Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1925 — Page 5

IJLoteaills Mj« L Brother*, of Mlnenapolin, S Mw»* ,tiOlib ,|s the "' ecl( ellJ Will tW* lily ,ha K»''«l of Dr. JOteaHiii'iiil. Mr*. Brothers was called to J*’ l ,lloS ' 0,1, °’ I>u lu:, '‘ unl us l-in'i flH'l.alli <d I" 1 ' - i'll"*. Ml”. Ihui Yotuig U a»J nil" i” 011 ,ior *“* bac * t hulllc- || L D Brown, well known resident 9 H| J'leasaiit Mill*, wmn a business viZ B it,or iiefc this morning. ■ Mins Mary Callow spent the day ■ ju Fort Wayne as the guest of relaH fives. S Mr*. J- L. Kocher uit<! daughter. H Gretchen. spent the day in Fort B Wiiyue with friends. R Bum Helm, of east of the city, was B a business visitor here this morning. ■ Miss Effie Patton visited friends ■ it Fort Wayne today. ■ Mrs. O. L. Exley and daughter, ■ Catherine, visited her sister Mrt. Clatie Murphy, who is seriously ill. at Fort Wayne today. Attorney E. B. Adams made a business trip to Fort Wayne this inoruiug. Mrs. Charles Miller and son. Walter. motored to Bloomington to spend ■ the weeki end with friends. , .1. W. Hendridcs arrived from St. Petersburg. Florida, yesterday, for a four weeks visit with his brother. James Hendricks, at Monroe, before going to Oden, Michigan, for the summer: Frank Moore made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning Mr. and Mrs. Dan Roop and family. of east of the city, were shoppers here this hiorning. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young motored to Hamilton. Ohio, today to spend the week end with Mrs. Young's parent*. Miss Naomi Butler, who is a nurse I at the- Epworth Hospital at South ! Bead, will spend the week end with bet parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. ButI hr, of North Fifth street. Mrs. I). 1). Elzey, of Preble, was I a shopper here this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Uhl and family of Toledo. Ohio, are the guests of Mrs. Mary Teryeer and the C. J. I Voglewede family. Mrs. Eugene Melehi and son, of I Fort Wayne, are the guests of Mrs. . Melehi’* parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peterson. Miss Mary Bauman, of Ft. W<ync. i spending the week end with- Jiw parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haitmaii. Mrs. S. .1. Bowers, of west of the Miss Reba Bowers, of Ft. Wayne, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and city. \ Mrs. Jesse Beery spent the afterI noun in Fort Wayne visiting with friends. Mrs. Ada Martin made a business trip Io Fort Wayne this afternoon. Mrs. S. J. Bowers, of west of Pet-er-on, was a shopper here this afternoon. Mrs. Eugene Melehi and Miss The! ma Peterson spent the afternoon in Fori Wayne. Miss Emilio Crist, superintendent of the Adams County Memorial Hospital, is spending the week end with her sister family at Woodburn. DEPUTY SHERIFF , QUIZZED ABOUT DOUBLE SHOOTING (Continued front Page One) near an abandoned school on the Soikr road, he ordered Fisher to hale when Fisher parked his car al the school, at II o'clock Wednesday night. Richter is alleged Io have ordered the death car to be washed when it was towed to the O. K. fiarage. The car was being washed when detectives, belatedly told of the crime, first saw it. ) Court House j Judgments Awarded / In the case of The Connecticut ’.liilnal Life Insurance Company vs. •'buries F. Kinney el al. judgment wa i awarded the plaintiff for $2,128.h) jud foreclosure of a mortgage. Tbc real estate wos ordered sold. bi the case of The Prudential Inurance Company vs. Rufus lalhman <’• al. Judgment was awarded the . idaiuliff for $5,822.91 and foreclosure | "f .1 mortgage. The real estate was ordered sold, j Motion Overruled Im the case, of Ira B. Post et al vs. I FJi Meyer, a motion to make J F. j Arnold party defendant, was overruled by the court. The case was set (or trial on May 13. Marriage Licenses , Alton Schluuier. employe of Americas Milk Company. Adams county, , to Lillie E. Moser, Adams county.

