Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1918 — Page 2

DAILY Publish*** Every Evening Except Bunday by The Decatur Democrat Company i JOHN H. HELLER President' ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier I 5 00 t’er Month, by mail 26 cents Per Year, by mail 13.00 Single Copies 2 cents. Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postolHce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter W 1 " 11 "" 11 " 111 1 Don't think that your work is completed when you lock the door ol your office or business house and go home fpr the day Yon have work and, planning to do there, (let out in the back yard and stake oft that garden spot in which you should raise vegetables enough to supply your table during the summer. Following the example set by ’.he senate, the lower house of the Wisconsin legislature has also subscribed anil 1 assed a resolution denouncing and condemning Senator Robert M. I.aEollette. of their home state, for his unpatriotic stand and utterances made in tin I'nited States senate, again t his country and for his failure to support the government in matters vital to winning the war. He should ne;;t be denounced by the body among whom he is a member. Corporations making more than nine per cent on their invested capital in addition to a three thousand dollar al lowance. are liable to an excess profit s tax and must pay on such income accordingly. This report must be made on separate blanks and the tax to unpaid is in addition to that you lay m the regular income of the corpoi.ttions. Firms and corporations should not overlook the fact that if they ar--' paying an employee more than eight hundred dollars a year, as a. wage or salary, a report must be made giving'

THE BIC DRIVE IS ON-: SATURDAY We Have Marshaled Our Forces-Prepared Vast Supplies of Merchandise In Preparation For This LOOK FOR THE YELLOW SIGNS BIG BARGAIN DRIVE | LOOL FOR THE YELLOW SIGNS YOUROPPORTUNITY TO SAVE The Greatest Selling Event Ever Inaugurated In This Sectiod of the Country-BEGINS TOMORROW TWO GREAT STORES COMBINED IN ONE GIGANTIC BARGAIN FESTIVAL TIE A STRING TO YOUR THUMB—DON’T FORGET TO COME—BUY NOW AT THIS SALE. PRICES THAT WILL LOOK SMALL IN A VERY SHORT TIME—IN FACT, THEY ARE SMALL RIGHT THIS MINUTE —YES. MIGHTY SMALL. THE CUT PRICE MAN OF THE NATIONAL STORE SERVICE CO COMPANY HAS USED THE CUT-PRICE AXE WITH A VENGENCE—SPARING NOTHING Cutting And Slashing Prices to a Frazzle | Both Stores Open At 9 O clock Sharp Saturday Morning M FULLENKAMP NAT '“ tls “ «««*» A*? DrvCo.J, in charge ’ MT COMPANY EtC.EtC.EtC. General Hardware, Farm !mplemenls, Sieves, Ranges I |c Decatur, lndiana. MCI TuUFS Decatur, Indian?-

the names of the individual to whom 'the wage is paid and lite exact amount he received from the firm during the year. • A number of states are enacting i * omi ulsory work laws. And all of ■them should Everybody should work. The idea is one that naturally meets with much favor in lime of war. With the country's life and institutions c.t stake and dependent, among other things, upon the amount of prodm* Ilion of agriculture and industry, it is intolerable that, any man who is able to work should not work The theoi v, I tin it. of tile compulsory work law is 1 unquestional ly sound. Does it work out in practice? National Director Mahine. who has charge of the n-i forcement of the • thinks that : | .does. He lifesen' certain statistics: ! in support of his belief. opm lion is probably worth more than ins' statistics. For the main good the '.i v does is not expressed in the figure I , men reported for not working, or .11 those assigned to work, or of th >se punished for not working. The mam | good effect of the law is that it sends . men to work before they get on ae delinquent, list, and keeps them et work w hen they would otherwise drop I out. There is no excuse tor work ' slackers in 1918 New Castle I iui—- — J SOCIETY ij ti 'XJii WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR Friday. ‘ Queen Esther Circle—Vera aaib i Mabe! Hower. Zion Lutheran Aid Schoolhouse j Christian Pastoral Helpers—Mrs. ' D. Artnian. Miss Mabel Burns attended the Moose dame in Fort Wayne last evening. Lester Stanley, formerly of Decatur. I but now if Billings. Montana, is at : his home in Decatur. with a bride ' i The marriage, however, took place. ; , October 7th. Mrs. Stanley was Mi - i i Helen Bennett, of Helena. Montana. f Mr.

