The Syracuse Journal, Volume 16, Number 21, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 September 1923 — Page 4

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL ■(PUBLICAN Published every Thursday at Syracuse. Indiana Entered as second-class matter on May 4th. 19V8, at the postoffice at * Syracuse. Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1879. SVBSCKIPTION RATES Oae year, in advancel2.oo Six months Three months Single Copies H. A. Buettner, Editor ’and Publisher CUra 0. Buettner, Associate Editor —STAFF— Mrs. Crist Darr...?... .Four Corners Mrs. Ross Kudibaugh. .North Webster Mrs. Wm. Sheffield West End Mia Calvin CooperGilberts Mrs. Henry He*Solomon * Creek J. L. Kline Tippecanoe Minnie Robinson Pleasant Ridge Mrs. Ernest Mathews White Oak Violet Kauffman Cedar Square Mrs. C. Richcreek. .'Colley s Corners Thursday, September 20, 1923 • 1 knew not whit the truth may be, 1 tell it as ’till told to me/’—Editor THE EMPLOYERS OF CHILD LABOR - — t For twenty-live years educators. legislators, social workers and trade unions have fought this menace with every weapon within their reach, and have expended many hundreds of thousands of dollars in .campaigns against child labor. A growing public sentiment has been aroused against the employment of young children in industry. Despite of it the evil persists, often under conditions as shocking as those revealed recently in Newark and Jersey City, where a survey by the New Jersey State Department of Labor disclosed nearly a thousand children doing contract labor at home under sweatshop environment of a revolting type. These tenement children, many of them tubercular and otherwise diseased, were making nocalled “sanitary powder puffs,'* beaded dresses, assisting with doll clothes and working on tin toys which were to bear the proud label “Made in America." Their work was done in filthy, surroundings that rendered the products a menace to the ultimate consumer. In spite of such revelations as this, which from time to time have come to the public notice, child labor persists and is even on the increase. In 1920, during a time of industrial depression, the census reported over one million children from 10 to 15 years of age in various occupations. Since the decision of the Supreme Court last spring reports received by the Children’s Bureau indicate an increase of 43 per cent in the number of certificates issued. These children are not only employed in New York tenements, but they are in the cotton mills of NewEngland and the South, in the coal mines, in canning industries, and sugar-beet fields. In New York state, in 1920, there were »nearly 50.000 child wage earners, of whom 2,000 were injured according to compensation insurance reports. The conditions revealed by investigators and Congressmen should make selfrespecting American employers hide their faces in shame. Robbing children of that to which they are entitled — education, health, happiness and opportunity for play is little less than criminal, and it is unfortunate that the Supreme Court did not look at the question from that angle. The get-rich-quick aiqbition of many American manufacturers regardless of human life and the future of the nation. is a matter that needs instant attention. Any industry that cannot exist without resorting to these methods for profit is a public menace—breeders of crime and criminal, on a par with small pox—and should receive similar attention at the hands of the consuming public •nd state authorities. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank the members of the K. K. K. of Syracuse, for their most generous offering which was sent me recently. Words cannot express my ap-pre-iation of the many kind acts of my friends. Mrs. June Hire. o z TO THE PUBLIC Our cider null will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each 20-2 tp Nicolai & Ott ■O - ' In a school within twenty q miles of London, not one out of sixty pupils had seen a street car, a. bridge, or a running stream. . a*

A FOUR-HOUR DAY VISION ' t In a hundred years from now, that is along about the good year 2023, according to Dr. Cnarles P. Steinmetz, famous electrical wizard of Schenectady, New York, | society will see the adoption of the four-hour working day and the beginning of an era of leisured ease. He "predicts that by that time the electrical age will be in full flower and that the electric current will be doing so much of the world’s work that it will be necessary for mankind to devote only four hours a day to toil. He adds, however, that men and women will not be idle non producers the rest of the time, but will occupy the hours released for leisure with “productive diversions satisfying -the particular instincts "of the individual." They will start the day’s work at 8 o’clock in the morning and finish it at noon, hut when they get to their homes' they will have awaiting them eight or ten hours of “productive diversion" that have been carefully planned for them by those who have been appointed to guard over their moral and spiritual welfare. The inference is inescapable that before Dr. Steinmetz got very far along visualizing the electrical age, he became impressed that for the human individual to be idle twenty hours ’out of each twenty-four would be intolerable, hence his ‘'productive diversion" ide<» for governing the. disposition of the peoples lei-. sure hours. It seems to have bothered him some when he rea- i liz.od that with the adoption of the four-hour day the real problem facing meh and women would not be in finding an occupation or profession in which to nut in the four hours anmr-' •tinned for work,, but in deciding| in what sort of activities to spend the hours apportioned for leisure. One gets an impression that under his "productive diversion” system the leisure hours would not differ vastlv from the working hours. Should that be the case, the electrical age] would hard!v be one of leisured ease after all. But why perplex ourselves over it? None of us can hope to be here a century | hence to worry about the overplus of spare time that the rronhetic doctor says society will ; have on its hands in that period | ■ —o NORMAN DEWART DEAD Norman Dewart, a former Syracuse resident, died Saturday. September 15, at his home in South Bend after a lingering illness, at the age of 52 years. He is survived by his wife, one son, one brother and three sisters. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Church of God. Syracuse. Rev. Richhart, of near Plymouth, a close friend of deceased, officiating. Burial in Syracuse cemetery. — o _» OLDEST PERSON IN COUNTY Luke Hill of Cromwell claims to be the oldest man in Noble; county. He is 97 years old and gets around as actively as many men at 65. The oldest son is 75, who is not as active as his aged? father. - t— - J Mr. Krimmel, the piano tuner, ’ of Fort Wayne, is here for a few days. Parties wishing piano tuned can leave word at the Syracuse telephone office. 21-pd

