Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1928 — Page 3

“AG" ALUMNI OF PURDUE TO MEET l.afay*’"’- ,n< ’ - Jl,np 2 s . ~ Agricultural alumni and former students of Purdue University scattered throughout Indiana will meet in a series of picnics which' will he held the second of July in the four different sections of the state, it was announced today by F. C, Gaylord of Purdue, president of the agricultural group. The purpose of the picnic will be not only bring ,h * Purdue "ags" together for a social session but also to discuss ways in which they may fO .operate with the university and agricultural experiment station in testing various agricultural practices. Among them is that of growing corn and various field crops. The first of the picnics for the alumni and former students in southeastern Indiana will be held at McCoy's Lake at Greensburg, July lo The second group for those in southwestern Indiana will be held in East Side Park at Washington the following day, July 11, and the third of the meetings for the northwestern corner of the state will be held at Columbian park in this city July 12. The last one for northeastern Indiana will he held July 13 at Loon Lake in Whitley county. Several short talks are scheduled for each picnic, with Russell T. Gray. Chicago, president of the general alumni association, heading the list Others will include T. A. Coleman, assistant director of agricultural extension for the university; Mr. Gaylord, president, and W. O. Mills. Mooresville, ecretary of the agricultural alumni organization, Claude Wickard, Camden, and R. R. Fraser, Monticello, directors of the agricultural alumni group, and G. N. Hoffer of the experiment station staff, in charge of corn diseases investigations. Carried Hoe In Hotel; Farmers See Cause Os Failure Before G. 0. P. By International News Service Kansas City, Mo., Farmers, in their recent drive for recognition at the Republican National Convention here have only themselves to blame for violating the code of the supestitions. During a parade through the down town streets the agrarian march filed into one door of the principal hotels here and out through another with four of their number carrying hoes. Just one hoe carried in the building would have constituted an "unpardonable sin". Almost imemdiately after this cnor in the code hook of superstition was committed, bad luck *emed to appear on the horizon for the farm "relief" effortes. The cause was virtually defeated the next day. Nearly any agriculturist will tell you that to carry a hoe indoors is about as bad to enter the house with an ax. Once inside, the only way the mistake can be rectified is to race immediately out of the same door with the instrument Even thia was not done as the marchers continued through the hotel lobby an 1 made exit through an other door. However, casual observers noted that the violators of the age-old superstition bore about as niucn resemblance to those that follow the plow a:a seal resembles a G. O. P. elephant. —— o— State Fair Premium Lists Being Mailed Out The Indiana State Fair premium list is now being mailed out, any person who wishes one may secure it by writing to E. J. Barker, Secretary. Indiana State Fair, Room 212, State Hous -. Indianapolis, Indiana. The fair will be held September 1 to 8. There are $162,193.88 to be paid out in premiums and purses this year, a larger amount than will be paid out by any other state fair in the United States. This is the largest premium list that has ever been put out by the Indiana State Fair with prizes for everybody on the farm, in the city old and young. There are many classes that are made exclusive for Indiana exhibitors. All entries close on August 15. Those showing in the special classes may also enter in the open classes, thus having a double chance of winning cash prizes, ribbons and medals.

Married Men Know? Scientists claim that a woman s brain wiii retain Impression# mode upon it longer than a man’s. Every married man will agree with him, and If there are any who doubt the statement Just do something which she believes you should not do and count the number of years It will be before she ceases to mention the fact.— Arlington (Ore.) Bulletin. O Sounds Like Work The more Idle end generally worthless a man, the angrier tie becomes If told he must earn eq«' , "ty ) and that prosperity cannot be enforced by t statute.—E W. Howe’s Monthly. —- —o — Toaatmasfera Classified Toastmasters fall roughly Into two groups: The flip kind, and those who introduce the distinguished guest in a tone of reverent awe, as If he were being unveiled.—Detroit News.

