Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1913 — Page 2

DAIL Y DEMOCRAT Evary Evening, Except Sunday bv 9E DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subicrlption Rates Per Week, by currier 10 cente Per Year, by carrier 15.00 ear Month, by mai1.........35 cente Per year, by ma 11... 12.50 Pingle Copies 3 cente Advertising ratoe made known an application. fntared it the pofUHtic* in Decatur, Indicia. as second cla»a mail. The last day of republican rule is hand. From now on it may be expected that every mishap, every calamity, the drouths, the floods, and the unforeseen, will be charged by the republican press to the administration, while the good things will just happen. President Taft vetoed the Webb bill and the senate and house promptly passed it over his head. It was a non-partisan action, for the senate is republican and the house democratic. The president claims the bill, which prevents the shipment of liquor from one state into “dry” territory into another, is unconstitutional. No doubt the matter will be settled by the supreme court of the United States and it will be an important decision. The beet sugar factories are claiming credit for the reduction in the price of sugar. If you have bought sugar lately you have noticed that the price has slumped; and if you haven't bought any your wife can tell you that it is considerably cheaper than it has been, and it is not due to the change in the administration, either, but to the fact that the beet sugar indnsry in his country is coming to the front. The day seems to be not far away when the beet sugar industry will come near supplying all the sweet stuff the American people consume, and they are making a vigorous kick against the reduction of the tariff on raw sugar, as that would give ' the sugar trust refineries and inde-1 pendent refineries an opportunity to put sugar on the market at a figure so low that the beet sugar industry might be crippled, so they say. The 1 beet sugar men say that if the tariff I is not disturbed they will make it so warm for the refineries and the sugar ■ trust that the consumers will have no occasion to complain But suppose the tariff is reduced and the cane sugar as well as the beet sugar is reduc-' ed in price on that account, what dis- ■ ference will it make, if the beet sugar factories can make a reasonable | profit? There is not much doubt but I that the sugar trust has been reaping rich rewards in recent years by push-' ing up the price of sugar to the limit,: and it will be a relief to the people to I get it at old time prices again. Sugar ’ has been entirely too high.—Columbia City Post. CALENDAR FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH EIGHTH. Tuesday Evening, March 4. Decatur Lodge, No. 571, F. and A. M. I Called meeting, work in Fellow Craft degree. . Wednesday Evening, March 5. Decatur Chapter, No, 112, R. a. M Regular communication, also rehearsal of work, Master’s degree. All companions requested to be present. IOR SALE—lncubator, hot air, 150eggs, will sell reasonable. Address H. F. Judd, R. R. u, Decatur, Ind. 51-3 WANTED—To buy two Rhode Island Red cockerels at once. Address H. F. J.--id, R. R. 11, Decatur, Ind. 5113 LOST—Buckskin glove for right hand between Schlickman feed yard and Horse Sale stables. Finder please re turn to this office. sgtl WANTED—Man to do janitor work Inquire at this office. 53tf WANTED—GirI for light housework Mrs. Ben Shranck, ’phone 468. 53t MAN WANTED—To do general worl oji farm by year or term of years t< right man. Young married man pre ferred. Inquire at this office. 53t; WANTED—Second hand cream separ ator; size, 600 pounds capacity, li good condition. Will pay cash.—Geo Tricker, L-catur, R. R., No. 9, ’phon< 3 on J line. 49tl

