Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1931 — 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 & Hus. Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates SiSngle copies $ .02 One week, by carrier — .10 One year, by carrier 5.00 One month, by mail .35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and econd zones. Elsewhere 13.50 one year. a Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Advertising Representative SCHEERER, Inc. -. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies Remember that advertising is the only thing yet discovered to really stimulate business and it works 100% if properly used. Those were mighty fine showers over the week-end and the cooler weather brought relief to millions who felt they couldn't stand another day of that hundred in the shade. The number of marriage licenses issued in Indiana during July was the lowest in many years, due perhaps to a combination of intense beat' hud the depression. These just seem to effect every thing. The price of wheat in Liverpool is the lowest in four hundred years and the price in Chicago below any known quotations since the pit opened. Looks like it was time to .Ire the federal farm board or give it another shake-up. Thomas A. Edison, 85 years old, great inventor and one of the most willfly beloved men in America is battling diabetes and a few other complications and doing it like the soliMrr he has always been. And the world is pulling for him to beat the game. .j board of commissioners, the school boards, the city council, the township trustees and all others who have charge of making up tax budgets are trying in every way to find some means of reducing the budgets and the rates. Thats splendid cooperation. Jimmy Cowan is making extensive plans for his flower show during the street fair and agricultural show and has secured permission to conduct it in the corridor of the court house. You won't want to miss this part of the big event or any other part for that matter for its all going to ba good. Clarence Darrow, great lawyer but usually wrong on matters of public concern is out with a statement that Judge Wilkenson while legally right had broken a precedent of many years in refusing to permit the federal prosecutors to deal with Capone as regards his sentence on charges of violating the and tax return laws. WeHr perhaps its time some one had the courage to forget piecedtPUi, and do some thing that will help to abet crime. BARGAIN EXCURSIONS to ST. LOUIS $6.25 T R “ nd Friday and Saturday TOLEDO $2.75 " T “ na Every Sunday LOW WEEK END FARES Ledve Saturdays. Return Monday following date of sale. • 60c Bluffton $2.40 Frankfort SI.BO Kokomo sl.lO Marion Correspondingly low rates to many other points. For full information consult ticket agent. NICKEL PLATE RAILROAD

Billy Sunday preached over at Alexandria the other day and discussing the often used argument that automobiles is keeping people away from church bad this to say: "That fool thing will stand where you put it, go where you make it go, do what you want it to do. It will go to a roadhouse, go yoj-riding with a bunch of janes, go to the Sunday golf links, the movies or it will go to church. It’s the fellow behind the wheel who is to blame. Stop passing the buck to the tin lizzie.” Judge D. B. Erwin has called attention of the board of commissioners to the statute which provides that persons held in jail for failure to provide for their families may be worked on the highways for which service one dollar per day is given to the family as earned. It looks like a wise plan for there is not much economic sense in the county keeping a man thus charged while the family continues to suffer or becomes additional charges for the community to care for. The time will come when all prisoners will be made to work for their board and keep at least. Credit is more than ample in amount, but decidedly timid, with the result that interest rates are low, but gilt-edged bonds, blue-chip common stocks, and high-grade preferreds are distinctly high-pric-ed. Many bargains are probably available in stocks and in real estate, but investors are afraid of them. Danger of a continuation of last year’s drouth is rapidly fading. Agriculture is getting away to a hopeful start, with reports of considerable reductions' in the acreages planted to those crops that were produced in excessive amounts last year. In commerce and in industry, as in agriculture, the essential readjustments needed to meet new conditions are much further along than they were at this time last year, and in that sense at least the outlook is more hopeful.-Colonel Leonard P. Ayers. Th< only good weed is a dead one. Few farmers realize what they lose through permitting weeds to and reproduce themselves on their farms. The loss in every state would pay the taxes. Weeds rob the soil of plant food and moisture; they interfere with the normal growth of desirable plants; they increase the difficulty of cultivation and harvesting of crops; they harbor injurious insects and diseases; they lower the market value of crops; some are poisonous to stock and men. This is the season for the farmer to get in his best licks against the weeds. Allow no weeds to ripen seeds. Kill while in the seedling stage, for then the weeds dies most easily and in the greatest numbers. Use the hoe, the cultivator, the scythe and the mower to good effect. And don't overlook the new weapon, the chemicals. — Indiana Farmer's Guide. 0 AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File | August 4—Des Moines, lowa is having a big street car strike. The Wild West show moves on to Marion, Indiana. Miss Emma Gillig of the Old Adams County bank is visiting in Log Angeles. Portland business men are securing right-of-ways for the Fort Wayne am) Springfield interurban line. Miss Ruth and Dorothy Reynolds of Ashville, N- C. at the F. V Mills home. Elgin King purchases the City Newstand from Glen Cowan. Willie Conrad is working in the tin plate mill at Elwood. Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. M. Butcher of Geneva leave for New York to meet ther son, Prof. Owen Butcher, returning from Phillipine Islands where he has taught the past five years. The John convention will be held at Eaton, Indiana next Thursday. Burt Townsend of Peoria, 111., is a candidate'for president of the Illinois State Hotel clerk’s association. BARGAINS — Bargains In living ’room, dining room suite, mat- | tresses and rugs. St”?key and Co. Monroe, our Phone number is 44