Vice-Presidential Nominee V-j V 5 B 1 I I I < £ Senator Joseph T. Robinson

RURAL CHURCHES U. B. In Christ—Decatur Circuit Chas. Weyer, Pastor. Pleasant Grove Sabbath School, 9:30 a. m. Clyde Harden, superintendent. Prayer Service, 10:30 a. m. J. C Harkless, leader. .. Bobo Sabbath School, 9:15 a. nt. Albert Chronister, superintendent. Prayer meeting. 10:30 a. m. W. F Hilton, leader. U. B. C. E. service, 7:00 p.m. Haze Chronister, president. Sermon by pastor, 8: on p. m. Winchester Sabbath Schoo), 9:30 a. m. Mer Essex, superintendent. Preaching by pastor. 10:30 a. m. Victory Sahbath School, 9:30 a. nt. H. E Baxter, superintendent. Class meeting, 10:30 a. m. Gregi Knittie, leader. o Bobo M. E. Circuit Rev. H. E. Forbes, Pastor Mt. Tabor Sunday School 9:31 Class meeting 10:3i Epworth League 6:1 Preaching 7:31 Clark’s Chapel Sunday School 9:3* Preaching 10:3t Epworth League 6:( Prayer meeting Wed. eve 7:3( Mt. Hope Sunday School 9:3( Class meeting 10:31 Epworth League 6:t Prayer meeting Wed. eve 7:3( o Pleasant Mills Charge A. E. Burk, Pastor Pleasant Mills church 9:30— Sunday School 10:30— Morning Worsh i p 7:oo—Epworth League 7:30— Thursday eve prayer meeting Salem M. E. Church 9:00— Sunday School 10:00—Class Meeting 7:30 —Evangelistic Services. There will be no prayer meeting at the church Wednesday nigh:, .is we have decided to attend the Monro* Camp .Meeting, in a body that night. We wish ali our people to j In ns to this service. The Decatur M. E. Circlut John F. Blocker. Pastor Beulah Church 9:30 A. M— Sunday School. 10:30 A. M. Preaching by Pastor. Subject' Very religious all the time, a faithful servant. Mt. Pleasant Church 9:15 A. M. Sunday school. 10:15 A. M. Class Meeting 7-30 p M. Preaching by i’as! “ Subject: A good religious background necessary for a fine religious future. WASHINGTON Church 9 . :! 0 A M —Sunday school. No preaching this Sunday You are Invited to these services. Ancient Use or Stucco The ancient Creeks used lime and stucco extensively and imparted their secrets to the Etruscans of miudle Italy, from, whom the Bomans in turn gained their knowledge. Poor Ladder to Utirnb On ■‘Popular nothing!” exclaimed a _ actress who was discussing « 7-« g nla er with a friend. "Why. the [ingest run she ever had was In her stocking.”

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1928

War Time Shells On Battle Fields Explode As Hot Weather Conies By International News Service Hheims—With the approach of sumI mer here, war time shells are making I themselves heard from. One which had lain on a battle-field in the famous "red zone” ever since the world skirmish, exploded recently killing one man and wounding his companion durink a second repercussion. Leon Marchand was also killed near Peronne when he stumbled upon a shrapnel-filled shell concealed in some underbrush. A farmer who attempted to aid him was badlv hurt. 0 High School Girl Sets U. S. Typing Record By International News Service Rockland. Me., Writing 108 words a minute, nearly two Words a - second, Miss Eleanor Young of the graduating 1 class of the local high school, recently acquired a typing championship of the United States. Miss Young did not make an errorin her test. The record was made before competent judges who were amazed to see the young woman's fingers slide across the keys at such a speed Word was received in this city this morning announcing the arrival of a girl baby, which was born Thursday evening, June 28.1928, to Mr. and Mrs. J Dwight Peterson, of Indianapolis. The child weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces and has been named Sally. Mother and babe are getting along nicely and are being cared for at the new City Obstetric Hospital. Mr. and Mis. John S. Peterson and Mrs. John Frlsinger of this city, are grandparents of the new Miss. This it the second baby and second daughter in the family. Good for Goldfish Water in the goldfish bowl will remain fresh and healthful for three months or so tiy placing a chunk of special chemical rock at the bottom, says Popular Mechanic* Magazine. About half a pound to a gallon r ' water, is the proper proportion. The rock absorbs various impurities and produces the effect or nn attractive grotto In the bowl. o When Acorns Grow Natural reproduction of white oak In the Southern states may be either by seed or by sprout, says the American Tree association. Under usual forest conditions acorns are produced when the trees are about seventy or seventy-five years old. Good seed crops occur about once In every four t» seven years. o— —— Rock Purifies Fish Bowl Water in the goldfish bowl will remain fresh and healthful for three months or so by placing a chunk of special chemical rock at the bottom, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. About half a pound to a gallon of water, Is the proper proportion. o Rivers Not Waterways Tiie Platte river, with Its northern fork, which Is about 1,250 miles in length, is the longest non-navigable ,-Iver In the United States and perhaps the longest in ’ '<• world. 'I he Orange river In South Africa, which Is 1.100 miles long, Is perhaps the next longest non-nnvlgahle river In the world.

