Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1929 — Page 3

SHRINE MEETING IN LOS ANGELES TO BE COLORFUL viftv-Fifth Annual Convention To Open In Western City June 4 By Ronald W. Wagoner limited Pies" stß,f Correspondent) 10, Angele". Jane 3—(UP)—One of Jiireatest mobilisations in the his- ' rv of the Shrine was under way toTJ as members of the order and their families converged on Los Angeles by .tsamer, train, automobile and air "lane for the 55th annual convention. P Tt)P conclave actually will be in see•ion three days—June 4. 5 and 6—but ny visitors arrived early to participate in informal events which start tomorrow. . . . [,os Angeles members in charge of the convention estimated that 75,000 persons would be registered at Shrine Headquarters and that 25,000 others will be in the city to witness the spectacular program which has been prepared. The highlights of the pre-con vent ion program is scheduled tor Sunday morning when special Shrine services will be held in the Hollywood Bowl. It, addition. Shrine singers will appear in a number of churches and bands will hold concerts throughout the city. On Monday the gala spirit will gain momentum with concerts, street dancing, vaudeville shows and a banquet in honor of retiring Imperial Potentate Frank C. Jones of Houston, Tex. Parade on Tuesday Los Angeles will be garbed in all her glory for the giant Shrine parade which will start the conclave officially Tuesday morning. Shriners, in colorful regalia, will march from the business district to the coliseum to the tunes of 40 bands. Perfect weather conditions are promised which should tend to make the parade the most pretentious on rec-ord-barring perhaps the hectic procession when the Shriners last gathered here in 1925. A heavy rain deluged Los Angeles on the day of the patade that year and the Shriners made the most of it. Laughing away the protestations of the “home guard" that the precipitation was "most unusual,” the visitors from Florida to Maine joined witn those ftom the middle west in ingenious banter at the expense of their Los Angeles brothers. Many of the marchers discarded Shrine uniforms for bathing suits. Others sought Ijfe preservers and sported warning sings—“I can't swim Life boats were placed on some floats and anxious individuals in oil skins stood ready to man the boats it the “flood" went out of control. Ducks, alligators, sea gulls, and other denizens of damp places were displayed prominently along the line of march. A Full Program in fact, the parade was so startling and unusual that the average spectator might be accused of hoping for rain this time iu order to see what antics the Shriners might produce with the experience of four years ago as a background. The Circus Maximus, a five-ring affait with trained performers from all parts of the world, will show at the coliseum four times. Other featured events include the $1,000,000 motionpicture electrical pageant, a Spanish barbecue, a banquet for the new Imperial Potentate Leo V. Youngworth, Los Angeles attorney, and the annual ball on the closing night. Los Angeles golf clubs and other Southern California amusement agencies have announced special entertainment plans. On Saturday, June 9, approximately WO Shriners and families will sail ftom Lo S Angeles for Honolulu on a brine Hawaiian Pilgrimage in honor 0 Imperial Potentate Youngworth. fa rl Mlnniear attended to business ■n Montpelier over the week-end. Hr U'ltirned to this city this noon

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• United Press Staff Correspondent) Hollywood June 3 —(UP)— The movie powers that have decided that , n a talking picture calls for southe"’ ace ents realness are the best. ®° eight girls fiom southern states a' 6 going to get their film chance in e Paramount production of Booth arklington's “Magnplia.” But—hold you hats. They’re going to call it “A M an Must Fight.” /The girls who wil break into the picture are: Virginia Beauchamp, Albania wina lecen i Mary Pickford contest da Williams, born and raised in Kentucky. Virginia Thomas, Atlanta society Nan Preston, stage actress of Tennessee. Katherine Hoffman, of Miami, Fla. aan Douglas, of Virginia stock, alda West, born on a Texas border ranch. Leone Lane, born, of Southern parents,

