Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1924 — Page 5

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K ° P '” niSf Mi t’da' af’er he wuz ■ ~” ' r 5.H.V.H- hi* ear standin' M f' o '- 1 , ri . livlil without th tail 818 It don't seen. f he goto ■ bn: bobbed hair makes » ' as young, an' th' Ml th’)-""*■ 1 M .,.. t1n . Indianapolis ■■ ole M • V " S ' x w Hinz spent the ■ Wayne visiting friends. ■ .(• It smith. Os Detroit, is the ■ nflmr mother. Mrs. C.R.Ha>n. MB ' 1 of Winchester street. I "e Neuman, of Cleveland. Ohio. ■ J;;.! on business friends here this H ’"itGass has returned from Chi ■ rIC ., Where he looked after business ■ sts for the E. F. Gass & Son more. H ' Mrs T A Lenahan and daughter. ■ of hulianoPolis, who have been visit- ■ inR with the former's parents, Dr. ■ Jni l j lrs . c V Connell, spent the day ■ In Fort Wayne. ■ Mrs Fred Heuer visited relatives ■ ,nd friends at Fort Wayne today. * ■ Rev. R. R Ellikcr spent the day in ■ Fort Wayne. f ■ Uonard Wise, of Lima, Ohio, was a ■ business visitor in the city this mornH ' ng ' | John S. Peterson Douglas ■ Haney made a business trip to OhjO ■ yesterday. ■ Mrs. Minnie Crowl, of Chl’agr is ■ a guest at the A. J. Hanev home. I J. A. Harvey, well known farmer I living south of the city, wt l a busiI ness visitor here this afternoon I Mrs. Henry Meyers spent the afterson in Fort Wayne as the guest of her son, laiwrence and family Tom Griffiths, of Magley, looked after business interests here this as ternoon. , Mr. and Mrs. William Shakel living near Preble, spent the afterr mi: here shopping. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Beavers and family of west of the city, will motor

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to Union City Friday to spend several days with relatives. Miss Neva Grfiber, student nutso of the Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne ivisited friends and relatives here yes- , terday. ( Dr. and Mrs. Burt Mangold motored to Bellevue, Ohio last evening to oe the guests of friends until >c,nor- , •ow. Floyd Llby and Romfe Brviner ‘ made a business trip to Fort Wayne ■ this morning in the interest of the Studebaker garage. • Janies Westveld returned last night • from Grand Rapids. Michigan, where he was called on the account of the ’ serious illness of his mother. Mr. 4 ,and Mrs. Westveld will motor to 1 Grand Rapids Sunday for a few days. • 'Rally Day In Methodist Sunday School Sunday •' The annual rally day program will be observed in the First Methodist 4 church next Sunday. Every Methodist is expected to be in Sunday 1 School that morning. A program will be given during the regular church ‘ hour. - • o CARD OF THANKS We sincerely thank our many ’ friends and neighbors for their kind assistance and the words of sympathy ; during the sickness and death of our loving wife and mother; also for the beautiful floral offering and the kind ' words spoken by the pastor. WILLIAM A. THORTON, AND FAMILY. •Gasoline Taxes Net State $4,751,620 Indianapolisl Oct. 1. —(Special jo : Daily Democrat) -The state auditors office reported $4,751,620 had been collected in gasoline taxes during the I fiscal year ending September 30. The ' cost of eolection was only $6,100.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER I, 1921.

