Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1907 — Page 3

M && o Ob oT ■ L r V Jy I' O/ llrT~) -X il F \ /j. r /' / -<frM • *■’• Every time you buy a pair of shoes with the name Walk-Over on them you get a guarantee of shoe merit, style, fit, service. It’s in the name. F. B, Tague’s SHOE STORE

*++++++++++++* WEATHER Fair tonight; probably followed by increasing cloudiness. Wednesday rising temperature. ***♦♦****«*«*♦ FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Becatur — North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. —■———B GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY J. W. Bosse made a business trip to Kokomo this morning. J. S .Peterson went to Kokomo this morning on business. C. S. Niblick made a business trip to Geneva Monday afternoon. John S. Bowers went to Geneva Monday afternoon on business. O. N. Luelling returned yesterday afternoon from a business trip to Hoagland. James Piggot returned to his home, at Chicago, after making a business trip to this city. Mrs. J. G. Johnson passed through the city today enroute from Portland to her home at Willshire. Mrs. Waters, of Geneva, returned to her home Monday afternoon after a short visit in the city. Jacob Butcher returned to his home at Geneva yesterday afternoon after looking after business in the city.

When a Man Tell’s You he can save you Money got to be shown’ IF HE MAKES’S GOOD HE’S YOUR IF HE DOESN'T, HE KEEPS OUT of your way. |||B i KNOW I CAN SAVE YOU MONEYTHAT'S WHY I AM CONTINUALLY REMINDING YOU ABOUT MY BK elk SKIN SHOES AT THREE DOL- / LARS THE PAIR. i rV E DONE IT FOR OTHERS AND I CAN DO IT FOR YOU. MAKE ME SHOW YOU. WILL YOU? Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

Ed Vancil was a business visitor at Willshire yesterday. E. Kruckenhert made a business trip to Ft. Wayne this morning. Dutch Johns went to Ft. Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. James Doherty went to Ft. Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. C. D. Katterhenrich, of Ft. Wayne, was attending to insurance matters in our city today. . Dr. W. W. Blackman returned to Bluffton this morning from a business trip to this city. A. J. Smith went to Chicago today. He was accompanied as far as Ft. Wayne by his wife and daughter Midge. Mrs. J. E. Railing, of Shippingburg, Pa., who has been visiting J. Railing, here went to Upper Sandusky this morning. Miss Liddie Conrad, of Bluffton, returned to her home at Bluffton this morning after making a visit with relatives in the city. R. C. Drummond left this morning for Marion, Indiana, where he will transact business before returning to him home at Hammond. The Saint Vincent de Paul society will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. C. S. Niblick. All members are requested to be present. Mrs. A. E Mischaud passer through the city today enroute to her home at Van Buren. She has been visiting relatives at Berne for some time. Mrs. Seth Maloy, of Syracuse, is in the city visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith. This is Mrs. Maloy’s first visit to Decatur in nine years, and she says that the growth of Decatur has been marvelous in that time. Ed Miler is confined to his home and bed in a very serious condition, suffering from a very severe attack of stomach trouble. Mr. Miller has been ill for several weeks and his condition instead of improving, seems to be gradually growing worse. His many friends will be grieved to learn of his misfortune and hope for a speedy recovery.

