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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Found Not Guilty.

After being out all night, the jury
which heard the evidence in the case
against Silas Robinson of Walkerton
charged with being an accessory al
ter the fact in the robbery OF the
Renold home, for which John Crimpe
and VIM Smith plead guilty return
ed verdict of not guilty. Robin
son was discharged from custody
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Mrs. Parker Undergoes Operation.

A second operation following a
serious one of four weeks ago was
performed upon Mrs Samuel Parker
Thursday morning at Epworth hos
pital. 1t was known soon after Mrs.
Parker went to the hospital that a
second operation would be necessary
and thus was delayed only long
enough to allow the patient 10 regain
strength sufficient to insure recov-
cry The operation was entirely sat-
isfactory TO the attending physicians,
and Mrs Parker rallied nicely from
the effects OF the esthetic.-South
Bend Times.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
CONFERENCE WILL
BE REDISTRICTED
ANDERSON MAY BE HEAD OF
NEW DISTRICT OF METHO-
DIST CHURCH
Rev. H. w. Bennett May Be Assign
ed to First Church at
Elkhart.

The annual meeting of the North
Indiana Methodist Episcopal confer
ence will be held at Greenfield the
latter part OF the present month and
one oi the most interesting matters
to come up will be the redlstricting
OF the conference Anderson will be
made the head OF new district TO De
known as the Anderson district, ac-
cordng to well-informed members ol
the local NJ. Z. congregations. The
statement made by men in authority,
It appears, is the first direct forecast
OF the change in the districts OF the
North Indiana M. E. conference. For
many years that city has been in
cluded in the Muncie district, one
OF the largest in the conference By
the proposed plan OF cha .5;ng boun-
daries of districts the ,MIncie distric
territory will be considerably chang
ed or will be divided and merged
w tn the Anderson and Richmond dis
tricts L; is also planned TO make
several changes in the north districts
particularly for the Logansport and
Wabash districts.
The plan OF redistricting, it is fur
ther stated, is not proposed to create
more Offices nor to lessen them, bu,
move that is commensurate with
the growth OF the North Indiana "
F. Conference. Several years 1ave
passed since there was any materia
change in districts.
As 4 result, it Is said, some dis
tricts are not well proportioned be-
cause OF their population, and, fur
ther, that the boundaries arc nor
practical this time 1t is also pointed
out that since numerous electric rail
ways, as we'll as additional steam
roads. have greatly increased faci,-
tiles, there is need for a change in
the territory OF work for each dis
ret superintendent, iormerlv knowr
as presiding elder. Some of the dis,
trict boundaries, it is said, conflict
as they now stand.
There is some talk of dividing the
counties along the northeast corner
of the conference between two dis
tricts. Fort Wayne and ,Muncie
lereby reducing the Richmond dis
trn., or consolidating It with the
| Muncie district. In the plan of redis
ltr;cting il is not :mprobab bic that one
or two new districts will be created
Rev. Henry W. Bennett, of War.
saw, superintendent of the Goshen
district, will retire because he has
served the limit of time for a super
intendent OF district. 1t is probable
that the Rev Mr.. Bennett will be
assigned the charge of the larges'
NJ +. church at Elkhart.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Will Make Some" Pavement.

Plymouth already enjoys the dis
t5nction of having more miles of paw
ed streets, than any city of its size.
in this half OF the state With the
addition Of fourteen blocks more this
spning. all of the principal streets VIII
be paved, and besides rhe better ap-
pearance of the streets will possess
a great, economic saving in the mat
ter of hauling. etc. The residents of
the city, would not sacrifice the al
ready acquired pavement for double
the amount of their assessment when
the same was laid
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Will Seek Rifle Range.

Captain Orlando Johnson and Pri-
vate Cassel Drake OF Company /. of
the militia will go TO Hamlet and
Grovertown, Sunday, 10 seek a looa-
ton for rife range. for the local
militia No available tract can be
obtained near this city. Company l
is the only company in the 3rd Reg
iment without a rife range.
Brig. Gen. Samuel Compton of In
dianapolis was in the city Monday
evening inspecting the unserviceable
property of the militia, for which new
equipment will be received. The COM
pany has already received their new
service uniforms, and wall receive
new service hats, some new blue uni
forms, etc. Within a few days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Many Attend Horse Sale.

