The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 18, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 September 1926 — Page 1

VOLUME XIX.

ANNUAL REUNION Os the Alumni of Wittenberg College Held Last Tuesday The annual reunion of the alumni of Wittenberg College residing in northern Indiana and southern Michigan was an event of Tuesday at the summer home of Prof, and Mrs. F. H. McNutt on Lake Papakeechie near here. A fine picnic dinner at noon, the renewing of old-time college acquaintances, and the exchange of pleasant reminescenses of college days at Wittenberg made up the very enjoyable program for the day. There was an attendance of about fifty. H. S. K. Bartholomew was elected president and Mrs. W. A. Reichert of Elkhart was chosen secretary of the association for the ensuing -year. The 1927 reunion will be at the Bartholomew home west of Goshen. Those in attendance were: Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Fennig. and family of La Grange; Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Keck and family of South Bend; Rev. and Mrs. R. D. Wheadon, and family of Constantine; Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Hanshue, and family, Three Rivers; Rev. and Mrs. R. N. McMichael, of Syracuse; Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Sorensen and family of Auburn; Mr? and Mrs. H. S. K. Bartholomew and daughter, Rachel of Goshen; Guilliom, of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wishmeyer, of Three Rivers; Messrs. Lawrence and La Vern Pflahmer of Spencerville; Miss June Brockover. and Miss Wetter of North Manchester; Miss Mabel Heckaman, of Nappanee; Mrs. Bessie Tustison and daughter, Margaret, of Springfield. 0 5 ; Mr. Paul Keyser and Miss Roma Sudoff of Richmond. Ind., Prof, and Mrs. F. H. McNutt and family ; and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Reichert and family of Elkhart. Letters of greeting were read from R. E Tullos of Wittenberg who is vacationing in Maine; Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Brosy of Elkhart: Rev. and Mrs. N. M. Habey of New Corydon; Rev. and Mrs. Paul M. Brosy of Goshen; Prof. H. D. Obenauf of Culver; and Rev. H. L. Greenawalt of Uniondale: and Mrs. C. E. Sparks of Middlebury. o SETTLEMENT MADE . Settlement has been made by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad with Maude M. Culler for the death of her husband Clement J. Culler which occurred at the South Main street crossing in Syracuse on March 12. 1926. A settlement of SSOO was ac cep ted by Mrs. Culler, who is administrator of the estate, according to papers filed with County Clerk Russell H. Butler. The railroad, in making the payment, disclaims responsibility for the accident. It will be well remembered that the automobile, in which Mr. Culler was riding, collided with a B. & O. train at the above mentioned crossing. Mr. Culler was taken to the Elkhart hospital, where he died a few hours later, as the result of his injuries. 1 "O" TO OPERATE fox farm ’ A silver fox farm will be operated near Warsaw by Logan Kimes and Roller Kileckner. Three pairs of silver foxes already have been purchased. The foxes are very valuable, the average price per pair being about SISOO. Efforts are being made to interest a number of other local people in the fox industry, which is said to be very profitable if properly conducted. PURCHASED FARM C J. Kitson purchased the Lewis McClure farm, containing 140 acres, near New Paris. In the deal Mr. McClure became the owner of several lake lots in Kitson Park. Mr. Kitson intends to move on the farm next spring. Band Concert Every (Wednesday Evening

