Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1937 — Page 2

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pTesJt Your Knowledge * j Cau you answer seven of these ten questlonsT Turn to page Four for the answers. » « 1. Name the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 2. How are seedless oranges propagated? 3. Write the following sentence correctly. "I haven’t been nowhere today." 4. What Is meant by a "round house” in Pinochle? 5. Where was Mary Garden born? 6. What is ethnology?

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CHAPTER ELEVEN “THE Founder of the Feast, indeed!” cried Mrs. Cratchit, reddening. “I wish I had him here. I’d give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope he’d have a good appetite for it.” “My dear,” said Bob. “the children! Christmas Day ” “It should be Christmas Day, I am sure.’’ said she. “on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr Scrooge. You know he is. Robert. Nobody knows it better than you do. poor fellow?” “My dear." was Bob's mild answer. “Christinas Day.” “IT drink his health for your sake and the Day’s.” said Mrs. Cratchit “not his. Long life to him. A merry Christmas and a nappy New Year! He’ll be very merry and very happy, I have no doubt.” The children drank the toast after her. It was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness uc it Tiny Tim drank it last of ail but he didn’t care twopence for it. Scrooge was the Ogre of the family. The mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party, which was not dispelled for full five minutes. After it had passed away they were ten times merrier than before, from the mere relief of Scrooge the Baleful being done with. Bob Cratchit told them how he had a situation in his eye for Master Peter, which would bring in. if obtained. full 5 and 6 pence weekly The two young Cratchlts laughed tremendously at the idea of Peter’s being a man of business, and Peter himself looked thoughtfully at the fire from between his collar, as if he were deliberating what particular investments he should favor when he came into the receipt of that bewildering income Martha, who was a poor apprentice at a mil-

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t 1. Name the estate la Knßlund that belonged to the ancestors of George Washington. 8. Who was Alfred Philippe Roll? j 9. What are deciduous plants. 10. Name the capital of Puerto ; ! Rico. COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers 1 I Peter Uollenbacher et at to Ahra- I I ham Uollenbacher et al. 166 acres ! in Blue Creek twp. for sl. i Samuel A. Bollenbacher to l>an-

liner's, then told them what kind of work she had « do. and how many hours she worked at a stbetch, and how she meant to lie a-bed tomorrow morning for a good long rest, tomorrow Deing a holiday she passed at home Also how she had seen a Countess and a Lord some days oefore. and how the Lord “was much about as tall as Peter"; at which Peter pulled up his collar so high that you couldn’t have seen his head if you had been there. AD this time the chestnuts and the jug went round and round, and by-the-oy they had a song, about a lost child j , traveling in the snow, from Tiny Tim. who had a plaintive little voice and sang it very well indeed. There was nothing oi high mark in thi3 They were not a handsome family: they were not well dressed: | their shoes were far from beuig ‘waterproof: their clothes were; 1 scanty: and Peter might nave known, and very likely did, the m- ■ side of a pawnbroker's But they j were happy, grateful, pleased with : one another, and contented with the j . lime anc, when they faded and 1 . looker' nappier yet in the oright . sprinklings ot the Spirit’s torch at, ; parting Scrooge had his eye upon them, and especially on Tiny Tim. until the last. By thu time it was getting dark and snowing pretty heavily, and, as! ■ Scrooge and th» Spirit went along ■ the streets, the brightness of the; 1 roaring fires in kitchens, parlors; 1 ana all sorts of rooms was wonder- ■ ful. Here, the flickering of the blaze showed preparations for a cozy dinner with not plates baking through I the through before the fire, and ; deep red curtains, ready to be drawn - to shut out cold and darkness ■ There all the children of the nouse j : were running out into the snow to ■ meet then married sisters, brothers. 1 cousins, aunts and be the first Co t greet them Here again, were, > shadows on the window blinds of • guests assembling and there a group

