Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 23 September 1927 — Page 2
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THE POST-DEMOCRAT
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 192?. T
THE POST-DEMOCRAT
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A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and tbe 8th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.
Blntered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postofflce at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Muncie, Indiana, Friday, September 23, 1927.
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Born In a Jug of Liquor. The liquor question, in some form or other, has played an important part in Muncie’s history from the most remote period down to the present. Elsewhere in this issue may be read some of Muncie’s ancient history and probably the most interesting item is that which relates to the manner in which the original owmer of the site of Muncietown acquired his title of ownership to the land which he donated as a location for the village which is now Muncie. The owner of a small trading post sold some liquor to an Indian and the noble red man celebrated his jag by setting fire to the store where he had bought the firewater. The responsibility was placed entirely upon the Indian and his tribe had to pay the storekeeper $960. With the money obtained from the Indians the storekeeper bought 742 acres of land which is now in the center of Muncie and he donated twenty acres of it as a townsite for the villagers. Thus Muncie had her real start in a fifteen cent jug of corn liquor. Incidentally the court house stands on part of the ground which was procured from the fire started by the drunken buck.
Tthe State Tax Commissioners for] further and final action thereon by
Besides bearing the odium of having elected a Ku Klux ^J ty a no®7ater San te'n mayor, Indianapolis suffers the added humiliation of hav-dayg from date of final action of, mg that same mayor ordered to jail by a jury for obtaining Council, and the state Tax Board his election by fraud and corruption. fix a date of heanng m t!lls It wa« shown in the Duvall trial that he stood up in a ' " maynel w. dabby, meeting of 1,500 kluxers, held in a church, and with his City clerk,
left hand held aloft, made the pledge that he would take Sept. 23 & 30.
dictation from the klan in case he was elected. 0 It W’as also proved that for the sum of $14,500, paid in try sulphur baths at hand, Duvall sold to Bill Armitage, ex-gambler and asphalt K Roberts health st udio dealer, the privilege of naming the city engineer and two We are victims of our own secremembers of the Indianapolis board of works. tions if the proper avenues for The jury only gave Duvall thirty days in jail. The ^ a e t i ^aS S y Ca Tii e se e avenues 11 ?^ 011 ^ punishment was mild. Duvall *as the “great klailiff” of hv \^ the liver, the bowels and the
the Marion county klan. Rev. Henninger, in whose church kidneys.
Duvall made the klan pledge, was the “great kludd” of the The human body is a complicated , . r machine and neglecting this maklan. • chine brings serious results. Should Several more of the grand officers ot the klan are un- your automobile develop a knock der indictment. The vacant chairs by the grand dragon you -would have it looked after at
will yet be filled. Supergovernment is finally getting what
it has coming to it in Indiana.
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Why Bother With Little Ones? We observed in one of the local dailies one morning this week that a squad of police had raided the home of some colored laborer in Whitely and after making an agonized search for liquor succeeded in finding a small flask, partly filled with white mule, under the doorstep leading to his front porch. The colored man was promptly placed under arrest, he was taken to police headquarters and being unable to give a thousand dollar bond, was locked up in jail, where he still remains, presumably. There are so many notorious cases in Muncie, where men who seem to have a pull are allowed to haul in whisky and sell it by the carload and where lodges and municipal leagues seem to be allowed to break the liquor laws without let or hindrance, that the poor devils who happen to buy a half pint or so from some one who happens to be in the big league, ought to be given some of the same consideration. Of course the liquor laws should be enforced, but they should be enforced impartially. There is no reason on earth why the victims who buy the poison should be prosecuted and the big offenders go unscathed. There is such a thing as using judgment even in eiir forcing the law and if the sellers of booze are getting protection the same protection should be extended to the cash customers, without whom the bootleggers could not exist.
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If Christ Came to Portland.
(From Portland Daily Sun.)
Some years ago the Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon, the founder of the Christian Endeavor Society, published a book with the title “In His Steps.” This book met with immediate favor and reached many editions in this country. It was published in almost every language in the world and it undoubtedly produced a very wholesome impression upon the public mind. The author, in successive chapters, undertook to show just how Jesus would live and act, if he were in the world today and taking a part with the rest of us in the active concerns of our social and business life. Needless to say he revealed the fact that the life of Jesus would be very much in contrast with what is accepted as the proper and
usual conduct in the modem world.
