Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1911 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening, Except Sunday By DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER " Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier $5.00 Per Month by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mall 12.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofllce at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. BARNUM CIRCUS AT HUNTINGTON World's Best Show to Exhibit There on Thursday, June Bth. The people of Decatur and vicinity are to be given an opportunity of seeing the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, which will give two performances in Huntington on Thursday, June Bth. Many wonderful features, new to American circus-goers, are promised. A company of 400 of the world’s most prominent circus talent, principally European, will present an array of novelties. There will be an elaborate forenoon parade and a new menagerie. In the menagerie among many other wonders is to be found Baby Bumbeeno, the only giraffe ever born in America. It is just one year old. Among the more sensational numbers of the long bill are John Ducancompany of bell-ringing horses, from England; the Fonelli company of Italian acrobats, the Siegrist-Sllbon family of German aerialists, Jupiter, the balloon horse, Charles the First, a chimpanzee bicycle rider and roller skater, the great Georgetty family of French jugglers, the Les Deko and Les Silvas family of French equilibrists, Noonan’s brass band of elephants, Captain Winston's troupe of riding and juggling seals and sea lions, Berzac’s company of mule and pony actors, Nederweld's dog and monkey circus, Victoria Codona, the world’s greatest wire dancer and the fifty funniest clowns in the world. The Barnum and Bailey circus is now at the zenith of success. It travels on a train more than a mile in length. It employs 1,286 people, and has 700 horses. In the menagerie are

MENX —enjoy your Holiday in a Comfortable Suit Decoration day is the first summer holiday -it’s the time to make your appearance in your summer clothes. Comfort Counts For As Much As Looks \ i ; E’VE suits of every decription \ \ -light colors and dark -fancy materials and plain including the trusty serges SIO.OO to $22.50 ' If your looking for a star, look for the new “Imperial” wide b™ Sailor. Other ' smaller widths and shapes -softs with pencil curl -Panamas U 50c to $5.00 Cool comfortable underwear in woven fabrics and knit 25c to $3.00 Half Hose in a great variety of patterns -plain and fancy 15c to 50c Beautiful Neckwear in silks and wash effects 25c to 50c The Myers-Dailey Go. Clothiers & Furnishers.

40 elephants and over 1,000 other strange animals. The show carries its own dynamos, illuminating the twenty tents and the show grounds with 4,000 Incandescent lamps, arc lights, search lights and beacons. The railroads will make special arrangements to convey visitors from outlying towns to Huntington on Thursday, June Bth, on show day. sociaFdoings Mrs. William Cross Gave a Dinner Party For Visiting Relatives. SENIOR RECEPTION At K. of P. Home Following Commencement Exercises Thursday. WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Tuesday. Social —Beulah Chapel. Wednesday. Evangelical Aid —Postponed until next week. Orient Club —Mrs. Charles Elzey. Class Day—Opera House. Thursday. Eighth Grade Commencement — Presbyterian Church. High School Commencement — Opera House. Senior Reception—K. of P. Home. Saturday. Class Party—Marie Daniels. Life Lines. If you ever find a woman who feels as though she wouldn't care to “start something,” keep her in mind. She is a curiosity.—John Emery White. Mr. and HJrs. Frank Stafford and family of Peru and Miss Eva Dorwln of Lafayette have returned home after a several days' visit with the C. J. Lutz family, making the trip by automobile. Mrs. Stafford and sister, Miss Dorwin, formerly lived here. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Diehl and fam-

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ily delightfully entertained at their

home Sunday the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Beitler and daughters, Lilly and Mary; Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Johnson and family, Della Beitler and daughter, Beatrice; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baumgartner and family. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beitler and son, Francis, of Rockford, Ohio, and Miss Clara Ellenberger of Berne. A very delighttul time was had by ail. Mr. Theodore Kennedy was very kindly remembered on his seventyeighth birthday, May 23rd, by congratulations from friends far and near. Those who were privileged to partake of a splendid dinner with him and his wife on that day were Mr. and Mrs. John Myers and son, Clyde; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Myers. Mrs. Malissa Rice, Mrs. M. F. Rice, Mrs. John Evans, Miss Mary Myers, Irene Evans. Mr. Kennedy, who has been in poor health, is feeling better at the pres ent. Mrs. William Cross on North Eleventh street entertained at 12 o'clock dinner Tuesday in honor of her son, Ernest Cross, of Rome City, and Mrs. James Laughlin and daughter, Edith, of Monroeville. Other guests were Mrs. Minnie Daniels and children and Miss Margaret Daniels. The same party will be entertained at supper this evening by Mrs. Daniels. Mrs. Charles Elzey entertained the Orient club this afternoon in a charming way at her home on West Monroe street. The reception to be given at the K. of P. Home by the seniors of the high school after the commencement exercises tomorrow evening promises to be the usual brilliant function. Miss Marie Daniels will entertain the graduates of the high school at a class party Saturday evening. The art exhibit made by the various students of the Decatur public schools is being given on the first floor of the Central building, the exhibit opening this afternoon at 2 o’clock and continuing until 4. The display will be open Thursday and Friday afternoons at the same hours also, and the public, especially the patrons, will be much interested in the excellent work shown. The displays consist of pen -and ink drawings, water colors, manual work of all kinds, including clay cut paper, etc., and shows the high standard attained by the pupils under the direction of their teacher. Miss Bess Schrock. Considering the short while that this has been taught in the local schools, the results are wonderful. Mrs. George Wertzberger and Mrs. Henry Wertzberger and daughters, Wilma and Lena, of Hammond, were guests today of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Addy, north of the city.

