Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 3 September 1924 — Page 2

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J H. Heller —Pres, and Oen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holtboune—Sec’y. & Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 2 ceijts Ona week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mail sl-00 Six months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail — $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made Known on Application Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 123 Michigan Avenuue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City. N. Y. Life Bldg.. Kansas City Mo. SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY: — Expenses of running the State of Indiana have increased SOO,OOO a day during the present administration. According to the Indiana Year Book, the state expenses were $11.? 500,000 for all purposes in 1916. The same authority shows that they were $16.700 000 in 1920. The year 1920 was the peak of prices. The expenses of the State of Indiana in this year of 1924 will amount k to $35,000,000. This is an increase of over $lB,000.000 in four years of this present ■ admin'stration. Counting eight hours a day, six days a week 'and 300 days in a year, which is a lot more than the officials of Indiana really work the increase amounts to $7,500 every hour. $60,000 every day. $360,000 every week. $1,500,000 every month. $18,000,000 for the year. One of the active and important members of this administration that has added $60,000 a day to the expenses of Indiana, is the Secretary of State, the next oilice in importance to the Governor. The man who has ( been Secretary of State for four years, who has been an important part of the present administration and who does not criticise it, is the present Republican candidate for Governor. Twelve thousand men at $5 a day could be hired for six days a week, and 300 days a year, for the $60,000 a day increased expenses. And $60,000 increased expenses means that the people of Indiana must dig up $60,000 extra taxes every one of the 300 working days in the year. Figures recently compiled by the slate of Oregon show that 93 jjgr cent of Its automobile wrecks are caused by carelessness. Os 9.131 accidents reported from January i to Juno 30. last, 5,457 are charged entirely to carelessness. Added to these may be included the following: speeding, 183; failure to give right of 1.381; reckless driving. 260; cutting croncr, 372; double at intersections, 155; driving while intoxicated, 123; failure to give signal. 290; driving on left side of street or highway. 64; improper parking, 79; reverse direc- . i tion In middle of block. 40: passing , to left of street cars while discharging passengers. 31; inexperience. 24 J jockeying on bridges, 21; a total of ( 8.480 acclderfts which might have , 'been avoided, according to the report " f the secretary of state, had the | drivers been careful. It is probable t these Oregon figures would be- a < * r average f or other glateß That r 7 | many drivers "let - M.r , accidents. Let drivers u , - ,a remember f that no insurance policy has yel b£en devised which will return the lite O s , a person killed through an automo- ' bile driver's carelessness. Safety to ' life and property rests almost wholly' in the hands of the atomoblle driver. The county council and the commissioners while believing that the county should maintain a rest room,

Flashlights of Famous People

Face to Face With Herbert Austin Fricker Leader of the Mendelssohn r Choir (By Jo* Mitchell Qmppl*) The climax of the Rotary Convention at Toronto was reached when 2.200 voices of men and women under the magic leadership of Rotarian Herbert Fricker sang Handel's “And the Glory.” It was the nearest thing to a heavenly choir that I ever expect to hear on earth. There was the rhythm and unity, and feeling in that massed Voice of thousands of voices that is indescribable —the exemplification of what can be done when harmony reigns. Toronto said its welcome in music. The ladie s in white and the men in black were a massed formation of humanity that seemed like the outpouring from a great Vox Humana stop of an immense pipe organ—altogether human. This great mass of singers responded in a tempo sweeping from presto, allegretto on to soothing andantic and largo, sweet ■ and low. Every phase of the music of, the masters <\s well a s the plaintive melody of ballad on to the rollicking sturdy folksong were given with equal enthusiasm and precision. The climax was reached when the “Star Spangled Banner" was sung as Americans have never heard it sung before. ' Before the great audience flashed a living flag in colors. The strains of “Canada” burst forth as the flag of Great Britain was unfurled represented by human beings singing the national anthem. After the spell of that night when it seemed as if we had almost heard the celestial choir, I met the director. His face beamed toward the great choir as they moved out and hade him “good nieht." He had announced, "Rehearsal, Tuesday and Thursday nights.” in a voice of gentle command. The leader of this great choir. Herbert Austin Fricker. was born at Canterbury, Kent. England. At the age of nine he entered the Canterburv • Cathedral choir as a chorister, and at fifteen he began to study music serionsly. A pupil for the pianoforte , organ of Dr. W. H. Longhurst, the • organist of the cathedral, he made ' rapid progress. On his seventeenth • birthday he was appointed sub-organ-i ist in the ancient and historic Canterj bury Cathedral. During this time he I was playing the viola in an amateur string quartet orchestra. . Appointed organist and choirmaster of Holy Trinity church. Folkstone, in 1891, he won the open competition for the poet of City Organist of Leeds,

i t-.ditor s Note: Send ten names of your favorite famous folk now living to Joe Mitchell Chapple. The Attic. Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City. The readers of this paper are to nrminate for this Hall of Fame.

