Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1912 — Page 4

DA ILYDEMOCRAT ~TbTi.hed Every Evenins, Except Sunday by fflE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week. by carrier 10 cents -*er Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Mouth, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail 12.50 tingle Copies 2 cents Advertisin'! rates trade known on .ppßCation. Entered at the poetotftoe in Decatur, (ndi'j;*, as second class uail. That eastern magistrate who sentenced boys who had violated the law to attend Sunday school Is not bothered with reports of violated paroles at this time, but it may be different after Christmas. While planning for Christmas don't overlook the fact that there are some who will not be happy on that glad day unless you assist. A token to a poor friend will be an act of real charity. Put this donation on ytnir appropriation. While you can't shop early exactly, you can get to the steres early in the mornings and that will help souse. The lines are all good and the Decatur merchants offer many splendid bargains for those who have not com-. pleted the list. The glad Yuletide comes In one week. It seems impossible, as it always does, but more so than usual this year perhaps because there has been no winter weather. We forget, how- ; ever, that in these days of autos and airships, the snow is not an absolute' necessity, though it makes a preferable decoration. ~ ! It looks like a clear field for Homer ■ Cook of Marlon county for the speakership of the next legislature Cook is a clean, intelligent and able young man. who will make good as the presiding officer of the house. He has many friends over* the state, .including a number in Adams county, who rejoice in his success and who have faith in his capabilities. Have you bought your diamonds far Xmas’ Call and see our selection — Hensley Jewelry Store.—Advt. —o A. G Delameter (producer of clean plays) will present an excellent scenic production of George Barr McCutcheon's ■'Beverly,’ ’a dramatization of Mr. McCutcheon's most popular and successful novel, "Beverly of Grnustark," by Robert M. Baker at the Bosse opera house on Wednesday, Deeember 18th. As each of the characters introduced tn the novel appear in the play, a large and expensive cast as well as an exceptionally heavy scening production is required for its proper presentation, and as the company appearing here has be*u engaged for the express purpose of playing an extended engagemeat at a leading Broadway theater, no expense has been .pared either as to cost or scenic equipment The '-ompany that will be seen here Ineludes such well known players aa O»''>l Jackson. Herberts Mack. Edna B.cklev, Robert Holtbea. Advt V* ——— — i u ,

The Myers-Dailey Go. Xmas. Suggestion of Practical and Useful Articles for the Boy Russian, Sailor, Norfolk and double-breasted suits- convertable collar overcoats $2.25 to $8.50 Raincoats . . .... $3.75 to $4.25 Gloves . $25 to SI.OO Mufflers . . $ .25 to $ .50 Caps . J 4 . T . . . . f .25 to $ .50 Fur Caps . . . ..... . . $2.00 Hosiery $.16 to $.25 Jewelry •> • • $ .15 to $2.50 Handksrehwfs .......$ to 5 .5$

DOINGS IN SOCIETY I ——~- I Mrs. Charles Murray Will Have Pleasure of Entertaining Orient Club. I I I THE SOCIAL NEWS i i ' i- ' ’H.. , W. R. C. Benefit Show at the Star This Evening— Presbyterian C. E. WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday. Y. P. C. E. U —U. B, Church. W. C. T. V.—Mrs. W. J. Myers. Y, P. A. Election—Evangelical Church. Priscilla—Mrs. Earl Butler. Historical—Mrs. D. G. M. Trout. Wednesday. Orient—Mrs. Charles Murray. ShSfcespeare—Mrs. J. S. Boyers. Thursday. Presbyterian C. E. —Frances Cole. Egterpean—Mrs. Jess Dailey. Edreka Club—Golda Fisher. i IfiJ Fear not, my friend, giving more than your due; Remember the gift presented to you In the long ago. and try to be 'true , When Christmas comes. —WUUatt Lytle. I Decatur's socially ambitious as well 'as those of W asnington, may well practice Mrs. Georgs W. Wickershams rules for avoiding .he conversational reofs upon which the social bore is wrecked. “You’ll Sever baa bore,” says the wife of the attorney general, "if you carefully avoid the lfour«D’s: Disease, Descendants, Do- , mestks, Dress." Mrs Wickersham's little "conversational code" was propounded at a recent white house dinner and everybody nowadays Is dropping D's. , s —— 1 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jones and daughter, Miss Addie Jones, enter-I thlned at dinner on Sunday. The , guests from Decatur were Mr. and' Mrs. Fred Fisher and sons, Kenneth and Clement, and daughter, Thelma and Miss Stella Davis.—Fort Wayne J oirtial-Gazette. , The Orient club will meet with Mrs. Charles Murray tomorrow afternoon. The Christian Endeavor society of the" Presbyterian church will meet this evening with Miss Frances Cola The Woman's Relief Corps asks the public to remember the special show which they will put on at the Star thea’er this evening, the proceeds of which they will devote to charity. Special music will be given by the orchestra and high school quarteL Many of the churches are busy practicing for tha Christmas exercises. The greater number of them will be given as usual on Christmas eve, and all the little tots win participate. The Trl-Kapraa are arranging for a New Year's ebarity ball. ■ *-■*» ii . « ii. Dyonis Schmitt pays the highest price for beef hides.—Advt. 2>7tf FOR SALE—A Peninsular range; will sell cheap. Inquire of D. C. Coffee. Mercer avenue.— Advt. 2»«t3 We shall receive a shipment of child's sets tknife. fork and spoon) tomorrow. Ito sure you eoe thorn - Hensley Jewelry Store— Advt.

