Troy Call (Newspaper) - March 22, 1918, Troy, Illinois V other how big or gives you much news of Troy and vicinity as The this If no you should THE TRDY CALL Independent in All Things and Devoted to the Advancement of Home date opposite your name on the margin or wrapper of The Call indicates the time to which your subscription Is Look at it MARCH EIGHT PAGES JOSEPH BELLM FILES CROSS IN ill Highland Farmer Denies Made by His Josehp a well known farm er residing southeast of Highland who WBS sued several weeks ago by his wife for has filed a cross in the circuit this he ex to secure a dismissal of the case and the reconveyance to him of a farm of 160 In her petition for Bellm charged her husband with cruel ty and declared she was forced to flee from her She claimed her hus band was worth and hadjan in come of The couple were married in 1892 and have four Referring to the cross filed by the Edwardsville Intel says In his Bellm denies most of of his He de clares he was not cruel that she was not forced from her nome that he is not worth the amount given in and he income is He says that during 1916 he trans ferred a farm of 160 acres to Bellm to satisfy her desire and he also gave her a note for due pn He had been in poses eion or the farm for a number of buying it for Bellm had left accord ing to the and he gave her the farm In consideration of and an agreement that would return In crossbill he requests the temporary injunction be dis sM that Bellm be re the jarri after comply with the agreement says he paid the taxes and kept up the farm and that his wife collected the The note of 500 was given for a loan he had an inheritance of and de clares It had partly been collected will be apportioned as fol lows State County Town Road and Bridge Corporation Rock Township High School School Dog The amounts to be divided among the various school districts of the township are as follows District 41 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF REG ULAR MARCH EVENTS IN BOTH PAST AND District District District District 63 District 64 District District 66 District 67 District 84 7801 MORE MEN CALLED Another Quota to Go to the Training Camps on March TAX COLLECTIONS FINISHED How Total Amounted Contributed by Township will be George tax collector for Jarvis has completed his work and made his Wed to County Treasurer Little at Gerstenecker made a fine considering and the amount charged to him was the largest ever charged to a collector in this The total amount charged for col less was arid of this amount was col was and the collectors commission amounted to The receipt of the collector shows the total amount Announcement has been made by the War Department that on March another quota of men will be called to the This will complete the first call for All districts will be required to send their quota of men and the amount from eash is expected to be Those districts which have previously sent more than their quota may not be required to send any at It has also been given out that reg men who in the planting or cultivation of farm crops will not be sent to the training camps ths There are plenty of oth er men to fill up the ranks and the farm boys will not be called until next Uncle Sam is playing safety first in this war business and does not propose to a failure it he The official report is that after the first call of men is the next call will be for men who will be fed into the camps gradually within the next This is than was included in the first Just as fast as the men in the camps are ready for service and can be sent the others will be sent to the Schedule and Bills and Routine i March The board of education met in reg ular session on the above date with President Dawson in the chair and Member Watts the only Formal opening was had and the minutes of the previous regular meet ing were read and The finance committee reported fa on and bills as fol lows Prof principal 00 Mamie teacher 60 50 Miss Elsie teacher 5775 Miss Grace 5500 Miss Margie 5500 Miss Maude teacher 55 00 Miss Bernice 5500 Adda teacher 6325 janitor 66 00 truant officer 15 00 Miss librarian 4 00 The Comings and Goings of Visitors Duly Wilbur George infant son of and Fred was christened Sunday by pastor of the German Evangelical The sponsors on the were George and Charles Blumberg and George Fred 36 00 21 40 Herman 12 50 Desmond heater 10 58 Jacob hauling 3 00 August hauling 1 65 Southern Illinois Light and Power lights 75 the little son of and Theodore entertained a num ber of his little friends last Saturday afternoon at a Games were in in refreshments were served and all had a jolly COUNCIL DEFENSE OFFICERS Committees Are Also Named to Carry on the Work Moved by seconded by Snod that fhe report of the finance committee be accepted and the sever al claims paid as recommended roll call all voting The school