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Page Eight. THE FRANKLIN (INDIANA) CVCNIQ STAR Saturday, November 22, 1930 GRAVE OF SOLDO Local News BOOK, BY LOCAL MAN. i NCE. Bargains in l' UPON Nolly Don Adapts Fashion's Favorite the Bolero in a Noel Oordon is sDcndinsr the REVOLUTIONARY weekend at his home in Tipton. A 3 No hvintini allowed on my farm.

Mrs. Henrietta Richardson. AR IS DISCOVERED IS COMPLIMENTED IN A RECENT REVIEW The Rev. William Mullendore is Author of Interesting Book on Religion Say-No-Mor If your sewer ts out of order call 22, Ien Ransdell Son. 109-G Body of Joshua Harris Buried' in Cemetery in Union Township Charles White is spending the weekend at his home in JERSEY DRESS 1 UanSec Hardware Department Store that S1AN Itt) Alfred Behrens, a Franklin Col-leget student, is spending the at his home in Anderson.

Mrs. Fred R. Owens, chairman of: the committee from the Alexander; Hamilton chapter of the D. R. fori the location of graves of Revolu- tionary soldiers in Johnson county, Lawrence Recce is spending the weekend at his home in An interesting; and complimentary review of "Tho Urge of the Unra-tiona' in Religion," a book written by the Row William Mullendore of Franklin, which has been recently published, appears in "The Christian," a libera! journal of religion publish.

ed weekly at Kansas City. Mo. The review, written by W. J. Thamon, reads as follows: "This book should make it-s author fam Frank Harris, i mi.

1 has succeeded in locating another! grave in the county. It is that ofj Joshua Harris, who is buried in the Harris Cemetery in Union township. When Mrs. Owens sent the list of Revolutionary soldiers buried in tinted liheral thor. was a cow- 1" Carmen ciarra.

a Franklin student, is spending the at his home in Seymour. Clever, indeed, is this little dress with its unusually flattering one-sided bolero effect. The flared skirt, scalloped detail and trim tailoring all add to its swagger, youthful appearance. In Mountain Berry Red. Marble Green.

Esca-drille Blue and Seal Brown, sizes 14 to 40. This is Just one of Nelly Don's smart new fall dresses to sell at only Johnson county to the Indiana state library for filing, she received word that there was another grave in the county. Mrs. Owens investigated Miss Frances Baumgart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

carl Baumgart. is ill. ooy in lexas De-fore his writings made him famous. II a is also was a school teacher and journalist, at o-n time servir.e as editor of the London Vanity Fair. J.

M. Boone, who recently a severe heart attack, is MUFFLERS A'tir patterns iXew colors Xew styles Hotter Qualities At The Trices 50c to $4.00 NORT 17H1TESIDES CO. "The Home of Il.rt. Sehaffner 4L Marx Clothes" ous. It, should do more: it should help to make its readers modem, wise and reverent.

It is the work of a student, a philosopher, and a man of faith. It comes to me as a revelation. I have known Mr. Mullendore mSny years but never as a man of letters. Surely he has not broken into print often.

But now suddenly he comes to us with a and found that Josh.tia Harris, a Revolutionary soldier, was buried in the old Harris cemetery on the farm now owned by Dr. Clarence Province and Dr. W. P. Garshwiler.

Joshua Harris was the great-great-grandfather of Livy A. Young of Franklin. Mr. Young's mother, Rachel Harris, was the granddaugh Mr. a Mrs.

Burl Friddle and son. of Washington, are spending the weekend here with relatives. Farmers Protective Policy. See Spingler's advertisement Monday's Star. masterly crasp and touch, a masterly praps of his theme and a genuinely literary presentation of it.

I.ocie Not Omnipotent The author has discovered the realm of the unrational and is xoTicn. retail merchants: The members of the Franklin Ke-Liil Merchants' Association are called to meet in the Mayor's office, in tl City Mtnday evening, at o'clock. Business of im-pottance. Isaac T. Bice.

President. Bayne Freeman of Bedford is spending the weekend at his home in Franklin. Ladies' Flannelette Gowns 48c Roy Crum. a Franklin College student, is spending the weekend at his home in Scottsburg. We Saw Today ter of Jesse Harris, son of Joshua Harris.

