Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 40B, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 December 1920 — Page 1

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WA MLNESS MUNCIE RESIDENT ENCAGED. TOO TALK TO LIGONIER COMUUNITY - ASSOCIATION : OATE 1S MONOAY DEC. 20. Meeting Wil Be Followed by a Sapper ' Served Probably In Eayles = . Hall : December 20th, Monday- ¢€venin : currs the next mesting cf the Ligm Commniunity Association - The members will probahiyv pa in the Eagles hall and s#njoy a baquet. The meal will be sirved in Lincoln Cafe and Rev. 1. W. | son {8 aiready distributing the tlch - ; Th(‘ ‘?prﬁk‘.’ f:;l‘ the .(:‘:.‘?C.xr-f.t.fﬁ Wi be W. A Milne, scoretary-managoer « the Muncle Coimmers club, . an Chamber of Commerg : Mr. Milne comes highiy recommend ed as a speaker avd organiier o those attending the mesUng may ¢ Sonlft_b.[,f ¢ut of the ordinar ; : The dir¢ctors of the Community Aeociation held -a meeting last Monde | night and transacted rcoutime husines Farmers are-invited to join the mer chapts and business men &t the mec!. ing Monday evening December 20 whe; subjecte will be touched upon in whici they have much interost X.T ) . Mects With Bad Aceldent,

In order to save his seven chil dren ranging in age from 19 to 2 yea:: Elmer W. Becker a farmer residing. near Kendallville is in ‘s hospital ‘i bad bruises. Two of the childzen ar.’ 2 famy was rlding stal W e strost croasiag and wa. the childeen but two had been. ilker. rom g Sntomabile AR ARy Wer. carrfed .down the track g "’“? AR TR ) T T . e W -RPt | U LT >ee e ‘ ¥io i : - Miss. Smith is Loeated. | A dispateh from Ardmore, Okia homa, says: The scarch for Clar: Barton Smiik wantod here in connpec. tion with the fatal shooting of Jck L. Hamon, millionaire and R:publ can national committeman tonight apparently ' was nearly &t an end 13 reports from bordar towns indicate, that the young woman had boe: tcund in a Mexician villlage and hac agreed to cross the line. = Sherjff Orndorft of ElPaso reporfe he had information that Miss Smit was just across the border and tel. - graphed Sheriff Buck Garett asking that an officer be sent for her: - ~ Wilson Gliven Nobel Peace Prizs ‘Announcement is- made. that - th Nobel peace prize will be conferrec on President Wilson of the Unitec States on "Dec. 10th. The Nobel peace prige carries with it a grant of about §40,000 which i one-tifth of the aiinual interest o about $9,000,000 left for that purpost by Alfred B. Nobel, the Swedisk scientist and the inventor of dynamit. who died in 1886. . .

The only two Americans who have in the past received the Nobel peace prize were Col. Theodore Roosevelt. in 1908, and Elithu Root in 1912

* Criminal Carelessness. - .Everett Brown age nine, while ir the back room of a grocery at Michigan City Saturday saw an open box of of salmon and ate some of it. Tk manager of the store had mixed poison with the salmon to rid the store of rats, but the boy did" not know it The lad died twelve hours later Need Only Extension. The Memorial day addresses of Pre-sident-elect Harding and Roy D. Keehn in Elks lodges last Sunday need only to be extended from .individuals. to nations in their application and thev become strong pleas for a league of nations.. o i

~John L. Henry 1111.. John L. Henry cashier of the Farmers & Merchants bank who had not been feeling well for several days, took to his bed Tuesday and went under the care of his family physician Overwork is at the bottom of his indisposition. ' : i Child Dies of Burns. = . Georgia Hakes, age two daughter of Arthur Hakes, living near Mighawaka, pulled a lamp off a table Sunday night and was burned so badly that she died Monday, after eleven hours of suffering. - : # Cutting Down Forces. ~ The New York Central Railway company is cutting down the section gangs on the line one-half. Gangs of eight sometime ago are now reduced :0 shree and four men. @

The Tigonier Banner.

