The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 10, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 July 1926 — Page 1

VOLUME XIX.

BIG MEETING OF LUTHERANS ( liur, lipVorkt*r> to Hold Summer School at Oakwood Park Next |Week —— I Several hundred Lutherans j from over ALchigan, Indiana. Kentucky and Tennessee will gather at Oakwood Pai k, on Lake Wa waste, July 13 to Id, for tlie annual Luuneran Summer School for Church Workers, according to the advance reseivat 10 n s. Prominent Lutheran teachers, clergymen and laymen coming from seven different states will compose the teach.ng | i ami lecturing s ail of the school. 'lite school will open on l ues- | day evening with the pageant “The Seeker," .which will be j given by the young people ol the Syracuse, Cromwell ana Nappanee Lutheran churches under j t.je direction of Mis. IL hi. 5kMiohael of Syracuse. Tn is pageant was given during the great Methodist Centennary at Coiumbus, Ohio, in 1 VIM. Eaca forenoon will be devoted to studies and lectures in Sunday school work, Stewardship, Caurch Music, Missions, Luther League ana Brole study, ruich evening there will be a leatuix .number of the program Wednesday evening there will lie an illustrated lecture on the . great Stockholm Coniereiire by Mr. J.JB. Franjke, of Ft. Wayne. Thursday evening the well known Trinity Lutheran choir ol Ft. Wayne will pres nt a sacred ; concert. On Friday evening Di j I‘. H. Heisey, pr»f-s-or of it ng- * ious education a» Willenberg College, will lecture. On Saturday evening the Hon. John ?. framer of Mansiieid. the first National Promb.t ion Dir< ctor, will deliver in address. Sunday morning tne big Sunday School will be in charge oi Dr. P. H. Heisey and Dr. C. H. B. Lewis. Rev. Dr. ML. Stirew'alt, of tie Chicago Lutheran Seminary, will deliver the jmormng sermon. And at tne closing rally in the afternoon the address wall be delivered by Rev, A. J. 1 raver. The officers of the school are president. Dr. A H. Keck.South Bend; secretary. Rev. P. M.J Brosy, Goshen; treasurer, Mr. C\ W. Kantz, Elkhart; Board of directors, Dr. H. W. Hanshue, Three Rivers; Rev. G. C. Goering, Battle Creek; Rev. W.M. Habey, New Corydon; Rev. R..N. McMichael, Syracuse; Mr. C. E. Kauffman. Detroit, and Mrs. W. A. Reichert of Elkhart/ Among the speakers and lecturers for the school will be Dean fe H. kiriau r. Haxnma I» vinity School, Springfield. Ohio; Dr. G. C. Reese, noted autluority on Church Music. Leighton, Pa.; Hon. John F. Kramer, First National Prohibition Director, Mansfield. Ohio; Dr. M. L. Stirewalt. Lutheran Seminary, Chicago; Dr. R. J. White, former missionary to South America, Grand Rapids. Mich,; Dr. C. H.. 8. Lewis, Midland College, Fremont, Neb.; Dr. P. H. Heisey, Wittenberg, College, Springfield, Ohio; Rev. A. J. Traver. National Luther League secretary. Philadelphia; Mr. J. B. Franke, Fort Wayne; Mrs. W. P. Morehead, vice-president Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society of America, Salem. Va.; Hon. A. P. Black, general secretary. Lutheran Laymen Movement, Springfield, 0. In connection with the school, will occur the annual convention of the Luther League of the Synod. of which- the -Rev. G. C. Goering of Battle Creek, is president. Miss Lulu Eby of Nappanee is corresponding secretary. - .... . NOTICE TO WATER USERS Water users must obey the hours of . sprinkling, to-wit: From 6 to 8 a, m. and from 5 to 8 p. m For violation of this rule water will be promptly turned off- V- a Water must not be wasted, leaky connections must be repaired, otherwise your water .will be turned off. The foregoing ru!es*wilil be strictly enforced. TOWN BOARD OF SYRACUSE. to pave hawuson Street The town board at its meeting on Tuesday evening decided to pave Harrison street in accordance’with the improvement resolution recently passed. A remonstrance was presented at a-previous meeting, but as the remonstrators did not have the necessary 35 per cent, the improvement was ordered.

