The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 July 1908 — Page 1

News of Syracuse and i ■. Kosciusko County

NEWS FROM ALL > . over THE comity Old Resident Refuses Food As** setting That it is Time for Him to Die. SIFT BY UNKNOWnTo WINONA Asserting that it was time for him to die Fred Wiltrout of Silver Lake has refused food for 21 days and is now confined to bis bed by weakness. He is 78 years of age and has decided to end bis life by starving himself to death. Charles M. Alexander who is associated with Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, the evangelist, as a singer, is now at Birmingham, England. He will this fall accompany Dr. Chapman in a revival tour of all England. • Miss Lottie Jordon of Warsaw, has been suffering from ivy poisoning. There are several such cases in that place. Dr. Pritchard of Silver Lake, while visiting in Illinois, was stricken With paralysis and is in a serious condition. ** Norman Raymond of Warsaw, was appointed by Gov. Hanly as Indiana delegate to the tenth annual meeting of the League of American Sportsmen to be held at Lawton, Okla., October 12 and 13. The appointment is purely honorary. A piece of statuary done in valuable Italian marble has arrived at Winona Lake, probably having been donated to the Assembly by some philanthropist, but as yet it has been impossible to locate any person who can name the donor. It is thought, however, that the piece may have come from 11. J. Heinz, the Pittsburg pickle man who has frequently made such donations to the association. \yilliam H. Elliot of St. Joseph, Mich., and Mrs. Carrie McDonald of Milford, were married at the groom’s home, Saturday, June 27. The union was anticipated for some time, but the date was kept a eeore:. Wheat threshing is going on io earnest all over the county. Wm. Decker of near Claypool, threshed 235 bushelt from seven and onehalf acres,

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Veterans of the 12th Ind. Regiment will meet in Warsaw, July 22, for the purpose of deciding upon a place for holding 'the next annual reunion, which is to take place in tae fall. A. J. Logan of Warsaw, has beap earned by Gov. Hanly as a special agent for this county for the annual corn growers’ association to be held in Omaha in December. Edson B. Sarber, county superintendent of schools, says that the new Syracuse high school building is the most handsome building for a ;own the size of Syracuse in northern Indiana. The wheat crop is rather heavy on-the best fields, and now we want to hear from the “bumper.” The board of education is receiving scores of applications for the superintendency of the Warsaw schools. It is believed that Prof, Dußois of Winona Lake will take Prof. Early’s place, who will become the head of the Sheridan, Wyo., schools. W. E. Chenoweth of south of Warsaw, passed away early Saturday. He was about forty-five years of age, and is. survived by his wife and seven children. His death was caused by an abscess between the chest walls and the lungs. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, Rey. L. O. Oyler officiating. Efforts are being made to lay out a good baseball park at Warsaw, the money for the same to be.raised by popular subscription. | The town of Claypool, with a population of 400 has seven automobiles. Most of the “rats” worn by the pompadour girls are made from the hair’ taken from the heads of dead Chinamen and shipped to this country. Willis Burket narrowly escaped being Rilled by a Pennsylvania train Saturday at the Big Four and Pennsylvania railroad drossing at Warsaw. He threw himself to ofne side and out of jthe way of the train. Marriage Licenses. EstonS. Butt, Milford to Jesse A, JBerkypile, Milford. Ralph Zimmerman, Leesburg to Mildred A. Thomas, Leesburg. Charlie A. Hugh, Warsaw to Edith E, Kimes, Warsaw. j Alvin J. Schock, Syracuse to Dessie May Dull, Syracuse.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1908.

LUTHERANS IN ANNUAL WHENCE Members of Northern Indiana Gathered at Pickwick Park TO REMAIN ALL THIS WEEK. A Bible conference of a week’s duration is being held at Pickwick Park, Wawasee, by the Lutherans of nortberan Indiana. A large attendance is expected from the various counties of the Twelfth and Thirteenth districts on Saturday. The arrangements for the meeting were in charge of Rev. C. A. Dennig of South Bend. He has been here for several days providing for the entertainment of the visitors and they are having a splendid time as a result of his efforts. We are certainly glad to see the church organizations taking notice of Wawasee, and we believe the time is near when many of’ them will be holding their summer meetings here. Certainly there is no better place for such assemblies and it would mean the rapid im provement of Wawasee’s shore line. Methodist Quartet. A male quartet was organized at Leesburg Monday composed of four ministers, all of whom are Methodist pastors. The members are Rev. Sherman Powell of Warsaw, Rev. Chas. Woodruff of &orth Webster, Rev. C. H. Murray of Leesburg, and Rev. M. L. Fansher of Milford. It will be known as the Goshen district quartet, working under rules and regulations mutually agreed upon. Yesterday, Today and John Helfrick, a Larwill cobbler, is again without a wife. Oq Monday, with her old st son, Mrs. Helfrick No. 3, gathered up her beloogings and went to the VanVoorst farm north, of Larwill, where she will make her home with her eldest unmarried son and her youngest son. This is the third time they have separated and the third time is the charm. Helfrick has been divorced from two wives and when these two were married, the woman was mourning the death of her first companion. - 7"—" Treasury Tangle. A former Warsaw man is now implicated m the shortage of the county treasury. Mr. Babcock now admits the shortage, but declares he was not aware of it until Mr. Irvine, the present treasurer, informed him, and makes strenuous denial of having received a penny of it. He will do all he can to get the right man. Mr. Babcock is candidate for re-election. Be On Ybur Guard. A warning has been sent out in which the public is urged to be ou its guard against salesmen of cloth for suits, which it is alleged is of inferior quality in most oases. The agents selling these goods travel through the country taking orders and the warning letter concerning them declares they are impostors. They sell goods branded as British, French and German manufacture, but it is declared that in most cases these alleged woolen goods are imperfect goods which have, been sent back on the mills, which in turn sold them at a low price tv the impostors. Some of them haeve been dyed so as to hide the imperfections, while others are purely cottdh. Optical Goods at Veirs,

