Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1927 — Page 6

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CHAIN SELLING IS STILL TABOO U. S. Supreme Court Denies Permission To Hosiery Company Tntlianapolls, Dec. 14. —(UP) —Endless chain selling schemes will continue to be taboo in Indiana as the result of a recent decision of the United States Supreme court denying permission to the Tri-Bond Hosiery Company to sell its goods in that manner. According to Earl Coble of the Indiana securities commission the TriBond and several other like concerns went out of Indiana overnight some months ago, following a ruling by Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliotn that, chain selling was a criminal offense under Indiana statutes. The hosiery company then brought suit to establish the legality of its selling methods, but the Federal district court of appeals and now the supreme court ruled against it. 'Endless chain selling'' is simple in principal but disastrous in consequences, according to Coble. In return for the purchase of $4 worth of certificates from the concern, a customer was entitled to receive prizes graduating from a pair of hose to an Italian Villa, dependent solely on the number of coupons disposed of. The fir. t victim was supposed to dispose of three of his coupon or certificates to his friends, who in turn were to dispose of three other coupons to three friends each. Upon the completion of the 15th link from each original purchaser they would receive ■lO worth of merchandise. It was brought out at the trial of the Tri Bond Company that when the 15th link was completed 1,549,681,956 persons would have had to subscribe •i total of $4,649,045,868 for the first purchaser to win his $lO. It was also shown that the company would receive $13.20 per sock for every pair sold.

— —■ —— : —— _ . -.-- — — ■ ■ ■ —■ — >SUc It’s a pleasure to ] v Make Christmas show you our large happy for the kidstock of Christmas aUZ* dies by giving them merchandise. Cour- - t°- vs 3. hey l . wlll en ' teous clerks to wait 10y - Ol,r I,ne ne Y er on you. Come in was more attractive and * make vo u r AU*, Ifi and it would take selectionsnow. A more than a page 1° list everything. « Tl,is ®MSI %jg Store . is like a 'T* fjgT CHRISTMAS TREE Wgt Santa has it loaded with every good thing "* 7\ *1 y?' that makes little hearts glad on f &jfi \ ■ m Christmas Eve /W®j/ ' ■pKsh-jr ilk Tov Dishes—Dolls and Doll Cabs — Tables—-Chairs —- IV I wQSraff fflMt wM Kitchen Cabinets—Trunks—Cedar Chests—Toy l IVI W MicOwaMkW ture—Books—Games— Telephones — Winding and Me- 1 W. W’ Vi chanical Toys — Wagons — Tricycles — Wheelbarrows Ilk Basket Balls—Footballs—Musical Tqys T X \IW xO 3 // Billiard Tables. I CANDY Fresh line of Christmas Candy gUE 15c to 35c lb. IL ■ ML J Baughman's B p ' EAST SIDE OF STREET | J , #

Clemenceau Sells Auto Used At Front Bails (UP) Georges Clemenceau, the “Tiger" of war days, has sold his automobile, the car in which he dashed lo the front to look over the situation and Inspire the troops with the I confidence he hluisolf felt all the time.] Now that he is 86 he wanted a new cur with all modern comforts and luxury. The old car is in a parage when a favored customer asks for an automobile for a taco day the propiretor says to him: “How about taking out the car of .Monsietire la President Clemen : ceau?" If he is so honored it is because the proprietor knows that he Is dealing with a man who will feel flattered and also that he will give the machine the care which its old owner • would give it. — — O*?*— 1 VETS URGED TO I • ’ GET INSURANCE Dec. 31 Is Last Day To File For Adjusted Compensation f Indianapolis. Dec. 14. — A paid up . twenty year endowment insurance i policy averaging $1,600 in value is a L prize with which 10,000 Indiana ex- ( service men are gambling by delay in • filing out application for Adjusted Compensation within the next three l weeks. John H. Klinger, state adjut- , i ant of the American Legion, said to-. , day in offering the aid of the service . department of the state Legion in. filling out the applications. It is esti- . mated since a warning was given two weeks ago that December 31 was the ’ last day to file application for Adjusted Compensation, that 5,000 Indi- ; ana veterans who had delayed made . application. . i The Adjusted Compensation act , I which was passed by congress after the Legion backed it with a long and ■ determined fight has brought to the i state of Indiana more than $125,000,-|

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000 in paid up Insurance, said Adjut-j lint Klinger. Approximately 125.000 of 133,000 Indiana men who saw service in the army, navy or marine corps during the World War have already applied to the federal government for Adjusted Compensation. A one handled per cent success of the Adjustt d Compensation measure In Indiana is now jeapordlxed by the 10,000 stragglers who through carelessness or some other cause have not yet applied for the Adjusted Compensation, said Adjutant Klinger. — —— Oregon Pays $127.90 A Punil On Education Salem. Ore., —(UB)- Although thej total elemintaty and high school educational bill of the State of Oregon is more titan $23,000,000 a year, the cost of one year’s schooling per upi! is only $127.90. A report compiled by C. A. Howard, superintendent of public instruction, shows that last year $23,783,852.54 was spent in high schools and elementary I schools in Oregon's 36 counties. ' The number of pupils was listed as I 185,959. Os this sum women teachers receive I in salaries more than $8,000,000, while men instructors were paid slightly more than $1,000,000. o To Tag Goods That Will Not Wear Well New York, —(UB) An other new business fashion will be set by one of the great department stores of New York with the beginning of 1928. The store will employ a method of tagging goods by which the customer will be given the fullest Information concerning its values. This will well", is one of the tags to be employed, according to the Woman's Home Companion. Another will read. “This is fashionable but fragile." As many articles are sold now for smartness rather than old-fashion-ed durability, the merchants believe they will make substantial gains in sales rather than sutain losses and that they will achieve an increased confidence on th epart of the customer.

