Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1913 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DE ATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier $5.00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail.. $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofllce in Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Tlie Herald was right on at least one of their campaign predictions, We have to change our majority figures today. We had them a little low. Elections are often puzzles and there are some towns which do not seem to improve with age. Vincennes yesterday elected the first republics*! mayor in its history. Now, what do yon think of that, Mr. Dopester? The election is ever and we wlth| the rest of you are glad ot it, W r arc pleased, of course, at the result, and we firmly believe that the men elected will serve you even better than we claimed. We'havc no desire to glory over the good men who opposed them for the offices and we are sincere in the hope that the sor: spots are not deep. The campaign 1 was cleaner than the average city fight and the disgraceful scenes enacted in many cities found no place I here. ’ There are many things in the re-1 turns from the elections yesterday which make the democrats feel cheerful. The election of democratic governors in Massachusetts and New Jersey and the victories in other states Is an approval of the Wilson I administration. The progressives are likewise jubilant for every placn where they made a test against th 1 republicans, they were the vic to * They won out in a number of citie s i and the bull mooseis are far from I cing dead and buried. R. O. Johnson, a former Decatur man, was yesterday elected mayor of the city of Gary, defeating Tom! Knotts, the democratic candidate, ar.-i present mayor. It was the most bit-! ter contest in Indiana and attracted | attention all over the country. W»| join the hundreds of friends of M . Johnson in Adams county in extern • ing congratulations and in wishing j for him a prosperous and successful I term in office. He is capable and ei - ergetic and w ill uo doubt make arc. i ord. The democrats won a splendid vlc-j tory in Decatur yesterday, a victory i that means more than the sinning by; any certain number of votes. It I means the endorsement by the people I of Decatur of the clean business administration of the past few year.. 1 As mayor, Charles Christen will serve every citizen of Decatur to the best of his ability and that in ’ aying'

Bf THE TEST OF COMPARISON These Boys Clothes Stand Alone We believe there isn’t a mother who will trouble to examine fabrics, workmanship and style in our new suits fori b >ys who will fail to say that they are t le best she evar saw for the price BOYS SUITS $2.75 to $8.50 OVERCOATS $2. to $9. I The Myers-Dailey Go.

something, for ho is one of the most capable men in Decatur. We make * that statement in the same sincerity = that we made it when he was a cans didate. The men who will serve with him, Mr. DeVoss as clerk, Mr. McFarland as treasurer, and Messr:-*. Martin, Baumgartner, Linn Hurst and Kirsch, are splendid business men, ev f ery one of them qualified, and they ' will do their best to give the people ’ of Decatur the service that they uro , entitled to. We are proud of the oftl-clals-elect and we predict for them 1 a clean and able administration. We congratulate them and we cougratu- , late the people of Decatur in liaviru thern. • CALL FOR COUNTY COMMITTEE The members of the democratic i county central committee are hereb? notified to meet at the democratheadquarters in the City of Decatur at 10 o'clock a. m„ on Thursday, November 6, 1913, for the purpose of fixing the data fo> holding the county primary electio: and to transact such other buslnew j as may come up. J.‘ W. BOSSE, County Chairman. oW •• k ' •• W•• •• *♦* '•*••• *• •• •• * { | DOINGS IN SOCIETY i h ■t'pticcccticcccticticccrccc J WEEKS SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Orient Club—Mrs. Oscar Poinsettia -Miss Frances Coffee. Elite Embroidery Club—Agnes Cos tello Bachelor Maids, Miss Rose Tonnel i ier. Friday. Westminster Guild- Lucile Ssiith. Christian Ladies’ Aid —Mis. W. C McKinney. Euterpean—Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. The Christian Ladies’ Aid society will meet. Friday afternoon with Mrs W. C. McKinney. Mrs. Florence DeVilblss of Detroit. Mich, and Mrs. J. H. Heller went to Fort Wayne to spend the day with. Mrs. Alien Bowser. Mrs. John Stewart eave a very de . lighttul six o'clock dinner party last j evening for the following g icsts: Mrs. O. L. Vance, Mrs, <’. D. Lewtoh and daughter. Eloise; Mrs. F. A. Peoples Mr- J. T. Merryman, Mrs. J. H. Hel 'er -/T children. Di< k and Fanny. A very delicious dinner was served. Two errors were made in the note - on the party for Mildred Strobe. She I was fourteen years of age and is a daughter of Chris Strebe. The Bachelor Maids had a most dr- ■ lightful time at the home of Miss Rose ! TonnMier lust evening. A most re markable record was made by Mi«“ , Ro»e Vcglewede in five hundred, when I she scored 5,000 points which was th*t bight si score made by any <\ e at any time in the club. Prizes wire won by Miss Celeste Wem .-'fi and Miss Ros-? V< glewede. —*»> Mrs. H. 8. Michaud and her niece. Miss Elsie Broadwell, of West Palm : Beach. Florida, went to Ft. Wayne this morning to spend the day at the I J. F. Lacliot home. Tlie Ladies* Sewing cluh. a band ot Udies who have enjoyed muting with each other at the home of em h in turn I " MB. — ■ ' >lll I j

