Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 2A, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 March 1920 — Page 1

TWICE WEEKLY

82.00 PER YEAR

BEN F.WELTY 15 THE SPEAKER

BRILLIANT OHIO CONGRESSMAN WILL ADDRESS DISTRICT DEM. * OCRAT GATHERING AT AL BION TODAY

MANY OTHER 6OOD SPEAKERS

Party Members Will Gather From Far Axd Near to Participate In Love Feast and Banguet ‘

Democrats o&m Twelfth Indiana congressional district will gather in Albion today for an old time love feast and bafquet. This will be the first big party meeting held in the district and may be regarded as the opening of the campaign. ’ - - Among the good speakers for the occasion will be Congressman Ben F. Welty, ‘of Lima, Ohio. Congressman Welty is a recognized orator and one of the ablest members of the lower house. -Theré will bbe other good speakers including three candidates for governor, Dr. McCullough, of Indianapolis, John Isenberger, Nomh Manchester ahd Mason Niblack of Vincennes. o w 0 | Theodore Redmond of Kendallville, will preside as toastmaster.. Fort Wayne speakers include National Secretary E. G. Hofiman, Martin H. Luecke, and Hon. Samuel M. Foster condidate for - lieutenant gov&mm:.} Frank Dunten, of LaGrange and Judge Dan M. Link, of Auburn will also have a place on the program. ‘ The democrats of Noble county are showing a militant spirit .and will make an active and agressive campaign for the election of their candidates. . . -

Among the gentlemen being talked of for congress are Theodore Redmon Kendallville; Frank J. Dunten, Lagrange; -~ Walter Stump, Auburn; Frank Emrick, Fort Wayme. : *Ligonter “will“ présent the name of George Starr, the well known councilman of Ligonier as a candidate for sheriff of Noble county. Mr. Starr is well qualified for the: position and will undoubtedly be chosen. It has been a long time since Ligonier has had a sheriff and George W. Starr is entitled to the honor. : 4 .

Perry township democrats will present the name of William H. Loy for county commissioner. Mr. Loy is a succeful and intelligent farmer who enjoys thec onfidence of the people in his ¢ommunity. He is a firm advo. cate of good roads and believes that gravel surfaced highways will meet the requirements of the tuwnship l‘oa;,i?i. > Nkt

-With favorable weather Lijzonier will send a big delegation to Albion

; Frmers’ Assoclation News Green township has the largest membbership of any township in the county ' with 100 applications ‘on file and some territory sill uncanvassed. Jefferson township is next with Elkhart close behind. i ebia _ President W.H. Favinger has appointed a committee consiting of F. W. Yeiser, Wm. Digins and Harvey Hoak to .investigate different ‘methods of marketing wool and make recomendations to the Board of Directors at their next meeting, March 23. . ‘Sdme Asociation have pooled their wopl, advertised forsbids and sold to the highest bidder, others have pooled their wool and put it in a Chicago wazrehouse until a good sale to, manufacturers could: be made; The com-, mittee is to study the ‘virtue of these methods compared With the customary ~cl_l§hels of markqtia:‘t P Ny

‘The Association has jordered two cat Joads of ground limestone for mem beps to be delivered in' the . mnear fujure. Other members wanting stone can ; profit by getting in; touch witn County Officials. By helping members pPurthase stone at bottom prices the ‘Association hopes to ,ehcourage the use- of ground limestone: for which , many of ®ur soils are in c}tm need, .- il Y R ‘The date of the March meeting.of the County Association at Albion has b’ﬁ set for March 31st. Delegates from Township Associations will convené at 10 o'clock sharp and ‘consider bustness of the orgaisation. In.the afternoon an open maes méeting fn ; ﬁshpm;{l:loﬂ!i rmu:msmm ¥ Dean J. H. Skinner and representsa- .| 'The next meting Miﬁamﬁ Ditactors has besn clled for Tussdey _ March 23, at 1:30 dleleck. ‘ﬁﬁa& ffi: e R Home Friday evening to celebrafe the sEpens ladys S 0 REAG m‘*g R iy rseiada N o 4“‘&”%

