Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1922 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Esospl Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. CO. •OHN H, HELLER Ed Iter ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, .<**> elate Editor and Buslnsss Manager J. R. BLAIR City Editor Subscription Rates Cash In Advance Single copies 1 cents One Week, by carrier...... 10 cents One Year, by carrier 15.00 One Month, by mail 36 cents Three Months, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by ma 11...., $1.76 One Year, by mall $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second cones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflee at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. This was a bright and snappy morning after a week of clouds and rain and though many are discouraged the smiles came back anti with them a determination to make up for lost time.

Congress has appropriated a halt million dollars for Attorney General Daugherty to investigate war frauds. That's five hundred thousand times what he will recover but it provides something to do and keeps the public mind off of real business that ought to be transacted and evidently can’t be. If you have in mind that certain laws ought to be changed and that home rule will decrease taxes, that there should be a limit on indebtedness, that you do not care to be bossed by upstart officials representing joke commissions, you should attend the democratic state conven tion next week and talk it. This is the time to assert yourself and to assist in correcting the evils of government which have brought about present conditions. And now it has been discovered by that Indiana board which has evidently been given authority to make laws and rules to suit themselves that each of the four hundred thousand automobiles in this state must be equipped with some new fangled tail light—another fat opportunity for some poor but deserving politician to take a rake off of a million or two. Each few weeks they dig up something to worry the autoist. Centralized power is a fine thing for the fellows in control but old Harry for those who have to pay.

The amendment to the FordneyMcCumber tariff bill offered by Sena tor Harreld. of Oklahoma, to provide a duty of 35 cents a barrel on crude petroleum, and 25 cents a barrel on fuel oil, appears absolutely indefensible. If that is to be the type of improvement suggested for the tariff bill, the whole measure will soon be in danger of being thrown into the discard. Crude petroleum is a natural resource which has now reached a stage of very definite limitation in this country. Labor is a very minor point in its cost. The protection of labor can be left entirely out of con sideration in the discussion. A duty would serve only one purpose. That would be to allow American producers arbitrarily to charge a higher price.—Chicago Tribune.

FARMERS We will pay you the highest market price for your cream, eggs, and poultry. Bring us your next can of cream, and give us a trial. Also, bring in your eggs; we will pay you cash for them. SHERMAN WHITE I &CO. S. E. JOHNSON, Agent Monroe, Indiana

The Civic Section have under consideration plans for the beautifying of various parts of this city, including the strip of ground between the north mill and the river bridge. This can be made into a most attractive appearing park and provide a beautiful inviting entrance to the travelers from the north and leaving a good state with those going in that direction. This work can be done at little cost but requires attention and the services of all who are interested. If we would each donate one days work out of the year we could make this city so attractive in appearance that bvery one who comes through here would talk about us and boost. The work is commendable. Road the following from the New loik Tribune, leading republican paper of the east and reflect: Unless Attorney-General Daugherty has a better defense of his relation to the unsavory Morse pardon than thus far has come from him or his friends he should relieve Piesident Harding of embarrassment by a prompt resignation. Is it necessary to go into extensive argument. The facts which are so far not effectively contradicted speak for them; elves. It surely is an amazing thing that when the consp!■ a'-y to get Morse out of prison was hatched it happened that the conspirators went to Ohio,

and hired a lawyer, without prior connection with the case, who happened to be a friend of the pardoning power. Mr. Daugherty should never have been named as attorney-general. The appointment was one of the few mistakes President Harding has made. It was a personal selection, and such for high office are seldom happy. The only way to rectify the blunder, if the documents published in the Congressional Record are genuine and accurate, is to ask for a speedy resignation if one is not tendered. Granted that Mr. Daugherty was one of those who were fooled, he is manifestly in that event too gullible to be at the head of the department of justice. DEMOCRATS TO CONVENE SOON IN CONV ENTION (Continued from page one) Fourth district, Room 227, first floor Fifth district, Room 431, third floor. Sixth district, senate chamber. Seventh district, house of represen-

