Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 35, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 November 1908 — Page 5

- Prices Reduced One-third E. Jacobs & Co. For the nex} ten days we will offerA our entire - Stock of Ladies and Misses Suits at § off. We offer you this special Inducement in: order to - clear out our stock, consisting of all the latest styles and colorings. A great variety to select . from. Come early and select your suit from a. large assortment. E. Jacobs & Co. ) o

» I | Dealers in ’ Choice We have a number of chdice farm for sale in Noble county. - Also real estate in the city -of Ligonier. We also have fine farms for sale in the two best counties in northern Michigan, Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.. These farms are all well improved. * Soil, black, equally as good as any Noble county farms for producing. Before investigating in farms call on us as we can save your money. We are buyers of live stock and timber "l See us before you sell as it will pay you. : Offices with Farmers and Merchants - Trust Company LIGONIER, - - INDIANA

A Checking A t o 2 ‘ Ie as great a convenience for the small deposi’tor» as for the | large one ; and there is no other one thing that is such an - incentive and encouragement to thrift and economy. - " Come in and open an account with us—no matter how small—and we know you will not be in a hurry to close it out. ' 7 - - We pay 4 per cent. interest on certificates ~ of deposit and Savings accounts CITIZENS BANK STRAUS BROS. & CO., OWNERS BN e sot D oasi is B e ossa S il Gl SO T

If you want to buy a suit attend E. Jocobs & Co.’s suit sale.

Mrs. Charles Lowehthal went to Bryan to vieit Mrs. S. A. Wolff.

Wool hose, cotton fleece-lined hose for infants, men and ladies at Stansbury’s.

There is a movement on foot at Warsaw to revive the Kosciusko county fair. i

Abe Ackerman and Jerome Ackerman were here Sunday visiting their mother.

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Clapp of Albion were here last Sunday for a short visit with Dr. Clapp and family.

~ Just what you want—these large twilled blankets in the large 12-4 size for 87c $1.57 and $1 87 at Stansbury’s. Mrs. R. Ackerman accompanied by her daughter.came home for a few days. She left Tuesday for Montpelier to stay until New Year.

Levi Keister of near Etna will go to South Dakota. He has recently sold all of his property and will locate in the northwest. :

One lot of trimmed hats, sale price, beginning this week 98 cents. Still a few caps left special 10 cents regular.2s and 50 cents. . WHEFLER & WILCOX

Cash feed store at Baker’s brick barn Wheat, corn, oats, and cracked corn for chickens. Bailed hay and bailed straw. Everything spot cash. ; - W. H. Baker, propiétor. ~

Union Thanksgiving services will be held at the Presbyterian church Thursday morning at 10.830. The Rev. Thomas Younger will deliver the sermon.

What's the use of throwing good dresses, jackets, coats, &c., away when you can get them made new at small cost by dying or dry cleaning. See P. J. Carney.

Hon. Jos. W. Adair stepped down from the bench last Tuesday and it is Judge L. H. Wrigley. Judge Adair has served nearly twenty years and no man ever went out of office in better repute. -‘

Mr. Lou Kerr and Miss Mae Kerr went to South Bend Monday to attend the graduation of their sister, Miss Nellie Kerr, who has completed her course as a nurse at the Epworth Hospital at South Bend.

Miss Lillian McMillen who -has been -holding a position at South Bend has. accepted a place with N. Wertheimer & Sons. Miss Nadine Williams who has filled the position acceptably for several years has resigned. - : ;

Robert H. Proctor of Elkhart recently elected state senator is probably the youngest man ever elected to that body. He will not be 26 years old until February 16th. The constitutional requirement is 25 years, which allows him to serve by a narrow margin.

- Upon the petition of Harry Hunt and other Garrett citizens, Judge Bratton of the DeKalb circuit court, has mandated Mayor Thumma and other Garrett officials to permit an examination of the city books by Will A. Rundell, an expert accountant of Fort Wayne, who is employed by the citizens’ commiftee.