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Time to Exchange Liberty Bonds For the Permanent Issues Through Your ’,,L Look over your liberty bonds! Don't ‘think because you have cashed the last interest coupon or there is only one ‘cpupon left that Uncle Sam is through. paying interest on your bonds. Bome issues of liberty bonds were put In temporary form and should be exchanged within the next month or two for the permanent bonds. They are as follows: First liberty 4 per cent on ‘which the, last interest coupen fell dus Decgmber 15, 1919;" second liberty 4 percent'on which the last coupon. fell due Nov. 16 1919 ~dirst liberty 4% per cent, on which the last coupon ‘will fall due on June 156 npew; the second liberty 4% percent, on which the last cqQupon will fall due on May ‘l5, next; and the third iiberty 4% por cent, on which the last coupon will fall-due on March 156, this month. - Take your bonds to your bank to have them exchanged. ' Dont give them to any irresponsible person in exchange for what he tells you is a new bond or on his promise to exchapge your bonds for you. Do #t yourself. Look over ypur bonds carefully, so you will choose the right ones to be exchanged. ' You will find skeleton letters in 'large type acvoss the face of the bond deschibing Just what issue it is. . e

Unlostrueted Delegates, - The Indiana delegation to the democratic national convention will be uninstructed. Governor Edwérds, New Jersey, to-day telegraphed Secretary of State Jackson, refusing to permit his name to go on the dndiana ticket. He . did not authorize: the filing of a petition. Wm §. Elder, Indianpolis, ‘who filed a petition for Vice President Marshall said it will be withdrawn. D2mocrats generally in Indiana desire an uninstructed delegas + 5. - C e e - - Drive Strats April 84, Tg: Interchurch World drive for funds in Indiana will be made the week of April 2¢ to May 2. The state has been cl{vll!!!g~ Into fifteen @ietriets with no 4or 6. Noble county ig in the thirteenth™ distfict associated —with Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Humtington, LaGrange, Steuben, Wells and Whitley. Rev. J. T. Orton, of Kendallwvile, is the'district manager with hedd-

Cel Save Weat Week. . - The federal department -of justice is inaugurating “save meat weeks,” in’ all sections 6f the country. The wgek; to be observed jn Indiana is Mareh 22 to 27. People are urged to purchase only the less expensive grades of beef veal, 'pork and mautton® < Y 4

- It is up to the people to spy whether they desire ‘to assist in*teduecing the cost of living. = € - * : ____'_;‘w____:__’ e 3 - e NEWE NOTER 4§ o . i R g The quarantine at-the Harry Inks home has been lifted. Q ~_Robins are, now ‘appearing in pairs. Now look out for spring. * ' * Mrs. Will Davis fs in Churubuséo to spend a week visiting relatives.. - Mr. and Mrs. Bert Inks have gone to Indianapolis to spend a week with ﬂﬂnds. ; ¢ i ] & . 257 ¥ " . Guy Hieber has been under the | Weather for about a week. He thinks he had a touch of the flu. ' | .1 will receive a car load of Hominy ‘Meal about March 20. Orders at once. A 1 Baker, Phone 101, Ligonier. 336(5_1 ,’f;ﬁ\mday was a beautiful .day and many automobiles wer utilized.n pleaSure rides on'the brick pavement.” -

" "The Misses Rama Clarkand Mary Seaney spemt Sunéiay with Miss Helen Larson out at thé Larson farm honmie. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hays of Fikhart spent Sunday in Ligonier ,with' her {ather Charles Green. -Mrs. Hays was formerly Mary Green. ! : has concluded to'locate in Ligonier and will remove wm;hjs tainigg to Shew. . WL " James Spurgeon attempted to negotiate a ditch with his ear Sunday and drove the froni trucks from under the . George Crothers has resigned his and taken a place at the pamp station of the N Y. C. railway company,

