Ligonier Banner., Volume 63, Number 23B, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 July 1929 — Page 1

MONDAY THURSDAY

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CONYERATION . BETWEEN 'DA“'ES . AND ° MACDONALD STEPPING STONE TO SUCH A PILAN . Lirst Speech From Throne Ever Draited By Labor Regimedn Britain is Delivered to Parliment o % ; . Conversations which,have ‘been bhegun between Prime Minister Macdonald and dU. 8. Ambassador Dawes are the basis~of British hopes for action towards an early reduction of international armaments, it was declared in King George's speech at the formal opening of the British parliament, Because of the king's recent iliness he was unable to deliver the spee(’M in person. . It was read instead h,\" [.ord Sankey lord chancellor of Great Britain before joint session 1)1"1])8] house of parliament in the housue of lords. Epoch In Britain It was the first speech- from the throne ever drafted by a labor govVernment in Great Britian. British customs provide that while the government drafts speech, it must bhe signed by the king: ' : “Conversations have commenced with the ambassador from the Unitea States on the subject of naval disarmament, in colsequence of which the earnest hope of. my government is to ensue, in cooperation with my governments in the (luminiqus and the government of India and the governments. of foreign powers, an early reduction of armaments throughout fhe world,” Lord Sankey read.’ The speech announced -the labor government’'s intention of signing the npiionul clause in the statutes of the permanent court of international justice which gives the right of ?111}' nation to demand arbitration ut"disputw\ points Jof international law. : Means hy which Great Britian niav resume comercial and diplomatic relations with the Soviet \l"nion also are ‘being cousidered,:: the kin':;"s' speech said. Negotiations on rhm‘ subject now are under \vui' lwlwounl London and other governments of the chipiie, . - ‘

New Law in'l-}g'l'e('t. L - A state law governing the issuance of licenses or permits tor the carryine ol firearms, and 21 new federal la\\" concerning the application and admission to citizenship went into effect in{ Noble county and throughout the state of Indiana, Mrs. Frances Beane; county clerk has announced. All permits for the carrying of firearms, which were issued for a oneyvear period, became void on July 1, and persons who wislf to carry weapons must. obtain new licenses. Applicants under the new law, must secure the signature of the chiet of police, the county sheriff, and the Judge of the c¢ircuit court to their application for permit.. Formerly but two freeholders had to sign the application, after which the clerk could issue a permit. : -

The change .in the new (-itizenshfiip law, according to the county clerk, largely concerns a change in forms used in naturalization. Under: the new. law, there is a charge of $5 for first papers, $lO - for second | papers, and $5 additional for a certificate of entry. In addition, all applications, as -well as final papers must bear photographs of the applicants. New forms for use under the law have not vet heen received at the clark’s office. Storm Halts Endurance Test Even automobiles may be halted in their endurance trials by storms it developed at Indianapolis when a car that had been constantly traveling around Indianapolis Speedway for 440 hours and 40 minutes came to a stop at 6:31. : . The 60 mile gale tore roofs from sev eral grand stands at the speedway wrecked pit headquarters where refueling crews and A. A. A. officials did their work and éffectively blocked the ‘track with debris. - Damage at- the speedway was several thousand dollars.

County Guardians Meet,

Rev. A. R. Cole, C. N. Cline and A. R. Otis of Kendallville were in Ligonier Tuesday afternoon attending a meeting of the Noble county board of guardians. Mr. Cline and Mr. Otis dre members of the hoard and Rev. Cole is agent. The Ligonier members of the board are Mrs. Emmett Caldwell and Fred E. Weir.

Foster Rapidly Improving

Homer Hite late Monday received a letter from Rochester Minnesota (hat George D. Foster is rapidly recovering in the Mayo hospital from his goitre operation and that he. will be able to leave the institution in twenty one days. This will prove good news to the many friends of Mr. Foster in this section.

