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The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
GIVE FINE PROGRAM.
Methodist Sunday School Pleases
Congregation Which Packed the
Church Sunday Night.

/ An audience which packed the
Methodist church to the doors Sun
day night was highly pleased by the
program which was rendered by the
members of the school, A pretty
little Christmas tree lighted by cleo
trio candles, occupied the center of
the platform, and a large Sunday
school choir rendered some excellent
music. At 8:25 Sannta Claus arriv-
ed and going to the front shook
hands with most of the little boys
and girls, who were very glad to see
him. He said he could not stay long
because he had other little boys and
girls to see that night. The program
was under the direction of Superin-
tendent Frank Southworth and was
pleasing to all, both as to its length
and character. 1t is as follows:
The Song and the Child.
Orchestra.
Redemption song by the Chorus Choir
eve love the story
............... Primary Glasses
Prayer.
responsive Reading.
Hymn, Joy to the World, Congrega-
tion.
Recitation, The Song and the Child,
............... Florence Morlock
Music, Chorus Choir.
Exercise, "Why He Came" .....
..........R Ruama Suits Class
Song, "The Little Child, .........
Mildred Duncan and Jean Metsker
Recitation, "My Wish" ........
..... Harry Mckinney
Song, "Silent Night" ............
........ Minnie Swindell's Class
Responsive Reading.
Orchestra.
Exercise, Christmas ...... .....
...... Mrs. Murgatroyd's Class
Recitation, "Praise to the King".
.......... Walter Cunningham
Exercise, christmas Candles, -.
...........Gr Grace Royce's Glass
Manger Story. Raymond flaming,
Howard CRUDE, Clifford Drake
Solo, "The Old Story" .........
..... ..... George Miner
Recitation, "What Does 1t Mean To
Mesn Charles Knappen
Gifts to the King, FIRED Long,
Claud Maxey, Frank Knappen
Song, "Cradle Hymn by Luther"
......-.. Primary Glasses
Christmas Address by the Pastor
Song by the Chorus Choir.
Benediction.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
WAS SICK SOME TIME
Indication of tuberculosis Is Reveal.
ed by Post Mortem Examina-
ton Made By the
Physicians.

Plymouth people were startled Sun
day morning when word was passed
about that Fred Shoemaker had died
suddenly Saturday night. He was
at his restaurant on Michigan street,
and was serving three late customers
shortly after eleven clock, and had
just spoken to his assistant to place
the food on the tables. He sat down
on stool, and leaned forward, when
an attendant chanced to notice him
just in time to prevent his falling to
the floor. A great clot Of blood came
from his mouth, and he was dead In
IA few moments.
He was taken care of, and physi-
clans summoned, but they found him
past all help. A post mortem was
held by doctors Stevens, Holtzen-
dorff, Eley, Knott and Edison, and
it was found that the lungs indicated
tuberculosis affection, which resulted
in his sudden death.
Mr.. Shoemaker had been sick for
several months, but had attended to
jhis business all the time. While the
death was in measure unexpected
and sudden, the intimate friends Of
Mr.. Shoemaker have known for q
long time he was a sick man. and
that it was only by an effort of the
will that he was able to keep about
his work
His wife has been giving some
anxiety, having but recently return
ed from an operation in a Fort
Wayne hospital, and for her sake her
husband has tried to keep up. when
many persons would have given up
completely.
Fred M. Shoemaker was the last
surviving son of John M. Shoemaker
who was for years a leading mer-
chant of Plymouth. He died several
years ago, leaving a wife who still
resides on south Michigan street with
an adopted daughter, Miss Anna
Shoemaker. Fred Shoemaker was
born Nov. 6, 1859, and died Dec. %,
I1911, aged 50 years, i month and IL
days. He leaves two daughters,
Laura and Mileta, andAone sc' '>h'.
besides his wife and other relatives
as stated.
The funeral was held at the family
home on Miner street at two o'clock
this afternoon, with Rev. Zumstein
of Laporte officiating, assisted by
Father WINS. Burial in Oak Hill
cemetery.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

governing such an estate would give
to each heir. He wished to do this
because he felt that some of his chill
dren were more deserving Of kis
favors than others were.
Whether he was right or wrong in
thus wishing to favor some over
others, was not the point the jury
were told to consider. Their opinion
was not asked for. What they
thought was the proper way for Mr..
HERMAN to do, was not the issue
before them. What they were ask
ed to pass on was as to whether the
plaintiff had proven to their salts
faction that Isaac Herman was in
sane when the will in question was
made. If they decided that he was
insane, then the viii could be set
aside. If their finding was that the
evidence did not prove to them that
he was insane, then the viii should
stand, and could not be broken under
the terms of the complaint.
The finding of the jury was, after
several ballots, that the plaintiff had
not sustained the charge of insanity,
and the will was therefore not brok-
en-. With the verdict it is clear that
an attempt to set aside the deed
will fail on the charge of insanity.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
Christmas At Brightside.

