Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1924 — Page 3

(Local Briefs

Matin*. o> Oh, ° , Miss *’ ,IZ . .._„ ( < i.; . e , |U ,Ht of Mr. and Mr.. C. B. JL WillUn* over Sunday. Nichol. wll! return to--1 days outing with (rWdS “ r; Ohio in Di iL pnrt w,,h h ' a PM ’ D r and Mrs. Roy Niblick has returned front New V City where he looked after busi(or the Niblick & Co. Store. “wliiant Dowing has returned A rt Wa vne. after a several days :,r «»• Terveer, of Fifth Btreet ' „ . X Misses Fan Hammel! and H ”en Swearingen and Mr. WHliam , ...hart Mr. and Mrs. F. E. X ail will return Sunday from a weeks outing “™Tw“hT. M <-■"» •<« leave this evening for Cleveland. O where they wil visit for a week with relatives. x . H. Sellemeyer left at noon today for Canton. Ohio, to assist his daughter. Miss Esther Sellemeyer. to Fort Wayne. Mrs C. E. Bell and son, William, and Rev. D. F. Whitesell, pastor of the Baptist church, have returned from Franklin, where for the past week they have attended the Baptist Young Peoples Assembly which was in session there. C E. Peterson will ieave the first of the week for Winona Uke where he wili attend the Baptist bible Conference. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson and Mr and Mrs. John Eve.ott will go to Kellys Island, Ohio, the first of September to spend a tw< week’s outing. For the past twelve yea’s they have spent their summer vacation at Kelly.; Island. Mrs. Charles Johnson will return this afternoon from Toledo. Ohio, where she has visited since Thursday. Rhe will be accompanied horn, by her son. Alber: Johnson and w 'e. who will spend the week end here. The Misses Marie Gass and Rose Fullenkamp will return from Indianapolis Sunday after a week’s visit With Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Reed and family. Miss Etta Mallonee, of the Y. W. _C. A., at Fort Wayne, is spending the week end with relatives here. Miss Naomi Baker spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting friends/ A number of Decatur people attended the funeral services held at Celina, Ohio. Wednesday afternoon fyr Benjamin Hellwarth. Those from here included: Mr. and Mrs. John Fuhrman, and daughters, Beatrice and Zelma, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Fuhrman and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fhurman, Mrs. Samuel Fuhrman and daughters. Lois and Esther and son, Nprrig, and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fuhrman . Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crist and Miss Creo Crist, of Monroe, and Charles Lammiman, of this city, left this morning for Omaha, Nebraska, to visit the latter’s sister, Mrs. Perner, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Perner formerly resided in this county. The local people are motoring to Omaha and expect to camp out each night and enjjoy the sights along the way. Miss Margaret Christen, daughter of County Superintendednt and Mrs.

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E. 8. Christen, returned this morning from Toledo, Ohio, where ihe han spent the summer. Miss Christen will enter Purdue University next month. Miss Eloise Ix>wton has returned from a three weeks visit with Miss Dora Marie Magley at Winona Lake. Mrs. Joe Smith, of the H. and B. Dry Goods Company, will enjoy a weeks vacation lieginning Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Kettle and family and Mr. and Mirs. William Kettle and family, of Montezuma, 0.. will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Elzey at Preble Sunday. Kenneth Shafer is visiting friends at Cambridge, Ohio, over the week end. Mrs. Jessie Deam is visiting friends at Fort Wayne today. R. L. Sharp was a business visitor Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mrs. Margaret V. Reckard, of South Fifth street, who has been confined to her home for the pest two weeks suffering from congestion of the lunps and pleurisy, is reported to be improving and is able to be up. a few hours each day. Mary Daniels, of Sixth street, is recovering very nicely from a tonsil operation, which she underwent at the Adams county memorial hospital Friday. Rex Geliy will spend the ’week end with relatives at Newcastle. Miss Mary Bieneke, of Fort Wayne is spending the week end with her parents here. Mrs. J. S. Peterson and daughter. Lois, are the guests of Mrs. David Smith at Rome City. John Shirk will resume his duties at the Teeple and -Peterson store after having enjoyed a two weeks vacation. Mrs. Bess Smith and son, Robert, left for Fort Wayne this morning, and from there will go to Hammond tomorrow morning to spend a few days with relatives before returning to their home in Shelbina, Mo. Mrs. Smith and son have spent the summer in this city visting with her sister, Mrs. M. H. Fee, and brother. R. E. Garard and other friends and relatives. Wilson Lee will motor to Winona Lake Sunday. He will be accompanied home by Mrs. Lee who has been visiting friends there for the past three weeks. Miss Ella Mailander and brother Clarence, who have been guests ai the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hinz, are leaving for theip- home at Cleveland tonight. Miss Mildred Liddy of the First National Bank, will enjoy a weeks vacation beginning Monday. A part of the week will be spent at Lake James during which time she will lx> a guest at a house party given by friends. Miss Mildred Leonard will leave Monday for Battlecreek, Michigan, where she will enter the Battlecreek College of Physical Education. Since her graduation from the local high school with the class of '22, Miss spent a year with her sister at Okmulgee, Okla., and since her reiturn has b%en employed at the Cloverleaf Creamery. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lower have returned from Alliance, Ohio, where

