Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1914 — Page 4

D A IL Y DE MO C R AT Publltlitd Bvtry Evening Except Sunday By TttF. ttUTUB DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates. Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier.... 15.00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mall *2.50 Single Copies.. 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce In Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. The Deiatur Horse Sale company did $700,000 worth of business in Decatur the past six months. The same record has been equalled during the past several years. They are deserving of your boosts, your assistance in any way you can give it. Hogs advanced 40 cents on the 100 pounds in all the big city markets last week. That is a funny way for the bog market to act when the calamity yelpers are doing their best to prova < to the farmers that they have been almost ruined by the democrats and the new tariff law. —Columbia City Tost. The Fort Wayne News loves nothing so well as to make trouble and they expect to do so evidently between the sugar company and those people in Adams county wiio believe in the prei sent administration. Think of that . paper mentioning any other one as a : or child in this part of the world i who has not been “raked" by the I News its because they have never , heard that they had any thing to do with the democratic party or its sue- • cess. We have no objection to th»- ] sugar co. taking any part in the cam- 1 paign they may see fit and any thing we may have said about the matter was a friendly suggestion and by no , means a threat. We still feel that Mr. Hubbard is perfectly able to take j care of himself and his company’s |

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affairs without any aid from the News. The following from the Indianapolis News concerning the Fort Wayne park system is of interest at this time when every city big or little is trying to beautify: “Ft. Wayne is endeavoring to make itself a beautiful and comfortable city. The ninth annual report of the board of park commissioners, is being distributed. This book, handsomely bound and printed, contains numerous illustrations showing the progress of parks and boulevard improvement in Fort Wayne. The city is anticipating much. More money, as Is usually the case, is desirable. Playgrounds, tennis courts and parks for purely recreational purposes are proposed. The Illustrations show that Fort Wayne has already much to be proud of As a matter of interest the following paragraph may be quoted: "A City’s Lost Opportunity —Two gentlemen stood in the street at Indianapolis no| far from the un ion depot. Said one, ‘My grandfather once offered to give some forty acres of ground just in front of where we stand to the city of Indianapolis for a park. The city felt it would cost to much to care for it and so refused it. It is worth fifteen or twenty millions of dollars now.’ That was the conception that Indianapolis then had of what she was to be. Are we of today any wiser than our forefathers 7” FOR RENT —Four furnished rooms for light house-keeping. 6U3 Monroe street. Rooms newly papered frescoed and painted. Phone 521. Mrs. B. W. Sholty. e.o.d. ts FOR SALE —The Eli Sprunger 80 acre farm 3 miles from Decatur will be sold at a sacrifice. Terms reasonable. See owner or Erwin & Michaud, Decatur. Ind. ts. HOUSE FOR RENT—S room dwelling in south part of city. Inquire at the Kirsch- Sellemeyer & Co., lumber yard. 165t3 O WANTED —To purchase a hunting dog or rat terrier. Inquire A. N. SELLEMEYER. 165t3. —o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BTG

THE COURT NEWS July Puts the “Kibosh” on Marriage License Business —Hunting Season CLOSED -FOR "DEAR” Cupids Bow and Arrows Idle—Only Two Licenses Issued This Month Hunting and fishing licenses have been issued by County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke to Ralph Miller, John Frisinger, Joe Wolpert, J H Bremer kamp, C. U. Dorwin, D. R. Heil, L. A. Holthouse. Julius Schug, Raymond Yoder. Flavius Billman, T. J. Durkin. Fred Linn.

The hunting season for squirrel i open but. evidently closed "for dear.’ C upid is not using Ills darts and ar row to any advantage, for July seems to have put the “kibosh on" the mar riage license business. "Today is the fourteenth, tomorrow will be the fit teenth, the month half gone," and only two marriage licenses issued in Adams county thus far. Curt Johnson was released from jail yesterday having completed his eight} .days’ service of sentence and fine given him for conducting a blind tiger. Sheriff Durkin arrived home las night from a 500 mile round trip ti Woodsock. 111., and brought with bin William Wolfe who will answer to th* charge of wife and child desertion. Josephine Rimer et al to Charles R Bowers, realty in Kirkland township »900; Frank M. Shirmeyer trustee t< Albert Colchin, lot 84. Decatur, $225. o WAS BADLY INJURED. Carl Dick residing in Kirkland town ship was painfully injured tips morn ing when a scythe which he had hung on a peg. fell down, striking him on the heel with te sarp edge. A large gash was cut in the heel requiring several stitches to close it. He was taken to a Bluffton physician. o Pfmncrnt Ade Pat’

j DOINGS IN SOCIETY I WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. W. C. T. U.—Mm. A. C. Hall. Wednesday. German Reformed Aid—Mrs. Mat Breiner. Ruth Circle—Mrs. A. D. Artman. Thursday. IT. B. C. E. Watermelon social.— John Hill home. U. B. Aid —Mrs. U. S. Drummond. Concord Aid Social—C. C. Wilder home. Presbyterian C. E.—Frances Cole. Friday. Christian Aid and picnic.— Mrs. G. C. Mount. Evangelical Social—H. A. Fuhrman home. Saturday. W. R. C. Pastry Sale.—Pennington & Lichtle's meat market. There will be a W. R. C. pastry sale Saturday at the Pennington & Lichtle meat market.

