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3 DECATUR HERALD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928. DECATUR HERALU Attempt of Two to Break Nipped By Handy Man Lemon Bradford, Convicted Murderer, and John Shook Ready to Depart When DiscoveredHoard Ignored Opportunity Attempts of two prisoners, 1 convicted murderer to esone cape from the Macon county jail were frustrated Wednesday night by a handy man. Lemon Bradford, colored, under sentence of 50 years for the murder of Leeanna Bonds, had the hole through the concrete floor cut a of the jail, allowing access to the unlocked basement below. Hoard Not Involved trying to escape, until the compartment was unlocked for inspection. Then, he admitted it.

"I'd been gone in a few minutes," he told the depu- Everett Hoard, under sentence of 15. years for the murder cf John Brilley was the compartment with Bradford. but apparently took no in the attempted escape. John part Shook, serving a jail sentence for a law violation was also in the liquor compartment. After 1 the attempt escape was at 8 o'clock.

Sheriff C. A. discoverade immediate plans to take the two convicted murderers to the penitentiary. They left in custody of two deputies at 11 o'clock and arrived in Chester early Thursday morning. Hack Hole in Floor Toilet plumbing fixtures were broken by Bradford to secure piece of steel with which he hacked a hole through the 8 inch concrete floor large encugh to let his body through.

Below the floor there is a arch. One brick brick supporting, had been removed from when the effort to escape was discovered. It would have taken only minutes to dislodge enough bricks to open a passage into basement. The discovery was made by chance. A handy man in the jail went the basement to shut water from to pipes which are subject to freezing in cold weather.

He heard a noise which he believed to 1 be made by a seeking shelter in the basetramp ment. He listened more closely and identified the hacking sound from above. He returned and told Ed Doyle, night turnkey. See Two at Work Doyle did not go to the basement at once, but called Sheriff Thrift and other deputies. Deputy Virgil Belcher went to the basement and listened.

A ladder placed outside the permitted a deputy to see Injail side. He saw Bradford and Shook at work. Hoard was standing near. but taking no port in the work. then went into the sell Deputies and asked, Bradford what he room was doing.

denied that was ties. Prisoners Noisy It is believed that Bradford, probably assisted by, Shook, passed a large part of the day Wednesday cutting the hole through the floor. Prisoners in the jail were unusually noisy Wednesday, it is recalled. They sang loudly at times during the day, and this likely kept the turnkey from hearing Bradford at work. Sheriff Thrift doubts that Hoard have attempted escape if the would opportunity offered.

He disclaimed in cutting through the any part floor. POLICE HOLDING COWBOY'S "TURKEY" AWAITING OWNER department has in Its The police another revolver and possession holster. The gun is empty and has cracked, Thursday morning, a man walked No. 1 fire house, holdthe cutfit out in front of him ing it were about to bite. as though "Hey, who wants this blanketyblank thing?" he asked the boys.

"I'm darned sure I don't." The assistant chief relieved him of it. He explained that he had seen it in the street and picked it up. Apparently 1 it had been run over several times by cars or buses the holster was scarred and scratched, and the gun itself was damaged. Later the gun and holster were taken to the police to await further developments. UNDERGOES OPERATION.

Mrs. Edna Hoyland, 626 West King street, underwent an operation for in Christian hospital, St. appendicitis Louis, early this week. BALLOTS MAILED A. OF C.

MEMBERS WITH NEWS LETTER Ballots containing the names of the five directors to be elected to the Association of Commerce board were contained in the monthly news letter sent members of the association Thursday. The directors will be elected Dec. 5 and are expected to name officers in the first meeting of the new board which probably will be held Dec. 10. NEW MINISTER FOR NAZARENES Rev.

J. E. Williams. Teacher in Olivet College, Will Succeed Grosse Rev. J.

E. Williams, for the last four years connected with Olivet college, in Olivet, is to be new pastor of First Church of the Nazarene. Word of Rev. Mr. Williams' appointment was received by the Decatur congregation Thursday afternoon from Rev.

