Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1931 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT rtU>li»hed EW Evening Except Bunday by THB DBCATUB DHMOCIUT 00 I. H. Heller Free, and Gen. Mgr. 1 R. Holtbouee .Sec’y * Bun. Mgr. Mck D. HellerVlce-Preeldent Entered at tne Foetofflce at Deca,ur, Indiana, uh eecond class matter Subscription Rates single copies —I -I’2 , One week, by carrier..—.— .10 One year, by carrier 6.00 One month, by mall .36 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.76 One year, by mall 3.00 Ons year, at office —3.00 prices quoted are within first and second sones. Elsewhere 33.60 one year. Advertising Rates made Known on Application. National Advertising- Representatives ‘ BCHEERRE, INC. 36 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member The Indiana League of Home Dallies ( It takes more than just a New | Year Day wish to make a succ ss. It will lake a little rosin on your hands and a keeping right at it for > 365 days to really do the job, ( | One of our friends tells us that! during his travels over the state | • t he frequently hears Decatur spok-1 en of as one of the outstanding■ communities of the 5,000 popula-P tion class. That’s a tine reputa-1 tion. Let’s keep it. = . If you take the Daily Democrat ’ by mail and your subscription is ' -due, you should renew it at once. . We are anxious to make this year a successful one for every body and your renewal will help us in our efforts. < There were 761 men sent to pris- s on for felonies in Indiana the past ’ year, which exceeds any previous 1 . year by nearly one-third. No 1 wonder we are trying to find some a plan that will reduce crime. If r the gain continues a few years we ' will all need body guards. -1 ■ New Years Day was a bright and < . snappy one and evefy one looked i • happy over the prospects for a 1 better time ahead. After all about I all it will take to have it is to con- 1 ~ Untie to smile add work. A twenty < P'r cent improvement would put 1 the general condition back to nor- 1 mat c ——— George Shoemaker of Geneva has < been elected president of the board's . of county commissioners, an honor 11 earned and deserved. For eight I yt-ars Mr. Shoemaker has served ; on the board afid with credit. He 1 will continue another year and his ( fiost of friends are glad he will do ’ so as the head of the organization : i Stm-k.s closed with a two-day t Demi upward, nothing startling. | but rather sound, which doesn’t ] mean a thing to most of us except , that when conditions really do | start improving you will notice it , quitdcly on the market. Those who | make a living by playing the board •&■' experts in looking forward and - b< fifing the other fellow to any advantage. Th< merchant who is wise will] make a generous appropriation for advertising the coming year for that s the one ami only way to sell your goods. Don’t do it to help us out or for any purpose except to help your own business, be careful about your copy and keen ■'*****' ML evofy promise and you will find B •I}*’ best investment you make ~ during the year. ’ —— John 8. Felty is now in his office as county assessor, having succeeded J. A. Cline, who lias per- - formed the work necessary to make the jolt a success the past four years. Mr. Felty served as trustee of Wabash township, formerly | taught school and is well qualified to conduct the office, which by the way j w a very important one and may become more so during the * next few years. i» Governor Leslie has completed

