Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1929 — Page 4

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Charter Members The Indiana League of Home Dallies Os course if you have kept your New Year's resolutions a whole week you will keep It right up. Mr. Hoover is no doubt already wishing he was back on the battle* ship A hungry horde of office seekers now* crowd Washington. In this country we are entitled to a couple of months of winter and we usually get it. so there is nothing to complain about. It' the 'Question Mark" continues Iter flight a day or two longer, they wili probably change its name to "Answer.’’ Some one has started a boom for Louis Ludlow for the democratic nomination for vice president in 1932 but what we seem to need is a candidate for president. A court has ru ed that an engagement ring does not belong to a girl until she is married. We presume thats on the theory that until its paid for It belongs to the jeweler.

Now is the time when the legts-' lature will be expected to include every allowance asked in the appropriation bill without boosting the taxes and some times that’s not an easy task. Mrs. Jarsehow, of Hammond, charges in a divorce complaint that her htHband saturated her with alcohol J and tried to burn her alive. Some ] women do complain about the most < trivial things I You may call the flu epidemic a 1 joke if you like but if 12,000 people had died from any other disease within two months, the alarm would be 1 almost a panic. Its a dangerous ail- ' ment and to treat it any other way is ‘ just plain foolishness. Fifty-five speakeasies were raided in New York the other night and the following day sixty-five new ones 1 opened. Puts us in mind of the old problem of Ray's arithmetic: “If a frog crawls up a well two feet and slips back three each day, how long 1 will it take him to get out?' 1 A big hubdub will be made over increasing the tariff on 150 farm products when the special session is held | and if that will help conditions, well enough- We have never been able to see just how a tariff except on a very few farm products, will give any relief to the average middlewest farmer, but we are suie willing to be shown. A New York broker went home the other night ami found a man under his will's bed. She claimed he was a burglar but as he was clad in purple silk pajamas, the broker is asking a divorce. Things huve come to u pretty pass when burglars can only wear certain garments without causing inconvenience to the ladies, whose homes they visit. There is an unusual predicament at Richmond. Indiana. A man called at the Imine of his dituroed wife with a Christinas gift for his daughter who Is in her custody. While there he became ill with smallpox ami the house was Quarantined. When the present

TODAY’S CHUCKLE Wabash. Ind. —(UP)—G. M Naber has received a check for a piece of furniture purchased from him 34 years ago. A woman bought the piece of furniture and iwomlsed to pay him later.

I husband came home he was not per- [ rnitted to enter. Now there's all the i elements necessary for a tragedy, I comedy or comic opera. Since there seems to be no im* | mediate chances of securing a post* j office building in Decatur, the public ■ will welcome the proposed improve* meuts in the old one and no doubt the employes will find the arrangement much more convenient. This however should not prevent effort being made to secure a public building ' if and when possible. - They are sure getting into a mixup in Steuben county with a legal tangle that includes rum running, murder, failure of officers to do their duty and about every thing else on the calendar. Federal authorities are now* getting into the investigation and a chapter of history that is quite unusual is being written in a county heretofore known as a quite, modest rural county. President-elect Hoover is sure a traveling guy. Before he had arrived at Hampton Roads he had planned for another trip before March 4th, this one to Cuba, Porto Rico and other points of the West Indies. Perhaps that is his idea of disposing of the office seekers who are all lined up for a go with him. His appointments tills week will be snappy because of his trip to Florida, Havana and a few other seaports. Governor Al Smith went to Albany I with fourteen dollars in his pocket . and retired last week with two million. He didn’t make it from graft or:

from neglecting his business but because of friendly tips from John J. Raskob and others, who have proven themselves real friends on more than one occasion. Al doesn't need a job, it is said and so there is no need to worry about his future. We had an idea all the time that he would manage to get along. Tex Rickard, greatest American sportsman, died yesterday at Miami, following an operation a week ago for appendicitis and there is gloom among thousands of admirers today. In his line of promoting sports he was the acknowledged leader of the world. No man ever conducted pugilistic encounters with a million-dollar gate, excepting Rickard and when he made an announcement of an event, his word was accepted as authority for he did what he promised. His idea was that the American preferred to pay forty dollars for a seat at a real show than five dollars for one at a half way go and his success proved he was right. It will be some time before another Tex Rickard is produced in this country. —

