Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1917 — Page 2

daily democrat Published Every Evening Except •undey by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER P-eeldent ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary . Subscription Rates. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Month, by mall 26 cents Per Year, by mail .. . ,t |3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. . All .you have to do now is to kaeu , up those resolutions and your Christleas card and you will be happy ue\t New Years. The holiday season is pver. Lets but kle dawn to work tor tile next six months. Its a good time to hustle 'and it’s the hustler who gets there ahead of the loafer. Smile and keep tit it. Let's make every day in 191" count There are so many things to do that will help the community. You might as well not live as to live selfishly What you do for yourself is not what counts, but what you do for some on else, for those generations yet unbo.* i, tor the tminy who need help now, for rtte gencßil good of the community. Cel’s start with a full powered dynamo i that will keep up speed for the en‘i. - e year, that we ’ may accomplish some thing worth while. / - = And now for a sixty day grind won the law makers. The freak laws h ive started already one being prepared to prevent women of Indiana from wearing corsets, another to make you liable for arrest if breath has a taint of liquor, and others just is silly. Why men and women will persist in wasting their time and energy on planning and boosting fad laws has always been beyond our comprehension. but it perhaps keeps them out d . other trouble, so lei them go rt,

Those dry democrats who could not vote for Tom Taggart an account of his views on the temperance quLion will no doubt be pleased to learn that Senator Watson recently informed the Indianapolis correspondent to she Cincinnati Enquirer that if he were a member’of the Indiana legislature he would not support a statutory state-wide prohibition ITfTI. He wait s th.' question submitted to the people; but just how he would bring that about he does not say Bnt he's for letting tiie people vote on it. —Columbia City Post. - if you pay your subscription to the Daily De’mocrat before February 15th. its the same old price you have alwavs paid for mail subscriptions, $2.50 per year. We feel that this is a libel al efffer. considering th? increase of »-v---eral hundred per cent in the of print paper ami in other materials is<ml. It amounts only Lo your payir.g your subscription in advance which ought to be done any way. Pay now and get. the Daily Democrat for a yetr.

*T*HERE were * more people in our store at one time last Saturday, taking advantage of our Big Pre-Inven-tory Sale, than were ever in the store at any one time before in the history of the store. This alone is proof of the many extra good values that we are offering. THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY i

i nt the old price. It's a guarantee that ■ you will get the news of tills city,' ' county, state ami nation for 191". A wonderful work could be done in Decatur by converting the old tali I ground into a park. It contains twit, ty-two acres and could be made one "f the most attractive parks in the sf.nc of Indiana and with Utile expeme. ( The county should turn it over for i park purposes. either to the county o: 1 tiie city and a start made on laying 1 it out. building drives and walks end 1 with just a little exp nditure each year it would soon be a place which ’ would attract the attention of every , body far and near. A number of , e*e , pie here are interested now ami a public meeting would, we believe result in an organizat hich wiijt'd I work for this purpoi •. Otb r cities ■ have parks, many are jus;. . 'ting. ■ them, here is a chance for Deca I . tur to lead all the others At Ken dnllville. the citizens are buying seven 1 acres for park purposes, at a cost o> ' $7,500. If the county and city will work together, we can have a park, that will be one of the best in the! Hoosier state. Why not do it? ( DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday Tri Kappas. —Postponed. Pythian Sisters— K. of P. Home. Wednesday. Pythian Needle Club Concord Lutheran Aid Mrs. Chas. Magley. Helping Hand -Mrs. Fred Sellemey er. ht Sunday School Room. Thursday. Birthday Club Ladies Mrs. John Stewart. Prsbyterian Missionary Mrs S. !>. Beavers. Methodist •Missionary Mrs. F. V Mills. Ic-Nick- Marie Gass. Friday. St. Vincent de Paul- Mesdatm s Bremerkamp and Meibers Christian Pastoral Helpers - Mrs G. C Steele's section Mrs Lawre.-ce Schlegel. •Let's resolve to let the unfortunate past drop into oblivion and

