Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 4, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 October 1908 — Page 1

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PLYMOUTH VOLUME ArIII PLYMOUTH. INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 190a NO. 4

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RECEIVER FOR ARGOS PLANT

WICKIZER McCLURE PRINTING CO. HAS DEBTS AMOUNTING TO $19,500. Marshall County Trust and Savings Co., Named to Take Charge of Wicki2er-McClure Plant. Lewellyn W. McClure, president and heavy stocbolder of the Wickizer McClure Printing Co., of Argos, has filed a petition in the Marshall circuit court that a receiver be appointed over the plant. The defendants in the suit are the Wickizer McClure Co., E. Otis Wickizer, Louis N. Shafer, Earl R. Taber, Robt. A. Kuhn, and Alonzo A. Schoonover. The petitioner says that. he owns 20 shares of th capital stotck of the company valued at $2000. The petition states that although the printing plant has a good profitable business, it -is in danger of insolvency. The present ' condition is the result of mismanagement by officials, the fact that much money is now tied up in contracts due, and the fact that many creditors are threatening suit, and seizure-of property by mortgage hold ers. The company is indebted in t1. sum of $19,500, which consists of t ic illlowing, C'.iattel mortgage oi n.'w property n',330.55, First mortgage on bonds $ö2i.T, Money borrowed to release stock far price contract, from common carriert $1253. $1000, $500 and $250t indebted to general merchandise creditors $6000. Several notes have been protested for non-payment in the last few weeks amounting to several thousand dollars. The company has been threatened with suits entailing costs and seizure of property. The company ' s now financially urease toi prevent a sacrifice of the property, which "f sold would ruin the plant, and c ;rtainly make it insolvent. The management has not worked together for the best interests of the company; the treasurer has resigned and left for parts unknown, and the secretary ha:; threatened to resign. The attorney, for the petitioner is R. C. O'BIenis of Argos. The petition of L. W. McClure tha: a receiver be appointed over the Wickrzer-McClure Printing plant a: Argos, was heard in circuit court Friday morning. The court found thai th Wickizcr-McClitre Coi is in danger of insolvency, and named the Marshall County Trust and Savings Co.. of Plymouth to qualify and act as receiver. The bank will take charge of the assets and property of the printing company, will employ help, finish contracts now on '.land, and borrow or furnish money at 6 per cent., interest, not exeeding $150 per week, to carry on the work of the company. When Jones Grant is Elected. Democrats have been telling some of the friends of Jones Grant that ii he is elected he will not have a com petent deputy, because his son is now in business in Argos and will not assist his father in rhe treasurer's office. Mr. Grant will be elected and he will not have any member of his family in the offke with him, but he will have competent deputies who will assist him in transacting the business with celerity and correctness. Asks Big Damages. Benjamin F. Smith of Elkh rt has filed suit for $25,000 against the Lake Shore railroad for personal injuries sustained while acting in th-e capacity of fireman. It is alleged that a mail train was on a siding at Lydick and that one of the cars was in such a dilapidated -condition that it leaned over to within a few inches of the cab, striking Smith on the head. The father of the attorney for the plainti;T was (he -engineer in the cab a the time of the accident.

IS SAMUEL GOMPERS AN ISSUE IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN?

The Cincinnati . Enquirer, one of the leading Democratic newspapers in the United States, Thursday morning contained an editorial that should be read by every man in Marshalll Co. The editorial is as follows: "From the beginning of the campaign it has been alleged that no great national issue divided the two parties. "Their difference appeared as degrees of reform for abuses tlicy both recognized a existing. Mr. Gompers has provided a direct issue in his attack upon th judiciary of the United States. "Mr. Gompers 'has denounced representatives in congress and Mr. Bryan has condemned many of the same men. Mr. Gompers has assailed the anions of the Republican administration and d ffered with the orders of Un;ted States courts, and .Mr. Bryan has agreed -with his -position but sur1' iow when Mr.' Goimpers plainly s-tates f'.nt he regards the judiciary of this government as despotic, and that its powers must be curtailed. Mr. Bryan as a lawyer, as a politician, as a patriotic American will tfot line up with Samuel Gompers on sudh a dangerous pro osition. "Toi even the most ambitious of American citizens the votes of the Gompers fol'owing would te dearly

EGGS MUST BE LABELED.