( <lO not belfeVe that at this time an I appropriation of $15,000 can reasons ably be made and they are no doubt ; r.ght about it. However the commist sicners can arrange to keep the present comfort station open and thus serve the public without any great 3 expense and this should be done. 1 The tax rate will be higher next ‘ year than this because of the lower 5 <"aluation. Personal property is con- ■ side) ably less than last year and con- ’ sequently the tax levying officials do not feel like/ boosting it any more - than is absolutely necessary. ( Let’s continue to pull together in ahis county. No one gains by building up factions or creating discord. .Those localities where these efforts * ulminate in fueds and civil war cer(tainly are the losers. / You wouldn't • are to move to Herrin, would you? We have the best county in the state we hare a happy friendly people. Be Careful what you do to break up that feeling. . The local Legion will seriously consider the park question and if it can be legally done will take steps to eon vert the old cemetery into a park, •ccording to leaders of that organ!tat’on. We hope they do and we believe they will have the earnest support of every citizen. The idea )s to make it a sacred but beautiful park, dedicated to the veterans of all wars. I Nothing could be more appropriate. I O—- . Mr. and Mrs. William Thornton “*■'. niWl 'en, Bernice. Ruth, Billy. Chrnn MrS ' JanK! ® .. - , ; J'. an<l Wilma motm r c Wwt aad *>’• Wavne 0> ” «>■ I

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBEB 3,1921.

WS M 1 . y W* j HERBERT ACSTIN FRICKER says: “Music is a means of expression in a language between humans with a vocabulary that can never be exhausted.” r — Yorkshire, in 1981. Organist and ■ chorus master of every succeeding] f Festival until 1923, when the war 1 stopped all Music Festivals, he was , invited to become conductor of the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto and ', organist and choirmaster of the Metroi politan church in 1917. After the war 1 the family .including two sons wound- ‘ ed in the service, were reunited in " Toronto. The Mendelssohn Choir has ■ made three tours to the United State s • visiting New York. Philadelphia, Bufi falo, Baltimore; also singing at Mont- ■ real and Ottawa. f. The Pageant Chorus was formed in • 1922 and the genius of -Herbert Frick- ■ er found lull fruition. The visitors to ' the National Exhibition held in Tori onto every year are given an opporI tuniity of hearing the best choral music at home. With the degrees of F.R.C.O. (Feli low of the Royal College of Organists) Musical Bachelor of the University of ’ Durham, in 1917, M.A. Leeds University (honorary), 1923, Mus. Doc. Toronto University (honorary), Herbert - Fricker enjoys high honors in his prot session. “It is quite the same whether the I choir is irf thousands or hundreds. Wc must feel Jhe r.hythm in common. “ Sometimes I close my eyes and the ! choir is directing me. Music is an J universal language whose vocabulary i is never exhausted.” -] Rotarians assembled from all parts • of the world conferred upon him the ) distinction of being one of the world's ■ greatest choral leaders who under- | stands how to make human voices in • dulcet breathing sweep like the soft i winds of the Aegean Sea on the Aeo- ’ lian Harp, into music that ei (lures . with the spheres.

