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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-14
Newcastle Prosecutor Seeks
4 Persons Who Abandoned
Shaeffer Car.
BR00KSHIRE HAS ELIBI
Bodies of Hatchet Victims Are
Sent to Former Homes
for Burial.
Times STAFF Correspondent


NEWCASTLE. Ind, Dec. IA.
Prosecutor Jefferies went to
Muncie today, where he expect
ed to follow new clews which
may lead to the arrest of two
men and two women in cOnnec-
ton with the Staying of William
6. Shaeffer and his wife, Susie,
whose hatchet-hacked bodies were
found on their farm three miles north
of diddletown Tuesday.
Jeffries intimated his information
concerned two men and women who
abandoned a Ford sedan stolen from
the Shaeffer home the night Of the
murder.
4 coroner's jury has been called
for $50 a m Friday to investigate
the murders.
Bodies Sent Away
The bodies OF Shaeffer and his wife
Passed through indianapolis at noon
today. Shaeffer's body was sent to
Danville. Ill. the home Of his father.
Mrs. Shaeffer's body was sent to her
former home at Meridian, Miss.
Investigation of the aHbi presented
by Ben Brookshire, held at Newcastle
Jail, was continued. although there is
no charge against him.
Billie Huffstickler, 3, who was in
the house with the body of Mrs. Shaef-
fer six days and six nights. was re
r,cr+ad r. 10 ~aoOv-ayfrrr from tho III
effects Of exposure. hunger and thirst.
Brookshire's account Of his move
ments in the past eight days has been
found to be true in the main, au-
thorities are convinced. He claims he
passed his time in Newcastle. Muncie
and Indianapolis. The murder is be-
Iieved to have been committed the
night Of Dec. 8.
Saw Persons in Car
In addition to Mrs. Engle Laird,
who said she saw four persons leave
Shaeffer's car before her home on
Church St. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Tenn
plen, who live across the street from
Mrs. Laird, said they saw the occu-
pants. They examined the aban-
doned car just after daylight.
they said. and found nothing in the
car except some overshoes and blan-
kets. The name plate was torn OF.
Templen said
The Shaeffers were like a father
and mother to me for four years. 1
wouldn't have touched a hair on
their heads" BroOkshire said.
THE baby, Billy. stayed out there
as much as I did. I played with him
sometimes. Any one who knows me
will tell you that I couldn't go off
and leave a little fellow like that with
out water or food for six days.
I have nothing else to say.
have said that I am innocent
Was Farm Hand
Brookshire. a farm hand and for
mer taxi driver. is % years old. He
is rather deaf and has an impediment
in his speech. He has been subject
TO periods Of 'downheartedness" since
the time he had scarlet fever when
little, neighbors said
Brooksnfre said he accompanied the
Shaeffers 10 Muncie Tuesday, Dec. ),
and brought Billy home for a visit.
VIII Huffstickler, the child's father,
and brother of Mrs. Schaeffer, in his
statement to the coroner said the date
was Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-14
BILL INTRODUCED TO
ABOLISH LABOR BOARD

Replaces Section Three of Esch-Cum-
minis Law.
BE United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec IA move
to abolish the railroad labor board was
made in Congress today.
Representative MCGreggOr, Repub-
lican, New York introduced a bill re-
pealliug all of section three Of the
Esch- -Cummins law. This section
created the railroad labor board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-14

department store. asked that her name
be withheld.
Let me be just one of the army
of shop girls" she said II just
want to remind the shoppers that
many clerks cannot enjoy Christmas
if they are completely worn out be
cause Of the last minute rush. I
know Indianapolis folk viii help us
by shopping now"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-14
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-14
Forecast

ONOW or rain tonight and
= Friday. Somewhat warmer
tonight. Colder Friday after
noon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
GRAVE COST OF IADEclsloN
Gap johnson Tells of incident Which
Should Convey a Moral to the
Intelligent Reader.