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they attended the Lower reunion. The Misses Fanny Hite, Bernice Leonard. Jirene Gregory and Josephine Myers saw “The Shame Woman", at the Majestic at Fort Wayne last evening. Jack McNeis, of Winchester will be a week end guest at the C. A. Dugan home. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Breiner ami daughter, Mabel M.. of Pittsburgh, Pa., we visiting Mr. Breiner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Breiner. o §ociety CLUB CALENDAR Saturday Gleaners of Baptist church—Alice Lake, 2:30 p.m. Monday Delta Theta Tau —Mrs. H. L. Kern. 5:30 p. m. C. L. of C. Benefit Show—Adams Theatre. Tuesday Tri Kappa Benefit Bridge—Miss Helen Dugan, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday St. Vincent de Paul society, K. of C. Halil, 2:30 p. nt. Friday Pocahontas Pot Luck Supper after lodge. The St. Vincent de Paul Society will meet at the Knights of Columbus hall, at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The entertaining hostesses will be Mrs. Dyonis Schmitt, Mrs. Thomas Durkin and Mrs. J. F. Arnold. A good attendance is desired. The Catholic Ladies of Columbia will give a benefit picture show at the Adams Theatre Monday evening. Tickets are being sold by the members at twenty-five cents each. Mae Murray is starred in the picture. The liberal patronage of the public is solicited. ★ The members of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority are requested to meet at the home of Mrs. H. L. Kern, on First Street, at 5:30 o’clock Monday evening to go on a picnic. The regular business meeting will be held after the supper and all members are urged to be present. The Elzey reunion will be held at Bellmont Park Sunday August 31. All relatives are invited to. attend. A basket dinner will be served at noon and the regular business meeting will follow. * Ketchum—Byers The wedding of Miss Rosa Byers, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Byers, of Jefferson township, and Amos Ketchum, eldest so nos Mrs. Amos Ketchum, eldest son of Mrs. township, took place at the home of the groom's ’sister. Mrs. Hrave Baker of North Sixth street, at twothirtv o’clock this afternoon. Rev. L. C. Wisner, of the Methodist efreuit. received the vows. The bride wore a gown of blue canton crepe with hat and accessories to match. Mr. Ketchum will teach in the Jefferson township schools and the young couple will reside in that township. * At the meeting of the members of the Pocahontas Lodge Friday evening final arrangements will be made for the annual picnic to be held within the near future. A pot luck supper will served after the business ses-, sion. ★ A marriage license v/as issued late this afternoon to Miss Naomi Meyer, prominent young lady and a daughter of Mrs. Florence Meyer, of this city and Harold L. Frazier, prominent young man of Bluffton. Mr. Frazier is a manufacturer of drainage tile in Bluffton. The hour of the ceremony was not learned. 0 Purdue “Ag” Alumni Meet At State Fair Plans are being completed for the largest Purdue University Agricultural Alumni Association meeting that been lic’d, acceding < qnn<*«acement made by President Harry J. Reed. This meeting is held annually on Thursday afternoon of State Fair week, this year, September 4 at the Purdue Building, and is the only alumni session that is attended entirely by “AG” graduates and students. Thi g year marks the opening of a new Purdue Building which will house the extensive exhibits prepared every year by the Agriculture Extension Department. In addition the annual meeting will be held there. This is the first time that a suitable place has been available for the meeting and it is expected that a large num-

