Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 29 May 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT y———. ... Pybllahad Bvury Ivanina laoapt Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER Praaldant ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, B»?ratary Subscription Rata*. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier..., ...15.00 Per Month, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mall j >3.00 Single Coplea 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application Entered at the Postoffice In Decatur. Indiana, as second-class matter.

DON'T GET HYSTERICAL: — It is estimated that over nine billions of dollars will be spent in Ute United States by our allies during tlie next twelve months. How in the world is this going to hurt business? As a matter of tact it is not. but will give the man and woman who work for a living the best incomes they have ever had and that iTgiit now when the country is at war Timidity has been preached since the di< laration of war We have been advised j»y longhaired editors and specialists of the daily press we must economize, wear old clothing, go without new hats, shoes and the other comforts of life - generally act as if the end of the world were at hand, simply because this great powerful nation has joined some other powerful nations, to put the finishing touch on one or two less powerful nations There is no doubt of a need for common sense and good business .judgment on the part of the people and they wiM show it. As far as ready money is concerned, the country is entering on a period unusual and without precedent. Billions of dollars of government money are being and will be poured out amt' they will be spent in this country. All that is needed to make this a most prosperous country right now is the exercise of a little judgment by every one and this'inefwles the alarmist more than all the rest. There is only one factof which cm prevent this wonderful ,ra of prosperity and that is timidity which causes capital to hide itself in a cellar of darkness at the first whisper of alarm. If you bruise your finger, you do not put a tourniquet about your waist to stop the flow of blood, do you? We havf a little bruise but that is no reason why we should tie up the < irculation of all our vast wealth to heal it. ' Stop buying hats and ypu will throw thousands engaged in this industry out of work. Stop buying clothing and other thousands will have to stop w-ork. Stop buying hardware and stoves and still more will be in the lists of unemployed. Economize in any of dozens of different directions and you will throw odt of work dozens of different groups of workers. If you did this what do you think the effect would be upon you? ' Force hard times, hoard your money and force the lack of employment

gEFORE buying * your boy a Suit of Knickerbockers investigate our boys clothing department. It will save you money. 33.50 to $9.50 I - ' ; * t THE MYERS-DAILEY; COMPANY i

on ethers of the nation and you will sutler. | 1f you go along in the usual common sense way, spending as usual a ■ fair share of what you earn and saving the reel, this country will not be troubled with any financial war prob-b-m Strenuous bard times, real disaster. can only come from foolish economy and unwise, aimless, hysterical saving. American and Hardware Record. Decoration Day is a holiday but not one of the ones when you are expect<<d to amuse yourself as on others. It is a day for paying honor to the sol dier. living and dead, and every citizen should join in this great event, of particular significance at this time, the eve of <.... criptive registration and preparation fir the entrance of the United Stall < ..ito the world war with the greatest army ever presented. The day should be fittingly .observed in this county : nd we are sure it will be. Have you bought your Liberty Bond? It s a safe place to put your money, will bring you good returns without expense of. any kind after the original investment, will aid the government when they need it and appreciate it and you ought to do it if you can. The bonds can be secured in denominations of from $50.00 to SI,OOO. The Y. M C. A. fund is nearing the minimum of SI,OOO asked from this county. If you haven’t given you should Ao so yet. for it won’t hurt if the fund is a little over subscribed k goes for a mighty good cause -to keep the soldier boys clean.

| DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR Tuesday. Royal Neighbors Needle Club. Delta Theta Tau anniversary dativ. 1 Home Guards Annual Mite box opening. M E. church. Rebf-kah Initiation and Three Link club. Loyal Workers’ Class Mrs. Charles Knodle. Wednesday. Tri Kajipas—Mrs. Dale Moses. Thursday. < Baptist Aid Mrs. Myrtle Brown. S. S. Class—Misses Ida. Ethel art-1 Mary Fuhrman. Jc-Nick Club—Frances Mougey. Friday. Zion Lutheran Ladies' Aid—ln the School House (all day). Minnehaha Needle Club at Red Men's hall. Mite Society Mis. Mel Butler. Saturday. Parcels Post Sale and Supper — Ruth’ Circle of the Christian Church, postponed. How to Succeed. "icture what you want! Visualize it! Dramatize it! Rehearse it! Make your mental picture dear! Focus your attention on it! See it over and over a thousand times! Improve it! Empower it! Put your inspiration into it! Have dynamic interest in it! Awaken your sleeping genius! Expect Success! Laugh at failure! Be confident and poised! Rest in-accomplishing! Know your Supreme power! Stepping Stones to Success. J am persuaded that every time a man smiles—but much more so when he laughs—it adds something to this fragment of life. — Sterne. Miss Bess Congieton will .entertain i at supper this evening for Mr. and Mrs VV. A. Kuebier ami Miss Edna i Crawford. Miss Crawford leaves next Monday for her return to Los Angeles, Cal. She will go byway oi Denver. Salt Lake City and San Francisco, stopping at San Francisco to visit with her brother, Leon Crawford, who is employed there. The Baptist Ladies’ Aid will meet Thurdsay with Mrs. E. E- Brown. A joint meeting of the Missionary society will also be held at this time. Mrs. S. E. Hite will have the paper. The Royal Neighbor Needle Club will be entertained/ after lodge this evening by Mesdames Archer. Christen, Whitcomb. Eady. Giant y, and Miss Celia Mayer. Every Royal Neighbor is asked to attend, this being the last meeting night to pay May assessments. The Mel Butler home will be

thrown open Friday afternoon to the Mite society of the M. E. church when the section of which Mrs. Butler mid Mrs. Charles Yager are chairmen. will entertain. The society wtl be called at 2::to and a very line program will be given. A very enjoyable surprise was given on William tihler's birthday Bunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs Ed Ahr and family. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hunsicker ami daughter. Vera Davis; Mr. and .Mrs Bert Hun sicker and children- Leona and Don aid; Mr. and Mrs. < liftord Lee. Mr. ami Mrs. Henry Lee and daughter. Flossie: George Brown. Mr. and Mrs. James Ward and family. Mr. ami Mrs tleorge Ohler and family. Mr. and Mrs William Barkley and son. Alonzo; Mrs. Jesse May, Mr. and Mrs () Myers ami son. Ray. Mrs. ('. Chantfian and family, Monroexille A fine dinner was served at 12 o elo< k Games were played and ice cream was served at five o’clock. Wishes for more happy birthdays were ex pressed. Contributed. The Dt Ita Theta Tau sorority will celebrate its first anniversary with a (lama this evening al the Knights of Columbus hall. Each member will invite a couple as guests and about thirty coufdes will be in attendance. Miss Bertha Kohne and a trait drummei from Huntington will play. The pat rons ami patronesses of the sorority, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Vail. Mr. and Mrs. . A. Holthouse-ami Mr. ami Mrs. (Tryson Carroll will also be guests. Mrs. Dun Niblick will give a party this evening in compliment to Mrs. Omer Niblick, of Oelwein. lowa. • On account of being unable to get the building this week, the Huth Circle of the Christian church has postponed its supper and parcels post sale until Saturday of next week Mrs. Charles Knapp and Miss Fanny Hile went to Fort Wayne to see Barnard Shaw's "Getting Married" at the Majestic theater, this evening. Rev. and Mrs. Paul Marsh an! (laughter Madeline, left this afternoon lor Muncie where they will visit over Decoratton day with their mother. Mr; Madeline Marsh. They will reurn here tomorrow evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jo< Kizer. Mrs. Frank, Haughton and their nephew. Charles Winans, returned today to Geneva. They were guests of relatives at Pleasant Mills Mrs. Weiland will serve dinner for the Zion Lutheran Ladies' Aid society Friday when they meet all day for their quilting at the school house Mrs. Russell Premer. of the Madison House, accompanied her mother. Mrs. Ira Butcher to Portland this as» ternoon. The mother has been visiting with her daughter here. The Baptist Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Myrtle Brown Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Al Burdg has returned from a most delightful wepk's visit with her daughter, Pearl, wife of Herbert Luckey, in their home at Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. Ohio. Theßitlie daughter. Ruth Pauline, in the Luckey family is ten months old. and enjoyed this the first visit of her grandmother. Mrs Burdg motored through with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Kist, on their return to Lorain. Ohio. The trip of 190 miles was a pleasant one ami made without the least bit of trouble. On her return trip she visited with Mrs. Mat Burdg at Clyde. Ohio, for a short time and spent the night with Mrs. Frank Btllson. at Lima, Ohio, the Stilsons being former Decatur people.

