Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1924 — Page 1

Number 110.

ED JACKSON PILES UP A BIG MAJORITY

Blight Vote Is Feature Os Primary In Adams County

(fine weather I KEPT FARMERS |l AT THEIR WORK [■S<‘ver;il (lose And Interest- | ing Contests; RecordI er’s Race Hottest | MARGIN OF 49 VOTES ! ■Several Ballots Spoiled In | Election; Committees I Meet Saturday ■II The smoke is clearing alter ■llx battle of battles yeslenl.iv, Kn.l today those who delight in K study of figures are working (■ml ills) how it happened. A of the primary election |Hivis the very light vole cast in ■h, coiintv and the state, due IK, i haps as much as anything to |K|ii fact it was a perfect day for farmers who arc not wast|Bil, a minute of lime just at this Ken son. ■■ In i!ii< county the democratic vote the lightest ever cast consider|SnL’ ill. fact that with the women xotthe total shonld be doubled A which Rives some id.a. h. had in th > race for prose, nt The total vote yesterday w;. c while two years ago for tie■uu- office. 3.936 were cast, a di: tice of nearly 1.000. In 192". at general election. 7597 votes w.-r. rye Mime count, nod fc.'U:? v--9B Th.- republican vote In Adams was also very light although ■ canvass had been macle in a mini (■u- of district and there were s.-xei . ..r.t. is for committee man and d The highest vote cast was (■he president, the total being 1 1 1!< of h Mr. Coolidge received 1 I'd.' |Bn the onlv contest for countv office, Mr Hawkins won over Mt tM>n 774 to 260. In north Pr.-U.c-one republican vote was cast ■ Th., retu-ns came In as early as S (Continued on Page Five) (school board I BUTS FURNACE ■Buy Plant For South Ward: Expect Changes In Teaching Corps H A cast Iron, tubular furnace with |Ma fan blast system In connection. ■ *••* purchased last night by the city ■school hoard, to lie Installed in the ■ South Wk rd t>hool building The ■ purchase was made through the Adi ■ baticher Tin Shop, of this city The 9 fan blast system is guaranteed to ■save nearly twenty per cent of th" ■ '""I bill. It U said The old heating ■ I'lant at the Routh Wur.f building is ■worn out. It Is said The new hat ■ ■"* plant will tie Installed us soon ns ■*c hoed rinses. 8 To Increase Salary ■ Eve ry school teacher in the < |tv ■ will receive an increase of |f>" pet ■ year In salary, according to action ■ taken by the school hoard last night ■ The principals warn each given a ■ three year contract, also. (There will Im a few changes made In the teaching corps of the city ■ "I* this year. It is said, and I school board last night considered n ■ number of applicants forth., expert ■ e«| vacancies The board Is not ready 1 ■ tn announce what vacancies will , I occur, but expects to lake action at . ■ the next meeting, on May 13. to- ■ ward filling the vacancies. I The school hoard last night rm I bloved I* a Hammond, one of the I Janitors at the high school building ■ summer custodian of the city ■ school grounds an I to do repair work I at the various buildings. ■ The schools are preparing for their E (Continued on Page Three)

DECATUR J)A ILY DEMOCRAT

Oklahoma Democratic. Delegates Uninstructed — Oklahomn City, May 7.—The Oklahoma delegation to the democratic national convention will be uninstructI ed, the state convention here decided last night. The state meeting, however, adopted a resolution indorsing the candidacy of William (I. .McAdoo. Scott Ferris, former congressman, and McAdoo, opponents, was elected national committeeman. START WORK ON IL B= CHURCH SOON Last Service In Old Building In Present Location Will Be Held Sunday On next Sunday, the congregation of the United Brethren church will | hold their last services in the old , church building, corner of Madison ] and Ninth street, before it is moved, to the rear of the lot to make room for the new and modern buildlig. construction work on which will begin at once. Sunday will lie known as "Cush Hay” in the church. .also, the members and frlenda making a cash offering to be applied on the expense, of building the new church. A special farewell to the old church in Its present location will be given anti a service appropriate to the new order of things will be given. Every friend and member of the congregation is urged to attend the services and mWa Fa 4BRW!BiWTHWWcFThe old church building will be moved to the rear of the lot next week and work on the excavation for the new building will be started at once. The cornerstone laying services likely will be held on June S, with Dr. J. M. I’hillipl. csiitor of The Telescope. United Brethren church paper. of Dayton, Ohio, giving the addrew. Net contract for the construction of the church was let by the building committee. Instead, an overseer was employed to take charge of the conatruetion. A Mr. Rickies, of Warsaw., has bee n employed as overseer He .CnnUn.iHl on Pwve sir'