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

( PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARIES 1 Disclosures by the Senate committee investigating primary exj penses hi Pennsylvania, not only shock official political circles, but 1 cause law abiding citizens a blush !of shame. Governor JPinehot j frankly admitted to the expenditure of $195,000 m his contest for j the senatorial nomination, and I this figure is probably complete. William S.'Vare. of Philadelphia. has reported about the same amount, but it is believed final figures will perhaps double the pres.-nt estimate. Managers for Senator Pepper have reported $1,046,000. but it is admitted that this isfliot all. and i" the cc.niiiHtl• can ascertain the facts as to assessments oir the .'>2 breweries in the state, who went over to Pepper at the last minute, this figure may be increased by half a million dollars. It may l,>- shown thai not le,s than $2.0(10.000 were expended. The testimony of Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. indicates a deliberate attempt to purchase the nomination of Pepper for senator and Fisher ; for governor. The fight seemed to be between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia—and Philadelphia won. But the fact remains that this system, organized, financed and managed by men who decry bolshevism. socialism and anarchy, sets an example that not only drives self-respecting men out of political life, but does more to destroy confidence in our government and respect for its laws than all other causes combined.

MORE t< (‘OMMODATIONS Facilities for better accommodating the thousands who visit Turkey Run State Park virtually in all seasons, h»ave been augmented by the completion of five 4-room cotitages and an additional 100 seats in the dining room, according to Richard Lieber, state conservation director. A new and complete wash room has also been added for Uiose who prefer cottages to the regular ho’el building's, and a new water filtration system installed that removes the iron taste from the water making it more potable. Turkey Run, withrin easy drivi|Ng distance of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, is one of Indiana's most popular state parks. The scenery is beyond compare and the deep, primeval forests surrounding the hotel plaza, are replicas of pioneer Indiana worth driving many miles to see. Summer heat has no discomforts for sojourners at Turkey Kun, for nature is typified as it was a hundred years ago, and the great forests, deep rocky canyons and open spaces all unite to temper it.

BABY FISH PUT IN LAKHS The initial installment of small mouth; brfss and blue gill minnows imsed at the Indiana state fish hatcheries at Papakeechie lake, were put in Winona lake. Center lake, Pike.lake and Tippecanoe lake, last week. Some 45,000 black bass and blue gills were placed in Winona Icike. I.UOO in Pike lake, 500 in Center lake and 3,000 in Tippecanoe lake. The hiatter of keeping the lakes restocked is vital to t.ie popularity of lakes in Kosciusko county. o BASEBALL The Syracuse Grays and the Standard Plating Works team of Goshen crossed bats at the baseball park last Sunday. Syracuse won by a 3 to 0 score. Tiie visitors made no hits. Next Sunday. Jufy 11. the Goshen Independents will play the local team. o * THOSE UNLUCKY $2 BILLS It is considered very unlucky to have a $2 bill. If you have such a bill the best thing you can do with it is to put it in a letter and send & to Syracuse, Indiana, for a year’s subscription to the Syracuse Journal. o BAKE SALE The Evangelical .Ladies Aid Society will conduct a bake sale on Saturday, .July 10. at the plumbing slhop, beginning at ten FAMILr)REUNION The Snyder family reunion will be held at Blosser’s Park. Goshen, on Sunday, July 11.

1926 ANNIVERSARIES The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of Uie Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, w-ill be celebrated by loyal Americans in all parts of the United States this year with lunusually appropriate ceremonies. I ' Philadelphia, of course, will ‘set the pace, because that city I was the scene of the completion I of the Declaration, but other cities and towns throughout the nation will observe the event with interesting exercises. But the year 1926 marks the anniversary of several other ■ events of importance in Ameri- ; can history most of them connec-1 1 ted with the struggle for freedom and liberty. January 2, 1776, was really the first Flag Day, as on that date the first flag was raised at the American headquarters at Cambridge Mass. September 22,1776, the patriot | spy Nathan Hale, was hanged I C .-gross has honored hie memory by placing his portrait on a postage stamp. On January 26, one hundred years ago, the national Academy of Design was founded in New York. On July 4, 1826. was born in Pittsburg, Stephen Foster, author of “Way Down Upon the Swanee River,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Old Black Joe” and other famous songs. On June 25, 1876. General Custer and his 200 men made their last stand against Sitting Bull. On August. 1, 1876, Colorado was admitted to statehood. THE WAY (HT FOR BISSES

