Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1927 — Page 3

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CL UB calender Friday Woman's Missionary Society of M. r Church-Mrs. A. .1. Smith, 2:30. Saturday r,ake sale ’>y Christian L. A. S.— Ufhl | P meat market, Monroe street. SA. M. _ _ Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Elzy entertained at dinner Thursday evening in ■ honor of the birthday anniversary, of j their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clyde Elaev. of Fort Wayne. The table was aftractively decorated with a large blr , h( |ny cake as the centerpiece. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Dalls Elzey. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde El-, ,ey. Miss Allee Mullican and Gai! 1 Kern, of Fort Wayne. A funeheon-bridge party of charm-1 iog appolntmeiu was given at the, Coun'rv Club Thursday afternoon for which Mesdames C. C. Pumphrey, C. 0 Porter. Janies Weatveld, Fred Patterson and entries Knapp were hos‘Large baskets of ga-kn flowers were used in the spacious ball loom where the twenty-six tables wrre r.rranged. An arrangement of the various garden flowers on a laige wicker table was placed in the cen ter of the room. At each end of the table stood large wicker erns idled w.th green foliage and Cowers. The tables were cer.f red with dainty bouquets of daisies and cosmos and the place cards, which also served as tallies were .of colonial design. 1 lie three-course luncheon was served by the .Misses Fl -ancr Pumphrey, G-etch-cn Kocher, Lee-Anna Vance, Eloise Lewton. Virginia HHe, Helen Haubold. Betty Macklin. Catherine Kauffman. Margaret Trisinger and Florence Maglev. Following the innehevn, the tables wore arranged for Bridge and prizes were awarded to Mrs John Heller, Mrs. C. A. Dugan, Mrs. 0. L. Vince, Mrs. John Petermc. Mrs. Himer Moses and Miss Defence Hoithoure. Out-of-town ;ih‘sts were Miss Guthrie, of Chicago hmisp guest o r M-s. Roy Craig: Mrs. 11 W. Lewis, t.f Warren, Ohio: Mrs. William Sutton, of Detroit, Miehlga.l Mrs. John Baumgartner, Mrs. Hazel D.ckuri. of Portland; Miss Bess Schrock and Mrs. Robert Colter, of Chicago; Mrs. Fred Bell, Mrs. Homer Moses and Mrs. William Henderton, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Frank MeJ)tnrel,' v Mrs. Hoytt Hartman and Mrs. Fred Longden, of Bluffton. —o TUBERCULOSIS TEST REQUEST IS MADE ICOYTIM EI) FROM PAGE ONE) to Section 1 of this amended act. You xill note that the law states that “if two or more counties which are contiguous to any other county shall have been, or are in the process of being accredited as tuberculosis-free areas, the county council of such other unaccredited county shall, upon being notified by the State Veterinarian that such other two or more contiguous comities shall have been, or are in the process of being accredited, make an appropriation to defray the expense of carrying on the work of testing cattle m such county not so accredited.’’ "inasmuch as the work is now' in Process or has been completed in two or more counties contiguous to your county, Adams County is considered one of the counties covered by the above cited and stated Acts of 1927. ft Idle the law makes it mandatory on -be part of the County Council of such unaccredited county to make an appropriation to defray the expense of ouch work, it is hoped that your hon°rable body of county officials will act upon their own initiative and make a suitable appropriation, available Jan"ary 1. 1928, whereby such work of bovine tuberculosis eradication may ** inaugurated. While the Acts of Chapter 215, request an approbation to the amount of $5,000 for ibis work, such appropriation should l)e based upon the cattle population ot your county, and where the census the same shows 10,000 or more cattle, an appropriation of at least ■ibOO should be made to inaugurate * e work, it is not anticipated that all ‘ e counties covered by the Acts of - 1 "ill make an appropriation for 118 work, but we are exceptionally anxious that your county make the ap■’"’Piiation suggested in this letter. "Yours very truly, “F. H. Brown’’ State Veterinarian. biis. Hoy p rame o f p (lrt \\' avne visted with Mrs. C. E. Beil last evening.

