Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1924 — Page 5

C--- ~ ~ ' "" ~ Field Goals by “Eagle Eye” Pete M last the Basketball World has recognized the Decatur Yellow Jackets. The locals were placed tu Hi,, honorable mention group followin" the BUS Ten selection this week. And listen, fans. Huntington. the two f or t Wayne teams. Bluffton I'U/ land, Emerson of Gary. Kendallville and many others in this neck of the W „ (H | S were left out. We're headed for the Big Ten, folks. Gangway. How about that name board for tbd new gym? No response. Here's the official” Big Ten selection „ f T he Basket Hall World arranged in the order of their strength; 1. Bedfort. 2. Frankfort 3. Anderson. 4. Muncie. 5. franklin. 6. Shelbyville. 7. Vincennes. 8. Bloomington. 9. Martinsville. 10. Rushville or Whiting. Our Bia Three corresponds with the first three named in the Big Ten and we had 'em arranged in the same order, too. The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel says that Angola. South Side's foe on Saturday night, had not lost a game until last Saturday night when fast South Bend team lowered their colors. The bird who typed that hast forgotten already that Decatur turncd Angola hack, 43-20 the night be ! fore the Benders did it 31-18. Its funny how easily the Fort Wayno sport writer forget about the victor ies Decatur wins. No wonder Bedford is ho hard to down this year. The Stone City crew has a guard named Skinner. This forward on the Wiley high team of Tcree Haute named Settle ought' to follow Skinner up hand keep him 1 out of trouble. ShootiaL'em and fitoppUf _'em that people in the East thing a baskettall coach has four wheels and tbe Eastern sport writers are calling this th< dull season in sports. The Berne Witness makes light of th-- victory of the Leaders over the t St. Mary's, Ohle. AthleMce and . boast of what Berne can do to the I Leaders if St. Mary's held them to | one point. Well. Halen Witness. | the manager of the Berne A. C. uuP fit was here that night and t/ied | hard u> get a game with St. Mary's five. It he is successful you can see for yourself what the Buckeyes have. The G. E. plays the Ossian Maroons tonight. The Maroons may bu singing the Blues when they leave town tonight. NEW CORYDON The farmers* Institute will be held in the Forresters' hall on Friday and Saturday thia week Chas. Walters ig teaching a school " n " mile south of I'ortVh.L Mrs. Frank Bets, U «owe better ut this writing. Protracted meeting at Jay City V. 11. church will continue the rest of the week. «. Frank Spanglur Is improv tag slowly. Ixffuntaine Bros, were delivering coal here Friday, Saturday was the coldest clay no f»r thin winter. The thermometer **** almut ten degree* below all day. l-loyd Fogle Is s<hm»- better. Mrs. Taswell McCoUum, of Okmul Ohio. Is hare tor u visit with friends and relatives, Mrs, James Knyder and daughter, I'uallße have returned from Me Km"port. Pa., wlmre they were called »y the death of her nloce.

"•** Aidh, who makM her with Um hath Burk family. is "•■rlouMiy in with • Mm. Ureter Fatten* eutttluue* to 'wpiwa, aMhourt .lowly Urnry Kurty | K here for vl.lt -with *l« brothers. Chas. and James and Isnillles. \ * r " 1., A. Uro* lo r. duuithter. Kdlth , William Br „ m w(fh lh „i taaashM. It , 11 ** who la assisting i'' ,n revival at ■ 'r. w-m so nitnitirit Haturday be filled th P pulpit i n sh „ i ®**y Mrvivag, 1 I

