Ligonier Banner., Volume 62, Number 7B, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 March 1928 — Page 2

. . The Ligismier Banner Ectaflished 1856 ; ‘ PMiblished by , - THE BANNER PUBLISHING 0. w. C. B. Harrison, Editor ; M. A. Cotherman, Manager e Published every Monday and Thursday and entered the Postoffice at Ligonier, Indiana, as second class matter. S MRS R ST Sl S RIS Al R S Drives Car Into Diteh. "An automobile was parked crosswise on the Nottowa road, just south of Sturgis- Monday morning and the man at the wheel was flashing a spot light back and forth in the road, according to Culver Carpenter of Rome City. At any rate Carpenter drove his car into the ditch to avoid striking the parked machine. Carpenter escaped injury when his car turned upside down. Carpenter, who is a mute, indicated to officers that it would be all right for George Sarcevich, of Detroit, to go on his way. Why the Detroiter had parked his car across the road and why he was flashing the spotlight was not divulged. : . Three Boys Drown. Three boys, each less than 10 years old, were drowned in Clear lake at LaPorte, when they attempted to ~walk across a thin coating of ice, which was not sufficiently strong to hold them. Three other scrambled to safety when the ice collapsed. ' The dead are . Harold. Burg., & Ralph Mandeville, 6, and George Maudeville, 9, Ralph's brother. ‘ The three surdvivors—Lawson Bell 9. Ernest Garrity, 9, and a boy known as Stanley--were afraid to tell their parents of the accident and townspeople did not learn of the deaths until two hours after the ice gave way. . ~

High School Pair Elope Aiss Pearl Hahn daughter orf Mrs. John Hahn and Claude ‘Rebinson son of Edward Robinson both students in the Wakarusa high school eloped last week and were secretly married at South Bend. The marriage took place last Thursday and was not made known until Saturday. The ceremouy was performed by the Rev. Mr. Manning at South Bend. | The bride is a senior in the Wakarusa high school and will complete her work in school. The groom is a junior and a star member of the school’s baskethall team. : . Still Confined to Bed. i . Miss Marie Hayes, who was in;iuved in an auto accident near the city Friday evening has not yet been taien to her home in Ligonier, but is still confined to the home of Miss Malee Nelson, Dowling street, suffering from severe bruises- and cuts. Her mother, who lives near Albion is now here assisting in her carve.— Kendallville News-Sun. Sees Big Reptile. Joe Eckart while out on the river road near the Levi Chiddister farm claims to have seen a big dead alligator lying on the highway. These water animals generally appear dead when only sleeping and’ this may be the case in this instance. The querry is where did the alligator come from and how did it get where seen? - Miliord School Ransacked. The Milford school was entered sometime Sunday night, and desks of teachers and students were ransacked. So far as has been learned nothing except a small sum of monfe,{', less than ‘a dollar was taken. Locks on several desks were broken open.

Those Desiring New Furniture. Those who are tired of their cld furniture and desire new of the latest and popular models should consult J. L. Levy & Son in this city and arrange for an exchange. Instantly Killed. Amelia Karn was killed instantly and Harold Wendt of LaPorte seriously injured when a South Shore train struck an automobile in which they were riding. “Chubby” Parker has charmed millions of radio fans, see and hear him at Crystal tonight. - Administrator’s Sale. ; The undersigned administrator will offer at public auction on the John C. Foster farm two miles east of Kimmell, sale commencing at one o’clock on THURSDAY, MARCH 22 ‘The following property to-wit: sofa, six chair, four rocking chairs, bookstand, four stands, organ, two easels, pictures, hanging lamp, two cots, commode, two mirrors, sewing machine, table five chests, two wardrobes, bed with springs, dresser, three cupboards, three stoves, clock, copper kettle, two iron kettles, kerosene tank, four wooden barrels, Enterprise lard press, churn, two chairs,l spinning wheel, flour bin, six stands bees, watch, safety razor, Garr Scoit separator, fifty bushels corn more or less, 56 calibre Spence rifle . and cartridges, old McCormick binder, number of miscellaneous bogks, walnut bookcase, can cupboard, beeswax. : - Terms—cash. ey JOHN F. GORSUCH, Admr. John Singleton, Auct. ; Services in Welr Block. . _Sunday school 9:45 A M. ~‘Lesson Sermon 11:00 A. M. :S e e ~ Now is the time to pay your sub. subscription—DO IT NOW!

