Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1924 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller—Pres, and Gen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vke Pree * Adv Mgr A. R. Holthouie—Sec'y. A But. Mgr. Entered at the Poetofflce at Decatur, Indiana, ae second class matter. Subscription Ratos: Single copies a 2 cents One week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier—s6.oo One month, by mall .. M centg Three Months, by mall SI.OO Six months, by mall |1.75 One Year, by mail—s3.oo One Year, at office33.oo (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Ratss 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. THIS IS NO TIME TO DODGE ISSUES: — Dr. McCulloch is a plain, everyday citizen who tells the voters where he stands on every issue. He believes taxes are too high because money is wasted. He believes that certain boards and commissions are useless and should be abolished. He beliqyes that as many as four boards can be combined at one-fourth the expense. He believes that government should be restored to the people. He is a straight forward man and a straighttalking candidate. When he appeared at Fort Wayne last Saturday night someone in the audience asked him where he stood on the klan question and here is his clear-cut reply: , “I am going to answer it, although I am now in the midst of a discu&ion of economic subjects. 1 will answer it because it is .an important question in this campaign. I thought I , had made my position clear. “America has room for only one 1 form of government. The Puritans in New England, the Quakers in Pennsylvania, the Catholics in Maryland. the Baptists in Rhode Island, the Episcopalians in Virginia, these and other denominations settled in this country believing that religion should never mingle in our government and every man should worship according to his own conscience. “Second, when America welcomed them to her shoreg from foreign lands, she specified a form of allegiance. "Third, when the civil war liberated the slaves, it established that race is no bar to equality before the law. “Now, sir mindful of these things, as an American citizen, and one who served overseas on the firing line, whenever the Ku Klux Klan or any other organization attempts to subvert these principles I will oppose it with al! the means in my power. I believe in one country, one flag and one God; I do not believe in discrimination against race or place of birth. Whether I win or lose, that is what I believe and there is where I stand.” The school in this city for the training of Sunday school teachers has completed the first week with much success and with interest growing. A hundred members have been enrolled and there is no question but that great benefit will result. The children go to school six or seven h- rs a day and five days in the week and besides this spend several hours each week in the study of lessons in a systematic way. Then they go to Sunday school and receive a half hour of instruction, hit or miss. How can you expect the average child to be interested and if so to receive any amount of knowledge or' information? They don’t. More than sixty-five per cent, are receiving no systematic religious instructions and we believe that is one of the things that is seriously wrong in this country. We are passing through an era of crime and there is much evidence of degeneration. We know of no better method for correcting much of the evils than by giving more attention to the church and Sunday school.

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Face to Face With' JOSEPH CONRAD • • Master Writer of Sea Faring Tales , (By Joe Mitchell Chapple) 1 A paradox was revealed in the life of the late Joseph Conrad. An emin ent author declared: “He was the best English writer of us all and yet he was born in Poland." Polish of the Polish, this master of fiction left his heritage to literature not written in his own native language. In early youth he found his father's English translation of Shakespeare’s plays strange and fascinating for him. although he had never heard the sound of English speech until he landed in Loistef in 1878, at the age of twentyone. Before, that time he had never looked upon the waves of the sea, yet he became the greatest English writer of sea stories. Until he was thirty he never wrote a book or tine, except in a log book , aboard ship: But ye gods of Neptune ( what a life he lived! On an English vessel, with the sky as the only over his head, this native of a coun- * try without a seacoast eventually founded a new literature of the vasty ’ deep. Sailing thousands of miles over the vast expanse of oceans, he never' even had a comrade who spoke his own tongue. Like Sir Joseph Porter in Pinpfore, he lived and died with the distinction that he was "an Eng- , lishman,” in so far as his literary work was concerned. “Truth of the master sort I can promise and also sincerity,” that is 1 1 the keynote expression of Joseph i Conrad. He was passionately sincere I in every phrase he penned. Looking - into his fascinating eyes, within the < year, has left an endurin'g memory. 1l In his quiet way his features suggest- 1 ed a rugged seafaring man. with 1 ' spare hair atop. An artist through < work, an aristocrat by birth, but a t democrat with the instinct of the, t shipmates of the “forecastle.'’ > t Early in his career he commanded ' a small stern wheel steam boat — | i "The Belgium"—and sailed for the ( Congo, giving him the feeling of some i black mysterious magic so noticeable 11

