The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 18, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 September 1927 — Page 1

VOLUME XX

CONDENSED COUNTY NEWS

Happenings Throughout The Comity Briefly Chronicled In this Column. '• f ' ' ' ■II The September term iof the Kosciusko circuit court, which opens Monday, September 5, will see the famous Mount Tabor poiron well case come to trial. While the exact date of the case will not be“ set until the trial call is made up. it has been learhed that Robert Riley, age 13 and George Riley, age 10, will be tried first on charges of placing poison in the well at Mount Taboir school in Scott township last November, causing the serious illness of all but two pupils and Mrs. Pearl Applegate, the instructor. Immediately following the trial of the younger boys, which will be in the juvenile court, the older brothers, Samuel Riley.; age 23 and Athol Riley, age 18, who are alleged to have provided the younger boys with the poison pan's green, which was placed in the well will be tried. Despite efforts of friends and relatives no trace has been found of “Buddie” Reasoner, 13-year old son of Mr. and .Mrs. Roy Reasoner. of near Barbee lake, who disappeared last week hatless, coatless and with about S2O in the pockets of his blue overalls. The boy had been reprimanded by his father and it is believed he decided to run away from home. Thomas Deste. alias Chas. Ulery was sentenced to serve six months at the penal farm and fined SIOO and costs. Deste gave Mrs. Clara Beghtel, of Lake Wawasee. a bad check in payment for four chicken dinners and received $lO in change. J. J. Minch, town marshal of I Mathews, and Russell Smiley also of Matthews, were arrested at Dewart Lake by Fish Cbmmissioner Click, charged with catching fish smaller than the legal limit. Both were brought before * ■ Justice J. S. Cain in Warsaw and entered a plea of guilty. Their total fine and costs amounted to $24 each or a total of S4B for the day's sport. GRAND AND PETIT JURORS Circuit court will resume its session Monday. September 5. after a vacation of about two months. e Following is a list of the grand jurors: ; ( Dill Mock. Tippecanoe township. Charles Egner. Warsaw. Charles Klinger, Prairie township. Jacob Ker. Franklin township Oliver Shinn. Warsaw. William J. Klingel, Warsaw. The petit jury is as follows: Lewis Mason. Etna township. Bert Reese, Seward township. Fred Berst, Plain township. Alvin Reed; Scott township. R. H. Leifer, Washington township. Ray I. Treesh, Van Buren township. Lee Henwpod, Turkey Creek township. Loyal E Dome, Jackson township. F John M. Miller, Wayne township. Charles Kurtz, Van Buren township. Oscar Rebman, Wayne township, John. Ezra Wallace. Prairie township. NOTICE School opens Monday, September Sth. In the grades book lists will be given out and assignments made for regular work starting Tueswill be organized in high school and conflicts will be ironed out. Any high school student taking irregular work must have their conflicts adjusted Monday? AU grades will be dismissed at 10 a. m. FOUND NOT GUILTY Tuesday, the case of B. O. Mabie vs. Mrs. Roy Hire, came up for trial in Justice Bowman's court at Mentone. Mrs. Hire was the defendant in the profanity case growing out of the raiding of her home, July 27, when game wardens and Constable Mabie searched her home for a fish net. Justice Bowman found her not guilty of profanity. f* ? T 3

