Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 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. Holthouse Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-Preaident — t Entered at the Poetoffice nt Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rstss: Single copies — I .02 One week, by carrier — .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail —.35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mall 1.75 One year, by mall — 3.00 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. Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Welker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue. New York. Winter weather. Well, why not? its the middle of December and any other kind- of temperature would be unseasonable in old Indiana. Dress for it. smile and enjoy it. If we want the road improved between here and Monroe, if we want to be a part of a great north and south military highway, we must act this week. Please lets dou’t pass it up. Yes we live in a different age. Not so very long ago a real good man could sickle a half acre of wheat in the same that today with a tractor and two binders he can cut forty acres. We are stepping right along. We never knew just what a leg was • worth in dollars and cents, but its settled now. The Indiana supreme court has approved the finding of a jury that Herbert Melville’s leg was worth $46,600. Nine days more and the sooner you get at your Christmas shopping the sooner you will have the job done, the better it will be done and the happier you will be when the eventful holiday arrives. —ThU is the week when the. Good Fellows club ought to be put over so that plans can be made for giving the children a Merry Christmas and of course the more liberal you are, the happier the day can be made for these youngsters who want to believe in Santa Claus, but can't unless you help them to. , If it costs thirty million dollars a year and requires an army of 15. men to enforce prohibition the wets no doubt feel they are making the other fellows a lot of trouble any way. The only trouble seems to be that the more effort they make the more bootleggers there are and the more business they do. This is a good time to be thinking about what we will do in 1927. The program of resolutions should include a greater effort to secure new industries, lhe repaving of Winchester street from Adams to the Cloverleaf, the extension <pf street lights, the building of coi u y roads, fifty new homes and an Old Home Week. The Erie Magazine for December contains a two column story about Dairy Day, declaring that it was a very unusual event and that "Decatur did itself credit and received much good advertising.” The splendid address of Vice-president Robbins, of the Erie is also published along with a very good description of the event. We sometimes deplore the fact that there are so many automobiles and that this fact Is what is making the pountry suffer hard times, but howcan you explain the fact that the latesi statistics show that, in those territories where the per capita ownership of cars is largest there also is the number qt home owners the —- greatest? The year 1927 will not be much different than others in all probability. It will be just as good or as bad as you make it and that applies individually and collectively. We can make this community one talked about tevery where or we can continued to be satisfied. .Which do you prefer? lAs a part of the ciLizcuship of Decatur

i aud Adams county the responsibility ’ is yours as well as the other fellows. The Christmas number of The Tattler, published by the students of the Decatur Catholic High School Is . a worth while effort as you will say when you have seen it and read it. , The work has been carefully and well done by the young people of that school and the book contains seventy ' pages of good reading and snappy i advertising. We congratulate the editors, the business managers and all who have assisted in the publishing this issue. z We congraulate Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Nichols, of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Isreal Bender, of St. Marys township, two splendid couple who are today celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversarsaries. For fifty years these splendid people have walked down the pathway of life, sharing each others joys and sorrows, fighting the battles of the years and smiling at the pleasures. Kindly, Christian, industrious pioneers, of good character and believing in their neighbors,their country and their God, they have lived well. This is a happy day for them and they deserve IL We join with the community in the hope that they may live to observe many more anniversary days. — -o * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY + ♦ ♦ ♦ Twenty Years Ago This Day. + ♦ From the Dally Democrat Fils ♦ ++++++♦♦+♦+♦♦♦♦♦ Dec. 14—Hill beats Harriman out in a Wall street fight to secure control of the St. Paul railroad. J. Fred Fruchte and R. S. Peterson have been named commissioners for the subsidy election. Stoneburner and Baker have leased a room at Huntington and wfl give them a picture show Bob Meibers wants a drum and a Christmas tree from Santa Claus. Salaries of vice-president, speaker of house and cabinet members Increas to $12,000 per year. The fertilizer plant opened today. Kalver and Hurst are proprietors. Grover Hoffman is clerking at the Hub. . “Red" Johns leaves for Trinidad. Indiana, to work for the Standard Oil Company. —o - ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ OF RADIO ♦ + BIG FEATURES ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Wednesday's Five Best Radio Features Copyright 1926 United Press Central Standard Time WEAFi —New Yuik also Wilt.' and WCAE—9.3O PM.—Gilbert and Slulivan's operetta. “Ruddigore.” KOA—Denver. 10:30 PM.—KOA Birthday program. PWX—Havana—7 I’M.—Cuban Navy band concert. WDAF— Kansas City—B PM.—Kansas City Little Eymphoney orchestra. WRC— Washington, and Weaf, WSAI and WTAM—6:3O PM. — United States Tnny Band. , —x. o Resolution of Respect Whereas it has pleased AlmightyGod to remove from our midst our worthy past Grand Knight and Trustee Brother Charles Nelson Christen. Whereas the loss of our esteemed brother, the Knights of Columbus Council 864 of this City has suffered an irreparable loss and the Church a ' faithful and active member who was : always ready to do his duty. t And. whereas this community has lost a very active and enthusiastic worker. 1 And, whereas his wife has lost a ’ kind and loving husband, and his faf mily, a very devoted father. i Therefore be it resolved by the Knights of Columbus. Council 864, of the City cf Decatur, Indiana, that their t sympathy and condolence be extended to the family and that these resolu--1 tions be spread on record, and a copy 5 be presented to the family and the v press. , William A. Knebler Dyonls Schmitt Dan M. Niblick 3 CONGRESS TODAY e By United Press Senate Considers rivers and harbors bill, j Sub committee of commerce committee continues inquiry into north Atlantic ship charter proposal. ' House i- Expects to pass interior department u appropriation bill. t Appropriations committee consider# independent offices bill, state and jus tiee bill and commerce and labor bill Naval committee considers btreuali r of Navy.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1926.

TETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS ' V 1! St. Decatur- Ind. I I Dear Santa: t Please send me a pair of roller skates, a toy train made Just like the r big ones. Also send me a sled and a f whistle, don't forget Danny Schafer. 3 Your little friend I Philip Baker P. S. here's a big kiss —(XX)— please send me a sack of candy aud some nuts. * . N. 19th St. i Decatur, Ind. , Dear Santa: • L Please seud tne a toy auto just like' my big brother's Star sport model, send Mary Madelene a doll. Also send me a ball and a bat apd a catcher's . mit and a baseball suit. Your friend, Randolph Brandeberry P. S. I swept out ihe chimney for you. | R. B. o Winchester J. P. Files Affidavit Against Himself Winchester. Dee. 14.—Marion Thorn 1 burg, a local justice of the peace, filed an affidavit against himself Saturday in the court of Mayor O. E. Ross, for assault and battery on Raymond Tanner, a well known Winches- , ter attorney. The squire pjeaded guilty to his charge, and paid a fine and costs in the sum of sll. The prominence of the two men made the case attract more than the usual amount of attention. They were involved in a dispute relative to certain legal matters pending in the mayor's court, when suddenly Thornburg

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1 dealt Tanner a blow that is said to have sent him down the stairway. When Tanner was able to pull himself together, he retaliated by "beating ■ up" on Thornburg. 1 Tanner, however filed no indict- | mem against the squire. —me—’ rT ' 111l_ 11 'War Between U. S. And ' Japan Impossible, Say Well Posted Observers (By Miles W. Vaughn, United Press Staff Correspondent) TOKYO (United Press) — "Japan canpot afford even to consider a war with the United States. She might, however, well consider an armed, struggle, if necessary, to protect her commerce with the great American market." This Statement by one of the best informed foreign observers in Japan ’ largely Summarizes the opinion of American residents in Japan, on the I repeated scares in jingoistic newspapers of an American-Japan war. Americans resident in this country are convinced the Japanese do not consider the possibility of conflict between the two nations and they see in the recent address delivered by Ambassador Matsudzira. the Japanese representative in Washington, in his speech at the Japanese Day celebration at the Philadelphia Sesqui-Cen-tenniai Exposition, a virtual official “I was bothered with a hard persistent cough, and tried other medicines, but none were so good and so relieving as Foley’s Honey and Tar Ccmpound. ” E. Boggess, Pomona, Calif. Coughs and throat irritations, hard bronchial coughs, lingering "flu" coughs, yield quickly to roiEYS koney™>tar COMPOUND Liked by children, effective for grown- ups — Sold everywhere i

i recognition by Japan of the relation between tho two nations Matsudzira emphasized the econo- j mlc inter-dependence between Japan and America, pointing out that Japan is the best customer of the United States in the Pacific and that America is the greatest purchaser of Japanese products. It is common knowledge in Japan that the economic positions of the Empire depends very largely on American purchases of Japanese raw silk. Tho United States takes practically all the silk raised in Japan tor export, and loss of this market would mean little short of ruin for Japan. 1 Similarly Japan depends to a considerable extent on the United Staten for her supply of raw cotton, although the past fiscal year has been a great; development in consumption of In* Several Bargains . in 1926 Essex Coach 1925—Ford Coupe 1924—Ford Tudoor Sedan 1924— Hudson Sedan 1925— Essex Coach Watch tills space Thursday for more Used Car Bargains P. KIRSCH & SON Opposite Interurban Station.

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