Mother-in>Law’* i Picture i „—— MILES OVERHOLT (&. IPM. WHUrn N»w»p«i)«r Union.) fpHAT mother la-law joke—it’s no A joke. Jim Wntaon* wife, Jessie, had be come addicted to a mother early In her Infancy, and when* she married Jim, why, she just wouldn’t give up the habit. •'Pom- mother ha* no place else to go,” Jessie had told her brand new hu*hanil. "Brother Will Is rich, but moth er doesn't get along well with Eva, hl* wife. But you don’t mind having her with us, do you, Jimmy boy?” "No; she’ll be company for you," Jim had replied. But Jim didn't get acquainted with his inother-ln-law till after he had lost his job at the bank. It was after Jessie’* shoes began to grow calloused and soleless that Mrs. Likens, Jim's mother-inlaw, com menced to take on the mother-in-law role. ‘'Personally," she said. "I don’t think Jim is trying to get a job.”, Jim had been tYying for six weeks to get another job, and he was still quite a ways from landing anything that paid wages. When he returned home on the evening of the day his mother-in-law had said words of one syllable tbnt way, why, lipwas all zipped up to talk right bnrk to her. It was a fine day for a murder. Rut when he learned that Bletz, the grocer, had shut off their credit he couldn't think of a thing to say—not till mother-in-law made the announcement : “Come and ent what little there is left," she said. "I suppose we had better pack up. Jessie, and get ready to go to the poorhouse.” "Ou your way drop me off at the booby hatch," said Jim. Then he got up and went down town, stopping In to see P.letz and obtaining an extension of credit for one week. After which he pawned his watch and bought Jessie a new hat. And he didn't get a Job that evening, eit her. , It wasn’t right, Jim argued with himself on the way*home- There was Bill, Jessie’s brother. He was worth a lot of money; lived In a tine home three blocks over; gone to the seashore for the summer. Gone for summer! The words kept running playfully through his mlud. Gone —sor —the — summer 1 Jim's steps were without mental guidance. They took: him to the street upon which Bill's house was located. Jim pried open a window at the rear of the house. He felt about the room. His hands came in contact with many objects. Then he located something heavy, probably a sQver picture frame —solid and worth a few dollars, anyway. He laid it on the window sill, and started to go into the next room. But he didn't go—because a policeman’s flashlight suggested that It wouldn't he right Jim fled, but he carried the picture frame with him. Jim reached home in a roundabout way— after carefully closing and locking Bill’s window —and went to bed without turning on the light. He left the house so hurriedly the next morning that he didn't get to look at his loot. The first fellow he met downtown uas Alf Gouldlng, cashier at the First National bank. "Say, where you been?” Gouldlng wanted to know. "Moved. Why? Who wants to know?” "The old man. Vacancy. You're It. Let's stroll over.” "Didn’t expect you to stay awayfrom us forever, James," said old Kendrick B. Jaynes, vice president of, the First National. “I’ve been holding the job open for you for three weeks. Go back there and get busy.” Jessie met her husband that evening with a smile. He kissed her and went Into the dining room. Mother-in-law was humming a gay tune. There was a table full of groceries. “Where—how come so much grocery display?” Jim gasped. "Opened an account at Ralphs downtown,” smiled Jessie. "My new hat did It, I think. Anyhow, I had no trouble In convincing the credit man that you were O. K." "Believe me, I am,” said Jim, BtuiH ing happily. He started to tell her about his new permanent job when mother-in-law Interrupted him —by kissing him loudly on the cheek 1 “What the—” "There! That’s only a little bit of the way I feeL Jimmy,” said mother. "Forgive me, Jimmy boy, for being a Crabbed old woman,” she went on. "Think of It! All the time I was scolding you, you were having my picture framed so handsomely. I’m ashamed of myself, so I am." Then she bustled out to the kitchen, while astounded Jim managed to find a chair. Her picture? What—ah, he had it! He had robbed Bill's storeroom. Moth-er-in-law’* picture had been thrown in there on that table by Eva. probably. And he hadn't looked at It Yes, indeed, be was real glad that he hadn’t shot her a week ago 1 Saeh a Comedown St. Peter—That new arrival seems disappointed in heaven Gabriel—He Is. He'd just finished | reeding a real estate agent's prosper- 1 tu£ of a new residence tract when his U*7er ran over an embankment. — American Legion Weekly.

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, MAY 9. 1925.

