Walkerton Independent, Volume 46, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 December 1920 — Page 1

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CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS IN OTHER LANDS The following paper was read before the Liberty Township Home Economics Club. The article which contains many tacts of interest regarding the manner of observing Christmas in foreign countries, came in too late for last week’s tissue. The reputed anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ, Dec. 25, is regarded as one of the greatest festivals of the Protestant, Catholic and Greek churches. Christians celebrate it as a Christian festival and anniversary of the most solemn event in ail history, yet the festivities mark the time as part of the universal history of the race as heathen Romans and Greeks, ancient Egyptians i^nd inhabitants of North, South, East and West ail alike celebrate it as a time of joyousness and mirth-mak-ing. Great as is the time, no one knows anything dednite about ns origin, nobody knows who first celebrated it, nor when, where nor how and nobody knows, indeed, if Dev. 25 be the correct date of Christ’s birth. Merry old England was the soil in which the Merry Christmas spirit took its firmest root. An Anglo-Saxon King Alfred held high revelry and in Dec. 878 he allowed the Danes to surprise him, cut his army to pieces and sent him a fugitive. It must be remembered that Christmas then was not a singie day of sport but began on Dec. 16 and lasted until Jan 6 or Twelfth Night. All classes, rich and poor, mixed in its merrymaking and hospitality was universal. People in those days held open house and with daybreak on Christmas morning, neighbors and tenants thronged into the halls of the landlords home. Cheese, toast and ale with plenty of sugar and nutmeg was served to all. The great sausage must be boiled at daybreak and if it failed to be ready, two young men took the cook by the arm and ran her amid the market place until she was ashamed of her laziness. In some places in Oxford shire it was the right of every maid servant to ask the man servant for ivy to decorate the house and if he forgot or refused, the maid stole a pair of trousers and nailed them to the gate in the yard or highway. With the beginning of Puritanism the very existence of Christmas was threatened. The Puritans considered the good cheer of that season heathened or Popish, which was even worse, and when the Puritans came to the new world they brought this feeling with them. In 1621 Gov. Wm. Bradford administered rebukes to . • -young men-who'refused to work on Christmas Day. In 1645 the feeling was culminated when the Roundhead Parliament abolished Christmas, Easter and other festivals. The king was opposed, but that made no difference. Following the example set in England, the General Court of Mass, passed a similar law in 1659 and added that anyone observing Christmas Day should be fined five shillings. This law was repealed in 1681, twenty two years later. There are many superstitions connected with the coming of Christmas. In England when the cock crows i: the silent November and December nights people say "The cock is cro ing for Christmas,” and by th means, evil spirits are suppose : kept away during the Christmas seas «on. In the German Alps, it is believed cattle have the gift of speech or. Christmas Eve, but it is considered bad luck to atempt to listen to whai they say.. In Serbia it is customary lor maidens, inquisitive as to their prospective lovers, to draw a sites out of a pile of wood to see if he will be long or short, crooked or straight. At other times they will pour melted lead into cold water and from the, figures formed will fortell the trade of the future husband. In Poland i: is believed that the heavens open and the scene of Jacob’s ladder is re-en-acted, but that only the saints can see it. In North Germany the tables are spread and lights are left burning all night so that the Virgin Mary and Angel, who pass when all are asleep, may have something to eat. Thruout Germany the decorations of the house begin the morning of the 2 4 of Dec. One room is selected to hold the Christmas tree and no one is allowed to enter except the mother. The presents are placed in a row on a table and greens are hung from the windows to doors and wreaths on the walls. Upon the dinning table a cold supper is laid and the family and guests gather at 5 o’clock. At < o clock a bell rings and back swings the door and there stands the tree in all its splendor Gifts are then dis tributed and everybody kisses everybody else and for two or three hours, joy reigns supreme. After this the late supper is eaten and then to bed for all. The family rises late on the morning of the 25th and spends the day in paying and receiving visits, and that evening then- is a dance. Christinas Eve is a fete in Paris and the Grand Bouvelard becomes alive tor the occasion. The cases are crowded and the restaurants that arc going to keep open all nigh; begin to fix their tables. To the Frenchman, his Christmas Eve nipper is more important than Us Christmas dinner, and Christmas Dav is almost gloomy in Paris. Oystet - are the popular first course. The up-to-date Parisian divides his Christmas supper into many courses, taking each at a different place and finally reaching home for the last course. In th, rur ai Hf e o f Russia. Chri-i---mas E . i s an important event. At sun ft young and old assemble in the mam street o f the village and form a procession visiting the ho; le ol tl. • major and o'Eit notables singing carols and receiving coppers in re•’''n. Unis is called “Kolenda” or follows and the adults < ’ m e them selves mto cows, pigs ami goats in remembrance of the Nativity in the Manger v s soon as the evening star appears a supper is served The feast begins bv dividing ;he 1 I,^<> < wafer. a son present and is a acred ri'* which none dare to refuse to t . t!

