Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1924 — Page 5

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|| and E Mt «» d " w California. I <«•«*, ne«n>r yesterday, com--1 ,rrived m Battle Creek. Michigan. I"’" ere , t with relative*. Mr. and fur a ' lsit . daughter made the »” "“T, i* >» *>«• ««”■ ‘ ri|) (rom „vu‘rthe Rocky Mountain by motor Mrs Ilodlne t 9 H ! Tra " 7! of Sixth street. I wonder if anybuddy ever' We ° w shoe strings before th’ I i><" li!llt n *’ ted 9 It’s a poor alienist ! “ leOneS nt work both ways—Abe I th “ , .* 0 ndiana P olis News. “Vritt Cliord who has been visitM<r » the I A. Graham 'home during a ~ f ..w davs. left today for Wth# P r y Ohio where he wUI the high school thia Burns. Mabel Sargent. Mr , Laura Stewart and sons, Lmn Clarence, attended the annual ani t Flaugher reunion at the Bro,h T aid Mrs. Fred Flaugher, ! Xmdale. Ohio, last Sunday More than one hundred relatives and L, were present. At the first ab le 106 people enjoyed a delicious nn r. Or. Burns and Mrs. Sargeant motored to Findley. Ohio Sunday Lt to visit with Mrs. Curtis La, Rnwe who formely was Vinnie Cuttag of this city. They returned to Decatur Monday night. Miss Agnes Kohne is confined to ber home suffering with a severe case of Quinzey. Forest Passwater, John Losht\ Herman Ohmlore, of this city, and Mses Better, Hubert Byer, of Willshire, have returned from a week’s motor trip to Niagara Falls. They aIMO. visited tn Cleveland, Ohio, DeMichigan. Hamilton, Toronto »nd'Mo^tnwL., Canada. Miss Margaret Jopcs, of Boston Miss, is a ; f guest of Miss Heien Dugan. Mr. and Mrs. 11. L. Conter and Mr and Mrs. C. A. Dugan have returned from spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. F. E. France at James. Miss Josephine A. Mailey visited [' friends at Fort Wayne yesterday. Miss Veronica Anker went to Markle this afternoon to attend a party given by Miss Georgia Vachon. The Misses Marie and Helen Gass ' spent last evening in Huntington visf iting friends. ► Mrs. Florence Meyer and Mrs. Minnie Wilkenson visited relatives at Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Zelda Cochran spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blair, and Miss Virginia Helen Clark, of Forest Indiana. came today for a visit with Mr. ami Mrs. J. R. Blair. A total of 205 fishing and hunting licenses have been issued so far this month by County Clerk John E. Nelson. This exceeds the number Issued for the same period last year. M. J. Guttman and D. D. Bradway, internal revenue men from Indianapolis. who have been in the city lor the past few days returned to Fort Wayne today. They have been doing work here pertaining to the revenue department, F. M. Schirmeyer. trustee in bankruptcy of the Cardwell Stave com-ra-iy of Cardwell, Mo., will sell the company, located at

ijf X IS3 i jnmußouwk " 1 “A GOOD BUY OR GOODBYE” “When you invest,” said a bond salesman, “you either make a good buy, or you bid ‘goodbye’ to your money. When a prudent prospect says, ‘l’ll consult my banker,’ I encourage him to do it. The seller of good securities has nothing to lose ’ through such a situation. I like to s«e people careful. It means less money lost and more money for t sound, constructive investments." ( This bank is glad to advise with I depositors about investing. di 1 % * Surplus f

Cardwell and Delhi, La., tomorrow. The property Is being sold as a step in dosing the estate of the late J. W. Vail. Ben Welker Is wot king at the Charles Ix»se barber shop, taking the place of Mnurice Pingrey, who is enjoying a two weeks vacation, during which time he is helping his mother, Mrs. Anna Pingrey, start up a new ■grocery store. Mrs. Pingrey suffered a total loss of her grocery when it was destroyed by fire last Wednesday, when tbo building in which it was located was destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Welker and son are visiting at the L. L. Baumgartner home on Winchester street. No word has been received from the Decatur and Adams county farmns and business men who are mak- , ing a tour to St. Louis, Michigan, i where they will visit the sugar sac--1 tories of the Holland-St. Louis Sugar . company and also visit the state agriculture college at Lansing. The party composed of about 30 men left I yesterday morning. t Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Suttles are 5 visiting at Lakeside, Ohio with the t O. P. Edwards family. , Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grim re turned to South Bend today after be- . ing with Mrs. Gritn’s moth >r, Mri 1 C. i J. Hofstetter, for several days. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass and chilli dren, Beatrice and Billy, motored to e Waukegan. Illinois, today to spend several days as the guests of relatires. i Th«> Misses Dorothy Durkin, Marcel- [- la Hower. Mildred Leonard, Mary s Burk, and Kathryn Dorwin will be y guests at a house party at Lake James >- over Labor Day, at the France Coto tage. The girls will leave Decatur I Thursday. nl Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Harkless, anil n daughters. Frances and Naomi will motor to Van Wert, Ohio, this even- ! ing to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. il Ivan Decker. r. | C. A. Lcrsch, of Fort Wayne, was a e business visitor here this morning. C. L. made a business trip to d Fort Wayne this morning. Gail Kern spent last evening in o ■ Bluffton visiting friends. a 1 Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hensley and Mr. i. f and Mrs. A. D. Hunsicker will leave s i Monday on a motor trip through Michii- gan. They will stop -at Rome City until Tuesday. Howard Brumley will leave within s the next few days for Chicago, where he will enter the Moody Bible Instiv tute. Howard was graduated from the loca Ihigh school last spring. ■ I Mrs M Fullenkamp has returned | from Indianapolis where she visited Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Reed. | Miss Carolyn Acker spent last even- ;, ing in Geneva with Mr. and Mrs. Ers nest Reicheldeffer and daughter, Mary - Frances. Rev. F. D. Whitesell will go to Winona laike this evening to attend the ■ Bible Conference which is being held - 1 there. r Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Dunbax have re- > turned to thei rhome at Chicago, afi ter spending the week end with Mr. > and Mrs. Sim Burk and family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barthel and ■ daughter, Helen, are visiting relatives at Mansfield, Ohio. Mrs. FranTt' Butler, of the Store, is enjoying a week’s vacatiqn.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1921.