It is now belieued that the sudden death of Mrs. Samuel Hite, 42 years of age, at her home north of Leesburg Thursday, was due to heart failure. ;The lifeless body of Mrs. Hite was discovered by her son when he returned from school. There was a gash in the side of the head where she had struck against a piece of furniture in falling and the woman was lying in a pool of blood. {

The trial of W. K. Rosenbery, county commissioner, on a charge of assault and battery preferred by Herman Kreiger, a Kendallvllle stock buyer, which promised some interesting developments, proved a very quiet proceeding, lasting proba bly not more than five or ten minutes and resulting in the imposition of a fine of $1 and costs bpon Rosenbery and his appeal of the case to the e¢ireuit court. :

Mr. Olds was here. Itis up to the city council to get busy. .| 'A

Prices of all dress goods very much reduced at E. Jacobs & Co.

Your ostrich plumes can be made like new, dry cleaned and colored to suit the taste. See Carney.

Colonial flower shop, florists and decorators, Goshen Ind. Home telephone 852, v 34-8 m

Lagrange is getting ready for a poultry and pet stock show in January.

The people elect public officers as public servants and not as dictators or bosses. .

There are several fellows in Ligonier who could give Anninias cards and spades and beat him at the game.

Children’s union suits in heavy fleeced lined for 46¢c. Children vests and pants from 12¢ to 30c each at Stansbury’s. :

Two of Kosciusko county’s exsheriffs have petitioned for a nonpartisan investigation of the books of that county. :

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Stone of Albion and Mr. and Mrs. D. T..Ohlwine of Kendallyille were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hoak 'Sunday. :

Great saving to you, great sacrifice to us in our red tag sale this week, All hats with red tag go for three dollars ($3) regular s§s and $6 values. WHEELRR & WILCOOX

Hon. B. K. Deahl o 1 Goshen was here Tuesday evening in the interest of municipal ownership. Mr. Deahl makes a much better democratic speech than he does when he advocates republican doctrines of paternalism. : i :

Otis Brunner, a farmer near Larwill, has embarked in the canning industry in.a small way. Brunner raises tomatoes, cans them by a device which he purchased and finds no difficulty in securing & market for his entire product. 7 :

Dress goods—too many dress goods at Stansbury’s. 54 in. suiting worth $1.25 at 98¢, 24 in. suiting worth $1.50 at $1.12, 64 in. suiting worth $1.15 at 89¢, 36 in. suiting worth 60c at 44ce Black dress goods of all kinds at a sacrifice at Stansbury’s ’

Harvey Long, a young man east of Kendallville, had a very narrow escape from death when an old muzzle loading shotgun exploded as he was testing the weapon. Much ‘of his clothing was torn to shreds, but the lad,escaped with a few scratches.

Now if Mr. Olds wants to put in an electric lighting plant in Ligonier and his proposition is as good or better than offered by anyone else he is the man we are looking for, If he can furnish cheap and economical service for the city he ought to be able to sell it to the people at a low figure. ; 'The report of bills allowed by the Lagrange county commissioners show that it cost $276.70 to tell the projectors of the Lagrange-Ligonier trolley line that Eden, Clearspring, Clay and Bloomfield townships were not in favor of subsidies at this time. Under the law the petitioners must pay the bill. :

The Warsaw city council. had adopted an ordinance defining the residence sections of the city and prohibiting saloons outside a small territory in the center of the city. Warsaw is already ‘‘dry’” but the action was taken to forestall any attempt to defeat the purpose of the blanket remonstrance. ,

All the public schools in Whitley county have adopted uniform holiday vacations this year. For Thanksgiving the schools will close on Wednesday .evening, Nov. 25, and will not reconvene until Monday morning. For the Christmas holidays the vacation will extend from December 24 to January-4.

