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PLAINTIFF IN TRIAL UNABLE TO REACH CITY YOUNG MEN SNOWBOUND IN COUNTRY —TE ACHERS HELD UP

The blizzard of Sunday and Monday was the cause of considerable trouble in various ways, some of the incidents were funny, to others, and some not so humorous.

The trial of the suit of W. Earl Frost vs. William Kinder, had to be postponed on account of the inability of the plaintiff, Mr. Frost, to reach this city from his farm, northeast of town. He made an effort, but became very deeply engaged in a conflict with a snowdrift that worsted him and his rig to such an extent that he returned home and telephoned that he could not get here.

A young man, or two, who make regular Sunday evening calls on young ladies in the country, were absent from their usual places Monday, and inquiry developed the fact that they could not successfully .combat the blizzard and snow-drifts in the darkness and had to put up with "her folks" until such time as the roads were broken.

Some of the school teachers of the country districts had a startling experience in trying to reach the scenes of their labors, and some of them were unsuccessful, finding the drifted snow too much for them, and had to acknowledge defeat. and were glad to get honle .safely. In some of the buildings here it was impossible to keep the rooms warm on account of the searching wind and school was dismissed.

The Mayor's office was called several times by thoughtless people, who wanted to know why the street commissioner did not have paths made Monday. If they had taken the trouble to look out, they would not have needed to^ask that question. The Mayor told them he would see that the sidewalks were cleared as soon as possible. Men refused to work their horses on the job while the blizzard was howling and when a path was made it lasted .only a few minutes.

The doctors of the city are among the hardest hit by the blizzard and condition of the roads and streets. Some of them have patients far in the country, and are unable to reach them. They are .looking after the sick in this city, some using rigs and some walking. .One doctor was called to go to the south part of the county Monday, and made the effort but was compelled to give up and return home. •He telephoned to the parties that it was impossible to get there. It may be a few days before the roads are cleared of the drifts, sufficiently for travel to be resumed over the county.

Three Pennsylvania trains were stalled in snow drifts near Richmond Monday and Monday night., notwithstanding the fact that extra and powerful engines were sent out to extricate them. One train with thirty passengers was stalled all day and part of the night near New Hope, Ohio. The T. H. I. & E. cars did not run on anything near schedule time during the day and evening. The 3:11 car from Indianapolis did not arrive until late in the evening. The Indianapolis City car lines were tied up with many cars snow-bound. In many cities over the state the telephone systems were demoralized by the storm as well as the street car and interurban service.

Walter Fisk and H. B. Bolt had quite an experience Monday morning which resulted in a frosted face for Mr. Fisk. They started to the country, south of town, to buy some cattle, and just below this city they met Mrs. Ed Mclntire, who had Started to bring her two children to school in a buggy. They were in a snow-drift and unable to extricate themselves. Mr. Fisk and Mr. Bolt helped get the rig out of the drift, and then across a field to the Mclntire home. As Mr.

Fisk's right cheek was frosted, they, decided to put off going after the cattle until a late date, and returned home. .George Wiggins, mail carrier on Route 3, started out on, his route Tuesday morning and became anchored in a snow drift near the home of Porter Wiggins, east of town. He broke a single-tree trying to pull out, but remained stationary until Porter Wiggins went to his rescue with a team.

J. S. "Dad" Stephens, of East Main street, a conductor on the T. H. I. & E., has been snow-bound along the line over in Wayne county since Sunday, but is not worrying a little bit. He sent word back home that he was living high

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on ham and eggs and hot coffee, and taking things easy. Florence Amick, Pearl Butler and Claudia Teel, teachers at Maxwell, and Genevieve New, teacher at Mohawk, engaged in a losing fight with a snow drift north of the Boyd school house Monday morning as they were endeavoring to drive to Maxwell. The buggy became almost buried in the deep snow, but after arduous work and with the assistance of some men who were near the school house, the buggy was turned around. The young ladies stopped at the Boyd school house to get warm and when they started back to town, encountered anofher big drift that had formed since they passed. Aided by some men, one of whom led the horse and the others pushing on the buggy, they passed this point and arrived at home safely and did not attempt to make the trip Tuesday.

