Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1928 — Page 3

QUEST SALOON IN NATION NOW HAS NO TENANT By Wm K. Neely. rP staff Correspondent . Cleans. Sept 22-(U.R)-At V * r of Bo»r»M»n and Bienville " ie . in the historic Vieux Carre of v re (') leans, stand* America's oldest ■'*" we gtherworn and awaiting conSon into a cabaret, antique shop Or T V^‘^" r ’' hr,ck b H n, H ng T „ I)lt . "Old Absinthe House “Thas reached the age of 145 years, ’’troundetl by numerous antique ‘ studios, cabarets and other ’mah'shops such as compose most of ’hTitless efforts of the old French the Old Absinthe House reZed’true to tradition until the 18th Z dment shuttered its doors -so ( a r as the sale of its renowned product was concerned. v , Several times since the advent of , h .Vototead amendment the old place Issomed forth in an effort to regain its once famous reputation, hut each me it has failed dismally. The last effort resulted in an unannounced cad „f 8 squadron of Uncle Sam s dry •leuths and the place soon was made • Ih( . victim of a padlock. It recently was released after a year's subservience to the padlock but since then no one has been found to reopen the llonr s of the ancient landmark. The old building has remained in one family since it was acquired shortly after its construction. The heirs of Francisco Juncadella. a Spaniard, retain title to the saloon. In the confines of the Old Absinthe House, where thousands of notable have journeyed to view the ancient settings and to sign the yellowing register kept for visitors, are still to be found practically all the early period fixtures, including old paintings and two absinthe drippers. Within the walls of this brick and concrete building many challenges to duels for minor infringements or insults were made and likewise many accepted, the principals, with seconds arranged, repairing to the famous dueling grounds of City Park to settle their grievances with gun and rapier. While the ancient building is still owned by the Spanish heirs of the Juncadella family, the Vieux Carre Association, formed for the purpose of perpetuating and caring for the historic old French district has charge of the structure. o FLORIDA HURRICANE VIVIDLY DESCRIBED BY RUTH B. HIATT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONK» hoped the worst was over. Pitch black night came on. Then rain and wind from the south. Imagine a thousand horses racing, speeding wildly and madly on with the earth shaking beneath. The greatness and speed of a hurricane can never be described or explained —it must be felt. The horror of waiting. waiting, for the minute the ceiling should drop or the roof fly off—garage doors banging, sudden crashes of buildings going down and everywhere complete darkness enveloping us and swallowing us up. Sleep From Nervous Exhaustion After a thousand nights spent in that one night until one o'clock, when the speed of the wind slackened, the storm abated and we came out of the trance, almost too numb to think or act. We slept from nervous exhaustion, and in the morning, rain and wind, desolation and despair. The lovely waving palm trees lymg on the ground, bushes, shrubs, trees torn from their places—riddled awnings, which on Sunday morning were so bright and colorful, our yard cohered with roofing, garage doors and token trees —all these greeted us—we had come through with a few of r f oken scr ®ens and our garage roof People In Nervous State Then we went in the car to find friends in terrible distress. Met- ,? ntire roof b,ew otf - in bathing a „/,n hey were working frantically—- . 1 never for ffet how people in seiv a nervous stat e will busy themes on a needless task. Virginia ho,!! * aS mendln 8 a light shade, their °' Be a c <»nplete wreck. Mr. Stonesawing a banana tree. Mrs. Helfloweru rranglng a boU( l"et of artificial Pictino’ ne ißhbor carrying a baby house °., ler huß bands. Dr. Heiman s soaked « h the roof off ' the furniture with th r St 'hroeder, on the corner, w ''h the roof off. gain’,? ’ eft “ fter putti ”S the piano a'o the mldn ool- “ nd Beeing U blown left the?r d | d e ° f the room ' Gossard's artm en , h'h! ne , after the gara K e a P ba ck of TT” them blew into ‘he have told h » r I hOUSe ’ VarioUß P eo Ple “’em no and °"’ the wind P icked Then P and , carried them along. town Th 6 < ,!° ve Hlowly down toward flat on th ’ resb yterian church was Uffht unu 6 * roUn<1 ' te, ephone poles, ’he street g ant trees Were down ln One IniTT. Under Martial Law in.l don’- •o* after anot her smashed dl <inX:: h n ere ' BaP,ateglßßß in the n "biio’ l>af ” ra an,i Olive streets business section are complete

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 192 K.

