Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1924 — Page 2

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICES, BUSINESS CARDS

U ■■■-■ i '" g ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•••♦♦•• • BUSINESS CARDS < INVESTIGATE FOR BETTER HEALTH. SEI DR. FROHNAPFEL, D. C. Chiropractic and Osteopathia Treatments given to ault your naos at 144 So. 2nd St. Phone |l‘ Office Hours 10-12 a. m.—l-5 68p. rr s. E. BLACK UNDERTAKING ANO EMBALMING Calls answered promptly day or nigh' Private Ambulance Service. Office Phone: 90 Home Phone: 727 DR. H. E. KELLER Decatur, Indiana (.KN I II 11. PH MTKI OFFICE SPECIALTIES Dlaeaaee • women and children. X-ray examine Ilona. Glouracopy •lamination* <»f th< internal organa; X-ray and electrical treatments foe high blood proaaurt ami hardening of the arteries X-ray treatments for GOITRE, TUBEKCU LOBIS AND CANCER. Office lloura: 9 to 11 n m.—l to 5 p m.—7 to I ). ■ Sunday* by appointment. N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fillet HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to 6:06 Saturday 8:00 p. m. Telephone 138 Closed Wednesday *fter*ooa» DR. C. C. RAYL SURGEON X-Ray and Clinical Laboratories Office Hours: 1 ts 4 and 6 ta 8 p m Sundays. > to II I b Phons Ml FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of Title. Real Estate Plenty of Money to loan on Government Plan. See French Quinn. Office—Take first stairway south Decatur Democrat O_ * DR. FRANK LOSE Physician and Surgeon ‘North Third street I Phones: Office *22; Heme *2l Hours—* to 11 i e. t 1 to B—4 tn S p m I H inday 1 to I a an. O DR ALLEN J. MILLER Physician A Surgeon Office over Enterprise store, MONROE. INDIANA Office Hour* s to 9 A M.. ' 1:30 to 3:30 £■ 8:30 to 8:30 p.m. Calls answered promptly day or night. Monroe Telephone. O O O ■"— H. S. MICHAUD Farm and City Properties For Sale. Exchange and Rent. .1 Office 133 South 2nd street Office Phone 104—Res. Phone 496 »■ ( ) M T F Stf —-- *—■- —o - "i NOTICE I nm back home and ready to resume my work at nursing. Mrs. Norman Jacobs. Herne, Ind.. Herne phone 329 3Mt3> —..... Spec-Dee cleans bathrooms.

Having sold over 7(t *al<-« In the past year and now booking *al>-n for thia winter and 1 spring I* the b<>st evidence that I can offer that my work I* aatiefsetory. If you are plan n Inga public Hale, nee me for date*.

nr trkphon*' at my ■ <• nao aa my •late* are fllllnx up rapidly. Hoy S. Johnaon. Auctioneer I‘hour «tt« or White 971 Drcatu* tndlrua OBlco with End Itrppvrt Co. I’roplr-a U>au 4 Truat Bldg. "Aik th* man |'»t told for." /— — FORT WAYNE * DECATUR TRACTION LINE Lr*»v» Decatur Ft Waynr • :<6 a. m. 7:00 a. m ’ 1:00 a. m. » on a. m 10:00 a. m. 11:00 a m 11:00 p m, 1 >OO p m l:oo p m . a oo p M . <:0o p, m IM; m 6:30 p. tn. t;00 p m ?:t»o p m. 9:00 p m 10:00 p.m. ll:o|p' n i Fnlaht car Irarna Drcat ar ... 0 00 a m Lravaa Ft. Waya0.....11:00 on<>n Arrtrea at Docatur 1: 3o p m E. It. liRAKDYIIKnitr. Ascot OCHco Hour*: 7:10 am 7 oo pm ■»

♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • CLASSIFIED ADS • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I FOR SALE I■<in SALE u> Rhode Island ff<‘d pullets, full blooded. Inquire of .Janies Okeley, corner 4tli and Jack ii * lx FOR RENT I poll RENT—B room, seini-moderu house on No. 3rd st. Phone 711. 3«Bt3x l-OR RENT .1 rooms for iTeiit - house back of Public Library. Has lights i and eem-nt floor. B. T. Terveer, Fourth street. 308t3x FOR KENT 3 room- lot litlit tioUM keeping. Inquire after 1 o'clock at 209 S 3rd st. 308t3x FOR RES”!* Modern garage back of Public Library. Phone 517 black. H3x LOST AND FOUND LOST A Shi - pskin < oat Pertiapa left ill some one's car. Please leave I.it Ulis office, W M. Soil. It3x I ForNl> (Uris pair of t hoes on Third street, owner may have same by ' describing property and paying for this ad. Inquire at 308 No. sth street 308tS , o ELECTION NOTICE Decatur, Ind.. Dec. IS, 1923 Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Peoples Loan X Trust Company of Decatur. Indiana, will lie held at tin- banking house of said Trust Company in this vity, ( Tuesday. January 15. 1924 at lo:3n a m . for the election of diI rectors of said Trust Company to serve the ensuing year and until succeeded. and all other matters that may come before the meeting. W. A. LOWER. Secy. 18-21-25 28-1-* 8 11 H o — Feast Os Circumcision Is Observed Here Today Today, the feast of the Circumcision. or New Year’s day was celebrated in the St. Mary's Catholic I 1 church. It la one of the principal 11 six holy days of obligation observed I by the Catholic church. Masses were Mid at five, seven-thirty and nine- ■ forty-five this morning. Communion was distributed at the early mass and I ; during the seven-thirty mass I Benediction was given following the high mass. The services today commemorate not only th,- circumcision of the Christ Child which was a religious rite by divine ordination, by which the Israelites were distinguished from unbelievers, but it wa M on this sea son tha* He received the sacred name of Jesus, then, and throughout His life s<> inseparably connected with suffering in the union of the first day of the year with the name of Jesus, but that the days follow may be tges •<•<l. the church has marked the first hour with the name of salvation and redemption. Q . Held On Charge Os Wife And Child Desertion Perry Saunders, who resides on North Third street, was arrested on a L charge <d wife and child desertion I yesterday afternoon by Chief of Police Joel Reynolds. Saunders was ar-ralgm-d in city court before Mayor Hutter M DeVos* late yesterday after noon "nd h« entered a plm of not gull ( iy. His case was set for trial at I I o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. | I Saunders alleges that her husband ! toll, c* tet provide for herself and their two young children i< 0 i — . MARRIAGE license Eue.ne Miller, machinist. Itluffton. age 23. to latulse Votaw, Geneva, age 19 | WIIV NOT LET BlSdlE

