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Williamsport Review Republican (Newspaper) - September 22, 1921, Williamsport, Indiana - r in who a a eat ounts july 16 20 new series vol. 7, Oslo. Of Williamsport Indiana thursday september 22,1921 1. Vav. Gripe owner and publisher. Warrek c0$show a Rig one Fine live Stock and Large crowds Are crowning rewards of the untiring efforts made by the live committees. Herefords. And Daug liter Grade draft the boys m girls Glt i exhibits were very interesting and proves the future Fari Viers of our county will be in the Foremost rank of modern agriculturists the Warren county fair opened tuesday at Elm Grove farm 3 Miles North of Williamsport under most auspicious prospects. Even the weather department favored the management As the Down pour of rain monday angered ill for the fan but on tuesday All was Bright and fair. The officers and directors of this Enterprise Are too modest even to do Lignante it As a county fair but merely Call it a live Stock and club work demonstration. Its More than that its a real county fair right out in the country. The spacious barns Sheds pens and the Beautiful Grove where this magnificent farm Home is situated Are All utilized by the promoters for holding this splendid exhibit. It must be born in mind that everything exhibited Bere was produced in Warren county. The management is not narrow or provincial in holding strictly to this requirement for there is ainu la Opportunity for ambitious breeders to compete in a larger Field at the state fair and at other shows and this is considered As a better Means of stimulating real Community spirit by having Only those Farmers and breeders in the Home county competing the management is to be congratulated in making this in fact what it is in name an exhibit of farm products. Tuesday while the boys were judging hogs a throng of Farmers with their wives and sons and daughters were surrounding the pens watching the judging congest of spending their time and Money at Side shows and gambling devices. In the Large barn where the boys and girls club work was on exhibit were crowds and crowds All the time studying the display. The splendid exhibit in the horse barn was also Well attended. But it must not be inferred that this is merely an old people s affair for there Are ample attractions for the kiddies and the Youing people. The announcement that the first two rides on the merry go round would be free was sufficient to draw the crowd. When our reporter left the grounds at four o clock there was just barely enough steam in the boiler to toot the whistle but the kiddies were sitting tight for that free ride and there were three or four times As Many waiting for the second trip. There is an ample Supply of refreshment stands where Liot Hamberger red lemonade and Candy kisses maybe procured. Ample provision has also been made to procure toy balloons whips Ana other Novelty trinkets on the a rounds. In the midst or All these tempting things to buy one has great i faculty to hold onto his Nickles and dimes and when he gets in the Vicinity of the m. E. Stand where Rev. Mccloud the pastor out Hawks All the other hawkers on the grounds one not Only spends his last Nickel but borrows from his neighbors if he has t forgot to pay Back the former loan. One of the extra my by pleasing features on the grounds is the band concerts. The Williamsport band plays every afternoon and Friday All Day. The music is not Only High class but is the More appreciated because it is purely a Warren county product. This is the second exhibit of the kind held in Warren county. Last year the Effort was highly successful. The Start this year books most auspicious. The display is most attractive and both the Quantity and the Quality of the exhibits do great credit to Warren county. There is every indication that the encouragement shown the management will warrant another similar exhibition next year. Livestock entries the following Warren county Farmers and Stock breeders Are the exhibitors at the fair Ray Allens be Shire hogs. J. M. Anderson Duroc hogs. John p. Allens Angus Heifer. Ens. Ray Alexander Arnett Byers Duroc hogs. William Brier jr.,-Mare. C. E Brenner Holstein cow. C. Brenner Hampshire hogs. Howard Campbells Poland China sow. Jesse w. Darding Chester White hogs. Ernest Foster Poland China boar Edward Fetterling mule Colt. De Ferguson White Wyandotte chickens. Kenneth Grove Poland China sow. John w. Grames