Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRA I PMk|l«ti«d Bvury Ivaulng Exes pt •uuday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER PiMldant ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, Sacratary Subscription Ratau. Per Week, by carrier....... 10 cents Per Year, by carrier >5.00 Per Month, by wall 26 cents Per Year, by mail $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered al the Postofrtce tn Decatur. Indiana, as second-class matter. Join the crowd and go to the inauguration. it will be a most delightful / trip and worth several times more than it costs from an educational point of view. Pay your subscription this week and save fifty cents. We are just completing the most successful subscription campaign in our fifteen years in the daily business and we appreciate the kind responses from our family of readers. It you haven't renewed. be sure to do it this week. We want you and we hope you want us. The coal famine over Indiana continues to become more serious wi n each day. At Huntington no coal wll lie delivered except when the purch >s>r is out of fuel and then only-in h’.’f tons parcels. Fort Wayne is out and all over the middle west the fam i.e reports show that a strenuous fight for fuel Is being made. State and nrtti iaal authorities are being asked for aid in rushing the cars through from t’te mines with the hope of distributing as near as possibly the supply of coal. It is serious. Decatur needs a chamber of commerce. Let's organize one at once. Near!' every day we hear of industries which want information concerning Decatur and these inquiries are entitled at least to an answer. D \i and (’ F Reed, who will soon be citizens here, have had much ex pesienre in locating plants in variou* cities and they know the - game. We are fortunate to have them and we ought to meet them by organizing a chamber of commerce, employing a secretary and going after these things right. A city is just as live as its inhabitants. Senator Simmons proposes a state flag for Indiana ina bill introdut cd yesterday and the idea is a good The flag proposed has a field of blue on which are nineteen stars above a torch of gold. The thirteen stars are enclosed in a circle and r present the original states, five stars below represent the states admitted to the union ahead of Indiana and a single star stands for the old hoosier stair. The torch is the emblem of liberty and enlightenment and the rays sy itbolize the arts. It would be a great flag and the report from the commn*tee should be that the bilk do pass. And now it is said that if the present session of the legislature does not enact the laws according to the

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1 wishes of Governor Goodrich, that gentleman will call a special session the day following adjournment ol this session and will then insist on the passage of his one man power t bills Ami this from the man who argued for retrenchment, who spent r two weeks reducing the number ot employes in the house and senate. It s really funny, and the most bit ( inorous part of it all is that outside I of u little coterie of politicians and i men directly interested, the people ot 1 the state are wondering how he ever expects to put over his proposed bills, which introduced as economy meas- , tires. are really bills, which, if enacted would puli money from the pockets of the taxpayers of Indiana faster than was ever known in any state in the union. ’ -’’ally a few of these joker bills , -t into a legislature. but to have a dezer t!. ring one session and backed by a isditical organization. is something new and we are wondering what the voters will say to them at the next election. 1 DOINGS IN SOCIETY 0 WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Loyal Women's Class Mrs. .Mel Rice. Reformed Aid Mrs .Martin Miller. Ladies of Birthday Club —Mrs. Fred Patterson. L. T. L. —M. E. Church Parlors. Ruth Circle Valentine Social Ben Hur Hall. Delta Theta Tau 'Charity Ball K. of C. Hall. Historical—Mrs. Al Burdg. Shakespeare- Mrs. D. M. Hensley. Thursday. Presbyterian Ladies' Aid —Mrs. \V A. Lower. Helping Hand —Mrs. L \V Sto'.te at church. Friday. Dance at Moose Hall. Zion Lutheran Aid School House. Saturday. Euterpean Club—Mrs. Fred Mills Queen Esthers —Doris DeVoss. A Valentine Thought. 'Twere better to send a cheap bouquet To a living friend this very day Than a bushel of roses, white and red. To lay on his coffin, when he is dead. Holland tri< W. A Lower will entertain the Presbyterian Ladies' Aid society Thursday .afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Al! members should attend. The Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical church had thirt-six present last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Runyon. A fine program included a vocal solo by H pe Hof)man; instrumental duet. Mary Fuhrman and Hazel Sebnitz; vocal solo. Eola Gentis; vocal trio. Jirene Gregory, Florence Mann and Naomit Cramer; reading. Naomi Cramer; vocal solo, Hope Hoffman. A bird contest was amusing and refreshments served were delicious. The entertainment of the Pythian Needle Club at the K. of P. Hfliue yesterday afternoon by M’sdames G. d< unt. Belle Janson and John Stewart. was made a valentine affair, ;he colors and rymbols being manifest in a pretty way. Partners and places for the refreshments, which were served at the little tables in the diningroom. after the sewing and business periods, were found by matching ettpids. White cupids bearing numbers were given out and these numbers co’ - - responded with those on the red upids which marked the places at !e tables. While waiting for the refreshments a penny conundrum contest was worked out. answer* ty question on the sclipa of being taken from things found on the faces of a penny. Mrs. Al Burdg won a pretty calendar fir the first prize, and Mrs. John I). Myers a comic ealentine for the boo by. The colors of red and white wenin evidence in the minced meat of -he sandwiches, the macaroni with tonri to, pickles, ladyfingers with whipped cream and maraschino cherries, cos fee and the heart-shaped motto minis The afternoon party was a thoroughly enjoyable one. Mrs. G. B. Robinson of Winchester was an out of towi guest noted among the several, be sides the regular club members. The Phobe class of the Reformer Sunday school, of which Mrs. F. K Schaefer is teacher and Mrs. L. M Stnlte is president, had a fine turn at the hetme of .Mrs. Fred Ashbauch t last evening Four new members, El la. Mutcl’ler, Emma Schneider, Mrs aMrtin .Jaberg and Mrs. Irvin Miller, were necedved at this time. The charter wil be closed March 13, with a fellowship supper at the home of Mrs. Fred Heuer, and until that time many more new members will probably be , secured. At yesterday’s meet, each

