Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1924 — Page 7

■I Local Briefs] I I—III ~—■■■ Illi "

■ <■•!•■ was at Wabash to I JiTkiuW asst- business matters. ■ Mid T-rveer was in Bluffton ■ tl '’., l ornin S a I teu<iin K to business | "'X'tlirv' tors of the Decatur Indus- ■ J Assotiation will meet U»ls week B i,k,. some action in regards to ■ bunk improvements project. ■ tourist camp and the road mat- ■ "work is progressing nicely on the ■ ~v - »vatioil for the basement for the B ' »• Christian church at the corner ■ Jefferson and Second streets. B Tbl . regular bank statements, a reB rl of their business at the close of B Marc h 31st. are being pub- ■ the Daily Democrat. The Iofl .al banks continue to hold their solid B financial conditions. ■ Miss Edna Miller returned to Kort today after visiting with her i lorcnts. Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Miller. Hurney Kalver. C. E- Peterson, ('. ]■ h, || and John Peterson motorist to p.ft Wayne yesterday aud heard Lew Shank speak. Mrs. Henry Hill, of north of the city, was here today shopping. Mrs. It. O. Bass and children, Junior and Jane, are visiting Mr. and Mrs Peter 'Kclter at Culver (this week. f. J. Voglewede went to Port Wayne this morning on business. We rant be a gentleman these' without people wonderin’ what wore up to Th’ trouble with in th’ lime-light is slickin’ after we’ I sit thc-te. Abe Martin. Indianapolis News. Mrs. Herman Geels, of Bluffton, nas a visitor in the city today. Dr. Fred Patterson, James Elberson and C Pumphrey motored to Kurt Wayne to attend the Scottish Rile convocation. Rev. and Mrs. G. 11. Meyers, of Greencastle, arc the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Schrock. K. W. Johnson and Huber DeVoss mount’d to Kort Wayne this afternoon to attend the convocation of the Scottish Rite. Miss Esther Sellemcyer spent last evening at Bluffton and gave a talk at Hu- convention of the Missionary society. Mr and Mrs. A. F. Staffer motored io Fort Wayne- this morning, where Mr. Staltcr looked after business In-' tercsts. EXPLAINS PLAN FOR NEW ROAD J. S. Buchanan, Willshire, Tells Os I’iqua-Forl Wayne Road Project Mr. j, s Buchanan, well known iH-rehant In Willishire. <>.. has w it Io (> 1,. Vance*, of this city, ex ptbintns further the proceeding which •ea>k plate’ at the road boosters nr-ct-ln« held In t’rltnn. «i. last Thursday. Mr Ituchanun states that if the Federal Kovc rnment is inducted to lai • over the road between Piqua and Ft Waynn anil aid In paving it, the Im Rrwements win not <nat abutting

I**l E 3 3’ * . . WMPauuw (HII.IHIEN IN RAGS playing with iha.monhs Inrmers In South Africa not h»m» ago complained that ihrir land Uhi tocky to plow. They could afford no toys for their children who. Instead, played with "atrangc !><•»•• - blciT—diamonds. How often trcasitres within our prasp remain unheeded! lot rx.intLl»le. the opportunities that . lie in clone banking rclalton*htp* are not clear Io many because the bank i.< m« » familiar an inMilulion. Think. <an «e do more Io serve you? Come in. •cirst Nqtion.ql Capital and Surplus $120,00000 Decatur. Hi diqn«T

