The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 30, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 November 1924 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTE! Items of Interest Coneerninj Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. Pupils of the High School wen pleasantly entertained by several musical numbers Friday morning A piano solo, Chopin’s “Polon aise,” was rendered by Louise snobarger. Frederick Beery played a saxaphone solo entitled “The Bluebird,” and Miss Julian and Helen Leacock played a piano duet, "Suite” from Grieg. ' Exams are beginning to show their heads again. On Thursday and Friday the monthly .examinations will be given. The Freshmen enjoyed a party at the home of Ruby Lewallen Saturday night. There were thirty present as each one had the privilege of inviting a guest For this week the scores of the Volley Ball games played are as follows: Nov. 13, Indians 21—Bear Cats 17; Nov. 17. Cubs 21—Giants 13. The Rev. Mr. Cremean conducted the chapel exercises Wednesday morning. After reading the latter part of the tenth chapter of Mathew he spoke on the name, explaining how it was every man’s duty to keep his name pure and spotless. A poem "Your Name" by Edgar A. Guest, illustrated very clearly what he had been saying. . The following high school pupils were tardy this week: Nov. 17. Ralph Godshalk; Nov, 18, Orville Auer, Marjorie Bushong, Emory Stetler and Wayne Hapner. WARNER ROAD ARGUMENT The controversy over the Warner county-unit road, in which J. W. Krieg seeks an injunction to stop the construction of the road over the proposed new route, was at issue in the Kosciusko circuit court Monday, Many Syracuse people were on hand to testify or listen to the proceedings. 1 Mr. Krieg, who owns property on the south side of Lake Wawasee and who operates a toboggan slide, objects to the construction of the road across his property and has filed action to stop the \ proposed improvement. The damages* asked are: J. W. Krieg, $5,000; Clara J. Beghtel, $2,500; Clara McCullough Felter. $1,500; C. D. Thompson. SSOO. County commissioners and reviewers refused to allow any damages to these people, claiming the benefit they would receive offset the damage. County Attorney Everett Rasor appeared? for the board of commissioners. FISH UWS DMGURSED About thirty were present at the public meeting held at Rapps hall Tuesday evening. W. T. Colwell was chosen chairman and L. E. Schlotterback secretary of the meeting. The meeting was held to discuss proposed or favored amendments to the fish laws. A committee. consisting of Floyd Strieby, SL Freeman, Allen Ott, Chas. Bowersox and W. Kindig was appointed to call on Senator Leonard and Representative Knepper in the near future to suggest favored amendments and to ascertain the attitude of these legislators as .to more stringent fish laws. A good many fishermen are in favor of a closed season for all fish from April 30 to June 16. The next meeting will be held Tuesday evening, December 9, at the library. o A STATEMENT I wish to contradict a state ment which appeared in the War saw Daily Times on Saturday Nov. 15. I did sue my wife foi divorce but not on the ground the Times stated, and I wish t< exonerate her in the eyes of th< public. ’’ HERSCHEL HARKLESS MILFORD GYM* READY SOO? Work on the new $25,000 Mil ford high school basketball gym nasium is progressing rapid!; and the building will be read; for the first scheduled gam< which is with Etna Green on De cember 6. .. . ks

