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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
1
The First Presbyterian congregation, short of funds for a $70000 church, heard Waller Bennett pledge $20000 toward the project if five more donors add $20000 each by Wednesday noon. Bennett warned his gift would be withdrawn if not matched. The offer sparked strong excitement and urged others to join the effort.
In February the Patti A. Clay Infirmary treated 25 patients including seven surgical and 48 medical cases. Only one death occurred this year, that of Mr. Robert Tevis from double pneumonia on March 2 after admission on February 25. J A Barnett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos H Barnett, admitted February 22 with pneumonia, is convalescing alongside his newborn brother born March 9.
Rev. W. H. Hopper of Louisville campaign manager for the Presbyterian Progressive Program cites that out of 36 million southerners only 13 million belong to any church, Protestant or Catholic, leaving 23 million without church connection.
A Saturday sale offers Serv-Us corn flakes and rolled oats at 10 cents per package. Neff's Fish and Oyster House lists phone 431 on First Street with the number 705.
A public sale of property belonging to Jas. M. Pond near Round Hill will be held on Wednesday March 24 at 10 a m. Bargains for everybody.
Weather forecast notes a warm night with rising clouds and a likely chance of rain in the extreme west portion.
Transfer of 935 1 2 shares of Glyndon Hotel Company stock from Barnam Bennett and others to Thomas H. Collins and John W. Welch is announced. Real estate firm L P Evans handled the deal with no public disclosure of price. No change in management or plans while leased to C C Rhedus.
Eight couples filed for divorce in Circuit Clerk James W. Wagers office listing varied grounds. The cases include Willis versus Willis married 1911 with four children seeking custody, Tucker versus Tucker where defendant cannot be located, Gilbert versus Gilbert alleging cruel treatment, Fritz versus Fritz for abandonment, Stocker versus Stocker on statutory grounds, Jones versus Jones alleging infidelity, Mixon versus Mixon for separation five years plus, with spouses at different residences.
Rook wood coffee grades highlighted by D B Mc Kinney & Co at 706 as a beacon for improving morning meals. Multiple high quality varieties offer flavorful start to the day.
Helen Hamilton Gardner of Washington widow of Colonel S A Day was nominated by President Wilson to the Civil Service Commission. She replaces Charles Galloway and becomes the first woman named to the commission. Gardner, born in Winchester Virginia sixty two years ago, is an author of short stories and active in suffrage work.
Organized labor plans to defeat Republican Senator Cummins of Iowa, citing his anti strike railroad bill. Bill Sheppard, acting President of the Order of Railway Conductors, says Cummins spoke at a railroad wage conference. Cummins’ term ends next March.
Attorney David Hunter of Lexington was in Richmond seeking witnesses for the Thomason Welch murder case set for trial in Lexington on April 5. Thomason’s widow Mrs Thomason faces complicity charges. A Madison county witness is sought who allegedly advanced toward Welch with a knife after a whisky poisoning incident.
Roy Estridge and Jewel Wallace left for Detroit to fetch two Studebaker cars. Minnie and Maude Conn from the Richmond Normal spent the weekend with Mrs. I. C. Rucker. G. W. Treadway traveled to Cincinnati to buy goods. Tom Todd swapped mills with Mr. Parks and will install a flouring mill, seen as welcome news. Mrs. Wm. Estridge visited daughter Elizabeth Estridge in Columbia South Carolina.
A Presbyterian quiz asks for the five men or women who will cover the Bennett money. The item notes a call for volunteers and lists no further details.
Natcocoa Butter advertised at Neffs ish and Oyster House located on First Street. Phone 31 and address 646 are listed in the fragmentary notice.
Berlin remains an armed camp as the Ebert government resumes control. In Moabit 20 Spartacans were killed and 24 executed. In nearby Ruser region civil war continues with government troops facing the Communists. Leipsic quieted but unrest grows in Northern Germany.
Paris dispatch reports 8006 people killed since the German revolution began. Advices received March 13 indicate 850 killed in Berlin alone as the unrest spreads across Germany.
