Jackson County Banner from Brownstown, Indiana • Page 1

Sec. Ind. Historical Surrey N.BANN Best Ad Medium In Jackson County Keeps You Posted On Jackson County News BROWNSTOWN. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 26, 1916.

NO. 7 VOL. XLVIII. Browns ow ER CHARGED WITH PETIT LARCENY NEXT PRESBYTERY AT SEYMOUR GRIM REAPER'S WOMAN ENDS LIFE BIG DAY PLANNED BY MEDORA ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT Concealing Parse He Found Gets New Albany Session to Meet Again In WEEKLY TOLL Young Man Into Serious Trouble. POISON AKING BY I September.

Because he concealed a purse which Pf Mnn nf Will Deliver At the regular meeting of the New A 1 Via 1I1V1 HUy Vt A a List Of Deaths Not Reported In The he bad found, Clifford Moore, aged WOl Combine Centennial Celebration With Annual Commencement on May 3rd nineteen, of Seymour must face a Albany Presbytery held at New Albany last week, the invitation of Seymour Class Address Baccalaureate Services Sunday Night. Items From Our Regular William -Jones Commits Suicide Following Husband's Suit For Divorce. charge of petit larceny in the circuit court. was decided upon as the place for holding the fall session in September. Rev.

The purse belonged to Miss MooreVttie new pastor of the Presby The annual commencement exercise Dettmer. of Sevmour. who lost it The Centennial Celebration for Me-dora and Carr township will be held MOTHER CLOSELY FOLLOWS SON of the Brownstown High School will be while driving home from Brownstown terian church at Seymour, will be installed at that time. Rev. W.

U. Guer- WERE MARRIED SEVEN MONTHS Wednesdav. Mav 3. in connection with last iborsday. bhe missed the purse soon after it dropped from her buggy held at the court house Wednesday night, May 3rd, when twenty-one gradu the Medora schools.

The forenoon will be devoted to inspection of the display of ates will receive their diplomas. and when she went ick to lode for it she saw Moore get out of a wagon and Following the application of her hus the schools of the township including Prof. Thomas Moran. professor in pick something up. She waited until hand for divorce, Mabel C.

Jones, wife of William Jones, formerly oft this history, of Purdue University, will de rant, of the Southern Presbytery, who was recently called by the Brownstown and Crothersville churches, was received into this Presbytery. J. E. Graham, of Seymour, was appointed a9 a lay commissioner to the Presbyterian General Assembly at Atlantic City next Bummer. Capt.

D. B. he came uo and asked him if he had the work in Agiculture and Domestic Science. The committee also expects to have on exhibition a number of old liver the address His subject will be found her purse and he replied no place, committed suicide at their home Nelson Mrs. A.

J. -Nelson died at her home in Hamilton township Sunday afternoon, April 23, 1916, o'clock after an illness of eight days of pneumonia, aged about 62 years. She was born at Dupont, Jennings county, August 16, 1854, and was united in marriage to A. J. Nelson January 1, 1873.

To their union were born one girl, who died in infancy, and one son. Trustee Will Nelson, who preceded his mother But his actions aroused suspicion and in Seymour Friday evening by taking relics that wiil be of interest both Miss Dettmer telephoned the circum poison. young and old as a reminder of early stances to Ahe police at Seymour The couple were married October 1, days in Indiana. The noon hour will be Vance, delegate from this church, was When Mnora reached there he again 1915, and separated last Friday, at which time the husband filed suit in the denied hnding the purse. Put upon given over to a big free basket dinner.

appointed as a member of the Resolu tions committee. "Indiana and the Nation." He comes tiighly recommended as a speaker for occasions of this kind, and from the nature of his subject his address should be of especial interest, this being Indiana's centennial, year. Music will be furnished by an orchestra from Seymour. An admission of 25 cents for reserved seats will be charged. Seats will be on fvle at Emerson's seaiching the wagon it was found un Everybody is invited to take part in circuit court for divorce.

According to der some straw. Seeing he was caught, this part of the program by bringing the evidence beforeCoroner Dickmeyer, their dinner and enjoying a social hour who held an inquest Saturday, their to the grave about two months ago. Besides her husband she leaves several grandchildren. The funeral services were coducted at the Acme U. B.

or so with their friends on the Medora married life had not been hap jy. The Moore reached under the seat and gave the officers about $13 in money which was missing from the purse. Moore waived a preliminary hearing and wa3 bound over to the circuit court. chool grounds. The if ternoon will be ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT devoted to the exercises.

drugstore. The exercises will begin at church -Tuesday afternoon at o'clock The principal feature will be the address eight o'clock p. m. by Rev. L.

