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roufc INDIANA WEEKLY MESSENGER, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1929 by 17 north 0lxth K. K. Smith and J. M. Smith, Owim DEATHS (Continued from First Pa ire) Rev.

P. F. DrLnticry Rev. P. P.

DeLancey, a well-known Baptist minister, who died on March K. SMITH HI HVIfTK Editor ABYBBTXBXZrO BATBB Legal and official advertising, 10 cents line for each tnHcrtlon. except In where charges for certain adyer- Ualr.er Is fixed by Court ruling or Act of Anspmbly. Rates on Commercial advertising rMvon on application. ONE TRAR oovmt President Judge I.

Elmer norland Claude E. Pnth Rerls-'i' 1 -x Recorder Dollle W. Ayers Treasurer Elinor W. Allison Commissioners Charles L. Hence J.

I. Henderson District Attorney E. Mlllor County Auditors Harry A. Nlchol J. Hood Wm.

Rowman Jury Commissioners Scott Chambers William F. George County Surveyor Q. B. Jones ifp Dr. Fred W.

St. Clnlr PlumvUle, where he was reared to manhood. He was horn at Elderton In 1803, but when a lad the family located In the Plumville section. He united with the Mahonlng Baptist church, near PlumvUle, and In 1883 was licensed to preach. He served as pastor of the Baptist congregations of Townvllle, New Brighton, Mt.

Washington, Pittsburgh, Cambridge Springs, Meadville, Llnesville, Union City, Farrell, Sharon and other places. It was during his pastorate of 11 years at Meadville that the First Baptist church was erected at that place. Besides his wife he Is survived by two sons, Don C. DeLancey, city treasurer of Meadville, and Ralph W. DeLancey, of Brie.

Daniel Kelly April 12 has (been designated as Ar bor Day and April 26 as Bird Day. by the Governor. The school boards of Brockway am' ls freekjhave fixed a nine month term for next year. Lynn Furman returned home the Indiana where she had been undergoing treatment for injuries received in an automoD ii accident. numerous minor forest and erag9 fl res reported from all of riurini? the week it was the State during tne weeK, wa announced at Harrisburg recently that nre observation towers have maTined Deen PERSONAL MENTION day afternoon.

He had been down street and returning complained of not feeling well and died shortly afterwards. Mr. Kelly's death was not unexpected as his health had been Impaired for some time. He was one of the aged and respected citizens of the southern part of the county, and had been employed in the brick plants there until the past year when he had retired. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Mary McDowell Kelly; a son, William Kelly of Conemaugh. and two daughters, Myrtle, wife of William J. Brendlinger, and Nettie, appropriation committee of the House of Representatives 'has recommended an appropriation of $6,700 for the Kittanning General Hospital. This is an increase of $200 over the last appropriation. A realty deal of the utmost importance, in that it finally dears the title to a valuable Philadelphia street property and leads the way to an expected improvement that will, it is be- ern business block, was consummated Saturday afternoon when the Henry Moore property was disposed of ait a Master's Sale to B.

R. Williams and Noble C. Miller, both of Indiana. The sale priye was $10,000. The latter part of last week, County Detective Harry Koozer, and Con- several years ago.

He is also sur- Dunlap, Steele and Cassle, staged a vlved by several grandchildren and lean-uip when they made raids in great grandchildren. Commodore, Starford, Mclntyre, 'Coal JohnfMeanor Johnfeanor Run, Tide, Coy Junction, Homer City, John M. Meaner, aged nearly 76 and Blackliok. The raids netted the years, a lifelong resident of Marion ffi ce rs two moonshine stills, several Center, died at his home on Wednes- Barrels of mash, aibout 250 gallons of 11. Reed, of Clear-field was here TJiumlay.

