Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1929 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J H. Heller Pres and Gen. Mgr. A. R. Holtbouee Sec y & Bue. Mgr. Dick 1). Heller Vice-President Entered at the Poetoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates: Single copies - I .02 One week, by carrier — 10 One year, by carriers - B OO One month, by mail — .35 Three months, by mail 100 Six Months, by mail —- 1.75 One year, by mall ———— 300 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere, $3.50 one year. Advertising Ratos made Known on Application National Advertising Representatives Scheerer, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 200 Fifth Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana league o£ Home Dallies. The first real twister in Indiana this spring came whirling in on the first day of the mint th, doing pjeuty of alamage. Congressman Michelson gave himself up yesterday and now of course contends he is not guilty. “Aw tell it to the judge.’’ The biggest joke of April Ist came from the weather man. After he had promised sunshine and a blue sky he gave us rain and snow and sleet and cloudy skies. Clean the yard and then be good enough to haul the rubbish away o.' pile it iuside the yard where it will not mar the appearance of the stree's or the alleys. “Town Talk" is the talk of the town for every one likes to read items of local interest and that is what the local section of a newspaper is. We are pleased at the response to our calls for assistance in making this department of enough interest that everybody will want to read it. Now a week after officers broke down the door of the DeKing home at Aurora, Illinois, beat the husband into insensibility and shot his wife to death, along comes the man who claimed to have bought liquor from that home and says it was all a mistake. They ought to punish everybody in connection with the case and certainly should include in the list this low brow who gave out the wrong information. - From the way the president is putting the farm relief question up to congress and they are announcing their intentions of tloing exactly as the president desires, we fear a "passing of the buck" that does not harbor so good. Looks as though they were planning so that if the proposed relief is a flop, each will have an alibi while if it does help, each can claim the credit Come on out with the dark secret. Whatever it is, it can't be much worse than conditions have been the past seven or eight years. Decatur merchants reported the best business of the year the past few days, due to advertising and to other efforts to attract trade. Os jourse it pays and every worth while business is built upon the genuine and honest policy of selling good merchandise and te'iing the people why they should trade with you. Spring is here and its time to sell your goods. You are invited to use the columns of the Daily Democrat to invite the people of this trading radius to deal with you. There is certainly no real good reason for not raising beets. Os course there are occasional slim years as in every crop but on the average it is one of the best for any farmer to get busy with and keep busy at. One of the best known farmers in the county who has grown beets twelve years says that- his average returns has been more than SIOO per acre and he had one year when the return was slßl per acre. Isn’t that a fair return? This is no fable or fairy story and we are trying to get a statement from this man so you can check it up for yourself. It’s far too good an