* TWENTY YEARS AGO * * From the Dally Democrat File • * Twenty Yeare Ago Totfey • January 7 —Legislature opens at Indianapolis. Tom Honan ch .sen speakei and Dr. J. W. Vizard, clerk of house. J. C. Sutton is acting as special judge in the case of Butler vs. Mayer. Elks give minstrel show at Bosse opera house to big crowd. During past year, 211 marriage licenses were issued by clerk of Adams county. Only 17 divorces granted. Burt Hunsicker purchases restaurant fruni Frank Prover here. A. M. Fisher will hold a sale of taim personal property n the 19th. Mrs. Flank Alwein, of Shelby, Ohio visits here. The I’. S. senate favors increasing President's salary to SIOO,OOO per year. Modern Woodmen officers installed by E. B. Lenhart. Miss Beitbu Halt is a patient at the Knelpp sanitarium at Rome City. Decatur business houses will close al ti o'clock, I’. M., until April 1. Elks parade of "wild animals'' attracts attention. o NOTICE K. 01 C. Regular meeting Monday, Jan. 7 at 8 p. m. Special program by committee. G.K. 5U

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Lutheran Church Observes • 400th Anniversary of Catechism

Lutheran groups all over the world l will cominemorato this year the 400th anniversary of the two Catechisms, published by Martin Luther In 1520. Jubilee I editions of the socalled “ Small ” I Catechism, w hich I has been trans-1 lated Into morel than one hundred I languages an d I used as the "Lay-1 man’s Bible” fori four centuries. I will be issued, one I house planning on I an edition of al millton copl ea I Mass meetings ini largo centers and I special services in I congregations are! planned. T h el Lutheran Synods of Missouri, Ohio! and Other Stalest Is sponsoring ans essay contest. Ini which the child- 1 ren of Its parish I and Sundays schools are to I participate. Tbat[ same body at Its triennial convention next June, when delegates representing more than a million Lutherans will assemble in Chicago, is giving a

prominent place on Its program to I the celebration of the Catechism' quadricentenniaL Several books' on the history and Importance of. the Catechism have already ap- . jicared and more are expected. i Story of Catechism The book so uniquely vital has a fascinating history. We possess It in two forms. Martin Luther wrote the Large Catechism as a treatise, in which he expounded the fundamental truths of Christianity, uhlch he also set forth in questions and answers In the Small Catechism. Both of these appeared early . in 1529. Martin Luther They were born of the need of the times. Religious Ignorance ( was widespread. A survey of conditions In the churches of Saxony, made a decade after the Reformation had gotten under way. revealed a deplorable lack of Christian knowledge, even among clergy- i mer. The preface to the Small Catechism contains a graphic pic-1 ■ ture of the situation that prompted I Luther to write these books. 1I

OBJECTIVES OF LEGION DEFINED Fred A. Wiecking, State Commander, Outlines Purposes To Post Officers Indianapolis, Jan. 7 — (IP) — Purposes of the Indiana American Leg’on in 192!t will center around six well defined objectives, Fred A. Weicking, of Bluffton, department commander, s .id upon his instalaticn in office at a meeting of more than six hundred post officials held here. The purposes of the Indiana Legion duiing the present year will be relief for the disabled, 1 'cation of a $3,000.000 U. S. Veterans' hospital in Indiana, support of the Knightstown soldier and I sailors' orphans home, a hr aliened program of junior baseball, a child safety campaign and a substantial increase in membership, said department commander Weicking. in stressing the highlights of the program. "An attempt is being made t cleanup the cases of all disabled who h:r not yet received the Isjnefits provic ■:! by the government for their relief in the present year," Weicking sai 1. Those installed at tin ludiunapoli , meeting who will serve thr ughout 1929 included: Fred A. Wiecking, of Bluffton, department commander; Floyd Young, of Vincennes, vice-com mander for s. ntheru distil;'; John R Smith, of Gary, viee-eoniinander for noi them district: Howard p. Robinson of Franklin, judge advreate;; Dr. Kogan Esarey, Bloomington, historian: Dewey Green, Princeton, sergiant-a'. arms; Pleas E. Greenlee, Shelbyville, Department adjutant; Frank A. White, Bloomington. Editor Hoosier Legionnaire. The district commanders installed included Joseph Zimmerman, Evansville, first; William Sayer, Bloomington, second; Byran M.tnson, Crawfordsville, ninth; Glen Gtiswold, Peru, Eleventh; Clarence Comineavish, Fort Wayne, twelfth'; and William W. Stose Goshen, thirteenth. 0 Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

