Plymouth Tribune, Volume 9, Number 22, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 March 1910 — Page 9

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PLYMOUTH TRIBUNE SUPPLEMENT PLYMOUTH. INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3. 1910.

GRUBE SELLS HARDWARE . INTERESTS

FIRM WILL CONTINUE UNDER NAME OF MARKS AND HARLEY. Deal Took Effect on March 1 Grube Retains Interest in Stove Manufacture. .Another imoTtant business leal took effect Tuckiy March 1. when Harry E. Grube disposed of his interest in the Hardware firm of Marks, Grube and Harley, to the other two pardners. Mr. (Vrnbe. however, retains his interest in the Plymouth Rock Steel Range Manufacturing Co., which was established by the firm. The interest of Mr. Grube was disposed of at invoice ,yrice. Mr. Grube lins not vet decided what bu sines i he will connect his interests with, but will probably remain in Plymouth. SPECIAL VENIRE. To Try the Ness Versus Walker Mandate Case Thursday Fifteen New Jury Men. Jury commissioner Michael Ryan, J. P. Ray artd county clerk J. C. Whit?sell met Wedneslhy and drew a special venire of 1." names, or iitryment in the Xess versus Walker court house i nandate case, which will be reached bv the court Thursday. The special venire consists of the following: David C. ?nvith, Center township; Daniel Drown. Bourhon tp ; Solomon P. Zoder, Bourbon tp; Warren McFarlin, West tp: Wm. C. Foltz, German tp; John Wick. izer. Walnut tp: Edward Ranken, North tp : John Brock Center to; Geo. E. Machlan, Center tp; Frank Albert, Xorth tp: Wm. J. Pike, West tp; Alexander Dinsmore. Union tp: James II. Hooker. Walnut; Wm. H. Foulke. TVurbon tp: Chas H. Inks, Xorth township. Music is Rank Poison. "Wagner is bad for youths; he is fatal to women." This was the remarkable declaration made on one occasion by Frederich Xicitzesche, the Gen. an philosopher. It epitomizes the accusation which lias rcccntlv been reiterated in some quarters with much emphasii,: that . the works of 'some of the greatt-r composers the world has known exercise an exceedingly baleful and r.tangerous influence over persons of certain temperaments. In tact. Nietzsche himself once a Wagnerite compares this kinc of music to a subtle poison a ting on hrain and nerves. The number of suicides attributed directly to the so-called "ioi.son music" is quite remarkable. The victims arc invariably women who have come under the influence of what Xietzsche called the "unwholesome decedent" musical system of Wagner. Within a month five, as Xietzsche calls them have plaved Tschaikowsky's "Surer fie Symphony" and risen from the piano to find death by their own hands. And because Tsvnaikowsky was such a consummate and refined artist, it appears that the quintessence of this poison is la beled the "Sixth Symphony". Like an alchemist of old. he was suffocated by the fumes of his own retort. It takes time for this subtle poison to act fatally time and fanatical surrender to its power. St Louis Globe-Democrat. Men's Class Organized. A Men's Teachers Trainin Class, was organized in the of fice of Dr. G. Hitchcock Tuesday evening. Sixteen men from vari ous denominations were present anil formeil the organization which elected the following offi cers : President G. F. Hitchcock, Secretary Ralph J. Leonard. Instructor. Rev. E. C. Wareinj Meetings will be heM in the re ception room of the Hitchcock office, every Tuesday at 7 o'clock P. M. AH men of the city are in vited to join.

HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT.

