The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-21
Short News Of City
FATHERs-soNs IN CHURCHES

city Sunday morning, and pastor Will
devote partitions of their sermons to
father and son relations. The young
peoples societies will hold special ,
services Sunday night.
SOME BIKE RIDER, GLEN! /
Sheriff Glen Carr limped all day Sat
urday, as a result of serious accident.
Friday evening. Cars son, Earl. who
is in Kansas City, wrote to his father
asking him to send his bicycle. The
sheriff was riding it down to the depot
for shipment. Everything went lovely
until Carr, when he rode up Main
street, tried to show some OF his
friends a real cyclist. The front wheel
hit a rut and Glenn went up in the air,
coming down some three feet behind
the bicycle.
He says he will stick to "shanks
horses" hereafter.
BROWN TO VISIT HERE.
F. c.. Brown, formerly associate di-
rector of Y NJ c. A. athletics of the
A. E. F., will arrive in Richmond Sum
day for a short visit with ]. w. Han
sell, at the latter's home on North
Fifteenth street Following his Rich
mond visit, Mr.. Brown leaves for Rio
de Janeiro, where he will have charge
Of the Y. NJ. G. A. athletics.
ZoERCHER TO DELIVER ADDRESS.
An address by Philip Zoercher, of
the state board of tax commissioners,
will feature the annual session of the
township assessors of the county,
which will meet Monday. The meet
irg will be held in the county superin-
tendent's office Monday, p. m. David
l.. Reid, acting county assessor, urges
that all township assessors be present.
TO COME MARCH
The Rev. J. r. Miller, for five years
pastor of the Lutheran church i'll
Pyrone, Pa, will arrive in Richmond
March / to take up the pastorship of
St. Pauls Lutheran church.
JONES TO SPEAK
Sylvester Jones, associate director
of the Friends Forward Movement
will address the congregation of the
Whit owater Monthly Meeting on North
tenth street Sunday night on the For
ward Movement.
ROTARIANS TO CHURCH
Members of the Richmond Rotary
club will attend services in body at
the First Presbyterian church Sunday
morning in honor of the seventeenth
! anniversary of the founding of the Or
ganization. This procedure will be
followed by Rotary bodies all over
the country.
FORD RUMoR DENIED.
Denial was made by the employ
ment manager of the Fordson Trac-
tor company, of Hamilton, o., Satur-
day, of the rumor current here that
plans were being made to hire sew
eral hundred Richmond men for the
Fordson plant According to the ru-
NOR it was planned to run a special
train on the Pennsylvania railroad.
leaving here each morning and return
ing in the evening, to accommodate
the workmen. The employment man
ager of the Fordson plant said that
nothing of the kind was being con-
sidered.
THREE CONTRACTS
Three contracts were let by the
county commissioners Saturday. One
for calculating and adding machine
for the county surveyor, was let to
the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. at
$500. The American Laundry Machln-
cry company. of Chicago, was given
the contract for two laundry washers
for the county poor farm. at a total
cost of 1896, while the Elliot Fisher
company, of Harrisburgh, Pa, was
granted the contract for a book ma
chine for the county clerk. to cost
$413.50.
DAVIS TO BE HONORED
An honor dinner will be given We'd
nesday evening in the new Y. NJ. c.
A. dining room by the members Of
Sthe Richmond Ministerial association,
anc their wives. to the Rev. +. E.
Davis and Mrs, Davis, who leave soon
tc take up their home in Hartford
City. where Rev. Davis has accepted
the Presbyterian pastorate.
LISTED IN NEW YORK.
E. d. Frank, of Richmond, is listed
as a recent arrival in New York.
HAMILTON TO CONVENTION
George F. Hamilton, manager of the
Richmond Produce company, will rep
resent at the produce dealers conven-
ton at Indianapolis on March and
5. No other local dealers will attend.
UNION SERVICE SUNDAY p. M.
Most of the churches Of the city will
Join in a union service Sunday a 1880
p. M, in the Reid Memorial Church
when DR.. E. l.. House, noted speaker
and psychologist, will deliver the first
OF a two weeks series OF lectures.
CLEMENCY is WON.
Through the efforts of George w.
B. Conrad. of Richmond, executive
of Ohio, to Alva hooks residing near
Wherefore, convicted Of larceny and
sentenced to the penitentiary in May
1919. The father and brother of
hooks are still in the penitentiary.
! They were accused of stealing hogs.
LOGAN TO CAMBRIDGE
A. n. Logan, Wayne county revenue
officer, will be in Cam bridge City all
next week. He will have an office in
he postoffice, and will take up in
come tax questions with tax payers
of the west part OF the county.
SPERLlNG is BACK
Carl Sperlng has returned from
months study at the Ford auto school
20 take up his work as assistant fore
man of the Webb-Coleman company.
MOTHER FLUE FIRE
Damage to the eEtent of $3.50 was
done to the home of Richard Esteile,
IL North Third street, by fire. Chief
| ed Miller said Saturday. The fire
started from sparks from the flue.
The loss was covered by insurance.
MICHAEL BOY INJURED
Anthony Michael, 7 years old. receiv-