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[SYRACUSE MAKES IT FIVE STRAIGHT WINS 11 Last Friday night Syracuse * high school teams took two more | games from the Pierceton quin- ! tet making five straight wins for K each team. If over confidence don’t come they should continue to win. The first teams gave the best exhibition of the season so far. 8 Better than the rather large 1 score* would indicate. Elder . and Dill showed well for the vis- • itors. Elder was slow in getting s started and Dill had hard luck • - in hitting the center of the bas- * ket. For Syracuse Auer dropped I them in whenever the ball came > his way and Hoelcher was not far behind. Shock showed how to dribble around the other team on several occasions. Rough spots ’ still show and the harder teams aie coming. The schedule has been fortunate so far. The first team box score: PIERCETON Field Free goals goals Fouls Elder 4 1 Tenny 2 3 Bibler 3 1 2 Dill 3 1 • Robbins 2 Hardwick Total 9 4 9 SYRACUSE Field Free goals goals Fouls Hoelcher 6 2 Auer 9 11 Godshalk 1 2 Connolly Shock 2 3 ( Snavely 1 ‘ Total 18 3 7 The second team had an easier time and took a good lead immediately which they held during the entire game. The second team box score: PIERCETON dfteld Free goals goals Fouls Bishop • 2 Shibler 2 Mort 1 2 2, Kilgore 112 Hardwick Froh Total 2 3 8 SYRACUSE Field Free goals goals Fouls Crow 1 1 Connolly 4 4 1 Kettring 1 Riddle ~ 3 1 R. Godshalk 1 2 ! ' H. Godshalk M. Kehr 1 Total 9 7 3 Fridav night Claypool comes here with two teams. Last year they won. come out and keep them from doing it again. This should be a good game. o . SHOT IN THE LEG Edward Teall, 45. of Elkhart, and his son. Harry Teall, 16, were hunting ducks on Lake Wawasee last Saturday when the elder Teall was accidentally shot in the leg with a 22-calibre rifle, which, was discharged while laying in the boat. The bullet entered his leg jnst above the knee and an X-ray. taken at Elkhart, showed , that the bullet was lodged in the bone, which, however, was-not shattered. ■ o MINISTERIAL ASK’N MEETS Rev. W. J. Dauner and Rev. R. N, McMichael attended the meeting of the Kosciusko County Ministerial Association at Warsaw Monday afternoon. The paper of the afternoon on "Dangers of Over Emphasis" was read by Rev. Dr. J. A. Gordon of Winona Lake. A very interesting discussion followed the paper. The county ministerial association will meet hereafter on the third 1 Monday afternoon of each month. - NEW PROJECTING MACHINE Manager Polen of the Oakland Theatre has installed a new projecting machine. It is a Triplex, the latest in projecting machines. A 1000 watt Mazda lamp Is used and throws a clear picture on ’ the screen. o r r 0. E. 8. ’ The Eastern Star Chapter will B hold its regular meeting on Monday night, November 24. There will be initiatory work and aH officers are urged to be present. f .j . . NOTICE t- x ■ i- ' Notice is hereby given to the y milk bottle robbers, if they are v not able to buy the milk to come e to me and I will give them monJOHN WILLARD

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

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924.

j STORY NOT TRUE I! [ Everybody knows that the Sy- ► i racuse Commercial Club is active Jto obtain legitimate enterprises . | for our city, and employment for • its citizens. However, we are . told that a story was circulated ‘last summer that the Commercial Club or some of its members were active to have the wages of the men working at the gravel pit reduced. Warren T. Colwell, president of the Commercial Club, has taken the matter up and written to the Sturm & Dillard Co. 4t Columbus, Ohio, regarding the story, which is without foundation. In order that the public may be set right and in justice to the Commercial Club we publish both letters, as follows: November 12, Mr. John Dillard, Columbus, Ohio. Dear Sir: I am writing you personally to inquire of you about a story that is being circulated in the vicinity of Syracuse, that the Syracuse Commercial Club by certain of its members visited" you and ! asked you to reduce the wages of the men for you at the gravel pit. , Kindly write me about the matter as we desire-to get some information direct from you. Very truly yours. WARREN T. COLWELL Columbus, Ohio, November 18, 1924. Warren T. Colwell, Attorney at Law, Syracuse, Ind. Pear Sir: Replying to yours of November 12th. I can assure you positively that no one has approached me in the matter of reducing wages of the men working so? us at the gravel pit. The idea has never occurred to us to make any reductions in wages. Yours very truly, John L. Dillard, G. M. THE STURM AND DILLARD COMPANY. • o MICK-RICHHART The marriage of Miss Lorraine Marie Richhart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Richhart of Syracuse, to Harold A. Mick of Goshen, took place Wednesday evening, Nov. 12. at Goshen, Rev. T. George of the Church of the Brethren officiating. The couple will reside in Goshen. The bride has been making her home for the past five years with her grandparents in Elkhart. Both of these young people are of sterling quality and their many friends wish them prosperity and a happy married life. JUNIOR STUDENTS RECITAL Mrs. Frederick Cremean presented some of hfr junior piano students in recital Friday afternoon, after school, at the parsonage. Those who took part were: Martha Rose Mishler,: Evelyn Buhrt, Harriet Bachman, Martha Gorily, Jimmie Freeman, James Connolly, Eileen Cremean, Ruth Rowdabaugh, Maxine Holloway. The mothers and friends of the children came to hear them play and to encourage them in their work. The senior students will be presented at a later date. o THANKSGIVING SERVICE The Syracuse community Thanksgiving service will be held Sunday evening at the United Brethren church, with all the churches and ministers of the city taking part in the service. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Mr. Cremean, dean of Syracuse ministers. Syracuse, as a community, and its residents as individuals have much for which to be thankful’this year, and Sunday evening’s service will probably be attended by a large congregation of thankful folks. o THANKSGIVING MARKET The Lutheran Ladies Aid Society will hold it’s annual Thanksgiving market and bake sale in the church basement, Wednesday, Nov. 26. at 1:30 p. m. There will also be India laces and aprons for sale at this time. 30-lp> FURS WANTED I will pay the highest cash prices for all kinds of furs. Victor Brumbaugh. Gravelton. Telephone, Nappanee Lll3. 29-10p* o COST OF THE ELBCHON The election in Kosciusko county cost $4438.55, according to election bills allowed, or an average of 36 cents a vote.