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OBITUARY ( I Charles V. Smith, son of John |.'C. and Amanda J. Smith, was r born south of Wawaka, Noble county. Indiana, April 18, 1845, and died August 23. 1927, at the • age of 82 years, 4 months and 7 days. At the age of 18 years he enlisted in Cb. 8., 12th Regular Indiana Cavalp', He served over > two years in the service and received an honorable discharge at Vicksburg, Miss., November 10, 1865. In December, 1866, he accepted Jesus Christ, the son of God, as his personal Saviour and never doubted his power to serve. He transferred his membership from Meloy Schools House Class to the Church of God at Syracuse, May 15, 1867, and was a faithful and consistent member until time of his death. He was united in marriage to Zylphia A. Bushong, the 21st day of February, 1867, with whom he shared his life for 46 years and who has preceded him in death 14 years. To this union were born six children. Mary Etta, the oldest child died at the age of 1 year, 5 months and 5 days, (August 1, 1869). The others are Clara F. Ott and Laura B. Bowld. of Syracuse, Aubrey V. and Walter L. of Phoenix,, Ariz., and C. R. Smith of Terre Haute, Ind. He also leaves six grandchildren and one great-grandson, nieces and nephews and a host of friends to mourn his death. After his wife’s death in July, 1913, he made his home in California part of the time and there met Mrs. Prudence Parish, who was an active member of the Woman’s Relief Corps. They w’ere married in September 1915 and lived in Long Beach until her death in December 1919. Since that time he has been living with the children part of the time and ■ipually spending the winters in California. He was made a Mason in the month of October, 1868, at Leesburg. Indiana, becoming a charter member of Milford ’ Lodge, Nb. 418. Later he was transferred to Syracuse Lodge No. 454. F. 4 A.M. 1 He also was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. The funeral services were held Fhursday afternoon a 1 Church of God, Rev. J. E McColley officiating and Rev. Hedies assisting. Mrs. Hedges sang two appropriate hymns, accompanied by Mrs. Skidgel on the piano. O. G. Carr, the local undertaker was in charge of the funeral. There were many beautiful floral gifts from neighbors and friends. Interment in the Syracuse cemetery. „ Card of Thanks We desire to thank all our neighbors and friends, who so kindly assisted or offered to assist us during the sickness and death of our father, also for the many beautiful floral offerings. The Family. —-o , AN EARLY WINTER Weather forecasters claim to see in the cool temperatures general throughout the United States the first week in August, good indications that we are due for a short fall season. And. of course, a short fall season means an earlier Winter. It couldn't be much earlier than last year when a little fire in the house the latter part of September was not unusual in sections where stoves and furnaces had seldom before been resorted to until along in October. The forecasters may or may not be right, but to be on the safe side Syracuse residents will take advantage of every fair day this month to prepare against the drop in temperature that is soon to come. The winter fuel can be stored away, roofs made ready for fall rains, and stoves, pipes and chimneys put in perfect order as a precaution against disastrous fires. There’s plenty to do, even though the forecasters may miss it, and the modem slogan. “Do It Now” seems to be very much in order. RED ARROW AUCRON The fifth Red Arrow Auction was held Saturday afternoon. All articles in the silent auction were sold to the highest bidders. Many articles were sold at a high price, which indicated that there is plenty of Red Arrow money in circulation. Articles on which no silent bid was received were then sold at open auction. The bidding was very lively. The next Red Arrow Auction win be held Saturday. September 24.