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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Indiana
Sunshine

Charles Alexander of Bloomington
was late for date" ut his "Shebas
home at Columbus. He stepped on the
gas until an officer stepped on him.
The accommodating court set his APP
pearance Jan. Il, when, Charlie eX
planned to the court, he will return
anyway, to attend a dance.
Audrey and Delbert Beck. BurHng-
ton, Carroll county, have a unique rec
ord for Sunday school attendance. Del
bert has missed only four Sunday
school classes In the last twenty years
and his sister only one in fourteen
years.
For the first time in forty years
the office Of Grant county recorder is
filled by a Democrat. Arthur Green,
who succeeded Austin d. Hunt Jan. !.
Green was elected by one of the larg-
est majorities. 2,912 votes.l ever re-
ceived by a county official
$50
The first firebox pulled in Marion
in 1924 was No. 10, which came in at
1913 New Years morning. The fire
men are still discussing whether it
is a bad or good omen for the coming
year. They all agree, however, they
got an early start.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
In Moderation
BY BERTON BRALEY

by bERItlN BhALE4
I'm fond of the winter, I like the
brisk weather.
It fills all my being with vim and
with pep;
1t makes my heart light as the usual
feather,
1t gives a brave swagger and Tilt
to my step.
The beautiful snow has my warm
appreciation,
When falling it's lovely indeed to
behold; go.
The winters a season deserving Iau-
dalton,
Except when it's terribly c-c-c-cold!
I'm fond of the winter, my appetite's
bigger
For chops and for steaks and for
fiapjacks and pie,
Which give to my blood an unusual
vigor,
A glow to my cheek and a CLEAN to
my eye;
But, oh, when the mercury steadily
fingers
Way down below zero. I growl and
l ScOld,
When frozen my nose is, my toes
and my fingers,
I'd rather it wasn't so c-c-c-cold.
I'm fond Of the winter. but when the
blizzard
Sits snow through each crevice
and crack-when the storm
Brings chills to my heart and my
lungs and my giZZarG
And nothing viii keep any domi-
Gle warm.
When | and my batteries freeze in
the fiivYer,
And when, though in seventeen
blankets I'm rolled,
lie in my bed and do nothing but
shiver;
l find 1t gosh awfully c-c-c-cold!
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
SIM
= Il Says

RI OAfATO canning increased in
III 1923. Something should be
= done. This is cruelty to
boarders.
The 1923 prune crop was short. so
that helps boarders some.
Railroads maze money last year
This, however, Is not news to people
who bought tickets.
Pig iron broke all records in 1923.
The industry has grown so big it
should be called hog iron.
The demand for locomotives is in
creasing. Why don't auto drivers look
and listen at the crossingsf
Cigar smoking increased only per
cent in 1923, there being so few polid-
cal campaigns.
Cigarette consumption increased last
year. the word Consumption" hav-
ing an excellent meaning.
CneWlng toDdCCO zen on IN 1870,
maybe because sidewalks are getting
too wide to spit across.
The manufacture Of smoking to-
bacco declined last year. We knew
that. Nobody seemed to have any.
Crude oil production broke all rec
ords in 1923. The same is true OF
crude movie production.
Last year $40 bank failures were
reported Besides this many chill
drens banks failed Christmas.
There was Il tremendous fruit crop
for 1928. We tell you because prices
forgot to mention IT.
Shoe production increased last
year but emergency gasoline tanks
may soon cut this gain.
Building booms boosted the lum-
Der trade last year. even presidential
timber being plentiful.
Fur business was good in 1928. All
domestic pelts sold They come from
skinned husbands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Wrong Number

A little boy called up mis- daddy,
a well known broker, and TO make
sure It was conversing with the
right person asked: Who's this?"
1.-The smartest man In town." said
the broker, ready for a little fun with
his young hopeful
Obi said the latter. II must have
the wrong number.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Retrospect
lAIexandria Times Trbunel

alexandria Times Tribunel
People should ask themselves what
they accomplished in the previous
twelve months. What did they do to
improve their own equipment for
life, to rise to better attainment. 70
achieve things for their community
and their country? II New Years day
cannot bring some sense OF positive
gain in the past year. there Is some
thing radically wrong about a per
sons life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Romance

Margaret Birch, 80, London school
teacher is on her way to South Pa
cific island, travelling $500 miles to
marry the man she loves. The island
is far out of the beaten track, so far
from San Francisco she travels 5000
miles by freighter. a twenty eight-day
trip.
Here are romance, faith hope. de
votion, love. Margaret's long trip is
symbolic of that most important ven
ture in life-marriage. Thereafter, all
other things are incidental.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
What Editors
Are Saying
Organizing
CNoblesville Ledger

