Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller —Pres, and Gen. Mgi E. W. Kampe—Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgi A. R. Holthouse —Sec’y. and Bus. Mgr Entered at the Postofflce at Decatu Indiana as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies ...2 cent! One Week, by carrier 10 cent! ‘ One Year, by carrier J 5.01 One Month, by mail -35 cents Three Months, by mail HOC Six Months, by mail ....$1.75 One Year, by mail —53.00 One Year, at office 13.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company. 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City, N. Y. Else Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. The weather man must have joined the chorus in the singing of the pathetic song, "It ain’t gonna rain no mo'." Just keep it up. The sun is out bright today and before long we'll all be wondering when it's going to rain again. The fields will dry off and give the farmers a chance to plow and plant corn and everything will be finc, Stick to: the ship and smile, for the Good Lord ) in His mercy never forgot a good people. • The cleaning up of the old cemetery on Winchester street will be left * in the hands of Glen Cowan, trustee) of Washington township, who saw to it last year that the grass was cut, and the old brush removed. The place, cannot be turned into a park now. it is I said, but steps may be taken later to have the graves removed and then make a park of it. If possible this should be done. Have you purchased your season tickets for the Community Chautauqua? The big entertainment will open two weeks front t ext Tuesday and to be sure that you'll be able to get a ticket, purchase one now. A Chautauqua like the one which comes here deserves your support and the numl»ers on the program are worth hearing and seeing. Let everybody meet under the Chautauqua tent and enjoy a week of good entertainment. Business in general may be suffering a little slump, but it is said by those who know, that conditions in Decatur are better than usual. The General Electric. Decatur Casting. The Mutschler packing plant, the Creamery and other Institutions are employing the usual number of people. while the Holland St. Louis Sugar company has a larger number on its payroll now than during any season, except during the augar-making campalgn. Two new chnrehes and a larra high school are being constructed and those who want to. are working every day. It'6 not always the largest city that is tne beat place to thrive and enjoy life and Lt our opinion there is no place under the sun. just as good, as sweet old Decatur and Adams county. Several of the churches. Including the Presbyterian. Evangelical and llaptisl are holding daily vacation Bible cIaMM for the hoy* awl girls of the congregations. The sessions are held during the mornings at the churches, with the ministers and their aaalatants teaching the young folk the leasoiia In the Holy Book. Much Intereat la being taken and the enrollment In the three classes la well over the hundred murk. It la gratifying to know that the young buys and girls show a desire tor upirituaJ things and that they are willing to forgo play and give part of their vacation to education and at the un> time study the teachings ot the Master. The < lasses will continue throughout the mouth and the benefits derived will be many. As has been suggested. It would be a fine thing to have a union dan* - ' autum Bioie school Cot ail the boys and girla peat summer

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Face to Face ;r. T- With ;r. Raymond T. Richey The New Revivalist (By Joe Mitchell Chapple) Is] Z What 1 heard and witnessed at the • 8 | Richey services, witli my hard-boiled. °| skeptical newepaped friend, Glenn ■’i Long. was a most impressive hour of observing Divine contact with human QI beings. A cold and cheerless after- ■ noon. The meetings was held in a rough board tabernacle located far from the center ot the city. The atmosphere of devotion surrounding the place dispelled the dreary gloom I of weather. People were sitting inside upon rude benches with water underfoot and more pouring tuf i through the roof. in one corner many who had sought conversion were awaiting their time for healing prayers. On a railing in front were scores of crutches and canes discard- ' ed by those who had been healed — B mute reminders of gratitude. , Before us was Raymond T. Richey, a slender young man somewhat stooped .with big brown eyes, who might have been taken for a dentist or traveling salesman. He began ' talking in a colloquial way—no mystic appeal or emotional outburst. He emphasized the power of, prayer and faith, insisting the soul , must first be healed. His faith is ibased on the direct promise in Holy | Writ. He read the scripture passages ! in a differene way—reiterating the j promise of Divine healing. As the people came, one by one. [ form the healing corner to the platform. he talked with them quietly. In lan instant, under my eyes, I saw an I' old man who had not lifted his paralyzed arm for thirty years raise both hands above his head,, ‘throw i i away his cane and walk across the I platform praising God. | A young girl, blind for years, stood 1 and looked in wonderment at the audience, with her face radiating the I light of new life. < “You are still doubting,” said ' Richey, looking at her with a smile. He waited patiently ami there seem- ' ed to come upon her face a flood ’’ light of faith. She walked across the platform while her friends cried ami < shouted for joy. The next morning I talked with Mr. Richey and found him a modest i young man. who Insisted that healing < was not his power, but a fulfillment of the promise of Christ. Raymond T. Richey was born on a < farm in Central Illinois, and as a ■ young boy hold play “camp meetings" in the sunflower patch. Altogether I a normal boy, an accident threatened

