Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1933 — Page 2

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, I BUSINESS CARDS, AND NOTICES « _ * FOR SALE FOR SALE —Forty bushels of seed ' potatoes. Phone 5424. Willard I Steele. 149-k3t FOR SALE —Several loads of wood ' Adams County Lumber Co. Phone E. D. Colter 994 149-k:H j FOR SALE —5 good work horses or will trade for any other live stoc k. Also 3 Chester White Brood sows with 21 pigs. 3 weeks old; 2| Chester White and 1 Hampshire sow, will farrow in three weeks. ! F. J. Schmitt, phone 513. 15t>t3 FOR SALE —Raby chicks at special ; prices, started and day old. real Decatur super-quality chicks, get ' yours now. Decatur Hatche-y phone ] 497. 151-31 FOR SALE Grain Binder. S foot ' cut. Ch ap. Peoples Supply Company, 103 South First street, Deca-] tar. 151 c: FOR SALE 6 months guaranteed Battery $3.75 4.50x21 Tires *3.75 4.75x19 Tires . *6.00 , 39X3% Tires *3.75 Radiator Hose. 3c inch Bulbs. Head Light 15c & up Tail Light Bulbs 8c 1 Fan Belts 50c j Wringer Rolls *1.50 each KLENK'S TIRE SERVICE Opposite Court House on Madison st. FOR SALE —Fly spray tor cattle ' and all other kinds of livestock. Bring your container. 65c gallon. Lee Hardware Company. 15.'-a3t j FOR SALE—Seed aid eating potatoes, soy beans, navy beans. Dale Cowan. Willshire, Ohio. Phone Willshire 59. 159-3tx ! o WANTED WANTED —To buy a good small sized used air compressor, Must be cheip for cash. Phone Monroe . 75. 151g-3* i WANTED —To do small grain com-, bining. Be sure and get our ■ prices. Steffen Bros., Craigville phone. Decatur R. R. 2. 151-3tx WANTED—New timothy hay or light mixed. Also Oats. Phone E. D. Colter 994. Adams County Lum-, ber Co., 149-k3t 1 1 WANTED —Safety razor blad s resharpened like new. Any kind. E. j F. Everett. Moved from Vance and Linn store to SpAgue Furniture ! Store. 149-g3tx I • .—o FOR RENT FOR RENT—Elegant modern home at 1015 Monroe St. Long base. See O. P. Mills, 127 N. 10th St., 144 lOt ' COURTHOUSE Marriage License Philip P. Rosette, landscape architect, Washington, Pa. and Biinehe June Sayles, Jackson, ‘ Michigan. Wildas Liechty, laborer Herne,; and Dorothy Wittwer, Berne. o Boston Cops Are Ambitious Boston. —(U.R) —Boston policemen are nothing if not ambitious. Re-1 cently a call went out for patrol- ' men who wished to take an exam- , ination for promotion to sergeant. ( Not less than 1.207 patrolmen respofftted. . o Salesmen Cheated Indian Sluiwano. Wis.— (U.R) — The gov-, ernawnt purchased a *4OO team of horsgjj for Barney Hanks, Menom-; inee-tadian, who traded them as a on an automobile. | The 4w o automobile salesmen were 'bound over to federal court to faxjg charges of cheating the Indian. . -o Doctor's Title Was Changed Hi Paso, Tex -(U.R) -It was un lawful for Dr. Will Rogers to hold the Office of assistant health officer of EfAaso county so his title was i changed to county alienist. His duties remained the same. He is pleased with the title. “It’s a good high-sounding name," he said. >* o Room for Expansion The addition of numerals to ths old telephone designations in New York city will allow for expansion of 154 year? without making any change in the cataloguing system. o Dance. W ednesday. Sunset. ll’l'ttlM MIAT Os i:\E< I ion Xis 3SIM Notice Is hereby given, Tha’ the I undersigned has been appointed Executor of the estate or Celest r>ol<l I late of Adams county, de, eased. Tlie estate Is probably solvent. Christ Hilty. Executor <’. L. Walters. Attorney June 13, 1933 June 13-20-27 Appointment of Administrator No. 3017 Notice is hereby given. That rhe undersigned has been appointed | Administrator of the estate of Rosetta Haugk late of Adams County, ; deceased. The estate is probably , solvent. Henry G. Haugk Administrator I Lenhart. Heller A Sehurtrer.Attyn ' June 12, 1933 June 13-20-27

