side door represented the home supplied with children. From behind a Wf6lin stretched across the rear end of the church room came the children to render their part of the program consisting of dialogue, recitations and singing. There was a number of songs by older workers in the Sundayschool. At the close the congregation was dismissed and the pupils remained to- receive their treat of candy, etc. T. J. Prickett is the superintendent of the school. The Presbyterian school had the usual program, but rather shorter than on previous occasions and confined to the children wholly who acquitted theipselves with „ credit to -thetc trainers.' The little church was very prettily decorated with appropriate Scriptural quotations, and a large Christmas tree in the choir loft trimmed with tinsel, and electric lights. Over the rostrum Was constructed a covering and beneath and on the hack wall was the "Star” of Bethle.hem, surrounded by numerous smaller stars. Candy, nuts, and oranges, were distributed to the pupils and to the entire congregation present who wished to be served. A. A. Laughlin is the superintendent. The Methodist Sunday-school had its usually interesting program, consisting of singing by the children and special music by the choir. The decorations were arches of evergreens and the beautiful gates ajar, all in all presenting a very attractive feature of the evening’s enjoyment. A treat was given the small children of (sSrajy, c fruit, and nuts. The attendance was good, but perhaps, not so large as in some former yekrS. W. E. Weldy is the superintendent of this Sunday-school. At the Brethren church on West Walnut street the crowd was so large that many failed to gain admittance. This being the largest Sunday-school in Nappanee the' program, of course, took on a proportionate interest in detail, though similar to those rendered by the other schools. The pretty decorations of paper bells, etc., added to the appearance of the scene as a whole. J. W. Dewey is the’ present superintendent. , ~ The Evangelical Sunday-school gave their entertainment on the Sunday evening previous to Christmas owing to the fact that so many of those par ticipating in the program Would be too greatly occupied with holiday business on eve. The decorations were meritorious and the program especially excellent. The music was under the direction of the old hand master, Bilman RickertThe Nappanee juvenile orchestra rendered several numbers. P. D. Burgner is the ,superintendent. The Sunday-school of the Mennonite Cliuirh in Christ, distributed a treat to the pupils of the school on the Sunday previous to Christmas. These people never have any decorations of /the church. , r At St. John’s Lutheran, the only ritualistic church in Nappanee, had a Christmas program entitled “The. Child in the Manger” on Christmas eve. The decorations consisted of a (Continued on Bth Page.)

FIRST FAIR IN SEPTEMBER. Meeting of Board of Directors Will be Held After January Ist. The first annual county fair to be given by the reorganized Elkhart County Agricultural society will be held either the first or second week in September of next year if the plans now being talked of by the board of directors are, carried out in detail, says the Democrat. The deal forjfcb# purchase of the Mast Model Pacing farm is being closed and the first S6OO of the purchase price lias been paid. A committee is now engaged in looking up and perfecting the title to the premises. No report has as yet been submitted, but it will be made very soon. Depositories For County Funds. While in session last Friday the board of county commissioners received bids for public deposits in this county as follows: City Nat. bank, Goshen .S6O 000 First Nat. bank, Nappanee 10 000 Exchange, Wakarusa. 8 000 St. Joseph Valley, Elkhart 20 000 Farmers & Traders, Nappanee. 20 000 Elk. Cos. Trust Cos., Goshen 25 000 State bank, Goshen...... 30 000 First State, Elkhart.,. 20 000 Total ...$193 000 • Under the new law it becomes the duty of the commissioners, when satisfactory bond is furnished, to select these depositories. $ PASTORS IN UNION MEETING. PRELIMINARY TO THE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS. ——- -- . r Weather Extremely Inclement But The Pastors Have Good Beginning—RevlSrpith Delivered Touching Discourse. Preliminary to the union evangelistic meetings which will begin next Sunday, morning In the U. B. church, the TfßStors of the four churches interested in this innovation held a union service last Sunday evening in the U. B. church, as a consecration service. Rev. Hopson C. Smith, of the M. E. church, preached, .a very interesting sermon on . consecration, urging the church people to put on the,gospel armor for the coming series of meetings and dp personal work for , the Maste*%fitPbhe bringing of .the unsaved tourist. Rev. Smith’s -keynote was, .that if the world was to be brought into Christ’s kingdom it must be done by the laymen of the church and not entirely by the preachers in the pulpits. The church people must carry the gospel to tlieir neighbors by personal effort. The night was rainy and dreary without and the audience, for a union meeting of four churches, was very small, but as .earnest, seemingly, as it could possibly be. The pastors and people had a heart to heart talk of the necessary and prayerful work required to make the coming services beneficial to the people of Nappanee. The last union pfSTyer meeting will be held Friday evening of this week in the M. E. church. , Mr. Small, one of the evangelists will arrive here on Friday from Chicago and conduct that meeting. Evangelist Hobson will be here to conduct the Sunday morning services at the U, B. church. The meetings will be held in that church until the congregations get too large for the edifice, When the meetings will adjourn to the Auditorium.