The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-07
Short News Of City
TO GIVE PLAY.

TO GIVE PLAY.
"An Early Bird, a play will be
given by pupils of the Fountain City
High school, Saturday, April 10 at s
p. m.
WILL PREAcH/ToNiGH
The Rev. ]. H. West, of the theolog-
ical department Of Baptist college at
Louisville, KY, will preach at the Mt.
Moriah Baptist church at s p. m.
Wednesday.
INVITED TO MEETING
All club women of Richmond are in
vited to attend the annual conference
of the Ohio Federation of Women's
Clubs in Eaton on Friday and Satur-
day of this week.
U. 3. DISTRICT MEET
The pastors and laymen of the Rich
mond district United Brethren church
met in an inter-church conference in
the United Brethren church in New
castle Tuesday. The"Rev. H. s. James
Of Richmond presided. The denomina-
tional goals and program were pre-
sented by the conference superintend-
ent. Rev. J. E. Shannon of Marion,
Rev. A. B. AFFORD of Warrington and
Rev. N. P. France of the Newcastle
church.
kIRMESS POSTPONED
Owing to bad weather, the opening
Of the K. of P. Kirmess which was to
have been celebrated Tuesday night
was postponed. Several contributors
to the fair were unable to get their
gifts to the temple, and this delayed
the opening. The affair will be open
to the public Wednesday night.
PARDON TOO LATE
parole or pardon for George
Schools, sentenced to the state prison
for life in 1913 for murder from Wayne
county, would have come too late. The
petition for pardon for Schools was
being considered by the pardon board,
when Schools died in the prison.
WOULD IMPROVE SERVICE
Robert l. Todd, president of the
T. H. I. & E. Traction company, which
operates lines in Richmond, and other
state traction company officials, met
Tuesday in Indianapolis with a COM
mittee of the Indianapolis Chamber of
Commerce relative to discussing meth
DDS of improving the facilities for
handling freight.
HARRIS WILL READ
Leon Harris, publisher of the Blade,
a colored newspaper, and we'll known
colored author and poet, will give a
reading of his own productions at the
Bethel A. M. f. church Thursday
evening. The reading will be given
under the auspices of the Busy Bee
club.
ELECTED TO OFFICE
Mrs. G. c. Markle, Winchester, was
elected first vice president of the
Indiana board of indorsers, of photo
plays at Indianapolis, Tuesday. Mrs
w. N. Reed, of Warsaw, was elected
president
HAPPY HOUR TO DANCE
A., The Happy Hour club will dance
Monday evening, April ~, in the l. O.
D. F. club, the music to be furnished
by the Evan Smith orchestra. Attend
ance will be by invitation only.
DILL IN GLEE CLUB
Malcolm H. Dill, of Richmond, a
Senior at Harvard, has been chosen as
one of So members of the Harvard
Glee Club who will 90 on spring trip
April 18th. Dill is leader of the Glee
| Club. The itinerary of the trip in
cludes concerts at Philadelphia, Wash
| ington, Cincinnati. Cleveland, Detroit
and Vassar College. Dill recently
/ played the title role in the spring
production of the Pi Eta Society
"A1 Fareedah," an oriental musical
comedy.
APPROVE BOND ISSUE
The state board of tax commission
ers at Indianapolis Monday approved
the Hagerstown $1,000 fire engine
bond issue.
EDDY TO BE GUEST
Sherwood Eddy, Y. M. c. A. man OF
national Importance, will be the guest
of honor at a dinner in the Y. M. c.
A. cafeteria at $3.50 p. m. Sunday Ior
members of the boards of directors
and trustees of the Y. M. G. A.
MILES TO WILMINGTON
Herman o. Miles, national director
of finance for the Friends Forward
Movement, will go to Wilmington, O..
Thursday to attend a general meeting
of the Interchurch World Movement
trainers, and a special meeting of the
Forward Movement workers of Will
mington, O., Thursday to attend q
general meeting of the Forward Move
ment workers of Wilmington Yearly
Meeting. Next Sunday Mr.. Miles will
attend conference near Amboy, Ind.
in the interest of the Forward Move
ment.
MAKE CALLS TO UNDERTAKEN
OIiSC "COhCoOoy ICquColCo Iudl al
"hurry-up" ambulance calls for the
! hospital be made to the undertaking
esta blishments instead of to the pc
lice department, as the police car i.
| in the paint shop. 1t will be approx
mately three weeks before the ma
chine is finished.
| SELL PROPERTY FOR TAXES
Five pieces of property were solt
by the county treasurer Wednesda.
for delinquent taxes. The sale of thu
property brought the county $854.84.
INVENTORY POOR FARM
The qua rterly inventory of tn
county poor farm was made by tn
board of county commissioners Wed
nesday. The commissioners also al
lowed the poor claims for the quarter
which ended March 81
- MISS SMITH DEPUTY
Miss Grace c. Smith, of Richmond
was appointed deputy county cler
by Clerk Linus Meredith Wednesday
She succeeds August Fla finer, resigned
Miss Smith, who has been engaged i
government war work in Washingto
for the past two years, served a