MARKETREPORTS DAILY REPORT OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN MARKETS BERNE MARKET Corrected June 27 No commission ana no yardage. ! 259 to 325 lbs. *4.2(1 I 170 to 250 lbs. ... *4.15 14 )io 17<> lbs. *3.75 ; 100 to 140 lbs. . *2.80-*3.of> i Roughs ... ........................... *3.mi Stags *1.25 t Vealers *5 25 i Spring Lambs *6.25 Farm Bureau Ass'n. Egg Market No. 1, dozen 12c No. 2. dozen ..... ..... 9c i No. 3, dozen 7c EAST BUFFALO LIVESTOCK East Buffalo, N. Y., June 27. — I (U.R) - Livestock: I Hogs, on sale, 1.100; weights] above ISO lbs., fairly active, 5 to I 10c over Monday's average; bulk ] , desirable 190 to 250 lbs., *4.90; isome held higher: few 150 lbs.; *4.25; pigs and underweights] draggy, *3.75*4. Cattle, receipts, 75; bidding] , slightly lower <iu medium steers. I ; cows scarce, steady. Calves, receipts. 100; vealers un-1 : changed, good to choice, largely *6; i common and medium. *1.50 *9.25. Sheep, receipts, 200; odd lots: | lambs steady, all factors consider- j led; medium to good. *7.2s*''. | throwouts, *6.50 down; few fat ■ | ewes, *1.50*2. FORT WAYNE LIVESTOCK Fort Wayne, Ind., June 27.—(U.R) j —Livestock: Hog market, 5c higher; 259-350 lbs., *4.40: 200-250 lbs.. *4.30; 170-1 '2OO lbs., *4.20; 140-170 lbs., *3.90 100-140 lbs., *3.25: roughs. ,3.25;] stags, *2.25; calves. *5.25; spring l ' lambs. *7. , Cattle market, steers, good to ] I choice, *5 *5.50; medium to good. ; *4.50-*5: commonto medium, *3.50*4.50; heifers, good to choice. *5*5.50; medium to good. *4.50*5; | i common to medium, *3.50-*4.50; ■ -cows, good to choice, *3-*3.50; me-1 |dium to good. *2.50 *3; cutter cows : : *2-*2.50; canner cows. *l*2; bulls,' good to choice, *3 *3.50; medium to , good. *2.75 *3. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE July Sept. Dec May ! Wheat .95% .97% 1.00% 1.05 I Corn .55% .60% .64% ] Oats .44% .46% .47% LOCAL GRAIN MARKcT Corn-vied June 27 No. 1 New Wheat, 50 lbs. or better . . . , 72c | No. 2 N-w Wheat 58 lbs 71c ■ i Oats . . 32c I Soy Beans 35c to 75c ] White or mixed Corn . . 55< I Good Yellow corn 60c - I Rye 40c ; —o Run Provided Rare Sport Salmon, Idaho —(UPI— Rare sport prevailed her ■ during the , sprit g run of Chinook salmon, . I bringing up fish weightag from 30 I to 40 pounds. R. L. Swenson was I envied by all when he speared a 1 salmon weighing 48 pounds. — o— Pioneer Woman, 73, Died Hoxie Kan. —(VP)—Mrs. C. W. i Johnson. 73, a pion er of the coun- . ty and the first woman, to be mar- . t ied on the townsite of Hoxie, died recently. Hoxie was a settlement of , a few homes fifty years ago when I she was married. Q • Men Have Same Names j Likeview, Ore., —(UP)—Arrival I of Forrest Cooper, highway enginI e r, in Lakeview, complicates thitgs for the local postmaster. ; There is already a Forrest Cooper I attorney, living here, and neither of the men Ills a middle initial. —o Jilted Lover Sought Solace El Paso. Tex. —(U.R) —A jilted lov-; er who sought to punish the girl; who refused .to m.-.rry him received I little solace when he appealed to District Attorney John W. Penu here. There was no recourse, the ; prosecutor told the disappointed | one. S. E. BLACK FUNERAL DIRECTOR Because of our wide experience in conducting funerals wo are able to give perfect service ata v9ry reasonable cost. Dignified But Not Costly. 500—Phones—727 Lady Asst. Ambulance Service N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted. HOURS: S:3O to 11:30 12:30 to 5:00 Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 136.

