Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1921 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. JOHN H. HELLER Editor ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE. Amoclate Editor and Busineae Manager JOHN H. STEWART City Editor Subscription Rates Cash In Advance Single Copies 3 cent® One Week, by carrier 16 cents One Ye»r, by carrier $7.50 One Mouth, by mail 45 cents Three Months, by mail J*-25 Six Months, by mail $2 One Year, by mail $409 One Year, at office $4.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Deca tur, Indiana, as second-class mutter. Many u tuuu would have been out of work this winter had it not been for the sugar factory. At present they are employing more men than any other factory in the city. Think it over. The Daily Democrat is asking Its rural and mail subscribers to renew their subscription this month. We are doing everything possible to make the home paper a better one and of real service to you and will appreciate your renewing this month.

The exemption allowed in making your income tax reports arc the same as last year, a married man is allowed two thousand dollars and two hundred dollars extra for each child, while a single person is allowed an exemption of one thousand dollars. Congress has not changed the law. The sugar factory is worthy of the unanimous support of this community. It is a progressive industry, willing to stand and take its part in those projects that mean a benefit to the city and is not only a help to Decatur but to the state of Indiana as well. Surely the people do not want to see it closed next year. A town or city is no better than its best newspaper. The Daily Democrat is trying to improve and keep a few paces ahead and in addition to the modern equipment now in use in publishing the home paper a new linotype is being installed with the view that we may better serve the public. Your continued support will be appreciated. Tiie meeting of the Industrial association to be held Monday evening at the library will be an important one. The election of officers will take place and business matters of importance will be taken up. Plans will be made for entertaining the students of the Reppert Auctioneering school and every member is urged to be present. No one will deny that times were good last year. Statistics show that the number of automobiles, including trucks in the United States last year was 9,274,920 or practically one for every eleven people in the country. A gain of 1,670,904 was made over the year before showing that the year was really a prosperous one. Are you one of the eleven? If you are snowbound over Sunday you might spend the day in reading and trying to dope out the income tax blanks. Those corporations and individuals who paid an income tax or filed a report last year will receive the new blanks while the others must make application for them. Tuesday. March Ist, is the last day on which to tile your report. We have the promise that the legislature now in session will strengthen the "blue sky law,” provided, of course, invitations to junketing trips at the people's expense do not multiply in such away as to leave the lawmakers with insufficient time for public service. The law now on the statutes‘is better than none, and offers a certain protection to investors in stocks and bonds if the purchasers utilize it as they may. The state is overrun with suave, oily rascals disposing of utterly worthless stock to the unwary, and we are informed; that these crooked adventurers have had a splendid harvest in Ft. Wayne. One feature of the existing law which offers a limited protection is that which provides a licensing sys-J

tern for salesmen of stocks aud bonds. This, of course, does not guarantee the investment, but it is supposed to guarantee th# personal character of the salesmen. Any light fingered stranger enteri||f the state with a crooked proposition will hesitate about supplying for u license und giving a bond. The worst of th® breed do not. And there ate largely the ones who have been imposing upon Investors w’thin a thousand miles of Fort Wayne. That this is made all the easier because of the Ignorance of the investor of the license system is the nautral conclusion. The first duty that a prospective buyer owes to himself on being approached by a smiling stranger is to compel him to show his license. If he has none, the next duty is clear —to show the stranger the door. Thus, the present law does accomplish something—<but not enough. The fafct that Indiana is behind other states in the protection of its investors advertises the state among the crooked salesmen, and brings among us more than our proportion of the breed. It is to be hoped that the legislature will not adjourn until we. of Indiana, have a law as protective as that of other states. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. THEY OPPOSE REDUCTION (United Press Service) Washington. Jan. 15 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —'Opposition to the reduction of the standing army below 200,000 in the present condition of the world was voiced before the senate military- affairs committee today by General Pershing and Secretary of War Baker. Pershing urged the committee to amend the new- resolution now before the senate to stop recruiting not until the mark had been reached instead of the 175,000 which the resolution now calls for. Pershing and Baker also urged early action for a bill creating the ranks of lieut. general and provisions that it be conferred on three officers who took part in the world war. s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s■—s ELECTION NOTICE Decatur, Indiana, Dec. 17, 1920. Notice is hereby given, that the annual meeting of the stockholders of The Peoples Loan and Trust company of Decatur. Indiana, will be held at the banking house of said trust company in this city, on January 18..1921, at 10:30 a. tn., for the election of directors of said trust company to serve the ensuing year and until succeeded. W. A. LOWER, Secretary. 171-24-31-7-14-17

