Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 16, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1918 — Page 3

Q I I Why iould Do Your | pping Now I! I re tense of good judgment H e high prices with us. Our « rware, Cut Glass, Neck H Pendants, in Pearl, Solid :: is, Lockets, Charms, Cuff •> and Gents. In fact we are S | prepared to exactly fill your wants. The scarcity of H Imanufactured goods and your delay may be a dis- H lappointment to you in getting just what you want. ” llf you haven't already selected your Christmas pres- | lent, come, and we will be glad to lay your selection « I away for you. We don’t require any deposit. ii WE ENGRAVE FREE HENSLEY I JEWELER | ■nSßSttsnsm:::: a:::::: :n: nt: :::z:k x;:::: : H Mi — -— ————— i.wii—iMmii Il|ll| ii in. l '.- ~~ - i uimi 1111111WM1MH1111.11111.. mmi TONIGHT “THE OTHER MAN." Extra! Anyone desiring to have a good laugh, is requested to attend the show at the Rex theater tonight. Fatty Arbuckles and Al St. John are here and will entertain you for a least a half hour. ‘“YOU NEED A DOCTOR.” Another comedy full of pep and laughing matter. We have a real show tonight. [THE RE.X THEATRE COAL COAL COAL ( ;, „ ■ *• Just got five cars of West Virginia, Kentucky » and Hocking Lump Coal, the very best lump coal U on the market, at the right price. Better get what you want before cold weather y comes. Remember, you get it from the Bowers- g Niblick Grain Company. Don’t lose your temper j; trying to burn Indiana sub-soil. Bowers-Niblick Orain Co. j

| These Are The Days We have been telling you all along that this weather |W( ! Ij '3 would make your automoJ bile driving just a little dis- | agreeable, if you would not I/// get your automobile top and II "TinOl curtains : n readiness. Old I -1 1,1 ! B Man Weather—will pass lOv; Z 9 vou up, if you give us a 110 chance to fit your car for winter travel. We have ev- —— cry thing you need—A tew items listed below: Hood and Radiator CovI S \ ers, Non-Freeze, Top Cov W \ I WX ers. Door Curtains, Mind Shield Strips. Wind Shie d Rubbers. M'nd Shie / k A ripaners. Moor Carpets, Foot Pedal Anti Draft Pads, Wind Shield Glass, M inter /FSjMiV Top »nd Celluloid ' / for Curtain Work. S "rmES, TUBES, ACCESSORIES B . 7 k AUTOMOBILE PAINTING to you We are ready to talk Al information now. |T now . Let usgiveyou a lot' l " . Decatur Carnage wot ns t. Automobile Tops-Tires ancones BCor. Ist & Monroe Sts.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOChAT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17.1918

VERY DIFFERENT Is the Railroad System in France from That in the United States. SAYS HERBERT KINSEY Writes to Sister, Mrs. Waldo Brushwiller— Located in Historic Town. St. Aignan, France. Dear Stella and Waldo: Y our letters received and was sure- ’ ly glad to hear from you. It sure Is a great treat for one over here to get letters. I wish I could have stopped at Decatur when I came so near there when. I was enroute to New York, but when I come back I hope it will be so I can stop over and give you all a good visit. I will stay until you are tired of me and will bo glad to see me start on west. It will be so I can visit for a while for I am not going to tie myself down for some time to come. I have had too steady a job to suit me for the past nine years. I have missed but few days off the piy roll. This is a great place where I am. All they know here is work. These French people think we are great people for work and they are about right. The Americans are building this coun try up to make a first class country out of it. The railroads are receiving a groat deal of the government’s attention at present. The transportation system here is much different than in our own country. The freight cars are small and are called French wagons and they will not hold much more than our big auto truck. They are marked to load ten tons. Four wheels to a car, two on the front truck and two on the rear. The coaches are very much smaller than ours and are divided into three distinct classes which are very rigidly enforced when it comes to buying tickets. The first class cars are very elaborately arranged on the inside. And the arrangement in some respects is fine in so much as each coach is divided into compartments tor eight passengers each. From each compartment there is a door which is used as an exit or entrance. There

are no doors in the ends of the cars. The second class is not so well finish- > ed on the inside but the structure of the car Is the same as first and third. The third class, the seats have no cushions and it is just the same as having a seat in a box car. They neither have a conductor or porter. This may sound funny but nevertheless it is the truth. They collect the tickets as you leave the depot. The soldiers are mostly transported by freight trains or in box cars but when there is a movement on, these trains are held up by nothing. Passenger trains are side tracked sometimes to let two, three or sometimes four sections pass All depends how many trains in the division. Our government is doing a great deal of track construction for their own use. They are also placing thousands of American freight cars in service and these French cars look like dwarfs beside them. The American trains sure do carry the loads. The big American engines make these French people open their eyes. The U. S. has taken over a railroad from the coast to a point where they have one of the largest distributing depots I in Europe and it is some place. It is about eight miles long and four miles ' wide. The IT. S. is trying to work ’ every thing and be as independent ■ as they can. That is one reason they ; 1 have built so many miles of track. The French roads were about taxed Ito their utmost capacity on the ac-i I count of shortage of equipment. I I I have had some very interesting' talks lately with a friend of mine who ' came with me from Seattle who helped capture nine hundred Germans. He is an Irish boy not over five foot five, very quiet and not far from being backward but was always known for his grit. When he came back from the front some of us were talking to him and he was telling us of his experiences in the last great drive around Reames. I said Casey did you ever kill a German that you know of I and he says I am not sure, but I took ■ a shot at one not a great range and he [ fell but he says one thing I do know i I was one of fourteen that captured nine hundred Gormans at once. He I said they came upon them and before 'they had a chance to fire a 'shot the I officers and men threw up their hands and yelled "comrade.” This boy is one of the most interesting to talk to I that I have seen for some time for he 1 is ono we can depend on telling the truth and we do know he was in the thickest of the fighting for ten days. I lam trying to write and the band is playing just across the road in the