: DOINGS IN SOCIETY 1 Bob Sled Takes Merry Load of Young People to Nick Wagner Home. J ■ ■■— ) i A HOUSE WARMING I—. 1 —. I ' Euterpean Will Study at the Myers Home — Junior League Celebrates. CLUB CALENDAR FOR WEEK. Tuesday. « Historical —Mrs. Ed Moses. Presbyterian Missionary—Mrs. C. A. Dugan . Wednesday. Concord Aid—Mrs. John Evans. Shakespeare—Mrs. "D. D. Heller. Thursday. Euterpean—Miss Florence Meyers. Men’s judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things I outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike. —Shakespeare, Anthon and Cleopatra The Concord Aid society will have its March meeting on Wednesday of this week at the home of Mrs. John Evans in 'Root township. An interesting contest for the raising of money for their pladge to the Ernsberger missionary fund was brought to a close by the Junior Epworth Leaguers of the Methodist church. The celebration thereof took place Saturday afternoon in the basement of the church, about sixty little folks being in attendance. The Junior League is divided into four classes for Bible study, of which the Misses Florine Edwards, Leah Apt and Ruth Fledderjohann and Et’a Mallonee are the teachers. Some time ago the contest was inagurated with the understanding that the class which raised the most money was to be entertained by the others. This honor was won by Miss Apt’s class, and they were therefore the guests of honor. The.entertainment was in ; charge of the superintendent. Miss I Etta Mallonee, and a very good ti»e iwas had by the little folks who were (given their abandon for the playing lof their games, and later had refreshments of pop-corn and candies. ■ Tn addition to other facts mentioned about the history of the Eastern l’ Star chapter which celebrated its (twentieth anniversary Fridsy evening it is of interest to note that Mrs. B. |W. Sholty was the first person initiated by the order after its organization. | Up until the time of the late Mr. Godi frey Christens death, there were seven members of the Masons who were also members of the G. A. R. They 1 were Godfrey Christen, August Gregory, Andrew Teeple, R. s. Peterson. T. R Moore. B. W. Sholty and J. D. | Hale. Os these only two are living ( at the present time. They are B. W. j Sholty and J. D. Hale. I The home of Mr., and Mrs. Maynard Johnson was ablaze with goad cheer when they entertained thirty of their neighbors and friends Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Johnson’s sister, Mrs. Fred Hammond, of Scottville, Mich. Conversation, games and muI sic rounded out the evening’s pleasure. In a peanut contest, Frank But|ler received first honors and in an animal contest of forming the anil mals from chewing gum, Mrs. Hammond was the most adept, assisted by Mrs. Quincy Winans, Mrs. JohnIson served a delicious two-course luncheon. Mrs. Hammond and daughters, Reva and Ruth, left for their home Sunday night after spending the winter here with relatives. i Attention is again called to the (meeting of the Woman’s Home and 1 Foreign Missionary society of the -Presbyterian church at the home of | , Mrs, c. A. Dugan Tuesday afternoon, 1 p r° Bram for whicl » was published [; Saurflay. As this i 3 the last meot--3 v b \ church mite boxes 1, J"® b 0 brough t sent in at this d __ o p™? Euterp ean club wln g Purnlture and China of O ur Fore Myers Thursday evening. Mrs h»i r l ™ „„ b .„ lr program. ne 'k| e° Mr?^ 118^ 1 C,Ub Win meet - Mrs. Ed Moses Tuesday evening i n . J stead of with Mrs. Jesse Sutton. Mrs VRnCe W1 ” have the Wor on Chinese Soldiers and Military offi o. cere.’’ 10 1 i 3 ( To the jingling of jolly sleigh bells,

f a bob-sled made a trip to this city from the Nicholas Wagner new home south of the city Sunday afternoon and returned with a merry party of young people, the greater number be- ■ ing members of the clerical force at the Morris store. They were royally entertained at a house warming by Miss Mary Wagner, and at supper time were served with a delicious (Spread, which included chicken and I other good things. The party then I returned to this city at 8 o'clock to meet Mr. and Mrs. Wagner, as they I returned from Fort Wayne, where ' they spent Sunday, The Wagner new home is one of the fine I’wm houses which dot this district and with the royal hospitality shown by the host land hostess is beyond compare. I The guests included the Misses Ada Stevens, Edna Steele, Marie Ba’.l, Blanche McCrory and Mrs. Pansy PotI ter, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Everett were guests Sunday of bis sister, Mrs. Oliver Johnson, south of the city. stickHn drift First Interurban Passenger Car Out of City Today Got Stalled. NEAR STOP NO. 24 Motor Burned Out and Extra Went Out to Bring the Car Back. The brisk winds of Sunday night drifted the snow so high on the interurban track near stop 24, near the old Evans homestead that the first Passenger car from this city got stuck there this morning about 7 o’clock and occasioned a delay of several hours in the service. One of the motors burned out, the car went dead and it was necessary for the shovelers to get busy and open up the way, as well as for an extra car to go out from the barns here and bring the dead car back. The delay occasioned an annullment of the car leaving here at 8:30 o'clock and there was none until 11:30 o'clock, when the regular service was again resumed. The drift was about two feet deep and extended from three to five car lengths. , In The churches -— (Continued from Page 1) church Sunday, greatly delighted the congregation with his ability as a minister of the gospel. Rev. Robinson is a graduate of Butler university and was taking a course in Germany, when he was called home on account of illness. Mr. Robinson is one of the most forceful and eloquent speakers in the ministerial field and so impressed were the members of the church that they have succeeded in securing him again for next Sunday. ■ Life’s Last Act (Continued trom Pave 1) a soldier in the Civil war and it seems he inherited an unbounded patriotism. On the morning of February 22, he hoisted the flag on a tall pole in his own yard, the very last act of his life, from this effort he re-entered his house and within a few hours had departed. The last struggle for life hanging by so slender a thread lasted only a very few minutes. He was completely paralyzed at the last. His life had been a stormy one, but it is over, and the frail barque is anchored with that of his mother and his first wife and others who have preceded him. He is greatly missed in his calling and among his associates, but the great loss is in his family, where father, his wife and hls e chlldren can never replace their loss with another. Services were held at the home and then his I body placed in the Noble cemetery by the side of his first wife and little I child, where the breezes shall whisper, “Sleep, dear one, Sleep a dreamless sleep until the Trumpet cal), shall summon, Rise! to that reunion of the faithful ones never more to seperate.” Peace to our brother and friend—Will Reynolds. Those of his relatives prejsent from a distance were his sister, rs John Priest and two youngest children from Cheyenne, Oklahoma. | .i”*™ T° R went - I - had it ° F rent f ° r a Bhort tlme - 1 S reach te i bUt tbe man on U « not reach the obligations required I Inquire of Sarah A vr™ U lUlrGl ' I. I R- R. No 2 ’ Conroe, Ind., 53t3

