Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1947 — Page 2

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I SUNDAY 1 SCHOOL LESSON •- ■•leased b» Western Ntwipl*r Union Leetol for May II bM*on euWeete and ScrlHur, teste eeand ceM'lgOled Uv InMmttkmal ffigeil of Maffllotra Ed iaaUon. uaad bv no® IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS I.KSSQN TAXT-Amm* S:S-tS. »■>*• , Ste. Sodal juetice. though much spoken stout in r»e«t>t times. hli been the concern of riffbt thi.JUng men ever since sin entered the world end started man's inhumanity towerd man. In the prophet Amoe we find the eloquent and plsm-epoken voice of one eryinq out against aueh renditions almost BA yesrs before Christ Thia telson Is one whieh Is of utmost Importance, because in our present-day Struggle with eocial injustice we have come to aesume that tt is primarily a political or economic question. The took of Amos and all other scripture rightly gets at “the focus of infection." whieh is sin. Sin in the heart leads to sinful actions, and theM inevitably Involve others, and thus bring about social problems. I. fled la Great and fast (vv. «-•). From the little village of Tekoa end out of the wlldemeas in which he had been a herdsman eame Amos, the man of God. to hurl his prophecy of dissster upon the heads of the complacent people of Israel and to take up a lamentation over those in Israel living In luxury and prosperity It was true that the common people were being ground under the heel of cruel oppression, but who cared about the poor as long as they could be squeezed fur taxes to support the luxurious comforts and pleasures of the rich? A prosperity which does not reach the homes of the poor is not a real prosperity at SIL When In addition it encourages the "haves” to oppress the “havesots” it becomes a grave danger, ' a real cause for lamentation. Ovbr against the social sin and sorrow of hia day Amos placed the almighty and righteous God. The people were urged to seek him and hie righteousness. Would they do It? The answer eame quickly. 11. Men Are Small and Wicked (vv. 10-11). Thank God that It la not true at all men. but those of Amos* day (and many are like them in our day) turned away in hatred of the one who dared to rebuke their wickedness Bin is always a horrible thing, but when men who have fallen into sin are responsive to correction and ready to repent and forsake their sin, there is hope. The thing which made Isarel's state so serious in the eight of God and of his prophet was that they had only hatred for those who were told enough to reprove them or to Mve among them according to God's standards <w. 10. 11). “They who will endure no criticism have slammed the door In the face of truth. When we get to the place where we eannot endure having our faults pointed out, wo are on the way to moral collapse'* (Douglass*. 111. Men Should Hate Evil (w. 14. IS). God loves the sinner, even when he io in his sin. God wants to help him. and so pleads with him to hate the evil enough to forsake it, and love the good enough to turn to God in repentance. God's Word condemns sin, but it also presents a remedy. In Christ we have the perfect, final, and complete answer to the sin question. Amos, speaking centuries before Christ, admonished Israel to repent and to turn away from the evil which they had cultivated with such assiduity, and to be equally zealous •bout doing good, in the hope that "It may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious'* (v. II). How favored we are to be permitted not only to urge people, to turn from evil to good, but to offer them the One who is the way, the truth, and the life. Israel did not repent, but tn folly depended on their religious ceremonies to satisfy an offended God. The prophet therefore declares that IV. God Hates Hypocrisy (vv. St--24). God bad no pleasure in their religious observances and rites, because they were presented with unrepentant hearts and by hands which were Soiled by the oppression of their fellow man. Mark it well, God has no delight in the attendance upon church services, beautiful though they may be; he does not listen to the sweet strains of saered music, dor does ho accept the rich offerings” of thole who live in unfer taken etn and who pay for magnificent church buildings and beautiful church services with money gotten by crooked dealings and social injustice. God U righteous, and God's Wdrd always cuts right through the hypocrisy of HMD. Let tw heed the plea of Asms, tut rigModuantoe Aeuld rigs ttooqtfb our paraostel apd aattenal Ute "as a tftigßty. ateOM."

