Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1909 — Page 3

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Miss Anna Armas returned to her home at POe today. John Lachot went to Berne this afternoon on business. Frank Bouth returned to his home near Williams this noon. Fred Williams returned to his home in St. Marys township today. A BEAUTIFUL HEAD of hair is a woman’s richest treasure. Do not neglect it, let it become GRAY or FADED. USE Health and it will be RESTORED to its NATURAL COLOR and beauty; the scalp will be clean, the hair healthy, glossy and luxuriantsomething to be proud of and to be admired. Then keep it so in the future by its regular use. IS NOT A DYE. SI AND 50c. BOTTLES. AT DRUGGISTS. Elay's Barlina Soap cures Eczema, red, rough and chapped bauds, and all skin diseases. Keeps skin fine and soft, 25c. druggists. Send 2c. for free books, “The Care of the Skin,” “The Care of the Hair.” Philo Hay Spec. Co.. Newark, N. J. HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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It’s Safe with us—and it will increase without any effort on your part at the rate of 4 per cent interest. A dollar spent is a lost friend — a dollar deposited here a sleepless partner always adding to your store at the rate of 4 per cent. You can't climb the ladder of independence unless you have some cash to help you up the first few rungs. And you can't have that without a bank account OLD Adams Co. Bank

r WEATHER. s Fair tonight with frost; Wednesday party cloudy and warmer. e Clyo Johnson came in this morning from Williams to attend school. e Miss Bertha Haughton, of Geneva, returned to her home last evening. Miss Agnes Costello returned from s Fort Wayne, where she spent Easter. " Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Niblick returned yesterday from a short wedding trip. Miss Lucile Hale went to Fort Wayne, where she is attending the business college. Miss Agnes Starost, who is employed at Fort Wayne, is visiting friends and relatives here. R. R. Smith, of Monroeville, re--9 turned to his home after transacting 3 business in the city. r Miss Amelia Gast will return today > to her home at Shumm after a visit 1 with friends in the city. Miss Goldie Freidline, of Delphos, ’ Ohio, is the guest of Miss Bessie J Wherry for two weeks’ visit. • Mrs. Robert Harding, of Fort Wayne is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Meyers in the city. Miss Etta Linn, of Huntington, went to Monroe today to be the guest of Mr. Hendricks and family. [ W. I. Raineer, of Wauseon, Ohio, is ► visiting with his parents, Mr. and ► Mrs. Dr. Reineer on south Tenth , street. > Received a car load of hard coal [ and any one desiring coal can now ' purchase of us. The Decatur Lumber Co. The W. R. C. social club will meet ■ at the G. A. R. hall tomorrow after- ’ noon at 2 o’clock. A good attendance ’ is desired. ne Priscilla Club will meet In regular weekly session with Miss Fanny ’ Rice tomorrow evening, and of course • a good time Is in store for the mem- ' bers of this social organization. Warren Burrel of Elkhart, is visit- ' ing with friends in the city. He was ’ formerly employed as miller in the Fornax roller mills and enjoyed a large acquaintance of friends who are glad to see him. John Edwards, former Wabash telegraph operator at Andrews, has been placed under bonds of SI,OOO to answer an indictment fgr criminal assault. Nellie VanDolson, of Andrews, is the complaining witness. Announcement is made that the Anti-Saloon League will make no contest of the local option election in Cass county, where a "wet” majority was returned. Several arrests will be made, however, for illegal voting. The first run over the Winona interurban company’s line from Warsaw to Mentone was made Saturday > morning. The car on its first round trip carried 31 passengers, 13 going to Mentone and 18 coming to Warsaw. Judge Richard K. Erwin returned Friday night from a professional trip out of the city qpd he is now busy preparing exceptions in the case of John Baker, convicted of the killing of Columbus Croy. He will file his motion for a new trial in the Huntington circuit court probably early ' this week, says the Fort Wayne News. In the view of recent developments in ( the case Judge Erwin is confident that his client will be granted a new trial. ; -.J

