Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1916 — Page 2

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PUT POLITICS ASIDE: — Any man who will attempt in times like these to use the acts of public officials to secure partisan advantage is not a good American citizen. Now we should know no par j ties. President Wilson is not handling our foreign relations as a party man but as a wise, patriotic, true, courageous American. He is not considering how his acts will affect his political future or the future of the political party with which he is affiliated. He is striving and work 1 ing solely for one end, what is best for the United States, how he can “preserve peace with honor. He has grave problems to solve, problems vitally effecting the welfare of this nation. He has big tasks to perform. | tasks which require calmness, pa- j tience, courage and wisdom. In the > solving of these problems and the j performance of these tasks he should j have the support of a united people. ! President Wilson is a man of great J ability; he is more thoroughly acquainted with all the facts, circumstances and conditions surrounding our relations with foreign countries than any other man; his purpose is to protect the rights of our people, uphold our honor and still maintain peace. He will act only when he is convinced that his course is for the best interests of this country. He will not go to war if he can with honor remain at peace. The rank and file of the American people thoroughly approve the end he is seeking and will loyally, support him. It is no time to criticise methods. He is flu representative of the American nation in this great crisis. His -9rt> the responsibilities. It is the duty of ev ery patriotic citizen to uphold his hands. It is little and contemptible we are tempted to say treasonable, to attempt to play politics in such vital affairs. And any man who does it should feel the wrath of the people. How these affairs will affect parties is of no importance, the only important question is, how will they affect the people of the nation? —Hillsboro, Ohio. News-Herald (republ* can.) Hear the issues fairly discussed by one who knows —the vice president of the United States—at the court house nest Monday afternoon. About the only thing the Maine election proved is the undisputed fact that there are more republicans in that rock-ribbed state than there are democrats, but that a good many

: Jap! 1 Michaels Stern yJWI are tailored in away make eR) *kd r shape, which Ppk 5\ is most essential in a: f Am 1 suit of clothes. Ilf ® M you are in the marMilil ket for a suit or overcoat you wiil do weil to give us a call and we will guarantee you satisfaction in quality and workmanship. $15.00 to $25.00. The Myers-Dailey Company. SUITS THAT SUIT

thousand of them voted the demo-; (rattc ticket at that. Tom Marshall, vice president of; the United States, and one of the na- j lion's great men, candidate for re election, will speak at the court j bouse next Monday ufternoon. '' "" '"" n Registration day comes October 9 a most important part of this cam j pnign. Remember you can’t vote if! ou don't register and you must do \ j it on that day either In person or by j affidavit. Keep that day in mind. ttnm ■■■vwvmw JioattU-.swWtUMUOn r i(MSG\ ift WIFTt j •uno rt -wmj zsmt&mHKtd WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday. Minnehaha Needle Club —Pocahontas Hall. Christian Ladies’ Aid—Mrs. L o Wti helm. Mite Society—Mrs. Walt Johnson 1 Saturday. Tri Kappas Pastry Sale —Gas office — The chief pang of most trials j is not so much the actual suffering itself, as our own spirit of resistance to it. —Jean Nicolas Grou. No man ran learn patience except by going out into the hurlyburly woHd and taking life just as it blows. —Beecher. Mrs. Olen Baker returned yesterday afternoon from Hamilton, Ohio, i where she attended the Ohio meet- | ing of Ben Hurs for which she gave ( Several readings. Ms. Baker read for 'the Michigan congress at Battle j Creek, a short time ago, and aiso at the national meeting at Crawfords- ; ville. She has been in great de- | mand, her readings being highly I pleasing. She also visited at Cincinnati. The United Brethren Ladies Aid society had a splendid meeting at the home of Mrs. John Hoover, her assistants being Mrs. Del Lake and Mrs.. Vernon Shifferly. The scripture lesson was read by the president, Mrs. Tom Fisher, and Mrs. \. C. Ball gave the involution. A r- - port of the year’s business, which showed the society in excellent condition was read by the secretary. Mrs. Frank Fisher. A most enjoyable social period followed and very fine refresments were served by the hostesses. Mrs. Myrtle Brown of Wren. ().. was a pleasing hostess to the Baptist Ladies’ Aid society a' the home - f '■■vrs. C E. Bell yesterday afternoon. The ro 1 ! call showed eighteen present, with a collection of $lO. Mrs. T -\ O Rot'-s rerrt the srrtrt.nre. and Mrs. 1.. C. Miller who was with the society for the first this summer, gave a prayer. Mrs. David Stoler will entertain in two weeks. The Helping Hand society’s picnic in the Reformed church Sunday school room yesterday was a great success. Forty joined in the social good time and after games, a fine picnic dinner was in order. There was no work for the afternoon, but the society planned to conduct a refreshments stand St the Albert Strahm sale. Mrs. Tom Kern, Mrs. L. A. Jack-j son and Miss Eliza Spangler entertained the Loyal Workers’ Class, with eighteen present, at the Kern home last evening. The ladies sewed and crocheted and chatted and had z delightful social after the business, enjoying the tempting refreshments served.