E. Brown, of Connersville There are twenty-one graduates this vear. fifteen boys and six girls, viz: Will Be Held At The Court House In Indiana, on "One Hundred Years of Hoosier History. The Medora Citi Lawrence Martin, Clarence Spurgeon, by Rev. White followed by burial in' the Acme cemetery.

Obituary in Surprise items next week. Hays Mrs. Sarah Ann Hays, wife of Newt Hays, died at her home in Columbus Tuesday, April 18, of tuberculosis, aged '49 years, 11 months and 25 days." The remains were brought here Jerry Beldon, Wright Vermilya, ErowEstown Next Saturday Night. husband filed a suit once before, but they afterward became reconciled, and he dismissed the suit. The trouble seemed to be rhat Mrs.

Jones labored under the impassion that her husband's folks were tr irg to separate them, and she fpeq i-ntly quarrelled with him about then Last week anuncle of Mr. Jones wa- in Seymour, which caused Mr3. Jones to again quarrel with her husband and" he left her and filed his suit for divorce. She then became despondent and her zens Band will furnish music tor the occasion. Sufot.

J. H. Thomas will give MENT EXERCISES Hugh Johnson. Gale Thompson, Ros- wald Zaring. Ward Way man, Robert a brief history of Jackson county and Miss Irene Rucker will give a brief his Newkirk.

George Rankin, Raloh McEl- High School and Eighth Grade Will fresh, Clyde Cooley, Sheldon Tatlock, The annual commencement of the Brownstown township public schools be held at the court house Satur tory of the Medora schools. The Medora schools will sing a number of songs. Nevian Tovey, Rollaad Brodhecker, Thursday and were" taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Sam Barkman. She was a daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. John Boling, deceased, and was bojn at day night, April 29th. at eight o'clock. Combine In Exercises Monday Night. Ruth Whitcomb, Gladys Martin, Anna Lee Colvin, Frances Robe rtson, Grace The evening will be devoted to the neighbors became susi i of her Commencement exercises of the Medo Ball, Catherine Lucas.

actions. She went intoC gg's giocery The clas tiddres-s will De delivered by John I Hoffman, of Indianapolis, deputy 3tate school superintendent. Music ra schools and Carr township. Rey. L.

Baccalaureate Services tsrownstown April zs, lbbb. bhe was married to Newt Hays about 19 years ago and to their union were born three The Vallonia high school and Drift store nearby to make a purchase and made the statement tht she w.as going E. Brown will give the address on The baccalaureate service will be Uncle Sam." The Medora Band will be furnished by a iocal orchestra under the leadeashi-p of Chauncey Good wood township public schools will hold their annual commencement exercises held at the Methodist church next Sun to take seme ctppe and -nd it all. Mr, boys, who together with their father give a band concert from 7:30 to 8:00 day night at eight clock. Ihe ser Clegg informecf his w.r'e of what she survive her.

She also leaves one broth at the Christian church in Vallonia next win. There will be thirteen graduates, viz o'clock, and will furnish a part of the mon will be delivered by Rev. W. U. er, Wm.

Boling. and one sister, Mrs. Monday night at eight o'clock. said and she went into the Jones home and found her lying on the bed. Upon music for the program.

The march for Guerrant, pastor of the Presbyterian Mamie Ferguson, Alma Tormoehlen, Sam Barkman, both of this place. The class address wrll be delivered by the graduates will be rendered by Miss church. Special music will be furnish The funeral services were conducted being questioned she made the state ment that she had taken poison. Hazel Crabb. Osa Stilwell, Edna Tormoehlen, Lillian Crabb, Avis Lucas, Prof.

