The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 24, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 October 1924 — Page 1

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MEIMLLSM STARTS HOT WEEK Many’Changes In This Season’s Line-up—Svtr«»n Tickets Now On Sale. The Syracuse High School basket ball season starts next Wednesday night. Oct. 15. The Leesburg high school is sending over her first and second teams for. games with the S. H. S. first and second teams. There are many changes from last year’s teams and everybody will want to see the first games to be able to fol-1 low the improvement of the I teams up to the tournaments. j Leesburg has drawn recordj crowds the last two years for ' they always bring a lot of fans* along, and if Syracuse fans don’t < want to be outnumbered they I will have to turn out- strong. The teams this year consist of t the following players: Earl Auer,! Wayne Hoelcher. Ralph Godshalk, Dale Shock. Aldean Snavely, | Lewi Connolly. Everett Crow. Dona von Riddle, Ray Godshalk. j Harry Grieger, Monroe Kehr and . Harry Godshalk. The Athletic Association is trying a new plan this year, in selling season tickets. These tickets are good for all of the home games, twelve in all. Tickets for school children above the sixth grade are sold at $1.50 and tickets for people out of school xell at $2.50. Purchasers of these tickets will make a considerable saving, as the single admission this year will be 25 cents and 35 cents. Children below the seventh grade will be charged 10 cents. > Everybody*purchase your season tickets and come out for the first game. Clingerman will referee. The schedule o f games for the season 1924-25 is as follows; •Oct. 15—Leesburg, Here. •Oct. 24—Pierceton. There. •Oct. 31 Albion. Here. Nov. 7--Ktna Green. There. * •Not. ft Pierceton. Here. Nov. 31—Claypool, Here. •Nov. 25—Milford. Here. •Dec. s—Albion, There. Dee. 12—Beaver Dam. Here. Dec. 49- -Claypool. There. •Dec. 25 -Milford. There. Jan. 2—Etna Green. Here. , ' •Jan. ♦— Leesburg. There. - Jan. 15—Atwood. There. •Jan. 17—North Webster, There. Jan. 33—Atwood. Here. Jan. 30—County Tourney. Feb. 6—Silver Lake. Here. •Feb. 13—Cromwell, There. •Feb. JO—North Webster, Here. •Feb. *7- (Cornwell. Here. Mar. 5 t 7—District Tourney. •First and Secund Teams. O-. LETTER FROM CANADA In remitting for his subscription. D. W. Norris of Preeceville, Canada, says: Editor Syracuse Journal; Please find money order for the Journal for another year. It is a letter form the old home every week. Threshing is in full swing. There are seven machines running in the neighborhood. I haven’t threshed yet but will in ! a few days. My crop is very good, wheat will yield about 30 bushels, oats 50 and barley 40. I have been farming here for 20 years without a crop failure. INTERESTING SERVICES The Rally Day service at the Evangelical church last Sunday morning proved to be a very interesting and helpful service. The attendance was well above the average and the offering amounted to an even one hundred dollars. On Tuesday evening of this week at the Prayer and Bible Study Hour a study of the book of "The Acts of the Apostles.” was started. The attendance at this service was double the averi age attendance. The “Acts of Apostles” makes a most interesting and helpful study. — o— IN NEW HOME The Journal editor and family have moved into the residence formerly occupied by the late Mrs. Ida Knorr, where we expect to remain until called from . thence by the Almighty. We are now our own landlord and nobody can send us notice to move. Our friends are invited to call when convenient

