Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 30 December 1922 — Page 5

NEW CORYDON Miss Maxine Woodruff bug returned from Elwood where she visited with relatives. The Christmas season brought two weddings in our vicinity. They were Miss Nina Uetz and Mr. Charlie (lee an d Miss Margaret Miller and Mr. Mr. Everett Meyers. Doth were given an old-fashioned belling Saturday Difiht. Henry and Ramon Hunt canto homo from Indiana Central College last Erl day to spend the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Or W in Hunt. * Wm. Uetz and family spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. frank Betz. Misses Mary Wiest and Doris Huck ingham, who are employed in Portland. spent Christmas with the home 1 folks. Roy Boehm and family, Jim Miller and family and J. O. Boehm spent Christmas with John Felty and family. Mrs. Kenneth Leinle came Saturday for a few days visit with the James Snyder family. Wm. Adams spent Sunday and Mon day with his two sisters, Mrs. Fred Knoeike and Mrs. Aem Shull, of near Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Betz ent r'ain- , ed Saturday evening in honor of their daughter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gee. A good time was enjoy , ed by all and lunch was served at a ' late hour.. Those present were Mr and Mrs. Bay Buckingham, Orville ( Buckingham, Henry Hunt, Sr., Wm Butscher and family, James Miller t and family, Harry Buckingham and family, Orion Hunt and family. James i Snyder and family, Chas. Davidson and family, Elmer Gibson and family and Wm. Betz and family of Bluffton.

Misses May Ruf, Velma Gleutzer, Mrs. Kenneth Leile of Muncie, Mr. Wm. Adams. Harley Reef. Iran Hough. Mrs. Roy Boehm and children, and Mr. Wm. Fenters, Ray Ford. Chas Gass and Lamoille Fogle. All departed at a late hour wishing the young couple much success in their future life Mr. and Mrs. Gee expect to leave Saturday for Lansing. Mich., where they will make their future home. Adam Saxman celebrated his (With birthday Sunday when his Sunday School class, together with several invited friends gathered at the noon hour to remind him of the occasion. A good time was enjoyed by all and full justice done to the sumptious dinner served by Mrs. Saxman. Those present were Misses Miriam Fennig. Gladys Fennig, Mabie Stoltz, Alic* and Miriam Stoltz, Helen Myer, Mr. and ‘ Mrs. Wm. Martin, Wiff. Fennig. Emmett Saxman and Howard Fennig, Cester Stoltz and Miss Leona Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Snyder, of In-

dianapolis are spending several days this week at the James Snyder home. Kermit Buckingham, who { s employed at Fort Wayne, arrived home Sunday to jjpend Christmas with his parents, Bay Buckingham and wife. Rev. L. A. Carter and wife took Sunday dinner with Wm. Butcher ami family. Elmer Gibson and family spent Christmas with Mrs. Gibson’s sister near Rossburg, Ohio. Leo Fogle returned to his work at Fort Wayne Sunday night after spending the week-end with his family north of here. Revival meetings, which have been in progress at the Jay City U. B. cjiurch the - last three weeks, closed Sunday evening. Denver Conner and wife, Everett Meyers and,'Wife and Alice Stoltz of Fort Wayne came Saturday to spend Christmas with the home folks Orion Hunt and family and Henry Hunt, Sr., and wife were very much surprised Monday evening when the

Good News For Everybody Real Money Saving Event! JANUARY CLEAN-UP SALE! Starts Wednesday Morning, January 3, 1923 . i nn our entire stock and intend to do it RIGHT in our JANUARY CLEAN-UP Sale. In this sale we are going to oiler everyWe are going t ®. c,ea ”’“L consisting of our regular stock—at greatly reduced prices. thing in our entire stor . It is the kind of a sale you have been waiting for and a sale you will want to attend. Keep the openBargains will be found m every aepat ing date in mind. ■ - Q PI LOOK- \ LOOK- IM H t > zl Q O fl for the big iist of bargains in for the big list of bargains in U • 1 • VJ Cl kJ kJ W UV 11 Monday’s Democrat Monday’s Democrat T _n_,,, , immmiili mu ini iiiilill