The late Samuel Harris of Franklin bore the same relation to Joshua Harris and there are a number of other descendants in John-sen county. Service Ascertained Mr. Young states that the family was uncertain that Joshua Harris had served in the Revolutionary war but according to the information received from the Historical society his service in that war has been established. Josbua Harris and a brother were left orphans when quite young. They entered the army during the Revolution.

At the battle of Bunker Hill they were separated and the brother was nev Graham Miller, a Franklin college student, is spending the weekend at his home in Madison. LYLKYttODY GOF.S TO An old comfort tucked over the radiator cf an automobile. One of the first signs of cold weather BAOnGART'S greatly impressed by it. He succeeds admirably in conveying his discovery and his impression to the thoughtful reader. Lo.gie does not tell all There is is a realm in which reason can give no reasons.

The "unrational" is not the irrational, nor is it the unreasonable. It is that which lies beyond what we call reason and within life. "Underneath matter, underneath consciousness and intellect there is a persistant vital force, and imperious desire, a relentless urge. It molds matter from raindrops to universe. It fashions all organic life from protoplasm to man.

Centuries ao Aristotle observed. "There is a power within that molds every form, in plants and planets, in animal and men." In plant life we call it, nature. In animal life instinct. In man we call it desire. It ante Miss Fredericka Deckard is spending the weekend at Indianapolis with friends.

A hand-copied artihmetic made by Joshua Owens in 1812. The valuable old book has been left by the late D. A. Owen to the Johnson County Historical Society. HOPEWELL CLUB MEETS WITH MRS.

ED SNYDER The of the Amity church held a well patronized Saturday morning at the Keystone A lady who said, believe it or not, she had to go to Indianapolis to ouy a lamp flue. She tried her best to purchase one at home but the dealers were out of the special kind she required. Mrs. Vk Mozinao and son. Byion.

are spending the weekend in Cincinnati the guests of Mr. and Mrs. t-aul Mozingo. I CLASS MELTS ACTON. Nov.

22. Tho Gleaners class hold an all day meeting and pitchin dinner Thursday at the home of Mrs. Thomas 11. Moore near i Acton. A business meeting was held in the afternoon.

Those present 1 were the Rev. and Mrs. V. J. Murray and son.

Mrs. Susan Meyers, Mrs. i Alfred Smith and daughter, Mrs. Sarah Joi.es. Miss Nora Watson Mrs.

Mae Banla, Bessie McClain Taylor, Glcnno Lancaster, Margaret Richey, Elizabeth Stella McClain. His. Mamie Dougherty, i son. Mrs. Dora Smith and dauehter.

Nancy Hotze, Mrs. Denna Tilscn and daughters. Jessie Fa.st-! burn. Ella Wrought. and Vor-al Moore.

Radios out in front of stores, each FOR RENT Two modern with parages, jrooil locations and in good repair. One eight rooms, one five rooms. Also four room house. UNION TRUST CO. Phone 350 er heard of again.

Joshua Harris was born in Kentucky In 1761 and died on his farm in Union town-shiup November 7, 1841. Information concerning James Craig, born 1767. died January 17, 1838. and who is buried in Watts cemetery near Providence is wanted by 'the historical society. It is believed that Craig was a Revolutionary soldier.

Anyone having information concerning him is asked to call or write to Mrs. Owens. The name of Joshua Harris will be placed on the D. A. R.

memorial boulder in Greenlawn cemetery. Mrs. Owens has done a fine piece of work in locating the graves of Revolutionary soldiers in Johnson county. The list has been sent to the Indiana state library and Historical society and is a valuable addition to their records. Mrs.

J. C. Batton of Edinburg, has taken rooms for the winter at the heme oir Mrs. Elihu Williams 748 North Main street. o'io playing a different tune.

If radios must be used out-of-doors why not all tune in on the same Then the town would be filled with music and not a jangle of varied sounds. Miss olet Vcale of the Franklin Kroger store assisted in the opening cf the new Kroeer store at MooresviMc. Saturday. A large number of members attended the meeting of the Hopewell Home Economics Club Friday arternoon at the home of Mr. Ed Snydrr.

