Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1909 — Page 3

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WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably Wednesday; rising temperature. Miss Winnie Burk has been quite sick since Suuday. Harvey Lee, wife and children, Ruth and Paul, who have just returned •from the west, went to Pleasant Mills for a visit with relatives.

Martha C. Kettler Piano Teacher gives lessons every Saturday. Drop her a card at 318 East Wayne street, Fort Wayne, J and she will call next week, i iiyrniiMi I'.rritib -.j«anr —w, - i;-: ‘ The Worry The Loss, and most of all, the poor business policy or paying your bills by cash can be avoided with a check-. ing account here. The holiday purchases, the ordinary expenses, in fact every expenditure, should be paid with a check. Then you are protected against your own errors and the acts of unscrupulous business people you might deal with, for each paid check is a legal voucher in itself. OLD Adams Co. Bank

IF you havn’t yet selected your spring clothes, it’s time you were doing so. We’ve got a fine display of the famous Hart Shaffner & Marx suits and overcoats ready for you. They’re the kind of clothes that pay everybody in the deal Any day that suits you, suits us. HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & CO. Good Clothes sellers for Men and Boys. Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes

J. P. Deter returned to his home at Willshire. J. E. Leonard has been appointed postmaster at Gas City. Frank Conter went to Fort Wayne on business this morning. L. A. Graham went to Fort Wayne on business this morning. Mrs. Ves Peterson went to Monmouth this morning to visit friends. Gary is attempting to get free delivery of mail, but without success as yet. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sprang went to South Whitley today to visit friends and relatives. G. T. Burk returned yesterday evening from Bluffton, where he transacted business. ( They will go from here to Chicago for a few days with relatives before | returning home. All efforts to find Rev. A. C. Rand, the missing Warsaw pastor, have thus far proved unavailing. (The new Methodist Protestant church at Liberty Center, Wells county, was dedicated Sunday. Misses Margaret and Lizzie Eiting went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit trends for a few days. W. J. Myers went to Fort Wayne yesterday evening to visit with his daughter, Mrs. Robert Harding. Mr. Krimmel, the piano tuner, is in the city for a few days. Parties wishing their piano tuned will please leave word at the Murray Hotel, at their earliest convenience, phone 57, A canning factory at Monmouth and a grain elevator at Middletown, between here and ,Fort Wayne, are possibilities of the summer and Manager Fledderjohann of the traction line says he will aid the enterprise as much as possible. Mr. Will Louthan, of Akron, Ohio, is in the city, the guest of George Louthan and family. He stopped here on his way from Fort Wayne, where he visited last week with his son, who is an actor and who was doing a turn at the Temple vaudeville.

H. Matthison returned to his home at Pleasant Mills. M. E. Brackett went to Indianapolis today on business. Harry Ward went to Indianapolis today on business. Atorney Jacob Butcher, of Geneva, was looking after business here this morning, John Rice went to Monmouth today to visit w-ith his sister, Mrs. George Kline, who is sick. Judge Macy, of Winchester, who has been conducting court here for ten days past, returned home this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Donaldson, of Warsaw, returned home yesterday after a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sprang. Mrs. Alpha Boyd and children, Marcella and Robert, went to Bluffton today, where they will make their future home. D. E. Studabaker was at Fort Wayne last evening attending a bowling match, in which he was a member of one of the clubs. Mrs. Frank Hower and Children, Haymond and Herbert, of Craigville, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hower of this city. The Peterson high school are going to give a box social at Peterson on Friday evening, March 26th. Everybody is invited to attend. Kendallville veterans have Invited Judge F. A. Baldwin, of Bowling Green, 0., to deliver the address in that city on Decoration day. The executive committee of the W. R C. will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Dr. Ranier. By order of the chairman, Mrs. Joseph Hower. Mr. iDick Miller of Indianapolis, arrived today for a few days’ visit with J. H. Heller and family. Mrs. Miller has been here for several days. Many Fort Wayne friends were in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Louis Mailand, which was held from the residence at half past eleven today. Perry Gilbert, commissioner of Wells county, will resign because of a clash with other members of the board over the selection of road superintendents. Schug Bros., of Berne, agents for the Ford, one of the most popular touring cars, spent the day here showing off a Ford, and incidentally looking out for a few prospective buyers. E. Woods has entered suit against the city of Warsaw for the payment of money due in the final settlement of a sewerage system placed in that city in which he was the contractor. Double funeral services were held at Phenix church, near Nottingham, in Wells county, Saturday afternoon for John Albertson and his sister-in-law, Mary Ann Albertson, each of whom was more than 80 years of age when death claimed them but a few hours apart.

