Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1916 — Page 2

i» X II X l> F HA T lv»rv Evening Except <un<say by The Decatur Democrat Companj )O»K h hEILER PrMldent AH * t>R m -iOLTHOUBE. Secretary k Subscription Rate*. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Tear by carrlw 16.00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Tear by mall >2.50 Minri, Conle* 2 cents rates made known on anpl’iefion quinine at the Postefflce in Decatur, Indian* a* »*cond-cl*B* matter. September 18th is the date for the Marshall meeting in Decatur. The vice president of the United States is one of the great men of the nation and he will bring you a message wor'h listening to. Watch for the hour and the detailed plans which will be annonuced within a day or so. Phillip Zoecher was the principal speaker at a democratic meeting hel l at St. John's church in Root township last evening and even though it rained hard all the evening the crowd was a large one and they listened alternatively. Judge R. K. Erwin and Judge O’Rourke of Fort Wayne also took part in the meeting. Candidate Hughes continues to shiver over a cold and uncertain route through tlie south, scolding and "crabbing" and disgusting those who hear him with the exception of an occasional partisan. He has so far declined to answer the questions of how he would have improved conditions bj adopting any different plans than those used by the president. The great trouble is that he won’t without first conferring wlh those “big interest" fellows who controll him. “Yet the president has sought to favor neither side in this controversy he has indeed expressed his desire to g - to any length possible to preserve inuustial peace. He has acted for the larger interests of the public and his course has not met with the unequalled approval of the workers or of the railroad managers but it has met with the general approval of the public and the public believes there is nothing unreasonable in the proposal to make an eight-hour day the basis for computing wages.”—Binghampton Press. The republican candidate very wisely refrained from calling our prospet - ity a “Fool's Paradise” during his trip through the smiling plenteous fields of the Golden West. A few years ago. when the walls of homes were papered with mortgages, when corn was burned for fuel, when interest rates were exorbitant and capital rarely ever left its vaults, when the McKinley and Dingley and Payne tariffs were in et feet, when the money of the country could be cornered at the will of a few financial buccaneers, when railroad tracks were covered with rust, wdien school houses were so few and so on and so on, Republican orators had the people deceived as to the source and cause and whereabouts of prosperity. MICHEAL STERN AND SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES Are no w on display here in all the latest styles and fabrics. $lB to $25. THE MYERVDAILF' COMPANY

Not so today, when all such conditions have changed and the people have become wise to plunderers and shy of deceivers. The President, he is a lucky man, these days. He has nothing to do. A few trifles take up a few minutes of his time, but the rest is all his own. He merely has to keep watch of legislation; prod Congressmen; read the reports from the Mexican frontier, and give the consequent orders; confer with the members of the Cabinet; tty to get competent men to serve on the joint Mexican Commission; make new complaints to Great Britain and Germany; talk for an hour to 640 railway leaders in the East Room; confer with all the railway presidents; keep up with his ce-rospondence; receive delegations; read republican speeches. Time would hang heavy on his hands were it not for the presence of a former judge in the White House grounds who throw;' stones at the windows and cries out that the man living there is incurably inefficient. But for this diversion. President Wilson might be able to resist a feeling of ennui.—New York Post.

