Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1919 — Page 4

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Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Your attention is called, citizens of Adams county, to the appeal in today’s paper from Jim A. Hendricks, road supcnntAndcnt. He made a 100 mile trip over the county yesterday and he found that the law is being violated in practically every section. You might as well go up on the roof and tear a bunch of shingles off your house. That's what you are doing when you haul excessive loads over the roads, you are wasting your own money. Our roads have been the pride of the county for a number of years. They cost more than a million dollars besides the money spent each year to maintain them. They should not be destroyed as they will be if care is not used the next few weeks. You should have interest enough in them to watch those who violate the law. Quit kicking about the other fellow and help protect the roads. It is not a pleasant duty to arrest violators of this law but there is nothing else to do if the pepole persist in breaking down the roads.

We have another start on the gym fund today and we hope the good people of Decatur will keep it going. The organization of the company of business men who will manage it is being completed and every penny will be duly accounted for and not a dollar wasted. Help the good cause albng. The trouble with the senators and congressmen who are opposing the league of nations incidentally and President Wilson mainly, is that thtv are wrong. The presdent wins out in every thing he starts because he is right at heart, is for the people and is fighting for the things he believes will bring the greatest good. In the

long run those principles win because they are square and eventually ns will be so much greater than the few who are now opposing him that they will not be mentioned. The legislature is still playing tiddly winks, marking time and occasionally passing a bill that is not need ed or wanted. On’the real things that matter to the average tax payer they are doing nothing and doing that in the wrong way. For two years past Governor Goodrich has threatened about once a month to call a special session of the legislature. Now he has that body to gether and under his absolute con

Micheals Stern Clothes have arrived and that is all that is needed as a recommendation for our stock, as they are first in Men’s and Young Men’s Clothes. $25.00 to $40.00.

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troll and he doesn’t seem to kdow what to do with them. The bill providing for a commission of seven men to conduct an employment bureau for the returning soldiers is a very important one it seems to us. These men should be taken care of. They gave their time and made a great sacrifice. Many of them gave up good positions and return to find their places occupied. At the same time there is a shortage of help in many lines and there is at least temporary need of some agency that will get the employer and returning unemployed soldier in touch with each other.

Senator Poindexter of Washington refuses to obey the request of the president, of his country regardless of the wish that discussion in congress be refrained from until Mr. Wilson has arrived and explained his posi tion. The senator, more anxious to play a few political strokes than to aid his country during the present crisis, bursts forth in an attack that he hopes will defeat the proposed league of nations. In so doing he does not help his cause. On the other hand he Injures it, for the man who thus openly slurs his government, and that’s ji’.st. what he does in his attack, is not the kind of a man, around w-hom the people will rally or in whom they will have confidence.

•4:tnxxxoKs:vmnJJsnuwiumowMra I SOCIETY | Club Calendar Wednesday. Community Red Cross — Mrs. If oak Sheets. C. L. of C.—Adelaide Deinlnger. Shakespeare Club —Mrs. D. D. Heller. Historical —Mrs. James Badn. Zion Lutheran Ladies’ Aid —Mrs Louis Mailand. Ic Nick Lillian Buhler. Thursday. Loyal Workers’ Cla*»—M®- ® Whitright. Silent Workers’ Class —Mrs. Ben Pillars. Helping Hand —Mrs. John Beel, hostess at Reformed S. S. Room. Bachelor Maids —Mrs. Harry Fritzinger.

Christian 'Brotherhood —G. T. Burk. Royal Neighbors’ Chicken Supper for Lodge Members. Friday. Philathea Class—Mrs. Will Winnes. W. R. C—At Hall. Queen Esthers Annual Mite Box Opening—Mrs. O. L. Vance. D. Y. 8.-—Mrs. Jesse Swartz ( afternoon). Saturday. Christian Ladies’ two-eent Supper —Gregory building, Madison street. Christian Ladies’ Pastry, apron and mysterious sale —Gas office. Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would

hL^Wa 3fAl ■jiMK&a-'■•lt-*• '■ 9 i Ju saved mw| ' DREAM If WILL SOOM S-V? COME 7RIX/ EVERY HEALTHY MINDED MAN LONGS FOR A HOME OF HIS OWN The first step to the ownership of that home is to start a savings account and add to it each week or month as you can spare from your earnings. IT IS EASY TO SAVE when you once cultivate the habit, and you will he I surprised to see how soon the purchase price is reached. Make your start today and you will get there the sooner.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1919

