Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1931 — Page 6

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SAFETY CONTEST FOR AMERICA STARTS JAN, 1 Council To Launch Drive For Fewer Auto Accidents Dee. 11. — (U.R) — Every American municipality will be urged to participate in the First Annual Traffic Safety Contest, starting Jan. 1 and continuing throughout '"-the year 1932, sponsored by tile National Safety Council and a groirp of leading organizations interested in the very vital problem <1 automobile accidents. Pflins are now being perfected for the greatest peace-time war on highway accidents ever attempted contest will be open to every city, town and village in the country. Six classifications have been made, depending on population. The winner in each of these groiws will be suitaldy rewarded early in the spring of 1933. The United States Census Bureau will assist council statisticians in making Computations. A ; definite program of safety achievement, not only in definite highway accident reductions but alsofcfin engineering progress, educational work and traffic law en- I forctenent will form the basis of the

| Hite’s Grocery | PHONES 31 and 201 ■— - SEE US FOR CHRISTMAS TREES. All sizes and all prices. Gallon cans PERFECT APPLE BUTTER 59c 12 lbs. GOOD COOKING APPLES 25c FANCY FRESH FIG BARS. Ib 10c 10 Tbs. FINE GRANULATED SUGAR 49c ‘ 6 Large GRAPE FRUIT 25c I , 5 lbs. FANCY SWEET POTATOES 19c El lb. sack LADY WASHINGTON FLOUR .... 45c BURSLEY’S HIGH GRADE COFFEE 25c .10 tbs. NEW CORN MEAL „ 25c 2 lb. package SODA CRACKERS 23c 2-1 Tb. packages P. W. CRACKERS 25c 2-1 lb. packages EDGEMONT CRACKERS .... 25c Quart cans FANCY OLIVES 29c 10 tbs. GRIMES GOLDEN APPLES 25c 3 large cans PUMPKIN 25c . 2 packagse FOULD’S NOODLES 15c SOFT CENTER CHOCOLATE DROPS 10c lb FANCY NEW MIXED NUTS 20c 1b Fancv Large New ENGLISH WALNUTS .... 25c tb FRESH PEANUT CRISP 15c tb FANCY NEW DATES 2 lbs. 25c 2 tb. package FANCY’ OLEO 25c FRESH MARSHMALLOWS 18c tb 7 cakes P & G. SOAP 25c 4 cans CORN 25c 3 cans PEAS 25c 4 cans RFD BEANS 25c FREE DELIVERY and SUPER SERVICE (ISh Red Beans Sgfez 19 49 c UwHtRE ECONOMY RUItS ‘j| " " *VW Navel Oranges dozen 91 P Medium Size “ * V FLOUR 24'/ 2 lb. sack JOn Sunnyfield Brand ... Navy Beans 10 lbs. Brooms each Standard, Durable _ . .... ■ t/V BACON ]t>. tr„ Fancy Dry Cured . LtzV PURE GRANULATED SUGAR 25 lbs. 10 lbs. $1.15 49c RICE. Bulk Blue Rose <)Q - 10 tbs. OJ/C SOAP CHIPS. Easy Task QQ 5 tb. box SODA CRACKERS, N. B. Co s Excell 1 Q 2 tb. box IMC SMOKED PICNICS, Sugar Cured' 1 1 n>. 11C DEL MONTE PEACHES 17 , No. 2'/ z can 1/C FLOUR, Gold Medal or Pillsburvs 24 2 tb. sack OyC SWEET POTATOES 10 tbs. for 25c CRANBERRIES ft, io c COOKING APPLES 8 tbs. for 19c BANANAS .... 4 tbs. for 25c BULK DATES 2 tbs. for 25c GRAPES . 2 tbs. for 25c A&IP STOICS