■ tatives. Eighth district, Room 306, first floor. Ninth district, Room 303, second floor. Tenth district. Room 202, first floor. Eleventh district, Room 418, third • floor. Twelfth district, Room 317, second , floor. Thirteenth district, hearing room of the public service commission, third floor. The convention commutes will meet at the Denison hotel immediately after the district delegations complete their metings. The rules, committee will meet in Room 155, and the resolutions committee in Room 9. The convention will be called to order by Walter S. Chambers, chairman of the state committee. After the invocation the convention call" will be read. Mr. Chambers will then introduce Frederick Van Nuys, formerly United States district attorney, and formerly state chairman. Mr. VanNuys will make the keynote speech as the temporary chairman. Mr. Van Nuys will introduce Lincoln Dixon, of North Vernon, who for many years was congressman from the Fourth district. Mr. Dixon will be the permanent chairman. Speakers on Program. Speeches then will be made by Miss Esther Kathleen O'Keefe, the democratic nominee for the congress from the thirteenth district; Samuel M. Ralston, nominee for United States senator; Mrs. A. P. Flynn, of Logansport, vice-chairman of the state committee; Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, of Indianapolis; Charles A. Greathouse, national commiteeman from Indiana and Mr/c James Riggs, of Sullevan, Indiana member of the women's national committee. Non- of the speeches will be long, it was said. The convention will receive the reports of the three convention committees after the speechmaking and will then turn to the nominations for state offices. t — William Fuelling of route 3 was a business visitor in this city today. Ed Andrews of route 5 attended to business In this city this afternoon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1922

The Biggest Hypocrite in Decatur Pointed Out (Continued from page one) Harney Oldfield. I will prove it. "A hypocrite Is a man who Is one thing on the outside and another thing on the inside. He makes loud professions of something he does not posess. The hypocrite church member has one virtue over all. He Is a counterfeit Christian and the moral hypocrite doesn’t counterfeit anything. He is at least an indirect testimony to the genuine and you don’t bear any testimony whatever to the genuine. “There are just two possible motives back of any human life. You are living your life for Christ's sake or for your own sake. The moral man is living for his own sake. His deeds of charity are performed to make himself feel good. The moral man believes in salvation by character, and that is absolutely selfish. You think you are good enough for Heaven, and those who are as good as you are good enough for Heaven, but the poor fellow in the slums is absolutely ex eluded.

“Salvation by character is absolutely cruel. It makes all the provision for the folks who have born well, have had good trainng, and good environment, but it makes no provision for the folks who have been damned into this world with the fires of Hell running in their veins. “Salvation by '.character is absolutely impossible. There are two kinds of character —perfect and imperfect. No one has a perfect character, nor claims to have. Then it must be salvation by imperfect character, and that is unthinkable. But you say that if a man does the best he knows he will be saved. Come, now, have you done the best you know how? O1 course not: no one has. Then, you are lost by your own standard of salvation.

“What are you going to do with that life of yours? You cannot change the record of it. Two records are being kept of your life; one by the recording angel, and the other you are keeping yourself in the memory of your subconscious mind. These two records are identical at the mouth of two witnesses you will be condemned eternally by God. You are not sinning into empty space: you are sinning into an indellible record. “You cannot destroy the nature of the deeds of your life. In ten million years the record of your deeds will be just as terrific and black as it is this very moment. “You cannot change your conscience and its accusations concerning your sins, neither can you change God The difference between the moral man and the Christian is in the blood of Christ. One has his sins under that blood while the other stands before God under the condemnation of all his sins.” Dr. Conant will preach Sunday morning on “The Defeated Christian’’ and Sunday night on "The Unpardonable Sin" at the Baptist church. At 3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon he will preach in the Methodist church on the subject, “Is the Second Coming of Christ Near at Hand?

FEATURE BOXING BOUT TO BE STAGED BEFORE RACES Indianapolis,lnd., May 27. — Joe Welling, of Chicago and Mel Coogan of Brooklyn, contenders for the world's lightweight championship are featured on the program of a boxing exhibition to be staged in a carvas covered arena here May 29th, the night before the 500- mile race. Patsy McMahen and Jimmy Dalton will also clash in the lightweight class. “Nothing' gits my goat as quick as a turtle dove,’’ said Gran'maw Bud last evenin' as she took her chair an' went indoors. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Shott are raisin’ a daughter an' they're scared t’ death ter fear she'll git hold of a Sunday newspaper. —Abe Martin in Indianapolis News DID HIM MORE GOOD Many men and women suffer from backache, rheumatic pains, stiff points sore muscles and other results of kidney trouble because they neglected the first warning symptoms. Foley Kidney Pills aid the kidneys to throw out poisonsous waste matter that cans es pain and misery. Stephen Lewis, Eldridge, Ky., writes: ‘Foley Kidney Pills did me more good than all the other medicine I ever took. I had kidney trouble ten years. I don’t have any pain like I had before I took them.” Soid everywhere.

