Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1924 — Page 4

AUCTION at Monroe ftome Store Wednesday night from 7 to 10.2-3 WILIAMS' PILLS Have you overwork*! your narvoua antain and rausad trouble with your kidney* and iiv.rl Havayou pain* In k>>na.aide and baek. Hava you a flabby appoeranceof the laceand und.rtb.WMl If *u. u*a William*' Kidney aud Liver Pitta. For aala by all drue«l«t*. Frieo Wc. WILLIAMS Mft. CO., top. Cllllllll. Olli For Sale By ENTERPRISE DRUG CO. I

C-O-A-L Genuine 3rd Vein POCOHONTAS Virginia Splint—Kentucky Clean burning, free from slack. Low in ash. The best coal money can buy. PRICE IS RIGHT Kirsch-Reppert Co. Phone 12 rA STRONG. FRIENDLY BANK ( UNDER STATE SUPERVISION Founded Built on by Security Service ] “Pocket Money” Is Quickly Spent i i It is also easily lost. That is why you should —as far as possible—avoid carrying cash with you. I The safe way—the sane way—the modern way—is to open a Checking Account and—j Pay Your Bills by Check i Old Adams County Bank j Established Fifty Years Ago "PUBLIC SALE j The undersigned will sell at Public Auction, 2 miles north and 4 miles west of Berne. Indiana, or 4 miles east of Vera Cruz or 4% miles west and 3>A miles south of Monroe, or 10 miles southeast of Bluffton, on what is known as the old Schug farm, on THURSDAY, SEPT. 11, 1924 5 Head of Horses 1 gray horse, 7 years old, sound and a good worker; 1 hay mare. 6 years old; 1 roan horse, 6 years old; 1 loan horse seven years old, this makes a splendid match team of fine workers; 1 sorrel horse, 7 years old. All of these horses are good .and heavy draft horses. 5 Head of Milk Cows These cows are all on a full flow of milk. Holsteins and Guernseys; 1 calf six weeks old. If you want a good milk cow attend this sale. 42 Head of Hogs 5 Big Type brood sows; 1 Big Type boar; 27 shoats averaging about 60 lbs. Also 9 smaller shoats. Hay and Grain 50 tons of hay in the barn; 12 acres of soy beans, good crop; 14 acres of soy beans, will make good hay. Farm Implements Fordson tractor in good running order, complete; one double tractor disc; tractor plow; 1 riding plow; 4 walking plows; 1 Deering mower; 1 Hoosier fertilizer drill; 1 corn planter; 1 hay loader; 1 spring tooth harrow; j 1 potato digger; 1 double shovel plow; 1 spike tooth 1-horse plow; 1 manure er ’i 1 rid,n K cultivator; 1 walking cultivator. 1 Birdseli wagon, good new- , 'r ’ set . of hay ’“dders; 1 wagon box- 1 mud boat; 1 buggy, almost engine t ot ?* ork harne »s; 2 tons of fertilizer; 1 tank heater; gasoline nickl- trtmT^ ,a i 8 i< nK machi nc; 1 Primrose cream separator; 1 Peninsular lack 1 ni»»r«eJ t,tch ‘ sn ran F e: 1 incubator; 1 brooder. 1 grindstone; 1 pump soades- uniVo 8,n K‘« trees; double trees; log chains; hay forks; ’ h harrow and other articles too numerous to mention. Sale To Begin Promptly at 10:00 A. M. en of'six'months s °Three over that •mount a credit will be giving bankable interest 4 per cent reSt * ÜBt U * ree monthß bear ‘ ( v. M. KEIRNS R. R. No. 4, Bluffton, Indiana J. J. BAUMGARTNER. Auct. ARTHUR KIRKWOOD. Clerk Lunch will be served on the grounds.

