Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1923 — Page 4

DCCATU* DAILY DmiOCBAI Publlth«4 Kvary fvonlng laaapt Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Prea. and Sen. Mgr. K. W. Kampa—Vice-Prea. * Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouaa —Sec'y and Bug. Mgr. Entered at the Poatofflce at Secatur, Indiana, aa second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week,by carrier ....... 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 Ono Month, by mail ....... 35 cents Three Months, by mall ....... SI.OO Six Months, by Mail $1.75 One Year, by mall ....... 3.00 Ono Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within Erst and second sones. Additional postage added 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. — ' "’.sj — ST"— —: — In Maine fifty-three inches of snow fell in one month and now the question is being asked, what did Wilson have to do with it? For eight or ten years they charged about everything to him and they can’t get out of the habit. The hill to Join Indiana University with Butler at Indianapolis is more popular than the author who introduced it to get even with the Monroe county representative who offered a bill to tax fraternity houses, had an idea it would be and it may grow rapidly. Tin- Home Builders announce they will build several houses the coining spring and that’s a good start. The number of houses to be erected will of course depend ou the demand for them and the sale. Decatur should enjoy a real building boom this year and we believe it will come. Several others are planning to' erect one or more residences and there will be a half dozen business houses, churches, schools and other edifaces built. President Harding has called in the faithful and demanded a show down and the passage of the ship subsidy bill. The politicians. 1 advise him that if the bill is pushed through it will mean a revolt in 1924 but he evidently is determined. Almost at the same time comes the announcement that several well known men are getting ready for a sail on the primary seas next year hoping to land at the port of nomination. It all looks as though the president has made up his mind to trade his future to the ship owners. The Indiana slate senate passed a bill Monday that will allow a Judge of the court to grant a temporary divorce—say, for six months or a year. The idea involved is to allow the par ties to “cool”.off for a spell, and if they still think at the end of the temporary divorce that they want one that will stick, well and good. Another feature of the bill is to grant the Judge authority to refuse a permanent divorce where he well knows one or other of the parties is expecting to be re-married to another as soon as the ties of the former marriage are loosed- It will have the effect of less divorce cases, it is thought. Tile bill will go to the house for final action. —Bluffton Banner. During the first month of the year .the local automobile license branch has forwarded to the secretary of state $12,757.25, payment for more than two thousand licenses- If this money could be retained here and used on the roads it would help considerably. t would maintain a hundred miles of our roads or build at least two miles of new road. Originally the license money was returned to the counties in proportion to number of cars, number of miles of road and one third sent back to each county, so that a great benefit was derived. Now the money is all used by the state highway commission. The legislature now in session would make a real hit with the taxpayers if they would restore some of these rights. Day & Martin for a hundred years or two, leading manufacturers of shoe blacking in England is closed out. The manager with a pained look ou his face explains that it was caused

