Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1916 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 85-00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mall *2.50 ; tsingle Copies 2 cents Advertising rate* maciu known on application. Entered at the Postofflce in Decatur, 1 ndlana, as second-class matter. — — ■ It is said that the plan of the pro- 1 gressives now is to hold their con- s vention in Chicago while the Tepub- t licans are organizing and to noini- d nate Teddy Roosevelt. Then they 1 can say to the republican convention c —do as you please, endorse him or t turn him down, which would certain- 1 ly be some clever polities.

( Save the roads. That ought to be your slogan. It is probable that many of those who are now hauling excessive loads, driving heavy automobiles, using chains and otherwise cutting up the pikes are loudest in their denunciations of the officials who tax them to repair the roads. If you cut the roads up or if you permit them to be ruined and make no effort to prevent it, you should not complain at any cost of repairs. Now is the *■ time to save the roads and you should aid Jim Hendricks, the road superintendent, to do felt will be good news to thousands of the fighting democrats of Indiana that Senator Taggart has .announced privately that he will be a candidate before the state convention for the nomination. It means that this great leader will 'take an active part in the coming campaign. The Indianapolis Star asserts that thousands of republicans will vote for Taggart. Father Gavisk, the head of the state board of charities, Mrs. Albion Fellows, the author of the tenement house law, and many others of fame have come out in bold praise for him. The labor organizations of the state are for him and his election next November is assured. There has just been closed at Indianapolis a conference on the subject of vocational education that may be regarded as one of the most important educational conferences held in this state in many years. The Indiana vocational education law was passed by a democratic legislature. It has been pronounced by educators Dress Up JU w Hl I r I Easter Is Only A Few Weeks Away Everyone’s getting the “Dress Up” spirit—not only for a week or two, but for the whole year! And Easter clothes, made expressly for you by our Chicago tailors, Ed V. Price & Co., reflect quiet refined dignity and achieve fashion without freakiness. Call and make your selection today. tr-*- W 9 THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

i throughout the country as being per- ' haps the Ideal and model law on the : subject. Its purpose Is to train the youth of the state in many ways that will make them more efficient and capable in the lines of work that they select to follow. Vocational education has easily become one of the important features of education. A number of states have adopted vocational education as a part of their school system, but no other state has a better law than the Indiana law on the subject. The conference at Indianapolis attracted the attendance of experts in this line from all over the country, and they exchanged views and experiences and made many suggestions and recommendations for the carrying out of the purpose of the law. Much benefit must result from such conferences, when men and women who know come together and discuss the system. Indiana is a lucky state for having had a democratic legislature to enact the vocational education law. —Marion LeaderTribune. asiiSimssscsinimHunxmnttMJxmaa

DOINGS IN SOCIETY J WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Thursday. Evangelical Social —Mrs. Mont Fee. : Ruth Circle Apple Social —Mrs. A. : D. Artman. ! Euterpean—Mrs. F. V. Mills. Baptist Aid —Mrs. S. E. Shamp. Friday. Historical —Mrs. Mary Congleton. Christian Aid —Mrs. P. G. Williams. Minnehaha Needle Club —At Pocahontas Hall. Woman's Civic Improvement Society—Library. Saturday. Christian Pastry Sale —Gas Office. Evangelical Parcels post sale —At Hower & Baker store. N%w I’ve a sheep and a cow, everybody bids me good-morrow —Benjamin Franklin. The Christian Ladies’ Aid society will have homemade hot rolls, cakes, pies and other good things at their pastry sale to be held Saturday morning at the gas office. Two .representatives from every woman’s organization in the city are desired the meeting of the Wne. .. . < ’v..- society at the library at 3:30 Friday afternoon. Each one attending the apple social of the Ruth Circle at the home of Mrs. A. D. Artman this evening is requested to bring an apple. For every seed, not exceeding ten nor less than five, a cent will be charged. The orchestra will play and there will be a good program. The public is cordially invited. At their meeting yesterday the St. Vincent de Paul society elected Mrs. Alphonse Kohne president to succeed Mrs. J. Hentzy, who is moving to Saginaw, Mich. Committees for the various phases of work for the afterEaster charity ball and card party were appointed and what time remained was devoted to needlework and crocheting. Mrs. Fred Schaub and Mrs. John Wilson were hostesses. Miss Marie Connell, a student in Mrs. Blaker’s school, Indianapolis, will be at home tomorrow for her spring vacation with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Connell. Assisting the regular force of clerks at the Gass & Meibers opening yesterday were Mrs. James Bain, Mrs. Rebekah Eady and Miss Naomi Gass. Mrs. E. B. Adams gave a dinner party last evening for Miss Frances Dugan who is at home from Omaha, Neb., Miss Freda Wemhoff and Miss Bess Schrock. The regular assembly dance at the Masonic hall last evening was the usual delightful affair. Mrs. Floyd Mercer and children, Evelyn and Royal, of Van Wert, Ohio, arrived today for a visit with her parents, Mr. and B. C. Henricks who reside at 510 Cleveland street. Mr. Henricks is the chir .praetor. Mrs. T. M. Reid provided a very entertaining afternoon for the Shakespeare club yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. T. Stephenson when she told of her recent trip to the Pana-ma-Pacific exposition. The talk was instructive as well as entertaining and w’as given excellently. The book committee of the club is now busy making out the program for the next year’s study. This season will close the latter part of next month. A surprise party that was mutually agreeable was that given last evening ’ for Mrs. Owen Davis by the young girls of the Methodist Sunday school class of which she is teacher. The girls knew her birthday i B in March but did not know just the exact day,

