The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 June 1924 — Page 2
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THE DAILY BANNER, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1924^
A.. COOK Proprietor taid Manager.
Doo r s Ot)2n G:30—Two Shows—Shows Start 7:00
Prorrara Subject to Change Without Notice.
Saturday TOM MIX In Zane Grey's Photoplay ' The Lone Star Ranger”
PATHS NEWS WEEKLY Aesop’s Film Fables
LOCAL NWS
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ramlel were in Indianapolis on business Friday. Th" Modern Priscilla dub will meet Monday afternoon with .Mrs. William Kreigh.
THE DAILY BANNEB Entered in the Post Oftice at Greencastle, Indiana, as second class mail matter. HARRY M. SMITH
Editor and Proprietor
S. R. RARIDEN, City Editor
H. ASKEW
PALMER CHIROPRACTOR
Over Banner Office
Mrs. O. W. Thomdson of Fort
Smith, Arkansas, is here visiting Mr. OAme J hone 189
and Mrs. T. W. Stewart and family.
BEWARE OF MANY CIVIL SERVICE
“SCHOOLS” i
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Warning Against Coaching Courses for Government Positions Issued by Civil Service Commission
Monday
An All Star Cast in G. MarionBurton’s Play ‘Untamed Youth”
“7 he Jungle Goddess Episode Seven A Spectacular Wild Animal Serial
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Mrs. A. P>. Phillips, Misses Ella and Emma Beckwith attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Ogden at Danville,
Friday.
Garnett Cox, who is a student in the DePauw Summer school, will spend the week-end at her home in
Brazil.
Mrs. F. N. Johnson and daughters Catherine and Emily, who ha\e been visitirg M . J. Y. Denton returned to t'. 'r he .e in Bloomington today. Carroll Crown, who is a student in the University of Chicago, is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Milton j Br'wn of this city over the week-end. Tiie local band will practice Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock in preparation for the Thursday night concert. All members are requested to
be jircsent.
Mrs. f ror^ennn Byerlcy returned to her her. e in this city on Friday afternoon, after a two weeks’ visit jin Lebanon aid Cratvfordoville with
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 14 — The United States Civil Service coremission and the National Vigilance Committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World today issued a joint warning against misleading advertising of many so-called civil-service schools. The following
points arc emphasized:
1. No “school" of this kind has
Res. 772-Y any connection whatever with the
* Civil Service Commission or with any j other branch of the Government. |
• 2. No school can give advance in-
regarding examination
relatives and friends.
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= Peffffy Joyce ;ind Owen Moore in
| “HER TEMPORARY HUSBAND”
at the High School Theatre „
= Tonight Admission 10c 2^ ~ ch:irleR Southard, who has been * '"""mi!: ii I t7Ttai7riT„Lp7ij7\ s “‘ t ,u™ i e “
— to his home in this city. Mr. South-
NOT.TOO LATE TO (also the highest totals varied from ar ^ * :3 somewhat improved.
PLANT EARLY CORN May 27 to June 9 for the local corn Is it too late to plant corn? This *! ay , 18 40 Jl : ne ! 8 for the '
Kitchen Needs Kitchen Cabinets Electric Ironers Breakfast Sets Electric Washers Kitchen Clocks Aluminum Ware Waterless Cookers Spice Jars
Dishes
Pastry Tables Kitchen Tables Kitchen Heaters Refrigerators Fry's Oven Ware Glass E-Z Com Popper Grape Fruit Knives Paring Knives Steak Knives Butcher Knives Wooden Mixing Spoons
The
Kitchen Outfitting: Co. at the Gas Office ’"^j^nnigBjBiRiaiE.Ti^raiaiaiaiaiS
H: formation •|j \ questions.
3. No school can furnish civil service information of value which can not be obtained without cost from the Civil Service Commission at Washington or its representative at the post office or customhouse in any of aproximately 3500 cities, j 4. No school can “guarantee” appointment in the classified civil service. Appointment can be secured
only through open competitive examination under the civil-service rules. No school can cause a competitor to be certified for appointment out of the regular order, as determined by bis examination rating, j The Civil Service Commision states that large numbers of applications for examination received at its office indicate that manv civil-service schools accept as clients and take money from pratically illiterate persons who could not possibly take
anv kind of examination.
E. I. McKinley, deputy labor commissioner of Arkansas, it is said in
the joint warning, recently has in- 1 ~ • vestigated correspondence schools of the vicinity of Bainbridge in the same j this class and authorizes the state- county in which he was bom, where ; ment that he has concluded that th'> grew up on • farm and receved majority of them come as near being a cornmon school education. His fath‘fakes’ as the postal laws permit. er was engaged in the merchantile
To help You Get Tlimgs Off Your Mind— It is the fixed policy of this institution, by keeping closely in touch with its customers, to assist them in all financial matters where cooperation or suggestion or advice is needed
or wanted.
