Ligonier Banner., Volume 64, Number 22A, Ligonier, Noble County, 16 June 1930 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner Established 1866 = Published by : THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO. W. C. B. Harrison, Editor M. A. Cotherman, Manager

Published every Monday and Thursday end entered the Postoffice at Ligonier, Indiana, as second class matter.

Slaying of Negro Solved. The slaying two months ago of E. D. Pierson 54 negro Chicago auditor of the National Baptist convention - killed™ police said, because he ‘“knew too much” about the juggling of a $62.000 fund in the Nashville Tenn., " office of the negro organization was believed solved. : Under arrest at Indianapolis were the Rev. B. J. F. Westbrook pastor of the largest negro church in Indianapolis and George Washington 41 described by police as a hired negro gunman. : At Nashville police arrested A. M. Townsend reputedly one of the wealthiest negroes in the country secretary of the Baptist Sunday School Publishing board and auditor of a negro bank in Washville. He was released on $lO,OOO bond. .

Found Dead in Automobile

Eli Steinbeck 60 was foundd dead in his automobile Thursday night near his home at Mishawaka. He was asphyxiated by carbon monoxide gas. The body was discovered by Floyd "NighsWar,lder 21 a neighbor who had heard Steinbeck’s motor running for some time and went to investigate. Police and firemen worked over the body more than an hour with an inhalator.: ; e

To Open At Waco June 16th

Otto Sieloff and his band just returning from a tour of the east where he has played some of the leading hotels and cafes of the United States will appear at Waco on Wawasee. His band is composed of 10 artists entertainers of the highest calibre with novelties and special features which cannot be surpassed. - The band opens at Waco tonight.

Takes Own Life

Nicholas J Kaczmarek 38 took his life Thursday by jumping in front of a switch engine on the New York Central railroad at South Bend He was said to be heavily in debt to loan firms in South Bend and this was blamed for-the suicide :

The most talked about picture in year “The Divorcee” with Norma Shearer at Crystal Tuesday Wednesday Thursday. '

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VISIT THOMAS FOR BIGGER AND BETIER VALUES

Thursday Only Gray Granite Dish Pans 10 qt. size with handles, good - quality, each 180 One to a Customer

. BROOMS Household Brooms, good quality Broom, 50c value €)X .. Each - 25¢

, ' NEW PRINTS Comercially fast colors in the new and wanted patterns : L , 10c Yard :

RAYON SILK UNDIES | ' This lot of good quality Silk Undies includes Bloomers, Slips, Vests, Gowns, Step-ing Shorty Bloomers, values up to 79¢, choice ‘ 45 c Each

LADIES FULL FASHIONED HOSE . These first Quality, fine silk to top, all new colors, $l.OO value Bet b QO ~ Pair - , .- Rgefic .

EXTRA SPECIAL ; Congoleum Rugs, size 15x27, 10¢ value—only three to a customer ity

. TABLE OIL CLOTH COVERS i ~Table Oil Cloth Covers, size -45x45, and a 39c value at only s, o 0

BOARD WANTS NEW HEARING

Takes Issue On Court Ruling Relative to Damages to Property Owners Lo On State Roads

The Indiana state highway com‘nission is preparing to ask rehearing of the state supreme court’s recent decision ‘'that property owners are entitled to full dam@ges in highway re-routing cases without deductions or benefits it was announced today. The decision if it stands will in¢rease damage payments about $1,000,000 a year highway officials said. ~ Algo according to Owen F. Boling, §lSSEStant to John J. Brown commission director cost of road building Lwouid be increased substantially and }wobably would mean a reduction of abouat 35 miles in the annual paving prozram. : : ' Constitutionality of the court’s decision was _attacked by Connor D. o Ross deputy attorney general assigned to highway cases.