Bern Kent employed at the LaOtto grain elevator, essayed to spend Sunday with his parents in thise ity. " He left for home Saturday :afternoon at four o'clock and did net reach Ligenier until nearly 24 hours later. ' The big fathers aud soms bazgite julled-off Wednesday evening:at 6:30 §t-the Bastws Hel: Over TG rickats L’i iy #old. Find a boy and come ‘alogg. Dr. Harry.Curfin Harman, of O ~ “»‘ 3 Z ;_} . S i 5 ‘:::_“' ol :L u:,'- 3 S o

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY,. INDIANA,. TUESDAY MARCH 16, 1920 -

~ MEETING OF FARNERS Association Members and AH Others . Will Hold Session City Hall Thurs‘c“gui, e . M”ma au-..y#:r ; “There will Yo & laeéling in City Hall Ligonier, Thursday evening. March 15 of fepmers, -.. . i The meeting will be under the auspices of the county organization of tarmers of which W. H. Favinger is geamllnt. - - C e ! 1 H. M. Widney, of St Joe, DeKalb county will be the main speaker of unl evening’ Mr. Widney is the father of. Cotnty Agent Widney and a speaker well versed on farm topics. Everybody §s Invited to attend.

County Agent Wil Help Ochardists.

County. Agent B. V. Widney will help persons interested in producing apples, care for their orchards by mail ing them at timely intervals suggestions on pruning, time for spraying.materials 10 use, etc. Such service ‘'was rendered by the County Agent offige last year and met with favor that it is offered again. - . To get this help write County Agent B. V. Widney. Albion, Indiana, and ask him to place your name oy the orchard mailing list for 1920. " Big Birthday Party. - Friday evening forty neighbors gfhéred at the home of Mr .and Mrs. rl Graham on the Joe Smith farm and joined in the celebration of Glen Grahgm's sixteenth birthday anniversary. The evening was one of great enjoyment andl the young man was given substantial reminders of the occasion. A fine supper was served the ‘guésts with the usual birthday cake as the central table figure. ‘ ~ 414 Homicides, No Executions. In the three calendar years ending. Dec. 81, 1819, there were 414 homicides fn Indiana and not one instance of capital punishment. There were three executions in 1914 and one each in 1915 and 1916. Ca . Howard Cerf, sent to prison for life for grand larceny by an Indianapolis court this week, is the first person to get that sentence under the habitual crimingl act which stupulates life sentence on third ‘conviction. ;

. The home of Artliur E. Kelley was guafantined Sunday morning Little Helen Kelley is, afflicted with the malady and two school teachers the Misses Gardner and Martin are in restraint. The other Kelley children Jim and Margaret as yet show no symptons of the disease and preventatives are being administered. . ; Taylor Seils Home. ’ D. 8. Taylor has sold his home to Isaac King the well known farmer and will give pcsecsion -nekt September. Mr. Taylor desircs to move to a college town.in order te educate his boys. Mr. King will move to the city and retive from farming after years of hard \\'Or k.‘ 5 $ . ! Se l ‘Wilde Gets Decislon Over Mason., Jimmy Wilde, Englishman, got a favorable decision over Frankie Mason of Fort Wayne. In their twelve-round bout at Toledo Friday night for the fly-weight championship of the world. Considerable local money changed hands on the result. - - To Charter Special Train, , : The Elkhart lodge of Elks have chartered a special train for the national meeting in Chicago July § ta 10: It is bighly probable that Goshen and Ligonier Elks will join their Elkhart brothers and go to the big city on the speeial, = = . o e ﬁﬁbd M . ¢ A surplus of $400,000 from Y. M. C. A. canteen operations has been given to the American Legion. A draft for ‘the amount was sent from New York to Robert H. Lyndall, national trea‘surer of the Legion of Indianapolis.