!ie! Bollenbacher et al. 1-7 Interest | In 166 acres in Blue Creek twp. for j : 11406. Samuel A. Bollenbacher to Chrlstena Bollenbacher et al. 1-7 Interest j ■ In 166 acres in Blue Creek twp. for j ;*ll6l. Marriage Licences i Simon Jauregui, 55, Decatur route j four to Mary Castillo, 25, Ivcaturj ; route four. STEEL WORKERS (CONTINI Ktl KROV rtl'K 0X8). I I iug of relief committees in the | steel lodges and to have the SWOC ! -— : —

of handsome girls, all hooded and fur-booted, and all chattering at once, tripped lightly off to some near neighbor's house, where, woe upon the single mail who saw them enter—artful witches, well they knew it —in a glow But, if you had Judged from the numbers of people on their way to fnendly gatherings, you might have thought that no one was at home to give them welcome when they got there, instead of every house expecting company and piling up us fires half-chimney nigh. Blessj mgs on it, now the Ghost exulted! How it bared its breadth of breast and opened its capacious palm anu floated on. outpouring, with a generous nand, its bright and harmless mirth on everything within its reach! The very lamplighter, who ran on before, dotting the dusky j streets with specks of light and who I was dressed to spend the evening somewhere, laughed out loudly .3 1 he Spirit passed, though littie kenned the lamplighter that he had any company but Christmas! i And now, without a word oi vam- ; mg from the Ghost, they stood upon a bleak and desert moor, where monstrous masses of rude stone were cast about, as though it were | the burial of giants; and watei 'spread itself wheresoever it listed, j or would have done so but for the frost that held it prisoner; ana I nothing grew but moss and furze ; and coarse, rank grass. Down ir> the west the setting sun had left a streak of fiery red. which gla.ea i upon the desolation for an instant like a sullen eye. and frowning lower, lower, lower yet, was lost in the thick gloom of darkest night “What place is this?" asked Scrooge. “A place where miners live, who labor in the bowels of the earth, returned the Spirit. “But they know me. See!” A light shone from the window ot j the hut, and swiftly they advanceo ! toward it. Passing through the wall

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I executive officers to work for adej quale federal, state or local upI proprint ions for relief or public | works projects also were approved. Church of Goa Tonight is tile ciouing service of | the Revival meeting at the church j of God. This sen Ice will ho charjacterised by u number of special songs iby the evangelist and his i wife. A special prayer meeting for j the service will be held in the back i room of the church at 7:00. All who can are urged to be present in the prayer service. The public Is most cordially Inivited to attend the service tonight

of mud and stone, they found a cheerful company assembled rouna a glowing fire. An old. old man ana woman, witn their children and their childrens children, and another generation beyond that, all decked out gayly in their holiday attire. The old -ian. in a voice that seldom rose above the howling or the wind upon the barren waste was singing them a Christmas song, it had been a very old song when he was a boy; and from time «o time they all joined in the chorus So surely as they raised their voices the old man got quite blithe ana loud; and so surely as they stopped his vigor sank again. Again the Ghost sped on. above the black and heaving sea—on. on—until, being far away, as he told Scrooge, from any shore, they lighted on a ship. It was a great surprise to Scrooge while listening to the moan.ng Jl the wind and thinking what a solemn tiling It was to move on through the lonely darkness ovei an unknown abyss, whose depths were secrets as profound as death: it was a great surprise to Scrooge while thus engaged, to hear a heartv laugh. It was a much greater surprise to Scrooge to recognize it as his nephew s and to find himself in a oright. dry, sleamlng room with the Spirit standing smiling by ais side and looking at that same nephew with approving affability! “Ha! he!” laughed Scrooges nephew. “Ha, ha. ha!” If you should happen, by any unlikely chance, to know a man more blessed in a laugh than Scrooges nephew, all I can say is. I should like to know him, too Introduce him to me and 11l cultivate his acquaintance. It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things that while there is infection in disease anc sorrow there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor When Scroogas nephew laughed In this way-hold-

1 We are sure you will enjoy every moment of the time. » 9 Adams County Memorial Hospital ♦ ♦ Dismissed Tuesday: Miss Mary Myers. 616 Marshall street: Mrs. Otto It. Helmrlck and baby son David f«ee, Route 2. Decatur. Admitted Tuesday: Mrs. Truman Gold tier. Monroe. Admitted Wednesday: Mrs. Edward Meyer, Route 10, Fort Wayne. Dismissed Wednesday: Harley Taylor, Monroeville.

