The Syracuse Journal, Volume 19, Number 36, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 January 1927 — Page 1

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SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Items of Interest Concerning * Our High School Written for The Syracuse Journal. A backetball game is scheduled for Saturday evening l with Wolf Lake there. Don't miss it. Th® second semester of school has begun and we extend our ■_• •• -fo r N< w Year to our (numerous?) readers. *—— 4 Classes in Business English, Solid Geometry, Occupation and Sociology are the only new oursvs offered this semester. A new was e pajier basket adorns the corner of the assembly. Even a teacher has been seen investigating it. The floors of the! school house have been oil.-d. Many students appear to be walking on needles. How about some skates! Our suspense is nearly ended The tension was lessened somewhat upon receiving our exam papers and now our report cards due tomorrow (Wednesday) We expect the tension to snap. Wednesday morning thje high school and seventh and eight grades {were entertained iby Mr. Daugherty. He sr.ng several songs, told some amusingystories, Htjitattd different things and a little talk on what kind of men and women w 4 should wish to be and try to be. It was awn interesting enteiUunin< nt r T. PARKER REJECTED The service of T. A Pari« county agent are no longer wantn Kosciusko coixnjy. This was maile evident again Monday afternoon when the Kosciusko cdunty board of education, consisting of the township trustees. County Supet intendent Harry and President Flint E. Bash of the Warsaw school board. vo;ed IQ to 8 against approval of Mr. Parker's reappointment. All trustees excep* Harley Kegenos. of Sew ird township. Were present a’.; the meeting. Mr. Regents was unable to attend because of a quarantine at his home. At the. meeting' the genera! public and aH Newspapermen w ere excluded. ; A petition from farmers of th< , county bearing -1,188 names was presented to the board by Aha Mello t. Etna Green, member of the Indiana state board of animal industry and president of the Kosciusko County Fam Bureau. Considerable opposition has up peared against Mr. Parker. The charge has been made that he has caused discord between the people of Warsaw and the farmers and also has caused discord among the farmers themselves. Leaders of both P< litical parties have opposed his reappointment. Mr. Parker and his friends, on the other hand, have contended that Mr. Parker has the backing of the country people and that his opposition came mainly from the city. The matter, however, was twice decided by the township trustees, practically all of whom are farmers, and their action must be taken as final. The controversy which has resulted from the fight over Parks unfortunate for the county because it has created a friction which will make the work of a new county agent, doubly hard. n - Q.

INDEPENDENTS AVON TWO The Syracuse Independents closed the old year by defeating the Wolf Lake Pirates Thursday night, December M at the local auditorium. Leore 35-32. Tuesday night the Independents wehs to Milford to play the Fort Wayne Salems. In the second half the Salems were inclined to become rough, some “kicked” on the referee s decisions and shouted “robber,” which costs the Salems one free shot. The outcome was 39-27 in Syracuse’s favor. BIRTHS A daughter was born last Thursday. December 30, to Dr. and Mrs. H. Phillip Bowser ol Goshen. ■ -p, The Treasury Department re ports $174,156,897 of taxes whicl have been declared “illegally col lected” and must be returned This will make another big hoh in that treasury surplus.

