Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1923 — Page 2

DICATUR ■AlfcT DKOCKAI PvbllatM Every Kvenlog ■■•**« Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. 1. H. Heller—Pree. aad Oen. Mar. ■. W. Kamp*—Vice-Free A Adv. Mgr. A. X. HglthouM—Bec’y and Hue. Mir Entered at Ue Foatofflc* at Deaatar, EUlaaa. aa eeeoud elans matter. Bubacrlptioi Batea Single copies 1 eents Oae Week, by carrier.... M It cents One Year, by carrier....l6.oo One Month, by mail 16 cents Three Months, by mall >IOO Bix Months, by mail... $1.75 One Year, by mail 63.00 One Year, at office *3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second rones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. ■ ■ Foreign Representatives Carpenter A Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Building. Kansas City, Mo. Adams county has more thau 2,M0 automobiles listed on the tax duplicate which is prima facie evidence where a large part of our money is invested. It is also the best argument as to why we need good roads. A demand for advance payments of the spring taxes has been made by the state and judging from the information given out about the growth of the state, debt this is not surprising. It seems as though the higher the taxes the more we get in debt. Those who complained about the great need for rain are now saying that the wet weather will rot the seed and that a sure crop failure is ahead. If that is true it will be the first since this part of the country was first cultivated and we don't believe it. ’Trillions of German marks have been printed and issued and the presses are still running night and

■■nMKKWM.II ■ ii i s'''**-"/ A -> - Rings C> The Ideal Gift Enduring satisfaction marks the gift of Jewelry at Graduation time. A Ring isn’t something that is bought today and forgotten tomorrow. One never makes a mistake in buying gift rings here. We have a large selection for both the boy or girl and our prices, we may add, are quite moderate. “Gifts That Last” ■: i 1 ■ 1 1 ■ ll -" "" 11 - '-2 \ SUPERIOR? BAKING — — ■ I a CO. | J J Real Boys Get Their Pep 'f/ From Eating Lots of Superior Corn-Top, Holsum and Superior Bread They make them sturdy and husky. REAL BREAD. Pure food and nothing else. Give them to your boys and girls whenever they are hungry. That means any time. With butter, with jam. with honey. With anything. They're food and dessert too. Have plenty on your table. Kiddies like them. Fresh Daily at The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Decatur. Indiana. The Everett Grocery. Pleasant Mills The Home Store and Tabler’s Grocery, • Monroe, Indiana —j» .- , , I.- J

day. How can they ever get out from under the load? And until there is a readjustment of hmcuHUm and *x change the world will feel the eEeota commercially. The world court will • have a real job if it ever gets agoing. , Ikpi't hung back on the front |>ainting project. The tiremen's convention will be held here June 21st and j thousands of visitors will come to I Decatur. Let’s have the old town [ shining not only for that occasion I i but for all the year. It's the best [ publicity a city can have, that we all I believe in keeping up our properties. The rains have delayed us a week or so but there is plenty of time and you can get painters to do it now if you try. A well known citizen tame in this morning and told us he was willing to dispose of a number of excellent 1 building lots inside the railroads at ' a very low price if any one will build on them. That's the right spirit and the best way we know of to start a program that is badly needed for there is not the least doubt in the world that we need homes for tlve people who are here now and who want to come, if we will all sacrifice s little and get down to "brass tacks" we can move this project at a speed that will do much towards making this a real city. - ~ The industrial Association will [ gather the facts concerning Decatur and these will be printed in a circu-1 lar or booklet in such away as to show those interested what we have ■ here. It's a good idea and one that . should be carried out. If we don't I shout our own wares no one else will and there is just as much merit in advertising a community as in advertising any other business in the world. You may be asked to assist - ■

DECATI’R DAILY DEMOCRAT. TUESDAY. MAY 15. 1(12.1.