by a failure to keep up their advertising. For many years the company advertised extensively and then under new management decided they •, were so well known they did not need '• it. The populace of a community or a country changes rapidly and in a • few years scarcely any one thought of Day & Martin blacking, made lam- ( ous by frequent mention in Dickens i Pickwick papers and otherwise. Bus- * iness fell off and competitors seeing i ) the opportunity soon put them out of ’ business. Moral—advertise and keep 1 on advertising If you would increase 1 your business and carry on. Evidently there are a lot of fellows In the legislature who either don’t <are anything about the admontiion from Governor MeCray in his message on the opening day or else feel ■ure he was Just kidding them for ■lever since the keeping of records began has there been so many bills 1 presented which will cost the people ' money if enacted into laws. Instead of reducing Jobs here are some of the things they are trying to do:— Establish 1017 road superintendents, a state boxing commission of five, motion picture censors, eighty-four state constables, state building commission, old age pension commission, -ounty boards of education with 1,000 jobs, real estate commission and a 1 dozen or two others. Things certain !y are drifting. a ~ ■— ~ The People’s Voice * - “Although 1 plead guilty to the charge of having destroyed liquor which the federal officials charged I hat I had in my possession. I wish to state that 1 did not have any liquor on my farm and plead guilty merely to close the matter. What the federal official thought or claimed was •vidence of liquor was stock “dip” for spraying chicken coops and hog pens. The officials found some brok en glass which they claimed had con tained liquor. They also picked up a shingle which 1 had used to stir tin ’dip" and struck a match to it and it burned. The officials claimed that 1 broke a jug full of liquor and that the shingle was scattered with it. The federal official pointed a revol ver at me and placed it against my breast and cursed me. 1 have never been arrested before and have not violated any liquor law.” SIGNED, “ED RUMSCHLAG.” EDUCATIONAL SURVEY (Continued) Combined Results in Reading, Arith metic and Spelling In Table V the results of the test: inreading, arithmetic and spelling ar< ' combined and presented as a wholt ' tor each type of school. When tin results of all the tests are in this way taken together, the work of fifth grad< pupils In one-eacher schools is about on a par with that done by pupil: less than half way through the fourtl ■ grade.| They are on the average, then : more than a full grade below standard . The showing for the upper grades ol . these schools is worse, the achieve ments of seventh and eighth grade pu pits being, respecively, a year and 1 two-thirds and felly two years behinf ■ the standard. There was little differ i ence in the results obtained in tin . larger rural schools, the two- and three-teacher schools doing about the same quality of work as the consolidat 1 ed schools with five of six teachers The average achievements of all these schools were better than those of the one-teacher schools were better than those of the one-teacher schools by a fifth of a year to a full half year. In he towns the work is in quality about he same as is usually found in tin larger rural schools. The work of the city schools is decidedly better than that of the rural schools, though the average achievements of city pupils wore also below standard —four-tenths of a year below in the flfh grade, a hall year below in the seventh grade, and four-fifths of a year below in the eighth grade. The combined resuls in reading, spelling and arithmetic indicate that Indiana children are in large numbers not getting a sufficient command of these fundamentals to meet the pra tical needs of everyday life. Pupils completing the elementary course of eighth grades in one-teacher schools get, on the average, only a sixh grade education: even those completing tjie eighth grade in city schools gct/pnly a seventh grade education. Table V. —Average achievements of Indiana fifth, seventh and eighth grade pupils in reading, spelling and arithmetic in terms of grade standards: Grade 5h 7th Sth Township—- -- $-4 5.8 6.5 2- C. 6 6.1 7.0

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1923.