Miss Lois Humrichouser Mets Painful Injury While Visiting in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Humrichotiser, have received news of the injury of their daughter Miss Lois, which was caused in an automobile accident in El Paso Texas, where Miss HuniTichouser has Ibeen visiting with friends for the past couple of weeks. The report is, that whilc enjoying an auto ride, the rear axle of the machine broke, throwing the occupants of the car. Miss Hutmrichouser was picked up unconscious ami sustained a gash on the face, besides ibad bruises. Inwood Items. Mrs. Charles Hire and children are visiting with relatives here for a week. A number of girls spent StincTav with Miss Marie Switzer, celebrating her thirteenth birth -dav. Inwood is supposed to be a "drv" town, but it is far from it. Citizens do get your eyes open to this awful fa'ct. Arthur Sharpie and family were Bourlyon callers yesterday. Mrs. Fred Switzer is visiting friends at Bojurb'on. Vamler Rice is very low, with tuberculosis. Roll Switzer returned to his his work at Elkhart Wednesday morning after a few xflays visit at home. Mrs. D. F. Warnacut and daughter made a business trip to Plymouth Monday. Mr. Fred Boulby and family spent a couple ,of days here -with friends last week. v Revival meetings' are going on at Richlan! church' 'now. Mrs. Jess Miller and Mrs. Rosa Gilpin of Hobart visited here last week. Gail Caslow is verv ill with lung fever.. . John Tones and family spent Stimtay with Pert Mann's. Miss I'essie Iiell returned to Ft. Wavne yesterday after spend ing Sunday with her parents. Mrs. M. Lrews is on the sick list. Miss Delia Warnacut spent Sunday at Bourbon with her relatives and friends. Give Dinner Party. A dinner party was given Ti!cday4 by Mrs W. -W. Sponsler and Miss Sarah Pershing at the former's home on "East Laporte street The guests Jcing Mrs. G. G. Ive, .Mr.?. David Sponsler. Mrs. Theodore Sponsler and Mrs. Tom Spons'ler. hey being sister-in-laws to Mrs. W. W. Sponsler and intimatt -friends of Miss Pershing. The i"rls report an enjoyable time. Mrs. David Sponsler who has been visiting her "daughter Mrs. Delhert Bryan and other, relatives since Christmas returned! to her home today, accompat. ed by Mrs W. W. Sponsler and her aunt Mrs. Botset. Enters Hospital. Miss Ctjloe Zencc left for Chicago Wedne-dr.v where vie nil1 enter a hospital. Miss Zcnce recently returned fron S i-th Bcid where she underwent treatment. Her entrance to "the Chicago hospital, was made possibly bv the assistance of a number of friends, whom she wishes to sincerely thank, through the Tribune. Street Railway Quits Business. All the cars of the street milway system at Washington. Ind., were run into the barn last nigfht and may never he operated again flue to a disagreement over the nrice of motive power. Suit will be started at one to annul the company's franchise. Disposing of Horsethief Band. The first convictions of a band of six alleged horsethieves came up at Marion with Chas. Ferguson and Harn Im el pleaded guiltv in the circuit court vesterday. They operated extensivelv through Indiana and Ohio. The other four members of the rang are in jail at Bluff ton and Peru, Ind. Child's Assailant Gets Life Term Homer F,ngle. aged 21 of Winamae. was Friday 'sentenced to life imprisonment for having at tacked Mary Masters, ajrel 10, of near -Monterey. Engle was Vonvicted (miainly tliirouglh the evidence of Christian Master, a red 7. brother of the little girl, who witnessed the assault, which

occurred on May 13, 1909.

HUMAN WEAKNESS VS. WHISKY. V. T. Kirk. The following poem, written by our fellow townsman, V. P. Kirk was handed us by Dr. Aspinall of the Horton and As'pinal: Sanitarium. It speaks for itself.

Give me sobriety or give me death. Intoxication is damnation at best. Drunkenness is a raging, wide, deep sea, Xo bounds, no depth, a pit in eternity Filled with disease, degeneracy and' woe. Where countless thousands of -drinkers go. - Miserable and wretched is a drinker's life, Xever in ease, but in hell and strife. Wasting his substance on the desert air. Who cares for him there, who'll care for him there? Sadder, more sorrowful than words could tell Js the man who walks on the verge of hell. Filled with poison, reeking with sin, The effect of whisky, or beer, or gin. Intoxicating drinks madden the brain, They madden and dethrone they drive insane. They eat out the stomach, use up the purse, Man has no enemy that could be worse. Intoxicating drinks with fiendish delight. Take from the drinker everything in sight; They rob him of purse then filch 'his good name. Then laugh him to scorn and leave him to shame. If men who 'drink would think of what follows To health, to family and loss of dollars. Would this help even one to break the spell, That's killing self artd a family as well? ' There are men who drink when they're in trouble. But the wind-up is. their cares all double: When the young man drinks he's thoughtless and dazed, Unmindful of those whom whisky has crazed: Whisky's respect is for 'the "stuff" you've got, It kicks and "bounces" the penniless "sot:" Xor child, nor home, nor character, nor wife. Escape the death dregs with which it is rife. It's -poison, it's disease, it's death to all, Under its blows every drinker must fall: It steals, it robs, it murders too.