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LUTHERANS IN SESSION ( More than a hundred Lutheran f > pastors and laymen from northl em Indiana. Michigan, and lower Canada are at Uniondale, Ind., for the fifth annual convention iof the Michigan Synod *of the United Lutheran .Church which is holding its sessions in St. Mark’s fine new church at Uniondale, October 7 to 9. The Synod was formally open- | ed Tuesday morning with the Hopv Communion and the conven-' j tion “key note” sermon by the I synod president, the Rev. Albert JH. Keck of South Bend, Ind., Reports of the various boards and committees, many important h problem!, and the consideration of numerous new plans | for developing the work of the i | church occupied the attention of i the synod. Among the more im- ‘ portant issues was the question tof electing a salaried president, I-the holding of a summer school ; for pastors and church workers, | and the raising of more financial j support for students for the fnin’istry. » I Among those who addressed {the convention were Rev. C. P. jVVeiskotten of. Lansing, Mich., ■ Rev. Dr. J. S. Herold, of Chicago, [Rev. Dr. A. B. Garman of Kala- | mazoo, Mich., Rev. Dr. C. S. Bauslin of Harrisburg, Pa., Rev. Dr. E. G. Miller of Philadelphia, and. President R. E. Tulloss of Springfield, Ohio. Memorial services were held Wednesday afternoon for two pastors who died during the year. Rev. W. T. Grommisch of Detroit eulogized the late Rev. Arthur P. Gringle of Detroit, and Rev. T. A- Estell of LaGrange, Ind., menjorialized the Ute Rev. G. C. Strebel of Middlebury. This service was in charge of Rev. C. E. Sparks of Middlebury, Ind. » An important item of the convention was the report of the Rev. L. F. Gundermann of Ann Arbor, Mich., synod statistician, which indicated the development of the synod in membership, ex- - mansion and finances during the past year. o W. <’. T. U. Last Friday afternoon the local executive committee of the W. c. T. U. rpet with Mrs. Sadie Hire. At this meeting superintendents for the different departments of work were selected which are as follows: Anti-nar-cotie and gambling, Mrs. Geiger and Mrs. Lena Bauer; Bibl° in the public school. Miss Lillian Hamman; Child Welfare, Mrs. Ella Hedges; Evangelism, to be supplied; Flower, Mission and Relief Work. Mrs. Lydia Deardo rff, Mrs. Maude Traster, Mrs. W. M. Wilt and Louise Hedges; Medal Contest, Mrs. Catherine Klink and Mrs. Nettie Isenbarger; Sabbath Observance, Mrs. Amanda Rentfrow; Temperance in the Sunday School, will be handled by the superintendents tn the various schools; White Ribbon Recruits, Mrs. F. H. Cremean. Those who are to make the announcements of the meetings in the various churches are: Mrs. Etta Ott, Mrs. Wm. L. Eiler, Mrs. Sarah McPherson, Mrs. Zella Leacock and Mrs. Leona Jones; Publicity Work, Mrs. Alice Dolan. ' o — WINS SET OF CHINAWARE k Albert Zimmerman was the winner of the set of chinaware, which was given away by the Universal Stove Co. at Osborn's hardware store Saturday evening. The demonstration of the Universal stove was during the day. In the evening a large | crowd had gathered to be present at the drawing for the set of chinaware. Flach caller at the store was given a ticket free. Several hundred of tickets were given out. WHO^AS~WGHT4>F4I’A Y ? The driver approaching from the right always has the right-of-way at a street intersection, according to a state law, except at such street intersections where the driver on the left is on a preferential street or boulevard. Many motorists have the notion that because they are on a north and south street they have the right-of-way over all other traffic. This mistaken notion results in many accidents. > o— DELICIOUS GRAPES i The Journal office was the recipient, last Thursday, of a big 1 bunch of fancy grapes, presented •by Mrs. B. F. Hentzel. The grapes were* of superior flavor I and were much appreciated Thanks, Mrs. Hentzel.

Syracuse’s Slogan: “A. Welcoming Town With a Beckoning Lake.”

