Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 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 J’er Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier *5.00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mall *3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered al the poetoffice In Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter.

The weather man Is a tine gentleman and we take everything back we said about him during October, hoping that this spirit on our part will be the cause of orders from him for about a month more of this excellent brand of "fair and not much change in temperature." Keep it up. The prices for fuel in Adams county will be fixed soon and will then be announced. Those prices will be as low as possible under the regulation of government officials. Help the county fuel director by your cooperation. His is a big job and it will be a difficult one unless the people aid him in every way they can. If you are now reading the letters from the soldier boys these days you are overlooking some real litreature. The boys are developing into writers and every letter home gives a new thought, a new idea, a new viewpoint, and besides are mighty interesting.. We are featuring these letters and we l.now they are being thoroughly enjoyed. Don’t think that the government plans now being carried out mean that you must do without everything. have no enjoyment, attend no lectures, save every cent. Meatless and wheatless days no dot mean that you are to starve yourselves, but you are to use something else. t<*»take the place of mea’ts or wheat. Keep things moving for it’s best for the country. Use a little common sense. Fuel Administrator Bell is making good and we knew he would. He has secured orders for ten cars of coal to be distributed over this county and it will help. He conservation and cooperation and we know he will ha ve it for our people are unselfish and wish to help the other fellow get through a tough winter. Use all tae wood you can, be careful of your fuel, see that cars are unloaded quickly, be satisfied with one ton at a time, don't make it any harder for the men who have to watch out for every home in the county than you have to.

Os course, every man has his own ideas about clothes—but we have the variety in models and fabrics to meet the personal ideas of any man. Js t... We particularly recommend Society Brand I >■ Clothes I W\ to men and young men who have a natural | IB | taste for good grooming. * ■ ' And remember, your size is here, re- ::z| P~i| gardlcss of proportions. We can furnish J LI it in fabrics that will please, tailored to meet the most exacting requirements. ff 4 $22.50, $25.00 and $30.00. Snriftjj Srsnh Cfatf-—• The Myers-Dailey Company “STYLE HEADQUARTERS”—The Store That Sells Society Brand Clothes.

Plans for the greatly needed and much desired public auditorium and gymnasium are going forward with some hopes of real results. It Is not Impossible that within the next week or so some organization will taKe charge of tire work and put it over. We realize that in this day of doing big things there is danger in diverting attention from the necessary channels but we feel that this would but aid the others. A meeting place is needed so many times and for so many different purposes that certainly such a work could be considered almost as necessary as any thing we know of. Besides providing a place for public meetings and drilling it could lie used for sports and diverting the mind now and the nas must be from the stern realities of war. vfe ope the plans grow and culminate. The Berne men showed up in good form Tuesday by making the best record in the county for the Y. M. C. A. drive, securing more than two h indeed dollars over their quota. We congratulate them and recognize the effort that such a success means, though we believe it was well worth the effort. The reports from every part of the county are most encouraging and we believe that good old Adams county will show a record worth while for this great cause. Further thanks will come from time to time from the men in camp and in the trenches, who from your efforts will thus secure any a ray of sunshine and comfort that they would otherwise be deprived of. The fight in Adams county for a five thousand dollar fund 1. 1 not complete but it looks possible and with a little more effort will be accomplished. Don’t give up now. Keep the movement going. If it should reach a half more than asked, wouldn’t it be glorious, a record that would make every soldier boy smi'e all over his handsome face.

| DOINGS IN SOCIETY | v nt;:;•. ax::::::::ar arar axi & WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday Zion Reformed Ladies’ Aid —Mrs. Jacob Schager. Choir practice and Bible Class — Mrs. Minnie Daniels. Thursday. Presbyterian Aid—Mrs. J- H. Schug. C. W. B. M.—Mrs. J. W. Rabbitt. Do Your Best Class —Mrs. Roy Mumma. Helping Hand —Matilda Sellemeyer at Reformed S. S. room. Walther League— Postponed until next week. Evangelical Chicken Dinner and Supper—Church basement. Friday. Birthday Club—Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kirsch. Christian Pastoral Helpers—Mrs. W