TAGGART HELPS iCONTINUED fTUJM PAGE ONE) Hughes completed his Western trip. 1 The change is especially noticeubb* among, tho Progressives, who waited until they could see and find out what he stands for." TO MOTORIZE VcPARTMENT (United Press Servlre) Hartford City, Ind., Sept 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Whon the city council convenes ihis evening t he proposition of motorizing the fire de partment will be considered. The truck which the councilmen have in view, would cost about SISOO whereas j the hose-drawn truck now in use cost $2,100 several yeurs ago. MR. FARMER! _ % _ I will pay you from SI.OO to $2.25 for your dead horses and from SI.OO to $3.50 for your dead cattle, and from 25c to 75c for your dead sheep and 25c to 50c for dead hogs. Will also buy ail kinds of fur. ’Phone me at George 1. Davis’ store. Pleasant Mills, Ind. 220t3 PHILIP KING. PUBLIC SALE. 1 will offer for sale at my residence 4 miles east of Monroe. 4 miles west of Willshiro, or 2 miles south and IV4 miles to Pleasant Mills and 7! miles southeast of Decatur, on St.! Marys and Blue Creek township line, j known as the Jake Riley farm, on Tuesday, September 19, 1916, Beginning, at 10 o’clock a. m. sharp, the following personal proper-1 ty, to-wit:

6 Head of Horses —One 4 yr. old Gelding, a good one; two 3 yr. old! geldings, good ones; 2 yr. old mare; j spring mare colt. 7 Head of Cattle—One full blood 1 Holstein cow, giving milk, be fresh i first of May; hrindle cow, giving; milk, he fresh middle of May; full | blood Jersey cow. be fresh middle of November; large Durham cow, fresli 7th of Oct.; two heifer caives, S months old. both '‘ 2 Holsteins; full blood Holstein heifer calf. 19 Head of Hogs—l brood sow, to j farrow about first of Nov.; 18 shoats, i general average about 50 !b. 11 Head of Geese—Two old geese, I 4 old gander, with 8 ykwng ones. Farming Implements—Top buggy, hay tedder, spring tooth harrow, spike tooth harrow, 1-horse corn cutter, emery grinder, between 5 and 6 acres of corn on the stalk with priv-; ilege of cutting if desired. Lunch will be served by Pleasant Mills M. E. Aid society. Terms of Sale —For- all amounts not exceeding $5, cash -dr, hand; , amounts of $5 and over a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser giving bankable note bearing 6 per cent interest from date of maturity. 4 per cent off for cash. /Jo goods removed until settled for. REASON SHAFFER, .iarry Daniels, Auc., Dan Roop, clerk PUBLIC SALE.

A? I have detailed to quit farming. I will offer at public sale at my residence, one and one-naif miles south and thre.e miles east of Mouroe, and one and ore-quarter miles west and one-half mile north of Salem, on wliat is known as the J. W. Merriman farm, on Thursday, Sept. 28,1916, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m., the following personal property, to-wit: Three Head Horses: bay geldings, 5 and G years old. weighing 3100 lbs; general purpose horse, ton years old, lady broke. Eight Head Cattle: Cow, 8 years old, giving milk, fresh in February; 2 cows, 6 years old, giving milk, fresh in March; 2 coming 2-year-old heifers,! fresh in March; 3 spring calves; 20 head of hogs: 2 brood sows, with! pigs by side; 18 head feeders, weighing from 80 to 100 lbs. Hay and j Grain: 18 acres corn on stalk, with; privilege of cutting; 5 tons No. 1 ; mixed hay in mow. Farming Implements: 3>i Troy wagon, carriage, buggy, John Deere disc, Case corn plow, walking breaking plow, double shovel plow, single shovel plow, one GO-tooth harrow, mowing machine, low down manure spreader, mud boat, set dump boards, corn rack, large iron kettle, hog house, double set of breeching harness, set buggy harness, Anchor-Holt cream separator; 150 chickens, Ivers-Johnson shot gun, 15shot Remington rifle, rabbit hound, and numerous other articles. Lunch can be bought on the ground. Terms; —For ail amounts not exceeding $5.00 cash in hand; amounts of $5.00 and over a credit of 9 months will be given, the purchaser giving bankable note hearing 6 per cent interest from date of maturity. Four per cent off for cash. No goods removed until settled for. BERT MERRIMAN. J. N. Burkhead, Auct. G R. Martz, Clerk. PLENTY OF 5 FBR CENT MONEY. Partial payments any time, without waiting tor interest pay day. I2otf ERWIN OFFICE. E. M. Ray, of Berne was here tajday on business.

