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gaity fantagrtipl). WEEK END Sec. There Is war In Chins, but there plenty of news made every day In Ontral Illinois. Keep up with It by reading The Dally Paragraph, Central fiior fWMfl Since 1846 NINE PHONE BLOOMINGTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1932. wArAM 4500 Waynesville Is One of Oldest Towns in State Waynesville's Widows Total One Twelfth of The Whole Population OLD CHURCH HOME RAZED 41 -r r'sfzmiw I'-''', tlVi 01 'Ji 1 IT WAS ONCE South Union, Member Circuit, Passes Into Hands of Wreckers.

Pcntiac Merchant Has Record of 50 Years in Continuous Business iR" I 5 M'LEAH TOWN (Our Special Iued Liar.) (Our Speclul Leaned I.lar.) TITELL folks, here I am agin. Seems like there have been SO MANY thin-s COIN' ON this week that I didn't ACCOMPLISH MUCH in the WAY of "C.ETT1N" BETTER DAY BY DAY." With this P.ntairaph Ontral Illinois fantarnili nlrel lllinot wrlf. PONTIAC Working ri.t months FOOSLAND. The South Union i church, about eight miles northeast without pay as a funeral tau about is the wty Rudolph Vox, of Foosland, Is being razed by the Tradition Says Historic Vil here WASHINGTON BICENTEN direction of the Illinois Methodist Protestant conference board. lage Was Nearly Made Capital.

Nearly three years ago a farewell i 'who Is In his fiftieth year ol tw itinuous business activity in Pon- tine, describes hla start in life. ilr. Fox Is rredited with hiving bf en, NIAL rnmin' on, and me WANTIN' to ATTEND, and everybody wantin' me to HELP ELECT them rRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN: was held for the departing pastor, the CHINESE and JAPANESE ruinln' the RICE CHOP and the Rev. Homer Dickey, and his family, which marked the end of the church that had been rebuilt and dedicated In 1915 by 70 members who were six miles, from a contlnuourly in in a greater length of time than any ram.tr.rt O-tr l.l.n.!, (, cw, WAYNESVILLE. About one- Jn fc of r) PTARVIN' the SILK WORMS; and my wife PESTERIN' ME about CARRY IN' out the ASHES place of worship.

Now the wreck- twelfth of the population of this Rrant from Germany, seeking the) 'DeWitt county town Is widows, i end of a rainbow of his boyhood HELP' ins la nearly complete. and folks URGIN' me to accord-'dream, ins iirst jno wis in ma HUNT LINDBERGH'S BABY, II In 1SR2 the first church was built There are 592 Inhabitants, BrurKer general siore. don't know HOW I am goin' to get on the site. Jesse Barker donated ing to the census, and 50 widows. It is the oldest town in the county, formed, he fays, he will long re-one of the olde.t In the state andjmember daily cleaning of 21 kero- my 12-HOUR BEAUTY SLEEP.

an acre of his farm for that pur-I would like to ATTKNH that pose. It was to be used as long WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL, I as a church stood, but was to rebut with so MANY SOCIAL. Bl Sl-jvert to the farm when the church Is located in almost the geographic I scne lamp? and globes, he trim- center of the state. It la 20 milea ming of wicks and replenishing ttia NESS and DOMESTIC DEMANDS was not needed. Some of the mem- southwest of Bloomlngton and 10 kerosene, besides the numerous er I don't sec HOW I am goln' to hers donated their work on the miles northwest from Clinton.

It 'rands alloted to him. 'vmmmmmm SUSPBr RASH the RECEIVIV LINK. I building'. Beautiful maples and turns I will gist, have to WAIT and walnut trees were planted to af- waa settled in 1825 and named by One of the high spots In Fon-George Jsham in honor of Gen. Mac's growth, he recalls, was tin Anthony Wayne.

I first electric light which was set fiO to the NEXT BICENTEN-1 ford shade. A shed was erected l'or the protection of horses driven This town originally was a parti atop tne coun nouse ana o-n It begins to look as if the JAPS to church In bad weather. of McLean county and older resi-j caused citizens to rpin many yarns dentj have handed down a tradl- about who could read a newspaper are gettln' PURTY TIRED of the When the Barker farm passed to CHINESE. What puzzles me is! the hands of J. D.

