Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1929 — Page 6

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NEW 0. HENRY DISCOVERED IN CONVICT'S CELL Thrilling War Stories Win Parole On Decision To To Straight Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus. | Jan. 14—(VP)- Anothet O. Henry has | been discovered behind these drab. | gruy walls. I He Is John fl. .Murphy, a former sol | diet whose adeptness with the pen has | won him a pardon. • Murphy, or "Murph" as he is known | by prison guards, was sent up I r ten years for a robbery at Marion, Ohio. In 1898. the tar famed O. Henry, whose real name was W. S. Porter. I began his literary career behind these same walls. Like O. Henry, Murphy developed a craving to write. "When 1 came here," ho said. “I thought over the folly of my past life "1 realized h ,w hopeless It was ami since I had an itch to write, I decided to satisfy it, trying, meantime, to do something useful. "I had never writton anything but always felt that I could turn out magazine stories. "I took a correspondence c iiise in English and studied every book I could get my hands on. "Warden Thomas was good enough to assign me to night duty in the library so I would have time to write. "I do not write easily. It is real labor for me, but I like it. “Naturally when chec ks for my stories began to come in I was greatly encouraged."

Murphy hag made $7,000 since he was imprisoned. Altough he has never been within thousands of miles of a battlefield, he writes war stories so realistically that hundreds of readers believed him a battle-scarred veteran. His publisher, writing to Warden Thomas expressed the belief that Murphy was a world war veteran and said: "Judging from his stories the man was a soldier in every sense of the word and he must have gone through some of the worst campaigns in the A. E. F.” In a communication t > the state par ole board Mutphy admitted that his i past life did not entitle him to any consideration and called himself a "plain, unvarnished fool.” Before entering the prison. Murphy was in the army but was arrested for desertion and forgery and sentenced to McNeil Island, off San Francisco. lie escaped from there and was recaptured and sentenced to Leavenworth. He was sentenced to the Qhiol pen in 1923. Murphy has been writing under th--, name : f Burt Stokes and is hailed here as another O. Henry. He has developed an exceptional talent and is capable of drawing an extremely subtile, humor ous and thrilling plot Upon receipt of Murphy's plea for a parole, the state clemency board forwarded it to Governor Vic Donahey with favorable recommendation. The Governor, convinced that a man with Murphy's honest earing power, will "go straight," issued a parole, effective in February. in convict lite, Murphy is known as No. 52410. • — o CARD OF THANKS We wish in this manner to thank our many friends for the beautiful floral offerings and the kind words of sympathy during the sickness and death of our dear husband and father. —Mrs. A. J. Porter and children Former Minister Writes Poem The following poem was written by the Rev John Henry Stepler, I). 1), of Cleveland, Ohio, a former Adams county minister and an uncle of Wm. F. Stepler, of near Decatur, a short time before his death, which occured I December 25. 1925. Friends; Prepare a grave for me I have reached life’s final border Death is near to set me free. 1 have set my house in order. So this is my last request. Dig my grave, lay me and rest: Why should I still linger here? While I hear my Savior calling, With my end so very near— Death to me is not appalling. Death ti me Is but release. Death will bring me perfect peace. So I bid you all Good-night, Sun and moon and all creation. God, Himself will be my light. He will - ant me full salvation. Worldy aims are worse than vain. Mins shall be eternal gain. Mourning friends; my leaving you. Is no cause for sad lamenting. Your affection, Warm and true. Will cohtinue. Never ending. Think while at my grave you stand. Os the blissful better land. Weep not, My Redeemer lives. Oh how gladly I shall meet Him. O the joy. The prospect gives. 0 the joy so soon to greet him. Raise me higher. He is near. Let me rest now. He is iere. ■ —a- — — Col. Guy Johnson, of Columbus, 0.. is here to assist at the Repport Auction school. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bell have returned to their home at Elyria, Ohio

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Final Draft Made Indianapolis, Jan. 14 —(UP) — The final draft of a bill to amend and strengthen the city manager law was being prepa.ed today by Claude H. Anderson, legislative committee chairman of the city manager league, for introducing next week in both houses of the legislature. Most important of proposals in the ! amendatory measure is to establish' the proportional representation meth ! od of voting, replacing the plurality method of electing city commissioners. Other amendments in the bill would compel city clerks to act upon, petitions for a city manager election, insure transfer of the taxing power of the present sanitary district and board of park commissioners to the new icty commission, protest the present school system here against change under the new form of city government, established a department to supervise and operate public utilities and to safeguard the police and firemen's pension system. o LIMN GROVE NEWS Dr. and Mrs. G. F. McKean and son Tommy and Miss Helen Bent spent Sunday at Fori Wayne, with Mr. and Mrs. Weorge Staley. Mr. and Mrs. F. McKean, of Monroe was a Monday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs. T. J. McKean. Mm Albert Winteregg and Mrs.