**»ow>*wa«SMaaw i. per cent. Following is Air. Buchanan's 1 letter: * Willshire, Ohio, April 7, 1924 Mr .0. L. Vance, , Decatur, Indiana. , ' Dear Sir: 1 "On April 3rd, there wn-i a meeting ' held at Celina, ().. in the interest of the improving the Ft. Wayne and Piqua road. Willshire was represent , cd at the meeting with a delegation ' of about twenty-five, and there were representatives there frhjn ail points along the road between Plquii and Ft. ’ Willshire. "There had been a meeting previous to tliis one at which Celtna had I stated a preference for muting the road from St. Mary’s to Celina then t North and intersect (lie Lincoln high . way at Van We it. but at the meeting of April 3rd, they statel that they, would withdraw their preference and i would use their influence and do all r they could to aid in getting the road improveci along the line- of the c Id Ft. . Wayne and Piqua trail. “At this meeting a vote was taken . and carried almost unatnious to I route the road from Piqua byway of i St. Marya, Neptune. Rockford, Willshire. Decatur and Ft. Wayne. "The idea is to get the road taken over by the government and made '.into a federal road and with the fed-;i<-ra| aid the maximum as meat to L the abbutting property can not lie Dover 1.7 per cent, also there will be a 1 good prospect to Ret tile mad Iniproved much sooner than if it is left • to the state‘Attorney Burl My< rs. of t'elinn. I was Instrnc tc cl to write to Dayton, 1 F.‘. Wayne and Decatur with a view l ,c>f getting their cooperation in this : b’<l f'>r improvement and y-.ii may hive Ifard from him prior t> rvceiv iing 'thls letter, but alth-mgh I was not authorised to writ" you I have I thought that a li’t! • explanation 'Blight tv appreciated. Will yot I please see tint consideration i given J tills, propo ition at once. "I also would inform oou that a re- . solution vas pa-sed requesting each |of the communities along the- road to 11 appoint committees c.f three- ami after p the Rpp-dntn- nt to notify Burl Myers, ; nt r.-tlmr. of the- appointment, after which the- lommi'tees will be ..ill—! toge ther to form the- plan at-'l < -curI'eef the- procedure. "The in, - ting belli April 3rd was ■ v »ry enthuaa. tie one and was very Ilimich iinpr • <1 with th'- « iv Pjqu.i |Md Celina had vi ion- of success in I this project. “1 wrote- to the Ft. Wayne- ChamI leer of Crmie-rce in regard to this an t ,If yell .ere .' |H’’ 'I 'hat thi will I’ a good thing for all of us, I wish that you would lake the matter up with them nl >«■ , "1 am. Youth wry truly" J S. Bt’CDANAN - O ■ (i. E. Emplycs Own Many Company Bontb Hr h* nee lady. April !> Employes •>; th-- G. iu nil G.l- ctrh company «r. lowncra of. or are paying on th'- in i Mtallim-ni plan for. a total of Jli.l-7s t 2Hw of G. E. Employees’ Semritlv- » ICoriM.rution Isuid This was un

DFCATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1921.

Ifnounced today after a tabulation had | been made of the subscriptions to the (third offering of these bonds, these subscription amounting to $3,339,SOO. J Jho total bonds subscribed for in - ail three offerings, in the various sac- ( lories of the company, are as follows, Schenectady, $3,584,011); West Lynn, $373,570; River Works. Lynn, $1,196,1 400; Pittsfield. $737,570; Erie, $833.770; Fort Wayne, $712,150; Edison l.timp Works, $617,140; National Lamp .Works, $1,003,310; all other sac- ; torles. $581,790; general office, $986,120; district offices, 6802,430. The- number of tlie company's employees who have subscribed to these , Isinds, which pay 8 per cent, as long . as the individual remains with the I General Ele c tric’, is around 26,710. There were approximately 2,500 Fort Wayne Works employees who subscribed in March. 1924. of which approximately 170 are employed at Hi'- Decatur factory. ■ ■■ o —■■ —— ALL OVED INDIANA Columbia City- Kenneth Mitchell won a dollar when he guessed there wen- 468 seeds in a 73 pound pumpkin. one- more titan the actual coui.t*' disclosed. Evansville The day of tlie school bell is gone and lite city school board ; will not purchase any more of them. I Supt. 1.. P. Benezet announced. o SEN. WHEELER — (Continued from Page One) "frameup” by the republican national committee to balk the* uncovering of "a great i-onsplrncy,” Senator Bm t" t | K. Wheeler, Montana, teslay deeiat'd j investigation of th-- department <-f justice and Harry H. Duughvrti would not I'e stopped liy Hie indie ' inent. Wheeler, chief prosecutor of the Daugherty committee, was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jut v ■' Grand Falls. Montana, on a clear;’’ of illegally acc- pting as- in conne • io-i with oil land cases for the O ’ den Ccnipl’C’ll/hi'c’ie t n<. la- I, came a :m niicr of the n-nate. Wheeler was full r,f f -1:! teed ay ■ 1 in- prepared to go hock to Mont;- a I to demand nn early trial. He d cid-'l this Klei th-- 11-■ t 'i'illg to - I 1 aft'-r a long conferenei- 1.. t nisi ' with Swii’tor Walsh, his colk-ag-.i ■. und other democratic l ader*. • Mi'sntim-'. bond tor Wheel- r' a-» i p -rrn;?- c in murt hr to Is- arrange ’ hy wire tesia? The- senate- I'.mmitt’ ’, in a liri>- ! xeeufive i • ■ecion this m irnilig. d • ' elded to |m- h its inquiry, Senator Brcsckl’art. tb*- ibairmaa. 1 drew chc”ts from a crowd of e»c< t ■ 1 tors when he announced at the end of tin executive session that "the i ivestigation will proceed with a force 1 anil detetmination that i< n- *< r had ta-fore." COMMISSIONERS tContinco-d from Page O'" ) clothing. $45.35. Niblick Dry <>'«’■! comapiiy. dry good*. $117.71 B d» For Road Matercat > \ bumb'-r of bld w r fH’’d f '

