Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1913 — Page 4

WHAT ABOUT YOUR BABY? For that Baby you have a passionate love-every father has. It is so tiny, so sweet, so helpless. You want that baby to grow up to l>e lx>th good and great. But suppose the great Angel of Death takes yon while your baby is still a baby—as he hasdone in untold millions of cases' Will that baby -your little one be thrown upon the world? If you have money In a Bank Account at the FIRST NATIONAL Bank you will have a friend that will look after your baby until it can look out for itrelf. And it only takes SI.OO to start that ac munt' -Delay has wrecked more lives and caused more human misery than all the wait the world has .-ver known FIRST NATIONAL BANK Decatur, Indiana. P. W. SMITH. C. A DUGAN President. < 'ashler W. A. KOEHLER F. W. JAEBKER Vice President A -st. Cashier L _ i -—-i r-yi o THE DAILY MARKET REPORTS o rao==l o M= — II Corrected Every Afternoon US X====9 E3OF3OES E====3E£J

EAST BUFFALO jMueh - - $6.00 I.■ ■t Buffalo x Y . .-• ' I S| •’ *' $5.00 ltd to lidly Itemo- .ill Receipts 12. Kentucky ...,,$4,50 '•<« •-nipmcty . • toil.n r< eij.ts, Luria .....$4 50 •I,!>•<>. shi;>m«ut«. I.L’.it yeM««T4; <du FULLLNRaMH < lai to New York Saturday, 2,C61>. Ln - 2l<hogs closing strong. Hotter Uc#2se! Ihsny and mixed, sk.7"-«t s!'.ls Ijird He Yorkers. s!<.'lO«(|<| 20; pi-.-. $S2'.., NIBLICK « CO, $X SO; roughs, s•'■ .te«< $7.70; stags. Ergs .>l f . s»■ .'><Wi»7.'«i; sheep. I 8.600: slow; Butter 18c©’5c choice lambs, s7.»o*i $7.«0; yearlings, M , „ u RLINa ">o€i‘sfi.2.l; wethers, ssj!sst $5.45; Eggs 24.t*Mtj sl.'«i>; mixed sheen, $4 75*’ springers p> c s.iou; cattle, 4.C25; strong on i:it Due<4 gtSdes; oilier* and feeders slow. choice lieaw Me.- . $!• <d»«? $9 ”« I tilchers. $7 75ft $s h-i'-r- $7. > ‘ Turkeys 10c SSM; cows, s7.t»"b Ji ’.". old roosters 5c Q. OURK. KALVfcH MARKET* Clover seed V-' ( > Wool 15c®20< Alstke seed $9.25 Beef hides ....... 10c New wheat Ca!f No. 3 Yellow com $1 "1 Tallow be ‘tets ‘'Sheep pelts 25c©$l 00 Ry« Muskrats 6c@4Se Iterjey 45cCt50c Skunk [email protected] Timothy seed s2.fio Coon ....................10c@$2-7S COAL r*RICE* Possum iocQ7t>< Stove and Egg. bam SSOO Mf nk 25cQ$Sih Cheat not, hard W. 50 LOCAL PKOOvCt MARKET Pea, hard .....S7OO Springers ir-c Poca, Egg and Ltimp 15. W Pucks ..............10c W. Ash _ UT4 Fowls lie W Splint 14.50 Gees" 5c H. Valley - $4.15 Turkeys 1> It I Jon ..... -.....54.50 Old roosters 5c

PUBLIC SALE The iui(b'rsi t nej vv ill offer for sal* at Ids resident a one-half mile north o' Mo-troe, on the Dr I'arrisit farm ot Friday, September 19. tali’., b-ptn-Iting at 1 o'clock p. tn the following jHuperty, to wit: Five head horses; 2 good work horses ntid 2 drivers, and 1 suckling tlriving <-ott T«u h>ad of cattle, good milch <■>>»», one of them n Jers-y. Six head <rf hoys. Two good brood im'Ws. with pigs i>y their sines; ;! O. I. C. tull-bloo<!*d Gilt sows, 1 O. I. C. >nale hoc. full blooded Ma ehinery: Two Caaalda riding pows. 1 ChttsUlt spike trsgit harrow; g««sl Itirdseli wagon, with dumt* boards; 2 sets heavy work harness; 1 set buggy

