Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1919 — Page 5

IK ' " ___ ■ Grouchy ? £ Then Smoke a I “DECATUR” I E ’B Hand Made Cigar, a White Stag Cigar Company product. I Five Cents | II Everywhere 60c :: : > 1 < For your Butterfat. At the Creamery or Sta- : ; tion, second door east of the postoffice. ! i It pays to sell us your cream. ! 1 • • • MARTIN-KLEPPER CO. I CREAMERIES AAArS A>%.y. A.f .f.,■r.■?_ ■ ■*,,t ■ * .*■,*■ *.» t, j*■ .* .* AA • • • • »»w»tvtTvTVtv*Si • r • vv * vvw**• ••-* a rww * w A I « » • I . I I! NO MAN earns so little but what he can save. A > ‘ A I • • » ' « > I I • A » * H NO MAN earns so much that he can afford not to ’ • • ; : ■ save. : ■ I « a > ' • * ; G WE OFFER you 4 per cent interest. • * 1 * •• , ; I FIRST NATIONAL DANK if, 1 !: Member Federal Reserve System ! H Decatur, Indiana ; | 60c T I For Butterfat at our station, 236 No. Second Sreet. ; X One trial will convince you that this is the best ! I place to sell your cream. ; | We are open Wednesday and Saturday nights ; t until 8:00 o’clock. ! SCHLOSSER BROS. | CREAMERIES Il I lift 1111 liti 11T' * 1 I Loans Loans Loans; S' W IIWWW ÜBKKUKXIS3OSS ; I* We make loans on farm property for s’/z per ; cent on ten years’ time, with privilege of partial : payments. ; We also have plenty of money to loan on city : property. Let us know your wants. ; THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & LOAN CO. ; 157 So. Second Street ; Decatur, - - Indiana : X Henry B. Heller, Pres. E. Burt Lenhart, Sec y .

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, MAY 22,1919

'SOFT DRINK TAX Revenue Department Sets Out When and How Tax Should be Collected. 1 — WHAT IS EXEMPT — Hot Chocolate, Cocoa, Buttermilk—No Tax at FesI tivals or Picnics. Indianapolis, May 21—Inquiries re- \\ ceived by the Bureau of Internal RevM enue and Collectors indicate a misunderstanding on the part of not only -.1 a large portion of the public, but dealers themselves regarding the tax on soft drinks, which became effective ■> May 1. Reports reaching the bureau 4> are that some dealers are not collectJ Ing the tax while others are charging • extra pennies for drinks which aro > not taxable. . To correct these mistakes the burJ eau has issued the following official ; statement relating to the collection > of the tax: . The tax is one cent for each ten J cents or fraction thereof on the > amount paid at soda fountains, ice > cream parlors or similar places of ! business on soft drinks, ice cream, ' ice cream sundaes, “or similar arti- • cles of food or drink which sold for , consumption in or in proximity to J such places of business.” The pur- ’ chaser can not escape the, tax by step- > ping outside of the place where sold , to consume his soft drink or ice cream ' Ice cream in cones is taxable, because 1 sold under conditions which indicate . that it is to be consumed “in or in ! proximity to the place of business.” J When ice cream is sold under condi- • tions which indicate that it would us- > ually be consumed in or in proximity ’ to the premises, the fact that the pur- - chaser does not consume it there but * carries it away, does not render it ' free from the tax. Ice cr am sold in '.boxes and ice, cream sodas or oth*>’- >, -oft drinks sold in pitchers or buckets I for home consumption are exempt. ' Sales of soft drinks, ice cream and 1 similar Articles of food and drink in . hotels, restaurants, cafeterias and J club houses axe not taxable unless ‘ sold separate and apart from meals. • If ice cream of a soft drink is the > only refreshment, ordered in such J places the tax applies. Such sales at ; soda fountains are taxable even ■ though sold as part of a meal. In general such beverages qommonJ ly known as soft drinks which are > compounded or mixed at a soda foun- . tain are subject to the tax. lllustraI tvie of these are orangeade, lemonade, ‘ pineapple juice, coca coin root beer ■ moxie. phosphates, fruit and flavoring , syrus mixed with plain or carbonated I water, milk shake', malted milk ' shakes, cream and egg shakes, ice > cream, ice cream sodas, ice cream sundaes, ice cream sandwiches and flavored ices. Certain drinks often sold at soda , fountains, ice cream parlors and simi- • lar places of business are not taxable. , Such beverages are hot beef tea, cosJ foe, tea, buttermilk, milk, hot choco- ' late or cocoa, hot clam bisque, hot • tomato bisque and hot tomato bouil- ! lon. Medical preparations such as ’ bromo-seltzer. citrate of magnesa, • rochelle salts, seitlets powders, bi- > carbonate of soda, aromatic spirits I of ammonia, epsom salts, essence of ’ pepsin, etc., sold at the fountain also • escape the “soft drink” tax. No tax I applies on the sale of beverage such as ginger ale, root beer, moxie, min ’ era! water, etc., when served fron > closed containers, be. ru- a manufacturer's tax on such drinks ha. ■!- J read} been levied ■ The tax is on the whole amount of i ■ the purchase price. Thus, if a purI chaser who “treats” a triend orders J two sodas at the same time, each sei ling for 15 cents, the tax is 3 cents, and not 4 cents. If. however, he buys J one 15 cent soda and immediately ' thereafter purchases another 15 cent i drink, the tax is 2 cents on each sale, j Dealers are advised to guard separate i ,> customers against pooling their pm- > chases to escape the tax. The penalJ ty for willfully attempting to evade ' the tax is a fine of not more than sl ! k- ■ 000 or not more than one year s imt! pHsonment, or both, together with the : cost of prosecution. ’ 1 Sales cf ice cream and soft drinks by religious, charitable or education- : al societies on special occasions such ' as church festivals, picnics, ets., are I net taxable. Such sales in stands i'and booths at agricultural fairs, rac- • ’ j n g parks, public exhibitions, circuses ’ shows and similar places are taxable.] : : i 'i WARBLERS ALL KINDS [i Not taking into account the human ’ beings who are. sometimes referred to • 1 as warblers, you will find on looking ' «. into a bird book that there are many,