I Ordine Butcher has returned to her work in Fort Wayne after spending the holidays with her parents here. — — ‘THE FIRST YEAR" AT THE MAJESTIC TWO DAYS John Golden.-the eminent New York theatrical producer, or rather the New Yorker who produces plays for ull America, will present at the Majestic Theatre, Ft. Waytie on Friday and Saturday, with a Saturday Matinee his great comedy "Ist Year." it was such a big hit in New York that if scored the second world’s record run to the immortal "Lightnin" and located firmly in Mr. Golden's possession the leading scores for popular plays of the world. When he made his first hit with his first production, "Turn to the Right," and followed this with the world's record play, “Lightnin"- they began to call him ."Lucky Golden." He keptj protesting that success meant the hardest kind of work. Yet he could not shake off ungracious nickname with success after success following in order. "3 Wise Fools." “Dear Me," and "Thank U," and now one of the biggest hits, "7th Heaved." begin its second season's run at the Booth Theatre, New York, until Percy Hammond, critic of tfie Tribune, let the cat out <* the bag and announced that Golden had worked four solid years on the last play before he produced it. of Golden’s greatest gifts is his ability to cast a play with, as he puts It, the "best actors available.” His companies work like clockwork, and deliver the directive wisdom of Golden'* ablu Stage wizard. Winchell Smith, with preclssion and personality. In the "Ist Year." Scott Welsh, the original Kid Burns fnJ ■George Cobaa’a “Forty-Five Minutes I from Broadway,” Patricia O'Hearn. ! who was the Butterfly" in | New York last season, and the famous John W, Itansone, the only "Prince Pllsen." will head the cast. — _ o — Operator Prevents Train Crash At Liberty Center Quick work on the part of Thomas Snodgrass, night* operator at Liberty Center, narrowly averted a head-on 'collision early yesterday nturuing | between the eastbound passenger .train and a west-boukd engine on the ('lover Leaf road at Liberty Center. : Snodgrass rushed out < nlo the tracks 'anY-ttt a red toreh wlrtrh warned the engineer# in time for them to bring their engines to a stop. A mistake in the orders issued the engineers c/’A. thought to have caused the trouble. Mi. Snodgrass iwd received orders to let the pas seuger train pass at 4:01 o'clock. | As he was getting ready to open -the block. he heard the whistle of I the couunlns 4rom the east. Realizing thnt there was a mistake lin the orders, he lit a red torch and 'p‘>cwl It on t«e tracks. Th" p:«ss»nc er train and the engine v• uo-.lt traveling about tie miles an hour. A curve tn the track at both the east and west side of the town prevented Isith engineers from seeing the torch until their engines were less than a quarter of a uwle apart. The onIglnes came to a halt in front of the station les* than a car length apart. WINTER SEVERE AS IN OLD DAYS Records Show That Climate Is No Milder Now Than Years Ago The poptaiar Indict that the "old fashioned" winter Is passing that the winters ar.- becoming more mild and ilist snows are leap frequent and net as deep as they were several years ago Is an illusion if the government weather reword* are a.cuptrd as an suthorHy for the *i*lva«.‘nt. Weather statlutirs for !mllunu|sdls show thatxhute bus been little departars from the average mean temperuiura of the winter month* from 1861 to 1833. The snowfall although I It has been heavy In sum.- year and ■ llgiil In others maintains an average

that shows no rudleal decrease. A» a niaMvr of fait there waa mor*’ more wnow in the ten year period end ina with the winder of 1»2I M than tn any- ten-yrar porlotl in the la.t thirty years. f Tan-Vear Records xfn the ten-year period ondlna with lust winter there were seventy eon'aeeutlve days on which there were ithree or more Inehes of snow on the around, althouitb the previous <e» year porlod .hows only fift>»l*« aecutlva days with the same nmount *of snow on the around. The tenyaur pvriod prior U» that Utue

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'even less when there were only fortyfive consecutive days with three inches more of snow on the ground It has been the belief of almost every generation that the winters are moderating. The young man of today who was a boy fifteen year's ago remembers the "old-fashioned" ters, while mother and dad talk of the "gtxxl old-fashioned” winters. In fact no one can stajt an argument by asserting that the winters are becoming more mild for it is generally accepted as a self-evident truth. As early as 1781 Thomas Jefferson observed that a change of climate was taking place, and that the winters were moderating. He >vrote in his “Notes on the State of Virginia?' first published in 1778. tin- following: "A change in our. climate, however is taking place very sensibly. Both heats and colds are becoming much more moderate within the memory even of the middle aged. Snows are less frequent and less deep. They do not often lie below the mountians more than one. two or three days, and very rarely a week. They are remembered to have been formerly frequent .deep and of long continuance. The elderly inform me the earth used to be covered with snow about three months in every year". In explaninjf- “why most persons labor* under the misapprehension that the winters are getting warmer and that there is less snow. J. H. Arming ton, meteorologist at the United States weather bureau, said that the cold winters are forgotten sin. e there is nothing characteristic about them to make them stand out in memory. He also pointed out that i nthe old days the rail fences caused snow to bank more and remained on -the roads longer. The traffic of today has multiplied a good -many times over that of several years ago, and the snow js soon pushed off or beaten down on the roads. ATTENDANCE IN

SCHOOLS GOOD 97.7 Per Cent Os Children Os School Age In State Go.To School ’ The monthly report to the utate botyil of by the 159 attendance officer* of Indiana show that in the school year ,gs 1922-23, 97 per cent of al) the children under compulsory school age (7-16 years) attended school. The distribution iu the various classes of sc bools were , as follows; Public schools 489.335 , Parocdiial schools 47.197 Private schools 692 Institutional 555 Total 535.079 The !<-.< ai officers were fairly suece»afu*. in their efforts to account or every child of compulsory school age. The^tabulation of their reports allow many children were unable to attend school because of mental or physic-ini unfitness. Others were re leased from school to enter Industry. All of the latter had completed the eighth grade with the exception of tour or fivn. In such cases, the children were udeaaed under order of the Juvenile court as provided for iu the Compulsory" School Law, Section 5, Acts 1921. Indiana Is not unlike others states in she pgoaesMMt families who move about leaving no address. Although the attendant e officers tried to “trail" them. In order that the children might lose as little school as possible, it seemed an almost impossible thing to do. The out of school groups were as follows: t'mlasslflcd & migrating 38«« Physic lai unfltm-'S s*''>n Entering industry ... 3860 Tofal 12.594 1922 21 In school ’ 539,335 Out Si bool 13.594 Total 550.5J9 The Hltendame officers a<cording to-their records made 169.379 vlslslsl to homes. schools, and plaeM of In- j dusiry. Through! their efforts 72.339 < boys and girls were kept In sc-bool. ] Os this number 49.739 were under I the age of 14. From correspondence, personal inquiry,,and from the report of court cases which each officers made to the* state bocc'd. lha atteu , dance division was able to classify | the children who were attendance problems as follows: I. Those disliking school: The ■xcuac was given in ttoiße cages that they dedvd to Work a *few ''loft ' home" for a brief time rather than go to r'hool: .< vor.it "thnmlened" to ■take* their life if forced into school; juthriw married, thereby, escaping 1 r - I

