Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1925 — Page 4

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DECA T U fl . J DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. If. Heller, Preu, and Gen. Mgr. A R. Holthouse, Sec’y. & Bn* M|r ’ Entered at the Poatoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies 2 centi One week, by carrier 10 '-•ents One year, by currier » 6 00 One month, by mall , 35 cents Three months, by mall fI.OO Six months, by mall One year, by mail — 23 00 One year, at office 23 °® (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application Foreign Representative Carpentier & Company. 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Brisbane of the Hearst newspapers recently heard of a country editor who had retired with $50,000 in cash. This interested him because of its unusuallness so he hunted him up and asked him to what he attributed his success. He replied: "To hard work, thrift, a good business and the fact that my grandfather died recently and left me $49,999.50." Many yards, front and back and many spots over the city are most attractive this year, because of the ,-arc and attention given and nothing is more beneficial to a community than well cared for yards and homes. Your trues and lawns and flower beds and shrubs are great assets to your property and we are proud of Decatur and her improvements. Veterans of the old Rainbow division which took a big part in the World War and in which were a dozen Adams county men. are holding their seventh annual reunion in Chicago tsrls week. They pledged themselves yesterday to gather at Chalons. France, In 1928. for thjdr tenth re.union on the anniversary of the beginning of the batch? in which they .won their greatest glory. ■'Decatur is a dead old Jiole, but Its the funniest thing, our company does more business here than in any place around here," was the remark the representative of a large in.estment company yesterday. Inquiry proved that, he meant by his remark that we had too few ' blind itigers,” road houses and dance halls. After all. his spell was a boost rather than a knock, wasn’t it? Valuations in Allen country were increased n total of nearly two luillion dollars by this years assessments. according to a statement by Auditor Johnson of that county. Now the. board of review there is asking that other counties be increased or their assessments be reduced, if their lands are worth more its alright to 1 pay more but we can t see just why they should decide' the valuation of lands in other counties. Two months from today, the Great Northern Indiana Fair will open a four-day exhibit with big night shows. Are you getting ready for it? Have you written your friends to come? Plans are going right ahead and when tlie day arrives you will find every detail taken care of. Get an exhibit ready, boost the fair and be a real citizen of Adams county. It is not a Decatur event but a county fair and every one lu the county should assist , in making It the best in the State. The corn crop in this vicinity was' injured to quite an extent by the recent storms. Just how severe the ' loss cannot, be accurately estimated for a few days until it can be seen how much of it is able to stand again. Knocked back by a frost on May . 251 h and then thrown flat by the storms of Saturday and Sunday if the old cornstalk comes through and.supplies a big crop to bring prosperity t.o this section of Indiana, it will be doing its part. State road twenty-one through this part of the state is not very good this

Solution of Yesterday'* Puzzle sb'l CO a IBH A l S EBQ.y.E R E? RfcEH E U s eMa Gi eßn.uTß_h.O B e"o PglßEl* ■h’a dime ' N a tiiiqinß |pr“n £ I AT. I O.n| KEY EPj i lofMCl-M * e z Bu sbnßu a R V I Bs Mt Htl* N I ;N K I I Ro'nME_9 A yßM a . |i -. t : e [so’d d^nßßB p E ' N BIPjN year and the worst part of It Is that it can’t be helped much. North df here, of course, the road Is closed for construction of the new bituminous highway. The part of the road which goes over Thirteenth street is in bad condition and it would hardly pay to spend any money on it as it is to be paved this year, the contract to he let the first of the month. With that approach and the Winchester road both closed for repairs, a detour will be necessary, making the state highway just about nil here during the next several months. It will be necessary for the county authorities to maintain their parallel roads to a degree which will permit the extra traffic and its no small job. Lets all pull together to make the conditions the best we can for the traveling public. for its an important part of affairs these days. What is it that makes a man forget that he is responsible for the lives of the people in his automobile? What is it that makes a man wish to go faster and faster and that makes him unwilling to observe the law which he knows he should do? Sometimes it is familiarity with the schedule of a railroad that causes a man to drive on the track without looking and under the wheels of a train. The same familiarity should also teach him that, trains are sometimes late and that there are frequently extra trains operated over the road. On the road when one car meets another, the regard for the lives of the occupants of both cars should lie considered. If that is not sufficient then the regard for one’s own life should cause him to slow down enough to assure himself that the cars will puss safely. Common courtesy should tell him to consider the other fellow. None of these things seem to accomplish the desired result, however, and day afler day the same story is toll of death along the road because of collision or of death at the railroad crossing. To the warning, "Cross Crossings Cautiously,” there should be added “Meet Motors Carefully” and "Pass Pedestrians Prudently."—Anderson Herald.

