Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1927 — Page 3

n W. SMITH, FORMER DECATUR MAN ”• WRITES MEMORIAL DAY ARTICLE

TW follow"”' Memorial Day article R wrlttP n by H. W. Smith, Civil veteran ami former resident of and ln 'hoNuckolh P '"■* Heralrf. al Nelaon, Nebraska, present home: n,,. r Comrade*:— I 9 n,.ak to all soldiers of all wars w hi<h our country has battled. In v we recall events in the history 7,',; r country in which we have "L n part. We are here today to all events of our past life as solliers of our country. Today we look ' k and see on,r mothers, wives, igten , and sweethearts with weep- *' pyps, bld u« good bye as we " arf hed off as soldiers to defend the fnion. and honor of our country; . ne ver to return again to enjoy J" h p fruits of victory and restored )pr of peace and civilian life. A fpw of our southern states rehelled against the government our revolutionary fathers established. 4nrt the loyal people of the North re called upon to take up arms to (fefend o ,ir U n,te(l States, won, and potablished by the hardships endured hy our forefathers, the loyal ablebodied men responded to the call of our government and great president, Ahraham Lincoln, and marched off. sacrificing comforts, joys and pleapares of home life to save the life of the best government under the shining sun Yes, boys we have always responded to a call to arms to defend the honor of our country. To the veterans of the Civil war & marched in obedience to orders to face hidden bullets and glittering steel, in the hands of American soldiers, that could fight and fight to V in. Mr. Adams, our Minister to England when our Civil war was fighting battles, some of the English lords called on our Mr. Adams and iddressing thus, the Southern men can fight, can’t they? Yes sir. they are American soldiers, if anyone knows how 1 American soldiers can fight, it ought to be the British. They dropped the war question right then. After our four years of many hard fought battles and loss of life on both sides, desolate homes and untold suffering, the Southern Confederacy hauled down their “rag of a flag" that represented nothing but the h’oody carnage of war. Yes. heaps of animal life and destruction of property, they returned to our old flag. The old Stars and Stripes tame through the conflict victorious, and today we are a stronger United States than ever. That was shown later when our Southern boys marched off shoulder to shoulder under Old Glory in defense of our country’s honor: no civilian can realize the feeling and responsibility of a soldier after he takes on the accounterments for military service. See that lonely sentinel walking his lonely beat, his life in a balance between his comrades and an enemy lurking near for an opportunity to take his |if<> What is that I hoar? A gun click. Fareweljl Mary. The earth drinks his life blood. Boys we have followed our Flag, stood by it in battle under shot and shell. Suffered hardships tongue or pen cannot tell, hut our Flag has been victorious, it has been driven back at times, but not defeated. Our Washington carried it to victory through the Revolutionary war. it won under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, it was carried across to Mexico, won the conflict, carried in our Civil war in defense of our Union. Md came through over four years of bloody conflict to come out victorious; and again the tyrannical Spaniards and was victorious, our citizen soldiers carried it across the ocean to France where it waved in defiance before the German army and came through on the victorious side. The treat French leader, Foch, said the Mwrican army is here and we have *‘ p u it strike. Comrades, I sometimes think we not given credit due us for the sacrifice we have made for the peace, prosperity, happiness and independptw we have won for our country, *here our arms have gone to battle have made an enviable record Tl'i* Memorial Day we do not want to forget our mothers, wives, sisters sweethearts that helped to bear J* 1 * bloody carnage of war, they put u many weary days wondering where father, husband, son, or sweetart is tonight. Yes, remember the !f| Uf on the battlefield “Tonight think Me, Mother.” I repeat again dear CiV ilian citizens, you know nothing ot a soldier’s life, however, we apprefia,p your sympathy and kindness. Comrades of our later wars, I want n *ell you, especially our western what the old Civil War soldiers I)av e done for you. When the war ' lose <i the southern soldiers went 1,1116 and stayed at home. Our north*rn soldiers returned home, the con',!on of affairs at home had changMany of our younger men had tome of age, and began to feel