The farmers Of Indiana are pro
posing TO organize more sales or
carnations, and this is we'll For
example, the market reports Of the
last two or three days show that on
the days when the stock market was
crowded the prices fell ard on the
lays when there was a shortage the
prices were high. One trouble with
the farmers market IS that the farm
ers are too much in competition with
each other, when there should be CO.
operation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Animal Facts

No deer wearing the coat he grows
in the fall can drown. Every hair
contains an air cell. and, when they
are an inch long, he carries enough
atmosphere into the water TO float
him.
Winter being here the weasel with
his coat OF white Is now ermIne.
Put under microscope, . chunk 81
soft coal that has been cut horixonp
tally so as TO have a fat side and
magnify It ten times. and you can.
plainly see the twigs. bark and tres
waste from which nature built up thie
fuel millions of years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Heard in the Smoking Room

81 stuck to it for ten minutes, and
gave 1t up.
"'Hee. heeI crows Tommy, it's a
wooden cigar store Indian! Hee, hee"
"fsee. here, young smartie, says I.
o. K. as to eyes and legs but how
about jumping as high as the Ferry
building? got,ye. sonI' f"
:. Ferry building can't jumpi Ha,
a1er11k Il heel vi got nothtr.s Dadi =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
NOT
CHANGE IN
COUNTIES
Manager Plan Urged Ex-
tended Beyond Cities as
Best Government.
By HERBERT QUICK

wv HEN Senator Smoot comes out
WI for anything really meritori-
G Gus, 1t always gives me ex-
traordinary pleasure to agree with
him. He is quoted as standing for a
change in the manner in which the
city of Washington is run He wants
a general manager to combine the
work of the superintendent of build
ings, the general supply committee
and other agencies We shall have
to wait until he brings his plan out
where we can study 1t; out it looks
like the city manager plan-and as
such 1t promises on the face of it to
be a good thing.
Washington has a commission form
of government, Of a sort-and rather
good one. But the old commission
form Of government which we wei
coined ST. enthusiastically years ago
is now as obsolete as was the preced-
ing mayor ahd-city council plan. OF
course, many cities have one or the
other Of the old plans, but that is
merely because they are mossback
cities. The city manager is the thing
now.
Stealing Easiest Thing
We used to think we had to have
our authority divided so nobody could
steal. We found this division of au-
thority paralyzed our city govern
ments so stealing was the easiest
thing they found to do. Put all your
authority In one basket and watch
Z = IL.
And why not have county manag
ers, as we'll as city managers?
Our local governments tax us and
ought to serve US. They forget the
last part of this in their zeal for the
first. County governments, even
where they are honest, are the most
inefficient we have. They are almost
a total loss almost everywhere. But
we might have our county board-it
Is called by different names In differ
ent States-merely a board to pass
resolutions. to authorize or forbid
things to be done. 1t is the county
legislature. Legislatures are always
NUTS when it comes to carrying out
their own laws-from Congress to the
smallest village council.
Manager Names Officers
The county board would not meet
often. 1t would cost little. Let It be
authorized to choose a county man
ager. Let the county manager APP
point bookkeepers and division men to
take the place of the county treas
urer, the county auditor. the clerk.
the sheriff. Have no other county of
ficers. Let the county manager run
the county as unit Hold him TO
responsibility. Hire him to think for
the county. Go 10 the end of the
country to get the best man you could
pay for. and give him an adequate
salary for working all the time for
the county.
Wouldn't you see an Improvement
in roa Is, in the conduct of the book
keeping and disbursing Offices ali
along he line? You would. You
wouldn't know the old county in
few years. ana the good work would
cost far less than the poor work deos
now. The cities have led the way.
Let's begin a reform of county gov
eminent. The Lord knows 1t needs
It,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Dads Soup

Say, do you call this bean soup?"
1.-THE cook does
why, the bean in this soup isn't
big enough to flavor it,"
"She isn't supposed to flavor it,
She is just supposed to chr1sten it,
Nebraska Awgwan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

dr. boy" said the San Fran
lMl ciscan, has reached the
I'LL smart period in his school
ing and develops his mind by max
ing me fall for gags puzzles and
such.
Dad says Tommy, the other eve
ming, what animal has eyes, but
can't see, and legs what can't walk
but can jump as high a. the Ferry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Family Fun
Rough Idea

"Of course, dear, it's only rough
idea Of mine But do you think 1t is
possible that there's such a thing as
a printers error in that cookery man
ual of yours? "-London Opinion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

WITHSTAND
FAITH WARS
Nothing New in Present Storm
Which Threatens to Dis
rupt Churches,

W. II. Porterfeld of The Times Wash
ington staff has made it lifelong hobby
to study religion and people. He ia a stu
dent of the Bible and has read widely on
the growth of Christianity He is particu-
lsrly well qualified to discuss the present
controversy between the modernists and the
fundamentalists in the church This Is the
second of five articles by Porterfield on the
subject.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Ma Informs Pa