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♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + ♦ + ♦ TREND OF LEGISLATION + ♦ By + + George W. Stout, Indiana State ♦ + Chamber of Commerce. + + + g.g. + + + 4-4‘4‘ + 4 > Indianapolis. Jun. 15. — One large controversial topic already has been dropped into the midst of legislative serenity In the form of a bill to widen the scope of the Indiana primary law so us to make that statute actually state wide in its effect. The Alldredge bill In the senate, understood to arise out of the advocacy by Edward C. Toner of Anderson of a movement to strengthen rather than restrict or repeal the existing primary law, would take into the primary family all those state officers who hitherto have been nominated in state conventions, and would limit to $3,500 the sum to be expended by each primary candidate for United States senator and by each aspirant before the primary for a state office, including governor. The bill also would' do away with the presidential preferential vote in Indiana and would make a plurality of the votes cast sufficient to nominate. Under the present law only the governor and United States senators are nominated in the state-wide vote and a majority of the votes cast for all aspirants Is necessary to nominate. Without, that majority the state convention held to name other state officers, must select also the gubernatorial and senatorial nominees. Politicians now predict that in the present session of the Indiana legislature, under guise of a contest over the retention or repeal of the primary law. there may be waged the real battle for the 1922 republican nomination for United States senator. The friends of Ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge are positive in demanding that the primary law shall l>e continued and strengthened. Those who are more or less identified with Senator Harry S. New are pretty generallyfound to be urging the repeal of the primary law. Some observers hold the view that the outcome of the discussion in the legislature and the rise or fall of the primary system in Indiana may have a definite effect upon the senatorial situation in 1922. Gov. Warren T. McCray tjikes his stand for the repeal of the state-wide features of the present primary law. and it is now understood the primary repeal element favors also nominating congressional candidates in delegate conventions. As is well known, Gov. McCray doubts the wisdom of the present primary law because of the opportunity it gives to the wealthy office-seeker to lay out unlimited sums of monev, while, through that weakness it also bars the poor though perhaps worthyaspirant who can not "go the pace.” Friends of the primary system freely admit the existing law is weak, but they declare that the well-being 6£ the candidate is not the primary consideration. They favor severe penalties for men who expend large sums to get nominations. They would continue, they say, to give the voters a direct shot at all nominations, while at the same time by drastic measures preventing the use of vast sums of money to influence the result one way or another. Already it is being pointed out that the Alldredge bill is not strong enough in the matter of imposing a penalty on the man who uses more money than the law allows in getting on a party ticket. The new bill simply would cause the offender to forfeit his ton-expensive nomination. These is a disposition in some quarters to put in a strengthened primarylaw a penalty clause which would prevent the big money primary campaign from getting started.

Thus early in the session the somewhat heated discussion of the primary issue is taking a front place where groups of law-makers form in time ot recess. On both sides are determined and forceful advocates hurling the missiles of argument right and left. The warm though good-natured debates of the present, however, are pretty well understood to forecast a bitter if not historic legislative battle. Ex-Senator Beveridge, who advocates the primary system, and who formerly advocated the election ot United States senators by popular vote, may be expected to express himself with vigor on the primary issue. It is not known what effect his advocacy finally may have. Just now, with the new state administration and the republican state organization and the new state administration and republican state organization and the two United States senators apparently committed, to the repeal of the statewide features of the primary law, there would seem to be little chance tor a measure such as the Alldredgo bill for the strengthening of the Indi iaua primary. However, there are unkonwn and uncertain elements which as yet have not emerged to assert themselves. It is not known what the women citizens will say on the matter of the

primary repeal plan. What the new I voters suy is bound to carry weight j with the men who are directing legis lution, both in the legislature and upon the side-lines. Indiana women last fall for the first time were permitted to vote in a gen eral eleetlon. They cast tlgdr ballots for the candidates for office the men had nominated at, primaries some months before. The women voters had little part, directly, in making up the tickets for 19*20. The city elections come in 1921 and a state election in 1922 with a United States senator and thirteen congressmen also to be named. The party leaders are face to face with this problem: Will it be safo. politically, to take from the women voters the right to, cast a direct vote for party nominees? The query that suggests the right to cast a direct vote for party nominees? The query that suggests itself to the thoughtful political worker is something like this: Will the women voter, newly vested with the right to vote in both primary and general election, take as a friendly act any move to deprive her of her vote before she has had a chance to use that vote? Will Indiana women voters favor the repeal of the primary, or will they demand that women shall vote in a primary directly for state nominees and others, including senators? What ever is done, it is understood local primaries will select convention delegates if conventions replace the big primary. THE NUMBER OF AUTOS IN THE UNITED STATES Akron, Ohio, Jan. 15. — Motor vehicile registrations for the past year obtained from the various states by the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., show there are now 9.274.920 passenger cars and trucks in use throughout the United States—one for every 11.8 persons. This is an increase of 1,670.904, or 21.9 per cent., over Dec. 31, 1919, when there were 7,604,016 motor vehicles registered. The gain during the past year was greater than that of any previous year and is considered exceptionally remarkable by officials of the automobile industry in view of the adverse business conditions throughout the country during the" last part of 1920. The largest previous gain was 1,457,399 in 1919. Every state in the union showed a gain during the year, Virginia leading with 51.1 per cent, and Tenessee last with 1.4 per cent. The majority of states showed increases ranging from 18 to 24 per cent. In a general way, the figures show agricultural states made better gains than industrial states. The race between New York and Ohio for supremacy in the number of motor vehicles, has again turned in New York's favor. The mid-year registrations last summer showed Ohio leading by 81,000 cars and it was thought it would maintain its lead for the enftre year. Thousands of New York owners registered later, however, and the final figures showed New York with 692,174 and Ohio with 618,000. Pennsylvania strengthened its hold on third place, advancing from 492,117 to 584.184 while Illinois, its closest rival, increased from 478,438 to 568,745. Although California did not show as great a numerical gain this year as the other leaders, it still has fifth place firmly secured with 550,690. Indiana ranks ninth with 332,709 cars.