Kerchenfault, TIOW HOOVER and his STENOG-'Mr. Kerchenfault donated the use r-A 7 tion that it once came within two the greatest distance r.om mo votes of being selected as the state court house by the light of this icapital, Vandalia being the choice. lamp. RAPHER read those LETTERS: of 50 feet of land to the north and the JAPS and CHINESE are the same amount to the west to en- The first store was opened Dy wiltin'. I got a letter from a large the church ground.

CHIVAMAN who tisrd to SPITI Tut Boulders In Walls. Greenman and Dunham in jmu. Finfrock, Calvin Gamnrei ano tiny 1 They were not only the first mer- i Fisher, snare drummers; W. M. chants in the town but also In the Sampson, bass drum.

WATER on my shirts and put Soon the church could not meet PAW EDGES on my COLLARS. I with the growing demands and hut I couldn't READ a WORD of! was rebuilt. The Methodist Protest- county. This store was a small The Central Illinois Electric ana hewed log cabin. At this time Gas company ot uncoin iurnisnt-a It.

So I gist set down and; ant church at Houstinville, having WPOTE HIM that I would have been discarded about this time, was there was but one store In Bloom- electric service for the village, un-ington, kept by James Allin, foun-til a few years ago the village Her of hoth the towns Bloominzton owned its lighting plant. to LEARN the CHINESE ALPHA- bought and moved to South Union, LP A -IK 1 r.VT hfnrp I COULD PAY HIM. land with the old church and new A few of the older citizens re fnvr.nt.-tni i hnv lumber a modern and Clinton. vs' to Erected. The parsonage from Hous- Cholera Once Swept Town.

The village has two cemeteries, the rOOR. I don't was moved and remodeled one east, the otner on ine west. II fe I member when the Illinois Midland railroad track was built through Waynesville In 1874. It is now owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad company. E.

G. Kirk hes been agent here for the last 23 years. No Paved Roads. The telephone exchange here was first owned by the late Dr. S.

A. The ground for the former was donated by George Isham in 1852. The latter was donated by Pretty- man Marvel. any reason for this and I think it home for tne union fs a unless expenditure of public Pwtor. Boulders were secured funds for our LEGISLATURES to "long he dredge a.

ad rolled spend so much time on It. We havej nto the cement to make the 12- mi r. i foundatlon stronger. The been ft.fi new church cost about $8,000 and si M-th two old churches. tk KASON The church wa, eoulpped with I If.T cARTjpews, books, piano, class rooms and to'nul- an ace.yline Hght system, the base- The people of Waynesville have met several reverses to retard the progress o.

Graham, about 40 years ago. It is probably prooaDiy ine hhwsl boc.c ic operated by the Illinois Cen- cholera epidemic in the summer of I "VCT W7 1 1.1 1, i.iimi v' vn.V vi- 1 'TvWVyW ment with a furnace, cupboards, kitchen stove, utensils and tables. Jones is the local manager. A Ladies Aid society was organ There Ls no paved road through GASOLINE nnd MAINTAIN our SOCIAL STANDING In tho COM-MI'NITY In which WE RESIDE. What ore we goln to DO? I submit to vou a handful of QUES 1855.

when a large number or deaths occurred. Great suffering end privations prevailed at this time for the lack of nurses and medical attendants. There was not ized, which is still in existence. Sunday school and church were Waynesville, but a gravel road to McLean and an oiled road to Wa-pella give access to routes 4 and 2. ivniAii nf held, as well as evangelistic serv TION MARKS nnd time to procure rasKeui.

ana orieinai ices, ror inrre years ine INTERROGATION TOINTS. TrtM-nahln OIH RHlfrV nlrnlo was of the victims were buried at nignt Sampson post il.i unccl 1 1 I in rude boxes. i nl. n. A.

left. They are inai reminus me uiin'in, hpid on the lawn for a day of so- told me tuther day that I am been i cU1 inclement weather The town has no bank es tne Sampson and E. K. Gin- Waynesville State bank was closed LmDson was born in rfci' ...1 mtm-MM pettin down to wont as basement was used for the pro- is aVimiM fold him that I had a Nov 20. 1930.

Waynesville nas no; cram and dinner. When the church was In the cir terfd the army In January, 1864. printing office of its own, but 13 represented In this regard by the cuit the first person to the church 'FLAT" comin' up town. My RIGHT ARCH went down on me. and the BUNION on the LEFT TIRE cot so INFLATED that I Mr.