Ruth Malotte went to Portland this afternoon to visit for some time. R. K. Erwin went to Portland this afternoon to attend court affairs. G. W. Dull will go to Willshire tonight to visit his parents over night. L. E. Wilcox returned to his home at Kendallville this morning after making a visit over Sunday with his son, Dr. Wilcox. Miss Rose Colchin returned this afternoon from Coldwater, Ohio, where she has been visiting her brother Fred for several days. Miss Virginia Arnold passed through the city today enroute to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she will visit friends for some time. Francis Gast has accepted a position with John Stoneburner at the Pictorlum and he will act in the capacity of machine operator. Misses Winifred Johnson and Springer returned today from Portland where they have been attending the Senior alumni reception Mr. and Mrs. F. A. W. Miller, of Geneva, who have been visiting their sou at Marion for several days, returned to their home today. Miss Orpha Barnett went to Ft. Wayne this morning to be at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. William Ramey, wso is critically ill at Hope hospital. Mr. and Mrs. George Gilpin, of Battle Creek, Michigan, arrived in the city this morning to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wash Gilpen for several days. Miss Edith Mason, of Marion, arrived in the city today to attend the Senior commencement. While here she will be the guest of Miss Fannie Frisinger and other friends. Mr. and Mrs Clint Fisher went to Rome City this morning, where they will try and purchase a property they have in view. If they make the pur chase, they will move to that place. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ashbaucher and children and Alfred Ashbaucher, of Decatur, spent Sunday in this city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stair. — Bluffton Banner. The interurban freight car was stuck on the Y on Court street this morning until Hugh Hite came to I their rescue with a crow bar, which soon relieved the car of the situa-' tion. The board of commissioners, with County Attorney Lutz, are at Bluffton today, where a joint session relative to some county line macadam roads is being held. The roads in question traverses the township lines of Preble, Kirkland and French townships. Sam Emory, originally one of the men charged with the murder of Preston Sanderson, at Hartford City, but released from the charge to become a witness for the state, is now charged by his father, George Emory, with the theft of a pony and buggy. Since the trial here Sam has spent most of his time in jail on various charges.— Bluffton News. Employees of the Waring glove factories at Huntington and Decatur have been forbidden to write messages on the gloves they make. Some of the girls struck up delightful flirtations with distant purchasers in this way, but some of the merchants who bought the gloves objected to having love messages written on them. —Bluffton News. Smoke up, you’re going out. Warning is given to Decatur merchants that a man and wife and baby have been working a smooth pilfering scheme in towns in this vicinity. They enter a store; the man, professing to have bad eyes, asks the clerks to read the address on a slip of paper which he had with him; while they are so engaged the woman sneaks such articles as she desires into a baby cab. Leland Frank this morning received a draft from the Story & Clark piano company, of Chicago, calling for sev-enty-four dollars and forty cents, this being the amount paid him for successfully answering a puzzle run in several papers by this concern. The letter states that he may either receive the cash or the amount will be applied on a piano, with the balance of the payments made easy. The little chap will take the money and place it in one of the local banks to his credit. He is to be congratulated upon his success. Decatur will be woefully shy of flowers for Memorial Day this year, and the school children will have difficulty in finding posies with which to decorate the soldiers graves. The season is three weeks behind, and as a result, many flowers which are usually in full bloom the last week of May have scarcely budded. Snowballs, which are usually so plentiful at this season, are not yet out in any great numbers, neither are peonies, though it is not ususual for the later to bloom Jtate. Only the early lilacs are in bloom, the medium early variety being away behind the blossomings. Tulips and hyacinths are in full bloom, but these are hardy bulbs and can stand extreme cold without injury.