members of the U n i with well.fUUd basket; With them. SuZ w., en’t' and all , ll(1 Bmp 1 to the many gnol f t | U| . ” ' to move in the near (utllre a|1() ’ thl " wa " K 1 ' 0 " «H a farewell party ’ ““ ®“° r “ n ' iVenlng with Jumei > hatting and music, all departed wish . ng them hupplneg, ln thulr , )()W i to which they are going. Those ent were. Rev. and Mrs. L. A Car ! Jay Buckingham and J ! Boehm and family, Elmer G| , J Buckingham I rank l ets and wife, Wm. Batcher and family, Henry W a f terg lind fa|n||y Mrs. Janies Snyder and children, Mr’s M " S’* daUghter ’ Mir ‘™ Stoltz, Mrs. Kenneth Leinle and Mr Wm. renters. Miss Beatrice Boehm is nt Fort " ayne for a few daya visit th(g Week STATEBRIEFS Columbus— When Mayor Tusker telephoned to the county jail that he granted Robert Kirby a release as a i present Christmas daft Kirby sa |d 1 he was not ready to leave as dinner ; had not been served. Wabash—Girls were admonished to ' marry farmer boys if they would be 1 happy by Mrs. Charles Sewell in an ■ address here when she said few di- t vorces occur in homes of farmers. | Anderson—The Anderson Rotary!' lub adopted a resolution endorsing'J the action of theatre proprietors here ] in placing a ban against Fatty Ar- c buckle’s films. r Shelbyville—After Charles Victor ( had struck his girl and paid a fine, according to police here, he walked arm in arm with her from the police station, apparently reconciled.

Princeton—County truant officer Defendall offered a treat to the school children in a room that had the most perfect record of attendance and punctuality. PUBLIC SALE Os tile personal property of Zwick and Macklin. I. the undersigned, will sell at public auction 5% miles northeast of Decatur. on what is known as the Wm. H. Zwick farm, on FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1923 Sale to begin at 10 o'clock a.m. The following property, to-wit: 3 HEAD OF HORSES, 1 SPAN MULES—Black horse, 10 years old, weight about 1400 lbs: black mare, 11 years old. weight about 1400 lbs; roan mare, 7 years old, in foal; 1 span of mules, 6 years old, weighing about 2200 lbs. 9 HEAD OF CATTLE—One cow, 6 years old, giving 4 gallons of milk per day; one cow, 5 years old giving 3 gallons of milk per day; Holstein cow. 4 years old, giving 2 gallons of milk per day; Holstein cow, 7 years old, giving 2 gallons of milk

3 per day; red cow. 8 years old giving . 2 gallons of milk per day; red cow. 7 - years old; Guernsey cow, 5 years old: brindle cow, 6 years old: 2 year old heifer, fat. HOGS—Three full blooded ' Duroc gilts; 2 Duroc male hogs; 13 shoats weighing about 150 lbs each; : 2 brood sows. FARMING IMPLE- ■ MENTS—Deering mower, good as 1 new; hay loader, good as new: riding breaking plow; 2 walking nlows; land : roller; double disc; hay tedder; ma- • nure spreader; farm wagon, beet bed; mud boat: top buggy: riding cultivator; 2 row cultivator; : Champion 8-hoe grain drill: - sets ■ heavv harness: forks and shovels. - HAY and GRAIN-500 bushels of good ■ corn: 100 bushels of good oats; bushels of rye; about 15 ‘ ons of goo ‘ l 1 mixed hay; 5 tons of timothy . POULTRY—ISO head of cl ’*'' kpns ' I HOUSEHOLD GOODS - Kltc o bP " table; 2 rockers; DeLaval cream sap. rator; and many other articles too ■ numerous to mention. TERMS—Made known on day or 1 bal 'jOHN SCHEIMANN. Receiver Harry Daniels, Christie Bohnke, ,Au- ts C. S. Mumma, Clerk. Dec. 00-Jun l-». WANT ADS EARN—i