Personals Miss Leah Colter, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Adams County Memorial hosiptal last week, is recovering nicely and is expected to lie removed to her home, 5 corner of Adams and First street, within a few days. | Mrs. Paul V. Edwards and daughter, Patsy, and Mrs. J. R Blair, of Decatur and Mrs. Bien Workinger and three children, of Fort Wayne, motored to Lake Webster today to spend the remainder of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colter left today for Detroit, Michigan, to visit with friends, after spending a few days I with Mr. Colter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Colter, corner of Adams and and First street. After spending a few days in Detroit, they will go to Chicago and later to Chrisman, to visit it Mrs. Colter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Schnittke, before returning to their home in Oak Park. I wonder if some.buddy haint give Cal a bum steer? Solonel Lindbergh has demonstrated another thing — you don't have t' eat yeast if you-ve got th- goods. —Abe Martin. Indianapolis, News Eugene Durkin made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Frank McDowell and Hoyt Hartman of Bluffton did three or four rounds at the golf course yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Erwin and neice, Miss Mary Callow, motored to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Fred Bell, Mrs. Homer Moses and Mrs. William Henderson, of Fort Wayne, were here yesterday to attend the luncheon-bridge party at the Country Club. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Craig, of the Decatur Country Club, have as their guests, Miss Gurthrie, of Chicago. Miss Ellen Ray has returned to her home in Geneva, after spending a few days here as the guest of Miss Marjory Hoagland. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lewis and daughters. Marjory Jean and Dorothy Joan, of Warren, Ohio, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rice, a: the Murray Hotel. Marion Ray and Lloyd Christman, of Geneva, visited friends here last evening. Mr. and Mrs. William Sutton, of Detroit, Michigan, are the guests of Judge and Mrs. J. C. Sutton. Mrs. John Baumgartner and Mrs. Hazel Dickus, of Portland, attended the luncheon-bridge party at the Country Club yesterday. Miss Marion Murphy, of Blue Creek township, shopped fieje this afternoon. William Mock, of Fort Wayne, was in the city on business today. Samuel Egley, of Berne, was a business visitor here yesterday. Mrs. France Confer and daughter, Gloria Lou Ann. are spending a few days at Markle, with Mr. and Mrs. Zach Vachon and daughter, Marcile. E. G. Parkin, of Indtanapflis, is visiting Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Beavers and son, Wayne, over ‘the week-end. o Aged Jay County Man Found In Dying Condition Portland, Aug. s.—After threatening for five years to end his life. William H. Wright, 70, farmer, living one mile west of Zoar, southwest of the ePy, is believed to have executed the rash deed Thursday. He was found dead in an outhouse at the rear of he home after some difficulty was I encountered in gaining entrance to the structure, by reason of the fact that Wright's body lay in such a position that his feet were wedged against the door, which opened inward. A small bottle containing some white powder was found near the body This was taken by Coroner Keeling and will be sent to the state laboratories for analysis. Wright suffered a stroke of paraly-, sis five years ago and had been ailing since and is said to have been disconsolate at times. He had not been away from the farm for a long time. 0 — Lotus Fable The lotus tree of North Africa is the jujube. There is a fable in which it is said that this tree makes strangers forget their homes. '

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1927.

BUSINESS HOUSE BETS NEW FRONT Plumbing Shop Os August Walters On Second Street Being Remodeled The August Walters building on I North Second sjreet is being remodeled this week, and a new front is being installed. Chris Bucher is converting the old type front into a new display front. The building will be comI pleted in the next few days. Mr. Walters will continue to use the' building as a plumbing shop. The two display windows being placed in the building will be used to display plumbing fixtures, Mr. Walters said. .* The entrance will be constructed between the two windows, and the build--1 ing will be repainted and made com- . pletely modern. During the reconstruc- , tion. Mr. Walters is using the rear of ( the biiiiding as his plumbing shop and is continuing business as usual. I - .. I —-fl-...— . — ——

| o K CONTINUE FIGHT *• TO SAVE SACCO i AND VANZETTI i I (CONTINUED FKOW PAGE OA’EI i > with which ho has been identified for t three years. . I He gave place to Hill as chief coun- ; sei in the belief that he could better serve the Sacco-Vanzetti cause as a 0 witness in the eleventh-hour legal ■ i fight. Thompson's retirement as defense b head was merely to permit him to | serve as a witness to alleged irregu- ' larities at the various hearings held p in the past on motions for a new | trial. L Strike Set For Monday t Paris, Ang. s.—(UP)—The communist section of the General federa'ion of labor today announced a 24-hour strike t would be called on Monday to prM test the Sacco-Vanzetti decision. Squads of police and republican t guards patrolled the working class I district and suburbs last night and » today, ready to intervene in the, event ,of disorderly manifestication. An immense police force has been placed ~ around buildings where communists from many countries were gathered. r • BIRTH 1 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, are the proud parents of a 5% pound boy baby, Lowell Waldo, born at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Thursday morning. ' Mr. Smith, who is a son of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith, is a student in the medical school at Ohio State Univerf sity. The mother, before her marriage, was Neva Graber of this city. | o MAXINE TRICKER FATALLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT HERE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | Mrs. Tr.'cker’s aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron DeVinney. The children had all been playing in the yard |of the DeVinney home and Maxine had decided to go with the other ;

