Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1926 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. HolLhouse....Sec’y & Hus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies I -02 One week, by carrier Id One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 100 Six months, by mall 1-75 One year, by mail 3.<>o One year, at office 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Schecrer, Inc., 35 East VVecker Drive Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York (let three dollars ready for a ticket to Decatur's biggest and best Chautauqua. It's worth twice that and then some. x If they can fine a man and send him to prison for buying gas in Illinois where he can save three cents a gallon, why not use the same plan on the mail order business? It doesn't look like it would hold. When you do a good turn for the boys at the Reppert Auction School you are doing a good turn for your community for these boys will carry the news hack to their homes which covers a radius of a thousand miles. We are glad to tell you that we are still getting several members to the Benjamin Franklin Highway Association each day and we still have hopes of securing the necessary number to put this county on the map. Boh Quillen says the French feeling of hatred against America reminds him of the fellow who mortgaged his house to buy a car and spent the rest of his life hating the man who held the mortgage. Every democrat should take off his coat this year and assist in rolling up * majority that will make every one open their eyes. There is no reason why you should not and there are a great many why you should. It will aid in the fight for the people and its right. Your first opportunity to do this is on Woolen Day, August 11. Help greet the visitors. It's rather difficult to understand why the state tax board insists on a continuous increase in valuations if si "-» people tired of being taxed and taxed taxed so the officials can boast of a fat treasury, far beyond the needs of the state? Such extravagance breeds a future waste of your money. Ohio cities are having a hard time making ends meet this year it seems. In fact several of them are "busted” square in two and it will take some time to patch th? tires. Delphos is up against it now with a clean treasury, a debt of thousands of dollars for borrowed money, back salaries due to the police and firemen and no one seems to know just what to do. After all there is nothing to do but pay it and if the taxes don't meet the expense, they must be increased to do so. We congratulate the Old Adams County Bank on having arrived at their fifty-third birthday. This, the oldest financial institution in the county has kept up with the times, has enjoyed good and bad periods with the rest of us Adams county folks, has always stood for the best things for this city and county, has been progressive and along with all the other splendid banks of the county, we wish them many more years of prosperity and continued growth. . .. A week of Chautauqua does two things at the same time, entertains and educates. It's about the finest public entertainment we know of and its truly the “joy time of the year” for hundreds of people. Think of srcsrlng the best |aient in America at cost of about twenty cents per

entertainment, chautauquas are not i conducted for a profit but (or the good of the people, of the communities In which they are held. That's the reason and the only one why we are boosting It. If a political party can be financed on the "dollar a democrat” plan, there can be no talk of corruption and that's the way it should be. The state committee of course needs money with which to pay legitimate expenses and it should be so raised that there is no obligation to any one person, firm or corporation or to a few but to all tho p<«>ple of the state. Gratifying returns to the appeal by State Chairman Peters indicate that t lie campaign can be largely put over by this method and the assessment against candidates. Send in your dollar, Democratic State Committee, Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis. The preliminary survey of road No. I 21 from this city to Monroe began today and will be completed as soon as possible.' Some of the grade work | may be done this year yet but it is' assured that the road will be improv-j ed next year, the contracts to be let early in 1927. Within a couple of years the commission hopes to have the road hard surfaced from Fort Wayne to Richmond, an improvement that will mean much to those towns and cities and counties through which it passes. Encouraging news is also at hand concerning the taking over of the east and west road through this city to join No. 7 at Huntington so that within a few years this city will be visited annual ly by thousands of tourists Its a fine outlook, and we don't mean maybe. o +♦+♦++++♦+♦+++++ * BIG FEATURES ♦ +ofRA D I O * + ♦ *♦♦* + ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Wednesday’s Five Best Radio Features Copyright 1926 by United Press Central Standard Time Througout WJZ, New York, 454. and WGY. Schenectady, 360 M. 6:25 pm—NewYork Philharmonic orchestra. WSB. Atlantic. 428, 7 pm— Ford and Glenn. KGW, Portland. 492 M, 10 pm— Vaudeville program. WSAI, Cincinnati. 226 M. 10:15 pin. WSAI string quartet. WEAF, hokup —8 pm— Old Timers’ concert. .>+++++4h+ + + + + + + + + + < + •h TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY + + * •> From the Daily Democrat File + •P Twenty Years Ago This Day. + + + .j. + + + + + + + 4- + + + +'i'4’4' solemnized. Miss Dora Schlfckmann celebrates her 14th birthday with party. Decatur defeats Bluffton. 4 to 2. with Hart and Dunden. of Chicago White. «ox in local line tip, and attendance 2,800. There are 16.407 weekly newspapers published in the Uliited States. C. D. Kunkle and Albert Butler are at Bluffton, advertising the Northern Indiana fair. C. A. Dugan au<l P. W. Smith are on lioard of directbrs of newly organized Willshire bank. Cole Brothers circus will exhibit here August 17. Geneva starts campaign to secure factories. H. S. Michaud, of Berne, attends the ball game here. C. C. Ernst is fishing at Wollcottville. —. o .— 0 55 55 8 ” The PEOPLE’S VOICE « 57 8 K This column fol the use of our 57 55 readers who wish to make sug- 8 55 gestions for the, general good 5? 57 or discuss questions of interest. 57 57 Please sign your name to show 8 57 authenticity. It will not be 55 55 used if you prefen that it not be. 55 55 I 55 OS S 8 8 8 8 8 18 388 57 57 855 Corn And Drury Show EDITOR OF DEMOCRAT. Several articles luive appeared in the Democrat about holding a corn and dairy show in becatur this fall. Decatur is located in the heart of a wonderful agriculture community and the citizens have been indolent and not active in aiding/ the develoment of its community until the past year, when the Industrial Association gave aid to the .Agriculture Agent in financing and organization; the boys and girls club work on ithe farm, which

