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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Cut Out Doodle Voters?

During the past campaign or
tow some parties and candidates
prohted materially by eliminat-
ing those features that cost mon
ey. During the last municipal
campaign in Upton, Ind, the
arrangements of both parties en-
tered into an agreement not to
spend a dollar for any other than
a strictly legitimate campaign
expense. The agreement con-
tanned a stiff forfeiture clause.
But both sides acted in good
faith and the result was SO graf
living that future campaigns
will be conducted in Similar
manner. 1t would, OF course be
hardship on the "old soaks'
and the fellow who sells his vote
but ON the other hand. there
would be, under these conditions
an expression of the honest vo
tiers and an election free from
every faint of Doodle. This plar
could be worked in every coun'
ty and township of the state. lr
fact it should be put into prac'
tice. 1t would meet the approx
al of every honest man in every
voting precinct and would re
move from Indiana the odiun
that attaches to any state thai
has a purchasable vote.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Dissipation in Reading.

Schopenhauer said: The sur
est way of having no thoughts
of our own is to take up a book
every time we have nothing TO
do That is not the popular
idea, for readers are generally
regarded as the generator OF
thought and character. But it is
not so of itself, One must do
something besides read. He
must digest what he reads. He
M increase the range of his
pr 4eptive powers, start up a
new set of relations and draw
some fresh conclusions. There
are people who read great deal
more than other people, but
know a great deal less. They
read just to read-to put in time
for pleasuraDle sensation that
one gets lying in a hammock or
drinking a glass of soda. There
is no digestive force in it that
builds up brain fiber. 1t is the
sort of reading that sustains in
sipid talk and makes one in a lit
tie social circle turn away in dis
gust when a serious subject is
referred to. The fact is the only
kind of reading that is worth the
time employed is that which
arouses reflection and builds uf
| ideals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Good Luck for Orphan.

TT. Wayne papers tell of the
good luck of Charles Cecil, adop-
ted son of r. w. Cecil and wife.
He was adopted by them during
the worlds fair at Chicago, and
has lived with them ever since,
assuming their name and going
as one of their children. Young
Cecil, as he is now known, was
named Pignide when adopted
and was one of the children who
were put in an orphanage by a
church organization at that
place. Time went apace and the
children lost sight of each other.
Recently search of several
years by one of Charles broth
ers was rewarded by finding the
latter in Fl. Wayne with the Ce-
ellis where he had been we'll cared
for. The children fell heirs to an
estate in St. Louis recently and
the result is that the boy has a
good lift in the world through,
the finding of him by his broth
er. The Cecils are well known
here. They built the residence
on Sophia street now owned by
Mr.. Artz and resided there sever
al years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Good Roads and Rural Mail.

1t is announced that the gov
eminent will look more carefully
to the enforcement of its rule re-
garding the roads over which the
rural free delivery is established.
The present requirement is !:
Roads traversed shall be kept in
good condition, and unobstructed
by gates; there must be no un-
bridged creeks or streams not
fordable at any season of the
year In many cases the resi-
tents along proposed routes have
made Improvements that enable
them to obtain rural delivery ser
vice. but sometimes the efforts
TO keep up the roads are relaxed
Put the government has decided
that unless theh roads travelled
by the carrier are properly main
tanned the service will be with
drawn. The postoffice depart
ment now calls on the carriers
for reports on the roads and will
stop the service where the high
ways in question are bad.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Oil is Indicted.

The first skirmish in the cru
SADIE of the government against
the Standard Oil company to
compel the mother of trusts to
comply with the letter of the an
titrlist and monopoly laws was
ended Monday afternoon at Chi
cag5 when the two special feder-
al grand juries returned ten in
dictments against the oil COM
pany, containing a total number
of GAPS counts. In respect to the
scope of the indictments the
number of counts and the volu-
minous nature of the documents
all records of the federal courts
were broken and when the juries
were dismissed by Judge Bethes
after three weeks of continuou:
work they had the satisfaction
of knowing that they bad huns
up mark for future investiga
tors.
The charges named in the in
dictments are violations of TIL,
Elkins antirebate law, which
prohibits the accepting or grant
ing of rebates on oil and othel
products. The fine as fixed by
/ the Elkins law is not less thar
81 900 and not more than $4,000
on each count. At this rate TIL
maximum fine which might b.
imposed upon the Standard Oh
Company would aggregat
1928, 100000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Shun the I>imelipht.