It "floors" the many as well as the few. It burns up the living and diserts the dead, , Puts rags on children; gives a stone for bread; It robs the farmer of wheat, oats and corn. Inoculates children before they're horn; It charms the young with its satanic spell The' are recruits fcr its consuming hell; Whisky builds on the ruins of victims, ; It disregards law and all court dictums. . ' Its feast means hunger of defenseless ones, Its coffers are filled bv fathers and sons:

-Its diamonds and matins denule-the child. . Whose mother perhaps, it has just defiled; All, it feeds oil the bloot.ll of the nation And itwrecks homes and the soul's salvation Its strength is mans weakness on which it Its courage is poison with which it lays.

O, if Irinking men would just think, think, think. Their worst enemy is drink, drink, drink.

ASSESSORS ADOPT SCALE r

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Meeting Held at Court House Tuesday at Which Final Instructions were Given by County Assessor W. T. Leonard -Valuations are Decided.

Armed with their assessments sheets, the township asscssers of the ten towmhips, of Marshal! county, and their assiaits, start ed their work of assessing the property of the county tor taxation Tuesday. AH property owned on March 1st. will be enteret for taxation. The township assess rs and deputies, met in the court house, yesterday afternoon for final instruction by county assessor W. T. Leonard. In addition to the assessment sheets, the assessors received yei.ow sheets of paper legal cap size on which the statement of owners and renters of property to the assessors will be noted for statistical j)urjMses only anl no; for taxation. This shcet contains fifty questions in addition to twelve general rjucstions, whereas blank Formerly .used Iconttiinetf sixtyeight questions in addition to the twelve questions. . These blanks have to do with land, crops, cattle, hogs, chickens horses, sheep, vegetables and fruits. On the reverse side is an extract from the law an 1' instruc tions Assessment Rates. At the meeting of the assessors Tuesday. the following schedule for "asesnient of property in Marshall conir.ty was adopted: Farm Product. The following was -Iccepted as a basis of assessment n the farm products for the year B10 cm the t rst -day of March : -Wheat j 9 .80 i r.rn Rye

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plays, IN Oai;; Potatoes Harley Ciovei.'Ced 0 Ti;no;hy eed I, Flax seed 1. Clover hay (I Timothy X I 'aeon, per lb Lard, per lb Wool, per lb Wine, per gallon Tobacco, marketi price March Maple syrup, per gal Sorghum, per gallon Ice, per ton AO 00 J,0 00 .00 10 10 '0 10 l. ! 10 :o Live Stock. Horses Mrst class road horse, one hundred and fiftv to nvohnndred vJollars; first-class team of roadsters, three hundred and fifty to four hundred and fifty dollars; first-jlass farm horse, one hun . Ved to one hundred and fifty dol'ars; first class two year olds, from seventy- dive to one hund.ed. stallions, from five h'undred to five thousand dollars: registered mares, four hundred dollars; grade? stallions, from two hundred to four hundred dollars; first-class- race horses, from five Kundre.1 dollars upward: Shetland ponies, from seventy-five to one hundred and twenty-five doll ars: Shetland co-Its, from twentyfive to forty dollars. Mules. Jacks, two -hundred an-1 fifty to five Imndrel dollars; first-class mules, from one hundred to one Inn ml red ami fifty dollars; two year olds from seventy-five to one hundred dollars yearlinris, from fifty to seven-ty-five 'dollars. Cattle Registered bulls inservice, from fifty dollars upward , registered caws, from forty doll

