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Winslow Dispatch (Newspaper) - August 15, 1919, Winslow, Indiana mm The Dispatch VOLUME 22 at Everett’s. of feed at Kluameier’a Castor oil All kinds Market. New line Everett’s. _ Exra large California can 35c at McLaughlins. Dr. of fountain syringes at olives, per Green’s improved sarsaparilla. guaranteed for rheumatism. Rexall Store. Eve.rett’s<i™®^®^‘ Guy Smith and family of Washington, spent Sunday here guests of her parents John Pipes and wife. Ruby and Titania Williams are in Trenton, Tennessee, where they will spend a couple of weeks. We have a quantity of stale bread on hands at 3c per loaf. Cheapest feed you can find. Model Bakery. Will have a car of salt in a few days. $2.46 per barrel. Come in and leave your order. Klusmeier’s Market. Charles Skinner and family of Lexington, Ky., spent Sunday with Fred Buechele and family, south of town. Mrs. Oatley Westerfelt and, two children, are here from Kentucky vis iting her parents, William Green and wife. Cowboys, bandits, adventure, treach ery, heroism, thrills in “The Tiger’s Trail.” Star Theatre, Saturday, August 23rd._ Miss Hazel Greenfield and Miss Myrtle O’Brien of Evansville are here visiting with J. D. Simons and family south of town. WINSLOW, PIKE COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST IS, 1919 Concrete blocks at tory. A nice Everett’s. Klusmeier’a fac- line of fancy stationery at Pineapple, sliced, McLaughlin’s. large can, 45c at Good conditioned coW for sale. Bargain if taken at once. George Kam- Call us when you want an auto and driver for any trip, long or short. Everett Fettinger. Miss Esther Robling left Wednesday noon for an extended visit with relatives and friends in St. Louis. While E man is regretting the fact that a deed cannot be done, he is often interrupted by someone doing it. Mrs. E. Dillon and her guest, Mrs, Cora Woodward of Joplin, Mo., spent Sunday with relatives and friends in Jasper. Dispatch office for Notary work. Those famous Rexall remedies - at Everett’s. All kinds Everett’s. of * shoe polishes at The Tiger’s Trail—Prepare to shiver and shake and applaud. Mallard, that good coffee 45c pound at McLaughlin’s. per Lee Chase of East St. Louis, is visiting Miss Wave Gatton of Marion township. Mr. Chase has only recently been disrharged from the navy. Lem Cato was in town Tuesday from Gibson county. Lem is a native Pike-ite but moved last spring to Gibson county where he is farming and doing well. ____ Lloyd R. Ashby and family have moved to V/atseka, 111., where they will farm. They recently sold their farm south of Arthur and held a public sale. Notice—Persons are warned not to buy any of my household goods. If you do so it is at your own risk. Leonard Thompson. For Sale—Farm of 39 aeree, 4 room bouse, good outbuildings, plenty good water^ Located between Arthur and No. 7 *rhines. Price right and reason able terms John Keith. O joy ! No more stove-blacking. The new smooth finish Majestic ranges at Cooiwr’s Hardware store have special burnished blue cooking tops that need no blacking—just an occasional appli cation of'paraffine retains their beau tiful^smootn blue color. Ezra Stilwell, a prominent farmer of Marion township, was attending to business matters in Winslow Monday. Ezra sold his farm last spring and went west but remained only a few weeks. He came back and bought another farm and is doing well. To get a handsome set of kitchen ware absolutely free if you buy a Majestic range during the week commencing August 25 is an offer worth investigating. Visit our special demonstration during the week commencing August 25 and we will show you this fine ware which is an out-and-out gift. Cooper’s Hardware Store. Thomas Conner, Reece Burns, T. H. Yeager, William Langford. John Langford, Lawrence Julian, Jake Julian, Elsa Kinder, Oscar Toole, John Scales,' Orthro Scales, Commodore McKinney, John Jordan and Sam Julian of Monroe township, were in Winslow Tuesday. They were here to meet the state highway commission and accompanied them from here to Boonville. “-;--y/ The work of tearing down the old Pleasant Ridge church, familiarly known all over Pike county as White Church, began Tuesday morning. A new and modern structure will be erected on the same site. The new Orval Easley was here this week visiting old friends. He is in the reg ular army and has been for a number of years. He has seen service in the Philippines and in France. Mrs. Clara Pirkle, Hubert and Miss Delia Pirkle of Oakland City and Warrick Ashby and wife north of Winslow spent Sunday as guests of Frank Ashby and family near No. 7 mines. Any of those who were on last year’ Chautauqua contract who have forgotten to pay their $5 loss should call at the bank and pay in so that last year’s affairs may be wound up at once. Miss Ruth Powell was in an automobile wreck near Patoka Sunday. She was with a party riding in a Ford coupe when they were side swiped by another car, turning the coupe over. Miss Ruth was not seriously injured but is bruised until she can barely get around. A birthday party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hays of Monroe township, in honor of the third birthday of their litte daughter Emma. Many little tots of the neighborhood were present and all enjoyed the time together and the refreshments served at the close. Car of Alberta peaches will be in in a few days. Leave your order. Klusmeier’s. > George T. Survant of Marion township, was attending to business matters in town Friday. A rare treat for all who like stirring adventure with a dash of love. “Tiger’s Trail.” Star Theater, Satur-day, August 23rd. