The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-08-13
OFFICIAL FIGURES
ON PREBLE PRIMARY
CHANGE NO RESULTS

GhANGE NU ktSuLES|
EATON. O., Aug. 13.-Official figures
on the vote in Preble county in Tues
days primary election for candidates
for county Office were announced late
Thursday afternoon by the county
election board. Some slight changes
were made by the official canvass OF
were as follows: -=-
Democrat - Representative. J. A.
Day, 904: clerk of courts, Dinner
Stroup, $50; sheriff. Wizard Arm
strong, $780, commissioners, 8. 8. Hart,
SAT: H. A. Hinea, $50; George Swope,
SIG; treasurer. Frank Grasshon. $50;
recorder. Ola Potts, 958: prosecutor.
H. r. Gilmore, 10S written I'M; pro-
bate Judge, A. D. Davis, all written
IN: surveyor, John Ryder. 90S. Names
of Davis and Gilmore were written in
on the ballot to fill vacancies on their
party ticket.
Republican 49, Representative, n. d
Silver, 1880; probate Judge. Byron
Lands, 1885; clerk of courts. v. o.
Rookstool, 1,301s sheriff. George
Cline, 1.207; Elwood Coblentz, 1,156;
Chris WAR. Lib; recorder, T. 3. Og-
den, 1892; treasurer, c. e. Samuels.
1922; surveyor, c. A. Burns, 1854:
prosecutor, Ralph Sever, 1,238; cor
oner, s. P. Carter, 1,247.
Official Democrat vote for congress-:
Pickrel, 400; Maysilles, 373; Hanley.
141: Fenzel, CT. For state senator,
Rensman, SIC; Stokes, 537.
Omcial Republican vote for congress
Fitzgerald, SAT; F1ory, SAB; Banker,
1913. For state senator: Kun1ler. SAG:
Sparks, 425: Aker, 332; Mcdonald,
300.
The Democrats polled a total Of 1, 1S9
I1,640 votes.
Eager Barn 10 Destroyed.
Fire Wednesday night destroyed a
bank barn and tobacco shed on the
farm of Glenn Eager, two miles south
east OF Lewisburg, entailing consider
able loss, which is said to be partially
insured.
Livestock in the barn was saved.
lOrigin OF the blaze is not definitely
known, but 1t Is thought to have
,started from spontaneous combustion
in new hay in the NOV.
Water Raised to sig A Year.
Raise from So to $12 year in water
rates has been announced by the board
become effective Immediately. High
cost of coal Is given as the reason for
the raise.
The board claims 1t required $3,455
worth of coal to operate the city water
works the first seven months of the
present year, as against $1,765 for the
same period in 1919.
Many Family Reunions.
Eleventh annual reunion Of the Pot
teri family will be held here August ~,
at the fairgrounds. The seventh an
nual reunion Of the Surface family
will be held Sunday at Glen Miller
park, Richmond, Ind Members of the
Sunday schools Of the Eaton and Edo
RADIO Universalist churches will hold
n Joint picnic Sunday in kramers
Grove near Eldorado. Services will be
conducted during the day in the grove.
Service for Mrs. Shield.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mamie
Shields, 80, ww1o died Wednesday
night at her home three miles south
of Eaton, will be held Saturday morn
ing at 9 o'clock at her late home.
Burial will be at Castine, Darke coun-
ty. She is survived by her husband,
three brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Freeman's Body Home
Remains of Mrs Kate Freeman, 80.
former resident of Eaton, who died
Wednesday night at the Masonic home
in Springfield. were brought to Eaton
today to the home of her nieces, the
Misses Truax, for funeral and burial.
It is expected the funeral will take
place Saturday morning from the
Truax home, West High street. Burial
will be in Mound Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Freeman was the wife Of the
late I. E. Freeman, lawyer, who died
here many years ago. She is survived
by a step-daughter, Mrs. Lou Burdick,
of Chicago She had been at the Ma
sonic home the last 16 years or longer.
Pitsinger to Lancaster
Rife Pitsinger, II, who sometime
ago confessed in juvenile court to
breaking into the local department
store of Spring Bros. company, and
stealing about $40, and who was at
the time committed to the state boys
Industrial school at Lancaster, has Just
been removed by Probation Officer L.
r. Stephen to the institution.
Three young men alleged to have
been implicated in the burglary are
held for the next grand jury under
bond.
Married ~ Years; Wants Divorce.
Married Al years ago in Cincinnati,