DIR. c. H. Woolston, pastor of
he Peoples church, PhiIadel-
talked at s O'clock Wednesday
morning on Methods" at the
Wniona Bibdle conference. He
said he did not often go about
telling people how to do it. He
stayed at home and did it. DIR.
Woolston's church has 1900
members. Out of that number
but twelve own their own homes
seven have spare bedroom in
their homes and four have a
bank account. No fried oysters
or ice cream festivals are allowed
in the Peoples church. The
money to run the church is earn.
ed by the members by doing
work outside OF their regular
working hours.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Denial by Colonel Lockwood.

Colonel George B. lockwood
takes occasion to characte -ize a
dispatch sent out recently from
Winona lake. He says that he
lcver has been manager of the
assembly there, and therefore
could not resign the position ;
md he adds that he is not to
become the private secretary of
Vice President Fairbanks. The
political interests of Mr.. Fair
banks have not, he says, been
committed to his care; and he
knows nothing of the report that
he is to become manager of
newspapers in Indianapolis, Ter
re Haute and Muncie. Mr.. Lock
wood adds that he expects to
spc,ld no time at Washington,
as he has taken up his residence
in indianapolis. He has, how
ever, resigned a position that he
held at Winona.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Plymouth Schools.

The Plymouth schools will
open Monday, September 3. R.
A. Randall is the superintendent.
The board of education is COM
posed of T. A. Borton, president ;
George II. Thayer Jr.. Secretary ;
]. A. Gilmore, ST., Treasurer ;
The high school instructors are
]. T. INITIAL, principal; Emma
Chesney, Laura Benedict. Evan
geline Morrisey, and R. A. Ran
dali.
The Grade teachers at the
Washington building are w. H.
English, d. L. McKesson, En-
ma Crowley, Mrs. M. Klein
schmidt, Anna McOmber, Tyra
Sanders. Mrs. M. Houghton, Jes-
sic Mccoy, De Eta Price. AT
the Webster building. F. B. Car
ey, principal. Edna Wilcox, Ma
belle Pitts, Lucy McFarlin, Ida
M. Haines and Julia Yockeyi
substitute.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Railroad Rate Law.

The new railroad rate law
went into effect Tuesday morn
ing August 90. The railroad
rate bill requires all interstate
carriers to make through rates
and reasonable joint rates. 1t
makes oil pipeline companies,
express companies and sleeping
car companies common carriers
and subject to the law. Railways
are forbidden from engaging in
any other business than trans
portation. Pipe lines are ex-
Guided from this prohibition.
While permitting railways to
use private freight cars, it re-
quires that all incidental charges
arising from refrigerating and
other services be incorporated in
the transportation charge.
1t requires publication of all
rates, fares or charges and for
bids changes save on thirty
days notice. Jurisdiction is con-
ferred upon the Interstate Com
merce commission to hear COM
plants or unjust and unreason-
able rates, and to FIX rates that
are Just and reasonable.
Rebates and other discrimina-
tory practices are forbidden and
subject to penalties.
Free transportation is limited
to certain specified persons.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Big Doin's in Illinois.

There was big doin's over in
Illinois Tuesday. The Republi-
can state convention was in ses-
sion at Springfield and the Dem
ocratic state convention was as
sembled in Peoria. At Spring
field the Republicans Endorsed
Uncle Joe" Cannon for presi-
dent and over at Peoria the
Democrats endorsed Bryan, al
though Bryan sent word that he
did not want their endorsement
unless it could be made without
the votes of the delegates in the
convention who were favorable
to Sullivan, the Nebraskans
sworn enemy in the Sucker state
whom the "Silver tongued orator
of the Platte" has demanded to
be thrown off the national Dem
ocratic committee body and
breeches. Well. Sullivan got
complete control of the Peoria
convention and kept it all
through the session. Bryan was
endorsed just the same and he
can take the thing or let it alone
just as he likes.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
The County Convention.