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Selby of Washington township, spent from Friday until Monday in Gary visiting her daughter and seeing the sights. Imogene and Murl Robling, Estel Bristow, Pearl Jlobling and John Stockinger spent Sunday in Washington. Miss Murel will visit friends there for a week. Ralph Capehart and family returned Sunday to their home in Madison, III., after a pleasant visit here with Bob Smith and family and other relatives and friends. by/friends Robert N. Rhodes returned last week from the Princeton hospital where he was operated on recently for rupture He spent more than three weeks the hospital. While he is barely able to get around he is mending at a very-good rate and hopes soon to be able to get back to work. Farm for Sale—80 acres in Monroe township, in the coal field. An ideal farm with all improvements first class H miles south of Winslow, a lively town in the great mining district Has about 6 acres timber, level land Could give possession this fall if sold shortly. Terms cash. Asahel Ashby. Nat Miley died Tuesday afterrón at his home in Petersburg on the Alford road, of tuberculosis. He was 60 years old and a respected citizen. He was a member of the General Baptist church. Surviving are the widow and two sons. The funeral service was conducted at the family residence Thursday. Burial was in Walnut Hills cemetery. Rev. Rufus Ashby of Acton, Ind.. has been here visiting his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ashby, south of town, and other relatives and old friends. Rev. Ashby is a native of Pike county. He comes back about once each year on his vacation. He filled the pulpit at the Methodist church Sunday morning and preached one of his splendid ser-mons. building will be hardly as large as the ...old one and will be better proportioned than was the old building. Solicitors have been out all over the county aak-ing for money to help along with the work. The old structure was erected in 1860 and has been a popular meeting place during aU these years. In the years when religious debates were so popular the White Cburcfi' was a popular meeting place. Some big preachers have filled the pulpit there. The new structure will be heated with a furnace from a basement that will be built under the church. Tho material of the new church will likely be tile. The building committee went Wednesday «0 Brazil to inspect the tile and see about its use. The cohgregatlon bach of tbe new church expects to raise a asatter of three or four thousand dollars I» complete the new edifice. * The committee is compoeed of G. j r ^ Fettinger and Leo Selby, . •’ When Will Woodford left Winslow jn May to go to Colorado in the vain hope of regaining his health and stamping out the rages of tuberculosis, the community missed him. In any progressive move for the town and community Will Woodford could always be counted on. During the war this community was one of the most active in the United States. He was one of the most active ones as no meeting was held at which he was not present and no move for the community was ever started without he was taken in and could always ha counted on to do his part of the work and pay his part of tlie necessary expense incurred. He was greatly missed whea he went aWay but whep bis death was announced Monday the loss was felt more than ever. His as-sóciates knew then for sure that he would never again be with them with the cheerful ‘^’m in.” He was a man of strict honor who could always bte depended on for the right. He bad a vision of the better things of life and of a broad community where all would work together in harmony for the up-lifting of humanity and the growth of the community. The booater element of the community will miss him mors than any others. But his memory will always be aplMuant one. And may bis example be a. beacon light to others that wiM help them to the richer, Jbet-ter things of life and service. Word has been received here of the death of Art L. Edwards in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mr. Edwards lived in Petersburg for a number of years. He was a photographer and is remembered by many people over the county. He is survived by the widow and four children. Experience in thousands of homes has proved that the Majestic is the one range that gives real satisfaction and cuts down the cost of living. An ex-pert from the Majestic factory will be at our store during the week commenc-ng August 25 and will show you why the Majestic is the only range for you. Cooper’s Hardware Store. >2. Charley W’hitehead, south-v^st of town, was mingling with friends and looking after business matters in Winslow Monday. He was wearing a broad smile on account of the arrival of a new girl at. their borne Sunday morning. They call her OlentiS. She is the second child born at the Whitehead home, the oldest being a boy now 19 years old. _ ^ Mrs. Mary Reed, wife of Car^l Some of that good hay like you gbt last year for sale now. J. S. Johnson Solite oil, finest lamp oil in the world. 