The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-09-23
HOOSier News
Briefly Told


use the post offices ia a rural market
Ing project. Briefly. the plan would
provide for the listing of produce by
farmers In the post offices each day.
the bulletin boards To carry the prices
Of produce as well as the names OF
the sellers Produce ordered by Gus
toners would be sent to them by
parcel post. The plan will be investi-
gated thoroughly and If the depart
ment regards il rs feasible IL will be
put I'm operation In limited way as n
test.
against r. ~ Davis was dismissed IN
Jasper Circuit court ut Rensselaer, on
motion of J. G. Murphy prosecuting at
torney. Davis father and mother were
burned TO death in their farm home.
near Morocco. January 81. Davis,
against whom the charge of numbering
his mother was dismissed. was acquit-
ted some time ago of having murdered
his father. The eases were brought to
this county from Newton county on n
change of venue.
LoganSport.-Flora southwest of
LOganspOrt. has been selected as the
site of the National Old Folks and Or
phanS Home Of the First Brethren
churches Of America. The selection of
Flora as the site is said 10 have been
Reinhart of Flora, who gave $4,000
to the home on condition that the
Flora site be selected The site Sc
lected for the home contains 40 acres.
Buildings will be constructed within
Il few months.
Muncie.-J. f. Michigan of Lafayette
was reelected president of the An
cient Order of Hibernians at session
of the state convention. Nicholas Car
roll of Indianapolis, vice president
and NJ. j. Shea of Fort Wayne, score
tary also were reelected James Nc
Carthy of Whiting was elected treas
urer to succeed Bartholomew OIearv
of indianapolis and Rev. f.. ]. Houli-
han, Muncie. was chosen chaplain 30
succeed VI. j. Byrne of Lafayette.
Cannelton.-At the one hundredth
annual session of the Perry County
Baptist association. which recently
closed three-day meeting. the follow
ing officers were chosen for 1922 ::
Moderator. Rev. J. Aubrey Sandefur :
assistant moderator. Howard VI.
Royal: clerk j. Edwin Howe; presi-
dent of the associational r. Y. +. e.,
Jennings Hobbs: director of children :
work, Mrs. J. Edwin Howe
lndianapolis.-Appr seven
ty-five small public grade schools i'm IS
or 20 counties will not open for work
rs usual this fall. or if they do open
they will be closed. by the effect OF a
position the state department of pub
lie instruction has taken The children
will be bundled up and sent 10 other
schools nearby The schools are ones
where the total attendance is - or
| less.
Bloomfield.-An investigation of riot
| ing at JasOnville. when three special
| deputy sheriffS were disarmed and two
coal miners driven from their homes,
will be made by the Greene county
grand jury at Bloomfield, it was an
nOunced by the prosecuting attorney.
| He said he would ask the Circuit court
to call a special session of the jury
+ soon.
Gary.-A general reduction i'm prices.
! ranging from house rents tO attorneys
fees, is i'm effect in Gary. The cuts
follow reduction i'm steel workers
wages Lower prices were recorded in
restaurants, house rents and clothing.
! Physicians reduced call charges To So
and attorneys announced a cut from
500 to $50 for handling divorce cases.
Terre Haute.-Roy Parse. age six
teen. held for the murder of Louise
| WiIloughby. age seventeen. his sweet
heart. in room az his home, con
| feSSed 10 the police. saying he had
planned To kill her because "he loved
her and could not get along with her =
Preliminary enrolment
I figures given out by the registrar of
/ Purdue university indicate that the to-
tai attendance will be larger than that
of last year. 1t was expected that
this years enrolment would be the
same as that of 1920. or n little less.
BloOmington.-All records for attend
ance at Indiana university were re-
ported broken when 3O4 students
registered bringing the total number
4 for the fall term 20 2.246. Late regis
trants are expected 10 swell the num-
Der 10 $500.
Franklin.-All previous registration
records AT Franklin college were
/ broken when 14O students enrolled in
the beginning class. The highest pre-
vious mark was made last fall. when
$50 freshmen registered abe first
week
/ Lafayette.-The annual convention
/ of the Indiana Real Estate association
Will be held in Lafayette October II,
/ - and l3. An attendance of nj least
| 500 members i expected.
Observation-Disclosures of visitors
from over the state. and high officers OF
the Knights of Pythias lodge. including
William LadOw, supreme chancellor
Thomas Neal. grand chancellor. and
other members of the grand lodge at
1 4 A tn, Il.