BIRtH ; | [I Alice Jean is the name of an eight , and one-halt pound girl born to Mr. and Mrs Ralph J. Roop, of North Tenth street. This in the second child and first daughter. Babe aud mother ure doing fine. -— — Several of the city conucilmen are figuring on going to Marion this | week to see the swimming pool which that city constructed recently.

w National League W. L. Pct. New York 77 51 .602 ■Pittsburgh |. 75 51 .595 Brooklyn 68 59 .585 Chicago 68 58 .585 Cincinnati 69 62 .527 St. Louis* 54 76 .415 Philadelphia 49 79 .383 Boston 47 S 3 .362 American League W. L. Pct. I Washington 76 55 .580 I New York 74 56 .569 Detroit St. Louis 67 63 .515 Cleveland 62 71 .466 ; Boston 57 71 .445 Philadelphia 58 73 .443 Chicago 57 72 .442 American Assofciation W. L. .Pct. Indianapolis 79 58 .577 St. Paul 73 63 .537 Louisville 73 63 537 Toledo 68 73 .482 Milwaukee 65 70 .481 Columbus 63 74 .460 Minneapolis 62 76 .449 Kansas City 58 76 .433 o YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Brooklyn, j 12-4; Philadelphia, 9-3, (second game 5 innings, rain,) New York. 3-10; Boston, 7-2. Only games scheduled. American League Washington-Philadelphia not scheduled. Cleveland, 12; St. Louis, 4. Boston, 14-2; New York, 6-5. Detroit. 2-5; Chicago. 6-8. American Association Indianapolis, 5; Toledo, 2, Louisville. 7; Columbus. 3. Only games scheduled. o Dario Resta, Famous Italian Racer, Killed London, Sept. 3. —Dario Resta, famous Italian automobile race driver. was killed today when his mai chinne overturned during a race at Brooklands. Resta was one of the best known race drivers in the world. He was J entered in several of the sweepstakes at Indianapolis and took part in prac- 1 tlcally all of the big races in the U. S. and on the continent. He held a number of world speed records were all mad? in a Peugot three miles, five miles, 400 miles,

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

SERVANT OF ALL This Bank is not ashamed to be called a Servant. We are here to serve you. The only excuse a man or an institution has for living is to serve the common good. The Peoples Loan & Trust Co. Bank of Service

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1924.

■ ■ ■' i 11 11 . " ■ * l "'* l 450 miles and 500 miles. Ills distance’ records were all made I na Peugot car at Chicago on June 26, 1915. o i THE SCOREBOARD (United Press Service) Yesterday’s hero—Zach Wheat, veteran Brooklyn outfielder, hit n homer | In the second game and beat the Phils, 4 to 3. The Robins won ftte first game. 12 to 9. in 10 innings and ran their winning streak up to nine games. Splitting even in a double header, with the Braves cut the lead of the Giants over the Pirates to one game nnd over the Robins to two games. The Giants lost the first game. 7 to 3, and won the second, 10 to 2. While the Senators were idle, the Yankees failed to cut down their lead by dividing a double bill with the Red Sox. They lost he firs game 14 o 6. and won the second, 5 to 2. The Tigers fell five games behind the Yankees and six and a half games behind the Senators when they lost a doubleheader to the Whitt- Sox at 6 to 2 and 8 to 5. Led by Johns, who hit double and four singles in six times up, the Indians downed the Browns, 12 to 4. o CHAS. MEIBERS DIES IN LAKE AT ROME CITY (Continued From Page One) haps his father might be fishing. Saw Body Under Water At supper time, Mr. Meibers had I failed to return, and by that time, j Mrs. Meibers and Robert were be-J coming alarmed, as Mr. Meibers was not accustomed to remain away so long. Another search was started, j Mr. Meibers’ brother, Michael, who i lives at Rome City, and another man, j I Willis Weber, got into a boat with a spot light and searched along the shore of the lake. The body was I sighted beneath the water in the boat house. The body was removed from the water and the coroner called. Mr. Meibers' watch had stopped at a few, minutes i.iter 2 o(clcck, indicating I that Mt. Meibers had fallen into water about that i ; P-e. There were ( bruises on Mr. Meibers’ cheek •tr.d | nose, where he had struck the handle on the motor which is used in startin’; the motor. The handle was 1 broken. Boy Saw Him Fa!! The general supposition is that Mr. Meibers was’working witn the motor ( in an attempt to get it s arted. when he was stricken win apoplexy or | come form of heart trouble and fell forward, against the motor and into I the lake. The coroner stated that there was no water in the lungs, but 1 that that fact did not necessarily 1 mean that death was not due to drowning. Dr. Frurip stated that he had heard that a small boy saw Mr.| Meibers fall into the lake, but so far he had been unable to find hint. The body was brought back to tins city last night, arriving here abput 5 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Meibers was nearly overcome by the shock when the body was found and restoratives were necessary. Charles L. Meibers was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Meibers aud was born in Adams county, June 30, ' 1865. He lived his entire life in this county. Mr. Meibers conducted; a city transfer line here for many years and hauled the mail between the postoffice and railway stations. When the Decatur-Fort Wayne interurban line was built about fourteen I years ago, Mr. Meibers became a 1 I motorman and has been operating

