The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 19, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 8 September 1927 — Page 1

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CONDENSED COUNTY NEWS Happenings Throughout The County Briefly Chronicled In this Column. ■ All efforts of relatives, police officers, friends, newspapers, radio stations at Fort Wayne and Cincinnati, Ohio, have failed to locate Lloyd Reasoner, 13-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reasoner of near Barbee Lake, who disappeared several weeks ago. i Mrs. Reasoner's health is greatly impaired from worry over the j dissap pea rance of her son. She ► said that he? was an exceptional j student in school and was always eager to attend. About a year and half ago he suffered from rheumatism in his ankles, and for j this reason he wore high shoes to strengthen the ankles weakened somewhat by the rheumatic trouble. One theory is that he is working for some farmer in an out of the way section of the state, and it is hoped that when rural schools open, some teacher may be the means of locating the boy. Farmer’s of Kosciusko county this year are reaping considerable profit from an entirely new crop. This income Comes from the oil extracted from Marestail. a volunteer weed which is found !in great abundance on many farms. The weed is cut like mint and the oil is extracted at mint stills. The extract has a market value of between $1.50 and $2.00 per pound. The oil is used for medicinal purposes. It is reported that some farmers are also cutting smartweed and are realising a profit from the oil which is extracted therefrom. Harvey Holderman. 43, and Willis Byrant, 33, farmers, residing near Tippecanoe were killed and the former’s son, John Holderman. 17. suffered a fractured skull and a oroken log, whe i their auto was struck by a Chicago bound Nickel Plate excursion train at a grade crossing in Mentone Sunday. John Hblderman died Sunday evening. A top price of $176.50 sor 1 a cow with calf by side was paid last week at the Charles Schramm public sale west of Warsaw. Schramm disposed of some fifteen fine Jerseys. Brood sows brought s4l and $42 each. o ~- A MENTAL HALF HOUR

Some evening when time hangs heavily on your hands, and there are four or five friends around, try word forming. The idea is to spell a word, a letter at a time—given by the members of the party in rotation. Thinking of the word "beautiful," you start by announcing the letter "b* The person at your right things of "banana" and says “a." With “ba" already given, the third party soon thinks of “basket," ands say “s." The next thinks of "basic” and adds “i;" the next of “basil" and says "I” As “basilisk” is a word, the next letter may be T again; but the following persons thinks of “basilica" and says “c." which forces the next man to think of that word or some other that starts with “basilic." If he thinks of "basilicon" and says “o.” the next person will prob- . ably think of “n" necessary to complete the word. If the next person cannot add a letter to this, he is out of the game, while the one to his right starts another word. Sides may be chosen, and letters given first by one side and then by the other. Anyone may be challenged when giving a letter and forced to give the word he has in mind. If he proves that his letter is correct, the challenger drops out. If he is wrong, he is forced out himself—and a new word is started o YOU CAN GET ONE A folder has been issued by the fish and game division giving a digest summary of Indiana laws for the protection of fish, game, fur-bearing animals and birds, in connection with those of the federal government This folder carries a chart on the open and closed seasons and also information as to bag limits. The folder is free to anyone writing Mr. George N. Mannfeld, Room 136, Statehouse, Indianapolis. o John Gilbert in ‘Twelve Mile.* Out* *f the season's best pktnres, at Crystal, Ugoaier, to night. .

