Brown County Democrat from Nashville, Indiana • Page 1

ii i nun The Only Paper 1 All The News All The Time In Brown County III IIS.S.T OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER. DEVOTED TO INTEREST. AND WELFARE OF BROWN OOtJOTY. HOME FIRST IN EVERYTHING 3A3irVTTTr TIIXXRSrY, JAOSnjAy 8, 1931 SrCTXKl'JbJ YEAR iSTUMTORVR TO Board of Education Rela tires here hare received word that little Miss Virginia GEORGE SAUNDERS I SLATED AS FLOOR LEADER, DROPPED DEAD LAST NIGHT PARAGRAPHS OF LOCAL INTEREST v' Brief Mentioa of People and Happenings inland Around Nahrill George L. editor of the Bluff ton Democrat, who was an unopposed candidate for ma jority filo leader of the Indiana House of Representatives, dropped dead last night a few minutes before the hour'xset for the eonfference of democratic representatives at the Glapool hotel in Indianapoli3.

The coo- if re nee to ue neiu ai i.w woo postponed for. a time because of Mr, Saunder's death. Walter Myers, Indianapolis at torney, was elected speaker 01 the House of Representatives at the democratic conference last night. Van! Buren Township Officials Qualified In an article of last week failed to mention the new we offi- cials in Van Buren township. John Tabor, son of the late Isaac Tabor, assumed his duties as trustee of that township on January 1.

Mr. Tabor is well qualified for the position and we are sure the people of that township have made no mistake in electing him as trustee. George Taylor succeeds himself as assessor of that township and is well qualified to do the work. Community Club Meets on Thirteenth The Community Club will hold its January meeting at the home of Mrs. Mvrtle Bond Monday, the 13th, at 7:00 p.m.

Hostesses: Mrs. Myrtle Bond. Miss Ruth Bond, Mrs. Helen Patten and Misis Beryl Custer. Program committee: Miss Ruth Elvin, Mrs.

Dorothy Kennedy aVid Mrs. Clara Saver. Don't forget the White Ele- phant feature. Kesponses-The newest while thjng you know. worth- HELMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Miss Clark came back to school Tbursday after an absence of three days.

Vevfc Chitwoijd visited school hereThursday'. In all the English classes the pupils are starting on new works. The Seniors will studv American literature; the Juniors will read "V.Tale of Two Cities." by-Charles Dickens; the Sophomores will read Marner, George Eliot; and the reshmen will rdad Treasure Island, by Rbbert Louis Stevenson. Has Fine Meeting The county Board of Education met in the County Superinten dent's office Monday, May 5. The new members are Minor Smith, trustee of Hamblen township; Fred Bay, trustee Jackson town ship; Walter Brown, trustee Johnson township; John Tabor, Trustee, Van Buren township, and Oriier Clark, trustee Wash ington township.

The County Superintendent by virtue of his offce is president of the board and Clark was elected trustee. All the new members seem very much interested in ftbe schools and will continue to dckall they can to improve the standards of our school system. Thechief problem discussed at the meeting was state-aid and it's wjrkirtgs. Two Young: Men Get 1 toMO Years Arthur Rogers, age2, and Leslie Lucas, 19. giving their homes as eight miles south -east of BJoomington.

were sentenced to serve from 1 to 10 years in the state Reformatyry by Judge Staff yesterday afternoon, after they had pleaded guilty to entering a school house to commit a felony. The young men were arrested by Sheriff Weddle Tuesday nigijt, after they had entered the Salem school house. 8 miles east of here, by removing a glass f.om a window, tearing the blinds from the windows, searching the desks, destroying some books and taking a new compass belonging to one of the pupils. The Young men said they had been to Columbus trying to enlist in1 the navy. Holland'Clark is teach- er at the Salem school.

I Vawter' Drawing A Favorite of Kin's Among the drawings contributed to the gallery of the originator of Abe Martin. Kin Hubbard, who died at his home in Indianapolis last week, was one by Will Vawter, Nashville art-istl. The sketch was made at a little log hut which stood just north of Nashville several years ago. Sylvanous Schrock posec for the drawing and was made to represent Abe Martin in a chair leaning against the 'og cabin, beside the door. A dog with its tail "tucked had just scampered through the half open door, from which protruded a broom.

