Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR ' DAILY DEMOCRAT ' Fubllshe-f Evary Evening Exceot Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO J. H. Heller—Pre*. and Bus- Mgr E. W. Kanipe—Vice-Pre*. & Adv. Mgi A. R. Holthousa—Sec’y. and Bus. Mgr Entered at th® Poatoffice at Decatu’ Indiana a* secund class matter 1 Subscription Rates , Single copies 2 cents ( One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier 16-00 ' One Month by mail 86 cents 1 Three Months, by ma11..81.00 j Six Mouths, by mail 81-76 One Year, by ma 11..... 83.00 One Year, at office 83.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage ad j u-d outside those •ones.) t I I H Advertising Rates Made known on eopiiratfoo Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, n 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, ( Fifth Avonue Bldg.. New York City N. T Life Rldg., Kansas City. Mo How's the coal pile holding out? e

Be iu Decatur Saturday und see what the local merchants are going to give to those who did their Christ mas shopping in Decatur. It's ail free. Republican papers have tried and found Governor McCray guilty und now for the sake of the party, they want a new governor. • Walt until the election. That fellow Hugg. who has been retained as one of the attorneys for Governor McCray, will have the op portunity to show his powers at squeexing through tight places before ho is through with the moss. Congress is hack on the job and after taking several votes the .senate has been unable to elect a i bainiian of the interstate Commerce commission. What did they say this session was going to accomplish? Uli.—"' ■ " ' Will Hays' movie st.ua have acted up again and this time their breach being involved with the murder of a ri«'h siil titan tl*»i iu» tluiihl harilor frv.

rich oil num. it. no duubt. uurucr try Ing to k'-cp th" stars in lino, than it wan lininc up the voters .vtral yean *1 R<>. The first thing King (><nrge. for iner ruler of Greece, did wbtß he flee to Bucharest. wait to Rut a hair <ut He feared th.’ barber* of Greet e, think ing that one of them might act id*. nt ly slash hl l throat a., be lay i.i thi • hair. That would he an uupluatani thought to have, we will vouch. Look i very mm h like a th intx ruiit year. Already three or lour cindi date* have auuouiu ed their canui dney for the r.ubcrnaioriul u >uiiuatmn> and xeveral tu< n have thrown theii

''/Rk ■ IT w 1 ■W I HAVE FIRST Nitkcls ;iixl dimes y<»n s|m-iul without Ihiukinu now nink<* i'wtiy with Hie dollars you ill* ■*w l« ntlctl Io hiivv. A |MK*kit t.r u ntirse makes a I iKMtr U I ih r Ihr money slips away. I > Depoail a |mrl of your money I I i jn a Siivhiu* Avcunnl her** nn I H sta ll ua you gel il. Saw find I I ; and you will wine tict'tWnlly. i J| mJ First'National Bank .Capital and Surplus *120.000.00 ID.ecatur, Indiana

hats In the ring for the state offices,l which are nominated in convention. The democrats are meeting today in . Indianapolis und from now on you'll hear what the candidates aland for. Hurry Thaw has broken into print again, this time because his mother, :

Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, objects to having hint released from the Pennsylvania hospital, where wealthy men, otherwise insane, ar® held. For pub. lioity. Thaw has everything beat and for more than seventeen years ho has been able to break Into print at least once every year. Don't growl about tho cold weather It' ju-st the thing for this time of the year and baring the inconvenience of thawing out pipes und burning up your summer’s wages, the sold snap will kill the bugs and germs. Physicians -tat. that, even in view of tho past few cold days that the amount of sickness has decreased and that shows that the zero weather is of some good. If our forefathers and early pion eers could build a plank road thirty miles long with ouk planks, an ax and

e r pick, it certainly should not be hard f to build a concrete road now adays I with modern machinery. trucks to II haul the material and with millions of dollars being paid for road building and upkeep in licenses and gasoline 1 tax. r - * The January sales come in just right for the person who lias been putting oft the buying of ''heavies'' a new overcoat, warm blankets, ga i Joshes or felt boots. Tho Decatur merchants are offering some real bargains to the thrifty shoppers and they are carrying their announcements in .he columns of the Daily Democrat. Read them and take advantage of the sales. Dr. Tasman Carey, of Sydney. Australia. who spoke to the Rotarians list . evening, commended America on its freedom and the opportunities it gave the average citizen to advance and I grow. In Australia, the speaker said , that much interference came from i government and police who control!- ...... c1...,11v oil Inaluulries. We IIUIV

