Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat Pueb*.nea Ewy Ewi ">» Except say, by LEW G. E LL I M G H A M. iubscrptw. Rates: Pw w*ak. by carrier 16 cent* ftr year by carrier .. >S Per Booth. by mail 25 eeeis Per ywwr by mail t 2 54 StagTe copies 2 rents Advertising rates made known oc application. b:ered at tk» poatc®* 4 * *t Decatur. Indiana as second class mail matter. j J. H. HELL E R, Manager The maiden effort of Congressman Adair was well received in the fewer boose of congress and dispatches say that he was paid greater considers.:.*® v-j attention '.han is usua.:y given a new member. Those who knew John Adair, however, realize how imposaible it is for him to long be stew. We venture the assertion that before the present session of c ngresa ends that he Eighth district represenativs win be about the oldest member there —no-withstanding ,ihe service of some m'-sbert darts# baek ihirt.r six years If the democratic state convention has any trouble getting a candidate that ran pull more than the party strength for governor. there is Mr Adair. He is making a mighty good congressman and would make ore of the best chief executives Indiana ever

had. He is » vote gutter and never tires of mingling with the people — Bluffton Banner. A Detroit woman sold her bus-ban-1 tor 1500. Too cheap. Why. some of the rich girts down in New York pay up in the millions for a husband. And even then do not get mnch more than a sort of a makeshift of a man. —Muncie Press. Notice to Contractors The Ward Fence Co. will receive bids until Tuesday noon. Jan. Sth for the construction of an 8 inch sewer, including that to be paid for by The Decatur Commercial club, is about 1.250 ft. 1 ng' also the construction of a A! w er line, about 700 ft long, according "o plans and specifications now ir office. The 8inch sewer, pipe and 4-inch wrought iron screwed j.ia: pipe will be furnished on grotr —contractor shall perform all labor in completing same. THe PCTORIUM TONIGHT The Clowns Love Story. A Night in Dramland. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, SONG. "Bye Bye Dearie.” j 3 aVONt e<_«NFR, Prop

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WITH THE LEAGUE Three Games Played by the Bowling Teams Last Evening K. C.’S TOOK TWO Post Office Team Defeated in a Series of Ragged Games STANDING Ptarei Woe. Lort. PctKondyke ♦ 5 4 ’**’ K of C < 2 4 Post Office 4 - 4 The Post Office and K. of C teams plaved their regular scheduled games last evening at the Klondyke alleys the Uter winning two out of three games and thus tying the Post Office team for third place. The feature of the games was the bowling of “Cottle" Shafer '*h* in the game* had a grand average of 224. This is the highest average made in a regular tournament game to d*’-*’ ind bids fair to stand for the remain der of the league race. Shafer was in magnificent form and made strike after strike, and it was practically through his efforts that his team won one game For the K. of C team Frank Johns did the best bowling his average being 165 for

the three games. On next Tuesday evening the Klotdykes and K. of C. reams will play. The following scares ; were made: Post Office. Shafer 241 22« 2»—224 t Smith 15d 183 145 —159 Mutchler .......123 115 ttfl—l29 Joseph 93 1» 99—lt*5 J Peterson .. .168 TT2 128 —156 775 819 728 K. of C. Berlfeg 176 141 169-162 W. Johns ... 115 119 143 —129' F. Johns 151 169 179 —166 Fullenkamp ....168 111 112 —136 Wemhoff 168 151 166 —161 778 692 768 REAL ESTATE Farm and city property to sell and buy. Come in and look over oar list. i Here are some or me few bargains: 80 acres. 5 miles from Decatur, on stone road, good buildings, close to school and church, for J 95.00 per acre. 40 acres, 414 west of Decatur, black soil good buildings, wire fenced; 4 acres of woodland; close to church: . 885.06 per acre. 80 acres. out on stone road; good building, rich land, >87.00 per I acre. 80 acres. 6 miles from Decatur; • good black soil. 12 acres woodland; good buildings; >82.50 per acre. And we have city property in all parts of the city, from >9OO to >5,000. We also make a specialty of renting and caring for property. KINTZ & WELFLEY ’ 21-30 t Decatur, Ind.