Ginnings was born at west Lincoln Jan. 23, 1848. and began Wavnesvllle Record, which is served es janitor. In later years i llshed and printed In Atlanta. Mrs.

the pastor took charge. Among service for his country in 1863. Both feared it would BUST. Well, he said! rhT.y,.. i the.

circuit iseuie buck is locai euum. he HOPED I would he MOREwjth Unon were the Hous- rUNCTUAL alter mis. ao tinville. Osman and Walker. The never GOOD In punciuaiiu.n.

two now have their own pas MY I wrote a bok once ana tor, the Rev. G. Ray. Get Water From Wells. xwo churches Start The waterworks here was erected i waynesville has the distinction by the village in 1895, at a being the first town in DeWitt of about $5,000.

There are 90 f'1 county to Institute divine worship, of standpipe, on the top of which Methodism was founded here in is a tank that holds 58,000 gallons ig2s, when a circuit rider was ap-of water. The water is supplied by I pointed to regularly visit tha vil- fefca nJ'ii4 t' IffiW-i and PUBLISHER celled me up Eaulnment Is Sold, Some of the tables of the Soutn Union church were bought by the Ladies' Aid society of Foosland Methodist Protestant church, lum- lage and rreach the eo.ipcl. The jtwo wells, one 149 feet deep ana Whe other 160 feet. lid tint I FOKf.OI toj PUNCTUATE IT. I wanted to get the MASTERPIECE off of the; TUESS to fill some RUSH OR- DERS.

so I instructed the TYTE-i SETTER to PRINT 10 pages nil COMMAS, PERIODS. F.XCLAMA- irinv I'OINTS. COLONS, SEMI-i and enuipment was usea in ber The postoffice was established in church com nletlng the Chatham Mi W- PIS 1 m. services were held in the home3 ot the early pioneers. The first church was erected In 1834 and was a frame building.

In 1849 under the management of the Rev. William 1834. The first postmaster was Charles Maltby. The present post the Methodist Protestant conference built In Chicago. ine parsonage COLONS.

DOTS, ii'rR'tolwM bought and moved by Jim Day FETTER to! farm ftfter h(s home burnedi master is Jay Holllbaugh. ine rural mail carriers are K. A. Yeakel and George Finfrock. let them SALT 'and Now there tl IT T4STK.

and all equipment sold. Mr. and Mrs. James Adair have basements the distinction of being the oldest Hindall, then pastor, a commodious two-story brick building was erected. This building gave good service for many years.

The lower portion was used as a school room. As the crowds thronged the church there waa fear of the upper floor parsonage. remain only the two of the church and and nirt of the class rooms, the married couple here, having been married 64 years last June. Mr. Adair was born in Pennsylvania main auditorium naving oeen wi 1MEET a feller on the street tuther day who seemed to be in I DISTRESS.

We discussed RELIEF MEASURES MOMENTARILY and finally he suggested to me that "The Lord loves a cheerful giver. We didn't argue much over that because I LOVE 'EM. So I asked "Hn MUCH have you "vl I II Jan. 27, 1848, and Mrs. Adair was giving way, nnd the building was The members have transferred their membership, along with the vnnne-er generation, to the Gibson horn neer Waynesville Jan.

27, 1851, (condemned. A very plain frame both birthdays falling on the sameiDUidjnK wa3 ejected in 1886, on the dav. Thev are comfortably situ site of the two previous churches. mln- I 1 fv se iim City churches. Some, of the GOT?" and he said "Less who served South Union were ated In their little home in the south part of town.

Has Musical Talent. It was remodeled after a few yeara but was found inadequate and in 1916 it was torn down and the brick building now occupied was NOTHIN' and he sam Rev. R. E. Fox.

tne Kev. i. i. GOT?" and I both deceased: the Rev S. Sims, the Rev.

J. T. Day, tne If I had im "Broher YOU AIN'T GUI, i rtev E. N. Comron, me nev.

rvvi? more than T7 'TT TJ 7 1 i ('ILrlll Ill 11 r.L-ffl I would STILL. UM 'Kesterson, the Kev. unaries r.i- we both agreea umi the ReV- Homer uicKey. i i i i sir hi i i-ijj iii i'a i o-. i ii i l-rvcnnY LOVES US.