E. O. Chalfant, Danville, district superintendent of the Nazarene church. The new pastor, who succeeds Rev. Madison F.

Grose, will arrive in Decatur within the next 10 days. He is married and has a family of four children. Before joining the staff of Olivet college, a Nazarene university, Rev. Mr. Williams held pastorates in Iowa for seven years.

Shortly before receiving word of Rev. Mr. Williams' appointment, the official board of the local church received an answer from Rev. C. H.

Strong, of Anderson, who had been invited the pastorate but sent word that he could not accept the call. Rev. J. G. Morrison.

of Kansas Ctiy, preached the Thanksgiving sermon in First. Church of the Nazarene Thursday evening. Sermon Series on Symbolism of Christianity Rev. Ralph M. Pierce, pastor of Grace Methodist church, has announced a series of sermons on "The Symbolism of the Christian Faith," to be given during December.

Titles of the series are: Dec. Man Made God or Has God Made Man? This sermon tells the story of ancient and modern symbols such as the Beads, the Fetisch; the Altar; the Idol: the Sacred Animal; the Modern Gothic Cathedral. Dec. 9 "The Bread of Life." The symbol of the person of Christ. Every person present will receive a distinct memorial of this service.

Dec. 16 "A Long Distance Call from God." Converse with God as a symbol. A unique feature will be an actual Long Distance Call from New York city. Dec. Annual Christmas Pageant." The children will bring the Christmas message in story and song.

Dec. 30 Music by our Choir." An unusually fine program is being prepared by the choir. BROTHER OF C. L. WASSON DIES IN LINCOLN HOME C.

L. Wasson received word Thurshis brother, Cal Wasson, of day that Lincoln had died. Mr. Wasson's prominent in local afbrother was Lincoln. He served as alfairs in several terms, was enderman for the automobile business at gaged in time of his death, and had been the business manager French's band.

services will be held SaturFuneral afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. day MRS. D. BRINTLINGER, RESIDENT HERE NEARLY 40 YEARS, DIES Mrs. Daniel Brintlinger Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock in the family home, 527 West Prairie street, after an illness of three weeks.

She was stricken by paralysis Friday, Nov. 9, and since that time her strength gradually lessened, although she was conscious until within a few hears of the end. Funeral services will be in the family home at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Stella M. Gasaway was born Dec.

13, 1859, near Latham, a daughter of J. D. and Martha Gasaway, who were among the early settlers of Logan county. Her girlhood was passed on the farm where she was married Daniel Brintlinger Feb. 8, 1877.

to, They began their married life on a farm in Austin township and Mr. Brintlinger continued farming there and in Logan county until in the '80's. when he went to MaToa and engaged in business. The family came to Decatur in 1890, Maybe Your Seals Are Here Christmas seal Decatur resiconsignment of the holiday sea- son. Proceeds from work in Decatur as tion.

Postmaster J. ing the mail from the --Photo by Seltz. the sale goes to health well as in the state and naH. Hill is shown receivscouts. THANKSGIVING IS A HOLIDAY FOR MAJORITY OF DECATUR RESIDENTS Decatur celebrated Thanksgiving Day by observing a general holiday, attending special services in the churches, and returning home for the usual "turkey and Although the weather man disappointed the general public in its hopes for A snowy Thanksgiving.

there was no rain to dampen spirits. Ali stores, business houses, banks, public offices and courts were closed. Skeleton forces only were on duty in industrial plants, keeping boiler fires going and machinery in readiness for resumption of work Friday morning. Business District Idle Most outdoor construction was at a standstill, except on jobs of a character demanding as much progress as possible before a bad turn in the weather. The city's business district was deserted Thursday morning, more so than on the usual holiday.

Toward the noon hour, persons planning to eat Thanksgiving dinner in the restaurants began drifting downtown. The restaurants were ready for them. All the eating establishments had laid in large stocks of turkey, "Lindy" Motif Dominant in Toy Fashions Friday morning will find Decatur stores and gift shops completely attired in keeping with the approaching Christmas holidays. Clerks and decorators worked late Wednesday night and some returned to the stores Thanksgiving morning to complete preparation for the annual rush for Christmas gifts. Santa Claus will become the center of attraction in toy departments and children will finger mark plate glass show windows in choosing toys and trinkets before observing parents.

