Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 1 August 1924 — Page 4

W*—■ 1.1 .1 ■ - • . >»»».■, — I ■ DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller President and General Manager E. \V. Kampe Vice-President and Advertising Manager A. R. Holthouse Secretary and Business Manager Entered al the PustoiTice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singh l Copies - cents One Week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00, One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mail SI.OO Six Months, by mail SL7.» ( , One Year, by mail $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates made known on application, r . Foreign Representatives Carpenter A Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg.. New York City; N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. 11. H!... N—l Il II I — " —■■' Surprise was expressed by members of the stale board of tax commissioners when they examined the personal assessments for ■ Miami county and found that the total value of the diamonds owned by residents of the county was SI,OOO. At an average of SIOO each this would indicate not more than ten engagement rings.Jewelry, stores in Miami county have surely done at least an aver. I age business in diamonds and other precious stones, and casual . observation in and around Peru leaves the impression that about *' the usual number of feminine fingers are adorned with diamonds of the first water. A good many men of’Miami also wear what 3 appear to be diamonds. Further investigation by the state board may discover that similar conditionss exist in ninety-one other , Indiana counties. Some people who own jewels do not list them! for taxation and, as a rule, they are not urged to do so by assess j ors. The assessment sheet has a place devoted to diamonds and jewelry. The taxpayer presumably goes through the form of, making oath that he has listed all of his taxable property, and has! - done nothing to escape taxation. The usual list shows a lump sum * for household goods, something for the family automobile, a little 1 value on a watch or clock—and the annual job of giving in prop- ' city for as little as possible is complete. Every few days the po- • lice are told that a burglar entered somebody’s house and stole ( jewelry valued at several hundred or thousand dollars. Examination' < of the tax schedules of those who suffer such losses rarely shows' 1 that the property was assessed, so they could not possibly haveP owned it on the previous March 1. The diamond scarcity is likely ( to continue until the assessors adopt a more vigorous policy of ( learning what taxables the people have.—lndianapolis News. < * * * * You may not care for a swimming pool, you may think a j golf course or a country club is a foolish thing, you may feel that't the expense of fitting up a comfortable rest room is unnecessary,: t you may not favor good roads and streets tand sidewalks, you ' may not attend band concerts or go to the parks and you may have a lot of funny ideas and be honest about them, hut you will agree j f that good towns and cities have these things and their people are happier and more contented than those which do not have', them. Surely if you live here you want this to be a town that _ attracts attention and you will be for these various improvements whether you expect to use them or not. Perhaps after we have them you wifl find them more necessary than you ever thought they would be. ★ ★ ★ ★ We sincerely hope that any steps necessary for the granting of the franchise which will permit the Clover Leaf to build their [ double track and switch to the Lafontaine Handle plant and on the site for the proposed stock yards will be taken so that this action can be completed within the next few days. We are told ■ that uifless the rights are granted soon it will be impossible To I Lake care of it this year. Efforts are now being made which ought i 1 to be successufl. It’s another instance when the community spirit 1 is needed. * * * * , The sate season is on and in many of the Decatur stores won-| derfu! bargains are now being offered. This is necessary because', an unusually large stock of gqods is on hand due to the late sea- I son and the stocks must be moved to take care of the fall and! winter goods now arriving and also to raise cash with which to ( . meet the bills. Consequently these sales are real. There is no bunk to them. You can save money and get the very best goods by buying now in Decatur. * * * * The state board of accounts is now cheeking the state L commission and with so much success that some of the mat-i I ter discovered and uncovered are to be presented to the Marion; county grand jury for action. Thai's fine. Nov if there is some way t<> check the accountants, we may get results. It’s getting to '>*. : o that this checking-up business is a kind of a never-ending • circle. We mus check the checkers and investigate the investigat- ' the only trouble being that the cost is usually more than the sum recovered. ★ ★ ★ ★ • »tutor Watson ha.; lost his fight to remove Bert Morgan as ’ <n oKernent officer of Indie,na and elevste Frank Rowley from Angola to the job of Morgan. The treasury officials ’ m a Json appealed have refused to take action anil there i’ C -!’'’ a . nge thl ? tim v . The senator holds the position r as o in uu,a, but up to date he has failed in most instances! to’mt any thing over. |t *** * T Tomorrow is gift day in Decatur .c , , . , ' .. , " L alui and that means a big crowd of patrons. We are glad that the advert i. ~ ... * n, i u i ‘ ' rlk ’ m S association has con- i . h,d..<l to coni n«, uiese days. They attract „„ d , hcv ~ prove the local merchants are up and dnln s „ m . s a J d , t tive.

