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The circulation of Indianapolis News la the hiih marks esUblshe4 during: 1927J SPRIKGVILLE Entire' Perry But soon th men and Women of this century old town wilt take on new life With Uhe approach of Memorial day, i they will ftft their chins and put tout their chests in pride and Justly so, for theirs Is a civil war record which probably Is unsurpassed irr 1 At the outbreak1 of the war. Perry townhlp, Lawrence "tounty. In which Epiinjville Is situated, had 122 voters. Thy enlisted 100 per cent. Sure ly noUiinc more could be expected cf any community, but SprlngTrllle gave more.

Before the echo cf the lint call to arms i dled awsy, twelve minors volunteered Little wonder, then, that May J30, first set aside to honor the failed bf the north and south, has a slcnlflcsnce for real denu of this Utile settlement that Is unequaled by that of any other holl day In the calendar. Two or three wsdows 'clvil war vt rans sUll art living, amonf them Mrs. Molly Short, whose husband. Dr. WViley Bhort.

enHsted as a surgeon In th 26th Indiana volunterra. In recognltJon of hla.anuaual abUlty to care for th sick uind wounded. Oover nor Oliver P. Morton promoted him to first surgeon of the lit Texas cavalry. His sword, bearing floral design and the date 18471 la a treasured reUc cf the family.

fi Uvea In Paatl! Captain Cook, of the 43d. and Capuin J. E. Dean, of the 14th Indiana companies; were In command of several men from their horns town. Bprlngvllle ts living in the past.

Wednesday. Ma 30, aa' the citizens kit the cemeteries to lay wreatha and flowers upon tht graves of 1U heroes. many 111 be reminded of days a half century ago when the town was "on the doom. when the hum ot the mills and the sounds of hammers. and saws wera notes of Industry and prosoerlty.

They also will be reminded that their very efforts to bonst the town, to put It on Ihe map? actually brought about It decline. BprtnsrvlUe was in a small ways a shipping center. Wagons were continually "going to the river." hauling torn, wheat; tobacco and meat to Louisville to be sent down ASLEEP 'X HAMMOND STATIOM AGENT F0 THlrZTY 61); YEAJCS. the Ohia Store goods of all sorts would be brought back on the return 4 Business was so good that regular trips were made, and nothing eeenvdUto serve better for transportation purposes than the old North Carolina Wagons which required four Then' the Idea prevailed that what Eprlngvllla needed was a railroad to make it a great commercial point. Arccrdlhgly, Perry to nship raised by taxation and subftcriptlon $60,000 and the railroad was built under the name of B.j 8..

O. Si B. Bedford, spring ville, Owensburg and Blomfleld. Contrary to expectaUon. this took the busi nes Bedford with the result that Bedford started growing, while Bprlngvllle lost In prestige and activity.

"We made Bedford and killed our own' town. William Hammond, station sgent for thtrty six years, said ruefully as he recalled the days of prosperity. All at once everybody seenjd to want to take the train for Bedford; they wanted to do business some place besides at home. You see what happened. Bedford Is booming and Sprlng vUle la paying the price.

The railroad was later taken over by the and now is referred to colloquially as the li pun'kln vine, which ias one train a day. Recall VlJace at IU Bert. When Springville was at Its best, as recalled by Morton Beyers. Jesse Chacklett. William Wriaht.

Alee nun can. Mrs. Molly Short and other old THE INDIANAPOLIS It I vs SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 19, 1923. AM OLD UAT2NESS SHOR LATER.

UZD. AS A SCHOOL AT THE TIME OF TKE CIVH. THE I leEM EM BE r. WHEXJ CLUC? tauortng and a cabinet more and Meridian or "Main streets. a 5 i cjr VI rv MEieiDlANI STieEET, citizens, "its business "district boasted shop.