CREDITOR TOOK HIS LEAVE Journalist May or May Not Have Meant Threat, but Vleltor Would Not Chance It. Lespes. the French journalist known as "Timothee Trimm,” was I once disagreeably Intruded on by a creditor, who announced his intention of not departing until he was paid, i The creditor planted himself on a chair, and Lespes beheld him, with ' consternation, draw bread and cheese I from his pockets as though to fortify : himself against events. Several I hours glided by; Lespes had re- | Burned his writing and finished an ’ article. The creditor showed no signs of moving. Suddenly Lespes rose, and with bits of newspaper be- | gan carefully blocking all the : apertures through which air could' come into the room. He then made > preparations for lighting a charcoal ; fire; but before applying the match, i pasted on the wall, just opposite the I creditor’s eyes, a paper thus lacon- . Ically worded: "Take notice that we I died of our own will.” “What are! you doing?” exclaimed the creditor, | uneasily. "Your society would ren- | der life intolerable, so we are going : to commit suicide together,” answered Timothee. tranquilly. It is | needless to say that tbe creditor de- j camped.

HER FEELINGS NOT SOOTHED Butcher Boy Evidently Not One Who Was Quick to See the Error of His Way*, An amusing telephone story is told of a lady whose name is Brown. One morning recently she proceeded from the breakfast table to the telephone in the hall, to order some things from the butcher. “Halloa!” said Mrs. Brown. '“ls that Mr. Batty’s?” "Yes.” "Well, this is Mrs. Brown’s residence, Will you send me a large, thick steak by four o’clock?" The boy in the butcher shop happened to answer the telephone, and promptly responded: "Well, you just bet your sweet life I will.” "Do you know, sir, to whom you are speaking T’ indignantly inquired Mrs. Brown. "Sure I do,” said the boy. "You’re Jenny, Mrs. Brown's cook. “You are mistaken, young mao. You are speaking to Mrs. Brown herself.' "Is that sor replied the boy. "Then in that case, madam, we’ll can the bet off." Moving One’s Home. When a small settler, in western Canada decides to move, he very often takes his "shack” with him; you cannot rely upon finding houses just where you want them in a new country, and the cost of transporting materials makes it well worth while goine to a little expense to move one’s own residence. The houses, of course, are built of wood, and are raised by means of jacks and levers on to low trucks. Poles are then run trom the front axle to the rear, in place of the ordinary tongue, and a good team of powerful horses proceeds to haul the dwelling to its new site. Naturally, in moving such cumbersome loads great care has to be taken, but many a cottage has been moved nearly a mile uphill without any damage being done to the structure.—Wide World Magazine. Nothing But the Truth. Everything depended upon the testimony of this particular witness, and the lawyer realized the fact. "Now,” he said, shaking his finger warningly, “we want to hear just what you know. Don’t tell us what you think, or what you’ve heard, or what somebody else knows. Do you understand?" The witness brightened visibly, and showed by his gladscmo smile that he understood. It was like this, sir," be began. "Old BUI Grubbs said to me that Jim Payne told him he heard Thomas John’s wife teU Sid Lewis’ girl that her husband was the ’ero of the fight, and that they paved into one another like—" But then the judge told him to stand down. “More of the Same." The common belief is that the Indian child is both stolid and stupid. One traveler, however, when in South Dakota witnessed an incident that speedily disillusionized him upon this point A precocious Indian child, two and a half years old, was disagreeably voluble at dinner, so much so that his mother leaned over, and, stuffing a Piece of fat meat into his mouth, said: There, I will stop up that hole now.” , As soon as the baby had devoured enough of bls mouthful to enable him to articulate, he gasped: "Stop it up again, mother, stop it up again!" Youth’s Companion. 1 —— His Beauty Not the Cause. Fernando de Leyba, who took command of BL Louis on June 14. 1778, •wrote: “I have been received by all the inhabitants with extraordinary signs of rejoicing, which I do not attribute to (my beauty, nor to the fact that they "were dissatisfied with my predecessor, 'but only that in the creature they {praise the Creator.” • It was addressed to the governor General of Louisiana.

