Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1912 — Page 2

DAILY!) E M O C R A T FubUehed Every Evening, Except Sunday by HE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rate* for Week, by carrier 10 cents for Year, by carrier 15.00 <mr Month, by mail 15 cents Per year, by mail 12.50 Tingle Coplee 2 cents advertising rate* made known on application. n'ered at the postorftoe in Decatur, ind'*-*, aa ec~&J class sMdl. New Year's approaches. Shall we do things next year, or shall we Just' quit?' The prosperity of the past year should make every fellow get up on nis toes, anxious and determined to keep the wheels moving. Governor Marshall has issued hi 3 annual Christinas package of paroles and pardons to men serving time in I the state prisons. These men have re- ] reived their punishment, have been in-I strutted in the ways that should im- 1 prove them and should make good I citizens. It is fitting that at this time of good cheer they should be given . the opportunity. Christmas week is here. It is the 1 time for good cheer, uet no little pet- • ty jealousies or feelings prevent you ' fiom doing the things that will bring happiness to others, for only as you j give out joy and happiness, shall you' he really happy. Don't overlook the, fact that you can easily send a ray of happiness into some poor home by a few little tokens for the children that may not otherwise have any Christ- ! mas. The talk of a fund with which to build an athletic bu'lding, a boy’s city, and a place where the young can enjoy clean sport* is becoming general and we should not be a bit surprised if several of our good citizens would start the campaign off with a subscription sufficiently large to insure the accomplishment of this project. The luildirg could be used as an auditorium and would boa course of much benefit and pleasure. Let s have It. Holeproof Hosiery A Sen ble Gift The fines: softest covering a foot c -Id wish, with a positive gu rantce of six Months Wei*. Mens cotton hose 6 pairs to a box all colors $1.50 box Mens Siik hose 3 pair with 3 months guarantee $2.00 box. Ladies cotton hose 6 pair to a box Black and Tan $2.00 box. Ladies m icerizcd hose 6 pair tn a box Black and Tan $3.00 box ■ Ladiai silk hose three pair' with three month i • .00 box • If its hose for a gift let them be Holeproof THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPAN V

A change in the management of the Bluffton Banner haa just been announced to take effect January Ist. On that date Mr. Cecil Elliot, who baa had control for some time, will retire and Mr. George Saunders, formerly editor of that paper, will again assume charge. Mr. Saunders has been In the newspaper business in Oklahoma for some years. He has the ability and has had the experience and will be right at home on the job. Mr. Elliot has not announced his intentions. He is a newspaper man of much ability and will no doubt soon be connected with some Indiana paper. Here's best wishes for both Mr. Saunders and Mr. Elliot. DOINGS It* SOCIETY Naomi and Merle Poling Given Joint Birthday Surprise Saturday. — A DINNER PARTY — Tonight by Miss Neva Brandyberry—The Week’s Social Events. — Christmas Gift* to Christ Your kindness to a POST, lonely i widow, or to a child without any one left to love him, your posy of I flowers taken with your love to some one who is ill, your letter of kindly thought to parents who I have just lost their darling daughter, wour words of cheerful greeting to a tired sewing maid, your , i honest-hearted attempt to make things easier lor Mother at home j -—Christ said he would reckon i these gifts to Himself. —Reverend Bernard J. Snell. WEEK'S CLUB CALENDAR. Monday. Ent re Nous —Matilda Sellemeyer. I Alba Theta —Marie Heckman. | Tri-Kappas—Jean Lutz. Tuesday. Chanticleer—Neva Brandyberry. Wednesday. Needles and Nods--Mr*. Ed Miller. Friday. Evangelical Aid—Mrs. Fred Linn. I Gladys and Crystal Kern and Joe I Linn will be the gu>**t* of their cousins. Dale and Ito Elzey, at Ossian. on Christmas day. I The Evangelical ladles announce a 'social to be given Friday evening at •7:2 Uo’ciock at the home of Mrs. Fred ■ Linn. There will be a program, refreehmenta and a general good time, Ito which the public I* Invited. The report of the year's work will also be given. - Miss Neva Brandy berry will be host- . css at a series ot two dinner parties that will bo pleaaing events of this ' holiday week. The first will be a 6 ■ o'clock dinner this tvenins in compHmi nt to Miles Hazel Rapp of New Cas- , lie. The second will be Tuesday even- ■ ing for Mia* Naomi Dugan, who la at I home from Ferry Hall. Isske Foiest. 111, for her holiday vacation and guests will be the Chanticleer girl* — The Needle* and Nods club will have a Christmas party W<-<lnceday 1 evening al the home of Mr. and Mr* .M Miller. After the evening church services, • Miss Lydia Kirsch Invited a number i of young people to her home, where they had a party, in farewell to B-n Sehroyer. who returns today to hl* home at lleilefontglnr. Ohio. Other 1 guests were lluldah Mutachtor, Effie 1 Miller and Charles tlrodbeck, and they spmjt the time playing and singing. i attar Which they popped >ort. for re/reshmants. together with sppto* and elder. , Etha. Roma and Walter TWisch of Celina. Ohio, motored to thia city ffnaday and were ffimata of Mias Lydia Miller at dinner, in the afternoon they were joined by a company of ym.ng people rrom this city »b« spent a most time at the Millar home Among the man* pl«saln( holiday event* of tba week will he the slumber party of Tuesday night, given by Ml«s Gretel Shoemaker for the Chantirtoer tat, the girls being unlt-d with tba return of several Croat their schools. lice family of J . R Ixxwer will M> actable al the old homestead again on Christmas day for their rnarh enjoyed annual melon The children, laciud Ing lb* families of Fred Una, W. A Ixjwer and Homer Lower, rill be pm

