Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1917 — Page 2

I) A I L Y D E M 0 C K A T Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER Preeldent ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 16.00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mall 13.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice In Decatur. Indiana, as second-class matter. The week of April 22nd is “Cleanup Week.” and is to be observed in this city, the city council appointing a committee to work with the Civic Improvement society. Every citizen should make himself a member of the committee. It's a community movement. The members of the city council showed their patriotism .and their willingness to assist in movements of importance by voting a hundred dollars to the Preparedness" committee to assist in the work of growing more produce. T|ie money will be added to the fund now being raised by Messrs J. W. Bosse and Henry Thomas for use in supplying seed and paying expen < -for those who are willing to help in this great movement but unable financially because of the high prices now prevailing. The council also named a committee to assist the workers in this splendid movement. We assure the mem hers of tiie city administration that their efforts to thus aid the community and their co-operation* is heartily appreciated by our people. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette is suggesting that a committee be named to which the soldier boys who are soon to march away to the front, may apply at any time tor any thing of which they fee 1 themselves in need. It’s a good suggestion and one Ave fee! that should likewise be followed here. We who slay at home should apple iaie that we owe ntucu to these young men who will offer their lives if necessary that the nation may live ami humanity be served. They are “our boys" wherever they may be and such -a committee might furnish them with many articles not provided by the government, that will not only bring joy to them because of the need they may have, but because they will thus know that we are thinking of our boys and appreciating what they are doing. ■ The republicans have decided that they will not co-operate with the democrats on the suggestion that the fifteen delegates at large to the Con-

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£»nrirtn Sranii (Clothes Enthusiastic approval has greeted our announcement of the arrival of Society Brand . Summer Clothes. Many new and ‘original fabrics are featured and the models are all the “last word” in fit and style. As an example: SPARTAN PLAIDS. PIPING ROCK FLANNELS. TUP: BRIARt LIFFES. THOKNBI KRY TWISTS. Here are clothes of distinctive characteristics you'll appreciate. And the fabrics are explosive to Society Brand Clothes. (You can get them at this store Drily. Come in and see Y our suit—it’s ready now. priced $22.50 to $27.50. i . «-***-< THE COMPANY 1

1 stitutional convenlon be agreed upon i by the two lending parties and to al •' low the people to choose them hit | or miss We cannot help but feel , that this course is a mistake and that ( too few people realize the serious ( duty that will devolve upon the tide ( gates. One of Indiana's greatest lenders in declining to become a can- ( ditlate as a delegate explained that ( his business dutfcs would not permit , him to serve and that should he de-, a cidc to do so he would at once lay - aside everything else ami at once be- I gm to prepare for the responsible ' duly. This is not an ordinary meet ing nor a political affair, but a con- t vention whose duty it will be to write I ' the bash law of the greatest state 1 of the middle west. It is filled with importance, a tact that should not be overlooked for a ...c... at by the people of the stat» I DOINGS IN SOCIETY I K -- d —sl-HXXifiXXXf WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Shakespeare—Mrs. J Suton. Historical —Mrs. E. S Christen Walther League—Miss Clara Weiland Thursday. Euierpeai, Mrs. .les c >• :Icm yer Helping Hand -Mrs. John Beel at Reformed church Presbyterian Aid —Mrs.E E. France Baptist Aid Mrs. John Everett. Do Your Best Class—Mrs. Hero Steele. Friday Philathea—Mrs. S. E . Hite. Saturday Tri Kappa Pastry Sale, gas offl-e,. Saturday, April 28th. Moderation is the silken string i uniting through the pearl cha i of all the virtues.—Bishop Hall. The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor social ha.- been postponed for an in- . definite time. John Niblick has received his certificate of membership in the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association. This- is for the ‘ ) urp.ise of sustaining the house ti| I Philadelphia, where the first Amerij can flag was made June 14. 1877. "y Betsey Ross, th- same being maintained in memorial to her. Mr Niblick ha.- had the pleasure of visiting 1 this home. Miss Agnes Kohne was at Fort Wayne last evening, where, as the guest of Miss Helen Aurentz. she attended the annual dance given by the 1 Dramatic and Literary club at St. f | Paul's hall. ' Mr. and Mrs Reuben Ixird and Mrs. J. S McCrory were initiated 1 J •v- --! ning by the Rebekah lodge. The ninety-eighth anniversary of the organization < i the odd Fellows wil’ be celebrated Thursday evening of n* xweek with a six o'clock picnic supper and a program following. The Helping Hand society of the Re- ■ fanned • -l.urel. will meet Thu~day in the Sunday school room. Mrs. John Beel will be hostess. Miss Amelia Spangler returned to Fort Wayne this morning after attending the dance at the K. of C. hall last evening. Mrs. Dan Tyndall was hostess to the Tri Kappas last evening. She in it ed them to come early and at six o'clock , had a tempting supper for them, covers being laid for sixteen. Miss Madge Hite lead the study that followed, the subject being "The Violin " Selections on the vietrola il-; lust rated it in a pleasing way. Mrs. M. A Frisinger and Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer, with the members of S the Sewing club were guests of Mrs. f Carrie Haubold at their reghlat ga'.hering yesterday afternoon. •A number of guests joined the ; Pythian Needle club for their sewing t'party and luncheon yesterday afternoon. at the K. of P. home. They- were Mrs. C. I). Lewton, Mrs. McDowell, Mrs. Oliver Heller. Mrs. Fred Heuer. Misses Della Sellemeyer and Lee Anna Vance. Refreshments of brick ice cream, homemade cake, coffee and cream were dispensed. A lecture byMrs. Martha Baughman on health was also given. At the home o’ Miss 'ida Chrortster last evening, the V. I. S. C> l a n - ranged for a penny supper sm-qil in the IT.l T . B. church basement for Tuesday evening. Mrs. Martin Jaberg entertained the Phoebe Bible class of the Reform’4, church last evening. In the .-bsrn'-e, of th-’ presiding officers, Mrs. t red ( Heuer, presided. A new meiuljo:.’ 'fceived. was Mrs. John Spuller an J 1 ’<

