The Tribune from Seymour, Indiana • Page 2

'CKVMOUR DAILY REPURMCAN. SEYMOUR, INDIANA THURSDAY, OCTODEB 8, 1914. feel assured that they will received they will more than likely find some i iir Of i I I onierence wim tne directors at ouccess of Capt Meedy W. ohields wich peuaded them to make a i all the attention and care that is of their friends. In this manner new acquaintances will he made readily.

AH the members wiH meet possible. A building of-this-' kind WaS KeSUlt Of PerSlStent EndeaVOr The survey was made- and theV would not be complete without; (such quarters yet as they tire not generally home in which each' can feel'a per port of the engineers was encourn. sonal interest and itnd'e. A lady who lives in the eastern part of the coun ty can before leaving home telephone to her friend in a western township to meet her at the CJub where they wf'be "welcomed. wiirknow, tlrefotbinTiewiII I mi Tl.

nr PL! -i 0 ginator of the structure keep every ti, i vim? -'-jt lynu wuiuu jjuvo ui-cu cusnj nuuiiuaicu uuuaie ine ngnt or way' an several erly a member of the Indiana legis- and certainly elected. -While he did acres of land for depots, yards and lature ws requested to prepare' a not disdain the honor' thus offered, shops. A heavy fill was'required to history of Captain Meedy W. Shields and indeed might ''have' felt little be made west int nnr tn-am minor detail carefully; in The dinning room is located at the Institution Originating With Local rear of-the building and is equipped for, the dedicatory ejtercis promotionyeQ- hii the directors but. this ob-: Farmers CTuUTH-eause" of their close devotion of his invalid wife was para' jectipn' was swept awav whpn ti quite a number, of members at one The idea, of agitation, was shecjC)nie4 WerJooked" here a ud tTieHf ables uh BiiyUmi Kem'ttOlt'iv tiuCapf.

Mr. Shields duI the: Otti i day tract The.line was established nn1 FACE TWO GLUB I'ILL BECOME Ev l-Ctllll Mtklttft. eiiy, ana uie ay a oes tjjjcui. yeldi4Bdii I i v. I from soil the kitchen is CITY HOME FOR THE FARMER ji cohiplete kitchen where dishes 'may Miss Florence Love, of this city, has been appointed niatron of the Club and will' remain on duty the hours, that the building is opun.

Jbe was reaTcH on a rinnd is, therefore, well qualified for the posi of Ins. business transactions, fie knew bis characteristics and facts concerning his private life probably better than any other man living "lhHiH-kson county. The history that was read by Mr. be washed: before they are replaced in the dinner basket after the meul is served. Arrangements have also been Conveniences and Comforts Found in Modern Building Are Available Without Cost to.

Members. made whereby the baskets and other Davison is given in part below-: tion she holds as she knows from per parcels can. checked so that the yt uia ogc, aim mn wire ucpuriru uu ana a small army of his farmer the 14th of the following neighbors isoon threw up the en He. had in all his Yd but three bankment to the proper grade. He I mouths at iichool education; but his little under the tuition of his cultured town.

His sori-in-law, John H. wife at the fireside of first Blisb. and brother, (Jhe latter modest home he proved an apt and now Jiving with us in the jH-'acefuI tiriesB student, and soom mastered and quiet, evening of life) were bis the cardinal branches of business and civil engineers, The sale! of lots was literary education. He was an in- at once begun and on the 11th day of cessant reader, not only of current November 1852 the, first lots were events, but also orstajidar works jpjdenhtf Jfcit -settlement was iiElutii politicaf eeonoiny made in the Xpriiig of 1853 hen sonal e.vpefienco jrist what the ladies owners will iiot have the responsibility of looking after them when not desire. She will lie 'able to give much.

