Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1911 — Page 2

DAILYDEMOCRAT Published Every Evening, Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Raton Per Week, by carrier 1* cents Per Year, by carrier ....$5,00 Per Month, by mail 2» cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail. Theodore Roosevelt has put in a bid | for the support of Wall street for i another nomination. But Wall street; will not lightly abandon Taft. Taft has not hurt the “Big Business” of Wall street. On the contrary he stands for practically everything that “Big Business” wants. His attitude 1 on the tariff reform bills in the last i session of congress, his vetoes of the bills passed by the democrats and progressive republicans, his approval of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act, were all entirely satisfactory to the big contributors to the republican national campaign fund. If Roosevelt’s bid is accepted it will be merely because he overbids Taft. Says the inspired George W. Stout, in the republican state organ: “The democrats at the state house started the year 1912 with a $50,000 deficit. They used $50,000 of the z income of the fiscal year 1912 to pay some of the bills , of the fiscal year 1911. This is a serious handicap to begin with.” It was worse than that. Both the fiscal years 1911 and 1912 were started with the handicap of a nearly $2,000,000 deficit between current receipts and expenditures left by previous republican administrations. It had become a fixed habit of the republican state house machine to anticipate revenues —in other words, to live on the future. It will take time to correct this evil without increasing the state taxes, but the democratic administration proposes to accomplish it by careful management. LOST—Smav amethyst broach, set in silver, with pendaat. Return to this office. 26613 ■

Than "r nm cement * ? <C i - 1 xl / (/Va Copyrighr 1911 /■ Mahaeia, Seem <x Rochester, N. Y. ■ You’ll Enjoy Your Turkey More in a spruce, new Winter Suit. And now's the time to get it because we’re making a special Thanksgiving offering of Micheels -Stern perfectly tailored Suits and Overcoats. From today till Wednesday evening only, you may bu v these Stylish garments at a saving. Suits and Overcoats $6.50 to $25.00 A good chance for the thrifty The Myers-Dai ley Go. Clothiers & Furnishers

DOINGS IN SOCIETY Miss Merryman and Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer Give Shower for Miss Hale. ANOTHER ONE GIVEN For Mr. and Mrs. George Simmers —Louis Mailand Entertains Coon Skins. SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tk» m Embroidery Club—Mrs. Will Winncs Florhul de Purin —Clara Bultemeier. U. B. Larios’ Aid Social—Parsonage. Pythian Sisters’ Dinner—K. of P. Home. Sina Cura Club —Agnes Meibers. Friday. Eastern Star —Hall. Mite Society—M. E. Church. Needlecraft —Mamie Kitson. Christian Ladies’ Aid —Mrs. Minnie Daniels. When it is Too Much. She smiles, my darling smiles, and all The world is filled with light; She laughs—’tis like the bird’s sweet call. In meadows fair and bright. She weeps—the world is cold and gray, Rain-clouds shut out the view; She sings—I softly steal awrny And wait till she gets through. Mrs. John Stewart was hostess Wednesday afternoon to the Orient club and a few other guests, including Mrs. J. T. Merryman and daughter, Frances, and Mrs. Oscar Lankenau. The needlework of the first hours was laid aside later for two pleasing diversions in the way of contests. One was unusually novel. The centerpiece of the dining table was a. large pumpkin, hollowed out in the form of a basket, and filled with tempting-look-ing fruit, making a centerpiece very appropriate to the Thanksgiving season. On the basket were pinned slips of paper on which were written fortunes for each guest and after reading these they looked for articles hidden about the room, which illustrated the verse telling the fortunes. The seeds that had filled the pumpkin were reserved, and after each was given an opportunity for guessing the number, the count was made and Mrs. J. T. Merryman found to have guessed the nearest to the right number. In another interesting guessing contest the

