Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1907 — Page 3

Hunting Boots Hunting season begins the 10th. Are you prepared for the winter’s sport? We are headquarters for the latest and best sporting goods. Come in and let us show you some of our high top shoes and boots. Tague Shoe Store

FORI WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur—North. Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a. m. 7:30 a- m. 9:00a.m. 10:30a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3-00 p.m- 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:30p.m. 11:00p.m. Toledo, St. Louis & Western RailroadWest. East. 1— s:soam. | 0 — 4:52 a. m. 3—10:32a. m. | 2—12:28 p. m5 — 9:51 p. m. | 4— 7:00 p. m. •22—10:32 a. m. | *22— 1:15 p- m. • Local freight. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY

WEATHER. Fain Tuesday and Wednesday, light to fresh winds, mostly southwest. Lee Kintz is on the sick list suffering from tonsilitis. W. J. Archbold made a business trip to Geneva this morning. L. C. DeVoss made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Robert Allison and Miss Mabel Erwin attended the show at the Majestic last night. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Carroll saw the show at the Majestic last night and returned on the last car. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Nelson have returned from a several days’ visit with friends and relatives at Fort 'Wayne. Miss Edna Crawford returned last night from Fort Wayne, where she witnessed the show at the Majestic. Mrs. Henry Thomas and her sister. Mrs. A. J. Slagei, of Marion, accompanied by Mrs. L. C. Helm, went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends.

The Elks will meet tomorrow evening in regular session at which time arrangments will be completed to make the trip to Bluffton to attend the fall carnival. Other matters of importance will be taken up and it earnestly requested that a large crowd turn out.

DON’T FORGET IT When vou are ready to buy vour artics, that our are • made with four-ply cloth and a rubber interlining where the ordinary artic has onlv two thicknesses ot cloth. Then don’t forget that we sell them at the same price of the common kind. MEN’S sl-50 BOYS’ $1.25 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

Isadora Kalver made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Rev. E. E. Bergman went to Muncie today to make a visit with his mother. Mrs. W. H. Pletcher is at Grover Hill. Ohio, making a visit with relatives. D. V. Steele went to Spencerville, Ohio, this morning to look after business affairs. James L. Gay returned last evening from Shoals, Ind., where he was visiting with his father. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Vail saw the show “If I Were King" at the Majestic theater last night. A number of Decatur people were in attendance at the Daniel Cook sale near Monroe today. Mr. and Mrs. James Miller, of Avilla. have returned to their home after a short visit in the city. William Dollman, of Fort Wayne, is in the city the guest of friends and relatives for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Syphers, of Fort Wayne, have arrived in the city for a visit with friends and relatives. Members of the W. R. C. are requested to meet at the G A. R. hall Friday evening Nov. Bth at 7 p. m. Important business to transact. By order of the president. Professor Beachler and F. V. Mills left today for Indianapolis, where they will attend a meeting of the state school board, which is in session at that place. Miss Amelia Tonnelier is making a specialty of doing stenographic work and typewriting and will appreciate any work given her. assuring prompt and satisfactory service. Office with A. P. Beatty, attorney, I. O. O. F. block. Albert Sellemeyer, teacher in the Warren high school, was in the city this morning on a short visit and left on the nine o’clock interurban for Ft. Wayne, where he visited the schools at that place today. The school of Warren has granted a two days' vacation to the teachers so that they could visit other schools. “Are you the defendant?” as ked a man in the court room, speaking to an old negro. “No, boss,”' was the reply, “I ain’t done nothing to be called names like that. I se got a lawyer here who does the defensing.” "Theji who are you?” “I'se the gentleman what stole the chickens.”

Mrs. Turner and daughter Nettie, of Lima, Ohio, passed through here today enroute to Bluffton. Mr. and Mrs. M. Pletcher, of Tecumseh, Michigan, are in the city the guests of their son W. H. Pletcher. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jones, of Gas City, have returned to their home after attending the wedding of John Schultz. J. C. Meriss, of Willshire, passed through here today enroute to Fort Wayne, where he will transact legal business. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Baker have returned to their home at Gas City after making a short visit with relatives in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. S. Sherry left this morning for Richmond, where they will remain for some time as guests of the latter’s parents. An exchange says: “Two men and a lady were drunk on the streets last night.” Why not say two gentlemen and a woman, or why not say three plain drunks. Certainly no lady was ever drunk in any city.

The Indiana Railroad commission is at Marion to hear evidence on a complaint filed by the Marion Commercial club against the Pittsburg. Chicago & St. Louis, the Clover Leaf, and the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville railorads in a matter of interchange of switching. Frank Christman, of Bluffton, is a visitor in the city today. In addition to booming Judge Erwin, of Decatur, for governor, he is now boosting for the Elks’ carnival at Bluffton. The carnival will be given from November 11 to 16 in the new piano factory. Several Marion Elks will attend. —Marion Chronicle. There is a notation on the back of the hunting licenses now being issued by county clerks which says: “You cannot hunt with dog or ferrets on any land without first obtaining the consent of the owner or tenant.” In other words, with this permission hunters may use ferrets. Louis Heilbroner, scout for the Cincinnati league base ball team, has returned from the big meeting at New York, and says it is a 100 to 1 shot that Ft. Wayne will be in a fast league next year. He has engaged a manager and signed some players »and will be the owner of the franchise and team himself. —Journal-Ga-zette. Some farmers applying for hunting licenses at the county clerk’s office were surprised to learn that they are prohibited from hunting on their own property except during the hunting season. A man can shoot game on his farm during the open season without a license, but when he leaves his farm it is required that he carry a license. Mrs. Abe Simmons has been appointed a member of the credential committee of the state organization of the Rathbone Sisters lodge. She was appointed by the Most Excellent Chief of the state organization. The appointment is a high one. The credential committee acts upon the eligibility of delegates to the state meetings etc. —Bluffton News.

