Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1922 — Page 2

Sam Hite’s Big Christmas Sale

CANDY We have one of the largest assortments of Candy in the city. Good Chocolate Drops 15c J Jest Chocolate Drops 20c French ('ream Candy 20c 20c Best Hard Mixed 20C Peanut Crisp 20c Peanut Squares 20c ,! T. 20c Old Fashioned Stick QA „ Candy. TT» Other varieties to numerous to mention. 10 discount to Schools and Churches Extra Special-t-5 It), box of Assorted Qftz» Chocolates t/0V

During this sale we offer exceptional low prices on all Groceries, Dry Goods and Hardware. Sam Hite's Department Store Phone 204. Opposite Erie Depot.

The Cort T-H-E-A-T-R-E LAST TIME TONIGHT If you would see Broadway life from the inside, see MAE MURRAY in ( Broadway Rose” Added Attraction—“BEWAßE OF BOARDERS” A clever 2 reel Paramount-Mack Sennett comedy. 10 Reels Orchestra 15c and 35c Coming Wednesday -Thursday Richard Barthelmess in “The Seventh Day” Also a good comedy.

No Discount on Your Light Bill After the 20th of Month « > All light hills must be paid on or jbefore the 20th of the tnonth to secure discount. The company has no choice but to enforce this rule to one and all alike without any exception whatever, whether it be the largest or smallest consumer. r~ ■' City of Decatur Light & Po w& Dept.

NUTS Our nuts are new, direct from the Golden State. Beware of cheap, cold storage nuts, thev will run half bad. » Large New Soft QF'Shell Walnuts. It) OtJv Fancy New Mi.xe<| Off — Nuts, th MvC Fancy New Brazil OXn Nuts,’ It) Fancy Fresh Roasted if? Peanuts, It) . -LOv Oranges, Apples, Bananas Fancy Yellow Naval KAn Oranges. ... 35c. 40c & UVV Large Yellow Pippin.’ F „ Apples. It)' VV Full Baskets Bald- UJ’lv'KA wins or Pippins... Fancy Yellow 1 Bananas, ft) . IvV Pure Cane Sugar Cane Sugar is best for Candy Making 10 tt>. sack 7ft P Pure Cane.’ • OU 25 It), sack ftl Qft Pure Cane ........ »P 1 •«7O 10 tbs. of Light 7ft P Brown Sugar IOC

DECATUR DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY. DECEMBER H>, 1922.

Mayor Shank Recalls His Vaudeville Days ludluuapylU, Dec. 15.—Daya when Mayor Lew Shank was a vaudeville star were recalled when Dan McCoy, agent (or vaudeville and movie headliners called on the mayor. "Dan was running a theater a Kanins City in those days and he really gave me my start on the stage," said the mayor. "They sent me from Chicago to open in Kansas City. 1 didn’t know a darn thing about acting. Didn't have any act or even any stage clothes. “Dan took me over to a tailors and got hint to rush out a suit of clothes in twenty four hours. Then he took me over to the Kansas City Post Office and 1 swore to all the stuff he told the editor about me. He took me down to the city market and for the next two days we spread all ovetV the front pages of those Kansas City newspapers. Sunday the house was packed.” "Funny thing. Dan. that black suit you bought me I still get out and wear whenever I want to dress up a little. "Yes,’ replied the theatrical man.. "And do you remember 1 wouldn’t let you pay me for the suit so you went ovet to the tailor an had him make me one just like it? I’ve still got the suit myself." "And say.” continued the mayor."