■ awards and the "safety city" in each of the six groups will be nam'fed at the conclusion of the 12 ■months' contest. If results justify a continuance of the program it will ■be made a yearly event. Each city entering the contest will be asked to name an official body, preferably selected bF the mayor, to handle details and keep ithe local safety fires burning J throughout the year. This steering group may be the police depart- , migit. the automobile club, the ! American Legion, or some other 1 local civic group, or if preferred the local safety council. * ‘congress" today * ♦ <ll Pj « Senate 1 ' Aecessed until Monday. 1 La ollette committee resumes ec- ) onoinic planning hearings. I House 1 Continues debate on President's I messages. >; 0 Holy Land Trees Dr. Henry Van Dyke, in bis book called "Out of Doors in the Holy ■ ) Lund." speaks of the olive, orange, 1 cypress and eucalyptus trees. Doc- ■ I tor Van Dyke, in his chapter called 1 "Coing Up to Jerusalem.” says: "There were few trees except now and then an olive orchard, or s •1 round-topped carob, with its with , I ered pods.” Lilac* Habitat The lilac Is native in -“astern Europe and In tempera

WRAL CHURCHES ■I , 1 » 1 I Calvary Church Sunday School at 9:30 Chalmer , Miller Supt. Bible study and fellowship meeting at 10:30 Conducted J by the Class Leader Otis Shiffe.ly. r i Worship with s-rmon by Rev. M. ' W. Sundermann on Thursday n'ght. — o . . Decatur Circuit—M. E. Church , | Edgar L. Johnson, pastor. I Mt. Pleasant Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Jesse j Singleton, superintendent. ' Preaching service, 10:30 a. in. ; Sermon by pastor. j There will be an election of of--1 fieera and teachers Sunday of ofing. Let all members of the Sun- [ day School board be present. Beulah Sunday School, 9:30 a. in. Charles Fuhrman, superintendent. Washington Sunday School, 9:30 a.in. Harry Andrews, superintendent. Prayer meeting Friday at 7:30 p. m. Pleasant Valley Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Harold Porter, superintendent. Preaching service at 7:30 p. in. Prayer meeting Thursday eve-1 jiing at 7:30 p. m. o Union Chapel U. B. Church Rev. T. H. Harman, pastor. Sunday School. 9:15 a. m. Thurman Drew, superintendent. Address, 10:30 a.m. This address I will be given by an able attorney I 'of Decatur. It will be on the legal; I line of the trial of Jesus Christ be-I I for Pontius Pilate. I The religious laws of the Jewish ! [nation, and the Civil laws of the Roman government will be considered as applied in this trial. o Antioch M. B. C. Church Rev. Simon Moore, pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Morning worship, 10:30 a. m. Evangelistic service, 7 p. m. i Our revival meeting is still go- ) ing with very good interest, and i will continue all week. Evening l services at 7:30 with day meetings) lat 1:30 p. m. Rev. Pleasant Barker) and family, special singers, will be ) with us next Monday night. Dec. ill. Don't miss this special service as the Barkers are wel Inoted for ) their musical ability. We invite ) i the public to all these meetings. IBe sure and come. o TEXAS SWEPT BY WINDSTORM (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) northwest of the city and swept! ) a path three miles long. Timbers from the Hardin house, i the J. Ed Campbell house directly across the road, the Perry residence, a short distance north, were : scattered over several acres. Nothing remained of the Hardin I home but the brick piers of the I [foundation. Hardin's body wasj ; found 200 feet away. Mrs. Perry was peked up by J. , P. Richardson 50 feet north of her I house. The injured are: Francis Hardin, 9. cut about j I head, probably internally injured. Annie Louis Hardin. 8, cut about ; body and hips. Mrs. O. S. Campbell, suffering | [from shock and bruises. O. S. Campbell, cuts about head and face. I H. L. Perry, bruised about body [and cut about head and face. Mrs. J. Ed Campbell, injuries to) back and cuts about body. o Skeleton Believed That Os Famed Bad-Man Helena. Mont.. Dec. "9 —(U.R) —A | skeleton, believed to have been j that of the notorious Ja.’"es Dan-1 i iels, early day "bad man" whose [ career was ended by a Vigilantes' ; noose, was found buried in a Hel- [ jena street by pipeline workers re-1 ■ cently. The skeleton was turned over to [the museum of pioneer history of i Ithe Montana Historical Society, j Daniels was convicted of first deIgree murder after killing a miner as a climax to a quarrel over a Icard game and was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the 'state penitentiary. He was pardoned, however, by Gov. T. F. Meagher after serving a short time in the state prison. He returned to his old haunts. . A few days after - he had returned I Vigilantes decided to administer 'justice in their own efficacious | way. He was hanged on the outskirts [of Helena and when his body was [found, his pardon from the gover[nor was' still in his pocket. • o Merely Catherine's Husband Catherine the Great of Russia 1 married the Grand Duke Peter, aft erward known as Peter 111. He was the nephew of Empress Elizabeth, and was her recognized heir. In j tsmuch as Peter was subnormal In [ physique and in mind and his wife : despised him, he does not play so important a role In Russian his i tory as tinea Catherine. 1 Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1931.