| OFF FOR ALBION. ' Those desiring to aticnd the demoratic meeting In Albion teday may take a B. & 0. train at Cromwell at 11 ‘o’clock and returning In the evening reach Cromwell 2t 5 o’clock thereby eseaping the dirt roads. v+« .o - ’ = _ 'Netice to Parents. ' Lessons in ?ancing'w. be given to children from: 7 t 14 years of age at the Hoosier Club parlors Friday after: noon from 4 to 5:30. This will be a rare opportunity for the little folks. Consult Mr. Torr at Bailey's Hotel.: - . " ‘Geérmany In'Civil War, - | Germany is staging s eivil war, a militaty jmei having tried to usurp ‘thie functions -of ‘the «civil authorities. | Mueh fighting and bloodshed is looked for before law and order is restored. {team went down to defeat 30 to 17 | bétaore- thé Indianapolis. Téchnicals at | the state basketball tourney at Bloon--3 O AVY K Ovier 'intt Tor Peoria - dast § Bt folnth” tha %% hinis rational bowling - tournament dat Peoris this week: . .

PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE fe-& T - : ~ Miss Jennie Sisterhen confinues to Mrs. J. Raubert was iuGoshen Mon- : mnhnsm after a long seiege of fliness is able to be out again. - C. F. McNutt has moved from Brighton, Celorado, to Chillecothe, 1L ; s ] - Ira E. Bowman of Topeka and Vesta M.Glant of near Wawaka are newlyThe 'Smns Brothers comﬁany sold two small farms in Allen county for i - . Mrs. E. M. James, of Kendallville visited Ligonier friends the latter part of last week. S Mrs. Reuben Deeter is suffering from gall stones and may have to undergo an operation. o St. Patrick’s Eve ball at Hoosier Club pariors Wednesday night wili draw a big patronage. : - The variety of weather é'xberiencm}.' in the past week impresses the fact that the month is March. :

Mrs. Starr, wife of the well known councilman, is on a week's visit with a sister in Churubusco. ° . ~Mrs. E. G. Franks is substituting as a teacher on the North Side for Miss Gardner who is quarantined. . Willis C. Nusbaum known in Ligonier as a brother of Otis D. Nusbaum is billiard champion of Indiava. Jack Rees has beaten a bad siege of pneumonia, he can now stand on his elbow sup tea and enjoy a joke. gates in California is between the friends of Johnson and Hoover. The price of eggs tumbled to 35 cents in Ligonier Friday. This is just one half'the price of a month earlier. Two hundred farmers visited Seagly Brothers warerooms in this city Baturday in response to their advertiscment. S i Mrs. James Spurgeon had a slight operation on one of her eves at Goshen the other day. The result seems satis- " Six ehterprising republicans are announced for office in LaGrange county. If there is a democratic aspirant he is still under covér. s

Think of it! Perfectly good booze valued at $40,000 to be poured into a South Bend sewer. What will ‘the St. Joe river fish think? Charles Joray, who has been loecated in Fostoria, Ohio, for the National Carbon company, will soon return (o his old station in Cleveland. = Charles F. Graham had intended moving from South Bend back to Ligonier but is unable to find a suitable house in which to reside. D. F. Keefer found a license number X 2130 and a part of the running board of a Ford car which the owner may cbtain by applying to that gentleman. Louis W. Fairtield has filed his declaratign of candidacy for another term in coygress.. All candidates are required to file such declaratfon before the primary. o kg