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For Colds. Grip or Influenza and as a Preventive, take Lata ( BROMO QUININE Titbits. Th# box bear* the signature of E. V\. Grove. 80c. —— * —O T" MARKETS-STOCKS 1 ■ — — Daily Report of Local and Foreign Markets — LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Corrected December 211 New, No. 1 Wheat, bushel 95c Old Yellow Ear Corn, per 100.4100 New Yellow Corn, per 100 75c Mixed Corn, per 100 70c Oats, per bushel 28c Rye, per bushel 70c Barley, per bushel ■ 6 ®' Clover Seed >1*1.60 Timothy Seed >3.50 DECATUR PRODUCE MARKET Corrected December 29 Heavy Fowls ’ 'sc Heavy Chickens 1 ” c Leghorn Fowls 9c Leghorn Chickens 9c Old Roosters ® c Black Chickens and Fowls 9c Turkeys 20c Ducks 72c Geese 72c Eggs, dozen 39c Local Grocers Egg Market Eggs, dozen 30c Butterfat Prices Butterfut 61c O DR. C. V. CONNELL VETERINARIAN Special attention given to cattle and poultry practice. I Office 120 No First Street ' Phone: Office 1*3 —Residence 102 6— i —- MUCH CORN IN FIELD YET Muncie. Jan. I.—Because of the long i wet season, farmers of Delaware county report that less than half tire corn crop In the county has lieen cribbed. The majority of farmers have left the shocked corn in the fields until the ground becomes frozen ami it is raid not to have suffered by the dampness FOR QUICK CASH SALES If you are Interested in the pur-! chase or sale of farm lands, business, locations, residence or city properties write or ca't for one of our recent) descriptive lists. For those persons who won’t wait, and are hound to realize some cash soon, would say. call and see what we can refer you to as a cash price for your property. SNOW AGENCY Decatur. Indiana No 62 Is an nexpenalre live room : cottage In southwest Decatur 11 grained wood finish, has five rooms.' and is in comfortable living condition I Has cistern, drove well, some fruit trees, a brick aide walk—ls not far from the South Ward sihool building. By a good down payment, this prop erty tan be bought on installments of j from 82" to |3o a montlj. The pur-, chase price is 81206.00. — No. 6* - Is a well located story and a' half frame residence, on stoned; I street, near north s*h street. House' on tile block foundation, with cement, block porch—fige cement columns ! lairge windows, natural and grained j wish! finish. Folding doora, open stairway, electric lights, cistern, idrove well. etc. Has a good frame stable almut 12x18 feet that can !»•' mo d a* a garage. Hua fruit trees. ■ vines and maple shade trees Large lot for gardening chit ken park, etc I ilf sold Siam good time can be given, on 820M.M of the purchase price of this prbperty. No 63 Is a well Improved five acre tract of land on the public road near the east corporation line of De «atur Some <rf the Improv.-nients consist of stoned street, cement side walks, drove well, cement cistern • dence of seven rooms and good ccUari I4xix f»H’t in *i?«- (Umml bund wlantt 25x30 f,q.| in sigo and of goorff height to be made Into a residence—••rae frontage upon whhh several' dwellings could be built Property. • ■■l for 83700,00 Public Sale Calendar JAN 10-Glen Cbronlstsr. 3 miles southeast of Decatur on Jos, Smith farm Jan Ift K. W. France, general farm : vale, 5 mile* »otiihvast of |n<eatur i •Isn 17 J, F Mock A Son. * miles' ' south* ast of Montis' or ft miles northpast nt Horne un the county Infirm , «r,v road lan 2* J. A Hnivoy, miles south ,r Ib'eatnr on the Monroe road 1 , '< mile north of Mot>tm< , l '" 1 ’ 1 ? J-***Dtebl general farm and live stock mIo. 8 m ||„» vomit, ,:u miles „f |u, rth „ , Fob 2n William W.uklnaer. g.-n ikcatur” 1