be more tender when we bld our friends good bye. —Oulda. Miss Lilly Buhler will entertain the Ic-nck club tonight, instead of Thursday evening, as heretofore announced. The entertainment committee of the Delta Theta Tau sorority is giving a dinner party this evening at the home of Miss Lois Connell. The Do Your Best Class will meet with Mrs. Jesse Swartz on North Second street Friday afternoon nlstead of the regular time, Friday evening, on account of the revival. Misses Agnes Kohne and Leona Bosse will attend the Fort Wayne Knights of Columbus charity ball this evening and will be guests over night of Miss Helen Aurentz. The Tri Kappas discussed plans for adding to their treasury fund at the ' meeting with Mrs. Albert Sellemeyer last evening, and enjoyed the social side of life as well. A luncheon was served by Mrs. Sellemeyer at 10:30. Mrs. Jestine Hocker, of Monroe, was seventy years old Monday and a brithday dinner was given in her honor bv her son and daugtPer-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker, first street Guests were her sister, Mrs. Josephine Beberstine and her daughter Mrs. Dr. McKeenman, of Ft. Wayne. The ladies of the St. Vincent de Paul society are arranging for their card party and dance at the Knights of Columbus hall next Monday evening, when the proceeds will be given to charity. Players may have their choice of rhum, five hundred and progressive peanuts, and for those who dance, there will be this pastime. Tickets are selling for twenty-five cents. A cordial invitation is given the public to attend. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler provided a very enjoyable entertainment for the Fri day Night club last evening. The players filled four tables for the games of “five hundred” and the ap petlzing luncheon in two courses which the hostess and her daughter. Marcella, served after the games First and second prize awards went to Mrs. D. M. Hensley and Mrs. J. S Peterson and the consolation to Mrs Frank Barthol.

| G O t) R T g Sheriff Sephus Melchi left today for Richmond taking with him Miss Blanche Biggs who will be entered at Easthaven for treatment. This was ordered some time ago but delay in taking her was caused by lack of room at the hospital. A marriage license was issued to Herman Geimer, of Union township, born February 3, 1894. son of John Geimer, to wed Matilda Heimann, born March 8, 1895, daughter of Joseph Heimann. Henry A. Fuhrman, guardian of Rosa Fuhrman, filed current report which was approved and the trust was continued. In the cases of E. Burt Lenhart, guardian, vs. Mary E. Buckey, George and Samuel Aumiller, leave was asked and granted to file amended complaint, which was done; also additional paragraph filed. Rule to answer. In the partition case of Rachel Andrews vs. Effie Baker, et al., ap-

poarance was entered by DeVoss for all defendants except Deborah Andrews Rule to answer. In the estate of Henry Scheimann, for which J. C. Sutton is attorney, la petition was filed by the administrator to sell personal property nt public sale at terms and time less than provided by statute. This was granted. Notice is to be given by publication for three days and by posting in five places, three of which are to be in the township wherein the property is situated, for a period of five days. Inventory number one was filed in the estate of Margaret Jacobs and approved. Upon petition the personal property was ordered sold at private sale in market for cash without notice for not less than appraisement, report to be within thirty days. Real estate transfers: Julius B. Champer to Daniel Burley, 20 acres of Jefferson township, $3200; U. S. to George Baker. 40 acres of Wabash township; William H. Reed, trustee, to J. Fred Koldewcy, 80 acres of Union township, quit claim deed, $1; Henry Schoenstedt to Benjamin W • Tee-pie, 40 acres of Union township, and lots 1 and 2, quit claim deed, $1; Eli W. Steele to Florence Zimmerman 10 acres of Washington township, $1,000; Decatur Cemetery Association to Etta Mallonee, lot 801 Decatur cemetery $102.40; Bertha Wable to Louis N. Springer. 39 acres of Monroe township, $8,000; Oswin Lehman et al. to Aaron C. Angsburger, lot 434 and part of lot 435, Berne, $2600; Henry F. Linn, et al. to Abe Schnepp. 40 acres of Washington township. s',100; Decatur Cemetery Association to William Moeschberger, lot 737 Decatur cemetery, $134.40; John Bieberich, et al. to Otto J. Bieberich. 60 acres of Preble township, $1; John Niblick to Old Adams County bank, realty in Decatur, $15,000; Philip L. Andrews, et al. to Noah A. Bixler, part of lot 156 Decatur, SI7OO.

4nd an Official Notice from County Superintendent Relating Thereto. TO MAKE ARRESTS If People Continue to Violate Law —Made Trip Over Entire County. Decatur, Ind., Feb. 19, 1919.

We have published the law as to heavy loads on our highways every spring and we have made several arrests, and this does not seem to suffice. From today on we expect to prosecute all violators. No more notices will be given. You all want good roads, but you don’t want anyone to say to you how you shall use them. But it is extremely necessary that some one sees that the heavy hauling is stopped and some care taken as to the abuse of same. I drove nearly a hundred miles yesterday, asking all whom I saw to stop hauling such heavy loads. Tried to reason with all that I met that we could not stand for it, that they must obey the law or we would not have any roads. Some had one argument to put, some another, but all failed to have any good reason. In Hartford township I

