Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 124, 4 April 1914 — Page 1

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CHOOSE DELEGATES TO SELECT NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS RACE

Progressives in Richmond Select Delegates to District Convention At Ward Meetings Held Last Night. FIFTH AND SEVENTH INDORSE RUSSELL Fifth Pledges Delegates to Support A. J. Beveridge for Nomination As U. S. Senator. Richmond's delegation to the Progressive district convention to nominate a congressman, which will probably be held at Rushville about April 25, will go uninstructed with the exception of the delegates from the Fifth and Seventh wards, who are pledged to support Prof. Elbert Rustell of this city, a member of the EarlJiam college faculty. Prof. Russell is the only one who has announced his candidacy for the con gressional nomination and there is j every reason to believe he will receive jnot only the support of the Richmond delegates but those representing the (various townships. The township tmeetings are being held this after noon, with the exception of New Garden, where a big meeting was held last night Delegates from the Fifth ward to the state convention, which is to be held at Indianapolis Saturday, April 18th, are pledged to support A. J. Beveridge for the nomination as United States Senator, but none of the other ward delegations was instructed for any senatorial candidate. To Nominate Legislator. At the same time and place the district convention is held two other conventions will be convened, one to nominate a joint senator from Wayne and Union counties, and one to nominate a joint representative from Wayne and Fayette counties. With the exception of the Sixth ward alternates to the district convention were elected to eerve as delegates to the two joint conventions. In the Sixth special delegates were elected to serve at the two joint conventions. j Irf"J Prof." Kttssefrsibrife waroTitne jSeventh, he was given a very enthusiastic indorsement and, by unanimous ! consent, was permitted to select his jown delegates. In the Fifth a resolution indorsing the candidacy of Prof. Russell was- passed unanimously, the .delegates to the district convention 'being instructed to support him until released: the delegates to the state convention were instructed to support Mr. Beveridge for senator and the delegates to the joint representative convention were instructed to cast (Continued on Page Ten.) SCHOOL ORCHESTRA GETS INVITATIONS May Give Concerts At New Paris and Eaton in Near Future. That the Richmond high school orchestra is winning fame as an excellent amateur musical organization is evidenced by the fact that it has received three more invitations to appear in concert. The last ones were from a prominent member of the Methodist church at New Paris and from Edwin Price, a vocalist, of Eaton, O. If a place can be secured large enough to accommodate the orchestra of seventy pieces, the invitation will be accepted. According to Director Sloane. it takes approximately nine square feet of floor space tor each player, which means in the case of the Richmond organization a floor of 630 square feet. With the acceptance of the invitation to appear at Eaton, this will make 1he fecond concert to be given in that place by the orchestra in two months. A concert, was given under the auFpices of Edwin Price. The orchestra will appear for the second time at Eaton, May 1. President Brown, of the Northern Indiana Teachers' association, has asked Prof. Sloane to come to Indiansi polis again for a later date on account of the reception that the members received from educators from all over the state at the meeting there Friday. The orchestra was the drawing card of the meeting and TomlinKon hall was packed so that many were compelled to stand in the aisles to hear the music. Governor Ferris, of Michigan, told Director Sloane that it was the best orchestra he had ever heard. Much comment was heard from several of the leading musicians of Indianapolis about the way the pieces were played. The big number on the program was the '-William Tell" overture. BILL POSTERS TRUST SEEKSDISSOLUTION CHICAGO, April 4. Rather than go into, court and fight the suit brought by the United States under the Sherman anti-trust act. attorneys for the association of bill posters of the United States and Canada, the "bill posters trust,"' today submitted to federal district attorney Wilkerson a petition to dissolve under certain conditions jyhich were not made public.

REV. 6.-EARL PARKER PRESIDESJOMORROW Richmond Minister to Have Charge of Service At North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church.