prize was awarded Mrs. C. D. Lewton. Mrs. Stewart was assisted in serving a two-course luncheon by Miss Ircta Erwin. The next meeting will be in two weeks with Mrs. J. M. Miller. Mr. and Mrs, George Simmers, who were recently married and who are now at home in a cozy little home on South Seventh street, were given a miscellaneous shower Wednesday evening by about fifty of the members of the Concord Lutheran church of Root township, of which the bride is a member. The shower of gifts was an unusually pleasing one and included pictures, mirrors, china, granite, linen, and in fact all varieties of articles of use and beauty needed in a home, and were a very material evidence of the good wishes of all. While some played good, old-fashioned games, others conversed, and the ev ening thus passed in a most pleasing way, the Concord congregation returning to their homes on the 10 o’clock car. During the evening, refreshments of apples were enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Simmers begin their new life with the very host wishes of their great host of friends. Inace Ray entertained at supper the Misses Bertha Bogner. Anna Meyer. Lena Meyer, Messrs. Sherman Rump. Orlando Ashbaucher, Henry Wall, o; Bluffton. The Shakespeare club met with Mrs. J. S. Boyers Wednesday afternoon, where the study of Africa was resum ; ed, Algeria being the specific study, ; with Mrs. D. D. Heller leader. A di- ' gression from the usual entertainmen: was the two course luncheon served after the study period. ; All members of the Mite society are I requested to attend the meeting to be held in the church parlors tomorrow afternoon. They are requested tc come early and bring their thimbles as the afternoon will be given over to comfort knotting. The Embroidery club will meet this evening with Mrs. Will Winnes. Miss Agnes Meibers will entertain the Sina Cura club this evening, the entertainment having been postponed from last evening on account of the choir entertainment by Father Wilken.

Miss Lillian Meyers was hostess to ■ the Young Ladies' Embroidery club Wednesday evening, Miss Mayme Brake and Mrs. Will Berling of Bluffton also being guests. A delicious luncheon served at small tables arranged through the rooms was in or der after the guests had busied then? selves with sewing during the firs hours. There will be no more meet ings of the club until after New Year’s. Not least pleasing'of the many annual entertainments accorded the sen ior choir of the St. Mary's church on the day of St. Cecelia, the patron saint of music, by Bather Wilken, was the gathering of Wednesday evening at tfm parsonage. Social games of cards were played which, with conversation and excellent music render ed by the Victrula phonograph operated by Father Flaherty, passed an evening of unalloyed pleasure. A twoceurse luncheon was a pleasing feu- ■ tvre of the entertainment also. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Garard, G. F. Kintz, J. H. Bremerkamp, Frank Bremerkamp, Agnes Meibers, ' Naomi Niblick, Verena Niblick. Irene! Gerard, Esther Corbett, Agnes Kohne, Lena Meyer, Herb Fullenkamp, Jos-. eph and Clem Kortenbrer, Arthur Closs, Stella Bremerkamp and Agnes Weber. The Christian Ladies' Aid will give a social tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Minnie Daniels, this having been postponed from last week.

One of the prettiest pre-nuptial affairs given for Miss Lucile Hale, who will be a Thanksgiving bride, was the kitchen shower given this afternoon by Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer and Miss Frances Merryman at the latter’s home. Yellow and white were the colors that prevailed in the decora-

Storm Fronts of All Descriptions at The Lowest Prices —I I, ■ Sole Agents in Decatur for the celebrated Star Vestabule Storm Front We have a full line of square blankets at prices ranging from $1.25 to $6.00 Special Hood Storm Fronts SI.BO From now until further notice we will clean and oil your harness at rhe following prices Breeching harness $2.00 per set Hip strap harness $1.50 pet set Single buggy harness 95c per set Double buggy harnsss $1.25 per set ATZ and STEELE North 2nd. st. 3*

tions and the luncheon. The dining room table was especially pretty and appropriate, being a large yellowpumpkin, hallowed out basket shape, and filled with kitchen articles, egg beaters, graters, and “other things too numerous to mention.” Tiny rolling pins and potato mashers were used as place cards, and at each plate stood a little wooden bowl from which gleamed a yellow candle. The lunch eon was deliciously prepared and serv ed in three courses. The entertainment features were prettily appropriate for a bridal affair, one being a contest in which the guests were blindfolded and required to pin a bouquet on a picture, representing a bride. Rice. which is always associated with brides, was given a place in the afternoon’s affairs, the guests guessing the number of grains of rice in a place. The wbnwer of gifts was given In a unique way being brought into the presence of the bride-to-be in a large tin boiler, which literally overflowed with the good things showered therein, and which included all the good, useful things of which a kitchen it seems can never secure too many. The guests were members of the Tri-Kappa sorority, with a few others, including Mrs. W, H. Gleiser, Mrs. M. A. Frisinger. Louis Mailand was host Wednesday evening to the Coon Skin club, of which he has long been a prominent and esteemed member, the members having long given him a gentle hint, “that, whereas, he had slipped away

