Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 15 February 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Fubllahfd Every Evening ExctpS Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H Heller—Pre*, and But. Mgr I. W. Kampe—Vlce-Prea. & Adv. Mgr A. R. HolthouM—Sec'y. and Bus. Mcr. Entered at the PostoSlce at Decatur Indiana aa second class matter. Bubacrtptloa Rates Single copies I cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Tear, by carrier *6.o< One Month, by mall 16 cent* Three Months, by mail Sl.tM Six Months, by mat! sl.?< One Year, by mail 13.00 One Year, at office *3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage ad ded outside those sonea) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representative Carpenter A Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. T. Life Bldg, Kansas City. Mo Nineteen hundred twenty-four is known as "lx-ap Year" and if we will all work together, put our shoulders to the Wheel. promote and entourage what is good, wo can make a few leaps i for Decatur anti this splendid com- i munity. i As a resident of the county, you ( want to know what's going on and happening 'round home, what improve j nients are being made, what you can , obtain for produce or livestock at the ( local market and the best way to keep ( posted on these events and affairs is j to l»e a daily reader of the county pa- ( per Renew your subscription now t to the Dally Democrat. t . Ua Two health nurses from Indiana universify will sent to this county next week to give what assistance and advice they hav H at their disposal for the benefit of tbo • who wi .li to take it. One way of avoiding sickness Ilea in the prevention of It and the purpo«e of the nurses' visit boro will be to tell and,advise their audlcgrc to do this. They should l»» given a cordial welcome by the pcopl" of Adam scounty. It seems that what Ac stale needs ins a few offitials who know the law or who have enough common sense and ba, iness ability to investigate the' constitutionality of a law which affects most |»‘opje before they try to enforce V. Even then, some of the • present official i persist in disobeying the fundamental laws, forbidding -cmltexxlem-nt. larceny and other crimes. Anyway the publie is lead tn believe that if Hiram Johnson In el«ct»<d presl p d'-nt that Io- will not appoint Duugtow ty, Ih-iiby and Fall to his «abip<<t I'rvss dispel* l»-s stateyfcat Oner al Hawes has Worked out a >Un io "aeve Germany." If that has been accomplisltcd he had better hurry b»m> ' and try to rescue Aiii.rhn from the , grip of the oil men. » After all that has been brought to ] light in the oil scandal, the war voter | ans' bureau aad tnaay other steals I and forms of corruption in our na 1 tlonal government, a r<al attorney-]] general would not find it hard to I prosecute all the caacs he wanted ta. R My. what a shnme that the loqntryM must put up with AUomry Gotteralll I'augherty and waft tar him te n il «lgn. fl ’’re m,. nl f,»,Hig. in w , |. lh ,„| n l day tnessag,. K ,. w v „ rfc ■ "" was m, xtamrefl I" stand he u « • l-rlnglnu to )( , Il Hume Os his mmrtmra. wb „fl might m „ny w M y p.. „ )|)( J oil leasing mamtal and other whetm-t'fl Dtit It lm.ks a, if west,| b , r „ omnbiy all the attorlhry* m the <o U n J try Io help ( lean up the n,< i, Toe deadllm for Kling your IMS Immiie tax report Is March IMh It you fall to get the report In the matla by flint dale your are liable lo a fltw< and a term of imprisonment. Fur the 1 cuiHch'<nc«! of heal taxpayer* who

—*• «I s <«»■ . I . mis u si—a W- ■w »I u.———»■ — i ■ wish sdvtce in the matter, a representative of the department of revenue will be in this city from February 16th to Wednesday. February 20th, iq elusive and alltho.se who are required to file a report are Invited to make use of Ills services. The democratic editors of the state in session yesterday endorsed tltn can didacy of Senator Samuel M. Ralston for the Democratic nomination for president. His name will be presented to the national*convention by the Indiana delegation. Although not a formable contender for the nomina tion, many believe that Senator Raisston will loom as the outstanding candidate when the convention opens. Senator Ralston Is snfe, tins good business judgment. Is honest and his reccord as governor of Indiana stands •mt as one of the most successful and progressive of any governor in recent years. Let no American worry about hot versify will be sent to this county next There is a great and growing profession in the United States in which almost anyone willing to work can ■ Ind a place, in which salaries are fixed and guaranteed bp law, in which promotion tends to become more and more automatic and dismissal more and more difficult. Tbe story of the last tew years of government growth is well known. Just before we entered the war ia I 91« there were <33,057 names on the federal payroll. War proved the great-1 eat stimulus to government growth i at all and the bureaucracy reached Its maximum siz e in 1913, when it 1 employed 917,760 persons. Most of. these, of course, were temporary cm ployees, but apparently there is no •uch thing as shrinkage of the federal payroll to the pre war stae. for*tliere arc still over half amlllion gqvern-

IMG i Tire and Accessory | SALE - SAT. FEB. 16 We are offering tires ami acccssdrips al big reductions, and everybody is assured of real bargains. (Lome ami fill your tire Heeds now. ; Oa-duroy (Lord Miller j I’jsk SiKertowii (Lonl a We are moving Io (Im old lliverftidc Garage in a short lime and will appreciate a visit from you. Stepler Bros Opposite later urban Station Give Your Dollars A Chance to Multiply Cultivating flowers and dollars is much alike. Nature gives us flowers, by cultivation they yield beautiful blooms and new seeds by which they multiply. By work wc earn dollars, and like the flower* if we care for them they yield interest each year and in time double themselves. LffriLS CARE FOR YOUR - DOLLARS AT THIS BANK The Peoples Loan & Trust Co. "BANK OF SERVICF*

