Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1911 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT 1 Published Every Evening, Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW Q. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates — Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier $5.00 Per Month, by mail 2b cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail. A speaker from each county will give a fifteen minute talk at the democratic district convention to be held here on the 29th. The list includes a number of the best known men of the Eighth and will be a pleasant and happy part of the day s program. The business men of Decatur, regardless vi politics, arc requested to extend the hand of good fellowship and welcome to the visiting democrats when they arrive here for the district meeting. It is an opportunity to show the guests that they are in a real live city. It’s about two weeks too late to shop early, but it's the best you can do, and it’s not so bad right now as it will be in another week. The Decatur stores still have a splendid assortment of Christmas gifts. You can profit by reading the advertisements in the Democrat. How about your New Year's resolution? Without doubt every one of us can improve ourselves in some way and it’s a very good time to start in. As a people let’s resolve to do everything we can that will help Adams county. If five hundred citizens will work in harmony this year there can be no doubt that the result in a year’s

HR!STM AS is the busiest time of the whole year- and the happiest time. The pleasure in gift giving lies in great measure in having made the right selection. Vou'll find nothing lack-j ing in our immence Christmas stocks. Every article displayed in a. way that will enable customers to decide quickly in Their purchases Traveling Cases and Bags Silk Umbrellas SI.OO to $15.00 $2.50 to $5.00 House Coats $4.00 to $7.50 Silk Suspenders Silk Hose 50-75 and SI.OO Plain and Fancy 50c Combination Sets 50c and SI.OO Dress Gloves Mufflers 59c to $2.50 25c to $1.50 Dress Shirts 50c to $1.25 Handkerchiefs Silk Ties In 5c to 50c Separate Box 25 and 50c Any article proving the wrong size or unsuitable will be cheerfully exchanged or money refunded. OUR BOVS DEPT. Is a very busy section--people are realizingthata gifr, of a suit or overcoat is highly appreciated and most practical. ( SUITS AND OVERCOATS $2.00 to SB.OO Visit this dept, before selecting a sis Gift For The Boy /njTfi Other useful gifts thats sure to please W his fancy. Sweater coats, Jersey sweat- / F It ers, Gloves, Mufflers, Ties and Caps. & THE MYERS-DAILEY CO.

time will be more than satisfactory. The democrats in congress have I made clear the fact that they are op-1 ' posed to a tariff board or a tariff com- ■ I mission. And they are right. As Representative Lincoln Dixon says: s "Congress never yet followed the. recommendation of a tariff commis- ’ 1 sion and it never will. A commission ; appointed by the president simply re-' fleets the will of the president, and' its recommendation can be of no value whatever." In two years the pres-; ent tariff board has spent $500,000 of the people's money and it has done nothing except to furnish President Taft a pretext for vetoing real reform ; bills passed by the democratic house at the recent special session of congress. No relief from present conditions can be expected from recommendations of presidential appointees, who as Mr. Dixon says, merely reflect the will of the man who appoints them. It is the chosen representatives of the people w'ho must act, and they must be held to a strict responsibility. WHERE RED CROSS SEALS ARE SOLD With the exception of Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Idaho, Utah and Nevada, Red Cross seals are on sale in every state in the union, and also in Porto Rico and the canal zone. In most of the states the sale has been organized in every city, village and hamlet. Every conceivable method of conveyance is being employed in shipping the seals from the various state headquarters to local agents, from the ox-team in Alabama and Mississippi, and the pack-burro in Colorado, to the expres strain and automobile in New York. These holiday seals are even being sold in mountain hamlets, where the snow will prevent the receipt of returns for months after the first of the year. ■■ ■ — —- - ■ ~~ LOST—Between G. R. & I. depot on Monroe street and Holty's Case, $5 bill. Finder please leave at Democrat office and receive reward.