State Food Commissioner Warns Grocer. Against Offering Stale Prodluct as "Fresh." Inspectors from the office of H. E. Barnard, state food and drug commissioner, -will give an interpretation of the word "egg" to every dealer in Indiana with a view toi separating the product into proper classes. "When a housewife telephones her grocer to send up a dozen eggs," said Mr. Barnard, "she is entitled to receive eggs that are fresh, and not those that have been in storage fox a long time. Eggs are divided into several different classes; there are just plain ordinary eggs, then there are ifresh eggs, farmers' egs4 candled eggs and various other sorts, and we propose to have all of them properly classed." There are some dealers, it is declared, who have placed a "fresh" label on cases whic'hi really contain "storage" eggs. It is to check this violation that the food authorities are to act. There will be prosecutions if the false labeling continues. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of our child. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Romig. REUBEN R. CARR IS INDORSED REPUB. CANDIDATE FOR PROSECUTOR SHOULD BE ELECTED IN THIS DISTRICT. Albert H. Frisinger Agent of tin t Erie Ry. at Akron, Addresses Letter to Railroaders. The following is a copy of a letter which has been mailed to every railroader in the judicial district. The leuer was written by Mr. Albert H. frisinger of Akron, a Democrat who endorses Mr. Carr fox his personal and political character. Following is a copy of the letter: My Dear Sir: I wish to appeal to you in be"half of Reuben R. Carr, candidate for ..rosecuting attorney for this district, an J- for over twenty years of his lit t railnvid man. While Mr. Carr and diner in our political views, ho bein a Republican and 1 a Democrat, yc. taking into consideration his ster.'irg qualities as a man, his äbility as an attorney and his genuine fricnJship for the laboring class, all of .liLch appeal to me more than prty .ies, I feel it my duty not only to support him but to doi what I can to assist him in his hard race ?:r prosecutor. I have been intimately acquainted with Cum for a number of years and know that his friendship to. the laboring class is oi a genuine ;ha:acier. At a time when the eighthour law was hanging in the balance Mr. Carr was by letter and telegrams urging our Congressmen to pass the till, which bill was finally passed and became a law. If you feel that you can da anything for him it will not only be appreciated bj him but by his nds in the railroad1 service. Very tiuly yours, A. H. Frisinger, Agent. Akron, Ind., Oct 20 1908. The law to wh'ch Mr. Frisinger rciers is the nine hour law, enacted in behalf of railroad employes b" Congress at its last session. It used to be the prac:ice of most railroad companies to work their telegraph operators- and trainmen from eighteen to thirty-six hours at a time without rest, and this law was nacted to cure the abuse. Stork Brings Twin Girls. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lackey, 1002 west South street, are the parents oi twin girls, born Friday morning. purchased at such a price. "M Bryan counts in the ranks of his loyal and faithful Democratic following eminent jurists in every staU in the union. "These men, with lifelong service at bench and bar, never, discovered the despotic and dangerous powers vested n or exercised by th federal judicia.. That remained tor the vigilant Gompers, suddenly become the guardian angel of American citizens. "Will Mr Bryan stand by Gompers in abuse of the judiciary, or will he be found with the Democratic jurists? "Will Mr. Bryan forfeit the respect nnd good opinion of men like Olney of Massachusetts, Gray of Delaware Lindsay of. Kentucky, Parker of New York, Harmon oi Ohio, and a thousand others who honor the 'purity, iixlepen'dence and integrity of the judges of fh United States by his acquiescing in Gompers accusations? Or will he, as the chief and leader of a law abiding democracy, a an American seeking, the highest office in the gift of the people come square.-- 5vt and declare his confidence in the men who occupy seats in our h'ghest tribunal of justice? The country has heard from Gompers. Notar -what does Mr. Bryan, say on this most important subject?"

THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET

NAMES OF MEN FOR WHOM EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD VOTE. Every Man Honest, Competent, Steady, Reliable and Qualified for Position He Seeks. The Republicans of Marshall county have this year one of the best tickets ever presented to the people of the county. Dr. Charles A. Brown, the candidate for representative in the state legislature, is an educated man, well informed on all subjects in connection with state affairs, careful and painstaking in whatc.cr !e does; he is economical and wil L-f k after the interests of die taxpayers better than any representative .Marshall county has ever had. He believes in government of the people, by the people for the people and for that reason believes in county local option, in other words he (believes that the people should rule, and that they cannot rule if they arc deprived of the privilege of voting on questions of great importance. Every man in Marshall coiunty who believes in government by the people should vote for Dr. Brown. Jones Grant, the Republican candidate for county treasurer, served one term in that office and made one oi the best treasurer? in the State. He is an oJd soldier, a farmer, and there is not a :n-".n in the county who knows him.fha: is not his friend. Vote for Jones Grsnt. For shiirifi" we 4iave Robert Head, who sen cJ two years as deputy under Monroe Steiner and was one oi the most efficient deputies in the state. He will know just what to do when he is elected and will enforce the law against all offenders without fear or favor. Ora E. Ellis, our candidate for recorder, is one of German townships test citizens. He is well. educated and well qualified for the position he scks. He is in the prime of life and is just such a man as the county needs for recorder. Milton F. Beck, our candidate fw surveyor, is a wvll known teacher of Polk township. He is not a grafter, will deal justly with everybody, will survey lands correctly and do the ditch work as it should be done. Dr. W. E. Lawhead of Inwood, will make a coroner worthy of the county in which he lives. He is centrally located and docs not have to come from a remote corner of the county when his services are needed. Just take a look at him and you will see a young man qualified to fill any office within the gift of the people. Xow we come to the most important office in the county. The people are probably more interested in having good county commissioners than any other officers, and the Republicans have selected two good men who i are honest, competent, fearless, be yond the power of flattery, humbuggery and bribery men who will lojk after the interests of the people as they would for themselves. Myron Chase, one of the most prominent farmers of Polk township, is our candidate in the first district. He served two terms as trustee of his township, being twice elected in the face of a large Defocratic majority and no man ever retired from office with a better record than Myron Chase. He is a clean man, a competent man, and will not be a dummy in office. Miles Pomeroy is onir candidate in the second or middle, district. He Is one of Center township's prominent young farmers and is just as reliable as Chase. He does not want the office for what there is in it, but he will take it for the good he can do the taxpayers of the county, and no voter wil ever regret cesting his vote for Pomeroy. This completes what is usually caWed the county ticket, but that ticket will have at its head our candidate for congress Charles W. Miller, one of the ablest and best men in Indiana. Then you will see the names of William B. Hess and Reuben E. Carr our candidates for judge and prosecuting attorney. Judge Hess, whi e on the bench, was never reversed by the supreme court. Those ujdges say that he is one of the best 'circuit judges in Indiana. Marshall county is entitled to the judge; it is not a political office and men of all parties should vote for William B. Hess. Reuben E. Carr is the foremost lawyer of Akron, Fulton county, and will make an efficient prosecuting attorney. On this county ticket you will find the name of Edwin E. Higbee for state senator. He is one of Kosciusko county's best citizens and will make a worthy successor of Senator Parks. Every man who wants count" option, good laws and does not want Thomas Taggart in the United States senate should vote for Higbee. As we said at the start, no better ticket than the above was ever presented for the votes of the people. Id nay Go to South Bend. Cne hundred and twenty t:.kvt were sold to Soirfi Bend Saturday, on account of the address of :he Republican Presidential Candida W.u. H. Taft.