The population approached the of two harness shops, two or three 800 mark, and Saturday evenings, blacksmith shops, a tanyard. sawmills, particularly, there was considerable woolen mills, boot shops, a hattery. a traffic at the intersection of Syca 4 il 2 Now, however. Meridian street bears little resemblance to the highway it presented in older days. Grass has grown up between the wagon tracks, and right in the heart of town it 5: i's EW A HOUSH WITH A CENTUrZV OF MBMOieJES 1 i i a Ii makes a muddy cross with Spring creek.

The graves of some of the soldiers are to be found in the three cemeteries lying at the edge of town. When the first member of the congregation of the Baptist church died he was buried in the lot at the side of the building. The Methodist church provided a similar burial spot for its dead, with the result that the two graveyards came to be known as the Baptist and Methodist cemeteries. Several years later a resident of the town obtained permission to bury a relative on a knoll beneath a spread "'Main 4900 Ad Taker" the right; way to get in touch with modern classified advertising service. IN HILLS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA, TAKES ON NEW! LIFE! 8i Ik.

CAVE SPfclNO ONE OF THE BENEFACTQieS A At? 13 A MR3. MOLLY SHOeT) A ELl VHEN VA5 OM THE I300M ,:1 TOWNS ing beech tree. For no particular reason, except that there was a Christian church In town, this plot came to be referred to as the Christian cemetery. Log Cabin Still Stands. Springville was settled about 1818 or 1820 by pioneers from Kentucky and North Carolina.

Due to prevalence of malaria along the river they moved northward into the hills of Lawrence county, as it was known later, and settled In the vicinity of Springville, attracted by the healthful WITH 21 COMING OF MEMORIAL DAY AND PROUDLY CITES ITS RECORD IN THE CIVIL WAR t. Voting Population of Township, Lawrence County, Answered; Abraham Lincoln Call for Volunteers In 1861 Widows! of a Few and Other Kin of Veterans of 65 Still Are Livingjiin the' Town Sword Used by Her Husband as; a Union Surgeon Is a Treasured Relic of Mrs. Wiley Short. By Marie Gearre 7T PRINGVILLE, May 19 Like an old actor who has I had his day and must fall; into the dull background jof ill a i vity, treasuring memories 6f a gay life behind footlights that now shine on younger and more promiiirig players the little town of Springville almost forgotten in! the hills, southwest oi lives on, though with each passing year its step has become slower until now; it just sits and rocks, 1 idling the time away, while world; passes It by. V.

I Railroad, Boosted by Citizens of Springville, Unexpectedly; Brought About Decline of the Village When Bedford. Benefited by Railway, Superseded Springville as Trade Center Hamlet Once Had Hopes of Becoming Great, Reached Peak; Census Figure of 800 Old Timers Recall Interesting Days of Town's History. spring water flowing from the hUl" sides. In factT the town was named for its springs. One of the first houses, a log cabla still standing and in use as a store house, was built 'near Cave Spring.

Though the beech and oak trees which, grew nearby have blown down and the rock ledge which formerly sheltered It caved in. the water flows much as it always did. tempting the thirsty traveler. The cabin was erected by the Garten family, some of whose members now living in Rush county, make annual trips to Springville to visit and loos: over the home of their forefathers. Frank Stonnard, who, as he says, has raced horses in every good town In this country and Canada." is a firm advocate of Springville water.

Though many years of his life have been spent far from his birthplace, he has come back to the Stannard farm "where the water Is good." Never in his life, ht says, has he ever taken a drink of whisky or beer, tasted tea or coffee, or chewed or smoked tobacco. Not a bad recommendation for any water, In recalling his youth when Spring ville was in flower, Mr. Stannard told of the time when at the age of twenty months, he tumbled Into the well from which water was drawn by buckets operated on a Ha fell thirty feet In water six feet deep.1 Luckily, some one saw him and called his brother, who without hesitation, climbed down a rope after him. Today a house stands over that same well, the door cf which Is shown In the picture of Stannard taken by The Indianapolis News photographer. School Methods Change.

Educational methods have changed considerably since Mrs. Short served as principal ot the Springville school about the time ot the war. The term lasted fourteen weeks, and attention of the pupils "bent on larnin was focused principally on the three R'a. don't know, but sometimes 1 think children learned more in those days than they do now, going a longer time Mrs. Short commented.