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McGARITY REUNION I On Sunday, August 29, eightythree relatives registered for the big banquet dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. McGarity. There were a number If of others there who, failed to register, w'hich the number up to about ninety. The occasion was the first reunion of the McGarity family, e and those present had responded . to invitations sent out for the i affair. t The McGarity home, always a > place where hospitality reigns, t was on that day filled with relatives who made the rafters ring » in the spirit of social ' ling. Many of them present had r seen each* other for the first . time in their lives, as the dis- ( ferent families had drifted to ■ ether parts of the country and . grew up without having ever visited each other. The towns . and vicinity adjacent to them that were represented were: Toledo, Ohio, Logansport, Elkhart, Bristol, Goshen, Nappanee. Pierceton, Warsaw and Syracuse. The oldest person present was Joseph Drake of Nappanee, and the youngest present was the twenty-three day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Dewey. After the big dinner, which was served cafeteria style at noon, a fine program was rendered. which was followed by the election of officers: President J. W. McGarity, Syracuse; vicepresident, Mrs. Ella Jarvis, Bristol; secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Jennie Fleming. Goshen. The following committees were also appointed: Receiving: Mrs. Emmit O’Shea and Mrs. Walter Kimber, Toledo. Ohio; Entertaining: Chas. Jarvis, Bristol; Chas. Malcolm, Toledo. Ohio, and Mrs Nora Searfoss, Syracuse. Program: E. E. Makolm, Logansport; Milo Clay, Kendallville; and Mrs. Clara Harris. Syracuse. After the business of the afternoon had been transacted several gallons of ice cream and a number of delicious cakes were enjoyed before the guests departed. The next reunion will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Evans at Warsaw, on the second Sunday in August. 1927. GRAND ANDPETIT JURORS The September term of the Kosciusko circuit court will open next Monday after a vacation of more than two months. Jurors for the next term were drawn as follows: Grand Jury.—Oliver Mickey, Plain township; John Smith, Jackson township; L R. Swick. Franklin township; George Alexander. Seward township; James Hover. Monroe township; Ora Beeson, Harrison township. Petit Jury.—W. H. Mock, Turkey Creek township; Amos Ringle. Warsaw; William H. Dahlem. Plain township; Fred Palmer, Monroe township; John Hannon. Prairie township; Seward Poor, Etna township; Geo. Thomas, Plain township; John Switzer. Warsaw; Harry Smalley. Seward township; David M. Jones, Etna township; J. W. Coleman, Warsaw; Earl Sarber, Seward township. O ;— LOOK OUT FOR THEM Farmers of Kosciusko county, some 15 in Scott and Jefferson townships, have been fleeced out of from $75 to SBO by purchasing “quack nostrums" guaranteed to “cure” tuberculosis in chickens. Most of these alleged remedies have been purchased from parties in Goshen, it is stated. "There is no cure for tuber- , culoms in fowls," said state vet- . erinarian Dr. Frank H. Brown. "The only thing to do is to > slaughter and kill badly infected I fowls/’he concluded. The discovery of this fleecing ’ of the farmers was made by Dr. Floyd M. Hopper, county veterinarian. —o BIRTHS AND DEATHS b . “ T j According to the July bulletin j of the Indiana State Board of e Health there were 39 births and s 27 deaths in Kosciusko county in the month of June. i z <► HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS High school students, desiring to take piano instruction for higSt school credit, please see me on or before September 6. 17-2 t ERNEST BUSHONG With every $5.00 purchase from now until the first of the year, you will get an added (small) gift as long as any are here. At The Sign of The Kettle.

OPEN SEASONS OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS ■ Attention of hunters of wild ; ducks and other migratory game . birds to numerous changes made • this spring by the U. S. Bureau I cf Biological Survey of the U. S. ; Department of Agriculture with . tegard to open seasons and bag • limits, was called by George N. , Mannfeld. head of the fish and [ ame division of the Indiana con- < servation department The changes are more important, Mannfeld said, inasmuch as they are not printed on the backs of hunting licenses issued this year, nor in booklets giving the state’s hunting and fishing laws for 1926, and it will be well for those who hunt this game this fall to make note of the new bag limits and open seasens on wild ducks, geese, brant, coot, Jaek snipe. Under the new regulation the season this year and thereafter will open October 1, instead of September 16, as formerly, and 1 closes on January 15. instead of December 31, as formerly, on ducks, geese and brant. The seasonton coot, gallinules and Jack snipe closes December 20. A perpetual closed season was established on plover and it is now unlawful to kill them. The department is preparing to print leaflets on the new regulations for general distribution, and in the meantime, hunters of this class of wild game are asked to observe the following dates and limits. Ducks (except wood and eider). Open season October 1 to January 15. Bag limit per day 15. Geese and brant. October 1 to January 15. Bag limit, 8. Coot. October 1 to December 20. Bag limit 25. Wilson or . Jack Snipe. October Ito December 20. Bag limit 20. Gallinules. October 1 to December 20. Bag limit 25. Woodcock. October 1 to November 30. Bag limit 6. Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. September 16 to December 20. Bag limit 15. Rails. September 1 to November 30. Bag limit 25. Gallinules and rails (except Sora and Coot) 25 in the aggregate of all kinds., but not over 15 of any one species; Sora rails 25. Greater and lesser yellowlegs. 15 in the aggregate of both kinds. • SWIMS LAKE WAIWASEE Miss Kathryn Brown swam from the Amasa G. Hoovens cottage across Lake Wawasee to Waco pavilion Sunday, of last week, her time being between 40 and 45 minutes. She was accompanied in a boat by Miss Agnes Hoovens and Miss Eva Baker. 0 LIBOR DAY AT CROMWELL Our neighboring town Cromwell will again celebrate Labor Day next Monday* September 6. A booster committee was in Syracuse Tuesday advertising the event. The Syracuse band has been engaged to furnish music for the occasion.