THE Bible says there will be no
marrying in heaven. I wonder why?"
II don't know, unless it's because
there won't be enough men TO go
around. Detroit News.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Editors Mail

The editor Ia willing to print views
Of Times readers on interesting sub
lects. Make your comment brief
Sign your name as an evidence Of
good faith It viii not be printed
II you object.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
How are Chinese prnroses and

How are Chinese prrnroses and
geraniums grown in order to In
sure winter blooming?
Chinese primroses require ordinary
treatment. plenty of sunshine and fire.
quent watering Frequent spraying
OF the foliage with water IS helpful
in that II counteracts the dry atmos-
phere prevents attacks of red spiders,
and so prolongs the life Of the leaves.
which soon drop of II the air Is too
dry. Geraniums in order to have them
bloom in winter should be started
from cuttings in the late summer.
The old plants will not bloom during
the winter. They should be planted
in small pots with ample drainage.
watered regularly but not excessively,
and given a. moderate amount Of sun.
light.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
BY w. H. PoRTERFIELD.

IT HE contest between the Punda-
mentalists or conservatives and
- the mOdernists or liberals, as
indicated in the last article, has been
age long.
There is nothing new whatever in
the present storm which is threaten
ing to disrupt three or four leading
church denominations In the western
world
For thousands of years at least, the
storms raised by theologians have
riven the rocks of faith. yet so strange
and wonderful is the faith Of man in
the eternal verities each cyclone has
passed and cleared the way for the
progress Of the race
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

NOW that General Woods has admitted making $780,
900 playing Wall Street from the Philippines collectors
sharpening their pencils.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

What State has the greatest
mileage or surfaced roads?
Indiana. which has 90.S57 miles Of
surfaced roads. Ohio, with 26.06T
miles Of surfaced roads. stands sec
ond The figures are for Jan. l. 1922.
however.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

ANOTHER passing shipping board chairman ur
the and quit Keeping that job about
keeping hired girls in the kitchen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
A Thought

Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom; and with all thy
getting get understanding Al.
Tut to know
| 81 That which before us lies in
14 daily life,
Is the prime INSTRUMENTATION.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

SMARTER with Q. So Here one thing Too many
people busy mendg other peoples morals and mndng
other peoples business that they haven't
morals mind their business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

IF Henry Ford Muscle Shoals aluminium in
stead of fertilizer the farmers get by selling
and going back to horses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

If BOTH groups of American expoiters Mexico would
only get together and perfectly industries
they shoot revolutions everybody concerned would be
4hnr inhn Make -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

SOMEBODY is always taking the joy out of joy. Now it's
the bureau which reductions this
years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Q U e S T I o N S
Ask The Times
"A N s w E R S

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or Internationally writing
to the indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave, Wash
ington, d. c.. inclosing 2 cents in
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are confden-
tial.--Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

TESTIMONY of great oft reminds how easily they
forget important details of their business as they are
called before Government investigating committees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
No Trap for Tommy

The teacher had been trying to in
culcate the principles Of the Golden
Rule and e-other=cheek.
Now, Tommy" she asked, what
would you do supposing a boy struck
your
How big a boy are you suppos-
ing?" demanded Tommy.--Amerfca
Legion Weekly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
TREE PLANTING URGED

HANDICAP of yesterday but need of today That gives
~ in nutshell the history of Indiana history
TO which thoughtful and more turning
their attention.
Hoosier pioneers log cabin days can tell YOU
tree those days often enemy cult
vator OF the soil faced with need of cutting ruth
lessy burning timber and limbs for till
ing his crops.
Forestry officials say supply of lumber and
lumber products will be exhausted in forty years.
The United States fyseven billions of lumber
every year.
The Take glance about you now
and you will discover wood is used m more
ways than you had known.
Fire losses last year the greatest history the
Nation 1t takes hundred years grow tree destroys it
in that many minutes
PLANT TREESq That would be worthy motto for Indiana
unused farm lands, highways and in cities.
TESTIMONY of great reminds us how easily they
forget important details of business as soon as they are
NOW Woods son has admitted making $780,
playing Wall Philippines the tax collectors
are sharpening their pencils.
Henry Ford Muscle Shoals to make aluminium in
of fertilizer the farmers get by selling vver
and going back to horses.
SOMEBODY is always taking the JOY out of low Now it's
the bureau which says this
years taxes
ANOTHER passing shipping chairman has thrown ur
sponge and quit Keeping job about as hard
as keeping hired girls in the kitchen.
SMARTER with the o. So Here's one thing: Too many
people busy mendg other peoples morals and mindng
other peoples business that they haven't
morals mind their business.
If BOTH groups of American expoter Mexico would
only get together and invest perfectly fde industries the
they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