i ----------------- - . , „ . , i| Removal Sale : Equipment, Buildings and • ' Supplies. SYRACUSE MILL THE SANDUSKY CEMENT CO, Syracuse, Ind. Crushed stone, $1.40 yard. Concrete buildin? blocks Bxßxl6 inches. 4c each in wall. .Concrete building blocks 9x10x30, 6c apiece in wall. Corrugated iron, $2.00 a square ou buildings. Window frames, sash and glass. various sizes. Lumber various sizes and lenghts, $15.00 31 as is. Steel tanks various sines and shapt*s 3c pound. One carload Gypsum $1.50 ton. Scow $150.00. Tug boat hull. Pipe various sizes. Valves and fitting. 12-inch spiral pipe. Air pipe. Canvas and leather belt 25c to 50c foot. Sack twine. Engines and boilers various sizes including 2 Duplex Marine Engines. Marine boiler. 4 inches by 18-foot ■ boiler tubes. Pulleys, sprockets, shafting, chain and ’ hangers. 30 barrels winter black oil. Grinding, washing and pugg mills. 33'eod, brick, steel and concrete buildings. Mood roof trusses quarter pitch 50 feet clear span, $25.00 each as is. Can easily be knocked down for < shipment. Roof trusses, quarter pitch, constructed of I • 40 pounds railroad iron, 25 feet by 6 inches center to center of bearings. $25.00 each as is. Twine. Cannon !• ■ ball stoves tIOO each. The above is a practical list of equipment and supplies which we offer for sale. Call or write stating your wants. Representative as mill. — —U ;

OIL IN INDIANA Indiana produced 87,000 barrels of oil during July, according to the monthly bulletin on gas and oil activities in this state I compiled by Theodore Kingsbury, assistant state geologist Considerable activity is manifest in Cass county as evidenced by the leasing of hundreds of i acres by Michigan men who expect to have three rigs operating in that locality early in September. The first well was started September 1, and is located in the eastern part of Harrison township. As a result of the revival of natural gas in Decatur county the town of Burney, west of Greensburg, will be supplied this winter with gas for light and fuel. The Greensburg Gas and Electric Light Co., which supplies municipal lighting for Greensburg, plans to drill four gas wells before cold weather. According to the bulletin Ridgeville field, Pike township, Jay countv. is the center of activity. Eight we Ms recently brought in are now rroduring 465 barrels of oil daily. Two wells drilled proved dry. Two drilling companies have leased targe tracts of land in Knox and Gibson counties just oast of where White river empties into the Wabash river. A test well will be started about the nriddlte of Sentember. According to the bulletin there ”re in the United States at this time about 290,000 oil wells pro- ! during a total of 2,250.000 barrels a day. About, ‘half of this I production comes from eight new ■ pools, of which only one or two are believed to have reached ; their peak. The bulletin point® | out that there arg approximately 113,000,000 automobiles in this country which use on an average of 430 gallons of gasoline per ■ ear, distributed to them through more than 35,000 filling stations. o No. 805 BANK STATEMENT Stenhen Freeman, President J. P. Dolan, Tice President W. M. Self, Cashier Hol Miller, Assistant Cashier Report of the condition of the State Bank of Syracuse Bank at Syracuse, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on September 14. 1923. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $394,892.61 I Overdrafts 373.20 U. S. Bonds 6.200.00 <>!!>< ■• Bonds and Securities 2,500.00 Banking House ~... 21,186.09 j Furniture and Fixtures... 5,100.00? Other Real Estate 11.850.00, Due from Banfcs and Trust Companies 81,489.44 ■ Cash on Hand 13,011.85Cash Itenvi .. 106.82 TotaJ Resourcesss36,7lo.ol LIABILITIES I Capital Stock —paid in 535,000.00 Surplus 15,000.00 Interest, Discount, etc 1.342.18 Demand D'p'ts $214,425.08 Demand C't fs $270,942.75 4v-.367.83 Total Liabilities $536,710.01 I State of Indiana. i Kosciusko County, SS: I. W. M. Self, Cashier of the State Rank of Syracuse, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. W. M. SELF. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me • this 19th day of September, 1923. Geo. L. Xanders. Notary Public. (SEAL) My commission expires March 11. 1927. j o EAT POISON MUSHROOMS Mushroom poisoning threatened to prove fatal to Mrs. Charles Pearson of Silver Lake, and her husband was deadly sick, the result of eating poisonous mushrooms. Both will recover.

