Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1923 — Page 5

LOCAL NEWS j vpo

Fred Humphrey, of Bluffton, visited friends here last night. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kocher, daughter, Katherine and son, James, ami Unii Kern motored to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sunday and returned Monday. Walter Whittenbarger, of east of the city, was a business visitor here today. Oliver Walter, of east of the city, looked after business interests here today. Paul and Roy Whittenbarger, of east of the city, were visitors here this niorning. A. B. Melching, of northeast of the city, was here today on business. Albert Arnold, of Peterson, attend cd to business matters here today. p. W. Smith, of Richmond, chairman of the board of directors of the First National Bank was a business visitor in the City today. Ferd Litterer and son enjoyed seeing the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus at Fort Wayne yesterday. Burton Niblick was numbered among those who attended the circus at Fort Wayne yesterday. Miss Mayme Deininger visited with friends in Fort Wayne yesterday. Thurman Gottschalk changed cars here yesterday on his way home to Berne. <*■ The trustees of the building committee of the St. Mary’s Catholic parish will meet Friday evening and receive bids for the building of the new Catholic high school and grade

LWb jtY One out of every seven men is killed or injured by accident each year. Who knows but that you may be the’one? Certainly your chance is no better than that of any of the others. Face this certainty —protect yourself and family now — while you are able. y£TNA-IZE For $25.00 a year, if you are a preferred risk—the cost of a cigar a day — you can get — A* weekly income of $25 00 to $50.00 if you are accidentally injured. Payment of operating fees or hospital charges. SIO,OOO to $20,000 for your beneficiary if the accident should prove .’atal. Protect yourself today The Suttles-Edwards Co. A. D. Suttles, Sec'y. and Treas.

wAM |r <tf§y JTLPHEN DECATUK THE INDUSTRIOUS BEE To make a pound of J honey a bee must v,s, l 56,000 separate clover blossoms, but the busy little l worker never stops until every cell in the comb is full/ Persistence will accomplish wonders and a substantial savings balance can be built up by adding a little at a time. / Store your savings at this ba ” k , . .Capital awt&'-’/lus f l'Moooni) k \ SPscqtur,Tn.diqn<j ‘ Mm*'*-

huildlug. It was stated that three eontructors are figuring on the job Charles Voglewede is making a business trip through Ohio in the Interest of his five and ten cent stores. Mrs. Simeon HaJn and qhildren have gone to Jamestown, North Dakota to visit with her parents. John H. Cramody of the sugar plant left this morning for Chicago where he will attend to business for a day or two. Mr. Aurandt of the Holland-St. Louis company Is here after business tor his company. A campaign to raise money for the Riley Memorial hospital at Indian apolis will be conducted here next week, starting the 25th. W. S. Porter, local photographer, is attending a photographer’s convention at \\ est Baden. He reports a splendid convention and many good ideas in photography, Mrs. O. M. Stewart, of near Van Wert was a shopper here this morning. J’ S. Shlusser, of north of town, was a visitor here today. Mrs. James Staley and daughter. Marguerite Virginia, and Mrs. Minnie Daniels returned .yesterday from Huntington, where they spent several days vistiing witli the Ray Cross family. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gilbert and William Highlen. of south of the city motored with L. Highlen, of Markle, to Fort Wayne Sunday where they spent the day with Mrs. Mary Miller. The Misses Alice and Anna Colchin returned yesterday from Fort Wayne where they attended the eighteenth annual commencement of St. Catharine Academy at St. Patrick’s Lyceum, of which Miss Marcella Kinney was a graduate. ‘ Miss Etta Hendricks, of Monroe, entertained with Sunday dinner in honor of Millard Hendricks, the occassion being his sixty-fifth birthday. Those prsent were Mr. and Mrs. John Gross; Mrs. Bessie Woods, and son, of Port land; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Haggard; Mr. and .Mrs. Wes Haggard and son. Auburn, and daughter, Wavie, of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lebentein. and Bill Hendricks, of Monroe. G. W. Keller, of Monroe, was a business visitor here today. Willis Leigh, of Portland, called cm business friends here today. The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon in the church parlors at 2:30. A good attendance is desired. Dr. and Mrs. Roy Archbold are entertaining with a picnic in Nuttman’s Grove this afternoon in honor of Mi.cs Catharine Sent, of , Toledo, the guest of their daughter, Josephine. The Misses Mildred and Lil lian Worthman, Mary and Helen Voglewede, Josephine Jaberg, Miriam Parrish and isohel Hower will also be guests. A basket dinner will be served this evening. Ice Cream Social Saturday evening, June 23, at Pleasant Mills, M. E. church. It ————o MUST MOW WEEDS SOON All weeds in the city must be mowed by not later than the last of