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■ them employees.—Tlte Nation's Busi- ; ness. o — *♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ From the Dally Democrat fllee ♦ ♦ 20 years aqo thia day • »«•*♦«*«♦•**«* Feb. 15 Pat Touhey pleads guilty to forgery and Is sentenced to state reformatory. Senator Marcus A. Hanna, fit!, who made MicKinley president, dio* a.: Washington of typhoid fever. W. A. Lower opens insurance office buying ap-nices of C. K. Bell, I). B. Erwin, and I’. M. Schirmeyer. C. N. Christen and Wai Wemhoff In itiated into Knights of Columbus order at Fort Wayne. Mr. ijnd Mri>. Noah Merica observe 50th weding anniversary. Bob .Miller celebrates 27th birth day with party at home south of town. Mr*. J. W. Tyndall entertains for Miss Katherine Miesse. Frank Foreman of Bel ne is hero on business. Noah Brandyberry and wife of Boulder, Colorado arg visiting relatives. Muncie Meadow Golds Defeated Berne Five Portland, Feb. 15.—The Muncie Meadow Golds defeated the Herne Independents here Wednesday night. 30 to 16, after trailing in the first half. In to 13. After the slow opening period the Muncie team hit a fast pace in the last half and out-classed the Berne team, which fail'd to score from the field in this perlofrt. i Field Goals by , “Eagle Eye" Pete The Basketball World gave he Decatur high eagers honoralc m-n-

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■ tion again this M'oek. Aad we're think ing they deserve it. ( The Big Tou named by the World t . tliis week is Anderson. Herford. Shelbyville. Muncie. Ricli Vincennes. Franklin. Blooming / ton. Jeff.( Lafayette). I'nlon Center, by virtue of Rs ■ , triumph In the Wells county tourney. , | iippliinted Liberty Center in tin I honorable mention column. Tonight's game with Kendallville will be an eventful contest for at least five I). 11. 8. eagers. It will bo their last home appearance in the Purple and Gold basketball uniforms. They I are Catain liorwin. LammimanJ Steele .White and Farr. Lets give them a rousing farewell and show them w<- appreciate wiiat they h» ■o | done for their alma mater. The lights in the high sclmol gyin | have been removed from their ng in the celling and suspended a f< w inches .increasing greatly the amount of light on the (low. A commendable | improvement. A week from tomorrow Mr. I. H. S. I A .A. speaks again and broadcasts the 1 schedules for the district tourneys. ! A square deal to all Is' premia d. I That’s all we ask. Fanny Fanettc says that If those Senior boys ciin shoot goals tonight as well as they produced laughs in the class play Wednesday and Tiinrsday nights. Kenditilville will get SOME J drubbing. ONLY THIRTEEN MORE DAVS | I WE DELIVER Full-0 Pep and Other Kinds of Poultry Feeds. iankatre Beef Scrap, Hay Corn Straw COKE None Better CO A L Kentucky Virginia E. E. ZIMMERMAN Phones 233—337

GIGANTIC PRICE - SACRIFICE OF HIGH GRADE Home Furnishings at the Gay, Zwick & Myers I FURNITURE STORE Starts to-inorrow Morning at 9 o’Clock Sharp Don i Miss This Golden Opportunity to • Save Big Money on Furniture 11-n.l W■■ ■ II r—— —- ,_**-“*

until the fvn begins. f Word (drifted Iwck eastward 'today that Gordon ’Squire" Ej)g’’’’. captain Os the 11122 D. 11. S. football team and an all-state tackle the same

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II Your Wife Is Away Ahead Os You! xF./ Io silling down for tin evening of Bridge -- or in helling out lor a Rew Spring Hal ;w usual, the women of Decatur tire away ahead ol then 1 hushant's. / Here il is nearly March anti hundreds ol / gjufeab IDec.tlttr Belli r Ihtlvi s ate wearing the same old Winter <(iiarlers when the women folks were fealttring fruit anti dowel's in January. 'f (iet into action, Men here are the Hats I'/ from Portis \ / -.A $5.00 I ,d N< w Sjtnng Caps J New Milk Hose I March Skirl Palhrns PortiS Hats I "Where the best is uwn TotwiyT’Ayfxii Go J 25rrrc-/? clotuss rojf Less J money-always- x • DECATUR • INDIANA •

I year, has Joined the city police force in los Angles. California. If Squire gets bis man as a copper us well as

BASK ETBALL TONIGHT KENDALLVILLE vs. D. H. S. I ist home game of the season lor 1). 11. S„ and Insl an. .....n-anee bes ore the home fans for Captain Deane Doi win, "Dizzv" Steele. "Greenie” Lammiman, Bud White and Karr "its wearers of the Purple mid Gold. Let's make tlu ir lasi game one to be remcinhered. Prices: 35 & 50 cents. I’reliniinai-y, 7 p. m. School Children, 25 cents. Bl M game at Xp. ni . . —

he did as a Yellow j ßvkl . t they'll probably have to enlarge q l( ' city hostile before many month.