Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1915 — Page 3

BAND WILL LEAD PARADE I K ' (CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE! audience. May Break Over 1 confess to you that we may break over many of your cherished conventionalities. Hut to the careful stiltdent, to the keen observer, there will ho seen a well-laid plan, a wise purpose for all that we say a method In all that we do. We have found that the critic generally Is the superficial observer. The one wlik a narrow vision, who cannot see the end from the beginning who Is not big enough to sink personal preference for the larger good. Perhaps I could convey this thought to your heart with an Illustration. We have been criticised for tlie vocabulary we have used in the pulpit many times. The vernacular or slang of the street.. Tills is done with a definite purpose-a direct end in view. The average fellow of the street, by this I mean the fellow who hangs around the barber shop, the pool room, the howling alley, the cigar store, the livery stable, the garage, the saloon,—the fellow who never raeds his Bible or prays or goes to church —the fellow who never hears a seruion--the great unchurched mass of men, and there are thousands and tens of thousands of these fellows In factory, foundry, and machine shop and the many industries up and down our land. This fellow has hut five hundred words in his vocabulary. One third of these words are profane, one third smutty and obscene, one third the vernacular of the street. We will not use the fellow's profanity, we cannot use his obscenity. If that fellow is to be reached and saved, there is but one avenue of approach—the language which he can understand—the vernacular or slang of the street. Use Os Street Story May I say with becoming modestv that we have taken our college course in one of the best unversities of the land. We believe we know how (o use the King's English. In the name of a sinning and lost humanity, when we bury our personal feelings and in his own tongue try to save him, why heap upon us your criticism and your scorn? It takes neither sense nor religion to be a knocker —any halfwit can be a knocker. Result Os Sacrifice And if in your city the bands of sin are to he broken and great multitudes of captives set free, it will he the result of sacrifce on the part of you Christian people and prayer and agony and earnest personal work. It will cdst you this but did you ever stop to think of the results? A farmer one time drove into a city like this with a team of higlj-spiritcd horses. He stopped in front of a place of business and was about to enter, when the horses took fright and started down the street. The man sprang and seized them by the bridle. The horses maddened by the strange noise dashed on down the street, he still clinging to their bridles. At last frenzied with fright, they rose upon their haunches and they leaped upon the man, coming down in a heap together. When friends and neighbors gatherer around and dragged the almost lifeless form of the man out from beneath the mass, a neighbor bent down and lifted him up, placing his head upon his arm. He brushed the sand from his face and the dust out of his eye?. Death was rapidly doing its work. He called the dying man !>v name and asked: “Jim, why did you ever risk your life, simply for that team of horses and for the wagon. - ’ The man gasped as his spirit departed: “Go and look in the wagon.” They turned and there asleep upon a bundle cf straw was his only little boy. Was It Too Great? When they laid the* mangled form of that hero in his grave, nobody said that the sacrifice that lie made was too great. You have r« doubtedly read of that youth who used to sport with the breakers upon the New England coast —when the sea was high and the tide on. One time when a student at Nortwestern university, Evanston, a storm one night swept tiie lake, rnd the next morning a great steamer, The Lady Elgin, was fast seen going to pieces beneath the strokes of the waves. So stupendous were those billows that they found it impossible to .launch a lifeboat. Attracted to the spot where hundreds and even thousands stood in their helplessness, this ycung man alone divested himself of his outer garments and plunged into the billowy surf. Little by little he heat his way manfully until he reached the vessel and laying hold of a poor trembling soul, lie landed him upon the shore. He returned again and again until lie had rescued seventeen souls before the vessel sank and the rest perished. All exharfsted. he fell upon the sands. They wrapped him in blankets and carried him tc their room.