CLUB CALENDAR Wednesday Shakespeare Club—Mrs. E. B. Adams. Historical Club. Mrs. E. S. Christen 2:30 p. in. Auction Bridge Club—Mrs. Paul Briede, 610 E. Main St., Portland. U. B. Ladies’ Aid Society—Postponed. Thursday Reformed Ladies' Aid Society— Church parlors. 1 p. tn. Moose Legionaire pot-luck supper, Moose home, 8 p.m. W. C. T. U. Annual County Convention—Geneva. Work and Win Class — Frank Tabor Church —The Misses Sprunger, 2 p. m. Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society—Mrs. J. R. Horton. Epworth League Dramatic Club, Mrs. J. W. Vail, Madison street, 7:00 p. nt. Winona Camp Fire Girls —Mrs. Margaret Melchi. Concord Indies’ Aid and Missionary Societies —Mrs. Rhoda Mahan, 2 p. m. Bachelor Maids —Miss Mayme Terveer, 6:30 p. tn. Friday Woman’s Home Missionary Society --Mrs Will Butler. Home Missionary Society of M. E. Church—Mrs. Will Butler. St. Mary's Township Home Economics Club —Pleasant Mills H. S. Te Ladies of the Missionary Socciety will have carge of the services at the Evangelical Church Sunday evening at seven-thirty o'clock. A Japanese play will be presented and an interesting program of music and readings will also be given. — I The St. Mary's township Home Economics Club will hold a public ■meeting at the Pleasant Mills high school Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. I Miss Helen Schenck who represented all the clubs of the county at the state fair will give an interesting re•port. Everyone is invited to attend. ★ The Tri Kappa Sorority met last [evening with Miss Helen Meyer at | lier home on Fifth street. Plans for the winter work of the sorority were discussed. Mrs. J. R. Peterson, of j Terre Haute, was an out-of-town guest. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Burton Niblick in two weeks. Delectable refreshments were ’ served by the hostess during the social hour. | The dance which was announced to be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall Thursday evening has been indefinitely postponed on account of the serious illness of John Schurger, father of Fred Schurger, who is manager of the dance. The classes will not meet. The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Will Butler, 103 North Eighth street. The annual dues are to be paid at this meeting or sent to Mrs. Henry Heller, treasurer. The study of tl.e new hock. “Adventures in B’-oil-erhOod,” will be taken up at this meeting with Mrs. C. D. LewUm in charge. Every member is tug; cl to attend. ♦ Several intimate friends gathered to celebrate the ninth birthday, of little Forentin Minch at her home Tuesday. Games and contests were enjoyed after which delicious refresh n'SPif were serif.’. Fore;’ m was the recipient cf many pretty gifts. Those present included Delores Klepper. Mary Colchin. Mary Wertzberyer, Frances Holthouse, Mildred .’ller. Mary -.luivw Leonard, Phy'iis Shanahan. Patsy Fullenkamp, Ma-y Ulman and Lucille Miller. ★ Os a’ll the fruit, jelly and vegetables that were given to the Adams County Memorial Hospital last Saturday during their annual drive, the Root township ladies donated a half. The ladies of that community are to be commended for their fine spirit. 0 IN MEMORY OF MARY E. TRUE The the officers ami members of Uureka Temple No. 39 Pythian Sisters. We, the undersigned committee, appoint to draft and present a memorial on the derth of our deceased sister. Mary E. True. Sister True wag a charter member of Eureka Temple No. 39 and in early, history was an active member. She was air inspiration to all with whom ishe came in contact, always loving