Are you a reader of the Daily Democrat, are you a subscriber? You should he if you live in, or are interested in Decatur or Adams county. We are for you and are willing to prove it in any way that will convince a reasonable man. Send in your name. Mrs. Louis SMailand, wife of a nephew’ of Fred H. Scheiman, of the undertaking firm of Scheiman & Ulmer, is dead at her home in Decatur. The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock and several friends will go from this city to attend—Bluffton Banner. The funeral services for Mrs. Louis Mailand were held today, at the home at 11:30, at the Zion Lutheran church at twelve and at the St. Johns church, north of the city at three. Rev. J. H. Klausing had charge and the services were attended by quite a crowd of the friends of the deceased. W. H. Eichhorn is still in Decatur on the Gallmeyer land case. The case took five days of the last week’s court and will probably consume three or £our days this week. An effort is being made to break a deed to some land. Part of the heirs live in this township.—Bluffton Banner. Bluffton officers made a raid Sunday night and unearthed a “blind tiger” operated there by J. B. Evans in a second-hand store, where they found a five-gallon keg of whisky and a crate of bottles filled with the same liquid. Evans was formerly a member of the city council at Bluffton. Fire in a hardware store at Montpelier Friday evening caused a panic among the two hundred women attending the session of the Pocahontas lodge in the rooms above the store, and there was a wild scramble for safety. The fire damage was not extensive, and nobody was injured. The five cent picture shows are doing a thriving business just now. You can talk all you please about the cozy winter nights being good for the amusement public, but the picture men say that they can already notice the arrival of spring, for from now on until Thanksgiving is their harvest.

Mrs. Henry Heckman i» shopping in the city today. E .Woods went to Bluffton this morning on business. J. E. Moser made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. Mrs. Stephen Longenberger returned to her home at Pleasant Mills. Adam Bieberich, of Fort Wayne, went to Schumm to visit with relatives. Miss Nona Forbing returned last evening from a pleasure trip to Fort Wayne. Mrs. Lee Curtis of Fort Wayne, returned from Pleasant Mills and will visit a short time with her mother here. S. D. Ohristy, Os Willshire, returned to his home after arranging to buy the Warren Case farm in St. Marys township. Attorney W. H. Eichhorn, who has been assisting in the trial of the Gallmeyer case here for a week past, has returned to his home at Bluffton. Will Berling has returned home from his trip to Pittsburg, having proceeded to New York and other eastern cities on business before returning home. George Trlcker, of the Jackson and Decatur Coal company, went to Goshen and other northern Indiana cities today to look after business Interests for his company. A. M. York will leave Decatur about the first of May for his new home at Paoli, one of the most beautiful spots in all Indiana. He will engage in the manufacture of whip stocks in his new location. The Masonic lodge w’ill meet this evening at seven o’clock sharp, for the purpose of conferring the Fellowcraft degree on several candidates. A good attendance is desired and each member is requested to be present. The millinery openings at the various stores in Decatur are attracting the attention of the fair sex just now. You know that Easter is approaching or if you don’t and there are any ladies in the family your certainly will soon realize it. The homes of D. W. Beery of north Fifth street and L. B. Brokaw of Decatur street, are undergoing some decided Improvements, which will add considerable to their appearance, to say nothing about the convenience. Decatur is looking up this year. It is said that Governor Marshall is being besefged for places under the new accounting law. Up to this time the governor has been disposed to take his time about appointments, and as a consequence many of those seeking positions are not certain whether they are coming or going.

