Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1914 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT *ubll*h«q Every Evening Except Bunday by fc* 'I ■ 11111 111 ill 1,, , 7 1 r.; ■: =: THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates F — — ■■ Per Week, by carrierlo cents Per Year, by carrier $5.00 Per Month, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mail>2.so Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur, <ndiana, as second class matter. There is talk of an independent ticket in a number of the counties over the state, which means that the old republican leaders, sly foxes that they are, want a chance at the county offices. They interest a few dissatisfied office seekers or men who have some personal grudge, work in a few others and then ask the people to follow them. Democrats who have worked for fifty years to accomplish things that are now happening in national affairs cannot afford to listen to these supposed reformers, who. when the republicans were in full control, were ■ staunch party men. When you set ' through you will feel like a “sucker" and will have accomplished nothing ( except the possible defeat of some of! 1 your heretofore best friends. If you. 1 believe in the principles of Wilson and I 1 Bryan, of Jefferson and Jackson, you i . should not assist the enemy in their I ( work of destruction of party lines. - : | It looks like a big year for Decatur. I s Last week we announced the Schafer-; 1 Waring deal, with the assurance that f a pew big factory building will be: buflt and more men employed. New <; comes the traction line deal, which | I looks mighty good. If we can land the ! ' Clover Leaf shops yet. and a few other things that seem probable, it should | be a year worth while in old Decatur • town. — Joe Bell, mayor of Indianapolis: Wil-1 9 I Dam Hosey, at Ft. Wayne, and Dr. | Bunch, at Muncie, have put the lid on ! < good and tight, and some of the peo I ' pie who said the meanest things about i them during the campaign are now , their staunchest supporters. t The democratic state convention < will be held March 19 and the number 1 of candidates now in the field tor each f office indicates that the convention , will be the usually interesting one. ; t 1 11 "'--e TRAMPS ARE NUMEROUS. ■ i Knights of the Road may like to < travel on them, but working on them I is another story. With the neighbor- j < Ing cities putting the hoboes and jail; < prisoners to work on the roads. Deca j t tur is getting more than her share of, < the tramps, especialy since there is a j t good. warm, free rooming house here: i for them. The city has been overrun i t with hoboes the past few days, many 11 especially today. They ask for goods. 1 money and one tramp grew so des per t ate as to ask at a west end home for I a piece of soap. > .—O ■" LIBRARY BOARD. The regular meeting of the Decatur library board will be held this evening i at 7 o'clock at the library. >

The Myets-Dailey Co. JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE —of mens Galloway, Russian Calf and Black Dog Fur coats —these we’re closing out at a decided saving to you. y Mens Fur trimmed and Plush lined overcoats at <’rt * I * $975 $1245 SISOO

:THE HORSE SALE ' First One of Year Idicates That the Market is Off This Year. I ' MANY BUYERS HERE I • But the Good Horses Failed to Bring the Price of Former Seasons. The first annual sale of the Decatur Horse Sale company, held at their barn on First street last Friday was a splendid success in so-far as having a large attendance of buyers from northern and eastern markets, but prices are ruling considerably lower than one year ago. The company had made an extra effort to have a good representation from the large markets and their efforts were crowned with success. A big crowd of buyers was in attendance and Hie lower prices established at this sale must be taken as a standard for future buying. Both buyers and producers must face this fact that prices on all grades or horses are from $25 to SSO lees per head than one year ago. Thia fact was clearly established when several eastern buyers, who are car-load-lot buyers, left without buying a horse because of the price. This means that unless local buyers are able to pur chase horses at the lower prices pending in eastern markets they will be unable to dispose of their offerings. The quality of the horses offered at this sale was the equal to the high standard set by this company in former years, and visiting buyers were quick to notice the number of good horses in this sale. There was an unusually big attendance of farmers and quite a few took advantage of the low price of horses thin in flesh to be