The Hancock Democrat from Greenfield, Indiana • Page 1

EMOO THE UNION THE CONSTITUTION THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE. VOLUME 137 GREENFIELD, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1931 NUMBER 6 5 ANODCJK JD SAX IT EE Money Makes the World Go 'Round! Money is a wonderful thing if properly guided! We, as Bankers of experience, point with pride to our success and we want the business men of this community to share. The plan is quite simple. Let us suggest a conference with our leading officers who will advise with you on the things financial. VANISHED! Those valuable papers he had entrusted to his drawer.

He's learned his lesson but at what a cost! There is only one fire-proof, theft-proof, 100 per cent, safe place for your valuables our Safety Deposit Vault. 222 Births in County The stork outraced the death rate in Hancock county for the year of 1930. according to the report of Dr. James R. Woods, county health officer.

Dr. Woods' report shows that 222 births were recorded during the twelve month period compared to 218 deaths. Births to the following parents are registered for the month of December: Chester and Nema VanDuyn. Jackson township, a daughter, born Dec. 3.

Wayne and Bessie Barton, Shirley, a son, born Dec. 3. Carroll and Elsie Gray, Vernon, a son, born Dec. 3. Paul and Lucille Stader, Buck Creek, a son, born Dec.

6. Russell and Lula Murfin, Green, a daughter, born Dec. 7. J. Earl and Vivian Johns, Wilkinson, a son, born Dec.

13. Claud and Stella Snider, Buck Creek, a daughter, born Dec. 21. Noble and Vivian Martin, Willow Branch, a daughter, born Dec. 24.

Freeman and Florence Walker, Jackson, a daughter, born Dec. 20. Orla and Willa Ricks, Greenfield, a son. born Dec. 1.

Harry and Margaret Liebrandt, Greenfield, a son, born Dec. 5. Oliver and Louise Jackson, Greenfield, a daughter, born Dec. 8. Elton and Sylvia St.

John, Greenfield, a daughter, born Dee. 13. Victor and Margaret Johnson, Fortville, a son, born Dec. 17. William and Gladys Owen.

Fortville, a daughter, born Dec. 23. Criminal Cases Filed Against 87 Persons According to the report of Charles Reeves, who retired January 1 as county clerk, eighty-seven persons had criminal charges filed against them during the year of 19:50. Disregarding some phase of the prohibition act was responsible for more charges being filed than any other single cause. Criminal charges were filed against six persons for driving dren, driving while intoxicated, for drunkenness and three for violating the liquor law.

The eighty-seven individuals were charged as follows: Murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, larceny, auto theft, other assaults, forgery, embezzlement and fraud, carrying concealed weapons, sex offenses, except rape, 7: offenses against family and children, driving while itnoxicated, violating liquor law, drunkenness, disorderly conduct and vagrancy, violating traffic and motor vehicle laws. all other offenses, 6. During the twelve month period five sentences were suspended, fifteen persons were fined, twelve persons received penal institution sentences and eleven were acquitted. The report shows that there were 337 civil cases filed during the year. The number of cases to be disposed of was increased by 104 venued cases.

There were only twenty-four cases venued from this court. During the year judgment was entered for 104 cases, ninety-nine were dismissed and 474 were pending at the close of the year. Eighty letters of administration were issued and thirty-three guardianships attended to. Four decrees of foreclosure were entered, seven sheriff's sales held and six persons adjudged of unsound mind. The number of marriage licenses issued outranked by far the number of marriages terminated by the court.

A total of 667 licenses were issued or more than two for each week day of the year. Forty-four divorces wore granted. thirty-two to wives and twelve to husbands. 1 ITDne ESaimCi I Greenfield, Indiana The Greenfield Banking Co. Greenfield, Indiana The Largest and Oldest Bank in the County Former Hancock County Man Ends Life Arnold Roberts, formerly a farmer living near Eden, is dead at Anderson.

Roberts committed suicide at his home, 2800 Jefferson street, Anderson, Sunday evening by turning on the gas in the basement of his home. Four members of his family became seriously ill before they were carried from the gas-filled home. Roberts had been in ill health for ten years. He gave no indication of his intention Sunday, according to members of his family. About p.

m. the man went into the cellar and turned on a valve which controlled the flow of gas into the house. The gas line was not attached to a meter and the supply of gas was not shut off at the street, according to dispatches coming from Anderson. The fumes became so powerful that Mrs. Roberts, a son.

