Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1923 — Page 4

DBCATU9 PABT D9MOCIUI Pu»ll«hM >v«ry *«mfi Bundcy by THB DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO J. H. Heller—■l’res. and Men. Mgr F. W. Karape- Vice Pre*. * Adr. Mgr A. EL Holthouw—Sec’y and Bus. Mgr Entered at tba I’oitofflce at Beeatur Indiana, aa ascoid alaaa mattfr. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week,by carrier ........ 10 cents One Year, by carrier ..... 16.00 One Month, by mall Si cents Three Months, by mall »«.. .. . SIOO Six Months, by Mall >1.75 One Year, by mall 3.00 One Year, at office 53.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage ad ded outside those zones.) Advertising Kates 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 Richmond. a hustling little city of California lias inaugurated a plan which has added a thousand pc* cent to the appearance of thfiir main streets. They have .provided thirty seven foot steel poles set in concrete and have done away with all tin wooden poles, using a less number of the steel and making them much more attractive. The plan will be used in a number of cities this year and is being boosted by "City Beau tiful, associations. .Mr. isenbarger is planning a real fair for Decatur this year and be sides all tilt, features which havt made the Northern Indiana the best county fair in the stale, a •number <»♦ new ones will he added. Keep if touch with these by reading this paper and get ready for a fair ex celled by few stale shows. Isenbar ger knows how, and with the won dvrful park here, and the co opera tion he will receive, he is bound t< pul it over good.. A crew of workmen were unabh to tear down a church which wa built at Grimsvillc, Pa., more that a hundred years ago. They don't build them that way now. We ar< all in too much of a hurry. We can't wait several years. After wo makt up our minds it becomes a questior of how soon. If we wanted to w< could build now so that centurie; would pass before the life of tin structure passed away but we pre gross ami the building of today won' do in twenty or titty years from nov so we build accordingly. Somethin; to think about anyway, isn't it? The Decatur branch of the Hol land St. Louis sugar-. company hat voluntarily announced tiiat they wil pay an increased price per ton for sugar beets. The new price guaranteed, seven dollars per ton. Is the highes' in history, save one year, and with the further guarantee of a graduatei he based on the price of sugar in New York during the four months o the campaign makes it a splendid contract. The farmers of this sec tion are cooperating nicely and tin outlook is for the largest acreage th' company has ever had and that’s why the liberal offer is now being made. Julius C. .Morse, vice-president ol the Natonal Retail Clothing associa tion announces without winking ai eyelash that the price of clothes will advance five dollars per suit next year. The price of steel, crude oil and oilier products is on the up grade but the trouble is that the prices of farm products doesn't keep up with the procession and when that’s true it. can't last, for after all the goods furoduied by the farmer iabout all the new stuff we have. We can't get back to normalcy until tin prices are balanced and you can figure it. anyway you want. This will eventually happen, ami the soon er it does the sounder will be the prosperity. A recognized authority on the subject said a lew days ago that If taxes im reuse for anot her seventeen years at the rale at which they haw increased since the war ended, each citizen in the United Slates will pay the tax collector 50 cents out of every fl of income. Ju forty-six years, he declared, taxes would absorb the enlire net earnings of all individuals, firms and corporations. Taxes in for-ty-one states in 1919 were 82 per cent, higher than those in 1912. In

