Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1907 — Page 3

We are Just as Much Interested Jfl ? n filing y° u out with a satM isfactory and becoming shoe £ ■ as u are y° ursc lf- Our v t S a ’ m is not only to sell you x/ -- c ) our shoes, but to please you & as we "’ so iat y° u w ’'i c ® me back t 0 tis when you want ? nother pair. Our stock now ’ s large assortment varied and above all, you have the advantage of our large stock to choose your Xmas presents from.

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FORT WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. I In Effect February 1, 1997. Deeatur— North. FL Wayne—South | K OO a tn. 7:30 a- m. 9 00 b m 10:30 a m. 12:0* neen 1:30 p.m. 3 00 p. at- 4:30 p. hl 4 no p. m. 7:30 pm. 5 30 p m. 11:00 p m. Toledo, S'- Louis & Western RalkoadWest. RbbL 1— 900 am. | 0— 4c90 a. m. 3—lo :32 am. | 3— *3b2B p » 5— 001 p. m. | 4— ?:(X> pnk •33—10 32 a. m. | *23— 1:10 p- m. • Local freight. —— ... ■— ■ .. ■> ..... i GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W H LINDSLEY Henry Koeneman made a business trip to Williams this morning. Kirt Brown went to Monmouth this morning to attend the teachers' institute which was held at the Monmouth school house. Miss Myrtle France has returned to her home at Pleasant Mills after a couple of weeks' visit with her brother-in-law, Fred Stow and wife of south Meridian street. —Portland Review. Leon Locke writes home that he has accepted a position in the First National bank of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. When he first went west he took a position in the office of one of the largest ranches in the country.— Bluffton News. The remonstrants from the third ward in Goshen won in the six days’ fight before the county commissioners and the petition of John Gerser for a liquor license was refused. Only ten signatures on the remonstrance were declared void. The temperance organizations are now encouraged to continue the fight in Elkhart county. Allen county country schools are suffering for want of pupils and County Superintendent of Schools Felger stated last week that there will be probably from twelve to fifteen schools close down in the country tor want of attendance. The law requires that every school must have over twelve scholars on the roster. If the attendance does not reach over fifteen it is optional with the trustee to close the school.

GET BUSY rAnd make your selections of Christmas gifts. Our stock is still complete, but a few more busy days like today and yesterday will clean up a lot of things. Come while the selection is good, whi e W e have all the sizes, while we can give you more attention. You need not know the size, we will exchange for you after Xmas. Fair, ain’t it? Come. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller.

IWEATKFR. Snow tonight and possibly Sunday; heavy rain north portion; colder extreme south portion tonight. ii. Ed Vancil made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Bob Peterson, of Sehrwood, 0., was a business caller to our city today. Shaffer Peterson returned last evening from Van Wert, 0., where he was attending to legal matters. Mrs. S. A. Jackson and children spent Sunday near Decatur with her brother John Fuhrmai snd famliy.— Ossian News. With the coming of the heavy snow this morning several Decatur people took advantage of the same and were out sleigh riding and by the way. from all appearances it didn’t ride so bad at that All those who have been assigned parts in the Elks minstrel show are requested to meet at the lodge room Sunday afternoon at one-thirty o’clock. This will be a regular rehearsal and every member of the chorus should be present. Do not forget to be there if this applys to you. The hour and half schedule on the Fort Wayne & Springfield interurban is proving a winner for both the people and the company. It affords better service and consequently they are realizing an increase in patronage. The cars have been running on time sice the new schedule has been in effect. Dan Lung, who has operated a saloon at Churubusco for the past few years had his last night in that line of business Wednesday night wh°n his license expired. He had made application for a renewal of his license at the December term of the county commissioners but the antisaloon forces had*won the day with a remonstrance. According to the South Bend Tribune “Cyclone” Alberts has been drafted from McKeesport of the P. O. M. league and will be a member of the South Bend pitching staff next season. Alberts pitched a number of games against Bluffton last season and was one of the hardest propositions the locals bumped up against. —Bluffton Banner. The officials at railway mail service headquarters have received instructions from Washington, notifying all railway mail clerks to expect calls for extra duties from now on until after Christmas in order to take care of the big rush of packages. Every mail clerk will be expected to hold himself in readiness to go out whenever called until after the day following Christmas.

