Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1938 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT DECATUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Incorporated Entered at the Decatur, Ind. Post Office as Second Class Matter J. H. Heller President 1. R. Holthouse, Sec y. & Bus. Mgr. Dick D. Holler Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies ...................—.......A .02 One week, by carrier .10 One year, by carrier — 5.00 One month, by mall .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 33.50 one year. Advertising Rates 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 This is the week to put over the : Good Fellow's club fund so those, In charge can plan their gifts. Only eleven more days to do it ■ —your Christmas shopping. Each , day you put it off now makes it ■ that much more difficult. Autumn seems to be over and , Old Man Winter is standing just around the corner, waiting until the right time to pop out and send every one shivvering. Christmas seals with their health greetings are just the thing to put on your packages and letters and cards. The funds thus secured will be used to continue the tight against tuberculosis and it must be kept up. That Decatur has grown con- i siderably the past year or two is proven if you will drive around and notice the large number of new houses. From 150 to 200 have been erected here and all of them are filled with happy people. - GOP leaders are considering whether they will take the Willis contest to the United States senate? They won't, largely because they haven't a thing to base the contest on. So far as they or any one else h&s discovered, the recent election was fair. The 1939 license plates, blue and gold are now on sale all over the state and Adams county citizens may buy them at the bureaus in the county. They must all be on by January Ist and the sooner you get them, the easier you will find it is. Do you remember when you were young enough to wonder what Santa would bring and whether or not he really would come? Did he ever miss you? If he did, surely you will remember the heart pangs. There are several hundred boys and girls in Decatur and near by who won’t believe in a Santa if. you don't help. Edwar . 5 isser, a leader in financial activities in Fort Wayne and in church work in this section o’ the state, died suddenly Sunday from a heart attack, bringing real ' sorrow to the many who knew him as an upstanding man. Mr. Disser visited here frequently and had hundreds of friends and admirers in this county and city. The year 1939 should be an extraordinary one. Indications are that business will show decided ■r improvements. There will be no elections to interfere. There is a decided trend in Washington that there should be an easing up that .will help every one. It’s a tine 10 clays'filr

time to consider what you will do after New Years to help yourself and your community. , Read the advertisements in the Daily Democrat carefully this week t for they will contain the suggesj tions that wifi make your Christt inus shopping easier. If you want i a present for baby, brother, sister, mother, dad. son or daughter or for any relative or friend, you will ' find them —Just what they want — j if you will study the announce- > meats of the local merchants. I Governor Townsend has appoiut- •' cd a non-partisan committee to study the election laws of Indiana and to recommend any change ; that the people believe would bet-1 I ter conditions and assure strength--1 enlng of a free ballot. Do you be- | lieve that a separate board should count the ballots? Have you any suggestions to offer? If you have. I the commission will be glad to consider them. Write Fred F. Bays, State House, Indianapolis.

Some Muncie beer dealer has brought suit against Governor Townsend and the liquor commission because he was not given the i agency again this year. That's something entirely new and interesting. If he is right then these beer rights are like civil service and become permanent, which doesn't seem exactly fair, based on any line of thought. There are demands for a change in the law which governs the distributors and while it is next to impossible to ; have a perfect law for the handl-1 ing of intoxicants, it may be necessary to amend the law’ so that some one has the authority to, regulate it, provided it does im- 1 prove the situation. The Two Per Cent club is a legitimate and moral way to raise campaign funds in that the contributors are the persons who bene-1 fit most directly from party sucI cess. The common way to raise ■ campaign funds in years past has been to shake down the utilities, contractors and big business in- ' terests which always have to be : paid with interest in the form of' contracts, legislation and the like. ! The old shake down method is the immoral way. But the Two Per , Cent club might file a report with ! the state committee, which under ' the law is the governing body of the party. — Newcastle CourierTimes. History has a habit of repeating itself. Every great President has been subject to abuse. Only the 1 times and the issues shift. Theodore Roosevelt was criticised and hated. Abraham Lincoln was the bitter target of derision and hatred. Today, because the issue is social justice, Franklin D. Roosevelt receives the abuse and vilification of those who see their privileges slipping away. The President said that no one should starve — and was applauded. When he said that the standard of living should be raised for the average man and the average family, and did sonic- - thing about it, he was denounced as a radical and communist in no ' mild terms. When Abraham Lincoin became President and announced, as a part of our American system, that the country could not continue half slave and ; half free, he brought the same attacks from the great newspapers that are today leveled against Roosevelt. They said that under the American system we had developed the country and increased the rights of the working people. Today human slavery is unthinkable and a memory of a dark age in our history. But the other form of slavery, the form which condemns millions to underprivilege, when attacked by the President, brings the same response that the I country was built upon the old ' system of starvation for many and i prosperity for a few. o !' 500 Sheets 164 b. White Paragon Bond typewriting paper 55c. The DeI catur Democrat Co. ts