report of Principal An derson for the past month was sub mitted and read as follows Number of males number males 104 total number of pupils 238 grand total days 3698 average daily at 205 cases of 39 corporal 3 total number on honor Moved by seconded by that the report of the prin cipal be accepted motion On motion the meeting TOWN CHARACTERS At a meeting of the local Council of held Tuesday at Pauls the following ers were elected president vice president sec Standing committees were also ap The members of these com will meet at the Commercial Club rooms next Monday evening at oclock for the purpose of organ and it is important that all be Following are the commit tees An Thomas Robert May and Snod Henry Wilhelm and Soldiers Ed James Fred and George John Feld meter and John NAME TOWNSHIP CANDIDATES Democrats and Republicans Pri maries Last Personal Preston with relatives at August is visiting with relatives in the Blackjack com Arthur Kurth and Max Brendel Sun dayed with relatives and friends at Sam Allen spent several days this week with his Harry Mary Evans is making a visit with her son Evans and wife at and Wilbur Edwards spent Monday with the latters relatives near Misses Louise and Nor ma Stolte were Edwardsville visitors on Saturday of Oliver was a guest of and May several of was the guest of and Gisbert Fries last of spent several days this week with relatives and friends in Irwin Kuntzmann was here from Louis several days this week visiting with relatives and and George of visited with and Wild and family Moore and children are here from Johnson City for a visit with Enly Tilly and Peter Junkersfeld and Henry of are visiting with and John Miss Pearl Hoenig was home from Andrew of Lockwood are here for a visit with and and Emil Wasem and Miss Anna of were enter Sunday at the home of and Albert Collins and Albert Riggin and daughter Miss were up from Collinsville Sunday visiting with relatives and Edwin Figge and of were Sunday guests of the formers and Louis Joseph of Gol were recent guests of the latters Katherine Voelk and other and Wesley Sondles and and Miss Edith Pres ton East Louis Sunday and visited with and Fred Lyons were down from Shipman Sunday and spent the day with the latters parents and Henry Miss Emma Diepholz has returned to after a sojourn of three months here with her and Misses Bernice Sarah Wil Norma Ida Watts and Leola Leitz and Charles Watts were Louis visitors on Saturday and Silas and of spent Sunday here with the formers par and Silas and Lawrence Snodgrass and children and Isabelle Mize motored to Pocahontas Sunday and spent the COURTHOUSES COURTS AND RECORDS FROM COUNTY Circuit and Probate fers and Marriage Granite City Petit Petit jurors as follows have been drawn for service in the Granite City city court which convenes next Mon March 25th Edmund Gerhardt Ben and Peter Helvetia Cope and Jacob Jacob Henry Ahl Marine Zak Ed Brave and Olive Louis Eg Louis Charles Best and Jarvis Henry Blass and Eugene Sa Collinsville George Charles Charles Martin Heller and Edwardsville Roy Earles and Wilbur Wood river Louis Ed Mike Kraft and Lee Venice Frank Edward Adam Wachter and Harry Al ii day with and Will Wrigley and Misses Pearl and Leona Wrigley and Cora Dunham were up from Collinsville Sunday visit Ing with and and Joseph Alex of who is in the army and stationed at Fort Ogle visited with his Stephen and Jurors for Alton City The following jurors have been summoned for service in the Alton city beginning next 25th Albert Helve tia Fred New Douglas Paul Mal and Ernest Olive Fritz Saline Collinsville George Max John Mansfield and Hack Hugh Son of and Us folks Cant A He arid rierw Flying at Scott According to the OFallon at the Scott Aviation Field near there is expected to be resumed in a short Actual discontinued on account of the severe winter weather and the men have since devoted their entire time to the study of technical questions in that Planes and motors are at the field and every thing is being made ready for orders to again begin practical One of the new Liberty motors has been received and will be given a thorough Seventyfive ma chines will be the capacity of the field this The Democratic township voting pri held last Saturday to nominate candidates for officers to b3 elected April drew out a number of A total of 253 votes was 195 of which were by the men and 58 by the Inter est in the primary was centered in the nomination of and Auwarter defeated George Liebler for the Henry Dettmer was also nominated for town clerk without There were no candidates for the offices of justice of the peace or school Following is the vote for supervisor and town clerk Men women total 170 George women total Henry women total The Republicans of Jarvis township met in convention at Rieders opera house last Saturday afternoon and nominated tor township