The Snyder home, which i- located on a hill, is a beautiful p'ace and the club members spent put of the time walking arouro the grounds and enjoying the fine -iew. Th members responded to roil call with Thanksgiving verses. Mrs. Will Pecords read an interesting paper on carpet weaving She told new various kinds of carpets were nad" and displayed samples of several varieties. An extension demonstration on school lunches was iven bv Mrs.

Fahnley Bridges and Mrs. Herbert Kinnear. Hot lunches ere demonstrated by Mrs. Bridge and cold lunches by Mrs. Kinnear.

Mrs. Edith D. Brown read a well prepared paper on "Educating the Home-marker for Efficiency. She told of the value of a college education to the homcmaker. During the social hour refreshments were served by Mrs.

Snyder and tlie assistant hostesses Mrs. Walter Dawson and Mrs. Rice Clark. Bovs carrying home turkeys they had won in a newspaper subscription contest. The kids looked happy.

MiniiiaiaiiaiiiHiBiiBiHiRiiiiiiiii 2 DR. HESS Watch for the notice of the now P'armers Protective Policy in the Star. Monday. Spinglcr. George Lewis and Dale Bassett, Franklin Colge students, are spending the weekend at their homes in New Albany.

The tempting display of cood tilings to cat at the food markets. dates all our reason. Men are not led so much by reason as pushed by desire. In the building of organic bodies we call this mysterious, restless, molding force life. -Schopenhauer tails it "will" Christians may call it spirit.

In reality this urse has so many means, that it is all but nameless. It lies beneath all i elisions, primitive, tribal, ethnic and catholic. Science does away with many myths, miracles, super-stitufions. sacraments and sacrifices: but the urge is there, and with it religion can no more die that the tide can cease to ebb and flow. "There is a law of the spirit just as there is a law of the harvest." Author "Safe and Sane" The author has gone after a great theme in a great way.

He is both dWtinrtly modern and distinctly ancient. While lie keeps pace with science and psychology, he conserves the abiding values cf religion. His penetrating mind distinguishes between the changing surface of things and the unchanging foundations where deep calls unto deep. The fundamentalist would pro- A new electric clock with a chime attachment that plays each quarter hour. Stock Tonic Pan-a-min ALL SIZES AM) COMPLETE LINE OF HESS REMEDIES GREENWOOD MEETINGS CONTINUE NEXT WEEK Mr.

and Mrs. Russell Moore, Mrs. Roy Moore and Mrs. L. J.

Barrow motored to Indianapolis Friday afternoon to see Mrs. Jenny Stivers. Shoppers beginning to 'lock around" for Christmas gifts. Won't be long. Just how many clays is it? a a a a a KlecaGlepcoim HDvwg (So.

Mr. Farmer The Farmers Protective Policy is what you wanted fcr a long time. See advertisement in Monday's Star. Spinglcr. People who were wishing they could see Notre Dame and Northwestern play football today.

"TRY THIS STORE riRST" PfiiiiiitariDiinegiBiiiBEiiiBiiRiBiBngDi Francis Edwards. Edwin Dickson and Herschel Wheeler attended the Tech-Shortridge football game at Indianapolis, Friday Martin Sellers, who is having a coed time walking around tTie streets without any cares of office to orry him. ODEENWOOD. Nov. 22.

meeting now ii progress in the Christian church will continue throughout the coming week. The following special nights will bo observed: Monday night. 24th. ill be Family Night. A Baptismal will fnllow the worship.

Wednesday night will be Birthday Night. Friday will be Children's Night, and the children will have charge of the opening program. The service on Thursday evni ig will be a Thanksgiving service with music and sermon appropriate The meetings are crowing and promise great help to the I The new Suits with two Pairs of trousers at $19.50, S22.50 and $25.00, will please you both in quality and style. Warren Shirley, basketball coach at Mitchell and an alumnus of Franklin College, was in Franklin Saturday visiting friends. Bright sunshine and snappy air.