THE LIGONIER BANNER

- SURPLUS IN TREASURY. United States Starts Fiseal Year with 5185,000,000—National Debt Reduced ta Seventeen Billion. The U. S, treasury started the fiscal year of 1930 today with a surplus of $185,000,000, a public debt of less than $17,000,000 for the first time since the war and with government finances generally in a “highly satisfactory state”, Secretary Mellon announced. Closing the treasury’s hooks for the present fiscal year, Mellon announced tiie surplus, which exceeded the treasury's rirst estimate by $148,000.000. His statement said: > “The government closed the fiscal year with its t}'inancés in a -highly satisfactory staté. Receipts again excced ed ,oxpex}dvitux'es by a substantial amount, while opr national debt shows a reduction over the 12 month pelziefi just closed of approximately $673,000,000 as compared with one of $507,000,000 in 1928.. For the first time since the war, our national debt is now below $17,060,000, ; “The total ordinary receipts amount ed to $4,033,000,000 as compared with $4,042,000,000 in -the fiscal vear 1928. The expenditures chargeable against such receipts were $3,848,000,000 - as compated with $3,644,000,000 in 1928, The surplus amounted to $165,000,800 as compared with a_surplus of $398.800,000 in 1928.” o Aggregate tax receipts were $3,540,000,000 or $176,000,000 more ‘than receipts from the same sources in 1928, [ncome tax receipts aggregated $2,330, unn,u{}n as against $2,174,000,000 in 1928 or an incredse of $156,000,000. A “remarkable ‘increase” of about $220,000,000 in receipts from current individual income tax was attributed by the treasury chiefly to widespread prosperity and profits made on the bull stock market of the pagt ye'ur.‘i Receipts from corporation taxes were a little below the year pré\'ious owing 1o a reduction in the tax rate. | Threatened increases in tariff duties caused an increase in customs duties as merchants lu,lstene(l to import large stocks before the anticipated rise, the statement said. Customs duties yvielded $602,000,000, as compared with $569, 000,000 in 1928. 1

« Protest Phone Rates, i - One. hundred twenty--five patrons of the Northern Indiana Telephone compeny, ‘'which has ‘headquarters at . North - Manchester and operates excltanges i a number of smaller sm-—i rounding communities today ordered their telephones removed. The action is teken by the patrons as a protest to; the 25-cent monthly increase and dis- | continuance of free toll scrvice between the connecting exchanges which]l bhecame effective today. e ‘ Plans for wholesale removal of telephones were discussed at a mass meeting held in North Manchester on Saturday night. It was the first time patrons of the company had held a meeting at which there was not a represetnative of the telephone company present. It was Jikewise the first of a series of meetings which have been called for the next few days in other towns served by the company. . Neeks Edison Scholarship. , Bernard Sturgis 17 of Butler will go to East Orange N. J. August 1 to compete for the Thomas Edison scholarship. Sturgis won from a field of 26 others the right to represent Indiana as a candidate for the free technical course ‘offered by the Edison laboratories. Young Sturgis was a 1929 graduate of Butler high school and has received an Edward Rector scholarship- at ; Depauw university.

Christian Endeavor.

‘“The meeting was opended with a few songs. The topic for the evening was “What has made our Nation what it is?” There were two special numbers given, Mrs. Bacheler appointed Betta Rose Heney and Letha Todd as leaders for the next meeting. The ibenediction was givn and the meeting closed. : Four Hurt in Wreck.: Mr. and Mrs. Will Colman and two daughters of Muncie suffered painful injuries when the automobile in which they were riding driven by J. C. Checkeye of Muncie plunged (rom the pavement of state road No. 3 at the south edge of Hartford City Suiiday night.

Congressman Returns, : ‘ Congressman and Mrs. David Hogg returned home Monday night from a‘ trip to Muscle Shoals following the adjournment of the-house of repregentatives. Mr. Hogg will deliver a Fourth of. July Address at Anderson Thursday. | Presbyterian Church. 1 Sunday, July 7, Sunday school at 9:30. . it - Communion service at 10:45. There will be special music. Let every member be present. Will Be Home Friday. Dr. F. W. Black who with Mrs. Black and Miss Faye Hull made a tour of Canada expects to reach home Friday evening and be in his office Saturday. v : ;

LIGONIER.NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA. THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1929

