Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1909 — Page 3

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: WEATHER FORECAST * Generally fair except local thunder storms tonight or Friday; warmer tonight. Y. M. C. A. AT GARY. Gary, Ind., May 12.—Formal announcement was made today by H. S. Norton, business agent of the Gary Land company, that Judge E H. Gary will present to this city a Young Men's Christian association building to be erected at a cost of 8100,000. Next Saturday the Indiana officials of the Y. M. C. A. will come to Gary and in company with Mr. Norton wi'l select a site for the building. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST , Succtssor to Dr. C. E. Neptune Office above Auth's Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 28 —12 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. in

It Disputes as to paid bills, overpayments, etc., are absolutely eliminated with a checking account —the receipted legal voucher you hold in the returned paid check protects you perfectly. This is just one of the many reasons why you should have a checking account with us. OLD Adams Co. Bank

I A Big Annual Sale I I WATCHES I I at HENSLEY’S for 30 Days I ft This reduction will include everything in stock. |g B A splendid time to look for Commencement g B presents and Wedding Presents and why g HI not buy yourself a new set of knives and |g B forks or spoons. B I A new line of combs, Dutch collar pins, sash | ■ pins, umbrellas, souvenir spoons, and a nice K & line of cuff buttons and rings. • || Ihensley]

Miss Anna Liechty went to Fort Wayne this morning. Dr. Earl Coverdale went to Fort VS ayne this morning. Frank Barthel and W. A. Kuebler are at Fort Wayne today, Mrs. Will Teeple, of St. Marys township, is in the city shopping. Miss Etta Brown, of Pleasant Mills was in the city shopping today. Mrs. Henry Schultz, who has been seriously sick, is much better. Mrs. Grover Huffman went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. C. A. Dugan went to Fort Wayne last evening on the four o’clock car. Mrs. Arthur Fisher will entertain the Aid Society of the Christian church. The Modern Woodmen met at their hall last night, and transacted important business. Miss Maud Colley left this mcrning for Ossian, where she will visit for a few days with friends. The Ben Hur tribe will meet tomorrow evening to transact business. All members are asked to attend. Mrs. Frank Crawford and Miss Marcella Kuebler went to Fort Wayne to be at the bedside of Mrs. W. A. Kuebler. Mrs. Walter Johnson and baby from Monroe are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christ Weldy and other relatives in the city.

Robert Mann has been engaged by Henry Thomas to play the roll of "Uncle Davy” "In the Village by the Sea’’ and he is certainly equal to the occasion. Dr. Roy Archbold left last evening for Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he will attend a reunion of his college alumni, and spend a few days among , his college friends. All members of the G. A. R. and Relle Corps are asked to meet at the Grand Army hall Friday, 1:30 p. m., to make arrangements for the presentation of the flag to the high school. Charles D. Murray went to' Fort ■ Wayne this morning, where he will :be examined by a specialist for the purpose of ascertaining the cause for a chronic complaint. Mr. Murray is suffering from kidney trouble. Tony Miller, Marshal Paxson and Chris Hofstetter have tendered their resignations as firemen at the water works plant, to take effect Sunday morning and they will be succeeded by Alvy Henderson and Frank Foor. If you are a member of a partnership concern in this county and the names are not clear in the title used, call at the county clerk's office and fill out a certificate as is required by law. It will save you future Inconvenience. Bill Feilds finally leaves today for North Dakota, where he will be located in charge of a sheep ranch for A. L. Sharpe. The latter will make another trip to the ranch after the present term of court closes. —Bluffton News. Thomas A. Doan, the Ossian lumber and grain man, is completing arrangements to cross the Atlantic early this summer for a visit in his old home in England. He was there several years ago but will return again for his vacation this summer.— Bluffton News. The real estate men desire to call the attention of all tenants to a new law now in force passed by the last legislature. By that law all tenants must within twenty-four hours after vacating the premises return to the landlord or his agent the keys to the premises. A failure to comply with that law subjects the tenant to any fine in any sum not exceeding ten dollars. When the key is returned the tenant must demand a receipt from the landlord or his agent. Any violation of the above is a misdemeanor.

