The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-11
BY WIN. r. sANsoRN.

| GuHeys classic old FOurtn Reader, you
will recall this sentence:
1T you ever visit Modena, stop
awhile and call at the castle and gaze
upon a picture there IT'S Of . lady
in her earliest youth" etc.
OF course you remember the story
OF Genevra-a tale which clings to
the memories of millions Of people OF
| the older generation, because Of it's
impression upon their youthful and
sympathetic minds. Even at this late
day I would not care greatly for the
friendship Of a man who can recall the
tragedy of that story without a sigh.
What am / driving at, do you ask 7
What has this story OF tho Age Of
Chivalry to do with Williamsburg,
lying asleep in the winter sun in 1919?
Not thing. gentlemen. not thing,
except that all the men who ever
studied that old book belong to the
same lodge and are "jtners." There
must be lot of you around Williams
; burg, and whenever happen to come
your way. hungry and tired, 1t may be,
shall expect you to take me in.
The Kelley Hotel.
But come to think of 1t. that story
suggested this sentiment: III you eyer
visit Williamsburg stop long enough
to gaze upon the ancient Kelley Hotel,
and to eat a meal in its aged dining
room. 1t will be worth while" Were
those old walls able to tell of what
has occurred within during the past
sixty-odd years, and OF the famous
Indianians and others who have shar-
ed it's hospitality. 1t would be a tale
worth recording for the benefit of this
newer generation. The Kelley has
been reopened within a few days Why
was it closed? Well. Brer. Hoover
came there to board. He sat at the
head of the table and watched the
grains OF sugar administered to the
furnishing, also the ounces of bread
that men creaved, and instituted food
less days. Finally Mrs. Kelley fired
Hoover out and closed the house. Then
that great distributor Of food to starv-
ing Europe went his way over the
briney deep.
OF course everybody in town met
Mr.. Hoover. They know him we'll
everywhere as the good provider,"
who will never need to advertise for
a wife.
From Hotels to Hogs.
From hotels to hogs Is quick and
precipitate descent, but such Is life In
Indiana, just now. John Meredith,
township food mogul. says that to the
best Of his belief from reports sent in,
there are still six hundred finished"
hogs eating their heads of in Greene
township. If that is all that are left
Greene must have marketed lot of
classy pigs last fall. Why. they COW
cred all this township like the dew
last summer. to hear some tell it.
And this reminds US that Grant Wat
kins killed forty.seven head one day
this week for various farmers. Mr..
minimum wage Of SO per day. we are
told. He killed over five hundred head
of hogs last year, besides a lot of
calves and cattle. His plant is known
as the Neighborhood Slaughter House,
for he does no packing. Hogs come
in from miles around to be changed
into meat, lard and sausage during the
season.
Money Is Plentiful.
Mr.. William A. Lewis, president of
the First National bank Of Williams
burg, says that right now the deposits
are at the peak. They are averaging
s155,000 in spite of the many demands
for money in the past strenuous finan.
cial year. The bank Is capitalized at
\ {r<,-
holders Of record. 1t was opened for
business in May. 1907
Green township made up It's quota
OF all the Liberty loans and, with the
exception of the Fourth, the bank was
not called on to carry a bond. Greene
has taken good care of all demands,
an dhas gone over the top with all
its quotas in brief time.
Mr.. Lewis father, Allen Lewis, once
sold single wagon load of produce /
from the old farm at better than
$1,100. The load was hauled to Rich
mond in an old fashioned high Tonnes
see farm wagon and consisted Of one !
hundred bushels of clover seed and |
ten bushels Of potatoes. The clover |
seed brought S11 per bnshel record !
price in that early day, for VIII Lewis
was then barefoot boy. Allen Lewis |
came to this township when but two
years old. He lived to the ripe age Of
IS. passing away, If we can remember
In 1885.
The Armenian Relief allotment for
Green township is $3.50. 1t is to be
hoped that this will be the last call of
this character for sometime All ap-
preciate, however. that the need Is /
great and Mr.. Lewis says that the
amount will unquestionably be made
up. so as to maintain the good record /
the township has made in relation to
all demands for war purposes.
Williamsburg has very fair fire pro-
lection. There is strong volunteer
company in town, pump engine and
a number of babcocks. The town has
been very lucky as to fires; no losses
OF importance having occurred for
sometime.
The Williamsburg Schools.
If you were to ask the population
Of Williamsburg, frankly, cannot tell
You. but l judge that there are al
most as many houses as people,
rom estimates given from the number
If folks who call Williamsburg home