The Syracuse Journal, Volume 26, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 22 February 1934 — Page 3

THURSDAY, PER. 22, 1934

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me car had reached police headounrtors. arid the novelist folhwd ‘ Klhlny up the bartered step* On the sergeant's de-k#. lay the revolver <l scovered In the rectory garden-. |he rfntr* ger with which the crime had been committed, and the stained curtain on which, the murderer had wined the blnod from the weapon. “Every blessed thiftg we have to go . on." complained the sergeant d;<cons«late|y. “Except, of course, the thumb print on the gun. The kevs won't be much help now. The rtn’v one we haven’t identified Is obv ! on«tv not a door-key. It couldn’t tit the apartment of our woman In blue”"Just bethe pieces of ttt? putrie don't fit the first time we try them, la no shm we don’t have all the pieces." retorted Peter. "Fm merely pointing out that th* keys are eliminated as one o* the piece, to the puzzle.” exclaimed Klldsv ruc'nilr. “I was hoping that thev would help ns Identify this woman In bine. when we found h**r Rut now.” he tilted b-’.k h’s chair and razed ce’llngward thrdngh the haze of smoke that clouded the room. “Now I th’nk you have .given me a hint that ’ 1« lust ns helpful.’’ He drew another long, reflective puff <>n h‘s atogv. “-'“Tie trouble with this case.’* he l>»s ••an. presently, "is too many suspects. Os cm*r e. there aren’t many genuine bnt we 1 much. Xot since we’ve had an on-, twtnttlty to talk to all these people. Peter, has anything struck you as peculiar about this case?" “Not unless it’s the fact that you've Jnst mentioned—too many suspects.” Hi# sergeant leaned forward, a smile pmrtn'ne the harsh lines of his face/* •'Y<m've laid your fin ret on It.” ho said. "Now what would you say that Indirntes? No. don’t Interrupt. I know the nnsver myself. Whoever murdered Franklin purposely entangle! seme of those others In 'the case in or der to drag a herrbtg across his own trail, eh’ Isn’t that the way you figure ft?” Peter eyed h!« friend carefully. “It looks that way.” he admitted. “All right, then.” Kllday made no effort to conceal his exuberance. “Let’s find out who seems to hare been manlpnlatlrg the herring lot's fin! out who seems to have Isren Involve*! in thia case by some one else. When we eliminate this class, perhaps well have the murderer. First.” he tiecan f£ e enumeration of the suspects on his fln% re. “there’s Choo Choo. She claim* some one ph. • »>d her. saying he was Fletcher, and told her Franklin wanted her to come to the church. Royce beard the argument, after arrived there Franklin wasn't expecting her. Os course, she may not be telling ns the truth, but lust at present, she seems to be telling a straight story. And Franklin wasn’t, expecting her Ba 1C looks as though rhe was part of thj\,red herring that the real culprit dragged across the , t Yafl to throw us <>< the scent. We'll e ; Vnlnate her. for the time being. • Then there’s Fleicher. He hasn’t been an Important suspect, up to now. but l’d any that this eliminates him from farther consideration. to®. Why? liecausa' oho .ever •■;?’•• I Choo </<<«» was the kiwrdorer. If that was Fletcher. he w vnldn’t have given her hia name. ’ “Third. A vibro,-.' Carmody." Kllday turned down another finger. “He was dragged into it by that anopjmous telephone call Very ’tr t ? > the trick cm- ’ '■ ! to brtny t'hoo Choo to | the church. Strike him <<L “Fourth. Rylif curmody. He was | drawn Iqto It by the story t«!d him by ! Webster }siwars and now we’re getting hot.” “Hold on,” I'eter objected. “If you follow this method through, you’ll eliminate every one. wnji t you?" The sergeant, enthused over his Idea, shook his hew! smilingly. "Not so you can notice It," he retorted. “Don’t overlook this fact We don’t know wbo called Choo Choo. We aren’t certain who phoned Ambrose Carmody. Rut we do know who told Hylle. It | /was Webster s . irs. And if spears j involved one of them, wilt's to pre- • vent him from being the one who involved the others?” “Only one thing.” the novelist repl\'d Soberly. “If he was clever enough to draw these others Into the case wK.hout revealing his Identity, why did he tei? Rylie Carmody personally? Why didn’t fee telephone him. or write him an anonyttipus letter? If .he took these other precattCions to remain concealed. how did he bisppen to slip up here?” Rut Kllday had an answer ready, partly born of his enthusiasm for the new theory, partly hatched from the relentless logic of his own experience. “They all slip up. sooner or later. l‘ve never known It to fail. There aren't any perfect crimes. This la the flaw in this one. it only required a little reasoning to discover it." “How about the others T* Peter waa still reluctant “How do you explain th.* presence of the woman In blue? Whs? was Callis Shipley doing back there “The woman In blue could have l>een draw/ Into it Just as Choo Choo Train was. Spears only needed to know another woman with whom Franklin had had' « n affair to a,M * new note of mystery to the case which would keep us puxxled and throw us off the track of the real ecjHrta*!. As for s the Shipley girl. I don’t jXnow—