I THE ADAMS Theatre | j- “Where the Air is always Fresh and Cool” gj Last Time Tonight | “WEDDING BILLS” I Jfi with RAYMOND GRIFFITH and wonder supporting cast Lfi A Rollicking Comedy of a whimsical bachelor who is U: much in demand at weddings. Everyone relies on him qto patch up all difficulties. A vamp and a valuable neckgß lace hat has a wav of disappearing keep him busy. gB 31 ALSO—"WHY GIRLS LOVE SAILORS," with Stan Laurel. 31 IS A Pathe Comedy. HE IT 10c 25c LE S 3 SATURDAY—PAWNEE BILL. Jr., in "ACROSS THE PLAINS.” sU Brt The World's Champion Cowboy. art UZ SUNDAY & MONDAY—POLA NEGRI in "HOTEL IMPERIAL,” U 2 with James Hall and Geo. Siegman. ' ■ »J! ■ I THE CORT I zinl 1 S Last Tiirje Tonight ® I ‘ ‘ DOWN THE STRETCH ’ ’ S Irfi A Big Racing Thriller, featuring gB Marion Nixon and Robert Agnew 3u an The lure of the track the call of speed and sport - art flying hoofs—the jockey who starved to win - thrill- "fi DE ing drama in every foot of this great race track epic— Eg [K a picture that’ll stay in your ineinorj’ for months, yr RB Great entertainment. rfe 3 “Sign Those Papers” Comedy 10c, 25c u| DE Saturday—“ Hands Off” featuring Fred Humes. yc PE Sunday and Monday—“ The Prince of Headwaiters” Lr ilp with Lewis Stone and good cast. ■=> ir »n «~n rfi sh fi rm fi "i pi frifi Fit Fi i-n Fl Fn Fi Final fiufi fr fi Fn f

children to the meat market. Suffers nternal Injuries The children usually went down the street to the alley and then across to the meat market, but this morning they had chosen to cut across the tracks. The push pole, which is a long wooden bar used in switching cars. Is not very heavy, but it is thought that it struck the little child in such away that, combined with the hard fall, a severe Internal injury resulted. Maxine Tricker was born in this city in 1918. She lived her entire life here, with the exception of the last few months, when the Tricker family I moved to 509 East Jefferson street, i Fort Wayne. Surviving, besides the I father and mother, are three hrofhlers, Jack. Richard and Kenneth, and .a sister, Betty. The body was removed to the Aarcn DeVinney home. Funeral services 11 ave not yet been arranged. _o —-— AVIATOR PLANS 4,200-MILE HOP

Savannah Flier Plans Solo Flight From Georgia To Rio De Janeiro I Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan. I August s—(UP—Paul Redfern, diminutive Savannah flier, left the Ford Airport today for Glynn Isle, Ga., to start on a non-stop solo flight to Rio De Janeiro, a distance of more than 4,200 miles. If the Rio flight Is successful it ‘ will be the longest ever made. Redfern was accompanied on the i flight to Glynn Isle by Eddie Stinson, designer anti builder of his metal monoplane “the port of Brunswick." the trip will be made without stopping they said. 666 Is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria ihE HuNl'lMG \ Always / Betler'n J Findin’s / ANY WHfcRE y Mi* I—BOSTONIAN SHOES FOR MEN Toha-T-MyoCA & Son I

KILLS WIFE AND SELF WITH KNIFE Murder And Suicide Occurs In Indianapolis; Unpaid Bill Is Cause Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 5. — (UP) — Harry Henry. 32, of Chicago formerly of Cincinnati. ()., killed his wife with a table knife today and then stabbed himself to death. He was lingered, Police said, because Mrs. Henry refused to return to Cincinnati with him, leaving behind an unpaid bill. Mrs. Bessie Rhosed. owner of the

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, rooming house where the couple stayed, said Henry had roomed with her f >tir years ago and left owing SBO he had borrowed. Mr. and Mrs. Henry came here from Chicago lust Thursday. i police said that Henry had wished go to Cincinnati enrout to Frankfort, Ky., where a sister, Mrs. Sarah ('raft Ilves, but that his wife hud demurred bemuse they owed money to tlie landlady. Relatives said the woman was Heni ry’s common-law wife. Mrs. S. D. Beavers, Wayne, Timmy and Bobby Beavers. Miss Lttcfje Beavers, of west of the city, spent Wednesday and Thursday at Lake Wuwasee, Ixt,k,e Webster and Lake Winona. )

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Every State Represented At Klan Women’s Meeting Indianapolis, hid., Aug. r>. — (I tilled Press)- Every state In the union was represented today at the opening of a two day fourth anniversary jubilee of the women of the Ku Klux Klan. Sessions are being held in Tomlinson hull. The estimated attendance was 25,000 and by the time of the patade Saturday night almost 40,000 klans-women are expected to be present. The women with visors lifted and with men also in the ranks will march through the business districts at 5:30 p. m. Saturday. Charles J. Orbison, of Indianapolis whose position of imperial klokard, corresponds to that e.f national lecturer, said that about 10,000 Indiana women were here.