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SEEK ORNAMENT STREET LIGHTS ON MONROE ST. — Petitions Ask For Lights From River Bridge To Railway Tracks REST ROOM DISCUSSED Woman's Club Committee Asks City To Take Over Public Rest Room Following In (.’"se succession to the other petitions for oruani.' i ntal street lights, property owners on Monroe street, west of the Monroe street bridge to the Pennsylvania railroad tracks between Seventh and Eighth streets, filed a petition with .the city council last night, for ornaJ mental lights on that street. . Besides individual property owners and firms, the trustees of both the | St. Mary's Catholic congregation and the Methodist Church congregation signed the petition. Both congregations own much propertv on Monroe street and will be among the heaviest assessed. The petition was referred to the street and sewer committee and in all probability will be favorably acted ' upon. However, the posts will not be installed this year as several other J petitions for posts were filed ahead _of it. Auiunji Uut urtltimis auJHr for . ' ornamental light posts nre. Mercer Avenue. Adams street. North and South Thrid street. Ninth street and one or two others. To Install light Posts The ornamental posts on Fourth | street, from Marshall to Adams and ! Icm Madison street, from Third to Seventh street, will be installed at once. The electric light committee ordered the (Kists on these two I streets placed along the curb as petiJ tinned for bv the property owners. I The cable is on the grounds and the posts have been ordered. Forty 'posts will be installed on Fourth tConHmiecl On Pave Four)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 7, 1924.

Tickets Nominated In Primary Election In County Tuesday DEMOCRATIC TICKET Representative in Congress j John A. M. Adair. £.458. State Representative Adams and Wells Counties Thurman Gottschalk, 2.156. Judge Adams Circuit Court Dore B. Erwin. 1,938. Prosecuting Attorney John T. Kelly. 1.780. County Auditor Marlin Jaberg, 1.436. County Recorder Ed Green. 1.439. County Treasurer Louies Kleine. 2111. County Sheriff John Baker, 2332. County Coroner Dr. L L, Mattox. 2031. County Surveyor Dick Boch. 2263. x Commissioner. 2nd Dist. B. F. Breiner, 1999 Commissioner, 3rd Dist. George Shoemaker. 1.924. REPUBLICAN TICKET Representative in Congress Albert H. Vestal. (Total vote in district not obtainable) Judge Adams Circuit Court Jesse C. Sutton. 1940. Prosecuting Attorney Feed I. IJtterer, 786. State Representative R. O. Elston. 728. County Akditor Don Teeple. 85(5. Coimt W. W. Hawkins, 774. County Treasurer 11. V. Aurand. S-'O). County Recorder FYed M. Elxey. 842. County Coroner S. E Black. 856 County Surveyor Thomas T. Rawley. 817. Commiesioner, 2nd Dist. Sim Burk. 813. Commissioner, 3rd Dist. William Farlow. 768. x (For total vote of competing candidates, majorities and (duralitles see table below )

CATHOLIC HIGH PUPILS STAGE HUMOROUS Pl AY — “Merchant Os Venice Up-To-Date" Proves Highly Entertaining LARGE AUDIENCE The Characters Os Shakespeare’s Play Transplanted In Modern Times Numbered among the season's most i entertaining and well staged home talents, was "The Merchant of Venice Up-to-date." which was produced last night at the high school auditorium, by the pupils of the Decatur Catholic jiigh school. The large audience wlNf'fr Jilled the auditorium, was kept in a continuous uproar of laughter as the various characters wh!< h had been so vividly pictured eV Shakespeare in by-gone days, were ’rans- • planted to modern times and mao “ to re-exist in our present day mannerisms. Quite the same as of old. there was ‘Portia with all her grace and beauty; Ner'ssa. her friend and boon companion; Shylock, rich in gold and flendishness; Bassanio. gallant suitor of Portia's who chose from the three caskets and won his love; Antonio, friend of Bassanio and the object of shrewd Shylock's threats; and the <UMV others -wiui MO Au make uh Jjuu storv of the real "Merchant of Venice.” Scene On College Campus The modern version of the play <>n a college <ainpus. where i members of the cast were t .intents and the majority of the boys football ' players as well. Th 1 plot of the rtory • followed very cloudy that originated i by the great himself. I’or.ia was a daughter of a wealthy t man. who had left a decree at his diuth. whereby ‘he future husband of h!« daughter m'g'it be chosen. There W<l< three cask •'.< (jewel caskets at that) each of whic'i enntlined n set nn pm***

