The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 20, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 11 September 1913 — Page 1

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0.8. CONFERENCE Hl IMIEBIOO Local Delegate Instructed To Ask For Return Os £ Rev. Eaton The United Brethren Conference was started at Wednesday morning. Rev, L. A. Eaton left for there, Tuesday morning, and Mrs. Pearl Darr, delegate from the local church, went Wednesday morning. The local delegate has been instructed to ask for the return of Rev. Eaton, who has done a good work in the year he has spent here. One needs but look at the improved condition of the church building and grounds and at the state of the church finances to comprehend the material benefit that has accrued to the church in the year that Rev. Eaton has been the pastor. Neither has he neglected the spiritual welj’are of his charge and we beleive hat his return will be welcomed by everyone. Among the important things to ve discussed at the meeting is the usion or union of the Methodist Protestant church and the United brethren. The former church has Iready expressed its willingness md if a two-thirds vote in favor of it is had at conference this week, it will be put up to the members at arge and a gene. 1 vole taken, "hen, if the quest sou ho k‘ . • ■ wo-tl.irds riV.c • . *)• iers or the church, the two denuin nations would be united under the •ame cf the United Protestant ’hurch. Kills Rattlesnake Earl, aged six, son of James Waltz of Goshen, was nlevirgin the road near the peach orchard on the John Rentfrow, farm one day last week, when he spied a large snake. Seeing that he wouldn't be able to kill it himself, he held it fast on the ground with a stick and called for help. His grandmother, Mrs. John Rentfrow, came and dispatched the reptile which proved to be a good sized rattlesnake.

BRAINARDS New Fall Goods In Every Department Outing Flannels in dark colors for at 7 and 8c per yard. Plain colors in pink, light blue and cream, heavy twilled cloth 12 l-2c per yard. Light fancy colors, 25 patterns to select from at 10c a yard. COTTON BATTS FOR COMFORTS We have a new line of cotton Batts, the best the market affords at 10, 12 1-2, 15, 25, 50 and 69c. Our Stock of Sweaters Is Now In and Very Complete Children Sweaters 50c, 75c, 98c, $1.25, $1.48, $1.98 and $2.50 in grey, white and red. Extra values in Misses’ sweater at 98c, $1.50, $1.98 and $2.50. Ladies’ Sweaters in red’ grey and white. Men’s Sweaters in red and grey, $2.50 to $5.00 New R & G Corsets for Fall • 50c to $5.00 Another shipment of those bungalow or short sleeve aprons, light and dark color, at 50c. Special for Saturday, Sept. 13th $1 alarm clocks guaranteed one year, for 69c \ 8 bars of Lenox soap, 25c Brainard’s Dbrl. store

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Better than Ever . L. G. Ditty, president of the Bremen Fair Association, was a caller at the Journal office, lest week, and asserted that Bremen is looking forward tonne of the best Fairs that it has ever held. The amusements promise something unique in entertainment and the exhibits promise to be better than ever before. The $2,000 purses have attracted some good horses and the racing program will be far superior to former years. Bremen has one of the best half-mile tracks in the state and some very fast time is expected. A number of Syracuse people have planned to attend this fair which is to be held next week, on September 16th to 19th inclusive. Former Syracuse Lady We have been handed a clipping that will interest friends of a former Syracuse resident, Mrs. Ora Cunningham, a sister of Mrs. Ida Knorr. Mrs. Cunningham teaches domestic science in the high school at Provo, Utah, and this spring graduated from Bringham Young university, and also was a student at their summer school. She Svas among the speakers who addressed the students at the close of the school term. Buys Parsonage The parsonage trustees of the United Brethren church have been authorized by‘the official board to purchase the Jams Waltz property v th. pastor no v lives A : O; '■ ■. .as b' . ‘ ■-.•gl’e-s b) V) ■ ■;x j .md the uuotees which give.-, the church possession of the property at once and negotiations will be closed soon. Died In Toledo Wm. I. Longacre. who wedt to Toledo from Benton in 1893, died at the former place last week. He was aged 53, and is survived by his father, Thomas Longacre, qnd three sisters and one brother. Resumed His Duties Marshall Chas. Rentfrow has again taken up his duties as a promoter of the peace, after an enforced vacation due to illness.

