Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1921 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. JOHN H. HELLER Editor ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Associate Editor and Business Manager JOHN H. 3TEWART City Editor Subscription Rates Cssh in Advance Single Copies 3 rents One Week, by carrier 15 cents One Year, by cw rler 17.60 One Month, by mail 45 Cents Three Months, by mail 11.25 Six Months, by mall 12.25 One Year, by mail $4.00 One Year, at office $4.00 Advertising rates make known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Pep up. Advices from eastern bankers today indicate a decided improvement in general business conditions. Os course we can stand considerable of that but if we all boost a little we will get over the depression easier and quicker. Republicans are not using the “normalcy” platform in the various city campaigns over the state nor referring to the record of the first six months of the national administration. It will not be as easy to put over promises this year as it was last when every thing was going along nicely. The president is appealing for the election of a republican congress next year and strange as it may seem, the newspapers which denounced Wilson for a similar letter at a time even more critical than now. have nothing to say. His letter is written a year ahead because of the fact that a senatorial election is on in New Mexico and the president is playing politics. Isn’t it funny? “I am not so much concerned with those who came out of the war unimpaired. They have the compensation of supreme service and experience,” says President Harding in a speech at Atlantic City Sunday. But did any of those who saw’ actual service come out unimpaired and how about the men who remained at home while the boys were saving the country for a dollar a day? We believe the president and congress ought to

Wonderful Styles For Fall, at i Myers— Hundreds of the very newest fashions for men and young rpy'' , 'W jbA men. They are several months / ahead of the average clothiers n because we are constantly in J I IbM the market looking for the lat- I est st vies. Your choice — y $20.00 to $35.00 fta 1 IM YOUNG MEN’S I I'l'l School Suits I 11 It is simply impossible to L,B|H ' make better clothes to sell at the price we ask for them. In fact these single and double H breasted models are really £|l V|~ worth $5 to $lO more. Prices 118 here range from $25 to as low In 11l Men’s, Boys’ and Girls’ Men’s New SWEATERS FALL HATS —and slipovers. A large All shapes, materials and and varied assortment of colors are included in this various styles, and quaii- showing of the late styles ties, that insure an easy —very reasonably priced selection. at SI.OO .0 $7.50 $2.50, $4, $6 John T. Myers Co. Decatur, Indiana. i

be greatly concerned with all thofee who served. You can buy foreign bonds and securities now at about a cent on the , dollar. It’s u Louisiana lottery opportunity to get rich. It the debts are paid eventually you will make big money but if they are repudiated you lose. The part we can’t understand Is how they can meet annual i Interest several times higher than the entire amount they secure on the I i issue. I———— 1 ———— Fatty Arbuckle, movie actor of considerable fame, is'under arrest on a . charge of murdering Miss Virginia Rappe, in a Suu Francisco hotel. The details of the affair do not deserve a place in the newspapers. It is sufficient to say that the young lady died following a wild party and the evidence against Arbuckle seems conclusive in California where there is a law that death resulting from a felony is murder. Fatty's days of popularity are over and he will probably pay dearly for his week end 1 orgie. It is regretted that officials find it necessary to make arrests each year in order to enforce the laws regulating automobiles. The laws were made by the state and though the local officers have given due notice i there seem to be many who think they will not be enforced. The ar- ■ rest of a score of owners Saturday evening will no doubt convince every automobile owner that it is cheaper ; to obey the law than to pay fines. ■ The thing to do is to follow the . statutes and if the laws are not , necessary repeal the law. Officers cannot do thTs. It’s up to the legislature. i Whoever thought of Robinson . Crusoe as a successful advertiser? . Yet, he was, as history proves. He . knew that he wanted—a ship—and j he put up an ‘ad’ for one. He flung t a shirt on a pole at the top of his - island; that, in the language of the r sea, was plain to every sea faring > man. The circulation was small — - there was no other medium —but ! Crusoe kept at it. despite the fact > that he got no inquiries for a long