In order that we may have a fairly just and adequate idea of what w 7 ould happen, if Christ came to Portland, we ought to be fairly familiar with the words and acts of Jesua as they are recorded in the Gospels. The probability is that there are comparatively few of us who have a very full knowledge of what “Jesus began to do and to say”, when he was here on earth. Although the story o! Jesus, as it is recorded in the Gospels, is universally recognized aw the “sweetest story ever tojd,” and has been the comfort and inspiration of the best men and women who ever lived, it is sad to reflect that the number of people who make a practice of reading the Gospels is rather small. The iccord of the few short years which Jesus lived is the greatest legaev the world has and, by great multitudes, the least appreciated.. Considered from any view point, it would seem the life of Jesus, as^narrated’ in the Gospel, should be read and reread until his words and acts are fixed in memory and he is envisioned in our minds as a real personality, so that we can have him with us, in spirit, in our daily life. If Christ came to Portland, we suspect he would not at first receive very much attention, for there are few people in Portland who w r ould recognize him and there are perhaps fewer still who would enjoy any measure of comfort in close fellowship with him. He would, doubtless, denounce the avaricious greed which sits hi many high plSees in this ^ and the sordid selfishness that expresses itself in much of our business and social life. He would find here quite u number of representatives of the old Pharisees, who were wont to “thank God that they were not as other men,” and even more of the Sadducees. who lived along the line of least resistance and cared for little else than the gratification of their personal pleasure. We think he would be disappointed in the attention given to the things which go to make for the up-building of the Kingdom of God. He would hnd our morals altogether too lax and our zeal for righteousness too flabby. Yet, we suspect, in many quarters, where we
think not. ho would find much to commend and there would M
be some choice souls, many 7 of whom aie little thought ot by their neighbors as living an approved life, upon whom he would bestow his benediction. It might not oe a bad idea today for all of us to set apart a few minutes to read at least the Sermon on the Mount in the fifth, sixth ana seventh chapters of the Gospel of Matthew and measure up our lives by the truth as it is set forth in the words ot Jesus in this discourse.. A little introspection of our hearts, in the light of the teachings ol the Man of Nazareth, might lead us all into a more earnest endeavor to live and act a
little better than we are doing.
clashed in ominous discord. One or the other has spoken the
truth. The followers of Dr. Shu- j maker should stand by him and demand an investigation that will bring out all the facts. The sup- ; porters of Senator Watson should not be content to allow their champion and spokesman to he branded as a “fixer” of courts, if it can be shown that he is guiltless. The
of the supreme eo+irt -caje:
not allow the public to remain in!
doubt.
Battle Of Giants
This is not a precinct election squabble. It is a battle between!.! political giants, a conflict of mighty! leaders. Unfortunately the thunder-: ous thorax of the senior senator | and the hot breeze from the big noise of the Sahara have brought to issue the question of the integrity of the highest court in the state. The editor of the Post-Democrat is not a United States senator, non
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Department of Public Works
Office of the Board City Hall, Muncie, Ind,
Notice to Contractors and. to the. ^ suc ] 1 proposals should be Public: sealed, and must be deposited with
with a clear conscience:
In the Post-Democrat contempt case, which was before the courts over four years, there was not a i single dishonorable step taken. 1 During that memorable four! years, and in tbe course of continued, and almost continuous liti-| gation, begitniiug in the Delaware circuit court and reading its final j chapter in the Supreme court of the United States, no one, bootblack or senator, was ever permit- ; ted; to make an improper suggestion to any judge, from the lowest tq
the highest.
the Board, an affidavit that there It remained for the foremost has been no collusion in any wayileader ot a great cause and Indi-;
Una’s two spnafnva In vnanrf in IHoJ
«• ,• : ] i * i In tiipi UJ i a ’ s tAV0 senators to resort to that
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March 6th. 1905. (Acts 1905, p. 219) uken 101 n -
Notice is hereby given, to the
public and. to all contractors, that o^ioe^ p, the forenoon of the die Board of Public Works of thet .x.- x mo-?
said Board before the hour of niue
4th day of October. 1927,
French Dandies First to Sport the Crauai One of the few words of Slavonlf
origin that does not retain its exotic flavor is cravat. The linen scarfs worn around their necks by Croatian merchants captivated the fancy of the fashionable French,., who adopted tbe French word for
City of Muncie, in the State of In- all( j s ' uc ] v proposal must be diana. invites sealed proposals fur panied by a certified check the construction, in said city, ac- payab]e to said city, for the sum cording to the respective improve-: e " l to two aud 0 u e -half per cent, ment resolutions below'mentioned.! of city civj | Engineer's aqd according to the plans,, pro-| eat f mate w inch shall be forfeited lies, drawing and specification to aaid C it y as liquidated'damagps, „.„ v ^
therefor on file in the office of said; if ^ bidder depositing the same J Croatian to designate this kind of
neckwear. Thus “create” became “crovate” or “cravate,” from whence
our word “cravat.”
The word was adopted in France in 1636 and appears m English about 1700. Its synonym, necktie, la of later origin, its first use as cited by the Oxford dictionary 1 '
tog In 1838.
