Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1926 — Page 7

tNOCIW k • 1 BBS' — CLUB CALENDER Monday Odd Fellow's Lodge 7:30 pin. / i Bvang, al League of Christian Endeap'-r Business and Social Meet M ing- At [Church, 7:30. 'StNU 1 Club—Mis Nellie Haney, 2:30 p. ni Delta *rtieta Tail—Hf . 11. I. K :t! 7:3)9 P* n> I Tuesday Corinthian class of Ohristiaii Church —Mrs. Olin Baker. ReKe 1' ' i Lodge — Rebekah Hall. I Aturtloii Bridge (Tub—Mrs. Lee Lav. leek's®, tn. Dore; Class of E. V. idnnili -Mr. Heury Adler. 7 p. in. Mary and Martini Class of M E. chinch- Mrs. James Rice, 7 p. m KggMri.-an Legion—Legion Hall. 7 Yawn Matrons’ Club Mis. Irvin Miller, ?:30 p. nt HMBfcota Xi —Mrs. Edgar G< rb< r. p. BlHferklviid Indies’ Chib- Kirkland 11. S., "|»0 P- tn. ferid- Clul>—Mrs. .1. il. Heller. MHter. oon Bridge Club— mYs. John Holier. 2:30 p. ni. | (J, |L. of C. Anniver ’t \ --!\ c Ball,fc:3o p. in. Wednesday tpeare club Fellows' Daiiq <*dd Fvllov. Hall, ! P- ntWjM a. id’ IT. B Church Mi: Carl [Noble, 2 p.in. .tun eon Bridge Club Mrs. lan, reiicil Kleinhcnz. 7:30 p. m. Mis Fourth street, 2:30 p. m. St.fVineent de Paul Smi< iv K. <•; f. jir 2:30 p. in. v Thursday ami Win Class of C. B. —Mfr. and Mrs. Frank Baker. ®-«p- 111 ■ * Woman'. S,» , I lonie , ci. Mi. atry Society of PresY'i < l urch N. Anker, 2:30 p. m. Aid Society ,u Z o.i I. Schoolhouse. v. m .■ Uli' So h Misionary So, ~ ty ||t Friday Aid Society of M. E. < ir.t i:rch parlors, 2:30 p. m. R. ('. pot-luck dinner ami rtib'.ation of officers—Legion Hall. Marys Township lima I-., comics Club-*-Mrs. C. O. Green, a 1 Club- After Lodge. SBr. and Mrs. Delton I' ... al dinner Sunday in ieu.o,daughter, .Miss Fern. th- < being' her b'.rthda. atm. Cdrers were laid for the Mis ■ ■ Franand Daisy Girod. Maigar I ' Hyland. Bert 'Em.. #®t' Mrs. Alta Briner Smith. Baptist Woman's SoilThursday afternoon tie I >: irn s meeting. Study in Hie new <-iiapbook will lie taken up a' thin ■Hbp All members are urged lo ■ifesent. K » ami Mrs. Harb'. Tumble '•:< ■ their twelfth wedding arni:Sunday. They ■ ■iiti’rfaineu M for the following guvsts: Mr. Lol Mrs. Ed Gay and cliildr, m Mario, and Junior, Mr. amid: ' il Mhnufilcson and daughter, E tter, MMrs. Rollie Jackson and chdil" a Clarice. Lichard am. I- 1 Mrs George Gay. Bachelor Maids will l> r c,i " flbined Thursday evening al ■ 1 ’„aicluck by Mrs. T. I’’- Grain.er. ..■The Women's Relief Corp a pot-luck dinner at the Atm n

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I< an Legion hall over the Voglewedo 'I i hoe store Friday. The women are 'asked to meet at the hall at 10 'o'clock. Following the dinner, the, newly elected officers will be install-] ed. The installation ceremony will often about 1 o’clock. • Tile Shakespeare Club will meet .with Mrs. Harry Moltz Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Emma Daniel will have Hie paper on "Washington, the Capital." A good attendance is desired. A dance will be given by the niem-j hers of the Odd Fellow Lodge Wed- 1 nesday evening at eight o’clock. j I The Work and Win Class of the i United Brethern church will meet at the lionie of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Meyers and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Muimna will assist in entertaining. | Tim Ladiea’ Aid Society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock in the church parlors. The presence of every mcmher is desired. William Zimmerman. Adams county i assessor, lift today for Indianapolis, where he will attend the annual conference of Indiana counu' assessors. I William Tague, of Monroe, was a' liusiness visitor here this morning. I ( Mrs. Charles Voglewede spent The ; day in Fort Wayne with her brother- ; in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. W J. 1 Dowling and family. j Mrs. Nora Railing spent the day in ' oFrt Wayne with her daughter, Mildred, who is a student nurse at? the Lutheran Hospital. I Miss Naomi Holthouse spent the day ’ in Fort Wayne visiting witli friends. |] | The Misses Leah Colter and Eloise ’ Lewton returned to Oxford, Ohio, i esterfay, to resume their work in Western College, after spenning the Christmas holirays with their parI cuts in this city. Mrs. Roy Hook of Pleasant Mills j was a business visitor in this city • today. [ Mr. and Mrs. Andy Foos and Mrs. George Keller silent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Shanahan at j Van Wert. Ohio. I, Mrs. Charles Gage, of north of the city, was a. shopper here this morn- ■ iiiKi The Rev. If. W. Thompson made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. . I, I Hart ' Yaney returned to Ann Ar-1 bor, Michigan, where