Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1908 — Page 3

It’s Up To You As we have prepared ourself with a shipment of the best V work shoes that ever was \ carried in Decatur. They are ■/ built for wet and hard wear. ■ A Style size and width to suit !Mr J wIBsI aSLW all. Now if it is not wet feet V" BV Tague Shoe Store

WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably Sunday; colder extreme north portion Sunday. ■ I I'll T»- ■■ rniin - nm |,| Al Fritzinger was a caller in the city today. Dr. Rainier is improving some each day. Mrs. A. R. Bell was at Fort Wayne spending the day. Mrs. Fanny Cole is spending the day at Fort Wayne. Joe Teluking is a caller at the sale at Hoagland today. Christen Gotsch left for a business trip to Hoagland, Ind. Miss Pansy Bell left for a day’s visit at Fort Wayne today. L. G. Ellingham returned from Indianapolis last evening. Everett Rebbry, of Geneva, was a business caller here today. Geo. Zimmerman came home last evening from a business trip. Miss Blanche Hoffman left last evening for Fort Wayne to make her home. Miss Rose Smith came home from Monroe to spend Sunday with her parents. Sherman Kunkle, of Monmouth, came to spend the day attending to business. Attorney Jacob Butcher came to the city this morning to transact legal business. Mrs. Alexandria and son Leslie are spending Sunday with her parents at Fort Wayne. Mrs. Alvey Elzey left on a visit to Lagrange to visit her brother for a few days. Miss Hazel Thomas is spending Sunday with Miss Minnie Burr at Monmcuth. Ind. Assessor John Feltz. of Wabash township, was a business caller in our city today. James Zimmerman, who has been teaching at Geneva, came home last evening to spend Sunday with his parents in the coutry. The water was so hifeh at Monmouth that a number of men were kept busy placing sacks of sand along the interurban to prevent a wash out. Mrs. Katherine Cline who has been visiting her daughter and families here for seven weeks, returned to her home at Monroeville this morning.

Its Wet Enough To make you V We've got your size just fresh from the factory. Ball ||| Brand kind. ■9 $3.50 and $3.75 Charlie Voglewede The Shoe SeHer.

Miss Martha Fonner, of Stop 24, was here Friday evening on business. F. V. Mills returned last evening from a business trip to Fort Wayne. Frank Bremerkamp spent Friday evening at Fort Wayne with friends. Charley Force left for his future home at Sturgis, Mich., last evening. Mrs. Liddy Boldner, of Berne, arrived last evening to tranact business. Mrs. Mary Good returned to her home at Delphos after visiting her sick brother here. John Spuhler, the auctioneer, left for Hoagland this morning where he will cry a sale. Fred Ostermeyer accompanied Wm. Spuhler to Hoagland this morning to attend the sale. Miss Bessie Parker left this morning for St. Johns, where she will visit for a short time. Mrs. Agnes Andrews was suffering very severely with an attack of the lagrippe yesterday. Mrs. Sarah Chronister left this morning for Michigan, to visit relatives for some time. Miss Blanche Ralston of Geneva, came to the city to be the guest of friends for the morning. Mrs. Julian Ainsbaugh and two children left for a visit with former’s niece at Fort Wayne. Charles Doehrman returned to his home at Williams this morning after transacting business here. Miss Freza Brink, of Louisville, Ky., returned to her home this morning after being the guest of Mrs. G. W. Knorr. On her way home she will visit friends at Indianapolis. Rev. L, S. Fisher, of Kokomo, arrived last evening to ta]ce charge of the quarterly meeting at the Evangelical church. While here he will be the guest of Rev. B. A. Haist. Rev. S. S. Condo, of Marion, will preach at the Presbyterian church tomorrow. his theme being “Man His Only Biographer.” Rev. Condo comes highly recommended and will no doubt be greeted by a large audience. T.he annual harvest of the maple syrup and maple sugar crop in northern Indiana has begun. Many camps have been opened is Kosciusko county and farmers report a greater flow of sap than at any Zim e in the past ten years. The weather aonditions have been particularly favorable for a good season.