The Republicans of Marshall
county will hold a mass conven-
ton in the city of Plymouth two
weeks from next Saturday, Sep
tepiber Is. and nominate a full
county ticket, which can be cleo
ted in November if all the Re-
publicans in the county do their
duty.
Marshall county is the OILY
county in the state in which any
interest has been kept alive in
the Republican party during the
summer, consequently the Re
publicans of this county are now
in excellent fighting trim and
are ready to poll full vote.
A ticket composed of the right
men can sweep the county like a
whirlwind and we believe such a
ticket will be nominated.
So far as we can learn, nobody
nominated by the convention
held June 2, has accepted nom
nation or intends to accept. as
a candidate of that convention
The fact that w. G.. Hendricks
was elected chairman in January
and has never beer removed
from the position is now ac-
knowledged by all parties, and
all true Republicans will lay
aside personal feeling and unite
in nominating and electing Re-
publicans.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

When gathering huckleberries
at the head waters of Potter's
Greek, w. Va, Friday Beirne
Mccormick was bitten by rat
tlesnake, the reptile sinking its
fangs into his finger and hanging
on until shaken off.
In a nearby field two calves
were attempting to iced from a
COW. Thoroughly frightened
Mccormick leaped the fence,
caught one of the calves and
placed the bitten finger in the
animals mouth. The calf imme-
diately began sucking forcibIy
on McCormick's poison filled FIN
ger, drawing all the venom into
its own system Mccormick has
suffered but little from the eff
fects of the bite, but the calf is
dead.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
A Quiet Wedding.

AT the rooms of the bride, cor
ner of Plumb and Washington
streets in this city, Saturday, Au
gust 25, 1906, at threeto'clock in
the afternoon, Mr.. Daniel Moch-
ell of West township, and Miss
Dora Dickson of this city were
united in marriage by Rev. John
S. Crowder.
The bride has been for many
years resident of this city, her
parents being among the first
settlers of Marshall county. She
has been for a number of years
in. the employ of Ball & Co., and
is we'll and favorably known as
an exemplary lady in every re-
spect.
Mr.. Mochel is a farmer who
came here from Pulaski county
a few years ago and bought the
Clark Thompson farm. He has
proved himself an excellent citi-
zen.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Whitecaps appeared at the
home of William Wooten, nine
miles south of Nashville, this
state, and with hickory switches
mercilessly whipped his brother,
George Wooten.
The victim was asleep in the
barn when the whitecaps came.
He says there were about forty
masked men in the party. He
was dragged from the barn and
tied to a post, where the assault
took place. In endeavoring with
his arms to ward off the blows
his shoulders were shocking'y
bruised and cut. From head to
foot he is covered with injuries.
"They told pe | had disturbed
al religious meeting said Woot-
en-. II did nothing but grab the
preacher by the throat and choke
him a few times when he said,
HThere is nobody in hell but
Complexities" My father was
Campbellite.'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Music At Pretty Lake.

The cottagers at Pretty Lake
have been enjoying a musical
and social treat for the past ten
days. Prof. f. w. Danner and
Walter B. Smith both of Indi-
annapolis have been very kind
and generous, entertaining the
cottagers with their music and
dancing. Things have been very
lively and the young folks have
been tripping the fantastic each
evening on the porches having a
good time in general. Mr.. Dan
ner and Mr.. Smith have made
many new friends who wish
them success and will welcome
their return next summer. They
leave for Indianapolis Wednes-
day morning.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Inconvenience of Prosperity.