Mrs. Effie Boone of Chetopa, Kan. and Mrs. Jennie - Paschal of St. Charles. 111., returned to St. Charles Thursday after a two-weeks visit with the families of H. E. Hoak, H. P. T. Tucker and other relatives and friends. The two ladies are daughters of D. N. Hoak, who moved to Kansas from this vicinity twenty§ix years ago. :

The many friends of N. B. Rodgers, better known as ‘‘Sandy’ Rodgers, of Albion, will be pained to hear that he is again in a precarious condition. He was stricken with paralysis on election night and has shown little or no improvement . since.. Mr. Rodgers has many friends in this part of the county who hope to see him get well. -

Miss Jennie Menaugh of Albion, came last week and visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lancaster until Wednesday when she left for Chicago where she will enter business college. Miss Menaugh has accepted a position as court stenographer in Noble county and will spend a few weeks in school to better qualify herself for the position.—South Whitley News.

‘We hope that rhe' city council will accept the verdict of yesterday as final. The people have given them to understand t%at they do not want municipal ownership, but there is no indication that all do not want electric lights. The ecity council should now arrange for immediate service even if only temporary or until the proper franchise and contract: be made with some private individual or corporation upon a fair and equitable basis. What the people want is good service at a fair and equitable price. :

J. H. Kime of Kendallville was here last Saturday in consultation with the Mier Carriage Co. Mr. Kime has a new propulsion scheme for automobiles, boats or wagons that he claims will revolutionize the business. He has made a working modsel that carries out his idea using a spring and a combination of crank shafts to make the power. He claims that he can propel any light vehicle, with the power at a hligh rate of speed and a heavier auto at regular speed. He will make a complete demonstration of his idea as soon a 8 some changes are made in the working model.

F. Ray Harper, aged 24, of Elkhart was killsd while trying to board a moving train in the yards at Lansing Mich. last Friday:. The young man who was recently married, was a son of J. K. Harper, formerly of this. city, and has atl)wa,vs borne an excellent reputation. He was thrown out of work several weeks ago, and wag out hunting a job when the accident happened. He was on his way to Detroit but stopped at Lansing. His body was badly mangled but he lived for several hours, Sev‘eral members of the Macabee lodge attended the funeral at Elkhart Sun- \ day. The deceased was a member of the lodge here and carried $l,OOO ‘insurance, st i

All of our outing flannel at 8%5¢ per yard at Stansbury’s.

Men’s ladies’ and children’s outing flannel gowns at Stansbury’s.

For a nice strictly up-to-date cloak go to E. Jacobs & Co.

The election yesterday was a tame affair. The people voted and went their way. :

Mrs. Sophia Zimmerman, 72 years of age, died at Kendallville Saturday from neuralgia of the heart.

The XKings Daughters’ will have their annual Tag day Saturday, November, 21.

Great reductions on prices of ladies’ and misses’ suits during E. Jacobs & Co.’s suit sale.

Mr. and Mrs Garfield Vorhees and son, Glenn of Elkhart, were the guests of J. N. Crothers and family over Sunday.

Misses Emma Ditto and Blanche Harsh went to Goshpn Monday evening to see ‘*“The Road to Yesterday’’ at the Jefferson.

Mr. and Mrs, L. Steifel of Albion were here last Sundaw for several hours visiting friends. They came over in their automobile.

Facinators, headscarfs, fancy neckwear, ribbons, rugs, furs of all descriptions, corsets, mittens, gloves and handkerchiefs at Stansbury’s.

~ Furs! furs! some nice children’s fur collars, just the thing for the school children worth $1.25 to $2 for 49c¢ your choice at Stansbury’s.

One lot of trimmed bats,sale price, beginning this week 98 cents still a few caps left special 10 cents, regular 25 and 50 cents. { WHEELER & WILOOX

Ike Kann and G-son, Julius Kann and wife, of Kendallville,and Miss Beatrice Kann of Fort Wayne were here Sunday visiting' Mrs. Myer Kannp and Mrs. A. Schuster. '

There are a lot of fellows in . Ligonier who don’t care bnt little for their word—was the remark made by a gentlemen who took part in the election fight yesterday.

The scarcity of water for power in Elkhart and the present ouflook for the winter months is being viewed with alarm by the paper mills, electric light plant and flour mills that are dependent upon .water for their power. .

We believe that the electric light question 18 now settled. The people have determined what should be done and now we hope that there will be no more delay and bickering. Lets get down to business, so that we can have lights.