DEWEY’S “OLYMPIA” AT THE SESQUI . A i bSLz' /A # / |J nK tek* y ' w ’sESf^^ P*Tl • J,'. r ; t p • ft* famous old lag ship to shown at her berth in Philadelphia Navy Yard the background for the SeagufrCentennial International Exposition which ’ celebrates 150 years of American Independence. Doeked just in front of the ‘ (MvmDia is the U. S. 8. jponatellatton. oldeet fighting ship in commission. They I daily Attract thousands of visitors to the Exposition which continues until s December 1. „ •*

SYRACUSE. INDIANA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2 ? 1926

O’CONNOR ON THE GREEN You could hear him when he started | For the hole that's number ten, k The crowd was rather grouchy, > And no one said "Amen.” 1 I heard his club swing gently And then an awful smack. 1 The ball went toward the hickories ' Straight way down the track. | The distance was 250, ( He beat it Chen by ten. And the crowd upon the benches Was shouting now and then. t I saw him grab his brassie I To moke another stroke. And I tell you something truly To me it was no joke. He stood up like a pine tree Ana looking straight ahead. He hit that “baby dimple," My heart went down like lead. And looking down the hill side I saw it strike the green. For the ball had safel y landed Where the old red flag had been. To see that caddie gallop To pull the iron rod Would bring peace with your neighbor Or even with your God. For O’Connor strong and stately And large of bone and limb. Had told that little caddie That he would tie a knot in him. If he failed to jerk the flag pole When the ball was rolling near. And that little caddie Pawed the green and stood in mortal fear. I might have known much better. For in travelers I have seen An Irishman will always Strike that little spot of green. To think that hole in Bogey, Was marked up number six. Imagine my position, 1 was in a d nice fix. With his mashie and his brassie And his mid iron with a swing, I had no show with O’Connor For he made the dimple sing. I have played in Coney Island, And old Atlantic too, And 1 been to Colorado where The skies are good and blue. " It was up at Weequetonsing I met my Waterloo, And on the day O’Connjr trimmed me, I sure felt mighty blue. JOS. W. WALLACE. Wisconsin. —— —O NOTICE TO PUPILS The Syracuse schools start the new term next Monday morning at 8:30. Book lists will be given to all pupils and assignments will be made for the regular work Tuesday. All high school pupils must be present to avoid conflicts in their programs. School w’ill be dismissed in time to enable the buss drivers to get the children home before noon. Court Slabaugh 0 - NEW C. R. Hollett is no longer the Ford dealer in Syracuse and vicinity as he has severed connection with Henry. Mr. Hollett is now selling the Star automobile. May the Star light his way to success.

