Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1917 — Page 4

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by The Decatur Democrat Company JOHN H. HELLER President ARTHUR R. HOLTHOUSE, Secretary Subscription Ratos Per Week, by carrier 10 rente Per Year, by carrier 16 00 Per Month, by mall 25 cents Per Year, by mall {3.00 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoilice In Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. A Christuias suggestion—Send tho Daily Democrat to the soldier boy in i camp. He will appreciate it so much i and it will help to cheer him up during the hours he has for himself. — — I ■ Tonight is a lightless night and or- , namental and unnecessary lights , should not be used. Os course this is ■ the week before Christmas and it will | be impossible to conserve as it will be ; after this but you might begin to get 1 in practice for the order comes i through the fuel administration and t must be observed. t .. 1 Be careful of the gas, water and t light you use. It’s necessary if we get j through the winter without a part or t all of these modern necessities. When < you use more than you should you > are taking away from your neighbor t ami aiding to exhaust the supply to t that extent that will make it impcs- t sible to operate the plants. Be as 1 careful as you can. ' The essays by the Decatur school j children are wonderful papers and \ should be read by every one interest- i ed in the Red Cross or not interested. < A child may lead you and really the ' thoughts expressed in these letters t are surprisingly mature and wonder- t fully expressed. We art featuring '

Checking Up the List ■ ' Ei 7 <»* \ » 5 ■JS tWn L—-W- \Ypj i r1 I / [ g T \ •j / ka* & \ 1 v ■I > .jMH k \ \ ,_A \ . • "' —i .-i Ik "* «s& /" ) g , i i ■ ‘ Vi A? «Ta » ( 3 ®vw-‘ , >wA‘-iaa Our stock is brim gull of the good things for Xmas Gifts for man or boy. If you haven’t investigated our line of Holiday Goods you have missed a rare treat, whether you are in the market for anything or not. We have the most complete line in the city, consisting of Neckwear3sc to SI.OO Scarfssoc to $3.50 Hosierylsc to 75c Knife and Chain Setssl.oo to $2.50 Soldier Boys’ Drinking Cups7sc Bath Robes $3.00 to $7.50 Soldiers Coat and Pant Hangers7sc Handkerchiefslsc to 50c The Myers-Dailey Company. SUITS THAT SUIT

i them because we feel they are worthy . of being featured and we ask you to ! read them carefully. Then join in making the report from Adams county one hundred per cent perfect. Tiie quick response by Senators New and Watson and Representative Vestal to Mayor Christen’s appeal for action that would cause a sufficient supply of coal Io bo shipped to the Northern Indiana (las and Electric company to prevent that plant being closed and thus causing great inconveniences here as well as elsewhere in this part of the state and the almost immediate promise that coal will Ixs shipped, is the best evidence that it pays to get at the fuel problem through the main stem, which is Dr. Garfield’s department, the fuel commission. The white stars in the center of the Red Cross service dags are beginning to appear, in fact they are becoming numerous Hi the shop, store and home windows of this city and county. The big drive is every where meeting with great success but no where more than here, where our people are spending their time and where everybody has caught the spirit of this great effort to back an organization whose sole purpose is the relief of the sick and the injured. What greater work could you do at this season of the year? We ask you to remember that not a penny of this money goes for graft of any sort, that it is spent, every dollar of it, to relieve those who suffer, and you should brand as a LIE any statement to the contrary. If you take the trouble to honestly investigate you will find this to be true and unless you wish to do so, you should not make an idle statement or repeat some rumor which your common sense tells you is false. The Red Cross does a work of mercy. Hundreds of women, our wives, and mothers and sweethearts are devoting their time, day after day to this work. Won’t you support it with your dollar? To do less is to op-

