Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1923 — Page 2

6DOYB SCOUTS (Conducted by Natfonal Council of th* Buy skoUlM us America ) COOLIDGE HONORS SCOUTS Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth President ot the Lulled Suites, has accepted the j honorary presidency us the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Coolidge# acceptance Is not merely formal, hut expresses a warmth ot interest uud a conviction j a* to the usefulness of the hoy scout, movement, bused qpuil the fact that! he has observed the practical value! of the program and leadership of the! movement, la his own two sous, who are scouts. President eJuuildge'* letter is ns follows: -i'ho WHITE HULSE "Washington, Aug. Hi, 1U23. "My Dear Mr. Livingstone: "You may Is* assured of my readiness to accept the honor of the presidency of the Boy Scouts of America, I as other Presidents have done from; the organization of the scouts. 1 esteem lliis post us one of the incidental duties of a President, and likewise one, of tlie most agreeable among them. I have always been deeply interested in the work of the scouts, which 1 regard as an ideal mode of citizenship development uud character construction. Both my sons are scouts, and my observation of tlie benefits they have derived from their affiliation has' strengthened my conviction of the organization*.* usefulnes* 1 shall be | glad to render any proper service 1 can to the organization at any lime. "Most sincerely yours. (Signed) “GALVIN COOLIDGE. "Mr. Colin 11. Livingstone, President, Boy Scouts of America, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City.” Since the organ eation of the boy scout movement in this country. Fete ruary 8. 1910. it lias been the practice of the President of the United States to serve as honorary president. I and ex-presidents ns honorary vice presidents. Both Presidents Tuft and , Wilson actively co-operated in tlie or-, ganization and strengthening of the movement, as did the late Tlie<«bwe Roosevelt. as honorary vice president and chief scout citizen. BOY SCOUTS AT MARION i ’ y as 1 ___ - — * ‘ “T I In harmony with Mrs. Harc'ing’s wish to avoid military display at the services for the late president, boy scouts mobilized within a radius of 50 miles, co operated with the people in forming a guard of honor. ON BOY SCOUT HONOR ROLL * The National Court of Honor, Boy 4Scouts of America, has recently added to its honor foil the names of JI scouts for their courage and efficiency in sav I - Ing human lives. The following cities I are represented by these lads: Mt. ; Vernon, N. Y.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; ’South Braintree, Mass.; Kansas City, ' Mo.; Battle Creek, Mich.; Wheeling ! West Va.; Detroit. Midi.; Canton, Ohio; Sioux City, Iowa; Brownville. N. Y.; Greensboro, N. C.; 'Tioltala, Hawaii; Texarkana. Tex.; Stoneham. ; '.Mass.; Galesburg, 111.; Charleston, s. C., and E. Orange. N. J. BOY SCOUTS AID KIWANIANS The Kiwania club In Tampa, Fla in their “courtesy campaign” received the HMistance of a number of local scouts | who placed in tlie windows of lire Imsi- i ness houses posters containing tlie inscription: “Courtesy wins. Costs nothing—pays big. Try it.” Scout/ seemed th. appropriate messengers inasmuch as they are pledger! to courtesy by the fifth law which states: “A scout is ourteous. He is polite to all. especially women, children, old people and tlie weak and helpless. He , must not take pay for being helpful or courteous." K. UF C. INDORSE SCOUTING Scouting is to play an important part in the plan of the Knights of Colatnbus for a for Catholic boys. The plan, which was unfolded nt tlie recent annual meeting of the supreme council, among other things, provided for the formation under Catholic leadership of boy scout troops among boys between twelve ajifl fourteen years cf see. The rercmmendttion of scouting 'vas based en ths report of an exhaustive study cf boy welfare work,

