Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1925 — Page 3

I \ )Cicty' I (’|JTB CALENDAR H Saturday ■ .'"'i' l . ■ « i: ■ V-ru |..,■.and Foreign ■ T *»• i: ' ■ i , vSD .1. m- ■ TiW I Monday ■ pi ,. a Th'-ta Tan Mi- Florence ■ : V.:,,U,.'. -- -— ■ (Jail. P- Wi ■ Tuesday ■ 7iM ,'< Wall-!' '• < ‘‘ l!r " n - l *£r and M«rlh:i ’las* "f M. R. ■ fhlir( .h- Mrs. W. F Munn. ■ j n ( r . (iiipsi night. Pfl f ,iu ' k 1 .urnar■ K. of C Hall, 8 P- m, ■ < lass of Presbyterian [ s c .Mrs. Van Alsbiirg. <1:30 !>• ni i Pr.f luck supper. N lota Xi-Mrs. Edgar (Wlier, 8 p. m - Wednesday Fjvp Hundred Hub - Mrs. .100 Disc, 7: TO p. tn(’.ridge ('lull - Jean, lie Ehlnger. {•SO p. m. "■ Bible class— -Zion ijiilieran School louse, 7:30 p ni. Tri D—Miss I'rro’vn Acker. p. ni , o,!d Fellow Public Dance and So f ;al Time--!. 0. O F. Hall. Ifistorl.nl dub—Mrs. Roy Runyon. Molt*. Historical Club—Mrs. Wilson I>»e Thursday Aaction Bridge Club-Miss Florpare Molt house. Friday Community Meeting—Aber School louse. Afternoon Bridge Club — Mrs James Kooher. The Afternoon Bridge Club will meet Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. James Kooher, on Adams | street, instead of the regular day. Tuesday afternoon. All members are urged to note the change of date. The League of Women Voters gave a very successful benefit Bridge and Fire Hundred Party iu the Industrial I Rooms Friday afternoon. Mrs. C. A Dugan ha.l charge of th» playing and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Henry Schulte in bridge and Mrs. B Farr at Hiradriad ( Twelve tables j were filled and the proreeds derived from this social affair will bo used in carrying on the work of the league. Miss Catherine Omlor and Mrs. Clyde Butler delightfully entertained a company of friends last evening at the Butler home on Mercer Avenue, in honor of Mrs. V. J. Uormann, who recently moved to Huntington. Four tables wore arranged for Five Hundred and prizes were awarded to the Misses Margaret .Mylott and Helena Myers. At the ronelusion of the games a delicious two course luncheon was served. The home was attractively decorated for the occasion. Members of the D. Y. B class of guests held an interesting meeting at the l nited Brethren and several the borne of Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst, last night. About forty people vere present. A potluck supper was enjoyed. During the business meeting of the class, Mrs. Henry Bowman was appointed assistant teacherl,ft > Mumma, Sunday School superin '“iHlent. gave an interesting talk on Sunday School work. Following his '“' k a was given and sever contests held. Prizes were given '’ r those answering the largest num„r of Bible questions. Miss Grace , 't daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst, who has the misfortune ! emg blind, is a member of the ' ass and she greatly enjoyed the meeting last night. , Mary anrt Martha Class of the win ?, ISI School will meet o, ' ' rh ' R *'■. Moon at her home' in a™ a;, TUeßday eVPI,i, 'S' Ja ""- atteml *' members are urged tb Idll'i rPeular mee ling of the Five Jop / e Ch,b wi ” be held with Mrs. o'clock 6 WfldneS(lay nißht at 7:30 il » - t-i!'n Jeane,te Fhinger will enteraj her'n memberS ° f thp Bridge Club day even 01 " 6 Fifth street ' Wedneeevenmg at 7:30 o'clock. AUCTIONEERS hold banquet from Page On.- ( be great profession of a net '

