The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 20, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 September 1908 — Page 1

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NEWS OF KOSCIUSKO 8 ELKHART COUNTIES Items of General Interest Con • cerning Our Near Neighbors COLLED FROMOUR EXCHANGES A reward of $25 will ba given for tie return of Albert H. Davie who disappeared from Chili station, New York on August 21, 1908. He is twelve years old, quite tall, wore a brown check suit, knee pants. He has a spot on?his head about the size of a cent. Send information to Charles S. Davis. Harry Schwartz of Niles, Mich., has dropped out of sight for several months. He is very much wanted by his mother. His stepfather has left him a business io look after. Following a silence of more than twenty years, Herman Ferree, pformerly of Silver Lake, has been located in Alaska, where he 1s prospering. . Milford Junction has become an important point on the B. & O. railroad. During July alone Agent Miller sold 2,800 tickets at that point. • Bishow J. 11. White and wife and Mrs. J. H. Baker recently returned from a tour of Europe. W. O. Sesline, the hardware deal er of Topeka, has sold over hit ' automobiles this season and does not think of giving up yet. While Leesburg may be noted as the best lodge town for its size i i the state, Syracuse takes the bannc r as the town with the best lodges i i the state. Warsaw reports the first ice of the season. William Dederick, a florist, discovered ice about one-eighth of an inch thick on a throught in h s greenhouse on last W ednesda / night. J Dr. Dickey says that the interurban line between Warsaw and Peru will be in operation within two months. This line makes oonnec-

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tions With all the important electric lines of the state. Monday was Labor Day—set apart by many for a day of rest. No doubt many of our “brothers of toil” worked Sunday on copy to lay off next day, but it pays us more to work than to rest. Two trains of the Ohio National Guard transferred over to the Big Four from the Pennsylvania at Warsaw Wednesday enroute to Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis. The bunk-mate of the writer while in service with the Bth Ohio in Cuba, is still a member of guards and is with the bupchfiow in camp. 7 The Warsaw canning company is again in operation. Simon Pollock of Syracuse, according to the county clerk, is the oldest man up to date that has secured a hunter’s license. He is 69. Dewey’s Idea. At present it is customary for congress to provide for the building of one battleship at each session. It is a grave mistake, as the navy will retrograde instead of making any progress. W hen we remember that such ships as the “Indiana” and “lowa,” of about 12,000 tons displacement, were considered the most formidable things afloat ten years ago, are small and out of date beside the i reat “Dreaitnaught” class of 18,000 tons displacement of t.otoday, Di wey's reasoning becomes clear. At the present rate of “increase” will in reality “decrease” which sounds odd, bufris true nevertheless. Long Record as Singer. John S. Wynant, the well known representa ive of Keub. Williams Sons at W arsaw, has just dropped cut of th- Methodist choir at that place after singing in that organization for 48 years. Mr. Wynant is well known here and all oyer the county, ile was well known as a member >f the famous quartet which used to sing at political meetings many years ago. He has been a choir singer for over 52 years.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT, 10, 1908.

