Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1916 — Page 3

YOU CAN DO A BETTER DAYS WORK IN AN EASY PAIR OF WORK SHOES. TRY IT. TRY OUR WELTED WORK SHOES. I Charlie Voglewede AT THE SIGN OF THE BIG SHOE

[weather FORECAST | K'ntßKUitKnntntanytiniiinHiiagy Generally fair tonfciit and Wednesday, frost if weather clears, slightly warmer Wednesday. Frank Barthol left for Fort Wayne today noon on business. 8. E. Brown and son, Guy Brown, went to Fort Wayne today noon. Miss Ida Liby of near Monroe changed cars here today on her way to Fort Wayne. Mrs. J. E. Johnson of Monroe passed through the city on her way to Fort Wayne today. ■ Not havin’ money is th’ root o’ th’ most evil. Miss Tawney Apple has a new futurist complexion.—Abe Martin. Walter Fuelling returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne after spending Sunday here with his parents. F. N. Nantz and grandson, Howard Nantz, returned to Fort Wayne today noon. He attended to business here relatig to the Charles Ireland trial. Copies of the Democrat will now e*st you two cents a piece. Owing to the high cost of paper w r e cannot gife out sample copies at the rate we have been doing. The court house at Delphi was sold under the hammer for slls. The building, which had stood in the public square for fifty years, is to be replaced with a new $170,000 building. The Christian Ladies’ Aid society will serte a penny supper this evening at the old laundry building, beginning at six o’clock. Each item will cost a penny A parcels post sale will also be held. The public is invited.

TFhe Home Os Quality Groceries 50 ft. Cotton Clothes Line t 10c 50 ft. Manilla Clothes Line 20c 100 ft. Smooth Wire Line, No. 9 40c 100 ft. Smooth Wire Line, No. 8 45c Large assortment of Scrub Brushes, each 10c Best Carpet Beater Out 15c 10c Box Borax Soap Chif>s 8c 25c Box Borax Soap Chips 29c Clean your Rugs and Carpets with Jinx, large can. ..15c i" • We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 19c Butter 17c to 27c M. E. HOWER North of G. R. & I. Depot ’Phone 108 IPuritano Little Opera I SMOKE ' I ' THE I | “WHITE STAG” I I EXTRA MILD CIGAR I Made in 5 different sizes. | Pantella Londres Extra Broad Leaf |

Attorney Shafer Peterson was a business caller at Bluffton today. Dan Niblick went to Fort Wayne to attend the Tri State Merchants' association meeting. Mrs. Jesse Smith and Mrs. Alva Buffenbarger returned this morning to Ft. Wayne after a visit here with rela- ’ tives. ! The walls of the new creamery building are about half finished de- , spite the heavy rains of the past week or two. The Rebekahs will have a regular meeting of the lodge tonight at which time some special business of importance will come up before the order , for final action. Your help toward securing those , slides for the children is still needed, so dig down in your pocket and donate a dollar or two towards the cause. Give it to the ladies who are soliciting the funds, or leave it at this office. James Fisher and sister, Miss Marie, of Huntington returned to their home Monday after visiting in the 1 city with friends. Mr. Fisher motor- ' ed here Sunday morning to attend • -the K. of C. initiation while Miss Fisher came last Tuesday to attend • the St. Vincent de Paul charity ball. ; Their brother, Joe, of Peru, who was : also here, left for his home last Frfs day. Standing as a memorial to one of I the greatest benefactors of the race, 1 a pear tree planted by Johnny Apple- • seed in 1842, may be seen in the yard • at St. Joseph’s hospital, • and bears • fruit every year. Mrs. Endora Boyles. • 813 West Main street, a daughter of ■ the late L. J. Ferry, states that the ■ old tree was planted at the time the i property belonged to her father. It ; has since been acquired by St. Josi eph’s hospital.—Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