he is a student! ‘i t the t’niversity of Michigan, after l ( spending the holidays with his mother. Dr. Roy E. Goldner, who has been , visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs. E. A. Goldner, at Preble, has returned to Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Goldner is | : House Physician at Hie Sparrow lios-’ pital there. I, | Mr. and Mrs. James Staley spent' H e morning in Fort Wayne, visiting with friends. I George,LTirick, of south of the city, ! was a business visitor here this morning. y | R. O. Elston, of Monroe, looked alter bmaness interests here this afternoon. McGee Hendircks, of Monroe, visited friends here this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lory Meyers, of Mon-' roeville, weer shoppers here this afternoon Clarence Spuller returned to Lafayette this afternoon after spending the ( holidays 'with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Dallas Spullaf, of east of the city. Clarence is a student at Purdue University. Miss Anna Adler visited friends at Fort Wayne this afternoon. o ’PETITION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SEVEN ROADS H OSriMr.ll FROM PAGE ONE) bids received for the .construction ot veral roads which were petitioned for a year or more ago. The bonds on the Samuel Acker road improvement. in the north part of the city.! will also be ordered sold within the thirty or sixty days and work on its ■ ! con-Iruction will commence in the spring. • A large crowd attended the com • ml::doners session tJijs morning, the greiip liejtig composed of farmers along Hie routes of the proposed road improvements. SUGAR MILL TO CLOSE SATURDAY IttHTIM EIl FROM PAGE OWE! run off of sugar Saturday. After a short vacation, the field men nt the sugar company will begin their | campaign of contracting for beet acr<4 j 'age for next year. Many farmers in Jhis community are z joining each year ■ in the raising of beets for the local mill. ■ Qpfcning Dance at K. of < Hail, Thursday night. 3t3

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FARM BANQUET ATTENDED BY LARGE ( ROW!) (lOMIMIai FROM PAGE ONE) William Rupert each gave short talks on corn growing, also. Record Made In Hog Feeding. Following the discussion of the fiveacre corn ■contest work, the liog feeders had their inning. Mr. Bust he explained (hut the ton litter club work wan started in 1922. in that year, there were 555 members in the state and 23 in Adams county. There were 36 ton litters in the state state year and two in Adams county. They were fed by C. W. R. Schwartz and John Heiman, Mr. Schwartz's litter being tlie heaviest in the state. In 1923, there were 61 ton litters in the state and Adams county had three. They were fed by E. W. Busche, Otto Hoile and Carl E. Amstutz. In 1924. there were 56 ton litters in the state ;'in> Adams county had one. It was fed by Otto Hoile. In Hie past year, there were 84 ton litters in the state and Adants county liad twelve, the largest number, by three, that any county in the state has ever produced in one year. Ton litters in Adams county last year were fed by John W. Blakey, who had theAhird heaviest litter in the state. Erwin Fuelling, E. W. Busche, M. Davison. Leonard Sprunger, Fred Bleeke, C. W. R. Schwartz, Reuben Schwartz, Ed Christen and G. R. Bierly. Schmitt Trophy Awarded H. P. Schmitt, proprietor of Hie Schmitt meat market in this city, made a talk in which he presented tlie Schmitt trophy, a large silver loving cup, to Mr. Blakey for producing the heaviest litter in the county in 1925. Mr. Schmitt also presented 'cash prizes to several feeders of ton litters. Henry Blakey, father of John Blakey,'who did most, of the feeding of the Blakey ton litter, made a short talk, in which he told how lie made the litter weigli 3,070 pounds at Hie age of 180 days. Hog Callers Provide Amusement Next came the hog calling contesi and it provided a round of amusement for the large crowd present. Twelve farmers took part in the con, : test, every township but one or two being represented. Each contestant stood up at one end of Hie hall and gave six regulation ’Wlio-00-00-ey" .."dis while the judges were in another loom. After each had had a trial, the judges announced that three men had tied for first place and those three I were required to repeat their per formance- Tlie judges then selected Mr. Miller as having the strongest mid best adapted voice for calling J hogs from the far side of the farm [To make sure that lui was the perron with tlie prize winning call, the judges had Mr. Miller call three times in their presence. Stats Contest Next Week. Adams county recently