Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1929 — Page 4

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The president and the farm relief board are asking the farmers to be patient. Gosb. wonder what they have txei: all these years they have been promised some action. China and Russia are mobolizing and a conflict seems near. That doesn’t worry most of us but it should. We remember that the World war started with two countries of much lestier importance and strength. That Polish flier who met death when his plane crashed as he was trying to land on one of the Azore Islands, deserved a better fate. He was a brave flier, an expert in his line and rated as one of the real men of his country. It is estimated that the new tariff on leather will increase the cost of shoes for the f irmers of this country alone, more than ten million dollars a year. He is going '<> need relief for that’s only a small part of how and where he will get hit. That this country is changing from an agricultural nation to an industrial center is proven by the fact llifit five industries which did not exist thirty years ago or at least were not very noticeable, automobile, motion pictures, radio, chemical and electric, now employ more than thirty million people.

With stain road No. 16 taken over from the state line to Huntington and the road from here east ordered paved, the next thing on thfj program should be the urging of pavement from here to Huntington. This will come in due time but with a little effor' and energy we can move the date up a year or two. Investigation of the mergers among big husinesi are now promised by the Hoover administration but the results will probably not hurt any of the great manufacturing companies. In fact it we read the times right the public is sold on the idea of giant industries. These things travel in cycles but so long as the public can buy cheaper and the wage earners get larger salaries, who will do the complaining? The fact that North Carolina was second only to New York in amount of federal taxe.; paid last year, surprises most of m until we discover the cause. Its due to the manufacture of cigarettes, more than half those made in the United States being made there from North Carolina grown tobacco which seems to be particularly adapted to that line and the cigarette business increased last year to an almost unbelievable degree.

A little landscapihg along the river banks, especially that section which extends from the end of North Second street to the rtvef bridge, would not cost muth, could be done In a few days because of the natural growth and would add to the appearance of the rjty tor those who approach from th|, tjortty on rohd twenty-seven. Its ! .iußjt a suggestion from the roadmen cattle' from. For some reason this town seems io be overrun with tramps and hoboes the past week or two. Sunday there were two score of them begging from house to house. They don’t seem

TODAY’S CHUCKLE Feping —(UP— Peping’s “hello boys" have gone on strike because their wages went not paid on time, they did not stop work, but staged ’ a "go slow" strike, carrying on their duties in leisurely fashion, and Inconveniencing patronsto be hunting work but rather to be of that type who prefer to sleep in box cars and beg for what they eat. They should be ordered to move along rapidly. When a community is too kind with these knights of the road there Is danger of them becoming a real nuisance. Running the stop signs and signals is a serious thing for tho one who does it. You may get away with it a hundred times or more and then meet with an accident in which those in your car or in another may be so Injured that you will regret it the rest of your life. The way to better traffic conditions is for every one to observe the rules and the laws. Arrest of violators may check the practise temporarily but what is needed is a desire on the part of every driver to see the law obeyed, not because its the law but because it makes the streets safer for every one. Insurance companies have "recently been gathering statistics in every state in the Union in order to learn how much it costs to rear children. In the average for the whole United States, it was found that it costs parents about $10,047 to rear a girl from birth to the age of 18; boys cost slightly less. The averages also show that parents spend $531 to maintain a baby, .through the first year of its life. By the time the youngster is 10 years of age, the average parents have spent 34.253, and this expenditure is increased to $7,551 by the time the boy or girl is ready for high school at the age of 15 years. You may doubt these figures but try and estimate it for yourself and you will pfobably wonder where the money mae from.

MODERN ETIQUETTE By ROBERTA LEE Q. Should formal invitations for evening affairs he addressed to both husband and wife. A. Yes. Neither one nor the other should be omitted. * Q. Is it good form for two women to kiss when meeting or taking leave? A. No; in well-bred society the kissing is omitted. Q .Ate menu cards ever used for a dinner at home? A. No. unless It is a very formal and ceiemonious affair, with probably some very distinguished guests. O T- ' Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE Pansy Blossoms If it is desired to keep pansy blossoms blooming all summer, pick the blossoms before they fade, give liquid manure at'er midsummer, and remove a part of the plant with the blossoms after the season is wel advancedBoy's Stockings As a foundation, when darning boy's stockings, use black mosquito netting and it will lessen the trouble of darning. Dessert If baked apples are filled with broken walnuts and honey they maka a very delicious dessert.

