Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Tear, by carrier 15.00 Per Moath, by mall 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. Plans are to be made at once for the second Liberty Loan drive and within a fortnight you will be reminded in various ways of the importance of this work. Start now saving your pennies and dollars for this investment. It‘s a good thing for you and a i very necessary one for the government. A drive for 5,000 members to the Adams county Red Cross chapter will start within a few days and it ougilt to win. Certainly there can be no good reason why every man, women and child should not subscribe to the work of mercy this splendid organization is doing and Adams county must do her full share. Lew Shank's, who w’as defeated by Charles Jewett for the republican nomination for mayor of Indianapolis and is now running as an independent candidate, has filed suit against twen-ty-six Jewett backers, asking $25,000 damages for defrauding him out of the nomination. If he has the evidence to back up his charges as he claims it ought to make an easy job for the grand jury. It’s quite likely tbo that had these men been demo- * crats the matter would long ago have been aired in court. The Red Cross society will have to vacate the rooms used for this purpose at the library to make room for the primary grade of the public schools next Monday and this fact has caused those interested in this important work several kinds of grief. Where can they go and what can be done io provide a suitable room, where the light and heat are such that the good women who meet each day to make bandages and other necessary articles for taking care of Hie sick and wounded in the battle front hospitals? If you have a suggestion we know those in charge will appreciate having it. Won’t you help them out by offering any idea you may have? The community has done well by company A. not too much and we hope

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not all they will do. The boys are away from home and Its up to every one to write them us often as you can, to send them tokens that will let them know they are remembered at home, but there is another duty and that is to take care of the boys in the national army and those in the regular army and navy. Don’t forget that these boys are also giving their best to their country and they are just as much deserving in most cases. Help take care of the boys at the front. There has been many ways discussed for providing funds for tiie boys who are seperated in the service and it is likely that some plan will be worked out whereby every company will have a fund. When the boys write home for assistance for this cause, we know his community will do t!.c\‘ hare as they have in every movement str.ee the war started.

| DOINGS IN SOCIETY § u: x: :::: n:: g:: ur. ::r.:::: nr.ursE :a' > WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Thursday. Kings’ Helpers’ Class —Mrs. Emanuel Schnitz. Reformed C. E.—Angeline Firks. SOCIETY ! Methodist Missionary—Mrs. D. M. Hower. Presbyterian Missionary—Mrs. L. A. Graham. Friday Ben Hur degree staff practice. Pocahontas Needle Club. Queen Esthers —Gertrude and Helen Kinzle. Let the farmer forevermore be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. —Thomas Jefferson. Mrs. Noah Mangold and niece. Miss Kate Mangold, spent the day at the Jacob Archerer home near Poe. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Wertzberger and son, John. Barney Wertzberger and family went to Fort Wayne today to attend the Hutker family reunion held at the L. T. Kintz home today.

The engagement is announced of Miss Cenui Margaret Hathaway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Yonkman, of 704 West Superior street, and Mr. Merritt Monroe, son of Mr. and Mrs. .Eugene Monroe, of 2702 Lillie street. The marriage of the young couple, however, is not to be consummated until, Mr. Monroe, who is a member of Company E, is released from his country’s service. He had nine months’ of border service, and is awaiting a command at present to go with Company E. Prior to enlisting he worked at the Bowser plant as a machinist. His fiancee is a charming young lady who is intensely patriotic, and is willing to step aside in the interests of Uncle Sam, until the war is over.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. Miss Hathaway formerly lived - here. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. F. Kessler, of near Monroe. Miss Mildred Niblick went to Bluffton today to visit until Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarren. The Kings’ Helpers’ class of the Evangelical church will meet this evening with Mrs. Emanuel Schnitz. Misses Glennys Mangold, Leona Bosse, Margaret Smith. Matilda Berling, Agnes Kohne, Frances Deininger and Dan Falk attended a Phi Delta dance in Portland last evening.