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OBITUARY Carl Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Voting, was born at Akron, Ind., JUwe 6, 1800. He | (grew to manhood in this com- i munity receiving his education j in the public schools. After be- f coming a man he worked at various positions until 1917 when he was employed by Hhe New York Central railroad which position he held until his death. . He was married w Miss Louise Bushong. 'March 3u, 1918. They lived in Elkhart, Ind., until 1923, when they moved to Chesterton, Ind. He was called to the service of His country in May IVIB and wasjover seas six booths wh’-n he j received his honorable discharge, He was a member of the older of R. R. conductors. He mefn his untimely death near Otis, idd., December 26, leaving to mown his death, his loving wife, twi cl.il ren. his mo* her, three brothers, two sisters,- and many friends. Carl was a faithful husband and loving father. He took great delight in h|s family and spent .his spare time with them. His greatest joys were in making his home h ippy and also those who learned to know him. Funeral services were conducted at Valley Funeral Palors, ; ,n Ekhart, Thursday forenoon < December 30, Rev Uoyd Hedges < of Syracuse, officiating. Mrs. Young will be remembered by friends as - Miss Louise Bushong, daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. Marion Bushmg, of this ‘ city. —-—~o—J- — .11 !HiE LINK A(XEPTS OFFER Judge Dan M. Link has severed his connection with ‘he law firm of Lmk & McClint ck. Auburn, Ind., and will leave for Chicago j within the next twq weekc to bec »me general couns«. 1 for a group of utility ons in that city, which jcontrol several heating and power utilities in 14 states and Mexico. ’Hie firm of Link ” McClintock will l»e succeeded ky a new law partnership. Stump &, McClintock coniposed of Walter D. Stump and Clarence F. McjClintock. Judge Link commenced the practice of law at Aiiburn in 1894. He was a member of the state board of tax comrmijsioners from 1911 to 1914. Ava fancy existed I in the judgeship of the DeKalbSteuben county circuit cour* ami to this Judge Link( received the appointment ami la'er was elected to a term of six rears. He served as judge from 1914 to 1922. He was president of the Auburn Corri'wercial club during 1925: he is a member of the board of directors of the Auburn State bank and is a Thirtythird degree Mason. As soon as arrangements can ne made Judge Link and his famiW will move to Chicago. Judge Link is a former pupil of Syracuse High School and his friends,-here rejoico at his high degree of success. | —__— 0 | —— SPECIAL ANNOILN( EMENTS Mrs. C. would like to me©‘ all the mothers and young "married women of Syracuse ami vicinity ai a meeting in the United Brethren church Friday afternoon at Mrs. Reed will speak ojn the subject. “A Child's Question Answered.” It is hoped that every mother and young anarried women in this community Will attend this service. 1 > At the Sunday afternoon meeting for women and girls to be held the Metin , : >>t church. Mrs. Reed will spejsk t n the subject, “Damaged Goo-is.' Women, Girls, don’t miss this service. Dr. Reed’s subject for the meeting for men and boys will be, “The Devil to Pay.” Every' man and boy in this entire community should be in this service. Fathers, bring your boys. — ch-—, —-£—- ACME FARMS ; Several weeks ago we warned . our readers not to deal with the . Acme Farms. Gainer / lie, Fla., x. I until this firm could be investi- ’ ga*ed, as after running their ad * for two weeks, we doubted their . ability to carry out their agree i ment—i. e. to send one box of oranges for $3.00 The Journal is infonmed by the postmaster at Gainesville, . that the Acme Farms never had. ar t office there. Thev operated fron •. Atlanta. Ga., where their mai f was forwarded. The Acme Farms people wen arrested December 9 for usinj s the mails to defraud and are nov h in jail at Atlanta. I- All mail for this concern reach L ing the Gainesville office sinc< e December 11 is being return* to sender.

REVIVAL SERVICES j- NOW TN PROGRESS The attendance at the opening service and the interest manifested by those’present verified : toe toith of the church people of • the co-operating churches i n i Syracuse, as to the advisability of holding a union revival service. A good sized crowd was present to hear the opening sermon by the evangelist. Dr. C. Fenwick Reed, of Greencastle, and to get acquainted with the other members of the evangelistic party. Dr. Reed is aeconp panied by his wif?,’ who is a wo’‘nan of exceptional ability as a worker with w.xnen. and girls, and Charles Dau-her y. of Indianapolis, who is in charge of the music.

Quite a goodly number of singers responded to the call of the committee, but there is still room for more, and every singer of this community is invited and urged to contribute of their time and ability to the success of the revival. Mr. Daugherty is a nan of pleasing personality, and his ability as a leader of song is unquestioned. Beside giving himself to.the leading of the I es, he is organizing a group of boys, age 9 to 12, into the Boy Pal organization; also oiganizing a children’s chorus, and holding specialmeetings for theJuoys and girls. Dr. Reed’s first message to the Syracuse congregation, was based on Genesis’ 32:28. --"As a prince liast thou power with God anti with men.” He emphasised the value of prayer in church work and expressed the firm conviction that God could do things when his people prayed that He cpuld not do unless they did pray. If any one is to prevail with men md win them to a Christian life, he. or shei must have first I )re * vailed with God in prayer. The conviction of the speaker was that a religion that was not powerful enough to change the habits of though and action of the believer was worth very little in the salvation of the soul. Various methods might be used to secure church members; but only the Spirit -of f God could riake a» Christian. k Dr. Reed spoke Monday evening on the subject, ‘The power of a Joyful Christian's Life,” and used as his text, “Restore unto me the joy of Thy. salvation Then will I teach transgressors Thy way. and sinners will be'converted unto Thee” This message went direct to the heart of the situation, and dearly showed hat, without a spirit of joyfulness “in the knowledge of sms forgiven, an individual was powerless as a winner of souls. The Tuesday evening message was from 2 Cor. 13:5. and was an