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* REUNION CALENDAR Sunday, August 9 Fifteenth annual Hutker reunion, Lakeside Park. Fort Wayne. Annual Hower family reunion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine. Twenty-first Dailey reunion, Lehman Grove, Berne. Annual Snyder reunion. Legion Memorial Park. The twelfth annual Davison reunWashington Park, Bluffton Park. Bluffton. * , Sixth annual Hitchcock reunion, Cora D Wilier home near Watt. Durbin reunion, Legion Memorial Park Sunday, August 9 — Tumbleson reunion, Legion Memorial Park. Rillig & Reohm Family reunion, Sun Set Park. Annual Reunion of Beinz Family, Sun Set Park. Saturday August 15 Annual Steiner reunion, Lehman Park at Berne. Sunday, August 16 Stauffer Reunion, College grounds at Bluffton, Ohio. Pleasant Mills Alumni Picnic. Elzey Reunion, Legion Memorial Park, Decatur. Springer-Brandyberry reunion, Legion Memorial Park. Decatur. Seventh annual Brentlingor reunion, James Mankey grove 1% miles north of CurryvilleButler Reunion, Sun Set Park. McGill Family reunion, Sun Set Park. Smith Reunion, Sun Set Park. Sunday, August 23 Annual reunion of the Kemmer family Sun Set Park, Decatur, rain or shine. Annual reunion of Hakes Family, Sun Set Park, Decatur. Sunday September 6 Urich family reunion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine. Richards family runion, Sun Set Park, rain or shine. Schnepp and Manley reunion, Sun Set Park, Decatur. Sept. 7—Labor Day Lenhart Reunion, Sun Set Park. Reunion of Mjllinger Family, Sun ' £et Park. — ... o — — • — 4 Modem Etiquette By I ROBERTA LEE ♦ (U .pj # Q. Should the debutante or the mother be the first to greet the guests at a “comingout” party? A. The mother. Q When a party is dining in a res♦aurant, who makes the first move to leave? A, The hostess. Q. Should a child be dressed in mourning? A. Never. . ,Q ♦“ < Lessons In English Words often misused: Avoid the 1 coarse expression, "shut up” Say "keep quiet." Otten mispronounced: Chloroform. Pronounce klo-ro-form, first c as in "no,” second o unstressed, last o as in "form," accent first syllable. Often misspelled: Prefer; ore f

THE ADAMS THEATRE Delightfully COOL and COMFORTABLE LAST TIME TONIGHT—ISc-35c ROBERT MONTGOMERY in “ THE MAN IN POSSESSION ” With Charlotte Greenwood, Irene Purcell, The mest refreshing comedy of the year, with the screen s newest favorite. Added—Comedy and Cartoon.