Paul Marsh. Methodist Mite—Mrs. Robert Case. Hard to Beat Class —Mrs. Joe Linn. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it protlteth me nothing. Charity (or love) suffereth long, and is kind: charity envleth not; Charity vaunteth not Itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave Itself unseemly seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejolceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endurelh all thinngs. Charity never faileth. —1-Cor. The Young People’s Alliance of the Evangelical church had a splendid time last evening at the Fred Linn home, with forty guests in the assembly. Flower and nation contests were amusing and a mock auction also provided much fun. L. L. Baumgartner was auctioneer and , sold the parcels which the guests brought, containing many funny things, and which were auctioned off for blank money. During the short business period plans were made for remembering the soldier boys of the church. One of the best times ever enjoyed by the society is reported. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler will go to Fort Wayne today to chaperone her daughter. Marcella, and a party of five students of the Sacred Heart Academy to the grand opera. Verdi’s "Aida." to be given this evening. Mrs. Kuebler will return with them to the academy for the night.

The Pleasant Mills Gleaners gave James C. Hoffrpan and sister, Frances. a pleasant surprise last night at their home in St. Mary's township. It was in the form of a farewell, as the Hoffmans are leaving the farm ' son. Mr. Hoffman has been serving as chief gleaner, being chosen at the time when the Pleasant Mills arbor was organized. He will be succeeded by Vice Chief G. V. Porter until January 1. at which time A. Z. Smith, newly elected chief, will begin his duties. A big oyster supper was served and enjoyed by all. Those present were John Hopple and family. Charles Nyffeler and family, H. M. Crownover and family, George Matthewson. and family, Giles V. Porter and family. C. O. Green and family, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Hoffman; the Misses Gladys Hoffman., Hazel Sunday, Arlene Whittridge, Frances Hoffman and Messrs. Harry Crownover, Guy Steele, James Hoffman. Guests departed at a late hour, wishing the surprise victims much success. The Presbyterian Aid society will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. t. H. Schug on South Third street instead of with Mrs. Kremer's as pr>viously announced. Mr. and Mrs. William McLuckie and Mrs. John Delebeck of Chicago are visiting Mrs. Stewart Niblick and Mrs. C. S. Niblick. The country home of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Holthouse, east of this city, was thrown open to the Tri Kappa girls last evening, who made the trip by automobile. Miss Florence My-

ers was named a delegate to u oneday’s grand convention at Indianapolis December 28, called for the purpose of giving the sum of money in the grand treasury to war relief work. This will be strictly a business meeting, no social events to be connected therewith. A number of other local members will also prob ably attend. Plans for the annual Christmas party were discussed and a year’s subscription to a magazine given for one of their members, Miss Fredericks Hubbard, who is in France, the girls thus remembering her in a most pleasant way. While the business and social periods were in order the girls knit for soldiers. Miss Frances Deininger entertained the Delta Theta Taus last evening. knitting for soldiers occupying the time while the short business period was held and during the social hours. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Henneford and children of Vera Cruz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarren. of Bluffton, were guests of the Dan Niblick family at dinner Sunday. o ENTERTAINMENT THIS EVENING The Royal Welsh concert company will give their entertainment this evening at eight o’clock at the K. of P. hall, under the auspices of the Decatur high school. Besides the musical entertainment a feature of the program will be the forty-five minute talk by Mr. Williams one of the survivors of the Lusitania. Secure your ticket at once from one of the high school students and be sure to hear this remarkable entertainment. a DR. REYNOLDS WILL TALK Dr. Clarence G. Reynolds, son of a former pastor, will talk at the Presbyterian prayer meeting tonight. Dr. Reynolds is now pastor of the Madison Avenue church, Elizabeth. N. J. I MR. RICE VERY LOW. • I Benjamin P. Rice, of North Sev- ■ enth street is very low and the physician extends no hope for his recov- | ery. Mr. Rice has been confined to his home the past month, suffering i from kidney and heart trouble. For ! a while, he had improved, but in the ■ past several days he has been declin- ■ ing again and his condition is said 1 to be very critical. | FIRST PAGE