In arcuriag the data and yout efforts should be directed in doing this in the fairest and motd honest manner. To be worth anything the informs 11loti must be accurate and complete. Help France Copters Hut secretary, do thia. He does not receive a salary but is boosting for the community just because he is a good fellow and public spirited Give him your assistance. JIL-- 'Jg-'JA Among those who are keeping u weather eye open for the main chance in a commercial way, along the Lincoln highway is a preacher who, in front of his well kept premises, has erected a sign which conspicuously announces bis calling. The natural inference is that the gentleman of the cloth stands ready to extend his services to any matrimonially inclined couple who may happen along with a marriage license and the usual tee, and unless imitators spring up as numerous as the peanut stands along the highway he may be able to establish a fairly profitable Gretua Green. Commercialism along the highway is growing by leaps and bounds. Service stations for both man and automobiles are so numerous that the average traveler is made to wonder how any of them can do enough busiI ness to make it pay. But this preacher fellow appears to have hit upon a fairly original idea for gathering in the coin of the realm and one can not help but wish him well.—Goshen News-Times. MONROE NEWS Mr. Smith, a brick mason contractor. was here Monday from Fort Wayne, seeking hands to do mason I work. Miss Marie Essex was the guest of friends in Fort Wayne over the weekI end. Mrs. Effia Steele attended the funi eral of Mrs. James Clark, of Bluffton. | Sunday. | A number of our people attended I the funeral of Jacob L. Graber held at Berne Sunday afternoon. Several of our people attended the , funeral of Mr. Seth Ray. Sunday, who died in lowa, and was brought to Decatur for burial. Mr. Webster Oliver., teacher of school No. 9 iu Monroe township during the fall and wjnter. left here Sunday morning for Detroit. Mich., where he has a position on one of .the steam boats on Lake Huron. I Messrs. J. W. William and Homer | McKean visited Sunday at the home ■of their father. Mr. J. W. McKean, Sr., at Bluffton. Mrs. Jesteen Hocker, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hocker. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Hocker and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Oliver and family, Paul Gould, of this place, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker and family, of Decatur, left Sunday morning for Fort Wayne, where they ; assisted Mrs. R. B. McKeenan in celebrating her 43rd birthday anniversary. This was a sort of a Hocker reunion as well and was in the nature of a surprise for Mrs. McKeenan's mother, brothers and sister meeting together on an occasion of this kind. A bounteous dinner was served and a good social time was had by all present. SPORTS] +++++++++++-i+++++++++++’k++ + + + ** + + ******** ♦ YESTERDAY’S RESULTS ♦ +++++++++*++++ National League Pittsburgh. 4; New York. 1. Chicago. 3; Brooklyn. 6. Cincinnati, 7; Philadelphia. 3. St. Louis. 7; Boston, 1. American League New York, 16: Detroit 11. Washington. 3; Cleveland. 6. Philadelphia. 9; Chicago, 0. Boston-St. Louis: rain. American Association -Mi games postponed. | International League Jersey City, 1; Buffalo, 6. f Newark. .6; Syracuse ,5. I Reading.'*: Ruch«|tet, 7. ’■ i Baltimore, 'l-0: {Toronto. 8. / STORE CLOSED Mrs. M. Moyer's store al 131 North . Eighth street will be closed from now ' until May 25 on account of illness. Mrs. M. Moyer !*-*—»—WANT ADS EARN—*—*—*

*CLW CALENDAR Tuesday So Cha Rea —Miss Helen Gass. W. C. T. U.— Mrs. Harry Butler, 2:36 p.m. Mary and Martha Class of M. E. Church—Mrs. Nettie Finn. Tuesday —Pr ogressive Sunday school class —Mrs. C. S. Carey, 7:30. Wednesday l*u< lietor ..Maids — Mrs. Charles Vogelwede at Murray Hotel, 6:30. Thursday Mt. Pleasant Ladies Aid society— Mrs. 8. P Sheets, all day Society. Thursday—Auction Bridge — Mrs Charles Lose. *:od o'clock. Postponed Christian laidies Aid Society—Mrs. Jos. Claude. 2:30. Silent Workers Class of U. B. Church—Mrs Beph Melchi. 1 o'clock. Baptist Womans Society—Mrs. Strickter—Postponed. laryal Daughters Class of Evangelical Church- Mrs. Earl Fuhrman Friday Minnehaha chib in Red Men's hall after lodge. The Luncheon Bridge club, which was to have met Thursday evening with Mrs. Charles Lose, has been postponed on account of sickness. * The Loyal Daughters class of the Evangelical church will meet' Thursday evening with Mrs. Earl Fuhrman All members are requested to be present. The meeting of the Baptist Woman's society which was to pave met with Mrs. Strickler of North Third street Thursday, has been postponed on account of sickness. * Mrs. Riley Chrisman of Tenth street entertained the West Ward school teachers at dinner today. Those present were. Miss Ruth Parrish. Miss Flornce Haney, Miss Ruth Vizard and Miss Nellie Winnes. ■i i * Fire Adds to Destruction in Arkansas (Continued From Page One.) assistance reached her and cit her hair loose from the tangled wreckage She is in a hospital in a dangerous condition. (By REMEY M. COX I I ulteil l‘res« Sl«< « »rre»a«ii<l<‘Mt Colorado. Tex.. May 15. —With a known toll of 19. and with 78 iuclud ing a score of children seriously injured. this stricken town spent a night of horror. A cyclone which swept south and east here yesterday filled the local sarytarium with injured and dying until it was necessary to make temporary hospitals out of the Methodist and Baptist churches, and all through the night in these three scenes oi death. Colorado's people worked to save their neighbors. Fifty one of the most seriously injured are being eared for at the Bap tlst church. Ten of these may die. Court Names Receiver For Adams Equity (Continued From Page One.) evidence, the court found for the plain tiff, awarding him judgement in the sum of *625 aud costs and appointing Mr. Niblick receiver of the Equity Ex change. Mr. Niblick filed a bond in the sum of *5.000 which was approved Suit On Note is Filed A complaint on a note was filed in the circuit court today by Leo M. Ford vs. Orville D. Arnold, demanding judgement tn the sum of *6<te. At torney D. B. Erwin represents the plaintiff, v In the, case of Marion Dial et a! against Elizabeth T. Brown et al, a motion for a change of venue from Judge Jesse C. Sutton was filwd and sustained by the court. o Evidence Adds to Theory .of .Suicide .Today (Continued From Page One.) knew, said that the boy had been upset and hropduig previous to his dis'Doris ■ Fuchs.' Mount's sweetheart, said that tfie boy had told her he was going to kill himself after the clast* rush and then he disappeared. Clarence Newman, expert on mental questions, said that Mount was the type of a youth "ho might secret himself and then commit suicide. *—»—*—WANT ADS EARN—*—*—*