DIFFER ON CANVASS Some Members Oppose Financial Campaign on Sundays While Others Say it Must Be Held Then. SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 4. The proposed plan of conducting "an every member canvass on Sunday" for raising finances for the support of the churches has resulted in a difference of opinion among the members of the North Indiana conference of the M. E. church. Ma nv contend that a can-

, " . . . , i spite from this issue, occasioned by vass on Sunday is wrong from the the continuous executive session for point of view of conscience, while j the confirmation of Winthrop M. Danothers maintain that unless a canvass j iels, of New Jersey, as a member of

is made on Sunday it will not be success.. Announcement was made today that the appointments will not be ready before Monday. Bishop McDowell was unexpectedly interrupted in his work when he was called to Chicago yes terday. 1 he Sunday service tomorrow will begin with a love feast at 9 o'clock in the morning. At 10:30 o'clock Bishop McDowell will preach, and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon memorial services, will be conducted by the conference secretary. This will be followed by ordination of deacons and elders in the evening. Dr. Daniel D. Brummett. editor of the Epworth Herald will address the Epworth League. The Rev. B. Earle Parker, of Richmond, will preside. E. E. Staup, of Union City, was ! elected vice president for the Richmond district when officers for the laymen's organization were chosen. Reports of the seven benevolent and missionary boards of the church with consideration and discussion of the new financial plan, occupied the conference at yesterday afternoon's session. A A Parker, of Denver Tnln retary of the western division of the commission on finances, surveyed what had been done in regard to the financial plan, and what is being done by churches in relation to the boards of foreign missions, home missions and church extension. Freedmen's Aid society, education, - Sunday schools, American Bible society and Church Temperance .society. The customary percajiitS tarx"ttf 2 cents a week, by which the work of these boards is supported, is, he asserted, no longer adequate. He emphasized the practicability and need of the new financial plan. Its employment, he added, will commence a tremendous educational campaign throughout the churches as to the work of the church boards and what has been accomplished by them. Explains Apportionment. The Rev. Fred B. Fisher, secretary of the men's movement, spoke on "The New Financial Plan; What It Is and What It Does." "The last general conference," he said, "appointed a commission of finance, which was to study the needs and opportunities in the seven missionary and benevolent boards of the church. This year it is asking for an assessment of $4,152,000. The apportionment is as follows: Foreign missions, $1,800,000; home missions and church extension, $1,560,000; Freedmen's Aid society, $70,000; Sunday schools, $210,000; education, $135,000; American Bible society, $100,000; Church Temperance society, $50,000." Announcement was made by the statistical secretary that the charges in the conference as a whole have made a gain of 4,962 members during the year. This represents a membership gain amounting to approximately 10 per cent. CHINESE EDUCATOR SPEAKS TOMORROW NG POON CHEW. Dr. Ng Poon Chew, known as the "Mark Twain of China" will deliver three addresses in this city tomorrow. He will speak at the Earlham College chapel Sunday morning, at the First Presbyterian church at 4:45 and at Jthe First M. E. church at 7:30 o'clock.

CANAL TOLLS BILL RECEIVES ATTENTION OF SENATE MEMBERS

Administration Leaders Say Opposition to Measure Is Weak and Bill Will Easily Pass. CHAMBERLAIN SAYS ANTAGONISM GROWS Democrats Hold Effort of Republican Leaders to Force Members Into Alignment Is Futile. WASHINGTON. ADril 4 The sen-1 ate today took up the Panama canal toI.,s Problem after a three days' re the Interstate Commerce commission. With the president's appointment upheld the senators settled down to steady consideration of the tolls question. Senator Chamberlain expressed the opinion today that opposition to the repeal of the exemption clause is gaining ground in the senate. Administration members, however, asserted they are not alarmed hv the efforts ! of Republican leaders to force the Re publican senators into a solid alignment against the measure and continued their confident prediction of a safe majority for the repeal. The senators began to speculate about the effect of the announcement of federal reserve districts and cities upon the vote in the senate. The work of the organization committee which is presumed to have the approval of the president has caused much criticism among a substantial minority of the senate and this may, it is believed, have some effect on the repeal of the tolls exemption. The confirmation of Mr. Daniels as interstate commerce commissioner. also is regarded as a nossihie fartnr in ! ithe tolls situation. esneHallv t0. t i'"" . mieaienmg to revolt against executive sessions. ! Senator Ashurst's declaration in the senate that the people of the country ! were, pnHnnfforoH hv h i i or reactionaries to the Interstate Commerce commission on one hand, and the attempted repeal of free tolls on the other, is being considered seriOIlRlV T4 Haiti that hnth n:nrlr 4 ward an .Increase, in freight rates from I TtMtfif for- the- flennHnfiver. nnntfl "hit ' reltef forVthe peopTii&ever could he obtained. . ALUMNI IN SUPPORT OF EARLHAM GYM Old Grads Back Senior Class Movement to Build New Athletic Home for College. The campaign for a new gymnasium recently launched by the senior class of Earlham college has met with the decided approval of the alumni who have been appealed to on the subject. Horace Reed, who is managing the campaign for the seniors, has received many letters from old students who are unanimous in their support. The president of the class of 1894 has pledged the support of his class, especially as this is the twentieth an""ciDV; u giwiuauun. ne