I Elkin, of Trade City, spent Thursday with friends here. A. Kearney, of Punxsutawney, was here on business Thursday. B. Neal, of Clymer, was among Thursday's visitors to Indiana.

i C. Stiver, of Johnstown, was here transacting business Thursday, i Moore, of Blairsville, here on legal business Thursday. P. S. Emerson, of Church street sfpent a week in the home of his par- and" quantity of (beer and wine i Rochester, New York.

Curtis Elkin and daughter, spent Easter with friends in Pittsburgh. Nell (Russell, who teaches at Mt. Lebanon, sipent her vacation in home of her iparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.

Russell. Wiggins, of B'lairs- fjftle, was a business visitor in Indiana Wednesday. He is remarkably ifcell preserved for 'his 89 years. Bert Russell, who teaches in IJetroit, motored home with tjvo friends, tBillie Caswell and Milton Lancaster, and sipent his vacation in his home here. W.

P. Sheipperd, left Monday for Blorida, where he will meet some friends and together they will make an extended tour of the southern States, including the Rio Grande Val- Bell Ringen What to be the oldest tult- iringing society In existence, An- Ulent Society of College Youths, was i founded In 1637 nnd has members throughout the world. Twelve members of this society were recently granted permission to ring on the 12 bells Of St. Paul's cathedral (London), a peal of "Stedman method of ringing composed by Fa- hlim Stedman of Cambridge, England, about 1040. Reminder of Dark Age Witvh-burhing days In Scotland were recalled when a human skull was found during excavations at the hole, Mullosburgh, The Bogle hole was one of the places In Scotland where witches were burned after trial, i It was known In 1501 as the Terror's Croft.

The last recorded trial of persons accused of witchcraft was held In Mussel burgh on July 29, 100L Cause for Worry Mrs. Grant had given her ten-year- old neighbor, Joe, some fresh-baked, home-made cookies, dellclously dusted with granulated sugar. Joe evidently had experienced some difficulties In Hie past with the efficient eating of every crumb of such dainties, for he turned to his mother with an anxious Mir and queried: "Mamma, Is this stationary?" church. He leaves his widow, Ella) of near Rossiter, was totally destroy- Chapman Meanor, and the following fry Saturday night, with all its children: Florence, wife of T. J.

tents The fire was discovered sW ri.b a Pe and within an hour burg; Wesley, of Spangler; Jane, had been entirely consumed. JNo live- wife of Howard Roser, of Marion oc ic perished but a considerable A brother, W. P. Meanor, and a sister, Annie Morris, of Punxsutawhey, and 13 grandchildren, survive. Isaac M.

Bhoadcs Isaac Myers Bhoades, aged 83 quantity of farm machinery and crops were destroyed. The cause has not been determined. The 'bam was a large one and the loss is about $3,000. The Gaston farm is about 2 1-2 miles Isaac Myers ruiuauua, aeou oo A i. years, who died at his home in, Ox-j from Rossoter in the direction ol ford, March 26, was a native oe Ridge, of this county, where he resided for many years.

The deceased, who was a veteran of the Civil war, served a member of Company 74thj the George E. Flinn, President of the Booth and Flinn iCompany, oldest son Century Club Meeting. Mrs. Adam P. iLowry was elected president of the New Century Club ait tjic business meeting of the organiza- ijpn in Community Hall Monday evening.

Mrs. H. I. Johnson, the retiring president, was elected First Vice Pres- Miss Florence Wallace, Record- itog Secretary; Mrs. Ernest B.

Race, Treasurer; Mrs. C. Paul Reed and Mrs. Winfield L. King, two-year directors and Mrs.

Joseph W. Clements Director. ibjix members were elected and Lowrjr, Miss Wallace and Mrs. W. Mack were named as delegates to the State Convention, with Mi.s.

Mary Black Rhodes, Mrs. R. Bruce Kcndig and Mrs. Johnson as All reports were most (gratifying showed a decided progress in the which the clulb does. Miss Elizabeth Carson furnished tfic musical entertainment, playing in delightfully charming way two ipl- numbers.

qf Odd Fellows, His widow, formerly Matilda J. Rowe, of Creekside, survives with these children, Grace, Earl, Murray and Harry, of Oxford; Mrs. R. C. Hogue, of Norfolk, and Frank, of Lincoln University, Pa.