DOING THEIR BIT High School Girls Assisting Military Board to Complete Report of Draft. SOME FIGURES GIVEN Showing Men Called, Married and Single, or Rejected and Nationality. High school girls as volunteers are doing their “bit” for the government by assisting E. B. Adams, chief clerk of the military board, to complete the indexing and copying of information necessary to make the report as required to the provost marshal. There are four girls’ in each team. Those who worked yesterday afternoon and this afternoon are the Misses Jirene Gregory, Mildred Yager. Helen Walters and Ella Reiter, while those who reported for duty this morninf were the Misses Josephine Myers. Ruth Frisinger, Anna Garard and Mary Huffman. Much of the work has been completed and the reports show the following facts: Number registered in Adarys county, 1G22. Married men not called for examination. 576. Single men not called. 533. Total not called, 1109. Married men called, but not accepted, 75. Single men called but not accepted. 97. Married men called and passed, 172. Single men passed. 169. Total registered. 823 married; 799 single. Total called, 247 married; 266 single. Os those registered but not called 108-i are native citizens, one naturalized. fourteen aliens and nine are alien declarants. o —- DANCES ON THURSDAY Fred Schurgers dancing class and regular social dance following at the Moose hall, will be held on Thursday nights, instead of Friday nights from now on until further notice. T W T-ts . DEMOCRATWANT-ADS PAY BIG.

DOCTOR GAVE THIS RUN-DOWN WOMAN VINOL And She Got Well—Her Nervousness Disappeared Flint, Mich.—“l keep house for my family of six and got into a generally run-down condition. I was weak, nervous and could not sleep, and had headache a good deal of the time. My doctor prescribed Vinol and it made me well and strong. I am a good deal less nervous and can sleep nights.”—Clara Smith, m 3 W. 4th Ave., Flint, Mich. We sell Vinol on a positive guarantee to make nervous, weak, rundown women well and strong or return their money. Try it anyway, Smith, Yager # Falk, druggists, Decatur, and at the best drug store in every town and city in the country. TO START CLASS In Elementary Hygiene and Home-care of the Sick. MEETING ARRANGED For Thursday Evening With Mrs. Alexander, Red Cross Nurse. Mrs. S. F. Alexander, a Red Cross lurse instructor, will be here to atend a meeting called for Thursday ■vening at 7 o’clock in the reference oom of the library, relative to the ourse in elementary hygiene and lome-eare of the sick, which will be ■ ;iven here. All those who have tak■n the first course in first aid work 1 inder either Dr. S. D. Beavers or W. ! S. Smith, and have received their ■ertificates, and those who wish to - ake this course, are requested to ittend this meeting, as a good-sized I Mass Ls desired. The expense conxected therewith will be small. , . Q —....—— .„-

SOLDIER’S PARADE (Continued from Page One) parade. The colonel and his staff led m horseback followed by our band, composed of sixty men. Old Glory was next, then came the seven companies >f our regiment. The fire department followed behind- In all there were tbout 2500 men and it made a real nice sight. Tomorrow there will be about twenty thousand meu in parade at the parade grounds. Believe me each man must be fussed up just right or «6mething will happen to him. The other night Ed and I stole a dog in Louisville and we named him ’'Decatur" because he sure looked good to us. Our friends send us copies of the Democrat and we sure enjoy the home news. Read every thing even all the advertisements. Today we were issued gloves, hair brush, comb, tooth brush and paste. We have our wool suits and overcoats but do not use them. The weather is warm enough here that we have base ball and foot ball games every evening. Wear a coat till about eignt o’clock in the mornings and that is as long as it is needed. We have been issued a pair of overalls and blouse to do trench digging in. Officers and men all wear overalls and dig in the same trench. The 13th of this month is pay day so there will be big doings for a few days. There is a large theatre being built about one block from our barracks. When completed it will seat about three thousand people. All the best shows will be given and everything tree. Speaking of things being free, the Y. M. <’. A. and K. of C. I uildings are two of the best things we have in the army. Picture shows, athletic goods and writing material all furnished free. Religious services twice a week. All persons donating money to either of these funds are sure doing their bit. For supper tonight we had a real Dutch feed, weinies, sauerkraut, cheese and rye bread. Only one thing missing, that comes in eight and sixteen gallon kegs. Well, this is Saturday evening and the big parade is over, and it sure was some parade. There were a little over twenty-five thousand men and about forty bands. All had to pass before General Hale and his staff. Took quite a while hut sure looked fine. If Kaiser Bill could recall what is going on in the U. S. training camps I think ho sure would get cold feet’ Well as it is about bod time, we will say good night. With best regards to all. From ED ZESER and CHAS BAXTER Co. F., 309th..Engrs. I