ent, and there will alsc be a number of other relatives Including Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Lower and daughter nt Ossian; Mrs. Martha Freidline and daughter, Addie, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Esther Weldy. Rev. Heil of the Evangelical church at Linn Grove officiated Sunday evening at the wedding of Miss Effie Meshberger, daughter of David Meshbergor, of that town and Mr. John Harrisofi Duff, a young man of Wells county, son of Alonzo Duff. The young couple will reside on a farm near Smoky Row, Wells county. The bride is a niece of Mrs. David Gerber of this city. Saturday evening was the occasion of a most pleasing birthday surprise for Naomi and Merle Poling, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Poling of southwest of the city. Their birthdays came on Thursday and Friday of last week, the young ladie.s being seventeen and fifteen years old, respectively. To make the party more of a surprise, and also a joint celebration, it was given Saturday and thirty friends joined in the festivities. There were games of all kinds, contests, and music and a shower of good wishes and presents for the honored ones. In a contest, the first prize was won by Ollie Andrews and the booby by Theresa Baltzell. Mrs. Poling was assisted by Mrs. John Stoutenberry in serving a very appetizing four course luncheon. Guests were Rev. Karl Thompson, Herman Miller, Henry and Otis Poling, Forest and Russell Owen, John Schnepp, Ray Doty, Otto Hoffman, Roma Breiner, Harry Andrews, Bert Sescnguth. John Baltzell, Marvin Stoutenberry, Roland Poling. Anna Johnson, Blanche Schnepp, Vera and Anna Stoutenberry, Ollie Andrews, Ada Sautbine, Theresa, Ruth and Celese Bultz«!l, Agn<s Sellemeyer, HuMsh Pau er and Emma Miller. The girls of the Entre Nou* club will have their annual exchange of Christmas gifts this evening when! Miss Ma’llda Sellemeyer will entertain at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. | 8. Michaud. FOR CHRISTMAS CONTINVaro FROM »AOE ONE been prepared. The public is invited. —— coronation of Krl* Kingle. The presentation of 'derogation of King Krl* Kring!/" Sunday evening |by the member* ot the Presbyterian j Sunday school «ai one of the most I splendid entertainment of the holiday j season. With costume*, speeches. ■ songs and dialogue* appropriate for ■the occasion, 'he little Luk*, assisted :by several of the senior member* of 'the Sunday school, carried through .the crowning of "Kris Krtngle,” with |sock harmony and exactor** that only .week* of patient drilling and enthusiasm could give The auditorium, school room and gallery were crowded • to their capacity long before time tor I the entertainment to begin, and to say th-t It was enjoyed thoroughly by | < very one present, is ladeed putting it | ta a mild form. PRISON SCENES AT THE STAR. Attention is called to th* display ad hertisement announcing th* return of I -Twenty Years in Sing Sing," a picture ftl[,i at the Star theater tonight The same show was here January «th last, one of the coldest night* of last winter. It »u so good that many request* were made tor Ito return, hut .Mr Stoneburner could not secure It until today The admission Is Ave and ten cents It Is * very instrvcUv. show and yon will appreciate II