"My cousin, Hank Buckley, paid So
for a dog a couple of weeks ago." re-
lated Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge,
Ark, land directly gave the dog and
four bits for a fiddle. Pretty soon he
snapped the fiddle and six bits for a
shotgun. He hadn't much more than
got settled with the gun than he fig
gered he'd ruther have a dog than a
shotgun, and snapped the gun for the
varmint, and the Teller made him give
81 to boot. After q spell he got to
studying and decided that he wanted
a fiddle worse than he did a dog. So
he snapped with the fiddle man and
gave him 81 to boot.
"Well, he kept this up, sorter like
the ragged rascal In the old Third
Reader revolved round and round the
rugged rock, swapping fiddle or dog
or gun, whichever it happened to be,
for one of the other things, and CIV
Ing 81, or such a matter to boot every
time, till he was out S19.25, and had
the dog. When I seed him last lie told
me it was a dreadful thing not to be
able to make up his mind and keep it
made up."-Kansas City Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
First phone in Vermont.

At a banquet recently IL of the
officials of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company, while recall
ing some of the early history of the
development of the telephone, men
toned the fact that in the museum of
the company at its Boston offices was
the first telephone instrument in Ger
mont, known as the Childs-C Chamber
lain set of B%rattleboro, VT, dated prob
ably 1878. This came to the attention
of c. F. Childs of c. F. Childs Co.,
who discovered what he did not know
before, namely, that the Childs of the
Brattleboro telephone was his father.
The old telephone bears every in
dication of antiquity. 1t is fashioned
by hand, and for a diaphragm an old
daguerreotype had been used, the pic
ture on which can be clearly seen
today.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
nshoes at a Weddlna.n

The custom of throwing one or more
old shoes after the bride or groom
either when they go to church to be
married or when they start on their
wedding journey is sc old the memory
Of man stretches not back to its be-
ginning. Some think it represents an
assault and is a lingering trace of
the custom among savage nations of
carrying away the bride, by violence;
others think that it Is q relic Of the
ancient law of exchange or purchase,
and that it formerly implied the sur
render by the parents of all dominion
or authority over. their daughter. 1t
has reference to a Jewish custom
mentioned in the Bible. Thus in Deu-
teronomy we read that when the BROTH
er Of a dead man refused to marry his
widow she asserted her independence
Of him by "loosing his SHOE" 1t was
also the custom Of the middle ages
to place the husbands shoe on the
head of the nuptial couch In token Of
his domination.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
"Gas M ounds."

"Gas mounds" is the popular name
in Texas for the low, circular emf
nences, averaging 20 feet in diameter
and two feet in height, which abound
in forest and prairie regions in Louisi-
ana, Texas, southern Arkansas and
Oklahoma. On the supposition that
the mounds have been raised by
ascending gas from subterranean oil
pools, they are regarded as indicating
oil beneath. A government geologlst,
who has examined the mounds, dis
putes this theory of their origin. They
occur in many districts where not the
least sign Of oil or gas has been dis
covered. He thinks that they owe
their existence mainly to the unequal
settling of the ground in poorly-drained
areas subjected to abundant periodic
rainfall.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
ATTRACTED BY STRONG LIGHT
Myriads of Fish Helpless When Div
ing Bell Descended Into the
Depths of the Sea.

At Dover, England, there has been
constructed a series of immense
breakwaters in order to increase the
size of the harbor. In the work a big
diving bell was employed. When this
machine was descending on one oc-
casion the men seated around its
sides saw in the glare of the electric
light a strange sight.
The water beneath them suddenly
became. alive with thousands of sill
very fish, which darted hither and
thither in their efforts to escape the
unexpected captivity. Some succeeded
in diving under the edges of the bell,
but as 1T descended nearer a2d nearer
the bottom, the few inches of water
remaining became thick with the fish.
When the bell rested on the bed Of
the sea the men captured nearly a
thousand Of the sprats. The fish were
probably attracted by the electric
light that is used in such a bell.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
A Living Sure.

What you could buy for 81 before
the war now costs S1.T0 in the aver
age large city. This is the latest cost
of-living report from the national in
dustrial conference board.
The figure is a lot lower in small
towns. The man who insists on living
in the city has to pay the piper.
The solution of the city mans cost
Of living is to move to the farm. He
might not get much for his crops, but
he at least would be sure Of q living.
Chicago Evening Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Save Money in Buying
Fertilizers.
Clcmson College, March 27.--Far