yet. I’. i? I will, before long. I’ve sent for her. She lied to us about Rylie tsk'ng her home. Either 'she lied to us about S’lears* remark in the church, or else Spears lied. Personally. 1 don’t think Spears would have made such a remark.which obviously would draw «?n ••’c’nn to himself, later. Not ,ls he had already planned a murder and arranged all this false evidence to throw us off the track; This girl is going to have to explain to me how she know there had Is'cn a murder, too. and what she was doing at Web ater house last nieht. I don't know how she fits Into this case, but ; she tits, somewhere. IT! soon know where.” lle’uctantiy. Peter realize*! that his ! v-:.< onlv giv’n-r .exprosK-on to the nvsgivfnrs that had been troubling him conp-rnlng this g rl. only he had not be'nre thought of her as an. acrompl’ce of Webster He hat! nt ’ r.-l her v for v.’ <!.■<• had •>-’c.i ch’et’v con- : cerneT. Arid he hed pre 'erred to ex- • pla n her evasions ax her anx’ous es- ’ fort t<» extricate !’-' »■ from the evi- ; d”nce which seemed *to he entangling him. In that* light, he h d able ; to fin ! an explarn’’ >n for the fact * that she had lied to It oT -red a pos-.hle explanat'on for fi”r v,<’t to \\. ■ Spears the pervious ex -«*--a visit which the latter had drived, l or. in <• i’e of hbn ••/. he had I been st rred by ti c drl’s d>'‘ense of yoon-r t'nm "lv dn’-’r’" fbitt Interview with her. I’er co— ’e had <p'’<icene-I b’s sympathies. !’ • thought again of the manner in v. !> «b e had a”i»ealed t » h'ci. I’e reecd 1 t*te anxletv mirrored in • her bine ryes. Surely this ->! >■ J - ' r ■■ itti.iir.for ‘ of ,i;-ti I r ■ ' "?•■. S’ o scarcely Btore than a child. !?■* thot’ght of that I second tle<-» knl'r th*Tst that had I • C ’ 1 that How I have neon guided by n ' -i’s hand? Vet. tn -• te of h’s fi rings, and - :r'‘’v !>>■<->■• .. o* t b ■?’!. t >o. for he r< ;>r 'i d ’ > v-'s m t an impartial ,I<H’”e where t*i s •• rl wa< concrr'ned. he ‘Til’! :> iri'fed to himself tha’ - ments > <! a great I d< ,d. <«f logic. By r’l have the I girl down here. S’ h-t 1 some ques- I tlnns to ar er. At: 1 ’:•* was curious I tn see what bls own reaction to her I answers would he. t'r’s time. He I 1 n< t a be <• 1 bv a pretty . face. * . -How dot's Dan Hulls fit Into your new tbeorj Peter w.-.s atlll egnlorit’g the ,t..«<>ff»<Ht;es o' the detective’s nr-t’inert. • ‘ ; t" " the 5.,-” it-t admitted. “The nearest I can figure, his ; art In the aT-ir was accidental. He wa« anxious to see FratikHn. and his arrival at the church when he did simply played into the murderer’s hands." “How alx»ut Nick Royce? Another ac< “Accith.rits don’t cetne in pairs. No. .•Royce waa best man. Where else could he have been? He tells a pretty straight story, too.” “Except at one point.” Peter point»d out. *H$ claims Franklin asked tiim io go o’it in front and .find Milo Dunbar. It was Important that he find him. because Franklin was worried after his interview with Rylie Carmody. lost the youngster interfere with the wedding in s • e manner. Yet Royce never found Dunbar. He says he couldn't find him. Dunbar tells qs he Was there. We know he was preseat, because he joined us in the atudy. after the crime was discovered." "How much importame do you attach to that?" exclaimed Kllday impatiently. “There were hundreds es peo-. pie out In front. There's nothing very surprising in the fact that Royce emildn’t find one man. In all that crowd." t In splta of his reluctance where Callis Shipley was concerned. Peter was rompelled to admit that the sergeant’s theory was rtie best that had yet been advanced, it dovetailed Into more of the known facts than any other. “What dp you plan' to do next? Arrest young Spears?” Sergeant Kllday made a wry face. “Not too fast. Don't forget who he la Tve got to have my ease copjierriveted before I dare go that far. Tim Shipley girl wilt be here before long. I'll see what 1 Can get out of her, In the meantime.” he pulled a cigarette rase from his pocket. <*.ngerly, and carefully unwrapped the handkerchief in which it was swathed. “Here are samples of Choo Choo Train’s fin ger-prints.* He pressed the hunejr on his desk, as he continued!, “Spears is my man. but I’m not overlooking any betsk I’m going to compare fingerprint samples of every known suspect with those we found in the study, “Get plates on these prints. O’Malley.” M ordered the assistant who an swered his o*ll, “and bring me the negatives of those you found in the study at St. Matthew's yesterday. Also the msg of the thumb-print on the gun.* Fire sets es finger-print# had been discovered in the search oi the room where Jim Franklin had met his death. Four of these, Kllday was inclined to believe, were made by torn. The fifth set belonged either to • w<wau or to a man with exeeptionally small hands. (TO BE CONTIJiVEO-) Brkkd a»i •on and J- BrkkH of Elkhayt were ffMSto of Mr- and Mrs- Harry t Culier, at a Ml SutMUy, > ■