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1,1921. v

Flashlights of Famous People

I Face to Face With Marion Leroy Burton 1 President of the University of Michigan (By Joe Mitchel! Ohaople) '[ Seeing and hearing Murton Leroy Jl Burton fuco to face its he made the nomination of Calvin Ooolidge at the Cleveland Convention was evidence, that the ail of real oratory and public ' speaking has not passed. Picture the scene! Sixteen thousand people who' could all see and hear a. tall man with' reddish eyebrows, hair with auburn tint, and deep set eyes make an ap- ! peal thut stirred the emotions. With a wave of his hand, this slender form walking down the platform seemed to bo acquainted with the throng. His opening words were human and col- , loqtiial—different from the usual trite nourishments of political phraseology. With a touch of humor and humane- ‘ ness he soon launched one of the | most masterful nomination speeches I ever given. The voice alone could'not I complete the picture—there was no , roaring climax—it was a modern political address—complete, concise, sparkling with epigrams and thought

I—a 1 —a new way of thinking on a politi-' eat matter ami in naming a presidential nominee. When Marion Leroy Burton described his friend. Calvin Coolidge, as one 'who “rested his tongue that his head might work." one glimpsed the quaint droil wit of the man. Marion Leroy Burton was born in Brooklyn, lowa in 1874 about the I time that "roasting ears” were due from ihe field and his'career reveals [ that lowa is a “grand old land” where I something besides the tail cornj grows. His father and mother en - couraged him in his laudable ambiton to go to college and young Burton worked on the farm from sunrise to sunset to have the privilege of earning an deucation. Receiving his degree from Carleton College lie became a teacher of Grcrflf'in Carleton Academy. And he is a thorough Greek scholar, as the classic utterances of his address revealed. To vary his career he became pastor of i the Pi'grim Church at Brooklyn, and traveled extensively in Europe, ( ailed to the presidency of Smith College at Northampton. Massachusetts, ho met and became a warm and intimate, I friend of Calvin Coolidge in the';

Editor’s Note: Send ten of your favorite famous folk new living to doe' Mitchell Chapple, The Attic Waldorf Astoria Hotel. New York City. The, readers of this naner are to nominate for this H.ill of Fame.

'* WHEN NATURE PUTS HER BABES TO BED. Whin natai" pm; her bales > 0 be:! She paints the western sky With all the tender tints she knows And m:;g a lullaby. The meadows and lire fieida of grain j In waves of light are rolled And all the dark green forest line Is tipped with silvered gold. The va:-pa.' sparrow sweetly sings I The robins chirp and call; And murmurs on the meadow brook As 'swift the shadows fall. I .Between the clouds, up in the sky I The stars come out ti peep; Ami whispers low tb-> v.o.fcrn wind. I “Heaven watches o'er you.—sleep." - A. I). Burkett, j o ♦♦+♦+++ + + + + + + + TWENTY years ago today ♦ 4> ♦ 4> From th* Dally Democrat flies ♦ !♦ 20 years ago thj*. day 4 ♦ ♦♦♦♦+ + * * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 August 1, 1904. -George W. Case grunted scholarship to Purdue by county commissioners. Charles Mcßarms received bad gash on fpt while cutting wood. Corn and oats crop looks good, but. needs light, rain. Fort Wayne & 'Springfield Traction company lets contract for 675 H. P. engine to Buckeye company of Cincinnati. Squirrel hunters out in force on first hunting day permitted under the law. Henry Peters ot near Ma'gley loses $1,500 when barn is destroyed by fire. Decatur Ball Team defeats Chata- -

