The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-01

Inc county commissioners ola not
meet Saturday, as no business had
| been presented. They will meet Mon
day.
THANKS! 5oOs ENOUGH
| Marjorie Benton Cook, the author
is dead in the Philippines, where she
had spent the winter. Miss Cook was
a native of Richmond, Indiana, and
had done much to increase the fame
of this state in letters. kOkomo may
have passed Richmond in point of
population, but from a literary stand
point the Wayne county city is still
Thousand years ahead.-Kokomo Trib-
Fune.
RILEY POEMS ON VIEW
Sketches and poems by James Whit
comb Riley are now on display in the
! high school library. Illustrations and
/ decorative lettering make the poems
more attractive. Students are asked
| to inspect the exhibit.
PLUMB VS.. HARDING
Glenn f. Plumb. author of the
Plumb plan for the operation of rail
Xoads, will be in this city and speak
on Friday, May I, according to the
Plumb Plan club Of Wayne county. 1t
is said that hs will answer the criti-
cisms of the plan made by Senator
Harding in his speech here
"Y" WILL LOCK UP
Every night promptly at 10 the
front door of the Y. NJ. c. A will be
locked. This will be done to keep all
but dOrmitOry men from entering.
Much disturbance has been experience
ed by promiscuOus coming and going
The door will be locked on Sunday
until p. m.
ROTARY TO LUNCH
Because the next meeting falls on
the Wayne county primary election
day, nothing except the usual lunch
con will take place at next Tuesdays
meeting of the Richmond Rotary club
in the Arlington hotel
FINED IN CITY COURT
Fred Christman was fined $500 and
costs in police court Saturday morning
for assault and battery.
DIDN'T KNOW ITS KICK
Joe MulleniX was fined S1.OO and
costs in police court Saturday morn
ing for drunkenness. Il didn't know
that the Jamaica ginger would make
a man get lit up" Mullenix is said to
have told the officers.
TAIL LIGHT WENT OUT
Lee F. Boarman, who was arrested
III tAitStu NlpiGllOU OIL me mot or Jaw,
was dismissed in police court Satur-
day morning. Boarman was arrested
for failure to have the tail light burn
ing on his car while it was standing
on the court. 1t developed that the
light had gone out a few minutes
after BOarman had left the car.
ART GALLERY OPEN
The last day of the New York Paint
ers' exhibit in the art gallery will be
Sunday. The gallery viii be open
from to p. m. and the pictures
Will be taken down next week
WANT HART'S JOB
Several applications for the posi-
ton of assistant superintendent OF
Richmond public schools have been re.
ceived by the school board. These an.
plications have resulted from the res
ignation of l.. f. Hart The assistant
superintendent acts as business man.
tager
SCHOOL SKETCH HERE
The first sketch Of the front of the
new East Side Junior High school
has been submitted to the school
board by the architects. The board
is considering the sketch but has not
yet accepted.
ACCEPT PARCEL FOST
announcement mas Dcen made
through the post office that on and
after MAY l, parcel post packages
through Germany will be accepted foI
delivery for Switzerland ,
POSTPONE CONFERENCE
Owing to present conditions in Ire
: land, the Irish Young Friends confer
: ence planned for July 81 to Aug 5
has been postponed indefinitely. A
number of American Quakcrs were
planning 20 attend this conference.
G. A. r. HOLDS MEETING
The regular weekly meeting of the
G. A. r. post was held Saturday aztec
noon in the court house post rooms
Routine business was discussed.
WiNFREY SPEAKS
George Winfrey. Madison county
: clerk, delivered the commencement
address at Williamsburg Friday night