Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 19, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1921 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. JOHN H. HELLER Editor ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE. Aeaoclate Editor and Business Manager JOHN H. STEWART City Editor Subacrlptlon Rates Cash in Advance Single Copies 3 cents One Week, by currier 15 cents One Year, by currier 17.50 One Month, by nudl 45 Cents Three Months, by mall 11.25 Six Months, by mull $2.25 One Year, by mull $4.00 One Year, at office $4.00 Advertising rates make known on application. Entered nt the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, us second-class matter. y- — ■ >— . — —- — BANKS AND THE PEOPLE:— The decision of the Indiana Bunkers' Association to conduct an educational campaign in this state for the purpose of acquainting the people, particularly school children, with the place of the bank In the life of the j community, marks another step in the evolution ot the bank in its relation to the average citizen. Jt'he old policy of secrecy, or at least reticence, which limited the direct service of the bank to a few merchants, prosperols farmers and public officials, has been abandoned in favor of a policy which brings a bank into the financial affairs of almost ever* family. But there is enough of the old, popular suspicion of banks, which antedates adequate laws for the protection of bank depositors, to warrant such a campaign as the Indiana bankers have outlined. More particularly, however, the campaign will be worth while for the information about practical business matters that • will be disseminated among the, young. The fact that the average J bank prospers not by penny pinching at the expense of the community, j but by sound knowledge of the community’s needs and prospects and a , genuine interests in community pro-! gress, is so little known as to be a hindrance to the banks and to the |

Magnifying the Dollar An ordinary dollar when placed in a savings account, is put under a magnifying glass that gradually increases its size until it has eventually doubled itself. And the wonder part of this magnifying process is the fact that when your dollars are withdrawn, they lose none of their increased buying power. ONE DOLLAR STARTS A MAGNIFYING ACCOUNT. 4 Percent, on Savings OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK “The Old Reliable” DECATUR, INDIANA. “ - ■■■ Mr. Smoker--“White Stag” Segars are an INSPIRATION We have put the “IT” in qual-IT-y in this WHITE STAG brand. Quality is a matter of materials and WORKMANSHIP. Our organization is made up of skilled experienced workmen who lake pride in their product and who have faith in the future of the “WHITE STAG” and take pride in making the “WHITE STAG” “the cigar worth while.” Not until workmen become more skilled and finer tobaccos are grown will any cigar be a better value than White Slag Londres, 8 cts, 2 for 15 cts (Worth More) White Stag Invincibles, 10 cts straight (Worth More) “THE CIGAR WORTH WHILE” —

1 community. The war. with its severe drain upon the resource* of the people, and . its popular loans In which the banks . became the direct agents of the gov- ■ crnment in dealing with the people. . did much to create Interest in the banka and to arouse a response to their appeals to the thrift and pru- ' dent common sense of the people. I The hidden money bag of pioneer 1 days has almost disappeared. The I people are putting their money to i work. They are coming to the view that their surplus money Is merely stored work, with a satisfactory potential earning power, and the more of this there Is in the country the better, for idle money is as much an evil as idle hands.—lndianapolis News. The Bluffton Rotary club has adopted resolutions endorsing the stand taken by Governor McCray on i the road question and urging the i board of commissioners and road . superintendent of that county to give their attention to the upkeep of the roads by the liberal use of gravel and stone. They make it clear that they are not criticising but endorsing the decision to "lay off" of hard surface road building for the present, for the reasons that the taxes are high, conI erete roads expensive and the mai ea<Uth road well kept up is unexI celled. They urge that all citizens I take a real interest in these important affairs which necessitate the expenditure of money that the taxes may be reduced and the big investment already in the highways of the county be saved. A murder wave, with many sickening and disgusting details seems to ,be spreading. Scarcely a day passes that some new sensational story is not given out and those who relish this sort of stuff are surely being filed with it now. The newspapers I ran do nothing else than publish it i for it is news and evidently the kind : the people like but surely there is i such a thing as getting enough of

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I pound I had bearing- ■ down pains in my laidas, stomach and I hack so badly that I I could hardly stand I up. 1 was white and I very thin and nervlous, had a poor appeI tite and only weighed 1112 pounds, I took' I ten Dotties without I missing one dose and Igave it a fair trial. Iwhen I finished the

