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HE LEBANON PIONEER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1923Reports From OverCounty Vary as To ' Crop Frost DamageREUNIONSKincaid Reun:cn.The Kincaids held their fourth reunion at the home of George Kiucaic. SVz miles no:th cf Ad\ance, Sunday, September 16.Aout 130 were present to enjoy the day and dinner. After the noon hour a short business session was held. Officers ^or next year are: President, George Kincaid; vice-pres.'dent, William Kincaid; secretary-treasurer, E. K. Proffitt. Talks were given by Janies Thompson and Rev. Geeding.The next meeting will be held at the home of Nobl Pierce, one half mileBoone county was visited by its first heavy frost of the season last Thursday night. Diverse reports come in fmra over the county as to the seriousness done to crops. The principal damage was to late and lowland corn and garden crops.While some of the com was ready for a light frost to check growth and hasten ripening, some needed two or three weeks yet to put it out of danger. A number of farmers say their late corn is considerably damaged.north of Dover.Those present were William DeBard and family, K. R. Proffitt and family*, George Proffitt and family, George Kincaid and sou, Harry James and family, William Kincaid and family, James Smith and family, J. W. Kincaid and family, W. S. Lesley and wife, Rev. C. Keeling and family, Ernest Smith and famijy, Virgil Smith and family, Amos Moudt and family, Henry Stiles, Orin McClaine and Ezra McClain. Those from a distance were James Kincaid and wife, Harry Kincaid and family, of near Philadelphia, Pa.; William Hopkins and family, William Wells and wife, of Indianapolis; Henry Kincaid, cf Gosport; Richard Davis and family, William Airhart and wife, Hiram Davis and Mary McDaniel, of Crawfordsville; William Rice and wife, of Lebanon; C. S. Owens and wife, Walter Beck and wife, Jess Hubble and family, George Stamper and family, Annie Kincaid, of Jamestown; William Davis, Charles Kincaid, M. E. Graves and wife, Mrs. Pearl Davis and children, Margaret and Paul Fansler, Gertrude Brown and Lily B. Davis, of Ladoga; Cleo Kincaid and family, ^Archie Pierce and wife, of Milledge-ville; Lafayette Lucas and family, of Mechaniesburg; David Beck and wife, Fred Owens and wife. Noble Pierce and lamily, of near Thorntown; James Thompson and wife, of Georgetown, kill.; Jacob Thompson, of Danville, 111.; A. F. Foust and wife, O. Foust and wife.Others report that while they Jhaie an abundFnce of soft corn, which is susceptible to frost damage, the temperature Thursday night was not low enough to make the frost seriously destructive. There is no doubt that while the early corn was beuefited the late corn Was in* several places affected.Reports were received of damage done to tomatoe plants and melon and i pumpkin vines, particularly in low places. By Friday noon most, of the cucumber vines were blackened and withered. The pickle crop in the county is seriously curtailed and the pric£ has jumped several cents per hundred.In the northern part of the state the damage will run into several thousand dollars, it is said. Farmers and gardeners are taking drastic measures to protect the crops from the killing proclivities of another frost.$37300 ESTATE.Mrs. Mattie E. Wiley Will Administer Estate of Joseph N. Wiley.The court has issued letters of administration on the setate of the late Joseph N. Wiley, who died September 9 of this .year, without leaving a will, to the widow, Mrs. Mattie E. Wiley. Bond in the sum of $4,000 was approved, with Claude G. Wiley surety.The estimated value of the real estate is $33,800, and personal property of the probable value of $2,000.Surviving heirs are Mattie E. Wiley,
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Lebanon Pioneer
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 20, 1923
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