Editor’* Not*: S*nd t*n n»m*« of vour f*vorl»e famous folk now living to Jo* ( MitcMll Chapple. Th* Attic. Waldorf Astoria Hotel. New York City. Th* reader* of this mcv are to ncminatr for thi« Hall of Fam*.

Party harm<m> reign*“among the democrat* at the state convention and although the races Cor governor and other state otHceg are being waged with interest, the nomination* will he made without political atrife. It I* natural to hare real competition among the candidate* when the * chance* of election are so height. The platform will lie adopted today and among the planks will be one upholding the principles of freedom of con sciou* and religious worship a* granted hy the Constitution, and opposed to any secret or robbed organisation taking over the reigns of government for political purpose* and thus creating religious strife among the people. Not only the constitution of our conn try. one of the moat sacred documenta ever written, but likewise that of the state of Indiana, grants these privileges to the people and for any secret organisation to attempt to destroy them Is like tearing down the foundations of the greatest country In the world. 1 • —————— At a point where a steam railroad, an interurban track and the highway parallel there was a merry race on. * A motor-propelled hand-car with the l workmen on *•» rolling al»ng the I track at a good speed, a big dog came ■ bouncing out of a farm yard and went * racing down the side of the track * barking nt the men on tbe handier. * In tbe road a flivver with a man and * his (amdy m it went rat ing along with * the interurban rar. People In the In * terutban ebr were watching the race '< lon Mtn sidaa As the U«Uar spaed r led up the dog stretched himself lb*

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/ ■ - RAYMOND T. RICHEY says: "I pray every morning—that is the time to pray when the new day is fresh bo'ore you.” his sight. A Chicago physician declared he was slowly but surely going blind. “At seventeen years of age 1 fa< < >1 life discouraged, in the throes of <1 ■■ tpair. On a New Year's eve, while the bells were ringing anti whistle t blowing, the vision of my mother appeared before my slowly fadTT.i vision, in my suit case 1 found a Bible. Kneeling beside the bed 1 attempted to read but could not see. I ' returned to my parents in Fort [ Worth. Texas, and attended a revival. ' Going down the aisle of the tent I threw myself before the altar, an- ( nounced my faith and felt that my soul had been saved. Taking off the Klasses I had been wearing I realized that I could see without tljem. "Later I could not resist the desire i to do revival work. At San Antonio, t Texas, during the war I preached toj t roldier boys. Later I became ill and •’( was sent to California as an in< nr-I able consumptive. Lying in my l>ed preparing for the end. 1 picked up my L Bible and turned to the text: “Who L fsrgiveth all thine iniquities; v-ho k 1-ealeth al Ithy diseases.' With a* t shout 1 leaped from the bed and rush- L ed downstairs—l felt a warm glow j _ overspread my lungs and knew I bad I, teen healed.” 1 1 The story was related earnestly »fld simply. L His frail body endures the strain ' t of many meetings every day. "How do you stand It?" I asked. "The Lord gives me strength. I I ray every morning- -that is the tlni-- L to pray when the new day is fresh !,j t-efore you—to the Jesus who gave >, cs the Golden Rule and the Sermon ( on the Mount —and He promised 1 f IM vine healing with forgiveness, and j I believe him with all the faith in ) me. Thy will be done—on earth as |lt is in Heaven.’"