Leaves Elkhart

Mrs. Mollie Shively who claimed the widow’'s Share of the estate of the late Joseph . Shively Elkhart shpe merchant left with her companion Mrs. W. M. Miller for her home at Los Angeles in a Pierce-Arrow car. Mrs. Shively said that she had not made a claim before because she had been in ill health for the past five years, but that she finally decided to do so because her husband had left the money to two other women who were not related to him. Mrs! Shively said that she had lived in Elkhart for eight years before her marriage and that she had many letters from her husband to substantiate her claims. She also claims to have a marriage license showing that the marriage took place in Memphis, Tenn, , 3

Hangs Self in Engine Cab

John Henry Myers. 60 of Elkhart a New York Central railroad employee Wednesday committeed suicide by hanging himself in the cabin of an engine at the roundhouse where he was employed. - The body was found by his twin brother Benjamin Myers He suspended himself with a bell cord in the engine cab. 111 health was blamed. = )

Reunion of 157 Regiment

The 157th Indiana Volunteer infantry known as the Studebaker Tigers held their 32nd annual reunion at South Bend on Saturday and Sunday June 14 and 15.: This regiment was \the first Indiana regiment mustered Wito the forces of th e United States \for service in the SpanishAmerican war. . -

The year’s sensation “The Divorcee” at Crystal this Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.

THE W.R.THOMAS 5c to $5.00 STORE - - Next to Talking Pictvre Show, Ligonier, Indiana | _ s ol S ANNOUNCE THEIR L et . , | -~ FIRST ANNIVERSARY SALE | ._______'____Ll_l_‘E;fd‘y’ Friday and Saturday This Week . |

OUR THANKS TO THE PUBLIC~For the marvelous support they have given us' during our first year in Ligonier, thousands of people have visited our store from all parts of the county and have found good quality merchandise at low prices. It is our constant aim to offer merchandise of highest puality at lowest prices as we want the people of this community to feel a confidence in this store. Prompt, courteous service welcomes you every day in the year. We quote below some of the outstanding values offered during this sale, BUY NOW! Take advantage of prices you will not see again in six months. e

LIGHT BULBS Tungston Electric = Light Bulbs, 25 to-60 watt, good quality Each 10¢ ™

COME! Other Items Not Listed Will Be on Sale. ~_ COME! W D TOOMILQ sctossoo _Next door to Crystal Talking Picture Show. ~Ligonier, Indiana

Delmore Roller of Goshen was made defendant in a $5,000 alienation suit brought by Samuel Leßoy of Elkhart in a complaint filed Friday in Elk‘hart supertor court, . ey ’aLeßoy charges Roller as being responsible for the ‘separation of him and his wife Anna Leßoy. The LeRoys were divoreed last Friday. Leßoy further claims in his complaint that Roller was a frequent visitor at- the Leßoy home during his absence and that on one occasion Roller and Mrs. Leßoy drove to South Whitley, Ind., where they spent several days. :

Gifts totalling $165,000 were announced by President Edward C. Elliott of Purdue after a meeting of the University board of trustees. ~ The late Thomas Duncan Duncan Meter Work founder gave $115,000 for erection of the third unit of the electrical engineef building. This wilk be known as the “Thomas Duncan Laboratory of Electrical Measurements.” A second gift by F. M. Carey was made for construction of the“ Franklin Levering Carey Memorial hall a dormitory for men. e Work on both buildings will commence soon it was announced. ‘

- A .$50,000 breach of promise suit was on file in common pleas court at Elyria Ohio today by Fred W. Morley 24 of Angola former Oberlin college student against Mrs. Ruth Grant Markham 23 of Philadelphia. Morley charges in the suit that he ‘became engaged tq Ruth Elizabeth \Grant on February 12 1929. The en--’gagement he alleges was to have been publicly announced April 1 1930, and the wedding was to have taken place on June 13 1930. " Mrs. Grant however married E. Markham of Philadelphia on Apri] 12 of this year which Morley claims “caused him to lose the advantage of a desirable matrimonial alliance.” The suit declared that Morley’s affections were “disregarded to his great mortification and suffering.”

