Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 22 September 1917 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Pubiishsd (very Evening Except Bunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUBE, Benretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by earrtpr........10 cents Per Tear, by carrier.. $6.00 Per Month, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mail 63.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Every woman in this community ought to belong to the Red Cross chapter and your duty does not stop there. After you join you ought to help. You are needed at the headquarters and you ought to take time to serve at least a day or two a week. It is a noble and worthy cause of mercy. Don't overlook this opportunity to help humanity, to prevent needless suffering of our boys at the front. Report at the library. The next big drive in the nation, looking towards a perfect war organization is the second Liberty Loan' drive, for three billion dollars, which will start October Ist and continue thirty days. The local organization ‘ has been completed and Adams county will in this as in all previous calls, do her full duty. Our prosperous peo- ' pie should be glad of the opportunity j to thus serve while making a safe in vestment. David Schwartz and his father. seem to have had a new vision of their duty to church and state, and will report to Camp Taylor, there to obey such orders as may be given, and to suffer whatever penalty those in authority see fit to impose. It is well. They may feel assured that Uncle Sam will treat them right, but in return they must make some effort to do likewise by their government. Tolerance is a fine thing, but during such a crisis as the present there comes a time when a firm hand must control. It is to be hoped that the case will be amicably disposed pf and that the precedent will prevent further similar trouble in the future. Our citizens should remember that they are living in a great country and that only those duties believed necessary to maintain this great country for our children's children, will be asked, and those duties will be reqpired.

"‘Doing Our Bit” Showing the men of this town how to get the most for their “clothes-money.” Educating the people as to true clothesvalues. Reducing the cost of living through economy in buying and selling. Vying among ourselves to excel in courtesy and the spirit of co-operation. Introducing belter methods in filling the needs of our customers. Creating confidence throng h fa i r dealing. JTS ] iminating extravagance. with MICHAELS-STERN CLOTHES $22.50 to S3OOO The Myers-Dailey Company. SUITS THAT SUIT !

8: innuna; larauM*!g n 1 t | DOINGS IN SOCIETY I u i3r.nr.3r:«:nt::n: xi--WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. . i t Monday Pythian Sisters— Regular Meeting. f ' Ruth Circle—Fanchon and Jessie ’ Magley. Wednesday. i St. Vincent de Paul—Mrs. Anthony 1 ) Voglewede. 1 The Ruth Circle of the Christian , 1 church will meet with Fanchon and ’ Jessie Magley Monday evening. Ail , 1 those who desire to learn to knit t come with needles and yarn and the teacher. Mrs. A. D. Artman will instruct them, that they may Icter take 1 ' up knitting for soldiers if they so de- < sire. 1 c The Pythian Sisiters are requested ' to bear in mind tin re: ular fort-night-ly meetingiMouday even!! ’. The Shakespeare club, like the , other study clubs of the city, is giving 1 over its time to patriotic service. The < year book will be carried out as to the place of meeting, but the ‘leader" and hostess will have very different duties this year. They will see that two sewing machines are at the home : where the meeting is to be held and t will also see that there is sewing from f the Red Cross headquarters on hands. The ladies will devote the afternoon j to sewing. Work that is not finished , at this meeting will be taken home and completed during the intervening ' week. It has been the custom to open t the season’s work with a picnic suit- i 'per. This has been given at a cost jof about a dollar a member. The pic- i . nic will be dispensed with'this year < I and each member will give the dollar ■. saved therefrom to the War Library Fund. ( The tenth reunion of the Barkley , I family was held today at the home 'of Henry Barkley, two miles southwest of the city. It was first planned to have it at Steele’s park, but was changed today to the Barkley place where there is a fine grove. Misses Helen Niblick and Ruby Miller, guardians of the Campfire Girls, chaperoned the Wasteya ' branch to Fort Wayne, going by automobile. They had dinner at the Y. W. C. A. and in the afternoon saw "Jack and the Bean Stalk" at the : Majestic theater. Marcia Helm and Helen Swearengen remained for I over-Sunday visits with friends, but the other members of the party, including Mary Suttles, Leona Hun--1 sicker, Veronica Anker,. Kathryn •. Kocher, Gladys Butler, Lucile Butler. • will return tonight. In Fort Wayne . ! they were joined by Helen Myers, who recently moved there. i Mrs. W. A. Kuebler, Mrs. Frank , Barthol and Mrs. Edgar Gerber were guests of the Birthday Club ladies yes- , terday when Mrs. Oscar entertained. This is a sewing club and I after the hours at needlework lunch

