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l8 ! 5 i iLM Count v Koconler VOLUME 57 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 24 19II NUMBER 34 w urn v A Wl Hi a n J fii Dr. Hale of Lafayette Makes Strong Ad dressLocal Council Is Formed For County -Some Starting Conditions Shown Among Denominations- Marshall county now has a local council of the Interdenominational Church Council of Indiana. Last night at the Methodist church the following officers were elected: j President. Rev F. 0. Fralev. pas-j tor of Plymouth Methodist church;! vice president. 0. S. Ellis of German township, present president of the county Sunday school association; : secretary. Rev C. 0. Baker, pastor' of Plymouth Christian church; treas-i urer, Rev S. 1 Hendricks of West Township, of German Baptist Breth ren. This action was the result of the efforts being put forth in this coun ty for the past week or more by representatives of the state council. I A religions census of the county was taken , in order to know just how matters stood and a report of this condition was made at the sess:on held Thursdav afternoon and evening. Dr. Hale's Address ' In spite of the show, a small com pany gathered at the church to hear Dr John P. .Hale, of Lafayette, who is president of tne State Council for federation. Br. Hale's plea 'was for a federation of the church people for the more important work which all the churches want to do. His -closing - statement vaa that vca .have -J- come to a new and great periodf in church history the period of church . federation throughout the land for! the great work which the church is to do. Sixteen million church members are now federated together working out the many problems of morals and religion to be solved, he said. Dr Hale reviewed the history of the church to show höw we came to the present condition. At i'rst the apos tles founded the c' urch, there was only one church. J ater this church became the dictator of all thought and no one dared think otherwise than as the church said. But Luther and Calvin did think, and they gave their thoughts to the world. This produced the Reformation.when there was a breaking up of the church and the forming of other denominations. These other denominations were themselves as dictatorial as the mother church, each claiming that it had the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Such positions made still other denominations, until today we are all splt up into many useless sects, all tiring to do the sae work for the same master. Jesus Christ. There is but on head, declared the doctor, and all chn-ches are in the same body, worlc w for the same purpose. He spoke -vfrv kindly of members of all denominations. What the council in Indiana , is trying to do. he said, is to begin quietly and do a few things together as we can. There is no compulsion. Nothing will be attempted except that on which all can agree. The first thing necessary is to educate the people in this direction. To show . them how foolish it is for three or four weak struggling church denomi nations to exist in one small com munity, where one strong church for all the people might do much more for the people. In many places there is room for only one ehnrch and one pastor. Under the present arrange ment manv churches are was! In? their home missionary monev in trving to keep alive several churches when the people of the eommnnities could themselves support one good church. In such places there should be un ion. Another thing the council is do ing is finding out the exact religious , condition in each conntv, as they have just completed dong in this county. That is the first thing. Af ter we knew Conditions, we can then know where and how to work. Dr Hale's address was a very strong r.nd reasonable, a kindly yet powerful plea for the churches t" get together for united effort in the larger and more important worV which all are doing. Jnst a? all other efforts in the country, o'c cap ital and labor, are combined for sre . ressful -work, fo ought the churches to combine for better work. The Constitution The purposes of the local council formed Friday night are stated in the by-laws which read as follows: Article I Name and Membership. The name of this organization shall be The Church Council of Marshall County, Indiana. It shall consist of t he pastor and one layman from each affiliating church together with any persons the council itself may ap point. The laymen shall be appoint ed in each church in ways conform able to its usage. These represen tatives shall serve on . the Council until they are withdrawn or replaced by t lie church appointing them. Article if Object. Section 1. The object of this federation shall be the promotion of Christian interests in his community through the co-operation of the churches of Christ here located. The council exercises no authority. Co-operation in any pro posed undertaking is voluntary. Section 2. The Council is affiliated with the Interdenominational Councif of the Churches of Christ in India na, and shares its aim to manifest the unity an dto increase the etTi c:ency of Christs Church. Article III Officers. The officers of the Council shall be a president a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected an nriaily land .