Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1929 — Page 3

DEC. 7, 1929.

SCHOOL PLIGHT IN SHORTAGE OF FUNDS DEPICTED Unpaid Teachers’ Salaries and Other Debts Cited at Bloomington. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Dec 7. Recent developments in the fight bo prevent the state aid schools in Monroe and other Indiana counties * from closing Jan. 1 because of lack of funds are revealed by W. V.Payne. Monroe county superintendent, who says only SSO has been paid thus far this year to each of the county teachers as ss wry. •'Not only are we unable ♦<> jvf the teachers’ wages, but we a;* ub able to meet such expenses as coal bills, book accounts and -salaries for school bus drivers. Recently a book salesman came here for information as to whom to see at the various schools for book orders and I had to tell her that none of the trustees had money enough to make pecessary purchases,” Payne said. Officials to Meet r meeting of superintendents in counties where state aid schools re maintained will be held Friday at Schoals to determine what steps will be taken to meet the situation. Unless money is provided all such schools will have to close their doors Jan. 1, it was said. In this event 200 schools of the state will be affected. In Monroe county ten of twelve schools are demanding state aid. With the closing of the doors 112 teachers here will be without employment and 3.000 pupils dismissed. “At present I estimate that the •tate aid schools in this county owe approximately $60,000 for expenses thus far this year, last year and a small amount left over from the year before. In October we were able to pay each of the teachers approximately SSO for their work this year. We hope to be able to give them another small check the latter part of lifts month, but unless additional funds are furnished we will be forced to stop the schools next year,” Payne asserts. Special Session May Be Asked 1 Roy P. Wisehart, state superintendent of schools, in conference with Payne here, said the state is doing all it can, but that all the available funds in ad ben used. At the meeting Friday a demand is expected to be made for a special sesison of the legislature to provide funds. It has also been suggested that a bill be introduced turning revenues from the state inheritance tax over to the school fund. Payne, a leader in calling the meeting, says he will prepare a report showing exactly how much is owed in each township to teachers and present it at the meeting. Governor Harry Leslie will be present. Brown county schools are in a desperate plight according to reports from Nashville. It is said .that many of the teachers have not been paid all of their last year’s salaries and that all schools will be forced to close unless aid is given. Sixty-three teachers are employed in the county. The state owes the schools for 1927, 1928 and 1929 a total of $41,012.09. DEATH DRIVER LOSES Motorist Under One to Ten Year Sentence Denied New Trial. lla Tim,’* Special MUNCIE, Ind.. Dec. 7.—Eldon Downs, Indianapolis telephone lineman, faces a term of from one to ten years in the state reformatory for involuntary manslaughter. Downs, convicted recently by a jury here of being responsible for '‘the death of Charles Strait, who was killed in an automobile accident on Aug. 3. was refused anew trial by Judge L. A. Guthrie. Counsel for Downs asserted his imprisonment would be a miscarriage of justice, inasmuch as he had never before been in trouble, but the plea failed to move the court. An appeal will be taken to the Indiana supreme court.

CHIVALRY BY BANDITS Woman’s Money and Jewelry Unmolested Wide Fiance is Robbed. /ty Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Dec. 7.—Two bandits who held up Adrian Broderick. factory employe, and his fiance. Dorothy Staggs, were at least chivalrous. Broderick was robbed of $2 and a SSO note which the bandits apparently believed was a check, but they did not molest a purse in which Miss Stagg carried money and jewelry. The holdup occurred within two blocks of an alley where Harry H. Vize, secretary of the Electrical Workers Union, was robbed of $97. Plaintiff Loses Suit Times special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 7. Following a trial of three days, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the case of Phillip Cohen against Marshall Carybill. brought here on a change of venue from Marion county. The plaintiff was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant on the streets of Indianapolis more than a year ago. Kiwanis Club Elects Ru Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Dec. 7. C. H. Lyon, vice-president of the Kiwanis Club the past year, will serve as president in 1930. succeedirig the Rev. B. H. Bruner. Other officers are Professor O. H. Smith, vice-president, and R. P. Mullins, trustee. Directors are Harry Williams, Ben Riley. Milton Brown. O. W. Hollowell, W. L. Denman, W. F. i Mitchell and Gray Potter. Student Paralyzed Rj/ Timet Special GREENCASTLE, Ind.. Dec. 7. Robert Wickersham, Monticello, freshman in DePauw university, is paralyzed from the chest down as the result of an injury suffered in gymnasium work. Physicians beueve he has concussion of the spine.

