The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 July 1927 — Page 1

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CONDENSED COUNTY NEWS Happening** Throughout Th <■ County Briefly Chronicled In thi* Column. Mist Martha Burket, of Fcrt ” ajyne who ij risiting W tr.;aw relative* and Charles Ward, of Warsaw, narjrowly escaped seri ous injuries about 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon when the Overland sedan in which they were riding hit a tree south of Winona Lake. Ward who was driving lost control of the wheel when the machine struck loose gravel. He suffered severe scratches on one side of his face. The Overlaid st-dan was somewhat damaged. Ihe dreaded European Corn Borer is in Kosciusko county and was discovered in a patch of corn by Fred btrauss at Chapman Lake. Strauss had a nice field of corn several inches high and found the l>orer in the corn joints and the stalks broken down as if a person had gone over them with a corn knife. The corn borer has also been discovered in the garden of W. J. Lyons. Leesburg. Robert Pfleiderer and Lew Wallace Bowman, two Warsaw young men have made applications at the county clerks office for passports to foreign countries. Mr. Pfleiderer plans to go to Columbia, South America, to accept a position with the Uniter Fruit Compiny. Mr. Bowman will go to Persia as a teacher. Iwing eent there by the Presbyterian Board of Missions. j Payment of $6,000 has been made by the Mentone Lumber Company to heirs of Moyer Gray, Who was killed when a rip saw luuke and htided a board through the door into his stomach, as he was passing the plant. Gray was Survived by M wife and nine children. ; A warning to all farmers to immediately destroy the dread Weed, the Canada thistle at once, or suffer a fine of $5 under the State statutes is given out by Prosecuting Attorney William G. Loehr. This weed is said to be making considerable headway. Rev. W. A. Sunday received a ‘ black hand" letter requesting him to place SSOO at a certain spot. Os course, the request was not complied with. Mr. and Mrs. Sunday left Warsaw Wednesday last week for their ranch in Oregon. The Kosciusko County Fair Association was granted permis sion by the Warsaw city council to ust the streets during the fair, which will be held during the week of September 27 to October 1, with the understanding that no gambling be allowed. Hog Cholera has again appeared in Kosciusko county. Cases ’ have been found in Clay and Wayne townships. < ,— — .. STRUCK Bl GOLF BALL — The victim of one of the most unusual accident in golf records. Dean L. Barnhart, publisher of the Goshen Democrat, may lose the sight of his left eye as a result of his own golf ball rebounding off a tree and striking him. while he was playing a foresome on the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club course Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred about 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon near the 14th hole of the Tippecanoe course when Mr. Barnhart attempted to drive his ball out of a clump of trees. His ball rebounding off a tree 30 feet in front of him. struck him in the left eye, cutting his eye lid and eyeball. He was rushed to the Goshen hospital. Three eye specialists. Dr. J. B. Porter, of Elkhart, and Drs. Eby and Eby of Goshen, were called to attend Mr. ♦ Barnhart. The specialists stated that it would be several days before they could determine whether the sight of the eye could be saved.

O—— — .11 ■■■ I Band Concert Every Wednesday Evening

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K Syracuse’s Slogan: “A Welcoming Town With a. Beckoning Lake.”

