Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1908 — Page 3

IffiTfOifwnß® HERE THEY are—look fine £MNKn W e never had the pleasure of showing such a handsome lot of LADIES SPRING FOOTWEAR All colors Patent, Gun Metal Calf, Golden Brown and | Tan, Vici Oxfords. Sailor Ties, Pumps,Button and Buck- | L. at prices that will also please. ■ . Ladies, call and see them; they will gladden your vision of this spring's elegance in footwear. Tague Shoe Store

WEATHER. Showers tonight and Saturday; rising temperature. RAILROAD BULLETIN GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA. Northbound. No. a. daily 1:28 a. m. No. 7. daily ex. Sunday 7:57 a. m. No, 3. daily ex. Sunday... .3:07 p. m, Southbound. No, «. daily 12:47 a. m. No. 13, daily ex. Sunday.. .7:16 a. m. No. 2, daily ex. Sunday... .1:16 p. m. ERIE. Westbound. No. 7, daily 1:41 a. m. No. 9. daily 3:06 a. m. No. 21. daily ex. Sunday... .10:10 a. m. No. 3, daily ...1:18 p. m. East bound. No. 13, daily 2:15 a. m. No. 8, daily 5:35 a. m. No. 32, daily ex. Sunday... .2:00 p. m. No. 4, daily 3:26 p. m. T. ST. L. & W. R. R. Westbound. No. 1, daily 5:50 a. m. No. 3, daily 10:32 a. m. No. 5, daily 9:51 p. m. No. 33, daily local ex Sun. .10:32 a. m. Eastbound. No. 6, daily 4.52 a. m. No. 2, daily 12:28 p. m. No. 4, daily 7:90 p. m. No. 22, daily local 1:15 p. m. Daily Interurban Schedule THE FT. WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RAILWAY CO. Trains Leave Trains Leave Decatur Ft. Wayne 5; 50 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:30 am. 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00p.m. 4:00p.m. 5:30p.m. 5:30p.m. 7:00p.m. , 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. ll:00p. m Theater parties taking the 7:00 p. m. car will arrive at Calhoun or Berry streets. Fort Wayne at 8:10 p. m. The last car leaving Fort Wayne at 11:00 p. m. will wait until after the show.

One More Day To buy your Easter shoes or oxfords. We busy selling the finest goods that ever came to Decatur. Come to’J?B morrow. to CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE The Shoe Seller.

W. E. Fulk is a business caller at Marion, Indiana, today. Frederick Hoffman was a business caller at Fort Wayne today. J. S. Bowers made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. FYank Hull went to Fort Wayne yesterday to visit friends for a few days. Vint Homer, of Portland, was in the city and later went to Hoagland on business. Mr. and Mrs. E. Woods went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. Miss Jennie Woods left for Fort Wayne on the 7‘57 train to spend the day there. Mesdames C. M. and M. E. Hower spent the day at Fort Wayne today. They left on the 8:30 car. Representing the Huntington Business College, H. H. Hollopeter was a business caller in our city today. French Quinn, of Paragould, Ark., is in the city on a business mission, and will remain a few days. John Smithy, of St. Marys township, left for Fort Wayne on the 8:30 car to take treatment from a specialist. W r . H. Fledderjohann has returned from Cleveland, Ohio, where he has been looking after interurban business. Mrs. Morrison and Miss Hattie Studabaker left for Fort Wayne this morning on the 8:30 car to spend the day. L. Corbin, the veteran painter, has been engaged to take charge of the painting department at the Coppock Motor Car company. Fred Hayward left on the 8:30 car for Fort Wayne and Van Wert where he will look after the interests of the Decatur Packing company. A. P. Beatty went to Fort Wayne this morning to represent the defendant in the case of Erie Stone company of Huntington, against Calvin Miller. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hughes left for Sturgis, Mich., to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Force,who formerly lived here, for a few days. They were accompanied by their grandson, Glen Gessinger. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stophlet. who have been the guests of Mr. F. W. Dibble and family for several days, returned to their home at Toledo, Ohio, by the way of Fort Wayne, where they will visit Mrs Harve P. Evans for a few days.

