Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1926 — Page 2

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by , THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. I J. H. Heller Free and Gen. Mgr A R. HolUiouee . Sec'y & Bu*. Mgr 1 Dick D. Heller Vice President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second clans matter. I Subscription Rates: Single cop es I One week, by carrier _ — .1” One year, by carrier — - 5.00 One month, by mall 36 Three months, by mall LffOl .Six months, by mail .— 1.75 •One year, by mall J—•— 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second tones Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: ; Made known by Application Scheerer. Inc.. 35 East Wecker Drive Chicago 2t>» Fifth Avenue. New York * REGISTER THIS WEEK IF YOU •ARE NOT ALREADY QUALIFIED TO VOTE We are trying to organize for the big community event on Tuesday. October lAth—Dairy Day You can help by meeting your part of the ex penses with a smile when the coni mittee calls tomorrow. Dairy Day plans are going forward ( and there is no doubt that it will be a worth while occasion for a hundred business men are now supporting it. The complete program will be an- ( nouneed this week. , W e still insist that the farmer needs more rain about as badly as he needs Jim Watson’s remedies tor relief—a higher tariff and less crops. _ - - ■ - , Seems like it just can't keep from ' raining and its no wonder that djs- • c*uragement has reached a stdge where the farmer has a difficult time in smiling. The finance committee for Dairy Day will begin work tomorrow Give them the glad hand and a financial boost that will make their work as easy as possible for this effort is being made for you and every one else in this community. The democratic ticket in Adams county is a ticket composed of clean and able men. nominated in a fairly conducted primary election, the choice of the voters of that party. They i deserve your consistent and earnest support on their promises to serve you faithfully and honestly and ‘ efficiently. I This is the last week for register L last two years, if you have changed 1 ’ your name by marriaga or divgrce, if I . you are a first voter, see that your . name is properly registered so you will be qualified to vote on election ’ day. Be a good citizen, help to select the officers who will govern you and • don't just sit back and grumble. Register this week. The campaign is just opening and during the next five weeks you will hear the Issues discussed from every angle. The opening here will occur next Saturday evening when the Hon. Evans Woollen and the Hon. Arthur - Hamrick, candidates for United States ' senator and secretary of state will address the voters at the court house . I in this city. From that time on meet- , ings will be held in various precincts < over the.county and we urge the voters to attend that they may unders'and clearly the important issues. I The last rites were performed today for an honorable pioneer citizen of Adams county. Henry Voglewede, 1 who was born here nearly eighty years I ago, spent his life among the people of this county, took an active part in civic and business affairs and was ’ for many years a recognized leader. , He served as a member of the city council, as township trustee and as county treasurer and he. leaves a ' record of services well rendered as I] a legacy of which his relatives and neighbors and friends may well feel proud. Attorney General Arthur Gilliom. a former Adams county man, has been added to the program at Geneva on Wednesday of this week, when serv- fl