Calvin Ward, of Route 9, walked to town today, arriving here at noon. He said it was impossible to get a horse along the road in some places and almost impossible for a man to get through. His wife has been sick for some time with pneumonia, and as it was impossible for a doctor to get there, and she was out of medicine, he said he had to make the trip some way. Mrs. Ward is improving, he reports.

REV. F. L. McDONALD

of Indianapolis, who lias just closed a successful revival at the Pierson Street Church.

HffiilY DAVISON SALE MONDAY

Postponed From Tuesday, Fell. 24, On Account of Bad Weather— Will Be Monday Mar. 2d.

To the Public: I was compelled to postpone my sale dated for Tuesday, February 24th at my home on the Charles Barr farm, 3 miles northwest of Greenfield, on account of the bad weather and snow drifts.

The sale will be held on next Monday, March 2, 1914, at the above place.

I will sell on that date my personal property consisting of nine head of horses, six head of cattle, thirteen head of hogs, 1,000 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of oats, ten tons of timothy hay. Also all my

farm implements, all good and in good condition, and some household! identity is solved. It is probgoods on the terms advertised for I

the sale postponed. Sale begins at 10 o'clock a, m. HARRY DAVISON. Col. Burnside, auctioneer. 24dl-w (Advertisement)

We have just received information that the First National Nurseries of Rochester, N. Y., wants lady or gentlemen representatives in this locality to sell all kinds of roses, shrubs, trees and seeds. They inform us that without previous experience it is possible to make good wages every week. Anyone out of employment write them for terms and enclose this notice. 5w8 (Advertisement)

Monday, March 2d, attend the Harry Davison sale and select a good work horse, as there will be a number sold that day. 24d5-w (Advertisement)

Edward Fink and family, of New Palestine, were here Monday, the guests of Mrs. Fink's sister, Mrs. Philander Collyer, who is ill with pneumonia.

John Clark Binford, who attends DePauw University, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Florence Binford.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Custer and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pauley spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Grandison, on Route 2.

Miss Frank Barr and daughter, Kate, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alva Campbell, at Indianapolis.

There will be farming implements and machinery of all kinds sold at Harry Davison's sale, Monday, March 2d, on the Chas. Barr farm. The implements are not old and worn out, but all in good condition. 24d5-w-(Advertlsement)

SHED BY DR WINTERS, WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL HELD IN ARKANSAS PROVED TO

BE A STRANGER

Dr. W. A. Winters, of New Castle, shed bitter tears over his last and greatest disappointment Monday, when the little girl held at Huntsville, Ark., proved to be a stranger and not his daughter, Catherine. A little girl, wearing boy's clothing, in company with a man claiming to be her father, were taken into custody Saturday in the hills of Arkansas, near Huntsville. It was thought the child was the missing daughter of Dr. Winters, and he started Saturday night to see the child and identify her. He arrived Monday and found the child to be a stranger, but slightly re^mbling his daughter. "She is not the girl," said Dr. Winters with tears in his eyes, as Sheriff S. M. Shuster, of Madison county, Arkansas, boarded Winter's train at Springdale Monday morning. Although greatly disappointed, Dr. Winters said his jmirney only made him more determined to find liis daughter. "I will keep up the search until I find her," he declared.

The identity of the girl in custody of Sheriff Shuster is now as great a mystery as the disappearance of Catherine Winters. The story of George Stuart, the elderly white man in whose custody the child was found, and who is in jail at Huntsville, has been proven so false that there is wide speculation as to how he came into possession of the girl.

According to the news dispatch from Fort Smith. Ark., Dr. Winters intended killing Stuart, the man arrested with the child, on sight. The dispatch says Dr. Winters said so himself and produced a revolver with every chamber loaded. "I only wanted to ask him one question," said Dr. Winters, as he left the train at Fayetteville, to await a northbound train to carry him home. "I only wanted him to repeat the words credited to him that he had married a divorced wife of mine." Dr. Winters declared that the statement had defamed the character of Mrs. Winters, who died some years ago in the West, while seeking health. Dr. Winters says the girl found at Huntsville does not resemble his daughter in the least.

