Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 236, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1908 — Page 3

This small space repre sente the Largest and cheapest store of its kind in the state of Indiana. SPECIAL SALE ON GRANITE SAT. OCT. 3. All 35c GRANITE OCa During the dayZvu One look at the bargains is convincing evidence. ;Why not walk a block farther and save 25 per cent MOSER’S China and Notion Store.

WEATHER Fair tonight and probably Saturday; ■ rising temperature. RAILROAD BULLETIN GRAND RAPIDS <£. INDIANA, Into Effect Sunday, June 28. Northbound. No. s—Dailys—Daily 11:28 p.m. No. 7—Daily 7:57 a.m. No. 3 —Daily, ex. Sun 5:15 p.m. Southbound. No. 4—Daily 2:29 a.m. No. 12 —Dally, ex. Sun 7:16 a.m. No. 2 —Daily, ex. Sun 1:11p.m. No. 16 —Sundays only 8:56 p.m. ERIE. Into Effect Sunday June 21, 1908. Eastbound. No. B—DallyB—Dally 5:28 a.m. No. 12—Daily 2:00 a.m. No. 22—Daily, ex. Sunday. .2:00 p. m. No. 4—Daily 8:26 p.m. Westbound. No. 7 —Dally ,1:52 a.m. No. 9—Daily 3:12 a. m. No. 3—Dally 12:46p.m. Na 21—Daily, ex. Sunday. .10:10 p. m. No. 15—Daily 7:30 p.m. T. ST. L. A W. R. R. No. 2 —Frankfort to Toledo, Ex. Sunday 12:45p.m. No. I—Toledo1 —Toledo to Frankfort, Ex. Sunday 12:22 p.m. Na 3 —Delphos to St. Louis, Ex. Sunday 7:21a.m. No. 4 —St. Louis to Delphos, Ex. Sunday 7:57 p.m. No. s—Toledo5 —Toledo to St. Louis, daily .’ 10:17 p.m. No. 6 —St. Louis to Toledo, dally 5:05 a.m. No. 9 —Sunday only, Toledo to Frankfort 10:44 a.m. No. 10 —Sunday only, Frankfort to Toledo 7:07p.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. 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30p.m. 7:00p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.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.

bi For The Business Man to Remember. We give the quickest r turn on out of town collections-results on your drafts by personal presentation— transmission of mopey on foreign and d miestic points at lowest cost and maximum safety Old Adams County Bank

Fred Hoffman was n business caller at Berne today. Frsnk Center was a business caller at Bluffton today. Mrs. Eli Sprunger is spending the day at Monroe with friends. E. M. Peoples made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Henry Miller, of Geneva, was here this morning transacting business. Mrs. Jennie Studabaker is at Fort Wayne today doing a little shopping. Charles Good went to Bluffton this afternoon to attend the fail festival. A number of Decatur people went to Bluffton today to attend the big tair. G. W. Rupright, of Preble township, attended to business in this city this morning. The heavy frost of last night played havoc with fruit, especially late peaches. Catherine Watts went to Bluffton this afternoon to be the guest of friends for some time. Squire Armantrout, of Geheva, was a business caller in our city today and has returned to his home. Mrs. W. S. Cross and Miss Rose Hoffman went to Richmond this morn* ing for a short visit With friends. Mr. J. S. Bowers made a business trift to Rochester, Ind., this morning In the interest of the Decatur Packing i company. The new cigar called the Evening Star, manufactured by H. A. Cclchln Is finding a ready sale among the lovers of the weed. Mr. Alfred Steit has retunred to his home at Montpelier. While here he was in the employ of the Wemhoft Monumental Works. Mr. and Mrs. Mann Woods and their daughter. Mrs. Harry Wilkinson, went to Fort Wayne on the ten o’clock car to spend the day with friends. Mrs. R. Earl Peters and daughter Leah went to Bluffton today to remain over Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Errnan Mentzer. The funeral of Miss Flora Berning will be held from the St. Johns church Sunday morning at eleven o’clock, leaving the house at ten o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pifer, who have been visiting in the east for some time, changed cars here this morning on their way to their home at Bryant. Hon. Nate Hawkins, candidate for congressman, was in the city this morning enroute from Pleasat Mills, where he spoke last evening, to his home at Portland. Oscar Hoffman, who has been at Chicago on business for several days, returned home this afternoon. He also visited with his sister, Mrs. Walter Plew at Gary, Ind. Bills are out announcing a meeting of the Bryan and Kern Thirty-Cent Club at headquarters Monday evening. Speeches will be made by local politicians. Every Democrat should attend and join this club. Word from Miss Ethel Botthoff, who recently submitted to an operation at St. Joseph's hospital. Fort Wayne, for appendicitis, is that she Is improving nicely. She will be able to return home in a few days. Judge Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Republican candidate for joint senator ■ in Adams and Allen counties and Nai than B. Hawkins, better known as "Uncle Nate,” were here last evening and made an automobile trip into the country. Ptiobably ’the largest check ever issued to a farmer for corn raised by ' himself was to Jack Canavan, of Lena, Green county, lowa, who sold 9,897 bushels at 71 cents a bushel, making a total cf $7,026.85. Mrs. C. Foreman and Mrs. Jesse Roe went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with Mrs. Fred Oakley, who is confined at the Hope hospital taking treatment for her eyes. The attending doctor thinks he can save the eye without an operation. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Owens, of Mound City, Mo., who have been visiting here with her cousin, George Bauserman and family in the country, went to Akron, In<l., to- visit relatives before returning home. Mrs. Owens was raised in this county. D. M. Hensley returned from Rome City last night where he had been closing up his cottage for the winter. He entertained a party of Decatur men at his cottage this week who were there on a fishing expedition. He says that fishing was very poor for this time of the year. George Braun takes exceptions to articles which have been appearing in this paper from time to time concerning him and the base ball dope. George is the original Detroit fan in Decatur, has backed them all summer and is still willing to do so for money, marbles or chalk. If any of those fellows who have been slandering him by circulating contrary reports about him, desire to back any other team, they should now put up or shut , up.