* TWENTY YEARS AGO * * From the Daily Democrat File * * Twenty Years Ago Today * July 16 —Government is giving farms away in Montana, bnt owners must agreo to pay for Irrigation. Home of Will Pennington damaged by a bolt of lightning. J. N. Fristoe goes to Winona Lake for a vacation. Corn crop looks good and Ihe largest crop on record is expected for Adams county. Samuel Acker, the cement man, is in South Bend on business. C. F. True has bought a Ford roadster. Barn on tile Melvin Babcock farm destroyed by fire caused by lightning. Mrs. Frank Gass and children. Carl atid Helen returned from a visit in Rome City. — 0 — __ . ... NOTICE T»! "j 111 .? ut of the city Thursdßy, Friday and Saturday July 18, 19 and 20th. 1671 d B, MANGOLD N.

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6.E.BUSINESS SHOWS BOOST An increase In orders for the three months ended June 30, ammountlng to 32 per cent over the corresponding quarter of IH2S was announced today by Gerald Swope, president of the General Electric company from the offices of the plant in Schenectady. N. Y. Orders for the quarter ended June 30. 1928, amounted to a total of S9O, 431,957 as compared to figures for the same nerlod in 1929 which amounted to $1 1b,351.248. Announcement was made also of an increase in orders of 30 per cent for the six mouths ended June 30, 1929, over the first six months of last year. For the six-months period in 1928 orders received amounted to $170,357,797, as compared to figures for the same period of this year which atn mounted to $220,716 456. o BERNE NEWS

Mrs. Sarah Wyss returned home Fri day from a seven weeks tour through the west, stopping at Washington. Oregon and California. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Stauffer and sons,. George, Earl and Junior, returned Thursday evening from a several days outing at Lake Gage. Mrs Louis Gehrig and Mrs. Fred Ahr and two sonsg of Decatur, were callers in Berne Friday. The Misses Pauline and Joyce Poftenbeigei! of Albion, were week-end visitors at Hie Fred Kamholtz home. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shoemaker and daughter Lillian returned home from Lake GeGorge, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs John Eicher and daughter Ruth were callers at the Peter Eicher home at Burr Oak, Michigan. Thursday. Miss Cora Habegger left Saturday for Winona Lake where she will be employed at Turner s cafeteria. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Nussbaumer Mrs. Benpamin .Nussbaumer and Menno Wittwer called on Mr and Mrs. Fred Riff at Muneie, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Feed Mettler and daughters Kathryn and Betty Alice and Laura Louise Leichty motored io Lagcnge, Friday, on business.

,Mr an.l Mrs. Noah Stauffer and family left Saturday morning for a visit with relatives at Dalton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stengel i-i>d son Robert, and the Misses Lydia Lehman and Lucilfe Amstutz were visitors at Marion, Sunday. Miss Dorothy Lehman returned home Friday from Fort Wayne where she had visited at the homes of her brothers, Lester and Tilman Lehman Miss Anna Luginbill and little Arditi; Luginbill returned home, Sunday evening, after visiting Miss Edna Smith at her home at Frankfort, over the weekend. Edward Ehrsam and Miss Velma Opliger were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Brubaker and daughters at Elkhart, Friday. Mrs. Brubaker was ' formerly Miss Fern Hohn. Mr and Mrs. Feld Metier and dangh--1 ters Edith, Kathryn and Hetty A’ice pent Sunday at (Winona Lake. Orlando Stauffer. Arlie Htibegger Herman Reinhart, and Rolandes Leichty left Thuisilay on a motor trip to Kentucky They expect to be back Wednesday. Mr. and Mis. Noah Amstutz and family, and Mrs. Levi Gable and son Kepneth, of Bluffton. Ohio, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Willi,-m Amstutz And other erlativesMr. and Mrs. Noah Sprunger and family, of Fort Wayne, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hanni Saturday. Mrs. Leonard Schutt and son Buddy of Albion, attended the Lehman family reunion at the Lehman Park Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lehman returned to their home at Chicago. Sunday after visiting with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. "carl Lehman the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs Floyd Harris and family, of Lundoan, Michigan., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harris and daughter of Battle Creek, Michigan., and Miss Millicent Harris, of Detroit, visited their mother, Mrs. Pauline Hanis ami attended the Lehman i eunion here Sunday. M". and Mrs. Floyd Johnson and child! en returned to their home at Detroit, Michigan Sunday after visiting with Mrs. Johnson’s parent--. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hirschv and other relatives s nee ill.- Fouith. o < ****** V ****** • BIG FEATURES • • OF RADIO * K*«* U*«*«***p Tuesday's Best Radio Features WEAF—-NBC Net Work 7 pm. Variety conceit. WABC—NBC network 7 pm. Whiteman’s orchestra. WABC—NBC Network 8 pm. Nendoza’s Orchestra ' ■ Card of Thanks We’desire to express our appreciation of the many kindnesses and acts of sympathy extended by neighbors and friends in our recent bereavement We waul to thank those who sent such lovely floral - tributes, the K. of P. lodge for their assistance, the singers. and Rev. Stoakes and Rev. Blocker for their- consoling words. Mrs. D. H. Hunsicker and family