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M,ar,lnK " >'ome of their own «nd a place to)*'.’l Soon our country was flooded with’ . and circulars that the great l American plains were opened for setlot’s and the government would give the soldiers that served in the U «'my 160 acres of land hy moving onl,) it and make it their home We sold era of the civil war, the greater Part of us. with our very slender means, aside from a team and wagon. the greater part of these emigrants Were young men from the northern states from the Atlantic coast west to the Missouri river. The greater part of the earlier emigrants came in with teams and covered wagons (prairie schooners) founded a line of settlements from the outh lino of Kansas to the boundary line north to Canada. They took Horace Greeley’s advice “young man go west.” Here alike, husband and wife shared the privations of pioneer life together. The mother nursing and taking care of the babies in a sod shanty or dugout with only an earth floor in many of them. How different today. Mother in a good home or hospital and a trained nurse. Dear young folks, we do not forget the hardships endured for the comforts you enjoy today, both indoor and out. Please don’t forget us. Yes, we literally turned the great American desert upside down, and converted it into fruitful fields and built com sortable buildings and graded up' many’ fine highways for travel. This line of settlement reached from the Canadian border north to the Mexican line south. The murderous Indian was pushed on before the line of settlement with a few of the U. S. regular soldiers on the skirmish line. The main line advanced to Minnesota and the Dakotas on the right wing. Nebraska and Kansas on the center. The left wing reaching across their Indian territory (now Oklahoma) western Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, giving the savage Red Skins no chance tn flank the line of settlement. Nebraska and Kansas drove a wedge line through the center to a point at Denver, Colo., which cut the Indians' line in two. That kept them from concentrating on either wing of settlement by crossing on this side or east of Denver. Today we rest secure from the heart rending depredations of the cruci savagery of the Indians. I read not long since where a man made a survey of Civil war soldiers that settled in Nebraska in early times and found over 30,000. No doubt as many settled in Kansas which would make quite a strong lino on the center. The south wing was held by veterans from both North and Southern soldiers. There was a weak place in the line in Indian territory till Oklahoma became a state. It is sad to think of the butchering of men, women and children on our frontier settlements in the early life of our country. Dear comrades of later wars, and fellow countrymen, old and young, we hand over to you a United States In peace, a government by the people, for the people, be every willing to protect the Flag and government established by our forefathers. Hoping we may be spared to again meet to commemorate events of the past, and pay tribute to our departed comrades. Affect’onately your comrade, D. W. SMITH, C. H„ S9th I. V. I. 0 Maple Trees Mar Paint On Autos At Greenfield Greenfield, Ind., June 18 —(INS)— A strange automobile ailment here has been blamed on Greenfield’s maple trees. Employes around garages and automobile owners generally have noticed the presence of a peculiar substance on their cars. The stuff resembles a very thin varnish or shellac and thickly spotted the hoods, fenders and exposed parts of automobiles. At first it was believed that some ne'erdowell was prowling around with a spray gun and spraying the cars. Motorists who investigated finally determined that the town’s -beautiful maple trees were guilty. The trees were throwing off either some sap substance from their leaves or moisture collecting on the leaves mixed with some sap dripped on the cars. The excessive moisture in the atmosphere is believed to cause this condition. —’ Van Wert Gets Convention Van Wert, Ohio, June 18-The 1928 convention of the Ohio state Sunday School Association will be held " Van Wert, according to word received here Thursday from John G. Routzon, executive secretary. __ - > Get the Habit-Trade at Home, It Pays)

KING SURRENDERS BELGIUM TO ROTARIANS r - , ? .-b’J’S * g-.~ a ■' ‘t-L* I'j. J*®**” 4 v*** T j ■j|& o ■ - - ' Wt ' y'A ‘tF*- ****—” King’ Albert of the Belgians wending his way through a crowd to the Kurssal Casino a slend, where he formally welcomed American Rotarians to the world convention of the organ izaiioiL and gavc > Ihum lhe freedom of his kingdom. Arrow in<licat(‘s the king.

