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Plymouth
Man Has
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vides for High License, No Screens,
"and Fewer Saloons.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 17. Fif
teen bills introduc-d in the bouse,
among them one by Representative
Adam E. Wise of Plymouth to regu
late the liquor traffic: 23 bills offered
in the senate, and an extended discus
sion hi the upier branch on Senator
8totsenburg?s proposed amendment
to the constitution providing for five
years ? residence and full citizenship
before th? right of franchise is grant
ed, marked the week's opening of the
Indiana legislature.
The bill intj(duced in the " house
-yesterday for saloon regulation, by
. Representative Wise of Plymouth is
radically different from the other
bills already before the legislature.
One of the main features of the
measure is that all screens or all oth
er obstructions to view are prohibited
The saloon room would have glass
doors or windows in front, and there
would be nothing in or al)ont the room
to prevent passers-by from obtamin
lull view or the room irom the street.
Sliding License Kate.
Saloon would be limited to one to
each 400 population. The license fee
depends upon the" kind of a-saloon
the applicant desires to run. For a
general, saloon a fee -of - $503 ii. fired
in the bill. If malt and vinous liq
nors are sold the fee is $400,if malt
liquors only, $300. This license is a
state license and must be paid to the
county treasurer. A maximum fee of
$.00 may be charged by the city coun
eil. thereby making a keeper of a, sa
loon pay $1,000 license. Incorporated
towns may. charged a maximum oi
$300 for a license.
Abolishes Brewery Saloon.
Under the provisions of the bill,
the brewery saloon would be abolish
ed. As every applicat for a license
must own all fixtures and not be con
nected directly or indirectly with any
brewery. The saloon is -also pro
hibited in resident districts.
'The open hours are from 6 a. m. to
10 o'clock p. m. Representative Wise
-in speaking of the bill said:
"This bill is my own production
I have read the brewers' bill through
and it won't do. The brewers want
the saloon regulated, they now have
an opportunity to show their sincerity
by supporting my bill."
Argue Point of Order.
When Senator Stotsenberg's amend
ment came up in the senate Senator
"Wood, minority leader, arose to z
point of order, maintaining that one
amendment to tlje constitution, that
for an educational qualification for
lawyers, was already pending and
that no other could be proposed. Af
ter more than three quarters of aa
hour's discussion, Lieutenant Gover
-nor Hall held Mr. Wood's point not
well taken, and the resolution went
to argument.
Senator W. B.. Carlejon of Evans
ville, submitted a measure providing
-on proper demand, for a recount of
votes in elections. A bill designed to
establish a miner's examining board
and calling for a miner's apprentice
ship also was offered by Senator
Carleton.
Pension for Teachers.
Snator George W. Curtis of Mount
Vernon, in the senate and Represent
ative IIrL. CopX of Indianapolis in
troduced the teachers' pension., bill.
The measure provides that after 15
years of service, a teacher may draw a
pension under certain conditions; and
than after 35 years service he may
retire on a pension. The "measure
provides that the fund shall be main
tained by a tax approximating one
Ter cent of the teach t-r's wages.
A measure providing for special
judges in change of venae cases was
' offered by Senator Frank M. Kist
" Tpt of Loffansrort. Senator Kistler
offered a second bill that governin
the construction and providing for
standardization .of gravel roads con
necting free grvel road3.
"BILL ASUS TO
T70HA2T SUFFRAGE
Though the Indiana legislature
tried hard to dodge the woman suf
frage question during the present c;3
BILL
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Measure Which He
"Anti-Brewers" Law Prd-
sion, "Friday, the 13th," proed too
much for them. Prodded on by a
delegation of women headed by Mrs.
Antonette Leach of Sullivan, Rep
resentative Fedrick of Dugger Fri
day introduced in the lower house a
bill calling for an amendment of the
state constitution giving women
equal suffrage throughout the state
The bill proposes that at the general
election of 1914 the proposed amend
ment to the constitution be included
on the ballot and that the question
be put directly up to the people.
Mrs. Leach, who found great difficul
ty in obtaining a champion, is confi
dent of the passage of her measure.