Dear Sir:

SYRACUSE HAS COSTLY FIRE The OH Sandusky Cement Plant Destroy<ri Bv Fire Saturday Night The wooden building. the so-called picking house, of the Sandusky * Cement plant was completely destroyed by “fire Saturday night Shortly after 5 o’clock a fire was discovered at the east end of the packing house. The fire department responded promptly to the call, but after attaching the hose to the plug near the ice house on Front street it was discovered the hose would only reach to Wilt’s box factory. A call for hose was sent to Goshen and it was ten o'clock before it arrived. A truck was sent to Milford for their hose which had failed to ariTve when promised and it was nearly 11 o’clock before the coupling could be completed. A stream of water was then directed on the blaze, but the large building was nearly down. By the timely arrival of the hose the frame office building was saved. The firemen remained on duty throughout the night and it was not until Sunday morning that the fire was completely extinguished. Much lumber was piled near the packing house building and when it became evident it could not be saved, it was sold to persons who gathered at the fire at $lO a pile and they employed men at $1 an hour to carry the lumber to a place of safety. In this way a considerable amount of the lumber was saved. It is not definitely known how the fire started. However, during he afternoon workmen used ah acetylene torch cutting iron in the packing house building and it is believed that sparks from the torch dropping among the rubbish started the fire which perhaps smoldered for several hours and finally broke out in flames. The cement plant has not been in operation for four years. For nearly two years wrecking crews ‘have been at work, dismantling* the buildings, taking out and selling or shipping all machinery and equipment that could be used. For nearly a year the RissmanLevey Salvage Co. was in charge of wrecking the brick and concrete buildings. Several months ago the Northwestern Wrecking Co., of Milwaukee, had men at work dismantling the wooden buildings, selling some of the lumber here and disposing of the supilus by shipping it to other points. Work had just begun on the packing house building. What human hands failed to do —it would have taken all winter to wreck this building—the fire demon did in a few hodrs. Joseph DiFrances, a member of the wrecking firm, told a Journal representative that the loss would aggregate $45,000 with little insurance. It is estimated that over 2.000,000 feet of lumber were consumed by the flames. - . Q - -- - TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS On account Thanksgiving and that the editor and office force may enjoy a day of rest, the Journal will be issued one day earlier next week. Rural correspondents are asked to send in their letters not later than Tuesday. Local contributors should send in their items before Wednesday noon. STORESTO CLOSE Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, the stores will close at 12 o’clock noon and rqtnain closed for the remainder of the day. BAKE SALE Committee No. 2 of the Methodist church will have for sale chicken and noodles, cakes, cookies and doughnuts on Saturday, November 22. 29-2. BAKfc SALE ~ Son Ladies Aid will hold a market at Strieby’s seed room Wednesday, Nov. 26. Phone 277. Mrs. Floyd Brower to order dressed chickens. 30-1. - 2 WILL GIVE OPERETTA The children of the Hex school will give the operetta "Snow White” Friday evening, November 21. 29-2tp.

