Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1941 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Puklisbed Bvery Evening Except Inada j hr TNI DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. - Incorpwsted Batarad at the Decatur, lai. t*Mt Qgke ae Second C.aee Matter. I. It Mauer —. Presldeui 4 K. McoUwuee. lec'r. a Hui Mar sNck D Heller —— Vlc.s-s'resldeut aueear.pt.on Rate! Slagle Caplee I .11 Dae week by carrier....—..— -10 Dee year, by carrier——••— 4 v 0 One mouth. by mail 35 Three tnonihs. by mall——__ I ’M* ■U months, by ma 11....—- LU One year, by mail- Ml One year, at oMee .1-00 Prices quoted are within a radium of IVo miles Elsewhere |3 W one year. Avartlsing Rate* made known on ApplicationNatotiai Adver. Representative •UHKERBB A CO. Ilk LslUigtrn Avenue. New York 125 Beat Wacker Drive. Chicago Charter Member >t The Indiana League ot Home Uaiiiea.

B4sk>'hall tana are getting all ki'yr'i up a* tin* tournatiii nt on approaches The neat several weekend, will produce a lot of e* I Citemeilt for follower* of this fMjpu j lar kpuri —o W|C-II other things may be wrong | but |We all must admit that the llilill 1 winter ha. been about a. I pleaaant a. We have had in a long time. We have had mor. sunshine j than in any winter for years, the ; weathermen tell u» , o—o Free teal books for Indiana I school, seem, to be out The < politic tan. are holding bat k be cause of the Initiative cost and now .they are ba. keel up by half the schtpil superintendents tn the state I Who oppose the move —-u-o Disregarding the advice of at-| lorwys. both Republican and Deiqiu rat., th. (J <>. I’ leaders in | the legislature are shoving through * tbeif ripper program And for this 1 they hope to receive a boost of live | dollars per day to cover expense, I Tain t worth It. —o Two liquor bills Introduced in the legislature this Week should furnish plenty of Interest for then-! are few questions whl< h create ’ more decided division Both measures presented would pave fie ! way. for tonties to get prohibition I it a mapirlfy favors it. —o—o While Wendell Wlllkle was dodg Ing bombs In lamdon some low- . downer drove up to one of his j Rush county farms and stole a dos , en hog. 18. loss Is estimated at i Soldo for his half It's not the value but the principle ot the thing that probably made the <. v csmdl J date mad. -0 Mr Wiilkie wants Republicans In the United States senate to vole for the lease-h nd bill because he beileves the people of thia country i should lie milled tie declared that white be pulled no punches in : the recent campaign whcu he was | a candidate against President ; Hooeeielt. "he Is now my president " —o— l»— Something really doing in the Balkan-: where troops are being , moJed around and where one of these days will ensue some bloody conflicts. If those who are ret ogntaiqri aa expert war dlagnotlt tens know what they are talking about The spring will bring the most destructive battles ever waged. It Is predicted. • o—o A! hundred and sixty reservations bavf been made (or tonight's banquet of the Boy Scouts, the event being the annual meeting of this organisation of the youth. W Guy Brown will act as toastmaster aud Joe Prairie, aaaiatattt scout master of the area, will give the address.

