Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1910 — Page 6

room, which wag specially decorated for the occasion with ropes and streamers of red and green and pen-j nants and flags, in harmony with thh festive spirit of the occasion. During the supper the Misses Ruby Miller and Electa Glancey presided at the piano, and furnished music during the entire period. The following was the menu for the supper: Cream Tomato Soup Salted Wafers Olives Chicken Stew Mashed Potatoes Gravy Peas Jelly A ’ Bread Butter Pickles Ice Cream Cake The supper was a most delicious one, nicely prepared and faultlessly served by the members of the Baptist Ladies* Aid society. The waitresses were charmingly gowned alike in black skirts, with dainty aprons and waists of spotless white, and the service was altogether a delightful one, equal to that of the best metropolitan hotels. After the supper the following program of musk and song was CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE given, T W. Watts presiding as the toastmaster: Music—Male Quartet—Amrine, Bell, Burdg and Moore. I Greetings—W. F. Smith, Bluffton. “Man for Man”—H. N. Shroll. Solo—Mrs. Tucker. “Our Class’’—S. Brandyberry. “The Biggest Thing in Life”—Rev. J. F. Vickert, Fort Wayne. "The Why and the How”—Pastor Charles E. Ehle. Music—Quartet Rev. E.T. Poulson offiluffton was also an out-of-town guest. So delightful was the time spent that the assembly decided that it would be A most pleas-1 ant thing to hold the socials oftener, I so the preliminary organization of I a men’s social club, which will prob-1 ably mee ( t socially once,a month, was) effected- Thursday evening. i To the pastor, the Rev. Ehle, and] his body of co-workers is due the! achievement of this splendid effort that gives promise of resulting in a closer union of the men of the. city, and which they hope will grow stronger and of more and more mutual good to all as the time passes.—On the souvenir programs, was a personal message by the pastor to all present, as follows: "Tour presence is alwaysappreciat-l ed at our services. Men’s class in Sunday school is taught by the pastor every Sunday morning. Lecture method used. Preaching each Sabbath at 10:801 a. m. and 7p. m. s ■ | We cannot do our best work without men. Help us to help another man.” : i ■ — " » .— ■■■ German Building Loan Fund ft Bav- l tags association vs. Melville J. Butter et al., note and foreclosure of mortgage, demand, >800; appearance by D. B. Erwin for Holthouse Drusi Co, one of defendants. ' Old Adams County Bank vs. Decatur Filler Co, petition for order to sell 600 egg cases at private sale for cash in market at best price obtainable. Peoples State Bank vn. Mary Neaderbouser, administratrix, and Emil Erhart, claim allowed in sum Os 679.14, and coats agalhst estate and Erhart. The grand-jury will probably not report before the first of next week. To-1 day they made the regular inspection I trip to the county. fSrtn and took dte-| ner with Mr. and Mrs. Graber. A real estate transfer made] some time ago and Overlooked' was that of Margaretta Merriss to Daniell two acres in SL Marys township, near] Pleasant Mills, the consideration being ninety dollars per acre. Real estate transfers—Adam Mar-1 quads to G. C. Mumma, lot 906, Decatur >559. J. A. Leisure to torra Kerridge, tract in Monroe township, >305. C. Danner to A. Zurcher, 40 acres In Monroe tp., >2700.' Jacob Nusbaum to E. Badertscher, lots, 161, 162 Berne, >IOOO. De E. Smith. Com. to C. Roth 60 acres, Kirkland tp. >7375. S. A* I Tindall ter George Brown, 45 acres Jes-! ferson tp, >2400, '<’> .. . NEW LIBRARY BOOKS. The following new books have been! added to the rental fiction shelf of the, library: Iffbllv AhXriH- '1