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twenty to forty dollars: all kinds of stock and fat cattle at market price March 1. 1010. Sheep-r-Rcgistered sheep, from ten to twenty-dtallars ; fat sheep and lambs. Market price March 1 1010; all other sheep from four to ten dollars per head. (oats One to six dollars pet head. Hogs Registered hogs, from ten dollars- upward; common brood sows, from eight to fifteen -dollars; fat hogs, market price March 1, 1010. IYniltry Three ilbllars ' per dozen ; fine blooded poultry, two dollars per single bird and upward: turkeys, five dollars per dozen. "Section 00. Every person re. quired by this act to make or deliver such statement, or schedule shall set fortli, etc., all bonds, notes, mortgages, accounts, demands, claims, and other indebtedness owning to such person, etc. Every such article should be liste J and described with sufficient particularity to identify the same when such article is, discovered in any public record. The character and face value of the township assessors to determine whether or not the actual value shall be extended for assesment ; that is, whether the article comes within an excepted class or not. The County P.oard of Review has original jurisdiction for the purpose of assessment of shares of stock in 'banks organized in this State. All shares of running sto'ck of building and loan associations held by individuals should be assessed by the township assessor at item 0 personal property, credits. All paid up air! prepaid stock of building and loan associations treated as money loaned to the association or on deposit, and should be listed by the township assessors at item 7 of personal property chattels. All shares. of stock in foreign corporations, other banks. arH nil shares of other corporations organized under the laws of the Stale, when fhe property of such corporation is not exempt by some law, or isi not taxable to the corjoration itself, should be listed and assessed by. the township assessor at item 8 of personal property chattels. The County Board of Review has original jurisdiction for the assessment of the stock of domestic corporations where not otherwise provide J bv law. The State Hoard of Tax Commissioner has original jurisdiction for the assessment of the property of certain domestic and certain foreign corporations, except certain tangible property which is to be assessed by the township assessor of the taxing district wherein such property is located. The stock of such corporation is not to be listed by the township assessor. Notfvith stand ing the State BoanVp'f Tax com mrssioncrs assess the property of certain foreign corporations, yet the capital stock of such corporations is assessable' in the hands of the owner residing in the State and it is the duty of the township assessor to list and assesor the same at item 8 of personal propcrtpy chattels. The county assessor, stated to the township assessors that Household furniture and Musical instruments have ifirherforc been assesse d too low.' The assessors were instructed to visit in person or by proxy an! assess at true cash value. Planted Over 3.000,000 Trees. nie Pennsylvania Railroad company has planted .T.-1S?,1S( trees since it undertook forestry work on a comprehensive scale. This is. brought out in a report just issued bv the forester of railroad. Tn lf)00 alone more than a million vrees were planted on tracts of ilhnd along tihe company's right of way. Prior Ho last year the Pennsylvania's forestry ouerations were confined to a lrmrte'tll (area betjwedn Philadelphia and Altoona. To Save Babies Eyes. The Indiana legislature will he asked by the state board of health to- pass a hilf which will provide protection for the eyes of ncwlv born 1abies at itv 1010 session. Jn speaking of the neglect on the part of many of the thvsic?ans of the state to protect the eves of newly born babies. Dr. Cleore MacCov, inre-sMent of the state Ixnrd of health, said that twentv-five per cent of the blintness in the State has been traced to this neglect by the state board.

HOME INDUSTRIES. If all of the wages which are earned in the city ot Plymouth, were spent with the business men and industries of this citv, Ply mouth would soon be a booming city, and its growth would be fa:4t, and prosperous. It is a conservative estimation, that the Plymouth money which is now spent out-of-itown, every year, would easily support twelve more business houses in the city. We believe that the newspaper men of Me city, are the only ones who realize the amount of traffic, to South Bend and Chicago from Plymouth, for the purposes of spendintg Plymouth money in those cities. The answer is "We have a larger, stock co choose from." Perhaps true, but if you spent your money with the local merchants, in a short time, they would be able to increase their stocks, and keep increasing them, with increased local patronage. Taught in School. We believe thait the patronage of home industries is a form of patriotism. Patriotism for your home town, to see it thrive, and grow. With an increase of wealth comes beauty, new buildings, prettier stredts, a prettier home for the business man, increased wages and more comfort and prettier home for the laboring man. There seems to be no near relief from the evil of "spending money out of town-," because of the fact that children in the public schools of the city are taught ami! encouraged to ignore the local merchants. Some day these students will be business men, and women, in Illytmoutity or some other place, and then they will realize what the out of town patronage means. We believe that home patronage, should be taught in the 'schools, as a form (if patriotism. The instructors should realize that their wages are paid by taxation of the people in the location .where they are employed, and it seems that they owe thalt much to their patron. Kor the past three years the gra-.IIuates of the locail high school have secured their graduation invitations from out-of-town firms. The order was given to traveling representatives, -who appear before the class early in the year, ami close a contract with a committee of three or four, for the invitations. We state with absolute confidence that any local printery could furnish the invitations, at the same or lower charge, than does the out of town firm. As an example, the class this year pays 7 cents apiece for their invitations. Over 000 invitations will be taken. Figuring on the same kind of invitations which the class has ordered, the Tribune will say that we could furnish that amount of invitations at G cents apiece, and make a higher per cent of profit than we have ever charg-cd students. A little foresight.' by the prtudents, or-.-a word of suggestion by their instructors, would have informed them that the expenses of the traveling man at from $7 to .$10 per xüay has to be paid by someone, besides the profit which the house must realize from the work which is not a low one. Barring one or two years, for the past eTght year, up to 190S, graduation invitations were secured of local firms, and with complete satisfaction. Xo local firm would seek to make a high profit off its own children, often supplying work without profit. The local newspapers especially should lend all of their aid in assisting the local schools, and encourage children to attend school and complete a good education. In return it would seem that there should be some provision made to check the education of stulents to "go to the city" for "something swell." The idea applies not only to the printing offices, but every local institution. "Buy it at home, if at all jwssible," should be the motto off every patriotic citizen. Women for Police Force. Mayor Shank of Indianapolis. announced yesterday that he will make an effort to have women appointed to the police force of Indianapolis. The mayor's plans is to place women in the downtown districts to clear the streets of objectionable characters. Moves to Tiosa. Wilson HufTer and family left for Tios-a Wednsdriy where Mr. Wilson opened' a barber ohop, and will reside there. He recently sold his shop in the basement Sf the Marshall County Trust Bank to Orval Leslie.