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Dry Forces Plan Concerted Drive For Local Option Law

(Editor’s note: This is the Second story in a series on important issues to be considered by Indiana’s 1939 state legislature). By Leonard Castle (UP. Staff Correspondent 1 Indianapolis. Dec. 13.—(U.R) —Dryforces plan to make a concerted drive in the 1939 general assembly for a local option law but the prospect was today that few changes will be made in existing statutes other than abandonment of the controversial importer system. Brewery and distillery interests have maintained a "watchful waiting" attitude, indicating they are content with the present liquor i plan. The Indiana retail alcoholic bev-1 erage association, representing Indiana's tavern owners, has adopt- i ed a set of resolutions which would further liberalize the law. Leading the drive for local option is the Indiana Atni-Saloon League, headed by Superintendent: L. E. York, which already has drafted a three-way local option bill for introduction in the legislature. Under this measure three different social units — communities, > townships and counties — would have the right to vote on whether liquor and beer should be excluded. York attacked the Deocratic administration for opposing a local option plan and also for failing to separate politics and liquor. He j asserted that 75 percent of the state’s citizenry would favor a local option plan if an election were held today. Pointing to the fact that 37 Indiana counties voted dry when statewide prohibition was repealed in 1933. York claimed that a [ large section of the state is being , forced to tolerate taverns when a preponderance of the citizens desire prohibition. He also advocated the restric-j

Public Sale I will sell at Public Auction on the first farm North of Monmouth on Road no. 27, on Saturday, December 17th Commencing at 12 Noon HORSES — Grey Mare, 9, wt. 1400; Blue Roan mare colt, 9 mo. old, a real one - Grey Mare, smooth mouth, wt. 1.100. HOGS — 21 Feeder hogs. «0 to 150 lbs.; 3 Sows, 1 to farrow by day of sale, 2 will farrow 9th of March. 1 Chester White Boar, yearling. FEED 400 Bu. good Corn; 50 bu. good Potatoes. IMPLEMENTS — McDeering S ft. Binder, used 3 seasons, Mc-Deering Fertilizer 10 disc fertilizer grain drill; Mc-Deering Corn Planter with Fertilizer attachment; Mc-Deering 5 ft. Mower; Oliver 14 inch Riding Plow- Oliver 14 inch walking plow; Mc-Deering Side Delivery & Tedder Combined; New Idea Manure Spreader, new; The above implements are all practical! new. been used 2 seasons; Oliver riding cultivator- spring tooth harrow; 2 spike tooth harrows; Hog self feeder; 1 new double act breeching harness; 1 good double set breeching harness; horse collars; Turnbull wagon and hay ladders; and articles too numeious to mention . TERMS—CASH. ANTHONY SPANGLER. Owner ROY S. JOHNSON — Auctioneer. T. SCHIEFERSTEIN — Clerk.

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tion of taverns to commercial areas where they could be more easily policed and would not disturb residential districts. From other sources came a proposal to reduce the number of tav- : erns. The present law allows one tavern for each 1,000 population in cities and towns, except in I.ake county where the ration is one to 500. In no county has the limit been reached. One proposal would have the legislature "freeze" the number of ; taverns at their present number. This would tend to place a higher property value on the establishments and probably would reduce the number of "fly-by-night" liquor 'i places. Indiana now has 4.000 taverns selling either beer, wine or liquor . but only 1,387 of them dispense all three products. Wet leaders say that the situation is much better than in pre-prohibition days, claiming that in 1906 the state had 5.523 saloons and in 1915 there were 3,728 saloons with 29 counties dry. The tavern owners’ association adopted a resolution to make the serving of food optional with the tavern owners and opposition forces asserted this would herald the return of the old-time saloon. The present law requires that food be served in all taverns, the hope being that liquor would become secondary to food and would be drunk only with meals. Another association resolution called for the alcoholic beverage commission to be empowered to extend closing hours temporarily in a given locality during special occasions such as conventions and holidays. It was not considered probable that any major changes would he made in liquor taxes which net the state about $7,000,000 annually. Last year the collections were: beer gallonage tax. $1,235,000; liqi nor stamps, $3,254,000; permit