BIG METHODIST BASKET DINNER Ministers Will Hold Special Meeting at North Webster September 8, EVERYBODY INVITED TO COME If you are a Methodist, you should not fail to be present at the big basket dinner to be held at North Webster on Sept. 30lh, because you are interested in, and desire to be informed about your own church. If i you are not a Methodist you should go and get acquainted and hate just as good time anyhow. Everybody is most cordially invited to bring their dinner and supper and spend the day. * Special services have been prepared for the day and evening. The following ministers will speak during the day : Sherman Powell of Warsaw; C. H. Murray of Leesburg; M. L. Fancher of Milford; S. B. Bennett of Etna Green; W. R. Wooes of Pierceton; Ira E. Webster of, Inwood; E. R. Wood of Clunnett and J. C. Woodruff of North Webster. : Tou will have every opportunity to enjoy the day, and should not miiss any of the program. Kendallville Snake Story. The four-year-old daughter of Lelia Hutohins, who besides in Kendallville, was attacked by a snake in the cellar of their home last Wednesday and they are in fear that the at tack might be repeated should they enter the cellar again. Mrs. Hutchins bad been in the habit of sending her little girl down cellar after articles and one day she said she saw something down there that frightened her, and said it looked like a big black ball. Mrs. Hutohins had no idea what it was until last Wednesday when she sent the little girl down cellar again and very seon she heard the child scream, and rushed to the cellar to see what was wrong. The girl told her that a snake had wrapped itself about her leg and had bitten her on her right foot, but she kicked it off and it was gone. Mrs. Hutohins and the neighbors examined the girl’s leg and found it black and blue where the snake had wrapped itself, and the mark where it bit her was almost invisible. They applied turpentine and it is thought no bad effects will follow. Mrs. Hutohins will not enter the cellar until Mr. Hutohins comes home from Albion, where he has been attending the teachers’ institute. Mrs. Hutchins thinks it is a common bouse snake. Geo. Schlemmer Leaves Us. George Schlemmer, who has been an honored citizen of this place for a number of years, will leave next week for his former borne—Wabash. He began work here for Geo. F. Weynok in the general merchandise store and for the past two years has been clerk for the Syracuse Lumber Company. With the change in the latter firm George was obliged to hunt another field of labor. He enters in a tinning business in Wabash with a brother, and has the best wishes of a host of friends. We regret the loss of this family from our city. Hats Off to this One. We thought J. M. Ott had a pretty goed fish story but since we found the following we are hunting John Tommy to band him our apology: ’■ . -’L A farmer, living along Jimmerson

creek, repoits the loss of a calf, car-I ried off by a giant pike. The farmer I heard a noise among his cattle one night amj rushed out toward the trouble, he found was near the creek. He found several calves standing, belly deep in water and noticed one little calf making desperate effort to pull its tail free from something. The farmer, with his legs bare, was afraid of barbed wire, but he wfided cautiously toward the calf, and just as he caught it a monster pike lashed the water all over him, and for a moment he was blinded. Wiping the water from his eyes, he found the calf was being dragged towaid deep water. The farmer made a desperate effort to reach the animal before it was dragged into the creek, but he failed and the calf struggled until it finally drowned.” F Another Business Change. With much pleasure we introduce to the trading public^—not some new mep but a new firni of grocers —Seartoss Bros. Samuel and James Searfoss have purchased the grocery stock of W. W. Stetler, and will have the stock moved to the Ketring room on Huntington street over the shoe shop. These boys need no credentials from us, for they have been raised here and are known as boys of industry and good repute They expect to handle grooeiies exclusively and solicit a share of your patronage. Wc join their many friends in wishing them success in their new venture. Mr. .Staffer will continue bis meat business. I , After Many Years. Maj, N, N. Boydston of Warsaw, recently received a draft for sl.Ol for service? during the Civil War. Accompanying the draft was a letter explaining that a balance had been found due him. The incident shows with what remarkable accuracy the government books are kept. Credit For Country Press. President Berryman of the Kansas State Bankers Association praises the country press for the invaluable services rendered during the recent financial storm. The newspapers of the smaller towns stood staunchly by the bankers and struggled nobly to keep up the public confidence. The panic might easily have amounted to a national disaster had the press showed the least fear for the public safety. As it was the bankers working band in hand were able to keep up the faith of the people and the most dangerous time in this country for several years was safely passed. English Pheasants Released. John Grabner and George Tibbits have released a number of English pheasants in the woods on their farms south of Warsaw. No hunting will be allowed and the pheasants will be allowed to multiply and restock the woods and underbrush of that vicinity. Marriage Licenses. Frank U, Tucker, Silver Lake, to Francis F, Kern, Claypool. Russell Rowland, Sliver Lake, to Rosa L. Boshore, Silver Lak& Owen E. Emerick, Harrison township, to Alice F. Mote, Warsaw. Howard W. Hemmer, Warsaw, to Edna V. Kephnget, Silver Lake. Nappanee Claims 3,260. The Nappanee Advance is authority for the statement that the town has an estimated population 3,260. The estimate was based upon a total of 700 families with an average of five t<f the family. The Advance says the average is not considered too high in view of Nappanee’s anti-race suioide proclivities.