Robert Aurand, Robert Throp,' Ralph Kenworthy, and Lyle Fee motored to Fort Wayne last evening und attended u show. o CLUB CALENDAR Wednesday Philomath Bible Class—Jesse Singleton. St. Vincent de Paul society, K. of C. Halil, 2:30 p. m. Union Township Woman’s Club — Mrs. Hugh Nidlinger. Root Township Home Economics Club —Mrs. R. K. Fleming. 1:30 p.m. Thursday Meeting of Root Township Home Economics Club postponed. Ladies’ Aid Society of Christian Church—-Mrs. eorge Squires, 2 p. m. Baptist Woman's Society—Mrs. Harry Thomas. Friday Pocahontas Pot Luck Supper after .lodge. J Executive committee of Woman's I Club—Old Adams County Bank assembly. 7:30 p.m. Saturday Fuhrman Reunion —Cris Werling home. [. Christian Ladies' Aid 2c supper—j Graham & Walters building. q Monday t . Hellwarth Reunion —Celina, Ohio Fair grounds. I- Tuesday y Psi lota Xi —Mrs. Leigh Bowen e 7:30 p. m. s :■ The meeting of the Root Township r Home Economic Club, scheduler for Thursday has been postponed. il ★ 11 ' Harold Lawson, Carroll Cole and *' Milton Swearingen will give a "get ’’ together’’ dance at he Masonic Hall a '’Friday evening. ‘’Shrimp’s Band" I'will furnish the music and the dance will be conducted on the park plan I | The dance is being given for the young people who leave for college within the next few days and the . public is cordially invited to attend. * e Miss Veronica Anker entertained i y company of friends last evening a: two tables of bridge. During the ev ening light refreshments were served e The guests included the Misses Heler . Dugan, Bernice Leonard. Jirene Greg ory. Florine Michaud, Josephine My ers, Ruth Frisinger. of this city, ami l Miss Margaret Jones of Boston, whe t is a guest at the Dugan home. The Tri Kappa benefit bridge party was held in the Dugan lawn Tuesday r afternoon and was a success both socially and financially. Seventy-five guests were present including a num- , her from Bluffton. Fort Wayne and I Portland. Prizes were won by Mesdames Frank Lose, Clarence Berber and Elmer Kampe. Delightful refreshmens were served during the afternoon. •A The second annual reunion of the . Bolinger family was held at Bellmont Park. Tuesday, August 25. Thirtytwo guests were present. The election of officers was held and fra Wagoner was elected president, Ota Ayler. vicepresident, John Johnson, treasurer, and Florence Byler, corresponding secretary. The reunion will be held at Bellmont Park on the last Tuesday in August, next year. ' Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Schroll and Mr. land Mrs. E. W. Carmichael entertain[ed at dinner last evening at the Schroll Ihome in honor of Howard ißurmley, who leaves within the next 'few days for Chicago, where he will 'attend the Moody Bible Instittution. The guests included Ralph Yager. Kenneth Yager, Don Lammiman and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Peterson. LEGION TO MEET IN FORT WAYNE I City Chosen For 1925 Con-' ‘ vention: Officers | Elected Today (United Press Service) I Evansville, Ind., Aug. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Ft. Wayne was unanimously sek'’ted for the 1925 convention of the Indiana American Legion, in convention here today. After two hours of wrangling 1 • S McConnell, Fowler, Ind., a captain 'during the war and a printer by trade was elected state commander by a small majority. McConnell and “Hiking” Hiram Bearss, Peru, retired regular army I colonel, were the only two men rtom-

