Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1914 — Page 2

DAILY *ubil«h«4 Every Evening Except Sunday by Ttt.DF.UU-R DEMOCRAT COMPANY, LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rate* Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 85.00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Staßlrt Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made knowa on application. Entered at the postofflee in Decatur, .ndtana, as second class matter. The resolutions adopted by me I democratic county committee today ’ are clear cut aijd genuine. They endorse democrats who have fulfilled the pledges made by their pkrty and I they ring with the spirit that lias always marked democratic progressing: in old Adams county. With such . feeling and with such an organization the majorities next fall will beat tiie old records and continue to hover around the two thousand mark. Today - meeting of the democrats I was one of the best ever held in the I county. Representatives from every ] township were on hand and each may I is ready to go out ana do duty for his-1 party. Adams county’ democrat; have fought long and steadfastly fol the principles now being enacted into laws. They believe in them sincerely and feel that the best interests of the greatest number of people are beir.i caret! for. • Governor Samuel M. Ralston is one of the greatest, if not the greatest gov ernor the state of Indiana has ev<u I the state is on a better basis than h has been in years. Me is the object o attack only by the narrow partisan pa per which opposts any man who con the people and not in the interest <>i n < redit not onlv to ■ imself b't* to i* state. His every thought is clean, am and morally wt ak is the man who crit h i .es him in a partisan and narrow manner His acts are proper subject* of review, but to go beyond the argu xnentative stage is not only unfair bu actually dishonest.—Huntington Press The .Muncie Star says: “Governor Holston ha.- t nail' cc-ncjudid not t s interfere with the electrocution o Jlarry Ralsco aud Steve Chirka. and both men wiU be electrocuted in th< state’s prison at Michigan City c: February 29 next. While many co: tend tliat from the broad standpoint o humanity no oa» in authority, or nth erwise, ban any legal or moral rigiit t< deprive a human being of his life. tM words of the governor to Warden For arty, who ia charged with their execu tion, go to the public with much rec son and force. The governor also a> gue» d‘ lib« rute|y from the standpoir. of humanity when he declares: ’ ■ annot close my eyes to the fact the the killing of wives U becoming mor and more frequent in the cutumo. wealth wiio«e law- 1 have sworn t‘ ~ ’ FINAL CLEARANCE Mens ihiris $1.50 QUALITY GOING AT $1.05 SIZES 1410 16 1-2 THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