guest was Miss Maymi* Foley, of T < sin Mrs Ed Miller who is m min; to Fort Wayne was with the chst a a fan-well meeting. A piano sp'.o by Mrs Edgar Gerber, a nutciml-q' «id others, were entertaining t» . Refreshments of ice cream, <>‘ke. cot fee were very templing Tiie Isidies' Auxilary will give a card party at the Elks club on the eve ning of April 24th. to which the mem bers of the Elks and tiie Auxilluiy are cordially invited. The niln will be fifteen cents and part of t'.ie -funds will lie donated to the R“d Cross. Mrs. J. S. petericn an! Mt* Charles Knapp will lead th* study for hte Euterpean club I h i-s-lay ivening at the home of Mrs i • Selleim yet Miss Vera Eady wil enter am the Ruth Circle of the < nristian church Monday evening. If all prizes given were as acceptable as those’bestowed by Mrs. C V Connell to the winners at cards when she entertained the Afternoon club yesterday, the H. C. of L. would receive quite a backset. The first prize won by Mrs E. X Ehinger was a chicken, a husky red rooster. Ideal for noodle soup; the second, won by Mrs. R J, Holthouse wis a peck -t potatoes: and the third, canned vegetables. by Mrs. Beecher Meibers. The guest's prize was carried off by Mrs. Dan Niblick. Refreshments in two courses were provided. The Woman's Civic Improvement society will give a tea next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs J. M ( Tyndall, from three to five o'clock, t > which the public is Invited. Ten cents will lie charged. COURT HOUSE NEWS. A marriage license was issued *o Anthony B. Holthouse, farwer, son of Peter Holthouse .and Amelia Weber, daughter of John B Weber C. S. Niblick, trustee of the Jes.-e O. Ruckman. was authorized to pay S3OO. the claim of C. S. Knodle. >r board of the ward. A case received here on change ->f venue from Allen county is one in which Mary Kepper is suing Chris-

The ANKER HOLTH Gets Ail The Cream ■f H-. ■■ • BiHRSelf Balancing . Self Oiling The Bowl That t*jy Never Wabbles I Get these extraordinary features of the Anker-Ilolth Separator fixed in your mind. A Self-Balancing Bowl. Interchangeable Disc. A Sanitary Dirt Chamber. Modern Power Transmission. A Perfect Oiling System. A Clutch that has no equal. A demonstration will convince you that this is the Separa tor you should buy. JEShrtvare 60. * I.ADIES' (OATS AND SUITS: In this day of “looking forward." it will no doubt be of interest to many of the ladies of this community to know that a representative of one of the large coat and suit concerns of the cotmiry. will be at our .store. j Thursday—tomorrow, with a complete line of plush 1 ? coats, silk and serge suits and coats. Come in and look the line over. STORE OF QUALITY. Frank Gass, Prop. p. s.—Anri while looking, pick out one «H our “.Mother Goose" dresses for the daughter. Something new, vat ions shades; price, $2.50. See window display. ■ I