f . I V. . " lul,",eNew York city. He was born in years and intimated that many others ; Prebie county, Ohio, and started his would be willing to do the same. j career wlth the Pennsylvania railroad. Practically all the college organiza- j He was chief clerk under the late tions have heartily endorsed the prop-1 William B. Leeds when Mr. Leeds osition and have sent petitions to the , was suDerintendent of the Richmond

trustees. The student body is back of the new movement, and the seniors do not doubt that the trustees will consent to the campaign when they meet. April 8.

Sees Main Street For First Time in Years

For the first time in twenty-six years Mrs. Elizabeth Painter saw Main street and it was a wonderful sight. To her mind the world was wonderful, but to pass up and down the main thoroughfare once again with the electric lignts aglow, shop windows artistically trimmed and everywhere the evidence of attraction such as is not found in the home was more than wonderful. It was miraculous. Mrs. Painter is 78 years of age and since her forty-second year has been confined to her home, 817 North Fourteenth street, sans pleasure, sans the sight of gaily lighted shop windows and sans the hundreds which each night in the spring wend their way up and down Main street. Through the kindness of the Domestic Science association and the discoverer of the visiting nurse the complete change in the aged woman's life was effected. The members of the club presented Mrs. Painter with a wheeled chair. It was an event for the aged woman when the means of enlarging her views of life, the wheeled chair, was brought to her home. Enjoys Sights. "This is wonderful," she exclaimed as she sat in the chair pushed by her husband, Thomas Painter, janitor at the Fourteenth Street Mission, up North Fourteenth street, down Main street and fairly rolled into a Fairyland. When the big noisy automobiles whizzed past her she wondered at their shapes, marveled at their speed and reveled in their uniqueness. Then

Listen! HEN WOULDNT LAY CANT MAKE FUDGE HAIR BRINGS $65

MRS. THOMAS DAMED, OF ATlantic City, charged that her hus band tied her to a chair and made their daughter hurl knives at her. BECAUSE THE HEN HE RENTED wouldn't lay and insisted on setting, James H. Snyder, of Sunbury, Pa., sued Philip Bradford, owner of the fowl, for the rental and received a judgment for fifty cents. A LOCK OF HAIR CUT FROM President Lincoln's head the day after his assassination was bought for $65 at the auction sale of the effects of the late Major W. E. Anderson in New York. JOSEPH PABALSKY ATTEMPTED suicide at Chicago because he was hen-pecked. He told Judge Sabath that his wife would not even permit him to buy his own underwear. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY coeds have been forbidden to give chafing dish parties and make fudge for lingering swains in the dormitories at midnight. AFTER BEING TRIED BY THE student honor court, ten students of the University of Chicago were expelled for dishonesty during quarterly examinations. PREFER HIGHWAYS TO JAILSENTENCE Four Vagrants Take Mayor's Advice to Leave Richmond Far Behind Them. Some men anticipate a jail sentence when they are taken before Mayor KODDlnB- even on a cnarge or suspect. ior tnis morning wnen FranK rowers, of Cincinnati, was asked what he was l ao- wers canamiy repnea. , hen set ut of jail I m going to a7 the Clt? immediately. ' Mayor Robbins, somewhat struck with the reply, chuckled and told Powers that if he would get out of town by noon that he would not have to go to Jail. Three other men, Frank Sloan, of Cincinnati, Pat Cotter, of Peru, and J6 Eda,rds ,of Chicago w fiivtrll uie ciiuice oi going to jail were or leaving the city. "Til get out of town right away," a chorus of four voices answered in perfect unison, in reply to the charge of Mayor Robbins. Elmer Polk, colored, a laborer, pleaded guilty to .a charge of assault and battery, before police court this morning. He was given a fine of $1 and costs and went to jail for eleven days. He is said to have given his wife a beating last evening. When the police attempted to locate Mrs. Polk they were unable to find her. CLARK W, PRICE DIES Was Former Richmond vision Official. DiDispatches from St. Petersburg, Fla., telling of the death of Clark W. Price, which occurred in that city yesterday, were received today by Richmond friends of the family. Mr. Price was for a number of years private secretary to Daniel G. Reid, in division of the Pennsylvania road. He is survived by a widow and three children. The funeral services will be held at Plainfield, New Jersey, Monday. the city litself began to unfold to her mind and sight. Business and office buildings stalked before her, lighted theatres attracted her attention and for a while she was in a light uncommon to her eyes. The flashing electric signs presented a puzzle. The street cars seemed quite different from those of her younger days. Even the youth and gaiety of the streets seemed to waft her back into past years. Smile after smile lighted her wrinkled face as each new wonder stalked before her. How happy the crowds, jostling through the streets, seemed to one who had been shut in forover a quarter of a century. Invalid Twenty-six Years. Twenty-six years ago Mrs. Painter became an invalid. Paralysis attacked her, and from her knees down she lost use of her limbs. Since that time she has ben confined to her home. She does the house work in her threeroom home by walking around on her knees, but even with special leather pads the knees at times become quite sore. Mr. Painter has but one arm, and is at work the greater part of the time earning money for the upkeep of the little family, consisting of father, mother and one son. Since the entrance of the wheeled chair into her life Mrs. Painter has become a changed woman. Although she was cheery in her former infirmities, she now is even more cheery and appreciative of life.

