Ligonier Banner., Volume 56, Number 31A, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 September 1922 — Page 2

~ Gravel Road e : ‘Municipal Bonds 1 aznd' éther T ax-exempt ~ Securities | Citizens Bank

o Kelly- { % Springfield LAI gR | TIRES \ ‘./ 9 20 per cent SeNSEE 7 off List Price KELLYSe, 5P « gl e ~on fabrics. 10 per cent off on Cords - 30x3; Fabric $11.95 - and other sfzes'a¢cordingly. Blazed Trail Garage

WHEETROCK| % The FIREPROOF WALLBOARD - E ' ~ Sheetrock walls and ' - ¥ ceilings are easily and B ¥ quickly erected. For. 1§ R ‘Sheetrock can be sawed : & - ¥ - and nailed like lumber. | [@[ N Made from rock, SheetF RN rock walls are fireproof, ; i / #@t) | non-warping and non- _' A //¥ | buckling,and are resistant : ¢ ’ 125 | alike to heat, cold and L/ / - . sound, g !” [‘x < ,x\‘ -Let us show you Sheetrock =/l "u COMPTON & N B\ Y v HOLDEMAN o B Phone 276

Buy Your Piano Now Standard Players as low as . $365.00 First Class Uprightsat . $265.00 Al goods guaranteed to be firstclass. We have too much stock . and must reduce. | We have several good second hand rebuilt .~ planosaslowas . $85.00 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY \ Our Victrola and Records stock is complete. Come in and hear the new Console - Electric Victrola, itis a wonder. ~ ROGERS & WILSON Soneh Main 8t Established] 1671 Goshen, Indiana

The Ligomer Banner ‘ ESTABLISHED 1866.1 sPublished by "he Banner Publishing Company " W. €. B. HARRISON Editor, Published every Monday and Thursday and entered in the Postoffice at Ligonier, Ind., as second class matter. .

- Where State Taxes Go. " A table showing the distribution of state taxes from 1916 to 1922 under republican rule show enormous gains In 1916 benevolent institutions received $2,051,343 as against $3,421,136, a gain of $1,300,000 in six years. The common school fund jumped from $3,020,649 to “$4,235,5567 in the same period. In 1916 the state schools drew $1,435,931 while for 1922 they receive $2,850,948. Vocational education jjumped from $205.00 to $285.00 Up to 1920 there was no state high-' way commission but in the past three years that body has expended of state funds to say nothing of motor vehicle license funds $6,400,959. In the last two years the state war memorial has been allotted $600,000 the agricultural experiment station this year $228,075 and the teachers pension fund $114,037. ; e

Club Members Entertained.

= The club members, boys and girls of four counties were entertained at a banquet by the Kendallville fair society. Onhe hundred ten boys and girls sat down to the feast from Noble, LaGgrane, Steuben and DeKaib counties at a banquet given at the community building. An elaborate dinner was served and this was followed with short talks by Mrs. Ratts club worker: of DeKalb county:; B. V. Widney of Albion, (Claude Harper of Purdue university; James Wright of the fair association, Mr. Shank}in of Purdue university and J. C. Brunk county Y. M. C. A. secretary. Mr. Brunk acted as toastmaster

oClored Culprit Collapses.

A term of 10 to 21 years in the state prison or commitment to the state asylum for criminal insane for life or until cured is the penalty that Mose Stricklang 36 colored must pay for a triple assault upon members of the James Dawkins family near New. Haven, Sunday morning September 10. Stricklang was found' guilty of assault and battery with intent to commit robbery by Judge Sol A. Wood in circuit court. . B ’

“Oh Lawdy, Lawdy,” was the piercing cry of the defendant when Judge Wood announced the sentence and his long form collapsed. , :

Idaho Wheat Yield.

In a copy of the North Side News published at Jerome, Idaho, handed the Banner by Oren Chapman is found this item. i

_ “So far, H. E. Reimers tops the crop yields around this part of the country ‘with a yield of sixty-eight bushels of wheat from one field and sixty bushels from another and an average of sixty-four bushels from the two fields. At this he did not get all the wheat as it was so heavy it went down and some was left in the field.” s

Yguths Confess, Sentenced.

