Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1922 — Page 4

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller —Free, and Gun. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vlce-Pres. & Adv. Mgr. A. H. Holthouse—Sec’y aud Hue. Mgr. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Subscription Rates Single copies 2 cents One Week,by carrier ....... 10 cents One Year, by carrier 15.U0 One Month, by mall 35 cents Three Months, by mall 11.00 Six Months, by Mail 11.75 One Year, by riiail 3.00 ■ One Year, at office $3.00 I (Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Additional postage added outside those zones.) Advertising Rates Made known on application. Foreign Representatives Carpenter & Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City N. Y. Life Building, Kansas City, Mo New Years conies next—a week from Monday—and you should begin i soon to get your resolutions prepar ed. Remember 1923 is to be the best year in all history and you want to be a part and parcel of it.

Our Sincere Good Wish for all is A MERRY CHRISTMAS The Suttles-Edwards Co. A. I). Suttles. Secy.-Treas. * *•' - < t General Manager / —— THE SEASON’S BEST WISHES for a very Morn Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous NE W YE A R Decatur I L Battery Co. ! — F. V. Mills The Grocer, Decatur, Ind. Truly, there is something finer and grander in business than just the exchange of money and merchandise. It is the spirit of friendship and mutual good will that grows out of every satisfactory and pleasant business transaction, such as you and we'have enjoyed during the year which is just closing. May the friendship we have formed continue and may we greet you today as real friends and wish for you a hearty MERRY CHRISTMAS and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. . — > — — — Greetings We wish all our friends and customers a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR Lee Hdw. Co. s , -— _ 2 * I '

Os course we wish you *U a Merry. Merry ChristmasChristmas comes but once a year \ and it’s right here now. Make it a ■ happy old day for every one and eni Joy it yourself to the limit. You can still shop early—this eve ning and by the way it you have overlooked any one remember the stocks l of articles in the various stores ini elude many which will make Just the right gift. Among those who are happy because the Christmas season is nearI ing the close is the mall carrier and i the postoffice clerks whose work is always exceedingly heavy at this season and this year broke all rec- ' ords. Have you ever thought to say “thank you" to the mail man? The holiday season is on and young and old are planning to make it a merry old two weeks. There will be many parties and dances and entertainments. Take your choice but

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a be sure to have a good time and to remember those who are less tortu; unto than yourself. r " » The state of Nevada has a populu- . tiou of a little over seventy thousand. The city of Fort Wayne has more than eighty-five thousand. Nevada • has two United States senators and- '■ a ields as much influence in that body > - as the largest state in thd Union. Old! ■ stuff, but true —and unfair. One oi the mistakes of our fathers! —Bluffton Banner. We are very proud of the success -of the efforts of the Delta Theta Tan I to raise a fund for providing a merry Christmas for the poor kiddies and the needy of this city. It was a i splendid work with a splendid re-1 sponse and as a result a couple of] hundred people will be made happier tomorrow than otherwise. Thank you kind folks for your contributions and we assure you that every on<* I uonnected with tthe Good Fellow:: I club feels the same way. The supreme court holds that the ■ horizontal increases made by eighty-1 eight counties in Indiana in 1920 were illegal and no good. They could make the same decision on the rest j of the law and not make many people mad. The four counties which refused to be held up by the order from the state tax board, thus saving i the complications of a law suit were' Dekalb, Posey. Jackson and Johnson- ■ Whether the decision will effect th*, present law in any way remains to be discussed and decided. The tax board will hold that it does not. Jay county citizens have called a 1 mass meeting to be held at the court house in Portland next Saturday as ternoon when they will protest against boards and commissions and he tax laws The notices printed declare the assembly will soon co.i- ! vene to "increase or decrease the I number of unnecessary spies and'l snoopers now robbing and barresßinc'i us and either raise or lower taxes." j| [The meeting is called by the T;tx I I ■ Payers League of Jay County and I i promises to be rather interesting. I The ultimate in foolishness has i been reached by the soviet . govern- 1 ment of Russia The most elaborate attempts are being made, according to press dispatches, by the Russian government to abolish the Santa Claus myth. Just what the patr< n saint of childhood has done to incur the wrath of the rulers of Russia it unknown. The chances are, however 1 that the old gentleman is not wasting any sleep over the affair, for he must know that long after the soviet government has passed away and been forgotten, the children of the snowcovered steppes of Russia and of the whole world will be looking forward each year to a visit from Santo Claus, just as they have for generatiins gone by-—lndianapolis Times. Muncie—As an inducement to per- ‘ sons to pay arrears in fines and cos’:in city court here, Bailiff Ira Coon -, has announced he will have all delinquents picked up and let them] spend Christmas in jail. ■ - - MOST OF OUR CUSTOMERS USE CALUMET the economy BAfttIVS POW3ER Niblick & Go. I L .... We extend the SEASON’S GREETINGS for a Merry Christmas and a Happy NEW YEAR WINNES SHOE STORE

11 ' you mi Jrtxjos We Wish Everyone A i MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR Callow & Kohne _ - OUR BEST WISHES for a MERRY CHRISTMAS One of our real pleasures this Christmas Season is the opportunity it gives us to greet our friends and express our appreciation of the splendid spirit of harmony and co-operation that has made the year 1922 a season of joy. May the friendships we have formed be strengthened—and may we greet you today as real friends and wish for you a Hearty, Merry Xmas and a New Year of Prosperity. b SINCERELY, E. Hower IOME OF QUALITY GROCERIES 1 _ f — N Z 1 We Wish You a Very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR Kirsch Reppert Company I X. L I i I . ■■ ■■ - ■ , i ■ —■ '■, Greetings Wish you all the Happiness of the Christmas season and prosperity for the New Year. z | 11 We also wish to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation for your many favors of the past, and assure you that it will always be the desire,and policy of the Miller Grocery to extend to 4ts customers the -maximum of service and every courtesy •within its power. GEO. H. MILLER

. WAV — Vc Y ex tcnd the SEASON'S greetings May This Christmas for You and Yours be bountiful Holthouse Schulte & Co. “Good Clothes Sellers for Men & Boys” ♦ ' . . '■■■■■J,. - ■■ - — ■■■■ — I I — . jhmmvwasTMKg < W V .'TEvery Good Wish for the MERRIEST Merry Christmas FISHER & HARRIS r * 9 The Season’s Greetings To our many friends and patrons—we wish to extend our very best wishes for A Merry Christmas Yager Bros. Furniture Store Soutb Second Street I —— — 1 TTIWII—I— J»l !■■■■ II ~l « 3 ■ ,J “ •“ — ; Millers South End Grocery and Restaurant Wish you ail the Happiness of the Christmas season and prosperity for the New Year. We also wish to take this opportunity to express our Sincere appreciation for youi manv favors of the past and assure you that it will always be the desire and policy of the Miller South End Restaurant and Grocery to extend to its customers the maximum of service and every courtesy within its powers. E. J. Miller, Prop. Open Every Day and Evening Phone 965 Opposite Erie Depot Fresh Oysters • ———'