DISGRUNTLED OFFICE APPLICANTS CAUSED DEMOCRATIC REVOLT

Congressman Gray Charges Disappointed Post Office Candidates for Hancock County Fight Against Him. SERVIS APPOINTMENT CAUSES SMALL ROW Representative Ignores Attack of Editor Mitchell of Hancock County Democrat in Interview. . ... , . , Dissatisfaction over the postoffice appointment at Greenfield was responsible for the comic opera revolt on the part of a few Hancock county delr egates at the recent Democratic congressional convention, according to Congressman Gray. According to the Rushville Repub lican, Connersviile Examiner and New Castle Times, the latter edited by Democratic District Chairman Cham bers, the meddlesome Palladium was to blame for a handful of Hancock delegates croaking "no" when the vote to nominate Mr. Gray was taken He is Mr. Gray's view of the Han - cock county affair: More than a year ago Mr. Gray recommended Willard S. Pugh for postmaster at Greenfield. Mr. Pugh was appointed and served until shortly before the delegates were to be chosen in Hancock county to the convention which lately met and acted. Then Mr. Pugh was removed by death. About eight candidates developed in view of the nearing second appointment. Gray's Version. According to Mr. Gray, these candidates got out and worked in order to have their friends and supporters named as delegates to the Cambridge City Convention. This, he said, was done with the aim of preparing the candidates, or their friends, the delegates, to "talk postoffice" to him when he visited then to "talk renonination." Before the convention met, however, Mr. Gray recommended William A. Servis to succeed Mr. Pugh, and he charges the disappointed candidates and their friends with endeavoring to kick up a row. Mr.. Gray did not discuss, the charge made by Editor Mitchell, of the Hancock County Democrat, who declared that Gray was totally unfit to represent the district in congress. Mitchell was not a candidate for the postoffice, but as Mr. Gray says that the opposition was wholly the result of the postoffice wrangle, the inference is that Mr. Mitchell was sore on that account. Republican's Explanation. The Rushville Republican, a recog nized authority on Republican politics. gives the following version of the! Democratic convention at Cambridge ) City: Various versions of the Democratic convention at Cambridge City are being given by those who were on the battle ground. Some Democrats, those opposed to Gray, were and still are of the belief that it was the logical time for Lon Mull, of Manilla, to enter the lists, but Gray's friends, who are lead by his political apointees, say that the so-called rebellion was a big fizzle, and that it was started in the first place by the Richmond Palladium, which is constantly playing politics. Friends of Gray assert that the Palladium had some method in its apparent madness. They believe that the Palladium is trying to stir up some dissention in the Democratic party organization of the district. MRS. STARK INJURED Falls Down Steps, Fracturing Both Wrists. Mrs. Mary Stark, mother of Robert