Work Os A Hero His name was flashed across the ocaen to London, I'urls and Berlin. The great metropolitan papers the world over published his name ns the hero of the age, hut when friends and loved ones stood weeping around Ills cot, when the physician said that hope was gone and lie roust die, he turned his pale face to that of an Intimate friend and said:“Wtllie, Willie, tell me, Willie, did 1 do my best?” And when they assured him that he had done his best, his dead level best, a smile of satisfaction lightened up his pale countenance and he replied: “Thank God! If it is his will, I am now ready to go." In this great battle for lost souis, God expects every one of us to do our dead level best. Misty Incense Last slimmer, while east with rav family on our vacation, we crossed again the suspension bridge that spans the mighty gulf of Niagara. And as we looked again at that wondrous cataract that never grows old [ observed that the waters of the American falls and the waters of the Canadian falls, commingling at their base, sent up a misty incense towards the heavens which embraced and kissed by the sunlight, blushed and blossomed into a rainhow, binding the Canadian shore and the American shore, and hovering there forevermore as the symbol of peace. Like those mighty rushing waters, so 1 trust that the churches united in this great movement will send up fro-n your fair city such a commingling incense of earnest, prevailing prayer and faithful personal work, that yours may be the beatitude of turning many to righeousness and shining as the stars forever and ever. o UNION PRAYER MEETINGS. Wednesday Morning—lo:oo a. m. to 10:30 a. m., Sharp. First Ward. First District —Mrs. Jacob Tester, superintendent. This includes all living in the neighborhood of the Soutli Ward school. They will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larnmiman, with Mrs. Whitman, leader. Second District —Mrs. Albert Gerard, superintendent. This includes ail living south of Erie railroad near Mercer avenue qnd High street. They will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Ramev, with Mrs. H. C. Clase, leader. Third District—Mrs. C. E. Bell, superintendent. This includes the home between the Erie and Soui'.i Adams street, and east of the G. R. & I. They will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Shamp, with Mrs. Fred Linn, leader. Second Ward. First District —William B. Weldv, Superintendent. This includes homes between North Adams and Monroe streets and east of Fourth street. They will meet with Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bell on Madison street, with Mr. McCombe, leader. Second District—Mrs. E. A. Beach, superintendent. This includes those living between Fourth street and G. R. & I. railroad. They will meet with Mrs. Burt Mangold, with Mrs. J. H. McCombe, leader. Third District —Mrs. John Hill, superintendent. This includes all living west of G. R. & I. and south of Monroe street, and they will meet with Mrs. Jackson, with Rev. D. T. Stephenson, leader. Third Ward. First District —Mrs. Lee Annen, superintendent. All living west of G. R. & I. and nortlt of Monroe street. They will meet with Grandma Eady, corner of Monroe and Ninth streets, with Rev. Rilling, leader. Second District —W. J. Myers, superintendent. This includes those who live east of G. R. & I. railroad and south of Indiana street. Thi v will meet with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tritch, with Rev. Harman, leader. Third District —Mrs. Ed Christen, superintendent. This includes nil those living nortli of Indiana street and they are invited to meet with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moses, with Professor Clase, leader. o WANTED —oung lady or girl who can operate a typewriter, to assist in the filing department. Inquire Wal l Manufacturing Co’s office. 46t3 FOR. RENT —Modern house, with furnace heat and all conveniences. Will be vacant March 1. —Erwin’s office. 46t4 FOR SALE—'Three bronze turkey Toms and one hen; 24 pigs and 3 broed sows. Inquire of Sarah Ayres, Monroe, Ind., R. R. No. 2. It FOR SALE—23 head of sheep, 4 Poland China brood sows, and 4 male pigs. Inquire or write to Marcellus Davison, Decatur, R. R. 10; ’phone Monroe. Farm located four miles east of Monroe. 30tS FOR RENT--After February 20, residence on Mercer avenue, partly modern conveniences. Call ’phone 208, or residence, 624 Mercer Ave. 36t3 FOR SALE—IS room house on Wabash street, Bluffton, for residence in Decatur. Address "H,” care Democrat, Decatur, Indiana. 2913