A feature will be ths presentation of the St out trophy —o For less than a penny a day you ran receive the Daily |trmi» rat by mall within ike first postal aim* Thai's about the best buy you can ' make for by reading this paper you <an keep posted on the affair* ■ of the day In which you are most interested Hope you renew if you haven't to date and that you tell yout neighbor to subscribe Congressman Martin Dies, who has for years fought gallantly against every un American organisation made alt inspiring stand In hi. plea tor more time aud more money with which to continue his Investigations and then collapsed in hts <>ffi< rln Washington ills condition Is so serious that his I doc tors will not permit him to do I any thing but rest for a lona time -0 A bill which has passed the house and is now In th. Indiana j legislature would force ail township schools to remain In session nine months Instead nt eight If 1 that's what they call home rule ] I most folk* don t understand itPatron, ot the schools ar. organ itlng to fight the measure and It will probably not have such easy sailing tn the upper house as It had | in the lower. o—o Charley Hockeii. who ha. been p...tm..ter at Dtvcm. over on the ' I State lin<. tor more than fortythree years, will retire the JSth of this month having reached the age j jof seventy He was appointed tin | dei President M< Kinley and held ■ | on under all the presidents who. i have followed H> has worked Ilf j I teen hours a day. Joe day. a year | | and feels he I. entitled to a little . | rest from bl. duties -0-0-Indians ha. lost one of her finest * gentlemen In the death nf Will I Vaster an artist whose pictures | |<M Brown county scenes has at-1 trailed wide attrnthm. Be wasi lone of the plon.-ers and his home ! near Nashville was for years a I mecca where many loved to go. | Mr. Vawler was known by a numI her of Deiatur people who met ' liim on his annual visits with C. C. ' Si hafer and family —o Well, we can all stop sticking I pins into was Image, of our < enemies now because i|loomlng dale's Depart merit Store in New York ha. a more up-to-date method for woiklng off a rag. They're selling a .hulk figure called a Wackeroo (with hands coming out I ot its eurs and feet growing from | It. neck i whose only purpose Is to Ibe smashed on lhe floor when you're sore s»r Business Week —o—o You may not agree with Mr. Wiilkie In hl« position on the lend lease hill but you wilt have to ad I mit that he deserves < redit for | placing what hi hl. opinion I. best for the United States ahead of his I politics Just returned troin a trip to England he told the senate comi gllttee. that he believes the only nay for th', nation to keep out of •ar is to provide aid tor the allies and to pass house bill 1.776 with modifications. —o Tlo- house < ommitt'-e of the legislature has re<<nnm>.-nded for pasaage a bill which lakea live million dollars from the road fund and gives it to the general fund and lhe city of Indianapolis. That's more of that home rule they talked about In the tampalgu. The money raised by tales on gasoline and license fees Is supi>o|ed to he Used for the building and maintenance of highways and nothing •Ise and if thia la permitted there la danger of those funds being divested more and more In the future, at the distinct loss to the great road system of which we have all been so proud -0 The Central Beet Grower's Association bald its annual mealing bare Tuesday atlaruoou aud dis-

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* The People’s Voice Thia column tor the use of our ( readers who with to make sag- | <e»t lona for the general good || or dlscuas queatloua of interIj eat Please sign your name to | show authenticity. It will not be used It you prefer that it j | not be • — • Fiddling An the story goes once upon a time » great fire raged tn the city lof Rome The ruler of Rome the ; capital of the then great Roman j Empire was Nero While the fire burned up the homes and property of the hopeless tit Isens Nero dis gainfully tuned up hie trusty flddh and with hl» dancing alrla shaking • .1 Wli ked toe before him proceed- d jto ignore It Are we hating a , modern adopts!loti re-enacted be f re our ryes In this very 1141? ' The world Is being set aflame by a rampaging despot The ealatlng political order of things Is being burned and blown up and that which has the beat chance to halt and overthrow the despot Is fiddling. yet it has the most to lose Yes. all platitudes aside labor In Am-rita la the fiddle It la striking and haggling over pennies a veritable Hhylock after his pound of flesh apparently oblisious to the fait that while quibbling over the trifle, that the entire structure may be lost. Let us look at what la taking plaiv In Europe It la not news that Hitler has the most of Europe under his heel. But what a heel. The people can not do as they want: they cannot eat what they want or buy what they want, or go as they please. .Many of th--heller ill Item are hunted like criminals and killed for a mere dll ference of opinion or race. Imok what la happening to labor. Wages have dropped to a mere pittance Part cf It is little better than slave labor, working for bed and board. And Instead of having something of hie own he gels a card. Labors A'oducts are not sold It Is traded. bartered one nation to another for other goods And all labor works for the state for almost nothing or else goes to a concentration camp The only bulwark tn Europe that Is struggling to prevent that very backward step in human civilisation Is the British Empire. It is lighting desperately and against great odds and la in need of Immediate delivery of all kinds of war supplies. America is the only sourre of supply that can keep the British Empire fighting lighting to prevent the world alippcusved the various problems. Talka i were made by ofllcerr, of the association and the company and as alt ways, the meetlag resulted in much of Interest to all who are en- ; gaged in the Important and profli table business of raising sugar ; beets. Os great Interest was Mr. i Allend's explanation of bow beet i seed is now being produced by the i Central Company on ground secured in the state of Vtali. D W. McMillen and E. W Bust be and . others gave excellent uiks pertain- [ Itrg to the questions of interest to . all in attendance

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA.