In _ the Elkhart -superior court Thursday morning, Henry Harman 20 and Frank Zilm 19 both. of that city were sentenced to two to 14 years imprisonment in the Jeffersonville reformatory after entering written pleas of guilty to second degree burglary. The two youths confessed to breaking into the Farley delicatessen in Elkhart a week ago and taking away a steel safe containing an amount slightly over $304. St

Cleaning Up Gary. | Judge William M. Dunn of the city court at Gary and Glax Lucas a Gary attorney were arrested by federal officials on charges of conspiracy to violate the prehibition laws. Both men were released on bond following their arraignment before the ‘United States commissioner there. Several other arrests were made at Gary bring the total humber in that district during the last few weeks A 0 8T ; Taggart to Take Stump. Announcement is made that the democratic speaking campaign in Indiana will open Monday, Sept. 25. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., assistant secretary of-the navy; will speak at Indianapolis October 3 in behalf of Albert J. Beveridge, republican nominee for senator. He will also speak in Richmond, Muncie and in Terre Haute. &

e Damaged by Fire, ; A For@ car owned by James Roach, of Benton, was damaged by fire in the garage at his home in Benton, Mr. Roach knew. nothing of the fire until the next morning when he went into the garage and discovered that the tow was burned off of the car, the cushions damaged and the windshield cracked. g i |

New P. B. 0. E. Distriet Deputy, Charles E. Crum who is serving his second term as exalted ruler of Fort Wayne lodge of Elks has been honored by appointment ag district deputy for the northern section of Indigng:. - o 2

Charitles and Corrections. The 31st annual session of the Indiana state conference of charities and corrections will be held in South Bend October 7-10. & —M> i i Oldest Mason Dead. : ~_Simon Ward 91 of Mishawaka said to haye been the oldest member of the Magonic order residing in Indiang died at his home after a briet illness of bronchial pneumonia, =

Hieber Studio Open. “16btd For Sale—Registered Beagle Houn(i pups.. Earl Kneep. : 25att For sale two moline mowers cheai inquire of Farmers Co-operative Hile vator Co. 16a tf |

For rent, five room house on the river road 2% miles north-west of Ligonier. James Crockett. ¢ 26bt_t For sale, iron flues 7 ft. 7 inches by 3 inches, great for fence posts. Inquire of Joe Miller. ; 26btt Pure Milk and Maple Row cream delivered to all parts of the city. Earl James. Phone 831. bt Fbr Sale—Christian churéh parsonage. Apply to Rev. Thompson or George W. Brown at the Brown & Son furniture store. : - 9bte For Sale—Cut flowers, bulbs, planfs and celery in season. Also beets, radishes turnips and other garden truck. S. C. Wilhelim 24btf

Mrs.: Elizabeth Lamb offers a real reduction on all corsets and girdles sold" during the month of September. ; o 29h4t Christian Science services are held every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and every Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the hall over Weir & Cowley. ' : Welcome. . tf

o Wanted. - Poultry hides and all kinds of junk I will pay the highest market price. ~ Call Joe Miller Telephone 2on 438 Ligonier. _ 12att - Takes Coal Agency. I have taken thé agency for the Washington, Coal company of Chicago for the sale of coal in Ligonier. Soft coal at the lilinéis, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky mines at from $6.50 to $6 a ton. 'The freight charges are ten per cent less than last year. The freight per ton from Indiana mines is $2.31. From West Virginia and Kentucky is $3.36 The price of a ton laid down in Ligonier from West Virginia or Kentucky would be from $9 to $9.50 and from Indiana mines about $1.256 a ton less. I desire your orders. John W. Himes : ' : ~ 28btf

It cost Elkhart county $2,635.08 to register less than 7,000 at the registration period Sept. 9. :

» We have in stock the folbwing | bargains in used cars, which can be purchased witha SMALL DOWN PAYMENT, balance payable in monthly iristallments. -~ Come In and Look Them Over |

New Fords Trucks Fordson Tractors ~ The Easy Payment Plan also applies to New Cars, Trucks and Tractors Ligonier~ Universal Sales Co. ~ Phone 145 Ligopier,indiana . _ (uthorized Ford and Fordsop Dealers . - P.S.~We have several Horses For Sale.