FnSiSjEj-AAr * -L.: T" ’ XJtf! i for several years, hat decided to change Its name and will henceforth . be known as "The Magazine Club.' They met first under their new name at the home of Mrs. I*. G. Hooper yes 1 terday, being entertained at a 12 o’clock dinner and then spending tin afternoon together in honor of one o' their members, Mrs. Florence DeVii bias, now of Detroit, Mich. Mrs. J. C Patterson gave a magazine readint and henceforth these readings will In a feature of each dub meeting. The Ruth Circle of the Christian church has postponed its meeting un til next week on account of the evan gelistic services being held this week. Although the city election held ti this city yesterday was by far the largest and proved to be the greatest, drawing card, it was found neeessarj to divide its place on the boards will an election held Monday which, al though on a smaller scale, undoubted , ly proved of greater interest to tho*voting, than half e dozen of jester day’s elections. Tlie polls for this < !e< tion were located at the home of Mrs H. R. Molts, the voters be ng tlie members of tie Shake tpearc club, and tile que 'ion, woman suffrage. When die polls wore clos.-i md votes counted the r- «r.!- shower that out of twenty (me la l ' present eighteen were in favor of tuffrag two opposed, and one umi'iide whether she wanted to "suffer or not. After tlie results were announced th' members were entertained by Mrs. J C. Patterson, who delivered an lri-i Anti-Suffragette" speech. Mrs. J. D. Wise’mupt’s section o' the United Brethren Indies’ Aid so ciety will give a penny social Fridaj evening, November 21. at the E. F Lenhart home. Elaborate plans ar being made for tlie affair. Mr.-. Ida ChrmiisU-r entertained a dinner today for the Rev. and MrBenjamin Borton, Mrs. W. C. Me Kir' ley and daughter, Eula. The Westminster Guild will meo Friday evening with Miss Lucik ■smith. The meeting was postponed from Thursday on account of the lee tire course number A number of eighth grade student n Room 10 of the Central sefioo building were royally entertained Monday evening at the hospitable ■ tome of Mr. and Mrs. Joi i» Loimen 1 toll, just south of the city. The happy throng assembled at the monu meat and proceed* a in a very eiyoyible manner on their trip, «nlivenim: he journey with songs, cla; s yelp and calls. At the very pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Leiim natoll. wher •verything seemed to be in re :dleemd waiting for the joyful crowd, con ests and gdrnes played. Among •be prize winner! were Lo.na Stone burn -r and Violet Van Hart. Rereshmeats were ice cream, nahiscoi and candies. The merry piety return ed having had a most pleasant enter tainment. and urgent invitations to oonie again. Tho v e pre-ent were: Harland McGill, Anita Swertnger, l/illie Leonard. Gladys Flanders. Lear Butler. Harry Knapp. Mabel Hower Urcile Amspaugii, Berenetu Reynolds, Ireta Butler. Jim Ellis, Anna Garard. Genevieve Smith, Nmpii Meyer*. Ralph Crill. Stella Leimenstoll, Vkdet j Vnnllart. Sanis Robbins, Ixtuva Stoneburner, Ralph Ramey, Gladys Eady ' Edwin Stephenson. E. S. Christen, teacher; John Ixdn.enstoll family. Q ■ . FOR SALE - House and two lots it Monroe. For further jarticularie Ira Wagoner at Monr or Jola Wagoner at Decatur. 2Cltf Bring Your Money I Troubles To Us W<> enn loan you enough mon- I ey to put you on your feet I Enough to g«t rid of the small I worrisome bill* whic'i you find I it hard to meet. We loan oa I household good*, pianos, wag- I ons, horses, etc., without re- ■ moral. Any amount from *5 I up for ioug or short time. | Borrow $25 for three months. I Fay liack $29 10 in three monthly pnymontH of ft.TO each. Total cost only li.lt. We are licensed and bonded under the etato law and give you every protevtion the* law affords. if you need money fill c-Jt »be follow lag blank, cut it out Mid mall It to us, and our agent will '•all on you. Our sg«nt will' be in Becatur •very Tueaday. I Name Add regs •.. ««•« Reliable. Private. H. low UftSJUim I lAtebliahod 1I9& Room 2, Seoond Floor, <0« Calhoun Street Home 'Phone, 131. I Fort Wayne, (nd