All of toyland will be built around the airplane this year, Decatur dealers say. There will be flying models, airplane building sets, toy planes that will navigate the nursery floor, and push planes built to accommodate juvenile passengers. These latter will be propelled both by pedals, like the tricycle, and "kiddy-car" fashion. Girls as well as boys are given consideration in the junior aviation world, and it is exthat the airplane toys will pected prove as popular among them as among Decatur's juvenile "Lindys" on Christmas day. UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICES BY TRINITY C.

M. E. CONGREGATION C. M. E.

church was filled Trinity Thursday morning for the union Thanksgiving services, conducted by and members of the four pastors colored churches the city. Rev. R. H. Hackley of St.

Peter's A. M. E. church presided and Rev. Jchn Bell preached the Thanksgiving sermon.

Rev. Curtis Moore gave the invocation Rev. H. L. Lee read the Scripture.

An interdenominational choir, composed of three members from each of the local churches, furnished special music. Mrs. W. H. VanDyke a solo, and Miss Lillian Cumsang mings and Miss Mary Esther Coleman sang a duet.

Miss Joe VanDyke spoke on the "Origin of Thanksgiving," and Mrs. H. save a reading. Trustees of Trinity C. M.

E. church served dinner in the parsonage after the morning services. ceeds will go toward the incidental expenses of the church. SEE ROBBER FLEE Mr. and Mrs.

Byron Barnhart Return Home in Time to See Youth Escape. When Mr. and Mrs. Byron Barnhart arrived in the'r home in 1959 North Main street Wednesday night they saw a young man jump from one of the windows of the house. Entering, Mr.

and Mrs. Barnhart found that $2 and a spring "billy," such as is carried by policemen, had been stolen. Police were notified immediately. but the young man had fled the neighborhood. N.

Y. CENTRAL TO USE ELECTRICITY IN CLEVELAND, 0, New System Goes into Effect Jan. 1: Zone Limited to 16 Mile Area NOW BUILDING ENGINES ruff general manager. BANNER MONTH After Jan. 1.

all New York Central passenger trains will be operated into and out of Cleveland, by electic power units, displacing the steam locomotive. The electric zone will begin at Linndale on the west and continue through Cleveland to Collinwood on the east, a distance of 16 miles. Twenty electric tives will be required for the terminal work. The locomotives weighing 204 tons each are building the shops of American Locomotive company and General Electric The power contract will company. be through overhead construction.

SPECIALS Wabash will handle a special train of four cars out Saturday night for the accommodation of a party of 75 recruits route from Great Lakes to San en Pedro, Cal. The special is scheduled to leave Chicago at 5 Sunday M. K. T. will deliver to at St.

Louis a special of 12 Wabash cars with a party en route to Chicago to attend American Petroleum to be in session Dec. 4-6. Institute, will add two dining cars to that train for the trip from St. Louis to Chicago, making a train of 14 cars. According to the schedule announced by M.

K. officials the train will arrive in St. Louis at noon Sunday. On the rethe special is scheduled to turn trip at 12:01 a. m.

Dec. 7. leave Chicago WHAT NIBBLING COSTS George Hannauer of President Boston Maine railroad company in address in New York bea recent of the National Infore members dustrial Traffic League, declared the last six years, nibthat during bling at rate structures by individual interests had reduced revenues not less than $4,000,000,000. "the public generally does Declaring the real railroad not understanded "Neither is the that the railroad is public aware the one form of transportation limited in its profits." THE AGE LIMIT Prentiss Nichols, assistant H. S.

1 retires under the general counsel of Pennsylvania railroad, Dec. limit rule. company's age SUCCEEDS RUFFNER Woodruff succeeds A. E. Robert E.

Ruffner, deceased, as vice Erie president of operations of railin charge Forrest W. Rosser, eastern disroad. superintendent, succeeds Woodtrict October net earnings, $2,018,500, best ever enjoyed by Rock was the an increase of 10 Island company; compared with 1927 and cent. per, an increase of 24 per cent. over September 1927.

