Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1925 — Page 5

CLUB CALENDER Monday Delta Theta Tau-Mlss Florence Harris. 8 P Beaearch Club—Mrs. Fred Heuer. Tuesday W C. T. U.—Library, 2:30 p in. w C. T. U. meeting — Public Library, 2 30 p. mYoung Matroa’a Club—Mrs. Frank Crist. Mary and Martha Claes of the M g Church —Mrs. J W. Vail. Wednesday Lutheran Bible Class—Schoolhouse, 7:45 P- ">■ Shakespeare Club —Mrs. C. A Dugan. Indies’ Aid Society of Reformed church—Class room at 7:30 p. m. Thursday Antfock Missionary Society—Mrs. John Brown, all day. Luncheon Bridge club—Mrs. James Arnold. 8 p. m. Phoebe of Reformed ChurchMrs. Ben Schreyer, 7:30 p. in. E. L of C. E. of Evangelical church Hallowe’en party —John Fuhrman home. Epworth league good time social — Meet at church 8 p. m. Loyal Daughters class of Evangelical Sunday school—Mrs. Carl Hammond. Wincheider street. 7:30 p. m E V. I-adies Aid Society—Church Parlors, 2 p. m. Ladies’ Aid Society of Christian Church Social—Mrs. Noah Mangold. Friday Box social and home talent play, Rhenicker school house. Washington township. The Misses Nesswald were the hostesses at a lovely miscellaneous showgiven at two o'clock yesterday afteran. in honor of Miss Doretta Helt. , Fort Wayne, whose/ marriage to Anthony Neswald will he solemnized October 22. The home was beautifully decorated with large baskets of fall flowers. Bunco was played and prizes • ere won by Mary Schafer. Mary Voglewede and Helen Faurote, who in turn presented them to the bride. At six o'clock a delicious two-course dinner, with appointments in green and white, was served to thirty guests present, who were seated at two large and one small tables. The tables were lighted by randies in crystal holders, and the centerpieces were crystal baskets of snowberries. After the dinner, the bride was ushered into the living room where a wishing well contained many beautiful gfits. which wore drawn from the well by white rihlrons to which hearts wore attached bearing the name of the giver. Out-of-town guests were, Mrs Wm. Heit, Sr . and daughters Loretta and May. Mrs. Wr. Heit. Jr., Mrs. Frank Aumiller, Mrs. Ray Greek, the Misses Mary, Frances. Celeste and Helena Schafer. Eleanor Ploek and Mary and Eva Alberding. all of Fort Wayne, and the Misses Bertha. Helen and Agnes Louche of Coldwater, Ohio. The opening of the Woman's Club will be celebrated Tuesday evening, October 27, with a banquet at the Reformed church at six-thirty o'clock. A very interesting program has been arranged for the meeting and all D. B. Erwin has been appointed by members are urged to attend. Mrs. the club to attend the Convention of the State Federation of Clubs to be he’d at Hammond this week. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Evangelical church will meet Thursday afternoon in the church parlors, at two q’clock. A parcel post sale will he held in connection. A good attendance is desired. The Shakespeare Club will meet with Mrs. C. A. Dugan Wednesday afternoon instead of with Mrs. Obenauer, as previously announced. Mrs. D. B. Erwin and Mrs. Dugan will represent the club at the annual convention of the State Federation of Clubs, which will be held at Hani/ mond Thursday and Friday of this week. The Loyal Daughters class of the Evangelical Sunday school will meet at. the home of Mrs. Carl Hammond, on South Winchester street at 7:30 o clock Thursday evening. The meeting will be in the nature of a Hallowe'en party and all members are urged to come masked. The members of the Epworth League will hold a good time social I Thursday evening. They are requested to meet at the church at 8 o'clock. The Evangelical League of Christian Endeavor will hold their business and social meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Henry Fuhrman, north of the city. A’l who can ar-

