Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1923 — Page 5

I Local Briefs |

H Janu s Plessinger and Harold Conk K, (l s Bluffton, were visitors In the last evening. ■ j |rs C. L. NJefbers spent the day in K rt Wayne visiting friends. ■ Catharina M. Christen, of Blpringfield, Massachusetts, is spendKg a two weeks’ vacation with her Krents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Christen. Kiss Christen will return .to MassaKusetts after Thanksgiving. M j S. Peterson received word this Kerning from Mrs. Peterson who has K'<n at Indianapolis for over a week K the home of their son and daughter Kr. and Mrs. Robert Peterson, to the Kfect that the Peterson babe, Robert Kale. Jr., was now getting along fine. K„. babe had been ill for several Ke. -ks and Mi's. Peterson went to InKanapolis to help care for it. The Kiioi.v friends of the family will be Kind to learn that Robert Hale is getKng along nicely. ■ Miss Esther Sellemeyer, recently reBurned Missionary front. China, will ■ ive an address at the Presbyterian Bhiir. h this evening. II Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Ehinger spent ■the 'lay in Ft. Wayne with friends. I Miss Anna Smith went to Fort ■Wayne to spend the day with friends. II Mart Bollinger pt southwest of MonBoe, attended to business interests Kere today. It Mr. and Mrs. Orval Harruff and ■.Miss Anna Adler spent the day in B’t. Wayne. I Mr. and Mrs. Cary Grooms, of Bluff■ton, were visitors at the John Baum■gartner home Sunday evening. I Martin Houck, of Root townshjp, ■was a business visitors here today. I Martin Worthman has returned ij-om la business trip to Detroit, Michigan. H The Psi Ote Hand Made Handkerchief sale will be held at the Peoples Cash Shoe Store, December 7 and 8. Willis Leigh of Portland, was in the city today on business. Mrs. E. G. Coverdale and Mrs. 1. B. Butler were Ft. Wayne visitors this afternoon. Mrs. John Lachot, Mrs. Herb Lachot and children, and Dewey Lachot of Ft. Wayne visited friends in the city torlay. Mr. and Mrs. John Steigmeyer went to Ft. Wayne today to attend the wed-

sr'rx Florida OIiSF THE FAVORITE SCENIC ROUTE TO THE SOUTH Via Cincinnati and L. & N. R. R. THROUGH SERVICE FOUR DAYS A WEEK TO AND FROM JACKSONVILLE AND ST. PETERSBURG Eoery Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday ■ Going Returning 7.30 pm Lv Grand Rapids (C.T») Ar 1.45 pm 9.00 pm Lv Kalamazoo.. “ Ar 12.01 pm 12.15 am Lv Fort Wayne.. “ Ar 8.05 am 3.55 am Lv Richmond... ** .................Ar 1.50 am 7.10 am Lv Cincinnati. . . 44 Ar 9.20 pm 9.00 pm Ar .Atlanta 44 Lv 725 am 9.50 am Ar Jacksonville .. (E.T.) Lv i 8.20 pm 7.00 pm Ar St. Petersburg “ Lv £ll.OO am £ Through sleeping car for Grand Rapids leaves Monday. Wednesday. Friday and Saturday. Equipment: Grand P. ipidi to St. Petersburg, sleeping car: Cincinnati to Jacksonville, observation-club car and dining car: coach service between all stations. After Dec. Ist patieagrrt to Florida East Coast retorts Bay transfer on same train into Miami car. For reservationsand complete information ask any Ticket or address M. F. Quaintance. Division Passenger Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. nnsyl v a n i a Railroad System \O/ yjPgr/ The Standard Railroad of the Wot'd r i ' «tuw roxrvk i *l’ll Never Hear The Last Os It” ; « * i ' “One day 1 lost some money < that I had no business to have in Lmy pocket," said a depositor. i “I’ll never hear the last of it. i My wife had warned me repeatedly about this very thing. Any- i way, it won’t happen again tor i now 1 carry only a lew dollars. t The cheek way is the best way. 1 should have had a personal ffl < checking account long ago. < 18. ( ’ (h 1 Tirs€N<tionQl Bqrik, Capital and Surplus f 120,000. ’ ©ecqtur, IndiQnq

ding of their son. Miss Gladys Butler will go to Columbus tomorrow to spend the week- , end with friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Peterson will motor to Bloomington Friday to spend the week-end with their' daughter, . Miss Lois, and attend the home-com-ing football game, Purdue vs. Indiana. Kokomo—Evangelist Bob Jones has been secured by the ministerial association for* a five weeks' revival. „ —o n'WITI German Spy Get Pardon • — — Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 21.—Leon Witzke, sentenced to death as a German spy during the war, was released from federal prison Ijere today. His sentence was committed to life imprisonment by President Wilson and his pardon was announced by secre tary of War Weeks. Witzke was accused of having obtained information at a millitary encampment near Xis i gales, Ariz.. regarding movements or American troops with the intention 1 ' of forwarding it to Germany. Warden I W. I. Biddle said Witzke had been a “good prisoner.” Representatives of the German government met at the prison gates and will accompany him to see that he is immediately deported, as provided in the pardon. , G. E. Net Team Plays Rockford Tomorrow Night The General Electric basketball team will meet the fast Rockford. , Ohio, quintet in this city tomorrow evening. This team held the G. E five to a two-point victory here last year. A preliminary game will be played between the G. E. second team and the team from the Fisher & Harris grocery. On Saturday night the 'G. E. team will go to Berne to meet •he Herne A. C. quintet in what prom | isos to be a thrilling game. On Thanksgiving night the G. E. team will play the Overland Red Bird team from Ft. Wayne in this city. The G. E- girls had scheduled a game for Thanksgb'ing evening with the Bowser girls’ team from Fort Wayne, but this game has been cancelled. A preliminary : game will be played, however.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1923.