Anderson Miller aged 69 years retired farmer died at his home at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday evening after a brief illness from apoplexy. He was stricken Monday evening and nexer rallied. :

Many witnesses have been examined by the Noble county grand jury in session at Albion. The term will hold over today and mey not adjourn for several: days. e

The year’s sensation “The Divorcee” at Crystal this Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. . '

TABLE OIL CLOTH, Deryard .......o..sciin2Be . NEW GLASSWARE, BIG VALUES e e STEVENS ALL LINEN TOWELING, per yard .............18¢ TURKISH TOWELS, large 50c value, each .......................39¢ 5-PIECE GLASS MIXING BOWL SETS, per set ... 49¢ RUFFLED CURTAIN MATERIAL, per yard ..................9¢ CLOTHES PINS, go Bsl 10-QUART GALVANIZED PAILS, each 1(5;c 12 QUART MILK PAILS T e BE. L BUBBRRGLOVE goegide 0. . ag 5-FOOT STEP LADDERS, each ettt tnesiee s 89C ~ 2-CELL FLASH LIGHT, READY, FOR USE ...............49¢ LADIES’ RAYON HOSE, 7356, value, per pair semassassberesiarsiniill LARGE SALAD BOWLS, 25¢ alue ; , . 10e¢ WINDOW SCREENS, 12 inch size, each ........................23c. | . e e MEN’S WORK SHIRTS, all Sizes ........................49¢c PALM OLIVE SOAP, 10c value, per bar ...............ccc.oneeo.eess¢. OIL FLOOR MOPS, LARGE SIZE, each .......................95¢ NEW CRETONES, 25¢ value, per yard .........................19¢ —-—-——-—‘—M_______A 5 * .-

" CANDY SPECIALS SALTED PEANUTS, per pound ....................n.e............. 106 ORANGE SLICES, Per pound ...................cocooovccssssosossnennslo€ GUM DROPS, per pound VeeverisLitsasinesnsasresnsnsansnasasnsstasenisnnnes, LOC CHOCOLATES DROPS, per pound et v FUDGE, FRESH AND PU‘RE,per polmd ._................._‘.......'.12(! A CANDY BARS, NEW, 3 bars Saa i e s e 7 : % £l€7 5 ey SST e ~ . e

A 1 , - This lot of good quality ware includes 1% and 2 quart Pudd- ; : o . ePy ing pans 2 quart Dairy Pans and 14 and 16 inches mixing ' vory an 1 reen e war e .bowls, Lipped sauce pans, No. 9 Deep Pie Pans etc., Unusual > c , ¢ 5 e, | ~ values at this low price. Your Choice each s

Announces $165,000 Gifts

Sues For Breach of Promise

Apoplexy Fatal

Many Witnesses Examined.

GOLF HOSE Boys’ Golf Hose, new patterns, good quality, 25¢ value. VP = air 1Y

RAND ARMY ENDS CONVENTION

eweastle to Entertain Veterans For Encampment Next Year While All

Following a brief business session} Thurgday afternoon of the newly elected officers the fifty-first annual ‘encampment of the Indiana Grand Army was brought to a close at Wabash after Newcastle had nosed out Anderson and Marion for honor of entertaining the veterans next year. Two ballots were required to select 'the convention city when a protest was filed because no tellers had been named on the first vote which gave Newcastle 91; Marion, 52, and Anderson 25. On the second vote Newcastle received 59 votes Anderson 5%; and Marion 46. : Dr. Isaac B. Austin of Noblesville defeated A. IN. McNair of Martinsville for the office of state commander after Thomas Ream of Indianapolis with drew from the race. The vote was 55 to 44 ’ :