On Vacation * *■ - t 4 £ |J& >■' aF ! X / u V* > - »• ilnn ®|l I’l II SA-:. B I 11 iWI IBS I ■ ’ißPf IS I r wi Illi John Gilbert, motion picture idol, as he appeared in Chicago, where he stopped over and said "hella” to a group of fans and then continued on his way to New York. “I'm glad to be on a vacation.” he said, “and 1 intend to make the most of my short time in New York." The fans wished him the usual pleasant journey and good luck. wrecks. The town is tinder martial law. Monday, the Pennsylvania hotel was turned into a hospital. Pulling themselves out of their own troubles, every one turned to help. Sunday night and still more rain. A report went around that another storm ■ was coining. Pete has gone with the car to help. They went out to the Everglades where many deaths oecured. The pitiful part of it all is, that people were holding cn here, hoping against hope that things would come out alright. Most of them scarcely had moneyenough t oeat. What possible chance is there for recovery? Palm Beach is pitiful to see. Those magnificent hotels, those grand estates all lashed and torn by the storm. And we are thankful that we are alive. The sun came out this afternoon. Blessed sun. I'm sure many a person thought of the promise, “Behind the clouds, the sun still shines.” But oh. we’ll need sun and plenty of it, to recover. Thankful ate we to be alive, well and able to help in any way. It's eight o'clock at night. Pete came in and has been helping at the Red Cross. He says they are bringing the dead and dying in from surrounding parts and the distress is beyond be lief. It's hot tonight and the mosquitoes are bad. We ate protected fairly well but think of the people without screens The boys are washed and in bed. 1 am writing by an oil lamp. Cooked supper at Stoneman's. We just had a telegram from Rob. His house is there, but we haven't been in it. Metcalf’s got some roofing today. No more for tonight. I'll write to you soon, Lovingly yours, Ruth o Americans at Stratford At Stratford-on-Avon a study of the visitors’ hook nt Shakespeare's birthplace shows that three cut of every five names of visitors outside the British isles are those of Americans. — o — Orchid Matures Slowly Nearly five years are required for an orcbid plant io mature under glass from a seed and only about one seed In a million produces hlo-soms.

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ENDS HIS FIFTH YEAR AS PASTOR Monroe. Sept, 22. (Special)—The Rev. M. C. Oliver, former Monroe young num, hus just completed his flfth year us pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church al Mt. Morris, Michigan. He Is a son of Thomas Oliver, of Monroe, and a brother of Grover Oliver, Monroe postmaster. A picture of Rev. Oliver and the following story concerning his nnlstry at Mt. Morris, appeared in a r cent issue of the Mt. Morris newspaper: • The Rev. M. C. Oliver Is, this week closing his fifth year ns pastor of the Mt. MoMrtis M. E. church five years of earnest labor and astounding results. Mr. Oliver came to our village in the full of 1923, a total stranger. His Interest In everything pertaining to the welfare of the village and his broad vision concerning the young people of today is responsible for his being able to number us his friends, every man. woman and child in the community. Outstanding in the accomplishments of the past five years, is the new parsonage built at the cost of $7.5(10.00. This building erected with comfort, convenience and beauty in mind, is

National Guardsmen Patrol Amid Ruins i 1. & i-A. & 1 ■ MfL.. *< i t .< • I A ! a » . .-H-i----. ..... .. With humlretlH dead and thousands homeless at West Palm Beath, national guardsmen have arrived to help restore order. They are seen in this telephoto patroling the street and guarding the ruins.

second to none of its kind in the county. The church has been remodeled to give more room and real community service. A new heating plant was installed at a cost of sl.549, and $6(10 was spent in putting the root in proper shape: enlarging and improving the basement meant an expenditure of SI,OOO, while the church proper, was beautifully redecorated at a cost of $1,260. The grounds around the church and parsonage have been made very attractive with shrub-

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bery and flowers and, with the thought of the young people ever in mind, two very fine tennis courts have been developed in the rear of the church property. While this work cf material nature has been progressing, the spiritual has in no way been neglected. The church membership has been more than doubled and the Sunday school attendance shows a remarkable increase. Statistics show the record attendance 150 compared with 200

I against 300 of today and the average j attendance, 150 compared with 200 at the present time. Rev. Oliver has made 4,681 calls, an average of more than three calls a day. 365 days per year for five years. He has preached 726 sermons; conducted 128 funerals; perfotmed 108 marriages; baptized 116 persons and received 255 members into the church. _o Set the Habit—Trade at Home, It Paye

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SEEK AIR MAIL FOR FORT WAYNE Feit Wayne, Sept. 22- Suggested schedules for air mall service from Fort Wayne linking up with the transcontinental service wete announced yesteiday by J. B. Willes, manager mid industt ial commissioner of the chamber. The committee in charge of the movement consists of Paul C. Guild, Fred ('. Wolf, Harry W. Baals, Robert It. Bartel and J. It. Wiles It has been suggested to have a mail plane leave Fort Wayne every evening (it 7:30 o’clock connecting with the plane for the east nt Toledo, O. Thus, a letter leaving here at 7:30 o’clock in the evening would reach the field at New York nt 4:15 o’clock the next morning and the post office at 6:15 o’clock. The same letter could leach Philadelphia at 5:35 o'clock in the morning or Boston at 7:50 o’clock. The return from Toledo could be made as 4:30 o'clock the next morning, arriving here at 5:30 o'clock. Tills plane could bring mail from the west bound plane from Boston and New Yoik, saving 12 hours on the service. o —. FREE —Dirt for the hauling at corner of Thiid and Monrce Streets. Ed Boknecht. 225-3tx