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT WINONA LAKE a ' S St. Joseph Annual Conference e is in session this week, and all ». the interest of the local congree gation is centered on Winona 1 Lake, where the conference is being held. Bishop H. H. Fout. of - Indianapolis. Indiana? who also is - president of the Indiana Antir Saloon League, is the presiding 1 bishop. Besides the hearing of • reports from the various departr i ments of church work, the con- : ference will listen to addresses .by speakers of national reputation. Mrs. S. S. Hough, national 1 president of the Woman’s Mis- , sionary Association, will deliver ‘ the main address Friday evening. , The Rev. Dr. E. S. Shumaker, state superintendent of the AntiSaloon League, will deliver an J address on Saturday morning, as ■ also will the Hon. Jesse E Esch- • bach of Ft. Wayne. Mr. Esch- , bach will use as his subject, ’Laymen’s View of the Eighteenth Amendment.” Saturday evening Will be given • to the Christian Endeavor inter- i ests of the Conference. The Sun-• day services will begin with the conference Love Feast at 8:30, followed by the big Bible School at 9:30 under the direction of the Rev. M. K. Richardson, of Fort Wayne. The Bishop’s annual sermon will be delivered at the service at the 10:30 hour, followed by the service of ordination and the reading of the appointments for the coming year. This last item of the morning’s service has an especial interest for the Syracuse Church, as the Rev. Wm. L. Eiler, who has been the pastor for four years, will not be returned, but will be transferred to some other charge. Ae two o'clock in the William Sunday Tabernacle, will be held another splendid treat for music lovers, when a musicale will be given, under the direction of the Music Committed, by talented singers and musicians from all parts of the conference. A number of the singipg evangelists of the church will be present, and assist in the program. All these sen’ices are open to the general public and an urgent invitation is extended to all. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP Negotiations are on to hold the Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. 1928 swimming championships at Lake Wawasee, where; on The Hotel Wawasee bead), championship swimming courses are to be laid out. Besides the regular IndianaKentucky evenlts, invitational and open events are planned • which will attract performers of I National and International reputation. who may not be free to compete in the Indiana-Kentucky events. The Wawasee, Yacht Club and other Wawasee interests are engaged in the promotion of the championships, f Trophies for the various events have been promised by Leonard Hicks, Managing Director of Hotel Wawasee. x Paul R- Jordan, of Indianapolis President of the Indiana-Ken-tucky A. A. U., will come soon, to visit Lake Wawasee and confer with the local men who are interested in the staging of the swituming chaimpionships. Mrs. Lillian Reilly of the Illinois Women's Athletic ; Club of Chicago, and Miss Charlotte Epstein, of the New Yorty Women’s Swimming Association, are assisting in the negotiations. Mrs. Reilly having promised to bring all the crack swimmers men and women, from Chicago and Miss Epstein, having promised such champions as Martha Norelius, Agnes Geraghty, Adelaide Lambert, Doris O’Mera, Lisa Lindstrom, Ethel McGary, and Virginia Whitenack. CLEAN UP SALE a., C. C. Bachman’s semi-annual clean-up sale began Wednesday, and will continue for ten days. Prices have been materially reduced. More ! particulars will be found in the Ad on page 4 of this i issue. { ARM SaCTURED Ellen Pletcher, 9-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E Pletcher, hat) the misfortune to fall while at Warsaw Tuesday, 1 and fractured her right arm. > .—o -JELLY ROLL” I By special request the "Jelly i Roll" orchestra, a colored or- • ganization, will play again at f Waco, this (Thursday) evening, : September 1. i “Mather* with Belle Beaaett, ■ *' Crsrßta *’ ; p-

