Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller —Pres, and Gon. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vlce-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. 11. Holthouse—Sec'y. & Bus. Mgr. Entered at the Postofflce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 2 cents One week, by carrierlo cents One Year, by carrierss.oo One month, by mail — 36 cents Three Months, by mallsl.op Six months, by mail 31.75 One Year, by mail 33.00 One Year, at office 33.00 (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. Else Bldg., Kansas City Mo. BE SURE YOU REGISTER ON OCT. 6TH: — Within a few* weeks there will be a national election. This is the opportunity which come 3 to the American people once every four years to choose their national rulers and law makers. There is no law to compel any voter to exercise his or her right of suffrage, but the obligation of citizenship in a free country makes it the duty of every voter to cast a ballot. If the voter does not assert his privilege he cannot reasonably object to the result of the election if it does not happen to suit him. In addition to the national election an important state election is to be held at the same time and it is the duty of all voters to study carefully the candidates and the issues in the state campaign. In some localities voters are required to register on certain days in advance of the election. Voters residing in such places should take pains to inform themselves as to dates and places of registration and then register, if they fail to do this they cannot vote. —Bell Telephone News. Registration day in Adams county will be held on October 6th and if you wish to vote on November 4th, you must be a registered voter. After some deliberation, the republicans who met in Indianapolis the other day. decided as wag expected, that N. 11. Sherwood, of Franklin, former magazine promoter was eligible to take Benjamin J. Burris’ position as state superintendent of public instruction, when that gentleman resigns to accept the place as head of one of the normal colleges. Various charges have been made against Sherwood and although he is the republican can didate for state superintendent his »P pointment to the high office will not improve the standard set by former superintendents. The voters can de- ' cide if they want him to fill the place after November. i . U-J-g John A. M. Adair, democratic candidate for congress makes a real businesslike talk and argues the thing out with you. He discusses the issues in an intelligent way, makes his comparisons and those who have heard him are convinced of his sincerity and desire to be of service to the people of the eighth district. The meeting a: Monroe last night was well attended and Mr. Adair made an excellent talk. The republican editors after inspecting th® new de luxe reformatory at i*endleton, surprised the public with ih'-ir findings, that everything was fine there, that money had not been uselessly spent in equipping the prigon and that the place is a wonderful institution. Now all you hav ?xto do in order to enjoy the comforts of the place and see for yourself it to commii some sort of a crime and take a six months' vacation at the place. The present brand of weather is nc hurting the crons. Some are of th opinion that it is just the thing the need. The corn, although a sma

crop this year, is coining along nicely, while the cool weather seems to be just the thing for the sugar beets. Market prices are better than a year ago, so there Is no use feeling pessimf Istic about the outcome. r Tomorrow Is Sunday and Il’s a good time to forget worldy affairs and atr> tend church. The fail season is here and each pastor is anxious that the attendance at the services shows an g increase over a month ago. Now is s the time to renew your interest in O' spiritual affairs and Sunday is a good 8 time to’ start. P - 5 .. The fall season is hero and the loj cal stores are stocked with the new i mrchandise. Decatur merchants 9 want and appreciate your business and as a means of showing it, the gift days are held every six or seven weeks. Next Saturday is gift day in Decatur and it will pay you to do your shopping here and then join the crowd here next Saturday. If the oil companies continue to lower the price of gas, everyone will be figuring how he can purchase a new fall model sedan and ride cheaper Ithan he can walk. 1 A fellow down at Evansville killed i his sweetheart because he said he' . loved her. Well, most girls would prefer not to be loved so dearly. . —o —, MONROE VOTERS HEAR MR. ADAIR DISCUSS ISSUES 1 - .. - ■ (Continued from Page One) . now. is to so act and to so do, that . I may always retain your good-will your confidence and your respect. i “I feel that I am debted to the , people of this district, and that is the reason I am a candidate for congress this year. I do not want the office for the honor there is in it. I have had 1 that. 1 do not want the office because i of ’the salary attached to it. 1 can ■ earn a living without that.