Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1927 — Page 4

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DECA T U R DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller Pres, and Gen Mgr. V R Holthouse s*o % Bus Mgr. Dick D. Heller Vice-President Entered at the .Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. ! / Subscription Ratos: Single copies —1 .02 * One week, by carrier _______ .10 One year, by carrier — 5.00 One month, by mall .35 Three months, by mall 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail — 3.00 • One year, at office 3.00 (Prices quoted are within first , and second zones. AddPlonal postage added outside those cones.) Advertising Ratee: Made known by Application. .. Scheerer, Inc.. 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago jno Fifth Avenue. New York. It won't be long now, kiddies. Oh, well, boys and girls, if you don't get anything else frrtn old Santa you c#n be reasonably happy because of the holiday vacation and all its sports. ( _____________ Remember that on Friday afternoon of this week at four o’clock on Liberty Way, the Christmas period will be opened by lhe lighting of the municipal Christmas tree and that everybody is invited. According to the ruling from the secretary of state’s office you must have your 1928 license for your automobile by January 15th, so don't put it off too long or you will get in the jam. It must be secured in the county I in which yon live. ' Those Ind(ana newspapers which are wise cracking about the governors of Oklahoma and Texas should remember that we haven't anything to blow about right here in Indiana Down there they probably feel sorry for us just as we do for them. All you have to do to keep from having a cold, according to Dr. of the state health department is to I keep your feet dry. keep your system in good working order, keep your throat clean and free from irritation and stay out of,crowds,*-which is easy provided you don't have to make a living and can lock yourself up somewhere with plenty of good magazine: and hooks. Three men. whose names are Guido. Alcalias and Hardee are charg ed with selling whiskey and drugs to school children in Gary. Their names i sound like they would do such a thing and if they are proven guilty th should be made surh examples as wi’l prevent others from having a desire to deal in such traffic. We can't imagine a much lower means of securing money. Tlie local Elks lodge is planning to give o.rt the Christmas baskets, t' the poor families, a mighty fine piece of charitable work, in which they have engaged for many years. Each year from fifty to one hundred famines are thus provided with a bountiful basket that will keep the wolf from the door at least on the day when we want everyone to be happy. Quite a number of folks here got a look at the big three-motor plane which is carrying Mrs. I.indberg'r to Mexico City, as it passed over this city yesterday. The news that Decatur was on the route was sent to this office by the Associated Press ami was immediately telephoned to the various schools so that many of the children had the opportunity of seeing this plane which is writing history in the business of aviation. Benjamin S. Purrrll. better known as King Ben, head sis the House of David. Benton Harbor, Michigan died last Friday but the announcement was not made until yesterday because his followcrors expected him to arise antj, continue his work. Whatever else may lie said of this man who succeeded in getting hundreds to turn their earthly goods ovbr to him and to follow wheresoever he should lead, he was able to "put it over” for a long time and to so convince his simple niitr'ed flock that they still believe tn him While most folks be-

lieve he was a rare old skinflint there 1 remained a few who thought him the saint he claimed to be. His house, recently ordered into receivership, I will probably now dissolve and his I , sect disappear. The greatest loss • will be to Benton Harbor for the colony had for years been a place of interest which attracted thousands of tourists. x 1 Its the week before Christmas and j everywhere you feel it in the air. ( I There is much shopping to do and ' many things to be attended to wheth-| i er you began -early or not. Surely j you are net overlooking the effort being made to provide a real Christmas for the poor little boys and girls of I this community. Have you given 'anything to the Good Fellows Club? That what the fund is to be used for to give those a merry Christmas, who would otherwise not have it. The telephone owners of New York City found over a hundred five-dollar gold pieces in the payboxes, probablydropped in by mistake for a quarter. Os course that need not worry most of us who haven't seen one for so I long we would be almost willing to drop it in a slot, but is being heralded as a warning at Christmas time when ( there is said to be an unusual amount , of gold coins in circulation. If you < think any of yours are going that * I 1 j way better drop them in one of the . I Good Fellow boxes. 1 _ o < ************* * THE GREAT WAR * j * 10 YEARS AGO * ************* I • I’ The U. S. State Department revea s j < ' a plan of Count Luxburg. former ( 'Charge d’Affafres in Argentina, 'o ' t league all South American countries ! i against the United States. i ’ Russian leports say that Germane wi]) offer peace: these are termed > I propaganda in Washington. ’ 11 Coon Weighs 36 Pounds 1 Noblesville, Ind., Dec. —(UP) — t The largest coon ever captured in this s vicinity was killed here last night by } 1 Kay Griffith and Paul Hill. It weighs i r 36 pounds; led the hunters a chace of i < *«ix miles and whipped thiee dogs be- t fore overtaken % i ■ ■■ , — -