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Ermine Bixler, cf Berne, called on Mrs. Harry Meshberger, Wednesday: afternoon. Tuesday, the boys and girls of room three of the Linn Grove school pleasantly surprised their teacher, Miss Ruth Gilbert by giving an orange show-| er in honor of her birthday. After a I sudden shower of oranges and singing | of the birthday song, an hour was spent in playing games. Mr. and Mrs. George Gottschalk visited Mr. and Mrs. Oris Gottschalk Sunday, at Fort Wayne Chas Kizer who underwent an operation several weeks ago at the Decatur hospital was brought home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Stedcke were Wednesday dinner guests of Mr. and Mis. O. T. Linn. — O' W. C. Durant Says He Will Reimburse Investors New York. Jan. 14 —(UP)—W. C. Durant, one of the most picturesque financial chieftains of America, is determined to reimburse investors in enterprises under his name Announcing his retirement from active management of the Durant Motors Inc., Durant declared many investors had been induced through mi.srepresentati us to invest in his companies. Because of this, he intends to reimburse them, wth interest, he said; and this will apply to Durant Motors. Star Flint, Durant of Indiana and other

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Here is the new courthouse in York, Pa., where John Curry (left), John Blynier and Wilbert Hess went on trial for their life for the murder of Nelson D. Rehmeyer, wealthy reclu-e. The trio admitted, in their preliminary examinations, that they had shin Rehmeyer because he had “put a spell” upon a relative.

ventures. He revealed, too, that in the last year he had invested for banks, individuals and trust companies more than $1,000,000,00 in vast new’ enterprises to which henceforth he will devote his main attention. Among other undertaking in his great scheme will be a rayon silk plant in Virginia and an engineering project in new Brunswick, N. J. In annonneng his own retirement and appointment of R. T Hodgkins as sales manager for Durant, Inc., Durant asked a gathering cf Durant salesmen if they believed in him. A chorus of “yes" echoed throughout the assembly, and a great “no” greeted his question as to wthether they thought he could be unfair or unjust to men who had long been loyal to him.

Mr. and Mrs. F. E. France will leave tomorrow for Bradentown, Fla., where they will spend the next three months Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays hiihVii I ■, I II stop LoughinU Almost instant relief 00 with one swallow of 606 THOXINE

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PUBLIC SALE SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,1929 at 12:30 P. M. promptly Eight room house, of 122 South First St., Decatur, |„ d . > t„„ed will sell without reserve to the highest bidder '■ suoe. « «!«■ ■«'. «•«- «>«»> ™». ta?; propertv. at - - • ■ purt of houge electrip I)ghts * good state of P. - ■ e ( . omplete i y modern at a small e Xpfh , garagf 1 >° 1 ’ *" n ' -ri'itMc \ small down payment, Imlance can be paid like rPnl ! llirt her inforrntion see Hoy Johnson. Room 1. Peoples U.an & Trust Co Personal Property-Will also sell two showcases.l National ca?h <. lectl . it .ally equipped; small office safe, hard coni burner and I accessories. CHARLES HICKMAN | Roy Johnson, Auctioneer. _ H-111

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Good Adviceis beyond Price! Thus runs an old proverb. And that it holds good on matters financial as well as everything else, there is no question. You know what they often tav—“two heads are better than one.” U hich we will qualify with—“yes. if the other is the wiser and the more experienced!” Money can’t buy Financial Advice m this Bank. But your friendship ( AN! It’ll get you counsel backed by many years experience on any financial problem - - Savings. Investments, and so on. Your confidence will be held invio'able. THIS IS YOUR BANKLET IT SERVE YOU! Old Adams County Bank

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