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G REENCASTLE, INDIANA

MONDAY, MAY 22. 1!>22

PROBABLY SHOWERS

FIVE INJURED WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE ON BLOOMINGTON PIKE

TERRE HAUTE PEOPLE PINNED UNDER machine WHEN IT TERN'S OVER, THE RESULT OF A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER, NEAR HOME OF MILO WEST, WHERE HLOOMINGTON PIKE AND CEMETERY ROAD INTERSECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON

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The injured are: MRS. WILL DEAL; Broken lar Bone and internal injuries. MRS. JOHN THACKERY; Three broken ribs and bruises. JOHN THACKERY; Broben ribs and bruises. CLARENCE DEAL; Four broken ribs. WILL DEAL; Badly bruised leg and side.

Besides the widow, Mr. Cline is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Alva Lisby of Marion township, and one son, Spencer R. Cline, of Los Angeles, California. Mr. Cline will come for the funeral anj no funeral arrangements will be made until he arrives.

Mr. and Mrs. John Thackery, Mr. and Mrs. Will Deal, and Clarence Deal, all of Terre Haute .suffered severe injuries and bad bruises, Sunday afternoon, at near 2:30 oclock when the Maxwell touring car in which they were riding, collided with the Ford Car, driven by C. M. Smith, a contractor in charge of the paving of the National Road, as they rounded the curve, at the intersection of the Bloomington Pike and the Cemetery road, about 2 miles south of

here. I bash, Ind., The Thaekery car, which was driv- | culture in

DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO INFANT DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. HAL ROYCE The death of little Mary Jeanette Royce, six months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal L. Royce, of Warbash, Ind., who are here the guests of Mrs. Royce’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Abrams, occurred suddenly at near 7 oclock on Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abrams. Mr. and Mrs. Royce an ( j their two I daughters had come to Greencastle the middle of last week to visit here for ten davs. The little daughter, had not been strong during her six months of life, but on Saturday evening she suddenly became quite ill

and death soon came.

The funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abrams by the Rev. Levi Marshall. Burial was in the

Forest Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Royce formerly was Miss Louise Abrams. Mr. Royce who now is county agricultural agent at Wa-

formerly taught Agrithe Greencastle High

en by Will Deal, was going east on the Cemetery road, and at the intersection turned north on the Blooming ton Pike. Smith was driving south on the Bloomington Pike at a fast rate of speed, it was said and as the car rounded the sharp corner the Smith car hit the right back wheel of

School.

; THE WOM ANS BIBLE CLASS OF COLLEGE AVENUE M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL

The May meeting of the Woman’s Bible Class of College Avenue M. E.

Thackery ear. The Terre Haute car ; Sunday School was held in the hoswas twisted around and turned over j pitable home of Mrs. Lee Reeves the in the ditch at the west side of the | President, Mrs. C. F. Zeis being in road, pinning the occupants under it. I the chair. More than a score of inThe Thackery car, turned over on \ terested women followed Mrs. G. B. its top and then over again on its Meyers as she led in a helpful way side. The passengers of the car were the opening Devotional Exercises. St.

all seriously injured from the turnover and from the weight of the car when it rested on top of them. On account of their age, Mr. and Mrs. Thackery and Mr. Clarence Deal are in a serious condition, the nervous

Paul's experiences in Ephesus were graphically described by Mrs. J. G. Dunbar, as she spoke of his preaching and teaching there and of the fury aroused in the mob of manufacturers and salesmen of the

