The Daily Reporter from Greenfield, Indiana • Page 1

GEEEMFEELD DAILY REPORTE VOLUME XXXIII. No. 36 GREENFIELD. INDIANA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1921 PRICE TWO CENT Mr.

ami E. Tyner entertain. PROGRAM AT THE CIRCLE THEATRE AROUND THE HOME FIRESIDE NEW BRIDGES THIS COUNTY POWER PLANT AT FRANKFORT GOOD SHOWING IN THE SCHOOLS oil the members of Mrs. Tyners family Monday at a dinner. Those who were able to be there were Charles Ellis and (laughters, of Reed City.

Michigan. Noble Ellis, of Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. V.

II. Moore, of A Christmas week program of the greatest merit has been itrovided r.ir Patrons of the Circle Theatre, lnd jlianapolis, and it is a program that Much i will nlentce i State Highway Commission Announces Causes Citizens and Officials Christmas Dinners and Exchange of Presents in Homes Throughout the Community. Worry and Heroic Steps are Taken as Remedy. Pupils Have Been Faithful in Attendance at Every Place in Hancock County. Road East.

(HLiUll, rc ijr ahead of any other effort of the kin 1 the management has attempted. The feature picture is Jackie C. Crider and family of Route 3. entertained at a Christmas dinner Jesse Hinkle and family, of Spioeland. Mark Conner and family.

Mrs. M. IJ. Hayhurst. all of Indianapolis.

Ches-tetn Griffith, wife and daughter, Ei leen. Rev. Josepha Gilesy and wife, Mrs. Lou Woods, all of this city, and Thomas Woods, of Straughn. According to announcement today by Lawrence Lyons, director of the state highway commission, all bridge projects on the National road between Christmas has always been the time of many happy family featherings in this community, when there was the big dinner and the exchange of presents.

Among the many were the jCoogan in "My Hoy" a better film! Greenfield people are interested in than -The KM" in which Jackie an 1 the municipal affairs of the county Charlie Chaplin divided hon I seats of nearby counties and the fol i ors. The second feature film on the lowing by W. H. Hlodgett in The Ind. I bill Buster Keaton in -'The Boat." ianapolis News is a story of the coil-j This combination is the greatest dition at Frankfort: "'urit Superintendent Koudebui-h has just the attendance rec ord for cnun'y schorls for the im.ntii of November riri( ha-- totaled tl.e pen elltape of attendance for the the Marion county corporation line and the west corporate line of Wayne county will be ready for vehicular traffic by January 6.

r-v uicui.i ill Ml ll ii in st tfire months in thi county an The Frankfort Chamber of Commerce has taken hold of a situation I i ne last month, however drop Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith enier-tainend at Christmas dinner Miss Cora Earl Gardner and family spent Christmas with John Gardner R. 5).

flashed in one week, lint because tin's is Christmas week the Circle management is proving it is grateful to its ped slightly below September There are thirteen bridge projects in that city that was revealed by an Smith, of Pendleton; Miss Hazel Smith ixiorier with .1 v.iv in this stretch of approximately sev- I investigation by examiners 1 of the iMuuiiiiKe oy auumg otner lea. i -j-j total enrolhii'nf ()f the schoe'K state board of accounts recenily. The iuie. i nese consist a of h. V- i Mrs.

J. H. Rrooks and family spent Christmas with Jacob Hmilton and family. jji inner was was nnancial condition ot the city is such spectacle called "Santa Claus' I. 1 i i enty miles, the total cost of which is about $125,000.