“It’s Time To Plow Corn" Says Bush Today Indianapolis, May 7.—"lt's time to plow corn; I'm going back to the farm,” said Edgar Bush of Salem, candidate for the republican nomlna- | tion for governor. Bush said he luid . ! carried Washington county seven to • one against the field, receiving every vote except one in his home township. COMMITTEES TO NAME CHAIRMEN Precinct Committeemen 1 Elected Tuesday To Meet On Saturday I Both candidates for the republican ' chairman Is the only candidate for the , jority of the precinct committeemen as a result of Tuesday's primary elec- , tion. In nine of the precincts the candidates had opposition and the re- i suits in these precincts are as follows: North Washington. P. M. Carper. 15; George Raudenbush. 16. West Root, J. A. Fuhrman. 41; Dawson f - Suman. 17. North .Kirkland. Ed. L. Arnold. 9; Frank W. StW**. Berne “A." Cfcristiaa Hilty. 27; J. (Continued on i?? c e t w °l BULLETIN John .1. Mayer, age 70. well known resilient of Monroe and formerthe Monroe Hc|M>ner. tiled “if the Adams Coiiiilv Memorial hospital at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Maver had lieeti a patient at the hosoital for the past few weeks, sttlfering from heart trouble anil complications. He was emoloyeil hy the Daily Demoicrat several years ago and until j recently acted in the capacity of I correspondent for this palter at 1 Monrne. He is survived by one «»-n. Eretl Mayer, of Sturgis. Michigan, and one daughter. Mrs. llolhtl Shirk, with whom lie made his home, in Monroe. His wife died several years I ago.

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APPEARS SURE OF NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR McCulloch Holds Lead In Democratic Race For Nomination CRAVENS IS SECOND McCulloch No Likely To Have Majority Over All Other Candidates Indianapolis. May 7 (Special to Daily Democrat) With nearly two-thirds of the 3.1(M» precincts in the Indiana primary election heard from unofficially at noon todav the nomination of Ed. Jackson, klan candidate for the republican nomination for governor, seemed assured. Il was expected his maioritv over the other five candidates in the reitnblican race would be fr<>m l.’t.lMMI to 20 000. In the democratic race Dr. rarllnn McC.ulloeh was leading losenh Cravens, his nearest opjxinonl. by more than 2 to 1. McCulloch, however, did not have a clear maioritv over the other democratic candidates neii'ssary to assure the nomination. luite In the morning as r.-ports from the nouthern part of the state came in Cravens led George Durgan o *. Ijifavete out of second place hy a few' honored votes. He t-.tSA j preference vote stood: f’ooliilg*. 189.61.1; Johnson. 33.408. Reports from 2.405 precincts In the Republican race for nomination for governor gave Jackson 125,486. Shank 51.544. Toner. 36.721. Bitsh. 15.799. Davis. 6.769 and Dwlgerger. 2.079. In 2.427 precincts in the democratic contest for nomination of governor the vole was Mi’Culloch. 64.544. Cravens. 31.056. Durgan. 30.327. Crittenlierger. 22.127, Butt 7.044. Priest. 5.494 and Risk, 4.562. Indianapolis. May 7—(Special to Dully Democrat) —With 2.187 of the (Continued on page two) RALPH M'CRORY EXPIRED TODAY Former Decatur Resident Dies Os Pneumonia At Home In Bluffton Ralph McCrory, age 33. son of John 8. McCrory, of this city, died at his home in llluffton at 4 30 o'clock this morning, following an illness of paeumotiia which la-ted for nearly two weeks, Mr. McCrory was taken 111 two weeks ago tomorrow Itnlfdi McCrory was horn in VanWert county, Ohio, O< tober 3. IH9O He came to Decutur with his parents In 1904 sod lived here until two years ago when he moved to Bluffton. .Mr. McCrory was associated with hla futh er her*, in the hay and feed business and condtti ted a hay business of his own In llluffton He was married to Kvelyn .Marshall, of llluffton Mr. McCrory Is survived by his wife; three < hlldrrn. John William. Max and Joan, his father, John H McCrory, of this <|ty; one britther. loDoyt. of iHiatur; and throe sisters. Miss Blanc he McCrory, of Decatur; Mrs. Paul D Rowlands, of Lima. Ohio; Mrs. Jule C. Rieder, of Fob du laic. Minnesota. Funeral arrangements will not be made until word Is received from reinlives at a distance. It Is not known whether or not the body will be returned here for burial. ■ Weather Unsettled and Motor tonight; proI'bably showers; Thursday generally 'sir; cooler In aoiitb portion. r 6 '• »