THE WAYSIDE CHATTER Editor Journal: — When I last wrote you we 1 were on the way from Mammoth Cave to Bowling Green, Ky., situated at the head of navigation on Barren River, north east of Nashville, Tenn., 71 miles. It is in an oil region. The city is a noted educational center, being the seat of Ogden College and Patter College for women. It also has a western Kentucky State. Normal. From here we drove to Nashville, Tenn., capital of the state, located on the famous Cumberland river, over 200 miles north of Memphis and in the heart of the timbered hills of central Tennessee. It is the leading hard wood lumber market of the United States and has a large river ~commerce. It has inexhaustible supplies of high grade coal. In the vicinity are large flour, cotton, lumber, shoe factories and stove foundries. A band of pioneers settled here in 1780, naming the place Nash borough, in honor of General Francis Nash of Revolutionary war fame. The name was changed to Nashvi’le in 1784. Tbe Cherokees and other Indians caused much trouble in early davs. During the Civil war, Federal troops occupied the city in 1862. In this vicinity on December 15 and 16, 1864, General Thomas defeated the Confederate General Hood in the great battle of Nashville. Many beautiful parks’ add greatly to the city’s beauty. In the park around the capital is the grave of President Polk, also a statue of President Andrew Jackson, whose home lies ten miles east of the city. In the national cemetery to the north lie nearly seventeen thousand soldiers who fell jn the civil war. Other parks are: Centennial park, where the Tennessee Centennial was held in 1897; Watkins Park; Slelby Park; Glendale Park; and Cumberland Park. In Mount Olivet cemetery is a most beautiful monument to the Confederate dead. From Nashville we drove to Stone River cemetery, located about two miles north of Murfreesboro, Tenn. here the Stone River battle was fought, in kto»Bteeember. 1862. and early January. 1863. We parked our car beside the road and entered the cemetery gate. We soon found the park keeper and asked him a number of questions. About the first was if he could take me to the grave of Nelson Hapner, brother of Thomas Hapner of Syracuse. He looked up 4he book. which has the names and location of the known soldiers who died on this battlefield. He. looked down the "H” column, then handed me Hie bdbk but we could not find Nelson Hapner’s name. The park keeper said to the writer, “Over six thousand soldiers lie buried here, and more than one half are in the unknown list.” The last that is known of Nelson he was mortally wounded and two of his comrades were carrying him off the field. The Confederates came very near and they were in great danger. Nelson told them to save themselves as he would <ji e - The most wonderful thing: Two near neighbor boys who lived near Benton, on Solomon’s Creek, playing together in their youthful days, both enlisted early in the Civil war. Both died on the Southern battle fields that this country might be free. Nelson Hapner lies in an unknown grave at Stone River. Adam Juday, brother of George Juday, who died in the Battle of the Wilderness, near Fredricksburg, Va., also lies in an unknown grave in the national cemetery near Fredericksburg. The writer has walked through both those cemeteries. From Murfreesboro we drove 25 miles south to Shelbyville. Here we had lunch as it was near noon time. Here we had the first tire down, we had gathered a shingle naiL . Shelbyville, Tenn., is located on the Duck river, 50 miles from Nashville and is surrounded by a good farming community. Many engagements were fought here in the Civil war. We next drove to Fayetteville, Here we camped the night of the 24th. Fayetteville is built on the Elk river, 73 miles south of Naghville. It is also the center of a rich farming country. Its industrial establishments include lumber, flour, planing mills,* tobacco and cotton factories. During the war of x 1812 Andrew Jackson camped here, October, 1813, in his campaign against the Creek Indians. ! L. A. NEFF

