Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1924 — Page 5

Local Briefs

Allen Stalter returned evenig to Waterproof, La.. after spendig the past several days with reinivea her*. Mrs. Stalter will reMtn for an extended visit. The Miss Naomi Harkless, Vcron ca Anker and Katjiryn Dorwin reamed to Greencastle this morning o resume their studies at De Pauw Jniversity after spending the hulllay with their pgrente. here. The Misses Ruth Frtskrger. Lois I ’eterson. and Victoria Mills and. * Messrs. Dick Heller, Herman Myers, Tarry Fisher and Lawrence Linn lave returned to Bloomington after ipeudir.g the holidays here. They are students at Indiana University. Mr, and Mrs. D. J. Hensley motored to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Miss Mary Oman returned to Blufton evening after visiting the John T. Myers family. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Peoples spent New Year's Day as guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Cupp at Fort Wayne. Guy Kehler and William Hildebrand, of Huntington, visited friends here last evening. Mrs. Fred Linn spent the day jn Fort Wayne visiting friends. Mrs. C. V. ConneU and son. Fred and daughter Lois went to Fort Wayne today to be the guests of friends. Bob Insley made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning Christian Macy uml Bryce Thomas returned this morning to resume :in-ir studies at Pudrue t'niver ity after attending the holidays with their parents here. Miss Lucile Buhler, of Marion is the guest of Miss Urcile Amspaugh of this city. Miss Anna Schmits, has returned io her home at Dayton. <>. after spending the holidays with the Frank Admits family. Herman Myers left for Blooming ton this morning. He will attend to business for his father. J T. Myers, the clothier, in Indianapolis today. Dure B. Erwin will go to Indianapolis tomorrow to attend to business. Miss Bertha Heller left yesterday afternoon for Indianapolis to resume her duties. A family dinner was held yesterday at the flOtm of her mother. Mrs. D. D. Heller and a delightful time was the result. Harry Fisher has returned to the state university where he is a senior and will finish his work graduating next June. Dan Beery has assumed charge of the Murray Hotel. The dining room will be opened next Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Seilemoyer have moved into the house vacated by the Beeryon North Second street. Next Saturday is Auto Day in Daatur and a big crowd will lx- here to attend the gift distribution. Business was brisk in Decatur i > day and the banks were regular clearing houses. It is the praticc of many to straighten up business al

PUTS-SORES ■ Cleanaa thoroughly— then, without rwbbu.g, apply— V|cj<s Oms If Million Jan Un J faartr

I ■ map |j DIRECTING YCI R DOLLARS ■ One adx outage of saving is II lluit it enables you to Use your II money to accomplish dj'inile II things. Without a Savings Ac- 1 II ' count it is frittered away. ' LUul gave and you will have it In keep or use in the way that will count most. It is giving direction lo your dollars. ‘i Save llrsl. An account here provident the-way. National Bqnk .Capital and Surplus \. JDecqtur, IndigriQ 4^’3"'i

falru on the first of the year and the banks receive many checks and other evidence of payment. .Since the roads are frozen the farmeA are bringing in much corn anti selling their hogs, it being a fine time to travel over the roads with the heavy wagons. Butler and Ahr, local hog buyers shipped four car loads to the eastern markets today. The corn market has been steady and the hog market shows a little improvement over a few weeks ago. Another thing t' hold onto that'll be worth fer more than u good complexion is that schoolgirl disposition Why don't a doctor sit near th’ entrance at th’ the-uter where he kin git out easy? —Abe Martin. Indianapolis News The Misses Berneiye and Marcella Nelson are visiting firends at Monroe this week. G. R. Wood of St. Mary's township was in the city today on business. Mrs. Elisha Merryman, of Monroe, was here today visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Meehan returned to Fort Wayne after spending New Year’s day with the latter’s parents. Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Costello. Miss Mary Callow and Stanley C,»llow went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to visit friends for a few dafte.

