Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT ™riy-T~T-- rr-r"=;r: „ r,t' ; ' -U r_PubllthH Bvary KvMlng Kicapt •unday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER PrMldent ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, Secretary •übecrlptlon Rate*. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Tear, by carrier *6-00 Per Month, by mai1.........25 cents Per Year, by mall >3.00 Single Coplea 2 centa Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, aa. second clasa matter. WILL'YOUR BOY COME BACK CuEAN? While we realize and recognize the fact that you are being burdened these days with requests for financial assistance from many source/ , and that the first dutv of everybody to provide a living first is one that almost staggers the average person, we want to also call your attention to the fait that you have never in your life been asked for a donation for a more worthy or important cause than that of subscribing to the fund for the war Y. M. ('. A. Adams county Is asked Io give not less than 31. t 'lt as her share of the three mil lion dollars to be Raised and we ought to and will give it gladly, and more. too. t amp life often ruins* the young men who offer their lives as a sacrifice for their country and usually ibis' has in the past been due to the fact that no particular or organized effort was made to prevent it. The J'nited States is entering the present greatest conflict with a desire to prepare in every way the most efficient. and one of the most important departments of that work is the organization by the Y. M. A. undertaking to semi your hoy back to you as cYeau morally as he goes away. There are a thousand things they do for the hoys in uniform. They pro vide them with clean entertainment, lectures, games, athletics, religioirs study, comforts that will keep ihs-m as happy and satisfied as is possible under all conditions. This nation will soon have an army of two million men in thw.field, some of them on the border, some in camps, some in the trenches of Europe. At all these places the Y. M. C. A. will have their camp clubs and their duty will be to keep your boy ami your neighbor's boy happy, contented and clean. The money you give to this cause ought to be given gladly and liberally.. r Company A must le recruited up to full strength of one hundred and fifty men or the chances are that Decatur will lose the company which would Mean that the Adams county man who serves excepting those few who have already joined, the colors would be conscripted, a poor showing for the county. There is another idea a, which is that the general opinion is that the members of the national guard will be used at least Jor some time in this country a distinct advantage in many ways, including an occasional furlough and guard duty in place of actual fighting. There ought t > bo no'further delay in recruiting the company up Io full war

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i i trepgih and It ought to he done within u week. A few partisan papers are still trying to work politic) in the great ami grave questions. now upfor eonsidera tlon but they are not getting fur. In this day the great thing is to preserve our country and to dp that we mu.-t support the government regardless of politics or any other question. Tuesday Jtyie sth ' is the day for registration of those men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty, inclusive. The hope of the government is that every man will report and thus avoid serious troubles afterward. ■L .1 § DOINGS IN SOCIETY | 2 xxKxxxxxxxx:: soar. Mxxxsaau WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Pastoral Helpers. Division - Mrs. Minnie Daniels. Willing Helpers Mrs. Otto Reppeit. L. T. L.—Picnic. Thursday. Loyal Women’s Class Mrs. G. E. Mount. Ha, helot Maids Rose Voglewed ->. Epworth league social, business and election M. E. church. Presbyterian Ladies' Aid society.Church Parlors. Friday. Eastern Star Meeting Masonic hall. Christian Aid.—Mrs. John Barnett. Zion Lutheran Aid - Mrs. Fred Scheimmn at Schoolhouse. IJen Hur Aid society.—After' lod-.'e session. Queen Esthers —Martha McCrory and Esther Butler. The cheerful live Ingest in life, and after it. in our#egards. Cheerfulness is the offshoot of goodness.—Bovee. • One Gohlen day redeems a w<-ary year.--Celia Thaxter. Mrs. Florence Lewton returned to ’Fort Wayne yesterday. She was the guest of Misses Ethel and Ha’.el Tumbleson and Josephine MUm ta over Sunday. Miss Vada Sowle has gone to Mo imojfth to visit with Miss Florence Rice. Miss Margaret Weidler. daughter of Jacob Weidler. a prominent Adams township farmer, and Mr. Clifford Kirkpatrick, a tester in the General Electric works, were married Saturday at Garrett. The couple w,;«s to have been married last summer, but the groom went to the border with Company E. Pending another call to service In the near future, the marriage was decided upon at once. Mr and Mrs. Kirkpatrick are at home at 728 Hoffman street. Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Mis. V. Smitley of First street mtertaint irat a dinnei Sunday in honor of her daughter. Mrs. L. W. Collins and daughter, Mildred of South Dakota. Lilacs and flowering almoims beautified the home and the delicious dinner was served by the hostess and Miss Cordula Weiland. Guests besides those named were Clenef Smitley. William Smitley ami family. Georre Smitley and family. Mr. and Mrs.* l '. H Foreman aitd*family. Mr. and Mr. J. H. Smitley and family. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smitley and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. Smitley and family. 'Stunt" night will he observed by [ the Epworth League at the Method' 4 church. Thursday evening oi this week. The animal election of officers wiU be held the same evening and the ■ monthly business meeting. Following • the business meeting the ‘'stunts” ■ will begin and an evening full of fun is promised all who attend. The meeting will start at 7:30 p. m. Be there. On account of the bad weather and the Red Cross musical last evening, the Rebekah initiation was postponed until next Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Omar Niblick and daughter. Dolores, of Oelwein. lowa, arrived yesterday for a visit with his Dither. Dan Niblick and family. Miss Lucile Johnston, of San Antonio. Texas, and Miss Lelatt Anderson returned today to Indianapolis. They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thomas Vail. Miss Johnston will return to Texas in a fortnight. Miss Marie Hays' Sunday school class, “The Class in the Corner" gave a social last evening in the B. church basement that was very successful although the attendance was limited by the bad weather. The mothers of the girls of the class ...?• sisied in entertaining and there was a fishing pond in charge of Mrs. Clarence Baughman and Esther SovPie. Mrs. John Chronister in costume

made an excellent fortune teller and' refreshments of ice cream, cake and other good things were provided. An unusually appreciative and enthusiastic amllt'iice at the Masonic hall greeted Mrs. Monica Mast Hoggs, vocal teacher of Fort Wayne, who with her most advanced Fort Wayne pupils, rendered what is concedtd by many to have been oue of the best comerts ever given here by voice pupils. The concert approached neatly the professional In character. <> good were the renditions. Mrs. Boggs, who'also took part in the concert, has a wonderful personality which w >ll lor 'her from the first, the sympathy ami appreciation of the audience, m accord which continued throughout. A high tribute was paid Mrs.jßoggs at the conclusion by one of the nildience in appreciation of the fact that I she and her students came here totally without compensation, donating the proceeds from the musical to the lo< 1 Red Cross auxiliary. For such a worthy cause as the R>'d Cross’ll |:t to be regretted that more did not attend. although there were fully on" hundred seventy-five present. th«- inHement weather keeping many away. To the Decatur dims of Mrs*. Bog'Js is due the credit of having brought such a pleasing evening of entertainment to this city. The program wis patriotic in nature as well as otherwise classical. The opening number > was the "Star Spangled Hanner.” sung by the assembled company with the boy scouts anil Miss Gladys Flanders, a Decatur pupil, dressed as a It’d Cross Nurse, lending an air distinctly patriotic. Straus' “Greetings a Spring" by The Garcia Quartette and Mrs. Boggs with another number from I Martha" were wonderfully brilltan'. Miss Frances Wensley in “Ita Zill- * gara." Mr. Kibiger. tenor, in "On Away. Awake Beloved." fly* Coleyidgp Taylor: piano solo from Listz. by Miss Grace Jane Prince, who also served is an able accompanyist; and a soprano , solo by Miss Prim e. Lakeine's “The Bell Song" were very pleasing. \ national medley and "Tenting .onight” by the Garcia Quartet wete effective songs. Mere beautifully !"■ ntiered numbers were. Miss Luella Freitag's "Lo Hear the Gentle Lark: Ed Cranston's singing of Paul Dresser's “t'uYse Curse of the Dreame": Mrs. Boggs' rendition of “The Song Cycle" which is very difficult of interpretation full of thrilling climax's, and brilliant, was surtg in a manner which showed her master of her art. Special mention should be made >f the prayer sung in monotone whi'h 1 was beautiful and eft'estive. and of * the vocal duet by Mirs Freitag and 1 Mr. Cranston. Mrs. Leah Cohen Malay. 1 was an able assistant accompanyist. , Attention of the Eastern Star is callt ed to the regular meeting Friday i night. ) — — .. Mrs. G. Robinson who has been the guest of her sistei. Mrs.. Dallas Hunsicker returned this afternoon to her home at Winchester. Mrs. Carrie Haubold and daught r. Helen, will leave Sunday for a i-n days' visit in Chicago and Evanston. They go at this time to attend the musical festival. 