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1927

Labor Day > Labor Day is not for mere exj ternal show, nor an occasion for amusement and frivolity. It k means a living thought, an expression of the elemental spirit p which is the substance and basis j upon which our nation is found- . ed. r • Under the shelter of our counf try are Slav and Saxon, English and German, Hebrew and Latin. • They have gathered beneath our > flag to perpetuate and not to destroy it. It represents the best hope of the world. What of gov- ■ eminent by the people if it fails? It is a protest against kingcraft and absolutism wherever it rises. It offers a government of law at home against a government ofj force wherevfer found. It pro-' claims to the world today that among nations there is a higher law on land and sea than brute force. Neither the rights of the employer nor employee are secure i without the orderly conduct of i affairs under the laws of the • land. Whoever seeks to escape or advises others to escape this wholesome truth is in grievous error. There can be no civil liberty, no public security, or individual private right except Under the regulation of wise and just law's. This labor anniversary is observed amidst remarkable international and world-wide conditions. Our productive energy and commerce are facing new conditions, and with our foreign relations proclaim the call for the best in the American people. o FAREWELL SERMON The Rev. Wm. L. Eiler delivered his last sermon as pastor of the Syracuse Circuit, last Sunday morning in the local United Brethren Church. A large number . of the members and friends of the Indian Village Congregation participated in the services of the day. At the close of the morning service, all gathered in the basement of the church to partake of theifine array of eatables spread on the tables, under the direction of Mrs. W. B. Fisher, acting president of the U. B. Aid. After all had done full justice to the splendid repast and considerable time had been spent in social fellowship, those present gathered in the auditorium, where a short program was rendered. At the conclusion of a short address by x the chairman, Mrs. Eiler was presented with a pair of beautiful bed spreads by the women of the Syracuse church. | This service brought to close I the four year pastorate, during which the pastor delivered 241 sermons; 41 other addresses; made 1.343 calls and visits; witnessed 51 conversions; baptized 21, and received 44 into church membership. The property interests of the local church has been materially increased. The debt on the parsonage property has been paid, a new garage has been erected, and repairs and improvements to the parsonage and church building have been made, in all amounting to approximately $1,500. During the four years the giving of the local church, to all purposes has amounted to $8,423. Hie Board of Trustees, having charge of the church and parsonage properties is composed of the following: S. A. Bauer, Gerald Bushong, William B. Fisher, George Colwell and Othello Disher. In addition to the Syracuse church, the Rev. Eiler had charge of the Concord church for three years, and the church at Indian Village for two years. o SCHOOL OPENS SEPTEMBER 5 The public school will open on Monday, September 5. The faculty has been selected as follows: First Grade—Emma Rapp. Second Grade—Ruth Meredith. Third Grade —Elizabeth Bushong. Fourth Grade—Bernice Wilsop. 6 Fifth Grade —Mary Buchtel. Sixth Grade —Edna Hess. JHigh School —Court Slabaugh, principal; Calvin Beck, Louise Stuckman, Emeiy Druckamiller, W. C. Gants. Lillian Hamman, Mrs. Retha Eby, music and art.

Band Concert Every Wednesday Evening

GOLF TOURNAMENT AT LAKE WAWASEE An 18-hole Golf Exhibition ‘•Match, will be held on the links * ; of The Wawasee Hotel and Coun‘•try Club, at Lake Wawasee, next •'Sunday afternoon, September 4, ! between “Pete” Durant, pro at ‘ > Wawasee and Bert Meyering, pro • at the Chain O’ Lakes Course? of I South Bend, Ind., against Chesiiter Nelson, pro at the Fort • Wayne Country Club, and his ■ brother Irwin Nelson, professional at the Culver Military Links. These four men are among the top-nofchers of the state, each of the Nelson Brothers having been open state champions. Durant, in the winter months is a player jon Florida links. Meyering is rel cognized as one of the best shootjers among the Indiana professionals. The exhibition will be along with the three day invitational, that will be played on the Wawasee Links, Saturday, Sunday, and Labor Day, the chief trophy of which, will be The Hotel Wawasee cup. donated by Leonard Hicks, the managing director of the hotel, for the best low gross score during the 54 holes played during the three days. .There will be gross and net prizes not only for the three days play, but for each day’s competition. The Labor Day Invitational will be an annual affair at Wawasee, and The Wawasee Hotel Cup, a trophy to be competed for annually. The tournament is open, and players have already entered from Chicago, 111., Indianapolis, j Ind., Louisville, Ky., Fort Wayne, fTerre Haute, South Bend. Gary, Kendallville, Ligonier, Marion, Muncie, Anderson, Valparaiso, LaPorte and other cities having clubs in The Indiana Golf Asso-1 ciation. o THE SHAKESPEARE CLUB Tuesday evening, August thirtieth, a group of people gathered with the purpose of reviving memories of what was for a long time a moving force in the educational and cultural life of this community, the Shakespeare Club. This is the third reunion. The first one was inspired by the simultaneous arrival from distant places of many of the old members. The meeting was so pleasurable that those present decided to meet the following year. The succeeding meetings have been all that the first one promised. This year’s meeting was no exception. A delicious dinner, served at the Tea Room, opened the way for delightful reminiscences, which were augmented by a resume of past activities given by Miss Blanche Sprague. .Stories and apt quotations added to the fun. After dinner the party moved to the home of the Misses Violet and Vera O’Dell, who with Mrs. Sol Miller, constituted the committee on entertainment. The hilarious games were often interrupted by exclamations of "Don't you remember when—.’’ The only regrets expressed were that not all the members could be present. Those present were: the Misses Irene and Blanche Sprague, Miss Retta Hess, Mrs. Dale Bachman, Mrs. Louise Connolly, Mrs. Zella Leacock, Mrs. Georgia Miller, Wilma Hire, Mrs. Ruth Wise, the Misses Violet and Vera O’Dell, Miss Lillian Hamman and Mary Miles. o TO CLOSE SUNDAY MOATE Prosecuting Attorney William Gray Loehr has taken steps toward closing the moving picture theatre at Milford on Sundays and has filed affidavits against Frank Parish, owner, Dimple VanPherson, ticket seller; Mrs. Frank Parish, ticket taker; Lee McDonald, operator and Charles McAuliffe, usher. The three gave bond in the sum of SIOO each to answer to a charge of working at their usual vocation on Sunday, August 21. The affidavit was sworn to by Mrs. Addie Patton, of Warsaw. o STORE OPENED The Royal Store opened another store in North Webster Saturday. W. G. Connolly reports a good trade for that day and stated in the evening the store was crowded. —.— 7 O-- — NEW FALL GOODS The Star Clothing Store announces in this issue that the first shipment of fall suits has been received. Hie shoe department also offers the latest in footwear.