No Shoes or Oxfords are to good for Decoration Day and so we say come here for the next pair. Not how cheap but how good is the way to judge a real shoe value. At the Home of Good Shoes Winnes Shoe Store Hl-. IO 1 - - II- na I Are Your Screens Up? i If**’" 1 n I ~ H » u 1 ■p 1 | It’s high time the screeus I were up if you would keep the ■ I | house free from flies and other H Br- ’**■ insect pests. If you are to • have new ones, come to our ga U -jH store. We can screen your H doors and windos econimically. g| L—J — o I SCHAFER HARDWARE CO. I B We Save You Money B

I ’l™ i i vife' *'■ . - J- < 1 > I 111 ii iI • i ii . ,k! 77 \lufflJu JJ j 7 . 7 Sbw .r Styles ]/ in Mens Shirts •’ ■< t There is style in *he same | WR/JL '■ as there is in suits; likewise the fit and quality is just as important to You will find that we have taken all ’ W of this into consideration inour broadßne 7 'of new summerpattems. They are most.7 ly coat shirts and include the very best / imported Madras and Percales. Negligee stvles, both plain and plaited bosoms, in iSSISSS all the P°P ular dressy fabricsand patterns. Prices Range From 50c to $2.00 df J VANCE, HITE & MACKLIN Corner East Of' CourtJHouse

lima and Erlene, little daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Franz, of Berne, are here for the remainder of the week as guests of Catherine and Naomi Christen at Monmouth. They came to attend the commencement exercises of the eighth grade and the other festivities of today and tomorrow. Dr. J. Q. Neptune and family drove to Willshire, Ohio, this afternoon, where they visited with his mother, Mrs. Isabella Neptune. This is the first Wednesday afternoon vacation of the summer taken by the dentists, and henceforth they will be taken weekly. o Will Colchin was at Fort Wayne today on business.

GOT A BAD FALL. While working on a roof at the Judson Teeple home in the north part of the city, Abe Stoneburner had the misfortune to fall from the roof to the ground, alighting on his feet, without any injury whatever. He had a ladder pitched on a sloping roof and it slipping, allowed him to slide to the roof below, where he rolled off the roof and alighted on his feet on the ground below. o Dyonis Schmitt made a business trip to Chicago to purchase cattle. NOTICE, ODD FELLOWS! The noble grand has issued a call for a meeting tonight to be held in the lodge quarters at 7 o’clock to arrange for Brother Elzey’s funeral. Be there promptly. M. J. BUTLER, Rec. Sec y. WANTED—A hired girl, to wor-k in one of the best homes in the city. Inquire at this office. 121t6 GIRL WANTED —Competent for housework.—Mrs. Clara Carnahan, 415 E. Wayne St., Ft. Wayne, Ind. 119t6

It t \ p- —i r- u — BIG SPECIAL BARGAIN II ——...— m week we have a special sale on muslin = rW underwear, everything on the Bargain Count’S er will go at cost or less. LJ Combination Corset Covers and s t ™ , n x m Drawer® an nt 7 r. fj mD roideiied &Lace Trimmed Pet- tu urawers. ipi.zo ones go at 75c. ticoats price ranges from 50c to «5 n g and 50c ones go at 39c. sale price 40c to $3.00 * ' ’ — — — Corset Covers 25c and SI.OO luu. n». Sale Price 19c to 75c price g £ Gowns worth from 50c to $2.25 Sale Prices 35c to $1.25 S? Kimonos sat- K i bands ’P n ces2. sale price $1.2 5 | M Crape Kimonos Empire style Worth Plain , D ,, =a “ H $2.00 go at s|.sO om® LAXt’^ k&blue^Pe KimH onosw °rth $1.50 sale price s|.2O | Ii Red figured Crape Kimonos satin Childs i f| trim worth $2.25 sale price s|,so a t |g® ns ace hose worth 25c go TITE multiply the crowds by dividing the nmfiTl ™ Wby giving them values when we advertised-Y e p L ease the ladies sent our merchandise. e Specials and do not misrepI in I IMfcfaj hhbd

PERFECT COMFORT That’swhat any woman will find in our Grover Shoes, they are made in all styles, single soles low heel and goring in the sides. It’s just the shoe any woman should wear who wants something easy. Our shoes this year are better than ever before, let us show them to you. Tell Your Neighbor PEOPLE’S & GERKE