The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 January 1924 — Page 1
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GREENCASTLE. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1924.
NO. 70-
ANOTHER ANNEXATION ORDINANCE
TAKING IN ABOUT A DOZEN PIECES OF PROPERTY AT EASTERN CITY BOUNDARY
BY THE CITY COUNCIL
Territory Embraced is a Small Section that was Missed in the Other Ordinances
AGRICULTURAL BOARD ELECTION TOMORROW
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Question of Whether recent loan of $155,000 to McCray will figure in
re*el e ction being discussed.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 9—(United Press)—The question of whether the state board of agriculture loan of $155,000 to Governor McCray, which figured in the indictments returned against the governor will be the deciding factor in the election of eight board members toworrow was under discussion by state officials today. The eight members will seek re-
' election, it is believed.
Those whose offices will expire: are: S. A. Taylor, Boonville! Guy Cantwell, Gosport; N. W. Pickhardt, Muntinsburg; Samuel J. Miller, 3046 College Ave.; N. W. Wilson, Muncie; Thomas Grant, Lowell; U. C. Brouse, Kendallville; and C. Y. Helper, South
Bend.
Forty-eight county fair associations have filed credentials for the election. Twenty-seven breed associations have also complied with requirements, while the Indiana Farm Bureau Federation is granted two votes by law. With the sixteen votes of the present board, a total of ninety-two ballots in the election Wednesday was
forecast today.
I. Newt Brown, secretary of the board has not announced his inten1 tion to retire when his office automatically expires with new election of the board. ' •
COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION
PEOPLE OF SYCAMORE STREET WANT BLOCK OF SIDEWALKS FROM LOCUST TO CROWN
CLAIMS ARE ALLOWED
And Thru a General Discussion Annexation and Other City Business Affairs
A small annexation ordinance was passed by the City Council Tuesday evening. It begins at a section line east of the city and north of the Stilesville road, runs south just east of the J. O. Cammack residence to the T. H. I. & E. traction line; thence east to the Zinc mill road; thence north to George McHaffie’s corner; thence south with line to the place of beginning. This wiii include all the property not in the other ordinances east of the city, and will affect about a dozen people on both sides of the eastern extension of Washington street and the Stilesville road, which slants off at Wood street. After the passage of the ordinance a general discussion of annexation was taken up by the council. City at-1 tomey Alice explained the law which says that if 75 per cent, of the property owners remonstrate in unplatted territory that the annexation shall not be made unless it is shown that | the material advancement and pro-! gress of the city is being retarded. It was the general opinion of the council that all the proposed annexation ordinances should prevail as passed and it was proposed to enlighten the people in the proposed districts to the advantages that would prevail if
they should be taken in.
It was argued that the railroads which had benefitted privately by
their business with the city were the o
chief contenders against annexation -
ai\d were paying all the expenses of Thomas (. Hammond Mas first Li-
the suits that have been filed in the j
courts.
The annexation ordinances which 1 have been previously passed are now | in circuit court under remonstrance by
LET’S BE OPTOMISTS
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DePauw has a real fighting five. She has a real coach. The men are j well coached, they 'travel the floor at a fast clip, they hit the loop from all angles. As things stand now, i Franklin’s laurels are in danger. Pro- , bably never has a better hardcourt aggregation represented the Methoists. So speaks old man dope. Victories over some of the leading teams of the middle west have marked the present season. Every man is playing a top-notch game. In the light of past achievements the future | should have a roseate hue indeed. The real backers of the team are supreme- i ly confident. They see nothing in the ! j games to come but a repetition of the | j past’conflicts. They say, ‘A whale of ,
\ a team.”
BANKS HOLD THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS
ROAD BUILDERS AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY
STOCKHOLDERS HAVE ANNUA! MEETINGS ON TUESDAY, DIRECTORS IN EVENING
NO CHANGES WERE MADE
Either the First National or the Central National in Personel of the Boards
A petition was filed with the city council Tuesday night asking for sidewalks on Sycamore street from Locust to Crown streets. It was signed by Nancy E. Hill, Edith and Edgar White, Katie and Henry Person, Ida and R. W. Hill, R. C. Smyth and M. A. Wolf. It was referred to the
city engineer for a report.