, ing l»ac k into the dark ages And i American labor strikes and nddles ' Even m government defeuse work ; 1 union late >r has chargeci an Initl | atlon fee of from ISO up to |3oo j for any one wanting to work Many could not pay this resulting Inde- ) tense work defeating the very I thing it was created to d«> and also 1 causing . 'instruc tion to lag months ' behind Yes then is some thing rotten somvplac e, but It la nut Den mark cheese. Home folks say that It Euiope falls we can trade with South Am-1 erica. They fall to take into con-1 aideiatlon that Routh America is I a muc h undeveloped c ontinent ami I having muc h the same exports aa I North America, such as beef, corn and othei farm products To trade for these will not help the Amer-1 lean farmer We have a surplus I ■ of these Very things ourselves (If! J course lhe United Slates imports | some other produc is such a* coffee. I rubber and some minerals for I which a limited amount of tnanu i factured products are put on the I export aide of the ledger. But It Is no sec ret that before the war you could go to a tor.-lgn country and buy American made good,. I l»y cm enn freight, and still get | them cheaper than you eoubl get | them right here at home- Thia, , means hut one thing; American industry must have foreign cus-1 turners to unload a surplus even I under cost to keep American labor al work. Close these foreign out-1 lets Io out goods from terth factory I and farm .end more labor will be I Idle more farm surpluses will pile up Farm surpluaea are now so great they have the agriculture de-1 | partinent acrutcMug their heads. | . And white the British Empire I lights for its existence and to main- , tain American markets and prices , Americans strike and fiddle Boy. page Nero no he enn see what real nddllng Is. Grover Romey. .—O — —

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A —■—KS» II S ■ » l»l ■ ■ Modern Etiquette | By ROBKRTA LIE * - • Q Why Is it that a mail who is very proud cannot liec-ome successful In hl, social life? A An old proverb give, a perfect answer to thia question "Proud men never have friends either in prosperity, because they know nobody. or In adversity, because then

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* Awweri To Tctd Questions Bulow ars tbs answars to lha I Test Questions prtntsd on l-ags Two — ♦ 1 Fish. 2 Hpsin 2 Colonel < Mtreet cleaners k No s Washington l» C T Hawaii j » Comic or light opera. » British artist. ' l» John M Carmody —- —g'» f smbHioM RmFbOdt By Rolierta lx* OpS"m| ■ ® oo * Place the new book with Its hac k I <>n a table Let down the Irotif • ovI er. then lhe hack cover Then a few | leaves at the front and a tew at the I tack, alternating and pre»»tng I down geutly until the centet Is I reached R. peat thU process a few I ilrne. to limher the binding This will causa the book to wear far j better than It It I. opened roughly, resulting In a po.sihle loosening I of the leaves and bending of tbo binding Scuffed ••*«* When you discover s piece of loose leather on a scuffed shoe, do not tear It off Apply a lltlls liquid nail polish, paste it down securely, shine the shoe, and the place will never he noticeable Tobacco Oder A room will not smell of tobacco I smoke If a lump of crystal smmon la Is put Into a jar with three or j four dto|*r> of oil of lavender Add water and let the jar stand uncov- ' c red in the room g ■ - * TWENTY YEARS * AGO TODAY * — < Feb 12, IS2I was Hunday nobody knows them." Q When a woman I. 'raveling 'alone- in a Pullman, what doe. .he do when she wishes to retire? A Ring for the porter to prepare | her berth Q Should one u»e individual dishes for vegetables when giving a dinner at home? A No. This is done only in restaurants.