The Syracuse J ournal

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

TO ATTEND COLLEGE The following Syracuse young people will attend college at the following places: Charles Wilcox will be a student at Butler University, Indianapolis, this year. Arthur Evans will attend Dental College at Indianapolis this year. Miss Thelma Eiler, has returned to Indiana Central College, i Indianapolis. Robert Leon Connolly will be l& student at Wittenberg College, Springfield. Ohio, this year. He left on Wednesday for that citw> Harold Bobeck will attend the Indiana University at Blooming ton this coming year. Donovan Riddle will attend college this year at Silver City, New Mexico. He left on Sunday. Miss Cecilia Moran will attend the I. U., at Bloomington this year. I Miss Virginia Bachman will be a student at the Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, Illinois, this being her second year there. The Misses Blanche and Ruby Mellinger left on Wednesday for Lafayette, I nd., .to- attend Purdue University. Miss Christine Garriotte has gone to South Bend to attend the Business College there. Miss Margaret Freeman will attend the Beloit, Wisconsin, College. Harold and Gerald Geiger will attend the. North Manchester college. Miss Ruth Blanchard has returned to North Manchester College for this year. Geo. Butt will attend the South Bend Business College, i MOTHERGOOSE A short time* ago the Boston newspapers reported the sale of a collection of effects belonging to a certain Miss Mary L. Eliot. Among her prized possessions pas an old yellow deed which recorded the sale of a homestead to some members of a family named Vergoose in the Seventeenth century. The name Vergoose may mean very little to you until you learn that Elizabeth Foster Vergoose was no less a persoQ than the original Mother Goose and therefore the ruthor of the most celebrated rimes in the English language. Elizabeth Foster Vergoose wrote her first jingles for the sole entertainment of her numerous grandchildren and without my thought of publication. Her daughter’s husband, however, happened to be a printer, and he decided that a much wider audience shoud have an opportunity to pass judgment on "Old Mother Hubbard.” “Old King Cole,” and the other verses now so familiar to us all; so he issued the volume in 1719 that was afterward destined to circle the globe. For many years it was believed that Mothen Goose was a mythical personage, but we now know to our joy that she was a charming, imaginative, and altogether delightful little Bostonian who. in attempting to amuse her own grandchildren, became godmother to every child in the English speaking world.

DEATH OF A CHILD Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klink received a telegram on Monday informing them of the death of their three month’s old granddaughter. Audrey Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Klink, at Springfield. Ohio. The funeral was held on Wednesday, at Bloomington, IndL. the home of Mrs. Klink’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klink and son Roy attended the funeral. WATER NOT SATISFACTORY Our town officials received word last Saturday from _ the State Board of Health informing them that the water was unsatisfactory. Sunday the standpipe was cleaned and 25 pounds of chloride lime put in the standpipe. Sample of the water was sent to the State Board of Health Wednesday. DEALER FOR HEATERS Vernon Beckman is the local dealer for Garage Oil Heaters and Heat Circulating Cabinets manufactured by the Quaker Mfg. Co., Chicago. The Journal has contracted for a series of ads to be run five weeks. Read each ad. D. E. OVERMAN Expert watch and clockmaker of over 35 years experience is now at Thornburg’s Drug Store. Watches, clocks, jewelry and spectacles carefully repaired. All work guaranteed. 18-ts

