Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1919 — Page 4

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DAILY DEMOCRAT FubllthW Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Com*any i JOHN H. H ELLER..-rt.. President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE Secretary Subscription Rates By Government Order Cash J> Advance. One Week by carrier gxnx.lO cents One Year, by carrier WSW 16.00 One Month, by mail ......85 cents Three Months, by mall ........ 11.00 Six Months, by mall .$1.75 One Year, by mall 43.00 One Year, at office ...........(3.00 Single Copies .3 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. Just as we expected and predicted the reconiendations for the new state highway system cuts Adams county out of every thing but iwying an exorbitant tax to build roads in other parts of the state. Though the new’ map includes seventeen proposed roads, Mr. Wright, the commissioner, evidently forgot that there was such a county as this in the state. It’s an outrage that should not be permitted. The people of Adams county have been given a raw deal and it was because we belie fed this would happen that we opposed the highway law during the legislative session. Even the highway south from Fort Wayne has been routed through Bluffton and Pennville, leaving out Decatur, Monroe, Berne, Geneva and Bryant. That tax and road board at Indianapolis is certainly not for Adams county. Os course it is easier to just slip along without providing for the treatment of tuberculosis but it is not the wise course to pursue. When we are in good health we think we are going to run along that way for all time, but eventually we become ill. Then wc turn to The means at hand for treatment and it often means a long and expensive tri;. m the far west if we are able to make it. It would be so much better if our loved ones could be cared for near home and at an expense that any person could meet. That’s the big idea back of the campaign now’ being waged to secure the' co-operation of Adams county for a joint sanitorium and every good citizen it seems to us ought to get behind i it. We believe you will. s

Senator Borah, one of the leading republican senators has publicly scored Will Hays, the national chairman, declaring in a recent speech: “Hays says thia is an American question. It is an American question, but there are two sides to the question.' On which side does he stand? There are two sides to the proposition. Both sides cannot be right; one side must be for the interest of our people, the other side must be to their ♦ + | Summer : Suit • • ! ;; If you ever needed a | ;; nice cool suit it is now. 1 !! You won’t'need it next i ;; winter. We have them 1 ■ ■ now at popular prices. J 11 In Tan and Palm Beach. ! < > t | 20.00 to $25-00 MYERSDAILEY I COMPANY j

' detriment. All I ask Mr. Hays to do, ’ as he has presumed to speak for the I party, is to say on which side lies the interest or the future welfare of |he j American people. I object to the repudiated doctrine of being neutral, 1 even in thought.” f ————— Adams county will not get one cent of -the much talked of state and federal assistance in road building if the J plans recommended by the state comt missioner are adopted. Even the I straight north and south road, a part i of the O. I. & M. is not allowed. Sen--1 ator Munton seems to have looked i after that part of the road from Fort i • Wayne to Kendallville but south of Fort Wayne there is nothing doing. The people of Adams county should be up in arms. We are to be heavily taxed to build roads in other parts of the state without recognition of the fact that we have made an effort for years to build good roads. Can you imagine anything more unfair? Autoists are warned to obey the rules and the laws of the state and city. Two cars collided last evening at the corner of Second and Madison. One ran into the other, tore off the bumper and kept on going without even trying to find out whether they had caused any damage. Only about half the cars seen in Decatur each evening use tail lights, some use onlyone light in front,’ there is speeding, reckless approaches to corners, endangering of lives. Stop it now before it’s too late. We urge the officials’ to see that the laws are obeyed to the letter. Fight the army worm and fight it hard. Do not misconstrue this as just an ordinary scare. In Western Indiana counties, the crops have , been ruined by these little crawlers and they do it in a few hours. They travel in armies of millions and they make an oats field look mighty sick after their excursion through the golden acres. Mr. Meeks is working night and day to head them off and with the proper assistance can win. He deserves all the aid that can be given and it’s for you he is fighting, MrFarmer. A special session of the Indiana legislature will be held the last of August or the first of September, it has been announced ffom ‘the throne room at Indianapolis. This will give an opportunity to correct the tax and