■ so they choose lust evening. They , took their lunch with them, and this was very appetizing, including pocket book rolls, baked beans, potato salad, pickles, olives, cskp. They playt.d games and enjoyed music and had ;iie best time ever. The girls were Helen Swearenger, Gladys Butler, Victoria Mills, Irene Russell, Margaret Klnzle, Violet Erhardt, Ruth Aurau and Leona Hunsicker. THE COURT NEWS Elizabeth Gregory Granted , Divorce from Robert Gregory—Custody OF THE DAUGHTER Given to Mother-Marriage License —Final Report Approved. A motion to quash the affidavit against Ollie C. Chronister, of Deca-

I tur, arrested .the second time this | week on a charge of obtaining money I under false pretenses from the Bimel ' company of this city,, was filed Wed nesday morning and sustained by Judge J. F. Denny. This is the second time that a similar charge has been brought against Chronister and ' disposed of in the same manner. — Portland Sun. Fred Smith qualified as a notary public, .giving SI,OOO bond. The case of Night Drivers’ Friends' Sales Company vs. Schafer Hardware Company, in which ’Squire G. F. Kintz rendered a judgment for the plaintiff for $12.54 and costs, in all making 17.10, was appealed to the circuit court and the transcript and papers filed there today. A marriage license was issued to Merel C. Bears, farmer, of Geneva, born September 25, 1895, sou of Theodore J. Bears, to wed Ora B. Kroner. born September 20, 1899. daughter of Warren G. Kroner. Real estate transfers: U. S. Patent deed to Sampson Rice, 40 acres. Union tp.; U. S. to Josiah Foster, 95.80 acres. Union tp.; U. S. to Benjamin Brown. 80 acres. Union tp.; Webster C. Martz et al. tb Eli W. Hendricks. 40 acres, Monroe tp, $6,000; John Stimson et al., trustees of Caanan Baptist church, to Oscar R. McKay, trustee, lot 16. Linn Grove, SI.OO. Elizabeth Gregory was granted a divorce from Robert B. Gregory and given the custody 'of their daughter, Jirene. The alimony was agreed upon. Mrs. Gregory will receive the old Gregory homestead on Marshall street, being inlot 4 in Spencer’s addition; $1,000; all household goods and furniture, and one-half of a lot in Cook’s addition. Mr. Gregory is to pay all expenses of the divorce suit. John H. Aiken assumed jurisdiction I as special judge in the Archie P. I Hardison et aL ilrain and is dulysworn. The argument is partly heard on the demurrers and motion to dismiss and the cause is continued to April 27. In the matter of James K. Martz et al. petition for drain a verified motion by the parties to strike out separate remonstrances of Kalver and Fred Stauffer was filed. In the estate of Alice Bowman, final report was approved and the executor discharged. Inheritance tax in the sum of $7.4)0 -was found due from Nettie Bowman. The opinion of the appellate court in the ease of The Strauss Brothers vs. Rhoda Rook et al.. was ordered spread of record. This decision was rendered January 4. and sustains that of the lower court, giving Strauss Brothers a clear title to eighty acres of land in Monroe township. The defendants were children of parents to whom had been deeded a life estate in the land by Rhoda Head, in consideration for caring for fier during life, and at their death it was to go ' to their children, the defendants herein. They failed to comply with the terms of the deed and deeded the , laud back to Rhoda Head, the original owner. The defendants herein claimed thaj. -their parents had no right ( t odeed away their interest therein, however right they maye have been in deeding back their own lite es s tate. The court, however, gives J Strauss Brothers, into whose hands '■ the land finally came, a clear title. o — s Mr. and Mrs. Sim Burk and son, t_ Thomas, spent the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Dale Moses, north of the city. y Mrs. Adam Weis. Mrs. Lon CherryS; holmes, Mrs. John Schlegel and £ daughter, Alverta, are among those >1 who will leave tomorrow for "New e Bern. N. C„ to join their husbands h who have gone there with the Adams -, heading plant.