Ice* In memory of the late Gene Stratton loner, will !><• "held. Governor Ed Jackson and other leaders will , tn be one of the moat Interesting ev«r hold in Aitams county. A large delegation from her* will attend The affair Is in charge of the Geneva Chamber ot Commerce *f which VV 1). I Cross, Jr.. Is president and he la be ' Ing assisted by the business men ot Forty page apeclal editions by the Bluffton Runner and News, boosting the twentieth annual street fair. Bluffton and everybody In that community arc out, a commendable service and feats appreciated only by those publishers and printers in cities of this size who have tried it. And they are real newspapers, filled with splendid features, special stories, a history of the street fair in Bluffton —and w c dqubt if any city in America has been more successful with this vertislng and everything necessary to make them Interesting editions. Mr. Frank McDowell, who resided here several years and ds known as a roan who does things, is the head of the street fair organization this year, supported by -every business man of Bluffton. The program is excellent and if the weather mau will be just half decent the usual success is sure and 'sartin." , We congratulate the Banner and News for their enterprising and successful efforts. Good newspapers have much to do with the success o’ every community which succeeds. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BIG FEATURES * ♦ of K AD I 0 * ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ TUESDAY'S RADIO FEATURES (Copyright, 1926. by United Press) ' i Central Standard Time Throughout. WJZ—New York 454 M. and WGY, Schenectady, 380 M, 12 m.— Nominations for governor. Republican state convention; Nominations for governor and senator. Democratic state convention; balloting both direct from convention halls in New Y’ork and Syracuse. WGN —Chicago, .303 M, 8 pin—Opera! “Rigoletto.” WEAF—New York. 492 M, and hookup, 8 p.m.—Everready hour. j KPO —San Francisco, 428 M, 11 p m. ! —KPO /rio. WLW—Cincinnati, 422 M, 7:10 p.m. I —Orchestra. o t*4*444*4*4****y * ♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY * > *: <• pFnm the Daily Democ r ?t Fils ♦ ♦ Twenty Year* Ago Thl* Day. ♦! f w-; Sept. 27 —W. R. Hearst no;. na’e'l for governor of New York by democrats. Surprise for Mrs. Ernst Korte, of Kirkland township, on her fifty-ninth birthday. Linotype at Daily Democrat is on the “hummer". and pap°r shows it. F. M. Sullivan's horses close with good record. Judge Askin has mark of 2-11 and Bil’y G. 2-19. Mrs. M. Burdg announces fall millinery opening. John Cramer is ill with malaria fever. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler and daughter return from Cleveland. Fred Conrad returns home to Crocketts Bluff, Ark. Buy a half acre tract or a lot m beautiful Bellmont Park at your own price. Easy Terms. Saturday, Oct. 2nd at 2 p. m. ATTENTION! Odd Fellows The Ist and 2nd degrees will be conferred on a class of candidates by the Geneva degree team Monday night, Sept. 27. AH Odd Fellows are cordially invited. A big time and a good feed.

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MANY FARMERS IN CORN' CONTEST 1 HWTIMBIiJ'HOII FAGS •»*»• corn Is ready to harv*»t. It il expected a Judge representing the Indiana Corn Growers' Association will t be in Adams county within two or i three weeks to estimate the yields of the above contestants, The rule* of the clnb provide that a five-acre plot be entered. A complete labor record is kept on the en tire field, thereby making it possible ) to compute cost of production of the s corn on the five acres. The labor j record also includes all other costs including commercial fertilizer. t The above men. who have a yield of 100 bushels or more per acre, will be awarded gold medals by the In ■ diana Corn Growers’ Association i Those having a yield of 85 bushels or more per acre will receive silver medals while those having a yield of 75 bushels or more will receive - bronze medals. I i — o i' College Football Franklin. 39. Indiana Central. 6 | Butler, 38; Earlham. 0. I‘vPbw. 28; Danville Normal. 7 Wabash. 55: Evansville. 0 . Rose Poly, 10; Vincennes, 0 , Colgate. 19; Hamilton. 0 1 Dartmouth, 59: Norwich 0 i Ogletbrop. 7; Georgia Tech. 6 , , Ohio Weslyan. 11: Albion, 0 Haskall Indians, 57: North Carolina. 0 ■ Cornell, 6; Geneva, 0 4 [ Tulane, 40; Louisiana Poly, 0 Pittsburgh, 9; Allegheny. 7 , 1 Columbia, 14; Vermont, 0 t I’ennsvlvanla. 41; Franklin and Mar shall. 0. Notre Dame Reserves, 6; Kalamazoo i* College. 0 Vanderbilt, 69; Tenn State Teachers, I I 0 I California, 13: Santa Clara, 6; , Southern California. 74; Whittier. 0 Centre. 0; Western Kentucky Normal 'i o- i °~ COURTHOUSE ; * A claim for $48.86 was filed again-t j ' the Christian E. Stauffer estate today I by I. F. Raudabaugh. j A claim for $769.38 was filed against the Christian E. Stauffer estate today |>y William Nussbaum. Marriage License I Thurman Drew, employe at G. E. factory. Decatur, to Mary Baumann. I ot Decatur. Venued From County , The cas e of the Hoosier Condensed

