Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1911 — Page 2

DAILY DEM O C R AJT PubllthMl Every Evening, Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subecriptlen Rate* Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Moat*, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mall »2.50 Single Coptea 2 cents Advertiaiag rates made known on application. Metered at the postoffice in Decatur, faiiliana. as second-class mail. ’'To beets, or not to beets," is the most interesting subject under consideration just now, and the suspense is reaching that stage where someone should know soon which. Many of us miss the joys that might -be ours by keeping our eyes fixed 6n those of other people. No one can enjoy his own opportunities for happiness while he is envious ot' another's. We lose a great deal of the joy of living by not cheerfully accepting the small pleasures that come to us everyday. Let us cultivate a public spirit and talk less and work more. Speak up. speak well, talk encouragingly of our town and its bright prospects, it is these many little considerations that makes a town grow-. Nature has showered upon us her choicest blessings, and with perfect unity and effort for the good of our common cause, great will be the result. i The name of Clav Metzger of Plv- • mouth is being mentioned for the place of lieutenant governor on the democratic ticket next year. He is a worthy gentleman, with years of experience in the newspaper work, politics, well informed, and a man who would serve in the position with credit. He served as president of the Northern Indiana Editorial association, and has many friends over the state who will be glad to “get behind" his boom when the time comes The returns from Maine as now officially reported give the prohibition cause a victory by but little over two hundred. It s close and shows a wonderful division of opinion. During the campaign the argument was used that the larger cities have saloons the same as in other states, the smaller ones have their "blind pigs" and everybody who wants to, has his quantity of hard cider With such a con"•eneient arrangement, it rather appears that the result of this election makes but little difference. Just what use a law not enforced is, cannot be understood. It’s up to Maine to enforce her laws for two years and then hold an election if they want to.

YOU JUST OUGHT TO SEE the way the young fellows take to the snappy styles that we’re having made up for them this season. At the same time we’re taking good care of the older men of quieter taste. If you require up-to-the-minute tailoring at a moderate price, have us take your correct measure today. Suits To Order $lB. Up. i See Window Display The Myers-Dailey Co. Clothiers & Furnishers.

DOINGS IN SOCIETY — Mrs. Henry Lnkenau Entertains For Daughter—A ■ Birthday Surprise. ;'fOR MRS. MARTZ; j *iMrs. Harry Helm Entertains ‘I . ! ', in Honor of Birth Anm- ! versary—Other Notes. J i WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Shakespeare—Mrs. H. R. Molt-z. , Aid Silver Jubilee —German Reforni- , ed Church. Thursday. i Evangelical Aid —Mrs. Roy Baker. ; Needlecraft —Miss Celia Mayer. V. B. Aid—Mrs. Hayes. Friday. Mite Society—M. E. Church. I Christian Aid —Mrs. Minnie Daniels. Miss Mamie Harting gave a G o’clock dinner party for Miss Adeline Keller of Fort Wayne, guests being the Misses Alice Knapp and Genevieve Bremerkamp. Mrs. Henry Lankenau and daughter. Lulu, entertained at 6 ociock dinner Tuesday evening for their daughter and sister, Mrs. Herman Gerke. who has returned from the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, where she was oierated upon recently for appendicitis. Rev. Wehmeyer and family and Henry Gunsett and family were • other , guests. The Mite society of the M. E. church will meet Friday afternoon at the M. E. church. The ladies are arranging < to conduct a bazaar at the same time ’ that they give their annual New Eng land dinner, the latter part of October, and at the meeting Friday the committee will have the sewing ready to give out to the ladies. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan gave a 12 o’clock dinner party Sunday, the out-of-town guests being Mr. and Mrs. George Beers, Miss Ruth Beers and Mr. Dan Beers of Fort Wayne: Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison of Oaxaca. Mexico, and Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and Miss Winifred Ellingham of Indian apolis. During the afternoon a number of friends called and the day was spent in a delightful renewing of acquaintanceship. Mrs. Otto Kirsch was hostess Tuesday afternoon to the Ladies' Aid society of the German Reformed church, the day being the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organization. The regular business was carried out, and plans arranged for the formal celebration of the anniversary to be held at the church this evening, the program for which is given in another part of the paper. The -box offerings for the building fund were also received at this time, the total showing the sum of $70.95. About fifty were present and a very good social time was spent following the business period.