ba “i9<>n car ß'ing FIVE DETROIT MEN LANDS here _<CONTIRtr Rn fmumpmje southwest. T1„- |i;il .| y plan to fly to Indliinnpolis and Ihpy wore headed on „ stralKl)| f(r that city when iney reached Decatur However, as they neared this city they decided that they had flown f al i enough and that they had better come <lown so as to have plenty O s time o get back to Detroit 1„ ,| lnp f(ir their business today. Talk To Farmers At a point a few miles east of De wi hi’ bro, ' ght ' he bal,onn d °wn Hiked t ,>Pt Os ,hH Rro,, " d “nd diked tn some filrrnors Hp ]arnpd hat he was near Decatur. Being tinea m of lo< ?h te 7 ullable ' an,li,,g pla,e hotu I T P c,ty ’ Hi " ,OSSPd «ome ballast overboard and the balloon picked up enough altitude to pass gracefully over Decatur. Many residents of the city saw it pass over town After passing over Decatur, Hill released some more gas from the big bag and it descended again. The basket of the balloon struck a tree on the Albert Mutschler farm, about three miles west of the city. A little more ballast was thrown ' overboard and the basket was lifted out of the tree. The pilot then released all of the gas and the balloon came down to the ground, the basket bouncing several times before coming to a stop, but none of the -occupants were injured in the least. Brought Into City Several Decatur men, seeing the balloon coming down, hurried out to the Mutschler farm. The balloon was soon [racked and made ready for shipment back to Detroit. It was sent back by express. The balloon and the five men were brought to this city and the men secured a room at the Rice hotel, where they ate breakfast and prepared for their trip home. They were taken to Detroit in an automobile by T. J. Durkin, local automobile dealer. The party left here about 2:30 o'clock yesterday at'teroon.

Mr. Hill related some interesting experiences which the party had on their flight from Detroit to Decatur. He said their highest altitude on the trip was 5.000 feet. By maneuvering, he could have kept the balloon in the air until some time today, at least, Hill said, and probably could have reached Indianapolis without difficulty. Rope Picks Up Buggy A large rope hanging from the balloon was dragging most of the way, Hill said. This was done to steady the balloon, he said. At one point in Ohio, the rope caught on the roof of a barn, tearing ass part of the roof and the lightning rods. The rope became entangled in a buggy in one barn yard and the buggy was dangled in the air at the end of the rope for some distance, before it came loose and fell to the ground. In several pasture fields where there were cows, the cows ran after the rope. Hill said. The balloon which landed here yesterday was of oblong shape and had a capacity of 35,000 cubic inches. Friend Os Col. Emmons Mr. Hill is manager of the Aircraft Development Corporation in Detroit, the company of which Col. Harold 11. Emmons is president. Col. Emmons was severely injured in an airplane accident near this city on October 16. 1927. The plane in which Col. Emmons and Lieut. J. G. Hopkins were flying, crashed on the Dennis Striker farm, 10 miles south of this city. Col. Emmons sustained a badly fractured leg and a broken nose. Mr. Hill stated yesterday that Col. Emmons has not entirely recovered from the injuries sustained in that accident, and is just getting able to use the leg that was broken, although he limps considerably. —o CONGRESS TODAY Senate Considers Borah bill to license commission merchants dealing in perishable farm products. House Takes up census and reapportionment bill.

They were needed for a southern party sequence of the picture, which will star Buddy Rogers. A young American agitator from the University of Southern California has lost his popularity suddenly. Pathe studio arranged through a fraternity house to use 500 students as spectators at a football game in Eddie Quillan's new starring picture, “Joe College.” , , , At the end of the first days work the amateur agitator discovered that the studio had also engaged some professional extras at more than the $5 a day promised the college boys... “Don’t cash your checks, boys, he shouted. A large number of the students lined up in his cause. But when Director Leo McCamey said “if you don’t desire to cash your checks we’ll Just turn the money for them over to the fraternity,” the A. A lost his suppit. He didn’t come back the next day. Don’t think that all a director >s troubles are in filming the picture.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1929.