•’pose the greatest work of man. Do J you believe in mercy? This is your i time to prove it. J SOCIETY WEEKLY SOCIAL CALENDAR Thursday Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid—-Mrs. C. A. Dugan. First Aid Class—Dr. W. E. Smith. Baptist Aid —Postponed. Do Your Best Class —Mrs. Feorge Mununa. Ijoyal Workers Class —Postponed. C. W. B. M.—Mrs. G. T. Burk. Ic-Nick Club—Frances Mougey. Friday. , Concord Leaders —Thelma Houk. , Philathea Class—Mrs. S. E. Hite. j Saturday , Silent Workers’ Economy Sale— ] Gas Office. , ————l A government confesses to the lowest point of ignoming when it 1 confesses to an inability to protect the lives and property of its 1 citizens. —John Fiske. _____ ; The Robert Case family is antici pal- < ing a delightful Christmas reunion at the family home on North Fifth street, * when all of their children will be at j home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Annen ( and children, of Chicago, will be the ( first ones to arrive, they coming Sun- | day. They will be joined later by Mr. and Mrs. George Case, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Case, of Indianapolis; Almon ( Case, Chicago; and Irvin Case and ( family, of Elkhart. | Miss Helen Dugan had as iter guests 1 at supper last evening, the Misses * Josephine Mvers. Ruth Frisinger and 1 i Angelina Firke«. The occasion was Helen's fifteenth birthday anniver- 1 sary. 1 Miss Mabel Burns will attend the ; Moose dance in Fort Wayne this ev- , ening. t The C. A. Dugan family is anticipat- 1 ing a delightful holiday reunion, the members of the family who are a wav , will come home Friday. Miss Frances i Dugan, instructor at Brownell Hall, | Omaha. Neb., is now in Chicago, where al the request, of Miss Johnson, head of Brownell Hall, she is visiting a i number of the private schools. She will be accompanied here by her brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Morton and baby. Miss Dorothy Dugan, a student at Vassar, will be at home Friday. The Loyal Workers’ Christmas party scheduled for this evening at the hoihe of Mrs. Fred Linn, has been postponed on account of the death of her brother-in-law, E. B. Kern, whose family will come here, tonight from Van Buren, to await the arrival of the body from Brinkley, Arkansas. Mrs. Mary Eley has returned form a visit of three or four weeks in several Ohio cities, including Ix>gan, Lancaster, Columbus and Dayton. O. While in Columbus she visited with all of the Decatur colony, including the Walters. F'ledderjohann, Walter Schrock families and -others. While there Mrs Emma Jackson Myers gave a dinner party for all of the Decatur colony and it was a very elegant affair. Mrs. Eley enjoyed her visit throughout very much. Miss Margaret Mills, student at the college, at Naperville, 111., came home last night for her holiday visit with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Mills. She will be at home until New Year’s. | COORT | In the partition case of Lettie Death et al. vs. Elizabeth Harker, et al., appearance was entered by Butcher for Franklin and William Kirkland. In the Fleetwood partition case report of sale number 1 was,approved; deed ordered, reported and approved. The case of George F. Root vs. Abraham Weil, et al., was dismissed and costs paid. William A. Wells qualified as guardian of Elizabeth Kraner, an infirm person, giving sß,ooo bond. Real estate transfers: Hiram O. Grove, et al. to Beryl Grove, GO acres of Wabash township. $900: Minnie Coppess, et al. to Frank A. Baker, et al, 40 acres of Washington township, quit claim deed. $1: John B. Corsonto. to Frank C. Baker, et al., % acre of Monroe township, quit claim deed. Sarah Billman, adminstratrix of the estate of Solomon Billman, filed inventory number one which court approved. Hunting license were issued to \V. ■ B. Dough. O. H. O’Dell. Tobias Myers! «

