Star-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 September 1911 — Page 3

FKIPA*. SEPTEMBER 1, 1#11.

STAR. DEM OCR AT.

PACE THREE’.

ALL DECLARE IT

cloudy and cool, an ideal day for *ork. It is no disparagment of the work of the institute to say that the GREAT INSTITUTE music each day is no snap, and the

TK W HEKN AND VISITORS I'NITE IN HOLDINO PRESENT SESSION THE EQUAL OF ANY EVER HELD.

COURT ROOM TOO SMlll

VACATION Tit IS NEARINC END

end of the strenuous week has found the teachers rather tired, though all agree that the work has been excel-

lent.

Thursday afternoon there were a number of specialities on the musical program. Miss Marquis played’another of her violin solos, much to the

delight of all present. The men’s

chorus again made a hit with a few I

minutes work. The singing of the>s e Trny nrp|||P CCDTCftlDCDII gentlemen, considering that they had! I ^nm DluIRu uCrlLnlDLn I I

but five or ten minutes for work, was

SCHOOL CHILDREN PLANNING TO OET BACK TO STUDIES IN THE CITY PUBLIC SfHOOLSHO» THE dVOUNG FOLKS

RECKON.

remarkable. The Misses Metzger, of

It is now time to judge, compara- ^THmore, sang several duets, and

lively, the merits of the present teachers’ institute. All, teachers and visitors, unite in declaring that it is one of the best ever held. The interest and enthusiasm have been of the best throughout. The music has been of a high order and the lectures of Dr. Moran have attracted wide attention. His series of talks upon the characters of the presidents is spoken of as one of the most interesting series ever given

they were warmly applauded. Mr. Maxwell sang Riley’s "There Little Lirl Don t Cry,” In a masterly way. Altogether the music was the best of

any session of the institute.

I>r. Moran continued his enlightening talks upon the manner in which our country secured its constitution. He spoke of the part played in the adoption of the instrument by the great men of the different states. He called special attention to the work

here. The literature work under j of Hamilton, Franklin, and WashingSenator Tilden has also been sue-! ton for the constitution and other cessful. men against it. He pointed out that The rain Thursday morning did most of ,h '’ objections were due to not in any way dampen the enthusi-! ,ho f '‘nr of one man power from asm The teachers were on hand and , " iiich they hud just escaped. Altothe work started with the usual vim.! aether the talks upon the constituWednesday afternoon was momor- ,ion ,iav <' 'icon the most enlightening able for many things. It was at this | of any lectures heard here in a long time that Mr. Maxwell made his first hi* 110 - attempt to organize a male chorus i Professor Tilden devoted his porand the results secured in the few ] iod to a discussion of “Sorrow as a moments work were remarkable., Source of Beauty.” using Keats as There were other musical features, | an illustration. among them being the playing of a ft remained, however, for the last duet by the two little sons of Mr. day to bring out fully the broad Maxwell. Miss Marquis, who had! scope of Dr Moran’s teaching. In charmed all with a violin solo in the | his series of talks upon the duties morning, was urged to play again in J of citizenship, he made statements i the afternoon, but her vfoffn was not i that should have been heard by j in condition, the strings having been ! every voter in the county. Dr. Moran' aftected by the dampness. | is more than usually conversant Senator Tilden’s talks in the aft- with the inside of politics. He thor-

The shortest day in the year is Sept. 10. The longest day is Sept. 11. This is according to the reckoning of about 1000 school children of Ureencastie. School begins Monday, Sept. 11, just thirteen days from today and the children are now going to bed to dream of stern school inarms, tangling and perplexing problems in arithmetic, a maze of imaginary lines sepearating political divisions of countries, a synthesis Of hard words to spell, nntt a confusion of dates of battles and great events of history, intricacies of grammar, and topped over by that big bogey bogey man, deportment. Already the display windows of

RATS CARRY DISEASE.

Systematic Effort Should Be Made to Exterminate Rodents.

SEVERAL ARE MAKINC KICKS

THAN OK THE TWO WATER TROUGHS—D HI VERS AND OTH-

ERS AMONG THE LIST

That infection from rats may develop into one of the most serious questions in the state within a few years is the assertion of Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, who has returned from an extended trip through the Pacific Coast States. Dr. Hurty’s assertion was inspired by visits at laboratories of the marine hospitals at San

Francisco.