TIALA-HANN (Continued from page 2) after he saw there was to be a sale, he said he wanted to see if the pres- ; ident’s word was worth anything. | The state attorneys interrupted, say- ’ ing the president was not, on trial [ here. Then Gearhart said the people i would hinder the sale for the time | being, until they got the New De l i through. When asked if his intention ; was to stop the sale, he answered, “If the people won’t listen to the President of the United States”—and was interrupted. He admitted he was wiilinjg for the crowd to stop the sale, to do anything except hurt somebody. Royse snapped: “Do you believe depriving a man of his personal liberty as Bowser was, the only course left? Do you think it ail right for people to take the law into their own hands?” Gearhart said under present conditions he approved of it. Manix Called. Je.-se Hann was the kst witness I called Friday aiterno< n. Questions put to him had to be repeated twice, j when he was cross examined, as . he seemed almost al wax s not to under-i stand fifhat was said at first. Ques- ! tioned by his attorneys he said t.e I didn’t see Mrs. Ti<*la do anything ; but stand on the steps; th. t he dian t | hear Tiala %ay “grab him”, meaning Bowse . that he didn’t tell the faim- ' ers to .esist officers by force or re- 1 sist them in execution of a court or- i derby force. sad he didn’t tell them to hold Bowser till after 4 o’clock so the sale could not take place, he was not I a member of the United Fai mers! League. ». i.en cross-examined by Rowdabaugh he said he met Titia in lsec. ' 1932 when the caravan came back ! from making a protest in Washing* ton. Tha: he had gone to the Farmers jsecond National League confer-! ence in Chicago last November and had seen him, and finally admitted ' after much questioning th. t he took : the United Farmers League papers, read Tiala’s writings, and had corresponded with Tiala. ne said he came to Warsaw on the day of the sale to protest against it by shouting, and by no’other method. . »..ny-ot Mann’s answers had to be hanged as he used "Not Exactly” inste u of direct answers to questions. Hann said he did not yell to get the papers in Rovenstine’s h nds, but ; mini ted know ing if the deputy did > aot hate those papers .the sale could | ;ot be conducted. Hann said he did not tell the crowd to hold Bowser . .ill 4 o'clock, to stay until then and I prevent the sale. ! Ti .la Takes Stand. " hen Tiala took the st nd, Sattrday morning, he told mmh the -aine story of the call upon Bowser, saying he had volunteered at the meeting in Leesburg. Much of the ' ime his answers to questions were] ibjectedA to and sustained by the | •ourt, asjargument, and he was told simply toVnswer questions, not de-! lix'er a He said telephone calls to the bank failed, jand Bowser asked him what they planned to do, he ■ told him he didn’t know.' Tiala said he went out on the steps wilh Bow- ; -er and “I saw’ a bigger crowd than | I expected to see and the sheriff was eady to start the sale.” _When questioned he told of his speech to the crowd in the morning I ;ie said that Minnesota had a niora- i orium law in effect until J! 35. and 1 hat he h: d come to Indi na to help then farmers. , ? Then it was Bantell questioned i him about the Minnesota 1 w, and he ,-t te objected and Bantell at- : empted to explain if himsvlf, which trew upon his head the remark from tiowdabaugh that perhaps Bantell • should take the witness stand. Tiala said he asked not in a loud: »oice, if the farmers wanted the sale o go through and there was a shout of No, and a rush from behind him swept aside and carried off Bowser. ! de said he didn’t push anyone, and ; remained all afternoon only to see if -he protest would be effective. j He said he did not tell anyone to ! grab Bowser, that he had said don’t hurt him, when he saw the crowd ' carry Bowser away. Under Royse’s cross examination Tiala said he was American born, i .nd had been in’ jail 18 months for ■■ refusing to serve in the World War) hat