Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1928 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H Heller Pre*, and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec’y & Bue. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postotflce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies , $ .02 One week, by carrier — .10 , ' Ono year, by carrier 6.00 j Ono month, by mall .36, Three months, by mall 1 00 Six months, by mall 1.75 ; One year, by mall _ 3.00 ; One year, at office 3.00 j (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere, 13.50, one year. Advertising Rates made known by application. National Advertising Representatives Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, Naw York Charter Members The Indiana League of Home Dailies.! PAID OLD DEBTS: — Would you pay debts twenty-three I years old, wiped out by time and by I u bankruptcy court? Reuben H. Donnelley, publisher of j the Chicago and New York classified telephone directories, did that very thing and it took $700,000. He began the job of mailing out checks New Years and has succeeded in finding every one of the three hundred who twenty-three years ago trusted him with their money and lost it, excepting five. The publishing business was started years ago by Mr. Donnelley’s father and was successful, but young Reuben thought he would prefer the life of a stock broker. The firm of Knight, Donnelley & Company was organized and for a time went nicely, ’ but in 1905 came a crash and when it' was cleared up, the firm paid but I twenty-seven cents on the dollar to I creditors. At that time Donnelley ' promised he would pay in full some day, but most of those who lost had forgotten that promise. The $200,000 then involved, plus I ■ t < five per cent interest compounded,' grew to the sum of nearly threequarters of a million, but with a smile on his face Reuben Donnelly called his private secretary and asked her to write the checks. He declares he is the happiest he has ever been and is thankful that his business has grown to that point where he can do it and continue his great business institution. That he was determined to see that this debt was paid was shown by the fact that on the back of the envelope which contained the I data was written: “in ease of my j death before I have been able to make these payments, I want them paid out of my estate.” In this age of vicious business when it seems to be a case of getting what ■ one can and let the rest of the world i go hang, it is gratifying to hear such i a story as this. Ruben Donnelley's | act should be an inspiration to others j for there should be honor in all, things. — We congratulate Miss Mary Madeline t’overdale of this city, and Ivan W. Moser of Berne, for winning out of sixty-three . contestants in the county with their essays on “How to Prevent Fires in tin Community.” And we congratulate all who took part for thats something worth while —to try. The subject is important and the essays all showed thought and understanding, remarkable for grade students which should make us hopeful that future generations will I try to control the destructive *ele-1 * ment of fire which annually causes such great losses in this country. The government lias given up hopes of wiping out the corn borer, declaring that to do so it would be necessary to reduce an area to a dessert and keep It that way for years, it is to be regretted for we fear that in years to come we may ’ be sorry that every possible attempt 1 has not been made. The average , farmer lias enough troubles and we hope the decision of the federal officials does not mean any more for them. Tirt death of James A. Steel, of

| Kirkland township, removes another lof the pioneers of this country. Ha 1 was born here seventy-zeveu years I ago, helped to clear the land and to ' produce a better community. We re'member many years ago of his active services in securing macadam roads, Id the days when it required real courage to stand for such progress. He was always for those things which he believed the greatest good for the greatest number and was in every ' way a splendid citizen. He was our friend and we deeply degret his death. A Brooklyn painter, named Lub- : owsky, out of work and broke, found a government mail sack lying on the : street. He took it to a garage and 1 opened it and found $52,000. He re- | turned it Immediately. The government gave him a reward of $1,500 and a good job. Sometimes even yet, it pays to be honest. > If every organization in town as I well as every business house would ' start talking and boosting the Old I Home Week Club, it wouldn't be but i a week or two until it was over and the money on hands to pay the bills I for the big frolic and why we don't all do It is beyond us. Do you want I to live in a stale community that just lags along? If you don't, step out and help do it. March the first —time for gardens, time for spring, time to come out of the shells and show life. Lets make it snappy. No community gains by sitting around groaning and complaining. The people who get there are those who join together and march ahead. We can do it. no difference what others do or say about it, but we can't if we get sleepy. You are asked to decorate for the sectional high school basketball | tournament which starts Friday eve- ' ning and continues until Saturday night. Why not? Remember this is the biggest occasion of the year for j hundreds of boys and girls who will , be the men and women of tomorrow i and we want them all to have a kindly feeling for Decatur and her people. Os course we should be receiving more than one or two applications for Old Home Week Club a day but we still have faith that one of these days ‘ soon we will be surprised by a general let go. We intend to keep hammering until you do. Remember when it comes in like a lamb, it usually goes tearing out like a lion. tiow would it be if we published a I list of those who ought to join the ! Old Home Week Club and don't? Di k Miller, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and the City Trust Company, well known here, wil be the speaker at the dedication 1 exerciser, of the new Chamber of ComI merce building at Fort Wayne on Monday evening. March 12th.

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Tips For Taxpayers No. Sixteen Amount paid or accrued within the taxable year 1927 as Interest on indebtedness are deductible, with certain exceptions, from gross incpme in determining net Income. Such items include interest on Money borrowed to defray personal expenses and money borrowed for the purchase of real estate. If a person owes money secured by a lien or mortgage on his home, the amount of interest paid on such indebtedness may be deducted. However, interest need not be evldencd by ifn, judgment, or mortgage to make the interest thereon deductible. Frequently, indebtedness is evidenced only by notes without additional scurity. Interest paid on behalf of a friend or relative where there is no legal obligation on the part of the payor can not be deducted, in such ease the payment amounts to a loan or gift.

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