Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Publlahakl Evary Evanlni Excapt Bunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Pres, and Bua. Mgr. I. W. Kainpe—Vice-Prea. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holthouse—Sec’y. and Bua. Mgr. Entered at the Poatofflca t»t Decatur Indiana aa aecond ciaaa matter. BubacripUoa Rataa Single copies > cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Tear, by carrier 15.00 One Month, by mall 85 cents Three Months, by mall 81.00 Six Months, by mall 81.75 One Year, by mall 83.00 One Year, at office 83.00 (Prices quoted are within first and aecond tones. Additional postage added outside those tones.)

Advertising Rataa Mads known on appllaatloa. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 112 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg.. New York City N. T. Life Bldg, Kansas City, Mo There is just one way to get back to normalcy and that is through the church. That’s not original. It has been spoken by the greatest business men, statesmen, bankers and phllosoday and you owe it to yourself, your phcrs of the world. Tomorrow is Sunfamily. your community, state and nation to go to church. Sunday is a day of rest and your physical body needs relaxation as well as your spiritual body. Give it some thought.' • One of our readers sends us a copy of the infamous editorial printed in * the Berne Witness following the death of Mr. Wilson, says the manager t thinks he is smarter than any president of the United States and asks ' us to publish it. We prefer not to reprint such a biimli of mis-statements ’ as were contained in the editorial, evidently aimed as an attack against Mrs. Wilson. We long ago decided not to be surprised at any thing which appeared in the Witness for if they think it <an be turned to polftical ad- ■ vantage they have no respect for any , one or any position. We believe such u soften and senseless editorial will nauseate all decent people and that ' it is unworthy of further discussion. . We regret that some difficulties have arisen concerning the routing of the Harding Highway through the ' central part of the state and that because of the fact that several proposed routes have been played one against the other in onjj-r to raise ' more funds Mr. Stone has been forced to resign as field secretary. Th*projec t Is a big one, a good one and - of great bene fit to those communities through which it will pass. There sec-ms to be no question about Decatur, or Huntington. the competition for the- road arising west of the latter place. Those* in charge of the- Improvement arc* high class men and there* Is not the leait doubt that all matters will be adjusted and the Work will proceed during the year. —airi'-i; As the investigation looking to the cause of the Fortville* wreck a week ago prove*.-cis it develops that the block system has not been working < for over a month and that the fire extinguisher wu* empty, certain ovi- j <!• nev off eare-h-ssncHs on some ofte'x , part Aa a result a campaign Is nnw I . «n tn Insist upon detailed In pcetton • which means ■ Urge fort , of mH at ’ Mtty pay «r.d , IIUII . overhead. it may , la* alright and If that's the only way ( to prevent a repltltlon of such in a* ci- ■ , d. nt cd course, it's tho tiling to do. but ' it se.m M that the prenext corp* yf. | finals could take care of f!agr, Bl [ lotions of law In away which would make it more effective and wit host adding another department of ln*p«*clion. We won't be able to rvdnee tuxes If we always excuse* official* and add departments. ""■■J l™ 1 '!. ..... I' Th* supreme* court has held the now automobile* license law un.onstl tntlomil and Secretary of State* Ed Jackson has Issu.-d orders to the suhofflves to arc opt the* old fees for new j|< c-na*> plates. The* ruling will be received with much satisfaction over

state state for while the decision w*i upon a technical point there is a gen erel feeling that the increased license (yes were too high being about double the fees In Illinois, Ohio and other states of the central west. Another complaint against the new law as well as tho old one is the fact that every dollar of the money thus raised goes to the state highway commission. We believe in a state highway commission and believe that board should have sufficient money with which to carry on their work but it is certainly unfair to take all of the money and then ask a county like ours to keep the 700 miles of improved roed in first class condition with less than 8100.000. We are being punished for having been progressive and only a fair law will stand the test of time. Tlie road question is one of our biggest ones for the future and road laws

