The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-01-23
Short News of Civ
DR., SHARPLEss DEAD


DR.. Isaac Sharpless, president Of
Haverford College for over 80 years,
and one of the best known Friends in
the country, Is dead at his home on
the college campus, as a result of
heart trouble. DR.. Sharpless had been
frequent speaker at Earlham college
and Friends meetings in Richmond.
HAWORTH ON INCOME TAX
Clifford M. HaWOrth, who has been
connected with the business depart
ment of the Palladium, has resigned
to become associated with the firm of
Gardner, Jessup & Hoelscher. Mr..
Haworth was connected with the Unit
ed States treasury department at In
dianapOlis for two years as income tax
officer and has had a wide experience
with corporation income and excess
profits tax, both from making and
verifying returns. Mr.. Haworth in
tends to make this work a specially.
PREBLE MURDER RECORD CLEAN
Preble county maintained a clean
slate in the number of murders and
convictions for murder during 1919,
according to the Ohio yearly report
just made public. Two hundred and
sixty-nine murders We're committed
and 1875 convictions were gotten in
Tic Sldle uuTlnS IUo year.
INTER-CHURCH MEN TO MEET
Counties of the state will be Or
ganized for the Inter-Church World
Movement intensive campaign at a
| meeting in indianapolis, Jan. 81. in
the Severn Hotel. Donald D. Tullis,
state director. will preside, and sew
! eral men who attended the national
conference in Atlantic City two weeks
| ago will speak.
SMEDINGHOFF AT MEETING.
| j. F. Smedinghoff represented c. E.
Stonecipher of Richmond, at a meet
ing of the Indiana Truck company
promotion men at Marion, Thursday.
| G. o. P. COMMITTEE MEETS.
| Discussion of plans for the district
meeting and other questions relative
to the party will feature the meeting
of the executive committee of the Re
publican Wayne county central com,
mittee Saturday afternoon. The dis.
trict meeting probably will be held
in February
breaches TO NAZARENES.
Not by Night, nor by Power, but by
My Spirit, Sayeth the Lord of Hosts
was the theme of the religious ad
dress given by the Rev. l.. NJ. Fogg
of New Hampshire, who is conducting
evangelistic services in the church OF
the Nazarene, Thursday evening
Singing by the Rev. Brandy berry, pas
tor of the church, and Mrs. Brandy
berry features the services. Every
! one is invited to attend the services
FOREIGN WORKERS TO MEET.
Invitations have been sent out tC
the members of the Foreign Work
committee of the Y. NJ c. A. and tc
those who gave donations to the as
sociation, to be present at dinner
meeting of the Foreign Work commit
tee Friday evening. An address by
Stanley Rupert, Y secretary il
China for five years, will feature the
meeting.
FATHER AND SON WEEK.
Special preparations for the obsor
vance of Father and Son week, the
week of Feb. 16, have been made, &C
cording to announcement of Boys Sec
rotary Beatty. He will meet soon will
the boys work committee, to arrang'
TO ra banquet and other events tC
take place at the Y during the week
HORTON NOT AT MEETING
County Surveyor Howard Horton
was unable to attend the sessions o
the annual meeting of the Indiana En-
gineering Society, which opened in In
dianapolis Friday morning. Mr. Hor
ton is member.
WRECK TRAIN CALLED
The wrecking train from the loca
, railroad shops were called out thi
noon to clear the main line just out
side of New Paris, where two DO
cars became derailed and blocked tn
line