Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1923 — Page 6

NOTICE OF FIN Al. HMTTI.EMENT OF ESTATE No. 2041 Notice Is hereby given to th* creditors. heirs and legal*** of Fran. is A. Miller. de. eased. to appear In i». \d.un ■ i-ln-ult l onrt. held ul Iterator, Ind . on th* loth day of January, 1».’4. and show <ause, if any, why th* FINAL SETTLEMENT ACCOUNTS with the estate of said decedent should not hr approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. CHARLES C MILLF.It, Admimat rator. De.atur. Ind., !>»•*. 10, 1923. .1. W. Treple, Attv. 11-18-55

$675.00 — $700.00 Prices Reduced for the HOLIDAYS We will sell at a greatly reduced price, this $700.00 Baby Grand lor only $185.00, including a fine piano bench Io match. If you are interested in a Baby Grand Piano, come in and let us show you this compact ami dainty Baby Grand. Requires'only the space of an upright piano and can J be accomodated in any home. 5 - It contains an especially designed scale ami B patented lone-expanding device that gives it a K tone of amazing richness ami volume. 1 Yager Brothers | Furniture Store | ■—!■■■■■■fill—■mi ii n nniMTiimi iimm— min ■■ w—niwinTiTrii'iy'T'MM— mu iimirin n 1 Visit Our Store lor Practical Gifts Make this Christmas a lasting one by giving gifts that will long be remembered. A visit to our store will solve that gift problem and help you ! select the right gift. A Few Suggestions for the Kiddies KIDDIE CARS WHEEL BARROW KIDDIE BIKES ELECTRIC TRAIN WAGONS, ALUMINUM rubber tire, DINNER SETS all metal or wood. TRICYCLES For HIM or HER I or for the HOME KNIVES ELECTRIC TOASTER SI I. VEI WAI IE E1 GI RLING IRON CHAFFING DISHES n rcTnir vtovuc i nvnvv AWAD ELECTRIC STOVES REX WEAR rtnvrw NEW HOME CARVING SETS SEWING MACHINES WAELE IRONS ELECTRIC IRON SAFETY RAZOR Christinas Tree Decorations and Lights Do your Christmas shopping now and at our store while you have a good selection. Lee Hardware Co. MONROE STREET

NOTICE or FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. No. 182*6. Nollet Is hereby givtn to the credltor. I *, heir* and of Joatphine M Windsor, deivuwvd, to appear In the AdaniH Circuit Court, held at Decatur. Indiana, on the loth day of January, mid aliow rnuae, if «ny. why the Kina) Settlement Account* with the e.-tate of raid decedent should not be approved; and aw Id heirs'are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive WALTER l>. CROSS. Jr., shares. Administrator. Decatur, Ind.. Dec. 10, 192JL 11-18-25

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1923

SUIT FILED TO TEST NEW LAW Validity Os Law Increasing j Auto License Fees Will He Tested . South Bend. Dec. 11. A suit to I test the validity of the law Inerea.tIng the 1924 auto license fees in Indiana from 66 2 3 per cent to 300 per cent, was on file in the St. Joseph superior < out I today. The suit was filed by the South Bend Motor Bus Company. Under the new schedule of fees, the company would be required to pay SSOO in fees ; instead of $250. Constitutionality of the act is chai- 1 lensed on the ground that it includes two subject matters in violation c.f ‘ the constitution. in addition to-setting forth the new s< h- dale of license fees, the act provides that tile state inheritance tax shall be turned into the general fund instead of the highway commission fund. Lesh Gives Opinion Indianapolis, Dec. 11. —Attorney General Lesh, in an opinion handed down late yesterday, upheld the validity of the new auto license law' which becomes effactive with the sale : of 1924 license plates. Request for an opinion on the val-; idity of the law was made by Ed Jack- j son. secretary of state, under which 1 direction the license plates are sold. 1 In an opinion submitted to Robert. Bracken, auditor of state, Lesh had j previously upheld the validity of th • act. I Jackson, who is opposed to roller - I tion of the increased fees authorized by the act. will proceed with the sale I I of license plates as provided by law. : ————o FOUR FOLD OF TRAIN | — (Continued From Page One) I second, had stopped to investigate the accident. Patterson flashed by the i block signal. apparently without [noticing it after slowing down at sigh; • of a warning