| have executed. The man who is sentenced to death for the killing of his wife will have to make an extremely strong showing to move me to the ex . ercise of executive clemency on his j behalf.'" jj zc 2222 c cc 2=222222222222278 0 DOINGS IN SOCIETY MXX1222222222232322258222& CLUB CALENDAR. Saturday. Concord Aid party—John Christen home. The nuptials of Miss Josephine Sun , ier aud Dr. Walter L. Hadley were • celebrated ut eight o'clock Wednesday 1 evening at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Sunier ■ at 409 West Central avenue. The ser- , vice was read by Rev. W. T. Arnold. I of the First M. E. church, the bride's i pastor, in the persence of a company lof fifty. Beautiful and dainty appointments made the wedding one of tiie prettiest of the winter. Dr. and .Mrs. Hadley expect to go to house-keeping about the first oi March in the residence at 421 West Central Avenue owned by the bride's father.—Bluffton News. Forty attended the Evangelical Ladies’ Aid meeting with Mrs. Harvey I Harruft yesterday afternoon. Two new members became identified with he society at this time. The secion of which Mrs. L. L. Baumgart ner is chairman .had charge of the meeting, and will have at the one in I two weeks. Tiie collection yesterday was $7. A social good time was en oyed before adjourning. Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner will entertain in two weeks. One of the most enjoyable times of he season was that at the home of Miss Vora Mitch when the Willing Workers' class of the Calvary Evan elical Sunday school celebrated their first anniversary as an organized | lass by having a joint meting with the Gideon's band, and a program, rhe program was as follows: Song Onward. Christian Soldiers. Scripture Reading. Sentence Prayers. Class Song—Willing Workers. Roll Call. Selected Reading—Gertrude Shiffer iy. Class Song—Gideon's Baud. Declamation—Mrs. E. W. Jackson. Solo—He’s My Friend —Wildas Shifferly. I)e< tarnation —Bessie Koos. Quartet. Declamation—Faye Jackson. Dialogue Why We Never Married | Song Blest Be the Tie That Binds ■ After the program games were] played and lunch served. lamdy Jack-i son and George Mitch were voted 'he champion eaters. Tiie ate and ate tnd what they couldn't vat they hid. Those present including members and others were: Mr. and Mrs. laindy lacluon, Walter Koos. Lewis Shilling. Mrs. E. W. Jackson. Mrs. Mary Wai ler, Convoy, Ohio: Mrs. Elias Mitch. Messrs. Otis Siiifferly. George Mitch. Roy Gaunt. Artie Jackson. Ivan Shlfferly. Dewey Jackson. Glen Chronister, Cecil Gause. Willie Lichtenberger, "larcnce Drake. Basil Gephart. Curtis Miller. Bel Mitch. Van Wert; Nyle tnd Glen Jackson, Tony and Page Mitch, Dale. Gerald and Donald Koos, Arden Shilling. Harlan Jackson; the Misses Gertrude and Wildas Shitferly, 'Jessie Lichtenberger. Vora and Em--na Mitch. Mary Erwin. Decatur; Nelle Helm. Daashie and Gladys Gephart, Faye Jackson. Ida Fuhrman. De atur. Lola Drake. Helen Koos, Perth Mitch. All departed at n fate hear, voting the Willing Workers royal enertainers and hoping to meet again. The meeting of the laid les' lllstorcal club which was to have been held his coming Tuesday, has bon post»om d. The exact dale and the name of the hostess v ill be aunuuuctd ia ter. Miss Emma Terveer royally eater atn<-d the Bachelor Maid* ut their ■vgular meeting last evening, st her home and a most enjoyable time was had. Five hundred was played aud n this Misses B< hh Tuunrlfcr and Hose Tonter won the honors. Tinnext meeting will lie with Mi»s Bertha Voglewede. thia being the last one before the Lenten season, DEMOCRATS MET AT ANDERSON. (United Press Service I Anderson. Ind., Feb. 14 —(rfpcxialto Dally Democrat) —Three thousand people attended the most exciting icuioirutlr convention ever held in he history of Madison county here ‘odi»y. <’. Carleton was chairman Resolutions were adopted commending the state and national administration. Dale J. Crllenbcrgrr. editor of the Bulletin, was endorsed tor state auditor. n , Democrat Want Ads Pay |