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|part. At the close of the celebration jmosL of the persons go to the home |of me noblemen which they visueu nrsi, wnere an immense tree iim-u witn inexpensive presents has been piepareu ior them. in no ianus is Christmas more generally celeoiated ihuu in Norway aim . bw euva. me coni is are closed, teuas aie torgotten ami old quarrels are adjusted. A symbol of me 1 ule time ; spirit is the placing ol every pair oi . snocs m the kuuse in a row, tjpujing mat throughout ide coming year m . ramify will live in peace and harmony. it is time for skating, sleighing, dancing ana a general good time, auu it is also customary ior every urem- । ber oi the family io take a naiii a, the afternoon proceeding Ciirisln.us anu often limes n is the only one received during me entire year, wm .i evening comes, me Bible is read la nearly every household ano service , is held. In many villages, candies arc left burning m the windows an - to give ligm io Kristine, who brings Hie gilts. Anol her custom is tim setting a meat cake out in the snov. as a Christmas offering. The birds are thought or anu a shear of wheat pm - eU on a pole in iiont of each house io provide them with food. On Chris; mas evening games are played, wa are often interrupted by a kn v me door and lour or live ooys dressed in white come in. One carries a colored star-shaped lantern and ani other an ornamental glass box containing two dolls, representing me j Virgin and Child. They chat a carol , anu alter partaking of refreshmenis, they are dismissed to go to the next house. The games are resumed wn.cn l are interrupted again by the coming ot masked performers in ragged uniforms, who go through a mock military review for which they are paid and the festivities close at a late hour. In Peru, South America, the Christmas celebration has peculiar features. In several cities and especially Lima, there are strange and wonderful scenes of activity on Christmas Eve. The streets are filled with gaily dressed people and droves of donkeys are to be seen everywhere laden with fruits, liquors and omer merchandise. Ice-stalls, provided with chairs, are crowded by the perspiring pleasure seekers who find ice a necessity on a sultry Christinas. night approaches the streets are packed with noisy people and jokes and pranks are indulged in. Music from various instruments fills the air and many people are masked. No door is closed, music, dancing and i gift distribution are in every house. ' All are welcome and strangers es- j pecially. In many places the love oi Christmas drama is shown with । representation known the world over, j At midnight the cathedral bell rings and people are called to ; Houses and streets are ueserteo, ’ while the churches, gaily decorated, j are crowded. Ou Christmas morning ' the streets and markets are filled ! again but at nine that morning the people again go to church. After I mass comes the feast, games and ' sports. Os all the sports, buli-li. m j ing is the principal one and women j seem to take more interest in it than | the men. When night comes .u - ; ia grand procession headed by pries; । and monks, followed by the soldiers | and people. All are gaily dressed.. I !some in masquerade, and in the mb of the procession figures of h | Madoma and infant Jesus are carried : After a iong march the return to ; cathedra;, disband a.id Chid; mas 1 celebration is over. In our own U. S., before the Ci' ll V.ar, there was a special celeration at ■ ’Christmas time in the South. 'I iSouthern people, black ami white. | (say there is no such a thing as a real , Christmas now. In the old days r I was a two weeks affair and no mastei I dreamed of asking his blacks to do • more in December than to kill ho m and get a big Christmas wood pih . ! When rhe hauling was finished the 1 axes flew anti wood was chopped in 1 great lengths ior the fire places. 