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’-tv Times Uncial BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 7. The Indiana University Union board was represented by its president, Franklin K. Mullin, Rushville, at the tenth annual meeting of th Association of College and University unioms, which closed today at Madisoft. Wis., after a three-day session. During the meeting the Union building of the University of Wisconsin, one of the finest in the country, was inspected by delegates, who attended from all parts of the United States.

5 ACCUSED AS STORE BANDITS Woman Among Prisoners at Anderson. By Timm Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 7.—Five persons are under arrest here charged with robbery ahd concealing merchandise stolen from the W. L. Wise general store at Frankton Sunday night. The prisoners are Mrs. Bessie Keys, 25; her brothers, Hobart Hammer. 21. and Herman Hammer, 19; Oliver Brown, 27, and Guy Horton, 18. Most of the S3OO worth of merchandise stolen from the store wns recovered in a residence where Sheriff Frank Daniels and deputies captured the five. The loot included various, articles of clothing, shoes, blankets, baby dresses and bacon. Some of the merchandise had been sold. Brown and Horton confessed, telling Sheriff Daniels they and the Hammer brothers entered the store and brought the loot to Mrs. Keys. She and her brothe’rs came here several months from Vernon, Ky. Brown and Horton are residents of this city and roomed with them. The woman has a husband living in Indianapolis and two children living with her here. Horton told of a trip the party made to the Kentucky hills a few weeks ago. ‘‘We had a big time drinking moonshine whisky that was strong enough to knock your hat off your head,” he said.

JURY SPENDS 17 HOURS IN SETTLING HAY CASE Alexandria Man Given S7O Which W T as Previously Refused. Bjl Times Special ANDERSON. Ind.. Dec. 7.—A jury in Madison sunerior court deliberated seventeen hours to reach a verdict in a suit involving a carload of mixed hay. Walter Cunningham, Alexandria, was plaintiff in the suit, and Raymond Woodward, Lapel, defendant. Woodward bought the hay from Cunningham, giving a sll9 check on which he later stopped payment because he was informed after the transaction had been made that the hay was wet. Woodward then sold the hay on the Cincinnati market, relaizing S7O on the transaction. He then offered to settle with Cunningham on the basis of the price he received for the hay, but Cunningham, insisting the hay was in good condition when he sold it, refused, and filed the suit. The jury awarded Cunningham S7O, which amount he had refused to accept. SEVEN LEVIES OPPOSED Four Suits Appealing From Assessments Filed at Anderson. Hu Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 7.—Failure of the board of works to modify assessments levied for the Thirteenth street and Ohio’ avenue district sewer has resulted in the filing of four appeal suits in Madison circuit court in which it is alleged assessments are in excess of benefits to abutting property. Plaintiffs are Sherman and Ida Makepeace. Frank B. and Angie Van Pelt, Anna and Michael Davitt, James E. and Anna Swisher, William and Eva K. Dehaven, Blanche C. Shepardson, Alice Thomas. Earl C. and Mary Morris, Oliver C. and Nellie Clark. Lorena Carr. Cora Guerin, Laura Duffiela, Harry Beckman, Elizabeth and Emma Morningstar. Nellie Coughlin and Hattie B. Campbell. New Bus Line Planned 841 Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Dec. 7. As soon as a road between Bloomington and Bloomfield is opened, A. B. Griffith will begin operation of his bus line between the cities. His franchise to operate between here and Indianapolis has been purchased by the Greyhound Lines, Inc. Sixteen Smallpox Cases Hu Times Special BRUCEVILLE, Ind., Dec, 7.—Sixteen persons here are ill of smallpox. Several children are out of school. Six members of one family are among those ill. Movie Test for Children Hu Time* Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 7. Amy Monniger and Jackie York, each 6 years old, will leave Monday for Hollywood, Cal., for a motion picture test. They are singers and dancers.