THURSDAY. FF.niU'AhY 13, (!>((

PUBLIC SALE Having decided to quit fsimlag I will tell at publl. M , tl _ M Bo.eti fatm. H mils Bast of Wren Odle. te WEDNESDAY, February 19,1911 Cemmewslwf at W « A M ■ k - HkAO Os HORkll - I ■ Bay team Gelding. SAT, full brothers wt Sion „H, h< t K.mii mare to yrs. at IS'"' In foal- Orey horse. 16 Sorrel mare coll 12-WCAO Os CATTL«-tt ■ Gnecn.ey c>e S yrs. calf hy side Guernsey row n ~, 4 .•Mh Guernsey cow .1 yts due in March Guernsey <os t heavy flow Gne-naey cow due Frh IMh Urge Ifolttetn eoe tc,h Holstein belter due with first calf March Ist U,,, R ’ yrs. due tn M.nrh Jersey cow. < yr* due in Match Je,. r y ro ,' due Feb 2-trd. Guernsey h.Ket yearling 2 Pure bred <1 WINr , resd» for service This Is a good hard of cattle T H 4 IGn. . MOfJI ANO kHggP * One Gilt to farrt.w In March. * pigs tn lbs Jn Bwes 2. It n 4 ( >ld lamb in Mandi TRACTOR ANO iMPLIMKNTt ■ (Hlver ?'» Tractor used I seasons. Oliver cultivator (lltv.-r IlMi flame Tractor plows. I. II U Tractor disc -Id. drill'’> Uase Sft mow«r used 2 aessem. M< Deering sst, Iccidct Tedder Dump ishe Deeilng R ft Hinder. Roller < Rotary hoe 1 seellcm spring tooth used 2 seasons A 5,,.,, f-sme sl’ikc tesoth harrow good. l« ft heavy drag. Rl., y ||, tl planter ul'h fertlllrec attachment like new. o|t»er mannr. ~,-d t yts lorn hinder, torn picker. Superior |fl hole d 111 HtiP' rlot t hole drill Gsng plow Walking plow If Oliver l>|..« Riding laltlvator; Horse disc. Rubber tire wagon a <-aln ted "•»!.' J», wagon good Iron wheel wagon t ~ CHS Red Crose power corn .heller, Clipper hand corn sheller | H s feed grinder. Healer Hog foiinlalli. Powe, tool grinder Hw» cutflt motor attached; ? seif hog feeders. 2 good set. tM-nes, , scotch hames and rings. I'lstform scales, ko ft garden hose « milk c ana .mall tool* tno numerous to mention One Model A Ford Coupe IM* ■ COMBINE McDeetlng » ft combine used » seasons is first condition. mH TERMS -CASH. ■ GAYLE BOWEN, Owner Roy fl Johnson Auctioneer H Otto Fclgcrt, Clerk M K V B Ckurcdl will Beive Lunch ■ PUBLIC SALTI Complete Close - Out I 1 Hr the utideisigned are qgittiag farming, and will sell at t»nlicH I aurtlnn our entire herd ot legi.tered Gold Medal Jersey cstti. and s;H inn horses, hog. farm machinery, feed, on farm located three aiieiM North of Bluff'on on State Road No. 1 sn4 three fourth mile Ess' ots H MONDAY, FEB. 17/411 MH E_Thi. Sale Will Start PraMptly at |o g'rlnck A. M I and Be I nder Cover. CATTLE ' I I 25-Head Registered (Jold Medal Jersey Herd I Aeeredited T. B. and Bang* I This herd consists of ten cows, thirteen heifers two ymm* bul.» ■ I An INDIANA GOLD MEDAL HERO with an average of 125 lb' ht."-- ■ I fat and five year average ot I7& fhs of butterfat Good blood ItM* ct.lH I very gmrd type Have- show records and have been In th* !> H I I ■ I for ten years Have some tested hack five generations Herd ri«< ■ I fled In IM7 and shown In the Parish show, and Bluffton fain wi’lil I out share of blue and purple ribbons High herd for I months In :brl I assoc iation Ten cow, decendants ot the old grand champion cue I I .Majesty Port Muddeen or her half sister Majesty Gold Upon (teM ctGM I sired by Majesty Rharprye Sliver Medal bull, atrd Ivy Ud Huccrtrot ■ I whom- sire was a superior sirs. Gold and Sliver Medal | I One cow. Jemima, is eight years old. rec-ord 511 tbs ta' Th* i-’ti-B I er. are all four years of age or under, with lite time records Th-"B I have- over sihc pounds of fat. and the two-year old records over I pound, of tat. Two were sired by imported Sybil Oaford Youll lk> I These cows' average test I. S 2 and • 3 Herd average- test in January I was 61, average milk. 721 lb. per cow On* two-year-old aill I"' frrrt I hy day of sale Four heifers, Ik month, old. tired Three coming jnrI Ung heifers Five heifer calves. 