THE ACCUMULATED AUTO THEFT FUND d Fair play instead of wiping out of existence the accumulated auto theft fund of $490,000, was the point in mind when officials of the Hoosier State Automobile Association called upon the State Tax Board last week to inquire what protection, if any, was being made in fixing the state tax levies. Byway of explanation, the auto association Issued the following statement. “When the legislature created the Certificate of Title law, it was in response to an appeal by the Hoosier State Automobile Association that this measure be created as a protection to the entire motoring public by curbing the wide spread theft of cars prevalent at that time. ) The association sponsored the idea, prepared the bill, and under much difficulty secured it’s enactment. A provision in the law reads - ‘that at the end of any year there is a balance in said (auto theft) funds, said balance shall . be carried into the next year for the uses aforesaid and shall ridt revert to the general fund of the State Treasury.’ “A companion provision in this same law provides for the branch offices throughout the ■ state for issuing license plates, which plan it is recognized saves the state approximately ten cents per pair of plates as com- ! pared to the old plan of having to send to Indianapolis for all plates issued. In addition to saving the State of Indiana this much money as well as providing a plan of greater convenience and increased service to the motoring public by issuing the license plates in the various counties—it is poor grace indeed, claims the association, for the State of Indiana to also take from the motoring public it’s own fund of $490,000, paid in by it’s motorists for their own protection. “$400,000 of the auto theft money was borrowed during the McCray administration and put in the general fund. Governor Jackson’s plan of pooling nearly all funds into the general fund to help him pay off the ctate debt, has made it possiblexfor him to accomplish that purpose, all of which is most commendable, and naturally heartly commended by the automobile associatiom; but there is no occassion they say to lose sight of or ruthlessly deal injustice to the motoring public by simply targeting that the general fund has appropriated our auto theft money without making provision to keep that money intact for the specific use and protection of the people that paid it in for such purposes. “To further show the injustice to the motoring public incurred by the operation of the general fund, there is now on hand in the auto theft fund, and not yet put over into the general fund, a sum of approximately $30,000; yet, in spite of this, the State Motor Police Department cannot now meet it’s aqtual running expenses for the - simple reason that the appropriation made by the legislature out of our own ‘ money for these purposes is so ’ adequate." During the last few months the auto theft situation has been very bad. not so much from the standpoint of the theft of cars but the theft of accessories and parte from automobiles left standing on the streets; and although we have this $30,000 of new money as a residue from this year’s operation of the department, yet because this money is under the general fund and appropriation plan, it cannot even be touched seemingly to protect the people who paid in that money for that very purpose.” o Credit for Piano and Violin Study > Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Cress wish to announce that they will have time for a limited number of piano and violin pupils for the fall term. High school pupils will be given credit for study in either instruments. Mrs. Cress is a faculty member of the Sherwood Music School of Chicago. They extend to their pupils the privilege of studying the Sherwood conservatory extension course, to work for graduation from one of the largest Conservatories in the United States. 1 For information or lesson ap- , pointments eall 841. 18-pd F O 4 Boiling -water will remove frosh fruit stains if applied im- “ I mediately.

SWIMS SIX MILES > 1 Miss Elizabeth Rosson, a resif dent of Syracuse, swam from the 1 Buttermilk Point pier to the 5 Oakwood Park pier last Monday s afternoon, a distance of 6 miles, ; She had stated several times * this summer that she intended i to try this swim, “if I ever get - to go swimming.’’ She has not : been in the water more than five . or six times this season, and, : though she has had no training this season, was seemingly ift I good condition at the end of the : hard grind. During the entire ' time that she was in the water f she had no rest, except when she s occasionally for a few moments. Miss Rosson, during part of ■ her swim, had to contend with adverse waves, but later the lake calmed. She was accompanied by Cecelia Moran and Charlotte Bruce, and two boy friends. The girls were in a row* boat and the boys rowed a motor boat beside her, and occasionly dove in and swam with her. Last year Mjss Rosson started from Oakwood Park, intending to swim to Buttermilk Point, but because of approaching darkness was obliged to change her course at Waco and go across to Sargent’s Hotel. Miss Rosson’s brother, Harold Rosson, who has always been Elizabeth’s enthusiatic “backer," was very much pleased wnth the rews, and exclaimed that he “was sure she could do that." He ‘hinks she should try to beat Vierkotter’s channel record next. o BIRTHDAY SURPRISE A few friends from Syracuse found out that J. W. McGarity had a birthday on Tuesday of last week and without an invitation from him, went to his home in the evening and walk&d in while he w’as out in the harvest field. They kept hid in the house until Mr. McGarity was just ready to come into the house, after doing the chores, when they all walked out and announced their presence. If Mr. McGarity had not seen a parked car in the shadows of a tree near his home, he might have been more surprised, hut he felt a bit suspicious of the car and went in the house and inquired of Mrs. McGarity what the car was doing there. Just about this time the bunch jumped out from their hiding places and made their presence and purpose known. Well, it was the “Gimme Club,” and of course they all had a fine evening. And last, but not least, was the “big eats." BAD ACCIDENT Mrs. John Swihart, Mrs. C. M. Graham, Mrs. Roy Miller, daughter Joann, Mrs. Lou Polk and Mrsj Jollies, of South Whitley, met with a bad accident Friday when their car skidded in fresh gravel and turned over along the road about one mile south of South Shore Inn, Lake Wawasee. The parties were pinned under the car for some time. Mrs. Swihart, driver of the car, suffered a crushed elbow and other injuries. Mrs. Graham was seriously injured internally. She was hurried to the Warsaw clinic, where an X-ray picture was taken. The other occupants of the car escaped with a few slight bruises and cuts. o RECEPTION The college students and school teachers connected with the churches and Sunday schools of the Syracuse Cromwell-Nap-panee Lu*heran Parish will be entertained Friday evening at the local Lutheran Parsonage at the annual reception given students and teachers bv Rev. and Mrs. R. N. McMichael. Q - KILLED RATTLESNAKE J. M. Sargent killed a rattlesnake at the Jones crossing last Friday. ’ The reptile bed one “button" and 8 rattles, indicating that it was over 8 years -old. 0 STORES TO CLOSE Monday, September 6, the stores will close at 12 o’clock noon and remain closed for balance of the day. o MARKET AND BAKE SALE [ The Zion W. M. A. will hold a bake sale and market .Saturday, > September 4, at 10:00 o’clock, at . the Strieby seed room. Chicken and noodles. 18-pd

