Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1925 — Page 2

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J H. Heller. Pres, and Gqn. Mgr A. R. Holthouse, Bec'y. & Bus Mgr Entered at ttie Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Ratos: Single copies 3 cent * One week, by carrier 10 ce“ ts One year, by carrier 36 00 One mouth, by mall. 3* cents Three months, by mall >l.oo] Six months, by mail 3 y 76 | One year, by mall 3300 One year, at office- 33 00 (Prices quoted are within first and second tones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates Made Known by Application Foreign Representative Carpentier & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. , _ ... -.a - ■- " The monkey trial has been a keen disappointment to those who expected riots and Hashes between the far.ious attorneys who are talking part. The old judge down there refuses to permit bis court to be converted into a vaudeville stage, even though some of the parties there could do some interesting turns. They have finally discovered that something is wrong with the enforcement division of the government, re-the Volstead act and Commissioner Haynes, anxious to hold on to his fat job, has promised to ‘‘fire" every one connected with the organization and then rehire those he wants. Does that include 'Mr. Mellon? Funk's speedway near Winchester can't operate on Sunday, which is alright if the governor will also see that races of that kind and other sporting events on Sunday are checked in other sections. Just why he picked on the Winchester races has not been explained, but no one will contend that such events are not the proper thing for the Sabbath and this may be a start in the right direction.

A Nebraska man who had hidden himself from society for a third of a century, came out the other day and discovered things so changed he hustled back to his cave and decidad to remain there where he will not he troubled by bootleggers, monkey talk, the roar of autompbiles and other modern toys of the devil of which he knew nothing. It would be hard to acclimate yourself to it all at once. It seems to be Governor Jackson's idea to reduce state taxes but at the expense of the counties. It don't make much difference how you pay it so long as you have to dig it up twice a year. To knock off a cent on the state tax the levy in Marion county will be boosted twenty-eight cents. Maybe that will make good political propaganda, maybe it won’t. The people are wise these days and usually they know when its being put over them. A great big refrigerator car filled with nine per cent, beer was confiscated in the yards at Fort Wayne yesterday and some one is loser about $25,000. it is estimated. The beer was consigned to Morgan Brothers, in Chicago, from Corning. New ' York and was labeled “evaporated milk,” The car became afflicted 1 with hot boxes and had to have at- ’ tentiou, otherwise it would have gone ' safely through to quench the thirst j of those Chk-agoites who must have . their old fashioned beer. It is quite likely that the same thing has worked before for every big city is now boasting her saloons and pre-war beer. It will be difficult to find the owner of' this car at either end of the line. Help Charles Magley and bls assistants keep the roads in good condition. Its easy to ride over then and ' find fault and make it more difficult, but if you had the job of keeping seven hundred miles of road In first. class condition with an appropriation which seems large, but which after all is only a small amount per mile you’d find it different. The highway force wants your suggestions and

Solution of Yoaterday’a Puzzle HBBo.AisTnsl I ■A® LIEU 1 -1 1 ATTeIIRiAiP T ARE A|R|S ■FtufeAiEM Ml_en i nW OOWfEjA^R 1 e wsßp a UjSEID i.e R eJBc A SJ. E.R SOL * R HM'O T HjRlO OjMmP Y O I I ~ I ' • ' your reports and wants to serve you ami you can make the roads better by being careful and helpful yourself. The highways belong to all of us and we should all do the things that we know are best to keep them in good condition. We believe the Adams county roads are in as good condition as they are any where unless it is in counties where more money is appropriated and we are proud of them. We hope every one will follow the instructions of the county commissioners and road department that they can be kept that way. Hack in the old days when motor chivalry and courtesy were part of the unwritten code it would not have been necessary to call the attention of "road hogs” to their annoying and unlawful practices. Today it is. Every holiday and every week-end emphasizes the need for some strongarm squad to keep on the right side of the highways the thoughtless and deliberate driver who aegards the entire road as his. There is a species of mania, akin to that of speeding, that prompts some drivers to “hog" the road in such fashion that the vehicle in the rear cannot possibly pass. This privilege is guaranteed the trailing car by law. and the refusal to make way, for it is a violation of the motor statutes. Drivers of courtesy need only a horn toot to make wly for the car behind. The other style of driver needs the traffic cop, and the sooner the cop gets'into action the more regular will driving AeCome.—Newcatle Courier. o

