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Williamsport Review Republican (Newspaper) - April 14, 1921, Williamsport, Indiana Jet Lyle a a / 1review-Republican leading p$8r of Warren county or new series vol. 7, no. 27 will Ian sport Indiana thursday april 14, 1921 j. H. Stephenson editor real Dollar Oay Here Nexina Vurdak Oier business men Are offering some up to Date bargains $90,000 Alimony highest granted Williamsport will have her first Dollar Day event next saturday which will be a real Day for the bargain Hunters. To convince yourself the merchants Are entering into the spirit to give bargains to All who enter their store next saturday 3usi read the articles offered in their ads in this week s review Republican note the prices and then come to Williamsport saturday and see the goods. These goods offered Are All new. Up to the minute goods of the Best variety and not some cheap junk imported especially for this Sale. Other places have offered Dollar Bay goods which consisted of a lot of cheap goods shipped in especially to fool the people and they did fool some to their sorrow. Our merchants Are different in that they Are offering first class goods at bargains j of will appreciate. They expect the goods to please their patrons to such an extent it will sure bring them Back As customers in. The future. They Are sacrificing their profits for the simple reason they want your future Trade and Are willing to sacrifice their profit on that Day to secure it. Don t stand Back friends or you will lose Money by doing so. Come Early saturday and spend the Day with the merchants of Williams port. Or. Odle proprietor of the Odle theatre says he will meet the merchants half Way by opening his show on saturday afternoon and give a Fine matinee at the bargain Price of .5 and 10 cents. He has an excellent program for this Day and one you would Ford gnarly pay 35 cents to see. Don t forget the Date wifi be sure to be Here saturday. W j l a is Deal of won i Benton county Farmer succumbs to injury made in Suk a goal att Jumpt the Best Spring tonic a. Bilman the Only Way profits and incomes Are both slumping decidedly in this country. The reaction from War conditions has distinctly set in and in the future there will More and More be noted the tendency to get Back to Normal. To be sure this tendency will be fought desperately by certain capitalistic and labor interests but it is inevitable and irrepressible. There is one distressing and Dis quieting fact however that we cannot escape. And that is that our huge National obligation remains a fixed feature. It does not shrink with War profits and War wages. The interest charge remain fixed and the principal still stands to be paid off Dollar by Dollar. This obligation first Victory in the famous still Man divorce Case in new York went to t"9 wife of the International financier and president of the National City was in the court granting of a record Alimony of ?90,000 a year and $47,000 special counsel and Legal expense Money in defending her suit. Banker Stillman sued his wife for divorce naming a French Canadian Indian guide As correspondent and disowning his two year old son baby Guy Stillman. Mrs. Stillman filed a counter suit naming Florence Lawlor Leeds former Broadway shorts girl As correspondent mrs. Leeds is also the Mother of a two year girl boy. This photo of mrs. Stillman is exclusive. William j. Lawson of Chase ind., who shot himself through the head tuesday morning of last week died at 3 o clock sunday afternoon at st Elizabeth s Hospital As a result of his injury. Or. Lawson had been depressed by financial losses in live Stock and Grain and it is believed that this was the cause of his rash act. Or. Lawson was born at Chase in Benton county August 22, 1869, he spent All his life in the Benton county District being educated in the schools of that county. He was married to Minnie j. Anderson in 1s93. She died several years later and in 190 s he married Ella Grant who with a son Clarence w. Law son of Boswell survive. He is also survived by two Sisters mrs. Minnie Eckerstrom and ivors. Ella Best both of Boswell and two Brothers Charles f. Lawson of Chase and Oscar v. Lawson of Seattle Wash. The funeral was held from the methodist Church at Boswell tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock and burial made in the Boswell cemetery was Weil known Zvir. Lawson was one of the most prominent men in Benton county and was Well known Over the state for his numerous Large farms and live Stock. He was a member of the masonic Lodge of Lafayette the knights templars and Mystic shrine also of Lafayette. He was president of the Benton county farm Bureau president of the Farmers and merchants Telephone Raymond