• ,t member turned into the treasury, a u ' dollar, giving her experience in earn if Ing the same. The sum of $14.75 was n * secured in this way. A patriotic re: dr ing was given by Mrs Ben Elzey, and I Inning the hat on a picture of Abe Lincoln was another contest. In a I state conundrum contest, Miss Emma II Schneider won the honors. At the f< l- ' lowshlp supper at the Heuer home, l March 13. eac h lady will invite h e husband or a man friend, and they d will lie charged fifty cent* for the t suppqr. This will go to the cl i.s treasurer)’ At that time. Supt. Mit 1 Kirsch and wife will also be guests to witness the rise of an enterprislD'-' •' class organization. Florence Moses had the paper on ' "Australia'' for the Tri Kappas at ie s meeting with Miss Madge Hite last ? evening. 1 The Pocahontas lodge will have initiation Friday evening e—- — members of the Loyal Work -s e class entertained their husbands, and 1 Mr. and Mrs L I. Baumgartner . guests, last evening a* the home‘of their teacher. Mrs. Fred Linn, at a ■ valentine social. In a heart hurt. S Mrs. Mae Butler won the prize and r.t 5 a heart contest, Mrs. Arthur H6o'en j was successful Parts of comic valentines were matched and the cersi-s read, al the valentine being for the men guests. There were also ch.tr- ] udes and music. Refrerhments carried out the seasons colors and forms and consisted of hot buttered roll’, i meat loaf, pickles, heart-shaped i‘e cream, cakes and coffee. The Euterpean club will meet on 1 Saturday evening, instead of the’ regular time, Thursday, with Mrs. F. '. Mills, who will also have the program. The Bachelor Maids' dub prizes : t cards at the home of Miss Rose To tnelier last evening were ,won I y Mayme Hartings and Mrs. Dick Boch, while the guests' award went to MrWill Berling. Others guests, wto were entertained with the club meml>»rs were Miss Ollie Zellers. Mansfield. O : Gertrude and Helena H drhouse. Amelia Tonnelier Mrs. Lawrence Kleinhenz. Tonk Meibers. Mr Wai Wenthoff. Mr and Mrs. Dan Sprang gave a lovely dinner party today noon for their nieces and nephews. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vail, who were married Saturday evening, and Mr and Mrs Forest Vail, of Marion. The table was very pretty in pure white, while i narcisus and roses contributed their • beauty and fragrance also. DENTAL REPORT r (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE’ hundred and eleven cavities were found Seventeen pupils had pert vt mouths. ST. JOSEPH SCHOOLS Fifty-three pupils had mouths in i good condition. 84 pußils had mnu-.-s in fair condition and 37 pupils h. d mouths in bad condition. One h’t ’.- a . dred pupils need to - their te h cleaned while 94 pupils did not need to have their teeth cleaned. Eig.uy 1 pupils use the tooth brush while 114 pupils do not use the tooth brush. Thirty pupils have had teeth fill’ I while 164 pupils never had teeth filled One hundred-eighty cavaties were 1 found. Twenty pupils had pert ■ t mouths. DECATUR’S CHIROPRACTOR PIONEER Office Over Vance & Hite’s 1:30 to 5:00 Hours 6:30 to 8:00 PHONE 650. r 0. L Burgener, D. C. > No Drugs No Surgery No Osteopathy d. - ’ Dr. L. K. Magley VETERINARIAN n Corner Third and Monroe Streets* - PHONE 186 DECATUR, IND. ® ' U...! J I! l-'-’-l ' ■— l y Dr. C. VETERINARY SURGEON Pknnp Oflicc 143 rnone Residence 102