shock from the accident being nearly ! Shrines of Diana and of his escape

as bad as their internal injuries. The extent of their injuries is not known fully, as the examination of the doctor’s was brief. They were taken to the office of Brs. Tucker and were given medical attention. The Maxwell ear was badly demolished. The back of the drivers seat was torn off, the right wheel torn off and the axle bent, the top torn off and the machine wrecked, generally. The Smith car was damaged, about the front end. but Smith escaped injury, with the exception of a few bruises. Mr. Thackery formerly resided in Greencastle, having been employed at Ibe old rolling mills, that were situated south of the Vandalia tracks about fifty years ago. Yesterday was the first visit here since then. ex. eepting through here bv railroad. Mrs. Thackery was a former Putnam County girl, an O’Brien of Cloverdnle township, and they had been visiting relatives and were returning home, when (ho accident occurred. The machines were brought, to the Parages here, and the injured passengers were taken to the Crawford Hotel, to await a Traction car to Terre Haute. They returned to Terre Haute on the local west bound 'nterurban due here at 7.2fi o'clock. So bad were their injuries the people were barely able to board the car. Mrs Will Deal was probably the °ne who suffered worst than the others. She suffered a broken collarbone, several broken ribs and is proba bly injured internally.

from that city. An admirable paper on St. Paul’s Journey from Caesana to Rome” was given by Mrs. M. A. Arnold. In this she pictured the thrilling shipwreck of two hundred and seventy six people and under the the leadership of St. Paul their safe landing on the island of Malta, from which he and his companions pursued their own onward way and safely reached Rome. This paper was follower by a conversation on the obligations of Christians of todav in sending the gospel to the half of the world yet in heathen darkness. During a pleasing social hour delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Reeves. Miss Ridnath and Mesdames Landes, Grubb and Stoner. Mrs. J. P. D. John

ATTENTION

GREENCASTLE CITIZENS

I wish to rail your attention to the game of base ball, on Wednesday, May 24th, at 3:30 p. m., on McKeen Field, between Greencastle High School and Manual Training of Indi-

anapolis.

Our High School boys are playing a good game and this is the only date they have for McKeen Field this season and I urge a large attendance. This promises to be one of the best games on their schedule and I hope all will put aside their usual duties of this hour and go out to McKeen Field

STREET OILING TOI BE COMPLETED BY TUESDAY MORNING

MISSIONARY NEWS

THE WOMAN’S INTER- j DENOMINATIONAL MISSIONARY UNION of this city will contribute to this column each week items of interest from the missionary w r orld, both home and Foreign, together with news concerning the work of the missionary societies in and around Greencastle. They trust their friends will approve an,] enjoy the results. Learning that Mrs. Bishop Nicholson and Mrs. Jennie Hewes Caldwell, both leaders in the W. F\ M. S. in a large way were in town, the guests of Mrs. Nicholson’s parents, the Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Riley, a meet ing was hastily arranged at Locust Street Church for Thursday after- ! noon, at which both these ladies gave j strong messages. Mrs. Caldw’ell told t how her interest in missions had been , lawak ned when a small child J>y the l I fact that her own mother had laid ‘ her weddding ring in the plate because she was moved to give to missions beyond her ability in money. By request she told of her own

SCHOOL ENUMERATION IN ( Ol NTY SHOW S LOSS

I lately following the luncheon mem- SUCCESSFUI

j bers of the baseball team will leave

APPLICANTS

MAMMOUTH OIL DISTRIBUTING MACHINE STARTS OPERAI I"'' \ I I 0’< LOCK Tl BSD VY MORNING—SQUARE TO BE OIL ED AT I O’CLOCK TUESDAY MORNING—START WORK IN FIRST W ARD

TEN FROM LAST REPORT ; for the baseball park to meet the

The school enumeration in Putnam County recently taken shows a loss of ten from the report of last year. The enumeration is taken every year in April by the township trustees. The one just taken, as reported to County Superintendent of School, Frank Wal

lace, shows the follownng:

Tp. Male Fern. Tot. Loss Gain

Greencastle Rotary Club nine.

HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

(By Eldon C. Hill)

The high school picture show today is George Klein in “Julius Caesar” a stupendous ] roduction despictiiig the life of the great historical character. Most people are acquainted with the

schools in China, the first established

as a memorial to that consecrated w h ere * it

W HO TOOK THE APRIL i mother, later one’s In memory of TEACHERS EXAMINATION j her husband and in her own name. o ! She spoke of a large gift that came

| to ensure that at the church grown

A mammoth truck oil distributor of 800 gallon capacity started work at 4 o’clock Monday morning in oiling the Greencastle streets. There will be no letup in the work and it is expected fh a t the streets of the entire city will be oiled by early Tues-

day morning.