challenged jhe other counties in the state to a iiog-calling contest, which will b e held [during Hie Agricultural Conference at I Purdue next week. The contest will :be held in the large stock judging pavillion on Tuesday night and the winner will receive the title of state champion and a free ticket to the banquet of the state live stock breeders’ association on the following night. Tlie twelve men taking part in the contest were: Otto Hoile, Root township; Hugo Boerger, Root township; I Andrew Fuelling, Root township: William Hockemeyer, Root township; Albert Dwell, Preble township; W. W. Hawkins, Washington township; Charles Schenck, St. Marys township; Ed Miller, Blue Creek township; Alf Elzey, Monroe township; Dan Habegger, Monroe township; Ralph Myers, Hartford township; and Carl <E. Amstutz, Jefferson township. The two who tied with Mr. Miller on the first trial were William Hockemeyer mid Albert Ewell. E. B. Williamson, manager of the Northern Indian:) lair, was pr< sent , last night and he declared that the I hog calling contest was one of the ' best entertaining features he Jiail ever seen and he announced that he would plan such a contest, except on a larg-

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er scale, to lie held in front of the . grandstand at the fair next fall and I that he would offer valuable prizes for the winners. While the judges in the hog calling contest were making their decision, > Col Fred Repport, Decatur, made a snappy talk in which he offered advice and humor. Dr. Fryer Speaks. Tlie last, but not least, number on ■ tlie program was a talk by Dr. G. M. Fryer, of Purdue University. Dr. ■ Fryer spoke on the history, accoinp- ' llshmentH and purpose of Purdue Uni- ! versify and urged the farmers to make more use of the state school and ts information, gained through experiments and reseat ch. Dr. Fryer s an interesting ami forceful speaker and he drove hofae his message last night. Following the hi liquet, a committee of farmers and local business men met witli Dr. Fryer at the county igent's office for a brief discuss'on of a proposal to hold a farmers' short course in this city. No action was taken on the matter last night. o krrested On Charge Os Contempt Os Court Clyde Ramsey, who resides in Adams county near'the Adams-Jay couny line, was arrested late Monday afternoon by Sheriff Baker and his deputy, D. M. Hower, south of Geneva and was lield'at Geneva until tlie arrival as tlie Randolph county sheriff, who took Ramstfy to Winchester to answer to a charge of contempt of court, it is said that Ramsey failed to make payment: for the support of his chill is ordered by the court. —o—- ( Indiana To Get $1,935,890 For Federal-Aid Highways The state of Indiana will receive iH,935.59i) froin me Federal government for use in construction of Fed ■ral-aid roads during the year 1926. iccording to an announcement made by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine The government will expend a total of $73,125,000 in this manner this year- This appropriation was authorized by the Post Office Appropriation Act of February 12, 1925, and is for [ th e fiscal year beginning July 1. 1926. Phe new funds will be spent entirely on tile Federal-aid highway system inder the same plan of cooperation with the states that has been in successful operation*for ten years. The i roads included in the system are the most important in the country am. ’ reach directly or indirectly every city of over 5,000 population. Tlio bureau reports that approximately 10.000 miles of Federal-aid roads were brought to completion during 1925 icd the indications are that the coming year will lie equally successful. ( , o 7 rMarion County Court House To (iet Cleaning i Indianapolis, Jan. 5. — (United ; Press)—There is going to lie a houseeleaning at the Marion county court ■ house—not the political kind, but the ■ good, old-fashioned house-cleaning that gives the .housewife so much joy. [ Alter looking over the building dur- ’ | ing his first day in office, Cassius L. • Hogle, new county commissioner, a i- : nounced that the building w ill be clean- : ed from attic to cellar. ilogic agreed with the report of a • recent grand jury, that the condition ■ of tlie building is a “disgrace" to the county. ; | o ] To Transfer Prisoners i From Reformatory To State Penitentiary r Indianapolis, Jan. 5 — Governor Jackson today approved the transfer of 50 prisoners from the stale re i formafory at Pendleton to the state ‘ prison at Michigan City. • A. F. Miles, superintendent of tlie r reformatory requested the transfer I bcau.-e of overcrowding at his • im-titulion.