he had no prejudice against the iaU*s of Indiana, and knew it was for he courts to administer justice, not. for the people to take the laws in their own ha\ids. As Royse’s questions continued Tia? i la said he didn't think the sheriff had :o hold the sale, because he was un- ; der oath, because sheriffs had called ! sales off elsewhere. He thought that was right, despite oaths of office they took. He said he only went on the courthouse steps to see what was going to happen. That he didn’t, know w’hat was going to happen. When Royse snot questions at him, raiding his voice, Tiala asked, “Will! he court please request Royse to speak like a gentleman?" Royse said, “Let the witness go ahead and answer my question. I j don’t have to be instructed how to talk." Tiala said the crpwd carried him part way down the steps, when the , crowd, the mass, took Bowser away, j He said he didn’t know Bowser was j being held to keep him from making a bid, and that Stookey had sworn* to something incorrect when he said< Tiala instructed the crowd to do that I , FinaHv, Tiala paid he justified] breaking the law of Indiana under] the circumstance*. But he insisted he assumed no lead-1 ership of the farmers. When Royse asked if, Tiala thought it right to deprive Bowser of his liberty as the crowd did, he said, "I mean der you think that right legally? You probably haven’t much know ledge of * moral rights." State’s Rebuttal. When Bowser was called again he said he didn’t tell the committee that the bank had said Gearhart must pay •he costs. He said he told Gearhart that the bank would be tickled to Eostpone the sale and would give im two months to get his sisters agreement. Robert Hail, deputy clerk, who had heard the telephone call, testified that he "had heard Bowser tell the committee the bank had said they wopld have'to get the sisters to sign the* agreement to stop the foreclosure that they would wait 60 daysj that Gearhart said he wouldn’t write his sisters, for the bknk to; that the bank had said the costs would be put into the new contract and no Dme was set as to when the costa would be paid. After noou t rece§s # sh« to

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the jury commenced. Mr. Brubaker first addressed the group. He clearly explained the case as he had in his preliminary. He pointed out there had been no hurry about foreclosing Getrhart’s mortgage, that he had had several years after his mother’s death before this was done. But nothing was done unt 1 20 minutes before the sale. Then the committee asked Bowser to obtain a year’s postponment. Bowser had told them the bank would give Gearhart not just a year, but 10 years, with not a nickle to be paid down. Tiala wouldn’t accept this He didn’t want the sale postponed, he wanted trouble. He wanted to defy and obstruct the laws of Indians The only impossible condition as Tiala called it, was that the people who owned the land would sign the petition. And they wouldn’t even do that. Brubaker said the Federal Bank is not a W all Street bankers bank as the defense had said in his opening statement. Its the farmers bank, organized by statute of the United States for the purpose of helping fanners. The government of the United States is a large stock holder and the brnk is managed and direct- I ed by the Federal Farm board in Washington. Loans can be made to no one but i farmers, and at the lowest rate of j interest of anv bank. No one gets I any benefit from it but farmers, and if no one pays it. the farmers would; have no pEce to borrow money. Brubaker said, this proses- ■ sion I organizer came to protest the I s le with his heart bleeding ftfr the | downtrodden farmer of IndianaXYeti he wouldn’t agree to the extension of I Gearhart’s loan. Tiala claims he was swept into the; crowd. He c me here, set the stage, i made the opening speech; and now; he hides behind the farmers'of this | county, s.ying he didn’t obstruct the sale, the farmers did. Is that the cowardice he displayed when he re- ■ fused to put on the uniform of the Lfni'ed St tes and march behind its Rg? B. übi.ker asked. He sid‘ He raised the whirlwind, but the Kos- j ciusko countj- farmers are the crim- I in Is!” Ti la w s in (he background, but! he was responsible for everything! that day. Mrs. Tiala was demure! enough on the witness s and, but she; seid she left her nine years old boy , ?.t home in Minnesota just to come to the courthouse yard to visit with people she had never seen before. i The evidence shows she was the cheerleader. She says she didn't know about the sale. She just came ' here to visit with strangers. The seeureness of the American | home, Brubaker said, is based on respect for our government and the decrees of our