1 never recall a disagreeable mistake unless it be to arm ourselves against falling into further error.” The Concord Lutheran Ladies' Aid society will be entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs Charles Mag ■ ley. Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer will entertain the Helping Hand society Thursday afternoon in the German Reformed Sunday school room. Mrs F. A. Peoples. Mrs Lura Miller and Mrs. Maggie Miller wdl en tertain the Pythian .Needle club Wednesday afternoon. One of the many beautiful affairs given during the week was a 6 o’clock dinner at tjie home of Miss Beatrice Baltes on Forest Park boulevard Friday evening followed by a box party at the Fatace theater. The guest of honor was Miss Jessie Holth<»use. of Decatur, house guest of Miss Baltes. The other members of the party were the Misses Ruth Keenan. Jane McCarthy, Katherine Golden. Mildred [Miller. Kathryne Carroll. Alma (’ent livre. Charlotte Tobey. Katherine Lehman. Rosalie Weil and her guest. Miss Cann, and Esther ('entlivre ami her guest. Miss Franke. Ft. Wayne Joubnal-Gazette. Mr and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler and daughter. Marcella; Edna Crawford and Eleanor Forking called on the Sisters al the Sac red Heart academy. Fort Wayne. yesterday afternoon. Marcella will return to her school work there tomorrow Mr. ami Mrs. S. S. Magley of Monmouth had as their guests at supper last evening. Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mdgjey. Fanchon and Jessie Magley. this city, and Maude Magley. Fort Wayne. In Hie evening, the girls attended the play in Fort Wayne. Misses Eulalia Wemheff and Hazel David entertained at a watch party at tiie home id Sol David on S. Seventh street. Six couples were guests and highly enjoyed the games, music a id the two course luncheon provided. Miss Lydia Kirsch entertained last evening tor a company of Heildellierg university friends at the home of h< r parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kirsch on North Secon<l street. Instrument ,| and vocal music and the game of ]>r<>gressive heart-letters were amuse- ; ments. Charlotte Stengel was award- i rd th, priz* it) th" *gmn> . The ho d i •e-x ami her mother served a two i course luncheon, the- guests reaiain- J