toneering, The cla n was considered on. of the U t that ever was gndii. at.d (mm the Keppert School, ind [ no doubt, the students will make a | v.t, iess of the.'r ‘hoieti profession rr. l j... onte v, lilting and talk In; :.,ivci ttser.’.fnt -. for the n.,ttonally I r.vun -linil of this - itv. the follow Mr poem fnlbd, '*Tlo' Ktllciency Flam of Repperi AnetT.n Relied." whs written liy Stanford Wlmherley, of Kearney, Nebr.r.l. i, one of the graduate',: oil' t 'la i of Mnetei n Hundred arid Twenty-live, Soon to lie sea tiered fur and wide, North east, south i.ml wet Mach to the place in, known bert. Some to rise to tin unknown height Others to struggle iu desperate plight l.ei this he every man’s creed To help another to succeed. I Do not forget the motto Whether traveling by train or nuto You can if yon will Will ■ ive you many a spill. Farewell, Instructors, great and smart Hour by hour and day by day Kn< It. one doing their pan To help us in every possible way. Manv a man will think Os three weeks well spent Stopping in the town of Decatur While attending their Adrian Mater. Members of the "Efficiency Clin;;" Now polished as smooth as glass Fellows and puls ol mine Write me if you find time. You will not forget : non The hours spent in the classroom When stopping to think of these Remenitx r me, If you please. PYTHIANS PLAN DISTRICT MEETS . Meetings At Wabash And Decatur Promise To He Interesting District meetings of the Kni-'us of Pythias will lie held in Wabash and Decatur on February 4 and 6th respectively and from the (dans being made, Wabash is going to try to outdo the Decatur lodge in putting on the biggest meeting. How rvor. the Decatur Knights are not going to be out-done and plans are being made accordingly. To show the friendly rivalry between tho two lodges, the following is taken from the Wabash TimesStar: — “If Wabash does not have a ilistriet convention of Knights of Pythias that will outdo the Decatur district, Wednesday, Feb. 4. it will not he be cause enough enthusiasm was not drummed up by Pylhians who met In their first county conclave :if North Manchester last night. A total of 37 local lodge members made the trip to Manchester in auomobi’es and returned about midnight last night. Tlioso who attended the big meeting from here are A. II Baker. Mark Mitten. William Iking las, George Johnson. Burdette De Armond, Kenneth Roby, James Davis. W. G. Kholty, VV. Fisher. It. \V. Curts. JT. H. Kerr, H. Frankstine, James Smallwood. 1,. G. Smith, Itacy Gillenwater, Ralph Tschantz. 11. B. Bannist-! ?r. Charles C. Smith, liolllu McDani-| -Is, William Wysong, James Kerr, Gilbert Talinadge, H. O- Gooillander,' Guy Hoover and C. lleinko. i “A spirit of competition was set afoot last night, as a feature of two' district meetings that will be held on Feb. 4 and 5, one here and another at Decatur, respectively. Enthusiasm is being worked up by Dore Er! vin, grand chancellor of Indiana.! whose residence is at Decatur.' County meetings similar to the one! conducted last night will he held at Lafontalue and here during the next ■ few months it was indicated last night. “The possibility of a campaign to secure the designation of Wabash as the site for the new state Pythian home, was introduced for discussion by Joe Dillon, county deputy, of Lafontaine. Much comment was made and it appeared that an active campaign will be launched hv the county lodges to bring the homo here-’’ To Hold Another Meet “Fifteen or twenty Knights of Pythias deputies from every lodge in the Wabash district ..ill meet at Wabash Monday evenine, to discuss; and outline plans for conducting th>> biggest district meetings of the order that has ever been held in the three counties ot Huntington, Grant, and Wabash. “To preside over the meeting and to act as its chairman, Frank Roberts. district deputy, of Lafontaine. will be here. The session will be held in the Indiana Hotel dining room. “In addition to working up enthusiasm for tli? district conclave here Feb. 4, the deputies will con-’ shier boosting Wabash as the cite for ' the big new Knights of Pythias J state home. The movement is being I j accorded support from every cornel I !

DECATUR Daily D?MOgRAT SA,Tl T PPAY 4 JaNUARY IT 1525

MAMA NOW §\ ' v W IRENE CASTLE McLAUGHLIN ' Chicago.— Mrs. Frederic McLaughlin. formerly Irene Castle, the dancer, gave birth to a seven pound daughter i Snn.hiy afternoon. Jan. 4. at 5 o'clock ' r.t the Michael Reese hospital. Both Mrs. McLaughlin and the baby are doing nicely. The child, it was reported, w ill he named for her mother. Little Irene is Mrs. Mclvtughlin's first child, although site lias been married three times. Her' first husband was Vernon Castle, a (Ir tish ace. who was killed while instructing American student pilots iu Texas during tho war. Her second husband was Capt. Robert E. Treman.,whom she divorced iu Paris. She gave up her stage career when she married Maj. Mi- ■ Laughlin. Chicago sportsman and so- , cial leader, on Thanksgiving eve, 1323. The McLaughlins went to Japan on their wedding tour and spout much of their t'me after their somewhat • unexpected return to Chicago. Last August Mr. McLaugh'in left for a . vacation hi Europe. After u few ! weeks abroad she returned to Chicago and went inly seclusion. of the (r.iinty, especially North Manchester where members are very en--1 tliusiastfe for ''bringing'' the lodge 1 home here. The fund for the struct- ' me is being obtained, from members, i who are. donating one day’s salary to project. Thus the new home will be “limit in one day,” it is pointed out.'* EILIS SFBUNCEB GOES TO DETROIT I ! — Berne Younj? Man Becomes 1 Publicity Director Os ! Y. M. C. A. There d '■ Ellis IT. Sprunger. formerly of Berne, who for the past five years has been publicity secretary of the | Fort Wayne Y. M. C. A., has resigned !___

