Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1936 — Page 1

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jjgfS HELD ENTHIS CITY Jis® Sunday ><■ U( .:ither lAperi. nc- ■ In Itecatur — JH ■ ■ -■f t ■'! 11.. ■■ -..’.1 by ■ Johnson . . i || m. hestru ... ir,.... ■ |,,.. .... L j,, I I V;,.., 'lll-'ll I bill < h hudi > a i lo< k. i H, i » I '■ i v Hi. of the [1 y.,.-- ■ . I £ -.. morning anil Liny F'.nstei was given at Li-' ■; 111.. nf Mrs. Don ' |!;U "Sb 1 ■ H !> > 'BB -. ■ ■th claims ■ MRS.AGLER Harlow Ayler Dies -SF Saturday Os Heart K Attack >..'11.11:1 .1 \g| . Saturday "■■ 11., till' r suit ■■heart attack. > liorn in Blue I ;■’• ni'.-r I_’. isi',l. \i..i'. ->( anil \an. .:;.nil'll Harlow AgIS. 1883. |^Bh' : "l!"winj .I’.'i: Chalmer ’..: a, Berne; Char- * 1 "iiyie'. Clarence, Geneva. )* illiam Smitley, Jefferson Mb rt Lantz, S.poY\a. -hi two .brothers. |W-' '■''■■ .1 atttr and Wil-■l‘'f!’'-r-i<i>i township; one sisMrs Ida i-’aii!,.,., I)lue (> re . e h ■ n lul kwvi. es will be held l * a -‘ at 1:30 p. nt. at th? residand ( ,',. lw kat thfi ne[hel |H I east of Berne. Burial will be M- It. E. cemetery. Mpolarship Contest ■ Held Here Saturday ■ “ nual county high school ship contest was held Salat ,t hp ,)p <’atur high school ■T,.'* :t " ;,s si, P -rvisetl by Clif- ' I ''' ' ,nunty superintend■KL ..'"' ;ools . and more than 200 .-. ii. h| | [;upj] H took part. " are lining tabulated ■ "■nnets in the is cont: st:announced this week. ■<ne Forrest Logan ■ $ va te I*WA Director inf!lon ' Apr - IS ~ (U.R) — r ast' 1 M R ? OSe ' <I|t to(lay name<l ■tor of t't '° gan '° be Bk,le di ’ IFn in in'X W °‘ kS a( " Ilin " ■ WEATHER ■‘xcent ,o " iflht . a "'i Tuesday, ■ Ta Mdav nCreaSm9 cloudin ess ■ frost Z . oPth i local light ■'ions s' ral and north por ' ■ warn,.. ° ni oht; Somewhat ■ uter , uesday.

