Weekly Republican, Volume 57, Number 47, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 November 1911 — Page 1

Section One Section One DCAN VOLUME 57. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1911. NUMBER 47.

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WEEKLY

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How Much Marshall County Has Advanced in Manufacturing and Farming and the Splendid Possibilities for Future Growth in All Directions.

This Industrial Edition is intended toy show Marshall comity to Marshall county as. Marshall county really is to make ourselves, as well as others bevond onr borders, see ourselves as "ve are. Such -wonderful progress lias been made by the larger communities around us that we have forgotten that we. also, have made good progress. Look through this edition and you will see Marshall county as t really is. How many realized that in Plymouth was the largest basket factory in the United States: that here was the best creamery in the United States and the largest one in Indiana: that here is located the factory makin; t!ie best wire bound box ever invented a factory calculated j to become the greatest of its kind in ; the United States because of the ex-I ! located one ot the tew emery mills in the nation and the only one west of Pennsylvania? How many realized that Argos was the center of . . one of the greatest business orgam-! zations in the United States, the t National Retail Hardware Association? Liking hack twenty years at the industrial history of the towns of. Marshall count v. we are astonished i at the smallness of the manufacturing business here. Compared with the present da v. it is as a babv bv the side of a ten year old boy. Chicago. South Bend. Ft. Wayne and oilier larger places have made such astounding progress in all industrial directions that in this country community Ave liavo forgotten that we. too. have made good progress, if not so great as others. Our bunks are irore iu number and far stronger in money. The manufacturing plants are many more, their capital much larger and their output as a moi'" fain compared with the hill of .ii former productions. The variety of industries is greater and the number of workmen employed as well as the wages paid them, very much larger than ever before. Progress has perhaps been as great on the farm as in the towns. The farmers of the county have been studying modern, methods in their production of stock and crops. If the figures could be obtained, webe!ieve the amount of the produce per acre, as well as the number of acres under cultivation, -would much exceed that of twenty or even ten years ago. New lands have been reclaimed from the swamps and woods, new crops have been tried with successful results, and the old and staple crops have been increased because of better farming. In fact, the whole agricultural industry seems alive with the ferment of progress. Dairying, - onion growing and pickle raising have added thousands of dollars to the incomes of farmers. Ginseng and pepermint growing have shown what may be done in that direction, and many farmers seem now on the point of taking up in earnest the growing of apples and other fruit for commerce. Everywhere are better farming, bigger crops, new money making crops. The Possibilities. Satisfactory as are the things accomplished and gratifying as is the present status in both manufacturing and farming, the possibilities are beyond the belief of most people. By the year 1915 Plymouth will have 10,000 peop!o because of the new factories brought here through the influence of the Commercial club, and the growth of those factories already here. Thr accomplishments of this club during the past year, surprising as they were to everyone; are as nothing when, compared with

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EDITION PROGRESS

IS FOUND DEAD NEAR R OAK JOHN OLSON PELL OPF NICKEL PLATE TRAIN LAST FRIDAY AND WHILE DAZED TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. CORONER SAYS SUICIDE Russel Burns Finds Dead Man While Out Rabbit Hunting Monday Noon NearBurr Oak, Indiana. A man named John Olson, aged about thirtv-seven voars, fell from a Nickel Plate train last Friday between Hibbard and lUirr Oak. He was considerablv bruised, but finally wandered into Burr Oak. and after a time disappeared. While out rabbit hunting Monday about noon, Russell Burns came across the body of the man aboift a quarter of a mile west of Burr Oak. lie had choked himself with his suspenders, which he still clutched in his hands. He was well dressed, had a ticket from Tacoma through to Sweden, where he was evidently going. He was a big heavy man weighing about ISO pounds, and had in his pockets pictures of his father, mother and brothers, all of whom seemed to be people of the better class, as he himself was. The body had lain where found since Friday, and the Coroner's verdict was that he had committed suicide. It is likely the fall had injured him, and as his baggage was gone, and he in a strange place, unbalanced by the accident, he took his own life by thus choking himself with his suspenders. This incident, like many others, will soon pass from the minds of those who read it, and even the persons at the place where the accident and suicide occurred, will in a few i brief days drop from the mind the circumstance. But how about those who may be -waiting for his home coming! Perhaps letters have gone on ahead, telling of the return, and how anxiously the father and mother, and brothers, and perhaps others who hold him dear to their hearts, will n wait the one who will never come. It may be he had money, and was robbed and pushed from the train.. He may have been suddenly overcome in passing from one car to another, and fell off. However it happened, will he have relatives or friends who will investigate and learn how he came to fall, and be injured so as to unbalance his mind, and cause him to take his own life. A young man, in the prime or life, strong and robust, thus taken out of this life. It is a sad case, and all effort should be made to communicate with his friends, if they can be found, and if his death was the result of foul play, the offenders should be dealt with. If it was one of those accidents that come only too often in our busy, life, it should serve as a lesson to others, that they may be warned in time and avoid such dangers.