TALES OF THE i OLD FRONTIER : 5 — ♦ ♦ By F.LMO SCOTT WATSON + !♦+*■«•*♦+♦♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+ Igi tfiil, Waatsru Nfwaaapsi I'kivyi I TIM MURPHY, THE ORIGINAL LEATHERSTOCKING JAMES FENNIMORE COOPERS "l.eyther«tuckipt," the sunrr-frun- ' tlersmau, was Uyt entirely u child us j the nuvellat'a brain, fur there was’a j ”Leatt,er»tuc);lng’' in real life and many us his exploits during the Revo--1 lution fur outaboue anything that Cooper eier hud his hero do. He whs I Tim Murphy, u Virginian, uud he was i the premier abgrpehouter of Gen. Dunlel Morgan's riflemen who marched north to fight Burgoyne with the j words "Liberty or Death” on the front i <>f their buckskin hunting shirts. At the battle of Saratoga It was Murphy's deadly ulm that brought down General Frazer, the real military genius of Burgoyne's army» whose death proved the turning point tn that , campaign. So perhaps it would not be far wrong to say that the rifle of Tim Murphy won the American Revolution. After the Saratoga campaign Mur- ' phy was sent to Tryonx'ounty on scout duty and here as an Indian tighter he , won Ids greatest fame. Ills name soon became a word of dread among the Iroquois warriors, for his tleetness of foot, his daring and bls skill at fighting them in their own way made him an enemy to be both admired and dreaded. Part of this was due to his favorite weapon, a rifle with two barrels, nnd Ids ability to fire two shots in succession without reloading made them believe that he enjoyed supernatural powers. When they finally learned the secret of his success they became more careful about exposing themselves too much until he had fired twice, but even this did not always save them. One day he was pursued by an Iroquois war party and succeeded In outrunning all except ope warrior. He killed this Indian and stopped only long enough to scalp him. P.nt before he had finished the Job the other savages appeared. Snatching up the rifle of tlie dead warrior, Murphy shot down another. • The remainder of the party, now sure that bis "medicine gun" was powerless. rushed forward to take him prisoner. Murphy was nearly exhausted, but turning suddenly, he discharged the second barrel of his rifle and killed the foremost of his pursuers. The other Indians, astonished at his firing three times in succession, fled crying to each other that the white man could ‘shoot all day without reloading.” •fr*+**«*++*+***+*4-+A+++++** ♦ TALES OF THE t OLD FRONTIER * ♦ — * X By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ♦ ♦ ♦ <• 4->!•<■ + <•« 4-+ ((£). 1»33. Western Newspaper Union ) "BIG FOOT” WALLACE, A LONESTAR HERO 'T'O THE reader of American history 1 It seems that Texas has mure than her share of frontier heroes. For wliut a splendid list it is! Houston, Crockett, Bowie, Travis, Bonham, Ross, Hayes, Cap'. Bill McDonald —that is only u few of them, but one more mime should be added, “Big Foot” Wallace. Wallace was a Virginian who came to Texas as a lad to Join un older brother, only to find that he had been killed wltii Fannin's men by tlie Mexicans at tlie Goliad massacre. That umy account for Wallace's later fame as a fighter of the Mexicans. His nickname of ' Big Foot” Was lioF'tlerived from any physical peculiarity but from ids sworn feud with Big Loot, a celebrated Comanche chief. Wallace trailed him many time-, hut uecer succeeded in killing him. l ate ruled tiiat Shapeley Boss, the Texas Ranger leader, was to have that distinction. One incident in Wallace’s life shows well tlie mettle of the man. He had Joined the ill-fated Mier expedition into Mexico in 1842 and was one of the 1 survivors who were taken prisoners to Saltillo. There Santa Ana, the Mexi- ' can dictator, ordered that one out of ’ every ten of the Texans should be shot, the victims to be decided by Lav- ! ing them draw from a jar filled with white ami black Seans. 'Tlie men who drew black beans died. One of Wallace’s companions was a young fellow wiio had a wife mid child waiting for him back in Texas. At the thought of them lie broke down and cried as the drawing began. Wallace had just drawn a white bean, but at tlie sight of the grief-stricken boy he thrust It into the hand of tlie young man and whispered “Here, take this one. I'm feeling lucky today." Then lie plunged his hand into Hie Jar again —and drew another white bean. One day hi Wallace's later years, while riding in the Seven Rivers country, he mounted the top of a hill and saw before him a band of (Kt Indian warriors herding before them a bunch of stolen horses. The Indians discovered him at the same instant and raised a whoop of triumph. Wallace’s horse was tired and he knew that fits would not have one chance in a thoi* sand in a race with the savage*. / But tlie Texan did not stop for 'an instant. Jamming the spurs into his horse's flanks, he dashed forward/and as he charged he waved his hat ttyvard the roar and shouted “Come We've got 'em new.” His ma.gxtitieent bluff worked. The Indians fied/w ithout oen tr-ing to tej.e the hotW: p alig'.e rounded them up and hy nightfall be had restored them to right ful owners.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1923.

