Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1955 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday By THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO., INC. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Poet Office as Second Claes Matter Dick D. Heller President J. H. Heller - Vice-President Chas. Holthouse Secrotary-Treasurer Subscription Rates: By Mall in Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, |8.00; Six months, |4.25; 3 months, >2.25. By Mall, beyond Adams and Adjoining Counties: One year, $9.00; • months, $4.75: 3 months, >2.50. By Carrier: 25 cents per week. Single copies, 5 cents.

A 101-ye*r-old woman has just announced that the has lived such a long life by "minding her own business.” But think of the tuq* she has missed. 0 0 The stock boom seems to be over for the present as many / seem to be taking their profits and a vacation. We don't know much about it but no one ever went broke taking a profit and that’s what you can do on most any stocks right now. 0 Q Leaders in congress, both Democratic and Republican, now say they won't adjourn before about August 16 due to a big unfinished pile of biiin. That wilt shorten their vacations at the lakes and mountains but will give them a little more time to nail up their political fences. —o —e George Hensley of Altha, Florida tried to show his congregation he could pick up a rattlesnake in his arms without danger of being bitten by the poisonous reptile. It didn’t wort and the preacher died in a few hours, refusing medical treatment. Perhaps his faith was a little weak. 0 0 The smallest province in Europe. Monaco, is in trouble. Its chief income is its "take” at Monte Carlo and they say that gambling center is about to go Into bankruptcy. Prince Ranier Is putting his private fortune back of it Millions of tourists who considered it a lucky omen to bring . home a -check or two from the great hall will be disappointed if any thing happens to Monaco. —o Americans are funny people in regard to politics. When something like the recent Harry Lev case comes to the front they love to criticise and condemn different branches of the government. But come fall, and try to get some of them to work for their party, run for an office, attend party rallys, try to get better officials than the ones that allow these things to happen or even go to the polls, and then |t’s a different story.

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Adjectives are probably the most overworked things in this machine age, but it would be hard to find enough to suitably describe Walt Disney and his latest brainstorm, Disneyland. Mr. Disney refers to himself as only an overgrown kid. and maybe this is true to some extent, but if it holds true in reference to his business acumen, most tycoons should step down and let their children take over. 0 0 President Eisenhower has told the people of the United States they had no right to expect to settle the age old difficulties of the old world and the Western countries so quickly. The president says it will take years of patient and prayerful intelligence to keep alive the spark ignited at Geneva. Os course he is right about it. He realizes what a tremendous task it is to switch those who believe in Communism to those of free nations who believe in God. __o 0 Indiana spent six million dollars more than the state took in during the past fiscal year and it collected about $142 million dollars, according to a report filed by the director of the state budget. Most people seem to feel that the legislators and others who promoted this vast expenditure should have devoted more time and closer attention to saying an occasional dollar instead of trying to make a spending record. The difference came from the state s surplus, reducing it to 75.< millions. j ■ The experience of a New York state housewife of cooking her family’s breakfast over electricity generated by atomic energy ip proof positive that the “great destroyer” can be harnessed to give civilization the greatest upward boost since the Internal combustion engine. Oak Ridge authorities state that “seventyfive per cent of all atomic research is toward peaceful uses. It would be nice to know that mankind in general is big enough? to come up with something that could be used in war and instead use it as the lever to abolish wars.

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) 0 20 Years Ago Today o -i July 27—Mrs. Ralph Roop elected president of the American Legion auxiliary. Charles A. Dugan, president of the First State bank and former superintendent of the Deoatur public schools, died at his, home on Monroe street at 7:30 this morning. Governor McNutt refuses to call special session of the legislature unless forced to do so by enactment of a security pnogratn.,in congress. ■' Grant Strickler, 87, died last night at Willshire from pneumonia. Detroit Tigers push ahead of the New York Yankees by beating Cleveland 8 to 2, while the Yanks are losing to Washington Senators. 0 w Q Household Scrapbook j BY ROBERTA LEE 0 o Mildew on Linen Wet linen with soft water and rub it well with whit? soap. Then scrape some fine chalk into powder and rub well into the linen. Lay it out on the grass in sunshine, keeping -moist with soft water. Reading in Bed One should not read when lying down unless propped up sufficiently, so that the page is held at right angles to the line of vision. Watermelon If waxed paper is placed over a cut watermelon the melon krill keep fresh tor two or three days. 0 ■ Modern Etiquette I BY ROBERTA LEE I 0 , — ~• Q. Is it good manners for a girl to ask her escort for a cigarette? A, This is quite all right. An attentive escort should, of course make such a request unnecessary, but should he be forgetful enough, it is perfectly proper for the girt to make the request. Q. Should the hours always be definitely stated in the invitations to a child’s party* A. Yes. State them clearly, so

