Ligonier Banner., Volume 59, Number 35B, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 October 1925 — Page 1

TWICE WEEKLY

2.00 PER YEAR

WILL MAKE DRIVE FOR 1996 FUNDS

NOBLE COUNTY Y. M. C. A. COMMITTEE MEETS MONDAY EVENING TO FIX BUDGET

Goal is to Be Four Thousand -Dellars For Next Years Expenses in This County

~When the committee of the ‘Noble County Y. M. C. A. met at the Farmers & Merchants Trust company offices Monday evening it fixed the budget I‘o{ the year 1926, the estimated expenses being $4,000.

A drive for funds will be made within a couple of weeks, Sears Roebuck of Chicago contribute each year $5OO *to the fund and Purdue university $lOO. This will leave §3,400 to be met by private subscription in the county. The apportionment is as follows: : ' “Rendallyitle ... ... .. $2,000 bieonier .o 0. 800 Albion. 000 o 0 D 0 300 s Cromwell- . o o o 200 - Farm Federation. ... 200 Rome by 0o 0o o 0 o 0 0100 Wawaka ... . .. 100 1f these expectations are met the desired sum of $3,400 in the county will be met. The Sears Robuck and Purdue donations need no solicitation. The committee is gratfied to learn that the farm residents are favorable to the organization and are ready to support it. : Solicitors will be named later to make the drive which the officers feel should be a short one. $5,000 Damage Action. _ A suit for $5,000 for personal injuries has been filed in DeKalb circuit court against Herman L. Green Auburn by Lloyd L. Foster on behali of his son Dals K FHoster. 3. = - Automobiles driven by Mrs. Foster and Green collided at the intersecticy of East Seventh and Center street: in Auburn September 17 1925. The child’s collarbone was broken and he received bruises about the head and body, according to the complaint, Plaintiff says Mrs. Foster was driving in careful manner but that Mr. Greer was driving 30 miles an hour and thai the accident was due to his negligence. Life Membership in Order. F. W. Wait and Herber Sturgis were presented with life certificates in the Blue lodge of the Masonic order ai Sturgis at the last meeting to be he; in the old hall. The new temple hac been begun and the old lodge room: will be linked with the new structu. which is going up on the adjacent | The old quarters will be remodeled Mr. Wait was the first Mason to be ini tiated in the old lodge room. Both me« have been members there for the past forty vears, > : Booze Charges. - Pleas of not guilty were entered today by Harry Draggo to two liquor indictments against him in the DeKalb circuit court

He was arraigned yesterday on charges of possessing and transporting and for driving an automobile while intoxicated.

He is at liberty on bond furnished by his wife Dragoo formerly resided in Kendallville and is well known in Noble county. :

Arrested For Arson.

Jesse D. Wagner whose combination grocery and afito service station on the Bristol road a short distance east of Elkhart was damaged by fire on the night of August 31 has been arrested on a charge of arson. The affidavit against him was filed by Deputy State Fire Marshal George E. Coogan Wagner has been ’rg_ieased on a $3,000 bond. ; Insurance of $1,200 was carried with the Elkhart Farmers’ Home Fire Insurance (Co.

Charge is Dismissed.

The charge against 8. D. Smith in court at Goshen in connection with an automobile accident was dismissed by Judge, Drake Tuesday. Mr. Smith, a Ligonier resident, was under bond for his appearance.

Visits Home Folks,

Harold Schloss of Michigan University at Ann Arbor spent the week end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Schloss in this city. He was accompanied by Ralph Cole of Detroit a class and room mate,

Many Come to Town.

Many visitors came to town today to attend George D, Foster's community sale. The sale started at 12:3¢ and will last a little more than two hours. The offering is a large one.