officers to be elected on April Morriss was chairman of the convention and Joseph sec A full ticket was all choices being by acclamation and without the nominees For Ira File for town May for George Morris for justice of the peace to fill Daw son for school John Thomas Millett and Lawrence Snodgrass were ap pointed as a to fill ies on the ticket should any enu But when he he He fy be Attorney or Augusta Cornet and family moved to Louis Tuesday and have taken up residence at 1924a Lami In that v V1 Jail Delivery Walter a prisoner in the county jail at was shot in the legs with a shot gun last Sun day evening by Deputy Sheriff Coons while in the act of escaping from the Williams condition is not Prisoners bars and there would have been a Coons got onto the scheme It was the third attempt since January to break jail at Louis Sunday visiting with her Hoenig and Jacob of Granite visited with her and Sebastian here this and Joseph Stephenson and children of visited with and Young this George a former resident now at was here Tues day calling on relatives and Elizabeth of spent several days here this week with her Sebastian Dudley and Dorothy Taylor and Ma bel and Joseph of Collins were recent guests of Troy rela Lester and son Morr ison and Miss Hannah Morgan spent several days with relatives in Raymond Deck and Mesdames Baglin and Patrick Moore were Monday visitors to Col Sarali Osborn is here from Alton for a visit with and Mrs Powell and and Miss lola of spent Sunday In Troy the guest of ahd Ward and and and Carl of were Sunday guests at the country home of and Henry and Allan Bell and Miss Margaret of were Sunday guests of Louisa Joseph and Miss Lillian Walker has returned to her home at OFallon after an extended visit here with her aunt and Richard Schmalz and accompanied by George Dressel and and Fred of were guests of OFallon rel atives last and George Ritcher and son and Frank of Al spent Saturday and Sunday here with and August Ritcher and Adda Miss Minnie Riggin and Riggin and Morriss and Misses Genevieve and Bessie Jarvis were among Lou is visitors Clemens Dippel of who is attending the Eden theological sem inary in spent Saturday and Sunday in the guest of his Dippel and and George ac companied by and Hillory Heck of Glen Carbon Crossing and Riley Giger of spent Sun day last with Itha Suter at and Frank Snodgrass and and Frangen and children and and Earl Young motored to Louis Sunday and were accompanied home by Elizabeth Frangen who spent several days with Troy John Earls and Bent river John Harris Foster George and Venice Pep Walter Day and Albert Goeh Alton Fred Weber and Ul Grand Jury for May Grand jurors for the May term of the Madison county circuit court have been named as follows Henry Helvetia Herman Saline Leef Hersey New Douglas Philip Jacob Marine Joseph Alfred Olive Walter Jarvis Henry Pin Oak Ben Hamel George Charles Collinsville Henry Edwardsville Paul Russell Henry Moro Henry Moro Gottlieb Chou teau Ralph Woodriver Har ry Fosterburg John Scar Venice John Alton AMONG CHURCH SOCIETY News and Other Notes of Miss Eunice Powell has to Louis after a stay of several weeks here with her arid Mary Kueker and daughter A class of nine boys and girls will be confirmed Sunday morning at the German Evangelical church by the The members of the class are Helen Anna Eva Ella Os car Lester John George Gaertner and Gustav Palm Sunday services will be con ducted at Johns German Evangel ical church Sunday morning by Martin the His subject for discourse will The Sixth Woi d of the Services will also be held in the morning of Good and the subject of the pastors sermon will be Joseph of The class of catechumens which will be confirmed at Pauls Lutheran church Sunday morning by the is composed of thirteen boys and six They are Meta Rosilda Meta Martha Alma Helen Albert Nie Norman Lester Frank March Term The March term of the Madison county circuit court was convened Monday morning witk Judge Louis Bernreuter Schmidt of Edwardsville was named as fore man of the jury and James as Three members of the jury were and Carl Buckley and Joseph Barnett were appointed to take their Henry Love of Hamel township to be excused on the ground that the putting in of his crops demanded his The request was granted by Judge Bernreuter and Fred Isen berg was appointed to take his were among last Saturdays visitors to Renfro of and and Elmer Hess and Ben Henry Belcher is reported seriously 111 at his Probate Louisa repprt executor Louisa dedi mus Ann deceased claim of seph Klingel for Henry deceased final re port set for hearing March Lawrence deceased final report set for hearing April August deceased issued to be Marie deceased final report approved and distribution Kate deceased final re port approved and administratrix Emmet deceased final re port approved and executrix dis Continued on
