Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1925 — Page 6

ENDORSE HEATON : ) FOR JUDGESHIP, 1 ( Members Os Adams County Bar Endorse Ft Wayne ' Man For New Court Th* Adam* County Bar Iran endors- 1 | nl Attorney Benjamin F. llenton of Port Wayne for the appointment of | Federal Judge in the now federal dls- , triot established by fiongre** a ft*' , days ago. The Hickey bill, autborl* ' ing Hip establishment of the court, I was signed yesterday by President C’oolidge and the only thing left undone Is the appointing of a man to preside over the court. The Decatur attorneys, through .fudge .Tames T. Merryman, circulated u petition asking that Mr. Heaton be appointed to the place. The petition lias been forwarded to tbe proper officials ami It is thought that, a Judge for the northern district will be appointed soon. South Bend, Huntington, Bluffton and one or two other rltles have candidates for the Judgeship anti the outcome is looketl forward lo with interest. Tbe bill as finally approved by Ihe house and senate is designed to bring the federal court into closer rontact with the various eommunltles In the state. Provision Is made that court shall be held twice a year In the cities of Indianapolis, Fort W’ayne, South Bend, Hammond, Terre Haute, Evansville and New Albany. In the east nearly all sessions of the court have been held in Indianapolis, allhough on occasions the presiding judge had gone to other cities for the convenience of the litigants. Representative Hickley’s original bill would have divided the state into two Judicial circuits, but the senate judicial committee last June disapproved of this division. Allotment of Counties The allotment of counties to the various districts is as follows: Indianapolis—Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock. Hendricks. Henry Howard, Johnson, Madison, Marion Monroe, Morgan, Montgomery, Ran dolph. Rush, Shelby, Tipton, Un on and Wayne—26 counties. Fort Wayne—Adams, Allen, Blackford, Dekalb, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, Whitley—l 2 counties. South Bend—Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko. Marshall, Miami, P'Uaski. St. Joseph, Stark and Wabash—ll counties. Hammond—Benton, Carroll, Jasper, Lake, Porter, Newton, Tippecanoe Warren and White—9 counties. Terre Haute—Clay, Greene, Knox. Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo—9 counties. Evansville —Davies, Dubois, Gibson, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer. Vanderburgh and Warrick. —lO counties. New Albany — Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Ohio, Orange, Ripley, Scoutt, Switzerland and Washington—l 6 counties. — o— Survey Book Evokes Favorable Comments Among the many fine compliments passed on the Industrial Association survey book entitled, “Facts About Decatur, Indiana" is the following comment of the Adams County Witness, published at Berne, "The Decatur Indsutrial Association has published a fine twenty-page pamphlet entitled “Facts About De- I cotur, Indiana," and a glance through I the booklet proves that It supplies every fact that the name implies. A copy of the pamphlet was received by she Witness yesterday. The booklet is a neat publication and is interesting to anyone who may pick it up. Whoever was responsible for its publication deserves credit for the piece of advertising that the pamphlet contains. “The booklet does not selfishly boast Decatur, but In the foreword the fine community spirit of Adams county and Decatur Is mentioned. In tbe beginning of the booklet a brief early history of the county seat town Is given, stating that In 1836 the town was platted by Thomas Johnson and Samuel Rugg and that their town was named Decatur in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur, that brave naval hero of the battle of Tripoli and other conflicts in the Mediterranean. For 46 years the town fought the battles that only the pioneers had to fight. In 1881, the pamphlet states the town was incorporated and the first mayor and city official were elected on September 6th of that year. “This history states the first train that passed through Decatur was In 1871 when the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad (Pennsylvania System)

has constructed Its road. Two other main trunk lines passed through the t young city, which began to progress. "Throughout the booklet are given the various features of the city, population, industrial, 'civil, educational, climatic, protection, resources, etc. On Ihe front cover uppeurs the picture of Commodore* Stephen Decutur and on the buck cover appear the pictures of five Decatur Industries and the Adams County Memorial hospital. "The material for tho book was collected by L. F. Center, secretary of the association, assisted by other members of the association and the data Is said to have been gotten from reliable sources.” —O''' ' - — William Mesel, Geneva, Wins Suit At Portland Portland, Jan. 17. —Judge R. D. Wheat has entered bis decision In Ihe