Big Features Os RADIO Programs Today

WEDNESDAY’S RADIO FEATURES. WRC. Washington, 469; WJZ, New York. 455. 5 p. m. to 6:30 p. m. (E.S. T.i I’. S. Marien band. WMAQ. Chicago. 448, 9:15 p. m. (C.S.T.)—WMAQ players. WLS, Chicago, 345, 11 p. m. (C.S. T.l—Cornbuskers request night. WCAJ’, Washington. 469; WEAF, New York, 192: WOO. Phlladlephia, 508; WJAR, Providence. 306. 6:30 p. m. (E.S.T.) —U. S. ymy band. WOC, Davenport, 484, 9 p. in. (C. ST.)— Weekly organ recital. -— - o • ♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ — ♦ ♦ From the Daily Democrat file ♦ ♦ Twenty years ago this day ♦ ♦ 4 +♦♦♦♦♦+++♦♦♦♦♦♦ July 15—Robert Scott of Lima, 0., arrested here on charge of embezzlcing s’’>oo from gambling room there. Now York is having 11 fierce race riot. Surveyor L. L. Baumgartner sells the Bailey and Sheets ditches in Union township for repairs. R. E- Peary sails from New York to search fur the north pole, visiting at Berne. L. A. Graham is passing out cigars and says “its a girl”. Markle votes 134 to 47 against '.i.stallation of a water plant. | lee-cream social at the Union Chap-

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.jm by Edgar A. GucstAft i »~*l I|TI THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL Some times tho wise men conic and Talk of my home us though it were stand about “ y ,!iu , , , , ‘For bankers and their rules in every And see me spending money on my doubt place. But I shall take my six percent- in Some new - expense to add a touch blooms, of grace, Roses and peonies and living trees. . , . ~ .1 hold the beauty of these little rooms And then they say. You II never get Ab(jve thfJ proflt wMch the banker it out!” ages. — Witli talk of annual interest they This is my home, too dear and sweet flout a cause t My love of trees and shrubbery to For business wisdom and its code of my face, laws. (Copyright 1925 Edgar A. Guest

Mr. and Mrs. James Harklcss arc ; el U. B. church. Walter Johnson resigns as a clerk i at the Hub and with his brother Ches-1 ter, will open general store at Monroe. I o , Inspection Os C. M. T. C. To Be Held Saturday Camp Knox, Ky., July 15 —Governors of Ohio', Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia with civilians promin•nt in civil and political life in the four states are expected to join ranking military authorities in inspecting students in the Citizen’s Military Training Camp liere at official Visitors’ Day ceremonies to be held Saturday morning. A series of parades of the various units which have been , staged daily since the students entered their third week of training will culminate Saturday in a regimental review in b> nor of the visitors. The two companies composing the Third Battailion. under command of Captain Harold K. Coulter, and composed mostly of young Ohioans, walked away with the biggest share of training honors awarded this week. Company I. commanded by Captain Leo Donavan, has the honor trophy attached to its guidon, and Company M. under Captain Harold Haney, is boasting the excellence trophy in the machine gun and howitzer group. Besides physicial training, drill, t recreation and athletics, and studies in citizenship, the following subjects have been introduced into the training schedules this week: topography and orientation, combat principles, hygeine and first aid. hippology and care of animals, reconnoissan'ee and signal communication, and a study of tho duties of ociders and non-com-missioned officers. Baseball games between the different companies for the camp championship iiave been under way for a week and final competitions began Monday in tennis and boxing. Volleyball and field and track events are also in full swing. The first dance of the season. Held Saturday night, was adjudged a

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i "howling success.” Girls were I brought from Louisville by the dozens ! and scores to dance with the thousands of C.M TC. candidates. Two ' trains of passenger busses were , necessary in order that there would be one girl to every two students. Another dance will be held in the evening on Visitors’ Day. and the following Saturday a boat excursion up tho Ohio river to Rose Island for a huge picnic is scheduled. Cousing Os William J. Bryan Is Well-Known Adams County Farmer Charley Bryan, respected and wellknown farmer of Kirkland township, called on us this morning. He’s a great old Charley and a mighty fine fellow, and, by the way, his father aifd the father of William Jennings Bryan were brothers. They lived back in old Virginia many years ago. William J's. dad decided he wanted a university education and he moved out west and got i and became a lawyer. Strange as it may seem, Charley never met his famous cousin, but he has followed his career with much interest of course, though he never voted for him. He is, however, a believer in his ability and his honesty of purpose and is follow ing him now through the evolution trial lat Dayton, Tennessee. Charley came to this county thirty-eight years ago and has become one of the old timers in Kirkland township. With his hat off, he the great commoner very much in appearance. If you don't know him, you ought to. 0 _—— — NOTICE OF MEETING Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Old Adams County Bank will be held at its banking house, Decatur, Indiana, at 10 o'clock A. M. on Tuesday, August 4, 1925, for the purpose of electing nine directors to serve for ,the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may come before them. J. D. Harkless, 161-to Aug. 3. Cashier.

