Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1923 — Page 4

DKCATUB PAALT DIMOCRAI Publlzhcd Evary Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller— Prez. and Sen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vlce-Prex. * Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouze—Sec’y and Buz. Mgr. Entered at the Poitofflce at Eecatur, Indiana, an second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies ....... 2 cents One Week,by carrier ....... 10 cents One Year, by carrier 16 00 One Month, by mall ....... 86 cents Throe Months, by mall SI.OO Six Months, by Mall ...... >1.75 One Year, by mail 300 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. 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. It is estimated that the agncaltur-. al business lias one-third of all the capital investment of the nation, and furnishes about 40 percent of the I bank deposits of the country. Yet the farmer is not permitted to organize his own funds under his own capital, for his own purposes. The national government owns a coal yard in Washington for the pur- * pose of supplying fuel to the various departments. U was reported on the floor of congress that over 600 priv-1 ' I ' ate families are also supplied with coal from this yard because some one , in the family is connected in some manner with the army or the navy. I At least we will have a change after March 4th to get a rest from' . congress. President Harding announces he will not call a special session and if the present congress fails 1 to pass the ship subsidy bill, any of the appropriations or anything else . the responsibility will be on their shoulders. This wil| be the first time • in eight years when the government has operated without a congress ex-; cepting for two or three weeks just I before elections. .... — I The Indiana legislature started in- ’ to the final stretch this morning,* with four weeks to finish it up. So , far they have passed four or five * bills of but little importance. None ' of tiie administration measures have ' come through and it is doubtful if j several of them will. The light this week will lie on appropriations including the two million for the pris-i * on de luxe and there will be all kinds ■ of fireworks before it is finished.!. There is some evidence just now that the final sum up of the session will show but little results in the way of new laws, unless the governor and other leaders manage some way or another to get things patched up. , Perhaps it's just as well if they don't enact too many. Lust October a number of our citizens remonstrated as to the tax rates and succeeded in reducing the levy ; in several instances. They had a j right to do this but one trouble is j that some of the reduction comes from the repair fund for roads and J those who have this work to do say i it is next to impossible to maintain.l tho roads with the money available. | Why not show the same interest now | and petition Governor McCray and leaders of the legislature to restore to the county the auto license fund and the gasoline tax if one is imposed? We all want good roads. We can't have them without spending some money. Wouldn’t you rather spend it here than send it all to Indianapolis? The people of Adams county will welcome the announcement that the Northern Indiana Fair will be held again this year. For sortie weeks

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owing to the fact that Colonel Reppert is very busy and has plans which will prevent him giving much time to the fair this year, there was some ’ i doubt as to whether or or not we ■ would have a fair. The arrangement whereby Mr. John Iseubarger of 1 North Manchester becomes manager is entirely satisfactory. He is a high < lass citizen in every respect, one of the best known men in the state, has bad many years experience with county and state fairs, has been a member of the state agricultural board for a long time and will be able to give a fair in keeping wth the splendid reputation already established here by Col. Reppert. He is deserving of your heartiest support. Let’s help him make the fair here as big ; s the state fair and better. nr aww at lauumv COPYPIGPT 1f23 BY P C WP/GHT

JIMMY SPILLED THE BEANS. J. Ralph Pickell, editor and publisher of The Round-Up, tells this one to prove his contention that no syst -m has ever been developed that will silence the irrepressible in children. A short time ago we were entertaining a very prominent lady from Australia. Sometimes when we are < ntertaining distinguished company we send the children to their grandmother's, for who can tell what a < hild may say or do? But this evening the whole family was present. Everything had gone well enough, or . (most well enough, until Jimmy spilled the heans. The weather (of course) had been discussed. The * heater and America’s greatest sports had come in for their share. The oldler’s bonus had not been slighted, nd finally a lull in conversation had brought up the question of health, i'his gave Jimmy his never to be forgotten chance. The head of the house had recently been ill with a ever and chills. The guest had just emarked that she sincerely hoped he mistress would soon regain her 1 ull bosom of health when Jimmy niped, “Mom was sick four, days and ac aint got no new baby yet.” When we are married and have accumulated children, we’re afraid, ery much afraid, that we will be 'orced to sip from the cup of humility, so let us be up and doing with a heart for any fate. We Recommend Mrs. Hagan for a Commission in the Battalion of Death (From the Portland Journal) A skunk that kept “snooping" around tho Tom Hagan chicken coops finally lodged under the dwelling house, and Mrs. Hagan crawled under the house with her gun and aiming direct at the skunk's tail, shot off its head. COURT LIFE IS AWFUL Dear Editor —Probably the most touching scene'l have witnessed in my twenty years as clerk of the court here occurred last Wednesday. A man who had just been divorced by his storm and strife burst into tears and informed several sympathetic spectators that he had lost the best homebrewer east of the Mississippi. Ed. J. 8.. Jr. And he learned about brewing from her. PERSONAL (From K. C. Star) “Betty—Better go slow on J. C. Someone else has a prior claim that might cause you trouble.” M. C. J. C. Some of you fellows have it pretty soft. Line forms on right.

NEW Wai! Paper Coming In Right now is a good time to clean up. Do it before the Spring rush begins. Wall Paper Paints and Varnishes. Callow & Kohne Drug Store.