Aiding you to get important matters cleaned up quickly, we enable you to push ahead your sales, or your pro-
duction .
We’ll gladly explain the many-sided service we offer you—a letter or phone call will bring a representative.
FIRST NATIONAL RANK THE OLDEST BANK IN PUTNAM COUNTY
CITIZENS TRUST CO. THE HOME OF THE SYSTEMATIC SAVER
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OTTO F. LAK1N
Miss ria"garet Fox is visiting her
question is being asked by thousands , (l>rn ’ b ® tl1 ‘ i y ra - L ' Jun e 3. \ j ’ t , Mi s p° X ”” a^the ^ won two out of three gan!es with the of Indiana farmers nlv an earlv va-1 In many ,oca!l ties there remains * n C ton st rce. .Miss Fox is at the, - - -
riety can be used. There still remain un P lantetl to ° lar Te an acreage to ba' heaJ t '. , ‘ Frcn< ; h and Spanish desome fields which were intended to be satisfactoril y Ranged from corn to P^ment :n the high school at Momplanted to corn. A number of farm-, 80me other substitute crop. In many 1 “ Jfl0 ‘ 3 - ers will be obliged to replant due to elm ? Thc fuR2ral of John R ’
. . Where this cannot be secured, tG ‘^ his home in Lena early FriCounty Agent should be consumed for ‘ f ^m.ng wil be held at the home
The “schools” condemns ai*?
that Mr. McKinley business and after leaving school, thc the ones that offer son c i er k e d j n a store, in which he beto qualify persons for civil-service came a partner in 1859>
pi.or germination and to recent floods For the greater part of the planting at this time would be four w^eK._ itei ht. n the average. Iv ory
farmer who etlll has com to plant
would like to know just what to expoot from a crop of com planted this
coming week cf June lo r/'atiicr this suinmcr
sources of seed. Many so-called 90- ® leven 0 ^° u ckl Sun,lay morning
Interment will be in the Mount Plea-
, . I nail t
day strains cf corn require from 100 . , to m da; 3 to mature, ne should in- rart Cemetcry ’
qalrc as to the source cf seed and its Mrs. Andy Hendricks, Jr., who has
>f her aunt and uncle, !. R. Bartley, has r •-
’the ,n ’ P CT ^ orm Ti ce. Soybeans, cow- been the gicst fal', of ' )Ca: '’ an< * ^ u '’ an crass can be su’orti- Mr. and 2 re.
.•■’.icce'.: from lAc iilanting for Ill's year. Vie mo. t definite .guide we have ij what has ltapp r ncd in pa-t years, rr.! according to this eerne va-
rieties cf corn may
ages remain to be nlav/.ed.
turned to her home in Ft. Smith Arkansas, accompanied by Miss Min-
nie Mao hartley.
W rd has been received here by li me Ilatstis of the death of thr il e i son, Paul, if Mr. and Mrs,
hustling Northmen.
Cecil Sutton, of this city, will spend the week end with friends in Brazil. Mr. and Mrs. Pressley Hawkins are spending the week-end in Shelbyvillc,
111.
Ralph Irwin, of this city, is visiting relatives in Terre Haute, for several days. Delta Theta Tau will meet 'Mon-
positions or make a professional man out of a laborer in a few weeks. Mr. McKinley says that schools which I prepare for civil-service examinations rank second to “detective
schools” in number.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR PRIVATE CHAPEL AMBULANCE SERVICE — ■ ■ o
Phone 815
MAPLE HEIGHTS
There will be preaching services at Maple Heights Mission this even-i-'g at 7:30 and continuous all next •week. Rev. Stegmiller, of Indianapolis will preach Sunday evening.
day evening at 7:30 with Miss Helen will he preaching services Sun-
Brothers,
day morning at 10:30.
I Captain Scott’s mother and father Washington St. & Spring Ave
were native Kentuckians, notwithsteanding which fact, they were op-
posed to the institution of slavery, j — ~~ and when the war broke out, Mr. DAILY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Scott and two of his brothers Howard j The firpt week of the Union Dailv and John T. enlisted to defend the - Vacation Bible school has been a degovernment and mamta.n the Union cided success in everv particular. The Captain Scott responded to President hearty coop eration of the churches toLincolns first cal for troops, early pether with thp fine fipirit of saci . ifice m May 1861, and left a good paying on tho part of the volunteer business to serve as a private at elev- force has niade possible the rendering
on dollars a month. His first enlist- () f ment was in a one y ear Infantry Reg-
Errtest Collins, of Cloverdale, was a business visitor in the cit yon Satur-
day afternoon.
