Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1923 — Page 5

local news

17,, Williams arrived home from u ■ ' ,i„’ vi-dt wil'' > ,ig * ha,in ’ fr ."Xhl. Oklahoma. Mr. Andrews ■*’' J W i! I,r : '" d Mr *' JamM Mt " and reports they are both e,F B sin ' wii) health. i,r - McClain is a S r Mrs Mary Wemlioff. of this Utdrews called on Mr. Hon'ickenslteets. formerly of Mollttli. " llt “° w a reßi,lent Os lhU< the Misses Alta Toepie. Helen ■ 1 of this city, and Margaret s's Princeton. N. J- arrived home F. a several days visit at Rome Mr Miss fine will spend several Es here before returning to. her 17 and Mrs. Frank Troutner. of Llshire. Ohio, were shoppers here Kiterday. ■7 C. Pumphrey made a business L to Auburn this morning, and will Efrom there to Chicago to attend f, jewelers meeting and do buying bls Christmas trade. | Miss Gladys Flanders went to Peru L spend the week end. r N iss Gladys Reify went to Fort Lyne today to visit friends. I Miss Rowena Miller arrived home Lday after a few days visit With’ ■relatives at Fort W ayne. I Miss Laura Stanley will resume j, r duties at the telephone company I jjonday after a two months vacation with her brother. Lester and family it Helena, Montana. Miss Beulah Nichols left today for Akron. Ohio where she will be the. fuost of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller. I Miss Nichols will visit relatives at Detroit before returning home. The horse shoe matches which were postponed on account of the rain. I will be played next Tuesday evening with Tuesday’s schedule. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Keller motored to Bluffton last evening and were the guests of relatives. Charles Keller, Orval Parent, John Clark and Harry Yahne motored to Van Wert last evening. Miss Celia Andrews will go to Fort Wayne this evening to spend the week end.

-- I W FRIENDLINESS | We belivc that the gratest co-opcra- i , lion is possible only when a friendly relation has beep established between the depositor and his bank. There is a better understanding and a united effort in accomplishing any desired end. We handle many transactions every 1 day but there is always time for a personal interest in our depositors. We value their good will and friendship as well as their banking business. Firs£Nafional Bqnk and Surplus $120,000.00 D.ecutur.ln diqnq

“The Cigar With A Conscience” and here it is THE WHITE STAG H “The Invincible” —Actual Size “It Smokes Easy” 10c Straight TRY OUR LONDRES EXTRA 8c or 2 for 15c For Sale By All Dealers.

Miss Helen Swenringer, Bill Lenhart and Mr. and Mrs. I). J. Hensley will motor to Rome City where they will spend the week end at the Hunslyker cottage. The Misses Margaret and Helen Bice. W’nlfred ami Genevieve Kitson will be joined by a party of young people at Fort Wayne to spend the week at Romo City. Mrs. Will Blew will chaperon the party. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Miller and children. Kenneth and Rowena, will he the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Shafer, at Monroeville, tomorrow. Miss Betty Hoffman, of Fort Wayne, arrived this morning to at tend the funeral of little Catherine Sellemeyer. Miss Peggy Morton left this morn ing with her lather, A. R. Morton, o* Chicago, for Lake Ripley, Wisconsin, for a month’s outing. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan and daughters, Frances, and Mrs. Pierre Goodrich and baby, will leave tomor row for a trip through southern Indiana. They will visit points of interest . Rev. F. 1). Whitesell, who has been visiting in Buffalo, for the past two i weeks arrived home today and will I hold the regular services at the Bap- ■ Hat church tomorow. Dan Niblick has returned from a trip to New York City and Long Island and while there enjoyed a re(freshing dip in the oeetn. Mr. Niblick attended the national convention lof cloak and suit makers. Many of our subscribers expressed their appreciation over the extra edF t'.on published Thursday at midnight, giving ,the announcement of the j death of President Harding. In order that the rural patrons and those living I it Berne, Geneva, Monroe. Magley, 'Pleasant Mills, Preble, Willshire and II Wren, Ohio would get the news I early Friday morning the Daily DemoHerat issued the extra at about twelve • o’clock Several hundred of the papers were also sold in Deoatur au<l - copies wore ppsted- in the window > and distributed about town. i The J. H. Heller family wil return