Warsaw merchants are demanding that an ordinance providing a penalty for the placing of any signs over sidewalks be repealed. They declare that electric signs give a city a metropolitan appearance and that S6OO worth of such signs would he placed in Warsaw this spring if the ordinance is repealed. Fred Rinehart, who is employed at present on the Logansport Tribune, has written his father, J. K. Rinehart, that he has been sick for the past month with rheumatism. Part of the time he has been able to be at the office, but he can walk but little and has been reduced in flesh by the disease hintil he weighs but 124 pounds. —Bluffton News. The bar committee appointed by Judge Paulus at Marion to investigate the professional conduct of W. J. Houck, has reported and filed charges against Houck, recommending that action be brought to oust him from membership in the Grant county bar, and that he be disbarred from practicing law there. The action against him will be pushed. The ice men have decided that the customer must pay for his beck in advance this year, and we believe this rule, if observed will be more satisfactory to every one concerned. At any rate it is necessary, as the ice man has to pay for his car of ice when it arrives and cannot afford to advance the money for an entire season. H. L. Conter, the ice cream man. has always been a firm believer in the sure harvest of advertising, and he had another convincing lesson yesterday. He inserted in last evening’s issue a notice that he desired to employ a man with a wagon to work at his plant. Within two hours he had three or four applications and today received a half dozen. It pays all right. Rev. Frank B. Irving, who has been acting as supply at the Baptist church in this city since Rev. Martin went to Boston, left this morning for his home in Findlay, O. Wednesday night the church board will take a vote on whether Mr. Irving is wanted to fill the pulpit here regularly. p.ev. Irving has made a number of friends while in this city who wish to see him installed as regular pastor. —Bluffton I Banner. I

John Sprunger of Berne, is visiting his brother Eli, today. Miss Emma Kelley went to Bluffton to visit with her sister, Mrs. Martha Boyd. Mrs. N. H. Paints and daughter Effie. returned to their home at Ohio City. Mrs. Harriett Shuman went to Pleasant Mills to visit with her brother, Samuel Shell. Frank Smith, the ref air man, went to Fort Wayne today to look after seme business affairs. Miss Marie Kintz, who has been very sick for some time, is able to be up and around now. The funeral services of Reinhard Dcehrman, the infant son of Mr. and Mr. Fred Doehrman, were held this afternoon at the Freidheim church. Some of the Bluffton business men are beginning to make the prelimary arrangements for the street fair which will be held there late in the summer. Adaline Summers, of Washington C H., 0., returned to her home today. Eliza Summers who has been visiting friends in the city returned to her home at Sabina, Ohio, today. The case of Mr. Weimer against W. A .Lower, administrator, in which an effort is being made to collect a Claim off 1,216, was set for trial in court this afternoon and at three o’clock the attorneys and parties were making an effort to settle the matter. A large number of people from here attended the funeral of Mrs. Lou Mailand at St. Johns today. Among them were Mesdames Kirsch, Fred Reppert, Wld Dorwin, Chris Boesse, Charles Heckman. Chris Boknecht, Henry Lankenau, J. W. Teeple, Mrs. Butel Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer and Cal Peterson. Ed Luttman, the new Magley merchant, was in the city today and said that he liked his location and that the store was doing a creditable business He has moved there and speaks very highly of the treatment accorded himself and wife since taking up their residence at this interesting trading point. Joe Baker was placed on trial last evening before Mayor C. O. France. He plead not guilty but had a hard time offering his defense and the mayor found him guilty of the charge, that of stealing chickens from the coop at the rear of Dyonis Schmitts meat shop. Baker was fined five dollars and costs and sent to jail for fifteen days extra. o REV. EDWARDS MAY COME HERE Fort Wayne Pastor is Wanted for This Charge. At the sixty-sixth annual session of the northern Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church.which will be held at Greenfield commencing March 31, the Rev. Loren M. Edwards, pastor of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church, will be assigned to a larger field of labor. The place of his appointment is not definitely known, but he will be assigned by Bishop Anderson, of Chattanoogo, and the district superintendent of the conference. An invitation to the pastorate of the Decatur M. E. church was extended to Rev. Edwards some time ago among a number of other calls that have been issued. All the pastors of the local Methodist Episcopal churches will attend the meeting at Greenfield, and it is not improbable that other churches in the city will later announce changes.— Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

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