The girl was placed aboard Win-: ter's train at Springdale, and was taken off at Fayetteville. She was placed in charge of County Judge Virgil Cannon, of Madison county, by Sheriff Shuster. She will not be returned to Stuart until his story is thoroughly investigated or until

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PATRONIZE our ADVERTISERS.' Vint A. Smith, over Sunday.

that she will be taken from

him entirely. Half a dozen mothers at Huntsville have applied for custody of the little girl.

According to a dispatch from New Castle to the Indianapolis News of Monday. Mrs. W. A. Winters, stepmother of Catherine Winters, did not give any credit to the story of Stuart, the man arrested at Huntsville. "I knew my husband's first wife," she said. "She and Dr. Winters were never divorced, as related by Stuart, therefore he could not have married her. She died in Colorado several years ago of tuberculosis, and not from a surgical operation. "Dr. Winters and I were married three years ago, and I am positive Catherine was never in an orphanage of any description, as claimed by Stuart. In the next place, I am sure that Catherine would disclose her identity if really found."

Haymakers Confer Degree The Wenonah Convocation of Haymakers met Monday night and there was a good attendance in spite of disagreeable weather. The degree was conferred on one candidate and a lunch served.

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On account of the bad weather, Harry Davison* has postponed his sale from February 24th to Monday, March 2d. 24dl (Advertisement)

New Case FiTed.

George O. Dunn, administrator with the will annexed, of the estate of William H. Dunn, deceased, vs. Cora J. Smith, George E. Smith, Bessie Griffey, Harvey Griffey, Neva Grace Fink, Walter Fink, Sarah Dunn, Ruth Dunn, George O. Dunn and Claudia A. Dunn. Petition to sell real estate.

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O. K. Wiggins, of Indianapolis, was the guest of his sister, Mrs.

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FORTVILLE TEAM BESTS THE McCORDSVILLE FIVE

The McCordsville High School basket ball team lost a game last Thursday night to thev Fortville High School team, the score being 23 to 19. Two members of the McCordsville team were sick. This team has* some of the fastest players in the state, it is said. The line-up is B. Vail, center H. Day and F. Apple, forwards S. Jarrett and G. Boucher, guards. The game Thursday night was marked by one accident, Jarrett and Hiday trying to see which had the hardest skull. Jarrett's proved to be hardest, as Hiday was laid out for a time.

SMALL AUDIENCE FOR REV. BEEMAII

The Blizzard Cut Down Attendance But Those Present Heard Good Address By Able Man.

Only a few people heard Rev. G. H. L. Beeman at the M. P. church Sunday afternoon, as the blizzard was in full blast at the hour set for the service. Half a dozen women and twice as many men composed the audience, but these heard a fine address on the use of the Bible in the schools. Rev. Beeman, representing the National Reform Association, made a strong plea for the reading of the Bible in the schools, as a religious book, and not merely,as a book of literature. He says I here are eight slates in the Union that, held it to be illegal to read the Bible in the schools, two states having supreme court decisions to this effect, while in the others it has been so held by the attorneys-gen-eral and state school superintendents.

In Indiana there is no law against the use of the Bible in the schools and it is used in conducting morning services in many scljools. It is read at will in the schools of this city.

J. E. FROST—AUCTIONEER. COMBINATION

Public Sale

At Wilson's Livery Barn —Philadelphia—

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914

beginning at 10 o'clock a. m., the following personal property: TEN HEAD of HORSES—One bay yearling horse coll, Coach breed, sound: one 3-yeaV-old bay draft colt, weight 1150: one 5-year-old bay Coach horse, weight 1350, sound and good worker single or double one 9-year-old dapple gray mare, weight about 1200, work single or double one 3-year-old Richard Earle colt, weight 1100, city broke, work single or double this colt took first prize at the Richard Earle Colt Show in 1912, and is a'fine actor one 10-year-old bay mare, weight 1000 one 12-year-old sorrel mare, due to foal May 28, 1914, weight 1050, any child can drive her one smooth-mouth gray mare, sound and good worker one 2-year old bay horse colt, weight 900, general purpose one 13-year-old gray horse, sound and a good worker.