• MOORE FAMILY REUNION B According to previous plans n the descendants of the Moore fas mily met at Freed’s Grove, onlefourth mile west of Ligonier, t Indiana, Sunday, August 28. , The Moore’s were early Settlers t here. Joseph Moore rind his 5 wife. Patience Dean Moore, came f to this country and settled on _ the farm known as the Fred Hint derer farm in 1837. They 3 brought with them 6 children, 4 . sons and 2 daughters. John, Jo- ; scph, Milton. William, Mariah and k ' Sarah, all deceased. 1 Those who met last Sunday were the descendants of these 1 people. Four generations were ’ J represented and 151 persons rei gistered. A splendid social time was had ■in the forenoon. Meeting' and i greetings and introductions were J very much in order, as many of them had never met and were ‘ not acquainted. At the noon hour a bountiful : dinner was served cafeteria style. ’ after which the meeting was ! called to order by the chairman and an organization was formed for the coming year as follows: President, Leßoy £ Riddle; VicePresident, J. Warren Moore; Sec.Treas., Hazel Eaton. A committee of three was appointed by the chair to arrange for a similar meeting to be held on the third Sunday in August. 1928 at the same place (Freed’s Grove). After the business meeting people began to say goodbye, and started for their homes, some of them, a long distance away. All seemed to express their appreciation of the day’s, meeting and that it had been a day well spent and said they would be on hand next year if at all possible. Those who attended from Syracuse were: Mr. and Mrs. John T. (Riddle; Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Riddle and children Robert, Donovan, Joann and Virginia; Mrs. Joann Holloway; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bushong and daughter, Elizabeth J.; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ward and children Betty and Junior; two Misses Rowdabaugh; Mrs. Josephine Woods; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gants; Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Rapp and daughter-, Suzanna. LAYMEN?MECTING The United Brethren Churches of this section of the state are arranging for delegations of their laymen composed of the active men and women of each local church to attend the St. Joseph Conference Laymen’s meeting at Winona Lake, to be held in the Winona Lake Auditorium. Thursday afternoon and evening, September 1, 1927. Bishop H. H. Fout, of Indianapolis, will welcome the laymen and will preside at this special Laymen’s session. L. B. Harnish, president of the West Virginia Conference Laymen’s Association, will give the main address of the afternoon, and wiL speak on the subject, ‘The Uprising of the Laymen,” Mr. Harnish is an old newspaper j correspondent and organized the * Layrflen’s Association of the ! West Virginia Conference which 1 has a membership of 24,000. As a journalist, traveller and speaker, Mr. Hamish has travell- ' ed in fifteen countries of Europe. 1 and every state in the United 1 States. He has been associated 5 with former Governor Hanly of ■ Indiana in reform campaigns and afterwards served as an organizer and speaker in various important reform movements in s Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and ’ Illinois. He graduated into politics and reform after several years of practical experience as ’ a journalist and educator, and is ; now State Director of the Near 1 East Relief in West Virginia, recently returned from a thorough inspection of the work through- 1 out the Bible Lands. Mr. Harnish is a graduate of 1 Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Penna., the United Brethren College in the East Bishop’s Area, t JUDAY REUNION A reunion the descendants i of Jacob Juday was held Sunday, 1 August 28, at the home of Ernest Juday, near Benton. Sixty members of the family were present. Dinner was served and the after- 1 noon was devoted to games and contests. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: i President, Charles Juday; secre- 1 tary and treasurer, Mrs. H. G. Schroeder. The date of the next reunion was set as the last Sun- i day in August, 1928, at the home i of Olie Pence, near Benton. “Twelve Miles Out* with John 1 Gilbert, Joan Crawford and Er- 1 nest Torrence at Crystal, Ligonier next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, September 6,7, ' and 8. h