Cravats, when first introduced, were not exclusively an article of tseos apparel, but some, which were lace-edged and tied in a bow with flowing ends, were worn by women, “Cravatted” as a verb and “crav ateer” applied to one who ties a cravat, although now practF cally obsolete, were at one time fre- ’ quently used. Thackeray in “Vanity Fair” speaks of a. young man being “handsomely cravatted.'’ ■f .. ————o-— IJ Queen of Bulb Flowers Holland f r " several years past ; has been noted for its spacious tulip gardens. Every variety of tulip is cultivated by the Dutch gardeners, and new hybrids are often worth a great deal of money. ■* The tulip has always been the queen of bulb flow ers si nee it was brought from Turkey by the ambassador of the Emperor Maximilian, As a wild red flower in Persia it was of old a symbol of love and ro-
mance,
V Most new blooms cultivated by Dutch gardeners are hybrids grown from the seed of flowers fertilized by pollen frern others.
Board of each of tho public m- sllall fan duly mui promptly to provements herein below described execlL te the required contract and towit: bond, in case a contract shall be I. R. No. 332-1927.,. For paving the aW arded him on such accompaay-
alley lying between Willard Street iug proposal.
and Fifth Street from Elliott Struct; Sa}(i Board reserves the right to easterly to-East line of Lot 52 in re j ect any and ail bids. W. S- Hall’s Addition;, and alley By ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
from Mound Street running east to PUBLIC WORKS,
first alley-running North and South j Many E. Anderson, Clerk,
thence North to Willard Street. ‘8601. 23-30.
T. R. No. 338-1927, For grading | - . -.. r -
qnd stone on Sixteenth Street !
from Pierce Street to.Hoyt Avenue. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
L R. No. 3.52-1327; For cement In the matter of passage of certain ordinances for certain purposes by the Common Council of the. City of Muncie, Delaware Coun
ty, Indiana.
Notice is hereby given to the tax-
curb - and gutter on both sides of Sixteenth Street from Pierce Street
to Hoyt Avenue
S I. R. No. 343-1927, • For paving First Street from Kilgore Avenue
to '-Mound Street; also paving- „ Mound- Street from First Street to payers of the City of Muncie, £>elaPowers Street with cement curb ware County, Indiana, that a public and gutter on both sides of .Mound hearing will be held by the Corn-
Street from First Street to Powers lE) t-T00t/ ; L R. No. 351-1927, For paving of Dicks Street also cement curb and gutter ou both sides of Dicks Street from Jackson Street to
Riverside Avenue.
I. R. No. 355-1927, For paving alley between McKinley Avenue and College-Avenue from Washing-
ton Street to Gilbert Street.
I. R. No. 356)4927, For cement sidewalk on West side of Jefferson Street from Main Street north to alley lying between Main Street
and Washington Street.
mbn Council in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Muncie, Indiana, October- 3, 1927. at 7:15. P. M. on ordinance providing for the issuing of bonds for the purpose of enabling the City of Muncie through the Trustees of Beech Grove Cemetery to complete the erection of a stone and iron fence in said cemetery in
the sum of $15,000.00.
Taxpayers appearing shall lisve the right to be heard thereon. After the special appropriation has been decided upon by tbe Council, ten or more taxpayers feelmg themselves aggrieved by such spe-
Each bidder is also to file with cial appropriations may appeal to
i oo YEARS AGO
When our forefathers were settling in this county they built their houses of logs and covered them with clapboards flayed out of the stalwart oaks that grew so bountifully a!! around them. These giants of the forest are now all gone and it was necessary for man to provide a substitute to the oak clapboards. First they used white pine shingle, then white cedar, then red cedar and red wood, some people even tried iron and steel. But it remained for some one to learn to make a roof covering of felt asphalt slate to provide a roof that was beautiful, economical and lasting before the ideal had been reached. Now you can apply a FIRE-SAFE, BEAUTIFUL, LASTING roof at a reasonable price—either on a new house or right over the old shingles. BUT Through greed and dishonesty there are being marketed and sold today some asphalt shingles, that while they have the appearance of being good, arc rcalhr only trash—they curb, tunrblack and leak and hundreds of pur citizens are being robbed by these irresponsible fly-by-night, out-of-town concerns. Why Gamble? Why not buy your roof of a firm that has been furnishing reliable goods to the residents of Delaware County for more than 75 years and who only self roofs they personally guarantee and will be here in the years to come to fulfill that guarantee. We sell and apply Birds Neponset line of shingles and roofings—a line that ever since the founding of the Asphalt Roofing industry have been manufacturing a shingle and a roof that is the standard by which others are measured. For more than 135 years Bird & Son have been selling their products all over the U. S. and have established an unassailable reputation for fair and honest dealings and high class merchandise. For more than 25 years the Kirby Wood Lumber Co. lias been selling this line and add their personal guarantee to that of the manufacturer. Do not Gamble. Be sure you get what you buy. Call us at Phone 38 or 39 and our man will call and name you a price on your roof.
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