Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1919 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Hubltshed Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER.. President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE Secretary Subscription Rates By Government Order Cash In Advance. one Week by carrier 10 cents tine Year, by carrier 15.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents • Three Months, by mail .......|I.OO Six Months, by mail $1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 Single Copies 2 Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Senator Borah spoke at Fort. Wayne last evening against the league of nations. He was heard by a large crowd and the famous senator made some very excellent points, failing however to be very convincing because he advanced no plan better or one that can take the place of the leabue. Rabbi Wise will answer Mr. Borah next Tuesday night or rather he will speak upon the opposite side of this great question, favoring the league. The American people will ; hear both sides, study the great ques' j tiou and finally decide it right. Os j that we have no fear. It is also prob I able that Mr. Taft, favorable to the league, will speak at Fort Wayne or somewhere near within the next two weeks. The only health bills passed by the i i kite and lamented legislature were those to protect live stock, Those to ] take care of the human race were quickly discarded and health boards 3 £ almost humiliated for their efforts. f Honestly there seems to have been

something wrong, dreadfully wrong with this 1919 assembly. Elias D. Stansbury, well known Indianapolis attorney, has raised the question that the legislature in passing the new tax law and repealing all former measures, failed to retain the “saving clause” without which doubt arises whether there can be any assessment of property this year. He doubts that the law is valid and insists that if it is there should be an immediate straightening proceedure either by the supreme court or the legislature. Gosh, it's just one thing after another. There are many tilings a chamber of commerce could be doing for Decatur right now if we had a hundred men banded together, willing to pull and help. Plans are now being made for an effort along this line and it in Now is the time to order an Easter Suit, tailored to your measure, and we will hold it until you are ready for same. Come in today and get your measure taken. select your material and we will do the rest.

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p to be hoped that every business man t in Dovatur w ill w ant to bccorno a part of the organization. Within a few ~ days we hope to be able to announce * the definite plans of the organization and to start a boosting campaign to make it a success. If Adams county falls down on the Victory Loan drive it will be the first ) and only failure recorded against * this best of all counties but it’s out ’ of reason to suppose we will stumble * now. Y’our future depends upon the I success of this drive for if the govi ernment doos not get the five or six billion dollars they are asking for the wheels of commerce and prosperity will be badly clogged. The new bonds will be in the form of short time notes with a good rate of interest and non-taxable, making them i very desirable. Help secure the quota for Adams county. In the Armenian drive recently made, Adams county led all of Indiana and stood near the top perhaps in the very lead for per centage in the entire nation. Such a record, it will live forever and be stronger in the years to come than now. We have one more to make —it’s the Victory Loan. :: sa:x«sns»snswsßs«stasnsttscs I SOGItTY | H s 1 xncaaiaiuaaanaaaisnniKMSsasfa i Club Calendar t Thursday. £ Two-Cent Supper — Evangelical t Church Basement. f Silent Workers’ Class—U. S. Drum- t mond home. { Helping Hand —Mrs. Ben Elzey at g Reformed Church. Methotjijst Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society—Mrs. F. F. Thorn- a burg. q Recitative f

Friday. Henry A. Backemeyer Recital — s Baptist Church. . D. Y. B. Class Meeting—Mrs. Stog- ' dill. Zion Lutheran Aid —(Afternoon). Pocahontas Needle Club. Loyal Daughters’ Class—Mrs. Joe Linn. I Saturday. Two-cent Supper—K. of P. Home. Pythian Sisters’ Pastry Sale—Gas Office. From strength to strength go on; Wiestle and fight and pray; Tread all the powers of darkness down And win the well-fought day. —Charles Wesley, The Strong Dost deem him weak that owns his 1 strength is tried Nay, we may safely lean on him that grieves; I The pine has immemorially sighed, The enduring poplar’s are the trembling leaves. To feel, and bow the head, is not to fear; To cheat with jest—that s the cow- g ard’s art; Beware the laugh that battles back tj the tear; t | He’s false to all that’s traitor to his heart 4k--.. y-iWpawRSM* He of great deeds doth grope amid the throng