TURKEY DINNERS WILL BE SCARCE Local Dealers Have Received None of the Bird for Thanksgiving. Although Thanksgiving day is only one week away, Indications are that It Is going to be a "Turkeyless Thanksgiving” for ninety-nine and nine-tenths of the people in this community. In fact about the only person who is going to have one of the prize birds on the table for the big family reunion at Grandma’s is the one who raised a few turkeys himself or has a relative down South who sends him one. And, contrary to guess, high prices Is not the reason. This time it is a case of low price and a scarcity of turkeys in these parts of the country. Not a Single Turkey. It was stated by produce men in this city that not a single turkey had been received so far this year. This is unusual as in former years just the week before Thanksgiving, it was not unusual for the Berling Produce company and the Decatur Produce company to ship one to three cars of turkeys each to the eastern market, besides reserving enough of the birds for local trade. Indications are tlfat this year both produce companies numbered among the largest shippers in the middlewest, will not ship a car all together. Jn fact if the next few days don’t bring in a large number of turkeys, not a single one will be shipped from Adams county. The reason for the slump or scarcity of turkeys in this section of the country is due to the low market price paid for them on the eastern an I other larger market. It was stated that 6,000,000 pounds of turkeys were carried over in cold storage ff-om last year and that these’turkeys are now selling in the east at a loss of 20 cents a pound to the owners. In recent years the south ha i furthered and became a great turkey growing country. Cars upon cars of live turkeys are being shipped from the south to New York and the east these days. M. F. Worthman, superintendent of public schools, returned yesterday from Detroit and stated that he saw several train loads of turkeys going through to the east, being shipped from Fort Worth, Texas. Together with the cold storage and southern markets have a larger supply than they can dispose of and for that reason the market price is low. Local shippers are, of course, governed by the eastern market price and cannot afford to pay a higher price than they are able to get on the market. For that reason many farmers and raisers of turkeys in this part of the state refuse to sell the birds. Price Is About Half. The market price this year, paid by local produce men, ranges from 25 to 30 cents, the higher quotation being for young turkeys. This is based on the eastern quotations. Last year the local wholesale price for turkeys was between 40 and 45 cents, but very few turkeys were received by produce men even then. It seems that the farmers of this community do not raise many turkeys for the reason that they are so hard to raise. Not much poultry is being received by local produce men this year. The prices paid for poultry today were: Heavy fowls lie Heavy chickens .14c Leghorn fowls ............ 9c Leghorn chickens 9c Old roosters 6i Black chickens and fowls 9c Turkeys 30c Ducks ... .... 12c Geese 12c It seems that it is a case of too many turkeys and too much poultry in the south and east and not enough around here to satisfy our appetites. COUNCIL HELD - (Continued From Page One) er Ed L. Augenbaugh was filed and referred to the street and sewer com mittee. The list of delinquent water customers was filed and referred to the water works committee. The council appropriated SIOO.OO from the general fund for supplies and expanses incident to the operation of the city engineer's office. Improvement bonds to the amount of $62.70 were ordered issued to the contractor in the matter of the Mercer Avenue cement sidewalk improvement, pr operty owners' signing a waiver in the matter to this amount. The street commissioner was ordered to make repairs to streets in need of it. The finance committee allowed a number of hills and the session adjourned. - — William Morris made a business trip I to Fort Wayne this morning.

Thanksgiving Dinner At Evangelical Church Nov. 22 The annual Thanksgiving dinner i which is served by the ladles of tfie Evangelical church, will be given in the dining room of the church, Thrus- ' day, November 22. The dinner will he served from eleven until one o'clock at fifty centsc per plate. Menu Roast Chicken Mashed potatoes Dressing gravy i cream slaw baked apples i pickles • butter bread jelly pie coffee i A two-cent supper will be served I from flve-thirty until seven o’clock. Menu •Chicken pie i mashed potatoes sweet potatoes i potatoe salad baked beans meat loaf . sandwiches fruit salad cake coffee i The liberal patronage of the public I is solicited. i — —• —• M. E. Church Is Burned Muncie, Ind., Nov. 21. —Fire of unde t. rmined origin destroyed the Method Ist Episcopal church and contents at Eaton, northeast of Muncie, late yesterday. Th«J church was a brick structure and a new pipe organ had been installed recently. The loss is estimated at $40,000. The church w ill be rebuilt. o Mrs. Harry Harruf has gone to Detroit to spend several weeks with Mrs. Jack Marshall and family. “Much ado about Betty,” presented by Y. I’, of Li. B. church, Zanesville, at 11. S. Auditorium, Friday, Nov. 23, 8 o'clock. A comedy with 22 characters. 2'/a hours of fun and laughter. Forget your troubles and come. Admission 20 and 35 cents. 27513 Phone your orders early for Thanksgiving Turkeys. Gilpin Grocery, phone 461.

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THIRD PARTY FACTIONS MEET 1 — I Delphos, Ohio, Nov. 21. —The work ■ ments to put a third party ticket Into the national political arena came together here today. Ix-aders of both groups were uncertain whether the ■ meeting would result in consolidation or a clash in which both sides would go ahead with their independent plans. Delegates from 14 states went into conference today, hoping to effect per 1 manent organization of a new ‘indo-

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pendent-progressive" party. J. A. H. Hopkins, executive chairman of the "Committee of 48,” was to be one of the principal speakers. On Hopkins’ speech the question of harmony or split hangs in the balance, it was believed. “Our plan of a third political partv , is quite similar to that of Mr. Hou kins’ organization," Roy H. Harrop. chairman of today’s conference said I he believed. "I see no reason why

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