OVERHEAD BRIDGES Three Big Companies Agree TO Aid Highway Commin'o" Making Improvement. Indianapolis. THT. 15 “' rh,^ i . railroad corporations nave in month agreed with the etale highway common to share in t ()f building overhead *‘X i slate road* crons raMroad ( which according to John I». '' >am state road director. speed record for state ami • allroad cooperation to make highways safer of the Illinois the company agrees to share helf h expense of an overhead separat on on State Road 22 at a point about 6 miles south of Indianapolis. This a replacement, there being an obsolete bridge in use now. ami according to highway officials, is the speediest consummation of a separation pro ’ lent ever made since organization of tho present state road body. The new overhead will, according to WHi. J Titus, brigde engineer, cost about SSO.OOO. and in addition Io payinß half this cost, the Illinois Central is also to share in the cost of building a quarter of a mile of grade and widening a bridge for a run-around to handle traffic while the new bridge is going up. I The second separation agreed upon is between the commission and the Pennsylvania railroad to replace an obsolete bridge on the National Road just east of Brazil. Tills work will cost approximately $20,000. including pavement slab for the road surface. Work is to start in August and traffic will be using the new bridge by November, highway officials estimate. It will be recalled that a year ago this railroad shared half the cost of erecting a $90,000 overhead across their double tracks >n this same road just east of Terre Haute. The commlssloh, is to pave over this bridge this summer. Os unusual interest is the an

SHI M". DISCOUNT Pay Your Electric Light and Power Bills on or before July 20 Bills are now due. Save your 10% Discount by paying them before the twentieth of month at City Hall

. Ur Williams that the ~oun‘P,n ‘ P, " e wlrid bos agreed to Southern ae parshare half the cos °»» Nancy I A tion 100 f** 6 ' *’ k in Spencer : Web. of Evansville, vice- ' chairman of the • 'and a member of ““J liU1 dscape . Association, is planning .'the highway between Uneoln , o nd Gentryville, a H-f l( . '-""■rz* X >- i,y ‘ X si”. ’“‘■‘r'” 1 i a new improved macadam 1,, ' ) . tuds from Gentryville to Lincoln :' City. Goshen Elks To R?™?'' Home At Cost Os The Elks lodge in Goshen let a contract Monday night for improve •jnentstobemadetothe Elks home in : tba, city. The borne wil be remo e alul enlarged at a cost of about $25,000 The work will begin within two weeks hl d t he home is to be completed | December 1. The front and s.de wal I will have brick outerwalls so tha from the Main street the building wi '' hay e tlie appearance ■ ■’■ ’>. ing r-m

The ADAMS Theater TONIGHT TOMORROW 8 He’s back again—that silk hat comedian and he has a real teammate. As a team they a scream. Betty *anß Ray on the. rollicking road to laughter. Its a mad joy ride a thousand smiles long. - “Skinners in Silk," a comedy that all fun. ■ \ I Comin" Friday and Saturday \ , o' Benefit Psi lota X< Girls y Richard Dix, Jacqueline Logan and others in BETTY COMPSON »a Man Must Live.” RAYMOND GRIFFITH He Can Who Thinks He Can It takes effort and lots <>f it to do tlie seemingly difficult thinjvs. Many people look at other people's possessions and say they were horn lucky. But as a matter of fact, most of Hie people who have aecunndaled money can trace its source Io a delei’niinatioii Io save persislantly. loo, can accumu late inoiiev if you think so. SAVE AT 01 R BANK i \ * /O' lnlcrfsl l>ai(l • * Old Adams Co. Bank. WE PAY YOU TO SAVE

tifrucicil entirely of brick l|ardw Uud iloorri will be laid throughout the buiw inr- The Colonial style of archltectur will be followed In the improvement* New furniKhings will be purchaaed at ti cost of several thousand dollars — ■■p? l " — —-... Kain Storm Cleans • Court House Walfe Indianapolis, July 15 — Tlie Woru adage that It is an ill wind which blows nobody good was proved again in IndlnnnpoHs during the vlol(. nl wind and ralS storm Sunday R f tCr noon. The east and north sides of n,, courthouse, covered with smoke grime, wire given as thorough ~ cleaning by the elements as tt th,.j hud been whitened by sand bl., cleaners. County officials were pleased « q •he result but-are wondering how tlc-j are going to get the other two side of the luiildig cleaned to match. ——o— — -— Binffton —Maurice Sawyer of rj •< ton reports bad luck followed ■ .: He caught a mess of fish at I'ro Jjtke only to have them stolen. GREENSnuRd — Paul Wick.Greensburg. Cincinnati University Student, is making a month's trip to study the topography of the country Hileman gives you a square deal in used cars. - .