should be equitable and fair. A part of the* license money and a part of the gasoline tax should be returned to the counties from which taken and that part should be from one-half to threefourths. Any way your license th!*year is the same as last and that helps some. - — o Jt' M Banana Skins Qne is, hankering for gold You didn't earn,—* Going after it with a gun.— Bad floor burn! Takes fifteen years to heal it up With prison acap; And maybe you will I>e assisted With a rope. Another’s winkin' at the girls Away from home; Man, you need to watch your step Whene'er you roam; No one pqj-s attention to you — ff you stand. But if you fall, the; crowd goes wild To see you land. Another's tryin' to outwit * Your Uncle Sam. i ’’Bout as well hope to deceive . "The Great I Am." * Your Uncle has two-hundred-twenty-11 Million eyes, i And inlcrosopes and telescopes.. He's pretty wise. Another's tryin’ to Is* over Popular. , Lot* of folks an* hurrying " To catch that car! Can’t all be* first! Selfishness’s One of the sins That’s apt to spoil your chances like Banana skins. —A. D. Burkett. - - it NEW CHICAGO STATION TO BE FINISHED IN 1925 Chicago. (By United Pre**).— ]' The new union passenger station of Chicago will be opened early in IMS. This estimate* is made* lifter a survey of the* work that remains to hr done. Ground *aa broken nearly nine years ngo. Total coat of the atation probably will exceed 890.000.0(10. The project inc ludes acres of train sheds, miles of track* and a monumental building which will contain a small city in Itself. Striking features of the gigantic new station include a modern jail for the detention of prisoners awaiting transportation. Travelers religiously Inc-ltnod will find a chapel that wMI always be open to worshiper*. The Station will also have a morgue. Horne idea of the striictures' vast, nos* may be gained from the tact that the lobby of the* concourse with the Subway under Uanal street will form a single room Soo feet long and iso pet wide, it will join a waiting room 159 fest ions and 100 feet wide. Llm4 stone* blocks for the station are all tut at the* quarries and are numbered so that they may be swung into place without delay. The whole structure has been handled without Interrup tlon of a single train. Joshua D’lS* poslto Is chief engineer. Min. Wallace Dead ■■II—I Peru. IndolFebruary s Mrs. Florebcu Fuller Wallace, age seventy, died Friday of apoplexy, after having been 111 for some time. Um Was the widow of Benjamin K. Wallace, known for many y«*r* as the groat* eat siiigl*. owner of clreu<u<* in America,

DECATDR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1921.

IS “““uo. ■ ■ ‘ The People’s Voice ie Express Appreciation ■r Sebring, Fla. II Editor Demo* rat: y Dear friends in and around Decatur. We have this method of expressK Ing to you dear people are grateful e apreciation and heartfelt thanks, durI- ing the sickness and death of our J father, Reuben Beery, for the letters of condolence that have been written to us. They have helped, you will never know how much, to make our Y sorrows lighter, while being so far j away from hnme. We want to make I special mention of the G. K. friends ( who so kindly expressed their sympathy through their floral gifts. We r never will forget the beautiful flowers i they gave 4 years ago when we laid . our dear mother away. We are slipping away one by one.

Maj- God reward each and every one for their kindness by sending some one else to help you over the hard places In life. MR. and MRS. GEO.BRIGHT and GRETCHEN BEERY. - I Clamp On The Lid Editor Daily Democrat: Jsnt’ it about time we put the damper on that illiterate simpleton who styles himself or herself aa "Mandy"’ We have a certain capacity for wit, fun and humor, but this dialectical nonsense is more than we can •temach since its lack those three esoutit'is so necessary to good cornedy. It has always been our contention I that people should have a voice in I any local paper. But.some people do [not know the eleventh commandment: “If you have nothing to say don’t say ft.” Ent us hare good constructive articles articles that stimulate thought, but let us forever draw the line on these idiots who try to imitinte Abe Martin, but fall short. The sad part of it all is that the person lias suffered himself to believe that his articles are branded as ” clever” “Well written" "Witty" and funny." iJttle does he know that thehverage reader (Adams County has many sensible people) brands his wot# as disgusting >Bd highly nauseating. —The Observing Student o To Open Sugar Camps (United Frcsa Service) Juigrang*-. Ind., Feb. 9—Scores of farmers in Mgrange. Elkhart. Noble. Steuben, and Whitely counties are completing preparations for opening their maple sugar camps. Weather conditions have been favorable this winter for an unusual crop of sap. l-aat years crop of maple syrup sold for 82 a gallon, twice the price of 10 yean ago. Watch Chas. Lamniiman. the bdtler, Feb. 13. School Teachers Warned Against Certain Agents Adams county school teachers have been warned against certain agents who have been working among the school officials of the. state, causing the teachers and officials to I-)-*-* time and money. The following letter from th.* state [department of public instruction was received by M. F. Worthman. superintendent of the Decatur city schools. This office is advised that persons, framllently representing themselves to 4*<- agents fn» certain magazines und engaged in a contest for a schorlarship in a university, have ben working in various parts of the country. Mpeclally among school teachers und official*. A number of touchers In Indiana have lost more or Ices money through patronising these people. We are giving this information to | you that you may pass I' on to youi | teacher* with a warning concerning th** payment In udune ■ for magaxln** subs* rlptlons to anyone who la not known '«* be a buna fide agent for the magazines. The Trade Periodical Service Company (140** Broadway. New York Cityi will b*- very glad to receive any Information that will assist In bring Ing all th** offenders to justice. —— **4>..."i — A good place to eat and buy ypur baked goods. I). & M. Lunch. By Installing a windmill on his root und ton noct ing It with a generator, a resident of East Cleveland. 0., lights his home almost without cost. Th** days of "49" are recalled by th* present oil bvont In Southern California ami fortune* are won and l*r*» between sunrise und sunset. Increase in fatal auto accidents In the United Ktatea indicate 18.090 deaths from this ro*irc**. ntur*- victims than from *wn*-t*r, aw-ordlng to statistic*.