BATEM AN-MEEK i The home of Mr. and Mrs. John I: Meek was the scene of a very ’ pretty wedding Sunday at four o’clock, when their daughter, Neva Rebecca, was united in mar- «• riage to EHwood Townsend Bateman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kriete. The house was beautifully decorated with vases of roses and t sweet peas and liaskets of holly- ? hocks. Preceding the ceremony, r Miss Myrtle Fox ford played "0 . Promise Me," followed by Miss . Louise Snobarger singing “I Love . You Truly." Lohengrin’s wed- . ding march was played for the k entrance of the bridal couple, , who were met by Rev. R. G. ‘ Foust, pastor of the Evangelical church. The ring ceremony was ’ used at which time Miss Foxford played "Barce use” ami ‘To ~a Wild Rose.” I 'lhe bride was charming in a coral georgette gown, trimmed in cream and gold lace, and wore a corsage of lovely Howers. A buffet luncheon was served ini-j mediately after the ceremony. j The bride, a popular young» ‘lady, is a graduate of the Syra-j • cuse High’School. She was employed for four years at the State Bank of Syracuse and tl\e past winter was bookkeeper at the Hollett Motor Sales. The groom is a graduate of the Belleflower, Illinois, High School and the University of Illinois. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Alpha fraternity, and is quite well known in Syracuse, having managed the Jet White Groceteria one summer. After a weeks motor trip, they will be at home in Manlius, Illinois, where Mr. Bateman is a vocational agricultural instructor in the Manlius High School. Ou' of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Means. Fisher. III.: . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Short. Belle- J flower. Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Meek. South Bend. Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Kline. Columbus, Ohio and Miss Mamie Stevens of War- , saw, Ind. The host of friends and the ( Journal wish the couple happi- ( ness and success on the journey < of life. < i : A ■-*- 1 FREE ENTERTAINMENT There will be a free entertain- ] ment. Friday evening July 15. 7:30 p. m.. at the Evangelical J Church,; given by the children r from tfie All Foundlings’ Home ( of Louisville. Ky., under the di- ] rectian of C. G. Cromer. Presi- 1 dent and founder. Mr. Cromer ( has been Here before and thdbe who saw the children, know that j they have a real entertainment, j This institution is non-denomina-1 j tional and solely supported by i t free will gifts in answer to prayer. This is a worthy cause, j COME. ; —-——o~~ — WORK COMMENCED j At the eleventh hour the * Jones tract containing about ’ five acres was selected as the . site of the new high .school. Evacation work was commenced Monday. The Wickersham ' Constructing Co., of Logansport. * has the building contract. The * building will be a two-story fire 1 -proof and under favorable conditions will be completed about j January 1. ■ • _ _o ———_• . SHOULD BE REPAIRED , The B. 4 O. grade crossing at ’ Bremen has been repaired ar- ‘ cording to the Enquirer. That paper says every motorist will ’ vote "aye” on the question of a ' vote of thanks. We would suggest to the rail- * road officials to extend their ’ crossing repairing program to ' Syracuse and. repair the grade crossing on Huntington street. ; This is badly needed. » — O“ — —- ENTERTAINED AT BRIDGE ‘ ■ On last, Thursday evening Miss Louise Snobarger enter- ( tained four tables of bridge at ’The Tearoom.”, Honors were won by , Helen Jeffries Snobarger, Mrt. -L. A. Seider and Janice Bapp, and Neva Meek, the honor guest was given a very pretty i and useful gift by the hostess. I A dainty two-course luncheon > was served at the conclusion of the games. ' — JL. REGATTA A power boat regatta will be held on Lake Wawasee, July 30 and 31. All pleasure boat ownClub

|SUMMER WHITE HOUN« IN BLACK TOLLS ; The ’ Summer White House” ' in the Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where President Coolidge is s pending the summer months, adjoins the Black Hills National Forest and the Harney National I Fbrest, which are not only rich in Indian lore and pioneer historic interest hut furnish one of the earliest examples of forest management in the United Stales. The President therefore has the opportunity both of enjoying the hospitality of the State ( f South Dakota and of Snaking himself at home on a fuillionacre Federal forest estate. The State park of 60,000 acres where the Summer White House is loeated. is adjacent to the 1 larney National Forest and a few miles south of the Black Hills National Forest. This park was the southeast corner of the Harney National Forest until the Federal (government exchanI ged it as a solid block, for State I land*! scattered throughout the i 'Federal holdings. The two for-i ests. set aside by President 1 Cleveland in 1897, have a neti area of 1.1'35.107 acres of,Government land, 50.000 acres Os which are in the Theodore Roosevelt] Game Ihreserve and 50,000 acres | in a Federal game refuge adjoin-, ing the State park. Within the j present boundaries of the forests there are also 240,457 acres of! patented lands, some of them in ' prosperous farms and ranches on the stream bottoms, some tim-' berland more or less abused by | hard cutting and fire, and some] mining claims. The name “Black Hills” was. given to the region by the Sioux ’ Indians. In their tongue, it was “Paha Sftpa,” in allusion to the! somber appearance of the forest! clad heights as seen from the j plains. The Harney Forest was named fbr General Harney who was one of the early explorers of the region. The President will have opportunity to see how National Forests are administered and developed. He can see how timber sales are made under methods that keep the forest growing; how gracing is regulated to keep the range green; and how land more valuable for farming than for timber growing has been made available for homesteading. The first timber sales in any National Forest w’ere in the Black Hills in 1899 and 1900, and the timber was so carefully selected, under scientific . forestry, that the area can be cut again by 1935. About 25,000.000 board feet of logs are cut each year from these Federal timberlands under the same methods, with such an improvement to the forest that the foresters expect to maintain this annual harvest foreveri and even to increase it to 40,(MM),000 feet. This is partly because of the olds defective trees in Rhe virgin forest are removed in the first cut, and the thrifty sound trees left to grow. When the logger comes back B 6 years Jater, the timber he then gets is much more free from rot and other defects, than was that cut the first time. Also, young timber is coming in on old burns and other barren places and will thus increase the areas which can be cut over every 35 years. Within and near the Black Hills and Harney National Forests are many points of scenic or recreational interest. The famous Hot Springs at the southern end of the Black Hills are visited by thousands, and the Wind Cave National Park and Jewel Cave National’ Monument also are well known. Harney Peak, the highest point in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Custer Peak, the “Needles,” and Sylvan Lake are other points of interest, as well as the old mining town of Keystone. where is located the famous Holy Terror mine, from which came the richest gold ore ever found in the world. Traditionsays this mine was named in honor of the discoverer’s wife. ' — oBIRTHDAY SURPRISE On Sunday several families called at the home of S. O, Jeffries to remind him of his birthday. A pot luck dinner was served at noon. Those present were: Jacob E. Kern and family, Mrs. Jane Kern, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rippey and Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Vorhis of Elkhart. o BAKE SALE The M. E. Ladies’ Aid will hold a bake sale at the Melbern Rapp ■ cleaning room on Saturday. July 'l6, at 10 o’clock. 11-lt ..

; SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, JULY 14. 1927.

I ANNUAL HOMECOMING 4 • * ; The second annual Home Com- '• ing of the Inajan Village Church. B ; United Brethren in Christ, of \ which Rev. Wm. L. Eiler is the j, pastor, was held Sunday, July 10, and was a complete success in ]; every particular. The morning j • sermon was “breached by the j, Rev. C. A. Sickafoose, who was _: pastor of the Indian Village Cirf’cuit from 1901 to ISMKS. and who t jjs the present pastor x>f the _i church at Bremen, Indiana. The . day's program began with the ’! Sunday Scho n at 10 o’clock, »n I charge of the superintendent, ' • Mrs. J .1* Priest. After the morning service the crowd proI eeded to the home of Mrs. A. J. I Clingerman, a short distance least of the church where long ’’tables were filled with all sorts of good things to eat, including j chicken and angel food cake. One j might have run *the gamut es j good things to eat and not miss led much, for there was a super 'abundance of everything that ' would go to satisfy the inner ■ man. At 2:20 the crowd assemj bled again in the church, where • a program of songs, readings, i speeches, and just talks occupied • the time until 4:15 wben the ’ benediction was pronounced by the Rev. J. H. Elder, pastor of ■the Solomon’s Creek and Burr • Oak churches. Fully 200 of the 'pFesent residents of the commu--1 nity, old residents, friends and • members of the church gathered j to spent the entire day in renewing acquaintances and forming ( new ones. | The preachers present beside J the pastor and the speaker of the , morning were the Rev. H. W. Franklin, of Albion; the Rev. F. ]A. Risley, of Ligonier; the Rev. IJ. H. Elder; and the Rev. S. M. | Hill, of Churubusco, who was ! pastor of the church from 1904 !to 1906. Letters were read ifrom the R»v. J. N. Martin, of Peru, who was the pastor in 1875 and 1876; and the Rev. R. E. Vance, of Roanoke, Indiana. BECAME SUDDENLY INSANE Constables Ocal Craft and Sam Snavely were jailed to the lake Mofiday evehing to take charge ! of Miss Frances Vorhees, who | became suddenly insane. Later Sheriff McKrill and his wife i were called. It required three! men to handle the insane woman, j who had to be placed in a straight jacket. She was taken to the county jail. She will probably lie taken to the State Hospital at Richmond. She and her sister Bknily are both nurses and have suffered nervou? breakdowns and the other sister is said to ‘be in the 'state hospital at Logansport. The girl’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vorhees, 92 years of age, fell Monday evening and broke her hip. She was taken to the Elkhart hospital. Worry and excitement from this accident,' it is said, caused her daughter’s breakdown, that she became insane. , f ; o CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phene will be a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the library on Thursday evening, July 21, at 7:45. Business of importance. By order of the President o NOTICE TO WATER USERS * I will be at my residence Friday. June 15, to collect water rents. If not paid on that date water will be turned off. Q C. Crow, Town Clerk.

