Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1925 — Page 2

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, j NOTICES, BUSINESS CARDS

• CLASSIFIED ADS ♦ m.——. FOR SALE FORSALH~OfiIeI»I Uncle Sam mail posts For rural routes. Inquire of William A. Griffith on the Henry Krick farm Route 8. Decatur FOR SALE — Flour middlings, $lO per ton. Burk Elevator. 107 10’ FOR SALE Baby chicks by Wedues day of this week. Mrs. James Stone rook. 1620 W Monroe street Phone 615. loitt ’. FOR SALE F room house in city Price SSOO if taken at once. 6 room house, lights, drove well and cistern, price Flow, if taken at ouw. See Win. Norris at Ix'nliart & Heller's office. 10913 FOR SAI.E- 2 ~yonng, fresh cows. with calves by side: 3 young male links. Inquire Schuiitt Meat Market. l«»t .3 Fl iR SAI.E I loney at teii ami twelve cents por pound at my farm two miles west of Pleasant Mills W. W. Hawkins. Hot,'! FOIt - S AI J< Rose and Single "t'umb reds that are blood tested, eggs -at reduced |M’ices. 5c each or $4.50 per bundled. .1. F. Rupert. Monroe. Ind 110t2wk FOR SAI.E: Tested seed corn: 11linois and Ohio Dent. Burk Elevator Co. Phone 25. 6t FOR SALEw- Gabliage tomatoes, mangold anil celery plants. Three dozen 25 cents. Henry Hougk. 204 So. HHh St., Phone 677. 3tx LOST: Black female rat terrier dog Answers to name of "Skipper." Finder return to Ed Boese, Preble T’boue. 3tx FOR SALE: Cabbage and tomato plants. Call Mrs. E F. Boese, Preble, Ind. 3tx FOR RENT FOR RENT — Four room flat over Hangman's Five and Ten Cent Store Inquire of n J. Rice 237 North Fifth street or phone 184 H’4 ? FOR RENT ~ 2 ilufurn ished rooms. 616 Monroe Street. Rent $7,011 per month. Residence properties and vacant corner for sale, nquire of J. Charles Brock. 3tx LOST AND FOUND FOUND: Black leather pocket book Contained change and other art jcles. Owner may li-|VP same by describing and paying so this ad. 2t WANTED WANTED Junk ears in any condition. Cail Mahans Garage 872 AR7 IH7-6I MANTEL One or i«u unfurnished rooms. Oii,lsi<l,” eutiranoe. With toilet amj bath preferred. , D)|H3x WANT El i: An intelligent girl’for housework. A nice home for the right girl. Washing one by extra help. Good wages. Must have references. Mrs. A. L. Randall. 1102 IV. Washington St., Ft. Wayne, Ind 9 12 14 WANTED: General housework Hate had experience and can furnish refifenec. Hstlbcr Adams. Mugley, Ind. 3tx —— o STEPHENSON INDICTMENT HELD INTACT Continued from Page one in the indictment do not constitute a crime. That the indictment is umbigiioim. indefinite, vague and uncertain. Reversing his tactics. Inman m:u|c no arguments on the motion to strike out vital points of the indiemen and tile motion was promptly overruled. — o — MARION — Lucile Chenoweth of Marion, in her suit for divorce charges against her husband, Arthur even brought the 'other woman" to court with him. when tlm hearing was held. Mont Oat Tow» a * V»f to CMroto, Stop at th* COMMONWEALTH HOTEL CHICAGO 'flßSunl hjjtn The Ceaimoovealth aJ ford* evHy «*d 'trrvrr far 4 ts THainr 3er net a la carta. tSS 43 jJSUw * WsUe « '—e er R. Muue S— gw.-« si Omsk fuL-ss-. .:xa.:.I ii a ■■ i —