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CLUB CALENDAR Tuesday C. L. of C.—Old Adams County Bank, 7:30. Woman's Club Open House—Library, 3 to 5 p. nt. Wednesday C. L. of C.—K. of C. Hull. Bp. in. Historical Club, Mrs. M. J. Wertzherger. Auction Bridge Club, Mrs. Raymond Kohne, So'ckak. Thursday Five .Hundred Club, Mr.s Dick Christen. 7:30 p. nt. Mount Pleasant Ladies Aid Society, All Day Meeting—Mrs. liter Sheets. Friday Delta Theta Tau—Mrs. Joe Brennan at J. H. Hremerkanip home. It was erroneously stated in this column yesterday evening that Mr. anil Mrs. W. A. Kuebler entertained at a dinner party Sunday evening. It should have been Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper. .Mr. and Mrs. Kuebler attended the party. w The Woman's Society of the Baptist Church will meet Thursday after noon at 2:30 o'clot k at the home of .Mrs 8. E. Shamp for their Miss/on ary Study. Mrs. Hilyard will have charge of the lesson study. All members are requested to be present as business of importance will be discussed. A The Missionary Society of the Ev'angelical church will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred IJnn. of Mercer Avenue, at two o'clock. All members are requested to attend as it will be the last day of ithe contest. • From three unit five o'clock this afternoon at the Public Library, th* I members of the Woman's Club will [hold open hoits*-. Friends of the club |all members of clubs and sororities late cordially Invited to attend A . muscial program will Im- rendered (during the afternoon. Mrs. A. B 1 Suttles and Mrs. <’. C. Schafer assist *-d by members of the Civic Sestion will pour the tea. BIG FIRE LOSS HEREIN 1923 Beavers & Fryback Fire Sends Total Upward; Loss Is $22,851 Iteeatur's fire loss during the year 1923 was several times as great as the I loss in 1922. according to the report iof Amos Fisher, fire chief, which was I made today. The total loss during | the year just ended was 823.x51.09 I while the loss during the preceding ' year was only 81.305. The disastrous fire at the Heavers • a Fryback furniture store last fall 'whhh also causer! great damage at the White Stag Cigar fa* tory just i south of the furniture store, was th* greatest contributing factor in the large increase in the total loss for th* kgoar. The loss occasioned by this one fire Üb*n*- Is estimated at ntun* . than tIS.MO. The fire department answered a total of 23 calls during the year. When it is > onsl<|er*'il that the total value of the property endanaered by the 23 tires was 1107430. the loss t ,f fgj.. HSI does not seem so large. Followftng Is the report submitted to Mayor i II M. DeVoss by Chief FMer today : l Number of fires 21 ) False alarm* p Gallons of chemicals used 365 Causes Sparks trom < hlmnc-y g Imemltury j Detective flue Rpontanrcma < ombtistlon > Overheated boalng j Oil stove explosion | Automobile momr backfiring 3 Defection electric wiring 1 Defective boiler Hurtling rubbish , K|mrk from enatne | Overheated stove Ihknowti | Values | Ectltnaterf value of building* on Hr* 1 Mx.373.*m Estimated value or rnitomo | I.ll* .on fire * .- „ IMI E«ilmah-d vain*, m c-c*n».-nt* | "" Mrr . 29JMS.M' Total oaiinmtmi value. lluT.Mnoo Less** iauw on btllhllngs 1 t,X93on lanes on autumubilmi a.iwj * I

Loss on contents 17,953.00 Total loss » 22 ' 85100 Accomplishments Os Citv Administration Speak For Themselves The year 1923 has been one of progress and economy for the city of Decatur, us far as the administration of public affairs is concerned. The accomplishments speak for them selves and sumned up briefly are: Improvement of city light and I power plant out of. the earnings of business and increasing capacity 100 per cent. Improvements as follows: Installing of two *OO H. I*, boilers, automatic stokers nnd other equip--1 ment. Erection of new brick stack, 150 feet high by 8 feet In diameter. Erection of two 800 ton coal silos and coal conveyor with capacity of delivery 30 tons per hour. Building *ox*o ft- addition to plant. Eliminating much of the smoke nuisance. Budget for 192* reduced about 810.000. and tax rate for next year reduced 11 cents on the hundred dollars, new rate being 76 cents. Installing of 59 oranmental light posts on Second. Line. Madison Adams and Line streets, adding greatly to beaiHy of city. Reducing city's lebt 85,500.06 by refunding that much of the city's bonded indebtness. I • o —• Carleton skCulloch Is Candidate For Governor Iniliiftiapolis, Ind., Jan. I.—Charleton B. McCulloch, of Indianapolis, today announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for governor on a platform advocating “old fashioned economy," the abolition or conlolidation of useless boar*ls and commissions. a reduction In the cost of highway briilding retrenchment of expenditures for the new reformatory at Pendleton, and a co-operative marketing law. in his annoumeiiient. Dr, McCulloch. who was the democratic nominee three years ugo. acts out that the cost of state government hus in creased from |l6 a family in the last year of Samuel M. Ralston's administration to 86u a family in the last year of the present administration. “These confiscatory taxes must ba reduced,” he says. Dr. McCulloch promises thut If the public service commission I* not adolished he will appoint members whose paramount duty will be to represent the people at large." He also says the state board of agricultural money , should be handled through the treasurer and auditor and not muintalne*! as a separate fund, as at present. New Year Ushered Into Indiana On Icy Blast iV. P. Stuff Correspondent t IndianatMtlls. Jan. I—(Special to Dully Democrat)-The New Year was ushered Into Indiana to4ny on an cy blast, Th*- lowest temperature of he day and the lowest of the winter 1 reported in IndlanapoHa at 7:«a hi* morning when th*- m<-reui) ! dropped to 7 degrees above xero. J. H. Armington weather observer, ♦aid temperature a* low a* last night might be expected tonight with warm •r weather tomorrow, I A light »now fell during the nlghl 1 tut the weather man said no more 1 Row is expected. —*■ ra I < hlrago. Jan. I (Special to Ikillj llentocrat) The blustering blizzard from the Ruckle* swept downward to he east today. Hw-pt by « Miff wind snow and t. xlng temiurature descemb-d on I Chicago and th.- Great Uke* r.-gion In lime to usher In th.- New Year. They will cotttlaue eMUurd, wnather officials xuid. Thermometer* here Mid a degrees ftb.Hu *t midnight snd touched the torn point during the .-srl, morulhg. •'ltieaao'* first considerable snow of the season wa, R tightly trngen blank--1 el today, I Lmmlng t ., 11 -\ V h„ n ladtogg ( ~ (iverstty students voted to call th.-ir jMitulmn. President | lrr , n , |r ,. |)n>(| *•»■•* aihlrti, field and *ia4| nm ltryill| Held ln\honor or th.- hand of th/in- 1 •be honor. .- Th „ m m •Hal ImlMlng t-iong* only , h „ 'TtWaar he dmtarpd. • I