PUBLIC SALE c "t’lmblkMi ,Uil <annin « 1 will offer h '’’r.'i t; fiou, ’" y J Bi * deno * on the Decatur ‘no 1Hr "‘' 6 " ,ilus north of t- . - miles east of Williams St., j , WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10 1923 " un ’i" at 10 oelock «•»'• The " liFAn A'l. f r °P« r ty. to-wit: , - HEAD Ob HORSES-One grey I y* ,r' i r' e < r * u < L d ‘ ” ne bay ’"are, 6 Two™ '■ H / AD OP C’ATTLEmr/oTV yeur " old: Ke, ‘ to *' ' spring ( »i\ KOa p cuw ' 5 yeara 01(1 ' ’ (utth. n,. T lasture bred. These 1 IMP!EMKNth 1! ’ a tG , Bh!d ’ FARMING wkld, ,S ~ Stttl, ‘ y l '«™ Planter; ' Wagon; narrow tire wagon; ' d roller; reaper; riding cultivator, u?-' ? b , cultlv «tor; 2 breaking ft ~low; wag,) “ l,ed ; 18 • hay ladder; 16-ft. hog rack; 80U I grindstone; feed cooker; 2 I,CUIe “ : cooper kettle; spring 1 ‘rrow; spike hayrow; forks, shovels, ad . vJ'’ r " rtl, l'‘S. BUGGIES AND t.AluNEbS—Rubber tire top buggy, goo< as new; steel tire top buggy; carriage; sleigh; pair of bob sleds; Ignt set farm harness; set carriage harness; single harness; 2 large size horse blankets. HOUSEHOLD GOODS -Davenport; rug, 12x15; rug, 12x12; a small rugs; five-piece parlor set; mrge mirror; 4 rocking chairs; bookease; dining room table; 6 dining room chairs. This furniture is good as new. Minnesota sewing machine; kitchen cabinet; 2 cupboards; bureau; 3 beds and springs; 12 kitchen chairs; small dresser; porch swing; Turbon vacuum washer, used but a short time; copper boiler and tubs; Round Oak heating stove; cook stove; oil stove with baker; some table lamps, stands, jars, crocks, and numerous other articles not mentioned here. TERMS —Sums under $5 cash. Over that amount a credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser giving bankable note bearing 8 ner cent interest the last six months. 4 - or cent off for cash on amounts over $5.00. No goods removed until settled for. FRED G. HOLLE Christ Bohnke, Auctioneer. Lunch will be served on grounds Dec. 30-Jan. 8. Columbus —A prohibition on Sunday

. and holiday funerals is asked in al pe,l tition being circulated by undertakers t and ministers here. d —- ’ * *— LT. s. HEADLINER IN 1922 Arms Conference At Washington Was Outstanding Achievement (United Press Service) ! Washington, Dec. 29. —The Wash- • ington Arms conference, with its great • international pacts for limitation of naval armaments stands out as the , greatest achievement of the United States government in 1922. ' The new year is expected to bring I final ratifications of all the Washingi ton conference treaties, as this governt ment is confident that France and : Italy will not jeopardize all this peace preserving work by failing to I approve the pacts. The conference which adjourned ; early in February after a session of about three months drew up treaties . which called for: A ten year naval holiday in battleship construction. A maximum bartieship tonnage of ! 525,000 tons for the United States and Great Britain. 315.000 tons for Japan • and about 170,000 for France and Italy. The scrapping of the Anglo-Japanese ' alliance. The scrapping of about 70 battleships. Restrictions on submarine and gas warfare. Th- preservation of peace in the Pacific through the Four Power Treaty. A series of treaties seeking to stabiize China and to make the principle of "The Open Door” a reality in the Far East. At. the end of 1922 there is a strong demand in Congress for another armament parley to supplement the work of this year's conference. The House Appropriations committee has inserted a provision in the naval appropriations bill requesting President Harding to call a conference of aircraft, subnia-