SUPPER AND RECEPTION ’ A very enjoyable time was spent last Friday evening when abcut 100 members and friends of the United Brethren Church of the Syracuse charge gathered jin the basement of the church lon the lake and enjoyed a boun- : tiful supper at 7 o’clock. This charge is composed of the church jin town and the Concord church miles southwest. The good j women of these churches surely ;can cook, as was attested by the abundance of the good food pil.ed upon the tables. Supper was served ‘cafeteria’ style. After the supper, adjournment was taken to the auditorium where a program of songs and readings was given. This meeting was in the nature Os a reception to the pastor, who had been returned to the charge for the second year . One of the main features of the evening’s program was the presentation of two large basket-fulls of provisions to the pastor and his family, for which they express their sincere thanks. The pastor was called on. and made a few remarks in which he outHned the plan and program of the year’s work, also making a plea for greater consecration to the particular work of the j church, which is the salvation of i souls. —o SOLDIER’S DINNER -, ~ On Thursday, October 2, the ■ annual soldier's dinner was given at noon. Ninety-six people sat down to a sumptuous dinner served in the commodious and! pleasant basement of the Evan-; gelical church. After dinner all i repaired to the church auditor-i ium where a most interesting program was given. Rev. McMichael acted as chairman of the day, in a manner thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Prayer was offered by Rev. Cremean, followed, by a piano -solo by Mrs. Dauner and an address by Mr. Vandeveer of Milford, and a duet by Mrs. Ott and Mrs. Hire which was eninyed by all present. Short talks were given by Reverends Cremean. Daun»r and Eiler and a few short talks by the veteran’s and by David Harrington of Wakarusa. The day closed with the exoressed sentiment of all that it was a day well spent. __o DIED SUDDENLY William Wesley Rohrer, a highly esteemed citizen of New Paris, died very suddenly last Friday afternoon in the furniture store of his cousin, Charles Rohrer, just as he and his wife were ready to start over to their cottage at Oakwood Park to spend a few days there and with Syracuse relatives. Funeral services, which were held at the M. E. church at New Paris on Monday afternoon, were very largely attended, the funeral sermon being delivered by Rev. Buckner of Indianapolis, a former nastor and friend of the deceased. o TO CHANGE CURRENT The Interstate Public Service company, which took over the Leesburg Light and Water company, OcUber 1, has notified patrons in that town of a change from a 25-cycle current to a 60cycle current which means that all motors must be changed. No change in lights will be necessary. It is estimated that the motors in use in Leesburg are ‘ worth $3,800. The Interstate company has agreed to pay onehalf of the cost of replacing these motors and to allow the patrons one-half of any amount secured from the sale of the old motors. CARD O?THANKS We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to Rev. and Mrs. Hedges. Rev. J. E McColley, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pletcher and all neighbors and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy, helpful assistance and for the beautiful floral tributes, in this our sad bereavement, the death of our beloved husband and father. Mrs. Francis A. Brady, Walter E. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Chism, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rrady. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Willard and son. APPLES FOR° SALE -Grimes Golden, Jonathans and Rhode Island Greenings. Also a few crab apples for jelly making. SI.OO per bushel. Stephen Freeman, ts

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9,1924.

i FINED FOR POLLUTION OF PUBLIC WATERS One of the largest fines recorded in this state since present pollution laws became affective has just been imposed in the Wayne •Circuit Court at Richmond, where the Richmond Light, Heat j & Power Company was fined $250 and costs. The case is of state-wide inter- ; est because it will go far to prove | that pollution of public water courses can be regulated, and it •is of particular interest to farm- ! ers on land adjacent to this stream who have suffered financial losses by live stock drinking ! polluted waters. The case was prosecuted by | state conservation department. < assisted bv the Wavne County Fish and Game Protective Asso- • ciation. The company was charged with draining coal tar waste ' into the river from their gas I holders, following the manufacj ture of gas. Fish died from the , effects of this poison as far as .