LOREE'S JOKE won't be long now until it will "It to go before the combe necessary mission to prove that a straight line shortest distance between two is the is said to have been the points," comment of L. F. Loree on the difficulty he was convincing members of interstate commerce commission that his southwestern railroad merger was not a violation of the anti-trust law but was for the best interests of both railroad companies and public interests. 'Remember' Theme of Thanksgiving Sermon Thursday Urging his hearers to read the chapter of Deuteronomy and eighth the Promised Land of the Israelites with present-day America, compare Rev. Walter Obermeyer preached a Thanksgiving sermon Thursday morning in St.

Paul's Lutheran church before a sized audience. His text was "Beware That Thou Forget not the Lord Thy God." Rev. Mr. Obermeyer said that "the sacred historian Moses appears have had America in mind when to he penned his words of farewell to his people. Even America," he said, "has infinitely greater riches than the Promised Land into which the Israelites were led." Thursday's service in St.

Paul's probably was the last Thanksgiving service to be held in the present structure, as the congregation hopes to be in its new church by this time next year. Even if the new church is not ready for a special service of Thanksgiving in 1929. the present church structure will have been torn down to make way for the proposed new and services will be held in the one, parish house, now nearing completion. THANKSGIVING SERVICES IN ST. JOHN'S THURSDAY Two Thanksgiving services were conducted Thursday in St.

John's Episcopal church by Rev. Stanley The Alan Macdonnel, the rector. at 7:30 o'clock and the first was second at 10. There was special music at each, including the national anthem, and Rev. Mr.

Macdonnel gave a special address. LOCAL NOTICES All day shooting match, LaPlace, Sunday, Dec. 2. Turkey, geese. duck.

Shells and lunch on grounds. C. A. Lehman. FILLING STATION MEN GET 2 HOUR DINNER PERIOD "Plenty of time to eat but no time to recover," was the opinion voiced by service station attendants gasoline, received word that company owned stations throughout the city would close from one to 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon.

The two hour period gave all attendants an opportunity to eat Thanksgiving dinner with their family. BROTHERS BUY HALF BUILDING Frank A. and William Y. Chapin Purchase Interest in Columbia Block Half of the Columbia block, three story brick building in 322-30 North Main street, has been purchased by Frank A. Chapin of Decatur and William Y.

Chapin, Syracuse, N. at a price of roughly $45,000. The business property was purchased from Mrs. J. L.

Drake. The two brothers purchased a section of the building and have a 45 foot frontage on North Main street and a depth of about 150 feet. First floor is used for large store rooms there are apartments on second and third floors. The Chapin brothers bought for an investment. DEATHS SARAH JANE REINDL Sarah Jane Reindl, 47, died at 12:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon in her home in 1657 East Main street.

She had been in failing health for some time. Mrs. Reindl was born Jan. 8, 1867, in Kinmundy, and was married in 1881 to George Reindl, who survives her. She also leaves the following children: Mrs.

Mary Fry, of Petersburg; Mrs. Minnie Etchison, of Decatur; Mrs. Lora Bayles, Kinmundy; Mrs. Nettie Deavult, Niantic; Cleo Reindl. Decatur; Roy Reindl, Mt.

Auburn, and Nelson Reindl, of Decatur. She leaves 28 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was a member of the Christian church. The body was taken to Dawson Wikoff's undertaking establishment to be prepared for burial. Funeral arrangements had not been completed Thursday night.

MRS. MARTHA J. BIRCHFIELD. Mrs. Martha J.

Birchfield died at 5:15 o'clock Thursday night in St. Mary's hospital, where she had been cared for during the last three years. Thursday noon her son William H. Birchfield called on his mother and they ate dinner together. At that time she appeared to enjoy her customary strength and was in good spirits, greatly enjoying the visit of her son.

Late in the afternoon she had a sinking spell and could not rally. Death was due to the weakness incident to extreme age. Martha J. Henard was born June 10, 1845, in Hawkins county, and there she was married to to John W. Birchfield.

They came in 1890. She leaves her son, W. H. Birchfield, of Decatur; her daughters, Mrs. Leah Smithson of Enid, Mrs.