In these laboratories the rat prob-

lem of the coast is being threshed out, according to the state health officer. More than ten tons of rodents have been examined by health officers in the fight to stamp out the

bubonic plague on the coast. Today few rats examined show-

signs of the dreaded infection.! 1,1 ,ro "Kh s > as selected by the City

IItir'd Basket Meeting.

The basket meeting given by the old Baptists at the home of Vermandus Hurst. Sunday, Aug. 20, was a decided success, both spiritually and socially. It was estimated that there j were between four and five hundred I people present. At the noon hour the 75-foot table fairly groaned with the

SEVERAL CITIZENS ARE COM- Kood things to eat which the ladies PLAINING OF THE NEW LOCA- of the community and surrounding

PROBABLY HAVE NO EFFECT

Among the last 20,000 rats examined none has shown plague grems. The examination of thousands of rodents has shown other things as fully important to the American public and to citizens of Indiana as the eradiction of the plague according to Dr. Hurty. The rodents show virulent symptoms of liver troubles, tuberculosis, kidney troubles, cancer and tumors. Here is where the Indiana rat comes into the question,

said Dr. Hurty.

The little animals of the Hoosier state are just as full of disease as

country had prepared and when all of this company had eaten, it w«s like feeding the five-thousand on the five loaves and two fishes. There was plenty left to have fed the whole crowd again. It was a day long to be remembered by all present. The sermons preached by Brother Cornelius Airharf. of Roaohdale. both morning and evening, were excellent. and it was good to be there.

The new location of the two wa- We b, ' ,lpve lf were more of

these kinds of meetings held the pople would be all the better for it. The writer urges that the different denominations of this community and the surrounding communities have more of these kind, and invite our sister churches to meet with us as brother and sister Vermandus

Council, is causing much and many kicks. A number of the citizens are complaining of the location selected for the trough which formerly stood at the side of the Owl Drug Store. The council ordered it to be placed about one block south of its former

location and at the south end of the * H ' lrst d’' 1 ' ,b( ' n WG a ’' wi '* bG bene-

several of the downtown store 1 ' are the western rats, he believes. The harbingers of the first day of school. I Question which the country must Slice stores are showing big thick! solve wi,bl n the next few years, hr soled shoes for the husky Tads and. 1 said, is whether human beings of low heeled- wellmade shoes for the| America are contracting these most girls, who are also none to gentle on j dreaded diseases from rats, the pedal coverings in these days. I Every new building being conSchool clothes adorn the clothing j stmeted in San Francisco today Is windows, caps and the popular rah,] rat proof, according to Dr. Hurty. rah. rah. felt hats are taking (lie; Rat catchers are busy throughout

place of the straw hats, and school books, pencils, tablets, and other

fitted by it.

Mary Masten, Amo, Ind.

Railroad Accidents.

We are often reminded in lugubrious statistics and heated orations that American railroads are peculiarly .deadly to their passengers. We are told of the superior safety of Eu-

ernoon were upon American authors. In the first he contrasted Longfrllow and Whittier and in the second spoke of Lowell and made a study of

the “Vision of Sir Launfal.”

Dr. Moran discussed the presidents from Lincoln to Taft. He declared that Cleveland was the greatest president of the period, and

oughly believes, however, that politics can be no better than the masses of the citizens who by their votes make politics possible. He showed in his talks on Friday morning, the essential weakness In all our government from rse nation to

new fangled equipment.

The first day of school will have ali its usual strangeness. The old school rooms in some of the buildings will be like new. Strange faces w-ill be seen in the teaching depart ment, new schoolmates will occupy

the desks and the whole first dav j does not fight rats is neglecting one will be one of wonder. Following! of the means at its command to fight the usual routine of opening the disease.”—Warren Review. students will get down to good solid! —

work The high school there will, be the usual stir among the young j

fire station. Teamsters are complaining of the site selected for the other. The site selected by the City Couneil for the last mentioned trough is on Market street between Columbia and Franklin streets. The complaint against the location near the Fire Department is that it will interefere with runs of

the fire wagons on South Indiana ro l» , ’ an Travel; and not infrequently Street; that the teams standing at we aro ,old ,hat drastic government the trough and the entering supervision or even government owntho alley to take their place at the °rship Is necessary to put an end to city scales, soon to be installed, will the slaughter of passengers by the greatly interefere with traffic. They | 8teel highways of America, say that South Indiana street is TbG contrast between American used by more teams than any street; and European railroading is just a

