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THE VEEDERSBURG NEWSA NEWSPAPER WITH 1600 SUBSCRIBERSVEEDERSBURG, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1916NUMBER 28VOLUME 27Election since 1884. Woodrow Wilson is conceded byAfter the closest PresidRepublican Headquarters to have carried the day. At the hour of going to pressNorth Dakota, Minnesota, California and New Mexico had not sent in completeports, but the trend was so strong in all fouthat there is no doubt of theof Representatives and theNo accurate returns have been received as to the HSenate, but it is believed the Democrats will have a working majority. Indiana—^ —— y '— ~ ^ ^a sw. ruing victory for tht Republican*, both on senatorial and state ticket. bred S- Purnell is elected as inemeb^r of Congress from thisdistrict by nearly 3,000 plurality. Fountain county givts a plurality of about 250 for the entire Republican t cket. Wertz leads the ticket.theGardner Crane.T-iHt of space forbids giving « detailed vote in this county, but below will be found the votes of the Republican and Democratic candidates and their plurali-tka, the Republicans being given firstTotal Number of Voters Registered Township Prect No.Hasel Forrest Glen Wilson..314.221.706.566.503.469.500.371565383259266.195.314333Mill Creek Mil Creek121212• •TroyTroyCainVan BurenVan BurenRichlandRichlandShawneeDavisFultonWallace• • • •• • •12.12.• • •6335Total Vote Polled in the County4504336285043042153294943292852302712S54242901851.21.2.1.21.2.Troy Troy Logan Logan Mill Creek Mill Creek Van Buren Van Buren Jackaon Richland Richland Wallace’.ShaiCain Fultot JhmPRIZES AWARDEDAT TOWNSHIP FAIRNothing Anywhere Else in the Whole State of IndianaThat Will Compare with the Work ofOur Township Schools. 2629. 2419• • •• • «1.2.2105646Total Vote in the CountyFor PresidentHughre......................2636Wlleon .....................2437Plurality for Hughes...........199For Senator~New ................ 2630Kern ...... 2420Plurality for New..............210Watson ............... ... 2631Taggart .... .. 2400Plurality for Watson ..........231A Novel CatchSunday afternoon while Mrs. Henrietta BflHngw waa finishing up her dinner work in the kitchen, she heard a noise in the woodbox and thinking it a mouse caught in a trap she bad set there thought nothing more of it until she went to emptytne trap.On doee examination she found it to be a tiny mole about two inches long with ailky fur and eyes not much larger than a pin point. It had a pointed snout and a tail an inch long but no sign of ears or The feet in the shape ot five point-fingers or daws came directly out the body. How it came to be in wood box is a mystery.IL A CUngM —* wMtafKInw— » km WadaMdar earn* toDwrtrflJ*SMnkOMHerbert Drokiagez endr For Joint RepresentativeCoggins 2640Williams............... 2398Plurality for Coggins ........242For ProsecutorMarshall...... 2647Vaughn ...............2350Plurality for Marshall ........297For TreasurerMcElwee..........Head ...........Plurality for McElwee.For SheriffWertx .......................2707Willett................ 2365Plurality for Wertx..........342For Surveyor Sentman ............ 2655Boggs..................2375Plurality for Sentman.........280For CoronerSmith......................2630Yocum........................2395Plurality for Smith............235For Commissioner Snoddy .... .............2635Myer............... 2391Plurality for Snoddy .....244Smith ...................2573Marlatt 2461Plurality for Smith ......112Fdkr Governor Goodrich ... ...•••••«• • • ■ 2639Adair ••• • .2406Plurality for Goodrich ..........234For Secretary of StateJackaon.... ............. 2642Cook .................... 2403Plurality for Jackaon.........239For State AuditorKlam........................»Critttnberger...............2407Plurality for Klaus .. 231COUNTY TICKETFor CongressPurnell ...... 2651Maish............. .2403Plurality for Purnell ...........248Lee Wallace, 31 years ot age, a former Veedersburg boy, dii-d at St Elisabeth Hospital in Danville, III., Monday morning of appendicitis. He was the son of Lester J. Wallace, who formerly conducted a grocery here, but who now resides at Wingate. He was married and leaves a widow and one child. Besides these he leaves his father, two brothers, Paul Wallace of Danville and Carroll Wallace of Veedersburg. and two sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Orvis of Danville and Mrs. Wm. Tuggle of Veedersburg.The funeral services were held in the U. B. Church in Veedersburg on Tl day morning, Revs. Tuggle and Barker officiating, aftt-r which intermeotmade in Rockfidd cemetery.After Losing in New York, Indiana and Illinois,Votes from the West Return Woodrow Wilson as President for Four More YearsELECT PRESIDENTWESTERN STATESFor Joint SenatorJames........ 2658Li vengood .... 2383Plurality for James.. .... 