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

Roller Skating In these days of basketball aud the multitude of other indoor amusements, it Is to wonder if the young ami the old folks get any more thrill out of them tham the lads and lassies, and their elders, who perhaps Would have known better, got out of the roller skate craze of the 80’s. Kover’s Hall after a long and eventful career as the leading place of worship of the lurid melodrama wa.f forced to resign, the citizenry having transferred their affections to tho “Meiber's Opry House." a much more beautiful and commodious auditorium, holding all of 250 people and with dressing rooms and everything and had chairs to sit on instead of benches and the place was ideal to hold 'ocal talent “plays”. Believe me, we had ‘‘local talent” those days that could bring tears to your eyes. Well, anyway. Kover's Hall resigned and was converted into a skating rink. Dick Dorwin ; d Herman Conter were the ambi is and enthusiastic proprietors. They rented .lie hall, tuned up the floor, scoured with a carpenter’s plane to remove three decades of accumulation of tobacco spit and chewing gum and waxed that floor until it shone like a mirror. The boys laid in a tine supply of roller skates for both male and female and notified all and sundry that the'’ might come and “let joy be uncoafined." By golly, it made it hit. All and sundry came. It was the most popular place in town. In fact it raised some acrimonious discussion among the straitlaced. The preacher folks had misgivings. But they need not have been alarmed. It was all fine and dandy and perfectly modest and decorous with the possible exception of an occasionable tumble for it may be said that no young gentleman or young lady could be very dignified with one ear on the floor and both feet high in the air. Gosh, what fun they had. Two bits a couple admission fee. Not open on Sunday. Week days closed promptly at 10 p.m. It was no uncommon sight to see bandaged heads and arms and legs and bulged out symptoms of

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bandages on numerous other places , on the anatomy of the proletariat. | Some developed great skill in skating | and parties were made up and societyturned out and exhibitions given aud ( contests held. Then out of a clear | sky the erase died, not a lingering i death hut an instantaneous one, why. goodness only knows. The craze died | elsewhere the same as here, but. a t wild and glorious time was had while j it lasted. (To Be Continued) 1 MONBOE NEWS Mr. and .Mrs- R. A. Johnson and sonRoswel aud Richard, of Gary, and Mr . and Mrs. C. E. Hocker of Decatur were calling on relatives ami friends •i Monroe. Butuiday evening. Mr. ind Mrs Ora Hendricks and far„.;- of Lima. Ohio, and Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Kessler i/'d son D< nos Fort I Wayne and Mr. L. F. L wen ; guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A_. Hendrick.- , Sunday. Mrs. Safara Souders and daughter. Kathryn left Saturday morning for Flint. Michigan to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Menno Roth, Miss Alice McKean and Miss Martha McKean and Floyd Liby motored to Auburn, Sun- j day and called on Miss Harriet Me Kean and spent the day at Crooked Lake. Mr. and Mis. Raymond Crist and family left Saturday morning on an ••■tiqlcrn ifiotor irip. Ira Wagoner and ’grandaugtiter, Lois Huffman, attended the camp meeting at Van Wert Ohio, Sunday Chester Kessler, of For 1 Wayne, spent the week-end with his p‘rents Mr. and Mrs. James Kessler. Mr. and Mis. Otis Brandybeny were

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Cl Ml’ Ira Wagoner, Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. J. 1-’. Crist and Mr mid Mrs. Forest Andrews were tlw guest" of Mr. and Mie- A. D Cris' m Decatur, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Crht and dauchter Jean and Mr: Meeks ami Neal, of Fort Wayne, called on Mr and Mrs. J. F- Crist on Saturday lug.