At tlie earnest and cordial' request of the members of the Blish Milling Company, we are assembled here to in use, information that may be desired by the members and will always be "With the dedication of the FnrnT Completely equipped wash rooms. participate in the modest ceremonies iiv-heeii urovkusd. The floors hi ready and wilting to aid them in any that, will transfer thin beautiful the" eul bar ing the only exiince irom -tne ownership ot liy a provision of the articles of it- designers tid builders -to lieat and YTectric Ihrhts have also been provided. The V. T.

i. i a. i i 1 i-iii a quick to analyse argument and detect little Kit canienter tools from incorporation the management of the the parties, and for the purposes, building is as nearly lire proof as is in the Ventral west. The building was made possible by the for which it has been erected. I club is left to a board of trustees composed of the presidents of the leading three banks of Seymour.

This possible to make it and wood was say-modest cramo'iiies." for it is the Blish estate who erected it, fiinnhed onlv used where necessary to complete the finished appearance. board at' present is conqiosed of C. The donors in dedicating this club D. Billings, president of the First it and provided funds for' its a memorial to Captain Meedy W. Shields, the founder of National Bank, II.

C. Johnson, pre building emphasized that it was their wish of its founders that no display or boastful utterance should mar the. spirit' of sincerity, or taint the absolute unselfishness of their motives in making this addition to the public ornaments of our city, and providing a place for the comfort and conveniences of their sident of the Sevmour National Bank, intention to make it the city home or sophistry. He was somewhat ob- Tumpico. Mr.

Shields gave his town stinate in his adherence to fixed opin- the name of Seymour from his high but when convinced of his mis- "esteem for the cheif engineer of the taken view he was not ashamed to Railroad company. acknowledge his error, llis memory In the salcrof lots Shields was was wonderfully retentive and seldom his own real estate agent. He em-failed him in what he had read or ployed no solicitors, lawyers'or title in the details of business transac- abstrators. Hje would go with his In politics he was always customer to see a lot, come back to affiliated with the Democratic party, his little office, write a bond for the When in the legislature he gave take the money or not notes" but slight encouragement to partisan (mostly commonly the. latter of the measures.

In the enactment of laws purchaser, and the next minute 'buy for. the drainage of swamps, for the a young mule or bunch of hoou from Seymour and one of, the foremost tenter of the residents of the and J. II. Matlock, president of the farmers of his day. fanning communities and "that- it is Jackson county Loan and Trust Company.

A few cities have attempted to ar-1 their 4-h that the members use it as freely and with the same sense of Under the provision it is clearly fellow ciitizens. whose homes dot the appafent that a board of competent, hillsides and nestle in the vatlevs of proprietorship that they' would in their own home. It would be diffii- range quarters for visiting farmers but the conveniences' offered no way eompared with those of the new club building erected in this city. capable busines men is insured and I the gqod-o)d county of Jackson. to announce in an dedicatory at no time in the future will the club want for srood management.

-Thelub it promotion of common school cduca-J a waiting farmer, address a more appropriate sentiment: It shows the real purpose of Beeral Courthouses in Indiana un- In their first conception of placing- some pennanent mark bf their appreciation of and love for their native city; their hieh esteem for i 1 1 members also entitled to elect several members on the board who occupied rooms nave been converieu the doBOW and that. their only aim into rest rooms roriarmers ana ineir I was t0 buid the com- tion, tor equal taxation of property Mr. Shield was anearnestadvocate and for the safety of travel on rail- of education, and the first public io! honor of the State, in the prompt two-story frame schoolhouse 'on adjustment of its indebtedness, and North JE wing street, which was built j- "thrift and; "Woralify me uciiiiis in I'uiuin-uuu wiiu imc i ux ns innaouants, ana lor the en-manage'ment of the club. In other couragement given them bv all tamilies wno are -visuing me fort and convenience of their fanner but in no other city in the middle fieu3 vest Is complete building like, the The Fanners' Club buildimr is the a proper resineuon me operation and furnished at his own Cost, He was of the public utilities, concerned him not a member of any church or secret one here to be found wards the donors have so arranged classes in their business affairs, the that the financial management will primary thought of our friends was he laced in the hands of bank presi- the erection of a suitable memorial i dUILOUIC UltTUlLll Idl crystallization of the new rural development movement which has received so much attention in recent more man scnemes ror the use oi order. Ills moral life was Khniwl i I -m The idea of providing a city home for farmers originated with M.