Miss Annette Johnson has gone to Fort Wayne for a visit with friends. John Hendricks returned to Monroe this afternoon from a short business trip to the city. S. J. Martz, of Monroe, transacted "business in the city (this morning and has gone to his home. Miss Grace Wilcox, of Waterloo, ar- I rived in the city today to visit over ’ Sunday with Mrs. Earl Peters. 1 Joseph Hocker, of Monroe, was a' business caller in our city today and ’ 1 returned to his home this afternoon. I Rev. Edwar Jones and wife of Monroe were visitors in our city today , I , and have returned to their home. Elmer Johnson arrived' this morn-,. Ing from Pittsburg, Pa., where he was - looking after business matters Joseph Eckrote, of Geneva, was a' 1, business caller in our city this morn- i ing and returned to his home this ' afternoon. Regardless of the stormy weather, I quite a number of farmers were in the city doing their Christmas shopping today and the merchants did a good business. In this manner we wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the many courtesies extended to us during the sickness and death of our son and brother. J. Hurst and family. , Be a booster for your home town. , By patronizing other than local institutions you are using a boomerang that is likely to fly back and do you injury when you least expect it. No one can be an ideal citizen and talk and work against his home town. So 1 long as you are a resident of a community, do your part toward assisting to greater progress. Official bulletins posted in the Clover Leaf register room, state that the hearts of the employes of the road will be gladdened with real Christmas 1 money as Paymaster Crowell and his 1 1 checks will arrive in Frankfort on ' ■ Monddy, December 16, and the men ' will be paid for their November services. The pay car remains here un- , til Tuesday morning.—Frankfort Cres-I ■ cent. Liquor dealers hara held a meeting at Logansport and pe.’fecfed an organization. According to the constitution ’ and by-laws which were adopted the members of the association take an obligation to live up to the letter of * the laws regulating the traffic and to do all in their power to see that the ’ others obey the laws. Charges will be ’ filed against any one breaking the ’ liquor laws and prosecutions will follow. ’ » At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Berghoff Brewing company at Ft. Wayne Thursday the following board of directors was unanimously re-elected: Hubert Berghoff and Herman Berghoff, of Chicago; S. 1 B. Fleming, Will Fleming and H. C. * Paul, of Ft. Wayne; J. R. Johnston ‘ and A. B. Trentman, of Hartford City. ’ The company has prospered during the past year and its business is 1 constantly growing. Clarence Biersdorfer. of Berne, was , in our city last evening and made us a pleasant call. “Biety” played all last season with the Dallas. Texas, t 'team and was it sleading pitcher. In f fact his work was so much appreciated that he was drafted by the Taco- ' ma, Wash., team and this season will play in that country. He will report in Florida some time in February. “Biety” is a good man and will make e good without any question. 1 Engineer Fred Mock, sustained serr ious injuries by being scalded while r on his engine at a point near Edwardsville on the Clover Leaf. The I engine and train were standing on a ‘ side track waiting for orders when > suddenly the water guage exploded and hot water was dashed over Engineer Mock. The injured man pluckily staved on the engine and despite the ' fact that the cab was filled with steam shut off the hot water and steam — Frankfort Crescent. The anti-saloon remonstrance filed in Rochester township was decided good by the commissioners Wednesday afternoon. The argument of the case 'closed at the forenoon session and the commissioners considered it in chambers for an hour and a half and then decided that the remonstrance contained a majority of the names of legal voters of Rochester township against granting Ike Emmons a sa'oon license and that the costs shall be taxed to him—Rochester Sentinel. The directories of Adams county, published by the M. & K. company of this city, are now off the press, and the first copies are being delivered to the subscribers. The book ia similar In all respects to the one gotten out a year ago in this county. It contains a list of all the cities and towns in the county, with the population of each, as well as that of the various townships. There is also a complete list of the county officials and the township trustees, with a church, street, official and business directory of each of the towns—Portland Review.

