The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 43, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 February 1915 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal INDEPENDENT. GEO. 0. SNYDER, Editor and Publisher Largest circulation in Kosciusko County outside of Warsaw. $1.50 Per Near •Published Every Thursday at Syracuse Indiana. $1.50 Per Year. Phones—Office 4 —House 117 Entered as second-class matter May 4, 1908, at the post office at Syracuse, Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March j, 1879. GOD’S IDLE HOUSES The Value of church property in the United States, according to the Census Bureau, increased from ten dollars and seventy-nine cents a head in 1890 to fourteen dollars and ninety-three cents in 1906, at which date it amounted to a billion dollars. lx would be easy to pick statistics in other fields that shu-p a larger total and a more rapid gato, but hot so easy to find another equally large investment that is used sor such a small part of the time. A great part of the church property is occupied, at most, ten hours a week: and an important part of the increased investment in sixteen years represents competitive building—one denomination putting up a finer structure just because some other denomination has done so. In the sixteen years, also, the number of denominations increased from a hundred and forty-five to a hundred and eighty-six, embracing two hundred and twelve thousand church organizations. The number of Protestant ministers increased by forty-seven per cent, or nearly fifty thousand in number, and the average pay of all those covered by on taat subject was a . •. t- - dollars a month. I workmen consider that . ■Tadequate and are privileged and dress as cheaply as they please: but a minister is not. Extensive unification of Protestant churches would be the most hopeful sign in the religious field that we can think of. Movements in that direction start now and then, but make comparatively little headway.—Saturday Evening Post. QUIT FLOATING The Young man who is floating along with the current in the hope of eventually securing a good position but without any particular effort to prepare for it will awake sometime to the fact that he has grown old in the doing of odd jobs. A local concern is looking for young men who want to learn a trade that pays a good wage but so far they have encountered the floating type who much prefer visiting on the street corners to performing a days work. These men kick about the scarcity of work. They adopt the ruinous motto of never letting work interfere with a day’s fishing or pleasure. This may seem pleasant now but later on when old age comes creeping up and will not be denied, then they will think of those days of opportunity when they might have gained a trade or profession that would have carried them well into declining years without financial worries. Quit floating! HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN Just What, do you suppose, is the Baltimore & Ohio going to do about a new depot for Syracuse. If our memory is not defective, we once saw a set of blue prints of a new station and freight house that Was to be erected here. That was several years ago and we still have the same old shack—a building that would not be tolerated in many towns. That is what a commercial organization is for, but seemngly Syracuse can’t support one.

We might have many things improved in this man’s town if we had an organization of some disscription that had the combined support of business men and citizens. A SUGGESTION We Have a suggestion to make to theatre managers that ought to earn them the undying gratitude of their patrons. Whv not give a small package of cough drops with every ticket? Now honest, aint that some suggestion? Nothing To It The happiest man in town Tuesday night was Sam Akers; the gloomiest was Richard Johnson. The Fats and Leans played indoor baseball and the two above named managers were confident that their teams would win. But the Fats literally wiped up the earth with the Leans. The score was 15 and 5. The Fat men were far more graceful than their opponents, they played much better ball, and taken all in all deserved to win. The high school defeated the city team in basket ball. Mrs. Wesley Ott Dead Sarah Idella, wife of Wesley A. Ott, died Monday morning at 2:30 o’clock at her home near Solomon’s Creek, after a year’s illness from a complication of diseases. She was 44 years of age. Surviving are her husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. JohnN. Juday of Syracuse, a brother, Logan Juday of Elkhart and a sister, Mrs. ’Willis Blue of Leesburg. The funeral will be held Thursday at Solomon’s Creek U. B. church at 10:30. Can You Solve This Here is a problem for the solution of which the Journal offers $467 in silver. Go to it! If it takes a four-month old woodpecker with a rubber bill 9 months and 13 days to peck a hold through a cypress log that is large enough to make 117 shingles, and it takes 165 shingles to make a bundle worth 93 cents, how long will it take a erosseved grasst* u P* ,vl a cork leg to kick all the seeds out of a three-inch dill pickle? Huh? K. Os P. Banquet The K. of P. annual banquet was held at the lodge rooms last Wednesday evening. The affair was not as elaborate as in former years and attendance was confined to the members of the lodge. ’ A fine supper was served and afterwards Wm. Beckman gave a Victrola concert. Will Build Home Mr. and Mrs. Wade Zerbe have purchased a building lot off the southern end of the Ed. Holloway lot and will erect a residence there this spring. For Sale —One five-passenger two-cylin-der Auburn. One 1911 model Overland. Lepper Garage. Want Ads MOTORCYCLE—For sale or trade. Call at this office. 43 ts o BOUND —Bunch of keys and light wrench county line road .Owner can have same by calling at this office. 43tf MEN WANTED—Men wanted at the Gilderman Manufacturing & Foundry Co. Opportunity to learn good trade. 43tf FOR SALE—Small launch and boat house. Inquire of Ocal Craft. FOR SALE—Five room residence property on Lake Street. A bargain at S6OO. Mrs. E. E. Streiby. FOR SALE—Family driving mare. Can be driven by anyone. John Ward. FOR SALE—Set of Studebaker harness. Reasonable price. Call at the Journal office. o FOR SALE —5x7 camera with extra fine lens. For sale st a bargain. o WANTED —Cleaning, Pressing, and rtpair work. Mrs. Henry Snobarger, jhone 905. EGGS FOR SALE—White Wyandotte eggs, pure bred for hatching, 50c for i« sggs. M. Morris, R. R. a, Syracuse Phone N 0.7422.7422 Cromwell exchange. 431 5» pd.