■4 r. .'A . v ' ,- a —. » ♦ BUSINESS CARDS ♦ H. FROHN U’l EL. 1). C. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC A HEALTH SERVICE Neurociometer and Spinograph For SERVICE For Location Position at 144 South 2nd Street I , Office Phone 314 Residence 108 Office Hours: 10-12 am. 15 6-8 p.m. i . — S. E. BLACK Funeral Director Mrs. Black, Attendant I Ciills answered promptly day or night ( ' Office phone 90. Home phone 7271 " ——— _ ■■ ; 1 FEDERAL FARM LOANS i Abstracts of Title. Real Estate.! Plenty of Money to Loan ou Government Piatt. 1 ’. Interest rate reduced |i ! October :5. 1»24 See French Quinn Oilice—Take first stairway south of Decatur Democrat N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eves Examined. (Hasses Filled : HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to 6:00 Saturday 8:00 p. in. Telephone 135 MONEY TO LOAN An unlimited amount of I 5 PER CENT money on Improved real estate. , FEDERAL FARM LOANS Alai tracts of title to real eatate BCHURGERS ABSTRACT OFFICE--133 8. 2nd St j ()- ~" ~ DR. C. V. CONNELL .I I - VETERINARIAN j , I. I • Special alt.nl ion given to cattle and poultry practice. I Office 120 No. First Street. 1 . 1 I’lione: Office 143 —Residence 102 i j I IL . o—o ' I" ____________________ 1 FAIRBANKS - William and Carl r I Lester es Fairbank have real friends ' t i . iii their neighbors. Forty men planted thirty five acres of corn for them, when illness in family kept them from working. ALEXANDRIA Alexandria had pi treat. Tiic Fairnjouut baud gave aj concert there. MARKETS-STOCKS ( Daily Report Os Local And ; Foreign Markets ■ — OPENING GRAIN REVIEW Chicago. May 9—Grain futures suffered a sharp reaction from yester- t day's high pices in spirited selling ' at the opening of the board of trade 1 today. ' Disappointment over the govern- [ inent crop report caused leading ■' holders to liquidate in wheat. It was generally set that recent advances , discounted conditions to date. Spot corn held its previous gain. , ilespite slackened demand. Futures ( were under influence of wheat. Oats had a better undertone based on a smaller movement and moderate export saes. Stronger bogs and cables held the provisions ist steady. East Buffalo Livestock Market ' Receipts son. shipments 2090. offi- i cial to New York yesterday 3820; 1 bogs (losing steady. Mediums and '. libavies $134413.50; other grades, j $1325: packing sows rough sll4/ ' 11.25; cattle 225 slow; sheep 1500; t best lambs $13,754/11; best ewes s7ll 4/8; calves 50: tops sl2. i LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET ; •Corrected May !y ♦ Broilers, pound ... 25c ' Leghorn Cfiickeus . 20c 1 Fowls 20c ' Lcghont Fowls 15c ■ Ducks .... 10c. Geese ...... 8c- 1 Old Roosters 8c Eggs, per dozen ’ 26c: LOCAL GRAIN gARKET (Corrected May 9) o«ts. per bushel 42e Rye. per bushel sl.tml Barley., per bushel SOc New Wheel. No. 1 $1.70 New Wheat, No. 2 >1.69 LOCAL GROCER’S EGG MARKET Eggs, per dozan 25c BUTTERFAT AT STATION Butterfat 36c WOOL PRICES iN i I-Wool. No. 135 c | j Rejects 27cj

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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BASEBALL STANDING ♦ + + + + + + ♦♦ + ♦♦♦♦♦♦ National League W. L. Pet. New York 13 5 .722 Cincinnati 18 ' Chicago lb 8 558 I'lii’adnlphla ...... io Hi 5W Brooklyn 9 10 .474 Boston 8 12 .400 St. Ixntls 7 11 .389 rittsburgh 6 11 .353 American League Philadelphia 13 5 .722 I Washington 12 6 .667 Chicago ; ,s St. Ixniis U 12 .478 Boston 6 12 .333 New York 6 12 .333 Detroit 6 16 -273 American Association fndianapolis 13 9 .591 Minneapolis 14 10 .583 Milwaukee 11 8 .5(9 Toledo 11 11 • r,o ° St. Paul 16 11 -176 Columbus 10 11 .476 I J ouisville 9 12 .429 ■ Kansas City 8 14 .364 *4-4- + + + + + * + + * + + * 4- YESTERDAY’S RESULTS + ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ National League St. Louis. 