Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 33, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 14 October 1908 — Page 1

VOL. XXIX.

THE FT. HUE AND SOUTH BEND HOAD SAID THAT THE ROAD WILL BE BUILT. WORKING ON THE PROJECT There is Every Indication That Encouragement May Still be Extended Nappanee’s Cherished Project. There is every indication that encouragement may yet be extended the Fort Wayne-South Bend interurban project, and that Nappanee may finally realize her long cherished hopes for an electric railway outlet. Most people in this section of the country had, perhaps, lost faith in the railroad project. This section of the country —one of the richest in the State and untouched by aninterurban —has had a railroad lightning rod up for the past twenty years, so to speak, and many a “storm” has blown over and around, a bolt here and'there landing in neighboring parts of the country. Nappanee is the pointed steel of attraction and has year after year reached up and out and Ultimately will have her reward. In other words, all tilings come to those who wait. Instead of the Ft. Wayne-South Bend project being dead, it seems, on the contrary, to be very much alive. % The News understands that the preliminary work of getting the project under way lias been going on ail summer.’and it is still up to the people (or will be) if they want to realize their hopes of having an electric line through this section of the country. The presence of interested promoters from time to time is to the people like the bluebird is a harbinger of spring, perhaps, for they “know the sign.” That the work is going forward is a sufficient statement, perhaps. The following from the Milford Mail is a timely article on the benefits of the proposed project if consum.mated, and tlie News .gives it space, in this connectionT “Therefore if the Fort Wayne & South Bend road is constructed, (and it will be,) it behooves the farmers who have great broad acres west of Milford, and who at the present time are compelled to haul their farm products a great distance to market, to begin to talk railroad. Jefferson township is the real garden of the county, .but their profits are greatly lessened by the wagon transfer of many miles. On one farm more than twelve thousand bushel of bilious were grown, and could this large output have been hauled forty rods and placed in a car or cars, instead of having to transfer them four or live miles by team, what a saving it would have been both in money and time. This reference is only to one farm, but there a're many more. YVe also only referred to one product while there are many others. 'The corn, wheat, oats, hay and stock may bo cared for in the same way. By this reasoning we are willing to admit that time and money arc being saved by having an interurban line passing through or near by our rich -farms, and if this be a .saving in expense it must be added to our profits, and'if added to our profits it makes bur acres more- valuabler —Goold-the-farmers near a good market expend a few weeks of their time to a greater advantage tnan to go to their neighbor, take dinner with him and then go over the farm and approximate railway advantages? There are a few things that have come to stay, and the interurban is one of them. Not only lias it come to stay, but come to do greater things* than ever before. An interurban through, our great prairie farms js to the farmers .what an irrigating reservoir Is to the farmers who live in the valleys of the west, for all may use it. A farmer who lives eighty rods from an interurban line may build an improvised track on his own land and from his own labor, and load his farm products on his own farm, and when loaded lie will not Be required to make repeated appeals to have his car, hauled to market, for interurban companies are more than anxious to accommodate the farmer, ■and by so doing they are,increasing their qwn daily profit. A small strip of right of way through ,*our farms providing interurban cars are passing and repassing on the same strip, is worth more per acre to the farmer who holds the deed, even though the company never paid him a dollar, but railway companies are always reasonable when one can find their best side.’’

THE NAPPANEE NEWS.