W. P. "Daring, president of Oakland City College. Those who have ed by a mixed choir under the leader Irma McMillan and Mrs. Ola Huffing ton will render a piano solo.

at the Pentecost church Friday morn- ship of George Gunder, Mrs. Clegg told her husband, who Ida Reynolds, Cecil Rife, Ferris Thomp ng at 10 o'clock Rev. Jesse Nichols of The admissions to the forenoon, noon heard him, speak highly of his ability as a public speaker. Music will be The annual alumni banquet wiil be son, riooert Kicharas Martin nuenn ficiating, after which the remains were held at the high school building Friday and afternoon exercises will be free but to the Commencement exercises of the and Virgil Miller, laid to rest in Fairview cemetery. furnished by the high school chorus.

night, May 5th. An admission of ten cents will be There will be twenty-three graduates Williams Edward Williams, for evening a fee of twenty-five cents to all will be charged except to the par in all two from the high school charged to all but the immediate fami lies of the graduates. merly of Seympcr, died at the home of Street Improvement to Begin Soon Kathleen Schooley and Goldie Zike ents of the graduates. Each graduate his sister, Mrs. Richard Keelyr at Alert, The indications are that the work on and twenty-one from the eighth grade.

telephoned the police and a doctor, but when they arrived, Mrs. Jones denied she had taken the but a glass containing poison was found by the bed and it was thrown out. The doctor said at that time her pulse was normal and she gave no other evidence that she had taken poison. About three hours afterward neighbors again went to the house, and called to her but she made no reply. The police were again called when it was JHnirsday- nighty tu.

the concrete etreatar wUrbeguK soe.w will be given two complimentary tickets for their parents and these will not be vizr Freda -lfene'Ifeahi; berculosis of the throat, aged ije'years. The following taken from the West A car load of machinery arrived Okla Allredge, Lydia Hauer, Marietta transferable. He is survived by his father, Amps here, last week, and Mr. Ogden, mem Pullman, a suburb of Chicago, Report Meahl, Esther Myers, Lillian Clark, Everybody is cordially invited to at Williams; three brothers, Oscar and er will be of interest to the grooms Leafy Sommers, Hettie Brewer, Freda ber of the Kent Construction has moved here into Wright Vermilya's tend all of these exercises, to bring many friends here as they are sons of of Indianapolis, and Hal, of of Sheridan. He also leaves three sis Wolff, Paris Reinbold, Meyerl Johnson, their dinner and stay until after the Dr.

and Mrs. E. A. Converse, formerly property on North Main street. Adolph Dickmeyer, Stella Griffin, Floral evening program.

Arrangements like ters, Mrs. Jasper of Seymour; of this place: found that she had made good her From present indications the mule Iy will be made whereby those who at Blackwood, Otto Juengel, Edna Geyer, Gladys Goodpaster, Agnes Hehman, A very successful surprise was car Chenia Williams, of Farmington, and Mrs. Keely, of Alert. threat, her lifeless body being found' on the bed. car line in Brownstown will be abandoned when this work begins.

Negotia tend from Sparksville and the west end ried out at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Esther Hauer and John Haley. W. 1. Converse, 121U1 Normal avenue, of the township may return after the Under her head was found her pocket Tuesday evening, April 11th.

The Con tions have been under way the past two weeks between the contractors, Commencement exercises are over, MAN, WOMAN AND BABY IN JAIL Terrell Mrs. Ella Terrell died at her home in Hamilton township of tu book and the following note addressed verse brothers were at home and it had Let us make this one of the big days to her husband: been planned that one of them was to citizens and Mrs. Falk, owner of the A pitiful scene was witnessed here for Medora and Carr township. be married at this time, but when the "May God tender his mercy to those Tuesday when, officers from Seymour track, for purchasing the line, for sur second brother presented his bride-to- who have mistreated me. God forgive brought down a man, woman and small rendering the franchise, in which case be and another service took place it was me, Will, I can not live without you, ALLEN BERRY.

Miss Ressa Berry and J. Edgar Allen berculosis, Sunday night, April 23,1916, aged about 50 years. She is survived by her husband and several children. The funeral services were held the Acme U. B.

church Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. Rev. White officiating. baby and lodged them in the county indeed a surprise to most of those in at the line will be taken up and the opera tion of the line discontinued. I always loved you above all else.

Good tendance. 4 jail, the couple being charged with were quietly united in marriage at the Mr. Lawrence R. Converse and Miss larceny, following their alleged shop Later Mr. Kent arrived here today bye and uod bless you.

If you ever marry again for God sake don't let the folks separate you. Rosalie Schoetz first presented them Park Avenue M. E. parsonage in Indianapolis by Rev. J.

N. Green Friday lifting operations in Seymour, He informs us that the deal for the selves and Rev. Cyrus Kellogg Stock- street car line has been practically well pronounced them husband and evening, April 21, 1916, at 7:45 o'clock i wife using the beautiful ring service, closed, and the work will begin soon as in the presence of the groom's brother- The groom's brother. Dr. George L.

the weather permits. in-law and wife, Mr. and Mrs. C6nverse, and Miss Lisie Johnson were best man and maid of honor. The first Cass.