_j. . ,, , .“.J 7” 7! in the city. shade more than half true. The dethe city at all hours of the day and ^ ,

The complaint against the placing auctions from it are not true at all. of tlie other trough on Market Two-fifths of the American railroads street is made mostly by drivers of have as good a record as the rail-

wagons. They say that it is an out-of-the-way place and will necessitate them driving one block and some times two, to get to it. However, the council says that the square and Immediately adjoining streets are to be places of beauty, so there is little rhnnee of the cites

being re-ehosen.

night.

“They have learned a lesson out there,” said Dr. Hurty, “and we of Indiana will he compelled to learn the same lesson some day if things go on as they have. The rats in this state are as full of disease as those of the coast. The community that

Growing Quite Feeble.

the township, the forgetfulness of i men to get ready for football, the

The Orowfordsville Journal says

the general good in the contempla-. Kr pat fall spor* There are no new, . TncI) , ,j ilnlnie ” Gordon, who eelc

brought out strongly the character- ( | on n f personal and selfish inter-j courses ente'-ed this year, -tit there! brated his ninety-seventh birthday istics of Garfield. Hays and Harri p Sts Frem the tariff to local option, are n number of strange faces in tli 0Q Iune J4 is grHwing qulte f eeb | 0

THEY ARE SURELY POSERS

roads of Europe in the matter of safety—and an infinitely better rec-

ord in most other things.

There is one American railroad system which comprises 17,960 miles of rails. In the year 1910 it carried 49,491,000 passengers. Counting the average distance of journey, this was equivalent to carrying 30,000,000.000 passengers one mile each. It was almost exactly ten per cent, of the entire railroad passenger traffic of the United States.! Yet in 1910 this system did not cost the life of u single

passenger.

son. Of the Indianian he said that j f roin t | !P public building to the la-. faculty.

If you think that it is easy to se-

! and bis relatives fear that he may cure nnal ‘’Itizenship papers, you This, mark you. was achieved un- ! not recover. He is confined to his hbou, ' , be 1,1 The circuit der “American conditions.”—those

his campaign speeches were among 1PMt uaval monstrosity, he showed! the best ever delivered and marked | ,nat the whole matter of indecent '

him aR “ PUDIH- expense, i-”" 1 , LHTV HO AU MIH«» urun... , Prs , Mrs Samantha Sanders, wh

Harrison, the speaker believed, |)U t,lic carelessness of general peon-j , rPsidpB on |he Mack farm about flvo Some questions will be asked, which would rank higher and higher * as j omic , nUll .. waB based in individual j mlle( . gouth ()f thjs cJf} . on ‘ th(< I)in , •< is dollars to doughnuts, very few the years passed. -.cupidity and local selfishness. The ( Thpre 8ee|n8 to h e some confusion ! ville road. His illness Is due more to cou,d answor ' lf

ever delivered and mark-d t , lat thP whole matter of indecent TUCID CillDV »»ed at the home of one of his daugh , " hen ' h '‘ H " !l1 examination of, mysterious things which are so often a man of unusual ability. ; pubIif . PM)Pn s 0 . public graft and |j\yy JU | ntln oPLAnl ters M rs Samantha Sanders wh a number of applicants will be held.' invoked at the inquest. It was achiev-

I

! among the

teachers of Putnam L oni „ ty lhan to any Iiarticular ail _ d °n’T believe it, just see

Dr. Moran was unusually happy in ( ofb( . Pr C0)1 i(} except in rare referring to Roosevelt and Taft. il'’j ( . a8es be better than the average of declared that it was not yet time to (hp community that continually say the last W’ord in regard to Mr. brought pressure to bear to secure Roosevelt. He was still very much various p Pr80 nal and selfish ends.