DOINGS IN SOCIETY Wedding of Emma Zerkle and John H. Yaney Solemnized Yesterday. BY REV. D. O WISE They Will Make Their Home on Groom’s Farm Near Celina, Ohio. “So when some dear joy loses its beauteous summer glow. Think how the roots of the roses Are kept alive in the snow." —Alice Cary. At the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Jonas Fisher, four miles south of this city, Thursday afternoon occur-i red the quiet wedding of Mrs. Emma j T Zerkle to John H. Yaney of Celina, | Ohio. The wedding was a very pri- > vate affair, only a few of the near rel-; atives being present. Promptly at 4 o’clock, sun time, all was in readiness when Rev. D. O. Wise of the Evangelical church spoke the words that made them husband and wife. Immediately after the ceremony the newly wedded couple andi relatives retired to the dining room. i Here they gathered around a table, | spread with all the good things ini- I aginable. Just a look at the many delicious things which Mr. and Mrs.; Fisher had prepared in a neat way almost made one wish for a larger ca-I pacity. The dinner was served in two ' courses. The bride 's well known to the De-1 catur people. She is the widow of the I late William Zerkle, who lived about five miles south of Decatur. She is ; a very estimable lady of many excellent qualities, and for many years has been a member of the Decatur Evangelical church. She was beautifully attired in a bluish gray suit. The groom is one of Ohio's most prominent farmers who at the pres-

ent time owns a large farm four miles [ I south of Celina. He is a fine gentle- I man of many praiseworthy character- | istics. He has been a school director | in his township for about twenty years which shows his interest in educational affairs. He plays a prominent part in political matters, too, having served on the board several different j times. Mr. Yaney is also energetic m religious movements. He is affiliated with the U. B. church of his communi ity, in which he has been a class lead- I er for several years. Mr. and Mrs. ' Yaney will make their future home on [ the groom's farm near Celina, Ohio. Those who were present were Mrs Annis Merica, the bride’s mother; Mr I and Mrs. Jonas Fisher, Ireta, lola and Glenn Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Q O. Rit- ; ter and their little son, Leon. We I join in wishing the newly married couple a most happy and prosperous wedj ded life. —Contributed. Twenty-five of the Baptist Ladies’ Aid society members and their friends enjoyed the splendid social afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. E. Shamp Thu. .day. A good program including a reading by Mrs. Jesse Van Hart, instrumental music by Mrs. Fred Fruchte, and a vocal solo by the Rev. • T. L. Jones, and a piano solo bv Pauj line Hite, was given. In the absence of the president the devotional was conducted by the Rev. Jones. The Christmas decorations prevailed in the home, and the refreshments which were served during the social hour, also carried out the Christmas ideas. The next meeting will be in two weeks with Mrs. T. L. Jones. The Thimble club, with a few other ' guests, were pleasingly entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Jesse 1 Dailey ,the usual diversions being in order. At the special business meeting of the Presbyterian Ladies' Aid society held Thursday afternoon in the church parlors, the annual election ci officers took place, resulting as follows ■ President —Mrs. L. A. Graham. Vice President —Mrs. J. S. Coverdale. Secretary—Mrs. S. D. Beavers. Treasurer —Mrs. Jacob Atz. Reports of the year’s work were giv- ; en, among them being the result o. I the bazaar recently conducted, most successfully. This meeting closes the year’s work and no more will be held nntil January, 1912. Mrs. Isaac Chronister entertained the United Brethren Ladies’ Aid society Thursday afternoon, four new ' members —Olive Goodwin, Mrs. HarIry Imler, Mrs. Adam Weis and Mrs John Sprague—being received into ; the order. The meeting was purely a business meeting, after which refreshments were served. Mrs. George I Chronister will be hostess at the next , meeting to be held next month. — The Tri-Kappa sorority met '■ h\: 1 day evening with Miss Fanny Fii. Huger. The sore .' ; br.s a regulai course of study which it will pursue I Thursday evening's topic being on i pottery, with a must interesting paper ; by Miss Jean Lutz. While Mrs. Ed- ! ward Wilson of Nappanee, formerly ! Miss Lucile Hale, whose marriage oc purred Thanskgiving day, cannot be I present in body with her sister members, she is in spirit, and a most ini teresting letter from her was read jTfivtsuaj evening. She is now settle I j in her new home and is very well ■ ’ 1 leased with her new home city, Nap panee. The next meet will be with Madge Hite, Tuesday, November 26th. , BUSINESS HOUSES WILL CLOSE. | The Undersign'd Decatur Stores Will J be Closed all Day Christmas. Niblick & Co Kuebler ft. Co. M. Fullenkamp. F. V. Mills. Truo & Runyon. Everett & Hite. S. E. Hite. Hower & Hower. Brushwiller & Baker. 293t6 HE RAISED IT. Some time ago Mayor Judson W. Teeple applied tor a raise in pension for Ike Smith, an old soldier of these parts, and Thursday he received notice that the raise was granted Smith was formerly getting $24. but will now receive S3O. Attorney Teeple is gaining a successful record in this line of work ■ 1 - - n Howard Burdg has gone to Chicago where he will visit over the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Friedman. FOR RENT —Two furnished or unfurnished rooms. Inquire of Mrs. B. I W. Sholty, 609 Monroe street, ’phone No. 521, Decatur, Ind. 289-t-t-s-ts Attention. See the P. K. Kinney real estate agency before you purchase any farms or city real estate. I have some choice bargains. Office with Peterson & Moran, over the interurban office. 293t6