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Arthur W. O'Krefc. President J. D. McCoy Prosper Ball. Secretary The one big organization which J makes Plvmouth fullv abreast of -11' the live cities of the United States today is th? COMMERCIAL, CLUB. Organized in February, 1911, it has alrcadv accomplished manv times more than its most saniruine i,roinoters dreamed. That which has been to the better and greater things yet done is only an indicator pointing to follow. The Commercial Club is composed of about 12" of the "livest" men in one of the "livesf cities in Northern Indiana. Its organisation is carried on by a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, seven committees to look after as many different departments of work for the ?ood cf the community, and an executive committer compose 1 of the officers and heads of the different committees. Since the time of its organization nine months a?o the Plymouth Commercial Club, besides working out the details of a thorough organi7ation, without which no club of this kind can ßueeeed, and the consideration of a large number of propositions from industries which want to locate in Plymouth, has secured better train service for the city, held a great Home Coming event, carried out a big lot sale for the creation of a factory fund, and did much, to help in the solution of the difficult telephone problem of th city to secure toll connections between the local and Bell systems. These are indeed accomplishments of which any similar club miiht be proud. The sale of ninety lots was consummated in just five days, and the drawing of lots by the purchasers tock place at the Orpheum a few weeks later in the presence of a large crowd of pleased and satisfied citizens. The lot sale will create a factory fund of over $10,000, which will be used for the general good ot the whrle city in the securing of desirable factories employing many at the best wages. The securing of better train service for Tyner was a thing much appreciated by the people of that town as well as by the business men of Plymouth. Without the prompt and

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C. A. Bondurant K. F. Brooke O. F. Hoover OFFICERS. President Arthur W. OrKeefe. Vice-President D. L. McKesson Secretary Prosper Ball. Treasurer L. G. Harley. COMMITTEES. Manufacturing and Commerce C. A. Bondurant, chmn., C. D. Snoeberger, A. R. Clizbe. Agriculture Oron F. Hoover. chmn.. Warren McFarlin, F. A. Forbes. Railroads and Transportation J. D. McCoy, chmn., L. M. Lauer, H. A. Logan. Public Serrice A. M. Cleveland, chmn.. Chas. Reynolds, Dr. R. C. Stephens. Membership K. F. Brocke, chmn., Dr. H. P. Preston, Dr. G, F. Hitchcock. Assemblages Dr. E. R. Danforth, chmn., Frank Thomas, Dr. H. A. Deeds. . " '" Advertising Fred Wenzler, chmn, II. E. Buck, Percy J. Troyer. energetic action of the club the change in the train schedule could not have been secured from the company. The stopping of No. 8 Pennsylvania passenger at Bourbon is also an accomplished fact, and accommodates a large number from that section of the county. The Home Coming and Fall Festival was by far the largest and most important work done by the club so far, and the success of the enterprise wTas so great that it has been cecided to make the Home Coming öff annual affair. The cooperation of the farmers and city people was such as to foster the kindliest feelin;c an ong all. The club appreciates very highly the interest the farm is "took in this -great event. Their exhibits of stock, fruit and grain made big features for the Fes-ti-.-al, withcut which it rnld not have been the success it was.

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D. L. McKesson, Vice President A. M. CleveUnd Dr. . R. Danforth L. G. Parley. Treasurer Tk'j Industrial Parade was the finest exhibition of th? business of the ciuuuunih. that was ever presented and was the astouhment of everybody wht iaw it. The airship flights by Mr. Gill in his Wrteht Bros, biplane "were anions' the best exhibitions ever given in the United States. The vast throngs of people who witnessed these exhibitions were pleased beyond expression, and their satisfaction was complete. They got more than they expected. They learned that the Plymouth Commercial Club was composed of men who would "make good" on anything they promised, no matter what the cost. Among the vast numbers who crowded the streets of the citv during all the three days of Sept. 21-22-23,1911, there was not found onei - who was not more than pleased with the magnificient entertainment given Besides the larger attractions, a continual round of smaller amusements including free band music, kept the visitors in delightful spirits from morning till late at night. The universal verdict, from word of mouth and press, was that Plymouth had made good, in a wonderfully satisfactory and complete way.. The experience gained in this first Home Coming and Fall Festival will) be used by the Commercial Club to make succeeding ones bigger and better. The Commercial Club is a non-political association devoted to the financial and moral betterment of the community. The good . already done by this club in uniting the business men of the city in work for the common welfare cannot be estimated. In the activities of working for a greater Plymouth, and in taking every opportunity to help and boost all of the county, selfishness is being crowded out and the larger and better thoughts for a greater financial and social life are fostered and advanced. The organization of the club is given above. Those desiring to communicate with the club on any of the subjects covered by the different committees should address the chairman of the committee in charge of the subject.

