Weekly Republican, Volume 56, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 April 1911 — Page 1

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VOLUME 56 PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. THURSDAY, APRIL, 6 1911 NUMBER 14

PLYMOUTH GOES WET BY MAJORITY OF 120

Saloons Are Victorious In City After An Interesting Campaign And the Polling of the Heaviest Vote Ever Cast In Plymouth.

Plymouth voted for Saloons yesterday by a majority of 120 in one of the heaviest votes ever cast in the city. The total vote was 1007, which is 17 more than was cast in the last city election. The first ward polled 316, the second 351 and the third 340. The strength of the wet and dry forces is shown by the figures: following Dry Wet Dry maj. Wet maj. 37 93 1st Ward 2nd " 3rd 44 Totals 137 125 177 174 223 162 15 430 559 15 135 Saloon majority," 120 Much Miscalculation There was much miscalculation as to the outcome though the wet forces came closer to the result than the drys. The wets were much astonished and disappointed at the result in the First and the drys were much disappointed and astonished at the results in the Second and the Third. They expected to carry the Third by 70 or 80 and get some majority in the Second, while the wets looked confidently for a majority of 60 to 100 in the First. The wets had much the better organization had more money. There is no doubt that some voters were bought and of course the drys took no hand in anything like that. The wet organization brought home every available voter from a distance while the drys paid little or no attention to that important feature of the fight. While the interest was strong as the heavy vote showed, it was noted there was an absence, of any bitter feeling' n the other side. It was said that the people are getting so accustomed to elections that they, take it as the ordinary course of business and act accordingly. HIBBABD Another couple made haypy, Miss Mabel Lowery. daughter of Martin Lowery, of Oak Grove Stock Farm, and Martin Green of Michigan were united in the holy bonds of wedlock lapt Sunday. May peace and plenty be their lot through life. A baby girl was torn to S. S. Reed and wife last Sunday morning. According to the actions of some of the voters they must have the place already wet. Lola Wise, Pearl Boror. -Nada Iivinghouse, Ada and Inez 'Albert were the guests o! Hattie Lichten berger last Sunday. About thirty of Hibbaid's citizens with well filled baskets made a call at the home of Homer Rockhill last Tuesday evening as they are expecting to move to their farm in a fewy days. They report a fine time. Jobe Gray was in town last Monday on business. - , We understand John Cram haa purchased the Dietrich property on ast Wallstreet and will take possession soon. CD. Andreas who has ' been in the hospital at Ft. Wayne for a few weeks, is expected home Tuesday. Mrs. WTorkman, who has been 1 seriously sick for some time, is , le- , polled some better. . Looks Goo! Tor Fruit. . , . -. Samuel Presley, who came to thi city Irom Michigan and lives on Sophia street, says the outlooV is very good this year for a fine crop of fruit. Mr.Presley has been in th fruit tree busiries3 for many years and his opinion is good

VHEEL YORKS ARE BURNED AT KNOX

LOSS OF $15,000 IN STARKE FROM FIRE COUNTY TOWN $7,000 OF INSURANCE WILL RELIEVE TO SOME EXTENT. Knox, Apr. 5. The big plant of the Wheel Works burned to the ground here this morning. The building was a total loss. The fire was caused by an explosion in the enamel department and owing to the great amount of enamel the fire was uncontrollable. A car load of wheels and rubber tires were consumed, the tires beirg valued at $2500. They were just unloaded yes-j s terdajv The loss will be fully $15,000 with $7.000 of insurance. Obituary of Dr. Brooke. 'Dr. Jerred'E. Brooke passed to his long, time home Friday morning March 31, 1911, at nine o'clock. He had been ill for several months, but his death was more due to his advanced age than to any disease. 1 He was in his ninety first year. Dr. Brooke was born in Lawrenceville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1820, where his father wa3 a manufacturer of guns for the Government. He came to Indiana as a young man and first clerked in a store at Mishawaka. Later he studied medicine at Indianapolis and graduated from the Indiana Central Medical College in 1S51. He came to Plymouth in 1854 and practiced medicine here for many years. During the Civil War he served as surgeon in the army for three and one half years. Dr. Brooke was a very quiet man, but during his long practice in Plymouth he did much good, serving the poor .. very frequently without price. He was at one time considered." the best read physician in town and had the largest practice, but retired from the active practice about thirty years ago. He was a member of no church in Plymouth but was in faith a JJniversalist. On September 30, 1847, he married Mary R Williams of LaPorte and they have lived to enjoyed a wedded life nearly sixty-four years. He leaves, besides his wife, who 5s nearly eighty-four,, six children : Mrs. Estella Helm, who has made her home for some y?ars with her parents on Jefferson street, in Plymouth and five sons. Howard M. of Casey, HI., Cliff e M. of Kansas City, . Mo., Ed. S. of Salt Lake City, Utah, Chester V. of Peru, Ind., and Harry R. of Oklahoma. The funeral was held at the home on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Inns' of St. Thomas Episcopal church officiating. Drs. Borton, Loring, Eidson, Pres ton, Eley and C. F.'Holtzendorff act ed as pall bearers and interment was had at Oak Hill cemeterv. " Gives Surprise on Husband Quite a number of the neighbors and friends . of Gern Johnson were invited in by his wife unknown to her husband to help celebrate his birthday last evening. The even? mg was spent in playing cards and r -r -1 . ... iur. donnsonwas presentea witn a beautiful oak rocker. Delicious reJ 1 i ' a lrcsomenis were served ana an re port a splendid time. To Have Spelling School Mabel Cox will have a spellin school at the Shirley school house cn Friday night. New Suits Filed David E. SDyder vs. Isaac Gunn

