The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 39, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 22 January 1925 — Page 4

THE SVRWI M? JOURNAL ■KPVBMC*N Published every Thursday at - Syracuse. Indiana Entered as second-class matter on May 4th. 1908. at the postoffice at Syracuse. Indiana, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1878. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Oae year, in advance 12.00 Six mouths Three months ...... .50 Single Copies 05 STAFF of CORRESPONDENTS Mrs. Crist Darr Four Corners Mrs. Ross Rodibaugh. .North Webster Mrs. Wm. Sheffield West End Mrs. Calvin Cooper Gilberts Mrs. Henry Rex Solomon’s Creek J. L. Kline.. Tippecanoe Minnie Robinson..... Pleasant Ridfcc ’ Mrs. Ernest Mathews White Oak Mrs. C. Richcreek.. 'Colley’s Corners H. A. Buettner, Editor and Publisher Clara 0. Buettner, Associate Editor Thv reday. January 22,1925. ••I kiov Mt iht tilt tratk ouy h, I tell it is ’tiis ftft ft ae."—Editor. INCOME TAX TALK The exemptions under the revenue act of 1924 are SIOOO for single persons and $2500 for married persons living together, and heads of families. In addition a S4OO credit is allowed for each person dependent upon and receiving his chief support from the taxpayer, if such person is tinder 18 years of age or incapable of self-support because mentally or physically defective. The normal tax rate the I revenue act cf 1924 is 2 percent on the first S4OOO of net income in excess of the personal exemptions. credit for dependents, etc.. 4 percent on the next S4OOO, and 6 percent on the balance. Under the preceding act the normal tax rate was 4 percent on the first S4OO of net income above the exemptions and credits, and 8 per cent on the remaining net income.? The revenue act of 1924 contains a special provision for reduced taxes which did not appear in previous laws. All net income up to SSOOO is considered “earned income.” On this amount the taxpayer is entitled to ‘a credit of 25 per cent of the amount of the tax. For example. s ’ n * gle. and witn t dependents, may have received in 1924 a salary of S2OOO and from a real estate transaction a profit of $3.000. His total net income was SSOOO. Without the benefit of the 25 per cent reduction his tax would be SBO. His actual tax is S6O. From his net income of SSOOO he is allowed a personal exemption of $1000; the tax of 2 percent on the first S4OOO is SBO. one-fourth of which, or S2O, maybe deducted. For the purport? of corifputing this credit, in no case is the earned net income considered to be in excess of SIO,OOO. A tax’s payer may have received for the year 1924 a net income from salary of $20,000. but the 25 percent credit can be applied to only one-half of this amount. J ? —-O INTEREST IN POLITICS The newspapers in our neighboring cities are palling the attention of the party leaders and the electorate in general to the primaries, which are held in May. The election is on November 3. Interest in politics are dormant in Syracuse, it seems. We are informed that three members of the town board, treasurer and clerk are to be chosen at the election next fall. With March 5 as the first date upon which declarations may be filed, April 4 will be the last date for filing. Persons desiring to become candidates must file their declarations of candidacy with the city cleric. ' Q. . i BOUGHT RIM HENCE T X. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stookey on Wednesday bought Bushong house and lot on Main street, situated between the library and the Royal Store. expect to remodel the house and fix it up for a residence. Consideration S2BOO. The new owners expect to take possession about March 1. t i ——o- - NEW FIRE FIGHTER The new chemical fire extinguisher, purchased some time ago through the Hollett Motor Sales, arrived Tuesday. The equipment is mounted on a Ford -o ———- • >vr V «-<l VHC ■

