The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 February 1924 — Page 2

THE DAILY

BANNER, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA,TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 88, IBM.

Opera House

Pl. COOK Proprietor <Jid Manager.

* & i Doors Open 6:30—Two Shows—Shows Start 7 .00 Program Subject to Change Without Notice.

Tuesday. BETTY BLYTHE The Queen of the Screen in “How Women Love'’ Pathe Comedies The Movie Chats

Wednesday HERBERT RAWLINSON In Marion Orth’s Play “His Mystery Girl” BABY PEGGY In the Century Comedy “Hansel and Crete!”

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WHY MARRY?

played by THE LITTLE THEATRE SOCIETY of Indianapolis Cook’s Opera House 8:30 P. M. Feb. 27, 1924. Seats are on sale now at Cartwright’s Music Shop. All seats reserved $1.00, 75c, 50c Under Auspices of Tri Kappa

OiXOOOOOOOOOCXXOOOOCOOOCiOOOOOCOCOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXXXDOp YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HEAR MR. CAMERON BECK Personal Director f the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday at 7 P. M. % MEHARRY HALL Mr. Beck comes to Greencastie under the patronage of the Edward Rector Scholarship Foundation QOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDCXXXXXXXXXXDOOOOOCXX)

JONES TO RUN Paul W. Jones will represent DePauw in the Illinois Relays to be held at Champaign, Illinois Satur- ! day, March 1. He is entered in the ‘‘All Around Champion’’ event, and will compete in the 75 yard dash, 880 yard dash, 75 yard high hurdles, shot put, pole vault, broad jump and Jiigh jump. Mr. Jones was high point man at the State Track Meet held at Purdue University in 1922. He has pole vaulted over 12 feet, broad jumped about 24 feet, and has cleared the bar in the high jump at six feet, so he is expected to place well in his

event. He is the best all around track man in UePauw.

OP UR U'OR RESIGNS > W. B. Owen, who has been night dispatcher for the interurban here, has resigned his place to go to Louisville, Ky., where lie enters the Traffic Department of the Interstate Public Service Company. R. M. Hicks of Lebanon may come here to succeed Mr. Owen. o Banner Want Ads

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A DOLLAR A WEEK is a good plan to begin saving Why not start now by bringing your first dollar to the bank this week? Central 4 Per Cent, and Safety

LOCAL DEIS

THE DAILY BANNER Entered in the Post Office at Greencastle, Indiana, as second class mail matter. HARRY M. SMITH Editor and Proprietor S. R. RARIDEN, City Editor

Gordon Prcvo was in Indiananolis

today on business.

Charles McCurry was in Indian- j

apolis today on business.

Louis Bi wn of Indianapolis was in Office Phone 189

tips city today on business.

Mat Stewart of Roachdale, was

this city today on business.

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W. F. Koeher of this city was in Indianapolis today on business. R. E. Knoll, of this city, was in Terre Haute, today on business Simpson McGaughey, of Fincastle, was in this city today on business. Miss Oloie Terry, of this city, was in Indianapolis, Monday on business. W. E. Glidewell of Putnamville, was a visitor in this city today on business. Moore and Cook are doing some remodeling in the interior of their shoe store this week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Barnaby and Mrs. C. C. Tucker motored to Indianapolis today. Reese Matsen has returned to his home in this city, after an extende.l business trip to Chicago. Dr. E. M. Hurst, of Cloverdale, attended the DePauw-Marquette basketball game Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Besset, of Goodland atended the DePauw-Marquette basket ball game Monday night. The Twentieth Century Club will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:30 wi’h Mrs. J. E. Courtney, 303 east Semi nary. Professor E. R. Bartlett, who underwent a minor operation Friday wsis able to return to his home Tuesday morning. Stanley Young, who has been confined to his bed for the past several weeks was able to sit up Tuesday morning. Lorene Kier, student in DePauw University, who is critically ill of mumps, was removed from Florence Hall to the College Infirmary. Donavan Moffett visited his parents, Mr, and Mrs. C. M. Moffett on Monday evening. Mr. Moffett is athletic coach at the Brazil high school.