CHRISTMAS POEM. (By Mrs. J. It lintel It la Ctortetmua eve and nil la dart. <»ne little taper burning low. la all I want to feel and too. iNo Ifttte form* pass to and fro. I Vn (tarry laughter ringing out. No bright ryes p*er behind th* door. No dancing footsteps •« halt. As merrily danced tn days of yors. No daromtlona on tha wall. In their bright colors. r»d and greeo, No Xmas tree with Ita load of love, I* any where to be »«*n — 1 No Hants Claus with bls reindeer sleigh And tinkling twdla is nt ttoo door No shout of welcome toward within. As tow toe* often heard Moro. f No turkey with its tempting viands. The Chriatmna feast trill grans, And out of all the Iwottly-SM Just two will take thotr place But hush, its past the midnight hour. The dock la striking one. All Is still and dark without. My lotto vigil's Just begun he. Mt, bee. t*t* Dsmocrst Want Ads Pty.

TAX LAW IS VALID I Whereby Indiana Stockholders in Foreign Corporations May be Taxed. MILLIONS OF LETTERS Post-cards and Packages Destroyed by Suffragettes in London, I I (United Press Service) Washington, D. C. Dec. 3—(Special to Dully Democrat)—An Indiana law, taxing shares of stock in corporations, organized outside of the state and held by Indianians, was held to be con-, stitutional. M. 8. Darnell of ludianap-! oils, who paid taxes amounting to | $5,000, brought the case before the au-1 thorities. The Indiana supreme court I bad held the law valid. ixmdon, Deo. 23—(Special to Daily Democrat—(The Suffragettes again; brought themselves into the lime-light • by pouring waxin and colored fluids into the mail boxes despite the watchfulness of the police. Millions of postal cards, letters and packages were destroyed. COLTHING STORE NOTICE. The undersigned clothing store, this; morning agreed to close their stores . on Christmas and New Year’s. They I will also close at o'clock during the, months of January, February and March, excepting Mondays and Saturdays during April and May. This ex- j tends the closing early up to June lst[ and one month longer than ever be-; fore: Vance. Hite & Macklin. The Myers-Dailey Co. Teeple, Brandylterry & Peterson. Hoithouse, Schulte & Co. —o I FOR SALE—A Peninsular range; will| sell cheap. Inquire of D. C. Coffee.! Mercer avenue.—Advt. !!98t3 FOR BAIJ2—A second hand Peerless bicycle, cheap. Inquire at Schaub! & Dowling's hardware store.—Advt.! 22713 i I o DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG.

I Cigars gn with Christmas lil e cranberry sauce go with turkey consider K how well a box of fine ci is .xpress the Christmas spirit. Th* r< s no * 1 cigar on the market that ph : the ifflp Y | palate more completely th .n the » ‘I White Stag Extra Mild cigai Packed I in Holiday package of 100-. r /-25-12 making it easy to adjust cxp< -mklures B to holiday requirements and to the K smoker no gift could L*e a happier of- & f< 1 sering fir the pleasant memory of g* ’•‘W WHITE STAG I j Cigars ForSale byallDe.Hcrs ft

EMBODY USEFUf LNESS IN YOUR CHRISTMAS PR! SHNTSi ■■HMHMIf * Get a box' of good cigars, a boos candy, a pipe or a humidor of the he t grades of smoking tobacco. Beautiful gift boxes of cigars | m up in attractive packages for 50c. nd *m up. Candy, nice gift boxes, neatly f ’aced, (fifty cents and on up. largest h :h-grade assortment in the city. frank McConnell

I I i ® s ! WISHING YOU I m The Merriest Christmas ever may your every desire be fulfilled g » i I I • Eg

MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS f —- Don i tot Christmas stocklngt of your tov«d ones go empty simply „ iH-oause you ar* temporarily short of money. Come to us. We can help you 811 them. We will loan you flv* dollar*, ten dollars, twenty-flv* dollar*. ■ fifty dollars, or whatever you may need. Your household goods, piano, team, fixture*, or any other personal property will be good security, and th* good* will not be removed from your home. We give you written statement of your contract, allow extra time in ease of sickness or toss of work. You can have from one to twelve months' time In which to noy off your loan. You can pay weekly, monthly, quarterly or aa you may dealre. § ) ou can bare poyments *o »mn!l that you will not feel them Hr per week for 50 week* pays a »35 oo loan; all other amoutr in proportion If you need money fill out and mall u* this blank, and our assent *lll call on you. Our agent I* in Decatur every Tuesday. Ntttn® ••eeeee******#.es.ee.**. Addreg* . / Communication c ß |j OQ or address fort wayne loan company f? 1 " 'loom 1, Second Floor. Opp. Court Hou* l Fhiiabllshed 12M. Home Phon. MS llbnun S'

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