-shall serve until the. elec tion of their successors. Their du ties shall be those usually attaching to these offices respectively. Moneys shall be paid out by the treasurer only upon the order of the president or some other one designated by the Executive Committee. Article IV Section 1. The four officers named above shall constituts the Executive Committee, who shall propose plans for the Council and direct snch parts of its work as are not committed to others. But the executive committee may add at its discretion to its own membership. Section 2. Other Standing Com mittees may be appointed as need for them arises. All committees shall expire with the annual meeting following their appointment. Article V Meetings. Sectb n 1. The annual meeting of the Council shall be held during" the second week of January at an hour and place des ignated by the Executive Committee. At this time written reports shall be presented by the president, the treasurer and each of the standing committees, and officers and commit tees shall be chosen for the ensuing year. ' Section 2. . Otber meetings may be called at any time by the executive committee. Section 3. All members of the Council shall be duly notified of all meetings by the secretary. A quorum of at least seven members shall be necessary for the transaction of bus iness. Article VI Amendments. These by-laws may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of the coun cil by a two-thirds vote of those pres ent, provided that the change be an nounced in the call for the meeting. President, F. 0 Fraley; vice-pes-ident, 0. S. Ellis; secretary. Rev C. CI. Baker; treasurer, Kev S. F. Ilen- ricks. Conditions In County. The conditions shown by the reli gious census in this county will be quite startling to church people. Out of a population of 24.175 only 27.4 per cent, are church members. 72.fi per cent, non-church members. There are 91 churches in the county, and these 91 churches are split np into 29 different varieties of faith, or denomination, as though tfev were trying-to catch up with Seinzs 57 vaVieties. Of. these 91 churches, 37.2 per cent, are growing. 20.5 per' cent, are standing stillend 42.3 per cent, of them are actually losing ground. One fourth of these .91 churches have not a young man under 21 vears of .age in .their, membership. There was found to be only one young man in the churches of Tiri pofanoe township and not one in all the churches of Green township. To impress this fact the canvass ers made a chart en which were these significant words: WANTED A Church To Interest Young Men Marshall County, Ind., 91 Churches . 25 have no Young Men Fnder 21 Years of Age. As Dr. Hale said in his address, the situation in Marshall conntv- is not right, it is lud. it is not chris tian. The" only way to do better work is for all to work together. Another startling card had this statement: VILLAGE OF LA PAZ 252 inhabitants 20 belong to 3 village churches 4S other church member?. 12 denominations represented No boy under 21 belongs to any church t 93 people lean toward no church. The conditions in Tippecanoe township are equally as discourag ing. The canvass shows that there cf the 1222 inhabitants of the town ship. 83.2 per cent, are not members of any ch..rlr. There are four churches in th township, none of there in even Vr condition. A reli?p is given from this picture by the Bremen Evangelical church, which hows 184 members: pays its pastor $720 and parsonage : supports a missionary in China and gives $1283 for home missions. The religious denominations which compose the ei lurches of the county are the following: Amish Menonite Baptist Pantist (Old School) Brethren . Catholic Christian Church of Christ. Scientist Church of God (AdventisO Churc-i of God (Saints) Come-Outers Congregational Disciples, or Christians Evangelical As?oc;ation German Evangelical Holiness Lutheran Lutheran fSvnod of Missouri) Lutheran (Swedish) Methodist Episcopal Methodist Protestant Pentecostal Holiness Presbyterian Progressive Brethren - - -Reformed Seventh Day Adventist United Brethren United Brethren (Old Constitu tion) Wesleyan Methodist Cooperation Needed. Two communities were shown by the census where there were too many churches. In a district eat of Plymouth in Center township there is a Lutheran, two Methodist Protestant, a Reformed and a'Methb dist church. These five churches have an average membership of 37. Three of them are losing ground, one is stationary and one is growing. All together they would make c good strong church. Another community in the region of Twin and Pretty lakes was shown five churches with a membership of 290. It was pointed out that here was an opportunity for federation. Ages When Joining Church. As showing the aires at which veople join church the following facts are given on 10 additions to the churches of the county during the last twelve months: J Ages T?-1G 15. Males. 25 females' Aes 17-20 .8 males. IG females Ages 'JKffl 11 males. 8 females Ages 31-80 8 males. 9 females Another placard which was sug gestive is this: "WANTED A Man's Religion" Membership of Churches Men 40 per cent. Women CO per cent." THE DEAL CHURCH For the country is suggested by the Interdenominational Council by the-following:' "-The idle Elements of a church are V waste. Many a church works only three hoars a day, only cne day a week. Why cct make the church the "NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE?" the social center, the recreation center, the religious center. . Husk, Playgrounds, Traveling Libraries, Athlet ics, People's Forum, Gymnastics; Debating, Organ ized Play, Community Interests, Medical Supervision, Civic Festivities, Sanitation, Evening Recreation, Sex Hygiene Classes, Visiting Nurses, Clubs, Boy Scouts. I? rv I i.t $ - .4 .... f , f . (j MISS IDA M. HAINES who has resigned I her position as primary teacher in Plymouth schools after fifteen years of continuous work to accept the supervision of the Primary Department of Val paraiso University. IN THE GITY FOR THE WEEK ENROLLMENT FOR FIRST DAY IS 160, WHICH IS FINE .. SHOWING FOR INSTI TUTE WEEK. GOOD STUDY PROGRAM Distinguished Professors Give Lec tures On Graminr, Psychology, Suggestion and School Government. The work of the Teachers' In stitute this year includes ten lect ures by Dr. Rigdon, president of Winona College on Grammar, as follows : 1. The Study of Grammar. 