NEW BASIS FOR IMMIGRATION

German Immigration To Be Reduced And British and Irish Increased Under New Basis Adopted

| The National origins basis for |America’s selective immigration quota . ’system became effective today over the Iprotest of President Hoover who op‘gposed the plan as impracticable: : The outstanding changes etfected by ’the new system of allocating quotas lare to reduce potential German immiigration by half and to increase British tand northern _lirsh immigration by iabout the same margin Immigration gt‘rom Scandinavia will be reduced !about one third by the new program. | Congress provided for the system In ’the restrictive immigration hill of 1924 ’While a committee ot cabinet officers jattempted to devise methods of making it applicable the program twice ’was postponed. : . The new system is.designed to prb!portion immigration in a direct ratio ‘with the present racial origin of the American people. Canadian and Mexican immigration will continue un!chunge(l by the national origins profgram. : i Under the new conditions, affnual rémigration from the Irish free state ;iwm be 17,852 instead of 28,567; Swe'de,n, 3,314 instead of 9,561; Norway 2,1377 instead of 6,453; Denmark 1,181 in-%-stead of 2,789; Poland 6,524 instead of 15,982 ; Belgium 1,304 instead of 512 and !Italy 5802 instead of 3,845. : : i S e b " Speeial Judge For July. | County Clerk C. A. Gregg visited {Judge Arthur Biggs at his cottage ar ‘Tippecanoe lake Thursday evening in iregard to some court matters: and. ii'ounfd Judge Biggs much improved. Hv} il‘.‘us‘ heen at the cottage since return—i ;ing- from the hospital at Fort Wu.v‘nei %\vhere he went for tre:}tment: l 3 Judge Biggs has appointed Loomisi ‘Foote Albion attorney to preside as ! ;.\:pm-iul judge during the July adjourn-! ied term of the Whitley circuit ’(-ourt.‘% Columbia City Post. . |

Two arge Logy from One Tree. - " Two elm logs at the Peabody mill.yard at Columbia City are sc unusual lin size compared to the average loz that they are attracting considerable 'i:nlt.omlun and causing comment. The l10';;:; were from a large elm tree that Pwas found in a tract of timber northceast of LaOtto_that was bought by the ;l'&u.l,;mly company recenti.. ‘ihe two ;lug,s are from 16 to 18 f vt in civenr ference and fare expected to cut up ;inm close to 4,000 feet of amb .. ;i , j - é Delay Enforcement of Lav. ; | State police will make no cffort proIbably for several weeks to eniorce the 'drivers’ license law technically i eftfect today, Chier Robert T. riume an-t.noum-od.~ .Fewer than one-sixth the ‘licenses ‘expected to be issued have been applied ior. - “Our men will be busy examining lcrippled candidates for licenses” *Hume said. “Just now we are also iswamped with requests for police at ithe various events scheduled througn ;oul the state for July 4.”

l Grave of Chieir Eagle Found. '| What is believed to be the grave of the locally famed Potowatami Indian "Chief Ragle, was discovered at Eagle 'lake near Elkhart, by Scout Executive IC. M. Arnold of Elkhart, while he was looking over the Boy Scout camp {there preparatory to opening the camp No excavation will be made for fear 'iOf destroying the grave, _unless there lis considerable dispute over the dis‘covery. ) . :

A very pleasant affair was held Tues day at Wildwood on Turkey lake near Stroh where Dr. Wilds of Fort Wayn® entertained tha vetertnaries of norfhern Inciana and of northiwestein Ohio- at Lis cottage. A bounteous pot Juck dinner was served to 60. All day was sent in cnjoving the annual affair.

A marriage license was granted at Columbia City late Thursday aftér-’] noon to Andrew Konger Albion truck driver 'son of Frank Konger andi Dorothy Jackson of Churubusco machine operator and daughter of Mr. and'Mrs, Lawrence Jackson. . - Seek Playland Laurels A field of 25 drivers including some of the best i nthe midwest will fight it out for top honors in the 11th annual auto racing - program at Playland park’s half-mile track on Thursday ‘,the Fourth of July at South Bend. ! Visit In Detroit s - Mrs. Charles Green of Florida ana Mrs. Beulah Stone of California here on a visit with their father Greeley M. Zimmerman today drove to Detroit to call on old friends.

Successiul Chick Hatch. Roy Jorg has a big supply of young chicks at his Ligonier hatchery. A late hatchery produced 175,000 chicks and they are in good condition. Moved to Plymouth ' Mr. and Mrs . H. C. Gibson ana family moved today to 421 Miner streot Plymouth Indiana where Mr. Gibson has employment, . f

Annual Doectors Feed

Konger-Jackson.