tng tus sides. roiling nu woo twisting his face into the most extravagant contortions — Scrooges niece, t>y marriage laughed » heartily as he And thetr assembled friends, oemg not a olt behindhand roared out lustily "Ha. na! Ha. ha. na hai" -He said the ihrtstmas was a humbug, as I live!” cried Scrooge's nephew “He believed it. too!" More shame iot mm. Fred!’ said Scrooges niece indignantly Bless those women! They never do anything by halves. They are always in earnest: She was very pretty: exceedingly pretty. With a dimpled, surprisedlooktng, capital face: a ripe util* mouth that seemed made to te kissed—as no doubt It was; all kinds of good little dots about her chin that melted into one another when sne laughed; and the sunniest pair of eyes you ever saw in any littie creature’s head. Altogether she was what vou would have cahed provoking, you know; but satisfactory. too. Oh. perfectly satisfactory! “He’s a comical fellow," s: Scrooge’s nephew, “that's the truth; and not so pleasant as he might be. However his otlenses carry their own punishment, and I have nothing to say against him.” “I’m sure he is very rich, Fred,” ainteo Scrooges meet “At least, you always tell me so.” “What of that, my dear!” said Scrooge's nephew. “His wealth is of no use to him. He don't do any good with it. He don't make himself comfortable with it He hasn't the satisfaction of thinking—ha, ha. na!— that, ne e ever going oc benefit us with If’ “I have no patience with him,” observed Scrooge’s niece. Scrooge's niece's sisters, and all the other ladies, expressed the same opiiuen. “Oh. 1 have!” said Scrooge’s nephew. "I am sorry for him; I couldn't be angry with him if I tried Who suffers by his 111 whims! Himself, always. Here he takes it into his head to d’slike us, and he won’t come and dit\e with us. What's the consequence? \ He don t lose much of a dinner.’’ “Indeed, I think he loses a very good dinner.” interrupted Scrooges niece. Everybody else said the same, and they must be allowed to nave been competent judges, because they had just had dinner, and with the uesseri upon the able were clustered round the fire oy lamplight. “Well! lam very glad to hear it,” said Scrooges nephew, “because I haven t any great faith in these young housekeepers. What do you say. Topper?’’ Topper had clea-ly got his eyes upon one of Scgooge’s niece's sisters, for he answered that a bachelor was e wretched outcast, who bad no right to express an opinion on the subject. Whereat Scrooge’s niece's sister—the plump one with the lace tucker; not the one with the roses —blushed T> go on, Fred,' said Scrooge’s nicoe. clapping her hands. “He never finishes what he begins to say! He is such a ridiculous fellow!" Scrooge's nephew reveled in another laugh, and as It was Impossible to keep the infection oS; though the plump sister tried hard to do it with aromatic vinegar; his example was unanimously followed. “I was only going to say." said Scrooges nephew, “that the consequence of his taking a dislike to us, and not making merry with us. Is, I think, that he loses some pleasant moments, which could do him no harm lam sure he loses pleasanter companions than he can find m his own noughts, aithei m his moidy old office or his dusty chambers. I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes It or not, for I pity him. He may rail at Christmas till he dies, but he can’t help thinking better ot it—l dc'v him—if he finds me going there, in good temper, year after year, and saying, ‘Uncle Scrooge, how are you?' If it only puts him In the vein to leave his poor clerk £SO that’s something; and I think I shook him yesterday ” Continued Tomorrow

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a — • R AT E8 One Time —Minimum charge of 25c for 20 words or less. Over j 20 words, I!4c per word Two Times—Minimum charge of 40c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words 2c per word for the two times. Three Time* —Minimum charge of 50c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words 2!/ 2 c per word | for the three times. 1 Cards of Thanks 35c I | Obituaries and verses (1.00 I Open rate-display advertising 35c per column inch. ♦- ♦ FOR SALE FOR SALE — Farm lease blanks, three for sc. Decatur Daily Democrat, 106 No. Second St. 276t> FOR SALE—My home, consisting of 3 % acres. Located hi mile north of Monroe. 7-room house, equipped with hot water furnace, 2 cisterns, drove well. Barn 20x40. Ideal suburban home. Otto Longenberger. 192-31 X FOR SALE — Pedigreed Boston Terrier pup; *lO. Alca Kennels. 121 N. Tenth St. 295-2 t FOR SALE—Bay gelding, 4 years old. Two milk cows, 1 fresh In Jan. 2 heifers, fresh in June. 30 barred rock pullets. Otto Hartman, - mile north of Magley, Preble phone. 295-3tx FOR SALE1 —Sorrel mare, 3 years old. weight 1,700. Used washers, sweepers, Maytag demonstrater at discount. Decatur Hatchery. Phone 497. 293-3 t FOR SALE —Used Furniture; 3 dining room suites; 1 cabinet heater, like new, heats 4 to 6 rooms; 1 3-piece living room suite; 3 long davenports; several rockers; 1 player piano. Will sell cheap as we need the floor space. Sprague Furniture Co., 152 S. Second St. Phone 199. 294-3 t FOR SALE —A team of good work horses, weight 1,300 to 1,400. Two good heifers, milking. One butcher heifer. Wm. D. Drummond, 1 mile west of Pleasant Mills and first house south. 293-3tx FOR SALE—One Spitz pup. One stock dog. Ernest Thieme, seven miles northeast Decatur. FOR SALE—24 head of pigs, about eight weeks old. Earl Arnold, mile south, V 4 east Kirkland high. 293-3tx FOR SALE — Seven-room modern home. Hardwood floors. Double garage. Nice neighborhood. Close In. Box 241. 294-4tx FOR SALE- Popcorn. Phone 865-J. FOR SALE—Used bicycle. Goodyear Service store. Corner Madison and Third streets. 295k!itx GIVE LASTING GIFTS Something that will be appreciated for a long time to come. SAMSON CARD TABLES 79c $1.98 $2.98 Magazine &4) Baskets.. K U p We still have a good selection of Caswell - Runyan Cedar « j* Chests. up Open Evenings Until Christmas ZWICK’S Phone 61 j 1 ... . .... .. i