„U' * . l % u « : M H ><< EXPLAINS the MERMAID MYTH I I Sailorc Mistook the Se, or 3e; Calf for Mythical Creature They Thought They Saw. Os course there arc no mermaid i! such as have been depicted to ua b, imaginative artiste for many centuries —mythical creatures, half woman, half fish, with long waving tresses—but it is interesting to note that more I than half the ancient pictures of mer-; maids depleted tho creatures sitting on a rock in the sea combing their long hair and looking into a small hand mirror. Where did man get the idea, that mermaids possessed combs and mirrors? At first one might think it evolved through the belief that mer maids (man once believed they ex isted) ull possessed long hair, and, possessing it, naturally did what ull | women do—combed it. And because women have always used mirrors—even the prehistoric women used pools ot water for this purpose—these old artists gave theh painted mermaids mirrors and combs ■ But this is not true. It was no sup I position on the part of tho old artists They made their pictures from the de scription that thousands of old sea-far I ing men gave, men who actually be i lieved they had seen mermaids. Anti i these men frequently quite as solemn I ly avowed tlv-y saw the mermaids with | combs ami mirrorNot the leart strange part of all, ibis is the fact that many of these i old sailors really believed they had men mermaids. There is no doubt i that they saw seals, or. more likely, | .he sea calf. This peculiar creature | has a habit of hail raising its body out i as the water. Away back lu the olden days, when there were few sailors; and they had net sailed far in any i quarter of the globe-, the sight of a | sea calf was a strange,, weird thing, to them. The sea calf does not look unlike a human being half raised out' of the water. NOT MEANT TO BE SERIOUS Comparative Harmlessness of French Duels Is Largely a Matter of Arrangement. A large proportion of the duels in , France end without bloodshed. When the offense is not very serious it is agreed beforehand that the words ot , command shall be given so rapidly ! that the duelists w ill not have time to take good aim. Sometimes three shots are exchanged without a hit I and then the seconds step in and —' "honor is satisfied.’’ At the word "Fire!” the pistol Is raised instantly, i and it must be discharged not iatei than the word "three ” so the speedwith which these cords are giver regulates the time in which it is pos sible to take aim. Th refore the speed . with which they are spoken is agreed upon beforehand, this depending upon the seriousness of the duel. The. words are timed with a mbtronome If the encounter be very serious this is set at the slowest speed, $0 beats e ininnte, which gives time for tak'ng accurate aim. A speed of 140 beats a minute allows no time for aiming, and, therefore, is used when the seconds consider the duel sb.oul-l be made at little dangerous as possible. Rural Life, the Nation's Hope. 1 warn my countrymen that the great recent progr ss made lu city I life is not a fol! measure oi our civi i llzation, for our civilization rests at : Ixittom on the wbolesomeness, the at-1 Iractiveness and the completeness, as well us the prosperity of life in th< i country. The men and women on the' farms stand for what is fundamentally * best and most needed in our Aim Hear ' j life. Upon the development of coun , ; try life reets ultimately our ability, by j i methods requiring the highest intelff gence. to continue to feed and ciotlmj the hungry nation; to supply the city i with fresh blood, clean bodies and j Hear brains that can endure the ter-. rifle strain of modern Hfd: we need! the development of men in the open, country who will be tn the future a* in the past the stay and strength of the nation. —Theodore Roosevelt. I Pebble Industry In No.-mandy. The pebble industry ia be sc mini h quite important in upper Normandy | France. The «4itfi of the (’aux rt glen, undermined by subterranean spring* and by the waves of the Enc . i'sh channel, slip, fail and break. They ! ar<- --i .ilof a c.--i areou* mass con | iainitig tllr.ta Tliese flints fall to lb>I bottom of the lea. ft here they tecomi I fist and take an ovrffd shape. Their color i» blue, spotted with I brown, yellow or rod stripes. They! I; arc ti ed to manufacture concrete j I stone and earthenware, and their I ; dust is even employed to make paint- * and rice powder -foiitatlon. Over 120.000 tons of p» bb!es uro an I nually picked up ot: the Normandy. i bcacbca. Most of It is sent abroad. Outer Tranalatione. WLvii Um Bibl l wag translated Into i Japanese, an equivalent to the word ' "baptize” could not be found, and the word "iw>uk' had to be used Instead. ’. so that the Jnpatie*e Fiblical student* I a<<’ ncqualniod with s person named! "John the Foakcr," and with a doc trine of "soaking for remission of i : tdn*" lo that case the miuisUaiior. it due to inadequacy of language- A , .'<wl boy, otes rendered "Miserere.! k Domlnc into ' ’ph, ’ iKnr'-brd tn I sf jtnrfim.' Sti r'' And anotiu r recover L rd frem German the test "The spirit! h tndeed is willing, but the fi<vh is i w<g4t." In tbr form. The ghost of cofrue, la ready, but the moat Is i focUu’’ . . > MM—»— miMMisi e» - ■ •nasi—. use— — •»w