Dr. Aspy, of Geneva, was a business caller here thi H morning. A. P. Beatty went to Winchester this morning on professional business. | Mrs. Rh< da Mahon went to Van j [Wert last evening for a short visit with friends. C. J. Weaver has returned frem Bluffton, where he attended the carnival yesterday. Mrs. R. C. Rupert has returned to her home at Briant after a pleasant ■ visit here with friends. Chas. Good went to Bluffton today to attend the street carnival, being held there all this week. Miss Esta Tague returned this afternoon to her home at Portland after transacting business here. Mrs. Sarah Kessler went to Monroe this afternoon to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sol Brandyberry. M. S. Smith, manager of the Decatur Furnace company, made a business trip to Richmond this morning. Mrs. W. Wittwer went to Berne this afternoon to make a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Sam Schindler. Mrs. James Bain is at Fort Wayne, visiting her nephew, Mr. Jack MeTeeley and family for several days. Mrs. D. B. Ford returned to Geneva this afternoon. She was here attending the damage suit at the court house. The carpenter work on the new Grand theater is almost completed, and everything will be in readiness for the opening Monday evening, October sth. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Egiy, of Chicago, who have ben visiting Mrs. James Watts at Monmouth, went to Fort Wayne last evening to visit relatives before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Schafer, of Dallas, Texas, have returned from a several weeks’ visit at different points In Michigan. They will visit here until the last of the month and then return to Dallas. Marlon Ketchum, G. W. Brewster, W. V. Buckmaster, Andy Miller and Squire Armantrout returned to Geneva this afternoon. They were here as witnesses in the Ford-Shoemaker and Anderson damage suit. Mrs. John Hodges, of Fort Worth. Texas, who is spending several months with her father, Rev. C. King and family at Geneva, passed through this city Thursday enroute to Geneva from Dunkirk, where she visited with Mrs. George Bales. —Portland Sun. The Warsaw reunion of the Twelfth Indiana Infantry association closed by electing W. H. Benentt, of Warsaw, president; John Wltzell, of Peru, vicepresident; John Lingel, Huntington, secretary, and John Peterson, Warsaw, treasurer. The officers will name the next meeting place. Wednesday evening a train load of soldiers, ■members of the Michigan National Guard, consisting of perhaps four hundred officers and privates, passed through this city enroute from Fort Benjamin Harrison to their respective home cities. They have been in camp at the Indiana headquarters for the past ten days or two weeks, following the vacation of the Fort by the Indiana, Ulnols and Virginia troops. The train was composed of thirteen coaches and was transferred to the G. R. & I. railroad from the Big Four lines at Winchester. At the recent national convention of the Elks in Dallas, Texas, a new emblem was ordered as a designation of members of the lodge. Immediately afterward representatives of different firms were in this city making an attempt to dispose of what they termed the new badges. C. R. Smith bought a certain quantity of these and disposed of a few. A letter from the secretary of the grand lodge arrived a short time after with Information that these were spurious and should not be sold. Mr. Smith wrote for information to Gustav Fox & Co., and found that they had applied for a right from the grand lodge to sell the badges. They promised to protect Mr. Smith in the sale and the local dealer will hold the badges until the grand lodge acts. —Huntington Democrat