The drawing was a favorite of Hubbard's and occupied a prominent place on the wall of his room in the News building. Vawter ard Hubbard were friend? 0f long standing. HELMSBURG Ben Hallock. wife afid daugh- teTf Mildred, of Georgetown, were Sunday guests of Chipp Turner nnrUjtifp i Indianapolis, and Bessie Kaser man Emma Snider has returned to Mishawaka. Bonnie Mae Bay who has been ill for the past two weeks is improving.

Bert Long is fuffering from a broken arm. The little daughter Chiids is improving after a weeks I 'illness. The West Light Plant caught gre Monday morning about one o'clock and burned to the ground. Mrs. Charles Barnes if.

serious i rr.m I The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bay is seriously ilL I Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson, was severe ly burned a few days ago about the face, neck and shoulders with hot grease, at the family home at Loda.

Illinois. The family moved from this county to their present location about four months ago. Mrs. Patterson had just re moved a pan of hot grease from the store and as she turned around Virginia ran against her, causing the grease to spill. The child's injuries are very painful but not considered dangerous.

Mrs. Margaret Mathis died at her home, three miles east of loomington, Saturday morning. Death was the result of a heart attack. She was 78 years of age" and was born in Brown county. She issurvived by a half-brother, Mobley; a sirter, Mrs.

Mary liatliffj of Indianapolis; two daughters, Pearl Hall and Emma Hampton, of Monroe county, and three sons, Milton, Bunn and Emery Mathis of Mon roe county. The family resided ihNash ville several yeacs ago. uneral services were held at 1:00 p. Monday fromthe Clear Creek church, in charge Rev. Warren Chafin.

Burial wa in adjoining cemetery Gas Taxes Colleted Show Big Increase Gasoline taxes collected in 1930 -exceeded by more than the amount collected in 1929, according to a report Thursday by Joseph M. Treacy. gasoline tax collector in the office of Floyd E. Williamson, stata auditor. The amount collected was $18, or $2,011,062.81 in ex-cess of theJ16.

144. 568. 32 collected last year. The year 1930 was the first complete calendar year in which the 4 2ent tax. voted by the 1929 legislature, has been in effect.

The report shows that collections in December amounted to $1,421,742.89 as compared to the same month last year. 1 Refunds made in 193U totaled $1,059,956.62, as compared to $787,250.08 the previous year. Refunds are made where gasoline is bought for use in operating farm machinery. Three-fourths of the gasoline tax. money is turned over to the state highway department and the rest is divided among incor porated cities and towns and counties of the state.

$100.00 MONTHLY FOR LESS THAN CENT A DAY 23 Year Old Company Policy Free for Your Inspection endi DS MOINES. IOWA $100 monthly income and $1,000 to $2,000 at death is paid under a Real Accident Policy costing less than a cent a day, issued by National Benefit Acsident Association, Dept. 138CRoyal Union Bldg. Des Moines. Iowa.

This splendid policy is issued to men, women and children over ten years of age. It may be carried in addition to any other in-! surance. Medical examination is not required. The National Benefit, nearly a quarter of a century old, has paid many thousands of claims. It1 does not employ agents and saves policyholders the tremendous costY of agents' commissions.

The policy will be sent for free; inspection. Send no money. Write, giving name, address, age beneficiary's name and relation- ship. Examine policy in the: quiet of your own home no ag-' ent will call. If satisfied, send $3.60 for a full year of insurance, Write today without obligation, i Ambrose Mathis.

of Columbus. I who has been confined to his home for several weeks, an ac-1 count of serious illness, is much i improved and it is hoped he wrll soon be fully recovered. 1 R. Z. Lutes, of New Belisville, was in Nashville Tuesday of this week The telephone company has installed a phone at the Orville Pittman home.

The local artists are busy with their exhibits for effe Hoosier Salon at Chieago. Bennie Petro is off duty on account of an accident at the Cecil Rogers store. A butcher knie fell from the meat block and inflicted a deep cut in his foot. Orville Pittman is much improved after several days illness. Four million dollars worth of advertising distributed in Canada last year by American magazines produced $900,000,000 worth of business.

Does advertising pay? The man who is interested only in seeing his name in print can. get more publicity by running off with his neighbor's wife than he can by purchasing advertising space. lohn Tabor, trustee of Van Buren township, was in Nashville Monc Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Hamblen and daughter, Betty, and Mrs.