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE TIM STOOD staring down at his mother’s body, and the merciful, numbness broktb, and grief washed over him, great drowning waves of it. He lifted Joe in his arms and laid him on the bed, trying to cross the calloused hands decently on his breast, out of some old memory of what his people did at a time like this. Then, looking into the still face, he remembered that he and Joe had quarrelled. And with the realization that it was forever too late to take back the hard words he’d said, to tell his father how much he had loved him, he sank pnto his knees by the bed and buried his face in his hands, while his great chest and shoulders shook with dry, tearing sobs that brought no relief. At last the storm wore itself out, and he stood up. There was a job for the living to do. The man who was responsible for this—and there was no doubt in Tim’s mind who that was—was alive and free, and probably pleased with his night’s work, but he’d scored up a debt that was going to be paid to the last drop of blood. Tim had taken an oath to his dead. A few hours later, Tim was leaning across the desk of the sheriff s office in Sundown. His big fists gripped the wood as if they would tear it apart, and his eyes bored hotly into Lacey Parran’s heavy-jowled, faintly cynical face. “My father was murdered!” he drove the words savagely at the man behind the desk. "Shot in the back —with no more chance than you’d give a coyote! You got the nerve to sit there an’ tell me you’re not goin’ to do anything?” “Tim,” Lacey repeated with weary patience, “your father was a fine man. I’m sorry. about this. And if you’ll give me 'Any kind of proof of who shot him, I’ll do my duty. But what have" you given me so far? You didn’t see anyboay—you didn’t find anything. Anybody could have done it——” r_ “Proof?” Tim fairly snarled at him. "What proof do you need? Who’d have wanted him dead except Rob Mallory? Who else would have any reason to? Who else did he ever have any trouble with?” « "No jury’d hang a man on no tnore’n that," Lacey repeated. “And if you’ll take an old man’s advice, son, you won’t go throwing charges like that around"’lesa you can back ’em up. You might get yourself in a peck o’ trouble—" Tim flung away from the desk. “1 shoulda known better than to come to you. Even if 1 had proof, you wouldn’t listen. You're Mallory’s sheriff, aren’t you? What de you care about a two-bit nester? Well, 1 guess we know where we stand now. Law!" he spat the word. "If we waited for the law to do anything, 1 reckon we could all be shot down in our own houses. All right, we don’t need you. 1 reckon we can kill our own snakes.” The crash es the door as it

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that the parents will know when 1 11 e chi•<?ren__sho u 1 d go and at what tour they should send for them. Q. Would it be all right for the sister of a bride-elect to give a party for her, or would that imply that gifts are expected? A. This is all right if it is emphasized that the party is not to be a shower. Or, give the party iu the evening and invite men, too. Angola Youth Killed In Car-Truck Crash ANGOLA, Ind. (INS) —John Morris. 15, of Angola, was killed Tuesday night in a car-truck collision two miles west of Pleasant Lake on Ind. 727 in Steuben county. Morris was killed when a truck driven by Glen J. Favorite, 48, of Pleasant Lake, was struck by a car driven by Jack A. Miller, 16, of Angola.

slammed behind him snook the rickety building and/drowned out the sheriff’s parting words, “Son, don’t you go .doin’ anything foolish —" Lacey sank back in his chair, a heavy, tired, middle-aged man who wasn’t at all happy about the way tilings were going. He was an honest man according to his own lights—as honest as a politician who lived by his wits could afford to be. He’d been sheriff for ten years, and being sheriff in Mescalero County meant staying on the right side of Rob Mallory and Broken Spur. Not that Rob had wanted much of him—only to go easy on that wild fosterson of his, or look the other way *when Broken Spur men in town on a jag got a little out of hand. Murder was something else. Lacey had an open mind on the question of Rob’s guilt—except that he was sure, if Tim was right, he’d never find the proof he demanded. Rob was too smart to leave a trait _ So he wouldn’t have the problem of deciding whether to try to arrest him. But these nesters were changing the picture of things in the county. Their muggers were increasing—and if they didn’t have money, they had votea If it came to actual fighting between them and Broken Spur, it might not be possible to go on straddling the fence. Maybe trouble could be staved off yet, if it weren’t for that hothead, Tim Larrabee. If only the young idiot would do something to justify locking him up until he cooled off . . . “Tim’s first stop after leaving the sheriff's office was at the undertaker’s, to make arrangements about Joe and Molly. His second was at the hardware store, where he bought a Colt .45, a gun-belt and a supply of cartridges. His story had travelled ahead of him, and the storekeeper, who had been a friend of Joe’s, handed over his purchase with a sympatlue caution, “Watch your step, son.” Tim buckled the unaccustomed weight about his hips, and stepped out into the street He hadn’t had any definite plan in mind, but liicfi was with him—or against him, as the event might prove. As he stood looking up and down the dusty street, a tall, highstepping black stallion rode up to the hitching rack of the Last Chance, and the rider swung down. "Turn around, Mallory!" Tim's shout lashed across the small noises of the street, cutting them off to stunned silence. “Turn around ana reach for your gun!” Rob turned. To Tim’s eyes, the handsome hawk face seemed to wear a smile of gloating mockery. It goaded him to a spate of words. “I’m givin’ you more chance than you gave Dad! You don’t deserve it—l oughta shoot you down in the back like you did him. A fair sight’s too good for your kind —but I’m givin’ it to you. He almost sobbed, "Reach, you hear 'me?”

