Ligonier Banner., Volume 69, Number 48, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 December 1935 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner Established 1867 Published by THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO. : 124 Cavin Street M. A.-Cotherman Editor-Manager Published every Thursday and entered the Postoffice at Ligonier, Indiana as gsecond class matter,

SIGNS OF THESE TIMES

The year 1936 holds excellent promise of becoming a new ‘“era of good feeling” in America. The farmer is in spirits. Working menand women are going back to their old jobs or finding new ones. Businesg is climbing the hill to new profits. The only sour note is the tireosme complaints of the “politiical advantage seekers.” Thoss who wish to find fault will contradict themselves many times but will not be silenced even by any improved state of conditions.

When the depression struck, telephone service was the one public utility which consumers found the) could get along without. A a result 2,000,000 telephones went out of service between 1930 and 1933. This year, however, approximately 400,000 telephones have been restored to service, making a gain of some 700,00, stations gince the depression low point This would indicate that business recovery is substantial and that homes once more can afford the luxury of telephone service.

The national conference on employment and industrial cooperation which met in Chicago recently reported that jdleness among workers is the least today since 1931. Hours of work in 5 .n’{ajor industries are 381% a week against 34 a year ago Weekly wageg are the highest in four years. Some corporations like lihe Aluymirum “~Company and DuPont have increased hourly wages.

'With conditions much better for the farmer and the worker it is no wonder that thea utomobile industry is laying plans to built 4,000,000 cars in 1936. Approximately 2% million autog and trucks have been gold in the first ten months of 1935. ‘

Christmag trade with the. retaii stores of the country is better this year by 10 to 25%. One Chicago mail order house had a November business that was even better than anything experienced in the year 1929. An indication of the pickup in retail business over the country is the report of the National Cash Register Com-

pany of Dayton, O. Thig firm report ed its November business to have been 999% bettey than for November last year. Its businesg for 11 months of 1935 has been 239 vwetter than last year. - In November, 827 corporations “of America distributed $401,500,000 .in dividends to stockholders. This was the largest distribution these corporations have made since 1931. Public utilities who have been leading the chorus against Wew Deal legislation and gederal regulation distribut ed $91,900,000 in dividends and thus digsputed their assortiong that govern ment regulation has hamstrung bhusinesg and profits. Railroads which were saved from collapse by government loans paid $28,700,000 in dividends. Looks as though the government will have no trouble getting that money back.

To Be Taken From Relief Lists

Clarence Manion Indiana director of the National Emergency council, said all persons omployed on business surveys to be conducted by the federal bureau of census will be taken from relief rolls. ;

The surveys will be directed in Indiana by John J. Lenncn, a repregsentative of the U. S. depaciment of commerce, and will start January 2.

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TAXES ARE DIVIDED

Noble County Au'itor Gerry DeHoff Is Making Distribution of : $343,57:2.65. :

Distribwion ot 347,573.66 representing the fall tax collection, is now being made by County Auditor Garry DeHoff. The sum includes $41,758.74 in delinguent tax collected.

~ The state of Indiana received, $29,517.22 divided as follows: State revenue tax, $8,663.06; state school revenue, sll,769.26;teachers’ retirement fund, $3,783.75; World war memorial, $631.19; * state board of agriculiure, $5651.84; state forestry tax, $315.33: iGeorge Rogers Clark memorial, $.43; educationa] improvement tax, $5.80library building tax, $2.89; cominon school fund interest, $3,322.14; interest per endowment, $331.53; dockel fees, $140.00. The county tax collected is $56,717.11; township poor tax, $37,005.87: county unit road bond and interest. $16,227.45;: township unit bhond and iterest, $40,431.70; gravel road’ repair, $77.¢2; county bridge bond, $3,150.26; county fair, $927.93.