laws. Without that respect no home is worth the dirt on which it is built. Is the law of barbarism being injected into America? To obey laws if 1 want to, to disobey if I am stronger that the officer? Is that wh' t the defendants and their lawyers here are spreading? It has amused me that the counsel for the defense in this case has insisted on every legal r'ght during the progress of this trial. That is their right. Thev raise their in protest to the law, not of the jungle, but of the state of Indiana. On Jan. 20 they dragged that law into dust. They asked you when you were being questioned as jurv men, if. you would not convict unless you § were satisfied beyond reasonable doubt because that’s the law. With their right hand they appeal to the 1 w they dragged into the dust with their left. The defense may say law should be set aside because” an emergency exists. I say to you, if there is ever a tinie in the history of this country when law ought to be observed it is in time of distress and emergency. The defense may tell you these thiee defendants did not carry off Bowser. But the-court will tell you the law reads it is bre; king the law ‘to obstruct a legal process, to delay for a time or impede for a time, legal, action.” I’m proud of this country, its people, its laws and institutions, and I have faith in its future. If the time ever comes when this ship of state goes on the rocks it will not be because of depressions, or economic crisis, but because the people of this country have lost respect for its institutions and its courts, Brubaker! concluded. Glaser Speaks. When Glaser spoke for the defense, he appealed to the emotions of the jury: “I think my opponent is not a student of history when he says ' a country can never fail because of economic depression,"/-said Glaser, and summed up various revolutions. “Anyone who refuses to go to war because of his convictions, because j believes in the, 1.0 commnadments , and ibq- law of God—that is ndthing | against “Gearhart had no money to get a lawyer, t&ere w*rs no use to seek one with empty hands. Bowser told him the bank wanted to add all the costs and interest to his note. How could be pay more, when already he was unable to pay. He asked- for postponment for a year, and that he would not have to pay ail the euffrenses. ‘The federal land *3 not a government organization. The federal reserve bank is not a govern- < meat bank. People put their money * into banks in this country and get told they can get only 20, 30 or 40] per cent out. If banks have that > right, why hasn't the farmer the right to ask the same thing? “With inflation the farmer must; pay more on the note of a year ago than now, so his condition js pot ink: provpd. , "Rovenstine stopped calling and sat on the banister. He was not in-! terfered with, "Is Tiala an agitator for hi» own! benefit? There must be intent for, crime. What motive did Tisla have? | Did he derive a benefit? It is altruism which makes great men give their b lives for others. John Campbell was; once considered a criminal, but now thev build monuments to him. * President Roosevelt said w hen in- ( augurated, what we need is human rights above property rights. The, trouble in this country is that property rights come first. That is the reason for this calamity. The Su-; pre me court upheld the mortgage J moratoriums in Minnesota to stop the sale of homes. Lawyers said those were contracts I which could not be violated, but the Supreme court decided human rights should be above property rights. ‘ The Supreme court decided an emergency exists- If that is so then the offices would not hpve violated a law if the sale bad not been held:" Mr. Glaser at tfeis point attempted to read the Supreme Court’s decision from the Congressional record, but the state's objection wm »u»tained. A

He then drew forth a Bible and said, 'I sh.ll read from this book, if it is permitted in this court.” He svid the Bible stood for human rights above property rights. But the state of Indiana wents you to find these defendants guilty and sentence them. Are you going to convict a man because his conscience tells him ~o obey the law of the Bible instead of human laws? Ti.la came into tne state to do good for humanity, not to get any oenefit for himself, and was thrown into jail. Men years ago called criminals, are today the greatest heroes. There might be a technical violation of the -law, but you of the jury re judges of the intent, in this case. I hope you will all use Christian charity. ' Bantell Speaks. Bantell also addressed the Jury. He spoke of the. Supreme court’s decision, and said: “B nkers are destroying this country of ours, putting us into destitution and misery, until the