2; New York. 5. Chicago. 2; Boston. 5Brooklyn, 3; Cincinnati. 2. Philadelphia. 15; Pittsburgh. 7. American League New York. 12; St. Louis, it. Philadelphia, 5; Cleveland, 3. Chicago, 4; Wasliingtcn. 3. Boston. 15: Detroit. J. American Association Toledo. 2; Minneapolis, 6. Ix/uisville. 4; Milwaukee, 5. Columbus, 6: St. Paul. 3. Tndianapo is Kansas City, rain 4.4- ++++ 4' + * , * +*+ + + <• YESTERDAYS HOME RUNS ♦ ++++++++ + + * + * + + Earl Smith. Pirates, I—3.1 —3. Southworth. Giants, I—2.1 —2. Harper, Phillies, I—2. Schang, Yankees, I—l. Saud, Phillies, I—l.1 —1. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- SPORT TABS ♦ + + + ♦ + + + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ EVANSTON. JLlr— Walters. Michigan burler, struck out ten tii' ti here yesterdayTliis team wiuuiug from Northwestern. 5 to 0. MILWAUKEE— Forty three high schools from Illinois. lowa, Indiana and Wisconsin are to be represented i here today in the Marquette university interstate relay carnival. EVANSTON— University *»f 11',mdgclfers won a eleißt sweep from Northwestern on the links here' yestrday. The score was 21 to 1 in two rounds of foursomes. m»tki: •« HIIWIZHS 111 The Ml - or SuwOi I’lrwt Mrret jHiprtO t‘lll4* 14 I Xotiri’ is hereby Kive.i i it.il Ur I' iiimoii (’ouihiL in uu'l so»- Tliv <‘ity .•t (’••iHtur, liwJiana, will on Tu.'s.lay, Ui. ini <|a\ of .Im:”. 192.’. at 7 k »• M. «t ilifir i’onncll lUmhu in ".I ruy. r(‘<oivf s«ah<i bids f.»r the Houih Street Improvement. us i»*'r pl ms and ypn ifii-atjons. now on file in the office of Ihe City <’!• »k. J'. k Ii bidder will be required to dvit with his bid n 4Trtified < iit « k f<r‘ an amount iml less than 2’. per i t nt of th*' cuMifieer’s ostium t«‘ of the i«i t of sm h improv<ment. 1o insure th’- exeeutitin of the etMitu.Lo* for wbieh mh Ii bid is ma«h*; rib tVIDI J*. t’uit sm-li i-he< k shall in no ea-e be. for less than one hundred (finooni po’lars. '••lduli said estimid''- plans and specifications are on f’l” and may be seen in the office »f the Citv Clerk at Decatur, Indiana. Bitider’s blanks will bo furnidi d 1»\ the City Engineer, of Hevutur. I ndiana. Ilu (’oinnmn Count il reserves the rlsrht to reject any and all bids. i\'itiM*ss my ha ml and uffit-iai seal this sth dav of May. 1923. (So ill CATHAIUNE KAUFFMAN, 9-16 (Mty Clerk. ~ *—— NOTICE TH HIDDEIK Im The Mutter Os Jc*rr*i4»ii Street Ittipro* eiateut X'olle*’ i* hereby jjivon that the ( o’Hiiion (’nuhril. in and for tho fit v o’ Decatur. Indiana, will on Tuesday, th'’ "ml day of .lone, 1923 at 7 o’«h» k I* M. at their Couuoil K«w» n in said < ity. re«<d\e sealed bids for the .h ff» ’l'wii Street Improvement. tfs pc plans and specifications, no.v «»n file in the office of the Cit\ Clerk. Eat h biikh r will he j e«f ni « <'d to 4**. posit with his bid a eertifie I * Beck fur an amount not less tiiao r • ent of th** engineer’s estimate of the < o.st of such improvement. t*» ins-”’ the cse< ution of the voiUroct Coy hi. h sm h bid is mad". PROVIDED, that su» h cheek shall in uu < a.