Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1921 — Page 5

SATURDAY SPECIALS Ladies’One-Strap Slippers, Leather d* | ia Indies’School Heel Brown Oxfords Ladies - Comfort Shoes, Rubbet Heeled, Men’s Tennis While and Black, S-s *,.Q Men s Black Tennis Slippers -| 1 Men’s Brown Leather Oxfords q*i» Men s Brown Work Shoe, Cap Toe, $2 98 Mens Black Dress Shoe, Gun Metal 98 Charlie Voglewede r The Shoe Seller.

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a ♦ ABOUT TOWN ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Mrs. George Kellar and daughter, Gillian, left today for Bellevue, and Cleveland, Ohio, where they will visit relatives. Mrs. Pierre Goodrich returned to her home in Winchester yesterday afternoon. Miss Helen Dugan accompanied her sister and will remain for the week-end. Erwin Bentz of Union township was a business caller in this city today. Mrs. Guy Latchaw and daughter, Marcella of Chicago, 111,, who have been the house guests of the Dan Tyndall family left this morning for a visit at Mrs. Latchaw’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Egley, of Fort Wfeyae. Mrs. Charles Niblick and daughters, Margaret and Charlotte, attended the Marcus Review at the Palace last evening. Rinehart Reinking of Union township was a business visitor in Decatur this morning. Oscar Gotsch of Union township went to Fort Wayne this morning to meet some relatives that will be his guests for a week.

Our Complete Line of Distinctive Woolens for the Coming Season is Ready for Your Selection. The line comprises beautiful worsteds, serges, cassinieres and herring bones w hich are so popular now, at the following reduced prices: $35.00, $40.00, $45.00, $50.00, $55.00 & $65. Suits tnadc by 11. S. & Co. embody the utmost in style, quality and workmanship. X We would be pleased to show you. Holthouse Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men & Boys It] 111 - 11 I | AN AGRICULTURAL NATION ™ Nearly one-third of the people in -J 1 the I nited Stales, or about 30.000.- ■ 000 live on farms. Nearly 20,000,000 ZZ, p| | | more live in communities having a Ij I 9 population of less than 2,500. In fHI other words, nearly half the populaI tion of the United States is to be ZZZ drU found on farms or in country dis- ZZZ Xu| triels. C" ZZZB < We are still an agricultural na- --- ---B tion. <>ur own community depends --- S’ ’ 1 largely upon the farms lor its pro- --- £ gress ami prosperity. This bank is I ‘ especially well prepared to take care --- I of (he accounts of farmers. We inI vile them to use this service. * --- -4 FIRST NATIONAL BANKjg; You Are a Stranger Here lui Once. 1-- - lai - Ife ki I II t#—— 1 ■ I I If | r OEOfIL HESEOVE 9 B BSffIWSW - K ~ y -f • system —.J— 4-t-r

Judge Smith of Fort Wayne was a liusinesK caller in Decatur this morning. Mrs. A. Artman has returned front Portland where she spent yesterday on business. O. D. Werling of Preble was in this city on business today. G. F. Rothaar of Chattanooga, Ohio, was a business visitor in this city today. E<l Miller of east of the city was in Decatur this morning on business. .Jack Smith of east of the city was a business visitor in this city today. Miss Gusta Cramer will spend the week-end in Fort Wayne the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Richards. Sam Shamp returned this morning from Warsaw where he was called on account of the serious illness of his brother. Julius Heideman of Washington townspip was a caller in this city today. Mrs. Herb Burroughs and Miss Marcella Kern v ill return from Jackson, Mich., tomorrow where they have teen visiting at the home of Mrs. Burrough’s sister, Mrs. Willis VanCamp.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921.