fees, $2,511,000; and miscellaneous collections, SIOOO. Os the $7,000,000 total, $386.40(1 was used for administrative costs, $3,015,000 was diverted into the state general fund, $1,256,000 was refunded to civil cities and towns, and $630,000 went to local schools. o Answers To Test Questions Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two # 1. A device! or measuring the angles of crystals. 2. Jasper (or Bloodstone). 3. The Dipper. 4. Straits Settlements. 5. Robert Coulondre. 6. Utah. 7. An instrument used tor meas-| tiring the magnetic dip. 8. Young Corbett 3d. 9. 1871. 10. Library of Congress, Washington D. C. Beautiful Christmas Cards' by Volland. 21 for 69c — Kohne Drug store.

Sensational Savings! PRICES sacrificed in THIS OUTSTANDING COAT SALE We want to reduce our present coat stock and now offer drastic reductions for immediate Ijfv clearance. Wonderful jABn uX selection and your oppor- JaiF 1/ tunity to buy the coat JSf [XT you’ve always wanted. 1 I j Assortment includes jV/fli Sport and Dress coats, || ||| _.strictly all wool materials, wanted shades, ACfcx I II some fur trimmed, \ I some plain. All sizes. | I $10.95 to $12.95 Z Coats $7.95 - JI, T $16.75 to $19.75 nl n Coats sl2-95 U I Ji / \ I w ' j> $29.50 to $35.00 / \ =2 Coats SIS-95 - NIBLICK & CO * 4 • .

f Modern Etiquette By ROBERTA LEE | y. Is it rude for a persou to begin putting on his wraps before tho last curtain falls At the theater? A. Yea; It Is rude and Inconsiderate. If it is absolutely necessary to leave before the final curtain, probably to catch a certain train, one should leave as quickly and quietly as possible, and tuen put on the wraps at the back of the I ’heater. Q. When a bride has no parents ' or near relatives, who should be asked to "give her away"? A. An old friend of the family, perhaps a close friend of her father. Q. What should one say when one wishes to be excused from the table before the others have finished eating? A. "Will you excuse me, please?" * TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File | ' 4 Dec. 13 —Resident and Mrs. Wilson arrive in France and the president says he is there to exert his | efforts to secure a "just and lasting I peace." New high school gym in the old Bosse opera house is opened with a basket ball game between Decatur and Monroe, won by the latter. Mrs. D. E. Smith elected Matron of the Eastern Star. 493 Adams county men were inducted into service through the Military Board and E. B. Adams, clerk, assisted by Mrs. Adams and J. G. Niblick are busy completing their reports. Mrs. Nellie Eady elected Oracle of the Royal Neighbors. Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee

Sewing Hint Instead of cutting the thread at the end of a finished seam stitched on the machine, turn and stitch back again for about an inch. Then cut the thread and this will avoid the task of tying the ends. Removing Odors To remove an odor from a bottle, fill it half full of cold water, to which a tablespoonful of dry mustard has been added. Shake, and • let stand for a half hour, and then rinse in clear water. Cream of Tomato Soup It has been discovered tin” when soda is used in cream of tomato I soup to prevent curdling, it destroys the vitamin C, so necessary to good, health. Curdling can be prevented la cream of tomato soup, without loss of food value, if the tomato juice is thickened with a little flour first, and then added hot to the cold milk. Heat the soup slowly and do , not allow to boil. Serve at once. o — — BRIDE AT HOME | (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) I carrying a "black-jack.” He and his bride had been arrested by Los Angeles police after they had I engaged in a noisy quarrel in their hotel room. The girl was freed and she and

her father returned from California about 10 ds ye ago. Robinson re portedly promised California authorities to institute proceedings toj annul the marriage as soon as he : and his daughter reached home. | Greene was accompanied by a man identified us Spencer Monroe, bodyguard and hotel detective' when he returned from California. Monroe said he came here to <

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