The funeral services were conducted at his home on Friday, followed by interment In Oxford. William J. White-sell William J. Whitesell, aged 61 late William Flinn, died in pneumonia. Flinn, as successor to his father in directing tne affoirs of Booth Flinn, was recognized as one of the foremast engineering contractors in the country.

His firm ibuilt the tunnels through Mt Washington, the Holland tunuels under the Hudson River, in New York The firm is now a subway tube under the River. Sneak Thieves Were Out years, a well-known resident of Salina, died on Saturday following an operation at Clifton Springs, N. Y. The deceased served as station agent at Sallna for the Pennsylvania rail- A entrance was forced through road for some time and for many Prtr 0 years was treasurer of the school the front door of the Boston Confec- board of Bell township. He was a tionery and the doors ptf Dick Thomp- prominent member of the Reformed gon an George Zaflur stores, were iby skeleton keys, eider ana sunuay aunooi aiiiim IULCUU-: ent for a period of years.

The fun- who were roaming at large in town eral services were conducted at the Wednesday night and Thursday morn- home in Salina on Tuesday by his A check-up Thursday morning revealed the fact that nothing hac been disturbed in the stores but th International Bureau By treaty the United States, with twenty-seven other'nations, maintains the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Paris on neutral territory in the historic Pare du St (Moud, at Sevres. The bureau is official custodian of the international stand urds of length and mass, the meter and kilogram. Eight Pardons Granted Granting of eight pardons was announced today F. H. Hoy, Secre- fcpry oJ the State Board of Pardons.

Six were heard at the March session two had been held over since February. The Board also announced refusal nine applications, one of them held since the January meeting. Seven of the March cases were con- finued pending further investigation. The of the board follows: Rossi, Fa- irette, assault and battery, 5am- tjel De Angelo, Somerset larceny; Yeater, Washington, felonious jfjlfesault and battery, Be H. MoClintock, Franklin, breaking prison; Alva D.

Tennant, Greene felonious assault and lottery. Rodgers Aile- robbery; John Lighthill, Alle, murder in the second degree; Cardomone, Allegheny, murder (commuted), Held Under ftorokowtiki, Allegheny, ripe; Louis fjreen, AHeffheny, rape. Norman C. ffcfhradcr, Erie, rowslttighter, held the February meeting, re- Mrs. Fred cagh reglster s.

Boston Confectionery Thursday evening with a complica- was taken, in Dick Thompson Gents tion of diseases. She was a highly Store, $15.80 and in Geo ortrVomer 11 Wa prLb ter? ae n' Confectionery .10 was se church for a number of years. She cured. In each store the cash repos- leaves her husband and the follow- ed in the cash registers, ing children: James Jeffrey, of: Bis i( ollce George O'Connell Run; Thomas and Leonard, both of -cii A A Homer City; Mrs. B.

Weber, of Sykes- and ilns assistants Edward Allen and ville, and Mrs. W. Kaufman, of George Anderson are working on the Greenville. Fourteen grandchildren cas6i ey ave sev eral clues and an and five great grandchildren are liv- at aT1 time Chief ing. Funeral services were conduct- a est "expected at any time.

ed in Homer City on Sunday after- O'Connell has issued a warning to all noon and burial was made in Green- merchants to ibe sure the doors of wood cemetery. Mrs. Frank Suntski I tlieir business places are safely locked each night. Mrs. Anna Sumski, aged 30 years, wife of Frank Sumski, of Ernest, died in the Indiana hospital on Tuesday afternoon with a complication of diseases.

She leaves her husband and three children. Accused of Stealing Gasoline Henpecked A British educator says henpecked husbands live longer than other husbands. They live a more sheltered life. Probably they a life that is too sheltered is not worth living a( all. And most men who are henpecked would rather have more real storm and less Merely Fanciful Name One editor of "Twelfth Night" says that the name of Shakespeare's play lias no obvious counection with the story.