i Battling \\ ife-Murdcr Charge y j?j • jNSf \ i -ft- V ’- Fighting for his life and to disprove the charge he wilfully murdered his wife, Elisha Kent Kane, young professor at the University of Tennessee, is shown (at right) in court at Hampton, Va„ at the opening of his trial. With him is his brother, Dr. Thomas Kane. Mrs. Kane was drowned at Grant View Beach in the Chesapeake Bay on Se ptember 11. under circumstances that, police say, point to foul play.

Skin Grafting Saves Girl Scalped by Machine Fall River, Mass., Dec. I". —(U.R) A year ago surgeons said Catherine Zombric, 25, could not live. She had been scalped by the whirring wheels of a textile factory ) where she was employed. Today, recently discharged from I St. Anne's Hospital, she is recupI erating at her home. A sister, i Mary. 20, came here from New York and underwent an operation jin which 250 pieces of skin were grafted from her body tb Catherine’s head. o GLEN RUPERT TAKES TITLE FROM FATHER (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) 8. —Ernest Kruetzman. 9. —Eldred Schifferly. 10. —J. A. Laisure. Class B.—lo-ear Sample Late Yellow Corn 1. —Glen Rupert. 2. —Wm. Rupert. 3. —Doris leisure. 4. —Floyd Rupert. 5. —C. M. leisure. 6. —Sol Mosser. 7. —J. A. Laisure. 8. Otto Hoile. 9. —Ardon Mosser. 10. —Lewis Yake. Class C.—Single Ear, Yellow Corn 1. —John Heimann. 2. —Lewis Yake. 3. —Robert Myers. 4. —C. M. Laisure. 5. Otto Hoile. 6 — J. A. Laisure. 7— Earl G. Fuhrman.

SCHMITT'S QUALITY MEAT MARKET Phone 95-96 Phones 95-96 Real Saturday Specials (Real Good Al! Pork Sausage ... .2 th. for 25c (Smoked. Fresh Casing or Bulk) Fresh Pork Side ... 2 ths. for 25c Whole or Half Side 10c th Whole Fresh Pork Shoulders 10c Fb Fresh Picnic Hams, 6to 10 Ths. each . 10c lb PorL Shoulders in rough 9c th Light Pork Hams in rough 11c th Small Fresh Skinned Hams 12\' 2 c th Fresh Ground Bamberger .... 2 tbs. for 25c Fresh Pork Liver 3 tbs. for 25c! Real Good Bulk Mince Meat .... 2 tbs. for 25c Plenty Nice Tame or Wild Rabbits ... 18c lb Fresh Pork Brains 2 tbs. for 25c Lamb Stew or Pocket Roast 10c tb Lamb Steak or Shou’der Roast 15c lb Half Dressed Hog. .8c; Whole Hog .. 7'*c tb Six large cans Dole Pineapple SI.OO Six large cans Merrit Pears SI.OO Six No. 2 cans Green Beans 50c Dole No. 2 Crushed Pineapple, 2 cans... ,29c Small Quarters of Beef and chunks of Beef at attractive prices. Watch our window display for added Bargains, H. P. Schmitt Meat Market