Distribution to the various towns and townships is as follows: Washington tcownship, $5,089.84: Sparta, $15.340.94;: Perry, $5,576.94; Elkhart, $6,635.71; York, $10,713.54; Noble, $7.610.73; Green, $2,997.71; Jefferson $6,955.98; Orange, $7,937.80; Wavne, $5.892.13; Allen, $13,054.91; Swan, $5,376.50; Albion, $8,374.22: Johnson tewnship, Wolcottville school, $l,252.74; Tigonier school, $14,259.05; Ligonier city, $7,819.85; Kendallville school, $24.719.94; Kendallville city, $7,285.08; Wolcottville town, $695.94; Cromwell town, $1,618.77; Albion town, $4,091.59. :

The above included $3,276.67 bank tax. bujlding and loan tax, $246.25, and moratorium tax $681.54. There are $51,429.73 curernt taxes and $72,252.12 former year tax still unpaid. The amounts raised for the township poor, total disbursements for the vear are: Perry, $7,893.93; FElkhart $6,171.45; Orange, $7,129.98; Wayne, $24.217.92: Sparta, $4,967.06; York, $2,208.07; Jefferson, $5,115.82; Allen $2.338.44; Washington, $868.63; Noble $3.743.24; Green, $2,194.17; Swan, $3,968.97; Albion, $5,170.29. ,

(Conviction Upheld.

The Steuben circuit court conviction of Edgar Willinnar on a chiirge of passing a school hus was upheld by the state supreme court Willinanr wag fineq $25. He took exception to the verdiict and appealed to the supreme court, contending he had no knowledge of the fact that the automobile was a school hack. He asked a reversal on the grounds of the lower court's refusal to granti a new trial. The suprem’e court held that despite the fact there was no «ctate law regulating school buss equipment as to signs denoting it as such “There was evidence to show the jury hag reason to believe Willinnar knew it wag a gchool hack and should have stopped.” '

Factory Employes Get Gift.

It was worth $lOO to have been employed one year at the Peahody Furniture company plant at North Manchester,

Thomas A. Peabody company presi dent distributed more than $lOO,OOO 10 163 employes as a combination Christmas gift and memorial to his father Jameg Peabody, foinder of the firm.

Distribution was .. ~on the bhasis of $lOO for each year of employment at the factory. Twenty-seven of the r?cgpients were members of the Pioneer club—denoting more than 20 years of service. :

Jury May Sift Shooting.

A grand jury may investigate the death of Earl Webh whosetbody was found in bed at his home in DeKalb county on the morning of Decemler 11 with a bullet hole through his head. . -

:RGA S M S < OUT-OF-TOWN NEWS

Wawaka News

- James and George Whiting, Cleveland, 0., were here Thursday on business. Car skidded near Knepper’s bridge and came near going into the Elkhart river. William Musser and Kenneth Handschey of Ligonier were here Thursday. The one act playlet *“Ladies Aid Plan A Minstrel Show” by close to thirty leading women of Wawaka and Elkhart twp. given Thursday evening in high school auditorium was follow ed by a minstrel show, brilliantly staged. It was directed by Mrs. Garry Brown. =

’ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burket starte3 Friday morning for Greenup, 111., to visit over the Christmag holidays with ‘her parents, Mr. and Mrs., Ozier and family. ) Trappers reported some good catch es of mink Thursday. Christmag entertainment a Itree brilliantly lighted, a treat for the litle folks and exceptionally fine mnsic wag the feature of Dec. 24 at the local M. E. church. ‘ Tusday afternoon near the Mrs, Orpha Ramer farm a car skidded on slippery road and turned upside down. Np one hurt but it was necessary to get a small stepladder in order to help an aged lady occupant of the car out. She was affected with rheumatism. 3 , The condition of Mrs. Jacob Ramer is still serious. e ! The Elkhart Twp. Home Division presented their president, Mrs. Leuna Coutg with a beautiful floor lamp. Mrs. Couts sent to the meeting one for every member and there are at least 401 gifts ghe made. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jett and little son were in Goshen Wednesday. ; Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Wainwright were in Topeka on business Tuesday. . i Thomas Franks, Jane Franks, Oiin and Robert Lower, Paul ‘Comptcn, were among those in Albion Wednesday evening at the annual Christmas meeting of Noble County 4H clubs.

Dea Trowl hag been quite ill suffering from low blood pressure and a hard cold.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd .Jette and fi/mily were guests Christmas day of ts. Mollie Frick and daughter at Ligonier.

Rev. and Mrs. Garry Brown had as their guests Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Leo Stanger and Mrs. Dorothy Laughlin and family of Warsaw. _Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Kidd and little daughter of Chicago spent Christmag in the Earl and Walter Brill home.

