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The Lexington advertiser., 1934-09-20
CENTERVILLE
FIDDLER'S CONTEST

Approximately 500 people fnpn
Holmes and adjoining counties ATTENDED
the Fiddler's Contest Friday night, al
Centerville, making the largest crowd te
attend program at this place in the
history of the Centerville school.
Supt. Glen A. Vanderford was master
of ceremonies and awarded the twenty
seven valuable prizes offered the con-
testants when the program was com
pleted and the judges, Messrs. H. j.
Johnson, Steve Rhyme, Dave Ellington
had made the final decisions.
Talent from Centerville school ana
community captured eleven of the
prizes with West coming second, taking
six different prizes. Lexington Melody
Makers took five nrizes.
The prizes were awarded as follows;
Readings: Clara Tate, 1st; Dorothy
Foster, End; Piano Solo: Rosamond Cade
1st; Laura Melton, 2nd; Vocal Solo:
Martha McCrary, 1st, Jeanette Wilks,
End; Tap Dancing: Hazel Phillips, 1st,
CASTLE Cade, End; French Harp Solo:
George Parkinson, 1st, Willie Kyzer,
2nd; Old Fashioned Solo Dance: Willie
Kyzer. 1st, L. B. Tucker. Sr. 2nd Hus-
band Calling: Mrs. Jim Sidon, 1st, Mrs.
Willie Kyzer, 2nd; Vocal Quartette:
Centerville, 1st, Baughn Bros, End;
String Band Morgan Band 1st, Lexing
ton Melody Makers, End; Guitar Solo:
A. L. Presley, 1st, Jimmie Baughn, End;
Old Time Fiddling: Mr.. Bob Morgan,
1st, L. B. Tucker, Sr., End; Popular Fid-
ding: Walter Baughn, list; Johnnie
Baughn, End; Hog Calling; G. A. Vande-
ford 1st. Willie Kyzer, 2nd,
Miss Lucille Melton was awarded the
cake for the most beautiful girl present.
The prizes were donations from West
merchants and business men, George
Tates Store, Wilks Store and the Trus-
tees and Teachers of Centerville School. |
The money will be used for improve
ment of school equipment
The Centerville All Club met with
Miss Mildred Garrett on Monday for the
esecton of officers and reorganization |
of the club. Dorothy Foster was elected |
president Jessie Mae Allen, vice-presi- !,
dent. and Connie Mcclellan, secretary
treasurer.
Holmes Junior College students who
attended the Centerville Fiddler's Con-
test Friday night are: Misses Van E.
Foster, Boots" Ellis, Blanche Mcclellan |
and Mr.. Jack Martin.
The Lexington advertiser., 1934-09-20

Holmes Junior College students who
attended the Centerville Fiddler's Con-
test Friday night are: Misses Van E.
Foster, Boots" Ellis, Blanche Mcclellan
and Mr. Jack Martin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
COUNTY WOMAN
NAMED HEAD OF
LATIN CONTEST
Ben Davis H. S. Teacher to
Direct District Meet on
March "a.

Mrs. Helen Davis Of the Ben Da-
Wis. high school has been named di-
rector of the twenty-f1rst annual
state high school Latin contest for
District 5. The announcement Of
her appointment was made today
by Indiana university extension,
which sponsors the contest.
District meets viii be held on
March "a. Contestants will be win
ners of events held in the four state
divisions, two of which were held
on Feb. "a. Other division meets
will be held previous to March 10.
The state meet will be held at IN
diana university on April 10, wiN
fifty-four students competing.
Awards for first, second and third
place winners will be gold, silver
and bronze medals.
Each year the contest is held,
with several thousand high school
pupils participating. First place
winners last year were Lawrence
Miller, Rochester; Margaret Turner,
Wheeler; Roberta Carton, South
Side high school, Ft. Wayne, and
Helen Last, La Porte.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
WIFE SLAYER
ELECTROCUTED
Mitchell Veteran Marches
to Chair After Suicide
Attempt Fails.
By United Press