S. JBlish of this'cityj and is entirely new. Tents while the management in other to the life and achievements of their Panisan llis vigorous and by no denominational creed, his years in Indiana. There is no ques ui uvuies in commuiees penevoience by no restrictive or arbi- respects is left with those whom the distinguished and worthy grandsire, mplllbr! Ktllct. I tha fnhnni.

Ida 'J Other counties are watching tbe out- tion bnt lhat through this buildine brought him intff greater prominence tary rules. He accepted the teach i vut.v.i.. liii ii.ira i jfiiti come plan and there is emy fnf, rpspnts andtbi. citirena The -Farmers' Club is a free- in- beautiful city "ofSevmouf-and who- ttian--jimjiywhose tinie-wa-sient ulgs70hri8tlrTa'fflc1ent. to be a reason to believe that the will brought closer to.

was among the most T' lT for Pure Me, eedinS was amonsr the lloor of suiunoii. it. i erecieu -pur ine ueue-i in nis aay, the chamber. It was he but little or no exnla nil tion frnm gether with the result of mutual fit of those, who making their living eminent citizens of our great state. from the-soil and the Blislhj estate Meedy White Shileds.

who introduced andjJiaU passed vthe priest or preacher, and yet, he was a first law of the state requinng all friend of churches and resneeteil benefit. The idea originating with is Vet in it infancy, While Bas-arraaged-for-an annuity- tor itn Meedy W. Shileds was born in the railroud trains to -come to a full stop them all alike, be they Jew or Gentile, before crossing another railroad. Catholic or Protestant. He let each it is conceded that it i successful the possibilities are so numerous lhat Tf wiH take years Jo completely work out the detailed plan.

After the members havetmee enjoyed the con nte'ttftticerr'Aiinrtoithi' villageTof Scvierville, Sevier laws any persons in Jackson county. Tennessee, July 8, 1805. 7 He was the gains his -livelihood wholly in soiof-daraes- hnd Penelope-WTiite part from farming ls entitled to jnem- Shields and a grandson of Stockton Before the privileges can Shields, a captain in the Virnnia denomination-select -ther lot desired- for its building (and' they generally chose the best remaining corner he had) which, without a protest he veniences and fully understand what be enjoyed, however, the farmers are forces in the" Revolutionary war. His can be done they will make sugges tions that would not be thought of xcept by one of their own number, At the farmers' Club building the members will meet in a social way and required to obtain a certificate or who was a fanner, and an membership which ore issued gratis Indian fighter, moved with his fani- at any of the banks in this city. The ily to the" then Territory of Indiana, rule that this certificate must he first and first settled at Corydon, in secured before the club is open to Harrison county, using pack horses the farmers will be rigidly enforced on the journey.

In 1816, the year but in view of the many advantages our state admitted -into the and conveniences offered there is no Union, they moved to Jackson county question but that this simple require- and settled in the heart of the wild- upon such occasions matters of gen eral interest be discussed. It is at such infonnal meetings that many cheerfully donated. His love" for his country and its free institutions was deep and sincere. Of this Jhe gave evidence in his youth when he left his home and enlisted in the army t6 conquer the subtile enemy, And in' after years, when rebellion threatened the de- structipn of the union, he was among; the most anxious for its preservation. Although of southern birth, an admirer of southern chivalry, and withjarge dealings with, planters he held that the tion of the' Union was paramount tov sectional ptidelWhen JxCliis forced lr I mn nijj-V.