’■ CHRISTMAS DAY IN BETHLEHEM. I nr-B- ... W T this Beason of the year profr /\ ably no city of the ancient / % world presents a more pic--4 «• turesque or attractive aspect than Bethlehem, whose population Is many times multiplied by the pres ’ ence of a vast army of pilgrims from every part of the globe. Mecca, tn the belgbt ot the great annual Moslem In- , flux, or Hurdwar, in upper India, at the season of the sacred festival, may have much greater but they cimot be said .to have more devout or more cosmopolitan crowds than those that flock to the city of David In the Christ- I mas week. Shaped wonderfully like I a crescenL yet the only thoroughly | Christian town In all Syria. Bethlehem puts on Its gayest garb as Christmas approaches. At all times a pretty and attractive place. It is then a thousandfold more so. The thrifty townspeople. their handsome wives and dark eyed daughters, prepare for the festivities weeks in advame and are ready to welcome the first arrivals. No words can adequately describe the grandeur of the Christmas services at the Church of the Nativity, which la the center of Interest Cor the pit- ‘ grime. These services are kept up the J entire week. On the way to church ' the visitors are beset by peddlers, who Insist on pushing under their very noses tittle ornaments of oUv«wojo and mother-of-pearl. The CiiwL of the Nativity Is one of the .last jo turee In existence, and. ah; . ii Lax ; been repeatedly repalrel It still retains much of Its ortg’ny! form and character. In the side »slee at different altars priest. chant the aervlcv in tones that swell and die amid the tall columns that support the roof At the shrines groups of pilgrims i kneel in reverent adoration, while still other groups are guided around the rhnrcb by monks, who point out the rich relics and sacred places, the most venerated of al) being the shrine of tbe manger, beneath the church, which, it la claimed. Incloses the sctual birthplace of the Saviour. During tbe 1 Christmas fest tvl ties thia manger shrine is resorted to by great multitudes, who crowd each other in their pious eagerness to kiss the marble slab on tbe floor with a silver star in tbe center So fervid and enthusiastic are these worshipers that the marble slab baa been repeatedly kissed away tn places, rendering a new slab osceseery. Tbe same experience has occurred with the atone covering ot tbo crypt in tbe Cbnrcb of tbo Holy Sepulcher In Jeru—YT iff ‘ 1 ■ A® < 4b I ty9 1 A- - , — '•VT TB“kWl I S»MK PLOCS IM i-X > ua O« MISTMAS mo sa tan. . saiem. wbkb baa bad to be renewed several times tn consequence of tta ont er surface twlng literally kissed away , by ptoos devotees. Tbe IMdJUuu le I ■ that Christ was once laid In this man- I gw, A few fleet distant la li* cbapot, of tbo Magi, where tbe wine meu ot old. Mek-hlnr. Caspar end Balthasar. ' came worshiping with rare gifts. A subdued, rich light la diffused , throughout the grotto by tbe eoftiy I glowing lamps over tbe star, and the swinging eenaero lend an agreeable odor to an otherwise cloee and musty | atmosphere AU worldly thoughts are : II baniabed aa tbe kneeling pilgrims lie-| 11 ten epellbouud to tbe mvludiou* chant { of tbo aacred office or the full, sturdy.. noble singing of the grand ooklng. ; bearded private. Tbe low r<wf. tbs I “living rock." tbe cenacra. tbe music i tbe ligbta, alt seem to dissolve, and in | their stead there appear to the moist eyes of the adoring pilgrims tbe man I ger cradle with the babe, the Virgin motber and Joseph, tbe mean ouimuodi togs, tbe oxen and their litter of straw and tbo gentle, wondering sheep The Christmas feetlvlties, however, are not ronjnwt to the Church of the Nativity Tbe week Is a general festival in tbe town end a season of financial harvest for Ba eitlxena Uke all orientals, they are thrifty to avarirtous neea. and tbe eight of tbe splendid i>ift» «bat are brouffbt year after year to »be rbureh and especially tbo Grotto chap eL by strangers from afar widely eaette their cupidity Among those tbooeands that are Uriah temporarily la tents, or. it may ba quartorad la tbe atom comfortable convent, there are aaauy rleb wbe can be easily perouadad into generosity when under tbe oupas natural lohuaoce that eroM to pervade erorrblag at BethJebera.-rhi!edoi phtottoroK