Old Adams County Bank | n*nfur, Indiana? BC»pitar * 120.000 Bnrtdt a . mat*) 1 | C. 8. Mfldidt, Preeidtmt ~ M ! M. KiMehand J<la Nitate* 3 ; Vice i'reatd cult F. X. Khutger. Caaoiar. I Reflect - Resolve coi:.“!> OM Made It’s Never Too Late To Mend able Rates, Mend Your Financial Condition By—- — A BANK ACCOUNT A^a . I An<l Ry Depositing To The tionCon- | Credit Thereof, Regularly, A Portion With Safe Os Those Dollars Which Banking _ _ . Methods Escape So Easily, Without Bringing Extended ADEQUATE RETURNS'. Tj«r We Pay 4 Per Cont Interest on 1 Year Time Deposit*

rasraKraMmnaiawaswrara . . ».«oaMraMKaMnMMBSMnB harness, 1 u>p buggy, in goad condt tion; I open buggy. I-oultry. Five > dorea full-blooded Barr d Rock i cult koris. 25 head of turkeys, 7 head < du-ks. Household goods: One - coal stove. 1 wood stove, some stove wood iitui ntitnerotts editor arti<es. Th'so riMwis must sell I ar tit- t:'dorsig; 1.,; |- arranging to tnov to Fort Wayne. i T< *ui» t'f Hale s;> and under, cash; > over that anuutut a credit of 9 months will !»• given, purchaser giving his . note with approved serurity; 4 per cent off for cash. No goods removed until settleti for. FRED IDHNUIZ. J. N Burkhc.nl, Atii t. George \l< .Manama, clerk. *lstK

National Way (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) id highway front the Atlantic to th* Pacific through the tollowing states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Ohio, Indiana. 11; no. --. lowa. NebrasI la. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah; Nevada, < alifornia. The cities in Indiana through which I the highway will pass are Ft. Wayne, ; Ligonier, South Bend. Laporte and iVal pa hi iso. Then It l.a to reach Chiix.'.’ o and frejn there extend westward 1 to the coast. It< sobit ions havo been adopted hy | the highway association and a copy <n' them has been forwarded to President Woodrow Wilson and to the gov 1 emora of each Mate through which j th,- road will pars.. This highway is one of il, largest 1 udcrtaklngs tital has ever I. en at-i I tempted in the t iiiu‘,l States, and. ae-, • cording to literature nt • lit by the' asaocialon, it will 1, built and tin ' . money to build It wdl be i.,rth oiniuv j i In the very near future The road will ho of py rtfr n’ar inU < ! est to El Wayne Iss ause it « ill verve' a eoniu ting link betwe n the eas! land the vest. It will make It possi-1 tie tor tiuloruobile to drive from I’oi 11 ! Wayne to the Atlantic cnasl and-from I Fort Wayne t,, the Pacific coast aml‘ 't;i» road will he maintained by the: 'National Iliihway association. Start in in at N- w York, the Id.gh-, V, uy JiHsses through .lersei City. Ne-| : uark and T>'i nton to Philadelphia, . then wen i<> rilisburu Imoiigh tie north central swion of Ohio, to Fort 1 Wayne .•nd South B<” <l. skirts Chicago j i • liters Joliet, liiM’lu lie. Su rling and | ether Illinois < ities, roaches lowa at ' Clinton and leaves at Couneil lilufi's. l a "il throngh Omaha, N- goes to Item er. mid noria to Cheyenne, west j to Green River and Evanston, to Salt Icike City, finds its way into Nevada byway of Tippet's ranch and alter reaching Reno, goes to Igike Tahoe. Caiiiornia, finally ending <>n the I>a <ific seiliomd at Oakland and San | Francisco.