A Sudden Death (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) two brothers. Sisters an- Mrs. Auettia Hill, Nellie and Aveline Dean, and brothers are Raymond and Hobart Dean. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. o j STRANGE DISEASE KILLS HORSES (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Strange infections that are killing horses and mules in large numbers in tour difterent parts of the state continued unchecked today and were as much a puzzle as ever, according to Dr. A. F. Nelson, state veterinarian. The four points are neighborhoods about Vincennes, Bicknell, Columbus and Santa Fe, near Peru. They are to be placed in two groups. The disease at Vincennes and Bicknell is very similar. The trouble at Columbus and Peru appears to be identical. Dr. Nelson has visited these points. He has been analyzing the diseased organs in the state laboratories, but up to the present has been unable to discover enough about the diseases to aid him in checking them. At Vincennes McClure Bros, have lost heavily. There the disease resembles closely spinal meningitis. It is not as certain to result fatally as at Co lumbus and Peru. The horses affected at Bicknell and Vincennes have I a chance to life if given good treatmeat. They fall, but if placed in a sling and carefully nursed they often' recover. There probably have been I more eases at Vincennes than at any other point. These cases have been noted for about two months, while at Columbus and Peru they have existed about two weeks. The diseases at Columbus and Peru I affects tiie respiratory organs, but Dr.' Nelson believes that this is an after ‘ result of a disease t hat very closely, resembles ptomaine poisoning. One' of the first symptoms is a discharge I at the nostrils, which becomes offensive. There are ulcerations in the' mouth and nose. There appears no ! way to save the animals. At the end I of three or four days they die. Chas. I Keel at Jonesville lias lost seven horses aud mules. None of them had been off his farm for several months. | Samuel Ross. Clarence Spurgeon and William Mengler. all living near Jonesville and Columbus, have lost j animals. Dr. Nelson has tried to infect gui j ' nea pigs with the blood of the diseas-1 ed horses, but without success. For I ! tills and other reasons he believes [ I that the two disease are not infectu I out. He thinks they are due wholly to , some fungus that Is on the forage.' He says it is possible for the disease I to be spread by exchange of forage, i but not probable. He believes there is little danger of an epidemic such i as affected Kansas when practically the whole state was quarantined. THE COURT NEWS. A marriage license was issued this morning to Walter Cologne Blair, aged twenty-three, a farmer from Wells county, and Phebe Elizabeth Hel-1 ter. aged twenty-three, daughter of John W. Heller, of Hartford township.. ——— There was no wssiou of court this I morning, the court room having been I turned over to the farmers' institute. 1 Court will resume Monday morning. In the matter of the surviving part-: nershlp of laiman A Lee. Attorney i James T. Merryman, representing A. I N. Steele, guardian, and Mrs. Anna La man, filed objection and answer to the report of Wilson Lee, surviving partner. Fort Wayne & Snnngfie’'Ry Company. TIME TABLENorthbound. Caro leave Decatur at 1:20. I:M 11:30, 3:30, 5:80. »:3V; arrive at Fort Wayne at 6.53, 9:40, 13:40, 3:40, 6:40 and 10:40. Southbound. Lave Fort Wayne at 7:00, 10:00. 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 11:00; arrive In Decatur at 8:10; 11:10; 2:10; 5:10; 8:10; 13:10. Connectlone are made at Fort Wayne with the FL Wayne & North ern Indiana Traction Co, The Toledo 4 Chicago Interurban Railway Company, The Ohio Electric, and Indiana Union Traction Company; alto with the Pennsylvania. WaVaeb. Nickle Plate, L 8. & M. 8., C H a 8.. and G R. & 1- railroads. Freight Bervlee. Freight aervtce consists of one j train each way flaily; Leaving Decatur st 8;0u a. tu . and returning, bat log Fort Wayne at 18:00 m. Tils enables shipper* to telephone order* and receive shipments promptly. W- H- FLEDDERJOHANN, | General Manager. • • Oecatu'- ing.

AUTO BANDITS OF NEW YORK AT LYRIC TODAY. The Auto Bandits of New York, a sensational story of a band of thieves and their capture by the polled, will be the attraction at the Lyric today. This is one of those really big produc tlons, packed full of exciting situations from start to finish. The plot is a highly dramatic one. yet there is nothing shown that will offend the most critical. The story is as follows: Black is the leader of a gang of ban dits. who huve a secret rendezvous just outside of New York City. He detects a pretty young stenographer in the act of stealing from iter employer and induces her to join his band and seek bigger game. Through circumstantial evidence, Jane, another employe, is sent to prison for the theft. Three years later, having serv ed her sentence, she is discharged from the prison. While riding on n street car Jane falls Into the hands of a gang of thugs, but is rescued byTom. a jeweler s son. whose friendship for her quickly ripens into love. Black threatens Jane with exposure of her criminal record and forces her to steal a sixty-thousand dollar necklace from Tom’s father, by substituting a worthless duplicate. Jane hides the genuine necklace and succeeds in sending word of her plight to Tom. When he attempts to aid her he is seized by the bandits and securely tied to the water pipe of a boiler which will explode at 160 pounds steam pressure. Jane eludes her captors and by swimming the river reaches Tom in time to save his life. Later the bandits are captured and the sixty thousand dollar necklace becomes Jane's when she marries Tom. By all means, plan to j see this thrilling picture. It will be worth your white. • - - o- -■ 1 —"- —- 200 FARMS ABSOLUTELY FREE. We will give away free of charge and without restrictions as to im- ‘ provement or settlement 200 farm, i tracts of from 5 to 40 acres in Faint 1 Beach county. 81,000 an acre is oft j i en made on similar land from winter i vegetables alone and fortunes in ! ‘ grape fruit and oranges. This is the I land of three crops a year, below tiie i frost line; 365 growing days. The last day for registration is April 30. : 1 1914. Low excursion rates on March . 3. 17. April 7 and April 21. Write! for full particulars to Secretary of' ; Commerce, laike Worth. Fla. 3St3 " - 1 "■" - - 1 o Democrat Wants Ads Pay.

