Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1917 — Page 2

I) A I L Y D E M OLKA T — ——; -J 1.1 .1 I I'll ' wt Publlihqd Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decalin Deniocittt ( ompanv JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 16 00 ** Per Mouth, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mail $3 00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. < Entered ut the Poetoffice in Decatur, Indiana, us second-class matter. RUNNING WILD. What a fake and a fraud the Indi-, ana G O P. ' put over" on the people of the state in 1916, says the Indiana Daily Tinies Condeming •'extravagance" and pledging ecoftoiuy, the republicans went Into office in a blaze of righteous self glorification, and immediately set about making the largest appropriations, by far, ever made in the history of the commonwealth. The appropriations of thseventieth general assembly, at last accounts, exceeded the highest tortnei record by more than $900,000. We do not assert these appropriations are not needed. We do not say they are excessive. It, (pay be republican 'economy" costs k .million a year more than democratic "extravagance.’ but is it worth the price? Tbi>' poiht the taxpayer has ' i/t his * tifind is the simple and square toed fact that republicans promised ■economy” and then, iii- office, in position to practice "economy" in their first appropriations ran far beyond what they had called ‘ extravagance ’ in the 1916 campaign. It all illustrates the danger of pettifogging on the stump merely to get votes. There comes a time in the life of the smoothiest pettifogger when he icoinpeiled to make good his publicpledges and square his acts, with his stump siieeches. It is easy enough to attack the iqwhen one is outside looking in. ami when one longs to be in. It is not so £ easy to put "economy" in force whep one takes on responsibility and public duty. The pettifogger waves asid • in the campaign, all explanations as to the increased cost of maintaining bipartisan state institutions. mtt when it comes to providing money co go on with those institutions, the pettifogger. suddenly becomes responsible, is compelled to make the very explanation he so noisily derided the year before on the stump. And whatever else you have in mind, don’t forget that you are to have a thrift garden this spring. It will 1,-* a .source of pleasure, a good investqicnt and will not only help you but every one else, for it will tend t > reduce the cost of living next winter. Lew Shank will be an independent candidate for mayor of Indianapolis and started his campaign at a meeting held Saturday night, in that city, attended by a thousand followers who showed they mean business by startLJAVE you seen those Plain green flannel suits? They are ‘ Society Brand make and both in single and double breasted: $22.00 to $27.50 ; • ( ‘ —- THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