. COULD MAKE A GOOD GUESS ’ Young Man Was Not Sure as to Size but Was Willing to Take a Chance on It. i > Into a men’s furnishing store a stopped a young man warily, almost timidly. He lacked the air of con fldence of the- man who Is about to purchase a tie or a handkerchief or a collar. Eagerly the genial floorwalk er pounced upon him and the prosper tive customer’s first words explained 1 everything. ’’Have you anything suitable for a young lady?” ho asked, looking about ■ dazedly at the rows of shirt boxes. I ’’Something for her birthday, you know?" ‘‘Well, I should say we have. Step right this way, please. Miss Apporson, will you show this gentleman some ladles’ hose, or’’ —he added, as he noted the Inquirer’s pitiable confusion, “perhaps he would prefer to sec some of those near-sllk ladies’ coat sweaters?” He would, he certainly would, and when he found a man In charge at the sweater counter he became lalmost himself again. The sweater idea seemed to strike him favorably, and for several minutes he Inspected color combinations and felt fabrics. Finally the clerk dropped him into hot water again. ‘‘About what size does the young lady wear?” It was a poser and entirely unexpected. The young man gazed at a dummy figure on which a sweater coat was displayed, then walked up to it, circled it with his arm. and nodded: “About this size, I think.” BUG MAKES THE BEAN JUMP When One Holds Seed Over Fire the Insect Is Impelled to Give a Dance. It is a bug which puts the jump tn the Mexican jumping bean. You are probably acquainted with the bean. Hold It over a fire until It Is warmed a little and It will roll around and jump like a thing alive. And it is alive, too. A little plump, white Insect Is inside the shell of the bean, ■the larva of a moth called the carpo capsa. The insect was hatched inside the bean from an egg which the moth planted .there while-the shell was still soft. About one-fifth of the Interior of the shell is occupied by the larva, the rest by the bean. To make a cozy home, the larva spins a silk thread and lines the hollow shell with It. Later In winter it euts a tiny round door through the shell and strengthens it with silk, and about this time of year It forces its way out the door and flies away, for now It Is a moth. So it is the insect and not the'bean that Jumps. When you hold the bean over the fire it warms his feet and he dances for your entertainment. Most Interesting Age of Woman. “What is the most Interesting age in woman?” was a question recently | discussed by an artist, an author and a I woman of society. The artist said he • did not like to paint the portraits of' those between the age of twenty-five j and forty. Before twenty-five the-face has an expectancy which charms. It is looking forward with joyous freshness and hope, and Is full of puzzling promises. At forty years the character Is formed and the lines of the countenance are strong for the painter’s study, but in the intervening years the face has lost its expectancy, is apt to be indifferent, and has no particular interest. The author differed from the artist. He liked to study women between the ages of thirty and ferrty. They had then the experience of the world and the jqyousness ol youth. In those years they were brightest and most interesting. The society woman thought it was impossible to make general answers to the questions as individual women differ in regard to which was the most at-1 tractive age. Same are mere eharm ir.g at sixty years, while others have passed the prime at twqnty. The best answer would be that women are always beautiful to the friends who love and admire them.—Exchange, Her Viewpoint. \ “Girls!” called Aunt Broadhead. “Ma’am?” they answered as they fluttered around her. ‘ Men," proceeded the wise old woman, ‘ are practically ell reprobates. I have married and buried four of the wretches, and know whereof I speak. They are but little above the animals —selfish, domineering and greedy. The less they know the more conceited they are. They are dogmatic, tactless and tyrannical. But —drat 'em! — as they are all there is for us women to wod, we will go right on marrying them and doing our best to make something out of the poor material provided us.” —Kansas City Star. Tray for the Invalid. The invalid in our household declares the greatest comfort to her is 1 a tray which supports on either end. When she sits up in bod this fits over her knees and the weight of the tray rests on the bed. It can be easily made from light wood and measures 24 inches in length, 12 inches wide, and the supports are Id inches high. - Finish three sides of the top with nar1 row molding and attach small brass 2 handles to either end. Stain the wood v a soft color, and a useful addition might be pockets made of a prettilyfigured cretonne on either end of the I tray.—New York Sim.

