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Williamsport Review Republican (Newspaper) - August 24, 1916, Williamsport, Indiana The Oovi devoted to the interests of Williamsport and Warren county Kew series vol. Ii. Williamsport Waken county Indiana thursday August 24, 1916. I umber 46 a the mile 810nelogan Hunt celebrates his Natai Day by attending to big business grind saturday August 19, was the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of j. Logan Hunt the right hand Man in the office of the Judy system. Or. Hunt did not Burn much red fire in celebrating his fiftieth Natal Day but made his usual trip to Williams port and Attica in the interests of the big commercial and financial concern he has so capably served these Nineteen years past. There is something about this Man Hunt that spells efficiency. The writer knew him in his quot yesterdays quot Way Back thirty years ago when he was at school in that classical methodist town of Delaware 0. Has employed his 1e�chersoil inspection evil kicked into politics trustee William Eberhardt has things ready to open township schools then later when Young Hunt was teaching the youth of Marion 0., and again All of them the artistic flourishes and delicate that he had last year shades of a free Arm penmanship. Or. Hunt is still an artist with the pen. As a boy you had an earlier edition of the Hunt of today. Al ways the same a stickier for work j because of the splendid judgment he an enthusiast in giving a full has shown in the selection of his measure to those who employed j corps of teachers. Billy is a Good him courteous to All and an unas-1 Farmer a first class trustee and As suming and self possessed gentle-1 Fine a citizen As you Ever met. Man at All times. The Prairie township schools will open monday sept. 4,and the trustee William Eberhardt has his teachers employed and ready to begin work when the Day arrives to tap the school Bell the first time for the coming school year. The teachers Are As follows College Corners Florence Borders. Tab Louise Beaver and Eoline Torpey. Center Lillian Torpey. Skelton school Gladys Farrell. Twin Mound it will be noticed that All of or. Eberhardt s teachers Are Warren county Young ladies and All of them Are of the Best families of the county Are teachers and most of them Are teaching in the same school they taught last year which not Only Speaks very highly for the teachers but also for or. Eberhardt the Law was passed in 1901, and is of Republican origin but has never had the proper construction placed upon it. That Logan Hunt May live to see his birthdays come and go for Many Many years to come is the j wish of the legion of friends he has made in the two decades he has been among the Good people of this Community. He is one and the same every Day of his life kind courteous and straightforward in business dealings. Got his food crushed Shuey injured while working at the Carmichael gravel pit Elev tor office robbed the robbers were very Clever left no clue to their identity and William Shuey son of mrs. Ida i Shuey of this place met with a very j painful Accident last Friday eve i Ning while at work at the car i Michael gravel pit just across the during thursday night or Early j River. Friday morning burglars gained an j Shuey with some other workmen Entrance to the office of the Hans j was engaged in unloading Railroad Stolley elevator at West Lebanon j ties when by some Means one of the and robbed the Safe which con big heavy ties got away from those trained s5.00. The haul Here was i handling it and fell on William s very Small and the thieves visited foot crushing it very badly. The the lumber Yard office which is wounded Young Man was brought owned by Stolley amp Frame but or. Home immediately and surgical Aid Frame is a firm believer in the a was summoned to dress his wounds quot safety first quot propaganda and takes the latest reports from his Home no chances. He May have had a were to the effect to at he is getting Hunch that the Busy burglar Man along As Well As could be expected was coming. At any rate he re j but it will be some time yet before moved All of the Money from the he will be Able to return to his Strong Box and the burglars had All work. Of their work for nothing at this place. Overcome by heat whether the cracks men were pro last saturday afternoon mrs. Ida Fessio nals or Home Talent they were Shuey came up town and As it was very Clever As they left no clue to very hot she stepped into one of our who did the work. It is very Possi-1 restaurants and got a Glass of soda ble that they were old hands at the water. After resting a Short time business. She drank a Glass of ice water and the people of West Lebanon Are then in company with a Friend of the opinion that there is a regu i started to go across the Street. She Lar organized gang operating in had not gone far until she Felt her this Community for about every i self sinking Down and called to her two or three months either West i Friend for support. Others standing Lebanon or state line is visited by nearby saw the trouble and went to these night prowlers. It is apparent that the people who do the Rob the Oil inspection Law has been i picked into the political ring by candidate Goodrich declaring that if