CINCINNATI MAN NAMED. = 1 Alired Bettman as Technical Adyisor, Serves Hoover at Washington Law 1 Enforcement Board, = 1 [ President Hoover's law enforcement commission today anneunced the appointment of Alfred Bettman of (‘in—']: cinnati as one of its' technical advisgre. ‘ This is the first such u;.)poiminem_ The commission plans to retain 10 01'1 12 experts to direct the collection of data on the various phases of m'ime-i and criminal justice into which .i”‘.j inquiry will be divided. : o Bettman will conduct an investig‘u-j; tion into methpds of prosecution and| operation of prosecutors’ offices. He} has made similar studies in I)l‘s=\'imlsl surveys of crime. In 1920 he um——i ducted a similar investigation of ‘crim- | inal prosecutors in Cleveland under the auspices of the Cleveland Founda- | tion. : : : i During the war Bettman was special assistant to the attorney-general in the war division of the department | of justice. He also has served as as—‘ sistant prosecuting attorney of Humilv; ton county, Ohio, and as city vsqlicitm'} of Cleveland. - : ‘ v " The commission is selecting withé utmost care its staff of so-called tech- | nical advisers, who will probably do; moct of the actual work of (‘Ullec[in;:; the information on which the commis-'} sion bases its findings and rocom-i mendations. ' ; : l 1t is being particularly ' careful in} its selection of a man. to conduct its! prohibition survey. Several nam‘e«'! have been mentioned, bt it is undcr-é stood no one has been offered the position. | i . } Kach of the (-(n‘mfiissi(m"s experts will be given a kcle{ricu’l - statt to ‘as—’ sist in his investigation. The size of | this staff will depend largely upon the | needs of the individuals. The com-/ mission plans to allow them consider- | able latitude in their methods of col- | lécting the mecessary information. |

south Bend Indians Win Sanday

Lyons - left-handed flinger on the Chicago Union Giants exploded wita a loud noise in the firstinning and as a result Lou Batchelor’'s South Bend Tribe handed Peters’ colored outfit the abbreviated end of a 12 to 9 count in a weird slugfest Sunday afternoon ou the Playvland piark diamond. By trimming the Chivago colored team the Indians revenged a 5 to 1 sethack . aded them by the Giants earlier iu L. geason on the Plaviand diamond.

To Spend Summer Here, ST, Hldred for many years a-drug-~ glst of this city who now resides with his son Frank in New Jersey near New York city arrived in Ligonier Monday evening to remain until September Ist. At the same time Capt. and Mrs. Jack Towerton and children came from Edmondton Canada te join Mr. Eldred father of Mrs. Towerton for the summer. They will probably occupy the winter vesidence of .Judge and Mrs. A. F. Biggs during their st.ay. here. Body to Arrive This Evening - The body of Mrs. Clara Phillips will arrive at the Brown funeral home from Florida this evening. The deceased was born in Ligonier a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Casey and ‘spent her early years in this city. She is survived by her husband and a son. The funeral will be held at ten o'clock Thursday morning at the Catholic church daylight saving time,

| N ek e P { | Big Splash | ‘Jo‘se‘ph M. Stutz of \(“}osheu and bon'uld Stoops of Nappanee are recoving | lt‘rom an exciting experience at L.ake | ‘\Vawasee Sunday afternoon "when a 1 ismall speed boat in which they were ltravelimg at a fast rate suddenly up—‘ ‘set on a turn near Pickwick parkli They were rescued by motorboats from ‘uearby cottages. = ‘ — !

g Edison Stamps on Sale. : Postmaster W. S. Milner announced that the two-cent stamps commenorating the golden jubilee the invention of the electric light by Thomas Edison were placed on sale today. The iSullivan Expedition commemorative stamps of the same denomination were placed on sale a the same time. ‘ ~ Body at Browns - The remains of Clair Rockhill who died at the governiment -hospital at Maywood; Illinois are at the Brown funeral home. The deceased aged 36 years a son of Nathan Rockhill of ligonier was a world war veteran ant saw active service.. The body will be buried at Plymouth. - ;

- Convict Operated On o In an effort to correct alleged criminal tendencies an operation to regmovev pi‘essure on the brain was pers formed on Howard Buck 28 of Vincennes an inmate of the state reformatory and a former University of Chicago football star. New Location < C. A. Scott is now located in his new location having purchased the building for]r{fiE(él&'occpied by the L. L. Hayden Garage\ and will do general repaii ing of kinds. He will welcome his ‘friends in his new location. ‘

SOCIAL EVENTS.

Items Gathered hy Banner Reporters of Speeial Interest for its - Many Readers.