WILL ( LOSE TOMORROW. The Fisher & Harris Cash grocery will close all day tomorrow. in observance of Memorial Day. It will remain open this evening until eight o'clock for the convenience of its patrons. VO'I'H E «»!•• SII.I-. or MHOOI BONUS Notice is hereby given that at 10 o'clock a. nt., i»n the 2ImI Day nt’ June, 1017. at 11' law. office of I». B. Erwin in the (’tty of Decatur. Adams County. Indium. the undersigned ns the Board of School Trustees of the School City <f l>e<--itur. Indiana, will offer for sale and sell to the highest luthier, at not less th.tn par. an issue of $35, OtUt.OO «»f school bonds \»f said school city.’ said bonds'heing thirty t ::o) hi num-, her ten (10) of -aid hands calling for th'* sum of Jl.liai.bt; each, and twenty <L'O) bonds <hlliiik for tic sunt of; $1.100.07 each. 'l’li.' first of sold bonds ■?. 11l be dtie on Augmrt first, ih l •.». and one bond <»n each l-’ebruary first and August first of each year thereafter' to and i.i* hiding Eebriiary first. 19.*.1. Said bond> ca< h bearing date <»f July sei ond. 1917. and bearing I per r<nt inter--- nayabp semi-annually. SaiiT bond being- issip-d pursuant to resolutions heretofore adopted this board. Said bonds si issued and to be Sold are i sited and .-old for the purpose of paying so.- tie- erection and equipment of a new higii school building in said school city on iniots number 179. 176 and 177 in the original l plat of tin* town 'Dow < ity • of Deentiir, Indiana. Sahl bonds will be sold for hot loss than par for cash on delivery. scaled bids will I"- re-clyed by the undersigned up until the hour named. Pads mu<t be upon Form 10-A prescribed by tip' state board of ac - counts and :<<•«•« mvanied by the affidavit of the bidder as provided by iaw. ’lite right is reserved to reject any and all bids. Tl >. MYE Its. ’OHN S FALK. DOLE B. Eli A IN. Board of School Trustees, School Citv of Decatur, Indiana. ilay 29, 1917. 29-5-13 ’

♦ + + + + ♦♦♦ + ♦♦♦♦ + + FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU + + + + It there any farmer needing + ( + help on hit farm? ♦ ♦ Is there nny manufacturer + + needing help at his factory? + ♦ Have all the contractors alt +, + the help they need? + ♦ Are there any men. women. + ♦ girls or boys in this vicinity In + + need of work? + + We have opened a free em- + + ployment bureau at the city hall + + and have put R. G. Christen, of ♦ + the electric department in + ♦ charge. Any one wanting work ♦ + or any one needing help should + + file an application there and we + ♦ will try and help them. + + CHAS. N. CHRISTEN, + + Mayor. + +++++++ + + + + + + ♦ HIGHWAY NOTICE. It has become necessary that we again call attention to the road laws, relative to giving halt of the road way when you meet any one. 1 am chased almost oft the road nearly every day by fellow-drivers whom we call "road hogs.’ for short. No, this is not necessary. Turn over and be decent. Then we will think you have the right spirit, and by so doing you will avoid accidents. Also it is necessary to mention the speed law. which is not to exceed twenty-five miles per hour on any highway and in towns you must slow up as lives are being endangered every day.