Surveying Spiked Bomb Trap V A* W J k iQcr Congressman Charles A. Eaton, of New Jersey, pictured examining the spot under the hood of his automobile where an employe on his estate at Watchung, N. J., discovered a 15-pound bomb, wired to the ignition Representative Eaton said he knows of no reason for the attempt on his life.

Test Your Knowledge I i Can you answer seven of these j test questions? Turn to page ] . Four for the answers. 1. Who is Roland Hayes? 2. Name the fifteenth President, I of the U. S. 3. Which was th- taller. George; I Washington or Abiaham Lincoln? 4. Name the cipital of Afghani-’ I stan. | 5. On what river is the city of- - Leningrad? 6. Name the home town of Vice i President John N. Garner. 7. In which country is Pu ta Ar-: enas? 8. What is the name of the ut- 1 tional university of Rumania? 9. Who is Eugene O'Neill? 10. From what 1-a.tin word is the 1 titl; Kaiser derived? CONGRESSMAN .1. I. FARLEY GIVES INFORMATION (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) . home owner is in difficulty, he may i tie granted a three year moratorium lon his payments. In aditton, he I would be given fifteen years in ] which to retire the mortgage on] i monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual - payments. “Secondly: The individual can appeal to the Home Owners' lawn i Coiporition for a cash loan but i the loan cannot exceed fifty percent ' lof the appraised value of the pro- I perty. the appraisal to be made by the ovGernment agency. The home must not lie otherwise encumbered. I The borrower here also has the' benefit of the three year niorator-! ium section. This type of loan' will

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, .It NE 27, 1933.

| supply the home ow n- i with cash : tor accrued taxes, assessments, nec- ' essary rt pairs, etc. "Thirdly: t.\notl« r ehnnee is given the individual home owner in :th event that the person who holds : is mortgage will not exchange it ; for bonds. a:d he cannot refinance his mortgage through the ordinary le.ding agency How ver the cash udvatue for this type of loan cannot exc ed forty percent of the appraised value of the property. The jirtereet on these loans cannot ex-' ceed six per cent. The matter of appraisal is the most difficult problem to be dealt i with by the Corporation on account I of rhe choatic condition of the country with reference to values. ' ."Definite rules shall be mad for the appraisal of property on which ioa::e are made so ?.s to accomplish ; the purpose of the Act. which is I RELIEF TO HOME OWNERS. Therefore, it must be the purpose , of the Corporation in making apj praisals to arrive at -a fair worth ; of the pre perty and definite rules will be laid down in an effort to accomplish this purpose. "There will be a general manager ; for the Oorporatioci established in : each State, with sufficient employees to hand! the business, whose-location will be well known j and applications-to such manager i should be made by mail or personal i call for blanks to fill out, making , appli.ations for loans to take up i mortg ges in existence. If, from Ith application, it appears that the I loan is one that the corporation can make under he law, it will be rei ferred to an appraiser or agent in the County where th? applicant (lives who will immediately appraise : the property and have the local At- : tor ey there <1 termine as to the I soundness of the title and on their