[4'7/0' j pl. pmr a ? MjS A* 3 IRh Sc»i»fcb frffi IS ll || 1 a f miw< gl 1 |g| .C’tfxr. ISh IjjjF RWw&filfilll r Facsimile of title-page of Ijarge Ctolcchisni. written by Martin Luther am! published in Wittenberg, 1529. In iipjier left-hand corner 13 Luther's not of arms. The dominant thought of the Catechism, ns well as of l.iithcr’s entire life-work, redemption through Christ, the crucified Son of God, is expressed iu Uie symbolic drawings.

Immediate Popularity Like his 55 Theses, published twelve years previously, Luther's I Catechism took Europe by storm. , At one time every printer in WitI tenberg was printing them. Out- ' side of that city there were 132 different editions during the sixteenth century. An English translation was soon made by Archbishop Cran.uer. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries translations were published in the Icelandic, Polish. Greek. Hebrew, Lilin, Arabic. Bohemian. Danish, ; Esthonian. Finnish, French. Slavi onlan, Livonian, Lettish. Lithuanian, Dutch. Norwegian. Swedish, 1 Spanish, and Wendish languages. Ever since it has remained the i chief text-book for the religious | instruction of children in Lutheran ■ i churches of all lands. Thousands !of American boys and girls are! daily studying the booklet that; ; first appeared in 1529. Wliat the Catechism Contains The popularity and continued j 'usefulness of the Small Catechism I are readily understood. The great j i truths of the Bible are summed ur land presented in a form so simple. • that every child may grasp them, i I These truth.- are eternal and meet I the religious needs of every soul ' in every age. Luther Injected into'' the Catechism no wisdom of his 1 i own. For him the Bible was God's > Word, the only and sufficient au- i thority tn matters cf religion. A i religious text book couid do no 1 more than present what God's I Word teaches President W. H. T. ] Dau of Valparaiso University has - rightly obserV-d- "The Catechism i of Luther has taught Lutherans to i respect no i.-aching except that i drawn from Holy Writ." Luther begins with the Ten i Commandments, to each of which,)

REPPERT’S AUCTION SCHOOL NOTES The school opened Saturday with the singing of class songs, and giving school yells, led by Col. Petitt. Co’. Gartin gave a review on advertising, and showed bow to get up a good sale bill. Col. Reppert gave an interesting lecture on good health and its value to an auctioneer. The boys have all had their photos taken fir the class picture. Tills proofs are ready today. The class i picture wil be ready before school j closes. The students conducted their first sales Saturday afternoon and evening at the Bowers building. We're from Illinois: Muri Fluegel, Freeport; A. B. Canity, Robinsou; Bert Vogeier. Ashton. Do you know that you really don’t know how much you have to know, to know how little you know. There is no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of a man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. Tin human i- the only animal that can be skinned twice. “Don't worry when you stumble, remember a worm is about the only thing that can't fall down." Q _ 375,000 Jars Vicks Now Produced Every 24 Hours That the ,public has not forgotten the lesson of 1918 is indicated by its prompt responses to the warning of health authorities to combat the flu, by keeping free from colds. The demand for Vicks Vapoßub, the vaporizing salve which proved so valuable during the 1918 cpidenjic, has already shattered by a wide margin all previous records. Although the capacity of Hie Vicks laboratories has been tripled since 1918. they are once more operating light shifts. Tlie present output is more than 375,000 jars every 24 hours. Mild though it Is in comparison with 1918. this year's epidemic, lias I already affected more than a million i persons, and it is apparently still i increasing.