Refuses Offer _ (Continued from page one) been questioned. Politics is a necessary thing to good government',- and I always expect to take part in the things I feel are right, and for the best interest of all. 1 have never been given io any of the things radical. Tiie present condition in this state today has more thoroughly convinced me of the policy of "isms.” The Bank of N. D. is one of the radical moves put over by the Nou, Partisans in power. Today the bank is worse than broke. This country has one deposit in the bank of N. D. at the present time, over $169,000.00, and can’t withdraw one dollar. They put over a number of other Socialistic ideas, such as state owned elevators, mills, workhouses compensation bureau, state haff insurance, state insurance, state builders association, etc. Large appropriations were made to carry out the program. All have operated at a big loss to the state, but did create hundreds of new political jobs. They built up the greatest political machine ever known, and the ridiculous part of it all is -that the leaders are not even taxpayers in the state or any other state. Wishing you and mother much happiness and a prosperous 1921, 1 urn Your loving son. “BOB."

« doings in society • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦ Club Calendar Monday Ph! Delta Kappa—Club Rooms. Research Club- Mrs. J. ('• Sutton. Queen Esthers'will meet - Mondav evening. Tuesday Delta Theta Tau—Miss Glenys Mangold. Bachelor Maids—Miss Leona Bosse-. Wednesday. Five Hundred —Mrs. Frank Barthol. The regular meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will be held Monday evening in the chib rooms. Members are requested to be present. ♦ Mrs. Frank Barthol will entertain the Five Hundred club at her home Wednesday evening.

The members of the Research club will hold their regular meeting Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. C. Sutton. All members please take notice. ♦ The regular meeting of the Delta Theta Tau sorority will be held Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Glenys Mangold. All mesmbers are re-1 quested to be present. ♦ The Bachelor Maids will hold their regular meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Leona Bosse, at 6:30 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. The Christian Pastoral Helpers held a very interesting and well-attended meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. William Kohls. The report of the secretary showed the neat sum of $365 on hand for the end of the year. Mrs. Jennie Miller was elected president, and plans were made for the Easter sale to be conducted by the ladies. The plans will be announced later. Refreshments were served at the close of the business session, and the social hour was enjoyed by all. O*****W*O«* + AUCTION SCHOOL NEWS + + By + ♦ Miles Drije + ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Another Big One. Col. Meal, the highest salaried auctioneer in the world, opened his series of instructions, with a brief outline of the horse and mule market of today. Col. Meal is a horse auctioneer with headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., and after the signing of peace, Mr. Meal was appointed by the government, owing to his individual merits, to dispose of all the horses and mules in possession of the government, at the various cantonments. His instruction will include the judging of all classes of horses and mules and a complete course in horse aud mule auctioneering. With his Roscoe Arbuckle anatomy and the broad knowledge of his profession, Mr. Meal has made one of the very best impressions upon the students. Mr. Nidiinger, of the firm of J. D. Nidlinger & Son, a veteran breeder of Duroc hogs and commonly referred to as the man that put Decatur in the lime-lights as a center for the best— Durocs, was presented to the class by Col. Gartin.

Rev. Tinkham dropped in to look the boys over and have a few minutes talk with them. He extended the hearty welcome of the Methodist church to their Sunday services. "Play the Game Fair", was the subject of his brief talk, and when he left the students were all impressed that they heard a real talk of the biblical world. Charles W. O’Neil, one of the students at the auction school, was a pleasant caller at this office today. Mr. O'Neil's home is in Bridgeport. Wis., where he owns and operates an 800-aere ranch. He came to the auction school to get the instruction offered by Mr. Reppert that he might become a better auctioneer, having been engaged in the business several years, and he bays he is sure getting what he came for. Frank O’neil, nephew of the auction student, is one of the greatest horse jockies in the world, and is now riding in Paris. Jennie O’Neil noted in the east and in London as one of the best elocutionists, is a sister of the student. Mr. O’Niel has a daughter now taking a course in the Chicago Conservatory of Music, and she will appear next year on the Chautauqua circuit. OUT OF THE RACE - When a person wakes up with a stiff back, has pains in muscles, aches in his joints, or has rheumatic twinges, he lacks ambition and energy and •cannot do his best. If you feel out of the race, tired and languid, or have other symptoms of kidney trouble, you should act promptly. Foley Kidkey x ills help the kidneys do their work and get out of the system the poison ous waste matter that causes so much double. They give relifrf from sleepdisturbing bladder disturbances.— Sold Everywhere. I

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