Mrs. Harry Helm most royally en i tertained the members of the Orient | club with a few other gueets at a party Tuesday evening, for her thirtieth birthday anniversary, which occurred t Monday. Other guests besides the ' club members were Mrs. H. S. Lachot, i Mrs. A. M. Anker, Mrs. E. H. Shoemaker, Mrs. George Steele, Mrs. Carrie Sutherland, Mrs. FTod Patterson, > Mrs. Joe Helm and Mrs. Lulu Sweringer. Two contests were interesting, one being questions answered with words beginning with ’'Miss.’’ and the other with abbreviations of names lof states. Mesdames H. S. Lachot and ! Charles Hower won the first prizes I and Mesdames Anker and Sutherland, , the boobies. A delicious luncheon in two courses came as a delightful cli-, max to the entertainment. The club | members gave to Mrs. Helm, with their very best wishes, a handsome cut-glass creamer and sugar bowl and the gifts also included china and other pretty things. At 8 o'clock tonight Daniel T. Brin j neman, ihe w»»» »„0v... .eal estate dealer, and Miss Elva Randall will be united in marriage by Rev. J. K. Cecil of Fort Wayne. The groom lei i ( Bluffton this morning in an au’omc bile, going to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Randall, near Craigvilk where the bride joined him for the trip to Fort Wayne. The wedding w; scheduled for September 20th, but M. Brinneman explained this morning that this was a means of eluding' his friends, who had promised him ar. old-fashioned belling. The bride is i life-long resident of Wells county and for several years has been employed in the telephone exchange at Craigville. She has scores of friends in the county. Mr. Brinneman is also well known to the people of Bluffton | and Wells county, having conducted one of tile leading real estate agencies i of this city for several years. Mr. , Brinneman has rented the Mosul - '* property on West Washington street and has furnished it for the reception , of his bride. —Bluffton Banner. i Today i* the sixty-ninth birthday an- J niversary of Mrs. Martz of Pleasant ( Mills, and her children and grandchildren are arranging to make the day the usual pleasant one for her. This evening they will prepare a baske. I supper and go to her home, spending the evening there. The party will include D. B. Erwin and family and ‘ Brice McMillen of this city and Asa and family of Pleasant Mills, . All members of the Evangelical Aid are requested to be at the meeting tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Roy Baker, on Jefferson street. ,' COURT HOUSE NEW ] CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE is paid and should be satisfied of record, and clerk is ordered to makei such satisfaction. R. C. Parrish 'vaappointed guardian ad litem for defaulting minor' defendants and filed answer. — — i The Fort Wayne Rolling Mills Co., t vs. Albert A. Butler et al., jii account,) 1 $1.50; set for trial October 3rd. I t Martin Miller vs. Dallas Butler et I al., suit on note and foreclosr’-e oi t mortgage, SI2OO. Rule to answer ab- t solute in five days. i i Chester A. Hitesman vs. Albert W. I Garard, on note, demand, S4OO. Ap- f pearance by Beatty for defendant who ' i is ruled to answer. t f Real estate transfers: Emerson f A. Beavers to William Shamerloh, 10l c 597, Decatur, $2500. s c O. N. Tyndall, guardian of Carry' t May Hunter et al., filed report, which r was allowed, and the guardian dis c charged. f i A petition for a nunc pro tunc entry r in the Isaac Brandyberry estate was 1 filed by Dennis Brandyberry In order 1 that a description of land might be ] corrected and the entry made to set 1 off the property to the widow, Eliza- < beth Brandyberry. ( l POLICE COURT NEWS. A little incident in which a drunken j man residing in the southeast part of. ’ the city frightened a couple of girls I Tuesday night was witnessed by the police. He was on his way home and , < the officers happened to be near when t he attempted to pass the girls, who,! s becoming frightened at big actions. ’ ran. He did not intend any assault. t however, he taking the middle of the ' street, in order to give them plenty I of room to pass. He being on his way I < home no arrest was made. He was 1 told, however, that the offense should i not be repeated. i — | MAINE STILL DRY. t (United Press Service.) Portland, Maine. Sept. 13—The lat- : est revised returns on the question of ■ ] the repeal of the constitutional pro- < hibition at noon today was that pro- 1 hibitlon won by 521 votes. v