Stewart drowned in Dayou two boys fall a rom boat into deep Pool one rescued the new food crop the United states supreme court having decided that any citizen can drug under disc Harrow Asa Biggs a former West Lebanon boy and a brother of Dut Biggs of this City who has been working possess wild fowl and Breed them from near Georgetown 111., was company of Boswell a member of the state live Stock commission and a member of the state exemption Board during the War. He served two terms As county commissioner. He was a life Long member of the methodist Church at Boswell. Oyster Shell scale dangerous in state Oyster Shell scale is present in Indiana in alarming abundance according to prof. J. J. Davis head of quot passers by quot is greatest Blackton photoplay if j. Stuart Blackton has Ever produced a better picture than quot passers it is apparent that profits and incomes Are falling it is likewise apparent that the government s revenues from these sources Are falling also and that the Federal Treasury is to be confronted by a deficit. This deficit must he met in some fashion and the Only practical and sensible sol Nikon of the difficulty would seem Fco be the imposition of a sales tax. Xot Only would such a tax result in the collection of a huge sum of Money hut its Cost of collection would be nothing As it to ild be made in Advance at the source. Such a tax would amount Only to a Small amount on the individual and collected As it would be through the year would not be noticed. Yet its aggregate would be stupendous. Some such provision will have to be made even though the tax on incomes is retained As. Of course it will be. Contracted in flush times by extra a by quot it has slipped our Mentory. Gant spenders must be met in lean quot passers by quot Herbert raw times by Thrift and Economy. Since quot non m the leading role but it s More than a one Star picture for every member of the cast measures up perfectly to the requirements put upon them. In fact Seldom have sve seen better character portrayals than those of William j. Ferguson Dick Lee and Tom Lewis. The production is the Acme of artistry. C. Haddon Chambers the playwright with nothing but successes to his credit wrote quot passers Jim quot which enjoyed great Success in the English and american stages. It s a Story of real people of varied types and philosophies of kindly deeds of everlasting loves and of Noble sacrifices. Or. Blackton s direction shows a Mastery of his subject. The thought behind quot passers by quot As been developed with virility the pathos is tender and exquisite the humanity of it is heart touching the humor is fresh and bubbling the Romance is True and steadfast and the villainy thank heavens is far in the background. Thursday Only at the old theatre. Admission 10 and 25 cents. The entomology department of Purdue University especially on Shade Trees and shrubs. It is pretty Well controlled in Orchards by i regular spraying he says. The scale resembled an elongate Oyster Shell of a Brownish or Dull Gray color. During the Winter the tiny White eggs Are to be found beneath the old scale and the Young Hatch from these and crawl out to attach themselves to the branches after the last of april in Southern Indiana and the Middle of May in Northern Indiana. It is too late to apply the regular Lime surn Hur Spray during the dormant period so a summer Spray applied shortly after hatching is recommended. The Spray material should be composed of a Strong whale Oil soap solution or better whale Oil soap one Pound dissolved in 4 Gallons of water to which is added a ounce of 40 percent nicotine sulphate. Application must be to Borough because the Young Scales Are killed Only by Contact with the insecticide. Care should be exercised to use a forceful Spray As the Young Scales Are All on the twigs. Lime Sulphur diluted to summer strength also is effective but not As Good As the other materials. Old resident dead and sell them for food under proper regulation the game Breeding Industry is sure to enormously increase. It is very Little More work to raise a pheasant or a grouse than a common Chicken a wild Duck than a tame Duck. But the wild Bird will bring the game Farmer eight to ten times As much Money. There Are some very interesting possibilities. About sixty of the two Hundred species of wild fowl Are found in America. There Are two families or classes of ducks the sea ducks or divers and the Shoal water ducks or dabblers. The last named Are the most suitable for game farms and preserves in More of the states. Wild geese can be reared in Fields which contain Small Ponds and Good stretches of grass. They Are fed also with Corn and other Grain. The Field should be enclosed with a Fence made of