yellow flare. I The third section smashed through 1 the observation car of section on • ' i and rammed into the last coach, hoisting it off the track. Patterson, a railroad employe of 37 [ years service, was taken to his homo , in Buffalo after tlie crash, suffering . from shock. He was otherwise un*] injured, and was in attendance at the hearing today. —■ 1 - O —- — ■ ——— l — Leaders Go To Angola For Game This Evenin’: The Decatur Leaders will go to Angola this evening to play the fast American lA'gion basketball team of that city. The game promises to be a hard fought game, Reports from Angola are that Ely, Cummins, Juday | McClue. Redding, Crain and Kessler will be in the lineup for Angola. Elvis a former University of Michiga star. Cummins is a member of the Bluffton Phi Dells squad and Juday a former Geneva youth now of Ft. Wayne. Kessler is a former member of the Monroe high school team and ex- teammate of Crist and Andrews of of the Leaders. The leaders will enter the game determined to fight t:> the last In an efort to bring home the bacon. The Leaders will play the Overland Red Birds, of Ft Weyne, here tomorrow night, in the mew high school gym. - (~) Geneva People In Court Over Neighborhood Fight Mrs. Etta Fields of Geneva, was arranged in the court of Mayor Huber M. DeVoss this morning on a charge of assualt and battery, filed by William Messel, Jr., also of Geneva. Mr;. Field entered a plea of not guilty and I the case was set for trail on next Frl- i day morning at 10 o'clock. The trouble is said to have arisen over a well located between the Mas-1 sei and Field homes and used jointly ■ by the two families. Messel charges that Mrs. Field struck him over the i head with a dub and threw milk' bottles and other missies at him. It is ! said that the well is located on the ! Field property, but that the deeds executed for the properties specifies that both shall use the well. i o Supt. Os Reformatory Dies Indianapolis—George A. H. Schldeler, superintendent of the Indiana reformatory at Pendleton died at St. i Vincents hospital here today from chronic heart disease. He was taken sudenly ill here last Saturday while attending the funeral | of Dr. George F. Edenharker superin-' tendent of the central hospital for the! insane.

GIVE DINNER FOR DEPUTYCLFRK Miss Florence Holthouse, Retiring Deputy, Honored By Friends Honoring Miss Florence Holthouse retiring deputy county clerk, a din ner was given at noon today In th, basement of the court house by the deputies in tile county treasurer’! and auditor's offices, and by those girls employed by the abstract of flees in this city who, in doing theii work, are frequent visitors at the court house. The girls brought the tasty prepar 'cd food from home and at about ' twelve o’clock served it in the north ! east room in the basement. Thost besides Miss Holthouse who wen I present wore, Mrs. Martin Jaberg, 01 the auditor's office; Miss Goldie Gay of the treasurer’s office; and th< Misses Regina Murtaugh. Marie Mur taugh, Alice Lenhart, Rose Vogle wede, Genevieve Bcrling, Lois Con nel), Mayme Cloud. Rose Nesswah and Mrs. Paul Reiter. Miss Holthouse has been employet in the county clerk’s office for sever al years and has been deputy count) clerk under John T. Kelly for nearl) three years. Mr. Kelly’s term wil I expire December 31st of this year, ai which time John Nelson will succeei him. Miss Holthouse wishes to tak< a much needed rest and recuperab from a recent illness and will there fore not ask appointment as deput) under Mr. Nelson for the first yea of his term, although the place wa: offered to her for the first year. As a token of their friendship, th< girls presented Miss Holthouse witl a beautiful vanity or traveling cast which was greatly appreciated by her Miss Holthouse is a daughter of Mrs Minnie Holthouse of this city, _• Legion Commander Gives Idea Os Mellon’s I’lai Indianapolis, Dec. 11.