'l'm o i huge wood piles were placed beside ! the doors of the master’s house am; * when they — tilled, more was; heaped at the cabin door. This was I usually about the 24th of Dec. When ; there were young ladies in the mast- ! er’s house, there were plenty of young men about Christmas time, often coming from three counted away. He would ride a high s ping horse, bringing him and brack boy on horseback with his master’s wardrobe. Often the young man came to spend two weeks unless he got the “sock.” Often, too, tm blacks went visiting on their own j account. Duly mounted and dressed in their Sunday best with all sorts 1 of queer bundles here and there and , a carpet bag filled to overflowing. Mammy and Daddy went forth. When i night came there were swarms of vis- j itors both to house and kitchen and oft« n there was a dance in both, last- . ing until 10 o’colck, story telling and ' singing to the accompaniment of a , grand banjo. Among the pi;Ws ' ; there was singing and praying the i night through. With a psalm in their ! mou’h they were ready to drink plenty of “eggnog”, made in the good ; old way. So we see that wherever the i , Christmas tide is at all celebrated it . is regarded as a time for mirth ami , J good will toward men.” (Compiled by Mrs. F. L. DeCoudres > H<» Percent of Editois Opposed to tioveriiinent Operation. Government operation of industries ! is even more unpopular than it was a I year go, according to a questionnaire . recently sent to newspaper editors! |thrughout the country, which is now jbemg distributed among memtiers of I According to the report made on ; t his quest ionnaire 5,154 replies were , Deceived, of which 4.4 66 or 86 per , cent of the total number of editois |who replied declared that their read- , <eis were absolutely opposed to tin 1 . govin'nment * niming into commercial .land industrial comp>tition with its . .citizens. Announcement of the result of the ) j quest ionnaire, which was sent out by i ,a New York press concern, says: r j There is a remarkable lack of po- , Jitical bias in the replies. The papers > represented are 1,857 Republican. 1.350. Democratic, 1.485, Independj ent. and 426 miscellaneous, including , | labor organs, etc.

WALKERTON, INDIANA, THGRSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1920.

" r — — — r FROMINENTTcOTST£PS - 0F NATIOJ LEAD T() HARDINgTrONT PORChi wtev ’ba These ’lays are ab • t as nusy c o^4 for the photographers in Marion. 0.. as those at Washington in the Am matter of picturing the visits of important personages. President- y' N W elect Harding is keeping to bis //N 1 .vi campaign promises of inviting the// leading minds of the nation to ex- > press opinions on the dominant IK questions and problems of the ' day, regardless of party connec- । tions ’ • iX 4 Upper left picture shows Mrs. tl Hatdinr and Mrs. Coolidge, wife W of the vice president-elect, in the asT.: -4 ■ " most friendly of chats, while their v. M \ , illustrious husbands confer Up- MB * per right shows the president- V' elect ami the Democratic leader. Be'' i-f i *''^WHß/I^BmBBBHHf W. J. Bryan. Lower, Herliert 11oover. former food adnun ist ra- I tor, and Mr. Harding ^ oovor - \V i himself a prominent candidate for \\^ presidi atial nomination, has been mentioned as a possible cabinet 0 —T? ~~ ( member in the Harding adminis- ~ A ... .. . . i' tration. c^oet. t me RaeiißT ' - ■ -*■“ " -

’ WINONA'S FOUNDER DIES SUDDENLY Dr. Sol C. Dickey, secretary and general manager of Winona Assemibly and Bible Conference, died su«desy at DeLand, Florida, last Thurs[day, of apoplexy. i Dr. and Mrs. Dickey motored to : (Florida, leaving their home at! i Winona Lake on November 1. Dr. Dickey was taking a much needed [resj following ttyi very strenuous season last" year, tie expected toLre[turn to Winona Lake early in the ’ 'spring to plunge into what promised ] Ito be the greatest season for him and j for Winona Assembly. Dr. Dickey’s health during the past j year or two had been somewhat im-I (paired, lie suffered at times from [ .high blood pressure and had fre- ■ (quently remarked to his friends that I jhe felt certain that when the end j .came it would be sudden and would [ Itind him “in the harness.” I Dr. Dickey was the founder of ! । Winona and the moving spirit which ' (has built up that great religious and ■ [educational institution to its pres* i:; I !world-wide iwominence. De Was 62 ( 'years of age and is survived by a (wife and son. NEU PASTOR FOR PREsBYTERs\N < HIR< G j Rev. Chas. M. Filer, of Coulter- ' iville. 111., has accepted the pastoral’ | of the Walkerton Presbyterian i ■church, and expects to be here to ' i sume his duties the first 01 Fei ;nr y. j Kev. Files occupied the Pr.