Ligonier Banner., Volume 62, Number 7A, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 March 1928 — Page 3

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A Battery ¢ : w Without jars Thne new Gummite case, an exclusive feature with Exide Batteries, is moulded all in one piece, including compartments for the cells. Thus, indi« vidual jars ar: done away with, ~Qummite is practically indestructible. will not warp, and is not affected by temperature, acid, or water. Let us show you this ideal bate - tery cas’, v AZED THAIL GARAGE

Foßretz tor Glasses * & Sharp Eyes ’ “ b? ', : A‘E./V-"',f %’; For '}Ai i “',;;"-' : -y 4 jr} X Sharp Work FCW. - Al wmechazion Uke 8 use koas A.'*'SBN, ,'fi.“‘l\i’i m(bh Eves are tocly of the mind and sast > gharp to do good work and wnat (he wear of constant use i 28 zharpen sight by rru:m\;: g ex3oB thvatw will enakis o @ 3es vioarly. ) m What Condition Aso Youwr Eyeof! ® Nevin E. Bretz Optometrist ang @pticias i3O 8. Mein 3t QOB . 1 Y Bothwell & Vanderford Lawyers Phone 156 Ligonier. Indiana

O. A. BILLMAN Wind Mills, Tanks, Pumps, Water Systems, Etc. Well Drilling Phone 333 LIGONIER Next door to Ford Garage

Howard White ~ WAWAKA, INDIANA AUCTIONEER Phorne 2 en 1| Wawaka Harry W. Simmons Crustee Perry Townshsp Oifice at Farmers and Merchants Bank Saturday Afternoon and Saturday Evening ‘ W. H. WIGTON : At toraey-at- law Office in Zimmerman Block LIGUNIER, D Dr. Maurice Blue : VETERINARIAN _ Office: Justamere Farm Phane: Ligonier 857 VERN B.FISHER ~ Sanitary Plumbing] and Heating _ Phone 210 Ligonier, Ind Harry L. Benner - _Auctioneer Upen for all engagemends Wolf Lake, Indiana Both Noble and Whitley County Phones

There are all kinds of cheag priniing—butnone of it isreally cheap—at least not on a basis of value. Cheap stuff is usually worth almost what it costs. Our .printing isn’t the cheapest you can get, but it’s as good as the best.

2 “ Early Golf Balls The game of golf was old and well' developed when it was introduced into the United States. The first games were played in New York In 1890. Solid rubber balls were used. Earlier in the history of the game balis .made of feathers, encased in leather, were employed, but not in this country.

Wet Feet Cure for Cold?

Bowling ‘over the ancient health traditions, Prof. Leonard Hill, in an address at Plymouth, England, expressed the opinion that ccld would cure a :old and that even wet feet would not hurt, He said that the man who has been cured by open-air treatment regards cold as his friend.

Work Always Vital

The law of nature is, that a certain quantity of work is-necessary to produce a certain quauntity of good of any kind whatever. If you want knowledge, you must toil for fit; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it.—Ruskin.

Good for the Teeth

Few know that sage leaves are excellent for the teeth. The leaf can be rubbed on, or chopped very fine and used with a brush. The effect is astonishing. A little lemon juice is another good tooth tonie, though it needs to be used but occasionally.

The Bargain

A man who had purchased a used car took it back to the dealer for examination. *“What is wrong with it?” he was asked. “Well, you sce, eoxplained the owner, “every part of it makes a noise except the horn.”— Montreal Star.

Looking Ahead

The Fiancee (to house agent)— Thanks awfully for showing us over these soven flats. Harold and 1 are going to get married and take a place just as soon as he gets three more raises. So we like to look about.— London Opinion. '

Cooking Secret

“At sea level water boils at 212 de grees. At 5,000 feet it boils at 201 degrees,” says the Woman's Home Companion. “In higher altitudes,” adds the caustic commentator, “housewives probably put it into the refrigcrator to boil.” A ;

Permanent Ligquid Diet

The vampire bat, a denizen of Central American jungles, capnot eat any solid food, its gullet being so small as to prevent any large morsels from reachinz the stomach. Blood of aninitls is its main diet.