amp. Sony Duroo hogs. Elmer Gamble mule Colts. Wilbur j. Harmony Poland China hogs. Vern Haynes Short Horn cow. James a Hooker Hampshire hogs Glen Jones Short. Horn Heifer calf. Harry Little Grade draft horses. Ike Myers Shire horses. W. Dale Orr Poland China boar. W. O. Smith Shropshire sheep. W. O. Smith Short Horn cattle. J. L. Stockard amp. Sony spotted Poland China hogs. W Harvey Smith belgian horses Harvey Simpsons Duroc boar. J. D. Shaffer Hereford Bull calf. Walter Whistler Poland. Chivas mrs. Fingel Allens chickens Buff Orpington White Wyo dottes Brown leghorn Blue ant Lucan. Club entries 51 sewing entries�?350 garments from two to 14 years for Kramer thieves Albert Marian a Well known and former a highly respected Farmer of Liberty township was sentenced from two to fourteen years in the Jeffer Sonville prison by judge Carr tuesday at Williamsport for robbing a store at Kramer. Marian it seems has been the Leader of a gang of thieves that has been operating in his Vicinity for several years. He was not suspected until recently and when he was arrested last week by sheriff Stewart of Warren county. I a a a and the extent of his operations Beju let a quot olt a service shall be o came known it was a great Surprise j o discontinued a a charge of o to the Community As Marian is Cou a o one Dollar shall be made for o o timing on water or connecting o o electric wires when the same o o shrill have been discontinued. O o Raymond a Hatton o o 50-3t City clerk o canned fruit 80 quarts. Feeding calf clubs�?7 calves. Pig club�?26 pigs All Breeds rep resented. Poultry club�?6 entries. Found dead in barn lot George Mcgahn a highly respected Farmer living % mile East of the Clawson school House in Adanis township was found dead in Nis Corn crib about 6 p. M. Monday eve Ning. Or. Mcgahn Wiljo was 76 years of age. Had been in fairly Good health before his death and left his House about 3 p. M. Monday after noon to throw some a Traw into some hog wallows to keep his hogs out of the mud. Atter he had been gone some time a search was made and his lifeless body was found about 6 p. M the same Day. Coroner Eldo Michaels of this place was called and held an inquest. His verdict was or. Mcgahn came to his death from neuralgia of the heart. Or. Mcgahn leaves to mourn his loss a wife two sons Albert and Arthur and one daughter mrs. Philip Mann. The funeral services will be conducted this thursday morning at 10 o clock and interment will take place in the Mound cemetery. O o o o of notice o o of o notice is hereby Given that by o of order of the Public service com o o Ini Sion a penalty of ten percent o o shall be added to the Bill of any o o consumer of electric current or o o City water upon the failure of o o such consumer to pay his Bill o o within the regular ten Day per o o iod and if Bill is not paid with o o in five lays after the regular o cute friters operating in , Illinois Many counterfeit $10 and $20 Bills raised from $1 and $2 notes have Independence a super state. Every Day s delay in arriving at peace was due solely to that stubborn attitude on the part of or. Wilson who was not willing that the terms of peace be considered solely on their own merits but was determined that there should be interwoven therewith an entirely foreign subject which according to his own boast he interwoven in such a Way that the league of nations covenant must be accepted or the whole treaty Defeated. The responsibility rests solely upon president Wilson. That this is the conviction of fhe vast majority of the american people was demonstrated at the polls in 1920 when they Defeated James w. Cox who stood for Wilson s policies and elected Warren g. Harding who stood squarely upon the record made by Congress. Nested with one of the Best and Well know families in the county. Mrs. Marian is the daughter of James Cline who is a Well to do and highly respected retired Farmer now living in Attica. Marian kept his thievery from his wife by telling her that he bought the groceries dry goods and automobile supplies at bargain sales in Lafayette Attica and Danville and that the prices were so tempting that he bought in such Large quantities that he could not bring All of them Home with him at times. He would then Tell his wife that he was going after his goods and would so arrange his affairs that he did not get started until late in the afternoon telling his wife he would perhaps not get Home until late at night. W. P. Ruark who runs