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OUR FUNDS ARE A LITTLE ANAEMIC ALSO (From The Osmond Republican) Jobst Pfunds are sick with the diphtheria at this writing. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE (From the Wabash, Ind.. Plain Dealer Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith are the proud parents of a nine-pound boy, who arrlvtd at their home last night. Plain Dealer Want Ads Bring Results. Be cireful. Mr. Smith. Don't use any fuP cage advertising Our Legal Department Gives Advice Without Charge. State Your Case Briefly Dear Editor: Please inform me the first step to take toward retting a divorce. Ans.: The first thing to do is to get married, then get a good lawyer. He will arrange the rest.

NAGGING WIVES To my home Bill Spivins came rev eral evenings each week and he’d plank his careworn frame in a chair that did not squeak. There before the fire he’d sit. picture of supreme content, while Susannah she would knit and I'd play “The Last Lament” of the cowboy who would dash o'er the meadows blithe and free till old Death had spiked his hash and they tucked him ’neath the lea. Not a word would William say as he sat in restful ease; smiling like an April day, with his hands upon his knees. Then one night I questioned him on the whichness of the why and his eyes grew strangely dim as to me he made reply. “In my home I find no rest. Sally nags from morn till night; she can scold with ardent zest and her temper is a fright. Peace is not for me at home, Sally wags her jaws too free; that is why I’m prone to roam and am here so frequently. 1 can sit before your fire and be happy as a coon, while you twang your spangled lyre and your wife knits to the tune.” Oh, methinks the wives who nag—ranting, jawing with a will —should be tied up in a bag and then ducked in some deep rill. For a wife with nagging tongue can make home a hell indeed, till her fun'ral knell is rung and they plant her ’neath the mead. UNCLE DUD.

HELP WANTED—MALE Somewhere in this broad land of ours is a smooth, polite young man, with well-oiled tongue, who can cash in on his ability. A man with such qualifications is needed in our executive offices. As a tryout we will send him to call on Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League, and get Mr. Wheeler’s contribution for the Association Opposed to Prohibition. If he succeeds in getting this contribution, the position will be made permanent. Address FINE CHANCE. He has fine chance of getting this contribution. The young man of today has opportunities that our forefathers never dreamt of in their day. STAN says: “The trouble with matrimony is that there is too much initiative and not enough referendum, and too much call and not enough recall.” SWALLOWS HALF DOLLAR (United Press Service I Chicago—Johnny Strysik, 13, news boy is a half dollar in and a half dollar out. He swallowed a four-bit niece while holding it in his mouth for safe keeping.

, “I’m Going to Have One O of Those Michaels-Stern JSii Suits Next J W jM Pay Day” ’Hie other evening our Mr. Nichols stopped in the store about 9 o’clock l<> Set a forgotten package and heard , * le following remark made by a young man who was looking in our window—• “Nice clothes, Fred—and nice people too see that dark gray Norfolk made by Michaels-Stern—that will be mine next pay day.” Hundreds of ideas inside—but the big idea is this; our clothes in the window will look better on you than they do on the dummies. Michaels-Stern Value First Suits $22.50 10 $35.00 Tehib-T-MyeoGo x-r J >NDLAN “ O ' S LndCr "“ r

Hie People’s Voice THE FARMER'S PRAYER Lord, I am only a farmer. Thou knowest that when wheat was $2.00 per bushel and 1 had flour and sugar in the house and cake and pie everytime I wanted it, I was not satisfied and voted for a change. Thou knowest that I wore a Harding badge and was faithful in all things to the G. O. P. Even so, Thou knowest that 1 believed in the dawn of the new day, ami that woll would advance in price; that I would get $3.00 for wheat and 20 cents for my pork. Lord, two years have gone by never to.return. and 1 am too poor to buy the necessary Rockefeller for my Henry: still. 1 wear a Harding badge, but it's on the seat of my overalls. Oh, land, I am thankful for one thing, that Harding has been able to make jackrabbits taste good in the | summer time. I pray Thee that Ihou

Big Horse Sale! 150 - HEAD - 150 Sale Barn. First Street—Decatur, Ind. Wednesday, Feb. 7—l o’clock Consisting of draft, drivers and general purpose horses. Also some extra good farm mares. Every horse sold with a guarantee as represented. DON’T FAIL TO ATTEND THIS SALE. Decatur Horse Sale Co.

We are Proud to Offer You our Shoes And you’ll be proud to wear them; for our shoes* are made of the finest leather on lasts for every foot. Their nicety of finish and quality workmanship spell satisfaction to every wearer—their price is as pleasing as their fine service. Whether you want style or comfort—there's a shoe here that will please you. BLY FOR CASH and BLY FOR LESS People's Cash Shoe Store I ■ ____

wilt keep them replenish*! tf> tb*t■ 1 shall not want. I am &l«‘L 0 Lord, that Thou hast prospered the railroads and that they have been able to keep up their freight rates. When my corn would not pay the expenses of gathering and 1 pray thee that Thou will continue to uphold Mellon, that he may be able to collect for year, in terest on the funds of i his own ban > account, for it is a rightious course. Teach mo to pray: "Our Father, who are in Washington; Harding be his name. Hlh Kingdom come; his will be done, even to beating the sol diers out of a bonus. Give us each day our daily corn bread that Wilson tried to make us eat for two years, and Harding had us eating in three months. And lead us not Into temp tation, to vote for a Decomratic president. For Harding got all the power and Mellon all the money. Rockefeller all the oil and me. the patched trousers, forever and ever. Amen. R- R- s Mrs. Emil Egley of Washington, township, was a shopper here tus morning. -

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