< be for less than one humlr«*d D<»llars. which said ’ wtinirit- . pint's -4i mJ specificat ions arc on fil and may be seen in the office of th" City Clerk at Decatur. Indiana. Bidder' blanks will L»" furnish" I by the <’ity Euijiiicur. of Oecutur, Tmiiana. The Ctunmou Council reserves the riwrht to reject any and all bids. Witness my hand ami official seal this Hth di*y of May, 1925. (So, j) CATHARINE KA I'd MAN. 9-16 City Clerk. —u frOTH E TO In the Ada-uis Chx-Mit Court. In Va’atiun. Cm Use No. 12441 • '♦a»e of Indiana. <'minty of Adams, ss: 1 ullus Haugk vs. I Harry E. Bittner It appearing by affidavit and cm nlaiiit ti[ed in the abo\e c iqse. that |<he defendant Harry E. Bittner is a non-resident of the of Indiana r* idltig at Byron, in the of iiUn*ds. th* said Harr; FL Rittner »s berel” notified to be and appear at the Court Ho’ne fai the city of De • Dur. Adams County. Indiana, ok the litli <lay of June. 191*5. th»* came being the 51st Judicial day of th* 1 April Term 1925 of the Adams Circuit Cmjrt to answer or dcniur to the complaint tHed in said cause or the same will be • heard and determined in li»« absence. JOHf’ E. NEUHON. Clerk of Adaina Circuit Court C L. Walters, J Attorney for PUiutiff. A25-May2-8

k 318 Race Horses Are Entered For State Fair q (United PrMH •ii-rvici't j Indiana polls. May 9: — With the Ldosiug of entriea for horw racing ; Icyiqit* at tlm Indiana mate fair. • jSep't. 7 to 12, a total of 318 entriea ' was listed as against 224 for last 1 , year. This announcement was mude by E. J Barker. secretary-Lreamirer of - the state board of agriculture upon ! cow plot It ion of the entry Use. '-0 f ♦♦♦ + ♦ + ♦♦♦♦* + + + I g WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD + ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ (United Press Service> ; Yesterday’s hero Billy Southworth. ' New York outfielder, hit a home run ' wjth the bases filled and two but in ; the ninth inning and gave the Giants i a 5 to 2 victory over the Cardinals ’ 1 The Yankees knocked Joe Bush out of the box while Shocker was holding fast and they beat the Browns 12 to 0. Sam Gray won his fifth straight game of the season when he pitcher the Athletics to a 5 to 3 victory over the Indians. It was the first game that t'hlc has lost for Cleveland. Lyon's single in the eighth inning and an error by Muddy Ruel gave the White Sox the run that beat the Senators. 4 to 3. la-e Meadows was knocked ent of the box in the first inning and his Phillies beat the Pirates 15 to 7. Stock's single in the ninth inniug secured the run that gave the Robin;; *ja 3 to 2 victory over the Reds. ► Seven runs scored in the eighth U inning when the Detroit pitchers I blew up enabled the Red Sox to win, 1 15 to 7. Loose pitching by Alexander helped the Braves beat the Cubs. 5 to 2. in the first jubilee game of the season ,I o t 26 STOCKHOLDERS IN TOCSIN BANK (Continued from I’age One) i — Ossian route 2. two shares; Willis A , White. Ossian route 2. on esbare; , Paul W. Dailey. Ossian, route 2. one I liare; J. W. Wasson. Tocsin . six . shares; John and C. S. Niblick, of Decatur, two shares each; Jesse N. Niblick. Decatur, the shares; Matt R. Kirsch. Decatur, two shares; Victor Ferguson. Ossian route 1, six share; ; , E. E. Rupright, Decatur route 4. six shares; Maggie Garton. Tocsin, six ■ shares. Last Bank Statement ( The last statement of the bank li ed with the county auditor showing . resources and liabilities, also the list of directors of record with the bank, is as follows: Resources Bills Discount $140.7:'.0.9<; Overdrafts 4..586.33 Furniture A Fixtures ll.itoo.nii Banking House 1.250.00 Old Adams County Bank ....3,455.21 Wells County Bank 5.897.76 Expense 6;139.