Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1919 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published 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 me Year, by carrier $5.00 One Month, by mall 35 cents Three Months, by mail SI,OO Elx Mouths, by mall $1.75 One Year, by mall $3.00 □no Year, at office $3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poatofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Geneva, Berne, Decatur, Wabash, were over at the close of the first day of volunteer week, a wonderful ' showing considering the fact that but little campaigning was done. The desire is to distribute these splendid securities among as many buyers as possible. It’s a healthier condition for the country. There is no doubt but that the four and a half billion dollars will be subscribed easily during the drive but there is a tendency for the big corporations and millionaros to take them. They are just as valuable to you. You can buy them any time this week and indications are there will be no canvassing. Volunteer if you want them. An aviator flew from Chicago to New York in seven hours the other day, first non-stop trip ever made over that route and it is predicted that within a few years Chicago business men will eat Breakfast at home, jump in their air car, tear off to Wall street, buy a few blocks of steel or Southern Paciffic and ramble back to Windy town for a late dinner in the evening. That all sounds good and we do not doubt that it will come to pass but we know one “feller” who is not going to take one of those rides over an unimproved road, 12,000 feet up. until some new fangled safety devise makes falling more enjoyable than at present. That's us every time, Mabie.

Buy bonds patriotically if you will, but if not buy them because they will make you money. Just stop and think a moment. You can tytrrow for six months the money at the same rate of interest the bonds draw. At the end of that six months it is the general belief the bonds will be worth at least a $1.05. If you buy a thousand dollars worth of bonds now and they go to that price, you make SIOO easy. That's the way rich men get richer. There is no reason why you should not take off a little of the easy stuff on this issue. You take but. little chance if any and the probabilities are that you will wonder after while why you could not. see it. The Blue Jacket band wju bg here rhmsday and the w,# train Saturday Each event will draw a good crowd and those days have been selected as special volunteer days i n Decatur. Subscribe for bonds on those days or

-— — J Silk Shirts We have a showing of Silk Shirts that cannot be beaten in any large city. In tub shirts, crepe and silk fiber. $3.50, SI.OO, $5.00, SB.OO, $8.50 and SIO.OO. Do not miss this rare collection of Silk Shirts. THE MYERS-MILEY €7OIVIF><NJ’V’ The Store That Does Things ( i

’ any other day when it is convenient t this week. The country stations will not be kept open but you can volun r teer by seeing your township or sect tion worker or by culling at any bank, , or headquarters. Wear a white but- • ton. That's the sign that you have done your part for the Victory Loan. Senator Harry New is for the i I League of Nations. And just a forti night ago he was teraing the plan to I pieces in wild rhetorical flights and ' at that he was only following the ' leadership of Will Hays, James Wat- ! son, Senator Lodge and others who have since felt the pulse of the people and decided that perhaps the league isn't such a bad thing after all. Judge Leander J. Monks, for eigh teen years a member of the supreme bench of Indiana and prior to that judge in Randolph county for twentyfour years, died from an attack of appoplexy. He was seventy-five years old and perhaps the most noted jurist of the state, a learned lawyer, a thorough gentleman and his death is deplored by thousands who knew and admired him. I SOCIETY [ gi te Chib Calendar Tuesday. Dutiful Daughters—-Violet Earhardt D. Y. B. Sect. 2 —Mrs. Bessie Hoover. Wednesday. Walther League — Zion Lutheran Schoolhouse. Baptist Aid —Mrs. E. E. Brown Thursday. Two-cent Supper—Pythian Home Mt. Pleasant Mite —Mrs. Ernest Tumbleson. Friday. Christian Pastoral Helper*r—Mrs. J E. Anderson. Phillthea Class —Mrs. C. E. Bell. Evangelical Aid —Mrs. Tom Kern. Saturday Two-cent Supper—Pythian Home. Reformed Ladies’ Pastry Sale — Gas Office. To God, thy country, and thy friends be true. —Vaughn.

We flatter these we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best —Ella Wheeler Wilcox Forty-seven relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Okeley in honor of their son, Private Ralph Okeley on Easter Sunday. A fine dinner was served and the day otherwise spent in a happy reunion. Those present were: Gailard Wiliams and fan.ily; Carl Kable and family ajid Haalo Bellie, of Rockford, Ohio; George Baumgartner and family of Willshire, 0., and Grandma Tindall of Pleasant Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurt of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Okeley of Fort Wayne; Miss Clara Marner, of Rockford, Oho; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fuhrman, of Monmouth; Mr. and Mrs. John Smith and family, of Decatur; Elmer Tindall of Fort Wayne; Ralph Babbitt of Decatur; Mrs. Samuel Tindall of Decatur; and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dyrer, of Rockford, O. —Contributed. The Research club met with Mrs. L. Vance yesterday afternoon. As