lug sealed at the little tables at which I the games were played. The party included Emma Weilcler. Ague- ami Esther Sellemeyer, Albert Mutchl. r. I Dwight Haney, this city; Margaret I Weilder. Fort Wayne; Huth Kattman, I Charlotte Stengel. Mr. Bixler, Erm 4 Stengel, Berne. Miss Ruth Mayer gave a watch party Sunday evening, a delightful tin ><•. with music and games, being in order. .Miss Neola Moyer of Fart Wayne vis an out of town guest. Miss Marie Gaffer returned this! morning to Fort Wayne after u N -w Year’s visit with Miss Frances Gaiter. Miss Edna Wintere’.g. of Berne, spent New Year’s with the Mis ■ s Ruth and Naomi Mayer. A delightful evening was that provided by Miss Martha Tucker for lt»i| | guests. Esther and Alma Bowers i Blanche Biggs. Bob Meibers, Fred : Schurger. Dan Falk and Russel Dull ' > Dancing was in order and light re ' 1 freshments ewre served. A New Year’s family reunion m' i dinner party at the home of Mr. and j ' Mrs. Glen Cowan on North Second ! street yesterday iiad the presence of | Mr. and Mrs Henry Knapp and son. Harry; Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ashbam her and Mr. and Mrs Charles Knapi j The New Year’s ent. Cail iment a congenial company of friends v Mr. ami Mrs. Robert McMahan :-.t their home on First street was among the pleasant events of yesterday. The, guests were Mr. and Mrs. 1. A. Holthouse and children. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Holthouse. Mr and Mrs. James K. Niblick and daughter, Verena. Mi - Kynt Voglewede A New Year’s family gathering cl’, great enjoyment was that at the horn "' [of Mrs. Mary Weber on Nuttman Ave ‘ I nue. Mr. and Mrs Will Bierbaun Mr. and Mrs. Merle Kimble. Miss No Welier Fort Wayne; and Fred. Clar ence and Minnie Welter. compri- *d, the party. At the meeting of the Woman’: | Home Missionary society of the M : E. church with Mrs F V. Mills. "■ 1 Thursday afternoon. the new study 1 book. "Old Spain and New Amerk will be taken up. Mrs. Mary Eley i~ leader for the day and the program is outlined as fellows: Devotional* ' Mrs F. G. Thornburg; summary ■ lesson, leader. Mrs. Eley; "Conqu of Mexico." Mrs. R. D Myers; "Settlement of Florida” by Menendez," Mrs. C. L. Walters: "Result of Spanish Conquests" Mrs. John Niblick: Voc.il i solo. Mrs. P. B. Thomas. The Heidelberg students fre < Berne were entertained at a six oelex 1; dinner at the home of Rev. and Mr H H. Kattmann on Friday even-tic.' This evening there will be a meetlir: of Heidelberg students from Bluffto t ■ Berne and Ft. Wayne at the home of .Miss Llydia Kirsch in Decatur. Tho . who will lie present from Berne ar ■ Misses Lottie Stengel and Ruth Ka mann, Ed Eichenberger. Ernest S'ea-! gel and Ermin Bixler. —Berne Wit-] ness. Mr. and Mr* Tom Oliver of Abu:roe entertained at a' New Year’s dinner for C. E. Hocker and family. D< catur: Mrs. McKeeman and daught r. Ruth. Fort Wayne: Levi Bovine. Bluff i ton: Mrs. Jestine Hocker. Mrs. L. W Frank. Mr. and Mrs. L< -, land Frank. Anola and Mydon Frank saw the play. "The Birth of a Nation" in Fort Wayne yesterday. Mrs. J. H Bremerkamp and Mrs. F. J. Meibers will be hostess to the S'. Vincent de Paul society Friday afternoon at the Bremerkamp home. Ttvelection of officers will be held and nil ape urged to attend. A fine 6:on o'clock dinner was served last evening to the members «'t the July section of the Ladies Aid Society of the' Evangelical Church by their Husbands at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L Merryman on Ruga street. The July section is composed of me following members: Mrs. Henry Adler. chairman, Mrs Roy Bak-r. Mt . L. A. Jackson, Mrs. ollie Heller Mrs. Orval Harruff and Mrs. L. Merryman. This section raised the sum of $134 for the new church during the pait year. The Pythian Sisters will have election es officers this evening. The degree staff is also requested to be present for practice. Mrs. John Stewart will entnrtain the ladies of the Birthday club at her home on South Third street Thursday afternoon. The Presbyterian Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary ocieiy meeting, which was postponed until next week, will be held Thursday .- f teruoon <>f 'his week instead. Tho hostess will be Mrs. S. D. Beaybrs. \

