Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1914 — AGED MINISTER TO RETIRE SOON [ARTICLE]

AGED MINISTER TO RETIRE SOON

Affliction That Makes Voice Husky Causes Withdrawal. WILL BE INSURANCE AGENT Rev. J. L. Fisher, Has Been a Member of the Evangelical Association for Thirty-One Years —To Leave April 1. Elkhart.—Rev. L. S. Fisher, who has been a minister of the Evangelical . association 31 years, will retire April 1, when the Indiana conference convenes in annual session at Linn Grove. He will become district agent for an insurance company, with headquarters in South Bend. An affliction that makes his voice husky causes his withdrawal from the ministry. He has been pastor at Portland. South Bend and Elkhart, and, served 12 years in Oregon towns as a pastor sent by the missionary board. He was presiding elder of the Kokomo district four years. Art Association to Meet. Indianapolis.—The annual meeting of the Art Association of Indianapolis will be held Tuesday, April <, at 8 p. m. in the John Herron Art institute. Seven directors, to serve for three years, are to be elected. The candidates for directors are: Mrs. John N. Carev, Mrs. Jay A. Egbert, Henry Eitel. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Edward F. Hodges, Louis Lathrop, E. H. Kemper McComb. Mrs. M alter L. Milliken, George G. Snowden, Miss Lucy M. Taggart, Mrs. Clemens Vonnegut, Ernst M. Wiles and Evans Woollen. Pastor Suspended at Bloomington. Indianapolis.—Rev. John R. Ellis, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Bloomington, has been found guilty and suspended as a minister of the church in the United States, by a commission of the Indiana presbytery, it was announced The charges against Mr. Ellis concerned a number of women of Bloomington. The. names of the women and the exact nature of the charges were not made public. Two Hit at Crossing. North Vernon. —Hyrum Collins and Miss Lulu Kibbler. . a teacher in the Butlervllle high school, were run down by B. & G. g. W. train No. 99, at the Oakdale crossing. The horse they were driving was killed and the buggy was demolished. Mis* Kibbler escaped unhurt, but Mr. Collins will probably die as a result of injuries suffered. His collar bone was broken and he was hurt internally, it is believed. ? Walked in Front of Train; Killed. Laporte.—An unknown man, well dressed and with more than a hundred dollars in his clothes, walked in front of a Chicago & Erie passenger train at Rochester and was instantly killed. The suicide had taken the precaution to remove every evidence of identification from hla person. The body will be held at Rochester morgue for several days while the authorities make an effort to establish identification. Pear Tree 100 Years Old. Bedford. —A pear tree on a farm owned by Rev. J. E. Kern is believed to be the largest in the state. The tree is one hundred years old and three feet in diameter five feet above the ground, and Is five feet across where it forks. It is of the “sugar" variety and recently has shown signs of decay. Woman Admitted to Bar. Winchester. —Miss Louie Shreeve, daughter of Jacob Shreeve, and a stenographer in Union City, was admitted to the Randolph county bar, when her petition was presented to Judge James S. Engle. She is the first wbman in the county receiving recognition at the bar. Fire Horse Bleeds to Death. Rochester. —While making a run to a fire the city team struck a telephone pole and one of the horses suffered a severe cut in the leg. It bled to death in 15 minutes. The animal was valued at S3OO. The fire that caused the run was «ut before help arrived. W. C. T, U. Meeting in Evansville. Evansville. —Fifteen hundred members of the Vanderburg County W. C. T. U. met here in annual convention. Addressee favoring a constitutional amendment providing for, national prohibition were on the program. League Has SIO,OOO to Enforce LawBloomington—A meeting of the law enforcement committee of the Civic league was held, at which both organizations were combined. The two bodies have SIO,OOO subscribed to be used in employing detectives, if necessary, to see that the law is enforced. Former Sheriff Joseph Ratcliff was employed at SI,OOO a year to assist the local officers in law enforcement. He was made president | of the league, with James B. Lair as I vice-cresident, Charles Springer sec