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Yes it’s toasted, of course. To seal in the flavor— ; time. He changed his copy—as one garment after another was frayed out—and in the end got what he wanted. But had he taken down that signal after a time and declared “advertising doesn't pay,” where would Crusoe and his story be today?— American Gas. The following is a paragraph from a speech by Congressman Burke Cochran on the proposed tax bill, a wonderful address in which the famous old statesman tells many truths: “Mr. Chairman, one effect of this discrimination between the rates prescribed by this bill for the very rich and the rates it imposes on possessors of moderate means is to disclose strikingly the length of the distance this country under republican ascendancy has already traveled along the path which leads away from democratic government and straight to class government. Y'ou are establishing now a precedent that one set of men, who are the very richest, can boldly come before the country and declare they must be exempt from any taxation they do not like; that only the taxes they are willing to pay can be imposed on them; that congress may tax tjiem with their permission, but it can not tax them according to what it may deem necessary for the safety of the nation. Taxation on that burdensome scale must be • imposed on others less favored by fortune. That is your position by your own statement. And it shows that the old political system under which alt citizens controlled the government in equal measure is displaced by a new order, which is here —under our eyes—exercising for the benefit of its members the powers of government, control of which it has succeeded in acquiring.” MARK HITS LOW EBB (t'nlled Pre.H Service). London. Sept 12. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The German mark reached a new record low oq the London exchange today, being quoted at 380 to the pound. The mark went down to 9.8 before the close of the New York exchange Saturday. — « FILM STIRS DEATH PENALTY PROTEST Public attention and protest against the admittance of purely circumstantial evidence in murder cases have been aroused by the showing of the first episode of “The Purple Riders,” the newest Vitagraph Western serial which will be the attraction at the Crystal theatre on Monday. All the organizations opposed to capital punishment have been aroused by the demonstration of how a murder can be “framed.” sending an innocent man to his death, and have used the film as an argument against the death penalty. Representatives of these organizations, lawyers and judges were given a private showing cf the episode. In the episode, Gerald Marsh and his father, a western rancher, engage in a hot quarrel. Gerald is in a dj-fink-en state, and falls ddwrf in a during the fight. As thei.fzther bends over, an enemy, lurking nearby. sends a bullet through his heart. The enemy then fires a shot from Gerald's pistol, puts the weapon back in his hand. £nd Trees. Gerald is found, and‘not knowing what has happened, -’believes in hi» own guilt. All ■ the evidence at haad.-points that way, too. Added attraction. Corrine Griffith in “Broadway Bubble.”

SPORT NEWS FOURTEEN INNING TIE BALL GAME AT GENEVA Geneva, Ind., Sept. 12. —(Special to ( Dailyl Democrat)—The Geneva Boosters and the Fort Colored Giants battled for 14 Innings here Sunday afternoon without a decision being reached, the approaching darkness and the 6 o’clock Sunday law terminating the contest, with the score standing three-all. The pitching of Johnson of the Giants and Skyrock for the Boosters proved the features. the former whiffing nine and the latter eight, with neither issuing a pass. The visitors took the lead in the second when Smith doubled with the sacks loaded, sending home three runs, the locals tying it.up in the third when an error and a three base hit drove in the only runs Geneva was able to secure. Braden took the mound at the beginning of the twelfth for the locals and held the Giants for the last three innings until it became too dark to finish the game. Enn-ry of Geneva and Wilson of Fort Wayne umpired the game to the entire satisfaction of the large audience. The Geneva band was also on the ground, as was the Harmony Four quartette which travels with the Giants. The score: Giants .030000 0 0000 0 003 13 8 Geneva 0030000000 0 000 3 143 Batteries: Johnson and Cooper; Skyrock, Braden and Briggs. TO MOVE TO LOS ANGELES Mrs. Addle Blackbum and son. Robert, will leave the latter part of this month for Los Angeles, California, where they will make their home. The house on Winchester street was sold this morning to Mr. Issac Brown and as soon as a sale of the household goods can be arranged the Blackburns will leave for the western coast. A six room cittage has been rented in Los Angeles and furnished and they will be located comfortably. Mrs. Blackburn has a daughter, five brothers and a • sister living in Los Angeles or vicinity apd will be very much at home. The address there will be 1351 West 59th street. BICYCLE WAS STOLEN Sometime Saturday night thieves entered the back porch of the Ed Kintz home and stole the brand new bjcycle belonging to Elmto Kintz. Some boys were seen about the place and it is believed that the party who took the wheel is known and unless it is returned within the next twen ' ty-four hours, Mr. Kintz will see that prosecution follows. DR. BUXTON TO LEAVE DECATUR (Continued from page one) 1 ty-one at the hour of midnight. Affectionately submitted, ALFRED G. A. BUXTON, Minister.” I J. J. Helrarick of Preble was a bus iness caller in this city today. i - - BANK STATEMENT. C. 3. NIBLICK. President F. M. SCHIRMEYER, Vice President. E. X. EHINGER. Cashier. A. D. SUTTLES, Assistant Cashier. A. SCHEUMANN. 2nd Asst Cashier Report of the condition ot the Old Adams County Bank, a state bank at Decatur, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on Sept. 6, 1921: RESOURCES Loans and discounts... .$1,296,283.17 i Overdrafts 4,331.61 , IT. S. Bonds 18.950.00 Other bonds and securities 11,207.04 Banking House 6,867.17 Furniture and fixtures... 4,916.30 New bank building 73,659.77 ■ Due from Banks and Trust , Companies 75,259.72 Cash on hand 28.311.64 Cash items 4,099.38 Current expenses 1,828.37 Taxes paid. Revenue. .. 897.74 ' Interest paid 3,014.51 Profits and loss .18 ; Revenue Stamps 163.95 i Total Resources $1,529,790.55 ■ LIABILITIES ’ Capital Stock—Paid in ...$120,000.00 ■ Surplus 30,000.00 > Undivided profits 1,271.24 Exchange, discounts and in- > terest 8,134.57 . Dividends unpaid 675.00 i Demand Dei posits $455,803.64 . Demand Certificates 628,375.48 1,084,179.12 i Due to Banks and Trust i Companies 59,530.62 ; Bills payable 216,000.00 Notes, etc., Rediscounted 10.000.00 I . Total Lie’ llities $1,529,790.55 State of Ilt-L ,«pa, county of Adams.as: I, E. X. Eh Inger. cashier of the Old 1 Adams County Bank, do solemnly i swear that the above statement is true. E. X. EHINGER, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, 1 this 12th day of September, 1921. JAMES T. MERRYMAN. Notary Public My commission expires flov. 25, ’2l. s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