.-a — ■ >■ 111 II Political Announcements | FOR MAYOR. You are authorized to annoum-e I my name as a candidate for mayor • of the city of Decatur, subject to tho decision of the democratic voters at ' the primary to be held March 6. 191$. ‘ CHARLES W. YAGER. Please anounco my name as a can ’ dldate for mayor of the city of Deen tur, on the democratic ticket, sub ject to the decision of the primary election to be held Tuesday. March 6, ’ 1917. CHARLES N. CHRISTEN. FOR CITY TREASURER 1 Please announce rav name as a (tin ’ didate for treasurer of the city of De entur. subject to the decision of the democratic voters at the primary to be held, Tuesday, March 6. 1917. EDGAR GERBER. ’ — FOR CITY TREASURER. . Please anouuce my name r.s a candidate for the democratic nomination for treasurer of the city of Decatur. subject to lhe det ision of the democratic voters at the primarv election to be held Tuesday, March Gth. J D. McFARLAND. FOR CITY TREASURER. I • Please announce my name as a candidate for treasurer ot the city of Decatur, subject to the decision of : the democratic voters at the primary , to be held March 6, 1917. 1 ROY BAKER. FOR CITY TREASURER. Please announce my name as a tan--1 didate for treasurer of the city of l'e- ■ catur, subject to the decision of the dentoi ratic primary election to be held Tuesday, March 6. 1917. H. S. STEELE FOR CITY CLERK. You are authorized to announce my name as a candidate for clerk of the city of Decatur. Ind . subject to the decision of the democratic vot( rs at the primary election to be he'd Tuesday, March 6. 1917. R G. CHRISTEN. KEEP It s Easy—ls You Know Dr. ’ Edwards’ Olive Tablets The secret of keeping young is to feel voung—to do this you must watch your liver and bowels —there s no ne:d of having a sallow complexion—da; k rings under your eyes—pimples—a bilious look in your sac eyes w;.h no sparkle. ’’ur doctor will tell y u ninety per cent of all sickness comes from inactive bowels and liver. Dr. Edwards, a well-known physician in Ohio, perfected a vegetable compound mixed with olive oil to act on the liver and bowels, which he gave to his patients for years. ' Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel, are gentle in thi-.r action, yet always effective. They bring about that exuberance of spirit, that natural buoyancy which should be enjoyed by exeryone. by toning up the hv r and clearing the system of impuntics. You will know Dr Edwards Ol: e Tablets by their olive color. 19c and 25c per box. All druggists. DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG.

Kt In every home Sloan’s Liniment has earned its place in the medicine chest as a relief from pains and aches. Quickly penetrates •onthout rub- • bing and soothes the soreness. Cleaner and more effective than mussy plasters or ointments, it does not stain the skin. For rheumatism, neuralgia, gout, lumbago, sprains and strains use Sloan's Liniment. At all druggists, 25c. 50c. SI.OO. r “Money Saved is Money Earned” ■ Save FIFTY CENTS TODAY ’ By paying or' renewing your subscripton to The Daily Democrat This offer will hold good this ‘ week.

linMnwiin iMiimmriiiii Sale of Stock and Implements Having secured a peeition as foreman over the garden and dairy departments Hono: fam,at New Carlisle. Indiana, I will offer for public sale at the George Trick r hum, 2 miles east of Decafur, on the Piqua road my entire farming equipment, consisting of a fine herd of Holstein dairy cattle, big producers; extra good herd bull. 3 years old; extra good yearling bull; 7 good horses, togs, and purebred poultry, and tarm implements. Sale on TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917. • J. 0. Tricker.