alive, and showed unusual recur,'ra- p rofpssor Tilden spoke of the j the laBt day of September. The fol- (I

tive powers. One could only wait and j novel a „ a form, and illustrated from Iowinff ig a statement from Charles thf , ^ ^ , 8 ab o Ut a olde^

county as to the examinations Be- pient.

sides the examinations already held., 0n p r id a y, July 14, at the home there will be one on the last Satur- - of big daug - htor be C pj pb rated his day on August and yet another on ninety-seventh birthday. |

see. Of Taft he remarked that he had

the work of Victor Hugo, calling at-

been two men, one man the first year and an altogether different •nan daring the special session of Congress. Dr. Moran has been so eminently fair in the treatment of ..I! the

presidents that many guesses have j Hivpg eczema, itch or salt rheum

been made as to his politics. ! sets you crazy. Can’t bear the touch! obRPrV e that this act amends section

tention to the titanic characters created ,and to the optimism of the entire attitude toward life, evil though the lives portrayed were.

A. Greathouse, State Superintendent than Uncle Johnny Hn , et of Dar .l

in regard to the wages of the teach-

ers in this state;

"Some confusion has arisen concerning the minimum wages of the teachers due to the reading of S. B. 212, page 131, Arts of 1911. You will

lington, who recently eeienrafed his

how

many of the following questions you

can answer;

What is the president of the Unit-

ed States?

How is he elected? Is lie elected or appointed? What are the presidential electors? How are they selected? What, is the term of the president

ed with out “government ownership” —that panacea so often proclaimed from the platform The triumph of this great system was won through discipline, safety devices, and plain common-sense. It can be duplicated anywhere by the same commonplace things.—George L Knapp, in Septem-

ber Lippincott’s.

T. C. Grooms, who has been a rather regular visitor at the sesKions, Wednesday presented a basket of fruit to the musicians and instructors which was much appreciated and was eaten with relish at one of the rest periods.The first period after the music Thursday morning was used by Attorney Murphy, of Grcencastle, who spoke to the teachers upon the nature of the profession of teaching. Mr. Murphy pointed out that teaching was one of the most important professions in the whole iist, that upon efficient teaching depended not only the status of the individuals of the future, but also the status of society. His talk was illustrated with numerous concrete examples. Dr. Moran spoke next upon the Constitutional Convention. He dwelt npon the necessity of teaching government along with history, and made this very clear by his unusually delightful discussion of the work the constitution of this country. It was one of the ablest as well as one of the most interesting talks ever

Piven here.

The last period was taken by Pro-f-ssor Tilden. who 'poke upon "Sorr ow and Suffering as Sources of Power in Art.” He used Tennyson an illustration, and pointed out •hat the great sorrow that came into Tennyson’s life at the time of the death of Hallam and doss of his own faith, changed the whole trend sof his Poetry and made it stronger and more helpful in Its relation to faith

and hope.

of your clothing. Doan's Ointment cures the most obstinate cases. Why

suffer. All druggists sell it.

MUSIC FEATURE OF LAST DAY

To Be or Not lo Be.

It was rumored on the s'rect.s on Friday afternoon that all openings, leading to cellar ways and windows, are to be closed up. Whether it is so or not, is not known. The council some time ago, referred the matter to the committee on public works, consisting of Couneilmcn Bittles, Dodd and Leuteke, w ith Mr. Bit t ics chairman, to take some action on the matter. However, as yet, then; has been no action taken and it 's a mystery when some action will be taken. The council seems to be dodging the matter. In the contract with the Madison Construction Company, the specifications say that all obstructions shall be torn out. However, the councilmen, In caucus, agreed to be lenient with owners of property on which are the openings and stairways and to let them stay, providing that the necessary protection for the public is seen to. Since that it seems that one or two cf the councilmen have deserted ’ne others and now want all of the area ways filled up or covering put over them and all of the stairways leading down onto the sidewalk, torn out. What the outcome of the mattci will

be is still a guess.

For bowel complaints in children always give Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil. It is certain to effect a cure and when reduced with water and sweetened is pleasant to take.