BIG SHIPMENT OF ONIONS. Last Week Was a Record Breaker--68 Cars Sent Out. The onion shippers were doing some business last week. The weather was ideal for the shippers and they-sent out a total of sixty-eight cars from Nappanee, twenty-tvv;o of these were loaded Saturday. These cars will, perhaps, average 000 bushels each, or a total of over 4Q,O(M) bushels. The Nappanee shippers sent out a number of cars from other points al.so. This week will close the rush season, though the shipments may not reach that.of last week. Progress on New Buildings. Favored by fine weather the contractors on the three storerooms on Main street are makinggood progress. The brick masoiis are putting bp the walls of the second floor. C. J). Volkmann is putting in the big steel beams in the fronts. Tiie bank building lias readied nearly that stage when the roof can be put on, the stone work being practically all that is yet to be completed. Premiums foe. Nappanee Lady. Mrs. 11. R. Sheller, of Nappanee, who had several entries at the Beemen fair, took five premiums. She received aSO pound sack of Perfection flour for the best loaf of bread, *1 for drawn work on tablecloth, 11 for tatting display, .11 for drawn work on napkins, and 50 cents on drawn work on lunchcioth. Marshall Date Not Yet Obtained. The local Democrats have not yet obtained a date for their candidate for governor, Thomas Marshall, to appear in Nappanee. \Y T lien the date for Mr. Marshall’s appearance in Nappanee is obtained the meeting will be thoroughly advertised. The Democrats hope to know definitely in a few days just when the meeting will be held. TOWNSHIP SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. CONVENTION HELD AT BRICK CHURCH OCT. 4. An Interesting Program Was Rendered —Large Attendance and Good Interest. The largest convention Locke and Union Township Sunday-School -cmtlotr-frver-IHKI-svas-Beld-Suflday’aft-ernoon and evening of Oct. l it the Brick Church, five miles northeast of town. It was a remarkable meeting, in more ways than one. v One commendable feature, in this convention was the number of men present. Mr. I*. D. Burgener spoke upon the subject of “The Superintendent’s half hour. What does the Sunday-school stand for? Is my school attending to it?”, Mr. YY. E. Weldy presented the subject of “A few suggestions to Sunday-school Workers”, .Rev. M. G. Clayton emphasized “Teacher Training”. Mr. S- YV. Craige told the “Purpose of the Sunday-school Association”. “Serving by Example” w.asgiv. en by Ilev. J.C. Albright, “Evangelism in the. Sunday-school” by Mr. L. L. Kilmer, “Sowing and Reaping” by Mr. Harvey Ilartsough, “The Bible in the J’ubljc School” by Miss Dinah Frazier and “Why Teach Temperance' in the Sunday-school” by Mrs. Jacob Nold. The subjects were without Exception well handled, and the thoughts expressed should hear, fruit, for .the ‘Mast&f intne 1 S-tjsday- r iSSIp There are 1,22.1,796 teachers and officers in the great Sunday-school work. 1,000,000 pupils have beep added to the Sunday-school in the last three years, 00.1,028 of these pupils have been brought into the church in the 3 years just past. 14 new schools for every day in the 3 years have been organized. Taking into account the number of'teachers and the number brought into the church it has taken four officers and teachers 3 years to win one pupil to Christ. Boys Should Have a Care. The three boys who took l’erry Miner’s rig from the hitching rack Saturday night and drove it into the country witli some damage ought to know that such an offense is a very serious one for which they might be prosecuted as criminals. Boys ought to be very careful about sucli pranks, for some man might prosecute a case of tills kind. V For Chronic Diarrhoea. —— “While in the array in 1863 1 was taken witli chronic diarrhoea,” says George M. Felton of South Gibson, Pa. “1 have since tried many, remedies but without any permanent relief, until Mr, A. W. Miles, of this place, persuaded me to try Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, one bottleof which stopped it at once.” For sale by J. S. Walters.

KAPI'ANEE, ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908.