Fred Crawford was granted per- that theie wasn t a ghost of a show
mission to build two more rooms at
The stockholders of the National
What do the knockers say? They Banks and Trust Companies of the speak, not hesitatingly—confidently, city, held their annual elections on too. They offer the following: “It’s Tuesday afternoon. There was no a good team, but they can’t hold it change in either institetion the followtogether. Some of them are sure to ing directors and officers having been flunk out. Why, I heard the other chosen: day—” here they wax confidential Central Bank and Trust Company “that so and so didn’t have a chance Directors: Robert L. OTIair, Chair-
man; C. H. Barnaby, F. G. Gilmore,
State Commision, Engineer and the Road Superintendent All at Rig Road school this week. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 9—(United Press)—Indiana’s public roads and how to build and maintain them better are the topics of five officials of the State Highway commission at the tenth annual road school here this week. More than 200 persons are attending. The school is under the direction of the Purdue school of civil engineering in cooperation with the State highway commission, Indiana County Highway Superintendents, associajtions, the Indiana* County Surveyors ' and county Engineer’s association and i the city street commisisoners’ association of Indiana. John D. Williams, director of the highway commission, gave an address yesterday on “The Present and Future Indiana State Highway System,”
PLAYLET! PLEASED EVERYONE
LITTLE THEATRE SOCIETY GAVE “THE WREN” HERE TUESDAY EVENING.
BANK WILL OBSERVE A BIRTHDAY
BANK WILL CELEBRATE BIRTH-
DAY NEXT WEEK WITH A THREE DAY PROGRAM.
his hotel property. Bills for oil and stone which have been partially paid were discussed and it was decided to make what payments could be done an at the same without crippling the funds too much. The claim ordinance was passed. An annexation ordinance was passer! adding a small territory east of the city to the cit ylimits. The vote on the same was unanimous. It i referred to elsewhere in this paper and the regular legal notice is pub-
lished.
It was the general opinion of the council that fires outside of the city should not entail long and expensive trips of the fire department and when the chemical engine is used in such cases, the property owner outside the city should pay the expenses.
for him! Too bad, with the Franklin game coming on the 3th. Too bad!” So say the knockers. It’s fine for
the boys on the team.
In the eyes of many, several of our best bets are foredoomed. They talk of nothing else. They gossip on i street corners. Athletes are mentioned in the shops with shakes of the head. To many everything is lost
now.
In a town where fully one-half the population can see nothing but failure what have they to expect? Can a man who hears failure for him the talk of the town have a chance to pass his work ? May he not be convinced. Let’s get this now. No one has failed until the grades come out. No one is under the line at present. Chances are good that none will fall below, if they are let alone.
Frank Donner, Silas A. Hays, James Randel and Fred O’Hair. Officials: I'obert L. O’Hair, Chairman; Fred L. O'Hair, President, S. A. Hays, Vice-President, James L. Randel, Cashier-Sec’y., Harry L. Wells, A^st. Cashier, Joseph B. Crosby, Asst. Cashier, Kenneth E. West, Asst. Sec-
retary.
SUIT ON NOTE The C. C. C. & St. L. Railway company has brought suit against the Greencastle Water Company for an alleged unpaid balance of $193.41. It is alleged that a charge had been made of $221.95 and $6.67 war tax on shipments from Limedale to Green- ! castle when the tariff should have j been $409.74 with $12.2!) war tax. The
The
WAS ORGANIZED IN 1863
More has happened along the same
WABASH FRESHIES WILL BE line - If a man on t' 1 *’ Freshman team SEEN IN ACTION THURSDAY shows athletic promise someone has
it straight that he is going to leave school. The belief seems to be cur-
ected President. Alfred Hirst, I. S. Peck and A. G. Brown.
To Play Preliminary Contest to Var sity Game at 7 p. m. First Time
Seen in Action
the railroad and private property owners and an answer is due from the city on Monday, January 14. The cases will hardly be tried before late in February and Judge Hughes will not hear them, as he is an interested party as a property holder. He will probably name three judges from surrounding circuit courts from which one judge will be chosen to try the
cases.
The ordinance passed Tuesday night adds a few more people to the general anexation plans as it was argued that it would not be fair to others not to include the little stretch of territory which h*ad been omitted from the other surrounding ordinances. Capt. Harney was employed to assist City Attorney Allee to present
the city’s interests in the countay le- j Isaac p e ck in 1918 and A. G. Brown, gal action, and the city will make an president at this time, was elected
effort to show that its material advancement will be retarded if the annexations proposed do not prevail.