—Seventy-flv< per cent of the tax reduction propos ed by Secretary of Treasury Mellot can be made effective and at the sann time the adjusted compensation bil endorsed by the American Legion cat be passed. National Commander Johi R. Quinn declared today in a letter ti all senators and representatives urg ing passage of the compensation bill ’’The Mellon tax reductions propos als are approximately four timegreater than the annual cost of ad justed compensation.” he said. “The proposed reductions would to tai about $323,000,000 annually. Tin senate finance committee report ot the adjusted compensation bill revealthat the average yearly cost for th< first three years would be $8(l,000,00i and that the average yearly cost so; its entire life is less than $88,000,000.’ Rev. Thornburg Takes Kokomo Pulpit Sundaj Kokomo. Ind., Dec. 11. —The RevFred F. Thornburg, formerly pastor Oi Trinity M. E. church at Elkhart, or cupied the pulpit of Grace M. E church here Sunday as successor t< the Rev. William Talbot Arnold, wh< was appointed superintendent of thi Muncie district of the North Indians Conference. The Rev. Mr. Thorn burg is a graduate of DePauw Univer sity. Grace church is the second larg est church in membership in the con ference, ranking next to High Street church at Muncie. Rev. Thornburg is a former pastor of the Methodist church in thi.-j city. PLEASANT MILLS The Win- My Chum week in the M E. Epworth League started well Mon- ' day evening. Over 60 were present to | hear Dr. U. S. A. Bridge give a short ' history of the E. L. and the general I facts as to its work and accomplishments | The speakers for the week as follows: Tuesday evening, Miss Mary Brown I Wednesday evening Rev. Roy Brown; ■Thursday evening the Gospel team; Friday evening Mr. Ixiwell Smith; Saturday evening the Pastor. The meeting begin at 7:00 p. m. except Saturday when a social hour will begin at 6:00 p. m. Ail the young people are invited to all these meetings, especially Saturday evening at 6 P. m. F. A. SHIPLEY, Pastor o SUGAR MARKET nUv York Sugar—Dec. [email protected]; [Jan. $5.34 bid; March $4.74(0)4.75; [ May [email protected]. _o !s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE ’ Wheat: Dec. $1.03%; May $1.08%; i July $1.06%. Corn: Dec. 72%c; May 73%t; July 74%c. Oats: Dec. 42%c; ‘ May 45%c; July 43%c. »—I—>—WANT ADS EARN—S-!-» MARKETS-STOCKS Dally Report of Local and Foreign Markets > < East Buffalo Livestock Market Receipts 20,000, shipments 2,280, official to New York yesterday 79,800, 'togs closing steady. All grades $7; •oughs $5.75; stags $3.50(0)4.50; ratio $10.75 slow; sheep $24; best ambs $13.50; ewes $6.50(0)7.50; 'alves 500; tons sl3 00. v —-- -' " Indianapoisl Livestock Market Hogs — Receipts. 20,000; market. lO(0)15c lower; best heavies $6.75(0) >.80: medium mixed' $6.7096.75; •ommon choice $6.65(06.70; bulk of sales $6.65(0)6 70. Cattle — Receipts 1500; market, ower; steers $8(0)11.25; cows and leifers s6®lo. v Sheep — Receipts 700; market, steady; tops $6; latnb tops $12.50. Calves — Receipts, 1,000; market, fl lower; tops $12.50; bulk $11.50® 12.00. Chicago Grain Opening Chicago, Dec. 11 —Oats showed inlependent strength at the opening the Chicago board of trade today md. despite declines in other grains, vas fractionally higher. Wheat met selling pressure due to •eports from the Argentine 1 that relent frosts did no damage and that favorable weather aigatn The southwest was visited by a heavy nowstorm yesterday and last night, which is highly favorable for the vinter crop. Receipts 10 cars. Corn met selling when wheat tumid weak and also due to heavy receipts of 320 cars. July, however, showed a slight upturn. Strength in oats was due to good ocal buying on account of the cheaptess of the grain and a generally letter cash demand. Rdbeipts 120 ■ars. Despite heavier hog receipts, provisions strengthened early with good oreign demand. New York Produce Market Flour—Dull and unchanged. Pork —Steady; mess $25.50®26.50. Lard —Easier; middle west spot, [email protected]. Sugar—Raw, quiet; centrifugal. 96 est. $7.53; refined, dull; granulated 9.05®9.15. Coffee—Rio No. 7 on spot 11%® l%c; Santos No. 4 14%@15%c. Tallow —Quiet; special 7%@7%C. Hay—Dull; prime No. 1 $1.45; \ T o. 3 [email protected]; clover $1.15® 1.30. Dressed Poultry—Firm; turkeys 20 ®43c; chickens 18@44c; fowls 13® '9c; ducks 15® 28c. Live Poultry—Firm; geese 22® 15c; ducks. 