I WOMEN OF I MIDDLE AGE Mrs. Quinn’s Experience Ought to Help You Over the Critical Period. Ixiwoll. Maes. -‘ For the last three years I have been troubled with the i U~i~i~i iTi~ 1 Change of Life and jll tile bad feelings common at that time. 1 was in a very nervous cvndi■BHLZjjLT ta-n. with headaches ■ Y arid pain a good ; deal of tlie time so t was unfit to do my ■ dlMte-.JU work. A friend ‘ ftskid me to try 'ItH-S-qFM l-ydia E. Pinkham s \ eg e t a b 1 e t 'om - which I did, and it has helped me in every wav. I 1 am not newly so nervous, no headache or pain. 1 must say that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any siek woman can take. ’ f —Mrs. Margaret Quinn, Rear 259 ‘ Worthen St., Ixiwell. Mass. . Other warning symptoms are a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, h«. adaches, , backaches, dread of impending evil, ' timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the' heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness, inquietude, and . dizziness. If you nee] special adviee. write to the Lvdia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. i ( or.fid -ntial), Lynn, Mass. Drinking of Water (by W. LUCAS, M. D.) ; The general conclusions of the latest Medical Scientists prove that drinking plenty of pure water both between meals and with one’s meals .is beneficial to health. For a great, many vears it ! was the erroneous opinion of many I medical men and the public generally that the habit of drinking water with the food was harmful to digestion It I has now been proven by means of the ' X-rays and actual tests upon many i healthy young men that the drinking of large amounts of water with meal* is i I often beneficial. Therefore if you want : to keep healthy drink plenty <rf pure water (not ice water), both with your meals and between meals. If you i ever suffer from barkache, lumbago, rheu- ; mutism, or any of the symptoms <>f i kidney trouble —such as deep colon-d ; urine, sediment in urine, getting out of bed at night frequently and other troubleseine effects. take Anuric (doublestrength) i : before meals. These Anuric Tablets can j be obtained at drug stores. DELICATE YOUNG MOTHERS! Goshen, Ind.—“ When I was a young gir! just coming into woman hoo t 1 suffered greatly. This I caused me to become an run-down, weak fWP and nervous. My <** '? ' mother gave me Dr. i ’ w a <at:.Fierce's Favorite J 1 • Prescription and 1 r ’Cv' have never been trou- • \ since. I an? ’■'’feN Tiovi the mother ft of four strong healthy children and I have always taken this medicine during expect am y and afterward to give me strength, which it always did. 1 consider 1 was very fortunate in knowing of ‘Favorite Prescription."’—Mas. MaAvey Guss, 615 South 11 th St. FINE FOR RHEUMATISM! Musteroie Loosens Up Those Stiff Joints —Drives Out Pain I Vou’l! know t'iioiisanfi.A use Muster, de once you experience the glad re- | lief it gives. • i Get a jar at once from the nearest ,' drug store, it is a clean, white ointment. • made with the oil of mustard. Better '. than a mu-tard plaster and does i. >t I blister. Brings ea-c and c tnfort while .it is being jnihbed on! Mustcrole is recommended 1y many jd- itors and nurses. Millions .f jars are 1 used amr'ally for bronchitis. Jh ip. stiff > Heck, asthma, neuralgia, pleurisy, rhettI matisnv lumbago, pains and aches of the I bask - r joint-, sprains, sore muscles. J bruises, clrilh'a ns, frosted feet, colds of | the chest (it ujre<’ oreverds nncumoniai |; 1 NOTICE , If you are interested in buying an incubator or brooder see the Buckeye agent. Write for catalogue. Sold by s NOAH 1). SCHWARTZ Berne, Indiana

