Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1937 — Page 2

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f Test Your Knowledge J Can you answer seven of these ten questions? Turn to page Four for the answers. > 111 * 1. Name the president of the National Tuberculosis Association. 2. What is a Hawaiian lei? 3. Name the great mountain chain of South America. 4. To'which family of fish do haddock belong? 5. Is electricity visible? 6. What city was the capital of Oklahoma, prior to 1911? 7. Who was Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy? 8. What is a holographic will? 9. Which celebrated Danish writer was called the “Chlldren'r Poet?" 10. Who was the author of the Vir- j igiiffl Statute of Religious Freedom’’

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“Don't mind it father. Don't be grieved’’

m CHAPTER FOURTEEN . “HA, HA,” laughed the gtme woman, when old Joe producing a flannel bag with money in It, told out their several g&ins upon the ground. "This is the end of it, you see? He frightened e'tery one away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead! Ha, ha, ha!” said Scrooge, shuddering from head to foot, “I see. I see. The of this unnappy man might be my own. My life tends that way, s>w Merciful Heaven, what is this!” “He recoiled in terror, for the scene {gid chainged. and now he almost touched a oed: a bare, uncurtained toed: on which, beneath a ragged eheet. there lav something covered ftp. which, though it was dumb, anflbunced itself in awful language The room was very dark too dark to be observed with any accuracy, though Scrooge glanced round it in > abedience to a secret impulse, anxmus to know what kind of room it Was. A pale light rising in the outer Mr, fell straight upon the bed; and flh it. plundered and bereft, unmatched, unwept, uncared for, was fipe body of this man. •He lay. in the dark, empty house, with not a man. a woman or a child W> say he was kind to me in this W that, and for the memory of one find word I will be kind to him A gat was tearing at the door and jjere was a sound of gnawing rats

THIMBLE THEATER NOW SHOWING- ‘MAROONED!” By SEGAR •K ✓' GET ABOARD YER A YOU RAT! WE’LL BE GL.AoI 1/ BAY, WIMPY, (HE MEANS THAT WE \ ¥WE RE STUCK HERE ( THE WORST OF ST IS 'V v SHIP AN’ DON’T J TO LEAVE- BUT YOU LL WHATSHE HrF x. HAVE NO WAY OF ) FOR THE REST OF OUR ]( WE LL DIE OF . ' 21 NEVER COME ¥ STAY AND ROT AMONG < MEAN? J > GETTING OFF OF Y LIVES - SHIPS DON'T / k STARVATION-THE BACK!'. < YOUR OWN BROTHERS / X ¥ \ /Tvs THIS ISLAND J COME HERE EXCEP' ¥ r —. WORST - THE GOONS t ( ) < y MAYBE ONC'T DEATH * (Ql >O I IN A LIFE-TIME ) 5^'CV OF ALL, I is a JKV 1 ■'W & W 4> d - Z - Hk / V / ? /x'» I \ I :f I Si A, F I / - !• '■ >■■ ; v . ! ''- - ._ 1 _ : g* i 5F* rTC Only SANTA CLAUS can get by Prepare for those 2 W■■E C I w DI >W w with cleaning and pressing his suit holiday parties CLEANERS - PRESSERS onte a year NOW! •* - MJU,.- r_ _. JI l- l ... -I

Mrs. Blanche Bryan of Salem was a guest Thursday in the John Byer home. Mrs. J. A. Cox. Mrs. F. A. Detlef land daughter Miss Mary and Mrs. Harriet Colter were Fort Wayne shoppers Friday. Mrs. Dale Cowan and Mrs. Harold Bebout delightfully entertained the Wesleyan guild S. S. class Tuesday evening at the Christmas party and gift exchange. The home was beautifully decorated in keeping with the yuletide season. An interesting program waa given followed ,by the gift exchange. During the social hour, dainty refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Myers

between the hearthstone. What they | wanted in the room of death, and i why they were so restless and dis-' turbed, Scrooge did not dare to; think. "Spirit!” he said, "this is a fearful place. In leaving it I shall not leave it. lesson, trust me Let us go!” Still the Ghost pointed with unmoved .inger to the head. "I unde.stand you, 1 Scrooge returned, "ano would do it if I could, but 1 have not the power, Spirit. 1 have not the power." Again it seemed to look upon him. “It there is any person in the town who feels emotion caused by this mans death,” said Scrooge, quite agonized, "show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you!" I The Phantom spread its dark robe before mm lor a moment, like a i wmg. anc withdrawmg it, revealed a room by daylight, where a mother and her children were. She vas expecting some one, and with anxious eagerness; tor she w„lked up and down the room, started at every sound, looked out irom the window, glanced at the clock tried, but in vain, to work with her needle, and could hardly . bear the voices of her children m their play. At length the long-expected knock was heard She hurried to the door ; and met her husband; a man whose ;ace was careworn and depressed. , though he was young. There was I a remarkable expression ui it now. i • kind of serious delight of which ■ be felt ashamed, and which he , struggled to repress. I He sat down to the dinner that i had been hoarding for him by the

