Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Publl«h«H Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Compaty JOHN H. HELLER President « ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates. Per Week, by carrier.. 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15 00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mall s3.od Single Copies r 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postottice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. A thrift garden is a spot wher« you can go if you warn a little lettuce, beans, radishes, garden stuff of any kind, no difference what the mark'd re|«>rt on this kind of produce Is. Start one in your yard at the expens" of a few cents spt nt for seed. Tlte alleys of Decatur need eleanir.--and those in charge of this woix should get ready to do it as soon ar the spring weather breaks. It’s an Important part of a clean city. lad's watch tlie streets and alleys, the va cant lots aim the spots which spoil th" beauty of Decatur. Givi a dollar tor tile needy of New castle. We kftow not when our ov t community mat have to send out an * • apitt al for assistance an<( we don t want to be in'the position of having turned down our friends. Chari'.v begins at home and this is a case pretty close to home. Will you boost Decatur if given the chance? Be at the library at 7:30 this evening. A meeting has been i ailed for that time and place to listen to a talk by a man who wants to tiring a factory here. It's the most important engagement you have for tonight. Don't let anything interfere wit h ft The Rawlings' editorial of which we spoke yesterday, closes with this paragraph: "Men and women of Decatur, in behalf of tlie youth of Decatur, we plea.l for some form of amusement. Will y< u scorn our plea as of yore, or will you act and act quickly Before th ■ 1 young people have left lie- town for I good? Think it over." It's worth thinking over and worth doing something about Muncie gave over |5,000 to th" I Newcastle fund twenty-four ' hours, one manufacturer, a Mr. Bali, giving SI,OOO. Indianapolis has a fund of several thousand dollars and many i other cities are busy. Decatur khou! 1 . do her share. It is not what we give , but tlie fact that we give and want to givs that counts. Give a dollar and if you feel like giving more put some one else's name in. One man came in io give five dollars. We told him th" plan was to give dollar contributions, so he put in live names. We believe in his kind of charity? Do you?

U/E are making this “ store head quarters for continuation outfits this season. Blue Serge Suits for confirmation suits in ‘both long and short pants at • $5.50 to $12,50 • V ' »— ’ g •r THE MYERS-DAILEY" I COMPANY

•• xxxiixic r-.. .r.Tir. .tx; JOtxxxsnc:; x | DOINGS IN SOCIETY s WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Thursday. Catholic Culture Club Mrs. Robert M< Mahon. Preahyteriati Men .- Bible Class +’ S. Mosh. W it C Meeting Uiitlulay Ladies and Husbands Dr. and 'Mrs. C. It. Weaver Evutigolicui latdles Aid Mrs. Ed Whitright. Presbyterian Aid Mrs. C. F. Davison The Eulerpcan i lull will moot Thursday evening with Mrs. Henry ii. Heller Mrs. John Parrish will have the program. Do Your i'est Class Mrs. James Stone rook. Friday. W. R. C. Dinner ut G. A. 11. hall for public. Zion Lutheran Aid At school house. Saturday. Baptist Aid Pastry Sale Gas office. To feed one good man is infinitely more meritorious than attending to question? about heaven and earth, spirits and demons. Buddha. Mrs. Curtis Miller gave a surprise party in honor of Mr. Miller's twentysixth birthday Saturday evening. The guests gathered at the home of Claude Gay and at S o'clock they walked in on Curtis, who was asleep on the dayenpoit. The evening was spent in a very sociable way and about 11 o'clock a very nice lunch was served, .' Miller was presented with a rocking chair by the guests. Those present were: I). A. Helm and family. John Helm and family. Clark Miller. Claude Gay. Vai Schnepp. Miss Lucile Smi'h of Decatur. Artie, Jackson and W. M. Hart. -Contributed. Mr. and Mrs D. M Hensley will attend she Shriners' play in Fort Wayne this evening. Mrs. Herman Ehinger was hostess to rhe Shakespeare club yesterday afternoon. "A Scrap of Paper" was the subject of Mrs. J. H. Heller's paper in which it told interestingly the process of the making of paper, the various uses to which it has been applied and tlie various kinds need, d for each use. Further airangemen's were discussed for the closing social, and also for the district convention of the federation of clubs. Mrs Hooper will be hostess, and Mrs. Moltz leader, next week. Tlie Reform'd Ladies' Aid was ear tertained" by Mrs M. Kirsch yesterda> After the devotional?, by Mrs. L. W fitolte. a fine reading by Mrs. Ben Elzey, and an enjoyable piano solo by Mrs. Edgar Gerber, were given. The society will serve dinner and slipper at the parsonage. April 12. to the rttendants at the missionary convention of the classes to be held here at that time. The collection yesterday was $9.07. "Wagnerian Opera" was ably discussed and beautifully illustrated wi.h Victrola st lections, and also a piano number by Mrs. C. L. Walters, when Mrs. Murray Scherer conducted the Historical club study yesterday at the home of Mrs. Amos Gillig on First street. The club voted a contribution of five dollars to the Newcastle relief fund. Mrs. Burt Mangold will be hostess next Wednesday anil Mr.;. S. E. Hite will have the program i.n "Puritan and Twentieth Century Mothers." Tlte section .of the United Brethren Ladies' Aid society of which Mrs. George Simmers is captain, will give an Easter social, the time and place to be announced later. The class of the United Brethren Sunday school, taught by Jesse Swartz, lias been named the V. I. S. or “The Valiant in Service” class. The siftne ( was organized at a meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Lelah Hill. A class motto. "Win One," and class colors, green ami white, were also adopted. The following are the officers: President, Jesse Swartz: vice president. Lelah Hill: secretary. Inez Black: treasurer, Harry Magner. The next meeting will be with Mins Inez Black of South Seventh street. April 3. Miss Hill served delirious refreshments. That the St. Vincent dv Paul so ciety. with Mrs. A. Kohne president, and her able assistants, all hearty coworkers. can and will successfully do, wa sampiy demonstrated by the par-' ■els post sale and supper which they rave last evening at the K. of C. hall, rfiere were more than six hundred arcels and these sold rapidly. Fully live hundred more could have bet n ■'old. had tlie supply been in evidence. The fi.n p iippor was tp h"d ihi .nmltitude. Th" total aniom ' talon in was $1?« ami more than it