Eighteen Listed As Republican Hopes By “Anti-Third Term League” Washington, June IS.—(UP)—Eighteen men, big enough and experienced enough to make good, honest presidents of the United States, are listed in a recent communication sent here from New York by the “Anti-Third Term League,” an organization devoted to opposing the anticipated candidacy of President Coolidge. One senatorial wag on • seeing the list proposed that Colonel Lindbergh should be added to the list, in view of his suddenly acquired popularity following his New York-to-Paris airplane flight. The list, proposed by Henry Salant, New York lawyer and president of the organization, in a letter addressed to “Fellow Republicans,’’ and stressing the point Stenty of material for presiilTOtinl candidates, follows: William Edgar Borah, senator, Ohio. Nicholas Murray Butler, President Columbia University New York Charles G. Dawes, Vice-President, Chicago. Dwight F. Davis. Secretary of War, Missouri. Alvin T. Fuller, Governor, Massachusetts. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, California. Charles Evans Hughes, former Secretary of State, New York. Hiram W. Johnson, senator, California. Nicholas Longworth speaker of the house, Ohio. Frank O. Lowden, former governor, Illinois. Andrew’ J. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, Pennsylvania. Nathan Miller, former governor, New York. George 11. Moses, Senator, New Hampshire. George W. Norris, Senator, Nebraska. . a Reed Smoot, Senator, Utah. James E. Watson, Senator, Indiana. James W. Wadsworth, Jr., former Senator, New York. Charles L. Whitman, former governor, New York. Salant’s letter mentioned the list as “all-inclusive," and admitted that some of these would be considered too progressive, others too conservative, and some might have geographical disqualifications. The letter, sent to 10,000 republicans over the country, asked each of the recipients to reply, indicating which of these candidates was favored, and for the names of other republicans favored. Nomination of President Coolidge for another term was argued against as "a violation of a sacred tradition of the country." Defeat of the party Stomach Ache? Do This Ji When stomach or bowel x disorder causes pains or nausea, a little Chamber- IW lain’s Colic Remedy in jykVj J] water usually gives quick TiN \ 1 relief. Get this reliable L—-W ' remedy from your druggist X today- Keep it bandy. For trial size, send 4 cents to Chamberiatn Medicine Company, 713 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, low*. Chamberlains U 1 ’guaranteed remedy for "W COLICS DIARRHEA pi; t h kST*AiPjN

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the letter said, “would be inevitable, and the party would probably be put out of power for a generation.” if Mr. Coolidge were nominated for re-elec-tion. o— — Get the Habit—Trade at Hom*. It Pay*

* ■ • •>. TII E FAM OU S “Chick” Evans Says: I believe that every champion golfer owes it to the game which he loves to publish a description of his methods of play, and the results of his research in golf, lhe greatest of games. Such a work should fall upon the amateurs, for it is they who have the interests of the game nearest their hearts. “Amateur” means lover. • Therefore I am putting on record in my new golf feature al) that I have learned in exhaustive and almost endless research into every detail of golf. I believe no college professor prying into the secrets of nature, no astronomer searching out the secrets of the heavens has done more painstaking research work than I have done on golf. I have been rewarded not only hy championships but by the thrill and pleasure 1 get from the game and I want to pass this information on to all golfers. The essence of my style of game is SIMPLICITY. Simplification of grip, stance, swing, and ease and comfort in every shot are the theories upon w hich my whole game is based. In employing this system I have found that by simplifications I can p’ay the game without exhausting my strength and without being obliged to devote a greater amount of time than I can spare for the practice which is so essential to the rather intricate method of play employed hy many of the great professionals. In my new golf feature I am making very liberal use of illustrations for they tell better than 1 words the meaning I wish to convey. I want to pay the compliment to my artist of saying 1 believe he draws the best technical golf illustrations I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. I shall embody in my new feature—GOLF SIMPLIFIED material which I think every golfer can readily understand and apply to his game. Certain it is that I shall not leave h*m "with confusion worse confounded," as is so often the case w ith much of the current golf literature. I realize the vast majority of the golfers are men and women engaged in other pursuits, and, like myself, golf with them is a pleasure which gives the greatest zest when it is well done but at the same time it is a sport to which they cannot devote more (han a limited amount of time. I write my articles with the hope they will shorten the distance to a good game. Read these interesting articles on golf hy lhe famous “( hick” Evans, in the DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Read It Every Other Day!

Alleged Murderer On Trial Greenfield, Ind., June IS—(UP) - Tlie state's attempt to convict Earl Russell, of Indianapolis, of killing bis wife started in circuit court here today. Mrs. Russell’s throat was cut i with a knife.

Silk, Flags Awarded Martlnsvllle, lnd„ June 18 (UP) - Silk flags for 100 per cent efficiency in | religious education were awarded to DeKalb, Morgan, Randolph, Ttppecan-1 oe mid Tipton counties dining the an-

I i-l JUST as the egg of to- || day will be the hen of „ ■ tomorrow, so the small p ft account here will be the ■ big account o f the future. $ G .Capital and Surplus-120,000.0(1 Q EAiCcitur'lndiciiiti

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tiuiil convention of the Indlnnii council of religion* education here. —— - — .. Mrs. Don llunsieker will leave tonight for Bronson, Michigan, where she will reside.