Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEM OCR AT PabltahW Every Evanln* Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Conipanj JOHN H. HRLLER Preeldent ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rate*. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 16.00 Per Mouth, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mall *3.00 Bingle Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at tbe PuetoiLce in Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter.

it you keep your garden I rum grow Ing today you will have to pile eotwe sheet iron on it and then the viu are likely to creep out from under If you have neglected any of thplanting get busy at once. Hy the s ir we are reliably informed that this it just the time to plant beans, late i tatoes and other garden stuff that wi'l be fine to put away for winter An old fashioned Fourth of July, with a flag raising, a cannon for the court house yard, reading of the declaration of independence, a B|>ee 'h hy some irator of note, would attra t a large crowd and he in spirit with the limes. The people would respond to a call at this time and event can Id' made a great success Improper rangements are made in tin near it ture. Now is tin* lime t i get busy. * Swih the dandelion touidrrw •Tinday has. been selected as the ot.e when Decatur will make war unslit-' yellow headed plant which is wipii - out tl'.e pretty lawns of this city. Y'U are asked to devote three hours. nwt or less, to the work. Dig them out i< you can hut what ever you d > he see to j“rk off the heads so the seed will not spread. A day or two of this kind a year will whip out this lawn destrj.er Fort Wayne seems to be the only Indiana city using eastern time a id if they can stand the inconvenience we presume the rest of us wffl have to. in Indianapolis win re there ~w .s considerable talk of adopting tiie new schedule of h.itirs. Ihe manufacturers and laborers made ruth strong objection that it has lieen discarded. After all what can he the real idrje - tion to the time system used so many years and under which regulation and organization has been carefully com- ■ T ■ ~1. r. _ their hours can do so by starting an hour earlier in the morning. And while we're all finding fault with the new revenue bill designed to raise by taxes a part of the big war fund we should remember that such a thing as congress adopting a tax law. universally agreeable is an imp sibility for the reason that we all think our neigh lair should pay the lax and we lie exempt. The poor man and the man in ordinary circumstances in sists the tax ought t > lie entirely on th- rich man while 'he wffh an ex i-essive in< ome argues that while ii •

We honestly believe that clothes tailored to order by our famous Chicago tailors, Ed V. Price & Co., are the best clothes in America today, and when we sell you a suit —take y< ur measure and abide by your decision as to quality and design of fabric—no no fuller measure of “dollar” value can be delivered to you. Let us prove it. Order your new suit for Decoration Day. • ?| » ■ SIM ill THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

v ants to pay his shine be feels tliut every one should be treated alike so there you are --an iiuimsaibh- problem. It congress will quit fouling around, puss a taxing bill that is some where near just the people will back them up and l ay with a smile. Americans are game and they pay it it lakes th<4r last dollar. Lets all help and do it without growling. To pay is much easier Ilian to give your iini»and If you are permmed to stay :>i home and make money you ought «u gladly pay your share of the tax I DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday. V. 1 S. tTass 11. rtlta Driimmoml. Tri Kappas Mr Felix H ’ horn Sewing Club Mrs. Jesse Sellei meyer, ( Tri Kappas Mrs Felix Holthou >e. Wednesday Zion Ui-formed Mrs. Ernest Schlickman. Thursday. Evangelical laidies' Aid Mrs. FT'd Avery. Jfo Your Best Claus Mrs. Mel, Welker. Baptist Aid Mrs David Stoler. W R. C. Parcels Post Sale M.,ccaliee hall. Friday. Mite sis iety Mrs H E. Butler Phiiathea Class Mrs Cal Peterson. High school commencement and reception. Mr. and Mrs. John A. M Axiair Mt Saturday by auto driving through to Allentown. Fa., to Ih» in altenduti c it th< umrriage oi their son. Herbert Adair and Miss Margaret Douglas. The wedding will be an event of Wednesday everntng. —May at 8 in o’clock, and will be held at the home of the bride's parents. Mr and Mrs. Charles A. Douglas on Columbia road, th'- Rev. John W Douglas of Baltimore. an uncle of the I ride, performing the ceremony Portland Sun Fully . fifteen hundred delegates from all parts of the state are in attendance at the thirty-third annua! session of the Indiana Rebekah As- 1 semi ly. which reached its height today in Indianapolis. Last night a ■■ i-eption was held on the twelfth floor >f the Odd Fellows building in hob w of the officers of the assembly, ofic ers >f the Grand Lodge. Grand Kni-nini, ment and Patriachs M’ittant. The ception was open to all Rebekahs <kid l Fellows and their friends Election of officers will be held on Thursday morning, in the afteruo >n degree work will be exemplified on a targe; < lass of candidates by staffs of ladies from the Marion and Princeton lodg-'s.; Miss Florence McGregor of Mt. Vernon. president of th<- assembly, in her Lanntml rt today . v. ill-sh-a- th-i the past half year has been one of growth for the assembly. The state! membership is 46.000. The Evangelical laniies’ Aid socie'y will meet with .Mrs. Fred AveryThursday afternoon at her home in Mcßames street. Section number four of the Christain church will meet Wednesday w i h Ida <-hronister. Mirs Bertha Drummond will enter-' tain the V. 1. S. class this evening. Mrs. H E. Butler, west of the city, will,entertain the society of the M. E. church Friday aitern.sm. Automobiles to convey the ladies to the country home will leave the church herepromptly at 2:15 olcock' All who wish to go should be there at that tinit ■ O , But Don't Tear His Shirt. The woman advanced ominously. “Are you the teneln-r that tore Henry's shirt?” “Yes.” “Whnt <li<| you do it for?” “Because Henry was naughty amt wouldn’t la-have. To make hitq listen to me I took him by the collar, tmd he broke away." The wunita swung the bull but toward the teiuYier. "Next time he don't behave,” she said, “you hit him with this.” —Newark News. Housewife's Wail. “Dad, what was the labor of Sisyphus’” “Sisyphus rolled a atone up n hill, and as fast ns he rolled if up it rolled down again. It wtis a mythological episode. Nothing like that today.” "(Mi, I «)<>■*< know.” interposeri ma. “Washing dishes is just like that." —Louisville Courier-Journal. s 11 11 ■ ABOUT THE SICK Mrs. Mina Nickey. of Buffalo. N. '.. went to Fort Wayne this morning to lie with her sister, Mrs. Mary ho wat? taken to the Lutheran hospital. yesterday, for an X-ray examination of a baffling ailment which may b" quite serious. Mrs. Nickey came -st Friday »o be with her, sister dur ing her illness. Mrs. Christen is the mother of Mayor Charles N. Christes.