I:: *¥¥¥¥****** •• * NEWS FROM MAGLEY * * By * * Miss Theo Bauer :; ¥¥¥¥¥¥******•• George Miller and daughters, Emtnn mid Olive, had as their guests Mr. and Mrs. Cover, Tuesday. Miss Betty Dettinger, of Fort Wayne spent Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Dettinger. The Messers Louis Conrod and son Walter ami Walter Heppert were business callers in Bluffton Wedneday. Sterling, of Ossian, was a caller here Saturday. John Anderson has returned homo from Grund Rapids Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bloemker were business callers in Decatur Saturday. Mr. and ,Mrs. Otto Hildebrand entertained for dinner Sunday Rev. and Mrs. David Grether and family. Lawrence Morgan, of Monroe, and Hay Bailey, of Ossian, were callers here Monday. Mrs. William Frauhiger and son. To Cure a Gold in „ One Oa, Tako'^W 7 Laxative sßromg 1 \Quinines tablets The tonic and laxative effect of Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets Kill fortify the system against Grip, Influenza and other serious ills resulting from a Cold. Price 30c. The box bears this signature —Proven Merit since 1889 —

! Walter, wore callers in Bluffton, Wedl nesday. i Messers Vernon Arnold mid Samuel , Barger were callers In Fort Wayne ; Monday. Charles Dettinger was a business 1 caller In Decatur Monday evening. I Lawrence Morgan, of Monroe, and Bete Helmerich were callers here Sat- > urday morning. Hill Bell is sawing lumber ou the Fruchtte farm. John Baiger, of (Taigville. and Mil1 ton Gerod were callers here Monday. Milton Dettinger called on Roy Barter Sunday afternoon. Miss Alma Scherry. of Decatur, and .Mr, Echord, of Berne, visited with Miss Scherry's parents , Mr, and Mrs. » r—<•> Ml r—»i

iitP ■ I Firmin I * Save the Roads ■ S i * Heavy Hauling On Adams County, | Highways Must Cease While ■ s Roads Are Soft. s =ni U; Lfj The heavy hauling is ruining the roads and must be stopped ws while the highways are soft and thus must apply to all. a ir* regardless of person or film. S 31 I _ j gj Rules Governing Traffic On Adams County Highways i I I BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED. BY THE BOARD OF COM- | jng MISSIONERS OF ADAMS COUNTY. STATE OF INDIANA, That the fol- | lowing rules and regulations be and they are hereby made and adopted g I - covering traffic upon the improved public highways of said county: [ - I.—That the several officers of said county be and they are hereby | | S ordered and directed to arrest and prosecute each and every person who a [ 2 shall haul a load over any turnpike, gravel or macadam road in sail' S i 1 county, at any time when the road is thawing through or by reason of wet s ST weather is in a condition to be cut up or injured by heavy hauling, in vio- j j j lation of section fifty-two of chapter 213 of the Acts of the Genera! Assembly of the State of Indiana (Acts 1925, page 601 or any amendatory ts IX or supplemental act thereto. I, ; , « Here Is The Indiana Law: « uc J S' I ffi • HEAVY HAULING | ffi IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL for any person to haul over any turn- | pike, macadam or gravel read (the term “gravel road” to include any a road graded and graveled with not less than one yard of gravel to eig 1 EX feet in width anu nine feet in length of such road) at any time when tnt ir- road is thawing through or by reason of wet weather is in condition to be gB cut up and injured by heavy hauling, a load on any vehicle with tires leas than three inches in width, the combined weight of which load am 31 vehicle, including the driver, shall be more than twenty-five hunuiu pounds; or on any vehicle with tires of three inches and less than toui a inches in width, the combined weight of which load, vehicle and drne ,■ g MS shall be more than three thousand pounds; or on any vehicle with tires o k jjC four inches and less than five inches in width, the combined w-eiMht ' gi which load, vehicle and driver, shall be more than thirty-five " un _ j pounds, or on any vehicle with tires five inches or over in width, the 31 bined weight of which load, vehicle and driver shall be more than I>> • » ani eight hundred pounds. Any person violating any provision ot this 9e< ■ 4 Ifi shall, on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars nore more than a hundred dollars for each load so hauled. This includes traction eng s jj~ weighing over the above limit. a | Our Roads Are Worth Millions Os f | Dollars - Help Us Save Them | 1 CHARLES MAGLEY, John G. Hoffman, • | | Superintendent «' Board of Commissions !fi of Adams County.

Daniel Scherry. Sunday. Mr. mid Mi'.h, Ernut. Krutxman nnd Mrs. Minn Rapport and non Clarence spent several days in the northern hart of Michigan. Mr. mid Mrs. Milton Scherry entertained for dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bloemker and daughter Irene and Mrs. Caroline Jaberg and daughter VVhilina an dson Daniel, of Fort Wayne. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Scherry entertained for dinner Sunday Mr, and ■ Mrs John .Miller and family. Mr and Mrs. Daton Hower and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Marbley entertained for dinner and supper Sunday, Mr. and I Mrs. Fred Bloemker, Mr. and Mrs. i Louis Conrod, Mr. and Mrs. William . Worthmmi and Mr. and Mrs. Walter

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