rines and smaller auxiliary vessels. At the sama time th« Harding administration has come to tilt conclu •lon that the United Slates must Intervene hi Europe to prevent an economic collapse there and is now seeking the most practical way in which Its aid can be extended. The Tariff Legislation In the line of legislation, the enactment of the Forney-McCumber tariff law, revising as It does all the customs of the government, may be considered the greatest job performed by Congress during the year. The law was passed late in September, after having been under debate for two years. Virtually all tariff duties were raised, and the bill is now breaking all records for customs receipts. Other important legislation included: The act providing for the refunding of the war debt and the creation of the debt refunding commission. Provision for additional credits to the farmers. Creation of a federal fact finding coal commission as a result of the coal strike to investigate the mining industry. Much minor legislation also was passed, but many of the legislative problems facing Congress at the beginning of the year still remain unsolved. Although a majority in Congress favors a soldier bonus bill, it was blocked by a presidential veto, the senate failing to override the veto. The ship subsidy bill strongly advocated by the administration still is pending with its fate in doubt. President Harding has recommended a huge program of legislation hich can hardly be touched before the present Congress goes out of office on March 4. In Supreme Court In the Supreme Court, the most important decision of the year probably was the one defining the rights of organized labor. In a case brought by the Coronado Coal Co., of Arkansas, as the result of strike riots in 1914, in which miners are alleged have caused great damage in the mines, the court held that labor unions can be sued for damages, and that heads of the unions can be held responsible for any illegal acts of the union members, if the act resulted from orders issued by the leaders. The decision was generally regarded as limiting the activities of strikers and organized labor considered it a blow to its rights. In other important decisions, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the child labor law, upheld the packer control law, knocked out parts of the Grain Future Trading acts, strengthened the prohibition law in several decisions and handed down decisions affecting scores of state laws. The government lias made big strides toward governmental economy during the year, cutting the federal budget for the next year down to about $3,000,000,000, or more than $600,000,000 under appropriations for the current year. So far virtually no progress has been made in the refunding of the $11,000,000 war debt to the United States. France has been unwilling to enter into any agreement regarding the debt. Great Britain's refunding has been delayed by a change of government at London, but negotiations are expected to open early in 1923. Other nations are awaiting until the powers refund their obligations. RELIGIOUS CENSUS AT GOSHEN Goshen, Ind., Dec. 29—The first religious census taken here shows this city, with a population of less than 10,000, with about 2,200 homes, has 3.145 church members. Among these there are 1,798 women and 1,343 men. There are 22 churches here.

1922 BUSINESS REVIEW Indianapolis Bank Gives Study Os Con- 1 dltiona During Past Year By Hugh MeK. Landon Vice-President Fletcher Savings & Trust Co. (United Preet Service) Indianapolis, Dec. 30. —As we come i to the end of the year the judgment I of those who make a close study of 1 business conditions in the country Is 1 on the whole strongly inclined to 1 cheerful view. The statistician Brookmire whose ' forecast a year ago on the favorable 1 side has been just Hied by events after 1 a study of his four statistical bare- 1 meters, again announces that “the ■ balance of probability is that business I expansion will continue into the fall. ' The year just ending has been full of surprise for many business men In 1 spite of the fact that conditions at the close of 1921 gave ample warrant ' tor the belief that we were nearing I the end of one of the downward 1 swings in the endless business cycle. That this must have been true is suf- 1 ficiently evidenced by the quite re- 1 markable recovery which business i has made front the mid-year setback 1 caused by the coal and railroad labor 1 difficulties. 1 Improvement in the agricultural sit- 1 .Ration is one of the most cheering ' facts of the end of the year. Toward 1 the end of the year improving con- 1 ditions abroad, especially In England. ' have brought an increasing demand ! for foodstuffs and cotton. Wheat has 1 appreciated 30 per cent above the 1 year's low level, corn 46 per cent and 1 cotton 63 per cent. What is more important, not only has the price of farm products advanced, but their 1 buying power relative to the things 1 which the farmer must purchase has 1 increased materially. September Ist according to Dun's review, the price of foodstuffs stood 13% per cent above August 1, 1914, whereas the average of all other commodities was 49% per cent above what they were on the same date. By December Ist, | these figures were respectively 30 per | cent and 58% per cent and since that time the difference has been still further narrowed. So that the farmers'! position now as compared with a year ago is a matter of promising expansion rather than contraction in relative power to buy. The European situation continues disturbing. That is the factor most frequently cited as likqjy to prevent business expansion in this country. But 1922 has in some measure demonstrated that this country is self-con-tained in the prosperity which has accrued business conditions in this country and Canada have certainly improved to the present point while conditions in Europe generally are as bad or wores than in 1921. Undoubtedy it would be to our ad-i vantage if the taisgle over there could be worked out and a normal export demand for our manufacturers restored. Therefore such slight evidence as we have of improving conditions there are encouraging. The October reports of the railroads: were not satisfactory, but indications point to a better showing during the last two months of the year. It must be admitted, however, that the railroads are one of the dark' spots in the picture so far as 1923 is concerned. Their inability to give adequate service is‘the one thing which has retarded business most during recent months. They are in need of everything that money will buy to makethe extensions and improvements needed to give the service a returning prosperity requires. Anyone who has studied "the trend of security prices during recent years must have been impressed witli the reluctance of the investor to venture into railway securities. But until the railroads are able)