"Do you remember, the rest of the show got tied up in a storm and was late coming and you told me to go out and hold 'em 'till you went to the railroad station? Don't think I ever I worked as hard in my life but I kept em quiet for about an you blew in with the other actors. GERMANS GO TO AFRICA i Berlin —Germany is turning to Portuguese Africa for an outlet for her ' surplus population. Germany’s emigration is very small Iwwever, owing to the great opportunI tty for work in Germany and because Os the great cost in marks for travel outside the country itself. o Forecasts Os Weather Bureau Aid Beekeepers I Beekeepers are dependent on weather conditions to prevent large winter ' losses, part of which occurs if they do not know when to put bees jin the cellar in the fall, or if the bees I are removed from winter quarters too I early in the spring. On the other ; hand, it is advantageous to give the I bees the benefit of cleansing flights as soon as possible in the spring and as late as possible before cold weather sets in. Close attention is paid to the weather forecasts, especially in the [Northern States. An instance of the way in which the j Weather Bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture co-operates j with beekeepers occured recently in .New York State. There are approx! I mately 15,000 beekeepers there, halt of whom winter their bees in cellars. ’When the weather map indicated the j approach of severe weather, with-no ! indications for a bee flight in sight. | telegrams were sent by the State extension apiculturist to secretaries of , twenty county, regional associations. These men In turn were prepared to i telephone key men who would telei phone beekeepers in their own localities. In this .way most of the beeI keepers who winter their bees in celliars were reached. Considering that the honey crop in New York State approximates 4.000.I 000 pounds a year, and that the greatest losses to the beekeepers of tho State have been due to winter weatlipr i conditions, the Weather Bureau serI vice is of real importance. ° / TTT YES or NO? A Test of Your Intelligence - i The correct answer to one of these problems is YES, to the other NO. STOP TO THINK! I Questions Answered Tomorrow 1. —Are there more persons in the world today than there were one hundred years ago? 2. —ls the Congress of the United States the highest tribunal in the land? Yesterday's Questions Answered 1. —Was the Declaration of Independence written before the Constitution of the United States? Answer —YES. The revolt against British rule was first expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the rilles for the government of the colonies under independence was later contained in the Constitution. 2—is the habit of untruthfulncss in children a sign of defective character? Answer—NO. The vice of untruthfulness is instinctive in the human |mind. It is eliminated or minimized b< intelligent thought. s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—

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Tuesday So-Cha-Rea Christinas Party—Mrs. Vincent Borman. Three Link Club —Rebecca Hall. Bachelor Maids —Mrs. Dan Niblick. 6:30. Psi lota XI sorority—Mrs. Maude Baumgartner—7:3o. Historical Club —Mrs. J. N. Frlstoe. Progreslve Sunday School Class— Mrs. H. Michaud —8:00. Presbyterian Progressive 8. S. Class —Mrs. Henry Michaud —postponed. Wednesday Ladies fehakespeaYe Club With Mrs. C. C. Schafer, 2 p.m. Thursday Tri Kappa—Miss Angeline Firks — 8:00. # , Presbyterian S. S. Class—Mrs. Henry Michaud —7:30. Sunday School Class of Evangelical Church —Mrs. Joe Palmer, 4 to 6 o’clock. Friday Phoebe Bible class of Reformed Church —Mrs. M. Jaberg. The Class of the Evangelical Church held their annual Christmas party, exchange and election of officers at the home of their teacher, Mrs. C. E. Hocker on First street last night. The new officers elected are as follows: President. Mrs. C. L. Haney; Vice-President, \Mrs. Jesse Tricker; Secretary, Mrs. Velma McGill; Treasurer. Della Harruff. After the business session the Christmas exchange was held.. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. ♦ Mrs. Joe Palmer will entertain her Sunday School Class to a Christmas party and exchange Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. All mem ! bers are requested to be present. ♦ Mrs. C. C. .Schafer will be hostess to the Ladies' Shakespeare Club at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. This meeting of the club will be a Christmas party. Mrs. Jessie A. Deam will be the leader for the meeting and her subject will be "Mother and Children in Art." + The Psi lota Xi sorority will have their Christmas party and exchange with Mrs. Maude Howard on Third street this evening at 7:30. There will be a short business session and all members are requested to l>e there promptly at 7:30. ♦ Tl.e Research club held their annual Christmas party and exchange of gifts with Mrs. Dore B. Erwit: yesterday at noon when a pot luck dinner was served. Mrs. Henry Heller had the paper on "Madonna in Art,” which was a very interesting subject. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Jesse Sutton. , ♦ The Delta Theta Tau sorority held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Mayme Herber last night. Final preparations and plans were made for the Christmas party to be held at the home of Mrs. C. C. Schafer on next Thursday evening. Plans for distribution and other details for the "Good Fellow" club were taken care of also. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. ♦ The Mary and Martha Sunday School class of the Methodist church met at the home of Mrs. Charles Colter last evening for their Christmas party. Assistant hostesses were Mrs. Mel Butler. Mrs. Moon, Mrs. J. Harkless and Misses Nellie ’Blackburn and Kate Flickinger The hostesses gave an interesting playlet , entitled "Our School Days” and the program closed with a mock orchestra. At this time Santa Claus apI peared with his reindeer and sleigii | bells, loaded down with candy, nuts and a generous supply of beautiful for every one. Delicious refreshments were served and every one enjoyed the evening to its fullest extent.