Bennett, of Helena. The couple were married nt Boulder. Montana, a little mountain town and spent their honey j moon near Boulder. In Decatur. Mr ; and Mrs Stanley are the guests ,»1 his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley lie Is chief operator on the Great Northern at Billings. He formerly was employed at the Bluffton office ot the Western i nion. Bluffton New | The Queen Esther Circle will be ell tertained this evening by the Queen Esther Circle at the home of Vera and Mabel Hower Each member is urged to bring her yarn and knitting needles that they may work on their squares for the comfort for Belgian relief. Mrs. O. L. Vance who attended the Methodist district conference In Fo.'t Wayne for two days was a guest of 1 her aunt. Mrs. Ra. hel Baughman dur,' Ung the lime she was in the city. Miss Frances Bucher was most , I agreeably surprised on her eightleenth birthday with a lovely surprise , ' parly Thursday evening. Games were ( played and the violin, ukelele and pi ( ano contributed to the musical pro ' ‘gram A midnight lunch was re- ' freshing and expressions of a good ■ I time, and wishes for many such hap-,, py birthday occasions, were given by | I the guests. Mt. and Mrs. John Vail will enter- , tain socially Monday evening, for the j 1 men and women of the Bible class and , I their wive- and husbands. This is , 'the regular meeting night of the Bible class, tut this event will be a social affair 1 I About a hundred guests enjoyed th? ( festivities incident to the annual open- , ing of the mite boxes of the members ■ of the Methodist Woman's Home Missionary society at the home of Mr. and , Mrs John Vail last evening. The program as published was carried out , with but one exception. All the auxil- , iaries of the society, which inclu le the Queen Esther band and the Home. Guards had a pretty part in the j ro- < gram. The mite box march tlirou;!c< the various rooms lead to the deposit- ’ ing of the boxes, at the conclusion oi ' which it was found that the collection will be about one hundred dollars. ! with those not yet turned in. ] RECEIVES A LIZARD Miss Naomi Cramer received this ’ morning by parcel post from a friend * at Hattiesburg. Miss., a live lizard, whic h is an interesting study to those who like natural history. j

I C O 0 fl T i A marriage license was issued t > Floyd Harrington, l orn May -9. is'9. son of Mathewson Harrington. Brig.it-, onville. <» to wed Mary Brown, ot Decatur, rural rout.' 10. bo™ Migusl 7. 1599. daughter of Charles Edward Brown. Henry Scherry has brought suit against the Chicago A- Erie railroad for S3OO for damages due from Ute death of two milch cows, each valued at |l5O. He alleges that he was diving these home from the pastuie. when they turned and went towa: Is the railroad track in the opposite direction from the home, in spite of all he could do. A locomotive was running on the railroad and he alleges that it did not sound a warning of approach with the result that the cattle were struck by the same and injured so th it their death resulted. J E. Erudite and R. C. Parrish are attorneys for the plaintiff. Jonas Gilbert qualified as guardian of Hazel S. Gilbert. She gave s2;>l" bond. Real estate transfers: Isabel My iet al to Noah Stalter, 40 acres of Wadi, ington township. >6.000; Henn v Sovine to Michael Biberstein 80 arc’s of French township. SIO,OOO. William Raudenhush. J H. and Bert Wolfe were apiiointed appraisers of the land belonging to. Coat Cook, et al., which Trustee Phil Schieferstein petitioned to lie appraised tor, school purposes. In the partition case of James Ealy . vs. Harold Eady, the commissioner. John C Moran was authorize to procure an abstract of title to said r -il, estate, at a cost of not more than si... In the estate of Catherine Chronister. a private sale of real estate was ordered, after notice; terms one-tlii.-l, cash; one-third in one and one -thii'l in two years, or all cash, if desired. Mary Ann Wanner. 65. was recommended as a patient for East ha-, m hospital. Henry Sanders, administrator of ’he estate of Cynthia Sanders was au'h-i orized to settle claims in the estate. I ABOUT THE SICK Ben Slui'h aiiu John Hocker of Mm

