Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1923 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Pres, and Gen. Mgr K. W. Kampe—Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holthouse —Scc'y and Bus. Mgr Entered at the Postoilice at Decatur, Indiana, us 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 mail SI.OO Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office...? $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added oitside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. in Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company. 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Building. Kansas City, Mo. ?*"" " 1 ■- — ■-- ~-e— REPORTERS FIND OUT: — Seven New York newspaper reporters visited seven fashionable churches on a recent Sunday morning disguised us “down find outers.” Their mission was to discover if possible whether the charge is true that the church of Christ turns a cold shoulder in these modern times to the poor and shabby. One week after the first test the same men visited the same churches dressed in the height of fashion and showing every mark of affluence. They desired to see whether they would be made more welcome than they were the first time. As poor fellows whom the world had used roughly these seven men were treated in the most fashionable churches with a kindness and courtesy that indicated on the part of the worshippers a sincere desire I to make them welcome. The seven reporters recorded that their treat ment in these churches was everything that might be expected from followers of Jesus. There was no display of the attiitude of the Pharisee commonly charged by malcontents against communicants of the churches. When the reproters returned another Sunday arrayed in expensive clothes practically nobody paid any attention to them beyond giving them seats and extending the common amenities. As well-dressed and prosperous looking people they were simply members of the crowd, of’ no identity. Nobody seemed to court them to return because of evidence of wealth. Signs of money were nothing in those congregations. Tile result of this investigation is exactly the opposite of that reported by radicals who attack the church and by some sentimental writers whose shallow productions are not based on actual study of conditions. We Venture to say that in the leading churches of almost any American city today the shabby or ragged person, venturing in to worship, would receive the kind attentions of tlie people and would be made to feel that help and enduring kindness would be his upon the slightest hint of need. Perhaps those who affect to believe they are not wanted in the churches do not want to be wel- —— I, I —— CHESTNUT Hard Coal Order

cowed.—South Beud Tribune. MARK McKEE HONORED:— Mark McKee, of the Yeoman di r ’ rectory board, has received two sig r - mil honors recently. The nationa r> commander of the Legion has ap pointed him a member of the com mittee on plans and fpcatiou of tin s Legion's national home for orphan s U children of members. This home J will be a memorial to the soldiers ol ", the World War. Mark is chairman [ of tlie Legion committee for Michigan I and his committee has located the .state home at Otter Lake. The second honor was his election as olio of the trustees of the Lincoln Memorial i niversity of Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Tlie announcement was made by President Harding in Washington at a Lincoln memorial gathering. The < (her trustees are John Hayu Hammond and Justice Sanford of the federal court. —Yeoman Shield. And may we add that Mark McKee i» big enough for the jobs. He is recognized in every pursuit he enters, the surest proof that he has unusual ability and delivers tlie goods. His Decatur friends are happy that these additional honors have come to him. It is not too late to subscribe for the Daily Democrat. We would like to increase our list to 4,000 by the - nd of this year and with a. little asistance from our loyal readers we an do it. We want your advice as • o how to make our paper better and ■ will give closest attention to all uggestions whether signed or anonymous. r With legislature and congress over j et's get down to the real business i if making our splendid community more splendid. We hope every one n (lie county catches the spirit of lightening up their homes, business ouses and yards, it's an epidemic roin which only good will result and l makes everybody the happier. - — • ttT fit copyright tun av f>c w/G»r, THREE CHEERS I love the man who uses force “Three cheers for him,” 1 shout, mean the one who'll force a smile when he is down and out. WOULD BE APT TO START SOMETHING Tin following recently appeared nder head of Wilmette, 111., announce ments: "1 will give room, with privite bath, and evening dinner to student or voman employed, in exchange for ,r rvieos in evenings. Address V-151. I'he Printing Studio Wilmette, ill.” It’s a mighty kind and liberal offer, opportunity, or whatever you choose o call It. Sorry we can't accept, but you know how it is, people are apt to talk. THINGS NOT WORTH REMEMBERING It would take twenty-nine automobile trucks and 'steen rowboats to remove them —if all the collar buttons •hat are lost annually were found anil jathered together in one heap. The outlet of the Mississippi river would be clogged if all the cigarette mitts were picked up from the gutters and dumped in at one time. There would be a terrible earthquake—ls all the words spoken at a ml'iagette convention were converted into hot air and sealed in an explosive shell. “STAN" says: While many a man is lik« a diamond in the rough, there’s generally plenty of people to cut him. NOT “BIG BERTHAS" THIS TIME Krupp's Woiks, at Essen have SO.000 laborers and 8,000 oflicials fully employed on peace work.—News ItemThousands are resting in peace as a result of Krupp's peace work. PLAIN PHILOSOPHY FOR PALE • PEOPLE The only pleasure some people get out of life is cheating at solitaire. Poor people always seem to have plenty of advice on how to get rich. Men who have lime to waste always try to waste it on busy people. MY IDEA OF A SOFT JOB Feeding the canaries iu the Singer Building. Charley SIGNS IN A MONKEY GLAND HOSPITAL I’atioitis over eighty caught romping in the hallways or marking on the I walls will be severely punished. Patients desiring to tryout tor the {track and foot-ball teams report tc