M. L. Kohr of Oreana, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Howe. of Rogersville, Tenn.

The body was taken to the undertaking rooms of L. A. Monson. The time of the funeral has not been de- termined. MRS.

LOUISE FOX. Mrs. Louise Fox, 55, residing five miles southwest of Decatur, died at 1:40 o'clock Thursday afternoon in St. Mary's hospital. Cause of death was given as post-operation shock.

Mrs. Fox had lived in her home on Rock Springs road for the last seven years. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran church. Born in Germany on Oct. 2.

1873, Louise Burdinski was married in Germany to Karl Fox. The family came to America in December of 1910, and came to Macon county immediately. Her husband survives her and she leaves the following children: Emil, Carl, Arthur and all of Decatur; Albert and Mrs. Martha Mcboth of Chicago; Earnest cf Carty, Los Angeles and Ruth of New York City. She also leaves four sisters and two brothers in Germany, and she also leaves two grandchildren.

The body was removed to Dawson Wikoff's undertaking establishment to be prepared for burial. EDDY SPEAKS IN THANKSGIVING UNION SERVICE Observance, Three Fold in Nature, Grows With Years, Minister Says IS OLDEST FESTIVAL Boy Scouts mailed 12,000 letters Wednesday evening to dents. Each letter contains a the health seals for use during More Eating for Home Inmates to Come on Friday turkey. SPECIAL NURSES DINNER GUESTS St. Mary's Entertains for Staff Members Wednesday Evening Food not served in the Thanksgiving dinners served in Decatur institutions.

will be on the dinner tables again today, and in the Boys' Opportunity home rabbit will be eaten. The Illinois Power Light Co. gave 10 rabbits to the boys on Thanksgiving day, and since a chicken dinner already was planned for the holiday. the rabbits were saved for Friday. The boys also received two cakes from the National bakery Thursday, and Mrs.

Dan Macknet furnished ice cream for the dinner. Mrs. Harve S. Caylor of Decatur, was a guest in the home Thanksgiving day. She has three sons in the home.

Fity-two were served chicken in the Girls' Welfare home Thursday. The girls received grapes and nuts for their meal from Mrs. George Hess, and ice cream and cake were furnished by Mrs. Guy Scovill and her mother. Mrs.

Anna Warnecke The children and women in Anna B. Millikin home enjoyed their holiday dinner also, although they are quarantined for, measles. and were have visitors durnot permitted the day. Turkeys were sent by ing C. E.

Kline of Streator. for the Thanksgiving dinner. Other friends of the home gave pies ice cream and a shower of fruit and In the county farm, Thanksgiving served to 75, and in the dinner was patients who were able ate hospitals fiver special nurses and Seventy members of the staff at St. Mary's hospital were guests at a banquet in the lower hall of the hospital Wedevening, as their part of the nesday jubilee celebration of the ingolden stitution. The same decorations were used for the event as for the doctors' dinner Tuesday evening, and the same menu was served.

An informal program followed, with Sister Superior thanking them for their part in making 50th anniversary celebration of the hospital a success. Patients in the hospital had their share of the celebration banquet in form of a special Thanksgiving turkey dinner Thursday noon. Sales company in Springfield and Decatur, were entertained Thursday night at a dinner in the American Legion hall. Forty-three men and women were present; five of them employes in the Springfield office. Music was furnished by Bradshaw and Miller's orchestra.

EMPLOYES ENTERTAINED Employes of the Merry Motor Abe Martin Says- KIN I HELP I'd rather hoped that mebbe somehow on account o' th' Hoover landslide we'd git t' see a White House lawn snapshot showin' Coolidge smilin', but no such luck. Atlas had but I'd like t' a great reputation, have seen him try t' carry a mattress up stairs. duck. chicken and other festive fare. Drug stores remained open during the day.

Long-faced clerks waited on A few casual customers and deplored the necessity of remaining work while other folks lolled at home. Hotel patronage was scant. Traveling men had arranged itineraries SO as to be home with their families for Thanksgiving. At the Staley plant. J.

