Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1919 — Page 4

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D \ I L Y DEMO CRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER.......President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE Secretary Subscription Rates By Goverument Order Cash la Advance. One Week by carrier 10 cents One Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mail 35 cents Three Months, by mail .......SI.OO Six Months, by mall ....$1.75 One Year, by mail $3.00 One Year, at office $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. It is argued by some that because of the fact that congress repealed appropriations amounting to fifteen bil- ; lion dollars ,the present Victory Loan drive is unnecessary. This is a wrong i impression and if you will just stop, i and think a moment you will know it. The Victory Loan drive is to pay debts already incurred. The cancelled appropriations were those for fu- i ture expenditure. The fourth loan ; had been spent before it was raised. Though the war has been won we ' must feed and pay our brave troops ? in France and a million there yet, | all debts must be paid, we must tin- ; I ish the job. Don’t quit now. The man who does is just as much a slacker, provided of course he can keep on helping, as was the man who quit under fire. Peace has not been sign- , ed. Be a real soldier. Do your part now even better than you did before. ; The integrity of the United States is at stake. Monday, April 21st is to be Voluu- . teer Day for the Victory Loan in Adams county. You should plan to buy as many or more bonds than you bought during the fourth drive. It is necessary if Adams county meets the demand that will be made upon her. The quota has not been fixed but is expected any day now. However, It Is known that the tofal will be about the same as before, six billion dollars and this county will be expected to buy a total ot about SBOO,OOO. The bonds will be attractive and aside from the patriotic reason for buying you should remember that upon the result of this drive depends largely the future prosperity of your country. Remember this fact and buy bonds, all you can — and help sell them. Adams county will continue to build roads. Four more contracts were let today and a dozen more petitions will probably be acted upon during the next sixty days. Several petitions for county roads are now being prepared and we are going forward. That's the right spirit and by that we do not mean that we should go wild on this proposition. There should be a happy and reasonable medium that would lx- just right and that's where we ought to hit. Let’s be sanely progressive. The whippet - tanks scheduled to come to Decatur next Sunday will not be here until Tuesday and perhaps

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even later. The delay is caused by the fact that the tank occasionally refuses to work and since it was not built for an overland schedule the task of billing, it is next to impossible. The tank is coming however and all information as to the date will be published as won as received. esass m A wonderful series of handsome display advertisements for the Victory Loan have been prepared and proofs are now in our hands. The only trouble is that no funds are furnished to pay for the space and work of using same. If there are any patriotic citizens who would like to sign their names to these appeals, we will certainly meet you half way and be glad to do it. There is no use to argue the new tax law at this time. The valuations are being more than doubled in many instances and if any one can prove that this will reduce the amount of dollars and cents necessary to pay your tax next year that’s a new system of higher mathematics. The one sure way to get the answ-er is to wait until next spring and then compare your receipts. ■S-K x x X -X X X X X x-x.::;xX» xi H SOCIETY i a . 0 Club Calendar Tuesday. Y. I’. A.—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker Thimble Club—Mrs. Will Kremers Thursday— Loyal Workers’ Class —Mrs. John Schnitz. W. C. T. U. —Mrs. Robert Case. Wednesday. Christian Pastoral Helpers’ Party —Mrs. C. E. Wilson. Choir Practice for Easter at Evangelical Church. W. M. A. of U. B. Church—-Par-on-age. Thursday. Evangelical Aid —Mrs. Henry Adler Eutyrpean. Club —Mrs. Dan Niblick. Eastern Star. Regular Meeting. Presbyterian Aid — Mrs. HenryThom as. U. B. Aid—At Parsonage. Mt. Pleasant Mite—Mrs Sam Fuhrman. Friday. 1. W. M. A. Supper—Evangelical Church. Saturday U. B. Ladies’ Pastry Sale —Baker & Hower’s. Sunday Otterbein Guild —U, B. Church. Ballade of Dead Friends As we the withered ferns By the roadside lying, Time, the jester, spurns All our prayers and prying— All our tears and sighing. Sorrow, change and woe — All our where-and-whying For friends that come and go. Life awakes and burns. Age and death defying, Till at last it learns All but love is dying; Love’s the trade weTe plying God has willed it so; Shrouds are what we’re buying For friends that come and go. Mt-i forever yearns

I i.V-4. I*. J CUI HO I For the thing that’s flying. I Everywhere he turns, I Men to bust are drying— I Dust that wanders, eyeing I (With eyes that hardly glow) New faces dimly spying Ect friends that come and go. . Envoy

And thus we all are nighing The truth we tear to know; Death will end our crying For friends that come and go. —Edwin Arlington Robinson, it Indianapolis News.