Mr. Brown, of Monroe, was a business caller in our city today. Mrs. Millie Martin Is visiting friends at Fort Wayne for a few days. Mrs. Geo. Drill, of Ellsdon, 111., returned to her home today after being the guest of her many friends. Joseph Hocker was a pleasant caller to our city today and returned to bis home on the afternoon train. Mrs. Mary E. Hendricks, of Montoe, arrived last evening to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Graham. Miss Roxey Dudgeon returned to her home at Willshire. Ohio, after visiting Dr. Tilson and family at Berne. Frank Mills has arranged to take a course of electrical engineering by correspondence and will begin same at once. Mrs. Margaret Meibers and Rose Tonnellier returned from Louisville, Ky., where they have been spending the winter. Both have improved in health. Miss Mabel Metts, prosecuting witness in the LeMay case, and her cousin, Miss Maud Worley, returned to Ft. Wayne this morning after attending the trial. C. C. Schug, a member of the Schug Bros, hardware firm of Berne, and Isaiah Hockenberry living near Bernie. • were business visitors in Portland Friday.—Portland Commer-cial-Review. On the evening of April 13, Prof. H. L. Mackintosh, president, of Wabash college, will deliver an address to the patrons of our public schools. Mr. Mclntosh is a speaker of ability and will no doubt be heard by many of our citizens. Rev. Spetnagel, of Rockford, who has been engaged to occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church of this city, will move here during next week and begin his ministerial career in Decatur next Sunday. Rev. Spetnagel is possessed of rare speaking ability and will prove a valuable man to this charge. Despondent over domestic differences of a trivial nature, Adelbert B. Clark, a Lake Shore employe at Elkhart, swallowed a fatal draught of carbolic acid Wednesday evening, while his wif e and her sister looked on in ignorance of his intent. After gulping down the acid Clark said “good bye" and dropped dead. Reports from east of the city are to the effect that four more cases of smallpox were discovered Thursday in the German settlement. Another child of . Daniel Gerber became sick and there is also a case reported in the Jeff Gerber home. Two of Oral Gilliom’s children also became sick with the disease this week. Quarantines have been established at all of the homes. —Bluffton News. Abe Boch returned yesterday afternoon from a business trip to Berne, Geneva, Portland, Ft. Recovery and Lima, where he was in the interest of the Decatur Horse Sale company. While gone Mr. Boch secured a large number of fine horses and they will easily find a new home. Buyers for this company are scouring the state for good horses and they always have them on hand when the sale opens. The time of year has come when the people are contemplating the purchase of spring clothing and dry goods and our progressive merchants have arranged to meet the demands of the people. The ;dioe merthantsi dry goods merchants, clothiers, and in fact all of our hustling business men have bargains in store for their patrons and it will well pay all to watch for their announcements in the columns of this paper. The court room was taxed to its capacity last night when Attorney J. C. Moran for the defense and Emshwiler for the state submitted their final arguments in the LeMay rape case. The pleas were replete with oratory- and Attorney Moran made a great plea for the liberty of his client. The court’s instructions consumed nearly an hour’s time and was absolutely fair to both the state and the defendant. That Rev. W. E. McCarty, of Portland, well known in this city, and probably the oldest active minister in this conference, has won the admiration of the people wherever he has been is evidenced by the fact that his many friends are petitioning the North Indiana conference to select him as a delegate to the Methodist Episcopal general conference to be held at Baltimore, Maryland, in the near future. —Bluffton Banner. That there has been a marked decrease in the number of persons convicted qf murder in Indiana each year since 1905, js shown by official reports. It is shown that the number committed to the state reformatory for murder in 1907 was nineteen. All these, of course, were sentenced on charges of manslaughter. The number committed to the state prison on the charge of murder in 1907 was thirty-three. Os these, seventeen were sentenced for manslaughter charges, the sentence being from two to twen-ty-one years in each case,