Glenn Hamblen and son, Wayne, all of Columbus, were Sunday guests of Mr.Xand Mrs. Lane Bond. Walter Brown, trustee of Johnson township, was irv Nashville the first of the week. Miss Veva Poling, vhois at tending business college, ihNJndi-anapohs, spent Christmas holidays with relatives here. Wm.

Wilkes," who has been in Indianapolis for several days, returned to Nashville Monday. Banquet For Boy Scouts; Get Charter A banquet in honor of the Boy Scouts of the local troop was given in the Methodist church basement here Tuesday evening, and it proved to bgf a jolly event; one long to be remembered. The. supper was prepared by the mothers of the members of the troop and was for the scouts and their fathers. All of the members of the troop were present with but one exception.

The main feature of the event was the presentation to the troop 'of a charter, by Howard I'atton, executive of the White River Council. The charter gives the local organization recognition with the national organization. Howell Brooks is local scoutmaster. CHURCH K. I).

Vandeventer. Pastor. We invite you to worship with us every Sunday. S-inday school 9:30 Preaching services for Sunday January 11th. Nashville 10:00 North Salem Helmsburg Needmore, Wednesday 14th 7:00 Edward Nelson, of near Columbus, will fill th- preaching appointment at Helmsburg Sunday evening.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH KK Kuhn will, preaeh Sunday at 0.0:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. rn. Sunday School 130 Christian iSndeaver 6:30 Prayer meeKng ThurB, 7:00 "MISSIONARY BANDS" Gnaw bone H.

L. Sunday school a.m. Preaching Preaching 7:00 m. Prayeraeeting Fn Everybody is cordially invited. John Taggart Is Eleeled Commander John Taggart was elected commander of Wagner-Reddick Post No.

1987. Veteranof Foreign Wars, which was installed by State Commander Edward G-Schaub last night in the hiah school gymnasium. The pist was named after Cap't. Emil Wagner, world war veteran who was killed in an air- crash in Texas in 1923, i in army service, and Byron ick, who died in the Phil i p-pinesHn course of the Spanish American war. Other Xofficers elected last night are Lloyd Nickerson senior vice-commander; Harrispn Abbott, adjutantand quartermaster Robert Lee Bakerofficer of the day; and George Olrastead, trustee.

Baker and NicWrson are World war veterans; the three others. Spanish-American, war veterans. Another meeting will be hhl next Wednesday night in the court house, at Columbus, at which time additional olfieers will be chosen and a meeting night set. Fourteen members were enroll ed in the post last night-. The charter will be held open for ('() days, and in charge expect to have 50 members by that time.

State Commander Schaub was assisted in the installation by a drill team -from Indianapolis. Members of the posts at Bedford. Bloomiiagton. Seymour, Edinburg and Greensburg attended the ceremonies. Frank P.

Anderson, who been pushing formation of local post, at present holds has tha his membership in the post at Edin uurg. ol which ne is senior vice- commander. He is transfering his membership here. Captain" Wagner, one of the men after whom the post has been named, was the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Jake Wagner, of Columbus. They and his widow and children also live at Columbus. Byron Reddick, the other com- Celebrates Eightieth i3irth Anniversary Mrs. Emaline Ping, of Van Buren toVnship, celebrated the eightieth anniversary her birth, December28. Mrs.

Pihg has resided in the same neighbor- noou an ner uie. aneis me wia-ow of Logan Ping, who. died in 1912. Mrs, Ping has beena member of the Harmony Baptist church for sixty-four years, she 1 1 Ol 1 is the mother of eleven children. all living, and eight of whom were present at the big dinner spread in her honor.

Tne children who were present are; Mrs. Permelia McKinney, of Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. S. E.

Stuck-ey, of Newborn; T. F. Ping, of Yokima. Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Ping. Great Bend. Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Richardson, Unionville; Mr, and Mrs: Otto Ping, New Belisville, and Freeman and Walker Ping, at home.

The grand-children present were Orval Ping, of Hope; OliePing, Columbus; Iolus New-burn; Keith and Oma Ping, Great Bend, Kansas; James McKinney, Lowell; Irene, Bryce and Logan4ing, ofNewBellsville. Others in attendance were Otba Henderson and Mrs. Doug-Ins, of Leesville; Miss Margaret Golden, of Peters Rev. 1. H.

