Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1910 — Page 3

Hg There Are A Lot Os Women Ip—who demand absolute comfort in their shoes that I come here because we have made a specialty of Shoes For Tender Feet. A comfort shoe need i| not be broad and clumsy, we’ve some with Patent ■ _____ tips and Cushion insoles I that have the clumsy I kJ [* ■ s h° es beat for comfort. I fl/T I a ’ so have them in ■ \ narrow plain toes. The I U s ’ zes run U P to 9 s an <l the I Hwidths to EE. We can sell them reasonable be- | cause we sell a lot of I i'''" ' them. $1.75 to $3.00 ■ CHARLIE VOGLEWEDE I The Shoe Seller

J............... :WEATHER forecast: (•♦*♦*♦*♦*♦**♦«♦ ftrtly cloudy tonight and Thursday; rising temperature. — — Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Griffiths went to Fort Wayne this morning. John Custer of Pleasant Mills was a business visitor in the city today. Bud Michaud made a business trip to Berne yesterday. Dr. Fred Patterson DENTIST Saccessar to Dr. C. E. Neptune Office above Auth's Jewelry Store. Telephone No. 472. Office hours: B—l 2 a. m., I—s1 —5 p. m. A GOOD SIGN THE BANIS CHECH In payment of your varied expenses is the BEST sign of propserity —and consequently the best beginning to secure satisfactory credit terms. » You’ll receive better treatment, more consideration in every respect if you make a a practice of using the check book. jiYoui” account" is* respectfully solicited HERE where it’ll receive the best of attention. THE OLD Adams County Bank

SOS OSO 308 0 BOBODBOIOBOBOBOBOBOB ■ J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. £ H O Mr. Man who wants to buy a small home:- ■ C The Bowers Realty Company has for sale a r a number of desireable and pleasant little homes q ■ that will sell for around about SIOOO.OO each. H K You can secure now perhaps better than at any O O other time what you want and need at the low- ■ est possible price. The Bowers Realty Com- ■ ■ panyare in a position to help you buy one of O O these homes. Don’t you think that it would ■ pay you to discuss the matter with us? O £ If you want a home, don’t keep on renting, come and see what we have to offer. ■ ■ ■ £ The Bowers Realty Co. ■ French Quinn, Secty. O SoBOB O B O B O B O 800808 O B O H O B O 808

, Frank Kern was at Bluffton yesterday on business. Homer Watkins went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon on business. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Voglewede spent Wednesday afternoon in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Charles Burr of Monmouth was shopping here yesterday afternoon. Mrs. C. C. Wilder of Monmouth was among the Decatur shoppers Wednesday afternoon. Dr. J. C. Grandstaff of Preble was a business visitor here yesterday afternoon. Miss Edna Goodwin returned yesterday to Fort Wayne after a visit with Mrs. Clara Watkins. Berville Watkins has resumed his work at the Ward Fence factory after a vacation. John Fitzsimmons left yesterday for Hartford City, where he looked after some insurance business. George Scheier, who has been working at Indianapolis, has returned to this city on account of sickness. Mrs. Harry Horn of Union City who is here for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Schaub, is on the sick list, suffering with an attack of lagrippe. Willie Bell of Craigville was visiting here yesterday with relatives and gave the postoffice clerks a call in the afternoon. Mrs. Paul Seesenguth returned yesterday afternoon to her home at Fort Wayne after a visit with William Engle and family. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gerke and babe returned to their home in Root township on the 4 o’clock car after attending the farmers’ institute yesterday afternoon. L. A. Williamson and wife left this morning for St. Petersburg, Fla., where they will spend several months with Eugene Morrow and wife and other Bluffton people.—Bluffton News. The revival services at the Winchester U. B. church south of Decatur are still in progress, with interesting meetings each evening, in charge of Rev. Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winnes of Rudley. Cal., and Misses Nellie and Jessie Winnes were at Fort Wayne last evening and witnessed the show at the Majestic. A nine-pound boy was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Roop, over which they are highly elated. Mr. Roop is an employee of the Runyon store.