Mrs. C. R. Stansbury is home from her Chicago visit,

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LIGONIER. NOBLE COUXTY, INDIANA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 2¢ 1995

l COURT RESUMES TODAY Judge Sparks Adjourns Hamilton Circuit Court Over Week-end; Jurors : tiven Warning ' ‘The trial of D. C. Stephenson exgrand ‘dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, and his two aides Early Klenck ‘and Ear] Gentry under indictment for ‘the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer was at a standstill Saturday. Judge Sparks adjourned court until Monday morning because of the the serious illness of a brother of Eph Ifnman chief defense attorney. Prospective jurors were warned not to discuss the case or read newspaper comments while court was ad-l journed. : : l ~ Judge Sparks severely criticized organizations which® have flooded the mails with resolutions cn the case sent to him and to members of the special jury venires, - _ : Attorneys hoped to secure a jury by the middle of this week. One special venire of one hundred has been exhausted and several members of the second venire have heen excused. .

Flat Feet From Dancing.

" Dancing is the chief cause of flat feet among city girls and the Charleston is the most injurious of all says Dr. Joseph J. Interland president of the Podiatrists’ Research association of New York. “I found 360 out of 420 girls examined in the last six months :fuft"ering from fallen arches and without exception dancing was the cause,” he said.

Organize (age 'Team.

The young men' of the Lutheran church at Millershurg have organized an independent basketball team, It is composed of former Millershurg nigh school stars and will be capable of playing on even terms with any quintet in its class. For games write or phone Robert M. Eldridge manager at Millersburg. .

Win Championship,

The Fort Wayne Lincoln Lifes defeated the Fort Wayne Kips at Fort Wayne Sunday for the city championship. ‘The score was 4 to 3. The Lifers won the ganie in the tenth inning when Ted Lambert Lifer first baseman slammed a hit to right tield with two men on the paths. Both teams are known in Ligonier.

Mr. Erdley in Town.

_Asher Erdley the Wolf Lake Onion King came to Ligonier today to attend the Foster sale. Mr, Erdley says the onion crop is pretty well cleaned up and he has now turned his attention to buying potatoes. He purchased a car load today, paying $1 a busshel. i

Grid Player Hurt.

. Donald Melick who plays right end for the Goshen Independents played through the last part of the ElkhartGoshen game at Rogers park Sunday with a broken right collar bone. He refused to leave the game and continued in the lineup until the end.

Thieves Again Busy.

A thief or thieves entered the Frank E. Miller grocery the other night and made off with flour, corn meal and his' whole stock of butter. Entrance was gained to the ware. house through a rear door. :There is ne clne. ¢ :

Goes to Imsane Hospital,

Sheri’f Hoffman came from Albion today (o escort Mrs. Harriet L. Drake of the North Side to RKast Haven insane hospital. Mrs. Drake is about 70 yvears old and an old resident of Noble county.

Boy Injures Eye.

Bob Timmins of Goshen suffered an injury to his left eye when a bullet from a .22 caliber rifle with which he and another boy Erwin Shock were shooting struck his -eye, cutting lid and ball.

Mrs, Cress Improving.

Mrs. Charles Cress who submitted to a major operation in a South Bengd hospital Tuesday withstood the ordeal well and shows improvement today, Mr. Cress visited the sick woman Wednesday. = z

Back For Operation.

Joe Taylor has gone back to a South Bend hospital to be operated on for ulcers of the stomach. While the operation is serious it is not regarded as necessarily dangerous,

Continues to Improve.

Braden Franks who has been quite ill, continues to improve. It is believed he will soon be out. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Herald visit him daily from near Ligonier. : '

To Keep Things Regular.

Just to keep things regular Karl Knapp went out to the old home farm and spent two days helping his father to husk corn.; He enjoyed the experience. - < ® .

“The Ten Commandments’ tonight and tomorrow at Crystal,

o AR e g s _ aa e TPP SR 01 of KenQaw VIIE, . ¥ .}g i iy pduled to day mornibig, Wad AL 700 Arthur F. Biggs, Glter MEOIOCYS for ‘the defense had fi .to quash the affidavit on the ground thai it was a fatal variance and the statute of limitation had expired. Koon was facing trial on a charge o. embezziement, Louis Wilson of Wolcottville contending -that Keen appropriated $250 to himself, acquired fro, a promisary note, given as a 1. for a 'note formeriy issued. . 1t was stated that the original davit was filed two days before the expiration of the statute of limitation. An amendment was made to the original affidavit, resulting in the cusc being dismissed, : :

All in the Family.