Mrs. Mary Lley was scheduled to T” 1 this ,GS ’ U «’ kli Interesting letter tiom her was read by Mrs. R. D My®T8 ’ M Mrs EUy. who has ben. sending the winter in St. Louis Mo could not be present in person letter told interestingly O { uo , ~ features of St. Louis and its actJlb Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sheets and faJ

—Lainily, R. 11. White and family and Arthur Chase motored Easter Sunday to 1 near Celina, 0., where they visited ' with Mesdatr.es Sheets and White’s brother, Elmer Kettle and family and their mother, Mrs. Susannah Kettle. The Pythian Sisters announce twocent suppers for Thursday and Saturday evenings at. the Pythian Home. This is the last week of a division campaign for raising funds, which has been waging for several weeks. The contest closes this week and the temple will then prepare for the district convention to be held here May 2. The Delta Theta Tau sorority met with Miss Margaret Smith last evening. Miss Grace Arnold, leader of the program, read the autobiography of Gene Stratton Porter, which was of unusual interest, inasmuch as she is an Adams county author. The sorority has arranged for a card party next

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919

■ J , Monday evening at eight o’clock at . the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Arnold Tickets will be twenty-five cents. Plates of tempting refeshments were passed by the hostess during the social period. Mi's. Will Bowers will be hostess in two weeks. A most enjoyable birthday celebration was that for Lester Baughman at his home at Portland on Easter Sunday. A largo number of relatives, including his mother, Mrs. N. J. Baughman, and his brother, Clarence Baughman and wife and daughter, Bertha, of this city, attended. Other guests were George, Luther, Silas, Mary, Cyntha, Vialo Granger, of Deerfield; Mr. and Mrs. Silas Granger and daughter. Mabel, of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steed, of near Collett; Mr. and Mrs S. J. Baughman, Ralph, Errol, Olive, Lyle Baughman; Saruh and Amanda Lyons. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thieme returned to Fort Wayne last evening. They came to attend the wedding of their sister, Pauline Thieme and Carl Boese which was solemnized Sunday at the Bleeke Lutheran church. Dr. H. E. Keller and Miss Josephine Malley were sponsors for the infant, Herman Joseph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Siemon Hains, who was christened Sunday afternoon at the St. Marys Catholic church. The Shakespeare dub will have its annual closing social this evening at I he home iff Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan. The dinner at six o'clock will be followed by an entertainment of some kind, .the nature of which will be kept as a surprise until this evening. Mrs. Tom Reid who has been at their cottage at Rome City came home for the Shakespeare social this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Cal Peterson returned last evening from Grand Rapids, Mich., where they visited with Mr. I and Mrs. Fred Bouse. Mrs. Peterson ■ spent two weeks with Mrs. Bouse,] who was Miss Myrtle Watts, of this' city; while Mr. Peterson joined his wife for a visit over Easter. The Dutiful Daughters of the Evan-, gelical Sunday school will be entertained this evening by Miss Violet' Earhardt, who will be assisted by Mi& Alta Breiner. Miss Maggie Bennett, who was ill three weeks ago of flu, and who suf sered a relapse last Friday after going out and raking the garden, is said to be quite ill. She is sixty-eight years old, and her advanced age makes her condition the more severe. She is cared for by Mrs. Mattie' Schlegel, who resides with her in the north part of the city. ABOUT TOWN — Dr. W. E Smith went to Ft. Wayne. this morning on business. Postmaster J. W. Bosse reports let-

ters remaining uncalled for at the Decatur postoffice for the following: ( Mrs Madeline Flood Gorman, Mr. Ira Smith. Mr. Tira Edwards, Mr. Robert I Buuck. When calling for this mail,! s please say “Advertised.” '■ The work of stringing the wires 11 from the county farm to Pleasant ' Mills and Bobo is now under way and 1 those who have contracted for elecin trie power from the Pleasant Mills i I Light” & Power company will soon be 1 enjoying this convenience in their , homes and on the farms. The pow-| - er is furnished by the Decatur muni- J ■ eipal plant. Norbert Houthouse writes from' I Vignueiles-Wald, France,' where he has been stationed since the signing of the armistice. Ho has also sent us a number of pictures obtained from the German prisoners, and several pictures of the graves of American < heroes. He is not figuring on getting < back in the states for several months. s The Rotary club will hold its reg- ’ ular luncheon meeting at the Murray ’ Hotel at seven o'clock Thursday evening. Herb Bremerkamp returned to £ Fremont yesterday after spending a Easter with his parents. j 1 George Cramer returned to his work in the Y. M. C. A. at Marion, i astern an Easter vacation with his ] parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. E. Cramer.' a Mrs. J. W. Furry, of Wren, Ohio, ■ t | changed cars here enroute to Fort c I Wayne, , t