BEVERIDGE AND WATSON MAKE SHORT ADDRESSES

Two Leading Statesmen in Indiana Speak to Large Crowd at Orpheum Theatre Concerning Vital Issues of The Campaign

In spite oi the cold raining weather, the Orpheum theatre was packed to overflowing with enthusiastic Republicans, eager to hear Senator Albert J. Beveridge, and Gubernatorial Can. didate James E.Watson speak Monday morning. Senator Beveridge arrived on a special train on the L. E. & W. from the north at 11:20 o'clock, an! was escorted to the theatre by the Plymouth fc'and and reception committee. Mr. Watson arrived a few minutes later from the south at 11:35 and las similarly accompanied to the city. The Watson reception committee went to Argos, from which place they accompanied the speaker. A stand was erected on Michigan street, with the intentions of having the addresses delivered therefrom, but on account of the cold rain which had set in early in the morning and failed to cease, it was decided to hold the speaking at the Orpheum theatre. WlVn the Beveridge escort reached the opera house it was already crowdel to overflowing. The gallery, stag? and parquet were taxed to their capacities. Hon. George H. Thayer introduced Senator Beveridge to the audience. Mr. Thayer briefly reviewed the work of the youngest senator in the United States, and upon presenting Mr. Beveridge was greeted with an uproar of cheers. ) Senator Beveridge spoke for twenty minutes, reviewing the Democratic platform of today and yestervlay. H gave a short sketch of the tariff and' business questions now paramount in the United States. Business Pounded Too Much. Senator Beveridge said: "American business has been pounded too much. Denunciation oi business has gone on until the. black! flag has been raised against all merchantmen that sail the seas of trade. I am against this political piracy as much- as I am against business piracy. "Where there are abuses we are -orrccting them; -where there are bad business men we are punishing them; where there are rotten securities we ire exposing them. The extremists who -would stay our hands from thris work of purification and punishment are bad; but those other extremists who would wreck all business in the attempt to correct a few evils are worse. And tCiis latter is precisely what the opposition proposes to do with busi-ess. - "Both business and labor depend j upon markets, and markets depend upon the tariff. We have fought for a modern "tariff within our own party and won; and modern thought rules Republican thought today. We denounce our own Bourbons as earnestly as we denounce the Bourbons of of the opoostion. We resist a tariff for revenue only, which all modern commercial nations !iave long since rejected; and we no longer advocate a straightoitt protective tariff, whic1! has served its purpose and is now behind the times. The World's Best Thought. "Abreast of the world's best thought and practice on the tariff -roblem, we Republicans propose, instead of a straightout revenue tariff or a straight ojut protective tariff, the double tariff system with which Germany is beating the world in foreign trade, France keeps prosperous aid Canada only last year monopolized for her live .tock the markets of Europe." The Senator then explained how a tariff for revenue omly would operate to place the United States on a trade footing with China, Turkey and Abyssiinia, and continued: . "Yet with this condition before them the opposition -proposes that we American's shall now adopt what Great Britain is now abandoning and what other modern nations have long since abandoned, and that we shall take our stand wi4h Chiina, Turkey, and Abyssinia, and surft like countries. To ask you to adopt the ancient tariff for revenue only system instead of the modern double tariff system is like asking you to take an old time stage coach to New York instead of the Pennyslvania flyer or the Twentieth Century limited." 'Mr. Beveridge envoked his Cvear.rs to lend their hearty support to the Congressional Candidate Chas. W. Miller. Edwin W. Higbee for state senator, Chas. Brown for representative, James Watson for governor, and Wm H. Taft for president of the United States. The speaker closed with a tribute to the American spirit, saying: "Our appeal is not to exalt the Republican party: not to denounce the Democratic party;our appeal is to the whole American people, regardless oil party, to continue the historic progress whkh has made them he first power hi 1ie world to-day, and will make them, under God, mightier still to-morrow." Mr. Beveridge then turned to Mr. 'Watson who was seated on the'stage.