24c per gallon at McLaughlin’s. Guy Ferguson, a prosperous farmer of Monroe township, was in Winslow Tuesday on business. Before you boy life insurance investigate the merits of the Metropolitan. Geoiige E. Brewster, Agent. Lo^—Ladies’ watch, Eigin, gold engraved hunting case. Reward for re-turn to Arthur Southwood. Winslow. Call at Everett’s store when you want to make an auto drive. We are ready to do auto livery at any hour, day or night. Everett Fepce Posts for Sale—Call at the bank if you want fence posts. Deliver them in any lengths order calls of. See G. A. Hurst or D. A. Tisdal. William W. Survant of Velpen. was in town Friday. He will hold a public sale at his farm August 20th. He has a large amount of live stock including some good cows and a number of hogs to sell. NUMBER 23 The remains of Charley McConnell, 7 months old son of Mr and Mrs. Charley McConnell of East St. Louis, 111., arrived here Friday on the afternoon train and were buried in Oak Hille cemetery. The little boy died Thursday. The McConnells are natives of this county Genevive Arnold, one year Pnd two nion^s old daughter of Mrs. Nettie Arndld of the Dutchtown neighborhood, died;. Saturday morning. The father,' Robert Arnold died about three months ago of in.«oenza. The funeral of the lítüe one was held Sunday afternoon at the Arnold church, the service be ing conducted by Elder Crane. Burial was in the Arnold cemetery. Good vinegar 25c per gallon at McLaughlin’s. J. T. Goff and daughter Miss Nannie leave Friday morning for a months visit with relatives and friends at Hise-ville and other points in Kentucky. Hauling—I have a new iruck and am prepared to do hauilfig of any kind at any time or any place. Tvelephone me when you need the services of a first-class drayman. Dan A. Tisdal. A big birthday dinner was held Sun-day at the home of Mr. and Mrs John Bone of Log Creek in honor of Mrs. Bone’s 74th birthday. All the children were present ¿except one. About 135 people were present and enjoyed the dinner and the pleasant time. Notice to Masons—It is requested that a full attendance of the membership of Winslow Lodge No. 260, F. & A. Masons be present at the regular meeting Saturday evening, August 16th. Let every member take notice and govern himself accordingly. Abe L. Loeaer. W. M. George VVTlícCaiñ7a~")^i5n . Reed, died Wednesday morning at their home west of Spurgeon after a long illness of tuber^culosis. She was a splendid young woman, a member of the General Baptist church. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Simpson,/ Surviving are the husband, a baby boy about two years old, the parents and many friends. The funeral service will be conducted from the General Baptist church in Spurgeon Friday. Burial will be in the Spurgeon cemetery. The “Magnificent Ambersons*’ the best story we have ever been able to secure opens in this issue. Every read re who fails to start in with this story will miss a great treat. The story is by Booth Tarkington. an Indiana man. If you will read the opening chapter appearing in this issue you will not fail to read the remaining chapters. This story alone is worth the price of the paper a year as when the story is purchased in book form it costs more than $1.50, the price of the paper for whole year. A novel suit has been filed in the Pike circuit court to come before the The new McCord garage building is progressing nicely. The work of pour ing the concrete for the basement story is going steadily along. By another week the basement story will be about completéd and ready for the laying of the concrete blocks. This will be one of the most modern garage buildings in this part of the state. The work is being pushed as rapidly as possible in the building may be put in to «re before cold weather,— Mrs. Amanda Parker, wife ^ Tom Jeff Parker of Monroe township died Wednesday of last week. Her death was caused by paralysis. She was 60 years old and is survived by the husband No children were ever born to them although they raised Dello Wilson. She was a member of the Primitive church. The funeral service was conducted from the Baptist church in Spurgeon Friday by Elder J. R. Arnold, burial being in the cemetery there. September term in which Mrs. Minnie N. Herseman, wife of Lafe Horseman, sues A. B. Bement the oil man for a one-sixteenth part of what he is supposed to have received for a one^half interest in certain oil property holdings in this county. The sum of money she asks for is $37.000.00. Mrs. Herseman claims to be endowed with bypnoetic powers and that she contracted with Bement to use such powers and did use them in locating certain leases which proved to be good but that Bement has never paid her as he contracted. In the complaint Mrs. Herseman claims that she has hypcoetic influence over Horace S. Willey of ML Carmel, and that she can put Wiley in a trance and while under her influence he divulges 'things beyond the human eye and that on July 15 1917, Mr. Bement whh was then operating for oil in Pike county came to her for information and that she hypnotised Willey and while Willey was under her power be told Bement that oil would be found on the Doug Barker, Pearl Barker, Burkhart, Willis Chew and Rumble leases and that Bement prospected these oil wells and that the