IF any set of. children more than
another needs Christmas, it is the
unfortunate ones who have not the
surroundings of real home life. The
children at Brightside are not really
unfortunate, but rather the reverse,
for Mrs. Work and Miss Barr join
in the effort to make the Christmas
tide time of good cheer.
Twenty-Five chickens, with all the
usual good things that 60 with any
body's chicken dinner, are servedhup
for the little ones at that home.
Each child is given a present that is
appropriate, dolls being given the
little girls, for nothing can delight
girl so much as a doll. One hum
dred and fifty pounds of candy are
given out, so that each one gets his
share, and the day is made as pleas
ant and enjoyable as possible. No
visitors are allowed on Christmas, as
there is a relaxing of the usual re-
straint, and more or less OF confus-
ion is natural result. The children
are given presents by their rela-
tives and friends outside, and have
a day of joy and happiness. The
management sees that no child is
neglected, but is made to have
part in the general good time.
Thanksgiving and Christmas are the
days when the children are given a
chicken dinner. On New Years day
they are given a rabbit dinner, and
|if rabbits are not available, some
thing else extrs. is substituted.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
Riddick-Boys Gathering.

One of the pleasant gatherings
for the Christmas time was that Of
members IF the Riddick and Boys
families at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. E. Boys. Sunday and Mon
day were happy days for the rela-
tives who were reunited from many
distant places. The company of
visitors consisted of Rev. I. H. Rid
dick, father of Mrs. Boys, with his
wife and son Parker from Albion,
Mich; Mrs. E. r. Close of Richmond
Ind, sister of Rev. Mr.. Riddick;
Foster Riddick of Winamac. Ind,
and Paul Riddick Of Lewistown,
Mont, brothers Of Mrs. Boys: Mrs.
Richard 7. Baldwin of Marlette,
Mich, sister of Mrs. Bows, Miss
Lucille Dilley of Martinsville. Ind,
and L. A. Boys of Goodland, Kans.,
father of Mr.. Boys.
The company went to South
Bend Wednesday to att nd the we'd
ding Of Mr.. Foster Riddick of Win
amac to Miss Verna Kizer of that
city.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28
Burglary At Culver.

The Slatterly Drug Store in Gull
yer was burglarized Saturday night,
and $3.50 taken. 1t is quite likely
the work is of local talent, as no at
tempt was made to take anything
but money. The place where bag
with silver change was kept was 10
Gated by some one, and the store
entered and this taken. The thieves
have not been apprehended as yet.
There has been considerable petty
thieving about the town, and the
citizens are on the watch for the
guilty parties.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