State Fights to Imprison Boy , ■ , ItH ■ , *| — j- _ Ji. /M* flB. « A" > // j M J \ kJ I - Buck In *he shelter of his mother's arms is Carl Mahan, 6-year-old Paintsville, Ky., boy who was sentenced to a reformatory for fifteen years for killing a playmate. The boy, shown here with his mother, Mrs. John Mahan, was I reed on bonds when another judge issued a writ prohibiting execution of the sentence. Now the state is appealing the decision setting the boy nt liberty.

Adams County, Way Back When— Before 1890 A “Story” Made Up Os a Group Os Stories About Pioneer Life And Events Which, Collectively, Go To Make Up The Interesting History Os The County. By French Quinn.

Civil War Stories Adams county people were as a rule very patriotic and the long drawn out war called forth mutual helpfulness and consideration t> each other, practical aid to soldiers families that was a beautiful thing, making us realize that calamity is always successfully combated with the demonstration of these virtues. Many a little country lad, the oldest of the children, with his father off to war, became the “head of the house” and grew old in his "ways” and his 'ooks while still a youth. Abraham Lincoln said: ‘‘Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views and boldest action to bring a speedy relief. Once relieved, its form of government is saved to the world, its beloved history and cherished memories are vindicated, and its happy future assured and rendered inconceivably grand. To you. the privilege is given to assure that happiness and swell that grandeur and to link your own name therewith forever.” Lincoln also said: “I am not accustomed to the use of the language of eulogy; T have never studied the art of paying compliments to women, but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets, since the creation of the world, were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war. I will close by saying, God bless the women of America.” We presume that most of us love to have brought to our attention inspiring little bits of the simple life and perhaps an additional flavor is added when the life period brought into view is of the early pioneer time of our own neighborhood. Pioneer life in America was a very wonderful thing and in our own ’ocality, was lived such exquisite samples of it that we with our halting pen hesitate to attempt to describe them. May we try, however to give you one little story that is of heart interest to us? Perhaps it is not dramatic, maybe with none of thrills, no doubt quite commonplace, mayhaps no stirrer of the emotions. Well that is for you to judge. We shall tell the story. As a setting for the story may we remind ourselves that once upon a time there was a Civil War in America. A terrible, cruel and bloody war. One that left America all but prostrate and undone. That war, of course, had its grim and unhappy features, but by the same token there came to the surface in our beloved land such noble examples of courage and self sacrifice that history's pages show, we confidently believe, none that ever excelled them. To complete the picture then, we add that here in Northwestern Indiana was a youthful county, a county in the wilderness, with its axe sharp and its muscles hard and strong. Its people were industrious, patriotic and God-fearing. Its citizenry had promptly responded to the call for volunteers and its quota had been more than filled. Ninety years of Nationhood was trembling in the balance. The South was winning and the whole country was troubled. Mr. Line >ln had begun his tired pacing back and