Daugherty, oj4loiton. Ind. Member of State Libra rv Committee Mrs. Geo. A.

Allison, librarian of the Nashville-Brown county library, has been chosen as a member of the publicity committee of the Indiana State Library Association, and made district chairman of the counties of Johnson. Shelby. Hancock, Morgan and Brown. She will have charge of collecting histories of all libraries" of these counties. These separate histories are to be prepared by the various libraries in the district.Xand later they will be assembled, with the histories of the libraries of the other district and placed on file in the state library.

It is planned to have each history published in local newspapers in the county where the library is located. This will be done before the histories are assembled and filed in the state library. The libraries in the district in- elude Greenwood, Franklin, Edin- Financial Relief Plans for Farmers Financial relief plans for farmers of the state as being worked out by the agricultural finance commission, recently appointed by Goveinor Leslie, received en dorsement of the directors of the Indiana farm Bureau in their first quarterly session of the year held in Indianapolis, Jasdary 2 and 3. Dan Glassbrennar, chairman, Indianapolis: Dean J. H.

Skinner, Lafayette and Samuel R. Guard of the commission, met with the directors of the state farm bureau and explained their tentative program to relieve the depressed financial situation of the farmers. W. H. Settle, president jf the farm bureau, and also member of the.

commission, presided at the joint, session. Ralph G. Sams of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, of Louisville, Kentucky, also attended the conference. Although definite plans of the commission have not been com- leted, it was expected that a loCxal credit corporation would be sjt Vp in each county, through wlnehoans can be mde available to farmers through the federal intorrKediate credit bank. It is proposed that a local or count committee of three persons be selected to haye charge of a regarding the needs for financial assistance The local corporation in each instance will constitute a cooperative organization of farmers, funds will be available fromthe federal intermediate credit baik.

It was explained that farmer will be required to pay not more than six and one half per cent for borrowed funds through this source; can secure it for nine time with renewals, if advisable, to include a period of n3t more than three years. Loans can be secured for the purchase of livestock, seed and fertilizer. Chattels are to be used to secure payment of loans. Advantages of the system include both liberal-time for repayment usually prevails through other credit institutions. The directors also approved the report of the tax survey committee of which Lewis Taylor, ice president, is a member.

Federal loans for seed, feed and fertilizer will be available to 'the farmers of Brown county af ter Feb 1st. AnnnriCPiTiPnf orill be made soon as to how these loans will be made. Work for the Earn-a-DoIIar movement to create public funds for urgent needs. There will hp Community Club iLillian Steele visited a friend, George Kaserrrian and wife Bloomington Sunday. entertained at their home, near Gaynall Keaton and Carol Wlmsburg at a Saturday even-Burns, of Morgantown high ing dinner.

Jack Cullum. wife school, visited school hereFri- and son. Junior. Frances Bacon, day. Helen Hughes and two of of Bloomington, Jesse Kaserman, her friends were also visitors.

i Frank Kaserman and wise, of mander after whom the post wasand a lower rat of interest than named, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus W. Reddick, who formerly resided on Schooner. Mr.

Taggart suggested the name of Reddick and Mr. Nickerson the name of Wagner. George Allison who ha? been confined to his home, on South jenerson street tor ine i rr a. seven weeks with flu, is much improved and it is hoped will soon be out again. Walter Mathis was chosen T-wjibursr.

Franklin college. Masonic We are planning to enter a student in the Indiana Univer sity State Oratorical contest which will be held soon. I Lowety Young, a former graduate, visited school AJonday. I Mr. Fleener talked to the school Monday morning on the! subject of 'The Conservation of retroleum.

inis was one or tnei eries of scientific talks which Mr. Fleener is giving. Judge William Clark's decision that the eighteenth amendment is invalid waa the subject of an interesting talk by Katheryn Coffin Thursday morning. Judge Clark's lessoning for the deci- i lion and the probable results of the decision were discussed. I "orne: Johnson county ville.

in Shelby county; Fortville and Greenfield, in Hancock county; Mooresville, Martinsville and Morgantown, in Morgan county, and the local library. Thomas Allison, aged and high in at his home, eight miles east of Nashville. custodian of the court house by a White Elephant sale and Panto-the county commissioners at their mime entertainment soon. regular meeting Monday. i 4 i ,1 1-" i.