ALLEN ST ALTER TAKES NEW JOB • _ I Made Assistant Manager of Cardwell Stave Co. in Waterproof, La. Allen F. Slalter, who has been connected with the Decatur Supply Com-1 pany in this city for the past two' years, left this morning for Waterproof. Louisiana, where he will become assistant manager of the Cardwell Stave Company and J. W. Vail's interests at that place. F. E. Vail is general manager of the two mills 10-, eated at Waterproof. Mr. Stalter is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stalter of this city and Is an excellent young maq, capable, effi-1 cient, honest and a real business: man. He is a graduate of the^Bluff-1 ton high school and previous to accepting a position with Mr. Vail in this city was for several years a bookkeeper at this office and his many friends congratulate him on his success and more responsible position. Fred Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Butler, holds a responsible position in the Waterproof office. He has been there a couple of years and ■ has made good. The J. W. Vail interests, incorporated under the name of the Cardwell Stave Company, are very extern : give and among the largest in the I south. Two mills are operated at I Waterproof. Over 250 men, including yardmen railroad men. teamsters and timber cutters are employed there. The mills are now cutting an I average of 15,000 feet of gum, oak ■ and cypress timber daily which is , manufactured into staves and furniI ture. The company owns and operates its own railroad, has three 45 ton engines and 50 flat cars upon which the timber is hauled frqm the forests to the mills and then .to the > place of shipment | Thousands of acres of timber lands are owned by Mr. Vail at Waterproof, and Delhi, Louisiana, and at Cardwell, Mo, One mill is located at Delhi and another Decatur young man of excellent business ability and worth, Robert Merryman, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, T. Merryman of this city, is manager of the business. Egg cases are manufactured at the Delhi mill, the dailyoutput being 5,000 cases. The buffing and stave mills are located at Cardwell and under the i management of Luther Walker. Altogether the Cardwell Stave company I employs over 500 men at the three , mills and the company is known as one of the largest manufacturers and ’ timber cutters in the south. J. W. Vail, who is president and general manager of his own extensive inter--1 ests. stated that business conditions in the south were good and that his 1 mills were running full blast. Mr.

Your idea in suits-— suits us, and our V prices will suit you! U When you come here for clothes—whatever f_—Prßnfo you have in mind is more important to us than "V ‘ how much you have in your pocket. HL_JJ w Oil if . vou wouldn't wear a Brown suit l<” a minute—we don’t waste a minute on Brown. J *4 We feel that our customers are intelligent ;■ 1 — men who have minds of their own and that i > sZ''' A’ - I U|> to us to mind our own business and produ< "that you want if we can—or apologize it " l cannot. Chaim.r. Today-it would be hard to suggest a roiosknit Und.r- , t<*rn, model or twice that we cannot gel tog* Fo?ui>k tvt the active boy. I I \ , \/ \ Michftels-Stern Value First Suits i $22.50 * $35.00 ■ fefuL-T-Ayexti Go sg J B£Tr&? QL&TMAS POR LESS J MQNEY-ALWAYS- UNION Si H- • DECATUR • INDIANA* . _____

ami Mrs. Vail recently returned trout the south. The local office is under the management of Chalmer Porter who is also assistant manager to Mr. Vail.

I EXTRA PANTS FREE! or 15% Discount :: ;; Extra Pants double the life of y OU r suit. They ■; ordinarily cost one-third as much as a suit We '' give them lo you absolutely free, for a short tune only during this gigantic sale. , ; ii All Wool Suits C 99 00 MADE-TO-ORDER •and up «» I i Every garment made lo order by the Oldest Tail- o ;; ors on Earth-Perfect lit Hug-tight collars—- .. Puckerless Sleeve Heads Silk sewed seams— Ji guaranteed coat fronts and superb tailoring all ;; unconditionally guaranteed or money refuuded. ;; ’ ‘ Louis F. Mailand ' 1 X ;; Over Anker Cigar Store | ,' > Local Dealer | MONARCH TAILORING CO. I ' ’ Guaranteed Garments f * * 4 JI Established 1872 * CHICAGO J < > X U. S. TREASURY OFFICIALS ’ 'I Point out that Victory M c 0 h Bonds due May 20th cease R A T z T " to draw interest after that g n t date. ( Riy GUL e r Our Strong Investment L n l House—R. L. Boilings Co — ? £ ? offers seasoned, safeguardA Ea N N ed, supervised Tax Exempt s s , securities that net you 7''. I Old satisfied customers are our best recommendation. The Suttles-Edwards Co O. P. Edwards, Pres. A. D. Suttles, Secy.-Treas. Morrison Building, DECATUR, INDIANA

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