Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 239, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1911 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT J—' Published Every Evening, Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier SSOO Pei Month, by mail 25 cents Per Y»ar, by mail $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poatofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail. BOOSTS DECATUR The following news item appeared in the Indianapolis {star this morning’ “Lew G. Ellingham. secretary of state, received a message yesterday telling of the prospect of Decatur, Ind., Mr. EHingham's home, becoming the first city in Indiana to boast of a beet sugar factory. The Holland-St. Louis company, incorporated for $2,000,000. it is reported, has decided to build a new sugar plant, in addition to the two already operated by the company, and will invest almost $1,000,000 in a factory at Decatur, having a capacity of disposing of 750 tons of beets a day. Contracts will be made with farmers about Decatur for the planting of 5,000 acres with beets annually. Several farmers in the county, Mr. Billingham said, have raised sugar beets for Ohio and Michigan factories an.l have netted from S6O to SIOO an acre from their crops. Mr. Ellingham spread the fame of Decatur to all his friends in the state house yesterday." DO YOUR PART: The man who is always “too busy” to lend a little help in the community’s common cause is too busy ever to measure high in the community sature'. The man who is so poor he “can’t afford" to support a well-founded, successful, result-producing community movement, is indeed so poor that he

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> is on the debit side of the community I ledger. 1 The man who counts for something in the community is the man who I does something for the community—and he is the same man who gets back from the community the fullest measure of return. 5 There is one thing that is causing ) everybody to feel friendly toward - the ’ Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, and ’ that is the fairness with which they j ! I . meet every proposition. They do not 1 try to hoodwink the people, but say j just what they will do, regarding ev-. ’ cry proposition. They do not want to . > come here with the farmers believing | anything except just what they can l and will do, and this is the way we I all want it to be. Our community ' I I 1 may well feel proud of having such a concern as a part of us. They are ’ splendid men. honest and fair and ’ square and that's why they have sue ceeded. j Stick together, boys. It’s the great- j est thing that has happened in Adams : 1 count! in a generation. Business men • of every class, every faction have joined hands and are meeting the farmer in friendly and earnest talks. It’s great and other things that will help all of us are bound to follow. Get out of the road, if you don’t belong to ' the twentieth century. There’s no room for a doubter. THE STOVE SLIPPED. Ed Moses Had Stove to Fall on Leg, But No Bones Were Broken. Ed Moses this morning met with a rather painful accident while engaged in moving a hard coal heater, and which will lay him up for a week if not more. He. with another party.. was engaged in taking a stove out of the home, down the porch steps, and in some way it slipped and fell with ! its weight upon his leg. bruising and 1 , spraining it severely. That the mis'hap was not more severe is indeed ■ lucky and Mr. Moses is thanking hin l .- ! self that no bones were broken As it 1 is he is unable to use the leg, and it j will keep him rather quiet for some ; time. . Democra- Want Ads Pat.

