The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-13
RANDOLPH FARM
OF JUDGE ENCLE
BRINGS S51,600
Record Price of $3.50 Per
Acre is Paid-Other Ran
dolph County News.

WINCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 1.-the
record sale of this county was MADE
when former Judge James S. Engle
| sold his farm, east OF this city. fo-
$3.50 per acre, amounting TO S5l, 500.
Ordinance Passed.
The city council has passed Ordin-
ance No. 374, for the tax levy Of 1920,
! The levy is 261s cents on each 500
| and 25 cents on each poll. Water and
| light fund for bonds and interest, 8
cents on each $40; park and sinking
fund for paying interest and bonds,
l cent on each 500; park maintain
ance fund. cents on each 500; Cot
| tom, Davis and Barnes roads, 10 cents
| on each 500. The levy is less than
that of 1918 and the city will not have
to appear before the State tax COM
missioners.
Arrested for pesertion.
Sheriff U. N. DAWSON went to
Farmland Thursday and arrested Har-
~ Delk for wife desertion. Delk fail
| ed to give bond and was brought to
, Winchester and placed in jail.
| Martin Brown Dead.
Martin Brown, SO, Is dead at the
home Of his daughter in Lynn. He If
survived by the widow and two sons
and one daughter.
Mrs. Cox Asks Divorce.
Divorce proceedings have been. filed
by Hazel D. Cox against Russell Cox.
on charge of abandonment and fall
ure to provide.
Miss Mendenhalt to Meredith.
Miss Mary Mendenhall, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Mendenhall, Of
South Main street, has gone to Raj
eigh, N. c., where she has accepted a
position Of teacher Of chemistry in
Meredith college, girls school, which;
has an enrolment Of more than FIVE
hundred pupils. Miss Mendenhall
graduated from the Winchester high
school in 1914. and from Earlham col
lege in 1918. Last year she attended
Johns Hopkins university. Her pres
ent position was rendered, her through
a high recommendation from this
university.
Woman Asks Divorce.
Divorce proceedings were fled to-
day by Minnie o. McGunnigill against
Jared McGunnigill. They were mar
on September 5, 1919. The plaintiff
alleges that the defendant struck her
in the face, causing her to suffer great
pain. and also called her vile names.
She asks for a divorce and $4,000
alimony; also $500 for attorneys fees.
She estimates her husbands estate to
be worth $4,000. Claude Ball of Mum
Gle is her attorney. The defendant is
, postmaster at Modoc.
Vardaman VS.. Vardaman.
Lester G. and Hattie Vardaman are
principals in a suit for divorce filed
Thursday. They were married on Oc-
tober l, 1911, and separated on Sep
TENDER 8, 1919. The defendant is
charged with cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
Ask Damage on Park.
An appeal for damages was filed
, Monday by Thomas Mullen, Clara Null
len, VIII H. Ramsey and Jesse Ram
: sey, against the city of Winchester. A
similar appeal was also filed by Fora
) Cox, against the city of Winchester.
: The property had been condemned by
the Goodrich Park Commission.
Commissioners Approve Bonds.
The state board Of tax commission
ers. has approved the following bond
issues from Randolph County: White
River and Ward townships. Harsh
man road, $1,000; White River and
West River townships, Merryweather
road, s4039.
Licenses to Wed.
License to wed has been issued to
Lewis Merl Bolinger. 21. and Nfable
L. Wolfe, II; Garth. Halstead, 81, Lo-
santville, and Grace Collins. 20. Win
chester; Samuel H. Possee, Francis
vile, %, and Elma S. Abshire, 81, Win.
chester.
Possee-AbshIre.
The wedding of Miss Elma -Abshire.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Abb
shire and Samuel H. Possee, took
place Sunday morning at the home OF,
the bride, on Huntsville road, in the
presence Of about sixty guests.
Abshire vs.. Abshire.
Divorce proceedings were filed Mon
day by John Abshire against Ruth Alb
shire. The plaintiff alleges that the
defendant was guilty Of cruel and in
human treatment.
Halstead-CoIIins.
Garth Halstead, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Halstead, Of Losantville, and
Miss Grace Collins, dughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison Collins, north Of Farm
land, were married there by the
brides brother. the Rev. H. A. Collins,
Friday. They will live on a farm.
Missionary Conference to Meet.
The Extension Conference Of Mis-
sionary societies will meet in Union
City. October to 10th, at which time
Mrs. Halle Linn Hill of New York
City, will be present
Speakers at Community Fair.
The singing at the Community fair,
to be held in Union City, the first week
OF October, will be under the auspices
:, Of the War Work Council Of the Y. NJ.
@ c. y. It promises to be the most in
teresting feature of the fair. Many
- prominent speakers will also be there.
r Two Lose Hand in