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and one final r. Preferred, preferr-' ing; observe the double r. Synonyms: Innocense, blameless-’ ness, guiltlessness, sinlessness. I guilelessness. Word study: “Use a word three I times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by amstering one word each day. Today’s word: Rapture; extreme pleasure or de light, ecstacy. "He heard with speechless rapture.” ♦ ♦ I ANSWERS TO TEST QUESTIONS Below are the answers to the test questions printed on page two r 1. John Keats. 2. 1889 3. The charge of the Light Brigade. 4. General Jackson. 5 Charles Dickens. 6. Seismograph. 7. Charlotte Corday. 8. The principal character in “The Man Without a Country” 9. The plan under which Germany pays reparation. 10. Great Britain. o> — Criminologist Declares Americans Kill For Gain Pittsburgh —(UP)—Native-born American whites murder for money; Negroes for jealousy; Latincountry immigrants for revenge er because of alcoholism, according to Dr. Giovanni Giardini. lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Giardini, a note dcriminologist has just completed a psychological study of killers in Western Penitentiary here. He has been impressed by the trival motives for many murders. I Mental states, superinduced by diseases .especially by epilepsy, can frequently be blamed for murders where the apparent motive is smi prisingly petty, according to Dr. Giardini. 0 _ 48,000 Students Graduated Harrisburg, Pa. — (U.R> — June graduations from 835 Pennsylvania I , secondary schools, the high school classification, totalled 48,000 boys and girls, according to the Department of Public Instruction. The number increased 5,000 over the 1930 total graduations.

— THE CORT — LAST TIME TONIGHT “MILLIE” , A dramatic story of the right girl who met the wrong man and told in a manner you will never forget. Cast is headed by HELEN TWELVETREES. ADDED—TALKING COMEDY CARTOON—ISc-35c— NEWS

MINERS WORK GOID STREAMS Portland, Ore- —(UP)—The grub stakes are gone from the cities, these days and the gold-seekers are 1 going back to the hills for their livi ings. I Times were, not so long ago when i experienced miners scorned to pan ; a meager but steady three or five dollars a day from worked over gold streams in Oregon. Instead they sought “grub-stake partners, who would buy them food, and took to ! the hills seeking new bonanzas. Some philosophical white-beards, convinced there were no more rich strikes left, enjoyed lives of east on food bought for them' by citydwellers, who expected—but did not get—industrious work from the men they backed. But in these jobless days, oldtimers and rank greenhorns are out working the gold beds for a living. The hardrock miners are skirting the hills and creeks for fioatore to give them the clues for ledges or veins The placer miners have rigged the sluice-boxes on worked-i ver streams that still yield a few dollars a day. All over Southern and Eastern Oregon, from the black sand workings on the ocean beach to the high mountains, men are working, not with hopes of a rich strike, but for small daily cleanups. o O- o Story of the Month August o— o How August got its name: “The Month of Augustus”—in honor of the Emperor Augustus of Rome. Anniversaries in August: Anniversary of Coloradi s admission into the Union,jAugust 1, 1876. Anniversary of Missori’s admission into the Union, Aug. 10. 1821. Anniversary of the Battle of Bennington. August 16 (in Vermont) 1777. Flower and birthstone of August: Poppy the "garden hypnotist;” Sardonyx. the emblem of spiritual strength. Some famous birthdays that come in August: Napoleon Bonaparte, Francis Bret Harte,-Ernest Thompson Seton. Sir Edward Burne Jones, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Percy B. Shelley, F. Marion Crawford, David Crockett, Fjancis Scott Key, Goldwin Smith, Meriwether Lewis,

GUIDE. COUNSELOR ...FRIEND • « is the best soap for dishes, for woolens, for the toilet? How much is rib roast today? How much for the new shoes Billy needs? Where can I get rompei s and sun suits for Mary ■ Can I afford new linoleum for the kitchen now? M hat about a new chair oi two for the porch ? An electric fan would be nice but how much does it cost? In this very newspaper you will probably find the answers to these and many other questions. Questions you must answer if you are to be sure of getting the best value for your money, the most out of your weekly budget. / Advertising is a friendly thing, ready to help vou plan every purchase, to fit it to your need and your at h °™ readin * the study the advertisements, and make your decisions - ■ » Consult the advertisements before you buy. Decatur Daily Democrat