REPUBLICAN RALLY AT NAPPANEE BIG MEETING OF THE CAMPAIGN HELD SATURDAY. BUSINESS MEN DECORATE r A Fair Sized Crowd But Not up to Expectations—Jas. E. Watson Makes Principal Address. The campaign can be said to have opened in Nappanee Saturday afternoon when the Republican hosts gathered to hear their candidate for governor, lion. James E. Watson deliver an address in the Auditorium. There was a fair sized crowd present upon the streets during the afternoon, but compared with their efforts and what they deserved from the viewpoint of having a candidate for governor here to address the people, the attendance was a disappointment. The business men agreed to decorate business houses regardless of political affiliation during the time when the three parties have each a distinguished speaker here. The weather was ideal and the decorations were liberal and attractive. The Wakarusa band and the Nappanee band furnished music, enlivening the occasion and entertaining the usual Saturday crowd who came to trade and watch the parade before the speeches took place at the Auditorium. Daniel Culp was marshal of the day and commanded the line of march, in which the two bands participated, there being an average of one hundred men in line during the march besides the musicians. There were, perhaps, six hundred people who heard thespeechd' at the Auditorium, all who wished being able to find seats. Supt. Chas. Miller, of the Nappanee schools, introduced the speakers. State Senator Hendee, of Anderson, made a short preliminary' address. Hon. Jas. E. YVatson, candidate for governor, then followed for over one hour. Mr. YY’atson is one of the best Republican campaign speakers in the State and made a pleasing address, though his voice was poor from constant speaking. .Hon. C. W. Miller, candidate for congress, followed witli a short speech before the meeting closed. The. Nappanee Glee Club furnished some campaign -songs, adding to that feature, of the program conducted by the YY’atson quartet. Five automobiles came over from Elkhart conveying a number of the Republican county leaders, and after the speech'returned via Goshen witli Candidate Watson and his party consisting of himself, Hon. E. E. Hendee, and the YVatson quartet. Hop. C. YY’. Miller, candidate for congress,' returned to Bremen where he made" an address in tiie evening. TOMORROW, THURSDAY NIGHT. “T|je Wolf” Will be Offered at the Jefferson in Goshen. “The Wolf”, Eugene YYalter’s greatest play, will be acted at tiie ‘Jefferson in Goshen tomorrow night by Sam S. and Lee Shubert’s New York Lyric theater company. There arc jmfl six people in, TfFcastf *alifisi hi ll geTy 'chi>ugif <uiSy"one" woman. ‘“The Wolf” is a story of the Canadian woods. • Naturally anybody who saw Mr. Walter’s “Paid in Full’-’ would like to see “The Wolf”. The two plays are not at all alike, but in “The Wolf”, ds in “Paid in Full”, Mr. Walter shows himself to be one of the best of modern playmakers. Seats may be secured by phone. Gompers at Elkhart. The laboring men at Elkhart have been apprized that Mr. Gompers and liis party are scheduled to hold a meeting in Elkhart on the afternoon of Friday, October 1(5, and it is expected that tiie re will be a big labor demonstration in honor of the chief. There ha ve been assurances that the. Gompers meeting will take, place according to schedule. His tour across the northern part of the®State has excited great interest among the political parties as. well a§ among the toilers, the union and the non-union. Scott Township Caucus. The Democrats of Scott Township, Kosciusko county, will meet Thursday, Oct. 15til, at 7:30 p. m. in the Pleasant Valley school-house, voting precinct, to place in nomination a township ticket. - Great Responsibility? Mlllersburg Grtt. - Anew business block will be built in Nappanee, provided Taft is elected. My, what a wonderful responsibility rests upon tiie American people! (. A

MRS. FERGUSON BADLY HURT. Venerable Lady Falls When Arising From Bed and Sustains Broken Hip. Mrs. Mary Ferguson, who resides with Her son, Dr. Frederick Ferguson, was seriously injured last Saturday morning as she-arose from her bed and pitched forward breaking ber hip, ami rendering her unconscious. The venerable lady is 74 years of age ami has been an invalid from cancer for some time, having undergone an operation over a year ago. She was confined toiler bed most of the time recently though she insisted in helping herself occasionally. By reason of her physical condition she was rendered unconscious by the fall and up to Monday night had not recovered, and it is believed that she cannot survive the shock many days. Price-Hartman Nuptials. Tiie marriage of Harry Price and Miss Bernetha Hartman took place at tiie home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hartman, on West Market street, Sunday at high noon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. IT. M. Overholser, of the Progressive - church, in the presence of a company of relatives and close friends of the young people. Mr. and Mrs. Price went to Niles and Three Oaks, Mich., Monday morning. They will reside in Nappanee — I v* • Died From Effects of Burns. Michael Y r oder died Thursday at the Blanchard hotel in New Paris from the effects of a severe burn three weeks ago. Mr. Y'oder was hauling a load of straw to New Paris when In some mysterious manner, for which he was never able to account, tiie straw took fire and he was severely burned. He was 42 years old and was unmarried. He owned a farm on Elkhart prairie,' upon'which M. M. Nicholas resides and divided his time betwffen tiie farm and New Paris, residing at the hotel when in town. THE BRETHREN CONFERENCE. GREAT SUCCESS AND WAS LARGELY ATTENDED. Milford People Provide Entertainment Denomination is Twenty-six Years Old. The Milford Mail last week, in its account of the Brethren conference held in.that town, has the following among other things, which will be of interest to many readers of the News: “The state conference of the Brethren church has been in session in Milford since Monday evening, and will close this afternoon. The meeting was held at the Grace church, and by the way, the first church building to be erected after the organization. Eight members and followers of Henry IToltsinger of Ashland, Ohio, separated them&lves from an annual meeting of tiie German Baptist church twentysix years ago, in session two miles and a half north of Milford, and went to what was known as the Clayton school house west of the annual meeting grounds, and organized what was then to be called the Progressive Brethren, and which later took tiie name of tiie Brethren. The first organization being so near Milford gave this* point great prestage; and today stands third in membership in tiie state of Indiana. To the late John Dubbs, then of near Milford, belonged the greatest credit for the first and largest brick church building ’erected by the society. ;. ** •*' Fverv swsio"<3T tire cotifercnce was filled with interest and almost everv one Who was placed on program was either present or had provided a substitute; Special music had been provided by the church and were all in their places. Tiie afternoon sessions were attended by many of our town people, and especially the ladies. Tiie house at all evening sessions was crowded to its fullest capacity, yet almost everyone was provided witli a seat. Tiie conference lias been a great spiritual uplift, not only to tiie Brethren church, but to all our church people, and we hope they will again select Milford as a meeting point.’' Polling Places and Inspectors. The following are the polling places at the November election in' Union and Locke townships: Union—South, Coppes hotel, Nappanee; YVest, Wisler’s building. Main street, Nappanee; North, Miller’s school house.. Locke--North, No. 5 school house; South, Blosser building, Main street, Nappanee. Inspectors: Locke—South, Jonas Hoover; North, L. E; Pippenger. Union—West, A. H, Kauffman; North, Samuel Wisler: South, A. F. Strohm. . Bought New Cadillac “Thirty”. Geo. Freese’s Sons, tiie creamery men hare purchased one of the new Cadillac- “ Thirty” touring cars. The purchase was made Monday. y ■ *■