Misses Frances and Dorothy Dugan entertained the Tri Kappa girls last evening for their sister, Mrs. A. R. Morton, of Chicago, a member of the sorority, who is at home visiting. The reunion was pleasantly enjoyed, music contributing to the good time. In two weeks the sorority will resume its programs for the season. The Pocahontas Needle club will be entertained Friday evening. There are a number of hostesses. All members of the Ben Hur degree staff are requested to be out Friday night for initiatory work. , Studies Not In Text Books (Continued From Page One) 1 ject which he began the period be- , fore. Ills discussion for the afternoon was centered around the writings of Mr. Masefield. Iu attempting to show the teachers how tlie writings of Mr. Masefield did really | have a place in tho literature of our. i day he began by giving a short biog-' ; raphy ot the writer, pointing out how .41 person living in the conditions ; which he did, and in the simple way 1 i which he did. that he was able in 1 his own way to produce a style of i

literature which was true to the life of the people with whom he was as- ! sociated. Mr. Smyser took up the I reading of a few of the selections from his writer to show the teachers the style, the roughness, the common vulgar forms of expression and yet in the end the great feeling and the sympathy for the working class. Mr. Masefield has transformed this vulgar style of this lower class, into poetryZwith a pure and simple sentiment. He has written tire common emotions of the common man and woman. Mrs. Adams gave a very interesting and instructive lecture on the development of the history of music. A discussion of the old time songs, how they came into play and the methods of the old buckwheat notes as they were used in days gone by. Many songs were taken up to illustrate the different periods of the |ime and were given as helpful work for the teachers. Songs were writ ten and became popular as the times and conditions demanded it. Mrs. Adams tried to bring this out very forcibly in her lesson of community singing.

Professor Barr gave a most inter esting and helpful lecture on “Schoo! Jlealth." He gave some very helpful suggestions in regard to the health of our boys and girls. We picture tc ourselves the soldier boys coming back from the war, crippled, and physically disabled, and we think that nothing could be looked upor which would be worse, but how (ibout the boys and girls at home, ir our schools, who are suffering from some disease which is far worse thar all the conditions coming from the army life. In a report taken from an inves tigation it was shown that more than 50 per cent of our boys am girls are suffering from some dis ease which could have been prevent ed or cured in childhood. From 6f to 75 per cent of our school childrei are suffering from a preventable dis ease. From 15 to 20 per cent more diseases are found among the pupilr of the rural schools than are found in the city and town schools. Thi; is a very peculiar statement, yet it is perfectly clear that this could be true for the people in the countrj communities do not have the same surroundings, the water may not b( the best, sleeping rooms are not ventilated and many other things which are looked after in the towr I are not thought of in the country. Over forty-two per cent of the deaths in the United States are frorr preventable diseases. This countrj spends 1,020.000 dollars every yeai because people die before they should and yet we spend less thar a billion dollars each year to run this great school system of ours. Fifteen per cent of all school chil dren have defective teeth. Ten per cent have adenoids. Fifty per cent have tuberculai trouble. Twenty per cent have visual de sects. Five per cent have spinal curva ture. Two and one-half per cent have heart trouble. Five per cent have serious disor ders of different natures. Forty per cent of all school pupils are repeaters in their school work due to the fact that they are in poor health. Seventy-five per cent drop out of school before they reach the high school. JUDGE R. K. ERWIN ILL.

Attorney D. B. Erwin was in Fort Wayne last evening where he called on his brother, Judge Richard K. Erwin, chief justice of the Indiana supreme court, who is very ill at the St. Joseph hospital. Fort Wayne. He was taken to the hospital yesterday and an operation was decided upon for today noon. The nature of the illness was unknown at that time, but it was thought it might be gall stones. MORE LATER At three o'clock this afternoon no word had been received as to the result of the operation. MAKING UP TAX LIST. County Attorney H. B. Heller, Auditor John Mosure and Deputy Martin Jaberg were working on, and have completed a partial list of the county and township tax levies for the year 1918. The levy sheet when completed will be turned over to the county commissioners for approval at the continued session on September 15th. A number of the townships and the corporations have not at yet certified their tax sheets to the auditor. LOSES IDENTITY IN ARMY Columbus, Ind., Sept 5. — There were two Russell Smiths in Company H, Fourth Indiana regiment but there are not now. When the name, Russell Smith was called, two men stepped forth. The first one tp join was allowed to keep his name but the sec>nd was then and there confirmed Tenry R. Smith to prevent confusion n the future. ;