The horse sale in this city was at
tended by crowd which filled tine
block on Washington street. from
Michigan to Water Saturday after
noon. Three auctioneers cried the
sale and the horses were disposed OF,
at prices ranging from $125 to 1925.
The sale was conducted by U. s.
Lemert.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Attend w. G. T. u. Meeting.

Mrs. Elizabeth Duddleson and Mrs
s. 6. Smith OF Culver, and Miss En-
rna Stacy of this city. went no Bour-
bon Tuesday where they will
attend the county institute of the
'Women's Christian Temperance Un-
ion, which is being held there, begin
ing tuesday. Tuesday night Mrs.
Pierce of Kauga. Ind, the state sup
erintendent addressed the meeting.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Forger Goes to Pen.

Entering plea of guilty to a
charge of passing a forged check in
Goshen, Charles McKenna, who sew
eral months ago passed y bad piece
of paper on Mr. Myers, clerk a. the
grocery owned by Floyd Bowling in
Warsaw, was on Tuesday sentenced
to serve two to fourteen years in the
Jeffersonv;le reformatory.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11

The first authoritative census taken
OF Gary, which is now practically
completed, will show the steel city to
contain about 1o,50o souls This en-
umeration is now being made by the
Lake County Directory company. of
which p l.. Fitzgerald, of Ham,
mond, is president The work was
done as accurately as possible under
the circumstances
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Booths Pursuer is Dead.

William Walker, one of the band
of cavalrymen that followed J
Wilkes Booth. President Lincoln's
assassin and who stood by Boston
Corbett when the latter shot Booth
was buried in Mount Olive cemetery
Chicago. Wednesday, with military
honors.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Death of Infant Child.

Ecella. the infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward ]. Jolly, died al
the home of her parents on west
Caro- street Friday evening, aged
months and 23 days. The funeral wa;
held Monday, and the remains were
nterred in the cemetery at Walker
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Death of Mrs. Hannah Bright.

Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Bright died
at her home in Inwood Thursday
morning, and was buried at the Hin
die cemetery Friday afternoon. She
was 6s years OF age at the time OF her
death and Eved alone in Inwood. The
only surviving relatives are a brother
Joseph Davidson of Inwood, and a
stepson Dick Bright, who resides at
Burbon Death was caused from old
age
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11

Eleven more Gary saloons have
closed their doors on account of the
blanket remonstrance which was filed
before the county commissioners and
went into effect last May. Only Is
more saloons out of 125 in that town.
ship remain in business. The license
of these expire on April 4.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Mere Man Gets Milliners' Medal.

Walter H. Doherty, of South Bend
a civil engineer, % years old, has
received the gold medal for hat cre-
ations at the convention of the Ma
tional Milliners' association, held al
Chicago.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
To Attend Installation.

Mrs. Frank J. Bussard went to Rem
selaer Friday where she will act as
marshal in the installation of officers
in the Eastern Star chapter of thu I
city Grand Matron Mrs. S. J. Sum
mers of Valparaiso, will conduct the
ceremonies.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
New Suits Filed.

The Thomas Manufac turing Co.,
has brought suit against John W.
Burger. and John Hildebrand, doing
business as the firm of Burger and
Iiildebrand on note.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11

There is a warm contest for the
postmastership at Tip.oRl NJ. W.
Pershing, the incumbent, and Ed T.
Staley, editor of the Upton Advo-
cate, are the two declared candidates.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
DEATH CALLS
EARLY SETTLER
THOMAS B LEE OF BOURBON
SUccOMBS TO ATTACK OF
HEART DISEASE.
Has Resided in Marshall County for
46 Years-Funeral Was Largely
Attended

