Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1938 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by fHE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. laeorporated entered at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H. Heller... President A. K. Holthouse, Sec y. & bus. Mgr. Dick D. HellerVice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies 1 .02 One wook, 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 a radius of 100 miles. Elsewhere 13.50 one year. Advertising Kates made known on Application. - National Adver. Representative SCHEERER & CO. 15 Lexington Avenue, New York 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago Charter Member of The Indiana League of Home Dailies. Through newspaper advertising can reach everyone, everywhere, at any and all times. The street fair not only brought the crowds, but the hottest weather of the season. We’re not prejudiced in the least, but we can't help saying ' that Decatur has the classiest drum major in the state. Did you see her? Everybody enjoyed seeing the beautiful floats and hearing the bands in Wednesday s big parade. The exhibition was one of the - highlights of the week. Have you visited the 4-11 exhibit in the Graham building on Madison street? You'll enjoy seeing this display and the young folk in charge will appreciate your visit. If the actual election in Tennes- - see today is as spirited as the preconvention campaign, it may be a . battle not between the candidates, but the whole state, including the militia. Along with modernistic trends now comes the yellow baseball. They say the batter can see a yellow ball better and for that reason the change is being made. It took about as long to change the • color of baseballs as to revamp the shape of beer bttles. In March of this year, when stooks were at their lowest point, the total value of those listed on the New York Exchange was still over four billions greater than in March of 1932. Since June of this year stock values have gained more ' than 10 billions, which places the total value now compared to 1932, at more than 14 billion dollars more. The country is coming back “and so are values. The increase in stock alone will more than pay for the public works program now underway. • It js interesting to note that the Decatur school board is paying ■ off the last of the old school bonds, issued 20 years ago to build the high school and gymnasium. Liqui.dation of the issue comes just „when the initial levy for the new 3Junior-Senior high school is being made, sustaining the fact that each ’ generation must help build school houses. With the payment of the old issue, the increase for the new school will not figure so heav- „ ily. The finances of the school . board, as reported by Superintendent Krick, are in good shape. • With the elimination of the old -Central. West Ward and North -Ward buildings, cost of maintenance will be reduced and better service will be rendered the children. At least they will be better housed. » The change made in the govern_'ment‘B contract with the purchasers of the houses at the Decatur Homesteads, is in line with the wish and desire of those who have acquired the houses. By continuing the payment plan over a 40year period, the monthly install-

ments remain at a minimum, while the option to pay off the mortgage at the end of 20 yours is given the homesteader. Another concession, that payment lu full could be made before the 20 years was also given , the prospective purchaser, subject to the approval of the government. ’ Since the houses are occupied by • thrifty persons with more or less steady income, many intend to take advantage of the government’s new i offer. The government wishes to prevent speculation in the properties and therefore Insists on certain ownership regulations. The state board of tax commissioners now rules that Adams county cannot make a bond issue, the proceeds of which would be ■ used to pay for right-of-ways on | the proposed state road improvement west of Geneva to the Wells county line. Other stretches would be included. It was petitioned that 325,000 worth of bonds be issued. In view of the decision of the state board the county commissioners will seek an appropriation from the couty's general fund to pay for the right of way land. This is the cheapest way after all. There will not be any interest on bonds and if the surplus in the general fund cannot provide all the money, the matter can be given consideration in the budget. The county is getting too good a bargain from the state highway departmet to turn down the proposition on right of way cost. The state will not only build several miles of improved road in the county, but wiU construct a modern bridge over St. Mary's river at Pleasant Mills. That improvement alone is worth the cost of the right of ways. BROWN COUNTY FOR PEACE AND QUIET: Andrew H. Hepburn, in the current issue of Ford News, has given such a wonderful description of Brown County. Indiana, that we thought you would enjoy reading it,aJtpr listening all day to the merry-go-round and noise of the fair. At least we offer part of the article as an antidote for jaded nerves: To the map makers Brown, County, Indiana is a perfectly rectangular political subdivision in the southeastern section of the state. To hundreds of thousands of people in Indiana and to an increasing number from other states Brown County is something else, something far more important. To them Brown County is a refuge from the hurly-burly of a worried, speed-ridden world, a tranquil corner possessed of a rugged beauty, where 'one may sit in the shade all day and whittle if he cares to without losing caste or being called a sluggard. Brown County is easy of access. Several important and excellent highways traverse it. On any Sunday afternoon in spring, when the fresh green slopes of steep hills are studded with the colors of blossoming shrubs, all during the summer when the hills are misted in a golden aura made up of dust and sunlight, and particularly during the fall when these same hills are mantled in colors almost regal in their rich splendor, the main roads through Brown County are crowded with processions of vehicles carrying folks who come to see the “backwoods.'’ They see very little, a rough but mellowlandscape. here and there a quaint rustic cabin, a scrawny orchard, patches of badly plowed fields, and the few villages that Brown County has drowsing in the dust. The wise people, those who have known and loved Brown County for many years, know that the secret of Brown County’s charm, the special flavor of its life, cannot be learned from a main highway. It is found away from the streams of traffic, along narrow dirt roads that twist through the hills. It is found in : stopping at some remote cabin and i talking there for an hour or so with the clear-eyed, self-sufficient' citizens who call it home. It is i found in the realistic banter you hear all day long at the Nashville . post office, or on the famed liar’s bench in the shade before Nash- ] ville's ancient courthouse, where] old men sit all day and talk wisely about nothing of importance. It may be found in the rich dusk of a remote hilltop with forty miles of landscape stretching out between you and the setting sun. Many places that are quaint and honest and real have been ruined by fame. Curiously, Brown County has not been. Notwithstanding the fact that hundreds of city dwellers own cabins tucked away in the hills and go as often as they

