Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1915 — Page 3

TOMORROW Will find a lot of our New Spring Styles on dress parade. The colored top shoes for ladies are selling strong here because our styles are right up to the minute. CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE. THE SHOE SELLER

IHttnamnmnmmKnmuttmmmm: WEATHER FORECAST miMinnmiumTmnrninrerere: treat Generally fair tonight and Sunday. Miss Matilda Sellemeyer spent the day in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Jeff Bryson of Portland is here visiting with relatives. Dan Erwin went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon on business. Attorney C. J. Lutz, who was threatened with pneumonia, was able to be out today. Miss Eleanor Forbing has gone to Sidney, Ohio, to visit wit) her sister, Mrs. Clint Johnson. Miss Faye Hanimell went to Fort i Wayne this morning to spend the week-end with friends. Mrs. Jacob Meyers and son, Richard, will spend Sunday in Ft. Wayne with her sons. Fred and Sam Miller. Leo Wilhelm and family have moved from North Third street and are now at home at 330 Winchester street. Mrs. "Wilson Miller and children returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here with relatives. Miss Irma Houk went to Root township to attend the teachers’ institute at the home of Trustee Philip Schieferstein. ']■ v ] Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murray and son, Frederick, returned this morning to Fort Wayne. They attended the funeral of their uncle, Walter Murray. If you want a real bargain you should take advantage of the bible being offered by this office for $1.23 and six coupons. Its the real offer of the season.

Theilome Os Quality Groceries HAVE YOU A GARDEN? We have the seeds; fresh, tested and a better variety than ever, Garden seeds in packages are the best to buy. They are sure to be new seeds, tested seeds, and true to name. Our flower seeds are of the finest varieties and largest assortment we have ever handled. SEE THEM, BUi iHEM. Onion sets and seed potatoes will be in soon. ——— We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 15c Butter 17c to 27c M. E. HOWER North of G. R. & I. Depot Phone_Loß_ F. M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN I President Secretary Treas. I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, ABSTRACTS. The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- i stract Records, Twenty years’ Experience Farms, City Property, 5 per cent. MONEY

Mr. and Mrs. Frank McWhinney left this morning for Muncie to spend Sunday with relatives. Attendance Officer William Miller of the south part of the county was a business visitor here yesterday. Mrs. Floyd Shirk and daughter, Helen, of near Monroe are visiting with her sister, Mrs. Gilbert Strickler. Ben Liniger went to Fort Wayne. He accompanied his granddaughter, Norma Weaver, to her home there. Mrs. Gilbert Strickler and her sister, Mrs. M. T. Shirk and daughter. Helen, w r ere Fort Wayne visitors yesterday. Mrs. John Baker and children left yesterday afternoon for Fort Wayne for a visit with her sister Mrs. Philiu Luley. Mrs. J. Fogelgren who has been visiting relatives in Bradford, Va. for the past three weeks returned home yesterday. Ward Rupel of Bryant was in the city today visiting with his father. James Rupel, president of the People's Loan & Trust company. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gerke and baby returned to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon after a visit here with his brother, Henry Gerke and family. B. F. Kizer, principal of the Monmouth school, attended t[ie teachers' instotute at the home of Trustee Philip Schieferstein in Root township. A number of young people have formed a skating club, using the cement pavements around the city as a rink, and are greatly enjoying the sport. A dumb man was in town Wednesday selling all kinds of soap, instead of begging for a living. He was a hustler and seemed to have good success. —Berne Witness.

Mias Frances Burrell of Huntington returned home Friday afternoon. While here she visited with her grandparents. Mrs. J. J. Ebersole returned yesterday afternoon to her home in Columbia City after being at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Polly Barrone who is very low of pneumonia. • Mrs. John Stewart and sons, Meredith and Max William, left this morning for Warren for an over-Sunday visit with Mrs. Stewart’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ruggles. Mr. Stewart will join them tomorrow. Mrs. Ella Eversole of Columbia City and Levi Barrone of Payne, Ohio, are here, at the bedside of their mother, Mrs. Polly Barrone who is seriously ill and who because of her age, eightysix, has but slight chance for recovery. We all admire youth an’ its pleasures an’ fancies, but somethin' ought t’ be done t’ stop th’ sale o’ th’ stiff hats lots o’ th’ young squirts are wearin’. Another good time t’ be neutral is at th’ breakfast table. —Abe Martin.

