Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 25 February 1915 — Page 2

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THE VICTIM BEST KNOWN AND WEALTHIEST YOUNG FARMER OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP.

Fatal Collision of Tractioii Gar and Automobile at f:. Range Line Grossing at 4:25 Friday Evening— The Gar Badly Damaged and Automobile

Completely Wrecked.

CROWD SOON GATHERED AT THE

SON OF LATE ROBERT SIMMONS, SON-IN-LAW OF CHAS. H. TROY AND GRANDSON OF NOAH BRADDOCK AND OF THE LATE JOHN B. SIMMONS.

LIMIT FEW MINUTES

After Accident Occurred. Body Is Brought to Undertaking Establishment Here and His Relatives Notified. Walker,

House Raiser, Who Was In Automobile, Escaped With Cuts and Bruises.

HEARD RUBLE THEN STRUCK

A. C. Walker Gives Statement of Accident. Was So Quick Everything Seemed to Occur at Once.

Auto Had Curtains and Mr. Simmons On Side Next to Car, In Charge of Berry and Collins.

Louis E. Simmons, ago 32 years, fone of the best known and wealthiest ^farmers and stock raisers of Jackson township, Hancock county, was almost instantly killed and A. C. gWalker, a house raiser, living a half mile east of Westland, Blue River township, was painfully cut and bruised, when the automobile in which they were riding collided with the east-bound limited car at the Range Line crossing, four miles 5 'east of this city, at 4:25 o'clock Friday evening. The automobile was completely wrecked and the interurban car badly damaged by the collision. Mr. Simmons lived about fifteen minutes, but died before the relief car, which was rushed to the *^r, scene, or the company physician, IDr. C. K. Bruner, of this city, ar--rived.

The body of Mr. Simmons was placed on the relief car and brought to the undertaking establishment of H. Eshelman, and Mr. Walker, Rafter being given temporary treat/^ment, was brought to this city by

Dr. Bruner, where his wounds were dressed by Dr. Bruner at his home, ^assisted by Dr. Allen. Several doctors of this city were called to the scene, the messages stating that a wreck had occurred and that many people were hurt. No one on the ,: traction car was injured, although the glass in the vestibule door was broken on the north side.

So far as is known, no one witnessed the accident except the motorman, Fred C. Berry, and A. C. Walker, who was with Mr. Simmons. Mr. Berry, the motorman, said the automobile ran into the car at the crossing. Mr. Walker said at Dr. Bruner's home that Mr. Simmons had come for him in his automobile and taken him to the Simmons home, north on the Range Line several miles to see about moving a barn. Mr. Simmons was taking him home when the fatal accident occurred. Mr. Walker said that when they were at the cross roads and near the track, he, being on the east side, looked east up the car track and supposed that Mr. Simmons looked west. He said it all happened so quickly that it was hard to tell just what did happen, but said he heard the rumble of the car and thinks he heard the whistle. Then he said Mr. Simmons said "Oh I" and put on the brakes, the automobile striking the car at the same instant.

The automobile was broken into hundreds of pieces and strewn along the track on the north side for

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about twenty feet and both Mr. Simmons and Mr. Walker were under the debris. Mr. Simmons had been thrown farther than Mr. Walker and was under the wreck of the top of the automobile. His face was cut and bruised some, his skull was crushed on the right side above the eye and temple and back of the ear, his shoulder was broken and chest crushed. He was not badly mangled, however, and was easily recognizable by any one who knew him. Mr. Walker had a gash cut across his forehead, and was considerably bruised and had other small cuts and was badly shaken. After his wounds were dressed he walked down stairs at Dr. Bruner's office with some assistance and was taken home. He said he did not think he was rimisly hurt and the doctors did not think his injuries were seri us. Mr. Walker lives on the Fr ik Collin farm in Blue^ River township. He has a family.

The traction ar. which was in charge of F. C. Merry ami E. C. Collins, was a limned, due in this city at 4:17 p. m. II was badly damaged, a part of the front guard being broken and the side of the car stripped back past the center and the window in the vestibule broken. The passengers were transferred and a car sent to tow the wrecked car in to this city.'

News of the wreck spread all over the surrounding country and in less than thirty minutes a large crowd of people gathered at the scene, people going in rigs of all kinds from bicycles to traction cars and many walking.