. ‘ d . l , and * dr3 ' Theodore Walda and ' t 0 Fort Wa y ne - They »'■»» H ”‘" BlMke J returned after a visit a™ 1 Anderson visit ncre over Easter , B Mr. and Mrs. Roger • * at Alexandria over Sunday VISIUd 1 Miss Bertha Heller has returned to’ ’ her work at Indianapolis after a two' days’ visit with her mother Mrs n I D. Heller. Mrs. Dan H. Tyndall will go to In ’ dianapolis this week to attend the state meeting of the Tri Kappas. o THE BECKMEYER BONDS. The Beckmeyer macadam road bonds were sold this afternoon to the Old Adams County bank at par and accrued interest. Work on the road 1 will begin soon The other bond issues are being offered today. i I

t++++++++ + + + + + + + , 1 ♦ WILL ISSUE BONDS. + ’ * — +: ■ <s• County Chairman Sehirmeyer + ! + has received official notice that + ] i + bonds to a limit of SIO,OOO will ♦ • + be issued to every purchaser. If + . ♦ the $4,500,000 is over-subscribed, + J i + applications for more than $lO,- ♦ ; ■ + 000 will be pro rated. Some peo- + • . + pie have the idea it seems that ♦ ! , 4> they will not be able to secure + ; ■ + bonds, but this is not true. You + • . + can get the bonds unless your + I • + subscription is for more than + J + SIO,OOO and you want them for + • ♦ they are the most valuable secur- + • [ + ities ever issued. Volunteer this + I I + week. <fr • ++++ + + i CANDY AND°ICE CREAM.' A 1 • (United Press Serviced ' Washington, D. C., Apr. 22 —(Spe- J ; cial to Daily Democrat) —July Ist and J , national prohibition will see the be- • i ginning of a rush of dollars into ! . candy and ice cream manufacture. J More than a half hillion dollars will ■ be tied up in ice cream making ! alone when prohibition begins its J second year, is the prediction of ex- ■ perts in that industry. Capital now ! invested totals $160,000,000. Manu- J facturers evpect a demand equivalent ' to four gallons for each of. the 100,000,- • 000 souls in the United States. Con- J sumption now is less than two gal- ' lons per capita. I ELEVEN ARE _ OVER J • United Press Service) ■■ Indianapolis, April 22—(Special to J Daily Democrat) —Optimism prevail- • ed at state Victory Lean headquarters' today. Over reports from various] parts of the state which showed that ] eleven Indiana counties have subscrib ' ed their quota and are still going. < INDICTED FOR MURDER?” J ! , (United Press Service) ' | Standardsville, Va., Apr. 22—(Spe- ' cial to Daily Democrat)—rEdgar Mor- • ris, clansman and gunman, apparent- ! ly has postponed his threat to shoot J up the local court house and town. ■ His challenge from the Virginia hills. ! accompanied by the Albemarle Rifles ] rushed here from Charlottsville, was < not. carried out. The grand jury yes- I terday indicted Morris for murdering J Magistrate S. G. Sullivan, who had • imposed a slight fine on him for as- ! saulting a pastor here. A second in- J dictment charged Morris with mur- • dering James Morris at a Christmas I . dance. ■ forest”YTreYYarly. " p I ' a (United Press Service) , | Altoona, Pa., Apr. 22—(Special to . i Daily Democra' t —Great damage was J done to young timber in the moun- • | tains east and west of this city last • 1 night when forest fires, fanned by a J high wind, burned over thousands of ‘ acres. J I 0 1 < BE SURE AND GET TICKETS I < I Only a few days to get tickets for ; i the Junior Hop to be given by the ■ Junior class of the Decatur high ■ school, Thursday, April 24. at the Ma- J sonic Hall. The tickets are going J fast and only a few yet remain to be • had. Get yours of any Junior of the ■ high school at once. — - Keeps Hana's and Feet Out. A Greek inventor has produced a,T machine which automatically cleans, -I and packs more than 156 cases of cur--rants cn hour without contact of human hand or foot. Animal’s Strong Instinct. Some animals are remarkable, indeed. for the womk’rful development of love and devotion they possess and show toward men. They tire so acute in the sense of their affections that they seem to perceive the feelings of their master in advance of his expressions. Masters of dumb animals have often been heard to declare that their animals were quicker to detect in them a spirit of anger than were their fellow men. Ink Stains on Furniture. To remove ink stains from mahogany, rosewood or black walnut furniture, put half a dozen drops of spirits cf nil r in a spoonful of water and touch the stain with a feather wet with the mixture. As soon as the stain disappears, rub with a cloth dampened with cold water. Cold Water as a Purifier. -Fresh cold water is a powerful abBirbent of gases, therefore it should be greatly used in a sick room or in one v.iich cannot be frequently Ventilated. A bowl of cold water kept tn such a room and changed daily is of great asWBtancc m purifying the air. I AnJX° Discre,,ited Prophets. . false , nlne ’eonth-century ex-naval officer be “entloned the predicted that Broth «rs, who Jerusalem, and he king of "ho founded a J ames White, the Jezreelites '° ,r)us se « known as I ' To ° LAT^^Ta^r FlcATioN FOR SALE— Two washing maehiaea ( and one wringer. Call 'Phene No.| 1 ' 96tf,

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