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PARAGfIAPHIC BITS ABOUT HOME FOLKS ■ Notes of the Week on the Coming and Going of* People You Know. I — Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Buchholz were Chicago visitors on Monday? Elmer Grubb of California is here visiting in the home of his sister, Mrs. Alfred Ott. Darr, who is employed in Mishawaka, spent the week end here with his family. Mr. and Mrs. John Auer and family of Ligonier spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Darr. Mrs. C. I. Beery and daughter Wauneta and son Frederick were Goshen visitors on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. R. Kerwin here this week in the home of her sister, Mrs. J. H. Bowser. Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Hollo-' way and children of Mentone 1 spent Sunday here with relatives. Mrs. Frank Bushong attended; he W. C. T. U. convention held at Leesburg on Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Plank of Goshen spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Oh aver. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bowser of Garrett were Sunday guests here of his mother, Mrs. J. H. Bowser. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Hill of Chicago motored down and spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. J. H. Bowser. Harold Bowser of Cleveland, Ohio, spent last Thursday visiting here with his mother. Mrs. J. H. Bowser. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Garver of Goshen spent Saturday night with her grandmother, Mrs. Frank Younce. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Stump have moved to their farm near North Webster. They have been residing in Syracuse. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Inslay exnect to move this week into the Take Stump residence on South Huntington street. Mrs. Elsie Cable returned home on Monday after spending a week in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Drudge. I Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller have • moved their household goods i from Boston street to the Dan I Mishler farm, north of town. Mrs. Walter Stiffler and children expect to leave on Sunday for Sylvania, Ohio, to join her husband, who is employed there. Mr. and Mrs. Harry DeHart moved their household goods on Wednesday from South Main street to the Mrs. Sophia Rookstool residence in the north part of town. Miss Hattie Dritzler of Winona and the Misses Myrtle Rep, Leah! Scott and Edna Ruse of Dayton, Ohio, were guests here the last of the week of Mrs. Elizabeth Akers.

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-Ir. and Mrs. Dewey Coy spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mis. Chester Stiffler. Mrs. Stiffler is quite ill at present. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mangus ■ and children returned home on ! Sunday after spending a week in Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. Win. Cable. Paul and Robert Riddle left on Sunday for Bloomington, where ithey will attend the state universitjL This is their first year in college. Mrs. E. E. Holloway and daughter Elrise and Mrs. Hallie Holloway and daughter Maxine were Goshen visitors on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. W. G. Connolly returnee home from Chicago on Wednesday. where she spent severa' ’ days buying stock for the drx goods store. Mr. and Mrs. W’ill Widner ano Mrs. Ed. Plank of Huntington spent the week end visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Hire, and other friends here. Everett. Darr and Roy Wogoman and their lady friends spent I Sunday in Three Rivers, Michi- ! gar. visiting in the- home of Mr. i and Mrs. John Darr. Miss Joy Deardorffff and Miss Em lie Dick went to Chicago on Monday, where they will attend Pcstalozzi Froebel Teachers’ College again this year. E. Shaffer, who resides in Wisconsin, and who is visiting with rel.'fives in Syracuse for a few weeks, spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Hire. Miss Mary Bushong and her brother Guy left early on Wednesday morning for University Heights at Indianapolis, where they will attend Indiana Central College the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Dolan returned home on Saturday evening from Columbus Ohio, where they went last week to attend the national W. C. T. U. convention. From there they went to Michigan and visited in the home nf .their nephew, Hugh Kitson. They also went to Detroit and visited the factory where 7,000 Ford cars are made in one day, and saw a car made from a small piece of material to the finished product. Those who spent Sunday September 16, at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gross, on Lake Wawasee, enjoyed the day visiting with Mr. and Mrs. William Evans, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, who are spending four weeks here at the lake. The guests were: S. F. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer and son, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gross, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Verd Shaffer, son and daughter all of Millersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaffer, son and daughter of Pierceton; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Garver of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. George Stacker, two sons and daugh + er of ’Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. William ©Kitson. daughter and two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot Jones and two sons, Jesse Cory, Miss Lin Cory, Mrs. Sarah Younce. and Mrs. Alice Cory and sbn of Syracuse. o A classified ad will sell it