LESSON IN PATIENCE FATHER’S STORY OF HABTY ACTION REGRETTED. Only a Little Domestic Episode, It Msy Be Called, But Really One of the Big Things That Influence Life. "It was a wonderful lesson," said a man the other day. "and 1 know I shall never forget It. You see. I was irritable, as I often used to be. That day I was worse than usual. We had been out late the night before, and I was tired. Then things had go*e wrong at the office —nothing serious at all, but just a succession of little annoyances, so that I was particularly chafed. The children were a little late at luncheon, and as their mother wanted to wait for them, I fancied my causes for Irritation were rather multiplying. “The explosion came when I passed a plate to my .son, a boy.of seven. He was a little slow In taking It, and, as I thought, almost dropped it when he did take it, being intent upon some ridiculously affectionate message he was telegraphing to his mother. This was too much for me, so I proceeded to deliver a lecture on the evils of Inattention. “At that moment it seemed to me nothing could benefit that boy more than to learn, once for all, that strict attention to the business of the moment Is the chief accomplishment and charm of manhood. “The boy turned a bit pale, and a look of something—l thought it was resentment —passed over his face. I thought, also, I detected his lips moving, though no words came. ‘l’ll teach you to mutter at me,' 1 shouted. ‘You people may just as well learn at once who Is the head of this house. And If there Is one thing I will not Btand for It is impudent muttering when a boy is corrected.’ “My passion waxed hotter as 1 spoke, and again I thought I detected the lips moving in reply. Quite carried beyond all reason, I rose from the table and remarked, in tones which were unmistakable, that the time had evidently come when a lesson must be given in terms other than words. "I ordered him up from the table, dragged him to the stairs, half carried, half shoved him up and flung him upon his bed. ‘Don't whip me, daddy! 11l be good,’ he pleaded; but no, that wrath had to spend Itself. “When I had finished something seemed to clear from my brain. We walked down the stairs in silence and resumed our places at the table. I urged the boy to eat, and my voice was gentler now. He declined, but he, too, spoke gently, and as I furtively watched him hold back the tears I saw the strength of a man In the eyes of the boy of seven. “Soon we left the table, and I retired to the library and picked up the paper. For some time I was left alone; then, looking up, I saw the boy standing in the doorway looking at me. The boy! The handsome lad I boasted about to every friend I had! The light of my eyes and the verj warmth of my heart! For I adored— I worshiped—that lad. I wanted to tell him how I felt. “And as I looked, suddenly he smiled and came to me. Placing his hands on my shoulders, the eyes I loved looking into mine, he said: ‘l’ll forgive you, daddy, and we’ll say nothing about It.’ And then the arms went round my neck, and the head came down close to mine, and the tears which had been held back bathed my cheek. “Though only seven, he was the bigger man of the two, and I knew it. ‘Sonny,’ 1 said, ‘l’m going to swear off. I’m going to conquer my temper. We’ll never have a disgraceful scene like that again. I’m all through with that kind of thing, laddie. I’m going to be as muoh of a man as you are.’ "He drew back and looked me square in the eye, and saw that I meant It. Then he whispered in my ear: 'All right, daddy, and I’ll help you.’ “That’s all there Is to it Only a little domestic episode! But it was one of the big lessons of life to me. And, I tell you, it settled accounts with my temper. It’s not the master now, for I am." Wa and Ug. Governor-elect Whitman, at a dinner in New York, praised the New Year resolution habit. "A good habit,” he said, “and a very, very old one. It dates, in fact, from the stone age. “Dressed in the furs of wild beasts two men of the stone age, Wa and Ug, met one New Year’s morning. “ ‘Say, Wa,’ said the first man, ‘lend me your crowbar, will you?’ ‘“What for, Ug?’ asked the second man. “ ‘I want to go home,’ said the first, ‘and turn over a new leaf.’ ’’ War Order. Customer—Here, waiter. Where are the olives? Hold on. Bring me a half a melon and borne cracked ice. The Waiter (loudly)—Dumdums, half a bombshell and bowl of shrapnel!—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Expecting More Turn-Downs. “I understand that Jack has been thrown over by no fewer than three girls he's been engaged to.” “Yes; he’s working now oh am-ad-iustable engagement, ring.”