road laws enacted by the recent legislature. The session is called to ratify the equal suffrage amendment giving the women the right to vote next year but it is said the governor will also take the opportunity to fix up several other matters. Let’s hope bo. Advertising is as much a part of the overhead expense of a modern merchant as is his rent for he can do with out one just about as well as he can the other. There is not a merchant In Decatur who can not double his sales in a year if he uses the right kind of talk in his Daily Democrat display space. Those who have given it a fair trial wlil tell you so. Delivery of automobiles are almost impossible an indication that prosperity is frisking around the country rather lively. The people are spending money in a free and easy fashion i that is the best proof that times are ’ good. Wages are high .nd the man [ who wants a job gets it without much L effort these days. COURT HOUSE NEWS ; David Gerber filed a petition as an >: appeal from the county commissiou- > ers, in which he asks court to release! I him fro ma contract made for the con-’ ; struction o? the Hoffman macadam • road in St. Marys township, for which I he bid $3620. On account of the war, J labor and material prices went up sc • that he would’' entail a loss of $1,06( > if he made the road under his con ! tract price. The county commission J ere failed to release him and the ap > peal was therefore made to the Ad > ams circuit court. ' J Soldiers’ honorable discharges wen T filed by Charles W. Massotlne, Ode: f R. Gould. Sylvan B. Rohrer, .Erwit £ David Bixler.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1919

SOCIETY Club Calendar , Wednesday. C. J* of C. Social—St. Joseph School Grounds. Thursday. Mt. Pleasant Mite Society—Mrs. ! Herb Butler. Friday United Brethren C. E. Society—- ' Stonerook Lawn. Mite Society—M. E. Church. Christian Pastoral Helpers— Mrs. Noah Mangold. f Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always inquiring never learn anything.—Disraeli. The Catholic Ladies of Columbia have everything ready for their social this evening. If the weather permits, it will be held on the school lawn. If it rains, the social will be held in the schoolhouse. Ice cream, homemade cake, homemade candies, soft, drinks will be sold. Everybody is invitefl to come. A double surprise was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Bleeke and family, Saturday evening. ft was planned as a surprise for their son, Richard’s twenty-sixth birthday anniversary, but during the latter part of the evening, the son, Fred, arrived home from overseas unexpertedly, whirh of course added much pleasure of the assembly. Conversation, music on the piano and piano-player and other diversions passed the time, until 11:30 o’clock when a lunch of ham sandwidhes. pickles, lemonade, ice cream and cake, was served. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Gust Bleeke and children. Helen and Lawrence; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heuer and son, Harry: Mr. and Mrs. John Heuer and daughter. Florence; and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bleeke and daughter, Ruth, of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Krueckeberg and daugh-| ter. Lydia and son, Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Martin BleeKe and daughter. Martha, and sons, August and Simon, who arrived home from overseas a couple of months ago. Their son. Fred, who served overseas 11 months, will visit at home for a few weeks after which he will go back to Fort Waflne to work at the knitting mils again. There will be a public barn dance at the William J. Bieberich farm near Preble Sunday evening, given by Fred Bieberich. An orchestra of Fort Wayne boys will play. One of the sections of the Ways & Means’ Committee of the Christian Pastoral Helpers will give a Japanese lawn social Monday evening at the Noah Mangold home on First street. A unique entertainment has been arranged for and a good time is assured. Everybody is given a cordial irvi taticn to come. A party of young girls, graduates of the St. Joseph Catholic schools of a year ago. gave a farewell dinner party last evening for one of their number, Miss Gladys Tanvas, of the convent of the Sisters of St. Agnes, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, who was at home for a vacation visit with her father, Alexander Tanvas and family. Miss Tanvas was a guest at the dinner. which was given at the J. C. Moran home, remaining until 8:30 o'clock, when she left to prepare to return to Fond du Lac. The other girls of the assembly, however, had a theatre party, going to the Mecca theatre, after,which they returned to the Moran home where they had lunch and a slumber party, remaining for the night. The dinner was nicely serv ed in three courses and was very delicious. Sweet peas and ferns form ed the tabel decorations. Miss Tanvas entered the convent a year ago following her graduation here, and is taking the regular high school course there. A party of a dozen young people of the Evangelical church gave a shower last evening on Mr. and Mrs. RoyGaunt of Mercer avenue, who were recently married. Mrs. Gaunt formerly being Miss Hilda Kern. Music on the Vtctrola and games w-ere enjoyed by the young people, after which the host and hostess served ice cream • * -and cake. They were presented with la number of beautiful and useful gifts. I Mrs. Herb Borroughs was hostess Ito the Sewing club ladies yesterday, lafternoon. They brought their needle jwork and conversed and enjoyed the l 0 houts socially, stopping for the tempting refreshments. ; There were < nine present. n There will be no meeting of the 1c nick club this week as at first .planned. The meeting will be held next week Miss Agnns Costello will be hostess. "« The European school of music will ts hold its annual concert this evening, in On the program are Miss Cecile (Andrews and Mr. Elmo Smith. Miss