Birthday Party
Miss Olga Tomlinson entertained
six of her girl friends, at her home
on east Garrotreet Monday evening
in celebration of the event of her
seventeenth birthday. The evening
was spent in- dancing, story telling
and having a fine time in general.
The guests were the Misses Merle
Boswörth, ; Erraä - Cressner,VCarri3
Rhodes, Ethel Fanning, Ruth Tinall,
and Bessie Lemert. They presented
tl.ci. host'ss Tttihvjtr'
S. pennant.
UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL
OPERATION AT LAPORTE
John D. Thomas, the Bourbon at
torney went to LaPorte Friday morn
ing, and will return with his brother
mIio recently underwent an operation
upon the eyes, at the I.aForte hospi
tal. The operation was a successful
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LIFE ERD5 FOR
ALEXANDER ANTILLE WHO
DIED AT INFIRMARY LAST
FRIDAY WAS SPEAKER
OF FIVE TONGUES
LIFE LONG BACHELOR
Served in Civil War in Union Amy
Worked in Twenty-Six
Different States Since
Then.
Death in comparative obscurity
endeü the life of a learned and well
traveled man, when Alexander Antille
died at the county infirmiry, on last
Friday. Jan. 6th, aged 74 years. Un-
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til the last few weeks of hi3 illness
he resided near Donaldson, and be
coming disabled, and having no one
to care for him, the broken man was
taken to the county farm, to end his
days.
The story of his life is an interest
ing one, and a tale which leaves a
moral. Antille was a life long bache
lor. His philosophy on the idea of a
help mate, was always expressed thus
'If I have no wife to smile at me,
then I have none to frown at me, and
if I have no children to make me
laugh, neither have I any to. make
me cry." As a result, he Lied alone,
and without friends, or family. The
moral would seem to be in favor of
the family.
Alexander Antille was born and
LEU IMl
III OBSCURITY
reared in France. He graduated from
the best colleges of that country, and
was proficient in speaking five lan
guages, namely Latin, French, Ger
man, Italian, and English.
He had reached young manhood,
,wlen he sought the shores of America
which he had been taught meant op
portunity. For the past tWenty-five
years he was a resident of Marshall
county, and for twelve years, he
lived, in the vieinity of Donaldson.
When the civil war broke out, he
enlisted with the Union cause, -and
served throughout the conflict; re
ceiving an honorable discharge. . He
was disabled in the war, and was un
able to do much work since then.
Neighbors relate that after his" dis
charge, he became a rover, and visited
as many as twenty-six states of the
nation, and worked for awhile in
each.
Friends oz Antille say that he was
a wonderful conversationalist. His
sunny disposition was a magnetism
whiclVappealed to young and old
alike. He could sit for hours telling
stories of adventure, happenings to
himself, and his experiences here, and
in France. The story of his life would
make a story stranger than fiction.
After locating near Donaldson, he
supported himself by raising. garden
truck, and odd jobs of work. Friends
say that his death resulted from a
complication of diseases and lonliness.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Antone Slora of South Bend.
' The funeral was held at Tyner on
last Monday, and the remains were
interred in "the Tyner cemetery.
Marriage License
Oscar D. Smith --Bourbon 27, t&
Rosa E. Matz Bremen 25.
Coral E. Huffman Argos 24, to Lolo
A. Chapman Argos 19.
DR. "WEISER SUES
Names Heirs of Lewallen Estate in
Suit to Quiet Title Filed
Today.
Ia.ccr,tL""Ous-fiSflt to'ioreak
the will of the late Simeon Lewallen,
Dr. William A. Weiser and Mary. A.
Weiser Wednesday, filed a suit to
quiet title against Barbarea Lewallen
Minnie Belle Kesler, Minnie Belle
Gaskill, Robert M. Moorehouse, John
T. Lewallen, Cora Lewallen, and
Edward Gaskill, executor of the will
of Simeon Lewallen, dceased. The
case is a change from Lake county.
Attorneys Kellison -and Martindale
represent Weiser, and S. X. Steven
is attorney for the deience.