14®26c; turkeys 30® 35c; chickens 23®26c; broilers 40® 45c. Cheese —Dull; state milk, common to specials 20®27c; skims, comnon to specials 16@»19c; low grades ">®lsc. Butter—Steady; creamery extra, >sc; state dairy tubs 40-®54%c; Dansh 53®54c; Argentine 41®45c. Eggs—Quiet; nearby white fanev, ’.B@69c; nearby state whites 50® G9c; fresh firsts 50@64c; Pacific mast 48@67c. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET (Corrected Dec. 10) ■Jew. No. 1 Wheat, bushel 95c )ld Yellow Ear Corn, per 100..51.00 New Yellow Corn, per 100 75c Mixed Corn, per 100 70c Jats, per bushel 38c Rye, per bushel 70c larley, per bushel 65c 'lover Seed $13.50 Timothy Seed $3.50 DECATUR PRODUCE MARKET (Corrected Dec. 10) Heavy Fowls 17c Heavy Chickens 17c Leghorn Fowls 9c Leghorn Chickens 9c Old Roosters 6c Black Chickens and Fowls 9c Turkeys ..... 25c Ducks 12c Oeese 12c £ggs, per doz 40c Local Grocers Egg Market Eggs, per dozen 45c Butterfat Prices Butterfat .’ 52c Public Calendar The following sales are being advertised in the Decatur Daily Democrat, the complete list of articles to be sold appearing from time to time. Sales dates will be added to this column Free of Charge if person holding sale has bills printed here and if sale Is advertised in the columns of this paper. Advertise your sale In the Decatur Daily Democrat and reach practically every farmer in Adams county and immediate vicinity. Your neighbor or a prospective bidder takes the paper and is looking for what you have to offer. We print all sizes and styles of sale bills at reasonable prices. Dec. 12 —Dan Noffsinger, one-halt mile south of Monroe. Dec. 12—Daniel Noffsinger. mile west and 1-2 mile south of Monroe or 5 1-2 miles north of Berne. Dec. 13 —Alfred Boyd, on Ed. Ellsworth farm, 3% miles southeast of 1 Decatur on Salem road.

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• CLASSIFIED ADS • FOR SALE FOR SALE -20 head of Fall shoats. Rav Slliilh, phone 796 L. Decatur R. 10., 290(3 FOR SALE Pure bred BufUOrphlngton eockrela; 8. C. Rhode island Reds; R. ('. White Leghorns; also Rhode Island Red pullets, for short time only. R. L. Wilson. MonroeVille, phon* K2OO, 291 t3x FOR SALE—Mice, fat young cockerels. Will deliver. Call Monroe H-31 2t. FOR SALE —Plano, walnut case; also hard coal burner. Inquire Decatur Laundry. Phone 134. 291t6 FOR SALE—I 923 Star sedan, good as new. Priced to sell quick $475. See Franz or Hileman at Ft. Wayne Overland Auto Co. 29213 x WANTED Clerks, Railway Mail, 18 upward. $133 mo. Experience unnecessary. For free particulars, write R. Terry (former Civil Service examiner). 366 Barrister Bldg., Washington, D. C. 8-10-llx WANTED—Salesladies for Saturday trade. State experience with reference. Apply at once by writing. Box E, Democrat. FOR RENT FOR RENT—One hundred acre farm, well tiled, good buildings. Address Box 123, Monroe, Ind. 287t6 FOR RENT “Furnished housekeeping apartment, 1228 W. Monroe street. Ground floor, private entrance, porch, basement, running water, gas. electric lights. Inquire of Tillie Meibers, 1127 W. Monroe st. It' LOST AND FOUND LOST—Small brindle bull dog, white breast, hair thin on back. Mrs. James Sprague, phone 946. Reward. llxl PUBLIC SALE As I am going to change farms and it is too far to move everything I will sell at public auction at my residence on the Ed Ellsworth farm, located 3% miles southeast of Decatur on the Decatur and Salem road, on Thursday, December 13, 1923 Commencing at 12:00 o’clock sharp. The following personal property, to-wit: 4 HEAD OF CATTLE—One white faced cow. 4 years old due to freshen March 15th: one black cow 4 years old due to freshen April sth; one Jersey cow 7 years old due to freshen in May and one coming 2 year old red heifer due to freshen March 21st. 11 HEAD OF BOGS—II Pure Bred Chester White pigs, good ones. FARMING IMPLEMENTS —One mowing machine; one spring tooth harrow; one disc harrow; one Oliver walking plow; one double shovel plow; one mud boat; one carriage; one cider barrel; on? washing machine. FEED —156 shocks of corn in field; about 30 bushel of potatoes. Some chickens. And several articles not mentioned. TERMS—AII sums of $5.00 and under cash in hand. Ail sums over $5.00 a credit of 9 months will be given. Purchaser giving good bankable note drawing interest at the rate of 8% the last three months. : 4% discount for cash. ' ALFRED BOYD, i Roy Johnson. Auctioneer. , John Sherman, Clerk. 