MOST HORRIBLE DEATH BT FLAMES Mrs- Riley Wantz Taken Suddenly Friday Afternoon at her Country Home LEAVES SMALLBOYANDFATHER One of the most horrible incidents occurred Friday afternoon about three miles northeast of Syracuse that has'shocked the community for some time. Such grief that was brought to the relatives of the victim can hardly be described. | Riley Wantz, upon returning to the house from a field nearby, found his wife burned to death. He accounts /or it in this manner: Mrs. Wantz had been canning berries and was using a gasoline stove. Riley was working in the field on the east side of the houses and at about five o’clock his wife came out and got the mail from the box. When he came near the house a few minutes later ha heard the 10months old boy crying, and as it was nearing supper time Riley drove into the yard and went to see what was wrong with the child. He found him in the kitchen, and noticed some berries spilled near the stove. He picked the child up and carried him into the dining room. It would be bard to realize his feelings when he saw Mrs. Wantz lying on the floor at the south end of the room near the telephone, her wearing apparel burned off except her slippers, and her body drawn up and badly burned. He dropped the child on the table, picked up the charred body and laid it on the couch in the setting room and covered it up. He then phoned for the undertaker and coroner. Mr. Wantz believes that Mrs. Wantz bad fainted, and fell against’ the stove, getting her clothes fired. She retained consciousness long enough to tear off her apron and threw it against the side door, then in trying to get the burning clothes from her and reach the phone, she inhaled the smoke and flames and, was soon out 6f agony. Mrs, Wantz was subject to fainting spells, having had slight attacks on Tuesday and Thursday. Bertha Vida Juday Wantz, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Juday, was born in Benton township, Elkhart county, Ind,, Nov. 29tb, 1881,” and departed this life Sept. 4tb, 1908, aged 26 years, 9 months and 5 days. During a revival meeting held by Rev. Pontius about the year 1900, she was converted and united with the U. B. church. On Sept. 18, 1901, the deceased was united <ip marriage to Riley Wantz, who survives her to mourn her tragic and seemingly untimely death. Besides the husband and little son, a father,, mother, brother and many friends will remember her as a loving, faithful friend and companion. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Solomon’s Greek church, where an entire com munity cama to pay the last respects to their loved one. Rev. Rittenhouse delivered a very touching and comforting discourse. The interment was made in the cemetery nearby. May we not be comforted with the thought, that while right may be on the scaffold and wrong 'forever on the throne, yet behind the dark unknown, standeth God within the shadows, keeping watch above his own. • Our Old Bbys. It is possible some of the veterans who attended the G. A.R. encampment at Toledo were only ten years old when they enlisted m the