Clemson College, March 27.--Far-
mers may make a very great saving
IN the buying of their fertilizers this
wear, suggests Prof. C. P. Blackwell,
agronomists, who points out that by
buying in quantity, by paying cash,
and by home-mixing, farmers can
save anywhere from twenty-five per
scent to fifty per cent on fertilizer
bills.
To begin with, a very important
discount may be secured by purchas-
ing fertilizer in quantity. Special dis
counts are being offered for twenty
sons or more in one shipment. An
other discount, of five per cent is of
fered for cash May l, and a great
many companies are offering an ex-
+ one per cent discount for each
month that cash is paid prior to May
L. This makes it possible for a far
aner to save from fifteen to eighteen
per cent on his fertilizer bill by buy
ing in quantity and by paying cash.
Another large saving can be made
by buying straight goods and home
mixing. In the first place, this prac-
lice eliminates the purchasing Of ma
Serial not necessary for the particu-
lar farmer, and it also saves freight
on worthless filler. There is further
saving by doing the mixing at home
during the time when work can not
be done in the field. Home-mixing
alone will save from $500 to S14.Oo
"a ton on standard brands of fertili-
yer at present prices. Field expert
anents have shown that home mixed
fertilizers give just as good yields as
factory-mixed goods. So it is doubt
fnl if a farmer could spend his time
N any other way that would pay
him larger dividends than home-mix-
ing his fertilizer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
LIE IN WAIT FOR URINARY
ALI kfnds of Get Rich-ouic sehemes
Offered to Visiting Americans in
City of Havana.

"Every American In Havana has q
scheme to make your fortune and his,
too" said a recently returned Ameri-
can, according to the New York Sun.
ut makes no difference whether your
capital is So or a million times that
sum, you can find a proposition that
will need just the amount you can
raise.
"For So OF So you can buy a hive of
bees; the bees will swarm the next
day and you will have two hives.
Keep this process up a few weeks
and you will have a thousand hives,
and as bees can work the year round
In Cuba, flowers being continuously
in bloom, each hive will make you $50
and a thousand hives mean $4,000 a
year. A neat income even in an ex-
pensive resort like Havana,
"If you have a few hundred dollars
you will be advised to go into the
chicken business and your adviser
will tell you how eggs sell at 6 or s
cents Il piece-they don't sell them by
the dozen in Havana-and each hen
will therefore a S12 to S15 yearly,
while her board will be $3.50 or some
such sum.
eff your fortune is up in the thou
sands you are advised to go into the
lumber business and you will be told
of the tremendous demand for poles
on which to hang tobacco while it Is
being cured. The American who is
explaining the huge profits from these
enterprises usually does his talking in
a cafe and does his figuring on top
of the marble topped tables. The table
tops are covered with figures on a
busy day until a waiter comes around
with a damp towel and wipes off the
tables and obliterates the fortunes"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
GOOD IDEA FOR ANY TOWN
Exampls Sci by Newark Public
Library Might Well be Copied by
Other Communities.

Were you ever on the top Of Pixies
peak2 1t is about 1850 feet up in the
air, and some people, in spite nf mo-
tors AMI cog railways, find the ascent
difficult. The plateau on which the
Tibetans live--it is ten times as big
as England-is all Of it as high or
higher than Pixies peak. and the noun
tains around slope up to nearly
$4,000 feet. Kipiing, in "Kim," spoke
Of 1t as being like a swallows nest
under the caves of the roof of the
world-"Kim threw his soul after his
eyes across the deep blue CULTS"
1t is still a mysterious land, and
until a few years ago almost an un-
known one. The Newark IN. J.) pub
lie library has just held an exhibit of
all sort of things Tibetan-things
brought together through the happy
conjunction of a missionary Of un-
usual experiences and the museum
staff-and this exhibit is supplement-
ed with pamphlets and pictures tend
ing to make it more understandable
and interesting. This is a typical ex-
ample of the work of the, Newark
library under its unusual chief. John
Cotton Dana, says Leslle,s. A few
years ago there was a similar exhibit
of Colombian things-Coiombia being
another interesting and inaccessible
land.
Director Dana believes that a Ii
brary should "sell" itself to business
men and not restrict its activities to
young lady readers Of fiction, chill
dren and unoccupied old gentlemen.
1T should be a real constructive force
in the everyday life of the commu-
nifty, and not a mere collection Of
books and a lounging place. The New
ark library is pretty well known
among librarians about the country,
but the sort of work it does is not
initiated as generally as it might
well be.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Best Radiator Paint.