I I I REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS ’ (By H. C. Frazer) » Arthur J. DeCamp to Ell wood • H. George, Lot 13. Grandview Park, SI2OO. ♦Ell wood H. George to Louie D. Mann, 6 lots and-5 boathouse lots Highland View Gardens. S6OOO. Epworth League Institute tc’ Jessie Marrs, Lot 25, Blk. H., Epworth Forest. SIOO. Epworth League Institute to J. G. and Bessie Z. Marrs, Lot 9 Blk. H, Epworth Forest, SIOO. Leonidas B. Boyd to Anna Yoder, Lot 23, Max welton Ma nor. sl.. James M. Juday to Leonidas B. Boyd, tract Sec. 4, Turkey Creek tp.. sl. Sarah McPherson to Leonidas B. Boyd, tract Sec 5, Turkey Creek tp., sl. Q VIGO FARMER PROFITS ON GOOD SEED CORN In an endeavor by county Agent M. B. Nugent, to locate rood seed corn in Vigo County, it was found that there will be an abundance of seed for planting in 1925. An interesting circumstance along this line is that of a farmer of Lost Creek Town—htn, who in 1921 bought five bushels of a good variety of corn ‘‘•om a grower in Fountain County and since that time has -old about S2OOO worth of corn for seed. One of the men tc whom he sold seed in 1922 .has -old about the same amount and there is about 3000 bushels of this seed at present saved and will be offered for sale. From the original investment of $25 for this corn, there has i been already S4OOO worth of seed old to date. ' p—i ’ CLEARANCE SALES Every merchant realizes the necessity of a Clearance Sale at ♦his time of the year. The searon practically ends with the eld vear and it matters not how grod, how stylish, or how desirable the merchandise on hand at ♦his time may—be, it should be dosed so that the new' merchandise fcr the next Spring can be ■ shown at its proper time. This is a matter of duty to customers xnd it is policy to make the Clearance Sale as early as possible. so that the purchasers will have the benefit of. using the merchandise during the season for, which it was intended. ■ Q A MODEL PRISONER ■ I A letter from Warden Fogarty of Michigan City Prison Monday denied statements reporting that James T. Shepard, former cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Milford, is in solitary confinement. The story, which was circulated, declared that Mr. Shepard was* given a job in the <amp mill at the prison and refused to work. Mr. Fogarty states that there is no “stamp mill” in the prison and that Mr. Shepard has been a model prisoner since his incariceration in the prison. - .-o- —————- IGED MAN VHTIMIZED F. M. Coms, Civil war veteran, age 92, formerly of Syracuse but now residing in Nappanee, was victimized out of $75 in cash last Thursday by a stranger who came to his home, represented himself as a “comrade” and demanded rncney for “fixing" eye glasses for Mrs. Coms. - Mr. Coms had just received his monthly pension money, $72. Because the stranger warned him not to say anything about it, the aged veteran did not disclose •the theft until a week later. o_ 1924 WAS RECORD YEAR Detroit Mich.—The Ford Motor Company made its greatest sales record in 1924, domestic deliveries of cars and trucks aggregating 1,873.581, an increase of 87,736 over the year before. The years retail sales of Ford trucks went over the 200,000 mark for the first time, exceeding 1923 by 15 013. Sales of Lincoln cats increased about 25 per cent to a total of 7,501. Foreign sales also gained. NEW HAIR AND TEETH Pet er P. Ballinger, of Elkhart, 73-years old, is undergoing the unusual experience of growing new teeth and new hair. His head is fairly well covered with dark brown hair and four teeth have appeared and others are about to break through. Ballenger has used no artificial methods. naughty Goshen Evidence that -shocked" the grand jury was brought out in •he Elkhart circuit court recently. It was found that drinking and ■ _ ’ . ■ * * I of p&F&sts* I *'

■ - CLUB WORK STARTS ROY IN POTATO BUSINESS Club work for 1924 in Fulton County was completed with the exhibits of the com and potato dubs which were held in the County Agent's office. Twelve boys completed the work in the corn club and exhibited their product. Yields of com were > very good, considering the unfavorable season. The best was m th? plot of Walter Pearson with a yield of 92 bushels per acre. In the potato club, 15 boys romnleted the project. The best yield was on the plot* of Lenden Olingenpeel, who had a yield of bushels of potatoes on his quarter acre. The winner in the ootato club was Marion Gohn, who also had the best exhibit ’ast year. At that time he had out only one quarter acre of potatoes; this year he h?d one acre •nd at this time he has three acres of ground plowed and manured for next year’s crop. This club work has started him in the potato growing business. : o CAMPAIGN FOR $467.«M Snringfield. Ohio. Jan. 9.—Wittenberg’s six-state campaign for $467,000 to win a Rockefeller gift of $233,000 will call into action an organization of Lutheran churchmen and laymen of the United Lutheran church. The money must be on hand Mav 1. President Rees Edgar Tulloss. Ph. D.. is serving as director, assisted by Rev. P. P. Anspach. Dr. P. W. Koller, Mansfield, president of the Ohio synod, is Ohio chairman cf the Wittenberg drive. Thirteen ministers have been appointed regional and forty-one ministers as district chairmen. Rev. R. M?Mi hael of Syracuse is one of the district chairmen. o KEEPS TOOLS FROM RUSTING Dissolve one-half ounce of camphor in one pound of melted lard remove scum, add ? enough fine black lead (graphite) to give an iron color. Clean the tools and smear'with this mixture. After t wenty-four hours rub clean with soft linen cloth. In ordinary city uinstances* the tools will not rust for months.