It has come to my notice that there is a good bit of racing on our roads, especially coming in and out of Decatur. It is mostly by young boys, driving "father's" car. and part of tlif time they get there abreast, and when you don't where to go -to get out of the way. This is a bad practice and must be stopped in order that sensible people can go out riding and feel sate. This occurs mostly of evenings and nights. The one coming to my notice was a large Auburn and a Paige. It will be necesary to use the law if it does not cease, and 1 hope to have the early co-operation of all the ifficers in the county to assist in this matter. All assistant superintendents on roads are hereby notified to arrest or turn in the evidence of any case which may come to their notice. mentioned violations have xcurred around Decatur, Monroe, Bern, and Geneva. Please comply and we can all have our rides and not get hurt. Yours sincerely JIM A. HENDRCKS. Highway Superintendent. TO HOLD CONVENTION. The Preble-Kirkland townships' Sunday school convention will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, sun time. June 3. at the Honduras Zion church, when the following program will be given: , Opening Song. Prayer. "Temperance”—C. L. Walters. What a Teacher May Expect of His Class; What a Class May Expect from a Teacher -Mr. WorthmSnn. Song. Election of Officers. "The Supreme Aim of the Sunday (School" —Olive Perkins. Offering. Closing Sohg. DANIEL SCHERRY, Secy. o— DRUG STORES TO CLOSE. All drug store will b, dosed Decoration Day from 12 o’clock on. o FOUND —Ladies’ purse with small amount of money, in court house, by Custodian Janies Stults. Owner '•an have same by applying to Mr. Stults. 126t3

MANGOLD & BAKER Corner Monroe and 7th Sts. PHONE 215. 10 tb. bag Cane Sugar SI.OO Large can Apples 10c Good Rio Coffee, tb. . .17c; 3 for 50c Red Beans, a can 13c; 2 for 25c Canned Corn, can 15c. 18c, 20c Extra Fancy Prunes, a Tb 20c Large can Pineapple 25c Lima and Navy Beans, a tb 22c Imperial Tea, tt> 25c Hominy, a fb 6c Nice Ripe Pineapples 2 for 25c Table Syrup, 5 tb. pail 25c Oranges, Bananas. Apples, Lemons, Strawberries and Lettuce. Wc deliver to all parts of the city.Come and see ,or 'phone us. Wc pay Cash or Trade for Produce: Eggs, 32c, Butter, 25-32 c. Arttar fi Fred Mangold Baker :

GRADE STUDENTS NOTICE The girls of the fourth, fifth, sixth seventh and eighth grades an re quested to meet ai the Central Build ing tomorrow at 2:00 o'clock lor an nouncements. The boys of the abo'< mentioned grades and both th* bo.'* and girls of the first, second and thii grades are requested to meet at th' south side of the court house, at p. in.. tomorrow. MR. WORTHMAN AND TEA< HM ■ REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS. ||>ear Friends: — We have a good list of farms <>i sale. We know, and you know, that Adams county has fine farms Ur solutely. we have some of them. B you want to buy, see us. We don ask you to deal until you nave carefully. thoroughly and investigated. We are just as anxious to please the purchaser as the man who sells. It has taken quite a bit of effort to be able to offer these selections. Won't you take advantage of the situation and look them over? h See us for your Abstract of Title Long experience, reasonable charges. ( We have a new plan form loan to offer. It will pay you to inquire about this, for it has new features that are of great benefit to the bor rower. Respectfully, THE BOWERS REALTY COMPANY SCHIRMEYER ABSTRACT CO. Frank M. Schirmeyer. French Quinn. 1223t4 o CLOTHIERS TO CLOSE. We wilUdose our clothing stores all day Wednesday, on account of it being Decoration Day: VANCE & HITE. MYERS-DAILEY CO. TEEPLE. BRANDYBERRY & tETERSON. HOLTHOUBE-BCHULTE CO. o 1 VERMONT QUARRIES AT CRYSTAL Wemhoffs Will Show the Quarrying from Famous Barre Granite. The use of this educational film was produced through the influence of our local monument dealers and our citizens will have an unusual opportunity to see the famous Barre granite quarries and manufacturing plants in operation This reel will be shown shown tonight in addition to the usual high class program at the Crystal. Barre, Vermont, the granite center of the world, is nestled among the rugged and beautiful green mountains and produces over $7,000.00(1 worth of memorials annually. The quarrying of immense granite blocks, the operation of breaking them free from nature's berth and raising them to the ground from the quarry holes over 200 feet deep are depicted, as well as the different manufacturing processes which include large granite saws, turning lathes, polishing machines, surfacing machines, and lettering of granite. The film affords an idea as to how nature formed in those beautiful mountains that everlasting granite, and how man's inventive power created wonderul machinery for its transformation into beautiful works of art. Many of the beautiful monuments erected in Adams county have been manufactured from this “Rock Eternal" by the Wemhoff Monumental Works. The local firm maintains an office in Fort and has erected in the cemeteries of that city hundreds of monuments of this celebrated material. Notable among the large monuments erected in Lindenwood cemetery, Fort Wayne, by our local dealers is the W. •E. Mossman me-

