Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1923 — Page 5

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~ W UutclMsr, of east of the city. tt business visitor here yesterday. \ ||K pel Walters, of east or the '« as a shopper here yesterday. Henry C. Hlrschey. of Pleasant was a business visitor here yesCharles Esteli, of south of the city, l a business visitor here today. Herman Mnninger, of Preble, was ~,,r e yesterday on business. ' w c Macke, of west of the city. VIS H business visitor here yesterday. Mrs pan Welder, of northeast of . ‘ city was a shopper here yesterday. Dore B l<r* in ,uarte a bUH,ntBS tr,p tll Fort Wayne today. Mri) George Mclntosh and daughter, Mary, went to Fort Wayne today to visit relatives. If th' artic regions ever are thrown n fer setlement. we known a lot * ■ families that ought t’ beat it fer Wrangel island. We don't believe we like th’ new skirts that hang like a , !osC d unbreller.-Abe Martin. Indianapolis News. - , « Miss Teclu Reinking, of Oakland. California, is visiting with Miss Edna Beeke of Union township. r M. Ripley will lecture at the gym Tuesday evening. January 16th. You arc invited to attend. Free moving pictures “King of the Rail.” Mrs. E. W. Kampe is visiting in Fort Wayne this afternoon. The Bridge club met with Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer last evening. Dr. I* W. Dailey, well known Bluffton dentist has been notified that he has successfully passed the examination in California and he expects to locate there in the spring. He will remain at Bluffton several weeks to perfect and market a new patent tcoth which he believes will revolutionize certain phases of the dental business. Miss Lena Reinhard, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Reinhard of Wells county, died yesterday at the Bluffton hospital from appendicitis. Mrs. Wiliam Aeschleman of this county is a sister. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the Christian Apostolic church. Democratic women of Van Wert county will meet this afternoon to organize a club and much enthusiasm is being manifested. 0. Andrews of Marion visited here Wednesday. Charles Kiess, of Route four, was a business visitor here today. Silliam Grote, of Magley. was a business visitor in this city today. Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, of Monroe, were shoppers here today. M». and Mrs. Theodore Lengerich, of Washington township, were visitors in this city today. Julius Heidman, of Washington township, was a business visitor here today. Mrs. Agnes Andrews, is visiting friends and relatives in Fort Wayne for a few days. Miss Margaret Zwick went to Fort Wayne to be the guest of friends and relatives for a few days. W. F. Smith, of Monroe, was a business visitor here today. C. A. Thompson, of Aurora, Nebraska, is visiting with his sister, Mrs. Maude Dorwin, and mother, Mrs. Catherine Thompson, of this city, for several days. Will Reed of Nashville, Tenn., is here for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Will Winness. He is a linotype oper-

•*"'* Il ■ ■■■■ 1.1 ■■■■-■ j "J? JLUJLEgy Pi r ’W 1 SnUtCN DECATIB. Climbing to the Top | Some miss the splendid view from the top of the mountain because they stop half way up the slope. They do not keep on climbing until they reach the top. It is one thing to start a Savings Account. It is another to keep it growing until a sum has been built up large enough to enable its owner to see and gjl grasp the bigger opportunities. J® I i First'National Bqnk Capital and, Surplus $120,000.00 IXecqtur, Indignq SJ. mr**m*m ■ i —l| arriMiu vvaraM