It’s Economy to Choose Yom Suit and Overcoat Here You can’t aft ord cheap clothes this all years. QUALITY is vital—for quality means u wear, means fewer clothes for you to buy i n lh J long run. HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX are quality clothes. They’re all-wool and are made to wear, long time; such suits and overcoats save money f ()r you, year in and year out. That’s what you’re after; it helps both you an(l your country. Hart, Schaffner & Marx make, SIB.OO to $25.00 Clothcraft make $12.50 to $20.00 HOLTHOUSE - SCHULTE & «

/ y * x""' RALIN ~ FANCIFUL THOUGHTS IN TOILETWARE There is no question in homes of refinement. The boudoir demana that both the toilet requisites and the manicure sets be of real IVORY PY-RA-LIN You will be interested in the beautiful harmony of grain and splendie patternings that we show. There is an article and style for every pm. pose. We take pleasure in exhibiting Ivory Pyralin, and guarantee yt, the genuine toiletware through the Pyralin name stamped on every pita PUMPHREY S JEWELRY STORE The Hallmark Store Brunswick Phonographs

PUBLIC SALE. I. the undersigned, will sell at public auction on the John Scburger farm, IY£ miles west of Decatur, on the Decatur and Preble road, on Tuesday. Nov. 27, 1917, beginning at 10 o'clock a. m.. the following property, to-wit; Two head of Horses: Brood mare, 5 years old. in foal; brood mare. 4 years old. Five Head of Cattle: Durham cow. weighing about 1300 tbs., will be fresh in January; black cow, weight about 1200. 5 years old; roan cow. 5 years old, weight about 1200; red cow, 3 years old; these cowe are all giving a good flow of milk; yearling heifer. Fortyfive Head of Hogs: Brood sow, 9 shoats. weight about 145 lbs. each; 16 shoats. weight from 60 to 80 lbs. each; 7 shoats, weight about 50 tbs. each; 12 shoats. weight about 35 tbs. each. Farming Implements: Champion binder. 6 ft. cut; Osborne mower. good as new; Champion mower, 10 hole American grain disc drill, corn planter, cultivator, land roller, hay tedder, hay loader. Deere riding plow. Bryan walking plow, shovel plows, disc harrow, spike tooth harrow. clover buncher, 2 farm wagons, hay ladder, combination grain and stock bed. set dump boards, dump stone bed. will fit on any wagon; rubber tire buggy, rubber tire surre>. 3 sets of double work harness.

The inundation of many a big business has been the hard-earned Savings of some poor boy. Do you want to “get ahead?” Do you want your boy to “get ahead?” An account started at this bank today may spc' ! | the difference between future success and failure. wl wX "Jgjkife .sk-

set of fly nets, set of metal collin ■ horse collars, 2 iron kettles. Prettfl cream separator and numerous kzH articles. Terms—AU sums of J 5 and n-fl cash; over that amount a credit fl 9 months will be given, pur ..t-.fl giving note with approv'd sererfl Four pes cent off for cash Nojrfl erty to be removed until settled fl JOHN SCHI'RGB. ■ John Spuhler. Aust. C. S. Niblisk. Clerk. VILLA AGAIN ACTIVE. (United Frees Service) Presidia, Texas., Nov. 1-I—(Sprufl to Daily Democrat t -Spreading -M 1,200 troops in a fan shape format-fl about Ojinaga. Francisco Villa -fl tacked the Mexican city opposite te® today. Three outpost- of the ffl eminent were killed or < aptured sfl all others driven into the city Frsfl the mission of San Antonio, range and south of Ojinapfl which the Villa forces had previous® taken, a deadly hail of machine -■ lets was poured into the ranks of -fl government troops.