1t is the belief of a great many
manufacturers that the prevail
ing good times work a great
hardship upon production, mas
much as they tend to higher
wages and the increased cost of
labor.
A similar indictment may be
brought against prosperity by
reason of the serious car short
age that is confronting all the
railroads of the country, and the
friction and the Inconvenience
that are expected to arise over
the tremendous demand for
currency with which to move the
crops. 1t is expec ed that an al
most unprecedented demand for
currency will be made by. the
west upon New York, and a scar
'ity in many forms of currency
is already manifest.
Prosperity has its advantages
but evidently also its drawbacks
1t is not very sound or satisfy
ing arraignment of good times
however that labor is universally
employed and we'll paid, or that
business is so brisk as to tax the
capacity of the railroads and the
circulating medium.
There was no scarcity of labor
car shortage or undue quantit,
of money in circulation in thu
years from 1898 to 1897.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Some words in our language
have several meanings, each diff
ferent. from the others, so that
it is not always possible to know
at first just what thought the
speaker wishes to express. There
is the word Humanitarian" for
instance. If you will turn to
your Webster you will find that
it means, first, one who denies
the divinity of Christ and be-
lieves him to have been merely
human; second, one who limits
the sphere of duties to human
relations and affections to the
exclusion of the religious or spir-
itual; third, one who is actively
concerned in promoting the well
fare of his kind, a Philanthropist
The third sense is the one IN
which the word is now most fire.
quently used, and Webster
marks this definition as recent. "
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

Nellie Rainey, who was ar
rested at Evansville in company
with Ernest Tanksley, the Scha-
fer murder suspect, and brought
back to her home in Heltonville
was viciously assaulted by her
brother, Melva Rainey, while
she was in the act of destroying
some evidence which he had col
lected against Tanksley. Miss
Rainey was knocked to the
ground and the evidence which
was in the shape of some papers
and book were taken from her
She. is sticking loyalty to Tanks
ley and declares her father and
brother are in conspiracy to fiS
the charge of murder on Tank
sley. knowing he is innocent
Tanksley will be taken before
the grand jury this week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
State Tax Board Adjourns.

The state tax board of COM
missioners, which adjourned its
1906 meetings Thursday, added
over $17 100000 to the tax dupli-
cate of the state-a larger i'm
crease than was ever noted be-
fore. This increase was largely
due to increases in the assess
ment of large corporations,
transportation for the most part
The largest single increase was
that of the Indianapolis Traction
and Terminal company, which
was almost doubled, from about
$4,0O0,000 to about $7,000,000.
The Western Union Telegraph
company's assessment was rails
ed. too, as was that OF the South
crn Indiana, Monon and a few
other railroads.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Council Meeting.

AT the council meeting Mon
day evening, d. L. Dickinson
and others presented petition
to abate insurance. 1t was re-
ferred to the city attorney.
The bond of John NJ. Olds as
city clerk was filed.
The water works superinten-
dent reported need of more wat
er mains and was directed to
purchase a carload of assorted
pipes
The electric light pole at cor
ner of Newton and Walnut
streets was ordered removed.
Bills amounting to $467.31
were allowed leaving a balance
$3.50. so on hand.
The water works committee
recommended the installation OF
air lift and heater and that the
water works superintendent col
lect water rents quarterly.
Purchase of plank for APP
proaches to the Blain bridge was
authorized.
The repairing of Brownlee
Fbridge was referred to commit
tee for investigation.
City engineer was directed to
prepare grade for East Laporte
|street.
The sidewalk resolution was
passed and additional notices fol-
new sidewalks were ordered.
There were no bids on Wash
ington street sewer and it was
ordered readvertised for Sept
10th.
Resolution for sewer on East
CAIRO street was adopted and
the assessment of East Sophia
street was confirmed.
The Plum street bond ordi-
nance was passed.
The council finally decided Il
take charge of all necessary
steps for improvement at water
works and the clerk was ordered
to notify delinquent water user.
to pay all arrearages within ter
days and in case of non-pay
ment water shall be turned off
The matter of fountain at cor
ner of Caro- and Water street.
was referred to water work:
committee with power to act.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Charged With Perjury.