° RURAL (!HtiftCffEß°| • • Union Chapel Evangelical United Brethren D. H. Pellet, Minister Unified morning Services; Sunday Church School. 9:30 a. m. Thurman I. Drew superintendent. .Morning worship, 10:15 a. ui., subject "The Kings Portion". There will be no evening service because of the Baccalaureate service in Decatur. Prayer Service, 8;t)U p. m.. Wednesday. Choir rehearsal following the Prayer hour A hearty welcome is estended to all who will worship with us. 0 Dscatur Methodist Circuit Homer Studebaker, pastor Mt. Pleasant Sunday school, 9.30 a. in., David Cook, superintendent. Morning worship. 10.10 a. m. Beulah Chapel Sunday school, 10:30 am„ Donald Shady, superintendent. Morning worship, 9:30 a. tn. This is our dosing Sunday. We want to thank everyone for the j service rendered to the Master In these three years of labor with the people on the circuit. Willshire Circuit U. 8. Church i L. A. Miooaugh, Pastor Willshire | 9 30 4 in. Sunday school, Luther , Funk. Supt I 1(1:30 am. Class meeting, Otis Strickler, leader. i S 00 pm. Preaching service. 8:00 pm. Wednesday, prayer , meeting. St. Paul 9 15 a m Preaching service. 10:15 am Sunday school. Eddie , McFarland. Supt. | 8 on pm Tuesday. Bible study and prayer meeting, Robert Mell, ide, leader. | Winchester | 9 .10 am. Sunday school, Merl | Essex, Supt. i 10:30 a m Preaching service 8 00 p m Thursday, prayer meeting. Fr«»d Zurcher. leader. , o — | Monroe Methodist Church i E. O. Kegerreis, Minister Morning Worship 9:30 Ser 1 mon “The Moment of Decision” I Special Music by the Choir. Church Nchool 10:30, Youth Fellowship 6:30 — Cllsty Rhh, Leader Evening Service 7:30 . Midweek Service followed by Choir, We<!ne«day 7:36. Calvary Church Evangelical United Brethren F. H. Willard, pastor Sunday school 9:30 am. Midweek service Thursday 8 pin. 0 The net gain of telephones In the American Telephone A Telegraph Co. was 3.264.00(1 in 1946. or more than twice the gain for any previous year In the company's looyear history.

) I J 11 ( "■ W- ( fey '▼ / J > There is still time to / i / make an appointment t 1 for your Cap and 1 J Gewn portrait by— J I Sttidia I J "The Finest in Modern Photoffraphy” 1 1 Heller Bldg.. First & Monroe St. Hone 1662 1 I Musical Messengers • Coming For ■ One Service Only! | May 18th I g Singing and Playing in Sunday School and * Morning Church Service. 9:30 and 10:30 a. m. ■ SPECIAL FEATURE—They will make a Recording | * In the Sunday School Hour. \ . ONE SERVICE REVIVAL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE North ?th A Marshall Sts. * ' *. DecStur, Ind. ■

Eccentric Widow Slain In Chicago Neighbors Recall Fearful Stories Chicago, May Id. —(UPI Police said today that any similarity existing between the murderous •'ghost" who stalked an eccentric widow and the person who ' strangled her was strictly a coincidence. "We don't believe In ghosts," said police Sgt. Lester Dreyer. "We figure It was Just a prowler searching for the big money she used to brag about.** They found Mrs. Carrie Hallberg. 79. murdered yesterday In her west aide apartment. She had been dead two days. The apartment, furnished in the bric-a-brac of the 1890 s. had been ransacked. Mrs. Hallbergs hands were chained behind her back and she had been strangled In Jnst the manner she had predicted. But even In death Mrs. Hallberg tailed to convince police and neighbors of the existence of the murderous "Lester Smith” of whom she had babbled for five years. She bad told them that "Lester Smith" was following her and “wants to strangle me.” "I'm the only one who knows him." she would say when they questioned her about him. "But he exists, oh yes.” Iler fearful stories began shortly after the death of her husband. The neighbors humored her, but scoffed privately at her stories Just an eccentric woman imagtn-' Ing things, they said By coincidence police said they | had found a "Lester Smith" living' in the same neighborhood. Smith.' a 50-year-old retired motorman. i told authorities he didn't even know Mrs. Hallberg. Police said | they believed him. hut would give him a lie detector test today just' to make sure. Neighbors told police that Mrs Hallberg had liked to hoast to strangers on the street that she ; had thousands of dollars hidden away In her home. Neighborhood gossip was that Mrs. Hallberg' regularly kept 125,000 to 130,000 In her apartment. Police said the ransacked apartment gave no hint of whether that was true. Her bank accounts disclosed deposits totalling |l2.(>otf in two banks. She owned the! building in which she lived alone.. Authorities said a search would' be launched today for extensive | investment holdings reportedly held by Mrs. Hallberg in a safe deposit box. Mrs. Hallberg once had reported "Letter Smith” to police. "He had been following me." she told them. "He says he is going to break into my apartment and rob me.” They checked and found nothing to support her story. A few days ago Mrs. Hallberg told her beat friend. Mrs. Martha

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Musicians To Play And Sing pn — I 4r The Musical Messengers, comfiosed of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ratliff and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jester, talented musicians and singers, will sing and play In the morning services. May 18 at the local Church of the Naxarene. located at the corner of North 7th and Marshall streets, it was announced today by the local pastor. Rev. J. T. Trueax. A special feature In the Bunday school hour will be the making of a recording of the Sunday school children and also the Musical Messengers This recording will he given to the one having the most people to come to Sunday school for them The public is invited and the Messengers will sing only in the two morning services. 9:30 a. m. and 10:30 a. tn.