- I want the office because 1 believe I can renI der a service for the people of this district that will mean much to them. I want to bring value baek to the * farmer's land and make him more i prosperous; I want to secure for him > better markets and better prices for his products; I want to secure for hint lower freight rates on farm pro- : ducts and I want him to have a lower assessmment and lower taxes on his 1 farm; I want the mills and factories 1 of the country running full blast; I want labor employed at good wages; I want the merchant and mechanic ,- to be prosperous, and all this can be [. done by first making the farmer prost perous. Almost one-third of our entire population live on the farm, and r when 33,000.000 people are down and 0 out, there is no business for the rest s of us. We must first make the farm- . er prosperous and when that is done 0 the whole country will be prosperous. It is because I believe I can do these things, that 1 am aa«king you to send 8 me back to congress. d Conditions Unsatisfactory i- "I am sure we will all agree that ). conditions generally are unsatisfactory, that something must be done and done quickly. Both our state and nar tional administrations have failed Our state administration has been exe pensive, inefficient and disgraceful. Our taxes have gone higher and higher. while our state debt has increased until it runs into the milions. A large number of useless board and ’’ commissioners have been created and tan army of unnecessary employes u placed on the pay roll, drawing big i- salaries at the expense of the tax- ! payers. The cost of our state government has more than, doubled In the * last few years. Farm land has de- *■ preciated in value more than fifty - per cent. If a farmer had a farm four - years ago worth 310,000. he could not . get $5,000 for it today. If his farm would sell for $20,000 four years ago it would not sell for SB,OOO now. During the last three years farming has been so unprofitable that no one t wants a farm at any price. Business i of all kind is at a standstill, factories 3 have been closing one by one, while i others are running on part time and operating at a loss - Labor is restless more than a million men are out of 1 employment. Farmers in the northolwest are bankrupt; out in California e the Chambers of Commerc*e are askjjing people not to come to California as busipesg is paralyzed and there is no work for any body. Our national administration has been character ized by one scandal after another. Tea otjot Dome scandal!, Veterans’ Bureau h? KCanddl Printing ami Engraving scaney d»l. Cterk Hira scandal. Daugharty all 1 *° d ot *W» ara fmh j B “ ( the minds of the people. Extrava-

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', gauce, waste and graft have run wild. e Government officials seemingly tried to see what they could get. and how much they could get; a number of 1 men high up in official life were l ' caught in the net; three cabinet officers have gone wrong and have been forced to resign; government officials 1 are now under indictment by the fed- . eral grand jury; government property s running into the millions Ims been transferred to private interests; millions of the people's mcuey have been 1 wasted and every department of gova eminent is honeycombed with extrai vagance and waste. I "Congress adjourned after being in session for six mouths. The party in power was unable to function as a party. It was divided into warring factions from the beginning of ses- ' sion to the end. Nothing was done to l relieve the farmer, the laborer or i business interests of the country. Nine different bills were introduced to aid agriculture, but none were en 1 acted iuto law. Congress ignored the 1 recommendations of the President > refused to do anything he want .1 > done —while the President vetoed most everything congress did and looked upon its work as a failure. The only legislation passed at the last session that amounted to any 1 thing was the tax bill and that bill was drawn by the democrats of the ■ house and senate. The republicans had a majority in both branches of congress and a republican president. j and yet they 'were unable to agree and finally passed the democratic 1 bill. “Now our republican friends have nominated these same men and will ask you to re-elect them. If President Coolidge was right the republican members of congress who did not support him were