Like the churches and stores of the town, the school buildings went through the stage of log cabins, frame structures, and finally brick buildings. Not only time, but fire seems to have played a devastating hand. Churches have burned, shops hava burned and houses have burned year after year. With so much practice, the bucket brigade has become proficient. As one old timer said; "It might nigh beats a city fire wagon." For all its boom of former years, the town has slumped.

Families have moved away, preferring the lights of Bloomington and Bedford to the twilight of Springville. The vacated, ramshackle one story buildings gradually are giving away to the ravages of the winds, the suns and the rains. Moss' has cropped out on the roof of the eeneral store which, though making its last stand, proudly bears the sign. "City Meat Market 8priga of grass hare shot up In the streets, shaded! by the towering maplea. Townsmen In groups of threes of.

fours sit on the doorsteps in the sun, whittling away the hours, aa they talk over event of bygone years, events far more real and vivid to them than the acUvltles of the present. With the coming of Memorial day. their conversations turn to civil war days when the brave deeds of relatives and friends are glorified with each retelling. SpringvillesJlfU her head In pride as she pays tr5ute to her heroes. Smokifig League Hasn't 'Got After' Vesuvius YetT ESUVIUS is one of the few tnountalns in i the world which th Antii Smoking League hasn't yet ot alter.

It smokea all day longyand if it wasn't for 14 Vea. I don't know what the tourists to Naples would have to amuse theirselvea with. All day long they stand out on the docks and exclaim over it. and get a bis thrill out of the suspicion that it ia liable to blow up any moment and put the whole town on the PS bum. I I i However, la Naples, we Legion sires got a real change of diet.

We got SQuld. We know it at the time, however, i Scalds Is si kind of baby cuttle and you eat the legs, the same as with frogs. Only at first you think you are eating ruh tripe. When we found it out it wasn't tripe. went on back to tpaghetU and teal! 5 is The principal thing to buy Naples is coraL The natives wear it around their necks the same as the HawaUans wear flower wreaths.

And they fling it ifroaa their neck: to yours. At first yoa think It's a gift, tut not after you have: tried to get away with lt In the shops there ts a lot of pink coral tor sale. Buy some, ty all means, but first off you want to make sure It is natural; A lot ot the prettiest is only dyed 1 pink and washes away to white marble the time it toes 15 the laundry. NaturaEy after we had exhausted the city, and the city had exhausted us, which ts soon done because a big. nofsy place, why we decided we would rcAke a expedition, to seme point at Interest Where te Ge? Mabel Bush, who never! can keep her nose out of places where it dont belong, was a3 In favor et golcx VcraYlus.

and sticking her; face over the edse well the furnace working. But the, boy both refused to go. They claimed where they had seen cty ot that sort of thing all winter at home, and looking It glowing spot half buried in ashes wouicaT be any novelty to them. So finally we decided on Pompeii. This Pomneii Is a towa right near and it Is a total wreck.

As a isirure it is a complete success. One time, quite a speu aro. left the draft on all; niiht at Vesuvius. wrji tns cAtural rssuU tnat th; cn 'Makel Bash was all la faver ef gelnr Vesuvius. tain got red not and blew up.

guess the dxxsper wasnt working, or maybe It ha4 no automatic atop. Anyways. she blew, and the consequence was there was a hot time tax the old town that eight. So how tourists pay good money to go lock at the wreck which, with the usual European slowness ami been rebuilt yeC A man told me. ta Italy, that he put his or up for repairs Naples and was promised the job in ten clays.

But it was nearer three months bfore he get his bus back. At first I thought he was exaggerating, but after I seen Pompeii. I believed his 5 Thonly thlr.g ta Pompeii that ut vived with hardly a scratch is a lot of dirty pictures. They would. Otherwise the place is a total wreck.