THINGS TO J THINK ABOUT y - ' Review of Things by the Editor i As He Sees Them on t the Surface. t e , Get Next to the Power y The reason why you, or any of 1 us, is not contented and happy in > this life, is because you are not » as successful as you would like r to be. Success is that which , every man desires, and it is to ' that all are aspiring. If you are normal, or nearly normal, you r desing success in something and L your happiness and discontent are due to your failure to I achieve it. Why, therefore, should you ' fail? There is the question that is ever confronting you, and which you are or should be, most anxious to solve. Be sure there is a good and sufficient reason why you are not successful and, if you will, you may understand it. It is because your ways are not nature’s ways. Instead of taking into account the eternal truth, accepting'the laws of life, and pondering the great facts in nature, and directing your life accordingly, you ignore the more important of these and assert your individual will against nature and reason and fact. As compared with these your will is as weak and puny as the reed that is swayed and bent by every passing wind. The nearer the source of power the more efficient the machine, is a law of mechanics. It is more; it is one of the eternal laws governing force. God, or nature, if your prefer, is the source of all force physical, mental and spiritual, and the nearer you get to this the more efficient you will be in any* line of action you may choose. In fact, as you may readily see and understand, when you are practically invincible, your will is supreme in your sphere, and you may command that ’which you desire. Know yourself. TUt is mosd important. That man who doesn’t know himself is apt to attempt that for which he is not fitted. How to know yourself is not so very difficult That which a man does well is that which he is best fitted to do. Not, therefore, the trend of your tastes, mark the .things you find pleasure in doing, and seek to keep in the way of these. Think it over carefully and determine definitely what it is that you desire to accomplish in life, and then get in line with the forces, and you will succeed, for you will then have all the forces of God, or nature, on your side. Axious . To be informed you must read this paper. To be a business success you must advertise it. Your business and social prestige require good printing. If we do not help the home town it will not help us. After closing the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial on Sunday? the staid Quakers are prepared to swallow a prize fight as a means of replenishing the depleted treasury. At that the fight promises to be the biggest drawing card on the program. Most of the people who have anything have it because they put up a battle for it, and heavens knows, they have to stay in fighting trim if thev ex- c pect to keep it. The rarest thing in the world is a man who knows what he does not know, or, rather knows the difference between what he knows and does not know. A basketball fan asked us true other day where the county tournament would be played. Jn the new auditorium, of course, is our answer. No editor can please everybody at tihe same time. Free Movies Every Monday Evening L 3 r

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