Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 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. Holthouse... Sec’y & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter Subscription Rates jungle copies $ .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier .. . 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.76 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere, $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application National Advertising Representatives SCHKERRB, INC 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dailies HUMANISING INDUSTRY:— "We. need not have poverty in our midst a generation longer • than we want it,” says Thomas Nixon Carver, professor of political economy of Harvard University, i “By setting to work deliberately 1 to balance up our population, making ignorance and lack of skill to disappear, and making technical training and constructive talent to increase, we can, in a short space 1 of time, make low wages and pov- ; erty a thing of the past.’’ According to the National Home Study Council, we have emphasiz- ! • od the mechanical side of our in- ' • » • dustrial life and failed to pay 1 ■ enough attention to the human : side. “Over a century ago man came 1 to the realization that there was ; an escape from drudgery through the use of machinery, water-power . i and steam. Fifty years ago a more powerful and tractable slave was 1 found- —electricity. Since that time 1 the best energy and ingenuity of 1 man has been turned toward the development and perfection of the mechanical side of industry. And now man is almost overwhelmed by this Frankenstein monster he has created. He is finding diffi- 1 culty in adjusting himself to the new conditions machines have made. He must now turn his attention to the human side of industry. “Man has developed new ina- ' chines faster than he lias trained manpower to operate them. Unemployment with its attendent misery and want is found in the midst of abundance. He has mastered the problem of production, but not the problem of distribu*’~tion. The most crucial question is the unemployment caused by the rapid introduction of machines and the consumption of our increased productivity.*' The council concludes, however, that we are well on the way to a solution. “The strong trend toward the adult education movement, especially in vocational and technical schools and increased home-study enrollments, indicates that we have found away to train mankind for the new jobs created by this machine era. This training combined with the shorter work week ought to solve the un- 1 employment, problem." The Mutschier Hacking company and the Mutschler Meat Market, each has subscribed twenty-five dollars for the Good Fellow club, a splendid act by this high grade ► firm., Such contributions for such a cause certainly manifests the proper spirit for Christmas time and is the. finest means we know of to extend Yuletide greetings. With such cooperation the young ladies who are sponsoring the campaign are hopeful of meeting every demand. „ * According to an estimate by the Newspaper Feature Bureau, Decatur lias a population of 5,714, an inciiease of twenty per cent since IS2O and a very good showing. The estimate is based on the excess of •M*-- . -

♦ — ♦ TODAY'S CHUCKLE Pittsfield. Mass. — Talk übout killing two birds with one stone. Henry Hart of . j New Mari!boro recently killed two wildcats with a siuglo rifle ibuttet. The cats were ! fighting over a rabbit when Hart fired from ambush, • 4 4 births over deaths, the increase of '■ children of school age, the InI crease in domestic water service , and other factors having a bearing 1 on population, making it as accurate as an estimate can be. There are 3,424 citizens here over the age of twenty-one with a hundred more women than men, all of which makes interesting reading and which can tie checked up in a few months when the 1930 census will have been completed. A concerted campaign has been started by state and national automobile associations, chambers of commerce and other organizations to make the highways cf America scenic instead of sign-ic. Many beautiful drives and roads are marred by unsightly signs advertising everything under the sun and so much objection has been offered by the public that efforts will be made to keep them off the highways. Mr. Vare was never this newspaper's candidate. But the Public Ledger is not prepared to admit the senate’s right to nullify, at will, the considered verdict of a state. The senate has decreed, in effect, that a senator is chosen to represent the senate iu his state and not his state in the senate. For is not this the plain implication of the senate's action? —Philadelphia Public Ledger. When you select your cigars for Christmas, it will be well to remember that you can get this line of goods, made in Decatur, just as good as any where in the world and when you are buying home ma le cigars you are helping those who are in that business here and who are employing home labor. Its a real opportunity to prove that you believe in trading at home as much as possible. Its time for all Good Fellows to get together and help put over the Merry Christmas idea for the poor kiddies ok the community. The Delta Theta Tau sorority girls are sponsoring it and we should all be glad to help them every way we can in this wonderful effort to bring happiness to every one. The sugar company appreciates the splendid cooperation being given by citizens here in their efforts to make til is a real sugar beet market and do not hesitate to say so which is a splendid thing for every one concerned. It wouldn’t be much of a winter any way without occasional cold waves and predictions of some that never came. It takes about every kind of thermometer ups and downs to make a real Indiana winter. Well if you got by another Friday, the thirteenth without too | much grief and trouble you are set for some months to come. It doesn't occur often. Ask for Decatur made cigars when making your Christmas purchases. ♦ ♦ Household Scrapbook By ROBERTA LEE ♦ « The Button Recepticale A large-mouth bottle is a great improvement over the customary button box. By turning the bottle iround tiie desired button can often he located without emptying the entire contents. Sending Return Postage When sending stamps for rehirn postage, attach them by a small spot in the center, leaving the glue around the edges untouched. Hot Fat To keep hot fat from spattering sprinkle a little flour or salt iu it before using it for frying.