Harry Christy returned to Bloomington tbija afternoon to resume his studies at Indiana University after spending the holidays with his motli»-r * Mrs. H. L. Merry visited friends at Fort Wayne this afternoon. Miss Arnie Miss Gamen. nur t ses at the Adams County Memorial Hospital spent the afternoon in Fort Wayne visiting friends. Miss Namoi Mayer has returned to Southport to resume her duties in the schools there, after sp*-mliug the holidays here. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nidlinger, of Monroe were vistors in city today. C. C. I’umphrey made a business trip to Michigan this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson returned to Toledo, Ohio., this morning after visiting relatives here for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank I*. Smith and family spent Christmas at Indianapolis. Hammond and Chicago and ar rived home Monday. Chas E. Sullivan made a business 'trip to Indianapolis today. Frank P. Smith made a business trip to Detroit, Michigan today. Mrs. C. E. Sullivan and daughter, have returned from Fort WayiM* where they spent Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Monnahan, and daughter, of Fort Wayne are visiting Mr. aud Mrs. Peter Gaffer, here. Mr. and Mn. Godfrey Bell spent New Year's in the city as the guest of friends and relatives. They formerly Jteed at Yakima. Washington, i They now live at Erie, Pa., where Mr.j Bell is engaged in business. Miss Esther Turner left this afternoon for PprthuMl to visit with her mother before returning to Detroit where jihe in the public seheon. Sylvester Schadt of Toledo, anil Leßoy Pa< kard of Wabash spent New Yearg in the city and were the guests

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of friends at a New Year's watch i party. o — Miss Naomi Mayer, of this city, who is teaching at Indianapolis, was' bridesmaid at the Iloutzer-Shueyr wedding ut Fort Wayne Sunday eve-j ning. Tho Fort Wayne News and Sentinel gives the following account' of the weddipg: "A pretty church 1 wedding took place Sunday at the First Evangelical church at 7:45 o’clock when Itev. M. W. Sundermaun united in marriage Miss Ruby Shuey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Shuey, of West Creighton avenue, and William D. Houtzer, son of Mrs. William Houtzer, of Columbia City. The altar was decorated with palms and ferns. The pews for the guests and relatives were marked with white satin ribbon. Preceding the ceremony Donald Price, a cousin of the bride, sang “I Love You Truly” and ‘'Oh Promise Me.” Mrs. Bachelor played the wedding inarch from "Lohengrin.” Miss Mary Shuey, a sister of Hie bride, served as maid of honor and wore a pretty coral colored (rock trimmed in gray Spanish lace. She carried an arm bouquet of Sunburst roses. Miss Naomi Mayer, of Indianapolis, an intimate friend of the bride, attended as bridesmaid and picked charming in a gown of changeable orchid and gold taffeta, trimmed with gold lace and rich gold ribbon. Her flowers were Ophelia roses arrauged'in an arm bouquet. Little Miss Betty Houtzer, a niece of the groom, attended as flower girl and