CLUB CALENDAR Friday I’. E. of Presbyterian Church, banquet al church, li o’clock. Lillies’ Aid and Missionary Society of the Christian Church Mrs. Charles. Young Matron's Club—Mrs. Russell Merryman, 2:30 p. m. Phllathae Class of tho Baptist Church—S. S. Rooms, 7;30 pin. The Pocahontas lodjß' will hold a Pocahontas social at Rod Men'* hall, following lodge meeting, social in the Red Men'S hall imuiediRely following the lodge meeting Friday evening. All members and their families and friends arc invited. Saturday Chicken Supper. 35c plate—Evanli’licnl Church Dining Room, 5 to 7 Postponed. T uesday W. C. T. U. —Library, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Ladies' Aid Society of Zion Reform'd Church—Church parlors, 2:30 p.m Nelson-Patterson Miss Mary Patterson, of this city, was united in marriage to Mr. Lester A. Nelson, of Chicago, Friday evening. Miss Patterson is a graduate of the total high school and a member of the Alpha Delto Chapter of the Psi lota Xi. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs George Patterson, of Line street. Donald Patterson, of his city, a brother of the bride, attended Ahc wedding. The Oak Leaves Weekly, published at Oak Park, gives Hie following account: "Miss Mary A. Patterson, daughter it Mi'. 'lnd .Mrs. George W. Patterson, jf Decatur, Indiana, became the bride of Lestur A. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dauiel Nelson, of 1005 Home, on Friday evening at the Nelsou home. Rev. Edwards J. Ridings offidated. Tile ceremony was attended by a gathering of relatives and very close friends, there being thirty-five guests. The bride wore a gown of white lace and chiffon, with full bridal veil, and carried a sliower bouquet of white roses <Mid lillios of tile valley. Miss Ruth Nelson, gowned in green georgette over gold doth, served as maid of honor and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses. Arthur H. Butcher served hi best man. and Donald Patterson. I brother of tho bride, gave her in . marriage. The ceremony was fol-1 lowed by a wedding supper and the entire home was beautifully dccorat-l ed with a profusion of spring blossoms and foliage. The bride and j groom made a spectacular escape 'and arc now on their honeymoon, their desitinadion being |i peerct; iThcjV will lie at lionie after June 1 al 19351,2 Quincy street, Chicago. Among Hie out of town guests were Miss Effie Morse, of Bessemer, Mich., Donald Patterson, of Decatur. Indiana, 'aud William A. Morrison, of Minneapolis, Mnn." The Woman's Cbristiin Temper anee Union will meet in the Library Auditorium Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mothers Day will be observed and Mrs. C. E. Bell will lie ii/charge of the program. A special invitation is extended all mothers of young children. Schindlcr-Moscr Miss Li lie E. Moser and Mr. Alton Schindler, prominent young people of Berne, were united in marriage al 10 o'clock this morning at the Presby-1 terian Manse, Hie Rev. B. N. (’overt receiving Hie vows. The biide is a , daughter of Mrs. Paul Moser, of Herne , and Mr. Schliidler is a sen of Rufus ' Schindh'i'. They will reside in Berne, where Mr. Schindler is employed by the American Milk company. — o 22 LIVES LOST WHEN RIVERBOAT SINKS IN SOUTIL (Continued from Pago Ono) ed them to scatter, but the trembling l continued. As Hie Normand was turning towards shore hi Hi'' chan-j nel. the shaking increased, the ship listed and then settled and (tank. i Tiior.e aboard were thrown iu+o tie- j water, there hating been no time to launch the lifeboats. Lea, the boatman, was near Hie 1 scene, alone in a motor boat. He dragged from the water as inanypersons as his boat woqld hold, took I them ashore and returned for others. | saving approximately twenty lu that! ma nuer. Several persons swam ashore, but others were unable to swim ill the ( treacherous current which exists at the point where the NormaniJ sank. | Help was sent and Imais "were put; out from Memphis to search for. possible survivors or for bodies Oue of the first bodies recovered