resold in a few weeks at nice profit. Plans For New Company (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) soon as definite plans have been coin pleted. It is said that the proposed pur chaser of the line from Fort Wayne here has his construction men in read iness and that if the deal is closed soon as now seems probable, he will within a very short time, begin the work of extending the line to Berne. As much of the grading has been completed between this city and Monroe. this part of the work could he done very quickly and it is possible that by early summer can will be running that far south. According to the report made in court a fewdays ago by Receiver Quinn the Fort Wayne A- Springfield I'.ub made some money during the past year, but this of c ourse was all spent on betterments and in repairing the damage done by the floods last spring. However the showing is one that would make the property desireable in a deal of this magnitude and the tact that it was first taken up with the men here is proof that thia little twenty two miles of traction, is thekey to the entire situation. We be lieve there will be a big progress on this deal during the next three months and that we will be able to give our readers the complete story soon. - - o—— —— FOR SALE '■ "'lll ■ Threw duroc jersey male pigs. Ped ign-es furnished. R. H. 9 GEORGE ZIMMERMAN. 816

: | DOINGS IN SOCIETY I S WEEK’S CALENDAR. Monday. Mite Soc iety Jubilee—M. E. Parsonage. Tuesday. Bachelor Maids-Mrs. Lnwronce Klelnhens. k W. ( . T. U.—Mrs. Harriet Cover dale. Historical— Mrs. J. C. Sutton. | Wednesday. German Reformed Aid —Mrs. David Gerber. Shakespeare—Mrs. W. A. Lower. G. W. C.—Miss Rose Colchin. Thursday. Poinsettia—Ode Fullenkamp. ' Ruth Circle —Misses Daniels. Euterpean—Mrs. Florence Myers. Friday. Poverty Social —U. B. Parsonage. Miss Anna Miller and Lee Meyer spent Sunday In Fort Wayne the guests of the F. M. Miller and Ed Meyer families. The Ruth Circle of the Christian church will meet Thursday evening, with the Misses Ruth and Marie Dan iels. The young gentlemen of the class will meet with them. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tritch entertain ed at dinner Sunday for Miss Mary Johnson of Ann Arbor. Mich.; Miss Agues Eady and Miss Jessie Magley. Mrs. J. C. Sutton will entertain the Historical club tomorrow evening instead of Mrs. R. D. Myers, as sched useld in the club book, the ladies hav ing made an exchange of meetings Mrs. Mary Eley and Mrs. Sutton wi’’ have papers, Mr. and Hrs. Charles Case enter tained Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ault and daughter. Mabel, at dinner and suppei Sunday. The day was spent also, ir playing games, and a very enjoyable time was had. The Bachelor Maids will be enter tained Tuesday evening by Mrs. Law rence Keinhenx. A good attendance at the jubilee celebration of the Mite society is re quested this evening at the parsonage The men are especially invited. Messrs. D. B. Erwin. H. S. Michaud and Jacob At* will go to Berne tomor row to attend the installation, annuaroll call and banquet of the Bern* Knights of Pythias. They will tak< part in the program. The Ladies'Aid society of the United Brethren church has planned an inter esting poverty social for Friday even ing at the United Brethren parsonage A tine will be imposed on those com ing with good clothes on. A unique entertainment has been planned. FfiMIIfSTRICKEN Death of Harry Ward’s Aun'. Follows Closely That of His Father. WAS THE SISTER Os His Father—Contracted Pneumonia While Caring for Her Brother. Harry Ward, of the Ward Fence < ompany. nine here from Ridgeville where <MI last Saturday he attended the funeral of Ills father. Joel Ward who di<-d last Thursday night at hl. home In Indianapolis. Mr. Ward while here received word that hit aunt. Mrs. Lydia Way. of Winchester Hlvter of his father, died yesterday aft ernoon at 1:30 o'clock of pneumonia, at the home of her late brother, Joel Ward, in Indianapolis. The elater had gone to Indianapolis to care for her brother during hia last lllncaa. and while doing so. contracted pneumooia. which proved fatal to her. ouly three deys after the death of her brother. She wa» seventy-five years of age. and a widow. She leaves a aon In Calttor oia end a daughter In ludianapolh The body will be brought back to Win chaster tor burial tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr Ward left thia aft ernoon tor Wlacheeter to attend the funeral. ' o ————— SCARLET FEVER PATIENTS. Frances, aged ijt'aud dren of John ArMatroug. 4 .living in titc j country, who have been It! ot scarlet i > fever, are getting better. Goldie wae . | quite curiously ill. Imt all arc glad to ' | lieu.- that aba la now getting better ' bvwe to under quarantine

