Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1925 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Kvening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Hellar. Free, and Gen. Mgr B W. Kampe, Vice-Free. & Adv. Mer A. K. Holthouse, Secy. & Hua. Mgr Entered at the Postofflce at Decatur, Indiana, aa second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies....— — 2 cents Ono week, by carrier — 10 cents One Year, by carrier 53 °0 One month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mall SLOO Six Months, by mall 1L75 One Year, by mail 53.00 One Year, at office...— - 33.00 (Prices quoted are wlthn first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application. Foreign Representative Carpenter & Company, 123 Michigan Avenue. Chicago, RURAL MAIL SERVICE AND ITS GROWTH: — Few institutions in the history of American progress can be credited with a more titulary effect upon the inarch of that progress than the Rural Mail Service of the Post Office Department No other single instrumentality has 1 done more than the Rural Mail ‘>er- ' vice toward “bringing the city to the country," and relieving the prosaic 1 existence of farm life, or has been as effective in establishing closer contact between the farmer and his markets. It has been the most important factor in making agriculture an ex acting business instead of its one time precarious classification which conveyed no broader meaning than tilling the soil." Twenty-nine ycars'qgo the farm, r. ami his wife, and children. led an existence of almost complete islostion. living upon widely scattered (arms, some of them mil* ; apart They ii’id cojnparativcly little <-oiiliniiuh alien Willi tin ir neighbors or the out de world, except that derived from weekly trips to the adjacent village, .’lore often than not the farmer lost a full day's work and his crops were neglected in order Io obtain expexacd... mail at the village post office. In those days the fanners’ mail con sisted largely of communications from relatives and friends. Today the daily mail includes, usually on the very date of publication, the daily newspaper, containing market reports and agricultural news; the weekly and monthly farm journals and irnga zincs, and business letters front tlnvillage merchant and the more pretentious establishment in the distant city. All of these are now brought to his door or to the box a few yardaway. The rural carrier is the farmer's po t office ami his agent. Through ' him he conducts transactions for the stle of his ilve stock, grain, and other farm produce. From him he buys stamps and pays his hills by po dal money order, lit short, the letter carrier Is the medium tiial has trans

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formed the oti«e secluded habitant of the rural district into a cosmopolitan citizen, conversant with current affairs and occupying a larger place in the destinies of a great nation. It was Postmaster General John Wanamaker who first officially sug- ■ gested in 1891 the rural mail idea to Congress. The plan was fought in the legislative branch of the Govern- [ ment for five years before it was I given a try-out. i Illinois leads the nation both iu the > number of rural routes and in mile- ' age, there being 2,637 routes covering a distance of 70,677 miles in that* state. Ohio is second with 2,542 1 routes and a mileage of 63.820; Mis- ( 1 souri third with 2,252 routes covering 56,074 miles; lowa fourth with 2.229 routes covering 60.734 miles; Texas fifth with 2,193 routes covering 59,998 miles; Pennsylvania sixth with 2,036 and 53,385 respectively, Kansas seventh with 1.902 and 55,464 respectively; and New York eighth with 1,863 and 47,130, respectively. Indiana has 1,845 routes, covering a i mileage of 54,795 miles. Build your city upon a hill so that

- '■ ■ . ", I■\ -jaLj ' '’ ■, "S ■ C ) 1 fcOl '> i ' Wh W W ; v -jW 1 wow h II Jll w ? ImF w 1 r - WKEI Hw t||K CL 3 ‘ saw——£?• I® ‘ - ■ 1 . _ * -111 Today - Friday, Jan. 23rd - Is k ||| Safe Investment Day Igg H ’ s to be Thrifty and to Save. That is very fine, but * ''hat are you going to do with the money you have saved? | TWith most people the most complete .joy of SAVING is in order to T SPEND—you should save to spend—hut you must spend Wisely. Invest lhe money saved, so that it will earn a larger amount for you Hthan it could earn at your bank. Invest—in what? That is the question. It is approximated that about a billion dollars a year is wasted 1' \ through fake investment schemes—the savings which it took years to ac- La R cumulate are then gone. J The Thrifty, who Save should be helped—so that their Savings will • be Safely Invested, and will continue to Increase. Our Organization will tell you what Safe Investments are—they will Lj tell you how to invest your money so that (it may earn one percent less I than what you could get through the I'rieml or Stranger who gives you a L.J tip) it will be safe for all time. ‘ WE "ant to help you to make SAI E INVESTMENTS. TOur services are always al your ci mmand whether you uo ’ l*C. business with the "Old Adams’’ or not—don’t hesitate to call on II us—we’re always glad to see and serve yoil! '©M Bainulh ( —-V -- —