elected he will fire the Oil inspectors and Adair replying that if the Law is an evil one it is of re pub ican origin and the Public is left without information As to the evil complained of. The Law was passed in 1901, and is of Republican origin and if it had received a proper construction and applied As intended there would be no room for complaint but it has been misconstrued for the purpose of creating a lot of offices and fees have been taxed which Are not warranted by the Law and which were not intended by the legislature. The Law properly construed would not entail a heavy expense and would employ but few men. The Law provides for the appointment by the governor for a period of four years a supervisor of Oil inspection at a salary of $2,500.00 per year and that such supervisor May appoint such Deputy inspectors As he deems necessary. It also provides that such Deputy inspectors May inspect either within or without the state it being the evident purpose of the legislature that such inspectors should Only be stationed at the general distributing Points from which Oil is shipped into the state of Indiana. It also provides that such inspector shall receive forty cents for inspecting each barrel cask or package where the number inspected at one time does not exceed two and where the number exceeds two and does not exceed ten there shall be charged fees As above on the first two and Twenty cents on each additional and died because of old Aoe Clay Swisher was born near Lebanon 74 years ago West Street m into Auto. Clair Haun and family came near having serious Accident. Was shipped into the state of Indiana some of which were located in Indiana and others in adjoining states and therefore intended that inspectors should be located at such Points and knowing also that some of such distributing stations were not within the state made a provision whereby such inspectors could be stationed outside of Indiana. It is the duty of an inspector to Brand each Container of such Oil with his approval or rejection and stamp thereon by a Stencil furnished him and after the Oil is removed such Brand must be removed before the tank is again used. It will be seen that the Law As enacted provided for an inspection of Oil by a Small of men at a reasonable Cost but unfortunately it gave an Opportunity for the employment of a Large number of inspectors and has been seized upon by political manipulators and been made the Means of furnishing a lot of Fellows with a soft berth. In the first place they construed the Law to mean that the inspection fees was on a barrel basis that in Case where a car contains six or ten thousand Gallons they charge on the basis of so Many separate barrels or in other words the same As if the car Load of gasoline had been shipped in barrel lots and thereby instead of getting a fee of forty cents they get from $13.00 to $25.00, depending on the size of the car. And instead of having a Small number of inspectors at general distributing Points they have appointed inspectors 11 Over the state until there re How fifty eight of them and they each get from to $600.00 per month depending upon Clay Swisher aged 74, passed away at his Home near Rossville Illinois Friday evening at 4 30 o clock from a complication of diseases. Or. Swisher was bom at West Lebanon ind., where he lived until about fifteen years ago when he moved to a farm near Rossville. He remained on this farm until a Little Over a year ago when he moved to that City. He is survived by a wife and one son Coburn. Two children a son and a daughter preceded him in death. The funeral was held tuesday afternoon and interment was made in the West Lebanon cemetery. Or. Swisher was Well and favor Bly known in Williamsport and was very highly respected. He had much to do with the making of Warren county and was one of the Hardy pioneers who helped to turn the wild Prairie into Fertile Fields. He is one of the men who when a boy was sent to Mill with a bag of Grain on horseback when Good roads were an unknown Quantity. The deceased was a Good husband and father Broad minded and very considerate of his neighbors. He leaves to mourn his death besides his wife and soil a Large Circle of sorrowing friends. Butil Indiana held re Union. Only a few where the number exceeds ten fees the amount of Oil inspected. Above on the first ten and ten one half of the funds goes to the state of Indiana and last year there was paid into the state Treasury from this fund $156,000.00. The Law properly construed is a wholesome one but it has been As cents on each additional barrel cask or package above ten. It thus appears that the intention of the Law is that the charge shall be based on the number of barrels of the old living. Boys now casks or packages examined without grossly reference to the Quantity of gasoline contained in the particular cask or package it being no More work to test a Quantity of Gas Ohne taken from a 12,000 gallon Railroad tank abused for the purpose of creating offices and As the democratic party has been working overtime to create state offices and appointments this Law has aft order a very Fertile Field for operation and than it is to test a gallon taken from 1 Many a Good Democrat is now sit an Ordinary barrel. The Law does not Ting in