T I ■ re will !.<• no toll charge-- what- • er and anybody wli.» e .-s the road •n lawful traffic is p nnittod to travel it. Tlie force itehind this groat enteri prt*' will be the wisdom of it. which j it is lioped will give the sei-u tion nf toiite force of a Napoleon's dictum. ‘ Yes, It is even a greater force, bo ■ cause it is beitet ed litat the route o* { i the Lincoln Wav" wisely chosen. wHi I idtave 1 ehind it the patriotic force ot | the wli< ie people. The appeals of ooc j ttciw have s'.en heard. The arguments! ot all interested have been and are! • t eing weighed The question then arises: Shall the! Lun oln Way” lie marked on the map! item large <ity to large city; shall it | 'ram joint erf interest io point ot i interest* Shall it be a highway from N-Wi York to Hsn'Fraucisco, as directed a»t |.ra< ti< able considering the limitations I .u the lowgraphy ot the country. V transcotitincntal highway that w ill I ' uhid from largo city to large city, j • rotii one wonder of nature to another. | will itid<-cd be a devious and winding j.H.ra.-y in this great America of ours Then it h-comes plaint that the de claioo of such a complicated route eoutd not be arrived at in generat iraa No concentrated effort could ‘ i‘ • gained for the execution of the' work. It becomes plain that the scope of tli<> work must be within the pro©Healds. It must I mic!i as to immc ; dlsit«*ly. tt'sia presentation, gain th" > » ppoft of the people in the eonitnuni , , ties tlirough which the road will pnsr' I and ujtuti wltu'lt it will touch. it aorats that the average person I ; that the tvinama «an.-il was agitated I ( but yesterday. Yet lite I*n rut ma canal.. i tN- grout und< rtakiui: that It has ! —en. will soon be an nocsHntdlsbMl lact. it th.- Pnn.ttiin canal enn lie

I Uttltt. then a great highway fn-m eant *n v. cm •nn •<• ttiilt, >nd it ta th* • . n; t!> > ••. -U Hir .i o a | j •ociatinn tn built it. People >ll ever th* world ar- con-1 , tributing money with which to Imild! i tM« road. The araneialioii la weekiuai ‘ to d. Ido wlMsly ." matter which mint i i»i d«<-ld'd rtrht In order tn elHnlnat**; Ute petty hauling nnd jiullina and op-1 ! |oaiiion that would be fatal to the; i > patriotic work nnd which would j thtm postpone Iteiond nil vlahm aoj landnMe it project. Itcnoiiiimna have already been paa* «»i outlining the poticy and purpose > ««C the road Jtict when the ncttinl work will atart ! i« not definitely known, but the peopie of northern Indiana, and more par-tfe-ttlarly the people of Fort Wayne .<nd Vilen county can rent peanml that in mo iltla food will It* built. andJ Mtw it hnw been built. It will bo the I ireat» nt achterfanent that any m-in j j *»r w* of mon h»« »rer itndcrak n. From the 2Mh of July, thia ycnrj ill* officer* and member# of the Na-, tionwi naaoclatlnn hare h»en aoritlr.r. [on the project. They have been d"• tiffing way# nnd means by which Ut* ; rvud rnt»y be built and they l.av« th? I utnumt conCdeuce that in the near future he road will boa really