1 1 Big Features Os ( t 1 f RADIO } ■ ■ z t Programs Today ) ;| —■——■ I WEDNESDAY’S RADIO PROGRAM i (CopyrTght 1924 by United Press) 'I WCAP, Washington, 469 m, 7:30 p. '■| m„ EST—U. S. Navy Band. °l WW. CincinnaH. 423 m, 9p. m., EST e —Cincinnati conservatory radio scholarship contest. KPI, Los Angeles, 469 m, 7:30 p. m. Q PCST- Wendell Hill. ! WOS, Jefferson City, 440.9 m. 8:20 p. m. CMST—Program of barn dance ■ music. s KDKA, Pittsburgh, 326 m. Bp. m. •- EST—Mixed quartette. f i — e ’| ♦♦ + ♦♦ + ♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦ I ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY + e lf » t > From thru Dally Democrst file* • ♦ 20 yea-s ago thia day * ♦ ****<+*•**««» t Sept. 3, 1924. —Fair was great sncL ,ces.< total attenadnce being over 30.1 000 for week. • Mathias Coffee. 12. struck, in face • by sledge and painfully hurt. i Mason L. Haughton and Miss Pearl C. Peel of Geneva married by Rev. Allen. | Col and Mrs. Fred Reppert are happy over arrival of girl baby. 1 Eire tn granstand at fair grounds yesterday caused small loss and considerable excitement. A. S. Elzey buys tract of land from E. A. Vail at Ossian, plats it in lots and sells all within a week. | Mrs. M. B. Leslie, state evangelist of Baptist church begins 'series of meetings here. D. M Hensley, jeweler, is proud of

» > THE FIFTY-FIRST PSALM Have mercy on me. O my God! | Forgive me all my sin! Blot my transgressions from thy book 1 Wash me without,—within! ' * ‘ | Purge me with hyssop. —'make me clean. Whither than jool or snow; Create in me a pure heart. True wisdoms let me know. j Thy law, O God, have 1 trangressed. My sins before me rise,— In multitude more than the sands And higher than the skies. i Renew a spirit right. — restore 1 The joy of thy salvation; ' Then shall my mouth show forth thy praise To every tribe and nation. I The broken, contrite heart,. O God, r Thou never doest despise; I bring thee mine—and offering— Accepts love's sacrifice. —A. D. Burkett. — Q WILL INSTALL 1 : NEW BAKE OVEN Improvement Is Started At Peoples’ Restaurant , Here Today Work started this morning on removing the old bake ovens and frame {addition to the Peoples Restaurant and the proprietors, C. F. Heiiier and , R. J. Harting, will construct a cement C block addition, 20 by 24 feet and install a new portable coke fire oven. * I 1 As soon as the old annex to the build , ing. incluuding the brick oven, has been removed, work on the construc- ] tion of the new addition will begin. I With the installation of the new oven and equipment, the capacity of the bake shop, operated by the Peoples Restaurant will be increased at 1 least 100 per cent. Mr. Harting said The old oyen is one of the oldest in the city. It was installed when . wood was cheap and when most bak- , eries used wood to fire the oven. In recent years it has been difficult to I secure wood for the oven furnace and , therefi<e the proprietors have decided to install a more modern type oven. ~ The addition, which will be one story high, will be built back to the ! alley. The Lamon Heirs are owners • of the building, in which the Peoples ! Restaurant is located. .1 _o ' Firpo Likely To Be Free To Fight Sept. 11 I Washington, Sept. 3—(Special to 1 Daily Democrat)—Despite, efforts to deport him within the next week, » Luis Angel Firpo. Argentine fighter. , probably will be free to fight Harry Wills Sept. 11, it appeared today. '| Speed has been ordered by labor department officials in the preliminary proceedings, but whatever the action of the department in the next few days, Firpo will still have recourse to the courts for a stay of a possible deportation order which would permit him to go ahead with the contest. ' appropriation for rest ROOM IS ELIMINATED (Continued from Page One) entrances at both ends of the court house. Other plans nave been suggested, such as employing ah extra i janitor to keep the court house open' f 24 hours of the day. If (ho improvek ment can be made for a nominal sum k of money, the county commissioners k may order the improvement made next year. | Extra Appropriations | In addition to passing the regular I budget of estimated expenses for next year, the council appropriated $2,000 for Incurred expenses, namely sl,. 439.75 for binding books in the county i clerk’s office; bridge superintendents, SSOO, and return of fines, $7.20. Items In The Budget The approppriation for the county infirmary is larger for next year, due I to the fact that a granary and corn crib have to be built and several im- ( provements have to be made to the , main Infirmary building this year or next, including electric wiring throughout the building. Only a part of the | building i s wired. „ . I The salaries and office expenses of the different county officials remain the same. The salaries are fixed by law. The board and care of prison-