'good attendance is desired, beginning at 2:30 o'clock. — | Mrs. John Stewart will entertain the i ladles of the Birthday Club Thuisd.iy afternoon. Mr. .md Mrs, laauc Evvlell ■ u:ertained at a New leiir's duck dinner for Mr. and Mrs. t al Ib ter mn, Mr. and Mrs. John Ev-rest. Gcrnldiae ami Helen Everett. The business meetill.". of the Hisu rleal club will be held Wednesday atI teruoon at the home of Mrs. Sam h. j Hite. (j Miss June Ernst, of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday ami New \ ears with her cousins, Mr and Mrs. Herb t<achut. Miss Mabei Burns has been enter turning a company of friends during ■tire holidays, they being J Marx I Chicago: C. E. Wells. Richmond. V i.; I Ardean Burns, Cleveland. Ohio, Ari dean Burns is a brother of Mrs. J. C. l:arthor|e at the Burns home here. j Mr. and Mw’rinley Bryan enter ] tained at dinner Sunday. Covers were iaid for the following guests: Mr. ! and Mrs William Frazier and daugh i ter. Katie, and granddaughter, Leah Porter, of Decatur; Mr and Mrs. Arthur Stove and sons, Roy and Paul, .it near Willshire: Mr. and Mrs Will Dtiibon and daughter. Nellie, and son. I ester; Mr. and Mrs. Will Strickler and son. Robert; Mr. and Mrs. Willie Burkey and son. Ralph: Nola. Faye and Chester Bryan. The. dinner was most tempting and consisted of all | the dainties of the holiday season, t Mr. and Mrs. Will Bowen celebrated their first wedding anniversary New Year’s day’by entertaining at a tin key ifinifor for Brs. Brown s parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Leahy, of Churubusco; Mr. and Mrs. T. J.O'Da- , rid and children, May, Richard and j Kathleen, of Fort Wlayne; Mr. aod i Mrs. James Quinlan and son. James, : jr.. of Auburn, and Mr. and Mrs. WilI ton Lee of this city. The Misses Charlotte and Margaret Niblick were 1 guests of the O'David children. STEAL SIOO DOG—SELL IT FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS (United Press Service) Laporte. Ind.. Jan. 2 -(Special t> i Daily Democrat) Lawrence Becker’s I famous beagle, worth at least sloo.' I was taken by boys and sold to another. ; man for twenty-five cents. The ho-, : il ■ is a prixe winner at the bench show ii: Madison Square garden. , o j Not Quite Perfect. In this neighborhood there is om little boy who seems so well brought up and altogether so desirable a child that for a time we felt sure the neigh- . bor women wouldn’t be able to think of anything to say. but now we under- ' stand from u reliable source that it's a perfect shame that his parents are jeopardizing his whole future by not having his teeth straightened.—Ohio State Journal. MOOSE DANCE THURSDAY. I The regular Thursday night dance L 1 will oe held this week as usual, at the' Moose hall Don’t forget it or you I forget an enjoyable occasion. These I events are popular because every one ■ who attends has a happy evening Forget your cares and join the crowd. 277t3w-tf FARM ON INSTALLMENT PLAN. I For small payment you can own your own farm. Will sell farm like) ; rent. —Erwin’s Office. 305t12 Mrs. C. H. Colter saw "The Birth of a Nation” in Fori Wayne today Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eichenljerger of | I': rne wen- attending to business here I this morning. • j Mrs. Marvey Mygrants and babe returned to South Bend after a visit here with the Asa Engle family. 1 Get on j the Firing’Line ‘I T F 5 -'ll 1 in life you Butt know wkat is new in business nnd IndusIfF, in invention and science. | <Jet < itof the rut; get on t o firing line. Popular Science Monthly them nit Interesting and vsefnl magazine; tno | the money's worth. Every ntoutti I 300 Pictures — 300 ArlicUe alt for only Brents. All the nrw fdrsii and j inventions in elertririty and wirrless, in | autonjobdrs and acropwnes, in shopwora and I in t arming, end in machinery. 5 Hew t-» mftke thfags at bnme. | month. iackiGin# rerri'.''rntr»rs, poultry houMK, I furniture, automobile siwp repairs, ote. It is full of makihjr, Sdra* « It is written in plnin English for n:*;n and boys. | 13 Cent, a Copy—>l.3o a Year G-t It from n newsdealer or vrite direct to I Fopuiar 3-Jsnte Month!,., W Fourt h Ave,, N.l. 1 I7pi;r Teart sees?free if rrerssd2c.etas* I 1 kr e aad cuafisa this j< |