Immediately following the cere SPRAY CROSS. after which the remains were laid to rest in the Acme cemetery. Blue Arthur Blue died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Lucy Blue, in. Seymour, Sunday night, April 23, 1916, aged about 35 years.

He was a mem: ber of Co. Regt. 161. in the Spanish-American war. The funeral services were conducted at the Catholic church in Seymour this afternoon followed by couple were hardly married when it mony the bridal party drove to the The couple gave their names as Chas.

and Ada Archcraf and their home at Newport, Ky. They put in their appearance at Seymour last week, where they, enlisted the sympathy of charity workers, who helped them to secure a room and the man found employment. "Monday evening they went into Bush's Bhoe store to look at some shoes, but did not buy. After they left; two "Bye Bye Darling." Upon inquiry it was found that she; purchased the poison at Cox's drugstore, with which she wanted to kill insects on her flowers. She seemed well posted upon the poison saying she had used it for that purpose before.

Deceased was twenty-eighf years of age, and she formerly lived at Scotts-burg, where her remains were taken quiet but pretty wedding was sol was suggested that it would be good Claypool for supper. for the brotber to take unto nimseli a emnized Saturday evening at 4:30 The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Sarah wife. So suiting the action to the o'clock at the home of the bride when word, Dr. George L.

Converse and Miss E. Hendry, of Houston, but for sever Miss Zella Cross and Mr. Dallas Spray Elsie Johnson, both of Webster, al months has been making her home were united in marriage by Rev. T. became the principals and Mr.

and Mrs, with Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McKain at L.

R. Converse the newly weds, stood' burial in the Catholic cemetery. pair of shoes were missed. The police uue, pastor of the Christian church, i or burial bunaay atternoon. She was up with Rev.

Stockwell pro the presence of the immediate relatives married once before, her husband nounced them one and thus a double of the bride. being Marion C. Rhude, who commit ted suicide soon after their marriage. Indianapolis. The groom has been the manager of the Brownstown Water and Light Co.

at this place for the past two years. Prior to coming here he was employed as a book-keeper in South America for the Cincinnati were notified and later in the evening located the couple at their rooming house. When their room was searched, not only the missing shoes were found, but many other articles of merchandise The bride is the eldest daughter of wedding was consumated. The mother, Mrs. E.

M. Converse, of Indianapolis, and two brothers and family were present Dr. R. V. Converse.

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cross and is an ac MASQUERADE complished young lady.

She is a grad of Indianapolis, and W. l. Converse and family and Roger Smith. uate of the Brownstown schools and Redman The following obituary is taken from the Marengo (Iowa) Sentinel. Mr.

Redman will be well remembered by our older having made his home here in his boyhood days, in the family of his brother-in-law, Judge Emerson, deceased: Howard N. Redman, the subject of this sketch, was born at Brownstown, Sept, 17, 1843. and when about nine years of age he came with bis parents to this state, and settled in taught a successful term at the Pleas ant Grove school the past winter. The Coffee Co. Both are highly respected young people and have many friends whom we join in extending congraula-tions.

Following the services a very dainty wedding sapper was served. Mr. and Mrs. L. R.

Converse will leave for El Segundo. where he from other stor es, most of which were identified by store-keepers in Seymour. A charge of larceny was pi a against They waived preliminary hearing and were bound over to the circuit court, which convenes May 8th. Should they be found guilty and groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs The masquerade social announced by the Pythian Sisters a few weeks ago, and which was afterward postponed, will be given April 28th, and will be open to the public Admission, 10 and 15 cents.

You are requested to come masked. 6t2 John Spray, of Pleasant Grovej and is will fill the responsible position as phar macist: and Dr. and Mrs. George L.L.on verse will resume his practice at Web ster. Mr.

Allen, returned here Saturday night and his bride will come the latter part of the week. They will go to housekeeping in the pretty new house on South Main street recently built by F. Carter. prosperous young farmer. Both have a large circle of friends whom the Banner joins in extending congratulations.

They will make their future home with the groom's parents at Pleasant Grove. The evening's surprises will long be Marengo. At the age of 18 years he enlisted in the Union army, Sept. 3, 1861, and was mustered in Sept. 20, (Continued to Page 4, Column 2.) convicted, the county board of children's guardians will in all probability make application for custody of the baby.

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