Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1924 — Page 5

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. „f,. Rud an' hi" wife have finally I KO ne back I'uether again. Lase re I s tvin' "ne day a week fer Independ’„t action, if yon haint aeen your I wlft . -mile at a traffic cop you haint seen her smile her pwrtieat. Alx> Martin, Indianapolis News MIM Dorothy Durkin will arrive this afternoon from her school north „r Fort Wayne to spend the week end with her mother. Mrs. Ruby Durkin. Otto Kirsch motored to Garrett this afternoon to attend the DecaturGarrett football game. Pete Falk,’ of west of the city, was business vicsitor here this afterI noon. Miss Harriett Myers, student at Dej I’attw University at Greencastle, is spending the week end here with her parents. Mr. ami Mrs. John T. Myers. Irene Hesher who was taken to the \ilams County Memorial hospital Monday afternoon is improving today. Otto Wemhoff. of Fort Wayne, was a business visitor here thip morning. Teeple Bros., farmers living south of Decatur, sold 32 head of hogs yesterday to the Mutschler Packling company, (receiving $918.65 in payment thereof. The Teeple Bros, still have 100 head of hogs on their farm. John Carmody, manager of the Hol-land-St. Louis Sugar company made a business trip to Woodburn this morning. William Faurote of south of Decatur was a business visitor in the city today. F. R. Sowers, of Portland, visited friends here last evening. Miss Carolyn Acker will spend the w< ek end at Geneva with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rcicheldeffer. Mrs. Essie Fry returned to her ho ne at Van Wert. Ohio, after spending several days here visiting friends. Mrs. Florence Meyer spent the day at Huntertown with her daughter. Miss Gladys, who is teaching in the schools there. J. Dwight Peterson, of the City Trust Company, of Indianapolis, was a business visitor here yesterday. F. E. Vail will go to South Bend Saturday to attend the Notre DameNcbraska game. Mrs. John Niblick left today* for Leipsic, Ohio to be tttA gue’sJf of her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Edwards. Mrs. Njblick will remain at Leipsic several days to be in charge of the Edwards home while Mr. and Mrs. Edwards enjoy a ten .days trip to New York City. Frank Wemhoff, of Fort Wayne, was a business visitor here this morning. Arthur Falk, of west of the city, was a business visitor here this morning. William Gay, a student in the Muncie State Normal school.' is spending the weekend in this city with his par- < ts, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gay. ‘ Bill" is playing tackle on the Normal football team. James Moses went to- Fort Wayne this afternoon to be the guest of Carl Moses and attend the Father and Son Banquet to be held there. RURAL CHURCHES Pleasant Mills and Salem Sunday School, 9:30. Morning Worship at Pleasant Mills 10:30. Epworth Lague, 6:30 . Evening Service, at Salem at 7:30. The Wednesday night prayer service at Salem will be at Mt. Hope. The prayer meeting folks voted to go ii» a body that night to the revival services at Mt. Hope. Now lets have a big •urn out. Every member of the ( liurch is expected to be there. You need this servjpe and the service needs you. We are looking for 100 to attend his service. Lets be brotherly. Some of our folks are attending the Decatur Methodist revival and it is that the prayer meeting may disband and go to Decatur in a body. We have been invited to come as a delegation. Lets go. Next Sunday a week. Nov. 23rd, is communion Sunday at each point and we will be glad to have you present at this great service. This is a fine time to renew our consecration. Any cause that cannot stand on its merits has not right to stand at all Nothing stays good unless you try tc make it better. One evidence of the 'alue of the Bible is the character ol those who oppose it. The joybeils o sinner are cracked. Why waft anti Your dead to come to Church? Got needs the living. Read Isa. 12:2. F. A. SHIPLEY, Pastor. Union Chapel Church Sunday will be rally day. Service

will begin at 9;i5 a , m , Kenneth Shoemaker, of Geneva, will be principal speaker. George Cramer superintendent of Sunday School. Rev. B. H. Blauwel, pastor. Decatur Circiut Preaching at Mount Pleasant on t|m morning of Nov. 16. Revival services are stilll in progress at Beulah. Rev. Fischer Is preaching with great power and victory has come as a result of the fervent appeals. On Monday evening. Nov. 17 Rev. K- H. lame, who is assisting. Rev. I'. S. A. Bridge at the First M. E. Church Decatur, will preach at Beulah. He is the "drummer evangelist.” Be sure t<f hear him. LESTER L. C. WISNER. Pastor. — ALL OVER INDIANA Chicago—When Hughie Hilbrfng, negro shiek, couldn’t borrow a flivver to take his “gal” for a ride, he stole a big white hearse, and the pair enjoyed a happy whirl until interrupted by police. • linton Justice of Peace Schuman of ( linton. ruled it was slander when Frank Hladni, said Halco was a member of a hqrse thief detectife association and fined Hladni $1 and costs. Bloomington—lra Dillman, a retired farmer and stock raiser is exhibiting one of ths largest tomatoes ever grown in this county. It weighs two pounds. It is a perfect specimen of the yellow variety. Muncie—Police sang tile same tune with different words when they found an old copper still hanging in the well on the Frank Leyendecker premises. They also found more than a gallon of white mule. Portland—Ralph Ashley, baker here went to the oven to put in a pie. The oven door had been charged through a short circuit and Ashley was severely burned. Geneva—Double ftmeral services were held near here for Mr. and Mrs Emmett LeFovour. both 75. Washington—Washington is proud of Ray A. Graham. A Detroit news paper carried a story about him bagging a wild bull caribou while hunting in Canada. Marion—" Thanks” said a cable received here from Commander George W. Steele who will command the new ZR—3 on its' flight to America from Germany. Marion, his llomO town wired him luck. Portland —While George Antes went for help after wrecking his coupe thieves took the tires, motometer, and spotlight. Indianapolis—When Charlie Allison. 12. ragged- and barefooted greeted County Clerk Albert Losche with a smile and said his father had been sick for two years, and that there were four other children at home. Losche bought him new clothes "from the skin out." Bluffton — George McKinney, and David Maddux, both 3. decided to go west. They walked to Buckeye and became tired. Their dads went after them. Elwood —Thomas Immel, of Los Angeles, is visiting here after an absence of forty years. Bloomington—Ora Wooden, engi-

