Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1923 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publlehed Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—-I’rce. and Bus. Mgr. E. W, Katnpe—Vice-Free. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holthouse—Sec’y. end Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Pon toss Ice at Decatur Indiana as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier 15.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mall SI.OO Six Months, by mall 11.75 Oue Year, by mai1..... $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00, (Prices quoted are within first And second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y Lite Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. IT'S A BIG EXTRA LOAD: — When you purchase your 1924 license, Mr. Automobile Owner, you j will pay from 66 2-3 per cent to 300 < per cent more than you did last year. ; And that in addition to the fact a I second burden has been added —the 1 2-cent gasoline tax. t Indiana has a total of 76,246 miles 1 of roads. Os surfaced, roads there are ’ 39,857 miles. In 1922, Indiana surfac- ‘ ed 2,438.8 miles of fine highways. ' Development of inter-city and rural transportation by automobile has created a need for bdtter roads. The J 1 progress in Indiana has been rapid 1 in recent years, due to local spirit of i improvements and cooperation of the ! state highway commission. But the revenue of the 2-cent gasoline tax plus the former license fee schedule will be “quite enough,” in opinion of state officials to meet demands of the commission for the j next year. The state has taken big strides in highway building in recent years. Why add increased tax in form of higher license fees upon the motorist when he is already sharing his burden of responsibility in the good roads movement? —Indianapolis Times. And the burden is felt more when none of it comes back. All of the millions of dollars which the gas tax brings is spent for new- highways and those counties which get none are therefore paying ftvithout any returns except the privilege of driving over the roads in some part of the state they rarely if ever reach. It would be far better if this money and that ra(i£fed; from increased license fees was at least, partially distributed among the counties from which it is raised. A friend of Henry Ford is quoted as saying that the Detroit flivver maker will run for the presidency, if nominated on an independent ticket without a platform. Such an anoiincemeut is not surprising. Mr. Ford has shown an unwillingness to commit himself as to current questions of political import that would go well with such a candidacy. While the proposed plan would keep the electorate guessing and its supporters would be in the dark as to what they were supporting, it would offer certain advantages for the candidate, if successful, that apparently appeal to the flivver manufacturer. He would enter office without any trammeling platform commitments. In shaping administration policies he-would be free to follow’ his whims and fancies and arbitrary will. He could say, with obf’ Louis, "the state, it is 1.” But that is not the kind of president that Americans elect. —Washington Post. Congressman Vestal of this district has been selected as the majority whip in congress, a big political honor which comes well to Bert whose chief occupation during the Hight y ears he has served this district has been to play th# game. The whip is the fellow selected by the party in power to make the trades and whip the members into line on those hills expected to effect the political future.

Mr Vestal tried to get on one of the principal committees but for some reason couldn't or didn't make it and h<> is given the whip job. This is the first time the place has been held , by an Indiana man since Jim Watson held it something Ike twenty years • ago. If Vestal can crack the whip in the same manner as Jim did he will bp able to make the boys stand irqund about right. But just what in the benefit to his district? - i. Every home which can should have I a Christmas tree. It's a brightener i r the season and helps bring peace on earth but its just as well also to be careful. The state fire marshal sends out his annual warning that ■very home thus decorated is a lire menace and he urges that you do not leave the tree unguarded while it is lighted. The rosin in the wood, the festoons, the cotton snow, paper bells, celluloid ornaments and wooden toys all combine to make a huz- i zard rather unusual. Have your Christmas tree but watch it and be careful is the warning from those ( who claim the losses are big on ( Christmas day. i a 'imu i a'.a < This is. the final week for Christ-' t mas shopping and sure to be a busy one for those of us who have put off, ' ' I 7 as long as possible the selection of I gifts. Luckily the stores are stilly filled with beautiful and useful gifts S and you can find just what you want at reasonable prices. Watch the columns of this paper from day to day and takei advantage of the splendid Tlie Good Fellows are coming through fine just now and the indi- I < ittons are that this week will pro- I vid<- a fund which will assure every I poor boy am! girl of a happy, merry, I Chr -imas. You will have a better time if you help these kiddies. /’VSTW’ t VLxiX ( ... J--. HEARTS HIGHEST HOPE When the journey at last is ended And we ail reach the pearly gate, i And enter the glorious city Where loved ones and angels wait. Whatever may be the honors The saved of earth receive; Who faithfully toiled—sacrificing , For Him on whom they believed. , Whatever the pleasures of heaven, [ One i°y w:il suffice for me — To see the face of my Yesus, , ‘ And be with Him eternally. I To hear that sweet voice, so gentle, So tender with sympathy; To dwell with my Jesus, forever, Means more than all ftse to me. A. D. Burkett. I o * + *•.’*+ *♦•**♦♦* 4 TWENTY AGO TODAY ♦ * + + From the Daily Democrat fliei ♦ 20 years ago this day ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ + + *♦♦♦* T Drs. Bulson and Sweringen of Fort Wayne address Adams County Medical Society. J, S. Bowers is enjoying a vacation at West Baden. I Wedding of Miss Lena Adler and Mr. James D. Brown solemnized last evening by Rev. Grether. Friends help Miss Edith Butler celebrate her 11th birthday. The Albion Manufacture company, of Freemount, Ohio, waat to locate a factory here. Commercial club appoints commit-, fee. R K. Erwin, J. T. Merryman and. I>. D. Coffee to confer with Rev. Allen on proposed library. Will of Jacob J. Moser of French township probated. John H. N. Tyndall of Oklahoma City visits relatives here. Julius Johnloz sells flock of turkeys to Flacwcompany for $329.42. j t A ■ COMPLAINED OF WIFE’S COOKING' I I I Auburn. Dec. 17—It’s a perilous i thing for a man to complain of his wife’s cooking, even after they have s lived together for a third of a cenn'tury. In filing suit for divorce. Mrs. 'Charles Dean said her husband was " 1 constantly complaining of her cookin;; and housework. ■.I "i never could please him,’’ she de1