forth in the still hours of the night and the White House was in gloom. The pioneers of Adams county sensed the situation. Adams county was truly pioneering. Poor, struggling inured to hardship, yes, and still enduring hardship. Most of its land was a wilderness. Cabins of its settlers were far from each other and the little clearings that were cultivated around them were as tiny oassi in a desert. Highways were but trails. Frugality had become an art. “Doing without” was a luxury enjoyed by all. In one of these clearings some half dozen miles from Decatur, the county seat, nestled a little cabin —surrounded by such buildings of logs as careful housing of animals and feathered things made necessary—and therein lived a middle aged pioneer and his wife and five little children, the eldest of whom had barely passed the age of ten. They were successful. as pioneers were rated successful, careful management and skillful labor had rewarded them with progress. But, alas, the war was on. The able bodied unmarried men were at the front. The married men had not been called and notwithstanding double effort the land was showing cruel neglect. Lincoln needed more men, the call was insistent, still he was reluctant to summon the heads of families, knowing their great need at home. This pioneer of ours was a real patriot. He loved bis family, but his country's need stirred every fibre of his being. His duty in the wilderness seemed to chain him, and so you see, he was as a soul divided. And so the months had passed and all that while the wife had sensed his struggle yet she held her peace to let his determination come from his own conscientious soul and whatever it might be she bravely would abide. The day of great decision came. The pioneer had waded a toilsome journey to the county seat for supplies and the news from the front that he heard there demanded of him no more delay. Back over those lonesome miles he tramped with a high resolve. With sorrowing eyes he stopped at the edge of his clearing and surveyed his home. Here was his wife and little ones. Here the fruits of hard and bitter toil. Here was slowly growing into plenty and comfort the happy hopes of two stout and prayerful hearts. Must he leave all now? was his country's call greater than his bounden duty to his family and to his task? The decision had be£n made and he did not hesitate. With clear conviction but with sinking heart, he entered his door. “Mother, I shall enlist, the country needs me, I must go.” “Very well, Charlie,” said the noble wife, calm and unastonished. “It is a duty, you need never worry, we shall get along.” “It is a duty, we shall get along.” Oh! we of little faith! Did we know that such as these were of the stuff that made our Nation’s greatness possible? Three long weary years dragged slowly by and one day this pioneer of ours in faded blue, with knapsack on his back and an honorable discharge in his pocket, entered his cabin door.

Vlfe and children well, praise Almighty God. Father had withstood the dangers of tlie fields of battle. Mother had withstood the dangers of the wilderness. For which one of these dare we claim a greater glory? Just a little bit of pioneer life, my friends. We huve not told thia story to preach, nor Instruct, nor counsel, nor sadden. We' have only told this story to remind us, perhaps, that deep In America's wilderness In the days of long ago. lived ami bad their being glorious Souls whose lives were as epic poems and whose love of country, love of honor, love of the Master's golden teachings, must have surely “warmed the heart of God.” No Dates For I. U. Co-eds On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays Bloomington, Ind., June 3—(VP)— Indiana University students now nre faced with further "dating" restrictions. According to rules set forth by Miss Agnes E. Wells, dean of women men students will not be permitted to have dates with co-eds on Mondays and Tuesdays and Thursdays. It was pointed out that If a co-ed was with a male student more than 10 minutes it would be defined as a date. Men also were not permitted in sorority houses on the days mentioned. The new rules specified that no coed would be [lermitted to ride in an automobile except, with non-student residents of Bloomington.

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The World we live in TODAY the world is literally at our doors. A spin of a dial, and we listen to the President in Washington, oi' a football game in San Francisco. From our talking machines the greatest of operatic stars sing to us, the foremost dance orchestras play lively syncopation of our choosing. Our automobiles stand ready to whisk us over smooth boulevards to new scenes. Monday is no longer blue; the family washing is done bv electricity; so too is the cucl mg. and the preserving of food, and the sweeping of floors. Yes, the world we live in has changed ... changed marvelously for the better. Have you ever stopped to consider the part advertising has played in this change? Glance over the advertisements in this newspaper. How many of the product? mentioned are old friends of yours, familiar because you already own them or intend to get them soon! And the articles in your own home. Every one of them, probably, is advertised, either here or elsewhere. The chances are you first learned of them through the advertisements. Advertising is important to you because it keeps you informed of the changes in the world. It tells you of now products, of improved designs and workmanship and materials. It helps you to spend your money wisely and well. It points you to the better things of life. Advertising is the herald of progress. Decatur Daily Democrat

Where Will You Be At 65? Out of 10(1 average men, at the age of 2,5 today51 will depend on others 36 will be dead 5 will earn a bare living 4 will be well to do 1 will be rich You may be one of the hundred today, but where will you be at 65? Better choose your class and decide to SAVE SYSTEMATICALLY. The Peoples Loan & Trust Co Bank of Service H THE WAY TO LEARN M to save money is to save for K » what you most desire or need—home furnishings, vacations, taxes, or insurance payments, etc. Practice saving for im- ; mediate needs, and you wilt Wj soon find it easy to save for K ® home ownership and independe Capital and 000.0$

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