Central Refining company paid him $600,000 for oil pr^erty that included the leaees named by Willey while in a trance. She efso asks for e sixteenth interest in the gas property owned by Bement which includes the plents in Petersburg and Winslow. W*illey is e party to the soiL The Thiry hardware store has changed hands. George Pirkle and his son Omer have purchased the entire business from D. H. Thiry. A. W. Corn and Luther Hale. The style of the new firm will be Pirkle & Son. The Pirkles have been employed on the Ingle system for many years. They are good business men end we predict will keep up the high standards established by the store. The new firm took charge of the business Saturday morning. Mr. Com will go back to the mines. Mr. Hale will retain his pláce at No. 8 but Mr. Thiry has not decided what he will do. ' inent citizen of Jefferson township, died Thursday morning. He was one of the best known citizens of that.township. He was 71 years, 8 months and 18 days old and is survived by several children, his wife having been dead some years. The funeral service was held Friday at the Lemond church. The funeral was in charge of the Ireland Lodge of Masons of which he was a member Who does not dread the visitor who starts, then thinks of something else to say ; rises and then thinks of another subject of conversation ; nearly reaches the door, and then has another revelation ; reaches the door, and most prob-ably holding it open, is aroused to a dergee of mental brilliancy that lets in fifty flies per minute. What a tax on the patience and politeness of the listener, who vainly strives, by asserting instantly to every proposition to end the interview and break the restraining bond of polite attention. Wanted-Married man to work on arm. Furnish house and truck patch. Enquire at The Dispatch office. * p Mary E Smith, wife of Fred Smith night of ^ropsy. She was 67 years. 1 mrnith and 4 days old. She was one of Petersburg a most loved women. She was a member of the Methodist church Sur-viving is the husband, two sons and a hewfw^w funeral service was held Wednesday from the M. E. church the service being in charge of the paal etery Walnut Hills cem- The largest crowd ever attending a ball game in Winslow was the crowd which witnessed the Plainville game against the locals at Riverside Park Sunday. And it was probably the most interesting game ever staged there cording to the ball fans, was here two weeks ac- Plainville ago when they played the locals a tie game in 10 in-nings. When it was announced that they were to be here Sunday, ball fans for miles made up their minds to be here. When time to start the game arrived.. Spradlin the Winslow pitcher had not put in an appearance. Another man was picked up, Graham of Peters-burg. But he was a good one. At the end of the second inning the visitors had three runs with Winslow none. In the fifth Winslow secured one rum It was blank for both sides until the eighth when Winslow ran in four more runs. The game ended in the ninth with the visitors retaining the 3 against the locals 5. It was game, interesting from the very ¡tart. Those Pike county sports who put their money against the Winslow team are a sadder but wiser lot John Loveless and famliy were ííT turning from Oakland City Thursday runs a great Andrew Carnegie is dead. ^Tbe country lost much in his death. Starting out in life as a messenger boy he accumulated a fortune. At the age of 65 he started to give it away. He had a feeing that it was wrong to go on ac.cumulating idle naillions ao he began to give away his wealth at the rate of twenty millions each year. He has established libraries all over the country and has accomplished a world of good with his money. His wealth was a result of his own efforts. His father died when he was a very small boy leaving him the breadwinner for his widowed mother. The country will miss Andrew Carnegie but his good work will go on throughout the ages. He certainly made the world better for having lived in it. The state highway commission spent Monday and Tuesday in Pike county. A road meeting was held in Petersburg Monday afternoon. The commission went over the road from Vipcennes to Petersburg, from Peterbsurg to W^ins-low thence to Princeton by Oakland City and spent Monday night. Tuesday morning the commission went from Princeton to Oakland City where a meeting was held, thence through Winslow to Jasper. Prom Jasper they came back through here and went to Boonville. The commission is out viewing the bfBt route for the state highway. Tiiey are being suggeateif to from people of almost every commnn-tiy, each community endeavoring to get a piece of state road for its own use. Every fellow has been accuaidg the other fellow of working against him in hia efforts to get a piece of the state highway for his own particular use. A certain community has been working some other communities with all the power its citizens poaa^sa to tell a Btory of how some other community is working them in order to get that commuuity’B support for another projecL MaiuL automobileB have been following the copmiiaion party about but what good baa been or will be accomplished we are at a loss to know. After the varioua routes are gone over we are of the opinien the commiasion will lay oúit the roads at that body sees the neede