Petitions asking authority to sell the bus lines of he Indiana Red Ball Lines and Hoosier State Lines to tracGon interests, hi\< been tiled the public service commission of Indiana. Commenting on the situation, the Indianapolis Times says: “A year ago the bus business gave the impression that it would quickly wipe traction lines and steam railroads off the map. New lines were springing up on every side. Bus operation seemed a quick road to fortune. And traction and railroad officials wept in their soup. “But. as Fred Jones, receiver for the Red Ball Lines, says: “It is becoming apparent that operation of motor busses must be coordinated with steam and electric transportation systems. The busses fijod it impossible to stand alone.” No doubt there is a real place for motor busses in the transporta* ion field. But they must be fitted into that place. They aren’t ready to supersede other long-established transportation mediuniSj but only to supplement them. ROTATION MEANS FOOD The rotation of crops is nearly as effective in increasing soil productivity as is the use of farm manures and complete fertilizers. as based on tal yields of wheat, corn and oats, taken collectively. When rotation and the use of fertilizers are practiced together, the on? practice adds to the benefits of the other, and increased yields are greater than from either practice alone.

GREAT SESQUI STADIUM OPENED AT PHILADELPHIA ' ' ' tit-' rrn i-t-wit by A.JTK6 Corporation, “ ■ . _ ra ’

The gtant arena tn the centre of the Sesqul-Centen-nial international Exposition site in Philadelphia vas tallt in approximately SOO working day*. It was completed and In me a month before the opening of the big exposition which celebrates the 150th anniversary of the earning of the Declaration of Independence. This photograph, made from the air. shows nearly 3,000 boys on Um ptayias aanad there tor the dedicatory exar-

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1926

YOUTH LOSES LIFE IN WAI BEE LAKE Virgil Sechrist, age 17, son of • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sec wist, 1 Foraker, drowned in Waubee , lake, Milford on Monday afternoon. | Accor ding to bysfandgrs young Sechrist. started wading in the lake towards a boat to get a bathing suit- when he step- . ped off inTo water of a great : depth, d_ie tj the fact that marl had been s.opped out. of the lake. • Five men phnged into the ' lake to rescue the boj- but his ; body sank before they could get ito him and it was,at the bottom i of the lake for an hour and a half before it could be found. i Young Sechrist and his parents attended dedication ceremonies at Camp Alexander Mack, near Milford, on Monday. The camp is about one anile east of *he lake and is u>ed as a Dunkard campmeeting grotyi.’s. During the morning the Foraker youbh was swimming in the lake , near a gravel washing plant. The water is about 20 feet deep at this point. He went to Cagnp Alexander Mack and ate a; hearty dinner. He returned to, the lake and began swimming, j Being in the water but a short.! while wthen he sank. Several! boys who w r ere wit(h him went to his rescue , but the body did not reappear above the water. One of the swimming party i went to f jhe home of Alonzo, Doty and told him of the drown- : ing. Harry Doty returned to the lake with a grappling hook and recovered the body in about sis- i teen feet of water. Dr. E. E. Stockberger of Milford Used a 1 pullmotor on the boy in an effort i to revive him, but it failed. | Coroner Pletcher was notified and took charge of tifye body. At I the undertaking parlors it was prepared for burial and on Tues- i day morning the bony was sent ; <o the Sechrist home. GOBI) ROAi>S BOARD

The formation of a permanent organization known as the Good Boars <bf the Hosier Automobile Association \*ts the outcome of a meeting of good roads’ boosters from all over the state held at the Claypool Hotel at Indianapolis several weeks ago as a result of Governor Ed Jackson’s hearty endorsement, of the State Highway department. Representatives from virtually every civic organization in the state attended. The organization will be for t'.'.e primary purpose of defen iing the present State Highvfay department in carrying otyc a sound, progressive and economical road program. A committee representing three organizations drew up resolutions declaring the State Highway Commission Law sound. They were unanimously adopted. o , NOTICE The Public Service Commission of Indiana w ill conduct the hearing in the matter of the petition of the Syracuse Home Telephone Company for increased rates, on Wednesday, July 14, at 9 o’clock a. m. in the basement of -Zip public library.

i WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING Writing on the subject of marriage, Samuel Hopkins Adams, author of ‘.‘The Clarion” and several other books, asserts that nineteenth century was an easy, logical, jog-trot progress. Toward tlie end the pace accelerated and got pretty lively in the opening years of the twentieth. Now’ we are in a race in ! which we are sloyghing off a lot of burdensome impedimenta in order to go the faster. Systems go into the discard where before • nit- methods were supplanted. Whether marriage will be among the lot is ane of the. vital questions. “Uhamres have ceased t»po he convulsions or even heresy. Onty a short time ago. as history goes it tvas treason to change nationality, hell fire to change religion and bad form to change wives. Now we manage these things perhaps not better, but more smoothly. ’ “If we—that is to say. if women—determine to alter the.whole scheme and basis of matrimony between now and the twenty-first century, they wilb at least, be able to try it without fear of jail or damnation or of ostracism. “Whether we like it or not. the two sexes are rapidly reaching a common basis of existence, with common standards, though the, change is ail on one side. Our | young men are not becoming: more like young women, hut our i girls are certainly becoming more , like young men in adventurousness. in impatience of sex restrictions. in demands for rights aitd., privileges. “All this has come to pass during, the last 25 years. What the next 25 years may develop is not difficult to forecast—but 50 years hence is a problem we hesitate to consider because it reaches beyond our present power of comprehension. SAVED ElitiHT MULES

Heroic efforts of.Eiwooxl Cripe, fourteen year old son of Mr..and Mrs. Lewis Cripe, of near New Paris, saved from death eight mules caughit in a barn fire during an electrical storm last week. The mules, still in harness, had been hurried into the barn from the fields when lightning struck the buil 'ing. The boy rushed through the ram and succeeded in getting tfie animals outside. Meantime an,alarm Lad been sent he neighbor me farmers and they assis-cl in saving ot er live stock, but the contents of the barn were destroyed. Tlie loss is estimated,at $3,000. t - ; “-T; ■ ■ FILED SUIT FOR DIVORCE George Shutes of North Webster, has filed suit for divorce against his wife, Edna Shutes, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The petition alleges that she threatened to kill him with a butcher knife and that if she had not been restrained, by force she would have done him bodily harm. It is further alleged that she struck artd beat him, that she has a vicious and ungovernable temper and caliled him names too vile and indecent to mention.

else* on May 1 which formally opened the structure. I* the stands are seated 10.000 persons watching the program. A group of JO.OOO persons is a large crowd but they are only a “drop tn the bucket” In the big Pnilade phia stadium. The boy* paraded onto the field to ths accompaniment of fourteen bands and there went through their drills and athlatle exercises tor the benefit of city officials and paraaUk

LEADERSHIP Too many people sacrifice leadi ership for popularity. Popularity is a very natural desire also, but it can be overdone. We are all chemically made to go along certain lines and our whole lives are shaped by< three things, environment. training and our own ; individual, peculiar, chemical make-up. The first thing to do to develop qualities of leadership is to forget everything but yourself. Until we understand ourselves how ' can we understand our fellow be- . ingsf And if we don 't understand iKan we certainly cannot : lead him! You iiUy\know that you will never like such and such a person but you can always keep alive the desire to like him. When we | first meet a person our critical i faculty immediately, naturally and automatieally jumps up. - Is he our social equal or superior? Does he rank with us culturally and so on? We must constantly strive to bury this as much as possible and to change our viewpoint from one of a critical look to one of sympathetic interest in him. Don’t copy another person’s form of leadership. So many of us try to be the type that breezes into any gathering, slaps everybody on the back, and adopts the hail-fellow-well-met attitude when we are totally unfitted for it. Leadership in the last analysis is a matter pf character. What we are speaks louder than our words. Don’t try to pose and don’t try to put across a dual personality for you are sure to be discovered. — o ' PRODUCTION OF FISH Due to a popular demand for rock bass (goggle-eye) this species was added ! to the kinds reared at- the Bass Lake and Avoca state fish haucheries .this year, George N. Mannfeld, conservation department official announces. Formerly this specie was reared only at the Riverside Park hatchery in Indiapapolis.