Any one who Is interested in the work can procure additional informa tlon regarding the scope of the work by communicating with the officers o the association at Detrot. .Mich. AUTOS COLLIDE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) 1 dosed doors of the automobile, they ■ lulling eight feet away in the road. 1 1 hey received concns lons on the back j ' ot the head and were badly bndscii, ■ 1 and tarred but their infiirina nr* nni i i Serious. They are both confined to j their hod* today, having passed a had I üb-ht, and .Mrs. S< lilrnu yer is reported .1 feeling not so w< II (oday. The Hoffmans were more severely Injured. They were thrown out Into the ditch and th. :r automobile lb u ; turned turtle Mrs. Hoffman, it is: J said, wan thrown thirty feet and re-1 i 1 eivi d a severe injury tn her l«»ft hip. 1 , . v h. was nncons ious two hours, and: > ;<• <1 found it was bettered that he I waa de.ul Mr Hoffman war. also : thrown, thiuigh be cannot tell miu h I about the acchl<-iit. as he, too. was 1111- ' conscious lor a short while, his pliy .• tan stales. The ms-■> les of his lie< k , ..cio strained ami his shouhier hurt ' His n.- k gives him much i-ila. though j 1 is pinyir ian states that lie does not j t.'imk his spine is Injvred. The drive r; ; was the son, about twenty years of j age, and ho was pinned muter the 1 | overturm d car, as was a sister, Fran-1 | <■ s, klmhH sev. nteon. and the Hcff-I t ian grandson, about five years edd I These all received bruises and were I I s-verely Jarred, though they arc alite , I 10 l<e i'| toil.iy. Th.- .randson was t<e ; t Hi uninjured, and was able to ex-j Irlcate himself I 'mi under lhe machine, alone. A Hoffman girl, aboni twelve years oid. was one who was thrown mid one of her knees, and nearly the entire limb, is very badly bruised, confining her to her bed. All were more or less bruised and parred. A remarkable thing about the accidviH !* that noliones were broken. Boon after the a. cideiit wores ot reoplo. in r.-,;"- and automobile*, gath-

e-ed cn the seenn and hut their asc.ftanee Motoreyriists tclejthraeti for doctors, i tul Dr. Parrish of Monroe .•.as the first on the scene, lu the meantim> the Lottis Holthouse auto niobite ha|»i<i»<l ihiur; and brought: Hi<- Decatur party ! a<-k to town, as the | Realty comjtany's a-ttomobile had Its; Lent totally itemolishcd, enit-'ing e' damage <>f several hunttoed dollars. The liofiman automoldle, it is said, j vut not so badly damaged. The Quinn : utomobite was brought to town this ; morning aud taken to the garage lor' lepalrF j The Hoffman family was taken; home in the Ephraim Bolinger autoi ttobih- tind Dr. f'overdale from this; < ily is alt-tilling them. IMPRESSION CORRECTED. A wrong Impression may have been enlntentionally given nl the article on j tue Monmouth Yelper recently. It did not mean that the groeerymra. in v hos“ ln'ilding tile pa| er was printed. was habitually or maliciously giv-; <n to exaggeration. The ex. bange of ■ xaggersted yarns w*as indulged in by : .11 in a spirit of luu. nnd nil took it ‘ good naturedly. The article erred v. hen it stated h« grew angry n, facetious article relative thereto, Il i was taken in good humor »nd the Mon t-.ottlb paper w as not obliged to vacate the wnemlses. as stat'd. All of which tlu» writer Is glad to t orrecto ; —— OPERATED ON IN CHICAGO. Winfield Maddy was operated on lu ■ n t'hieacn hospital Snturdav aft rnoon : for hernia. A tuossage from his aont, .’.lisa nnmlc U'mgteton, who aeemnpra ' ted him there, said he withstood th'-! t.ideai nicely and would soon Im all!

right. Mie# (*onßlrton will return ' I ‘Hili' this evenint!: tn reantua her s linn work at i Mn> t’miglcton l»‘i’ at noon today for Chicago and will ; r<mnin with VVinflohl until he la able; I to r i'tue hont« . ReCCIVES INSURANCE. S. E. Itrtwra. local agent nnd corr*- ; : |Kind<-nt for th* American Yeomen i company, received a check for II.Wt.M , ihiw tnoruina. gttyaid* io the Elin* E, j 'tilt h relate The d<-ea«»M| war« a nietnbdr of the lodge . ..Q ——. CORNtP STONE LAID. — Many people from Itecntitr were all ilmialand Sunday, where they attend-1 <«l Ute Impreimlve wrrvlren nt the laying of the teener atone for the new ‘ Mel hodhit ehtm li. ■ i ii at K. OF C- NOTICE. r<-"t r •••mling Inniuhi Impor j I taut • a to hr trjnnacted. Be ' ti-ere, fl K. Q -- WANTED—To buy a holme of live to ( >-’ven t-xtma. to bo moved nwny from pr<wont location onto another itn word nt thia office. !lut3 J » •- - y . ...