-by.i - ■n J j pulpit her. sex era 1 week< ago ; | gave such satisfaction to the congre- j ' gallon that he was invited to become [ (the pastor, and being pleased w the field and its prospects has accept | ;ed the call. FAVOR STATE AID | FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS State aid for all public schools j through a tax levy of twenty cents |on each $lO 0 of taxablea, was favored, Saturday, by the council of legislative committees on education, |which decided to present a bill em- । bodying the proposal to the legislature next month. । The bill would distribute the monjey among the schools, according to |their attendance records, length of .school terms, and support given by (local taxing units. The council also (declared in favor of a one cent levy ifor vocational education, the teaching of vocational subjects through the twelve months of the year, and for ' establishment of correspondence 'schools in these subjects. i The proposed increase in the mem- ! bership of the state board of educa-j tion to 2 6 members was disapproved I । by a committee report, adopted by the council. Another meeting of the council (will be held Dec. 30 at which it is [expected that the drafts of bills afpecting education in the state will be considered finallv. I ’ FOLSOM IRON WORKS sTOCKHOI DEBS MEETING. The stockholders of the Folsom iron works held their annual meeting and election of officers Thursday. Dec, 23. The old board of directors I and officers were re-elected, as fol I lows: i Directors: C. R. Folsom, C. F. | Remert. V. L. Hardenbrook, O. C. j Shockney, S. E. Koontz. J. F. Cole and W. A. End ley. i Officers: W. A. Endley, president; V. L. Hardenbrook. vic< president : C K. Folsom, treasurer; C. F. Remert. secretary. The company has had a tine business the past year and has a rood supply of orders booked ahead. There have been twenty-eight on the payroll for some time.

ENJOYS < ALISHtNIA CLIMATE. I II San Gabriu, Cal. Dec. 17, ’2O. Dear Friends: I thought 1 would (write a few line^ to tell you how 1 enjoy the weekly visits of the Walkerton paper and . would not know how to get along withou‘ it. 1 am still at San Gabn’d. The weather is fine here ar prespit will a good rain occasionally, an<i s< me frost. It is quite cool and 04 need s his overcoat. Well, this is ti time of picking oranges, lemons'! ad olives and the pickers are very" busy. Will, you ought to be her*' t Pasadena New Year’s dp k^sypr carnival They have it et > y "year and thousands flock there to se*- the wond* rn:l display of flowers of all kinds which |are arranged upon floats and pass in ।a long parade, beautiful beyond description. : The mountain slopes are beginning jto put on their spring dress and w ill .soon be covered with wild flowers and the farmers, are putting out thei- | grain. How is that for the Christmas I season? I I was up to my ranch the fore part jof the,week and brought home some I holly. There is a big crop — r > the finest I ever saw. I surely enjoy | the California climate with the frun and flowers and all that goes w r : Wishing you all a Merry C’h s': . and a Happy New Year. Henry J. Hershbemr. THE DEATH RECORD Burkholder. MPs. jonn Burkholder, living 01m (and one-half miles east 01 Tecgurde; died suddenly Monday evening a (o'clock of myocarditis. She wa. 'years old. Was married in J' (She was the mother of two son. Jesse, living near Teegarden, a ■ Vernon, who died about two years (ago. She is survived by three bro... ers, David Knisley, of Wabash, In:- । John Knisley, of Elkhart, Ind., Levi । Knisley, of Manitoba, Canada, aal [three sisters, Mrs. Henry Newcomer of Goshen, Mrs. Frank Stover. . Baintertown, Ird., and Mrs. George Holderman, of Three Rivers, Mich. Mrs. Burkholder’s death was mm: unexpected. She had been preparing dinner for company and becoming over-heated her heart was affici causing death in a short time. The funeral was held Thursday a 10:30 at Center church of the Brethren, Rev. Christian Metzler official ing. Burial in adjoining cemetery. FATAL AU jO ACCIDENT FRIDAY AT STILLWELL XDOLPH KIEHN OF STILLWELL X l< TIM OF TRAGEDX . ' An automobile accident occurred near Stillwell Friday evening which resulted in the death of Adolph Kuehn of Wanatah. The car he was driving skidded and threw him against a telephone pole causing injuries from which he bled to death, (according to the coroner’s verdict. I Miss Bessie Hawkins, a schm teacher, was thrown from the car and received a fracture of the ri adit leg and internal injuries. She is in the hospital at LaPorte and phians think she will recover. Kurin died before he reached the hospital. BEX IX XL MEETING TO OPEN DECEMBER .51 Kev. John W. Clark of Frankfort Hud., win arrive Dec. 31 to conduct r f vival service at the International [Holiness Cchurch, in the old Vincent । house. We are expecting a gracious | tune. Everybody welcome. AH ■cordially invited to attend these ser- ; vices. Services will begin at 7 30 (each evening. Rev. Clark is a well (known singer. • A For Sale Ad brings good results.