WHAT WE EAT F Cotfre wns entirely unknown to the y Greek* and Roman*. ► _ k A kind of sugar entied Jaggery is k oltiilued from the juice us the coconut. [ Grau dated sugar has only a little tuore uoiu'Ud>|iie|it Jwf pound than , liotiey or molasses. t The /uud value us one pound of cheese exceed* tliut of * pound and a f quarter of beefsteak. . 1 — 1 ' With Its by products milk comprises about one sixth of the food Consumed by- the average family. i Before the introduction of centrifugal machines In JBSO, sugar was light I brown Instead of , Milk, the only complete food, contains all the food elements the body requires and iu their proper proportions. R ■ Protein and fat are combined in nuts much the same as in which ■ makes nuts an excellent meat substitute. J A pound of cottage cheese supplies protein requirements for the average’ adult for one day unless lie Is eta- : ployed at hard labor. A calorie of nutrition is equivalent i to the amount of heat sufficient to raise the temperature of a pint of water four degrees Fahrenheit. WORTH REMEMBERING j Work today, but plan for tomorrow. Great minds are the lighthouses of humanity. Most of us talk on principle, but act on interest. Silent contempt is often the sharpest reproof. The penalty of selfishness is to be left solitary. * ~ i The greatest of faults is to be ccn- , scions of none. Be less eager to pass others than to surpass yourself. Understanding is the first great need In all human relations. Thrift is a rich contribution to the building up of character. None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. Many, wanting wit, affect gravity and go by tlie,name of solid men. ALL TRUE I Truth needs no press agent. Bielies mean happiness for the happy. Money lias one advantage, which is enough. Judges look better on the bench than at home. Honesty invltfes criticism, but suspects critics. — When a womaai says "No!’’ like that, j stick around. — It seems foolfish to worry about a hog's table uiaigners. H 1 ' I i The sailor c<n staud a squall anywhere except aC home. ' Lot of peoplfi* worrying about dying that don't knotv how to live. I “ * Hope is t!ip only thing that hard I luck can't kilfi.—Richmond Times Dis- . Patch. j SMILE AT THESE ! I > Tlie faneyjwoik that most girls like • best is the "weaving of romances. r i — ‘I Youth mirfst have its fling, especially ■' when the ggrl throws him over. I I 1 — 1 An ideuiiliome, fiom a woman's point I of view , if ways has a man in it. i l | Life IsJnot bearable witli a woman ■ until It unbearable without her. i i A miAi who marries a ready-made ! family wears a ready-made suit. i — • | Misgivings are what a woman hi s 5 about* her next-door ne.ghbor's ch»r1 aeterJ ‘l ‘ | Eytierlence mny he a good tntar, ’ but/tlie terms are always exeesshely hi Chicago Ameriaiut I, f :'if a i WOMAN THE HUNTRESS 1 /' ' — 'I J Women accumulate admiration • ■ as a snowball accumulates snow, j ’ ! 1 ■ The idea that women's eyes are i n ■ the gateway tn heaven _is only • s 1 Nature's little trick. s '!: ' - ; A man's sen*e of sex sleeps at i • i times; a ’.roman's never. When } } she come* flown to breakfast she • !t i is already a huntress, ev»en when J • she doesn't know it.—Fawn Into ’ 1J i the East, br Richard Curie.' » t- ; »