H. F. Knight, who recently sold his farm two miles 'northeast of town to Ed Bowman, has located with hes family in Riverside, Mich. The community losses good: citizens, but their friends join in wishing them success:—Millersburg Grit.

Mr. W. W. Sharpless, formerly of Avilla but who haß been a successful attorney at Garrett for several years has formed a partnership with Edgar Atkinson, present county clerk of DeKalb county, who will locate at Garrett at the close of his term of office.. This should make a strong law firm- : -

D. D. Rodibaugh owes his election as representative from Elkhart county to Gov. Haely. ‘Had he not called the legislature in special session, I would have been beaten by at least 500,” said Mr. Rodibaugh to the Goshen Democrat before going over to Michigan to see what is left of his burnt farm.

Mayor Kinnison when asked if he wonld issue a Thanksgiving proclamation replied that he thought that the proclamation of President Roosevelt and Governor Hanly covered the ground so thoroughly that none would be necessary from him. In this the mayor’s head Is level. ' He hopes however that all of our people will observe the day. :

‘At the U. B. church next Sunday the services will be of a special charscter. At the morning eervice the theme will be, *“A Suffering Savior.” At the evening preaching service the theme will be, “Christ’s Claim on Men of Influence.” A matter of great interest to every member of the church will be considered at the close of the service. The Sunday School, Juniors and Kings: Heralds also invite the public to attend their services. '’

Charles E. Rantz, the republican candidate for commissioner of Kosciusko county, has instituted proceedings to contest the election of Peter Clemmer, who, on the face of the returns, is elected commissioner for the southern district by a majority of 31. Rantz bases his claims on the ground that 122 votes were not counted that should have been counted, and asserts that by counting them he will have a majority over his competitor. -

Fred Todd has been again transferred. He is now at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, where he is attached to the Signal Corps. He has a splendid position in government service, and is - under the direction of the War Department. He had learned telegraphy with Mr. Michaels at the Postal office and after taking the proper examination, enlisted into the service. Young Todd is a bright and energetic boy and we are sure that he will make good in auny capacity. . ;

A Lagrange correspondent says: It is hinted that the grand jury will have some investigations to make on liquor sale violations. Quite 'a number of young men have had access to ‘“‘wet goods,’’that must have a hiding place somewhere in the secret archives of our ‘‘dry’’ county. The assertions are boastfully made that there is a 8 much intoxicants shipped into Lagrange today as when the saloons were running in full blast. If this holds up to a shadow of truth, somebody is violating the law. And this in the home of the author of the *Blind Tiger” law! e

Five hundred claims were filed in the Elkhart cireuit court last Saturday against the Elkhart County Trust company as receiver for the defunet American Mutual Life Insurance company, of Elkhart. The claims, several of which are from Noble county, In the aggregate amount to $638,634.650. It is recommended by the receiver that preferred claims amounting to $7,406.20 and general claims amounting to $28,002 99, be paid. Litigation against the Barney family is now pending at Warsaw and it is hoped by the receiver to regain about $60,000 from this source, 4 i

Watch out for Tag day. i Furs of all kinds at E. Jacobs & 0. %

If you have fine silks or laces you want cleaned, see P. J. Carney. :

Large fancy salad dishes in fine china—A special at .25 at Stansburys,

A splendid assortment of ladies’ misses’ and - children’s cloaks at E. Jacobs & Co. :

‘We are closing out a large line of men’s, boy’s and children’s underwear at a slaughter in prices at Stansbury’s.

That last year’s dress can be made like new by the dry cleaning and dying process. See P. J. Carney.

Ladies’ union suits, fit snug and warm, in wool and cotton for 42¢, 69c, 96c up to $2.39. Our department is complete at Stansbury’s.

Christmas dishes and fancy lamps, water sets and glassware. Anything vou want in this line for christmas. Look at our 10c'and 25¢ lineof dishes at Stansbury’s.

Look out for Tag Day. The King’s Daughters will hold their annual tag day next Saturday, November 21. All of the money receiveg will be given to charity.