MMRBR I'J " ■ !i y xN'.' I 'S f ■' l "Nf IT’S A LONG HARD “PULL” to make “both ends meet" for the man who isn’t getting the GREATEST RETURNS FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT. OUR PRIES on FURNITURE AND RUGS will prove that we are doing our best to make the “PULLING” easier for you. We are carrying a complete stock—Don’t fail to inspect it when you are.in the market for anything in this line. Gay, Zwick & Myers Furniture amd Undertaking

The Veterans ir ueace, MEMORIAL DAY commt.„.tSr(he heroic valor of the men of thia n.. 11011 .» tremendous debt to the gray-haired mtfH »uKhono It is a debt we can never reps). than half a century ago these men— M . ore h L bought, hied, and saw their comfalL that the idea of liberty might not perish from thfo’great nation. Hats off. Boys, and a long cheer for the Veterans. HOLTHOUSE. SCHULTE & CO. GOOD CLOTHES FOR MEN AND BOYS

modal. M feet high the spire be ing one block of Barre granite -S feet long, towering higher than any other monument in northeastern diana. This film will be shown at tne Crystal tonight. COMPANY A NOTICE. All members of Company A are requested to meet at the arniory at I:3q tomorrow afternoon to join in the Decoration Day parade. C. R. DUNN, Captain.

o — I ARE PROPR!E*> mBY MEDICINES' FRAUDULENT? Undoubtedly, there may be some that are. but on the other hand, there are many proprietary remedies that are as standard as any prescription that any present day physician can write, and in thousands of homes you will find there old reliable remedies in every day use with satisfactory results. Such a medicine is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which, for nearly 40 years has been alleviating the suffering of womankind, and overcoming some of the most serious ailmbnts of her

THE ANKER HOLTH CT| Self Balancing Self Oiling The Bowl That '"’yg Never Wabbles Still selling at last year's prices. all-r<lnT«£^ the L !^arator madv that Rives such Anker-Holth Its greet construction i P \ a r -v features, and reliable r tn ’ lc that has never Buy our hardware. It stands hard wear.

Mr. Farmer Fat r an Wa * te prollts Producing Butter * tream ,his «e . |wulld . Ask," I"" 1 ' t ’ nteSt "-eir own cream non. aX '*• Wl " 111 you in lest, and baying asmal , teter . Mwin-Klepper Co.

of the ailments of women, just give this medicine a trial and prove its worth for yourself.—Advt. — -O — Dr. Rayl of Monroe was a business . caller in this city today. Mr. and Mrr. H. P. Moses of Fort Wayne and Di’. R. F. Moses of Kendallville will spend Memorial Day m the city the guests of Miss Annette , Moses of Fourth street.

TWO MIMI HI——TJ SMILING FACES AT THE INDEPENDENT MEAT MARKET WHERE YOU GET YOUR CHOICE MEATS, CUT TO YOUR TASTE CHARLES & BOYD