Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1917 — Page 4

DAILYDEMOCRAT 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 Year, by carrier >5.00 Per Month, by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail >B.OO Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. The new city officials will assume their places January 7th, the law providing that their terms shall begin at noon on the first Monday in January following their election. Following the usual custom the Daily Democrat will not be published tomorrow on acount of Thanksgiving day, a national holiday. We will make every effort to cover the news for Friday’s edition. The democratic, state central committee is in session today and it is probable that a new state chairman will be selected to succeed Charles Greathouse, resigned. An active and live campaign will be inaugurated from the present outlook. The primary election will be the next event of big local interest and even now with the election day more than five months away the candidates are beginning to show an interest. That the contest will be an interesting one is assured by the fact that there will be a large number of candidates for each of the offices. Let’s lay aside the cares of business, the worry of big problems, the petty quarrels of politics and observe Thanksgiving day as it should be. Then let’s all sail in and try to make Decatur a better place in which to live, let's help one another and let’s quit knocking and hammering and scraping. It makes a much better community. ■ The action of the board of safety in Decatur insisting that every child between the ages of six and twentyone be vaccinated is a proper one for this will prevent an epedemic of disease quicker than any other method and will safeguard the health of this community. Your co-operation with the health officers will assure a speedy control of the contagion. Things are not near so bad in this city and county as some people would have you believe. During the recent city campaign it will be remembered that the only argument offered why the democratic ticket should be defeated was that the republican candidates might secure the plums. The verdict of the people was decisive; Now the Herald without giving the men chosen by a majority of the people a chance to try out are crying about the terrible things that are going to happen. Tommyrot pure and simple and they know

IF you haven’t selected that Thanksgiving suit or overcoat now is the time to get busy. MICHEALS-STERN and SOCIETY BRAND to choose from SIB.OO to $30.00 WE MYERVDAILF> rnuDAM\

p it. You will find the public affairs ad- - ministered carefully and honestly and * capably. You may not have everything you t want, you may have had sorrow and trouble during the year, but if you try J hard enough we are sure you will find many reasons why you should feol thankful to an all wise and just Father 1 who doeth all things for the best. The ! war clouds still hang heavy and from i many a home has gone much of the 1 cheer because the son has marched away, but that son is a red blooded, | manly American, just remember, who is taking his part in writing the greatest epoch in history. He is doing his "bit” to make the world safe for democracy and he will come home some of these days realizing that he has performed a task that made his life worth while. We envy him his opportunity and Instead of feeling blue and discouraged, you should feel mighty happy and thankful. k latxmonucuciwxasasasosßsaM ISOGItTY I WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday Bazaar —K. of C. hall. Christian Pastoral Helpers Thanksgiving Cake Sale —Gas Office. Thursday Bazaar —K. of C. hall. Friday. Mite Society—Mrs. Will Spencer. Christian Pastoral Helpers— Mrs. Lawrence Schlegel. Saturday. B. W. L. —Marion and Elsie Blackman. THANKFULNESS Many favors which God giveth us ravel out for want of hemming, through our own unthankfulness; for though prayer purchaseth bles sings, giving praise doth keep the quiet possession of them. —Thomas Fuller. About thirty members of Mrs. O. H. Odell’s class of the Methodist Sunday school were entertained last evening in a very pleasing way by the Misses Rose and Leota Elzey, at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Elzey on Russell street There were a guessing contest and other games, music and delicious refreshments of pop corn balls, salted peanuts and several varieties of fine homemade candy. Mrs. J. W. McDonald and children left this morning for Van Wert, 0.. to spend Thanksgiving with relatives. They will be joined tomorrow by Mr. McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. George Zimmerman went to Fort Wayne today to be the guests of friends at Thanksgiving dinner. A marriage license was .ssued at Decatur, Monday afternoon to Joel Fiechter, of Wells county, born February 28, 1892, son of John Fiechter, to wed Lucinda Baumgartner, born February 18, 1897, daughter of Joel Baumgartner of Adams county. The wedding will take place soon, but the young couple were reluctant to announce today the exact date. They are from two of the well known and prominent families living east of Bluffton. Mr. Fiechter is a brother of William Fiechter of this city.—Bluffton News. The Christian Pastoral Helpers will have an apron sale Friday afternoon in connection with their regular meet-

ing at the home of Mrs. Lawrence Schlegel. Mr. and Mrs. P. C Pittman, of Sullivan, came this afternoon for a Thanksgiving visit with County School Superintendent and Mrs. E. S. Christen at their home north of Monmouth. Mrs. Pittman and Mrs. Chris--1 ten are sisters.