THE COURT NEWS 1 Judge Smith Called Docket This Morning and Number of Cases Set Down. SEVERAL DISMISSED Kranor Guardianship Case Heard Today — Items from Probate Docket. Ernest Franz vs. Ellsworth H. Carter, note, default of defendent. Dowling, Shuey Co. vs. E. H. Carter, note, default of defendant Ivele Talbott vs, Nellie M. Talbott J divorce, default, rule against prosecutor to answer. The following cases were set for. trial: James C. Gault vs. Herman Jj Alerding et al., on contract, for Octo-' ber 12; Paul E. Wolf Bedding Co., vsJ Richard Mayer Co., contract, October 1 19; Anthony Scherger vs. Maragaret ! Mayer, note. September 28; L. Walters vs. Julius Haugk, September 21; Marion F. Andrews drain, October 22; Adams County Creamery Co., vs. Chicago & Erie, October 11; State on relation of Nellie Deam vs. William Lee, I September 27; Carrie Driver vs. Fort Wayne & Northern Traction Co., October 4; State ex rel Alice Kessler vs. Willie Helstand. dismissed. Chas. A. Straub vs. Elsie Straub, divorce, dismissed. Wm. Sellemeyer vs. Robert and Esther Poling, dismissed and costs paid. Ella Speakman vs. Virginia Smitley, et al., dismissed and leave granted to withdraw papers. Joseph C. Fogle et al. vs. Hiram Kranor, appointment of guardian, submitted finding for petitioners, that guardian should be appointed. C. L. Walters, attorney for plaintiff and prosecuting attorney each allowed $lO. o be taxed as costs. Appearance by attorneys was ent errd in a number of cases as the docket was called this morning. The court and attorneys were busy •oday. the morning being given over to the calling of the docket. Albert S. Kindle, administrator of the estate of Amos Hubert French, filed inventory number one which was approved. He was authorized to sell personal property at private sale tor ash without notice at not less than appraisement and to report sale within thirty days. Peter Musser, administrator of the estate of Jacob Musser, filed inventory number one which was approved. William A. Wells was appointed guardian of Hiram Kraner, an infirm person, filing SIBOO bond. Upoik,l>etition of Martha D. Crist, for allowance for the support of the wards, Valetta Crist and two others, E. B. Lenhart. their guardian, was authorized to pay the sum of $37.50 each month until further order. The current report of Edna Fetters, guardian of Chalmer Baker, et al. was approved and the trust continued.

The final report of Nathan B. Shepherd, guardian of Keziah Carey, was approved. The guardian was ordered to pay all funds in his hands to J. A. Miller, administrator. This was reported to the approval of court and the guardian was discharged. Maggie Jeffries was discharged as guardian of Daniel R. Jeffries, et 1. on approval of her final report. H. T. Judd was discharged as guardian of Harriet C. Richards, el al., his final report having been approved. A marriage license/Whs issued this morning to James Gehron, of Montezuma. 0., born July 14. 1889, son <rf| William Gehron, to wed Capitola l Woodruff, born March 3, 1893, daughter of Everett Woodruff. The couple were married this morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Presbyterian Manse by the pastor, the Rev. J. C. Hanna. n— — PICNIC, SEPTEMBER 13th The Ancient Order of Gleaners, of the Pleasant Mills and Monroe, Ind., Arlwrs will give a pienii”'Dcar Pleasant Mills on Thursday, Sept. 13th to which evenybody is invited. Addresses will be made and a good program given. — —n-- — FROST A YEAR AGO Last Monday it was a year that we experienced the first frost in this com-’ munity last year. This year is more lenient and although the weather is a little cool no frost has been reported as yet.—Berne Witness. j

SCHOOLS WILL START MONDAY ■ List of Books Needed in ' Various Grades of De- 1 < cfitur Public Schools » , < FOR THE COMING YEAR r Students Living Outside of Corporation Should Re- j port With Transfers. , i Decatur schools wil open their < I doors again on next Monday morn- ] I ing. The students will promptly assemble for classification, registration i and for assignment of lessons. Time- j ly attention to the matter of purchasing the needed supplies will enable I our students to enter vigorously i upon their studies. Students living i j outside the corporation line will , please report to the principal with a ■ j transfer. The following is a list of books and . . supplies needed in the Decatur schools, by grades: i First Grade. Child’s Classic Primer $ .15 Box of crayolas 05 . ■ Royal Primary Tablet, No. 91.. .05 Five-cent lead pencil 05 ■ Dixon drawing pencil 05 Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 Second Grade. . Child’s Classic Second Reader.. .80 Progressive Music Series, Book 1 .30 Centennial Spelter 15 I ( Outlook Writing Book, No. 1... .05 5 Box of M-B. water colors 25 Box of Embeco crayolas 10 Water pan -05 ’, Five-cent itenc.il 05 ’ Dixon’s Drawing Pencil 05 Cork-tippen penholder 05 , Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 t Eraser 05 Golden Rod tablet. No. 80 05 Third Grade. Child’s Classic Third Reader .. .25 Centennial Speller 15 Phillip J An<lerson Elementary Arithmetic 30 t New Outlook Writing Book. No. 2 .05 (Progressive Music Series, Book I .30 j Box M-B water colors 25 ’’, Box Embeco crayolas 10 r Water pan 05 pencil 05 f Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 ’ Cork-tipped penholder 05