TO PENSION THE INDIAN MIUTIA SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR IS FACTOR FOR BILL.

Home Committee Has Completed Investigation Part Taken Home Guard. Washington, March 2. Several bills are pending in congress to give a military status as of the service of the United States to the officers and men of the state militia and other military organizations called into service during civil war by the governors of the various states. The object of rhis proposed legislation is, of course, to give a pensionable status to such troops. There were, as is well known, many persons engaged-in some way irtlie war of the rebellion as m'emlbers of state militia, home guards and other state military organizations who were not regularly enlisted and mustered into the rnflrtary service df the United States. These men. Avere called out and served in various emergencies during the war. The border states and northern states, in which hostilities actually occurred, were the scenes of the operations of these bodies of -militia. Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and Delaware furnished mtany suth troops. The committee on pensions of the senate lias just completed' ax careful investigation as to the service rendered by these "home guards" with the view of finally disposing of the bills that are pending. Whether this commit tee will recommend tniat such a military status will be given these troops that will entitle them to pensions has not yet been decided. The committee is of the opinion that "-if any legislation of this character is enacted it should be exten-Jed to include all troops " of this description, instead of giv;. ing a pensionable status to some particular company of organization Organization of Indiana Militia. The committee holds that the InVliana legion and minute men should be recognized in any legislation o'f this character. In reporting on the part the Indiana State Militia took in the war the senate committee shows that the Indiana militia was organized unJer 'an act of the legislature approved 'May 11, 1861, and was called the Indiana legion. The law provided, that the organization of the legion, complete, should be that of a single army corps with two divisions of nine brigades. This organization, the committee says, embracing the whole .state, was not," however, completed or maintained. In 'the central anl northern parts of the state, where there was little or no" danger of" raids, the Indiana legion r was either not organized, or. if organized, was not maintained; and therefore, amounted to nothing. Some of the northern and cen tral companies of the 'legion turned otft in the Morgan raid in July 1S0.1, but with this exception they pcrformeJ little or no duty during the war. In the southern counties of the state, the senate committee says, the case was different, and1 it was there that the active aw energetic organization of tin militia was maintained. The committee points out that Kentucky, just across the Ohio river, was made free use of by the enemy" during the whole war, and that state was a 'favorite recruiting rendezvous for the southern army. It was also infested with guerrilfa parties, says the senate committee, and was overrun with marauding' banJs, always intent and ready to pounce upon and plunder unprotected communities of Unionists, north or south. Hence the necessity for maintaining an efficient force of militia in Indiana along the whole river border. The committee's report says that the active Indiana legion consisted of First to the Twelfth inclusive, a regiment from Jennings county improperly numbered the Ninth, and an unnumberctl regrment from Crawford county. New League Nears Organization The organization of the Indi-Ära-Mrchiga Baseball League, which now consists of Kendallvillo. Goshen. Gary, Elkhart and Niles, will be completed -when Berrien Siprings, Mich., and Laoortc or Peru, Ind, St. Josvtph, Benton Harbor or Dowagiac, Mich., are awarded! franchises.