I *-• ' Inga subs, t ipi 101 l fund to bin K r Shank's ftundldacy. How tai he "ill 1 get is conjecture pure und simple, but the business men of the city will f c»riH It ly not permit such a calamity t as his election. 1 Tint city of Newcastle wus badly damaged by a cyclone Sunday afternoou and a number of people were “ killed. The loss Is more than a mil- # Hon dollars and the hustling city Is ) suffering the worst stroke iti history. ’ Their people have the sympathy of 1 the entire stale and will have what ever assistance Is necessary that they ’ may recover from the shock and that , prosperity may soon take the |>la»< of the devastated condition and gloo.it that today exists there. —W ,1 I jikxxxkx&ctotk: i.wC'XMJßwxxasc'; g | DOINGS IN SOCIETY J WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. I 1 "» Monday. Ruth Circle Miss Marie Daniels. Pythian Sisters. Research —Nellie Blackburn. Tuesday. Progressive S. S. (’lass—Mrs. J. 11. Stewart. Royal Neighbors business and social meeting. , S. S. Class Meeting l>ela Hill. W. C. T. U. Mrs Fred Schafer Wednesday. Loyal Women’s Class Mrs. Irvin Elzey. Christian Prayer Service —Mrs. G. , C. Mount. St. Vincent de Paul parcels post sale and supper—K. of C. hall. Historical—Mrs. Amos Gillig. Shakespeare Mrs. Herman Ehiitg* ;■ Thursday. Birthday Club Ladies and Husbands- Dr and Mrs. ('. R. Weaver Evangelical Ladies' Aid .Mrs Ed Whitright. Presbyterian Aid—Mrs. C. F. Davison. The Euterpean club will me.-t Thursday evening with Mrs. Henry il. Heller Mrs. John Parrish will have the- p ftgra Do Your Best Class Mrs. James Stone rook. Saturday. Baptist Aid Pastry Sale—Gas office. A If you predict joy and Jjjippiness. you may be regarded as a fool, though harmless. Most people a** looking for something to worry about.- Ex. Fort Wayne Homestead No. 376, Brotherhood of American, Yeomen, met in regular session Thursday evening al the 1. O. O. F. hall at Caland Wayne streets, at which time candidates were giv-*n the initiatory degree. The work w.'s exemplified by the local cfegec- team. On Thursday evening. Marc h -15, the Fort Wayne team will initiate « class of sixteen candidates of the Decatur homestead. They will arrive in a special car and go direc t to the hsßl. Tim committee has made arrangements’to give them a cordial welcome. After the meeting refreshments will be served. — Fort Wayne Sentinel. __i Mrs. John Schug and son. George*; Miss Virginia Cravens. Helen Dugan Ruth Frisinger and Davpl Hensley motored in the Scliiig car to Bluffton Friday evening to attend the* basketball tournament and visit with friends. A company of young friends gave a party hist evening for Miss Maude ' Cooper's birthday anniversary. The party was given at the home of Mr. ami Mrs. Reuben Lord, where Miss Cooper is staying during the absence * of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chari*si .Cooper, who are visiting in Michigan. [ Vocal and instrumental music and games passed a delightful evening and Mrs. Lord served delicious refreshments of pink and white ice cream and cake, with fudge. The United Brethren Sunday school class taught by Jesse Schwartz will meet Tuesday evening with Miss Leia Hill when they will organize for more efficient work The missionary pageant given at the Reformed church last evening at the joint meeting of the Woman’s and Young Woman's Missionary societies, was a splendid success. The collection to be used for missionary purposes amounted to ssl. .Mrs. Will Bowers had as her guest over the wee K-end. Miss Reid'enhaen of Fort Wayne, who returned home ioday. Miss Refdenbach will leave Tuesday lor St. Petersburg, Fla., for a fortnight's visit. Miss Nellie Blackburn is entertaining the Research club this afternoon. The parrels post sale and supper to ; he given Yteduesday afternoon at th-?

K of C hall by the St. Vincent de Paul society will begin at 5 o’c lock tn stead of 4 o’c lock As previously in-iiciuiicc-d The public it| invited. Dr. and Mrs S. P Hoffman entertained at (i o'cloc k dinner Bunday evening for Mr. and Mrs Oscar latt|>e nan and Mr. and Mrs J. H. Stewart The dinner. and the social hours were very much enjoyed by the company. The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. ('. F. Davison. , The* Ruth Circle of the Christian church will meet this evening with Miss Marie Daniels. The Baptist Indies' Aid society will hold a pastry sale at the gas office Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. ®. P Hoffman entertained at 6 o'clock dinner last evening for Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hoffman. i Mrs. Irvin Elzey ndiana street I will be hostess to the Loyal Women's I Bible class Wednesday afternoon. The prayer service of the Christian congregation will be held at the home of Mrs. G. ('. Mount Wednesday evening. The Progressive Sunday school class of the Presbyterian church will be entertained Tuesday evening byMrs. J. H. Stewart. The Birthday club ladies and their huslmmls will he entertained Thursday evening at a dinner party by Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Weaver. The Evangelical Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Ed Whitriphl Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. A GREAT RECORD (CONTINUED FROM PAGR ONE, the* clay or night ■ class instruction, are equipped for good employment primarily or made competent to receive and earn larger pay. This branch of the school work cp the slate, as it has been developed in Indiana, has been especially beneficial to the rural communities Extending through the entire year the instruct ors have* gone* to the homes, the tarn homes especially, and given instructions on the ground ; n the most practical possible way. Each communi y has its own course of study, macle to fit the needs of each special commu nity. The results have* attracted more than state attention. Tlte record-ol accomplishment and development of this system niftier Mr. Gr athouse was smh that it won for Indiana the meeting of the national society for promotion of industrial education, the assembling of 5,000 delegates being ;.t Indianapolis only the other day. The consolidated rural schools is another accomplishment of the work of Mr. Greathouse. This state was selected as the model for demonstrating this work at the San Francisco exposition. Never in the history of the state have all the educational institutions been wot king so well together. Never were they on a bett r looting. The higher educational institutions no Linger lobby at the legislature for mondy to sustain them. Under the work of Greathouse, O'Brien and Vollmer, they have been amply provided for. It must not be overlooked also, that when the legislature w; s looking for some place to save money, after taking off the sinking fund levy because the democrats had paid all the debts. Mr. Greathouse showed the way to save anol her large amount by reducing the vocational fund, for he had made large saving the past two years and still bad extended the work to the making of a national record for . development. a In addition to these special features , Mr. Greathouse has brought about the I passage of a compulsory education I age limit from 14 to 16 y-ears, tor all . children wha have not completed the i fifth grade and are not in some gainful occultation. Has created the office of high school inspector and estab--1 lished uniform high school text boons. 1 Has brought about the special tax levy 1 to maintain higher institutions ot ! learning and relieve them of the necessity of waiting the will of the , legislature each two years. Has im- , proved the sanitary school bulldin;; I law and established the state teachers' retirement fund. * These are a few' of the Ijigh spots only in the record, and with it all, Mr. Greathouse quits office as one of the 'best known and most popular men in the whole state. Retiring from pubtice office he will locate at Indian spoils, becoming 'he secretary!reaxurer of the Bookwaiter-Ball Printing company, one of the largest institutions of the sort in the middle west. o Worth-While Quotations. To be good is noble, but to teach others ho" to bi good is uobleP—-aad leas trouble. —Mark Twain. « N