Unless very satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION can be made promptly
by Carlos w. Riddick, secretary
of the Republican state commit
tee and editor of the Winamac
Republican, his arrest will be
but a matter of time.
The charge against him will be
perjury, with intent to defraud.
The charges will be preferred
by citizens of his home town.
The facts causing the prefer
ring of charges are as follows ::
On April 90, 1905, Carlos W.
Riddick swore to and signed an
affidavit of $500 mortgage in
debtedness, that the same was
unpaid on March l, 1905. This
mortgage, it is set forth, was
against his home in Winamac.
1t was executed to Mary Il. Rid
dick, a nonresident of Indiana,
sister of Carlos w. Riddick. A
careful examination has been
made by ]. M. Stipp, recorder
of Pulaski county, and he states
that according to his knowledge
the Eiddick home was free from
indebtedness from March l until
April %. There is but one mort
gage on record and that mort
gage was written by John l..
Burton, notary public, who
says that c. w. Riddick and
wife signed and executed this
mortgage on the 10Th day of APP
ril, 1905, as shown in the coun-
ty mortgage record %, page 321
On the same date, April 20
1905, on which this mortgage
was given, John L. Burton
wrote a deed for Carl w. Rid.
dick conveying to Grace Riddicl
his wife, the same home prop.
erty, this being lot number %.
On the same date. the mort
| gage and deed were executed
these instruments were filed.
]. M. Stipp, recorder of Pull
ask county, publishes the deeds
and affidavits of mortgage in
| debtedness and it looks like
Ridick who is the real promote
of the Plymouth Chronicle
might go the same road that it
first promoter, Walter Brow
went. Riddick, Goodrich, earn
a nice trio trying to override tn
election OF a Republican chair
man in Marshall County.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
LOSS TEN THOUSAND.
Burglars Loot and Burn a Roll
ing Prairie Store.

After looting the general store
of Eugene Adams early Thurs
day morning, burglars set fire to
the place and entirely destroyed
the building which was known
as the Odd Fellows block, the
lodge owning and having rooms
in the place. The total loss will
reach $4,000.
The building was erected at an
expense of $4,000 and the stock
invoiced at $1,000. The robbery
and fire was similar to that which
recently took place at Berrien
Springs, Mich. The authorities
are on the track of South Bend
men, who are also suspected oil
the Lakeville Wabash railway
depot robbery a few days ago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30
Hearst and the Governorship.

Both Charles f. Hughes and
William Travers Jerome seem to
be moved to their willingness to
lccept nomination for the gov
ernorship of New York State, so
far as they are willing. by their
hostility to the movement head
ed by William Randolph Hearst.
Mr. Hughes was indeed, quoted
IS saying that he did not want
70 be nominated unless the
Hearst candidacy should "as-
sumo such proportions as to
make it the duty of every good
citizen to lay aside his personal
preference to combat it."
The special point of interest
is that in the attitude of both
these men the dominant feature
is not so much antipathy to Mr..
Hearst personally as it is fear OF
he politicians who surround him
and of the political machine
which would come into power
with his triumph.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

AS a result of the new anti
pass law it is probable that all
of the city officials in West Bur
lington, Iowa will resign their
Offices. A peculiar situation ex-
lists in that community, which is
made up principally of railroad
employees. All of the city offic-
ials are either officials or en-
ployes of the railroad companies
and as such are entitled under
the law to use of passes, but as
city officials are prohibited from
riding on any kind of free rail-
road transportation. AS city Of
hcials they receive from $40 to
$25 year for their services and
they hold that passes are of
more value to them that city Of
fees.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

The appeal of the state in the
French Lick and West Baden
gambling cases was filed in the
supreme court at Indianapolis
Thursday by Attorney General
Miller The appeal is from the
ruling of Judge Thomas Buskirk
of the Orange county circuit
court that the facts stated in the
quo warranto proceedings were
not sufficient to warrant the APP
pointment of temporary receiv-
ers for the hotel companies and
an injunction against gambling
and also from the decision that
the state had not proceeded in
compliance with special acts to
which he ruled procedure was
limited.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-30

The notorious policy king of
New York, AL. Adams, after
serving his term in prison, or
ganized bucket shop with
branches all over the country. 1t
is reported that he found it prof
table to fleece the little lambs
who think they know something
about stocks and change.
Whether or not he has made
money. his company has now
found it advisable to fail for 49,
100000. Country correspondents
are yet to be heard from. The
rea losers are the people of small
means who have entrusted their
savings to these specializing
sharks.