C. D. Lewton left on hie regular business trip today. John Schug went to Convoy, Ohio, today on business. Jacob Colter is in the city visiting with friends and relatives. R. E. Peters is doing Geneva today in the interest of the Daily Democrat. Dr. Homer Sauers went to Fort Wayne this morning on his regular business trip. Mr .and Mrs. David Flanders went to Fort Wayne today to spend the day with friends. Marsh Burdge left on the ten o'clock car for Van Wert, where he will tranact important business. David Dilling, of Preble, and one of the solid pushers there, was attending to business in this city today. C. M. Lawson, of Fort Wayne, returned to his home at Fort Wayne this morning after transacting important business. Adolph Chammerloch returned to his home yesterday. He was the guest of Miss Martha Bultemier of north of the city. The funeral services for the one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomks E. Johnson, of Kirkland township was held this morning. Attorneys Jacob Butcher and Squire Armantrout, of Geneva, were looking after business interests about the court house this morning. The first annual ball to be given by the Elks tomorrow evening promises to be quite the event of the season. There will be fifteen numbers on the card. The preliminary arrangements for Decoration Day will be made at a special meeting of the G. A. R. to be held at their hall on Thursday evening of this week. Leo Miller, who has been conducting a barber shop at Huntington for some time, has returned here and will live in Decatur for a time at least. His father Is in poor health and Leo will remain here with him. Assessor Jay Cline, of Root township, was in the city on business this morning. He is about two-thirds over the Root township territory and will have his work all completed by the time the limit expires the last of this month. Since the adjournment of the North Indiana M. E. conference, another change has occurred in pastors. Rev. C. J. Graves, assigned to New Haven ' will go to Geneva instead, and Rev. C. King, originally appointed to Ge- ■ neva, will take the New Haven church. A party of Decatur sportsmen, including D. M. Hensley, T. M. Reid, Lase Ellis, Anson Bremerkamp and Clem Voglewede were expecting to go to Rome City this morning for an early try at the bass and blue gills, but when they peeked out from the covers and saw the snow falling they decided to wait a day or so longer. 11. W. Lipkey. president of the bank at Uniondale, Wells county, paid a visit to his firm Saturday and started to cross a field unaware that his tenant has purchased a goat and quartered the animal there. The goat butted the banker, dumping him in a pile of fence rails and fracturing his right ankle. Mrs. Jacob Tester of this city was very pleasantly surprised yesterday when she received a box of beautiful flowers from her son. Floyd Tester, who is now located at Los Angeles, California. The flowers consisted of lilies and orange blossoms and were greatly appreciated and admired by all who saw them. The heavy winds of yesterday did some damage as usual. It tore off the big smoke stack at the Conter Ice Cream company’s plant, completely ruining same. The windstorm a few evenings ago did a similar trick at the H. H. Bremerkamp mils, and that stack was replaced yesterday. These accidents cost each concern about fifty dollars, Charles B. Woodworth, for many years in the retail drug business in Fort Wayne and prominently identified with other avenues of activities in the city which has been his lifelong home, died at 5:50 o’clock Sunday morning at his residence, west Wayne g and Union streets. Mr. Woodworth was 60 years of age and his death was due to Bright’s disease with complications involving the heart. Billy Jackson, one of the greatest baseball fans in the city, received a copy of the State’s Gazette, published at Trenton, N. J., yesterday, in which appeared a picture of big Bill Hildinger, formerly of Fort Wayne, with the statement that he had made good and had been accepted by the Trenton management as right fielder. Hildinger was recently traded by Elmira to Trenton. The player speaks in glowing terms of the manner in which he is being treated by; the management and fans, and judging from his ! letter and from the boost given him by the sport writer, Bill has won another home. —Fort Wayne JournalGazette. •, . : M.J'tT?! • > < --' .-i ’

Mrs. Sarah Bowman went to Fort Wayne tlris afternoon, E. J. Kelley, of Berne, went to Bluffton today to visit his son. Wilbur Poole returned to Indianapolis, after a visit with friends in the city. S. E. Hite went to Fort Wayne today to attend to important business matters. Mrs. Ed Kintz went to Pleasant Mills today to visit relatives and friends. Mrs. Abe Stoneburner went, to Fort Wayne today to spend several days with friends. Clayson Carroll left on his regular business trip in the interest of the Decatur Filler Co. Thos. Perkins went to Bluffton this morning on his way to Ossian, where he will transact business. Mrs. Jerry Meyers returned to her home at Bluffton. Mrs. Meyers was formerly Miss Mae Parrish of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart returned to their home at Hartford City today after a visit with R. K. Allison and family. Miss Ehel Botthoff went to Indianapolis today, where she will spend several weeks with an uncle, John Armstrong and family. Mrs. Jerry Meyers returned to her home at Bluffton after a visit with her aunts, Mrs. George Everett, Mrs. Oliver Mills and Mrs. H. Steele. W. H. Wiley came in from Marion today and spent the afternoon shaking liands with a number of his friends and acquaintances. He will return to Marion tonight. S. E. Hite, w’ho has been quite busy overseeing the construction of his two houses, reports the fact that his house in the Patterson addition is almost finished and ready for occupancy. Clark J. Lutz Is housed up at home today nursing a good case of cold and lagrippe. There was some slight fear that pneumonia might develop, but efforts are being made to ward off such a dangerous situation. W. S. Hughes, of Fort Wayne, is in the city for a few days and while here is making some repairs on his Fourth street residence, by the addition of a bath room. The property is for rent and will likely be picked up soon. The regular session of the Masonic lodge will be held this evening and there will probably be some degree work given. This is unusual at a regular meeting, but there is so much work on hands that the boys feel that it is necessary. Talk about your soft jobs, you should have tried hunting up news I this morning. It took a real love for the business and a realization that our jobs were at stake to prevent a strike among the force who has to dig up the news whether there is any or nbt, and whether it snows, blows or rains. The second attempt of jail breaking in the past two weeks was again nipped in the bud this afternoon and after a thorough investigation John Darling, alias Charles Emory, bears all blame of the attempt, although other prisoners are thought to be on the inside of the work. —Bluffton Banner. The county commissioners will soon be petitioned by freeholders of Mon-» roe, Wabash, Blue Creek and Jefferson townships to rebuild the stretch of the Berne pike leading east from the Peter Gilliom cross road to a point within one mile from the IndianaOhio line. Messrs. Joe Peel, Samuel Teeter and J. M. Foreman and others were circulating petitions Saturday and secured many names. The gravel used In the construction of the Berne pike wag of a poor quality and in many places tho pike is worn out. —Berne Witness. Craigviiie has the distinction of being one of the healthiest places in the state. It has been over a year since there was a death in the little town or for a mile each way from there. The last death was that of William Miller, who died a year ago last winter. Since that time the people of Craigviiie have passed along through life without any sorrow being brought to their homes by visits from the death angel. While there have been several funerals they have all been for deceased persons who were shipped into the town. —Bluffton Banner. Senator J. W. Rinear was in town today from Liberty Center, looking after some business matters and getting his new bond filled out as treasurer of the board of trustees of the state soldier's home at Lafayette, of which he was re-elected treasurer at the meeting of the board last week He is required to furnish $50,000 bond and this was fixed up today and was signed by Mr. Rinear himself, H. C. Arnold, G. F. McFarren, L. A. Williamson, John E. Sturgis and James B. Gavin, representing a total wealth of approximately $400,000. —Bluffton News.

