Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1911 — Page 3

l~ ■’ ■ll. .? f , ■ -.IQ J ""' , , pTT'-”*'"'~" — | Only Eight More Shopping Days Left | I Think of it the time is drawing near and you will k | have to hurry to get what you want before the nice I things are ah gone. / J L. Big Special For Saturday ? ■ J WVBmQKOnSOHMUBBBB L AIR GUNS I | | We place on sale Saturday morning a regular 50c air gun that shoots BE. g * shot for only 10c each with a 50c purchase of other goods. Think of it novz is p 1 the time to get the boy a gun and at the same time buy for all the rest of the | family at the lowest prices. We still have the best assortment ever shown in S in Decatur but at the rate the stock is going it won’t hold out for the last few la days. Come in now, come Saturday we will try and wait on everybody as we 2, will have 12 of the best help we can get, Our business has been the best in our I history, which shows we must have the price and goods. | CANDY CANDY CANDY NDid you hear of that big shipment of candy we just got, over 6000 lb. [ 3 > tons ] that will be sold for 10c a lb., do not pay high prices for your candy when q it can be bought for 10c a lb. Remember this is not the cheap gum and sugar - | candy that is’nt fit for anyone to eat, a look will convince you that we have them all beat. Remember the place and don’t forget to be on deck and buy early we have everything needed and the same time we are going to give away a large SIO.OO doll to someone, be sure and get in on it. J — —. —. L THE. RACKET STORE k B STEELE AND WEAVER fl t— —n p—ICZZZ3CZ3 CZI LEZ3 CZZEZ3 EZELLE3

PUBLIC SALE. I will*»se'il at public Eale, 2 miles northwest of Pleasant Mills and 3 miles southeast of Decatur, on Mud Road, o nthe old Archey farm, on Wednesday, December 20, 1911, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m., 4 head of horses: One black mare, weight 1300 Tbs., coming 10 years old; 1 gray mare coming 15 years old; 1 yearling colt driver, coming 1 year, and 1 coming J years old. Four Head of Cattle: One full-blooded Holstein cow, coming 5 years old, calf by her side; 1 Jersey cow, 5 years old, fresh in the spring; i 1 yearling heifer, half Holstein, ha;f Jersey. Hogs and Sheep: 8 head of; sheep; 1 Chester White brood sow; 1 O. I. C. sow; 200 shocks of corn and about 200 shocks of fodder. Farming Implements. Three-horse riding!

&b-sr-cycr OUR stock is selected and arranged to make the task of the holiday buyer as easy as possible A visit to our store will otter many suggestions as to appropriate and useful articles for gifts. We have Skates, Sleds, Express wagons, Speeders, rocket knives, Air guns, Bicycles etc for the boys andl girls. Fme pocket knives, Safety razors and many other articles suitable 1 for the men. WHILE FOR THE LADIES WE HAVE Nickel plated kitchen ware, Allumum kitchen ware, Silver knives and forks and spoons and a fine stock of fancy pieces, be™ yTspoons, eream ladels etc. Carving sets. Mamcure sets and sissors. Fancy Electric Stand Lamps. - -r MffiMfl r F-'

I breaking plow, good as new; vera planter, Bull J; binder, 2-horse plow, 2-horse corn plaw, 2-horse walking 1 plow, two 2-horse wagons, 3 in. tires; j 2 buggies, spring-tooth harrow, mow- ' ing machine, 3-horse disk, set double breeching harness, set driving harness, set of bob-sleds, hay ladders, 1 spike-tooth harrow, organ and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms: —All amounts of $5.00 and i under, cash in hand; over $5 a credit of 9 months will be given; purchaser giving note with good bankable security. No property removed until settled f or . HOMER GAUSE. Harry Daniels. Auct. .... ...... i 1.- ■ —————— OBITUARY. 1 Lilah Marie Jacobs, daughter of ! 'George K. and Ida Jacobs, was boin

' March 1. 1910. and departed this life December 7, 1911, aged 1 year, seven months and six days. She leaves to mourn their loss, father, mother, two brothers and one sister, one sister having preceded her to the spirit land. The funeral was held at the home on Sundaj’ at 10 a. m. CARD OF THANKS. I desire through the columns of the Democrat to thank the democrats of Adams county for their courteous treatment to me during the campaign. 11 have only the best wishes not only ■ for those who voted for me, but for I the entire democracy. CHARLES L. BEVINGTON. o— Democrat Want Ads Pay

