Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 311, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1912 — Page 2

OA 1 I. Y I E MOC RAT I >*ubli*b»d Eve y Evening, Except ! ■’May by It OtlA UK tMOIRAT COMPANY , LEW <. LLINGHAM 'OHN H. HELLER Subsc -ptlon Rates -er Week by Her ..10 cents: ’er Year, by c r |5.00 ' Mould, b Xu cents 'er year, by > i. |2.50 Fmgle Copies 2 centa Advertieinx « made known on application < *• mm ionic* la Decatur, uid< r ur law iuaii. The Daily’ Democrat extends to one and all its re;. a the gladdest New i Year ever. May 1913 be rich in blessings for you and yours. The democrats of Delaware county held their tilth annual dinner Monday evening and eudr.isiasm, happy talks and a splendiu uienu, mingled in a way that man, i,e hours fly. The! speakers were ' uugressman Adair, 1 Senator Pro; ■;< ;ayor Foster of Anderson and Mi. Touhey o! Muncie. Within a few hours the year 1912 will have Joint he centuries of ye*-' terdays, and will have entered upon 1913. \\ . will it bring us? What will wt to make our community beltei'. > Adams county live twenty-five thou, nd i>eople, as intelligent, as peace moving, as energetic, as moral, as can !. >und anywhere. We stand ready to for them at all times. Hut we e not different than* any other p- o. u this —we must go forward or L. a rd. Which shall it be this y ea. we cease now, we but lose the nr utum of the start already mad i. t's don’t. Let’s make the tin.. . year the best of all and then the < s to come will be better aad b — and happier, each than the or. a !•’ re it Senator Jour u is quoted as stating that the , • cut ion against the dynamiters w, •.•re against organised lattor turn net the defendants. We d<’ . h«.' made such a statement nnd believe that the corresponded* newspapers who quoted h‘-n t le»-ly ought to Join th . aveii ' orth. St nat or Ketn -yer. He had a tight to a ie defendants in this case ;.n Men very guarded ' 1.1. since the trial. H • bel • ng the people of Indiana the 1 service he can by representing faithfully In th.*' senate > veeke necessary to complete t use after congress cnnv«n<*d wi ortunate could not I e avoided / y late he is entitled boat t tre -tit and no newspaei has ri > misquote him. ■G, DEC. 30. .>*«» » 572, F and A. M ’> No. 112. R. A. M.. Joint <>mcem to serve for -usu nr

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DOINGS IN SOCIETY Tri-Kappa Ball a Success— Many New Year Watch Parties Tonight — AND DINNER PARTIES Society is Busy—Mrs. Flanders Will Entertain This Evening. I WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. j Tuesday. j Young Matrons —Mrs. J. S. Peter- 1 son. I Historical —Mrs. James Fristoe. Wednesday. Concord Aid —Mrs. Minnie Lewton. Thursday. Helping Hand —At Church. 1 Eureka -Leia Hill. Presbyterian Aid —Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer. Friday. Orient—Mrs. Charles Elzey. Saturday. Thimble—Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer. I — . ..

“Athe New Year, blithe and bold, my friend. Comes to take his own." —Tennyson. I i The Lutheran Young People’s society announces that it will have a 1 social watch meeting this evening at the school house on Eleventh street. A very good time is anticipated. i ; The Historical club is looking for-, ward with interest to its watch meet-' ing. a purely social affair, this evening at the home of Mrs. James Fristoe. i A jolly crowd of young people was entertained at 12 o’clock dinner Sunday by Misses Gertrude and Wlldas Shifferly at the home of their parent# on Route 9 The afternoon was spent with social chat, interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. latter ice cream and cake were served. Those present were: Misses Oda Gay. Zelda Schnitz. Ida Fuhrman, Ruth Zeigler. Vol a Mitch, Ethel Fuhrman, Eda Gay, Lola Drake. Mary Fuhrman. Faje Jackson. Doris Shifferly: Messrs. Rolla Jackson. Clarence Drake. Ed Gay, Ivan Shifferly, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. m and son, Harland. Mr. and Mn> C. H. Suitz, Mr. and Mrs. Otis . Shifferly. The Helping Hand society will meet I'l <lay afternoon in the S :nday school room of the German Reform- , ■•<! urch to finish some comforters * and attend to the closing of the year s , work. The election of officers will be held. M a Irene Cook returned to flluffton i thia morning after attending tho Tri-t-aidm ball Monday evening. While here she was the guest of Mtsa Naomi Dugan. M »• Lydia Kirsch has issued invitations for a watch and slumber party night, that promises much pleasure. , Mias Huldah Mutachier will have as her gunata at New Year's day dinner and supper the Miaaes Hope Hoffman and Lydia Kirsch. Mr and Mrs George Flanders will entertain a small company of friends at a watch party thia evening in com piim> nt to Mrs Flanders’ father. Rob-