'et al, to quf?t title.

Wedding Invitations Out. Invitations are out for the wedding of Mies Lois Margaret Humrichouser and Mr. Lloyd Franklin

Bowell on April 18. Jne ceremony will be performed at St. Thomas Episcopal church, and a reception will be given at the Humrichoueer home immediately afterward. , MR SUNDAY ATTACKS "BOOZE" Evangelist In Address at Warsaw Monday night Produces Strong Argument Against Saloon. "Billy" Sunday tackled the saloon proposition at Warsaw Monday evening and produced seme strong arguir.cnts that may be of interested' tu :hose of Plymouth who are to "ote on this question March 31, Mr. Sunday stated that statics show that 75 per cent of the idiots, 80 percent 'of the paupers, 82 percent of the crimes and 90 per cent of the adult criminals are the result of the saloons. ' "Whiskey," said "Billy" is worse than war or pestilence. The latter rob men of their bodies, while whiskey robs them of their minds and souls as well as their bodies." -He said: "It is arguedithat farmers wont come to trade in a "dry town if there is a "wet" town nearby. If this is the' truth, why is it that at the option elections from 75 to 90 per cent of the farmers vote "dry"? And if it is true, why is it that the brewery legislature has changed the option law so that the farmer is excluded from voting in tht city elections. If the people of War saw are to have the right, to decide whether or not this city shall be 'wet or 'dry, why not let people of Warsaw pay for the cost of prosecuting andcaring for all the criminals that are caused by the open saloons." , IS FILED FOR DRYS WOULD HEAD OFF APPLI CATIONS OF TWO FOR LIQUOR LICENSES AT ARGOS FOR NEXT TERM HAVE 182 OR LIST Considered An . Easy Task to Carry The Township Against the En croachment of Saloon. The This afternoon a ' petition contain ing 182 names was filed with the county auditor for a local option election in Walnut township. The necessary number of signatures for such a petition is 106. . Two men are advertising this week stating that they will apply for li cense at Argos at the next term of Commissioners court and it is to head off this that the petition was filed. As soon as the anti-saloon men heard of the intended publication for li cense, they got busy and soon had more than enough . names. It is thought it will be an easy thins to carry Walnut against the saloon. PUBLIC NOTICE! During the recent ' Local Option campaign the "drys1 ' organized a Law and Order league which pledged $500 for enforcement of the liquor laws if. thi city voted dry. The city has voted by over 100 majority to risk enforcement by the saloons which promised $100 a year to the Commercial Club if there were no prosecutions: therefore we step down and out and leave law enforcement to those who voted wet. Executive Committee Late Law and Order League