Bronze Tablet Placed Above Fireplace Bs. New Club problems are solved as the farmers will feel free to express their views ment will be complied to willingly; wood that then covered the lands 1 i -1 huch a ruling is necessary so that upon which this citjfi now located and their opinions' will be weighed and acted upon by It will become the center of Jackson county the trustees may know who are At that time there wftcp but jsix fami bers as the names are enrolled I lies settled in the eaW'rn' part "of toTucompanson of crop conditions register at the eluhJbuildmg in. the-different iot'alties and The Farmers Club was not erect- I lally cleared land, which like oasis TIPTON S. BLISH -One-of the Donor of ihe Building. change fo? soil As a busiiiess man Mr.

biIds TiMd orifliw desert wr-Island in a Ha, were To Jhe women who live on the farm brief but concise code of rule. He raid General Morgan invaded -our institution -planned entirely -tor the the only visible evidence "of "human benefit of the farmers with the hope I existence, that they will enjoy it. None of the From 1820 to 1832, in connection trustees are paid for their service I with his labor on the he eri- was never known to enter into coo- destroying the property of the spiracy with others to discredit; any people in his paUi, even threatening competitor, to degrade his character, ou' own town, Captain Shields was or depreciate his nroDertv; He dLs- the first men to urge our citizens to as the board is composed of public gaged, first as a hired hand, and spirited men -who are willing to co-Jthcn, as proprietor of a small fleet dained to take advantage of another's or8anize for defense. While some operate in the advanced movement. of flat boats, which cbnveyed the grow in popularity and that within the Farmers' Club will be a few years other cities will have Iopalar.

Heretofore there was no similar clubs. Seymour is fortunate suitable' place for a woman to rest in that the building did not cost the af'ter she had completed her citizens of the city -or county one Pin an(1 was waiting for her hus-lnny. It is not probably that other nd or father to finish his business counties will be as fortunate as Sey- in the citv- While the local mer-mour in having the structure erected chants were glad to extend the pri-f ree of all expense and foj.lhirrea- they could it was impossible son the results of th-farmersf Club to afford the comforts which have in Seymour fare followed with en provided at the new club build-more than ordinary interest. Now that it is, opened to the misfortune or necessities. All his more watant or their; heroism and dealinirs were onen with no loon holes loud their patriotism were busy The farmers of Jackson county products of the settlement, such as 1 1 1 are, inueeu, xonunaie oeing a Die i corn, porK ana timber, irom a point to have the use of a building 1 near Rockford to New Orleans, then for equivocation; Caution, honesty hiding their jewels and other trinkets-and promptness ruled in all transac "sterns and cellars he Was har--Hons.

He was lenient to all debtors in his own liorses and mules brought without expense to them. They are the only available market for such gi'en advantages which are not en-J heavy freight. who evinced an earnest desirn to ilis- trom the plow and urging: every man. joyed by others engaged in a simi- In 1832, at the age of 27, he charge their obligations and merci- who was willing, to hiount them. They ful to the honest unfortunate.

I in three hours, he at the ar vocation and there is every rea-I volunteered in the army that was -s. 1 he club building is a complete ine win hovne. The donors in nlanninc nnd mean mu'n for the women. They will Ma head and on old his son to believe that they will avail I called out to suppress the.depreda- crecfiiNr it have endeavored Mo ar- know tnat. they will have a resting themselves of the nnparalleled op- tions "of the Indians in the Black range every convenience that is found where the surroundings are portunities offered and make the most Hawk War.

He was at once elected gested tho opening of a bank at Sey- -v mour and in 1803 with the assistance 9 fees and Iloosiers nt io t. 0 galloping drill on Second street. comfortable and attractive and where of them. and within a fewjnjftiths promoted ganized the First National Bank. He men to its captamcy.

lie saw but little real service as the war ended early in, 1833. At its close the yonng officer returned to his home and re declined its presidency but was one I- 01 a of its directors. He believed in small Jff' "nt paid him very The Farmers Club Building oans to the fanners and merchants was an aumirer rather than in large blocks tspecu- a sumed his business on the farm. He now desired a home of his own and with the: wisdom which directed all in a modern house. The idea of comfort has, been parried out in every detail.