1 Thy Flying Mercury-Ingram. [ I My Brother's Keeper—Jackson. > The Rose in the Ring—McCutcheon. ; The Gold Brick—Whitlock. I Mary Ware in Texas-Johnston. I The library board is also pleased to acknowledge several gift books: “History of the Telephoned from McClurg Bride. Publishing “TheJ Missionary society. - OPENS AT FORT WAYNE. Allen County Capital. Ed Meyers, living just south of the city, who last year graduated from the Ann Arbor, Michigan, law school, left yesterday for Fort Wayne, where he will open up an office of his own in the Shoaf building. For some time past he has been looking for a locaoccasions, but did not see anything that he thought came up to his refriends here wish for him success in his undertaking. -.-"■■ ■——— Hartford City, Ind.,Dec. 2—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—Another chanter was written in the sensation* 1 al proceedings which followed the ar* j I rest of Charles Reeves editor the I ] Hartford city journal - and prominent eleventh district politician, having twice been a candidate for congress. | R will be remembered that about I three weeks ago he was caught in a I room at the Interurban hotel at Hart* | ford City, in company with a Chicago I blonde solicitor. His trial was held | Monday of this week and he was aeI quitted, the court holding that while guilt tn&t it nad not Deen proven mat he had committed any act. Reeves and hhr assistant editor used some strong language and were finally taken from the court room. In the following issue of the paper, Reeves cut loose in a manner that was almost startling He called the court about everything OA th a cjil And Ai* from ft trairin to fttiv and the • result will be watched with interest s ; . The ease was set for hearing at nine o’-elodr nest Wednesday mornlag.' Reeves was also served with leaal notice to retract and unless he doos so In the time fixed by law t a damage case will'bo filed against him and his company. . ’ • r is. p,..-.-.- ■ One of the most interesting sessions held by the Sam Henry Post, No. 63, G.‘ ‘A. R., was that’ of Thursday,when the annual election of officerSl took place. Commander Joshua Par-] rish, who has served in this high of-1 i|F, F, Freeh and Ptera Cntthir i * I Patriotic D ITale I i. em peninsula of'Michigan, the n aat- I d eat station being Witbeck The nartr I

tune and others of the party have been for a great many years and they enjoy them. The doctor is looking fine as a fiddle and says he feels just as gool I as he looks. | , I "" ■" ■ II fl I'— I 1 II II I “HAIN’T THIS TH’ TRUTH?” So little is said; so little is thought; so little credit is given the ■ man who sets up the reading matter of our daily papers, both in this city and others, that the following may be edifying Bo the modern "intelligent compositor,’’ the same having been gleaned from the columns of the! Printing Machinery; Record, a paragraph of which is herewith reproduced for what it is worth, whither as a “slam,” a satire or phrase, we are | too modest to venture an assertion: I What a Linotype Operator Can Do. He can take\a manuscript, the chirography of which would make the lid lof a Chinese tea-chest blush with envy, translate it into the vernacular and tn© grammar and oitanumes tnaj rhetoric, and turn It out, not as the author wrote it, but as he intended to write it He can set up better Eng-1 llsh than,w»t men can write; he can! detect errors as well as errorsl I of style; he can giye the sports editor Doints on football and the religious I editor on theology; and hs Cftn afcl predate even the merits of a. discussion on reform, territorial schemes or a Form IV.—Ex. ... • d The annual Elks’ memorial service for the deceased members of Decatur | Lodge, 993, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the MH There I the local lodge—R. J. Holthouse, An-| son Van Camp and Albine Smith, and the following very appropriate and beautiful program will be rendered in | [memoriam: . I ■ Vtduntary—J. O. Beliemeyer. .jqji Opening by Exalted Rater H. J-1 I Yager. . > j r Duet—Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Holt-1 house. M Ritualistic Work—Officers. ; | Opening Ode. ] I Invocation—Chaplain W. A. Lower. I Solo—“ Lead Kindly Light”—Flor-1 once Sprunger. | [: Eulogy on Departed Brothers—D. E. Smith. ; J Solo—“ Hold Thou My Hand"—Mrs. { J. Q. Neptune. ! L "A Tribute to the Occasion”-Judge James J. Moran. -- ' 4 Soto-“ The Lord is My LW”~L.| B. Steele. . | CHoetag by Officers. I Closing-Ode. I . The public in general, and especial-1 ly friends of the deceased® are invited | to attend this service. | ROYAL CHICKEN BUNNER. - ■ .. • • . I Bubla6So twr everybody olsci for that matter—who like a good oldsl Hkft ▼ou-*

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