The condition of Miss Verie Lodher in a South Bend hospital is still serions but mot alarming. She stili has ‘some fever aud no one is permitted to wisit her but the doctor and nyrse, E. Jacobs & Co. have their announce ment of arrival of Spring Goods in this issue ‘of the Banmer. Thisienjerprising firm has put in a fine, ldrge stock which must ze seen to be apyrei Demoeratic county chairmen of ‘the Twelfth congressional 'district will imeet with district ebairmap Martin Luecke fn Fort Wayne next Thurstiay to reorganize ‘for the ¢toming camb ’th"%“ﬁ* o i Rasser By el b §ej§§f@v§§%“%§%@§ oL ’i%rv“*f“"ﬁ%wfﬁ | of the able men of the state and wonld w:%%w&wm%@w@w&ww* e e *@k"*““#ﬁ, &:‘gz*d‘*:g;ww sﬂ%{x{%‘ B

~_ ROBBED IN CHICAGO ‘A B, Mier Frisked for #BO Near Congress Hofel Wednesday Eyening A B. Mier was touched to the tune Wednesday evening. On arriving in the Congress hotel.and after alightin in front of the hostelry he was forced into a crowd and ame aber of the light-fingered gentry robbed him of §5O in bills be carried in his pocket No trace of the robber could be loThe LaGrauge county superintendent of schools says thirty-eight | teachers in that county abandoned the profession last year. At the bexixm!ng{ 6f 1920 there were went;y-nvt,tmatrq who never taught before. o | - The County Board of Education at its meeting Mavch 1..1820, voted ml raise the minnimum wage for teachers as follows: . s For teachers with 12 months' license raised from §46.55 to $73.95 per month. For teachers with 24 months’ license ralséd from $B9 to §7.40 per month. - - For teachers with 36 months' license raised from $87.30 ‘to $10670 per month. . - o Beginning teachers are required tn have at least twleve weeks of normal trainlng. i

~ Here is Some Family, - Mrs. Mary Parde Canchez, of Malaga Spain, died recently in Brookiyn at the age 110 years 5 months and 18 days. She was the thirtich daughter, her mother. having had sixteen boys and fourteen girls. She cams from Spain fourteen years ago and was married seventy-three years ago. Both her father snd husband wers architects. When she was ninety years of of age she lost her sight. At ninetyseven she recovered it and could see much better than her daughter. She was smart and did the housework until after she was 100 years old. She was up and about the house until with in a few days of her death. - ' Woed Wins Indiana. Gen. Wood's visit to Indidna and his speech at Indianapolis indicates that the army candidates will carry the crowd in Indiana gamo@ switching about When it comes to naming & presidential candidate. It will be recalled that they fixed the political clock of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, That they went to defeat at the polls seems to have not taught them a lesson. From present indications the people are going to take 2 hand in naming delegates who will Stay put this year. - : S © Sent to Oklahoma, . On instructions from the postoffice department in Washington the body of Lieut. Clayton Stoner, U. 8. mail aviator who was burned to death when his plane crashed tv the ground near New Paris last weék, was sent to his home in Alvo, Okla. Fair Nutter of Chicago, 'ancther mail -aviator, intimate freind of Stoner, arrived from Chicago and accompanied the body as_escort on ‘postoffice department instructions. The plane, valued at $4,000, was stripped of its remaining valued parts. -

Council Holds Shert Session, Mayor Henoch was grected by a full board when the .city counci! met in régular session Thursday evening with Clerk Jeanneret, Attorney Wigton and Street Commissioner Deeter present. The routine woi'k 'was soon completed. Commission Deéter was aathorized to pay 35 cents an hour for street labos and $6 a day for teams, = | ~ ity Treasurer Shearer reported the balance of city cash on March 1 as $16,83766. : : = ~~ Some Bad Roads. - Farmers and travelers are now reaping the fruits of legislative incompetency and bungling in gho worst highways experienced in years of tiavel. Under the law no road work tould be enforced and as a consequence Indiana had no improvement on her unpaved highways. ‘when he declares an amendment to the R L. P TR

