Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1916 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President * ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Rates. Per Week, by carrier, 10 cents | Per Year, by carrier $5.00 , Per Mouth, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the Postoftiee in Decatur, Indiana, as sqpond class matter. Keep in mind the date —December 30th. it’s Auto Day in Decatur and everybody will be Here. ( ome and meet your friends. You will enjoy it and you will he welcomed. A factory or two. several new buildings, a number of houses and some other improvements are on the j program for Decatur for 1917, all of which ought to make this the best town on earth and the coming year the best in the history of this local ity. Dofi’t jolly yourself into believing that this spring weather is going to continue until May Day. You will have plenty of opportunity to reduce the size of that coal pile in the cellar. This is just a little special weather in which to do your shopping early and thus save Santa Claus and yourself a lot of needless . worey . about the 25th. There is a little talk of candidates for the city election, which will be held next year. That seems a good ways off, you may say. but it isn't for unless the legislature should change the law, the primary must be held in march, which is only three months away. It will be here almost before you know it. The election will be held the following November. The local banks will make a good many hundred people about here feel good within the next few days when they send out their Christmas saving checks, the total reaching the highest mark this year. Now is the time when you will realize that it is worth a little ificonvenience from time to time to meet the payments. Whether you did it this year or not you certainly ought to get ready for the next one. Join one of the 1917 Christmas saving clubs and you will be glad of it one year from now.. The last session of the sixty-fourth congress convened today. President Wilson will givfe his message tomorrow and for several months the administration will be busy finishing thi» work of this congress which has practically completed the most important program of any congress in many years. They will, it is expected, enact a complete eight-hour law, as well as take carerof other important legislation which may include laws affecting the high cost of living, the latter just now the most interesting of all questions to the average person. Let’s hope they solve it. Business-like little boycotts by the

wIFW\ r Mw < |k. If its a sftt for man or boy, we have it. THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

’ housewives' unions in many cities have - served within the last few days to 1 delete from tour to five cents in the thnrket price of storage eggs. It In a heroic remedy for the proud mistress' t of the kitchen to attempt plain ami sum y baking without the use of eggs, f but she seems Io have the good heart for It. She. too, is master of her fate and eke the captain of her soul. A s few weeks of this heroism by the wo- ) men all over the country would be s j a very effectual and poetic answer to s the impudence of Egg King Wetz' j question. “What are you going to do about it?" Egg kings and butter kings and potato kings and all food pirates of whatsoever kind and degree will show a morsel of wisdom if ' they do not make the American ‘ housewife desperate and provoke her 1 to go on a rampage to s veep out the food corners. Fort Wuyn Journal(la zette. ’jl .1,17* »• »• »* »*7* .*.•**'•■ 7*7*,* ,1 ~,*,« •••w.kalT* k1 ) 0 DOINGS IN SOCIETY B WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR, Monday. Ruth Circle —Ada Stevens. Pythian Sisters- K. of P. Home. Research—Mrs. C. E. Bell. Delta Theta Tau—Agnes Kohne. T uesday. ' Pythian Needle Club—K. of I’. 1 Home. Presbyterian Missionary-Mrs. Will Kremers. I Tri Kappas—Hope Hoffman. Reformed Missionary—Mrs. Peter ’ Kirsch. Thursday Hard to Beat Class—Mrs. Fred Bandtell, Fort Wayne. Ic-Nick Club —Germaine Coffee. Saturday. Reformed Aid Pastry Sale —Gas -office. I A Call to Freedom. 1 Shake off. shake oft. thine outer shell. And let thine inner spirit soar, i We hold within our heaven or hell; We hold the key to either door. , i Each day snap thou the binding chains Os circumstance that hold thee thrall, I And chafe thee with their galling pains, 1 And lisj to Freemom’ clarion call t , ; The body may be serf, but ne'er As long as life remains to me Shall manacles of fear and care Hold my blithe sou! in slavery. —John Kendrick Bang. A most pleasant evening was spent on December first by the “Faithful Followers’ ” class of Bobo. The meett nig was (ailed to order by the presi- > dent, with a devotional service, followed by reading of the roll call by the secretary. Those present were Lucy. Gladys and Anna Bunner. Mae Funk. Bertha Troutner, Ora Gilpin, 1 Florence Koos, Nellie and Lottie Lett. : Mabel and Maud Springer and Eliza- . beth Dailey. Mrs. Almond Shaffer was a guest. Following this was the business meeting, then a short pro- • gram, as follows: Recitation. Miss • Lottie Lett; dialogue, by several girls, title, “Tried and True.” A contest was next in order. During the evening the class observed the usual yearly custom of exchanging names for Christmas gifts. Refreshments were served by the hostess, Mr. Mae Funk. The next meeting will be on the ev- . cuing of January 5, 1917, at the home of the Misses Springer. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Vail of Decatur, Ind., are-spending the week-end with Mr. and .Mrs. Charles Lock, of Shawnee place. They came to attend the Friars’ dance. —Fort Wayne JournalGazette. Mrs. B. W. Sholty and Miss Jessie Magley of this city and Miss Trixie Hey of Fort Wayne were guests at dinner Sunday at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koenemann. at Hoagland. For supper there were the same guests with the addition of the Ed Bultemeier and Herman Koenemann families, Eda and Irvin Koenemann, Henry Boerger and 1 Leone Zwick. The Henry Koenemann family resided in this city for eight years, going to Hoagland some time ago. where they have built a large and very handsome residence. Miss Sidney Paden of Frankfort who is Miss Hallie Leonard’s house ’ guest, and Miss Elva Plattor of Ft. Wayne who is Miss Lois Connells house gi\est, were honored ones ala } six o'clock dinner party Saturday evening given by Miss Hallie Leonard at her home on First street. The affair was lovely in every detail a pink and white effect being in evidence in the decorations and the menu. Each of the six litlle tables, f set with snowy lunch cloths had a crystal vase of pink and white rosebuds. The place cards and napkins were adorned with Thanksgiving turkeys and the vase centerpieces had •