J Big Features Os ) RADIO 1 ( Programs Today / MONDAY'S RADIO FEATURES ’ WCAP. Washington. 46k, 8:20 p. m. (E.S.T.I—-First act of Washington municipal opera. i KO A, Denever, 322. Bp. m. (M.S.T.) —KOA players in “Clarence,” preceded by studio concert. WEAF. New York. 492; WWJ. DeI troit, 353; WCO, Philadelphia, 508. 1 8:30 p. m. (E.S.T.) —Goldman concert band. WFAA, Dallas. 476. B:3d p. m. (C. S.T.) —Y. W. C. A. choral club. WCX, Detroit, 517. 8 p. m. t E.S.T.) —Detroit symphony. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ From the Daily Democrat file ♦ ♦ Twenty years ago this day « 20 YEARS AGO TODAY M: July 20—Tom Railing quits Milwailteam and will pitch for Decatur. Wild steer breaks lose at state fair and injures four people. I 173 from Geneva take in Rome City axcurslon under auspices of M. E church. M. J. Mylott is appointed superinUndent of electric plant and W. E. , Fulk of water plant. ' Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hower are visit- , Ing at Plymouth. I Thirty-eight, from here join the Geneva excursion to Rome city, I Portion of town of LaFoun'aiti destroyed by fire which starts in the Ross livery stabels. | Clover l/'af will inn excursions. August 3rd. $1.25 to Toledo and $1.75 to Deroit, round trips. I —o— Number 01 Hired Farm Laborers On Decrease Analysis of a survey of farm popupat. on made by the Department of Agriculture shows that on January 1. ■1925 there were approximately 109,000 fewer hired farm laborers on farms than on January 1,, 1924. j This is a decrease of 3.4 per cent during 1924, There were 3.085,000 farm laborers on farms January 1. 1925, compared with 3,194,000 January 1. 1924. These figures apply only to hired farm laborers w’ho resided on farms for a period of at least 30. • I

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Oh. once I sefit a ship to sea. and Hope was on her bow. But Time has brought her back to me and Wisdom's painted now; Yes, Time has brought me many things, and seme of them were good, And some of them were failure's stings I little understood. When Hope set forth the dream was fair, the sea was calm and blue. I knew men met with storms out there and had to right them through: But still I dreamed my ship would ride and weather every blow, For Hope flings many a truth aside which Wisdom conies to know.

days. They do not take into account! farm (laborers who resided on farms | less than 30 days during 1924. or laborers who regularly lodged off the’ farm. * The movement of such farm laborers from farms to cities during 1924 ! is estimated by the department at 461,000. The opposite movement back' to farms is estimated at 352,000. Although the total movement of farm population to the cities was still large in 1924. it was partly offset by a return movement Out of a gsoss movement of 2.075.000 men, women and children from farms to cities. 22.2 per cent were hired laborers. A | gross'ovement the other way. from cities to farms, xtf 1,396.000 personsj comprised 25.2 per cent of hired laborers. These figures, the department says, show that the movement of population both from farms to cities and from cities to farms was made np of hired farm laborers to the extent of only about 25 per cent The rest of the farm population movement must therefore have consisted mainly of persons belonging to the families of farm tenants and farm owners. o — SPECTACULAR OIL FIRE Several Boys Hunted For Starting Blaze In Chicago Sunday; Damage Estimated At $300,000. Chicago. July 20 —Several boys were hunted by police today for inadvertently starting a spectacular oil fire here yesterday in which damage estimated at $300,000 was caused and for six hours threatened another ' "Chicago fire;" It required six hours of desperate battling by almost the entire fire department, including the fire boats to check the fire. The barge Reliable, loaded with i 90,000 gallons of gasoline, exploded 1 v’.th a terrific report. A river tug also was destroyed. Windows for 1 many blocks around were shattered. 1 A bonfire started by boys with oil 1 soaked waste ou the oil soaked 1 ground of the Chicago river at the 1 foot of Clay street started a little ! ;

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The storms have come with bitter cold. I've prayed unto the Lord. I've had alfse cargoes in the hold and thrown them overboard; I've trimmed my sails to meet the gale, I’ve cut my journey short. With battered hulk and tattered sail at last I've come to port. 'Tis not enough to hope and dream, for storms will surely rise. However smooth the sea may seem, 'tis there disaster lies; And I have learned from time and stress, that those who ride the wave And come at last to happiness, must suffer and be brave.

