Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1925 — Page 4

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller, I’res. and Gen Mgr E. W. Kampe, Vice-Pres. & Adv. Mgr A. R. Holthouee, See'y. & Baa. Mgr Entered at the Poetotfice at Decatur, Indiana, a» second claaa matter. Bubacrlptlon Rates: Single copies 2 cents One week, by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One month, by mail —— 86 cents Three Months, by mall 11.00 Six Months, by mall $1.75 One Year, by mail —— 13.00 One Year, at office-- 13.00 (Prices quoted are withn first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application. Foreign Representative Carper ter & Company, 123 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, The St. Joseph basketball team added further to their record and reputation by defeating the famed Gibault team from Vincennes without much exertion. The local lads arc fast and unless something unforseen comes up as it often does in athletics, we will hear from Center's Colts in the Chicago interstate meeting. Opinion is divided as to whether or not the ground hog saw his shadow yesterday and so to play it safe every one will have to go on the theory that there will be at least six more weeks of uncertain weather and lhats no guess. Its as safe as life insurance rates, figured on the law of liver ages. "Don't make no difference where a fellow is. he can always find some good to do." 'Twasn't said by <: Beecher, a Sunday or a famous preacher, or lecturer, but. by one of those who is making his home at the county infirmary, which means more, if you just stop to think it over seriously. Its the truth and if you are not doing good to some one, you are losing opportunities and It doesn't make any difference what your conditions and environs. The Wright bone dry hill wltMi has just passed the Indiana house fails to give much of a thrill in e state which is already about as dry as bone. It perhaps increases tin penalties slightly and provides a fewextra causes for arrests but after al 1 isn't it a matter of enforcing laws' We have enough laws now to stop any of the many crimes and misde me mors and what we must have t< stop the wave, is arrests, convictions and fewer suspended sentences. The National Muncipal League hat sent out a report showing that the average increase in taxes the past year Were ill the cities of America sixty cents on the thousand dollar valuation. They point out that there are three ways and three only in which this can be controlled, First by economical management or the ic duct ion of public activities; second, by adding Io the taxable basis by adding wealth to the community; third, by adding to the uniformity of taxing methods so every tax payer pays his proportion- of expenses. Its a big subject, important, should be thought over seriously. It is rumored that the Burglar's Brotherhood are planning to send a bunch of their best second storyworkers to Indianapolis to lobby against the bill which proposes life imprisonment or the electric chair for convictions of those of their fra fernily who arc convicted. They oil ject because the bootlegger, tile hold up man and tile fellows slick enough Io gel their hands in the public treasury arc not included and while they feel it will not make much difference iiiiiee ~o few are captured and they can usually talk the jurv out of it. they fear it a bad precedent to per mb a l"gisluture to thu:; single them out. They will probably propose to i oinpromlse by fixing certain hours during which burglars must do their btirglarltig: Tin. county unit bill has been in. tr.j-ju-yed iu the legislature and provides that the control of the schools.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAY. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1925

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COUNTY UNIT BILL I One of the bills introduced in the 1 legislature which is attracting a lot •of attention is the County Unit Bill, which if made a law would change the system of township schools. (Claude S. Steele, author of the bill .'prepared the following d’gest of the (bill, which will be of interest to the readers of the Daily Democrat. I. The Organization 1. The. ‘-chop! comity is composed of all the county except incorporated towns and cities. Provision is made for their admission, if so desired. 2. Tlie County Board of Education Is composed of live members. Two vepresent the school county at large. One comes from each commisioner’s district. AH are elected at the regular election by the voters of the school county. They receive $5.00 for each meeting, but not over SIOO.OO in one year. 3. The pounty superintendent is chosen by the County Board of Education for each school. He receives no pay. 11. The Financial Arrangement 1. Tin- County Board of Education fixes Hie tax levy,for paying teachers, const rm ting buildings, meeting debts, and for all school purposes. 2. Tin- lax rate for each township will be the same for raising money to pay teachers, purchase 'equipment and construct new buildings. For paying off old debts it will be fixed for each township so that no towusli p will have to pay both its own and the other township's debts as well. Money raised by taxation for i hool purposes in the school county is in the hands of the county treasurer. lie pays the teacher on the order of the County Board of Education. HI. Powers of the County Board of Education and County Superintendent. 1. All the powers in school affairs now held by the township trustees are given to the County Board of Education. 2. 0 chooses the county superin1 te.udent who becomes its secretary, but has not vote. 3. It employs teachers on the rec- . omtuendation of the county superintendent. 1. It autftrizes the county treasI urer to pay tenrt'hers’ salaries. 5. It purchases fuel, books aud supplies for the school county. IV. Advantages ot the County Unrt m Rural Education 1. It saves money. t a. Fuel, books and supplies are: bought in large quantities. r l>. School buildings are located , more advantageously. e. Fewer are needed I d. The cort ot trsnuportatfon t: less. e. The system hi less expcnaiiFe in salaries alone than the trustee syq- . lent by $951,000 per year. 2. It saves local control. All 1 school power is with the County Board _ of Education. It is elected by the voters. Heretofore a voter cast a ballot ' for one school man. Now be votes _ for five No school powers are taken away from the county. No power