FEDERATED MARKETING SERVICE FOR INDIANA i Officers of the Indiana Farmers’ Federation Association of the new (Federated Marketing Service of Indi- ; na which is intended to foster ami guide the co-operative commercial activities of all local farm organizations in the state. In this they have had the active assistance of the officers of the Farmers’ Grain Dealers' 'Association of Indiana and of the tTmitaHa Stw* C-Tttrg". ''nH co-oper-|ation and participation in the benefits of the service is extended to all other farmers’ organizations in the stale and it is the intent of the Fed j eration to be of service to all. The farmers’ requirements for fertilizers for spring use will be handled in a large v.ay by the Marketing Service and prices and information are now being collected and will b< available for distribution at an > arly (late. Mnagers. Secretaries and 1 u chasing agents of local organizations ■many of whom hate been transacting business ou a co-operathe basis heretofore are arranging to pool th< orders of all of their :m nd . s in accordance v.'Hh insiru.etions air- i< .sent out. It is claimed that the sy tern will sir plify the selling problem of manufacturers and le sen th? C" ■ <>f placing orders and of sues* in > distribution. REAL 111 HUS THIS LOCALIH | The weather took a sudden chang’ Monday evening and the mercur? it ■ : [rapidly during the nicht registering 114 below the zero mark by some ■ thermometers. The change came so (easily and suddenly and with so lit [tie fuss that, it was here before anyone hardly realized it. Tuesday morning and throughout the day we had a regular brand ol winter weather. It was squeaky cobi and the four-inch layer of snev. which fell Sunday gave forth doleful sounds of frostiness as people a things trudged along the thorough I fares. The mercury Tuesday evening ascended the scale as quickly and easily as it had descended, and by Wednesday morning we had compai at ix <1 mild weather with the little bulb hovering around the 20 above mark ami still tending upward. Local prophets who have been ruedieting a mild winter and no zer< , weather disappeared immediate’' (with the advent of the cold wav» and I have not yet made their appearance. I They are waiting until the thing kind o’ “blows over” before coming ■out of their holes. Made a Pledge Tg Never Drive a Car Xgain Samuel O. Lindsay, principal of Oakland school at Layfayette, hamade a pledge nt-ver to drive an automobile again. Mr. Lindsay was the owner and driver of a car which I crashed into a limousine near Nin’b. land South streets Sunday. Nov. 21. (overturning the closed vehicle and ' [causing the death of Mrs. Georm । Lucas, wife of a Columbus i Ind » I manufacturer. After the accident had i been investigated by the coroner th< case was referred to the grand jury, (which returned no indictment after a two day' inquiry . George Lucas, husband of rhe ac cident victim, appeared as a witness before the grand jury. The pledgf I b.v Mr. Lindsay never to drive a cai , (again was made voluntarily. Akron RublH i < ompany Calls For Return of Men i 1 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber com pany at Aki 0n,0.. have sent notice to 10,000 men notifying them to re . turn to yvork the first of the year.