TAX LEVY MADE School Board Obliged to. Raise Levy Somewhat to Create A SINKING FUND For New High School Build-j ing—Levy is $1 50 Per Hundred. The city school lioard has fixed Uptax !«vy for the ensuing year nt sl.s"' ( ocr hundred rollars. This is some i what higher than the levy last y>ar.; Ahieh was ti le, inn the increased* rate was absoluiely nocessary to pro , • ide lor the sinking fund of s2<t.m">, which will ho raised in two years to' I egiu the < r«-< tic.n of Hie new high school building which the stale honr>' has d<-creed as absolutely necessary. The tax levy ;«s divided for this year , I follows: I dpoclai s* hool . i . ►!> • ! Refunding bond fund *" J Special sanitary building fund -I’ i Bond issue fund -•> ; ! fuitiou •’»" ! Vocational education 'H ( Total U> \ s|iecinl poll tax levy of sl.< t> on «■' I cry i*>ll has also lu-eti levied. The tax levy of last year, in contfar •son, is also given as follows: Tuition t I. Special school .4-' tuiilding IS | Total I>l' To help raise the sso.<«w» sinking fund in two years lhe school board also issued four luvnds in the sum <>l ? ea< h at 4U per cent interest, one half of which wliMw due in 1!H» and one-half in 1915. These will I-' taken up by the money realised from the bond issue fund of 25 cents, tin- ' poll tax money being u-' d to fay tie 1 , ■ut< rest on Hie bomi*. The other half of lhe s2«.'**t sinking 1 ii.nd which it is necessary to raise will i lie made uj» from I lie 15 cent special I i.gilding fund ami f e cents from the. | special r ehooi fund, whir* will be I ' nearly oc.mgh to make up the amomit. Thus It will Im seen that the in . reuse tn this year's levy is made to , make up the new high school sinking Bind. If this were not necessary th* siluml tax levy would have luen five, rents lower than hurt year. When the sinking fund of s3o,t»< > ! Ims bean raised in two years, brads *lll t»« sold to make up the required amount necessary to build in 1915.' and the work on the new building will. begin at once. The refunding lioml levy is to pay the city Imnds taken up by the school city recently. Tito new law increasing teachers" a ages, also establishing the vocatioMl • ducation ami the ne«-d of mote teacl i : crs. also make* the exp -nae heavier. The school tax levy tor this year tend next year u ill be the highest tha> i they will go. ■a.— - I ■- FUNERAL NOTES The l>ody of Mrs. .Mary Elev was I < ought Sunday afternoon from tlu j Pan Buth-r home to the homo ot h«t >ra, kVirest Elzey, in this city, where : it will lie in tsntx until the ftim-rdi 1 tomorrow morning at 1« o’< lock at the ; 'letlimlist church. The body of James H. Sloe kard was ' taken this morning Io the former horn lat Phtlo, HL. for burial. Services were i tield at lhe home yesferdav — » .■ I. . NOT SET FOR ARGUMENT. ——. The motion by lhe Murray Hotel I company for a new trial in its Ifipior l appHehticm »as fil' d Haturday In the jl'clauarc circuit cmirt. but tuts Mil •. et lieeii m-t for argument. REBEKAH NOTICE. AH Rebekahs nre rccpieslcd to meet 1 at Hie I O. O. F. hall Tuesday morn ing al k:3u •'clack tet attend the fum>r ai of Mrs. Mary Elzey PUBLIC SALE. Ths undersigned will offer for sale ! nt his farm, 2’j miles northeast of iMTatiir. and % mile north nf th», Dent ac’hoo) house, on Tuesday, Sep . temiter 14. lt»J.'t. beglntdng al lUrmi jo clock a. m.. th* following properly J ito-wit; Five head of horses. < onslst inr erf two work horsca. i t*<►)»•«r old colt and two yearling colts. Nlmj ll<ad ot cattle, four cost, with calve*' st aide. 1 bull. Two sows, will far- j . row soon. Poultry. Farming impl* i xenta: 1 Oarh-M hay loader, only used this smsod; 1 breaking plow, 1 • Darrow. 1 corn plow, I «»t heavy har