1 600,000 SCOUTS TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Aew York—in connection with the fourteenth anniversary of tho Boy Scouts of America. February 8 to 14. the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York will try to increase the 3,000 scout leaders by at least another thousand. There are now over 23,000 registered scouts in the greater city, and it is estimated that there are at leastJOO.OOO boys of scout age in New York who might Join the movement If there were sufficient leaders. There are now nearly 000,000 boy scouts in the United States and over 3.000,000.000 in the whole world. The forthcoming Boy Scout week will be celebrated all o'ver the United States wherever there Is a Boy Scout troop, and there are over 24.00 U of 1 them, scattered from Maine to Cail-[ fornia. An outstanding feature of the anniversary week will be the pilgrimage hikes to patriotic shrines, birthplaces of famous Americans, anil,

’ historical spots on Tuesday. February 1 1 12. Lincoln's Birthday While the [ scouts of Springfield. 111., are hiking, to Lincoln's tomb, the Boston boys will march to Bunker Hill or the tomb of Paul Revere. Some of the NewYork City scouts will pay their an-1 nual visit to Roosevelt's gras, while i others will hike to a dozen other his-1 toric shrines, a thousand or so scouts i will visit the battleship “ West Virginia", the latest pride of the Navy, at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The scouts of Marion, Ohiti. will make a visit to the tomb of their late friend and benefactor, Waren G. Harding. The scouts of Washington. D. C„ wil sail down 1 the Potomac to the tomb of Washing- 1 ton. at Mt. Vernon. This year the Boy Scouts will lie largely Interested in radio in addtlion to the other activities. So far over forty prominent men including the Chief Scout Executive. James E. West, will broadcast from various stations throughout the United States. in St. Louie on February 8. James K. West, the Chief Scout Executive, will induct 1.0(10 boy* into the Boyi Scout movement. This is the largest number of candidates ever invested at 1 one time aywhere. The ceremonies I will be staged in the coliseum in the presence of 4.000 boy scouts. There are now over 7.5® camps in ( which over 225.000 boys spent from ' | one to four weeks last summer. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ' ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY • < ♦ 1 — ♦!. ♦ From ths Dally Democrat files ♦ ♦ 20 years sgo this day ♦ Feb. 9 —Virgil. 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon of Oregon, dies of scarlet fever at the John Drummond home here. Japanese sink three Russian warships off Port Arthur. Joseph Beery Is visiting in Bluffton. F. E. France returns to Muskogee. Okla,, after a visit here. Frank Davis given contract for Aumlller ditch for $485. Marguerite Fristoe is ill with gastric fever. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Durkin are visiting in Fort Wayne Fire at Baltimore covered 75 blocks and loss is placed at’ 829M.000.M0 Dor<- B. Erwin and daughter artvisiting at Portland. Janies McDonald, teamster, arrested on charge of murdering Mias Schafer at jledford, IJUHTkIN(| docs not scare the ‘ man who ba* taken out a Light ulug Insurance Policy with <>or j company. He know* that any ( damages will b*< promptly paid, i Putting It off may put you In a | b«’le x . ’* We protect your family against "I loss of life or property. *' Suttles-Edwards Co. *1 'Arthur Suttles, Bac'F. ,* lheatur. Ind'ann i- - *