ber will attend. < Portland “Our Boys” May Not Play This Fall Portland, Aug. 23. —Whether “Our Boys” football team will take the field the coming season is not definitely known, according to announcement made by Homer Schamp, manager of the team last year, and other officials connected with the management of the crack eleven, which has “put Portland on the map” for the past few seasons by their remarkable performances. on the gridiron, say they are uncertain as yet whether the team will play this fall. Business On Upgrade In Wabash Valley Now (United Press Service) Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 23 —Business is on the upgrade in Terre Haute and the M|abash valley according to opinions expressed today by merchants, chamber of commerce officials, bankers and other business men today. It was said that business revival was not expected to be sudden but a gradual betterment was expected. The ntjning industry is the most backward. Merchants see a slight change for the better and expected substantial improvement with in’ thirty or sixty days. — o CITY BUDGET IS SMALLER; TAX RATE IS HIGHER (Continued From Page One) on each $100; sinking fund, including bonds and interest. $.068 on each SIOO, a total of $.788 on the SIOO. The rate this year is $.76 on the SIOO and the total raised by taxation is $52,458.60. What Budget Includes The appropriations for the different office expenses and salaries of the city officials for next year are the same as this year. The salaries are fixed by law. * Under the head of streets and alleys, $6,659 is appropriated for street lighting, the amount levied for this year, and $2,000 for street intersections. which will play the city’s share of the improvement of Jefferson street next spring. • Other Appropriations Under the head of miscellaneous, $2,000 is appropriated for parks, which sum may be used in building the swimming pool at the water works park next year. The council favors building the pool this fall or spring if the funds are available. The appropriation for bond s and interest payment is $4,309.72, which is about S3OO less than this year. Bonds issued for the improvement of the light and power plant several years ago are being paid off out of the earnings of the municipal plant, no tax levy being made for them. No additional tax is levied or proposed in the budget for the city’s share of installing and erecting the ornamental light posts on the several streets within the city. The electrict light, department is defraying most of the expense in this connection. If the city’s assessed valuation had not taken a drop of nearly $400,000 the tax rate for the city unit wduld not have been raised, in fact it would have been lowered as the total of the budget is' less for next year.. The budget is published in today’s paper,, showing in detail the many items and appropriations therein. — o DARROW PLEADS LONG AND HARD (Continued from Page One) ing in blood.” Darrow painted the whole picture of the crime, quoting oftentimes in the harsh language from the state's attorney, but twisting the turn of events into such a form that the very brutality of the crime seemed in itself a defense. « “Can you tell me, your honor, how to explain this case unless we admit their own minds were unsound,” he said. “Had it not been for the wealth of

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their families the wi ' 1 crime, and the notorii i I given this case, these bl ' been taken to a ai and treated as unfurl “Why does the stat come before this court i the last pound of their fl drop of their blood? siiui their parents are wealthy! Court adjourned at 11:5a 10:30 Monday when Darrd sume his argument. C. E. BELL WILL GO TO ENG (Continued from Page o', Handle company years ago and by his prog spirit and high business prf has increased the output of ti tory from an annual product! 750,000 handles to more than 000 handles a year. Ash timli used in the manufacture of' handles. Between 35 and 40 meii employed by the company, inclul the timber buyers. With the ception of six months from Julj) SPECIAL RATES FOR , MONDAY & TUESDAY ONLk. Marcel 50c End Curl 25c 75c Round Curl 25c End Curl 25c 50c BEAUTY SHOPPE, Mrs. W. E. Teeters

Coal — Coal 2 More Cars of the Eureka Mine Coal will be here soon. The Quality is guaranteed by me; is all hand picked; clean of all foreign matter, and clinkers or whiskers it doesn’t make. Now I here advise the price will advance from 15c to 25c for Sept. Place orders with John Thomas, and Earl Adams will take care of the collections, also receive orders. John S. Bowers fl ■ ■ ■ ■ B ■■■■■■■' :THE ADAMS I ■ I J THEATRE J i Last Showing | . Tonight I ■ of Paramount Special | * “RUGGLES ® OF RED GAP” I ■ j| with ■ Ernest Torrence, Lois ' Wilson and a host B of others. 8 !l If you want something ( I to forget your troubles, f ■ see this picture. It’s high | l| society and western all g g combined. It’s a regular picture. ■ You'll like it. ■ ■ ■ g —Also— g I Our Gang Comedy ■ e in one ol their best. j g and Pathe News. All seats Saturday night 20c x I ■ unless children are with ■ ■ parents, then 10c. ■ g — Monday Mae Murray in ■ 1 “.Jazzmania.” 10c and 25c ■ B Benefit of C. L. of C. girls, g I I

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