BRYANT SCHOOL CERTIFIED The Bryant high school has recently been placed by the state hoard of educatice on the list of certified school* Tt»»<» means that it* .graduates are eligible to teach tn the common schools of the state, and meet *8 he require--eet-.s of high *choc’l training reqrir-j ed by the provisions of the new la»’ J By this law. in add-tion to the ntgn school training aE t>eglnni=z teachers are required to take a twelve weeks' course in some recognized ■ training school for teachers. COURT HOUSE NEWS — Mrs. Voimer Files a Petition to Sell Property to Her Son TREASURER IS BUSY Making Up Road Tax and Preparing Spring Tax Receipts Attorney David E Smith fifed an action in court today entitled Anna Voimer vs Henry Voimer. petition to > sell real estate The petition show* that plaintiff and defendant are husband and wife, married tn 1866. that, the husband has been an inmate of • a sanitarium for many years. The building of the brick pavement on' Seventh and Madison streets cause! an assessment against Mrs. Voimer’s I property of >750 and she is unable to ■■ Rather than have her h.me I sold for lien. Mrs. Voimer prefers, and therefore petitions for the right . to sen same to her son Alphonse Vol- j men with whom she expects to make j i her home. County Treasurer Lachot and depu .-. ies are busy just now figuring the amount of rtad *ax to be assessed I against each farm. They are also: j filling out the tax receipts for the . spring installment of taxes, which may I be paid any time now. Clerk Haefling has his probate, eivii ' and criminal dockets ready for the - February term of court, which opens a week from Monday. The jury commissioners win meet next week, probably on Tuesday, to select the petit jury for the February term. Earl Reber, of Kirkland township, was arrested today on a grand jury indictment charging him with assault and battery on a young man named Heller. He gave bond in the sum of JIM. Notice to Contractors From the fact that none of the bids were according to the requirement*, we have decided to reject ail and start anew by making the requirements so plain that they cannot be misunderstood as they have been. The construction of which we will receive blds on until Monday evening at 6 p. m Jan. 29th.

First—We have decided to erect only foundations for the main or factory buildings, which includes the factory with pattern room attached hereto. and the Paint shop. Said foundations shall be built of good building stone, with concrete footings or con-I structed entirely of concrete. Bids‘ may be made on either or both con- - s: ructions and bids shall be made i with concrete piers IS inches square, to the top of present surface of ground I at time of constructing the fonnda-' tions for building. Then after filling I has been made tor the floors, they ! shall be completed to grade line and ; be no - le«=s than 12 inches square at. top. AH to be in accordance with the plans and specifications now on file in cur office. The Contractor shall do all excavating for the foundations and throw the dirt on inside of building or foundations. All concrete material to be thoroughly heated through at time of using and only hot water be used in mixing same. Yours truly. THE WARD FENCE CO. — o Roy Pike arrived home from a trip at India.iapolis Frank Pike, of Tipton county, camo to the city to visit his uncle. J. J. Summers arrived home from Tipton county where he was attending to business. Miss Minnie Leyse, of Craigrille, arrived in the city to visit her sister, Miss Rose Leynse. Mrs. Aaron DeVlnney and Ernst CoEelt left for & trip to Fort Wayne to visit her niece, Mrs. Ault.

THE AID SOCIETY 11 1 Held Splendid Session With Mrs. Dore B. Erwin Yesterday C. B. L. OF I. DANCE Euterpean Club Meeting Mrs. Frank Kern Entertained —Other Notes The Q. Q dub will be entertained by Mrs Kate Place this evening at I their regular weekly meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bell wi’.l be host and hostes* this evening at a masquerade party given at their home * OS B llview farm. Mrs. Cy Weavers is entertaining the . Ladies' Aid society of the Christian church this afternoon. The Rebekah lodge held a meeting i last evening to practice their dfffl work far next Tuesday evening when they will have initiation. ■ T%ere was nothing sj-ecial during ' the meeting of the K of P. lodge last evening only their regular mee.inr. The Baptist Ladies' Aid soeiety met . with Mrs. Samuel Shamp Thursday aTernocn at her home on Mercer avenue. Much interest was displayed during the meeting and a delicious two cowrse Itmchecn vis served by the hostess. The out of town guest " was Mr F France, of Pteasaat Mil’s, who spent the day with Mrs. Shamp. The Afterecwn club who is nixed ■ for the good times, spent a very cnI joyable afternoon Thursday at ’he heme of Mbs. P. J. Hyland. Fire small tables were used and twelve games of progressive pedro were play- ' ed The first prizes were two cut glass i tumblers, which were won by Mes--1 dames W. A. Kuebler and J. H ! Bremerkamp Fancy handerchirfs were awarded to the Mesdames Jas. Niblick and John Garard as second prizes, also handerehiefs were given to the Mesdames O. N. Snellen and Chas. Christen as third prizes. The closing feature the afternoon was an elegant three course luncheon. All the members were present The next meeting will be with Mrs. Chas. Vogiewede on Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. Anna Tthne was the hostess at a twrive o’clock dinner yesterday aom given at her home in compliment to Mrs. George Zlberg and Mrs. Fred Zoliars, of Fort Wayne, who were her guests during the day.