Louis E. Simmons was the only son of the late Robert Simmons. His mother is still living on the home place in Jackson township. He was the grandson of Noah Braddock, one of the wealthiest farmers and largest land owners in Hancock county, and was also a grandson of the late John B. Simmons, the first president of the Citizens' Bank of this city, who died in 1888. He was a nephew of Jemima Pratt, of North State street, and of the late Hannah Sparks, of this city. He was a son-in-law of former county auditor, Charles H. Troy and wife, now living in Green township, near Milner's Corner. The wife and one child survive.

Mr. Simmons was one of the most energetic and progressive farmers in Hancock county and owned considerable land. Had he lived he would eventually have been the largest land owner and wealthiest citizen of the county, as he would have been heir to large estates of land in this county. He was a clever, pleasant and accommodating neighbor and friend and was universally respected and,,5yeirliked by all who knew him.

His father-in-law, C. H. Troy, came to this city Friday evening and arranged to have the body taken to the late home of the deceased in Jackson township. The body was taken by Mr. Eshelman in his ambulance, leaving here at 10 o'clock. Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, there were about 150 of the neighbors and friends gathered at the Simmons home to honor the deceased with their presence and sympathize with the mother, wife and little daughter and other relatives.

Funeral Monday at 10 o'clock at the late home of the deceased in Jackson township, with Rev. B. F. Daily officiating. Interment at the Simmons cemetery.

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Lincoln Fund.

The following contributions to the Lincoln fund have been made by the following schools in the county. This money is given over to the lted Cross Society for distribution among the suffering children of the war zone.

Blue River

Consolidated School 3.92 Brandywine N 1. Alpha Smith, teacher.$ 3.25 No. 2. Elijah Reeves, teacher 1.10 No. 3. Jessie Boring, teacher. 1.00

Brown

Wilkinson Schools $3.54 No. 9. Chas. Carlton, teacher. .96 Buck Creek

No. 4.

No. 6. No. 7. No. 8.

Center

No. 3. No. 5.

GREENFIELD REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915

Esther Luse, teacher.$ 1.00 Mt. Comfort Schools... 2.50 WTard Davis, teacher.. Ethel Snider, teacher.. Effie Welling, teacher.

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1.00 1.00

Gladys Teel, teacher.. Hazel Hanes, teacher. M. Bussell, teacher... Thelma Bussell, tchr. Maxwell Schools

No. No. No. No.

1. 3. 6. 7.

No. 14 Ernest Hiday, tchr... No. 15. Rosa Garriott, tchr... Mohawk Schools ....

No. 7.

i0.75 .75 .64 .50 2.80 .50 7.70 1.00

Green

No. 1. No. 2.

Dean Baker, teacher.. .$ 0.50 Will Reed, teacher 1.00 Eden Schools 2.00 Wynema Binford, tchr 1.00

Jackson

No. 4. Julia McClarnon, tchr.$ 0.83 No. 1. Robert Hunt, teacher.. .54 No. 6. Mary Payne, teacher..

No. 9.

No. 3.

1.00 1.60 1.05 5.32 1.00

Cleveland Schools Grover VanDuyn, tchr. Charlottesvile Schools. Martha Coffin, teacher

Sugar Creek

Philadelphia Schools..$ 1.10

No. 3. Julia Herrlich, tchr... 2.25 New Palestine Schools. 3.00 Vernon

McCordsville Schools. .$ 3.85 Will McCord, teacher.. 1.00 John Walker, teacher. 1.30 Greenfield Schools 14.35

total $70.10 Average per capita contribution of enrollment in schools, about 2 cents.

GEORGE J. RICH MAN, Superintendent.

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Action Taken at Bradley M. E. Quarterly Conference and Was Unanimous. Freeland

Present.

At the last quarterly conference of the conference year, held in the chapel of the Bradley M. E. church at 7 o'clock Friday evening, it was unanimously voted by that body to ask the next annual conference to return Rev. Charles H. Smith as pastor here for another year and the district superintendent, Rev. W .B. Freeland, was asked to secure the return of Rev. Smith if possible.

Rev. Smith has been pastor of this church for two years and his work has been very satisfactory and he has many warm friends out of the church as well as in it. He and his wife are untiring in their labor for the welfare of the church and the community.