seized 1iim by the hand and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the next governor of Indiana, James E. Watson." Peals of hand-clapping and cheering answered him. "Old Shady" quartet, the best in the state, took the audience by storm with tJheir campaign songs, and were rourtdly applauded. Senator John W. Parks then addressed the audience and in a well chosen presentation speech, introduced James E. Watson, candidate for Governor of Indiana." The effects of a hard campaign were shown on Mr. Yratson's voice, which "however rallied and proved to the audience why Jim Watson was the whip of the house. In part Mr. Watson said: Portray Bryan Will-'o-the-Wisp. "What are Mr. Bryan's paramount issues this year? In 1893 it was free trade; in 1896 it was free silver; in 1900 it was imperialism; in 1904 it was militarism; in 1906 it was government ownership and this year Mr. Bryan has discovered triplets and is presenting them to the people as sufficient reason why power should be wrested from the Republican party and conferred upon Democracy. "First he says that the salvation of the country resits upon the fact that we must in the future elect senators by a direct vote of the people. How many of you ever heard of that before? I will venture to, say that there are not three persons in this large audience who have- not discussed or heard about this before. I have been a member of congress for twelve years and have three times voted to elect senators by a direct vote of the people. Bryan never voted for it anywhere, yet it is not vital in our form of government. It is not an issue of this campaign and Bryan can not make it one. Bryan Would Kill Factories. "Bryan says that we arc trust ridden ami he pnoses to remedy the trot-'ble and unfortunately for (him he Iras done all of the talking and none of the acting, when he had the opportunity as a member of the national congress. Examining the, food we eat to see thai it is wholesome. Will Bryan dare to say that we would cut down that fo cc? It requires 4,200 inspectors to to see rat the railroad rate is not violated. We have 1.C0O men engaged in irrigating the arid lands of the west and 7,000 now men in the postal service as well as mail clerks and ca-riers. Would "Mr. Bryan daxe to say that he would cut down these forces? Tell me, were we too extravagant? "In every one of my speeches in this campaign I have talked upon the subject of local option, said Mr. Watson. "I believe in it and will stand by it to the end, live or die.. The Democratic party has always been opposed to restrictions on the sale of intoxicating liquors. This is true of the party's platform. For thirty-five vears the Republican party, on the oilier hand has been a local option party in Indiana. Every one of the anti-saloon, anti-liquor laws were the work of the Republicans. The Democrats are now using bobze to purchase vote", against the laws enacted by the Republicans to stamp out the curse. Marshall Brewer's Tool "Tom Marshall is tthe brewer's candidate, for every brejver and saloo.ikeper is for 'him for governor. I have gotten along pretty 'well without them. We want county local option. TCicre is one right side. If Tom Marshall is elected governor and a Democratic legislature, goes in they will repeal he liquor laws. You have taken advantage of this Moore remonstrance law in many parts of Marshall county to get rid of the saloons ami I join with yoni Jn rejoicing over the asence of these places. "If we win there will be but very little to fight about by the time I leave the governor's office, and don't you forget it. We are right on everlasting principles. We trust our case in the hands of the people of the state of Indiana." The speaking continued from 11:30 until almost 1:00 o'clock. Throughout the noon hour the crowd anxiously listened to every word of the speakers. At 1:30 o'clock Mr. Watson left for LaPorte by automobile. He was drivto that city by F. II. Kuhn.

A Coal Contract Worth While, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has recently spent $1,000,000 opening up a new road to coal fields. At least 1,200 men began work in the mines iMonday morning and 2,800 miners will be put to work within the next ten days. The company announces jhe closing of one of the largest coal contracts in railroad history, a contract which will require 4,000 men to work steadily for five years. The contract calls for the delivery of 3,000,000 itfs of coal yearly for five years to the M. A. Hanna Company of Cleveland.