were Van Wert and Decatur visit- j ora Wednesday. 11 The W. H. M. 8. was entertained j in the home of Mrs. S. E. Bruner | Thursday afternoon. An interesting ' program was given, followed by a ' i dainty lunch. Mint Frieda Heyerly of Mi Lady's | t beauty shop is able to be back at 1 work after a two week's absence because of measles. Avon Burk local grain and teed 1 dealer, has been confined to his home the past two days on account of illness. A. R. Holthouse attended to business in Indianapolis yesterday. ' ■ Roger Swaim of Bluffton called !1 on friends in Decatur Friday. James Burk, a student In the; school of medicine at Duke Univer- < sity, Durham. N. C., will arrive Jiome this week-end to spend the i holidays with his parents and sis-11

I fire, and when she asked him faintly < what news (which was not until < !after a long silence), he appeared I embarrassed how to answer. "Is it good." she said, "or bad?” i —to help him. “Bad." he answered. ’ "We are quite ruined?’’ ; “Na There is hope yet, Caroline.” . i "If he relents,” she said, amazed, i there is! Nothing is past hope, if 1 such a miracle has happened.” i "He is past relenting," said her husband. “He is dead." 1 She was a mild and patient crea- I ture, if her face spoke truth; but i she was thankful in her soul to near it, and she said so, with clasped 1 hands. She prayed forgiveness the i next moment, and was sorry; but 1 the first was the emotion of her I heart. i “What the half-drunken woman. ; v.hom I told you of last night, said to me. when I tried to see him ano I obtain a week’s delay; and what 1 have thought was a mere excuse to ’ . avoid me; turns out to have been ' quite true. He was not only very i ill, but dying, then?” “To whom will our debt be transferred?” “I don't know. But before that time we shall be ready with the money; and even though we were s : not, it would be bad fortune indeed to find so merciless a creditor tr. hit successor. We may sleep tonight with light hearts. Caroline!” Yes. Soften it as they would, their hearts were lighter. The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what they so little understood, were brighter; ana it was a happier house for this mans

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ter. Mr. and Mrs. Avon Burk and daughter Eileen. Dick and Ja<’k Heller of Indianapolis have been confined to their home with measles since last Monday. They are recovering rapidly. Walter Bollinger of the Home steads, who has been seriously ill the past week with arthritis and Influenza, is Improving slowly. Lewis Smith and Robert Johnson are home from Indiana University, Bloomington to spend the holidays with their respective families. Roland Reppert, Bob Franz, and Dick Parrish of Indiana University arrived In Decatur laet evening for holiday visits with their families. ißetty Campbell of Bluffton, Gene Hinchman of Geneva and Bob Dro of Berne are among the Indiana University students from this vicinity who have arrived home to spend the Christmas vacation with their

death! The only emotion that the Ghost could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death.” said Scrooge; “or that dark chamber. Spirit, which w- left just now, will be forever present to me.” The Ghost conducted him through several streets familiar to his feet and as they went along, Scrooge looked here and there to find himself, but nowhere was he to be seen. They entered poor Bob Cratehit’s house; the dwelling he had visited before; and found the mother and the children seated round the fire Quiet. Very quiet. The noisy littl Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner, and sat lookini up at Peter, who had a book before him. The mother and hedaughters were engaged in sewing. But surely they were very quiet! “ And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them.’ ” Where had Scrooge heard these words? He had not dreamed the™ Th boy must have read them out. as he and the Spirit crossed the threshold Why did he not go on? The mother laid her work upon the table, and put her hand up to her face. "The color hurts my eyes.” she said The color? Ah. poor Tiny Tim! "They're better now again.” said Cratchit's wife "It makes them weak by candle-light; and I wouldn't show weak eyes to your father when he comes home, for the world. It must be near his time.” "Past it rather." Peter answered, shutting up his book. "But I think he has walked a little slower than