The largest bridge on the route is the two-arch concrete structure across Blue River at th attendance ami the average daily of St. John's Hospital. Anderson; Miss Mabel Smith, of Greenfield; Mr. and Mrs. IJoyd Scott and daughters, Mary Rose and Betty Jean, of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Kemerly, of New Castle, and Mr. and Mrs. William Ro-zell. of Wilkinson.

ini i uniess a pian or tne i -nam her ot for the kiddies. Commerce, probably the tirst of its i Theo Hewes dncers. kind in tiie state, can be carried out. Spencer's chorus of fittv and a nd voice Arnold Blue River township or edge of Knightstow n. opened to traf- Mr.

and Mrs. C. V. Standish spent Christmas at Cable. Ohio, with their parents.

i attendance for November with tic September 1. This bridge cost there is danger of some of the i in- ($65,000 and the city of Knightstown dustries being moved from Frankfort i paid for ornamental lights installed and the crippling of all of them.i on it. Eleven of the bridge projects i Practically all the Frankfort factories Mr. and Mrs. J.

R. Grandison entertained at Christmas dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles T.

Burr, of Iebanon. Mr. Victor Smith is spending his vacation with relatives at Wilkinson and New Castle. Mr. and Mrs.

Berlin Thomas, ert Brooks, Zamona Gouch. Sam Gap. pen and Veda Valentine attended tlo theatre in Indianapolis Sunday even, ing. pen ot Wlt, piMUdy wir.c second with Buck Creek third, iwi'h fiVH: ami Vernon w-tr, Center Brown township." were the bottom of Jit 1 96.92 and 96.74 respectively Among the coun'y high Comfort and ad unr 99 09 and respectively, both -nr the, perfect mark, Mt. Comfort hnvinc and Mrs.

W. E. Custer and son. of Christ- Kokomo. Mr.

and Mrs. A II. Pauley on this road were built in 1921. Mr. including the big shops of the Clover I cms says.

Leaf Railroad, are dependent on the In preparation of the completion of municipal plant for light and power, the National road across Indiana the This plant was originally built for highway departments found it neces- lighting purposes only, but changes Miss Edna Caldwell spent and son. of Crawfordsville. Mr. and mas with her sister, Mrs. Fred Duzan at Lawrence.

Mrs. R. K. Harrell. son and were made so that it could provide Club Calendar south of this city.

Mr. and Mrs. Will ry to rePlac? au old wooden bridge Grandison and daughters of New Cas-! Symond's Creek, one mile west tie. Mr. and Mrs.

Scott c.ran.Tisnn Dublin, which is closely linked power as well as light for the fac- I tories. For years this plant has ben Hustlers Class Social. Mr. and Mrs. Eli A.

Parish spent Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mason at Indianapolis.

no tardies nnlv we daring the month. The Cleveland school tauuht Mim- with the pioneer history of our com- deteriorating unitl it has reached The Hustlers Class of Western monwealth. This structure was built i condition that will VPflllirp tv. I (IflUV KVirwli flmrph will 1 ii "iii nun Elizabeth and Ernest Addison Thun day night. All ho attend tiiis clas sons and daughters of Cadiz.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Grandison, of Indianapolis, John Grandison. of Purdue University. Mr.

and Mrs. Bruce Grandison. The afternoon was spent by exchanging presents and a social time. in 1S34 by the Federal government then engaged in building the National road. Original plans called for a Mayar-elect Frank Larrabe and wife had for guests Christmas II.

M. Lantz and family, of New Palestine. Julia McClarnon le.ols j.gain thif month with a perfect record of no afc- settees and lid tardiness, Philadbpliia. a twoteach'-r 1. reports the poorest attendance of the Jcounty with tit'tv-tjve absences, ard are urged to be present.

penditure of money either for improvements or the building of an en. tiro new plant. City's Affairs Investigated. E. C.

McMurty, mayor of the city, the chamber of commerce and many i owire unuge um nnai estimates p. peared prohibitive in cost and plans were changed to stone abutments and Western Grove Church Social. The Western Grove church social will be held Wednesday evening at Donald Jackson, of Indianapolis, spent Christmas with his parents. O. M.

Jackson and wife. eivhtetn tardies. I tie following schools had no the home ot Jesse Rule on Lone Oak I th). I i Mr. and Mrs.