without the consent of the officials of the club, or the members thereof, and taken unto himself a wife, and whereas, they were not present to see that he was married in boots instead of shoes, as befits a member of the Coon Skin club, they deemed it their duty to call on him and see whether he had taken unto himself a wife which they as Coon Skins approved of." Mrs. Mailand certainly won the good graces of all the guests when she set before them a supper consisting oi chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, salads. pickles, olives, oyster cocktails, and all the good things known to culinary science, and to say that Mr. Mailand had the hearty approval of all in his selection of a help-meet, was told in the song without words, which they could not sing because they were too busy using their mouths for other but equally well-defined purposes. Mrs. Mailand was assisted in serving by Miss Fuhrman. After supper the house was given over to the guests who enjoyed a smoker. They took with them a set of silverware as a gift to the benedict and his wife. Dur ing the evening session, a little business intruded itself upon the soeiM horizon, when a committee comprising Pat Parrish, F. LaDelle and Artl> i Hall was appointed to secure a ne v home for the order, which has been homeless since the leaving of Wade Myers for Oklahoma, the headquarters having been heretofore in a house on the Myers farm. The committee was notified to spare no expense in secur> ing a home suitable for this noble order. Those present were D. M. Hensley, Ralleigh Parrish, George Flanders, Charles Meyers, Dwight Archer, Arthur Hall, Herschel Reynolds, FTeJ T-aDelle and Harry Jeffrey.

will arrive tonight.

Frisinger and Sp run ger’s Imported Horses Due This Evening. J Ben Elzey, local agent for the Well. 1 Fargo Express company, received . word that the load of twenty-two Bel- j gian horses, imported by the Frisinge: ( & Sprunger company, would arrive I this evening by Wells-Fargo expres.. ' I over the Erie on the train number 13, due here al 6:30 o’clock. This is the load that was on the delayed steamer, Michigan, which was on the ocean twenty-two days, arriving in New York City Tuesday evening, accompanied by J. M. Fristnger. FOR SALE. I One bay mare, coming 3 years old, and one spring colt. Cheap, if taken soon. ■ T. D. KERN, j 275t3 R. F. D. No. 9.

look at THIS I PIANO SALE AT YAGER BROS. AND REINKING’S T-*--;'k t • x • ■? t >7*’ -> f ? x- x . ■' .. am 1>» T if' H a. 'SI 21 MI fl ■ 11 II? ' I* _ * ‘ ■ I John H. Yager, Herman J. Yager and Gustav Reinking are the proprietors of Yager Bros. & Reinkings store We are the whole thing even the SALES MANAGERS, We open up, build the fires, sweep the floor and sell our own goods even THE PIANOS Why not place your confidence with your home merchant who will treat you fair and honest. Come in and see our fully guaranteed pianos for $150.00, you take no chance with us. If you are not satisfied with this piano, we will take it back at full price you paid. Do not forget a cheap made piano is dear at any price. A good well made instrument sold cheap is what we call cheap. We sell pianos on easy payments from $5. up a month. Do not be deceived with the piano puzzle scheme, bring them in let us explain to you. You take no chance with your home merchants who live here and expect to remain with you in future. Come in and see us. THE HOUSE OF QUALITY UP-TO-DATE FURNITURE MEN YAGER BROS. AND REINKING

| FUR OPENING - | MONDAY NOVEMBER 27 ■ $ I - . I II Oui Fur man will be here Monday one | day only. All Furs sold will be deli vered £ 3 same day. Will have large selection of | a all kinds of furs. Don’t forget the date (Monday Nov. 27. Come in and see them f | THE BOST ON STORE [1 U INDIANA I