, May Be Made to Dance, The 125 coal mine operators and workers indicted by a federal grand jury i Indianapolis for profiteering. ‘during the war and conspiring to keep ‘up prices may dance to a different music. Fifty-two arrests have been made. Names of the defendants will not be made public until the arresis. have been made. The penalty is $5,000 fine ‘and two years in prison or . No Nore Road Work. - - Road improvement bonds will not sell for the interest prescribed by law in Indiana and if a m‘%‘m of the corrected in tse to prosscut the road improvements already contracted if n .

l ~ VISITS PROVE ANNOYING State Tax Commission MNust. Not be Bothered With Personal Visits - -In defense of the pew tax lgw the Indiana republican commitled. says. “No one will deny the inconvenience of a visit to Indianapolis to obtain permission to issue bonds to build a road or with respect to fixing of local tax levies. Most of these visits, however, are unnecessarn They are of no help to the tax board and the whole matter can more definitely and effectively be presented in writing and by mail. Lawyers hdve learned this’'and personal visits are becoming less fre. quent. Finally the taxpayers ~will have to decide whether they desire to avoid the inconvenience of “whatever personal visits are necessary by vesting contrel over bond Issues and tax levies in local authorities or endure the inconvenience for the sake it economical local government. -It is the taxpayer's business and his voice should control.” s e

This language s plain enough. Don't bother the tax baard. - The board is anxious to retain is=job and is oo busy devising means to elect the republican ticket to pay - attention to pleas for bond issuea and readjustment of local taxes. = - : S———————— : 2 The following from the Alblon Democrat will be read with interect here as the Bremer family formerly resided in Ligonier while M. Bremer. was employed hy the Straus Brothers Co. . Little Rex Bremer , the four year-old son of Mr. ad Mrs. Russell Bremer on Nerth Oak street marrowly escaped death by hanging Saturday. The youngster unnoticed had goneé from the house onto a rear poich where o swing rope was hanging from the ceiling, the end of which formed a noose. To appease the little one's curiosity “e climbed into a small wagon, jashed it under theé rope and placed the icose over his head, which was a snug fit. and, it is presumed in excitement, ho kicked the wagon from under him, When found by his mother a few minutes afterwards the boy was unconscious, black in tre face and froth oozing from the mouth. A physician was called to administer restoratives and

who is in charge of the Columbia Saxophone Sextette Dérformance to be staged at the Jeflersom theater St. Patricks’ eve, Wednesday, March 17th states that there will be six rows of one dollar seats on the first floor. This company, which is accompanied by Baroness Norka Rouskaya, Russian French dancer of national repute, is of the highest calibre, receiving praise in all press reports sent from citiles in which the show has been given. Goshen is the smalilest place te be visited this season. Tickets ars now on sale at the- Jefferson box office. BSeats sell for 50¢, T3¢, §l.OO and $1.50. - | ; , Sap On Strike. i Indications are that there will be very little maple syrup made in this section during the 1920 season. Very few farmers who have maple groves and camps to carry on the harvest have prepared to tap the trees. Lack of help is attributed as one reazon. . Those who have tapped the trees declare the thaw and damp rainy weather of the past few days just can't coax our old spring time friends, “the speading maple trees,” to give up their sap. Many camp operators are fearful the season will be an utter failure, as the-trees are in the dry column. ’ o = King Collapses. . | King the political managsr of Senator Newberrry collapsed on the wit‘ness stand at the conspiracy trial in ‘Grand Rapids, Mich., the other day and the proceedings were halted. No one questions Newberry is occupying ‘a purchased seat in the United States senate and the court and fury must decide who is guilty of buying it. Under the disclosures it would be no more than honorable for Newberry t 3 résign his seat, but probably he figures his financial expense has been

Spurgeon Gets Coniraet, : -Ralph Spurgeon was. awarded the contract for the construction of Alley B sewer by the the ¢ity council Thursday night on his bid of §BOO. He expects to complete the job before his larger work opens in the spring. On acecount of the rise in material the estimate made some months ago had to be rmsed.' S v¥ s . : \ © _ How an Editer Got Rich. *+ An exchange tells of a rural editor who strted poor twenty years ago and ‘,!"éﬁr'od‘ ‘with a fortune of $50,000. This | Mr. and Mrs. Milton White the other %‘*:%w;%g%ét:g%w% gﬁm%“*f i By ee T e R e et o o