I THE COURT NEWS Three Strangers Found Gni’ty of Petit Larcny Late This Afternoon, J VERDICT IS REACH 1 . All Over 21 Years of A ,e- - Civil and Probate Court Entries. The fate of Joe Gannon, t'harl Williams and Ed Wien, th" s'raur*-r.-charged with larceny in the tln tt clothing from the consignment » nt' from New York to Ch/ ago over the. Erie railroad, was given over to th jury at 2:15 this afternoon, when the ■ arguments were completed by I’ro.-i cutor Ralleigh C. Parrish for the >tate and L. C. DeVoes for the defense. The evidence In the case was completed Saturday afternoon. By 3:30 the juryhad agreed upon a verdict, and at 3:40 the same was read to the prisoner finding them guilty of petit larceny. Thy are all over 21 years of age. Helena Berllng vs. The Toledo. Si. Louis & Western R. R. Co., damages Cause submitted, evidence heard, find- j i Ing (or planitffs on their complaint, i Judgment heretofore rendered was set < aside. Judgment against the defend I mt for costs. t The Homestead Comjiany Vs. John’ t W. Emery et al, on note. Defendants i r ruled to answer. t t Julius Schug et al. vs. Win. V. Buck n master, on note. Cause dismissed. . costs paid. t Lodema White vs. George R. Whit*' diverse, supplot n'.i.-y affidavit fil- d by plaintiff as »o r--idc'ice and *>< ' itpa- : tion. Answer filed by plaintiff to defendant’s cro-t-complaint. A marriage license was issued to i Loyal Scltnepp. farm* r. horn Novem-, f her 15. ISSfi son of Sherman Schnorn to wed Tillie Neuen-chwander, born June 29. 1990 daughter of Peter Neuenschwandt r. Real estate transfer Wm. 1’ Tee - - er to Adam lAi/inbill. real estate in Wabash tp.. $12,500; Vincent D B-ll,; jr_ to Benjamin Ftuher. to actKirv ‘ land tp., $1600: Clement L. V. Fh*««‘» et a) to V. C. Bent et al.. 50 acres. Union tp . $5,100: U. 8. of America to ’ John Young. 40 acres. Blue Creek tp... U. 8. patent deed. o GOOD HUNTING STORIES That Carre from Missouri Where They . Showed Them How to do Things. Perry Andrews and son of Monroe 1 returned from Missouri, when- they have been several weeks in the region 1 of the mouth of White river, hunt It • deer and other game. They caught five deer, but were not so <ortuti;<» In hunting boavers, as the high water f seems to have driven them all away J Fishlug was exceptionally good, and they saw some very fish The carp was especially large, some being ‘ as long as a good length of stove pipe. I and much thicker. Mr. Andrews tell“ i how Ben Middleton, walking along the bank, kicked at a large fish thilt they thought at first was a log. but wbh h really proved to be a big fish. The kick moved It just as little as though it had heen a log. H. 8. Porter wtt* with the , Andrews party. LOSES HIS WATCH Thatus Mocker Loses Prised Timepiece While Skating. Thetus Hocker, son of C. E. Hocker. 1 deputy postmaster, to mourning the ; teas of a silver watch which he priced highly. Thetus had gone skating ytw-! terday at the Krick A- Tyndall pond On returning home he reached for hisi watch pocket for the time-piece and was surprised to find It gone. It had evidently been lost at the pond, or on the way to *T from there. Imt a re ’ turn trip by him and a careful aaarcb failed to find the watch. I —UBaimi a»iiiMiaianiiniw..»iiiu -. Q MRS. ED LEWTON ILL. Mrs Ed l.« i wion of Monmouth to I quite seriou <lv ill of pneumonia nito • Tuesday, and a complication of di , I seaaro. A trained nurse arrived today Ito care for her. The family mov< d I last weak to lheir n aMeac** in Mon | I mouth, from Fort Wayne, whore they, | had Itv. d several years. „-»<4 ■■■ j I SERVER Ag APffCIAI JUMf i Judge Merryman will lie at Hunting ’ i ton tonight and tomorrow where he! will nerve as «pe<tol judg* la a agaUtot tke dty *»f H ittn^ 1 -n

! THRILLING MEXICAN PICTURE AT THE LYRIC TODAY Lovers of motion pictures of the . thrilling type should not miss the twond feature that is to be produced at t!.“ Lyric today'. ‘The Ghost of Hacinenda,” based on the war times of ' Mexico, of the present day. will be the I hading attraction. This is a positive hj-ilh r. showing a lumd of Mexican brigands making a hold attempt to se : I cure a large consignment of gold. many hair-raising situations are pro > duced during the action of the two I criping parts. A beautiful ntelo-1 drama full of heart throta and human interest is “The Hardest Way." The picture to noted for its beautiful j pliotoyraphy and settings surrounding a great moral. The management ot j the Lyric lias arranged for a great sea turo for every day this week and the I patrons will have an opportunity ot seeing the greatest pictures qver ex