FOWKSTO MURDERED SO, DEi DALLAS ANDEBSON SHOT AXD KI LI ED BY Ei XL I' LOVE AFFAIR. Dallas A. Anderson, formerly oi l Argos and promim i.t in politics, a । son of Mrs. Jesse Finney of Argos. , was shot and instantly kilbo by a I rival suitor for the nami <>; Mrs. I Emerick ot South Bend, lasi Tim’s- ; day forenoon. The News-TiinCa gives the follow- : ing account of the sh >oting: “Accord! o die storv ..j A. Emerick, who was present at the tin e i and who attempted to stop Atyeo, the ■ quarrel was one of long stading am: ' that both I. mi had threatened each other. This morning when Atyeo exiled it was apparent that he was in an ugly temper. The entire household, which included Henninger and Mrs. Emerick’s three small children were in the room. Anderson was sitting near the stove with Atyeo to his h and slightly in fit rear. "Mrs. Emerick pleaded with Atyeo to leave the house until he could control his temper. She had scarce|ly finished spea ! ing when he jumped I I from his chair, drew a pistol from | : his pocket and leveled it at Anderson ' I who also leaped tc hi - feet. “Mrs. Emerick st» pped between them but Atyeo swept her aside and ■ opened lire, al! four of the shots striking his victim in the side and i back as he twisted and began falling. iHenninm r caught him ami lowered him to the floor where Im was found lying face downward when officers Parker and Devos. Asst. Chief Cassidy and Sergt. of Detectives Koczorowski arrived “Atyeo calmly ejected the empty shells from his pistol and refilled it. Mrs. Emerick snatched it from his hand and threw it into the back yard. The police found it where she told them she had thrown it. “Atyeo theij resumed his seat in | the chai, a few feet from where Anderson lay and waited for the police. i “Aty» iw; .; taken to police headquarters and placed in a cell. Coroner Cruinpacker was called and tern-

porary inquest was held. 1 “Anderson is a prominent politi-1 (cian having been instrumental in sev- | leral mayoralty campaigns in MinneIpolis and was a candidate for the legislature there at one time. He is I Iso a labor leader and arbitrator and is said to have been one of the prin(cipal speakers who were factors in (defeating William Lorimer for Enit(ed 'fates senator. His home is at ( •’ C M 5??: F - mivania av«-uue is a relative. “Monday night Mrs. Anderson was unanimously chosen campaign manager for George W. Beyers, republican leandidate for mayor.” GR! XT WORK OF PED CROSS IN TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. The perc<nt:>ge of death? in the] Saleri 0.. vpl oid epidemic which , has bi en practically stamped out bv ( : measures taken under the leadership of the American Red Cross, has been | held to 2 •>. whert. s in all 1 /evi -is ! epidemics of that disease thf rate hat sorri d o 10 per emit or over. iTo the excel! nt nursing service । Sai. Hr John Christian, noted i I’niversity. tribute- this striking HI N GR? os (!< pf'Oß CHILDREN HXX F X H » PY < HRIST.MAS ■(ling ea’iire of tht South I ' • . ' , ■ , hapny on Christmas day. Nearly -'. . . script ion. in respopse to Bill’s telling and persistent appeals, to buy cloth~iing, t<>, J. i re., that Christmas migh’ r< <;il mean something to tin s little fol Ks. No doubt it was the only' happy Christmas that some of them ‘ ever enjoyed. But we’ll bet the happiest kid in th> whole bunch was Bill himself. The Sal ation Arm - . has ‘ ! nothing on Bill. EFFORTS MEETING WITH SUCCESS ; Kev. Thompson Turner, pastor 01 ' Ninth Presbyterian church, Chicago, , writes •■ old hou •■ frit ;ds W lk< 1ierton of his work, in part, as follows: 1 | “Our church was this week award- _ [ ed the McCormick bible for the pul- I ( [pit. the faculty recognizing that our i j | field is one of th« difficult ones in j [Chicago producing results. Our Ses- j ■ ; siofi presented us w ith a tine painting E\:»-.sio Board presented us with [lO2 pounds of candy for Christmas. ! A man on Kaldolph has heard about our church and gave us a larte 1 [Christmas tree and de!i\end if in his car. f “Two wer- baptized yesterday • •ontes.-< d Christ, 14 joined the 1 church and 6 applications were sent s nn foi th.’ baptism of children. Our 1 • angelis* cot es East r Sunday fo> 1 ’ihree weeks am? we expect some CHRISTMAS CANTATA AT THE N. E. CHURCH The cai. a. “Around The Mang- * > was rendered by the Sunday ’ [ school and choir at the M. E. church .Thursday • eninc in a plea dug mam i ner, the to . pa > : '.g given as fm I lows: '• I Waitir. ti ", K n ' The Nativity.” "The Morning Joy ” s ; “The Adoration.” ( At the close an offering was ifor the Near East Relief.