Unusual Forests

I'rance is dotted by little forests that surprise the American visitor because of their neatness. The peasants gather all fallen twigs and branches and Kkeep the floor of the forests as neat as a ‘parlor floor. :

Empty the Mind

You would wake up fresh and alert if you “emptied” your mind on going to bed by unot going back over the day’s work or planning tomorrow’s tasks. Mental rest is more important than physical.

Serious Omission

The so-called Wicked Bible refers to au edition of the Bible, printed in 1631, in which the word “not” is omitted from the Seventh commandment. A copy survives in the Bodleian,

Means Dry Air

The term “low humidity” means the same as “little humidity.” When we cay that humidity is low we mean that there is very little water vapor in the sair—that the air is quite dry.

: Comfort for the Poor ! Wealth is not all and a tile floor in i the bathroom is just about as cold to | step on in your bare feet as linoleum ' of the most boreal quality.—Ohio 1 State Journal. 1 4 , | - Then He Is Lost - Jud Tunkins says a man who says nothing is strong unless he gets the reputation of saying what he thinks. —Washington Star. l Bread for Watches New bread is used for cleaning the . delicate part of watches before the are put together. .One factory has 4% loaves daily for that purpose. et ’ We Hope So ‘ Western exchange—After the re- { turn from a wedding trip Mr. Sharp and his bride will love at Double F ranch.—Boston Transcript. . Evolved Great Idea William H. Meadowecraft, ‘assoclate of Thomas A. Edison, was the originator of the application of electricity to d'splay signs. , The Only English Pope Only one Englishman ever has been pope—Nicholas Breakspear, who became Pope Adrian IV.—Liberty. The Super-Wise Fool A fool is also one who pretends te know more than there is to know.— 1. W. Howe’s Monthly. - . Think It Over Where there is plenty, charity Is a duty, not a courtesy. i . - Time or Mortgage Exemptions The public is informed by County Auditor Edwin Smith that now is the ‘time to file your mortgage exemptions the earlier the better even' though you have all during this month and next “to get it done. Sllg ba e | Pay your Banner subscriptions.

BIG FIRE AT SHIPSHEWANA Busiuess Rooms Burn In LaGrange {suniy Town Early Thursday Meruing With Heavy Loss r The main business block in Shipshewana was totally destroved by fire }early Thursday morning at an estimated loss of $42,000. Fire starting from an undetermined origin completely destroyed the two-story brick structure: owned by the Suntheimer estate of which Mrs. J. E. Suntheimer of Shipshewana is administratrix and U. E. Mast Goshen husiness man. Both business houses occupying the block a general store opecrated by George. Work formerly of Elkhart, located in the two-thirds of the building owned by the Suntheimer estate and the drug store owned by C. Vernon Miller in the Mast section of the building, were compietely burned out. '~ The less is partially covered by insurance. Mrs. Suntheimer gave her loss at $B,OOO with $4.,000 insuranm;e. while Mast stated that his loss was estiznated at $B,OOO with insurance of $-‘!.og:).' Mr. Mast stated that gno plans for rebuilding have been made as vet. Mr. Work gave his loss on stock and-equipment at $22,000 on which insurance between $15,000 and $17,000 was carried. Insarance of $6.500 was carried on stock and equip-, ment in the drug store operated by Miller who placed his loss at $B,OOO. Not a particle of stock or equipmen.t‘? was saved from the building or stores due to the great headway of the fire before discovered. i | Miss Eva Miller of Shipshewana a night telephone operator discoveredl the flames at 3715 in the morning.