The Kukelhan Bro. have the Decatur Horse Sale barns on First street stocked up with their many fine and valuable cattle, which they will sell at public auction next Monday. Buyers from all parts of the country will be here. With the government reports giving the assurance that this country has a surplus of 357,000,000 bushels of wheat w r ith a total available supply of 967,000,000 bushels, it |certainly indicates that Americans are in on fear of starvation. Louis K, DeGroff of Decatur and James Hogan of Cleveland have enlisted for the United States army at the local recruiting station and will be shipped immediately to the Jefferson barracks at St. Louis for service in the infantry.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. The flow of immigration turns backward for the first time in the history of the United States, according to the immigration commissioner, More aliens are leaving than are coming to the United States to make their homes. In six months 18,545 more departed than arrived including both emigrant and non-emigrant aliens. C. H. Bryson, city engineer, R. A. Shappell, service director of Lima, 0., and C. E. Roberts of the Burk Construction Company of New Castle, Indiana, were here yesterday to inspect the Monroe street bridge. Contracts for two bridges are to be let next Monday at Lima and the men were here to take a look at Decatur’s handsome bridge. A perplexing question of law has been put to Prosecuting Attorney Lang, of Logan county. He is asked to decide whether a school board had the right to pay for baths administered to pupils. A teacher in a village school employed a woman to clean up a couple of pupils and the board does not know whether it will be legal to pay the bill of one dollar and fifty cents. The Honeywell quartet, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Clase and Mr. and Mrs. McCombe, will be here Monday evening for sure. Whether Mr. Honeywell himself will be here is not certain. This quartet has been very favorably received in several of our neighboring towns and it is expected that there, will be a large crowd out to hear them Monday evening at the Mennonite church—Berne Witness.

It is estimated that 200,000 people in the United States will die as the result of the Harrison narcotic law taking effect. All physicains, dentists, druggists are compelled to file an exact statement as to their stock of these goods and no druggist can sell any article containing a narcotic except by the order of a physician. The only way even paregoric can be bought now is by prescription. Chicago people have been making an effort to secure Billy Sunday for a campaign in that city, and the indications were that they would secure him until he went east and wired back that he had accepted a number of engagements in the east and would not be able to come to Chicago for some time. The Chicago folks, however. are counting on getting him, and Rev. Walker is working hard to create Sunday sentiment among the church people of Chicago. Newspaper compositors and men who edit copy, no matter how eagle eyed they may be, sometimes allow errors to "get by” that are either laughable or humiliating. A Chicago paper in reporting a political meeting, said that the audience rent the air with their snorts. Another Chicago paper reported that the propeller, Alaska, was leaving port with a cargo of 49,990 bushel of cats. A Buffalo paper in describing the scene when Roosevelt took the oath of office as president said it was a spectacle never to be forgotten when Roosevelt, before the chief justice of the supreme court, and a few witnesses, "took his simple bath.”

SACRIFICE THAT WAS FUTILE New Yorker Recalls Incident of Hl* Boyhood That May Well Be Called a Tragedy. *1 ffeard a cynic talking on the futility of self-sacrifice the other night," said a New York lawyer, according te the Christian Endeavor World. “I did not agree with his conclu slons, but his theme recalled an inci dent in my youth that was certainly a case in point on his side. "When I was a youngster the dogfaced boy was in his prime. We lived in the county seat of a county up-state. My only sister —always my great pet—and I were intensely excited when we heard that the lad with the canine countenance was to come to our town. "We had saved up all our pennies, and when the boy arrived we had 25 cents. We figured the admission would be 10 cents and we would have a nickel over for candy—for what’s seeing a dog-faced boy without candy to chew while staring. "Well, the boy arrived, and we went to the tent where he was being displayed. To our horror the admission was 25 cents. We puzzled long, but the tragic conclusion was always the same—only one of us could go in. I drew forth the 25 cents and in a voice husky with emotion I said: ‘Here, Dot, you go in. I don't mind, and you can tell me all about him when you come out.’ "My sister protested, but finally went In five minutes she was back. I was all eagerness to hear every detail of the famed face. " ‘How was he—how was he, Doti What did he look like? Is he a really, truly dog? Tell me quick.’ “Dot gazed at me and her lip quivered. 'Oh, Jack,’ eho said, ‘When I got in I was so scared I could not look at him.’ ” AVERSIONS HARD TO EXPLAIN Wall-Authenticated Cases of Remarkable Dislikes Among Men and Women Otherwise Normal. A case is related of a monk who would faint on seeing a rose and who never quitted his cell at the monastery while that flower was blooming. Another authority tells us of how da Vinci, the great painter, would swoon upon going suddenly into a room where roses were blooming, even though he did not see them. Valtaid tells us of an army officer who was frequently thrown into violent convulsions by coming in contact with the little flower known as the pink. The same authority also tells of the case of a lady, forty-six years of age, hale and hearty, who, if present when linseed was being boiled for any purpose, would be seized with violent fits of coughing, swelling of the face, and partial loss of reason for the ensuing 24 hours.