the First English Lutheran church. Petro will endeavor to furnish more was seriously injured yesterday at !PaPers "d magazines as the few magher home in Dayton. Mrs. Stark, who ;azlne8 th Mends send to an inmate is 70 years of age, fell down the full jare Passed from hand to hand like flight of steps leading to the cellar treasures. The Palladium is the only at her home and sustained a fracture 'newspaper regularly received at the of both wrists and a deep gash in her jfarm. forehead, that required four stitches A few inmates who are able to work to close. The victim of the unfortu- j occasionally seem happier than those nate accident is well known in this; who are crippled or are unable to city, having lived on East Main street j work. Many of them are too senile to until two months ago. Owing to Mrs. ; get far from the houses and a few are Stal k's advanced age her recovery is j crippled and unable to move at all.

doubtful. REJECT FACTORY The new industries committee of the Commercial club was submitted j a proposition yesterday for the formation of a $50,000 company to manufacture tilting chairs, but as the promotor, Charles F. Travers, of Chicago," did not propose to invest his own money in the company, the proposition was turned down with the privilege to submit another soon. Mr. Travers has new patents on a tilting chair and showed several models of office chairs, made after his patent. I WEATHER FORECAST FOR INDIANA Cloudy tonight. Sun day partly cloudy. TEMPERATURE. Noon 39 Yeaterdiy. Maximum 40

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TAKE UP ORDINANCE Oil MILK INSPECTION

Members of Councilmanic Committee Meet Tonight to Consider Provisions of City Attorney's Bill. A DRASTIC ORDINANCE Mayor Says Council Must Make Investigation As to Whether Provision Can Be Satisfactorily Enforced. Members of the ordinance commit tee of council will meet this evening ; with City Attorney Bond for the pur pose of considering the provisions of the milk inspection ordinance he has drafted, which will be completed In j tlme for introduction to council the third Monday of this month. Tne milk inspection question prom- - J?? V1 tlon considered by council this year and its ramifications are so numerous that much time will be devoted by council to its consideration. The ordinance framed by Mr. Bond is drastic but fair, both to the dairymen and the public, he says. Can Defeat Test. "When the milk ordinance is introduced I hope council will appoint, a committee to make a thorough investigation of the questions involved be fore final action is taken," said Mayor 1 Robbins today. "It is my understand ing iuai one oi toe principal provisions of this ordinance Is for the tuberculins testing of dairy herds which supply milk for Richmond. Council should know whether such a provision could be satisfactorily enforced. I have been told that dairymen can purchase commercial tuberculine serum. Inoculate their cowb and thereby defeat any effort, on the part of the authorities to make a fair test of their dairy cattle. A cow after being given a test will not react for five or six months, I have been informed. If official tests of a dairy herd were made after the owner had inoculated his cows it would be impossible for the inspectors to determine whether any of the herd was plague infected. "I also understand that a number of the dairymen purchase milk from farmers who do not engage in the dairy business, so it would appear that if only tuberculine tested milk is to be sold In Richmond our local authorities would have to Inspect every herd In the county, which would be a difficult task, and probably the city would have no authority to take such action." Realizes Difficulties. Mayor Robbins is a keen advocate of leanv -tuberenrhm-tested milk for Richmond, but he also realizes the difficulties which must be overcome to provide such a supply. There are some members of council who do not regard very liavorably the tuberculine test idea so the ordinance now pending appears to have a long and rough journey ahead of it. Some of the city officials are of the opinion that the only way to provide i tuberculine tested milk supplies for Richmond and other Indiana towns and cities is by state law. Besides the tuberculine test provision there are many other important features included in the pending milk ordinance. Mr. Bond will also confer with the public utilities commission this evening regarding an ordinance requiring the street car company to have conductors on all cars operating in West Richmond. INFIRMARY INMATES LACK PERIODICALS Absence of More Reading Matter Makes Life Tedious, Says Supt. Petro. Frank Petro, the recently installed superintendent of the county infirmary, who is making a study of social conditions there, believes one of the first needs of the inmates is newspapers and magazines. There are mora than forty inmates and although a few of them cannot read either from blindness or senility. mtut r f tli Am 'liau A n rtt l i n sr rx it I, . The spring corn plowing is being done and the farming work being carried on as usual. The farm rules have been partially revised and are being enforced, making general conditions good The visiting days are Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 2 to 5 o'clock. DEMAND POSSESSION Ejection proceedings were entered today in circuit court asrainst Skiles V. J Bricker, owner of the Brlcker garage. by Edward Brinker, Robert Smith and O. D. Bowers, forming the Brinker. Smith and Powers company. The company claims to have a lease on the building now occupied by Bricker at 418 Main street. Demand of $500 is made for damages alleged to have been sustained by the delay. The lease is dated April 1. Brinker, Smith .and Powers will open a garage In the bonding. Bricker will occupy a new gar age on which building operations will start within a few days, located on Main street between Eleventh and

