Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1925 — Page 2

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, NOTICES AND BUSINESS CARDS

• CLASSIFIED ADS ♦ FOR SALE For - few “good used oil stoves and coal ranges. The Gas Company 136 ts BABV cIIICKS — Wednesday and Thursday of each week. Heavy, breeds, $10; Light breeds, $8 per hun- i dred. Custom hatching a specialty. O. V. Dilling. Rt. 2. Decatur, Ind.. Cralgville phone. Two miles south, 6 miles west of Decatur. M-W-F-144-ts FOR SALE — Overland touring car 1917 model T. 85. SSO will buy it. Roscoe Elzey 319 N. 11th street 187-7tx FOR SLE- Two - good Jersey cows, will be fresh soon. See Mrs. L. Tombleson, Decatur, RR 9, phone D-664. 3t * FOR SALE —Cucumber pickles, select, ed size. 35 cents per 100. Small canners. 25 cents per 100. [.eave orders at Mills Grocery. R. B. Johnson, R R 5( on Stat road No. 21. 2 miles south of Decatur. _ _ 189-3tx FOR - SALE—I 924 Ford Coupe. 1920 Ford Touring car with starter. Both in good condition. Inquire at R N. Runyon * Son. 3tx FOR SALE—Terrier Bull Dogs. Inquire of Herman Weber, Decatur. R7. FOR SALE--Roll top desk. John T. Myers Clothing Store. 189-3 t. FOR SALE—Fresh fis.h Thursday afternoo.n Friday morning Otto Aiimiller, 126 So- Bth st 190 2t LOST AND FOUND JjOST — Grey grained purse contain ing bank hook bearing owners name. Also small! change. Finder please return or write to 126 So., Fifth street. Phone 669. 189 3tx, LOST —In the downtown district of a pair of tortoise shell biJfwxl glased. Please return to the Decatur Democrat and receive reward. 3tx | FOR RENT FOR RENT—3furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Inquire at 1015 West Jackson st. 190-3tx CAMP MEETING OPENS AUG. 14 Continued from Page one tion for your use. Meals will be served in the dining hall, on the free will offering plan. A lunch stand, also, for those wishing refreshments will be in operation by the church. Tents can be obtained by those desiring them. Three preaching services daily, besides Missionary, services. Sunday school and other church activities will be discussed. Senator Shafer, of Ohio, I will give a talk on the Foundation Fund for tire blind. This meeting is undenominational and is open for all Christians to enjoy. ' o— Sugar Beets Grow So So Rapidly They Don’t Kenneth Hirschy, of hear pleasant Mills, one of the boys entered in the Adams county sugar beet club, writes County Agent Busche tor advice and information, showing be is interested and explaining a rare case in his patch. Kenneth, by the, way, has one of the finest fields of beets in the county. Two weeks ago. in order to do everything he could to make his beets the largest and best, he used] two hundred pounds of nitrated soda and it worked so well that the growth j has surprised every one. Part of the i beets, Kenneth explains, grew so fast that they didn't have time to turn green and the leaves are half green , and half white- He sent one in tor ( display in the Daily Democrat window ( to prove his statement. ( O——— ■ , o S

I WANTED | I Rags, Rubber, Paper of all | kinds, ricrap Iron, Metals and Hides. We will call with our truck for any junk you wish to dispose ©t PHONE 442 I MAIER HIDE ft FUR CO 710 W. Monroe St. Near G. R. ft I. cross’ng. O -»■ -■ - - o Health is precious, and the adjust* men ts trivial in proportion t o their t potential benefits to you. . jtfccMrpmost? Why not call \ y f° r an a PP°’ nt - ment today? CHARLES & CHARLES Cliiropr&ctors.

♦ BUSINESS CARDS * *•*♦*♦**♦•♦♦•’ H. FROHNAPFEL. D. C. DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC A HEALTH SERVICE The Neurocalometer Service Will Convince You at 144 South 2nd Street Office Phone 314 Residence 1087 Office Hours; 10-12 a.m. 1-5 6-6 p.m. S. E. BLACK Funeral Director Mrs. Black, Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly day or night Office phone 90. Home phone 727 ~~FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of Title. Real Estate. Plenty of Money to Loan on Government Plan. Interest rate reduced October :5, 1924 See French Quinn Office —Take first stairway south of Decatur Democrat N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted HOURS: 8 to 11:30—12:30 to 5:00 Saturday 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135 MONEY TO LOAN An unlimited amount of 6 PERCENT money on improved real estate. FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstract* of title to real estate. SGHURGEF'S ABSTRACT OFFICE 33 8. 2nd 8L MARKETS-STOCKS Daily Report Os Local And Foreign Market* East Buffalo Livestock Receipts. 2400; shipments 2850 official to New York yesterday 1900, hogs slow heavies $14.50 @ $1460 light weight $14.75 @ $14.85 light lights and pigs $14.75 @ 15.00 packing sows rough $12.25 @ $13.50; cattle 350 steady .sheep 900*best lambs, $15.00 Jr* $15.25. best ewes $6.88 (w $8 00 calves 200 tops, sl4 00 Chicago Grain Close Wheat; Sept.. 164 1-2; Dec., 162; May 164 7-8; Corn; Sept., 104 1-22; Dec., 87 5-8; May 90. 3-4. Dec., 44 1-2; May 47 3-8 . LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET (Corrected August 12) Fowls 18c Leghorn Fowls 13c Heavy Broilers 20c Leghorn, Anconas and Black broilers 15c Old Roosters 8c Ducks 10c Geese 8c Egga. dozen 30c LOCAL GRAIN" MARKET (Corrected August 12) # 1 T Barley, per bushel 75 Oats, per bushel —35 c Rye, per bushel SI.OO New Wheat, No. 1 $1.56 New Wheat, No. 2 $1.55 LOCAL GROCER’S EGG MARKET Eggs, dozen 28c BUTTERFAT AT STATION Butterfat ......_......... 40c — o— Wheat Prices Advance Chicago Aug 12Wheat prices advanced sharply on the Chicago board of trade today when shorts covered theih committment. There was no crop news t acount for the upward swing, grain houses stated.