Do If Today I ( ! If you really mean to make 1925 your banner year for savings, Start at once. Theodore Roosevelt said, “Thrift is hard headed common sense applied to saving. i ? Come in and join our THRIFT SAVINGS CLUB. i . i The Peoples loan A f rust o ' i “Bank of Service” |j I !i

hci position to accept a similar one with the Y. M. P A at Detroit Wiihiri iwo months after Mr Sprunger foci to Detroit, lie will he tl.ino iron a campaign to raise f f.Oho 000 for tb- const ruction of •if Id -n-w V. M. <’ A builJi/i,- in I that i itv. r-vi-n branch bitilUln:', and a nun's hotel. l|- Will lc one of lilt J directing foil-' in i lie publicity cam | piK.sn. *Tlie ientri.l branch “Y" liasi about f. One members. Mr. .Sprung*!' went to Fort Wuync aliO'.it five and u half yriirr. ago from it, ini', where lie was editor of the "Witness.” Previous to that be had graduated In journalism ul Oberlin College. While lie was in charge of the .membership and publicity jvork of the Fort; Wayne association, the membership was increased from prae tirally nothing to over 3,000, and the local association now lias the second largert membership for a city the vze of Fort Wayne in the country Under his direction, the “Live Y'or” lull was organized and the paper of the same name published and edited in the Interests of building up the membership. Sprunger Is president of Hie Na Received A Hearty Welcome GREAT THRONGS OF EAGER. ANXIOUS SUFFERERS—-OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, CALLED ON PROF. RICKER, AT LOCAL HOTEL. WILL MAKE RETURN TRIP So many chronic .sufferers —of altuost every imaginable description, ere.wiled Hip iooal hotel, upon Prof, slicker's recent visit, that many could not even get in to see him. It is said some of thp cases were very, pitiful to behold. But. regard- • ss whether rich or poor, none were 'u-ned away who asked for the sen-i'-es. A I \ff “Healing Hands” i After receiving Prof. Ricker's glor- • u“ services, some of the callers, at 1 usi were so very delighted with the immediate results obtained, that ■ I!tey did not hesitate to appear beLire the waiting crowds, and show jus! what had been done for tln-m Dances For Joy ' One well-known farmer, was s.i tin;.j;; to get quick telief that hactually danced with glee, and to she., what lmd been done for him so ‘ : oon. It is said, that this brought tears of joy to some of those present. Is A Friend To All li is said of Prof. Ricker, that no worthy person—if ever so poor, has ' ever been turned away by him. IT , 1 1 uses neither drugs nor knife. And, regardless what your ailment ina fbe. or what else vou may have tried 1 before, do not give up. until you have, at least, met Prof. Kicker. lie - will tell you exactly what he think- 1 |of your case. This costs you abso'.utely nothing Fair enough, isn’t it .' Don't Miss The Opportunity No person lias a right to say t > another. "Your case is hopeless." For how do they know it is? Where | there is life, there is hope, always. Others have been helped; wily net ••on? Take advantage of this rare : opportunity, while it exists. You i may never get another. Return Trip Prof Bicker, or representative, wi 1 ke it the following places: Hotel Murray, Decatur, Monday; Hotel Avenue. Van Wert. Friday; Hotel Phelan. Delphos, Saturday. Don't miss it!

