Decatur Evening Herald from Decatur, Illinois • Page 11

a a Dresses a A Gertrudes match, special $1.25 Scarfst We Feature Ipring TS I wide variety in uld be good news tbrow Brims THE HERALD'S AIM To Cive All of ihe News It and When ll Happens DECATUR HERALD THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 28. 1929 Section Two A MED Divorce MANAGER OF HINDIS CENTRAL George Patterson, Who Succeeds Clift as Vice-President 'OTHER TRANSFERS Cop's Slayer JANE ARDCN By Monte Barrett ami Frank EUb formal announce ment tells 1 has been named general of Illinois Central lines. George Patterson proto the position 'of senior vice- succeeding A. E.

Cllft to Central of Geoigia as jfMldent No stu prise wna occa- by that announcement. The jKOMtlon of bolh Mr. Patterson and Mr. Atwlll had been regarded as the jifteal thing, each moving up one ilia toward the top of the ladder. W.

Hevion, genera) superm- of southein lines, Is trans- Is Ihe position of generaj su- 'Mflnlendent of northern lines suc- W. Atwlll T. J. Qulgley, 'ftriatendent of Illinois division with "liidfuarlers in Champaign, la trans- Mtri to the southern lines' as TAYtORVlLLE, Feb 28 Velma Bullard, of Mo risen vi lie, filed suit for In clrcut court Tuesday against Ray BUIard, who was re-j cently convicted of slaying a Chicago i policeman Bullard Wss sentcnced'to i -0 years In the oenitentlary. Mrs Jessie Barnes, TaylorvllleJ nslts a divoice from her Jesse.

In a bill filed In circuit court that i Tuesday. She states that Barnes was convicted of rape and sentenced to the pen 1 entlary He was recently pardoned DO rOU MEAN TO fELL MC YOU GOT Me OlfT OF THERE JUST TO KtU. ME YOURSELF' AS AS YOU RE LOOSE YOU MlSHT SQUEAL AND THAT THE ME. SO I MAO TO TAKE FOR A RIDE, AND THIS IS (T. I HATE TO BUMP WHY 00NT YOU UP WITH A GREAT Steve PANDIT WHO SAVED JANS FOOMTKE ENOUGH COUGH IH IT POR BOTH OF OS.

AGAIN THBfATfNS TAKE HER LIFE, JAIL BREAKER IS South Gateway Boosters Seek FOUND IN OHIO Frank DeVoe, One of Fleeing Trio, Caught With Car Stolen in Decatur Help Of North Main Owners Frank DeVoc, one of three men nl superintendent suceeding Mr. who escaped early Sunday night from btvron. The appointments are ef-1 the county jail, was captured Wed- ttetlve March 1 promotion of Mr, Qulgley to itfc position on the southern lines, Jt supposed to Involve shifting of superintendent! That Is a wthin the jurisdiction of the superintendent and. tor that formal announcement of tno Is not expected until Friday. There Is no lack of, gossip concern- liflhe possibilities Illinois division Vila headquarters tn Champaign la Itjirded at the semoi division of lines, th? place from which Hptrlntendenta are promoted to be superintendents The gos- C.

W. Shaw of the St. Louis transfeired to Champaign tad ethers see Holcomb of Hirlngfleld division assigned to the tailor division. In Mattoon for sev- days there has bean a persistent lutor that Supt A. J.

Roth la to be ttanatored to 5t Louia division. All rtpeatad and at discounted by the person telling OtK, 'There Is another story that there to be a re-arrangement of the ter- itory so there will be one division am of that plan Jf it to a head will be the ellmlna- of Indiana division which be apportioned among the olh- which It touches. nesday Ohio noon in South Charleston, DeVoe was driving a car stolen In Decatur. It was a Chrysler sedan owned by W. Emerlck, taken from its.

parking place In front of his home between 8 and 9 o'clock Sunday night. Neither Ray Crotzer nor Lester Lee, who escaped with DeVoe, was captured. Lee's home Is tn Toledo, however, and police think he has returned there. Deputies who will go after DeVoe will carry information about Lee for the Ohio authorities The trio escaped through a hole cut beside a pipe in their cell Purity Baking Company Increases Capital Stock Increase In the capital stock of the Puitty Baking company from to WOC.OOO was authorized Wednesday by Secretary of State William J. Stratton In New Barber Shop Roy Horton, for more than 30 years a barber In Decatur, recently sold his shop in 335 North East avc- nue and purchased the shop of Richards Thornton, 206 South Jasper street, where he will continue the business as a union shop.