I Amnnir the members were 17 13 315 ui i i3i.rrr WBi if i Hn bone Col. nnd Mrs. Llnd-: Si Herburt Green. I v- I William Adcock. 88.

is the oldest resident of Waynesville. He resides with his daughter, Mrs. James Dag-ley. He was born at Mt. Vernon April 25, 1843, and came to this vicinity 45 yeara ago.

He has eight children, 33 grandchildren snd 54 great-grandchildren. Mr. Adcock enjoys very good health. Waynesville has much musical talent. The Waynesville band has been organized for many years.

It Includes 25 members, younjr and bergh find their BABY SAFE and i jiaymond Green, Charley Summers erected, during the pastorate of Rev. S. A. D. Mcintosh.

The present pastor of the church is the Rev. J. C. McMahon, who is beginning his third year. No Regular Tastor.

In the fall of 1894 there were living in and near Waynesville, eight members of the Christian church. They decided to organize a church of their own faith. By close management they secured enough money to hold a meeting. R. Leland Brown of Leroy was obtained to hold a seriej of meetings which lasted five weelcs.

At H. Hathaway, Cal Kercncmauii, w. Morris, Mrs. J. B.

Sawyer, Mrs. Jessie. Briggs and families, and mnntr mnPA who attended but did SOU NDJI would HUB to learn the KIDNAPERS "ye been CAF-TUREI) lUid TUMSHED. The SEVEREST I II that could be metd out for this 1 CRIME would hne my not belong. At the ton is a street in Wavnesvllle where like most other rural towns of Central llllm.is the business on ims iu At the top is a street scene iu Vrprtrrepn because of the beautiful evergreen trees tlmt attempt at reconstruction, in tue Kt-u i-" ,1 rounds, the west or I nion cemetery and Rock top the gentle slope rising nt the east edge of the town.

Waynesv i. nna thenst At the left below, is the crude hool building and below that the Christian church. To the right Is the old Dug- who. old. Open air concerts arc given weekly during the summer months.

At tho concerts, too, music is furnished by the Waynesville drum Novelty Hats Cause Comment in Chenoa ltv I.M, the late fifties when he was making trips uum senium m. rtrem lnn that lora m- or? mmJern Mcth. PintmiratilJ Phntoi. Blnonungton aim nnier iuiuis, tope no one SUSFK IOXS ME. Folks have been G1V1N QUEER LOOK hero W''" ain't been able, to Dl whether they think my LOOK funny.

TZviHVZ think I STOLE the BAB I HF.LU BABY ONCE whUo Its MA wen I corps. Members of the drum corp3'jts cosc a church of 80 jare Farrel Robb and Hester organized, and in the fall a I rock, fifers; H. M. Cantrall. Bert'house of worship was built, v.hicii odist Episcopnl church.

fant.irr.ph Ontrsl Itlinoll 8rrlfe. jRobb. George Finfrock, Lester Table. Once Piano, Now Judge's Old Church Being Wrecked CHENOA. The old fashioned charm string which held many and varied buttons made by the grand- SHOPPIN', and I Recalls First Lamp rnMi an mothers of today when they were OH" hi.

the Bench, Has Seen Unique Service nun Dl public auction. was purchased. Clinton Belles Unce rlayed Grsv thtn a practicing) iV r.FT RACK I little, nas dcco youngsters of Chenoa with hats trimmed with a most amazing ar- Thev take oia nais Instrument -That Now DoeSi attorney in Clinton. He paid $1 for IV Ul OlllUvm of motners or p.juci 1 lime) snc begun to think that the KID was rvTTlV OLD ENOUGH to P'v the ORPHAN'S HOME ball Earn I de-lded right them there that I iwmiM EVEN TOUCH ANGI BARV. nnd ti.kln' the SECOND THOUGHT, I don't RISK HOI.DIN' one of thn NEIGH- brims, cut odd shapes ana aesigns UUty in LOUrt.

Th tabl'e. six feet long and three in what Is left and then add nuuons of all kinds, buckles, pins of any description, feathers, flowers, odd and one quarter feet wide, probably has had a more romantic past Pintasraph Central llllnol. Srrvlce. than any other piece of furniture CLINTON. In sight of the hun In the DeWitt courthouse.

It has bits of colored yarn ana any piece of hardware which can be attached. These hats are causing much comment and are worn by the boys as well as girls. pABIES are SENSITIVE, that rit 1 1 a iret along wltn been near the hearts of the down- dreds of persons who visit the court house each week is a piece of office furniture that might was dedicated Nov. 4. 1S94.