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I the furnishing of road and bridge > material to tlie county and tlie commissioners accepted the bids which were lowest on a particular grade of ! stone delivered at a certain point. ■ Meshberger Brothers, of Linn Grove, , were tlie lowest bidders on crushed . stone. Tlie material will lie purs chased us needed an use in repalr- ■ Ing tlie macadam roads in tills county.. No road matters were taken up nt. ' tlie session, there living only two roads, the James Andrews and the • Philip Carper roads, in Hie process of being constructed this year. Tlie engineer's specifications have not ■ yet been filed. Our new phones have been installed and out new numbers are .3, I anti 5. Fisher & Harris. 0 CONFIRMATION (rontlnued from page one) t’orne, and Irene Hildebrand. Bcthelhem Lutheran Church Rev. Henry Yungkuntz. Pastor I Erwin Franke, Edwin Grewe and Walter Grewe. St. Paul Church Preble Rev. Gaiser. Pastor. Paula Kirchner, Etna Ewell, ; Martha Webber, Lawrence Smith, .Gilbert Ehlerding and Robert Werl|i:ig. Fredheim Church Bev. C. B. Preuss, pastor August Witte, Fred Young, Gerhard Bultemeier, Milda Scheumann. Esther Bultemeier, Aldina Boesv, II Ida Doehrnmn, and Leona Eiekhoff. St. John'r Lutheran Church R"V. It. Till'■)•/.-—II. Pastor I Norbert Auman. Frank Scliiu lvr. G'-rtrndi- Do< lirman. Hilda Bultel icit r. Velma Reitt r. Velina Holbrook, Helen Berning. Gertrude Scheumann. and Ruth Witte. Flat Rock Church, Monroeville Rev August Gerken, pastor Della Melcher. Frieda Gratrian. '.’elm;, l.vp[MC. Olga Hoffman, Viola Gicli. Ei’.vin liavid anil Alfred Bf-uik. I DECATUR YOUNG LADY TO EE THC GUEST OF NOTED SCREEN STAR IN FT. WAYNE I’nusqal interest is attached to th<u’liing of Clara Kimba'l Yoang to Hi-- Mujvrtie Theater. Fort Wayne tin person) Monday and Tuesday vs next week, in her return to the speakl’ig s age in William Hulburt's play Tthnmetl in Seal let." due to the fart ! that the admirers of the cel<-l»rat<’d erevn star in Decatur will have the < pportunity of being a personal guest < I Mi-.. Young. Now Mi-- Decatur get your thinkng cap < n. amt write tin- Manager of the Majestic Theater. Fort Wayne, u 1.-ttir telling him which Clara Kimtail Young picture you iik< <1 tin- best. The foilowing are a few of tlie big t iara Kimball Young pictun-s: “The Woman in Bronze.'; "My Official Wife," "t'omtnon l.iw,” “Camille.” "Yellow Pu. i<>rt, I.nter Madame.” "Ey< of Youth,” ”ll< aria of Exile,” Trilby." Rules to Abide Oy Typewritten or long hand letter will he accepted Sahl letter must it t leM than one hundred word >.

Letter to be mailed to the Majestic Theater, Fort Wayne, not later than Friday ot’ this week. The society editors of the Fort Wayne papers, and Miss Young’s secretary will pass on all letters from this city and select Decatur's young lady to be Miss Young's personal guest, who will receive with her compliments two of tlie best $2.50 seats for the Monday night performance.

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No Discount on Gas Bills . jj,,i i-It; a: I.* -x. U iw'iq i-'la l®’l« After 10th of Month; All gas bills must be paid on or before the 10th of the month to secure discount Northern Indiana Gas [and Electric Company Wm. O’Brien, Izocal Manager