“IS THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST NEAR AT HAND?” TO BE DR. CONANT’S SUBJECT AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 3:00. HIS SUBJECT AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH TOMORROW WILL BE Morning: ‘The Defeated Christian’ Night: ‘The Unpardonable Sin'

♦ DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CLUB CALENDAR ' I Saturday Pastry Sale —Ladles Auxiliary of the , American Legion—Green Meat Mar- | kot. i Tri Kappa Pastry Sale—Schmitt ■ meat market —10 o’clock. Monday Pythian Needle Club—After lodge. Wednesday St. Vincent De Paul —Mrs. John Colchin—2:3o. The D. Y. B. class of the United Brethren church met last evening with Mrs. Jess Schwartz at her home on North Second street, thirtec n members and twenty in all being present. The regular business meeting was held. Mrs. Henry Bowman acting as president as neither the president nor the vice-president were in attendance. The election of officers which was scheduled for the meeting did not take place and will be held at the next meeting in June. The hostesses for June will be Mrs. ‘George Summers, Mrs. Vern Shifferly and Mrs. John Sovine. The class pledged SIOO on he building fund for the coming year. ♦ Mrs. John Colchin will entertain the £t. Vincent De Paul society Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. The assistant hostesses are Mrs. Dr. Costello and Mrs. Dr. Connel. ♦ < The Pythian Needle Club will meet (Monday evening after lodge. ♦ i A very clever program was arranged for the last class meeting of the [year by the students of the Decatur •Catholic high school at the high school building yesterday. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse accompanied by Mrs. Carrie Haubold, gave a group of songs and Mrs. James Arnold gave several readings which were very good and were enjoyed very much by the students. Father Seimetz and Father Peters both gave interesting and valuable talks to the students. ♦ Misses Velma Walters and Hattie Bleeke are attending the Walther League convention at LaPorte, Indiana today.

A farewell surprise wms given at the home of Rev. J. F. Bright in Roanoke, Ind., Sunday, May 21, in honor of Rev. Bright’s sister and 'husband, Mr. and Mrs. Landis, of Huntington, who moved on Thursday ,of this week to Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Landis was formerly lynotype operator for the Farmers Guide, of Huntington. but has accepted a pisition with the U. B. Publishing house of Dayton. A fine basket dinner was served in the grove in the rear of Rev. Bright’s residence. The afternoon was spent in taking pictures, music and a real good time, which all enjoyed very much. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. .Nelson Abbott and son, Melvin, and daughter. Frances and Miss Vera Patterson of Craigville, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bright and daughters, Margaret, Mildred and Imogene, and Miss Esther Beery of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bright and Miss Gretchen ‘Beery of Peterson; Mr. and Mrs. Marion Johnson and daughters, Geraldine and Gladys, of Ashley; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Beery and daughters, Bertha and Helen and sons. Robert and Richard, and Miss Bertiline Zimmerman of Adams county: Mr. and Mrs. John W. Parrish and daughters. Geraldine and Juanita, of Willshire, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bright and son, Eugene and daughter, June; Mr. and Mrs. W. H Landis and sons, Eugene, Raymond and Marion, all of Huntington; Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Bright and daughters, Marjorie; qiarice and Helen, and sons, Donald and Junior, and Miss Helen Wilder, all of Roanoke. —e

TWO SENATORS THREATEN TO “BOLT IN PROTEST TO CLQTURE PLAN IN SENATE Washington, May 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) Threats by two senators to “bolt” the caucus if any attempt to impose cloture on the senate was approved featured an unsuccessful effort by republican senators to agree on a plan for limiting senatorial debate. Action on the Kellogg cloture rule was deferred until next Wednesday.