A project is afoot for Unking Noith. Main street and South Matn street property owners Into a group for concerted support of the North Main street subway, the South Main atreet gateway with Route 2, and other Improvements of the street. A temporary committee of property owners has called a meeting of all the owners for Thursday evening In Association of Commerce headquarters The various and proposed Improvements of the street will bejthur Walt, Fao Walt, Post Brothers, explained and support planned I Paul Bach man and Mot BEGIN LECTURES INMILLIKIN Committee Calls Meeting W. Cook, Jr, of the South Main street gateway league, expected to outline this Improvement. Property owners along both North and South Main stieets believe that the benefits of the Forth Main street' subway, and the gateway south, will be such as to warrant concerted action by all the owners The committee which called the meeting for Thursday consists of At- Preacher Uses Chart to Show Are Saved" CHAMPAIGN MASONIC DEGREE TEAM PUTS ON WORK IN TEMPLE HERK Lipttich ment Brioche Black New to Harmonize with the coming new seaton Raupp Son A A Tne New Spring Styles In "Friendly Fives" Ready For Your Choosing HE Greatest Shoe value that $5 has purchased in years.

Friendly Fives smart and stay looking smart under the supreme of Rev Smlthson who Is conducting evangelistic services In Seventh street church used a chart Wednesday night to Illustrate his sermon, "Who Are The Saved'" Two circles representing the world and the church were used to showj that while there are Hers, backbiters and smners In the church as well aa outside, there are many. In the church who are following the teachings of Jesus According to the evangelist these are the people who are saved. A delegation from Lovlngton was present at the service Wednesday night and Rev. Ransom Deios Brown, pastor of the Christian church In Granite City, offered pray or. J.

E. Story, pastor of the local church, baptised two young men foltwtng the evening MIM Elizabeth and Miss Barrlati Story sang a duet. Harry Gibson will sing a solo Thursday night whan Rev. Mr Smlthson will preach on the subject "Get On the Scales CHARTER MEMBERS OF SARGENT CHAPEL WILL SIGN CHURCH REGISTER Members of Cleveland Avenue Methodist church will be asked to subscribe their on tne new "Register of Church Membership" which was requested In the last Methodist conference. Charter members who united with the church when It was organized In 1915 Sargeant Chapel will be nsltej to sign Sunday, Rev.

A. J. Jikitch, who was then assistant pastor of First Methodist church, was In charge of tht East Side church at the time. Other members of the church are asked to sign UM register according to the following schedule. Sunday, March 10, Members enter- Ing under pastors between Rev, A J.

Jocktsch and Rev. J. T. Stretton. Sunday, March 17, Members enter- Ing under Rev.

J. T. Stretton. Sunday, March 24. Thojc under Rev.

Rev. Mr. Johnson and Rev Mr Campbell. Easter Sunday, March 31, New members this church 1 Forty members of Western Star lodge, A. P.

A. of Champaign, were in Decatur Wednesday night to attend an initiation meeting of Stephen Decatur lodge. No. 979, A P. and A M.

A degree team from Champaign conferred the third degree on a candidate from' the local lodge The work was done tn the Colic hall of the new temple For many of the Champaign It was first Inspection of the new temple, and they were taken on a tour of the building SURPRISE PARTY FOR HUSBAND ON BIRTHDAY HARRISTOWN, Feb. 28 --On Tuesday evening, Mrs. McClura gave a surprise birthday party for her husband on his Mth birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Garrett and son, Chris and Donald Cade of Maroa were out of town guests.