Miss Dora Fairchild left on the 1:05 train for Piqua, Ohio. Bert Bailey of Fort W*yae was bore today ou busluess. Attorney Shafer Peterson is at Bluffton today on buslneae. Dick Bulter will go to Fort Wayne to work in the electric light works. P. W. Smith of Riclunond pmwad through the city today on the 1:05; train.' Mrs. Milo McKinney will leave tomorrow for Des Moines, lowa, to join her husband. J. W. Edwards, the veteran painter and paper hanger, is decorating the M. E. parsonage. M. Kirsch of the People’s Loan & Trust company made a business trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon. A. B. Bailey of Fort Wayne was here today attending to busifiess and renewed his allegiance to the Daily Democrat. T. M. Reid hns returned from Rome City where he was looking after the preparations of ( his cottage for the summer. Col. Billy Hoffman of Anderson ‘s’ expected here today to discuss the, play grounds proposition with those) interested here. Orval Harruff. city engineer, Is busy; surveying for improvements that wilt be made in different parts of the city; during the coming season. i The recent rains have brought the water level in the river up slightly and fishermen are forced to forego their favorite sport for a while. E. X. Ehinger of the Old Adams county bank is making a business trip to Jonesboro, Ark., where he Is closing; up an important business deal. Mrs. I. A. Kalver returned home Sun day from Indianapolis where she at-, tended the annual convention of the Eastern Star, as the delegate from the Decatur lodge. The shortage in dyestuffs is making it next to impossible for milliners to secure some kinds of trimming materials and as a consequence prices will have to go up soon. John T. Coots, veteran member of the Democrat force, who has been ill several weeks, was able to come down town again today. He hopes to be on the job regularly in a week or two. Street Commissioner Chronister is. being complimented on his activity in getting the down-town street cross-, ings fixed up so that a high step does not have to be made in crossing the streets. Have you had your name on the roll of honor, with those who are subscrib ing for the children’s slides? It is> just as much appreciated if you give a small amount if that’s what you. teel you can afford. Curley Rademaker withstood well the operation performed yesterday at the St. Joseph hospital, removing his. right foot just above the ankle. He came out from the anaehthetic well, and the operation was a most successful one. Michigan market reports show that the price of beans will be higher within the next few weeks. The reason assigned is that the old crop is exhausted and that several months, will elapse before the new crop will be ready for use. Better buy yours now. Relatives today received word, from Mrs. C. R. Uhl of Toledo, stat-' ing that since she was removed to her home from the hospital that she has not yet been able to sit up. A train’d nurse is still in attendance. Mrs. Ushl is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Terveer. For an hour or two this morning William Parent, manager of the Crystal theater, did not know whether he would operate today or not. A special show which was billed for Dejatur today, was held up by another’ exhibitor, and a rapid-fire exchange of telegrams soon had a substitute on the way. The feature to be played here today will be found to be equally as good as the one that should' have arrived. Thomas R. Johnston, who for the past two years has had charge of the industrial and labor department of the Journal-Gazette, has tendered his resignation and leaves the latter part of the week for Indianapolis where, he has accepted employment on the Star. He will be succeeded in his work here by E. R. Lewis, a member of the Journal-Gazette staff for the past two years.—Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazette. Johnston is a brother of Mrs. Vincent Forbing. The city council will meet in regular session tonight and among some of the questions to be decided upon will be that of the plan of turning the old cemetery on ’ll inchester street into a public park. The Ladies’ Civic Improvement society and the business men's committee will lay their proposition before the councilmen this evening. A number of strdet and sidewalk and sewer improvements will also be taken care of and in a number of instances bids will be received for the construction ■ of such improvements. ; X