of the people will be beat, ■opplied. At least that is whet they •hoald do, eod all the advice they have Vveeived wRI go in at one ear and oat a«t the oSier. ' The people of Pike county are not feeling just right over the new court house deal handed them last week when few fellows around Petersburg worked up a deal by which the county council will be asked to appropriate $250.000 00 to build a new court house in Petersburg. There was no demand from the people for a new court house. The present structure is sufficient for our needs and is on a par with our fi-nancia! Circumstances. There was no agitation for a new court house. Two county commissioners \yere used as tools to do the bidding ot a self ap-pointed steering committee to get a' new building for Petersburg. Even the president of the board of commissioners did not know such a thing was contemplated. It is hinted that several deals were pulled in order that the appropriation may be made by the members of the county council. Do the people of Pike county like to have their affairs bartered by a few designing men that Petersburg may get a new court house? Then, is this a good time to build a new building, when all kinds of material and labor is the highest ever known? The proposed $260,000.00 will be only a starter when we go to build a new court house. The Petersburg papen, knowing the underhanded methods used against the taxpayers to run up a large debt on them, touched the matter of building • the new court house very lightly and mentioned it as little as possible in their, issues of last week. The matter being sent to the city papers from Petersburg telling that Petersburg is a town of 4,000 peo-pie and such other misstatements of facts is calculated to help along in the deal. Are the people of Pike county ready to assume the debt proposed in the erection of a eonrt house? Ifem-here of the steering committee who used the county commissioners, are saying that^the people cannot help themMlves. One of the members said to a man Monday when appx^>acbed on the Bubjeet, “What can you do about it?” Well, If the people want to, they can do something about it before the Qounty council meato In Bepteraher. It's up to the people to agy whether they will stand for such metlKKb. afternoon late, their car was overturned in Ayrshire. Mrs. Loveless was thrown from the car and sustained a broken hip. In the car were Mr. and Mrs. Loveless and grandchild while Dewey Loveless was drivng. As they were coming down the level stretch of road near the Ayrshire school house the car was overturned, just how has not been figured out as the road is level. The baby was thrown out and was uninjured. The others • were ■erstcbed up some but none seriously hurt except Mrs. Loveless whose thigh was broken. She was brought home where she was given medical attention and is getting along very nicely. William T. Woodford died Monday morning in Colorado Springs, Colorado where, he went early in May in the hope of regaining his health. For the past three weeks he had been gradually going ^wn. While his many friends felt that the trip west could hold but very little encouragement for him, the announcement of his death cast a gloom over the entire community. His health had been failing for the past three years. He had a spell of typhoid fever which lasted thtough many weeks. After he recovered he did not seem to gain the strength and vigor. Last winter he contracted influenza from which he seemed to get well but hia general constitution began to go down from then on. He visited specialiato in many parts of the country but did not get relief when be was advised to try Colorado. ^On May 7th in company with his brother H^rry he left here for the west. His wife and children followed as soon as she could get the bua-iness affairs here in condition to lea ve and were with him at the time of hia death. Winslow community lost a good man and citizen in Will . Woodford*» going away. He was bom here June 10, 1887, being 82 years old last June. This has been bis home practically all his life. November 5, 1907 he married Beulah Powell. To them were bom two children who with the widow survive. Surviving also is the father, Frank T. Wooford.two brothers. Harry and Charley and a sister. Mary. The entire community mourns his death. He was a born business man.a grocery-' man. He went to work in his father's grocery when but a HtUe boy. He liked people and by his open, honest manner of doing business soon won all. with whom he came in contact. When his father retired from the business be took it over and built one of the finest buaineases ever known in this town. He wda a chriatian gentleman, a member of the Methodist church. He was Buperintandent of the Matbodsst Sunday School when hia health broke down. He fraa a member of Winaiow Lodge of Maaona and took an active part in the progress of the Lodge. He pea-■eased an iron nerve and fought death with all the power of a strong will-He hoped to live to eeeJríe obildvee grown but this privilege wae denied him. The remainc were brought heie Thursday and taken to the homeot her father, J. W. Powelk «ban iha fuwal will be held ia not kne9a.«$ , ei^preee hoér. PteC. Abei^l^a^v"^ III L met Mre. Woodford and Ihe bédr.ih Louie to aeemspany thtoa -V;

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