Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1908 — Page 3

Shoes.for January

ague Shoe Store

WEATHER. oday and Tuesday; moderate ] ' iMlperaiure, r.i. . ; rfßart France is on the sick list sit- ' ferine with lagrippe, • Hhafayette Baker is on the sick list MMMfcerina from lagrippe, ( ■ J. B. Holthouse made a business trip tKjackson. Mich., this morning. i Hl. F. Tisron returned last niuht f;oni W flsit with relatives at Bluffton. K&aron Van Buskirk, of Hoagland, a bnsiness caller to our city today. ‘ ■fcesse Niblick left this morning for Mich., to attend a directors’ ’ .iweiiag.

B. F. Brokaw, who has been ill S|Bh lagrippe for several days, is much EKhbroved. Knarry Fritsinger, of Fort ■ Wayne, Kp*' Sunday in our city the guest Hl©? his parents. Miller spent Sundav at. Fort the guest of hi" brother, J. Miller au-J family. ■Elmer Johnson left Sunday for burg, where he will conduct a Aerial horse sale this week. K.G W. La.ughery, of Colfax. Ind., arMved In our city last evening and is HKiting with friends and relatives K. Bell, who represents the Wells HSirbo Express Co., at Fort Wayne, Kftent Sunday in our city with his Killy. H. Fledderjohann is home from MHpna. Ohio, where he was attending ■J'fci matters pertaining to the interwban. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Peters returned KB*’ evening from an over Sunday fcjrtsi' with Mr. and Mrs. Erman Mpntat Bluffton. |R R. France returned to Alliance. Ohio, last evening after making a visit here with his mother, BKrs. Belle France. gfMr. and Mrs. Isaac Peters were the of their daughter. Mrs, Er9faa'. Mentzer, at Bluffton, yesterday «Skt: returned last night, BThe common council will meet in ■hguHr session tomorrow evening ami up matters of interest to the <Hty s welfare. Reports on the Roop g£Dd Lenhart sewers will be submitted jfSjhnl the street and sewer committee HStili at this time report on the petiKfcon submitted at the last meeting as |io the bricking of Sixth street. Nu■Bterous other matters will come up Kill of which will make the meeting interesting.

A REPUTATION

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Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller.

We have some nobby styles in patent leather and box calf for men, and in patent leather and plump kid for women that are made for winter wear. The uppers are just the right weight, the Soles plump and of extra quality, cork filled, to prevent leaking and the style is not sacrificed. These are ideal shoes for cold weathr. Come in and see them.

D. D. Heller was a legal caller at Portland today, Mike Miller is on the sick list suffering from lagrippe. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Sullivan were visitors at Portland today. Carl Ernst made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Burt Green made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. R. K. Allison was a. visitor at Bluffton yesterday and returned last right. Charles B. Yobst spent Sunday at Fort Wayne the guest of friends and I relatives. Mr. and Mrs. William Haag went to Berne this morning to make a visit

with relatives. Mrs. I. Acker and son Levi, returned this morning from a visit with Samuel Acker at Geneva. Mr. and' Mrs. Henry Reiter, of Fort Waytie, spent Sunday in our city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Reiter. Bert Ibbotson, of Briant, returned io his home this morning after looking after business affairs in our city. Miss Elma Valentine returned from Monroe this morning, where she was the guest of her parents over Sunday. Miss Rosa Smith returned to Monroe this morning to resume her school work, after spending Sunday with her ■ mother. Charles Dutcher has accepted a po1 sition as clerk in the Lindsley cigar store and assumed his duties the later i part of last week. ’ A number of Decatur people went ’ to Fort Wayne last evening and saw “Lena Rivers” in her latest producI tion at the Majestic theater. Frank Kern has taken the city agency for the Watkins’ Medicine company and he will no doubt prove the . right man for the position, as he is a . hustler. ' Columbus Baker is at present confined at the home of his parents, Mr. ' and Mrs. Lase Baker on north Scond street suffering from a very severe ’ attack of rheumatism. Columbus has suffered for years with this disease ( and seemingly can secure nothing that ! I gives him relief. -' On tomorrow the remains of A. C. •' Gregory, that for one week have lain II in the vault at the cemetery, will be ■ removed and buried in the family bur- ■ ial plot. The G. A. R. will have charge ; of these services and will perform their • ritualistic work at the grave. Thus i will the remains be laid to rest in ; accordance with the plans of the deI ceased made before his demise.