By United Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, March q
Harley Edwards, 39-year-old World
war veteran, was electrocuted in
the state prison here today for the
murder of his wife.
With faltering steps he marched
to the death chamber from the pris-
on hospital, where he had been
taken twenty-five hours previously
after an attempt to kill himself.
The execution was carried out on
schedule after Governor Paul "
McNutt refused to let the suicide
attempt intervene.
Edwards slashed his wrists with
the lens of his reading glasses early
yesterday morning. Physicians ad-
ministered two blood transfusions
and other stimulants as they car
ried out a successful fight to pro-
long his life until he could be put
to death legally.
The death march started at 1902
a. m. and Edwards was strapped to
the chair three minutes later. Dr.
P. H. Weeks, prison physician, pro-
nounced him dead at 1910.
Edwards killed his wife, Lillian,
at her home in Mitchell in July,
1852, and wounded his stepson
Clarence Head, 10, when the boy
attempted to intervene in a family
quarrel.
A pathetic but unsuccessful plea
for leniency was made this week by
the 18-year-old stepson. Edwards
became respondent after the Cover
nor's decision was read to him. At
a. m. yesterday a guard found him
slumped on his cot, bleeding pro-
fuSely He was hurried to the prison
hospital where convicts donated
blood for two transfusionS. BY
night, hospital attendants had re-
stored his strength to permit his
march to the electric chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
DILLINCER MAY Be
PIERPONT WITNESS
Deposition From Mob Chief
May Be Submitted.
By United Press

By United Press
LIMA, o., March 2.-John Dill
linger, whose confederates raided
the county Jail here last October to
liberate him and killed Sheriff
Jesse L. Sarber as they fled, may be
an absent witness in ne trial of his
first companions accused of MUIR
dering Sarber.
Attorneys for Harry Pierpont,
accused "trigger-man" in the raid.
appealed today to Judge E. E. Ev-
erett for permission to present a
deposition from Dill ~ at Pier
points trial, which opens Tuesday.
Dillinger is in the Lake county Jail
at Crown Point, Ind, also await
ing trial on a murder charge. 1t
was believed the deposition, if OBJ
tanned, would attempt to establish
an abb for Pierpont to block the
states efforts to send him to the
electric chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
Denny Formally Enters
COP. MayOralty Race
Prominent Lawyer Accepts
Bid of Anti-Coffin Re-
publican Union.

Proclaimed as the anti-Coffin
candidate for mayor on the Repub-
lican ticket, George L. Denny,
prominent Indianapolis attorney,
yesterday formally entered the
mayoralty race following meeting
of the members of the Republican
Union.
Announcement Of Mr. Denny's
candidacy was made following a
meeting at the Columbia Club. More
than sixty persons, many of them
prominent in Marion county polit-
ical circles, attended the meeting
and voted to back Mr.. Denny.
Mr.. Denny came to the Columbia
Club and was advised of the action
of the Republican Union in decid-
ing upon him as their candidate for
mayor. Mr.. Denny accepted and
said he would make the race on a
platform Of efficiency, economy and
honesty in government"
The Republicans have lost too
many elections in the last few
years." said Mr.. Denny. There is
no good reason for this condition
because the Republican party is as
respectable as it ever has been. The
policy of the party organization in
hand picking candidates for the
nomination is suicidal. That is
what has been done in Indianapolis,
but the party has not been getting
away with it.
The committee which obtained
Mr.. Denny'S consent to run was
headed by Ralph K. Kane. Edward
w. Harris presided at the meeting.
Speeches indorSing Mr.. Denny's can
didacy we're made by a number of
prominent Republicans, including
William H. Remy, Thomas A. Daily
and Harry o. Chamberlin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
.DIPHTHERIA ON
DROP IN STATE,
REPORT SHOWS
Campaign Against Disease
Results in Decrease
in Deaths.

Indirect results of the extensive
statewide diphtheria immunization
campaign are revealed in the fact
that fewer persons died of diph-
liberia in Indiana during January
than during the same month in the
history of the state.
Physicians attribute this to in
terest in fighting the disease which
has come from discussions in medi-
cal societies and publicity. These
two agencies have caused the medi-
cal profession to be more alert on
the subjects and parents to be more
cautious, a bulletin points out.
AS recently as 1923 there were
seventy-one deaths during January
and in 1882 there were twenty-five
deaths. Plans are being made to
check each of the deaths reported
as being due to diphtheria in Or
der to determine just what might
have been done to have prevented
the unfortunate outcome.
Report Of the Gary city schools,
where approximately $4,000 doses of
scarlet fever toxin have been ad-
ministered over a period of ten
years, was lauded in the current is
sue of the Journal of the Indiana
State Medical Association.
1t was shown in the report how
immunization successfully has re-
duced the fatality rate of the dis
ease through a thorough plan to
give the toxin to all school children
The state health board the In
diana State Medical Association and
other various health and commu-
nifty organizations are conducting
the campaign against diphtheria and
smallpox throughout the entire state
Physicians furnish their services in
cases where the persons can not pay
for the immunization. The state
furnishes the materials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
COOK RENAMED
BY GOVERNOR
Public Service Member
Reappointed for New
Four-Year Term.