Candidates for town offices in Silver Lake have been nominated and an election will be held on November 3. The republicans nominated Jacob C. Hay for counciiman from the se&cond ward and Frank Haney for clerk and treasurer. The democrats nominated John Ayers for councilman and Mrs. Tressie Haney for clerk and treasurer. Either way the election goes the office of clerk and treasurer will stay in on family for Mrs., Haney is the wife of Frank Haney.

Yiay Bar Democrats.

Dr. A. C. McDonald ‘democrat may be barred from running for mayor of Warsaw because he was not nominated at a primary election. The state board of election commissioners holds that nominees of the two major parties—republican and .democratic—must be selected by the primary systen:. Democrats did not participate in.thep rimary but waited until the last day allowed under the statute for filing of nominees.

Maggart-Leedy.

- Albert Maggart one of Cromwell's most popular young men and Miss Mabel Leedy a charming and highly respected young lady of Pierceton were united in marriage by Rev. Beane pastor of the Methodist church at Warsaw last Saturday and have been receiving the congraiulationgs of their many friends since,—Cromwell Advance.g ,

Neighbor Confessed Crime,

Charles Fairchild has confessed to Prosecuting Attorney C. A. Lincoln of Whitley and Noble counties that he murdered Andrew Stouse a farmer several days ago. _ : : Fairchild is 41 'years old, a fa.x:mer and resides in Jefferson township of Whitley county across the road from Stouse. No motive is biven.

2,000 Hear Whiteman.

Two thousand persons Tuesday evening heard Paul Whiteman and his orchestra play at the Blackstone theather, South Bend. It was Whiteman's second engagement within one year. The program generally was even better than the one given at the Blackstone ‘October: 20 1924.

Liking for Spuds.

Joe Luckey, residing south of town, reports that some very accomodating person, or persons paid him a call Sunday afternoon and in nrder that he might know of their visit became attached to about 20 crates of onions which they took witn them as a momento of the occasion,—-Albion New Era. X

Return to Kansas,

Mr. and Mrs, Willis Kinnison who have been on an extended visit with Noble coutny relatives, will leave tomorrow for their home in. Garden City Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Kinnison are former residents of this community.

Now in California,

Francis Zimmerman son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Zimmerman of this city and a graduate of the Ligonier schools after globe trotting for a number of years hag located for a time in Los Angeles Californiu.

Entertain Aged Relative,

Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Shobe one day this week entertained at dinner the venerable Orlando Kimmell who is more than 95 years of age. Mrs, Shobe is a daughicr of Mr. Kimmell.

Attention, Frank Roe.

An old fashioned coon hunt will be held in Adams county next Saturday. A pet coon will be taken over several miles of territory and then the hounds will be turned loose.

Leather Glove Found. -

Mrs: Michael Hire found a brown glove evidently lost by some woman or girl on the street. The owner may claim the property at the Banner office. e :

Loses Inch of Finger,

George W. Smith employee of the McCutcheon meat market at Goshen lost an inch of a finger on his right hand in a sausage grinder.

“Bustin’ Through” with Jack Hoxie a big western Saturday.

ATTRACTIVE PRIZES OFFERED FOR CONTESTANTS IN LINE OF : BIG PARADE L Comn:ittees Periecting Plans For Big- . gest (elebration Ever Held in Ligonier _