RYAN STORE IS
BEING RENONOVATED
The Ran store on Michigan street,
is being renonovated with new inter
ior. decorations. New wall paper is
being placed, and the wood work re
painted. The work is being done by
Edward Lacher.
EASTERN STAR AUXILIARY
NAHES NEW OFFICERS
At the meeting of the Eastern
Star Auxiliary Tuesday evening of
ficers for the new year were chosen
as follows President vMrs. Charles
Worthington, Vice President Mr.. P.
J. Troyer, Secretary Miss Jennie
Parks, Treasurer Miss Gladys
Monroe.
Cards of Thanks
We want all those who so kindly
and helpfully assisted us during the
trying time when husband and fath
er was taken from us.
Mrs. Sarah Freed and children.
History of The
The prosperity of any community
can generally be estimated by its
newspapers. Thriving when its citi
zens thrive, and of .a poor demeanor
when prosperity is not so rampant,
the papers are an index to conditions.
An intelligent and wide awake bodv
of citizens, demand a newsy, spicy,
and well written newspaper and no
other form will be tolerated. If a
newspaper is full of live news, and is
filled with spicy advertisements the
city in which such a periodical is
published, is in no process of decay.
On the other hand, if the ads are few
and unambitious, the guess is seldom
awry, that places the community
which supports such a paper in the
backsliding class. So long as business
men are ambitious, and see chances
of growth ahead, so long will they be
represented in the display advertise
ments of the local papers, but hard
ly ever, much longer than that.
The purpose of this article however
is not a talk upon advertising, but
rather' to give the history of the news-
r-rJofPlvronth'.Thii new?r -rcij
COLDEST 015
II HISTORY
OF PLY10
LOCAL UNITED STATES WEATH
ER OBSERVER RECALLS 1884
WHEN 25 BELOW ZERO
WAS SHOWN
ONCE REACHED 29 DEGREES BELOW
Coldest Day in Forty Years was
on Jan. 1, 1864 Review of
Weather Conditions in
City. .
The coldest day during the past
forty years, as shown by the records
of the United States weather bureau
was January 5, 18S4, when the mer
cury registered 25 degrees below zero
at Indianapolis and 29 below in Ply
mouth. Those who recall that day
will recollect that it was a calm, clear,
bright, morning and seemed many de
grees warmer than' the morning of
January 1, 1864, when the mercury
registered 29 below zero with tL.
wind blowing forty miles an hrur.
That was 47 years ago and will al
vavs be known as the cold New
Years. .
Jhe coldest day in February during
the past 40 years was in 1899, when
the mercury registered below at
Indianapolis and 21 below in Ply
mouth, February 9th.
Themean Jemperptures for Janu
ary and February vary very little; the
average temperature -for 'those two
months being about 30 degrees during
40 years of observation by the weath
er bureau.
- The coldest December day was 17
below zero in 1876 and the coldest
November day was 7 below in 1880.
January 1893 was the. coldest month
during the past 40 years, the aver
age temperature being two degrees
colder than that of February 1880,
which was next to it in long continued
intense cold weather.
The hottest day of the past 40
years was July 22, 1901, when the
mercury registered 105 in the shade
at the observatory in Indianapolis.
The mercury touched 100 degrees in
June 1895 and in August 1881. '
The warmest winter da3s were in
January 1890 and February 1883
when the mercury registered 70 de
grees' in the shade. The warmest
months of forty winters were January
1880 when the average temperature
was 45, and February 1882 when the
average was 42. .
The'warmest March was that of
1910. The mercury registered 84 in
the shade on the 24th day of last
March. This is a -record which our
boys and girls can refer to in the
future as one that will probably never
be surpassed; but they must not for
get that it was several degrees below
freezing during April and touched the
freezing point May "2, 1910. The
coldest day of the year 1910, was
February 18, four degrees below zero
The warmest June were those of 1873
and 1874. The warmest July was
that of 1901, and it was the hottest
Plymouth Republican Is a Story of the Growth of the City
sThe Plymouth Republican is a di
rect descendant of the first paper,
namely, the Plymouth Pilot, which
was ever printed and circulated in
Plymouth. -
. Started in Year 1851
The first' paper in Plymouth was
the Plymouth Pilot, and made its
initial appearance on April 16th,
1851. Richard Corbaley purchased
the Pilot on March 3t, 1852 and
changed the name to The Plymouth
Banner, which Volume 1, number 1,
made its appearence on - that date.