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last bottle everyone asked me what made the wonderful change in me. I told them about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and I recommend it wherever I can. I give you permission to publish this letter to help suffering women as your remedies are a godsend and made’a new woman of me. Mrs. F. A. Baker, 4749 Butler St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Why will women drag around day after day, suffering from backaches, bearing-down pains, nervousness and “the blues,” enduring a miserable existence when they have such evidence as the above that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is a dependable remedy for such troubles. For nearly forty years this grand old root and hero medicine has been restoring the women of America to health and strength. any line. Various causes are assigned by students for the present epidemic of crime but there are many uo doubt and none of the cases are exactly similar. * Fred Schorteme'er, secretary of tlie republican state committee, is devoting his time these days in urging organization in the Various cities over the state to elect republicans to city offices. It may seem to many that it is none of his business but evidently with the nation and state they now want to hook on the city administrations and complete a machine that will have things just the way they want them. Some times even smart politicians overreach and Freddie may be surprised when he hears from the returns in November. A half million men are out of work in New York and several million in the other cities of that section. Taking care of them a big problem and in New York City alone, fifty-three charity organizations, some of which are very large, are kept busy with this work. They not only must feed them but take care of the sick and those in need of clothing. Some jot and a condition not explained when we were told that normalcy was a thing we all wanted if we only knew it. Will Hays, a member of the cabinet in a recent speech at Cleveland said this is not a good year in which to write a new tariff law and it isn’L President Harding in his letter to Senator McCormick says he hopes congress will enact one. There you are, still trying to pacify both sides. At this time when the greatest need for this country is foreign trade a protective tariff is not desired by any except those who directly profit at the expense of the more than a hundred milion who will not. The American soldiers are still on the Rhine, the tax laws have not been changed, no effort has apparently been made to bring the actual relief needed to again start the wheels of American industry. What’s wrong? Evidently the laboring man and the farmer and the small llusiness man has not yet been taught his place. When he is properly beaten down, things will open up a little it is presumed. Is this what the people voted for? Is this normalcy? At least we have a right to inquire. The proposition of using gravel mixed with stone to repair the macadam roads sounds reasonable and is certainly worth the trial the com,, mssioners propose giving it. It as stated it will wear from one to five years longer than stone, that’s what we all want and besides it is much cheaper and means a saving of funds. " f - c • < :r *•# — ■ . • ■ i LIBRARY BOARD MEETING The regular monthly business meeting of the library board will be held at the reference root of the library at 7:30 o’clock tonight. The meeting is of importance and all mem..bers are urged to be present.