Work at oiling the square will be started at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning accordinjr to the nresent plans. The square will be oiled at that time so that the streets will be clear of auto mobiles and other conveyances at the

time the oil is put on.

The oil distributor is a mammoth tank mounted on a truck. The oil tank is heated so that the oil is hot when it is spread. The oil is heated first in the railroad oil tank car and then pumped into the distributor,

is kept hot by the burner.

The ..distributor is equipped with a sprinkling device on the rear .and the oil is quickly spread. The streets

are swept cleanly before the oil is

The following is a list of the sue. out of that school a native preacher S p rPa d. ^ hugh sweeper is used for

Clinton ....

106

101

207

life of Caesar and this great photo-

Cloverdale..

271

201

472

drama is sure to prove interesting.

Floyd

. 83

134

217

The first show was this afternoon anj

Franklin ...

210

220

430

the film will be on view again tonight

Greencastle

. .262

265

527

at 7:30 o’clock. It is shown here un-

Jackson ....

126

120

246

der the auspices of the Latin depart

Jefferson ..

139

152

291

ment of the high school.

Madison ...

150

110

260

Marion ....

16G

151

317

The Senior Honor Roll, a list of

Monroe ....

. 146

143

289

the names of the present graduate.-

Russell ....

107

176

who have made the highest grade-

Warren ..,

107

205

during the four years of school work

Washington

. 233

225

458

will be announced next week.

Russellville

. 68

110

Greencastle

457

468

957

The pupils of the Bible Department

(city)

received their examination grades

Colored . .

. . 15

from the state board today. The fin

Gran d Total

2618

2512

5162

167

157

al test was given by Miss Ridpath.

Net Loss ..

Head of the Department, Saturday.

Now in

May 13. It was on the work in the

school

2,220 2239

01 d Testament.

Colored . ..

. 15

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FUNERAL OF GEORGE SHOPTAUH HELD AT HOME OF DAUGHTER

The funeral of George Shoptaugh, whose death ocucrred. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Raines, in Marion township, Saturday morning, was held at the home of his daughter Monday morning at I! o’clock. Services were in charge of the Rev. Levi Marshall, poster of the Christian Church of this city. Burial was in the Fillmore Cemetery.

HOG REC EIPTS 5.500; STEADY TO 5C LOWER Indianapolis Receipts—Hogs 5,500; cattle, 700; calves, 600; sheep and

lambs, 200.

Hog prices were again steady to 5 cents lower at the opening of the market todav. General sales were at S10.85 to $10.90; top prices $10.95. Pigs sol,] at $10.75 down, sows at $9.35 down. Local packers bought about 4,500, outsiders taking the rest of the supply. Cattle trading was active with prices steady. Calves were steady to strong at $10.50 down. Sheep and

to Boost, Root and Yell for the High | lambs were higher, spring lambs

School team.

As the Yell Leader says “Yea,

Greencastle, lets go."

CHARLES F. ZEIS, Mayor.

James m. cline, 71 DIES AT HOME NEAR

FILLMORE ON MONDAY

The local mterurban car east bound, due here at 9:24 o’clock was

’ ames M. Cline is dead at his home ,] e ] a y P d several hours, Sunday night !'" ro m Hes east of Fillmore in Mar- ' when it jumped the track just west '' n tow nship, at the age of 71 years. ^ Brazil. The workmen finally man

Heath came

bringing $16 down.

