Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1913 — Page 2

DAILYDEM O C R A T' ffwbliahed Every Evening, Excejrt Sunday by IE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. IUUINSH/UM JOHN H. HILLER OMgg»~'J-.'U..!g_J _ ' Subscription Rates ■am . — Per Week, by carrier.lv cents r*»r Year, by carrier, $5.00 »«r Month, by mall 25 cents Per year, by mail.., $2.50 tingle Copies 3 cents Advertising ratoa trade known on application. Kn’ered at the posto’tica in Decatur, tndi r .< s g.a ececnj cla-w uail. no morFsiiows In Decatur if a Bill Introduced by Representative Jones of Plymouth SHOULD BECOME LAW Additional Expense on the Films Would be Too Heavy to Carry. What would Decatur be without a moving picture show? Just stop and think about this a minute. Take this innocent amusement out of the city and what would you have? What better and more enjoyable amusement is there than a neat clean place to go and enjoy an hour or so in the even- 1 ing than a motion picture theatre? j And yet IT the bill introduced in the house of representatives Thursday by J. R. Jones of Plymouth should become a law, Decatur will certainly have to get along without this luxury. Manager Will Parent was the reciplent'this morning of a letter from the compatty through which he secures his films and which reads in part as follows: “Rep. J. R. Jones of Plymouth today introduced into the house of representatives a bill to provide for the censorship of all motion picture films exhibited in the state of Indiana. This bill, among other things provides that no films shall be exhibited in the state until it has been passed by the board of censorship consisting of one man at SI6OO a year, and one woman e' SI2OO a year. The bill further provides that before films shall be exhibited and passed before the board, a fee of $5 per film must be paid. If this bin becomes a law, it will require you as an exhibitor to pay $5 for each film shown in your theatre." In as much as all three shows in the city are putting on three films, this would require an additional expence of sls per night, and which w’ould be in any city of this size an utter impossibility, and would require the local shows as well as many of the smaller shows in the larger cities to close their doors. There is no doubt however but that this bill will completely fail in its passage. AL BURDG IS GRANDPA. Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdg were delight-I ed to receive this morning the an- 1 nouncement of the birth of a baby girl to their son, Will Burdg, and wife of Marlon, Ind. Mrs. Will Burdg was farmerly Miss Maise Kyle, and formerly lived in this city. The babe has been named Violet Jessie Burdg, a part of the name being for her grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Burdg. V. Connell I I VETERINARIAN Ppin.-.c, Ofib’ 143 x ' *

