Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1927 — Page 2

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, NOTICES AND BUSINESS DARDS

■ mtjtssxxxsxss** l ’ ■ CLASSIFIED ADS * ■ K XBXXXXXXXXXXXX FOR SALE FOR SALh! 10 pigs, two months old Charles Longeflberger, Decatur R 7. 14513 U FOR SALE Hay in Bellmont park Heavy clover with some timothy. See Roy Johnson or call 606 or 1022 149-31 FOR SALE Ruhl New Yorke- - potatoes, for seed or eating. A'.must Koenemann. Hoagland, Itui.. FOR SALE—I am no longer connected with the Gerber Furniture company, but 1 am now selltig a high grade line of parlor suites, upholstered in Mohairs, Jacquard Velours ami tapestries guaranteed. Prices from $l2O up. Models may I* seen at my home. 922 Line St. Phone 5351. Gdorge Sprague. 1493tx FOR SALE—Timothy hay, to make on shares or sale in field. John Meyer, 316 North Fourth street. 151-3tx yOR SALE —Soybeans, Mans’.iu aud Dunfield. Fine quality and high germination test. W. A. Wnerry, Monroeville R. R. 3. 3 miles north of Bleeke Ch u rch. 151-6tx FOR SALE—Gooseberries and currants, 50c per gallon. Monroe phone 107-L. 15H3 FOR SALE “Special this week. 400 White Rocks. 500 Hrd. Rocks. 250 Buff Orp.. Also some chicks two weeks old at our reduced prices. The Betatur Hatchery. Phone 497 151-3 t FOR SALE Thomas hayloader in god shape. Otto Hoile. Phone E-694. 151-3t-eod WANTED WANTED—To buy good second hand coal oil stove, calle 7905. 151-3 t FOR RENT FOR RENT—Garage space near business district. Phone 170. 147-6tx FOR RENT —Four-room cottage, furnished, on North Fourth street. Phone 355, Mrs. John T. Myers. 148-31 FDR RENT—4 room flat, near G. E. Inquire at 1015 Jackson St. 14V 3tx FOR RENT—House Un N. 2nd St. Inquire 624 N. 2nd St or Phone 1101 WARNING—The parties that stole the coils and tools out of the W. L. Gunder tractor are known, if not returned at once they will be prosecuted. 150-3 t —ii —ninr-iw —a"- — | COURT HOUSE j Marriage Licenses Francis McWhinney, operator, to Nell Green, both of Geneva. Report Is Disapproved In the estate of George R. Hileman, the report of sale, filed by Marie Hileman, former administratrix, was disapproved and disallowed, by court. The court also disapproved and dis allowed the emren filed by Mrs I Hileman. Theodore Graliker, administrator de bonis non o£ the estate, was ordered to procede at once to collect the assets of the said state. o —■ — Bucket Brigade Saves Cottages Rochester, Ind., June 27. —(United Ptess)—A bucket brigade of summer residents around Lake Manitou saved a colony on the southwest shore from destruction Sunday after four cottages were destroyed with a loss of $15,000. It was the third serious fire at the lake within a year. _o Mrs. Raymond Boyce, of Dayton. Ohio, has been spending several days here with the James Hoagland family.

Ashbaucher’s FURNACES LIGHTNING RODS SPOUTING SLATE ROOFING Phone 765 or 739 MWMMMMMWWVMMMVWMAAAAAAAf ROY JOHNSON, Auctioneer and Real Estate If you are in the market to buy or to sell your real estate, see me at office, Room 1, P. L. & T. Co. bldg- or phone 606. I GET RESULTS. I — -=O When the wind blows have that satisfaction of knowing you are covered with TORNADO INSURANCE Leo “Dutch” Ehinger, 133 S. 2nd St. Phone 104 I 0 3t a wk ts