SPECIAL SERVICES CLOSE b [ SEVENTY EIGHTiCONVERSIONS RESULT FROM REVIVAL The meetings at the M. E. church closed Friday night. The house , was packed and many turned away. There were seventy-eight conver- . sions in all. These included some in the churches who were revived 1 in Christian life. Last Sunda 1 eight united with the M. E. church by letter, eleven on profession o> faith, four on probation and twelve children were baptized. The U. B. church received twenty into membership Sunday, and other churches quite a number. While the meetings were in the M. E. church, the loyalty of the other churches made it practically a union meeting and all were deserving of the benefits they „re--1 ceived. Elkhart Bottom. M iss Ester Stetler France Hapner and family spent , Sunday with James Haushew’s. Frank Ott and family spent Sunday with Monroe Ott and family. Mervill Hire is entertaining the mumps. T. J. Hire is slowly improving. ( Lucille Hire spent Sunday with Henry Hire and wife. Wert Bortz and family, Mrs. H. Stetler and son Carl spent Friday ’ with J. C. Stetler and family. Dwight Wolf and family will become residents of Ligonier this week. Master Joe Stetler spent Saturday with Mrs. H. Stetler. Miss Helen Stetler has the chicken pox. Mrs. Wm. Hire is suffering with the grippe. Elmer Strieby was on our streets 1 Sunday morning. 1 Mr. Reed and family spent Sunday afteinoon with Chas. Furst’s. Mamie Emory spent Sunday with 1 Monroe Ott and family. Ed. Scott and family spent Sunday with Geo. SargeiK and family. Lena Brown anfl Hollis Blue spent Sunday with Thad and. Elizabeth _ || The wl Mrs. Dora with T. S Sheffield Mart Long and wife speNtSun- j ' day with Geo. Long and fanftily. , Mr. Long is improving. Cecil Hofferth and wife of South ( Bend moved here last week. 1 John Bender and wife were the j ! guests of Claud Niles’s Sunday. Jacob Weybright spent Sunday with Charlie Weybright’s. Those on the sick list are Victor White, Vleria Niles and Soloman Rodibaugh. ! Mrs. Ella Wolf and son Ralph 5 spent over Sunday with Jesse r Mitchel and family at Nappanee. 5 Mrs. Ed. McClintic and Mrs. Byron Doll spent Thursday with Mrs. W. E. Sheffield. Mrs. Ed. McClintic is on the sick . list. Lon Rookstool and wife spent a few days with James Rookstool and family of Elkhart. Mr. Rookstool is improving. Evangelical Church * Friday evening at 7; 30, presiding ‘ Elder Rev. J. W. Metzner will • preach, and hold the quarterly conference, Sunday School at 9:30 preaching by the 'pasoor at ; Reception of new members and the sacrament of baptism for all who wish to be either sprinkled or poured » whether children or adults. r Preaching at 7.00 by Rev. Metz- ‘ ner followed by the sacrament and Lord’s Supper. t ' Card Os Thanks We wish to take this opportunity t to express our sincere thanks to the many neighbors and friends, who so kindly assisted us in our great f. sorrow, following the death of our ■ beloved wife and mother, Mary Miller, also for the many expresg sions and sympathy and floral gifts. Stephen D. Miller and children. a Reappraised All the property real and person>l al of the Wawasee Inn Co. was re- ’ appraised last Tuesday and it is believed that the price set thereon e will enable the receiver to make ? 5 disposition of the property. Roy it Riddle and J. P. Dolan made the