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will follow in the evening. Miss Jane Johnson of the DePauw university chapter atul/Miss Beatrici ( auldwell, representative of the Franklin chapter, are members of the committee in charge Mrs. Joe Rettery, secretary of the Indianapolis alumnae chapter, which will act as hostes-, is a member of the stunt committee. -Indianapolis Star. Cecil Stonner, who went to his home at Depauw several days ago with illness, is reported improving and will son be able to return to school. A group of Putnam county farmers, all members of the Putnam County Farmers Federation will journey to Rockville Wednesday where they will make a study of the Parke County Federation and their cooperative Marketing movements. Dr. David H. Sluss, former house physician and assistant to Dr. Leon Nafe, superintendent of the City hospital, has been appointed house surgeon of the City hospital at Boston, Mass., and has taken up his new duties. Dr. Sluss was graduated from Indiana university school of medicine two years ago. He is a son of Dr. John W. Sluss, author of books on surgery.—Indianapolis Star. BAND WILL • GIVE CONCERT

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D’PAUW UNIVERSITY BAND TO GIVE ANN! \L CONI I R I FRIDAY NIGHT

BAD FIRE IN DECATUR

WABASH RAILROAD SHOPS SWEPT BY FLAMES EARLY TUESDAY MORMNG

DECATUR, Ills., Feb. 26—Fire which swept the Wa a-h shops here early this morning was brought under control at an early hour after a bitter battle by the entire fire department Starting in the coach shops, sLotuy before one o’clock tl is morning, Ti e flames consumed si\ buildings in the Wabash yards including the coaci. shops, two office buildings, u'ater supply service station, blacksmith ship, twelve passenger coaches and a large string of freight cars, at an estimated loss of $250,000. Cause of the blaze is undetermined.

IDENTIFIES BABY’S RING

MORE VICTIMS \RE BECOMING KNOWN IN FORTVILLE TRACTION WRECK

ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 26—Coroner Helbert today made an effort to determine definitely whether George Dixon and his wife and their ten months old daughter Marjorie of Montpelier, Indiana, perished in the Fortville interurban wreck on Feb. 2. The three members of the Dixon family have been missing since a few days before the wreck. A sister of Mrs. Dixon arrived here from Urbane 111., yesterday and practically identified a baby ing found in the wreckage as one belonging to her little niece.

Our friends will be there March 1th. 26-4t

WABASH IS IN FIGHTING MOOD

WILL GIVE THE DEPAUW TIGERS A HARD GAME HERE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

Ninety Nine Times Out of a Hundred— the missing link between success and failure is—T-H-R-I-F-T. Thrift is a matter of getting hundred cents worth for every dollar spent and saving the difference between your “Income’ and Expense. It’s a simple matter if you— MAINTAIN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT

CITIZENS TRUST CO, THE HOME OF THE SYSTEMATIC S A V E R

FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE OLDEST BANK IN PUTNAM COUNTY

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The tickets for the DePauw-Wa-

‘ . bash basketball game Thursday night Z went on sale this morning at Ham-

ilton’ Book Store and indications are that standing room will be nil

opens its Annual Concert next Friday night, its program will include

Mrs. Mray Lewis Newby is visiting.» variety of famous compositions,

her mother, Mrs. Josephine Newby at | but no one of them is a greater favKnightstown. Mrs. Newby, who has <> rit e. or will be appreciate.! more

the game opens. The seat sale may equal the Franklin game if it

been quite

proved.

ill for some time, is im-

continues.

Greeeastle fans always like to see Wabash and DePauw play and this game will be what is generally cal-

Pearl will leave tonight for Shelburn, I plantation songs, masterfully arrang- ‘ l humdinger. abash . . ,, | j , , , cocky and coming to win. DePauw

„,.n — ec j b most popular of moderr

than the Best Loved Southern Melodies by A1 Hayes. This one number alone is well worth half the

Mrs. Dove Wright and daughter price of admission. A medley of old

Indiana, where they will attend the play given by the pupils of Mis- Ruby

Wright.

Mrs. Frank P. Shafer, of near Morton, was taken to the M. K. Hospital Tuesday morning in the McCurry ambulance. Mrs Shafer will undergo a minor operation. Mrs. Alva Cox of near Fern was taken to the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis Tuesday morning in the McCurry ambulance. Mrs. Cox will undergo an operation for hip disease. Among those from out ef town here Tuesday morning for the funeral of Mrs. Albert A. Hauck were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Houck, of Indianapolis, Mrs. E. C. Minton, Lafayette, and Mrs. Charles E. Smith, Indianapolis. Word from Glenn Arnold, who is in the Rockville Sanatorium at Roc!» ville, Indiana, states that he is improving rapidly and hopes to be out by the middle of May. Mr. Arnold left for the Sanatorium an February

6th.