My Dad From baby-hood you’ve cared £or me And taught me ways of truth; You guided me with courage strong Through dangerous days of youth. You've battled hard to clear the way Os and wain; You’ve gone without and suffered loss That I ndght reap the grin. You laughed when failure stalked the trail And bridged defeats dark chasm; You gave the little that you had ; And made of home a heaven. And though I’ve known loves true and tried, And friends that made life glad, The truest, dearest one of all Is you, my own dear Dad. —Charles S. Poling

'WHIPPET FUEL AND OIL ECONOMY TESTS •; Fuel and oil. economy in the ‘(operation of motor cars con- ? tinues a major fact considered by • prospective purchasers, accord--1 ing to Willys-Overland dealers f who are staging throughout the J nation this week special demon--5 ( strations and tests to uphold - [ their claims that the Whippet is )! the mo.H economical car in > America. They declare this ■ economy applies not. only to the ' fuel and oil consumption of the 1 Whippets hut also in the general cost of operation and mainten- ! | ance. Since the Whippet was first introduced to the motoring pub- “ lie scarcely a year ago, it has set notable records throughout the J country in fuel and oil economy tests and has established perfor- ; | inances that have been outstanding achievements in the motor | car industry. The tests to be conducted during the coming week by WillysOverland dealers, not only in this Community but in all parts of the country, are pointed to by these merchants as a further means to prove the general economy of the Whippet. The production of the Whippet with its sales mark reaching the 110,(XX) point in its initial year, has brought the matter of fuel and general economy of operation, to the Are. Willys-Knight dealers point out that the unequalled low fuel consumption of the Whippet has proved one; of the leading factors in the world-wide acceptance of this car which has won a distinctive and individual position in the light! four cylinder field. Numerous tests have proved,! Willys-Overland dealers state, i that the Whippet will operate I with a fuel saving of 50 per cent compared with the operating cost of other cars in the same price class. They declare that this figure is arrived at through actual tests where the cars have been driven by hundreds of independent drivers. The transcontinental fuel economy record established last November by Cannonball Baker ’driving a stock Whippet touring | car under official observation of I the A. A. A. still stands as the ■ most notable achievement in automobile history. In that test. 1 Baker drove a Whippet from Los Angeles to New York City, a distance of 35559 miles on 82.25 gallons of gasoline, an average of 43.28 miles to the gallon. In a national fuel economy test staged a few months ago, 5.205 Whippet drivers took part. These tests were made under every condition, and the average performance of the Whippet was 38.6 miles to the gallon of fuel. Willys-Ov’erland factory officials point out that one of the chief reasons for producing a car of the Whippet type was to present an automobile to the public that embraced all the most modern engineering ideas coupled with a fuel saving quality never before reached in the light four cylinder field in America. The Syracuse Auto Sales has arranged for a driving contest of the Whippet, July 14, 15 and 16. Ebch driver travels .over the same course on a pint of gasoline. For further information read the ad on the back page. :— NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC I have taken the agency for Chevrolet and Buick cars. Cars, new and used, can be seen at my home. When in the market for a car see me first. 11-p Harry Clemens

REMOVING DEATH-TRAPS ?! ' • We can imagine no bettei , news to. offer motorists around ' Syracuse than the information r that the government is just _ starting a natiorLwide survey j wth a view of eradicating grade ; crossings. It will t«?ke years to ' acctanplish it, but with the gvv- [ «'rn!nen.t on the job the work will 8 ; be done Quicker than if left to 4 the individual states. 5 The motoring season has only > stated, yet reports of fatal ; gr.de crossings accidents are I tv rung in Last year one motbr- . ist out of every 9.000 lost his life at a grade crossing. There are 232,775 such cressings in the Ur;ted States, and since only .7,000 of that nu<il>er have projection in any shape or form it !is not hard to see how this j tei rible* ratio of death was piled j up. Many states are alre’ jdv I expending vast sums to eliminate th ? worst of these crossings and. railroads, always facing daimage suits as a result of them iare spending millions of dollars t to get rid of them whenever posjsible. Now that the government is to cooperate f* will mean a speeding up of program. Motorists should remember, however, that these crossings are not gping to be wiped out over night. They still exist, and those of our citizens who are driving in strange territory this spring and summer should bear in mfnd that fadt. Also remember that last year one out of every 9.000 motorists was killiOd at a deadly grade-crossing. That may serve to bring about a greater fear of them, and fear of them, is Sure to cut down the 1 toll of death. o ! SUFFERS BROKEN BACK I Henry 0. Schmidt, 27, of Elkhart is in the Goshen hospital,his back broken in two places, as the result of an auto accident Sunday afternoon on the road to lake Wawasee. He is completely paralyzed below the waist, and fear is felt that his injury will prove fatal. The accident occurred at the Hapner corner, where the road curves. The speed at which Sqhmidt was driving his Durant touring car prevented his making the turn, the car skidded and turned over, pinning him beneath it. His wife and another occupant of the car escaped with only slight injuries. The injured man was taken to Goshen in the O. G. Car ambulance. Schmidt, a native of Germany, came to America four years ago. He was employed by the New York Central railway company. A year ago he returned to Germany and married his childhood sweetheart. His wife remained in Germany until last December, when she came to Elkhart. They had Started to the lake to celebrate the anniversary of their marriage when tragedy intervened. o — DEATH OF A. J. MARONEY A.' Joseph Maroney, a former Syracuse resident, died July 10 at the county infirmary at the age of 72 years, 4 months and 18 days. Deceased was the son of Mr. and Julia (O’Neil) Maroney, and was bom February 22, 1855, near Dayton, Ohio. He was Well known to the farmers of the county as a dependable laborer. At one time he was employed at the cement factory. He was honest and had credit amopg the merchants and had the happy faculty of making friends. While in Syracuse Mr. Maroney made his home at the Eureka Hotel. Mrs. Jones deserves credit for giving him a good home and care during a long illness. O. G. Carr, our local undertaker. went to Warsaw Sunday and brought the remains to Syracuse. Burial was had in the Syracuse cemetery Tuesday with short services at the grave, Rev. Floyd Hedges officiating. NOTICE . In addition to marcelling and manicuring, I am now doing public typewriting of all kinds, letters, sermons, abstracts, or anything in that line. I will appreciate any patronage you may give me in the future and thank you for your business in the past. Phone 844 Neva Foster. Near Depot 11-2 t o Harold Bell Wright’s. “The Winning of Barbara Wortb. starring Ronald Colman and Ailma Baoky at Crystal. Ligonier next Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, July 19, 20 and 21. 1

