Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1923 — Page 5

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11,1 „ w Fowler, of east of the city. °’ business visitor here today. i Mrs Loyd Sleepy of HuntMr - ,11, n Sunday with Mr. and ing ton spent sunaay M whl ’ Wl ‘ S ihjUr- , , U ing along nicely. You’re sliPPin' when your wife sug- ... a livelier necktie. Au absolute f; reliable an’ never railin’ sign o ‘ . irln!! is Wen a woman begins t wear her winter hat ever day. Abe Martin, Indianapolis News. Ml . s H M. Beery, of Wallington town ship. was a business visitor here Saturday. ' .Mrs. Lloyd Bowman, of Union town ship was here shopping Saturday. ' m,. and Mrs. F. I* Wolfe, of Fort V .vae. are the guests of her parents. •J,; u nd Mrs. .1.1). Hoffman. filr'i't Borne, of Monroe, was a busivisitor here Saturday. Mrs. John Schultz, of Washington township, was shopper here today. vms. Trice Bak*. of Hoot township, was a shopper liwg today. Mrs. Dennis Strickler, of Monroe, was a shopper here today. Martin Hoffman, of Monroe, was a business visitor here. GENEVA NEWS Mrs. I). H. Hall, who has been visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickerson, for some time, returned to her home in Rome, Pa.. Thursday. Mis. Ella Wiest spent the later part oi the week in Portland visiting her sous. Fred and Frank. ( lais. Reicheldeffer and son. Earnest. .owners and managers of The Hub. the local shoe store, have purchased tile Wm. Fields building now occupied by the Armstrong & Connor grocery. As soon as the latter can find a suitable room The Hub will move into its new quarters. The new location will give them much more space, as they will not only have the downstairs rooms, but the rooms on the second story as well. Mrs. Charles Gee of lonising. Mich., cain" Thursday for a visit at her parental home east of Geneva. Miss I la Krouse, who has been the guest at tile Willis Glelidening home for some time, left for her home in Richmond Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Almcda Duer was a business caller in Berne Friday. Mrs. E. I*. Wood and son, George, i n for their home in Oklahoma Friday. Tin y had been visiting with her parents. Henry Dickerson and wife The latt'-r has been quite ill for some time, but is considered better at pres ent. Mrs. Vernon Hanks and children of Fort Wayne, who have been visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Richards, of near here, returned to their home home Friday afternoon)). Mrs. Alomoda Dtrnr and mother, and Charles Dv~r and family have re.t’.irned from an extended trip in Michigan. , o *— Columbus—Ldlah Spaulding, 40, is in a critical condition from eating several pills containing strychnine and bollatauus. —— -• ? f $—W ANT ADS EARN—s—s—s s t -WANT ADS EARN—s—s-•$