WILMA KITSON WINS BIG PRIZE Nita Bunger Wins In District 1> And Madge Baker In No. 2 Wilma Kitson 1,273,010 Madge Baker 1,163,630 Vada Unrue 744,010 Nita Bunger 643.460 Lilly Deardorff 367,920 Etta Crowl 256,470 The above was the result at the end of the Judge’s cohnt, Saturday evening. The adding machine was secured from the Syracuse State Bank and by its use no possible mistake could be made in the count. Wilma Kitson received the largest amount of votes and was awarded the first prize. Madge Baker, Vada Unrue and Etta Crowl, wefe the chief contestants in the country d strict. with Madge Baker in the lead at the final count. Nita Bunger and Lily Deardorff ran a close race for the prize in District No, 1, but the result showed Nita Bunger winner. So far we have not heard a word of dissatisfaction expressed with the manner in which J. E. Vail conducted the contest. He was impartial in his treatment of the candidates and played no favorites. The Journal appreciates the work of the ladies, who devoted their time to the contest and only wishes it . « e possible to award a prize to i .'t'ch. ' The number of new subscribers added to oiir list is gratifying and we can assure our advertisers that we have the largest circulation of any paper in Kosciusko county, outside of W arsaw. We want to assure our new readers as well as the old ones that the Journal wants all the news and wi'' appreciate any items that are sent hi If possible v.’e want to make the Journal better than ever, so that no one will regret the new subscription price of $1.50 per year. The new rate will go into effect next Monday and positively no deviation from this price will be made. Our costs, for some time, have told us that the ’paper was costing us more than we received, and it Would have only been a matter of time until the quality of the Journal would have been effected. This week will end your chance of securing the paper for SI.OO and if you want to take advantage of the saving, come in before Monday morning. Rev. Richhart Man ied Rev. O. L. Richart, who has been located at Craigsville, Indiana, and Miss Jennie Sutton of Rockford Ohio, were married September 4, at Celina, Ohio, by Rev. Wm. W. Lance. Rev. Richart has been a resident of Syracuse at different times and is an able and wellknown minister of the United Brethren church. He will attend the conference at Waterloo, this week, and until its conslusion will not know where he will be sent. Miss Fay Richart is preparing to move and will reside with her father. Special Judge Attorney W. D. Frazer has been named as special judge in the three liquor cases which have been appealed from the board of county commissioners. Two of the cases are the appeal of Patrick H. Galvin and Nelson T. Smith, of Pierceton, from the decision of the board in refusing them license after the first [ I local option election when Wash- ; ington township voted wet, but the election was contested and a second one held. The other case is the appeal from the boards decision that Washington township was mhde dry by the second election. Buys Drug Store J. C. Baker of Albion, has purchased the Hussey Drug Store at Cromwell. M. L. Hussey and son will continue their grain, wool, seed and buggy business on an enlarged scale.

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This paper now | has the largest circulation in Kosciusko county," out- , side of Warsaw. Mr. Jud ay Recovering A letter from Sam Juday, who was taken to a Chicago hospital last week for an operation, says that he is feeling much better and that his * condition is all that can be expected. It will probably be a week before he can return home. ■ | . s 38 YEARS AGO.; Taken From The Files Os The , Syracuse Enterprise Os < 38 Years Ago. i We think an attorney could do j well to establish himself in this ; place. How many Syracuseans intend visiting the Chicago exposition which opens today. The tax collector for this part of the county—Mr. Kistler, of Atwood 1 was in town the latter part of last week. Perhaps it is not generally known that the water of the St Lawrence and Mississippi rivers passes through this county. Preparations are being made to construct gas works in the city of i IG. ;ben. The streets will be light ul, | wnh gas about. the <>. D»i- < ober )te A v. The Syracuse schools will ope: on the first Monday in October. Ii is the desire of the trustee to have all the schools in the township open at that time if possible. If any body doubts that Hank Strooir.beck has a “fast” nag, they should have seen him pulling at the ribbons on the streets of our town on Frida* afternoon of last week. One cf onr butchers, Wm. Bowld, purchased one day last week, a very large fat hog of Curt Cory which weighed when dressed, 586 pounds. If ahy one can beat it let him trot out his “porker.” It has been almost too hot during the past week to do any kind of work. We are willing to submit to it without grumbling however, when we think how it tickles the honest granger and makes the corn grow and ripen. The residence of Silas Harper three miles west of Ligonier, was destroyed by fire Friday evening, Aug., 27th together with considerable of jts contents. The loss was about $1,500 and partially covered by insurance. Thos. J. Juday, of whom we made mention of sometime since as finishing his course of studies at the commercial college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. has accepted situation in that institution to teach penmanship and drawing, at a salary of $75 per month. In consequence of the failure of Prof. E. M. Chaplin to take care of our public schools for the coming term, Joseph A. Kindig our town ship trustee, has employed Prof. McAlpine of Milford as his successor. Mr. McAlpine comes well recommended for the position, and no doubt will give general satisfaction. A school meeting was held in the school house of this place, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of employing two teachers for the term commencing on the first Monday in October, one for the intermediate department, and one for’the primary department Prof. McAlpine having been previously employed by the trustee as principal of the Syracuse schools. For the intermediate department there were quite a number of applicants, but the result of the votes showed a large majority in favor of employing J. P. Dolan now of Portage jCity, Wisconsin, whois a gentleman! of fine qualifications, and a teacher I of many >ears experience. Mbs Amy Aber, who has taught in our schools for many years, was chosen bv acclamation to conduct the primary department of our schools, and her remarkable success in this department heretofore is a sufficient guarantee that this part of our public schools will not suffer. Wheat Xr-25 Beeswax 55c Corn—in ear. . 65c Lard 14c Oats 30c Hides Hay—tame 10 •Racon, lb.. 12c Apples. . 60 Hams 14c Apples, dried.... 9c Potatoes.... 25c Peaches 10c Eggs 12c Butter 15c! Honey -20 c Tallow 7 C Beans..... 42.50