RECORD POTATO YIELD ■■l ' 18-Yesr-Old Boy Raises 304 Bushels On On* Acr* 01 Land Pendleton, Jan. 1-A record potato yield of 30* bushels per acre for Madiion county was secured by Robert Jones, IS years old potato club boy who recently finished potato club work according to A. T. Marvel in <■ harge of the agriculture work in Pendleton schools. Twenty-five boys were furnished four bushels of certified potato seed by the Pendleton Trust Company, and enough spray materials to spray their patches four times during the

A Happy New YeaiTo AH Be happy twice, the intet on your Savings has beenlded to the principal this day Remember we appreciate youatronage. The Peoples Loan & ust Co. -BANK OF SERVICE" ■ A Happy r I And Prosper js NEW YEkR !• ■ I- ■ I I f I I is the wish extended i- 1 I to one and II all by the I- ■ r ■ I Old Adams County lank r I — r, ’ l<> the Auto Owners of tL r and adjoining counties. ♦ .o.?}'',"'* 1 ' •’» «n7”'UiMX‘ IhtH the Nt v. nf I ’-I Itriiigs |<* Ih-cnhif mid ||| ( . W | lIIU cnuiillt** uiHdhcr sitltlctl Jndiistw «*•<■( i>, ih»im‘ 111 our Good old Shir of litdiiin . Our Slogan Is Te Quality Built r.e n 1 < J ‘ld'»niin Aulo *hMra u i|t '<»r nil iiiiikvwuf t'ltm, x„| m t |, U | || . . tmiifttrni wilh th.- |j nt . s „ r Vl , w n|( 1 inh.9 n.'u M ‘ n ? ,r v " ur °’ M ‘” •”«Wnjw Hud HWiug t,|H H with the d.H.K; |uiir your woHi curhdn*. * 1 Nt-iif (rfHcrx M ■ziM-ciiiiiy, II" «»|»|K>rliiHity h, urn,, vou ix :itt W.xk F.ftllintitth clßq-rfuily H i vn . Decalin California Coj Co. Drcalur—lndiana ' »*-r s n ,„h IM x S| M . oh( .

'growing T 1 Each Wa* « 'use five 1'1’ : niani > r ® 011 a quarter of an a<r| ! P ,an t *>>(-> fo Ul . | )|lf . hels on t ll * 1 ' Recomnif :,>n of 7’urdue u a | Ver sprountliig K''neral cltur e Wer{| closely folic 1 arefttl account of work was each boy. In return l>ank receive*] a hel of grai I’ofa‘oes at time for ea^ 1 ”* 1 of original , W() I The bank (** a number o( prizes for yields. Twenty-fl' 4o * B finished. Xli yield of let” 1 ” 799 bushels v ,. r acre were i,<M ' nn( l *'’e avera«. yield was , l*yond 150 bushel, p, r acre.