report, if favorable, the loan will bej closed, papers executed, and lltr bonds or cash, as the case may be] paid to take over the mortgage ] which is In existence "The machinery to take care of. these loars is being set up :is l > rapidly as possible and I am of the j opinion that it will require about: | ten days or two weeks before w ■ , may expect action. "Further inform'tloii relative to | this Act will be given as soon as it ( I is relists d from Washingto n MONROE NEWS x | Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Past and sons I Raymotd and Wallace of Newark.; New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mumnn and daughter Lilah of .Markle, Ind., and Mr. and Mrs.; Frank Martz were the guests of! Mr. and Mrs. Ford Tablet- Sunday ; evening Mr. wxl Mrs. Past are enroute to Jamestown, North Dakota., to visit relatives and w ill spend a j few days in C’.iieago with relatives 1 and attend the World s Fair. Mrs. i Post »'if formerly Miss Frances I | Ta.bler of Monroe. Mr. aid Mrs. Italph Row of Mon- | roeville visited Mrs. Rows parents ■ Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hahnert Sun-1 ] day. Mrs. Frank Jones of Indianapolis I returned to her home Sunday after I |sp-:..ting the week with her pat - ients, Rev. and Mrs. E. M. itunb-r. Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks spent Friday afternoon in Van W it Ohio, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Thompson and Mrs. J. R. Haynes. Mrs. Murel Garrett and son IGeorge and Mis.- Rutli Gilbert left for Delphos. Ohio, Thursday where they will reside for several weeks. Mrs. E. W. Buscue returned Saturday from Warsaw, Ind., where she attended the Farm Bureau School th? past week. Mr. and Mrs. Delliert 4ieals of Portia: <1 were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Forrar Sunday. Mrs. John Moore and son Jack of I Hartford City arrived Monday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Tablet and cousin Mrs. Alvin Past a:d family, of Newark . New Jersey. Miss Lois Parkison of Ossian returned to her home Monday after l spending two weeks with her aunt Mrs. Raymond Crist and family. Joh:.i Jones and daughter Florence and granddaughters Rosemary and Betty Ann Jones of Lynn, Ind.,! were the guests of Mr. a d Mrs. E.! |W. Bus, ,ie and daughter Louise ' Sunday. | Ruth Baiiutg- of Bluffton spent the week-end with her parents Mr. j and Mrs. C. E. Bahner. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde He:dricks ‘ and daughters Louise and dareeni | of Fort Wayne were the guests of i Mr. and Mrs. Jim A. Hendricks j Sunday. Mr. ami Mrs. Harry Klophenstim]of Bluffto- visited Mr. and Mrs. I Menno Roth and son Dicky Sunday I afternoon. Mrs. Harriet Graham of Decatur is spending a few days in Monroe with friends. Mi— Felcia Duer of Toledo, Ohio spent the we k-end with, her par- ( cuts Mr. and Mrs. Albert Duer HOE-jOB

Feeding Flower Beds and Borders The sia . vigor and color of flowers are affe; t <1 by the amount of plant food in the soil. The speed of growth a d date of maturity are also govern'd by the food supply, s well as by the water supply and wcat? r. Attacks from insects and fungus whigh would not -eriously cheek ( the development of vigorous plants will often cause serious injury to i pta.' its* suffering from a lack of sufficient nourishment. The well ! i d flower is also better able to wifhst ad drought, and to respond! to irrigation. Professional gardeners always feed the flowi r» they are growing, ‘ which accounts in large part for the! average superiority in quality of I their products, as compared with! I amateur growers' flowers. Yet it has become a simple matter for the

.uinateur to insure an adequate food , ' supply for ills flower bids and flow-1 era. Modern plant foods are balanced, which means that they contain, tn. ! proper porporlions to insure; IheiUhy growth, all the food elo| no ntx which your garden soil la] i likely to lack. By applying a com- i ' plete plant food to th bed or ber | | der at the rate of four pounds to| ulie llUlldieil sqll.n-- list,' tilld l.:lik I l ing It into the top soil, thi plinu

"STOLEN LOVE' by. HAZEL LIVINGSTON COPTR!»HT BY Kt HO FSATURES 3YHDICATK, IHC.