was identified as that of Professor W. G. KiNypaUick of ibe Uuivwrsty of Mississippi. Several women, wives of members of the engineers' society, were in the party and at least two of them were still missing today. All of the bodies found were men. Many of the passengers wore throwns dear of the boat into the water,' but wore able to swim back to it and clamber up on the upturn ed keel where they rested until the boat sank. Other passengers, trapped in tho cabins, which were heavily screaned, were unable to escape. George Foster, Memphis engineer, swam ashore from the wreck, walked seven miles to a plantation home and telephoned to Memphis the first word of the disaster. A few minutes later the .Choctaw docked at Memphis and her passengers learned of the accident for the first time. Inmiediately the Choctaw took on medical supplies and physicians and set out down the river agan. Ambulances and scores of nrotorists spt J down Hie road on the Tennessee side only to discover they could not gel within several miles of the scene of the accident because of tho swamps. The Normand was a United Stalos engineer service boat. It had never carried large number of passengers before. Its pilot and Captain Howard 'l'. Fenton believed it could carry 50 persons without difficulty. Captain Fenton blames failure of the rudder lor the accident. He does not know what caused the list, big if the rudder had responded to bis pull when the boat first stiwu-ed lo list, lie could have righted up the vessel and prevented the tragedy, lie declared. I BIRTH > Announcements have been received by relatives here of the birth of a girl baby, Mary Louise, to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McCoy, of Danbury, Conn. This is Hie second .child aud first daughter. The mother was Miss Mabel Moses, of this city, before her marriage.

Mr. Smoker When you arc “smoke hungry" and have a craving desire for a CIGAR that MI Sl' satisfy, | vour best bet is a I ' I WHITE STAG or WORLD MASTERS Both are made for the parlicx ular smoker and are made to perfection. You can buy lheni - at any dealers. While Stas Londi'es \\ or I(l,Masters 15c 10c <p The White Stag Cigar Co. Ask Yourself These Questions How much have I saved thus far in 1925? At this rate, how i ” much will 1 save during the year? Is that sum enough, or could i ! comfortably better it? Why am I savingl—what is 'tiv goaJ? How soon will I reach it if I continue at my present rale? If your rate of saving is not atisfactory, Iry our systematic Savings Plan which makes saving a habit. Capital and Surplus f 120,000. . Ogpgtur. Indiana

MEDICAL SOCIETY 10 HAVE A GUEST 11. — ■ T. A. Hendricks, Executive Secretary Os State Medical Society, Coining Mr. Thomas A Hendricks, exceu live of medical association will be a i guest of the Adams County Medii al Asscoiation at lite regular meeting to i Im held at the Memorial hospital at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening ,May 12. 1 All doctors in the county are requested to attend Hie meeting. A special inivtation is extended to those doctors in the county who arc not tueni'- , Iters of. the county medical associa-' i lion. A program of questions and answer will be given and all physiji ians are asked to come prepared lo I ask questions of Mr. Hendricks, wiio , wil be glad to answer them. iiiiniiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinu A Duster that Gels 'W W lhe Dust R into the tiniest of crevices, ' has a long handle /Z which makes it easy to - dust under furniture. That's the Z Fuller Wonder Duster i Ask the Fuller Man tn akow you thia Duster w hen he call* at your home. Me will call on you soon, but better still, write or phone him when you will be at home. THE Fin t FR MAN E. O. Roffler, 234 N. 5 st.

DECATUR HOME BUILDERS Notice of Annual Meeting A called meeting of the stockholders of the Decatur Howe Builders As ociation. will bo held at the office of H. 8. Michaud at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28th, fur the purpose id dlscussiiig plans for tlw dlsposiGott of property and the election of a board of ikiiectora for tike year. , H. D. Hite. Secy. 9—17 23.

Sunday is Mothers Day Don’l I’orgel lo hike her a box of Bunte's, V. It Itotiii s <>r I!eil Mil’ci-I.:tii candy. She will tippreeinle' it. We have lheni in prices that will suit you. Come in and make your selection. Sunday Specials at our fountain Pineapple and Peach lees. Chocolate and Vanilla lee Crctim. Kings Confectionery

Gymfoam gWITH cast aluminum TUB , ■ 'jfg B I Bill I UM&BI Todd J. Patton A Special Maytag Salesman is at your service and we hope that if he should call, you will give him a welcome. He has many interesting things lo tell you about your home laundering; problem and you may feel free to ask him any question . you like, —whether you are in the market for a washer or not. Os course you will not lx? obligated in any way. Yager Bros. FURNITURESTORE " Decatur, ind. Pliwie 195

NOTICE TO GAS CONSUMERS Your gas bills are due the first of the month. If you do pot receive your bill by the first of April please call No. 75 and a bill will be mailed to you. Don't forget to hriag your bill with you or enclose if you remit by mail. No discount after the 10(h. NORTHERN INDIANA GAS AND ELECTRIC CO. I 8 10