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INFANT BABE DEAD. Herman, the fourteen months' old babe of Mr. and Mrs. George Smitley, died last night at 11:30 o’clock, after suffering frem ailments peculiar to infancy. The funeral services will be held Sunday and interment will be made at Mt. Taber cemetery. — o . Judge O’Rourke, of Fort Wayne, is in the city a guest of Mr. L. C. Waring. Mann & Christen today installed a double I beam at the Noah Ark building, which makes it perfectly safe in every respect. The $4,000 damage suit brought by D. B. Ford against Shoemaker and Anderson of Geneva, will probbaly go to the jury some time this evening. Little Miss Fanny Heller Is quite sick with an attack of what at this time appears to be biliousness, and is bemoaning the fact that she bad to miss the very last day of the first month of school. Mrs. Fred Linn and son and Mrs. Charles Elzey, of Decatur, are here visiting with friends and relatives and taking in the fair. They were guests for supper last evening cf Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson. —Bluffton Banner. A chimney burned out at neon today at the home of Mrs. Bedie Schlegel, near the Clover Leaf railroad and caused the fire company to make a run. The damage was small, the blaze being out by the time the fire laddies arrived. Quite a number from here will att< nd the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the St. Paul Lutheran church al Preble Sunday. They will dedicate their new pipe organ in the afternoon, which was recently installed by a St. Louis firm. Tomorrow at one o’clock Prof. Numbers will start on his endurance test at piano playing. He will play nn the piano in the Evans. Winters & Co. booth. Much comment has been made on the test and the length of time he will be able to play will be closely watched. —Bluffton Banner. A. G. Schonaeker, traveling representative for the Coppock Motor Car company, arrived in Decatur from a business trip to Terre Haute, Lafayette and several other cities in that vicinity, and he reports very favorable prospects. Many people are contemplating the great commercial car. Edward Collier paid the SI,OOO alimony which was assessed against him in the decision of Judge Sturgis in ! the divorce case of his wife. He paid $195 in gold. He intended paying the entire amount in gold but was unable to get the remainder at the time. The remainder was paid in paper money. One of the bands on the streets today is called Pierce’s Peerless Cornet, or the deputy sheriff’s band. A band was needed for the day and Charles Pierce gathered up nine players around town and they furnish good music. The Bluffton city band also is on duty today and it and the new Peerless will play the rest of the week. A contrivance belonging to Harry Stundahaker, located in the alley beside the Stogdill ft Oettinger grocery causes much amusement. Three trials are given for ten cents at climbing a swinging ladder at the top of which a dollar bill awaits the one who can steady the ropes long enough to reach the top, something very few can do.— Bluffton Banner. J. V. Gerry, of Montpelier, was in the city toay. Mr. Gerry came to this county 71 years ago and was at one time treasurer of Wells county. He afterward lived on what is now the D. D. Studabaker farm just south of the city. He was in this county in the winter of ’37 and ’3B when the contest for the location of the county seat took place and he witnessed the struggle of Murray and Bluffton for the place as leading town in the county—Bluffton Banner. Charles Boicourt. of Indianapolis, general field agent for the Shawnee ' Insurance company, was here last evening to adjust the loss on the barn on the John D. Stults farm, which occurred a short time ago. The matter was settled In a manner most satisfactory to every one concerned and Mr. Stults says he still believes as he has for some time that the Shawnee is one of the best insurance companies in the world, Mr. Boicourt. made this office a short call while here, and we i found him a very pleasant gentleman who gives one the impression of knowing his business. o — Smith, Yager ft Falk are pleased to announce to their customers that they have secured the agency for Zemo, the best known remedy for the positive and permanent cure for Eczema, Pimples, Dandruff, Blackheads, Piles and every form of Skin or Scalp disease. Zemo gives instant relief aad i cures by destroying the germ that ! causes the disease, leaving a nice, clear, healthy skin. See dlsplav and photos of cures made by Zemo. o 'Democrat Want Ads. Pay.