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opportunity for the farmer who has j beet land to pass up. ) " 1 J A series of community farm meet- > lugs just concluded in this county 2 should result in much good. J. A. Brock of Toledo gave u number of addresses on community spirit and every one who heard him was impressed with the sound argument of ■ his words. He was assisted by a number of local people interested, and genuinely so in the success of the farmers of Adams county and we are sure that much real benefit will be the ultimate result of the .campaign. The spirit of helping one another, working together for the general good of every one in Adams county is one that is bound to bring better conditions to each and all of us. The county commissioners have I signed the agreement with the stale highway commission giving them the authority to take over the road between this city and the Wells county line. It is expected that improvement of it under the state road crew for this section of the state will begin at once. Similar action was also laketi in Wells and Huntington county, it is reported and within a short time the new highway, number sixteen, extending from the Ohio state line west t.i Huntington, will be completed. It will connect there with road 21 and continue on west entirely through tho state. It will in a few years be one of the important east and west roads of Indiana. Myron T. Herrfck. another great American, is dead. He was former governor of Ohio and at time of his death was ambassador to France, which post he had served faithfully for many years. During the World War he refused to leave France even when things looked rather dark for that country. Recently he received the famous American youth Lindbergh when he landed in Paris on th? first trans-Atlantic trip and it has always been believed by many that his advice to the youngster had much to do with the sane and sensible manner in which he conducted himself. Mr. Herrick was a splendid representative and his country has never been called upon to apologize for any act of his. The people of this nation mourn his death. , o • TWENTY YEARS AGO • * From tho Dolly Democrst File • ♦ Twenty Years Ago Today • «**»*««*•»**-* April 2—A. J. Smith and John Niblick attend M. E- conference at Greenfield. Lutheran Colony of Adams and Allen county, who own 12,000 acres of land in Texas, hold meeting hereMilt Leavell and L. A. Holthouse apply for patent on shaft brace. A. B. Bailey sells his dry good store at Monroe to W. L. Keller. "Curley" is selling his "wot goods" at fifty cents on the dollar with only fifty days to operate. Two hundred and fifty head of hori ses sold at todays sale at fancy prices. John Hoffman is organizing the Preble Heat and Light company. Misses Nora Smith and Della Selle- [ meyer of Decatur are “snapped" byStar reporter photographer at Indianapolis teacher s convention- • o $650 Contributed At Indianapolis To Help i De King Boy In School Indianapolis, Apr. 2—(UP) —Led bv Tommy Milton, and Cliff Durant, fam--1 ous racing car drivers. $650 was rals- [ ed at a dinner here for the schooling . of Gerald De King. 12, Aurora, ill., who was left motherless when dry ’ agent's killed his mother during a raid. The boy during the raid, seized a g"' and woundecj one of the agents. He was praised at. the dinner for'the defense of his mother. s Other contributions were to be . taken. I MtVBR BK WITHOI T IT "Baby had a bad couch with each S tooth she cut. She is also subject to croup. Our never-failtug remedy is Holey's Honey and Tar. It cuts the ehukhts mucus, clears the throat, and stops the y bad cough," says Mrs. Agnes Baines. Altoona. Penna. Contains no opiates no t chloroform, nothing that a careful mother hesitates to give her child. Just p tin- well-known curative virtues of pure pine tar, fresh, clear honey and other II valuable cough and tissue healing ingredients. Ask for It. Sold everywhere.

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« The PEOPLE’S VOICE s » K S This column for the use of our K S readers who wiaa to make sug- K a gestlons for the general good K a or discuss questions of interest. K X Please sign your name to show K a authenticity. It will not be X a used If you prefer that it not be. X SSMKBRKSSIOHISSSS* About Juries To Decatur Daily Democrat: Yes it is absolutely all right to put women on the jury. But the jury room in Decatur should be made more comfortable even for men But the i thing that most needs remodeling is j tlie law governing a jury. Remodel , the law first for remodeling the jury room will not keep one or two jurors from hanging a jury. . When ten jurors stand for the right for eleven hours and this majority is then forced to submit to two crooks there is j something wrong absolutely wrong with the system. There can be no justice under such a system. It is worse titan bolshevism. Not in one , case out of a hundred is justice rendered to the right person. The reason • given by onexjuror in a case that I , know of for not rendering justice to whom it belonged, was that if they . found the person guilty that, they all knew was guilty, it would brand him ! i as a thief. A thief that is a thief is j already branded. But this hung the - jury and did not let justice go where t it belonged according to law and i • evidence. How long will people con-| tlnue to let this rotten jury system!