ROTA RIANS TO PLAY BALL

(Indianpolis News)

Harnie Woodard will talk on “Con servation of Vision and the Care of Glasses,” and C. A. Tevebaugh state secretary of the Y. M. C. A. will talk on “The Outreach of the Y. M. C. A. in Indiana.” at the Rotarv Club meet

at 1 o’clock, Monday aKe( ] to get the heavy car on the

a '"rning caused by pneumonia. He track again and it arrived here about j ine- Tuesday noon in the Chateau been ill for over a week. twelve o’clock. | room of the Claypool hotel. Immed-

Two pupils were reported abser; by today's records. Invitations are being issued to th pupils and faculty members that the attend the recital to he presented he the seventh hour class of the puhl speaking department at 7:30 o’clock, Tuesday evening. Three plays “Make shifts”. “Thursday Evening”, an! “The Revolt of Mother”, comprise the program. The public is wclcorr • to witness the work being done by this department. No admission will

be charged.

The most important baseball gam; on the G. H. S. nine’s home schedu ; will he played Wednesday afternoon on McKeen Field with the Manual team of Indianapolis. The capital city lads defeated the locals by a 13-9 score at Indianapolis last Wednesday. The Rhea.men will journey to Ind - anapolis again F'riday to hook up with the Cathedral nine in a return game. The Catholics won from th? Greencastle athletes here 22-10 a fe’v

weeks ago.

“The Pepper Pot” “Oh! Skinnay!”! just nine more school days after todav in this term. The absence of those fifty seniors changes the appearance of the school

somewhat.

Money down is about the best material to feather one’s nest with

nowadays.

All Rotarians intending to go to Indianapolis, Tuesday to attend the Tndianapolis-Creencastle Rotary base ball game will please meet this evening at 7:15 o’clock at the Christie-

Thomas Auto Sales Co. •

cessful applicants for state and county teacher’s license, held in April. On account of the various county schools dismissing the list is a little late. State Licenses Mrs. Mabel Davidson, Donovan Moffett, Ruth Behmer, Rita Kennedy, Pauline Norris,

Agnes Atz,

Herbert Miller,

Hazel Tull.

Martha Myers , Edwin Wright, Harold Coffman,

May Pickett, Nellie Bock,

Erwin Keeler,

Orville Blue,

Albert Heavin. Oscar Vaughan, H. G. Badgre, Miranda Monroe, Claude Hughes, Dorothy Butterfield H. V. Raquet, F’orrest Hurst, Gladys Pierce. Martha Stafford,

Lee Owens, Mary Burks,

Mary Herold, Owen Robinson, Eleanor Smith, Gretchen Markle, Bertie Welch, Myrtle Miller, Gladys Kersey, Ruth Wright , Dorothy Henley, Martha Butcher, Della Christy,

Zella Adams,

Helen Louise Cox, Maude Ringo, Mrs. Alma Carpenter, Mrs. Lulu Michael, Martha Mvers, Kathleen West, Lela Coffman, Vernon Helms,

Hazel Eckels.

Blanche Roberts, Marv Margaret Miller F’reda Farmer, Madeline Hixon. County License

Cleo McCoy, Ruby Moore,

Ina L. Spencer, F'errol Williams. Vernon Cochenour, Ray A. Evans, Mrs. Virgil Whitaker, Orville O’Neal, Jeanetta Gasaway, Thomas Harvey, Lucille Hunter. Margaret Jones, Mildred Wells,

should preach the gospel of Christ “forever”. And what a joy to her to think her work there should be bearing fruit “forever”. Mrs. Nicholson , then gave us glimpses of the work | and burdens and problems of the Gen ; era! Executive Committee, the mid- ! year meeting of which she had just : been attending as its president. The ! heart-rending difficulty of filling the need for 175 new missionaries with 58 when every call fY>r one was as compelling as any other one. How to meet the demand for enlarged buildings and improved equipment to admit the ever increasing crowds of girls and women seeking schooling at the only available source—the mis-

this work.

The oil used has about 50 per cent asphalt base. Sweeping of the streets under the supervision of Urban Elmore, superintendent of streets, started at 1 o’clock Monday morning and the spreading of oil began at 4 o’clock. The work in the First Ward was the

first done.