Mrs. Walter Brill and Mrs. Earl Brill motored Tuesday to Millersburg afd Goshen. ; :

Rev. I. 0. Overman left Friday for Waynetown where he is pasto- of the Baptist church. While here he was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mawhorter and family and Mrs. Dora Rose. Memberg of the chvirch entertained each day at noon for Rev. Overman and Rev. and Mrs. Johnston. The evangelist made a wide oircle of friends while here.

Solomgon’s Creek News

Rev. M. M. LeCount “of Aurora, Ind.. calli? 2t +he Vie Wiles heme,

Tuesday o : : Simon, i3c. .ershine is very ill at his home near Millershurg. A card shower wag planned for Mrs. Sarah Pearman of Benton who is confined to her home. Her conition isn’t so good and everyone is asked to send a wcard, as she will appreciate this very much. The Ladies Aid met last Thursday affternoon with Mrs. Ben Zimmerman. ‘

There were 25 from this place who attended revival services a. Burr Oak last Wednesday evening. Rev. Brock preached here Surdsy, in Rev. Dobbing place while he was at Burr Oak. . Wt

(Rev. and Mrs. Floyd Herges and Rev. Victor Yeager spent Wadnacday with Mr. and Mrs. Vic Niles and Mrs. Bender.

Rev. and Mrs. Dobbing spent last Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Miller at Burr Oak.

Mrs. Vivian Disher is confined to her home with an infected knee.

- Dismal Nwsg Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stutzman were entertained in the Stanley Lung home Saturday evening. Mr. ad Mrs. Cris Scarberry and four children and r. and Mrs. Ovie Scarberry left Thursday morning for Arizona to make their future home. They had lived on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gants. Mr. and Mrs. Merrit Lung and Mau rice and Stephen Lung were shoppers in Fort Wayne Saturday evening. Lon Burley ig at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Snepp of Monroeville. : Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grimes, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Lung, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lung and Mr, and Mrs. Dora Clingerman assisted Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lung with butchering las: Friday. ‘ Dr. Blue of Ligonier made a professional call in the Dismal, Wednesdayy. : Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stutzman speut Sunday -evening with Dora Ciingerman and wife. . : ~ Frank Burley 'spent Sunday evening in Fort Wayne. 4 : Richville News . {Ray Bowman and family will spend Christmag with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Emmitt, S Rev. E. M. Foster will be moved

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from the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne to his home at North Webster within ¢ week or ten days. He is still in a gerioug condition. Mr. and Mrs. Walfer Hire are the parents of a baby boy born Monday. Mrs. Arthuy Simmons and daughier Theda shopped in Fort Wavne Saturday.

Harold Nelson is -visiting' friends near Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weybright and daughter Miriam are on a vacation trip tgo Florida. Mrs. Grace Harper and family attended a family Christmas dioner at the home of A. E. Young south of Albion on Sunday.

People sometimes .wonder who holds the national debt. Well, the greater part of it is held by American banks who have jnvested in federal bonds, notes and securities. Life insurance companies hold a smali part of it. Individuals, trusts and corporations hold a fair ghare. Prac tically all of it is held by Americans who have invested in the future of America and who honestly believe there is no safer place to put their money. Loose talk abour the government’s credit being shaken by New Deal policieg wag put to flight recent ly when the United States Treasury offered $9,000,000,000 of securities and sold them over night. The issue was over-subscribed .4% times. Wall street wag actually startled at the success of the offering for in years past it had been necessary to keep the subscription books open severa. days. It was almost unbelievable 0 them that a national administration which did not do all its financial planning with Big Business givng the advse could be so successful.

Filling Station Broken Into. Shattering a window through which ‘they gained entrance thieves looted the Abshire oOil company filling station at Lincoln avenue and Second street at Goshen makinz the getaway with 26 packages of cigarets, 22 packages of gum, $2 in nickels, 50 pennies and six bars of candy. Police found evidence that the thieves had been in no hurry to make their getaway but had stopped long enough to eat the candy bars before leaving the scene. If is believed that “the intruders also used gsome of the pennieg they had stolen to procure ruts from a peanut machine. The machine had not been harmed.

Man Is Kidnapped and Robbed.