RED CROSS SEALS Are Now on Sale in Almost Five Hundred Cities and Towns in State. MANY ARE WORKING For the Prizes Offered for Largest Sales—Decatur in the Line. I Through the co-operation of a numI her of fourth-class postmasters in In- | diana, Red Cross Christmas seals are now on sale in almost 500 cities and towns in this state. The postmasters were appealed to at points where no general agency had been established Preliminary reports received at the headquarters of the Red Cross Christmas Seals Commission of Indiana at the postoffice building in Indianapolis indicate that the sale of seals in this state will far exceed that of any pre- ; vious year. Almost every city has already distributed more seals than i were shipped to them during the entire campaign last year. Terre Haute has already received 250,000 seals: Evansville, 200,000; Lafayette, 100,I 000; Logansport, 100,000; Marion, 50,i 000; Anderson, 5C',000; Richmond, 45,j O 00; South Bond, 30,000; Greenfield, [ 30,000; Connersville, 20,000, and so on I down the list. Some of the smaller towns, howev- ( er, promise to make a better per cap- | ita showing than the larger cities. They are expected to give the larger places a good race for the prizes offered to schools in cities making the J greatest per capita sale. The list of j prizes which includes six vacuum cleaners donated by the McCrum Howell company of New York, has been increased by the contribution of a handsome silk flag, given by Captain Walla se Foster known through In- | diana as the ‘‘flag man,” because o" his interest in teaching patriotism to the school children. The state managers have announced that no formality is necessary in en tering the contest. An accurate rec ord of the actual sale of seals in each place will be kept, and the per capita sale will ge figured on the basis of the 1910 census. The city or town selling the largest number of seals per inhabitant, will, with gross receipts amounting to SIOO or more, be awarded the large stationary vacuum cleaner, and the McCrum-Howell company agrees to install it free of charge in any school building designated by the winning city. The five cities or towns, aside from the winner of the first prize, making the best per capita records, regardless of the amount of money realized, will receive portable cleaners of either the electric or hand variety. The winner of seventh place will be awarded the beautiful sill: | flag. — TESTIFIES IN COURT. Clark M. Foreman testified in the United States circuit coure 'here Tues day that a big coach stallion bought from the Souers farm at Hunting ton was not subdued by all of the instruments used in an effort to curb his bad disposition and that even chloroform failed and the animal had to be killed Foreman lives at Van Wert and the suit in which he is plaintiff is directed against George W., Glenn H. and Karl K. Souers and he demands $25,000. He charges that the horse was insured to be gentle and that he paid S2OO for him. It is charged that in a rage the big animal bit Foreman’s right arm and crippled it permanently. He is represented by Harper and Eggeman end Judge R. K. Erwin, and Leonard, Rose and Zoliars of Fort Wayne, and Emmett King ot Huntington appear for the Souers. A jury was empaneled and ihe case was placed on trial before Judge A !’■ Anderson early today with the prospect that the testimony would be finished by (line of adjournment tills afternoon. Fort Wayne News. FARMERSI Mougey i r—the new blacksmithing firm at the Monroe street stand, are at present making to the farmers a good offer, which they will redeem on December 24th, to the man who brings to them the largest ears of corn, as specified in connecting ad: Eight new shoes for first largest ear. Four new shoes for second largest ear. Four old shoes for third largest ear. By Christmas Eve, at the Monroe street shop. TETE MOUGEY & MILT LEAVELL. 2BI —2tw-6wks DEMOCRAT WANT ADS’

