The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-24


Sherrick, former state auditor. This
action means that Sherrick must
stay in prison while the appeal is be-
ing heard and until the supreme
court shall have passed upon the case.
The high wind of Saturday did
great damage to the onion fields
south and southeast OF town. The
sight soil was blown away from the
roots of the plants and in many cases
whole acres were ruined The dam
Iage was especially great where the
onions had been recently wheelhoed
-Nappanee Advance.
JOS. Davis and wife, accompanied
Dy Miss Helen Neu, have returned
from North Carolina, where the for
mer were visiting their son and
daughter, +. w. Kraft and wife, the
past few weeks and where Miss Neu
has been for some months. They
are loud in their praise of the good
time they had.-Bourbon Mirror.
The onion weeders employed by
| John Matthew, formed union and
struck for higher wages Tuesday
morning. No compromise terms
have been reached, and as Mr.. Mat
thew is a sturdy Englishman, who
mas mind of his own and has al
ways been laborer, he will not sub
NIT to any terms he deems unjust.
The forest fires in Michigan were
quenched by heavy rains Monday
morning and there seems to be no
further danger. The most damage is
at Quinnisec, Mich, a large town,
which was destroyed, but the blaze
there was not due to forest fire, but
TO a bonfire in the rear of "a livery
stable There are no woods around
Quinnisec.
The complet, drainage of the Kan
kakee valley and the consequent re-
clamation of about million acres of
fine land is now an assured fact. In
this connection it is interesting TO
note that Attorney Henry r. Rob-
bins of this city was the first man
IN the whole valley to set the move
ment on foot and give it a good start
Knox Republican.
In the federal court at Indianapolis
Wednesday, jury awarded $1,000
damages TO a young role who had a
root injured by an ingot smasher in
me Inland steel company's plant.
FOR the average Polish laborer $4,000
IS big fortune and the chances are
lhat this young man will either re-
turn TO his native town and live in
affluence the rest of his days or will
go to Chicago and become city
councilman.
State Factory Inspector McAbee
says the idea that women are crowd
ing men out OF many lines of work
IS unfounded. In only five lines was
his found to be the case In the
manufacture of garments IS per cent
are females; laundries 705 per cent {;
textiles, GO per cent and department
stores 61.2 per cent Outside of these
industries the percentage of females
IS quite small.
South Bend is losing some of its
leading preachers. Within one week
three ministers, Rev. ]. Rice, of the
First Christian church; Dr. c. II.
Cooper, of the First Baptist church,
and b. III. Beal, of the Lowell NJ +.
church, have all received calls from
other cities and will soon leave for
their new fields of labor. Mr. Rice
will go to Minneapolis and DIR. Coop
er to Detroit Mr.. Beal is to engage
in evangelistic work
Mrs. f. Z. Lord was stricken with
| apoplexy Saturday evening at her
home in Culver and died Sunday at
400 p. m. without regaining con-
seriousness. Funeral at o'clock
Tuesday, services conducted by Rev.
N. III. Sheppard of this city. Mrs.
Lord was the we'll known steamboat
owner of Culver. She became mem
Der of the Christian church several
weeks before her death and seemed
to be thoroughly converted.
The Chicago American took three
columns of space in poster type
| Wednesday evening to tell that Fred
Rettinger OF Bourbon township was
in jail in Laporte for the murder OF
William Bates and the attempted
murder of three other families
i There is not a word of truth in the
report, and it is safe to say that a
single column in our ordinary news
paper type would give all the rea
news that appears in the sensational
dailies every day
what Is INITIATIVE! Ii is DONG tns
right thing without being told. BIZ
next to doing the right thing withoti
being told is to do it when you ar
told once, but your pay is always il
proportion. Next there are thos'
who never do thing until they arr
told twice; such get no honor ant
small pay. Next there are those wh'
do the right thing only when neces
sity kicks them from behind, an
these get indifference instead of hon
or. and a pittance for pay.-Elber
{ Hubbard.
HERE AT HOME.