P * Bridge Party. ‘ 3 ! Miss Beatrix Flick entertained at ‘hridgo Mondayv evening in. her home juu South Cavin street honoring Mrs. Calvin Knecht of Glendale, Calif. Six tables at cards were formed and favors were won hy Mrs. Olive (}erhel'; Mrs. {Beulah Stone and Mrs. Kugene Ince. -!A two course luncheon was served at gt.he vlgsp of .the evening at the small itables, the color scheme being carried tout -in pink, green and lavender. {! Each table bearing a bouMlnél of pink roses. Favors were sweet ;[ire:l corsages. 'The out of ‘town guests {were Mrs. Kugene Ince of St. Joe, {.\li(?h., Mrs. Beulah Stone, of Glendale, ‘Calif., Mrs. Charles Green of Tampa, ';-Fla.. Mrs. Grace Stone, of Mishawaka: { Mrs. Challis Gore, of Crestwood, N. Y., Mrs. Leslie Yoder of Toledo, Ohio, and Miss - Lucille Beuehtel of Auburn. - % - * » - i : Entertain at iDnner . { My, and Mrs. Earl Knepp entertpinged the Misses Rose Schroek and Inez iHayden at a six o'clock dinner Tuesfda_v evening July 2. The occasion’ befing in honor of their daughter Miss ‘Grace Knepp who celebrated her birth;day anniversary. The table was beau;tifully decorated with pink carnations. "'l‘he party later attended the Crystal. "®= : : { ' Pienic Supper. - g Ars. Wallace Bobeck entertained the | Thursday -night bridge club at a pienic Ssu_pper Tuesday night ‘at her home on ‘Martin street. High scores were made by Mrs. Arthur Ferguson and Mrs. 'Cecil Griffith. - . , e& 9 ¥ ’ 4.\[l’_s;. Arthur 18, Kelley will entertailn ‘the members of her bridge clubs at a ldinner-bridge Friday evening. -

E . (‘hristian Chureh, - . ’ ~ Bible school in chargeSof Supt. J. .L‘.‘ Kimmel meets at 530 Central Stam‘ dard time. Let us see that “Old Man }: ‘Slmnp"" does not get in anymore. Attendance: very good last Sunday.| Preaching and communion service at| 10:30 Standard time. . : ' ! Thé evening service has been set foreward on hour, 7:30 dayvlight sae-| ing time. This service will be given over to a program of Patriotism. The ! choir together with the audience willl sing a number of patriotic hymus, the‘ orchestriv will be present to rendm‘, sx_')ocial music, a number of readings will be given by members of 'the-Stm-! day school.: j - Choiy rehearsal Friday evening at! the chureh. A full attendanve u!’-:i“?' who sing is desired. : :

i x & . i s 2265 Applications 2265 applications for. drivers permits have he?u received at the Coluny, bia City license bureau up to date This does not represent the total number of applications received from the coun ty as notary publics at South Whitley Churubusco and Etna haye been taking applications for the permits. E Permits have npt been mailed out )Very fast at - Indianapolis and press' 'dispatches state that but ten 1);[‘ cent | of the total number applying for per-l ‘mits' have received them. ' ‘ July Ist was to be the date on which | ‘the law was to go into effect bat it is} lhard to see how it can be. put in force ! &when so many have not receive(l_ per-.l (mits. an : : | { R

| tnsurance Company Hit, - ~ The Elkhart County Farmers’ Insu. ance company report the heaviest to:s | fthey have ever sustained througho: filkhart, Noble and LaGrange countic; from buildings damaged by the storm ‘mm"e especiall y barns and contents, ‘which will work quite a hardship. on’ iqhe company. - So far in all their exsperieilce‘,the rate has been exqéedingw ly low on tkis class of insurance. In !t‘act the damage already reported is heavier than ever shown this early in the season with July and August iswr‘ms yet to hear from. ° :

| Three Injured in Collision | i Three persons were injured Sunday | afternoon when two automobiles collided on the Edwardsburg road north ;01’ Elkhart. The cars were driven by Frank Dennison and Hector Huyes hoth of Elkhart Mr. and Mrs. Dennison ‘and Mr. Huyes were cut and bruised and EHuyes’ companion a young‘ woman 'had several teeth broken out. ° ! T Prison to Make License Plates i ‘ - Trustees of the Indiana state prison have awarded a contract to the John ‘R. wald company Nitro, W. Va,, for installation at the prison of a plant for the manufacture of automobile ‘license plates and road markers. The ‘i\vam company’s bill was $64500. |

Want Standard Time l A petition has been circulated for the purpose of changing the daylight saving time back to the Standard time in Syracuse. The petiticn was placed in hands of town board to take action on it at once. ‘ e | | Out With New Car. ‘ | Milo Renner rural mail carrier out lof Ligonier is out with a new Chevrolet car for use on his route. It is of the latest model.