was provided. Mrs. Lankenau hud a I helper in Mrs. Hugh Hite, in dispensing the hospitalities. Mrs. Dick Townsend and her guest, Mrs. W J. Croziero, of Terre Haute. I, spent the day in Fort Wayne. Dr. and j Mrs. Croziero motored here and have spent three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Townsend. Yesterday was the third birthday anniversary of little James Bruce Pat- ] terson, Jr., and he was the guest .»f honor at a dinner given by his great untie and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Dan J Sprang who also took him out aulo riding in the afternoon to see the sights. Mrs. Asa Engle entertained the Kings' Helpers’ class of the Evangelical church, taught by Miss Annie Winnes. last evening. A social time was ( enjoyed, no business coming up. I — i A busy afternoon was spent by the , Zion Lutheran Ladies’ Aid in quilt- ( Ing yesterday. The members were < pleased to see a large attendance. < Much work was accomplished and ' the afternoon enjoyed by all. Their next meeting will take place in two 1 weeks. — -o COURT HOUSE NEWS. The jury was out three hours this 1 morning, when, at 1:15 o'clock it returned a verdict for Julius Haugk. defendant, in a suit brought by Laura | Walters. She sued for 6275, for an alleged year’s wages as caretaker of the Haugk furnished apartment house. John A. Mumma and Norman Parr were made members of the regular panel of jurors. Benjamin F. Butler vs. Asaph Larrick, et al. is the name of a quiet title case filed by Attorneys J. C. Sutton and H. B. Heller. Real estate transfers: Mat Kirsch, executor, to Mina Reppert, a quarter acre of Preble township. $350. Earl D. Conner was issued a hunting and fishing license. The case of the State vs. Ed Berling, asault and battery, was continued. o ’ FOURTH WILL GO OUT Hattiesburg. Miss., September 21— General E. M. Lewis, commanding general at Camp Shelby, will not complete formation of the division here for at least a week and until the order is published no one will know where and how all of the Indiana troops will be placed. "The 3rd and 4th infantry will go out of existence as infantry, two battalions of each regiment becoming artillery and with them will be two battalions of the Ist Kentucky. A company from Murray. Ky„ will be formed into a trench mortar battery. .What will become of the third battalions of the 3rd and 4th Indiana is not known at this time, but they probably will be converted into machine gun companies and ammunition trains. Troops Served on Border. The four battalions that are to become artillery, served on the Texas border and made an excellent record. But the good records made on the border will have no bearing when they go before the efficiency board to qualify as artilleryman and artillery officers. The Ist and 2nd Indiana probably will be retained as infantry. It is generally understood that the Ist Kentucky will be stationed in tiie heart of Camp Shelby, close to -4 he headquarters of General H. H. Whitney. the artillery brigade commander. The Indiana troops, according to present arrangements, will be encamped in the artillery camp proper throe miles from General Whitney’s headquarters. —W. H. Blodgett, In Indianapolis News. o —■ TWO WEEKS' ATTENDANCE. The city teachers feel fine over the good attendance given by the school children. «In the race for the high per cent the South Ward reached the banner mark. The attendance for the schools for the half month is 98.7. The teachers hope that the attendance will reach a high, mark every month. The percentage by wards is as follows: South Ward 99.3 West Ward 99.1 Library Ward 98.7 High School - 98.2 North Ward 97.7 School enrollment for the first two weeks: North Ward 166 West Ward 163 South Ward 147 Central Ward 149 Library Ward 42 High School 174 Total ’B4l There afa four more girls than boys in school. O' Mrs. Hansen left this morning for her home at Knox after a visit with her sister. Miss Wavie Evans, at Monroe. I

IN AUTO ACCIDENT Algie Miller, Thirty-six,' Former Decatur Boy, Meets Death NEAR VINCENNES, IND. Body Will be Brought Here Over G. R. & I. Tonight for the Buria. Algie Miller, 36, son of Jacob Miller, of the south part of the city, was killed i last night in an automobile accident near Vincennes, where he has been working in an oil field. The body will be brought here tonight over the G. R. & 1., railroad and taken to the home of a sister, Mrs. Roy Miller, on North Fifth street. Funeral arrangements have not been made. The deceased leaves a wife and one child; his parents, two sisters and n brother. He was bom in Metcer county, 0.. but lived here as a little boy and is known to many. ON COUNTY WORK County Affairs Will be Discussed at Annual Convention of THE COMMISSIONERS To be Held at Indianapolis I 1 25th to 27th—Adams County Will Go. Indianapolis is now ready with a cordial welcome to county officials who will attend the fourteenth annual convention of the County Commissioners’ Association of Indiana, to be held at the Hotel Severin. September 25, 26 an d 27. The invitation to attend the meeting is extended to county attorneys, auditors. surveyors, highway superintendents. other county officials and public work contractors and material men. The convention will open Tuesday at 10 a. m. for registration. At 2 p. m. an address of welcome by Mayor Joseph E. Bell, and also by Lieutenant Governor Edgar D. Bush. The program for the three days contains much of value to county officials, besides a pleasure junket about the • Hoosier capital and an evening on the Severin roof garden. A motion picture show, “A Concrete Romance,” is to be staged the first evening of the convention. Four hundred Ford automobiles will be provided to take the commissioners and their friends on a sight-seeing tour of the last 1 day. The trip will inculde a trip to the Ford plant, to the Children’s ■ Guardians’ Home, over the "Old i Trails Road.” to Sunnyside Sanitar- ■ ium at Oaklandon where an address . will be made by Dr. H. S. Hatch on ■ Tuberculosis Hospital Management,” ; through Fort Harrison and over t some of our new bridges and an in- > spection of the new flood prevention . worl». A general committee of . which Joseph G. Hayes, president of the association, and Albert F. Zear- . ing, its secretary, have been busy I for weeks planning a suitable wel- , come for the visitors. It is expected 400 county officials from over Indiana will be present. FUND IS GROWING - I (Continued from Page One) homesick days—days that books and . magazines can help to make cheerful. • Our nation has a big job on its hands, i It is only a small part, perhaps, but a I genuine part of that job is to keep up •! the cheerfulness of camp life. That ■ is what the dollars for the Library ar Council will be used for.” "It will do you and your library ’, more good for you to get SIOO in your • town than for some one else to get \ $10,000,000 in New York City,” is the ’ way another library expert puts it. ; now in ‘uniform , Re' and Mrs. Fred F. Thornburg ( received a letter this morning from , their son, Charles Thornburg, who en- [ listed about, a week ago in the Quarter- . master’s department of the regular army, stating he passed the examination given him at Fort Thomas and was now in uniform. It is thought that he will be given a- position as clerk in the quartermaster’s departI ment. He is stationed at Fort i Thomas, Ky. - — q n .