H. Galloway reported that all the company's mechanics and the entire office force were off for the day. Only enough men to keep fires banked were on hand and obliged to eat Thanksgiving out of lunch pails or in the dinner, restaurant. The Wabash locomotive and car shops were on skeleton schedule, as were other industrial plants. City Offices Closed The city hall was empty.

save for the police department. The minions of law and order were on the job. full of regrets that there can holiday for them. The health department office was closed, although occasionally the telephone rang. Other city hall workers were observing the holiday, as were Mayor O.

W. Smith and the city commissioners. In spite of the closed city hall. a few callers appeared with business to transact, stared at the sign "Closed for Thanksgiving" on the front door, and went their way. Chicken Dinner for Prisoners in Jail Thanksgiving day brought a chicken dinner to 36 prisoners in the county jail.

The menu included baked chicken and dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry and celery. Pumpkin pie and sauce coffee were on the supper menu. Five Patients Go Home for Thanksgiving Five patients from the Macon County Sanatorium went to their homes Thursday morning o'clock. to eat Thanksgiving dinners with their families. They were to until 7 o'clock in the everemain, but they were under instructions that they should take their usual rest period of an hour in the afternoon.

Other patients in the Sanatorium had special turkey dinners at noon, and were allowed visitors, from 3:30 until 5 in the afternoon. Somebody Should Have a Good Dinner Today Desire for a good Thanksgiving dinner attracted a thief to the of W. P. Shade, 360 East Wood street, Wednesday night. Mr.

Shade reported to police that his flock of six hens and one rooster was stolen. Thanksgiving Indeed at Fire Department Decatur firemen were treated to a chicken dinner for Thanksgiving day. Included in the dinner, of course, were all the extras. side dishes, trimmings and whatnots. And make the day all the more interesting, the month's pay checks were distributed Thanksgiving.

Decatur Firemen Have Real Holiday Firemen in Decatur's six stations enjoyed a Thanksgiving which was a real fireman's holiday--a full day without a single fire. all but one of the stations, the In firemen were served big Thanksgivdinners. Wives of the men sent ing and cakes to some of the over pies fire stations, and several merchants donated food for the Thanksgiving dinners at others. And the meal wasn't interrupted by the need for fire-fighting. The holiday observance at No.

6 station was hampered by the forced absence of the day's most important officer of the force-the cook. County Prisoners Enjoy Banquet Chicken, two kinds of potatoes, cranberry sauce, cream gravy, dresscelery, pumpkin pie and coffee. ing, That was the menu Thursday of Sheriff C. A. Thrift's Thanksgiving banquet for prisoners in the county and city jails.

Sixty-two men and women, 56 in the county jail and six in the city's safekeeping. found the dinner something to be thankful for. "Thanksgiving day is the richest in tradition and the broadest in possibilities of American holidays," Rev. Allen L. Eddy of the First Congregational church told representative members from most Decatur churches in union services Thursday morning.

Services were in the Central Church of Christ, with Rev. Carrel W. Flewelling, pastor of the church, presiding. "Perhaps Thanksgiving does not arouse a deeper feeling than the rest but it gives a thread of continuity to American life going back more than 300 years," Rev. Mr.

Eddy said. "On the other hand, Independence dav goes back but slightly more than half that time. Memorial day only to the Civil war, and Armistice day to the World war." Grows with Years Its breadth of possibilities lies in the fact that while other holidays commemorate a specific thing. Thanksgiving day grows with the years and is gaining added significance through the labors of each generation. "With the fight against liquor and war year, and advanced with greatly prospect in thuntold progress in store for us in the years to come, the significance of Thanksgiving day is growing through the years," Rev.

Mr. Eddy said. Three Fold Observance Observance of the first Thanksgiving day was three-fold, Rev. Mr. Eddy said.

Religious services, feasting and athletic contest, shared in the celebration much as they do today. Letters recently brought to light show that the Pilgrims played a game similar to a primitive form of the modern football during these first festive days, he said. Sunrise Services Rev. Charles S. Boyd, St.