POLICE NOTES Elmer Sheets, of Cerro Gordo, reported to police at 9 o'clock Wednesday night that his Ford Touring car, carrying licenses been stolen from Ita parking North Park street, Men From Other Cities At Initiation Members. ftom.i Jftbana. Ottawa, Arcola and Springfield at-1 tended an Initiation of candidates held Tuesday night by Illinois tribe No. BOB, Improved Order of Red' Men The lodge Initiated a class of 27 i candidates, with the degrees work' done by a team from Pawnee tribe No. 68, of Springfield The team was accompanied by a considerable I delegation.

W. B. Votrlem, great chief of records, Springfield, attended the initiation and spoke at the close of the degree work. Refreshments were served after the meeting, which was held In the hall In 364 West William street RAILROAD NOTES OK THE JOB Dan Me Call urn, assistant chief des- patcher of Decatur division, Is on tits Job today after an absence of mora than two months during which time with Mrs. McCallum he visited In Los Angelea, with their ton Dr.

H. McCallum. Division headquarters Wednesday received a telegram from the absent one then in Carrolton, Mo. That telegram confirmed convictions of the despatcher'a office that McCallum Is In support of that the argument was that the telegram had been sent that the office head would understand that the traveller would be ready for work this morning and his substitute would be relieved. Otherwise the substitute with no knowledge of Dan's return, would be there for work and there would be two men for the same desk which would mean that some one would take a day off until Friday and Dan Is said be auspicious about Friday.

In any event today he Is again at work. TRAIN OF STUDEBAKERS Wednesday night the Wabash had a train of 10 cars all loaded with Studebaker autos out of Chicago for Kansas City. That Is of the best trains that the company has had In recent months, one feature being Dr. Frank A. Gageby Speaks Wednesday On "The New Frontier" Rev.

Frank A. Gageby, synodical secretary for Presbyterian churches, spoke to the Ml III kin student body Wednesday morning on New Rev Mr. Gageby took as his text, "Till your soul has lost Its fire, there's always a new frontier," the last lines of Bradley's poem, 1 The New Frontier," The lure of the undiscovered, the unexplored, and the spirit of daring and courage, characteristic of the present day, makes for achievement, he said. The old frontier which the forefathers faced was much more wonderful than that which Is now at hand, "Break the shackles from our minds. Be individuals.

Make adventures in faith In the new frontier bring opened before us," he said. "Faith and courage go together We roust answer In a spiritual sense that which our answered In a physical sense." Rev. Mr. Gageoy also iaid that the quotation from Hawthorne, "The world owes all Ita onward to men who are 111 aa applies directly to the church. Rev.

Mr. Gageby was Introduced by Prof. M. The address Wednesday morning was the first of a aeries of thrw to be given at 11 o'clock Thursday Friday mornings, regular chapel Mrvloea have been, lor lecture periods. ROACH PUPILS WILL PRESENT PROGRAM IN AUDITORIUM FRIDAY A program of music, songs and recitations will be given by division four of the Roach school pupili In the school auditorium at o'clock Friday morning.

The program win open with a song, "Boy Scouts," hy a chorus composed of Lowell Gould, Dean Ben- akin. Ralph Woolens, Earl Cameron, Jack Galloway, Jack Van Hook, Carlyle Dawson, Leland Merrlman and George Robertson. Other numbers will be given by Sallng, Evelyn Maurer Vernelle Albright, Phyllis Greatllne, Low Carter, Mary McLean, Xugene son, Edward Souders, LJda Armstrong, Velra Margaret Smith, Alleen Bafford, Madge Kirk, Dorothy Blankenburg, Dorothy Jane Stivers, Virginia Hooper, Dorothy Bentz, Emily McEven, Robert and Ruth Ware. It May Mean Something, If You Believe In Signs; Anyway, Stores Have Them Seed potatoes have made their appearance in the local markets. a bit early remembering that within iMt ten days the mercury touched the zero mark.