school attendance, 2. Those who were counted mils- I utjees by the teachers: some of these i were incorrigibles and delinquents. In : such cases the Juvenile courts were given authority to care for them. I 3. Dlsvouraitod pupils: They were I not able to keep pace with the "bright- ] er” pupils, thus th»y became discour- I aged and "dropped out." 4. Physicial defective children: I Some had had teeth; others had dis- I eased tonsils, aduoids, etc. There I were also many cripples in this tluss. I There were ways of healing the form- I er hut the latter (lass were more dis- I ti» tilt since Indiana has no adequate I place to care for them. >1 5. Socially handicapped: tai moth I erlesH girls with the responsibility I of a home and younger brothers and I sisters; lb) young children with one I of both parents dependent upon them I illness and proverty; (c) 1 children of divorced parents; (d) I children abandoned by one or both I parents and no relatives believing I themselves financially aide to care I for them; (e) eighth grade graduates I living a long distance from high I school, no transportation furnished I and family too poor to pay expense 1 of schooling away from home. I 6. Parents who claim relingious ob- I jections to the public high school, and I for this reason refuse to permit their I children to attend .- I The child who is handicapped by JI any one of the circumstances men- I tioned above, is the saddest, most I difficult, and most expensive atty-n-11 dance problem. It the state should | act along the line oX least resis-|1 tance, then child labor and child de-11 Unqnency will continue. .If the state I of Indiana enforces the compulsory I school attendance law then one agen- I cy becomes constructive in its work I and will gradually assist other social || agen. leg in eliminating the waste in 1 child life. I

Here You Are Here’s your can of the pl M efficient, easy-to-use f / zg polish for all metal 1/ Ji and glass surfaces. /' / 1 comes in parte P rm —I no dust-no v; »te. j Try it on your silverware, nickel ' bathroc-j»4»x(Mres.cut glass mirron, | windo - . , etc. A trial will make you a con ‘snt user. Aik dealer (or Metal, : I joncy bode if you don't find it th. beat |-olish you eVer used.

! — — ■ ■ ..I. ...... ■ ... .. .... -—. ■ . == ■ One Week ONLY Starting Sat., Jan. 12 I Big Reduction on U. S. Tires We are going to give you an opportunity to buy large size tires at | greatly reduced prices. You see special prices quoted quite often on i Ford sizes, but we are going to give the larger tire user a chance to save j . money on tires. We will also have reductions on smaller sizes. | 25% Reduction 25% ( !We Have All Sizes In Stock 90x3 to 37x5 in. | I Usco Tread Nobby Tread -- 0. J. Tread -- Royal Cord | I Buy your tires now—the prices we quote will be less than g you can buy them later on. I , ——— ■■■■. ■— ’ 1 11 A 1921 AUTOMOBILE PAINTING SEASON ! I in on find wi ,z arc rondy now Io rvpniM your cur mid huvt* rctidy 1 for March or April delivery. I Porter & Beavers for. First and Muaroe Streets I‘horw 123 I !!■——»» I I I I ■■■!

The Juvenile courts of the state have cooperated rti a most helpful manner, it is through the courts that a great number of the social problems

z Mr, James Brown'who has just graduated and completed a three year college course in Electric Engineering and is an Associate Member of The Institute of Radio Engineers, and in addition to having spent years in Electric Work, will in the future have charge of our Electrical and Radio Departments. We have a large stock of Radio Equipment, the dependable kind. Complete machines ready to install in your home. Radio supplies to repair or build your own set. Our house wiring department is complete. Electric supplies for all needs. ' A We have a complete line of Electrical Chandeliers and House from the lowest to the highest priced. Lamps of all kinds and styles for your selection. Buying in the large volume we do, always assures you of the lowest possible price. When you are ready to shop for any item in the Electric line, let us show you. ffo. iroiz ■■• «•■** <•

i! are solved. I It is recognized flint the hclhiolk in i Indiana have always played their part, i < in the training of better youth, fol

here they are trained in habits of cleanliness, respect for persons, property and the law. These are the fanir dameutais <>f good citizenship.