Mr. and Mrs, W. 8. Cross of Sturgis., Mich., who huve boon Quite 111 for a number of weeks, still remains in a serious condition Mrs. Minnie Daniels is there caring for them. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Haefling of In diunapolis and Mrs. J. H. Voglewede moiortMl to Fort Wayne to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. James Hncfling and family. D. B J. won the 2:11 pace at Muncie. The best time was made in the first heat, which was taken by Baron Watts with Tom Cavault driving, Moonshine took the 2:25 pace in straight heats, best time, 2:14>/*. Joseph Chrlsnins stopped here a few hours this morning enroute to his home in the south part of the county after five weeks at Oden, Mich. He improved in'health there the first two weeks but suffered from a severe cold the last two or three weeks. Dan Beery, Rattle Meibers, I’enn Robison, Charles Ernst and Forrest Elzey nioftred to Muncie to attend the races. Duty Clever gits horse callin’ when th’ office pays enough. A prominent Chicago man died with his shoes off ylsterday.—Abe Martin, in Indianapolis News. Janies Steel and daughter Cora, of Peterson, were shoppers in this city yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Davis of South Salem, were shopping in Decatur this afternoon. Mr. William Bitner of east of the city, was in Decatur on business this afternoon. Adolph Schamerloh of Union township, was a business visitor in this city today. Martin Bleeke of Union township was a Fort Wayne visitor yesterday. J. M. Smith of Monroe township, was a business visitor in this city today. Mrs. Chris Strebe of Fort Wayne, was a visitor in Decatur today. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hoffman and son Billie, went to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Overman and daughter Babe, of Covington, Ky., will leave this afternoon for Rome City to spend the remainder of the summer. Mr. Alfred Volmer of Toledo, O„ was elected Aiderman of the 7th ward by a majority of four hundred votes on the Republican ticket. Mr. Volmer formerly lived in this city and is quite well known. Herman Stopenhagen of Freidheim, was in this city this afternoon on business. Mrs. Noah Mangold is the guest of her son Arthur, at Richmond today. Mr. Frank Mock, son George, and daughter Edna, of South Salem, were shoppers in this city today. Mrs. August Lengerich of Washing ton township, was a shopper in this city today. Mr. George Bobilya of Willshire, 0.. was a bqpiness caller in Decatur this afternoon. Mrs. Homer McKain of Washington township shopped in this city today. The only Genuine Money* | Worth Bread on sale at Steele’s Grocery. Get this quality loaf 1 */z th. for only 10c. Received | fresh every day. 190-3 t COURT HOUSE NEWS. • Two new cases were filed with I County Clerk John T. Kelly, in vacat tion time today. The first is entitled i Sadie Scherer vs. Enos O. Osterman. I et. al., complaint on note and foreclosure of mortgage. Demand $3,900. Merryman & Sutton are attorneys for plaintiff. Burt Lewis vs. Walter L. Ross, receiver, Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad company, complaint for damages. demand SI,OOO, is the title of the second case, filed by Attorney Smith & Parrish. • Many owners of automobiles are inquiring as to the valuation placed on their cars by the assessors and the county board of review, and then add the ten percent, ordered by the state tax board. In some cases owners of Fords are paying on a valuation greater than the cost of a new car at the market price. And yet, there are a few who say the law is just. AFTER BACK TAXES. Washington, Aug. 12.“-(Special to Daily Democrat). —Between $1,200,000,000 and $1,500,000,000 in back taxes is due the government and the next tew’ months will see a strenuous effort to get the money into the treasury. Republican house leaders and treasury department officials today agreed that the collection machinery should be started immediately. Secretary Mellon has estimated $335,000,000 can be obtained from back taxes in the present fiscal; year, but Infuse lewleis hope to increase this to $500,000,000. LLOYD GEORGE COMING. London. Aug. 12.—(Special to Daily Democrat). —Premier Lloyd George will attend the Washington disarnia-' ment conference, domestic affairs permitting, it was stated in authoritative circles today.