1LIU1 VOTE

THREE LICENSES F TWO PLACES MORE TO OPEN IN PLYMOUTH AND ONE IN CULVER VOGEL AND FREYMAN JOINT SESSION HELD Business Transacted By the County Commissioners at Their April Term Is Not Large Nor Important. The main feature of the April ses sion of the county commissioners was the joint meeting ji the Marshall county board and the Fulton county board for the consideration . of the building of ' twp.. bridges on the county line between Tippecanoe and Newcastle townships. The Fulton county board came up this forenoon and the session was held. this afternoon. Prior to that time the Marshall county board had considered other business. The reports on help of the poor were received from the trustees and approved. That of John Richard of Center was the largest. Others were filed by Trustees John Luty of Bourbon, John L. Mar-j burger of German, M. M. Beck of, Tippecanoe, Chas-A.fJonter of North C. T. Middleton of Walnut, Jonathan Wolfe of West, and Frank S Nash of Polk, and W. S. Easterday ot Union. ! The county carries a total of $j3,000 insurance on its various properties, and the amounts are distributed as folovrs: On Courthouse v 30,000 On Jail and barn 4300 On Infirmarv and barn . . . . 19,25o . The insurance on the infirmarv wa renewed this term. Elijah Devore was appointed justice of the peace for Bourbon town, ship. . Liquor Licenses Granted Liquor licenses were granted to Charles Vogel and Henry Freyman for Plymouth. Mr. Vogel will occupy the building on( LaPorte street formerly used by Grant Haines, and Mr. Freyman will occupy the Metsker room on north Michigan street, next to Kyser's harness shop. O. J. Hudson was given license for Culver. Dr. R. C. Stephens has filed a bill of $25 for damages caused by being compelled to haul products of his farm in a round-a-bout way and also for being prevented . from haulinj, much of it this winter because of the drecge in Yellow river. A claim of J. Satne & Son of Culver for $86.74 for contagious diseases was disallowed. Trustee John L. Marburger of German filed a petition for eight nev arches, and this matter was referred to the county surveyor for report. Commissioner P. J. Troyer made his final report on the Couts ditch in West and it was approved. In the B. F. Mattingly. ditch .Ji. German, Commissioner John Butler made his fourth report and asked to be relieved from further duty in the matter. The board, however, refused to accept his resignation. There is only one assessment to be collected and a distribution of surplus -funs to be made. . The matter of issuing bonds on the Kyser (Yellow River) ditch was continued again. The St. Joseph county suit by 10J farmers, alleging that they had never been notified, has been settled and is to be dismissed I but that has not yet been done. The complainants have concluded they did have notice and will their assessments. Some of that pay the notices were given so long ago as much as seven years, that they had forgotten and some had sold out. Hiss Ho Ellis Improving ..Miss llo iulis who has been in a critical condition for several weeks is reported to be very much improv ed. She is able to go . the dining room for her meals, and is gaming strength quite rapidly. v

Gives Pillow Party. Miss Ethel Jones gave a pillow party last night at her home on

south Michigan street, in honor of her friend. Miss Celia Peters of Rochester. Those present were Blanche McCoy, Eva Bollman, Catherine Stevens, and Erma Humrichouser. ; The young ladies had a very fine time. TO BE READY APRIL 10. New Laws .in Bound Form Will Be Sent to County Clerks Within ' A Few Days. L. G. EUingham, secretary of state who ha? charge of compiling the acts of the recent General Assembly, expects the state printer to begin the distribution of the acts on Monday, April 10. Ten days, it is estimated, wll be necessary to distribute all the books and to receive the reciept from the various county clerks, ' to whom they will be sent. It is believed that the Governor will be able to issue his proclamation, declaring the new laws effective, by not later than April 25. Thirty thousand volumes of the acts will be published. U. B. Church News. The storm Sunday kept the older people away, but fifty young people were present and their presence was enjoyed greatly. The Sunday School is arranging for an Easter entertainment on Sunday evening, April IG. The singers will meet Thursday evening with Mr. J. V. Vangilder for practice. Let all take notice. The sermons on the' resurrection will continue until April 23. The subject for next Sundar morning will be "Resurrection of Our Lord". In the evening the subject will be "now Are the Dead Raised." TELLS ABOUT PAPER BY MRS. PFLUG ON THE GROWTH OF CHURCH MUSIC IN THIS COUNTRY. FRANCIS f. WILLARD Woman Whose Name Has Been Flac ed In World's Hall of Fame Because of Her Greatness. The Saturday Club held a very interesting mtetins with Mrs. Suit. "American Hymn Writers" were discussd in an able paptr written by Mrs. Pffug and read by Miss Iinkenhelt. v ' When the Purtans came to this country, they brought with them psalters, but sang very little. In 1656 jlissentious broke out in the . churches which divided them into singing and anti-singng congrgations.' It was not until the 19th that hymn singing as we now know it came into use, due namely to the efforta of Thomas Mason. Nearly all of our poets and writers have contributed to hymn poetry. The. The Club sang, "My faith looks up to Thee" and "0, little town of Bethlehem, two df th best American hymn The life and'great work of Frances E. Willard were described in a beautiful paper by Mrs. Baker Miss Willard was one of the most notable women of this age. She gave her wonderful talents to the cause of temperance and organized a world wide temperance society. In on year she traveled 30000 miles and spoke in every town of over 1000 population. Some of our IzZlzi net Miss Willard and' heard her lecture and testified to her ability and personal charm. Miss Willard died in 1898 and has been honored with a statute in th'a Hall of Fame. The next meeting will be with Mrs. P. E. Garn on N. Michigan street.