Thomas B. Lee, one of the old
est, and best known settlers OF Mar
shall county, died at his home in
Bourbon Thur sday evening, as a result
OF a sudden attack OF heart disease. He
was born in Philadelphia, Feb IA,
1882, son of Nathan and Uric Lee,
natives respectively of Lancaster and
Chester counties. The father who was
a cabinet maker, moved tc Marion
county, Ohio during the boyhood
days of his son Thomas and he spent
the remainder of his life there The
son received his educational draining
in the schools of Marion county, and
one year after his fathers death he
moved to. Morrow county, Ohio, and
in 1863 ne came with his oldes. broth
er, Isaac, to Panama Marshall coun-
ty, Ind, and engaged in the milling
business. AT one time he was the pro-
p-ieror of three sawmills, and ne con-
tinued in that business with his broth
er until 1879, when the latter sold his
interest to Dwight L. Dickenson who
remained in partnership with Mr.. Lee
until 1892 During few years there
after Mr. Lee lived retired, and again
entering business activities he was
identified for -four years with the car
riage business in Bourbon He sub.
sequently turned his attention to the
sale OF agricultural implements En
partnership with John Plant, and this
line OF trade claimed his time and at
tention until his death.
In 1855 Mr.. Lee was united in mar
rage tgo Ruth Platt, whose death oc.
CURED in 1898, and in the following
year he married Alice Beatty. To the
first union were born two daughters
Viola, now Mrs Listenfelt, and Rosa,
mond, Mrs Fouts. Mr.. Lee was z
Democrat in his affiliations, and fra
ternaly was a member of the Masonic
order, joining the Blue lodge in Bour-
bon in 1869, and he was a member ot
the chapter and commandery in Ply,
mouth and Consistory at Fort Wayne
Marshall county numbers Thomas B
Lee among her earliest and mos
honored pioneers. He established hi.
home within her borders in very
early day when the county was bu
thinly settled and in those early day.
the residents of Panama secured
their supplies from Bourbon six mi'e,
distant. OK teams being used for. tn,
purpose, and it often took the great
er part of two days to make the iour
ney. :
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Close Hibbard Meetings.

Rev ]. collars OF South Bend, has
closed a weeks meeting which he has
been conducting at Hibbard, and has
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Caleb Powers to Lecture.

Caleb Powers has signed a contrac,
to appear on the Winona Assembly
program, July 6, about the same time
that w. ]. Bryan will speak at Wi
mona Lake.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
COMPANY | GETS
NEW EQUIPMENT
MILITIA RECEIVES UNIFORMS
AND is READY FOR IN
SPECTION.
A Roster of Officers and Members OF
the Local Company-Some New
Names to be Added

Service uniforms have been issued
to the members of Company l of the
National guard and the company will
shine in new suits at the seni-annual
inspection which will be held a week
from next Wednesday.
The service suits are brown to
match the Khaki uniforms that are
worn in warm weather The service
is heavy and the guard uniform con-
sists of cap, shirt, blouse, trousers
and leggings. When decked out in
this Uniform the guardsman looks
like youthful Roosevelt, ready for
a hunting trip or cross-country ride.
The trousers look like riding dress.
They are snug in the waist and big in
hip and thigh. AT the knee they are
comfortably loose but over the calf
of the leg they are tight. They come
down to two or three inches above
the ankle and lace from the knee
down. Over the lower part the leg
gins are laced The close fit elimin-
ates the bulginess that always ac-
companies leggings worn w.th the
old brown uniforms or with the blue
The local company is now prepared
10 begin drill to get in readiness for
camp. The company for about year
has had the new Springfield rife
which holds a clip of five cartridges
and may be used either as repeater
or single shot. The rifle is shor:e:
than the Krag and much shorier than
the old Springfield.
To accustom the boys to using the
new rife the government supplies ar
exact imitation of it in the % ca!ibre
using the % short cartridge. With
this rifle the boys practice in their
armory on targets supplied by the
government. In one year the company
used 10000 rounds of % caEber am
munition.
The company practically supports
Itself on its income from the govern
ment and state and such means as il
can devise. The state allows 20 cent.
a week for drilling, and gives the
company $3.50 a year for armory rent
The government furnishes clothing
rifle and supplies.
Local Members.
The officers and privates OF Com
pany l, of This city, are as follows
Captain Orlando Johnson, FRS
Lieutenant, Oscar F. Boberg, Secont
Lieutenant, Melvin Fields, First Sar
geant Fred Bell. Second Sargean
George Pifer, Third Sargent Loye
Zumebaugh. Fourth Sargent Emmet
D. Fields; Quarter Master Sargent
Mox Hintz
Corporals-Wm Shire, Guy Craw
ford, Frank Powell, Dennis Harris
Arti6cer Cassie Drake Musician.
VIM. Risch, Russell Klngerman.
PrivatestWm. D. Bloomfield, Jay
Boggs, Fred Deyo, Earl Deacon
Robert Espich. Arthur Fairbanks
Benjamin Force. Jessie Hossler
Oval Jones, Frank Klingerman
Clarence E. Klingerman, Henry Lin
derman, Tracy Ligget, James New
horter, Frank Overhaul, John Prim
ley, Arthur Porter Benjamin Barber
Ed. Fertig Herman Pitts, Charlie.
Sanders, Clarence Schafer, Ossie o
Starr. Eddie Simpson, Arley NJ
Trowbridge, Festus ID. Turner, Ear
Whited, Bloomfield Wilson.
Applications on hand for member
ship:
Earl lMoNeely. Lester Zumebaugh
Ed. Kaufman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Funeral of Thomas B. Lee.