Mrs. Fred Vaughn and son Cread, spent today at Monmouth. Miss Esther Tague returned to her home at Portland this afternoon from a visit in our city. William Drew, of Geneva, was a visitor in our city today and has returned to his home. Miss Effie Moser went to Geneva this afternoon to remain for some time as the guest of friends. L. Gehring, of Berne, returned to his home this afternoon after looking after business affairs in the city. F. V. Mills and daughter Marguerite went Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Charles Baughman, of Portland, who has been the guest of Clarence Baughman and wife in the city ■ for several days, returned to her home this afternoon. o COURT HOUSE NEWS Amanda Smith Granted a Divorce—Forbidden to Marry for Two Years. SOME OTHER ITEMS LeMay Case Continued Until January B—Motion to Quash Argued. Amanda A. Smith offered her evidence in her cause for divorce from Elonza E. Smith, this morning, and the court gave her a decree as prayed', prohibiting her from marrying for two years. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. The case of the State vs. Charles LeMay, rape, set for trial December 16, was continued on motion by defendant until January 8, 1908. In the case of Harriet E. Haviland vs. Grant Haviland, suit for divorce and alimony, appearance was entered for the defendant by William Drew and D. D. Heller & Son. A motion to quash was filed in the case of State vs. Isadore Kalver and Will Hurst, maintaining a nuisance. Judge Merryman said he would rule on the motion Mundy morning but thought it probable he would over- . rule the motion. Judge Edward O’Rourke was here today, acting as special judge in a number of cases which are before him. In the W. H. Niblick estate a motion was filed to withdraw final report filed November 16, a later one having been filed and same was granted. A motion for a new trial was argued in the case of Kalver & Hurst vs. William L. Gunder, the mule case in which the plaintiff was awarded $20.00, the motion being filed by the plaintiff. The motion was overruled and the cases taxed to the plaintiffs. In the case of Haugk & Woods vs. E. Fritzinger, street lien, $1 000, a rule to reply by December 21st was made. J. C. Sutton has entered appearance for the estate in the claim of Anna Inninger vs. Amos Admr. A rule to answer by December 21st was made in the case of Anson Van Camp vs. Decatur Oil & Gas company. o Y. W. C. A. Every body likes good entertainment and will even travel to get the benefit of the best talent that is on the road. The Young Women’s Christian Ass’n popular lecture course will present DeWitt Miller, the generally known and liked lecturer, at the Wayne street M. E. church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Dec. 16, 1907. This will be the first of a series of five entertainments to be held at the same place under the same management between this date and April 3, 1908. Following DeWitt Miller will be the Temple Male Quartette with a reader of marked ability—Russell H. Conwell, Pres, of the Temple College, Phila., Pa. —Packard the Cartoonist, giving a very interesting illustrated talk and last the Gamble Concert Party bringing before the public Mr. Ernest Gamble, the distinguished basso-contralto; Miss Verna Leme Page, concert violiniste, and Mrs. Sam Lamberson plane virtuoso. Season tickets $1.50. Single admissions 50c. Tickets on sale at door. FOR RENT—An eight-room house on south Ninth street. Inquire of Mrs. Fetzer, at Millinery store. 299-3 t The lady who lost her purse about a month ago. containing money, handkerchief and key can secure same by calling at this office and describing SOOCt same.

I The Greatest Opportunity of the I I Season for People of this Vicinity I I T° BUY YQUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS I It is seldom a ent price sale is made on Genuine Limogee Haviland China $£ || Ware, but that is what we will offer our patrons for two days B I Saturday and Monday I We sell our Haviland at all times lower than other china stores but for this sale we offer the following cut prices; Regular Price Sale Price 4 dozen Teas Ists .40 $ .30 2 dozen Fruits, 4 1-2 in2o .10 2 dozen Fruits, 5 1-2 in3o .20 2 dozen Individual Buttersls .10 2 dozen Plates, 5 1-2 in2s .20 2 dozen Plates, 6 1-2 in3o .23 B 4 dozen Plates, 7 1-2 in3s .27 B 2 dozen Plates, 8 1-2 in4s .34 2 dozen Coupe Soups, 6 1-2 in3o .23 1 dozen Bouillon C. & SSO .38 1-2 dozen Sugar and Cream, 2 tass 3.00 2.50 2 only Cream, 6 tass7s .57 2 only Sugar, 6 tass 1.50 1.13 2 only Sauce 80at2.25 1.69 2 only Covered Butter 2.00 1.50 2 only Pickle6s .49 4 dozen covered Casseroles 2.75 2.07 2 only Baker 1-30 .97 2 only Salad 1-40 1.05 2 only Dish, 10 inßs .64 2 only Dish, 12 in„ .... 1.60 1.25 2 only Dish, 14 in 2.70 2.03 2 only Dish, 16 in 4.50 3.40 2 only Chocolate Pot 2.00 1.50 2 only Chop Plate, 11 in 1.65 1.15 E This ware is all guaranteed to be the highest grade Haviland and will make £ fe beautiful Xmas gifts. Bring your premium cards along. Watch our window. £ I NEW PREMIUM STORE I I J, E. Moser & Co. Props. I

flhr nlmnn (I n U u Uu 11 u Men and Boys Apptecate Overcoats Rain Coats Suits Shirts Hosiery Sweaters Gloves Hats Caps Mufflers Handkerchiefs Suspenders Neckwear Cuff Buttons Scarf Pins We have a fine assortment of these gifts and we feel sure they will please you. Trade early while stocks are complete. Holthoues, Schulte | Co. Good Clothes Sellers for men and boys.

V KWRE TOOD\ i'f'l S' \ \\Wo Im or Water touche* \ / Jr*, / / \ ustALsmrr A / \ \,No them veal Preventive \ /■ II 1 V ttS * 4 \L/ /ffirtTry * ' I Hatunl FUwr. Prevhnevs V <IQ H r The New Way The Old Way No water, no preserva- Water, preservatives, ice tives; oysters in a sealee. and oysters all together white enamaled case, ice into a stale wooden tub. outside SEALSHIPT OYSTERS, shipped in the new way, received daily in SEALSHIPT CARRIERS. ANDERSON & BAKER WATCH FOR OUR CAR of XMAS. CANDY The Packard Music House of Decatur Is a salesroom, selling direct from the Packard factory at Ft. Wayne, to the consumer. We are in position to sell you a better piano or organ for less money 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, and your 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 Ind