THINGS TO ■i THINK ABOUT

J ' -X ; Review of Things by the Editor ; As He Sees Them on - the Surface. • ’ a The Chicken and the Ox The chicken has a wishbone. The ox has a backbone. If anything happens to the chicken, she cackles and flies away. If anything happens to the ox he plows right through and never minds. Some people have wishbones, others backbones. The man with a wishbone is always talking about his luck, his good luck or his bad luck. Sorhe men have a backbone, but no wishbones. They can fight if necessary, although they are not searching for trouble. They can smash lth rough things if circumstances require it, but are generally very well disposed. Conscious of their strength, feeling sure of a considerable reserve force, they go magnanimously on their way, asking no favors, uttering n o wishes, reaching out and getting what they need. The wishbone people see castles in the clouds, mansions in the glowing embers, rich mines in the seductive offers of investment sharks. The backbone people build their castles on the ground, erect their mansions on solid cement and limestone and with pick and shovel develop their own mines. The wishbone man gets religion or writes poetry and attends pink teas. The backbone man gets a hustle on himself, studies the market reports, and attends industrial conventions. The wishbone man keeps his nails clean and finally dies of consumption or paresis, leaving behind him some sickly children and a poverty-stricken widow. The backbone man is brown as a chestnut up to his elbows and dawn to his collarbones, finally dies with his boots on, leaving behind an insurance policy, for which his posterity rises up and blesses him. Which had you rather be, the man with the wishbohe or the man with the backbone? Which do you choose for a husband or father or business partner? s • Which do you like best, the chicken or the ox? One of our popular bachelors says the reason he never married is that one wonderful night he stood under the window of a beautiful young thing and serenaded her and threw a flower down on his head. The flower was in a«Tot. The one person in the world from whom you cannot escape is your own self. To be satisfied and content with your self means good behavior and square dealing. When yesterday went out of business, today moved in, with a brand new load of the finest opportunities the world has ever seen. Step right up and help yourself. Airplane slumming will soon be the vogue. It may reveal some interesting views of backyard conditions. The man who locks the door to opportunity and throws away the key will find himself left out in the cold. Why are those little desk compartments called pigeon holes? They’re not big enough for pigeons. With millions of new books on the market one cannot be blamed for reading the last, chapter first One nice thing about being a man is you don’t have to stay at home after washing your head. Too often character is confused, with reputation. Character is what we are in the dark. 1 If there is any pig in a man’s nature it is 4 sure to crop out when he travels. A friend is wondering if there is going to be enough rain left for the county fairs. The best friends are those who know how to tame wild creatures. Once upon a time competition was the life of trade—now its advertising. ; ' I

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