1 WANTED WANTED TO RENT—Farm. Address Box, 240, rare Democrat. ltx ! WANTED TO BUY — Modern or semi-modern small house; pri- ! vate owner. Address Box 243 295-3tx 1 i j WANTED-Loans on farms. EastI era money. Low rates. Very liberal terms. See me for abstracts oi title. French Quinn. 152-m-w f , i o NOTICE — Rawlelgb’s nousehold products for sale by A. J. Zelt. ■ j 103 No. Eighth Street. Phone 274. ! 264-ktf MISCELLANEOUS " I NOTICE—Parlor Suits recovered. 1 We recover and repair anything . We buy and sell furniture. Decatur i Upholsters, Phone 426. 145 S. Second St. 265-30 t FOR RENT | FOR RENT — Nine room house. 1 semi-modern, centrally located. Phone 607. 295-3 t * i] Mrs. Palmer Either and Mrs. Paul i Kuhn were among Tuesday's visiti ors in Fort Wayne. i NOTH I. «»l M»F< I\ I MFF.TIN ‘ HO %Hl> OF C ONI MISSION lilt* FOII AI I OWONt F OF < I \!M* AMI TMK I.FTTINCi OF CONTRACTS Notice it* hereby given that there : will be a special meeting of Iho . Hoard of Commissioners of Adams ► I County, state of Indiana, held at the ; Auditor’s office in the Court House Mat Decatur, Indiana, on Tuesday. [i December 28, 1937. at 9 o’* lock A M • for the purpose of considering and .’allowing claims against the Coun- , ty; all persons holding claims L i against the County are notified to ; j file the same with the County Auditor on or before the 23rd day of | December, 1937. . j Also for the purpose of receiving ! sealed bids for furtnshing <>f crushed ■ I stone, screenings, gravel, tile, bridge . plank, culvert pipe, cement, tar, oil, J asphalt, tires, automobile accessor- ■ ! ies. paint and all other material and t 1 supplies needed for the maintenance • land repair of publh highways and - bridges in the county during the j year 1938. Specifications on file in • the office of the Auditor of said » County. Each bid to be accompanied with bond and affidavit as required by law'. L Also at the same time and pla< e. th*» Hoard will receive saled bids for furnishing a sewing machine for the use of the County Infirmary and supplies for the months of January, j j February, and March, l’.dU. SpecifiI cations on file in the Auditor’s office. The Board reserves the right to l reject any or ail bids. By order of the B'nrd of County Commissioners. Adams County, State L of Indiana. John W. Tyndall ! Auditor Adams County I] SALE CALENDAR % Roy S. Johnson Auctioneer ’ Decatur Indiana Claim your sale date early as I 1 am booking aales every day. " Dee. 16 —Faulkner Bros., hi mile ‘ north and 4 miles east of Ohio 1 City, O. Closing out sale. 1 Dec. 18 Fred Buckles, 6 miles ■ North of Decatur on Road No. 27. closing out sale. Dec. 21 —Louis Strahm, 1 miles East and 2 miles South of Berne, closing out sale. Dec. 22—Fairchild Heirs. 32 acre farm at Salem, 10 miles South of Decatur. Dec. 23 —Catherine Anslem, 134 miles east of Chattanooga, Ohio. 80 acre farm sale. _ Jan. s—Chas. Mollett, S miles Southwest of Ft. Wayne on Lower Huntington road, closing out sale. Jan. 6—Virgil Carter, first farm East of Dent school, closing out sale. Jan. 8 — Albert Oauskolt, IVi miles East of Ft. Wayne, hi mile South of Maysville road, closing out sale. ■Jan. 12 — Noah Henschen, IV4 miles West of Kirkland Jan. 27—F. E. North, 1 mile South and \ mile East of Convoy, closing out sale. BOOK YOUR SALE EARLY. ROY S. JOHNSON Decatur, Ind. Trust Company Building Phone 104 N. A. BIXLER OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted Saturdays, 8:00 p. m. Telephone 135. HOURS j 8:30 to 1130 12:30 to 6:00 ;