MANY WILL MOVE TO TEXAS ~~ Allen and Adams County Men Form Colony. Between thirty and thirty-five well known farmers of this and nearby counties have banded themselves to- ’ gether in a company and have purl chased ten sections of land in Texas, I where they will make their future , homes. The men are all widely known j in the section in which they live, they I are known for their honesty, their i ability and industry and for their slnicere religious beliefs. They have pro- | vided that none but German Luther- | ans may purchase land from them cr 'join in their movement which will be ,a colonization one. The scheme Is inot in the making, but is perfect even ' to many details cf the buildings to be ! erected upon the laad. It will be but I a few months at the most, until all ' the men and perhaps many more, will .have moved their families to their new home. Some are there already, [some are going next week and some within a few days. Next Sunday there will be. a meeting held in the interurban station at Decatur for the purpose of discussing plans for the church which is to erected in their new community in Parmer county, Texas. All those interested in the project are invited to attend. Officers of the company have already been elected and constitute the fioard of trustees. They are William Hockemeyer, president; Charles Getting, secretary, and Herman Reinking, treasurer. The following are the gentlemen in the scheme: William Hockemeyer, Herman Hockemeyer, Herman Reinking, Martin Reinking, William Reinking, Julius Reinking, Henry Heckman, Fred Heckman, Charles Bultemeyer, Ferdinand Bultemeyer, Charles Schroeder, Charier Poehler, Henry Bulmahn, Conrad Droege, Henry Kirchner, Jacob Fuelling, Charles H. Getting, Fred Busick, Edward Busick, Henry Zwick, Fred Bandt, Will Getting, Charles Laval, Henry Bittner, Christ Marbach, Edward Lehman and Henry Schumm. — Fort Wayne News. o TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. The annual meeting of the stockholders of Toledo, St. Louis ft Western Railroad company for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 1908, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon at the principal office of the company in the city of Frankfort, Clinton county, Indiana. The polls for receiving ballots will be opened as scon as the orgaization of the meeting shall admit, and will remain open one hour. The stock transfer books of the company will remain open one hour. The stock transfer books of the company will close on October 17, 1908, at the close of business on that day, and will reopen October 29, 1908, at 10 o’clock a. m. JAS. STEUART MACKIE, Secretary. o ECZEMA IS NOW CURABLE. Zemo, a scientific preparation for external user, stops itching instantly and destroys the germs that cause the disease. This remarkable medicine has cured more chronic cases of Eczema and other skin diseases than all other remedies on. the market combined. Smith, Yager & Falk, the druggists, say they believe Zemo to be an honest medicine and that it will do all that is claimed for it. o HOW TO CURE SKIN DISEASES. The germs and their poisons must be drawn to the surface of the skin and destroyed. Zemo will do this and cure any case of skin or scalp disease, no matter from what cause or of how long standing. Write for sample. E. W. Rose Med. Co., St. Louis, Mo. See photos of cures and window or show case display at Smith, Yager & Falk drug stors Special for Saturday at the Decatur Packing Co. meat market —Grandma spare ribs like you used to eat on the farm. 236-2 t o To those afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble, backache, rheumatism, Pineules for the Kidneys brings relief in the first dose. Hundreds cf people today testify to their remarkable healing and tonic properties. 30 days’ trial SI,OO. They purify the blood. Sold by IIOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o — GLENDALE FARM HERD DUROCS Now is the time to buy your tried sows and get ready for next year’s spring pigs. Yen sold your sows this last fall and waiter, so why not buy a tried sow or spring gilt and start right. I hav e them in the reach of every farmer. If you need a good male pig, I have there and will sell them right, and will register all hogs, sold to fanners during the next thirty days My fall sale is on Oct. 29. Write or phone at my expense for prices and •ale catalogue. Don’t forget the date— Oct. 29, 1908. D. E STUDABAKER, Its R F. D. 3. Decatur, Ind.

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