his office and making from employ the word tank or car but $300.00 to $600.00 per month without the words used quot cask or package quot j interfering in any Way with his Are sufficient to include Ordinary other business Railroad tanks. Our courts have never passed up the legislature which passed this on the provisions of this Law and it Law evidently recognized that there i has been left to the construction of were but few general distributing i the state executives and has been Points from which Gas Ohne and Oil i permitted to become a Plain graft. Last week the 86th Indiana regiment held their re Union at Lebanon Boone county. Wolfe Hirsch a former citizen of Attica who now lives in Chicago wrote to his Attica friends re calling the fact that it has been More than 54 years ago since company c of that regiment left Attica 100 Strong and went to Lafayette to join the other companies. This made three companies a d and e from this locality and of the 300 names or. Hirsch re Calls Only a few now living Harry Millard John Bethel de. Mclean Jerry Hall 01. Boord Hartson Moorehouse Amos Sentman George Warrick Mark Briney James h. Brown David mud Kins Frank Macoughtry Phil. Geni mer Isaiah Smith John Anderson Jasper Mcnett or. Case Ben Carpenter and a very few others. Sunday afternoon Clair Haun with his family drove Over to Danville 111., to give the children an Opportunity to enjoy the Cool Shade of the Park when a Street car bumped into his machine and broke the bumper off and otherwise damaged his car. Blair with his wife and children was driving East on main Street and a car was going West on the same Street and As Clair who was running at a Speed of Only about eight Miles an hour turned to Cross the track the Motorman struck the machine with his car. Glair s View of the approaching Street car was obstructed by another car but Sclair is always very careful he at once set the Brake on his machine and stopped it just As the bumper got Over the Edge of the track. The compact threw his Little son Arnold who is Only 11 years old against the Windshield driving his glasses onto his nose injuring his face and otherwise bruising his body and he was also thrown Back into the seat. The Little daughter also sustained a few scratches but her injuries were not of a serious nature. The Little boy Arnold had Only a Short time ago recovered from a very serious attack of nerve Rusness and the Shock last sunday was about All he could stand and it was an hour or More before he was Able to return to his Home in the machine. The Accident was purely the fault and carelessness of the Motorman As he had ample time to Stop and allow or. Haun to Cross since he had the right of Way. Had or. Haun not been on his guard and a very careful Driver there is but Little doubt but what some of the occupants of the machine would have been seriously injured or probably killed outright. Her Aid. She was taken Home and Given medical treatment and after was Mother of commissioner Peter m. Rodgers of Warren county Bing seem to be acquainted with keeping quiet Over sunday appear the places they enter. They also de to be much improved monday seem to have an inkling of the Hab mrs. Shuey is a very Large woman its of those who conduct the places and also works very hard and her robbed. I friends will be sorry to learn of her i sickness and yet very glad that she old settlers quot meeting a Success was no worse. The old settlers meeting held at Yeddo last week was a Success As cattle dying from heat far As crowds and entertainments cattle at various Points Are dying were concerned. The crowd was i from heat where they Are not variously estimated at from 10,0001 properly shaded and some where to 15,000 people. The Yeddo old they have plenty of Good Shade and settlers meeting has been an Annu-1 Cool water. Last saturday Ingram al affair for 37 years and is always Mitchell a Benton county Farmer Well attended. Hon. James e. Wat and extensive Stock Raiser lost nine son. Republican nominee for u. S. J head of big steers from the heat and Ullh u senator delivered the principle and f on the same Day al Shuster a meat sad Watron Rounsv dress of the Day. In his speech he Market proprietor of Boswell lost paid High tribute to the Pioneer two head of cattle from the exces-1 fathers and mothers of Indiana who give heat. During this intensive mrs. Mary a. Rodgers Dies suddenly will try Jessie helped to develop the state. John Massey and family of this City were in initial social at Jud Yville the ladies Aid of Jud Yville will hold an initial social in the basement of the m. E. Church saturday evening August 26. The menu consists of the following salads sandwiches sugar cakes sugar cookie staff of life Etc. All Are cordially invited to come and quot spend shekels hot weather Farmers should see that All kinds of Stock have plenty of Shade and Cool water. Those drive i ing horses on the Public Highway or mrs. Mary a. Rodgers died at the Home of her daughter mrs. David Talbort in Covington on 7th Street sunday morning August 20,1916, at the be of 85 years having been born december 20,1830. Mrs. Rodgers had been in very poor health for the past year and her death has been expected for some time. She was the widow of the late Elisha Rodgers a Well known resident and for Many years a prominent Farmer of Mound town for the past year the deceased has made her Home with her daughter. Five children survive. The two sons Are Peter m. Rodgers a member 6f the Board of commissioners of Warren county and Lincoln Rodgers of Foster. The daughters Are mrs. In the Fields should use quot the utmost care. Methodist Church services. 