Mole Cook, Republican member of
the public service commission, has
been reappointed to the public serv-
ice commission it was announced to-
day by Governor Paul v. McNutt.
Commissioner Cooks first term
was for one year and expired yester-
day. The new term is for four years
under the revised public utilities
control act, but any appointment
may be terminated by the Governor
under the reorganization act.
In announcing retention of Mr..
Cook, Governor McNutt voiced high
praise for his first year Of service.
He is from Logansport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
MORAY RECAINS
FARM AT SALE
Ex Governors $4,000
Bid Accepted by
U. S. Court.

BIZ Times Special
SOUTH BEND, March 2.-For-
mer Governor Warren T. McCrea
today has the right to buy back his
2,513-acre farm near Kentland at
a receivership sale for $4,000.
Mr.. McCray's victory in federal
court here resulted yesterday when
his bid for the farm was accepted
by Judge T. w. Slick, subject to
formal confirmation March 10.
The courts decision was victory
for the former Governor over Ar
thur Baxter, Indianapolis financier,
whose bid of $106,250 had been &C
cepted tentatively at any earlier
receivership sale at Kentland.
Arthur r. Baxter, 5110 North Me-
ridian street, said today that he did
not plan to bid as high as the $780,
900 offered by former Governor Nc
Cray for the Orchard Lake farm.
Mr.. Baxter bid 100000 on the farm
at the federal receivership sale Sat-
urdaV
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
BURGLAR SLAIN
IN CITY STORE
Unidentified Robber Shot to
Death by Merchant
Policeman.

An unidentified burglar was shot
to death early today by a merchant
policeman who surprised the in
truder in the Barskin dry goods
store, 1915 Oliver avenue.
Elmer Yeager, 48, of 1444 Totman
avenue, merchant policeman, told
city police that he found the rear
door of the store standing open
when he made his rounds at about
2:20 a. m. today.
Drawing his revolver, he walked
about ten feet into the store.
At that moment, man arose
from behind a showcase and turned
a fashlight on him, ordering him
to raise his arms and not to come
any closer.
Instead Of complying with the
burglars orders, the officer said he
fired three shots, and the man fell.
Then the merchant officer called
city police.
They found the unidentified rob-
Der dead, with one shot in the
stomach and two in the chest.
Police said the dead man had a
new pair of arctics over his old
shoes and a large quantity of mer-
chandiSe wrapped up ready to car
ry away.
DR.. John Salb, deputy coroner,
after an investigation, ordered the
body sent to 1;.e city morgue. No
identification papers of any sort
were found on the body.
The dead man was described as
being white, % to 25, about feet,
10 inches tall, wore a pepper gray
suit, had a peaked face and dark
stiff hair.
One of the shots fired by the
merchant policeman struck an OBJ
ject in the store and glanced across
the street, breaking plate glass
window in the Russell Jewelry store,
1248 Oliver avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
Sharp Minded
Knife Blade Taken From
Mans Brain.
IN Science Service

By Science Service
ID OCHESTER, N. Y, March 2.
IN For over fifteen years
James P. Sherry of this city car
ried knife blade buried in his
brain without knowing it.
Recently, severe headaches and
lameness in one leg led him to
seek medical aid. DR.. Charles S.
Gallaher of the medical depart
ment of the Eastman Kodak
Company, where Mr.. Sherry is
employed, examined the man, de-
tected an abnormal condition of
the eye on the side9opposite to the
lame leg, suspected a brain abb
Scess and took an X-ray picture,
which showed the knife blade in
Mr.. Sherry's brain. A fine scar
was then found on his scalp. Re-
moval of the blade by surgical OPP
cation resulted in the patients
complete recovery.
Strangely enough, Mr.. Sherry
was not only ignorant of the
blade being in his brain, he did
not even remember ever suffering
a head injury. The only possible
explanation is that the blade
entered his brain at the time of a
war injury. Mr.. Sherry was struck
on the elbow by shrapnel in the
Argonne. For hours afterward he
was 6oZPd Mr. Sherry and his
medical attendants believe that
the knife blade was in the same
shell and was driven through the
skull by the same burst, probably
going in red hot and cauterizing
the wound it made. 1t is under
stood that the Germans, short Of
materials toward the end of the
war, used old scrap metal for
shrapnel, which would explain
how the knife came to be in the
shell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
UNIDENTIFIED
MAN IS KILLED
BY STREET CAR
Street Car Runs Over Body
of Victim; Two Others
Hurt in MiShapS.

