The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-02
GREENVILLE FACTORY
RE-0PENS; BUSINESS
MAY FORCE ADDITION

GREENvILLE, O.. Feb. 2.-The l..
R. Marks Coat company, of this city.
after being closed down for several
months, reopened again with a large
force Of employees yesterday morning.
Walter Riggs, general manager OF the
concern, stated that the plant will be
working one hundred people in the
near future, as enough orders are on
The books to run the plant full time
for six months. Mr.. Riggs also stated
that should the volume OF business
continue at the present rate, it will be
necessary to enlarge the plant to meet
the demand. The majority of the
product manufactured is sold in South
America and Cuba.
Father Threatens Son:
Delbert Young. %, farmer, residing
with his parents near Pittsburg, in
Monroe township, Saturday afternoon
swore out warrant for the arrest
of his father, J. B. Young, charging
him with threatening to shoot and
kill him. He alleged his father car
ried a shot gun with him the latter
part of last week. Sheriff Wagner and
Deputy Corwin arrested the elder
Young and bail was fixed at $500. Be
ing unable to pay the amount he was
confined in jail until his hearing be-
fore Mayor John Wright yesterday af-
ternoon. Delbert Young, the prescott
ing witness, failed to put in an appear
ance at the hearing. and his father
was consequently released on parole,
in custody of Attorney George Mannix
1t is said the charges will be with
drawn.
Refused Marriage License.
Jnd0n Vnpnkor
marriage license to a young couple
who, it is thought, were trying to put
one over" on the Judge. The couple,
giving their names as Geo. Redman, %,
birthplace Jay county. Ind, and Cleo
Bye, IS, birthplace Jay county, Ind,
applied for marriage license, stating
they were residents of Darke county.
Upon being questioned, they were un-
able to tell from what township or viii
lage in the county they resided, and
could give no references of people who
knew them.
Old Suit Comes Up.
The case of Christine Parker, VS..
Emmanuel Conrad ct al, which was
assigned for hearing in common pleas
court Tuesday before Judge Teegard-
en-, was postponed until Wednesday.
The case, which is an old one, has
been up for hearing on three differ
ent occasions, but for some reason was
postponed each time. The suit was
brought to settle the title to a tract of
land which was purchased for church
purposes and on which he German
Baptist church in Jackson township
was located. The plaintiff now asserts
that she has the title to the land, and
her assertion promises to be bitterly
contested. Martin B. Trainor repre-
sents the plaintiff and Biekel, Baker
and Murphy the defendants.
Leaves For Dertoit.
Theodore, 15-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. M. kammons, West Main
street, Greenville. has been missing
since Saturday afternoon, the efforts
of his parents to locate him proving
of no avail The lad left home Satur-
day afternoon without informing his
parents where he was going, and when
he did not return for the evening meal
a search was started, with no success
until yesterday morning, when Mr..
kammons was informed in Dayton
that lad answ ering the description
of the missing boy had purchased a
ticket from Dayton to Detroit. An at
tempt is now being made to locate him
in that city. Mr.. Kammons, who is a
we'll known cigar manufacturer of this
city, states that there was no reason
for the strange disappearance of his
son. The Kammon boy had been a
Dayton Journal carrier in Greenville
for some time past.
Green Funeral Held.
The death of Mrs. Nina Augusta
Green, 6S, occurred Saturday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Brown, near Woodington, this county,
due to pneumonia. Mrs. Green, whose
husband preceded her in death last
spring, is survived by two daughters
at whose home Mrs. Green died. the
remains were taken to the home of the
other daughter, Mrs. Adam Hetslor, at
Hillgrove, O., where the funeral serv-
ices were held Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev. Plymate, of the Presbyterian
church in this city, officiating. In
terment was made in the Greenville
cemetery.
School Books Destroyed.
For the third or fourth time the
West School building was broken into
and books destroyed, over the week
end The books in the assembly room
of the building were torn up and scat
tered about the place. The work is
thought to be that of school boys.
Suit has been brought in common