Aadrown will sing “Were My Songs With Words Provided"; while Mr. Smith will sing “Roses in Picardv.” The concert is in the form of a c<mcert. prizes to be awarded for various grades. The United Brethren Christian Endeavor society will give a lawn social Friday evening on the Stonerook lawn. Misses Leona Bosse and Agnes Kohne went to Fort Wayne to attend the annual concert of the European school of music this evening. STRIKE ENDS THURSDAY. (United Press Service) Winnipeg. Man., June 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The general strike here, lasting forty days, will end Thursday at 11 a. m. The announcement was made early todayfollowing an all night session of the general strike committee. Sympathetic strikes in other cities will end at the same hour. The strike will have lasted six weeks to the hour at 11 a. m. CAUGHT TWO OF THEM. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., June 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Robert , Fitch came out of the Circle theater Monday night in time to see two young men drive away in his automobile. Today the two alleged auto thieves are in a cell. The ycung men slowed down to make a turn, Fitch leaped on the running board of the car and captured both young men. They gave their names as Claude Hammon, 17. and Howard Colter, 17, both of Dayton, Ohio. 6 FOR LIGHTER RESTRICTIONS. (United Press Service) Chicago, 111., June 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Resolutions asking lighter restrictions when they are returned to private ownership, adopted by the United States Independent Telephone association, were to be sent to Postmaster General Burleson today. Delegates io the state convention represent 4.500,000 telephone stations, three-fourths of al Ithe wire talking apparatus in the United I States. JOHNNY CAME MARCHIN’ HOME Johnny’ Corbett, in service two and a half years, arrived home last night and is visiting with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. C Corbett. Johnny saw service on the Mexican border and went to France with Pershing, being among the first of our boys to land there. ABOUT THE SICK Ben Fosty returned to Toledo, 0., after a week's visit with the Moran families. He recently returned from service overseas having spent two years and two months in service. HAND IS INJURED Frank Schultz, of the Fort Wayne News & Sentinel, is on an enforced vacation this week, the result of injury to his left hand, resulting from dropping a razor. The blade severed four blood vessels in the palm of the hand, cutting nearly to the bene. SHADES OF ADAM (United Press Service) Indianapolis. June 25 (Special to Daily Democrat) — Shades of Adam and the garden of Eden! Mrs. John McClintock awakened with a start. Peering through the twilight of early morning, she saw a man prowling about the room —a man clad .as Adam. A handkerchief adorned his head and a smile beamed on his countenance. Mrs. McClintock scream ed. The man ran, she told police. MAY PASS TODAY. (United Press Service) Washington. D. C., June 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The senate today was expected to pass the SBBO,000.000'*5rmy bill, clearing the way for the naval bill. At a session lasting until after midnight the senate adopted these amendments and fixed the army at 400,000 men. and limiting to $12,000 of the war department sales director. This permits the war department to go ahead witt purchase of camp sites and other real estate, negotiations on which were begun before January 1. NOTICE. Dr. C. R. Weaver’s office will be closed two weeks, from June 29th, to July 14th. Attending National ■. Osteopathic convention at Chicago. 151110 DR C. R. WEAVER. i —i ■V, ANTED—I want to employ one or, two good men with Fords in each' township in Adams county. Good < - pay steady job. See me at nay resi-| deuce. 402 Mercer avenue. Decatur J e Saturday afternoon, June 28, 1919 — ®i Jas - N. Fristoe. 151t3