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Tbe Federal government and the several states have made the automobile an all year instrument of pleasure and entertainment I When winter comes with its chilling blasts and drifting snow the motorist need no longer put up his car and wait patiently for spring to bring back fair motoring days. All he need do. if he is in the north, is point the nose of the car southward. Soon he will come to a through transcontinental highway that leads to sunshine and flowers. The roads hgve been made not only adequate but splendid for all year driving. This fact is revealed by a survey jnst completed by the Automobile Club of Southern California in conjunction with its thousands of sources of infomation from all over the United States. The club, in Its survey kept ten cars on the road, each carrying two thoroughly experienced road information men. The cars went an average of 300 miles per Jay. This

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earnest .plea for all Christians to give themselves a thorough examination, under the direction of holy Spirit, and find out if their profession had any reaiity back of it. The test of a man’s religious! profession is to lie found in what his neighbors j and his business associates say. an : not what he s ys himself. .

Wednesday morning, the evanrelistic paP y visited, the . high •chooh accompanied by Bov. J. H. Royer. Rw. Wm. L. Eiler, and Frederick who -.is she pianist for the services. Mr. Daugherty spoke to the students on various phases of one’s life. : and entertained the student) i'vdv with several sengs, bugle ( calls, and an imitation of a cir- | cus calliope. Dr. Reed and wife j were introduced, and arrange- t ments were made , for further ; visits to the high school- .

The services will be held at 7:30 each evening of “he week, and on Sunday there will be three Targe meetings. - Each cooperating church will hold the -.■eyi’k-.r Sundav School at the usual time and place, and then go in a body to the Community building for the worship service. A .meeting for women and giYls in ’the Methodist church at the same hour. mhn and boy in Syracuse should be at the other service. Dr. Reed will have charge of the service a* the Community building, and Mrs. Reed will conduct the other service. A meeting for young people will be Hdd at the Methodist church at 6 o’clock, led by Mr. Charles Daugherty, who is the splendid! leader of the young folks. ; These services are not being held from a sectarian standpoint, but with a desire to help make Syracuse and vicinity a beVer place in which to grow our boys and girls, and bo save souls of men, women, boys, and girls.Everyone who wants to see Syracuse become a better, safer, .•leaner place will have a desire to assist in these services. The nen and. women of these churches are putting their time, bility, money, and prayers, into this work, an 1 call upon all, prospective of cl Ah affiliation, to ove rate in great work. ‘Special meetings will fte held from time to time, and everybody is invited to attend. The prayer-meeting committee, under the direction of Rexn J. H. Royer, is calling upon all Christians to open their homes for prayer services, from 9 to 9:30 -each morning except Monday and Saturday'. ■ —o — : —■—• UH AMBER OF COMMERCE The monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in connection wi.h the noonday luncheon t T-h“ Si-an of the Kbttle will be held Tuesday, January 11.

meant that the total per day of the cars was 1000 miles. In a month they had traversed 90.000 miles and had covered every essential bit of road that motorists may use in crossing the United States in the winter time. On the map shown above, all of the heavier roads are open through the year. Those that are farthest South are less troubled with storms and untoward local conditions than those In the North. In order to facilitate the use of tbe roads during the winter months by the motorists of the United States the automobile club has instituted an unusual service. Should any reader of this paper wish to make an automobile journey that touches Southern California over any* of these roads, the Club will be glad to extend him every possible help and, entirely without charge. Prospective motor travelers should, address the club at its headquarters Twenty Sixth and Figueroa streets. Los Angeles. If road maps are