i | iesK . i set single harness. 1 buggy, 1 wagon, 1 sleigh a«d numerous other articles not mentioned. Hay in mow, I <,ats In bln and corn in the field Terms:--$' and under, cash. Over phut amount a credit of 9 months wlllj I ~e given, purchaser giving his note with approved security. 4 i>er cent , r lor cash. No good* removed until ( for JAMES BAIN John Spoiler. Anct. 210tfi — PUBLIC SALE. The undersignect will offer the fol j low ing pentraal pioiwrty for sale nt ■ ids resilience, miles southeast of j Decatur, or 1 mile west and % mile ; south of Pleasant Mills, on Wednesday , Sept 21. Beginning at 10:00 o'clock) i a m ■'• he.'ul of horses t onsistlng of three good work horses, one general purpose horse and one 3 year old colt 4 head of cattle. One tow. with oalf! by side; one cow. will bo fresh in spring: t>ne heifer, will be fresh .Inn ' nary 7: one heifer calf. !•*> head of bops, six lirooil wws, nine • boats, v cighing about !>o lbs car It- 13 head 'of sheep. 12 head of Ewes. Farming I .mplemcnts. 1 wagon. 1 buggy, i Me'Cormick binder. 1 Deering mower. 1 I hay tedd< r. 1 hay rake. 3 breaking plows, sprim: Tnoth and Spike Tooth • . 1 .rtiiw. I sorn planter, set work hat ; . -s. single driving harness, also ; about 2-'<<» shocks of corn and many . other tilings not menthttHsi. I.iuuh served on-grounds by laulies Aid so- • v et.v of Baptist church of Pleasant .Mills. |, Terms of sale; $.7 00 and under rush. Over that amount a credit ot •, months will l>e given, pun baser giving his note with approved security 4 per cent off for cash. No goods removed uittll settled for. CLARENCE STOGDII.I, CLYDE WOLF JOHN SPUHLER. Auet. DAN ROOP. Clerk. 2tlifi ■ O-' ■■— NOTICE. REBEKAHS\ll members will noct at t‘u- I. O. O. F. hall Sunday p. m. at 3 o'clock to make arrangements for the funeral of Sister Mary Elzey. EMMA HFNSICKER. Noble Grand.

1 — ■■ ■= LOW ONE-WAY “ COLONIST ” FARES TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST Mexico I Shakatchcwan I Rntichf h.mhio Montana Texas hfnrnSn b Nevada Utah New Mpxico • Washington Maho W « VIA = TOLEDO St. LOUIS & WESTERN R.R. TICKETS ON SALE September 25th to October 10th (INCLUSIVE THRU PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPING CARS TO CALIFORNIA FROM ST. LOUIS EVERY OTHER DAY For complete particulars of these and many other rates, fll' upon or address H. J. Tompson Ticket Agent. Decatur. Ind. Or Chas. E. Rose, Asst. Passenger Agt. i Peaches Peaches We received a car load of the best Michigan Peaches obtainable i MONDAY MORNING Put in your order early and get the best of the pick. Prices reasonable WILLIAMS & SONS Successors to Everett & Hite

REX THEAIej MONDAY The [Lyceum Bi| Scenograph Cog (Presonts)J The Last Dav J POMHEII I A Ride to the Top of the' 8 fei Tower B The I*eap - Frog The Midnight Alarm g The Gorge DuVar, r ni! 2 Tiny Water Dwellers d Coscadis of Fire I Runaway leopard I A Strenuous Autoßdeß When the Devil’s thTiij| ineer I Lecture Throughout I Admission 10 & 5c FARMS FOR SALE Two 144-acre farms. : miles south of Decatur, nt su re. S. K ?f’W I Office with Frisinger f: Co wra o — ■ WANTED Hands to •nt ror» -ra pay < cents for Mt lulls to Umß .4. P. Sheets. Decatur. 1: R. I. ;■