with a liberal list of prizes and many : prospective contestants the coming Hallowe'en celebration promises to be th‘e greatest ever Leld in Ligonier and there have been some good ones. e Chairman Kimmell has his committees well organized and every member is doing his part to make the masquered parade 4 success. Following are the characters, list of prizes and judges named. Best Masked Woman or Girl—-Prize $2.00. Judges Mrs. W, C. B. Harrison, Mrs. George Brown and Mrs. €. R. Stanshury. Best - Mother- Goose— Prize $2.00. Judges Golda Wedade, Rose Lundy and Mrs. Cecil Gritfith, b ; Best Gypsey King—Prize: $2.00. Judges Elizabeth Hire Helen Smith and Alice Bolitho. : Best Pickaninnies Boys and Girls— Prize $2.00. Judges Mrs. Fred Star, Mrs. C. D. Lane and Mrs. Karl Decker, : : L - Mutt and Jeff-—Prize $2.00. Judges Mrs. L. L. Koon, Mrs. J. B. Schutt Mrs. A. B. Weayver,. : Mrs. Witech-—Prize $2.00 Judges Mrs. Charles Cornelius, Mrs. Curtis Hire, Mrs. Frank Raubert, ; Best Ghost—Prize $2.00. Judges! Mrs. Glade Rupert, Mrs. Roy Bauta, Mrs. Will Green. : Best Hobo—Prize $2.00. Judges Mrs. A. D. Newton, Mrs. George Foster, Mrs. Virgil Todd ; l Best Pirate Chief—Prize ° $2.00. Judges J. W. Draper, John Slutz Williamm Bender. : |

Best Little Bopeep—Prize §52.00. Judges Mrs. Maurice Hess, Mrs. W. I, Wigton Mrs, Milton selig,. ;

‘ Bestz;f_if,n(ifil?i-g;}fiam ‘and Miss Columbia —Prize $7.00. Jtadges Mrs. Robert Shobe, Mrs. L. K. Thompson Mrs Frank McDaniel.

Best Clown—Prize $2.00 Judges \William Wigten, J. . Kreager, George D. Gaby. , : Group of Indians (Masked)—Prize $5_,00. Judges Nrs. ‘Leon \Vertheimer, Mrs. Sam Selig Mrs. Tke Baum, Best Drum Corps (Masked)-—Prize $5.00. Judges Mrs. Harry Selig, Mrs: Ferd Ackeiman Mrs. Abe Wertheimer. Best Masked Group on Float-—Prize $19.00. Judges Mrs, Charles Wagner, Miss Helen Larson, Everett Mier. Best Masked Kid Band—Prize $lO.OO Judges Mr. Shumahn, Glenn Richard, Paul Thomas. :

Line of march. Form at Wood friangle, march north’ to Standard Ooil Station South to Raubert’'s Jewelry store, West to Main Street North ‘to Third Street East to City Hall. The judging will be done at the Band Stand in city park if the weather permits. If the weather is unfavorable the judging will be done in the City Hall, . :

Hurt By a Fall.

Henry G. Zlmmerman aged 84 years the venerable attorney of Ligonier, suffered serious injuries in a ftall at the Albion court house the first of the week where he was called as a witnoss in circuit court. 3

The #zed man whose eyesight is impaired was decending from the upper story of the building by a private stairway and thinking he had reached the bottom stepped into space. He struck the floor on his head, tearing the scalp loose. : After Dr. J. W. Moore had dressed his injuries which consisted of bad bruises the injured man was brought to his home in this city. : T

Smith Comes to Grief.

While driving on the T. C. pike two and a half miles east of Ligonier Tuesday in- a Chevrolet coupe W. J. Smith accompanied by a clored chauffer came to grief when his car left the highway and sheered off a telephone pole. No one was injured although the machine rolled over and was badly wrecked. It isintheKiester garage for repairs, :

Had Bottle of Liquor.

- Fred Klas of Geneva Ohio anc Ralph Kenneth of Cleveland after riding all night went to sleep by the roadside near Elkhart. They had & small bottle of liquor in the coupe when officers toek them into custod, Fine and imprisonment will ensue, .

Damaged by Gale,

One of the cottages belonging to John Kunkalman at Wawasee wag uqite badly damaged Monday by the wind. A portion ‘of the roof was blown off.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

l The engraving contract for the 1926 H. 8. Annual was given to ‘the Fort l_‘{vayne Engraving Co. The members cf the staff are on the job and the work is progressing nicely. The class is attempting to put the annual over without selling advertisement ‘space to the merchants. However the merchants wiil be called upon to .advertise if they see fit, but in no sénse of tiie word will they be urged to do £O. - This means of course that more than -the usual number of annuals must be sold, and the students are asking that everyone subscribe willingly. S g