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WMNGS IN SOCIETY Telephone Girls "Surprise” Margaret Daniels—-The Sewine Club. GIVEN A DINNER Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart Celebrate Tenth Wedding Anniversary. T uesday. Afternoon—Mrs. C. V. Connell. Showed—Misses Gerard and Droppieman. Historical—Mrs. Fred Schafer. Wednesday. Poinsettia—Esther ,Corbett. Shakespeare^— Mrs. D. E. Smith. Thursday. Young -Matrons — Mrs. French Quinn. Eu terpean—Edna Hoffman* Needlecraft—Jessie Magley. i Naught s had, all’s spent Where our desire’s got without content. a —Shakespeare's "Macbeth.” Today is the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland’s beloved bard, who was born in 1759. Mrs. William Blackburn had as her guests at dinner yesterday, "her bisters. Mrs. L. N. Grandstaff and Mrs Martin Lord, of Monmouth, and her niece, Mrs. Philip Schiegerstein, and son, John Henry, of Monmouth. Their tenth wedding anniversary was the occasion of a very enpoyable party given Friday evening by Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart on Mercer avenue, when they entertained a company of twenty eight, including the members and former members of the Orient club and their husbands. A three course luncheon was given first at 7:30 o’clock, the decorations of the home and the features of the lunch- i eon carrying out the heart shapes in , a pretty way. After luncheon the ta-1 bles were cleared for the game of progressive hearts. At the close of the i games, the tally cards, which were •arge red hearts, showed the ladies’ prizes won by Mrs. Marsh Burdg, first, and Mrs. D. B. Erwin, second: while the gentlemen's prizes were awarded, first to Isadore Kalver; second, Otto Kirsch. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were the recipients of a fine nickel chafing dish with good wishes from the company. Among the many social affairs to be given in honor of Miss Naomi Niblick, whose wedding to Mr. Perry I Gandy of Fort Wayne will take place April Ist, is a friendship shower for, next Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gerard. Invitations for this were issued this morning by the hostesses, the Misses Sylvia Droppieman and Irene and Marguerite Gerard. The Misses Agnes Crosby and Nell Groves of Bluffton will arrive for the party, and will be guests of Miss Droppieman. Another one of the very good so-1 cial times which are recorded in the history of the Sewing club was the 6 o'clock dinner party given Friday evening by Mrs. A. R. Bell. The hus-[ bands of the club ladies were guests also, as were a number of friends, including Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lutz, Mr. I and Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lower. Mrs. Bell was assisted in serving the two-course dinner at 6 o'clock by Mrs. Jesse Helm, 1 Mrs. J. H. Heller and Miss Helen j Flory .and the evening’s entertain- , ment was rounded out with c<?nversa-' ,tion and music. The club circle com-1 I Prised Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Hooper. l , Judge and Mrs. J. T . Merryman, Mr.' ■ and M rß . D . w Beery Mr I J>an Sprang. p r . and Mrs p „

AM find Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Patterson. After the basket ball game Friday evening the girig' $C. a ® which played, With a number of others, re£ Ured t 0 the C. A. Dugan home, where they’. , had supper, danced and spent a de- J i lightful time. The Misses f’i ra wil..—us iu. lYences Dugan, members of 'the high school faculty; Miss Mary Team of Bluffton, Miss Vera Reinhard of Portland, and the Misses Mary Frisinger, Juanita Both, Gladys My|ers, Glenys Mangold, Leah and Veda Hensley, formed the party, Mrs. C. C. Connell will entertain the Afternoon club next Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Pythian Sisters request the presence of all the members at the hall next Monday evening. After the regular lodge the newly elected offl- . cers will entertain. A program and luncheon .will be given. Very enjoyable was the entertainment of the ladies of the Needles and Nods club and their husbands by Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Peoples Friday eveni ing. In a contest of the names of flowers, prizes were won by Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker, and after the entertainment otherwise, a two-course lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by her little niece, Eloise . Lewton. The Question club spent a very pleasant evening with the sewing con- . versation and lunch, at the home of ■ | Miss Vera Myers. So "on the dot” are the usual celebrations of the telephone girls’ birth- ' days that “surprises” were taken as a matter of course when a birthday came around. When Miss Margaret Daniel's birthday anniversary fell two weeks, ago, however, there was no party given her, and her hello comI panions deferred from time to time, , the event, thinking to give it at some i time when Miss Daniels might be ! caught “napping" at home. They I thought last evening a most opportune ‘ time, so marshaling their forces, and . arrived with baskets of luncheon, they stormed her home and breaking down the fortress rushed in and spent a I merry evening, with her. It seems that Miss Margaret was not so very much surprised after all, for after the I supper. Miss Margaret came in bearing a bunch of carnations which she secured in the afternoon, when excused early from work, and proceeded to give them “as favors’’ stating that “It was their joke; but her treat.” The party included Mrs. Olen Baker, Eula McKinney and Esther Enos, and Effie Rex of Ossian, besides the following “ hello girls”: Gertrude and Agnes Omler; Frances Rademaker, Mildred Coffee, Frances Baker, Esther Heckman and Gusta Cramer. PEEPER JACK BOBS UP AGAIN. I ‘ .lack the Peeper." who has anpear,ed in the nort v of town, popped up again in another jflaJfc Friday evening at 8:30 o’clock, being seen looikng into a window at the Dr. C. T. Rainier hoine on South Tenth street. Large foot-prints were dis- , cerned this morning in the soft earth under the window. Dr. and Mrs. Rainier had gone to the C. H. Baker home, | ! nearby, to call on Mr. and Mrs. Baker, 1 both of whom have been ill. While I they were gone, their two granddaughters, Cecil and Celia Andrews,. were at home, alone. A neighbor, Mrs. Harry Kooken, and son, both ‘ . noticed the “peeper," who was a large I man, crouching and peering into ths[ south bedroom window of the Rainier home, the door of the bedroom being 1 open, giving a view through the en- 1 tire house. The Kooken family went ( out to notify the Rainlers and the 1 stranger took fright, started and ran 1 south toward Adams sreet. What was I ( his purpose in thus prowling about 1 the home is unknown. I j & =~— ! LOST—Gir’L, rr\ tie wltn breast pin' In it. Lost between city and 2’4 miles west cf town. Finder please r« turn to this office.—Advt 306t4