Damage Suit Dismissed § I On motion of the plaintiff’s at- j torneys, the damage suit of Adele j M. Howenstine, of Fort Wayne, I against William Snavely, of Syra- | cuse, was dismissed in the Kosci- j usko circuit court Monday morning. | The plaintiff asked for damages in j the sum of $5,000 for injuries re- |l ceived when she was thrown from a wagon in Syracuse in August, 1913. The wngou was struck bv a runaway team belonging to the defendant. The jury had been selected and evidence in the case started when the motion to dismiss was offered. The case will be restated. Buys Baker Farm Wm. Hartled of Illinois, recently purchased the Baker farm west of here, and Monday moved onto his new possession. He was in Syracuse, Tuesday, making aarangements for his spring work. We belive Mr. Hartled will like his new location and hope to see him often in Syracuse. Obituary Mrs. Mary Magdalen Miller was born March 15th, 1846, departed this life February 16th 1915. She was.joined in marriage to Stephen D. Miller July 4th 1861. There were born to this union ten children, Ella, Firman, Samuel, Marion. Charles, Ahpeda, Emma, Earl, Maytie and Hattie. Almeda and Samuel preceded her to the land of rest. Surviving her are, husband, eight children, two sisters, Mrs. Anna Walters and Mrs. Kate Boyer, two brothers, David and Samuel Dausman, thirty-two grandchildren and five great grandchildren and many other near relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Mr. and Mrs. Miller lived in the bonds of Holy wedlock fifty-four years. Their golden wedding was happily celebrated, all the children being at home but Charles and Firman. She was converted thirty-nine, years ago and joined the church of the U. B. at Union. Wie was a faithful member of the Wurch of her choice, but the few years , she afflicted that she was/unto chnrcb regularly, p She was mtfWloved and resj!P cted ‘mother antfJLife, she loved' her home and children and no sap r * fice was to severe ior her to m- ake for ■ their comfort. ’ PROFIT FROM OLD CAR CONVERTS ANCIENT BUICK INTO RACER —Wm. Dowdy, of Bluffton, who would rather drive a motor car than eat almost any day, has discovered a new and profitable field, which moreover affords him much pleasure. His business enables him to get away from home a great deal during the summer and fall months at the time of the county fairs, and he was an important visitor at these fairs last year. With him was his old Buick car, stripped and converted into the racing type. As a result of his efforts in the racing game his bank account showed an increase of more than SI,OOO and he says the fun he had was worth much more: William and his Buick had little trouble in making a clean sweep wherever he he started and he met dll comers. The best part of the bargain, in bis his oqinion, was the fact that his Bufc’k had traveled 90,000 miles before he got it for a song and stripped it for action. His friends thought he made a foolish purchase but they were looking at the exterior of the old car and were not familiar with the “works” under the hood. Mr. Dowdy advises anyone who wishes an exciting, profitable time to buy an old Buick, tune it i up for racing and go out and make a cleanup. Church Os God Sabbath School at 10;00 A. M., . Christian Endeavor at 6:30 P. M. The Christian endeavor society will hold a business meeting, Thursday evening at 6:30, preaching at *7:3o’ theme, “What is a Christian” special prayer will be offered in behalf of the evangelestic meetings j which shall be neld in the near fu- ‘ ture. Everybody is cordially in- ’ vitedto attend. / j —Pail of fish 43c at Kindig and r

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STOPS Q MILFOBD ICT. SYRACUSE (AN NOW RETURN IN TfE EVENING No. 6, dut here at 8:45, now stops at Milforl Junction for Syracuse passenger. This is a much appreciated coiVenience and will be taken advaitage of largely by local people wh> have business at either Warsaw < Goshen. High officials of the conpany claim that this would have teen granted long ago if the superintendent of . this division had exjained circumstances. —May Day Kindig and 00. t

Announcing Device 1 A novel announcing device will be used at the band concert, March i sth, that every one should see. It will be displayed an uptown window soon. This is an original idea, a design of Harry Richards and the decorating and lettering was done by E. W. Hire. Does It Pay? S. C. Lepper received an inquiry from Van Wert, Ohio, in regard to a second-hand Ford which he advertised in the Journal. Dots it pay to advertise? Louise Self suffered an attack of appendicitis, Thursday night and was quite sick until Sunday, since which time she has improved rapidly.

.. i ' Wrist Badly Cut Maxine, the little daughter of t Mr. and Mrs. Selden Jenkins fell and cut her wrist severely on a piece of glass. The tendons were severed and it was necessary to put the child under the influence of ether while the tendons were drawn together and fastened. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering It .through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should nevets, be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will dojis'ten fdd.to the good you can possrtTty derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tt»edo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the Catarrh Cure K sure you get the genuine. It is tak>n internally and made in Toledo. Ohio. F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials fre 4 - • , Sold by ivuggists. Price 75c per bottle. Take Ha l '" Family Pill* for constipation.