IN IRELAND OF • . MISSIONARIES * . f-, * LETTER FROM FAR OFF INDIA FROM WORKER. FORMER NAPPANEE LADY Mrs. Ella Brubaker, Nee Miller, Writes Parents Os Mission Life—Some ' Extracts. Mrs. Chas. Brubaker, formerly Miss Ella Miller, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John R. Miller near Nappanee, writes some things of general interest to tiie public in a home letter dated at Dahanu, India mission Sept. 2d. Tiie News is permitted to use some notes that be of interest, especially, to her many friends and acquaintances in and about Nappanee. Mrs. Brubaker writes of their busy times .in the mission work, and she Is now soliciting time from the committee for language study w one of tiie very necessary requirements in the mission field. She writes: “There is much more work that lias to be done and takes one’s time and attention at a station than we Had imaginecf.T At any rate we have learned many .Things during tiie past year.” She writes of their menu: “Our lettuce is nice and we had six little radishes.” A man brought a cucumber from.the bazaar, the first, they Had, which was a foot long and it was but half consumed at two meals. A.gourd-like pumpkin is another vegetable used witli potatoes. She writes of anew mission started at Santa and placed there an experienced teacher. To quote: “The rains are about over witli now, the rice is ripening and soon all will be dry again. Yet all these things seem good for this country. During tiie dry weather the people do not need much clothing or, good houses. A neighbor of ours took leprosy about a year ago, and we think also he tins consu m pttemr~Thr asked to be taken to a place to make him well. Ido not know whether he knows that he can never get well or not. So we.wrote to an asylum asking if they had room and received tiie answer. * * * So we decided the best thing to do was to pack up at once and take the man. both for bis sake and to save tonga fare. It always costs us a rupee to go to the station whether one person or four goes. So they were all gone almost before I knew it. They had not gone far, however, when one of tiie horses balked. Then they had a great time. The men got out, some pushed, some pulled, some whipped the horses, and ——- punched them with her umbrella. but all in vain. They at last went and got another horse. * * * Tiie last time we came down home the tire came off a wheel, then we had to walk home. If we had a good American horse and a little tonga of our own it would often come in very handy. * * * Tiie man I was telling you about has been saying for the last six months that he is willing to become a Christian and that lie believes in Jesus.” Mrs. Brubaker writes of celebrating her husband’s birthday, having all tlieir people to come in to tiie noon meal. Then they all walked, to Santa ■ and- •go Wain soakeck -on thei r return - journeys, but they had enjoyed a “roast chicken” dinner in the evening witli tlieir friends. Speaking of tiie boys: “These boys do not understand very well what,-a day’s work is. Some think it is a few hours. Os -course, most of it is due to the climate and the teaching of their ancestors.” Sim writes of sending a picture taken at the district meeting at Bro. Lichty’9, and says: “That building is the first church house, and the only one yet built in India. It is very Indian and yet we think it is quite nice. We shall be very glad when we get one like it. * * * It is quite against tiie rules to be in the sun even for an instant without one’s Topie. Even if it shines orr the back of my neck I soon have a pain there. It affects the spihal cord.” J Mrs. Brubaker closes her letter with the following postscript: “I justcame In from the river bank where I was watching some people prepare a funeral pier and burn a corpse. The first I have seen on our river bank. They were on the other side of the river so I could not see Ml they did. They, first built the pier part way up, then a man carried the body three times around the pier, then they finished the building, then carried the fire around several times and then lighted the pier. We think we could not stand it to stand by and see the remains of a loved one disposed of in ; .(Continued on Bth page.)