Writing of these peculiar antipathies and aversions, Montague remarks that he has known men of undoubted cour age who would much rather face a shower of cannon balls than look at an apple! In Zimmerman’s writings there Is an account of a lady who could not bear to touch either silk or satin, and would almost faint if by accident she should happen to touch the velvety skin of a peach. Boyle records the case of a man who would faint upon hearing tho “swish” of a broom across the floor, and of another with a natural abhorrence of honey. Hippocrates of old tells of one Nicanor who would always swoon at hearing the sound of a flute. With the Scientists. _ After a long series of remarkable experiments, a New York physician has demonstrated that the function of the little understood spleen Is to supply red and white corpuscles to the blood. Experiments have been made by the United States Bureau of Mines in combining limestone with coke as a fuel, forming a liquid slag which runs freely and avoids clinker and ash troubles. Because salts used as adulterants Interfere with the passage of electric currents through wine, French scientists have invented a system employing telephones to test the purity of such beverages. Fish Admired by Anglers. Members of the salmon family are universally famous for their high jumps. The sea trout, which gladden Devon rivers under the seasonable name of "harvest peal," are untiring acrobats, and a fish of a pound weight will more than once jump several times its own length out of the water when hooked before coming to the net. Unless the fisherman responds by promptly lowering the top of his rod the fragile gut is likely to break, and as it is part of every sportsman’s creed to appreciate his pastime in proportion to the difficulties it presents, the sea trout stands high in the angler's estimation. The Domestic Machine. Mr. Meek was laboriously hooking up the back of his w ife’s evening dress just as the clock was striking their dinner hour and their dinner guests were ringing the door bell. Mr. Meek breathed hard; his forehead was damp and his hands shook. “I do wish to some one would invent a machine to do this kind of work!” he muttered, miserably. “Why, they have!” replied his wife, brightly, as she applied some powder nonchalantly to her nose. “They have, and you are it!” —Youth's Companion.

MODERN DANCE IMMORAL (CONTINUED FHOM PAGE ONE) of high moral character who fail to view these things in the same light that we do, who Indulge in them because, personally, they can see no harm in them and who, if they were convinced of their hurtfulness would just as cheerfully surrender them as any preacher of evangelist, who ever gave them up. We do not say that the persons who engage in any or all of these things must necessarily be eternally lost. We do not say that that they have not some dgree of religious experiences neither do we say that they are not interested in the cause of the kingdom of Christ, but from all we can learn upon the subject from a careful study of these amusements, from a study of the lives of those who engage in them, we unhesitatingly claim that they would be far happier in their own experience, that they would be a thousand times repaid in freedom from uncomfortable questionings of conscience, that they would be a thousand times repaid in their influence for good if they would only cheerfully give up everything which stands upon doubtful ground. The policy of the genuine Christian i« not simply defensive but aggressive His supreme aim is not to indulge in all that may be escaped without detriment, but to attain unto all that will render them more efficient in promoting the kingdom of Christ. Every moral act must be questioned as to the tendency of its influence on the immortal nature, and its immediate influence on our spiritual efficiency as soldiers of Christ.