TUESDAY FRIDAY

VOL. 54 NO. 2A

LINGOLN WaY STATE 1;0"‘.\‘!'1!!) BENTON IM. ~ PROVEMENT FOR ELKHART oo UHIVER 800 K PAVEMENT WORK SOON BEGINS By.ytud of Summer Lincoln Highway ~ Wil be Hard Sarfaced From Ligo- . uler to South Bend

~ The Indiana state highway commilssion will this month let the contract for a 30-foot bridge on the Lincoln highway, near Benton, Elkhart county. Estimates on the cost of the structure are:

Sl@elw“.m s : ; ~ Concrete—3s4,7oo. = The bridge is one of 14 to be bullt at an estimated cost of $150,000. The Elkhart county structure will be the first letting of bridges of more than .20 foot span. A - It is expected the paving of the Lincoln highway from southeast of Benton to the Elkhart-Noble county lne will ‘be finished by late in the summer or early fall. Concrete is being used and about two miles of the six miles of pavement required to close the gap were laid last fall. The ReithRilgy Construction company of Go:xh;‘ has the contrast ~ THe unpaved section is now almost impassable. ~ <

, - Standard Bearer Program. The Standard Bearer society, the young women's missionary organization of the Methodist church gave & most excellent "program Sunday evenirg to a large audience which was present to enjoy it. The special organ numbers by Mrs. Roswell Earnhart were well rendered and well received. Mrs. L. K. Thompson and Mrs. Marjorie Bishop gave the “Standard Bearer in Story and Song” Mrs. L. K. Bishop interspersing With verses of Miss Elea Holl " chirmingh sang a solo of real spiritual import. Little Rose Mary Bourie gave a missionary reading and did it so well that she was encored and with her mother at the piano she carried applause with a pianologue. - : _An effective appgal was made for the Zénana improned women of India in the pageant scene the characters being taken by Misses Esther Taft and Mildred Davis. Miss Helen Carney captivated the audience with her rend‘ering of a violin solo and of course she must respond to the enchore which brought another exquisite production from her bow. Miss Lena Moore impressed home the beauty of cheerful giving in her reading “Gift without ‘the Giver.” =

The crowning feature of the evening was the pantomine “0O Zion Haste” Miss Cecelia Carney sang effectively the words -to this great missionary hymno wiile Mrs. Watler Burroughs ‘Evelyn Smith, Tressa Green, Edns Harsh, Vida Earl, Frances Milner and Mildred Kent in splendid unison acted out the parts. Miss. Blanch Harsh presided and made the appeal for the offering which was an increase over. iast year and will go to the support of medical missions. Other members of the society acted as ushers and Misses Martha Hutchison and Frances Milner and Marjorie Bishop played the piano accompaniments for the various parts of the program. It was one of the best programs given in Ligonier for a long time and was greatly enjoyed by allL Mrs. Reed Wants Divoree. Pzarl R. Reed at Elkhart has filed suit in the circuit court for dl\;a against Edwin E. Reed, alleging and inhuman treatment and failure to provide. The parties were married Dec. 23, 1900, and separated June 2, 1919. There are three children, Walter, aged 18, Lucile, aged 16 and Chas aged 9, of whom the plaintif asks custody. c e It is set up in the comphint that the defendant compelled plaintiff to take boarders in order to support herself and ehildren and that he falsely accused her in the presence of others of being guilty of adultery and that he threatened to kill her. ~ Reed was a resident and city treasurver of Ligonier some yearg ago. be ready to serve the people at any those grown in Northen Indians ‘3}7:"»,;',‘s' ;f e B ‘i"&w’l e . ”‘?"i”l"ff’;{%"‘ ae