(goes to the State Board of Education 8. Il mnx'H -rural education. I a. It puts the resource* of the. whole school county behind every] ( school. Railroads, pipelined and nil ] big business in any township will help every township. b. In 1852 wc went from the de ■ • trlet to the township system. In keeping with improvements in commun-, ication and transportation we now- go. t<> a county system c. The organization that has giv-i en efficient city school will be duplicated by an organization for rural schools. 4. It saves teachers. With opportunities tn The country as good as those in the city, teachers will remain in the country. We will have as good country teachers ns we have city teachers. 5. It, saves children. It gives the child 6i a poor section of a county as good facilities as the one in a more favorable section. This new system —the last word in rural education — g'ves to the rural child opportunities long enjoyed by the city child. o 4 • TWENTY YEARS AGO TQDAY ♦ ♦ From th* Dally Democrat file* ♦ i • 20 year* ago thia day ♦ Feb. 3. —Messrs. Boknecht. Rice. Hooper and Bain buy ground south of Monroe street buildings and will build additions in spring. V G. Ellingham elected president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association. Sleighing party to Martin Beery home proves happy event. L, W. Johnson, truant officer of Adams county dies after short illness with grippe. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lower leave tor Pittsburg to make home. Mr. Low. er will take charge of the Donaldson stock farms. J. S. Bowers is in the Camden gas fields today. C. G. Egley elected secretary of Eastern Indiana Grain Dealers association at annual meeting at Fort Wayne. Ed Wasmuth of Roenoke was .elected president. — I Big Features Os { RADIO j Programs Today ( TUESDAY’S - BEST RADIO WEAF, New York, 492-M; WJAR. 1 Providence, 360-M; WEEI, Boston, 303-M; WCAE, Pittsblirgh, 462-M; W -Fl. Philadelphia, 385-M; WGR, But- 1 falo; 319-M, 9 p. in. (E.S.T.) —Everready Entertainers in program commemorating Robert Burns. WJZ, New York, 455-M; WGY, Schenectady. 360-M; and WRC, Washington. 469-M. 9 p. in. (E.S.T.)—Bruns- 1 wick music memory concert. KGO, Oakland. 312-M, 8 p. in. (P. C.S.T.) —Sciot's Minstrels. WCX. Dortiot, 516-M, 10 p. m. (E. S T.)—Red Apple club. WLW, Cincinnati. 123-M, 10 p. m. (E.S.T.) —Male quartet, trio, orchestra. LOCAL CHURCHES MERGE SCHOOLS (Coutinued from Page One) and the school is being organized with the highest motive back of it, that of building better character among the young folks and at the same time instilling into them the wonderful teachings of the Holy Book. Last summer the Presbyterian. Baptist and Evangelical churches conducted individual Bible schools and the interest shown exceeded all expectations. This year all the churehos will unite in conducting the Community Bible; school. Several months ago the Ministerial Association voted favorably ou holding a Community Bible school and, upon motion, the matter was referred back to the individual congregations to adopt or reject.' The purpose of -securing congregational approval was to have the unanimous support of every individual in carrying out the plans for the school and to create as J much interest as possible iu the school. 0 COUNTY TO BUILD ’ ONE NEW BRIDGE (Contioued Irom Page One) i — ———— firmary has been done by hand and it takes several days to complete the I task. I The county commissioners stated today that bids would be received at t a later date for supplying a quantity i of fertilizer at the county farm and - that bids v-ould be recei ed tor the ■ building of a granary there.