The Concord Lutheran Indies’ Aid society announces a social for Thursday evening July 16 at the C. C. Wilder home in Monmouth. Ice cream, cake and other refreshments will he served. Everybody is invited to come. Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas entertained at their home on North Ninth street in honor of Mrs. W. F. Yerian ind children of Fori Wayne. The day was spent in music and social conversations At noon, dinner was served to Mrs. J. W. Shiljerley, Mrs. C. E. shifferley and children. Doris and El Ired of east of the city Mrs. M Fronetield and Mrs. W. F. Yerian and children, Gerald and Byron of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas, Miss Phoebe Hart and Irepe Russel of this •tty. The regular business meeting of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society will be held Thursday evening it the home of Miss Frances Cole. Helen and Dorthy Walters, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters are spending the week in the country and tie having a fine time. They are quests at the Charles Rabbitt home In Union township. The United Brethren Ladies* Aid ■ociety will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. U. S. Drummond.

The Young People’s Christian En ieavor society of the United Brethren ■hurch will hold their regular business meeting this evening, and have a waer melon social ill connection therevith, at the home of Mr. and Mrs John Hill. The Dr. W. E. Smith family bad a week-end family party, their guests being Prof, and Mrs. J. D. Cline and son. Eldred and Dr. and Mrs. Cline of Silver Lake. POLICE COURT. Charged with paternity in an affi lavit sworn to by Orpha Death, now ;■ resident of Ft. Wayne, Henry Schlick city was bound over to the circuit city was bond over to the circuit -ourt yesterday by Squire Kintz. The plaintiff alleges that the offense was committed October 10, 1913. Miss Death formerly re-ided near Bobo and was employed in the restaurant of which Mr. Schlickman was a partner. Ihe plaintiff was also involved in the divorce proceedings against Schlickman recently. Two civil cases were heard before Squire Kintz this morning, both being continued until a later date. They were Shields & Co. vs. George Steele and Harper Bros. vs. Dan Vail.

TO HAVE JOINT MEETING. The joint meeting of the Wells-Ad-ams county medical associations will be held in this city this evening. A fine program will be given. The wives will he entertained at the home of Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Beavers. The following are members of the Adams County Medical Association, for 1914 and will be the hostesses. Geneva —Dr. H. M. Aspy: Dr. O. M. Graham, Dr. C. R Price. Berne Dr. Emil Franz, Dr. D. D. Jones. Dr. Amos Heusser, Dr. C- H. Schenk. Monroe —Dr. J. M. Parrish. Decatur—Dr. J. S. Boyers. Dr. W. E. Smith. Dr. J. M. Miller. Dr. 8. P. Hoffman. Dr. P. B. Thomas, Dr. H. F. Costello, Dr. S. D. Beavers. Preble —Dr. J. C. Grandetfiff. Pleasant Mills—Dr. J. W. Vizard. In case any physician attending the Medical meeting should tje desired,, kindly call Phone 498, in the city council chamber. __ .— (j DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG.

THE IDEAL WIFE »■ ■III—(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) dress and manners and will power enough to stand by a right decision. Nearly all Insist that she have practical domestic training, while a muileal and a business education are declared desirable. o — WILL ABDICATE (CONTINUE® FROM PAGE ONE) dressed women and their escorts, members of a slumming party, were arrested in a spectacular raid on a case in the “red light” district today. They gave cash bonds and were released, probably never to return again. They also gave fictitious names. The charge under which they were arrested was “Inmates of a disorderly resort" New York, July 14, —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Assistant District Attorney Weller today launched an investigation charging that 150 children had been kidnapped in the past ten years and held for ransom. He expects to make wholesale indictments. house Wrecked

(CONTINUE® FROM PAGE ONE) broken. A wooden partition built in an opening between the front room and another bed room was torn down and several of the inside as well as the outside doors torn from their hinges. One of the freaks in the Clem home was a picture torn out of a frame hanging on the wall in the front room. The photograph was not injured in any way Two men blown to atoms were C. B. Arstrong. driver of the auto, and B. Armstrong, driver of the auto, oil well shooter. Harry P. Longabaugh. The Clem family moved from here about two years ago. Mr. Clem while nere, was employed at the interurban power house for a while. - BEN HUR BENEFIT PLAY. A benefit play for the Ben Hurs will be given Thursday evening r.t the Crystal theatre. There will be besides the usual three reels of moving pictures, specialties in the form of illustrated work of the book Ben Hur. in statue form. The principal characters and scenes being shown. These will be explained by Mr. Lee Walters.

Every body is urged to come. The statues and pictures will be given in the following form. Ben Hur. The Three Wise Men—With Solo, Star of the East. Ben Hur and Messala. Picture —When Thieves Fall Out. Selig Drama. The Return of Messala. The Arrest. Ben Hur Led to Galley, or The Blessing of Rabbi Joseph on the prisoner. Ben Hur pleading for news of his mother and sister. Ben Hur telling of the miracles. Picture —Burglar's Sacrifice Biograph Drama. Simonides reveals himself. Weakness of Bon Hur. Telling of the Nazarene to the lepers. Door step §cene. Family reunited. Picture—Tommy’s Tramp. Vitigraph Comedy Drama. The price of admission will be ten cents. The members are now selling tickets. Be sure and get one. It will be well worth the time and money you spend to come and see it and goes for a good cause. Five cents for children at the door

NOTICE OF DISOLUTION. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Martin and Webster, conducting business under the firm name of The Adams County Creamery Company, at Decatur, Indiana, has this day been dissolved, Mr. W’ebster retiring from the firm because of ill health. The business w ill be conducted by Mr. Martin under the same name and along the same lines. All accounts due should be paid at the office of the company as soon as possible and all bills due by the company wiii be assumed by Mr. Martin. We> thank the people of this community most kindly for their co-operation during the past year and solicit the same good treatment for Mr. Martin that you have given Mr. Webster Dated this 13th day of July, 1914, The Adams County Creamery Co. E. F. WEBSTER E. L. MARTIN. 164t6 ******** *'* * * * t * REFRIGATORS. * 5k Only a few left to sell at Bar- * gain prices. 20 per cent off. * •i YAGER BROS/t REINKING. .

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