netting five or six feet High and one Wing of geese should be clipped. One pair of Quail and its progeny would produce Over six million Quail in eight years provided each nest contained Only twelve eggs and there were no losses. Frequently the nests contain More than a dozen eggs sometimes Over Twenty eggs Are found in a nest. It is evident from this that vermin and varmints have to f e killed off by the game breeder. Amp in swampy areas a single crop of wild ducks is frequently Worth More than the value of the Lance. Many Ponds and Small swampy tracts from new England to the Pacific coast can be made to produce wild ducks abundantly and profitably. Wood ducks the handsomest wild ducks in the world Are easily raised in wire enclosures containing some water. These Birds in a wild state nest in holes in Trees. Therefore the Yards should be equipped with Iio xes placed on poles or tacked to Trees. Terribly injured last Friday afternoon when the team he was driving and which were hitched to a disc Harrow took fright and ran away. The sudden lunge of the horses threw Asa from his seat and in front of the Harrow which did no pass Over his body but dragged him along the ground for about 30 rods where the horses were stopped by a Fence. Or. Biggs was extricated from his perilous position and rushed to the st. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville where his injuries were Given attention. It was found that his left Les was quite badly lacerated. The left Side of his body was Cut and a Large Hole torn open exposing the lung which was also some what injured. Several ribs were also probably fractured. He must have held on to some part of the machine to have kept it from passim Over him and to have saved i head from serious injury. Providing pneumonia or other complications do not arise from the exposure of the lung physicians think he has a fair Chance for recovery. Until lately or. Biggs was a Corporal in the regular army and saw service in the late Lebanor Gazette. A Between one and two o clock this afternoon a tragedy happened just at the outskirts of the City in which one lad was drowned and one narrowly escaped the same Fate. Ross Sweeney Archie Sweeney and Raymond Stewart were boat Riding in the body of water known As the wide water situated a Quarter of a mile Southwest of the National Gar Coupler Plant and lies Between the right of Way of the Covington Branch of the Wabash railway and the Steep Hills to the East. The Boya had been enjoying the sport for Only a Little while when the Stewart lad and Archie the younger Sweeney boy stood up in the boat thus rocking the boat throwing both boys out into the water. The older Sweeney boy jumped from the boat and after a Long struggle with the Crater and chill succeeded in getting to the Bank with his brother. In the meantime the Stewart boy had sunk in about eight feet of water. The two Sweeney boys succeeded in reaching the Stewart Home on top of the Hill and gave the alarm. They were taken in stripped and warmed. A searching party was instituted and the body of Young Stewart was recovered after about an hour s search by his elder brother Paul Stewart and Mike to Mullihan. The body was taken Home and or. A. C. Holley who had been summoned gave his attention to restoring the unfortunate lad but thought there was Little Hope As the body had remained in the water too Long. The unfortunate boy is the youngest child of or. And mrs. Melvln Stewart who heartbroken Over the untimely death of their s Attica Tribune. The Young lad is a Nephew of rl4�zl in got reach $750,000 new soldiers Home manager of newspaper Martha Ann Wilson wife of the late James Wilson died at her Home in Pine township wednesday afternoon of last week aged 82 years 11 months and 22 Days. She had spent nearly All her life in Pine township where she was a highly respected citizen. She is survived by the following children mrs. Lillie Gray who was at Home caring for her Mother mrs. Jacob Fry of near Pine Village James Wilson of near Rainsville and Lawrence Wilson of near this place. She also has one brother and one sister living Here Isaac Slauter and mrs. Cynthia Copeland. The funeral services were conducted at the methodist Church in Rainsville last Friday afternoon at 2 o clock by Rev. John e. Mccloud of this place and interment was county treasurer urges tax payers to avoid penalty How to Stop soil washing de ions rated in Indiana How to Stop soil washing one 6f the biggest problems in Indiana especially in the Southern part of the state was demonstrated april -7 on the farms of two Orange county men Jesse Lightner of near French lick and r. N. Atkinson of near Paoli by representatives of the agricultural Extension department of Purdue