‘ls I miles below the point where the I waste was introduced to the I stream. Evidence was introduced, savs George N. Mrnnfeld, superintendent of fisheries and game, showng that the company persisted in using the river as a means of waste removal even after the denartment notified them to desist. Practically the whole force of two divisions of the conservation department was employed in gathering evidence for prosecution in this case, including sanitary engineers, game wardens, and a legal investigator. Conservation officials express the belief that the verdict-will materially assist them in the tremendous battle being waged to keep clean and pure the public waters in Indiana. THE DIVORCE MILL Divorces wfre granted Friday in the Kosciusko circuit court to Nellie Wood of near Milford from William J. Wood on charges of abandonment; Daisy Hollar of Milford from Irvin J. Hollar on charges of non-support and cruel treatment, and to Cecil Hoooingarner of Syracuse from Fred Honpin.garner. « Following the granting of a divorce to .Mrs. Wood, she went to the clerk’s office and obtained a marriage license to wed William Duncan, Milford carpenter. Mrs. Wood has been married five times. Verna T. Hire, filed suit for divorce from Earl T. Hire, alleging cruel treatment. He has been ordered by Judge Royse to pay SSO for support of his children, while the divorce action is pending. He is to pay sls each week beginning October 11. _o FAREWELL PARTY On Friday evening neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gants met to give them a surprise farewell party. Mr. and Mrs. Gants have moved to Syracuse where they intend to make their home. Those who came to snend the evening were Mr. and Mrs. John Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs. Manford Morris and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Willmet Jones and sons, Mr. and Mrs. John Swenson, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Todd and daughter and Mrs. Josephine Woods. Ice cream and cake were served and a jolly good time was enjoyed by all. MLSCELLAN HUS SHOWER On Friday evening, October 3, 9 number of relatives and friends irave a surprise miscellaneous shower for Miss Elise Garriott, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Cress. Many useful and pretty articles were received by the bride-to-be. Dainty refreshments were served to the guests. o BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. J. E. Kero- gave a birthday party for her son Jacob. Jr., Thursday afternoon. October 2. About fourteen little friends were nresent to help Jacob celebrate his natal day. 4 — o LARGE ALFALFA YIELD Ralph Parker near Syracuse renorts that this year he harvested 25 large loads of alfalfa from six acres of land on his farm. There were two cuttings of hay. i o Asthma bronchitis, and all diseases beginning with a cold can be quickly overtome. See Dr. Warner, Goshen. 24-1

BIRTHDAY PARTY Last Thursday. Oct. 2, little Rowena Insley celebrated her sixth birthday 'by entertaining twenty-five of her friends at her home. The affair w r as a complete surprise to Rowena, who thought the party was going to be a few days later, but her mother had planned a surprise for her and had it on her birthday right af- '■ ter school. j The little guests gathered at ; the Insley home while Rowena ■ was sent to the home of a relative on an errand. She was called home over the telephone, and when she came in the house, all the guests, each one wearing a pretty paper can, jumped at her and said “Surprise.” After Rowena recovered from her excitement, she began to entertain her guests with games i and it goes without saying that the time was well spent. Just before five o’clock Mrs. Inslev in-; vited the children to the dining ■ room, where they were served to angel food cake and ice cream. The birthday cake had six candles on it, the candlesticks being blue, the candles being red, carrying out the color scheme of red, white and blu6. Pretty crepe paper napkins with the same colors on them were used. The guests brought a number of pretty and useful gifts and presented them to their hostess, which will help Rowena to have pleasant thoughts all year of her sixth birthday. Those present were: Mary Louise Stoelting, Kingsley Pfingst, Eileen Cremean. Maxine Holloway. Betty Rosezelle, Virginia Culler, Martha Snobarger, Virginia Snobarger, Mary Ellen Pletcher. Donnabelle Shock, Virginia Harvey, Clare Harvey, Ralph Coy, Douglas Putt, Natalie Doll. Erma Delia Doll, LaVon Insley, -Martha Leacock, Edna Leacock, Joan Riddle, Virginia Riddle, Lois Insley, Carl .Stoelting, Jack Stoelting, Mary Darr. MANN4URRIOTT Miss Elise Garriott and Mr. Harry E. Mann, both of this city, were united in marriage Saturday evening, Oct. 4, at 7:30. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Floyd Hedges, pastor of the Church of God, and was witnessed by the following relatives and friends: The bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Parsons, her sister Miss Christine Garriott. the groom’s grandmother, Mrs. Fred Hinderer, his sister Miss Alice Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hedges, Miss Virginia Bachman and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Cress, at whose home the ceremony was performed. . The young couple have gone to housekeeping in rooms of the H. D. Cress home, where they will live for the present. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mann are holding positions in Wilt’s box factory. Both young people are well and favorably known in this city, and their friends wish for them many happy years of w’edded life. o : W. M. S. CONVENTION The fifth annual convention of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Michigan Synod of the Lutheran church which will meet in St. Mark’s church at Auburn, Ind., October 14 to 16, will bring a hundred and fifty prominent Lutheran women to Auburn from all points in northern Indiana, Michigan and southern Canada. The important convention addresses will be delivered by the Rev. Paul M. Brosy of Goshen, Ind., and Miss Tilda Nelson of Philadelphia. Mrs. W. A. Reichert of Elkhart, Ind., is president of the society, and Mrs. W. W. Carey of Ft. Wayne and Mrs. F. M. Keller of Detroit are vicepresidents. Q ■ PUBLIC SALES There will be a public sale of furniture etc. at the residence of the late W. F. Phebus, near the ball park, on Saturday. Oct. 11. Sale commences at 1:30 p.m. V. E. Rarick, residing 3 miles south of Ligonier and 2 miles north of Cromwell, will have a publip sale on Thursday, Oct. 16. For particulars read the ad on another page. \ RECEPTION On Friday evening a reception was given for the Rev. S. Kahl Dustin and Rev. Floyd Hedges. The affair was a complete surprise to the reverend gentlemen and was held at the home es Rev. Hedges. There were fifty-two present, and to say the least, a pleasant evening was spent. Refreshments were served.

! INDIANA OIL PRODUCTION I Several good paving oil wells i were brought in during the last ' month, according to a bulletin of the geology division of the state ; conservation department just isi sued by Theodore Kingsburg. ! state gas supervisor. An Evansville company obtained a 150 bar- ! rel well in Jay county and rei ports that first oil was> struck at | a depth of 984 feet. A second well by this company is produc-* ■ insr 20 barrels a day. I In the gas field The Sheridan I Oil and Gas Company, drilling northwest of Noblesville in Hamilton county, brought in the best gas well to be completed in that territory in manv years. Gas was reached at 1025 feet and registered a pressure of 223 pounds to | the square inch. I The bulletin calls attention to ! last year’s- petroleum production lof 735.000,000 barrels, which, if ! placed in tank cars would make ;a train long enough to more than circle the earth. It is estimated that §8,200,000,000 is invested in the oil business. There was completed in the United States in 1923, 24.428 wells at an estimated cost of $515,704,000. The average oil well is drilled about 3.000 feet. Automobiles of the nation used seven billion gallons of gasoline in a year, it is estimated. THE VALUE OF WOODLAND The value of forests for protective purposes is not generally appreciated. __ Not only do they protect adjoining property fronvdamage by wind and storm, but are often invaluable in holding soil on overflow land. Charles C. Deam, state forester for the conservation department, points to a farm of Edward Long, along the Ohio river below Evansville, where a woodland admirably proves his contentions that every farm should have its woodlot and forest protection. Adjoining the Long farm is property on which there was a wood 1 and up to a few years ago. It has been cleared and flood water, rushing by at tremendous speed, .has- washed away the top soil to*a depth of two feet over the area covered by the woods and a consideraible way below it. Thus a tract of once tillable and fertile corn land has been destroyed. B£low the Long woods, Deam says, the land has not washed and each year grows a splendid crop of corn. |n the opinion of Long there should be belts of trees at intervals of half a mile across all the overflow land alonr the Ohio river to protect land from washing at flood time. Deam calls attention that a large number of southern Indiana land owners having acres in the Ohio valley are classifying them with his department and preparing to convert thousands of idle waste acres to profitable timber production. o : — $217.50 AN ACRE FOR MINT W. Yoder, who lives on the David Deisch farm, west of Milford. is the champion mint producer of this section. He had five acres in mint and received for the crop a total of §1,087.50, or §217.50 per acre? The mint was sold to Svler & Syler, of Nappanee. Mint is now quoted on the market at about §5.25 per pound. o DELIVERED ADDRESSES Judge James L. Harman, of Elkhart, democratic candidate for representative from the thirteenth district, toured KoJbiusko County last Thursday, and delivered speeches in Milford, Syracuse, North Webster and Pierceton. u BIBLE IN SCHOOLS More than 700 pupils of the city schools of Goshen are now receiving instruction twice a week in the study of the Bible. Expense of the work is apportioned among the 13 churches of the city. o—* CONSTRUCTING SEA WALLS Attorney Bothwell of Ligonier and other lot owners at Ogden Island, Wawasee, are having concrete retaining walls constructed along their lake front. K E. s. The Eastern Star chapter will meet Monday evening, Oct. 13. A good attendance is desired. ■ o ' The Journal prints sale bills.