from Romo City this afternoon where they have been enjoying a week's vacation. Henry Bleckley was a business visitor in tills city today. Tlie chautuaqua will close this eyeing the closing number being a concert by Golforth's Gold and Black orchestra. If you want u chuutauqua next year sign up for tickets and the directors wil endeavor to obtain the best talent posible for next year. The huntauqua this year has been one us the bi t ever held and the lectures • entertainments were greatly enjoyed. Miss Vera Bright will visit friends and relatives at Dayton, Ohio next week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anker, and daughter Veronica, returned from a v.. ■ motor trip to Windsor, Canada. SYMPATHY FOR MRS. HARDING Local Peonie Express Sorrow; Ministers To Honor Deceased President Although next Friday, August 10. lias I: >en proclaimed National Mourn ing Day in honor of the late President Warren G. Harding, local ministers are planning to make a few remarks from the pulpits of the churches in the city tomorrow, honoring the departed statesman, blags have been at half mast throughout the city since he death of the president was announced. Expressions of sorrow for Mrs. Harding can lie heard from the lips of all. The principal memorial ob- ■ ervance has not been arranged. It is not known whether or not the Industrial Association will take steps to provide for ati observance next Friday.

o * FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS Warsaw. Aug. 4 — Six whiskey stills and several parts of whiskey making equipment recently have been found discarded in vacant lots and fields near t Warsaw, indicating to county and city authorities that former manufacturers of illicit liquor have quit the business because of numerous arrests that have been made in this section during the last few weeks. a Weather To Be Variable For Month Os August Plenty of Rain Predicted for Month and Two Cool Waves Booked A weather prophet has this to say about the weather for August which was ushered in Wednesday and his prognostications may or may not be verified: “From the Ist to 3d there will be very warm weather in most sections of the country, and from the 4th to Sth there will be a showery spell which will be general all over the country. This will be followed by a cool wave on the 9th to 13th, with low range of temperature for August. A variable period of weather on the 14th to 18th is predicted, with rain in some see tions of the country, followed on the 19th to 23d with an unsettled wave with rain storms in the northwest and .n the states on the region of the Great Lakes . Another cool spell is booked for the 24th to 28th. and temperature will take a drop in states of J’a ilic slope, and at Cairo and in Washington. Tile month will go out from the 23th to Ist with heavy rain storms in the lower Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. The temperature will range near normal and the rainfall will be abundant at most .points east of the Missis- : ppi valley and elsewhere it will be close to normal.”

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, AUG. 4, 1923.

BANKERS HOLD MEETING Convention of American Bankers Association At Atlantic City New York, August 4 — The general ■ plans for the sessions of the American Bankers Association Annual conven- ' tion, to be held at Atlantic City, N. J., September 24 to 27, inclusive, is announced as follows: Monday, Sept. 24, morning: General I meeting of the Clearing House Section. Afternoon: General meeting of the Trust Company Division. Throughout the day there will be conferences , of the committees and commissions of the Association. I Tuesday, Sept. 25, morning: Gen- ( eral Convention session of the whole Association. Afternoon: A general meeting of the Savings Bank Division. Wednesday, Sept. 26, morning: A general meeting of the National Bank Division Thursday, Sept. 27, morning: General meeting of the State Bank DiviI sion. I The headquarters of the Association during the convention will be the Hotel Traymore, and the general con- . vention sessions will be held on Young's million dollar pier. 0 THE MODEL HUSBAND Should Spend As Much Money For Wife's Candy As For His Tobacco > ' ’ Indianapolis, Aug. 4—The model 1 husband will spend as much money for candy for his wife as he does for 1 tobacco for himself, says Elizabeth Gowan, head of the home economics bureau of a local bank who is teaching a number of girls the art of budget making. “Candy,” she says “is the most unselfish of luxuries, because so many people enjoy it. Smoking is the most selfish. Make it candy and flowers i and keep the doctor bills down. o — - t- t — S—WANT APIS EARN—t—t—S

ARMY OF GRASSHOPPERS Insects Threatening Serious Damage To Crops In Daviess County Washington, Aug. 4—An army of grasshoppers has descended on Da-

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Here arc seven wonderful new models —ext raordinary values — the last word in beauty, refinements, color combinations, luxury and engineering improvements. This announcement gives Auburn undisputed leadership among the exclusive class of higher grade cars, because it brings greater value than ever before offered at new low price levels. Performance is supreme—you will marvel at the range of power, the smoothness and comfort. Economy is amazing—100,000 miles of unsurpassed service.

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viess county and is threatening sefious damage to the corn crop. Many farmers say that, in view of tin 1 way the grain market has Ueen acting lately, it dosen’t make much differ-

Auburn has the reputation of being especially designed and painstakingly built for an exclusive clientele. It is the growing appreciation of what it means to own an Auburn that has brought the increased production which makes possible these new prices. Auburn success is not built upon enforced methods, it is the natural outcome of owner appreciation. No owner of any car has cause for greater pride than the one who, says, “I own an Auburn.” It will be a pleasure to show you these new six-cylinder models. Give us an opportunity at once.

ence to them whether the grasshoppers cr the speculators get their crop but County Agent Mood has prescribed a poison to be used to kill tile swarms of grasshoppers.