lian Strassburg for $2,000 for damages for assault and battery She alive,' j Straasimrg struck and beat her m the presence of others. - -t Theodore Worst vs. Everett < ; Arnold, et al. Motion to requite. ( plaintiff to separate and number para t graphs of complaint was overruled. , to which the detendeut excepted. I, ■" 1 " *. The < laim of Roy Carter against the Charles M Carter estate, was allow , ed in the sum of S2OO J. T Merry• man. attorney for the estate was ul- ( lowed twenty dollars. Thia is to lapaid out of the assets ot the-estate. Further issues, of no new value were made in the Ritter Steele and the Stone partition cases. In the cases of the Graham and Butler Paper Companies andd J 8. Bow ers against the Decatur Herald Company, answer in general denial in one paragraph were filed by the defendant. Roy Carter, administrator of the Emilyy Carter estate, was authorizedj to sell notes received tor sale of real estate at a discount of not less than six per cent. Jesse Carpenter, administrator of the estate of Susan t arpenter. In -d fjnal report and notice was ordered given. * ‘ ’ i ’ A marriage license was granted toj Perry Miller, farmer, of Jeffers >n township, bom August 23, 1869. son o' M B. Miller. t:> wed Imo Fern Hu-y, born April 6. 1899, daughter of TroyHuey. of Jefferson township T'.ie, groom's first wife dic’d in 190 b. Toe eouple was accompanied by their minister. the Rev. Saylor, who married them at ten o'< lock in the clerk s office. The bride wore a pretty suit ot blue taffeta ■ In the case of the Peoples Loan A ■ Trust Co, vs. F. M. Gossard. et al.. . summons was ordered to the sher ff of Wells county for E. S. Liby. returnable May 1, • FRESH COW FOR SALE—A good Durham cow and calf. Inquire of Walter Whittenbarger, 4 miles east of Decatur. FOR SALE Small garage Ske • I'lxl7. Will sell cheap. See H. F ■ Linn. Mercer Ave. 92t3

CLEAN UP WEEK ICONTINOED FROM PAG® ONE) authorized to go to Imlianupolis Apr" 26 and 27 to attend the state meet! tk of mayors. Important questions will be brought up at this meeting and steps will be taken towards food itdtivatioi-. and dealing with other v’l’d matters during the present war times The waterworks committee recommended that a new water mu’c bplaced on North Seventh street Th' committee also recommended that tiie uxtension of the water line on a num her of streets be postponed. Tin pi t ing of a 6 Inch line on Oak and Elm streets was recommendvt i’l ln - Water Works committee The City Clerk was oider«< to ad verttse for bids for the city eentrad work of building sidewalks. The Purchasing comni’tic’ was authorized to purchase a car Icul of stone for the Street Co urnKsiom r and the pipe- necessary to maae the improvements ordered by ut-- council A motion was made disc larging H ' P Moran as special engiit-’er. The matter of selling the < '••! dyna mo at the Water Works p'atit was referred to the Electric Li-<h ■ mml ici with power to acL The following bids were then allow ed by the finance co nmillec Holland-St. Louis Sugar Co. ..$ 9 U St. Com. pay roll 119.‘0 * Isaac Chronister 32 5® L. L. Baumgart 37.->0 J. D McFarland F. V. Mills 3.W City Firemen. • 62 .>0 1 John Hoover 4-dO Kirsch, Sellemeyer A Sons. .. 3.*W F. W Dowens..._. 6--’5 Thompson Meter Co I ” 1 H. Mueller Mtg. Co 15-'-3 P. A'H- Supply Co National Mill Supply Co 3.1', Central Rubber Supply Co 7.63 Pittsburg Meter Co 9 *>o Wayne Belting A Supply C 0.... 133 Ft. Wayne Oil A Supply Co ... 7.83 Hill Pump Valve Co 43.20 CharleY Roop 78 76 General Hocking Fuel Co 265.06 T. St. Louis A W R. R. C 0... 174 75 : General Electric Co 95 "4 General Electric Co 17.00 G R. & I. R R •2.8® Water works pay roll 26 >5 Adams Express Co 50 Kaiver-Noble Garage Co 4.04 A. C. Foos pay roll 187 »0 Power Coal Co 276 62 Polite pay roll , 72 50 M. J. Mylott pay roll 157 50 Jesse J. Hurst 11 48

t -- |kc ®n s '. (ShoLj 11 2 . —M——. . . I The Breath of Spring 'P 1 vernal atmosphere of bursting I fresh foliage and joyous i blossoms is crystallized in the U Opting coats and suits, as iMirtravcd by Bi sc hof. 0 f. ' i’"- ?laCC nc an< * arra 7 of color is a (,e light to the eye. /I k *' t 0 ° Ur S^ Ore ant s an inspection of h ’ CS<? . Charmin « will delight you. s /tl. Tj ' \ CC tllC !ltA SUItS W * 1C ncw silhouette, // j I V V j IC ne ” poc^cts and new belt effects. J y ns Ptct the new coats in their array of //W L7 ' rthng color combinations. Iri ‘ i u' rc P r escnts a triumph of Bischof's I j you will be pleased .with it. • ’ Prices sls, S2O, $25, $35 ■ i niblick & co.

A - Q I ' *’l V V- - vii r _^3L' In Choosing The Right Clothes A good rule to go by i> KNOWN quality. KNOWN price, and SOI ND guarantee. Our SIS. SI7. S2O. $22.50 and $25 Suits make mtn smile when they buy. because of the remarkable values. The clothes that win are the clothes that please most p<>ople. including yourself. » Most young men like something different—that> , why Pinch Backs are so popular. Come in and see them. > Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson ■ Unbeatable Exterminator kJ i of Rats. Mice and Buys , Used the World Over - Used by U.S.Gov-crnmcnt The Old Rehebie The! Never - /5c.»5c.a- . - *3 1 THE. RECOGNIZED STAND AR D-AVOIO SUBSTITUTES