REGISTRATION LAW A F#w Reminders. The Board, An Inspector, appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the county at Us regular August session preceding the election; he must at time of appointment, be either a voter and resident freeholder of the township in which the precinct is situate, and have resided in said township continuously for one year Immediately prior thereto, or a resident householder and voter of the precinct with continuous residence In the precinct for at least, two years immediately prior thereto. Two Registration Clerks, to be appointed by the Inspector not less than five (5) days before the day of registration. These clerks must bo voters and residents of the precinct. They can not both he adherents of one and the some political party. There is no provision as to what parties they must belong to, except, that, In writing, and at least ten (10) days before the registration session, one of these clerks may he nominated by the county chairman of each of the political parties which oast the second highest and third highest vote in the county at the last preceding general election, and upon receiving such nomination, the inspector shall so appoint (Section 3, Acts 1915, page 632.) The Session. Held on Monday, the 29th day before the election, which this year is October 9, 1916. The law does not provide for any other session. Begins at 6 a. m. and ends at 9 p. m., of that day, except ■when necessary to accommodate the yotors it may be prolonged one (1), the next, day, during like hours, upon a request in writing, signed by ten voters of the precinct three of whom are freeholders, filed with the Registration Board.

Permanent Registration. If the registration books of any precinct, used In 1914, have been destroyed, or are mutilated or inacessible, or for any other cause unfit to be used, there has to be a registration of every voter In that precinct, upon proper notice posted by the inspector, but otherwise, any voter resident in the precinct, whose name appears on the registration books of his precinct, and who has continued to reside in the precinct in which he is registered, and who shall not be disfranchised, and who has voted at the last preceding general election, shall not be required to register again. In addition to the necessity of reregistering where the books are unfit for use, it may occur that the boundaries of a precinct are changed (which can not be done later than the March session before the election) and in this event voters should satisfy themselves on registration day that their names are on the permanent list, or will be on the permanent list being prepared by the board, and If necessary, register for that purpose. In case of omission, inadvertently or otherwise, of the name of a voter that registered and voted in 1914 at the general election, he cap be reinstated by filing a s.worn statement, provided for in Section 8 of Acts 1915, at page 539, this statement to be endorsed by two freeholders of the precinct, and should be made out on blanks substantially in the language of the statute. This statement can be filed with the auditor of the county nfiv time before he has delivered the registration books to the inspector of the election board, or can be made and filed with the election board on the day of tho election, and the voter will be entitled to vote.

Absent Voters—Registration by Affidavit. •Any voter, required to register, may when the facts justify, register by sworn application, containing: Ail matters required of applicants in person. A statement that on the day or days of registration he is, or will be, unavoidably absent from the county, stating his whereabouts on such day or days, or that he is sick, or quarantined, as the case may be. That thereby and by reason thereof he is prevented from registering in person at said session of said board. The application must be sworn to before some officer authorized to admini&tcff oaths and having an official seal. Two freeholders residing in the precinct must certify, on the application. that they are acquainted with the applicant, that he is the person he represents himself to bo, and that the facts stated In the application by him are true. The application, when so sworn and certified, shall be delivered to the board of registration of the precinct where applicant resides, by any registered voter of the precinct, on the day or days that the board is in session to receive applications for registration. Minors —Aliens. If, on election day, any male person will be of the age of twenty-one years, and if, being foreign bom, and required to do so, he has at least .filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, and if, in either Instance, he will on election day have acquired a sufficient residence in the United States, the state of Indiana, the township and precinct, he may register, if required to do so In order to qualify him to vote. The registration law makes no aew qualifications for voting, except that of registration.