a few days with her mother at the home of P. J. Hyland. Dr. Keller went to Monmouth this afternon on business. George Kern went to Berne, where he is looking after affairs. L. L. Baumgartner went to Berne, where he is looking after affairs. Mrs. Fitzmaurice returned to her home at Winchester, after spending Cal Miller went to Winchester today, where he is transacting business. C .R. Creigh returned to his home at Bluffton. While here he transacted business. John Bowers left on the afternoon train for Portland, where he will transact business. Mrs. Agnes Andrews went to Fort Wayne today to visit with her sister, Mrs. Rosenwinkle. Henry Koeneman returned from Hoagland this afternoon, where he was looking up the hog market. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Smith returned to their home after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Mell Rice. Miss Emily May returned to her home near Monroeville. She was the guest of Mrs. Mary Ray of this city. Jack Peterson, the deputy postmaster, who has been quite ill for several days, was able to be down street this morning, but he is not just what you could frisky yet. Mrs| Rebecca Weaver, of Devils Lake, Michigan, is visiting with her daughter. Mrs. Grace Miller and family and her sister, Mrs. Mary E. Artman and family this week. A letter was received from James Artman, who is at Plymouth, Ind., working for the Wayne Homestead Art Co., stating that the work was fine, and the boys that left here were having excellent luck. The company playing at the Bosse this week is the best repertoire ever in town, and they deserve a crowded house each night. The house was packed last evening and every one was mote than satisfied. Mrs. Fred V. Mills left this afternoon for Ashville, North Carolina, where she will visit for some time with her sister, Mrs. Reynolds, and also with her mother, Mrs. Victoria Hill, who has been spending the winter there. The latter will return home Mrs. Mills. George Zimmerman, of Decatur, son-in-law of Mrs. Jane Burwell, of this city, has engaged attorneys at Decatur, to bring suit against the Chicago & Erie railroad company to bring suit for SSOO damages. He alleges that on five different occasions fires started from 9. & E. engines set fire to dry grass and caused damage on his farm to the extent alleged in his complaint. —Bluffton News. Among the beautiful floral gifts which make the room in which Judge Allen Zollars is lying at Hope hospital appear a veritable bower is a magnificent bunch of American Beauty roses sent by Governor Marshall, a lifelong friend of the Fort Wayne jurist. Judge Zullars steadily continues to improve and it is hoped he will be able to leave the hospital within a short time.—Fort Wayne Sentinel.

FIRST National Bank TALKS WHAT OUR CAPITAL MEANS TO YOU. The shareholders of this bank have invested SIOO- - in this business and we have set aside besides over $20,000 from the earnings as additional capital. This is a benefit to each depositor. This capital furnishes ample means to meet the demands of each customer for his every day needs. As a client of this bank, your wants can be met in every case by personal service. DECATUR, INDIANA

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An unsigned note arrived at this office in today's mail, which said that two popular young people from this city leit on the tour o’clock car Sun- i day afternoon for Huntington, where they were married. The names were withheld, however.

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: I The Clover Leaf will give a cheap , excursion rate to St. Louis on Saturi day and Sunday, the fare being $6.00. | The tickets will be good returning ■ leaving St. Louis at seven o’clock I Monday evening. It is a splendid op- | portunity to visit St. Louis. 88-4 t