REVIEW BOARD IS INSTRUC TED IN ITS DUTIES (Continued from page one) ious parts of the county. This is taken to indicate that the board will have power to order horizontal increases or reductions in any taxing unit of the county in order to make the valuations average over the county. However, the letter adds, that members of the tax board will meet with the county board from time. to time during the session, and will aslst in the work. Speaking of this the letter says: “You should examine the reports from the different townships and see that there is equality among the townships in your county. If any township assessor's valuations appear to be too low, you should not hesitate to make such adjustment that each township will bear the proper part of the tax burden. The great bulk of the taxes are those levied by the smallest units. County and state taxes are very much less than the tax collected in the township; or city or twon for local purposes .

“In the assessment of all real estate you should be governed by Section 142 of the tax law, which provides that all real estate shall be valued at its full true cash value, which is the price it “ would bring at a fair voluntary private sale, not a forced or sheriff's sale.” Tax rates will all be fixed the first week in September this year and appeals from these rates may be made by any ten or more tax payers. — o ~~ JR - t . Work in M. M. Degree, beginning at 4:00 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, May 30th. EATS. L. L. Baumgartner, W. M. 126t2 G. R. & I. FREIGHT TRAIN KILLED AGED LADY RESIDING AT COLLETT THURSDAY NIGHT Mrs. Frances Adams, 78, wife of William Adams, residing at Collett, was killed instantly Thursday evening about 5 o’clock when struck by a north gound freight train on the G. R. &I. railroad. Mrs. Adams who lives on one side of the tracks, was crossing them to visit her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Rice, who lives just on the other Side of the railroad. She was afflicted with deafness and as all the regular trains had passed she was not expecting to meet a train. The freight was an extra through at a rapid rate of speed and did not stop at Collett. It is supposed the train struck her just as she stepped on the track. None of the train crew saw her and they were unaware they had run over her until they arrived at Portland. The section crew which followed about ten minutes after the train had passed through found the body lying in the middle of the tracks. They at once notified her daughter, Mrs. Rice, and telephoned the news of the accident to the agent at Port land. The body was mangled so terribly that hardly a bone was left unbroken. The head was crushed and her brains scattered, also the neck was broken. All her ribs, both shoulders and her right arms were fractured. The left arm was the only part of her body which w r as not broken. Both lower limbs were broken and crushed in several places. POCAHONTAS NOTICE All members of the Pocahontas lodge are requested to meet at the Red Men hall tomorrow morning at 10:15 o'clock and march to the Evangelical church in a body where they will attend the memorial sermon to be delivered by the Rev. Haney, * See Star Bright, Gym, Monday evening. May 29th. 125t3 o HE KNOWS WHEREOF HE SPEAK J. F. Harper, 416 Navarre St.,, San Antonio, Texas, writes: "I consider Foley's Honey and Tar absolutely the best cough remedy on the market. I know whereof T speak, having tried it in my own family. My wife took a sereve cough and at night it was almost incessant. I gave her a few doses of Foley’s oHney and Tar. In a little while she went to sleep and slept soundly the entire night. Your remedy acst quickly and relief is permanent." Sold everywhere.

Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Baxter of east pt the city looked after business 1 here this morning. 1

THE CRYSTAL TONIGHT “ROADS TO DESTINY” A big Goldwyn special production featuring the noted star, Pauline Frederick. A mighty picture. Pauline Frederick rises to new heights of emotional power in a picture that is surcharged with dynamic drama. Its tremendous strength will lil t you out of yourself. Its beautiful message will leave you glowing. Don’t miss one of the really big pictures of the year. Added Attraction “Hey Rube”—A clever two-reel Christie comedy with Bobby Vernon Admission 10c and 20c.

Wool, Wool, We Want Wool Before you sell, come and see us or call No. 112. We also buy Hides, Rags. Rubber, Paper, Iron and Metals. Maier Hide & Fur Co. West Monroe St.—G. R. & I. crossing. DECATUR. INDIANA Phone 142.

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themecca | TONIGHT “FINE FEATHERS* A big Metro suner-nro duction featuring a n ' AH Star Cast “Finis” Startled i n he dead ol night, Mrs Biand rushed down intn the library. There was bet ore her, the i n . evitable end o f schemes ol her busband. A significant drama: that ot a young wife with a bungalow husband and Long ] s . land country place idea. Added Attraction The seventh episode ol the famous jungle serial. “The Adventures of Tarzan”, featuring Elmo Lincoln. Admission 10c and 20c.