j Gifts That Pleased i 8 Heavily ladened with Christmas articles this store solves your gift problems with bu little trouble. W aj ... —. The Finest Gift Many Other $ 1 W ■ of Ml SUGGESTIONS t WrSw VICTROLA , c „ lv - 8 ruk-u... 3 K' wi,at w ° u|d c,ucr ,hc * HGubi « ants Talcuni 1 ! 9 ' EH family more than an Bibles t ' ’ OrthoiHionic Victrola? ji / j ** ie supreme. Stationery irll' IP Wfl ** C ’ rO a l’’ l l l ’ irrc Ornktin Fountain Pens I OsSR $235 22 . i t | ketch's B R^fl Fof<lK § Knn 4K Q tWBXgJBWbI Smoking Seis $ 5 I ''* “ Schaefer Desk Pon Sets g Everyont; likes to take pic- Pvralin Toilet Sets lures and pictures serve as Kt dew ■ PF. < t u JH a lasting memory. A ko- r Hook Ends fff dak as a giff will long he Incense Burners 'Ei S '•c»’H inbeml. MgKll Bath Salts < I s6.oo'"' 3-- C..K, Yirnlk-y, and % a Houbigants Dilsting K COTYS Powder Brownie Cameras Desk Sets jtf l! Perfume de ' ißhtS Porfunu' Atomizers § as a 3i,t ' Any ’ Ivor >' Jr one would be 11 Dot Water Bottles ‘Ji Vmore than pleas- j-I Watches •F WlßWffMwteSSijK 1 . , ■ ' 'Li > TaAwHc* Amitt Leather Hags tca 1 Mm' Mililarv Brushes « WS A SUCh a charm,na d Shaving Stands S 3 ' ft ’ Large Assortment of fK Christmas Greeting tRS $1 to $6.50 Cords and Mattos. ® PERFUME ’ llanbiganls Perfume is al- GIFTS FOR EVERYONE i su ways a welcome gift. \otl - 1 can choose your favorite ■- 11 " ————————— • p, aroma from this assort- -• if I $1 1 $3.50 The Holthouse Drug Co. |

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1927.

************* * BIG FEATURES * * OF RADIO * «***********>• TUESDAY’S FIVE BEBT RADIO FEATURES (Copyright 1927 by United Press) NAA Arlington (435) 7:15 p. m.~ Pan-American concert, with United Service Orchestra, Sofia Dalcampo, Dyla Josettl. WEAF, hook-up (20 stations) 7 p.m.— Stromberg Carlson Hour. WEAF, hook-up (28 stations) 7 p.m —-Setherling Singers. KTHS, Hot Springs (384) 8:30 p.m.— Handel's "Messiah." WEBM. Indiasapolis ’(275) 8.30 pm. Bridge; 9 p.m. American "Legion boxing match. | WEDNESDAY’S FIVE BEST RADIO FEATURES WEAF—Hookup 9:30 pm. — Opera "Aida.” WEAF—Hookup 7:00 pm. Great Moments in History. SNRM—Montreal (411) Also CNRO and SNRQ — B'3o pm. Operatta, "Prince of Filsen.” WOR— Hookup 16 stations 9:30 pin.— Columbia Hour, with Moran and Mack. WJZ —Hookup 9:00 pm.—Social Honr FRANCE OUTRANKED IN AUTO DEATH TOLL — By John O’Brien UP Staff Correspondent Paris—(UPl—Reckless as they are, the taxi chauffeurs of Paris cause less danger to person's lives than their comrades of London, who are reputed to be the safest and soundest drivers in the world. For the year 1926, street accidents caused by autom<' bi'es in France resulted in 2,160 deaths, while the figures for Engiauu for the same period were 4,015. In that year there were 901,000 automobiles in the French streets, while in England there were 984.000 Allowing for the I difference in the number of vehicles, the percentage ot deaths in France was 0.24 against OIQ for England. According to an official report to the minister of the interior, the 2,160 accidents in 1926 were due to the following causes: speeding, 752; failure to observe rules, 679; imprudence of the victims, 405; undetermined, 324. Traffic experts have been studying the problem of Paris streets for years It is difficult to find a volution owing to the enormous number ot narrow streets and points at which sometimes half a dozen streets meet and cross, making the "safety islands” in the center places where scores of pedestrians are marooned for a quarter of an hour at a time.