wore a daihty frock of white organdy trimmed with lace. She carried a basket of rose petals and scattered the petals aloiW the pathway of the Hsrido. The bride was lovely in her wedding gown of white brocaded crepe trimmed with pearls. The l>ri<ial veil was made in crown effect and held in place by a band of pearls. ' She carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and swansonia. Sheldon Wnnderlicli and Fred Brown, of Columbia City, acted as groomsmen. Ash-r the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. an<l Mrs. Houtzer left on a short trip and upon their they will be at home to their friends at 111)5 Hamilton avenue. Miss Slimy is well known here, having attended Decatur high school I Ix-fore going to Fort Wayne to make her home. NEW SCANDAL IN MOVIE WORLD Name Os Mabie Normand, Film Actress, Connected With Shooting Los Angeles, Jan. 2 —Varying ac-|| counts were given police today by | Mabel Normand, film actress, and li Joe Kelly, aho known as Greer, lie chauffeur, of the shooting last night Os Courtland 8. Dines, 34. wealthy lull operator of Denver. Col. I Although dangerously wounde<\ Dines will recover, physicians attend- ! ing him said today. The shooting took place in Dines’ luxurious apartments tn Bungalow I court on North Vermount avenue—l not far from the home of the late William Desmond Taylor, who was shot to death two years ago. .Miss Normand was th-- lad person who saw Taylor ulive excepting th* murderer. 'Kelly whom the police art* holding 11 admitted hating shot Dints, He de I clared h< did It when Dines attacked H him with a liquor bottle. Decatur Midgets Defeated St. Joseph Five, 13-8 Deentltr .Midgets defeated the Ft Joseph eighth grade team in a game played preliminary to the high aduxdil alumni gam*--* last night, by a mors of 13-tt. St. Joseph recently defeated the Midgets by n score of 15-8 The lineup of the Midget* were R. Zwh tell mid Kckynte, forwards; L. Fer, ccn-ll ter; D. Koos and (%llow. guards, f.iin*-1| up of the Ft. Joseph team was Haiti* II amt My lot t. forwards: J. Dowling. < <-n- I ter. Sorg and C. Kl<*p|w*r. guards. || Field goals were made as follows: || Kekrote, 3; /.wick, 2; Mylott, 2. Gael]l Dowling. 3. Foul goals: Kekrote undll Zwl<k. Gass substituted for Ilulna, I lit the KI. Joseph IljU'Up.' I Miss Florence Harris will he host-; I M to Hit Ko Cha Run club at h>*rjl liutiie on West Madison street. T hurs jl day evening at 7:30 o'clock. All intent- I burs uro requested to bo present. I “ ” IJ Gary Tho <<miinu<-d pl<*axawl I wmitlor has allowt*d so many motor-’I Ist to drive to the Dmca region lor I chrlsi teas ins a that merchants h'*ru|l report it slump in the sale of over- I greete trees. Denierg uro lowering:! their prices t«> moot the competition I of the free trees. , I

Our Big After Christmas “CLEAN-UP” SALE Os Our Entire Stock Os COATS and DRESSES FWaiifcswv., Now Going On! I Wk j i i \ ffiQA ( / C. y.Tv J°* n thrifty throng \ jUky and take-advantage of S PBS 918 A, the GREATEST SELECIs® 1 ’ TlilX of underpriced values offered in this A\ Mh&i nQ Jiggy / *\ \X city for some time, it TO \V </ ‘ s a •■«»! bargain givinif I li-f event, brought about to oW make a final ’< 1.1. \X'7- / 1 ol :I " ,!iC '■••main1 ’ nf ' ( I’-C'SCS git , in our entile stock. Come tomorrow mornI I A'*'' > n ß —° r the next day— I and we are \ i hrtH just the garment ' » ou yant. By all means U R don’t miss these savings

cons We have divided our (’oats into different lots at prices for less than manufactured cost. $35.00 $29.50 $17.50 For* For For Fur Trimmed Fur Trimmed Nic* Winter Coats Coats » Coats $59.50 up to sllsO up to $32.50 up to 162.50 ‘ $52.50 | $35.00 « sßMßdtenniaaanMseMnMnnßMasMa>sMwv<avss>ansuaMnßwsww*nnMHaMMMMMMwsMWMHaMassMHMMssnsw*ww*M* 515.00 87.50 59.95 For For For Fine-. Winter Extra Fine (food Winter .... ...... ( hildreite ( htldrens Coats ( oats t oats $25.00 up to $12.50 up to $15.00 up to $29.50 " $13.75 '518.50

NO LAY AWAYS. NO APPROVALS. EVERY SALE FINAL NO CHARGES. Niblick & Company

DRESSES All Fall and Winter Dresses in lw>th silk and wool must be sold—cost is forgotten. Make your selections early. $19.50 $15.00 For x For Dr ruses from Dresses from $32.50 "' $37.50 $25.00 "' $29.50 $9.75 $7.25 For For DreMNcs from DreNMB from $ 15.00 "’ $ 16.50 $ 12.50 '" $ 13.50