INDIANA BONDED DEBT LEAST IN ENTIRE COUNTRY Each Hoosier Man, Woman and Child Owes Only a Dime. Indiana is one of the few states ! whose gross bonded debt has remained stationary for several years and its outstanding obligations of $340,000 now represents an average debt of 10 cents for every inhabitant of the state. None of the forty-four debtor states o the Union have a smaller gross indebtedness or a lower per capita debt. These figures are given in a national survey completed by the Bank of America. New York, which reveals that the state governments of the United States have a gross bonded debt of $2,142,007,491, or $17.84 per capita. Half of this debt has been incurred since 1922 and although the efvhteaf!-month period from January, 1928, to July of this year, witnessed the issuance of approximately $257,000,000 worth of new bonds as compared with redemptions of only $86,000,000, the rate of debt increase has not been as rapid as in years immediately preceding. Road and Bridge Cost Most In studying the purposes for which states have incurred indebtedness, the bank found that 50 per cent of the total debt outstanding was accounted for by highway and bridge construction. Only 34 per cent of the debt in 1922 represented expenditures for highways, but the demands for this purpose have risen steadily and of the total debt increase of $170,653,324 since January, 1928, highways are responsible for 99.3 per cent. It is also significant that of this recent increase, 65 per cent represents highway bonds issued by seven southern states. The second most important purpose for which states have contracted bonded debts is payment of soldiers’ bonuses. The total for this purpose stands at $272,086,260, or 12.7 per cent of the entire debt, but is being reduced steady. Waterways and harbors account for $231,055,800, or 10.8 per cent of the debt. Only $37,743,742, or 1.8 per cent, was incurred for educational purposes. New York Debt Largest Five states have obligations of more than $100,000,000 and these are in order of their debt; New York, $355,223,000; Illinois, $201,286,500; North Carolina, $165,342,000; Massachusetts, $125,217,662, and California, $121,176,000. On a per capita basis the ranking is quite different. South Dakota has been reducing her debt, but still leads with $80.89. Oregon follows with a debt of $68.71 for every man, woman and child in the state. Others having a large per capita debt are: North Carolina, $56.27; North Dakota, $52.02, and Delaware, $50.62. Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska and Wisconsin have no bonded debt. The Pacific group of states comprising Washington, Oregon and California have the highest per capita debt of any section, the bank finds by grouping, according to geographical areas of the country. The New England states have the second highest and the lowest is found in the Mountain group. Six of the nine groups have increased their per capita debt since January, 1928.

SUIT FILED FOR $3,662 Contractor Asks Additional Payment for Alexandria Paving. Bit Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 7.—James P. Fisher, Logansport road contractor, filed suit in Madison circuit court, appealing from the board of county commissioners, on refusal of the board to allow his claim of $3,662.70 for extra work in resurfacing of Harrison street, Alexandria. Fisher has been paid the amount oi his bid and now asks additional payment on the grounds that the estimate of the county engineer was erroneous, causing him to resurface several hundred more yards of pavement than his contract called for. The county board refused to allow the claim on the advice of County Attorney Lewis Kimberlin, who held the contractor should have checked the estimate plans and specifications before bidding. Love Suit for $26,000 I!u Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Dec. 7.—Suit for $26,553.64 has been filed in Delaware circuit court by Watt Smith against Mrs. Hazel Green.- Smith, who previously had sued for divorce from Mrs. Eva Smith, charges Mrs. Green destroyed his wife’s affection for him and took $6,553.64 from the Smith home. The remaining $20,000 asked in the suit is claimed as damages for alienation of affections. Mother of Three Kills Self By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 7. Mrs. Ruth Bauer, 30. mother of three small children, committed suicide by inhaling gas, leaving a note that she would be better off dead.” No motive for the suicide has been advanced.

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Bu United Press Evansville, ind., Dec. 7. A thief who leaves a calling card with the words “I am the Fox, Ha! Ha!” is being hunted by Evansville police. He has been breaking into school buildings, and after stealing various articles, destroys property of more value than the loot. School children report they

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$1 Damages By l imes Special GREENFIELD, Ind., Dec. 7. —A jury in Hancock circuit court here has awarded a judgment of $1 to Mrs. Sarah E. McCune in her suit for damages against Homer Collins as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident four years ago. The jury deliberated about fourteen hours. As the judgment is less than $5, Mrs. McCune will be compelled to pay costs of the trial.