range to go please meet at the church at 7: IB o’clock. A real Hallowe’en party Is being planned and members are urged to come masked " F 1 The Catholic Ladles of Columbia will give a Hallowe'en party at the Knights of Columbus Hall Tuesday evening. October 20, st eight o’clock for their husbands and friends. A good three-piece orchestra will fur--1 nish music for dancing. Cards and other games will be played and a door price will bo given the ono holding the lucky number. Twentyfive cents admission will be charged. A prize will be given for the one best and most comically dressed. Those 1 who do not bring gentlemen friends arc urged to bring lady friends A good time is assured. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Re- • formed church will hold an all day meeting at thy home of Mrs. Otto Rappert In Blue Creek township. Members are urged to meet at the 1 church at nine or nine-thirty o’clock Wednesday morning and bring a towel and twenty-five cents. In case • of rain the meeting will be held at the church at 2:30 o’clock in the as- ’ ternoon. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist church announces ease--1 terla.suppers to tie served Saturday ’ October 24 and November 7. The liberal patronage of the pubic 18 ' solicited. A meeting of the Work and Win Class of the United Brethren church 1 has been called for Tuesday evening ** In the class room. The attendance of every member Is requested. n Th<> Women’s Christian Temperance Union will meet in regular ses- '■ sion at the Librarv Tuesday after- " noon at 2:30 o'clock. The following program will be given: Song, Dcvo tionals. Mrs. Charles Poling; song: '' Report on department of research " of federal council of Churches, Mrs. •- John Niblick; quartet, Methodist , ladies; Prohibition and the younger a generation. Mrs. John Nelson: vocal I solo. Edwina Schroll; The Welfare >• of the Child and Supreme Issue. Mrs. I R. J. Shimp; reading, Mrs. J. R. s Blair; What Makes Young Criminals, - Mrs. Sam Shamp; instrumental solo, i Monai Butler; closing hymn. c —. The Luncheon Bridge Club will . meet with Mrs. James Arnold Thurs- , day evening at eight o’clock. 1 The Phoebe Bible Class of the Rc- > -formed church will meet et the home f of Mrs. Ben Schroyer Tuesday eveuj ing at 7:30 o'clock. The election of i officers will be held at this time. i The Antioch Missionary Sewing 1 Society will mefft Thursday all day > at the home of Mrs. John Brown in , Peterson A good attendance is dej sired, , —o — j Miss Annette Moses spent Sunday in Fort Wayne visiting with relatives. > Mrs. Luella Hubley visited friends • and relatives at Hartford City Sun- ■ day. • I Miss Jeanette Clark, who is a stut'dent at the Chicago Physical Culture 1 School, spent the week-end with her ' mother, Mrs. Rose Clark. • I Mrs. Cecile Moser visited relatives f at Fort Wayne Sunday afternoon j I Guy Kehler, of Huntington, visited I friends here last evening. i Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Allen and Mrs. • Florence Meyer, of Marion, visited • friends here last evening. Mrs. , Meyer remained here for a few days /visit with her sister. Mrs. Minnie I Wilkenson. Earl Christen motored to South Bend Saturday, and was accompanied ; home by Frederick Schulte, Robert • Voglewede and Hugh Solthouse. who • are students at Notre Same. They /spent the week-end here. |i Ora Baker returned to Fort Wayne /this morning after a short visit here ’ with friends .1 Felix Maier returned this morning from Fort Wayne where he visited at his parental home. Mrs. I. A. Kalver and son. Roy, and Miss Ruth Goldberger, of Fort Wayne, called on friends here Sunday after noon. Herman Myers visited friends at Bluffton last evening. Miss Lavina Christencr, of north of Decatur, who underwent a major operation at Bloomington, where she is a student at Indiana University, is able to resume her studies. The little Misses Violet Burdg and Jape Murray, of Mercer avenue, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and I Mrs. A. A. Kist, in Portland. Mr. and Mrs Dick Burdg. Mrs. A. L. Burdg and Gustave Larsen, of Decatur, also visited with the Kists on Sunday. Dan Holthouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. A R Holthouse, returned from l Indianapolis yesterday after a three