This store has a reputation for schilling the best rubbers. That’s the reason we sell so . many. THE BETTER THE GRADE THE BETTER THE TRADE

Bismark is in the city again, D B. Slaettf was called to Wauseon, Ohio, on business. A. Van Camp is a business caller at Wauseon, Ohio. J. W. Brown, of Fort Wayne, was a business caller in the city. Jacob Tester left for a visit at Wauseon. Ohio, with friends. James Davis, ot Portland, was a business caller to our city today. Manry Zwlck, of Wiliams, was in our city today attending to business. Eli Sprunger left this morning on an extensive business trip through Michigan. The meeting of the Menu-Ates waspostponed until a later day on account pt sickness. Reuben Miller, of Decatur, spent Sunday with his brother-in-law, at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Sam Potts, bf Fort Wayne, returned home after visiting with Mrs. L. H. Veigler. Robert Allison. Jr., has returned from an extensive business trip to southern Cities. Nat Kosenwinkel, of Fort Wayne, was spending Sunday in the city the guest of friends. Mrs. Herman Gerke returned home from Fort Wayne, where she was visiting for a few days. Nelson May, of east of Decatur, left for Fort Wayne to visit his nephew, who is seriously ill. Miss Vastia Forner, of Indianapolis, returned home Sunday after visiting with N. A. Forner and family. Mrs. Lena Hart returned home from Fort Wayne Sunday evening, where ■she spent a few days with frinds. Edison Brock returned to his home at Fort Wayne this morning, after spending Sunday with his parents. Miss Della Sellemeyer returned last night from Warren, where she was the guest of her brother Abert, over Sunday.

The Masons will meet Tuesday evening in regular session and it is earnestly requested that all members be present. Miss Celeste Wemhoff and Anna Clark attended a theater party given by Miss Clara McQuiston at Fort Wayne last night. John Sedwick, of Martinsville, returned' to his home this morning after spending Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdg. Mr. and Mrs. F. Marhenke was called to the bedside of his father, Henry Marhenke, at Fort Wayne, who is seriously ill with lung fever. The Modern Woodmen have postponed their meeting from Tuesday 'evening until Wednesday evening. All members wlil please take notice. D. M. Hensley has on display in his show window a new specimen in the way of the feathered tribe. The specimen is four beautiful quail in a covy and resembles very much the way the birds are found when out hunting. This is one of the prettiest specimens Mr. Hensley has and is being admired by all. The baggage wagon belonging to the transfer line has been given a new coat of paint and re-lettered and now presents a very attractive appearance. New side curtains have been put on and it looks like a new outfit. Mr. Holthouse is very progressive and likes to keep everything looking clean and up to date. Daniel Haley informed us today that he had reopened his meat market on Monroe street and again invited his old customers to call and see him. The shop was closed by Wm. Fronefield, who at first was supposed to run. the same until the. first of the year. Mr. Haley will keep a fresh supply of all kinds of meat on hand and solicits a share of your patronage. A new show will be introduced this evening at the Pictorium entitled “Chrysanthmum" “Nurses’ Strike,” "Wrestling Girls” and "Mr. Inquisitive.” These are all new films never having been shown in Decatur before and are hound to please the public. Mr. Sioncburner is trying to please the public and will continue to put on a new show every evening. Miss Bertha Shady, of near Tocsin, entertained at her beautiful country home, a few of her friends Sunday. An elegant dinner was served to which every one did justice. Music was furnished by Erwin Engle. Those present were: Misss Edna Fohl, Margaret Fetzer, Ethel Shady, Lizzie Knapp, of Decatur; Messrs. Erwin Engle, Clem Yager, Oscar Shady, Theo. Hunt, Martin Jaberg, Ed Miller, of Decatur. One of the gayest and most delightful events was the slumber party, given by Miss Mildred B. Leiter, at her home on Fifth street jn honor of Miss Polly Beall of Fort Wayne, last evening. The evening was spent in various amusements until a wee hour of morn. The girls took a long walk, this morning about the city before school. They were: Misses Frances Cle Noam! Dugan, Opal Harruff. Ruth Buhler, Mildred Leiter, Ethel Elkhart, of Poitlauld; Polly Beall, of Fort Wayne. /