!farmers I AND I STOCKMEN <’ J I This is a new silo for your vi- __ a s? ~ t ’cinily. But not so at other j p s pluccs. Has stood best by test u ~ for 1 I years and it is worth your while to Investigate, and this JpMMh. we invite you to do. Built with cement staves from =•* »» a washed gravel, high grade <e- K ment, and steam t un’d. Equipped with large doors on hinges and heavy galvanized hoops. T. guaranteed air and water tight —T'* and not to freeze any more than ffTT-.- : kany other type of silo. | .J V: One of Decptur’s conserva- Si ; ’J five and substantial business men has selected two of these 4+-—▼ silos for his (arms. Ask for his ILL. name. ■p....— Farmers' Co-operative Silo Co., J. H. ZEHR, Mgr. I Bluffton, Indiana. mEm == ~ - — , ’Phone 755. ■ — - ■ ■■

AUCTION SALE

The undersigned will sell at publi( sale to the highest bidder on the i farm. 1 mile north and 2’-_> miles west of Keystone, in Wells county Ind., on Friday, February 16. 1917, at 2 o'clew k p. m.. 134 acres of good farm laud. Improved with a splendid 4 room ■ house. 42x45 liarn. in good state of 1 repair: tool house, hog shed. 22x30; large smoke house, 12x1$ wood shed. 14x24 hen house. SOO bushel corn (rib. deep driven wells, small orciiard. fairly well fenced and drained. The soil is about half black and farm is gently * roiling. There is aliout 10 acres of timber on the place. However. no valuable timber. Tiu*re is 40 acres on this farm on one side ot 1 a fine stone road and the balance on the other and the buildings are handily arranged. Sctuxil house on one corner ot 'farm known as the "Red School.’* There is a 100 barrel cis-

IVlrs. Emma I . Daniel Col., R. C. Poland. Real Estate Auctioneer, Atlanta. Ind.

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TO THE VOTERS OF DECATUR, IND. I Did you read my article in yesterday’s paper. ' lO j you figure how much that benefited the taxpayer V’. we took office, several citizens came to see us anti !/l ♦hat it would be the host policy to pay only the ir ||| |et the future generations pay the debt. That debt 6 per cent interest, except the waterworks bonds. v.nu'i carried 5 per cent interest. If only the interest ha i °trn • paid and the debt not decreased, the taxpayers would ha'.• paid over $70,000.00 in interest up to this time and « 011(1 1 still owe the principal. Ir. the last two years the debt rn not been decreased as fast as in former years on account <»■ the same being in bonds, which are due at certain pe ||o,i . ’ and could only be paid at that time, so the debt wa* dm'a- i ed more per year, at the beginning of that period. Iban M has been in later years. The city had to pa.' about 000.00 in interest during the time these payments "< ~(' ing made, so we have saved the taxpavers o'er $15,000." in interest in the last eleven years. , , ■ Make a comparison of the yearly interest paid, i ‘ f years ago we were paying over .S7.fioo.ot) in inlere-i. a- - now having refunded the deht. we have left io pa). ° nl pay I’j per cent on the $21,000.00. which we still 0 ( - i $1,080.00 for the coming vear and as we arc pa; in. ' , if year on this debt, we still decrease this inte v ■ year, but comparing it to the in erest to he paid th> .' ((( we are show ing you a saving of $6,520.00 this year. ■ 1 ou will also note that there is a saving of I l .’ fl cent on the outstanding indebtedness and this "i’l ■' - taxpayer $1,350.00 by the iime these bonAs are paid. | (Advertisement) Chas. N. Christen! |

' tern on the farm. The place j, 1 known as the Frank Corn Farm, is occupied by Charles St. ph.i, r.' ' Good gasoline engine gm - with the place. Good markets at !<■ ysta. j for all country products. K- <„,- e ' has both steam and int. nirfi.ni r? b |H ! roads. This is a public spirited c, n . I numity having fine roads and otb-r > public improvements 1 lhe in be- | catur and am not able to . afi,. r ; this place and my other bu>ii ■ < ] terests and therefore am «tiling to offer it to the highst bidder Free 1 convevanee from Keystone. TERMS OF SALE. SI,OOO cash on day of sale and n. ■■ | onable terms can be arranged on M- I a nee If the purchaser desires |k in t al overlook this opportunitv. Y,. r IHM presence wjll be appre< taied at j I sale. larnd in this section ; 11 5 (r tj I $125 to $175 per acre.