lU2O they increased 21 per cent over the preceding year, and in 1921 a 12 percent Increase was shown. In 1917 our taxes amounted to $6.97 a sluo of >. income; in 1921 this amount has ariar. en to $14.32 out of every SIOO. Taxar lion is a heavy and Increasing burden upon everybody, for everybody, r, directly or indirectly, pays taxes. It Is consuming wealth thut is vitally needed for business expansion and g development. Federal, state and s local taxation has mounted up to u 0 staggering grand total thut should * arouse not only widespread appro--5 hvnsion and protestation, but alarm, 0 Farmers have never been so acutely 0 conscious as they are now of the de- “ moralizing, galling weight of this impersonal monster upon their backs. Having grown well-nigh Intolerable, it is compelling people to think, and to seek relief. Reforms in taxation are inevitable. They arc already budding, and some have attained considerable promishig growth in various communities. A few local successes, growing out of new or modified sysf terns of taxation which self-interest , and concentrated thought are sure t > devise, would eventually solve the whole problem of taxation, so far as 1 it is humanly solvable. Meantime the obligation as well as the oppor- . ‘unity of taxpayers is to light "pork” legislative appropriations, and public i xlravugance.—Breeders Gazette. ftr.AW WMiawiT COPYRIGHT 1»23 BY PC Wft/GHT MIGHTY LONG. SOMETIMES Weary Willie stopped at a farmouse and asked for something to eat. Why in the world do you walk the ountry asking for food?” "Well, tit's like this; you see. the M-.tor told me to take long walks (e ■ my meals, and I've been doing eV' r since." It makes a fellow glad to know 'inetiiues who his friends are and at ■<’ same time regrets to see pretended lends acting up and unable to cover icir actions. What tho eye sees and io ear hears are two dependable iHtesses. aid she. "I'll slap you on the wrist." Said he. "I'm watching for the blow.” i tragic tones she added, "Hrst!" You will not find your wrist-wqteh slow.” Flapper (to physician—Where, doc >r. do you think is the best place to vecinate me, that is, so it won't Doctor (after deep thought)—Well, i the car. I guess. NOTHING ON HIM Youngster Ito his little playmate)— ( co. 1 got a new brother, and I was ght in the next room when he was , orn last night. His Playmate—Aw, that ain't notin'! I was in the same bed with my moth r when 1 was born. GOAT-GETTERS Tie' yokel who blocks trallic at tile < ket window at rush hour, asking! bout train till! am! then walkway with the remark that he wasn't oing till next week. il. 1. S. THE MODISH MACHINE .'it’> dieerly clad Annabel riding with me. ly car had no style, 1 could easily see. ut right up-to-date the car now appears; took off its hood and 1 stripped all the gears. Stuart. STAN” SAYS: There's one consolation for the girl ho pays >5.019 a pair for hi r hose jq his day and ago. She can show about r 4.75 worth of them under most cirumstances, and usually the balance when getting on a car. Enforce the Rule, and They'll Never Be Picked I've heard it said that in the ceme ary al South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. the following sign appears: PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES Guess their isn’t much danger of t'lem ever being picked if the rule is ridgidly enforced, because the average per on would find it rather difficult to reach up or raise through six feet of earth to pluck posies. COWARDS You see them every little while ; They’re found in many places; Those folks who dare not crack a smile For fear 'twill spipin .(heir faces.’ Knight. SHE'LL GET A SURPRISE The following is an essay ol a little st hool girl on, "If I Were Grown Up:" "It 1 were grown up I should get married and have jam whenever I like. Anil I think 1 should be a dressmaker. I am not going out in a carriage, like