CHA!R DEATH BEINGJFOUGHT Efforts Made to Save Slayer of Officer. Ry Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., Dec. 7. Attorneys for James Britt, Negro, facing death in the electric chair for the murder of Sam Goldberg, East Chicago, a deputy sheriff, plans a series of moves to save his life. The first of these will probably be a motion for anew trial. Self defense was the plea of Britt at his trial. Goldberg was shot while attempting to arrest the Negro on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. For a time after the slaying, much interest was shown in the case, owing to the fact that Goldberg was a witness before the federal grand jury at South Bend which returned liquor law indictments against about 300 persons in the Calumet district. It developed at the trial that there was no connection between the slaying and Goldberg’s appearance before the jury.

THOUSANDS OF FISH DIE IN EXCAVATION HOLES Traps Near Columbus Reported to State Officials. By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 7.—Holes left after removal of earth used in road construction near here form traps in which thousands of fish have died, according to a report to the state department of conservation by L. J. Lehman, managing director of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Weeds hid the holes and only within the last few days was the extent of the fish destruction revealed. Some of the dead fish were ten to twelve inches long, but most were minnows. Overflow water from streams carry the fish into the holes from which they cannot escape. It has been suggested that drainage of the excavation by tiling to the streams would permit return of the fish. Veteran of Two Wars Dies BEDFORD, Ind., Dec. 7. —Funeral services will be held Sunday for Larkin D. Smith, 51, veteran of the Spanish-American and World wars, who died at a government hospital in Johnson City, Tenn. He had been in military service -for thirty years.

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were chased into the police chief’s home by a man with a black mask. This is not a schoolboy trick.” Detective Chief Heneisen declared. ‘‘A strong man, probably a demented one, was the burglar, for he has smashed down windows and doors in numerous cases to gain admission to the buildings.”

Daily Commitments Rise From 100 to 115 a Month. Insanity is increasing among Hoosiers, it was revealed in the annual report of John A. Brown, secretary of the state chairities board. An average of 115 persons a month was admitted to the five state hospitals for the insane during the year ended Sept. 30, as compared to the average of 100 a month that has prevailed for the past several months, the report says. Commitments during the year totaled 1,388 and of that number 1,137 had no previous hospital records. Ninety-five per cent of the total were white persons and 93 per cent native born. The number of males committed was only slightly larger than the number of females. There were 707 men and boys included in the total and 681 women and girls. 3*> to 60 Danger Ages Persons between the ages of 30 and 60 are more susceptible to insanity than at any other ages, the report showed. Os the total commitments, 817 were between 30 and 60; 326 were 60 years or more; 207 from 20 to 30 years and thirty-eight under 20 years. Twenty-three per cent of the total were dementia praecox cc,ses, the largest single group. For two preceding years this group constituted 27 per cent of the first admission. None From Union County Patients were received from every county in the state during the year, with the exception of Union county. Every county, however, was represented in one or the other five hospitals on Sept. 30, 1929. There was a total of 6,675 patients in the hospitals on that date, an increase of 220 over the same day in 1928. There were 573 deaths during the year.The hospitals had an average daily population of 6,568. The five larger counties were represented as follows; Marion, 882; Lake, 373; Allen, 293; St. Joseph, 263, and Vigo, 259. The counties represented by the fewest inmates were Ohio, eleven; Brown and Union counties, twelve each. An inventory of the five institutions showed property and equipment valued at $9,739,200. The maintenance cost was $1,672,454, an average of 70 cents a day a patient.

HONOR WON AT I. U. Logansport Student’s Name to Be Placed on Fraternity Plaque. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 7. The eighth name on the scholarship plaque of Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary commerce fraternity, in the office of Dean W. A. Rawies of the Indiana university commerce school, will be that of Eugene Denham, Logansport, a junior in the school. Each year the fraternity selects three juior students with the highest scholastic average for the two year’s pre-commerce work and gives them a competitive examination in economics and accounting, to determine the most eligible. According to Professor Fred L. Chew, Denham ranked highest in the examination. He competed with Charles De Bruler, Indianapolis, and George I. Murphy, Wabash.