A copy of that paper, of the date of
April 29th, 1852, is now in the poss
scssion of W. G. Hendricks, late pub
lisher of the Tribune. The paper is
set in exceedingly small type, and
consists of four pages, of the six
column width. The columns were
slightly wider than the standard now
used. The display advertising is
very minute, both in. number ot
patrons, and size of each space used.
This paper contains an 'article by a
young man who sigrat, "M. A. O. P.':
entitled "A Dream of the. Futui."
The writer was none other than our
, J f A oP" v -"Jr--d
entire month of forty years. The
warmest August was in 1900, but
July retains the record of the hottest
month of the vear.
Bourbon Rate Is $1.28
The total tax rate for Bourbon
township is $1.28. The .$1 dropped
out of the form last week and it was
published as 28 cents. This is
wrong and the Bourbon township
people must not expect to get off
with a less rate than $1.2S when
they come to pay their taxes.
NEWS OF THE UNITED
BRETHREN CHURCH
Annual election of officers in the
Christian Endeavor Society of the
church was held onlast Sunday,
which resulted in the selection of the
following Preident Miss Inez Win
bigler, Vice Pres. Miss Esther
Pomeroy, Secy., Miss Irene Lacher,
Treas. Miss Elizabeth Long, Organist
Miss Lillian Hahn, Chorister Miss,
Ethel Freed. Three new members
were secured for the society.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A Curtis of Frank
fort, were present at the Sunday
morning srvice. Mrs. Cutris is a sis
ter to Mr. -C. Cunningham, ,whom
the' visited.
The ladies of the church are plan
ning to spend Friday at the parsonage
where a sewing bee, will be indulged
in. All are welcome.
The subject for next Sunday morn
ing service will be "Buying Without
Money." and in the evening "Best
Bread." The good attendance at the
services last Sunday, are pleasing to
note.
Absalom Freed
Absalom . Freed was born in
Columbiana County Ohio, Feb. 24,
1833, and departed this life at his
home, five miles northeast of Ply
mouth, Friday evening Jan. 13, 1911,
agedN78 years, 11 months and 19
days.
Mr. Freed was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Freed who came to
Kosciusko county when he was but
13 years of ' age, Since that early
date nearly thl'his life has , been
spent in Marshall county. He'" wäs
united in marriage to Miss Sarah
Gabel, Sept isVand-oV -54
years they tailed together and en
joyed farm life, sharing each others
joys and sorrows. To this union was
born four children, three ßons .
Cornelius who died, 30 years ago.
Jacob who resides at 'Albion Ind.,
and John of Plymouth, one daugh
ter Mrs. Alex Starret, also of Ply
mouth. Mr. and Mrs. Freed reared this
family on a farm near Bourbon and
were well respected citizens. Besides
his faithful companion and children,
he leaves ten grandchildren, one
brother, Jacob of Millwood Ind.,
two sister, Mrs. Pema Nieman of
Jonesborrow Ind., and Mrs. Lovina
Smith of Hamlet Ind., and a host of
friends.
The funeral took place at the U. B.
church, Tuesday Jan. 17, and was
largly attended. Rev. S. H. Yager,
officiated. Interment took place at
Oak Hill.
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' Philithia Class Meeting
Miss "Maude Marks entertained the
Philithia M. E. Sunday-school class
Tuesday evening at her home at 809
north Michigan street. A most en
joyable evening was spent with games
and recitation,. Miss Edna Mow
gave a. recitation and Miss Rose
Matthew won first prize in the game
contest. Officers for the year were
elected as follows: . t
Ruth Moore President, Irene Dmv
.an Seeretarv." Coral Humrichouserj
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Treasurer.