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1 some people. 1 shall expect my hue2 baud to take mo out when 1 am grown 71 up. 1 shall have u baby, and 1 shall (j not let any one spank it unless it's •!naughty. If it wants spanking 1 shall ■ do it myself, that Is, if there is any ■ spanking to be done. I want plenty ol J money from my husband. That's all t I have got to say about when 1 am t grown up.” I DON'T BE A HOWLER II Oh. why do we murmur and why du i‘wo fret under the collar and get sore; 1 e'en why do we pour forth from morn- ■ ing until night one long continuous . rour? The world may be going slam- ’ bang to the deuce at a speed that is ■ certainly fast; but what will it help if ■ we mournfully howl from the dawn . till the daylight is past? It may be ■ the churches have men in their ranks who certainly ought to be slain; but such being the ease what good will it do to howl like a pup with a pain? It surely is sinful to fritter our time bemoaning the sadness of fate. 'Tis better by far to get out with the bunch and hustle both early and late. The man who does nothing but waggle his iiws. decrying the wrongs of his race, might to quickly be scut to the sulphury ranch where Satan is boss of tile place. But the fellow who hops to bis job with a smile and carols a roundelay sweet is the man wlio keeps business bouncing along—he's the kind that you never can beat. So when some ancient growler takes you the coat and spouts forth his wearisome wail, just grab a "shillaly” that's h tty and thick and scatter his frame to the gale. Uncle Dud. The Sunday school teacher was dis- < issing discipline with her pupils. You must be kind and affectionate towards one another. Take an example from your parents. N’i'w. Wil liam, what do your father and mother rail each other?” , "I'm sorry, teacher, but I wouldn't ; dare to repeat it." I Tim puplic schools in Spokane Wash., will not teach spelling—that i will not teach the students lo spell i word as it is Spokane. MAN—STRONG (Add in Daily News, Chiingo) Roast peanuts and make mashmallows. exp. not nee. Kidd & Co., 1017 , So. California. The point we fail to get is why the man should necessarily be strong to roast peanuts, etc. Yet, 'tis said, a strong back and a weak mind go together offentimes. I SUPPORT ' '.,'hcn a chap is too anxious to rise 1 and to speak, . . I I’crhaps 't would be well to remind ' him , • I hat the fellow who always remains in his seat Will always have something behind 1 him, I Knight, 1 WHAT PA SAYS IT MEANS The teacher was asking the children 1 of her class the meaning of various words, the last being the word “glut- 1 ton.” , , Alter several had fallen down on giving anything like a proper defiui- 1 tion. one little fellow said: "My I’a says a glutton is a fellah ; ' hat eats more than he kin!” I IT NEVER SUITS I I The seasons come and the seasons 1 !',O, the blizzards blizz and the zephyrs blow; it may be cold, it may be likfl ii'twixt between it matters not. he it I winter, summer, spring or tall it never 1 exactly suits at all. We growl around lien the bleak winds whine and prate bow summer just suits us tine. But when summer comes and the sweat 1 glands work we peeve around like a [divined Turk and sigil tor the winter's zipping zest when you need three shirts 'neath your coat and vest. As we plod .thru mud in the budding spring we splutter around like a dethroned king and sigh for the balmy days of fall and acclaim them the best of all. And"so it is in this mortal life; when we have peace we long for strifn, and when war comes with its blood and grief wo yammer for peace to bring relief. Oh, let's be cheerful and blithe and gay as wo toddle o'er life's devious way; jet’s lake IbA thingit that come to us with the cheering thought that they might be "wuss." If we chase away aIT our gloomy thoughts and clamp our glinm, mi the cheerful spots we'll find that lit'eisa.gyxlold trip and we ll hale to board Charon's Stygian ship. isa pornioblongloo my mfwy < lufwcnt , Uncle Dud. We ordered u cup of coffee in a Chi- ' cage restaurant recently and when the waitress brought il she remarked: "Looks like rain, sir." We repied, "Yes, il does, but we ordered coffee." Al Jennings, a noted train robber, i still wants lo b- governor of Oklahoma. 1 VViiy'not? We have-men■ llutt ate holding higher positions than governor who have not only robbed the trains but the whole dinned railload. ■ as well. When a man has a true friend he • sooner or later knows it, but it’s a durned poor scamp who smiles in your face and then turns around and stabs e you in the back.