>'minature turkeys surrounding them. , l Eacb chair was tied with a large' , l ink and white ribbon bow. The he cream and cake of the last course 1 wore in pink and white and the din--1 ner throughout was appetizing and 1 nicely served. Assistant servers . were the Misses Ruth Baumgartner. Dolores Ballenger, *Di>rotliy Smi’h. and Bernice Leonard. Victrola and piano music made the dancing for the evening particularly delightful. Besides ’the guests of honor, covers ' were laid for the following: Frank > Pryor, Frankfort; Jirene Gregory. ■ Fred Williams, ireta Butler, Mauel Hower, Floreiwe Bremerkamp, Lob Connell, Gladys Flanders, Fanny Hi ller, Ramona Simtli; Claude Snyd . 1 Billy Linn. Roy Kalver Roy Goldner, Morris Haney. Aloysiuff Schmidt, Dick Ehiuger, Vane Thompson, Bob , Colter and John Chirk. Thirty-eight ladies brought the:. ' thimbles and needles and sewing ‘.-r the delightful afternoon party Frid c when Mrs. Jessie Beam and Mis". Bess Congleton entertained at the j Deam home. The ladies were noL ; too busy with their sewing to enjoy, ; the conversation and to listen to thej » piano music by Mrs. Carrie Haubobi ’ and the songs by Mrs. C. E. Bell each lady giving two selections ' “What the wife should wear” was' the name of a guessing contest, in which pictures suggested the names of dress materials. Mrs. Eli Myer, won the honors but suggested that ’ the prize be given to one of the fiv< out of town ladies. In cutting. Mrs. Fulton, of Portland, was the winner., ' At four-thirty o’clock little tables,’ dainty and pretty with their service and the decorations of swansonia.' " seated the guests for the luncheon.' In this the hostesses were assisted by Mrs. Carrie Haubold. -Each place 1 card contained, beside the regulation a printed recipe. Chrysanthemums and roses in vases beautified the rooms. Out of town guests wore ’ Mrs. Fulton. Portland; Mrs. F. L. De-, Vilbiss, Detroit, Mrs. Mavity, El-' wood; Mrs. Loche and Mrs. Simmons, Bluffton. The six o’clock dinner aiui card party Saturday at Deam home, was the second party of the week g; ’ ven by Mrs. Jessie Deam and Miss ’ Bess Congleton. Thirty-six ladies of the forty-eight on the invitation list, responded and the two course dinner served at the little - tables, ’ pretty with their swansonia floral decorations. was very appetizing. Mrs. Carrie Haubold assisted in the dir. ner serving. Immediately ; thereafter the series of five hundred games began. The first prize for ’mtKWijer of games was won by Mrs. C. V. Connell adn the slam by Mrs. Roy Archbold. Mrs. Majors of Tiffin. 0., who t was Mrs. Kuebler’s house guest, wss 1 an out of town guest present. The Presbyterian Ladies are ar- . ranging for’ a supper to be served • at the church Tuesday evening of . next week. December 12. from five . to seven o’clock. The public is m- , vited. Twenty-five cents .will be the . fee. Mr. and Mrs. John Hill and family had as their guests at dinner yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Simon Brandyberry of Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Will Trimm and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brandyberry. The Hard to Beat class of the Evangelical church will go to Fort Wayne Thursday where they will be entertained in the evening by Mr".; ' Fred Bandtell. ■ The Ic-Nick club will meet Thursday evening with Miss Germaine Coffee. The Presbyterian Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary society will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Will Kremers. A •