275Lee Wallace DeadIThe fair of the schools of Van Buren township last Friday and Saturday brought hundreds of people to the High School building. Purdue University sent their best talent as judges and lecturers, several of whom have been here before* They included Miss Gaddis and Profs. Easeon, Christie and Linke.The exhibit of pigs, poultry, corn, potatoes, sewing, and collections of the native weeds found in this vicinity, showed that the pupils have worked conscientiously and enthusiastically in the agricultural and domestic science disacs, and too much credit cannot be given Alfred Healer and Miss Ethel Coats, the instructors in these departments, and also Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Helms and Mrs. Smith in charge of Sterling domestic science dam. and Mrs. Neff and Dorothy Youngblood, who directed the Veedersburg classThe lectures were interspersed with music by the high school orchestra, under the direction of Miss Marty, instructor in music and art, a violin solo by Paul Jones and songs by the girls' glee dub of sixteen voices. The music was good and waa enthusiastically encored.Friday evening a playlet entitled Unde Sam’s Experiment waa given under the direction of Miss Marty and Mr. Jooe% which was participated in by forty school children, and was much enjoyea by the audience. At the conclusion of the play, Mr. Jooes and the boys gave a gymnastic exhibition. An illustrated lecture on Farm Leaks'* followed, by Prof. Christie, aimed to show how to make the farm attractive to boys and girls. -Saturday afternoon the loving cup offer • ad by Dan Carpenter, tnwasbig d$r thallHt pntiact workEx-treasurer Will H. Thompson died on Sunday morning at his home in Covington after an illness of but a few days from blood poison caused from an ulcer on his back. He was 48 yean of age and waa a native of Troy township. He had served a term as trustee of the township and two terms as treasurer of the county. He is wstiwd by e widow, owe son andone daughter.The funeral waa held at one o'clock Tuesday morning.Six More States Gone Dry, Making a Total of 24Michigan, Nebraska. South Dakota. Montana. Florida and Utah have joined the eighteen states which have put the ban on the liquor business. Only twelve more states, which will now be easily won, are necessary to enforce nationwide prohibition of the business of making paupers and criminals.The house of Mrs. John Gowan at Mellott caught fire Sunday from a defective Hue and before the chemical engine could be put to work, had gained such a start that it burned to the ground with a loss of about $900 with only $500 insurance. The lady was sick in bed at the time but was easily rescued.Wm. H. ThompsonFire at Mellottand is a lasting trophy of the work of the boys and girls of this school.Miss Gaddis gave a most interesting talk before she announced the winners in the sewing contests. She advocated the establishment of a dub among the women in domestic economy, and laid stress on the fact that a new industry is being opened to girls in canning fruit and vegetables, stating that Purdue University is giving instruction freely in simple and inexpensive methods of canning.Prof. Linke devoted a good portion of his lecture to praising the community spirit of the people of this township in encouraging the boys and girls in this part of their school training. After the session was over he stated to the News man that nowhere else in the state was there anything to compare with the work of the boys aod girls as shown by the exhibits at this fair.A delicious lunch was served Saturday by the domestic science daases under thesupervision of Mim Ethel Coats. Thegirls told everything they prepared, and the only criticism heard waa that the price charged was far too little for the quality and quantity of good things furnished.A representative of the Breeders Gazette was present and took a number of photographs of the displays and the crowds to illustrate an artide on the fair soon to appear in that Journal.One of the moat interesting and unique features ot the exhibit waa the mounted specimens of the native weeds prepared by the various schools The children of the Dloe School, under the supervision ofFrank Youngblood,____venues osLaBert St. Clair, known to his many friends as Sprint,’* was united in marriageat Mhaatoo, lit, a suburb of Chicago, Moth day morning to Miss Mae Dirks, a Chicago school teacher and sister to RudolphDirks, the cartoonist, it was a sunrise” wedding, the ceremony being performed at 5 o'clock by Judge Johnson.Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair departed in the evening for New York City, and sailed Wednesday for a six weeks’ wedding tour of the Bermudas. On their return to this country they will le at home to their friends in Washington, L. C, where the groom is in charge of the Associated Press bureau. The groom spent Sunday in Danville, the guest of friends, and departed Sunday night for Chicago.Ceremony Was Performed at Wheaton, n 8nbarb of Chicago at Five O'clock a. hlLaBert St. Clair, Son of Robert St. Clair, Retired Merchant of Veeders-burg, MarriedMONDAYMARRIEDFarmers Slate Bank and the VeedersburgBank. These banks contributed sixteen $2 and $1 savings accounts as prizes with the aim of encouraging thrift as well as industry in the rising generation. The j lecturers, in commenting on the work and its rewards, urged the winners not to withdraw these accounts, but to add to them and become regular depositors atthe banks..County Agent Rosencrans announced the winners in the agricultural contests, and as their names wire called the winners took tl»eir stand on the stage with the winners of the sewing contestCarl Songer and Mack Reed, winners at the county fair in pig raising, and Beatrice LaBaw and Vera Howard, winners at the county fair in domestic science, did not compete here, so as to give other pupils a chance to win; but they were alao called to the stage with the other winners.The list of premiums and the winners are as follows:PoUto Club Exhibit1. Purdue trip donated by Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Finch. Lowell Kemper.2. $2.00 savings account. Ralph LaBaw.3. $1.00 savings account. Edgar Roach.4. 50 cents cash. Carl Bond.5. Paul Linker.Poultry Club Exhibit1. Purdue trip donated by Township schools. Edgar Roach.2. $2.00 savings account. Olive Forrest.3. $1.00 savings account Grace King.4. 50 cents cash. Lawrence Howard.5. 50 cents cash. Carl Briner.6. 50 cents cash. Grace Gookins.Pig Club ExhibitSweepstakes. Purdue trip donated by Veedersburg Paver Co. Tom Rusk.Fat Class:1. $2.00 savings account Edgar Roach.2. 50 cents cash. Harold Dice.Breeding Class:1. $2.00 savings account Tom Rusk-2. $1.00 savings account Russell Howard.3. 50 cents cash. Dallas Henry.Boar class:1. $2.00 savings account Earl Smith.2. $1.00 savings account Forrest MitchelL3. 50 cents cash. Glen Newton.4. Ralph Rusk.5. Austin Reaih.Cera Qsb ExhibitL Good gilt donated by Wm. Madigan. Mack Reed.2. $2.00 savings account Cecil Droll-inger.3. $L50 savings account VernisClore.4. 50 cents cash. Murchie Irwin.5. 50 cents cash. Carl Songer.6. 50 cents cash. Ralph LaBaw.8ewiag Club ExhibitAdvanced Class, ages 14 to 18;1. Purdue trip donated by Veedersburg Schools. Marguerite Minick.2. $1.00 savings account Edith Hi«be*.3. Mae Booe.Intermediate Class, ages 14 to 18:1. $2.00 savings account Mabel Reed.2. $1.00 savings account Lenora Smith.3. 50 cents cash. Grace King.4. 50 cents cash. Allme Format5. 50 cents cash. Fsy Irwin.A 50 cents cash. Grace Gookins. Beginners ages 10 to 14:1. $2.00 savings account Lain Bond.2. $L0O ravings account Gertrude Warts.I* SOPotatoes1. 50 cents cash. Hazel Forrest2. 25 cents cash. Paul ForrestSeed Cora Stringing Contest1. 1 bushel seed corn donated by Fletcher Crane. Sjooe Bluff School.At the conclusion of the aerdras Anc-tkmer Henry Price sold some of the exhibits which the winners wished to dispose of, and the big school fair closed until next year.On Saturday morning the Van Buren Township Industrial Club reorganized and elected the following officers: President, Mack Reed; vice-president, Vemis Cloce; treasure. Orville Strader; secretary, Mabel Madigan.A distinct departure from the usual kind of prizes offered, was the gilt offered by Will Madigan to the winner of the corn contest. The gilt is just an orinary pig, but the winner must undertake to breed to a pure bred animal, and contribute two gilts of her offspring to the next contest, with a like coudition attatched, and so on, making a chain in the develop* ment of a low grade animal to a higher with each generation.The County Institute to be held bare on November 18 will be divided into two sections County Superintendent Liven-good will have charge of the Grades section and Superintendent Pointer of the High School section. The program in the morning is as follows:The grades to follow outline as arranged for Third Institute, in charge of Misses Young and Marty and Mr. Haaftre.The Place in the High School Where Most Pupils Drop Out. Leader. Superintendent Mull in»x; discussed by Gala Smith.How the Work Presented to Fradhmen and that to Seniors Differs in Flan and Detail. Led by Guy Ludlow of Wallace; discumed by Walter White of Hillsboro.What will be the Standards far Measuring the Ability of Pupils in at does of SchoolT Led by dent Davis of Covington; dteoaand kg Mr. Craig of MeUotLAt noon Mira Coats and thaOpen ClassPoultry*. Best pen, any class:1. 50 cents cash. Iris Youngblood.2. 25 cents cash. Lloyd Davis.3. 25 cents cash. Harr old Dice.4. Lois Stewart5. Merle Fox worthy.6. Chas. Newton.Raprraantailvs from State Board sfEducation to Addrraa Joint Soo-aioo In AfternoonWhite. 10 ears:1. 50 cents cash.Yellow, 10 ears:1. 50 cents cash.2. 25 cents cash.COUNTYCornTo Be Held at Veedersbarg High School on Saturday, November 18—Two See* tiona in MorningINSTITUTE
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