Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1908 — Page 3

Enter the Old Store With New Styles Wearing time for work and V dress shoes is just ahead. Choosing time is now. First ; aSiSm ; because of selection; second E ■Mpv 4 to insure your being readv ' for the first touch of warm ' J weather. U \'A V i y*. Tqgue Shoe Store

WEATHER. Fair northern, possibly showers southern portion tonight or Thursday moderate temperature. -tir - ■ U._..11_ i — i Miss Bessit returned to Fort Wayne last evening. Dr. J. Q. Neptune is suffering from a severe cold. J. C. Steele was a Fort Wayne business caller today. Squire Drew, of Geneva, was here on legal business. Ed Bultemeier was a caller at Berne Tuesday afternoon. Dyonis Schmitt was a business caller at Portland today. Ben Waggoner, of Monmouth, was a business caller here. Bob Gregory is a business caller at Fort Wayne today. Squire Smith returned last night from a business call at Portland. Mrs. Caroline Smith, of St. Marys township, is still in a serious condition. Councilman Burns was a Portland visitor yesterday and returned last evening. Dr. H. E. Keller was a Portland visitor yesterday and has returned to the city. Mrs. E. E. DeWitt is attending the state encampment today at Fort Wayne. E. E. Zimmerman left last evening for Grand Rapids, Mich., to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. Amstutz, of Berne, arrived to be the guests of Mrs. Sam Schindler. Barney Terveer went to Portland this morning to look after business interests. John Grend, of Fort Wayne, returned home after attending to business here. The person who found the collar and had it advertised, please return it to this office. Daniel Beeler, of Bluffton, was a visitor at the home of J. H. Tettman last evening. Mrs. L. L. Fouts and two daughters of Bluffton, passed through the city enroute to their home from Geneva where they have been visiting. Mrs. Harriett Beidler. of Elkhart, who has been the guest of her sister Mrs. Isaac Peters for some time, went to Fort Wayne today to make a visit.

There’s No Question About our line of Oxfords O/ being the snappiest that ever Wrl came to town. All of the Jvwl new things will be found here. Dainty Coonials with New Yearl Buckles, Copper r&r Tan and Shiny Patents with large Bridle Buckles. Butu[ tons, Bluchers and Pumps. X Take a look in our show © windows. CHARLIE V OGLE WE DE The Shoe Seller.

Dan Haley has returned from a business trip to Portland. James K. Niblick was a business caller at Portland today. William Butler made a business trip to Monroe this morning. Mont Evans has returned from a business trip to Geneva. George Worden has returned from a business call to Portland. John Yager made a business trip to Portland this morning. J. Fritz, of Geneva, arrived this morning to transact business. Mrs. Charley Colter and son Robert are visiting friends at Fort Wayne today. Attorney A. P. Beatty wont to Winchester this morning to look after legal business. Barton France made a business trip to Geneva this morning in the interest of his laundry. D. E. Lauferty, of Fort Wayne, came to the city this morning on his regular business trip. Mrs. D. E. Hoagland left for Fort Wayne this morning to attend the state encampment. Miss Mae Parrish arrived from her home as she was called to the bedside of her cousin. Councilman Jacob Martin went to Portland this morning to be a witness in the. Coffee trial. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Juday and two children arrived from Geneva, to visit with Al Burdg and family. Rev. Klausing was called to Fort Wayne to the bedside of Miss Anna Bieberick who is very low. Mrs. O. C. Fink left this morning for Bridgeport, 111., after visiting with her father. R. N. Andrews, for a short time. Attorney C. J. Lutz returned to Portland this morning to assist the prosecution in the case against Mayor Coffee. Mrs. Schmitt, of Delphos, Ohio, passed through the city this morning enroute to Bryant, where she will visit relatives for some time. Eben Nash, of Huntington, was her e yesterday in the interest of the • Markle IStone & Lime Co., selling crushed stone to his customers. Mrs. Charley Force and children left this morning for Sturgis, Mich., to make tliei 'future home. My. Force left Friday afternoon. He has gone into the moving picture business.