THINGS TO ! THINK ABOUT t e Review of Things by tae Editor o As He Sees Them on the Surface. | - ■ I 0 I* AVhy B ait Disasters V Nothing seems to draw people 1 together more than common mise fortune. Every disaster inspires - unselfish, practical sympathy, and a common woe makes us ? wondrous kind. This is equally ? true of the very poor as well as f the rich. Poor neighbors have - been known to share their last t mea with neighbors wno had ■* nothing to eat, and commonl place people find joy and happiness m sacrifice. Pain and sorrow are the com--5 mon lot. We are all fellow tra- - velers coming from the same source, bound to the sdme end, s doomed to struggle for a little - while and then a common fate — t a sentence of death for all. None i of us take with us more than we brought into the world..; How strange that one should ; crave and fight for more than he can use while others are hun- . gry and naked. ’ Looking back over the centu- ’ ries the agreed and selfishness of ‘ man seems to be little less than l>arbarous. Here and there a monument erected to the memory of, but the resting place of countless millions is long rince ■ forgotten. Here and there a little sunshine under the guise of charity, but too often a matter ci convenience, relieves the drab monotony of life’s struggle. Too often men exercise the pity and decency that is in therh only when come fresh disaster touch- ' es their hearts. Philanthropies, foundations, public gifts—yes. But how much better the world would be, and how much better mankind would be, if we did not wait for disasters to make us realize that we are our brothers' keepers. A Mother Prays I ask no son of mine to honor me because I gave him life. Life is doubtful good—l know that life may be a curse. Millions of men. since time began, and millions, millions more, have cursed the hour that they were born and loathed the heritage their mothers gave to them, j Nor do I ask the reverance of hiy sons because 1 am a woman. My womanhood I share with shrews and drabs, harlots, wantions everywhere. My Womanhood is, in itself, perforce, no glorious thing. Nor yet because my motherhood’s a sacred thing. My motherhood and my protecting, sacrificing motherdove I hold in common with all efforts of earth’s mother things it may become a fierce, relentless, selfishness, a narrow, dwarfing ugliness. Blit when my sons shall come to full manhood; when they have outgrown quite childhood’s affectionate dependancy, and left behind their years of youthful chivalry, and come to thoughtful middle age; when they have lived long in the world and come to know what things are strong and what things count; then, if with judgment clear, according to the standards life has given to them, they can “rise up and call me blessed," can honor me unasked, because to me there’s honor due, that will be honor in truth. I ask no honor of my sons save what is mine if I shall honor them. A German woman, aged 63, wants permission to fly across the Atlantic in order to get rid of her daughter-in-law. Here is an idea for some .’fellows who have unsatisfactory mother-in-laws. The horse fly is probably tempted to make a hog of himself whenever he has the good luck to find a horse these days. We’ll bet that when he is out fishing. President Coolidge doesn’t scare awaj r the fish by any r unnecessary talking. Now we know whv they call it a non-stop flight across the Pacific and Atlantic ocean. There is no place to stop. _____ If families keep on getting so many labor-saving devices they will soon have to employ a mechanic. And now in closing. Be prepared to bid on the live baby July 30. ,

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