If this is the predicted cold wave, why vorrv? WAYNE EGG MASH In The New "OAKES" Flock Feeder And WAR 7 Water In The New "OAKES" Thermos Or Heater Type Fountain, Will Produce Eggs Cheaper Judson Deer and Robert Laglc motored to Salem Friday where Mr. Deer refereed the Salem-Corydon basketball game Friday evening. 6RIDE-ELECT IS GUEST AT PRE-NUPTIAL SHOWER Miss Mary Frances Setser, a Freshman in Franklin College, was taken to her home at Columbus on Friday after an attack of ATTEND CONCERT GRENWOOD. November 22. Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Puttorff. Miss Louise Puttorff and Miss Mary Brackett attended the Brahms concert at Cadle Tabernacle last night. This is the second of these musical events which are being sponsored by the teachers' federation. Sec Them At More for Your Shoe Dollar at NEWTON'S Newest Styles Correct Sizes CARNEY HATCHERIES, Inc.

Mrs. C. E. White and son, Donald and Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, of Bloomington are spending a few davs here as guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Henry White. GRF.cxwoon Thone 387 IHANKI.IN Thone rn; Miss Dorothy Fisher was the guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower civen by Mrs. William Poe and Mrs. Arnold Barnhizer at he heme of Mrs.

Poe. Friday evening. Members of the Fellowship class of the Second Mt. Pleasant church were guescs. Little Edith June Barnhizcr.

dressed in a pretty costume of rose blur, and yellow crepe paper, drew a small wagon filled with gifts and presented them to the bride-elect. The sma'1 wagon and the umbrella the little girl carried were decorated in the brides chosen colors of rose, blue and cllow. Four tables of bunco were in play dining th evening. The appointments and refreshments were carried out in the idal colors. Miss Fisher will marry Maurice Herthel of Shelbyville on the evening of November 28.

at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Erie Fisher, Franklin. George Hunter, William Clark, Lee Gladstein and Noble Lyons were Tlrst With New Style" among the Franklin people who went S.

S. AT COMMUNITY HOUSE GREENWOOD. November 22. The Baptist Sunday school will be held at the Community House Sunday morning 9:30 o'clock. All other services of the dav will bo held at the church.

It is expected the basement rooms will be in readiness for Sundae. November 30th. to Lafayette Saturday to attend the Purdue-Indiana football "amc. ounce him destructive. The atheist would think him a "true religionist" with a compound fracture of his reasoning ability.

He is far safer and sanu- than either of them. He is a. devout Christian, reconstructing for this ace statements of the final faith of all ages. He is in no wa creed-bound. He appears in his pages with all the freedom of a chemist in his laboratory.

The sacred icms of popes and councils and Protestant fathers have no terrors for him. He grinds no denominational axes not even for his own body of believers. He is not conventional but a distinctly critical religionist. In point of literary form, the ork is-lucid, compact, and frequently illustrative. Sententious sentences abound, epigrammatic now and again a sermon, an hour thought, forced into a dozen words.

There are no dull pages. There is a constant, lure to the thoughtful reader. Occasionally one is reminded cf Henry Drummonds "Natural taw in the Spiritual World." and then of Benjamin Kidd's "Social Evolution" and then again of almost my keen critic of what Em-mersim alls "the of man. of men. and cf human history.

Occasionally I have question marked a page or a paragraph, it having compelled me to think to the point of Carlyle's "Everlasting No." But maybe that i one of the virtues cf this wide-awake book, he might well say to his conservative, conventional, fundamentalist friends (and I see no reason why he should not have a lot of them' "Yes. von can read everything, science, philosophy. psychology. history, biblical criticism higher and lower1, and still keep to yourself a vital, lovers, religious faith, rational to the extreme of reason and with an over-plus at the shrine of which the Goddess of Reason herself must humbly bow." W. J.

Balser. R. B. Tillotson. Burl Friddle.

and Maurice Combs motored to West Lafayette, Saturday, to witness the Purdue-Indiana football game. Paul Maggard of Scottsburg. a former Franklin college student, attended the Franklin-Scot tsbur basketball game here Friday Mervil Alexander returned Thursday from Milwaukee where he attended the thirteenth annual convent ion of the National Association cf Ice Industries. On the return trip Mr. Alexander stopped in Chicago where he visited 'he Red-top P'col Post plant.