ELECT MISSIONARY OFFICERS

Women's Society of Foreign and Home Missions of Indiana Close Session. The Women's Synodical Society of Foreign and Home missions of Indiana, which has been in session at the Second Presbyterian church in New Albany, heM its closing -session at the Presbyterian church in Jeffersonville Thursday night. Offifor the ensuing year were elected as fallows: resident, Mrs. J. F. Kendall, LaPorte president foreign missions, Mrs. J. A. Bonner, Greensburg; president home missions, Mrs. F.. F. McRae, In-dianaporis; secretary, foreign, Mrs. Margaret D. Finney, Attica; secretary, nome, Mrs. Herbert Campbell, Newton, treasurer, foreign, Mrs. E. J. Dukes Peru; treasurer, home, Mrs. Herbert Campbell, Newton, secretary young people's work, Miss Emma Domnell, Knightstown; secretary literary department, Mrs. Charles Latham, Indianapolis. Much Money is Printed, A total of $1,297,263,420 in new money was printed and circulated by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing during the last fiscal year, according to the annual repoxt of Director Ralph. ' CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION SMALL LIST OF BILLS $407.51 ARE PRESENTED AND ALLOWED. Chief of Fire Department F. H. Kuhn Reports Action ol Hook and! Ladder Company,. The city council met in regular session Monday evening with all members excepting Councilman Ness, present. A petition sfgned by N. E. Campbell. J. C. Whitesell and Fred Mast, asking for a sewer in north Plymouth, hear the city limits, was referred to ülie committee on sewers and drains. Fire Chief F. H. Kuhn reported that on Oct. 15, -when a fire broke out in the residence of Jacob Holem in west Plymouth, the Hook and Ladder company started to the fire with their wagon, but after going a short distance returned to the tire house, and did not go. The firemen maintai i that only 7 or 8 members of their company was present, which was insufficient to pull tlie wagon over the long distance to the fire. There are about 30 members to the Hook and Ladder company.' The matter was referred to city attorney, and committee on fire department, to investigate. The report of Street Commissionet Harry Harris, was read and placed on file. Oliver Rosenbury and others were given permission to tap the Third street sewer. Committee on accounts and stationery reported bills in the sum of $407.51, which were allowed as follows: Chas Ebc $ 5 20 Frank Huba C4.0Q Linkcnheh Coal Co 19 'C Linkenhelt Coal Co 4.00 Frank Fertig 3.75 C L Morris 27.20 Joseph Glass 3.75 Tohn Birkliold 7.50 Geo. Craig 75 Chas Weiglie 87 Chas Meyers 4.10 lohn Lee 2.30 Otis Kiebert 13.95 Toe Welch 27.00 Harry Harris 27.00 Rett Thompson 12.43 C O Yarrick 8.26 H A Armstrong 1.50 A R Underwood 6.50 H L Illusion 10.50 L Tanner 15.60 F.ldridge Thompson 28.50 Yotal $407.51 The committee on sewers and drains recommended that 300 feet of field tile be put in front of the Spencer property on South Walnut street. Street commissionor was instructed to lay the tile. HAS MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. George Emenaker Falls Twenty-Two Feet with Electric Light PoleEscapes Uninjured. George Emenaker, lineman for the Electric Light company, had an escape from death Saturday afternoon that was not much less than miraculous. Emanaker had climbed a pbJe east of the Reeve's bridge, and' was engaged in repairing damaged wires, about twenty-two feet above the earth. Ttie lineman had strapped himself to the pole. Suddenly the pole broke even with the ground, and came crashing down. Emenaker fell beneath the pole, but luckily a cross arm intervened and aved the young man from being crus-hed to death. He es caped with a slightly sprained ankle. Stevick Out of JaiL William Stevick, the deaf mute, who iias been in the Elkhart county jail for a long while charged with the theft of a bicycle owned by C. E. Finch, of Nappanec, was discharged in circu't court one day. km week. The young man was captured at Bremen. He is well known in Plymouth, and spends mast of this time here.