(J. B. CONFERENCE ASSIGNS MINISTERS The annual St. Joseph Conference of the United Brethren Church, closed Sunday afternoon at Winona Lake. | Rev. W. L. Eiler, who has been pastor of the Syracuse church, was transferred to Galveston, ■while Rev. Alonzo Nicodemus, who was the Galveston pastor, will have charge of the Syracuse ■ church. t Following is a list ofthe ministeral assignments: I Albion. S. M. Hill; Atwood. S. | Simons; Athens, J. D. Smith: Bat•tle Ground, L. B. Harmon; Brehnen. C. A. Sickafoose; Bourbon. |N. E Tilman; Bourbon Circuit, B. F. Bean: Brook, B. H. Cain; l Brimfield. F. D. Pugh; Butler. B. |F. Parker. Butler Circuit. G. H. iTrinkle; Burket. Alva Shulty; ■Colburn, Virgil Garner; Claypool, •I. E Longenbaugh; Churubusco, J. C. Bailey; Centenary, O. G. All woo d; Craigville. F rank Meyers; Columbia City, Roscoe F. Wilson; Collins. O. L. Richhart; Decatur, C. R- Smith; Donaldson. Orvil Heltzel; Deedsville, E. Lewellen; Erie. C. T. Walker; Etna Green, H. E. Swihart; Elkhart (Castle). C. J. Roberts: Elkhart (Second). H. W. Frankfort. W. P. Noble and Alice Noble; Frankfort Circuit, H. W. Franklin: Fulton, R. E. Vence; Fulton Circuit, J. W. Dickison; Fort Wayne (Calvary). F. P. Overmyer; Fort Wayne (South Wayne). M. K. Richardson; Noblesville, G A. Thorn; Galveston. William L. Eiler; Greentown, to be supplied: Grass Creek, G. V. Regenos; Hammond. W. B. Taylor: Hillsdale Chapel, D. W. Zartman; Huntington. M. S. Livengood; Kokomo. J. W. Lake: Logansport, N. McCoy; Lafayette, J. W. Miller; Ligonier, R. R. Risley; Laketon, G J. Miner; Montmorenci, J. H. Elder; Morocco and Mount Zion, H. P. Abbett; Mount Ayr, Milo Corniiean; Monroeville, Otis I. Uncapher; Newville. A. Bramer; North Manchester, P. E. Chambers; Nappanee, L E. Eaton; Nine Mile, L. G. Bears; Otterbein, J. B. Click; Ossian, E. W. Hively; Plymouth. B. F. Dotson; Peru. A. E. Grubbs; Pyrmont, Ivan R. Wood; Pleasant J. W. Bfirket; Pleasant Lake, E. E. Reidenbaugh; Rich Valley, P. L. Mast; Rensselaer Circuit, M. E. Cormiean; Rochester, A. S. Wells; Roanoke. A. F. Knepp; Swanington, and Shilo. Charles Fife; Stockwell, W. Roudebush; South Bend, H. G Beauchamp; Syracuse. Alonzo Nicodemus; Solomon’s Creek and Burr Oak. P. A. Hubbart; Sugar Grove. R. A. Blackburn; South Whittey, J. F. Bright; Twelve Mile. E. Lewellen; Tyner, S. P. O'Reilley; Union Chapel. B-- B. Vlauvelt; Walkertown. J. C. Albright; Warsaw, L. I. Shaffer; Warsaw Circuit, 0. P. Givens; Waterloo. D. B. Kessinger: Washington Center. R. F. Wilson: Walton Circuit Leo Erney, Young America. A. B. McClain; Zanesville, Floyd L. Wilson. District leaders were named as follows Brock, W. B. Taylor, Butler, F. B. Parker; Elkhart H. C. Beauchamp; Huntington, M. S. Livengood; Fort Wayne, Roscoe F. Wilson; Lafayette. J. W. Miller; Peru. J. W. Lake; Plymouth, R. E. Vance; Warsaw, L. L. Shaffer. R. G. Upson, G S. Thompson, Virgil A. Grubbs and E. M. Cormelius were appointed evange-lists-at-large; W. E. Snyder, associate editor of Religious Telescope; J. W. Lower, field agent for Preacher’s Aid; G. T. Rosselet missionary to Africa; Mrs. Catherine McLead, missionary to China.

W.C.T.U. MEETING The W. C. T. U. held a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the home of the local president Mrs. Emma Mabie, who was a delegate to the great conference, the World League Against Alcoholism. at Winona recently. A fine and helpful report was prepared and was listened to with interest by those present Eighty-nine different nations were represented, with their hearts and minds turned towards our great country for courage and inspiration in their efforts to make their nations free from alcoholism and other attendant evils. On Tuesday afternoon, September 13, the W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. Roy Niles. There will be an election of officers and reports from the different departments. Also the selection of delegates to the Jgate convention that convenes at o Special prices oa ladies' silk and wool lire—ew Gibson Variety Store. IMt