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F LOOD AID FUND * Previous Reported |102607 Royal Arch Masons r>.oo Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Cole. Sr. 2.00 Jerry * Junior Carper i.oo laiose chango in box .10 llttldii Hb-.■ln- LOO Mrs. John Baker J.oo Mna. Byanskle 3.00 Tri Kappa 10.00 Holthouse Schulte Co. 3.50 Kirkhind laidies Club 10.00 Flood & Tornado Relief i.oo Better Homes Club Mrs. M. Amstutz, Treas. b.Oo American legion Auxiliary 5.00 Geneva. Indiana 32.30 John Stntse 1.00 <1,106.37 0 GEN.HAGOOD IS REINSTATED BY PRESIDENT General Reinstated After Many Weeks Os Controversy Washington. Apr. 13. —(U.R) —The war department, "by direction of the President.” reinstated Major General Johnson Hagood as a corps area commander today after seven weeks of political controversy over his removal for criticism of new deal relief administration. The general was designated commander of the sixth corps area with headquarters at Chicago —a post of equal rank with the com ■ mander of the eighth corps area I from which he was removed. The reinstatement order was I couched in the same terse terms' as his removal order—both "by di-' rection of the President." The text of today’s order to Ha-1 good read: "By direction of the President. Major General Johnson Hagood,] U. S. A., now awaiting orders at his home. Charleston. 8. C.. is assigned to command the sixth corps area, to take effect May 2. 1936. and will proceed at the proper tithe to Chicago. 111., and assume the command to which he is as-i signed." The reinstatement followed criticism in congress of the removal order and also followed the conferences between Hagood and President Roosevelt. General Frank McCoy, whom Ha-' good will replace at Chicago, will take command of the second corps ; area at New York. May 1. replacing Major General Dennis Nolan. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Teeple Funeral Services Tuesday Funeral services will be held ] Tuesday morning for William II Teeple. who died Saturday at his home in St. Mary's township. Services will be held at 10 a. m. at the home and at 10:30 at the Bobo M. E. church. Burial in Mt. Tabor cemetery. The name of a. daughter. Mrs. Annas Moser. Wren. Ohio, was omitted from the list of survivors in Saturday's Democrat. Four grandchildren also survive. COOKING SCHOOL HERE THIS WEEK Free Cooking School Will Be Held Here For Two Days Plans for the electrical cooking school to be held at the Knights of Pythias home on North Third street Wednesday and Thursday are nearly complete. The school will be held each afternoon front 2 to 4 o’clock. The exhibit of stoves will be open to the public at the home Wednesday evening. The school is designed for women of Decatur and Adams county and is free of charge. It is sponsored by the electric light and power department of the city of Decatur in conjunction with the following dealers of electrical appliances: the Decatur Electric Shop, the Decatur Norge Sales, the Scha.fer store and the H. L. Lankenau company. The school is planned to demonstrate the economy and ease of cooking by electricity with the new electric stoves. The new city cooking rate is only four cents a KWH for the first 25 KWH and 2% cents per KWH for current used over the first 25 KWH per month. Mrs. Alma Harshbarger, Toledo, Ohio, nationally known cockling expert, will ho in charge.

BORAH, KNOX CONTEST FOR PRIMARY VOTE Primary In Illinois Tuesday To Provide Test For Candidates Wai’hington, Apr. 13—(U.R)- -Sen. M illiam E. Borah's drive toward Republican presidential nomina tlon encounters its first real test tomorrow in the Illinois primary in which voters will choose between the veteran progressive and Frank Knox, Chicago publisher. Borah’o name, unopposed, also will bo before Nebraska, voters tomorrow. 1 There is no clear choice in Illinois between liberal and conservative policies. Both Borah and I Knox are advanced as progressives—the senator by virtue of I long insurgency against old guard party leadership and Knox in the role of a bull moose progressive disciple of Theodore Roosevelt. Neither Borah nor Knox could survive decisive defeat in Illinois tomorrow. They probably will split the 57 delegate votes to which Illinois is entitled in the Republican national convention. Knox ran in one previous presidential primary, New Hampshire, and came out with the state's eight convention votes. A slate of 17 Borah delegates was overwhelmed in the New York primary this month but the senator immediately recouped some of his prestige by taking 21 of Wisconsin's ] 24 delegate votes last week. If Borah can win 20 or more | Illinois delegates tomorrow his ' campaign will accelerate toward primary battles in Ohio, West Virginia. New Jersey. Oregon and, I iMxssibly, Maryland. Borah's camI paign is aimed at seizing party | control from old guard leaders sinh as Charles D. Hilles of New I York. J. Henry Rorahack of Connecticut. and former Sen. David A. Reed of Pennsylvania. The senator has avoided personal attacks on Knox but ha-t been criti- ' (CONTINt*ED ON PAGE FIVE, CUB MEETING HERETUESOAY Cubbing Program To Be Launched In Decatur Tomorrow Night Organization of the Cub program in Decatur will be launched l with a meeting at the Central I school Tuesday evening at 7:30 'o'clock. Cubbing is the younger j boy program of the Boy Scouts of I America, and is intended for boys nine. 10 and 11 years of age. Letters were sent out today to parents of boys of these ages, giving them personal invitations to attend this meeting to learn the purpose of the Cub program. Clyde Hendricks of Fort Wayne, area chairman for the Cub program and his entire committee, will attend the meeting. L. L. Hotchkiss, Boy Scout executive for the Anthony Wayne area, will also be present. The letters sent to parents today follows: "This meeting is for the purpose of explaining to you the Cub program, which is the younger boy program of the Boy Scouts ot America. Funds were made avail able for the development of this program through the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Foundation and hundreds of leaders in all walks of life have been working for over 10 years forming this interesting and character influencing program for your boy. It has been thoroughly tried out and has proved to be successful. "Cubbing is being sponsored loIcally by our Parent-Teacher council with the cooperation of the churches, schools, parents and civic organizations of the city. The only way that your boy can get started in this work is for you to attend this meting in order that you may understand exactly what (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Awards Given For G. E. Suggestions Curtis Baxter has been awarded $25 as a suggestion td omit an oiling operation in the manufacture of motors at the General Electric ,; lant here, where he is employed. Two awards of $5 each have been announced. Ezra O. Brandyberry was given the prize money for a suggestion to paavide self-cleaning centers. Lob nee Mclntosh was rewarded for suggestion of a guard pressing fixture.