* This will not be a great while after the meetings begin, perhaps. Smallpox Exposures. Considerable anxiety is felt among the people who attended the Christmas celebration of the Mennonite church in Elkhart last week. It is reported that a Mr. Culp who attended the services was taken ill the following morning vAith a very bad case of small pox. Several of the cases reported in the vir inity of Wakarusa did not prove to be very serious, and although the parties were very “kick, they are now well on the road to recovery. Mrs. Joel Culp and Jonas Loucks of near Wakarusa are both nearly well.*’ No Truth in The Report. It is claimed that the Nappanee Auditorium, built in 1898, is unsafe. The trouble is with the east wall and the state inspector will be called to Examine it.—Goshen Democrat. j There is no truth - in the report, whatever. How to Avoid Appendicitis. Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restores the natural action of the bowels, Orino Laxative Fruit Syr up does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes-. J. S. Walters. -

EX-JUDGE VANFLEET DIES IN ELKHART ILLNESS OF FEW DAYS DURATION CAUSED DEATH. WELLKNOWN IN NAPPANEE Prominent Man in County Answers Summons. Was Known Over Indiana as Jurist. Ex-Judge John M. Van Fleet, well known to many Nappanee people and a prominent man in the county, and known over the State as a jurist, died at his home in Elkhart at 11:45 o’clock on Dec. 23d, after an illness of several days witli a Complication resulting from fever and internal poisoning, the exact nature of which the attending physicians were unable to determine. Judge Van Fleet was 66 years old. He was born at White Pigeon, Mich., and in the late sixties went to Goshen and for a year remained in the office of Judge Wilson, practicing law. He then went to Elkhart where he had resided since. In 1882 he was the Republican nominee for circuit judge, having defeated the late J. D. Ferrall in the convention, but was defeated by Judge .T. D. Osborne, who was the Democratic nominee. Six years later, in 1888, he was again nominated over the opposition of J. D. Ferrall and Hehry D. Wilson and was elected over the late. Llewellyn Wanner, the Democratic nominee, in 1894 he failed to get a renomination. Henry D. Wilson was selected over him and was elected. Since his retirement from the bench Judge Van Fleet spent his time practicing law in Elkhart. He was widely known as a lawyer and a jurist and took considerable interest in politics In about 1900 Judge Van Fleet wrote two volumes on the law and caused them to be published. He, with his son, Judge V. W. Van Fleet, drafted the Superior court bill passed by the last legislature. He was a veteran of the war of the rebellion. Surviving the deceased are ills wife and two sons, Vernon W. Van Fleet,. judge of the Elkhart St. Jigepft Superior court, and George VanEleet, who resides in Elkhart. One son, Wm. Van Fleet, is dead. The funeral was held at the Congregational church on Christmas„afternoon and were in charge of the.G. A. R., the only secret organization to which the deceased belonged. Sunday-School Election. The annual election of M. E. Sun-day-school officers vyas held December 29tli. Officers for 1908 were elected as follows: Superintendent, W. E. Weldy: Asst. Superintendent, J. F. Freese; Secretary, M. G. Anglin: Asst. Secretary, Joy Anglin; Treasurer, J. E. Tillman; Organist, Bonnie Wilson; Asst. Organist, Mabelle Guiss; Choristers, B. Uline and G. M. Rienoehl;-Manager of Orchestra,'A. V. Guiss; Librarian, V. T. Weatherhead; Asst. Librarian, Edgar Ringenberg. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a Safe Medicine For Children. In buying a cough medicine for children, never be afraid to buy Chamberlain’s Cougli Remedy. There ts no danger from it, and relief is always sure to follow, It is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and there is no bet,ter medicine in the world for these diseases. It is not only a certain cure for croup, but, when given as soon as the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. Whooping cougli is not dangerous when this remedy is given as directed. It contains no opium or other harmful drugs, and may he given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. For sale by J. S. Walters. The Ipe Dredge Sinks in Eleven Feet of Water. Last Thursday the Ipe dredge at work on the Heigema ditch near Bremen went down in eleven, feet of water, iUp to Saturday the water had been so high that nothing could be done to raise the boat. The dredge was sunk while at work. It seems that the. man .who handles :the crane allowed it to Iwing aside -while the boat was preparing to move ahead and the land stays were raised. The weight of the big scoop and crane tipped the boat which quickly filled with water and sapk. Union Townghip Selects Depository, At a meeting of the board of finance of Union township, Dec. 24th, proposals were received from the First National bank and Farmers & Traders bank at Nappanee for receiving the funds ofthattownship. The Farmers & Traders bank was designated as the depository for that township.