linanity Not Often Caused by Overttudy “It is u fallacy to believe that overstudy enusea Insanity. Overstudy like tiny mental overwork causes a state of exhaustion and bruin fag. Too much study, which prevent* the enjoyable realities of pluy and recreation. wHI not cause a mental breakdown In u person who Is not llnble to Insanity," states Dr. Alexander S. llershfiehl, Illinois state alienist. "It Is udtnltted that among those student* who devote too much time to learning and to making high grades there ure many who are normal mentally. Mental disease and overstudy are common enough to be found together occasionally. A well-balanced boy or girl finds sports, friendships and sex of sufficient Importance to act as an antidote to overstudy and general school grind. In fact. It is normal for youth to find study Irksome when It Interferes with Its fun. “Insanity resulting from overstudy Is merely a coincidence, and closer examination of such a case will usually show other causes." Operator Cut In on Concert for Invalid A young man of the city, confined to Ids home with a bad throat, answered his telephone sometime ufter midnight recently. Three girls of his acquaintance announced that they h»d prepared a concert for Ids exclusive entertainment, and that he should “please stand by." The girls then put their telephone at one end of their piano, and got a ukulele to fill out the burmony. AH three of them (sendprufesslonuls, by the way) sang to the soft accompaniment, doing all the popular songs of the moment, to the unbounded Joy of tlie sick young man, who had been dying for company all evening. They continued for the better purt of an hour, when suddenly an operator cut In, presumably to find out why they were holding the phone so long. She had begun a sharp tirade when the music got the best of her. Site listened silently and then In a minute she broke In and requested a song.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Plants Reveal Ore Several remarkable examples where beds of ore were revealed by plants growing on the surface above ure summarized by l.ldgely in the proceedings of the Australian Mining Institute. The Amorpha canescene shrub Indicates the presence of galena, the lead sulphide ore, in Michigan, while in Missouri a plant belonging to the poison sumach family serves the same purpose, as a lead ore indicator. Beech trees often indicate that limestone beds nre to be found In the neighborhood. In Spain u sort of bindweed, known ns Convolvulus athaeoldes. Is deemed of high value In betraying the presence of underlying deposits of phosphate ore. The plant Erigonum ovalifollutn discloses the existence of sliver ore In Montana. The calamine violet, which grows in upper Silesia. Westphalia and Belgium, Is a sign of the existence of calamine, the zinc ore, In the neighborhood. Simple Arithmetic A man with a wife and 11 children, many of them grown up, appeared at the entrance to an entertainment hail, bought two tickets, and demanded that the entire family should be admitted. The doorkeeper declined to admit them with only two tickets. “But all these are my children,” said the man. “Os course,” said the doorkeeper; “but some of them are too old to be admitted free." "Too old? What’s that to do with it? Doesn’t It say on your bills that children under twelve are admitted free with parents?” “Yes.” "Well, I’ve got 11 children, and If It children aren't under twelve, I'm beat." ■ I —» Cultivated Sponges Sponges are now cultivated like grain. It Is strange to think of beds of sponges cultivated under the sea, but this Is no stranger, after all, than beds of oysters. The method Is to cut up very tine, healthy, living sponges—a sponge Is quite as lively as nn oyster—lnto seeds. These seeds, about half an Inch In diameter, are wired to blocks of cement and dropped Into the submarine sponge bed. They mature In two years. The best sponges—those large, blond, fine fellows called hath sponges—come from Florida. It takes them a full ten years to grow to bath size. Getting the Right Word A little girl In Topeka was explaining to her grandfather that the pendulum of the clock had been broken "What’s the matter will) the clock?" her grandfather asked. “The percolator broke," replied the little girl. “What Is that?” asked the grandfather, “The percolator?" “Oh, I don't mean the percolator," replied the granddaughter. “That is what you hatch chickens in, Isn’t it? —Kansas City Star. Forgetting Success The less a man thinks about suciess ind his personal advancement, thinks i scholar writing In Fann and Fireside, the more certain he Is to sueteed beyond his wildest dreams.

FIVE DETOURS ARE REMOVED Indianapolis, Ind.. June 29 -(Special)—Five detours were removed from alate roads and several others shortened or lengthened as construction work progressed and new pavement and new bridges went into service the past week, according to the state highway commission’s truffle bulletin

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Mt. Carmel (DI.) there Is a fairly good county road connecting the two cities with ferry operating at Mt. Carmel ! providing a < tossing over the Wabash ! river. J Continuous rains caused some gravel and stone surfaces to roughen during the first of the week bill these will be dragged Into excellent condition within a day or so, officials said. —... Q Automobile Note It doesn’t help much to tell the nurse you had the right of way.—Toledo Blade.