Lowden On the Issue : The fundamental issue before the country in this year's presidential campaign is economic not alccholie ard the batile for ballets will be fought over farm relief Frank O. Lowden believes. . “The great problems Dbefore the ccuntry,” he said in an exclusive interview at his estate éinnissippi farms *‘is the restoration of a proper balance between industry and agriculture in the interest of the sane, Licalthy development of the country.” "That, in more specific terms means farm -relief through some such plan as that contained in the much discussed MceNary-Haugen bill including the eqgualization fee “or some acceptabie substitute” Lowden said. : Death of Mrs. Imes - Mrs. Thomas Imes aged €9 years of near Brimfield died at 9 o'clock Sunday morning at the Sacred Heart hespital Garrett after an illness of nearly. four months. Death was due ito a heart attack. ; ; Mrs. Imes whose maiden name was Miss Frances Irene Keller was born near Wolcottville on October 19 1859 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington Kelier. She was reared in that jcumnmnéty and for many yearg op;erated a millinery shop in Woleottville. On March 27 1923 she was married to Thomas Imes a pioneer resident of Brimfield who survives. Fraternally she was affiliated with the Rastern Stars and the Rebekahs. | Indicted By Grand Jury. Lauther Symons state banking com‘missioner has been indicted by the ‘Warren county grand jury on a charge of aisdemeanor in connection with the closing of the Warren, County State bank at Williamsport January 18 it was announced. The indictment was returned Wednesday but was kept secret. Symons is at liberty on $5OO hond. : . The misdemeanor carries a seltence of from one day to six months and a fine ranging from $lO to $5OO. Five thousand dollars of state funds was in the bank at the time of its ¢losing. Warren Mankey cashier of the bank was also indicted. Here they come! Ken Maynard and his horse Tarzan in “The Red Raiders” at Crystal Friday and Saturday.

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i ~ Wants Mellon Ousted. ; A demand for resigmation of Secretary of Treasury Mellon and a idemocrauc denunciation of the Sinciair contribution to the republican party as “the price of republican treachery to the nation,” came in the senate Monday as a result of recent Teapot Dome disclosures. ' A statement by Senator Worris re- ' publican Nebraska that President {Coolidge should have askekd Mellon’s !resignation as soon as he learned of [Mellon’s Saturday night admissicn of }knowledge of the Harry Sinclair conitribution. : , Golfer Nearly Drowned. ; John Murphy Indianapglis narrowlv escaped death by drowning when he fainted and fell in a small lake while teeing his ball to make a “walter hole” shot. William Emerich and gPhilip Brown companions of Murphy gpulled the unconscious man from the iwater. i { v ! i To Leave Friday Morning. { Probably a half dozen cars wgl be ‘required to transport fans from this city to the finals of the basketball itourney at Indianapolis Friday and ‘Saturday. The first contingent will g’leave for the state capital Thursday 3evening. : i Golf Pro at Tippecanoe. ' Wayne Rousseau of Fort Wayne has ibeen secured to fill the position of igolt‘ professional at the Tippecanoe iLake Country eclub for next season. |Mr. Rouseau has been a student of |Chet Nelson at Fort Wayne and comes Ehighly recommended. ’ | e v ! Big Meeting Friday. | Jriday evening the Ligonier Chamber of Commerce and prominent far‘mers of the community will enjoy a banquet at 6:30 and listen to an address by a prominent speaker at Hotel i Ligonier. ‘ Arrested For Speeding. C. Vredinburgh, Maywood 111., was :arrested Saturday by <County -High‘way Officer Clarence Brubaker for {speeding and paid a fine in the Eikjhart city court. : ‘ “Chubby” Parker, = famous ra:lio fartist from WLS in person at Crystal ‘tonight, also extra {ine picture p.o‘eram. Shows at 7 .and 9:15.

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. Seniors Present Play. : The three act play, “The Dream That Came True,” to be given by the senior class of the high school of Wawaka on Friday, March 16 promIses to attract a capacity crowd. The cast follows: Nan Warthington, Ethel Pepple; Gordon' Clay, Howard Emmert; Margaret Byren, Helen LeCounty; Mrs. Jenkins, Beatrice Boyd: Angeline Maud, Polly Greenwalt; Jack Brown, Verlo Butz; Miss Louisa Hawkins, ' Ruth Butz; Florabel Maullins, Marseille Poppy; Miss Mehitabel Biddle, Lucile Schwab; Bobbie Byrnes, Ford Franks; Emmy Lou Marton, Catherine Shaw; Nora, Lela Murphy; Delphine Norton, Mildred Inks; Peg—; gy Gilbert, Gwendolyn Jones; Billy Best, George @ Domer; Mrs. Allaire, Lois ‘Smith; Doris Hall, Margaret Poppy; Lord Algernon Reginald, Floyd Murphy; Charles Norton, ‘Raiph McCloughan. ' Death of Mrs. Thomas. Zachariah Thomas, 76, died at the homé of his daughter, Mrs. Irving Kimmell two miles south of Wolf Lake’ following an extended illness. Cancer of the stomach and intestinal flu which he contracted two weeks ago terminated in his death. At the age of 24 Mr. Thomas came from Marrow county, Ohiioj, to Noble county where he had since resided. He was married early in life to Miss Retta DeWitt, who died 19 years ago. Six children survive, including Mrs. Kimmell, with whom he lived the past year; S. . Thomas, Kendallville Carl Thomas, Wolf Lake; Paul Thomas, Ligonier; Cecile Thomas and Mrs, Blanche Wood, South Bend. Funeral services were held from the Wolf Lake Baptist ehurch Wednesday at 10:30 a. m. Interment at Wolf Lake. : Y- Buys Large Estate. Roy D. Keehn Ligonier native now head of the Hearst publications in Chicago has purchased a $200,000 estate in Lake Forest according to the Herald and Examiner. There are 100 acreg in grounds and a main house of 25 vooms built by Edison White pre|sident of Armour and Co., in 1918.