Court News Marriage Licece William D. Simon, 19, Berne route one. and Marjorie Neuenschwander. 20, Berne route two. Motion to Dismiss A motion to dismiss a divorce complaint has been filed by the plaintiff in the case of Esther Ixmgerbone against William H. Longerbone. Change of Venue In the divorce case of Max Ellen Wagner against Wayne Russel Wagner, the defendant has filed an affidavit for change of venue from the county. Under Advisement After three days of hearing on the petition for writ of habeas corpus by Thomas Lehman against Abraham and Rachel Lehman, the evidence has been submitted and the court has taken the matter under advisement. The plaintiff

“Somebody shot your father last mgjit?” “Like you didn't know!" - “I didn’t." “Then bow'd you know it was last night?" “It must’ve been," Rob’s voice was almost gentle, “or you’d-’ve come gunning for me before now. Only I didn’t do it/ A dozen men can tell you 1 was in town all last night," •Then it was one o’ your hired hands! Maybe you wouldn’t dirty your hands on a little job like killin’ a nester—but you don’t get out of it that way! Reach! I’m not tellin’ you again!” Tim’s right hand clawed wildly at the butt of the Colt. The only gun he had ever handled was his father’s old shotgun. He wasn’t familiar with handguns, and he knew nothing of the lightning draw that fills a man's hand m a matter of split seconds. Slowly, awkwardly, the Colt came clear of the leather and rose to take aim. . There was a report, the impact of a bullet strking metal, a thud as the gun hit the dirt—and Tim was left staring dazedly at his empty hand. “Kid,!’ Rob told him quietly, "before you try to pull a gun on : a pian again, you’d better learn . how. If I’d wanted to, I could’ve plugged you six times while you I were still reaching." “Well, why didn’t you?" Tim , demanded bitterly. “You’d a’ had ' plenty o’ witnesses it was self- . defense. Or do you like all your killin's to be from behind?” Before Rob could reply, Lacey ! Parran had come striding up the ’ street. He kicked the fallen gun ’ aside and clamped a heavy hand J on Tim’s wrist. • "Tim, you’re under arrest for , disturbin’ the peace.” 5 “I’m making no complaint, ’ Lacey. The boy’s out of his head 1 right now. He doesn’t know what 3 he’s doing—" , “I'm not takin’ favors from you, ’ Rob Mallory," Tim broke in. “I’ll f go with you. Sheriff.” Lacey looked c to Rob. The handsome mask was. detached and inscrutable. With a 1 gesture of dismissal) he turned ■ away and pushed through the 1 swinging doors of the Last Chance. 1 “Well,” Tim rasped, "what you - waitin’ for? Come on, take me to ’ jail!” 1 Someone in the crowd let out a • nervous titter of released tension, s Lacey felt he'd been made .t»-laok 1 like a fool, and his face colored a i dull red as he flung the young i nester’s arm out of his grasp. “If Rob won’t make a coms plaint,” he muttered, “I reckon J j gotta let you go. But get outs . town —an’ don’t show your face . here again till you get some 9 sense,” he added disgustedly. Tim stooped to retrieve his gun i Equally indifferent to the curiosity, l the sympathy, or the amusement 1 that he might have read in the - faces of the bystanders, he got his • horse and rode out of town. l To Bo Continued J

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Hours Are Changed At Red Cross Office Office hours of the Adams county Red Cross from now until Aug. 8 will be 12:30 to 4 p.m. It .»»> announced today. The office will be closed all day Thursday and Saturday. <33 Mrs. Hersel Nash will have. w charge of tl»e office in the absence* of Mrs. Wanda Oelberg. executive secretary of the local Red Cross.