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CALENDAR Wednesday mlon Township Woman’s Club- " Hubert Zerkle. 1:~ P- m. " cream Social -Magley. ’J Viueent de Paul—K. ot C. Halil 2 30 p. 1,1 ■ Thursday Moose beglonalres— Mooro Home. c n. HL Friday x Pocahr utas-R*d Men Hall. 8 p. tn. Woman’s Home Missionary Society f ME Church-Mrs. D. D. Heller. Mt.' Tabor Ladies’ Aid SocietyB’’<dge Club-Mrs. J. Q. Neptune. Saturday V b Indies’ Aid Society Pastry Sa | P _Sehmitt’s Meat Market. Tuesday Zion Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society -School house, 1 p. m. The Ladles aid society of the Chri tiw church will meet at the country home of Mrs. Joe Heery. on Thursday afternoon, at two o’clock. Members who wish to go and do net have a w..y of getting there wil Iplease get in touch with Mrs. A. D. Artman and transportation will be provided. Mrs Hattie Obenauer entertained at a delightful luncheon at 12:30 o’clock Tuesday at her home on Fourth s'tre.?'. The guests were Mr, Del Loch, of Newcastle Mrs. F. E. Fiance, Mr F. L. DeVilbiss, Mrs. Elizabeth Morri son and Mrs. Jessie Beam. The regular meeting of the Pocahontas Lodge will be heljJ Friday evening The new officers, who will be instilled at the meeting, will be hostesses following the business meeting. Members are urged to note that this meet ing is the last to pay dues. The Moose Legionaires will meet Thursday evening at the Moose Heine Following th business session a potluck Supper will he served. Mrs. Minerva Niblick and Mrs Perry Gandy entertained at a luncheon bridge, of pretty appointments, at their home in Fort Wayne. Tuesday. 'Garden flowers were used in the entertaining rooms. Following the delightful three-course luncheon, the tables were arranged for Bridge. High scores were won by Mrs. t Connell. Mrs. Ralph Amrine, Mrs. .1 R. Burnside and Mrs. A. D. ScUm.tt. who were presented with beautiful prizes. The guests were Mesdames William Niblick, Amelia Niblick. Jack Meiln rs. Dyonis Schmitt: Frank Barthel, W. A.'Kuebler. (,!. V. Conn and Miss Verena Nibl'ck, of th s city; Mrs. Ralph Amerine, of Andei son; Mrs. A. D. Schmitt, of Los An Reies. Cal ; and Mrs. J. R. Burnside, of Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. John Everett and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Peterson entertained at a 6 o’clock dinner last night for Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thomas and family. The Zien Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society will meet in the school horn < Thursday afternoon at one O’clock. A Rood attendance is urged. Mrs. Elberson was hostess to a small company of friends yesterday at Iter home on Jefferson street. A luncheon was served at 12:30 o’clock after whi> ’ Bridge was enjoyed. Prizes were awarded to the Misses Emma and Lek. Huckerelde, of Bryant. The gues s were from Bryant and Geneva. Necking Constitutional Says Kansas Authority Wichita, Kansas, June 29 —(United Press)—"Necking” is included in the constitution giving residents of the United States the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' so far as the sovereign state of Kansas is concerned. r £|ie favorable ruling was given by Wilmer B. Harms, assistant county attorney of Sedgewick county, who ran find nothing on the statute bo ks that tAkes spooning illegal even on Public highways. "The only way necking could be call ed illegal,” Haims ruled recently, “is by calling it lewd and lascivious con•tact. And I do not believe that by the farest stretch of imagination a young hian hugging or kissing his girl can be housed ot that.” o — the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pay*