1 Miss Ellen Kelley, of Geneva, has 1 been a guest a' the Martin Laughlin I home. She returned this afternoon to 1 her home. CAMPAIGN FOR A GREAT WORK (Continued from Page One) •Ice water. . Postoflice. Money order department. Savings department. " Information bureau. , A MERCILESS JUDGE. One Who Shows No Favor. i ' A merciless judge is Father Time. Before him the weak and the wanting go to the wall. Only the truth il can stand For years the following !. statement from a Decatur resident 4 has stood this sternest of all tests. Mrs. William Pennington, South First streit, Decatur, says: “1 had I been suffering with symptoms of kidney complaint and backache for over s two years. 1 had a dull aching misery in my hack, whft h was more severe when 1 caught cold or overexerted myself. Doan’s Kidney Pills, which 1 got from the Holthouse Drug ■ Co., removed the backache and all ■ symptoms of kidney trouble left me." 1 (Statement given on April 28. 1906.) On November 16. 1915. Mrs. Pennington said: "I haven’t needed Doan's Kidney Pills for a long timej and 1 am grateful for the cure they gave me." Price srtc, at all dealers. Don't spnptjr ask tor a kidney remedy—get , Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Pennington has twice publicly recommended. Foster- Milburn Co.. 1 Props., Buffalo. N. T.—Advt. | Democrat Want Ads Pay

PLAN BIG DAY I Three Candidates to l>e Initiated Into Masonic Lodge on Decoration Day. AFTERNOON, NIGHT Supper Served in Dining Room—Event Especially for Country Members. The local Masonic lodge is plan ning for a big initiation program the aftrenon and evening of next Wed nesday, Decoration Day, at which time it is planned to hold open house during the day for the members of tlie. lodge. Following the G. A. R services and beginning at 3 o'clock one candidate will be Initiated in (he Master Mason degree. Following sup per to be served in the dining room for the lodge members only. two 1 more candidates will be initiated. Master D. E. Smith is planning the ■ event with particular effort to please i this members who live in the conn- • try. many of whom are denied the • privilege of attending lodge incept ; on these special holiday pcaasions . The event promises to be an Interest ing one. I o ; COURT HOUSE NEWS. i A board comprising Justice C. A. I Shoemaker. Drs. Price and Mattax. ! declared Christian - C. Mosser, of Geneva. 35. married, insane. He wars . brought here last night by Marshal John Burris for safe keeping in the . jail's insane ward until admitted to Easthaven infirmary for treatment ' Delusions are that he is a soldierand detective, and has been defrauded of a large sum of money. He is said to be homicidal. i Attorney L. C. DeVoss, for Lulu ■ Johnson. exe< utrix of the estate of - her late husband. Ed Johnson, filed a j claim against Kirsch. Sellemeyer A • Sons. The county clerk's office was clo? ■<! this morning during the funeral of ('. ’ R. Hammell. father of Clerk Will Hammell. Ixmisa Walters vs. Julius Ham.k r Defendant ruled to answer absolute ( . in five days. j Inventory number one was filed in f the Green S. Burkhead estate and ap--1 proved. John Schurger. guardian of John E. Fetzerm filed inventory and report which were approved. Mr. Schurger was recently appointed guardian, on ' resignation of James O. Ball, whose current and final reports ewre tip- ; proved J. M. Miller, guardian of Clara P. . Reynolds, was authorized to borrow >2OO and to execute a mortgage on the ward’s real estate. A marriage license was issued to Carl Schafer, cigarmaker, born February 8. 1889. son of Jacob Schafer, to wed Irene Eady, clerk, horn April 14 1897, daughter of Jacob Eady. o NO BIDDERS APPEARED. i 1 Not a bidder appeared to bid on the $30,000 bond issue for the erection of a new high school building in Hartford township. The bids were to have been opened at. 10 o'clock this morning at the office of Peter Fox. ' Hartford township trustee, but at 3 o'clock today not a bid was recorded. Perhaps the reason for such laxity in bidding is due to the fact that most people are putting their money in Liberty Loan bonds, or the farmers were too busy to attend the sale. Anyhow the bonds were not sold. , o GOOD PROPERTY BARGAIN. I am offering for sale the property on South Winchester street, known as the Park hotel. It is a valuable property and one that can be made i 1 a splendid money maker. " It’s a real ! ' bargain for some one. If interested j see Mrs. D. W. Myers. . 121tf M. E. LAa;£S’ CHORUS. The Methodist Ladies' chorus will , meet this evening at the church immediately after prayer service. Any | new ones wishing to join may come at * . this time. Important business is to I come up and every member should t attend.

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