DOINGS IN SOCIETY Mr. and Mrs, Vince Bell Will Celebrate Golden Wedding Tuesday. THE VESEY WEDDING I Attended by Decatur Parties I —Mrs. Lyons Inspects Bluffton W. R. C. The October Girl. Like fiutt’ring leaves that strew the ’ world. My senses seem to wildly swirl Whene'r my blinking eyes behold f The sweet, seren October Girl. But. eh, my soul is warped with woe! I She treats me as a common churl. Because I was her Summer beau, While now she's an October Girl. —Ex. •HE SOCIAL CALENDAR. Thursday. United Brethren Aid—Mrs. Mary Christen. Thimble—Mrs. C. C. Schafer. Young Matrons —Mrs. T. M. Reid. Needtecraft—Jessie Magley. Friday. Mite Society—M. E. Church. The Question club, comprising the girl clerks of the True & Runyon store —Cell? Kinney, Frances Butler, . Rose Colohin, Blanch Ervin and Zeltna Steele—had an oyster supper a' the home of Miss Vera Myers Wednesday evening, a general good time, including music, being in order. Guests besides the club members were Goldie Gay and Marie Heckman. Wednesday was Miss Clara Bultemeier’s birthday anniversary and in honor of the occasion she invited the Florhul de Purin girls to her home, they responding instead of meeting at the home of Miss Emma Conrad, as planned. Miss Bessie Jeffries, who leaves Saturday to enter a nurse’s training class, was a guest of honor. In a marshmallow contest, Miss Inez Coverdale won first honors. Musi’ and a luncheon also contributed to the good time. “Sine Cura,” or in plain every-da teims, "Without a Care." is the name of the new club organized Wednesda evening at the home of Miss Ague Ko’ ne. including the following yotr,> ladies- Agnes- Meibers. Ruth Buhlc’ Vera Rademaker, Frances Cole. Naon . Niblick, Esther Corbett, Marie Kint: Embroidery work was their chief o> cupation, but games and contests wet e also enjoyed, closing with a !u:iche< r .In a language contest, three w< : first honors. Miss Ruth Buhler will b: hostess next Wednesday evening and the young ladies are anticipating man} evenings of pleasant reunion. , A mistake was made in receivin . tire message of the Mite soi kety meet , ing, announced yesterday. Instead c i the meeting being for the officers on!;,. i the officers of the society will give a I social at the church parlors Frida} | afternoon, t■ > which everybody is invited. A good attendance is desired. The Rebekahs are arranging for a Hallowe'en social and at the meeting Tuesday evening further steps were taken when a committee, comprising , Della Harruff. Jessie Winnes. Nellie i Nichols and Florine Edwards, was appointed to make plans for the same. There will be a regular meeting of the Eastern Star Friday evening. Let every member be present. The Orient club, with Mrs. Earl Snow as a guest, spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. W. R. Dorwi». Each member brought with her a picture of herself as a baby and these were guessed. Mrs. Harry Helm identifying the greatest ‘number and receiving the prize, while Mrs. I. Kalver drew the booby prize. Mrs. Charles Elzey will be hostess at the next fortnightly meeting. The study of Africa was taken up by the Shakespeare club at the home of Mrs. J. C. Patterson Wednesday. Mrs. R. K. Allison will be the next hostess. , A pleasant affair of Wednesday evening was the 6 o’clock dinner given by Mrs. Milton Leavell, in honor of Miss Bess Jeffries, who will leave on Saturday for Fort Wayne, where she will become a nurse in the Lutheran hospital. The Fort Wayne rays in part concerning the Vesey-Max wedding: “The spacious home of Judge William J. Vesey in Thompson avenue was the scene of a wedding , . .... : ■ I .