- T\he Junior Class is working hard on-their play “Deacon Dubbs' which is to ‘be given Thursday and Ffriday nights Wov. 5 and 6./ i

Monday morning the Physics class visited the City Water Works. Mr. Cress and Mr. Drake took great pains in showing the class the mechanism of the pumps, engines and fire whistles. Mr. Qress took the class through the tunnels leading to the different wells which was very interesting. The The class is very greatful to Mr, Drake and Mr. Cress for the atention shown. ] s e <

The class then went to Weimer’s cider mill to study the Lyvdraulic press. This was .not in operation much to the regret of the ‘pupils. About 50 of the reugired 200 annuals are sold.. Get yours Annual Week October 26 to 31. ' ;

The students of the High School elected Raymond Claudon yell leader by a vote of 39. Harriet Caldwell was elected assistant by a vote of 47. Tuesday evening. members of the orchestra and S, A. E club of the Ligonier High School * journeyed to South Bend and enjoyed an excellent program by Paul Whiteman and his concert orchestra. : ; ; Coach Lantz is giving his basketball squad a real work out. This yedr's squad is the peppiest seen on the Ligonier floor in years. Watch ‘em step. ’ : Christian Church, Services at the Christian church Sunday October 25th will be at 9:30 in the morning with the Bible School session. - < ; There will be no evening services at the church Sunday as the congrezation is invited to accompany the cast of . The Two Masters to Kenlallville where the drama given here Oct. 11th is to be presented before the Christian Church people. . The Hceme-Coming Day of the church last Sunday was: a delight to all who participated. The great 8. 3. and the basket dinner proved that the weather was no. bar to happiness. Rev. Porter preached the = morning sermon and eRv. D. R. Mossg of Kendallville the afternoon sermon. A The advance features announced for November Sunday evenings will be presented at 7:45 or § p. m. to allow for other gatherings on. the sam. evenings which meet at 7 o’clock.

Important dethodist Conferences

" In cooperation with the Board. of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist church Dis: trict Superintendent Dr. Charles H Smith is planning a series of all da: group meetings for the Goshen District, to be held immediately following the annual meeting of the Board which, for the first time in its history, is to be held in the city of Indianapolis dates November 19-22 inclusive.

. To Quit the Bench, Georgeé#Sisterhen after fifty years at the shoemaker’s bench will quit and call it a job. 'Phe death: of his wife has changed the plans of the only remaining shoemaker of the old school in Ligonier. After a visit with his ¢on'Bert and his granddaughter Mrs. Vern Will he will about November 15 ‘leave for Georgia to spend some time with his son Karl and family, e - Mother and Son Hurt. - Harrf Clark of Columbia City 19 sutfered the fracture of two ribs and his mother Mrs. Elma Clark also of that city suffered minor bruises when their automobile collided at Elkhart yesterday with a milk truck, Although the milk truck was carrying a full load none of the bhottles: were broken.| Encounter Smow Storm. Mzr. and Mrs. Seeley Brown driving to this city from St. Joe, Mo., to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Brown encountered a heavy snowstorm Tuesday between Valparaiso and South Bend which made going hazardous. They made but ten miles an hour in their car. :

Promises Well.

The Hallowe’en party to be given by the Womens Relief Corps Friday evening promises well for fun and frolic. The guests will appear in costume and enjoy a potluck supper as a feature of the entertainment,

Mrs. Hall Green acted as libtarian Wednesday -in the absence of Mrs. Lena Stansbury who attended the Fort Wayne convention. '

GENEROUS’ LIST OF PRIZES

Aside From $5O in Gold to Be Given Away Market Day Nov. 4 Many Uther Free Articles Listed.

Fifty nice prizes are to be awarded customers of Ligonier gtores ' next Market Day, Wednesday Nov. 4.