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1 clnred. They hud been married 33 1 years. ——. ■ —. —> • ————— Anti-Tuberculosis Work Is Bearing Fruit Indianapolis, Dec. 17 Anti Tuberculosis work throughout rural Indiana has borne much in the past decade, according to a statement today from Murray A. Auerbach, executive secretary of the Indiana Tuberculosis Association, who made public a letter from T. A. Coleman of the Purdue University, Agricultural Extension department, \?ho has written to nil county agents throughout Indiana, urging cooperation in the present, sale of Christmas Seals and Health Bonds. "During the past years much has been done through your office in cooperation with the local, state and federal authorities, in relation to eradication of tuberculosis infecting cattle, as a precautionary measure to prevent the further ravages of this disease among the people of the state.” wrote Mr. Coleman. "It is universally conceded that milk from infected animals is the chief source of human infection. . While .-your work will have a wonderful effect in reducing the infection in the years to ' come, there j,s yet a problem for immediate consideration, that is, the care of people now suffering from this disease. » w "The great source of relief in this work is derived from the sale of i Tuberculosis Christmas Seals. I am t sure that, as in the past, you will co- t

■ * ~ Why Not Give Automobile Accessories for Christmas Gifts AJF A few suggestions of w"* Necessary and Useful Gifts Tires & Tubes 'Tire Chains Tire Locks Car Heaters Spot Lights Stop Signals ' Robes Bumpers Horns Radiator and Wind Shield Cleaners Moto Meters I Hood Covers Wind Shield Rubbers Auto Clocks We Have A Few Used Cars For Sale! * 1922 Buick Six* 1922 Buick Six . . „. u 1920 Chevrolet " e * ,ave a ew Übt< 22-17 22 ' 4 ° cars of GOOD Makes—aii of 5 Passenger Sedan < 5 o ™ which are in excellent order .. , i. i i-i nnd n ri?nr tOP Newly painted, good tires and and priced exceptionally interbust repainted and looks like g - - • !-* -■ j n exce || en ( running condinew—igood tires. _ Phis - _ llon j s a rea | b ar g a j n . esung. is a real bargain. Priced Right to sell. PORTER & BEAVERS Monroe & First Streets Phone 123 -—— QI —1 ■,Ww— mini

I operate fully with eacli local antituberculosis association in Indiana n order that funds derived from the sale of these little holiday stickers may in the largest possible way meet this great need. "Assuring you of our appreciation of your work in this particular and asking that It be continued, 1 am Sincerely yours. T. A. Coleman." "Many of the c omity agmts throughout Indiana arc taking active part in the presetnSeai campaign, which began aboutTlecember 1 and is to continue throughout the remainder of the mouth.” Mr. Auerbach said. . — — ■ o Casey-Lifers Lose To Buffalo Hewitts, 27-23 Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 17—Thb Buffalo Hewitts staged one of the greatest rallies ever witnessed iu professional basketball in the city, iu the second period "of their game Sunday afternoon at Elmwood Music hall, to hand the Fort Wayne Knights of Columbus a surprising 27 to 23 defeat. In a contest -brimful of spectacular plays. The Caseys held a 19-10 lead at the end of the first half. Wayne Tanks Win Grid Title At Ft. Wayne Fort Wayne, Dec. 17 —After battling through three periods on almost even terms with the Wayne Tanks, the Pyramids wilted iu th' 1 final quar-j

• ter of yesterday's city championship’ i game at Lincoln Life field and the| j Tank* smothered them under a seen < of 19 to 3 and romped away with the t city championship. 1 Stadium Nets $73,127 i Philadelphia. Dec. 17.—Pennsylvania university's new stadium returned a profit of $73,127 in its first year, according to the financial report of • the athletic association. The receipts 1 were $577,744., i —-o " 1 MUSIC IN THE WATER Kinston, N. C.—When the orchestra in a negro threatcr here fell | through the floor the audience refitsjed to accept it as an excuse for dispensing with music. Piano, trap other instruments and their players i era piled .up In the basement. The I piano fell right side up. The gallery howled for "music with its niovies." The piano player stepped into the breach. The basement was flooded J from a rain, but he donned boots, I secured a chair ami "sailed in" His I first tune wus "Sailing, Sailing, Over the Bounding Main.” J o | SUED FOR THIRTY CENTS . Raleigh, N. C.—J. E. Owens, cor- I oner of Wake County, sueing the I l*ine State Creamery for 30 cents. I case. The suit was instituted by the coroner after an agent of . j the creamery refused to refund a 30

’cent deposit ntLk bottles. j was represented by three lawyers I The defense paid over three dimes and costs. 0 Center Elected Captain Os Notre Dame Eleven South Betid. Ind., Dec. 17. —Notre Dame I. tier man announced the election of Adam Walsh, Hollywood, Cal., as captain of the 1924 football team. ’■ J ““' ' nmn "i i

I Farm for Sale | <SO am- farm. 3 miles from Decatur. Priced al $125 per acre. Good buildings, 50 bearfl ing fruit trees. Farm well adapted for dairy Business. By assuming the present mortgage some one can make a real in- ® vestment. Now is the time to buy. I Suttles-Edwards Co. I fl Decatur—lndiana

He is a center of marked ability. ■ ? ' v ' Ts, v ||