CHAPTER XXXIV The worn front steps of the old Van Fleet house sagged under Mrs. Barstow’s slight weight. The door bell jangled complainingly. After a long time there came the sound of shuffling steps, the door swung open grudgingly. An old woman with a long yellow face, and a red checked shawl tied around her head and in a little knot under her chin, stared at her through the crack. “You can wait in the parlor,” she said when she understood it was a caller for the Misses Van Fleet. , How cold it was in the long, highceilinged room. How damp and musty! Mrs. Barstow fingered the carved mahogany davenport, with its faded red tapestry covering. Really very handsome. The heavy Persian rugs, soft as silk, glowing even in that darkened room, with the strong, vital colors of the East. But the stained wall paper, the mildew spots in the big engravings in their heavy gold frames , . . didn’t they ever have a fire? And such a slatternly, crazy looking old servant ! Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, the bronze clock on the white marble mantle ticked off the seconds sadly. D<x>rs slammed shut, there came the sound of slippered feet dragging through the hallway. *Then silence again. Once she stood up to go. It was silly to wait so lonp in the cold, musty room. And still, to come all the way for nothing. . . . Finally, the door opened, the old woman with the red shawl was back. “Miss Ewie is out,” she said, "and Miss Babe is lying down.” “But I’ve come from San Francisco. Couldn’t I —” “You could come back,” the old woman said, “some other time.” She stalked ahead into the hall, opened the big front door. “Good day, madam!” Lyla Barstow was being dismissed like a book agent. Bang! That was the door closing behind her. The ehill of the old house had struck into her very bones. She sat twenty minutes in front of the blazing fire at the Gray’s just the other side of the hill, before she began to thaw out. “And rude . . . Lottie, are they always so rude?” Plump little Mrs. Gray laughed comfortably. “Always. Poor as church mice, and much too haughty to associate with any of us. So Curtis is interested in the girl . . . dear, dear. What’s she like? I haven't seen her in years. Rather a beauty, isn’t she?” Mrs. Barstow nodded. “Yes, strikingly so. And I’m afraid Curtis is. well —serious. That’s why I called —she has been so mysterious about them . . . what sort of girl was she, Lottie?” "Oh. quiet little thing. Not like the girls nowadays. They never let her play with the other children. Os course, I know how you feel about Curtis . . . still, some of the flappers are terrible ... simply terrible. Did you hear about the Hammond girl? The Ixtslie Hammond’s Constance, you know. I had it from Carrie Pierson, you know what a gossip she is —so don’t let it go any further, but . . Mrs. Barstow listened, sippingher hot tea . . . the Hammond girl, who had been Curtis’ partner at his first cotillion . . . what was the world coming to? At least, Joan was good . . . that was something .... • * * Joan lay on the couch near the window, with a magazine propped up before her. She couldn't read. She wanted ... what did she w-ant? She didn't know. Impossible to be lonely with Maisie bustling back and forth every few minutes, but she was lonely ... as tamely as Robinson Crusoe on his desert isle. “Again!" Maisie scolded. “All that doorbell does is ring, ring, ring!” “Why don't you let it ring and not answer it?" Joan grinned, stretching a long, slender foot in its yellow Chinese slipper. “Well, I don’t know . . . habit I guess,” and she padded to the door, still grumbling. “Oh!” It was Curtis, looking zather young and sheepish standing there in the doorway with his cheeks red from the wind, and a long florist’s box under one arm. Such a big box, with a hole cut in one end, and i

. will be sufficiently led for early I growth. Six to eight weeks laser, I an appl'i-ution of two pounds to one I -hundred square feet should be ! made, preferably just before cultivation. i.VII gardv.u t isks will bo easier ' and the rewards more satisfying if ] your plants grow vigorously and : produce flowers which equal in col- ; or alas and from the best example of their kind.

long stems sticking out. like tails. Roses, of course. “Oh—l wasn't expecting to see you!” “Can't I come in?” ho asked, laughing, and stepping into the hall at the same time. “Joan kind of wanted to be quiet today,” she began doubtfully, but Curtis always over awed her, and he was already pulling off his big coat. “There’s a man for you,” Maisie exulted when he waived aside her feeble objections and sought Joan out for himself. “One in a million, an’ I think she’s getting to see it, if only she gets over her queer notions ... I’ll just go and get dinner for three . . . maybe he’ll stay . . “Why, Curtia Barstow! Didn't Maisie tell you to stay away from me and my cold!" But Joan held out both hands to him gladly, and her eyes, the color of the sea-green kimono, were flecked with happy light. “Curtis ... I am glad you came . truly. And a box—what’s in the box?”