POLICE NAB BUS DRIVERS.

Nine Arrested at Elkhart Sunday ior Having Improper Licenses on Vehicles they Operate,

} Nine bus drivers for various bus com (panies felt the effects Sunday of the war heing waged by the Elkhart police department against the operation of busses without proper licenses. | While wholesale arrests have been 'made in Elkhart for the past several |weeks. Sunday thie full force of the iet‘fm'ts to enforce the law were relt hy ithe bus companies. 3 x“ Five of the busses halted in Elk‘hart belonged to the Greyhound lines ’which operates through Ligonier. tAll drivers were released and ordercd !to;appear in Elkhart city court at a later date. Heretofore the busses 'were held in Elkhart until licenses lwere procurred. ; L ! Ross Greenwalt, former state repre!sentative and former chairman of the 'motor bus division of the public ser :‘\'ice commission and now manager of the van department of the Grevhound ‘lines. was in Elkhart MondoaVv mornling in an attempt to clear up-the situf:lti(‘)n as a representative of his coni: pany. . i | Mr. Gréenwalt stated that he was 'n‘ot aware of any reason why the Dbusses were without licenses fon the iGre’yhom_uL,lines pay from $l5O to 3200 forfeach set of license plates and the total amount of license fees paid to the state of Indiana each vear amounts to 30,000 in addition to $2OO . gas tax daily. .However, Mr. Greenwalt did say that 80 busses belonging to his company are now and have been in rebuliding shops and that some mts understanding in the transferring oe plates from ocne bus to unbthm' might have resulted when busses were suhstituted. - ‘

Big Inerease Over Last Year.

A 10-percent increase in gasoline sales for May over the same period last vear and ,the additional 1-cent increase in the tax netted the stais $1,5671,187.35 accoiding to the monthiv report of Lelank K. Fishback state gasoline tax collector. "~ The report was released tor the end of June covering May sales. It showed an increase of $50,492.33 over May 1928. There were 39,279,683 gallons sold this year and $35,680,833 last May. = | L

ti aith Deesn’t Improve Much

Dr. E. S. Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Saloon league who went to a sanitarium at Battle (‘reek Mich., two weeks age for his heaitl, has not improved greatly and s so wenk that an operation: plauned Jor the next few dayvs vd to be p(—)stpmied‘ This \S'as the word given by himself to his wife in a long distance telephone call. Previously he had written that he was to be .operated on. ’ L Takes Own Lite - Frank Klinger 69 ot Elkhart éommitted, suicide at the Elkhart infirmary early Sunday morning by sutting his. throat with a pazor. Klinger = ‘carpenter had been in ill health fov & %past Six montfxs and had been taken to a hospital and later to the county Einfirmary. This week he was to have P)eeu taken to the Moose home ai "Moosehaven, Fla. 4 !

Not Trouble Was Cause oi Suicide Mrs. Frank Baker whose husband conadtted suicide at the New York Central hotel at Goshen of which he wis the proprietor said that she and he husband had not quarreled and that domestic difficulties could .not have been the cause of his action, A veport of guarrels between the two had been made to the police by room‘ers at the hotel. -

(hurch (elebrates Anniversary

A large crowd attended the sixtieth anniversary of the dedication of (i~ Zion Reformed church a tMillersbur: Sunday. The church building was filled to capacity by members and former members of the ‘Millersburg church. The Rev. Henry Gekeler editor of the Christian World Cleveland Ohio was }the principal speaker of the day.

Boy Is Injured

' Robert Hackman ten years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hackman of Elkhart sustained: a fracture of his left collar bone Sun&ay evening when he was struck by an automobile driven by Hascall Long of Elkhart. . The hoy ran in front of the car on Indiana avenue. . ;

Historic Elm Blown

Souvenir hunters stormed the camp ground of the Friends church at Plain elm victim of last night’s storm. elem victim of last night’s storni. The elm was torn from the ground by the wind. Two years ago half the tree was blown away.