mwiwbb wh Mean I J 250 STYLES OF BAGS| a ■»■========■======== I Just arrived, 50c to sls. Big g | Christmas line of ladies hand | I”" bags, seal, walrus, alligator, calf H suede, brocade, satin and mesh 1 j bags, all sizes, colors, styles and g =j prices. We can sell you a real r I leather bag almost as cheap as I | an imitation. They make the [_ I most useful kind of a Christmas i present. Come inland see them. — —B I THE BOSTON STORE I | DECATUR, -- - ----- INDIANA > QI s

A Few Selections - u ut< | rf< j And Twenty | FOR CHRISTMAS Million F eet Os Shoes I ' Mi,i xs shes is ... ~ B A Ladies Hand Bags 50c to SIO.OO . -■ Conservative Estimate of Eaton Crane Pikes g Xrnas Stationary The dumber of Shoes 25c to $3.00 £ p . , + Worn|By He American People Each Year! Paresian Ivory Toilet Sets ‘ r 5 $5.00 to SIO.OO 720,000,000 feet-137.405 miles ~ . Put Toe To Heel They Would I Music Rolls Card Cases n . , „ n 0 50c to $1.75 • Encircle The Earth Five And One Half Times! Brass Smoking Sets Xou Bu> Your Quota, We Sell Our Share si,so to $4.00 x 0 WherejCan Any American Citizen — Buy Better Or More Comfortable Shoes, Than Here! | T.E BOLTHOIISE ELZEY £ FALK DRUG COMPANY opp. court house ■MBBOMOKI $

rl» rin O IwWgaiWliX IF YOU NEED HELP u 8"" —MMMMiMMMMMMMMiKiMMIMMM ■■■■MMMMiMB ■ In Selectning Your Xmas Presents Come |- to us And we Will Supply Your Wants lbk>— ‘ ; Presents For Boys and Men L- Bathrobes • • - $4.50 to SIO.OO House jackets 4.00 to 10.00 H Umbrellas 1.00 to 5.00 Traveling Bags. 1.00 to 10.00 H Christmas boxes suspenders, hose supporter a bunch 75c • “ suspenders and neckties 75 c handkerchiefs, sox and ties 1 00 “ sox and ties ! “ “ sox and handkerchiefs 75 c ■ Silk sox 2in a box ion Is Silk lisle 4 in a box sqq h Mufflers ::::: lactouo Men and boys gloves 25c to 2.50 Sweaters and sweater coats 1 00 to 5 00 Cuff buttons ' 25c to 250 w Xmas boxes of handkerchiefs to fop I Fur caps . 2?50 to s*oo | I VANCE, HITE AND MACKLIN | Hcorner East of Court House Decatur, Indiana jH Q Q 4