Dixon’s drawing pencil 05 1 1 Royal Spelling Tablet, No. 7.. .05 r Royal Composition Tablet. No. 860 .05 1 Golden Rod Tablet, No. 80 05 One eraser 05 Fourth Grade. ; Child’s Fourth Reader, Classic .. .30 ' i'(Centennial Speller 15 Philip-Anderson Elementary Arithmetic 30 I New Outlook Writing Book, No. 4 .05 , progressive Music Series Book II .35 Box M B water colors 25 Cork-tipped penholder 05 • Package of Falcon pens 05 ‘ Water pan 05 , Five-cent pencil 05 ; Dixon's drawing pencil 05 i One eraser 05 Manly-Bailey’s Lesons in English, Book I 25 ■ Gordy's Stories of Early American History 50 Tarr-McMurry’s Intro. Geog 40 Five cents to teacher for drawing paper 05 Royal Spelling Tablet, No. 7... .05 Golden Rod Tablet, No. 380 05 Royal Note Book. No. 765 05 Royal Composition Tablet, 870.. .05 Royal Theme Tablet, No. 76 05 Health Habits, a Physiology ... .48 Fifth Grade. Child’s Fourth Reader Classic.. .30 Phillip-Anderson Complete Arithmetic 42 Manly-Bailey Lesons in English, Book I 25 Tarr-McMurry's Intro. Geog 40 Gordy Stories-' of Later American Histories 60 Centennial Speller 15 I Conn’s Phy. and Health 55 I New Outlook Writing Book No. 6 .05 Progressive Music Series, No. 2 .35 , Box M B water colors *5 Water pan 05 Cork-tipped pen holder 05 Package Falcon pens 05 Five-cent eraser .05 1 Dixon drawing pencil 05 Webster’s Elementary Dictonary .75 t Five cents to teacher for drawing paper Royal Spelling Tablet, No. 7 05 Royal Theme Tablet, No. 76 05 Golden Row Tablet, No. 80 05 Royal Note Book. No. 765 05 Hiliis-Dann Music Writing Course, No. 1 10 Sixth Grade. * Box M-B water colors 25 Progressive Music Series Book 2 .35 s Water pan Child’s Classic Fifth Reader .. .40 d Phillip-Anderson Complete Anth-

metlc 42 Manly-Bailey 1 # Lenons in English, Book 2 '*s Gordy’s Amer. Beginnings in Europe 70 Tarr-McMurry’s New Complate Geography 80 Centennial Speller 15 Conn's Phy. and Health 55 New Outlook Writing Book, N 0.7 .05 Cork-tipped pen holder 05 Package Falcon pens 05 One eraser 06 Five-cent pencil 05 Webster’s Elementary School Dictionary 75 Ten cents to teacher for drawing paper 10 Dixon’s drawing pencil 05 Hollis-Dann Music Writing Course. No. 1 Royal Spelling Tablet. No. 7... .05 Royal Theme Tablet, No. 76 05 Golden Rod Tablet. No. 80 05 Royal Note Book, No. 765 05 Seventh Grade. Child's Classic Sixth Reader... .60 Phillip-Anderson Complete Arithmetic *2 Manly-Bailey Lesons in English. Book 2 <5 Gordy's U. S. History 80 Geography 80 ' Centennial Speller 15 New Outlook Writing Book, No. 7 .05 j Box M-B water colors 05 Dixon drawing pencil 05 One eraser 05 Cork-tippen pen holder 05 Package of Gilett pens, No. 601 .05 Water pan t-05 Ten cents to teacher for drawing paper 10 Webster’s Elementary School Dictionary 75 Conn's Phy. and Health 55 Hollis-Dann Music Writing Course. No. 2 .10 Bring 40c to your principal for coda music 40 Royal Spelling Tablet, No. 7 ... .05 Royal Theme Tablet, No. 76... .05 Royal Note Book. No. 865 05 Royal Composition Tablet No. 838 .05 Golden Rod Tablet. No. 80 05 Eighth Grade. Williams’ Choice Literature ... Phillip-Anderson Complete Arithmetic 42 Manly-Bailey Lessons in English. Book 2 45 Gordy’s U. S. History 80 Nin’da’s State and Nation 75 Centennial Speller 15 M-B water colors 25 Water pan 05 Dixon drawing pencil 05 One eraser 05 Webster’s Elementary School Cork-tipped pen Solder 05 Package Palmer Method peps, No. 4 , 05 Ten cents to teacher for drawing paper 10 Palmer Manual for writing 25