Wayne, age lo and two daughters. Jeanette. age 11 and Clauclie May, age 21. were soon overcome. The boy revived sufficiently to crawl across the street, notifying neighbors who rushed to the house.

Windows were opened and the mother and two girls taken to St. John's hospital. Police and firemen were summoned and the pulmotor applied to Roberts and members of the family. All efforts to revive the former Hancock eminty man failed. The mother and three children will suffer no ill effects from the gas.

S. J. Stottlemyer, coroner of Madison county, rendered a verdict of "suicide by gas." Ill health was established as the cause of Mr. Roberts' act. Ward Wantz, fire chief of Anderson, said five more minutes in the gas-filled house would have killed the mother and two daughters.

Mr. Roberts farmed for several years near Eden. He was a member of the Eden Methodist church and moved to Anderson with his family about four years ago. During that time Mr. Roberts had been employed at the Delco-Remy Corporation, National Tile plant and other industries.

He was fifty-three years old. Funeral services were held at the Eden Methodist church Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Burial was made at the Eden cemetery. Six-hour Working Day for Women Proposed Representative William E. Wilson of Greenfield will introduce a bill providing for a six-hour working day for all classifications of women workers, except nurses.

He also will present a measure cutting interest from 3Vs per cent, to five-sixths of 1 per cent, a month or 10 per cent, a year on small loans. The bill will carry a penalty for any contractural relations between the parties, relieving the "humble working man," Wilson said. Representative Clyde Karrer of Indianapolis yesterday introduced a bill reducing the legal rate on small loans to 1 per cent, a month. Wm. Henry Prickett, aged Hancock county resident who died Monday night at the age of seventy-three years, was buried in the Alford cemetery, near Maxwell, Wednesday, following funeral services held at the Lynam Funeral Home at 2 o'clock.

No relatives survive. The Greenfield Ranking Co. has been designated as one of the many banks in the state for a state depositors. MONEY EARNS MONEY At the Rate of Dividends Paid Semi-Annually for the Past 45 Years Greenfield Building Loan Ass'n 14 West Main Street Jordan Taken to Marion Jail Frank Jordan, alleged slayer of Raymond Cole on the night of October 31. was transferred to the Marion county jail Saturday morning after he was successful in getting his case venued to the Marion county circuit court.

Jordan has been in the Hancock county jail sinc early last November after confessing his part in the slaying of Cole. Mrs. Marie Cole, wife of the slain man. is held in the local jail awaiting trial February 4th for her part in the act. Jordan's attorneys, Shaw and Fisher, of Indianapolis, were more active in getting the case1 venued than Jordan as ho preferred to have it tried here.

Jordan asked that the decision to venue the case be reconsidered but after bedding another conference with his attorneys consented to have the trial heard in Marion county. Shaw and Fisher, who are handling the- case gratis, pointed out that practically all of Jordan's witnesses live in Indianapolis and it would be less expensive to conduct his trial in that city. They also pointed out that Jordan would be unable1 to get a fair trial because of the publicity given to the case in this county. It is understood that Mrs. Cole has employed a local attorney to aid with her defense in addition to Hartman, Indianapolis attorney, who represented her when she plead not guilty several weeks ago.

Stockholders Meet Stockholders of the Greenfield Building and Loan Association were in annual session Tuesday evening. A survey of the past year was made and one director, C. P.ert Orr, was re-elected. Arthur Downing, secretary of the association, made his annual report which indicated that the organization had enjoyed another successful year. During the past twelve month period the assets of the association were increased to the extent of $12,600.

Total dividends earned and paid out during the year amounted to $18,682.89. Secretary Downing's report showed the total stock outstanding January 1, 1931. was $325,720.13. An item of interest was revealed when it was shown that only two suits of foreclosure were necessary during the past three and one-half years, a period during which 286 loans were negotiated by the association. Following the stockholders meeting the directors met and re-elected the same group of officers.

C. Bert Orr will continue as president of the association: I. A. Goble, vice-president; J. Ward Fletcher, treasurer and Arthur Downing, secretary.

Judge Makes Appointments James N. Goble and Chancy W. Pas- of the Hancock county board of chari-j ties by Judge Arthur VanDuyn. They will serve until April 10, 1933. Other appointments were also made by the judge, including Charles A.

Mitchell the Hancock county Board of Chil-the Hancock county board of Children's Guardians to serve until January 1. 1933, and Ruby Rash and Nettie Strickland to serve until January 1, 1934. Word has been received here by friends that Misses Ruth and Florence I Coffin, daughters of O. J. Coffin, of Blue River tow nship, are confined to their home in Michigan City with scar- let fever.