Stansbury’s must make room for Christmae goods. Look for prices on underwear, furs, blankets, dress goods, aed china dishes. Saturday will be a busy day at Stansbury’s.

Great saving to you, great sacrifice to us in our red tag sale this week. All bats with red tag go for three dollars ($3) regular $5 and $6 values. WHEELER & WILCOX

Mr. and Mrs. Levi Glant left yesterday for Dayton and other parts of Ohio where they will visit for several weeks. It is safe to say that they will have an enjoyable visit.

The Reyher hotel block at Kendallville was threatened with flre when a blaze was discovered in the basment of the hotel. The department soon put it out, but not without some damage.

Mr. Enoch Golder has been appointed janitor at the Carnegie library building. .This is an excellent appointment, Mr. Goulder has been putting in most of his time for years grading lawns and caring for yards,

Beginning next week the Crystai Theatre will be open only two nights a week, Friday and Saturday. This is done on account of the darkness. The management claims it does not pay to keep’°open during the early part of the week. .

Last Sunday the vaults in the South Bend post-office were opened from the rear by professional burglars and over $lB,OOO worth ot stgmps taken. The work was neatly and expedicisly done, showing plainly that only experts were on the job.

Sheet Muci Sheet Music A Special Sale - Beginning Monday, Nov. 23 and continuing for ten days we offer our entire stock of Sheet Music at 10 cents per copy Yourchoice of anything we have in stock. The list includes the new and popular pieces published by Remick, Witmonk, Vandersloot, Forster, McKinley, Chas. K. Harris and many others. Also some standard pieces. Come early and get your choice. HOFFMAN’S Bookstore.

Re e e : R ||II . ; = ? P X | , e " L P i B b .. - a : 5 v v ) And you will have that feeling ‘‘all is well” if you deposite your mofiej in this bank. We offer our patrons the best sort of an investment. Deposite your money in this bank, we pay ycu as high rate of interest as any conservative banking firm crn afford to pay. Better think this matter , over carefiilly; look at it as a business proposition; come in and talk it » over with us; we are nlways ready to explain anything you do not under- o stand. Make arrangements to e o Start an ‘Account now, We pay 4 Per Cent Interest on time deposits. » : 2% e M ‘ ’ |'\ ‘4:f [‘ L D ANLK . QOI. MIER COMPANY

Procolamatic - -Your best turkey has fallen a vietim to the old and time honored Thanksgiving. There is much ‘to look forward to and so much to be realized on each return of this national holiday that it hecomes an epoch of bright spots in our calendar of life. | Let us lend every effort to make that Thanksgiving dinner a howling success. No lady wants to serve up a fowl dark with the rust of sheet iron pans—when at a small expenditure she can own an Enameled Savory Roaster, that has no seams, that ll cannot rust. The Savory Roaster is always ready B for a roast, being enameled it is clean and sanitary, @ beirig oval in shape, it will roast a large turkey. B Roast meat and gravy may be left in the Savory from one meal to another with no bad results. We carry a large line of the Savory Roasters and other i makes and invite you to see our stock before you purchase. e < Also the largest and most elaborate line of carB vers in the city with genuiue and imitation stag handles at prices to suit your purse. We have the Scimiter and bear slicers all put up in fancy boxes. _ ‘ In connection, we have a large line of nickled trays and serving dishes, and much to make your table look nice upon this important occasion. We @ invite you to come in and look us over whether you wish to purchase or not. ; - - Your for more business King & Weaver l

ao [)YEING J » IR TR " P.J. CARNEY has taken the Agency of the FRENCH DRY CLEANING CO. : Fort Wayne, Ind. Will take -« Orders for Work. . ; These people have one of the best equipped and up-to-date Cleaning and Dyeing establishments in this eountry. They use no acid and guarantee the work to be as good as the best and satisfactory to the customers. They give especial attention to cleaning and dying of fine fabrics and ostrich plumes. - They do the best work at reasonable prices and in the shortest possible time.- Call on. Mr. Carney and try the method. B s P. J. CARNEY, ’ | o ' SARveY, Fort Wayne, Indiana