Clear Indeed. Very clear, indeed, is the teaching of scripture on this question of personal influence. No man. we are taught, liveth unto himself and no man dieth unto himself. We are our brother’s keeper. Your influence from day to day is tending to make this world better and purer, nobler and Godlier, or more sorrupt and vile. The great question to be determined in the study of this most vexting problem of amusements is not, wiiat is its direct influence on your life or mine personally, but what is the influence of these amusements upon the community, upon the church, upon society, humanity at large and the world. Do the dance, the theater, the cards tend to make the community better or worse? Do they elevate or do they degrade? Do they add to the spiritual life of the church or do they rob her of her power? We must study this subject from the largest standpoint of its influence upon humanity and the world. We dare not study it selfishly within a little circle of ourselves for we can readily see that things which may not be hurtful to us individually may at the same time be very harmful to the church, the community and the world. We can easly find men who take their occasional glass of beer or wine and who seem to receive no injury from so doing but who will question the destructiveness of the rum traffic. So also these forms of amusements may not be injurious to you personally and yet they may be most harmful to others. I have no message for these. The Real Question. The question is: What is the influence or these amusements upon society and the world? Are they helpful or are they hurtful? Do they make the community better or worse? Are they elevating or degrading? If there is no harm in them, why are the first to cry, "hypocrites,” if our church people engage in them? No harm in them, you say? And yet when we ask you to become a Christian, you say “I go to the theater, I dance, I play cards and I am not ready to give them up. showing that even those in the world have questionings and convictions upon the matter. Rev. Honeywell then showed that every church, Catholic and Protestant has lifted their voices against these amusements —Cards, the theater and dancing. He then took up THE CARD TABLE, DANCING and the THEATER and proved that each had a bad effect on society and that those who engaged in them are bringing trouble and disaster to themselves and their loved ones. He said the parlor card table is the kindergarten of hell, that eighty per cent of the actors and actresses are corrupt and immoral and that Christians should not approve them by their patronage. He dwelt at length upon the dance and especially the modern dance, which he said is unhealthy, is immodest, is immoral and should be shunned by every Christian. He concluded with this summary : I do not sajf that the person who plays cards is not a Christian or that they are not interested in the church and kingdom, but. 1 do say that nine tenths of all the gambling done in the world today is done by a deck of cards and that, nine-tenths of all the professional gamblers were taught to play cards in the home, with mother, sister

and lady friend. I do say that if you play cards at all you will violate the spirit and teaching of your church and if you play cards for prizes, you will violate the law of your state. 1 do not say that the person who attends tlie theater is not a Christian, but I do say that eighty per cent of the people upon the stage are bad, and that Christians ought to choose their company. I do not say Jhat the person who dances it not a Christian, but I do repeat that the dance is the immoral graveyard of woman. You have my message; judge it at the bar of public opinion and I fear the verdict, judge it at the bar of human desire and 1 lose my case —judge it at the bar of conscience and I will stake my all—for conscience is true to trutli and God. Friday Afternoon. Tire attendance of the afternoon meetings increase each day new faces appear daily showing the growing interest of all the Tabernacle meetings. Mr. Clase and Mr. McCombe sang a duet during the song service, and all those assembled in the building again had the privilege of hearing Rev. C. Jeff McCombe in his second sermon. He took his text from the 20th verse of the 16th chapter of Judges. His subject was out of the ordinary in strength and very well delivered, one that will be remembered by the interested listeners. Among those present at the meeting, from out of town, were two very distinguished guests of the Honeywell party, Messrs. Olds and Clase of Ashly Ohio, fathers of Mr. and Mrs. Clase. Q NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT. The State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court, February Term, 1915. Eli W. Steele vs. William B. Martin et al. No. 8941. Complaint to foreclose mortgage. It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that Benjamin B. Teeple, one of the above named defendants, is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Benjamin B. Teeple that he be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Circuit Court on the Bth day of May. 1915, the same being the 24th Juridical Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the Court House in the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the 12th day of April, A. D„ 1915, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in his absence. Witness my name and seal of said court hereto affixed, this 12th day of March, 1915. FERDINAND BLEEKE, (Seal) • Clerk. J. F. Snow, Atty for Plaintiff. 13-20-27 o John J. Mayer of Monroe was a business visitor here. Chris Neuenschwander of Berne was a business visitor here today. Mrs. William Hoile returned this afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here. Mrs. Rail of Fort Wayne is here visiting with her grandmother, Mrs. J. T. Coots. Miss Olga Houck, daughter of Trustee G. M. Houck, of Kirkland township who visited at Bluffton, was in the city today, coming to take her regular music lesson at the Academy ' of the sisters of St. Agnes. Mr. and Mrs. Theadore Waldo of Fcrt Wayne are visiting with the Henry Bleeke family. Mr. Waldo is ■ recovering from his recent injuries sustained while on duty as a member of the fire department at Ft. Wayne. o- ——■ NOTICE. We are prepared to charge your automobile storage batteries on short notice. Charges reasonable. 50t12 PETER KIRSCH. o WANTED —A load of good No. 1 corn. Adams County Creamery Co. ot6

MILLINERY OPENING DISPLAY OF Spring Millinery At Mrs Boese’ B Wednesday, March \ I 13 8 .e consl ge 2.)

PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence, 114 miles northwest of Decatur on the Decatur and Ossian road, on Thursday, March 25, 1915, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m., the following property, to-wit: Thirteen Head of Horses: Bay mare, 5 years old, in foal, weight 1500 lbs.; bay mare, 3 years old, in foal, 1200; bay mare, 5 years old, lady broke, weight 1400; bay mare, 8 years old, In foul, weight 1400; gray mare, 9 years old, broke to all harness, weight 1500; bay mare 11 years old, In foal, weight 1000; bay gelding, 5 years old, well broke, weight 1400; bay gelding 7 years old, well broke, weight 1100; roan gelding, 8 years old, well broke, weight 1500; gray gelding 9 years old, a good worker, weight 1400; yearling colt, a good one; roan colt, 2 years old, draft type; bay colt, 2 years oi l, draft type, good ones. Nine Head of Cattle: Red cow, 5 years old, will be fresh April 15; Jersey cow, 5 years old, will be fresh April 1; red cow, 1 years old, will be fresh May 1; black cow, 4 years old, will be fresh in May; black cow, 4 years old, will be fresh in May; red cow, 5 years old, will be fresh in June; red cow, 5 years old, will be fresh in June; red cow, 8 years old, fresh last of April; Holstein bull, 1 year old, a good one. Hogs and Chickens: One full blooded registered Duroc male hog, papers at hand; 9 brood sows, one with 8 pigs by side; others to farrow in April; 14 shoats, weighing from 40 to 100 lbs. each. One hundred or more good laying hens. Farming Implements: Two riding breaking plows, check rower, 4 double corn cultivators, 2 spike tooth harrows, knife harrow, 3 walking breaking plows, clod crusher or roller, Milwaukee binder, Milwaukee mower, 6 ft. cut; hay tedder, hay loader, Thomas; hay rake, disc harrow, fertilizer drill, good as new; 2 clover bunchers, horse corn cutter, new ground plow, 2 sets dump boards, 3 good wide tread wagons, 4 good wagon beds, 2 hay racks, hog rack, pair bob sleds, mud boat, 2 single buggies, 1 new surrey, sleigh, two-horse dray, in fair condition; one-horse corn drill, pair platform scales, pair beam scales, fanning mill, set hay slings, fence machine, scoop board, wheel barrow, 3 double shovel plows, crea.n separator, 4 iron kettles, copi>er kettles, grindstone, slop cart, two 18-it. ladders, 2 oil tanks, a lot of good chains, saws, axes, etc; buggy pole, tank heater, bicycle; 2-gal ice cream freezer, lot of good lumber, 100 fence posts, set double. driving harness, 4 sets single driving harness, 5 sets of heavy work harness, two of which are as good as new and are brass-trimm-ed; 4 sets fly nets, a lot of extra collars, hay in mow, corn in field, 100 bu. Dane seed oats, seed potatoes, household and kitchen furniture, including stoves, carpbts, organ and many other articles too numerous to mention. Also, I will offer my farm of 127 acres at public auction at noon, on same date; terms made known on day of sale. I boosted your sale, please boost mine. Terms: —Nine months without interest, with approved note; 4 per cent off for cash; 8 per cent interest after maturity, if not paid. Lunch served by Ladies’ Aid of Mt. Pleasant. FRANK L. ROOP., Prop. Col. J J. Burugartner and Harry Bunn, Aucts. W. A. Fonner and Chas- Niblick, Clerks. o Democrat Want Ads Pay J. C. RODGERS CHAS. K. CUTLIP Rogers & Cutlip Real Esstate Co. We have a full line of farms for sale from $40.00 to $60.00 per acre. Railroad Station EAST ORWELL,OHIO Postoffice. COLEBROOK, OHIO Write Us For Descriptive Lift