Wright Black Injured. Dr. Black was called to Fort Wayne Thursday to see his brother Wright Black in the St. Joseph hospital who who was badly injured in an automobile accident Wednesday. Wright Black a dealer in real estate took two prospective (-ustolmers over near the Ohio line to view some land. In attempting to turn around his car rolled down on embankment, turning over three times. He suffered man¥ broken bones and bruises. A thigh, collar and nose were fractured along with two ribs. His condition is serious. . = = Wright Black moved from near Cosperville to Fort Wayvne some yvears ago. ' A ——— — South Bend Man Killed by Train James Littlejohn 30 R (R No. 2 South Bend was fatally injured at 5:30 o’clock Wednesday evening when the truck in which he was moving some belongings to a new home in Tippe~ canoe was struck by a gouth-bound Pennsylvainia passenger train at the grade crossing. two miles north of Plymouth. : New MeNary-Haugen Bill. A new McNary farm relief bill intended to meet the ohjections of President Coolidge against the MeNaryHaugen bill was gavorably reported Thirsday by the senate agriculture committee. The measure substitutes a 4 loan system fer the equalizaticn fee which Mr. Coolidge tound objectionable last year. Death Penalty Foor Mail Bandits Postmaster General New announced - Friday that Representative Kelly republican Pennsylvania Wwill introduce -a bill providing either the death penalty or life imprisonment for mail bandits. : At present. the maximum penalty for a mgail bandit is 25 years in the penitentiary. ;

Seid Liguor to Preachers Father James TPersinger 50 of Medora awaited trial at Seymour of possessing liquor and of intoxication filed by the Rev. John Asher Medora Methodist pastor who alleges Persinger sold liguor to his father Andrew J. Asher. The elder Asher has been subpoenaed as a witness in the case. Phonograph Music at Funeral Phonograph music was provided at a funeral at Noblesville for the first time in the history of Hamilton ccunty. “Lead Kindly Light” and' “The %Twent.y-third Psalm” were played during funeral of Frank Inman pioneer resident. Imman requested the two seleot‘ions}be plaved at his funeral. | - Net Income Large : - i An increase in net income during 1927 over that of 1926 is shown in the trepor’t‘ of the Indiana Service corporattion ‘made public. The figures for last vear are $433,820.20; for 1926, $420,963. : : : In County Jail . Abraham Cohen and Harry Lewis arrested at Elkhart far liquor law violations were brought to the county jail at Goshen Thursday by Sheriff Thomas M. Long. They are being ‘held in default of $1,060 bond.

: Issued Licenses ; 0. B. MecVey and Richard Knox Fort Wayne aviators have been issued air transpor licenses by the aviation division U. S.; department of commerce. Dope Peddler Quizzed Jomes Rose 34 alleged dope addict was questioned at South Bend in connection with the death of Dy. William Baker at Detroit early this week. For County Clerk - I wish to announce my candidacy for the nomination of Clerk of the Noble Circunit Court subject to the will of the voters of the Democratic primary May 8 1928. = HARRIETT MILLER, Albion = L Mo i " Gabw

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA.

: Cromwell Advance Items - Mr. and Mrs. Linval Calbeck and son Richard were at mgonierngunday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Leland Calbeck. - 3 ; o . Mearll Bennett and brother Merritt Bennet of Ligonier Ralph Correll and Frank Murray motored to Fort Wayne Sunday and spent the day. Mrs. Laicy Galloway one of our prominent and respected residents and Harry Robbirs expert painter and paper hanger also of Cromwell were vnitc in marriage at Albion Wednesday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hoak of ElkLhart, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Summers and daughter of North Webster, Mr. and !-Mrs. Dale Barnhart of Ligonier were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maggaret and daughter Jean. Floyd Downing and Joe Deßrular were slightly injured Saturday night vwhile returning from the tourney at Kendallville when the sedan in which they were riding crashed into one of the abutments of the Elkhart river Eridge near the old John Steller farm in York township. ; ; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brazel and family A. M. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Koher and children atiended an old fashioned home c¢oming at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Moody and son who reside near Ligonier Friday evening. The Moody’s were former residents near Albion moving on Thursday. The neighbors called to give them a héarty welcome and invited the Village people. They were entertained by some fine music on the piano violin and guitar. |