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f TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File ♦ • ♦ Dec. 14 —Charles Pennington is nursing two broken ribs, result of fall while putting up a stove pipe at the Baker and Pennington butcher shop. All Decatur business houses announce closing on Saturday, Decern her 25th. account of Christmas. R. I). Hudgel, president of the Merchants Accident Insurance Company. Fort Wayne, visits here. He was editor of this paper in 1863 and 1864. Miss Frances Merryman none from University of Wisconsin. Oliver Schug and Miss Gladys Holmes married at Albion. Indiana. Boom started at Indianapolis to make L. G. Ellingham a candidate for secretary of state. M. J. Mylott hurled fifteen feet by electric shock while testing lights at city building but not seriously hurt. Mrs. Lulu Swearlnger elected oracle of the Royal Neighbors.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1929.

The Schlatter orchestra from For' Wayne gives entertainment at opera house under auspices of Epworth League. ♦ —■ r-- ♦ Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ 5 ♦ Q What are some decorations for the Christmas table. A if the table is small and one does not want to use a high centerpiece, a colored glass bowl piled with frnit is nice, or a slender silver vase with a cluster of holly. A low vase with cut winter flowers Is also very appropriate. Candles are a'ways used to carry out the old Christmas tradition. Q. What is the best way for a hostess at a dance to see that all of her guests have partners? A. See that every girl comes with an escort. The man then bears this responsibility. . LI. What is meant by “open house" on New- Year's Day.. A. That the hostess is at home to all callers.

‘ -j The People’s Voice I I | This column for the use of our j readers who wish to make sug- j j gestions for the general good or discuss questions of inter- I i est. Please sign your name to ; show authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it ! not be. ♦ i BASKETBALL AND JAZZ Editor Daily Democrat: Basketball I am not one of these hard trolled critics, who can not see any good in a basketball game ,1 think it is a Wonderful game, and when played in the right way, it helps to develop both the mental and physical side of a child’s life. But on the other hand, the game has become wo standardized that it is fast becoming a public menace and to prove this statement, I am willing to submit the following facts for public consideration, with due and just respect for coaches. I am forced by observation and experience to say that tiie average basketball coach, lacks experience and training in his chosen profession,"ignorance on his part concerning the physical as well as the mental side of a player causes him to rush into the game for the sole purpose of victory. Players who are fatigued to a ipoint of exhaustion and disabled players who are not fit to play at all, under the strain of excitement, players overdo themselves. They have their teeth knocked out. ribs cracked, and a great many are crippled for life, not to mention the ones who have lost their lives in a game. Dishonesty in all ways, shapes and forms finds Us way into the g»me. It causes bitter, enmity between teams and teachers. Boys are encouraged to play against the wishes of their parents. Gambling is continually going on concorning the results of games. By jazz music and basketball games we are getting the young folks worked up to a place where they are only thinking of motion and -emotion, of gadding and thrills, there is no stability, no peace or rest for them. When they should be at home helping their parents, they are taken here and there, and with all their opportunities I have yet to learn of a Lincoln, Ford or Edison coming from tiie ranks of basketball players. The building and maintaining of a gym is often a misuse of the taxpayers money. In a certain township, grade scholars attend school, where the