OBITUARY. Susan Murtz, wire ami widow of Jacob H. Marta, was horn in Knox county, Ohio, August 15, 1823; she deported tills life February 1(1, 1915, aged 91 years, <> months ami 1 dav. She was married to Jacob 11. Mar!.’* March 2fi, 1841. To ibis union were born eleven children nine sons and two daughters. The husnlmd and two sons have preceded her to tlmt great unknown, only ns revealed to us through the Sacred Word. She moved with her husband to Adams county, Indiana, soon after they were married and settled on the farm one mile south and one mile easi of Monroe, where they always lived since. Here they toiled early and late in clearing their fields and In making for themselves a home. Here she used the old spinning wheel, getting the wool into shape for ihe weavers' shuttle, cr for the old knitting noodle, all of which have long since ceased to he used, having been supplanted by mod ern methods. But our i i .neers had to beak many hardship? that we of today know nothing. She, with her husband wfre charter members of the society of friends at Pleasant Valley and their home was the resting place for many of the preach' rs wiio came within the community. But she hagone lrom us. Changes have come and gene are those who once greeted us in the Master's na*ie, and in hi cause, but such scenes as these of our pioneers' struggle are all in the past. They have labored, and we cf the present generation have entered into their labors. We of today may well blush with shame, when in our pride we deign to look askance on the furrowed cheek and wrinkled hands, which have toiled, and deprived themselves of so many of the pleasantries and the pleasures of life, that we might enjoy the many tilings w ill which we are surrounded and often unappreciated. And vhrn in out childhood, when the f- var burned, ind the head ached, tio v were never to weary or tired to come to our assistance, and no hand could sootiie as mothers, and none could allay our fears at night as father; but these have gone. They have left U 3 for a place where their weary and tired forms may rest, and their words of counsel and good cheer are brighter and will ever become dearer to us a- ; we grow older. She in her last days frequently stated that she was ready for the change that she knew would come, and was almost anxious for the hour to come, whfti she would be called from her rings. Before she passed away she called her loved ones to her and gave them a mother's best advice, and plead with them to make the choice of Life Eternr!, through the merits of a Savior’s love, and their need of his saving grace; hut she has gone. She leaves to mourn their loss sevi-n sons, thirty grand children, fifty great grand children and three great-groat grandchildren, besides many friends who will miss her as they pass the old homestead. But may they rejoice that their loss is her eternal gain. o OBITUAF.Y. Martha A. Deßolt v-as born in Adims county, Indiana, August 10, 1563. and died January 30, 1915. at the age of 51 years, 5 months and 20 days. She became a member of the Christian church in the y-ear 1873. On December 25, 1878, she was united in marriage to Henry \V. Stevens. To tills union were born five children—three sons and two daughters. She was a kind wife, a loving mother, and was always willing to lend a helping hand in time of need. Her sufferings were long and severe, but were borne with heroic- bravery and patience, and always had a smile for everyone. But she has gone and left us, The one we loved so dear, To the home above us, Where the Angels live so dear." “Mid cares and woes, and floods of tears, How sweetly breaks upon the ear Some words of comfort or cheer: Yet of cur friends I here’s not an other Who speaks as gently as cur dear mother.” , “The night was dark and dreary, Not a star shone in the sky, When the Angels sv. do’ e! down And took her from us.” "Among the names of mortals given, There's none like mother, home and heaven; For home’s no home without her care; And heaven, we know she will be " there. Then let us, while we love each other Remember the rare of our dear mother.” o DISTRICT ASSESSOR. MEET. County Assessor William went to Fort Wayne this morning attend a district meeting ot cam assessors with the state tax commi: sion.

FARMERS SAVE SI.OO PER ACRE [ > it T SjgjgT* ‘fijfirf The Lawter “One-Man” Tractor will do it for you ; and it will do in one day what it would take a team many days and it does more for it plows the corners, the hard crust, the entire field. We can show you v ' that the above statements are facts and we invite 4 mm* y oU to see one of the demonstrations. We will be plowing from this time on in the vicinity of Preble any day when the weathtr is fit. Come and see us or let us know if you are interested. The Lawter is not a cheap machine but it is the greatest money saver for the farmer ever invented. Hundreds of proofs. Its the coming machine. You can plow by day or night and you can plow ten acres in a day, an acre an hour. Think of it Mr. Farmer and get busy. Don’t let the other fellow make more profit than you when you can do it so easily. Gear driven. Uses either gasoline or kerosine. Does not pack ground, plows 80 yards a minute. Weighs only 6500. Can be operated by one man. Dots not eat when not in use as your horses do. !t$ The 20th Century Way Os Farming. Be Sure To See A Demonstration. KLOPFENSTEIN & WERLING PREBLE, INDIANA Agents for Adams, Welts and Allen counties.