9 30 a. . 10 30 a. services. 6 30 p. league. 7 30 p. preaching services. Prayer meeting every wednesday night at 7 30 o clock. E. L. Butler pastor. Ney of Covington and mrs. David Rouse of Danville. The funeral services were held tuesday August 22, at 2 00 o clock at the Home of her daughter in Covington and interment was made in the Baltimore cemetery on the old Rodgers Homestead. John Hillyer of Pine township was a Williamsport visitor Friday. Who is being held on a charge of first degree murder next monday prosecutor Carl a. Mehaffey will go to Fowler where he will attend an adjourned term of the Benton circuit court for the purpose of trying Jessie Crump who is charged with murder in the first degree. Along about the tenth of last june it will be remembered that Jessie Crump and Donald Mcgregor both Benton county citizens who were close neighbors and resided near Templeton became involved in a dispute Over a dog. Crump became infuriated and in his rage struck Mcgregor Over the head with a club the latter dying from the effects of the blow. Crump made no attempt to escape but instead drove to Oxford related what he had done was arrested there and taken to Fowler and locked up in jail. A preliminary hearing was Given or. Crump who was found guilty of the crime As charged and in default of Bond was again committed to jail. Or. Mehaffey believes that he can convict the prisoner of first degree murder but if the jury after hearing the evidence should think that the evidence would Only warrant a verdict of manslaughter then Crump would get a sentence of from two to Twenty one years in the Michigan City prison. In memorial whereas the supreme being has seen fit to take from our midst the son of our esteemed sister Mary Scott and whereas we desire to express our sense of profound sympathy in this their sad bereavement therefore be it resolved that the officers and members of Cynthiana Rebekah Lodge no. 226, extend to sister Scott and family their Heartfelt sympathy and be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved a copy be spread on the minutes of this Lodge and a copy published in the mighty Zolck work los purse and Money advertised claimed in less than hour Eva Moore 1 Martha Mccarty j Pine Village teachers the following teachers have been chosen for the schools at Pine Village for the coming year superintendent r. B. Ropp principal High school Raymond v. Pence English and latin Grace o. Small music and drawing miss Irmabelle Masky Domestic science. Miss May Tumey 7th and 8th grades Carl Curtis 5th and 6th grades miss Charline Blind 3d and 4th grades. Miss Mary Hall. Miss Lois Rannels had been employed As primary teacher but tendered her resignation last week to accept a better situation elsewhere and that position is still open. A $30,000 Hospital is to be erected at Attica by the tax payers of Fountain county. An order has already about a week ago James Keister found a purse that contained some Money a ring and other trinkets. After diligent inquiry he failed to find the owner and took the next Best course and advertised his find in the renew Republican. The paper had not been out of the Post office More than an hour until Malcolm Mcdonald grand son of m. A. Mcdonald who is Here on a visit from Huntington West Virginia walked into this office and described the lost purse told the amount and kinds of Money it contained besides giving a Correct description of the other articles it contained. This item was placed on the ninth Page of the paper and almost at the Bottom of the column and judging from its position and size one would naturally think it would be overlooked. The Point we want to shake Here is people read the review re publican. Not Only do they read the news but they read the quot paid locals quot the quot Legal notices quot and the quot display they May not Tell the advertiser of the fact but if you advertise a seasonable article at a reasonable Price you will create a demand for it and it will sell. Again if you advertise dependable goods late in the season to reduce Stock at a reduction in Price you can bet your last red cent miss goods will move. Yet there Are some merchants who Are so blinded to their own interests that they often Tell the editor or the advertising solicitor that advertising does t pay. reunion the annual reunion of the members of the Fulton family a number of whom live around Marshfield was held at Douglas Park at Danville sunday. It was an All Day gathering. Those present from Marshfield were Charles Nolan wife and sons will Talbert wife and daughter. Opal Harley Talbert wife and daughter Thelma mrs. Been issued by the commissioners Mary Marble will Nail wife and for the Sale of the Bonds to defray daughter Naomi Gaven Stuart and the expenses of the building equipping of the Hospital. And Daisy Byers. Dred present. There were one Hun

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