'lnated. The vote was McConnel 194.' Bearss 183. James T. Briscoe, Rockport, was' elected first district committeeman;! John Hastings, Washington, second dfstiict; Charles Scales. Jasper, third; Robert* France, Greenville,' fourth; (".ay Phillipa, Terre Haute, fifth; Ralph Payne, Newcastle, sixth, John Royse, Indianapolis, seventh; 1 Earl Merry, Dunkirk, eighth; Edgar Casey, ninth; Torn McConnell. Fow-! ler. tenth; Dr. F. W. Whistler, Wabash, eleventh; Charles McClusky, 1 Lagrange, twelfth; J. E. MtfCurdy, Logansport, thirteenth. o . Seiling Fixtures Os “Philadelphia” Shop The fixtures and equipment of the Philadelphia confectionery, which . has been closed since last Saturday evening, were being sold and moved out of the room on South Second street today. Part of the fixtures were" attached by a firm of Ligonier, it is said, while local confectioners purchased much of the glass ware, candy boxes and other equipment. The sales were made by the representative of the Albert Pick company, of Chicago, who held a mortgage on the fixtures. * ORDINANCE FOR NEW FRANCHISE READY FOR VOT3 g (Continued from Page One) council and thanked the couneilmcr for passing the traffic regulations pej D taining to the Fire Points corner am stated that he hoped the present sto; regulations at all five points woulc not be changed. Mr. Carroll, however complained about the motorist driving their cars and especially the to called “speed demons,” with the mui ’’ flers open. He said that an averagi ' of three cars passed his house ever; minute and that many of the driver tried to make all the noise they could 11 The council will havq the motor po I liceman keep an eye.on this corn'! II and arrest any person violating tin ” state motor laws. e The complaint of property owner: j about the smoke from the stack at th, e: Fornax Mill on First street was rc e ferred to the proper committee. ( . The water works committee report cd that a new driveway was bcin; built at the water works plant, oi „ Third street and the grounds other d, wise beautified and leveled up. v .l o i ROBBERS LOOT "p CIGAR STORI! 5- ' (Continued From Page One) * amateurs probably young boys, is indicated by the crude manner in which | they worked. A butcher knife which i the robbers found in the store wa > y

y i > A e DEMAND |Wf Work, "est Tank V Over 100,000 people have ■. testified that TANLAC e H has relieved them of: R Stomach Trouble, Hi Rheumatism, Mal-Nutrition, Sleeplessness, ’ Nervousness, Loss of Appetite, Loss of Weight, Torpid Liver or Constipation, t I “Ask Anyone Who Has Taken TANLAC” BH OVER 40 MILLfON BOTTLES BOLD J For Bak By Al! Good DrearUU

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used to pry open several drawers, I I and one of intruders hud evidently' .cut his hand on the knife, a sa handkerchief soaked with blood, was ! found nearby. The end of a unmbrella I also left in the store by Mr. Sether, had been used in prying open drawers 'also, as the end was badly bent. I It is believed by the officers that .the robbers were at work in the store 'when Mr. Franks began unlocking the door and that they made a hurJried escape.

I TRY DAWSON’S VIUNA TONIC I For Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Blood, Rheumatism. Price SI.OO Per Bottle g Callow & Kohne |

& ? pointer on tobacco: Note the package HEram 7 Snug in your pocket oi Rolls up smaller " after each ____ pipe load KM ■« Foil costs less * than tin,too * o ' -that’s how you get such quality E inside for IGranger Rough Cut — made and cut exclusively for pipes Liccett & Myfjis Tobacco Co. - i ii ill —UMimiia n ir i-mull. ». i ■■■ Let J o hn T. Myers I show you how to spe- | liZ? jT nd Labor Day without ' spending much mon1 rwi They call it Labor Day vet it is one of ihc great- , i ,‘y | ; est loafing days on the calendar. And when men loaf they need special loafing gbdMV,- I Nl I clothes. R i A store full of Holiday annarel here at prices I A B ! that leave no remorse after the fun is over. - MiclUaels-Stern Tropical Suits. i u/ 1 $8.75 to $17.50. pi \\\ | K . Cool Underwear, 75e to $1.75. i (A Featherweight Shirts, sl.2ajo 3.00. \ Bathing Suits, SI.OO to $3.75. \ n jA Snort Sweaters, $3.00 io $/.00. Bat ties, 35c to SI.OO. ' Silk Hose, 50c to $1.50. 2<—x-, lefuuT-My&tb Go J B£TT£ft CLOCHES ’Off LESS J MONEY-ALWAYS- • DECATUR • INDIANA • g 4

’ Meeting Os Official Board Is Postponed The meeting ui uie Official Board i of the Zion Reformed church scheduled for this evening, has been post- ! poned until next week. -I!

The CORT Theatre I Tonight Tomorrow | “FOR SALE” * A beautiful bride—well educated society girl. ' ■ and will make a good wife. Parents must sell I without delay. Romance, Thrills, Action. * Included in the Cast I * [ Claire Windsor—Adolph Menjou, £ Mary Carr and Tully Marshall | —AISO ;» | "TOOTSIE WOOTSIE,” a good comedy. r 10c 9 Reels 25c

PILES! PILES! PILES! WILLIAMS’ PILE OINTMENT Fur Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. Fo< sale by all druggists, mail 50c and SI.OO. WILLIAMS MFC. CO., bm . Clavalaad, Ohio For Sale By ENTERPRISE DRUG CO. - '■-- 1