Hob T. Wilson entertained the following guests at Christmas dinner, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.

Van. denbark. Mrs. A. J.

Walker, Mrs. Mc-Cray, of Wilkinson; Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna and son Earl of Shirlev; Vt. wooden structure.

The stone v.as of the citizens favored the building hauled in ox teams from quarries at of a new In order to ascertain Bedford, if necessitating three months the financial condition of the city. G. for a team to make a round trip, ac Ray King and D. W. Hoover, field ex.

cording to records in the public lib aminers of the state board of accounts i'ie Shirley. Warrington. Ilit'h l' tt tx i it Mr. and Mrs. W.

H. Right and daugh ters. of Indianapolis, spent Christmas with Mrs. Sue Staniev. Schools: Jt.

Comfort. harm. All the vicinity ot church are invited to attend. Ladies Home Reading. it i Wilkinson, Mr.

and Mrs. William Wilson and sons at KlthmonJ- General John C. made au investigation of the city's af sc hool. Mohaks. One.

teacher hool. i Charles, Earl and Freeman of near MlIroy superintendent of the eastern fairs. Their report was tiled July IS I he Ladies' Home Reading Club Julia McClarnon Etlu 1 Jordon. Gladvf Willow Branch; Mr. and Mrs.

John i of the Cumberland road. di 1921, and while charges were made Gerald Rigdon and Iril McDaniel, of Lebanon spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. G. C.

Rigdon. Florence will meet Thursday afternoon v.itn Mrs. Robert Brooks, corner of Spring Knoop. O. W.

Floyd Kiihn. Vandenbark and son Paul Franklin building this historic structure, in the report against MayorMeMurty. -Marv Bro( Warm in. i and daughter Mary Frances; Mr. and OI new Bridges to be opened his friends believe that Douglas strpMs I Mrs.

Moses Vandenbark and sons. Cas- 6- are Hancock county and what he may have done was in an and Mrs. Oliver Hill spent Christmas in Indianapolis with her mother. Mrs. Sarah Fodrea.

sius, Joseph and Charles of Nameless! 1,1 llenl-v county. In rrdr all honest effort to keep the plants run. Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Wilson and brfdes lp ready for traffic on this date ning during an emergency and thus daughter Pheoba Eleanor.

Joe Land-j lne nigawa' department resorted to prevent many hundreds of men being a. unique mettuM to lay a concrete thrown out of employment. The most floor in a steel bridge acros Flatrock serious charge in the report is that I PENNSYLVANIA MORE THAN 100 PRECAUTIONS! BASKETS FOOD Ray Eastes and family, of Newcastle, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. James Bunch, West Main street.

river near Lewisville Large tarpaul- the Frankfort Ice and Coal Company, i weir. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Burk. Pauline Troy and son.

Eugene. Lucinda Wilson and Sylvester Burk. of Greefleld. After the dinner hour an exchange of presents for both young and old was ins were swung from top to bottom of of which Mayor McMurtv president i the bridge, and fires kept burning day and general manager, sold the city a Mr. and Mrs.

Clarence H. Jones spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Knight.

213 West South St. and night in salamanders beneath the large amount of coal and that four of I enjoyed by all. At the parting hour -i A the cars were billed to the cirv at i To Better Safeguard Mails at Station Platforms on the System in Transit. Were Distributed at the Munic'pvil Christmas Tree and Program Saturday Evening. weight in excess of the weight shown all were invited to spend Christmas to Prevent the green con.

next year at the home of Mr. and crete from freezing and assuring the Mrs. John Hanna. of Shirley. I Proper temperature until the concrete properly set.

on the freight waybills. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wachstetter, of Indianapolis, were guests Christmas of former judge R. L.