Action was taken on various other matters of church interest by the conference, such as hearing and accepting on reports from the various departments and confirming the nominations for various positions and appointments of various boards, including the trustees and stewards for the year beginning March 1st, which is the beginning of the conference year. Following the conference, the members and their wives enjoyed a banquet in the basement of the church. \x

J. C. Vance returned from Chicago Friday evening. He says there are more idle men in Chicago than he ever saw. He was there Bundle Day and said more than $100,000 relief fund was raised. Men prominent in business, professors and politicians who had formerly been newsboys went out on the streets and sold papers to aid in raising money. Many people paid them 25 cents to $1.00 for a paper, and some much more to augment the fund. Many women who had worked in news stands when girls, sold papers. Tt was a great day for the needy. Mr. Vance says that the general impression is that business will soon open up with a boom,

Picrson Street Church Revival. The revival meeting conducted by McClain Sisters, of Rochester, Indiana. at Pierson street church will continue through this week. t^The attendance at Saturday night and Sunday services was good. One conversion Saturday night. The general public cordially invited.

DUDDINGS EM PAGIfIG BREEZES

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Are at Ocean Park, California, Where Flowers of All Kinds Are Blooming.

John Mulvihill. of this city, has a nice letter from Col. William C. Dudding, who with his wife are enjoying the Pacific breezes of Ocean Park, California. They reached Los Angeles January 28th, and were met at the train by Capt. Edmund P. Thayer, formerly of Greenfield. The Colonel said it would do Captain Thayer's Indiana friends good to see him. He was all smiles and looked ten years younger than when he left Indiana. Mr. Dudding says the weather is such as to remind him of Indiana in June. They have an abundance of flowers in their rooms, including roses and lillies. He sees Bob Gougli and George Walker, former Greenfield boys, often. Young Gough is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Gough, of this city, and young Walker is the son of the late W. B. Walker, who was at one time a wrell known gardener near this city, and who subsequently was in the grocery and insurance business in Greenfield. Both young men have fine positions and are making good.

Col. Dudding sends greetings back to all of his friends and says Greenfield people look good to him. He is much impressed, however, with many things in the far West and says. the people there enjoy themselves and are well behaved.

Official Board Banquet. The members of the official board of the Bradley M. E. church, with their wives, enjoyed their second annual banquet in the basement of the church Friday evening.

The banquet was served in three courses by Mrs. Anna Curry, cateress, and the menu consisted of roast chicken, dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, fruit salad, celery, butter, hot rolls, radishes", olives, pickles, coffee, cream, ice cream and cake.

The pastor, Rev. Charles H. Smith, was toaslmaster, and the following toasts were given: "Our Larger Work," Rev. W. B. Freeland. "Woman's Work in the Church," Mrs. Florence C. Binford. "The Church and Young People," Prof. John W. Kendall. "The Men and the Church Militant," James F. Reed. "Our Church and the New Financial Plan," Prof. Frank Larrabee. "The Temporal Affairs of Our Church," Judge R. L. Mason,

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cottey entertained Thursday night at dinner, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Logan, the B. S. Club and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. Mabel Moulden and children. There were two dining rooms, with tables set with ten plates in each. At each place was an apple with a tiny United States flag planted in it. The menu consisted of many good things. To Mr. and Mrs. Logan was presented a beautiful hand painted picture, by the club. Mr. and Mrs. Logan will move the first of March to their new home near Shelbyville. They will be greatly missed by their large circle of friends which they have made during their few years of residence in this vicinity. The best wishes of their friends go with them to their new home.

On Tuesday night the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley and Mr. Shirley's birthday were celebrated by their children and grandchildren, the celebration being in the nature of a surprise for Mr. and Mrs. Shirley. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cohee, Mr. and Mrs. Will Andis, Mr. and Mrs. George Gleaner, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Holbrook, Roy Shirley, Monroe Gleaner, Virgil, Margaret and Raymond Holbrook, Bessie Breece and Thomas Holbrook, a great grandchild. Popcorn and all kinds of home made candy were served and the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Card of Thanks.

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THE K. OF P. ANNIVERSARY

Over Five Hundred Entertained In Handsome Style.

The fifty-first anniversary of the Knights of Pythias order was celebrated by the Eureka lodge here Friday night in a handsome manner. There were over 500 members and their wives present and the program consisted of several special entertainers, including Angelo Minetta, accordion and piano Downard &• Downard, comic singers the Olympic Trio, harmony singers the Greenfield Orchestra White Brothers, acrobats, and Miss Florence Fritch, piano solo. Refreshments of ice cream, cake and fruit were served.