r Carl Wordelman went to Fort Wayne to spend a few days, s Mrs. C. J. Lutz/ who accompanied her daughter Jean to Oxford, Ohio, p returned last evening. Miss Goldie Draper left for Fort e Wayne last evening to be the guest F of friends for a few days. Misses Lucia and Flo Straibinger > spent Sunday as the guests of friends 1 in Decatur. —Willshire Herald. Miss Adelia Ranke who has been > visiting relatives here returned to her 1 home at Fort Wayne last evening. Joseph Sprague arrived from Berne t last evening to visit for a couple of 3 weeks with I. L. Babcock and family. Mrs. E. M. Schnitz. who has been r visiting relatives for a few days, re- • turned to this city yesterday evening. Mrs. C. H. Asbury and children, of " Berne, came here yesterday evening to visit with Mrs. E. M. Schnitz for > a few days. The G. A. R. post at Huntington has secured a condemned cannon to ’ be mounted in the court house yard " in that city. I George Bowers, a captain in the U. S. army, home on furlough, is here for a visit with his cousin, County Surveyor Harvey Sark. His home is in Adams county.—Bluffton News. . The deal for the purchase of the Kirby House in Muncie by A. M. Tyler, proprietor of the Wayne hotel in this city, has been abandoned and Mr. Tyler will devote his entire attention to the local hostelry.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. Mabel Ecker, 15 years old. daughter . of Mr. and Mrs. David Ecker, near Nappanee, has mysteriously disappeared and friends have been unable to get any trace of her whereabouts. She left a note asking her parents not to worry over her disappearance. Nathan Meyer, proprietor of the Pioneer Hat factory at Wabash, has placed his affairs in the hands of Isaac Beitman and Harmon Wolf as receivers. In a statement made to a meeting of creditors Mr. Meyer placed his liabilities at $325,000 and his assets at $355,000. Sylvester Pontius accompanied his son-in-law, Vernon Pontius to Portland city hospital Saturday, where Mr. Houser was operated on for appendicitis on Monday by Drs. Brokaw and Bockoven. Mr. Houser is recovering from the operation nicely, and it is thought will soo nbe all right again. —Geneva Herald. Articles of incorporation of the Sout: Bend and Logansport Railway company have been filed with the secretary of state. The purpose of the corporation is to build and operate a street and interurban line from South Bend to Logansport, which will pass through the towns of Lakeville. Lapaz, Plymouth, Argos and Rochester. Joseph M. Crooks, of Washington, D. C., an agent of the bureau of statistics from' Washington, D. C., is in Bluffton for the purpose of securing data for the department in which he is employed. He has spent most of the day at the offices of the Marion, Fiji iiff tip n & 'Eastern Traction company, accumulating figures on the new traction line. —Bluffton News. A meeting of the Adams county, Ind., and Mercer county, Ohio, mutual telephone people was held at Berne, Saturday. These mutual concerns are independents and non-charter organizations, and as a result are shut out from communiciation with the outside world except upon sufferance of some chartered company. The independents are making an effort to form an alliance with a view to becoming a chartered organization, in which event they become common carriers and will be entitled to common carrier privileges under the charter laws of the state. —Willshire Herald.

i Mr. Ward arrived from Marion this I noon. H. G. Yager made a business trip to Huntington this morning. Mrs. A. R. Bell went to Monmouth on the 10:00 o’clock car to spend the day. '*• Frederick Bienz went to Schumm, Ohio, to attend the funeral of Jacob Bienz. William Fryback returned to his home at Willshire after being in the city on business. Mrs. Mary E. Reinking left for Schumm, Ohio, to attend the funeral of her father, Jacob Bienz. Miss Kittie Watts will visit over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ladig at Fort Wayne. Miss Ena Sawyer returned to her home at Bluffton after a pleasant visit in the city with relatives. W. S. Longhenry, of Fort Wayne, returned to his home after a pleasant visit with Marsh Burdg and family. Today is Good Friday at the St. Marys church. Services were held this morning at nine o’clock and also this evening. All Knights of Columbus are requested to be present at the hall Sunday morning at 5:30 a. m. to attend in a body to Holy Communion at St. Marys church. W, H. Stnlts, of Lakeville, Indiana, came from Grainfield. Kansas. While there be purchased 320 acre farm. He formerly lived in Decatur and will visit with relatives here. A new addition has been made to the city base ball team in the person of Curley Ellis. The team will indulge in a good practice Sunday and every member must be present in uniform. The new two horse power electric motor which will be installed at the shop of F. E. Smith has been ordered and will be here in the near future. Frank is a progressive business man and he is keeping up with the times.

The Home of _ v GOOD FURNITURE Gay & Zwick have demonstrated long ago that they carry thebestand most complete line of furniture in the city. The prices we quote are absolutely fair and m reasonable. The furniture is nothing but first class, ineluding the very latest designs and the latest styles of home furnishings. If you are thinking of purchasing new furniture this spring it will pay you well to inspect | | Our Mammoth Stock of Furniture before going elsewhere. We are confident that a glance #4 ' 3■, y at our stock of well selected, good, substantial, furniture .y>-i will be conclusive evidence that we have the kind of h ' J goods you are desirous of purchasing. '■ — GIVE US A CHANCE TO PROVE IT WE FURNISH YOUR HOME AT REASONABLE COST As house cleaning time is here, do you not think it good policy to discard that old cubbard and save the steps of your wife, mother, sister or daughter for future time by placing a new Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet in the kitchen. They are reliable, durable, convenient and will last a life-time. Different sizes, styles and prices. We sell them. VISIT OUR STORE AND INSPECT our complete line of Pianos and Organs. Never before, m the history of our stor«* have we carried such a select assortment of these musical instruments. CALL ON US ANY TIME 1 a ‘ ♦ 1 Wc will be glad to show our A 4A COMPLETE LINE OF COUCHES, DINING b 1 ROOM TABLES, CENTER STANDS, DIVANS, goods at any time and when 1 > BED ROOM SUITES, CHAIRS AND CABINETS. in the city) make our store your headquarters. ytf Fi/i rzj Sqhblv'iwtifi ® g y Store Open Until 8 p.m. V -S- GAY eg ZVVIOK