No pike-perch eggs w’ere obtainable from neighboring states this year so Indiana will not propagate ..this specie in 1926, and the equipment at the TriLakes hatchery customarily used for hatching this specie, was this spring used in producing yellow perch. Many yejlow perch fry was produced this spring by this artificial means. Mannfeld reports production of fish at all state hatcheries as good this seasori, and indications are that black bass and yellow perch will exceed the number of any previous year. At the Trilakes hatchery in Whitley county, 1.215,000 yellow perch fry, and at Indianapolis, several hundred thousand large-mouth black bass fry and 290,000 yellow perch fry had to be planted as such, there being no available ponds to rear them to the fingerling stage. Food is everything in rearing fish. Crowding the fry pbnds usually results in less fingerlings than migh|t be produced if a lesser number had been introduced. q, JUNIOR MUSICAL CLUB Miss Evelyn Stroek entertained the Junior Musical Club on Friday evening. The life of Stephen Collins Foster was the study for the evening. Prizes w’ere awarded to Mary Jensen, the winner in a musical contest, and Betty Ward, the winner in a marshmallow’ race. After these contests they all joined in several interes*ing games, after which refreshments were served; Jessie May Fisher was a visitor. They all enjoyed the evening very much. TO HOLD°HEARING H. Ross Franklin has made application to the Public Service Commission of Ihdiana for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate as a common carrier. The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 20, at 9 a. m. in the Town Hall, Syracuse. o —o R A 0. REPORT During the month) of May the operating revenues of the B. & O. railroad amounted ‘o $20,258.489, and the operating expenses to $16497,210, leaving a net balance of operating income of o CUPID ACTIVE Cupid was unusually active in Kosciusko county .during June. County Cterk Russell Butler issued 66 marriage licenses. Last year 41 licenses were issued.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT — Review of Things by *he Editor As He Sees Tb«iu on the Surface. Handwriting According, to a physician, if you write up-iiill your liver is not what it ought to be and if you write down hill the trouble is your stomach. If, however, you write in large, round letters, you will not be liked by your friends, because you will be a supersensitive sort of person whose feelings are easily hurt. Large capital letters mean soft feelings. S.udden changes in handwriting, it is said, are indicative of some incipient derangement or deterioration. Crime detection through handwriting, is also approaching a science. In many .cases where a criminal has considered himself safe from the police he has been apprehended and identified because he could not disguise his handwriting. It was brought out recently that one's intelligence could be estimated by his handwriting. If one writes a poor hand he is supposed t o be intelligent, whiereas, one who writes a fine hand is supposed to be of lower mentality. This is because the poor writer’s brain is too fast for his hand, and the fine writer’s brain too slGw, thus giving his band plenty of time to form his letters. This seems to be particularly true of newspaper writers. Character reading by handwriting has also been tried to a certain extent and the results found to be fairly accurate. Many interesting incidents are recorded as proof of tike art of expen. . To the American mind it is not a.sin to break a law but it is a crime to get caught at it. That seems to apply wjtjh equal force to “skinking” the government, making moonshine, smuggling, or driving autos contrary to rules. Personal liberty ends where public interests, welfare and protection begins. It seems only yesterday that the I uggy whip was an ornament in which) the owner took deepest pride, yet it is passing into history. The commerce department reports mat less than 100 men are employed in the making of whips today. “Pay as you go” says public financiers. “Pay as you ride” urge the auto manufacturers. “Pay when , you can” shout the installment houses. As a result wages and salaries are mortgaged for this year. With thte- vastly increasing n u m b e r of power-propelled speed wagons and air craft, the old. adage, “Hitch your wagon to a star" seems to be quite the proper thing. Henry Ford says that only a few years ago there were 1,000 men to every opportunity, while today there are hundreds of opportunities for every man. The meek shall inherit he eartjhi. But there won’t be much fun in a world peopled exclusively by henpecked husbands. If every woman was as keen about keeping sweet as she is about keeping young, divorce lawyers would starve to death. The average man is, a disadvantage. He has to obey the city laws, the state laws, the federal laws and his wife’s laws. There may be such, a thing, but we have never encountered an umbrella large enough for two people. War histories tell everything except how some desk men got tjheir decorations for bravery. What makes life so hard is that the fellow with the small salary always has big bills. We’ve also noticed in ovr rovnds that no man is a heroin his old home town. Where will your ga next winter? To the Ne< Auditorium! Potatoes grow wiU in Chile. Potato prices grow wild here. There are no free scholarships , in the school of experience.

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