DOINGS IN SOCIETY tmtnisrrnstißit'.iMtiMrf.’wnittwtttMH WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Pythian Needle Club —K of P Heme. Concord Aid —Mrs. S. S. Magley. Thursday. Methodist Missionary—Mrs. J. M. Miller. Union Chapel S. S. Class Social — Mrs. Grace Light’s home. C. L. C.—K. of C. hall. Presbyterian Aid—Mrs. Jacob Atz. Loyal Woman’s Class —Mrs. Robert Case. Friday. Eastern Star Initiation —At Hall. Tri.Kappas—Ruth Patterson. Do Your Best Class —Mrs. George Hill. “Home happiness can be secured only by the mutual surrender of rights, each in honor preferring the ether, each seeking not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” Mrs. Luther Hower went to Fort Wayne to spend the day with Vernia Smith Bandtell. The Coverdale reunion, held Monday, at the George Coverdale farm home, seven miles south of Ft. Wayne was attended by 146 members of the family and there was a big day in store for every one of the relatives in attendance. In the election of officers Charles N. Coverdale was elected president. J. S. of Decatur, as vice-president: George Coverdale, treasurer; and Mrs. A. S. Coverdaie, secretary.—Ex. The Yeung Woman’s Missionary society of the Reformed church met with Miss Ruth Mayer last evening. The affair was a sort of farewell for Misses Esther Sellemeyer. Lydia Kirsch and Agues Sellemeyer who leave soon for their schools, and the social part of the evening was prolonged. There were several mission contests One was the recognition of flags of various nations; another the forming of names of missionaries from jumbled letters. Each one present also wrote a letter to each of the three girls to take with them to school to open and read should the spirit of loneliness creep upon them, each one receiving nine or ten letters. Mrs. Henry Moyer of Tenth street enutertained the Reformed Woman’s Missionary society yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Stolte conducted the lesson study and Mrs. M. F. Worthmnn the devotionals, after which a delicious repast was partaken of. It was decided to give a missionary i |geant some time in November. This will be the combined efforts of the Woman's the Young Woman’s and the Children’s mission bands. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold J. Magley who are now on their wedding trip will shortly take up their residence in Ft. Wayne, where the groom holds a responsible position with the General Electric company in the. transformer engineering company. He is also a member of the electric works band. The bride was formerly Miss Leona Grace Sanders, and the young couple Grace Sanders, and the young couple was married last Saturday night at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanders, at Lafayette. The courtship of the newlyweds began when Mr. Sanders was a student at Purdue university from which institution he graduated in the class of 1914. —Fort Wayne JournalGazette. The groom is a son of B. F. Magley of Whitley county, a cousin of the Magleys here. The Presbyterian Woman's Home

and Foreign Missionary circle met with Mrs. J. C. Hanna at the manse yesterday afternoon with many present. In the absence of Mrs. W. A. Lower, the study was lead by Mrs. S. D. Beavers, who gave a paper on Alaska, with sub-topic discussions by other members. Rev. Hanna conducted the devotional and Mrs. C. F. Davison the round table discussion on the department of foreign missions. Mrs. Jessie Deam will have the October meeting. It was decided to conduct a praise thank service some Sunday evening in October. While Mrs. Henry Borne was in Decatur Saturday afternoon, little did she expect to find a surprise awaiting her at her home. When she arrived home about 6 o’clock her sister, Mrs. David Schaffer of Fremont. Ind., was there. It had been six years since they had seen each other. On Sunday Mrs. Borne entertained for her sister. Those present were Mrs. Henry Borne, Mr. and Mrs. David Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schaffer, Lewis Schaffer of Tremont, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mankey and son, Russell; Mr. and Mrs. Newton Mackling and children. Crystal. Dale, Mytrle and Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Borne, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Borne, Miss Christina Borne. Henry and Bust Borne. The afternoon was spent in playing games of all kinds, playing and singing, talking about olden times. David Schaffer. who is sixty-seven years old. showed the boys some comical tricks which he learned when a boy. Cake and watermelon were served. The guests started for home at 4:30, wishing Mrj. Borne many more pleasant suppers. Francis Stephenson, who has been a guest for a week of the Dr. S. D. Beavers family, will return this evening to his home in Muncie. Bluffton. Ind.. Sept. 4.—The Moyer and Heckley families held their annual reunion at the W. A. Lipkey Grove, east of Bluffton. The reunion association organized by electing Allen Moyer of this city president and secretary; Mrs. Gertrude Sudduth of Decatur, vice-president and Robert S. Blair of Petroleum treasurer. The next reunion will be held at Washington park, in south Bluffton, at the same time next year. The following program will be given at the regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church at the home of Mrs. J. M. Miller Thursday at 2:30 p. m. A full attendance is desired: Piano solo. Celia Andrews; Scripture reading and prayer. Mrs. F. Thornburg: reading. “Courage and Confidence.” Mrs. Charles Colter; story, "What is That in Thine Hand?” Mrs. Harvey Smith; dialogue, “What Home Missionary Work Includes,” twelve ladies. Miss Lydia Kirsch entertained the following guests at six o’clock dinner in honor of her birthday: Emma Weidler, Agnes Sellemeyer. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brodbeck, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Shroyer, Neva Brandyberry, Anna Wagner. Margaret Weidler. Esther Sellemeyer. Ella Mutschler, Albert Mutschler, Wm. Jassman. The gathering was also intended as a farewell to her friends for Miss Lydia leaves with Miss Esther Sellemeyer for Heidelberg University, Tiffin. Ohio, in a few weeks. The evening was spent in music and chatting. Miss Lydia was the receiplent of many pretty gifts. The spacious lawn of the L. A. Holthouse home on First street, with its pretty shrubbery and blooming plants was an ideal place fox the garden party given yesterday afternoon from three to six o’clock by Mrs. Holthouse, Mrs. E. G. Coverdale, Mrs. Dan Niblick and Mrs. May McMahan. Os the seventy guests there were several from out of town, they being Mrs. Charles Merriman of Cardwell. Mo.; Mrs. Charles X. Niblick, Fort Wayjjfi: Miss Martha Scheuler of Detroit, Mich., and Miss Elizabeth Stewart of Omaha, Neb. Amusements were appropriate for the garden setting and two contests were unusually good. Leaves of various kinds were pressed and mounted on card board and seeds dried and placed in boxes. These were pinned to trees and shrubs, or set in convenient places, and green cards given, with numbers corresponding thereto, on which the names were written as they were identified. Mrs. J. S. Bowers won the prize in the leaf contest and Mrs. Robert Case in the seed contest. A picnic supper was served, carrying out the woodland colors of yellow and green and brown and white, Hie Delta Theta Tau girls assisting the hostesses. A buttoniere of garden flowers was given to each as a favor. Mention should be made ■ of the pretty invitations which were written on cards ornamented with I pressed leaves, each envelope being closed by a large thorn piercing the j flap. The second of the series of two parties will be a card party on Thursday afternoon at the same home by the same hostesses.