A Rare Opportunity. ' Many housewives desire to ex|change their old furniture for new. | A rare opportunity is offered them at J. L. Lévy & Son’s. Arrange the exjchange and get the right price.-for the {old in exchange for new furniture. To Be Biig Meeting. e | The meeting of the Toledo-Chicago Pike -association at Hotel Ligonier in Ithis .city Friday evening March 30 will draw an immense crowd to this city of highway boosters. 'The commiftee in charge of the affair is active. - Commits Suicide William Keely 44 brick mason shot andkilled himself in the home of his estranged wife at Hartford City just as officers arrived to arrest him on a liquor violation charge. Criminal and Divorce Cases : There are seventy-seven criminal and twenty-eight divorce cases on the docket pending in the March term of the Noble circuit court. To Vist Elkhkart Arnold Elson registered podiatrist announces that he will be in Elkkhart next Monday and Tuesday March 19 and 20. Nothing but praise for “Love of Cdrmen”—see it, also see and hear “Chubby’” parker at Crystal tonight. Notice to Contractors for bids to Con- , struct Ditch ; Notice is hereby given that the undersigned appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Noble County, Indiana, as Superintendent of Construction of the ditch and drain ordered established and constructed in York Township in said County and State on_the petition of Lafayette {Crothers, et al., will at two o'clock P. M. on the 22nd day of March 1928, at the Surveyor’s Office in the Court House at the town of Albion in said County and State, Teceive bids for jthe contract of constructing said ditch and drain in accordance with the plans, specifications and profile there|for on file in the office of said Surveyor where the same may be seen. Said contract will be let as a whole and fo include the furnishing or all title, all hauling, all labor and other things required for the construction of said ditch as aforesaid. Bids shall be accompanied by a certified check for an{ amount not less than $50.00 as a guarantee that the successtul bidder will enter into contract and bond for the construction of said drain in the event his bid be accepted. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and if a satisfactory bid therefor be not received on said day bids for said contract will be received from day to day thereafter at the same time and place and upon the same terms until {a satisfactory bid be received. (Charles Dawson, : ' Superintendent of Construction R Sy LUI Ghow , Notice of Administration | Notice is hereby given that the un- | dersigned have been by the clerk of the Noble Circuit Court of Indiana subject to'confirmation by said court duly appointed administratrix and ad-| ministrator of the estate of Almena D. Morrow late of Noble County In-| diana, deceased, and creditors and all | other persons interested in her estate will be governed accordingly. | Sald estate is probably solvemt. | Florence M. Peffley, Administratrix | Ray A. Morrow Admintstrator. | Attorneys Yor Estate. @™ = sbBw/|

- Pemlyshs Is Fatal. = | - Short funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. D. H. Trimmer, age 77, who died Sunday at her home in iNoble county near the Whitley coun-, ty line. The body was taken to Boilling Springs, 111.,, for burial. Mrs.l Trimmer died following a stroke of! Iparalysis. For many years she had resided in Columbia City, moving to the farm in this county six vears ago. Mr. and Mrs. Trimmer celebrated their golden wedding anniiversary ig 1920. Surviving besides the husband are five children, forty-two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. - - : Nearby Deaths. Mrs. Sarah Mast, 78, Middlebury; Mrs. John Wurster, 77, tuberculosis, Goshen; Milo Brace, 70, cancer, of near Garrett; Mrs. J. Orr, 65, tuberculosis, Ossian; Mrs. Harry Myers, 44, diabetes, Auburn; Mrs. Harr-iett! French, pneumonia, Adams county: Joe Chroister, 70, heart trouble, Adams county. ‘ o Opens Sugar Camp. Jesse Gage has opened his sugar camp in Elkhart township-but as vet has tapped only a few hundred trees on account of the heavy carpet of leaves as yet on the ground. He will open his larger camp later on. Braden M. Franks will not open his sugar camp this year as water is still vnderfoot in the camp. | . Minister Dies. Rev. Charles ‘F. Dame, aged 69 years, veretan Baptist minister and resident of Kendallville for the past vear, died at his home on West Rush sireet Tuesday morning after an illness of several yvears. Death was due to complications caused by cancer of tlie stomach. . :

- -To Quit Business ~ The Goshen Milling Company will quif business next Friday. The mil] has been an important institution in Goshen for more than fifty years aud !was owned by members of the Hawk: ;f::mily pioneer business men. | A Pnenmonia Fatal. ‘ George W. Hoff, 80, died at his home in Clay township, LaGrince county, of pneumonia. His wi%' and three children survive. Mr. Holf way elected treasurer of LaGrange county in 1918 and again in 1920. . Awarded N dal - 0. V. Borger has bheen awavded a bronz medal by Purdue university for having developed ten cows in his herd with an average of 361 pounds of butter fat. s See Ken Maynard in “The Red Raiders”, a big superb outdoor drama for everybody at Crystal Friday and Saturday. ' Anyone in need of rubbers may secure them at half price at Kline’s.

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