to tempt the Investor beck by reasonable assurance of fair earnings, the transportation systems of the country will continue to hamper business by Inadequate service. Attention hue been called by the association of railroad executives to the fact that there are pending in congress no less than 134 bills affecting carriers, ranging In subject from important rate changes and regulations of relations with employees to such fool proposals as that all school children who want to take a look at the president shall be carried to Washington free. How long will the country continue to permit this harrassment of one of the most vitally necessary services to prosperous business Just so on will the investors money go where it can command more secure returns. In the meantime it is undoubtedly true that the record of accomplish-' ment during the past year has superimposed upon many minds recently premeated with gloom as a result of the process of deflation a distinctly hopeful spirit. Confidence in the future has taken the place of blooding' over the ills of the past. Unemploy- 1 ment is no longer a problem; the iron and steel industry, safest index of inj dustrial conditions is improving; the! farmers position is becoming relative-1 ly more favorable; the banking position is secure; conditions aboard at least show hopeful signs of improvement. It is accordingly reasonable' that most business men and bankers should feel that the first half of 1923! will witness prosperous business and, are hopeful that the whole year will, prove a good one. e — Lagrange—Maynard Marker, living near here is owner of a nearly grown red fox which was driven by ice and snow to take refuge in his home. ‘

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THE INVESTOR A The ordinary investor is not in position to make a searching Securities investigation or exercise the rigid supervision necessary to safeguard his investments- He Loans must trust in some degree to someone else who will do these things for him—do them faithllk uranct fully, honestly, efficiently and > always in the interest of the investor. The R. L. Bollings Company has the highest commercial credit rating given any company in the United States. It supervises every business for whom it sells securities as long as a single certificate is held by one of its patrons. Result —Safety of principal 7% income No La' . i Suttf/4/ R - A. D. 1 Deca

Kendallville — Arrival of several cars of bitumluoua coal has staved off a threatened coal famine here. Elkhart-A six months old kangaroo is the strange Christmas present received by C. J. Johnson which was sent from a friend in Sydney, Australia.

■ a hi .» WK BELL THE WORLD'S GREATEST LEAVENER CALUMET TKi Economy B4Mf/VC POWDER The Fair Store HAPPY J . NEW wish you one and all, A Happy New Yaar and 1 t A lot of easy ’ rolnK - I fnr resolve i /ar 8,,„. this year to give i > ,h. your automobile the best of care. Cars suffer more from neglect from accidents. ! As a matter of fact we beljeve that most accidents are the result of inattention to details. Let us look your car over once in a while. We i can do your vulcanizing and re- ; treading. The Shop That Gives Your Dollar a Long Ride STEPLER BROS. , Cor. Monroe & 2nd Sts. *

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