Can you Imagine Garreston leaving: the town a ruin and charging: admission for sev era! hundred years to look at it? Or San Francisco? Yes. you cant! Now If they bad rebuilt the place ta six months, say. why that would be a sisht worth seeing. But St basal been touched. In fact the only thing about it that is touched is the tourists, and they are touched a plenty.

Tarantella. After we had gone up to see Pompeii we was pretty near ready to give cp sightseeing, in general But Mabel had read some place where everybody took the Amalfi ditte and cad tarantella at Sorento. So Joe said be was all for that, unless they served cheese on the tarantellas, he was so sick cf spaghetti he'd be glad to try a tarantella tor a change. Mabel had to explain to him where a tarantella was not a dish. It was a dance.

Well. I am glad we knew ta advance that it was a Joyous peasant dance, on account otherwise we might cf thought it was the Rheumatism Raxx. Nobody under forty was admitted to take part In It. and the boys and girls who skipped about ta a second chCdhoodish manner done so wtth all the blitescmeness of decrepit elephants. Thes Umbourises.

was present, an rixht. but used urin dfjuj 1 or cniwting money in. ah parties r.anctrig seemed to nave extra strong: legs, and we figured this was because they was used to making wine which Is done by walkiiur on the grapes, and they simply must walk on rniles and miles of grapes ta this coun try, because they drink oceans of it. however, as soon as our money gire out. so ci2 tnetr streegtn.

ana wi was free to go awsy and amuse our selves. The Blae Grette. Well, there was Just one place left to see, and my Geo. and that Joe Bush kept talking about how bad they wanted to see It. This place was the Blue Grotto.

and Mabel mks certain ly pleased to hear our husbands at last express a real interest in any famous piece of sightseeing, and we couldnt understand their enthusiasm until we found out that all along they were tr.tr.tirig it was a night cisb. But the Blue GroUo i. a hole der a big rock out In the Island of Capri. And the reason it Is termed the Blue Grotto Is because It makes you blue getting there. To begin with, you talk yourself blue In the face trying to explain that you want to buy tickets to go out there.

Then you get on a very ath letic little boat, that skips and rolls and Jumps and slides and tosses and hops out through the Bay of Naples. a lots things I read sort o' make a deep impression on what's called nry mind. Toother day I read about where 1,500 delegates th' National Congress a Parents spent a evenin playin' kid games so they could find i ri i rr a out how th children feel when they're at clay. These here folk nlaved all kinds games under th leadership o' six profesional recreation experts, th paper, said. I reckon them experts has got as much pep as a feller leadin' comrrarltr singln'.

so a pleasant time Its name was the Tarantella and boy I She Justified that title the day we took her and she took us! But your misery ain't over when she comes to anchor outside of Capri. Because that Is where you have to get out and get Into some small boats. Then you wait until the waves give you a chance, and duck into the small, rocky opening to the rot to. Unless you duck your head low PHILOSOPHER FINDS "SECOND CHILDHOOD" NOT LIKE FIRST SUPPOSE you have been enjoying these fine spring days to the fullest extent." the Inquiring Reporter suggested to the Irrington Philosopher. "Yes an no." was the Philosopher's careful response.

"I been enjoyin th days, but I alnt got along so well with some o' th' nights. They say there alnt no fool like a ol fool an as near as I can tell I've been doln what I could t' qualify In th first division o' th ol' fool ciaas. "You see I read th papers a heap. was had by all. They played soldier, thread th needle an' a heap more some of 'em be in' games I never beard tell of.

Old Time Games. VVelL thinks if them folks could cut up a lot o' capers like that an' get away with it me an' some o' my friends might do th same. I got thinkin that bein' old is a state o' mind an that If a feller could think young thoughts he might stave off ol age Indefinitely or longer. Anyhow, I telephones some th folks that's about my age an' asks 'em come around t' xny house. They came, all right, but they looked at each Other sort foolish when I read 'em th' piece about playnight an' said we was goto have some ol' time games.

