Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1911 — Page 5

Hl 1 —, —„ HI , vIS3 W4WI buics io inaicn. Double ■ wear at the same price means twsce half price. H Let me show you the difference. Charlie Voglewede I the shoe seller

X — IL -~ ”■ ll g-ge».»« . ■ ■■ ♦ o#o*o»o*o«; ; LEATHER FORECAST t ; $ '•C»O*O • o*o*o*o«o«o<o« Fair and warmer tonight; Wednesday fair. John S. Moses of Chicago is a gnest of relatives here. A. P. Beatty was a business visitor at Berne today. Mrs. George Simmers went to Monmouth this morning. Word from West Plains, Mo., is that Mrs. Horace Callow 1 shows no improvement. Mrs. William Goede of Preble transferred here this morning enroute to Fort Wayne. P L. Andrews went to Portland and Dunkirk today to attend to business affairs during the day. Rev. and Mrs. G. -J. Koch of Preble changed cars here this morning on their way to Fort Wayne. Rev. R. L. Semans, J. N. Parrish and | Ed Zimmerman went to Indianapolis this morning to attend the temperance meeting which opened its sessions at the capital city this afternoon. Milton and Rudolph Wiegert of Beeifier, Neb., arrived yesterday for a visit with their uncle, Harry Kooken, and family. Their arrival was unexpected and the surprise given was a most pleasant, one.

r-—. — “ '-I .' 7-. , .1 ■F l|fe ‘ ■ n »1 fiill| Everybody feels like laughing when they wear king Quality shoes. They look so well, they ht snug.y, there’s no discomfort and they wear like iron. Buy a pair, try a pair next time. At the Home of Good shoes. WINNES SHOE STORE! i SlGia■To * 0 lOOOvaOEOKOSOiOiOBOB ■ J. S. Bowers, Pre,. F. M. Sehirmeyer, Vice Pres. 3 S O a 2 gs o O a Tho Rowers Realty Company has some excel- ! f 2 reasonable terms. Let the Schijmeyer o 5 Comnany prepare your abstract Oi ucie. j 3 2 years experience, complete records, O 3 ■ _ o O The Bowers Realty Go. , V ! French Quinn, Secty. g.

Michael Kuhn of Jefferson town-; ship was a business visitor here to ; I day. Mrs. F. G. Sehinnerer of Willshire, I Ohio, changed cars here enroute to Fort Wayne. Ed Bailey, the traveling salesman,i left this morning for his trip after | spending Sunday with his family. The Misses Roth and Vandewater * returned this morning to Fort Wayne I after a visit at the McClure home. Mrs. John Merica left this morning for Lima, Ohio, where she will visit ; with relatives and friends for a few ; days. Bud Peas of near Craigville began work Saturday at the Charles Voglewede shoe store as second shoe repairer. Mrs. D. Schmitt and little son, Dyonis, went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit until Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Frank-Geary. Mrs. Clel Maurer of Geneva is sufi sering from appendicitis, it is said, i and she will be taken to Fort Wayne to the hospital for treatment. The Misses Gertrude Butler and Josephine Lang have taken positions at the Steele & Weaver racket store as regular clerks until after the holi-; j days. Rev. Kattman of Berne changed; cars here this morning enroute to Ft. Wayne, where he will attend the reg- ; ular board meeting of the German Reformed orphans’ home, he being a i member of the board.