U. S. To Invite Foreign Powers To Settlement By Al Bradford I nitrd I’rcMM MnfT Correspondent i Copyright, 1922, by United Press Washington, Dec. 19. —The United States, as the outstanding move in its plan to avert a collapse in the old I world, is about to invite the Buro-| pean powers to make a final attempt to settle the German reparations prob- j lem. it was learned- from the most I authoritative sources here today. ——. o— — SCHUMANN-HEINK RECOVERED I > I Garden City, N. Y., Dee. 19.—Schu- 1 mann-Heinks voice as returned. The J great contralto, who for weeks has been suffering from bronchial pneu- 1 monia and was for a time dangerously' ill, sang last night for the first time since the beginning of her illness.

Administration Threatens Gag Rule In Upper House l lined I’rr-x Staff Correnpomh-nt Washington, Dec. 19—(Special to Dully Democrat) —, Administration' forces in the senate today threaten-1 cd to invoke gag rule to end the de- i bit* on the Norris motion displacing ■ the ship subsidy bill in favor of farm credit legislation. ; Senator Jones, Washington, in i charge of the subsidy tried in vain to | get the senate to fix a time to vote I on Norris motion. Senator King, I I iah, blocked n proposal to vote at 4 P m. today and Senator Reed. Mo.i r 'fused to acceed to a suggestion for a vote at 4p. m. Wednesday. Reed | indicated he would not approve the! fixing of any tfwe. Second Number Us High School Lyceum Tonight The second number of the high school lyceum course will be given in | Athletic hall at 8 o'clock tonight. Tlie Hon. Webster Davis, orator, statesman and • lecturer, will furnish the entertainment with his lecture, "The Square Deal." Mr. Davis comes to Decatur with a wonderful reputation as a lectuer and thinker and his lecture is worthy of a large audience. The first number of the lyceum course, given several weeks ago, was very entertaining and a large audience was present. Several more numbers remain on the course and all are high class numbers. o WANJ ADS EARN—s—s—s MOOSE NOTICE All members of Loyal Order of Moose are requested to be present Wednesday evening, December 20, 1922. There will be a man hege to talk on Moosedom. B<? sure and attend. DICTATOR. * 297-t2 - '■o LETTERS TO DEAR OLD SANTA . — -- - 'Monroe, Ind., Dec. 19, 1922. Dear Old Santa Claus: — Bring me a go-cart, a doll (that shuts and opens it's eyes) with curly hair, a cupboard, a little bed with a mattress on, an ironing board, some chairs. M.ABL.L o Corner lot for sale—Street and walks paid for; surrounded by large shade tree«; finest building locations in city; corner Marshall and Third streets; price right; see Dan Beery.* 294-4 t Boys will appreciate the following gifts: Daisy Air Rifles, Skates, Hockey Clubs, Sieds, Express Wagons, Flash Lights, Stevens Rifles, Pocket Knives. Base Ball Gloves, Bats and Balls. See our line, our' prices are right.—H. KNAPP & SON.

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NOTICE! To Holders Os Victory Bonds and War Savings Stamps Victory Bonds bearing the initial 1,.t ters A. B. C, D, E ants F have been calk'd for redemption by the Secretary of the Treasury on December 15, 1922, and in terest on these bonds will cease on th i date. indt I War Savings Stamps, issue of 19ix mature January 1. 1923 and are navahlJ on or after that date. ' c • / This bank will gladly accept the above enumerated bonds and the unregistered War Savings Stamps for collection without expense to the holders. Registered War Savings Stamps should be presented at the Post-oflice. Old Adams County Bank BOND DEPARTMENT. Useful Holiday Gilts From Schafer 9 s Where you will find useful gifts for every member of the family. Our assortments are complete and vou will find something among our tempting articles that will interest and please you. JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM Electric Stand Lamps Pocket Knives Electric Sad Irons < Safety Razors Electric Toasters Shears Electric Percolators Velocipedes Electric Bed Heaters Coaster Wagons Electric Coffee Urns Flash Lights Aluminum Ware Watches Aluminum Roasters Guns Pyrex Caseroles Ah’ Rifles and Oven Ware Roller Skates Thermos Bottles let Skates Sewing Machines Trunks Fancy Glass -Ware Traveling Bags Relish Dishes Suit Cases • Electric Hair Curlers Basket Balls Sandwich Trays Foot Balls Shaving Mirror Juvenile Bicycles Candle Sticks Spot Lights Electric Cookers Auto Robes Manicure Sets Steamer Rugs. Community Silverware, a complete line of all the 4atest patterns. * Hoover Sweepers, the world’s largest selling electric cleaner Be sure and stop in and see our large display. We know we can please you in both price and quality. X. '' " - ' -’ - ' - •wr je 5 "srorz money