2. The Field of Grammar. 3. The Order of Grammar Stud-. 4., The Order of Grammar Study. 5. A Study of Pronouns. fi. A Study of Proiouns. 7. The Attitude of the Learner. 8. Psychology. 0. Suggestion. 10. School Government. Mrs. Julia Fried Walker has charge of the Primary Department of the Educator-Journal. She will eive ten lectures on Primary work during the week. Through the Department of Agri cultural Etension. Purdue Univer sity, we have secured the assistance of Sunt. John F. Haines who will be with us on Thursday and Friday. He will give four lectures on Agri cultural in the Public Schools Mr. Walker's Lecture. Mrs. Walker began the work of TEACHERS ARE "1 th? session Monday afternoon by a : talk on Primary Education. She j showed that there has been a great ' evolution in t he attitude toward the j primary teacher. From the idea ! that any teacher was capable of j directing the thoughts and energies of primary students, the present at titude is that it requires the verj best of teachers those whose tem perament especially-fits for the work. She said that to be a successful teacher one must hay. the idea that the school is a partnership affair and that more must be put into the school than is gotten ov.t. Oood health is an absolute necessity. No teacher should attempt to teach who is ailing in any wav. She should be broad in her vie i s, not narrow nor boorish. It is a crime, said Mrs. Walker, to send a child to a teacher who is both ill and of narrow vision. The lecturer spoke of the extremes often practiced in over-decorating the. school room with flowers, leaves and paper "art" work, and the never ending array of cheap pictures hung or tacked to the wall. . Prof. Rigdon's Lecture. Professor Rigdon began his series of lectures by a talk on the field of Grammar. He showed to the teach ers when and how Grammar should be studied. He showed how many teachers are responsible for a dislike of Literature among their pupils by mixing Grammar with Literature. Th two subjects are antagonistic, he declared, and cannot be studied together without injury to one or the other. andLiterature is nearly al ways the losing study. Prof. Rig don's rule is that you should never study Grammar with Literature but that Literature can be sludied with Grammar. The only use he had for Grammar in the study of Literature was to master words that are difficult to pronouce or understand, and to the peculiar construction of . some sen tences. These should be taken up le fore the literary work is begun. Prof. Rigdon's work was very in teresting, profitable and enjoyable to the teachers. Prof. Rigdon's morning talk was on the Order - of Grammatical Study." He stated that the whole studv should be taken ur to find the important principle before go ing into details. Hisplan in the study of Grammar is to develop the idea of sentences and not the defini tion, as is often tha case with many teachers. His outline, which was clearly illustrated on the blackboard : 1 Develop the idea of a sentence rather than that "of a definition. 2 Develop the idea of subject and predicate. Both lecturers, the teachers sav, are very pleasing and interesting in their talks, and all are very delighted with the session. Back From Georgia. Moses A. Leland, one of the pioneers of Marshall county a veter an of the Civil war and for more than twenty years a resident of Plymouth, went to Fitzgerald, Georgia sixteen years ago and had not been here since that time until , Monday evening. His health had not been good for several years before he left Plymouth, but he says he has not taken a drop of medicine for fourteen years. His wife died a few months ago after an illness of more than ten years and half of that time she was helpless as a child. Mr. Leland has prospered in Georgia and j says there is no other climate like it for him. He will remain in this j oouctv a month or more making his headquarters at the home of his sister, Mrs. Miriam Marsh, in Ar gos. Badly Injures Eye. Glen Cole, while at work at the Democrat office las?; Saturday after noon sustained a very painful injury to bis left eye. He was putting thfe belt on the large press with a stick when the stick slipped, breaking in two and one end struck him in the eye and stuck there until pulled out. Several large pieces still remained and had to be removed by the doctor some time later. At first Glen was unable to see out of either eye. but after a few minutes found the right orb' äs good as ever, although blood T?as dripping in a stream from the left. He hur ried iid to Dr. ! Knott's office and had the wound cared for. Since the' accident the injnrv has proved very painful and it will be several weeks at the least before it is completely healed. Mr. Cole will do but little work this week and rest the injured member as much as possible. John Astley Very. 111. i John '.'Astlpy was taken, suddenly worse Saturday night and it is .rof expected now that he can recover. He became unconscious and does" not seem to raliy I'rorn the stupor. His i. , 1 .. r.ii .. uuu 1 I irLUH U 1 Ii) Ol 30a 3 State Tax Board Reports on Railway Val uations, Which Amount To $4,515,9 60 Last Year The