On January 17, 18, and 19, the First National Bank of Greencastle will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary. Invitations have been sent to all the friends and customers of the bank to attend. One day each has been set aside for the men, women and the
children.
The bank was organized on December 11, 1863 with Thomas Hammond as the first president. The bank charter is numbered 219 out of more than 8,000 national banks in the United States today. The organization which planned the bank had its formal opening in the drug store of Jerome M. Allen on the west side of the square where it was conducted for
a number of years.
Alfred Hirt succeeded Mr. Hammond as president of the bank in 1903 and he served until the election of
M00SEHEART CONCERT JAN. 15
SECOND APPEARANCE OF MUSICIANS UNDER MOOSE LODGE SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY
after the death of Mr. Peck in 1919. The assets of the bank have gone j beyond the $2,000,000 mark, with the ! Citizens Trust Company, which is afj filiated with it at this time, the con- ! solidation of the First National and - the Citizens National having been ac-
complished in 1922.
Mr. Brown came to Greencastle in I 1917, and with S. Eugene Whiteside, j who died in 1919, purchased the coni trolling interest in the bank from Mr.
I Hirt.
The bank has grown from its origin until today it stands among the strongest institution; of the country and the largest in the county. For many years it was the only bank in Putnam County, holding this distinction for something like 25 years.
The anniversary
The Wabash freshmen basket ball players among whom are some of the best former high school stars in the state, will be seen in action for the first time when two teams are picked from the large squad to clash in a game preliminary to the DePauwWabash varsity contest here Thursday night. The Frosh will start at 7
■ o’clock.
While Coach Vaughan has not definitely picked the two teams, the following men are among the outstanding on the squad and will probably perform: DeVoI, Robinson, Grafter, Yerger, Kistler, Shanklin, Ferguson, McLain, Painter, Doss and Farr. McLean was a member of the Crawfordsville semi-final dark horse team at the state tournament last spring, and is a valuable man on the freshman squad.—Crawfordsville Review. o BAD WRECK IN THE SOUTH
rent that DePauw cannot keep a good man. Is this for tfie better? Get such convictions where they belong— out of your head. The Old Gold is starting on a new athletic era. Help them along. Don’t see failure ahead. Don’t talk failure. If you aren’t optomistic, don’t say so. Don’t be a
knocker!
First National and
Trust Company
Officers: A. G. Brown, President, Andrew Hirt, Vice-President, A. B. Hanna, Vice-President, A. J. Hamrick, Vice- President, C. K. Hughes, Russell E. Brown. Cashier, Ed MeG. Walls, As<t. Cashier. J. L. Bryan, Ast. Cashier, Perry M. Rush, Asst. Cash-
ier.
Directors: A. B. Hanna, Andrew Hirt, W. A. Kreigh. F. A. Hays, E. A. Brown, A. G. Brown, Marshal Beck, R. E. Brown. J. F. Cannon, C. K. Hughes; A. J. Hamrick. Trust Company Officers: E. A. Brown. President, A. B. Hanna, VicePresident, A. G. Brown, Vice-Presi-dent, C. K. Hughes c i' rolary, Ova M. van, Asst. Secretary, Russell E. Brown, Treasurer. Both the Greencastle Banks report a highly prosperous condition.
Citizens ^ difference between these amounts the railway company asks, together with
six per cent, interest.
Frank Littleton, Forest Chenoweth and A. E. Durham represent the rail-
way.
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WAS A BENEFIT SHOW
Kiwanis Club Sponsored Entertainment for the High School Band Instrument Fund.
SOLDIERS GATHER AT MARION, ILL.
WH I. OPPOSE TURK \T OF WHISKEY REBELLION IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
The Little Theatre Society of Indiana which gave “The Wren” at the Oprea House Tuesday evening, pleased every guest present. The entertainment was sponsored by the Kiwanis club and the proceeds go towards aiding in equipping the high school band. The music was furnished by Prof. Slone and his high school orchestra. “The Wren” was written by Booth Tarkington, one of the leading authors and playwrights of Indiana. He planned to come down and see the show but could not get here. The three scenes in it are in the home of Captain Olds, a former man of the sea who suffered a stroke of paralysis a few months before the play opened and his home is on the Atlantic Coast in New England. As usual, a love story runs through the whole play and Miss Marjorie Chiles, who took the part of Seeby, the Old Captain’s daughter, was one of the most pleasing characters to ever play here. The whole cast was perfect and pleasing to everyone, and the house was well filled. The visitors were very highly pleased with the treatment given the play and have expressed the desire to come back to Greencastle. The many friends they made Tuesday evening will be glad to welcome a return engagement.