tional Association of V Member | ship flwiretariea. • <?■■" ■ — lan Fraripisco Aiousod i Ovpi “Jazz Mania. " (’asp I i It. JI ll.li • ; :Ml I. V i'’Ll I Ran i'ruin Li o Jai i, .tun IT .i n • IS( •> vv .1: i i11,,11 ltd ,. 1 .1 il I seldom has In •ii over the n •• of j Dorntliy Kllingttiui, the i.; ■. n old “Jazz mcnlac" who shot to death tlm mother Who objeclf'd lo lo r |UirilcipaHon in a life of m:uj guiet Society worker .police arid federal were busy trying in answer the qnc’ officials sfid various organization!! lion of wb.it should be done. Action thus far has consisted of Hie arrest of four of Dorothy's " .tielks;" issuance of warrants for 13 others; arrest of May Fitzgerald, her companion; a plan for a general roundup of juvenile court wards who ONE THIN WOMAN GAINED 10 POUNDS IN 20 DAYS | Skinny Men Can Do tho Same All weak men and women AH nervous men and women All skinny men and women Fan grow stronger, healthier and more vigorous and take on solid needed flesh in 30 days just, by taking McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets four times a day as easy to take as candy. And what a hit these flesh producing lablets have made. One druggist tripled his sales in one week. Everybody knows that nasty tasl ing evil-smelling Cod Liver Oil is a wonderful vitalize!', tie i -producer and health creator. But who wants to swallow the horrible stuff, wlun these wonderful tale lets—McCoy’s Cod L'ver Oil Compound Tablets, are just js good and so easy to take. A box of Ob tablets for fib cents and if any skinny man or woman doesn't vain at least 3 pounds in 30 days—money hack. Ask llolthonso Drug Co , or any good druggists anywhere in America. He sure and get McCoy's, the origin:!’ and genuine, and don’t forget . there is nothing on earth so good to make backward, listless, underweight , -w «»ron-T and robust.

# I ' I t Dodbe Brothers S P E-CIAL TYPE- - A 5 E-DAN To say that the Special Type-A Sedan looks as good as it really is, is simply to pay a just and deserved tribute to the coachworkand the special equipment The appointments were determined in the usual Dodge Brothers way — strictly on a basis of quality and not of cost. Five Balloon Tires Delivered $1,430. THOM AS J. DURKIN GARAGrt DISTRIBUTOR Opposite Court House [ CONNERSviI. fT 7 ”} Deratur. Indiana 1 2 r L —-w-i

•are on probation; and rigid luveuiga- ■ Hon of sal.* of liquor in on! of the way ail aivhi < afe-i Moat all ag-ricies Inierr .ied in the I Husn agreed lie murder ii.ieeable to! [too much freedom for young girlilstity lo control of pla. -4 where girls I •»!’ lender v.-aru :.r.| male friends , [could engage in r> vein wilhoul parent|al control; plus a modern f.iudcnry I . towards a frenzied existence, Plans! ; for Dorothy's apja-ariuiee jn roms ! , I were nmcli muddled loilny, l’mler[ I'alifoniia law, she is to answer first |iu the juvenile court ami Judge J. J. , ! Murray had announced h» will re- * ■nniid tho ease to Hie suiierlor court. Banks Selected For Slate Depositories Indiana polls, Jan. 17 —(Special to Daily iremocrat) — I The state tin mice board loday completed designation of

1 The ADAMS Theatre I V I'rUil further notice this theater will he open every Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesy cay nikthls. Matinee Saturday and Sunday jfi[ 1 Last Time Tonight M I “LITTLE JOHNNY JONES” i A delightful racing drama, || J fast and furious, featuring £ 1 JOHNNY HINES 1 | Don’t Miss, This Show. | I SUNDAY AND MONDAY R “TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY” Ej with liie World’s Sweetheart H MARY BICKFORD R A picture tha) fascinates by its simplicity, Hj captivates by its beauty. 9 Also—A good comedy. H

360 d*pO!iitoil*s, There were COO applicants with re j i|iif.,.| , loctilng $23,00') while total * j i anted was $16,000. Banka d>•■•.lgna.te.l us deponiiurle.s und maximum amount.’ >;»• h may r- . -Ive include Rmdeiaker Rank a< Bluftton, $7'.,I itoo. u'. ila . i.uiily hank deposit i Bonk ul Monl(e*ller SIO,OOO. Mr»f ; National hank ill Montpelier $26,000. KINGSTON I*OUAHONTAS— If you need I'oeahontas coal soon, belter order yours ofl this ear. Extra low price. Your neighbor uses it and likes it. Rhone 2;n. Zimmerman Farin' Fo. II !‘uv your Light bills on or before Hie 20th of this month and save (he penalty. City Light I k part men!. s-nt