— - more to keep up with It The increased speed of the interurban car was 1 It only the signal for the driver of the flivver to step harder on the gas. ( The race went on and interest in- 1 creased. Finally the dog saw tbe fool- ' lahneas of hl* chase, turned and trot-, i i ted back. A man pressing his face ( - against the window of the interurban i I car remarked: "The fool dog." We J . want to know which was the bigger* . fool, the dog or the man In the fliv-j . ver? The dog was using hla own leg*, I that were made for speed. He kept a* i safe distance from the paddy car and: j was risking no one nor anything in j his race except himself. The man In' J the flivver was not the complete masI ter of the machine he drove. liesides* i be was risking the lives of hh wife ,i and two children. Where was the I had dog. anyway ?—Frankfort Even-! t Ing New*. + TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ From the Dally Democrat Ales ♦ ♦ 20 yearn ago this day ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ i* ' I June &. H“V4 was on Sunday, i. —■ ~o - --- f Big Features Os S : RADIO ' i ( Programs Today ) I- ' p (Copyright 1»24 bv V. F.) . WJAX. Cleveland (390 M) I to » p. ' m (E. P. T *—Center l ti/ th# H**-! * Cleveland orchestra.

| KWG, Portland. (492 Ml 8:15 P. m. (P (’, S. T.l—Studio program oi dance music .by George Olsen’s or- ' chestra. KDKA. Pittsburgh. (826 M) 11 p. m. (E. S. T.)—Late program by the Edgar Thompson Male quartet. WJY, New Y«ork (405 Ml 8:30 p. m. (E. S. T.)— Program of operatic and Spanish music. Willi. Kansas City. (411 M) 7 to 10 p. m. (C. S. T.)—Program by Shriners attending the Shrine convention. aspiration I ask not for an easy task, — To 101 l about the yard And eat ice-cream and drink pink tea, I want a job that’s bard. i Let me go forth at break of day And stay still stars are bright. In cover-alls and kaka shirt Working with all my might. 7 The task that my ambition stirs That sets my soul aflame Is, not to make a million bucks, ' I have a higher aim. I want to come at close of day An honor to my sire; I want to catch a fish so big I won't be called a liar. A. D. Burkett. o - HEAR EVIDENCE (Continued From Page One) crime w-as enacted. Say* Fetter* Wa» In Lima He was followed by W. E. TouVelio on behalf of the defense, who made his statement to the jury of the facts as they expected to prove to establish the inm cence of the defendant. Among other things. Mr. ToaVelle aaid that he expected to prove that George Fetters was not at this place on th. it evening, for the reason that hg was engaged In Lima and could not have been there, for the reason that tracks discovered the next day show that a man with a crippled foot had been there and that neither of the defendant* ore thus afflicted. Following the stati ments of the stale and defense a request was made by the alate that the jurors be conducted to the place where the al- -< red murder was committed, and the o-irt appointed trillion Joni an to actnmpany th- jurora and point ou tho different places connected with the ease. Sheriff Charles Creeden and Court Bailiff Philip Linn also accompanied the juror*. pi.atformls (Continued From Page One) there has been waste and extravagance under r>'publi<.in administration of the state highway department. Construction of the Pendleton reformatory Is condemned as an "unwarranted waste of money.” A pledge- is made for the enactment of a standard co-operative marketing law and such other legislation as may relieve the farmers, while for labor a revision of the workmen'* compensation law to comply with objections n.ls- d by labor leaders to the present law. The platform calls for strengthening of the state securities l»w. for nmendment of tho absent voters’ law to overrun:* “flagrant abuses," for repeal of the Goodrich tax law re-enact-ment of the democratic law of 18»L and for a law to prevent frequent changes in school text book*. The slate of delegates at large to i the national convention is composed l<-f Thomas Taggart. William O Brien, i Lawronri burg; Lew Fort Wayne; William Cronin. Terre Haute Mr*. A. P. Flynn. )xqtansport; Mrs. IA. R. Fa-sklue. . South Bend; .Mrs. M 18. la-ary. Indianapolis ami Mr*. Fred i laiueMteln, Evansville. IndiaitapolU. Ind., June s—(Special |to liutly Democratt-The Democratic party after three years of Republican i o4mlul*tnitlon enter* the national I campaign with greater confidence and more pride than ever before in her history. Frederick Van Xuya. keynote orator «ts ths Democratic state con- | vention, declared In hi« address beth* conv- ntion today. "Ths Republican party today la ( practically jetMerk »s and by reason of Internal dissension* I* powcrlett Hto function.” Van Noy* *a'd. "Th< .|recommends!tot>* of the president an (waived aside. His vetoes are overrid rdea. They eulogise him but the] {won't follow him. 1 "No more glaring admission of in competency and inefficiency hai lev*# beep written into th* histary o either political party than £«natm . Pepper ■ declaration before th<