ator and has crossed the continent three times, and been north and south and in the Hnwlian Islands. Mis. C. A. Dugan, Mrs. Jesse Deam, ■ Mrs. D. W. Beery, Mrs. Lloyd Beery, Mrs. J. W. Tyndall, Mrs. French Quinn and Mrs. Burt Townsend are among the Decatur ladies who went tp Bluffton today to attend the musicale given by a number of Bluffton ladles this afternoon at the Elk's club. o - CRAWFORDSVILLE TEAM Attempting To Stage Comeback After Lapse Os A Few Years (United Press Service) Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 10. —After a lapse of a few years during which time the Crawfordsville high school basketball team played a minor role in state athletics, the C. H. S. squat of 1923 give every promise of returning basketball here to its proper place in Hoosier ranks. With a squad composed entirely ot under classmen, Coach "Brandy” Free man, former Wabash college star, hat built a smooth running machine. Il the Crawfordsville team were to en ter the sectional tourney at this tiim it would carry pff first honors easily Up until the great war the local: I possessed one of the most feared ag Jgregations in Indiana. State basket . ball tournaments were begun In 1917 and it fell to Crawfordsville to win th< first classic. While C. H. S. has not fiuishe- . ahead of the field since that year, the; , have always been in the thick of tb< I fight and three times went into th- , championship finals. On two othe occasions they were semi-finalists. During the war period athletic i reached their lowest plane and sine then the teams have been out of th ■ contending class. Freeman, who ha ! charge in “the good old days", wa returned to the staff last season an' by careful coaching has constructs . 1 another strong five. The team this year is one of the I smallest that ever wore the gold an I blue uniform, but a remarkable fight ing spirit has successfully carried i through to a number of fine victorie. Jefferson of Ijafayette fFH befon Crawfordsville recently and when i , is known that Jefferson in turn dt ifeated Franklin. 1922 state champions .I the class of the local five can be de i termined. , I Freeman’s five depends on its fight land speed to win games. With a stead;. • improvement being shown each week Crawfordsville can be expected to b a contender for the high honors this season. Indian Belle Doesn't Like Old Broadwa; II Pawhuska, Okla., Jan. 10. —Mists-Viv i ian Simkins, 19, local Indian belle anc pil queen, recently returned iron : viewing the high and gay life of Broad I way, declares that after all, Oklahoma is the “one and only” place in whicl ■ to live. | “I have seen the whole country, but ■ have never found a place that cat . compare in any way with my Osagt . country,” Miss Simkins said. “Othe: ■ places seem artificial, while the Osag< country is always changing and shift s ing. The tall Osage man is far superior to the small, worried, money - grabbing men of the east.”

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923.

Pennville Is Snowed Under By D.H.S. Five (Continued from Page One) again and Whitacre made good one of the two free throws. Pennville took time out. The teams scrimmaged several minutes utter play was resumed before piuy was stopped when u foul was called on Craig. Dorwin missed the free throw. Dorwin counted one point on Whitacre's foul. Teeplo fouled again but Whitacre failed to score on the free throw. Farr substituted for Teeple just before the half ended, with Decatur leading, 19 to 5. Second Half Brady substituted for Craig at the opening of the second half. Tucker and Farr both missed easy chances to score. Whitacre fouled and Dorwin made both free throws. Tucker connected for a field goal on a short shot. Cash fouled and Dorwin scored one of the two free throws. Tucker miss 3d another easy shot. Craig substituted for Brady in the Pennville lineup and Swearenger replaced Tucker for Decatur. Kern camped under the basket and scored a field goal after taking a long pass from Dorwin. Pennville took time out, and substituted Romine for Sawyer. Farr fouled and lomine counted on the free throw, 'arr fouled again and Romine scored me of the two throws. Farr commit ed his third foul but Romine failed o score on the chance. Teeple sub itituted for Farr. Romine fouled and Dorwin scored one of the two throws, lawyer substituted for Craig. Pen;inger connected for his second and hird field goals. Whitacre failed tq score on Kern's foul. White substi uted for Kern. Swearenger made a iretty field goal from the side of the ■ourt. With only a few second to 'lay Pennville knocked the ball out of bounds under the Decatur basket Iteele came in fast and scored on the hrow in, just as the game ended. Icore Decatur 31, Pennville 11. Linetp and summary: Decatur (31) Pennville (11) Kern f Craig Tucker f Romine Dorwin c Pensinger > Teeple .. g Cash Steele g Sawyer Substitutions: Decatur — Swearmger for Tucker, Farr for Teeple. r eeple for Farr. White for Kerr Vnnville —Brady for Craig, Sawyer or Brady. Craig for Sawyer, Whitrre for Romine, Romine for Sawyer. Field goals: Kern 1. Tucker 1, Dorkin 5, Teeple 2, Steele 1, Swear■ngcr 1. Pensinger 3. Foul goals: Dorwin 9 out of 12; Whitacre 3 out of 8; Romine 2 out of 4. Referee —Swan, Fort Wayne Y. M. Z. A. Second Team Wins The victory of the second team over he Hartford township quintet was illed with thrills and when the score was tied at 17 all, near the epd of the tame, the rooting became intense. The ocals led at half time, 13-10. Cline scored first for Decatur on a foul goal and Hartford came back with one point of a free throw. Miller •-cored on a pretty long shot and John Teeple counted two points after dribbling in under the basket. Hartford took time out. Miller scored again in a long shot and Hartford scored a Joint on a foul. Cline made one out ts two free throws. Hartford made two field goals. Miller and Macklin both connected for field goals. Hartford made two field goals just before the half ended bringing the score up to 13 to 10. . Shacklay substituted for Hunsicker at the /beginning of the second half, ’’line made a long field goal. Hartford sored a field marker and Decatur took time out. Beal substituted for Cline. Hartford scored one point on Teeple's foul and Beal dropped in a field goal. Hartford counted two points on a foul and two on a field goal tying the scqre at 17 all. Decatur took time out. Beal scored one >f two free throws. Miller sank a leld goal from the C-cnter of the floor. Another field goal by Hertford ended the scoring just before the game end ed. . The coach, of the Pennville team refereed this game. Line-up and summary: Decatur (20) Hartford (19) Cline f Monee Miller f Schlagenhauf Macklin e Windmiller John Teeple g North Hunsicker g Reynolds Substitutions: Decatur — Beal for Cline, Shackley for Hunsicker. Field goals: Cline 2, Miller 3, Macklin 1, Teeple I, Beal 1, Monee 2, Sclagenhauf 1, Windmillcr 4. Foul goals: Cline 3 out of 10; Beal 1 out of 3; Sclagenhauf 0 out of 2; Windmillcr 4 out of 9. ——o Peru—For the fourth time within a year's time punch boards and slot machines are taboo here and police assert this action is final and the knell of gambling has been sounded. Laporte—Of a total of 344 persons examined at the free tuberculosis clinic here during 1922, 204 were! found to be diseased. |