1 ' ' “ — kinds of warblers, ranging alphabefically al the way from bay-breasted warblers to yellow-runi|>ed warblers, says the American Forestry Association, Washington, which is conducting the national bird house building contests. If you had a collection of them all together they would take in about all the colors of the rainbow, yellow, orange, chestnut, black, white, green, gray, brown and other colors with numerous Shades entering into their beautiful pluiimge. —o FOR SALE. 8-room house, 3rd St. Part cash; balance as rent or part liberty bonds. 7room house, partly modern, 3rd St. Terms easy. Two 6-room houses, on Tenth St. Same can be sold small payment down; balance as rent. Three houses on Ninth street. Two houses on Mercer avenue, inside railroad. Modern, except furnace. Good stucco house and over halfacre of ground; good drove well; on Decatur St. Will sell on easy terms, cash payment of liberty bonds. Five-room house on No. 11th St. Eight-room house on Monroe St. Modern except furnace. Four business rooms on Second St. Will sell one or all at a good investment price. House and two Jots on Adams St. Brick business room in Geneva. Sell or trade. House on Fifth St., near new high school. House on Fourth street. House on Jackson St. 400-acre farm, trade for rentals. We have a number of otheF good locations for sale, some on easy terms. Also some good vacant lots and frequently houses to rent, as well as a large list of good farms, sales and trades. If we know your wants we will do our best to supply them. 120t12 ERWIN & MICHAUD PUBLIC SALE I will offer for sale at my residence, ICIS W. Adams street, Saturday, May 24, beginning at one o’clock, the following. consisting of: Dining table, 6 dining rpom chairs, kitchen table, kitchen chairs, 3 rocking chairs, 3 stands, 2 dressers, 1 bed, mattress and 2‘ soft coal 1 coal oil beater, jind other articles too numerous tp iXention. M. S. VENTS Roy Runyon, Auct. 120-tl r e:— VULCANIZING with modern equipment. Prompt service. — Holthouse Garage. 7Stf. VULCANIZING Have your tires cared for by A. W. Tanvas. Vulcanizing casings 50c up; tubes 20c up. Phone 471. o NOTICE. We have opened a cash grocery in the old “Joe Rice” grovery. The riverside grocery.—Ward and Smith 118t3 SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS. As I am going to move I will sell at public auction at my residence, 348 Winchester street, on Saturday, May 24, 1919, beginning at one o'clock, my household goods consisting of dressers, beds and springs, stands, 1 organ, some carpet, 1 cout, 1 double sofa, 2 mirrors, and other household goods. MARY A. STEELE. J. A. Michaud, Auct. 115t6eod FORNAX BLACKSMITH SHOP We have opened a blacksmith shop in the Ollie Heller stand on First street. First class repair work done, also make specialty of horse shoeing. Our work guaranteed. Give us a call. DICK EARHART, Mgr. 116112 ED GREEN, Owner. j r— JOHNSON & JOHNSON AUTO REPAIR SHOP Grain and Cast Point Grinding Malleable and Steel Clevises —and — GENERAL BLACKSMITHING PETERSON, INDIANA ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO | LOAN One million dollars to loan at 51" per cent, on improved farms. Ten years’ time with privilege of making partial payment at any interest-paying dates. jVbstract of title on short order. JOHN SCHURGER & SON Office on second flooi, over Fisher & Harris Grocery CHILDREN Should not be “dosed” Asfi for colds —apply the “outside” treatment — , “YOUR BODYGUARD" - 30A 60ML2Q

A ONE DAY TIRE SALE II has been a long time since auto owners had an opportunity to buy nationally known and guaranteed auto tires at sale prices and we believe that you’ll welcome the chance Io lake advantage of the sale that we will hold al our place on Saturday, May 24th—one day only. THESE TIRES ARE GUARANTEED BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR 5000 MILES HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO BUY THE FOLLOWING SIZES AT SALE PRICES 30 x 3513.00 30 x 31/2517.50 32 x 3i/ 2 522.50 31 x 4527.50 32 x 4 $28.98 33 x 4530.49 i 34 x 4532.98 35 x 4i/ 2 542.50 All Tires at sale prices sold for cash Visit our Sales Rooms THE GAUNT AUTO SALES COMPANY North Second Street

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ffi ffi IfiS !fi HfiSRK PROTECT YOUR LITTLE CHICKS Do not take the chance of losing your chicks, when you can buy good heavy, substantially built Galvanized Iron Coops at these prices: Square Gal. Iron Coops $1.75 Round Gal. Iron Coops $1.75 Buy them by the crate. €b. WS Jtavs TOTT MOUBS