The chief present is the fifty dollars in gold. : Then follows many articles including cash to he given away. : : All prizes will be awarded on tickets issued with each 50 cent purchase’ b);' Ligonier business men,

Here is the list. ‘ ; No. 1 Ligonier Co-Operative Association $lO.OO in Gold, : 7 No. 2 F. W. Steller two pounds of Royal Coffee, - ~ No. 3 Haffners 5 and 10. One double aluminum boiler. : No. 4 Ben Glaser one spot light. No. 5 Gutelius Store ,One -bed blanket ‘ , i No. 6. Shumman-Tufrell Company. One 30x3% Fisk tube. - No. 7 Ligonier Co-Operative Association $5.00 in gold. - No. § Blazed Trail Garage. L ~ No, 9 Koon's_ Cigar Store. Box o? cigars. - : No. 10. Sacks Bakery 1, barrel of Silk Flour. . ‘ - No. 11 American Cafe. Two square meals. . . : No. 12 Miss Hazel McDowell. One dollars worth of hemstiching. | 'No, 13 Ligonier Co-operative Association $5.00 in Gold. | , No. 14. Raubert’s ‘Jewelry Store, Piece of hand painted china. : No. 15 Ligonier Milling Compan'y. Sack of Good Luck Flour, No. 16 Adams Nash Company, One Hydrometer. : - : "No. 17 Economy Chair Grocery 1% dozen cans peas 1% dozen cans corn. - No. 18 Turnock Brothers Pool Room Carton of cigarettes. _ s l No. 19 P. J. Carney Clothing Store. Pair dress gloves, ' i No. 20 Lepirds Choe tSore. One pair ladies silk hose. o No. 21 Ligonier Co-Operative Association $5.00 in gold. : No. 22 A. D. Newton $l.OO cash, No. 23. E, Jacobs and Company. String of beads. : o : No. 24 Ligonier Electric Shop $l.OO cash. ' : o No. 25 Banner Steam Laundy. One dust and moth proof cedar bag. = ~ No. 26 Ligonier Co-Operative Association $5.00 in Gold. - - No. 27 C. R, Stansbury. One $1.50 pair of ladies silk hose. , No. 28 Ligonier Leader. One years subscription to the Ligonier Leader. No. 29 Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. 25 bars of P. and G. Soap,

No. 30 Weirs Hardware. One Pyrex casserole. S - No. 31 Banner Publishing Corapany One years subscription to the Ligonier Banner. o No. 32 Ligonier Co-Operative Association $5.00 in Gold. : ' No, 33 J. L. Levy and Son. One pair of ladies gloyes. S ‘No. 34 Willis E. Oyler. Box of cigars. : : _ No. 35 Smiths Chocolate Shop. $1.25 box of Morses preferred candy. : No. 36 Harry J, Holderness sio.oo credit on a Weutrowound radio. No. 37— Ligonier Co-Operative Association $5.00 in gold. : No. 38 Lincoln Cafe. 2 square meals. No. 39 Coulter’s Bakery. Good cake, No. 40 Sisterhens Shoe Store. -One{ pair of Ladies bedroom slippers, No. 41 S. J. William one box of Ben‘ Hur face powder and perfume. 1 No. 42 A. B. Weaver. One enameled turkey roaster. : No. 43 Jet White Grocerteria. One sack of Pillsbury flour. No. 44 Ligonier Co-QOperative Asso-. ciation $5.00 in ‘gold. = No. 45 Kline and Son $1.50 in trade. - No: 46 Griffith’s Drug Store §51.50 box of stationery. : : ~ No. 47 Hossinger Brothers. $1.50 ‘beef roast. S No. 48 B, F. Wilkerson. Half soles and rubber heels for man, woman of child. | e WNo. 49. Foster Shoppe. One pair of silk hose, ; : No. 50 Ligonier Co-Operative Association $5.00 in- gold. -

Oras Iden Dead.. : Oras aged 19 son of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Iden died at the family home October 21 two miles south of Cromwell. He was a senior in the Cromwell high school year of 1924 when he had to give up his school work. Surviving aside from the parents is a gister. Funeral Friday at the U. B. church 2:00 o’clock at Indian Vilage. Burial near by. : : Se o ——— : L ast Day For Taxes. - Monday November 2nd a week from next Monday is the last day for paying the fall installment of county and city taxes without the delinquent penalty being attached. ~ Mrs. Lucy Butt formerly of Ligonier who submitted to a serious operation in Goshen hospital has returned to her home in: Syracuse. o The greatest picture of the age at Crystal tonight and Friday.