MS n MOBE DAYS BEFORE SAFETY FIRST -DO IT TODAY. Time before Christmas is short only 17 more shopping days to buy Lhx* present you are expected to buy. Come in today and avoid the rush in the crowded stores a day or so before Chrisimas. Our store is filled with new and late styles and finishes in. anything in FURNITURE. i Make your selection now; we will lay it away and deliver any time you say. TH E U P-TO-DATE STORE ; EAST SIDE COURT HOUSE. YAGER, BROS. & REINKING 1 DECATUR, INDIANA

Uoeinte hostesses will be Mrs. F. IL. J Hubbard and Mrs. J. C. Atz. All members and their friends are urged to come. The program Devotionuls, Mrs. Fred Patterson; business per iod: hymn; lessen from the study book, “A Healing Force," Mrs. C. F. Davison; imtrumentul solo, Mrs, Fred Smith; round table, “Forward Steps at Home" Mrs J. S. Cuverdale; ' vocal solo, Miss Ruth Hubbard; song ■ Mizpah. Clyde and Naomi Butler returned Sunday evening from Eaton, where i they visited with their uncle, Lave Fisher, and family. They also wont to Muncie, where they were guests of the Rev. D. T. Stephenson family. The Pythian Needle club will meet . Thursday afternoon at the K. of P. home. Mr. and .Mrs. ('. D. Lewton and i daughter, Eloise, were slipper guest.of Mr. and .Mrs. L. W. Frank and family. The Ruth Circle of the Christian i church will meet this evening with j Miss Ada Stevens. j o ■ ‘ DATE IS NAMED i (CONTINUED wroM PAGE ONE) I slip of paper. The finding of this i happened to fall to the lot of Miss ireta Erwin, who had the pleasure of reading to the assembley the words. I , j “Irene and Don. December ninth.” j Mrs. Harve Smith and Mrs. Fred! Smith, sisters-in-law of the bride-elect, assisted in the serving of the dinner. I I A number of pre-nuptial parties will be given this week for the bride-1 elect in the short time before her ' wedding. One is a shower to be giv-i 'on tonight by Miss Ireta Erwin. Another will be given Thursday by Mrs. Harve Smith and Mrs. Fred Smith. — o COUHT HOUSE NEWS. (CONTIN’ ’F7D~FHUM PAGJO ONE) erator, of Monroe born August 7. 1896, daughter of Frank Halberstadt. j I Attorney D. B. Erwin, for Orphn i McManama filed a suit in which a i guardian is asked for Margaret Ta cobs, who is aged and infirm and m- , capable of managing her own estate. Ardean Burns of Cleveland, Ohio, ' I spent Sunday here with his sister. Mrs. Barthorpe, at the Dr. Elizabeth i Burns home. ' Mrs. Ella Si hopwell and son. ■ Frederick, returned to Fort Wayne . 1 after spending the evening with Dr. ' Elizabeth Burns. .1 | Real estate transfers: Jesse C. Sutton commissioner to Adelia O. Buckmaster, 40 acres of Jefferson township, S2BOO. HENDRICKS-HALBERSTADT Chester Lee Hendricks and Miss I May Halberstadt of Monroe were married Saturday evening at 8:30 a. i m. by the Rev. J. C. Hanna at the Presbyterian parsonage. Mr. Hendricks is employed as a machine operator in Dayton, 0., but they will not , move there at present. The groom iis a son of Levi Nelson Hendricks | and the bride is a daughter of Frank ’ j Halberstadt of Monroe. . i TRIED TO BREAK IN Somebody tried to break into the ' Aaron DeVinney home last night 'about 12:3') o’clock by prying in the Iront dcor. The turning on of the lights in the home prevented further anpoyance. Mrs. DeVinney v.’he i has been alone at nights during the I time that Mr. Deyinnoy was employied at the sugar factory was badly , frigl)tened. IS RECOVERING NICELY Mrs. D. B. Erwin wno has been a patient at the Hope hospital, since an operation a week ago Friday, is recovering nic.eii>'. She may be at home in a Ayeek.