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Senior Class Carnival a Success. The carnival and market under the management of the Senior class, at the tabernacle Saturday afternoon was a decided success. The interior of the tabernacle was a veritable midway, in all directions were booths, side shows and other amusements. Renzie Jeffries, dressed with a Prince Albert and plub hat, called out with a megaphone the different attractions. A fortune teller's booth, a booth where balls wer thrown for cigars, the colonial comedians and other side shows furnished entertainment for all. Naomi Tapscott, a popular young lady of the Senior class, was successful in selling popcorn. Everybody seemed to enjoy the occasion with genuine school spirit and enthusiasm.

The final program was an interesting demonstration of points in a handicap wrestling, match between the high school coach and Harry White.

Mrs. Fannie Justus, of St. Louis, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Barr, and tier sister, Miss Lenna Barr, at their farm home, just west of this city., 4

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jacobs, of Route 1, spent Saturday here the guest of James Harrison and family.

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PUBLIC STOCK SALE

The undersigned will sell at public sale at his farm residence, 6 miles north of Knightstown, and 1 mile south of Shirley, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., on

FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915 The following personal property, to-wit: 17 Head of Horses and Mules 17 Consisting of one imported Belgian stallion, Charolosis No. 2871, roan, a ton horse and a sure breeder, sire Richel 11090, dam Topaze 36141 one grade Belgian stallion, weighs 1,800, a good breeder on dark gray mare, 3 years old, weight 1,400, in foal, a good worker one brown mare, 5 years old, weight 1,350, in foal, sound, good worker one span 4-year-old mules, weight 2,700, good workers and broke right one team bay mares, 11 and 12 years old, weight 3,200, in foal, extra good team one good 4-year-old gelding, weight 1,450, work any place, sound one bay mare, 8 years old, work any place, good driver one 2-year-old draft mare, worked some one 2-year-old draft gelding one 2-year-old Belgian horse, a good one one sorrel driving horse, 6 years old, an extra good driver one sorrel mare, 3 years old, an extra good driver and worker one 2-year-old driving colt, a standard bred fellow one Percheron stud colt, good one, papers will be furnished. 14 HEAD OF CATTLE 14 Consisting of 14 head of Shorthorn and Jerseys. Most of these cows are dairy cows and the right kind. Some of these cows are fresh, others giving good llow. Four head of heifers, weighing from 450 to 800 pounds one 3-year-old recorded heifer. 75 HEAD GOOD HOGS 75 Consisting of 75 Duroc shoats, weighing from 50 to 150 pounds.

Also 200 bales of wheat straw, and a big pile of junk. TERMS OF SALE

Sums of $10.00 and under, cash in hand: on all sums over that amount a credit will be given until December 25. 1915, purchaser executing good bankable note. Four per cent will be allowed for cash. No property to be removed until settled for.

Sale under tent, rain or shine. Lunch furnished by the Spurry church ladies.

AMOS WILLIAMSON. JESSE E. WILLIAMSON.

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Mrs. Alice Martin, who has been at her farm in Jackson township for a week, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Crayton, returned to her home at Indianapolis Monday morn-™ ing. -H

Carl Brand, a student at Indiana University, is home to spend the Washington birthday holidays.

ISotice of Administration. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court of Hancock County, State of Indiana, administrator of the estate of James M. Duncan, late of Hancock County, deceased.

WILLIAM L. DUNCAN, Adminstrator.

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NON-RESIDENCE NOTICE STATE OF INDIANA, HANCOCK COUNTY, ss:

In the Hancock Circuit Court, February Term, A. D. 1915. Ulysses G. Armstrong et al. versus Walter Walker, Earl Walker et al.

No. 13245. Complaint for Partition of Real Estate.

BE IT KNOW N, That on this 16th day of February, in the year 1915, the above named plaintiffs, by their attorneys, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Hancock Circuit Court, their complaint against the defendants, in the above entitled cause, together with an affidavit of a competent person, that the defendants, herein, to-wit: Walter Walker and Earl Walker, are not residents of the state of Indiana.

Said defendants are therefore hereby notified of the filing of said complaint and pendency of said action against them, and that unless they appear and answer or demur thereto, at the calling of said cause at the Court House, in the City of Greenfield, Indiana, on the 14th day of April, 1915, the same being the 63rd Judicial day of the February Term, 1915, of said Court, said complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be heard and determined in their absence.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of Said Court hereunto affixed, this 16th day of February, 1915.

HORACE E. WILSON,

(Seal) Clerk. Cook & Walker, "Attorneys for plaintiffs. 18w-3 iS^Ml'xCAdtertleemfaU

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