a service Hie value of which can
^ T „ , not be overestimated. The teaching .ment, the loth Indiana. Soon after force consisb; of . sixte(>n ladies v th
Mrs. George Chrisfe and Mirs r.el.i Ifalis entertained li:e members of
.1 bo pleated the Tri Kappa sorority Friday afler-
‘"' V .. ’ noon at th: Chris' e home in honor j. M. Devers of Salem, Oregon. Both | house for the summer.' Thc Soim and Crcps Department of rf _ ; ,c: \n < Ecior of mkima. parents arc DePauw graduates. Mrs. Tic Purdue Agricultural Experiment Vaslm who i ’ h.c-c vi dtb’s her par- lj c .^cr.i was formerly Miss Elsa Hi-
Clat'.on has conducted ainoo 1919 an -!"• and Mr-. S. A. Iltvs. Abo t gert. experiment to determine thc best thirty-nve were prer,cnt. The house.
dates for planting corn. Astrain of ' vas beautifully deco:a.tcd with flow-' Otto Tnoc Number 140, Red Men Ileid’s Yellow Dent developed at the era. , will hold their annual Country meStation is one of the varieties of con, o I morial services Sunday starting at
Wilbur CPppingcr and Virgil Regers have taken r oith at the Kappa
Mrs. II. C. Lewis ia visiting in
Knightstown with her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Newby and Mr. Newby
and family for some time.
his enlistment he was appointed a
Hl * hway A ; P sergeant, and later was promoted to fY— -Lnol. was in Cloverdale Friday first serf , eant of the company. After
his discharge from his first term of
on ’'r'-’-ipi's.
J. A. Bryan rpen* Friday in Clover-
dale.
service, he and two of his comrades,
gifts and training who know the chill mind and have a deep desire to emplant the knowledge of life as it is found in the Bible in these plastic minds. The enrollment for the first
CAPTAIN SCOTT DIES AT HOLTON, KAN8. HOME
together with two others, organized , , or , .
% -«* rr; Bau " y ° 4* Ar - ;
tiHery ,of which organization he ww „ pnlircly , v „ lunlary
commissioned First Lieutenant, in
and the showing speaks very highly
used. It is slightly earlier than tho Mrs. Albert McClary, Mr.~. Ciar-
Mrs. J. F. Stephens and children ; of Evansville are the guests of Mr.'
ten o’clock a. m. They will start t
majority of the corn grow; in Tippe- ence B rry and Mrs. Walter R. north from this city stopping at Brick an(1 Mrs- Robert L. O’Hair,
canoe County and can bo said to ma- Reeves visited in Crawfor 4LA' Fri- f I’. uaslle and ending at ture in 115 to 120 days. Golden Glow {lay. V j 1‘ illmore where they will hold a short
County But Went West Many
Years Ago
j service.
I
from Wisconsin a variety of com ma- o
luring in 100 to 105 days was com- Mr. and Mrs. Denny and daughter j „ nd g j2 ar ) q Clarke and pared with thc local com. The la t Mrs. B. Talbott attended the servic r. ,.,- n j t - t Thursday for Vincennes their dates of planting have averaged June Miss Scchm: a w..» a sister of Mrs. f-i-mer home, to reside. Their daugh15 for the year of l.H ), 19_0, 192! Denny. trr. Miss Mary, who graduated from end 1923. i lie local corn averaged j o * DePauw with the class of 1924 will 47.0 bushels to the acre, of which only ' Mrs. II. C. Clippinger rpcr.t Thurs- r£!T nm n for summer school. She ex27.7 was ccn 'dered rr. irkeiable. The day in Indianapolis with her ci’.ildrc.i P n(t, ; teach at Robinson, III,, the average yield of the late planting car-| and grandchildren. coming year. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke 1,; com was 42.0 bushels per acre, of, o ! made many ."rends during htir reniwhich 32 9 v.-os considered marketable. I Mrs. E. A. Tomilson o * o*-.—- dci1l . e j n t! s city.
Tl.e dates of planting which gave tho Haute is visiting her rioter, II c. IVi’.-
'p' 1 ),!' *'7'^,'° n *'7. M r e ‘ 1 . U !p'' ' of the interest and worth of this type
\,as Born and Reared m Putnam Battle of Mossy Creek. East Tennes-. pf work th( . conuT , unlty . All Lie
- ** see, where he was seriously wounded,, ♦ • • , ^ ^
• , . • , * cr.hdren within the apre, nine t-i and later because of the wound, rc- , , , .1 » x. , . , , _ Jf ^ * 1 twelve who are not already enrode 1 s,g n H the captancy of the Battery to | :riVrted to join the ranka of t , , wh,ch positmn he had been promoted , Vacatjon Schoo] at once
in Febmary, 1864. • 1
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After leaving the army, Chptain i Scott held a clerkship in the Pension
Captain W. A. Scott, of Holton,
Willis A. Miller received word Kansas died last Saturday, according Saturday of the death of his father, to reports received here. Franklin P. Miller, at his home at j r, ie H 0 it 0 n, Kansas Record says: Hood Itven, Oregon. Mr. Miller The dcath of Capt . was about 80 years of age and leaves ^olf. occurred at his home on
e wid v; and two sons. His death • avenue a t eleven o’clock last Satur- enter business in Bainbridge.
was sudden, the cause being mostly day nipht Hi9 final illness bepan on account of his advanced age. The on Tues day when he took to his bed other son; woo hve s at Hood River, with ki(lney comp ii cationa . H e
Joseph A.