'one of the traction cars on that line 'ever since He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and Elks lodges and of the St. Marys Catholic church. Mr. Meibers was married to Mae ( Stephenson about thirty four year® ( lago. Mr. Meibers is survived by ( I his wife; two children. Robert at home,and Mrs. Daniel Falk, ot Peru; two grandchildren. Charles John and Constance Mary Falk; three sisters, Mrs. C. S. Clark. Mrs. J. J. Tonne- ( lier ami Mrs. Anna Droppieman, all of Decatur; two brothers, Michael, of Rome City, and John W„ of Decatur; and one half-sister, Mrs. Henry Voglewede. of Decatur. Funeral services will be held from ( the St. Marys Catholic church, at 9 o'clock Friday morning, the Rev. J A. Seimetz. rector, officiating. Burial will be made tn the St. Joseph Catholic cemetery. 0 - - Car of Hagleton Chestnut size anthracite coal fo r im-, mediate delivery. — Zimmer-man-Carper Co. W-T — ()r0... — —* COUNTY HOSPITAL NOTES Don Lammiman, son of H. H. Lammiman, of this city, took seriously ill last evening and was taken to the 1 Adams County Memorial hospital, wherd an operation for acute appendi- ] citis was held at eight-thirty. Word from the hospital this afternoon was that the young man was gettinng along nicely. He l s a senior in the I Decatur high school. I Mrs. Freda Conrad of Preble, who 1 entered the hospital the first of the ' week for medical treatment, under- | went a major operation this morning. She is in a serious condition, I but is resting as well as could be ex--1 pected. Arthur Hyland, who was operated upon two weeks ago last Saturday for the removal of the appendix, is able to sit up in a wheel chair and is. getting along fine. — Three operations for removal of tonsil s were held at the hospital yes 1 terday. the patients being Ruth Smith 1 of Monroe and Miriam and Omar Yeamon. of Hoagland. - o Kirkland Pupils Asked To Register Friday A. M. r All high school students of the Kirkland high school are requested ,to register at the Kirkland H. S. building Friday morning. September sth. School will begin next Monday and all who will attend the fall term are urged to register. o Mr. and Mrs. Matt Stogdill and son, Bert, of Ossian. Mr. and Mrs. .Carl Hambrook and children, and * Janette and Evelyn Stogdill. of Fort Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. William Gilbert and Children, of Decatur, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Hodle and family of Decatur. o GRANT FRANCHISE TO NICKEL PLATE (Continued from Page One) company officials this morning and word is epected from Mr. Graham I within the next week. It is thought .that the railroad will accept the franchise as passed. Avon Burk, president of the Decatur Industrial Association, has received a letter from Mr. Graham, informing him that the rail- ' road company would carry out its part of the contract, extend the tracks, provide a switch for the Handle Factory, and then erect a stockyards south of the main track. Copy Os Ordinance The ordinance a s passed by the city council las; evening is as follows: Section 1. That The New York. Chicago & St. Louis Railroad be, and is hereby, granted the right to extend, lay, construct and use additional tracks in Patterson street in said City as follows, to-wit: to extend the present interchange track with The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad company approximately four hundred fifty (450) feet west of its present connection with the main track, and to move the switch connecting said interchange and main tracks such distance to a point in said Patterson street not to exceed fifty (50) feet west of the center of Eleventh street as now located; further to connect a switch or industrial track with said interchange track extended at a point approximately fifty (50) f ee t east of the center ot Eleventh street as now located and construct such tracks from such point in and along said Patterson street and south of said interchange track extended east to and across Tenth street. Section 2. That the said grantee, is successors or assigns shall locate the switch stand and signal box on the north side of the main track of said railroad at a point not to exceed fifty (50) feet west of the center of Eleventh street as now located, and 'place no obstructions of any kind on