. ..■null ■" I -oe. who u'te at Berne last evening I v ere ill of ptomaine |x>l»onlng. but Lave recovered by today and tire out I ; gain. ‘ Jesse Welch, of Nue Creek town ' hip. brings suit in the circuit court ' for divorce from Lula Welch, to whom 'he was married November 26. 1913. ''and with whom he lived until March ' (i 1918 He states that he was young ‘ at the time of the marriage, being but seventeen years of age. and that lie i was deceived by his bride. She claims Jat the time of marriage, and so answered among other questions on the [‘marriage application tilled out by the 'county clerk, that she was in gold health and not afflicted with epilepsy. ' or any transiuissiule disease. He claims that some time afterwards I he found out she was afflicted with epilepsy, but did not so learn, until a > yhsician who was called to treat , her. told him. Peterson A- Moran tire his attorneys. Philip King was arrested on the ' charge of failure to support his three minor children. Cary. Ray and Opal. I a ged seven, five and one years, re- ’ speclively. He pleaded guilty when brought into court and was sentenc'.ed to from one to seven years in InJdiana reformatory. The sentence is I suspended during good behavior, providing he pay the sum of ten dollars) ‘monthly, payable five dollars every two weeks. »n.r: of HE it E'TVTE. undersigned executor of the last w .|l ,0.l testament of Catherine I hr. n“tec de. eased, hereby give, notice ti,. b virtue <>f an order of the Aa>n•< ’. uit «“urt of Adams county. Inl"cna. he Will at the hour of ten "nt urdii.'. Ihe «lh l>"' <•» 'e r t<- ~ ... ~u ,tfi. . ..f Hooper A Lenhact Ct y,. 1’.7 South Sec ond street. In the c'itv of Decatur. Indiana, and from day to lac ther. after until sold, offer for ~, ~t ptbate sale the following dereal estate situate in the routi- ' tc . f Adams and State- of Indiana, loj.'iftx .lore— out of the northeast I fra t .n of section eighteen <IS». Jown3.':n twenty-sex en <271 north, of) rnnge fifteen <>»> east, hounded as, f,, .w to-xwit Commencing at the <t ll.in's liiier at the southeast e»r-1 n. r . f said frac lion, thence north with . the so. lion line 14« rods, thence west I . >-. rods tlience south tn rods, thence 1 *‘esr ;i tods and t' links. thence s.wh rods to the Saint -Mary s riv-<-r then.e following the meandering" of said river to the place of liegin1 ning containing fifty acres, more or ■ IV Al.so Commencing at a point in the . nortiie.ist fraction of said section eiaeteer il'i. township and range las cr.said. 57 rods north of the St M crc s liiver and S 3 rods west of the least line of said section eighteen (I*l ‘ aol r inning thenc-e south t" the St. ■Jin c s liiver. thence down said river i with the nieanderings thereof to a point I I ,■ west of tl.e place of beginning, t - vest to the place of beginning. ar-1 c ontaining in all hereinbefore des. ril ed 7.7 acres, more or leas. Said sale will be made subject to ti.. approval of said court for not less • , .ppl-oe.l -..line, of said

Take A Peep At The New Spring Hats -1 I I These bright days every man is thinking of a new SPRING HAT. Most likely one of the new Stetson or Fried Bros.’ hats we are showing now —smart to the minuteQU ALITY that is indeed hard to match, and in sutk striking variety that we can fit out any man in any style or color, $2.00 to $5.00. TAKE A LOOK AT THEM TODAY. HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO. GOOD CLOTHES SELLERS FOR MEN AND BOYS

1 real estate and upon the following term** ami tonditions. I one-third of the purchase money (cash in hand, the balance In two 'equal installments payable in one and two war® from dale of ®aid sale, e\ idenied bv note, of the purchaser, becrlng •> per cent Interest from date, waiving relief. providing attorneys fees, and secured by mortgage on the real estate sold. Purchaser, however, to have tin privilege of paying the whole amount of the purchase price In cash, if so deKeal estate will b« sold free of liV " a ’ EDWARD E. CHRONISTER. Executor. Hooper :* Lenhart. Attys S-11-tJ FRED GETS ACROSS Fred McConnell got across the Atlantic safely and is now abroad with the American Expeditionary forces, as J a member of Company B. 41st battal-l ' ion. 20th engineering corps, according J to a postal card received today by his 'parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McConnell. b CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. Mrs. Russel Premer showed again a ' slight improvement today. The matI ter of- continued improvement day i Iby day. however slight, is very enr j couraging. t I ■ I Mrs F. B. Porter returned this aft- -' ernoon to her home in Parker City , after a visit here with the John R. 7 Porter family.

Society Brand Clothes Are The First In Young Men’s Clothing $25.00 to $32.50 rtlE MYERS-DAILD COMPAQ