January Clearance Sale ‘•The Half Century Furniture Store” CUT PRICE FURNITURE SALE arts Monday Morning January 19th WE MUST REDUCE OUR STOCK AND WE WILL SELL ANYTHING AND ALL STOCK AT A REDUCED PRICE. EVERYTHING MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. IF YOU ARE EXPECTING TO ADD ANY NEW PIECE OF FURNITURE TO YOUR HOME-NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY IT. \ . Bed Room Suites Dining Room Suites I Walnut Dresser, regularly priced at $56.00; a() /\/\ I . Special during this sale only at Walnut Dining Room Set, reduced from 1 OP AA $159.00 right down to rock bottom at. SIOO*UU 3 Piece Bed Room Set in Walnut, regular price was $168.00; \\ alnut Dining Room Set, regularly priced at $190.00. Special during this sale at 0? 1 A A AA Going to some one during this sale (J* j C AA UU MANY OTHER GOOD BARGAINS * Other Wonderful Bargains To Be Had All Other Furniture Reduced ipaLjjj Kitchen Cabinets Odd Dressers Kitchen Tables Odd Chiffoniers Drop Leaf and End Tables Library Tables Cedar Chests Living Room SllitGS Davenport Tables Iron and Brass Beds 3 piece Living Room Suite; for- 3 Piece Living Room Suites; ROCKING CHAIRS merly sold for ti»AA A A regular S9O AA $150; Special at marking f0r.,.. I autt-* j 4? n 1 • cvi • . **» Living Room Suite, „g. 3 piece Living ZJ A " #f *”*** UnusliXe $148.00 $90.00 Will be cut in priee in this sale. Yager Brothers Furniture Store Opposite Public Square—East Side Decatur, Indiana I

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-1 tense of William Meat!, of Geneva 1 against Daniel C McKenzie, suit for the enforcement of specific performi ance of rontiaM which was tried In • the circuit eoufi a few reeks ago, > Special finding: of the court are in favor of the plaintiff am} Attorney James It. Fleming, is named commissioner to convey the property involvI eil which la valued nt hctweoiPf 16,000 and s2o.mm. An appeal will like jly be taken In the ease, aecordlug to I Attorney F. It. lo t hdoli of the law r firm of Me Griff, Schwartz to Beendolt, representing lh.v defendant At lorney ,1. It Fleming represented the ( plaintiff. I Mesel and McKenzie were formerly partners in the oil business. The suit !gre w out of the purchase by Mesel of 53 acres of oil leases in eßarcroek I township of McKenzie, the b ases be-1 ling situated on tbe D. W. Bergman >. farm. Oil in [taylng quantities was • later found on the leases, and while

there war no written contract as to the assignment of the land to Mesel, the latter maintained that a noral agreement was bad between the two, and Melange alleged that the oil property was not included In, the sale which he made to Mesel, the court holding in favor of such oral agreemerit. — O' Generators Recognized As Disturbers Os Radio I'eacC n'NITGD PRESS REUVK’F.) Indianapolis, Jan. 17. — Electric generator*, long the bugbear of radio I funs Were given official recognition today as disturbers of radio peace. The state public service commission received a letter from Claude Rhodes, of Tippecanoe, Indiana, saying that he was unable to get anything bul a “rattling, grinding noise" over his radio between 6 d. in. and 9 p. m. because of the operation of a genera-

< i i tor. -Is there any way to stop this noise ! Ue Indignant radio fan asked " "One man wanted to try to stop It, but they wouldn't let him limners that n bill would be In- ' traduced in the legislature declaring radio interference by electric genera- ■ tors a mtnsdemeanor and providing penalties could not be verified, Eases Her Conscience (UNITED PRI7S3 SERVICE) Tipton, Ind„ Jan. 17.—Miss Nannie ■ Crull rooming bouse proprietor, today i has a new iylsp one dollar bill which i she does not know whether to keep for a souvenir or not. ■ I While she was doing her house- - ;work, a woman came to the door and • | said: "I owe you a dollar. Two years v 1 ago one of your neighbors shot one of r* jyour chickens which was in his gar.'den and gave it to me. 1 ate it. • Since that time 1 have been convert-

pn.' l _ "Padding- Os Payrolls UTawrtOf Mrasaro (FNITED press se* v,CF) Indianapolis, Jan. l7 '”* ,Vy “ and imprisonment for PU*> 0 0 who “Pad" their payrolls are pod ed In a bill which Representative Harris, of Cary for Introduction in th omut. •»“ Mid without "n.l.tM " U would be included In ihe K ory of puyroll P^ers Call 436 for Taxi. ts Citv Light bills are now due and should be paid Wore Jan. ‘>oth to save the penalty. 1 today City Light Department.

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