this month on order of the city council. it was announced today. Harding Leaves For Trip Through West (I'nittyl Press Service) Washington, June 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Bound for the West and the Yukon, President and Mrs. Harding aped uway from the cnpitol aboard their special ( train with their guests for a seven weeks’ trip shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon . The President, garbed in a natty gray sack suit, with an old traveling cap shielding his eyes from tho tropical heat of the capitol, took his farewell of his administration colleagues who gathered at the station to see the party off. Attempt To Run Whiskey Blockade Is Frustrated (United PresH Service) Aboard Revenue Cutter Manhattan, Off Jersey Coast, June 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—With bursts of machine gun fire, the coast guard cutter Manhattan at 10:10 p. m„ Tuesday, frustrated an attempt to run the whiskey blockade 12 miles off New York harbor. The Manhattan with its skipper on the bridge peering through the darkness, had been cruising for two hours in search of the rum fleet when it came upon the Norwegian steamer speed boat. • o William Potts Dies William Potts, 75, died at his home in Hoagland last night, following an illness of Brights Disease. Mr. Potts was a brother-in-law of L. C. Hughes and Samuel Darr, of this city. He is survived by a wife and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Brown, of Hoagland. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

Coca Cola King Marries (United Press Service) Atlanta, Ga.. June 20. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Asa G. Candler, Sr., multi-millionaire, founder of the Coca Cola company, amt Mrs. May Little Ragin, a widow with two children, were married here today in the chapel of Emery university. Immediately following the ceremony, which was attended only by a .mail gathering of relatives and friends, the “Coca Cola King” and his bride left for Washington, D. C. Ten Thousand In Sunday School Parade Today (Vn'tcd Press'Service) Indianapolis, June 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) -Ten thousand Sunday School workers of Indiana inarched in parade through the down town streets today despite the intense heat which fairly blistered the pavements. Hundreds of young people drilled in the parts they took presented pageants on floats in the parade this afternoon depicting the growth in the Bible school in this state and throughout the world. ♦ — — Stock Exchange Fails New York, June 20—(Special tn Daily Democrat)—Failure of Zimmerman and Forshay, a stock exchange house, was announced from the rostrum of the New York Stock exchange today. The firm has been a member since 1905. Hamilton Vreeland. of Stockton £ Stockton, counsel for the firm, estimated assets at $9,000,000 and liabilities at $7,500,000. 0 Lot Has Varied History Columbus. June 20. — Execution grounds, then barracks for an invalid corps of the Union army, then notorious saloon, and finally a gas tilling station. That is the varied career of a lot in this city on which a modern garage and filling station will soon be erected. A tree which was used as a gallows for the only execution ever held in this county was cut down to make room for temporary barracks buildings durings the Civil war. They were occupied but a short time, however. Following the war a man attempted to purchase the lot on which he planned to erect a saloon. The owner was an ardent prohibitionist and refused to sell until an agreement had been signed setting forth the lot was not to be used as the location for a saloon. After sale it was discovered, however. the agreement was not binding as it had not been included in the deed. The notorious Cyclone saloon flourished on the lot for many years and many dark deeds are rumored to have occured within its walls. The building was recently sold and a modern* garage will replace the old saloon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WED., .JUNE 20, 1923

Do You Know--Country’s Yearly Loss From Fire Would Pay Teachersor Run Mails? $500,000,000.00 Annual Fire Loss America burns up every year one-fourth, of what it adds in value of hard work, according to the latest statistics on the nation’s fire loss. The greatest cause of fire is carelessness. For every man, woman and child in the country, $5 in property is burned. In Europe the loss is 45c for every man, woman and child. In addition every person in the Unit- \ ed States pays $5 a year for fire departments \ and other means of fire prevention, while V X Europe pays vastly less. America, with 7 1 £•' WL \ of the population of the civilized world, pays more than 50% of the fire loss. | The loss in America annually would build | | a 16 foot concrete road clear across this t V country, Asia and Europe. It would build the VI Panama Canal every two years. It would w pay the salary of every teacher and leave something for increase in salaries. It would more than pay the operating expenses of the postal system. In five years it would build $5,000 homes for more than the combined population of the states of Conneticut, Nevada and Wyoming. This loss is in physical property, rcpkicublc property. The loss in records, most of them not insurable or replacable, has been estimated to he as great. Something toThink About YOl i: business, your records, your home and everything that you possess that was acquired through hard labor and which you hold valuable f Is It Insured? This is an age of specialization and our specialty if. insurance. There are many angles and turns to the insurance business mid this firm is capable of giving you the very lowest and best rate to say nothing of “insurance service.’’ Insurance lias developed Io a very high degree ol < nicicncy requiring the services of an expert al all times. Consult with us we can work it out to your special advantage. Decatur Insurance Agency E. Walton Johnson, Manager “INSURANCE IN ALL IT’S BRANCHES” Room I—Schafer Building Phone 3So