school buildings have been condemned and called death traps. The old shin roasters and back freezers are still used to heat these buildings. Old dingy germ laden wall paper decorates the walls. Instead of improving the conditions for the small scholars the Ones that deserves the best possible conditions to develop under, the money in this township was used to build and maintain a gym that has shower bath and is heated with a furnace. 1 think 1 am voicing the sentiment of an intelligent public by saying such misuse of taxpayer's money is a criminal offense against the grade scholars of that township. Basketball should be played in much the same manner as town ball was played. Each school should play the game without competing with other schools. Robert Sovine. TEN BEST SELLERS Compiled for the United Press I by The Baker & Tavlor Co. Fiction 1. A Gallery of Women. By Theodore -Dreiser. 2. AJI Quiet on the Western Front. By Erich M. Remarque. 3. Hudson River Bracketed. By Ed'th Wharton. 4. Ex-Husband. Anonymous. 5. A Farewell to Arms. By Ernest Hemingway. General 1. Tiie Specialist. By Charles (Chic) Sale. 2. Caught Short. By Eddie Cantor. 3. New Worlds to Conquer. By tUchard Halliburton. 4. Twelve Against the Gods. By William Rolitho. 5. The Art. of Thinking. By Ernest Dimnet. 0 — Miss Helen Christen left yesterday for Fort Wayne where she will spend the week-end visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rhoda of thlt city. iHim i —m. ,■ ■■■ - BMMnnnMHHHnn Notice K. of C. ♦ Regular meeting — Monday evening,' Dec. 16, 8 o’clock. Entertainment by committee. • — — — - ATWATER KENT RADIO RADIOLA, GREBE AND Trade in your used radio or phonograph. WERLING RADIO SALES Preble, Did. Phone 17 on 28

4 t BIG FEATURES OF RADIO y—z —— —i Sunday’* Five Best Radio Feature* Copyright 1923 by United Free* Ontral Standard Time throughout WOR, Newark (422) 2 p.m.—Philharmonic Symphony orchestra. WEAF, network, ti p. m.—Heroes of the World: Gen. James Wolfe. WJZ, network, 7:15 p.m.—Collier’s hour. # WABO, network, 8 p.m.—Majestic hour. WEAF, network, 8:15 p.nv— Finals Atwater-Kent audition for 1929. Monday’* Radio Features Copyright 1929 by United Press Central Standard Time throughout WJZ. network, 5 p. m.—Mormon Tabernacle hour. WJZ. network, 6:30 p. m. —Roxy and his gang. WEAF, network, 7:30 p. ni.—The 'iypsiea. WEAF, network, 8:30 p. m.—General Motors hour. WJZ, network, 9:30 p.m.—The Empire Builders. LOCAL CHURCH HAS BEAUTIFUL NEW PIPE ORGAN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Philip J. Hodel at the Organ Prelude — Handel Praise— (Congregation standing) “Praise ye the Father, for his loving kindness; Tenderly cares He for hjs erring children; Praise Him, ye angels, praise Him in the heavens, Praise ye Jehovah.’’ Invocation. Hymn No. 251—“ Holy, Holy, Holy.’’ •Scripture Reading and Prayer. Choir Anthem —“Awake, Psaltery and Harp" Wilson Organ Dedicatory Sermon Rev. E. H. Wcssler, D.D., Cincinnati, Ohio. Organ Dedication Ceremony. Choir Anthem —"Praise the Lord’’ Emerson Offertory — “Meditation”. .Sturgee Baritone Solo —“Fear Not, O Israel” Buck Paul Saurer Hymn No. 329 —"O Worship the King" Benediction. Doxology. Silent Prayer. Postlude —"Festival Toccatfo" Fletcher Organ Recital Sunday Afternoon, 2:30 o'clock Organist, Philip J. Hodel, Canton, Ohio Soloist, Florence Sprunger-Starr, Bluffton, Indiana Part II Call to Worship “Chimes’’ Scripture Reading and Prayer Brief Opening Address

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