The Alexander Ice and Coal Company is agert for the Red-top post in Franklin. PEEK AND DAVIS TO WAGE MUSIC BATTLE Ivory Dunham suffered a painful injury Saturday morning when struck his hand with a hatchet. His left thumb was almost severed. His injury was dressed at the office of Drs. Pnvne Wilson William S.

Johnson, who Eradiated from Franklin college last spring hiid who is employed by the Bell Telephone Company of Indianapolis, came Saturday afternoon to spend the weekend with his parent" Mr. and Mrs. William R. Johnson GREENWOOD. November 22.

"Arnold Peek and His Columbians." and Charlie Davis and His Columbia club orchestra will wage a "Battle of Music" in the Columbia club ball room. Saturday evening beginning at 10 o'clock. Peek's orchestra have been broad-eastirfg over WFBM from the Indiana Ball room and Iliff Grass has been singing each evening. The Lor ion Auxiliary will give a bridae Tuesday evening in tbt- Legion room in the court house. The proceeds will all go to the unit's welfare fund.

The Franklin unit docs a larrre amount of local welfare work. ATTENTION HOOFS! Sun dries the surface. Hail, wind and freezing attack the exposed parts of gutters and roofs. Callll uac PEdoqo 711 2 Often the cost of a new roof and gutter is saved. "Everything for Building" ONCNrATl STFCcT FtNNSYUVMN RJl.

RANKUN.IN5 Famous Ruberoid Roofings. TLETP own STOP! Water from coming in your basement Annottricerncn F. N. Whityides. wno has been in Goshen for two days, returned to Franklin Saturday.

Mrs. Ned New ell and son. Joseph, returned with taken to Hospital EDINBURO. Nov. 22 Miss Mary Louise Wood, a pupil in the Edin burg schools and daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Wood. vh- live north of Edinburg. became seriously ill Friday morning and her physician ordered that she be taken at once to the Bartholomew county hwpital in Columbus for an operation for appendicitis. Tfce operation teas performed soon after she arrived at the hospital.

Her condition Saturday was said to be very satisfactory. Mr. Whitesides to remain here over Thanksgiving- The Pleasant Hour club will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home ot Mrs. Okc T. McClain.

east of BY USING UNIVERSAL Miss Angelina Shneff and i Katherine Heath are spending the weekend with Miss Leah Mrrgaret Riker. Miss Shneff and Miss Heath are c'assmates with Mr Riker at I the Teachers College in Indianapolis. Water Proofing SOLD AND APPLIED BY Houtoka Council of Poaiiv ntas wi'l give a pitchin supper rt Red Men hall Monday evening. A special musical program will be given. Make your early election from our exquisite assortment of Greeting Cards.

They arc truly impressive in elaborate design, beautiful color display, and appealing sentiment. The finest will go first. THE FRANKLIN STAR Franklin, Ind. PHONE 710 Thanksgiving season. Herbert Clark, social chairman of the group, was in charge of the arrangements.

The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a business meeting at o'clock Monday evening in the Legion room at the court house. T. B. EAHLYUINE a SON REV. SMITH IS SPEAKER GREENWOOD.

November 22. The Rev. Charles C. Smith, pastor of the Baptist church was tire speaker for the "Win My Chum" meeting at the M. E.

church Friday evening. This was the last of the series of meetings which have been held at this church during the week. JlTiAt'CtT! SOtTLTV DINES jThe Chaucer Literary Society of College entertained with; js annual Thanksgiving dinner at ttie Wayside Inn. Friday evening, Ji turkey dinner as served to the guests and appointments were Cimied nut appropriate to 'the NOTICE. RETAIL MERCHANTS'.

The members of the Franklin Retail Merrhants Association are called to meet in the Mayor's office. the City building, Monday evening, at 7:30 o'clock. Business of importance. Isaac T. Bice, President, Members are urged to be present Mrs.

Sarah BradJhaw, of Indianapolis, is spending a few dar? in Franklin with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gieen and family. Phone 111 SOLE AGENTS JOHNSON CO. Mrs.

L. M. Holt z. of Shelbyville, was in Franklin -Friday..

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