Union army. Records completed by the government, after yesrs of work, show the agas of all soldiers when enlisted. Twenty-five bovs were of the tender age of 10 years or less and 38 were only 11 when they served as drummers, water boys and helpers in real war at a period when lads usually toy with tin soldiers. The gr atest enlistment was at jhe age of 21. The record was received by the executive committee of the G. A. R. Friday from J. H. Sharer, department commander ci Ohio. He explains that the rca.cn the figures of enlistment were c< mplied w’th be>cauße many conk not understand why the old soldi rs greeted each other as “boys,” aad then refers to the ages at which U ey were mustered in. The figures so low: Enlisted at 10 years dr under, 25; 11 years or under, 38; 12 yea s or under, 225’; 13 or under, 300; i 4 or under, 12525; 15 or under, 104,978; 16 or under, 231,051; 17 o under, 844,891; 18 or under, 1,157,438; 21 er under, - .2,159,798; 22 or u- der, 618,581; 25 and over, 44,666; 44 and over, 16,071. Grand total enlistment, 2,778,304. Think This Over, If you are’a kicker and s?e sir dew of failure in everything that is proposed to help the town, for heaven’s sake go into some secluded canyon and kick your own shadow oil the clay bank, and. thu i give men who are working to build up ato wn a chance. One long faced, holloweyed, whining kicker can do more to drive away business and capital from a town than all dratitbs, short crops, cinch bugs, cyclones and biiz* zards combined. — Berrien County Journal. ’ .» Goshen Fair Sept. 14 to 18. — Tfic four days ra dug at the Goshen Fair begins Tuesday the 15th, with the country trot and pace—no entry fee. The 3-j ear old tr0t,.2:30 pace, 2:30 trot, 2:22 pace for Wednesday; 2:15 trot, 2:20 pace, 2:15 pace for Thursday; the 2:09 pace, 2:25 trot and half mile running for Friday. Children’’ Day Wednesday—all children free, On Friday the bauds of Elkhart and Goshen will play together, makiug a band of forty wieoes. One raoe will have a lady driver and a f -.st pacer will be shown in an exbib tion trial tc beat the track record, 2:06. All Lake Shore trains stop a the grand stand and beginning Wednesday a special train rues from the town every half hour. i

■ THE OLD SONGI “School diys. School days, . —readin’ and ritin’ and rithmetic'.’— - I am prepared to supply all the children of all the grades with the books, TaDiois. Tons, and a.i mateiial at the light price.. ■ I • 2ZZ --; T;l :■ — — --—-i- — ; ' 1 I ■ . ■ (w Bring yotir Prescrip- ® ' tioi here. We wilt compound it properly. : ■ ■ j — "-= ’ GR3ENE S DRU S STORE SYRACUSE

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BOATS SOW MADE OF EONCBETE 0 1•I ' ” No Limit to the Resources of This »Great Industrye/Big Barges Built. ■ ■ ■ '' '■’ ——r-' ’ ■ T T 5 BSE IN FOREIGN LANDS A striking illustration of the applicability of concrete is to be found in the concrete boats and barges that have been.built by a shipbuilding firm oil the hanks, of the Tiber, at Rome, says Cement Age, New \ orb. The method of construction is simple and the boats are 4 quickly made, at less cost tuan the ordinary kind. They will stand very rough, usage; a®n ji.u jt daily indestructible so f. r ■. '»!.■meiit <.f time is con-' o- rr-tl jend. of course are fireproof. It is also B”.’d that the smooth surfe.ee pl' tb- e- tinislCpffers less resis-laiiue ILa* wepd and that the bottoms do not foul easily or seaweed Consequently they are easy to clear , la c oe, of damage' to any p-rtion of the boat repairs are (jfuickly and.cheaply made |witb cement or concrete, A comparison of cost with steel barges has shown that the concrete boat oan be constructed it half t|‘.e cost of steel and that in the msi -r of maintenance the peat 1« about a fourth or third less. Th? ‘/Ligur.a,” a 150-ton con-, crete barge, was constructed by Messrs Gaheliini, the firm referred to in 1905. Since January, 1906, she has been working in ths harbor of Civita VYcpbia, near Rome. In October, was towed from Ronie down the Tiber to the sea. She was also towed to Geneva and Savona, after which she was towed back again to Genoa and Civita VecL'hin. A 100-ton concrete barge was constructed to the order of the Italian government in 19Q6. She was tested in the military barber of Spezia and was so successful that a contract was placed for four more barges on 'the Earns lines. These particular barges have a double sheet forming wafer-right compartments and are practically unsinkable, Their dimensions are fift"-oae feet and sixteen, feet beam. An says., the Sahara desert averages 30 feet deep, but in some places it Jias been fouhd 300 feet belcw the surface. We would like to know who ever remained in one- p>ace in the Sahara, to dig a that deep.