I. U. YEARBOOK GIVEN HELP OF GROUP LEADERS Each Organization on Campus Provides a Captain. Bji Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Dec, 7. Team captains for the various fraternities, sororities, and dormi.ories at Indiana university were announced here today to conduct the annual subscription campaign for the Arbutus, year book published by the junior class of the university. Eugene Denham, Logansport, business manager of the publication, is in charge of the campaign which will open Monday. He will be assisted by George Murphy, Wabash, secretary-treasurer of the Arbutus. Silver loving cups will be awarded to the winning teams. Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority won the cups last year. State History Planned * ‘A Sage of the Sons of Indiana” will be the theme of the Arbutus this year, according to Max Seppenfield, Bloomington, editor-in-chief. Progress of the state of Indiana from the time of its admission joining the union until the present will be portrayed. The outstanding feature of the natural color part of the book will be the scenic section, consisting of four pictures of familiar campus scenes by the late Theodore C. Steele, Indiana artist. The division pages of the main sections of tho book will be given over to Hoosiers in literature, education and history. James Whitcomb Riley, Benjamin Harrison, Albert J. Beveridge, General Lew Wallace and Way man Adams are given space in the book. Vincent Fowler of Indianapolis is assocaite editor with Sappenfiela and the editorial assistants are Virginia Crim, Salem; Clarice Jones, Evansville; Marian Martin, Kokomo, and Mary Landis, Nappanee. List Announced The following have been appoir*ed team captains: Alpha Chi Omega, Shirley Worrell. Clayton; Alpha Delta Pi, Jessie Borror, Rossville. III.; Alpha Omicron Pi, Rozella Smith. Kokomo; Bet Sigma Omicron, Pauline Ashley. Bloomington; Chi Omega, Florence Phelps. Ft. Wayne; Delta Delta Delta, Christine Heritage, Alexandria; Delta Gamma. Medeline White, Chrisman, 111.; Delta Zeta Mary Landis. Nappanee; Kappa Alpha Theta, Charlotte Stier, Ft. Wayne; Kf|ppa Delta, Betty Leigh, Jasonville; Kappa Kappa Gamme, Flora Hunter, Indianapolis; Phi Mu, Clarice Jones, Evansville; Phi Omega Pi, Maurine Davis, Greenfield; Pi Beta Phi. Marian Burrow. Akron; Sigma Kappa. Alice Niederhaus. Haubstadt; Theta Phi Alpha. Catherine Walsh. Ft. Wayne; Zeta Tau Alpha, Fay Overton, Kokomo; Memorial Hall, east wing. Louise Hummel, Muncie, west wing, and Marguerite Vogeding, Garrett. Acacia, John Newton. Owensville; Alpha Tau Omega. George, Gardner. Indianapolis; Beta Theta Pi. Giles Pierre. Ft. Wayne; Delta Chi, Paul Griffis, Ft. Wayne; Delta Phi Sigma Ray Mullen. Kokomo; Delta Tau Delta, Bates Miller, Brazil; Delta Upsilon. George Oswalt. Brazil: Sigma Nu, Benton Thompson. Webster. S. D.; Kappa Delta Rho, Luis French. Covington; Kappa Sigma. James Leffel. Warsaw; Lambda Chi Alpha Robert Emmons. Mishawaka; Phi Beta Delea, Herschel Winsberg, Whiting; Phi Gamma Delta. Jack McCoy. Indianapolis; Phi Kappa Psi. Andrew F. Powell, Marion: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Richard McIllroy, Terre Haute; Sigma Alpha Mu, Harry Gladstein, Sellersburg; Sigma Pi, Bennie Huff Benton Harbor. Mich.; Sigma Chu, Robert Phillips. Spencer; Theta Chi, Jennings. Carter. Mentone; Gamma Eta GGamma, John McGinnis. Columbus, and ESouth Hall. Charles Hahn, South Bend. Man Asks Farm’s Return By Times Special ' ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 7.—Mrs. Aultie H. Hillock, Indainapolis, is defendant in a suit in superior court by Elihu Greenlee, 84, Green township farmer, who seeks title to a twenty-acre farm. Greenlee alleges he deeded the farm to Mrs. Hillock, his grandniece, on her promise to provide a home for him the remainder of his life. The transfer was made in February, soon after which he alleges he was ousted from the home.