Mason and wife. Director Lyons says the highway There was a happy family gat bet ing The report shows that January. February and March, 1921. the fort Ice and Coal Company sold the i to operate with the Post citv S6.109.S2 worth of coal and that Ofn0 Department in the. prevention of Christmas eve at the home of Mr.

and I soon after the f. Over otic. hundred of foco. ami a room full of clothing a as the year will receive roposals to close remaining gaps in the National r.iad. Mr.

and Mrs. George Justus entertained at six o'clock dinner in honor of Mrs. Justus' mother. luring the years 1919. 1920 and 1921 1 of mail depredations, additional pr- summary ol tiie Christmas Oreentn-el evei hi.ij.c tho Frankfort Tee an.l Coal Comnanv 1 in ue laKen uy tne rennsyj.

etiort in 'effort ill sold to the citv of F-a ia Railroad Company in hand-i known I vunia Railroad Company in hand-i known Mrs. L. L. Jeffries on the corner of North and State street. The occasion was a delightful one when all the children, grand children, parents and grandparents gathered to exchange their numerous gifts, good wishes and words of cheer.

Their Christmas festivities was completed Christmas dav to the Associated Charities. ling of mail on trains and at stations Trustee Temple, ami otic whose and platforms throughout the System, i interests kei tiiem informed on such valued at $19,281.51. Explanations of McMurty Carl Harvey and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Glassley spent Christmas with J.

W. Harvey and family, of Ir vington. In explanation of this, Mayor Me-! this connection the following hi. WAR TAX LIFTED ON EXPRESS things, as being needy, had a file dinner Christmas day. For the tirst at- struct ions have been issued to the Murty said that it was almost im- possible to get coal because of the vice-president in charge of each of I tempt of this sort the effort was sue.

the four operating regions of the when all went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jeffries, of Route 1, for a turkey feast, which was a feast for various emergencies and that he obtained coal wherever it was possible I Pennyslvania Svstem. i Thomas L. Huey and wife.

Walter A. Huey and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Mararia Huey, of Fortville. sure and enjoyed by the following Local Agent Announced the Reduction i to do so that while the coal was billed guests: Mr. and Mrs.

L. L. Jeffries to the company of which he is presi- of the Five Percent. Tax on i dent and general manager, neither he Shipments. nor the company made any profit; that his whole purpose was to keep the The public will save approximately municipal plant running so that the It is advisable that iustruction be renewed and enforced regarding tiie protection of the U.

Mails while in ihe custody of raiload employes, and that activ? cooperation le eloped with Post' office's and employes to prevent th? possibility of Jcoiedations. ostal in charge of mail cars have bee i instructed bv cestui in every way, people responding with a generosity far beyond the. expectations of those in charge. The program at the tree Saturday night was also a successful and popular one meeting with the expressed approval of all who witnessed and heard it. Those who had the exer cises and preparations for the whole thing in charge stated that they felt that they could not thank he people and the various helpers and aids enough for their support, those who gave food, clothes and money and the Mr.

and Mrs. J. C. Mack and daughter Isabel, of Indianapolis spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.

J. N. Wfngfield. a month as a result of the I factories dependent on the plant for and daughter Minnie, Mr. and Mrs.

Nolan Duncan and son Lr.wrence, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jeffries and daughter May, and son James, Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Gates an daughter Mildred and son Cleo, Mr.

and Mrs. Noble Coffey and daughter Edith, and son Richard. After the dinner w-as served the afternoon and evening was spent socially in conversation and with music. light and power might not be closed down. His company, Mr.

McMurty elimination of the war tax on express shipment, according to George C. Tay said, provided coal to the city, hut not lor, president of the American Rail Arthur Warrum, Mr. and Mrs. Warrum and Perry Warrum and family enjoyed Chistmas with Mr. and Mrs.

John Warrum. profit. In explanation of the the5r -reriors to a'-v-s-. ma at for charge that four of the cars were wbat and fr bdl P'irpoi-eo the over weight. Mr.