N ° to Ho ’ •" t,, ]qo ib s -CK«i to 300 7 iatnbs Vi ■"■llllK i arabs INDIANA POUB~LIVE— I'itstoT" - lnl ’ Hog receipts. l», ; k | j mark '’t opt* h u ,Khf ' r ' flowd than early; balk Ma. 120-140 1b,.. !v ; !bs h 29i»-2io ib, - I "' 2 - 5 lh 9-. »8.3M1a. . *'>■ 1b,.. It'S.. 275-K ;>, a| U 2 5 5-300 ihj r 32;> lbs, (7.60-17.75; ■"■r -H; 350 400 packing sows mostly ipts. •■rs and cows '-"I- flowed by t" ) loads yearlings. (H. 50 rrailes. *lii ; f ew - utter rrades. *3.544*; strong to rim- higher; !po»J|lp er: bulk good and *l2 *12.50; extreme lop bH Sheep, receipts. 500; lambs 0:1 hand t u esu(i ket: iin-ag, r supply about steady: f,w r'jcnl and ft fl western lambs | slaughter , w-s ss»tij at M CLEVELAND PRODLO Cleveland, t).. Dec. iH Produce: Butter, firm: extra. 43c;1 ! ard 41c. Eggs, firm, ex'ra grade.k tra firsts. 27c: curat ■ 23c: pullets. 21c. J Lite poultry firm: Vi I 24c; ducks, fancy. Ihj 211 : moscova and snail gocse. fat, 2dc; ordinary.Stfi I;, ys you g hens. J4c; y«B - ho.ivy, 21c; old liens. (t:(j 15c: No. 2 turkeys, lit. Potatoes, Ohio rural * mostly. *1.25 *1.30 l## I Idaho bakers. *1.75*2: M 1 i lls-,os. *1 2 -*125. Maine I I Mountain. *1.35-1140; Mart I pewas. *1.50: Pennsyliuil I sets, *1.30-*1.35. I CHICAGO GRAIN CIOK I Dec. Mw I Wheat 9574 -W I Corn 5614 -SHI j I ■ Oats 3114 « east buffalo lives™ East Buffalo, N. Y.. Dec IH ■ Livestock: , Hogs. 600; 5-lac higher: *( above 220 lbs., up most; p* . Choice 210-250 lbs.. IS»*^ 1 190 lbs.. *8.75: trucked i*6» lbs.. (8.25 (8.50. - Calves 200; weak to »* ! good heifers, *8: medi« I and heifers. *6.50-*.: • down to 55.50, , , cutter cows, *4 *5.25; j bulls. *5.75- J Calves. 100; v«W • ': good and choice, Jl-5^ 1 and medium. L J Sheep- 700; lsmbs * J i good and choice. ilium and mixedJ» ie6 ’ »■** ! fat ewes, *4.50*5. FORT WAYNE LIVMj Fort Wayne, hid., D» .--Livestock: Hogs. 15c hl f hcr 'J 4s S *8.55; 160-180 - 'lbs.. *8.30; 200® 250 lbs., *7.96; 275-300 lbs., H *7.65; 120-H0 lbs., 9* ] Corrected prices to be P»'d j so. 1 Wheat, 60 lb»- 10 ! Rye central 6° y * 'J j New NO. j Mark. 1 * » st °r. : S 8 Curb rtocks. Chicago stoebsForeign tenUS Cotton: blig“ l - Her firmness.