FROM NEW BERN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) time. Since being here it has only ibeen about 80 degrees In the shade. But always a breeze going; guess because there is so much water here, as the town is almost surrounded by it. Trent and Nu»e Tivera —one on each sMe nt the town, and join at high tide back of the factory. We have large departmant stores and drug stores, wholesale houses, cotton freight house, and very large banks, school of music, and four schools, Catholic and Episcopalian and protestant. Population is about 18,000. Have a lovely postofflee, built by the government, all of brick and flagstone. It is open day and night, and anyone having a lock box can get mail at any time, Sunday as well as Monday. Also have a large court house and jail, all in the same square. There are the Catholic, First Baptist, Baptist Tabernacle, Christ Episcopalian, anfl two negro churches — also a Jewish synagogue. There is one church here built in 1724). still in use. Expect to go some time. Was used during the war as a hospital for the wounded soldiers. They now have a lovely large hospital here. Every home and surrounds are very well kept up. We have also visited the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington homes. One of the wealthiest families lives in the Washington home and it surely is very grand with its high arches, and walls, and driveways, of white marble, large flower beds and magnolia tree, which are numerous here. It only takes up a whole square. Flowers and trees, all in bloom everywhere. Last Sunday Mr and Mrs, Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Weis, and us, all went to a negro baptizing. From there over to one of the U. S. rescue ships, which has its headquarters here. There are only thirty-two sailor boys aboard. All looked very pretty, dressed in blue and white and one of them was kind enough to take us all around and explain everything to us. It certainly was something to see; has an engine of fifty horse power, two large guns that shoot a distance of seven miles, bell and fog horns that can be heard that far. Was also up on lookout deck; carries its own life peservers, do all their own cooking and work, each having their share to do. Then down to see and talk to the! wireless operator stationed aboard, which certainly was verynew to us. From there we went over to the cemetery, which is very nice. In the old addition we found very queer tombs. Some almost two hundred years old, and so moss-covered we could hardly make them out. On entering the cemetery we passed under the large archway of honeycombed rock and shells, with here and there the green ivy or holly creeping out of the crevices, which makes it look very old and yet very beautiful. This afternoon or evening I should say. as it is evening here right after 12 o'clock, we women folks are going over to Gant, a town a mile out, where the old fort is; also there are other old war-time things to be seen, one of which is the well the rebel soldiers drank out of while stationed there. The city park is close by, street cars in connection. Then soon we are all planning on going to the coast which is only twenty-five miles from here; can go either by boat or steam for the sum of seventy-five cents, round trip. After sight-seeing one comes home all tired out, but yet glad of _the chance of seeing things. The other Decatur people are well and very much contented. Almost forgot to tell you about the way the people raise their chickens here. Any one can have them, and no complaint. They build their houses very high (no cellars), put a wire fence around the pillars, and that is their chicken park; looks very queer to qs. They try to be very sanitary here. All one has to do is to put the off-falling out in the street in a box or barrel and the city motor truck comes along twice a week and takes it away. Have two motor fire engines and lots of *Fords. And say—motor and sail boats a plenty; can hear or see them any time I care to look out of our windows. One day Mrs. Weis, Mrs. Holmes and I went down to the ship docks and watched them build a while, at a large boat; then down to the fish and oyster dock. Don’t care to go there very often; too much smell, but one can hardly go outside without smelling fish, as this is a great fish market. It is nothing to hear the negroes calling "fresh fish,” as soon as you wake up. Some of the people here are about forty years behind the times. The negro people still drive the old-fash-ioned two-wheeled carts, with a mule or old horse hitched to it; or sometimes a cow. One day 1 saw a very old’faphioned yoke of oxery Yet. some of the more wealthy have nice homes. Then tire women folks go along the streets with large bundles of clothes or baskets of vegetables on their heads; some knitting, bewing or reading, never thinking of what 'is Above them; wonder what a figure we would cut if we were to try

Varsity Fifty-Five > for every Man HART, SCHAFFNER and MARX call them “Young Men’s Styles” and that’s 7| I what they are; but we notice that a good J 1 nj many men who are not young in years, — like these suits, and wear them with a /7] // I good deal of satisfaction. M //J I Varsity Fifty-Five is a general term which includes f // IL more than a dozen different models. I j These are just the suits for Graduation and other school functions |I ! /i : SIB.OO to $25.00 II M Try one of our new spring hats direct from the Crofut t land Knapp factory, $2.00 to $3.00 Copyright Hart ScWforr & Marx HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys.