I Personals Mrs. Fred Schafer and Mrs. James | Biown spent the day in Fort Wayne visiting with friends. Mrs. Hattie Obenauer visited friends at Fort Wayne, this afternoon. Mrs. Aloysius Schmitt, ot Los Angeles, California, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kucbler, went to Fort Wayne to attend a party given by Miss Esther Centlivre tills afternoon, Mrs. L. C. Perry and Mrs. Wilbur Shanahan spent the day in Fort Wayne with friends. R. I). Myers and C. A. Dugan motored to Van Wert this afternoon, where they enjoyed a round of golf. A. Z. Smith, of .Washington township. was a business visitor htu’e this morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. [>. Rice and daughter. Lucille, and son. Joe. of Canton, Ohio, will arrive Saturday to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. F; Callow for a week. Mr. and Mrs. William Kuebler and Mr. and Mrs. A. I). Schmitt will he the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Henderson at dinner Thursday, a' Fort Wayne. Miss Margaret Vesey of Fort Wavin' is a guest of her sister, Mrs. E. W. Kampe. Winchester street. Miss Vesey recently returned from South America where she has devoted several year to work for the Y. W. C. A. The Hite dry gods store was closed today while the goods were being marked and arranged for the big sum mer sale which opens Friday. Arthur Brown of College Corners. Ohio has been employed to take charge of circulation for the Daily Democrat and will begin his duties next Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lower, Mrs. Fannie Peterson. Mrs. F. L. DeVilbiss and Miss Elizabeth Peterson will leave . Friday on a motor trip to Shelby, Ohio where they will visit Mr. and Mrs Frank Alwein, several days, returning next Tuesday. Plans are complete for the auction sale of the D. M. Hensley stock beginning tomorrow and continuing until the entire stock is disposed of. Avon Built has returned from Washington, D. C.. where he went as a member of a committee to urge the commission to regulate hay freight rates. He reports the effort unsuccessful. the railroads refusing to voluntarily reduce the rates. They will continue to work for the adjustment. <■'=••'>* delay in Dai'yland, the publicaiioii 'be (’liivet leaf Creameries will make - i'mi o until the middle of next week. Remember when we used t say. •Ah, I’m afraid he's gone up.” when somebuddy got in a jam’ Mrs. Em Moots's nephew i svisitiif an . le> co - lege chum. They‘both bought diplomas at th' same time. —Abe Martin, Indianapolis News C E- Peterson and John W. Shiik motored to Van Weit. Ohio, this morning where they enjoyed a round of go - August Lengerich, of Washington township, was a business visitor here this afternoon. —o ~ “Blue Law” Governor Stops Sunday Parades At Guard Encampment Columbia, S. C. June -9 Governor John G. Richards. South Carolina’s now famous "blue law S ' ernor has clamped his gubernatorial «- e „, rt I-' X “ d playing cf sports. ; Shipbuilding Improving In Britain Tlino 99—(INS)— Prospects ain are now b now be gi„ns s secured by employe™ - **

Bobbed Hair Requires 10,000 More Barbers (United Press) Shingling mid bobbing have created jobs for 10 """ additional barbers in Euglaml m 1,8 last three or four years, according 11 -dHtlstles just compiled by the British Hairdressers’ Auoclation. There new more than 42,000 barbers and liiili-dresseis in Englund compared "ith .12.(100 n few years ago. 1,1 1914 one out of every five barbers died of consumption. This death late has greatly decreased since the win due tn shorter hours that barbers m'e reqnhed to work, and to the lu-althfer condltioi.s prevailing in the bm her shops. MINE OPERATORS CONSIDER MOVE Ohio Operators Discuss Ultimatum To Be Submitted To Union Miners Columbus, ().. Juno 29.—(UP)—Ohio coal operators, meeting here this afternoon, will consider an ultimatum that idle union miners must return to the shafts on the basis of a new wage scale to be submitted or the

properties will resume immediately on an open shop basis, the United I’ress learned. . The final move of the Ohio coal operators to bring a peaceable end to the suspension which has been in effect in the industry since the Jack- j sonville agreement expired last April I will be a wage offer on a parity with the November. 191". scale, one of the I largest operators said. "If the union miners will not accept this offei'we cannot see anything left to do but to open our mines with nonunion labor." this infiuentail mine owner told the United Press. The November, 1917, scale, which will form a basis for the expected compromise offer draft, provided for a wage of s■”> per day. The Jacksonville agreement called for a scale of $7.50 a day. The union minors have insisted on a new contract without lower wages. n— Portland To Have Free Tourist Camp Portland. June 29-The local chapter of the Iza ik Walton League is preparing to open up a free tourist camp a the grounds cn West Water street, leased by the Gun Chib. This tract of ground comprises ten acres and was leased from Bryan Cox. This will be an ideal place for a tourist camp. The ground is covered with a heavy growth of sod. is well drained, and there are a nunil]fr of trees that furnish excellent shade. I here is a well • f good, pure water located on the grounds, and an ample space is afforded for the erection of tents or the parking of cars.

I THE CORT | Last Time Tonight l J $ ‘‘MAT IN E E L A DIES” 4 •. M"i A Warner Bros. Classic with MAY McAVOY and GOOD CAST. S S .he romance of a Cigarette girl and a “Gigolo” wh.t J winked his way through college by dancing with nth 3 !fi ];i<|;t s who paid and paid and paid. y 1 “The Last Word” Comedy 10c, 25c g ? THURSDAY & FRIDAY-“OVER THE HILL.” A reproduc- Ls tion of the wonder picture that lives on forever. SUNDAY & MONDAY—'‘NAUGHTY BUT NICE,” h with COLLEEN MOORE. sifissK sea® | THE ADAMS Theatre “Where the Air is always fresh and cool." nN THF STAGE ON THE SCREEN 1- ON IHtb nxAV, tonight Tonight & Tomorrow LAST „ y Lyrical Musical Duo. of “Bigger Than Barnums jtf, 4? Western Vaudeville Circuit with Ra|ph Lew is, viola Dana, (UE’ Playing the Chimes. Xylo- Geo Q'Hara and Ralph Ince. 3 ir phone. Aluminum Harp. A]) (he g ] amour of iho circus, jj Banjos, and many other thp winding para <ie to the y Noveltv Instruments. H f . nal gtrlkjng ol the tents the M 31 votl love good music, (ion l gmell of sawdust, the hoarse U : : miss this entertainment. ( , rips <)f the barkers, the ap|j- |S C . 30c plause of the crowds -and lie- a rP THURSDAY-GILDA gray in b ind it all, unseen, the sheer y 1 -CABARET.” human drama of life that builds [ sun Mon & Tues.—Lon Chanev up t o the most terrif c climax and Wm. Haines in "TELL IT , n the screen! tfi T ° Ellant B M oardma E n S and W ’ ALSO-Aesop’s Fables Pathe P Carmel Myers. News and Top.cs of the Day. H

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRATWI- DN’ESDAY, JUNE 29, 1927.