a general store at Kramer ind., has had his store broken into a number of times during the last few years. Usually the windows were pried open and or. Ruark finally protected these with heavy screens. After this an Entrance was made through the basement. These robberies were always pulled off when or. Ruark was away. When Marian had confessed his crimes and realized that he was facing prison Walls he began to play for time. He sent for or. Ruark whose store he had robbed repeatedly and asked him to go before the judge and intercede for him that his sentence might be As Light As possible. Marian told or. Ruark he would repay him All he owed when he got out of prison. But or. Ruark refused to intercede and told Marian that lie was in the hands of the Law and that Justice would be meted out to him As far As he was concerned. It has developed that an accomplice in the person of Ross Pearson was the time keeper of the gang. Pearson lived in Kramer near the Ruark store and was a regular customer of the place and also worked on the farm for Marian. In this Way he served the double part of watching the store and keeping the Leader of the gang posted. Pearson was brought to Williams port last week by sheriff Stewart on what was thought to be an entirely foreign matter to the Kramer affairs. Marian wishing to help his Friend out of a Small difficulty started to Williamsport to Render him the assistance he thought would get him out of trouble. But the sheriff had in the meantime gathered a confession from Pearson which clinched the evidence against Marian and the sheriff met Hin at the outskirts of the town and escorted him to Tiu county after a due process Marian confessed to a series of crimes and threw himself upon the mercy of the court. When the husband did not return in the evening in time to drive the school Hack his wife drove it to the school building and took the children Home. When she returned to her Home she found there or. Ruark the sheriff and several other parties claiming stolen goods. Three new tires on the school Hack were identified and taken off by the owner. Mrs. Marian Brou Glit out quantities of groceries Rolls of dry goods and boxes of notions which or. Ruark identified As being taken from his store and took Possession of them. Ross Pearson was also sentenced from 2 to 14 years in Jeffersonville with Marian. Heck Pearson is in jail at Williamsport awaiting trial. While Dewey Potts and Bable Sim Mermon Are in Covington mail All alleged accomplices of the Marian ring. Farmers is. Merchants methi Saleh and clubs enjoy social occasion the second game of Ball Between the country team and town teams will be played at this place next thursday afternoon. The first game was won by the Farmers by a score of 22 to 6, but the business men expect to reverse this finding next thursday. The town line up will include Vic Holmes a Odle quot Stuke quot Stewart m. Odle quot Doc quot King Carl Mehaffey link Messner Jack Horn Warren seals Del Mckinney George Hillyer and John Mccloud. The country will have Grant Rice Ike Renville Wilmer Nemier de Hillyer Harry Mckinzie Emmett Dodson Frank Elliott Lindsey Odle Charles Davis Clyde Davis Watt Swisher and Jack Dee. The proceeds will be divided fifty fifty Between the Jud Yville ladies Aid and the Williamsport Christmas cheer fund and it will Only Cost you 10 cents to see this highly exciting exhibition of the great National past time. Both teams Are heavily loaded for Bear and a wild thrilling spectacle will be the result. Don t fail to see the mixture of fun frolic and foolishness at Farmer s Field next the Ruday afternoon at 2 30. Real estate transfers a Beautiful social event As held at the Home of mrs. Mary Donivan on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Donivan and mrs. Clara King entertained the Methuselah and the thursday clubs. Mrs. Donivan s Beautiful Home proved to be an Ideal place for such an occasion. Some of the ladies brought their Needle work but most of Iho time was spent in visiting and recounting Happy reminiscences. A most appetising lunch eco was served consisting of Cream Chicken potato chips hot Rolls cottage cheese Strawberry preserves and Angel food cake with whipped Cream and Coffee. Those present were. Mrs. Myrtle Haun mrs. Jennie Hunter mrs. Herman Madaus mrs. Madge Biggs mrs. Bertha Messner mrs. Daisy Gregory mrs. Ella Pitcher mrs. Harry Schoonover mrs. A. W picker mrs. J. V. Foster mrs. I w. Cripe mrs. Lottie Billings