president asked that mortgages not be foreclosed. Farmers here are now saving the New Deel, like prosperity, has not gotten vround the cotntr eihter. The federal land bank is not a, farmers’ bank. The big bankers of Wr 11 street control and own these banks. When they get into trouble they get 95 million dollars from Congress. Did Gearhsrt get anyI thing? I It wasn’t Uncle Sam that gave Dawes 95 millions, it was Wall street I All our homes and farms are going fast. When a man comes from Minnesota to get the farmers o:ganized< and comes with a committee to get Ithe sale postponed, what h ppens? The United States policy now is to protect homes, to loan money to farmers. But don’t rock the boat, i let the Wall street bankers do it, i and sink the country into poverty, j Don’t organize or Tiala will go to I jail. Would Tiala h ve gotten 400 or 500 farmers here if they didn’t feel it ' was a vital issu?e The farmers were j persistant about stopping th: t sale. ' They didn’t come to violate a court decree, they came because of neces- : sity. Tiala wrs their representative.. ■ They made him such because he came ; from Minnesota where they had won i the battle. i If we can’t get postponment of mortgages, people will rise up and ] cancel Ml mortgages and dfebis. In conclusion, I ask the jury to • consider not only the defendants, , but the whole farm community..** I Bentall finished. Then it was that Royse rose and/ i told the jury that he was not going ! to make a Bolshevistic speech thayne was not yet convinced that ana/chy is the thing. / . T •» / . \MA!L U.* HEX CORNERS Mr. and Mrs. Ch s. Nicolai called' at. the Will Miller home Sunday afternoon. Mr. end Mrs. Grover J ckson of ! South Bend spent Sundry with Mrs. Jackson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. ■ ; Will Wilkinson. Feb. 27, Hex Grange. The pro- ] ■gram will !• given bv the January: and February birthdays. Friday evening the Finochle play-1 ers gathered at Roy Sargent’s. A pot j j luck supper was servedMr. and Mrs. Chester Workm n ; and children attended a surprise | birthday party Sunday in Ft Wayne : at the home of Mr. Workman’s apnt. i Miss Virginia Richman of Nappa- ■ nee spent the week with Mr. and ! Mrs. Roy Sargent. The Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. ! Will Wilkinson were Mr. and Mrs. Grover Jackson and Mrs. Blanche Stabler of So. Bend and Mr. and i Mrs. Orba Bobeck and Mr. and Mrs. Byron Grubb and family. Mr. and Mrs. Orba Bobeck celled On Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Blue Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Meek spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nicolai. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Kalb were pleasantly surprised on Monday i evening by the teachers of Benton j township. The occ sion being the birthday of Mr. Kalb. Tho.re present were: Mr. and Mr*. Virgil Meek and daughters Violet Velma and Doris; Cecil Flook, Miss Pletcher. Mr. Chiddister and Miss Zook. Ice cream and cake were served by Mrs. Kalb and Mr. Kalb received a gift. DISMAL Miss Evaline Bitner visited in the ; Melvin Dillen home in Syracuse from Friday evening until Sunday. Mrs. Flickinger of Wawrsee en-. tertained the" Ladies Aid, Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. McClintic and Mr. J and Mrs; Ray Price and son of Fort j Wayne spent Saturday in the Solly] Bowser home. Arthur Morris spent the week end in Indianapolis. Ray Wilkinson, wife and f .inily were entertained in the Claus Bobeck home, Sunday Vern Michel’s property near Cronewell, having been destroyed by fire last Thursday, they moved to Mrs. Launer’s property three miles west of Cromwell. CREEK Mr* and Mrs. Bur ria of Goshen attended church services here, Sunday and took dinner with John Darr and family. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Gnbb and children, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Jackson of So. Bend, Mr. an£ Mrs. Orba Bobeck spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilkinson and Mrs. Blanche Stabler and children. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Zimmerm'n and two children of near St. Joe, Ind., spent Sunday with Ben Zimmerman and family. Albert Zimmerman and family called in the afternoon. Miss Helen Hillbish spent Sunday with Juanita, Gushwa. Mr. and Ford Overlees of Milford called on Mr. and Mr*. Ed Fisher Sunday evening, Brotherhood members and neighbors number 16 wood for Ben Zimmerman and t*mily. Mr. Zimmenman’s condition remains about the same. Mr, end Mrs. Claude Roach entertained the Young Married People’s class. Officers elected were: O*val Lockwood, teacher; Kenneth Hapner president; Mrs. H:pner, secretarytreasurer. The class name is “The ?

