Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1926 — Page 4

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DECA'TUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller ... Pres, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postofftee at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies | .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One mouth, by mail .35 Three months, by mall I.oo| Six months, by mail 1.75 Obe year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those sones.) Advertising Rates: Made known by Application. Scbeerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York. A Wabash woman who lived with her husband just one week has sued . for a divorce. Usually it takes them! longer than that to get so well acquainted. 1 z » Most people feel that the candidates ( got a good measure of publicity for < the money they spent. Os course the» winning candidates are the best satis--, fled. | Enforcement Officer Andrews says that little “good liquor” is available < now. That's no news. About every one who has sampled it during the past two or three years will agree to that, excepting the bootlegger. He is still guaranteeing pre-war brands. Numerous organizations in Decatur are assisting in the Christmas seal drive and have already made their purchases of stamps. With such cooperation this worthy drive is sure to be the success it deserves to be. Remember the money is used to fight the dread disease, tuberculosis. It is reported that Governor Small, of Illinois, will appoint Senatorelect Smith to succeed Senator McKinley, thus percipitating the contest on his seat during the present closing sess- «- ion of the sixty-ninth congress That ~ will at least give them something to fight about. The Indiana legislature is to have a wet and dry fight over the proposed appeal of the Wright law. according 'to the newspaper dope. Just what the •result will be is difficult to predict but its safe to guess that when they get through with the scrap, Indiana

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| will still be too dry to get a drink Many way. except under cover. Just ao you won't postpone your shopping too long we call your attention to the very important fact ' that two weeks from Saturday is : Christmas. Decatur stores are filled with the most beautiful gifts, attractive in design and in prices and you can get a line on them by reading the advertisements In the Dally Democrat. I ’ .A A! 1 2" '■ _ | Every one /interested in the progress of the county and particularly those residing along state road twenty-seven should read Mr. Hinkle’s letter as published in lust evenings paper. There can be no advantage in holding out against the improvement 'of this road and there are many disadvantages. Now is the time to act. The Junior Boys band will give a Concert this evening at the high School auditorium, the proceeds to go | towards paying for their uniforms The boys deserve your support and ’ they, will give you a big quarter? »worth of entertainment. Go up to the thigh school and take the children I 'along. You will all enjoy it and the • boys and their leaders will appreciate • It. I Good for the General Electric force. They have purchased 2.000 Christmas •seals, showing they have the right spirit. This is the largest purchase of stamps on record in Decatur and has inspired W. Guy Brown and bis assistants with the belief that they can break all records for sales this year. That would certainly be fine. ( By the way, the G. E. bunch are always progressive and in every public spirited movement show their colors. They have established another good record in this movement. Senator William B. McKinley, of Illinois, whose deatlr occurred in a Martinsville sanitarium Tuesday evening. was one of the most successful men of the middle west and perhaps the richest man in the United States senate. He was a poor lad who by his own efforts arose to high ranks. Beginning work oil a salary of a few dollars per week he achieved « great fortune and during recent years has given more than ten million dollars to charity. For twenty years lie lias served in congress and senate ami was for several decades considered a foremost citizen of his state. One of these days there is sure to be a disappointed crowd at some mov-

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< ing picture theater. Soon or later, the rescuer is going to fail to reach the scene in time. This thing of r getting there only a fraction of a sec- ! ond before the impending tragedy i cannot be kept up indefinitely withI out terrible consequences, in countless Instances the hero bus arrived just in the nick of time, but can he 1 bo expected to do this in every case’ Doesn't It stand to reason that he will meet with an additional moment of delay in some picture? And then the theater will be a gloomy place indeed. The hero should start earlier. He shouldn't waste so much time looking about him before setting out to wreck the plans of that detestable ■ villain. When 12 o'clock is tlie last possible moment for a rescue it is risky business for the hero to remain away until the clock begins striking that hour. —Kansas City Journal-Post. —, o >♦♦♦*♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ Twenty Years Ago Thi« Day. ♦ ♦ From the Daily Democrat File ♦ . o Dec. 9. 1906 was Sunday. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ OF RADIO ♦ ♦ BIG FEATURES ♦ ++♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ FRIDAY'S RADIO FEATURES (Copyright, 1936, by United Press) Central Standard Tipie Throughout. WJZ, New York and WGY, Schenectady — 9 p. m. — LaJos Shuk string quartpt, Dorsey Whit-

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tlngton, pianist. 'WBAL, Baltimore. 9 p- m. — Schumann's "Advent Hymn." choir. tVEAF, New York and WLIT, KSD, WTAG. WWJ, 8 p. m.—Ernest Thompson Seton and Kermit Roosevelt. CNRT. Toronto, 8 p m — Philharmonic string quartette. WMAQ. Chicago, 8:10 pm—Debate, Kent Law School vs. University of Oklahoma. Berne Firemen Hold I; Their Annual Election . Berne. Dec. 9— At a meeting of the ! Berne Volunteer Fire Department in ( the town hall Monday evening, the < officers of the past year were re-elect- 1 E9BHVEG j (H 10 CENTS i Corns Come Out ’Without a j Murmur; Pain Gone At Once—Guaranteed. c WAFERS THIN AS PAPER J SHOES DON’T HURT •‘I never saw their equal." Yank I corns right out tr the roots ana v never a pain or sting. It’s a joy j to stick an 'O-Joy Corn Wafer” on 1 a tender, achy corn. Away goes V pain immediately and then later A out comes callous, corn, roots and 1 all. Slip shoes right on—they won’t hurt. O-Joy Com Wafers e are thin as paper. Stop using ugly . 1 burning acids and doughnut plas- " ters. Thousands of people tortured • with corns have joyfully praised j O-Joy Wa f - r Results absol•>» y I guarantee.. C'Six wafers for id . cents. At druggists, e j The Enterprise Drug Co. ——— — C

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' pointed some time ago. Paul Felber l is chief and E. W. Baumgartner, j assistant chief, taking the place of Frank Amstutz, resigned. Two new member* were admitted Monday evening. They are, Abe. A Habcgger and Emil Aeschllinan. Doth' have been member* of the organization before. There are to be twenty I members, besides the chief. At pres eut there la one vacancy, but Indira !

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