Mrs. M. E. Wiggins, an jaunt of the young ladies, has gone to Mic higan City to take care of them during their illness. The Misses Cof-! fin are teachers in the public schools of that city.

Wilson Appointed W. B. Wilson, of this city, now in Indianapolis as a member of the house of representatives, has been appointed as a ranking member of the committee on Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home. Representative Mc-Clarnon of Noblesville is chairman of the committee. Habit makes things easy.

-A Tigers Will Play in Blind Tourney The Greenfield Tigers' high hopes of capturing the blind tourney at Kushville were somewhat shattered when Hinshaw's men trounced the local stiuad, to 15 Friday evening. Nevertheless Greenfield will be represented at the first annual blind tournament which will be held at the Kushville gymasium Saturday. Preparations for the tourney have been completed and the local high school has been allotted its share of tickets. The four teams competing in the event are Kushville, Morton, of Richmond. and Greenfield.

Schedule of playing the two afternoon games and the two evening games will not be drawn until 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the tourney. Afternoon games will be played at 2 o'clock and 3 o'clock. Losers in the games will play winning quintets o'clock to decide first and second at 7:30 while the will the meet at 8: 30 tournev cham- pionhip. I'p until this year plaved in the sixth Greenfield has listrict tourna- ii it'll which no longer exists, blind tourney will replace the The sixth listric tournament for Greenfield. Whitesell Case Continued The criminal case of Forest White-sell, which was to have gone on trial in circuit court Wednesday for alleged infliction of an injury while committing a robbery, was continued on request of the defendant's attorney.

Clyde Karrer, Indianapolis attorney, representing Whitesell, is engaged in legislative work at the state capital, and was unable to be ill court at this ime. Whitesell is alleged to be one of the banodits who held up Ralph Scott and robbed him of approximately luo last January. Scott resisted and was shot in the heel and hand. Since the robbery one of the trio which committed the act, has been sentenced to the state prison. George Evans was the man convicted in the local court.

Two criminal charges against Benjamin F. Blackwell, one of public intoxication and the second, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, were continued. These two cases were veil-tied from the mayor's court. Child Health Workers Will Attend Conference Mrs. Jennie Moss, of Maxwell, sixth district chairman of child welfare for the Federation of Clubs.

Mrs. Gertrude Holland, county attendance officer, Mrs. W. E. Bussell and County Superintendent Grover VanDuyn will be among the Hancock county representatives at the Indiana conference on child health and protection, convening at Indianapolis Thursday evening for a three day session.

The opening session will be held at the Armory and will be presided over by Lieutenant Governor Bush. A ten minute radio greeting by President Hoover will be followed by an address of welcome by Governor Leslie and response by Samuel A. Pittinger. Friday and Saturday sessions, which will be held in the assembly room of the Claypool hotel, will deal with child welfare and problems connected with education, delinquency and other topics. A group dinner at which time the topic "Youth Outside the Home and School" will be discussed, will be held at 6:00 p.

m. January 16. Frank Shaw Dead Following a two weeks period of rapidly declining health. Frank Shaw died at hi home in Shirley last Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted Sunday morning at ten o'clock at the home by the Rev.

Gal-legher. of New Castle. Burial was made in Glen Cove cemetery at Knightstown. Mr. Shaw operated a restaurant at Shirley until a few months ago when he moved it to Dublin.

He was for-niehly a resident of Knightstown. Randolph county was his native county. Surviving are the widow, one son, Ernest Shaw, of Shirley; one daughter. Madaline, at home; three grandchildren, Barbara Ann, Patty Lou and Charles Richard; four brothers, Charles and George Shaw of Shirley; Lloyd Shaw, Carlos City and Bert Shaw of Kansas City, Missouri. Clarence E.

Walker of this city and Myrtle M. Herr of Mohawk were married Thursday. January 8. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. E.

R. Schwartz, United Brethren minister of Mohawk. Fortville Woman Killed at Grade Crossing Mrs. Margaret May Wilson, age 51, residing two miles east of Fortville was killed instantly and her husband Albei J. Wilson, was seriously injured last Thursday afternoon when their automobile was struck by an east bound P.ig Four passenger train at the east corporate limits of Fortville.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were en route from their residence to Fortville at the time of the accident. The train. No.

12, from St. Louis to N'ew York, was in charge of Engineer Chainberlin and Fireman Booth, both of Belle-fontaine. Ohio. Mr. Wilson was driving the automobile west across the Big Four tracks when the collision occurred.