Miss Ethel Pillars returned yesterday noon from a visit with friends at Peterson. Mrs. Stella Campbell went to Redkey Monday afternoon, where she will visit relatives. M. F. Hilton returned to his home at Monroe yesterday afternoon after visiting friends in the city. G. A. Gardner, of Geneva, returned to his home yesterday afternoon from a business trip to the city. Mr. and Mrs. John Bright returned yesterday from a short visit at Craigville, the guests of friends. Etta Walton returned, to ,her home at Geneva yesterday afternoon after visiting friends here for some time. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hatch, of Willshire, passed through the city yesterday enroute from Ft. Wayne to their home. Harry L. Gandy has sold the Lagrange Democrat to George C. Handy, of Danville, 111., who is now in charge of that newspaper. Frank Heller returned to his home at Linn Grove yesterday afternoon, after visiting friends in the city for some time. Mrs. John Barnett and Mrs. Will Ramey went to Ft. Wayne yesterday to make a short visit with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter Midge returned last evening from Ft. Wayne, where they w r ere visiting with friends. Mrs. J. C. Patterson went to Winchester yesterday afternoon, where she will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Irvin for several days. Mrs. Luke and son returned to their home at Bourbon last evening after making a pleasant visit here with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt. Miss Winifred Johnson and Miss Springer went to Rockford, Ohio, yesterday noon, where they attended the Senior alumni banquet that was given at that place. John A. Litterer, of Madison, Ind., who has been visiting his son Ferd Litterer for the past few days, went to Chicago yesterday afternoon on business. The surveying gang on the interurban railway left again yesterday to complete their survey so as to able to prepare the report for the directors’ meeting June Ist. Harry Shafer went to Decatur this morning to apply to the owner of the skating rink at that place for the position as manager during the next winter season. If he fails to land this place he will go to South Bend next week to investigate a similar position offered him. —Bluffton Banner. The mud roads are in a terrible condition and farmers w’ho are forced to bring any kind of a load of grain to the city are forced to use four horses to pull the load. A wagon heavily loaded with grain arrived in our city yesterday afternoon, having four horses hitched to it and the driver stated it took them three hours to drive six miles. Marshal Ed Green drove to Ossian Sunday where he thought he had a stolen horse located, but upon examining the animal it was found not to correspond with the description. The animal belonged to a man at Albion, and had been standing in the barn there for two weeks. The horse in some ways answered the description furnished from Brookville, 0., but the man from Albion showed a prior claim on the horse and Marchal Green left the animal there. With the advanced price in wheat came the advanced price in flour, the staff of life, this commodity being quoted at four sixty to five dollars per barrel. The local millers are all quoting the price higher, and the poor have got to suffer because the rich are having a little sport in regulating the price of wheat in the Chicago and Toledo exchanges, still the millers cannot be blamed, as they are forced to pay an advanced price for the wheat from which flour is made. A man giving his name as Austin Wilson, and who acts and speaks as if he was mentally unbalanced, was arrested yesterday by Marshal Green and lodged in jail on a charge of loitering and will thus be held until something more definite can be learned concerning him. The man was arrested at the Vail factory, from which place he had been ordered on several occasions, but refused to go. That he is unbalanced is the opinion of all that have seen him, and it may be that Marshal Green has captured an escaped lunatic. Marshal Green is on the lookout for an outfit that was stolen at Knightstown, Ind., and which is headed this way. The outfit stolen was as follows: A dark bay horse, 16 hands high, puffed in hock on both hind legs, three years old, wearing an interfering foot on left hind ankle, both ankles being cut by interfering, also star in forehead. The buggy was an Anderson make, newly painted with red running gear, black body, new storm apron and brown fur robe. Harness was black and of modern style. The outfit was stolen last Saturday.