Don’t Forget We can save you MONEY on your Footwear what we have left of our winter stock. * i> We are making another big reduce tion in order to clean up completely. • Come and see ROYAL STORE W. 6. CONNOLLY OjF loCwBSCf IHuUwfc ■ ■ . •' . ..

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Personal Paragraphs This column is somewhat short in news this week. Mrs. Guy Ott and Mrs. Robert Strieby spent Saturday in Gprjien. Mr. Fryer of Avilla is visiting in' the home of his daughter, Mrs. P. L. Foster. Henry Rapp of Elkhart spent Sunday here with his sons, Melbern and Joe Rapp. Mrs. Wise of Ligonier spent last week here with her daughter, Mrs. Howard Bowser. Mrs. Dean Leaf of Goshen spent last week here ’with her daughter, Mrs. Forrest Snepp. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miller and children spent Saturday and Sunday in Ligonier with friends. Mrs. C. I. Beerv and two children and Mrs. H. W. Buchholz were Goshen visitors on Tuesday. Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Cremean and daughter Eileen are spending this week with relatives in Ft. Wayne.. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Riddle came here on Tuesday from Toledo, Ohio, and Wednesday moved their household goods to Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Longfellow of near Warsaw spent Sunday night and part of Monday here in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Eli Grissom. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Deardo rff returned home on Sunday from Kalamazoo, Mich., where they spent several weeks in the home of their daughter, Mrs. H. D. McClintic. Miss Ann Lenore Stover, a teacher in the public school, left for her home at Conrad, lowa, on Wednesday morning. Enroute she will stop in Chicago and visit friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Warble came from Avilla on Saturday and are spending the week in their home on South Huntington street. They are spending the winter in the home of their daughter, Mrs. Walter Rex, at Avilla. Sam Widner is improving from his recent quite serious illness. Mr. Widner has been confined to his bed for over a week by a severe and stubborn cold. Miss Ida Deardorff, the trained nurse, has been assisting in caring for him.. . Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rentfrow went to Elkhart on Tuesday to see tfieir grandson, Robert Vorhis, who is recovering from the operation of having his leg am-' nutated just above the knee at the hospital in that city. He was struck by a train last week at a crossing arid got his left leg badly crushed, which necessitated an operation. o WON SIOO AWARD The SIOO award offered- by the B. & 0. Railroad as ffrst prize in the Potato Club was won by Fred Robbins of Pierceton, a member of the Pierceton voca- ; tional class and one of the Kosciusko county members of the B. & O. Potato club. There were a total of seventy-nine entries exhibiting in the state potato show in the first year B. & 0. class. Robbins won with a score of 92.9 and that of the nearest competitor was 92.2. His yield was at the rate of 478 bushels per acre. The B. & 0. offers Robbins the choice of a trip to Washington, D. C., or a SIOO scholarship to Purdue University. He >has made up his mind to take the scholarship to Purdue., TO SET ASIDE WILL < Action to set aside the will of Mary E. Long has been filed in circuit court. The art ion is brought by May Searfoss et al against Hascall M. Grissom. It is set forth in the complaint that in 1924 the purported will was filed for probate. The complaint states that there are three children. May Searfoes, Etta Minnich and Bell Grissom and that they are entitled to share alike in the estate. The will gave each S2OO and the balance of the es- : tate, valued at S7OOO, to Haacall ‘ Grissom. The will is contested on the grounds of unsound mind and the will was unduly executed and that the will was drawn, under duress. TO PENAL FARM Chas. Harris, who was arrested some time ago on a charge of receiving liquor from a common carrier, plead guilty in Mayor Sloane’si court at Warsaw Monday morning and was fined $lO and costs making a total of $44.60 and sentenced to serve thirty days in the penal farm. GREAT DOLLAR SALE Sam Lewis Co., Goshen clothier, have an one-page ad in this issale announcing their Great Dollar Sale. Buyers are offered a great saving. AN ADJUSTMENT a day will keep Scarlet Fever mgg. 39.1 t __