i Field Goals

On Wednesday night the local fans will have an opportunity to whet up their basketball appetites for the big tournament. The Fort Wayne G. E. five, champiops of the Fort Wayne commercial league, will play the Decatur G. E. five in the old gymnasium. The locals lost a game to the Fort Wayne outfit, recently, by a narrow margin. Only two more days before the fun starts. Have you u reserved seat? On next Sunday morning there will be only 48 teams left in the running. A week later there‘will be but sixteen . Oh how we wish Passaic, N. J- high could be here and play in the Hoosier state tourney. Passaic set a new world’s record yesterday for consecutive wins when the Ridgewood high school quintet was defeated, 62 to 11. This was Passaic's 112th consecutive victory. The former record of 111 straight was held by the Buffalo Germans. These 112 games wu*e spread out over a period of four years. Well, folks, here's the first dope on the tournament. Our good friend Bizibee sent it to us. Cast your optics over it and if it doesn't meet our approval send in your dope. Bizibee calls it "the official dope contributed by one who should know but admits he don't.” Here it is; Dear Field Goals: 2 p.m.. Liberty Center vs. Berne; 3 p.m., Ossian vs. Rockcreek; 4 p.m., Decatur vs. Mon roe; 7:3u p.m., Bluffton vs. Ixmcaster; 8:30 p.m., Union Center vs. Geneva; 9 a.in.. Liberty Center vs. Petroleum; lit a.m., Decatur vs. Ossian; 2 p.m., Bluffton vs. Union Center; 3 p.m., Decatur vs. Liberty Center; 8 p.m., Decatur vs. Bluffton. NOTE: By the above chart the first team named is Hie winning team. The games at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Friday, and 3 p.m. Saturday should Is- the most stubborn fought of the tournament, except the final contest. BIZIBEE. Who'll be the next. Wonder what a basketball thinks about when it is being bounced over the floor and tossed through the air during one of those hair-raising tournament games. Sometimes it looks like the ball becomes interested in the game and takes sides with one of the teams. We've been wondering what Field Goals would work at after the bask< tball season is over. Now a good friend comes along with a suggestion which is certainly worthy of consideration. Field Goals, Care Decatur Democrat, Decatur, Ind., Dear Sir:—Now that the basketball . ■mason is practically over, why not , use your energy in organizing a vol- - l"y ball league in the city. As you know this is a game that the average • business man can engage in, giving ' him very good exercise without being ■ t tit subject for the hospital after every game. The writer would be able to organize two teams for this league. So let's have your dope. Mr. Field Goals. Thank you for the time. A Friend of the Fats. Personally, we think Volley Ball is an excellent game for exercise. We can't get the thrills out of it that we can out of basketball, possibly, but it is mighty good play and fun for a Hri'd business men. The old gymnasium would be an excellent place for the game, too. What do you say, fans? Ten straight for lowa. The Hawkeyes won from Minnesota last night, 29 to 24. Must have played their subs against the Gophers. It. took a long time to get the Big Five listed properly but at last wo have it and now look who's it. Bluffton Liberty Center Decatur — Monroo Petroleum—Ossian Union Center —Out of Bounds. Von ought to have spent a little more time on it, Outta, aud maybe you could have done better. Wonder how many fans over the state arc saying ‘‘crooked” as they look over the drawing for the tourney m which their team is entered, it isn't crookedness,.it's just plajn.luck. Will confer tho E. P degree Tuesi day evening, February 27. Three candidates. Masons come.—W. W. 2t

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Sam Nussbaum to Lillian Burdg. lot 617 in Berne, S3OO. Gerhart H. Steiner to Julia A. Ries en, part lot 2 in Bertie $2,900. t Reuben Lord to Frank J. aud Katherine N. Conroy, lot 72 in Decatur, 1 $3,000. Lawrence E. Watson to Lew Wai lace Stout. 151.79 acres in Freach township. SIO,OOO. Abe Ackerman to Janies O. Rhodes 120 acres in French township. $14,680 John F. Haggard to Daniel L. Noft'singer. 40 acres in Washington township. $7,000. Sarah J. Trieker to Jesse O. Tricker, 79 acres in Washington township $9,400. Joseph Runischlag to Lewis HRumschlag, 80 acres in Washington township, $14,000. Frederick G. Macke to Carl C. Pumphrey, lot 525 in Decatur. SI,BOO. Christian C, Licchty to Jacob D. Augsburger, farm iu Wabash township, $6,500. Ferdinand W. Lehrntan to Henry Bieberich, 40 acres iu Root township $6,500. Daniel N. Erwin to Elmer E. Tricker, lot 216 in Decatur, $2,800. Sarah I). Sellemeyer et al to Oswald B. Wemhoff, lot 472 in Decatur $5,800. Sylvester Nusbaum to Fred R. Licchty, lot 2 in Berne, $2,750. Nettie E. Douglas to Chauncey E. Debolt 8 Oacres in Blue Creek township SII,OOO. IN G. R. & I. R. R. CIRCLES James Rice, cash clerk pt the Grand Rapids and Indiana freigiit office, has been cofifined to his home on account of sickness. R. E. Shirk clerk in the freight office has returned from Mansfield, Ohio, where he looked after business for the company. Operator W W. Mesel, in Hie local office, is confined to his home at Geneva, with a severe attack of the grip, and operator Corville, of Hoagland, is substituting for him. SPORTS Cornell, 30; Princeton, 21 Michigan, 27; Illinois. 20. lowa, 29; Minnesota 24. Yale, 36; Harvard, 28. jt. j. _>■ .r. .r..»■ -T-

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