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Ralston to Speak at Berne Commencement Horne, March 12. —This morning lite school authorities received official announcement that Senator Sumuel 1 Ralston had accepted the invitation to deliver the commencement address ut Berne for the class of 1923 on May 18th. The class and the school are indebted to our representative, Mr. Thuvman Gottschalk, for securing the kind services of our Senator Ralston. The citizens of Borne and community will be delighted to entertain our new senator during the commencement season. The plans for commencement season are rapidly forming definite shape and more details can be announced later. The members of the class of 1923 will include the following: Bea trice Brewster, Helen Burkhalter, Pal mer Eiclier, Flora Franz, Myron Ha begggar, Florence Liechty, Naomi Liechty. Roman Milller, Frieda Sprun ger. Walter Schug, Ethel Taylor. Olive Winteregg. Florence Hilty. i • Bobo Church Is Serving Community 'Some people lead, others are con tent to follow. The Roverand Roy S. Brown, pastor of Bobo charge, Methodist Episcopal church, was raised on the farm and in the rural church. Believing that the rural church should serve the community more efficiently than simply a Sunday preaching service and ‘‘the usual prayer meeting." has launched a very thoro-goiiiy program for the church at Bobo for the community at Clark's chapel ii: Union township. The reverond believes, “ If your lib ‘aint worth nothin’ to other folks there ’aim much use in livin.’ ” He also believes that co-operation is the key word of the Gospel-man with God and man with man. On January 23 a ci.mmrnity organization was perfected at Clark's chapel looking forward to the bringing of many good tilings tc the community. The connnmunitj meeting is to be hold the second Tues (day evening of each month. Arrange i.ients have been made for a Farmers Institute next year. March 13. Ccunty Agent Busche is 'to show two reels of pictures on chicken culling and orchard spraying March 15, the same is to* be given at Bobo. There is to be a series of clime Ii niglii meetings also, Thursday evening at Bobo and Friday evening at. Clark's chapel. The foillowing stereoptican' lectures are scheduled: Marcli 15 and 16 —The Program of the Rural Church. March 22 ami 23—Equipping the Rural Church. Marcli 29 and 30 -The Field of tin Rufat Church. April 12 and I ! Making America Christian. Bloomington There are 132 married students at Indiana University, and of this number more than thirty couples—both men and women—are enrolled.' Martinsville —A team to play basketball on skates has been organized and will make its first appearance against a Spencer team. o -S_WANT ADS EARN—s—s—S

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1923.

1 YES or NO? A Tnt of Your Intolllgonoo

The correct answer to one of these questions is YES, to the oilier NO. STOP TO THINKI Questions Answered Tomorow 1. Is Newfoundland a part of Canada ? 2. Is a native of Mexico an American? Yesterday’s Questions Answered 1. Is orange a color rather than a combination of two colors? Answer —NO. Orange Is a type (mixture) of red and yellow, 2 Is a native of Sweden a Scandinavian? Answer —YES. The group of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland comprises Scandinavia. Much Damage Done by Wind Storm Today (Continued from Page One) Roof Torn Off The roof on one of the barns on the Willis Magner farm on south Win cheater street was blown off this morning and carried several hundred feet falling on the side of the road in front of the Sarah Hammell home. Residents in that part of the city saw the strong wind and state that it had the appearance of a twister. Limbs I from the trees were also broken off | Mid the telephone wires’"were down in that part of the city. Mission Opens at St. Mary’s Church Here (Continued from Page One) remarks urged everyone to make the* mission, for as stated the missionary, “you know not if the opportunity will be presented again for receiving such graces as are offered during a mission.” He portrayed the need of a mission for the good souls, the negligent or luke-warm Catholics, the apostate Catholics and invited the non-Catho-lics to attend the mission. The Evening Services Tlie evening’services, which began at 7:30. was tlie first service at which the women alone attended. Father Andrew, the other Franciscan Misisonary, delivered the sermon, his subject being “The Value of the Immortal Soul,” and he laid stress on the fact that since man was made by God and an image of God, that the individual should revere witli dignity tlie importance of his being on earth and that man should try to live accordingly. Tolling of Bell The evening services, which will be held every evening at 7:30, consist of the chanting of tlie rosary, a sermon by one of the missionaries, and benediction. Following the sermon and preceding the benediction of the most Blessed Sacrament, a lew minutes of silent prayer is observed, during which lime the bell is tolled. As explained by the missionary, the tolling of the bell, is called the "sinner’s bell,’’ during which time those attending the services kneel and pray for the conversion of sinners. Tonight's Services ’ Father Andrew will deliver tlie sermon to the women at the services tonight, while Father Daniel will address the men of the congregation at the Knights of Columbus hall. The monos the congregation, including the Knights of Columbus, the members of the St. Joseph and Holy Name societies and in fact every man in the congregation is invited and urged to attend tlie meeting at the K. of C. hall. The Order of Services Tlie order of services during the first week of the mission will be as follows: Mission mass and short instruction by one of the niisisonarios, 5:39 a. tn.; Children’s mass, 7:30; Mission masif, including short sermon in German during mass and an English sermon folio wing the mass, 8:15 a. m.; Instructions for the school children, 3 o'clock in the afternoon; Evening services, 7:39. consisting of chanting or rosary, sermon by one. of the Missionary Fathers, silent prayer, tolling of the sinner’s bell and benediction. Closes Sunday Afternoon The mission for tlie women will close on Sunday afternoon, beginning witli the services at 2:30 ami on Sunday evening at 7:30 tile week’s mission for the men of the congregation will open. Non-Catholics are cordially invited to the services. — • — $—$—»—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—-$ $- $- S—WANT ADS EARN—»—l—s