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stand? They should rise in the strength of might and right and demand a change in the laws that will insure justice to whom it is due. Years ago James Russel Lowell said, "right forever on tile scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.” When crooked work is done by an attorney, and a jury already weary is forced into [the- hottVs of Hie night to render a verdict justice is scarcely ever given wlrt-re it belongs. If two thirds of a jury coul dreuder a verdict the law would be a little more just. But I scarcely see how it can ever be just when court rats, that have no interest in justice are setting around to be put on a jury and art) put on a jury. Business men don't want to sit on juries. Farmers cannot afford to with scarcity of help on farms, so that leaves the court rats to form the jury in many cases. Surely a better system could be worked out. England abolished this old system yeais ago. We are fifty years behind the times. Tills cannot be a rightpous, Godly nation- with such laws as govern juries on the statutes. Who is going j io do this remodeling of the jury law? it will be easy to get an architect to remodel the court house. A visitor to the court. o — Once more an opportunity to buy your home at your own price. Will you act or will you contin ueto pay out your money for rent? 6 room house on corner of North 10th & Nutman ave„ will be sold at public auction Saturday. April (>, 2:30 pm, »■■■■»■■*■■■*■*»■■»■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE Mirrors Mirrors and picture glasses should be polished with a bit of chamois skin squeezed out of clear water, and then polished with a dry piece of chamois. Omelets When making an omelet, add ‘a teaspoon of baking powder to every four eggs, beat thoroughly, and the omelet will be lighter and more tasty. Paint Stains Hot vinegar will remove paint or putty stains from the window panes. ■ -o 11 — ■ —— MODERN ETIQUETTE By ROBERTA LEE q Does the usual ten per cent tip apply to such occasions as tea? ■ A No. a larger percentage is then expected. Q. Should a bachelor have the address of his club on his cards instead of hit home address? A. Yes. Q. When is a church wedding proper? - t -never desired and when it E. S. Christen, \ . i -whew school at Bernettsville, spc. .aster with his wife and family, north of the city. Don't Paint (HUMPaint UD ON ' 1 ' * et c6eap-price-per-gallon with its saving of less than $4 firstcost, cheat you out of $2lO in keeping your house painted for 5 years! See the Cost Chart at this store. | Siin-ProoZ — low in 5-year cost because of high quality. Keeps out moisture and decay — saves repair bills. See the i Cost Chart at this store. LEE HARDWARE CO. i " ) ■ • ■ ■' L “ ' I

I! _ - . . . „ ... —' I I The Pennsylvania Railroad ) X j SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1928 ) I r T'HP 82np annual report of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, covering opera' >’ 1 tions for the year 1928, will be formally presented to the stockholders at the annual meeting on April 9, 1929. The report shows that although the Company s total operating revenues in 1928 were'over $14,000,000 less than in 1927, its net income was over $14,000,000 greater than m 1927. Last year was the fourth successive year in which the net income exceeded that of any previous year. q Net income for the year, amounting to $82,507,613, was equivalent to 14 69 a ? upon the present capital stock outstanding, as compared with 13.65% upon the amount u outstanding at the close of 1927. OPERATING RESULTS Cemparhoß with l o * 7 ' 192 R Inereat* or Deer**** 0 Total Oferating Revenues were*» $650/67,316 D $14,283,707 Total Operating Expenses were, 480,171,634 D 30,497,027 L. aving Net Revenue of $170,395,682 I $16,213,320 Taxes amounted to 37,846,357 1 2,136,608 Equipment, Joint Facility Rents, etc amounted to 15,251,639 I 756/C9 ‘ I saving Net Railway Operating Income of I $13,320,383 " Income from Investments and Other Sources amounted to 44/35,658 I 1,298,662 I. Making Gross Income of $161,833,344 I $14,619,045 Rental Paid Leased Lines, Interest on Funded Debt and Other Charges amounted to 79,325,731 I 271,728 Leaving Net Income (Equal to 14 69% on Capital Stock) of $ 82/07,613 I $14,347,317 i\fter providing for the payment of 7% dividends to the stockholders and for sinking and other reserve funds, $38,950,928 was credited to Profit and Loss Account. » » ♦ The factors chiefly responsible for the Company's progress during the year and for it* increasing financial success are: Large capital expenditures to improve and expand the railroad s plant and facilities; progressive improvement in operating efficiency and economy; cordial cooperative relations between the management and employes, ano me continued patronage of the public whom it has been a pleasure to serve. W. W. ATTERBURY, Philadelphia, Pa., April 1, 1929. ’ pendent. The Pennsylvania Railroad Carnes More Passengers, Hauls More Freight Than Any Other Railroad in America SHIP AND TRAVEL VIA PENNSYLVANIA StocHrolden may obton copiu of lb, darn al Btpori horn Ltvu Socrelary Brood Slrtal Statna, '•

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