ert Carlisle, and her sisters, the Misses Anna and Elizabeth Carlisle, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The circle will include Mr. and Mrs. D .M. Tlensley, Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Reid, Mrs. Chrlstena Niblick and son, Jesse. The Misses Anne and Elizabeth Carlisle of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be guests of honor at a 6 o'clock dinner party Thursday evening, given by Mrs. Charles Dunn. ■i, mi. .i w> All members of the Pocahontas should attend an important meeting Thursday evening and come prepared to pay their dues. All members of the degree staff especially are urged to attend, as two candidates will be ' initiated. i Masters Dick and Dan Jeffrey of I Huntington are guests of their aunt, Mrs. Dick Townsend, at the home of I.Mrs. Lucy Gregory. They will be I guests at supper and over tonight of Master Dick Hurdg. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer will give a 6 o’clock dinner party this evening when covers will be laid for the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Vail, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Case. Misses Jean Butler and Fanny Frisinger and Messrs. Albert Sellemeyer and Roger Gipe, the latter of Alexandria. The company will remain to watch the advent of the New Year.

Mrs. E. F. Gass entertained at dinner Sunday tor Mr. and Mrs. D. M. | Reed and children, who returned to , Fort Wayne Sunday evening. John Ulrich of Elkhart arrived this afternoon to visit over New Year's Day jWith his daughter, Mrs. Irvin Case. Mrs. Case will return with him to Elkhart for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fritzinger en-i tertalned at six o’clock dinner last ev-| I ening for Mr Charles Wilson of Card-, ington, Ohio; Mr. Jesse Niblick and the Misses Rose and Margaret corner | The annual New Year's Day reunion of the family of Mrs. IJzette Bultemeier will be held at her home tn this city tomorrow. ij Mrs. John Staker. who leaves toi morrow with her family for Bluffton, . j where they will make their home. . was given a farewell surprise by a ’ large number of neighbors, who spent a social evening with her. and presentI ed her with a fine china pitcher. Luncheon was served and although the I atmosphere of regret over her leaving. 1 hung heavy, the sunshine of cordiality and pleasantry broke through and made the party a happy one A GerI man song by Mrs. Fred Johns was also ’ enjoyed. The party Included: Me*- ■ dame* E F Gass, M Fullenkamp, Fred i Johns. Dick Christen, Charles Yagc-. 1 Emerson Beavers. P. K. Kinney, IL B. • 4>regory, Anderson. Jesse Van Hart, CoJia Parent. Milt Leavell; and the Miaa'ea l>ora St hull*. Ode and Ivetta Fulli enkamp. Mrs. Albert Katterhelnrich of South Bend was an out town guest -1 A scene of ever-changing beauty was presented at the Knights of Columbus hall Monday evening, when the twen•|tyfive couples— the ladies In pretty • | evening dresses of dainty colors, and ■ the gentlemen In immaculate evening I drees—wound In and out of the intricate maxes of the sisteen dances, to ■ the music by the Ashbaugh orchestra ' of Fort Wayne. All are unanimous i that the Tri-Kappa charity ball was the success of the season. Promptly I at 2:30 o'clock the ball opened with • the grand march and thenceforth the evening »»a ehoU> given u> to plea* ure. Between the dances, which In-