#3 .■ Interest Paid 8.600.97 I Cash '. 3,744.89 Savings Bank Account 104.78 Total $176,811.57 Liabilities capita! 1 Stock N sW,wi.wt ■ Surplus 5.000.00 Undivided Profits 500.00 Overdrafts 4.586.35 Individual Deposits 53.234.43 Certificate Deposits 80.886.04 Discounts 11.349.50 Exchange 112.80 ' Bills Payable 5.000.110 Notes Rediscount('d (iJHHi.oO . Christmas Club Cash 142.n0 II Total $176,811.57 Paid 14 Per Cent in War Days In contrast to the bank's present losing business. President Dailey said , that the bank during the days of the j wartime years, when land and pro- . (luce prices wore high, the bank paid 1 14 per cent annual dividends. The bank had carried undivided , profits of $5.50'1. ! Organized 16 Years Ago The Bank of Tocsin was organized alamta 16 year: ago. with T. J. So ward ~ now dee/'a ,ed. a i lb'' preri dent. Mr. Sowards continued as pr»' sident until his death 11 fe w yea/ ago. Ite was :tu( 'vedc*l by Irvin Wa ® son as president, and Mr Wii/ eon served until about August, 1924. when he resigned on s'-eowot of hie heaitli. t at which time Mr. Dai'cy wa <ho - n t big successor. Donald Garton beeamr ' f cashier at the time Mr. Wasson b» 8 I, came president at the death of Mr p Sowards. « Pendiog a further settlement ot tbs .0 bank's effa.tr.: transaction of bu d 'g neus at Toeufn is somewhat impeded i. by the tying up of funds of the bank, t Under similar circumstances e 9 bank at Geneva recently sub.ct'ibec

It u make good lossess suffered In the ' banking business, "’idte tl,e ' oflol | bank took the other course and quit busineas and liquidated .paying ctw , • dltorz off in mstallmcntH as colei - II ions were made. I The directors are Jesse Dailey. William Plummer. Irvin Wasson. i 1 I Ham Sowards, Raymond Wasson. \ lctor Ferguson, all living in the vicinity of Tocsin, and Charles Niblick of Decatur. ' Three chief contrilmtiug factors to ' the bank’s financial distress are givI en. One is bad loans, another is "froz , en assets", and u third is business ( ’ failure of others. In the latter class 1 was the O. W. Stewart store failure ' at Tocsin in which the bank tost about $3,500. and there was a similar , loss of S7OO recently when a creditor , became bankrupt. , Some second mortgages taken during wartime highland prices became valueless when falling prices made the land gotxi for .no mote than first I mortgages. Mr. Dailey .said that the 'l bad notes held by the blink originated I back two yours or more, there havling been some renewals showing note (of (gore recent date when payments 'l could not. lie met. It was stated toIday that a receiver may be appointI ed to take over the bank. j’ . —o WABASH Wabash and Columbili .’