mrs Mary Boggs mrs. Lizzie bowlu3,mrs Frank Clark mrs. Fannie Dennnery mrs. Anna keys mrs. Mattie Mccabe mrs. Marian Mcdonald mrs. Rose Snaith mrs. Francis Stephenson mrs Alice Stevens mrs. Mary Litchfield mrs. Ella stans Oury and mrs. Ruth Cowgill. I Village Man dead age 62 West Lebanon won series married in Cuba. Margaret Todd who is the daughter of mrs. Elizabeth Todd and the granddaughter of the late Rev. William Wilmer of Williamsport was married in Cuba september 7, to or. Ralph Henry Ford of Central her Shey Cuba. The civil marriage contract which was required by Law in Cuba preceded the quot Church ceremony which was performed by the ret. Edward a. Odell Pator of the american presbyterian Church Havana. After a Short vacation or. And mrs. Ford will be at Home in Central Hershey Cuba. Hiram a Mccrea Falls from scaffold while painting was 62 years old Hiram l. Mccrea a Well known resident of Pine Village dropped dead thursday afternoon at 12 30 o clock falling from a scaffold about five feet High upon which he was standing when the attack of heart trouble came upon him. Coroner Eldo Michaels was called soon after the death of or. Mccrea and went at once to the Home of Elmer Rhode son in Law of the deceased and who lives on or. Mccrea s farm three Miles Southwest of Pine. Village where the deceased was working. In the Coroner s inquest or. Rhode testified that or. Mccrea did not eat a very Hearty dinner and was Back at work painting a Corn crib at 12 15. At 12 20 he Rhode went out to Load up a Load of Corn which he intended to take to town. When he entered the crib he heard groans from his father in Law. He went at once to him and found him lying on his Back on the ground. He lifted his head in an Effort to resuscitate him and called to Charles Dowden who had just finished eating his dinner in the Yard he having been engaged by or. Mccrea to help paint the buildings on the farm. Or. Dowden hurried to the assistance of or. Rhode but his life was entirely extinct. Or. Claypool and the wife and son of Pine Village were called and the body was taken into the House. I Hiram l. Mccrea was 63 years 1 West Lebanon won sunday s game with the White spots at West Leb anon by the close margin of 3 to 2 West Lebanon is therefore the win Ner of the series having won three straight games. Sunday s game was close and a Fine game throughout. It was almost a duplicate of the first game of the series the winning run of hot games teeing made in the last half of the ninth and the winning hit was made by the same player Watking. 1 a nth and to Days old and is sur wonderful card of thanks by John held abstracted Charles e. Mccabe commissioner to Frank c. Adams it. Al., commissioner s deed for 160 acres of land in Steuben township dated september 8, 1921�?$25600.00. Ethel Green and husband to Ralph Hunter warranty deed for property in Williamsport dated september 12, 1921�?$1,200.00. Edna l. Larch and husband to Mary a. Look warranty deed for land in Prairie township dated september 12, 1921�?$17800.00. J. C. E. Benedict it. Al., to Frank j. Goodwine quit claim deed for land in Pike township dated sept. 13, 19.21�?$150.00. Charles e. Mccabe trustee to Orphia Crawford trustee s deed for 2-9 of property in Pence and land in Jordan township dated sept. 14, 1921 Edna l. Larch and husband to Mary a. Cook warranty deed for land in Prairie township dated september 17, 1921�?$300.00. Lafayette loan and Trust company trustee Assignee of Aaron f. Larch to Mary a. Cook warranty deed for land in Prairie township dated september 14, 1921�?$1200. Matthews played a game in the Box sunday for the White spots and if Dame Luck had smiled his Way he surely would have won out. He made one wild pitch made two presents and struck out eleven men. Dixon hit one gave two basses and struck out Only three. Vived by a wife two children Ray Mccrea and mrs. Elmer Rhode. He has lived in and about Pine Village practically All of his life and was regarded As an honest and upright Citi zen. Methodist Church. Reid Millis Williamsport markets a suit has been filed in the court at Williamsport by mrs. Anna Brown widow of the late William f. Brown to quiet the title to land be Oliver Astel barred Rock Chick longing to the decedent s estate. We wish to extend our most sincere thanks to our neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and at the time of the death and burial of our baby William Eugene Kirts. We especially want to thank the Rev. Or. Mccloud and the singers for their services. Or. And mrs. Thomas b. Kirts Aud family. Attention automobile buyers i have a new 1922 series Dodge touring car just shipped from the factory which i Ani offering ice $1,025.0 1u any one interested in the Purchase of a new Dodge can save $50.00 to $75.00 by seeing me. A Fay keys 50tf. Attica ind. Corrected every wednesday wheat ____________________$1.10 Oats .26 Corn .45 Rye .95 Spring chickens________41b 20-16 old hens______________51b 20c-16 Cocks .08 ducks -12 hogs_____________________.8" cattle ,_______.gv2 country lard_____.