IHE HEATH LIST Levi Poling, Well Known Section Foreman, Died Saturday Night. ILL A LONG TIME Mrs. Eli Hendricks Died Early This MorningFuneral Services. Levi Poling, for his lifetime a resident of Decatur, died Saturday night at 9:30 o'clock after u prolonged illness from a complication qf diseases. He resided at the time of his death on Eleventh street. He would have been fifty-three years of age next Thursday, having been born Decern bar 7. 1863, in Hocking county, Ohio, and came to this city with his parents when three months old. He was the son of A. G. and Sarah Poling. In February. 1887. he married Mary Bender, to which union j two children were born. Harry, of tins city, and Tula, residing with Mr. , and Mrs. Fred Bender. He was mari ried a second time, March 2(1. 1896, | which wife survives. 1 Three brothers, Charles, of Washington township; Robert, of Decatur. I and John, of Dunkirk, survive, and | | two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Russell, and 1 ' Mary Poling, of Fort Wayne also surI viva. ' Funeral services will be held from the local Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. The Red Men. of which Mr. Poling was a valuable and active member, will have charge. Mrs. Ellen Hendricks, wife of Eli Henffi-icks. Monroe township farmer, died this morning at six o'clock after a short illness. She was the daughter of David and Anna Reffey. She, with her husband, had lived on their present farm for twenty-nine years. Mrs. Hendricks is survived by th/ husuband and three children. Lulu Johnson. Roy amt Noah Hendricks, all of Monroe township; four brothers. John, of aft. Pleasant. Mich.; Henry, in Illinois; Oliver, of Bffcyrus. Ohio, and Lee. of Monroe township. Two sisters also survive: Mrs. John Hamrick, of South Salem, and Mrs. Albert Duer, of Monroe township. Funeral services will be held from i the home at ten o’clock Wednesday morning. Rev. E. L. Jones of Warren officiating. She was fifty-six years old last February 28th. THE GOOD FELLOW FUND. The undersigned subscribe the amount set opposite their names to be used to assist in defraying the expenses of the Municipal Christmas Tree. Be a good fellow and join the < lub. It will make a lot of youngsters happy at Christmastide and you will feel better, too. The list: Mrs. C. F. Davison $ .25 Mrs. C. W. Jones 25 Total $ .50 o— r -, ROTARY MEETING TONIGHT The Decatur Rotary club will meet this evening at the J. T. Merryman’s law office. All members are requested to be present. o NOTICE. We still have some of those juicy corn fed quarters of beef at the low figure of from 9 to 12c per pound. Cali at the packing house and get some before the price is advanced. 282112 HOOSIER PACKING CO.

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