' 784340 OF SCHOOL AGE Of This Number iz State 546, 452 Are fn School-—Teachers Number 18,761 : O! the 784420 persons in Indiana ‘between § and 21 years old as enum- | irated by the srnnual township trustee school enumerators, 546,452 are in hocl, accordirg 0 & compilation 3t fgyures by 1 B I-l:x’bban;' depuly teie s iperintendent -of public fndructivn. - Tae figures do not show Lat porcenwage ¢l school attendanne 4ge, that ds between € and 16 are not . Tha ¢hildrén were taught by 19.761 Al ! avhidn 4,603 were high hooal eachsr ihe !L!i&;.‘f‘),: was e s ERLD ihere are %58 high choots Tn draliang, bul there are Lo {:gu 3 show the total number ol . 3 e ’»'E - 2 EN-RIMNG AWVALITS CALL Japects ft o w Delayed Becanse ol s Tuesdary Super<itfon L : . t 1@ Docember 1 Former King Constantine said to‘{ay that he was expecting the Greek rernment to notify him to. retuin y Grecce as:a -result of Sunday's vot ut luaat -be (did not expaet. the-not) aticn 1o come.today, because of th sFeeK suparstit.en that Tuebday i ar im.ucay day. "It {s like your Friday, he remarked to the corre pondutit Ve mattas what happens they % L : . Mushaum Loses 8300, David Yoder of pear Middlebury Mo - was: arrested some. months ag: n @ charge of having stolen severa dankels from the Truex Hotel at Bl art, failed to appear in the superior ourt at Elkzhart when his case hac een set for trall, and his bond o 400 was declared forfeited:. Josepk “~4 M ha ,ﬂw iidadl 10 ADL AR \g&g \»a‘~".v_ ,B‘ m‘r IR ;}pm \:; 1,, PETRR. - ‘aiied 10 appear. J e Hile declared s{' i"SN e S A D g e I‘, :‘.,.. & jave, disappeared. A few days before s srreat. e had Do maeriod A X B AR o LT Aluth Berkey, of Goshe .8 girl but 16 . i ,:“: 2‘> ;%‘_',y:‘ o ‘,‘h;k‘,; o’ z‘{&“ ""W T T e o ARbt B l.m;f ‘g”lm&‘ﬁ,'?; S Wi‘*‘“ TP O AR s § V‘”“*‘* sl oo og g x" AndTy o, LOBL. . H. B, Browan will be in charge of he exhibit. Sy , The. Fibre Furniture company It agnufacturing beautiful goods arnu -heir display at the Chicago exhibit vil} be & fine cne. The business cf he concery is rapidly growing.

. Meccts With Bad Accident. . Virgil Zion, 21 of Nappanee, sue-| ained -a broken collar bone and a ‘ord touring car, in which he was rid ng. and which was being driven by iecrge Losey, of near Nappanee, wa. ompletely wreckel - Sunday nigh: hen the car crasied into the iror alling of a bridzoover Turkey Creeh : hilf mile east of Miltord - The bridg: vas also badly damaged = - o Library Board Oificers. v - At a regular méeting of the Ligonier | tbrary becard Tuesday evening th ollowirig offfecers were elected for the ‘oming. year: - , President—H. P. Sistethen Vice - Presideni—Graham Lyon Secretary—Dale Woodruff All members of the board were pre: sent - : . ~ Goes to Tueson, Arizona. In.a card to W. S. Milner dated at Kansas City-A. E. Wysong, bound to Fucson, Arizona in search of health itated that he was feeling better. Th stay of Mr. Wysong in the cactus stat lepends altogether upon the state of lis health. He will at least spend thi winter there, =~ . - “Boy. is Missing. - "~ Joseph' W. Slot, 14 years .old o! South Bend has been -missing for ¢ week, and the police of that ¢it) have been asked to search for him ‘{e was on his way to school wher last seen. - . , > o 1 . Celebrates 50th Anniversary The Syracuse Mcthodist church 0:1 Sunday celebrated its fiftieth aaniversary. Bishop Leete of Indianapolis and Rev. A. G.' Neal of Warsaw district superintendent, delivered sermons. . = i Has German Parrot. .Cash Couts has a fine specimen oi the hoot ow! in his baber shop. Wil lilam Todd ecaptured the bird on hi: farm and presented it to Mr. Couts at a German parrot. - e

: .- Damaged by Fire. ' The Auditcrium theatre in South Bend . was damaged to the extent of $130,000 by fire Tuesday morning. It is - thought insurance will cover the loss. : : S TO Send Delegates. - Each county in thss tate wil elect delegates to attend the state teachere ‘meeting in Indianapolis to be held in l.l;ndary. Heretofore many teachers