MARRIED_TODAY Royce Marshall, Purdue University Student, and Miss Mabel Weldy. MARRIED HERE TODAY By Rev. Mavity—Visit at Northern Indiana Lakes —Well Known Couple. This morning at ten o'clock at the home of the Rev. J. H. Mavity, pastor of the Christian church, that minister officiating, Royce Marshall, of West Lafayette, and Miss Mabel Weldy, formerly of Decatur, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William B Weldy of Peterson, were married. The Episcopal ring service was used. The couple was attended by a young man friend of the groom from Lafayette, and Miss Osee Armstrong, of Ridgeville, a friend of the bride. After the ceremony the party left for the lake? in northern Indiana, where they spend a week. Mr. and Mrs. Royce will live at Lafayette, where the groom will finish his senior year as a student in the Purdue agricultural college, specializing in animal husbandry. Mr. Royce was a member of Battery B. and went with the other Purdue students, members therof, to the Mexican border, when the cal! was given, being stationed at Mercedes, Texas. The Purdue students were released from service to return to their studies this fall, and the wedding, which had been planned for the first of September, took place as scheduled, without delay occasioned by bis going to the front. Miss Weldy is one of the excellent young ladies. She is a graduate of the Marion college of music and elocution, in which accomplishments she is highly talented. She is a member of the Decatur Christian church, of the Ruth Circle, and other social and church organizations.

THE Contract Awarded for Its Construction to Burke Construction Co. THE LOW BIDDERS Dr. S. P. Hoffman Appointed Physician for Poor at Jail and County Farm. The board of commissioners are still in session and today disposed of several matters of importance. This afternoon they-accepted the offer of Dr. S. P. Hoffman to serve as physician for the jail and the count}’ farm. Dr. Hoffman's offer was for $250. which is fifty dinars per year less than that now being paid. Dr. Parrish and Dr. J. M. Miller also filed applications for the place. An extension of time was granted the viewers and engineer in which to report on the J. B. Holthouse road. The petition of Catherine Eiting for vacation of road was granted. Bids for the construction of the Jack Bridge were opened and the contract awarded to the Burke Construction company for $6,700 for a girder bridge. Other bids were Winamac Obstruction company. $6,798; Elkhart Bridge Works. $6,975. On the Catherine Eiting petition for a macadam road, a remonstrance was filed by Henry Eiting to the viewers’ report. The viewers then filed a supplementary report assessing damages to Henry Eiting of SBIO ami to the city of Decatur for SBO.OO. To this report Mr. Eiting filed an exception and tlie board today named Fred Blomenberg, Ernest Huggle and John Hendricks as reviewers. They are to meet in the auditor's office next Monday, September 11, to qualify. o- . J “A DAUGHTER OF THE SEA.” In which a young uneducated fisrerman’s daughter thinks, drcams and desires the station in life enjoyed by rich persons living across the bay. The story of how she finally succeeds in getting what she desires makes five big reels of heart ihtqrest that you will want to see. Com# to the Crystal tonight and see tiled* five reels for five and ten cents. You'll want to come again. Mrs. Vern Tannehill of Fort Wayne spent the day here with Miss Georgia Meibers. Mrs. Tannehill was formerly Miss Vera Goeke. Democrat Want~Ads~Pay.