September wheat gamed 4 1-2 cents a bushel the close being $1.64 1-2. compared with the previous close of $1.60 1-4. December wheat gainedthree cents closing at $1 62 and May wheat was up 2 3-8 cents. 0 Receives News Os Birth Mrs. D. E. Studabaker has received a cablegram announcing the birth of a nine-pound son on the seventh i of the month to her sister, Mrs. Thomas Morrison. Cassa Blancha. Sapish Honduras. Central America. Mrs. Morrison, who was formerly Miss Martha Bowman, was married to Mr. Morrison a> the Studabaker home east i of this city about a year ago. Mr. Morrison is the superintendent for , the United Fruit Company at Cassa I Blancha. The message said that everybody was fine., o— — Bluffton —A tight post means nothing to Charlie Harris He broke a post off with, his •utosaobile, while driving in a heavy rain.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 192a.

♦ YESTERDAY’S RESULTS ♦ National League Boston 9; Chicago, 2. Pittsburgh, 7; New York, 4. Cincinnati, 7; Brooklyn, 2. Philadelphia-St. Louis, rain, American League Washington 3; Sleveland, . Chicago, 15; New York, 2. Boston. 1; Detroit, 0. American Association Louisville, 4; Kansas City. 3. St. Paul, 9; Toledo, 8Minneapolis. 5; Columbus. 7Milwaukee 5; Indianapolis, 3. — o Preble To Play Fort Wayne Colored Team The Leland Colored Giants of Fort Wayue will play the Preble baseball team Sunday, August 16. The game Will be played on the Preble diamond and will be called at two-thirty. A strong line-up has been arranged foi both teams and the game promises to be a thriller. The Preble boys hjive been playing real baseball this sum mer and will show the visitors a merrj chase for the victory. Miss Ederle Plans To Try Channel Swim Tuesday Cape Gris Nez. France, Aug. 12.— (United Press.) — Lillian Harrison, who nearly drowned during her at tempt to swim the English channel Monday, will remain here until Helmi the Egyptian who rescued her. has made his effort to battle through the tides to Dover. She will not try the swim again for another year. Gertrude Ederle, the American girl has set Tuesday as the day on which she will try to swim the channel. Dover. England, Aug. 12. —(United Press.) — Frank Perke, Englishman who had planned to try to swim the English channel yesterday, postponed his attempt because of th'e roughnest of the water. o— TREATY IS RATIFIED Germany Adoots United States-Ger man Commercial Treaty; Tariff Bill Is Passed, Also. Berlin, Aug. 12.—(United Press.) — The Reichstag today without discus sion. ratified the United States-Ger man commercial treaty whjch is based on the most favored nation principle. It also passed the tariff bill ove: which there had been a bitter tight for many weeks. Some opposition to the commercial treaty developed at first, but the government succeeded in calming this and ratification was assurred some

days ago when the foreign committee of the Reichstag approved it. The taiff bill, the chief feature of which is levying higher rates on agricultural products and certain imported commodities like automobiles had been the target of communist obstruction for many days. Communists and socialists held that the tariff bill meant an increase in the cost of living 'by granting the big landlords of Germany added protection. Q Well Represented At Epworth League Institute Th Decatur sub-district of the •Epworth League had the largest number of members present at the annual institute held at Epworth Forest, Lake Webster, last week. There were 23 membra from this sub-distr*ict (present at a'.l sessions of the institute. in addition to several members who attended only a portion of the sessions. Bluffton was second with 22 members present at all sessions The Decatur Leaguers ocupied a cottage owned by the Rv. Mr. Williams, of Gneva There were never less than 30 persons at the cottage tor meals. The Rv. and Mrs- D. T. Stephenson, former residents of Decatur, were guests at the cottage the last week-end, they htfejg stopped off there while on a motor Drip from their home in Plainfield, New Jersey, to Wisconsin. —o NOTICE MERCHANTS The committee in charge of Gift Day will call tomorrow to collect the tickets. Please have your ready and assist in preparations for the gift day distribution. Tickets are to be already torn apart. Ticket Committee. —— «——o — Muncie-Center township, Delaware | county, is a “doggy" place. It has more dogs thn any other township in the county, according to Auditor Jas | D.-agee, who has received dog ta» fees.