Mrs. C. E. Bell and Mrs. C. C.V Pumphrey were hostess and leader | for the Research club at its meeting yesterday afternoop. A number of guests, including Mesdames C. S. Carey. John Schug, S. E. Hite and W. A. Lower, joined with the club members in enjoying the excellent entertainment provided. In a musi-| cal contest, the names of songs were provided by filling in blanks in a musical story. The airs were those suggested in their playing, with Mrs. Jesse Dailey at the piano During the refreshment interim hot buttered rolls, tuna salad, olives, preserves, peas in patties, cakes and coffee were provided Mrs. L. A Graham will bs hostess next week. A happy surprise was given at the

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1919

WOMEN INVITED Women War Workers of County Invited to State Meeting and Luncheon HELD AT INDIANAPOLIS Thursday, April 17—Luncheon in the Riley Room at the Claypool Hotel. Mrs. A. D. Artman, chairman ot the Woman's Section of the Council of Defense, has received from the state chairman, Anna Studebaker Carlisle, in behalf of the women war workers of the county, an invitation to a state meeting as follows, with the request that it be given publicity: “The reports of the work or the Woman's Section of the State Council of Defense for the year and a half of its existence are so gratifying, and the work ranks so high in comparison with that of other states, that it has been decided to hold a meeting in Indianapolis on Thursday, April 17th, to celebrate the successful termination of this work. “At an open meeting at 10 a. m. reports from the members of the executive committee will be given, and a i luncheon will be served in the Riley i Room of the Claypool Hotel at 12:30. After the luncheon, an address will be given by a national speaker. “The county chairman of the Woman’s Section is asked to extend an invitation to every woman who worked with the Woman's Section, and to all women who did war work of any kind. “Very truly yours, ANNE STUDEBAKER CARLISLE Chairman Woman’s Section State Council of Defense. beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Krueckeberg in honor of their daughter, Lydia's twenty-third birthday. Those present were Misses Hulda. Ixjuisa, Elsie and Erma Bleeke; Ella. Lydia and Angeline Krueckeberg; Minnie Steele, Ida, Lydia and Clara Ehlwding. Ella Hoffman of Preble; Messrs. Richard. William, Fred. Walter and Alfred Bleeke, Edward Echeiferstein, Emil and Paul Krueckeberg. and Oscar Hoffman of Preble. Games were played and a de-’ licious lunch was served. They all left late wishing Miss Lydia many more happy birthdays.—Contributed. i Mr. and Mrs. Dick Blossom and sons, Flick and George, of Ft. Wayne were guests Sunday of their sister, Mrs. Edith Brenrerkamp, and daughters. The Young People's Alliance will meet with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hocker on First street this evening. A good, attendance is desired. Wednesday evening after prayer service at the Evangelical church there will be special choir practice in preparation for the Easter service, j The Young Woman's Missionary: Circle of the Evangelical church will meet Friday evening in the. church parlors. Supper will be served from 6 to 7 o’clock to the girls at the usual price of twenty cents. Every girl of the circle and her girl friends are invited. The Euterpean club will have its last meeting of the season with Mrs. which time the annual roll call and election of officers will also be held. The program will be lead by Mrs. Dan Niblick, and the Misses Rose Christen and Celia Andrews. The Loyal Workers’ class will meet Thursday evening instead of Thursday afternoon as announced through error yesterday, at the home of Mrs. John Schnitz Miss Marie Hays will lead the study for the Otterbein Guild at its- meeting SSnday afternoon at the United Brethren church.

BIG GAMES TONIGHT Tonight is the big night All basket ball fans report at the gyre tonight land have the time of your life. Sevleral good games have been arranged Ithe first to be played being between

the fourth grade boys and girls of the •orth Ward school. The second will be played between the Democrat All-' and the faat Senator team of Fort Wayne. The Senators beat the' All-stars last Friday* at Fort Wayne by a score of 43 to 42. but the local eagers are pretty confident, that they' can show them how it is done tonight jThe last game, to be the feature of .the evening, will be played betweeni 'the High School Faculty and the De'catur Merchants. It promises to be 'a tight contest, as both teams are ' well qualified to pit up a stiff fight. It th high school boys haven't sold you a ticket, they are expecting to see you at the door. Admission fifteer and twenty-five cents. Proceeds to gx , toward the gym fund. Everybody i come.