OPPOSE MAIL ORDER HOUSES, SLOGAN OF COMMERCIAL CLUB

Committee Launches Campaign to Have Residents and Farmers Buy Com- ' modities in Richmond. LOCAL DEALERS SELL , AT CHEAP RATES Booster Trips and Advertising Features to Mark the Work of Making the City Known This Year. The first blow against mail order houses was taken last night at a meeting of the committee on advertising of the Commercial club, and a month or two will see under way a campaign for the protection of home merchants and against outside trad ing. Stephen Kuth Introduced the subject in committee meeting. He not only has had personal experience in dealing with mail order houses, but could give the experience of others. All other business at once gave way to the question Mr. Kuth introduced, and the members of the committer have tackled the problem with real Interest. Want to Show Fallacy. Just how to convince the citizens of Richmond and the farmers living around of the fallacy of purchasing forty or fifty dollars worth of groceries from a Chicago or Philadelphia mail order house instead of purchasing the goods new and fresh in Richmond, has not been solved by the committee members. When this has been planned, they will be ready to ooen the campaign with which they expect to score for home trading and against mail order houses. The members of the committee have found out that any grocer here can sell far cheaper than mail order concerns. The proposition submitted as a proof of the contention that mail order house trade is buying at a loss, is the purchasing of large orders through requisitions. Advice to Farmers. For instance, a farmer requiring a big order of groceries, should make up his list before entering the grocer"The list should be given the grocer, who will gladly, make a bid-on , the price of the goods in a lump sum. Unless the farmer or trader is satisfied, he can go to another grocer and repeat the trial. Although there is not much mail order business done by the citizens of Richmond, the mall order firms selling dry goods, clothing, shoes, hardware and miscellaneous supplies, have a large local following. Mr. Kuth showed an instance of where a neighbor of his was paying from three to eight cents a pound more for the coffee he ordered from a Chicago firm than the coffee is sold at by Richmond grocers. Boosters' Trip Planned. The committee made other arrangements for work to be done during 1914. The usual booster trips are planned, probably with more than onx or two, since the trips are believed to be successful in their purpose. Richmond will be well advertised through the usual channels. Publicity of the city's assets and advantage: will not be lacking when the two conventions slated here for 1914 are held. They are the T. P. A. convention late in May, and the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity convention In June. The opening of Morton park will also be made a memorable occasion, and the advertising committee will have its part. The committee on advertising is one of the largest In the clnb. Its membership consists of Will H. Romey. chairman: Fred J. Bartel, vice chairman: William M. Bailey. J. F. Ilasemeier. Walker I-and. Charles Tgelman. Stephen Kuth. E. F. Warfel. Harry Pinnick. Harry Doan. Gath 'Freeman. Dudley Elmer, H. V. McLeland. O. G. Whelan, E. E. Eggemeyer. W. Z. Carr. Warren Clements and A. E. Holmes. OBSERVES NINETIETH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY Josiah T. White, Richmond's Oldest Voter, Hale and Hearty, Receives Con gratulations. Josiah T. White, 111 South Sixteenth street, probably one of the oldest Richmond citizens, yesterday celebrated his ninetieth birthday anniversary. Mr. White Is the oldest living Friend In this city and Timothy Nicholson, himself, an elderly nan, was at one time a pupil of Mr. White, when the latter taught school many years ago. He is said to be the oldest voter in the city and In the recent local option campaign went to the polls to cast a ballot for the temperance cause. Yesterday the White borne was the scene of activities. Scores of letters and cards from members of the . Friends church, relatives, and friends, from every state la the country and from other lands were received. Many friends visited the home. The relatives at the home were Mrs. Elizabeth HUL Carthage, a sister-in-law; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wilson, Newcastle, daughter and son-in-law, and grandson and granddaughter; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Stephens, danghter and son-ta-law, at whose kome h now re-