Welcome Class. Ralph Vail moved to the Jackson farm, Friday. * Little Robert Miller continues to improve. The Leaders Class met at the hall in Benton last Thursday evening and elected new officers. Miss Helen Tully is president; Mell Prickett, vice president; Miss Meriam Darr, secretary; Walter Yoder, treasurer.. There were 32 present. Vern Lewallen of New Paris and Mrs. Henry Rex spent Sunday with Mrs. Levi Pearman oj Benton. . Miss Meriam Darr spent last Thursday with her aunt, Mrs. Dave Holtinger of Benton. A number from this place attend-! ed revival services, sit the Methodist church in Benton, Sunday evening. The orchestra gave a 15 minute concert. The Brotherhood attended revival services at the Chureh of God in Syracuse, Friday evening and sang several songs. „ Sunday school, Sunday morning, Christian Endeavor ?nd preaching Sunday evening. There were 116 present at Sunday school last Sunday morning. Everyone has a special invitation to come. NEW SALEM Arch DeFries is sporting a newChevrolet sedan. Everett Tom and family called on Reuben, Mock and family", Sunday. Frank Heiber and wife called on Henry DeFries and wife last week. John Auer and wife called on his brother, George and family, Fridav evening. Li.cille Smith called on Waneta Mock, Saturday morning. George Auer and family were guests of rel.tives near North Web-; sler, Sunday. Reuben Mock made a business trip ' to Wrrsaw, Saturday. Joe Smith and family and James. Pinkerton spent Sund y with Emory’ Guy rnd wife. Harry Smith spent Saturday night and Sunday with George Coy. Joe Baumghrtrer and wife spent last week with Ed Klinger. - I Dale Mock and Donald Smith called at the George Auer home, Monday, / AFRICA. Mt. and Mrs- Charles Saidla and Mns. Len Niles took dinner with iwr. and Mrs. Fred Kline, Wednesday. In the afternoon the ladies called on Mrs- Harry Wingard and Mrs. Martin McClintic. Mrs. Eli Shock and daughter Pauline spent Friday , afternoon with Mrs. Shock. Mrs. Elizabeth Shockand Jonas Cripe were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs/ George Mellinger. Sunday dinner guests in the Elmo Shock home were: Mr. s and Mrs. Ayreiy Garber and family, Mrs. Mollie Hood of Warsaw; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weimer? Mr. and Mrs. Will Tooley of Kimmel called in the evening. Christian Koher spent Sunday

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night with Russell Gawthrop. Mrs. f red Kline, Miss Pauline Shock and Miss Mary Jane Greehe called in the Elmo Shock home, Saturday. Miss Jean Burr spent kst Wednesday night with D ? Maris and l/oris Shock. Mr. and Mrs. George Rothenberger called in the Jonas Cripe home, (Saturday, before leaving for a visit | wilh Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rothenberger of North Webster. lElmd Shock c lied in the Clarence Mock land Elmer Baugher homes, Monday afternoon. Mrs.> Elizabeth Shock and Jonas | Cripe visited Tuesday with Mr. and i Mrs. Clyde Rusher of Sidney. ZION. Mr. and Mrs. George Siienbarger spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bailey and fsmily of Niles? Mich. Mr. -and Mrs. Joseph Smith and family and James Pinkerton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Emory Guy. Mr. and Mrs. James Hendershott of Elkhart were afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Nat Kline are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eston Kline. Mr. ana Mrs. Embry Guv called on Mr. and Mrs. Eston Clayton, Monday afternoon. Miss Rowena, Kline spent the week end with Mrs. Anne E. Strieby of Syracuse. Mrs. Ella LeCount of Cromwell and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strieby of Chicago are visiting with Mr. 'and Mirs. Charles Strieby.

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