RETURNS FROM PYTHIAN MEET .'Continued from Page One) Constitution of Indiana was written in 1816. This historical old tree died last year and theD. A. R. Society has taken the tree down and are planning to make the wood into souvenirs for distribution. Mr. Erwin brought home some of the wood and the same will be preserved in some proper man ner by him. Next Friday, Mr. Erwin will go to Michigan City, where, on Saturday, he will address a meeting of Knights of Northeastern Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, held at that city. The meeting will include a boat ride on l<ake I Michigan. He will return to Decatur early in the coming week to be pres-’ ent at the Golden Jubilee Celebration I of the local lodge. Programs for this , meeting will be announced Friday. o Woman, Evicted From Her Home, Gives Birth To A Child At Side Os A Road Phoeuix. 111., Aug. 15.—Frontier day hardships were experienced on the very outskirts of Chicago when Mrs. Anna Cooper, 19. evicted from her small farm home by an unyielding constable, gave birth to a child as she lay in a rain storm at the side of a rural road near here. The baby died a short time after its birth and authorities have undertaken to hold someone responsible for its death. An inquest was started this morning. Mrs. Cooper, deserted by her husband, lived with her ten brothers and sisters on a small farm as "squatters.' They earned a bare living working 1922 Ford Sedan excellent condition. 1925 Ford Tudor, out less than 30 days. Overland Model 4 extra fine condition. 1916 Ford Touring. 1 Dodge Touring. 1 Oakland Sedan. 1 85-6 Overland Sedan, extra good condition. HILEMAN GARAGE Phone 763

Beautiful HOME SITES 15 WOODED LOTS IN BELLMONT PARK AT PUBLIC AUCTION Saturday, Aug. 15 2:30 P. M. AT COURT HOUSE SQUARE FREE-:-Ford Automobile RADIO SET—S2S.OO IN GOLD—TICKETS FREE TO EVERYBODY LIBERAL TERMS—SmaII down payment- long time to pay balance. AUCTIONEERS-STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS REPPERTS AUCTION SCHOOL.

for neighbors, authorities learned. Constable C. J. Braun said he gave Mrs. Cooper a weeks' notice ami when she failed to vacate her small home, it was his duty to evict her, regardless of her condition. —o ——— —- Mildred Harris Expects Visit From Stork Soon Hollywood. Cal, Aug 12.—(United Press.)—Mildred Harris, former wife of Charlie Chaplin, cinema clown, expects a visit from the stork soon, according to her mother here, Mrs. A. A. Harris. Mrs. Harris ajso confirmed reports

Crash !-A WRECK Two brand new cars come together with a BANG; both 11 are badly bent; and then the usual remark from the || gallery—“ The Old ‘sus’ can’t be fixed.” Il Don’t let them tell you that. It’s our business to repair I] wrecked cars and we Make I hem Look Like New. ■ * You Wreck ’ em—We Fix ’em I Automobile Painting I _ I ' ■■ ■ ■ I !■■■■» We arc also equipped to give you a fi.’st class paint job on your automobile. || Lacquer or Varnish finish. , I] A coat of paint on your car. done our Dur prices arc .reasonable and our serway. places you in the same level with vice ranges from 4to 6 days. Come in | the new car drivers. _ ind lei ns talk paint job to yon. |i Decatur Auto Top & Paint Shop Signs of all kinds. ] South First Street Decatur, Indiana

today her daughter had been secretly .| married to "Terry” McGovern, acton! of a prominent Florida family. The wedding wus in Tia Juana a year ago. Mildred Is now at the McGovern estate in Massachusetts. She is very happy'said Mrs. Harris. "She expect* the arrival of a baby before Thanks-| I giving." Mildred Harris’ first baby, bdrn ’ I while she was the wife of Chaplin.! i died shortly after its atTlval She! ■ divorced Chaplin shortly atferwards. Miss Fan Hammel! and Mrs. H. L.' Koontz spent the afternoon in Fort i Wayne visiting with friends. ’

Surveying Land For New Dunes State p ar d Gary. Ind, Aug. U_ P . G T 1 engineer for the state conaervatioJ department and eight men were sur veylng 3,000 aarea of land alo r 1 shores of Lake Michigan, which J be included in the new dune. .... park. ‘”1 The work of surveying the land win take four months. 1 I Sweetsers—Chickens belonging J J cob Phonemus know when they are well off. Though they were atoleal about a week ago. about seven have I returned. Phonemus reports.