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44 W VI The Chicago Tribune in an I WA M Jfc 11 editorial March 6th, says: — “The senate committee on manufactures, a m directed by Senator La Follette, has returned J a typical La Follette report attacking the ■ W various Standard Oil companies as, in effect, 2. KVM m Bw* a monopoly more dangerous than the com■AI wIVKAKA pany was before its dissolution. The action emphasizes a growing tendency in this counV try to break down anything which is a success. W 1 Bpß “We quote one paragraph as illustrative of S W the thought or lack of thought which produced the whole: ‘While it may be that a Standard _ company in a particular territory does only V about half the business in that territory—- ■ Aim ■ and some of the Standards do more than half tk fr" I ■ and soniP less—yet in all territory some ■AI Standard company is so much larger thau " w any siugle competitor that it has come to he I almost universally accepted that the tank wagon price in any territory is controlled Ar absolutely by the Standard marketing company for that territory.’ _ “In words not arranged by Senator La Follette, that can mean only one thing, namely, that there is competition, and that ■Ww ■A ■ prices are determined by the most efficient organization. If not, it is clear that a smaller company would undersell the Standard, and so bring prices down. The purpose of the report is to break up and destroy the more efficient organization for production and delivery of oil and oil products. What would ■ it leave as a substitute? Numberless small concerns, doing business inefficiently and with high overhead costs, which without the competition of the Standard would immediately force prices up, not down. Incidentally it would stimulate promotion of all sorts of wildcat oil companies which would dupe investors or speculators and help raise the price x ' of oil products. • “In more detail, the report complains of the private use of Standard pipe lines, and wants to make them common carriers. In other words it would penalize a progressive I • organization and force it to divide its means of service with inefficient organizations. That sort of tyranny over business cannot go on. Human beings will not work without reward. I They will not improve service or cheapen production and distribution if the profit of such improvements is to be legislated away from them by socialistic demagogues. If this report became the basis of the legislation it seeks it would destroy the incentive for improvement and energy in the oil business, and that business would lapse into a condition where we would pay many times the price we now pay for its products. “Such thinking and such attacks upon successful business of any kind threatens the same disaster. It means demoralization of industry and energy and threatens an end to all improvement. “The writer of this editorial does not now own, and never has owned, nor expects to own, one share of Standard or any other oil stock. He has, however, owned flivvers, which consume oil products. He can understand how owners of automobiles would like to see the price of gasoline and oil come down. He can understand how a man like La Follette would seek the approval of the millions of automobile owners in this ce .ntry by shouting that they are being robbed, and promising to stop it. But he believes too much in the intelligence of automobile owners to think 1 they will seek lower prices of gasoline by destroying the most efficient producer and distributor of gasoline. “It would not only Im? folly to bring that about because of its immediate effect, but because of its future effect. The Standard Oil companies are doing more to establish new sources of supply outside this country for ‘American consumption than any other business we know. They have prospectors and engineers and financiers working throughout the world to obtain wells. Are we so lacking in intelligence that we would destroy a concern which is seeking to provide for our needs after our domestic supplies are exhausted? “There is but one suggestion in the entire report that appears sane and reasonable. That is the one for prohibition or regulation of export. That is worthy of consideration and study. It might be advisable, though I even then we would have to consider possible retaliations and the question of whether it would be wise to cut off such a portion of ! our foreign trade. National defense might warraptit.”' ' Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 So. Michigan Av©., Chicago. 111. 1