Another Demrocat Gathering On Thursay evening March 22 at the LaGrange school dining room a democratic banquet will be held according to an announcement made this week by County Chairman Walter Atwater. Frank €. Daley andother democratic candidates tor governor will be present and deliver addresses. R. Earl Peters state chairman Samuel D. Jackson democratic candidate for congress in this district and many other prominent demu(-rats will be present for the occasion. : Invitations have been extended all democratic candidates for state office but there had not bheen sufficient time to hear from all of them at the time of going to press. o - Besides the oratory scheduled for the evening there will be a musical program and other entertaining features.—LaGrange News. oL e Dog Awakens Man as Home Burns John Carter 70 owes a narrow escape from burning to death -to his pet dog which barked and aroused him from his slumbers when his farm home in Etna township Whitley county burned. ' Carter was alone in the house his gon Ray tenant on the farm having gone to Chicago. The dog jumped upon the bed where Carter was sleep ing and when its barKs aroused Carter the flames had spread to within a short distance of the bed. Carter hu-rriedlymscaped from the burning structure. The loss is $4,000, partially covered by insurance. b i St : Miliordites Objeet to Bees. Alleging that bees are a nuisance during certain times of the year a complaint has been filed with the town board of Milford by the citizens asking for an ordinance governing the housing of the honey-makers: in that town. The matter has been referred to the town attorney and it is expected that an ordinance will be passed and the “Queen Bee” and ali her folks will move outside the limits of the town. ¢

Indicted ¥or Trying to Bribe Albert Berry of Stinesville was charged with attempted bribery in an Owen county grand jury indictment returned at Spencer. It was alleged Berry 1'051'6;—111;111 for a company fur~ nishing the state of Indiana with crushed stone for road work sough! to bribe Earl Lockwood state highway commission employe to falsify records in censideration of paying Lockxvpod $1.50 for each load of store wrongfully delivered. , Find Rabbit in Mine. A rabbit so weak it could not walk was found in Atlas No. 1 mine in Southern Indiana by John Howard and Leslie Taylor who went into the shaft to make some repairs after it had been idle for six months. - They fed the -animal bread from their lunch. = Later they brought the rabbit up and it spent half an hour eating. It was later released in a field. Rob Abshire Gas Station, . Thieves broke the locks on the gaso line pumps at the Abshire Oil comlpany station in Pierceton and took iabout 39 gallons of gasoline. ‘The theft is being -investigated by Sheriff lF‘-rank McKrill and Marshal Brown of Pierceton. e Gl e Embezzled Bank Funds., Clarence E. Brown an employe of the Milroy bank 23 years nine as cashier. today was under two indiectments by the Rush county grand jury charging enibezzlement the amounts being $877.44 and $67.24. i - Wins Beanty Award ' | Miss Polly Torrence of Marion and Lake Wawasee well known in Ligonier was awarded the honor of second most beautiful co-ed at DePauw uni’versitY'-" R : i : o . : . 4100 For Ligner - Liguor will be pgnrchased by under cover _prohibition workers with $lOO ‘appropriated at a special session of