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Winona and Bell Companies Agree On Alain Terms of Contract Which' Will . Include All the Winona Telephone Exchanges in Four Counties. '

DISASTROUS FIRE DESTROYS TYNER STORE TWO STORY BUILDING OWNED BY THOMAS THOMPSON, AND OCCUPIED BY REED'S MARKET DESTROYED. ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR LOSS Sunday Evening Church Goers Fight Fire at Tyner That Threatens To Burn the Entire Business Section. Sunday night about nine o'clock fire was discovered in the rear of Thomas Thompson's store building at Tyner. The building was occupied by Joseph Reed's meat market. When discovered the fire had gained such headway that there was no possible way of saving it. The building was a two-story structure,

thoroughly dry, and it crackled and

burned like kindling. Church had just been dismissed when the alarm sounded and the church goers hurried to the rescue. The bucket brigade which was hastily formed, left the burning building to its fate, and devoted its energy to saving the surrounding buildings. The store of Frank C. Bennett & Son, was about ten feet to the south of the burning building, but it is built of cement blocks with a rubberoid roof. The wind was favorable, blowing the fire away from this building, and the energetic work of the fire fighters saved all of this building except part of the cornice on the north side. Most of the goods were carried to the street, and one of the plate glass windows was cracked, but the goods were not damaged by fire. For a time it seemed that the Moore store to the northwest of the fire would be destroyed, as sparks and fire brands were showered upon it. The barn at the rear of the store caught fire, but was extinguish ed. The Lake Erie & Western depot, and Moore's coal house were damaged, but wherever fire started a laddie was there with a bucket of water to extinguish it. The Thompson building was fairly well covered by insurance, as was the meat market also. The loss will be approximately one thousand dollars.

Birthday Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Richard See entertained at their home 5 miles east of town at a birthday dinner on Mrs. Mrs. See, it being her 52d birthday. They all did justice to her good dinner. The following were present: Mr. Lert Berkev and family, JohnShidaker and family, Guy Pifer, Roscoe Wolfarth, Tina Clara, Ethel and Garl See. They all left at a late hour wishing ' Mrs.. See many more happy birthdays. She received a number of useful presents. A guest.

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Toll line connection?: between the Winona and Bell Telephone systems in the four counties of Marshall, Fulton, Starke and Pulaski will soon be an accomplished fact. Friday, Mr. Tomlinson, president of the Winona company and Mr. J. L. Putnam of South Bend, for the Bell Telephone Co.. practically agreed on the terms under which the will make connections for toll purposes, not only for the city of Plymouth, but for all the seven exchanges of the Winona system in the four counties named. After Messrs. Tomlinson and Putnam had agreed they .cave out the in formation to the newspapers, and called in Mr. A. M. Cleveland who is chairman of the Commercial club committee, to inform him also of the decision. It was stated that these connections, much desired by the public, will in all probability be in effect by Jan. 1, 1912, and possibly sooner. There are a large number of little details to be worked out between companies, which will take time. , , , , . I lhese details, however, the repre sentatives of the companies believe will not interfere with a complete and satisfactorv settlement of the problem; at least, they cannot see at this time how anything can come up whih will prevent them from carrying out their chief agreement, which is the connections between the lines at the different points. A Big Agreement. This deal is one of the big ones among the telephone companies of Indiana. The Winona Company is the largest independent company in this section, having seven exchanges (and over three thousand subscribers. i The agreement will affect the comiewanna. u maniac. .Monterey, Hamlet and Grass Creek. Mr. Putnam and Mr. Tomlinson have had numerous conferences during the past two weeks and the meeting Friday was the climax of the other conferences. The beginning of the end was . the meeting of these gentlemen with the committee of the Commercial club at the Ross House on Xov. 15. At that time the situation in the city and the feeling and desires of the people were clearly set forth by the Commercial club committee .and this enabled the companies to make better headway at an agreement. The conferences between the Bell and Winona companies have all been most frendly. Both desired the same end. but there were so many phases of the matter, (which the public cannot understand because they come from an understanding of the telephone business and telephone terms) that it of necessity tooV time to come together on all the things affected. Work on the details of the agreement will go forward as fast as possible now and the representatives of the companies expressed tne hope that the contracts would be fully made and signed by the middle of December.lt will be understood that connections for toll purposes . cannot be made until this agreement is fully consumated and signed by the two companies. The announcement will then be made as to what date toll connections .will be made. Thanksgiving at St. thoaas On Thanksgiving day Father Ivins will deliver a historical sermon on St. Thomas' church. This day will be the 50th anniversary of the organization of the church. The discourse, which ?rill be ' at ten o'clock in the forenoon, will , cover the period back to 1838. At 7:30 in the morning the corporate communion will be taken. Mrs. Mabel Thresh of South Bend is here to visit, over Thanksgiving with her father, James Shaffer, east of town.