8. —Glen Rupert. ( 9. —F. C. Mazelin. 10. Win. Fritzinger. Class D.—Single Ear, Late Corn 1. —Floyd Rupert. 2. F. C. Mazelin. 3. —J, A. Laisure. [ 4.—Otto Hoile. 5. —Victor Bleeke. i j 6. —Glen Rupert. •| 7.—Raymond McAhren. • | B.—C. M. Laisure. ' ■ 9.—Lewis Yake. i 10.—D. F. Mazelin. 10-Ear Samples 4-H Club Boys ) 1.- Glen Rupert. 2. —Floyd Rupert. 3. —Lawrence Blum. 4. Raymond McAhren. 5. —Lawrence Hemann. . 6.—lx-o L. Nussbaum. 7.—Eli Schwartz. ■ B.—Frederick Duff. 9. —G. R. Bierly. The show will be brought to a close Saturday evening with a corn shelling contest and the public is ) invited to attend. — -Q~Locust Tree Comes to Life Albuquerque, N. Mex. — (U.R) — l Spring is here, if one may judge I from the prenomenon being demonstrated by a large locust tree in the residence section. After being dead all summer, it suddenly came I to life and now is in bloom. — n —1 - • Weaving L - gend Historians even of the very i early periods made references to epinning and weaving of tapestries. But even older, perhaps. Is the Jewish legend which claims that Naa m::h. daughter of Lamech and sister of lubal-< aiu, invented the spinning of wool and weaving of thread to | make cloth.

I JAPAN CABINET ‘ RESIGNS TODAY (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) (opposition) party is called on to < form a ne wcabinet or a coalition regime is decided upon, the emperor was expected to summon Tsuyoshi Inukai. president of the oppo- I sition party, to form a cabinet. Former Finance Minister Baron Yamamoto was regarded as likely choice for premier if the Minseito party attempts to form a new government. It appeared that Baron IShldehara. foreign minister in the fl cabinet which resigned, would not I participate in a new administra- I tion. regardless of its composition. I The Wakatsuki government had I been lacing domestic and internal- , ional crises for weeks, including economic depression at home and • the conflict with China in Manchuria. The military element is so I strong in Japm that it overcame the pacific attitude of the foreign office when the Manchurian dispute began and threatened the life of the government. Official statements maintained that the army and the cabinet were in accord. o Michigan Plants Pine Seeds Roscommon, Mich. — (U.R) — Lytnan W. Bittman. Jr., of Saginaw., Mich., planted pine seeds in two) Governor's memorial tracts when 47 descendants of 12 distinguished , Michigan leaders gathered here for a Governor’s Memorial Day. Bitt-' man is a great grand nephew of; David S. Jerome. Michigan Gover-I nor from 1881 to 1883, and a grand) nephew of Aaron T. Bliss, chief executive of the state from 1901 to I 1905. Under the Memorial Day re- I forestation plan. 800 acres of white I and Norway pine were planted. o California'* Climate* California is a climatic compos- ' Ite of the whole world. It hat a ' 1.000-mlle expanse, north and south. It has as much in climate I as there is between northern New York and southern Florida. It has snow-capped mountains nn? Jererts of tropic-al heat