THE COURT NEWS —- Dislikes Baths is Complaint of Della Andrews of Her Husband. I ASKS SI,OOO ALIMONY —— l Margaret Miller Leaves Es- ( fate to Her Sister—Other Court News. I That her husband was filthy, refused to take baths for months and ; refused to change his underclothes for" weeks at time, is the allegation of Della Andrews In her cross complaint, in which she asks for a divorce from Robert A. Andrews. SI,OOO alimony and $lO a month for the support >t their son, Cleho, for whose custody she asks. She says Mr. Andrews is unfit to have the child as he in vulgar and lias taught the little son to swear aud call his mother vile names. That her husband is a tight wad and that he cussed and swore when she asked him for money is another allegation. She says that when he induced her to . marry him. he. promised to provide her and her daughter, by a former marriage, with a good home, and to care for them She says he failed to provide them with proper clothing and swore when she asked Asm for money. She says that when they w< remarried after a former divorce, he told her that they would sell their farm and would move to Monroe and that he Would buy her suitable hou-e---hold goods to k*eep house, which he has failed to provide. When she mur ' mured, he told that if it was not good enough, she could get out She charges that he has frequently threatened to throw her out into I list reef. She says that when her husband left her on the date of their separation, he took the most of their ’ furniture with him, leaving her insufficient bedding to keep warm. She says he prowls about the house nt night and looks in the windows at her and sometimes conies in and otherwise annoys and molests her. That ' he has falsely accused her of intimai v with other men and has called her yip names is another charge. D. B. Erwin is her attorney. Rosa Barrone took out letters of administration on the estate of Joe’i H. Barrone. Her bond is $2,000. The petition granting the change of sale of real estate from private to public sale, was granted. The terms are to remain the same and the property is to be sold at not less than two-thirds of the appraisement. The damage case of Homer A. Ani drews against the Clover Leaf railroad has been sent to the Wells circuit court on change of venue. Twenty days time is allowed to perfect the change. There being no remonstrance ’

REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT DECATUR. INDIANA. IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. AT THE CLOSE 0 F BUSINESS MAR. 5. 1917 RESOURCES Loans and discounts $681,362.58 Overdrafts, unsecured 230.61 U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 50,(100.00 Bonds other than U®S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits •.*..53,000.00 Securities, of her than U. S bands (not including stockiS owned unpledged 6.848.50 9,848.50 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (ah per cent ot scuscription. . .. 3,600.00 Furniture and 1 ixtures 5,000.00 Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago and St. Louis $97,325.94 Net amount due from appioved reserve agents in’other cities 4.903.45 102,229.39 Net amount due front banks and bankers (other than included * in 12 or 20) 49,747.80 (Ither.checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank 970J4 Outside checks and other cash items $ 69.61 Fractional currency, nickels, and cents i 462.88 532.49 Notes of other national banks , 1.245.00 Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due from Federal Re- . , «, serve Bank 78,448.05 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from F. S. Treasurer -. 2.500.00 Total $985,714.16 • LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in .*5100,000.00 Surplus fund - 20,000.00 Undivided profits 12,870.08 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 7.510.89 4,859,19 Circuiatng notes oust.anding 49,400.00 Net amount due to banks and bankers (other than included in 29 or 30) .-... 106,004.45 Demand Deposis: Individual deposits subject to check 206,273.30 Certificates ot deposit due in less than 30 days 480,151.44 CertficWl checks Postal savings deposits Total demand deposits, items 33. 34. 35 36. 37. 38, 39, 40 $689,048.87 Other time deposits 16,401.65 Total $985,714.16 State of Indiana. County of Adams, ss: 1. C. A. Dugan, cashier ot the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. c. A. DUGAN. Cashier. .Subscribed and sworn to before jne. this i2tli dav of March 1917 EARL it. ADAMS. Notary Public. My commission expires September 18. 1920. J. W. VIZARD. ED C. BLEEKE, DANIEL SPftANG. I • .... r ., ILJ , , Directors.

agalns the petition of T FlM "" ~t al for drain, the drain ««» ml constructed. Phil Macklin b appointed supeiiiit«tident of ">n Hlru ' lion under SIO,OOO bond and he l» ordered to proofed with the eule and construction. in the John Mosure drain matter the rvport of the drainage contiuiastoner, filed March 8. was ordered recorded as of this date. Noti« .a-e* ordered to Susan McCormick whose lands were brought in by th-- drain age commissioner und were not In the original petition. March 26 was Hildale set for the hearing of the same. In the ease of Fred lamg'-liop Henry Volunt. proof of publication of notice to non resident was given Default of the defendant was noted The case is set for trial for March 28th. David Ritter vs. Ell W. Steele et al. Waiver of service and answer filed by Nathan and Edna Ritter. Real estate transfers: Grover 1 i Moser et al. to Harve Ellenberger, lots 405 and 406. Berne. $3,000. ■ Several claims against the Ed Johnson estate, of which Mrs Lulu Joh >• son is administratrix, which were di-r hllowed. were placed on the couit docket to he heard as cases in cou't. They are the following; Decatur Insurance company, $6.44: ’Huebner Tbledo Brewing company. $61.42; Holthouse-Schulte, $39.40 In her will probated today, the late Margaret Ann Miller leaves all her estate to her sister. Rachel Catherine Lindsey. She “asks that John Albert Lindsey, serve as executor. The will was Executed December 1, 1914. and was witnessed by Frank Kelly and George Schlagenhauf. In the Lucy J. Gregory estate, the order of court was modified so that property petition to'W Sold may be sold subject to taxes due and payable In 1918. —— ♦ The assizor* met with County A sessor William Frazier Saturday when they reported their average assessments. The next meeting will be in Berne, Saturday. March 24. 1 - Sugar From Wood. Now .they're making sugar out of wood. Chemists have found that they can take a sawdust and get n quarter of a ton of sugar out < it. Thq process consists of putting the sawdust into a closed retort and subjecting it io digestion with a weak solution of sulphurous acid under a pressure of .from ninety to one hundred pounds to the square inch. Eighty per cent of the sugar thus obtained is fermentable. The product is called “sacchulose.” Radium Emanations. The emanations from radium cannot lie stopped, but as scarcely any exhaustion of the material is appreciable, despite the fact that a stream of energy i$ constantly passing off from it, this is of small consequence. If the rays were allowed to escape promiscuously. however, they might do considerable damage; in order to confine them, therefore, a safe has been constructed with a thick lilting of lead inside the steel. i — ~