ELEVENTH GREAT BLUFFTON FREE STREET FAIR £ ■■■’"** ■ 1-’— —— AND Wells County Agricultural Exhibit R — YEAR A LITTLE BETTER SEPTEMBER Great exhibits of horses, cattle, hogs, poultry, agriculture, ait and culinary $3 000 —PREMIUMS ' |Q Big Free Acts Daily |jj — Plenty of bands and fun. A county fair on paved streets and its all free. mjmMTMMMMrTwnnii 11,11

PUBLIC SALE. Having sold my farm. I must give possession October 1 and will therefore offer for sale at my residence. 4ix miles northwest of Decatur. % mile north of Mt. Pleasant church, and % mile south of Mallonee school house, Wednesday, September 26, 1917, beginning at 1 o'clock p. m.,the following personal property, to-wit: Two Horses: One 9-year-old bay; good general purpose horse and one 2-yeat-old black mare colt, a godo one. Two Head of Cattle: Two good milch cows, giving milk, will be fresh in winter. Hogs: Three Duroc Jersey hogs, one a sow which will farrow by day of sale; others weighing about 100 Tbs. each; 50 head of chickens. Farm Implements; Two-horse wagon, double bed. spring seat: one-horse wagon, double bed, spring seat; surrey, two top buggies.' one rubber tired; 2 sets work harness, 2 sets single harness, pair hay ladders, iron kettle, cider barrel and numerous other articles, including household goods. Eight acres of good corn in field; 5 tons of good clover hay in mow. Terms —$5 and under, cash: over that amount a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash. No goods removed until settled for. GEO. W. DUTCHER. John Spuhler, Auct. Chas. Magley, Clerk. 20-21-22-24 o IN SEVENTEENTH BATTALION. Camp Taylor. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 22 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — The forty-two Adams county men arrived here safe and happy Friday evening and have been assigned to the 17th Provisional Training Battalion of the national army. They were met by the five men who preceded them two weeks ago and several of the commissioned officers, located, and are ready for the preliminary work which will start Monday.

Yburfeet hurt?! ““““ 7 O What causes the pain?—bunions, callouses, i f A broken down arch? Or do you know the ~ ' A reason? Whatever it is, it is due to some bone or bones of the foot being out of normal position. Broken down arch Expert Foot Specialist here ZT? at our store / f 7A „ - - / 1 Come and have your feet examined by this noted foot specialist. [j He will tell you what your foot trouble is and how it can be ( ' corrected. Often, pains in ankle, calf or small of back, thought \ 'III / to be rheumatism, lumbago or nervous trouble, are due to ! (foot trouble. \li // , No charge for his service Bunion —for his examination nor for showing you how to correct the H 5 y ° U need , no s P urc hase anything unless you desire. He will tell you exactly how to stop the pain by restoring the bone or bones, that cause it, to normal position—by the use of V Wizard Foot Appliances )* Ah These wonderful devices) bring immediate relief and remarkable /£) j\ J results by merely restoring normal conditions in an easy, painless I*/ V I comfortable , way. Different frorn any foot appliances V I before—endorsed by eminent physicians everywhere. L C «... ■.. PEOPLES & GERKE

A COUNTY MEETING. Attend the Council of Defense' Meeting Tuesday Evening. On Tuesday evening. Sept. 25, at 7:30 o'clock at the court house an important meeting of the County 1 Council of Defense will be held. It has already been arranged that two representatives of the state council and a member of the national council attend this meeting and address the public on the many urgent and

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——— ■ . important doings of the county com. j oil. You are invited and urged to attend this meteing and bring i friend with you. Home defense ratine as well as useful suggestion I for the assisting and helping the mi. I dier boys will be given by the speak i ers and it will be worth your utile i to attend. O ■ —; Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Heller and dat& ter, Mildred, left at noon today ta Anderson and from there will go ti Fort Benjamin Harrison tomorrow.