hibited in this city. The feature for Wednesday will be "The Lion Hunt.” in which a real lion to killed. Thurs day a big three reel feature "In Hand With Death." and two other reels will be run. making five in all The matinees are given daily and are largely I attended by ladies and children. The) “Try to Get in" sign will undoubtedly j be displayed every day this week. o Big Hotel Fire (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | persons to the scene. One woman was I injured in burning down the fire escape and was taken to an adjoining I hotel to be attended by physicians. I The guests, who were driven out of; their rooms in the hotel, sought shel i ter in the Palace hotel, located di- ’ rectly ac ross the street. After a i>at tie with the flames, which continued for half an hour, the hlaxe was brought under control and some cf the guests of the hotel were enabled to ’•(•turn to their rooms. No one was seriously iu-l Jured. ’ •'ftMASONIC CALENDAR FOR WEEK ENDING. JANUARY 17. Tuesday Evening. January 13. Decatur Lodge. No. 51. F. A A. M. Rcguler meeting. Work in Master! Mason's degree. Wednesday Evening. January 14. Decatur Chapter. No. 112. R. A. M I Called convocation. Work in Mark Mester’s degm-. o- '■ - FOR RENT—Furnished room, fur ! nace heat: bath. Strictly modern | Inquire this office. 273tf ! FOR SALE OR TRADE—SmaII well* lo at*>d residence. Will take vacant ‘ lot in exchange or sell on any term* suitable to purchaser. Inquire ot Frank Johnston, North Ist Street. 302t3 J Homemade sauerkraut, l-5c quart at Fullenkamp's. 305t3) Mrs. Engle. 306t2 I FOUND —Door key. Inquire at this ot fico. 4t3 DR. R. WEAVER. Osteopatii Graduate and Post Graduate of The American School of Osteopath. Office Over Bowers Realty Co Decatur, Ind. Phone 314 ....Wanted.... A salesman iVlust be a live hustling young man for retail Hamess Store. Inquire at once, permanent position for right man. SCHAFER HOW. CO. Threshing Outfits For SALE 1 am uttering tur sale all my tffreali1 lug tnachiDcry. Two complete outfits, in first class condition. Call on A. W. WERLING, Preble, Ind 6 13 2V 27 HAIR CUT 15c On and after January 6, 1914. at Frank Hower's ehop, threti I door* south ot interurban station. Jour barbssv.

Men:- 1 Our Special Sale enables you to sav, Two to Five dollarson a suitor ov&r coat without being asked to Dial from “Left-Overs ’ or broken tai These clothes are made for Us £| Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Clothc ra ij I Thats about all we need to say bl most of you: you know so well the ’ ue in the clothes. To those who don't■ know; there never will be a better time to get acquainted, never a big ger chance to get the best clothe* made at such extraordinary prices. I Here are some of the prices MENS FANCY SUITS MENS OVERCOATS , •9 $25.00 Suit* now » 2 ®- 0C Coat* now $22.50 Suit# now $18.50 $22 50 Coat* now lilgjj $20.00 Suit# now $20.00 Coat* now V|J| | $18.50 Suit# now $15.00 $18.50 Coat* now $16.50 Suit# now ....$13.50 $16.50 Coat* now $15.00 Suit* now $12.00, $15.00 Coat* now 13 50 Suito now $10.50 $12.50 Cc-iia now -JMlfl $12.50 Suit* now $ 950 s’o-00 Coat# now SIO.OO Suit# now 58-00 $8.50 Coat* now Holthouse, Schulte & Company Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys — - ■' I IB I I THE old settler! , -CavjX -. WILL CUM BLACK RAINWATER MUDDY HYDRANT WATER BLACKEST k ‘ ZAU'SiV the OLD SETTLEB CO., FINDLAT, I. We Sell Eastern Oklahoma Land What was known as the Indian Reserve, in Muskogee, j Okmulgee and Mclntosh Counties. We hiive 10 inches rain fall, our lands are level, fertfle I and close to railroads, plenty of oil and gas. We have just come back from there, we stand ready anc I willing to back up any and all statements we make on or I Oklahoma land because we know what we are talking abets I We raise com, oats, wheat, alfalfa, milo. maze, kale com, cotton cow-peas, peanuts and all kinds and var.Ue of fruits. Although this was an off year, com made from 251 60 bushels to the acre, oats from 45 to 75 bushels to act? wheat 30 to 50 bu. and cotton from $45. to $75. per sere. All we ask is for you to make a trip with us and invtr tigate for yourself and you will be more than pleased. If interested come and see us at Decatur, or write®! and we will see you. Excursion rates every day in the I week. We also have a large list ofjocal lands for sale. D. F\ Leonard !Decatur, Ind. Office Opposite Interurban Station Tri enW ' Our price for Butter Fat for the week ending with Jan. 12th, is 36c Bring Us. YourjMilk and Crca 111 ■ I ADAMS COUNTY CREAMERY COMPANT $3.00 ’ ” ST. LOUIS AND RETURN GDI-over Leaf rou tE SATURDAYS, JANUARY 3th. AND 17tb» r See H. J. Thompson Agt for Particular