i. Maine convention that it Is best to 1 I admit party mistakes and limit talks to the long list of Republican achieve- ). ments in the past and hopes for the *“ future. "The Republican party has garner- . ed an' abundant harvest from the campaign promises of 1920 and (lie l> expenditure of vast sums of money ; wholely out. of keeping with clean politics.” Van Nttys said tho United States is-losing its prestige among the nations because three years have passed without formulation of a denite < | foreign policy to take the place of the one tiie Republicans toppled over. ' “An insane and vacillating leader . ship in congress has resulted in failure to enact remedical legislation in domestic affairs,” he said. "The party has broken up into blocs and factions and has become n captious and quarrelsome antagonist.” Eulogizes Wilson Turning back for a moment, to the Wilson administration. Van Nuys eulogized the leadership and idealistic vision of the war president and recounted the achievements in do- I mestic legislation during the period ” of Democratic rule. "The Democrats put more remedi cal legislation of the statute books in eight years than the Republican dreamed of in forty years," he asserted. “And while setting our house: in order the Democratic administration was called on to direct the winning of the greatest war in history," Taking up the senate investigation \ of the oil scandal. Van Nuys said the IVemocAitlc senators who “at <he expense of their time and health. demonstrated the truthfulness ot the) charges" deserve the gratitude of every good American citizen. "The country styod aghast at the revelations of malfeasance in office), upon the part ot cabinet officers and those charged with the highest duties and responsibilities of the public trust. Persons high in authority in the Republican administration in Washington struck deeply into the ) vitals of American government. Attacks Watson and Followers | "Yet Senator Watson and al! other I leader* of the administration are building back fires and setting up smoke sen- ns today in the hope of diverting the attention of the American people from the most nefarious conspiracy jjcalnst the government since th-- days of Benedict Arnold. "And then the Republican, state convention came along and adopted a platitudinous platform. The convention in its last analysis was simply a lubber stamp upon the wishes of Senator Watson and those two di*-) tinguished Democrats from Georgia ■ and Texas who recently' have functioned so successfully in Indiana Republican politic*. "When Senator Watson aaid the . unprecedented anti culpanle expo- 1 sures i>l the Harding administration ‘ when compared to the Wilson admin '.•tration 'as a summer breeze to ; a W< st Indian cyclone,’ he insulted ) the intelligence of every reading and ,

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Blinking man and woman in Indiana." Van Nuys said the Republicans had instigated 51 investigations and spent $2,000,000 in an attempt to prove "the most blatant and unwarranted accusations against the Wilson administration. And yet not one indictment against nny public official was ever sustained, not one cabinet officer was forced to resign. Referring to the McCray administration Van Nuys said there never before had been written into Hoosier history such a record of brazen disregard of public trust. -

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