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Muggsy Smith Tuesday. Men over ninety must have a written permit froat their grandchildren. THE LINES THEY TELL ON THE IRISH ARE TRUE ll ’| An Irishman, on being told to greaso K’.the wagon, reurned In about an hour il and said, “I've greased every part of it p.l but them sticks that runs through the J wheels.” The bird that told that story Is a 0 nature fakir. No Irishman would do u that—he'd be too lazy. e FOREIGN WINDJAMMERS From across the briny foam come a u 10l of whiskered gents; up ami down (lie land they roam, tcdling us we have 11 no sense. "You are crude and raw u and punk," shout these foreign bln- - therskites, and they band out yards of f bunk thru the days and thru the I nights. "You are running things dead wrong in this poor benighted land. ' it won't lie very long till you'll need a f helping hand. You're conceited and I your vain and your culturt? is a frost- * you give us a mighty pain and we fear that you are lost. We have sloped across the sea bringing messages to you and we hope that you will be wise < nough to know it's true.” Weighty > words they ardent hurl at our couni try and il.s iaws and they take a vengeful whirl at the way we file our saws. And we only laugh at them in ' a frank, goodnatured way. as we hear 1 them all condemn everthing we do or ■ say. Once 1 rambled o'er the foam to ihi little island tight and lectured in he dome of a building large and . white. 1 just told a few small Haws 1 had noticed in thoir way and they busted both my jaws, kicked me thirty different ways. I'm inclined to 1 strongly think we should drop forbear- 1 ; nee mild, take each much bewhis kcred gink out into tlie desert wild. ' give him thirty on his back, forty 1 more upon his soles and then make ' him hit the track for the land across 1 the shoals. But we fail to do our chore ' and they rent the village hall, charge 1 us two bucks at the door just to hear cm pan us all. Uncle Dud ATTA BOY, PARSON He was a thin, fragile young preacher, but not half as fragile as he looked. He could see and hear what was going on, even during the last prayer. Just before closing service, he said calmly but with a good deal ol impressiveness to the square inch. ■'Those jn the congregation who did not gel their things on during the prayer can do so while 1 pronounce the benediction." During which, how- , ever, the audience could hear each othhers tick. + + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + + ♦*♦ + + TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ « 4 + From the Daily Democrat flies 4 + 20 years ago this day 4 * + **4>4>4>**4>****4 — ——— — • I Dr. S. F. George and parly arrive ' here on tour of inspection for proposed - ■ leetric line, Fort Wayne to Dayton. ' Misses Grace and Lizzie I’eterson 1 entertained the Friday Night club al Progressive dominoes. Miss Bess Schrock won first and Miss Dixie Tripplette the consolation prize. I’. L. Andrews writes interesting letter of his travels through Indian territory. < ounty commissioners approve bonds for West Pleasant Mills, Decatur, and Preble and Brushwood macadam roads. Carrie Nation inreatedi in San Francisco for malicious conduct when .ho "busts" up a saloon with her hatchet. Gus Rosenthal, Hugh Hile and Dorsey Meyers initiated into Entrc Nous. Work on Presbyterian church refanned and announced dedication will occur about July Ist. CAI/—TUES dtMissionary Society of the Reformed’ Church S. 8. rooms, 2:30 o Packing Up Silver If you are going to pack your silver away for any length of time pack . it in dry flour and it will remain uui tarnished and glistening. —„• — Plants Like Tea When you have tea left from a t meal do not throw it away, but feed It to the plants. Nearly all plants ■ thrive on this beverage. -■ o— — Improves the Flavor Beforei fixing |o)l |(beip In flour, i This prevents their breakr ing and improves the flavor. —■ Black lace makes an effective trimming for a frock of green tafg teta It is cut ou vrey old fashioned e lines with a full, long Imufant skirt, and has a shoulder drapery of the e lace which fastens in the front with o a corsage bouquet. _ Mr

I ■■.■■■■ II The People’s Voice LOCAL ADMINISTRATION In Indiana, as elsewhere, a large share of the responsibility for public ' education rests upon the state, since the state provides central leadership. 1 sets up and enforces educational standards, and levies a general state school tax. But Indiana, following the common American practice, delegates considerable authority to local communities. The local community has the actual management of its school, furnishes the chief support, and may go beyond the minimum standards set by the state. The local units upon which these responsibilities rest are the township (the rural unit), and (he town and city, (urban milts). The Township The township has been the local rural school unit since 1852, when it displaced school districts, a dozen or more of which formed a single township. The abolition of the district system at so early a date bespoke a breadth of vision and a spirit of cooperation unusual for the period, and gave promise of still further development as conditions changed. Nevertheless, the township is as inadequate now to meet rural school needs as the district was in 1852. Unfortunately, the state has iu this matter made no forward move in three quarters of a century. The Township Trustee There are in Indiana 1,017 townships, each of which elects a trustee for a term of four years; while the trustee conducts within limits the ordinary civil affairs of the township, he possesses almost autocratic powers over the schools. He builds and repairs unimproved roads, looks after ditches and drains, settles disputes over line fences, provides for the poor, cares for abandoned cemeteries, supervises township elections, prepares the township budget, keeps financial accounts, and makes reports; in addition, as school trustee, he establishes and maintains elementary schools and high schools, consolidates schools and transports pupils, enumerates the school population, employs all teachers and may dismiss them for cause. Subject to the approval of the township advis iry board, he fixes local school taxes, and issues bonds, when necessary, for school grounds and buildings; receives all school moneys belonging to the township and disburses the same; builds or otherwise provides and '■quips suitable school houses;, employs janitors, and is charged with the management of all school proper-1 ty. The ordinary civil duties of the trustee have been greatly reduced in recent years. Formerly he had charge of all township roads; he now has charge only of the unimproved roads, and even on these cannot build a bridge or culvert costing more than SIOO. Prior to 1895, he was a free agent in the care of the township poor; since 1895, he has been responsible to the oounty commissioners, who limit the amount he may spend

