Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1912 — Page 2

DAI I. ¥ DE MOCRAT Published Every Evening, Eacept Sunday by •’BE DECATta DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW g. ellingham JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier ..10 cents Per Year, by carrier (5.00 Per Month, by mail »..26 ceats Per year, by sail 12.50 tingle Copies «...3 cents Advertising rat ■« rnacto known on application En'ered at the ooewHleg in Decatur, Ind’s-u. aa »<•*•’. . lass r«aii. ■•‘Courage’' is the title of an editorial by George Adams, and he says some things worth remembering. Read this: “Have courage. Can rage is the art of sitting calmly in your seat without stirring and without getting excited when the Brass Band goes by your house and turns around the corner. Couragr steps out of the crowd. It stands atone. Courage is native Nerve —refined. Courage to neither bulldozing nor bare bluff —it’s not related to either. Courage isnli pliy. leal merely, but taatral —mostly. Courage Is naked Right hut through fire and brought out uneracked and unbroken. Courage is hears worth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits lor

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chances. A day without some Courage sprinkled in is a day little worth while. For Courage makes the Man — I and there never was a real man that didn’t have Courage. Courage is a thing born in you—but it is also a tiring much lustred by use and cultivation. Today, tomorrow- and everyday—have Courage. It makes the heart glad and the soul strong. It starts smiles in the system and Stirs up the iknd of circulation in a man ! that makes him go out and do his best at the most humble undertaking. You can caver fail if you have Courage—but you can never win without it. Have Courage: ” The .Housekeepers’ League of Philadelphia, organized to hammer down the hiph cost of living, has succeeded i nforcing tne retail price of eggs down .to twenty-four cents. They bough! and sold over six million eggs themwilves, and the merchants have met the low price. It is said a similar campaign is to be conducted in New ¥<ork scsn. Mr. and Mrs. James Moses and son, Carl, are tn Chicago, visiting with relative* They »t> enroute home from Canada, where they spent the summer and wtfiere they own a large tract of land. They will arrive here about f the fir** of the wedk.