ijFottorion street south of the rain J track of said railroad, west ot ‘ Eleventh street Section 3. That the grantee, Its successors or assigns shall make all creasings needed and necessary in the contraction of said 1 switches on Tenth street and Eleventh streets in said City to con form with the grade of the present macadam wearing surface and that, the same be planked to the full width 'of the macadam street. Section 4. That the grantee, its successors or assigns shall forever and save harmless the City of Decatur against any and all damages, judgments .decrees, coats and expenses 1 which it may suffer or which may be recoverable or obtained against it for or by any reason of or resulting from the passage of this ordinance or by the exercise, by the grantee its successors or assigns of the privilege hereby granted or from any act or 'acts of said grantee, its successors or 'assigne. its servants or agents under or by virtue of the provision of this ordinance. Section 5. The ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor of said (City, and acceptance by the grantees within 30 days from date of passage. MAN LOSES HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS “I am sorry I did not hear of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy a few years ago. as it would have saved me several hundred dollars. Five years 1 suffered from indigestion and severe bloating. I grew worse all the time. My doctor said an operation would be all that could save me. I took a course ot Mayra Wonderful Remedy instead and for the past year have been entirely well.” It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments. including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. For sale by The Holthouse Drug Co. and druggists everywhere. MARKETS-STOCKS Daily Report Os Local And Foreign Markets Not much change was noted in the quotations on the local markets today. In the grain quotations, oats was the only one that changed, dropping one cent, the quotation now being 42 cents per bushel. Poultry quotations held their own excepting Heavy Broilers and Leghorns and Black Broilers, each dropping three cents and being quoted today at 20 cents and 15 cents, respectively. No change was made in the egg and butterfat quotations. CHICAGO GRAIN (United Press Service) Chicago. S-jpt. 3. —Grain futures trading stautd with an irregular undertone on the board of trade today. Wheeat went down a fraction, reflecting general weakness in foreign markets. Prospects of fairly liberal export 'business, however, checked the decline. Sopt corn was up a cent on good cash demand and some export business.. Optional months held firm on unfavorable crop news from over the central growing region. Oats sagged but met some buying on the dip. revisions firmed despite lower hogs and cables. East Buffalo Livestock Market Receipts 2400, shipments 2660, official to New York yesterday, 1710; Hogs closing slow. Heavies |lo.Bo©i 10.90; mediums $10.75@11; lights weight H0.75@11; light lights $8.75 @11.75; pigs $8.50; packing sows roughs $8.50; cattle 300 steady; sheep 600; best lambs ?13; best ewes [email protected]; calves 150; tops sl3. Fort Wayne. Livestock Market Hogs—l3o tbs. and down s7@B; 130 to 150 tbs. $9.90. 150 to 190 lbs. $10.20; 19 lbs. and up $10.20; roughs $7; stags [email protected]. Lambs—sß@lo.so. Calves—sll.oo. LOCAL GRAIN MARKIT (Corrected Sept. 3.) Yellow Ear Corn, per 100 .... $l5O Oats, per bushel 42c Rye, per bushel 75c Barley, per bushel, 65c New No. 1. Wheat ... $1.16 New No. 2. Wheat $1.15 DECATUR PRODUCE MARKET (Corrected Sept. 3.) Leghorn and Black Broilers 15c Heavy Broilers 20c Heavy Hens 18c Leghorns J3 C Old Roosters 08c Ducks i2c Geese .... _ 10c Eggs, per dozen 32c All poultry purchased must be free from feed. LOCAL GROCER’S EGG MARKET Eggs, per dozen 32c butterfat at station Butterfat 35c I

j* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦? ♦ CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BALE FOR SALE—sKii'rthorn I)HriiT77r—i»~’ about 18 months old Call n 719-E. 1,1 FOTTBALki-lford cheap. Phone 762. FOR SALE—HaII tree, h7l laundry stove. 2-hole kitchen er. Call at 509 Mercer Ave h. 2 !' Ind., Te). 1008. .J 10 '! r ’ f6r sale OR fRA Duroc mule hog, j,-. r 1 Fancy Orion 4th and Miller's u, ,7 rlght-or will trade for one O s ' breed. O. T. Johnson. Decatur 1m R. 10. Phone 861-C. 210 "' x '< EOR SALE—Spring wheir f|7,. r $7.50 per barrel. Frank TeZ First st., phone 254. 2lot’, Fdfl SALE-9 bank Sunstrand~ad ding machine. Also 1 HudJ.’ bicycle. Inquire R. J. Meyer roe, phone 124. 2lt)t!x FOR RENT FOR RENT—7 room house. modern. sls per month. See R ov l Johnson, phone 939 or 606. 2(l8t! i FOR RENT—4 rooms, furnisliHiTr unfurnished at Monroe phone ’ 21Q j LOST AND F()(JND~~ LOST—Camera between Ft wTyiiel and Decatur. Finder please return to D. M. McConnaughey, 140 Sunset Ave.. Dayton, Ohio and receive rp-| ' wart *' - - 2<>9tHx WANTED ANTED—Ladies to sell house am! porch dresses. $3.00 to $5.00. We deliver. Our representatives have made as high as $375. per month. Write for particulars. Bliss Mfg. Co, 9-11 Oakes St. S.W. Grand RapidsJ Mich. * 210t2x WANTED —Four SIOO.OO per week men to sell BEST Ford Oil Gauge made. Automobile furnished. Standard Products Co.. 1005 Broadway, Granville. Ohio. WANTED —Two or three furnished or unfurnished rooms for light house keeping. Address Box 4 Democrat. 210tf o— — I will start to operate my cider press Thursday, Sept. 4. One half mile west of the C. C. Beer school house. FRED D. ZURCHER, Mon roe, Ind. 209t3x o I Rebuild—Pianos. Talking and Sewing machines, and tune pianos and sell as a side line. Phone 1012 North end city limits. D. A. Gilliom. Call in ths morning and evenings only. Terms, cash. M-W-Ftf AUCTION at Monroe Home Store Wednesday niaht from 7 to 10. « 2-3 o State Case Dismissed The case of the state of Indiana vs. Clyde Campbell, of Geneva, charged with burglary, was dismissed today after the prosecuting attorney had filed a nolle pros. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. No. 1977. Notlo In hereby elven to tbn creditors. heirs and legatees of Sarah A Bell, deceased, to appear in the ■triinn ch»u" cO”»t hvnl n* I'ecuti Indiana, on the 30 day of September, and show Cx.‘*», if <*o>. y liv Final Settlement Accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship. and receive their distributive shares. HILLIARD H- BI’.LL. • Administrator Decatur, Ind., Sept. 2, 1924. Eickhorn & Edris, Attys. 3-10 9 ? JOHN SCHURGER & SON I I ABSTRACTORS Money to loan on improved real estate. On 5, 10 year plan or on Government plan. 0 - — o "> HARRY DANIELS Livestock and Farm Sale AUCTIONEER I have been in the business for i twenty-one years and have called sales iu every township in Ad- ■ ams county and also adjoining . counties. Acquaintance widely ; known. See me any day at Ford garage, phone No. 80 or call my , residence, 883-Green. ” MW-Fti " " Roy S. Johnson AUCTIONEER Decatur, Indiana I know values and how to get , the high dollar for your pro- j perty. Now booking fall and winter sales. Book your sale | earlv. See me at White Mountain Cream Station Phone 606 Phone 102O BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH CHARLES&CHARLES CHIROPRACTORS Phone 628 * Over Keller’s Jew elr - I