TO SAVE BIRD SANCTUARY, i Audubon Societies Working to Pr * vent Threatened Destruction of Reservation In Oregon. The destruction of one of the largest. if not the largeat, federnl bird reservation in the United States is threat* I. according to an announcement made by T. Gilbert I’eurson of New York city, secretary of the National Association of Audubon societies. The reservation threatened is at Lake Malheur, In southeastern Oregon, and is a breeding place for hundreds oi thousands of wild ducks, wild geese and other water fowl. Application has been made to the federal authorities for permission to drain the lake in order to secure the land it covers. The lake is six miles wide by 15 miles long, and is about six feet deep. It supplies an ideal breeding place for wild water fowl, Mr. Pearson says, and. therefore, it attracts wild geese and ducks from Canada in large numbers. Its destruction. he declares, will leave thousands of young water fowl without u home. Secretary Pearson has taken the matter up with the officials of the general land office, who have promised to investigate. It is understood that those who plan the destruction ot Mie bird reservation have already secured the co-operation of the state land bourd of Oregon. For that reason. Mr. Pearson regards the situation as imminent and believes it will require quick and earnest appeals to the secretary of the interior from those who believe in the protection of wild birds, to prevent the destruction of the colony. < "There are about five million guns in the United States,” said Mr. Pearson. "and the only way to preserve our migratory game birds is to have these sanctuaries —areas in which they can never be killed, under any circumstances.” ' Garden Plots and Patriotism. We farmers, ns a rule, are not a class of men who can boast of bank accounts upon which we toiglit draw to purchase American flags, so our patriotism must manifest itself in some other form. One of my patriotic neighbors, by the way, has become so enthused over the matter of preparedness that he has laid out his small farm to resemble Old Glory, seven rows of red-top beets representing the gory strijtes, with six rows of white turnips alternated between them. OB one corner of the plot six rows of caltbage heads indicate the 48 stars of the Union Jack, and on the fence post at the upper corner of this American vegetable flag sits a stuffed henhawk with spread wings resembling the American eagle. This is not all. No, indeed! He has arranged a set of ; bugle calls for the dinner horn which i begin at the hour of reveille and at | which every member of his patriotic household tumbles out. Military salutes have taken the place of “Good inornin', Sal.” and ‘ "How-do, Hank,” and other unpatriotic expressions of cordiality.—Zim in Cartoons Magazine. —o Cecil Cole returned today noon to his work at Erie. Pa. I WANTED—A boy or young man clerk.—Martin. Braun & Johns. 213 TJTHT—. I» IM—Mill—lM

- ' X' r; ' ■■lk AMMMilSnNaaaMir END OF THE YEAEALE COATS AND !ITS Every Coat and Suit must be. sregard less o its manufactured cost. Nothing Adwe : have done in former years we w® this year. Jlur Motto—Not one garment to be callover. Choice Cloth Coals, former price QI 9 P>lY $25.00, this sale | ig# Fine (’loth Coats, worth 517.50 and QI A fKA $20.00, Ulis sale 3>lV.*W Nice Wool Cloth Coats, worth $15.00, $7. One Lol Good Hcaw Winter Coals, sold from sio to $12.50. choice, QI Kft Q 9 B' Fine Wool Suits, this season's best QI 1 '7t values, $25.00 suits, this sale.... O| '18? Good Whipcord and Serge Suits, QI AA A $22.50 values, this sale tPLv»W Nobby All Wool Suits, right up to KA ’ date, $17.50 values, this sale.... Vs/» . ■ J fl . . H I — Make Your Selections £a NIBLICK 4CO. I

Pay Y( Subsc jion -TO I THE DA' DEMCRAT --I OFtE— | FEBFARY sth And you (do so at tllsame old price s2.oer year, b|iail. After thatte the priclill be $3.00 per yeduring thelsent high price oiper, ink an( aetal. THE DA DEMOCAT NTICE l To Our Gists and the Put tiieraL I The undersign soW and will A the meat market on the side of Scconltreet. i I known as the Dyoaimitt or City Mealarket on January 1. We.ally invite and ill be pleased to meet otir iends and cusi » and the general public t meat market on t w est side of Second stre >w n as the B:vr & Hower meat markelre you can buy thehvieest meats at the low arket price andlhere you will receive the best and courteoitreatment by Messrs. Bal How er. The HoosiPacking 30. —.— Si » y —