R ho adds a brief word of exp’.anad tlon. After this presentation of H tho divine I-aw with us demonI stratlon of man's failure and coni' sequent eternal doom, the Creed ■ follows. Luther takes the ancient 1 Apostolic Creed as Ute exposition | of Christian faith, divides it Into 3 three articles, each one dealing I with one person of the Holy TrinI Ity. and again adds an explanationI These three explanations of tho I Creed are a classic definition of the ! faith of the Church in God the I Father, who created all things, tn God the Son, who by His suffering : and death redeemed humanity, and in God the Holy Ghost, who through the Gospel brings men to faith in Christ The Lord’s Prayer is the third part: each petition Is briefly, yet adequately explained. Sections on tho two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper, as well as on Confession and Absolution, comprise the balance of the book. With remarkable pedagogical insight Luther spends no time on polemics. The unlearned and the young are to learn what God wants them to know. They require poslItlvo truth. The Catechism gives them that “The versatility of the I Reformer”, says McGiffert, "in adapting himself with such success I to the needs of the young and ImI mature is no less than extraordinary. Such a little book as this it I is that reveals most clearly tho genius of the man.” The Catechism and America The Catechism ts of especial interest to Americans because it was the first book to be translated into the language of the American In- ■ - tT I'm CATECHISMVo LUTHEM I j Te’t if (..ampaniDts (.Merhiim in the i pciivire indan Lui'giui* Editrnw of I6W ' dians. Prof. Theo. Graebner. edlI tor of the Lutheran Witness, in his book entitled "The Story of the ; Catechism.” tells how a Swedish i Lutheran pastor. John Catnpanius, arrived in 1643 with a company of colonists from Sweden and settled on the banks of the Delaware. He soon began to work among the natives and as an aid in this labor of love translated Luther's Small Catechism into the language of the Delawares. The earliest English Catechism printed in America appeared at Philadelphia in 1743 and was probably issued by the publishing house of Benjamin Franklin, In whose office a German reprint appeared In the same year. » A book with such a history deserves the attention that wilt be given to it this year.

’ Z-) ARRIVALS ——w . Mr. and Mrs. Dawn Turner, of Lafayette, former residents of this city, are the parents of a girl baby born Saturday. January 5, 1929. The little Miss has been named Barbara. This is the first child iu the Turner family. Mrs. Turner was formerly Miss Vera Bright of this city, and Mr. Turner was formerly employed as a linotype operator at the Daily Democrat office.

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COWS PRODUCE WELL IN WINTER The production of -Ik in ber has been *«*>• according R I- Wiee. locai teste » lh e Adams County eiatlon. IWllf. a" record for l)eceml>ei than * The average tnilk production o .. h ls »■»x So ,«b.r „• !.«• I while in December it was 1.43 b poun..s ol milk. The average fat production. «,f ; the ten high cows in November 59.4 pounds of butter while her it was 62 pounds of butterfat -is I U a clear indication that cows may be made to produce well in winter and it is a direct compliment t> members in the association for their itKTt ismg interest in butter production and the fine care and attention they are giving their herds. | The high cow for the month -f Dec- ’ ember was owned by Beavers and Golduer, of Kirkland township. This is a puiebred Holstein and had ti record of 1.848 of milk for the month and ' 81.3 pounds of butterfat. The ether i cows among the first 10 w. ,e owned [by O. D. Biebeirch. D. J. Mazelin. H.

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-a < Happy New Year ( TO—the patrons who have bankl ed here for years. ( TO—our new depositors. ( TO—our many friends. / T 0 I riends we hope to make > in tJu* next twelve mnnths. j lO—all you folks in this progresj sive community! ( May Prosperity smile upon f you in 1929. j Old Adams County Bank

p, Graber, Noah Rich (2), n j M izelin. O. D. Bieberlch. D. H. Hu egger and Dan Steury. The fii’*t f' ve herds were owned h D j. Maselin, Rudolph Steury, p, e ’ vt rs and Goldner, D H. Hab<>gg ar Noah Rich. A total of 306 cows « fr , tested during the month. Ono [ and seven cows produced more th M I one pound of butterfat per day. I ( U ws produced over 40 pounds of b®. I ter 40 I’tinds of butterfat for the month [ 17 produced over 50 pounds for tin i month and 5 cow« produced ov« r (4 poumis of butterfitt per cow during th. I month.

:{*¥¥****♦♦*«, * HOSPITAL NOTES * <;¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥««{ Mac Dickerson. Geneva, is a m«ii. leal patient at the Adams Cossty Memorial hospital. James F. Arnold, has been moved from his home at 222 Marshall street, to the Adams County Memorial hoj pital for medical care. His condition I is very serious. o —- Don't forget the Auction Sale conducted by Reppert’s Auction Students tonight at 7:30, 134 Monroe street. ______ MIGHT COUGHS k Positively stopped almostln- • stantly with one swahow of ’ THOXINE