The story is told of a son of a Baptist minister at Columbia City who made an attempt to turn four kittens Baptists by sousing them one by one into a pail of water, repeating the service as best he could remember it. But the fourth one did not take kindly to the water, and after several vain attempts to get the cat's head under water, the lad gave him a throw across the barn and exclaimed “Well, darn you. be a Methodist if you want to!”

Company G, Bluffton’s miltia company of the Indiana National Guard, was formally disbanded last evening and the big room on the third floor of the Walmer & Engeler building which they have occupied as an armory is now placarded “For Rent.” The end came with the arrival of Major Girard from Indianapolis. He reached the city yesterday morning and spent the day conferring with the local officers and inspecting the equipment and paraphernalia of the company to be sure that none was missing and the state would not lose in the deal — Bluffton Banner. The new show that will be introduced this evening at the Electric show is the best that has been shown in Decatur for a long time. The new film constitutes three shows, the first being “Burglary by Motor" which shows how two men do some neat work in the hold up line with the assistance of an automobile. “Pleasant Thoughts” the second show represents the visions of a newly married couple and is a dandy. The third number is a comic show’ entitled “Her First Bike Ride” and if you want to laugh until your sides hurt don’t fail to see this show. The proprietors are endeavoring to please the public and with this show will succeed. — o— — FOR SALE —A good soft coal heating stove. Inquire at Niblick and company’s store.

John Baily went to Geneva this afternoon to make a visit with his parents. Mrs. Helmer returned to her home this afternoon from a short visit in the city. Clint Fisher, of Rome City, is in the city making a visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. H. L. Center went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. L. L. Sheline went to Geneva this afternoon where she will make her future home. M. F. Rice went to Berne this afternoon to visit with friends and relatives for a short time. Mrs. J. B. Miller and Mrs. Elizabeth Fetick, of Fort Wayne, are guests of Med Miller and family. A theater party will leave this city on the six o'clock car for Fort Wayne to attend the production of “A Knight for a Day” at the Majestic theater. This is touted as being one of the strongest plays on the road this season. Word has been receved from McCool Junction, Nebraska, stating that Rev. W. R. Peters, formerly of this city, who has held a charge at McCool Junction for some time, will move to Springfield, Missouri, in the near future. Work was started yesterday by contractor Tom Peterson in putting in the cement cellar at the City Bakery. Electrician Tom Haefling is working daily at the Motor Works completing his contract of wiring the buildings for lighting purposes. Remember that J. B. Stoneburner presents a new show every night at the Pictorium. He is securing nothing but the best films and is endeavoring in every respect to please the public. The show this evening promises to be amusing and interesting throughout. The Blue Front electric sign that all during the summer swung across the brick street was taken down yesterday and Med Miller the artist, will give it a nice new coat of paint, and otherwise make it attractive. Mr. Moser is certainly showing his progressiveness.

The Young Men’s Christian Assotion meets at Evansville in a state convention on November 7,8, 9, 10, and several Decatur people have received invitaltions to be present. An excellent program has been arranged for these four days and the meeting is bound to prove interesting for those who attend. The old Kingsland hotel at the town of Kingsland, is the latest acquisition in the property line by Peter Pierce. He paid a little less than SI,OOO for the building. It is no longer a hotel, but is occupied as a residence. Mr. Pierce bought it of John Shaffer, landlord of the Washington House, in this city. Mr. Shaffer conducted a hotel at Kingsland for year.". —Bluffton News. O. E. Vincent, a Grand Rapids’ fireman, was painfully scalded yesterday afternoon by an injector bursting on the engine on which he was firing. The lower part of the left arm was scalded in an exceedingly painful manner, the flesh being cooked by the hot water. His injuries were dressed at the round house and he will be off duty several days as a result of the accident. —Journal-Gazette. W. A. Ketcham, department commander of the Indiana G. A. R. has just sent out a general order urging the G. A. R. posts in Indiana to recruit their ranks. There is scarcely a county in the state, the bulletin says, in which there are not comrades who are not members of any post. Mr. Ketcham, believes that many of these veterans will become members of posts if they are urged to do so.

The Packard Music ;House of Decatur Is a salesroom, selling direct from the Packard factor} at Ft. Wayne, to the consumer. We are in position to sell you a better piano or organ for less l oney than the small dealer, who buys one or two instruments at a time. Besides the instrument you buy of us, has the-Packard factory back of it, banker will tell you that no better guarantee is needed, because the Packard factory has been tuning out satisfactory instruments for nearly half a century, and hardly any neighborhood can be found but that the Packard Music House has a number of pleased customers, all of whom will recommend the Packard instruments. L. F. ALEXANDER, AGENT. North side of the Decatur Public Library Decatur lad

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A. Gottschalk, of Berne, was a business caller to our city today. Before the week ends City Treasurer D. H. Hollingshead will demand $1,732 from Ex-City Treasurer Louis Willman. If the ex-treasurer refuses to settle, and it is a cinch he will, Mr. Hollingshead will demand payment from the bondsmen. They will likewise refuse to come forth with the long green. The next step will be to institute suit in the circuit court. City Attorney Sprague will prepare the complaint at once in the hope of filing it before the close of the present term. —Hartford City News. As predicted at the time the conference at New York ended, the course of the Erie railroad since that time has been one of conciliation and step by step and concession by concession they are approaching every week more nearly to the demands of the striking machinists. The men who are striking are firm in their stand and state positively that they will accept peace on no other terms than the complete abolition of the piece work system and they are confident that the Erie will come to their terms in the long run. —Huntington Democrat.

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