Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1922 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publlahed Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Pree. and Gen. Mgr. K. W. Kampe—Vlce-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse—Sec'y and Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week.by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by Mall $1.75 One Year, by mail 3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage ad ded outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. Have you joined the Good Fellows’ A few dimes or dollars won’t be missed so much and just think what it means if you can help to bring a few rays of sunshine into the life of some lad or lassie whose Christmas would otherwise be sad. Do it now. • And now it is claimed that the new South Side high school building at Fort Wayne, just constructed at a j great cost to the tax payers is unsafe and the strictest investigation is to ] be made. If it is some one is to blame , and the sooner they find out the better. Certainly if the building is un- ( safe now is the time to discover that ] fact rather than wait until it cram- ( bles and kills dozens of children. Democratic members of the legis- < lature will offer a bill to repeal the tax law and to restore home rule to . the people. If they cannot secure that i they will try to place a limit on the amount of bonded indebtedness for each township, county and city. That 1

CHRISTMAS TREES I CANDIES • ‘ IV OR ANGES i \\ HOLLY WREATHS 1 NUTS ? \ APPLES \ kl At Lowest Prices. 1 We invite Schools, Churches, Lodges, Clubs, etc. to get our prices. Central Grocery 2nd door south of Smith, Yager & Falks —furs— —furs— HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS We have a representative in New York who takes care of our shipments and keeps us in close touch with prices, which enables us to pay the highest prices for raw furs. It will pay you to let us inspect your furs before you sell or ship elsewhere. Maier Hide & Fur Company ' G. R. & I. Crossing, W. Monroe St. DECATUR, INDIANA —FURS— — FURS—'■msiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiii —nrnirni -irr ■ ULiiiiioiiir THE LAST WORD IN BETTER BREAD * Main Line Flour MADE FROM THE BEST RED TURKEY WHEAT ORDER A SACK FROM ONE OF THESE GROCERIES AND SEE THE DIFFERENCE

Star Grocery Niblick & Co. Central Grocery G. t’ Steele Albert Acker Geo. Miller Engler and Co. F. V. Mills S. E. Hite G. V. Porter

would help some, do long as the limit of tour per cent on roads stands the roads will be built to that limit and tho money must be raised by ‘ taxes. The people want reduction in ■ taxes and the only way to give it to them b to limit them as to what they can spend. Robert Bracken, state auditor, has announced that he will issue no warrants except for expenditures coming within the appropriated funds. Governor McCray and Treasurer Davis, republican members of the board urged that the warrants be Issued against other funds but Bracken rightfully refuses to do so. The state ha* a million dollars coming from the county draws but there is a deficit of twice that amount. They have antiepated aud spent more than halt a million dollars of the county moneys and there is a debt of $1,350,000. What has become of all the money raised by the excessive taxes? Why, not give the state accountants a job? Christmas weather came this morning with the first fall of snow and already there is a better spirit manifested. Some how or other when this season approaches we can't realize it until the snows come. From now on until Christmas eve there will be'a hurry and a scurry to get the gifts ready and for all the preparations necessary to make the occasion a real yuletide. It's too late to shop early but it's not too late to secure a splendid selection of gifts frem the Decatur stores. Read the advertisements in ’the Daily Democrat make your selections. It will save you much trouble if you know just what you are looking for when you start shopping. The legislature will no doubt pass laws regulating the trucking business

M. E. Hower J. J. Helmrich, Preble H. B/ Stogdill, Craigville Earl Smitley, l Hoagland Chas. Brower, Boston Ferd Tabler, Monroe Henry Winieregg, Berne J. L. Wolfe, Willshire, O. Wren Dept. Store, Wren OF. W. Oechsle, W ren, O. I