Eugene Runyon made a business trip to Btrno yesterday afternoon 1 . Bud Summers of Monroe was a business caller in our city today. Mrs. Fred Schafer spent yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. Summers north of the city, Charles Pennington of the firm of Pennington & Baker, meat dealers, has been sick with the grip. Miss melia Hess left yesterday for Toledo, Ohio, where she will make a visit with friends. Professor Witthaus of Berne left this morning for Tocsin, where he was looking after business matters. Mrs. Effie Brakow Johnson has recovered from a severe siege of the grip. Mrs. Dan Niblick and son, Ome, spent the day with relatives in Fort Wayne. C. E. Reed of Fort Wayne, secretary of the Scottish Rite lodge, was a business visitor here today. Mrs. J. S. Veirs of Syracuse passed through the city this morning on her way home after a visit with friends in Ohio City. Mrs. Alva Jacobs went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on her sister, Miss Lena, at the St. Joseph hospital. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hensley will attend the presentation exercises at the Scottish Rite cathedral at Fort Wayne tomorrow evening. B. A. Fledderjohann left this morning for his home at New Bremen, Ohio, after attending to business matters here relating to the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway company. Mrs. Andrew Zeser and daughter went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on her husband, who is recovering from an operation performed recently at the St. Joseph hospital. H. H. Bremerkamp was able to be out yesterday afternoon for a while, the first since his severe Illness of Monday evening, when three members of the family became violently cick from drinking buttermilk. Mrs. Bremerkamp and daughter are reported as also recovering nicely. H. A. Hoffman returned to Fort Wayne Wednesday afternoon after attending the David Dilling sale west of the city. Mr. Dilling will move from the Martin Miller farm to Preble. Horses are said to have brought an unusually high price. T. A. Gottschalk has taken the agency for the La Junta Land company of LaJunta, Colo., with a distrist office at Decatur. Mr. Gottschalk will take care of the company’s work for this community.—Berne Witness. March 3rd is the date set for the meeting of the new democraflc central committee, at which time a chairman and a secretary of the committee will be selected. The meeting was called this afternoon by C. H. Ples,singer, present court y chairman. — Bluffton Banner. Homer Lower, one of the rural mail carriers, who is suffering from the third attack of what seems to be appendicitis, is reported as somewhat better today. The doctors are considering the advisability of taking him to Fort Wayne tomorrow to undergo an operation in a hospital there, though this has not been fully decided upon. Clem Kain has been home since Saturday awaiting orders to report for work as a fiel dexaminer. He finished his work at Winchester last Saturday. He and other field examiners never tell where they intend to work next and the officials to be investigated never know that the investigation is coming until the examiners arrive—Bluffton News. Mrs. J. M. Miller and Mrs. Ed Beery went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon to call on their sister, and aunt, Mrs. Jane Butler, who was operated upon two weeks ago at the Lutheran hospital. She is recovering nicely and it was though that she would be allowed to sit up tbday for the first. She will probably be able to come home a week after she is able to sit up. Curtic Clino of the Wemhoff Monumental Works, who had his eyes burned some time ago by molten lead, which splashed into them as he was using it in his work at the shop, is getting along well, though he is still confined to a darkened room. Experiments, however, show that his eyesight is not destroyed and it is thought that his sight will be as good as ever. A son of John Harley, who lived on the John Postal farm south of the city, is suffering with facial paralysis. The young man, who is about twenty years of age, was worrying about the fire which occurred on the farm last week, destroying the residence, and the ntense heat is responsible for the affliction. He was in the city this afternoon consulting a physician. It is not thought the trouble will prove of an extremely serious nature. —Bluffton Banner.