OFFER OPEN TWO WEEKS TO THE DAILY DEMOCRAT SUBSCRIBERS: Because of the severe weather and the almost impassable roads the latter part of last week, many who had intended to do so, were prevented from coming in to renew their subscription andsecure one of the valuable Paper Wallets which we have been offering the past month to those who renewed. We have therefore decided to keep the offer open two weeks longer. If you will pay your subscription any time before February 15th. you will be given one of these handsome and convenient presents. Our record for the month of January exceeded that of any month in our history and we hope that the few who have not renewed will do so during this two weeks. We want you to continue as a reader and we hope you want to. THE DAILY DEMOCRAT

PUBLIC SALE. As 1 am going to leave tiie farm 1 j will offer at public sale. 2 miles south and mile east of Hoagland, V* mile j west of Williams station on the Win. Bubrick farm, on Wednesday. March | 4, at 10 o'clock a. m.. the following personal property, to-wit: Four Head ; of Horses: Roan mare, 5 years old, 1400 lbs.: roan mare 12 years old. weight 1400; brown mare 6 years old.' 1250 lbs. These mare are giKHI work ers and safe in foal to the Andrew j Fuelling Belgian horse: buy driving' mare 8 years old. weight 1100 !b*.,| lady broke and a good worker In all, harness. Five Head of Cattle: Spot-1 ted cow, 7 years old, will be fresh in April; spotted cow, 2 years old. will be fresh by date of sale; red cow. !> years old, will be fresh in June; Dur ham cow, com fed and ready for the ' block: 1 yearling steer. Four full blooded Duroc sows. Two of these sows will farrow by day of sale and papers will be furnished with these two. One sow will farrow in April. • one in May. Sheep: Fifteen ewes, al Isafe with lamb and due to lamb in March. Poultry: Nine dozen I chickens, 4 Barred Rock cockerels, 4 • bronze turkeys. 3 hens, gobbler. Farming Implements: McCormick binder. McCormick mower, Dane hay loader. John Deere tedder. Black Hawk corn | planter, fertilizer attachment, good as 11 new; John Deere riding corn cultiva-11 tor. hammock seat, good as new; Syracuse double shovel riding breaking plow. Oliver breaking plow. 13 ft. wooden frame spike-tooth harrow, 14 ft. roll disc harrow. Osborn pring- | tooth harrow, used one sens".'. meh | tire wagon, 2*4 inch tire wagon, double wagon bed. good as new, set of ! 2-ycrd dump boards. 2 sets of work harness 1 set only used twy> seasons, set of buggy harness, good top buggy I heater, milk cans, new double shovel harpooned hay fork and other articles not herein mentioned. Terms: —All sums of 85 and under j cash; over tliat amount a credit of 9 I months will be given, with purchaser I ' giving a bankable note: 4 per cent discount for cash. No property removed j until settled for. The ladies' Aid society of Antioch church will serve lunch. THEO. HUNT. . John Spuller. Auct. , Geo. Bobelia, Clerk. - O'— — FOR SALE OR TRADE—House on First street and one on 10th street. I —lnquire of Frank Johnson. 30t6

SEE US ABOUTIT 67 Acres, 2 mile from Decatur, 6 room house new 2 room house, barn 36x60, other well and wind pump, no timber. 1-2 mile to school $ mile to church, we will take a small property in ex t change not to exceed S2OOO. This is a bargain for some one. 160 acres good black soil, 5 mile to a market and 4 mile to another, 1 mile to school and 2 mile to church a 14 room house with slate roof and cellar under all barn 40x86 with slate roof large hoghouse with slate roof, granary, smokehouse, chickenhouse, good well with wind pump, a good orchard. This farm is well tiled and fenced and if sold quick will go for $140.00 I per acre. ■■■m HARVEY LEONARD & COMPANY Office Opp. Interurban Station ===j l Plenty of Coal | Prompt Deliveries No Advance in Price KIRSCH, SELLEMEYER AND SONS Decatur to Toledo and Return VIA CLOVER-LEAF-ROUTE Sunday February Ist and 15th and March Ist 15th and 29th See H. J. Thompson Agt for Particulars. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS ro ' bu,it PAY BIG found several weeks ago. at thia office. 3U I