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Let me go through this day Bravo, true and tender; Let tne win, down the way Sonething of splendor. Let me not work in hate. Greedy for treasure; Lord. Reep nty pathway straight Square to the measure. Surely one day I can Stand to mv labor; Fair to my fellowmun. Fair to my neighbor.

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KNOW YOUR STATE INDIANA limestone entered largely Into the nalfbilllon dollar gain . in building construction in the first six months of 1926. Buildinff in large cities of the country is adding to the demand for Indiana stone, which, with the recent consolidation of producing interests, is experiencing an upprccedented popularity. has be?n a wonderful success. By placing the beginning of many a valuable herd of cattle in this county. Educating the hoys and girls howto feed and care for stock to obtain the best results. How to raise ptore corn to the acre | and of better quality. Ixvss acres and more corn so that the farmers may have acres to raise alfalfa, soey beans a id other crops for feed. Increases the wealth of this community. . Makes the farmer more prosperous and keeps the obys and girls on the farm. When the community is prosperous so Is our city. The business men of our city should get behind this corn and Dalfy show one hundred per cent for no other reason than to bring the farmer into the city so that they may get acquainted with them and establish confidence, it appears to me that the business men of this city are taking things too easy and will wake up in the near future and realize that taking things easy is not the.normul way to secure success or long life. The pace that kills is the crawl, taking things easy is no more effective in making a community than in making a fortune. While hearted concentration is the key note. People tumble out of business for the same reason that a little girl tumbled out of bed. She said that she went to sleep too near the place where she got in. Making acquaintances of the business man and the farmers, friendship is formed 'and when friendship i« ’>: '•• cons!;. . - abUshed, n'iin-n is the greatest thing in the.world and is much kicking in this community Mingling with the farmers of this community it is surprising to learn the amount of merchandise that is purchased from the mail order houses, why is it.we know that the quality of the merchandise is no better, but the fact is they have more confidence in Sears Roebuck Co. and Montgomery Ward then they have in our home merchants. I believe that it Is high time the merchants of our city get behind the Dairy and Corn show if for no other reason than to establish confidence. Above all things that a progressive fanner hates is uselessness, whether in salt that is insipidly good for nothing or in lives that like candles under a bed or covered with a dish, burn but burn uselessly. Mr. business man forget yourself in a whole hearted endeavor to help our community and get behind this Dairy and Corn show the best thing that the Democrat ever advocated; it will bring wealth and happiness. But remember the pace that kills the spirit is the crawl of self endulgent indolence. A PEDDLER — ——o Annual Bible Conference 1 Opens At Winona Aug. 22 The thirty-second Annual Bible Conference. opens at W.nona Lake Ind., Friday morning August 13. closing Sunday August 22. Conference Director, Dr. W. E. Bie-d-erwolf has arranged a full program. There will be eleven meetings daily beginning each morning at 6:45, closing a.t Iff P. M. Dr Edward Shiliito of London, will preach the opening sermon. This will be the only opportunity to hear Dr. Shiliito. Other preachers from abroad to be heard are Dr. H. Tydeman Chilvers and Dr. William J. Shergold of London, Dr. C. M. Gordon and Dr. Gifford Gordon of Aus-

DECATUR DAILY bEMOCRAI TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1926.