PROCEEDINGS OF CIRCUIT COURT

CASE AGAINST OTTO MILES FOR LARCENY IS FIN LLY DISMISSED. Culver Lad is Given Suspended Sentence in Jeffersonville. PrisonDivorce is Granted. The case of State of Indiana versus Otto Miles for petit larceny, was dismissed Thursday by the prosecuting attorney for the reason that the offense was committed by another person. Miles was charged with stealing a quantity of wheat from a woman residing near Twin Lakes, last winter He was lodged in jail at the time, wherev he remainel for several months. He was then released on bond, in a few days his vvrf withdrew the bond, and again Miics landed in jail. His father Daniel Miles then came to the rescue wirfh new bond. It now appears that the whol trouble was caused by Miles' wrfc. who it is said, made the 'false charges against her husband, wfth whom she continuously quarreled. T. Gile London, a young man from Culver, who has bden in the county jail all summer, charged with breaking into a store at Maxinkuckee last spring, appeared in court and pleaded gulity to petit larceny. Judge Bernetha sentenced hem to the Jeffersonville prison for " a period of 1 to 8 years, and disfranchised him for a period of two years. Sentence was suspended however, on good behavior. In the case oi Charles Steele versus John F. Grlse, on note, the jury fcund for the plaintiff and allowed him $486. The case of James T. Poulson versus Chas. C. Poulson, for converting trust funds, was dismissed and costs paid. James W. Elkins was . given a divorce from Dora E. Jtlkins. The latter was given custody of two children, Almira and Ethel. In the case of A. H. Johnson, versus C. A. Clough, on note the defendant defaulted, and the jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $68.70. The sheriff of LaPorte county was ordered to bring James E. Low into the Marshall circuit court, so the latter might show why he should not be held for contempt of court. Low was ordered on Oct. 4, 1907, to pay $1.50 per week to his wife' "Mary E. Low, for four years, for the support oj their child. Low failed to pay. Both a? Women From Argos Within ten minutes Saturday aftcrnobn Judge Bernetha granted 2 more divorces. The first was to Mrs. Anna Bush, nttd her maiden name Anna Edwards was restored. Her husband bad deserted her three years ago and failed to provide. . Mrs. Leona A. Cox was granted a divoVce from her husband Wm. E. Cox, and she was given custody of the five children. She was deserted by her 'husband in 1905. In the case of Leonard P. Swoverland versus Ober Berkeypile for damages, Judge Bernetha granted a new trial. il . The Sept. term of the Marshall circuit court adjourned Saturday. The November term will convene on the 23rd of next month. Send Messages Free. Manager Oron Hoover,' of the Union Telegraph company Sias received notice from Supt. Corbett of the Cleveland oifice, that messages sent by any official or duly constituted committee for the relief of the Michigan fire sufferers may be sent over the Western Umon lines free. Delegation to Argos. About 75 Democrats of this city attended the address of Hor. J. F. Cox at Argos Saturday night. The Plymouth hand accompanied the delegation.

BREWERS WRITE TO FART.1ERS ASKING SUPPORT AGAINST REPUBLICANS

In addition ta attempting to organize the entire "liberal element" of the state, including as much of the German population as possible, together with all the brewery workers, bartenders, saloon keepers employes in bottling plants and bottle manufactures, the allied brewery organization has now turned its attention to t'h farmers of the state and is sending them a lefTer urging them to support the brewers in their fight against the election of the Republican state ticket. The plea is made that if the liqimr intcrests arc destroyed through the county local option raw the farmers' market for timber and grain Will be wrecked. It is the farmers of Indiana principally who (have strong temperance views, and who are standing b the Republican state ticket. The Republican leaders cliarge that there are misrepresentations in the brewery circular; that statistics show where county local option occupies a place on the statute lxoks and counties have voted dry that markets for grain and timber have not been destroyed. The grain and timber sold by the farmers, it is maintained, has been turned into other channels where there has been as ready a demand. Letter to the Farmers. The letter which the brewery inter

AUTOMOBILE BREAKS DOWN.