Fisher & Harris PHONES 3, 4 and 5 FINE GROCERIES BEANS, New Mich- 17 f UTTER, Special 9% igan Navys, 5 tbs. JCBCreamery, pound ’ D A T E S NUTS O LIVES lac pkg. in New Mixed QUEEN Monogram JLUI Pound Quart jar WALNUTS joe | PECANS 39c PEANUTS STI IOC I 10c CANDY 15c I Rice -T.T §c Cherries X7ar n, ‘* 35c OJL.. >■< 29c CRISCO OLIVES DRESSING Pound 9/4 25c can oa Krafts French 1(K Tins Ripe Olives .... ZUC bottle 1 t’C Sugar. Fine Granulated. 10 tb5....50c Peaches or Apricots, large cans Sugar, 4x non-caking powdered. heavy syrup, 2 for 35c Flour. Goochs best, more and bet- sanWert quality Sweet Corn. can i ter bread and pastry, 24 tbs. .. 68c Malt. Buckeye. 50c value. 3 cans SI.OO 48 tbs $1.35;’ Barrel. ..$5.25 Ma ’L Blue Ribbon. 2 cans 91c; can 19c Flour. Pride of Decatur, 24 tbs.... 48c linger Snaps » P ound !!! C 12 pounds 27c Edgemont Crackers, box 1 * Flour. Whole Wheat. 5 lbs 25c Nuta ’ shell bark '' 1 Corn Meal. Granulated Yellow or n J '‘ 1" n. " i ’lie White. 10 tb5....25c; 5 1b5....15c { ”™™darv. h th. pkg.. 20c Rolled Oats, < tbs 2.»c p ee ' 1/ lh pkj! , 15c Pepper, pure ground, tb 25c Alint j emima Pan ;. akc Flour pk g 12 c Oleo. Nut, pure. 2 tbs 2>c •. .> . , , Cranberries, lb Toe Sun,?n,e or Red Seal Cleanser. Cabbage, hard white heads, tb. ... 3c „ 6 ,arKe cans 2 ’ G “"V Oranges. SunKist Navel, doz. 19c & 25c 1 ,c " crax Soap ( hips 0 Bananas, quality fruit, 4 tbs 25c Bed Pitted Cherries, B’ack Ra-p-Crackers, Sunßay brand sodas, berries or Crushed Pineapple. Grape Fruit, balls of juice, 6 for.. 23c 25c Krafts Velveeta. Brick. PiemenEac h 5c to or American Cheese 11/I 1 / Onions, No. 1 Yellow Danvers, 2 for 35c 10 tbs... ..25c; 5 pounds .... 15c Penick and Fords Crystal Whit*' No. 2 size, 15 tbs. 25c; 8 tbs., ,15c Svrup for candy makin". sweetCoffee, quality Golden Rio, 2 tbs., ,25c er than the rest gal'on .. • 6 ' f Coffee. Diamond D. by far the best .. . . _ .4 gallon 37c MHk^f al? '-I'n pi r <• ’ ”^ C Wacoma brand Sorghum, you will Mt'k. fall cans Pet. ( arnation or i iL „ H 29' <_,„n * r !- *4 ga110n.... 58c: gallon .... > l - lJ >mall cans 4 for 15c r. * 25c Sani Flush or Bowlene 2lc Eckharts Regular bone out Ruckwheat, pure, bag 23c Smoked sugar cure, tb • Tomatoes, new hand packed. Smoked Cugar Cured Pork Loin. 3 No. 2 cans 25c; 2 No. 3 cans 25c pound ,b ,| Hominy, large cans. 3 for 25c; can 10c Full assortment Fruits and Vegetables

City Cash Market 1 .1. A. KUHN. Mgr. p HONE I GOOD MEATS that are sure to please every ( ] I in the week. Stop in or phone us and we I deliver to your door. ■ Beef. Veal or Pork for Roasts or Frys. D. an( ] I bunch of Chickens for the Sunday dinner ( o u I and Smoked Meats. Fresh Country p u(t ” r I v Cheese of all kinds. I MORE I and better Jißh) bread I J r 1 —FOR SALE BYFisher & Harris, Decatur Walter Deitsch, Decatur tg| Appleman's Grocery. Decatur BEST/J Taber Grocery, Monroe W FUOUft Bow er Grocery, Preb'e I Williams Equity E'evator Co I Williams. Ind. " I Spitler & Son. Willshire. Ohio • A Everett Grocery . Pleasant Mill Berne Miking Co.. Berne