A. B. Baiiey, of Monroe, was here on business today. L. A. Graham made a business trip to Monroe today. J. M. Frisinger was a business caller at Geneva, Ind., today. Mrs. of Geneva, was a business caller today. S. Shepherd, of Monroe, was a business caller here this forenoon. J. H. F. Christener, of Fort Wayne, transacted business in the city today. Rank work was conferred at the K. of P, hall last night and a delightful time was enjoyed. Today was a busy day for the St. Marys river. Many fishermen were teasing the finny tribe. Mr. McCollum, of near Geneva, was a pleasant caller in our city and he has returned to his home. Mesdames J. H. and Hilbert Hoblet cf Willshire, were in the city on business and returned home this noon. Mrs. George Morris arrived tins noon to visit with Mrs. Fred Beil. She was accompanied by her children. Charles Colter returned this noon from a business trip in the interest of the Smith and Bell Lumber company. Dr. J. M. Miller and wife left over the 1:18 train for Chicago, where the doctor will take a post graduate course in a medical college. The Ward Fence buildings are being rapidly constructed and from all appearances will be ready for occupancy by the latter part of May. John Fuhrman and children of Matthews, Indiana, who has been visiting with H. A. Fuhrman and family returned to his home this morning. Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Haist left for Olney, Illinois, this morning after being the pastor of the evangelical church for four years He will begin his new charge in the above named place. The best wishes of Decatur citizens go with the reverend and his family.

Mrs. Perry Hoblet returned to her home at Willshire this noon. Joel Liddy returned to his home at Berne after transacting business here ' today. Miss Mazie Burnett went to Venadocia. Ohio, to visit with Mr. and Mrs. | I Joseph Lower and F. F. Freeh \ went to Frencn townsiip this after- I noon on business. R. M. Broadwell, cf Lafayette, has I been visiting friends in this city went I to Berne this afternoon to visit relatives there. Mrs. Walter Nash arrived from Am-I boy, Indiana, to visit her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Coppock and sis.er, Mrs. Charles Hawkins. Ray Duff arrived ft om Marion,where ' he is attending nuimal and left for Berne this afternoon to visit with relatives Easter Sunday. The grand jury whicn is now in session at Decatur has already called several from this end of the county upon their carpet.—Berne Witness. | Mrs. Eli Ray, of Mcnroe, passed through the city enroute to Elkhart, Indiana, to be at the bedside of her son, Chas. Kern, who is seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Harvey who were married last evening at the Presbyterian parsonage, went to Fort Wayne this afternoon enroute to their new home at Linesvalle, Pa. Andrew Blowers, east of town, has applied for apatent for a new brooder. It is the result of Andy’s five years’ study and work, and he certainly has an improved brooder. He calls it “The Old I’e’ Safety Brooder.” Its dimensions ..re 3 by 10 feet and 2 feet to the eave of the roof. It has so many advantages over any other kind of brooder, that it seems the invention ought to find read ysales. Frank M. Cottrell is his attorney to secure the patent, and the Berne Lumber company will be the manufacturers. — Berne Witness.

Burton Niblick made a business trip to Kalamazoo, Mich. L. C. Waring made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. W. H. Fledderjohann made a trip ■to his farm this afternoon. Mrs. W. E. Brushwiller is visiting at .relatives for a few days. ' ~ Miss Mollie Walker went to RichI mond this afternoon to attend the funietal of a relative. Miss Lola Baker left for Fort Wayne ; this afternoon to be the guest of rela- : tives for several days. Mrs. S. C. Lee arrived from Fort j Wayne to visit her mother, Mrs. Caro. line Grote, who is seriously ill. Miss Pearl Burdg will go to Milford as a delegate to the Presbyterian Sunday school convention at that place, and also to attend the Presbyterian convention for a few days. From there she will go to Pleasant Lake on Tuesday to attend a house party given by the Mesdames Crampton. I The principals in the case entitled Erie Stone company vs. Calvin Miller et al went to Fort Wayne today to Ihresh out their trtnible in court. Peterson and Moran are representing the plaintiffs, while the defendants’ interests are being taken care of by attorneys A. P. Beatty, D. D. Heller and C. J. Lutz. The case will last un- : til tomorrow night. The Euterpean club were entertained by Mrs. D, E. Studabaker at her home last evening. Mesdames C. B. Wilcox and F. M Schirmeyer had charge of the program and the lesson for the evening of the famous composer of music, Franz Listz. Officers for the ensuing year were elected and are Mrs. J. C. Patterson, president; Mrs. John Peterson, vice president; Mrs. Earl Adams, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Nachtrieb, secretary cf correspondence. The usual attendance and interest was shown last evening. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. John Tyndall in two weeks.