I his first year as governor of Indiana and while he has had very s 1 rlous problems to meet it Is the concensus of opinion that be has performed well. There has been nothing particularly brilliant but he seems to have made an honest : I effort to meat every contingency. His biggest test will come during the. legislative session to convene next week. 1 The twelve townships of tills county have a total credit of over $200,000 that cun be used for road building purposes and it is possible that a large part of this will | be so used the coming year. Whether it is wisest to spend more money during slow times or not is a much disputed question but so long as tho improvements are petitioned for regularly as requirled by law and without remonstrance, the officials can but comply with the demands as they should. Hilly Linn and his board of directors. assisted by several other i business men are making an effort j I to secure several small factories I which have a chance to grow into [larger institutions employing numj bers of men. It’s not only a worth- ; while cause but a necessary one if 1 we propose to keep on going ahead. Just what the plans are cannot be i announced for a few days until completed but when they are we are sure the Chamber of Commerce I will have the heartiest support of . every good citizen who really ■ wants 1931 to be a better year. ; Following the announcement of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad that a passenger rate of 2 cents a mile would be charged on , some of its divisions, the Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific road 11 has decided to try the same ex- ( periment. Other western roads ■ are expected to follow, and some observers believe that lower fares s will be adopted by practically all * tlie larger railroads in the country . before the year is over. If the change causes an increase in busi in'ss that will make passenger i hauls profitable again there will probably be no hesitancy. There have been many predictions that ( cheaper fares would bring back much of the business that has been I lost to bus lines and privatelyowned motor cars. Congress permitted railroads to charge rates sufficiently high to promise about a ■ six per cent, return before the bus 1 routes began to operate, but Gibuses and other automobiles virtually ruined the short passenger hauls. Since then the roads have given special attention to making long hauls speedy, comfortable and safe. They have done virtually nothing to bring about a return of ■ the short-distance custom. It may be that the public's traveling habits are too firmly established now for the reduction in passenger fares to make any material difference, but tlie experiment seems to be worth trying. — Indianapolis News. * 0 ! * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY From-.he Daily Democrat File k # January 2—A handsome 1911 calendar sent by the Decatur Horse Sale ( ompany hangs on the wall in L<-« Ellinghams office in the secretary of state- rooms at Indiana polls William Johnson and Miss Eva Hoch married last evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Patterson of I'lue t reek township entertain seventy guests with an oyster supper. Decatur Motor Car companv ' nds new 1911 model to New York and Reston shows. A. H Barnard, sales manager, is in charge. Some one stole a pair of hair puffs from Hie Baughman store and failed to get mates. Chris Eicher assumes place as county commissioner. Jim A. Hennricks elected president of the board. | J L- Graber resigns as manager iof the county farm and Martin Laughlin elected in his place. Tom Durkins succeeds Eli MeyI ers as sheriff and 11. C. Parrish follows H. B. Heller as prosecuting at- ' torney. Vance. Hite and Macklin an nounee January clothing sale. I o . Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

‘ ?! y | BIG FEATURES 9F RADIO ’ i I i • * Friday’s Five Beat Radio Features Copyright 1930 by UP. t WEAF (NBC network) 6 p. m. CST—Drama and Literature. ! WABC (CBS network) 7p. m. - CST—Grand Opera Miniature, WJZ (NBC nt work) 8 p. m. C ST —Interwoven Pair. WABC (CBS network) 9 p. m. 1 CST Concert Program. WEAF (NBC network) 9:30 p. I m. CST—R. K. O. Program ——o — Modern Etiquette I By |i ROBERTA LEE • IU.PJ ♦ y. After an engagement takes place, who should make the first ad- ] vances, the family of the man or of the womau? ( A. The family of the man Q. Is it good taste to fold napkins ‘ in all kinds of intricate forms? A. No; they should be folded |‘ square. Q. Do women wear hats in opera 1 boxes in the evening. A. No. o 1 • « « Lessons In English Words often misused: Do not say a “Only a few people know about it ” <■ Say “persons’’ to express a small t number. t Often mispronounced: Dilatory; i as in “ill” a unstressed, o as in ’’no’’ t accent first syllable. t Often misspelled: Obituary, ary. s not ery. . • Synonyms: Rational, reasonable, p sensible, intelligent. Word study: “Use a word three b times and it is yours.” Let us in- t crease our vocabulary by master- f; Ing one word each day. Today’s e word: Materialize; become’a realized fact. “This menace may not > materialize after all.” i o ( » « n | Household Scrapbook | 1 By 1 j ROBERTA LEE a ♦ « a Ironing Baby's Clothes Try using a child's play iron when I r ironing baby’s clothes. The toylt electric iron is excellent for this' purpose. Contagious Diseases Where one has been around ape”- i f son afflicted with a contagious dis p ease, tlie clothing should be washed ■ •' in water, to which a little carbolic 11 acid has been added. Citron To cut citron, steam it for a few' I minutes and it will make an easy I task out of a difficult one. o Auction School Notes Pep Pep Pep and More Pep At Reppert’s Auction School The students of the winter term of Col. Reppert’s school, wish to J take this opportunity to express the season’s greetings to the people of Decatur and want to thank them for :heir wonderful hospitality which is manifested on every hand. Col. Reppert’s address to the stu- 1 .lent body, was well received, following his address he introduced he members of the faculty. • The class is airways eager to listen to Col. Reppert’s peppy talss ' which seems to fill them with en- 1 ■rgy and keeps the boys on the edge of their chairs- The class regards ' him as a vertible dinamo of powei ! that radiates and penetrates. There an 42 students in the class ‘ ! representing 14 states and 2 pro- 1 vinces in Canada. , < Election of class officers was held Wednesday morning, the following 1 ofiefers were electer Thruman Drew Decatur. Ind., president L. P. Auck < Bucyrus, Ohio. Vice-President; R. G. Ohmert. Davenport. lowa, class re- I porter. There was considerable embar rassment evidenced when each stu- ' lent was called upon to introduce himself, and sell tiie hoe. Plenty of good old buck feaver prevailed Talks were given by Colonels Guy Pettit, of Bloomfield. Iowa; Earl Gartin, Greensburg, -Indiana; Roy Hiatt, Portland, Indiana;} ,11. W. Eegrist, Fort Wayne Indiana; Roy S. Johnson. Decatur. Indiana; Carl T Bat licit also of Decatur, Indiana who are all out-standing in the profession. Col. Gartin left Wednesday evening for Greensburg, Indiana to conduct a large livestock sale. He will return to Decatur Friday mominc. AU the boys are strong for Col Gaitin. Col. Pettit gave a little talk on being a "Step and a half ahead" ot he other fellow. Col Pettit like Col Gartin has won the admiration and respect of all the students. Col. Reppert gave an interesting talk on advertising, which was well received. The fundamental principles of the ! auctioneering profession was Him-1 ’ oughly covered in a talk by Col Gar-! . tin. Class President Thurman Drew ■ gave a brief talk in wjiich he thank • ed the members of the class, for the ■ honor conferred upon him and asked for their undivided support in I carrying out the program of tne class. We oi the class feel more than! i. fortunate in securing Mr- Drew -as!