W. Kendall, of Willshire, was here on business. i C. A. Dugan left for a business trip to Willshire. i L. L. Green was a business caller at Bryant today. I Al Garard is at Montpelier, on a business trip today. < J. T. Welty left for his farm at Preble this morning. ’ Mrs. Purdy left this morning for Bluffton to visit her son. 1 Mrs. Mary Badders, of Monroe, was here visiting friends today. 1 J. A. Eckrote of Geneva, was here on business this morning. 1 Elmore Runyon, of Linn Grove, was a business caller here today. t J. B. Carter, of Pleasant Mills, returned to his home this noon. 1 Henry Hiers, of Petoskey, was here this morning for a short time. Chas. True left for his farm near Stop 13, to spend the afternoon. I Miss Nora Kemper left for her future home at Tipton county today. s C. H. Barker, of Bobo, is visiting at Pleasant Mills for a short time. I L. R. Straw returned to Ohio City this noon after being here on business. Mrs. Helen Berling left for Fort Wayne to see her son who lives there. H. S. Barker, of Bobo, passed through to Pleasant Mills on a visit. Miss Orpha Burkhead left for Monroe to visit her parents for a short time. Miss Betha Stoneburner was spending the afternoon with friends at Fort Wayne. Miss Ethel Rex left at noon for Bryant, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Charley Bonham. John Smithley returned to his hom e at Ohio Ciy, after seeing after his business. Mrs. Sherman Essex returned to Monroe after visiting her sister, Mrs. Jonas Tritch. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sales, of Berne, returned to their home after visiting friends in Ohio. Mrs. Gust Holbrock returned home at Hoagland after visiting her relatives for the day. W. H. Ayres, of Winchester, passed through the city enroute to Winchester to pay a visit. W. O. Fenstermaker, of Marion, is at Big Rapids, Mich., looking after real estate business. Miss Sylpha Sins, of Richmond. Ind., was the guest of Mrs. Ella Troutner for a few hours this morning. H. S. Mendenhall, of Marion, passed through the city to Big Rapids. Mich., to transact some real estate business. D. M. Hensley left this morning for a week's visiting at Atwood Lake this morning. He will be joined by several men from Fort Wayne and various places and duck hunting will be the main feature of the week. One thousand blank money orders, stolen from Station 129, Chicago, and raised to amounts varying from $125 down to SSO, are being passed on merchants in various cities in northern Indiana, southern Michigan and eastern Illinois. Judge J. E. Sturgis spent the forenoon at the court house. He is gaining strength each day and stated this morning that he would be able to go on the bench in the Blackford court at Hartford City next Monday. —Bluffton Banner. A number of boys in the central part of town are causing the residents much trouble by stealing milk and eatables from their refrigerators. A close watch has been made and the parties are well known and if it occurs again they will answer to the court. The Bowers millinery store is undergoing a complete overhauling at present. The interior is being decorated 1 and it presents a very neat appearance. Miss Black, a trimmer from ' Dayton, has been engaged to work at 1 this store this summer and she will 1 begin duties next Monday. • By a deal which was completed through the Smith and Rinear agency J this afternoon A. S. Brown disposed I of his 160 acre farm in Adams coun- i ty to Augsburger Brothers for sll,- t 200. Mr. Brown was suffering from f poor health and this was the reason ( for his disposal of the farm which was- one of the best in this part of £ the state.—Bluffton News. s The trial of D. A. Mosher, at Hunt- j ington, on a trial of muftfer, has E been postponed until March 25, on ; account of the illness of Dora Mosher, t daughter of the defendant, who Is ill in the woman's prison at Indianapolis, where she is serving a sentence for the crime in which her father is al- ' leged to have had a part. , Warsaw citizens have decided to s organize a county fair association and ] a committee was named to draft ar- i ticles of incorportion at once. The j committee comprises A. G. Wood, i chairman; C. W. Scott, J. W. Hover, , W. W. Reed. O. P. Smith, E. B. 1 Smith, Fred Berst, J. F. Lones, D. A. : Peterson and Perry Fawley. i

