Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1936 — Page 28

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STORY OF SIXTEEN (Continued From Page 25) newspaper. Like Missouri, Tenn#,sea also has a •‘Decaturville,” in Decatur county. It was named like mwt of the Decatura. for the American naval officer, Commander er Stephen Decatur, who lived from 1779 to 1820. A crossroad* with a po,tofflee and a population of 40 Is Kentucky's entry in the list of 17. It is in Rus.il county, 18 miles from a railroad and 85 miles south of Louisville. Decatur. Mich, is In Van Buren county, 20 miles from Lake Michigan, and 24 miles from Kalamazoo. It has a population of 1,270 and Is located In the center of a celery, onion and peppermint district. ATiother Decatur, In the northwest corner of Arkansas, has a population of 424. It is in Benton county, 200 miles south of Kansas City. It is a fruit growing section just across the Oklahoma state line. Atlanta Suburb Georgia's Decatur, population 6.000, is a residential suburb of Atlanta. It is near the famous Stone Mountain. Decatur, Miss., population 319, is the county seat of Newton county, south of Dolittle, Miss. From it is shipped cotton, corn, peas, oats and potatoes. Decatur, Pa., has no population listed for it and no postofflee. It is in Clearfield county, 100 miles

’ 1836 1936 From the Oxen —to the modern McCORMICK - DEERING Power-Driven Farm Implements Would you be content with the old oxen or horse used a hundred years ago? Would you be statisfied with putting in long hours trying to get the work done in season and still tailing, due to the slowness of farm machinery in those days? Would you be willing to see your harvest drag until snow flies and still fail to realize a rightful profit? • Os course you wouldn't, and it is no longer necessary in this age. Pioneering in the field of agricultural equipment. Mct ormick-Deering farm machinery has proven to be the leader in their fields through years of service. .-yjET ——w; Manufacturing a variety of different units, each recognized for its efficient trouble-free service. McCormick-Deer-ing products have been the choice of wise farmers for years. International) Trucks International trucks have proven their efficiency, economy, speed and durability in years of the roughest service. The driver of the International always gets; there. Let us demonstrate. I Success to The Centennial is the wish of the t McCormick - Deering Store Decatur, Indiana NORTH THIRD STREET

northeast of Pittsburgh. It geto I mall through the postofflee at OsI eeola Mills. Decatur, Tex., population 2,205, is the county seat of Wise county, 65 miles northwest of Dallas. The , city was originally called "Taylorsville” in honor of General Zacha- ■ ray Taylor. This name was retainI ed until Jan. 7, 1858. when it w»s changed to Decatur in honor of , the commodore, after General Taylor won the displeasure of the state legislature by turning Whig in politics. j Decatur, Va.. with a population of 54 is in Rockbridge county. 150 miles from Washington. D. C. The place was named after a Baltimore & Ohio railroad official when the railroad was completed in 1887. On Decatur Island Decatur, Wash., is on Decatur Island, at the extreme northwest tip of our country in San Juan county, in the Juan de Fuca strait. San Juan county is made up of a group of islands in the waters of the Pacific between the coast of Washington and Vancouver Islands. England and the United States almost went to war over these islands when long standing disputes finally came to a head after an American killed an Englishman's pig. The Emperor of | Germany was called in as arbitrator and decided the boundary question in favor of the United States. Decatur Island is fifth in size of the group and contains some 2.400 acres. There is no town and no store, merely a postofflee. The principal industry of the island is dairy-

i ing and poultry raising. The island • la known for interesting episodes in the Indian days. It is dotted , with Indian graves and "kitchen , middens" which are heaps of clam i shells, bones, utensils and refuse ■ from an early Indian civilization. Only Two Bigger Decatur, 111., and Ala., are the i only Decaturs larger than our own ’ Decatur 111. has a population of 57.500, and is In Macon County, on latke ‘Decatur, between Chicago and St. Louis. It is served by the I. (’., Wabash, C. 1. & W., and Pennsylvania railroads. In this Decatur they have 125 manufacturing plants, employing? 11, people in corn milling plants brass foundries, mailable iron plants, grey iron foundries, railroad repair shops, structural steel and sheet steel plants. They manufacture brass plumbing goods, vitreous ware, auto accessories, agricultural implements, office fixtures, steel tanks, heating supplies, corn products, soy bean meal, and oil, packers and creamery products, gas and electric fixtures, pharamaceutlcal products, brick, wall paper, and oil burner supplies. Here "they have the James Millikin College and School of Music, and Decatur College of Music; a morning paper called the Herald, and afternoon paper called the Review, The second largest city in the United States bearing the Commodore’s name is in Alabama, in the center of the Tennessee Valley Authority development. It has a