Marion county traffic fatalities
for 1884 stood at seventeen today
with the death last night Of an IN
identified man who was injured
fatally when an inbound East Tenth
street car ran over him at College
and Massachusetts avenues.
It was necessary for a fire depart
ment rescue squad to
raise the street car in
~ order to remove the
4 body. The man was
Il described as about s.,
- ; feet inches tail,
weight 100 pounds, gray hair and a
small gray mOustache and no teeth.
He was roughly dressed in a dark
suit and Cvercoat. black shoes and
rubbers. There was no mark Of
identification in the clothing.
As police were chasing a vehicle
thief IN a stolen automobile last
night. the thief crashed into a car
driven by D. J. Culbertson, 404
North Grant avenue, at Twenty-frst
street and Sherman drive. Mr.. Cul-
bertson'S car was knocked into a
ditch and wrecked
Police continued the chase, but
the thief OUtdistanced them. Mr.
CulbertsOn was not injured The
thief was driving a car owned by
the Edison T. Wood Company, which
had been reported stolen yesterday
afternoon.
W. ]. Nedigh, 30, suffered severe
injuries yesterday when he was
struck on the head by a utility pole
supporting a broken cable on the
Oliver avenue bridge over White
river.
Nedigh said that he lived with
Ben Weidner, a son-in-laW, but did
not know his address. The city hos
pitaI reported his condition as seri-
Gus this morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
MEXICAN CUT IN FIGHT
Two Negro Women, Held After
Stabbing ARRAY, Deny Guilt.

In a battle with two Negro
women last night, Richard Giblin,
"a, Of 228 Anderson street, Mex
lean, suffered stab wounds. The
fight occurred in the yard of his
home.
The women, Mary Elizabeth
Mathis, 26, and Minnie Wilson, are
held today on vakrancy charges.
The women would not admit par
ticipation in the stabbing. Giblin
was taken to city hospital. His con-
dition is not serious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
HUTTON WINS DIVORCE
DimpIed Dave Gains Separation
From Aimee Mcpherson.
By United Press

LOS ANGELES, March 2.-Dim-
pied Dave Hutton, the corpulent
crooner, didn't play second fiddle to
Anne Semple Mcpherson. He
played third.
On that and other plants he won
a divorce from the well-known Los
Angeles woman evangelist yesterday
and today was free agent in the
matrimonial mart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
Noted Architect Is Dead

By United Press
ST. LOUIS, March 2. T. c.
Young, rs, nationally known archi-
tect who designed the federal peni-
tentiaries at LeavenWorth (Kas)
and Atlanta CGa), died at Barnes
hospital here today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
WALES LOSES PLACE
AMONG BEST DRESSED
TailOrs Disapprove of Princes
Ideas on WaistcOats.

BIZ United Press
LONDON. March 2-Tailors, al
ready disappearing the prince of
Wales taste in dress, today moved
his name down in lists of best
CARRIED men.
The British Industries Fair re-
,vealed the prince wears no waist
Coat with a double breasted jacket
Viewing gents jackets in the fashion
section of the fair, the prince OBJ
served
I like double breasted ones
without a WaistcOat."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
BLASTING CUTS OFF
TOWN WATER SUPPLY
Ontario Road Workers Mistake
Main for Large Rock.

BIZ United Press
HAMILTON, Ontario, March O.
The entire Mt Hamilton residential
district was without water today,
the result OF blasting operations last
night.
Workmen constructing a road
came across what was believed a
large rock. A charge of dynamite
was set of and water gushed up
more than twenty-five feet in the
air. Investigation revealed that the
rock" was the water main serving
the entire mountain district.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02

At the 1851 exposition in London,
gas lighting effects which illumi-
mated the buildings were one Of the
spectacular attractions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02

Practically all the weapons and
other prehistoric implements exca-
waited at the abandoned village of
Kukulik, st. Lawrence Island, were
made Of WalruS ivory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02

Practically two-thirds Of the
automobile accidents Of 1888 were
due in some degree to driving err
rorS, concludes one insurance COM
OanV
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
l6 Situations Wanted

HOUSEKEEPER- Capable full charge.
Need work badly Best references.
willing leave city Box-40i Times.
WANTED-Job choring for board and
room; single man. good habits. BOX
K-403 Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02
Ia Help Wanted-Female
Is Wanted-Male or Female

MAN AND WIFE or man with interest.
Care of farm HA-3952
MAN AND WIFE or man with small cap
! ital Tor farm. HA-3952.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-02