NO. 31

SHORT COURSE B PURDUE u«in \ LAKGE XUMBEK NOTED Si’EUt A LISI’S J<> TAKE FAR'I The Farmers’ Short Cours \ i. held at Purdue University January io to 1 !, 1921. At The saint Ibe held the State Corn Show j i’urdue Apple hhow and the IN land Gu i- Potato siio . c i<> i Jh'bits. Tim sch <: • o; stau I ions which will irnid their metii- - Munn: ihe vv< . is <.- follows: I Inuiana Corn ' . • i.nesd. V, Ja ;t . 12. Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Isoeiatioii, Januar ir. Indiana Sta. .- - iry A > ~ ~ iJnuary 13. Indiana Hone. Economic.- - tion, Thursday, aai ar; 13. Indiana Uvesic i,.wd«.i ciation, Jannar 1;. Indiana Heiefo i .. • : -’ ciation, January 13. Indiana Shoi;h< n Breed* »’ cimion. January 1,. Indiana Angus Bie-ders’ • .io;!, January 13. Indiana Holstein-Freisian - timi, January 14. I Indiana Guernsey Canle ( ’ uary 14. I Indiana Jersey Cattle Club, Js :i--ary 14. Indiana Ayrshire Breeders’ A".ciation, January 14. A large number of the s; or.^ -> workers of the United States v " brought to Purdue for the Far ; s’ Short Course and it is an opport .n ' ior Indiana people ’o get informa on the important and pressing problems of the time. Fanners and ;m ■ wives are urged to attend the s' t Course and lake part in this wo- h while program. County agerts. Home Demonstration agents and ' Club leaders should plan for- - and organize a party of be > people, and bring them to Purdue so that all the counties in Indiana may be well represented. A full program of the Short Course will be si nt upon request to the Dean of the School £ Agriculture, Purdue Universi ; . I. - Fayette, Indiana.

BANK ROBBERS FOILED BY CITIZENS AT CULVER (FOUR MEN < APT . RED—FIFTH STTF.L -i .. o- CITIZENS SHOT— ONE SERIOUSLY WOL NDED. Fi re bandits dio’. 1 up 10 the Culver City Exchange bank WednesUax morning at ’J:3S cciock in 2 " powered Maimon car. Four 1 men jumped out and enteig - ... (bank with liandkeiclio is over face and armed witn revolvers (order- the s-. siiier and assis:. i throw up their hands and :. ■ (wail. Th- rob ■ were 1 . I . - ■ and had sia: Itol in W ; i (they were suddenly interrui • ■ ■ ■ ■ -* pinging of the bell took •■ ■ ’and one of th* in in; dt a ua; ’at terriffic : -e-, d B ■ - ■ [hardware dealer, and Jerome Zechiai receiving wounds, the latter rectivl ing a shot through the low ■ but it is thought he will ... Th-* three bandi - m.am n [woods hut tvere followed by the [crowd of citiz ns who sUrroumß■. trio of robbers who being outn : r - - led surrendered. The captives v I placed behind th- bars in G- | jail. A posse 01 citizens stat • : pursuit on the trail take. i>y bandits in the car which was doned at Bun Oak. wh* -- disappeared. The. other bandit, J ■ |eph Byers, was tracked to his ho. .e jin Knox and captured. He is sa | have been wounded in the rung' g [fight, and the car when it n-; • • j Burr Oak wa i tddb d •Hl b il- - ! Officers being nonne<: her- : [a small posse and with -tins and r*--1 volvers watched some of rhe < [roads south of town for sev, • (during the da .. M \RRI XGES Spoor-Bradford Mr. Vemon Spoor and Mm- Car I Lillian Brati ord, daughter of Mi ( and Mrs. Will ta m 11 rad ford. v• : e married Chris'mas eve at * '• o’clock at the Methodist parson.in?. Rev. J. Walter Ni*-1! p. rformin '» cen-mony. The brid. has be"ploy<d as linotype o; ,1, •-r . •’ e Independent N* xvs compam a year, and is among Walk-' ’.X highly’ esteeme*! young lad; < (groom is an industrious yonnc (and is employed on the B. & O (road. Th- HI make their ' IW hi t i ng. Phu e-.Jm obs. Mr. Wilb.tr Place, son . J iMrs. W. XV. Place, and Mise Glad IJacohs, daughter e: Ms Willis J. - jobs. w*re married al th.- home « I groom’s parents, thr-e milts w* ~t of Walkerton, at 12 o’clock no. n n [Chrsitmas day. R. v J. XVab* - 1 pastor of the Walk non M C church, officiated Mr. and Mrs Place .are among our best young peo * and I Tr ' ■