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J COL. SPRUNCER ARRIVES i J' • sty j* Col. S. C. Sprunger, of Apple Creek, Ohio, instructor in the auction school arrived this morning. Col. Sprunger is a graduate of the Reppert school, and has made a d cided success and gained a national reputation as an auctioneer. He conducts the largest com munity sale in America at Kidron. Ohio, a small inland town. These sales were started by Col Sprunger in a small way, disposing of a fewhundred dollars worth of furniture and macliin ry, until today, these sales total as high as $35,0t)0. Col. Roy Johnson attended and assisted in conducting his last community sale, and hopes to build up the Decatur Community sale£ to the same proportion. Col. Sprunger is a successful auctioneer, and will be a great help to th students here at the Auction school. president. Evangelist Ruttier of the student' body gave a thirty minute talk on ! the life of Christ which was given I in a masterly manner and appreciated by the class. Ju an address by Col. Reppert on New Year’s resolutions the following points were stressed, “profit by the mistakes of the past, don’t rehearse them, only a coward looks backward." "A lighter looks ahead to the vision and determination to ascend the ladder of fame." “Guard against laziness." "Take advantage of opportunities." "The automobile requires gas and oil to drive it on, the body energy and confidence.” Arrivals Today Joel M. Herfendal, Kiester, Minn , W. J. Pester; White Water, Wit., Frank Mergener: Nuniea, Mich., Arden E. Stinger; Concord, Nebr. Albert Dirks; R. R No. 1 Reinbeck, lowa. N _ 0 . .. —

— ENGLAND RANKS ASBIGBUYER OF U. S. GOODS Pushes Canada as Outlet For Our Agricultural Products London, Jan. 1 —(UP)— Great Britain is the best export market hat the United States has with the ■ingle exception of Canada. United States trade experts said today that agricultural products compose over half of the British imports from the United States. In 1929 over $35.'t0n,000 wortli of lard was sold by United States firms to Great Britain. This agricultural product realized two and al half times as much as automobiles exported to Great Britain. Purchases of lard in 1930 promise to xceed those -of 1929, according tctrade autotities. Great Britain consumes one halt of all the fresh apples, one third of all the raisins and two thirds of all the canned fruits exported from the I ’> nited States. After Canada, Great ! Britain imports more oranges than ' any other foreign country. The Orient is replacing Great Britain as a buyer of United States iuitton. tobacco and wheat. One American fruit banker said to a United Press representative today that a Liverpool firm has plac'd a request for 360 carloads of Pacific Coast apples to be delivered a: once. The apple crop ou the Continent is small, and for the firs, time in a number of years the Continent is importing apples. 5)5® ' . ' -r V Daughter Substitute Is Not Desired N’o daughter equals your own and noremedy is asgoodasyour awn tried and genuine Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Toning up liver, starting bile flowing and ! relieving constipation, there is 1 none better than Carter’s. Rei sent substitutes. Take Carter’s. Red bottles. All druggists. Take , barter’s.