ONE 4-year-old JERSEY COW— giving good flow of milk will be fresh this spring.

VEHICLE^ and HARNESS Offc George W. Davis rubber-tire buggy, good as new. has been run about two hundred miles one good rub-ber-tire buggy, fn first-class condition one steel-tire buggy one spring wagon two storm fronts for buggies six sets of single buggy harness one set of double buggy harness, and many other things too numerous to mention.

A Good Huckster Wagon and the Equipment, Complete—with a good team of horses, one 4 and the other 6 years old, a new set of $65 harness route and established huckster business, will be offered at private sale on day of sale.

TERMS of SALE All sums of $10 and under, cash in hand on sums over $10 a credit will be given to January 1, 1915, purchaser executing good bankable note, with approved freehold security, waiving relief from valuation and appraisement laws. No property to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. Six per cent, discount for cash on all sums over $10.

RAYMOND WILSON.

S. E. Wilson, clerk. dw-26 (Advertisement)

Earl L^ng and wife, of Indianapolis, were guests over Sunday of S. M. Gappen and wife.

Some of the school children were given tlie privilege of staying at home Monday aftern6on without being counted absent.

CASE OK TRIAL

Man Who is Being Tried For His Life at Lebanon Was in Court Here on Alienation Charge

The trial of Dr. Charles M. Clayton, of Indianapolis, charged with the murder of Joseph H. Stout, on September 15, 1913, was begun at Lebanon, in Boone county Circuit Court Monday. The case, it is believed, will occupy but a few days. Dr. Clayton entered a plea of selfdefense.

One of the points that will be of importance in the trial was the right of Stout to be on the Clayton premises. Another will be whether he made an attack on Dr. Clayton, or whether Dr. Clayton had reason to believe that he was about to attack him after he had attacked Mrs. Clayton. It will also be brought out whether or not Dr. Clayton's unexpected appearance at home was the result of a telephone call from a friend.

As in the Runyan case, the only witnesses to the shooting were the husband and wife. The story of the shooting, as told at the time, is that Dr. Clayton returned to his home between 11 and 12 o'clock, and found an oil wagon blockading the entrance to his garage. He went around to the kitchen, and inside the door saw his wife struggling in the embrace of Stout, who was a driver for the National Refining Co. Clayton, as the story was told at the time, asked Stout what he was doing there, but got no answer. As he repeated the question Stout released Mrs. Clayton and started out the door toward Clayton, who drew a small automatic revolver and fired one shot. The steel-nosed bullet passed through Stout's arm before entering the body on the left side, under and in front of the left shoulder. It deflected downward and penetrated the intestines, making a wound that two days later caused Stout's death.

Dr. Clayton will be remembered as the defendant in a trial in the Hancock Circuit Court a year or so ago, when he was charged with alienating the affections of the wife of another man and was sued for $10,000 damages, the jury returning a verdict in his favor.

Everette Button and A! Vanderbeck —Auctioneers—

Public Sale

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The undersigned will sell at their residence, in Blue River Township, at the John T. Hatfield Farm, mile south of the Cleveland Stop on the T. H. I. & E. Traction Line, miles southwest of Charlottesville, and 6V miles southeast of Greenfield,

TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1914, Beginning promptly at 11 o'clock a. m., the following personal property, to-wit:

THIRTY HEAD of CATTLE—consisting of nineteen cows, either fresh or will be fresh by day of sale. These are all good cows with no faults. They are all high-grade Jerseys, and three of them are registered two males, one a pure St. Lambert, sired by Amelia Ann's King, tie will be a year old June 7th the other is sired by Hugo King Don, he will be one year old May 24th. These male calves are out of cows which are high testing and heavy milkers, and $125 worth of butter has been made out of each of their dams since they were fresh. These calves will be registered. Persons wishing exceptionally good milking strains should buy these calves. It is the desire of the owners that people looking for good milk cows come and examine this herd before day of sale. These are the best cows We have ever offered for sale. 19 HEAD of HOGS—Consisting of eighteen nice healthy gilts, bred. Never had a sick hog or lost one by cholera on the farm. One good Duroc Male Hog, can be registered. Out of Lon Hodson's herd.