One Fare for Round Trip. ° A round-trip at the one-way fare for members of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary, the woman’s organization attending the national convention at New Orleans, October 16-20, has been granted onl all railroads in the United States. , Corner Stome aLying. ' ‘The corner stone of the Riley Memorial Hospital will be laid in Indianapolis October 7th with imposing ceremonies. The hospital is for the accommodation of crippled children ‘where they may receive necessary treatment when not financially able to stand the cost. The purpose of the ihospltal is certainly most worthy. § A S S NN S Mothers and Daughters. The Fathers and Sons of the community have been holding their meetings with banquet attachments and now the Mothers and Daughters are 'to come in for their own. :

‘The time appointed for the Mothers and Daughters banquet has been fixed for Tuesday, October 10th at a place yet.to be selected. The affair will be held under direction of the Y. M. C.-A. and Y. W. C. A. committees. There will be good speakers and a program which will insure a good time for all. Let every mother plan to attend with her daughter or a ‘borrowed one. The function gives promise of being the best of the fall season. ~ Secretary. ~ The tile floor has been laid in the ‘lobby of the hotel., ; g James Carney and David Dunkle rode their bicycles out to Diamond lake Thursday and visited George Robert” Harrison and his guest Donald -Hunter. : ; - Mrs. George Shay formerly Freda Wysong came Friday from her home in Chicago to pay. her parents Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wysong and her many friends a short visit. , : ~ Mrs. Eliazbeth Lamb will be pleased to have thel adies of Ligonier and vicinity call at the Marinello Shop and see the beantiful line of hair goods, consisting of transformations, switches, bobs, waves and curls. Special prices during the month of September. P 29 b4t e e o ST For County Trusanr. Glen 8. Rimmell democratic candidate for treasurer of Noble county to be voted on at the election November 7 will highly appreciate the support of the people and if elected promises to conduct the office with fairness to all the people. - ~llbte

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5 JOW MUCH HAVE 5 e THIS MEANS YOU ey &8 /V// 4 j’"’\ : o L o AR Nl o\ B\ 3 ,/ e ’\/ e <7, | v‘\,\\\ d e ; LS , [ N Sy Wy T 1 e A T R B 1(i | 77% iy I A | f&“lf i"‘ “U” Ny ;/f{{ i j/;/ 9/ / ‘ “ HEAR T LR Efl:fi Gl o ) ;/” W IR ' o i RS | ”% 1/ 1 "e,, N PRSI v )] o AN (A | el All the time when he was well and earning money he was throwing it away on some fool extravagance or investment. - Perhaps that’s what made him sick. And now even the doctor is worrying where he is going to his money. Don’t you do that. . - 2o . o Bank your money [regularly, and when the unexpected happens, it will come in handy. . _ Put your money inour bank. | We pay 4 per c'o;nt. interest en sqving:dofiosits ' - and Saving Accounts. _ Farmers & Merchants Trust Co

Postoffice Examinations. -~ - The civil. service .commission ‘has designated Saturday, Oct. 14 as the date for examinations for the. selection of postmasters; at Middlebury, salary, $1,700; Syraguse, $2,000. As an evidence that politics *is stronger than public sentiment- the man chosen by popular vote for postmaster at Portland ‘has been turned down and a politician recommended by the congressman in that distriet for postmaster at Portland. Bootlegger Gets Big Fine. Lloyd Nine, of three miles north of Warsaw, was fined $2OO and costs and sentenced to the penal farm for 60 days, on a charge 'of bootlegging.

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