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PRACTICAL JOKERS Abroad in the Land are no Respecters of Persons—Weighty Examples. Practical jokers, abroad in the land, are no respecters of persons. The other evening Samuel Fisher, the well : known man of the city, bought some , groceries and other edibles at the restaurant. He put them in a sack and later came for them, swung the burden over his shoulder and started for his walk home. The sack seemed very heavy and Sam was congratulating himself that the restaurant man : must have given him very good (weight indeed, and was feeling good that the price of living was going down. When he reached home he opened the sack and found that some one had played a trick on him by putting two bricks with the other goods. It was not exactly a gold brick case, but the next thing thereto. Bruce Patterson was also the victim of a practical joke. When he left I Saturday evening for his regular trip to Warsaw, he picked up his grip jauntily and swung along in good spirjits, being so light-hearted and carejfree that he did not notice an extra .weight in the grip, wherein reposed his clean his little i "nightie, ’’ and other necessaries required tor an over-Sunday visit. When he arrived at his destination, however, and opened his grip, he found I therein—two empty beer bottles, I which some of his companions must have quietly inserted while the grip was waiting for its owner at this end of the line. He congratulates himself that sleuths enroute there did not get next to the affair and arrest him for conducting a “blind tiger." PUBLIC STOCK SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence miles north of Decatur, % miles northeast of Mon mouth, 1 mile west of stop 25 on the Fort Wayne and Decatur interurban, on Saturday, March 8, 1913, beginning promptly at 10 o’clock a. m., the following property, to-wit: Seven Head of Horses, consisting of 2 two-year-old colts, 1 sorrel and 1 dark brown; 2 yearling mare colts, very well matched; 1 ten-year-old black brood mare, 1 two-year-old black draft colt, and 1 two-year-old, coming 3, dark brown draft colt. Eight Head Cattle, consisting of 4 pure brad dairy Shorthorns, and 1 young grade cow will probably be fresh by sale day( All are extra good milch cows. One pure bred 3-year-old Shorthorn bull, and 1 9-months-old, pure bred Shorthorn bull calf; also 1 three-year-old Jersey cow, will be fresh soon. Sixteen head of Duroc shoats, weighing about 100 Tbs. each. These are thrifty hogs. Ten Head of sheep, consisting of 9 Shropshire ewes, some with lambs by side and one high grade Shropshire buck. Terms: On all sums of »5 or under, cash In hand; on all sums over 35 a credit of 9 months will be given purchaser giving a bankable note with approved security. Liberal discount for cash. No property to be removed until satisfactorily settled for Lunch served by the Concord Udlos : Aid society. E. S. CHRISTEN, Owner. John Spuhler, Auct. W. A. Fonner, Clerk. ' FOUND— Sum of money In Schlickman restaurant. Inquire of Carl Neurge, Decatur. R. R. n

Hllllllll = SATURDAY is the last day for our big sale S we still have a lot of good bar--5 gains don’t miss the opportunity • S of supplying yourself and family S | “ with good shoes now. I PEOPLES & GER KE ADVERTISEMENT A BLACK RECORD FOR DECATUR The following figures will be of interest to the nublie as a comparison between the “Wet” and “Dry” cit ies showing the number of arrests for drunkenness and for other causes due to drunkenness for the year 1912 and alsoshowing the number of arrests for ’drunken" ness and for other causes due to drunkenness for the month of January. 1913 in the following cities. For ye*r 1912 For Month Jan., 1913 Portland. Ind. (Dry) - - - 53 .... 3 Bluffton, Ind. (Dry) -' - • 42 .... 9 Van Pert. 0. (Dry) - - - 46 - - - - 4 Decatur, Ind. (Wet) - - -195 - ... 33 The report for publication was given from Portland, by m u l^J Jud ,? e „ A ’ C LewiS; from Blufft on hv Citv Marshall (.has. \ 1 ierce; from Van Wert, 0. by City an d Decatur figures were taken report ay ° r ieep es oc^et ant s Squire Stone’s annual there were wvice as many arrests for drunkenness in Dreatunn the month of January, 1913 than there were in the three cities above named Ihe abi . \ e statistics are sworn to by the Justice of rhe - eace. I olice Officers and Mayors of above Cities outside of Decatur. advertisement THE WHITE STAG EXTRA MILD A GOOD PALATABLE SMOKE FIVE CF NTS AT ALL DEALERS

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