The contract for the oil and the work of spreading the oil was let by the council to the Hayes Construction

Co. of Indianapolis.

Edward Hamilton, chairman of the council committee which has charge the work of oiling the streets, is superintendinu the work. A representa-

sion schools, with the funds which | ].j ve 0 f Hayes Company who is look so large in the total and yet are |, ere t,x] a y stated this morning that so pitifully inadeouate in face of the, , mos ] 0 f oiling woul(] be complet_ to us, unbelievable need. * e( ] jjy midnight tonight. The square There was a good attendance, and p ro ], a hiy will be the last street oil-

ed.

Virtually all city streets are being oiled. A few streets are not being oiled, the residents of these streets failing to petition to the council for street oil.

yet how we wished every Christian woman in town could have been present to hear these two women give

; the facts.

I A Group Meeting of the W. F. M

S. with Miss Gertrude Strawiek, re. turned misisonary from Ghina as | speaker will he held at Gosport, Ind | next Wednesday, May 24. Everyone come, bring your own lunch and have a day of real inspiration. Monon train goin^ at 8:45 n. m.. returning

at 6 n. m.

From the Field—

There came a man to the Presbyterian Hospital at Chengmai, Siam.

from the mountain district Return- namville pitcher displaved a wondering to his village he took the Gospel ful abjUtv • vt . sterdaVi retirin „ the

with him. Dr. Freeman ot Prae vis-

FAST PUTNAMVILLE NINE SW IMPS BRAZIL BOOSTERS IN GAME SUNDAY, 8 TO 2 The fast Putnamville baseball team

defeated the Brazil Booster Glub team, Sunday, in a game played on the Putnamville diamond, by a score of 8 to 2. Bullerdick, the crack Put-

ite d him later. The population of the place represented the ancient peo- ! pies of Siam, snirit worship being i their religion. Wherever they went ?hev must first appease the spirits. , This man and his sister had succeeded in bringing Christ five households. Dr. Freeman baptized thirteen and organized a church. Before the patient had gone to the hospital and there heard the Gospel, not a single person of his tribe could read, hut it was the evangelistic ministry of the physician and nurse which led this whole tribe to a better way than

spirit worship.

; The Road of the Leper: —

It is a little more than a generation ' ago that a young missionary in India ! overwhelmed by the number of lepers that he saw and the utter lack on the part of either (he government or the native peoples to deal adequately with this terrible di* ase, return-

ful ability yesterday, Brazil batsmen, fast.

HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ARE DISMISSED FRIDAY AFTER FINISHING SCHOOL COURSE

The entire membership of the senior class who have completed the High School course satisfactorily, were dismissed from school, at the end of school, Friday, for a short vacation. to prepare for the Comeneement Exercises, on June 2. Fifty one members of the class were dismissed

SANDY FINED $54 AND COSTS ON MONDAY BY JUDGE HUGHES FOR DRAWING KNIFE ON RAY Everett Sandy, of Cloverdnle, was fined $50 and costs and given a suspended Penal Farm sentence of six 1 months when he pleaded guilty to a

to England to plead the cause of . char « e of assault and battery with

Mr. and Mrs. FreJ Cook of Indianapolis spent Sunday with J. W Lemmink and family.

the leper. His appeal was heeded; out of it came. The Mission to Leper* in India and the East.” whose beneficient work now extends as far as

this curse is found.

A Hindu student of the Presbyterian College at Allahabad said to one of his instrivtors, "I have iust come in from a walk across the river and

( (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) J KuiUy .

intent to kill, before Judge Hughes in the Putnam Circuit Court, Monday

morning.

Sandy was alleged to have drawn a knife on Doe Rav, of Cloverdale, in a word battle, near Cloverdale, some ttme ago. Ray filed an atfic'*-' T> , charginir Sandv with assault and batj rery w ith intent, and Sandy’s trial ‘ was set for todav with a jury. Sandy hsnze,] his plea from not guilty to