Charles Nelson, of near Willshire, was a business caller in the city today. The graduates of the Decatur high school are busily engaged at present in decorating the Opera House for the commencement exercises to be held there Friday evening. They are doing this work early in the week so as to avoid the rush the later part. Every student is perpared for the graduating exercises and they will be among the most enjoyable ever held it the Opera House. A number of the merchants have already commenced to dress their windows for Decoration Day, and we predict that when Thursday rolls around tht the decorations of some of the display windows will be grand. This being a patriotic day, the colors of red, white and blue will prevail. Those that have so far been decorated present a very beautiful appearance indeed. Julius Haugk is getting the brick distributed along the first two squares of Madison street in excellent shape, and by the first of next week will be ready to start on the excavation and push the contract rapidly to completion. Every thing in the way of moving poles and putting in water taps is being done this week, so that when he starts to tearing up the street nothing will be in the way to impede the work. Horace Botthoff, the custodian of the Decatur cemetery, has completed his task of getting everything in readiness at this place for Decoration Day and is to be congratulated upon the appearance of the same. The cemetery is as clean as a pin every grave being filled nicely, flowers are blooming, and in fact, things con'd be no better were the cemetery in the hands of five or six men. That it took some work to put this place in shape is evident from the appearance of everything. Wilbert Lehman, son of Peter Lehman west of town, experienced a runaway in town yesterday afternoon. His horse, hitched to a buggy, frightened at the rumbling of the ice wagon in front of Sommer & Co.’s store, kicked up and broke loose from the buggy, dragging Wilbert out, who was still holding on to the lines, and ran up the street, until it was caught at Gottschalk’s store. Wilbert was not hurt, but the buggy and harness were considerably damaged.—Berne Witness. Diamond D, the pretty black pacer owned by a stock company of Decatur horsemen, will on next Friday be offered for sale at the horse sale, and will be sold to the man offering the high dollar. This game little pacing horse was to have been sold several weeks ago, but just prior to the sale he was kicked on the front leg and was in no condition to show. However, he is now as sound as a dollar and the man who gets him will get a horse that is full of speed and is one of the most handsome animals that ever came down the pike. THE LASTSALE Spring Horse Sale Season to Close WITH NEXT FRIDAY’S AUCTION Chance to Buy or Sell Quickly—the Company Has Done Nearly a Million Dollar Business. The last sale of the Decatur Horse Sale company for the spring of 1907, will be held next Friday, May 31st. Farmers who have horses to sell should take this last opportunity for finding a ready sale for their animals. A big crowd will be present and it is the desire of the management to make this last sale the banner one of the season. During the past four months the business transacted through the Decatur Horse Sale company has reached nearly a million dolalrs. This seems almost impossible, but auctioneer Reppert is authority for the statement. Think of It, a business equal to an immense manufacturing industry and one which has brought profit and employment to many others than the owners and managers. The sales will be resumed again next fall, and we believe the splendid success of this spring will continue. Remember, if you want to buy or sell a horse next Friday is the time to do it.

Umbrellas Recovered AtWinnis’ Shoe Store

The Racket Store Special this Week Only 3 qt. nickleplated Stewing Pans only IOC 4 qt. enamel Stewing Pans only |Oc Remember we are still selling best quality Table Oil Cloth at 18 cents per yard. Sewing Machine Needles Don’t pay high prices when you can get any sizes or style 2 for 5 cents or 25 cents per dozen: Men’s Attention Bolts, any size, up to 3-Bx6 only |C 8 inch Files 10c Auger Bits IOC Yz Pint of Paint 10. 12 quart IX Dairy Pails 20C LAO||ES Our line of Hose, Belts,Lace, Embroidery, Combs, Underwear and novelties are up-to-date. CHINA This department is growing fast, Why[? Because our prices are the lowest, quality the best and always something new. Come in and see what 5 or 10 cents will buy, and remember the place where you get the most of the best for the least. The Racket [Store Steele & Weaver

Dan Beery, Mgr. James Rice, Secy. Abe Boch.Treas HORSE SALE 175 fkWWRi 175 head head In the New Sale Pavillion Decatur, Indiana. Friday, May 31st, ’O7 AT IO O'CLOCK A. M. We have for our coming sale 175 head of horses of the kind the market demands. Among them are a good lot of heavy draft horses, the 1700 and 1800 pound kind, a lot of delivery wagon horses, farm chunks broke to all harness, brood mares in foal, and a great lot of speed horses. Among them is DIAMOND D We advertised Diamond D, at our last sale, but he got kicked the day before and was not offered. He has entirely recovered from the kick and will positively be sold on May 31st. He is a black gelding, 16 hands high, will weigh 1100 pounds, sound, and the best gentleman’s road horse on earth. Also we have a lot of pacers and trotters, with and without records, and family driving horses, city broke and safe for any lady to drive. Also a great pair of black hearse horses, extra well mated and good steppers. This is the time of the year you all want drivers. We have them and they are yours for the high dollar. If you have to sell bring him to this sale. We have the leading shippers of the best markets at these sales to buy your horses. Horse buyers attend this sale. Decatur HorselSale Co« - FRED REPPERT, auctioned.