Congressman Watson Reaches LaPorte in Safety However "Old Shady Quartet Loses Out. Enroute to LaPorte from this city Monday ahennoon the "automobile carrying Congressman Watson driven by F. H. Kuhn4 broke down near Walkerton. The speaker was carried to LaPorte in the C. A. Bondurant auto, which -was carrying the "Old Shady" Quartet. The quartet walked to Walkerton whre they took the L. E. & W. train to Michigan City, being forced to abandon the LaPorte meeting. The accident consisted of a broken chain. Visit Rochester Schools. Supts. R. A. Randall, of Plymouth, A. A. Hughart of Valßaraiso, E. B. Gibbs of North Manchester, and J. C. Werner of Rochester, spent Wednesday visiting Rochester public schools. After visitation a "Raund Table" meeting was held. The i members of the dub meet twice a year for inspection of schools nd discussion of such educational questions as will be of mutual benefitTheir desire is to rJse the standard f the schools under their charge. The visitors and Prof. Reagan were entertained at dinner by Supt. A. L. Wtohmer. Rochester Republican. BREÜE1S AFTER CANDIDATE CARR CHALMER'S DESPATCH GIVES ACCOUNT OF ENMITY OF LIQUOR MEN. Candidate for Prosecutor Aided in Securing a Remonstrance in His County. The Chalmer's Despatch, where Mr. Carr formerjy resided, eias, the following to say of this fearless temperance man. Attorney Reuben R Carr. Republican candidate for prosecuting attorney for the 41st-judicial district, and for over twenty-five jears of his life a resident o!f Chalmers is having a battle to the finish with the whiskey element of that district in his race for prosecuting attorney. The brewery interests are leaving no stone unturned ta defeat him at the coming election iwcll knowing that if elected there will be a house-cleaning in so far as they are concerned, at least. These people in their determination to Tiave a prosecutor friendly to their evil deeds in a possible hour of reck--ning at the courts of justice stop at no insinuations derogatory to the -haracter of -Mr. Carr, calling on their booze friends of White county to help them find something against Mr. Carr that they could magnify from a molehill to a mountain, and turn the tide of public opinion from him, even spreading the report that prior to going to Akron he was friendly to the brewers cause in his home county. These cowardly assaults upon Mr. Carr are unwarranted and. without a fabric of truth and are made for the sole purpose of turning from him tfce temperance vote. $ For over twenty-five years he wai a resident of this place and no man young or old commanded more respect than did he. Instead of casting his lot with the bum element of this community he was always to be found on the other side fighting for the right and better things of life. It was almost wholly through the instrumentality of Reuben R. Carr and Geo. W. King .that a remonstrance was lodged against Michael Dwane in 1905 and had it not been for a few weaklings vho withdrew from the remonstrance Chalmers would have gone dry long before it did. ' iMr. Carr is square as a die and straight as a string rnd the good people of the 41st will be doing themselves an injustice if they fail to elect him. ests, as a part of thefr fight against temperance reform, are sending to the. farmers is as follows: Mr. Farmer: Like every respectable man, you are surely interested in, rhe temperance problem. You certainly are a friend of moderation, sobriety and good order. Most people are temperate in the use of alcoholic beverages and some helieve in total abstinence. Unhappily, there Sre aJso some who are intemperate in their habits and intemperance ts great evil, which if not destroyed altogether, should be reduced ta a minimum. It can be done in course of time by moral suasion and social pressure, but it can not be done by prohibitive legislation. So far all statistics show thaft prohibitive legislation has resulted in increasing drunkenness and in corrupting and demoralizing public and political life. In Maine, where they have had prohibition for nearly sixty years, the yearly number of arrests for drunkenness is twenty-five for each 1,000 inhabitants; in Indiana, where saloons are licensed, the number is only seventeen. In Kansas, where 4hey have had prohibition for nearly a quarter of a century, the total number of ar(Continued to pase 8.)

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