Pure Food Law. A pure food inspector is makingtbe rounds of the county and the! pure food law is being rigorously enforced. At Goshep recently a proprietor of a meat market was considerably excited because an inspector happened in and found meat lay ing uncovered upon the block. A lady happened in and picked up a piece of meat, which did not suit her. She was forced to lake the meat or pay a fine as it isunlawful to touch meat in a public place unless you are the proprietor or expect .to take the piece. Groceries or vegetables must be kept in cases away from all dust and flies. While many of these precau tions may be unnecessary the law is strict and the state is enforcing them. Not Only merchants but the public in general have things to live up to, which the state is looking after. So when you happen in a grocery or meat market don’t touch things you haven't bought. The proprietor doesn't like it, neither dees the state. Was There a Revolution? Was there a Betsy Ross and did she make the first American flag? Her old home has been purchased by public contributions and was to have been turned over to the nation on July 4th, but an investigating committee declared the whole story a fake. This is what investigators say of some of our favorite stories: Washington never had a hatchet and so the cherry tree story is a myth; he never knelt at Valley Forge, and our best proof of bis piety is shattered; the Libefty Bell jwas nut cracked pealing forth American independence. Even the Civil War is not to escape these investigating fiends. They declare there never was a Barbara Fntcbie. Next they will be telling us there was no Revolution and that we never did whip John Bull! For heaven’s sake stop investigating while we have a little history left to tell the coming generations. Will Probably Build. The Winona Interurban Railway will probably build a spur from Milford Junction to Nappanee. Supt. H. S. Dickey has- investigated the proposition and has prepared h's report. He estimates the co§t of the extension at $102,000. This spur would no doubt make a paying line, and yet we see flo reason why Syracuse could not get a similar line from the Junction. Wawasee Lake, together with tne Syracuse business should furnish enough to pay good dividends on six miles of road, especially when the territory traversed isas level and favorable to construction as that between Syracuse and the Junction. American Appreciation. In Paris, recently, a monument of LaFayetie was unveiled which was built by money donated exclusively by American school children. No nation in the world can show an example of love and appreciation, so striking as this; not only is it a monument to LaFayette, but, in a sense is a monument also to American patriotism. i Texas Lands. I want to talk to you about the big state of Texas. You may know a lot about ths state in general, but I can tell you some things in particular. Let’s look into it! On the first and third Tuesday of each month a epeoiaHrain goes to Texas for the benefit of home seekers. Berths free and carfare refunded if you purchase. Phone 55. W. G. CONNOLLY, Hotel Holton Syracuse, Ind.