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IN OUR CHURCHES Methodist Episcopal ChuYch 1 Sunday School 9:45 a. m. 1 Morning-Worship ...11:00 a. m. ’ Ep wor th* League 6:30 p.m ‘ Subject, “Training for Leader- ! ship.” Script. Mk. 4:10-25. < Evening Service 7:30 p. m. 1 Tuesday evening prayer meet-? ing. At this time Mrs. Dolan will < ■rive a report of the W. C. T. U. 1 Convention at Columbus, Ohio. < All are invited to these ser- I vices. ,! F. H. Cremean, Pastor. ’ j Evangelical Church Sunday School .; 9:45 Morning Worship 11:00 ‘Arning Service 7:30 Church Night, Thursday... .7,30 We are extending a special invitation to men, young and old. i-o cur service next Sunday morning. The subject of the morning message will be, “A'Man’s Job.” In our evening service'we will continue our study of the characteristics of the ideal life. The mbiect Sunday evening will be "The Heritage of the Gentleherrted." V r e extend a hearty welcome to all who have no church home or having no service find \t possible to worship with us. Weekly thought: “Character is we.- lth whether it is accompanied by cash or not.” W. J. Dauner, Pastor. Grace Lutheran Church Sunday School at 9:30. If you are not going to Sunday School here is the time and place to start. There will be no preaching services this Sunday. The Ladies Aid Society will meet Thursday afternoon at the Brunjes home on Lake Wawasee. Mrs. Samuel Porter is in charge of transportation to this meeting. R. N. McMichael, Pastor. MONEY TO THE WINDS A Warsaw resident one Satur- , day evening paid his pTocety bill and started home with his can- ; celed credit slips. Realizing that they had served their purpose hei aimed to tear them up, throwing? ! the bits of paper on the ground. ’ When he reached home he discovered the credit slips intact 1 , but a ten and five dollar bill was i, missing. With the aid of his wife 1 and a lantern he retraced his steps, gathered up the torn fragments of his money and took it to a bank after piecing it together for redemption by the government. —o |. In China, women are nowl invading every department ofpub- ? lie life, with the exception of the . legal profession, which is still J closed to them. There is, how- ] ever, one Chinese woman lawyer, a Cantonese lady, who has quali- j i fied at the Parisian bar. i

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MARVELOUS RESULTS OF BURNING COAL TWICE Henry Ford ib erecting, at Walkerville, Ont., a plant that will cost about $25,000,000, whim is designed to burn coal twice, at it were, or distill it for gas and by-products. For many years chemists and government experts have sought a system to save the large per cent of valuable gas and other products that now go to waste. Under this process, it is claimed, a ton of coal will yield over 50 pounds of pitch, about 13 pounds of ammonium sulphate, 8 gallons of motcir fuel, 7 gallons of lubricating oils, 7,000 cubic feet of high grade gas, and leave 1,500 pounds of coke that will be put’ into briquettes for domestic uses, or utilized under boilers. The plant under construction will handle 12,000 to 15.000 tons of coal per day, and other plants will be erected close to the coal mines to save expense of hauling and handling. Mr. Ford and his engineers have been conducting experiments for many months and are completely convinced that this process will not only revolutionize the fuel business, but the gasoline business as well, and provide a cheaper and better pro-* for all purposes. It will be remembered that Mr. Ford has repeatedly stated that coal should be burned twice, and this is one of the causes of his recent purchase of vast coal fields and mines. Scientists and inventors assert that, if successful, this invention will take its place as the .greatest benefit to mankind of this centurv. — o— Sal< Notice Wishing to dispose of my property in Syracuse and to ascertain property values, 1 will offer the following property towit: One seven room brick house, good state of repair, wired for lights, redecorated last year, situated on and inclmling lot No. 94 in Hi Ila bold’s addition to the Town of Syracuse, together with abstract of title,- etc. Payment in CASH, TRADE or TERMS. The house alone cannot be built for twice the price asked for property. I will reduce the price $59 per week as long as this notice appears or is sold. PRICE $1,250. NOB’ $1,050. L E. Schlotterback, Syracuse, Indiana. o Proper Adju»tmcnt. A little girl at Swope park Saturday afternoon wan severely criticized by her mother for feeding popcorn to the goats from a pasteboard box. The child remonstrated that the goats were htmgry. “Yes,” said the mother, “but you should have given the popconi to the ducks, and let the goats hare the box.” —Kansas City Star.