Hollis-Dann’s Music Writing Course. No. 3 10 Bring 45c to your principal for music codas 45 Royal Spelling Tablet, No. 7... .05 Royal Theme Tablet. No. 76 05 Royal Composition Tablet, No. 80 .05 Royal Tablet. No. 865 05 Elementary Agriculture, Benson and Betts 90 The following books are to be used in tlie Decatur high school: First Year. Wells and Hart’s Algebra. Composition and Rhetoric, Thomas, Howe and O'Hair. D’Ooge’s Latin for Beginners. Ves’s Essentials in German. Bennett's Latin Grammar. Mayne and Hatch High School Agriculture. English (to he given later). Domestic Science (to be given later). Ellis Rational Speller. Second Year. Webster’s Ancient History. Thomas, Howe and O’Hair Composition Book. English Three Narrative Poems. Walker’s Caesar. Plane and Solid Geometry, Went-

worth and Smith. German (to be given later). Bennet, New Latin Composition. History Note Book (to be given later). Bookkeeping (to be given later). Ellis Rational Speller. Third Year. Johnson and Kingery Cicero. Plane and Solid Geometry, Wentworth and Smith. Moody, Lovett and Boynton Literature. Bennett’s Latin Grammar. Harding’s Medaeval and Modern History. History Note Book (to be given later). Thomas. Howe and O’Hair Composition Book English (to be given later). Comercial (to be given Monday) German (to be given Monday). Ellis’ Rational Speller. Fourth Year, Latin, Vergil. Latin Grammar, Bennett. tm A p OOdy ’ L ° Vett 411,1 Boyntou EiteraThomas. Howe and O’Hair Composition Book. * Chemistry, McPherson and Hen-' derson. j Chemistry Manual.

Gorton's Physics. Physics Manual. Commercial (to be given Monday Modern Commercial Arithmetic Garner’s Government. I James and Sandford's n lstory German (to bo given Mondavi Ellis’ Rational Speller. Lists of teachers will be g iven morrow. “• NOTICE — — Monmouth high school win „. open Monday. Sept. 10. as eontemJ ed owing to the fact that the teacher who was to teach the school has a cepted a position In Utah, and R!lotl ' r teacher must be secured before on'on. F ing school. Announcement of open ing will be made as soon as a teach. I is found. PHIL I. SCHIEFERSTEIN, Trustee, | BANQUET AND RECEPTION A banquet and reception was held I last evening at the K. of C. hall ln | honor of the conscripted men Kno wit! be called into service soon, and Ed Weisling who will leave tomorrn morning for Louisville, Ky. The ban. j quet was held at 7 o’clock and w sa f o |, lowed by a smoker and a reception at 8 o’clock. The speakers were the Rev. J. A. Seimetz, Rev. A. J Kroeger David Coffee and Martin Mylott. They spoke on the subject of war times and other interesting subjects. The bap. quet was attended by every member i of Adams county’s national army and the reception was attended by the?and a good number of the K. of c, j A good time was reported by all. —e- o ■ BIG BILL SUES CHICAGO HERALD (United Press Service) Chicago, 111., Sepl. 6—(Special to I Daily Democrat)—William H Thom;- I , son, mayor of Chicago, today filed | suit for $250,000 damages, < harginr i , libel against Gie Chicago Herald aid I James Keeley, publisher. Simultat- I , eously he issued a long statement de I fending himself against charges of « ’•anti-Americanism." o — WANTED—Boy to learn press feed- « ing and printing Wages to start with, and good opportunity. Inquire » at this office. —" — — o Democrat Want Ads Pay Dr. C. V. Connell VETERINARY SURGEON Office h l llUllc itesidenee M

COW I ‘ OWNERS Expect more from a : DeLaval —MORE CREAM —LONGER WEAR —BETTER SERVICE —BETTER VALUE And They Get It. Sooner or later you'll buy a DeLaval Cream Separator. Why not now? JOHN SPUHLER 803 N. sth St., Decatur, Ind. ’Phone 531.

Boy’s School Suits We have some exceptional bargains in Boy’s IM and Short Pant SCHOOL SUITS. We have about 50 Long Pant Suits in sizes 15 to 20. at from one-fourth to onehalf off in price. BRAND NEW Wool Blue Serge Suits, ages 6 to 10, $5.50. I'XX.I Vance & Hite |