Miss Esther Pennington is quite ill with the mumps. x Miss Cleo Henry of Preble, was in the city yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Case, of Willshire, were in the city shopping today. Miss Ruby Artman will go to Rochester Friday for a visit with friends. Miss Bleyn Crays, of Preble, spent yesterday afternoon in the city shopping. Mrs. Harry Daniels, of Pleasant Mills, spent yesterday afternoon and evening with Decatur friends. Mrs. H. Y. Okem and daughter returned from Ohio City, where they have been visiting with friends for some time. Carl France, who is suffering from an abcess in the head, is still very ill, and it is probable that he will have to undergo an operation. Mrs. A. C. Ball and son Gregg will leave in a few days for Corning, lowa, where she w-ill join her husband and enjoy an extended visit with relatives. Miss Margaret Sweeney, of Wabash, has succeeded in locating in Chicago, her brother, Michael Sweeney, who mysteriously disappeared in January. The Ladies’ Mite Society of the Methodist church will meet tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock at the home of Mrs. D. M. Hensley. All the ladies are requested to be present. Word has been received from Miss Etta Brandyberry, who is attending school at Terre Haute that she is getting along splendidly at that place. She will arrive home the last of June.

Miss Fanchon Magley will return home from Marion, where she is attending school tomorrow evening, and will visit over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Magley and family. ’Gene Wareham, of Waterloo, has sued for divorce because he says his wife throws stovewood at him and on one occasion attacked him with a butcher knife and drove him out of the house. The American Art Color company to manufacture printing inks has been formed in South Bend. It is capitalized at 810,000 and the directors are Robt. Schnelle, F. Edward Beilman and Wm. Bender, jr. Arthur Gottschall, a Hartford City high school student, is studying his regular lessons while in jail in default of a paternity case judgment. His fellow students bring him flowers and books every flay.

Dr. Hurt? is already telling us what to eat this warm weather. The doctor is long on germs and can see them most any old time of the day or night. We often wonder whether jr not he hasn’t a sour stomach. Final examinations commence next Wednesday noon. The pupils of the high school are preparing for hard exams., but most of them are confident they can pass them, and go in an advanced class next year. William H. Guy has filed suit at Warsaw demanding SI,OOO damages from David S. Welch and John H. Helper, alleging that he was ousted from a farm without notice and was compelled to lose the crops which he had prepared. Goshen has been selected as the place for holding the next reunion of the 157th regiment, “Studebaker’s Tigers,” -on May 10, 1910. Fred L. Dennis, of South Bend, was elected president of the association and Charles Urquhart, of Goshen, secretary. Med Miller of the Grand theater at Decatur, was in this city today for the purpose of inspecting the local five cent theaters in view of remodeling bis own theater. There are three five cent theaters in Decatur and the competition there is strong as well as in this city.—Bluffton Baner. George W. Pauling, agent for the Eveline Gas & Oil company, of Pittsburg, has now leased about twentyfive hundred acres of land between Wabash and Lagro preparatory to the company beginning an extensive wiidcating scheme in their efforts to find either oil or gas in this territory. In Fort Wayne the Indiana Lighting company is having new troubles. The city council is trying to enforce collection of a so-called pipeage tax, that is so much for every joint, or stretch of pipe laid within the city limits. The lighting company refused to pay, alleging it is double taxation. This contention is the same as that of the telephone companies which are are charged a dollar a pole special tax for setting poles on the streets. —Bluffton News. The Clover Leaf and Lake Erie roads are both after the job of balding the civil war veterans of the city to the state encampment to be held at Crawfordsville and Tom Miller, Clover Leaf agent this morning received notice that a rate of $3 would be charged from this city. The Lake Erie offered this rate while the Clover Leaf rate was $3.25. A number of the men signified their intention of going via the Lake Erie, which [caused the change in the Clover Leaf rate. —Bluffton Banner.