University. Several types of dams set under the direction of c. A. Norman Rural Engineer for Purdue on each farm illustrated the most effective Means of stopping the washes. W. A. Ostrander of the soils and crops staff a penalty of ten per cent will be assessed against property owners who fail to pay their Spring instalment of taxes by the first monday in May which is the second Day of the month. This warning in Given at this time by j. Frank Hildenbrand county treasurer in order that local people will have no excuse to offer should they fail to pay within the prescribed time and thus incur the penalty. Or. Hildenbrand also urges taxpayers not to put off their payments until the time limit is about to expire and there is a last minute Rush. All property owned on March 1, 1920, is listed this year. A Large percentage of the taxpayers in the county have already settled for their first payment but a goodly number Are still holding off and these have but three weeks in which to make payment. Tell go to Europe then explained the system of crop made m the Slauter cemetery near pig necessary to realize the Benefit five Points. Of the dams. Similar dams were constructed last fall on the farm of Russell Allen near Salem Washington county. As a result of this work a Large area of his farm has been reclaimed and is tillable again or it will be used for pasturing. At these demonstrations Farmers came from a radius of 10 Miles to see the dams and hear the discussion. As a result of this preliminary work requests have been received for similar demonstrations in Many parts of Southern Indiana and it is quot hoped by these methods to help solve one of the big problems of thousands of Hoosier Farmers. Mrs. Dan c. Reed of Attica and miss Cordelia Reed of Covington Are planning to spend the summer in Europe. They will sail the 18th of june going to France where they will remain in Paris during the month of july and travel through Italy during August. Mrs. Reed will return in september and miss Reed will remain in France to study French italian and Spanish for a year. It Ely can we not profit by others the Covington Republican last week stated the commissioners of Fountain appropriated $150.00 to beautify the court House grounds with shrubbery and that the full amount was spent for plants. The work of setting out the plants was All donated by the citizens of Covington who were Public spirited enough to want to see the court Ard in excellent condition. We believe this is a plan Warren county should try As Many improvements can be made on the court House Lawn which would and materially to its Beauty. Gil r. Stormont who will become commandant of the soldiers Home on May 11. Was born in 1848, of scotch Irish parentage on a farm near Princeton in Gibson county. When 18 years old he enlisted in company a 5sth Indiana regiment Volunteer infantry and served a four year enlistment period. He was wounded in the Battle of Chick Amailga. Following the civil War Imp. Stormont taught school near Princeton and later attended Indiana University. In 1873 he took up newspaper work in Albion 111., and became proprietor of the Albion journal. Three years later he returned to Princeton and purchased the Princeton Clarion which he published for More than Twenty five years. Leading the Republican party s fight in Gibson county and in the first District mainly with Success. State g. A. R. Head he was supervisor of the census for Southern Indiana in 1880 and in 1889 was appointed Deputy Revenue collector by collector d. W. Henry of Terre haute. He filled this position until 1900, when he was chosen commandant of the Lafayette soldiers Home. In 1890 or. Stormont was elected commander of the department of Indiana g. A. R. During his incumbency at the Lafayette Home or. Stormont disposed of his Princeton newspaper. He served a three year term As commandant of the Home and was reappointed. Shortly after this however he resigned and re entered the Revenue service. Before disposing of his newspaper Plant or Stormont edited Aind published a volume of civil War history known As chaplain right s quot history of the 58th the volume is recognized by historians As having a High value. Other historical writings of or. Stormont include a de luxe history of Gibson county. Chicago april 7.�?an abandoned mail sack found by the police Early today and believed to be the registered Pouch stolen by bandits from a mail truck in the Dearborn Street station late yesterday contained wrappers for Money which the police said shows that from $500,000 to .