♦ DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ + + + 4 + 4444444 + M + 1 CLUB CALENDAR t Tuesday. WiilHmr league Business Meeting —School Hall. Wednesday. , U. B. W. M. A—Mrs. Roy Mum- ' ma. Thursday. , September Section of Evangelical Aid Society— Church. Evangelical Loyal Workers — Mrs. Mabie McConneliey. Phoebe Biblq Class—Mrs. John Bieneke. U. B. Ladles' Aid — Mrs. George Simmers, Friday. Evangelical Loyal Daughters—Mrs. Roy Gaunt. M. E. Foreign Missionary Society —Mrs. John W. Vail. The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. John Vail, at her home on Madison street. The ladies will meet at 2:30 o’clock. Wednesday at 2 o'clock the W. M. A. of the IWed Brethren church will meet with Mrs. Roy Mumma on West Adams street. We begin a new year o# programs so let us be present and get a start with the new pro gram. Remember to bring your dues. The program follows: Topic. Africa. Devotionals. Mrs. Roy Mumma: Bible Study, "Our Gifts", Mrs. John Hill; "Three Early African Experiences," Evhngel, Mrs. Ves Baker; “Early Missionary Experiences of Mrs. Sage in Africa”, Mrs. M. J. Welker; "First Girls in the First Kono School," Mrs. Blanche Elzey; Our Future Programs. Mrs. Henry Bauman; Map Study, Our Workers, Mrs. C. J. Miner; "Did You Find Out?” Mrs. James Stonerook. Mrs. Roy Mumma will have charge of the program. Time has especially favored Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R. Graber of Berne in permitting them to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Such an event was celebrated by them together with many of their friends and relatives at their home on East Water street last Saturday. Sixty friends and relatives gathered to help the aged couple celebrate the event. Until last winter Mr. and Mrs. Graber, since their marriage fifty years ago, resided on their farm west of town. Sixteen years of this time they spent as superintendent and matron of the county farm. Although they are both past seventy years of age, the.v are still hale and hearty. Five children, fourteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild constitute the immediate family. Those who helped father and mother Graber celebrate the event were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Eicher and children, Ellis. Martha, Solomon and Carl Moser; Mr. and Mrs. Noah Schindler and son Merlin and daughter Velma; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Stucky and Samuel Barkman; Mrs. John Schindler and children, Floyd, Waldo, Harold, Florence, Margaret and Robert; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winteregg and daughters Olive and Lucile; Mr. and Mrs. Datid Schindler; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graber and Miss Gaynelle of Decatur: Mrs. Elizabeth Moser of Geneva; Mrs. Mary Anne Reusser; Mrs. I eah Yoss; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Steiner; Rdv. and Mrs. O. H. Scherry and (laughters Mary and Ruth Irene of Vera Cruz; Philip Schug; Miss Routine Stucky; Miss Martha Sprunger; Mrs. Lucy Hirschy and children Herman, Theodore and Genevieve; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Haugk and son Frederick of Ingalls. Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Graber and children Martin and Florence: Albert Graber and children Richard and Geneva of Decatur; Mrs. John Bucher; Mr. Sam Schindler; Misses Ellen and Selena Schindler and Elizabeth and Ida Graber. + The Queen Esthers will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the home of ‘Miss Eloise Lewton on North Second street. The Loyal Workers class of the Evangelical church will meet at the home of Mrs. Mollie McConnehey on Thursday evening. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs. Frank Butler and Mrs. Avery. A good attendance is ■ desired. ♦ The Phoebe Bible class of the Zion- Reformed church will meet on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. ■ John Bieneke on West Monroe street. All members are requested to be present. ♦ ' The September business meeting of the Walther League .will be held this evening at 8 ofclock. Every member should be present. ♦ The Ladies’ Aid society of the Reformed church will meet Wednesday 'afternoon with Mrs. Martin Jaberg, on First street. ♦ The D. Y. R. class of the U. B. .church will meet with Mrs. John H’ll

• at her home on West Madison street 1 Friday evening. The assistant hos--1 teases will be Mrs. Opha Forenum and Mrs. Gaylie Hongland. Thu presence of every member Is desired. * . A memorable day in the life of; Rolla Culderwood, who lives live miles I east of Berne was the celebration of his seventieth birth anniversary. A surprise was carefully planned and I’ carried out by Mrs. ('aiderwood and i daughter, and one hundred friends and I relatives had the best time iniagin-1 able. Each family brought a welltilled basket ,and at the noon hour a great feed was served. There were' cakes of every size and description,! Mrs. “Billy” Burkhart being voted as! having the best lettered and finished cake. Following the dinner the aft-1 ernoon was spent in visiting and hav ! ing a general good time. Later ice cream and water melon was. served. Those present were Henry,.Mary and) Otto Tumbleson, Mr. and Mrs. John Bebout and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Tumbleson, John Wolf and family, Moses Myers and family, James Foreman. wife and son, Frenian; Mr. and Mrs. S. Tinkham. Mr. and Mrs. D. Tinkhani. Mr. and Mrs. William Burkhart and son, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelly and family, Anderson Burdg. Mr. and Mrs. J. Bevington and son. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Irwin and family, Mrs. Ida Fisher and daughters, Lewis Clark and family, the Misses Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Clark and family, Mrs. Stone. Mr. and Mrs. H. Grove of Pennsylvania: W. A. Dullgaham, Newport. Kv.; Mr. and Mrs. IV Davis and daughter* Fred Beiniley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Perrine. Grandma Davis and one child, from Dayton, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Noonan, Cincinnati. Ohio; Mrs. flie Myers and son, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Heffner and family, Chattanooga. Ohio: Ed Dullgaiiam. mother, (laughter and son-in-law, of Fort 'Continued on p ngP throe)