HY1 WRITERS OF AMERICA

THREE TOI

Bourbon, Tippecanoe And Polk Say They Do Not Want Saloons, While Union Changed Radically From The Election of Two Years Ago

HARRISON WINS AS CHICAGO MAYOR FOR THE FIFTH TIME NOTED DEMOCRAT CARRIES OFF COVETED PLUM, HIS PLURALITY ON TUESDAY BEING 17,132 Ex-Mayor Carter H. Harrison was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday by a plurality of 17,132 over the republican candidate, Prof. Charles E. Merriam. This is the fifth time that Mr. Harrison has been elected mayor of the great city. A notable thing of the vote was that the supporters of Senator Lorimer all went for Harrison. As usual there was a fight among the big newspapers of the city over the candidates. The Socialists polled 24,759 votes. MARRIAGES Double Wedding. Rev. S. A. Mow performed a double wedding ceremony at the old Shatford homestead near this city Sunday afternoon at five o'clock, uniting in marriage Jesse Shatford and Miss Stella A. Keen, and Chester Shatford and Miss Leona G. Reeder. Jesse has rented the Coleman property in the south part of the city, and will follow the shoemaker's trade. The other couple will make their future home on the old Shatford place. The wedding was a quiet affair, none but the immediate relatives being present. Carlson-Bollinger Enoch Carlson and Miss Edna Bollinger of Donaldson were married at the Prosecuting attorney's office today by justice of the Peace. They will reside in Donaldson in the future. Marriage License. Martin Green, 28, Michigan, to Mabel E. Lowry, 25, Hibbard. Ernest R. Grossman, 21, Center township, to Ruth R. Ault, 17, Twin Lakes. Harley Feldman, 22 Nappanee to Lola Chambers, 21 Bourbon. Grover Walters, 23, Bremen, to Nellie Ransteadt, 21, Bremen. SLIGO. Miss Irene Pitts of Plymouth is spending a few days with Lucy Marsh. Miss Nellie Kepler spent Sunday with Salena Shatford. Ora Spitler of Argos spent Sunday with the Misses Ella and Lottie Marsh. L. Shatford and family have moved to Plymouth. Francis Kepler attended the horse sale at Argos Saturday. A double wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Shatford Sunday. A. Anderson of Culver called on Mr. Harper Sunday. Chas. Burch and little son of Culver spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burch. Miss Minnie Swindell returned to Oxford, O., today, where she is attending the Western College for girls. Miss Swindell will graduate in June.

01 IS WET

Four townships held local option elections yesterday: Polk, Bourbon, Tippecanoe and Union, and three of them went dry. Polk voted against the 3aloon by a majority of 57, Bourbon by a majority of 125 and Tippecanoe by a majority of 43. Union went wet by a majority of 25, nearly all of which came from the first or Burr Oak precinct. The result cf the voting in these townships is ehown by the following figures: POLK TOWNSHIP Dry Wet Dry Wet maj. 46 59 maj. 48 1st prec 2nd prec 3rd prec Totals 31 81 81 79 35 22 193 136 105 48 Dry maj. 57 BOÖRBON TOWNSHIP let prec 73 36 37 2nd prec 92 66 26 3rd prec 105 71 34 4th prec 89 61 28 Totals 269 234 125 TIPPECANOE TOWNSHIP 1st prec 86 45 41 2nd prec 84 82 2 . Totals 170 127 13 UNION TOWNSHIP 1st prec 46 69 2nd prec 149 148 1 3rd prec 50 53 23 o O Totals 245 Wet maj. 25 270 26 RECORDER'S REPORT LARGE Mr. Monroe Says the Quarter's Col- . lections Will Be the Heaviest In Ten Years. Mr. E. R. Monroe, county recorder, has turned over to the Auditor for the county $1051.40, which is the amount collected in fees by his offic during the past quarter. Mr. Monroe says this is the biggest report Marshalal county .will have for the next ten years. The filing of documents for recording was espcially largo during the time covered. Of this amount. Mr. Monroe will receive in salary $560.42, leaving a balance of $490.98 earned for the county above his salary. The report in detail is as follows : , Kind of Instruments Deeds $ 528.15 Transcripts . 8.00 Mortgages 271.85 Mechanics 1 Liens 3 .25 Chattel Mortgages . 63 . 30 Release 72.35 Assignments 23.20 Articles of Incorporation ... 1.00 Plats 6.00 Marginal Release 31.40 Marginal Assignments 4.40 Miscellaneous 33,50 I DONALDSON Henry Samuelson left for South Dakota where he expects to remain for some time. Milt Killian has bought a nice driving team. They are grays and match in size. .' Several car loads of fertilizer has been unloaded here in the last few days. Call on E. J. McCarty an? see the fine tripple box farm wagons and up-to-date buggies. On implements of any kind he will save "You,f money. The belling at the Bollinger home on Mr. and Mrs. Carlson was largely attended. Some of the farmers in this vicinity are selling potatoes h;re!at 23c per bushel.