COUNTY FARM ACTIVITIES Kosciusko county farmers are deriving a real benefit from the activities of the county agent’s office. This benefit has grown year by year as more and more farmers have taken advantage of the assistance offered through the county agent. County Agent T. A. Parker has prepared his annual report showing a summary of aciiviries and accomplishments as follows: 413 !prm|rs sowed 35G0 acres of alfalfa. 1100 farmers now have 10,060 seres of alfalfa seeded. 229 farmers sowed sweet clover for the first tame. 4000 tons pf limestone and marl were used ip 1926. 200 farmers used 160 tons of fertilizer for the first time. 356 women carried the Clothing Project through the year. 213 boys and girls completed, same form Os club work. 5 farmers.institutes were held with a to v al attendance of 1610. 50 meetings at which motion pictures were shown were held in co-operation with the 'farm bureau with an average attendance of 90 per meeting. 1200 farmcis voluntarily tested cattle for tuberculosis under the county area plan. 400 farmers used bettor balanced rations for the first time in feeding dairy' cattle. 146 farmers were influenced o adopt improved practices relative to swine. . 65 farms adopted improved practices in weed control. 1244 farms adopted improved practices relative to poultry. 423 farm bureau members have paid their 1927 farm bureau dues in advance. 69 farmers adopted some proved practices relative t o truqk crops. 172 farmers adopted improved practices relative to potatoes. ° In carrying on the above work in co-operation with the various organizations and in taking care of the miscellaneous work, the County Agent consulted, with 2362 people in the ‘ office.- with 1652 telephone calls, traveled 6041 miles, made 362 faitn visits, sent out 3298 individual letters, 8 ciwiilars letters - with a totaP of 11,344 copies, published, 181 •articles, distributed 1982 bulletins. tested 364 samples of soil and t*x>k part in 86 meetings with a total attendance of 7494. i o B. A O. REPORT The operating revenues of the B. & O. railroad for the month of November amoun‘ed to’ $22,282.947 and operating expenses to $16,338,290, leaving a net balance of operating revenues of $5,944,657. — . A classified ad will sell it.

• wanted, state the place ot beginning, - the destination and the route home [ and the principal cities that are to be [ visited going and coming. The Club ; will then send a full set of detail road maps covering the entire journey. If f information about hotels. motor i camps, hunting, fishing or other forms l of sport are wanted, state this clearly f in the request and the information i will be sent If tbe visitor wishes, he may tell i the club only his place of start and > destination and ask the club to route > him over the best route. The time that the journey is to be taken should i be stated as routes vary in desirats bility with the several winter months. Once the visitor arrives in Southern I California the Automobile Club will make him a gpest member giving all ( services for six months without I change. On the Pacific Coast the mo- < tor visitor will find paved highway , completely covering the Pacific Slope l from Canada, to Mexico. ■