NORTH EDWIN BAKES-Age % years,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. North, passed
away at ST. Vlncent'S hospital Thursday
morning. Friends call at the FLANNER
& BUCHANAN MORTUARY after Friday
Evening star., 1934-05-01
kEST1ESS NOMEN'
BY JANE DIXON

position? You didn't let him on with
q pittance-?"
"There's q check for SIS, 900 in my
bag" Sandra crushed the brim of
her hat.
Twenty five thousand? Why. San
dra! That will never do. It's nothing.
It will scarcely pay our debts-and
there's Valerie. She's threadbare."
''It will have to do. 1t will have
to pay our debts" Sandra turned her
back. TT will pay them and leave
enough to settle us for the Winter.
That's definite and final"
absurd! Simply absurd. my dear. "
Corinne rifled the bag and extracted
the check. 'T won't have it. I re-
fuse to be ground in the dust by
this impossible old miser. It will be
an expensive season in town. There
will be Valerie's wedding, and you
must be lunched. Raoul will want
something stuffy. suppose recep-
ton, perhaps, in that crypt Of the
Reynals'. But I have other plans. 1t
is to be supper dance at Chez Theo-
dore. Silver and southern blooms
magnolia, orange blossoms. You're not
the rose type"
"Mother" Sandra turned. The
steel points in her eyes we're search
ing to pierce her mothers armor Of
selfish vanity. Understand this, will
you please? Uncle Raoul is through
with us. He's through! We won't
get another cent until we change our
way of living. We've got to light some
place. We've got to show him-Val
and THAT we're more than-than-
mice"
Mrs. Reynal laughed, nervously.
Nonsense" she said. You'll go to
him when this is gone and get what
Evening star., 1934-05-01

we need. After all. he's a Reynal,
gentleman born. He knows his re-
sponsibility."
"If I go back to him I'll"
Sandra had intended to say, I'll
stay" She checked the impulse.
Corinne must not know Of her BAR
gain. That must remain a secret be-
tween her and the Owl.
Later, as she was passing through
the hall, Sandra heard her mothers
voice-imperious, honeyed-at the
telephone; I'D like something espe-
cially nice. It's for my daughter
Valerie whose engagement is to be
announced. No, this is not the en-
gagement party. Just "a sort of
prelude. Bill? Oh, I'm so sorry. My
secretary's away. ! never attend to
tradesmen myself. Send your man to
me in the morning, with the bill. I'll
write the check. I had no idea that
a firm of your repute could be pressed
for money"
Sandra smiled when she heard the
receiver click, and tiptoed down the
hall. She had to hand it to Corinne.
The way Corinne rode the high horse,
Evening star., 1934-05-01
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. TUESDAY MAY T. 1884

"That's easy. He's . barpn. But
II Bubbles Courtlandt catches Sandy
playing with him. she'll leave marks.
Bubbles means to be q baroness or
bust"
"You can't blame the Beige for
treating himself to Sandy. After all,
he may be human even II he Is Q
baron"
"Sandy's hot fare for the man who
can afford her. The Reynals need q
little infiating-three nat tires"
They've an uncle who owns q pri-
vate mint"
But patronizes the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art. He's like that"
Look at the baronI He thinks
he's in heaven"
"If Bubbles blows In, you'll have to
find another name for where he
thinks he is."
I'm betting on Sandy"
Evening star., 1934-05-01

$50 am r.
It was nearer dawn than midnight
when Sandara, with the strength Of
o lean, brown arm trained to bisect
ocean waves, sent the Baron Rene le
Fargo sprawling against the running
board Of the car that brought them
to the Reynal cottage.
IL shay-slovely creashure-
shtop pushing-y'know-s,not done
LII kish-" The baron made q he
roic effort to leave the comparative
safety Of the running board.
"Drive the Baron le Fargo home, !"
Sandra ordered the chauffeur, and
left him to adjust the Belgian in the
back seat as best he could.
Running up the steps and across
the veranda, Sandra remembered that
she had left her favorite lipstick in q
pocket Of q wicker chair In sheltered
corner Of the veranda. Better retrieve
Evening star., 1934-05-01

once she had her feet In the stirrups,
was too amusing. Sandra could see
the cringing tradesman tweaking his
own nose for being such q simpleton
as to bring the matter Of money to
the attention Of Reynal.
Sandra's salute to the young man
with the patent-leather hair and the
Whit Of mustache brought, as she
knew 1t would, immediate results. He
rang her up to know II she would 60
barging with him that evening. A
dozen good brawls we're scheduled all
over the place. She would. They
would start at the Inlet end of Sand
harbor ard keep going until they
found q brawl worth budding over.
Sandy Reynars giving Rene le
Fargo q twirl." one Of the younger
elite murmured into the ear Of an
other just before ptunging into the
pool for q cool-off. Wonder why?"