wrong; if the republican members of congress were right, then the President was wrong. At any rate they could not agree and could not function as a party. What good would It do. or what relief could you expect, by electing the same President and the same congress, when they have already demonstrated beyond question their inability to work together or function as a party. From what I hear the President is far more popular with the people, than are republican members of congress. It will be amusing this fall, to see our republican candidates for congress. trying to win their election on the popularity of the President after having opposed him all along the line. The Comparison “Now let me make a comparison of our national administration. Eight years under democratic rule and the last four years of republican rule, and see which we prefer. Let me go back and relate a little history which will show how the democratfc party came into power in 1912. The republican party had been in control for sixteen years. During this time the people petitioned and plead in vain for certain legislation, which had been (Continued on Page Five) o —■ -- * & Clean He had no room in his garden for weeds, Nor place in his life for sin; He did not want “doublt-seeds” to grow Where flowers of faith should have been. He'd only a few short hour s each day, At most, a few short years; He could not spare a moment of time, For evil, or foolish fears. He had no room in his garden for weeds, No place in his life for sin; He did not want hate thistles to grow, Where love-flowers ought to |iave been. —A. D. Burkett. 1 0 ( Big Features Os ) [ RADIO c Programs Today j WEAF. New York, (432 Ml 9 P m (EST)—Vincent Lopez and his or chestra. KDK. Pittsburgh (326 M) 8 pm (EST)— Westinghouse band. KGO. Oakland. (312 M) 8 p.m. (PC ST) —Comic opera “The Serenade' by KGO Light Opera company KYW, Chicago (536 M) 7 pm (CBTl—-Pershing mate quartet. i WSAI, Cincinnati, (309 M) 13:3C ■ a.m. (CST) —Freda Sanker's Haga

, muffins, w Sunday v WEAF. New Votk. (492 in) WCAP, f Washington. (469 ml and WJAR. Providence. (360 nil 6:20 p. in. (E. . S. T.i Musical program from the i Capitol theatre. , WSBD. Zion, (315 m) 7p. in. (('. . S. T.)-Sacred concert program. WMAF, South Dartmouth, CltW in) i 6:15 p. m. (E. 8. T.) Musical pro- . gram from the New York Stand , theater. WOAW, Omaha. (526 ml 9 p. m. (C. 8. T. I— Musical chapel service. WIP. Philadelphia. (509 m) 2:35 p. m. (E. S. T.i Matinee concert by Comfort's Philharmonic orchestra. , o * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ From the Daily Democrat fllea 4 • 20 years ago this day 4 County schools will open September 26th. Several business men plan to start brewery ip Decatur. O. France leads Rosenthals in batting with average of 389 in 19 games. Ed Touhey is second with 376. ' Decatur Electric plant shows earning of $82141 for past year and water plant a deficit of $2,511.75. Total receipts were $16,060.93. Mr. and Mrs. William Adler visit at Freemoqt. Ohio. Mrs. Katherine Champer is visiting relatives in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bell leave lor Oden. Michigan, for few weeks. L. C. Helm is attending firemen's convention in Indianapolis. Med, Tom and True will give another dance at C. B. L. rooms tonight. Peaked toe shoes are all the rage and some are even waring them in tans. — . o o BANKERS END ANNUAL MEET (Continued from Page One) paid to Jonce Monyhan, of Orleans, and James W. Sale, of Bluffton, former vice-presidents, and James W. Shirk, chairman of the agricultural committee and Andrew Smith, secretary emeritus, who died during the year. C. A. Dugan, president of the First National Bank of this city, and Joseph D. Winteregg, of the Bank of Berne, and chairman of group one, returned from the convention last night. o rMEN WANTED Experienced Bench Chicken Pickers. Apply at once. Sherman White & Co., Ft. Wayne. Ind. ‘f TRY DAWSON’S j ViUNA TONIC | For Stomach, Liver, B Kidneys, Blood, Rheumatism. Price SI.OO Per Bottle h | Callow & Kohne | “■■■a ■ ■ e a • THE ROAMS : J THEATRE ■ AGAIN TODAY ® Booth Tarkington’s Story ■ I With i Thomas Mejghan g g Playirfg the Leading Part | “PIED PIPER MALONE” | | It's a story of the pictures- f s que Maine fishing coast as ■ g fresh as the breeze from I l 1 the sea. | L J Cast includes Lois Wilson, | f ■ Geo. Fawcett j M H’s a Whale of a Picture, j f g — Also—- “ Picking Peaches” k ■ I 9 g A Real Comedy | F I and I Pat he News !. I All seats 20c Saturday r- I night Unless children are with 1 g parents, then 10c, I Ji MONDAY | "TRIFLING WOMEN" I il | 1. ■ With Barbara LeMarr g Ramon Navorro & Lewis Stone I q j A Big Treat for s'and 15c I

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