ers at the county jail Is estimated at’ only $450.00 tor next year. The appropriation for township assessors in assessing property next year was cut down to the minimum. Three tluusand dollars was appropriated for the orphan chil-\en in the county. Out of the bond fund. $9,200 will be paid on the hospital bonds and interest and 56.R00 will be paid on th4 Smith bridge. The sum of SI,OOO >» appropriated for repair of court house and $-.- 500 is appropriated for burial of diers or marines, their wives or widows. All of the councilmen who attended the meeting, namely Frank Mclntosh. Christian Eicher. Frank Wechter, M. Kirsch, Ernst Doehrman and William Baumgartner signed the ordinance authorizing the appropriations for next

i x 41■ WF3I .W»*‘ '*7Tf KaNnMMMMMHMaMHMaBei We want to meet the man who is thinking of NOT buying a Fall Hat--Mr. “I’ll-Make-The-Old-Hat-Do” and Mr. “No-One-Will-Know-The-I)i(Tei nee,” you are being paged in this advertisement. V' J We are not objecting to your trying to get along with your last Springs hat—we are only asking Nou to give yourself a chance to object to \ COME IN—bring along your last season’s shape and if this stock of new Portis Fall Hats isn’t able to change your mind—then you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that your old hat must look ra pretty good after all. £ —A Portis Fall Hats $2.50 to $5.00. !- r ■feha-T-Ayatb Go J BETTER CLOT/tES FOR LESS MONEY-AL.WAYS- • DECATUR • INDIANA

NOW-™ It’s Economy to Trade Your Old Tires For FULL-SIZE j firestone tam@©Ki A je. ©(BRa-SDPPE© TJECAUSE Balloon Gum-Dipped Cords reduce your repair / I bills at.d lower fuel costs, increase tire mileage, car Ute ,?*'/ ’ i \ t * la fesale value of your car. ■ ' These are strong statements but are Lacked by actual facts. By / -t 4/a F Pv'i Ballocn-equipped test cars and taxicabs have now b* J Ml If i driven over 5,300,000 miles, under Firestone supervision and r : i *3O? nflL ww 4MM show reduction in fuel consumption, and less delay, becsuuS Em I 314 'jk, a KJ swer Punctures and Quicker starts and stops. to 1 • I Many leadint automobile makers have standardized on K I ARr ll '1 these full-size Balloonsr—pioneered by Firestone and Mi I I pract,ca ' and economical through the special Firestone WQSw M\ I Sum-dipping process. K) i’ i M 4 '■/ Over ~,n- 0 00 motorists are today using and enjoying the AJi ■ i : : ' satisfaction of genuine, full-size Balloon Gum-Dipped Co* c. j. hi * a ct, in three months the sales of Firestone galloon WV Gum-Dipped Cords increased 590%. ' ©jy Have your car equipped now—for comfort and for the safety of driving this Fall and Winter. Be prepared for mu holos, frozen ruts, dangerous anow and ice. We can equip ' yout car immediately at the new low prices now in effect. MOST MILES PER DOLLAR » / I LIBY and YOST Phone 771116 South Ist St DECATUR, INDIANA ££!£**£* .?I (OUID PRODUCT ITS OWN RUBBER...

ly.-tirt Henry Kiting, the seventh J member of the board, did not attend i i the nieeth'K. _ CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR — I (Continued from Page One) | I | /the cilv's share of the bonds on the, new high school and gymnasium are being paid out <’t ’ hls funil ’ baßt y eur ' the total of the budget as raised by . taxation was $52,458.60. Had It not been for the drop in valul atioii ;it " <iuld not ave bee " nec i essary for the council to increase the? tax rate per SIOO to raise next year's { i budget. / . All the other appropriations re- I t'mained the same as first published. |

The $2,00u appropriate! so purposes, which amount may ’2 In building the swimming i y u,pr Work ” remains J I budget. Six hundred dollars ! appropriated for the extra i bile policeman which the eou Bcll i employed during the summer to ™ force the traffic laws. Thp sal J* the firemen is listed at $3 900- m talnlng city rest noom l n the lib 2 | $200; salary of police, $2,700; S Z | improvements, $2,000; street repa<„ $2,800; labor on streets $4,500 ' $750 for garbage disposal. _♦ « J Monroe Home More U ednesday night from 7 to 10.