Charles Lammiman of Monroe was a business caller here yesterday. The Rev. H. C. Jaus of St. John’s was a business visitor here yesterday. H. P. Moses of Fort Wayne spent Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Julia Moses. Ben Elzey is able to be at bis work at the Wells-Fargo office after a few days’ illness. Attend the oyster supper at the Dent school east of this city. Irene Evans teacher. H. W. Cutting of French Lick j Springs is here the guest of his sis-1 ter, Mrs. Ed Lyon. David Spehiger of Geneva returned to his home yesterday noon after attending to business affairs here. Mrs. H. L. Merry spent yesterday afternoon with friens at Geneva, returning home on the late train. Ezra Cutting left Sunday night for Milwaukee, where he will make a two months’ visit with his son, Pearl Cutting. Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers has been a guest for a couple of days of her brother, John T. Baker, west of the city. Mrs. Fanny Peterson and son, Cal., have returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allwein at Shelby, Ohio. Get wour Christmas gifts at the Presbyterian Ladies’ bazaar in the Morrison building, opposite the Hensley jewelry store. Prof, and Mrs. J. D. Cline returned to Silver Lake after a visit here since , Thanksgiving with Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith and family. Look out tor Santa Claus at Mar-' > tin’s restaurant, the cheapest place in the city for your holiday goods. His meals are also the best to be had. Mr. and Mrs. A. Buetell of Berne, Ind., who were the guests of his i brother, Adam Buetell, and family over Sunday, have returned home. Misses Lottie and Sarah Flox of South Bend, who have been making a visit here with their sister, Mrs. I. Bernstein, left yesterday for their home. Omer Parent, who has been work-i ing at Three Rivers, and who spent j Thanksgiving here with his brothers j and sisters, returned to that place to : resume his work. Burt Segur, who has been visiting with his father, Harvey Segur, a fewdays, left this morning for Jackson, Miss., where he will probably locate an engineering office, provided the conditions there are agreeable toihim. Mr. and Mrs. Erman Mentzer enter ; talned Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Earl ’ Forst and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Jere Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weilman and son. Luzerne; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hofer, Mrs. Isaac Peters, Miss Ruth ; Parrish of Poneto and Mr. Fred Cook of Fort Wayne.—Bluffton News. Ben Ashbaucher closed his priano sale at Decatur Saturdty evening. He has been occupying space in the Myer, Scherer & Beavers furniture store and that firm will continue to ; handle pianos, getting assistance from Mr. Ashbaucher from time to time' until they become thoroughly posted ; in the business. —Bluffton News. Postmaster Lower reports letters remaining uncalled for at the Decatur i office belonging to J. R. Johnson, Mrs. Amanda Johnson, Mrs. E. H. Hower. ' \ Geo. J. Reid, Elmer Cevelt, J. H. Bak- ■ er, Harry Murphy, Harvey Springer, Miss Emma Selle, Herbert Schwartz, Mrs. Estella Rupriglrt, D. Reinhard, . Chas. S. Meyers, Vito Health Co., E. j A. Volmer. Warm and pretty comforts, aprons, I dust-caps, handkerchiefs, vases, hand 'bags, cushions, darning bags, doiliet-. and all kinds of fancy and useful hand made articles can be obtained at the bazaar conducted by the Presbyterian ladies in the Morrison building, opposite the Hensley jewelry store. Patronize the ladles. They I will also conduct a nastry sale on j all days. Watch for their ad. Willis Fonner thinks he has a good j juke on his wife. Willis has been sWI sering with a stiff neck and this morni ing thought he would rub some linij ineut on it. His wife brought the botj tie in which it was supposed was the I liniment, which they rubbed on the ' neck, but which proved to be vanilla Instead. Some one suggested to Willis tbat-ihe- Joke was on him, but he said the joke was on his wife, and the vanilla was on him. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Syphers and children, Russell, Roland. Ralph, Josephine and Pauline, East Race street, | came home Sunday evening from Albany, where they had been called by the death of his stepmother, Mrs. George W. Syphers. The services were held Sunday morning at eleven o'clock from (he Methodist church, and the remains, accompanied by hettwo sons, Clarence Syphers and Calvin Mills, both from Muncie, left for Flushing, in the northwestern part of Ohio, for burial. Mrs. Amos Danner, who also attended the servives, | returned Monday to her home near Decatur.—Portland Sun. a

THE WHITE PLAGUE! Claims Life of Quillan Bus- i fenbar ger. Well Known Young Man. DIED THIS MORNING — • • i Had Been Failing Several Years—Funeral to be Held Thursday. After a several years’ gradual decline with tuberculosis, Quillan Buf- ' fenbarger, a well known ydbng man of this community, passed away this morning at 10:20 o'clock at his home north of the city, on the Lachot road Mr. Buffenbarger was born in this county May 5, 1880, and at death was thirty-one years, and seven months of age. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Buffenbarger, who survive, their residence being on Elm street. Mr. Buffenbarger was married several years ago to Miss Rosa Mann, daughter of the late Ashley Mann, and the wife, with three sons, survive. Mr. Buffenbarger was a young man of many good qualities, and his demise just in the prime of life is sadly de plored. The funeral will, be held Thursday, though the exact hour, and i other arrangements have not yet been determined. o■— i KICKED BY HORSE. Walter, son of Fred Thieme of Union township, met with a very pain ful accident while in the city Monday, 1 and although not serious, was painful enough at the time. He had brought a horse to this city to be shod and w-hile leading it through the Perry Ogg feed yard one of the horses standing along the way reared up and struck the young man just above the knee. He was taken to a physician, who dressed the injury, although no I bones were revealed broken. He will ! get along all right and be around as | usual in a few days. j THE CHRISTMAS MAILS. The mails are beginning to show the effect of the approaching holiday season, though only in a small way, i thus far, stated Postmaster W. A. Lower this morning. He advised ail senders of Christmas gifts to get their packages off as early as possible before the heavy rush begins, if they would be assured of a timely delivery. \ Also, said he, advise them that Christi man seals must be placed on the side of the package, other than the address side, and remember that the se.Cs do not pay the postage. — —— <» SEAT SALE ON. The seat sale lor the third number of the lecture course. the comic opera, “The Captain of Plymouth.’’ to be given at the Bosse opera house, Friday evening, will begin tomorrow : morning at the Holthouse drug store. DOLL CONTEST. The vote in the contest for the doll which is on exmbition in the Boston Store window stands as follows today . Margaret Huffman 100 Margaret Rademaker 100 Lee Anna Vance 100 , Eloise Lewtoll 100 Marcia Helm 100 Doris Erwin 100 Alice Lenhart 100 Gretchen Graham 100 Eleanor Ellis 100 Helen Lower iuu Mildred Yager 192% i Martha Sellemeyer 100 Catherine Peck 122 J Opal Robinson 100 Fay Fritzinger 100 Romain Henneford 100 Leah Colter 100 Germaine' Christen 100 Mary Gottemoller 100 Jeanette Beery 100 Mary Vail 100 I Dora Magley 100 Jeanette Clark 100 Fay Stults 100 | I Mary Burk 100 Naotna Cramer 100 Fanny Heller 100 Gladys Tanvas 100 Virginia Hite 102% Grace Drague 100 Naomi Durkin 100 Mary Fuhrman 100 Ruth Meyer 100 Ircta Beavers 100 1 Lois Peterson 100 1 Margaret Niblick ....; 100 Florine Michaud 100 Grace Schroll 100 Corine Walters 100 i Hazel Snitz 100 t Romain Murray 100 i Gladys Flanders 100 i