’World Not Getting r Worse; Merely Bigger Indianapolis. Feb 9 —Soeial activities and pleasurable pursuits of pre ' aent-dny ’young people are no worse .’than those of the young of 50 years 'ago, merely different, in lite opinion P 'of Thomas R. Marshall, former vice--president of the United States and .'now a practicing attorney of Indian- . a polls. Nor is the world getting worse. It's merely growing bigger, kicking off the lid so that Its people know more and ' . see'more, Mr. Marshall believes. "Much complaint is being uttered on all haftds about the conduct of the young," Mr. Marshall asserted. “I (don’t know that it's any worse thag [the conduct of the young of my day.' I only different. Hilt if there be any I wrong, it is not vlsciousness. It is lack of painstaking education start- ’ ing In the home, followed up In the school and rounded out in some’Wd- [ fashioned college." i A graduate of Wabash College, : Crawfordsville, a halt century ago and 'now honorary national chairman of the college's financial campaign fora million dollars. Mr. Marshall is strong advocate of colledge education that I “sees to it that young people do not | take their chance in life until they J are ready to meet the hazards of the) of the future." "It must be perfectly apparent to. every man that the really important thing in life is education" Mr. Marshall continued. "Th*’ affect of training on individual, economic and political life is all compelling. What you i put Into the young man's mind, if it lie the wrong thing, will inevitably come out tn after life. "Now. I don’t pretend to speak about what ought to be. because I am myself a victim of the educational methods of Wabash College. It may be that the old order in the Republic : ought to be overthrown; it may b** that the only warning in th** business world should be the grand Jury; , it may beThat there should be no distlwction between liberty anil license.' but there isn't anybody in the world that could convince me of the truth of these things nor change my views. “I was trained to believe in progress, but was told to proceed in the middle of the road. Consequently. I have no patience with either the despot or the demagogue. 1 was trained to believe that in the business affairs of HL* I ought to be an auto-1 ■ " 1— . ■* * ■■■ '■ * *l,

Some Do Some Pont It’s Best To Ask Them All! « 11 h •" • THE NEWSPAPER MAN IN CHURCH A PREACHER, at the close of one of his / sermons, said: “Let all in the house who are paying their debts stand up.” Presently every man. woman and child, with one exception, rose to their feet. x The preacher seated them and said: “Now. let every man not paying hip debts stand up." The exception, n careworn, hungry-looklng Individual, clothed in last . summer's suit, slowly assumed a perpen. dioular oosition. “How is It, my friend." asked the minister. "that you are the only one not able to meet hie obligations?" . “I run a newspaper," he answered meek- , . ly. "and the brethren her* w*>9 efnnd up are my subscribers and—" "Let ue pray," exclaimed the minister. y a Have You Paid Your Subscription « to the DECATUR DAILY DEMODRAT? Nus Said!

-malic citizen, that my machinery .'ought to run In accordance with the moral cods instead of being started by legislative cranks. 1 was taught to thing that the worst law was infinite-j )y better than the wises mob in other words. 1 was taught to believe that 1 he unit of society, of business and of the state was the individual and that, therefore, the proper conception by the individual of the rights, and the corresponndlng duties. Io society was of the very highest moment. I was also tuaght milk was for babies and meat for strong men." — o TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN In regards to the delinquent taxes 'listed in my name. I wish to state, that the description of property [ should have been listed in the name, 'of the purchaser. I make this statement for the benefit of the public qf d in justice to myself. C. E. SULLIVAN. B—s_s—WANT ADS EARN—B—B—»| ■ ■ „■ "" •. 1

Just A Few Years Away something of unexpected importance may come into your life. You may need ready money—your savings may change your whole life. Will you be prepared? How much SIOO, or SIOOO may- do for you in a few months hence no one can tell. It may pay off a mortgage on your home, or establish your home, or help you to meet some misfortune, or give you a start in business. Systematic, regular deposits in a Savings Account is the way. Now is the time to begin. WE PAY 4'i ON SAVINGS. The Peoples Loan & Trust Co. “BANK OF SERVICE”

From Food To Dry Cleaning Quality is better in anything. The FARR WAY is the Quality when it conies to Dry Cleaning. DECATUR LAUNDRY I '