on the farm provided the buyer can
be induced to pay fancy price for
the best poultry and eggs, and he
can be made to do this if the farm
ers will stand together, grade their
poultry and eggs and demand a price
according to quality.
Some farmers do not want eggs
tested because they sell good eggs,
dirty eggs, small eggs and stale
eggs all in a bunch, never think of
grading them because they have
never done so.
The wife and the hens often buy
all the groceries for a family on
farm and have a greater surplus
at the end of the year than the farm
er has from the sale of everything
else.
In most farming communities the
profits could be increased 25 Der
cent, by proper handling and grad
ing.
Eggs should weigh one and half
pounds to the dozen, should be uni
form in size, naturally clean, not
washed, should be strong shelled,
fresh and sound. No egg over five
days old should be sold. Eggs from
stolen nests cracked eggs and small
eggs should be used at home; and
first quality eggs should bring first
quality price and they will always
find buyers where the seller estab-
fishes a reputation for first quality
goods.
Eggs should be laid in clean nests,
kept in cool dry place, and should
be gathered every day. An egg will
begin to get stale in "a hours if
kept in temperature higher than
no degrees.
Every rooster except those kept
i'm pens, specially for breeding pur-
poses, should be sold as early as
July /, because infertile eggs are
better than fertile eggs.
Buyers should be made to pay
better price for graded eggs, than
for inferior eggs because they can
sell good eggs for from three to five
cents a dozen more than inferior
eggs.
The same rule applies nm selling
lpoultry. Fine, smooth, fat hens are
worth more than poor skinny birds.
But if dealer has, place to fatten
the skinny chickens he can put
pound of meat on two pound hen
n two weeks, for less than seven
cents a pound and sell the three
pound hen for a fancy prics. The
farmer should do this at home.
Dealers will soon learn to patron
ize the best producers and pay them
the highest price, and the people
who produce good poultry and good
eggs will not have to pay the losses
|of inferior goods which they now
have to pay in most communities.
The whole address may be sum-
med up in one sentence. Produce
the best and demand a price in ac-
ordance with quality.
The committee on nominations re-
ported as follows: President, Charles
Baker; Secretary, Ralph Kline;
treasurer, VIM. Seymour.
Vice-Presidents: Center, Alonzo
Stephenson; Bourbon, Ora Seymour;
Polk, Lorie M. Chase; West, Chas.
Kebert; Union, ]. F. Behmer; Green,
Harrison Ringle; Walnut, John
IWickizer; Tippecanoe, VIM. Yantis; |;
North, Ed Kanaar; Green, Elba
Robinson.
The committee on Resolutions re-
ported as follows:
Be it resolved, That we, in Farm
ers' Institute assembled, hereby ex-
tend our thanks and appreciation to
Judge Bernetha for yacaiing the
Court Room for this meeting; to the
speakers for their efforts to make
this meeting Of interest; to the
orchestra for music, and to all who
6o~~ I~1-&1 - kl.s~ xoooksv,o
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

Ex-Deputy Schroeder of Bourbon
WAS a Plymouth visitor Tuesday.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-28

Schwartz Import Co.
Isiah Thomas.
Walter Verhalen.
Commercial Nat. Bank.
Mrs. Mary Change.
Mrs. Sam Miller.
Eta Manuwal.
Miss Merley Paul.
Mrs. Mary Seiders.
Mrs. Ida Wickizer.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
Court Fines Clerk
Giving Short Weight

TT seems strange that It is always
the customer who is cheated in these
mistakes that are made in the weights
or measures Of groceries and provisions
in cases that come into this court" said
Judge James L. Pugh, in the District
branch Of Police Court, today.
There never has been a short-weight
or short-measure case here in which ali
the principals and witnesses for the
defense did not swear that the trouble
all came through a mistake. And II is
always a mistake that hurts the Gus
toner and never the marketman or
grocer"
This statement was by Judge Pugh
when he imposed a fine Of SIS on
Charles Porter for selling to Mary M.
Smith six and one-Quarter pounds of
shoulder, priced at 10 cents a pound.
instead Of the eight and one-half pounds
of shoulder at II cents a pound for
which the customer called and settled,
according to the testimony.
Porter Is q clerk in the market of
Morris Within, at 952 Louisiana avenue.
The complaining witness in the case
against him is Assistant Sealer L. 8.
Schoenthal. Within, proprietor Of the
market and Porter both declared on
the witness stand that the transaction
with Mrs. Smith was purely a mis-
take due to the double-faced arrange
ment of the scales used.
Within admitted on the stand that he
has been found guilty In the Police
Court Of having three short-weight
scales in his market on a previous oc-
casion-
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
FIRE IN HOSPITAL
CALLS ASSISTANCE
FROM MANY TOWNS
Twenty-seven Patients Re-
moved Safely-One
Dies of Fright.

TAMAQUA, Pa, Aug. 3.-'Fire has
started in the Panther Creek Valley
Hospital Send aid at once; notify your
fire companies; patients in danger"
This message was flashed all along
the line from this borough to Mauch
Chunk, and the response was immedi-
ate. In an Incredibly short time the
Reading and the Lehigh Coal and Navi-
CATION companies had started special
trains, and every fireman in the district
was on his way, eager to save human
lives.
and Coaldale reached the hospital, stu
ated between Tamaqua and Lansford,
with men from Colliery No. IL and
many ambulances.
In the meantime patients in the hos
pital - thirty y-eight men, women, and
children, nearly all in bed-were In a
state of panic Notwithstanding the ef-
forts of the nurses and orderlies to
calm them. The women nurses We're
real heroes. They went from bed to
bed. preparing the sufferers for remov-
al and assuring all that there was no
danger, and that they surely would be
saved.
Except in one case, they were sue
cessfuf in quieting their charges. Miss
Jennie Stapleton, of Seek. a typhoid
fever patient, died. She was very Ill
and weak, and the shock produced by
fear was too much for her.
The fire, which started near the roof,
was caused by electric wires becoming
crossed. The building was as nearly
as possible fireproof, and had slate
roof. and so the flremen were able to
hold the flames in check. The loss is
about $4,000.
AS soon as the flames were extin-
guished, workmen started to clean the
structure and replace the roof. The
hospital opened to the public last July,
was built by public contributions, cost
ing. with the furnishing, about $4,000.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
BEATT|E SPENDS A
LONESOME NIGHT IN
CHESTERFIELD JAIL
Gloom Deepened by Con-
slant Dripping of Rain
on the Roof. '' ''
By JAMES E. BREADY.
Over Times Leased Wire From Ches-
terheld Court House.


CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
Va, Aug. 3O.-Henry Clay Beattie, jr.,
on trial for murder, spent the night in
the little Chesterfield Jail, the second he
has spent In this jail, and II was even
more weird than the first. While the
big gray rats that scampered. around
him and poked their damp noses into
his face the first night of his incarcera-
ton had been eliminated by order of
Judge Watson, the gloom was deepened
by the constant drip. drip Of the rain
that fell increasingly from the caves of
the Jail roof. Outside in a pine tree a
tree toad sang In lugubrious measure,
and these were the only sounds that
penetrated the cell Of the young wan who
is on trial for his life for the murder
Of his wife.
The cell at the Chesterfield jail that
has teen prepared for Beulah Binford,
but which has never yet been occupied
apartment than the one set aside for
young Beattie's occupancy, was turned
over to him last night. It is located
over the first floor of the little jail and
outside of the building two guards with
loaded repeating rifles paced silently up
and down in the heavy downpour
BY Pickering light of small glass
lamp the prisoner read the evening pa
pers-all about the Beattie case-the
gruesome testimony of the young pris-
oner.s cousin who told of Henry's al
legged confession. Until after o'clock
he scanned every word Of the testimony,
then sought the forgetfulness of sleep
on the narrow iron prison cot.
He slept well and awoke seemingly
much refreshed. After hearty break
fast, served by Jailer Cogbill the prs
oner asked for the morning papers. and
spent the remainder of the morning,
until he was called into court, in read
ing additional news bearing on his
case.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
Playground Baseball
Schedule Announced

Supervisor of Fairgrounds P. 8. Mar
tin, announced today that q schedule
of games of playground" basebll has
been arranged. II covers the days be-
TWEEN August 81 and September a. and
provides that each Of the playground
teams shall play two games with every
other team in the league, which has
ton The players must not be more
than fourteen years old nor weigh
more than Ito pounds, and they must
be regular attendants at the play
grounds which they represent and not
recruited especially for the contest -.
The first games-those of tomorrow
will be between Virginia Avenue and
Rosedale, and Virginia Avenue and Gar
field Park. Both contests will be play
The schedule contains l2 games in ali:
The Washington times., 1911-08-30

Henry c. Beattie's side day after day.
Always his program for the twenty
four hours Is the same To greet his son
with a good morning kiss-a kiss TO
which there Is never. a RESPONSE; TO
sit In the sitting court room while
damaging testimony against his boy
and namesake accumulates; to bid him
good-by at eventide, after hearing the
changing Of bars close behind his best
loved son; to 20 back to his lonesome
home, once so gay and bright-noW,
gloomy and desolate, with the shadow
of disgrace and death hanging over
A Human Enigma.
Yet Henry C. Beattie. Jr- does not
seem to care, or If he does. not one
knows it. In fact, Richmond people
declare that nobody on earth knows
Henry c. Beattie, jr. All his thoughts
are Of himself first-the heart-broken
family, the wife that people say he
murdered: the girl who was led as
tray when she should have been play
ing with doll babies; the cousin upon
whom he hoped to fasten the horrible
crime II one believes the testimony
that has been given-all these are
secondary with Henry Clay Beattie.
And yet only yesterday l stood
within three feet of Beattie, and !
believe ! discovered for one fieeting
in Henry Beattie's enigmatical make
up.
A mother passed, carrying her little
baby In her arms. As she stepped lis
front Of the prisoner, the little one she
was carrying. broke into q petulant wall
In a second, Henry Beattie was. DIFF
ferent man. Somewhere within that
cold, Questionable exterior, little
spark had suddenly been famed into
hame-the tiny spark Of manhood and
fatherhood. The young man who stands
accused Of numbering the mother of
and he turned his head ana looked
longingly at the baby. He threw away
his lighted cigarette, and made an al
most Involuntary movement toward the
woman and her burden. different
look came into his narrow blue eyes, a
different expression passed over his
face. a look of tenderness, Of longing
OF hope unfulflled.
Wants To See His Baby.
Henry c. Beattie. jr wants to see his
baby son. He loves it, People say that
he has never asked after il since the
night of the murder. Other people say
that he complained 70 his wife that its
crying disturbed him. but these state
ments are not true. More than once
since the night of the arrest. he has
expressed a wish that he might see his
baby son, and more than once in the
month that followed its birth. he de-
clared to friends that he had the finest
baby in the world
In this respect only, so far as out
ward appearance and conduct would in
dicate, does Henry c. Beattie, IT., re-
semble other men. At other times he
is as impregnable, Unconditional and enig-
matte as a block Of carveh granite.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
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cUUCA lUNAl
GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL@LAW