Like him whose steps toward Dagon’s temple bore; TV • W , here s ever something sad about the strong— A look, a moan, like that on ocean’s shore.—John Vance Cheney. st I Levi Baker of North Scend street. H I ad a bad attack of the heart vester- s ( day. ’ y Miss Gladys Myer went to Fort » , -ayne last evening to visit with her U aunt, Mrs. J. c. Polhemus. c Miss Caroline Scheier returned to h Monroe yesterday afternoon. shell - was a guest at the Murray Scherer S home. I The Loyal Daughters’ class will! meet Friday evening at the home of! Mrs. Joe Linn. All members are requested to be present. Misses Anne Rackstraw, Clara Bok-

necht and others went to Fort Wayne last evening to hear the New York Philharmonic orchestra- Dwight Thornburg was also among those who went oi\ the 4 o’clock car. Mr. and Mrs. John Hessler, Mrs. Grund returned to Fort Wayne last evening after calling on Mrs. Anthony Voglewede at the Decatur hospital. She is recovering from an operation for gall stones. Mrs. Winifred Russell went to Mon roe yesterday afternoon to be wtl her sister. Mrs. Sackett who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Laughrey re -

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! n turned to Monroe yesterday afternoon from Fort Wayne v Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hall and chil dren were entertained at supper '* Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. ■ l Levi Baker, of North Second street. ) Mrs. Gall and children left this morning for their future home at St. Louis, Mich. They were guests last evening of Mr. and Mrs. Durkee. 1 The W. F. M. S. of the Monroe r - branch met at the home of Mrs. Ment no Leichty on Thursday afternoon. > This is a very active branch. They , support a Bible woman, as special , work besides helping support the district Bible woman. There were 12 ’ present and the collection was $25.20. ; part of that being for the Bible woi man. rt ; its: in; in: it’yt I COURT I William Frazier was appointed inheriance tax appraiser of the David Flanders estate. Petitions were filed by Leona, Sophia, Cora and Lillian Yoss, asking that the sum of $99.50 due each as distributive shares from the estate of Frederick Yoss, now in the hands of the clerk, be turned over to them. D. B. Erwin, their attorney, filed the petitions. D. B. Erwin, attorney for the Central Wisconsin Supply Company, filed a suit against Archie P. Hardison. Joseph Martin and The Geneva’ Equitty Company. The plaintiff states that Messrs. Hardison and Martin conducted a retail coal business in Geneva and in June 1918 were indebted to the plaintiff for coal in the -sum of $101.36. He states that they sold their furniture and fixtures and stock, valued at SI,OOO to the Geneva Equity Company, and the defendants thereafter sold a part to third parties, but retained a large portion for themselves, and made no settlement with these creditors. He asks that the defendants be held and decreed to be a receiver of the stock and be required to give bond as is required by other receivers, and in defaul tthereof that a general receiver be appointed and an accounting and settlement made. — - r*

q. - DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG. — o Democrat Wants Ads Pay QUALITY GOODS MUST MBTINIIE Is Policy Adopted by White Stag Company Says Manager Henry Thomas. HELPS THE RETAILER ; Who With Manufacturer Has Been Sacrificing— Advance is Necessary. The advance in the retail price of our “White Stag” cigar to seven cents 3 for 20 cents, was not done solely to aid ns, as producers, but also in justice to the the man behind the counter, who serves the smoker. We entered the five cent cigar field ' in competition with cigars of national reputation and we felt then as now that we were giving ’cotter quality it the price and the fact that our sale 1 grew each year proved to us that we , were and are. The fact that we could tnake our White Stag sales increase in competition with nationally adver- : tised pieces that had well organized ' selling departments and that sold at the same price showed that we had 1 some thing on the other fellow and you as friend® know it wasn’t our capital or selling power. You know ] that when it came to advertising we couldn't make noise enough to be heard in the next,block. IT WAS THE QUALITY OF THE WHITE I STAG THAT APPEALED TO THE I TASTE OF THE DISCRIMINATING ISMOKER. Aar conditions caused advanced prices in all departments of the cigar business. Factories of national reputation. advanced prices to the retailer s and their product is now selling six. x seven and eight cents. At these i t prices the retailer made a legitimate o profit. We too felt the pressure of the war’s effect but thought we could i . get big results in an advertising wav■ it if we undersold the big fellow to the y consumer but we did this at a cost to I. ourselves and a bigger cost to the re■n taller. We advanced our price to the retailer from $33.00 to $35.00 then n-1 with lhe added revenue of October 4 :h 1917 to $36.00 and as leaf tobacct I kept increasing we went to $37.50 an< e- then to $38.50 and as our 1917 record:

