Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1924 — Page 4

ERIE RAILROAD REPORTED SOLO New York Paper Reports Purchase Os System By Van Sweringens A story carried by the New York World Wednesday reports the purchase of the Erie railroad by the Van Swerfngen brothers. It has • been rumored for some time that the two young railroad magnates who recent- '■ ly purchased the Nickle Plate system, . _ would acquire the Erie system. The story apparing in the World is as follows : C'» “According to information from usually trustworthy sources, not denied by Wall Street banks most com rnvd. | the Van Sweringens. owners of the Nickel Plate system, have acquired , I the Eiie Railroad through purchase <-f its flocl>. The news came as ■ owething of a surprise yesterday, although the Van Swi ringem. hav • I ■■n pur< basing Erie stock and bon is for months. The World his irtinuited «iw*h pr Hon in its financial par-s from tint ■ to time for three months. •Control of the Erie involve.? a deal of approximately |178.»ni».0«o. in«lu«l- * leg Slis.ooo.oob common stock, |M.- . ihiU.ihio first preferred stock and $16,- '• pop.oon second preferred stock. Erie, V-' - tracks and bonds advanced substan- < • tially when the n ws became public. . Erie convertible I* bonds were espe m dally strong, up 4 points nt one time. » "Recent reports have credit -d the | *\ Van Sweringens with being likely • purchasers of the Per? Starqudte. Transf >r of Pore Marquette, from in ■» dictations may develop in two weeks. '•< The stock has been under heavy ac- | *7 cumulation and all signs point to this tyti liter development. j “The Virginia Railway : Iso is said ,X to I • a link in the new system. Heth moves are regarded as steps in the-) completion of a lO.OCNt-mlle live for Nickel Plate, numln-rlng as its eon stituent roads the consolidated Nickel Plate, Chesapc-ake and Ohio. I’ere Marquette, the Virginian and possibly the Pittsburgh and West Virginian “('<>n»unima'ion of the proposed <on>«didution may take several yearn, sh with Erie as the first dep. It will jjrj brine together five prop-rites at 'x' least with a present aggregate- f ind cd debt of mi.3M.600 and com mon stock and preferred stoke of| more than sl93.M3.bmt. en wh' It the * fixed charges will be s:’6 mw.i•>» ( -n •• » nually. Aggregate net income af»«* * nil charges were flgpred on th- prop erties involved in the Van J'werlnJjj gen’s drcHtm of empire, were last year in the nc'fthborhood of |37,&M,Tj 000." Guy Stock Company’s Tent Destroyed By Fire The C. Carlton Guy Slock << mpiny suffered u heavy loss by fire Sa turd »y morning about 2 o'clock when the large tent, seats and all cqu-pro nt '"t went up in amok, at C.tmbride • City. Jk Imttaua. When the fire was fir-1 dis-

I R’P' ! No Success Without These < 3| Responsibility makea • man useful 1 ■ anti a wil« and babies maha him I » .-■.o- , ■ ■ Necessity give* him ambtion and I hB system get* him reautta. I Rain I * ; I or Shine < 1 ■ Doth, Mr. and Mrs. Qmrth. call ■ B v< * c:< •« maha tho'r savings I H dciiriKa. They will aeon have I 81 enc iflh to build their home. They I 81 '*•*" accomplished thia in a tew 1 91 years by regularly saving small I m amcunls. R H Is It not time that you put Into 1 pra< use your long delerred Intention 1 ® ** ,tarttn fl ** bavings Come I S| m end open an aeeount w<th us~B i I | Gid Adams County Bank II I I

covered it was beyond control and I spread to all parts of the tent and it '■ was only because the ward robe of I I the company was in heavy trunks I that it was saved. A new piano and I truck was destroyed. I The company has appeared in De- I catur several times. | Small Fire Lose In Decatur Since Jan. 1 I Decatur has been fortunate this I /eur In regards to fire losses. Since <1 January Ist, only ten fires have oc- I 1 curved within the cKy and the* total I loss is estimated at less than five | thousand dollars. The American La I France Fire equipment company has I promised shipment of the new 400-1 gallon pumper and truck outfit on'l June 27th, and If shipment is made I tomorrow it is expected that the new I truck will arrive here next week. * Thetus Hocked Accepts Position In Minnesota » I Th- tiu; Hocker. .- on of Mr. an I ~lr . | c. E. Hocker, ct Shis city, left today I for Austin. Minnesota, where to has - nccepicd a po. Ilion with the lio-mel n la< king Company. 11" will neet i lltr. John Jottea, of Wiii.tiii:: . .r. it m . | who also will b-;3 employment.with g the packing concern. ’ Both young men w -re re < ntiy H gra biutcd from Inrfitna I’aiv -r.dty. jg school of arts and science. They *1 are selected from a list of more than I M applicants, and were the only two ‘ I jchoaen from Indiana Vniverdty. * The Hortncl company specialises in I pork packing, and has branch sta- I tions in many large cities la the ■ country. Both Hocker and Jones g will be employed at the home office I at present. ? o C "Theittic Scientist’* A “theistic scientist" would, by dofl F nltion. be a sclentb-t wh« Is a tltclrt, I or liellever In <i«xl. n god or gods. I What his pnrtbular form of lu-llef g might lie do|>»-n<!s ii|><>n his Itwllvld- g uallty. I’erbnps no two people in th* g world hold exactly the satin- rvft-lous g beliefs, though they u-iiy subscribe to g the same cr-w<l«. . 1 O' ■ I The Old Hundredth I The l‘<alai tune, the “Ithl tlu»- g dre-lth." first appeared in the Gen* g vlan psalter for the one tenndred »nd g tl.lrty-fmirth |nmlm. In Er.gbin-l it was I set to the MW hlin<lre-ltb peelm. fn I the new version of I‘lHtS it was called I l.e “ttld Hundredth." I J .. C 3 . ‘ He. D.dn'l Fit j A new n—son for hetig exeased I •r.iui Jury dm was <tfferi-d rrcentty la I I t'allfornla court. Eleven jrar-irs had I e-en His-eptod and sWotn In. The 1 tweirth man glnm-ed at tlie alr»-ady I 'ell tilled box where the -ittier pirors | were seate-l and •tlijr.-ted that be wns iM 'nt. and that there Was no r« tn f--r I Mm to »H. 1 tu» irf-le-tien wap ac- B epi<-d as vnllil. The tat man wap I ‘ excused and a thlu <>ne was sworn la ,1 1 1— Youth's Unmi-anbm || o Surprrtcd Probably "A jmin g-t Ulssdf some loa led I dice." snbl Vnrle lltn-n. “'rpectln' to I •hi hl»*--lf a |«Ho h-llne I flivver. 'Mhl I o' which he got n-i.Mti hut n one-way || ri-le m de at.iicjtam a.”--Wr.»lilt'tgt-« j] g'ar