Harve Sprague made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. D. P. Reynolds shows no improvement in her condition. If anything, she is growing weaker. James H. Weeds of Ohio City passed through the city on his way to Fort Wayne on business. Howard Moore of Napanee returned home after a visit with his brother, 8. A. Moore. Henry Koenemann went to Hoagland this morning for a short stay on business. Jesse Hurst was at Monroe this morning, where he was looking after business Interests between trains. Jacob Atz went to Berne, where he was looking after some business in his line for a short while. Professor Witthaus of Berne was In the city today giving his regular musical instructions to his pupils here. B. J. Fledderjonhann of Van Wert, who has been transacting business at Bryant for several days, returned to his home this morning. Charles Grote and family of Union township took dinner Sunday with Theo. Thieme of near the Ohio state line. Herman Grote and family of Fort Wayne spent Sunday evening with Charles Grote and family, returning to Fort Wayne on the last car. Mrs. Louis Gick will spend the week at the Ed Blake home, assisting with the making of Miss Ella's confirmation dress. Edward Kintz, deputy county treasurer, is moving today to the Dr. Clark property on South Eighth street, where he an dhis family will make their future home. Rev. S. Arthur Stewart of Portland who assisted at the services conducted at the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening, returned to his home on the morning thain. Mrs. Fitzmaurlce of Winchester, who has been visiting in the city with her daughter, Mrs. P. J. Hyland, and other relatives, left this morning for her home. George DeHaven went to Decatur this morning, where he will look after business in the interests of the Standard Creditors' service—Bluffton Banner. Mrs. John Niblick and Mrs. Catherine Champer left this afternoon for Leipsic, Ohio, where they will visit with Mr. and Mrs. O. ,P. Edwards. Mr. Niblick will join them Saturday for a visit over Sunday. Two cases of smallpox have been discovered in the county, in Blue Creek township, at the home of Douglas Dudgeon, the sick ones being Mrs. Dudgeon and a daughter. The cases are very mild. Arrangements are being made by S. E. Hocker, administrator of the estate of William Haag, who was murdered last fall, to distribute the pro ceeds of the estate this week. The property will probably be sold as one of the heirs made arrangements to purchase the interests of the other heirs. —Bluffton Banner. Harry Studebaker boiled the first maple syrup of the year yesterday and delivered several cans to favored customers in town today. The sugar water ran the few warm days not long ago. This promises to be a good spring for the sugar camps.—Bluffton News. W. D. Clark, recently appointed special census taker for industries located in Wells, Blackford and Adams and part of Huntington county, has opened an office in a room in the rear of J. H. McGill’s and Lon DeHaven’s office In the Walmer & Engeler block. —Bluffton News.

First National Bank of Decatur Interest bearing certificates of deposit issued, payable on demand at three per cent per annum left for six months. I Four per cent interest given on certificates left for one year.

Your Last Chance for a Bargain INj MEN’S AND BOY’S WEARABLES This Matchless Slaughter Price Sale Positively Ends February 26th: : : : — I If you have not yet taken advantage of our great reductions on Men’s, Boy’s, and Children’s wearing apparel, you still have three more days to do so. Greater Bargains Than Ever s][Three piece long pant youth suits $1.50 each. 11 Suits, sizes 34 and 35, sls to $lB suits $6.00 to $7.00 each. 2 Dozen SI.OO to $5.00 Dress Shirts 50c each. 2 Dozen 50c Dress Shirts 25c each. 38 Children’s Suits at one half price. 22 Children’s Caps, 50c quality, 15c each. 2 Dozen Knee Pants, 19c each. 3 Dozen Dress Sox 8c a pair. All other goods in proportion. VANCE, HITE & MACKLIN » Comer East of Court House - - - Decatur, Indiana g I SIOO.OO FREE! 1 I To any person or persons who can show I 1 or prove there will be any by-bidding (or I ■ even a booster) at our Public Sale this Sat- g 1 urday. 1 g This sale will be on the square. All goods I 1 offered will be sold to the high bidder re- I J gardless of price. I 1 To show we are right and honest in all our I I claims we will offer a car load of 1910 Bug- I I gies that just arrived, all new styles and fin- I g ishes. These buggies were supposed not to g 1 arrive until after our sale but they are here 1 K and will be sold along with the balance of I I the goods. A big lot of fine new buggy I g harness will also be offered,--our own man- I 1 ufacture and guaranteed by us.. 1 I We will start this sale at 12 m. o’clock g 1 PROMPT. Be here on time and look the J g goods all over before sale starts and make g 1 your selections. 1 {SCHAFER HDW.CQ. [