INSTALLING OVEN. The new oven for the Miller & Son wholesale bakery has arrived and workmen are installing the same. It will be ready for use in a few days. ROAD CONTRACTS I Commissioners Award Contracts for Building Four Macadam Roads. I ( BOND SALE APRIL 22 Hopple Drain Approved— Light Franchise Will be Heard May sth. The county commissioners in regular session this morning at the auditor’s office received sealed bids and : awarded the contract for the building 1 of four macadam roads in the “conn- ' ty. The work of the construction of the roads will begin at once and it is < planned that the bond sale will be held either on April 21st or 22nd. 1 The roads that were sold and the I successful bidders are: Beckmeyer Road. Finley Striker $8,200.00 Miller & Butler 7.939.00 : A. K. Stoneburner 8.352.70 1 Contract awarded to Miller & But- t lev I Catherine Eiting Road. < i Finley Striker $14,900.00 • C. W. Merryman 15,800.00 ! Miller & Butler 15.869.00 • Contract awarded to Finley Striker. , George Ineichen Road. ‘ L. 0. Bears $10,999.00 < Fred Braun 10.550.00 J Smith & Mathys 10.395.00 ; Kenneth Huey 10.400.00 < Finley Striker 10,926.00 Edward Finey 11.550.00 J Contract awarded to Smith & • Mathys. I Martin Reese Road. ‘ L. 0. Bears * $4,763.00 < Fred Braun 4.700.00 ! Smith & Mathys *..... 4.498.00 J Kenneth Huey 4.412.00 • Finley Striker 4,900,00 ' John Ruckmaster 4.582.00 Edward Finey 4.658.15 Contract awarded to Kenneth Huey. . Hopple Drain Approved. ! Jhe John W. Hopple drain was ap- • j proved and ordered constructed, the < . preliminary assessments approved J and Orval Harntff appointed J superintendent of construction in • the matter. ‘ Set for May sth. ' The commissioners set Monday. < May sth. as the day on -which they * would hear the petitions for the fran- ' chise of the Farmers’ Light & Pawer > company, the Preble Light & Power I company and the Linn Grove Light J : & Power company. ; Asks to be Relieved, J. G. Crum, contractor for the Beavers macadam road, through his attorney, D. B. Erwin, petitioned the I board to be released from complet- ■ ing the road, in view of the fact that ,he took the contract in 1917, was stopped in the construction of it on account of the war. and that now the freight rates and increased cost of material would mean that he would suffer a loss from twelve to sixteen hundred dollars if he was required to complete the road on the old contract. He also asked that he be allowed pay for the work done on the improvement and that he be released from the contract. The matter was set for a hearing on May sth. Reports Approved. The monthly and quarterly reports of the county clerk, county treasurer, county sheriff and county recordier were filed and approved. Infirmary Supplies. Bids were opened and the contract awarded for the furnishing of supplies at the county- infirmary the following being the successful bidders: Fisher & Harris, tobacco, $17.40; Niblick & Co., groceries. $102.29; Niblick & Co., dry goods, $19.55; My-ers-Dailey Co, clothing. $53.00; Smith, Yager & Falk, drugs. $7.70.

FORT WAYNE AND DECATUR TRACTION LINE CENTRAL TIME Leave Decatur Leave Ft. Wayne Si4O a. m. 7:00 a.m. 7 >OO a. m. H >BO a, m. 8:30 a. m. 10:00 a. m 10:00 a.m. 11 >3O a. m. IS>3O a. so. 1100 ». m. 1 >OO p. m. »>3* »jb. 3:30 p. m. «>f>« >. BL. 4 >OO B, m. b:3O p.m. 7>oo p. m. 3:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. 11:05 p.m. Car every hour and a half. »*“* 1 hoar and 3 mln7:«*j“'“‘ leaves Decatur at 13:00 J"' teavea Ft. Wayne at t.n.l p.^ 1 arrivln* tn Decatur at OMee hour. 0:30 m . <Q 7I(M , _ »• B. BTONEaCRMKa, always n E i S' most PROSPEROUS* Ofl - - - 1b... I

ABOUT THE SICK • Beatrice, aged five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Archbold, who has been ill for some time of bowel trouble, is better again today, although yesterday she was not so well. Iler improvement today, however, gives encouragement that she w-ill now get along all right. o •——— THE COURT NEWS. Mr. Yontz, well known salesman for Burford, of Indianapolis, was here on business yesterday. Mr. Yontz celebrated his thirty-second year with Burford last Friday. ’"Soldiers' honorable discharges filed > for record: Frank H. McWhirter, Edgar Albert Schug, Ernest Stengel,' Lee E. Mitch. Austin Gilliom. Walter* C. Oliver, John W. Brewster, Earl and Paul Blackburn. Real estate transfers: Raymond F. * Anderson, et al. to William M. Anderson. realty in Hartford township, quit I claim deed, $612.33; Trustee M. R. E. cemetery to John Schindler, lot 428 M. R. E. cemetery. SSO; Della L Craig et al. to Alpine Hotel Company, realty in Monroe township. $4,000; Ida Major Merriman to James H. Tcker. lot 84 Decatur. $1,300. Mrs. G. T. Burk’s section of the Christian Pastoral Helpers will give a party tomorrow afternoon at the C. E. Wilson home on West Monroe street for Mrs. C. R. Weaver’s section in payment as a forfeit in a recent contest —o - Democrat Wants Ads Pav *+++++4 •:-r4-r4-++ ■ >

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“A COUNTRY BOY SCOUT A SCOUT PLAY Benefit Troop 1, Craigville, Indiana CRAIGVILLE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10 At High School TOCSIN, FRIDAY, APRIL 11 At Town Hall 8:30 p.m. Admission, 35c and 20c Ito night! X > x:x>-<x7iix X-Kx- xX s : “THE SERPENT.” A big five-reel production, produced | by the William Fox company, and starring the well I known actress, Theda Bara. « “A rich man takes her from her home. For a while he j treated her as a queen. Then he became tired of her— g tells her she must go. She sacrificed honor for a man, I and he abandoned her. She knew the greatest thing | in his life was his love of his son. The sefcne that fol- | lows and the revenge the girl takes, makes this great ? drama. i THE KLX THEATRE I x__ . 2 «- ■■ ■■■■ ■■■'■ II ■' ' »♦♦♦♦< I 11 1111 I ♦