The Gold Fellows of the Eighth district meet with Madison Lodge No 14 at their hall on Main Street at 7 p m on April Tth. Grand Master W B Harris of Morganfield and Grand Secretary R G Elliott of Lexington will attend along with other prominent district Odd Fellows.
The Court of Appeals at Frankfort ruled that neither the husband’s administrator nor the wife’s administrator may sue the other for damages in a wrongful death case. The decision notes the husband is the beneficiary of the wife’s damages in absence of children, preventing the action.
A Madison Quarterly court jury awarded possession of a diamond cluster ring to Mrs. Alice Cunliffe widow of Jim Cunliffe. The ring had been held by Mrs. Bessie Cunliffe wife of Preston Cunliffe, a brother of the deceased. The ring, valued at $75 to $100, was said to have been bought for $20 from a hobo to benefit Preston, with $5 repaid before Jim Cunliffe’s death. The widow testified on his deathbed he urged her to keep the ring for their son.
Commissioner of Agriculture W C Hanna writes to sheriffs to enforce the Day law and license all dogs, warning unlicensed animals may be killed on sight. Madison county reports fewer licensed dogs than last year as deputies impound untagged canines and threaten heavy fines for owners.
In Georgetown the health officer ordered eight negroes with smallpox kept in isolation within the county jail after breaking quarantine. Georgetown lacks a pest house to house contagions.
Cincinnati hogs steady heavy and slow Chicago steady ten cents lower cattle steady slow calves one dollar lower Louisville March 22 cattle two hundred higher at 13.25 hogs twenty six hundred active tops 16 sheep steady with 7 decline lambs 16.
Mrs Samuel J Shackelford state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution died in Hot Springs Arkansas aged Kentucky club leader and wife of a leading state politician She nursed her younger daughter Susanne through influenza and both left for Hot Springs a week earlier to recuperate
Fred M. Davison of the Maii son Electric and Plumbing Company reports from Dayton Ohio where he attended the Delco Light convention March 18 to 20. He toured the Delco Light factory and heard talks on rural electrical expansion and new products. An electrical exposition and banquet featured speeches and motion pictures. Davison believes electricity will greatly aid farmers, saving time and labor and increasing comfort and enjoyment. Also attending were W. S. Smathers and W. D. Walker.
Col G B Swinebroad known as the sale wizard sold William C Anderson 400 acres on the Perryville and Blue Grass pike in Boyle county. Buyers were Bradshaw Bros and Saunders Bros of Garrard. Sale price 320 dollars per acre.
About 11 000 dollars has been subscribed by farmers along the Lancaster pike and others who favor extending the Federal Highway from the Garrard line at Paint Lick to Richmond. This is less than half of the 27 000 needed, prompting renewed fundraising efforts. Major farmers along the route pledge to double their earlier subscriptions, while local residents expect Madison to support the bond issue as Garrard and Boyle counties already show strong tax support.
Rear Admiral William Benson told Rear Admiral Sims not to let the British pull the wool over your eyes and that we would as soon fight them as Germans. Sims testified before the Senate committee investigating the Navy’s war conduct. He said the remark was spoken before his trip to England on the eve of U.S. entry. The statement was not formal instruction and was recounted days later and again six months hence in London. Sims noted Benson’s strong anti British sentiment but named him only after pressure from the chair.
The Ohio river at Louisville is 3.8 feet above the flood crest and rising about a foot tonight as far as Fern Bank. Falls noted from Cincinnati to Maysville with worst conditions in Cloverport and Evansville where tributaries deliver heavy flows. Several houses marooned in low lands.
Messrs. Coleman and Harvey Neff traveled to Lawrenceburg to attend the funeral of their uncle S. T. Laines who died in Elk Hart Indiana. He was 60, survived by wife and daughter, born in Anderson county and longtime Indiana resident, a prominent Christian Scientist.
A vivid exhortation urges Presbyterians to act quickly and not delay, promising a rare chance they may not encounter again. The message emphasizes urgency and decisive action.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Republican Baptist church will hold a food sale in Robert White's window on Saturday March 27 to sell Sunday dinners. Proceeds support church work.
An old advertisement promotes Potts Gold Dust Flour claiming it makes better bread and invites readers to try it and be convinced. The phrasing urges readers to ask for the product.
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