I, families. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tyndall, attended an Eastern Star meeting at Hun- . tertown last evening. Arms Race Profits Chile Santiago. (U.PJ - World demand I for increased supplies of chemicals I to make munitions has brought in-' I creased prosperity to Chile, where , the production of nitrates has tripled and exports have Increased ’ six times in the last four years. o I Falls 80 Feet and Lives ’ i Henderson. Tex. (U.PJ — B- B. , ' ’ Arnold of Henderson fell 80 feet I from the side of an oil well d«r- --» rick and received only some minor • scratches and bruises. Arnold said i he evidently was knocked uncon- ■ scious by a falling bolt, and his I body was relaxed when it struck the < round

ne iseo. tnese tew latt evenings, mother." They were very quiet again. At last sae said, and in a steady, cheerful voice, that only faltered onc«: "I have known him walk with — I have known him walk with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, very fast, indeed.” "And so have I.” cried Peter. ■Often.” “And so have I,” exclaimed anc'rer. So had all. “But he was very light to carry,” she resumed. Intent upon her work, "and his father loved him so. that it was no trouble: no trouble And there ts your father at the door!" She hurried out to meet him; and little Bob in his comforter—he had need of it, poor fellow—came in. His tea was ready for him on the hob. and they all tried who should help aim to it most. Then the two y-ung Cratchits got upon his kneea and laid, each child, a little cheek against his face, as if they said, “Don’t mind it father. Don't be grieved!" Bob was very cheerful with them, and spoke pleasantly to all the family. He looked at the work upon the table, and praised tire industry and speed of Mrs. Cratchit and the gin- They would be done long before Sunday, he said. “Sunday! You went today, then. Robert?’ said his wife. "Yes. my dear," returned Bob. “I wish you could have gone It would ' have dene you good to see how green a place it is. But you’ll see it often. I nromised him that I would walk tnere or a Sunday. My little, little child!" cried Bob. “My little child!” He broke down nil at onca. He couldn t help IL If he could have helped it, he and his child would have been farther apart perhaps than they were. He left the room, and went upstair- into the room above, which was lighted cheerfully, and hung with Christmas. There was a chair set ci-jse beside the child, and there were signs of some one having been there, lately. Poor Bob sat down in it, ana when he had thought a little and composed himself, he kissed the little face. He was reconcii.d to what had happened, and went down again quite iiappy. They drew about the fire, and talked the girls and mother working still. Bob told them of extraordinary kindness of Mr. Scrooges nephew, whom he had scarcely seen but once, and who. meeting him in the street that day, and seeing that he looked a little — "just a little down, you know." said 3ob, inquired what had happened to distress him. "On which,” said Bob. "for ne is the pleasantestspoken gentleman you ever heard. I toid him. I am heartily sorry for it, Cra'chit,’ he said, ’and heartily sorry lor your good wife.’ By-the-bve, now he ever knew that I don t know.' "Knew what, my dear?” "Why that you were a good wife.” replied Bob. “Everybody knows that!” said Peter. “ v ery well observed, my boy!” cried Bob. “I hope they do. Heartily sorry, he said, ‘for your | good wife. If I can be of service to you in any way,’ he said, giving me his card that's where I live. Pray come tc me.’ Now. it wasn’t," cried Bob. "for the sake of anything he might be able to do for us. so much as for his kind way, that this was quite delightful. It really seemed as if he had known our Tiny Tim. and felt with us.” “I’.n sure he’s a good soul!” said Mrs. Cratchit. "You would be sure of it, my dear," returned Bob, "if you saw and spoke to him. I shouldn’t be at all’surprised— mark what I say! —if ne got Peter a better situation.” Continued Tomorrow

I Want a Car - - | IT’S H E R E J ••','l End the confusion choosing from a j.An" bewildering selection of cars. Decide just the car you want and how much M you'll pay. Then run a want ad. Car J; sellers come to you—with only the kind of car you ask for. It’s an automatic way of simplifying buying — works wonders quickly and efficiently. | ■ 1 *y- x.'--"-DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

* RATES * One Time —Minimum charge of 25c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words. 1(/ 4 c per word Two Times —Minimum charge of 40c for 20 words or less. I Over 20 words 2c per word for the two times. Three Times—Minimum charge of 50c for 20 words or less. Over 20 words 2i/ 4 c per word for the three times. j Cards of Thanks —35 c ; Obituaries and verses |I.OO 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. 276 ? tf FOR SALE —Good building lots, fine location. Good sewers- Win. Beineke, Phone 784. 424 N. sth. 297-3tx NOTICE — Rawleigl-’s Household products for sale by A. J. Zelt. i 103 No. Eighth Street. Phone 274. FOR SALE -Six Duroc gilts, double immuned. Farrow about April 1. Good ones. J. M. Burkhead. mile - and half west, Monroe. 29Sk2tx > FOR SALE —6-room modern resi-: dence and garage on improved street. SI,OOO cash, balance mortgage 6%. Building lot on North, Third St, $750 cash. Modern residence, 3 Jiloeks from court house.: suitable for duplex. Near schools, ■ churches and business section, $4,-| 000. Suttles-Edwards Co., Agts. 298-3 t FOR SALE — Photographs. Post card portraits. 15 pictures for, $2. Folders extra. Taken at my | home, Pleasant Mills, Ind. Var-1 lando Clark. 297-3tx o Phil Sauers, county commission- I er, has returned from Indianapolis where he attended the state meet- , ing.