First we played drop th handkerchief. One woman got a crick in her side right away an' bad t' drop out. another cne was out o' breath before she had run around th' ring once, an 'a feller that was supposed be In th mush pot got th' blind staggers an fell over, breakln' his close glasses. We tried pussy wants a corner, but about all that netted was a sprained ankle an a lot hard breathln. Then I says I know a fine game, an' it's hide an' seek.

"In order make this here a sure enough game like we use have we agreed that you could hide anywhere'a in our block. Well, it was my time hide my eyes first an after Td counted 100 I veil out that one about a bushel o' wheat an' a busael enough, you get a wallop on the bean from the rocks as you go in and for this reason many tourists claim that they saw stars in the Blue Grotto. But all we saw was a lot of water of Just the same color that mother used to get ready to dip Pa's boiled shirts In on Monday. Blue? Ill say It's blue, especially when you 'count up what it cost! 1 Then, when you have seen the o' rye, an' all that alnt ready holler aye Nobody yelled nothln so I started out hunt. I thought ot a likely lookln' place t' hide an went right there, expectln t' find three or four.

What found was one them one man airedale dogs that mighty nigh took th' seat out my pants. I made some repairs though an' went on huntin." In a Garage, i "I seen a garage with i th' doors open an thinks they'll be somebody hid in there. They was, but not th ''folks I'd expected. Th feller that was hid In there wasn't playln' childhood games accordin our rules. He seemed t' have a set o' rules o' his own.

Anyhow, he hit me on th head with one o' them blackjacks I be lieve they're called an passed out tor th time He relieved' me S2.86, a button showln' that belonged th' Audubon Society, a soft pencil an' a medium pencil, a right fair workin fountain pen. one set made order teeth, two street car tokens, a three bladed knife with one good blade, a pocket comb, a calendar for this year on one side an th' parcel post rates on th other, a piece o' mighty good string; an' two blueglll hooks. When got at myself everybody tat Lad tUd via back, at thj pase darned thing, you have the boat rida back to Naples, and all the way you can look at Vesuvius and wish to goodness she would blow up again and put you out of your misery. But Italy is certainly a lovely coua try In spite of all the spaghetti and veall I wonder why anybody leaves It and comes to America. suppose, be cause it's too big to.

bring it along (Copyrifht. 1028. Republic Smdteata. ZaeJ) an' had patted one, two, three. Right there we quit." "Will you try these games asked the Reporter.

"Not any." declared the Philosopher." Second childhood alnt like th" first. I've found that out my ova satisfaction." T. 8. XL Newsboys Band to Play at K. of C.

Auditorium The i Indianapolis News Newsboys Band will give a concert for the benl fit of St, Francis Hospital at tht Knights of Columbus Thirteenth and Delaware street, at 8 p. mi Thursday. The program, un der the direction of J. B. Vanda worker; conductor, la as follows: Grand patriotic potpourri art Trumpet solo Robert Colleater.

"Mr Ohio Home" Ponaldtow Vocal a "Wbn the Sua Goe tbt BalMsr" Ruin Otta. aoprano. Granl BHwtion Air Van lor Saxopbooe "How Gently, Sweet Aton'' Wallace Meredith. "There Maet Ba Stiver Dut "Tranquillity" Melbern Laat. trombone; llia Car 1 roll, trumpet.

Vocal (si To la Lore With Arrsnced br VarKUworfcar Cb) Only a Sow 4 Varabond Kin" Arrn ed br Vaadaworkar Rath Otte. aopraao. "Captaia Staanard" aits An exhibition drill of the Knights of St. George drill team and St. Cathe rlne's Dramatic Club ladles drill team, under the direction of Charles Braun.

Sr, will be given. The Committee in charge cf tha events i Includes: mizabeth Burke, Marie i Koehler, Elizabeth O'Brien, Mary Harrold. Catherine Wbeatley, Marie Oasper. Mathilda Oasper. Frances Roach, Gertrude Rushton, Lenore Rushton.

Marie Roth. Marguerite Thomas, Mildred Thomas, Irene Doyle. A. J. Voigt.

C. J. Kunx. Guy Dearth, R. Ankenbrock.

Dr. O. Cv Carter; n4 A.