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FRIDAY, 8EPTEMBER 2, 1010
THE DEMOCRATIC BANNER
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Queer Entertainment
Burial Ground is The Scene
Qf Tiie Gathering
Friends Make Speeches At
Side Of The Grove
Pies, Candies And Cake For
All At The Funeral
Many Neighbors To Cele
brate Unusual Event
Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 31. Under
the little, scraggy trees that cast a
scanty shade on Grape Grovo ceme
tery, an aged man, in a paint-spotted
blouse and overalls marred by the
wear of years, stood at the graveyard
gate yesterday as ho welcomed 500
persons.
"I'm glad to see you mighty glad,"
was the greeting to each newcomer
as ho extended tho gnarled and knot
ted hand with which ho had toiled
throughout his life. "Come right in
to tho cemetery and in a few minutes
we'll all go over to tho grave."
Days ago Fiaucls Marion Buff en
barger ho who stood at tho grave
yard entrance Issued invitations to
his funeral. Cards announcing the
event were sent to every -person liv
ing within a radius of 10 miles from
Grapo Grove. That only 500 attended
today was duo solely to tho fact that
Grapo Grove, in the northeastern part
of Greene county, has no railroad and
that Grapo Grovo neighbors some
tiroes llvo miles apart.
It was early in the morning that tho
first of Buffenbarger's guests arrived.
Some walked, some drove. By after
noon, tho party had assembled and
Buffenbarger had opened his obse
quies. First, the entire assembly,
headed by the corpse, walked from tho
cemetery gate to the Buffenbarger
grave the shallow excavation whoso
digging Buffenbarger himself had
superintended.
Tho grave viewed and tho proper
praise bestowed, Buffenbarger led tho
procession to a grove besldo the road
and opposite tho cemetery. There
Buffonbarged discarded his blouse,
spotted with daubs of yellow paint,
and donned a coat of rusty black.
Then ho mounted a platform which he
himself had buildcd and made a
speech. In a way, the speech was
Buffenbarger's own funeral sermon,
for when ho dies no sermon will bo
preached.
"Bo good and ready to die," ho coun
seled. "Even as I have prepared for
death, so should you. Beware of sud
den death. Beware of automobiles
and every other invention of tho
dovil."
Aftor Henry Dorn and Dean McCal
lap had made brief addresses, Buffen
barger cast aside all aspect of solemn
ity. "Tho funeral's over now lot's have
some fun," ho said. From a farm
wagon Buffenbarger produced innum
erable cakes and pies, which he had
asked fanners' wives to bake for tho
occasion. He passed candy to tho
children and cigars to the men. For
each little girl ho had a whito hand-
kerchief. And ho had a joko for ev
erybody. To all his guests he extend
ed an invitation to come to tho "real"-
funoral, tolling them that It will bo a
home-made affair "Just llko this, with
no undortakor around to mako folks
feel bad."
Aftor tho crowd dispersed lato yes
terday nfternoon tho old man wont
back to his graVo. Ho filled It In and
woiked till dark carefully to mound
It up,
Tho family of IlufTonbarger Is
wonlthy. Tho grandfather owned
1C00 acres of rich grazing land about
Charleston, Tho eccentric old man
who has dug his gravo is woll-to-do
himself and was better off In his
carllor days. Ho was married once
but that's anothor story. Before long
tho broken-hearted husband took him
self away from homo and slnco has
beon living among tho peoplo of Grape
Grovo neighborhood. For years he
has been a neighborhood figure, going
from ono house to another and being
treated kindly wherever ho has gono,
A numbor of years ago tho aged
Mrs. Little, who had soon always tnat
Buff had a placo to stay, on her death
bed gathered her children around her
and mado them each and all promise
to seo that as long as any of them
had a homo of their own, they would
see that Buff had a roof over his head.
Mrs. Little was tho mother of John
Little, congressman, attorney general
of Ohio and noted authority of con
stitutional law. And a homo ho has
always had among tho Little, Mtenour
and Dorsoy families, for in Grapo
Grove, away from railroads, interur
bans and automobiles, tho old
time graco of rural hospitality sur
RESIGNS
Position At Noon Wednesday
Does Chief Dermoily
"
And Gives No Reason For
The Resignation
Mayor Mitchell Surprised At
Chiefs Action
Lieutenant McElroy .Becomes
Acting Chief
8
HENCE
Finds A Cure For Leprosy So!
It Is Claimed i
THE ELK
To Play C. M. A. Fraternity
1 Team On Labor Day
The Elks team of this city will stack
up against the strong C. M. A. frater
nity team of Newaik on Labor day
at Hiawatha park. There will be two
games played, ono in the morning
and tho other in tho afternoon. Tho
C. M. A. team has made made qulto
a namo for Itself this season by de
feating fast teams of Columbus and
Zanesville as well as local teams of
Newark. They have a record of hav
ing won ID out of 23 games played this
year and they have written to Mr. Al.
Byrns, manager of tho Elks' base ball
team hero that they expect to put up
a fast game with their very best line
up next Monday.
How's This?