DITCH CONTRACTS WERE LET. The Beery Ditch and Its Branches Sold. Surveyor Baumgartner today awarded the contract for the J. Beery ditch and its branches as follows: Main ditch to George Martin $256; Yake branch D. C. Zimmerman $1,557.68; Mr. Zimmerman also secured the Norris branch $2,573.99 Babcock branch $29.99, Hilga branch $889; Adler branch went to William Adler $421; Moser branch, William Adler $46; Crum branch, J. H. Beery $25; Wittmer branch, Clyde Pease $459.25. J. Newhan left for Hartford City to work. C. W. Sanders left for a visit at Toledo. Ben Pillars of Stop 27. was here this morning. Miss Mildred Steele left for Fort Wayne on a visit. Mrs. Henry Dillinger left for a visit at Willshire. Ohio. Miss Cora Crill is spending Sunday at Pleasant Mills. Mrs. Adam Dean is attending the funeral at Monmouth. Mrs. C. W. Crider and baby are visiting at Fort Wayne. M. J. Sawyer, of Bluffton, was a business caller here today. T. C. Evans was attending th e fun eral at Monmouth today. Mrs. C. E. Burr, of Monmouth, is here this afternoon shopping. Mrs. E. L. Fox. of Bluffton, is visiting at Geneva with friends. Mrs. Miles Sowles went to Cedarville, Ind., to see her sister. William Gephart, of Preble, is a Fort Wayne business caller. Miss Rose Leyse is spending Sunday at Bluffton with friends. Mrs. Elzey Allen attended the funeral at Monmouth this afternoon. Miss Emma Steele left for Bluffton to visit her sister, Mrs. Rovey Venis. Mrs. Philip Gephart arrived home from Ohio City, where she was visiting. Eli Engle, of near the Washington church, was a business caller here today. Lewis Yager arrived from Toledo to accompany his sister on a trip south. James Brown, Jr., of Kirkland township, was a business caller in our city today. C. O. Bebertson returned to his home at Brownstown, after being here on business. Mrs. David Miller returned to Monroeville, after visiting her brother, John Bowserman. William Stephen and Samuel Lochner. of French township, transacted business here today. Mrs. Kate Elzey and children arrived to visit Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Nelson and family. Miss Nona Mcßarnes returned to her home at Pleasant Mills after visiting her brother Wade. Sam Barger, of Kirkland township, looked after business relative to ditch affairs in our city today. Floyd Spahr and Ralph German, of Wren, Ohio, passed through here today .enroute to Fort Wayne. C. Rybolt, of Indianapolis, was attending to business here with Mr. Sawyer, of Bluffton, this morning. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Scvhwartz, of Van Wert, have returned to their home after making a visit in the city. Misses Helen Doswell and Edith Biadyl of Fort Wayne; arrived to be the guests of Miss Bessie Tonnellier. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ramsey and baby, returned to their home at Toledo. after visiting the latter’s parents here. Rev. F. F. McClure, of Wabash, passed through to Berne, where he will fill the pulpit over Sunday in a church. J. McCarty and Fred Hubner, of Kirkland township, were business callers in our city today and have returned to their homes. o FOUND —A ladies’ collar marked 25 cents. Call at this office. FOR SALE—Two registered shorthorn cows, will be fresh soon. L. H. Boknecht. R. R. No. 3, Decatur, Ind. 55-et THE PICTORIUM TONIGHT Fatherhood. Miser Hoard. Drunkenness. •ONG. “Nobody’s Little Girl.” J. B. BTONEBURNER. Pr*p-

I Let The Okl Hat Go The 1903 Spring Hats are Here New Colors, New Shapes WE SELL THE FAMOUS “LONGLEY” I The Best $3.00 hat make. It will pay you to spend a little time ? with us looking these hats over. WHEN MAY WE SEE YOU? Holthouse Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys

Cg==THE RYSTAL ■THEATRES OPEN TONIGHT MOTION PICTURES. One film—“ When Cherries are Ripe" "The Dispatch Bearer.” . ILLUSTRATED SONG. “Good Bye, Mary Dear." SCHMUCK & MILLER NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE. Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor, Me., speaking of Electric Bitters, says: "It Is a neighborhood favorite here with us.” It gives quick relief in dyspepsia. liver complaint, nervousness. ■ weaknes sand general debility. Its . purifier makes it especially useful as a spring medicine. This grand alteraction on the blood, as a thorough > ative tonic is sold under guarantee at Page Blackburn drug store. 50c.

Another New Department We most cordially invite every lady in this • community to call and a inspect our new line of Iliw wAr U ft. M Ladies Spring AWvA Jacket Suits n km \\ A f i'A We are confident we /// I have the best line of //I IW\ tailor made garments <</ I I Av-1 to be had in the market. We will advertise this J jj i line by our exceedingly low prices. Don’t Buy Until You Have Seen Our Display Embroideried Heatherbloom Skirts to match any costume. Come in and let us show them to you. M. FULLENhAMP

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