Light refreshments were served
and the girls all declared that Miss
Maude is a splendid hostess.
sied many weird things to come to pas3
in Plymouth, a great number of which
have actually happened, and which
then were but wild dreams. M. A. O.
P. in his dream, has returned to Ply
mouth after fifty years, to find the
streets lighted with bright glowing
globes, streets were hard like stone,
great presses dolled off the newspa
pers, and type for the papers was ac
tually set by. machines. Aeisal ships
carried their passenger through the
air. like unto" great, birds. A few
things did not materialize, such as the
assumption of greatness by Plymouth
and the publication of the Mammoth
Plymouth Banner, the nearest ap
proach l)eing the Weekly Republican,
issued from this office today
which contained twelve pages of home
print, issued to three thousand peo-.
pie. An editorial in the Banner, tells
of the proposed ideavto construct a
steam railroad - from South Bend
through Plymouth, Winamac, Frank
fort to Indianapolis, and the editor is
strongy against the proposition, be
cause of the demoralized conditions of
finance which such a movement would
CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS IS
ACCUSATION
NEIGHBORS OF JACOB KEP
HART SECURE HIS INDICT
MENT BY INFORMATION
TO GRAND JURY
LIVE STOCK SUFFER
True Bill Returned Against Bachelor
Farmer Charged with Starving
and Exposing His
Animals
On testimony furnished by indig
nant neighbors, Jacob Kephart, aged
50, who resides in West township,
near Sligo, has .been indicted by the
Marshall county Grand Jury, upon
the charge of cruelty to animals. The
arrest was made on Saturday, and re
turn made by sheriff James Falcon
burv on that afternoon.
The indictment alleges that on or
abouU December 10, 1910, Jacob
Kephart, did then and there fail to
provide with proper food, drink,
shelter and protection from the cold
weather, the following animals tb
wit : two mares, one horse, three sows,
two, colts, twA cows, one -heifer, and
five p5.gs, all of-whicli was the proper
ty of said- Jacob Kephart. -. i
The.; witnes?s named" in Ue true
bill are, Cyrus Warner, Harry Ruple,
Charles C. Dorrence, Charles Alex
ander Henry York, Adam Kepler,
Noah Marsh, Ella Marsh, Andrew
Anderson and Ira Rennels.
Kephart is a bachelor, and lives
alone on his farm near Sligo.
BRIDAL PARTY IS -
SERNADED BY FRIENDS
While Mr and Mrs. Coral Hoffman
were preparing to leave the home of
her sister, Mrs. Fdwin Myers;-fox
the railroad station, a number ot
neighbors appeared with musical in
structments, ard treated the bride
and groom to an impromptu sere
nade. Advertised Letters.
Anderson Edward 2.
D. Carnea.
Arthur Nelson.
O. U Wallice.
Paul Preston.
Ladies
Mrs. Anna Peterson.
Miss Mary Bums.
Will Give Second Degree.
TheOdd Fellows will give the
second degree at their hall on Thurs
day night. On Monday night the en
campment gave work in patriarchal
t)dd followship to four candidates.
Mrs. G. G. Love went to South
Bend to remain the remainder of the
week with friends.
Some of the Plymouth advertisers
in the Banner were the following
John Gipe boots and f shoes, A. H.
Matthews-real estate, Huron J. Met-
calf blacksmithing, James Russell
proprietor of the Washington Hall
(hotel), Jos. Cleaver painter, Carters
and Cleveland dry goods etc., D.
Demug drugs, W. G. Pomeroy furs,
skins, tallow etc., Dr. R. Brown
physician, C. H. Reeve insurence, H.
B. Pershing drugs and medicine, Wm.
N. Dunham, proprietor of the Dun
ham House, Lewis A. Joseph cabinet
maker, coffin, furniture and so forth
None of the advertisements were over
one column in width, and the largest
was about four inches in length. The
average size of the "ads" was about
three inches single column.