THE CONTEST ENDS The Missing Word Contest Ended With Examina- , tion of Ballots Today. OF GREAT INTEREST I And Prizes Aggregating Thirty Dollars Have Been Distributed. The last prize of the missing word contest was awarded this Boon to Mrs. R. E. Bennett of Route 11. she having had the first correct solution to the contest which was omitted in the issue of Monday. During the sixty days that the contest has been running there has been great interest shown by the many who participated and at times over two hundred answers to a i single contest was received. In almost all cases the prizes have gone to pet sons who are over eighteen and the interest shown by the grown-ups, as well as the children, was surprising Several good, big rewards were had during the contest, once the prizes aggregating five dollars, other times to two and three dollars. Through the entire time there has been no lull in the interest shown and each day there were a inrge number of answers to be examined. No effort was made to take out words which could not be detected, but several times ‘he con testants entirely overlooked the easy words which were purposely left out. The words omitted in the last issue of the contest were “Rice." from Lachot & Rice; “Reppert,” from Walters & Reppert, it being purposely made very easy, so that you would be sure to get the last prize. Several correct answers were received on this last contest, but Mrs. Bennett was lucky in having her answer found first. HE TRIED OTHERS “Davis” Also Wanted to Borrow Money of Dan Erwin—He Offered TO PUT UP WATCH Deputy Sheriff Caught Site of Similar Looking Man Going South. That the fellow named Davis," who worked the Bluffton mayor for an eight-dollar loan on a "turnip" watch Monday, and who also tried a similar game Tuesday on John Schurger oi , this city, without success, struck hard row of stumps in this city, was further evidenced by the fact that he also called at the Dan Erwin office j in this city and was met with a polite | refusal, but firm rebuffal there also, i He called about 10 o'clock at the otfice and gave Jiis name as Davis, stat- ; ing that his father knew the Erwin | boys well, and that they also knew his I father, making the statement si ; frankly that Mr. Erwin was about hall convinced that he did know him. He j stated that his father lived northeast i of town, and asked Mr. Erwin to loan | him ten dollars until 3 o’clock that aft- . ernoon, as he wanted to close a horse I deal. He offered to leave the horse for security, or, he stated, pulling out | a shiny, new-looking “gold" watch, "I will leave this here for security.” Mr. 1 Erwin told him he had no money to I loan, and the fellow seemed disappointed. About an hour afterward Mr. Erwin saw the fellow standing on the corner of Second and Monroe streets, and again, when he went home for dinner, he passed him about noon on Jackson street. He was about forty years of age, had a black mustache wore a suit of grey clothes, with a broad-rimmed and high-crowned hat Deputy Sheriff Merica following a clue Tuesday afternoon hastened to the G. R. & I. railroad, just as the southbound 1:11 train, which was late, was pulling out, and caught sight of a man answering the description of “Davis” getting on, but was unable to get him before the train pulled out. He telephoned to Portland and towns south, but has as yet received no word from the officials there. He is in all probability the man wanted at Bluffton for working his grafts there. Miss Kynt Voglewede is taking the place of Miss Vada Martin in the office. of the Coyle Filler company, while Miss Martin is taking a two weeks’ vacation.

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- . . ■» ■" ■" nr !!—■■ II- |j— — I H SIGNS FOR THE FAIR Just received a roll of sign cloth, and will be able JJ to give you anything in signs. Decatur Carriage Works , Corner Ist. and Madison st. W D Porter Prop ; HEJEI ■ < "v i ■ W EtJSSSEfe J I THE home of i ty Qa^y roceries ! 5 m !E3t£JD We Wish To Thank You j Foi your patronage. We have just closed our 12th i successful year in the grocery business each year a i winner over the preceding one. Still in business and | courtesj with our patrons has won us a reputation and brought us success. We make it a strong point j to gi\ e you all that is due you and get ad that is due If that is fair we solict your patronage to make this year the best yet Very Truly Yours Hower and Hower.

! Dr. C. V. Connell — < VETERNARIAN Plrnne office 148 £ none Residence 102