Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1915 — V. M. C. A. MEETING COMES TO CLOSE [ARTICLE]

V. M. C. A. MEETING COMES TO CLOSE

Forty-Sixth Annual Convention Ends in Huntington. SEE GAIN IN MEMBERSHIP At Closing Session Delegates Join Hands and Form Great Circle, While They Sing “Blest Be the Tie That Binds.'’ Huntington.—With a future forecast by large memberships and increased budgets, the forty sixth convention of the Indiana Young Men’s Christian association was at an end after a three-dayß’ session here. At the close of the meeting the delegates Joined hands and formed a great circle around the auditorium while they sang, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds."

Pure Food Law Violation Charged. Indianapolis.—Notice of indictment was served by the federal grand jury against five persons and concerns charged with violation of the federal pure food and drug act. Those indictee are: Dr. Miles Medical company of Elkhart, manufacturers of ■'Miles’ Nervine;’’ Samuel F. Spohn, mayor of Goshen, trading as the Fpohn Medical company, charged with misbranding a “distemper cure;’’ Doctor W hitehall Megrimme company of South Bend, manufacturers of a nerve medicine; Wright Medicine company of Peru, makers of a rheumatic cure, and Charles S. Binkley of Nappanee, manufacturers of a distemper remedy.

Samuel Walker Dead. Nashville. —Samuel Walker, seventythree years old, former treasurer of Brown county, and promoter of the community fair held seven miles north of this city for a number of years, died at his home at Nineveh. He is survived by a widow and four children, Ernest C. Walker, a university professor at Oxford, O.; Estal Walker of North Vernon, Mrs. Hallie Cobb of Indianapolis and Erastus Walker of Mott, N. D. Sentenced for Life. Newcastle.—Life imprisonment was the sentence imposed upon John Qraig, nineteen, who was found guilty of murder in the second degree here. Craig was charged with the killing of Frank Dean, foreman of the Ball Brothers’ glass factory at Muncle. It was alleged Craig stabbed Dean to death following a dispute over wages. Craig claimed he acted in self-defense. Sacrifices Skin to Save Son. South Bend. Over ten Inches of skin was grafted from the arm of Mrs. Rose Garrison, a widow, and placed upon the foot of ten-year-old Paul Garrison, her only child. The mother’s sacrifice is expected to save the limb of the boy, who was injured when struck by a motorcycle here a month ago, having been confined in a hospital since that time. ... ,

Mrs. Marshall in Hospital. Indianapolis.—Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the vice-president, expected to undergo an adominal operation The vice-president, who has abandoned temporarily all plans for returning to Washington for the opening of congress next month, said Mrs. Marshall is not suffering and that the operation should not be dangerous Preached Without Pay; Dies at 98. Columbus —Rev. A. H. K. Beam, ninety-eight years old, a pioneer United Brethren minister, who served sixty years without accepting remuneration of any kind, is dead at his home in Hartsville, near here. He retired after a stroke of paralysis when eighty-six years old. He was born in Lancaster, Pa., but came here when a boy. Dog Saves Man From Bull. Rochester. —George Toby, a farmer living near Rochester, would have probably been killed by an enraged bull but for the timely arrival of the family dog. which drove the animal away, giving Toby’s wife time to drag him out of the lot Toby was knocked down several times. He 1b believed to be injured internally.