ii Sul Home o/ OH 1 WHart Schaffner S Marx * MEN who are particular about clothes are apt to be p i ticular about the little niceties of dress; a Scarf pi Cuff Buttons, Muffler, Hat, Dress shirts or a House coa you may not want to give such a man a suit or overcoa for Xmas maybe he does’nt need one, or does’nt want yoi to; but you can give him pleasure and something he dg® want without spending too much and without danger*’ getting the wrong thing. Here’s a list of things that men like, they’re all here and lots of more; that we can’t take room here to tell you about. | Mens Suits $lO. to $25.00 Dress Shirts 50c to $1.50 Mens O’Coats 5. to 25.00 Mufflers 25c to 2.00 House Coats 5. to 7.50 Handkerchiefs. 5c to .50 Coat Sweater 1. to 6.00 Combination Sets 50c to 1.50 Trousers 1. to 5.00 Scarf Pins and Cuff Links . . 25c to 1.50 Fancy Vests 2. to 4.00 Gloves . .... . 25c to 3.00 Suit Cases and Bags » . . . 1. to 12.50 Neckwear 25c to 1.00 Whatever you buy here that proves to be not just what was wanted may be return® ed for exchange: or the money paid for it will be refuned. ■ HOLTHOUSE RWWWIM schulte & co. Good Clother Sellers for Men and Boys

HUNTINGTON PAPERS UNITE. Huntington, Ind., Dec. s—The Hunt-I ington Herald and the Times-Demo-I a crat have been consolidated and the ! w Herald will be published hereafter as I t j an independent, non-partisan paper, ij ( H. M. Ormsby will be managing editor) p and W. H. Ball will be business mana- 1 ]. ger. The Herald will be the only daily v newspaper in the county and the Her-) t aid building will be enlarged to accommodate the concolidatcd facilities of. both newspapers. The combined pa- J per is to be a consolidation of three daily papers which were published in Huntington loss than a year ago, Mr. [ Ormsby having consolidated the; Times and the News-Democrat previously to the merger with the Herald. The deal leaves both the republican and democratic parties of the; i vuuiltj n-ituOUt GOOD SALES AT BAZAAR. ■ ■ • The patronage is quite heavy at the i bazaar conducted by the Presbyterian i ladies in the Morrison building oppo- I site the Hensley store, and the pretty i and useful hand-made articles they i have for sale, are in great demand. In addition to this department the ladies are also conducting a pastry sale, where all kinds of good home-made baked goods and dishes may be securI ed. This will be held every day that the bazaar is conducted, which will undoubtedly be for the remainder of the week. 0 REBEKAH INITIATION. All members of the Rebekah degree staff are requested to be present at the initiation this evening, when one candidate will be given the initiatory degree. o Charles Bell of Lima, Ohio, WellsFargo route agent, was here today on business. Miss Zelma Steele, cashier at the True & Runyon store, is off duty today on account of illness. Wl. __ a .. .<• L. v. . __ .

STATE ASSISTANT HERE. Miss Ora Williams, of Indianapolis, assistant state organizer of libraries, who is ou her regular tour ot inspection over the state, was a guest of the local library today. As her visit happens to come on the day of the regular meeting of the library board, she will be an attendant at the meeting of that body tonight. Democrat Want Ads Pav

I Old Adams County Bankl Decatur, Indiana. a— n Capital $l2O 000 1 . Surplus . $30,000 I jk' a r b‘ & S. Niblick, President I SJfer M. Kirsch and John Niblick I ■ Vici Presidents 1 ' E X. Ehinger, C< i >yr — > KS>3sW<2^S^S ? n„„ j Farm loans I J> . , aSpwialtyJ Resolve Collections Made Start Something! *£< —< — ■■ able Rates, j WHY NOT ’ E ; erj , A Bank Account? A t s?±, Then Later On lv s -l? « nt f 2 You Will Be Prepared L To Start Something Else! I But-Make The Start! I ratrons I We Pay‘4 Per Cent Interest on 1 Year Time Deposits' WI«IH I HIM

SHOWS NO CHANGE. The condition of Simeon Fordyce reported as being unchanged over th. of Monday. Mr. Fordyce sufW|(l 3 attack of paralysis Saturdaifij which affected him so that able to speak. He was brought S’W day morning from his home in ' mouth to the home of his daughW| Mrs. Charles Teeple, on North Secfcuj street, this city, where he now is. | ’