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1924.

’ \ =—- I A Chance of a Lileiime aP fl| I < HSSIE K gg I Announce a Most Unique and Unusual UndaO ■ I' — ■ Mr B ■ Remodeling Sale H i coa t s orwoii pi i ita! co!- MR |95 m K Im !-t ! c rail ES S Lm m ai BM S ■ 'J 1 *’ : d Km H ua p™ flfig mm* Ml Ml r ‘ e ■’’ it i,!e ncv ’ sßs W - iiJm Joy IM M mH ■ and are to be sacrificed with the *-' u * 3 '■*■**■' " ■ ' other stork. I I i flf ) All new and late designs. New COME Q o A a Athn? ss fari-y D tariS tJCuUldir lions. Materials ot Downy wool and J-i/AIXLi 1 .x. V/t A ■ others in stripes, blocks and plain B con rs. o ur s | ore j g | o undergo a com pie e remodeling—New I’aperWG - against damage we have decided lo s 11 our complete stock at gßiie: Very Specially Prieed at want to reopen with all new and bright merchandise and have Read the savings and take advantag ?. STORE CLOSED » 95 - W®. , VALUES OP aS I ftt ' TX I I Full Line Children’s . A’ B ■ I DRESSES 111 Over 700 Dre.-ses to select from. n" ' I" fresh from the manufacturer and just s Our Drettf-es for the little Miffi will y ' V r - i i .... au: . •/. z•.“, of evciy need make up this assortment turjiri.c jou. Rich and dainty Hille 1 « j lVA*vl ■: Frork» .Utiabt. Ur uy mM*. h. Cj ’ &' Dresses, Linen Dresses. Tub and Wash ft* our di-piuy a«<mWed. mothers win i time. You will be wise by buying lar somß nee many dresses that will look \ n <_» cs-iucialtj well cn her little Mists. i zl&ji TUB and WASH Frocksßi B » i K A! 1 color*- ard color combinations, fancy trimmed and ft B plain. Materials of Dotted Voiles. Silkettc. etc. A good arico , ZW J ( Smart and dn B tion of su-.*b. /- k rpi dally ao this - <’i W ? swe| * n a h * ,r i i *‘‘ /" 'r needed for a vide variety ii B F house B DRESSES Sa | v - 11uta i B ' Fcr OPT opening spe- ' our store. All UnSoccinl tial we hi,vp Be,w ’ ,ed 72 1 sizes ra "« e rr,,n ‘ l,l ,o u ■ 1 t , r -n, rzTXTK —-I I LuOt oi Urcsses qj* ft We have selected 25 Dresses from our regular rK -c ’ j?* • J W stock and placed them on a special rack. ’l’hey in- ft chMc combination!*, silk ciepe. Roschannara Crepe. •[J ft * *;' | taffeta and embroidered crepes. All go at one price MJiJL-3Lk , I I $6.95 11. — g Childrens Childrens and 1 The Finer Silk Scarfs it< : F- /|l Gingham Dresses Ladies Hats Cs Scarfs of heavy silk, ctencly kmt el maoy colmo RJuM one rack of thoc ~r nMV ua ;i«d crlor combmaUons. Thor scarfs add » nrach de- ’AJ||B lour choice of any lad- t eu< -h n f color to your appwrcl. ( S* |IO fA&CT - A Sdo ft dreaaca. Sold up to | CB or childrMM hat re- Values from $1.50 to $2.00 1•1 •’ K H IL9K and are slightly ma ining in slock. Some i I — i wX :z REMEMBER- Merchandise not listed in J I I <1 Many other bargains will greet you t®! I A SALE WHERE Ydj ;.ey.