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Air Heroine Wins Promotion • i k ■■ X /A X / S '•W'- „ —< I w ■ • # • A - Warr A J ',w ' t'J \ ’ SHI / M flMii Nellie Giwmer, stewardess of the ill-fated “Sun Racer,” TWA transport wheih crashed ni the mountains of Pennsylvania and carried elevon persons to their death, has been promoted to hostess on the transcontinental airliner, “The Sky Chief.” Mlsh Granger is shown after she had been told of her promotion at Uniontown, Pa., where the other two survivors of the air crash are in hospital.

ANNUAL BOOK IS RELEASED Ladies Shakespeare Chib Issues 55th Annual Yearbook The 55th annual yearbook of the Ladies Shakespeare club of Decatur was released from the press I ’oday. It is dedicated to the Decatur Centennial. The club was organized in 1882 and federated in 1895. On the page dedicated to the Centennial is the following poem: I Believing hear, what you desire to hear; | "Your birthday as our own to us is dear. {"Blest and distinguished days! Which we should prize. j "The first, the kindest bounties of I the skies. "But yours gives most: For ours did only lend “Us to the world; yours gave to us a friend.” Active membeiw of the club are: Mrs. Earl Adams. Mrs. Seth Bei'.vers. Mrs. Lois Black. Mrs. Carroll Burkholder. Mrs. Herman Carson, Mrs. Charles Dugan. Mrs. Herman Ehinger. Mr,-. Palmer Eicher. Mrs, Noah Frye. Mrs. D. D. Heller, Mrs John Heller. Mrs. James Kocher. Mrs. Walter Krick. Mrs. William Lower, Mrs. Harry Moitz, Mrs. Phillip Obcnauer. Mrs. Calvin . I Peterson, Mrs. Daniel Sprang. I Mrs. Jesse Sutton. Mrs. Arthur' Suttles. Mrs. Charles Teeple, Mrs. 1 Burt Townsend. Mrs. John Tyn-j dall. Mrs. George Walton and Mrs. Ralph Yager. Inactive members are Miss Rene Christen. Mrs. Frank France and Mrs. John Niblick. Honorary members are: Mrs. J. i S. Boyer, Mrs. E. L. Da.vis. Mrs. C. J. Dregman, Mrs. ('. J. Furman. Mrs. H. H. Ferntheil, Mrs. E. T.! Gregg. Mrs. D..M. Hensley, Mrs. ('. | M. Kenyon. Mrs. W. H. Nachtrieb, I Mrs. F. I. Patterson, Mrs. T. M., Reid, Mrs. D.G.M. Trout. Mrs. D. I H. Tyndall and Mrs. James Westveldt A page is dedicated as a memorial to deceased members. These are: Mrs. Viola Allison, Mrs. Martha, Bailey, Mrs. Helen Blossom, Mrs. Jane Crabbs, Mrs. Jennie Clever, Mrs. Jessie Deam. Mrs. Samantha Dorwin, Mrs. Nellie (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Easter Egg Hunt At Elks Club Real Treat To Decatur Kiddies

Hundreds of kiddies from Decatur and vicinity were given the treat of their lives Sunday afternoon when the B- P. O. Elks lodge of this city staged their first annual Easter egg hunt at the home on North Second street. Dick Ehinger, general chairman for the party, and lodge officials estimated the number of (kiddies participating in the hunt at from 300 to 250, all between the ages of one to seven years. (Hundreds of older persons stood on the walks arvind the home, watching with envy the great frolic the kiddies had. More than 1,000 brightly-colored eggs were distributed about the