Is It too much to ask One day of beauty" Strength for an honest task Courage for duty? One day of friendly t nought One day of cleanness. One day lived through with naught Checkered wiih meanness? Grant mo a day serene. Well-lived and splendid; Clean at the dawn, and clean When it Is ended.

t ralia. Among the leading preachers and ! teachers of this Country who will take part in the Conference are Bishop S. J. Spreng of tho Evangelical church. Dr. L. R. Scarborough, Baptist Theoloclijal Seminary Texas; Hr. J. C. Massee, Tremont Temple, Boston; Dr. M. E. Dodd. Sherveport, Prof. L. Robinson. Chicago; Dr. J. C. Broomfield, Pittsburgh; Dr. C. H. Wollston. Philadelphia; Mr. H. A. Ironside, Peter McFarlane. H. W. Greist. M. D.. E. O. Sellers, William M. Danner who has pust returned from the I/eper country. Miss Grace Saxe, Bible teacher, and Evangelists, Bob Jones, M. B. Williams, C. G. Jordon, Charles Reign Scoville. Norman J. Smith. William H. Richie, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Dunlop and others. COAST GUARD TO BEGIN OFFENSIVE (CONTINUED FROM FAGS ONM) foreign flag, the guard will report to the state department and protests ■ will lie filed with the nation under the registry of which the bootlegger is operaing. Sargent also announced that the government has won a decision in the U. S. circuit court of appeals which allows confiscation of the Cherie, a French rum runner, captured oft Maine with a cargo of liquor. The government, he said, will ask tho supreme court to uphold lower judicial bodies authorizing forfeiture of the British rum ship Quadra, seized while unloading whiskey into motor boats off San Francisco. o Utility Seeks To Issue Bonds Totalling $12,500,000 The Northern Indiana Public Service Company today filed a petition with the Public Service Commission of Indiana, asking for authority to issue and sell $12,506,600 of its forty-year first and refunding mortgage gold bonds to bear interest at not more than 5 per cent per annum. Anpihcr pe'i'icu .-. .■>*<' i?-»<>•?. authority to issue $4,000,000 of North ern Indiana Gas and Electric Company first lien and refunding mortgage gold bonds, 6 per cent series. The Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company was merged into the Northern Indiana Public Service Company on June 3, 1926. The company proposes to sell the $12,500,000 issue at not less than 85 per cent of the par value to yield $10,625,000. As a result of this proposed new financing, the Northern Indiana Pub lie Service Company will retire $4.500.000 of three-year notes which mature June 1, 1927, thus releasing $5,000,000 of Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company first lien and refunding mortgage gold bonds pledged as collateral security against them. The old issue of $5,000,000 of first lien and refunding mortgage gold bonds and the proposed new $4,000,000 issue will be pledged as collateral security under the company's first and refunding mortgage. CORN BORER IS NEARING INDIANA Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 3. —(United Press) —An efforts was made today by Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist. to prevent the entry into Indiana of the European corn borer. Acting upon information supplied by L. H. Worthy, administrator of European corn borer control in Washington D. C. Wallace has sent observers into DeKalb and Steuben counties to prevent, if possible, the entry of the corn borer which is doing cohsiderable damage in Williams county. Ohio Wallace stated that the steps takeu were merely for the protection of Ind-1 iana farmers and that there Is no

cause for immediate Alarm williams county (Ohio) eorn has been placed under quarantine by U C. Worthy -so that there will *>e I* l ’"’ possibility of the pest rpreadlng.

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I ill |l| H I To Err Is Human? These men do not make mistakes! i THE romance and glamour of news-reporting hover around the intrepid reporter. But the UNITED PRESS telegraph operator deserves a paean of praise for his unfailing accuracy in circumstances when a tiny error might shake the world! The layman knows that telegraphy is a matter of dots and dashes. What he may not know is that with it goes a system of automatic abbreviation or “shorthand” which reduces decided to ded and “judge’’ to “jdg” and condenses other words in similar fashion. Thus. Mussolini decided today'might easily be erroneously sent as Mussolini died today - ’ and countless other mistakes could easily become possible. The load of responsibility resting on the UNITED press operator is terrific. To err may be human but the dictum does not apply to him. HE MUST NOT, CAN NOT permit himself to make mistakes. And W l h ™° U remember he sometimes sends or receives some 15,000 words a day, you appreciate the strain under which he labors. -% pr ?V f l”’ faitsrf ”’ uw ’ ted i \ press operator* who Send and receive the new* *«th»r.ri *,« A UNITED PEESS Hpoftar. ...any f.nhfai an 2 .cXu \ Look forth. bn. “BY UNITED rt ESS - in thia newap*p. r eve ry \ dV. New. ao marked to accurate. tA. and aXiS Decatur Daily Democrat

Are You Striving For Success? Above all things this should be your highest aim. Success is not assured unless you save —regularly and systematically, and the sooner you start the quicker you will have reached the peak for which you have aimed. I 1 Don’t wait another day. Start now — at this bank and visit us often. t Old Adams County Bank WE PAY YOU TO SAVE.