The tracks are plainly visible in both directions at this point. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were hurled clear of tlie wreckage of their automobile. Mrs.

Wilson's skull was crushed, the right arm was fractured and both legs were broken in two places. Mr. Wilson was taken to the J. P. KUingwood hospital in Fortville where he was given medical attention.

Later he was transferred to St. Vincent's hospital. Indianapolis. An examination revealed that his condition was not critical but was made more serious by his run-down condition resulting from a two year's illness. He had only been out of bed a short time before the accident.

Severe scalp wounds, badly lacerated hands and a fractured and dislocated hip were revealed by the examination. The body of Mrs. Wilson was taken to the McCarty mortuary where it was prepared for burial. Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church Sunday by Ilex. Kstel Taylor.

Mrs. Wilson was born in Tennessee and came to Indiana about thirty years ago. She was married about twenty years ago. Surviving are Mrs. Anna Tridle.

two step-sons. Lowell and Boscoe Wilson, Pendleton; a son, Virgil Wilson, at home; a daughter. Miss Alberta Wilson, a teacher in the Charlottesville school; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Apple, Oaklandon, and Mrs. Sadie Wilson, Cincinnati; three brothers, Krnest Tridle.

McCordsville; Charles and Elmer Tridel of Indianapolis. Girl Receives $2,000 Damages Little Miss Patricia Denk, eight year old daughter of Airs. Gerald ine Denk, was awarded $2,000 damages by a jury in circuit court late Thursday afternoon. Miss Denk was asking $10,000 damages for personal injuries sustained when run down by an automobile driven by Donald Shumway. a rural mail carrier of this city.

The accident occurred last March when the girl was crossing North State street on the way to school. Her left leg was fractured, causing her to be confined in an Indianapolis hospital several weeks. The defendant testified that his attention was diverted immediately prior to the crash and he failed to see the child until she was directly in front of the automobile. The jury required more than four hours to reach a verdict. It is understood that the jury agreed that there should be compensation paid to the plaintiff on the first ballot but the sum of money varied from $250 to An agreement was finally reached and $2,000 awarded.

A second suit against Mr. Shumway is pending in circuit court filed by Mrs. Geraldine Denk. mother of the girl, who is seeking to be recompensed for medical and hospital bills incurred during the illness of her daughter. Pair Returned to Rush County Sheriff Frank Stottlemyer, accompanied by Rush county officers, arrested two Hancock county men Thursday evening on request of the Rush county officials.

The two men arrested were George M. Holding, of Cllarlottesville, ami Herman Kinder, of Cleveland. Both were wanted in Rush county for transporting intoxicating liquor. They were turned over to the Rushville men following their arrest. Former Resident Dies in the West Friends in this city have been advised of the death of .1.

Kv. Hatfield, formerly of this county. Mr. Hatfield died Thursday, January at his home in Hollywood, Calif. The deceased is a brother of John T.

Hatfield, well known for his evangelistic work. At one time the Hatfields lived near Cleveland. Mrs. Isaac Sanford and grandson. Max Cook, spent Thursday with Mrs.

Carl Cook of near Gem. Blind Tournament at Rushville Next Saturday afternoon and evening, the blind tourney will be held at Rushville. This tourney is to take the place' of the Sixth District Tournament of former years. Four schools will participate, Richmond, Rushville, Shelbyville and Greenfield. The schedule will not be drawn until shortly before time for the first game.

There will be two games in the afternoon, one at 2: 0o and one at 3:00 o'clock. The two losers will then play a consolation game at seven o'clock and the1 two winners will play at eight o'clock to decide the championship. Thus, each team will play two games, regardless of whether they win or lose. A silver cup will be awarded to the winner of the tourney. The four schools participating have entered into a four year contract.

The tourney is to be held on the elate corresponding to this eac year during the next four years until each of the four cities have been hot to the tourney. Winston Ashley, of Anderson, and Henry Goett, of Indianapolis, have been secured to officiate the games. They will alternate as referee and umpire. Season tickets are now on sale at the Sport Shop and at the school building. Season tickets, juice ents.

Single admission, 50 cents each session. The Sixth District convention of the American Legion Auxiliary was held at Richmond Tuesday, January 13. at St. John's Lutheran church. Mrs.

Lenora J. Bussell. state department president, gave a splendid talk. The newly organized Accordion band, directed by R. L.

Nusbaum of Richmond, gave a short concert. All units contributed generously to the district scholarship fund. Auxiliary members from Greenfield attending were Mrs. Bussell, Mrs. Earle I.