THE JEFFERSON IN GOSHEN. Fine Performance of “The Rivals” to be Given Jan. 9th. „ The parts of Sir Lucius O’Trigger and Bob Acres in “The Rivals” the classical comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and impersonated by Joseph Jefferson and William W. Jefferson respectively, belong inseparably to these artists. In these characterizations they have been attracting large audiences who enthusiastically acknowledge that tlie.se two stage creations have compelled the risibilities of the audiences quicker than any other characterizations in which they have been seen. The Jeffersons have the intellectual stamp and their work ranks witli tile highest histrionic achievements in high class comedy. Those local playgoers who have not yet witnessed tlieir inimitable impersonations in “Tiie Rivals” should not miss the opportunity at the New Jefferson in Goshen on Thursday night Jan. 9th. k Byron Slabaugh Likes It in Washington. In a business letter td the News, Byron B. Slabaugh writes from Wenatchee, Wash., that they are all well and like it out there. Having fine winter weather, good sleding and no wind. Wages are from $2,50 to $5 per day. Fruit land is selling at $260 to $3,600 per acre. The cost of living is about the same as in Indiana, excepting the price of butter, lard and eggs —butter 40 cents, lard 14 cents, eggs 50. Apples selling at $1.25 to $2.50 a box. X NE6RO ATTACKS WHITE WOMAN ELKHART POLICE SUCCEED IN CAPTURING THE MAN; -- : \ Now in County Jail Under Bond of $2,600 Awaiting Trial in-Superior Court. William Darnell, colored; and employed as a porter in Unger Bros, billiard hall in Elkhart is in jail in default of a $2,500 bail bond to answer to the charge of assaulting Miss Marie Winterhoff, 21 years old, and employed in the Troy laundry in Elkhart, with the intent to commit a felony, .The city pplice captUred the negrjj within a short distance from where the assault was made. Miss Wihterhoff passed the fejjow on.the* street and he hurried and overtaking her threw his arm around her waist and with his othef hand tried tostiffle her call for help. A lady in front of whose house the struggle took place turned on the porcli light to see what the difficulty was, and this enabled the policeman across the street to become a witness to the assault, and lie immediately overtook the negro and placed him under arrest. The story became noised about and the officers had to get the fellow into a place of safety. The man, when arraigned in the city court, waived examination. He said was drunk and must have fallen against the lady. The Jackson, Ohio, police states that the negro is a bad character and has a police record. His mother lives in Van Wert, Ohio, but Darnell spends little of his time at home. Former Goshen Man Fell Dead. jn South Bend. James Russ, a carpenter who left Goshen about six years ago going "to South Bend was found in the stairway at his boarding house on Christmas day directly after dinner in a dying condition and his arm broken. It is thought that Russ fell several steps, breaking his arm, the fall being caused by heart disease, as he expired before a doctor could be summoned. Russ was 45 years of age and was a grocery clerk while In Goshen. His domestic life was hot most pleasant it is said. The coroner will investigate the case. Hartman-Killmer Marriage, ; John Hartman, son of Peter S. Hartman, of Wakarusa, and Miss Lillie Fulmer, daughter of John H. Kil- , mer 5j miles north of Nappanee, were’ united in marriage at Defiance, Ohio, Christmas day. The. ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. S. Halfaker of the Christian church arid formerly of Wakarusa. The young married couple are now visiting relatives at Mansfield, Ohio. They will return in about three weeks to the Kilmer home in Locke township where the groom intends farming his father’s place, the latter gentleman will remove to Nappanee this coming Spring. The bride is a sister of our townsman, . Lemuel Kilmer, of Lehman’s furniture store. An Insidiour Danger, One of the worst features of kidney trouble is that it is an insidious disease and before the victim realizes his danger he may have a fatal malady. Take Foley’s Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble as it corrects irregularities and prevents Bright’s disease and diabetes. J. S. Walters.

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