McMurty explained Inroad Company's employes are pet -that the difference in the weights was tc onter mail c.i-e. It will be CHECKED THE TRUSTEE wTay Express an announcement to this effect was made today by James B. Clark, the local express agent. The tax of 5 per cent, which has been in force, collected in the year 1920, $17,502,918. This will mean quite a reduction shipping rates when Mr.

and Mrs. James McBride, of Shelbyville, James Mahan and wife, of New Castle, spent Christmas day with Lucian Heim and family. caused by depreciation in transit; advisable 'rr a Railroa i employ, not that the coal got one weight at the i in unif7" identify hiamself an.l mines; that when it was put on the 1 announce his business at the mail car Township Teachers Surprise Rufus Temple on Christmas Eve. organizations, singers, boy scouts and school children, all of whom did tbei: part in bringing a successful culmi. nation and spreading the true spirit of Christmas far and wide over community.

It is the expressed hope of who were particularly interested in. this lirst attempt that the community Christmas may become an established custom. cars it was wet and heavy and that I door before entering taken collectively and an addition, because of the lessening of the express when it was delivered was dried out Rufus Temple, trustee of Center township, wag given a most agreeable Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lowe enter, tained Sunday Mr.

and Mrs. J. K. P. and substantial surprise by the teach Martindale, of Route 8, William Lowe and some of it had lost while being transported to this city.

The over payments on coal, according to the report of the state board of accounts, ers of the township schools wThen they and Mr and Mrs. Beck Lowe. A reception will be given Wednesd. day evening at the Bradley M. E.

church to all who have been received into the church during the year and all who went forward during the recent meeting. AH are urged to be present at 7:30. all met the day before Christmas for company's labor necessitates the taking care of the tax, may help to reduce the actual shipping charge. Mr. Clark said that as the Revenue Act taking off the tax becomes effective, January 1, 1922 the tax on all shipments forwarded "prepaid" on or the annual exchnge of little remem amounted to $1,311.54.

Says Neither Benefited. It was also shown that the city had George Justus will take treatments for rheumatism at Mt. Jackson. brances. Mr.

Temple was completely "taken Mr. and Mrs. Vint Cooney, Oakley-Jack nd wife and son, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Johnson and family took dinner Christmas with.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cooney. off his feet" when tine teachers presented him with a check for thirty-five before December 31st, will be collect ed. On shipments forwarded "collect" and arriving on or after January 1st, the tax will not be assessed.

a contract with the Clinton Coal company for $2.10 a ton and that although the Clinton company provided the coal for the city the Hoosier White Ash Coal of Frankfort, received dollars and with their best wishes for him and Mrs. Temple. THE WHITE CIRCLE TUESDAY This is one of the good ones with a selected cast among whom is WESLEY BARRY. Miss Mary Eleanor Johnson is Mr. and Mrs.

James Deer, of East North street, had their annual Christmas supper. After the supper presents were exchanged after which a social time was spent. DEATH OF ISHAM FRY $6.50 a ton from the city. Mr. McMurty said that neither he nor his com.

pany benefitted from this transaction. spending a few days at Gwynneville with her aunt. Noah H. Fry was called to Rush county Monday on account of the Mr. McMurty's explanation is that a great emergency existed at that time and that the Clinton Coal Company had a large number of contracts and that in order to get the coal from the JOURNEY'S EIMD WEDNESDAY Listed as one of the big pictures for 1921 by the National Board of Review.

It has no sub-titles. A good comedy with eaeh of them. WHY NOT. The Weather Fair tonight. Colder.

Wednesday increasing; cloudiness and rising Paul Boyd and family entertained Sunday at a Christmas dinner, Mrs. J. R. Morgan, Miss Kathryn Winn, R. O.

Leamon and wife, all of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walker. death of his father, Isham Pry. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon in Rush county at Center church.

He is survived by one daughter and two sons. (Continued on Page Three).