MAKING HOME RUN I Is Hard for Best Hitters— I When Bases Are Full' Captains Will Insist ON WALKING BATTER I Babe Ruth Often Swats the Pill Other Batters Would i Pass Up—lt’s Expected 1 — < (By Henry L. Farrell, United Press t staff correspondent) New York, Aug. 12. — Bpbe Ruth should be able to break his 1920 1 home run record, but If he does he 1 will not get the credit that the feat < deserves. Because he has done so much in I making long distance hitting records, the fans expect it of him. if, he should i make seventy homers this year, the < fans will accept it with a-L"Well, he ought to. He's the greatest hitter that ever lived,’ J Ouisiue of the fortunate few who have a chance to sit in most of the games in which the,Babe performs, it ’ is not realized what a real greatness it requires in the king swatter to get a home run. Possessed of a good eye and a strong pair of arms or shoulders, it is no great feat for an ordinary batter to hit one out of the park, especially in these days of the lively ball. The majority of home runs result from a crack at a good ball in the groove. Ruth, however, seldom gets ' a swing at a good ball. He had to get hold of the bad ones, and therein , lies his greatness. In the recent Yankee-Brown series. Ruth was passed twice by Urban , Shocker. That, of course, is nothing unusual, but the comment of Lee Fobl. ! manager of the Browns, after the . game, throws light on what the Bam , bino is up against. “Sure, I ordered him parsed,” Fohl ! said. “Any manager is crazy who gives that fellow a chance to hit in a , tight place.” I With runners on bases in a close s game, Ruth usually gets four served • up to him that he couldn't reach with I a fence post. Some pitchers, knowing , the Babe’s propensity to slam the , bad ones as well as the goad ones, go - almost to the extremity of rolling them down like a bowling ball. t This in large part explains why ■ Ruth hasn’t run away from his 1920 record. It was only fair to assume 1 early in the season, when batters of » an occasional single calibre were knocking the ball out of the lot with - great regularity, that Ruth would get s flbout seventy-five this year. However. at the first of August he was , just about even with the count of • 1920. Many of the fans are trying to fig- - ure why George Kelly, the Giant first ■ baseman, who started out like he was going to push Ruth for the season’6 honors, fizzled. , It is not hard to explain. Kelly was ; uot a flash. He has th(f ability to be- ’ ccme a great home-run hitter, not as great, perhaps, as Ruth. Kelly plays ; on a club where team-play above everything else, is demanded by the management. Ruth goes to the plate with a rtanding order to slug. Kelly has to de just what John McGraw tells Irin to do. If the situation calls for a sacrifice. Kelly has to lay one down. If a long fly is needed, he has to deliver. Except in cases where he is first up, or where there are two dowm and none on. he seldom gets a chance to take a good swing at the ball. The Giant chib owners apparently I believe that the glory of a pennant and the money resulting from a world’s series mean more to the team than the that would result from an exploitation of home-run hit | ting.

AGAIN IN SHAPE Bellmont park is rapidly getting back to normal. Since the close of the fair last Saturday evenint*a large forco of workmen have been busy cleaning up the grounds and getting the park in a presentable shape. On Sunday morning the park had the appearance of a city that had been struck by a cyclone. Load after lead of rubbish, lumber and structural work has been hauled away. The recent rains have started the grass to grow. This had been trodd. n down I by the thousands of automobiles and pedestrians, and a bright gijpan coat will soon cover the acres in the park again making it one of the most beau- l tiful places in the entire state. a ORTHAPECIC CLINIC Dr. IL E. Keller has arranged with Dr. W. F. Mumbeig of Chicago. 111., the expert in appliances for all kinds of ■ deformities, ti usses, braces and supporters for all kinds of hernia or rupture to look after Dr. H. E. Keller’s patients August 15 and 16th, to adjust all appliances placed and to put on and adjust those now coining in. This clinic will be at Dr. Keller's i office,' and physicians are invited to attend and bring their patients. Examinations are free 190-t2 j

WILL LEAD FIGHT Hoosier State Automobile Association is Against Mellon’s Suggestion