BMBXXXXXXXXXXXXX x BUSINESS CARDS " XKXMKXXXXXXXXSXX H. FROHNAPf EL, D.C. DOCTOR of CHIROPRACTIC A HEALTH SERVICE The Neurocelometer Service Will Convince You at 144 South 2nd Street. 'Office Phone 314 Re, ' d ' n s* Office Hours: 10-12 a.m. 1-5 6-8 pm. s. E. BLACK Funeral Director New Location, 206 S. 2nd St. Mrs. Black, I>ady Attendant Calls answered promptly day or mg t Office phone 600 Home phone 727 FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of Title Re* l Bstate - 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 Eves 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 5 PER CENT money on improved real estate. FEDERAL FARM LOANS Abstracts of title to real estate SCHURGER’S ABSTRACT OFFICE 2nd St. o =0 LOBENSTEIN & HOWER FUNERAL DIRECTORS Calls answered promptly day or night. Ambulance service. Office Phone 90 Residence Phone, Decatur, 346 Residence Phone. Monroe, 81 LADY ATTENDANT O—- —o ) C i FARM MORTGAGE LOANS Planned for the advantage of the borrowing farmer. 10 year @ 5%, small com. 10 year @ no expense to you. 20 year @ 6%, Govt. Plan. Interest paid annually. Borrower fixes interest date. - CITY JPBQJRfKTy Mortgage Loans Select Residence or Mercantile Buildings Low Rate of Interest. SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. A. D. Suttles, Secy. Office 155 South 2nd St. G —( slf nerves are the seat of sensation and action what is more natural than that interference with them should cause disease? Are your t^,DIS-EASE^l s P lllal nerves free interference? Phone for an appointment. CHARLES & CHARLES Chiropractors Office Hours: 10 to 12—2 to 5 6:30 to 8:00 127 No. Second St. Phone 628.

Miss Florence Hurdle, of Van Wert. Ohio, w?ti a guest of Miss Mabie Hoagland Sunday. o — o Roofing—Spouting—Tin Work HOLLAND FURNACES Good work at satisfactory prices. Will appreciate an opportunity to serve you. Decatur Sheet Metal Works E. A. GIROD 11th & Nuttman Ave. Phone 331 Res. 1224 0- —— — P Typewriting Stenographic Work If you have any extra typewriting or stenographic work I will be glad tp do it. Phone 42 for appointment. Florence Holthouse Judge J. T. Merrymap’i Law Office, K. of C. Bldg.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1927.

MARKET REPORTS DAILY REPORT OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK Receipts, 5.000; shipments, 3,686; yestmday, receipts, 6,000: shipments, 4.800; hogs receipts, 10,000: holdovers 1.156, steady; bulk. 220 pounds down, including pigs, $9.65© $9.75; 225-250 pounds, $9.40© $9.60; 270-300 pounds, $9.00; bidding $8.75 on 350 pounds; packing sows. $7.25© $7.75; cattle receipts. 1,800; dry fed steers ami yearlings 25 cents higher; grassy steers and heifers weak to 25 cents lower; cows and bulls 25-50 cents off; top $12.35; bulk good to choice steers and yearlings. $ 11.25© $12.00; 1.459 pound grassers. $11.50; light steers. $9.50 to $10.75; heifers. $8 00© $8.75; sows, $6.00© $7.00; cutters, $4.50© $5.50; bulls. $6.00© $7.00: calves receipts 1,800, 50 cents up; top vealers. $14.50; culls ami common, $10.50© $12.00; sheep 2,000, steady; good lambs. sls. (it $15.50; cull ami common, sll.oo© $12.50; fat ewes. $4.50© $6 50. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE Wheat: July $1.41%. Sept. Corn: July $1.00%. Sept. $1.06%. Oats: July 47 I ,»c, Sept. 47%c. Fort Wayne Livestock Market Pigs. 140 to 160 lbs >8.65 160 to 200 tbs >9.00 200 to 225 lbs ‘ $ s ~ n 225 to 250 lbs $8.60 250 to 300 lbs. >8.50 300 lbs. up $8.30 Calves $5.00©11.50 Bulls [email protected] Receipts: Hogs 100; Calves 75; Sheep 50. LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET (Corrected June 27) Fowls He Leghorn Fowls 10c Heavy Broilers 20c Geese 8c Ducks 12c Butterfat, pound 39c Old Roosters Co Eggs, dozen 20c LOCAL GRAIN MARKET (Corrected June 27) Barley, per bushel 60c Rye, per bushel 80c New Oats, (good) —4l c New Yellow Corn per 100 $1.20 White or Mixed Corn $1.15 New Wheat $1.25 Wool -............ 35c