The cast of characters was as I lows:
fol-
CITY WATER IS GOOD
THE FEDERAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION 0 I
Met Tuesday and Elected Directors and OHirers. Heard Reports.
Mr. Halleck Speaks
| Captain Olds, .. John R. Newcomb
ALL IS QUIET TODAY Mrs. Freehart. Marjorie B. Eherwood Mrs. Frazee .. Marjorie B. Sherwood
i Frazee Lary Fletcher Francis Frank S. Chance j Mrs. Frazee Helen C. Ward | Roddy Robert M. Brewer Seeby Marjorie Chiles Mr. Newcomb is the coach of the cast and his “hard boiledness” as the old captain was fine. Many of his
were rich and the audhis work. Mr. Chance
Situation Is Tense and Troops Were Sent At Request of Sheriff Galligan. Three Companies There
MARION, 111., Jan. 9—One hundred and twenty young men with
The members of the Federal Farm ba y anets in the olive drab ol the 11- exI)ressions Loan Association held their annual linols Nations! Guard today opposed ^.e enjoyed
meeting at the office of Brown and tl>e threat of a whiskey rebellion in, Moffett on Tuesday afternoon for the “bloody Williamson county.
After a sleep in the court house | here-—scent of the famed riot trials I
GREENCASTLE SUPPLY FOUND
TO BE PERFECTS VEGETABLES CAUSE ILLNESS
purpose of electing directors and such other business as was of general int-
erest to the farming situation. j—revielle woke three companies of A distributon of $2,980.24 was made the guardman, who arrived last night to the members of the Association in | on order of Adjutant General Black the way of dividend on stock. The at- ready for guard duty of martial law.
0 tendance was the best since the org-] General Black who arrived early to- viiw _ (si-v
The water and sewage department anization, and reports show that it day after all night journey from Mrs p raze€| another boarder from of the Indiana State Board of Health ha(1 a remarkable growth during the Springfield was deciding what steps j the cityj but be was uncretain about has sent to Dr. W. M. McGaughey, the P ast y ear an<1 5s in a prosperous to take to quiet the tense situation - t The SU( | ( ] en appearance of Mr.
as “Francis” with his bolshevistic ideals of not being bossed were good and they added much humor to the entertainment. His make-up as a country boarding house porter was fine. “Seeby” was in love with Roddy, the artist, who was hoarding at the home for the second summer. He thought he had fallen in love with
TWO FAST PASSENGER TRAINS CRASHED TOGETHER TUESDAY NIGHT NEAR HOUSTON
city health officer,
port made on January 8: That the Greencastle city water contains no disease germs whatever and indicates j a satisfactory supply. The report is j signed by L. A. Geupel, director of the water and sewage department. This shows that the Greencastle
the following re- condition. which climaxed yesterday when Sher- p razee a( | ( i e ,i to the interest in the In the secretary’s report, figures r jfl- George Galligan from a sick bed, play> an(1 the love a fr a j r 0 f Mrs. Frawere shown that if the dividends on penned a telegram to Governor Lem /ee ^ as SU( i,l e nly busted up. Her hus-
The second annual concert of the Mooseheart Concert Party, will he given in the Opera House here Next Teesday evening under the auspices |
of Greencastle Lodge No. 1592, Loyal next week marks another stepping Order of Moose, it was announced to- l stone in the long and useful career
day.
The party of musicians are from the Mooseheart School. They are trained and educated there. Their appearance here last year was very successful and pleasing to the large audience that greeted them. They are a fine crowd of young Moose educated folks and Greencastle will be
of the county’s oldest banking insti-
tution.
THE WEATHER.
HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 0 — Two were killed and a score injured when passenger trains, No. 23 and No. 26 on the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad crashed together on a blind siding at Katy; ten miles north of
here last night.
The dead are: Engineer Ed Derosett, of train No. 26 and fireman
Ed Sullivan, of No. 23.
Train No. 26, was said to have drawn off the blind siding at Katy,
to be celebrated five minutes before the collision and
was picking up steam for the next station. Train No. 23, running against time to reach the siding by 9
p. m. crashed head on.