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Clyde Timmons

By Times Special MARION, Ind., Dec. 7.—The Exchange Club, Marion’s newest organization, has elected Clyde Timmons, Grant county assessor, president. Other officers are Vern Powers, first vice president; Dr. R. F. Braulin, second vice-president; Ralph Dennis, treasurer, and Emmit Carmoney, secretary. The board of control is composed of R. E. Kunheim, J. L. Broderick, Ross McClain and E. C. Modlin.

23 STUDENTS EARN HONORS Phi Beta Kappa Will Initiate at I. U. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 7. For high scholastic honors, twentythree Indiana university students have been chosen for membership in Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic society, to which only students oi highest scholastic average arc elected. The new members are: Brandt Steele, Indianapolis, A. 8., June, 1929, and the following members tc graduate with A. B*. degrees in October, 1929: Mrs. Elsie Shockley Lockridge, Bloomington; Frances G. Robinson, Connersville; Mary A. Bieber, Lafeyette; Anna F. Machitzke, Gary, and Louise F. Ritterskamp, Freelandville. Members of the 1930 graduating class selected are: Benjamin Cohen, Indiana Harbor; Thomas E. Thompson, South Bend; Paul DeVault, Kewanna; Russell O. Fink, Indianapolis; Lesta M. Berry and Elsa Kuersteiner, Bloomington; Albert Dickens, Princeton; Agnes B. Hass, Pierceton; Mildred F. Peacock, Seymour; Charles Lesh, Muncie; Bert J. Vos Jr., Bloomington; Osca: Borkon, Shepardsville; Granville L. Richey, Columbus; Leander J. Bulleit. New Albany; Max M. Sappenfield, Bloomington; Iris Beadle, Indianapolis, and Mildred S. Dowden, Elnora. The initiation dinner for the new members will be held next Wednesday at the university cafeteria Following the dinner, Dean W. A. Rawles of the I. U. school of commerce and finance and president of Phi Beta Kappa will give an address on ‘‘Can Business Administration Become a Profession?”

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LAW CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST HENRY SHUMAN Former Farm Leader to Be Accused Again at Anderson. .Ru Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 7.—Henry Shuman, former president and purchasing agent of the Madison County Farm Bureau, has won another legal battle, but tlie end of his troubles are not in sight. Following the quasliing in city court of an affidavit charging Shuman with embezzlement of $9.727.23 of the farm organization's funds in one count and grana larceny of the same amount in a second count, Prosecuting Attorney Oswald Ryan announce' 1 h won’ ’ the same charges in Madison circuit court. Caught After Flight Shuman disappeared in July, 1927, but was arrested two weeks later at Macon. Ga„ when he called at the postoffice for a letter, and was returned here to face a charge of false pretense based on a transaction involving the sale of a crop of barley from his farm first to the Lapel Elevator Company and later to the Welling Milling Company of Anderson. He was freed of this charge in city court and after bei>-w indicted by the county grand jury for the same alleged offense he escaped on a technicality. Judge Salyer quashed the first count of the affidavit on the grounds that the statute of limitations expired eleven days before the charge was filed, overruling the prosecuting attorney who argued that the last legislature extended the satute of limitations on embezzlement cases from two years to five years. Prosecutor Protests The second count was quashed for the same reason. The prosecuting attorney cited in this instance that the statute of limitations on grand larceny had always been five ye*rs and not two years as the court contended. Judge Salyer also heid the affidavit was not properly drawn. “The ruling will have no legal affect on the case,” Ryan said. “The charges will be refiled in circuit court and treated as if they had never been filed in city court.” The courtroom was filled with farmers when the charges were dismissed. Directors of the farm organization recently won a suit against a surety bonding company, which had refused to make settlement for the amount of the shortage in Shuman’s accounts. This case was heard by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell.

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