Editor’s Note: Send ten names of your favorite famous folk now living to Joo Mitchell Chapple, The Attic, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City. The readers of this paper are to nominate for this Hall of Fame. — -- ■ -■ -— — ■ :

The house of Smith will fight the' I house of Roosevelt in New York, j' This week the republicans ' ed young "Teddy” Roosevelt and the 1 democrats unanimously chose their 1 leader of the Empire state, Al Smith. • Both will run on platforms condemn- ' ing the klan and both men have pub- 1 licly announced that- they favor light ' wines and beer. The only difference' ' seems to be that Roosevelt is a candidate on a platform which condemns Smith for the repeal of the ! dry enforcement law. It will be a battle without gloves and much money will be wagered on the results. When people get back to the oldfashioned way of living and worship--1 ing if they ever do, then and only 1 then will a normal condition be restored. So long as we step as lively ■ and as rapidly as we have been do- “ ing for several years, just that long will we find young people and adults searching for thrills that mean sin and sorrow and trouble not only for themselvt s but for others who are ' directly and indirectly affected. Tomorrow i s Sunday, the day when you 1 should cease toil, forget difficulties ' of she world and remember that church is the place in which to do it. One week from Tuesday is the last day to register. As we have mentioned many times, you do not need to register unless you are a first votor or have moved from one precinct to another during the past two years. I If you are not so registered, however, you must do so before the night of October 6tli|. Notify Dan Tyndall, democratic county chairman and he will see that you are registered or if not, >:e sure to go to your voting place on the registration day and qualify to vote. Dr. William Thompson, president f ( of the University of Ohio and one of - the strong republican leaders of the y, middle west since the days of Mc- | Kinley has announced that he will

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1924.

£ * t • JOSEPH CONRAD says: “I do not see why you so honor me when I have simply written what I could not resist relating, like other seamen returning from a long voy- ’ age.’’

in his stories. Facing and enduring 1 hardships the world over, he lived ■ and glorified in the distinction of ’ seamanship—in the broad sense ol the word. On his visit to America he said: "I 1 cannot understand why you so honor, me, when I have simply written what ’ 1 could not resist relating.*like other, j seamen returning from a long voy ) ' age. I have lived over again the , I thrills and exhiliarations in recount-j i ing dangers, adventures and the maj-\ esty of the high seas.’’ With the simple modesty of a sea 1 faring man who has braved the storms of life, he made a career de-’ spite the oncoming waves of handicap that would have discouraged a less dauntless spirit than that of Joseph Conrad. In his experience, clear and easily ! translatable, he has left not a collec-' tion of novels and verse but a litera-. ture that has the real tang of the < sea. Universal in its scope, the heart' t emotions of the reader in the isola I tion of plains, deserts, prairies, mountains and cities, , are touched. ‘ 1 Whether describing the wild scenes of typhoons and tempests, or of bal- t my calm days, Joseph Conrad is ever, 1 the master of vigorous and realistic < style. J < The spirit of “Blow softly yefouth r winds" pervades the work of Joseph i Conrad, and seems to sound a requ- t iem for him as he sailed westward on 1 t his life’s last voyage. j 1

— —, . | support John W. Davis for president 1 of the United States. There has un- 1 I, doubtedly been a strong swing to the 1 I 1 democratic candidate the past few ; days. David Lawrence tells about it in the north and west, other writ-1' 1 ers tell about it in the east where the . candidate is campaigning. When 1 , compared to either of the other can- • i didates, Davis stands out far ahead. - Senator Samuel M. Ralston will ' speak at the court house Tuesday ( evening at 7:30. He will arrive at , Bluffton during the afternoon and will be met -there by a local commit- ' tee which will bring him here. The senator is in excellent physical condition and is better posted on the po- : litical conditions and the great problems at interest than any other man in the state. What, by the way. has become of the proposed plans for converting the old cemetery into a beautiful park, as was done at Van The season of the year when action should be taken is approaching and we hope sincerely that the necessary steps will be taken to thus improve a section of the city w’hich should be look- , ed after. o

* TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ From the Daily Democrat files ♦ ' ♦ 20 years ago this day ♦ i • Sept, 27, J 924 —Charles Merryman leaves for Cardwell, Mo., to accept position with Decatur Egg Case company. Horse and buggy stolen from A. Gottschalk is found at Willshire. Felix T. McWhiter, prohibition candidate for governof speaks to small crowd at court house. Grain elevator at Ohio City burns with loss of $5,000. James P. Haefling elected president of Parker club with 150 members. Surprise for Carlysle Flanders on his 7th birthday. Corner stone iaying of new court house at Huntington is made a big <

'event. Many from here attend. | Cordua & Son locate poultry pack Ing plant in Schmitt building opposite Ic. & E depot. Tom Cloud of Marion Is the new fireman at the Murray. —o — America The Beautiful America the beautiful! The hills with harvests crowned; Thy valleys growing golden grain. Thy forests far renounced. Thy mountains rich in nimeral mines' In fish and fur thy stream; Thy flocks and herds a countless host,' Thv wealth unbounded seems. From sea to sea. from lake to gulf j Thy temples ring with song; Thy people dwell in peace, secure, A vast, increasing throng. V For freedom and equality Thy flag afar is famed; Thy constitution stands for truth Where national laws are named. America the beautiful! America the free! America, the land of hope,— \ All people honor thee. —A. D. Burkett. I o The People’s Voice — JUSTICE IS ASKED In the Adams County Witness und i er date of September 15th, 1924 there is an account of the death of Jacob Halfen; also an editorial entitled. “Jacob Halfen.” lu order to correct the mistakes in i the article anti in the editorial as yell as to deny the untruths therein I contained, I, the undersigned widow i of Jacob Halfen desire to make lift-1, reply thereto. "Before my husband was taken to the County Infirmary, I consulted friends and citizens in the town of Berne as to what ought to be done. ’ aAiong them being Amos Hirsehy. I Mr. Hirsehy advised me to leave the matter in his hands and that he would take care of it for me. It is well known in and around Berne that 1 have been the support of ray deceased husband by my own labor coring many, years prior to his death; it is also well known that my husband left me from time to erne staying away from ‘ during those years for Tong periods of time and that he did not support me during many years prior to his death; it is also well known by the Citizens of, Berne and community that my de-. ceased husband conducted himself upon the streets of Berne and else-j where in such a manner as to bring complaints continually' from citizens ( of Berne aqd that finally I was compelled to take up his case with somej one who would be able to look titter him as it was both physically and financially impossible for me to do so. For these reasons I consulted number of people, especially Amos Hirsehy, the Drs. Jones, and followed their advice. The seettnd .paragraph of the edi tcrial that my husband lost his mind j entirely after arriving at the Infirm-j ary is also untrue; there was no, noticeable difference between his mental condition when he left Berne* and ‘after arriving' at the County In- 1 firmary. but upon arrival at the In-j firmary 1 was advised by the Superintendent of the Infirmary, that my husband wife not a proper subject for the Infirmary; that he could not take care of him; that on account of his mental condition, he would have to be taken to the asylum for treatment and consequently proper proceedings was’ had and he was sent to East ' Haven. I went to Richmond after * he was taken to the asylum, visited * with my husband at the hospital > where he had been * removed and placed under the care of competent physicians and nurses. He only liv--1 cd three weeks after his arrival at 1 East Haven. The third paragraph of the editorial which states that 1 consulted the ' officers of my church as to the disposition of the body is untrue,- and the 1 statement that I sent word to ths ’ asylum that it could keep the body is also an untruth. I talked with the 5 superintendent of the Infirmary at Decat#r as he advised me that ar- ' langements ought to be made to take i- care of the body and the expense incident to the death of my husband i should it occur at the asylum. I informed the superintendent that I was t unable to pay any expenses. I am ? a pootuwoman, past sixty years of age I

and dependent entirely upon my own labor for support. 1 am u member of the. Amish Christian church, but my husband was not a member of any church. The Amish Christian church as a church had nothing whatever to do with the matter of I having my husband taken to the InI firmary or to the asylum or concerni ing the disposition of his body. 1 took the advice of some of the mein ' bers of my church and of others as

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above stated. 1 feel that the editorial in the VVitneus ban done uiu a great deal of harm and I want the public to know that my neighbora. friends and membun of my church who are acquainted with the facts will support me In this denial and explanation I am willing to place my actions iu connection with looking after my husband upon the fuir, honest, unbiased judgment of the people who know

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