1t utilizes to the full the advantages
which make the National Capital the
greatest center of legal learning in the
United States. Three-year course lead
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or postgraduate course, leading to the
degree OF LII. NJ. Full course on Patent
Law without extra cost. All sessions
held in the evenings, giving students
an opportunity to be self-supporting or
to have practical training in law offices.
Reopens Wednesday, October 4.
Tuition, $4,000.
Office win be open for. registrations,
consultation, &C., from 10 a. m. to $50
p. m.
Further information or catalogues
may be obtained by addressing
r. J. wATKINS, Secretary.
GEoRGETowN Law SCHOOL,
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
TO DETERMINE CAUSE
OF FLEH|GH DISASTER
Use of Defective Rail Is
Subject of Searching
Investigation.
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
dence that has developed in this in
quiry, they laid Bessemer process
rails. Lately open-hearth rails have
been used, and they are justified on
the ground that they are cheaper.
But 1t Is alleged they have a way of
falling to pieces under heavy strains,
and this is to be the subject of the
real inquiry apropos Of the Manches-
ter wreck.
Await Coroner's Inquest.
I'VE will not be able to do anything
until the coroner's inquest Is finished" Z"
said Mr.. Belnap. THE New York pub
lie service commission has secured the
parts Of the rail- and they have been
turned over to Prof Enrique Touceda.
Of Rensselaer, Polytechnic, for study.
That Is all can say now"
The rail that caused the accident was
laid last October. After a few months,
in April, 1911, by reason Of the change
in location of a frog, 1t was cut from
thirty to twenty-four feet long and was
relaid.
There are cases reported Of steel rails
lasting >twenty-four years Why this
one should have lasted only q few
months and then suddenly crumbled. is
the inquiry to which the commission ex-
poets to devote some very earnest at
tention.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
Eperly Properties Are
Willed to Children

In his will filed today with the Reg.
lister of, Wills George F. Eberly, who
died August II. leaves his residence al
IA Liberty street to his son, George F.
Eberly, who Is named as executor. An.
other residence at 1926 Florida avenue
northwest Is bequeathed to two daugh.
ters. Mrs. Catherine straub and Amelia
r. Eberly.
The testator also gives 500 to st
the Society of st. Vincent De Pau
the Society OF Saint Vincent De Pau
for poor OF the parish.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
Had a Substitute.

you're rather young man to be left
In charge of q drug shop" said the
fussy old gentleman. Have you any
EWhy-er-no sir" replied the shop
man, "but we have preparation of our
own that's Just as good."-London
The Washington times., 1911-08-30

BLISS ELECTRICAL SCHOOL
TAKOMA PARK, WASHINGTON, ID. G.
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drawing, thorough course In applied elec-
tricity II given
COMPLETE IN ONE YEAR.
Actual construction. installation. and test
ine For young men Of character. energy
and ambition, Is years Of greatest success.
opens September 20. Write for new catalogue.
Address 20 Chicago ave., Takoma Park.
ID C.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30

AccoUNTANcY INSTRUCTION Preparing
for c. p. A. degree or higher office posi-
tions Washington School Of Accountancy
conducted by Y M c. A. INSTITUTE. Class
sessions begin Sept. IS. Catalogue.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
Dropping Shoulders.

The new bodices show decided
droop to the shoulder line. This Is done
with and without q seam The sleeve
Is put In three inches below the TOP Of
arm It Is Joined to the shoulder with
q heavy cord. which is covered with
the material or with satin or silk.
The Washington times., 1911-08-30
Particular Interest.

Fair Girl-My Father made his fortune
when he was a young man. Would you
like to know how he did it7
Sordid Youth-NDt particularly, but
would like to know II he still has it,
Toledo Blade.