Mrs. Workinger, of east of the city, is severely ill. Charley Murray is at Marion attending to business. F. M. Schirmeyer is a Fort Wayne business caller today. Amos Proverb was a Fort Wayne caller last evening. Miss Gypsie Dorwin is reported as being on the sick list. L. A. Graham has returned from a business trip to Portland. D. E. Scott was a business caller in Blue Creek township yeterday. Mrs. Markley and baby returned to Bluffton after visiting hate. Fred Rockstroh is at Fort Wayne this evening calling on friends. Albert Pelz, of Fort Wayne, was here this afternoon on business. Mrs. Elizabeth Hart is on the sick list, suffering from complications. Ed Lyons left this morning on a business trip to Connersville, Ind. Surveyor L. L. Baumgartner made a business trip to Berne this morning. John Andrews went to Monroe this afternoon to look after business affairs. Henry Ehlering accompanied Rev. Klausing to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Kate Mylott is on the sick list suffering from an attack of lagrippe. Mrs. S. Hain left this morning for Jamestown, N. D„ to pay a visit to her parents. Mrs. W. Winch, of Fort Wayne, is paying a visit to her mother, Mrs. Marie Holloway. H. H. Burebnell, of Monroeville, returned to his home after being here attending to business. Mrs. Charley Dicer is spending a short time with her sister, Mrs. E. A. Hoffman at Preble. Charles N. Christen has returned from Portland, where he was a witness in the Coffee trial. Miss Mayme Mylott, of Fort Wayne, returned home after spending a few days with her parents here. Marshal Fred Bohnke was a witness in the Coffee trial at Portland today and returned this afternoon. Attorney Drew, of Geneva, was a business caller in our city today and has returned to his home. Mis. Andy Juday, of Geneva is spending a couple of days with Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdg and family. Mr. and Mrs. William Becker returned to their home at New Haven after attending a funeral here. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Money, of Fort Wayne, hav e come to the city for a visit with friends and relatives. Will Miesse will leave in the near future for Lander City, Wyo., where he will accept a position on a ranch. The St. Marys river is rapidly receding and at the rate that it is lowering it will be within its banks in a few days. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, has made a general denial to all the charges set forth against him and he claims that he will r ove h' •>- self innocent. Mrs. S. M. Dorwin and her granddaughter, Miss Noami Dugan, left this afternoon for Fort Wayne to attend a recital which will be given this evening at the home of Dr. Porter. An affidavit under the truancy law was filed at Berne today against Fred Steiner, charging him with keeping his ten year old son, Valentine, out of school. The case will be heard by Squire Liddy, of Berne. An attorney for Charles LeMay said today that he knew of no effort that was to be made to hav e the jail sentence suspended and that LeMay would probably serve the five mon*hs time in the Decatur jail.—Bluffton News. Auctioneer John Spuller conducted a very successful sale for Messrs. L. D. Griswold and J. D. Leavel! yesterday and the proceeds aggregated nearly $3,000. It is estimated that 1,000 people were present and Spuller handled them cleverly. J. B. Stoneburner, proprietor of the Pictorium, has an entirely new show for- tonight’s entertainment and it will no doubt be well patronized. The two and oe-half dollars in gold was given to W. H. Pletcher, agent at the Clover Leaf railroad A movement is on foot to organize a local base ball team for this year and a meeting in the near future to perfect plans for same. A very good amateur team can be gotten together here and the boys would no doubt be well patronized.Walter Pontius who has been located in North Dakota for the past five years, arrived in the city Tuesday morning for a visit with his father, i Sylvester Pontius, whom he had not seen in six years. Young Pontius had been to Cleveland, Oklahoma, visiting his sisters and before returning to North Dakota will spend a few days at his home four miles southwest of Geneva. His father is in the county hospital having undergone an operation a week ago.—Portland Commercial-Review.

Doesn’t this weather ''.’A 12a Make y ° U feel Hke y °° wantcd a lighter weight f Tr *" M - overcoat. v ' 1 ■-.< ■ XZtVyfo ■ a ~ V? Wy rhe top coat stlU ho ‘ ds a P lace in thc favor of 3# ' every man. z We have j ust rece ’ ve<i our new Hart Schaffner j/ rrmrWl and Marx Top—Coats for spring. ■ 7 MPM MWf Mv Best Styles and All Wool W' f '"A We h ave a n ’ ce assortmen- of these Coats and we’d / beglad to show them to you anytime. Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffner & Ma’” ———————————— Holthouse Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers For Men and Boys

Guy Dorwin is spending the evening at Huntington as a guest of friends. Eli Presdorf continues to improve and his friends hope for his ea r ly recovery. Thomas Peterson is spending Wednesday evening at Huntington visiting friends. Miss Ethel Ainsworth, of Fcr>. Wayne, has come to the city for a visit with friends. The people are much pleased with the present weather. In fact it seems too nice to last long. Mrs. Breiner, of east of town, continues to improve and she will soon have fully recovered. The witnesses who testified in the Coffee impeachment trial at Portland today returned on the afternoon train.

■ ■■■■■■ ■ ra aaaaaa ■■■■■■■■■ ■aa■ ■ ■ ■ imi a ■ ■ aaa aa a i BIG I Iblanketl I SALE | i i '■ ■ ■ Owing to being Overstocked with S WOOLEN BLANKETS we will offer g you the choice of any pair we have in White, Red and Grey as well as a IE choice lot of new Plaited effects at 20 ■ per cent discount from the regular retail price. Also we will allow the same discount injthe Cotton Blankets. ■ A Look Will Convince You ■ I ! I Niblick & Co. | 1 CALL EARLY WHILE SELECTIONS ARE GOOD g

LOOKING AFTER UNCLE NATE. Morton Hawkins, son of Uncle Nate Hawkins, of Portland, this state, was in Bluffton yesterday looking after the supposed fences of his illustrious father in his race for the congressional nomination. Morton called upon quite a few republicans of the antiCromer stripe and received scant comfort. His play of being neutral in the last race on the part of Uncle Nate has not gone down well in this county and the voters who refused to swallow Cromer are not taking very well to Mr. Hawkins. —Bluffton Banner. o All of the cases against the French township farmers for heavy hauling over the pikes have been settled, but one.

FOR JOINT SENATOR. Please announce that I will be a candidate for senator from Allen and Adams counties subject to the will of the democrats as expressed at their joint convention. S. B FLEMING. 0 FOR -TRUSTEE. The undersigned desires to announce his name as a candidate for Trustee of Wasnington township, sub ject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention, to be held at the court house, Saturday. March 21, 1908 . 59-12 t C. B. POLING. Mrs. C. W. Merryman returned to Monroe this morning after making a visit in the city with R. N. Andrews.