Real Christmas Gifts For Men And Boys Mens and Young Mens Overcoats Mens and Young Mens All the new models include in this sale. Colors grey brown blue and black. Sizes 31 to 46 Blue Serges and Cheviots. Black Worsteds and Clays $25.00 Overcoats, now $20.00 in all the new styles. Sizes 31 to 46. 22.50 Overcoats 17.50 25.00 Suits now /• $21.00 20.00 Overcoats 16.00 22.50 Suits now 18.50 18.50 Overcoats 14.50 20.00 Suits now 16.50 16.00 Overcoats 13.00 18.50 Suits now 14.50 15.00 Overcoats ' H-50 Suits now 13.50 13.50 Overcoats 10.50 15.00 Suits now 12.00 i 12.50 Overcoats 9.00 13,50 Suits now 11-00 ; 10.00 Overcoats 8.00 12.50 Suits now • 10.00 8.00 Overcoats 6.50 10.00 Suits now f 8.50 Childrens and Boys Overcoats Boys Knee Pant Suits In.fancy brown and gray mixtures. ages 3to 12 Jn Russian, Norfolk and Double - breasted styles—years. Serges and fanev Cheviots, made to stand wear and tear, $ 10.00 Overcoats now $ 8.00 . 8.00 Overcoats now 6 50 SB.OO Suits now $ 6.50 7.50 Overcoats now 5.75 7.50 Suits now 5.75 6.soOvercoats now % 5.00 u J ts lluw ■: I 5.00 Overcoats now 4.00 Suits now . .; < . 4.00 4.00 Ovrecoats now 3.25 u ! ts now • • : • y 3.00 Overcoats now 2.25 |SO Suits no W 2.75 2.50 Overcoats now 2.00 3.00 Suits now .., ............. 2.25 Mensand Young Mens Suits sui!s now ce? Entire stock of Worsted Cheviots and Cassimeres in two and three button models. Colors grey brown and tans sizes 30 to 46 Mens Fur Ovei’C *at? In $25.00 Suits now $20.00 t nn c U - tS ** ’ ‘ ia’aa Galloway and Russian Calt materials. 20.00 Suits now 16.00 18.50 Suits now 14.50 $32.00 Coats now $28.00 16-00 Suits now 13.00 30 00 Coats ~o w 26 , 50 15.00 Suits MOW * 11.50 13.50 Suits now • 10.50 27.50 Coats now 24.00 12.50 Suits now 9.C0 25.00 Coats now 21.50 10.00 Suits now 8.00 2f) f|o . now ; 1 7.?0 Suits 6.00 Mufflers in silk and wool 25c to $2.50 Handkerchiefs in cotton linen and silk 5c to 50c Pajamas and night shirts muslin and flannel 45c and 90c . Gloves in wool and dress kid 45c to $1.65 Neckwear in beautiful patterns 25c to $1.25 Bath robesand house coats $3.50 to $5.50 \ t Shirts pleated or plain negligee 45c to $1.15 7 \ Hats derby or soft styles SI.OO to $3.50 Coming from this store will add additional value to your gift because men know this store and what it stands for. Remember we are giving you an opportunity of buying the gifts at sal ? prices thereby increasing the purchasing power of your money 10 to 25 per ct You have just six more days to shop. Our store will be o n until 9 p.m. every evening until Xmas. Our sale is exceeding'our expecta* >ns because its legitimate and fair to everybody. Take advantage of it while it lasts. HOLTHCUSE, SCHULTE & CO 4PANY Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys " 1,111 11 ■" 11 ■ II .■■llli toll -I— M

The Belgium horses to be sold at the Hower & Moses sale Wednesday, Dec. 18th, are better than average. They i are high class. Don’t overpook this opportunity.—Adt. IROOMS TO HtST—Z H. Sum A4»t. . JHU > -i * r H | I , ' i WS rim ra»>BM«U|j Bc«m fr*m QrauMar*.* at Opara Hou« WaOnaMay NlgM. ira&MaMaaMU Ui i i Dr £. V. Connell |p» , »# VETERINARIAN Phnn* offlce 143 t nOne Kesufence M 2 * O.S¥* J J

" - - - — —•- in .... -".■n_ eMAS Sa“S\ DAY $ ■ 2:00 P.M. | | Our Jardineres worth from 5Qp to $1.25 each ! F Q All go for 10c erich ' I L S T XMAS CANDIES ■ Special for 1 hursday, Friday and Saturday Dazzeler mixed candy worth lOdb go for 4clb I ■ Special On Doll Carts Fridav 8 $1.50 and $1.75 collapsable doll carts for 98c A| THE PLACE I i where you can buy the same goods for less i 1 money or more goods for the same money 6 1 THE MORRIS COMPANY g 5 and 10c Store J]