Miss Gecrgia Keibers was hostess at the regular weekly meeting of the T. M. H. B. dub last evening. The club game. progressive pdero, was played, and dainty gifts were given to the prize winners. who were: Misses Leona Harting and Bertha Knapp Immediately following the awarding of prizes a luncheon of two courses wag served. The outside guests, besides the members of the club were Misses Lena Meyers and Josephine Lange. The Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian church met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Dore Erwin at her home on north Second street. The plans for the coming year were arranged during the business period. One of rhe chief plans were to only have the three sections during the year instead of the ten which they have had for the past year. The chairman of the First section is Mrs. i John H. Heller. She. with her committee, have in charge the months of i January. February and March. The second chairman. Mrs. Jesse Sutton and her committee will take charge of the April, May and June months, while July and August they will have no meetings on account of the hot weather. The third chairman, Mrs. Chas. Dugan, and her committee will handle the meetings of September. October and November. The last month, December, the ladies will have no chairman, but will all work together. The chairmen will hold a called meeting and divide the ladies of the society into the sections. After the business was disposed of, the hostess. Mrs. Dore Erwin served a delicious two course luncheon. The attendance was remarkable and the collection amounted to fifteen dollars. There were several outride guests from the various churches and two out of town guests. Mrs. Wegger and daughter Louise, of Marion. Ind., who are the guests of Mrs. W. H. Wiley for s few days.

The danre given by -z the c K u of L fedse «« fcjrt was a access in e’«T »V <>«■ forty coupes attended. Ssp-C*-’ fiae music was rendered by Messrs. Frenk Udste. WUlie Badders and B J Metbers The merry dancer* dxne-d until a wee hour ct the mxnmg and then, closed with the old o»d dxm"Hcsne, Sw*< Home “ which S* dear every heart This wm the second ttot-e ever g!v« by this order and it goes to *»y that each one is growing very popular each time and are royal entertainers. Mr and Mrs. Frank Kern delightfully entertained a tew friends at progressive peanuts at their home o= north Fifth street. T»-ree tables, were used and twenty games wtre played. The first prize was awarded to M.-? Ceiia Mayer, and the booby was czp- [ tnred by Miss Tina Steefe after which | a dainty two course hmcheOß was served their guests, who were: Misses Tens Steele Ze.’ma Steele. Li.lie Steele. Alta Dibbfe- P»W BeiL C<?U * Mayer. Blanche Jeffries. Gala Nelson Mary Mimzx Messrs. Ben Hoagland. Pnuk Hurst. A company of young people left last evening for the country home of Mr and Mrs Ed Bdtemeier at Stop; IS They left o* the seven o clock J ear. arriving in time to spend the evening very pleasantly dancing and | playing cards. During the hours of: the evening a delicious luncheon was served by the hostess to the guests, who were Messrs. Boy Wolford Fred Jschker. Will Hoibrock. Cal Peterson. Henry Gerke. Mr. and Mr*. Will Zwick. Misses Emma Kuklehan. Minnie Macke, of Decatur. Ind.; Misses Lillian. Cara. Emma Heckman, Messrs. Harmon Bultemeier. Martin Heckman. Henrich Heckman. Hannon FAman. Fred Horetmeyer Charley Bnftemrier. Miss Minnie Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Koeneman. The Euterpean. another prominent literary society of thi« city, held their regular wee ing last evening at the home of Miss Midge Smith, of Second street. The program for the evening was splendid. The following numbers was splendid. The following Life and Works. Mrs. John Tyndall; Chamber music Miss Johnson: itnpromptu. Mis* Bess Schrock; description. “To be Sung on the Water.- by Miss Miller, sung by Miss Marie Patterson. comment* by Sir Geo. Grove, bv Miss Rose Dunathan; solo, “Hark! Harkl The art" Mrs. C. B. Wilcox; description of military march. Mr*. J. C. Patterson, played by Miss Myrle Beachler; art of Schubert, Mrs. E. B. Adams; description of Schubert’s serenade, by Miss Fanny Hite, and sung by Mrs. C. B. WUcox.

REAL ESTATE Dr you want to buy a farm? We have a large list of farms for sale located in this county at prices that wiii interest you. We also have some attractive propositions in Michigan timber and farm lands. We have sold 360 acres during the fall and winter and feel that we have some more good propositions there for buyers of cheap lands. Come in and see us before you buy. Among the farms located in Adams county we have an 80 acre farm located S miles from county seat. 3 miles from a good shipping point, buildings and outbuildings are ail in fziriy good shape, within S mile io school and good macadam road, well > fenced, well drained. Soil two-thirds sandy loam. An 80 acre farm located 5 miles from Decatur, good 7 room house, cellar, bank barn 36*66. good grainery wagon shed and com crib combined good water and wind pump, well fenced and fairly well drained. Price 370.00 per acre. 106 acre farm 5 miles from Decatur, on stone road. 1 mile to market and graded school, 4 room house, barn 30x40. buildings in fair repair, land one half black, remainder sandy los-n, well tiled, good outlet, outside fence wire, crass fences rail. Price 360,00 per acre. NORTHERN INDIANA REAL ESTATE CO. Office over Bums Harness Store o— ESTATE OF A. C. GREGORY, DECEASED. I Decatur, Ind. Jan. 23, 1908. “ To whom it may concern: Persons holding claims against Au--1 gustus C. Gregory, deceased, will ’ please present the same to me for settlement. LUCY J. GREGORY. ’ 21-12td—9-2tw — o a