Paul's Methodist church, read the President's Thanksgiving proclamation. Rev. Fred Ingvoldstad offered the prayer of intercession. Under the direction of Mrs. Louise Helmick, the Central Church of Christ choir furnished special music.

Sunrise meetings were sponsored by the B. P. U. of the First Baptist church, and several persons were baptised in the sunrise services, in the East Park Baptist Lutheran congregations observed the day with services in their own churches. Two Services.

Rev. S. A. Macdonnell conducted two Thanksgiving services in St. John's church, Episcopal, the first being Holy Communion at 7:30 1n morning.

At 10 o'clock the Thanksgiving sermon was given. The offering taken in this service will go to the diocesian missions. Thanksgiving mass was celebrated in two of the Catholic churches, St. Patricks and St. Thomas holding 8 o'clock mass.

LOVINGTON WOMAN IS SOME BETTER THURSDAY Mrs. Emma Duvall, dangerously ill in St. Mary's hospital with cerebrospinal meningitis, was apparently slightly stronger Thursday. She regained partial consciousness during the afternoon, again into a coma during the evening. Mrs.

Duvall was shot by her Tom Duvall, three months ago, and the meningitis may have developed from the gunshot wound, doctors say. The disease usually is fatal; but Mrs. Duvall has been maintaining her strength for several days and physicians say she has a chance to recover. FUNERALS SMITH FUNERAL Funeral services for John L. Smith will be conducted in the residence, 2435 Geddes avenue, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Wednesday afternoon the body was removed from the Dawson Wikoff funeral home and taken to the residence. Burial will bein the Brush College cemetery. SMITH FUNERAL Funeral services for John L. Smith will be conducted in the residence, 2435 East Geddes avenue a at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Burial will be in Brush College cemetery.

STALEY FELLOWSHIP CLUB TO GIVE PARTIES FOR CHILDREN Staley Fellowship club will give its first Christmas party for children this year, two section affair on Saturday, Dec. 22. A party for white children' will be given in the Y. M. C.

A. annex, and at the same time a similar entertainment will be held for colored children at the Staley clubhouse. Only children of employes of the Staley company will be admitted to the affairs. Admission will be by card only, the cards to be issued Dec. 19 to fathers who work in the plant.

Plans are being made to entertain 700 children between the ages of five and 12 years. Elaborate plans are being made for the two events. Great Christmas trees will be erected with a Santa Claus at each place, and gifts, candy and fruit will be provided for each child. Programs of games are be-! ing arranged for both places with a play director in charge of each. Miss Freda Combs, Pines community director, will be at the Y.

M. C. A. annex and Mrs. Georgia Pierson is to be at the Staley clubhouse.

It is expected that the Christmas party will be made an annual event of the Staley Fellowship club. the home has been since that where time. When a girl Mrs. Brintlinger became a member of the Methodist church; after coming to Decatur she affiliated with the Christian church and was a member of First church for a number of years. In recent her health has been failing years steadily, her condition several tires requiring prolonged periodsent.

the hospital for medical Of the four children born to her, living -Elmer O. and Mahthree are Brintlinger and Mrs. Austa lon D. Helphinstine, of Decatur; one of son 19 Abner died at the age Also she leaves her sisters, years. Darden of Decatur and Mrs.

Mary Mrs. Anna Martin of Latham: her Gasaway of Labrothers, William and T. A. Gasaway of East St. tham Louis.

Mrs. Brintlinger observed Mr. and anniversary of their marthe 50th February, 1927, and life for 40 of their married riage in nearly years had been residents of Decatur. JOHN SCHROLL NEAR DEATH, BELIEF The condition of John F. Schroil, ill of pernicious amenia, was more critical Thursday.

He was losing strength rapidly, according to his physician. His only sister, Mrs. A. L. Clark, of Des Moines, was to arrive in the afternoon.

BIRTHS Born-To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson, Maroa, in Decatur and Macon County hospital, Nov. 28, a son. Born--To Mr.

William C. Merrit, 1344 East Locust street, Nov. 27, twins. They have been named William Richard and Shirley May. Born, to Mr.

and Mrs. T. W. Beckman. 537 South Crea street, Nov.

28, a son. 4.