HOUSE CLEANING MADE EASY. The Vacuum Carpet Cleaner is a Wonder in ijs Perfection. Labor-saving inventions as thq, product of Yankee ingenuousness crowd in on one another very rapidly these days and people scarcely recognize the fact until some mechanism is put to its practical use before one’s eyes. Everybody almost has read of or heard about the vacuum machine for carpet cleaning; However, it remained for Messrs. Anson F. Strohm and-David Nold to “show” this community what one of these labor-saving devices would do. These gentlemen are doing work every hour of tiie day since they bought one of the machines one week ago. They take the machine into the home, move some of the furniture out of the room and go after tiie cleaning process of carpets, rugs, etc., witli an ease and perfection of work without removing a carpet from tiie floor that is simply astonishing to those who have had to remove carpets and beat them almost in shreads in order to remove the dust jnd dirt. The vacuum draws the dirt, moths, and other insects if any there be, from the carpet into a storage can and not a particle of dust is raised in the room to settle on walls or furniture. It not only takes the dirt from an ingrain carpet but draws through all deposits from the floor. Tiie heaviest carpets can be cleaned so perfectly that the colors are intensely brightened thereby. The gentlemen tried out the machine at the writer’s home on several rooms and to say that the'work was satisfactory, is only the mildest form of expression, Tiie cost of the work is no more that the ordinary way of removing carpets for cleaning. They do rooms at from 50 cents to $1,50 and rugs from 5 cents to SI.OO. The process has made house cleaning an easy task compared with tiie old way of “ripping things up the back” for an entire week. CIRCUIT AND PROBATE COURT BUSINESS OF INTEREST TRANSACTED AND ORDERS MADE. Some Cases Finally Disposed of The Divorce Feature Still Prominent. Judgment for $82.72 was given tiie plaintiff as a preferred claim in tiie/ case of Caleb W. Teeple vs. the American Mutual Life Ins. Go. The final report of C. P. Cook, the surviving partner, was approved in the surviving partnership of Cook & Chester. The divorce case of Anna Mattingly vs. Arthur Mattingly, was dismissed. Judgment for the plaintiff was given in the quiet title case of John B. Kauffman, admr., vs. Christian Raricket al. The petition of Daniel Rink to remove tiie Elkhart County Trust Cos., as guardian, was set for next'Thursday. Motion to- dismiss was entered in the claim case of Frank YVhan vs. tiie Theresa Mishler estate, S2O. Judgment for $117.13 was given the plaintiff in the case of Abbie Bugbee vs. the Ellen YVilliamson estate,,claim. Judgment for $31.35 was given the plaintiff in the case of Thomas Hilbish vs. the Ellen YVilliamson estate, claim. The injunction suit brought by Aaron Hartzler et al. vs.‘the city of Goshen in an effort to prevent the removal of -H*ie#,eity ; offices into the 1. ©*• O. F. block was ordered off the docket. In the case of YY’arner B. Titus vs. Joseph N, Defrier to foreclose chattel mortgage, L. B. Tracy’s petition to pay chattel mortgage' as a preferred claim was ordered. Harvey YY T . Kantz was substituted for Abbie Bugbee as plaintiff in a claim against the Ellen YVilliamson estate for $111.25, tire death of the plaintiff being reported. Estate of Armina Brown, William Brown, admr. Amanda Murphy et al., file objection to final report. Estate of John M. Miller, Henry Gassel, admr. Admr. resigns and is discharged. Estate of Mary Iteutfrow, James O. Smith, admr. Distribution ordered Estate of Martha A. Hall, Eugene Christler, admr. Bal. on hand $95.82. Estate of Jeremiah Holtzinger, Cassius M. Hess and Louise Holtzinger, admrs. Current aefioupt filed. Guardianship of Edmund M. Winegar and Mary E. Winegar-Logan, Ira , YYinegar, gd. Bal. on hand $828.12. Society Notes. Tiie Ladies of The Maccabees, of Nappanee, entertained a number of the Bremen sisters last Friday night. -Stock of New Post Cards 1 . Big stock of new post cards received this week at the News Bookstore. In this stock there are afer 500 new designs never shown on our stand.

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