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jand will increase the license fees to i considerable extent. There Is a sent linent over the *tate that the owner of trucks should help to maintain thi highways to a larger extent that they do now. Traction com pan let and railroads with whom they com pete are circulating propaganda that while they pay excessive taxes the truck owners get by easily and il looks very much as though the license fee to the state for trucking will be sufficient to keep a lot of little fellows out of the business. There is some talk of placing the trucking business in the hands of the public service commission. In the course of an address delivered at Gary, recently, Dr. B. E. Biggs, superintendent of the state home for feeble-minded youtfis at Fort Wayne, made these instructive and suggestive statements: “A few figures from the report of the committee on mental defectives in its survey of the twelve counties will give some idea of the number of feeble-minded in Indiana. This report states that there are 44.000 of which number probably 18,000 require institutional care. When it is known that the annual cost of maintenance, including interest on investment in real estate, buildings and equipment of the 1.550 children now in the two institutions for feeble-minded, is in the neighborhood of $500,000 it Is easy to compute the probable annual cost to segregate 18,000. Is it any wonder that the average taxpayer balks at such a prospect? No. Some other less expensive measures must be found to deal with this rapidly growing burden. Our problem, however, is exceedingly complex and cannot be solved by any formula such as one definite act of legislation. It is varied in complexity according to age, sex, degree and kind of defect, heredity, its relation to delinquency and want, and according to home conditions." o

Famous Hotel Makes Bow To Father Time’s Decree St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 14. —A land mark of the Old Southwest is about to be swallowed up in the rush of a new and bustling Mississippi valley. The Planters’ Hotek rendezvous of wealthy travelers of a century past, will close its doors January 1, after 105 years’ of hospitality and good! cheer. The stately old hostelry—the oldest | in St. Louis and one of the most fa ' nious in the Middle West, will be; stripped of its expensive furnishings and is to be remodeled as a modern t office building. Rich memories of 19th century rc I mances, of life on the great western; plains and in the cotton fields along | the Mississippi, will be lost to St. I Louis with the passing of the Plant-1 ers. Its roof has sheltered thousands ot, conventions. Councils of war have i been held in its chambers. Down its I long, grey corridors have walked the| rugged pioneers of the plains. The* “landed gentlemen’’ of the South have! come with their families on long f steamer trips up the Mississippi to' enjoy its hospitality. The pages ot its register contain the i names of presidents, princes, generals. I diplomats, authors, practically all thej great musicians of the last century, as! well as countless numbers of just ’ “people,” who have been attracted to* the historic old inn. One of its first distinguished guests | was Charles Dickens, who afterward wrote in hi§ notes of America: “Wr. I went to a large4iotel called the Plant | ers. It is an excellent house and the I proprietors have the most beautiful notions of providing the creature com- ■ fort. Dining with my wife in our room one day, I counted 14 dishes on j the. table at once.” ' But business men have decreed the old hotel must give wAty to offices and ■ shops. New Year's Eve will witness its last gay dinner—the last nani'C will be written on its ’register. The Planters’ has served its time. I GOOD THINKERS Good thinkers never JUMP but' rather ARRIVE at conclusions. Slip shod investigation, superficial thinking and hap-hazard observation combined with prejudice and fear are productive of many erroneous ideas. Investigate and find out for yourself what Chiropractic is. i S J. ZURBUCH, De. M. C. Office phone 189. Res. phone 590 293t2 —o— J JUST FOR RECREATION Lpesburg. Ind.,' Dec. .14 — Because, *■ he says, he heeds the recreation, Jacob Noel, 82. for several years employ-' ed as a mail messenger ’between the 1 Leesburg post office and the Big Four railroad never has missed a train. The first each day arrives at 6:45 and the last at 9:50 p. m Noel’s vocation' is that of a notary public and counsel i in legal matters. |

STATE FIRE MARSHAL ISSUES HIS ANNUALCHRISTMAS TIME WARNING

Newman T. Miller, state fire marshal. has broadcasted his annual message to the public urging them to use extreme precautions in Christmas celebrations to guard against fire. His message is as follows: Too often the Christmas season, which should be an occasion of unmixed cheer, becomes a time of tragedy in many households because of death or serious Injury by tire. The highly inflammable evergreen trees and decoration or the cotton board of a thinly disguished Banta Claus frequently ignite from a lighted candle or match and serious results ensue. in the first place the tree should be set up securely so that it will not easily topple over, and it should be located several feet away from any heating or lighting fixtures. Metal tinsel with flake asbestos and powdered mica make excellent materials for snow effects and will not burn. Cotton and paper, on the other hand, are highly dangerous. The tree should never be illuminated with candles. ■ There is some danger from the widely sold colored electric light assemblies due to insufficient insulation and | other causes, but the hazard is small beside that of the lighted candle. Ornaments should be of metal and . not of paper or pyroxylin plastic, which is commonly known as celluloid. pyralin, French ivory and by other trade names. Proxyßn plastic is extremely inflammable and will ignite at a comparatively low temperature. Smokers should exercise great care with their matches and smoking materials, and parents should see that all matches are kept in metal or china containers out of reach of the youngsters. Toys involving the use of alcohol, i gasoline or kerosene should be avoided and low priced electrical playthings should be viewed with suspicion since they often are insecurely