E. R. Kinsdale of Indianapolis cigar ette machine operator was kidnapped and yobbed of $3OO in cash and a larg~ quantity of cigaretts by a bandit on U. S. road 54. ’ :

Kinsdale was confronted by .the bandit when he returned to his car after attending a vending machin® at Switz City.

Threatening his victim with a gun, the bandit ordered Kinsdale to drive east on U. 8. road 54 toward Linton. ;

Kinsdale was released from the machine in the Strip Mine region northeast of Indianapolis. He walkad to a farm home and reported the-in-cident to Sheriff Mat Flynn and Deputy Fred Martin.

Canada Thistle Campaign.

A survey is being made to determine the Canada thistle situation in Noble county. The information .o. tained from the survey is to be used in a co-operative effort for the eradication of the weed. It is desirous to know how many farms have & Canada thistle problem, the nuniber of fields infested, nummer of patches, largest patch and the total area infested in order to work out a system of control that will be mosteffective. A question is included to learn the distribution of quack grass, bindweed sow thistle and Johnson grass. . The survey will also aid in obtain ing a mailing list. All persons on the mailing list will recéive timely information regarding the ‘latest and most effective methods of eradication. Kead the Ligonier Banmner.

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ASSESSORS GIVEN WARNING

Asked to Guard Expense; To atch Appropriations of Taxing Units

The three-day conference ol county assessorg Of Indiana with the state tax board, enlivened by a hroadside attack from the board chairman criticizing officials’ groups that oppose the movement to consolidate officeg closed Priday at the state Lonse. ~ Reports of committees were heard and a gneral discussion of assessing problem wag held. Otto Jensen, deputy examiner ol the state board of accounts told the assessors that all officia's ~wiil be held personally accountabg ior any expenditures not properly appr')priat ed. In this connection the tax hoard mmbers reiterated their warning that they will be lesg lenient during the coming year in approving additional appropriations by taxing upits. Provisions of the 1935 law eliminating the quadrennial reassessment of real estate and substituting a system whereby taxpayers may petition for a reassessmient were e€Xplained by Anderson Ketchum, secretary to the state tax board. The Jaw provides that in no case shail ~there be a general reassessment of real estate in any taxing unit prior to 1937. g

Ask Pension’Be Pair To Blind.

Approximately 1,200 blind resideents of the state already have applied for pensions which Indiana will begin paying to th: sightless ncedy after January 1. Edward P. Brennan, director of the budget said $200,000 has been set aside for the first year’s opration of a 1935 statute providing for such pension payments. | The total of appiications C. D. Chadwick, executlive secretary of the ‘board of industrial aid for the blind ‘said, is expected to be about 1,600 Needy blind persons may be paid a maximum of $3OO a year. The maximum amount, Chadwick said, will be paid in cases where the board finds the need for help to be sufficient. If the applicant is not in gserioug financial distress ths pension will be correspondingly less. Indiana will he the twent-third state to make such payments, Chadwick said. Findings of the board will be certified to the judge of the circuit court in which the applicant lives will approve or medify the amount of pension set.

Paymentg are to be made monthly. Where both husband and wife are blind the tota! pension paid them can not exceed $3OO yearly, but the entire amount may be paid to either or divided between them.

Fear Relief May Increase

A fear thatthe number of people 5n relief may begin to increase again after declining steadily for months was hinted in official quarters. This, it was said, added i>» the complexity of the budget precblem. which President mflosevelt is discussing with relief\ administrators and other de.partmeni heads. « {Working on the budget for next year, the administration indicatex It ig seeking to retard the rate of rise of the public debt, which reached an all time high of $30,791,967. Predictions that states and communities may demand a continuation of the federal “dole” wer,, heard aftr Harry L. Hopkins work prcgress administrator, reported on relief eonditions in large cities.

Ancient Power Plant Dismantled

The old brick power hoinse along the N. Y. C. railroad right-of-way is being dismantled by E. J. Morley who purchased the building from the rail road company. The power house is one thing more of a past era which gives way to more modern methods. Hlectric switches have replaced this and it ig no longer used. In dismantl ing the ceiling timbers, neariy 24 pounds of copper nails were remo?ed, an article seldom used now. Th 2 heads were blackened from exposure but the tips shown brightly. The railroad company has sold several power houses along the line, one at Millersburg also.