CLUB CALENDAR Monday Monday Research Club--Mrs. J- C. Sutton. Monday— l*hi Delta Kappa meeting and election of officers. 7:30 p.tn. Delta Theta Tau—Mrs. Harold Conroy. Woman's club—Library, 7:45. Pythian Needle Club —K ot P. Home. * Tuesday Psi lota XI sorority Christmas party—Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp. 8:00. Epworth League Social at M. E. church, 7 p.m. Mary and Martha class ot M. E. I church —Mrs. I'hillipi. Tuesday—Dot'CAs Claws of Evangelical church, Mrs. C. E. Hocker 7,30 | p. nt. Delphian Club—Old Adams County Bank. C. L. ot C. Party at K. of C. hall. ,8 p. m. ' Red Men Drill practice. 7 o'clock, i Historical Club Christmas parly , and pot-luck supper—Mrs. Sam Hite Daughters Class of E. V. Church—Mrs. Clarence Weber; 6:30 o'clock. Wednesday Wednesday—Shakespeare Club- ■ I Mrs. Dan Sprang. So Cha Rea —Miss Helen Gass. Tri D. —Miss Marcella Kern. Thursday t • Calvary Evangelical Ladies Aid Society—Mrs. Clara Hays. Zion Lutheran Aid Society, at school house, p. m. I Progressive Bible Class of Presbyterian church, Christinas party and ; exchange, Mrs. W. 11. Leo. 1 Loyal Workers Class of E. V. .Church —Mrs. Fred Linn. 6:30. Friday Minnehaha Club —Hall, after lodge. , .Luncheon Bridge club with Mrs. Ed. i Coffee, 7:30 p. tn. I The Catholic Ladies tit' Columbus will hold a card party at the Knights of Columbus hall Tuesday S oclock. y Members of the Red Men team are requested to be at the hall for drill I practice Tuesday evening at seven o'clock sharp. , * Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Everett, of soutli of the city, entertained at dinner yesterday for Mr. and Mrs. John Everett, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Peterson. I Mrs. Emma Everett, of this city; and I Mr. and Mrs. Tom Everett, of Little River, Kansas. Mrs. Ed. Coffee will be hostess to the members of the Luncheon Bridge Club al 7:30 o'clock Friday evening. * j The Zion Lutheran Aid society will 'meet in th* school house at 3:30 • o'clock. Thrsuday afternoon. , ♦ I Mrs. W. H. Lee will be hostess to ; the members of the Progressive | Bible lass of the Presbyterian church at her home on Mercer Avenue. > Thursday evening, December 20. , This will be the annual Christinas party and exchange. The members lof the Ruth Bible class have been invited to meet with the Progressive Bilile class and take part in the Christmas exchange, very pleasant evening is anticipated by alp » i The Pythian Needle Club will hold its annual Christmas party this even- | ing following lodge. The hostesses ■ will be Mesdames Sam Shamp. John Schug, John Peterson, Woodward, , John Smith and O. L. Vance. A good 1 attendance is desired. | The Historical will hold its annual Christmas party and*exchange , in the nature of a pot-luqk supper nt j the home of Mrs. Sam Hite, on South ' Third street. Tuesday evenin.:

Ft OINTMENT 1 M,. a f■„ Tk 1, » row HUS IEII /, f FX i' ' \ Get Two Trial Boxes N PAZP OINTMENT is a GuarnnH teed Remedy for all forms of K Piles. B Pay your druggist $1.20 for two I 11 ijoxes of PAZO OINTMENT. 9 When you have used the two | 9 boxes, if you are not satisfied i S with the results obtained, we wit! 9 send $1.29 to your druggist aud I request him to hand it to you. ' i B We prefer to handle this through i B the druggist because bis customers are usually bis friends [ i 9 and will be honest with him. PAE'S MEinCINg COMPANY. 'I S St. Louis, Mo.