FOR TEN-DOLLAR TAX Once more organized motorists of Indiana are to lead u fight to avert Higher taxation on their vehicles, aecordjng to an announcement just issued by the Hoosier State Automobile association. A. G. Lupton, of Hartford City, president of the associa ties, deoiares that the suggested tax of $lO on every motor vehicle in the United States as seriously proposed by Secretary W the Treasury .xfellou. will be an imposition on u form of transportation now already over-tax-ed. “The ten million motor vehicles In the United States now pay, in the way of special and direct taxes, the (sum of $348,769,878 —or nearly $35 each per annum—just about 9 per 'cent., assuming they each are valued ’ at only S4OO for taxation purposes. 1 No oth’r form of personal property bears such a high rate of taxation. “Federal authorities seem to think the motor vehicl els a luxury and may easily be made the goat fori paying off any little thing like the) national debt,” the statement contin- j ues, "but I know the motorists of Indiana have a different view of the situation. The Hoosier State Automobile association is the recognized j agency for fighting the battles of motorists. During the war period we i assisted the American Automobile association in killing the special fed-1 sral tax of approximately SSO on every ear. At the last session of the Indiana legislature our association! succeeded iff killing a bill to double! the state license fees and another bill; to place a tax of U cent a gallon oni gasoline. By killing these measures | we saved the automobile owners of I Indiana $3,000,000 this year alone. If | we can kill this federal tax bill we I will save the motor vehicle owners of the state an additional $4,000,000. [ And yet some people ask. ‘WJiat good is the Hoosier State Automobile association to me?’ “We have been preaching to owners this summer the necessity ms co-op-eration. Suppose there were no Hoosier State association — no American Automobile association witli which we are affiliated? What chance would Ihe individual owner of a motor ve.hieie have to avert any and all forms of excessive taxation? What could the individual owner do in this pres<nt emergency? The Hoosier State association proposes to show to federal officials that the automobile, truck or passenger car, is no longer a luxury. It can not be made the easy mark, for high--handed taxation schemes. We propose to ,give the strongest kind of assistance to the. American Automoobile association in this fight and we invite the assistance of every motor vehicle owner in Indiana, whether a member of our association or not. Send us a barrage of protest letters from all over Indiana and we will make good use of them.” It. is stated that the headquarters of

Good News for You--Mrs. Housewife There's always good news awaiting you here—this big store full of money-sating bargains that means dollars Io you—to every economical housewife—is brimful of opportunities Io beat the 11. C. of L. al every turn. Shop at the Fair store—and you’ll be dollars ahead. Note These Saturday Grocery Specials <■ A Real House Broom, 39c Perfect Catsup, 15c; 25c Cocoa, Good Grade, Jell-O,all flavors, Q High Grade Bulk Coffee, Package lUC 25c value, Ib\ M -» Feb Naptha, American rs Large can Pork and Beans, 15c; family, and Star, 3 bars forit V Navy Beans, lb. 6c; 1 TJ OC 3 lb. tor • A/ C Milk, all standard brands, Large can Kraut 2 lall cans Perfect Red Beans/can 10c; all standard brands, Or o for ZiOC 4 BmaU cans Salmon, large can, 15c; 25C COmp ° Und Milk | Boon County Corn, can 10c; QJ* Polar Bear Flour. d*l fk 3 for ZiOC 25 lb. sack tPA.IeJ THE FAIR STORE - FERD BLEEKE, PROP.

the Hoosier Statu Automobile association in the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, will act us clearing house for all protests from Indiana against this

Value In Jewelry There is always a reason for a difl’erence in Jewelry prices. Thai which costs very little is usually worth less than it costs, A cheaper article of unskilled workmanship and poor finish will never give the pleasure and satisfaction to which you are entitled. Thai is why we are indeed gratified when our friends tell us that the name “Pumphrey” is a guarantee of excellence. Pumphrey’s Jewelry Store Decatur, Indiana Let Experts Do It. When your Automobile—no matter what make or model—needs repairing or tuning up, you should demand Expert Workmanship On It We can give you this service for we have expert mechanics who know how to repair automobiles. Sampson Batteries We have the exclusive agency for the famous Sampson Battery the best and cheapest battery made. Tires and Accessories We carry a complete line of United States and Fisk Tires. Agents for the Reo and Maxwell Automobiles. Day and Night Service. 'Phone 763. Riverside Garage East Monroe Street. KLINK & MILLER, Props. Optimistic Service This bank offers you its Optimistic Service. We are here Io help you in all matters that jicrtain to your Money, which is the Center and Core of your Business. We want to strengthen and invigorate your Business, to help you Get | on. Not to Hold you Back. j The Peoples Loan & Trust Co Im I Bank of Service. .JU. < . :::::: -mSm 'Wis a "a'Xtafc’xst:t >

proposed federal tax. "Shoot ’em In” urgvs ITesidont Lupton, "and tho stronger they are the better wo will like It.”