This Kind of a Christmas Gift Shouldn’t I ®be Just a “TIE” but | Real Neckwear The Kind That the PARTICULAR DRESSERS Choose to Wear Cut Silk - Silk & Knits * 50c sl. $1.50 t Ties always make excellent Christmas Gifts and all men. whether young or old like to get them and can always use them. Most men are particular about their neckwear and rightly so—we’re particular too, and our merchandise man sees to it that nothing but the very best “QUALITY” ties are shown and that Our Neckwear is produced by manufacturers that know how to make “Neckwear” as it ought to be made. A Wonderful Xmas Showing of SILK SHIRTS —just fresh from the market for particular Xmas shoppers. A very exceptional showing of TUB SILKS FIBRE SILKS SATICOY SILKS ' ss.„ d s6 $3.50 $6.00 $8.50 Also a big showing of Good Madras and Percale Shirts d* i AA at i................ ............................ tpA.VVandup. Holthouse Schulte & Co. “Good Clothes Sellers for Men & Boys”

wired and flimslly constructed. If the call for Santa Claus is a crying need that will accept no substitute, the Impersonator should avoid long cotton "whiskers’ and should keep away from lights and open fires. As an aditional protection, the costume used may be partially fireproofed with the following solution: Two ounces of carbonate of soda, twb ounces of ptpmonia carbonate: two ounces of boric acid and five gallons of water. The mixture should be allowed to come to a boil and should then be strained and sprayed upon the material to be protected. If Santa s clothing or that of any one else does catch fire, the victim should be rolled in a rug or woolen cloth and the flames smothered as promptly as possible. The flames should be kept from the face. In order to prevent the spread of any fires that may start, a bucket or two of water and a fire extinguisher should be kept ready at hand. All the precautions that have been 1 mentioned for the home should be Istrictly observed at public celebrations and, in adition, thought should : be given to the matter of clear and adequate exits in case of fire. The hall or room selected for the occasion| should be upon the ground floor a«nd should be ample to accommodate the, expected audience, without crowding. It may be mentioned, also, that Increasing the fire hazard “by aqy means within the control or knowl- ‘ edge of the assured' releases the in- i soring company from liability for loss unless there is a special stipu-' lation covering such hazard-All-American Grid Team Picked By 214 Coaches Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 13. —The 214 coaches who picked the 1922 all-1 American football team to appear in ■

the-December 15 Issue of tli« Athletic World, found a dearth of tackles and a wealth of backfield material, the magazine states. The coaches picked the following team: End —Muller, California. Tackle —Roberts, Centre. Guard —Breidster, Army. Center —DeGroot, Stanford. Guard—Schwab, Lafayette. Tackle—Gulian, Brown. End —Goebel, Michigan. Quarter —Buell, Harvard. Half back—Kaw, Cornell. Half —Klpke, Michigan. Full back —Locke. lowa. s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

Beautiful Christmas I Rings whether precious stones or semi-precioiu stones make the lasting and ideal gift for the ladv or gent. ’1 We are showing a complete line of rings in the ladies plain, engraved, set rings, ruby, sapphire, topez opal, cameo and many others. Gents emblem rings in the various lodge orders signet and set rings. Rings Diamonds SI.OO up SIO.OO up We will lay aside any article until Xmas. Kellers Jewelry Stat

Huntington, InT'k I Baker ha» w ' hat * M be Champion n|ht) M Th( , blr() M when the door wa. ope M *t to police hea<lqu arte M Picked a flg ht with all Pets around the station ””1

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