CENTIMENT AGAINST BILL Indianapolis, Feb. 23, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —“Sentiment in the house is overwhelmingly against the state wide prohibition measure” said Carlin Myers of Ilunllhgton, Kosciusko and Whitley county today when asked by the U. P. for ills answer to the attack made on him recently by the prohibition forces. They thought lie was strangling the bill in Rommittc.* ‘ Two fiends of mine and myself have just finished a complete poll of the hot.se and we found nine democrats and nine republicans for the bill. The others are against it” said Myers. He said the public hearing on the bill tonight would ns followed toward the end of the week by a committee meeting. o —- NOTICE. A Hawkins Rheumatic Remedy. This liniment is good to stop rheumatic pain, excellent for Lumbago, Asthma, Headache and other pain;:; also good for pleurisy. Saturate a woollen cloth, apply to affected parts, also use a hot water bottle. In cn>* and ono-lnlf hours there will he no pain. There have been hundreds of bottles of this liniment sold and it has proven itself to be good. Directions on every Lottie. For sale at Williams Sons’ grocery. Decatur. Ind., and also by Mr. L. G. Williams, U. R. 10. 44tC o INDIANA COUPLES MARRIED. Cletis C. Schoc-h of Ft. Wayne and Miss Lily P>. Auld of Warren, Ind., were married by Justice C. M. Weaver at the court house Saturday afternoon. Harry H. Lincoln and Miss Lucy A. Biair, both of Alien county, !nd., were married this morning by Justice C. M. Wpavcr at the county clerk's office. —Hillsdale Daily. o— BAND TC PRACTICE. Announcement Is made that the city hand will meet at 6:30 sharp this evening at the ball for practice.

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Alan Thurston, in reality a clever thief, poses as a retired broker, and ho has access to the most exclusive society circles. Katherine Selwyn s an orphan and an art devotee, Thurston is attracted by her beauty, ind marries her because he needs an resistant in his crookedness. After carriage Katherine*-learns the truth rbout. her husband and spurns him. However, poverty pinches, and Thurston, invited to the Van Thornton home, ind coveting Mrs. Van Thornton's jewels, seeks out Katherine, pays Tor her little room, and takes icr with him. lie compels her to rssume a sprained ankle to gain access to the Van Thornton home, and -io orders her to locate the jewels. She docs so. Then she is remorseful, ind, hiding them elsewhere, refuses :o divulge her knowledge to Thurston. The thief, infuriated, attacks her. - lilt I—B Bllß> —I ' - J •***

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The Van Thornton Diamonds.

Mrs Van Thornton’s brother has become. suspicious and has watched Katherine. Hearing sounds of the struggle he rushes to her aid. Thurston and he engage in a struggle, and Thurston’s revolver is accidentally discharged, and he dies by his own hand. Katherine is forgiven by Mrs. Van Thornton, and the interest shown by her brother in the beautiful girl indicates that they may have future happiness in store. This Selig two reel drama, written by J. Jennett, will be shown i* this city. The dropping of a dainty slipper on the shoulder of a physician starts the exciting action in the Selig one reel melodrama “The Odd Slipper.’’ It is in the story of a foiled i plot, and you will be interested in the unusual ending. See it when it is presented locally.

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atuciio /xotes Tyrone Power, the distinguished actor who William Winter, noted dramatic critic, asserts Is the successor to Booth and Barrett, is being featured in Sellg spectacular dramas which include "The Servant in the House,” "A Texas Steer," and “The Crisis." Kathlyn Williams, the famous Sellg star, gives the secret of her marvelous power over wild animals of the jungle that appear to such advantage in Jungle-Zoo picture plays. She says a complete absence of fear predominates, and that when the animals understand that one is not afraid, there 1s very little danger. The Sellg drama, ‘Just Like a Woman," tells In one reel the story of the conquest of love. There is Intense newspaper rivalry and an opposition newspaper gets the advertising patronage. How the two newspapers are ultimately consolidated, together with certain domestic affairs embrace a most entertaining and interesting plot Thomas Santschl, the Sellg star, in a discourse on dialogue in the motion pictures, says that the actors and actresses use real lines and that conversation Is not "made up," as many interested In motion pictures seem to think. The lines have some bearing on the plot and action and are rehearsed. The director never permits promiscuous conversation during the action of a motion picture.