5 months old Two fine young bull ■ calve. U month, old. one sired by Ivy laid Successor, one $ montkv I >ld. «ired hy Blonde Progress, our present herd sire Both these bulls B ar* doae up to Mi Bonnells Youngstown. 0.. National Dairy Show I winners, with several M pound cows in their pedigree I Wilte for catalogue to sale- manager. Roy D Hiatt. Portland. IsdI The cattle auction will start al I o'clock p si 4 HORSES I Sorrel mare, weigh’ Is«n pounds, sound, gocai worker, sorrel gridming smooth mouth, weight 1600 lbs . black Pc-rcheron mare. IV"' Tbs. I good worker, black gelding coming two years old. weight 12k" HOGS ■ Eight feeders, weighing SO to 100 pounds; one Hampshire so* du* B to farrow In February, one Berkshire boar. 1 year old. pate bred POULTRY B One hundred head White leghorn hens and pußet. GRAIN AND HAY J Seven hundred twenty-five bushels good yellow corn. I* l "u-li-i’ black oats, gocai for seed. M bushels lilial soy beans; !«•’ t'U’h'T' - wheal; k tons alfalfa hay, some elover and bean hap ID' n k ' ■ shredder scalder. TRACTOR AND FARM MACHINERY FARMALL MODEL H TRACTOR On Rubber. With ( altivalor Attaehmentn and Power l ift. Practically New, lned Approiimtely 175 Hour-Fourteen-lnch Little Wonder tractor plows, ou rubber. St Cormick-Deering tractor discs, used two seasons; McCormick l>**'l“« 6ft mower, with tongue trucks, like new; John Deere aid* deli»*T rake; John Deere- cylinder hey rake, good a* new; Mcf'ornibk-D*" ing lift, stock rake, like new; John Deere manure spread"'. J,, " n Deere »S 9 corn planter; Hoosier grain drill; MeCormitk-Deo tn, ■ section spike-tooth hsrrow, new, k-fi. Iron frame roller; JLlnch »» lk Ing plow; grass seed drill. Iron wheel wagon and bed. Mt bitnl< horse cultivator; estr* good trailer and etock ruck. *«txl« tireMISCELLANEOUS Building. ID2o galvanised roof, built « year*, collapsable '»?* trailer Warner electric brooder, too ehick, new; grapple bay f° rll Heller-Alter pump jack; (J E electric motor, chicken seif-teed'*' teed rack; metal hog troughs, self feeder tor hogs; gate*, lumh" '» feet of pipe; six good milk can*, ladders, electric- fence post*. "« chains, garden tool,; grain Hick,, two incubators, hog coops 30 wire fence; |*o rods barb wire; dip tank; fence stretcher forks, shotels; 140 B. picket c-uru cribs; 17 ft. railroad Iron: tauk heater H 0( SKHOLD GOODS Ivory enamel coal range; gasoline pressure range, kitchen csbine , dining room table, oak. sideboard, oak, dining room chairs; brass l>‘ > and springs: oak bed and springs; leather daveuport; combinin ’’ sideboard and china closet; Ice-box: two rockers; fruit safe; clot’ desk; dishes, cooking utensils; jars; and other article* too num< to meutlou. v TERMS-tASH for credit, please make amngemente with the Farmers A .-hrtiiUc Bank. Bluffton. Ind., sate clerks. Mrs. Teller Paxson & Rodney Paxson OWNERS Cileuberger Brother., Auuiuueers. Amo. Gerber. Clerk Luuch will be served by LautAsler Chapel Ladles Aid