• last evening which was marked by | both simplicity and beauty. A few ■ family friends and the bride's nearest friends, with relatives, made I up the hundred guests who witnessed the marriage of Miss Sally Vesey ami I .Mr. Cecil A. Max of Muncie, which took place at half after seven o’clock. While the guests were gathering a delightful musical program was given by Miss Hermine Welcking of Bluff ton and Miss Frances Merryman of Decatur. Miss Weicking's beautiful nuptial songs were sung with Miss Merryman at the piano. Three songs iby Guy d’ Hardelot, "Afterward r Love," "I Know a ixtvely Garden, , “Because," and Geehl's "For You Alone,” made up the program, and at its close Miss Merryman played the bridal chorus from "Lohengrin" foi the entrance of the bride, who came in upon the arm of her father as the bridegroom and minister entered th'* drawing room from the hall. The bride came through the library and made a lovely girlish picture in her shimmering gown of soft clinging satin, which gleamed through the cloud of tulle which enveloped her. The ceretnon} was performed by the Revered C. C Travis, of the Wayne Street Methodist church, in the long, white drawing room, before a graceful grouping o green foliage and snowy chrysanthe mums which transformed one side oi the room into a wall of beauty. An elegant collation served in buffet fashion followed the wedding ceremony, and white boxes tied with satin ribmons were filled with bride's cake and given to the guests who included many friends and relatives from a distance. In the list, besides others from a distance, were Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Edwards, Leipsic, Ohio: Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Suttles, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Niblick, Mr. Avon Burke, Judge and Mrs. Merryman and Miss Frances Merryman, all of Decatur. Mr. Max will take his bride to Muncie, where be is a prom inent druggist, having taken his phar maceutical degree at Purdue, following a course of study at Depauw. After November Ist the bride and groom will be at home at 710 Vine street. The brides family is one oi the most widely known in the state and her unspoiled, genuine nature has endeared her to a devoted circle ol friends. She is a graduate of Glendale school, near Cincinnati, and later went to Depauw university.” Thy Young Ladies’ Embroidery club will reorganize for the winter and will hold its first meeting next Wed nesday evening with Miss Letta Fu' . lenkamp. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Bell, living ?' Craigvllle, will celebrate their fiftieti oi golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday, October 17th, and while there had been no special big celebration planned it is understood there will be a family gathering and fitting observance of the occasion. O. Godfrey Bell of Portland and Mrs. O. P Mills. Mrs. Hervey Steele and Mrs 1 George Everett of this city are children of the aged couple. Mrs. E. C. Lyons of Decatur inspecting officer of the W. R. C„ visited the Blufftoi}/ Corps last evening at their regular session. The usual inspection was made and Mrs. Lyons compliment i ed the Bluffton ladies very highly on their work. The grade which she made out will be made known to the corps later. After the ritualistic session a luncheon and social hour were enjoyed.—Bluffton News. ■ Mr. and Mrs C Kirchner and daugl- ■ ter. Elizabeth, the Misses Amanda and ■ Huldah Bleeke, Mr. and Mrs. William Bleeke and sons, Richard, Fred and William Bleeke: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heuer and son, Harry, and Mr. Gustav Bleeke, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend the wedding of Adolph Bleeke, and Miss Marie Schmidt, which will be solemnzed this 1 evening at 6 o’clock. AN ART GALLERY CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONF ■ Car, Alice Bentley; I See You. 1 Room 2 —Lady Bug, Mrs. Gaynor: - Water Lily; Baby’s Boat, Catherine Peck. Friday Evening. > I HIGH SCHOOL. » Chorus —Song of Vikings. Mixed Chorus. t Piano Solo —Esther Evans. Vocal Solo—Dwight Peterson. Piano Trio —Crystal Kern, Helen Evans, Erma Houk. i Vocal Solo —Gladys McMillen. I Fairy Chorus —Girls’ Chorus. ,■ - o > SOME SUGAR BEET POSSIBILITIES 1 By Prof. E. E. JRice. Purdue university, through its ex- . periment station, connected with its ; agricultural school, conducted experl ' mental work with the sugar beet for i. ten years and gave a summary of the : results. An examination of the climnt-

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____________________ ic conditions of counties that had beef most suc.-wsfui iu growing the sugar beet shows that the northern part oi Indiana has a very similar climate |to these countries. An average temperature of about seventy degrees dm ing the summer months is found to b< I best adapted to their growth. The av erage temperature of this part of in1 (liana for fourteen years, during tin summer months was found to De 71.8 degrees. j The amount of rainfall should be from two to four inches per month. The amount of rainfall per month so fourten years for northern Indian-, was found to be from 1.86 inches du. ing October to 4.4 inches during May From experiments during the t< years the cost of production was found to be from $25.00 to $35.00 per acre This included all items except in cases where commercial fertilizer w:>.< used.

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The yield was found to range from . Six to twenty tons per acre. Eight tons , ore considered a low yield. The average yield was found to be between twelve and thirteen tons per acre | On the basis if lowest price ($4.00 per I ton) an average yield (twelve to thir- j teen tons per acre) the return is bet-1 ter than the average return for ordin- I ary field crops. THE BEET SUGAR MEETINGS An important sugar beet meeting will be held at the opera house at Willshire, O-. Tuesday evening, next. October 17th. Be there. A beet sugar meeting will be held at the Election school

house in Preble township on Thursday evening of this week. Farmers, be there. It’s to your advantage. A beet sugar meeting wiD be held at the town hail in Pleasant Mills, Friday even, ing, this week. Farmers within a radius of seven miles are urged to be there A meeting of those inter ested in the growing of sugar beets will be held at Mor.roe Friday evening. Everyone is invited to be present whether he has contracted for the next season or not. It tJ; be an educational lecture by experts.