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can to stay in them, to ride horses [ over forest trails, wander in the woods or delight in honest loafing. Brown County remains today just about as it has been for the last fifty years. The answer, may lie in the I sturdy virtues of the people who I call Brown County home, wh®se forebears have called it home since ■ they first trekked over the hills [ from the mountains of Virginia and Carolina more than a hundred | years ago. , The native Brown Countyian is ] of hill stock, and like most hill folk, proud and competent and not much given to change or complaining. He is more likely than not possessed of a sharp and penetrat- j ing humor. The most typical of | all the citizens of Brown County | was one who never lived — her I most famed son Abe Martin. Abe Martin, created by Kin Hubbard, 1 was not a comic character. He j was a rustic philosopher, a very wise and generally witty gentleman. The realistic attitude of Brown County folk is reflected in the names that they have given elements of their land. There is a certain village for example, a mere collection of cabins called Gnaw Bone. It was so named, the legend goes, because at one time the I original settler was discovered finishing a hearty meal by gnawing at a succlent bone at a point j which seemed a good place to start , a town. Other names are equally ' earthy and honest: Weed Patch Hill, highest point In the state; Bear Wallow, another hill where once the bears had a mud wallow; Briar Creek; Crooked Creek; Beanblossom Creek and dozens of oth-

Play Major Roles in “Morals” Murder Trial ;j 4 j\,g - -"W * Uk JM ■T .^bbX’k| Ju Ki <?k ||| F *\ ' Bkll fli * *" HI .su t’ ■ ■■ 8uk...„,. - J 'X' ,»Z- arJl^jy* Mr rt V * ■ " = “ 1 i feJ These persons play the major roles In the “morals" murder trial at - Wsc- South Paris, Me. Francis M. Carroll, ex-deputy sheriff, is accused Ml, v - z |||£ of the slaying of Dr. and Mrs. James G. Littlefield, a crime for which BffiWMMm WB paul Buyer, 18. former “sweetheart” of Carroll s daughter. Barbart wi 17, was sentenced to serve a lift term in prison. Upper left are Erfi Dwyer and mother, Lower left is Carroll; right, his daughter B»fca-i '1 _ •■

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jers. ' Brown County can be reached j from almost any direction, for, since it has become famous the i state has seen that there are good ' roads. All of them eventually will ! lead you to Nashville, the county' j seat. Nashville has no railway,! ' which is perhaps the reason it, 1 changes so little from year to' I year. It has no industry, except I | purely local industries that spring I from the soil and the hills, such ; i as the manufacture of rough pot- i ; tery and allied local crafts. o * YEARS * AGO TODAY I From the Dally Democrat File I* ♦ ! Aug. 4, 1918 was Sunday. I t 2 , Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE ♦ ♦ Q. What is the real definition of a housewarming? A A merrymaking made by or for • those taking possession of a new ] house. j Q. When leaving a hotel dining room, does the man or the woman go first? A. T’ne woman precedes the man, and when reaching a closed door she stands aside for her escort to open it. Q. What does decollete mean, and how is it pronounced? A. It is a French word meaning. | “leaving the neck and shoulders un- 1 covered.” Pronounce da-kol-ta, 'both j a's as in day, o as in doll, accent I second syllable.

♦ • Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two 1. Neither; it is a federal district. 2. David Farragut. 3. Fresh water. 4. Vander Meer (N. L.) and Go- ■ mez (A. L.) 5. Invertebrates. , 6. Lake Huron. 7. No. 8. Yes. 9. Copenhagen. 10. One who on moral or religious grounds refuses to serve as a combatant. ♦ ♦ | Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee * 4 Healthy Teeth Give the children crusts of bread and zwieback as soon as they are able to eat them as this will harden the teeth and gums and induce a I healthy mouth. To Pit Cherries ( Cherries rnay be pitted by using the round top of a new wire hairpin, pressing it into the fruit at the stem end and down beneath the pit, which can then be lifted out with, the loop without mashing the cherry. Mildewed Auto Upholstery If rain w-ater has leaked into the : I automobile and caused mildew to | form on the upholstery, it can be I removed by first brushing well to ! | remove the excess, and then sponging with a soap solution made slightly alkaline with ammonia.

ASK APPLICANTS TO FILE EARLI Eligible Applicants For Compensation Urged To Have All Data Fort Wayne, Aug. 4— (Special)— Persons who have been made eligible to file claims for unemployment compensation after August 15 by repeal of the 310 earning requit emeat can help speed up lie Payment of their benefits by listing their earings and employers along with their social security numbers before they go to the state employment office on or after August 15 to file their claims. 'Mf you believe yourself entitled to unemployment compensation benefite, you can help us establish your claim and hurry the Issuance of the checks 'by having all information written down when you apply.” M. L. Del’oy, deputy in charge of unemployment compensation in the local state employment office, said. “Your claim cannot be accepted before August 15, the date fixed by the legislature for repeal of the requirement that the worker must have earned $lO in insured employment since March 31 this year. Nothing can be gained by going to the employment office before that time. “However, you can help yourself by helping us if you will write down in advance all information that must be supplied on the application blank. This includes: 1. Your name an listed on your former employers’ records. 2. Your mail address —now and any different ones since April 1, 1938. 3. All the social security numI here ever assigned to you. 4. The official name of your employer or employers. (Include only employers subject to this law, that is employers of eight or more persons.) 5. An accurate list of wages from each employer. (Listed by quarters —April-May-June, 1937; July Aug- ’ ust September, 1937; October, Nov- ■ ember December, 1937; and January February March, 1938.) “All climants are required by law ’ to serve a waiting period of two weeks of total unemployment after applying for benefits. Those who had no earinge in covered employment since March 31 this year, and who make claim the week of Aug-

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