* 11 Iff/! 54. With a little sob she went into his arms. “Curtis, don’t ever let me gol

“Open it and see.” He smiled down at her gravely, not offering to help while her fingers struggled with the knots in the broad green tape. How lovely she was, with her ruffled golden hair, and the delicate ivory skin ... “La France roses! I haven’t seen them since—oh, for so long— ”■ She buried her face in their cool, wet fragrance. “Not since ... I lived in the old house, with my aunts—” “They were on some one's order. I made them give them to me. Old fashioned, aren’t they? One doesn’t see them often. So I lugged them up myself, to make sure of them!’’ He was touched by her delight in them ... funny little girl, loving her flowers . .. ‘‘They’re like—like home,” she said shakily. And the loneliness came back. Overwhelming loneliness, crushing her. frightening her. Old memories. Memories of the La France roses in the old garden across the bay. Os love and laughter, and another spring. Os promises that would never be fulfilled ... "Dear, you’re crying!” “No, I'm not!” She tried to laugh, but she couldn’t. She saw it all. Clear as crystal. All the years to come. All the years of loneliness. Growing older and older, like Hogan in the shop. “Getting ahead." as Francine promised, getting ahead, and what for? What's the good of success when you're lonely, when you don’t really belong to anyone, and no one belongs to you. Just growing hard and dry, without any hope, all the sw’ect, soft things denied .. . And through the loneliness, through the forebodings that chilled her, through the sweet, heavy scent of the roses, she saw’ Curtis reaching out his arms to her.

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W ith a little sob she went them, hid her face aga'nst th,-mJ wool of his sleeve. T s w» 5 gj ... thia was rest... cventhirfl needed . . . “Curtis, don't. «>»■ me go!” V “My dear, of course I won't I Joan, you’ve never kissed me 1 will you?” She gave him her lips, enJ still. | “Johnnie, don’t cry! It’s nothil to cry about . . . because y ou ul me, is it? Is it so bad as that? I)u3 you want to love me. Joan?’’ | She was quivering in his >r J quivering as if she were "Johnnie, stop being foolish 3 smile at me . . . look up . .. td] J you do love me, Johnnie ~. You a girl,— don’t you!” 1 No putting it off any longer 1 running away from it, she hail fare it now. 1 “Don’t you love me?” he wss J ing. “Don’t you?” 1 And how could she tell? wj answer was there to give him? oj

she had thought she knew what i d was. Once she had snatched j eagerly, in the pride and arroganq of youth. And the great flame of 1 had seared her heart, burnt, it so that it could never take fire liq that again ... and maybe it wasm real love after all, it couldn’t had been . . . for real love lasts foreved and it didn’t last... he went asa.d and forgot her ... And here was Curtis, good, loyd Curtis, loving her. and she lovini him ... or did she? “How does anyone know?” sa whispered. “How do you tell? J don’t know —I don’t know realiyS But she clung to him. pressed M wet face against his h-«t cheoj wouldn't let him go. “Joan, it meaq so much . . . answer nie, dear, tel me the truth." She w In t swer, and he only knew that ■ loved her, and she wa !.cautift| She lay limp and relax- .; in M arms, letting him kiss her again aoj again, her red lips parted, her vj eyes closed . . . “Don't • ' r ''’l ■! go, Curtis, don’t ever forget me ..I ever ~. promise me you won't. .4 She kissed him then, and when she kissed him his face was wet j that he knew she was crying stj crying, when he was telling her.tr* ing to tell her of his love “Forget you. Joan? D- n't youfl derstand? I love you. I'm askinl you to marry me, I’m not goiM away—” “No, no—not that —not Curtis. Not now. Please, n- : n-'». she cried unreasonably, looking J him with haunted, swimming “I don’t want to be married. nott« a long time anyway. Pleas? ask me. You won't ask me, wiufirt Please don’t, Curtis —” (To Be Continued Tomr-row)