Believers In signs, whatever they are, remember that grandfather never failed to get a good crop of potatoes and he planted potatoes on 8L Patrick's day It not before, and the day of the Irish saint not far distant Weather conditions are sscarcely up to the apring-like level necessary to get the soil In condition for potato planting by March IT. eratlng expenses were compared with in January 1618. Net operating income for January was $2,716,615 compared with a year ago. NOT NEEDED Interstate commerce commission has ruled that the construction of 66 mitei of railroad from Center to Parmerton, Texas, is not necessary for public convenience. The petition was filed by Pecos Northern Santa Fe subsidiary: the forces opposing the petition were headed by a subsidiary of the Burlington, now serving the earns section.

The Improvement contemplated would Involve $1,950,000 for construction work. place on the long haul IB Brown or Calf- SoM i by Raop Son in Decahir An automobile stolen Tuesday night from Thomas Stanley, 421 East Prairie avenue, was recovered Wednesday east of the Salem cemetery. Frank Lowry. 1028 Sunset avenue, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of driving with improper lights. He was fined 16 IB by Justice L.

H. Balrd. CHABGED WITH ASSAULT Lloyd Raaor, of 1680 East Marietta street, was arrested on a charge of assault Wednesday evening The complaint was preferred by his stepson, Woodrow Parrlsh Rasor gave $100 bond foi his appearance Judge Baird's court on March 5. MARRIAGE' LICENSES Walter Densmore, legal, York. Rose Abbott, legal Decatur.

D. I Peacock, 24, Paimer City. Ola Wilson, 20, Dccatur. SUCCEEDS SPAVLDINO J. H.

Chappell, chief clerk In the- office of G. Spauldlng, deceased, has succeeded him aa superintend ent of Insurance and fire prevention on the Wabash FROM CALIFORNIA FIremji and Mre, -Voylea have returned to Decatur after a winter visit In Southern California B. O. TOR JANUARY Passenger revenue on the ft for January was (1,841,000 compared with $2,018,173 In January Op- Himev ami i IT throat IrrHa A tic 1C KT hnclrlnit nhl "tflclmt rttlMrtp 11-- IH MntHtiH ppflfliwB It nf- ti nil tt'--flfitc (T i tt hi rr I by Roth-JottnKin Drtip C5 ROUND TRIP DETROIT I Via A A March 9 10, 1929 Leave Decatur 11:46 a 8' 65 p. Saturday, March 4:10 a.

Sunday, March 10. Return limit leave Detroit all trains up to and Including 10:40 p. m. 3 Thursday, March 14. Good In Pullmans on payment of usual Pullman charges, Visit Detroit-- many places of interest nearby.

Many places of amusement now open For and reservations Ticket Agent or G. N. Lovell, D. A. Telephone 4341.

A A But, have you noticed that the shed roofs and other exposed surfaces the two mornings have been heavily coated with frost--Buggeattng early fall or late winter conditions. Bitter cold giving way to mere frosty air, the effect of the sun's rays noticeably Increasing each day, It ts about time to record the coming of the first robin. It'a a aafe bet that he will be seen In a dozen places within Maeon county before next Tuesday If the temperature not fatt lower than the record mark of the current week. Modern Woodmen Hear City and County Officers City and county officials were the speakers Wednesday night at a Joint meeting of the three Modern Woodmen camps of the city, The meeting, which was attended by 236 Modem Woodmen from the three campa, was sponsored by of Easterly Camp No. 16JO, with members of Decatur camp No.

144 and of Commodore Decatur Camp No. 89 as guests. Mayor O. Smith, Commissioner Earl V. Smith, Commissioner Alex Van Praag and Assistant Attorney E.

Stephetwon spoke after conclusion of degree work. Seven candidates, recruited by the three lodges, taken Into the order In an Initiation which opened the meeting. The meeting was held In Modern Woodmen hall. Dell Semenbaugh, of 1325 Decatur street Is critically 111 la BrOkaw hospital, Normal. PRESENT UNIFORMS TO SALEM HIGH BAND SALEM.

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