The funeral of Thomas B. Lee was
held at Bourbon, Indiana Sunday,
March Z, at o'clock, conducted by
Plymouth Commandery K 7.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11

The chairman of the water works
committee reported that there was
need OF new iron pipe 1t was agreed
that bids be advertised for, which
will be received by the council in .
few weeks.
1t was reported that a catch basin
had been tapped by resident In
west Plymouth. The street commits
sioner was instructed to order the
tap removed, and have the same con-
nected above the trap.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Many Attend Funeral.

Over one hundred tickets were
sold from this city to Bourbon Sun
day, to persons who attended the
funeral OF the late Thomas B. Lee.
The Plymouth Commandery of Mas
ons, Blue Lodge, Eastern Star and
the Band of this city attended the
funeral. Forty-one knights from
Plymouth were in attendance. AT
Bourbon, the Knights OF Pythias,
Wcodmen of the World, Masons,
Blue Lodge, attended in their respec-
tive bodies. With the individual
friends that marched to the ceme-
terry. the procession was almost a
half mile long.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11

COURT APPOINTS ADMINS
TRAITOR FOR ESTATE OF
FREDERICK o. RICE.
Left Farm Near Inwood 16 Years
Ago-Not Heard From
Since.

"Frederick O. Rice, wherever you
are, you are a dead man. Sunday
you were the owner OF farm near
Inwood, today you have no more
claim to that farm, than an utter
stranger To all legal purposes, you
are dead and buried" Such would be
the greeting that would meet the
above gentleman, should he return
to this county and attempt to claim
his property. He was declared legal
ly dead by Judge Bernetha in Cir
cult court Monday afternoon and has
brother Vender S. Rice was appoint
ed administrator of the estate.
Left Sixteen Years Ago.
On the 18th day of Marcn 80,
sixteen years ago, Frederick o. Rice
who owned and operated a farm near
Inwood, left his home and has not
been heard from since Upon leaving
home he declared that he was going
to Elwood Ind. Whether he ever
reached Elwood, or not, is not known
as he has not been heard from since
He had no family when he left, but
his brother and other relatives waited
for his return, or for some word
from the missing man. 1t did not
| come, and whether Frederick Rice i:
| in the flesh or not, to all purposes
| he is a dead man.
Brought Suit Against Man.
| The appointment of an administra
| tor. is the settlement OF a suit agains'
the missing man, brought by Sanford
A. Joyce. The complaint alleged tha
| Frederick O. Rice did on or abou
the 18th day of March 1893, being
then a resident OF Center township
Marshall county, and the same being
his usual place OF residence, went tC
parts unknown and has continually
since said date remained absent anC
unheard from, leaving property II
said county without having made an,
Prov sion tor its control and man
agement, that by reason thereof, saiC
property IS suffering waste for wan
of proper care, and asked that th'
estate be adjudged subject to admin
istration, and that in administrato
be appointed.
Advertisements were inserted il
| Plymouth and indianapolis papers
giving notice to Rice to appear in TIL
Marshall circuit court on Monday
March sth, 1909, or the case woul'
be settled in his absence. Needles
to say Rice did not put in an appear
ance, and was declared legally dead
The estate is at present, wit
expenses and taxes deducted, values
at $1,000. One fifth OF the amount vii
| go to the administrator and the re
ma;nder divided among the heirs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
First Saloon Closed Saturday Night.