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nees at the Leonard Springs Water plant, here, has denied a report that a new water famine is ahead. Plenty of water, he says. Whitestown— John Hardesty cut an artery in his leg with a poekot knife while trying to cut a stalk of corn. It required five stitches to close the wound. Fairmont,-G. L. Bailey went to u fortune teller who asked that he produce his purse. She held it under his chin. When he left he found his purse was empty. Kokomo—Kokomo will have over head silent cops, according to action taken by the police board. Marion —Howard Coon. 22. is the newest policeman here and the big- 1 gest. He is six feet one and weighs 236 pounds. Terre Haute Ralph Johnson nearly lost the sight of one" of his eyes’ when a bird which he had caught In the woods and was carrying home, pecked it. Winchester -Clarence Williams, of Farmland, was arrested while attending a funeral of his daughter. He< was alleged to have been short in his Accounts while administrator tor an estate. RECORDS OF HAWKINS CO. (Continued From Page One) $945.412.56. George B. Buist. of Fort Wayne, also told of the huge sums taken from the sale of securities for the welfare loan societies, resulting in their ruin. Buist said his firm of expert accountants had made audits of the Hawkins hooks and testified that the losses increased steadily from a comparative few thousand dollars in 1916 to $156,318.55 in 1921, CELINA YOUTH ADMITS PART IN MOYER MURDER (Continued from Page One) thereby be saved consideraule expense and also accepting Smelser s confession and testimony, which was to the effect that he was one of a party of four on the premises that fateful night, also that he was the one who remained in the machine, with the motor going while the murder was committed. Smelser was then taken into court before Judge Miller, but before Mr. Bryson would allow him to enter a V v ■ plea, or make a statement, lie asked the defendant if he desired to have Judge Mannix present. After making a negative anwer Smelser pleaded guilty to mansulaghter. In accepting his plea Judge Miller commended the young man upon the f/Jr ’J | Keep the vital organa young. Sound digestion, rugged nerves and healthful circulation may be yours. Use •'There i» Hop." Munyon'r Paw Paw Tonic. MUNYON’S PAW PAW TONIC Far u.e Munjeo e Pew Pew Pill, ,nr-.fort-on cunranteed or niones ri-fr."- 1 "

chief ANNOUNCER ■ I i WO QUINN A. RYAN This photo presents Quinn A. Ryan, who is chief announcer of station W-G-N. located In Chicago. had taken, and fr mklj stated that had he come into court and repudiated his confession and the testimony he had previously given, and gone upon the witness stand in his own behalf in a trial he would have been in far worse circumstances than he is now since he has made this manly confession. The penalty for mansulaghter is from one to 20 years. However, Judge Miller deferred the passing of sentence on Smelser for- a few days. The words of the court seemed to cheer the defendant very much for he left the court room with his countenance beaming and his heart apparently much lighter, since relieved of its load. On the way out. it is stated that he remarked: “Had I known it would have been like this I would! have done this long ago.” Other startling developments in|

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Gospel Meetings at the > METHODIST CHURCH until November 30th The Rev E. H. Lane Evangelist Christ 4 Bible W Truth is . fig is Magnified^ rcac^v( ’ d> ALWAYS AN INTERESTING A HELPFUL MESSAGE HEAR THE DRUMMER EA'ANGELIST HE IS A GOOD ONE.

connection with this case are expected now that Smelser has formally | entered his pint of gililty of manslaughter. The other three young men indicted v|th‘ Smelser for the murder were George, jamot ami Dlek Fetters. George Fetters was tried on the < charge of first degree murder last I spring and was found guilty by the • Jury. He was sentenced to life inif prisonment in the Ohio penitentiary. Janies and Dlek have not been tried,' although the case against James was' scheduled to come up for trial last’ Monday, but was postponed until’ Deiemlier 15. ONE IN TEN Neglecting s little wound, cut or al.raa- 1 ion of the flesh may in nine cases out of j ten Pause no preat suffering or inconveni-' cnee, but it is thq one case in ten that 11 causes blood fsiisoning, lockjaw or a i chronic festering sore. The cheapest, i safest and best course is to disinfect the wound with liquid Borozone nnd apply i •the Borozone Powder to complete the ' healing process. Price (liquid) 30c. 60c , and $1.20. Powder 30c nnd 60c. Sold by Holthouse Drug Co. j 1 • — 1 1 Ash ba u cher’s FURNACES LIGHTNING RODS SPOUTING SLATE ROOHNG PHONE 765 or 739 •

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