y. I» U pruviu any «o imiwwn:.. — - it [not have as ninth government control| and state supervision as Australia, but we do have too many hoards which I seem to interfere with the general r-1 run of things. U i t The buit brought by <>D p of the Jitc nvy (umpanks ot South Bend testing t I the constitutionality of th<‘ motor 11I .i n e law affects ouly the one person it | who hrougt the suit, until the Hupri me tonr; acta on the \teci»lon of I I Judge Oure, who declared the law Im-1 it [ ( i>n titutional il is not known whet! ■ like Hu|.rcme <ourt will decide the i*i mutter for the state. In the meanisltiiw the btale auto police will arre.t I ir any perron after February 15th who i

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' does not have or display the new 1924 license plates. If you want to run ' your car you had better be on the safe side and pay your license fee "under protest" und if tho supreme court decides in favor of the auto owners, then you can demand your rebate.

, o — • r— ’ ALL DOWN THE YEAR "He knoweth the way that I take." Job 23:10. We cannot see ailOWn the comirg year,— If dark or light the days will be;' or tears Or joy o’erfiow our cup. If smooth or rough The path before us lies, it is enough He knows the way. And every morning time let us pre- I pare By quiet hours alone with Him in I prayer I

<1 For what that day may bring. "He I knowst the way," • And Ho will be our giude, our ■ strength, our stay,— He knows the way. —A. D. Burkett. e o Field Goals 1 1 by “Eagle Eye” Pete Frauklin College won another out- • state battle last night, defeating Mar--1 quette University. IS-18. I! ■ • The Auction Behoof Imys arc* planning to attend the- high »< hool games in a body tonignt. It is rumored that they have learned the yells and will i "help beat Angola." The Bluffton I’ht Dolts took an » other Iteatlng at thb hands of the ’ |Hartford City Athletics last night at 1 Bluffton, score 35-33. By comparing 11 scores again. Out of Bounds tells ’hell world that the Phi Dells have; a big II

tnargln in dope over the Leader I '. II Maybe so. but the leaders. still hold II two cleantut victories over the I’liill Helts. Il This line wins the cut-glass bas-l ketball: ’This column is getting sol good that the printers in the hick I room match coins to see who pets I to see it. (?) Best” in the Kokomo Tribune. The floor in the new high school I I gym has been treatid w ith a sand i paper massage since the alumni i games Tuesday night, and is said to he In a less slippery condition now. Here's hoping. Why aunt those wr efl ling iqpt* [at the high school gym hung up 'along the west end of the gym to pro-r licet the players from (hat bale brick ’ wall. ••Ulssy" Steele is nursing a sore* hip which he bruised when he bump-1 id into the wall in the alumni game. I We're not fault finding- just sag- I I gusting a few thing for the bettor- I I inont of the old game here. Why I ' not have the manual training boys I make a large board on which the I names and numbers of all players in I lite game could be hung before th" I |start ol the contest? I I Several high schools and most col- I lieges have them and they auro in- I u rease the interest in the game The I i home fans have read about the stars I <>n the visiting quintet and they are I anxlmis to know wMrh ones arc I them when they line up on the floor I unit the fans who follow the visitors II hero want to know aliout the home I team. Just a nice little experiment I for the manual training ctass. don't you think? | I <>ttr friend It" * Hurd has started a now column in the f. I'reis. Ho ealls.it "Crowds on the SIHKLIXEA" He doesn't sign his memo to this column, but after readIng the line of chatter we feel sure Hoss |s guilty. What they don't know won't hurt cm' Hoss. Hetlt Angola. Travelers Can Vote On American Peace Award I Travelers will not he prevented!