LETTER FROM LUCILE CURDY She Tells Os A 500 Mile Auto Trip To The Grand Canyon Socorro, New Mex., Aug. 24, 1913 Mr. and Mrs. Marion Self, Syracuse, Ind., Dear Friends: We appreciated your letter much; it seemed so long since we had heard anything about you, but felt certain you were both well and enjoying the hot weather. You guessed well about Arizona and New Mexico climate. Through the day the heat is almost unbearable, and the last two weeks have been especially warm. But our nights are so delightful. We always need a comfort before morning. Since going to house keeping in Socorro, we have been using the sleeping porch, which makes the cool night even more enjoyable to us. We had such a lovely trip to Grand Canyon, which is about five, hundred miles from here. We made the trip there in an Overland touring car and really enjoyed the country and people along the way, as milch as we did the Canyon. We were just as far in the heart of the real west as one could possibly get, 'and such barren county I nex ■•* ’ expe< ; to see again. Sever u d w( itce fre.n; morning m ->» W . without seeing a human being u scarcely any vegetation. At nom time we often ate our lunch in the car no shade being available, ano you can believe that it was prettj hot on the desert at noon. We met a number of prairie schooners, mostly Texans looking for a place to homestead and we were mean enough to pride ourselves on being able to ride differently from them. We often remarked that it was not to be wondered that so many pioneers lost their lives while crossing these plains. There is so little water and it very often is not fit to drink, although the water right at Grand Canyon was fine, but it is hauled ninety miles. A bath at the hotel costs from one dollar to two do! lars (extra) so you see baths there are really a luxury and the natives show it. There are a number of Indians always around the Canyon, mostly Navajos, and they are very dirty looking, but many of them have good faces and they do beautilul work. One of the most interesting things at the Canyon was the Hopi Indian house, a typical Indian abode filled with all sorts of Indian handiwork. Each evening they give one of their simpler dances which is always well attended by the tourists. No doubt you have read some time ago, the article in the American Magazine about the Kolb Brothers trip through Grand Canyon in a canoe. Well these boys now have a studio at the Canyon full of pictures taken on their trip, and we had-aplesant talk with them, and the pictures were wonderful, most of them being places that many people may never see. One of the Kolb boys spent last winter in the East displaying moving pictures of their trip and he told me he had been offered excellent prices for the films but will not sell. That was really their main object in making the trip, which was very dangerous, so I guess they want to. be we’d repaid for having so risked their j lives. Os the Canyon itself I can tell you nothing. It is so wonderful that you sit for hours looking at it yet it is nothing but a mass of jagged barren mountain, for you cannot look down at any one place and see the river. There is a trail at the foot of the river which everyone takes by mule. It takes a full day to make the trip starting from the hotel. If you can I wish you would read Stoddards lecture on the Canyon, that is unless you have already

done so. Glen has the book and would be glad to loan it to you, and it is worth reading. I think everyone has felt just as Stoddard did, but we do not all have such power of expression. I forgot to sav that Evelyne is growing so tall and is gaining every day. The West agrees with her. I see by your letter you knew we had changed our address. Socorro is a pretty town about the size of Syracuse but also fifty years behind it. However after spending eight months in the coal-mining camp it seems nice to us. Jay is going to be superintendent of the school for the coming year. School starts September first. It will soon be a year since we came west and we have never once regretted coming. Once in a while we get pretty homesick and Indiana seems so far away, but of

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course that passes. We expect to return to Syracuce as soon as school is out and visit until we get tired I would give most anything for a ride and a swim in the lake. I suppose, of course, you still have your launch and use it every day. I hope you will not think soma , one is sending you a biography* when you receive this and I’m gos ing to stop right now, would like to hear from you often. With best regards to you both. I am Sincerely yours. ' . Lucile Gordy ; Fell From Wagon G. F. Bailey fell from a load of s logs, while attempting to tighten a j boom pole, last Thursday morning, ; and as a consequence was incapac- ■ iated from work for several days, I Luckily no bones were broken.

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