We .offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. L. Cheney & Co,, Toledo, O.
Wet tho undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business tranactions and financially
ablo to carry out any obligations mado
by his firm.
Waldlng, Klnnan & Marvin,
'Wholesalo Druggists, Toledo.O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken
Internally, acting dlrecttly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, Testimonials sent free. Price
75 cents per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Take Hall's Family Pills for con
Resignation Effective
Thursday Sept. 1
On
In a written communication, Chief
of Police Lawrence J. Dermody ten
dered his resignation as chief of po
lice of the city of Mt. Vernon to" Mayor
Charles A. Mitchell at noon Wednes
day. The resignation becomes effec
tive Thursday, September 1.
The resignation was a surprise to
Mayor Mitchell. The latter was at his
olllco in the Third ward engine hoi!3e
just at noon when he was handed a
type-written communication by Chief
Dermody. Tho communication was
the resignation and rend as follows:
Mt. Vernon, O., Aug. 31, 1910.
Charles A. Mitchell,
Mayor of tho City of Mt. Vernon.
Dear Sir: I hereby tender my
resignation as chief of police of the
KNOX COUNTY SAV
INGS BANK
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Its Savings accounts In
sure absolute security for
Idle funds, a safe rate of In
terest, and the privilege of
withdrawing money when
needed.
It appreciates the value of
small accounts and offers
the same courtesies to the
depositor of a single dollar
as to those who deposit
large sums.
WEST SIDE PUBLIC 8QUARE
BE
Arriving In Zanesville To At
tend The Conference
Washington, Aug. 31 leprosy, tho
unconquered scourge of the ages Is
making 'what Is bolloved to bo its last
stand against existence From Molo
kal, the coral Island prison for tho
plague stricken InthoHuwaliangroups
n few words have been flashed half
way around tho world to Washington,
telling of an achievement accounted
second only to the discovery of tho
lepra bacillus by Hansen In 1879.
Three surgeons of'tho United States
public health and marine hospital ser
vice, after months of unremitting toil,
have grown lepra bacilli in pure cul
ture outside tho human body, and in
the tiny thin glass tubes in the lab
oratory tho germs are now growing in
their third generation.
Four tlme3 the scientists have tak
en tho Infection from the body of a
leper and artificially propagated the
bacillus on beef broth, egg or the am
oeba of guinea pig. Tho work of Dr.
Moses T. Clegg, who declared less
than a year ago at Manila, that he had
found that tho bacillus could be culti
vated outside the human body, is ver
ified and extended. Clegg has been
rushed from the Manila scientific sta
tion to Molokal to assist in tho investi
gations. Thlsachlevement of tho scientists Is
tho first step In the production of a
vaccine or a serum for tho cure or pre
vention of leprosy. Precisely the
same ground has been covered by the
men who evolved the diphtheria an
titoxin and tho serum for tetanus. In
each of those cases the growing of
tho germ in puro culture has been tho
stepping stone to the cure.
LANDS BIG FISH
Labor Bay Program
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Grape
H3
wairia
Park
Mt Vernon, Sept. 5
Base Ball
Newark vs. Mt. Vernon Elks.
At 10 A. M., and 3:30 P. M.
Does Mr. Frank Moore Near Fifield,
Wisconsin
CHIEF L. J. DERMODY
Who Tendered His Resignation
Noon on Wednesday
at
Mr. W. E. Sanderson this morning
received a letter from Mr. Frank
Moore, who Is fishing at Fifield, Wis.,
stated that he had Bent him by ox
press n muscalonge which he had
caught tho day he wrote. The fish
weighs 23 pounds and measures 43
Inches. Mr. Moore stated that it took
him three-quarters of an hour to land
the fish.
By Hon. Winfield Scott Kerr.
Horse races begin at 1:00 P. M.
2:35 Trot
Joe W. C Bartlett
Winona B Brown
Nellie Bly Harris
Billy J Jackson
2:25 Pace
Bonny Lee Thrailkill
Star Dillard Price
Arlo H ,.Korns
Pixly Girl "Woolison
Hill Direct "Woolison
Juice
We have Just received a fresh
Gupply of pure, unfermented
Grape Juice made from choic
est Concord Grapes.
It Is a delightful, appetizing
and strengthening drink for thli
kind' of weather.
Pints .
Quarts
25c
50c
Taughsr'sDrug
Store
EAST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE
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There will be dancing all day at the pa
vilion, boating, toboganning, billiards and
pool. Plenty of.' amusement for the entire
day.
Admission over 10 years, 15c. Children Free
FREE TALKING MACHINE FREE
To each purchaser of a ticket Anil be
given a coupon entitling the holder to a
chance on the $40.00 Talking Machine now
on display in L. O. Penn's window. This
machine will be given Absolutely Free to
somebody. You may be the lucky one.
The HiawaihalParklAssociation.Co.l
The Home
Of
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Zanesville, O.. Aug. 31 'Notwith
standing the fact that tho Muskingum
annual conferenco will not formally
open its sessions until 8:30 o'clock
Thursday morning, scores of delegates
arrived in the city today to attend
mid-week services ttys evening and
to bo present at tho informal reception
which will follow.