Fataly Injured n Queer Aeci®ent

John Meiboom 63 Fort Wayne assistant district manager of the Home Owners Loan corporation was the victim of & strange automobile acaident near Marion.

Ag the accident was reconstructed the door flew open on Meiboom’s autmbile as he drove on state road 9 four miles north of Marion. He lost control in trying to close the door, and the machine swervcd into a farmyard where a tree tore the door off. Meiboom presumably fell from t he open door and wag run over and injureq fatally by a rear wheel.

Water System Nears Finish.

Improvemgnts to the LaGrange water works department are expected to be completed by first of the year. Among the improvements is an elevated tank with a capacity of 125,000 gallons. The tank will rest on a 115foot steel tower. New electriz pumps and a new pump house are included in the improvements. .

Drive on Slot Machines.

Shériff Eli Sauers opened a mnew drive against sfot machines, punch boards and other gaming devices with a raid on twgo business houses in Columbia Cty. Sherff Sauers said proprietors of both places had received advance information about the raid and had concealed their machines before he arrived. Wall Paper—-Knights’ Drug Store

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CHURCH SERVICES

Methoist Church. Rev. C. C. Wischmeier, Pastor.

* We invite you to our Three-Point Religious Service Sunday morning. This uniteq service from 9:30 1o 11:00 o’clock can be of real religious heip to you. The three-pointg are worship inspiration and study. An excellent organist, an anthem of worth, feachers ag good as any, who should not be at church on Sunday morning? If you have no church home search one out somewhere The Book of Aects. This will be our main theme for several weeks. We desire that all read it through these winter days.

League Sunday evening at 6:00 Evening worship at 7:00.

There were a great aumber of coniplimentg on our (Christmas program, rightfully so. The teachers in charge and the children did splendid work. The picture Mrs. Wischmeier painted will remain hanging for a few weeks. k

!Choir rehearsel Thursday evening at T:3O. ;

The devotional book, The Upper Room is now available from the pastor. These are for January February and March. Five cents each.

Sparta Christian Church.

Chas. B. Lusk, Minister

Sunday school at 9:30, worship gservice follows immediately. Evening service at 7:00. : The old year is near the end. One more Sunday one more day to worhsip. The interest hag been good throughout the past year. Ths average attendance reached its highest point in 'the month of June with an average -attendance of 124 in Sunday school ad 117 plug tor the worship gervice. The record attendance for Sunday school was 183.

The quarterly business meeting for the church will be held on the second Monday night in January, the 13th. Thig will be the annual €lection of officers. We urge the attendance of all the members of tke church. : ;

The quarterly communion service on the first Sunday of Januaiy, the bth.

We extend a hearty welcoms t 3 all and cordially invite yoy to attend all of our services. :

“Christlan Scieinte Services

“Christian Science” is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churcheg of Christ, Scientist on

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Sunday December 29. The Golden Text is: “Arise, skine: for thy light ig come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon <thee” (Isaiah 60:1). = Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the following from the Bible: “If ye love me, keep my commacdments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of trath; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him nol, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with ycu, and shall be in you” (John 14: 15-17). The Lesson-Sermen also iucludes the following passages from the Chris tian science textbok, ‘‘Science and Health ° with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “Truth's immortal idea is sweeping down the centuiries, gathering beneath - its wings the siek and sinning. . . . The promises will be fulfilled. The time for the reappearing of the divine hcal ing is throughout zll time. . . . In the words of St. John: “He shall give out another Comforter that he may abide with you forever.” Thig Ccmforter I understand 10 be: Divine Science” (p. 55). -

Richville Church. Rev. J. M. Stewart, Pastor

Sunday School at 9:30

Morning Worship at 10:30. The S. S. will be re-organized at the close of the morning Service. The pastor is the chairman of the Sunday school board.

Fight Te Save Jobs

Taking cognizance of the general movement to consolidate - smaller governmental ‘units, members of the Indiana County and Township Officials association were urged to “gird themselveg for the hard fight ahead.” The campaign to ‘"save our jobs” was given added impetus in addresses describing the report of state commissibn on government economy -as a ‘“‘damnable mess of insane theories.” - : ¥ The commission, composed of state niversity economistg and other busiess and governmental] leaders, advoated consolidation of townships as a means to reduce taxes and increase efficiency of local government.

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