1 of the teachers’ minimum wage law. It does not amend any of 'lie other sections. The 1911 act leaves tlie minimum wages of teachers ihe h-nir.e as the original act except that the pay of exemption teachers is made the same as that of class C teachers. By reading Section 2 of t'.e teachers minimum wage law found on page 146 of the Acts of 190' we find what is meant by a beginning teacher, by a teacher with but one school year’s experience, and >y a teacher with three or more years' successful experience.” “Three tnings are necessao in order that one may be classed as a beginning teacher. They aro graduation from high school, twelve weeks’ professional training, and twelve months' license. Four things are necessary in order that a teacher may be classed as a teacher with one school year’s experience. They are graduation from high school, twenty-four weeks’ professional training, two years’ license, and a success grade. Four things arc nPC ossary in order that one may lie classed as a teacher with three or more years’ successful experience. They are graduation from the high school, graduation from the pio visional course of an accredited normal school, a three years’ license, and a success grade. Since all of these things are necessary to determine the classification of teachers, we readily see that experience alone does not determine the classification and minimum wages of tlie teachers.

ninety-sixth birthday. Another one of the United States? of the oldest residents of the county Where is the capital of the United

is Uncle Drake Brookshire, of near States?

Ladoga, who has reached the ripe 1 What is the commander-in-chief of old age of ninety-two. j the army and navy of the United

Until a few days ago Mr. Gordon States?

was in fairly good health and retain Who makes the laws of the United

ed all of his mental faculties to a marked degree lor one so near the century mark. He has been llvin with his children since the death o his wife some ten or twelve years ago. He came here from Indianapo lis, where he has been with a daugh ter for some time. He walks wiih a cane. The most of his life was spent near Bainbrldge on a farm. He and his wife came to this city to live several years ago and resided on south Washington street for a time; then moved to Highland, where f ha wife died.”

Toney Reunion. The Annual Toney family reunion will be held in the James Phillips Grove, about eight miles west of town on the Greencastle and Rockville road, on August 31. All are invited to attend. Come and have a good time. A good program has been arranged for anil the eats will be

plentiful.

States?

How many branches in congress j

are there? ! Diarrhoea Is always more or less Name them. ' prevalent during September. Be preHow are the senators elected , pared for It. Chamberlains Colie, What is their term of service? Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is How are representatives elected? P roni Pt an d effectual. It can alw’ays

What is their term of service? Who is the chief justice of the United States? How many members compose the supreme court of the United States? Where does the supreme court of the United States sit? Who is the governor of Indiana? Who elects the governor of the

state?

What is his term of service? Who makes the laws for the state

of Indiana?

How many branches are there in

the legislature?

Name them.

What is the term of service for

Jhe state senators

Slumber Party.

Mrs. Annice Rhorer gave a slumber party Friday night for Hortense Oppenheimer of Tampa. Fla. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing bridge- Mrs. Hurst sang several songs, most delightfully and

Miss Oppenheimer, Miss Naylor t>ndj What is the term of service Miss Mathias gave instrumtural state representatives? numbers. Light refreshments were. What is the capital of Indiana? served- On Saturday at 8 o clock* "ho is mayor of Lreencastle?

the guests partook of an decant| wbo ,aakes ,bG Iaws regulating

four-course breakfast. The table and| tbe How many councilmen do we

have?

Describe, in a general way.

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take. For sale by all (fearers.

DIRE DISTRESS. It Is Near At Hand to Hundreds of Greencastle Readers.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doddridge, of Vincennes and Mr. and Mrs. Andry

______ »uu '”"77"“ “., a better Keifer, of Kansas City. Mo., are here The last day of the Putnam County j No f yfi ' clan dealpr8 » T , B i tlng Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keifer.

Teachers’ Institute for 1911 opened remdy. For sale by a

buffet decorations and favors were La France roses. The ptaee tards were dainty and pretty, done in water colors by the guest of honor The decoration was the orange blossom. A rhyme was found at each plate describing some eharaeterlstic of the guest. After breakfast Eleanor Rhorer delighted every one with her singing and playing. The function was well arranged and very enjoyable and all were so pleased to meet the beautiful guest from the south-

land.

the

functions of the boards of works. How many legal holidays in Indiana? Name them. To whom does the law prohibit a saloon keeper from selling intoxicating liquors? How does the law require a saloon to be arranged during the time the liquors are being sold? Who grants a liquor Heense? Why does the law require a bond of saloon keeper* 7

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