Wawaka Correspondence . © 'By Agusta Dowell ' Celia® and Gale Rickey of Ligonier spent the week end with Mr. and }Mrs. €. R. Tressler. : A constant bombardment zll day Monday caused uneasiness here until it was- learned that it was Gordon Adair and his road builders dynamiting the John Reese gravel pit. ~ Rev. Crossley will hold a series of meetings at the Pleasant Hill church beinning March 18. Rev. W. P. Minton foregn missionary secretary will assist. ) : Sugar camps are opening in Elkhart township this week and hundreds of gallons of the. finest kind of syrup will be, made. Already the aroma of boiling sap is floating in the air. a . ; The March meeting of the Elkhart township Home Division will be at the home of Mrs. Hazel Resler third Tuesday -in the month. At the February meeting held at the home of Mrs. Opha Reidenbach the association joined the Noble Couniy Federation of Clubs upon invitation o fthe Albion society. Mrs. Harfy Spurgeon who has been at the home of Mrs. Kate Shaw in Elkhart township caring for Mrs. Shaw who is ill returned home to Ligonier. While at the Shaw- home she injured herself in some way by a seratch and is very ill with blood poison. ! | _ :

Very Small Percentage

~ Evidence that tuberculosis testing and the slaughter of reacting animals is having an important effect on .the health of cattle generally in this country is found in the reports of tuber!culosis found in animals slaughtered under Federal inspection. In 1917 the average exclusive of reactors was 2.4 per cent in 1927 after 10 years of testing and killing of reacting animals the proportion detected by the meat inspectors had been réduced to only 1.1 per cent indicating that in the cattle shipped for slaughter there is less than half as much tuberculosis as there was 10 years ago. i

Farm Home Burns

" Fire which started from a defective flue destroyed the house owned by H. E. Lybarger three miles west of Kendailville on the Drake road and ali of its contents at about 11 o'clock Thursday morning. The loss is $3.000 partially covered by insurance. The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Amos Trowbridge who lost all of their household furnishings and all their clothing except that which they were wearing. Their loss which was not covered by insurance was placed at $BOO. The house which was partly insured was valued at $1,500.

Elopes With “Mail Order” Lover

Madolin Hofferman 15 pupil in the tifth grade of Garrett schools has eloped with George Mosher 23 laborer of Lodi 0., 'whom she met through correspondence. When Madolin did not appear at school the attendance officer made an invesigation and learn ed of the elopment. The girl gave her age as 18 in securing them arriage license.

Penounces Administration

* In a scathing denunciation of the administration for alleged failure to keep its 1924 farm-relief pledges M. J. Tobin Vinton la., pleaded for united support -of former governor Frank Ol Lowden’s presidential candidacy in’ opening the Towa State Republican convention at Des Moines Thursday. . Pioneer (laimed by Death. Mrs. Sarah Bowman aged 89 died at the home of her son O. G. Bowman five and one-half miles south of Albion. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. Deceased was born in Rush county but the greater part of her life was spent in this section. {mr Barbers Are Too Peaceful Darbers at Milroy were in a price war that has brmight haircuts as low as five cents. : Ezra Morrell attended the funeral of John Keim at Topeka. = N tice to Taxpayers of Elkhart - Township. : Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of Elkhart township, Nobie county, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of said civil township, al the Worth School building on the 22nd day of March at 1 P. M. will consider and determine to borrow money for expenditures not in the existing cstimates and levy, in payment of current expenses in said towuship, for public ditches, . advertising, schooi supplies, fuel, pay of teachers, junitor sex‘irices. \trans-p-ortati‘o‘n‘, and other school expenses, in the sum of four thousand dollars. .

_ Additional appropriations to the following funds will be considered and determined. . ;

Township Fund No. 4, printing and advertising $200.00. i Township Fund = Neo. 5, publyc ditches $lOO.OO, Special Schools Fund No. 23, re pair of equipment $1600.00. £ Special School No. 33, transportation of children $400.00. : Taxpavers appearing shall have a right to be heard thereon. Ten or more taxpayers other than those who pay poll tax only, who feel themselves aggreived by such determination may appeal to the State Board of Tax ommissioners for further and final action thereon, by filing a petition therefor with the County Auditor not later than the 2nd day of April 1928. jeaie

Dated this 9th day of March 1928 T. J. Mawhorter, Trustee Elkhart Township Noble County.

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