. 3-tcacher 4.7 6.1 6.8 4-teacher 4.7 6.1 6.8 Rtoachcr 4.7 6.2 6.7 6or more teacher 4.8 6.2 6.8 Town 4.7 6.3 6.9 I City 5.1 7.0 7.7 I Country-wide stand. 5.5 7.5 8.5 Note.—ln this table, scores are given in terms of grade of work they represent. For example, the entry 4.4 for fifth grade pupils in one-teacher 1 shools means that these pupils did work which pupils who are four-tenths of the way through the fourth grade usually do. Proportion of Pupils With Scores Above and Below Standard The discussion so far has been in terms of average scores. Table VI gives he proportion of eighth grade pupils in the several types of schools that have scores up to normal or above, and the proportions that have, scores below normal, one year below normal, two years, three years, four years, and five years, below normal. In one-room schools only one eighth trade pupil in six had scores up to normal; one in four did work below the ifh grade standard, and one in ten failed to reach the fourth grade standird. In contrast, one out of every hree eighth grade pupils in city whools did work up to or better than che standard for this grade: one in four, however, fell below the sixth trade standard, and in in ten, below he fifth grade level. —— o COPYP! GUT /fl 3 BY PC WPYGHT -tow COULD YOU! HOW COULD YOU! HOW COULD YOU! (Too Late to Classify) A BARN FOR RENT—Suitable for high school students or horse, or team. •05 S. Popular street. He is well prepared to entertain the >oys in a most hostile manner. 4HE HAS SHAKEN HER FRIENDS (From Matton. 111., Newspaper) Miss Belle Shook has left for a several weeks’ visit in the west and lorthwest. — - — # t THIS IS NOT A MATRIMONIAL AD (Classified ad in western daily) "Man waisted to chop wood, bring ip coal, tend furnace, take care of tarden, mind chickens and children XWS, care News. 3t14 HELP WANTED—MALE WANTED —Young man, who has lemonstrated by past performance hat he can do big things, to go at -nee to Detroit and solicit Mr. Ford or a contribution to the fund for bringing impoverished Jews to this ■ountry. Work requires a man of per uasive personality. Prefer the ath etic type. Sprinting ability will be lelpful. Straight commission. Appli •ation must be accompanied by acer llicate releasing us from all reliability or personal injury. Address BSII4. A nice easjT job for someone. i STAN says: "Some people are so dumb that vhen they hear Opportunity calling Move up toward the front’ they think t is the street car conductor.” If the prizes of life won’t “fall” for /ou spend more money on ’em brother spend more money on ’em. "A rolling stone gathers no moss,” so ’tis said, but did you ever try to sell one of them a gold brick? —It just simply isn’t being done. « SOME WHAT? (From the Owensville Star) James Douglas is slowly improving after his long illness and is up and around the house some. Why, sometimes, of course. THOSE JAZZ TUNES Oh, jazzy tunes are right, in style; they seem to play them by the mile where e’er I chance to trek. This elitter-ciattcr. Jigg-jagg junk—of all the music it’s most punk and should be canned by heck. Time was when music soothed my soul and I was merry as King Cole —but such days are no more —nowdays real tunes are out of date, all they do now is syncopate and it’s a beastly. bore. There is no music in such rot and I could take a healthy swat at those who grind it out; I’d knock ’em north and galley west and boot ’em just beneath the vest and maybe bruise a snout. Oh, ye’ who write the nation's tunes, hark back about* two dozen momisr-or may-; be sixty-eight—ahd give us stuff like', you wrote then—you’ll prove a frlfind to jazz-sick melt and mitigate their fate. I’m sick of all title dizzy dope and- fervently I pray and hope, it soon will run its course; and when that happy day is here I'll toes my lid aloft and chfeer until my voice is hoarse. Melodious tunes are restful things and

good for populi or kings, they soothe the tired brain; but oriental Jigaroo should by musicians be taboo. Oh, give us music sane. Uncle Dud. WATCH OUT FOR THOSE CITY SLICKERS Jack Lurain, the ever-polite representative of The Seed World, Chicago. I • tells a recent experience he had on his [• I last trip through the middle west, ! which proves that kindness is often , misunderstood. At a small town in lowa a real charming girl boarded the train. She was alone and looked very lonesome. Jack thinking he would make her trip more pleasant, engaged i her in’eonveraation, suggesting that ■ they have dinner together. She re : plied that she couldn't eat a bite, i Thinking that she might want to read he asked her "Would you like to see t The Pride of Palomar’ before I leaae?” She looked at him for a moment witli blazing eyes and burst out. “You get right away from me or I'll scream for help.” PERSONAL Dear Editor 1 went out riding lasi night with Charlie White. We drove to i roadhouse and had some drinks, it was the first time that I had ever drank. Did I do wrong? How should I know, dearie. Don’t I you remember? I Field Goals I The Cream and Crimson of Indiana University waves victoriously over the Gold and Black of Purdue today. The Crimson five, recently reorganized, showed a world of class last night and downed Piggy Lambelt’s outfit at Lafayette by a score I of SI to 26. And thereby Purdue's; hopes for winning the Big Ten championship went glimmering. A fan writes us to learn why the D. H. S. five and the Catholic high ouintet have not met each other this year. lie thinks this wev’d be a very interesting game, saying that' the two teams me very evenly match- 1 ed. Upqn investigation today we learned that a game between the. two quintets is unlikely this season. The management of both teams agreed on a game but the public high school's schedule was tilled out and no date satisfactory to both could be arranged, it was stated. Since the season is nearly over there is little chance for a game this season. It is likely that one or two games will be scheduled between the two schools for next season before the schedule of either is completed. We agree, Mr’ Fan, a game between the two fives would be interesting. _____ The same fan compliments us on' our column by saying that the only I trouble he can find with it is that it is not long enough. We’re sorry, but space does not permit us to ramble to our heart's content. We are glad to get communications containing dope and queries regarding basketball but please sign 'em. There are a lotta fans. Your name won’t be used. The code of a good sport is given in The Basketball World as follows: j 1. Don’t quit. 2. Don’t alibi 3. Don’t gloat over winning 4. Don't be a rotten loser 5- Don’t take unfair advantage 6. Don't ask odds you are unwil- j ling to give. 7. Be ready to give opponents the shade 8. Don’t underestimate an oppon-j