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t it cun be s«en, is the way Rev. Whilei sell expressed bls thought on community activity to the Rotarians luat evening. He is r ghl. Let's put old Decatur on top of the highest bill in Indiana and it can be done with every 1 one working towards that end. , After the Ponzi, Koreas and other i swindlers did their work, a young l>eau-brirfnmel worked his game in ' New York and ended up by getting about three million dollars. And New Yorkers thought all the time that they were immuned. • The legislature has killed the bill I aimed at prohibiting the auto races lon Decoration Day at Indianapolis. Plans will now go forward for the. race. Are you one of the thrifty persons | who is putting aside a certain amount of money each week or every month for a "rain}- day?" . . ... o — Decatur Circuit Preaching at Mount Pleasant on the morning of Jan. 25. Mrs. Griffith will preach both morning and evening at Washington. The Fourth Quarterly Conference

will be held at Beulah, February 3. Rov. izster L. C. Wisner. - o 1 ■ ■ — — Pleasant Mills A Salem Sunday School. 9:30. Morning Worship, at Salem I l ' Afternoon service at Bobo OR. Epworth League, 6:30. Evangelistic Service ;tt I len .mt Mills, 7:30. j The church election will be held February 1 at both Pleasant Mills : nd .Salem during the morning service* Every member 21 years of ttge ; nd over has a vote. We hope a good re-, presentativo will vole. Give God a Chance and see what

Coney Island Sandwiches Hot Dogs at FKICKLE’S PLACE Try our home-made chilli made by “Sammy’’ Yon«, the new chef at I-’rickle’s.

He can make out of your lite. F. A Sphiley. —O" 1 POCAHONTAS LUMP COAL Off cat Saturday and Monday, $8 delivered. 17 U. l.uiiti' Virginia Lump ’ Egg size or cook stove coal 56•>« V. NEW SPRING HATS h iiv " lived. Prices from 34.m> to sj.-> • Winter itats to be closed out at »L each. Mrs Maud A. Merriman. 8- Fourth «t„ Decatur. Ind. FOR RENT— Strictly modern living apartment. Possession at '

FOR WORKING PEOPLE The Itcst of workeni B ct , OU L°L R ,2.1 whnn Iho liver fails to act. They ir*l hSid hnlf-stek, "blue” and disceuragd andthink they arc getting bff- Negtect of these svmptoms might result in a mck epell, therefore the sensible course is to take a dose or two of Herbinc. It is just the medicine needed to purify the system and restore the vtm and ambition of health. Price 60c. Sold by Holthouse Drug Co. i I DANCING I Billy’s Syncopator’B i Tonight at Masonic Hall introducing that new fox trot “Doo-Wacka Doo’’ Park Plan Public Invited. I I MOHHHMaffHHMBHBIHHBfIBB

Special FOR Fri. & Sat, Your first opportunity to buy a high grade Spark Plug at such a low price A C Plugs for Fords 48c Sell regularly at 75c and worth it. A C Plugs For all other cars 60c * Sell regularly for $1 THRU THE WIND-SHIELD Spot Light Sells regularly for $12.50. BUY NOW! Installed for $8.90 DON’T FORGET’ OUR TIRE SALE is still on for the balance of the month BIG REDUCTIONS

Porter Beavers Phone 123 Monroe & First