i A i jW*-'jt MARION LEROY BURTON says: “To know how to vote intelligently to express personal conviction through a party or leader is a fund*, mental of education." eventful years of 1910 to 1917. when Cuivin. Coo’idge’s career was in the making The University of Minnesota sought him in 1917, the War year, and there lie proved his prowess as an executive. In 1920 he became president of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. For the first time in history a presidential nomination was made by one 'who was not ever a delegate to the

'convention. Unanimous consent was secure*! giving Burton the privilege jot' the p’atform. Who will ever forget the scene that followed. The great organ, the band playing, every one singing making a mighty cherns* that echoed and re-echoed with a ginging note of sincerity. Oblivious to it all, Marion Leroy j Burton retired over the bridge to the i tear of the platform, with necktie 11. wry and dripping with persplratkn I w ith the humility that comes to great ■ speakers after they have made a I strenuous effort. He looked at me intently and inquired: “I do hope it was alright.” Tito earnestness and simplicity of that question amid the roar of ap-r plause and in the atmosphere of a mass mind, indicated that the chant-' pion of Calvin Coolidge, who, like “a Lochinvar coming out of the' West” to present his champion in the "Presidential lists” of the electoral contest of 1924 promises a tobrua-1 mint of tilted combat where many l candidates have qlre-ady their lance. 1 “To know how to vote intelligently to express a personal conviction through a party or leader is a fundamental of education.”

I noogu 7to 4. Mr. and Mrs. C. 1). Teeple leave for I vi-it at Boulder, Col. Seventy-nine routers from WillI shire attend ball game here. A. R. Bell is buying timber nt Rot hester. I Henry W‘ bros Root town hip opetated on lot* fractured sku l, which lie received while building a fence. Was unconscious for 13 days when operation was held and bone removed. 0 Berne Youth Injured In Automobile Accident Portland, Ind.. Au”. I.—Roy Coons, son of Lewis Coons, living near Berne 1 and employed at the Reber confectionery here, was injured in an' automobile accident about one and onehalf miles north of the city on the brick road, Wednesday evening, toons was enroute to Geneva 'in a Ford coupe, when the machine left the brick pavemotll on a curve, colliding with a telephone pole. The front wneels of the machine believed to have locked, causing Mr. H e be’ieved to . have locked causing Coons sustained an injury to his right knee and in the opinion ot Dr. Moran, two ribs are believed to be cracked. However, his injuries are , not of f, very serious nature, alihough- , they might have been had the ma- , chine been operated at a greater rate of speed. The top of the coupe was •rushed and the machine badly dam- • aged. — 0 — London Paper Comments Upon Franks Murder Case London, Aug. I—Commenting upon the Franks case, the Dally Mail said editorially today: "Th e monstrous depravity of Loeb and Leopold is causing -their trial to be followed with intensity and horrorstruck interest.” The Mail criticizes the “mobilization of a procession ot psycho-analy-sis endeavoring to save the accused from facing a jury and to enable them to escape the proper penalty on the convenient plea of insanity. The

IVO* *, xv*.*. Plunger to the public in this dubious science here Is clearly shown.” I "Certainly." it concludes, "the <r ue interests of Justice will not allp* th « trial by jury lightly to be albowed aside." ' MOOSE MEET IN NEW YORK (Continued From Page One) Big In Leslie Hall. Bioadway and 83rd street, for the contest tonight, and the mens' team was hard at work on the Sheep Meadow, Central Park. At the same, time preparations were be-

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