Probably it is merely intended lo convey that the comedy was suited for production on Twelfth night, a feast set apart for mirth. Crude Idea of Iron The first iron ever used by man was called the "metal of heaven," for the very good reason; it is asserted, y.a< that is precisely where it came from It was iron from meteorites, found somewhere in the mountains of what is now Turkey. People Are Mean I often think tbe people are meaner than they need be; that the necessities of nature do not require the meanness we so generally practice. We have a lot of bad habits nature does not ask of Howe's Monthly. Dawn of Intelligence The development of man's superior reason Ing abilities began with the law uf contradiction, according to Prof.

T. Davis of the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology. He first was able to distinguish between yes and no. Millionaire in Words A lot of people is like one bozo that comes In here regular, observed Cash Miller, cigar store philosopher. He is fuller of words on any subject than an insurance policy and about as Magazine.

Diogenes Under Suspicion We suppose one rumor they started nbout old Diogenes as lie went peering around looking for an honest man that lie probably stole his Columbus, Ohio, State Journal. More or Less True The reason father nnd the children are never worried hy a storm in the night is because It's mother's Job lo wake up and rush around closing Enquirer. No Fun Then Anybody who thinks bridge is a pleasant pastime never has pulled a boner while playing with a woman who considers it a life nnd death Enquirer. Joe and Allie Pennington and Joe Davidson, of Glen Campbell, were taken into custody by County Detec- Harry Koozer Thursday afternoon and taken before Squire H. W.

Robert Miller, of Pine township, Thomas, in Glen Campbell, where the fauVSfTMOO bail SsTrJult County Detective charged with his alleged theft of a calf from a robbery. farm near Glen Campbell on Mon- The young men were accused of day night of last week, in order to tapping the gasoline storage tanks, secure funds to pay for the license of his Ford touring car. 'Miller is e(1 Wilmuth, in Glen, alleged to have sold the calf to a Campbell, Tuesday night. I Grisemore butcher for $9.00, after Working on vague clues, Koozer having walked, carried and freighted connected the three young men with the robbery and placed them under; ty Detective Harry Koozer, who arrest. Wftien they appeared before made the arrest, took Miller to the Squire Thomas they made a voluntary butcher shop and arrived there a few confession of their guilt in which they moments after the stolen calf had been killed for the market.

stated they had tapped the valves on the- gas tanks, filled the tank of their The many friends of Mrs. B. Ford car and a ten-gallon can with Dwight Ray, will Ibe pleased to leam gasoline, which they concealed in the that she hag returned to her home woods near Arcadia. After they after spending nine in the entered pleas ol (guilty, they were Cleveland Clinic. Her health to rapid- committed to Jail by Squire Thomas ly approaching normal.

default of $500 bail each. Success at Failing Don't full man failure unless you know whnt he wns trying to do. Maybe his ambition was to get by without Francisco dhronlcle I Growth of Habit In our habits we are only masters of the beginning; their growth by gradual stages Is imperceptible, like the growth of Causes of Deafness The chief causes of deafness among not born denf are scarlet fever, measles, meningitis, falls and blows, and whooping cough. Community Character Every community has at least one sucker who will do all the work If t'lveu a few ton Post. Fisher's ParmNif There are about ntlee fish lug to Why Everybody Should Save There are two good reasons why everyone should to be ready for emergency-and second to be piepared for opporunity.

An account with us is a pood worker cash at your command whenever you require if. 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on I ki Capital Surplus $223,000.90 $325,000.00 INDIANA.PA. 7 ESTABLISHED 1876 LOOK! Grtat reduction! on suits nadt to order Over 50 Samples to Select From Suits Made to Measure $25.00 to $35.00 That were selling at $35.00 to $40.00. Come while the selection is good.

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