IN FOBTJNAINE Frances Miller, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Miller, Married to WIIJ JAM HOCKEMEYER Special Letter Carrier, Fort Wayne—Wedding Yesterday Afternoon. Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock at the home of the German Lutheran minister in Fort Wayne was solemnized the wedding of William Hockemeyer of that city and Miss Frances Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller, of south of this city. The wedding was a very quiet one. The couple went to housekeeping at once 6n South Lafayette street, that city, Mr. Hockemeyer is a special letter carrier in Fort Wayne and is well known to many here. The bride is a popular and highly esteemed young lady. Mrs. George Miller rqtuned this afternoon from Fort Wayne, where she had been visiting with her daughters, Mrs. Frank Jones, and Miss Frances, and her son, Wilson Miller, and family. —- - o COURT HOUSE NEWS, (CONTINUED fIiUM PAGE ONKi ards; judgment against plaintiff for costs. Otis O. Juday et. al., vs. The Cliffton Oil Company, et. al, Charles Millter vs. D. E. Studabaker. judgment against plaintiff for costs. Isaac Williamson, et. al., vs. Charles E. Williamson, et. al., costs paid. Standard Oil Company vs. Henry W. E. Dirkson. administrator, judgment against plaintiff for costs. Effie M. and Harry Straub have kissed and made up, Mrs. Straub dismissing her divorce suit. Butcher Engraving Company vs. Schafer Saddlery Company, motion by defendant for cost bond; cost bond filed. Niblick & Company vs. John Drake, finding for plaintiff on complaint. Defedant defaulted. A decree of quiet title for David J. Schwartz vs. William A. Majors, et. al., was rendered. A transcript for recording is to be made by the clerk. Warren Refining Chemical Company vs. Julius Haugk, et. al. Cost bond ordered filed within ten days. Motion to that effect made by the defendant, being sustained. The claim of Harvey Ault against the John T. Ault estate will be heard October 16. 'The case of the state cfn the relation of Nellie Dean vs. William Lee, is set tor October 26. That of Cleo Steele vs. Floyd Shoaf for October 25. In the estate of Owen Sapp, Josiah L. Aspy, administrator, filed final report which was approved and the administrator discharged. Money in the hands of the administrator for distribution was ordered paid to the clerk. No inheritance tax was found due. In the surviving partnership of Myers, Myers & Richards, a motion was made by Myers for a partial distribution. In the estate of Elias Crist, a petition was filed by the executors, John T. Crist and Benjamin F. Hriener, to sell real estate, and same was ordered, returnable September 20. Minnie Daniels, guardian, filed final report as to Marie and Nellie,, which was approved and she was discharged as to them. Her current report to the others was approved, and the trust continued as to them.

A marriage license was issued today to Boyce E. Marshall, student, 'f West Lafayette, born June 9, 1893, son of L. E. Marshall, to wed Mabel! Edith Wiley, of Petersen, born January Is, 1891, daughter of William B. Weldy. Upon petition of Cora Juday and the guardian of Ruth G. Juday, et. al., the sum of S3O a month was ordered paid for the support of the wards. In the ease of Mary Woodward vs. Charles Woodward, the defendant defaulted and the prosecutor is ruled to answer. KEEP OFF PARALYSIS AND ARTERIOSCLEROSIS “Alteratives which change by some inexplicable manner certain morbid conditions of the system arc of great benefit in nervous diseases, in paraly- . sis. arterio-sclerosis, glandular tuber- ! cles, lupus, fistulous and carious uli cere.” —Dr. Mason in U. S. DispenI satory. Number 40 For The Blood contains all the alteratives alluded to

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