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hundred of this was clear of all ex-1 penke A comfort, knofted at the la -t ! meeting, brought $23, and a fine cak . baked by Mrs Anthony Voglewcd-. ■ was sold at auction, going to Father Kroeger. Martin Mylott was auctioneer. the cake bringing $5. The social enjoyment was equally great, and the affair was a success from all points of view. Mrs. Frank McFarren. of Bluffton, an Mrs. Otto Henneford and two daughters of Carter, Montana. ar..» gue-is of Mr .and Mrs. Dan Niblb k today. 1 Miss Portia Thomas went to Fori Wayne to spend the week-end w'h Mrs. John Vesey. Mrs. Robert McMahon will ent".r _

The South End Groceay i GROC ERIES AT LIVING PRICES. California Snow Flake Beans, lb I>* C Vesta Flour, “the Best Ever,” sack $1.30 Fancy Rio Cotfee. lb ...15c Fancy Red Onions, lb 121/zC Fancy Ginger Snaps, lb lfi c Extra Fine Onion Sets, <<t. .. .♦ 20c Extra Fancy Oranges, doz 15c ! High Grade Peanut Butter. Hi 15c ? Heinz High Grade Catsup, bottle 15c i Heinz High Grade Mustard Dressing, bottle 15c WE PAY CASH OF TRADE FOR PRODUCE Eggs, 22c: Butter. 25 to 33c. M. E. ANDREWS X' $ ’Phone 204. Opposite Erie Depot

|u<?t plant the gg| t C* Tape a row creates I <& r| I* ataTime- ® Improvement <i i. B: In Seed B Planting gjj I I stfiornfel I - 1 n FQfl BETTER gardens The tissue paper tape keeps 1 Zr v the seed constantly muni-—it U , ' £4 3 is simple to understand that ■ eK JM 'hey germinate quicker and R —i-gfeya-a better. The seeds arc spaced w the proper distance apart—so out is nceest’ary. Only the finest selected seeds lIA thoroughly tested prije / winnifig strainsarc used. And // -'Whr the labor is reduced to a F minimum. isl?) £>■ z rT / -G:4kc>. .SV.. . nsa . - / K?h Kg'"’ ~ __ Surelythisis what you should use m j«our garden this year. BBt KjJ<s===== ==3=: Pakro Se-dtap- « mad*by IH fi®J ?» ■ — - I th* tmMicati S*ed’ar* Vo., IK ’ 71 Westitrd St.. N’*w Ynrk • City, Get it at your dralr ‘ *r’- Price l°i ; t“ r package |Se . .r. ' » jlii grant McGILLi Hi Lotui l>cak*r

| tain the Catholic Culture club tics "vening. Misses Adelaide anil Frances Deininger are program leaders. Pocahontas members. inclndi: 1 twenty-two. gave a surprise call ci Mrs. A. M. Henry Tuesday evening. They took their lunch witli them, spent the evening playing games, games, singing and in general amus ■- ment. A tine lunch of sandwich, pickles, cake and coffee was ser’vi d. The. evening happened to be the birthday anniversary of Mr. so the event commemorated that also. One-half the time has passed in our annual money-saving sale. A word to the wise is sufficient.—Yager Bros. & Reink i ng. 6313

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NOTICE TO PUBLIC. Owners of automobiles have hml ample time in which to secure a license as is provided by the laws f Indiana. Information from the office of the secretary of state is that they have caught up wan 'the work of issuing same. Therefore after next Friday. March 16th, we will be compelled to arrest all those driving cars without 1917 license tags displayed. Please take notice, obey the law save trouble. ED GREEN, 61t3 Sheriff of Adams County. Democrat Want Ads Pay

TAILOR MADE SUITS - ar dlcss of war rumors, tariff complicaA 7 !!° ns ’ 7 oman s suffrage talk, and the cattle disease, ft rZ u n,a ' v Population of our hundred and ten million , I// / °* continue to wear clothes as usual — THE LAW REQUIRES IT /A jo\l ur Made-to-Measme Suits range \ m P r i ces as f°^ ows: SIB.OO to -$35.00 vn- M ■ l< or $20.00 to $25.00 you can get a I I\ 7 / ' su £° o( i enough for any one. I I T ( SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. vAIN ct? & HIT c£ i

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