$750,000 was obtained by the robbers. It was reported last night that the loss would not exceed $50,000. The abandoned Pouch contained wrappers indicating a shipment of one package of $40,000 in $1 Bills a package holding $50,000 in currency another containing a Hundred $1,000 Bills and five Large sacks run signed to branches of the Federal Reserve Bank each sack containing five smaller bags which in turn held currency of Large denomination. Bystanders said that the robbery was committed in less than two minutes. So sudden was the assault on the mail truck that Many conflicting stories were Given to the police by witnesses. Sheriff o. L. Stewart of this City. Wheat shows big increase Indiana state Capitol april 1.0.�? the condition of Winter wheat in Indiana shows an increase of thirty Points Over the april 1 condition of 1920 and Rye shows a gain of twelve Points while Breeding sows show a decline of 10 per cent for the same period according to the report of the co operating crop reporting service of Indiana issued yesterday. The farm labor Supply is greater than the demand because of changed methods of farming Low prices for farm products and improved machinery for facilitating work. The report follows quot the condition of Winder wheat april 1, was s9 per cent of Normal and indicates a total production of approximately 32.600,000 bushels for the state. year the condition was 5 9 per cent of Normal and the ten year average is s3 per cent. There was 1,953,000 acres seeded last fall some of which has already been abandoned or seeded to Oats or other crops but this is not extensive and present indications of abandonment loss seem to be very Small. C o Sling soon a great picture of the great North 3,000,000 Mctory medals await sex service men despite vigorous efforts by the army recruiting service and the american legion the War department has announced that less than 1,500,000 Victory medals have been issued to the 4,500,000 sex service men entitled to them. As a result the Secretary of War has authorized a new drive to effect the distribution of the remaining 3,000,000 medals and the appointment of a commission of Twenty four army officers to devote their entire time to the project. Col. Charles h. Martin until recently in charge of army recruiting is directing the Campaign. The country has been divided into six regional districts with an of Fiscer in charge of each. The american legion again will be asked to assist in the distribution. Maj. Albert t. Rich will have charge of the distribution of the medals in Indiana. Haircuts for 25 cents More than the usual interest attaches to the announcement of the forthcoming engagement of James Oliver Curwood s quot nomads of the North quot at the Odle theatre next thursday and Friday april 21-22. All those who saw quot Back to god s country quot and quot the River s end quot master pieces from the workshop of this author realize they Are justified in expecting something extraordinary in the latest picture nation of his Brand of outdoors. Far North fiction. This film is an associated first National attraction and it is said to be one of the very Best features Ever offered by this organization. The three High lights in the production according to Advance information Are the remarkable performance of animals including Many wild ones in general and a pet Bear and dog in particular a Forest fire which is accredited with setting a new High Mark in realism and thrills and a Romance of All absorbing qualities quite different than the Ordinary run of love affairs so Universal in the movies. The cast which has been selected to play the various picturesque roles in this intense drama of the wildest of god s country includes such stars As Betty Blythe Lou Chaney Lewis Stone Melbourne Mcdowell and Spottiswood Aitken. A correction Lafayette ind., april 7.�?on and after monday april 11, the eighteen Union Barber shops in this City will reduce the Price of haircuts to 25 cents a reduction of Foo per cent. The new Price was agreed on at a joint meeting of Boss Barbers and journeymen Barbers Friday night. The shops will also remain open wednesday evenings until 8 o clock. The Price reduction will not affect wages of Union Barbers. Boss Barbers said that it now costs More to shave a Patron than it does to Cut his hair because of the Cost of laundry work soap Talcum Witch Hazel and other accessories thereto. In the Williamsport Auto Static n quot Dollar Day and quot it will be noticed that it says they will sell three spare plugs for ? 1.000 this is a mistake the quot and quot should have read quot two spark plugs for $1.00." gentle Reader please make note of thy 5nd Only expect two instead of three card of Banks i wish to express my thanks to thi friends and neighbors also Masoni Lodge for the kindness shown me a the death of my husband. Mrs. Jessie Urquhart

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