Miss Marguerite Gerard will come from Toledo today to visit with Miss “Tonk” Meibers and other friends. • Mrs. J. R. Porter has gone to Muncie. Parker City and other places for. a visit until next week. Miss Marcella Kuebler, student at Sacred Heart academy, is at home fur a visit over Thanksgiving and the week-end, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler. Everybody is requested to bring needles and thimbles to z sew for Red I ' :>■ th- ni< eting of the Mite society Friday afternoo nwith Mrs. Will Spencer on North Second street Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ray of this city, entertained at dinner Sunday for their son. Grover Ray and his bride, formerly Miss Melvina Dulany, of Auburn. I They were married Sunday at Dayton, 0., by the Rev. W. M. Hale, and wHJj

• reside in that city. Today they were [ guests of the Hosea Ray family and will leave today for Auburn to visit with the bride’s mother. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nye, of Fort Wayne, will be the Thanksgiving guests of their mother, Mrs. C. Wilder at Monmouth. The wedding of Miss Clara Lehrman of Union township and Edwin Bauer, of Convoy, Ohio, took place Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Emanuel Lutheran church. They were attended by Miss Hilda Dauler, from Convoy, and Lieut. A. Gremel. of Camp Taylor, Ky. The bride wore a lovely gown of white satin, and carried a bouquet of bride's roses and swansonia, while the bridesmaid more a gow r n of pink silk and carried a bouquet of pink roses. After the wedding a six o'clock dinner was served at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Lehrman. About forty guests were present. 4 SCANDINAVIAN KINGS MEET. (United Press Service) Christiania, Nov. 28 —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Scandinavian kings, premiers and ministers were assembling here today for a conference of far reaching importance. The future policy of Norway. Sweden and Denmark is at stake in the meeting. Neutrality at all costs was the decision to which the three nations jointly pledged themselves early in the war. An agreement was entered into at that time that the Scandinavoans would act in unison on all questions arising out of the war. The constantly tightening embargo put in force by the allies, plus America’s recent strict curtailment of supplies, has brought about serious internal conditions in those nations. Germany’s control of the Baltic on the one hand and America’s insistence against Teutonic demands for supplies. have put the three nations in , a position of great difficulty. Added to this has been an undercurrent of distinctly pro-ally sentiment recent- , ly developed in Norway, through Germany's ruthless sinking of Norwegian ships and ally suspicions of 1 Sweden’s pro-Germanism, due to the revelations of the Luxburg messages. 1 o 1 KILLED IN RIOT ■ (United Press Service) Athens, 0., Nov. 28 —(Special to ' Daily Democrat) —One foreigner is in ! the county jail here today and another 1 is dead following a riot at Moscow, a small mining village in Athens county last night. The foreigners it is said, cursed President Wilson and threatened to blow up a coal mine in which a large force of American miners were working. Shooting began immediately and when the smoke cleared the dead man was found with a shotgun wound through his body. o PYTHIAN SISTERS MEET. (United Press Service) Bluffton. Ind., Nov. 28—(Special to Daily Democrat)—At a meeting yesterday of representatives from all over the state the Pythian Sisters took up the work of aiding the state war work. A motion was carried to collect one dollar from every member. There are 500,000 members. It was also decided to work in coordination with the Knights of Pythias. The Daily Democrat will observe Thanksgiving day tomorrow and consequently there will be no publication. We will cover the field on Friday and will appreciate the report of any items of interest. oEDGAR GERBER RESIGNS , Edgar Gerber, for over five years a clerk at the Vance and Hite clothing store has resigned. Mr. Gerber has not as yet decided on what he will do and just at the present will take a much needed rest.

SMALLPOX%ATIENT. Dreda, daughter of Will Parent, is a new small pox patient. CONGREGATIONAL MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the annual election of trustees of the Christian church will be held at the church. December 16th. All members i of the congregation are requested to be present at this meeting. 24-1-8 BURT MANGOLD, Clerk. |+ + + %4 444444444 ♦ SUGAR FACTORY NOTICE. 4 4 Owing to the urgent need of 4 4 making every' pound of sugar 4 ♦ possible to meet the great short- * ♦ age, the Holland-St. Louis Sug- 4 4 ar Company asks that visitors 4 4 who can come as well on other + 4 days refrain from coming to the 4 4 factory on Thursday, Thanks- 4 4 giving Day. 4 4 In order to accommodate 4 «t» thoso cowing from a distance 2 * ♦ limited number of visitors will 4 4 be admitted on passes issued at 4 4 the office in the forenoon be- 4 4 tween 9 and 11. 4 44444444444444

REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT DECATUR, INDIANA, IN THE STATE OF INDIANA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, NOV. 20,1917 RESOURCES ~1.411490 Loans and discounts ’ 73 Overdrafts, unsecured ‘ ’’ U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) W.W.w Liberty lx>an bonds, unpledged, 3Mi and 4 per cent JS.JDsw Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal postal savings deposits >4.000.00 Securities other than IT. S. bonds (not including stocks) G .i.q. owned unpledged L””.””,'1, 6 ' 8 , 18 ’ 86 .mo on Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of subscription).... 3,600.0 V Furniture and fixtures Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank W.OW.W Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank (other than Item 17) 1,877.711 Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items 10 00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 2 ’ 60(>00 Total >1,035,674.76 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in I*®®>OW,oo Surplus fund 20,000.00 Undivided profits >16,776.72 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 13,650.48 3,1-6.-4 Interest and discount collected but not earned (approximate)... 3.317.58 Circulation notes outstanding 49,500.00 Net amounts due to banks, bankers, and trust companies (other than included in 30 or 31) 84.726.90 Total of items 31 and 32 >84,726.90 Individual deposits subject to check 263,965.45 Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than for money borrowed) 400,551.33 Certified checks 860.39 Total demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to reserve items 33. 34. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. . .$665,377.17 Certificates of deposit (other than money" borrowed) 87.674.76 Postal savings deposits 2,368.84 Other time deposits 19,583.27 Total oftime deposits, subject to Reserve, Items 41, 42, 43 and 44 >109,626.87 Total contingent liabilities (55 a, b and c) >1,035,674.76 State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: I, C. A. Dugan, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. A. DUGAN. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 28th day of November. 1917. EARL B. ADAMS, Notary Public. My commission expires September 18, ’320. DYONIS SCHMITT. W. A. KUEBLER, DANIEL SPRANG. Directors.

CATTLE DIPPED ONCE IN TEXAS Washington, D. C., Nov. 28 —In answer to inquiries as to the amount of, dipping required in shipping cattle from the tick-quarantined areas of i Louisiana, the bureau of Animal Indus try stated today that, on account of the drought, one recent dipping in Texas under bureau supervision, followed by a final dipping at the point of destination within fourteen days after the preceding dipping, will comply with the requirements both of the Department of Agriculture and the

(nm I fir I I FIRELESS COOKER DEMONSTRATION The Week of Dec. 2nd to Bth. I I Gay, Zwick & Myers I Furniture Store |- Mrs. Hook of the Toledo Cooker Company will dem- I onstrate as follows, and invites your attendance: MONDAY. Butterless, Eggless and Milkless Fruit Cake. Bread, I : Apple Pie. TUESDAY. Bake continuously on one side of cooker while I freeze I ice cream on the other. Freezing from 10:00 to 10:30 a. m. I I Roast Pork, Sweet Potatoes, Bread, Spice Marble Cake, I , Apple Pie. WEDNESDAY. Baked Chicken, Bread. Sponge Cake. ► THURSDAY. ► Boston Baked Beans, Fruit Cake, Bread, J FRIDAY. k Baked Fish, Beans, Fruit Cake, Bread. ► SATURDAY. ► Mock Duck, Spice Cake, Raisin Pie. h I £ Demonstration from 10 a. m. to 12 m.; 1 to 4 p. m. ► Uncle Sam says: “Madam, Save More Fuel.’’ ► h You can do it with a Fireless Stove. We would be I i. pleased to show vou how it is done. i GAY, ZWICK & MYERS ►1

states, as far as these localities in Arkansas and Louisiana are concern- i ed. TWO OPERATED UPON Mrs. Floyd Rinaker and Mrs. Philip Steen, are two patients at the Dayl Hendricks residence at Monroe, which has been turned into an “emergency hospital.” Both hed operations for the removal of the appendix, and for the relief of complications. WANTED—Woman to do washing and ironing. 'Phone 533.

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CLOSE THANKSGIVING The following stores will be closed all day Thanksgiving: Niblick & Co. Kuebler & Co. M. Fullenkamp Runyon & Engler Fred Mills Milt Hower Hite & Andrews Mangold & Baker Mrs. Frank McCounel Jacob Buhler Burt Hunsicker 1. Bernstein Baughman's 5c and 10c Store.

—l " ■ — — u THE RCX THEATRE Showing Universal, Mutual and other First Class Pictures. today See the plots and plans of the Villainous Valquez trio foiled by General Thurston and his heroic daughter, Helen, in Chapter VII, of The Lost Express, “THE RACE WITH THE LIMITED.” MUTUAL TOURS AROUND THE WORLD. GEORGE OVEY IN THE CUB COMEDY. JERRY IN YODELLAND. FRIDAY Another patriotic picture, “AMERICA IS READY" Showing our preparedness on both land and sea. THE REaTtHEATER —— J# BETTERNERVES eakh - For the ™-down. tired, weak and wora for J 5.00 from,our DrugX'w dl^tf 5 "“"'“‘h'* »>•«> P« P ackaar 8 P *'X dittos that we refund ' d ,rom u * if he cannot supply you. Sold only on ■ , SantanellmX. CoZ T y f ™ «’ with HYPOFERRIC results » Inc.. Masonic Temple. Cincinnati. Ohio. I | I I ""Wtßß—lliitiiffir

CLOSED THURSDAY We, the undersigned, in with the president’s request will dm our places of business the entire to Thursday, Thanksgiving day: Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Myers, Dailey Co. Teeple. Brandyberry & Peterson Vance & Hite. APPOINT MI: NT OF ADMIM>nu-H| Notice is hereby given that the ua. dersigned has been appointed adra. istrator of the estate of Jerritiu Archbold, late of Adams coutty is ceased. The estate is probably ui. vent. WM. J. ARCHBOLD, , _ „ Administrator. Janies T. Merryman, Attv Nov. 17, 1917. 17-24-t