The Loyal Workers claa* of the' Evangelical church will hold their ( annual Christmas party and excTfange at the home of Mrs. Fred Linn, Thur*- ; day evening. At 6:30 o'clock a pot. luck supper will be served and all members ate requested to be present.; ★ The Loyal Daughters class of the Evangelical church will meet Thurs-j day evening at 6:30 o'clock at the home of Mr*. Clarence Weber on; ludiana street A pot luck supper j will he served and the annual Christ-1 mas w<change will be held. All tnem-' bers are requested to be present. ★ The annual Christmas party of the i Psf ota Xi Sorority will be held Tuesday- evening at the hqme of Mrs. j Charles Knapp. An exchange of Christinas gifts will also be held at this meeting. ♦ The Sunday school class ot the Presbyterian church taught by Miss Alta Teejile will meet this evening at the J. L. Kocher home on Adams street, for their annual Christmas party. All members are requested to be present. Auto Strikes Pennsy Train: Two Killed Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 17 —Two persons are dead, another not expected to live and a fourth member less seriously injured, as a result of an automobile striking fast Pennsylvania train No 135 early Sunday morning at a crossing in West Terre Haute. The dead; Alvin Kendall, 27. street car operator. Mrs. lone Hainer. 22. Mrs. John Catn, 44. mother of Mrs. Hamer, is in a semiconscious condition in a'hospital, injured to such an extent that little hope is held for her recovery. Owen Hornung, 21, was removed to the home of his uncle. The four were driving a coupe, with Mrs. Cain at the wheel. The car with its four occupants, was 25 feet before it was thrown clear of the train. o Found Guilty Os Murder Greensburg, nd., Dec. 17 —James R. Deprez of Louis Creek. Shelby coun-

111 . The AR t “Royal” Model has met with instflnt public approval Proven not only by the great number of sales, since we received our first Brunswick “Royal”, but by the enthusiastic personal endorsements of every owner. A beautifully finished large size console model and of a distinctive and graceful style—with the notable Brunswick features which have made the Brunswick, the most popular phonograph. Then, too, a most alluring factor is that the Brunswick “Royal”, is popototy priced.. ' Arias Brown. Red M.hosayy or Aauriua Walust May wc give you a demonstration soon? PUMPHREY JEWELRY STORE j Open eveninqs until Christmas. I

ty. today faced Imprisonment in the ' state prison tor two to twenty-one year for th#_kiUlng of bi* father. John H. Deprez, last February. A Jury found young Deprea guilty of manslaughter Saturday night after I idelHierating six hours. It was the second trial of Deprez forth« killing I’he first jury dis agreed. Young ileprez claimed he shot his father in self defense. o Dedicate New SIOO,OOO H. S. Gym This Evening Noblesville. Jud., Dec. 17 —The new •high school gymnasium which has j just been completed at a cost of 110,-

Sun Is Tamed to Man’s Purposes | • By Using Window Glass and Lace By an Interior Decorator

Person* who easily enough associate the art of interior decoration with their living rooms and with rooms considered more formal in clmracter mav learn from a con sideration of the sun-room that “decoration” should extend to every detail of the home. Beauty and harmony are out ot place nowhere. In the sunroom the principle which leads a skillful furnisher to

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bring out in every way the particular use and atmosphere of a room is exemplified. Its very name explains its chief object. In achieving this object the windows are of first importance. In the sun room sunlight is tamed to the service of man. Glass, a substance unknown to ancient and primitive peoples, is put into frame ■ windows to admit its radiance. Net curtains and those of lace, the invention ot which also dates back

|.„, ldenl 0 >< tosh, of Wabash college. ‘ K " The .tructure has on e O s th.,c«t basketball floors in the glgl( ' W| ' —o— Muncie Fire Muncie, Ind., Dec. 17—. combustion Is thought resistJ'!"’ the fire which Sunday night d. , ° f store r wni a„ (1 main factory of the Hi U( |~.l )atl|. J’ per u> mpany wllh !( 1()ss ()( PaIhe factory employing 30(1 be rebuilt at once. packing boxes are manufacture , ‘ ' ! h V ,a "' Un " “ " alf ,nlll)on Potnds , bulk Paper together wl t h a | quantity of the raw material bunj

i no further than the Rcnaistianee tone drfw.i the gUn and diffuse the light In making the curtains to ! serve exactly the uses of such a I room man's ingenuity has been again triumpiiant Beauty and practicality are served by roller ' I curtains of lace, traced with gfa. pie designs, weighted by frinz.j and equipped witli tassel "pulls," They may be rolled out of the way i on dim or rainy days, or lowered as

a shield against the sun on days when that erb is too hot and glaring. In furnishing the rest of ths room there come into ns-. perhaps, color, d marquis: tte overdraperies, square tile floors, tea grass rugs, wicker furniture with cretonae cushion/-, -'.nd portable lamps The effect of mifdooFß which is best ’sought after may be aided by potted plants and by the use of light, outdoorsy colors such as the yellows and greens.