Strathcona and Mt. Royal, Thomas DeQuincey, Nelson A. Miles. Alfred Tennyson, Sir James Douglas. James Nasmyth, Sir Robert \\ alpole, John B. Gough, Dunean C. Scott Isaak Walton, Benjamin liar risen, Sir Walter Scott, Elizabeth Ward. Read these biographies at the Library and seek to find the central point of interest in each one. Ten great events that happened in August: Battle of Thermopylae, 80 B. C. Columbus sailed from Spain on his first voyage, 1492. Pilgrims sailed from England on the Mayflower. 1620. United States vessels bombarded Tripoli, 1804. Fulton's Clermont made a trial trip, 1807. Ijjfayette returned to visit America, 1824. Founding of Melbourne Astralia, 1835. Signing of Webster-Ashburton treaty, 1842. Second Battle of Bull Run, 1862. Germany declared war on Russia, 1914. MONROE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watkins of Upland spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Forest Ray and fa mily. Mr and Mrs. C. E Bahner Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Scherer and Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Smith motored to Sturgis Michigan on Sunday and spent the day with relatives. Mr. Ralph Bluhm, Miss Helen Mitchell Russel Mitchel and Miss Delores Longenberger spent Sunday evening in Fort WayneMr. and Mis. H. E. Forrar and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Beals of Portland motor.ed to Shelbyville Indiana on Sunday and spent the day with relati.es. Mr. and Mrs. John Moore and son Jack of Hartfoid City spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs T. H. Tabler. Mr. and Mrs Webster Oliver of Indianapolis called on Mr and Mrs. Sylvan Rupert and Miss Francile Oliver on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wagoner of Geneva visited Mr. Ira Wagoner on Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs. O. D. Kessler and daughter Evelyn and Phylis of Angola spent the week end with Mr. land Mrs. James E. Kessler. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hend--1 ricks and Mrs. J. R. Haynes spent

Sunday in Fort Wayne with Mr. and« Mrs. Clyde Hendricks and family. Mr. and Mrs. Dr Harold DeVor and Mrs. Hattie Mills of Decatur called on Mr and Mrs. Grover Oli-| ver on Sunday afternoon. Dr. C. C. Rayl of Decatur called on his parents Mr and Mrs. T. J. Rayl on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kessler of 1 Hammond Ind., is spending Qie* week with Mr. and Mrs- James Kessler. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Rupert and Mss Francil Oliver entertained at 1 Sunday dinner. Mr. and Mrs- O. D.‘ Kessler and daughter Evelyn and s Phylis cf Angola. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Brandyberry spent Sunday at Muncie and visited” friends Mr. and Mrs. Ilersel Smith 1 of Wauskegon 111., at the Dent Smith home. o t Os the Haoit —Traae at Hnm* \

GORDON STATE PM|| St. Marys, Ohio w, !; ANNOUNCES I White Mountain’s Meadow Golil it DAIRY DAY E Wednesday, Aug. 5tH Free Ice ( ream 1 to 5 o'clock - Free Afternoon A Milk Bottle tap is good for ' 2 fare on all ridtiW w " X W' Dancing On The Pier H Every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Nite Sunday Afternoons K. a! The Buckeye Melody Boys 1 Featuring Russ Botkin at the Piano ■"

Household By , ROBERTA LEe * — <U.PJ-_ 1 Dixhss 1 Identification and i dishes will be assured 1 them to anyone ir „ s h ‘« J printed on adhesive tan? ed to the boHom Zinc I To clean zine, dip a , J nel in warm paraffin an /M oughly. Then wash in soap and ix>li sh with soft Steak When servin. a broju J serve creamed potatoes anil fresh vegetable such as egj Mr. and Mrs. Daniel tored to Clear Lake todan* will spend three 0 rfour'daq'