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY DECEMB <R 10, 1920

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_ KEEPNG UP THE DELUSION - Pleasing delusions of vouth die hard. They are so thoroughly imbedded in our nature at mother’s inee that to vield them up seems like a sacrilege. The next best thing to believing in Santa Claus is to pretend ve do. This, at least., will not disappoint the little folk who beieve in him so devoutly. = : . . ~ All the Christian world caters to the deception that old saint Nicholas is a real being whose annual visit is necessary to happiness and in this the Christian world shows a spirit of sanity. - ; : In pursuance to this aim the manufacturers turn out millions of dollars worth of toys and trinkets each year for Santa Claus to listribute at C?tmas time. And, indeed, the articles turned »ut go far bevond the scope of childish desires and enter the adult field. - e : , : ' Pitiable is that person beyond the reach of remembrance at Yule Tide. The people generally recognize this and demand suit\ble articles for Christmas presents, ..To meet this demand the mnerchants call npon the manufacturers and the manufacturers respond. = o e |

The Ligonier community is alive to the desire for pretty and Iseful things and this desire is to be met by Ligonier merchants 'n great displays of all kinds of merchandise. The possession of his merchandise and its offer for sale is made in attractive anlouncements in this big Hol. .y Edition of the Banner. Scan its many pages and yvou will find that the Ligonier merchants are repared to meet every demand by the public. They invite the eople for ten or a dozen m‘les around to come to Ligonier during his gladsome holiday sez:.on and see what is offered. Somehing appropriate will be found for everyone. ‘ The Santa Claus spirit abides in the heart of evervone and it will manifest itself during the next two weeks. . - Purchasers are invited to come at once while the big stocks of merchandise are at their flood and make their selections. The Yest time to make clioice of articles is while the stocks are new ind full. Everythirgz found in the big city stores is made availible in Ligonier and at a much lower price, v L - Only twelve more shopping days until Christmas and this big issue of the Banner is mailed as an invitation for all to come ‘0 Ligonier. : _ o i : - It is the devout wish of the Banner that Santa Claus may invade every home in Noble county, forgetting none from the oldest ‘o the youngest member of the family. Some may pretend an inliffernce to the ancient visitor, but down in his soul there lingers ‘hat spark of lenging to be remembered on Chr&m Day. We may cease to believe in a personal Santa Claus but we still cling_ ‘o the spirit of the occasion he represents. = ey : So in making Christmas presents do not imagine anyone too “ig or too old to appreciate the gift and feel the bond of regard tighten for the donor. . ' : : So come to Ligonier this Holiday Season and select some‘hing for those relatives and friends who will be better for your remembrance. Santa Claus is here for everyone. He may not mppeuf'tig fntm an;ln:ells,bnt he lurks in all theunooh and corners of the stores ; awaiting your bidding. = mmunmm&mmunmmmm i: home happy with the satisfaction of a pleasant task well per-

AFTER BOOTLEGGERS . ; Ligonier Officers Arrest Plala Drunk From State of Michigan A laborer .giving. his. name. as Charles Knebush and his home as Adrian, Mich., spent Tuesday night in the city jail and was armaigned before Judge Meyer Wednesday alternoon on & charge of public intox - catien.

* Night Policeman Fisher was called to the home of Thurlow Crockett on McLean street Tuesday eveaing or complaiat of Royce McCuln who with his mother occupies a part of the house. Knebush when arraigned sa.d he came to Ligonier with a friend from Adrian and that they drank a’ the Crockett home in company with some friends. When questioned as tc what he drank and where his liquor came from his memory seemed to fail him. . T i Sty

“Marshall Showalter says he has stood for all the failing memories bh. proposes to and the prisoner will be sent to jail until he can recall things. Mr. McGuin who mad 2 the complaint said the noise made by the hous. party made sleep for ki~ mother and himselt impossible. ; When Crockett and his compasnion Harold Burnon were arraigned before Judge Meyer Wedneasday evening they <seemed quite willing to pay fines and cost of §6l each. Knebush paid $l7. Crockett lodged complaints against Louis Schnoll charging bim witn drawing a deadly weapon and selling liquor contrary. to law. These complaints’ await judiclal action. - :

Harold Murnor drives a car with a New York license plate and he is suspected of being a bootlegger. He claims to live in Adrian, Mich.

| FARMERS PETITIONERS Meetlng at Indlanapolis Produces - Number of Resolutions to Com- . gTess Resolutions asking the congress to provide for the extension and renmewals of farmers obligations which 'f'"“" SOCEIEN Bgrkuta {p products of Amsriy AR . e W R b ; F ’:.;% reau Federation at its Opening sér sion at Indianapolis this week. The resolutions and speakers be fore the federation declared actio: is necessary to relieve the farmers. because of the depreciation in price: 3f farm products. ~ " Two Children Burned to Death. While a score of pcrsons looked on. helpless to aid, two children, Laura Elizabeth Elliot age two and Rob rt Charles Elliott, seventeen months children of Mra. and Mrs. Willard E! liott perished in flames Monday that destroyed the Elliott home near Mt Vernon. It is thought an exploding lamp started the fire. The (fathe was a mile from home, and the mother was milking in the barn, some distance rom the -house, when the -house caught on fire.