NEW ELKHART THEATRE TO OPEN THANKSGIVING DAY Manager Harry Lerner of the •new Lerner Theatre at Elkhart ■ announces through the columns ■of this paper the opening of the new vaudeville and photoplay house in that city,- the opening to take place on Thursday afternoon, November 27, commencing I at one o’clock. The new structure is one of the finest in this part of the country and was erected at a cost of $750,000. Every modern convenience is to be found in the new building which will seat 2.200 people. A spacious lounging room, ladies’ rest rooms on the first floor* and on the mezzanine floor, men’s smoking rooms on both floors,, and a day nursery in charge of a competent matron are a few of the modern features of this theatre. A new Kimball concert organ has been installed and in addition to this an orchestra will furnish music at every show. No advance in prices will be mztfle for the opening, it being the desire of the management to give as many people as possible an opportunity to attend during he opening week. Two shows will be given daily, a matinee and a night show, except on Sundays and holidays, when two night shows will be given. Mr. Lerner announces that the of photoplays and the pick °1 vaudeville will be offered at the new house. With good roads leading to Elkhart no doubt many of our readers will take advantage of the opportunity of inspecting one of the finest theatres in this part of the country. 4— 4 o i GOLDEN RULE SUNDAY Governor Emmett F. Branch would like to see the Golden Rule enshrined in every human heart. Through the effort of mayors in all Indiana cities he believes Golden Rule Sunday, December 7; may be made a great day. In a letter addressed to mayors, which in reality is a message to all the people of the jstate, Governor Bratch makes this appeal: ’Tn order to encourage the widest possible observance of Golden Rule Sunday, December 7, 1924, I appeal to you for assistance in securing the cooperation of your entire community. There are various’ ways in which this may be done: “First —by asking the people to keep the day in every household. “Second —by observing the day in your own family. "Third —by cooperating in every public celebration of the day. • f "Fourth —by urging that the sacrificial gifts which are to be the outcome of the day, at once to the state headquarters of Near East, 526 People’s Bank Building, Indianapolis. “I am depending updn you to help carry the Golden Rule message throughout our fair state,” the gbvemor emphasizes. THE SNOW Snow, snow, you are like the robin, beautiful, only not so warm. Snow, so white, you are a beauty when you come. Boys and girls may play all the more. When you lie on the ground then a snow-man we will make, and you are a beauty, I think. . So good-bye, LYLE BYLAND BAKE SALE Committee No. 2, of. the Meth-odist-church will have for sale on Saturday, Nov. 22, chicken and noodles, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, and mince meat. The sale will be held in Strieby’s seed room and will begin at ten o’clock. o ~ WINTER IS -HERE King Winter made his formal debut Monday when a sweeping snowstorm from the northwest brought an icy blast. Snow fell here to a depth of several inches. O i Had you thought of giving on the day of Thanksgiving, a turkey dinner to friends coming here? You have plenty of time, if in The Kettle you wish to dine, to make reservations, for we are near. 30-1 — o Stomack and bowel disorders yield readily to my treatments. Dr. Warner, 'Goshen. 30-1

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THINGS TO ' THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on > i the Surface, A Steamboat Sermon We see a news item to the effect that the pastor of a New York church accompanied mem|bers of his congregation on a i steamboat excursion up the HudIscn river, and during the ride i the pastor preached a sermon. , He didn’t pick a high-brow text" and rant about international re-’ lations or sex problems—he merelv asked the question: “Are you glad you were born?” We hereby pass the text to our readers. It is a pertinent, live question, and if you are truly glad that you were born then it is well with you and well with the world because of you. The pastor contended that joy in’life \ is found in the opportunity to ' ” help others solve their problems. He believes it is a great thing to come into the world for a purpose and to find out what that purpose is. He argued that a little kindness, a helpful word, a little service, may assist in the rebuilding of a life; struggling at the verge of despair. 'lb was an old-fashioned sermon —the kind that has saved the world up to this present hour, and when they' returned home from that excursion, mem-, bers of the congregation urged the pastor to preach more of the same kind. “We don’t want - highbrow stuff,” they said, “we don't want you to preach jdst to shew how learned, you are; we want something to satisfy the heart and give us ease and comfort.” And believing that is exactly what our people are looking for in their church services, we hereby commend the “steamboat sermon.” or sermons of this type, to the ministers of this section of the country. ' A Journal subscriber sends in the following: • » “We were seated at the dinner table, grandmother just ready to say grace, when Small Boy begged, “Oh. grandma, kt me ask the blessing.” When grandmother nodded assent. Small Bov awakened to fact he didn’t know what to say. hesitated only a moment, then began: One for the money, Two for the show. Three to make ready, And four to go.” A New York magistrate is fixing the fine for speeding at a dollar a mile, a case where the speedometer makes the punishment fit the crime. The same fine imposed on Syracuse speed- • ers. not brought into court last 'summer, would have brought enough money to build a goodsized community hall. The average young man. just starting in life, bases his choice of vocation .on “easy money." The result is an army of misfits and failures. Do the thing your heart is in, and do it better than anyone else. You can’t retain a position at the top without immense sustained effort. Those who are climbing will bump you off. Shadow boxers never score a knockout. Who remembers way back when women wore fascinators on their heads when going out. And whoever recalls it might also explain why they were called fascinators. “The President of the United States is only engine-driver of our broad-guage mail train; and every thinker has a seat in the first-class cars behind him.” Every child comes into" the world endowed with liberty, op- • portunity, and a share of the war debt. The world is full of good be-ginners—-Tu.it. the metal was of * poor quality and not equal to the continuous pull demanded. Whiskey, war, and grade crossings keep the earth from be- - coming over-populated. And now in closing, something else to think about: Is your subscription paid up? Look at the pink label on your paper and you will know where you stand. If in arrears, kindly remit.