County Valuation: Was $17,649,940. Aug. 21 County Auditor Walker gave out today the information that the total valuation of the count has been made at $18,138,030. This includes railways, telegraph, MARRIAGES Wickey-Black. A wedding of interest to a wide circle of friends was solemnized this morning at nine o'clock when Miss Gertrude I lack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Black, 709 North Hill street, South Pend. and Louis F. Wiekey were united in mar riage at St. Joseph's Catholic church. South Den 1. The bride was attend ed by her sister. Miss Mayrue Black, as maid of honor, and George Hendricks of Chicago served as best man. Mrs. McCartney played Mendelssohn's wedding march for the entrance of the bridal party and during the ceremony Charles Senrch sang. The ushers were John Hiss and Herbert Goheen. The bride's gown was embroidered batiste while the maid of honor was gown ed 'in yellow crepe de ebene. Im mediately after the -reremony, a wedding breakfast for 75 guests was served at the home of the brfde's parents and the anointments of thj table carried out tne motif of yellow and white. After a brief honey moon, Mr. and jMrs. Wiekev will be at home at 424 North Hill street. Among the guests attending the wedding were Mrs. Christine Wickey, mother of the groom.and son, Alpha, Miss Josephine Wickey, Mrs. E. Pesch, Leo Pesch and Beatrice Ryan of Plymouth, Ind.; Miss Theresa Hendricks of Logansport; Mrs.- J. F. and Marie Haas of Toronto, Canada; Miss Kittie Clos and George Hendricks f Chicago; and Mr.and Mrs. W. W. Clay of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Seyxnonr-Amones At the U. B. parsonage on Thurs day! August 17, Mr Bruce L. Sey mour and Miss Jenni E. Amones, both of Marshall county, were united in marriage by Rev S. H. Yager. The groom is one of Bourbon town ship's energetic young farmers aiT" is highly respected. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Amones of Bourbon township and a young lady highly esteemed. Mr and Mrs Seymour will take a short wedding trip and after September 15 will be at home on aTarm north of Bourbon. May they have a long and happy life is the wish of their many friends. Gottschalk-Hossler. Farl Gottschalk and Miss Ethel C. Hossler were united in marriage on Saturday evening, Aug. 19. The ceremonv was performed by Rev. J. C. Smith at the parsonage of the Reformed church. Both bride and groom are well known and esteem ed young people and for the time being will reside with the groom's parents. MRS. ANDREW ECKERT .. IN A BAD RUNAWAY On 'Sunday forenoon Mrs. Anew Eckert, who lives several mil north of town, had an exciting runaway. Her horse scared at a bicycle op posite Jerry Klinger's and ran, up setting the buggy and throwing both Mrs. Eckert and her hoy out. Both were badly braised, though no bones were broken. Mrs. Eckert weighs over 300 pounds, and the fall on her shoulder bruised it quite badly. The horse ran on into town and did not stop until he reached Brown's hitch barn. Neither horse nor buggy were injured much. Erects New Windmill. Anm Walker, living' seven rriles southwest of Plymouth, has jnst ereeted a n?w . Fairbanks windmill, Tt will pump 100 barrels of water n telephone and all other corporation!" assessed by the state tax board. Th valuation of the railways alone ii $4,515,900. The valuation last vear was $17r 049,940. " TO OPEN STORE SOCIALISTIC PLAN WHICH WILL AID CLASSES IN MANY WAYS WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER. BAVE -STUDENTS MONEY Frequent Delays For Books In tha Past Will End, and Second Haad Books Exchanged With out Cost. (South Bend Tribune) In order to decrease the expendi tures of High school students for text books and to facilitate clas work by prompt delivery of texts, a book store will be opened in th High school when the fall term open on Sept. 11. A resolutiin establish ing the store was adopted by tha Board of Education a short tima ago and Supt. John A. Wood and Principal F. L. Sims have just com pleted arrangements for its opening. All the text books used in the school including smaller editions of the classics for class reading, as well as stationary, will be offered for sale at the store. A discount of 10 per cent from the list price of the books will prevail. Shonld there be any profit accurring from the sale, the money will go for th purchase of additional supplemen tary and reference books for the school. In the past considerable difficulty has been experienced in obtaining; text books when wanted and in many instances class work has been delayed. In one instance last term, the work of one class was held . np for eight weeks. By the establish ment of the new store, it will be possible for books needed for class work to be obtained in a few days, Principal Sinn said. In addition to selling new books, the store will.b an exchange for owners of second hand bonks. Thesa may be taken to the store and re sold, without the payment of a com mission, as was the case when the second hand book store was operat ed by students of the school. The plan is not a new one. In many of the larger cities the scheme has been worked out and in some cf the municipalities act only High school books, but grammar school tpxts. as well, have been sohl j through school stores. . Several' cities j.in 'Indiana have already adopted the plan. t CURED OF HAY FEVER AT PRETTY LAKH Mrs. Frank Tanner and son Paul went to Pretty Lake two weeks ago with the hay fever. Tl ev are now hcre entirely cured of that disngree- able and peculiar trouble , Can itba possible that Plymouth's summer ro SOUTH BEND'S SCHOOL BOARD