LARGE BARN IS r TOTALLY DESTROYED Fire Takes Property on Old Snavely Farm near Wa/ wasee, WAS JUST FILLEQItH HIT Saturday night, at about nine o’clock, fire Lroke out in the barn owned Uy A. M. Jones of Wawasee, and burned it to the ground. The buggy shed, and chicken house with a number of chickens were burned. The farm is operated by Oliver Reeves. Everybody was gone except the woman, and when she discovered the fire, went and let the stock out of the barn. No fire protection being at hand, the flames soon made short work of the barn with the hay recently put away. It. was fortunate that no wind was blowing, as the house <was not far from the barn. The family has the sympathy of many friends in th ; s loss, as they were just beginning to realize profits from their labors at this plac a . The caus,e of the fire was possibly from combustion in the hay. Milford Has a Fire. Price Bros.' stock foed factcry at Milford was gutted by fire on last Thursday morning at 1:30. It is thought that a match, was applied by an incendiary. Dr. Price, veterinary, discovered the fire as he was returning from'a call in the country. He gave the alarm and then ran to the building and endeavored to discover the ori gin of the fire, but the flames had secured such a headway that this .was impossible. The fire department did gooyL work the fire to the one building Price Bros, carried SIOOO insurance on the contentsJiut the loss on the building was total, about SIOOO. | New Cement Cottage. * Morrison Island, at the east end of Lake Wawasee, is being extensively Improved, the result of a little push on the part of Fort Wayne, real estate men. One of the recent investers is Mr. Griffith of the firm of Griffith & •Fair, architects, of Fort Wayne. He is building a nice cement block house. Other building and repairing will be done at several points on the lake. A Friend Indeed. About a month ago Milton H; McPherson lost his saw mill near Millersburg by fire, which put him in pretty close quarters. Since that time his friends and neighbors have come to h’s assistance in every way possible, and has made it possible for Milt to rebuild the mill, and he will soon be ready for business again. Nappanee has passed an ordinance requiring building movers to pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars andT to secure si on from the street commissioner before being permitted to use the streets for moving a building. Carey Knoop, a wall-known farmer residing near Claypool, was taken to Hope hospital at Ft. Wayne anu on Friday had an operation for appendicitis.] He is getting better. . Thousands of railroad oars which were stored in the Elkhart yards of the Lake Shore have been disappearing rapidly and aloout a hundred oars are now in use in these yards. Business is reported to be as good as it was a year ago. Popular mutic at News Stand.

Syracuse Defeats Milford. The Syracuse Grays went to Milford Sunday and took revenge on tic Milford boys for the defeat cf several weeks ago, by trimming them 9 to 2. Young Clayton, the much her a ! ded “boy Wonder” started the game for Milford He lasted two innings but iri the third jinmng a bunch of singles a two bagger, and a three bagger was about all he could stand and he retired in favor of Scarlett. Clayton was expected to show the boys the fine points of the game, likewise, Nappanee and the Goshen Grays, but as an exponent of said fine points, he was somewhat ot a failure. The change from the slow curves of Clayton to Scarlett’s speed fooled the boys for a time but they soon got to him also. Edgell was in the box for Syracuse and did excellent work. He held the enemy safe at all times allowing but two hits. He also contributed some good hitting on his own account. Kirkendorfer was there with the second base arm and held the runners close to their bases and made the old timer, Druckamiller, look foolish by a quick throw to third catching him off the base by fivk feet. As both teams have won a game, the next will be for blood and it should draw a big crowd. It basn t been decided when or where the game will be played. Why Not in, Kosciusko? Seventeen car loads of crushed stone have been put on the roads of Allen township thus* far |hi3 season and about eight more cars will be received later. Each car had from 30 to 40 tons on and the cost was 50 cents per ton. &> O. delivered it here, and in this way works out its tax and it was hauled onto the roads by farmers. X furrow has been thrown up on each side of the stone, to hold it io. Kelham'a plan is an excellent one and if the next trustee continues along this line, we will haveroadsin the course of a few years.—AvillaXNews. An Old Student. - Miss Sarah P. Morrison, aged 75 years, recently matriculated at the state university at Bloomington, and makes a specialty of Greek and versification. Miss Morrison was the first woman to graduate from the school, being a member of the class cf ! Q9. Aline hne of parasols and umbrellas. A. W. Strieby.

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OUR PHESENT INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS •J 1-U— X ' . Seem to Have Sfecome More Normal Since the National Conventions T have been Held. TEXAS IS IREAfLfFAVORED 9 \ From the d epatches appearing in the city papers daily, we gather that that business iia picking up in almost every like of manufacture. In western Pennsylvania' men are becoming scarce. Mills are running 50 to 60 pei; oeint. capacity and taking on-more men continually. In the extreme east conditions remain about the same except with the freight business which is improving. In the west and* middle west manufacturing concerns are beginning to take |bn more help, while farming conditions are rather flattering. ; In tfhe south conditions are better generally. Alabama is having a mining strike. The railroads are enjoying considerable increase iu business, and-'are putting their men back to work as fast as possible. In Texas the labor situation is good. It is asserted that there is more employment available for workingmen in Texas right now than there has been for several years. This applies to the farm, shops and building trades. Farm laborers are scarce and the dispatch doses by saying, “No man is out of work in Texas, except from choice.” , j General News. _ S ; ■ The st.atei department is anxious to find relatives m this country of Frank Bates, who died in 19Q6 in Argentine Republic. There is a credit of $950 in. a bank at Mendosa in Bates' name. Are you kin to Frank? There is something doing with Venezuela. Their representative io this country} has left the country, thus breaking all diplomatic relations with I’faiole Sam. Oliver Horn, catcher lor the Goshen White Sox ball team, was very seriously hurt in the game at Cromwell Sunday afternoon. He was bit on the back of the left hand by a swiftly thrown ball and ruptured a blood vessel. The Goshen boys are of the opinion that the throw was made with the intention of putting Horn out Os the game because he was a heavy hitter. > iU Fob save—On easy payments one cushion tine single buggy. S. L. Ketnng. ; T