♦ * DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* CLUB CALENDAR Monday. Queen Esthers—Mrs. John Myers Home. Delta Theta Tau—Mrs. Bernard Terveer. Wednesday. U. B. W. M. A —Mrs. Roy Mumma. Thursday. September Section of Evangelical Aid Society—Church. Evangelical Loyal Workers — Mrs. Mabie McConnehey. Friday. Evangelical Loyal Daughters —Mrs. Roy Gaunt. M. E. Foreign Missionary Society —Mrs. John W r Vail. Loyal Daughters’ class of Evangelical church will hold chiss meeting at home of Mrs. Roy Gaunt of Eleventh street, on Friday night. ♦ So-Cha-Rea will meet with Mrs. Francis Schmitt Wednesday evening. + The 500 club will meet with Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp Thursday evening at eight o’clock. ♦ The W. C. T. U. will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. John T. Vail on West Madison street. ♦ The September section of the Evangelical Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon t ht 2 o’clock at tIX“ church. The section has but one meeting during this month and all members are requested to be present. ♦ Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bolinger celezrated their silvter wedding anniversary Sunday. Sept. 11. at their home on North Fifth street. A number of beautiful’gifts of silver were received by those present who were Mr. and Mrs. Eli S Bolinger, of Columbia City. Ind., Mr. J. P. Hall. Miss Elizabeth Hall, Mrs. Roy Johns anil daughs ter, Emma: Mrs. Charles Zimmerman and daughters, Mary and Gertrude. of Lima, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. I William Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bolinger and son. Robert. + The Loyal Workers’ Sudday school class of the Evangelical church will meet at the home of Mrs. Mabel McConnehey Thursday evening. She will I be assisted by Mrs. Frank Butler and ’ Mrs. Avery. The attendance of all members is desired. ♦ > The Woman’s Foreign Missionary i society of the M. E. church will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. John W. Y’ail. This Is dues paying month; also election of officers. Everybody come and vote for vour new president. ♦ Mrs. Tom Y’all attended a luncheon at Fort Wayne Saturday given by - Mrs. Whiter Risch. Fox avenue. ♦ The Ladies’ Aid of tlie Calvary church will serve lunch at the Roy Ames sale next Friday. * Mr. and Mrs. Noah Frye gave a six o’clock dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Moyer who were married Saturday evening. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blossom and sons of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Helen Blossom of this city. + The Catholic Ladies of Columbia I gave a surprise picnic dinner for Miss i Tena Schurger for her birthday yes- ! terday. The ladies, their husbands ’ and sweethearts formed a party of one hundred and motored to the ' Schurger home with well-filled bas- ; kets. Miss Tena was presented with j several beautiful gifts and best wishr es for a happy return of the day. ) The Philathea Bible class held their f regular semi-monthly meeting at the , home of Iva Spangler, Friday evenl Ing. September 9th. A short business I meeting was held after which the les- ’ son was studied, Rev. Wyant being i teacher. After the lesson a social j time was enjoyed by all. The next > meeting will be in two weeks at the ; home of Rev. Wyant. > > MARRIAGE LICENSES ) 1 Licenses to wed were issued as fol- , , lows: Charles Nelson, miner, Caney- . I ville, Ky., born November 15. 1900, son of J. W. Nelson, and Rose Limenstoll, housekeeper, born August 16. , 1900, daugher of Charles Limenstoll; Allen Henry Moyer, carpenter, born ! October 27, 187*. son oi Benjauiiu • Moyer, and Edith Bremerkump, clerk, * born June 30. 1881, daughter of Ira i Allen Blossom. —•; — [ AMERICAN LEGION NOTICE ■ i Don’t forget the meeting to be held this evening at 7:30 at Legion hall on , north Second street, for the purpose of selecting delegates to attend the , department convention at Wabash. Oc- . tober 10-11. Other important business to be transacted. All members i please attend.

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