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Houses Adams County Prisoners . . ■ ■ 1 /k"' '-'A -AM'i k / 11 I JU ' JBHBL -7 y < J r 1 I® ■ E Pktuml above is the Adams county jail, locatedl at XetheV witt? prisoners, was completed iu 1886, and has been used to house the sheriff wd hin family, tog since that time. The first jail, built in 1837, was destroyed by fire in 18.9. -

population of 16.000. It is the coun- i ty seat of Morgan county, on the , Tennessee river in the northern 1 part of the state. * 1 Decatur, Ala., was laid out at ' the command of President Monroe 1 in 1820 to commemorate the nav-, al officer. It remained a part of the Cherokee Indian reservation I under the jurisdiction of the state • untif 1826 when it was incorporate, l ed. It has water transportation, 1 two railroads, an airport, 32 sac- I tories, 25 white churches and sev-j* en colored, two theaters, a public .' library and a public school enroll- | * ment of 3,500. So now, Mr. and Mrs. Indiana Decatur, you have met your family and to you they send greetings and say, “Come out and see us sometime." o DEVELOPMENT OF (Continued From Page 27) quite evident that the horsemen were giving the foals better care, I feed, and management. Local horsemen are of the opinion that due to the advertisement, they get through these shows that good horses average $25.00 a head higher in Adams County than the, same quality would sell for elsewhere. I Other Activities Weeds Work on eradication and control of noxious weeds has reached the spread of practice stage in Adams County. This has been accomplished in former years by means of spraying demonstrations, result demonstration meetings at points where spraying and cultivation have been successful, new stories on these events, securing the help of the county commissioners in spraying quack grass, Canada thistle and European bind weed where found along the road right of-ways, and by personal contact. ; In this work it has been discov-1 ered that the European bind weed has established itself more extensively in Adams County than had been realized. Mr. O. C. Lee, extension botanist i of Purdue, was assisted in secur- j ing permission to lay out experimental plots for the dry application of chlorates on the old Hocker farm. Results of these applications will be studied next spring. As a result of this intensive weed work, practically all farmers and land owners in Adams County are ' noxious weed conscious, and we 1 believe that the spread of these weeds is being checked, and that if the work is properly conducted, in time they can be eradicated. Outlook And Recommendations The outlook is for more intelligent interest in the coming year than in the past, and it is recommended that more thought and attention be paid to securing some measure of results of the activities than has been secured in the past. This will not be easy, as quite frequently it takes a number of years for the results of educational work to be apparent, and the methods of measurement as yet have apparently not been well worked out. There is a large group of young people between club age and the age when people are attracted to either women's or men's adult work' that have not been reached. It is recommended that an effort be made to find out the activity that these young people will be interested in and that some constructive steps be taken to set this movement afoot. o Rotary Club Sea Going New York.—(U.R)—The first permanent sea-going Rotary Club has been established aboard the new superliner Queen Mary. Meetings are held on every voyage eastbound and westbound and have so tar been well attended by members from Rotary Clubs in the United States as well as from Great Britain. o Showboat Tours Virginia Richmond, Va.—<U.R>—A floating theater is making its 23rd annual tour of Virginia towns Competition from motic i pictures has not

seriously affected the show boat. Actors and actresses play to a full house virtually every night. The boat has visited Urbana, Tappahannock, Irvington and Fredericksburg. —o Tire Blowout Ruins Food New Britain. Conn.—(U.R>— When a tire on a 10-ton truck loaded with foodstuffs blew out. the rubber began to burn because of the heat generated by the blowout. The smoke affected the load to such an extent that the food was condemned by Dr. Louis J. Dumont, superintendent of health. o Paper Waste Binds Roads Salem, Ore.— (U.R) —Oregon and Washington pulp mills are nowselling the liquid waste remaining

after the manufacture of paper,® from hemlock to eastern highway g departments for use in “binding g materials for highway shoulders. State Forester J. W. Ferguson has I discovered. | B 0 1 if Pallbearers Get Shock !g Canon City, Colo.— (U.R) —Billy ® Smith of Coaldale, Colo., was sur- ■ prised to discover that he was sup- g posedly dead. The report was culated that he died following a stroke of paralysis. Friends who" called to offer their services as g pallbearer found Smith in one ot his fields supervising the irrigation. —o ” "Smithy” Astounds Crowd ■ Mechanicville, N. Y.—(U.R) —The g remaining blacksmith shop in this■ village held the center of attrac-,*

How Different TODAYIn the days of the early pioneers, the task of burying a loved one or a comrade was just as solemn as it is today. The work was performed in the crude manner known only at that time. How different Today. Modern facilities and equipment now make this work one of refinement—You are offered the convenience of a modern and beautiful Funeral Home — Years of experience has taught us to add the consoling and delicate touch that now makes a funeral beautiful. Black Serves the Community . For a great many year sit has been our privilege to provide finer funeral services for this community. Our policy of plainly marked prices insure fairness for all. This helpful consideration, combined with careful attention to every detail and unfailing courtesy, have made Black’s the preferred mortuary in Decatur. W e are proud to take part in the Centennial < and wish for Decatur another hundred years of suecess and achievement. A cordial invitation to every- 1 one to visit our Funeral Home while attending the Centennial. g CL. black FUN6RAI DIRECTOR V S.E. BLACK MRS. S. E. BLACK C. L. WEBER

,i » recently when the smithy Xrunk an' b'«- «"* °° “ J*? wheen. The crowd around he .hop admitted they hadn t seen anything like it in many year,. Daylight Saved Naturally Salt Lake CRT’iu.PJ-RcsidenU of'this city don't have to turn the dock ahead to save daylight, J. Cedi Alter, government meteorob ogiat told citizens. Location of Salt bake City on the w‘‘»tern edge of the Rocky Mountain time belt gives it 28 more minutes of

Three Cheers For the Next 100 Years With a marvelous record of a Century of Achievement behind us, it is only fitting that we salute the coming era with a pledge of genuine cooperation. May the next 100 years be even greater than the last Maier Hide & Fur Co. West Monroe Street ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

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