DOINGS IN SOCIETY City Mail Carrier Wid Dorwin Surprised by Friends on Birthday. GIVEN A PARTY Mite Society Meets With Mrs. Barnhart —Other Social Notes. x /! WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Saturday, Mite Society Pastry Sale —Gas Office. Tuesday. ITiscilla—"Mrs. Earl Butler. Historical—Mrs. D. G. M. Trout. Wednesday. Shakespeare—Mrs. J. S. Royers. Thursday. Eureka Club —Golda Fisher. Miss Maud Magley, rural mail carrier, was n dinner guest of one of her partrons, Mrs. George Knittie. Venison, which Mr. Knittie who was a member of the Wisconsin party, secured, was a feature of the menu. The Eureka club members held a most enjoyable meet with Miss Bertha Deam. They will meet next Thursday with Miss Goldie Fisher. Those present were Anna Oakley, Vida Chronister, Ethel I>eam. Hope Hoopengartner, Leia Hill, Leah Hammond, Hazel Butler, Fbnnie Williams, Lena Rutler, ®unlce Butler, Nettie Deam. Mrs. J. J. Foughty, Mr .and Mrs. Jesse Williams. W. R. Dorwin, the popular city mail carrier, was given a very pleasing surprise Frida? evening when he returned home and found a large number of friends in possession of his home. The gathering had been arranged by Mrs. Dorwin % za happy climax to his thir-ty-fifth birthday anniversary. The circle included the following: Messrs, and Mesdamee C. D. Lewton, F. A. Peoples, D. B. Erwin, George Glass, Harry Helm, Charles Murray, Charles Hower, N. H. Stewart. Fred Ashbaucher. Charles Elzey and C. V. Dorwln. of this city and Mr. and Mrs. James Hendricks of Monroe. At progressive peanuts, the first prizes were won by Ferd Peoples and Mrs. Charles Hower and the boobies by Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Erwin. Other amusements contributed to the good time, and refreshments were nerved. Mrs. John Barnhart of Tenth street entertained thirty ladies of the Mite society Friday afternoon. Mrs. F. V. Mills conducted the devotional and R. D Myers read a bright Christmas story. A com m t tee was apjtointed to remember the ‘‘shut-ins*' with flowers, anda report f otn the Thanksgiving flowt-r committee who visited the sick, showed that thia department is much appreciated by those who are remembered in this way. Mrs Barnhart was assisted in serving refreshments by Mesdameg Tritch and McFarland. — » - — O'- — ■ ■ ■ EASY ANO SURE WAY TO CURE COLDS Don’t Neglect a Cold. Ely’s Cream Balm Will Stop it In the Sneezing Stage. A cold generally attacks the weakest part, affecting the eyes and ears In some and producing nasal catarrh and throat troubles In others. A cold Is due to an lunammation of the membrane lln-ng tne air passages and may be promptly cured with a little Ely’s Cream Balm, whirl! immediately re lleves the Inflammation and all the distressing symptoms, such as sneezing. roughing, running nt the none and eyes, hoarseness, sore throat, fever and headache. Oho reason why th’* pure, antiseptic Balm acts so quickly is because it la applied directly to the tender, sore surfaces. Even In sever*, chronic rases of ca tar’h, E’y's t'renm Balm never fails to quit kly and ••ffectually eheJk the pole onous discharge which clogs the head and thrcwt, causing the disgusting hawking, spitting and blowing of the nose. This remedy not only drives out the dloenss. but heals and atrengfhrnn the weakened membranes. thus ending caurrh. Catarrh Is a filthy, disgusting di Brass. Don’t put up wish it another day. Get a 50-eent botsle of Ely’s (’roam Maim fiom your druggist uhd see haw nulekly you will be relieved It Is perfectly harmless. Ths Holthoods Drug Co. t4-a i Advertisement 1 Mias Gertrude Moses who had plan ned to leave for Tuacon. Oklahoma, for the winter, has postponed her trip until after holidays, In order to be

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GIVEN DEGREES CONTINUED VaoM ‘. *GE ONE iftta "P. K." Assisting were Rev. and Mrs. Connor, Miss Mary Seeger. Revs. Rilling, Gleiser, Hernans, ministers of the city, and Howard Wisehaupt and others. The services were very pretty and were highl yappreciated by the young people. The Rev. Conner will close his work in this city Sunday. There will be an afternoon lecture at 2:30 o’clock at the Methodist church, and another at the same place at 7:30 o’clock. This will be a union service and nearly all the churches in the city I have given up their Individual services ** to attend this one, o— ' - ■ MONEY IS READY --I - Auditor Has Completed Distribution of Semi-annual Collections. CHECKS ARE READY For Township and Corporation Trustees—What They Get. Auditor Michaud has completed the semi-annual distribution of the funds due the various corporations, township trustees .schools, etc., from the taxes and other collections. Warrants CL the treasury in the 'urns following await each: Vniou Township 11231.59 Root 3338.13 Preble 1640 26 Kirkland 2329. M Washington 3705.99 St. Mary's 3890.25 Blue Creek 1825.85 Monroe .. 4255.61 French 1641.34 Hartford .. 2575 96 Wabash .' 3038.17 Jefferson 1351.06 Decatur schools 9287.25 Decatur corporation 16385.76 Public library 936 «9 Monroe corporation 367 39 Berne schools 3430.64 Berne corporation 1034.39 Geneva schools 1913.15 Geneva corporation 1180.42 EYE STABBED WITH FORK. Nelson Fosnight, fifty, of Geneva, was taken to the office of Dr. S. A. Shoemaker at Bluffton to have his left eye treated. Two weeks ago while at breakfast a three-year-old son stabbeg the eye with a table fork. The forg penetrated the interior of the eye but the wound was not especially painful and was given no attention. Recently it has become very much inflamed and the sight is gone; There is great danger that the vision Is permanently lost. The wound was only a puncture and none of the liquid escaped from the Interior of tb- organ — — - - -*>—■. IN MEMORIAM. * Olive Rebekah Lodge Adopts Resolutions for Departed Member. We. the committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to our departed brother. H. H. Harruff, whose death occurred Thanksgiving day. November 28, 1912, would submit the following: Whereas, It has plraaed tied In his all-wlsa mysterious Providence to c«R from ns to His realm above, the spirit of our brother, and while we bow In 1 humble submission to the divine will, ft Is but fitting that we bear i net I mon V to hie good qualities and express In this manner our deep sorrow, and 1 while we mourn his untimely demise. r our heartfelt sympathy goes out to • his sorrow otrtcken wife end family, for to them II Is an Irreparable lues. ' May they be sustained by Him who "Tempera ths wind to the shnra lamb," io whose Infinlt* merry In this their bereavement, we tenderly commend them. 1 Resolved, That wo extend to ' his [ wire nnd family our heartfelt »ym ' pathy In this their time of sorrow and 1 commend them to the infinite love and mercy of God. Resolved. That our chartar bo draped in mourning for thirty days and ( these resolution* bo spread on the minutes of the lodge and a copy of 'I the same be sent to ths family of tho l |d«»-eased brother and also to be publlsbed in our city papers. MARY F El J A BOLINGER FANCHON TODWR. SHOW SUCCESSFUL. 1 Ths firemen's show which wag held at the CryuU) Friday night, end at