IN THE CHURCHES |,Rev. G. C, Owen Preaches I Last Sermons as Local 1 Pastor, CHRISTIAN CHURCH! 1 Rev. Semans Will Give Second Story of the Creation. Tomorrow the Rev. G. C. Owen will preach his last sermons as pastor of the local Christian church, and will leave next Wednesday with his family for Sanborn, Ind., where he has accepted a call to the Christian church. Rev. Owen was formerly pasto there, and in a measure the going there will be a “return home.” He has been pastor of the local church ! the past seven months, and during | this time both himself and family ' have won a warm place in the hearts of all their acquaintances, who have j exceeding regret over the. severance i of the ties. ——— Tomorrow evening, the Rev. R. L. Semans will give the second of a se-1 ries of sermons on the story of the creation. The subject will be “The Adamic Episode.*’ It will deal with the serpent story and the fall of man and promises to be very interesting.

GRAND JURY IN CHARGE. \ an Wert, Ohio, Jan. 25 —After completing the examination of its twentyfour witnesses, the grand jury called to inquire into the shooting of Mrs. Ralph Hoover, wife of a young farmer, adjourned until Tuesday, when the case will be reopened. While information as to what the! jury has discovered in connection | with the case is. of course, withheld, i it became known today that on the' day of the shooting Hoover called his mother by telephone and said: “Come i over quickly, mother, Helen has been shot three times.” From the fact that after the arrival of the doctors and officers an entire day elapsed before it was discov-j ered that more than one bullet had taken effect in the woman’s head, the state is disposed to make considerable 1 capital of this statement as tending to show that Hoover knew details of the shooting not apparent to others ; except upon the most careful examination. The Hoovers were using a party line telephone and several witnesses will be produced who declare they over- 1 heard the son s conversation with his ' mother. It was said today that a possible: defense of Hoover, in case he is indicted, will be insanity. An uncle and an aunt are in the asylum at the present time, it is said. Among the witnesses examined Friday were the parents of Hoover and ' his wife. The Hoovers are well known here, the parents of the accused boy having been former school mates of J L. I Gay of this city. o BUYS ST. JOHN'S STUDIO. “Charles C. Baumgardner, of Linn .Grove, who has been employed in l Bluffton photograph studios, has purchased a business known as the I Boughton studio, at St. John’s. Mich.," ( i»ays the Bluffton News. “He went to I St. John’s early this week and hajj | consummated the deal in the last few jdays. Mr. Baumgardner has written Ito friends telling of his purchase and ( Bays that St. John’s „uits him very I well. The studio is an established business, doing a good class of portrait work. Mr. Baumgardner ha* been employed at both of the B’ uff . ton studios. He is an up-to-dat e _ ho . tographer and his many frier idg have every expectation of his ir. eet ‘ lng

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