The front of the 'building is not attractive but artistic The stone work adds materially to the appearance of the structure and the large columns indicate permanency. In every detail the contractors were instructed to use the best of material and to build the structure so that it would t-tand for generations to come. uiai vuv, Kicaii xunu auix lators and promoters; Li In 1853, with his good brother-in- his actions he selected the daughter law, Thomas Ewing, he" established Alexander Stephens had been allowed' their wayi much of the horrors that bloody contest would have beeni i avoided, And now this; day his life and labors receive recognizition In" this-edifice which' Vill always remind our- or a plain tanner and in 1833 was married to Eliza P. Ewing, the daughter of James Ewing, of the second general store of the town, near the corner of Second street and Indianapolis avenue. In the eastern end of the building was Jirownstown, Mr.

Shields early in life became The approach to the main entrance is jeaeb'ed. walking. ihrough, either of two large iron gates which will active in public affairs and was recognized by his; neighbors as a citizens of thisv community of the -founder of Seymour, parents take no pride in keeping alive the story of their beneflcient and he. opened, a little office where in a quiet way he transacted thousands of dollars of. business each ear.

His own pen did BBtenographicTworka hd his memory kept the accounts. Perhaps the. most ortoniate business deartna.de. by Mr. Shields was proportions for change or improve iiuo is 10 receive lis memoers.

ine main entrance leads into a spacious ment of prevading conditions. In the fall of 1840 he was, elected a member of the legislature and re procuring the location of the town upon his land. 'When the promoters -cieciea in los. in he was rttt -n ui uu jiu-i -4. I -tjj 1 uni in aiMliiim ii Hi iii, i.

Iiiiiiilliiiiinii iiirriim'j? i 11'- 1 L.JJ?r-, 1 I I worthy achievements they may not Hope that the mejtnory of their own accomplishments will long thrill with joyful pride the hearts of those who may inherit their In older countries loo many families depend for distinction upon their belief that elected state senator from the count of the-Ohio and Mississippi Railroad determined to build. that road, their engineer1 selected a line that ran ies of Jackson and Scott, In 1850 he was elected to the same office and re-elected in 1800 from, the from Vernon by the way of Rockford ty mitk bniii lvt-vw counties of Jennings and Jackson. He was, in all, a member of the to the town of Bedford, and at a tu, a t- ture of royalty or titled nobility may meeting of directors the line was flrt. J- i i i a 4 now their veins or.tuey pnze a about to he adopted as the establish- living room which is attractively de-. corated and, furnished with the best furniture that "could be purchased.

It is provided with a library table upon which will be found- copies' of Current magazines in which the members will find interesting reading matter. The large chairs, afford the comfort that is so frequently needed by the weary after a hard days' shopping trip to the city. In the living room the members will "find all the comforts that, they enjoy in their own homes. On the front and leading from the jiving room- are Wo -nurseries equipped with a "baby jumper" and an iron bed. Here mothers may leare their, children while th7 are busily engaged in chopping and may Indiana legislature sixteen an unusual length of service for one ed route.

But the directors were de- I man in that body. In 1800 he was. delegate to the sirous of making Rockford the termini of two divisions and they asked the citizens of that village to donate jhuuicu vu a yuui'ii vi a miiuicu lUttll or Lord as an insignia of -superior But in this titles have' no place in the nomenclature of its i National Democratic Convention which, at Charfeston, S. and sufficient, ground for depots, car citizchs. The 'flood of -the toiler in A llv VI lull was an ardent supporter of the enn- yards and repair shops Jmt as the the 0 the "ttet.llRnj0 aV ncimln mnna nn rnvnrnhln nuruino I people made no favorable the response bench or the failor'on the sea, has idicncy' of Steihen A.

Douglas. In 1 1800 he was earnestly solicited to become a candidate for the National a halt in the proceedings occurred. And right then, Mr. Shields "saw his This Building, Donated by the Blish Estate as a Memorial to Capt. Meedy Was Dedicated Today.

the same value in law, the same claim (Continued on page 3, column 4) Had he' consented he opportunity and nt once had a short 1.