Chickens Are Stolen

Sixty Barred _Rock chickens were stolen from the farm of Ben Wogoman two and a half miles northeast of Wakarusa Friday evening. '

No Mail On July 4th

There will be no mail delivered from the Ligonier postoffice Thursday July 4th. Mail will be distributed to local box holders as usual. g

- TWICE WEEKLY

VOIL. 463 NO. 288

[HOMAS VARIETY oI ORE ENLARGED

LONG ROOM HAS BEEN FURTHER LENGTHENED 10 ACCOMMODATYE -~ NEW GOODS ' Rear Portion o Big Store Fitted Yor An Extra Department Which Was T < Much Needed o .Sounds of the hammer and saw have beer mmsic to the ears of W. R. Thomas the past ten days as carpenters were engaged in greatly enlarging his alread big variety store. Mr. Thomas left his Warsaw store to come to Ligonier that he might dl- - im;:n_'xgvmnenls while the Manager Ray Matthews looked after the trado Whicky has inereased daily since the new store opened its doors. Mr. i’l‘h(m.us has had years of exipel'iexl«‘e in conducting a successful store of a like nature at Warsaw and lie has ample resources to see any such - undertaking as operating two stores through to success. The rear _portion of the Ligonier store room is being titted up for a snicial department and is nicely finishe ' Goods for this department will probably be along hardware lines’ : "!‘h(_ price of articles in this variety emporium vary from 5 cents to ole dollar. : o : Wheln visited at the noon hour Tuesdayv Banner representativg found many customers in.the place with business rushing. © Mr. Thomas believes in leglitimate mlvertistfing and while uging the news papers libevall 'v he Has recently cansed attractive signs to be posted on the highways leading to Ligonier calling attention to his: hnsiness. ; The public ‘is cordially invited to visit the Thomas Variety store and see the big stock it contains and note the improvement in the salesroom. ‘ E'nited Brethren Convention ~ Phe i nited. Brethren Christian Endeavor department and’ the Sunday School departmetns of the St. Josaph ]«:(".nh‘:wsz will hold their annual con- . antion - and training _school at Oakwood park beginning next Monday. The }:.'n» wdaic o will B about one thousand and teachers this yiar have planned o eveat (’O'le's‘f it bein under the. direction. of the State Coaneil of Religiduf; Education. Tino ,jorenoons will ihe givell over 1o class work, co'n\"(\ntion and stud: whiic the afternoon will ’h‘é:f;iven over to supervised recrea tion. ‘P‘fz’u-hvevening there will be a service in'zh_é large auditorium. Prox'nin'ent. spadkers of the de_nomination will be preseit through the week. Mrs: J. Ha! Smith of Dayton Ohio will have charze of the Bible Study. The convention wil l-ontinue over Sunday July 14 . 2 3

. United Brethren Church Sunday ‘School at 10 o'clock. Let us make the month of July show .a . splendid record in attendance.’ » “oruing Worship at 11 o’clock. Sermon by the pastor. We plan to make this a 45 minute service. Your presence will help. : Kvening Worship at 8 o’clock. Sermon hy the pastor. Close the Holy Sabbath < Day by being present at church. : ¢ Next week the training school for’ Young People and Adults will be held at Oakwood Park. We hope our people will avail themseleves of this wonderful opportunity. » L Simday we will make announcement bi the ten who made the best record at rem‘mnce for Worship Service for the last six months. . 2o interested in the church—attend *Ask what vou can do. Do what you be lieve’ ought to be done. Have a talk with your pastor about the work o the church. Tt will help him and might help you. , : 3 (+ets Snspended Sentence " Joe Oberto of Chicago who was indicted with six others for conspiracy ‘to violate the national prohibition aect in Adams county was given a suspended sentence of nine months in Allen county jail when he entered a plea of guilty before Federal Judge Thomas F. Slick at South Bend. - Oberté had been in jail since his arrest in April. ; Oberto was arrested when federal officers. found two 500-gallon stills on a farm four miles east of Decatur while they were look ing for Kirby Davis alleged bank bandit. “At the time the officers made the raid Oberto was present at the stlll. One thousand gallons of alcohol was ready for shipment. .

Bus in Crash

Twenty-two passengers of a Greyhound bus escaped vhen the machine croshed into an automobile after hitting a tree which had fallen across a highway 'near Indianapolis . Although the automobile was wreck ed Benjamin Peacock its driver was injured only slightly. :