Johnson, that she had seen "Lester Smith " again. "He is going to break into my house and strangle me,” Mrs. Johnson scoffed and Mrs. Hallberg left In anger. That was the last time Mrs. Johnson saw her alive. She was found in the living room of her apartment by the postman who investigated when he saw the door ajar. A towel had been shoved into her mouth. Her body was wet. as though her slayer had sought to revive her. 0 Negro Lawyer Slays Two In Washington Angered At Flunking On Bar Examination Washington. May 16— (l'P» — A negro attorney who flunked his bar examination killed two persons and wounded two others today before he was shot and captnred by police. , ♦ The negro. Dan Williams, started bis shooting rampage In ait fffflce' of the third floor of the municipal court building and continued It on a busy street Intersection as he fled from pursuers. He is under police guard at Galllnger hospital with two bul let wounds. The dead are Ray Devendorf clerk In the office of George Dalzell, head of the grievance committee of the District of Columbia bar association, and Pvt. Hubert W. Estes, Washington policeman. Wounded in addition to Williams were Dalzell and Cecil A. Claig. a municipal court guard. Williams. 28 or 30. went to Dalzell's office after flunking his i bar examination and demanded i return of his fee. Suddenly he whipped out a 38- ! calibre pistol and started shooti ing. Devendorf was killed in- ■ stantly with a shot through the , head. Dalzell, 'woundeA, ran into an [ adjacent room and collapsed on a chair. "That damned Williams.*’ Dalzell gasped. 'He came in and tried to get his money back | Then he shot me.” Dalzell was not believed ser- | iously hurt. He is 68. ■ Williams ran into the law I office of Perry W. Howard, also | a negro, and said he wanted legal advice. Told by a clerk that \ Howard was out. he went to an elevator In the corridor and j started pushing the down button While waiting for the elevator. he re-loaded his gun. Outside the building, he was confronted by Estes and Claig. Estes shot the negro twice and then fell dead with five bullets in his stomach. Claig also was wounded, appai ently not seriously. o Where Men Are Tall Amarillo. Tex. — (UP) — An ancient ordinance still In effect in Amarillo In tailor-made for tall TeXans. H requires anyone owning trees to keep the li/wer branches trimmed to at least seven feet above the sidewalk or be subject to a 610 fine. NEW COAL (Contlnuyd From Fage On*) vented at the wage conference. This group has offered to bar gain with Lewis separately, but he has not yet replied. Both g«'..im»ent and industry sources beiievtd there was a good chance for at least a part of the industry to conclude a contract with Lewis before July

I—when the government returns the mines to private operation. Lewis' demands arc expected to include the following: An Increase of 23 cents an hour in pay: a reduction of the work week from 54 to 40 hours: a 10-cent-a-ton royalty to go into tile union's welfare fund, which now receives a five-rent royalty; adoption by the industry of the federal mine safety code, and unionization of mine foremen. Botii sides have agreed not to make any statements about the status of the negotiations without the consent of the other. Joint statements will probably be Issued during the first few days. ■ — ———o— DEMANDS ACTION IN (Continued From Page One) great damage and financial loss to the owners of said real estate; that it Is estimated that the damage and loss annually Is more than sufficient to pay the cost of the drainage." The- report asked for authority from Judge- Kister to start Injunction proceedings against the Ohio drainage, until such time as an outlet may be established In Indiana, which would care for the water collected and deposited 1»y the proposed drain. Judge Kister did not grant the authority, but ordered the commissioner to make a careful investigation of the Ohio drain and to report back at the earliest possible time. Commissioner Teeters was present in court this morning to file his current report. Attorneys John L. DeVoss. Decatur, and Roscoe D. Wheat, Portland, who represent the petitioners, also were* in court. o —— SCULPTURE WORK (Continued From Page One) critics throughout the* nation are plentiful concerning hit Work. Typical are: "What separates David Smith sharply from the mass of derivative sculptors is that he has

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succeeded in Integrating the lessons of the cubists and the surrealists with a new content, producing thereby a new style” — Magazine of Art. " honest, spare, elliptical, deeply penetrating form of statement requiring study, — marvelous craftsman, — anatomist who can get bare lM>nes.” — Ne» Yorker. stylized and formal yet completely literary In content —" — New York World • Telegram. "Mr. Smith ehows extraordinary imagination - the gift of fantasy -a gift which Is laely carried over Into sculpture with such meticulous skill” — New York Herald -Tribune. These- and many more, including the declaration that he is "already the best sculptor In America’’ by Milton Brown of the Magazine of

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Art. are Included in a phamghlet pi spared for the exhibit. ‘ Appropriately enough the cover photo depicts hie “cockfight, 1941” —a metal creaton almost beyond comprehension of the neophyte. IxM-al people will rememlter when the artist visited here saveral years ago at the time of his father's death — some when he

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