! Further official figures show that I Great Britain purchases three times more evaporated milk, seven times more bacon and 85 times more ham than any other importer of American produce. Each year Great Britain buys about half as many fresh grapefruit grown in Florida, California, Texas Arizona and New Mexico, as ( ana la. and eight times as much canned grapefruit us all European nations combined. Great Britain is also the largest buyer of United States grown barley, oats, oatmeal, rice, wheat, hops oil cake tobacco, and refined sugar. Point Moral Idea Little Apes of Nikko, sometimes known ns the “Three Wise Monkeys," Is tl;e name of monkeys which appear in a mural decoration among ancient tombs nt Nikko, Japan. The three monkeys are as follows: Mizaru, who sees no evil; Kikazaru. who hears no evil; Millaru, who speaks no evil. Hie legend connected with these monkeys Is simply a moral idea to point out tlie wisdom of minding one's own affairs and the folly of scandal. - —■— u— — Mainz Famous City Mainz is one of the first and oldest cities on the Rhine. It has furnished its share of legends and played its part in making this river me of the most famous in the world. When the French occupied the city the countess of Stein led the young women to take a vow not to listen to a word of love from any man until the country was rid of the invaders. Fired by the courage of the countess, the young men succeeded in sweeping the vnemy i from their land o , “E” Mott-U»ed Letter According to printers’ experience the letjer “E” is used most frequently. Taking “E" as a base at 1 LOOO times, the other letters follow i in this order: T. 770; A, 728; I ■ 704; S, 880; O, C 72; N, 670; II 540; R. 528; D. 302; L, 360; U, 296; C. 2S»; M. 272; F. 236; W, 190; Y, 184; P, 168; G, 16S; V. 158; B, 120; K. 88; J, 55: Q. 50; X, 46, and Z. 22. Best Place for Statue* ' More statues, declares a writer, should be placed <n the middle of ornamented ponds, But very few oniamental ponds are really deep enough.—London Humorist. o - . Why Not Experiment? It is a fact that a Chord played ; on a violin in one room can draw a : sympathetic note from another In strument or even a tumbler In al different room. It is all a mattei | of vibrations of the atmosphere. O L.

Tyranny Corrupts Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest mauner. But this unnatural power corrupts both the heart and the understanding.—Burke.

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French thrift i BUILDS IIP 818 GOLD RESERVE Bank of France Bulges With Nation’s Wealth and Savings By Richard D McMillan United Press Staff Correspondent Paris, Jan. 2—(UP)—Just why France has over $2,000,000,000 in gold stored in the Bank of France vaults, giving her the second largest gold reserve in the world, is explained now, not to be due to any strategic juggling in international finance, but simply to French close tistedness. The French, when it comes to saving, out-canny the Scots, carefully hoarding up their pennies until the pennies at last enable the family to give their daughter a big fat dot in order to get married. Save to Retire Mother and father then go on ! saving again until they have ! enough to become “petit rentier" I which is a state blissful! to the French mind of living in retirement in a little country villa ou the income of a lifetime’s careful invest ments. The greater value placed on moniey by the French compared with

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the American, or Englishmau, at-|j fords the most striking example of 1 I’ifferenre in mentality between the ; Gallic and Anglo-Saxon races. Tho j average American, or Anglo-Saxou., finds H easier to spend than to save i They are not of an economical turn | c* mind. The child is imbued from infancy with the idea of being careful with j money and as he grows up the sav- ■ ling instinct becomes stronger. It Is said to lie jus’ because of this care-1 fulness that French folks very rare-1 ly trust their money to banks, which : explains why cheques are seldom used. War Caused Thrift Some people say the French became even more canny after the Franco-Prussian war Defeated by it he Germans, they were called upon to pay what then was a big indem-1 nity before the German army of occupation would be withdrawn from Paris. Burning with the desire to bo free from foreign yoke, the whole | nation saved and saved and in a, miraculously short time the inde-1 mnity was paid aud the invaders I were withdrawn. Now after years of saving France | has her reward. At a time when i other nations are at close grips with financial worries. France is richer in gold than ever before. o Wealth’s Triple Counting A railway, a railway share, and a railway trip are not three separate items of wealth: they are respectively wealth, a title to tluit wealth, and a service of that wealth

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