Where was Napoleon Bonaparte
buried after his death2 Was he
reburied? If so, where and for
what reason?
He was first buried on the Island Ct
st. Helena, but in 1870 his remains
We're removed to their present burial
place under the dome of the Invalides,
Paris. The reason for this may. per-
haps, be found In the inscription
above the entrance to the crypt which
as follows: 81 desire that my ashes
shall rest on the banks Of the Seine,
in the midst of the French people that
I have loved so we'll"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

When were some of the oldest
colleges and universities In the
United States founded?
Harvard was founded in 1886; Yale
in 171S; Dartmouth was chartered in
1863; the College of New Jersey was
organized in 1916 and removed to
Princeton eleven years later; William
and Mary was founded in Virginia in
1898; Kings College, now Columbia
University, was chartered in 1854;
Brown University was established in
Rhode Island in 1864.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Destroy Old Shibboleths

Today DR.. Stickney Grant Of the
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
in New York. Henry Emerson Fosdicl
Of the First Presbyterian Church of
the same city, Or. Smaller Matthews
Of Chicago and q thousand other great
preachers and leaders of thought are
destroying old shibboleths. opening
new windows and doors Of discussion
as to the Bible, the nature of God
the nature of Christ. the theory of
the Virgin birth. immaculate concep-
ton, literal inspiration of the Bible
and a thousand lesser subjects, with
the result men are today giving more
thought to things Of the soul. proba-
bly,. than ever before in the history
of the world
And out Of all this discussion Wi
come a world. not of infidels and scot
fers. but Of men and women who will
know In whom and in what they be-
lieve
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Why did Grover Cleveland OPP

pose the annexation of Hawaii?
Because, in/his opinion. 1.-The revo-
luton in the island kingdom had been
accomplished by the improper use of
the armed forces of the United States
and that the wrong should be righted
by a restoration Of the queen to her
throne"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

PLANT TREES2 That would be a worthy motto for Indiana
unused farm lands highways and in cities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

The 1923 prune crop was short, so
that helps boarders some.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
MOther-in-LAw There

why don't you run your domestic
affairs on a business basis?"
"I tried that but my wife called in
her mother as budget director. -
Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

- OA1ATO canning increased in
1928 Something should be
done. This is cruelty to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

Railroads MADE money last year
This, however, Is not news to people
who bought tickets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Doctrine Wholly Subversive

Such a doctrine was wholly sub
verslve of the established principles
of the official church Of Israel and of
course they had to get rid of him,
which they did a few months later
But the church was the gamer. for
new ideas came in and mems faith
was widened and their concept Of God
enlarged and broadened and purified
Let any one look at the concept OF
God in the Book OF Judges and then
again at the concept Of Jesus. and he
will see how far mankind had
Travelled in less than a thousand years.
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04
Not First Modernist

DR. Stickney Grant is not the first
"modernist" and he viii not be the
last. Fifty years ago Henry Ward
Beecher and Josiah Strong OF Chi.
cago shocked the fundamentausts Of
their time by demanding religious
faith should somehow be linked with
character.
Before them came William Ellery
Claiming, founder Of Unitarianism,
who insisted on the same thing as
essential rathe- than some dogma con
corning the nature OF the Trinity.
Many people, even such a we'll
informed writer as RollIn Lynde Hart
In the Worlds Work still hold 10 the
idea the Puritan was the fundamental
list par excellence Such. Of course
is far from the truth. Many leading
Puritans. even Of the seventeenth cen
furry were advanced modernfsts. John
Robinson, himself, the father Of Con
gregatonausm. said: For believe
God has yet vastly more truth to re-
veal than He has revealed in His
wordr"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-04

Pig iron broke all records in 1923.
The industry has grown so big it
should be called hog iron.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-07
Forced To Remain in Bed

Carlisle, Illinois. -" During the
Change Of Life / suffered with Sc
we're nervousness and with disturb
ances Of the entire system. These
continued probably two years be-
fore began taking Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. could
do none of my work and was not
always able TO be up. For ten days
ut q time | was forced to remain in
bed with my hips propped higher
than my head and the pains were
terrible. The doctor helped some
but each time was forced to 20 over
the same suffering. ! had taken the
Vegetable Compound In 1910 after
my twins were born and II had
helped me so decided to try II
again. became better and gained
in strength. / have taken It for
about three years now but not
steadily. am able TO do my house,
work but / avoid all heavy lifting
and washing and ironing as know
am not strong enough yet. ] give
the Vegetable Compound to my
daughters and recommend 1t to my
friends. Mrs. LOUISA b. BRAND,
$50 Fairfax Street, Carlyle, III
In recent countrywide canvass
Of Lydia L. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
Compound, over 100, 900 replies were
received and 98 out Of every 100 re-
ported they had been benefited by
It's use. For sale by druggists every.
where. -Aa,,,,,,.o,n