r- showed we had suffered a hoes we on January 1 1918 jumped to $40.00. I We realized wo were laklnr from the r dealer $7.00 of his normal profit and 3. wo were still "selling our cigar at from . $3.00 to $5.00 less than the big dealer. 1-j We thought by cutting our profit and s, holding the dealer to a 20 per cent 1- profit we would build a wonderful ichentei, making every day a bargain e day” for the White Stag smoker but jour method was very unfair to the . dealer. f Then, on February 25th. 1919, the 1 new war tax became operative and - then it was —cither cheapen our > White Stag brand to maintain the obi, , nickel price—or raise the price to the - consumer enough to allow both the retailer and us a fair or normal profit and continue giving the smoker —the . BEST SMOKE IN THE WORLD. I This we are absolutely doing. | Compare the White Stag with Any other CLASS “B” cigar that sells for [ [7c or 8c or some 10c and your tongue will tell you more about our cigar than a printed page. The name "White Stag” is our biggest asset. We must maintain the quality. The big box with the White Stag on the lid is your guarantee that you’ll get all your money back in smoke satisfaction and wo trust that we may sene you in the future as in the pest and that wo will make our dream of a really big cigar factory

NIVERSAL CAR ve become such a world would almost seem as if ought to have its Ford ut, Touring Car, Coupe, two latter have enclosed the Truck Chassis, have ea part and parcel of You want one because ill be profitable for you. nr order at once because, tion is limited, it will be II first come, first supplied. I I’M KALVER-NOBLE GARAGE CO. L—_______ • I. ’BK'x.iv,-irrvway wawnatfcajßu-". - wnim t>hm ■ n/-~r' "Phone 814 Free Delivery The Fair Store Where you get the best of merchandise for less money When wanting a good loaf of BRE AD, like mother baked, try our famous MONEY-WORTH, 15c loaf CHICKEN FEED j Flour is going higher. We Scratch Feed (with grit). have a good stock of Omar, EnChkS’Feed’, cwt. ’’.54.50 terprise, Aristes, Blue Ribbon Less amounts, th 5c and other brands. Order a sack Oyster Shells, cwt §1.75 now. Yellow Corn Meal, lb. ...... 5c Large Tin Pails for 25c Cracked Hominy, lb 5c WaH Paper C | ea ier 15c Beans,, lb tOc Rice, 2 lbs. for 25c Paints - Stains, etc 15c Canned Goods at the lowest Carpet Beaters 15c possible price. Brooms, good ones for ... .63c COFFEE Chair Seats .... 10c up to 25c Prices are high, but we still Knives and Forks, set, SI.OO, have the best prices to be had. §1.50, $1.75 up io $2.50 Only a few more G. &J. Tires at the old price. Buy them now. DRY GOODS Now is the time to get ready for the Spring House Cleaning. Remember, our line of Curtain Goods is all new, and prices are the lowest. Prices range from 15c up to 50c yer yard. Children’s Dresses, Rompers and all kinds of ready-to-weai merchandise. I Saturday Special! Hope Muslin, per yard 21s Tobaccos, Cigars, Fruits, Candies. Salted Peanuts, etc. 1 ■ " lt Farmers, we want 1,000 dozens of eggs next Saturday. Helf yus get them. We will pay the highest market price for them e either in cash or trade,. Bring them in and make this BIG STORF o «,°H r popping place- Remember that G. &J. Auto Tire you an e- 'Slow** 4 ln ' S season - Save the 5 per cent war tax by buying let * * ml ’ I STEELE & BLEEKE id'

: Clothes Time and Coupon Clipping Time 1 THE TIME for new spring clothes and the time to clip the coupons of the Tin ‘ ERTY BONDS in which you invested your savings arrive together this year. Let the interest on your bonds buy or help to buy your new spring clothes. HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX clothes, guaranteed all wool and of expert t-’i oring, saved material while the war was on because they lasted longer and gavehtfi ’ wear. They save money for you now for the same reason. Hart, Schaffner & Marx Make, $25 and up Clothcraft Make - - $16.50 and , Holthouse Schulte & Co. GOOD CLOTHES SELLERS FOR MEN AND BOYS

employing many people, whose product will become nationally known and a business institution that this community will be justly proud of, come true. THE WHITE STAG CIGAR CO. By Henry Thomas. (Advertisement)

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