Baggage cars were telescoped and
hoisted into an upright position standing on end. Live steam escaping from the wrecked locomotives added
to the danger of passengers. Train No. 26, the Katy flyer, left
Galveston last night for St. Louis.
Unsettled tonight and Thursday. Probably rain in south; ran turn
pleased to welcome them a second ing t 0 snow in north portion. Slight- The other train was a local from St. time. ]y warmers. Louis to Galveston.
the stock were compounded at 6 % I Small declaring the situation had ap for 34 years, the actual cost of inter- j p roacbec ] the riot stage and was out
est would be a little less than two and 0 j- ^ con t ro l. v
six-tenths percent. Dividends have, Tbe yUiir ,i sme n from surrounding never been less than 6%. ! towng of Mount Vernon, Salem and
, , It was voted to have an .-ill day Calro under the command of Major
water supply is pure In every respect. mcet ing next year, have lunch togeth- 1
There has been some scare in the recent typhoid matter, and this should
set all fears at rest. an d twenty-eight applications pend-
ing, amounting to $103, 900.90. Mr. Halleck of Greene County, gave an interesting talk on the Farm Bur- ! eau. Most of the members are greatly
^ . .... ... interested in the Farm Bureau as they The investigation of the milk sup- ^ ^ wha( or * anization has done ply in the city was found to be abso- , . n the Federal Farm Loan As80ciat .
lutely pure by Dr. McKane and the
band gave her the choice of returning home with him the next day or of going with Roddy. She finally chose her husband, but the fact that Roddy had nothing and told her so ami because of his luke-warmness to-
a
There are about fourteen cases of typhoid fever in the city and these cases are getting along very well,
none of them being serious.
, , ,. , ~ j W. P. Greaney, arrived silently, with war ,| s bcr aided her in making
er and have a f ^ox The lo-1 ^ bayonets irnarche(1 through the ! (lec - sion> ir, streets past hundreds of men just as j Th( , ^ of Mrs. Freehart, the silent and untolled their beds in the j coo j c at tbe bome and that of Francis, big court room on the second floor., j ab , ny w it b t] ie incidents added by
They are the first troops ever call- ' tbe o]( i ca pt a in, were all towards
ed out as the result of efforts to en- j br j nfr i n g the plot of the story to its force prohibition law in the United bna i conclusion, and everything endStates. I c ,i well. Mrs. Frazee returned with
The troops today were not con- i ber busban ,i an d the love affair be-
spicuously in evidence. All was quiet j tween Seeby' and Roddy was allowed
on the outside. Inwaruly Williamson j t 0 continue unbroken.
ion.
conclusion is reached that the fever, The Fe()era i Land Bank of Louisgrew out of the eating of some vege- un( ]cr which the local associatable that had been shipped in green operates, has made 6100 loans and had been eaten in that st 8 * 6 -i amoll nting to $19,000,000.00 which something like head lettuce or the i makes the total loans for the bank like. The fact that all of the cases $77^00,000.00 which assures that the
developed at about the same time is said to indicate that all the cases probably grew out of one shipment of vegetables, that were eaten uncookeu. The vegetables were probably handled at some point and became contaminated in that way. No blame was attached to any one here in connection
with the trouble.
H. F. Hall, of Bainbridge, is in this city today on business.
dividends will keep coming at least as much as they have been in the past. The dividends paid by the
bank amount to $839,861.57.
county still seething.
THAT BUS CASE
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 9—Judge Oarc in superior court here late yes-1 terday granted the motion for appeal j in the state supreme court in the case of the South Bend Bus company
The following directors and offi- against state officials in which he hob.
cers were elected:
Directors: Jesse M. Coffin, George E. Knauer, Morton Smith, William T.
O’Hair and John D. Case.
Officers: Jesse M. Coffin, President, George E. Knauer, Vice-Presi-dent, Milton Brown. Secy.-Treas.
the 1923 auto license fee law uncon-
stitutional.
The motion was acted on immediately in order to expediate a final hearing before the supreme court. Tbe supreme court decision is expected within a month.
It was said the entetainment would net the Kiwanis Club about $85, which will be turned over to the band for buying equipment.
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Varsity Tea Roam Exonerated After a thorough examination by Doctor McKane, of the State Board of Health, and Doctor McGaughey, the Varsity Tea Room has beer, completely exonerated of the charge made against them. ROSCOE McCOY, Prop.