J. Smith is a Fort Wayne business paller today. J. W Edwards is at Fort Wayne mi bus Imm. Mrs. Eli Ray, of Monroe, left for her home this noon. Mrs. Samuel Howard, of Monroe, was shopping in the city today. D. M. Rice, of Monmouth, was a business caller to our city today. Frank Rumschlag. of Marion, was a business caller to our city today. Miss Letta Gressle, of Hoagland, arrived in the city this afternoon to shop. Miss Jacobs left for Berne, after making a visit with Miss Lilah Lachot over Sunday. J. D. Williams. Frank M oil tor and William I. Aubrey, o f Fort Wayne, I were on a pleasure trip in the city this mottling. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Augsberger, of J Berne, returned from Fort Wayne, where they were spending Sunday. They left on the noon train for their home. Godfrey Christen received a telephone message from Geneva this morning conveying the glad news that , gas will be turned on at that place i tomorrow. Mr, Christen told them to turn it. on here also and it is quite j probable that Decatur will again be supplied with gas by tomorrow. Rasty Witham, who for the past six months has been employed at the Aruthur Russell barber shop, has resigned his position and returned to his home at Fort Wayne, where he will remain until the base ball season I opens up. Rasty fully expects to be ; in the running this summer and has 1 had several flattering offers from surrounding leagues. o ’ A PERSIAN SERVANT."” He Was Poetical Even if Useless and Dishonest. In ci j way Persia reminds one dimly of England, for there are such things as difficulties with servants even in Teheran. The author dismissed one of his servants, who, as he had been a tailor, was incompetent to do anything but sew on buttons. The man protested, “What will become of me now that I have been eating your salt for such a Jong time and am driven out into the streets?” He was reminded that he had only been employed for a fortnight. He answered that he felt it had been for years. He was told that he was no good, but his volubility only Increased. “How can Ibe no good after having stayed with you? Can you forget what Sa’di said: ‘A piece of clay having fallen into the Hammam from my beloved’s hand into mine, I said to it, Art thou musk or ambergris that I am drunk with thy perfume, which catches at the heart?* It answered: ‘I was but a worthless piece of clay, but I was in company with a rose for a moment. This companionship transformed me or else I should still be the same piece of clay that I , was.’ ” One can pity the state of an English mistress confronted with such an argument. The author kept his servant another week, and he remarlis disconsolately that in that time he discover- . ed that if the tailor was a poet he was also a thief.—London Globe. ADVERTISING. The Mightiest Factor in the Modern Business World. "Advertising is today the mightiest factor in the business world,” writes Truman A. De Weese in System, the Magazine of Business. “It is an evolution of modern industrial competition. It is a business builder, with a potency that goes beyond human desire. It is something more than a ‘drummer* knocking at the door of the consumer, something more than mere salesmanship on paper. "Advertising is a positive creative force in business. It builds factories, skyscrapers and railroads. It makes two blades of grass grow in the business world where only one grew before. It multiplies human wants and intensifies desires. The result is that ft forces man to greater consumption, hence stimulates his production to keep up with his buying desires, "Before advertising was developed into a fine art and before it became a factor in the commercial world the business of the manufacturer and merchant was to supply the normal needs and desires of the human family; merchandising was bounded by man’s necessities and by bls meager knowledge of the luxuries which he deemed within his reach.”

Ralph Johnson returned home this morning. —o NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The Ward Fence company will receive bids at their office until Tuesday, January’ 21st, for excavations, material and construction of the foundations, floors and walls of their new factory and office buildings according to plans and specifications on file in their office. 12-4 t WANTED —Family laundry to do. either at home or residence. Mrs. Emma Del'laghsm. 15-6 i

THE PICTORIUM 10AIABT Chry&anthc-mum. Nurses’ Strike. Wrestling Girls. Mr. Inquisitive. SONG. “Goodbye, Mamie.” J. if. a ro>» c au RH fcA, i»rop I»UBkiC SALE The undersigned will offer at public auction at the Albert Butler farm three miles northwest of Decatur on the river road, at ten o’clock a nr,, on . Thursday, January 30, 1908. the fol- | lowing property, to-wit: Eight head 'of horses, 1 match team bay Geldings. five and six years old, weight 3,400 1 bay mare weight 1,400, 4 years old, with foal by Belgium sire; 2 yearling colts, large enough to work; 1 driving Gelding, sorrel, 6 years old, weight 1,100, city and lady broke; 1 black gelding 8 years old, good worker; j match team of brow-n mules 3 and 3 years old, well broke, Six head of ; cattle, consisting of five cows will all I be fresh in the spring, 2 of them are full blood Jerseys; 1 two-year-old heifer; sheep, 12 head of ewes, with lamb and one buck. Hogs: 3 brood sows, Duroc; to farrow the first of April; 23 head of shoats, will weigh 100 pounds. 150 head of chickens. Implements—Binder, mower, hay j rake, Black Hawk corn planter, 1 ridj ing and 1 walking breaking plows, 2 walking cultivators, fertilizer, grain drill, disc, spring tooth harrow, *2 3-inch tire wagons, one new; 1 patent wagon bed, hay ladders, 2 set of dump boards, tank heater, 2 set of double harness, 1 set of single harness, 1 top buggy, clover seed buncher, 1 land roller, hay in mow, oats in bin, corn fodder, five Scotch Collie dogs, full blood.