Large radiators in rooms Of the
home do not present a very attractive
appearance unless they are properly
decorated. For this purpose q paint
should be used which will harmonic
with the wall colorings, and one of
the best paints obtainable for this pur-
pose is the ordinary sanitary, fat wall
paint that Is used upon walls. 1t has
been found that these paints dry with
a fiat surface having a high heat trans
mission factor. For heating efficiency
as we'll as for decoration, these paints
are therefore to be recommended.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Reasonable Statement.

The creator of strange new beauty
has a right to demand so much (at-
tention) from anybody who under
takes to pronounce judgment. Is 1t
too much to ask? I don't imagine, for
example, that my own flair for strange
new beauty is special and extraordi-
nary, a thing that could not be cult
waited by any lover of old familiar
beauty who honestly desires to cultl-
vate it. For beauty Is ageless, eternal
and one, recognizable under all diff
ferences of form.-Baltimore Ameri.
can.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Makes His Coats Last.

Frank S. Stone of Westboro, Mass,
says the Boston Globe, has worn the
same overcoat for 35 winters, and he
SAYS 1t is good for ten more. For bit
Ter cold he has a heavier coat which
has beoa in service for Only 20 years.
Stone says styles travel in a circle,
returning on the average every five
years, his 35-year.old coat having been
In the height Of fashion seven times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Hens Made $3.50 Net.

Brock, Neb.-G. F. Childers of
Nemaha County kept a record of his
flock of single comb White Leghorns
in 1912. His 225 hens and pullets laid
35,693 eggs, or an average of 1853 for
the year. The total profit was 3D.
050.39. or $4.GS per hen net, with
very poor housing for the flock.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Russian Postage.

A letter from the Ukraine was re
ceived by DR.. Salvador of Baltimore.
which contained 105 stamps valued a,
9,1O4 rubles. The envelope would
not hold nil the stamps. so u strip oi
paper rds pasted on it 10 carry the
~lettoyers after the face and back hao
baen completely covered.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
aJones' Private Argument"

.Lf
"Jones' Private Argument"
More than fifty years ago Sidney
Lanier, Georgia's honored poet, voic-
ed the attitude of the cotton farmers
in the following lines:
shat air same Jones, which lived in
Jones,
He had this pint about him:
HE'D swear with a hundred signs and
groans,
: That farmers must stop gettin' loans,
And git along without 'em.
That bankers, warehousemen and
SIGH
Was f%att'nin' on the planter,
Ana Tennessy was rottten-rich
A-raisin' meat and corn, all which
Draw'd money to Atlanta.
And the only thing (says jones' to
do
Is, eat no meat that boughten,
But tear up every i. o. U.
And plant all corn and swearAtor
true
To quit a-raisin' cotton!
Thus spouted Jones (whar folks could
hear,
At court and other gatherins'),
And thus KEEP spoutin' many a year,
Proclaimin' loudly far and near
SIGH iddlesticks and blatherin's.
But one alfred sweatin' day,
1t happened l was hoein'
NV lower cornfeld, which it lay
Longside the road that runs my way,
Whar l can see what's goin'.
And alter twelve O'clock had come
/ felt a kinder faggin',
And laid myself un'neath a plum
To let my dinner settle sum,
When long come Jones's waggln.
And Jones was sittin' in it, so,
A-readin' of a paper.
Ills mules was goin' powerful slow,
Fur he had tied the line onto
The staple of the 'scraper.
The mules, they stopped a rod
From me, and went to feedin'
'Longside the road, upon the sod,
But Jones (Which he had tuck a tod
Not KNOWN, kept a-readin'.
And presently says he: Gifts true
That Clisby's head is level
Thar's one thing farmers all must
do,
To keep themselves from goin' tew
Bankruptcy and the devil!
sMore corn! more c orn-must plant
less ground,
And mustn't eat what's b%oughten!
Next year they'll do it: reasonin'
sound,
(And cotton will fetch bout a dollar
a pound),
Tharfore, I'll plant all cotton"
Macon, Georgia, 1870.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29

WANTED: Representatives to sell
monuments. Attractive proposition.
Write Charlotte Marble & Granite
Works, Charlotte, N. c. Largest in
she Carolinas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29

WANTED: Good, sound corn for
milling purposes, sixty-fve cents paid
for same in shuck or seventy-five
cents shelled.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29