Dollar Day Thursday! Our Big Dollar Days every Thursday are becoming more popular each week. Last Thursday we had satisfied customers from a radius of 25 miles from Decatur, and as we gather from every section of this busy store—fresh seasonable. desirable merchandise, specially priced for one day's selling—you'll find it a profitable habit to shop here every Thursday. „ GROCERIES i dozen Fancv dirt rt IT p 2 Sat t, California Apricots $2.30 vv J/ u k ? S Q1 20 Lar S* Cakes d» 3 tbs. Bursleys High d»-g ~ ~ . Grade Coffee .... SI DRYGOODS (A shopping bag fr’ee*) Best H eaV y Overalls rtr 20 boxes Oil or zt»-g and Blouses, each Mustard Sardines JS I 7 vards good Bleached Muslin, d* | 15 lbs. Best Cane Sugar d» -j Dollar Day tP A Dollar Day I 10 - vards best Calico (all colors) d» 1 8 lbs. Fancy Rio Coffee d»-g P ol,ar , Bay •• •* A Dollar Day J) A ’ yards best heavy dark outin ff’ 17 cakes P. &G. White NapthaJi P ollar , Day / Soap, Dollar Day A ' yards best heavy Light Out *ng 1 17 cakes Star Soap, d»-g Dollar Day tvA Dollar Day " - vards 36-in. Percale (ail colors) d* i 17 cakes Kirk's Flake White Soap, d» 1 Dollar Day tP A Dollar Day tvA ‘ yards Best Toweling Crash, d* 13 cakes Palm Olive Soap, d* -g Dollar Day tp A Dollar Day tp A ‘ yards Best Apron Gingham, d* i 4 cans fancy Apricots d*l Dollar Day tp A Dollar Day tv A ’ yaids Caney Cretonne, d» 7 Large Boxes Post Toasties, d* -f Dollar Day tv I Dollar Day tpA S - vards best Shirting, d* 8 cans Best Pink Salmon d*-| Dollar Day tp A Dollar Day tpA 1 small roll Batton & 1 large comfort d*"| 8 cans Early June Peas, d»-j s ’ ze Batton, Dollar Day, both fortpA Dollar Day tp A 4 bc!d " ork and - pairs heavy d* 15 lbs. Fancy Rice, d»-g Mork Socks, Dollar Day. both f0r.... tb A Dollar Day tpA spools Clark’s Best Thread, d*-| 15 lbs. Fancy Hand-picked Beans, d»-« Dollar Day tp A Dollar Day vpA. yards Light Percale, in fancy stripes, d* i 2 l-gal. Buckets Golden Karo d*-j * n - w * de ) Dollar Daytp A Syrup, Dollar Day tp A ” vards Best Table Oil Cloth, d* 1 7 lbs. Eckart's Bacon, d* -g Dollar Day tP A Dollar Day £ ’» Vards Fancy Plaid Gingham, d* 20 cakes (l()c value) Fine Toilet d*l Dollar Day tpA Soap, Dollar Dav tpA no’ a,r ood Canvas Gloves d* 1 Cake-Walk Flour, (24</ 2 lb. sack) " d»l 9 v m (kite free with every sack) 2 Extra 1 ?!?” K^Z C,AL w sheeti . B $1 Fine Granulated Sugar 56.25 42 inch Pillow Tubing Sl BIG HARDWARE SPECIALS Granite $1 4 Paib gl (1 Aluminum cup free with every pan) ( ] good fire shovel free wilii every sale) 1 Largest Size d*-g 1 ’-arge Heavy Galvanized Coal Hod d* i Galvanized Tub tbA and 1 Best Stove Pipe, both tb A (Tin cup free with every tub) L “ ge Size Best Clothes Basket $ | Sam Hite’s South End Grocery and Dry Goods Store I ’Phone 204. Big Dollar Da;- Every Thursday. Opposite Erie Depot

V l , |.-, n i , Bryan ol South Salem was a shopper in Decatur this moi n ing.

j Thrift and Success I I s Tlii il'l is lhe standard ol one s success. Achieve thrift and the rest comes easy. When you have learned how Io save, you have learned how Io earn, Io plan, Io manage, Io succeed. In short thrift is but good common sense, applied Io spending and living. Are you saving a part of your earnings, if not start a Savings Account at this bank. We will help you to be Thrifty. The Peoples Loan & Trust Co[ Bank of Service. LOANS Farm and City Property At low rate of interest and reasonable term*. THE DECATUR ABSTRACT & IOAN CO. 157 South Second St Decatur, Indiana Henry B. Eeller, Pref. E. Burt Lenhart, Sec’y.

Daniel Morrfnd, E. C. Blerte and Thurman Gottachallt of Berne vlaitcd In Daeatur yeatenlay afternoon.