ENGLAND SEES , SUN'S ECLIPSE Moon Obscures the Sun For 23 Seconds; People Watch In Awe London, Juno 29 (United Press) , While animals and birds shrieked in ■ s'inple terror mid humans prayed, i'slept, watched in awe or Indulged in ' pajama breakfast dances, according to Inclination, a total eclipse of the I sun swept across England and Wales today. Astronomers, watching from air ] pianos, balloons and ground observatories, reported that the eclipse became total at 6:2G a. in., and contin- ' tied for 23 seconds. t 1 Millions in various parts of England. Wales and Scotland saw either the total eclipse or a partial one ns ’ the moon obscured the sun. In each town in the midlands thousands were awaiting it. In London many people I camped in Hyde Park and on Hamp-| ' stead Heath, braving—many, of them . in flimsy evening gowns a heavy 1 rain that also drenched watchers in some other places. 1 The eclipse was eclipsed by rain ' r m'st in London und some other

DRAIN TILE t Makes Crops Gr o w 11 Faster. Makes The Fall H I Later. Gives more K? | throwing days. 1 I Thc I Krick-Tyndall Co. I rl Much• Prefer <AKiN(\ t MY SHOWERS IN The Bath bftooi* I BOSTONIAN SHOES FOB MEN Tehn-T-Mv&ta Son X ciOrniNC and i> OH g ‘ X r»F r e •

places. Watchers tbro’iglionr the Br i Ji Isles used all points of vantage, from housetops to tlie highest mouiitultr The Prince of Wa!es( staying at a ■ country house In the totality ttwta, was one of the watchers. —2_o—— F. M. Smith of Foit Wayne intended to business niittteis here,

Announcing... L. R. Lepird & Co. Inc. The Largest Shoe Retailers in the Middle West, have made SENSATIONAL PRK E REDUCTION'S throughout their store, due to * the increased buying power and large volume of sales. :| THIS PRICE REDUCTION IS NOT ? TEMPORARY BUT PERMANENT V r "I r ' 1 Shoes that were formerly Womens Arch Support Slippers $5.(10 are new in Tan and B,ack Kid and ,>atent ’ The greatest shoe value in America. I $3.85 $4 fljn qn I Shoes that were formerly L $3.98 are now Swsb B / ■T / 4 \ ‘a HX These reductions include Mens, Womens and .Childrens. ' 1 ' Make This Family Shoe Store Your Shoe Headquarters. L. R. Lepird & Co. Inc. Noth in g over $4 . (10 Il BELLMONT PARkT|| I Decatiir s Sun. II I ""Y I» ER’S FLY IN G CIRCUS H w , War Maneuvers £■ - ■ I'pside Down 5 M . -<^BKM 2' fl —Stunt Flying — Wing Walking x » v A,i * Parachute Jumping SW II Gladys Roy II ill AMERICA’S MOST DARING AVIATRIX ■■ ill TWM WOHI I) RECORDS* High Parachute Jump lfi.loo feet WOKED KIAUKiW. L( hv Parachute Jump 100 feet ■■ vc».caftf 'szassx&sst' warflgaPSMMMMW——|| CHAMPIONSHIP PROFESSIONAL | Motorcycle Races H I —Entries Include— || |l ART PETERSON II i| 11 TWO STATE FAIR TEAMS II 0 AUTO POLO I 1 1 THRILLS I-CHILLSI-SPILLS! || 11 Adults, 50c? Children 25c Cars Free M Starts 2 P. M. Gates open 10 A. M. Bl Children Under 7 Years Accompanied by Parents Admitted I

t Congress To Get Plan -v For Aviation Ministry i i WaHhlngton June 29 (IN’S) Pro1 pancntH f an Aviation Ministry are taking advantage of the newly aroused interest in aviation to further their ■ plans fui the creation of a sepnrate itopaitmi'iit f<tr Air in the United

a*i ■ ■ —wa^^ghaa———Ml < I States Government. Representutlve Sol Bloom of New . Yolk Ims prepared a resolution to bo * Introduced In the forthcoming t’on- < mess, creating a Department for Air, ami naming Cob nel Charles A. Lind- * I bergli as the first Secretary of Avia- • tlon. , —. ( , — -..——. Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pave