Rather Expeusive Shirt. Taking a $5 shirt belonging to a fellow boarder proved rather costly for Ira Luginbill at Kendallville and in city court he was assessed a fine »f $5 and cost, amounting to $l5. Think of a common laborer sporting a five-dollar shirt. : _ Something For the Farmer. It is just possible that the presenrt congress will do something for the relief of the farmer but hardly probable. All eyes are turned toward the «ffices and very little constructive legislation is looked for at the present{ seasion. - “ " Beautiful Window Displays. Ligonier merchants have beautiful window displays for the holiday trade. They show the real artistic design and touch. : : | . ~ Five Cents a Rat. . Indianapolis by her city council has offered a bounty of five cents for each rat tail produced. : :

Rosemary, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bourie who had been ill for a week is back in school. The death of William Burris at Miiford reduces the membership of the G. A. R. post there to seven. The Hire school in Benton township has been closed on account of prevalence of smallpox in the district. Little James, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Schutt, who had been quite ill of scarlet fever, is aple to sit up. Rev. T. J. Mawhorter, who had been quite ill at his home near Wawaka since his return from Califorina is able to be about again. H. D. Kenney, of Mansfield, Ohlo, was here the other day visiting his relatives. Mr., Kenney operates a foundry in his home town and just opened a new plant. He is proapereus.

MERCHANTS HOLD MEETING

Ligonler Retallers Eunjoy Conference and Sapper In Eagels Hall Tuesday Evening :

The retail merchants section of the Ligonier Community Association haeld an Interesting meeting in Eagles hall Tuesday evening and enjoyed a sun per served by Dave Lowe. This wa the first of a series of monthly meetings to be held by the merchants division of the community organizag .

The main purpose of the meet!s; {s to extend the retall, trade of th city and maintain a better understaad ‘ng among the business mea 30 they may sct as a unit in cxtending th, community rpiit e

The meeting was attended by ahou twenty-flve merchants and busines propositions were discussed.

It was declded to close all places of business on Christmas day but th: stores will remain open each evening during Christmas week. T At the pext meeting in January *h matter of establishing monthiy Ma: ket Days during the year 1921 wij be taken up. It Is the purpose to pu on a market day each month. A co-operative spirit was manifes: ed by all members present and a determination to draw to Ligonler & larger per cent of the country trade. Farmers as well as the residents o Ligonier will benefit by the work o: the organization. e

Near East Relléf Appeal for the | Children of Sorrow You are thinking of Christmas, of toys for the children, gifts for friend of the Christ child i{n the manager the shepherds, and the wise men witl gifts; and of the distinctive messag )t Christmas, “Peace on. earth, goo« will toward men." , But will you not also include th children of sorrow in your Christma: -boughts, and set a place at you: Christmas table for some of them The little folks of Armenia and othe: 3ible lands, the very country fror which our Christmas cheer comes« are hungry, naked and homeless; bu aot hopeless for in their simple faiul they turn trustingly to you. There ar. untold thousands of them. More tha: Past Relief. But other thousands ar Jf buman misery to be relieved. : ; »iig kgy‘., b ’%’%hﬁ’.& Division headquarters of the Fourt! ted Cross Roll-Call show that man xhapters have gone beyond thelr las rear's figures. H. B. Dickson, Roll -Call manage ‘or Lake Division, is confident com 2lete returns from OChio, Indiana an: {entucky will send the total enmroli. pent beyond the 1,500,000 goal. “Many chapters which set thei joals beyond the quotas by divisio: leadquarters are contipuing the en ‘ollment, determined to attain theh .wn marks,” said Dickson Ligonier memberships will amount to $5OO. ]

- Four Days Without Food. John Andreycak giving his "ad dress as 1919 Cherry alley, Mc Keesport, Ala., went without food o; water for four days, during whick time he was a prisoner in a box car which was taken from McKeesport t. Goshen, he told the police of Wabazh when he applied for a night’s lodging ‘The young man said that he had planned to enlist in the army, and had become acquainted with several othc: young men, who robbed him of $lB5 at McKeesport. He says that the others then locked him in the boxcar. Death of Mrs. Church. . Mrs. Eliza Church a lifelong resident of LaGrange county and a resident of LaGrange for 26 years past died Monday of heart failure after an illness of a year. She was T 4 years sld. Her husband Frank Church ha. been dead nearly ten years. She i. ‘Fsurvlved by two sons and a grand ‘daughter. : Named Deputy Prosecutor. Prosecutor Clarence R. Finley has re-appointed Attorney Geo. O. Comp - ton, of Columbia City as deputy. prosecutor for Whitley county. It is more than likely that Chester A. Vanderford will be renamed deputy prosecutor for Ligonier. Attorney Vanderford ha: made an excellent record during his term of office. =