Water rentals are now due I •and payable at the City Treasurer’s office. Please at--3 tend to this matter. r *** W. B. FULK, Supt

A GOOD PROGRAM Arranged for the C. W. B. M. to be Given Next Sun- , dav Evening CHRISTIAN CHURCH Some Facts About the Organization —-Establisha New Home At the Christian church next Sunday i evening a public meeting will be held ■by the C. W B. M and an excellent program has been prepared for the occasion. The ladies of this organization are accomplishing much in misstoaary work and each month they contribute their share to defray the expenses of same. A number of mission schools are conducted in the mountain district of the south by ’be members of this organization and industrial schools are conducted among the negroes in the sou h They also have mission schools in Jamaica, India. Mexico and Porto Rico all of which are doing much in I the civilization of the people. A mis-sfe-nary training school is to be built at Indianapolis during the coming year and a large sum of money has already been contributed for this purpose by several women of wealth. This new building is to be used as the headquarters for rhe C W. B. M. and people will receive instruction* there preparatory to entering the work of missionaries. The meeting of Sunday evening

BOSSE OPERA HOUSE Monday, January 27 Annual Tonr of that Verstile Actress Miss Dorrit Ashton IM "THE LITTLE DETECTIVE" A METROPOLITAN SUCCESS An Excellent Snpp< rtirg Company IMPORTANT To the first person sending in the correct answer to the following mathematical problem, will be given two tickets to the above attraction. No one connected with the opera house will be allowed to enter this contest. Place your answer with your name in an envelop, seal it up and take it to the Holthouae Drug store, where it will be placed on file. Every one in rotation. At 9 o'clock Monday morning. Jan Zl. the name and answer of the win- ner will be placed in the w.n dow. If it is your name step in and select your seats. THIS IS IT—READ IT CAREFULLY? If seven cats kill seven rats in seven minutes, how many cats will it take to kill one hundred rats in fifty minutes? PRICES: 25,35,50,75 c, Seats at Usual place iflß-jmiiiii J.. .MI ii I min imini ~ i nr i - urn mu CJig Thing Shoes! I r” \ We've been through our entire and shaken out ail the broken li« of Meqs. Women’s and Cniliren’ Shoes, and now we're going w g 0 J re some selling. t -7 These Shoes have been the ** 1 4/ s best Shoes, for the best ?>••• 5 J always come to short ends firs*-. Here's an opportunity to K e: good pair of Shoes for Much Less Than They ore Actually Whrth ■ ik is sod Not ali sizes in every line, to be sure, but we have every siz. line. , - voa e* 3 There's one point to remember about this Sale —it's this ÜB '.'; ia b \ soon there will be no use in coming at all, as the Shoes . They'll sell with a rush. Winnes Shoe Store

will be an mterewtiug one a« u ' cared by ’he following program Lxyrd’* Prayer in Concert Anthem «r Hymn by Choir Responsive reading of 95:h Hymn by Cbair. Some facts about the C W. B. and iU Centennial aims ! Seng. Reading: ‘ The Vision trf the Cress’ What I Know About the C. W. B M ; -- - Talk by Mrs. Song by choir. Report of Year’s Work by Seermay Reading: ‘What have you done twj ly » ’■ Collection and appeal for new neai . octi Mrs Voluntary remarks by any one preset’ Song by choir and congregation.. Bringing in the Sheav M Benediction A cos-dial invitation is extended — ' " Arthur Clark, of Monmouth, returned home at noon. Al! Elks are requested to be present this evening at the regular meet, lag Important business will be trace acted at this meeting and it is essential hat all be present.

u..:..: ' . THE CRYSTAL U-TH EAT RES OPEN TONIGHT MOTION PICTURES. r First film—“Clctoria Falls." (Cxtn r good.) ‘‘Accidents Will Happen ’ Second film —“Elephants in India.’’ r “Tp to date Burglar.'* ILLUSTRATED BONG. t ' Where the Morning Glories Twite - Around the Door “ SCHMUCK & MILLER