- Willie J. Burns of Lafayette was
the nei owner of the Banner, takin
possession on July 2Sth, 1853, who in
turn dispcr;d of the paper to Thomas I
B. Thompson on Dec. 4, 1854. The
subsequent owners were J. M. Wie-
kizer, Cind William . G. Pomerojv
Bums aiinT,. cured possession of the
paper, and after him came Mr.
'John Greer on July 23th 1C53, and
THREE BILLS
ARE RETURNED
AGAINST PI)
OLD GERMAN TOWNSHIP CON
TROVERSY BETWEEN KIRK
DORFFER AND PUTMAN IS
AGAIN REVIVED
ACCUSED OF THEFTS
Farmer Is Charged with Stealing
Chickens and Corn from Neigh
bors Returns from Ohio for
Service.
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The old controversity between
Edwin Kirkdirffer, and Isaac Putman
two German township farmers, has
been revived, as shown by return
made on three indictments, found by
the recent session of the gr'and jury,
against Putman, of which Kirkdorffer
is complaining witness.
The bills charge, petit lar ceny,
grand larceny, and severing corn
from the soil, respect ivelj. The
charge of petit larceny is made, alled
ged to have occurred on November 8,
1909, when the defendant is charged
with stealing at $5.00. The granft
larceny charge names October 1, 1909
as date, and alledges the. theft of 70
chickens, the property of RachaelJ.
Stroup. WJjanijlmup," Frank Trip.
John NtflTsV and J ohn TjraPtrrsonof
the total value of .$28.00. The indict
ment .for severing prodr.;t3 from the
soil, comes under a new law, and de-
scribes the land of Kirkdorffer, and
charges that on November 3, 1909, the
defendant did then aJviJTiTere enter
said lands, and sever from the stalks,
one half bushel of corn. The witness
es named in these bills are Edwin E.
Kirkdorffer. Mrs. Edwin Kirkdorffer,
Clarence Kirkdorffer, Frank Price,
James Corl," and Neoma Corl.
Sued for Slander
At the session of the Marshall Cir
cuit Court, just closed, a suit brought
by. James Putman against Edwin
Kirkdorffer. for slander, and demand
ing damages, was dismissed. The
slander, suit grew out of the elledged
thefts, which are charged in the in
dictments returned against Putman.
Putman demanded remuneration for
damage which he suffered in reputa
tion, through accounts told by Kirk
dorffer in which Putman was named
as the thief who committed depreda
tions in the neighborhood.
In the meanwhile Putman moved
from his farm in German township,
near Bremen, to Ohio and when he
received news of the indictments re
turned against him, is said to have
returned to Marshall county, to allow
the warrants to be served on him.
CONDUCT. MEETINGS
AT GRAVELTON IND.
Rev. J. F. Appleman and wife, are
conducting a series of meetings at
Gravelton Ind., a small town, four
miles from Nappanee. The meetings
will continue for a period of two
weeks.
whom, again changed Ihe name to
The Marshall County Republican, on
October 9th, 1856. David T. Phillip
was connected with it until February
of 1859. Since then the following
were owners and editors at different
times: William H. Mattingly, John
D. De vor, Moses B. Mattingly , D.
Po-ter Pomeroy, John S. Bender,
Charles-S. Belanger, William M.
Nichols,. Dr. P. Phillips, H. L Phillips,
John Milikan, Jasper Packard, W. W.
G:niith, Howard Biooks, Henry D.
Stevens, David E. Caldwell, John W.
Siders, Walter L. -Piper, Ed S.
Brooke, R. B. Oglesbee, W. G
Hendricks, and Samuel E. Boys.
The Daily Paper.
Ed S. Brooke started the paper, in
April of 1896. It was called the Ply
mouth .Evening News, W. G. Hen
dricks purchased the papers of R. B.
Oglesbee in 1898, and on Oct. lOtli
1901, changed the names to the Ply
mouth Daily and Weekly Tribune.
On Monday January 9th, 1911, The
Plymouth Tribune was combined with
the Plymouth Chronicle, by Samuel E.
Boys, who resumed the old name,
The Plymouth Daily and Weekly
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