;| stream of fire which ran into the 11 river and ignited the oik film about • the Reliable. Explosion after exploj sion followed. Oil and gas spread I over the water and the river became , a sheet of fire, with flames leaping , high into the air. The short line is dotted with huge gasoline and naptha j tanks and industrial plants and for j a time it was feared the fire would reach them. • The firemen played hundreds of tons of water on the tanks and buildings and kept them free of fire. o Ice-Cream Social At Monmouth Wednesday Class No. three Concord Lutheran ■ Church will have an ice-cream soI cial and entertainment at the Monmouth Schol House, Wednesday evening, July 22. The public is cortHally invited and urged to attend. A gooll time and good eats, including homemade cake, is assured all. o : Teachers Who Believe That Man Sprang From A Monkey Need Not Apply Oricle, Ind.. July 20. — (United Press.) —“No one who believes man sprang from a monkey will ever get a school from me if I know it.” This statement of August Doogs, former trustee of Oil township. Perry county, toward barred evolution from the schools of the township, as long as Doogs remains in office. Doogs refused to retain Floyd Deen, Depauw university graduate, as principal of the township high school because he taught evolution from a text- — o NOTICE OF MEETING Notice is hereby given that the anriual 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. D. J. Harkless, 161-to Aug. 3. Cashier.

book approved by the <>' ’ ment of public instruction. i don't care about the region o politics of a teacher, but hemus: >< a Christian," Dougs said, would not have so many nonbelievers ant. our prisons full of criminals if the) would stop teaching this monkey inoss. "Folks around here look at nte ■» a heretic,” Deen said. "It l» I,n ' pleasant to he talked about, but 1 just did my duty. In a community like this a teacher has to content with superstitutlon and ignorance. •'Most of the students were my friends. 1 told Doogs he had a mis taken idea of evolution I never taught that man descended from a monkey at all. I merely stuck by the text, which reviewed briefly the Darwinian theory. "Ignorant folks should not set themselves up as an authority. I’m tired of the system that gives the trustee sole right to {lire and fire teachers. "If you have a good trustee it is alright, but if not the situation is deplorable.” O — ADMITS ROBBERY

I Portland Man Confesses To Stealing | From John Baumgartner’s Jewelry Store, May 31. James Roseboom pleaded guilty lie fore James E. Macy, Portland justice 'of the peace, Saturday, to robbing th*- | Baumgartner jewelry store in Port ' land on the night of May 31. His bond I was fixed at J 2.000. and he was held in jail, being unable to provide bail j for his release. The jewelry store is , 1 owned by John Baumgartner, former | Decatur young man. Diamonds and I other jewels were taken from the .show window of the store when a hole’ was broken in the plate glass in the I front of the store. | ,q BLUFFTON—A Bluffton farmer has sweet corn that is solid enough to use for roasting ears. Slfi 10$ DISCOUNT Pay Your Electric Light and Power on or before July 20 Bills are now due. Save your 10% Discount by paying them before the twentieth of month at City Hall

San Francisco Has Slight Earthquake Shock Sv J San Francisco, ( al. Press. >-No "*' errt4 “ ' l)een reported as a result of the slight earth shock felt in San Francisco at ,11:25 Sunday morning. Windows were rattled y

| THE CORT I last time tonight « ■ ««A WOMAN'S FAITH' I A Universal Jewel production with ■ Alma Rubens and Percy Marmont. 1 \ rugged tub' "• Hie Canadian lumber camps, where I ■ women are scarce ami men love with a harsh cruelly. I ...... ” 4 I WAmnn M

"kID SPEED. A Larry semon comeay. r Lx 35c ... ■ — 11 111 ———l—" I —. I THE ADAMS Theatre LAST TIME TONIGHT Adolph Menjou—Gretta Nissen in a big Paramount feature *5 “LOST A WIFE” His motto was if gambling interfers with marriage, give up marriage; and when his wife gives him up anti gets another husband the fun begins. “GOOD MORNING NURSE,” comedy. > 10c 25c

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