LOCAL GROCERS' EGG MARKET Eggs, dozen 20c BUTTERFAT AT STATIONS Butterfat, pound 38c Decatur Drug Firm Incorporates For SIO,OOO Indianapolis. Ind., June 27. — (UP) — The Holthouse Diug Company, of Decatur, today filed articles of incorporation. The company was incorporated for SIO,OOO. The incorporators are Fred H. Heuer. Lawrence H. Kleinhenz and Mary Holthouse. Assistant Secretary Os Commerce Resigns Washington'. D. C. June 27 —(UP) — Announcement that J. A. Walter Drake Detroit. Michigan, assistant secretary of commerce since June 1322, Planned to retire in the fall and return to bushiness was made today by tie commerce department. —! 0 — — Several Vigo County Officials Are Indicted Terre Haut§, Ind., June 27 —(United Press) —Vigo county today entered a new week that will be marked by a unique transaction of official business. Its entire board of county commissioners faces trial in the September term of circuit court on articles of impeachment returned Saturday by the county grand jury. Its county road superintendent, C. F. Long and one assistant, Ira Wellman. are free under respective bonds of $15,000 and $3,000 under a number of indictments for collection of false claims. The commissioners' face impeachment for okeying the alleged false claims. I One of the indictments against Long is for alleged embezzlement of $50,000. o Communist Party May Expell Leon Trotsky Moscow, June 21. — (UP) —The central control committee of the communist party has recommended expulsion from the party of Leon Trotsky auu Gregory Zinoviev, one-time soviet leaders. Trotesky, associated with Lenin in the establishment of the soviet government, was the organizer of the soviet army. Their expulsion was recommended by the committee on account of their, "complete violation of- their obligation to cease factional work,” the resolution said.

THREE BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED IN FIRE SUNDAY << OVUM Kl» I KOM FAGB ONK) bile, belonging to Abe Stuckey, was housed in the jmall building adjoining the barn, and it was damaged by, the fire before it was removed to safety. • | All furniture equipment aud valuable papers in the postoffice building was removed by Peter Kiser, postmaster. and other citizens, before the building caved in. Twelve hundred dozen of eggs, which had been purchased by Mr. King during the past Aeek. were stored in the old barn and all were destroyed. Sixty-five gallons of gasoline were destroyed with the building, also. The gasoline did not explode. however. Boy Is Severely Burned A building occupied by H. F. King as a grocery and living quarters, l caught fire, but quick work by the I Berne firemen extinguished the fire' there ami checked the spread of the flames to other buildings. Reger Meshberger, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meshberger, was seriously burned about noon. Sunday,' when he fell into a cistern of water! that had been made boiling hot y the fire. Persons near the scene of the fire' heard his cries, and rescued him. His legs up to his hips were badly burned. He spent a fairly restful night, however, and is expected to recover. 'Die old barn, where the fire staved was one of the landmarks in Linn* Grove. Mrs. Louisa Huftman owned the building. She owned the small ga- 1 rage building adjoining it, also. Neither of the building were insured. The 1 postoftice building was owned by A. I A. Yordy. of Detroit, Michigan. It was! build in 1869, as an Evangelical church! building. Relics Are Destroyed What is saiil to have been the first soda fountain ever installed in Adams county, was stored in the old barn, and was destroyed. Several other e'ics were destroyed in the fire. The Ford coupe, which was destroyd in the fire, was driven Saturday afternoon but had been placed in the old barn about 3 o'clock that afternoon. Ho ,v the fire started remained a my st 2-v today. The town community hall is being used as quarters for the postoffice at present, unui another permanent location can be found.

TRIAL OF ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS IS NEARING A CLOSE (COXTIXI ED FROM PAGE ONE) stand Friday afternoon in his own defense. He was questioned for an hour and returned to the witness stand I this morning for only a few minutes. Acton did not take the stand. In his evidence the Italian claimed that on April 12 he and Acton changed from, a through freight to a local at* I).■cutar aad’a-liHFnvfe he bough: a lunch. Charles F. Starost, Decatur meat dealer, took the stand this morning to testify that he recognized Adrionetta as the lad who bought crackers and cheese in bis shop on the morning of April 12 and > held a conversation with him concern-, ing catching a train. Contradicts Poland Leonard G. Brandt, Fort Wayne newspaper photographer said he was in the Van Wert jail while the two defendants were confined there and while L. C. Poland, president of the Payne bank, viewed them. At that time Mr. Poland didn’t think Acton and Adrionetta were the men who robbed him. Brandt said. ‘T heard Poland say that the man who held a gun on him had a mole on his face and had thick lips, Brandt testified. Brandt was the last witness for the defense. The state then called Oliver West of Payne, who was also with Poland in the jail. West denied that Poland said anything about one of the bandits having a mole on his face. Night Clerk First Witness E. F. Lamont, night clerk of the Lincoln hotel in Fort Wayne, was the first witness for the defense. He said that the two defendants spent the night of April 11 at his hotel. He remembered their names, he said, when he read them in the paper next day in connection with the Payne robbery. Lamont was requested by the court for the hotel register sheet with the names on them but didn’t have it. Defense attorneys said it would be produced today. Later, when Adrionettea was on the stand, he said that he had registered at the hotel under the name of “George Baker.” Eugene F. Light, of Fort Wayne, testified that he worked in a soft dring parlor at 623 Harrison street in Fort Wayne duripg April. He is personally acquainted with Acton and Adrionetta and saw them in his establishment between 7:30 and 8 a. m., on the morning that the Payne bank was robbed, he said.