I*from voting in the “referendum" ou s the American Peace Award, beginning January 7th. because of any 'election law- forbidding absentee vot ’ ing. Thousand of hotels throughout ' the country, varying from tho largest > metropolitan hotels to village inns • are giving travelers an opportunity to vote wherever they are. This week orders have been coming rapildy to the office of the Pence Award at 342 Madison Avenue from hotels all over the country. Hundreds of thousands have been ordered by hotel managers for their clients, with at least one ballot box for every hotel and In many cases at Special Clean-Up Sale Trimmed Velvet Hats SI.OO and $3.00 In Black and colors. All reduced for Gift Day. GIFT & HAT SHOPPE 131 Monroe St.

«MNMMMMHMMMMm«M*MnCIS3BMMMMMBMHMM»MMaSMi I JANUARY SALE Big Reductions on All Merchandise I Gift & Hat Shoppe 131 Monroe St. MINIMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMIMMMWaWM'mmaMMM* A Record of Thrift in 1924 Will make you feel more comfortable and assure happiness. START SAVING NOW Let us tell you our plan. The Peoples loan & Trust Co. “BANK OF SERVICE"

Don’t Pass This Up Tomorrow - Auto Day L Our Big After Christmas CLEAN-UP SALE Which includes every COAT and DRESS - in our entire stock is still going on It will be to your benefit to come to our store tomorrow— Auto Dav—and to take advantage of the wonderful Coat values in our “Clean Fn” sale. Every garment must go regardless of former price. Such values these should not be overlooked. a,ues as i ' I I Here are just a lew of the many Bargains $15.00 $7.50 $9.05 $9.75 - I ' w For For v Good Winter Fine Winter Extra Fine n W ,h .t- >?£■ Niblick & Company I^—l —a—

least an additional ballot box forth employees of the hotel. Threshermen’s Brotherhood To Hold State Meeting The Indiana'Brotherhood of Threshermen convention will be held the Sth. Sth. 10th and 11th of January. Tuesday. Jan. Bth. will be taken iup with Convention Routing, and with the appointment of committees with n picture show in the evening and speaking by out of-town victors Wednesday will be occupied with Convention business with a picture show In the evening Thursday will be taken up with Brotherhood Con veutlon business and Brotherhood In [sura me and election of officeit ‘ Thursday evening will he a pit lure I show and a Band Concert given by | [the Indianapolis Newsboys Band ami i s-ven act* of vaudeville show follow-

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"TTYOURCtting your shaTof the big money “SHUBERT” | £ pay° g for furs? If you’re not, that’s your fault. Waite t P r "SHUBERT" prices for your furs from now onXU. S « m=e. <, U «.ed Mow for Nonhen, MianarerrfThafswWSHUßEßTw.llpaJ.onanhone,, and liberal grading. Our shtppers right in your own neighborare reaping a golden hat vest. Get in on this Dig money. COME ON WITH YOUR FURS ! wS«»»»“’ i «"** M’ww M U S KRAT I ?.75t0 2.351 2.20t0 1.90'1.65t0 1.20| 1.1 Oto .65j1.10t0 ,50i M I N K. fj nc H.OO to 12.0011.00 to 9.00 8.50 to 7.00 6.50 to SHO 6.50 to 3.25 Usual Color ll.OOto 900 8.00 to 7.00 6.0010 5.00 4.50t0 3.50 4.50t02.25 SKUNK IfU tltllliiSt HUMti I »o 1 MEOIUOI | h. 1 MAU | GOOO UmiME [ Istrbt* A»*rw« *«b» | »« A»»rM* | t* Ar*?w» j gM 4.25 to 3.40 X 25 to 2.80 2.65 to 2.20 2.10 to ).65 2.00 to 1.001 Short 3.25t0 2.60 2.50t02.15 2.00t0 1.65 1.50t0 1.10‘1.50t0 .75 Narrow 2.25t0 2.00 1.75t01.45 1.35t0 1.10 l.OOto .75 I.ooto .50[ ' Broad 1-35t0 1.10 l.OOto .85 .75t0 .60 .55t0 .40- .50to 25 ! These extremely high prices ire based on the well-known “SHUBERT" STANDARD GRADINGmd arc quoted for immediate shipment No. 3's, No. 4’s poor unpritne and oUierwiae inferior skins at highest market value. Don’t delay another minute! Quick action I means more money for you. | Hurry in a Shipment tts) I

ti l(} cleaning up <?£ unl'iuishcd bus!3 ness. d — 0 ,_|_S-WAN'T ADS EARN-|-j_j