and just in her dealings, yet to know her In her home was to be admitted to the hnllowed precinct* of her inner heart, and permitted to know her In the fraternal sense. To tell of all her virtues would be Impossible, for no more noble character of true womanhood ever lived, and In her death the monument she •leaves to us, is the fact that the work she accbmplished will live on down through the ages. To her bare'ived husband and soil, and all who morn her loss we extend our heartfelt sympathy. Resolved, That this memorial be adopted by this Temple as a token of friendship, and remembrance of . tour departed Sister. That the same be spread of record in the minute book of our Temple, upon a page set . .apart and dedicated to her memory, and that a copy thereof under seal of the Temple, he sent to her family, also to the city paper. Resolved, that our Charter be draped for a period of thirty days. t » JESSIE BURDG FLORENCE BAIN ENA VAIL. o — Dr. McCulloch Speaks At Muncie Last Night (United Press Service) Muncie, Ind.. Oct. I—Pledgingl—Pledging thntf if elected, he could cut down the government expenses by simplifying and , improving the various state board commissions and department. Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, democratic .nominee for governor, officially opened his campaign in Delaware county 'here last night. The nominee spoke ,to a crowd that more than filled the big circuit court rom here. Prior to the address, he received the public at the democratic headquarters. Dr. McCulloch did not mention the [name of Ed. Jackson, his republican 'opponent, but referred to him as the secretary of state who has spoken in ’ complimentary terms of the R. L. Pollings company. o J HAWKINS FAILS TO APPEAR FOR HIS TRIAL TODAY (Continued from Page One) 1 gage and loan companies with de frauding home builders throughout 1 the country of $26,000,000. Homer Elliott, 'district attorney had everything in readiness as tin '• trial opened. A large number of t u 150 government witnesses had beei * suspended and were prepared to ten ’ tify. Many of the government wit r cesses have come from states as ft: e west as California and..as far east ai f New York. 1 Work has been carried on by tin I ■ government in the case since the fir s j j indictment was returned against tin ;, defendants January 16 of this year 3 The indictment charged Hawkins arc his associates with use of the mail: in furtherance of a scheme to defravi i and conspiracy to use the mails it 5 such a scheme. In order to strengthen the govern I meat's case the defendants were re , indicted March 11 and trial was sol . for June-15. I After Hawkins had protested against Judge A. B. Anderson sitting on the bench, Anderson withdrew. ■ Hawkins protested because Judge AnI derson had accused some of the dot - fendants' counsel for “pollyfoxing.” i The affairs of the Hawkins concern > and those affiliated with it are tied up in civil litigation including bank ■ ruptey. i Observers as the trial opened, wer • : looking for some attempt by the de- . fendants to delay the trial. The de- ( fendants have subpoenaed no wi.nesses, and but few lawyers have filed appearances for them. i Senator James Reed, of Missouri, • was to appear for William Sacks, of . St. Louis, an officer of the United . Home Builders, one of the allege 1 fraudulent firms. i Those indicted with Hawkins are: Anthony Scheib, Carl B. Anderson, William Webb, William Sacks. Harry I. Bovard, Charles N. Sucop, John A. Clark. Nord Carter, William Jone . L W. McCallum, Leo Harrington, John Snttoh, Frank Haight, Frank Willis, A. R. Sax. Frank Jaqua, jnJ Earl Sapp. The companies ailkl their alleged officers involved in ithe case besideHawking and the Hawkins Mortgage • Company are: Anthony Scheib, vice president of the company; Frank B Jaqua. vice-president; John Sutton vice-president; Carl B. Anderson treasurer; J. W. McCallum, assistant treasurer, and Leo P. Harrington ’ traveling auditor, all of Portland, In diana. Co-operative League of America, oi which Bovard, Sucop and Clark, are ■' officers. v Indiana Rural Credits Bureau, of | Indianapolis, of which Carter and Jones are officers. j Security Home and Savings Or- ■' ganizatlon, of Kansas City, Mo., of I which Haight, Wi|lis and Sapp are officers. 4

SEN. BROOKHART NOT PLANNING TO BOLT THE 0. O. P. (Continued on pago two) Democrat)—Charles G. Dawes must be dropped from the republican party ticket or the party will go down to defeat, Senator Smith W. Brookharl' of lowa, told William M. Butler, , chairman of the national republican . committee, in a letter calling for the resignation of Dawes. Brookhart ■ suggested that Dawes be replaced i with Senator Norris of Nebraska. 1 Butler refused to comment Jon • Brookhart's letter. He intimated he • would get out a formal reply later. t Brookhart stopped off here for a , breathing spell following an extenf sive speaking tour throughout the , middlewest. Dawes is proving a millstone about the neck of the Cool- . idge ticket, he said. —o Plan to attend “The Microbe of Love’’ Friday night. H. S. Auditorium. t SALTS FINE FOR - ACHING KIDNEYS ! When Back Hurls Flush Your Kidneys as You Clean Your Bowels Most folks forget that the kidneys, ’ like the bowels, sometimes get slng- • gish and clogged and need a flushing . Occasionally, else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, seyere headaches, rheumatic twinges, 3 torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder disorders. You simply must keep your kid 1 neys active and clean and the mo- • ment you feel an ache or pain in the , kidney region begin drinking lots of water. Also get about four ounces '■ of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon - juice, combined with lithia, and is L intended to flush clogged kidneys and help stimulate them to activity It also helps neutralize the acids in , the urine so they no longer irritate e . thus helping to relieve bladder dis orders. Jad Salts is inexpensive; makes t de'ightful effervescent lithia watei y, drink which everybody should takt le now and then to help keep their kid neys clean. le A well-known local druggist sayn he sells lots of Jad Salts to folk: s- who believe in trying to correct kid eny trouble while it is only troubh By all means have your physiciat ir examine your kidneys at least twict is a year.

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