Walther League To Give Play This Week The Zion Lutheran Walther League, northwest of Decatur (Friedheiml. will pr- sent a play on Thursday. Saturday and Sunday evening April 16. 18. and 19 at S p. m. It is a comedy in three acts entitled: “The Deacon Slips ” Those taking part in the play are: Irene Stopenhagen, Alfred Buuck. Helen Blomenberg, Melvin I’uuck. (Herbert Blomenberg. Clara Buuck. Erwin Buuck, Norvin Stoppenbag n. Ervin Gallmeier. Admission price Thursday and Saturday evenings 25 and 15c Sunday evening 25c. CONFERENCE IS OPENED TODAY Annual M. E. Conference Is Opened Today At Kokomo The n..rth Indiana annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal churches of this district opened this ; aftsrnoon in the Grace M. E- church in Kokomo. The -statisticians and finance : hairmen of the committees today were tabulating the annual reports sent to Kok. .no by couriers this morning- Tuesday afternoon the board of examiners will examine young men who are studying the . ministery. Wednesday afternoon the confer- | ence ; rogram will open in the Main 1 Street M. E. church, where all. ! but th? business sessions, will be held. At 1:30 o’c'.-. k Wednesday Holy Communion will be taken by the delegates. Later in the afternoon th ■ memorial services will be i hel.'l for deceased ministers and j their wives. Among these will be I the late Rev. E. M. Dunbar and Rev. I E. M. Foster, who served as pastors I of the Monroe M. E. church. An evangelictte hour will also be j observed Wednesday with the Dr. I Merton S- Rice of Detroit as the speaker. There will be 320 ministerial and 320 lay delegates. The Rev. 'H. RCanon and former judge C. L. Walters will represent the local M. E. church at the conference. Appointment of ministers will be announced at the last session ot the conference, which will (be held Monday ntirning.

■ (spacious law'll, and in addition more s than a score of live Easter rabbits i were given to the fortunate kiddies i finding the right eggs. With perfect Easter weather prei vailing, the hunt was one At the greatest parties ever staged in Dei catur for the kiddies of the city, i Members of the lodge already are i launching plans to make the egg hunt on Easter Sunday in 1937, a ' bigger and better party than the one held yesterday. I Members of the lodge patroled , the grounds all during the hunt, aiding the kiddies to find eggs. The Elks were assisted by 20 uniformed . IBc.y Scouts, under the direction of ( Sylvester Everhart-

ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK TONIGHT AT BALTIMORE President To Start Campaign For Re-Election Tonight illy United Press I •President Roosevelt tonight touches off tt seven months campaign of oratory and political debate leading up to the November election The president will speak at Baltimore amid all the trappings ot the traditional American (political scene. Baltimore's young Democrats will parade through the city streets, bearing o1 d fashioned torches and campaign banners. Cabinet members, headed by Vice-President John N. Garner, Democratic leaders of the senate and house, and a congressional group expected to number more than 100 will journey to Baltiimore for the occasion. Tonight's address, expected by many to touch on political controversy now centered on the new deal s works progress administra- ‘ tlon and the president s proposed tax plan, was regarded as launch- ] ing the president's pre-convention . campaign program. It will broadcast at 9:30 p. m. (CST). A week from Saturday he goes to New York to speak before the | Democratic club. Late in May he 11 plans a swing down to Texas for I that state's centennial celebration, - probably making several addresses -' during the trip including one at - Little Rock. Ark. ; On June 3. he is scheduled to i speak at a Lewis and Clark cele- > bration at Vincennes. Ind., and is 1 expected to make an appearance . at the Democratic national con- . I vention at Philadelphia a few days , I later. J Sharing the political center with .the president's address tonight. I were the windup in primaries to- . I morrow in Illinois and Nebraska. Illinois pitted two leading coni tenders for the Republican nomiI nation. Sen. William E. Borah and I Frank Knox of Chicago, in a fight for delegates. Borah is also enter- | ed in the Nebraska primary advis'lory balloting. Other shots along the political i tiring line. American Liberty League at-1 k I tacks new deal work relief as ] "needlessly wasteful, inefficient and ' tainted with politics." urges direct relief and economies. WPA Administrator Harry 1., Hopkins defends WPA. contends I ] "relief remains the most urgent I I social-economiic problem confront- ' ' ing nation." Adjournment stirrings noted as . I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I O Local Members At Red Men Meet Seven members of the Decatur chapter of Red Men attended the ! tri-state meeting at Greenville, Ohio, Saturday. One thousand Red Men were registered for the . all day meeting. , Those attending from Decatur were B. F. Breiner, A. N. Hilton, Fred Werst, Jacob Musser, CharI lets Cook. J. M. Breiner and Chris Spangler. JAMES M. BECK k DIES SUDDENLY I Former U. S. Solicitor General Dies Os Heart Attack ■ Washington, April 13 — (UP) — ■ James Montgomery Beck, former solicitor general ot the United ■ States and representative from Pennsylvania, died unexpectedly at I his home here late yesterday. Beck, wtu?, was 75. had practiced ( law in Washington since his retire- > ment from the house in 1934. He had been prominent recently as an , American Liberty league attorney . and a bitter critic of the new deal. , His physician said the cause of death was coronary thombosis, a heart ailment. He had appeared well , at luncheon, but collapsed later and died at 4:30 p. m. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Beck, in the midst of his third , term in the house, announced his t retirement on Sept. 13, 1934, be- , cause, he said, "under present conditions congress is merely a rubber [ stamp for the executive, and to be one-four-hundredth part of a htfbber stamp no longer appeals to me.” [ Because of his reputation as a ;■ constitutional lawyer. Beck had tak(CONTINUED. ON PAGE FOUR)

Aulo Damaged By Fire Here Saturday A car owned )>y Chester Stetler of Fort Wayne caught fire Saturday night us it was parked in front 1 of the Christian church on South 1 . ..-nt street The < Ity fire depart- ’ ment extinguished the blaze with ( hemlcals. The car was locked and . It was necessary to break a glass to get to the fire. Considerable damage was done to the upholstering. FIREMEN PLAN DISTRICT MEET District Firemen Conveni tion To Be Held Here April 23 1 The district convention of the | Indiana Firemen's Association, will be held in Decatur. Thursday night. ' April 23. at the edgine house on South Seventh street. Fire Chief 1 Charles Robenold, announced today. A night session will be held and firemen from Bluffton, Ossian, Monroeville, New Haven, Monroe iand Berne will attend. At least 75 firemen, including volunteers who are members of the state as--1 sociation are expected to attend. This is the first time that a dis1 trict conference of the Indiana firemen has been held in Decatur. The meeting will be devoted to 1 a discussion of fire fighting problems. equipment and talks by state leaders. Clem Smith, state fire marshal! ■ of Indianapolis, will attend. Frank; Miller, Indianapolis, president of the state association is also expect- 1 ed. ' Burley Marshall. Indianapolis, secretary of the Indiana Firemen's ’ association will be here. Decatur firemen will be hosts to the out-of-town delegations and an j instructive and educational proI gram will be given during the evening. Fire Chief Robenold extended an invitation to city officials to attend the meeting and plans are being made to make it one of the most interesting gathering ot' firemen 1 ever held in this part of the state. COLT EXPERT TO I HOLD MEETINGS Extension Specialist To Conduct Meetings In This County County Agent Archbold announced today that P. T. Brown, extension animal husbandry and state leader in Gold Medal Colt Club work, will he in Adame County Wednesday and Thursday. In addiI tion to vksitiirg various farms and I seeing the fouls r. .minated for the 1936 Gold Medal Colt Club Show, two meetings will be held. (In (both these meetings Mr. Brown will demonstrate the trimming of the colts hoofs and discuss rare, feed, and management of the foals. The meeting Wednesday, April 15 will be held at 12:30 p. m. on the Winfred Gerke farm, five miles r..rth of Decatur. Mr, Gerke will have a class of colts at the farm for demonstration purposes. The meeting on Thursday will be held at 12:30 p. m. on the Archie | Smitley farm. 6'.- miles east and I 1 L miles south of Berne. In addition to trimming hoofs. Mr. Brown will also demonstrate how to braid manes and tails for shew and will discuss the manner of showing colts > and horses. Those present at the Smitley farm meeting will have an opportunity of seeing the stable horse recently (purchased by Mr. Smitley from the Holbert Horse Im porting G?itnpany. The name of this ' horse is Robuste du Clypot. o Grand Jury Asks Condon To Appear i Trenton, N. J.. Apr. 13—(U.R) — , A request to Dr. John F. (Jafsie) , Condon from the Mercer county . grand jury to appear before it Wednesday opened an apparent > avenue today toward new sensations resultant from the LindI bergh kidnaping. The grand jury is investigating a repudiated "confession" of Paul H. Wendel. disbarred Trenton atI torney, that he kidnaped and , murdered the baby for whose slaying Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed. . Allyne M. Freeman, grand jury ( foreman, revealed that he had . telegraphed a request to Dr. Condon at his home in New York, but refused to disclose how the grand jury expected the aged educator to help it in the Wendel investigation.

