The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-18
LAW AND ORDER
LEAGUE MARSHAL
QUITS HIS JOB
Hagerstown Officer Prefers
Resigning to Explaining
Preacher Explains.

HAGERSToWN, Ind, Oct. 1s.-on
an allegation to council by the Law
and Order League that Clarence Stew
art, the town marshal, who has been
paid part of his salary by the league.
had ben guilty of neglect, the City
Council took up the allegation, and
called on the officer to explain.
His resignation was rendered in lieu
of the explanation. and accepted with
out comment Stewart said Wednes-
day he did not want to be made the
goat"
Council will not appoint another
marshal until after election.
In a published statement in the
Exponent which Editor Day marks
communicated" Rev. j. F. Gruber OF
the M. e. church, denies the implica-
ton that he was ever pro-German. and
lauds the boys who have enlisted un-
der the banner of Uncle Sam.
The Wayne county officials came In
for criticism in a sermon delivered
last Sunday.
The day service Of the municipal
light plant is announced for November
!. The town was without light two
evenings, for repairs made to burnt
out bearing The service has been i'm
proved, and new unit will be added
to the power. The stock Of supplies
has been added to the office for the
convenience OF patrons. The day serv-
ice will start out with large list OF
subscribers.
The Hagerstown Horse Show and
Fair association has set next Tuesday
as the date for reorganization, when
the officials will present their reports.
The association will make arrange
ments for the next years program, and
election of officers will be followed by
dinner.
Mesdames Ledbetter and Hutchin-
son have returned from visit to their
sons, Carl Ledbetter and Luther
Hutchinson. at Camp Taylor. Led
better is head cook of his company
Hutchinson is a lineman. Russell
FORMER also was seen.
F. C.. Conover, who was sent on a
special mission to Cincinnati to obtain
coal. has returned. Only the staying
of the strike will give the movements
to coal he says as the mine operators
will not work the mines at a loss.
Clarke Brothers here have only two
cars on hand. Hagerstown faces a coal
crisis.
Henry w Keagy, who cuts thou
sands of feet of logs every week, and
who has many tops" available for
cord wood, said Wednesday he could
readily sell a thousand cords here for
fuel if hands could be obtained to cut
the wood. A number of people are out
Of coal with no relief in sight.
The George Clark sale realized
$4,000. The corn offered was in acre
lots and ranged from $24 to $55 per
acre although soft corn. Cattle ranged
in price from $32 to $50, mich cows
from $50 to $40. He has rented farm
ner Milton which he will occupy next
Spring.
Earl Dougherty, Familiarity known as
Jockey" sold AZ head of young pork
ers to Elmer Cannon, Wednesday for
SIS head. The average weight was
IS pounds. Light weight porkers are
DelnS SOIQ every Gay mere, but WIN
carload of hog feed received by Hind
man and Williams. Wednesday, it Is
believed farmers will feed and keep
their young pigs.
Connersville high school basketball
team will come to Hagerstown Friday
evening to play Hagerstown High
The local team chosen by Coach Hos
tettler comprises Holiday and Lowell.
forwards; Gray and Petty, guards;
Wilbur Petty, Center; Hunt and
Wigand, Subs.
Republican voters met Tuesday
night at the City building and selected
candidates for the corporation election
to be held Tuesday, Nov 6, as follows
Town clerk. Elmer Crull: town treas
urer. Joe Stonecipher; councilmen
First ward. Fred c. Murray; Second
ward, Samuel J Pressel; Third ward
Horace Hoover; Fourth ward, Charles
B. Harter.