(ity are rivals. Wabash reports a igocTse owned by L. L. laivengood that .I lays eggs with three yolks. Columbia City has W. F. Wilcoxson who J owns a four legged ( chicken. j GREENSBURG— “Help! Murder! , Police!" came the call to the Greensburg sheriff. On a rush run to WestIport he found trouble was largely voJcal. It was an argument over wheth ( <r the street should be used for pas- | ture. ' TIPTON — Robert Georges and ' his wife Elma of Tipton pleaded, I guilty to stealing scissors from the Tipion Cutlery plant. They sold them to a five and ten cent store. NOTICE TO GAS CONSVMEKS' . Your jjas bills are due the first of the month. If you do not receive your bill Dy the first of April please call No. 75 and a bill will be mailed to you. j * Don't forget to bring your bill with you or enclose if you ; remit by mail. No discount after the 10th. NORTHERN INDIANA GAS r AM) ELECTRIC CO. 1,8-1 (I ADAMS ' THEATRE Sunday and Monday No Matinee Tomorrow ADOLPH ZU>O« I JISSI L LAMV ’ >1 y J 1 «/■ y 1 • z ' ‘l/Z/zrZ JAMES CRUZE eoo. DUCTION t W.TM I LOIS WILSON , WARNER BAXTER LUKE COSGRAVE 1 G (jtiramounl tyrture 1 A picture for everybody. Interesting and entertaining and a story you’ll like. !; Also a good ~ i Added Attraction 10c —25 c Last Time Tonight I’etc Morrison and Lisijilmog ‘THE EMPTY SADDLE’ " Also—News Reel and Aesop’s ' I Pable. "j 10c —25 c n | > Coming —- “Charley’s Aunt” Coming'— “Peter Pan’’ Tuesday —Benefit Gecode Club » Girls of the G. E. i ' BEBE DANIELS d in THE CROWDED HOUR” a

JL— iwim- r-T-—,, B FERTILIZER Th are Is No Substitute ' I far Phosphate I Even manure will not take its place, because a II ton of fresh manure only contains 5 lbs. of it. You can get nitrogen from the air, and pot- I ash by plowing a little deeper, but you must BUY Phosphate, ; When you do buy it, be sure that you get I high grade 44%. It contains no impurities, I Ino gypsum. / I One bag carries as much plant-food as 340 I lbs. low grade phosphate. s Read Purdue Circular No. 79. It will prove * '-<0 you that Indiana soils need phosphate. Come and get it at any of our warehouses. PRICES 1 Anaconda Treble Superphosphate sllspcrunit ’ Sulphate of Ammonia 2.60 " “ ’ Muriate of Potash .85 " “ Il 16 units of Anaconda (equal to a whole ton of low- I grade 16 acid phosphate)will cost you only $18.40 ANACONDA SALES COMPANY 111 West Washington Street, Chicago, 111. I J. W. MERTZ A|»*nt for Allen. Adams and Weils ConahM CORUNNA. INDIANA j 3 Telephoae*. Main 6841-W, Ft. Wayne | g WAREHOUSES. I ? Pettis • Storage Warehouse Ca., Fl. Wayne * E Decatur Produce Co., Decatur I * Stud shake r Grain A Seed Co.. Bluffton < 1 ——----- - -■ -== I THE CORT OTONI G II T | JACKIE HOXIE in 'i "RIDING THUNDER’’ 3j| A Western Streak •!' Action U Action — Thrills Speed lioin.ince Also a good Comedy K || 20c —' 25c Sunday Only “The Red Lil} jfj A drama id tears and enduring low i ■MirrTTnrrin-rirrri t TgiTTT»rwrrT" «■ 11 nw-a—- , The Finished .lob Is The Only Standard By W hieh Achievement Is Measured ’l’our hank hook will show il you arc g Um , on. Hie sloiv <il BIG DOINGS and Bl(. (d.IHM'- " men who havy gone iiighcst is Hie story ol no not despise tin* day of small things—they had vision they had eyes in lheir minds they maiulaincil a hank account. IE YOl DO NOT HAVE A BANK BO'iK iILhK CALL AND GET ONE. I THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. , Bank of Service I —I , „U | ■ I One Way Fare lor Ihe Round Trip Between JXrcatur and I oat Wayi’’ Sunday via Trad* 011 Ask Local Agent about Low l Sundav over ail cmme«titig E Railways at l ent Wayne. Fort Wayne and Decatur 'fraction < ‘H '