The Woman’s Circle will meet in the parlors of the Presbyterian church Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. The hostesses will be Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Manhart and Miss Shearer. Mrs. Huestis will conduct devotions and Miss Jones of the Universiay will speak on “A Visit to Foreign Lands.” Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, a guest of Miss Jones and a resident of India, will also give a talk. Members of the Circle are urged to be present and al\ other- interested in these talks will be most welcome. Mi Effie Abraham is chairman of the toasts committee for the Delta Zeta Sor rity state luncheon, which will be held Saturday noon in the Riley room of the Claypool hotel. Mis Margaret Rawlings is a member of the committee for the dance, which

is in a fighting mood and is making plans to send them back with a decisive score. That one point margin the Tigers won a month ago, will not be repeated Thursday night. It will he the last game for Capt.

another Wabash player.

( It will be the last home game for

_ o White, Laughlin and Capt. Wills o! WILT IF. APPOINTED DePauw, one of the best trios ever INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26—Charles *° b ™ preSent the Lniverslty ln bask '

S. Wiltsie, of Indianapolis, was ap- j

pointed

light composers, it has the power of moving an audience to tears one moment, and carrying its hearers at the next to the realms of the same carefree lightheartedness enjoyed by the negroes of the South as they sat in the moonlight and happily sang

and strummed a banjo.

special judge in the trial in

the Marion county criminal court of I A number of cases of la grippe Governor McCray on charges of em- have been reported around the city

bezzlement, forgery and larceny.

MSEJSlSlSETi, ii Kitchen Cabinets Breakfast Sets Electric Washers Electric Ironers Kitchen Chicks Aluminum Ware Waterless Cookers Spice Jars Dishes Pastry Tables Kitchen Tables Kitchen Heaters Refrigerators Fry’s Oven Ware Glass E-Z Corn Popper Grape Fruit Knives Paring Knives Steak Knives Butcher Knives Wooden Mixing Spoons

The Kitchen Outfitting Co. ft the Gas Office SisjsiaiaM^'aiaaraiaisiaiaiaiSMSiais

this week. Those who are ill, however, hav only minor cases and are

not very sick.

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the law, the affidavits must be filed with the county auditor between the first day of March and the first Mon day in May, which will be May 5, thk year. Those presented after the first Monday of May can not be accepted, i Descriptions should be plainly and thoroughly written in the examination blank, which must be acknowledged before some authorized person to administer oaths. Exemptions to the amount of one-half of the assessed ap praisement of real estate can be granted, provided that no one can gt an exemption in excess of $1,000. At torneys and notaries are asked to us the regular size and form of blank ; because of the convenience in bindin,* them. The legislature of 1919 passed a law whereby soldiers or sailors of civil or Mexican war, who served three months or more can obtain an exemption of $1000 from the assessed

valuation of their taxable property as evidenced by their pensi i certificate, provided they have reached the age of seventy years of more. The same exemption applies to the widow of any soldier or sailor of the wars mentioned who have reached the a?e of sixty years or more. The law does not apply, however, it is pointed out by the auditor to soldiers and sailors or their widows whose taxable property has a value in excess of $5,000. Under the law those entitled to eiemptions under this law must fil* their exemption blanks with theaudi-j tor between the first day of March and the first Monday of May, inch* j sive. COMMANDERY NOTK!! Stated conclave Greencastie Co mandery No. 11, Wednesday p. m. Ralph Howard, Com., E. £ Caldwell, Rec.

MATRON IS MURDERED

GLADYS ELLIS, CONFINED IN WOMAN’S PRISON STRANGLED MRS. RICHARDS TO DEATH

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26—Gladys Ellis, an inmate of the Indiana Woman s Prison here, early today strang led and beat Mrs. Louise Richards, i0, matron, to death and escaped front

the prison.

March Ith—be there.

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EXEMPTIONS ARK TO BE FILED SOON

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March 1 to May 4 Are the

Fixed By Law

Dates

Attention has been called bv W I) Lovett .county auditor, to the law regarding mortgage exemptions. Under

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