Thsrs not members of any church manifested their good will at the clcta of the revival by prct-entin? to the church a splendid organ, the exception of a few interior chargea the building Is the same as when first erected. The church has no regular pastor at present. H. S. Mavity, a former pastor of the church, Jtill resldcj here and holds occasional services.

Had First School. Standing in a beautiful grove ot oaks on a five acre tract of land in the northwest edge of Waynesville is located a public building that has historical traditions extending over a third of a century. In 1S91 a few citizens in Waynesville felt the need of higher educational advantages. Their ambition resulted in the organizing of the Waynesville Presbyterian Academy association, and a substantial two story brick building was erected in 1892, all by voluntary public subscription: Prof. W.

H. Smith was the first superintendent and was at head of the academy for 20 years. He died in 1912. In 1D11 the legislature cf thj state cf Illinois p-rM the fim township high school jw trodden. On Its sturdy top have them very well.

About the ONLY WAY yd can KEEP them from SQUALLING is to STICK your THUMB in their MOUTH, and the arouse the interest of cabinet mak- been rested the sorrows flni woes of many. It has jupportc.l rich and Door, drunk and sober, submis Desertion Is Charged rimxraph Central llllnol. Service. PAXTON. James J.

Eddleman of Roberts has filed suit in Ford circuit court for divorce DOCTOR savs WTTO rt tbeir TEETH STICK sive and belligerent. In their hour of greatest need. Over It no telling how many dollars have rolled. Tki. rmslness of keenincr a u.

tho old South Union church between Gibson City and Foos- ers who transform old wooden fix- turea into goods salable. It is a table, the age of which is unknown, but which originally was a bench piano that the nimble fingers of some of the oider female residents here played upon. Many years ago BABY'S MIND OFF OF the COLIC Is a TOUGH GAMR. But at that to clink into the coffers of the commonwealth; over it no telling from his wife. Clella Eddleman, alleging desertion.

The case will how many tunes words have been lund as It looked a few days ago before wreckers had completed the job of salvaging the material In it. The manner In which It was constructed with heavy native timbers and permanent joints made the work of wrecking rather difficult Ptnttgrapa Central llllnol. gnnc i be heard in the April terrn said: "Well, you see It was this way, iudse into this am sort of CRAZY over I mean LITTLE BABIES. So I loin with the WORLD In EXTENDTN SYMPATHIES the LIND-BERGS. lrniriirs.

Rut now that the DE the niano was rebuilt PRESSION Is OFFICIALLY ON, th. mn rarif.S are NOT SO EX. 1 i For this table has 10:30 a. m. Sunday at the 'local liable now owned by County Judge Methodist church.

The pastor. Rev.lW. F. Gray. it; A nrlaronn will Affimv Years aeo the piano was owned Ornv as a bench during his last PENSIVE.

Fellers Is goln' to be ABLE to GET AWAY with a DIET two terms of office. I conld plwnvs get nnT REIFS t'nn with DTirs- Rudolph S. Fox, Dr. T. W.

Thompson to Speak at Lexington Church Sunday rnnt.iraph Ontral Illinois Service. LEXINGTON Dr. T. Thompson, superintendent of the Bloom- The able is con3tructeJ entirely of mahocanv and rosewood, with pulpits of the Dana and Rutland by the Dewey family of Clinton and Union church services! It later passed on to the Porter will be held Sunday night In Bap-; family. It was rebuilt sometime rt.L In tk.

laHnr fflmilv. then Jl. continuously In business in was IMPRESPFn i-lth TDF'R the original legs from the piano, Pontiac a greater lengtn ot time i wayncc vine lownsci? jo man now living there. uiun.1.. -J shows nnv TiAVFA'OTTS APFFTTTFS, nnd tne of SOYBEAN Mr.AL.

rim SOON. P.ut I do hope and trust thnt PROSPERITY RETURNS SOON-VERY SOON-for I am NEARING MY SECOND CHI1J HOOD. (Continued on Paa 11 Col, tj win, viiici iiuuocnv.u Ewert, pastor of the United Breth- itrtnn strict of tne memoaiBi raotajmjib Central tlllaoia Scrvici 1 ABSENCE of COLIC after I n-n Ithe Porter family, it was atltrace of wear. i.npnf from Mm to PIX BT Episcopal churches will preach at ren church will be speaker. KIES for FOODSTUFFS and Bt.