(fven a little helps to free you from that cold and eases the coughing. See directions on bottle for relieving congestion, toothing inflamed, scratchy throats. Banish that cold. Now — don’t risk your health through sheer neglect—ask your druggist for DR.KING’S JISCOVEfiY II -a syrup for coughs colds Doug And Mary Offer Jackie Coogan Big Sum (By the United Press) Los Angeles, Jan. 10. —Jackie Coogan today was offered half a million dollars to come under the protective wing of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford and make four pictures. The announcement marked the definite entry ot Douglas and Mary into the field of producing and distributing the work of other stars. It is understood they have offered Jackie $500,000 and sikty per cent of the net profits of the four pictures. The highest offer hitherto made Jackie by producers was $20,000 a week. s

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Sunday School Class Elects New Officers The Co-Workers class of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school held their regular monthly business meeting in the church parlors last evening. As a token of the high esteem in which they hold their teacher, Mr. C. L. Walters, they presented him with seventeen volumes of Bible ref-1 erence books, which he accepted in a very fine speech, voicing his appro-1 elation. The annual election of ollie-. ers resulted in the following men be-' ing chosen to conduct the affairs of ■ the class during the coming year: [“resident, James Harkless; vice-pres-ident, Dan N. Ervin; secretary, Paul Edwards; and treasurer, Mel J. Butler. This class of men has a mem1 bership of 147 and is growing in interest each Sunday. ' Greensburg—lsaac W. McGuire, 68, veterinary ot Greensburg and Matilda Lund 70, have applied for a marriage license here, preparing to make this 1 McGuire’s fourth trip to the altar. o — ' Winona I^ake —William Collisson, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Collisson, res cued the eight yepr old daughter of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaffer, when ! she broke through the ice while skating on Winona Lake. I 0 f Elkart —Hard eider is supplanting . moonshine according to drunks as--3 signed to city court, who state that t whiskey is becoming more scarce every day.

NOTICE YEOMEN Candidate! for the Yeoman basketball team will hold their Initial practice In Athletic hall at 8:46 o'clock tonight. All who wish to try out for the team are urged to be out. ■ggpggjtah. .m. - —ui.ises

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NOTICE PHI DELTB All candidates for the Phi Delta - Kuppa basketball team are requested ; to meet at Athletic hall tonight at • 8:45 o'clock for the initial workout. A large number wanted.—Manager.