I 1 it? One day last week we women . went over to the factory, watched the i .men work a while, and from there : we went out in the river about a . quarter of a mile to the shipping dock, 1 where they were busy loading large pine logs on a big boat to be taken to Philadelphia to be used in the i mines for props. There were about i ten men busy with lots of machinery : to help them load. One man took us I on board the boat and let us look in- > side to see how nice and evenly they ’ were loaded; said it would take about '■ eight days to load. It certainly looki ed to us as though it would take a month, and at that time the boat : would be ready to go to the bottom. • as the logs were about twenty feet long and about three feet through. Then, coming home, while crossing the bridge, we heard a loud whistle, and looking up saw a big steamboat . coming Up. So of course we waited, watched the men open the bridges, for it was sure something to see. Mr. Meihls says that if there is a train on the track and the boat whistles for the bridge. Mr. Train has to give way for it. He says he has seen several large boats towing barges of lumber containing about three car loads, all pine, their principal timber here, and he says the highest grade is cheaper here than the lowest at home. He often sees large rafts of logs coming in, some having as high as three and four hundred logs in them. Most all shipping is done by water as it is much cheaper. They are trying very hard to get the mill in running order by the middle of next month; have been having some trouble in getting part of the machinery. It certainly is some plant, almost as large as Krick & Tyndall’s and Vail’s combined. They will have saw mill upstairs, table and swing saws, bolter and three headi/g saws. As the heading drops from the saw It drops into a trench, and is carried by carriers out to the dry kilns or yard. There are six kilns, holding about one million five hundred pieces. The stave bolts are sent to the steam boxes by truck, they having tunnels of seventy-five cars or forty cord of bolts. Then all comes back to the finish department, which consists of two planers, two jointers, two turners, one stave cutter* and four jointers. Mr. Meihls said they aimed to run about eight thousand sets a day when they start running. He will only have about 150 men to see after; will keep'him quite busy, but he sure enjoys his work and likes this place fine. So do the other Decatur men. The mill has its own machine shop, blacksmith shop, electric light plant and fire protection; four boilers, one h. p. and one thirty h. p. engine, and plenty of snakes. Mr. Meihls said they found a large black snake about five feet long in the engine room, and they have killed lots of water moccasins. They will have most of their timber brought down the river and drawn up to the factory by steam power. The Adams Cooperage company is supposed to be next to the largest of its kind in the United States. The other morning Chauncey Dcßolt and Mr. Meihls were working, and hearing a loud swishing noise, they lookW*<lown the river and saw three large porcupus with fins one foot high and two feet long i with a body about fifteen feet in i length, with head and body like a ■ sword fish. Haven't seen any alliga ■ tors yet, but learn there are some in , the river. Expect to watch one when [ we go fishing. Think we will all l take a motor boat ride up the river. T about fifteen miles next Sunday. As

n one of the men who has a boat has e promised to take us, to give the e North Carolina expression, "Youns all a better come along with us.’’ We certainly would be glad to see or hear e from all our Indiana friends. So a come , over, one and all. If you do e not tire of this long letter will try t again some time. y Regards and best wishes to all. s MR. AND MRS. PHIL MEIHLS. i- P. S. —We sure enjoy reading the y Democrat. t - — a True Secret of Keeping* t A Youthful Looking i. L—____t (The Beauty Seeker.) ••The real secret of keeping young-looking and beautiful,” says a well-known hygienist, g '‘is to keep the liver and bowels normally active. Without these requisites, poisonous !, waste products remain in the system, pollutt ing the blood and lodging in various organs, 1 tissues, joints. becomes flabby, obese. | nervous, mentally sluggish, dull-eyed, wrinkled and sallow of face. 5. “But to get liver and bowels working as they ought, without producing evil after-effects has been the problem. Fortunately, there is n a prescription of unquestioned merit, which may now be had in convenient tablet form. 5 Its value is due largely to an ingredient derived from the humble May apple, or its root, e which has been called ‘vegetable calomel’ because of its effectiveness —though, of course, it is not to be classed with the real calomel of f mercurial origin. There is no habit-forming constituent in ‘sentanel* tablets—that's the r name —and their use is not followed by weaky ness or exhaustion. On the contrary, these harmless vegetable tablets tend to impart tone 6 and elasticity to the relaxed intestinal wall. f Sentanel tablets, which may be procured from I any druggist—a dime's worth will do—will f prove a revelation to any constipated, livertroubled person.” II n — J- The Constipation Curse ‘ Constipation - clogged bowels 1 cause pam and sickness; 95 per e cent of our ills, say the authorities, i- Sentanel Laxatives bring quick I. relief. AU vegetable — contain no calomel. Ten doses for a dime at 8 any* druggists. Physician’s sample s free, upon request, if you men- ; tian this advertisement. The Sentanel Remedies Co., Inc., 800 Madison Ave. Covington, Ky. . - - - - - 1 DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG - ■ —..— - — —

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