OBITUARY Mrs. 3 Louisa Davis, daughter 1 of Jesse and Rebecca Maggert, who preceded her in death, was born near Indian Village, Aug. 14, 1856, and departed this life . at Syracuse, Indiana, Tuesday' J morning, Dec. 28, 1926, at the C.ge of 70 years, 4 Jnonths and 14 ( ays. Her husband passed away in June, 1919. Two children! have also preceded her in death. She is survived by 2 sons, 2 daughters, 8 grandchildren, 4 greatgrandchildren and a host”] 6f admiring friends. She was a member of the ; (hapel Christian church, near ] _ .’oblesville. Indiana, and re- , nained. a faithful qhris.tian until ( her death- Having been loyal to ; her. home, everself sacrificing j and anxious to serve her loved ( ones, she will be greatly missed. 3ut she has gone with a bright j hope of immorality and be- ] ieving ih the reuniting of loved , ones in the presence of the Lord whom she served. Funeral sei vices were held at ; the home last Thursday morning, t at- 10:00, B. C. Earhart, olfici- , ating. The singers were Mrs, puy )tt. and Mrs. Robert Strieby, ( who sang splendidly two selec- j ion: “No Dissapointment I n i leaven.” and “The Old Rugged Cross.” • ' | Burial in the Union cemetery. t two miles north wes. of Garrett, f at 1 o’clock. j Card of Thanks c We wish tp express our sincere ; gratitude to all our neighbor's t and\,friends, for their splendid t help and warm sympathy during c our sorrow and bereavement. • ( The Children.- } o t DEATH OF MRS. J. S. NEFF c Mrs. Margaret Wyland Neff, J widow of John S. Neff, was born ! June 29, 1861, departed this life £ at the McDonald hospital, Warsaw, January 2. 1927, age 65 years, 6 months and 3 days. , She had been ill several weeks with pneumonia. December 10, 1881, she was ; united in marriage to John S. i Neff, who preceded’her in death more than two years. She was the daughter of Mr. t and Mrs. Moses Wyland of Mil- . ford, both now deceased. ; She leaves to mourn her de- i partun? three daughters, Mrs. ( Arden Geyer, Mrs. Clarence Sny- j der of Syracuse and Mrs. Truman Bail of Toledo. Ohio, five grandchildyen, two great-grand-children and one sister, Mrs. ] Aaron Treesh, of Benton. Mrs. Neff united with the church of the Brqtoren in 1881 to which she was a faithful mem- j ber until death. i Funeral services weye held at the home Tuesday, January 4, i Milo Geyer, of Milford, officiating. Interment in the Syracuse cemetery. ! o BLACK SILVER FOX FARM Sixty black silver foxes valued ■ at almost $50,000 are now located on the Kleckner & Klimes silver fox farm*, three miles northwest of Warsaw. The animals are in charge of a keeper who has had years of experience with silver foxes. The thirty pair ,of foxes came from New- Brunswick and arrived i n on Wednesday. A farm- house and pens had already been constructed and the animals are now getting acquainted with their new quarters. A number of Warsaw citizens are financially interested in the project and expect to make good returns on their inves,”ment in foxes. O ; GARNISHEE LAW UPHELD For the first time in the history of Indiana a garnishee law has been upheld by the higher court of the state. The appellate court upheld the garnishee act of 1925 last week when it reversed the Allen superior court in the case of the Laurer Auto company against Collin W. Moody. - ' Under the law a creditor can collect 10 per cent of a debtor’s wages each week until - the amount of a judgment taken ’ against the defendant for debt has been satisfied. ■ o H. S. B 1 ' — Friday, December 31, was an . unlucky day for the Syracuse ‘ High School first team, when > they played Atwood, the crack : team of the county. The score’ • was 45-42. * r Syracuse second team easily 1 defeated Artvood second team by • | a score of 25-11.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. Why Men Laugh Why do we laugh? The subject of laughter is a puzzling problem to philosophers and psychologists. Many theories have been put forth to explajp the problem, but no single explanation seams to satisfy every one. Herbert Spencer, the English psychologist, believed that laugh er was merely an overflow of excessive nervous energy. Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, thought.that laughter was evolved by the human race for the purpose of social discipline. ■ Lord Byron was one of the few poets of the past who studied this question. “lif I laugh at any mortal thing,” he wrote ’tis only that I may not weep!” Professor William MacDougal * of Harvard University accep's Byron’s theory and ter is the antidote to sympathy.” In other words, nature evolved laughter as a protection against the excessive working of the in- . stinct of sympathy. The method bv which laughter accomplishes • his protection is twofold: physiological and psychological. First, laughter immediately increases .no rate of breathing and stimulates the blood circulation, causing a greater flow of blood to . the head and brain; secondly, it \ breaks up any trend of thought \ that may be going on at the \ moment. It therefore causes a complete suspension of effort, both physical and mental. The ' result is that you are carried away from thinking of any paricuiar situation that would otherwise depress you. Breaking It Gently Somebody is always dusting off an pldjpne. putting some vartish on it and bringing it down o date. For instance: t Murphy, one of the best railroad engineers the road had, met with a fatal accident and his best pr.l was called upon ‘•o break the news to Murphy’s wife. Wanting* to break it gently he Urt»ceeded in this fashion. ‘lDoes Mr. Murnhy live here.**

“Yes.” answered Mrs. Murphy. “You’re a liar, responded Murphy’s best pal, “he’s dead.” That's Dift'e.rent Teacher —Gas is an invisible and intangible element; that is, it cannot be seen or felt. Johnny—That’s funny! I often hear pa say he stepped on it. • • ‘V One of the boys who is home * from college for the holidays has been solving some difficult problems in mathematics. For instance, he told us he out tlm shape of a kiss. He says it’s a lip-tickle. ' You can’t always tell the merit of a thing by its size. Seme of the biggest marriages prove to have been no marriage at alljust like a flyer in a wild-cat i mining scheme. The law commands Congress to reapportion its membership every ten years. If Congress brazenly ignores the law what can one except frornthe common citizen? - ' There are many beautiful old faces. They may not be the vivid beauty of youth, but they have a serenity and sweetness that defies rouge pot and dip stick. In spite of guns and bombs and poison gas, .the one who has crime nearest to promoting peace in the work! never used a sword. And his system still holds good. z - £ If men grow bald because of the intense activity of their brains, do women, have no whiskers because of the intense activity of their chins? SecapstUohiwdnasdrawkcabsk o olenilawohsisiht. Solution: This is how a line looks backwards and without spaces. A New York judge has ruled that a woman may .smile at a jury if she likes. Sorhetilmes its difficult to suppress a laugh. Every man has a letter he intends writing when he has time. The days are getting longer.

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