SOME THINGS TO ! THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on th? Surface. Them Awful Parents Parents have been given all too 'mu'h blame for the rise and '■ “fa 1 !” of flanperism. sbeikism, I iazz, and the host ,of modern alleged social ills. Much as we I miv deplore what is going on, in home of todav, we cannot accede to the view that the parents are altogether responsible in the majority of cases. Many narents do need literal “spankin”” for failing tn exercise the old God-fearing disciplines, and for permitting their children to engage in indiscretions and absurdities that shock the old order of things; but to cast sacred par- . j entism into a hodtre-podge of cen■sure is going a bit too far. Tn I the main, parents are still safe for democra , 'v and safe for their offspring. Those who are. not may he dealt with summarily. All right thinking parents (and we here reassert our faith in them) want their children to be unright, honest, moral, spiritual, vigorous, healthy, manly, and womanly, successful. The natural urge is there and that is the sav- _ ing grace. Were it not so, society would be in a pitiable state. If the parents can not save society it must go partly unsaved. When a boy or girl goes wrong, or is about to go wrong, it is so easv to cover u.p our complex modernism by blaming it all- on the parents. What the child craves—excitement, action, freed- m, self-expression, adventure —we do not (unfortunately many parents can not) furnish bv property channelizing these childish wishes into useful outlets and fields of endeavor. The result is an overflow of jazz, flapnerisin, sheikism; then the long train of moralists follow by denouncing parents in general. We are apt to judge the human race by the exceptions. The rule is, we believe, that parents are loyal, loving, honest, Christian people, who are doing everything passible to “bend twigs so they will grow straight.’’ Long live the parents. What this country needs is more of them. Another Way To Save There may be quite a few things you cannot afford, but just now we have one in mind of which you are quite sure—you can’t longer afford to neglect the community in which you live. If you reside in Syracuse you can t afford ’to live in ignorance of what is going on over the country, and if you live in the coun- ' try you can’t afford to shut yourself completely away from the doings here in town. We are dependent upon each other, and it is a debt we owe each other to keep in close touch. Nothing serves to bring you closer to your neighbor than your home-town paper—an institution operated solely for that purpose. It isn’t against the law to go through life ignorant of what is going on all around you, but it is a shame to do so when you can keep posted for a few cents each year. Your parents paid good money to teach you to read, and you are wasting that money if you don’t keep in practice. No man can plead truthfully that he can t afford to keep posted, as cheap as newspapers are nowadays. And that is one of the thousand reasons why you can’t afford to go aboutjgnorant of that which ; s taking place all around you; Leopold and Loeb, Chicago killers, serving a life sentence in the Joliet penitentiary, are reported as being tired of prison life. One thing is sure and that is they will have a long time to get rested. There are two things that most of us have never seen. A Ford coupe without one of those diving girls and a picture of President Coolidge with his mouth open. “Four years ago she was run over by a train, losing her right leg and her right foot, says a news item in a Chicago paper. When a man goes to the dogs his old friends growl at him. Famous last lines: Now is the time to subscribe.

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