Barrett, unit president, Mrs. Walter Myers, Mrs. G. M. Fletcher, Mrs.

Eva Rose, Mrs. Roy Cooper, Mrs. Clifford Tyner, Mrs. Roy McKelvie. Mrs.

John Comstock. Mrs. C. M. Gibbs and Mrs.

Nathan Wheeler. Loper Speaks Here F. Loper, principal of the Shelbyville high school, was the speaker at the noonday luncheon of the Kiwanis club Friday. Mr. Loper was the guest of E.

O. Higgins. principal of the Greenfield high school. Principal Loper discussed conditions as they exist today between parents and children. Inconsistency, Loper declared was the rule and not the exception today.

"You who have children should remember that everything you do is seen and imitated and everything you say in your family and around the family table registers through pairs of small ears of youngsters." I. H. Day Selected At the annual meeting of the Hancock County National Farm Loan Association the following directors were elected: Roscoe Pentland. Calvin Brooks, Frank S. Cliff, Forest Souder and Rolla A.

Sims. These directors elected Mr. Pentland president and Mr. Brooks, vice-president. They also elected I.

II. Day as secretary. Marshall Winslow has been the secretary for several years and since his election as county clerk he resigned and Mr. Day was selected. The association has enjoyed a good year of business during 193o.

Souder Goes to Chicago for Convention John S. Souder will represent the Greenfield Packing company at the National Canners' convention which will open at the Stevens hotel. Chicago, Monday. The convention will be in session the greater part of the week. The local canning company will contract for tomatoes beginning February 1.

Flag at Half Mast For the second time this year the flag at the high school building was lowered to half mast. The flag was lowered in respect to the memory of Maurice Cuzzort, freshman, who died Thursday, January 8. Last October similar respect was given to Freeman Hutchison. Hancock county's apportionment of the state school funds is $7,644.99. Better Buy Auto Licenses, Says PaVker Clinton Parker, manager of the local automobile license bureau, is issuing another warnimr to motorists that they had better speed up in buying license plates or someone will be without tags at the end of the month.

The sale of tags is going too slow, Mr. Parker said Thursday morning when a check-up on the plates already sold revealed that only nine hundred passenger licenses had been issued during the first fifteen days of the month. Approximately truck licenses have been issued during the same period. The local bureau was issued dates. Of course several hundred tags were sent in the original shipment to take care of automobile owners who purchased cars later in the season but at that there will be something like 2.

(ton motorists in the county who will have to secure the new tags. In a last warning Mr. Parker is urging the public- to purchase their license plates immediately, thus avoiding a last minute rush. Burglars Take Flour Burglars who entered the feed and store room of the Maxwell elevator Sunday night were evidently bent on replenishing their flour supply as four barrels of that commodity were missing the next morning. A quantity of feed and seeds was not disturbed.

Entrance to the feed room was gained by prying the lock. Footprints in the snow indicated that the flour was carried to a loading platform where it was loaded into an automobile. The robbery was discovered by Cooper, an employee at the elevator, when he opened the building Monday morning. Sheriff Stottlemyer was called but the snow which fell during the night erased practically all clues. Two Ask Divorce Two Greenfield residents filed suit during the past week for divorce.

The first suit was filed by Cleo Kimmick against Bert Kimmick. Cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide are the grounds on which Mrs. Kimmick seeks to obtain a divorce and the custody of their two children, Alberta, 14. and Elizabeth, 12. Mrs.

Kimmick alleges that her husband has threatened her with deatk. The second divorce action was filed by George O. Scott against Mrs. Olive Scott. They were married October 5, 1920, and separated January 7, 1931.

tYuel treatment is alleged by the plaintiff. Eden Woman Dies Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy .1. Moore, a pioneer settler of Hancock county, whose span of life of ninety-two years evceeds that of most people, were held Saturday afternoon with Rev. Briggs officiating.

Burial was made in the Eden cemetery. Mrs. Moore's death occurred at her home near Eden Thursday morning. She is survived by one daughter. Mrs.

Nora Frank and one son. Marion Moore. Practically the entire life of the deceased was spent in the Eden com-munit v. Mrs. Barnard Dead Mrs.

Maude Barnard, formerly a resident of this city, died at her home in Muncie after several weeks of illness. She is the wife of Charles Barnard and was the daughter of Robert Murphy, of this city. Rev. Charles A. Mitchell has been appointed reading clerk in the Indiana House of Representatives.

He is a good Democrat and will make an excellent official for that body. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis DeaKyne were recent visitors in Lafayette. W.

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