‘Other officers then named by acclamation were W. A. Kilmertin| Princeton, senior vice-commander i A H. Baker, Wabash junior vice commander; Joseph B. Henninger, Rensselaer, adjutant (appointed); David Kinney, Rockville, chaplain; B. H. Sowan, Crawfordsville - medical offi’cer; John McCay Indianapolis dele-gate-at-large to national encampment Will Mead, Lebanon, alternate; S. F. Braselton, Evansville; Philip Brown, Franklin ;R. H. Tyner Newcastle; Charles Gale Logansport and David Foster Fort Wayne counci] of addminstration. Other offices will be filled by appointment. : : The veterans adopted a resolution asking that the national encampment empower the auxiliary ‘units: to. have charge of the buriall and tribute te members of the Grand Army in the future. The resolution sets forth that such action is necessary because the Grand Army is becoming so depleted and feeble that in numerous cases" it is unable to pay such respect to comrades. 3 i

~ Another resolution adopted protested the erection of a monument to any Confederate general in Washington; D. C. 47 Lae

~ Other groups electing were: ba g ~ Women’s Relief corps—Mrs. Kate "'l‘ay[or Bedford persident;: Laura Logue, Terre Haute senior vice; Myrtle Turschman Wabash junior vice Ossia Tunney Bedford treasurer; Lena Miller Logansport = chaplain; ICora Reed Newcastle; Gertrude Burch Huntington; Adelia Phenius Richmond; Lillie = Ramsey Hessville; \Gladys Bothwell . Griffith advisory board. 2y

Tarriff Bill Is Passed

The long pending tariff bill was passed by the U. S. Senate Friday by a vote of 44 to 42.

TOWELS . Turkish Towels, = big thirsty Towels size 21x42 2 3 Each : c , 2 for 45¢

POPULATION OF NOBLE LESS

Decrease of 196 Persons In 10 Years ~ While There Are Gains in Whit- : * ley and Steuben ;

. Noble county has lost 196 citizens in the past decade, according to official_'figuresh,relegsed today by Charlles Fred Hess of Fort Wayne twelfth district census supervisor. The 1930 population of the county is placed at 22,274 compared to 22,470 in 1920. ~ The population of five of the six counties in the twelfth district as ’[listed by Mr. Hess shows that Whitley and Steuben counties had small. gains while Noble DeKalb and - La—! Grange counties had decreases. The ‘Allen county report as yet is incompléte. S - The announcement also carried the number of farms in each county, Noble having the most. The figures are as followes: i Noble county—l93o population, 22,274; 1920 population 22,470, farms, s3OB. o DeKalb county—l93o population, 24, 881; 1920 population 25,600; farms, 2,194, ; ~ Whitley county—l93o population, 15,907; 1920 population 15,660; farms, 2,027. e i : ‘Steuben county-—1930 population, 13,406; 1920 population 13,360 farms 1,676. e - ‘ LaGrange county—l93o population, 13,787; 1920 population, 14,009; farms 1,815. ; ; : ’

: -.-o Ode to Father - ' I wish I were as trig a man, : As big a man , ~ - As bright a man, I wish I were as right a man in all this earthly show, ~ As broad and high and long a man, As strong a man 4 As\fine a man - As pretty near divine a man as one

I used to know. ‘ I wish I were as grave a_man | ' As brave a man : - As keen a man, . As learned and serene a man, as fair to friend and foe, I wish I owned sagaciousness And gracicusness As should a man A s ‘Who hopes to be as good a man as one . I used to know. | I'd be a creature glorious ° . Victorious . ; ' A wonder-man, T Not just—as now—ablunder ' man - ‘whose ways and thoughts are : slow, ‘ { If T could only be the man ! | One half of one degree the man, ’I used to think my father was, when ; ; I was ten or so! |

Dr. Black of this city took Mrs. William Schick to Elkhart last Wednesday for an X-ray of her fractured left leg. : kb

TRACK PANTS Sensational low price on Athleticc Underwear, size 28 to 42 e S Ons.