A business meeting of tho confer
enco faculty was called for this morn
ing at 0 o'clock for tho purposo of
conducting an examination of candi
dates for tho ministry and for tho ex
amination of whnt Is termed "students
In tho course." In the evening at
o'clock tho Itov. D. C. Wees of At
tica, will preach. This will bo follow
ed by nn Informal reception.
One of tho attractive , features of
tho conference will be tho music by
tho chorus choir, composed of twenty
voices, under tho direction of Mr. Ach-
cson, Miss Julia Farquhar Is tho pi
anist. At 8:30 on Thursday morning a de
votional servico will bo conducted by
tho Itov. C. E, Stockdalo and prompt
ly at 9 o'clock tho conferenco proper
will bo formally opened.
BANNER WANT ADS PAV
city of Mt. Vernon effective Septem
ber 1.
Lawrence J. Dermody.
Mayor, Mitchell was seen by a Ban
ner representative lelatlvo to tho 'res
ignation. Ho stated ho had no inclina
tion that Chief Dermody was going
to resign until the resignation was
handed him at tho engine house on
Wednesday noon.
Chief Dermody was also seen by a
Banner reporter. He was very retic
ent on tho subject of the resignation.
Ho Eald that he had some plans for
tho future In view, but nt tho pres
ent time would not divulge them. It
was Intimated to the chief that he was
to leave Mt. Vernon. This report ho
neither confirmed nor denied.
Chief Dermody has been connected
with the police department of the city
of Mt. Vernon for more than twelve
years and was one of the most effici
ent officers tho city ever had. Ho
was first appointed a patrolman and
served In this capacity for several
years and when the new codo went
Into effect some years ago he was ap
pointed chief of police and discharged
the duties of 'the office in a most cred
itable manner up until tho time of his
resignation. Chief Dermody Is a Dem
ocrat in politics, although ho served
through tho administration of several
Republican mayors.
Mayor Mitchell announced Wednes
day afternoon that Lieutenant or l'o-
lice Robert McElroy would become,
acting chief of police for tho present
and will probably assume the duties
of chief of police in tho near future.
Special policeman Hugh Worley will
be appointed patrolman at once by the
mayor. Thoso changes In tho police
department become effective Thurs
day morning.
I Fall
I Style
I Showing
i
I Holeproof
I Hose
1 for
1 Everybody.
SEE NEW FALL CLOTHES
in our South Window.
We are now prepared to exhibit the new Fall Styles in Suits, Over
coats and Furnishings for Men, Young Men and Boys. Our store
resembles a vast style show, for it contains at this time, the most re
markable exhibition of New Fall Fashions ever shown in Knox
County.
"We want you to see some of our new Fall Styles in Suits and Over
coats, Etc. You will then realize, that this store means to continue
as the Headquarters for trustworthy Merchandise in Knox County.
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SEE NEW FALL HATS
in our North Window.
You Knew
How you suffer after each X
meal from stomach distress
You evidently t
Don't Know
that relief Is so handy or
yov wouldn't continue to J
suffer. Just get a bottle of S
Baker's 1
Cap
sine
Elixer
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AND GET WELL
Manufactured and Sold at 2
Baker's Drug Store 1
Sign, Big Hand; Lower Main st. ;
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crease the cer
tainty " of getting best
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camera loaded with
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Then print or let us"
print your negatives with '
Cyko Paper and you will
have clearer, softer,
deeper, more j artistic
photographs.
Splendid assortment
of cameras, pure chemi-'
cals, all photographic
supplies. "
W.F. ALLEN
DRUGGIST
219 South Main Street
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TIME TABLES
Mt. Vernon, Ohio
b. & o. R. R.
East
No. 14 5:60 a. m.
No. 4 11:24 a. m.
No. 10 6:02 p. m.
No. 8 6:31 p. m.
West
No. 7 8:26 a.m.
No. 17 8:57 a. m.
No. 3 ; 2:44 p. m. '
No. 15. .4 8:50 p. m.
Nos. 16 aud 17 daily except
Sunday. Other trains dally.
"We can fit that Boy for School in everything from Cap to Stockings.
The Home of Good Clothes.
The Quaid Store
Milton S. Lewis
Successor.
Exclusive
Agents
for Best
Makers
C, A. & C. R. R.
South Bound
No. 506 12:41 a. m.
No. 520. 9:58 a. m.
No. 522 6:30 a. m.
No. 504 8:57 a. m.
No. 518 10:55 a. m.
No. 502 12:25 p. m.
No. 508 5:10 p. m.
No. 500 9:37 p. m.
North Bound'
No. 507 2:25 a. m.
No. 501 7:24 a. m.
No. 609 8:34 a. m.
No. 503 1:26 p. m.
No. 505 6:53 p. m.
No. 619 G:52 p. m.
No. 521 7:10 p. m.
No. 523 (To Mt. Vernon
only) 7:30 p. m.
Dally.
Dally except Sunday.
Sunday only.
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