RESCURERS WORK DILIGENTLY TO reach explorer (Continued from PW Ob®' ■ workers. I Nut vntil au opiate passed along the long relay of men lying Hut on their faces In the narrow crevice wns ndmlnistered to Collins, wns he calm again. 0 BILL GOES TO SECOND READING (Continued front Page One) by the public service commission for •rate making purposes. Indianapolis, Feb. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat)-The two admiuis tratkni economy bills presented in the house yesterday by Representative L A. Pittenger. republican floor leader, were to be favorably report cd today by the ways and means roinmif trr. The two bills won weighed at a meeting ot the committee yesterday an 1 RepresentHtive Pittenger, coin inittec chairnmn, announced would be recommended for passage ioday. One bill provides for diversion of all fees and taxes to the general fund, from which appropriations will be made for the different departments : nd insti’utions. The second bill seeks to make the present legislative budget a-lvisory committee a permanent urganizaiton subject to the <all of th-: governor it a' y time. The administiation budget bill calling for a total expenditure of approximately $44,000,0(10 during the next two years will probably be submitted to Governor Jackson today or tomorrow by Ihe budget advisory comnrttlo't and budget officials. The senate labor committee today took, under consideration the bill to increase compensation for injured workmen from $13.50 to $16.50 and to revise the present law to provide more liberal terms of administration >f the compensation acts. A public hearing was held ou the bill last night at which T. N. Taylor, president of the state federation of labor, and other labor leaders urged its approval. Speakers arguing against the bill contended "it would he unwise to, make idleness too attractive." The Borns bill providing for establishment of voluntary costabu laries in place of the present horse-, Chiefs' detective associations. were advanced to second reading in the house. Three important amendments were adopted to the bill when it was brought out of committee, one providing that the constant of the judge and sheriff in counties where the voluntary constabulary associations are formed must be obtained for their organization. The bifl will draw the fire of labor interests on second reading Labor leaders fear the constabulary can be used to put down strikes. The Harlan garnishee bill authorizing garnishees on incomes was passed by the senate at the afternoon session yesterday by a vote of 30 to 15. By n bare constitutional majority the bill abolishing fire rate making bureaus passed the senate. Senator Cbaml>crs, author of the bill, branded the rate making bureaus of the fire insurance companies as a trust, fixing rates in arbitrary manner from which the people have no recourse. o OBSERVE FEAST OF ST. BLASE Blessing Os Throats Takes Place At St. Marys Cafhwc®c Church The ’feast of Ht. -Blnse -was culabrsf ed in the St. Hlaryls Catholic church today.- The blessing of throats Tm>k place ufter the six anti sewn-thirty masses and a special service was held nt two o'clock this ufterpoon. Hundreds of people attended the aer Mines during the day the pastors. Rev. J. A. Soimetz and Rev. Otto Poterhi. iwßistmrt, giving tiw .blessing. St. Blase, whose roast is celebrated toduy, was bishop of Eobasto in Armenia, when put to death for the faith, near th: bogiuniug of tIN fourth century. To eacapc the fury of the ipoKtecuifon of the Diocletian. Im retired to s. cave in the side of a neighboring bill, a favorite apot. -with him when in neartfli of quiet for prayer and release from the great cures of Ids diocese. The sdldiers of the governor came by chaode on his place of retreat, ar rested him., and led him awey to prison loud."J with chains. Here he continued to teach and wtrfljefl many wonderful cures. Ajuong others, he

saved a boy ulroad.* despaired of by the physicians. A thorn of fishbone had lodged in the child a throat, aud In spite of every effort, death was imminent. The saint raising his eyes, prayed over the boy, the ob structioo in his throe* was removed and the anxiety of the parents was ! turned Into rejoicing. These won- ' ders served but to tetasporffie the pagan judges and when condemned to death he wns beaten with rods, stretched on the rack, torn with iron hooks and finally beheaded. Later the feast of St. Blase was established and (he custom of blessing throats on this day insugurated. __ ■ ■ —— Three Men Are Held For Robbing Couple Columbus. Ind. 3 — Throe Brown county men charged with brutally attacking aud robbing an aged couple two weeks ago. were held in the Bartholomew county jail to day for safe keeping. The three men, Vernon Miller, 26. I Arthur Fritz. 26, and Lowell Long. 25. were brought to Columbus after, i threats of molt violence had been made against them iu Nashville. ' The Gio is charged with torturing I James Richardson and his wife near

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