niimfs FLAT DUTCH CABBAGE FOR KRAUT $2.25 Per 100 lbs. Plenty of good country buter. We pay cash or trade for produce butter 25c eggs 27 cents CHIROPRACTOR H aiifc 1:30 to 5:00 nOUIS 6:30 to 8:00 i Office on second floor, first ' door South of Democrat i Consultation and Spinal Analysis free Lady Attendant PHOXE 50 0. L. BUSGtNER l).f. WANTED A man in Harness Factory! good salery and yerr around job for right man. Schafer Saddlery o. Dr. £. V. Connell VETERINARIAN Office 143 * i iiUlit? Residence 102 Duroc Jersey Hog Sale-At John Nidlinger’s Saturday, Novembers, 1913 COAL AT THE RIbHT PRICE AT E. Bennett’s coal yardj Located on the Erie R R., two squares from Burk’s ele vator. Come and give me a cal! or phone 199. Orders Filled Promptly. I can save you money Emerson Bennett

' " — Kpll.OO— Last week we sold a large number of our Black Astrakin coats /JCW of which we received an appro- mbK9|M \al shipment from the factory with the understanding that we sell them by Thanksgiving. In order, however, to move these out faster we are going to make a reduction of ONE DOL- . wWI LAR o\ er last weeks price and Em JSf oiler you one of those beautiful RsW stylish,up-to-date coats for sll. F//// . In tud or three-quarter length.

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M L-W lifciii ml—— _ 1 . -- -- J JUST RECHVEO] Another big shipment of ’ LION BRAND work shoes the kind that wear ‘ well and keep out the, wet. Try a pair ELZEYcfcIHACKMAN OPP. COURT HOUSE 1 We Sell Eastern Oklahoma Land What was known as the Indian Reserve, in Muskogee Okmulgee and Mclntosh Counties. 1 We have 40 inches rain fall, our lands are level, fertile and close to railroads, plenty of oil and gas. We have just come back from there, we stand ready and willing to back up any and all statements we make on oir Oklahoma land because we know what we are talking about We raise corn, oats, wheat, alfalfa, milo. maze, kafpr corn, cotton cow-peas, peanuts and ail kinds and vanities I of ffuits. Although this was an off year, corn made from 25 to 60 bushels to the acre, oats from 45 to 75 bushels to acre wheat 30 to 50 bu. and cotton from $45. to $75. per acre. All we ask is for you to make a trip with us and investigate for yourself and you will be more than pleased. If interested come and see us at Decatur, or write us and we will see you. Excursion rates every day in the week. We also have a large list of local lands for sale. D. F'. Leonard “Decatur, Ind. Office Opposite Interurban Station HOMESEEKER EXCURSION FARES to West, Southwest and Southeast via CLOVER LEAF ROUTE Tickets on sale November 18th., December 2nd. and 16th., January 6th. and 20th. LIBERAL STOP OVERS For tickets and information see H. J. Thompson agent Decatur, or address Chas E. Rose, A.G.P. A., Toledo, Ohio. Wanted At Once 30 LADIES OR GENTS To dress and prepare poultry for shipment, Good Wages. Steady work.