? d IN OUR CHURCHES I ' J United Brethren in Orist “Thou hast made the Most High thv habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall ®ny plague come nigh thy tent.” Heart# are anxious these days, but God is trying to speak to our I hearts, and wants us to hear this message, “Cast thy burden on Jehovah. and he shall sustain thee." We cannot make any definite announcement concerning future services, but our trust is in Jehovah. “who made heaven and earth.” Wm. L. Eiler, Pastor. o TIN PLATE KING DEAD Daniel Grty Reid, known as the “tin plate king," died Saturday at his home in New York City of pneumonia. Daniel G. Reid, former banker of Richmond "and organizer of the >’ American Tin Plate Company at Anderson, Ind., in 1895, was born in Wayne county near Richmond on August 1, 1858. His career, which culminated in his becoming one of the most conspicuous figures in the financial world, was started at the age of fifteen when he was employed as errand boy, janitor and clerk in the Second National Bank at Richmond. In th’e year 1895 he became vicepresident of the institution and in the same year became interested in the tin plate industry at Elwood, Ind. He was instrumental in organizing the American Tin Plate Company and by- numerous plants throughout the country, became one of the outstanding figures in the tin plate and steel industry. He was also active in the reorganization of the Rock Island Railroad. Mr. Reid lived in New York during the last 30 years but had maintained an interest in affairs cf Richmond and had made many gifts to institutions there. He was reputed to have a fortune of $30,000,000. SEVENTEEN - HOUR SERVICE • Seventeen hours in one continuous church service to read through the New Testament is the record of the members of the Andrews, Ind., Methodist church according to the report of the nastor, Rev. B. C. Wiscbmeier. The service wqp planned and conducted as one of the religious . feature of a series of evangelistic services which has been one of the most enthusiastic revivals in years in Andrews. o NEW HEALTH OFFICER Dr. F. J. Young, of Milford, has been appointed Milford health officer for 1925. He succeeds the late Dr. J. E. Potter. o L “ADAM'S APPLE” The Adam’s apple, which is a projection or enlargement on the forephrt of the throat, received its name from the old belief that when Eve gave Adam the forbidden fruit, which was supposedly an apple, a portion of it lodged in his throat. This theory was all the more plausible from the fact that the Adam’s apple is visible on men, but rarely noticeable on women, snd then usually only late in life, says the Detroit News. According to the superstition, the lump caused by this piece of apple in Adam’s throat was transmitted to his descendants and became a characteristic of the human race. The projection is produced by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx. DANGERS OF A COLD Syiacuse People Will Do Well To k Heed Them Many bad cases of kidney trouble result from a cold or chill. Congested kidneys fall behind in filtering the poison-laden blood and backache, headache, dizziness and disordered kidney action follow. Don’t neglect a cold. Use Doan’s Pills at the first sign of kidney trouble. Follow this Syracuse resident’s example: Ernest' Richhart, Boston St., says: “A cold settled on my kidneys and I had trouble with my ; back, My kidneys were sore and there was such a pain in my ; back that I could hardly go. My ; muscles? felt heavy and I felt ; sore all over. My kidneys acted < sluggishly and inflammation of ( the bladder set in. I used Doan’s ) Pills and the cure they gave has ] lasted several years.” 60c at all dealers. Foster-Mil- ) bum Ok, Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. ] advertisement. ) o j; RIBBONS—We sell ribbons for] L. G Smith, Underwood and Oli-’ 1 ver Typewriters. Journal office, ‘i

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Work Guaranteed to . Speed Up the Brain ] Are you m quick thinker? If you;! are. your chances of success in life i' are bright. If you are not, then test t your speed, and “speed up.” If a friend holds a small red handkerchief in one closed hand and a blue one in the other, and you. not knowing which hand he will open, have to j throw your left ann if he discloses blue, and the right if he discloses red. > then the thotight-plus-action ahvtrid take just under a tenth of a se<x»nd. To tell, correctly, how many letters there are. say, in the word telegraph” should take half a second. But that is not a good speed. It should be but a third. The superspeed would be a fifth, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer Mental visualizations and the thought action should be practically instantaneous. Yet nine men out of ten would take two seconds or more in dealing with “telegraph ’’ Excellent tests of your mental speed can be made with synonyms. “Disrobe —undress,” should take half of a second. A really speedy thinker would need but a fifth. “Flexible—pliant.” “loquacious—talkative,*’ “pidnsiuking —careful." are the other examples. What is called “jointed” thinking it good exercise, too. This deals with ordinary knowledge and is worked on the bell and response system. A friend, for instance, may say “Venice.” You have to respond with a word which has to do with Venice. “Shakespeare. canals.” would be two responses. A tenth of a second should be taken —no more. Liverpool" should bring the Hash of ‘liners.” Then there is “characteristic” thinking. An animal is named, and a characteristic must be thought of and spoken. Donkey—ears, and zebra — stripes are illustrations. All those are tenths for a start. The testing of sjieed thought is not a test of knowledge although it may reveal the want of it. The idea is to speed up the brain. CARDBOARD—AII kinds of cardboard, suitable for drawing and maps, for sale at the Journal office.

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