SHIP BILL IS OUT tCiMitiuued Hom Page One) to Daily JMKuenH) The war today has claimed its find dtatlngutahvd Atuerh-au Inn. dl«d at bis Uoiue here. European countries hate died sime Die outbreak of the conflict, from overtaxing their atrength. so Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador to the court ot St. James, and dean of the American bar. ided at hia home here hist night The end came suddenly at 11:10 p m . with no physician in attendance and with only the widow and Choate's daughter. Mabel, at the bedside Mrs. ChoaU' is in a serious condition. Choate was *5. He took a leading part in New York's receptions to the French and British commissions here last week and the strain was too gieat. Angina pectoris was given as the cause of death. Alter having lived tn virtual retirement for years. Choate dramatically re-entered the most energetic phase of New York's political and social life when the I'nited States entered the war lie re appeared as ‘principal speaker at dinners and look a vigorous part in al! arrangements for meeting the allied envoys. Friends marveled at his sudden strength Beginning with the French commission arrival. Choate took the lead in all events planned to honor them. He Leri reception <-ommittee. rode in parades. was chief sjieaker at banquets and walked beside the guests on their every appearance. He was rec- 1 ogniaed and cheered again and again as ta swung back to his old position tin the front rank of the city's public piep. His rejuvenated career was not to be abandoned after the <-omniissioiiers departure Choate had ptan-< ned to address students of Columbia university today. ; Choate was appointed British ambassador by President McKinley in ISUy He did much to cemetit friendly British-Amerii an relations. He also took a lea-ling (tart in the peace ! conference at the Hague. Before becoming ambassador, Choate was a distinguished member of the American bar. Optimict. An optimist Is a- woman whose daughter is engaged and whose son cares nothftig for the girls. A jtessiigist is a mother whose son is on the ! vvuy to the altar and whose daughter hasn't a beau.—Claude Cailan in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. United States Has No "Penny." The habit of calling the one-eent piece of our American coinage a “penny" is utterly without foundation or " excuse. W'e have no ]ieuuy in our coinuge. At one time half-eent pieces I were coined but now the unit is one cent, the hundredth part of a dollar. She Preferred the Son. Mr. Goldrox-P'So my son has pnr |«,s,sl t<> you. am! you've accepted him? «I think you might have seen me first." Miss Xteno —“I did, but I preferred your son." And She Fell for It “I am not easily llattered." she said. “Indeed not.” he replied. “It would be difficult to make y<m out to be more beautiful than you really are." ANOTHER COTTAGE PLACED Tiie Adams County Society for th* Study and Prevention ot Tuberculosis has had another open-air cottage built and the same was installed todav k' the Purdy home on First street for the use of Miss Pearl Purdy. SOLD CHEVROLET. \ The Roy Brothers ageucy for Hie Chevrolet car delivered a new Che'-- . rulct five passenger touring car to lavwtenee Beitler of Monrta-. Mr. t Beitler is proprietor of the hgrne <« shop there. , ‘ ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. Ascension Day will he observed byGerman servievs at 7:36 o'chs-k p. ri . Thursday. A. W. HINZ

I 01 R SELECTION OF I I GRADUATION GIFTS I HI ( ioarL of necessary as well as uscfid and bean- Eg M tiful articles. From the very modestly priced gifts to the B , I more elaborate and expensive. You will be able to suite H H Chains. all kiwis, >I.OO and up Lingerie Clasps, 50c. B IH rist Watches. $0.50 up Brooches. 5Uc and up Ivory Pieces. fisc up Lavallieres. §1.50 and up Eg f ull' links. 5Hc up f'mhreiins $3.00 aad-up ■ Kings at nearly any price you wish to pay. ||| | PUMPHREY’S JEWELRY STORE I THE HALLMARK STOHfe fl