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week's visit with his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Koontz and fam - ily. He was accompanied by his ; aunt. M'ss Ruth Hammel, of Indi- - anapolis. who spent tile day here. B. R. Foley, of Cleveland. Ohio, i was a business caller in the city this afternoon. Mrs Ollie Kintz, of Hammond. • spent the week-end with relatives I and friends here. • A. R. Bell and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. . Kunkel motored to Detroit, Michigan. . to visit Mrs. F. L. DeVilbiss and the , , Earl Newton family. , Mrs. C. I) Teeple and father, Mr. Foryca, left today for a several weeks stay in Rome City. I Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sprang will - motor to Detroi|. Tuesday to spend several days as lhe guest of Mr. and Mrs. Rohr and son. John. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Brokaw, Mr. and • Mrs. Calvin Brokaw, Mr. and Mrs. ■ Lloyd Tygers, Mr. and Mrs. L* Bro-1 f kow, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. F. ’ A. Johnson, of Chicago, Mrs. Agnes Cole, of Garrett, and Thurman Cole. ; are at the bedside of their mother, ’ Mrs. L. T. Brokaw, who is seriously I i ill. Mrs. Jesteen Hocker, of Monroe,' had the misfortune of falling on a slippery walk this morning and dislocating her right shoulder. Mrs. Hocker was brought to a local phys-1 iclan where an X-Ray was taken. Mrs. | Hocker is the mother of C. E. Hocker, deputy postmaster. - o i Court House | Case Venucd Here A case entitled the National Liberty Insurance Company or America vs. Henry Shardleman. a suit for damages. has been veinued to this county from the Jay circuit for trial. Judgmen tfor $!*00 is .demanded. It is alleged tti.,l the defendant set fire to dry weeds and grass, which he had permitted to accumulate along the fence between his farm and a school house in Jay county, which was insured by the plaintiff, and that the fire spread from the fence to the school building and the building was destroyed by fire. Attorney D. B. Ford is counsel for the plaintiff. To Sell Real Estate In tiie estate of Henry Ellenberger vs the estate of John J. Fox has been set for trial on Novevmber 4. —/ o To Hold Box Social At Raudebush School I A box social will be held at the Raudebush school building, two and I one-half miles south.of Decatur, next I Wednesday evening. October 14. There - will be contests, a jrize for the most 1 popular young lady, a fish pond and contests for the children, and refresh- * ( ments will be served. Miss Vera i Owens is tile teacher. The public is invited to attend the social. i, Eight Killed By Autos In Cook County Sunday Chicago, Oct. 12 —Eight deaths in J Sunday automobile accidents raised the 1925 total in Cook county to 598 j - — WANT ADS EARN—S 1

MONEY WASTED SENATOR SAYS Sen. Madden Makes Scathing Denunciation Os War And Navy Departments By William J. McEvoy, • U. P. Staff <’onenpondent» Washington. Oct. 12. — (United I Press.) —A scathing denunciation of the war and navy departments for maladministration of money appropriated by congress for aircraft, amounting in some instances to “crimi Inal waste,” was made by Representa- , tive Martin Madden of Ill.nois, chairI man pf the house appropriations committee before the special aircraft I board today. "Millions of dollars appropriated by • congress during the past few years , of development have been squandered in a purposeless, meaningless, endless experimental orgy," said Madden. I Replying to the statements of war i and navy department witnesses who blamed congress for the backwardness of American aviation. Madden contemptuously exclaimed “blame . shifters.” —o Forecast Corn Cron Os 2,918,000.000 Bushels Washington. Oct. 12.—The U. S. Department of Agriculture today forecast a 1925 corn crop of 2.918,000,000 bushels on the basis of OctAber 1 condition of 76.2 per cent normal. —_—o I Negro In Death Cell Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 12 Edw. Stewart, Indianapolis negro, today sat in a cell in deatli row at the state prison here awaiting execution on January 16, 1926. Stewart was brought here immediately after he was sentenced to death in criminal court at Indianapo lis for the murder of Ralph Cunningham. of Advance, Ind

—NO. 6— BANK STATEMENT REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK at Decatur, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on September 28, 1925. C. S. NIBLICK President D. J. HARKLESS Cashier G. T. BURKVice-President A- SCHEUMANN Ass't Cashier! R. E. MEIBERS Ass't Cashier

RESOURCES Ixians and Discounts .. . .$1,199,325.80 Overdrafts 5,098.87 U..*S.' Bonds 2,550.00 Other Bonds and Securities 3,484.00 Hanking House 93,605.01 Furniture and Fixtures . . 10,243 38 Other Real Estate 70,574.33 Due from Banks and Trust Co's. 114,822.33 Cash on Hand 58,708.55 Cash Items 5,476.71 Premiums Paid on Bonds 36.52 Profits and Loss 162.14 Trust Securities 827.74 Other Assets 2,967.26 Total Resourcessl,s67,Bß2.64'

State of Indiana. County of Adams, as: I, D. J. Harkless. Cashier of the Old Adams County Bank, of Decatur, I Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. I D. J. HARKLESS, Cashier. I Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Bth day of October. 1925. I JAMES O'. MERRYMAN, Notary Ptftlic. | My commission expires November 25, 1925. i