[ Father George went to Hesse Castle today. Jesse Dailey is at Fort Wayne on business. Fred Bell went to Bluffton today on business. A. P. Beatty made a business trip to Fort Wayne. Alfred Sturgeon went to Bluffton today on business. Miss Alice Carpenter is visiting friends at Berne. A. M. Brown went to Berne this morning on business. Mrs. David Hunsicker went to Fort Wayne this afternoon. S. E. Hite went to Fort Wayne on business this afternoon. Clyde Brice went to Fort 'Wayne on the one o’c.ock car. Charles Young went to Pleasant Mills on business today. Rev. J. Freeman, of Pleasant Mills, arrived in the city today. Charles Heckman went to Fort Wayne on business this afternoon. Chauncey Wilder returned to Monmouth after spending the morning in the city. Buyers are already arriving for the horse sale tomorrow, and indications point to a successful sale.

Jesse Niblick went to Fort Wayne last evening and saw the show ‘When Old New York Was Dutch.” Miss Florence Lehman, of Berne, will spend Sunday with Rev. G. H. and Mrs. Hunter Myers at Montpelier. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Feick of Fort Wayne, after making a pleasant visit in the city, have returned to their home. Mrs. G. H. Myers, of Montpelier, returned to her home after a visit with her mother, Mrs Nettie Schrock and family. A. D. Hunsicker went to Fort Wayne this morning to look after business affairs. He will return to the city this evening. Miss Annice Wilder, of Monmouth, is visiting with Miss Merle Barkley, Route 12, today. She will remain several days. Mrs. Almira Bobo went to Bluffton today, where she will make her home with her son, Ned, who is a printer at that place. Mrs. Eli Sprunger went to Oberlin today for a visit with her daughter, Florence, who is attending the conservatory of that place. The last of three examinations held under the direction of County Superintendent Opliger will be held at the Central building in this city next Saturday. Mrs. F. V. Mills daughter Victoria, and her mother, Mrs. Hill, will return this evening from Ashville, North Carolina. Mrs. Hill has been there all winter and Mrs. Mills went to the famous resort a month ago. Work is progressing on the Schug residence on north Third street and from this time on the work of construction will be pushed to the limit. It will be modern and up-to-date and one of the finest homes in the city. The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ault occurred this afternoon interment taking place at Bobo. The funeral party arrived from Fort Wayne on the 12:45 interurban, carriages being in waiting to convey them to the burying ground. The Times Publishing Co., printing plant of Van Wert was sold at receiver s sale Saturday for SB,OOO. C. J. Doust, a banker of Definance, acted as purchasing agent and the parties he made the purchase for are not publicly known. It is likely that some of the interested stockholders are his authority for making the purchase.— Willshire Herald.

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The One Big Event of the Year I IN DECATUR j Have you heard of the Woodman Log Rolling I which will be held in Decatur Saturday, July 17, 1909 I This event will draw 2,000 Woodmen to Decatur,—tall, short, lean, fat and ■ otherwise. It Will Be the Greatest Time Ever Enjoyed in Decatur in a Single Day I National Lecturer Wheelan I of Madison, Wisconsin, one or two of the Grand Lodge officers and State Deputy head counsel J. D. Voltz will occupy tne platform. Prize Drill contests, Ball Game and Contests of every description will be given 50 Candidates Will be Initiated at Hall in Evening-50 I AF=?E YOU 11X1 THE CLASS? If not do not fail to sign the card which will be presented to you. A big banquet will be served after the initiatory work by those who know how to do it royally. S2OO in Prizes Will be Given Away on That Day S2OO I The local camp has one of the largest and one of the best equipped lodge ■ halls in the city and other rooms will be engaged for the occasion to accomo- |g date the vast throng. Remember the date, July Seventeenth and get in the class and become a real live Woodman. A Fraternal society with a membership exceeding 1,200,000 which is the largest in the world.

Bert Green is working at the Nachtrieb drug store. He began duties at that place several days agcr. Coroner J. C. Grandstaff was in from Preble today looking after a little business, some of it professional. Save Your Stomach NOT THEJVRAPPERS Most Package Coffee is glazed and adulterated with various substitutes to make a worthless coffee salable. CHASE and SANBORN’S COFFEES of whatever price are clean, wholesome and pure We have them from 20 cents per pound to 35 cents. To pay a little more and receive Sold only by value for value, or pay a little less and receive nothing much —which is A trial will remove any doubt, better? Fred V. Mills, The Grocer

Mrs. John Heller is still very sick 1 with the quinsy, ner condition showing no improvement since yesterday.

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