RURAL CHURCHES The Uni n Chapel church and Sunday school is planning a Christmas program, to lie given Sunday evening, Dec. 25th at 7:30 o'clock. The main pait of ibis p:ogram is a playlet entitled "The Best Christmas Story.” A mother and her three child ren tell the old, old story and as this story ia told the Bibical characters appear in tableaux. The chief characters are as follows: Mother- Mrs. Walter Whfttenberger. Children—Genevieve Light. Trueman Stnlts, Brown. Joseph,—Roy Whtttenbirrger. Mary—Justine Zerkle, Ami Miller, Albert Peltz. Shepherds—Haivey Koos, Ralph Meyers. Wi»e Men —Mai ion Stnlts, Paul Whittenbetger, George Scheiderer, Anltels—Elizabeth Cramer, Cleo Idght, . Viola Scheldere, Erma Rabbitt. Prophet—David Cramer. King Herod, —Francis Stnlts. A number of other characters also appear during the play. The choir Is under the direction of John Walters. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. GENEVA NEWS Mrs. B. E. Reasoner, Mrs. F. N. Hale and Mrs. Mason have returned to Fort Wayne afte: spending a few days In Geneva. Mrs. O. D. Arnold was shopping in Muncie Thursday. Mrs. Wm Widdows spent Thursday in Fort Wayne. Mis. Ralph Snyder was in Portland Friday, Mis. Elmira McCain spent the weekend In Fort Wayne with her parents. Mr. and Mis. C. A. Haviland were in Portland Sunday . Clarence Potter and William Mesel, Smith, Yager & Falk The Rexall Store

were in Richmond, Wednesday even-1 Ing. Miss Helen Deitseh and Versiil Matson are home foi a two week* vacation. Homer Weiheldoffer, ,of Twin Fall . Montana, is home to attend his fath-L er's funeral. Mr and Mrs. E. C. Stuckey are spending a few days In Valparaiso, | Indiana. * Mi. and Mrs. W. C. Glendefcningl ’ have returned from a short stay in Richmond. Mis. Raymond Peters, of Indiana polls, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Setph Martin and family. ' Mrs. Lee Mattax was the guest of! I Albany friends last Thursday. Roy Dickerson has just returned after two years spent in South America Roj v has been woiking for the Stan-' dard Oil C. mpany and may go hade Robert Glendennlng and mother. Os west of town, called in Geneva Sunday. M:s. Gils Kramer is ill at her home near Corydon. | o_. 0 _. Get the Habit—Trade at Home, I* Pays

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************* * TWENTY YEARS AGO * * ♦ * From the Dally Democrat File * ' * Twenty Years Ago Today ♦ ************* Dec. 20 W. P Schrock will sing "Brother Ncah gave cut checks for I ruin" at the Elks mlnstrell show. i John Sharp Williams and Congressman DeAnnond engage in a fist fight in the house of representatives. Schools dismiss® dfor two weeks vacation. Squire Smith ads set of silver spoons knives and folks to previous effer tor . free wedding ceiemony, provided I couple will conent to be married in the Hensley shew window. Mr. and Mis. Eugene Runyon move ' to this city from Berne. Mr. and Mis. Henry Oetting, of Stop 20 are shopping in Decatur. Charles E. Magley is at Columbus, Ohio, attending the pcnltry show. Charles (Dago) Pffteraon has moved from Los Vegas, N. M, to Denver. — New York —The original Celtics defeated the Chicago Bears, 32 to 24

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