10-11 o xox-iii:sii>r.y< r. xoticr State ot Indiana. - County of Adams. SS: In the Adams Circuit Court. Novemi her Term. 1923. , Fred Blosser, Cara Blosser, his wife, ' Ex Partee. : Petition to adopt heir-at-law. The petitioners in the above entitl- ' ed cause having filed their petition , herein for the adoption of Mildred Hester Butler, minor child ot Floyd : Butter, together with an affidavit that , tlie said Floyd Butler, ’’other of said - minor child. Mildred Hester Butler, is ; a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Now. therefore, the said Floyd Butler, is hereby notified that unless he ; be and appear on tlie Ist day of the next term of the Adams Circuit court, to be liolden on the first Monday of ! February. 1924, the same being the . 4th day of February. 1924. at tlie Court House in Decatur, in said County ami State, and answer or demurrer to said petition, tlie same will be heard ami determined in his absence. in Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this 3 dav of December, 1923. (Seal) JOHN T. KELLY. Clerk of tlie Adams Circuit Court Dore B. Erwin, Attorney. 4-11-IS O Mr. and Mrs. Theoodre Ewell,, ot Preble, were in the city today shopping. i . o p DR. C. V. CONNELL ! VETERINARIAN ! Office 120 No. First Street [ Phone: Office 143—Residence 102 ~—- —i J i CUSTOMER OWNERSHIP. Growth of the customer ownership ‘ movement in Illinois is reflected in a 'striking manner by the increase in t the number of stockholder of the • Central Illinois Public Service Com--1 pany. In two years the number of • stockholders in this company lias ini creased from 249 to 2,947, an increase . of over 1,000 percent. Practically all t of the new stockholders are also customers of the company.

I investigate for BETTER HEALTH, Ul 1 DR. FROHNAPI EL, 1). c Chlroprsctlc and Oataopawiu Treatments given to cult y Our at 144 80. 2nd st H Office Hours 10-12 a. M* p * S . E . BLACK UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMINg Calls answered promptly day or u M Private Ambulance Service Office Phone: 90 Home Phone: 727 DR. H. E. KELLER Decatur, Indiana GENRRAL PHtCTICn OFFICE SPECIALTIES women and children; X-ray fJ. 0 .2:L? lou 2. lopy «*«'nlnation. u t Internal orgumj; X-ray and electrlS treatment, so. high blood and hardening of the aruriee- x r ,J treatnieufs foi GOITRE TURKfii V LOSIS AND CANCER. Office Hours: 9toll a. m.—l to sp. rn.—7 to »a • Sundays by appointment. Phonee—fG-emem e 1 ll>; N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to 6:0« Saturday 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 Closed Wednesday afteraooni. DR. C. C. RAYL SURGEON X-Ray and Clinical Laboratoria Office Houre: 1 to 4 and 8 to 8 p. m. Sundays, 9 to 19 a. m. Phone 181, FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of Title. Real Estate Plenty of Money to loan on Government Plan. See French Quins. Office —Take first stairway south Decatur Democrat. O -0 | DR. FRANK LOSE Physician and Surgeon ■ "North Third street Phonea: Office 4221 Home 421 Office Hours—» to 11 a. m. 1 to s—« to 8 p. m. Sunday 8 to 8 a. m. O — - —* I IS MADE! By Getting JOHNSON to Cry Your Sale. Book your Winter - Spring sales early Write or phone. ROY S. JOHNSON, Auctioneer Decatur, Ind. Phone 606 or 971 White All sittings made from now until Monday, Dec. 17. will be readv before Xmas. EDW ARDS STUDIO. 29116 o O -0 TOPS AND TIRES Tires less than Factory Cost. Special prices on Auto Painting. DECATUR AUTO TOP and PAINT SHOP I J) 0 "282t6e0d ' , -0 H. S. MICHAUD Farm and City Properties .For Sale, Exchange and Rent. Office 133 South 2nd street Office Phone 104—Res. Phone^ o O ' t F St! ' ..— < FORT WAYNE & DECATUR TRACTION LINE Leaves Decatur Leaves 11 W ayw 7-00 a. ®- 5:45 a. m. ‘ q-no a.tn 8:00 a.m. m 11-90 a.in--10:00 a.m. 11UU „ 1 -00 p. to. 12:00 p.m. 1 ' “. m 2:00 p.m. 3:O J P ' 4:00 p.m. 5:30 P ™- q-00 P ®- 7:00 p.m. ' " . 11-05P 111 ' 10:00 p.m. u ’ v Freight car leaves Derat " r oo " g nl 10.00 noon Leaves Ft. Mayne -■ Arrives at Decatur 1-w rE. O. BRANDYBERRY. Ag'" l Office Hours: 7:30 a.m-7- 0 ®