~ New Treasury Certificates. The national treasury offered for subscription two new issues of certificates of indebtedness, the combined ‘ssue for approximately $500,000,000. Both series are to be dated December 15, and bne is payable on June 15, bearing interest at five and threequarters per cent and the other is payable on December 15, 1921 with iaterest at six per cent. . Undernourished Puplls. - Supt. Emmons, of the Kendallville schools, will feed undernurished pupils in the public schools milk at 4 cents for on-bhalf pint. The parents of the children are supposed to foot the milk bill. No plan has been worked out to ::‘l: the children to drink the lacteal

.TUESDAY FRIDAY

VOL. 54 NO, 108

FAITH UNGHAKEN " INGOUNTRYMEN FAITH RIBHTTMKES MIGHT

Falrwell Message Read in Both Housws : of Congress last Tuesday C Afternoon . President Wilson's concrete recammendations to congress in his annual message Were . - - - Revislon cf the tax laws with simolification of the income and profits AXeS. . . A loan to Armenia. - Economy ia government appropria‘jons and expenditures aand creation of 1 “workable budget -system.” - Cold storage and other laws affectng the cost of living and the federal ‘icensing of corporations, as recomnmended In previcus messages. - - Rebabliitation and training of disa2led soldlers and sallors. - . ‘The president did not endorse a boage - - : _Nowhere did the president refer to he League of nations of the peace reaty fight, except perhaps by infernce in his opening. when he quoted Abrabam- Lincoln's “Let us have fa‘th. bat right makes might, and in that alth let us dare to do our duty as we inderstand it.” =

At {ts close tha president wrote a sarapraph which might be regarded as v valedictory saying: . “I have not so much lald before you v series of recommendations as | iought to utter a confession of falih, if the faith ig*which I was bred and vhich it is my sole purpose to staud yy until my ‘last tighting days, 1 believe this to be the faith of America, um*hw dof all the u the days to come, whether in AmerG S *’*’%‘ nde g m 3 “:' :,‘E‘v" 0», - in Kiine, son of E. E. Kiin¢, the ‘romwell merehant, wers mg T aarriage at - nine o'clcak esd? vening &t the parsonage of the M. E. hurch by Rev. Gulld in Elkhart. The ride and groom were attended by Mr, ind Mrs. Sherman Sidell of Elkhart nd after the ceremony a wedding supJer was served at the Sid:ll home. ir. and Mrs. Kline are among the sery prominent and popular - youug Jeople of Noble county. The bride vas bcrn in Ligonier and is a graduate .{ the high schoc! here. She has for s number of years becn prominent !n socfety. The groom was born In Cromwell and received his educaticn o this county. After the first of the vear Mr. and Mrs. Kline will make heir home in Chicago where Mr. Kline 188 & good position with the Sels shoe company. The Banner joins the nany friends of the newlyweds in ex.ending congratulations.

~ _ Widney Has Close Call What might have been a fatal acciient a few days ago was happily averted by luck. H. M. Widney the St. loe apple man father of B. V. Widney sounty agent, and well known in Ligynier, was on his way home from Fort Wayne with his big truck, and. while south of Spencerville he was surpriscd when a bullet passed through the lower part of the windshield in front of the driver and below the steering wheel of the truck. Mr. Widney thinks no one intended the shot for him, but .as no one was in sight it was probably a stray shot from a long range gun of some hunter some distance away. However, it was a close call. v

In South Bend Conferenee. Mayor Henoch and Attorney Wigton were in South Bend Wednesday in a conference with officers of the dif--terent towns and cities to be affected by the petition of the Indiana & Michigan Electric company for increased service rates. All the municipalities affected have joined in making a showing of opposition to the proposcd increase. The hearing before the State Utilities Commission will be held .n South Bend ‘Wednesday, December ‘23. . - Joseph Eckert IIL. : Joseph Eckert, well known resldent of Ligonier is in an. Elkhart hospital suffering from bladder trouble. He may have to undergo an operation. Dr. V. G. Hursey is In charge. : : Motion Pletures in Schools. - The Syracuse schools have purchased a $260 moving picture machine for the showing of educational films. The films will include those of interest from the primary grades through high school. A most coin-