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1927

STRIKING THOUGHTS | "What is an editor—a n d why?” This is aa question that puzzles many, many minds. So far as we know, no one haS been able to give the answer. ! Many have tried, but gave it up •with only a guess. Apparently i there is no logical explanation, j Editors themselves are uncertain as to their Genesis and always welcome anything that may shed some light. So it is with warm appreciation : that we present, “An Essay on I An Editor,” as written by a Sal- • isbury, Missouri, school boy. We'll admit that the Missouri youth who wrote the essay in i question certainly came ‘close’— and if it doesn’t hit the mark what will? Just read on and form your own verdict: “I don’t know how newspapers come to be in the world, and I don’t think God knows, for he ain’t got nothing to say about I them in the Bible. I think the editor is the missing link we read of and stayed in the business until the flood, and then came out and wrote the things up and has been there ever since. I don’t think he even died. I never saw a dead one and never heard of one getting licked. Our paper is a mighty good one; but the editor goes without underclothes all winter and won’t wear any sox, and pa ain’t paid his subscription since the paper started. I asked pa if that was why the editor had to suck the juice out of snow balls in the winter and go to bed when he had his shirts washed in the summer. Then pa got mad and took me out in the shed and licked me awfully hard, If the editor makes mistakes folks say he ought to be hanged, but if the doctor makes mistakes he buries them and people dassen’t say nothing because doctors can read and write Latin. When the editor makes mistakes there is lawsuits and swearing and a big fuss, but if the doctor makes one there is a funeral, cut flowers and perfect silence. A doctor can use a word a yard long knowing its meaning, but if 4he|f4itor use* one he has to spell. If the doctor goes to see another man’s wife he charges the man for a visit; but if the editor should go he gets a charge of buckshot. Any cbllege can make a doctor to order, but an editor has to be born.”

THE COURTEOUS MOTORIST The courteous motorist will not take more than his share of the road and the road hog will monopolize the worn path over recently spread gravel, compelling all others to turn out, says Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago motor club. A car going up a hill should have the right of way over one descending on account of the danger of a forced stop while ascending. This is the rule of the mountain countries. In a narrow pass the descending car is expected to turn out or back. ENROLMENT Following is thfc enrollment of pupils in the Syracuse schools; First Grade 33 Second Grade 38 Third Grade 40 Fourth Grade 42 Fifth Grade 39 Sixth Grade 33 Seventh Grade ..39 Eighth Grade 29 Ninth Grade 21 Tenth Grade .....29 ESeventh Grade .........17 Twelfth Grade 20 — - SYRACUSE LAKE Richard Claxton and his grandson, Phil Hedges, swam across Syracuse Lake on Monday, from the Hedges cottage in Addmore Park, to the railroad bridge. They were preceded in a boat by Mrs. Floyd Hedges. Mr. Claxton is Mrs. Hedges’ father. What’s remarkable about the feat is, Mr. Claxton is 77 years old and Phil is 25. —o — A new oil burning stove is being announced in this issue. Look for the Quaker message.

Band Concert Every Wednesday Evening ’ ■ ' i ...■ -

I KOSCIUSKO COUNTY STUDENTS AT I. U. Admission cards to Indiana I University have been granted to ; seven Kosciusko county students 'and additional cards have been mailed out by the deans of the 1 university to approximately 850 ■other entering students. Admission cards are being mailed every day to students from Indiana and other states upon request so this number is expected to reach approximately 950 before the opening of “Freshman Week” Wednesday, September 7. As fjeshmen, the women students will be required to come to the University for registration a week before the regular opening on September 1Z September 7. Wednesday, has been term!ed “All University Day” and at ■this time all new women students will register and pay their fees. Other events on the day’s program will be required mass meetings, physical examinations, instructions in use of the library, and a picnic. Registration will continue Thursday and Panhellenic rush will begin for wbmen. This will end Saturday, September 10. At a convocation for women on Friday, Professor Lillian Gay Berry, of the Latin Department, will speak on “Campus Traditions.” On Thursday and Friday. Secretary John W. Cravens will conduct tours of the campus for the new students. The Outing Club will hold a picnic for the women students on Friday afternoon. On Sunday morning all the! Bloomington churches will havespecial services for the freshmen j and President William L. Bryan j will speak at vesper services on I the campus Sunday afternoon. Monday, September 12, will j be the day for registration and payment of fees for all students. Required psychology tests will be given all new students on this day and also required examinations in English. Regular class room work will commence on Wednesday, September 14. The Kosciusko county students attending I. U. for the first time are as follows: Etna Green: Nellie Mikel and Velma Nellans. Syracuse! Cecilia Moran. Warsaw? Alden Flnton, John Boggs, James Leffel and R. R. Rehman. BE CAREFUL! With accidents increasing by the thousands every year, the subject of their prevention is engaging the earnest attention of individuals, employers, corporations, the press, motor clubs, educational, city, state and national organizations. Falls cause more deaths than any other form of accident according to the National Safety Council which is a clearing house of information relating to prevention of accidents, with headquarters in Chicago. Automobile fatalities in the United States approximately 25,000 annually, it being estimated that almost 7,000 children alone were killed by automobiles last year in this country. In their own homes, thousands of people also lose their lives each year through accidents. Last year the number of such deaths reached 18,000, with falls leading. A majority of all accidents of every description would be prevented if people would exercise proper care and caution.