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' Milk company against the Deeatur 1 Supply company was veniied to th* Jay circuit court today on motion of the plaintiff Case* Dismissed The case of Mary E. Hanna and Elizabeth Bosse, exparte petition to vacate a street, and the case of th* 1 Peoples Saving Bank vs. Malcom Ripley, were dismissed today for want of prosecution Case Continued The case of The Rowlands company ' vs. VV. Fish was continued on motion of the plaintiff. Declines Jurisdiction In the case of Hosey Ray vs. Julius Hattgk. Judge Jesse C. Sutton declin ed Jurisdiction, having been of coun sei for the plaintiff Tax Report In the estate of Christian E. Stauf fer. an inheritance tax report showed the liabilities to be $331.22 in excess of the assets. o — •THREE SHAFTS BEING FORCED INTO GROUND I iCO.YTIAt’F.n FROM PAGE OKKi J tubes through the debris to the trap ' but these have been balked by tons of earth and rock and ore. A basket of condensed food in tablet form was at hand to drop to the entombed men if an opening is made. j Officials of the mine declared they believe the men are in a large comI T’artment opening into a lateral ’ shaft and that they have plenty of ' air. The lack of water in the trap I caused the most alarm. The dampness of the earth retard ied the progress of the crews, who I still have about 106 feet to go. The damp earth made careful timbering i necessary. LOWLANDS ARE INUNDATED IN ADAMS COUNTY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE OMti) they have ever been at this time ot , the year. Damage At Golf Course The high waters are doing some damage to the new golf course at the . Decatur Country Clnb. south of the . city. The course east of the clnb house is covered with water and with rn about 75 feet of the first tee. The wooden foot bridges have been wash--led out and the logs are floating in the field. On the west side of the

road, the water also covers a portion of the course and the small bridge las been washed out. FOUR MOTHERS AKE DROWNED HOWTIXUED from F4OE o««) Shree men in th* boat. The rest of •he excursionists were waiting on he West Virginia aide when the iccident occurn'd. Searchers were dragging the river •oday for bodies of the five victims. TEN KILLED IN WRE( K OF FAST TRAINS IN EAST (COWTIvrWD FROM PAtiti •—» _ oaciies buckled, imprisoning the pa - ■engers. Some were able to escape through broken windows, but others sere pinned in the wreckage or trapped by the wedged framework of the coaches. The wreck occurred pust outside the itation here and aescu* workers were by the scene In a to. minutes. Those imprisoned were In the coach which was struck full in the side by he oncoming locomotive, it was knocked off the tracks into a jumble of twisted steel Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pay* Girl’s Noses Will Not Shine Now A new kind of face powder is here. Made by a new French Process—stay* on until you tak* it off. Pore* and line* do not show. Not affected by perspiration. Gives life and beauty to your complexion almost unbelieveable. It is called MELLO-GLO. You will love it THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. Roy S. Johnson Auctioneer Decatur, Indiana Phone 1022 Phone 181COMING SALE DATES Book Your Sale Early. Oct. I—Curtis & Edwards. 1 mile west of Aan Wert, Ohio, stock sale. Oct. 2—Fred Reppert, Decatur, Ind., sub-divisions in Bellmont Park. Oct. s—Mrs. Buckmaster, 4 miles west of Monroe. Ind.. farm sale. Oct. 7—C. 0. Brown. l'A mile east of Dent school, farm sale. Oct. 9—Butler Ahr, Decatur. Ind. Stock sale. Oct. 14—William Sellemeyier, 1 mile north of Maglej. Farm sale. Oct, 18-19-20 — Registered Oct. 22—M. E, Downing, 4 miles southwest of Convoy, O-, general farm sale. Oct. 23—Butler & Ahr, Decatur. Ind. Stock sale. Oct. 26—Otto Longenberger, 1 mile east, ’i mile north of Monroe. Farm sale. Oct. 27—W. W. Murphy, 1 mile west of Van Wert on Lincoln Highway. Farm sale. Dec. 14—Mrs. Ira Smith, 2 miles west of Poe, farm sale.

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