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King of Egypt," a two reel feature hand-colored, was highly successful and a neat sum of money towards the convention fund was obtained. The audience that witnessed the show, were highly pleased with the play and came away well satisfied -that they • had received much more than their , mo .ley’s worth. It is thought that an other feature will be played ‘for the same cause at I. later date. I THE PROPHET Os THE HOUR DAVID WALE, CLAIRVOYANT I few 1 i , Why be discouraged or unhappy I wtiea Trotesoor Wall's advice i. i sought and .-xea? Your life to him i is it he an open book. Before you ut ; ! ter a word he -rill enter into your Uf< , and reveai hidden therein, things that have lorg eacaped your memory while . you sit dumbfounded at his wonderiui > revelations. If you are unhappy and and that] i everything you undertake goes wrong' t there must be soma reason, call and I, are Mr. Wall, he overcomes such ; • trouble. It ia not only what he tails • you, it is what he can do for Aryou in doubt? If so call on him st ■ ' once. He gives advice on all mattera I - pertaining to love, courtship. inarH > ago, divorce, law sclta, deeds, wills. ' l*tents. mortgage., buried • measures, j t ete. Lady in attendance Located at 322 .e&ulson Bt., Cor- ; ner 4th St. Hours 10 a. m. to Bp. inlx>w '.e. sOc

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A Sensible Give Something Sensible This Year I I Why not a pair of sheof, a nice pair of slippers, or [ I even a good pair of rubbers, arctics or rubber boots I Let of what to give trouble you no’onger. The most sensible gifts in the world are [found in our shoe storey Let Us Help You To Decide At The i HOME OF SHOES WINNES SHOE STORE TO AND FROM StTIOUIS VIA “CLOVER LEAF ROUTE” r “Commercial Travelers” are splendidly equipped s. Electric Light*, Observation Drawing room bieepRe» lining chair ca ? (seats free.) Modern coaches full buled throughout. t First class case service meals a la -prices treasonable’. Train 5 leaves Decatur at 9:52 p . daily arriving St. Louis at 8:45 next morning in anip ime for business oi for connecting trains. e H.J. Thompson Agent for Ticketsand Information T e Toledo St. Louis & Western R. R. “CLOVER LEAF ROUTE”