RW. 1 AT\ the Newspaper Clippings Below! . II 111 ■ S k Modern Woman having her fling? Is SHE ALONE at fl fault? Or\s MAN, with his elastic moral code, to blame for the- fl unbridled jazz of this, the Mad-Age of the human race? SEE THE MOST REMARKABLE MOTION , J I PICTURE IN YEARS. -r | ) PxV /5 / fi^ an "hrpeJ oe j fulfil I | L\ U? gßw' miwT f -TOgßa?i I JMg TZi.l MW LIMFI nrtegßg| M.. ißwno TuTOEfeJl ja;. ~4-* i si I n$ ■ ™iwimSSgrEi I g) Sf/HiSi WJEfi EilU |S J® MiWift II 1 7 /1 A Daniel Canon Goodman ’« Amazing Photo Drama S'] Down through iha sweep of the centuries Greater than the Passion Play ’ n * l * a ' M/ tfe w e men of the ages have been staggered I man appeal—Greater than a doren dramas H'/ -. ky that mighty problem— in the power of its towering situations— the choke suspense—the hot glow of its »l mmm gw m|■■■■■■■■■■■■ Solomon, Henry \ 111, Brigham Young and human passions! , J a million others have sought the halfling ■> With ruthless hands it rips guide , gJ’T I ’’ Tur son MINT rut Spc<gt-—ffow I comes the Modern Answer, tains that hide the whims and foibles of M"4Wilton Lachare swift and incisive, in a drama of terrific emo- ern Woman and reveals her in all her glorBarbara Castleton tioM *'ll shake every beholder to the • ous st ength and weakness —See it! Know Menterr Love eery depths of hie soul! f or yourself the truth about wonts# today, Constance Bennett ~ - Mrs. De Welt Hopper r .- Julia Swayne Gordon . . ... . m . AM If AV A Monday and Tuesday S I AO MatineeDaily fimr—" ■ ■ -iHiriail if 11 IW 1 Hl® 10cand25c I *

, on any ouo person The extent to which his ordinary civil duties have been reduced, and the extegt to which he has become primarily a school official is shown by the- dis>ributlon of township taxes. The total township levy for 1920-21 was * $46,590,000; of this amount $39,621,000 or 85 per cent, went to the schools. In fact, the ordinary civil duties now left the trustee are so few that they. might better be turned over to other i already established agencies, such as ’ the county commissioners. —From! , Educational Survey, I ALL OVER INDIANA Greensburg—Thieves entered the: rectory occupied by Father F. J | Schneider and stole S2O and a gold | watch. Washington— William Grabiil. 85. | lour times wed. has been licensed to marry Harriet Trosper. 72. Akron.—E. Charles Kime’s automobile was demolished when he crashed into a house trying to avoid hitting a pig which had strayed into the road. Wabash—Efforts made to revive the teaching of German iu schools | here have been condemned by the American Legion host. Columbia City—Three members of one family were married iu one day. Ralph, Andrew and Claude Cullers I each taking unto himself a bride. I New Albany—James W. Buck. 91, |

MOTHERS- I Your boy’s Easter Clothes a are waiting for you. ■ AI • S } I ,n a dozen different stores—at a dozen B||| — aB qualities! But trust a woman to make short work wk. <H mahogany from the yel- |H low pine — - • Dozens of compliments a day on this display from Mothers who have friends with sons—and sons with friends! SERGES for Confirmation B SIO.OO u $13.50 ■ Boys 2 Pair Pants CID €1 W Suits tPlUtotPlt) g Sl "‘". pan ‘ $6 .<,slo | Shirts, Waists, Neckwear, Underwear, K TefuLT-Ayu7> Go I J BETTER CLOTHES FOR LESS J MONEY-ALWAYS” I{fl .< i Tn/krwear fl • DECATUR • • b ° Lndcrwcar |

palulcr, who gilded the cross ou St Marys church less than ten years ago, is dead of Injuries received when be fell out of bed. South Bend—John Fodroski. 14, escaped serious injury when he was thrown under a freight train where he lay prone until all the cars passed over him. • Marlon—Emanuel Btovens rolled ■ -

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