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FRANCE TAKES FIRM STAND IN I. ■ GERMAN CRISIS I Not To Permit Fortification; Italian Army Advances (Copyright 1936, by United Press) Pails, Apr. 13— (U.R) Secret 1 assurances of support from France’s allies have enabled the government to decide unqualifiedly not to permit Germany to refortify the Rhineland, It was learned today. Authoritative indications were that if the government obtained definite proof that Germany had . begun building forts within the I forbidden zone it would envisage three steps: 1. economic penaji ties; 2. financial penalties; 3, ■ military penalties. The point waa made that military penalties were by no means I excluded if all negotiations failed. (French leaders were seriously . concerned over the possibility of a Britiah-ItaJian clash, and discus- : sion continued on the advisability . of reorieting the country's entire foreign policy, based entirely since the Versailles peace conference on the league of nations. The reason that the frank disi mission of reorientation was possible at this critical time was disclosed today with the statement by an authoritative spokesman ■ that France's position in the 1 Rhineland dispute actually is j much stronger than was brought i out during last week's conferences j at Geneva. Troops Advance (Copyright 1936, by United Press» Rome, Apr. 13 — (U.R) — Italian soldiers smaahde irresistibly into northern Ethiopia today to reach Ixike Tana, heart of the gigantic Nile irrigation project which is Great Britain's chief interest in the country. Soon after this was disclosed. ; rumors, unconfirmed but from usually reliable sources, spread 1 -through the capital that Dessye. Emperor Haile Selassie’s grand war headquarters in the north, had been occupied without resistance by an Italian motorized column. Simultaneously, diplomatic quarters heard a rumor that Premier I Benito Mussolini had ordered the northern army to advance on Addis Ababa, the capital, in order to smash finally the Ethiopian resistance. Itajians predicted the fall of the capital within two or three weeks. Marshal Pietro Badoglio disclosed in war communique No. 183 from tlie northern front that Italian soldiers had hoisted the Italian tricolor on the northern shore of 'the lake. As they did so. he reported, an Italian column occupied the Ethiopian customs post on the Soudanese frontier opposite Callabat, an important frontier town on the Sudanese side, obtaining full control of one of the most important caravan routes between the lake region and the Sudanese interior. To Receive Bids For Highway Equipment The county commissioners have announced that they will accept (bids. Tuesday. May 5. for a heavy duty trailer type maintenance kettle, equipped with a hJnd spray attachment. The new equipment will be used iby the county highway department, to make repairs to black top roads. CIRCUIT COURT BAILIFF NAMED Emerson Beavers Is Appointed Bailiff Os Circuit Court Judge Huber M. DeVos-s today announced the appointment of Emerson Beavers as bailiff of the Adams circuit court to fill the vacancy left by the recent death of Ed Green. Mr. Beavers wgs formerly in the furniture business in Decatur. A Democrat, he also served as city councilman of Decatur. For several years he has been a deputy assessor in Washington township. A deputy assessor has not been 1 appointed to succeed Mr. Bea,vers, i The April term of the Adams circuit court opened today. Ahont. the only business to be conducted for the frist few days will be the - setting of the calendar for the new term. County Clerk G. Remy Bierly > has not completed his record of the number of cases transacted during the last term of court.