TERMS OF SALE All sums of $10 and under, cash in hand on sums over $10 a credit of nine months, without interest, will be given, purchaser executing good bankable note with approved freehold security, waiving relief from valuation and appraisement law's. No property to be removed until terms of sale are complied with Five per cent, discount for cash on all sums over $10.

The sale will open with singing and prayer. Sale under a tent. Lunch will be served by Alma Williamson.

HATFIELD & WYSE.

3. E. Sample clerk.

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NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

The undersigned Commissioner, by virtue of an order of the Hancock Circuit Court, made and entered in a cause therein pending, entitled Serena Fort et al. vs. Charlotte Coffield et al., and numbered 12914 upon the dockets thereof, hereby gives notice that at ten (10) o'clock a. m., on Saturday, the 28th day of February, 1914, and from day to day thereafter until sold, he will offer for sale at private sale at the law office of James F. Reed at Greenfield, Ind., at not less than the full appraised value thereof, the following described real estate, to-wit:

The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section three (3) in township fifteen (15) north, range seven (7) east, containing forty (40) acres, more or less Also the east half of the northeast quarter of section three (3), township fifteen (15) north, range seven (7) east, containing sixty-eight*and forty-eight one hundredths acres (68 48-100) acres, excepting therefrom the right-of-way of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway and excepting therefrom one-sixteenth (1-16) of an acre, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of said half quarter section and running thence east .thirty-four (34) links, thence south to the north line of the P. C. C. & St. L. R. R. thence west along said north line of said railway to the west line of said half quarter section, thence north to the place of beginning.

Also, all that part of the east half of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four (34) in township sixteen (16) north, range seven (7) east, that lies south of the National Road, containing fifteen and fifty-one one-hundredths (15 51-100) acres, excepting therefrom a strip off the west side thereof three (3) rods in width, conveyed by John Reed and wife to Daniel S. Loehr by deed dated October 25, 1849, Recorded in Deed Record "L," page 499, of the Records of Deeds in the Recorder's office, of Hancock County, Indiana.

Also, commencing at a point on the north line of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-four (34) in township sixteen (16) north, range seven (7) east, eighty-nine rods, and thirteen (13) links east of the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section, and running thence east on said north line to the northeast corner of said southwest quarter of said northeast quarter thence south on the east line of said southwest quarter of said northeast quarter, and continuing south on the east line of the west half of the southeast quarter of said section to the center of the National Road thence west in the center of said road to a point thereon, one hundred a'nd seventy (170) rods and thirteen (13) links east of the west line of said section thence north to the place of beginning.

Also, The northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of the nqrthwest quarter of section thirty-five (35) in township number sixteen (16) north, range number seven (7) east.

Also, a north middle division of the east half of the southwest quarter of section number thirtyfive (35) in township number sixteen (16) north, range number seven (7) east, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Nine acres off of the southwest quarter of section number thirtyfive (35) in township number sixteen (16) north, range seven (7) east, which lies north of the center of the National Road.

Terms of Sale Said real estate will be sold subject to the approval of the Court on the following terms and conditions, to-wit: one-third of the purchase money, cash in hand at time of sale one-third payable in six months from date of sale, and the remaining one-third in twelve months from date of sale, the purchaser executing his note for the deferred payments, bearing six per cent, interest, waiving relief and providing attorney's fee, and secured by mortgage upon the real estate sold, or the purchaser may pay all cash, at his option.

JAMES F. REED,

5w3 Commissioner.

EXECUTOR'S NOTICE

NOTICE is Hereby Given, That the undersigned has duly qualified as Executor of the last Will and Testament of Hannah E. Sparks, late of Hancock County, Indiana, deceased.

Said estate is supposed to be solvent. WILLIAM A. HUGHES, 19w3 Executor. (Advertisement) et