THE REUNION By GLORIA RODGERS The sun had long since disappeared beneath the horizon, but there sttil lingered in the west a faint tinge of red. Patty Roberts patted her horse lovingly as she gazed toward the low spreading house in the distance. •‘Dear old Joe, you’ve traveled a long way today. We’ll soon be home, though. See, Joe, there it is now, and Caroline has a light in every window. I suppose she thinks we're lost.” The low, rambling house was not far away, faintly discernible in the dusk nestling among a few trees. It was homelike and cheery in appearance. Patty Roberts was staying with a former school chum, Caroline Fenwick, who had come to Hayton after finishing her course. Tatty had been a strenuous worker during the dark days of the war, dividing her time between Red Cross workrooms and hostess work at the various cantonments, and now that everything was bright again, she had come out to her chum's for a much needed rest. As the faithful Joe picked his way slowly along the trail—for though the night was bright, poor Joe was tired ,11 nd sleepy, Patty gazed across the moonlit stretch of land. Her eyes were a bit wistful as she watched a star swiftly shoot across the sky leaving | a shiny path behind. She sighed. Then, as if giving music to her thoughts, she softly began to sing. Her voice, sweet and clear, rose on the night air, and as she ended she sighed again and patting Joe said, | somewhat wistfully, “Well, Joe, I , guess we’d better be hurrying or Car- I ollne will have a searching party out i for us.” Gathering up the reins and , turning down toward the lighted house ( In the distance, Joe's hoof beats were soon out of hearing. Unknown to Patty she had an audience while she was singing. Bob Cutler was returning from his chum’s house and he, too, wns enjoying the beauty of the night, when Patty’s voice had come to him on the breeze. He drove his horse forward between a cluster of stunted trees and bushes until he could fairly perceive the singer and her horse in the moonlight. Where hnd he henrd tint song before?, As he listened the soft sounds of the night and the music of the girl's voice was changed to the sweet strains of a waltz and he was dancing again In the lighted ballroom of the hotel. He wns living over again that night when he had found the girl who had won his heart completely. And as Patty’s voice died away and he heard her speak to her horse, Boll’s heart leaped. “It couldn’t be! —but it does sound like her voice,” he mut-1 tered. Then he, too. turned his horse and soon was far niong the trail which led to his home, about two miles away. But, as he rode, his thoughts lingered about the girl of his dreams. “Just a ' dream, that's all.” thought Bob hitter- 1 ly. “There’s no use hoping I'll ever see her again.” He had been stationed at a naval training camp and hnd only recently come home. He was glad to be back at his home again. but at times he longed for the place where he had spent so many happy months. Life had been rather dull and lonely in the large school for the first few months, but one night, at a dance given for the boys in the service, he had met a girl with whom he had fallen deeply and irrevocably In love, but although he never saw her afterwards, the hope that he might some dqy meet her again brightened his days that were long and monotonous. As the days went by. and still no traces of her, he didn't give up hope until he had obtained his discharge and was speeding to his home. One afternoon, about a week later, Caroline called to Patty as she was coming out of the barn, where she had been saddling Joe, preparatory to going to the postoffice. “Patty, be sure and hurry home, because we’re going to have somebody nice here fo’ supper. He's coming especially to meet you. so you must hurry and be home in time to put ou your prettiest dress.” Caroline had invited Bob Cutler over to meet her guest, and he, wishing to oblige Caroline, whom he had known as a playmate all Ms life, declared, of course, he'd be delighted. “AU right, dear," Patty answered, “DI be there, if I don’t get lost In the meanwhile. I do hope he's good looking,” she added in a teasing voice. True to her word. Patty returned In time to array herself in a becomihg dress of pale blue ruffled muslin which just matched the lovely blue ol her eyes. She was a pretty picture of youth and daintiness as she enter ed the living room soon after the expected guest arrived. “Patty, dear, this Is Mr. Cutler—why I believe you two have met before!’ she exclaimed as Bob Jumped from hit chair atjd grasped Patty's hands. “Miss Roberts,” he- exclaimed, “j can't believe it!” “I never suspected it?" Caroline de dared, as, watching Patty’s blushins face and shining eyes and Bob’s exalt ed expression, she retreated in the dl rection of the dining room. “Just a minute, Caroline,” calle( Bob. “I want you to meet my Drean Girl. The girl whose image has been ii ■my heart for a year. I had given ni , hopes of ever seeing her again, an< I now I have her. I'm not ever goln; I to let her go again.” he added, stil holding Patty's binds in a determinec grasp. (Copyright. ISIJ. by tbm.JfcClure News

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