‘Farmers Organize To Stop Petty Thievery Kendallville, Ind., Jun.s. —(United Press)— thievery in Washington township. Noble county, has grown to silclr proportions of late, tliat action has been taken li/ residents to halt (he wave. An Anti-Thieves Association, composed of residents of the township has liven formed. \Vith the avowed purpose of breaking up the supposed ring of thieves. The thieves have been tipecially busy in the fanning community stealing chickens, turkeys, sheep and hogs. Tlie county farm bureau has endorsed the organization. —— To Hold Celebration Frankfort, Ind., Jan. 5. — (United Press) -A point celebration of the passage of the feileral prohibition, amendment will lie held here January 17, under the auspices ot the Clinton county W. C. T. U., and the Frankfort Ministerial Association, il was announced today. 0 Baptist Church Announcements In planning to do their share of the task in the coming S’multaneous Meetings this week will lie a time of preparation for the constituency of the: Baptist church. This evening at 7:30 three cottage prayer meetfngs will be held in the following homes: Mr G. W. Ray, corner 10th and Adams, Cal Peterson, leader. Mr. S- E. Shamp. 427 Mercer Ave., 11. N. Shroll, leader. Mr. Vern Hidmke, 423 W. Jefferson, Leader to be supplied. Wednesday evening will he the regular prayer meeting at the church and all who come will be presented with a book written by a Jew. The books are on hand ready for you Thursday evening there will be three cottage prayer meetings in the following homes: / , Mr. G. R. I armer, 344 S. Line St.. leader, (’. E. Beil. Mr. Fred Elzey, 429 N. 2ml. St., Mrs. Elzey, Lwadcr . / Mr. Ira Bodie, 318 S. loth St., Mr. Bodie, Leader. Friday evening tlie Pilatliae Bible class will meet at tlie church for their regular program and for prayer. At the same hour, the Brotherhood will meet ,al,the parsonage for their regular meeting and for prayer. The men and women are urged to attend these two meetings. We stress especially the cottage prayer meetings. Meet in the home nearest you if possible, for fellowship and prayer. We expect the membership of this church to measure upato our full responsibility in the United campaign before us. O. E. Miller, Pastor. o T : Hear Sitrfior Cafaro’s Symphonic Trio at Central school play Wednesday and Thursday, January 6 and 7.

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HMBPR3WI | in ■I jBGM I iTRma j ll BHp I SEE TOMORROW’S K I PAPER DEMOCRAT WANT AOS GET PESULTS '■ MORE i in «Qw| and better JIMI BREAD — I Olt SA L E BY—- — & Harris, Decatur Berne Milling Co.. Berne Geo. Miller, Decatur Bentz Grocery, Pleasant Mills Homer Crum Grot’., Honduras Taber Grocery, Monroe Workinger Grocery, V\ att Lenhart Grocery, Magley —— —r S'.. !E S 3 8 J® I : I Belt I | Resolved I | Ee ge That I will put aside extravagant habits and ex- hn >r pensive ideas, and shall, hereafter, place all earnings except my necessary expense in a savings account drawing comSR . pound interest m ' KE Be il further resolved, ‘ Jhat I shall at once start a ® ir savings account by mak- 1 ing a deposit with the I I | Old ADAMS COUNTY Bank ? We Pay You To Save I ——— l I