MORRIS PLAN LOANS Comakers Chattels Automobiles SB.OO per SIOO per year New Cars financed $6.00 per SIOO per year Repayable montnly. The Suttles-Edwards Co. Representatives. Give GIFTS of FURNITURE Large selection of—- — and ROCKERS LAMPS’-all kinds KNEE HOLE DESKS COMPACT MODEL PHILCO RADIOS Open Evenings Until Christmas ZWICK’S Phone 61

WANTED WANTED — To buy several tons alfalfa hay, loose. To sell two fresh cows. Phone 7962, Roy Price, I Route 6. 296-3tx i SALESMAN WANTED by well I known oil company. Experience unnecessary. No Investment rei quired. Immediate steady income ' for man with car. Write p. T. Webster, 572 Standard Bldg . Cleveland. i Ohio. s Itx 1 WANTED — Place Lr 11 (bred) | i ewes on shares. Preferably with German people. Box 246 in care of Democrat. Phone 186. 297-3tx ’ LOST AND FOL M) ■ LOST —Black and white fox hound. Tan face. Call 8625. Pete Whitright. 297-2 t 0MISCELLANEOUS NOTICE — Parlor Suits recovered. We recover and repair anything. I We buy and sell furniture. Decatur j Upholsters, Phone 420. 145 South i Second St, 296-30 t o FOR RENT FOR RENT—Six-room house with garden and truck patch. Harvey ■ L. Steffen. Decatur route 4. CraigI ville phone. 297-:’, i FOR RENT — Nine room house, semi-modern, centrally located. : Phone 607. 295 3t 0 Local Company Is Named Distributor The Sv-hafer Co. has been named local distributor for Dianiond-Arni-!co stainless steel tableware, accord- ‘ ing to an announcement by the Diamond Silver Company, of Lembertj ville. N. J. This new kind of taftteware is solid Armco stainless steel. There i is no plating of finish to wear off and make knives, forks and spoons unslightly. Stainless steel, tnc manufacturers say. Is not discolored by j fruit and Vegetable juices. It re- ■ mains bright and untarnished indefinite.’y. Used under adverse condi- 1 tions. the bright lustre of stainless steel is quickly restored by soap and water. o Trnde In A Town — Iterator

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Daily hM ° FORE 'i &M 11 "'"'c' Md " l2 mK ! Xo ■ n>s' ' H" lbs " 815....B 15 .... u " to IM lb, ' I -’5" lbs ' 250 to 275 lbs --®ori 2'5 to 3M ib, '-'Mon! :l "" :7>tt lb, ""'■Mi ftbHi Kgit i Stags tl dealers Eont s ioing lambs i Buck lambs "'•oi > '■’ •u'ling la m b 8 fort wayne livewJ 1 '' 1 ' 1 ' nrt Wayno. !ad Hogs |() ]t . u ]bß 16'1 Io 180 lbs. 1 I ISO to 200 lbs io *’ 200 to 225 lbs '■ lhf 225 t'.> 250 lbs. i 250 to 275 lbs. .. **' 275 to 3iw |b s 2"o to 350 lbs g| 12" Io 14» lbs. "1 I to 120 lbs.. I Loughs. $6.25: stagt I (’alves, $11.50; I of LOCAL GRAIN MARgp Btl BURK I r, Corrected Uwemtaii Prices to be pan ;o Bllrai ~— No. 1 \\ heat, 60 lbs. or No. : Wheat, etc. J New Corn, 20% per babf New No. 2 Oats New No. 2 Soy Beans __ pi 1: >" I CENTRAL SOYA CO. H New No. 2 Soy Beans _.|l.< Race Won Against Dea M Cm - land. -tU.Rr-Whent|H stone lodged in her e 1 51 Agnes Soltei. 16. was tin a mil. s tr mi duv.T.s'a’- Lttb I in time for an operate that & her life. sl Trains Are Family Jits h Cri stlltii-. U (U.15-W I Jacobs, a Pennsylvania Z , ondu. 'or w> -- tramesl J and grandfather were hM c ■ train a idents, died dl’ 8 ni| »h. r he was «■ i switching cars. Bl Missing Boy Under hi I Ashtabula, O.—< ent- of 7-year-old FrancisM I were thinking of calling« I ' Scouts and organiling party when their set tnisot I several hours, was found M I ing under his mothers bet | N.A.BIXLEK OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined • CH*!™ Saturdays, 8:00 pn Telephone 135. HOURS I 8:30 to 1130 tM-tt'J