I Dr W. L. Kinney. Payne physician I who lives near the Payne hank, testified he saw a Hudson coach parked near the bank just before the robbery and that It had wooden spoked wheels. It was not the same car as the one with disk wheels held by officers in Oho City that same afternoon, he de'elated. When he saw the car in I Payne, there were two men inside and | one with Ills foot on the running (board talking to the men inside, he testified. His Car Was Stolen James Langford, colored, of Woodville, Ohio, said he had a Hudson car ( with disk wheels stolen from the streets of Toledo on the evening of April 11. It was later returned by | the company which had it insured and: the left rear disk wheel had beefi re-J placed with a new one, he said. The state objected aud was upheld when the defense tried to show Langford's ear was the one recovered in Ohio. I City. | Adrionetta was the last witness of,fered before court adjourned Friday] night. His age had been previously, given as 20 but he testified that he would not be 19 until his next birthday. His parents live in Johnstown, Pa., he declared, but during the past I two years he had been gone from there and has worked as a laborer in Detroit. Cincinnati, Bluffton, Indiana, and other places with Acton. He came to Bluffton on March 1 of this year, he said. On April 11 the I pair came to Fort Wayne seeking work and stayed all night at the Lincoln hotel, according to his evidence. He registered under the name of Ba--1 ker because he was known by his friends under that name, he said. The 1 next morning. April 12. Adrionetta deI dared he and Acton went to Hunting- ! ton where they caught a through 1 freight train and "rode to Decatur where they got onto a local freight train. They went on this Erie train to Ohio City, then on to Elgin where they were taken off by officers and arrested. He denied that he had pattieija'cd in the Payne bank robbery. o Water Troughs Gone, Dogs Lap Water From Man’s Drinking Fountain Greenfield. Ind.. June 27 —(INS) Modern progress has thrust another harowing problem upon this community. Owing to the passing of the oldfashioned water troughs Greenfield dogs have started lapping water from

W A 48-10 344.679 owners of othe automobiles have signified their intention of changing to Buick next time they buy a car. This shows that people are realizing, more and more, Buick’s superiority in performance, in appearance, in economy, comfort and dependability. Examine Buick at your earliest opportunity. W. D. PORTER Monroe & First Sts. Phone 123 When Better Automobiles Are Built, Buick Will Build Them.

the germles drinking fountains reserved for human use only. Three dogs were observed drinking from the fountain at state ami Main Streets within a half an hour. Citizens who saw the dogs lapping at the fountains liuve raised a howl. They want the fountains raised higher or surrounded by a screen to pre-

Bargains In Baby Chicks Prices 6 to 8 cents. Any day except Sunday. II I Phone 1185. Globe Hatchery Berne, Indiana - — — “ THEY*RE B ALANC E D” Buying Hi-Speed Balloons In buying Ajax Hi-Speed Balloons, you buy Balanced Balloons. Ajax, by precision manufacture, obtains the same result in tires as the automobile manufacturer obtains through the balanced crankshaft. Ajax Hi-Speed Balanced Balloons wear longer, give greater mileage. They are an incomparable product, specified by the manufacturers of America’s popular cars as original equipment ana made expressly tor the particular car—so stated upon the sidewall and authorized by the car manufacturer as a token of confidence in Ajax. Adams County Auto Co. /Iras i 0 ON s Bl 1 vl HE WAS READY’ How About You? The “Minute Man” of early Revolutionary days was always ready to cope with any emergency that threatened his personal Liberty and Welfare. His success, in part, accounts for that great Freedom that is ours today. Apply his principles to yourself. Are you FINANCIALLY ready to cope with either Adversity or sudden Opportunity? Can you lace the future and say, “Let come what may. I’m prepared”? If not - - now’s the time to open a SAVINGS ACCOUNT with the Old Adams County Bank We pay 4'< Interest!

"<-i • dogs from using Ul ,. f the other han<| lucill (1 have championed the ,i, )Rm Vm ‘ water on hot day. a.ai have out that with the doing awuy ot T* old water troughs there are i,„ h,; where the doga can Qnmll thirsts. " Ur Get the Habit—Tradt at Hom e . „ Pj>|