COUR) hju»l NEW*. A jury and Judge D. E Smith »re lieariug she case of Hugo Hofutetter in which he demands **6ti from John Blower*, for damages done to his mo torcyele in u collision with hr, automobile In the case of The Mum ia Banking Company va. QLUi Scott, appearam e by Lutz for the defendant was made. Inheritance tax appraisement was filed in the estate of Ernest Franz Mid June 8 set for the hearing The township assessors are maki ig their final reports to County Assessor William Frazier, this being th" ■last day. C S Niblick, guardian, was authorized to pay the sum of *5« for clothmg. doctor, etc., for a ward. Frames Bogner A CHANCE TO g'eT FARM LABOR AND GOOD CITIZE" 3 The farm labor bureau of Chieu-o has sent word to th“ office ->f instate food director that there ha.e lieen registered several hundred u dustrious. experienced farm laborcis with families, for whom up to this time it has lieen impossible to find positions. These are selected conuttent men whose past history git • evidence that they would make goml citizens of Indiana if given an opp tuuity in this state. They are ready and anxious to go on to farms but on account of lack of capital fpr equipment are until 1, to operate farms for themselves. Indiana farmers ara in need of labor These men won't be available long. Canada is ready to pay the.r luilroad fares, give them good land, and lend them money to purchase stock and equipment, and unless places are found for them soon 'hey are going to be lost to this country. There are op)>ortunities for many >f these men in Indiana if the place were but known when- su< h men ar wanted. Every effort should be made to find them suitable positions where they can help Indiana procure foal. Tl>«-erection of tenant houses en h larger farms will make possible tin employment of these good men th • year around, which will mean satis factory, competent labor. Landlords can well afford io lend money to such men to enable them to purchase sto -k end equipment for oi>erating farms on a partnership basis with the landlord. Farmers interested in getting in touch with these men should write to the office of the Farm Labor Division Purdue University. Lafayette. Ind. —o Novel Uae of Handkerchiefs. With the Jscoliite revolution of l“l."> in England Pelham, liethinking himself of an old di'viev which hud served the giivi'rnmem so well in the most critical period of Anne's reign, caused to be printed on several thousand handkerchiefs portrnits of those of the young pretender's adherents who had escaped and were in hiding. These portrnits, sent nil over the country and hung upon a-very blank wall, led to the capture utid execution of many fugitives. Powers of Flying Lemur. The flying lemur lives in the Indian archipelago. It is from two to thriv feet in length, mid is furnished with n sort of membrane on each side of Its body connecting its limbs with each other. This is extended and acts as a parachute while it takes its leaps., from n higher to a lower piner. Sometimes it will soar from,a distance of 3tK) feet, or about the length of a city block. Solar Surface Temperature. The latest estimate of the absolute temperature of the solar surface is that of F. Biscoe of Warsaw, whose computation is based upon the in-, tensity of radintiiHi for individunl in tiie solftr spectrum as ohtiiineil with the spectro-tadometer nt the Smithsonian astrophysical observatory. He gets mt average of 7.380 degrees plus 100 degrees Centigrade.

I NO ONE EXCUSED i ; from Page One) • The clerk will show them how to register and furnish them with a registration card This card must Is- mallrtf by ihe absentee so as to reach the registrar of hit home precinct ly legistration day. The clerk to wliiju the absentee applies is nut empowered to issue the absentee a registra-, tion certifltale. This is issued by the registrar in Ills home precinct. I "Persons too sick to register must send a competent )»erson to the conn- ' ty or city clerk on the sixth day after the president's proclamation. The j clerk will give instructions for registration. Moose danc'e thi rsday. There will btv a Moose dance at the hall Thursday evening of this week. Fred Schurger will I start his dancing class that evening. Public, cordially invited. HMM-w-tlf I o j COMPANY A DRILL NIGHT. Members of Company A wjll drill tonight at seven fifteen on Court Street. All memlvecs are requested to ,be present. C. It. DUNN. Capt. | Sosebee's German Syrup | Why use ordinary cough remedies.| when Boschee's German Syrup has; been used so successfully for fifty-one. years in al! parts of the United! States tqr coughs, bronchitis, colds! settled in the throat, especially lung troubles. It gives the patient a good’ night's rest, free from coughing, with easy expectoration in the morning, gives nature a chance to soothe the inflamed parts, throw off the disease, helping the |>atient to regain his health. 25 and 75 cent bottles. Sold by Smith. Yager & Falk. Adyt. I

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2,000,000,000 United States Government Bonds y/ 2 Per Cent Liberty Loan • These bonds will be issued June 15, in denominations of $50.00, SIOO.OO, $500.00 and up. . will be made payable in installments,, am free from all taxes except inheritance tax, convertible into any higher rate bonds at par issued during the war. Additional particulars furnished by the undersigned whose services are freely offered for makingsubscriptionsandattending tothedetails Liberty Loan Committee FIRST NATIONAL BANK OLD ADAMS COUNTY BANK THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO-

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