Iowa
highest yield:; cf marketable com an 1 liar.i Stewart.
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A RRANGEMENTS can ho madotostore JTx. sihnerwarc and otlicr valuables in our vault during your absence on vacation. Space to suit your requirements. Our charge for this service is moderate. ^
Central cJ,r.,,
I Mr-. Evf I n Riley Nicholson has writ' -n a brochure on “The Way to a Warless World,”-published by The j TIelhodi. t Book Concern for twenty- : fl -e cents net. In it she points out J how historical and classical educa- ! tion, .art and science have been per1 verted for militaristic purpose*, and , in iicatcs the task of the Christian ; church to inculcate principles of 1 peace, specially through religious education.—Western Christian Advo-
cate.
Harvey Owens, a city mail carrier, residing at 615 east Walnut street, is the champion strawberry grower of the community, according to all indications. Friday afternoon while gathering berries from his garden for supper, he found one monster berry I that attracted unusual attention. He measured it and the circumference was six and one half inches. The plant was from Stark Bros. Nursery and the variety was the “Doubach” and two or three such berries would make about all a person w-ould want to eat at one meal. Local baseball fans woh have been j following with interest the splendid j comeback being staged by the IndiI anapolis club of the American Asj sociation are pleased to see the Tribe , making such a good stand against St. Paul, the league leaders. The j Indians have found their batting eyes I and backed by good pitching have
with hi; family, is now visiting at Fort Wo-th, Texas, and is on his way to visit his brother and family
here.
en-
1 dured some suffering at the last before death terminated a long and use-
TOURNKY UNDERWAY
ful life.
The funeral services were held at : the Presbyterian church Tuesday aftj ernoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by his
i pastor, Rev. F. E. Munneke.
ivnn vr a nnr io tit 1 Joseph Addison Scott was i orn at INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 14.—' . t c . ,. .... New Maysville, Putnam countv, InSweltermg sunshine greeted the 156! .. . J , L .. golfers who teed off in tho National j 3 ’, 1837 ’ . a " d at h '« Amateur Invitational Golf Touma-1 ,leath “t Saturday mght was 86 .4 r-u i /-. «■ years, 10 months and 4 days old. Soon
ment at the Charles E. Coffin course!’ , . , • , .,
today i after his birth, the family moved to
The tourney,
DEATH OF JACOB S. CROSBY Jacob S. Crosby died at the home o' his daughter, Mrs. Clarence Steward at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, June 8, 1924, after an illness of six mon.In. Mr. Crosby’s home was near Roachdale and he was very highly
Department of the Government for a year, which position he resigned to
tei
In 1870 he came to Kansas and for a year clerked in an Emporia store. He and Mrs. Scott, whom he had mar-
ried, came to Holton early in the year j respected by all who knew him. 1871, and with his father, started the ! He leaves a family of sons ami first hardware store in Holton, which I daughters to mourn the loss of a 1 i business they conducted for a num 1 un< l loving father nnd was lh la t ber of years. In 1882, he was elected : surviving brother of Mrs. Lewis Call, county treasurer of Jackson county ! who lives north of the city, to which office he was re-elected in Mr. Crosby’s funeral was held at 1881. After retiring from the treas-j the Missionary Baptist church Tuesurer’s office he was appointed agent day afternoon, among a large gatherat the Pottawatomie Indians, and ing of his friends and neighbors and was either clerk or agent in the In- his surviving children and sister dian service until he retired from . mourning the loss of a kind father
business on account of old age. and brother.
for the Coffin cup,I : -■ _ —- —. . — Jr!! Chicago^waTe"faw>rite^ V hav- Hill IHIHIII
ing annexed the cup last year. Paired against him was Tloosierdom’s best. Eddie Zimmer, state champion was the favorite outsider. Evans must win the cup three
years to retain it.
“Simmie” Sayers, Wally Holcomb and Dick Taylor, local golf stars, are entered in this tourney.
DIES OF HEAT
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 14.— The first death by heat prostration this season in the northwest was reported today. Harry Adsjeld, 30, died in an ambulance after he col-, lapsed on a downtown street. The mercury stood at 83 degrees in the Twin Cities.
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