STETSON HITS | $4.00 CITY VALUES WE: SELL AT $3.50 The Straw Hat Curfew has run#, and the new Fal! Soft Models await your coming. v The same Stetson Hat we sell for $3.50 is sold in the cities, and advertised in the Saturday Evening Post for $4.00. There is a correct Hat here for every face, head and age of man that comes to us. This Week’s Dress Shirt Special We still have about five dozen of those special values in Dress Shirts. This week yet 69c VANCE & HITE Decatur’s Clothiers.

PUBLIC SAL£| The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence, 1 mile south of Monroe, on Friday, September 22, 1916, Beginning at one o’clock p. m., sharp, the following personal property, to-wit: 7 Head of Cattle Two are giving ‘milk and all will be fresh soon. Red cow, 7 yrs. old, fresh Sept. 30; black cow, G yrs. old, fresh in Nov.; Jersey cow. G yrs. old, fresh March 23; aiso 4 heifers, all extra good and all bred. 2G Head of Hogs—Consisting of twenty-three head of shoats, weighing about 100 lb each, and three full blood Hampshire brood sows. 10 tons of good mixed hay in barn, 13 acres of corn in field, oats in bin. A.bout 12 dozen chickens. American cream separator, good as new; Bell City incubator, hog and alf crate, trailer, set single harness and other articles. Terms of Sale—For all amounts not exceeding $5, cash in hand; for amounts c $3 and over, a credit, of 12 moi t, , will be given, purchaser giving «oce wuh approved security, with interes! last f> months. 5 per cent, off for cash. Z. O. LeWELLEN. Jeff Leichty, Auctioneer.

COURT HOUSE NEWS. Filed with County Recorder Aaron C. Augsburger is certificate of election of trustees of the Geneva Methodist circuit. D. C. Wagoner ami William Fogle are trustees of the New Corydon M. E. church and Harry Moore of the Ceylon M. E. church. The suit of Fred Blazer against The Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company has been venued to the DeKalb county circuit court—Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. County Recorder and Mrs. Aaron Augsburger will join John Augsburger of near Berne, in an automobile trip tomorrow to Elida, Ohio, for a visit with a sister and brother. A marriage license was granted James Carpenter, of Berne, born on March 3, 1895, son of Harvey Carpenter, to wed Helntina Mann, bom August 31, 3898, daughter of Charles Mann of Geneva. Charles E. Grandiicnard vs. Adam Biberstine. Answer ir* four paragraphs; rule to reply to the second, third and fourth. ADAMS COUNTY INVESTMENTS. Dear Friends: — We have a good 80-acre farm out by Honduras in Kirkland township, that we will offer reasonable. The owner will consider a trade for a good forty, well improved. This 80, land, fences, drainage, buildings ail good, high class. Respectfully, THE BOWERS REALTY COMPANY FRANK M. -SCHIUMEYER. FRENCH QUINN.

j School Days I ; v Are here .again -start your boy out happy as 1 • a kino- bv giving him a reliable watch. It will B $ teach him to be both punctual and careful. We I | an give you a boys’ watch from *6.50 op-time g h are guaranteed ami the boy should bung it m to ■ & us regularly for adjustment and examination. | I This is not a small clock, but a reliable watch. Cheap watches do not encourage carefulness. PUMPHREY’S JEWELRY STORE 1 Agency for Century Edition 10c Sheet Music — ; Paint can’t lieTo’.d by Looks I Paint of the sham variety was never known to | r< " produce permanently satisfactory work. t§| It m»v pass muster for a while, but look • alona cannot stand up against persistent, ravagng attacks of rain and shine. Looks C 4 I kii: . must be backed up by weather- MR _ ft ; resistance as it is in paint made irom \ vjkj.-n-Dutch Boy \\ Jpfli Eckstein White Lead and pure linseed oil. Protects against \ decay and gives pood looks at minim um aBB p cost, just tre thing, too, for liisiua Jjj| walls and woodwork. y x We are headquarters for ! ■ :h-class s' painting necessaries. Write, none or J Bptej call about paint for your property. / FOR SALE—A Detroiter automobile. Price, s3oo.—Ed L. Aughenbaugn. New tires, good running condition. 202-e-o-d ts T*jf~ f-f-pauley co .ltd. BurrAto, tsi.y. a m i Get this new j| gss kind of cigarette *| II enjoyment jjl . S fc Ha■ ; • jj* i i! Ii QiwttiflclJ ji I j .10.Ht.T,, | * t