park. It's pretty nice to have a band to play and you can enjoy it and not leave your billet. It plays every eve-! ning and Sunday afternoons. This town is an old one. It was here and is mentioned in history as a placei where Joan D’ Are camped with her army so you see there are lots of buildings that are ancient but are located in a valley of a good sized river and are very beautiful. France is a, beautiful country and shows the years of development but is not modern and 1 would much prefer living In the good old U. S. A. So you need not worry about ma becoming attached to any of these French queens. They have some very pretty women here an<l they are some dressers but an American girl for mo. The French people are fine and try to make 'is feel at. home as much as wo can. We are just as welcome in their homes as .their own people. Well, don't forget to write. I will close for this time. Love and best wishes to all. Your cousin, HERBERT D KINSEY. Co. F., 161 Reg. U. S. Inf. A. E. F. o FUTURE IS BRIGHT (United Press Service) New York, Dec, 17—(Special Io Daily Democrat) —“America faces a period of amazing prosperity,” judg ! fug Elbert 11. Gary, chairman of the; finance committee of the United States steel corporation declared in an interview here. He also predicted a bright future for the steel industrv. Gary explained that there would be a period of readjustment preceding that of prosperity, the duration and extent of which will depend on the degree of intelligence with which 'he government and American business men meet the problem involved in shifting from a war to a peace basis. In making this shift Gary proposed the lowering of prices moderately and maintain the wages at the “present high level.” o 1 WAS OPERATED ON Roy. Gaunt, son of Mr and Mrs. <>. L. Gaunt, living east of town in St. Marys township, was operated un.in at 8:30 o’clock this morning at the Hope-Methodist hospital for inguinal hernia, the patient being a sufferer from a rupture for some time. Dr. 1) D. Clark of this city and Dr. Kruse of Fort Wayne performed the operation. The boy was resting quite well this afternoon and hopes are extended for his recovery.

Big Coat and Suit Sale ON ALL FALL AND WINTER GARMENTS 11 1 Nothing Will Be Reserved A We are going to give you your choice of our entire gW stock of the newest effects of this year. We have no old stock to offer. All this seasons choice styles W by the most reliable manufacturers. (p “111 cloth coats allclothco ats F all cloth coats That sold at $60.00, (gAA r A Sold at $38.50 to $42.50, QAQ PA That sold at $35.00. Q 97 r A This sale tPOi/eUV This sale This sale tPw I CLOTH COATS ALL SUITS ALL SUITS That sold at $25.00, (MA KA That sold at $42.50, Aft That sold at $32.50 to $35 UM A r A This sale iplt/odv This sale This sale ipltMV a All Childrens Coats at Big Cut ALL SUITS Wk. in Prices 25 :516.50 l/W'-W MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS NOW ■.gui mT -If A Large Saving On Every Garment NIBLICK & CO.

Make This a Useful —Christinas— Giving always pleases the man’s or woman’s heart. That happiness is doubled at the ( hristmas season when a special effort is made to please, and gifts seem more appreciated at this time, than at any other time of the year. Os course you want the family to feel happy on this joyful Christinas day. lou want Santa Claus to shower the entire family with gifts, and useful articles cannot but help to please. Have that happy Christmas spirit in your home on Christmas Eve and during the holiday season. Enjoy the spirit of giving. Our stock of Christmas goods, as you know, is first class. Make your selection for your wife, husband, mother, father, brother, sister, sweetheart or friend from our counters. We have many useful articles for both men and women. Let us suggest a few of the many useful articles that you can buy at our store, making the most suitable Christmas gifts: Silverware, complete sets and separate knives, forks, spoons, etc, Rogers 1847 and Holmes and Edwards line. Aluminum Ware, all kinds of pans and utensils, roasters, etc. The best on the market. Let us show you our new Ithaca shot gun. Skates for the boys- Coaster Wagons, Razor Sets. Electric Vacuum Sweepers, Floor Mops. A New Home Sewing Machine would just please the wife or mother. We have the new models and will be glad to show them to you. Coal Oil Stoves, Gas Ranges. Pocket Knives and Sportsmen’s goods. Then if you still want something better, something more expensive, buy the family a Buick Automobile. We are sole agents for this famous car. Place your order now. Come in and. select your Christmas present. We will be glad to show you. LEE Hardware Co. Where you can buy Christmas Presents for the whole family.