Terms —All sums of $5.00 and under cash in hand; all sums over $5.00, a credit of nine months will be given by purchased giving note with approved security, with 4 per cent off for cash. FISHER & BUTLER. JOHN SPUHLER, Auct. o ■ FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DECATUR PACKING COMPANY. Capital stock authorized at $ .50 per $1.005100,000.00 Amount of Capital Stock Subscribed and paid at 50c on SI.OO 41,100.00 Assets. Buildings, machinery, equipments real estate and retail 5t0re5.550,242.01 Stock on hand 19,755.71 Bills receivable 7,516.37 T0ta1577,514.69 Liabilities. Bills payable, including borrowed money $35,705.69 Capital stock paid in 41,100.00 Orders issued' and unpaid.. 709.00 T0ta1577,514.69 State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: We, the undersigned, upon our oath swear that the abovp and foregoing statement of the condition of the Decatur Packing company, of Decatur. Indiana, on the 14th day of January, 1908, showing the amount of capital stock, the amount of the assessments made and actually paid in. and the amount of existing debts, which said statement or report is hereby signed and verified by the president and a majority of said directors and the sec retary of said company. FRED SCHEIMAN, Pres. C. D. LEWTON. Secy. M. KIRSCH. Director. H. F. SCHEIMAN, Director. ♦ JOHN S. BOWERS. Director DANL. N. ERWIN, Director. Subscribed and sworn, to before me this 18th day of January, 1908. DORE B. ERWIN, Notary Public. My commission expires June 6, 1909. The condition of Clyde Nichols is to a certain degree much worse today. The young man failed considerably last evening and as a result was very weak today. It is the opinion of his physicians that he cannot last much longer.

C W R YST A L WH EATRESS OPEN TONIGHT MOTION PICTURES. First film —“Deßeers Diamond Mine ot Kimberley, S. A,’’ "Neighbors Who Borrow.” Second film —“After the Fancy Dress Ball.” “In an Ann Chair.” ILLUSTRATED SONG. “Won’t You Be My Girlie ” SCHMUCK & MILLER

• A High Class Farm • 1 bMM * : FOR SALE • . ... • . • * 100 ACRES OF GOOD WALNUT LAND IGO ; * Black sandy soil, with new farm buildings * * modern in every way, well fenced, in good * * locality of Adams county. Thi s a model « * stock farm and a bargain for any one who wants a farm of this kind. Enquire at this * » office. * » * «. X

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uits to Order $20.00 Cash We have a number of patterns that we will close out at the above price as long as they last. See our South Show Window

Holthouse, Schulte & Co Merchant Tailors BOSSE OPERA HOUSE Three Big Nights Commencing Monday, January 20 CORA LAWTON MITCHELL AND COMPANY OPENING BILL I Ill'S ■ 8 VAUDEVILLE ACTS 8 Strong Plays -- nmrcc in on *2 An Ladies free cn openr KlLtjiiV, ZU, JVC, ing night jf accompanied by one paid 30 cent ticket bought before 6 p,m7”Seat sale commences Saturday morning at 9 I o’clock at the usual place.|

T. A. Cooper, of Berne, returned to Fort Wayno on business, then to his home, this morning, after delivering two excellent sermons at the Christian church.

NOTICE It has become necessary for us to transfer our local representative, Mr. L. F. Alexander, to our Warsaw branch temporarily. However, Mr Aexandcr is per manently located at Decatur and parties being desirous of purchasing good standard made pianos at factory prices can leave word at Mr. Alexanders residenc, 114 S. Third St., and he will give same prompt attention. The Packard Music House North fside*of the'Decatur Public Library Decatur Ind

Mr. and Ms. A. B. Hedrick left thia morning for Decatur, where they have been summoned to the bedside of Mrs. Hedrick’s father, J. T. Johnson, who is seriously ill at his homo in that city.—Bluffton News.