Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1914 — Home Orator Wins Contest. [ARTICLE]

Home Orator Wins Contest.

Noblesville.—Noblesville, represented by Malcolm Cottingham, won first place in the oratorical contest of the Central Indiana High School association in this city. Second place was given to Robert Beck, of Lafayette; third, to Herschel Richardson of Lebanon; fourth, to Mary Frances Abrahams of Crawfordsville; and fifth, to Daniel Buck of Frankfort. Competition was keen and the figures of the judges showed the difference i in percentages between the first and last contestants was small. The judges were R. B. Barnhardt and W. S. Jennings of Indianapolis, and E. P. Trueblood of Richmond. The contest in 1915 will be held at Crawfordsville. * Dies While in Prayer at Church. ' Terre Haute.—Dr. W. B. Richmond, prominent in the medical profession of Terre Haute, succumbed to a heart attack during services at St. Ann’s church. As the result of the shock Mrs. Richmond is in a serious condition. The congregation was unaware of the physician’s death until it was announced from the pulpit following the services. The congregation was kneeling in prayer when the doctor fell to the aisle. During the Gerhardt administration Doctor Richmond served as an officer of the city board of health. He came from Brazil eight years ago. He is survived by the widow and one son. Pythians to Celebrate. South Bend. —One thousand Knights of Pythias from South Bend, Mishawaka, Laporte, Michigan City, New Carlisle, Elkhart, Goshen, Syracuse, Milford, 1 lymouth, Peru, Huntington and Fort Wayne will gather at Warsaw on May 26 to take part in the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Knights of Pythias lodge of that city. Among the speakers will be Mayor Ralph W. Gaylor of Mishawaka and several of the grand lodge officers, who are to be named at a later date. Freight Train of Cabbage Wrecked. Bloomington. —An extra freight train bound fob Indianapolis over the Illinois Central railroad was wrecked near Mt. Gilead in thisi county. The track was torn up for about two hundred yards and cars loaded with cabbage from the southern states were demolished. It xyas necessaryi to send for the Monon wrecker in this city to right the cars and clear the track. All traffic was delayed for several hours. Concrete Road Is Planned. South Bend.—St. Joseph county will vote on the proposition of building the Lincoln highway west of South Bend on May 27. Should the i election prove favorable to the movement the county commissioners will order a concrete road, extending from ; the west city limits of South Bend to ‘ the Laporte county line, a distance of about eighteen miles. It is the inten- i tion to begin work on the road June ' 15.

X* - Officer Shot During Raid. Madison. —While raiding Kate Sullender’s blind tiger, Officer .Charles M. Clay was shot and killed by Bart McCoy, who gave himself up. McCoy has been in the penitentiary twice and was a paroled prisoner. Farmer Killed by Train. Warsaw. Mathew Sharp, sixty years old, a prominent farmer of near Syracuse, was killed by a B. ft O. train. His body was found at the side of the track by a neighbor. No one witnessed the accident.