HANNALOTS ' SELL RAPIDLY Nineteen Building Sites In Addition Near G. E. Factory Are Sold Th lots in lianna'H addition, in the northwest part of the city, near the ( Genetai Electric factory, are selling rapidly and Austin Stultfl, representative of the’ C. 8. Kltch Company, which is conducting the sale, stated this morning that, in his opinion, every Jot. would be sold within a , few days. i The sale did not open until Friday, and over the week-end nineteen bona i fide sales were made to investors or to prospective home owners. The lots are well located and are on improved streets or near improved streets. Only 31 lots will be sold and ‘ one will be given away free at the conclusion of the sale. The lots range in price from $175 to $420. depending on size and loca- . tion and several of tbe purchasers have signified their intention of con- | strutting new homes on them. The terms are $1 down and $1 a week until the principal has been paid. j The Kitch company has Its office located in the Niblick building, corner of Second and Monroe streets, and persons desiring information as to the sale of the lots are invited to call thre today or tonight and have the proposition explained to them. ————o- — Bus Line Sues Citizens Os Beach Grove For $50,000 J Indianapolis, Oct. 12.- —Fifteen of the leading citizens of Beach Grove, including the president of the town , board, today face, a damage suit for $50,000. The suit was filed by the South Side Motor Coach company which operates a bus line to Beech Grove from Indianapolis. The suit alleges that the defend- • ants through threats, intimidations i • and boycotts, attempted to force the . company ino bankrupey. o Large Boulder Dedicated To Memory Os Soldiers Connersville, Ind., Oct 12. —A large boulder dedicated to the Revolutionary war soldiers buried in Fayette county has been placed in the Dale . cemetery here by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Rev- I elution. Regular Blue Lodge meeting, Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock. John Dickerson, W. M. Gained 10 Pounds in 22 Days That's going some —but skinny men. women and children just can't help putting on good, healthy flesh when they take McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. As chock full of vitamines as the nasty, fish-tasting cod liver oil itself, but these sugar-coated, tasteless tablets are as easy to take as candy, and ■ I won't upset the stomach. , i One woman gained ten pounds in twenty-two days. Sixty tablets, sixty cents and money back if not satisfied. ' Ask Holthouse Drug Co., or any drug- > gist for Mct'oy's Cod Liver Oil Com- | pound Tablets. Directions and formula on each box. "Get McCoy's, the original and genlufno Cod Liver Oil Tablet."

LIABILITIES Capital Stock —paid in 5120,000.00 Surplus 30,000.00 Undivided Profits 342.03 Demand Deposits 457,265.36 Deman Certificates 742,673.77 Savings Deposits 68,120.41 1,268.059.54 Due to Banks and Trust Co's 49.481.07 Bills Payable 100,000.00 ( Total Liabilities. .. .$1,567,882.64

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A series of articles on Radio Topics will be run by the Daily Democrat on ! Tuesday ami Saturday of each week, beginning tomorrow. The articles will deal with the various Interesting phases of radio. The column will be conducted by Gerald Cole, of the Indiana Electric company and operator of radio station 9DRS. Mr. Cole has made a wide study of radio and is competent to discuss the subject. A question and answer department, will be run in connection with the radio topics. All questions relative to anything radio, addressed to the radio editor, liaily Democrat, will be answered. Letters asking for diagrams. circuits and the like must be accompanied by an addressed and stamped envelope. The full name of the writer inns the given with each

I THE ADAMS Theatre I H TONIGHT—TOMORROW 3 Ihe Biggest Comedy ol the year ig U HAROLD LLOYD ■ the celebrated fun maker in ||| I “THE FRESHMAN’’ g 3 Aoelaiined the greatest entertainment H ever presented in motion pictures. K H It's a scream. K 2()c 40c ■ Eg Matinee Tomorrow O Harold Cloyd will entertain the High School football team 3 Tuesday and show them some new pointers. M I THE CORT I LAST TIME TONIGHT p “SHORE LEAVE’’ I A First National featuring RICHARD BARTHELMESS gg Hop on I'ncle Sam's biggest battleship look down 3 the line -there he is—Our Dick in uniform. And n| he's adventure bound on the high seas of life and love. M “A MISFI T SAILOR” Comedy. • jj| FOX NEWS ® 15c 35c 3 Look Around You If you will inquire or stop anti think for tt few minutes, you will find that > the practice of thrift has been the chief factor in the | success anti career of a majority of those who have reached the goal of affluence right here at home. ■ Others have attained success through placing their money in this hank. What has been done before, can he done again. Why not | drop in and open an ac- j count the next time you arc near us? I 4% Interest Paid Old Adams County Bank 11 WE PAY YOU T n « WE,

queKtion aud the auawerx will appear !on the days menitonetl above. There will be no charge for answers to questionH. The articles will not be too I technical for the ordinary fan to understand and they shoijld prove inter, esting and of value to everyone interested in radio. Mrs. Paul Sauers, of Markle, is a ■ guest of her parents. Mrs. and Mrs. Jesse Cole. -o — Hurry if you want one of the choice lots now being sold for only SI.OO down, then SI.OO a week. Come out today or tonight and select yours. Get par--1 ticulars before it is too late. f Every lot a choice one, but only 1 a few left.