(eluded waltzes, two-steps ana all the favorites, refreshments of punch and pineapple Ice were served from . booths .over which presided the Misses I>orothy Dugan, Mary Prisinger, Margaret Bell, Hope Hoffman and Winifred Elllngham of Indianapolis. The refreshment booths alone netted the sorority the sum of fourteen doli lars. Red poinsettia were used as decorations. Among the out-of-town guests were Dr. Harry Dibble and a friend from Detroit, Mich; Roger Gipe of Alexandria: Clyde Bechdoldt, Porti land; Miss IgiMott, Huntington; Miss ; Irene Cook, Bluffton. -a I C )urt House News trom Page 1) Schott et al., partition and quiet title. ' Appraisement of real estate filed. . Proof of publication and posting filed. ’ Report approved, sale confirmed, deeds > ordered to respective purchasers, re- ’ ported and approved. » ( Robert A. Drummond vs. John K. I Evans et al., quiet title, cancel morti gage. De cree of quiettitle, in plain-1 ’ tiff, and clerk ordered to satisfy mort- • gage of record. Costs against plain- ’ tiff. Jacob M. Amstutz vs. Mary Salisbury et al, quiet title. Decree of quiet title in plaintiff. Costs against plaintiff. The Adams county board of commissioners held a special session today to allow all bill* and clean up the slate ifor the new year. They will meet toI morrow morning and organize for the new year. Bernard Terveer, began work this week, aa regular deputy in the office of county treasurer Charles W. Yagj er, succeeding Ed Kintz, who goes Io the auditor * office, as deputy. Mr. Terveer has assisted in the office at 1 busy time* and I* already well ac- * quainted with the work. | The final report of Peter N, Moser, guardian of Henry Snyder et al., was filed a* to Jesse Snyder and approved, and the guardian discharged as to I Jesse. The new bond of Eulalia DrageShore* a* guardian of Grace and Har old Drage, was approved. 1 Real estate transfers: Sally Waltz to William C. Waltz, lot 59, Ceylon, quit claim deed, $10! John H. Waltz > et al. to William C Waltv, lot 59, Cey- . lon, $10; William C. Waltz et al. to • Henry Cross, lot 59. Ceylon. $25; Jas.! 1 C. Harkless to C. D. Ijewton, realty in Union township, $1000; h. P. Ray et ’ al. to Samuel Soldner, lot 339, Berne, $ooo; Andrew J. Biberateln to Cats I ! Blberstine. lot Co. Berne. SIOOO. The county commissioner* today | heard the matter of the claim of Dalls* ’ Butler, filed August I, 1911, for $174 In the matter of the Brown bridge 1 This was allowed The counter-claim of the Portland Superior Cement Co., filed Auguat IC, was disallowed, the 1 company defaulting. I ■ -9 ■| DECATUR WINS OVER 'BUKO, r ; 1 In a rough and tumble game Monday I night the Decatur eity basket ball ' team beat the Buaco boy* by a score * of 34 to 15. The line-up: k Churubusco. Decatur. • C. Sefton F Beery 1 J. Sefton ~..F Shoemaker ' Butler C Core 1 Rice G .Nofsinger • Wallace .0.,.., Bremerkamp C. Sefton made two baaketz and one ' foul and Buller Ovs baskets for ths ’ Churubusco bunch; while Beery made (seven basekts and three fouls, Shoej maker two baskets and one foul, and • Core si* baskets for the Decatur taam

I ■l—” Bill =inni!!ii h A Very Siad New Year I To You 'I S And may the hopes with ~ which you greet it be vours Z H in rich fulfillment. | PEOPLES & GERKE j

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YOUR FALL INCOME DURING the fall and winter months, mamy people receive a ctgisiderable amount of money from the sale of produce. This money represents the income for the greater part of the year. It is necessary . herefore, to exercise prudence in its use. The money hould be deposited in a bank where it will be safe and ■ ecure. Paj hients can then be made for supplies, by drawing out a portion of the deposit. This p’an assures not only positive safety fcr your money, but will help you to economize in its use. “DEPOSITSJSUBJECT TO CHECK OR BEARING INTEREST. FIRST NATIONAL BANK * DECATUR, X-K- ■ INDIANA. P. W. W, A. Kuebler, V.|President C. A. Dugan,lCasnier F. W. Jaebker, AsskJCarhier D ESP OSI T S ’A;CJC;E!PITfEHIWB!.Y MAIL ■ BOSSE OPERA HOUSE | TUESDAY DEC 31 MESSRS. MANLEY & CAMPBELL Present * MR. GEORGE G. WAKEFIELD ? The tallest actor on the American stage- 6 feet 7 g inches-who appeared the past five seasons Sas Great Goto in The Cat and °, j The Fiddle Co, JUf as MEPHISTO in J! j An Elaborate Scenic, Mechanical Electrical Pro- jW 4 duction of 9 g GOETHE’S** I? 4 I TO'T GREATEST B /\ I \ I X TRAGEDY 1 2 1 f A PLAY WITH A MORAL I I ■ j* > I Sensational Low Prices 25-35-50 and 75 c»r.ts Seats on sale at Holthoue Drug Store ■

bpeed The Departing; £ I Welcome The Coming ) guest, See the old year out a x'*" <i New Year in with a .. . glass of our high grade wine | or liquor. You will find its Av '• flavor perfect and its purity 'f-; n equal its flavor. OrderaSupply now so that you will be nU i ’-ady to entertain yuur friends and to drink health and prosperity to yourself. Berghoff Beer by the ease. fX I\P ’F V Comer of Second ant t J ■ t *-I Madison streets.

Mr. Wakefield will be easily recognlxed sa he is the talleat actor on the Amarie&t stage '-rday, mraauring six feet seven Inchea in height and appearing fully seven feet in coatuine The production la complete in every detail and played In f!v« art* and wren scene*. The scenery |* gii Mw M( j very elaborate and owing to th* progress made In recent year* In the way

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