No, there's a cross for everyone,
And there's a cross for me
The c~onsecrated cross I'll bear
Till death shall set me free;
And then go home my crown to
wear,
For there's a crown for me-.
o precious cross! 0 glorious crown
o resurrection day!
Ye angels, from the stars come
down,
And bear my soul away.
Hymn Is, Popular Hymnal
Majestic sweetness sits enthroned
Upon the Saviour's brow!
His head with radiant glories
crowned,
His lips with grace o'erfow.
No mortal can with Him compare,
Among the sons of men,
Fairer is He than all the fair
That fill the heavenly train.
To Him I owe my life and breath,
And all my joys / have;
He makes me triumph over death
And saves me from the grave.
vesperal, 1853 Popular Hymnal
Day is dying in the west,
Heaven is touching earth with rest;
Wait and worship while the night
Sets her evening LAMPS alight !
Through. all the sky.
(Chorus)
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of Thee
Heaven and earth are praising
Thee,
o Lord Most High.
Lord of life, beneath the dome
Of the universe, Thy home,
Gather us who seek Thy face
To the fold of Thy embrace
For Thou art nigh.
While the deepning shadows fall,
Heart of love, enfolding all,
Through the glory and the grace
Of the stars that veil Thy face,
Our hearts ascend.
Hymn 2O1, Gospel Hymns
I think when 1 read that sweet.
story of old,
When Jesus was here among men,
How He called little children as
lambs to His fold,
L should like to have been with
them then.
(Chorus)
I should like to have. been with
them then.
I should like to have been with
them then.
How He called little children as
lambs to His fold,
I should like to have been with
them then.
I wish that His hands had been
placed on my head,
That His arms had been. thrown
around me,
And that l might have seen His
His kind look when He said
"Let the little mes come unto me"
(Chorus)
"Let the little mes come unto me-"
"Let the little ones come unto me-"
And that I might have seen His
His kind look when He said
"Let the little ones come unto me-"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29

For Rent: Rooms are for rent
in the Addison building. APP
ply to DR.. A. R. Nicholson.
3-1-4t.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29

"Let the little ones come unto me-"
"Let the little ones come unto me.
And that 1 might have seen His
His kind look when He said
"Let the little ones come unto me-"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Hymn 10, Popular Hymnal

To Him 1 owe my life and breath
And all my joys / have;
He makes me triumph owe death
And saves me from the grave.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29

vesperal, 1853 Popular Hymnal ,
Day is dying in the west,
Heaven is touching earth with rest;
Wait and worship while the night
Sets her evening LAMPS alight
Through, all the sky.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-29
Hymns Taken From Rev. A. T
Aliens Calendar of Last
Sunday.
Hymn 10, Popular Hymnal

Hymn 10, Popular f1ymnal
Welcome, delightful morn,
Thou day of sacred rest!
II hail thy kind return;
Lord, make these moments blest;
From the low train of mortal toys,
l soar to reach immortal joys.
Now may the King descend,
And fill His throne with grace;
Thy scepter, Lord, extend,
While saints address Thy face;
Let sinners feel Thy quick'ning
word,
And learn to know and fear the
Lord.
Descend, Celestial Dove,
With all Thy quick'ning pow'rs;
Disclose a Saviour's love,
And bless the sacred hours;
Then shall my soul ney life obtain
Nor sabbaths be enjoyed in vain.
Hymn SO, Popular Hymnal
Must Jesus hear the cross alone
Evening journal., 1922-11-25
November %


d
The governing sign OF this date &.
Scorpio Sagittarius, the cusp. Peo-
pie OF this date have natural reser-
voirs OF strength. II this we're not
the case il would be impossible 10
endure the strain which they volun-
tarily put upon themselves. Pa
tience and passivity are the hardest
lessons for these brilliant and capa-
bio people to learn. and notwtth-
standing their grand natural equip
ment they often work and fret them
selves into the grave. The peculiar
blending OF fire and water sometimes
produces a conflict OF forces which
ultimates in the most disagreeable
pesmlsm. They are apt to be very
agreeable or exceedingly disagree
able.
The governing plant OF this date
Is Mars, the God of War and largely
responsible for some of the pecu-
liarities which these persons have.
The birthstone is a topaz and the
astral colors are black and golden
brown.