AUTUMN Autumn, not officially due until September 21, seems to have made its appearance two weeks sooner, and weather sharps predict an early winter. In the open spaces all about us are indications of the end of summer. Trees are changing their green liveries to reds and browns, and leaves are beginning to fall. Sumac is flaming, goldenrod is in flower and buckwheat is in bloom. Here and there on the hillside one sees banners of purple and gold. The thought of summer’s passing is not pleasant, for of all seasons it is the best, and to say goodby to it brings many a pang of regret In the northern states this year we have had only two kinds of weather —winter and July. The world wants its summer, but with advancing years it seems to be growing shorter and shorter. o MARRIED The marriage of Miss Irene Stansbury of this city and Ralph Kaisi of Mishawaka was solemnized on Thursday. September 1, in South Bend. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Stansbury of this city.

HONEY—WHAT IT IS

• What is honey? It is the nectar of flowers, ga- ‘ thered by bees, stored in hives, i where a chemical change and eva- ; poration takes place, transforming it into clear honey. It is the nectar of blossoms distilled by the bees. What could be purer? The raw nectar in the blossoms is little more than sweetened wa;ter, plus the essential oils that | give each flower its characteristic perfume. Somehow the taste •of honey seems to penetrate i deeper than does any other ■ sweet. It possesses a delicate • piquancy that nothing else in the world can give. It holds the sunshine from gardens and meadows, the native sweetness of tranquil rains and soils. No synthetics or artificial flavorings jean duplicate the mellow deliciiousness of hpney. It is nature’s {purest food sweet. Within the hive bees transform it into a substance of nearly equal parts of grape-sugar and fruit-sugar, dextrose and levulose. Ghemically considered, honey is a concentrated solution of invert sugar and small portions of practically every element used by the human body. It retains all of its original elements, which include vitamins, sugar (dextrose and levulose) phosphoric acid, lime, iron and nitrates, and sulphates and carbonates combined with salts of lime and iron. Ordinarily, honey is judged by [its, color, flavor and density. 11 here is almost an endless variety of flavors, making it possible to suit the most exacting I connissuer. Color is a fair guide [but not always so. for the fa--1 mous heather honey of Europe is quite dark and yet no honey stands higher in esteem on that continent. The best honeys are usually spoken of as white. It is not generally known that there are many different varieties depending upon the ‘flowers from which the nectar was gathered. As there are thousands of kinds of flowers, so there are thousands of different flavors of nectar, alb gathered by the bees. Just as each flower has its distinctive perfume, so the nectar frpm these flowers produces different, honeys, each with its peculiar taste and appearance. Honey is produced in marketable quantities from the blossoms of many plants, the more important being white clover known the world over, alfalfa and sweet clover from western states, the orange and sage of California, the catsclaw and mesquite of Texas and Arizona, the raspberry from northern Michigan, and linden, tulip, and buckwheat from various sections. Honey not only serves as fuel for muscular activity, but contributes to the building of a healthy body since it provides phosphoric acid, lime, nitrates, sulphates, carbonates, combined with salts of lime and iron, all in absolutely digestible form.