DUNBAR RESIGNS Adams County Young Man Who Makes Good, Quits .Job as Superintendent AT HARTFORD CITY To Serve as Special Revenue Collector and Hopes to Land in Washington. M. M. Dunbar, an Adams county boy, whose home Is at Linn Grove, and who has more than made good asj superintendent of the city schools al Hartford City, has resigned to enter tho employment of the government. He will report at Indianapolis the 22nd of this month and will serve under Peter J. Kruyer as a special collector of revenue, visiting the counties where he is assigned. He has taken the civil service examination and exited* to soon be transferred to Washington as chief clerk of the commission of education. His resignation was accepted Tuesday evening after he had declined an increase in salary to remain. His present contract does not expire until next August but owing to the circumstances he was released. The Hartford City News says of this splendid Adams county young man: “It is not fulsome flattery to say that Mr. Dunbar is one of the best school superintendents this city ever had, and his place in the schools here will be hard to fill, especially al this time, when things are far from normal in educational work. The school board has no one in view but will get busy at once and get lines out for an efficient man to take Mr. Dunbar's place. Mr. Dunbar was not only .strpng as an executive, but was well .equipped educationally for the position and had rare judgment in dealing with pupils and parents, which is often lacking in school men. If the board finds hrs equal it wili be more of an accident than methodical selection. as good superintendents have good jobs at this time. The only hope is in getting some young man like Mr. Dunbar and giving him an opportunity to show what he can do. That was the attitude with Mr. Dunbar and. although coming from a small village, he made good from the day he start' d in tho work.” ARE DRIVING ON (Continued from Page One) to tin- thorough canvass in the districts. Mrs. Otto Reppert at the Niblick store, took in $3 in membership fees yesterday: Miss Lulu Gerber, at the Boston Store. $1; Mrs. Reuben Lord, at Runyon-Engeler’s, $1; Mrs. Ralph Miller was in charge of the booth at the Whines store, and Miss Frances Deininger, at the Schafer store. o EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING. Business Session Will be Held at the Methodist Parsonage at 7:30. Ail members of the Epworth League are urged to be at the business and social meeting of the League this evening. Harvey Everett, a former president of the League, hut now a soldier in the service of his country, will be present tonight and speak for a while. His friends and acquaintances have followed him with interest, and have known that big, strong, true hearted, confident Harvey Everett would give a good account of himself in the ranks of the army. Let all Leaguers hear him tonight. left Last night No further word regarding the death of E. B. Kern, telegrapher at Brinkley. Ark., who was murdered Tuesday afternoon at. Fargo, Ark,, has been received here by relatives. A. S. Elzey, of Ossian, a brother-in-law. left last night to bring the body here and it is thought it will not arrive before Friday or Saturday. Mr. Elzey will telegraph from St. Ixjuis, Mo., enroute home and funeral arrangements will then be made. Mrs. Kern and family, living at Van Buren, are expected to come tonight. dr7burns~return S Dr. Elizabeth Burns has return'd from a tree days’ visit at. Newcastle, 1 Penna., at the bedside of her cousin, Mrs. J. D. Patterson, who has often ■ visited here. Mrs. Patterson is very . low of cancer of the stomach and bowels and requested that she see Dr. Burns. o 4 s BEULAH CHAPEL M. E. CHURCH The pastor will preach Sunday eve ning at 7:30 p. m. Every one is urged to be present at that service. A cor dial invitation is extended to all. P. B' LEAL H, Pastoi «

, CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT I A Christmas entrftalhuicnt will be given December it. at the Bobo M. F.. thurch, bting a play entitled. "Christi mas Beyond the Trenches." Tho cast of characters: Unde Sam Luther Funk. Miss Columbia - Gladys Bunner, jack, an American tidy— Cleo Bum nor. Cecilia, nn English girt—Nellie Lett. Gratiano, Italian lad-Eugene Trouttier. Irma, a Russian girl— Gertrude Brod beck. Huldu. a Belgian girl— Maude Springer. Gretchen, a German Xarifta Brod beck. I’ierre, a French boy—Jesse Daniel. Two tubaleux pantomine. "Just Before the Battle Mother," and "ColumI bia Gem of the Ocean." MUST REMAIN IN CAMP (United Service) Camp Zachary Taylor. Ky., Dec. —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Disappointed because of the war department's order rescinding Christmas furloughs, the men at Camp Zachary Taylor today began planning to make the holiday In camp as. bright and cheerful as possible. Only about seven per cent of the men got away before the order came and as it. specified leave for only five per cent, no further leaves will be permitted. The rea-on given uniificially for rescinding the furloughs was that the railroads would be swamped in an effort to transport approximately 18,OOP men to their homes. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Mark Jahn, of west of the city, who has been ill for some time, and who underwent an operation recently, was taken to the Hope hospital, Fort Wayne, last evening and entered for examination. The trip was made in tho Gay. Zwick & Myers ambulance. —o- — USEFUL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS South Bend. Ind.. Dec. 20—Twenty thousand employes of a Rubber Manufacturing Company. Akron, Ohio, will each receive a Thrift Card and four 25c stamps on each card as a Christmas gift of the company on December 25th. — - 1 BURGLARS SMASH CASH BOX Burglars smashed the cash box in the safe at the office of the Decatur Lumber yard last night, without gain ing anything for their trouble, as the company has learned from past experiences to keep nothing there. Entrance to the office had been gained by tiie window. A box of matches had caught fire, but this was extinguished without damage, as only the heads were burned. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FRIDAY Christmas program will be given at the Magley school house Friday afternoon by the teacher and scholars. The public is invited to attend.

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NOTICE TO MASONS. All members of the Masonic lodge, living in the city of Decatur, who , have not already joined the Red Cross, are requested to do so at once, either by ’phone or in person. Apply

| to H. B, Heller. J. S. Peterson or ( IC. Ernst. If you have joined throug) 1 some other organization be sure t< ' notify one of the above men so the; can make a report for the lodge lx fore Monday night.