* ~~ ' ' " 11 ' ""A I Primrose Cream Separator Service Day By special arrangement with ‘the International Harvester Co., a factory expert on Primrose Cr|am separators will be at our store on Monday and Tuesday February 5 and 6 I here is no charge for the service io Primrose owners. Repairs used will be charged for at the regular .<. price. . . ( j - . .V ■ > -.* '>• ! < I | Bring your Primose separator to our store on service day and get the benelit of this free service. Jcfiafer VO IF 1 —

ent or overestimate yourself I 9. Remember the game is the thing You are a mucker if you think otherwißO 10. Honor the game—play straight and hard—and you win even when you lose. Hopes for a victory nt Auburn Friday night have mounted a few notches with the return of White and Farr to the lineup. Their injuries are improving rapidly. It is thought Farr will be able to play tomorrow night but it is doubtful about White. The G. E. eagers will attempt to stage a comeback tonight after dropping a contest to the Huntington Buddies last week by a lop-sided score. Tonight the G. E. quintet plays the Wabash Valley Fliers from Linn Grove in Athletic hall. The G. E. girls will play the Rockford, Ohio girls. '

BANG! WHEN THE LAST WHACK OF THE PRICE POUNDING HAM- a MER HAS SOUNDED SATURDAY NIGHT THE CUR- I TAIN WILL BE DRAWN ON THIS SALE. I After the tremendous business we have had lor a week | and the thousands of pairs oi shoes taken from our | stock the sizes are broken, a great many numbers with only a few pairs left. In order to move these odd lots we have slashed another chunk off of the prices and if your size is in these, Friday and Saturday will be lucky days for you. Read This- . Odd lots of Women’s Shoes Odd lots of Women’s Shoes and Ox lords that sold this anf j Oxfords that sold this week at M-98, we have cut , .. . another dollar and you can '' a * ’ )e so d have them now’ at $2.98 and some as. low as $3.98 $2.49 Women's Ribbon Trimmed We have given the odd lots of Felt House Slippers that sold Misses’ Shoes another cut during this sale at 98c, you and you can buy what is left can take what is left at for $1.69, .79c $1.98 and $2.49 Don’t let anything keep you away from this sale. The BIGGEST BARGAINS are now yours if we have your size. THE BELL THAT TOLLS THE EXIT OF CHARLIE RINGS LIKE JOYFUL MUSIC IN THE EARS OF THE THRIFTY SHOE BUYER • ✓'* Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller I

, 1;ir „ rU city Irene Croning, a chemistry student In the high school hero was badly cut in the face when | n bottla of liquid in the laboratory ax ' Atwood—AH epidemic of scarlet taker has resulted in the closing of public schools here. _______

DANCE Moose Hall Friday Evening, Feb. 2nd 8:30 o’clock 50c per couple. Music by FEATURE FIVE Everybody Welcome. I

C ; - Tires Are Advancing —but we can still save you money at the old price. Seo Us Before You Buy ______ I USE , DIAMOND KEROSENE for lamps, oil stoves and incubators. You will get better service. Eiberson Service i wWholesale and Retail G asoline—Dl AMON D—Kerosene 11 fe, _ —— /

' Millersburg - Mlsr I aged resident h..,.., ' false teeth in an attempt to e sneetc.

dance! K. of C. Hall IB Thursday, Feb. 1 IB Beginners class .... 7-m ■ Assembly E Good music assured B YOU are invited ■ Fred Schurger, Mgr. B