WALTONS TO MEET The Indiana State Division of the Izaak Walton League of America will hold their annual convention at South Bend, October 13, 14, and 15. An elaborate program is being prepared, and special attention will be given to the entertainment of the ladies. South Bend being the home of State president, L. G. Bradford, the 1100 local Waltonians are anxious to make this the biggest meeting ever held in the state. Ivar Hennings is the general chairman, and he has drafted every member to do something to make the stay pleasant. The program will include some national known speakers, and it is the aim of the committee to make this educational as well as entertaining. Playland Park’s $100,000.00 swimming pool has been secured for the casting tournament, and a list of elaborate prizes will be given for all classes who enter. The Chicago Casting Club will send several members of their organization to give an exhibition of casting. Some of the outstanding casters of the country a *e members. There will be a “Shore” dinner of sea foods served at May land Park, and dancing will be had in the pavilion for Uwsc who are not interested in the casting. There will be other outdoor events, and South Bend is anxious that every Waltonian and their friends set aside these three days for a real constructive and entertaining holiday. —- o — Dolores Costello in “A Million Bid,* a truly fine picture at Crystal, Ligonier, next Sunday and Monday, September 11 and 12.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT — Review of Things by the Editor As He Sees Them on the Surface. A Tired Old Woman She was a very tired old woman, who looked like she always had been old and tired. And she was going along the street pull- > ing a child’s express wagon on which was a basket of clothes, which evidently she had laundered for another. But as she was crossing the road the basket fell off, while automobiles sped in two directions and she was confused and afraid to move and nobody in any of the glittering cars offered to stop and help her. Near her, upon the sidewalk, three small boys were playing "pass” with a baseball, and two of them laughed at the tired old woman’s predicament; but the third went- out into the Street, where she was and he raised his cap to her and he helped her get her basket upon the little wagon. Then he pulled it across the street to the sidewalk and to safety again raised his cap as though the tired old woman was his partner in a dancing class and went back to the other boys who by now were looking rather sheepish and resumed playing ball. In the school that he attends this third boy has the reputation of being pretty "dumb” and he is the despair of his teachers. The boys too say he is handier with his fists than he should be. But be those things as they may, he has something in him that books and masters can not teach —something that is finer than spun gold. Somebody has remarked that the reduced size of the dollar bilk was to maintain its ratio of purchasing power with the pre-war dollar. Others contend that the size has been reduced to conform to the reduced length of ladies skirts and of men’s shirts, In any event we have not heard of any bargain sales of old-style dollar bills, and they will continue to sl2 per dozen at the 1 ’ government factory. One kid we knew spilled some gossip when a neighbor woman asked him if a certain young fellow came to se£ his sister nearly every everting. "He comes,” the kid answered, “but not exactly to see her, for they don’t have any light in the front room when he’s here.” The difference between a loud speaker and a “silent" organ is: The money paid the loud speaker remains in Syracuse, while the money paid the "silent” organ for advertising goes to a printshop in Upland. A Swedish inventor has perfected a refrigerator that burns gas to produce ice. If the process could be reversed during the winter months it would be a real benefit. More Syracuse men would volunteer to help-their wives with the dishes only for the danger of having their services accepted. Today is yours. Tomorrow may be—or it may be the day of the funeral. If you knew for sure what would you do with today? Borrowing trouble is a bad practice; lending it to your neighbor is worse; installment payments carry trouble both ways. Many men have made a success of the mail order business, but they are not the ones who got their wives that way. One half of the world owes money that it can’t pay, and the other half has money that it can’t collect. Because a woman picks her husband's pockets is no sign that she should pick his shirts and neckties. It is strange that while women are wearing so little, so much can be said and written about it No man is truly wise who has not bumped up against at least one bunko game. The most practical warning at a dangerous curve seems to be a smashed car. Some men rise by airplane and others just by air.

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