P f UI HAS JUST J ARRIVED The latest in neckwear, the tie I that every patriotic American g should wear. Come in today .1 and get one. . B HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO. Good Clothes Sellers for Men afffl Boy’s, “therTaßE MANY EVENTS j that suggest pictures, but none more important th.n the weddmg. only a picture can adequately describe the dainty finery of the bndt I bridesmaid, or flower girls, and like the memory of the occasion, the | pictures grow more precious year by year. make the appointment today. • ERWIN STUDIO 'Phone 807. Over Callow 4 Kohne Drug Store, Bring or Mad vs your Films.

PUBLIC SAIE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his residoace. 8 mites south us Decatur. 1 mile south and 4 miles east of Monroe. 1 mile north and U mile west of Salem on the Oliver Steele farm, on Thursday. March 15. 1917. beginning at 10 o'clock a. tn., the following personal property, tc-wit: Four Head of Horses: Pair of grey , marcs, coming 8 years old, one duel to foal March 26. weight about 1400; to year old gelding; coining 4 year I old bay mare. Four Head of Cattle: Two full blooded Jersey cows, one with calf by side, other due to be fresh March 26; Durham cow. due to be fresh in June; spotted yearling heifer. Fourteen Head of Hogs, including 6 brood sows, due to farrow in March; 8 fat hogs, will average around 200 tbs.; 3 will weigh about 165 lbs. each. Poultry: Three turkey bens and one gobbler; one goose and two ganders; also some chickens. Farming Implements: Three riding cultivators. 2 new ones; 2 walking breaking plows. 6n tooth harrow. good as new; cuj gate seeder, good as new; disc aim trailer, good as new; mower, 7 ft. cut binder; hav rake; Osborne hay loader, good as new; Flying Dutchman corn planter, used one season; mud bort; truck wagon, 2 horse wagon and box; top buggy; set of double work harness; 4 horse collars; about 50 bn. seed oats; 10 tons mixed bay in mow; barrel cider vinegar: Ikonomv King

Bop Confirmation Suits A L?' V\ /Al I VIP TH st t ’ ‘Ft Fwl J* j SR rSr JTd v Only four more ustil Easter. inJ™ S ?^ e high Prices in so many “Hcs °f merchandise we have a splenin 1 cTI ‘° '1 Wool Confirmation suits ncn i I>on £ ai) d short trousers at the usual prices. KnicWocU Serges $4.75, $5.00, $6.50, $7.50 and SB.OO LU ‘ i |.l l ®“ Sßr ? u *k’ wool Serges SIO.OO, $12.50 and $15,00. vanceT&hite

, ream separator, god as new; kitd- I en cabinet; table, coal oil stove, ui 1 numerous other articles. Also atn I passenger Ford touring car in ga4 1 shape. Terms:—Voider $5, cash; overlie ■ credit of f* months will be given.", ■ purchaser giving baiikabh c. tv » I approved security; 4 pci cent < :r I cash. No gvdos removed until wtGd I I for. STEELE fc EVERETT Jeff Liechty arid Harry Daniik I Auctioneer. — Animal* Hava No Sense of Rhylh- 1 Animals have no sense ~f rliy I (hough they may be taught m I This is the announcement <>f l*xt< I Craig of the University of Mrisi I ‘•Horses driven in span," he says into I Guide to Nature. “make no attempt: step together. Two bird-. lio'o-'* I sweetly they sinß solo, never >.ng □ I time with one another nor with q I other music. Even the so-called 'MH I animals of the circus get their rhyis I from the trainer, not from the tw.’ I PIANO FOR SALE The C 15. Lid 1 L have for sale a good piano, iiquire at Pennington A- Knap.'' > > ■ shop, Monroe St. rist FOR SALE—3-year-old s ’-r>-l ■ ■ and 5-yearold black man Dr*! Hili, S. 12th St. , 6St ■

$6.50,