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REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY OF IN- ~ DIANAPOLIS WILL SUCCEED : LATE SENA_TOR RALSTON ’-—-———: Appointment Made by Gov. Juckson - Tuesday Evening At Home in ' ~ State (Capital. Arthur R. oßbinson Indianapolis attorney was appointed United States sendator from: Indiina to succeed the late- Samuel M. Ralston. Mr. Robinson a Reé&publican will serve until the state electi()n in November 1926 when a senator will be electied ‘to serve the remainder ot Mr. ‘Ralston’s term which would have expired March 3 1929. Mr, Robinson - was appointed .by Governor Jackson who has had the matter of naming Mr. Ralston’s suecessor under consideration during the last féew days while he had been ill at his home. . ‘ * Mr. Robinson is 44 years old and was . born in Pi(-kex'ing{teil, Fairfield county, O. .He has lived in Indianapolig during the last 21 vears. Colleen Here Soon in Western (omedy Dont’ fail to see Maggie Fortune's Pullman coach. = It will be sidetracked at the Crystal Theatre Sunday and Monday. Maggie Fortune’s umpy, bumpy life as the step-daughter of a railroad section ‘gang foreman and the occupant of a boxcar: “mansion” on the Mo~ ave desert, is faithfully portrayed by the ever intriguing Colleen Moore in her latest First National offering. “The ‘Desert Flower” The story is colorful and consistent and affords Miss Moore the biggest . acting - opportunities of her career. : - Lloyd Hughes plays opposite Miss Moore, " G

Another Auto Acecident.

Edward Nushaum of Wakarusa aged about 40 réceived painful injuries to his.zight shonlder and WS companion Orland S. Hempleton Elkhart received severe bruises over his left side in an automobile accident. Nusbaun: was taken to Elkhart to undergo an X-ray examination to determine the exact nature of his injuries. Fhe accldent happened when the Ford touring car driven by Mr. Nausbaum skidded on. the wet pavement, turned completely around hit the curb and upset. Both men were pnined underneath until released by passersby.

EpworthLegue Distriet Meet.

The LaGrange Epworth League was host to the members of the organization Wednesday evening from nineteen pastoral charges in the eastern half of the Goshen district of the North Indiana conference.

. The LaGrange Epworth League won the district banner this year for effi-~ ciency in League work and this it is believed influenced the comumittee in: selecting LaGrange for the meeting plac. = ®

Young Man Injured.

Raymond Freedlin of Elkhart I 8 a laborer at the New York Central round house suffered severe injuries when he fell from the boiler of an engine on which he was working, - v

His injuries consist of a fracture of the left shoulder blade a severe bruise to the left side of his head, and numerous bruises about his body. An X-ray photograph showed that his skull was not fractured as was at first feared.

Nearby Deaths.

Mrs. Herbert Foq&er 21 wuremic poisoning Bluffton, Conrad Becker 82 Fort Wayne, W. E. Ervin 80 paralysis Warsaw, Mrs, Mary Bucher 88, senility Goshen Mrs. Lawrence Carlson 38 appendicitis Elkhart Solomon Holderman 65 Wakarusa, W. H. Herrick 78 civil war veteran, heart trouble Elkhart.

Dey Willard Wins Place.

"~ Dey Willard the son of Mr. and Mrs, Carl Willard of LaGrange besides making good progress in his studies during ‘the first few weeks of his freshman year at Purdue University where he is now a student has won a place on the freshman footbalk team. :

Has Fifteen Warrants.

Sheriff Hoffman was in Ligon today armed with fifteen warran He cannot disclose for whom they were issued until arrests are made. It is indicated that some Ligonier residents will respond to a part of them, : .

To Have Public Sale.

- Joseph Caldwell will have a public sale at his Diamond lake farm Saturday afternoon October 24, His daughter Mrs. Charles Shell of 'White Pigeon, Mich., came to assist him. Wl oW g 0 S e