The first saloon to close it's doors
in Plymouth, since the local option
election, which was held last Thurs
day, was the place operated by A. H.
Morsches on Michigan street, which
closed its doors Saturday night, at
11:O0 o'clock.
IMorsches and Chas. Vogle wei c
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Marriage Licenses.

Noah c. Anderson, %, to Maud q
Rettinger, 10 both of Bourbon
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11

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By a majority OF 1854, Marshall
county with its thirteen saloons, join
ed the ranks of the temperance coun,
ties of Indiana Thursday. Only four
precincts out Of thirty-three, were
Garfield by the vets. Center township
which contains the city OF Plymouth
and eleven saloors, voted dry by q
majority of POI. A paradoxial situa.
ton arose, when the returns were re-
ceived, and it was learned that Cen
ter township went dry, while German
township, which is dry by remon
STRANGE. voted wet by majority O
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
TEMPERANCE WINS BY LAND
SLIDE IN THE COUNTY
Center Township Voted Dry by ao1-Ger-
man Only Wet Township in
County by 158.

I15s. German was the only township
out OF ten in the county, which gave
a majority for the vets. The great
est majority for the drys, as predict
ed, was given by Walnut township,
which added 2S3 to the dry majority.
In the third precinct of that township
only ten wet votes were polled. The
greatest wet vote in any precinct,
was given in the second precinct OF
German township, which polled 163
wet votes. The greatest dry vote was
cast in the second precinct OF Union
township which was 200. That pre-
c:nct cast rhe greatest aggregate vote,
which was 272.
Greatest Surprise in Center.
! The greatest surprise OF the loc >.
option election in Marshall county,
was the vote cast by the city of Ply
mouth and Center township. The
most ardent option worker counted
Center township as the strongest wet
township in the county. 1t was ex-
pected that Center township would
even go wet by possible majority OF
200. The heavy dry vote in the city,
and township is attributed to the un-
tiring efforts put forth by the women
and chur ches, and possibly the news
papers of the city Oh Plymouth. "A
gist OF the situation was obtained the
day before election when it was re-
ported that many habitual drinkers,
had come to a sudden realization OF
what the absence of saloons meant
10 them, and joined, the active dry
workers The dry sentiment in the
city of Pl mouth seemedto crystalline
quickly, but crystalline it certainly
did, as is shown by the official vote
of the township. OF course the 81
told you SOS are in evidence,
but none in the city had the remotest
idea Thursday, that Center township
would poll a vote of 2O1 for the abol-
tion of the saloons.
Good Vote Was Cast.
A much better vote was cast Thur $
day than that cast at the recent spec
ial election for representative Abou;
so per cent or better, OF the total
vote was polled Thursday. The
weather conditions were favorable
; being fair and cool.
Result Was Expected
The result of the local option elec
/ ton in Marshall county, was almost
: universally expected. The Tribune
predicted dry majority of 1000 tc
1900. The official majority is 1164
1t was we'll understood that If ar
election was called in the county, anc
was held without interference thai
the county would surely go dry. The
, legal fight put up by the saloon keep
ers OF the city, was soon abandoned
and the last hopes of the liquor deal
ers, were placed on the action of tht
, legislature with the Tomlinson bill
, repealing county local option law.
er-,Wets Worked Hard.
: Nevertheless the saloon Keepers O
, the city entered the lists on election
day, and got out every possible we
vote. Livery rigs were employed b,
the dozen, and every saloon keepe
and bar tender of the city. was help
ing get out the vote. The vets count
5 ed on carrying Center, German
: Union and North, and possibly Greer
and West townships.
Official Vote of Marshall County Lo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11

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When the Saloons Go Out.
A. H. Morsches, Plymouth
March 9Th.
April sth, John D. Thayer,
Lapaz.
June 2nd, L. R. Ocker, John
c. Kuhn, Charles Vogle, of
Plymouth, and Wilford c. Wink
of Lapaz.
June 9Th, George H. Kruger,
John Flosinzier, Fred M. Shoe
maker, and Andy ]. Bowel.
Sept. sth, Jacob Rentschler,
and Hiram E. Atkins.
October 9TH. Edward Shipley.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
Good Vote Was Cast.

A much better vote was cast Thurs
day than that cast at the recent spec
ial election for representative. Abou;
so per cent or better, OF the total
vote was polled Thursday The
weather conditions were favorable
being fair and cool