HONEYWELL AT HUNTINGTON Mr and Mrs. G. C. Steele arrived from Huntington to make their home here. They stated that the Honeywell evangelistic party will begin a campaign in Huntington Sunday, April 2. Rev. and Mrs. J. H McCombe j with the party. Frol. I). L. Spooner is chorus leader; and first bass in quartet: Prof Arthur L. Roberts is pianist I and secretary and second bass in quartet; John George, first tenor in quar- . tet, is in charge of detail work. Miss ‘ Ellen Jones is also with the company. < Rev. McCombe is associate evangelist ' and second tenor in the quartet. Mr... J McCotnbe is in charge of the woman’s department. fy -- — I ABOUT THE SICK. ( G. E. Steele, who has been ill and ( confined to his home for two weeks of , neuralgia of the chest, remains about ( the same. Mrs. John A. Mumma, Os Union town , ship, who has been very ill of grip and complications is improving nicely, and it is thought will be able to 1 sit up in a short time if nothing else sets in. REV.STEPHENSON (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) j spoke on “Religious Leadership." I The Rev: B. S. Hollopeter, district superintendent of the Kokomo dis-1 trict, the Rev. Sommerville Light, | Richmond district, and the Rev. M. S. Marble of the Wabash district, read their reports this morning. All reported excellent conditions in their districts and membership increases, which averaged ten per cent. Chas. W. Payne is the last number on the High School Lyceum Course. He will be here next Monday and Tuesday night. Be sure to see him. • The rains of Hie past week have made the roads impassable for heavy loads and almost impossible for auto traffic. At one time yesterday three cars were stalled along the road just north of town. Ervin Carter of near Pleasant Mills was in the city yesterday buying new harness for use his large farm during the coming season. He bought the harness through the Charles F. Steele & Company. democrat" want ads . PAY RTG —— i [Every Woman Wants J in ypTi * fcj * FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE Dissolved in water for douches stops ; pelvic catarrh, ulceration and inflam- | mation. Recommended by Lydia E. . 'Pinkham Med. Co. for ten years. I A healing wonder for nasal catarrh," ; i sore throat and sore eyes. Economical. J I HaJ eitraorcmar/ cleantms and genmddal r°wrr. I Sample Free. 50c. all dreanvs or pusiwd by VJrwJI ThePnsrtcaTealetCm^gy^PgrtoghMag. J ;

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I Jj'l Dress-Up Week would not be complete without one of our new Spring Styles in Derby or Soft Hats from the Crofut & Knapp Factory. All the new shades and styles for spring are here, a hat for men of all ages. Prices $2.00 to $3.00 ; Come in today and let us show you these new hats, and also the new styles in Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Clothcraft Clothes. Prices SIO.OO to $25.00 HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE and Company Good Clothes Sellers For Men & Boys XOTICK OK F l> HF I’TI.KMKN 1 OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby Riven to the creditors. heirs and legatees of I4lKie M. Bittner. <| w -. used, tv appear in t!.. Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 2lst day of A]:,.. ISI6, and show cause, if. any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said deceden- siiould hot be approved; and said heirs are notiti‘l to then and there make proof of li- rsh!p. and receive their diseributiv. shares. WILLIAM 11. BITTNEL Administrator. !>e< atur, Ind.. Mar. 27, 1916. Pore B. Erwin, A.tty. '-i. o. FOR SALE —White Wyandotte eggs; heavy laying strain; 50c a setting. Call 6 on the I line. 77tf When you wantethat paper hung or that painting done, call ’phone 646.— M. J. Welker. 77t3 LOST —Friendship link bracelet, all silver links except one gold link. Lost probably between Mills and Niblick groceries. Finder please i leave at Mills grocery or call 273. See the Morris Co’s Big Ribbon Special in north window for Saturday, April Ist, at 2 p. m. 7713

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