________.14 butter a .40 butter fat .36 eggs _____________________.30 card of thanks cards have been received by Attica friends announcing the marriage of or. Robert Jordan Millis and miss Beth Reid at Clayton ind., september 15. Or. Millis is the son of or. W. A. Millis president of Hanover College and was a resident of Attica while his father was superintendent of the Attica schools. The Bride is the daughter of mrs. Nancy Reid of Clayton ind. She has been nursing in the hospitals of Indianapolis. Or. Millis and wife will reside in Indianapolis where he is established As a surgeon. William Eugene Kirts. William Eugene Kirts infant son of Thomas b. And Laura Kirts was born april 2nd, 1921, and departed this life september 18th, 1921, after and illness of several services were conducted at the family residence september 19, 1921, by the Rev. John e. Mccloud and interment took place in the Rainsville cemetery. Raymond Phillips and Warren seals returned from Detroit tuesday evening with two new Dodge cars for the j. H. Vanreed Agency at Williamsport. They made the trip from Detroit from 10. O clock monday a distance of 364 Miles averaging 35 Miles per hour with the new Dodge cars. We sincerely appreciate the generous out pouring of kindness on the part of All our friends and wish to thank All very heartily for their assistance in our hour of grief. Mrs. Hiram Mccrea. Ray Mccrea. Or. And mrs. Elmer Rhode fall millinery opening Dennis hat shop Friday and saturday sept. Ss3rd and Seth. Or. And mrs. Ava Sutton moved this week from Pine Village to Attica the Rev. John e. Mccloud was called to Oxford last wednesday to officiate at the wedding of miss Vera Bond and or. Foster f. Sheller of fort Wayne. Mrs. Elmer Anderson entertained the b. A. B. C. Club wednesday mrs. Joe Green of Attica was a guest of Honor on this occasion. S. G. Pomeroy and wife of the West Lebanon Gazette spent tuesday evening with mrs. Mary stockard of Williamsport. Mrs. Allie Swank has returned to her Home after a visit with her sister mrs. C. Finfrock of Attica. Sabbath school at 9 30. 27 Mea in the Kum join me class and 130 scholars in the Sabbath school. May we have 200 next sunday. Will you be one preaching at 10 30, sub jest when the heavens opened. Epworth league at 6 30, subject that they May know Mission study topics. Leader. A Good program prepared. Preaching at 7 30, subject on the Damascus Road. Good music both morning and evening. Conference will Convene next tue Day evening in South Bend consequently this is the last sunday before the conference. As this is the closing of my fifth year As pastor of this charge i wish to express my appreciation of the people of Williamsport and Community for the kindness shown to me and my family during our stay with you. I thank each and every one for the co operation Given in doing the work that has been done and especially i especially thank the news papers of the City for the Fine treatment shown to me and the Church. If we move from Williamsport it will be with the kindest of feelings for everyone John e. Mccloud pastor. A birthday Surprise fifty guests attended a birthday dinner at the Home of is. Samuel Armstrong of Rainsville sunday september 18, on the occasion of Yiep 25th birthday. An elaborate dinner was served and All present had a general Good time. Those present were Rev. T. L. Cummings and family of Danville la. Mrs. Ella Songer of Danville iii. Or. And mrs Alva Heck and family or. And mrs. De Horn and daughter Florence Rev a Harlow of. Attica or. And mrs Howard Armstrng and family or. And mrs. William b. Bowman and family or. And mrs. Carl Delbow and family of Boswell or. And mrs. Clarence Meadows or. And mrs James Vanest and family or. And mrs. Joe Ault and son Cecil or arid mrs. Lowell Vanest Misa Louise Bowman Walter Brown Crl a and Joe Armstrong

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