found overloaded hay haulers. In r Geneva I found drain tile overloads. <= In Jefferson we found overioadu. in “ Berne we founded overloaded log Ehaulers from the east with five ton 1 loads and better. Just north of ji Berne traction engines coming from | mud roads onto the pike, leaving a ■ lot of mud up over the pike—no re _ spect for damage. Over at Bubo we ■ found log haulers very bad. North of 0 I Deeautr they stayed out with their | II loads of logs until after dark, then J came in, abusing the roads very bad- s ly. In Preble township overloads were ■ moving also. I have told all of my * men to quit notifying, and do busi- I ness. as from now on until April, we [ 11 will have the very worst time freez- j | ing and thawing. Keep in mind that ! |we only got half the amount of re- ■ h pair last year that we should have ■ 11 had on account of the excessive I f prices, and it will be worse this year. | 11 Stone delivered at Decatur looks to | I be about $1.60 a ton for this year | I and you can figure what it costs to < I put on the roads. I am for all of ' I you. I want to do the best thing for j I the taxpayers. We can, but you I I must help me or we will have no | | roads. We need more levy to get I them up. It looks now as though we I were going to lose our auto tax to I the new highway commission of In- ■ diana, to the state road movement., I which will take out of my fund fif- | teen to sixteen thousand dollars, 1 which will cut quite a figure in the I amouut of stone we will get for the | roads. It we don’t get more money than we now have all we can do is

just hunt the holes and keep P** 11 "* them down and keep them as l^ ve we can for the year and go on n o the winter again with a veiw thin surface. As you can all see ou -roe are wearing out very fast I can ffi them if you will stand for the tax, levy Which do you want, to keep them up or let them go and rebuild them same as in the begmm 8L got sevqral "cursings los 1 _ Why in the h- don’t you put some, stone on and quit just filling m her and there? They have the idea all right, but they only have the roa - mind they travel getting into town. But 1 have all their roads into town nearly six hundred miles. 1 mus try to make the amount reach as best I can. It's up to you taxpayers. Just as one farmer said yesterday when he came into Decatur with a sixtyfive hundred pound load: “if we did not have anything but mud roads we could not haul in one hundred and fifty bushels of oats a load.” Please help so you won’t have to pay any fines. We can’t afford to go back to the old mud roads again, can wc? JIM A. HENDRICKS, Highway Superintendent. — o WILL GIVE DINNER. The men of the Methodist church wil lentertain the women and girls of high school age, with a dinner in the church parlors Thursday evening. February 20, at 6:00 p. m. o — FOUND CANNED KRAUT Portland Woman, Highly Respected. Had Suit Case Searched. Portland has very diligent officers, according to the Portland Sun, the chief of police followed Miss Rosalie Anthony-, one of the most highly respected women of the city to her noire, on her return from a visit at Lynn and searched her suitcase. He found some canned sauer kraut, some fresh meat whch had been given her and her extra clothing which she had along. She is said to be very highly respected and prominent in church circles and was very indignant over the search.

ABOUT THE BICK Mrs. Charles Knodle is quite ill since a week ago of influenza wth a bealing in her ear as an added complication. Two of the children are also ill. PUSH iTaLONG The gym fund is still alive. The fund is creeping slowly towards the mapped out goal of $1,500. There will by the way be a very interesting game there Saturday night when the Huntington quintet, touted champions of the district will be here. Remember the game and don’t forget the fund. If you have given tell your friends to do so. To date: As reported $1,624.65 Delta Theta Tau 5.00 A. N. Bixler 3.75 $1,032.65 STILL AT CAMP SHERMAN. Lieut. Robert Peterson is still at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe. Ohio.. where he is assisting in discharging the solders. He expects to go to Cincinnati, Ohio, to spend the week-end to attend the Shriners’ celebration arranged for Washington’s birthday, which promises to be a big event. Soldier Shriners have been invited to this and expect to have a good time. Democrat Wants Ads Pay

Q A Q J Ott >,. ne ' dn ’ t M .i | r thought about a ■ /MUj new i ? sup “’‘ y of Mualit! ' 4 ! cause of the war I k HERE S WHK I < The «™ of M. J \ / has KOI,e ‘WI / ': four ” ware »4l have been made since 1823, and they’re as \ good today as after the f ■ I civil war, or the Mexi- _/ j can war, either, of that WSrgT matter. J? ' Not much chance for I , a firm like that to get I z I caught by war scarci- \ 'J?/ ' ties, or to lower its |T &/ quality because of high j £ j costs. ( .Ml We have the new M/ j spring styles. Better < come in and let us show ,j you. « Vance & ite

CHAPLIN AT REX If you are looking for a real comedy something to laugh at, be sure and attend the Rex tonight. Through , areful management they have been able to secure Charlie Chaplin in his famous production, “A Dog’s Ute, the first of his million dollar produc tions. You all know Charlie, and you know he has the goods. Be sure and attend this show tonight, and have the satisfaction of seeing the best comedy ever produced. Admission ton and twenty cents.

. V Songs That Awaken Memories, Very many years ago a wise man, called Fletcher of Saltoun, said that if he were permitted to write the songs for a people he would not care who made their laws, and the sentiment has gone echoing along the corridors of time. But although we do not know the names of our song writers, says the New York Herald, the songs themselves make an impression on our minds that remains long after they have become trite and passed into oblivion. There is not one of them, however, that will not in later years awaken memories long dormant. Lyrics that catch the public fancy usually voice some passing mood or condition, but there is one theme that never passes—one that served singers and poets before Cadmus invented let- . ters. There is never a season, from mating spring to dreary winter, in which the passion that rules men’s Ilves does not seek expression in some new melody.

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