Red Cross Service School

‘Workers from local Red Cross chapters in Indiana Kentucky and Ohio= will receive special training in Red Cross technigue at an institute to be held at West Baden Springs, Indiana during the week of June 19-25. ~ The courses of study cover administration methods, the financing of 'social work, the claims service for ‘war veterans, the local and national organizations of the Red Cross, and its various peace-time services, which include disaster preparednes and relief procedure. A :

‘The faculty is supplied. by the national organization of the Red Cross From the central headquarters at Washington come Everet Dix assistant manager of the eastern area; Miss Edith Spray, assistant to the national director of~ war service; Miss I. Malinde Havey, national director of public health nursing, assisted by Miss Helen F. Dunn, nursing field repersentative in the states concerned; and A. L. Schafer national director of field operations, Red Cross disaster relief. ‘

Convieted 50 Times Wins Point

‘After being convicted of violating the prohibition law mearly 50 times, Mrs. Freida Schuller staged a comeback rdeently by winning a point in one of her cases. When her counsel declared that no notice of a trial had been given in her case the Porter cireuit court ruling providing. for the foreéfeiture of her $5OO bond was [set aside. : : 2 e

Guardian’s Notice of Sale of Real Estate

State of Indiana, County of Noble SS: , In the WNoble Circuit Court _ . May Term, 1930. In the Matter of the Guardian

ship of John Woodward Hays and Mary Katherine Hays, - minor heirs of Woodward H. Hays, deceased. | = By virtue of an order of the Noble Circuit Court, the undersigned- guardian of . John Woodward Hays and Mary Katherine Hays, will, at the banking house of the Albion National Bank in the Town of Albion, Noble County, Indiana, on the-3rd day of July 1930, at the hour of ten (10) &.o'clock A. M. and from -day to day thereafter until sold offer at private sale, for not less than its appraised value, certain real estate belonging to said minors, described as follows to-wit: ; . g :

The undivided one third of the west Half of the southeast quarter of section eleven (11), township thirty-four (34) North, Range REight (8) East, Noble County, Indiana, e Said sale will be made subject to the approval of sair Court and for cash. , G e ARTHUR W. LARSON Guardian. Tl sl - 9%a%w

KIDDIES ANKLETS In the wanted colors, good quality, size 5% to 9, 25¢ value 5 fe e

- DIJER KISS POWDER Package contains one large box each face and Talcum powder, one bottle perfume, all for . .. S

- BOYS’ WASH SUITS ; Sleeveless style, Linen and Madras materials sizes 3 to 6, 49 to 59c values . e o

p Y ‘ ~ CARD TABLES » Here is an unusual value, Fibre Tops' metal corners, colored wood legs ' B

' 'HOUSE FROCKS o ~Wonderful new styles, guaranteed fast -colors, our regular $l.OO value. This sale OiR o Lol e .

Lo CEXVABRREAL . - Turkish Towels, size 131%46x25, limit four 10 & custemter W s 8 e ' . TR ‘4"*l'.‘6’l?"*’ iTI

- IS BIG HELP TO ~ ELDERLY PEOPLE

",’: % ‘.:;"“ £24 ‘ " "‘s, : ’iw DL gl “{\*; C 7.0 In 1885, Dr. Caldwell made & disovetgnls’thhtuhy! Years of practice conmvinced luim that man peophmdnsng their %‘smm ‘ laxatives. a search for a harmiess pfi-&kfi'fl be y yet would peither por form any habit Ar last he ic it. _Over and over t wrote it, when he found people headachy, ou of wsorts, wut‘o: feverish; with coated tongue, bad breath, no appetite :rb.dennugy It relieved the mest ate cases, was tie ‘peoyle. - ir‘fl"oday.thissamefm.eifusmziw: stewdpflon,known'uDr.CnMs Pepsin, is the world's meos: }@: laxative. It may be obtmimed Sydoapgias

IRA J. SHOBE GENERAL INSURANCE

Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia im 80 minutes, checks a Cold the first dny and checks Malaria in three days. ~“ 66 also In Tablets

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Friday Only Bleached Hope Muslin | 5 yards for : e ~ Limit 5 yards to Customer

e Rag Rugs, large size, good colors, 49¢ value : ' Each - 39¢