NM RMiiy MMfllW, ; di« tenth Sbild. aged ri*, was a wtet iHtta glfl, taxing a very Mirlcus view of life. She was carried Io her mother's room tn make the aoatiatntanoe of the eleventh arrival, a brother. Her attention was called to ..lie beauty of thin gift from God. She looked earnestly at the cbjeot of prr.ise, trying to see the bright side of the situation, t' <i said. "He is very nleo, but we Ckl not really need him," ■•Ware of Laziness. Burton. In his famous "Anatomy of Melancholy” says; "Laziness is poison to body and mind, the ailment of pervorsenesa, one of the seven deadly r'nn; ‘tie the devil's pillow', his bolster, his main support A lazy dog is full i of the mange, and how etra.ll a lazy man not be otherwise? Laziness ot mind is alzo much worse than laziness of body; an unused talent is a misfortune; and to the mind rust is a pest, a hell.” Various Uses for the Aloe. In Africa the leaves of certain species of aloe provide material for bowEtrings, hammocks, fishing lines and ropes With the Mohammedans the aloe means much. For instance, those v/ho have returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca hang It over their doors, as a sign that they have made the great journey. In Too Much of a Hurry. ‘‘Absalom,” said Mrs. Rambo, “you've got to quit your d; Inking, your smokmg, your chewing, your swearing, i your— ’’ “For heaven’s sake, Nancy,” ■ protested Mr. Rambo, “don’t commit ms to speh a wholesale reform. Let : me revise my habits schedule by cchedule.” —Chicago Tribune. Food for Cat®—and for Thought. Said the hobo; “I went around to ■ a back door today and asked for some- j thing to eat. ‘Madam,’ I said, ‘if you j will only give me the food you gave ycur cat I will be satisfied.’ ‘lf you ! want to lie around the barn and catch . mice I haven’t any objections,’ she ! .old me.” —Atchison Globe. 1 ““ _o_ His Prospects. Mrs. Murphy—Oi hear yer broth-er-in-law, Pat Keegan, is pretty bad off. Mrs. Casey—Shure, he’s good for a year yit. Mrs. Murphy—As long as thot? Mrs. Casey —Yis; he’s had four different doctors, and each one av thim give him three months to live.—• Puck. Once Was Enough, "Os course,” said the surgeon who had operated for appendicitis, “there will be a scar." “That's all right,” replied the patient. “Leave any kind of mark you like that will prevent some strange doctor from coming along and operating again.”—Winchester Herald. Prevents Corrasion in Boilers. By subjecting boilers to weak elec- I trie currents from dynamos through apparatus he has invented an Austral- | ian scientist claims to prevent their corrosion by the electro-chemical ac- I tion of the water. The Greater Affliction. To a discouraged remark of one j New Yorker that appendicitis ran in ' his family, another savagely answer- I ed: “Thunderation! You don’t know { when you’re well off; banging the i piano runs in mine!” The Most Exacting Sport. Competitive rowing is, perhaps, the most exacting sport in the world, and i the man who indulges in it lives a life which, according to some ideas, is very i little removed from slavery.—London I Bystander. Natural Indignation. Thief (who has snatched a lady’s . bag) —"Two transfers, a powder puff, i a recipe fer headwash, and a sample o’ silk' Au’ I ran two miles wid it! : I’m agin votes fer women!” —Puck. Daily Thought. I believe that more breaches of friendship and love have been created, and more hatred cemented by needless criticism than by any one ; other thing.—Sir Arthur Helps. Lucky Man. “He is what you might call an ;l adroit man?” “Decidedly—his sins nev- ; er find him out and his debts never find him in:”—Puck. Moves Ten Pounds. There are 28 pounds of blood In the body of an average grown-up person, and at each pulsation the heart moves ten pounds. Diminutive Greenland Tree. The smallest tree in the world is the Greenland birch. Its height is less than three Inches, yet it covers i a radius of from two to three feet. Singing and Work. A man who sings at his work should ■ remember that he isn't the only one ‘ on the job who may be entitled to hap- • piuess.—Atchison Globe. J - « I Poetical Justice. j , Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry ’ . of the poor, he also shall cry, but j shall not be heard. —Proverbs of Sol- J omon, 21:13. ' Not Hereditary. J As a general rule, when a girl has 1 beautiful hands it isn’t any sign that ; her mother l’iis.-*.‘»tchison Globe. t

Old Adams County Bank i Deca cur, Indiana. I - - * >. .w.Capital $l2O 000 • Surplus . $30,000 C. S. Niblick, President M. Kirsch and John Niblick 3 Vice Presidents !! - - E' X- Ehinger, Cashier. to I arm loans | kKMIg * a Specialty n Reflect Resolve c “ns | IT’S BETTER LATE S | Than Never, TO START A BANK ACCOUNT ! VV ith Safe The Earlier Ihe Endeavor, Method! rr i » t Extended | ■ The Larger The Amount! Tc u U r § ' 1... Patrons —‘ — g S We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on 1 Year Time Deposits | , . JSIIWW—■><»! ir aMUtU-Jl MM-'.avWVMMHMWMMM . - . j Why Pay The Retail Price for your Beer and Liquor when you can buy just as cheap as the 3 RETAIL DEALER My Beer Prices Seipp s Export sl.sojper case of 3 doz. “ Export Large $1.60 “ “ “2 “ ft “ Extra Pale $1 75 “ “ “ 3 “ “ Extra Pale large $1.75 “ “ “ 2 “ i My Liquor Prices P My Price' Retail Price H '& I. X. L. Whiskey, per Gallon $1.50 $2.50 Bl fc Cabinet “ “ . “ $2.00 $3.00 H Old Canterbury Rye “ “ $2.50 $4.00 MB f Briar Ridge (A Straight Kentucky whiskey 5 U years old) per gal. $3.00 $5.00 LJ M. H. G. (A straight Kentucky whiskey 9 D vears old) per gal. $3.75 $6.00 ‘*l 5 Berline Kimmel per gallon $2.00 $3.00 J 6 White Swan Gin “ . $2.00 $3.00 M E Hamilton Blackberry “ “ $1.50 $2.50 J a Pure California Port wine per gal $1.25 $2 to $2.50 Eg S Grape Brandy per gal $2.25 $4.00 I — Pure Califronia Sheery $1.50 $2.50 r-, ® Apricot Brandy $2.50 SI.OO These goods are absolutely the best and purest i in the city J I. A. KALVER H Wholesale Liquor Dealer Monroe Street., Six Doors West Os Old Adams County Bank Hr—~ zzzzaczzz

Frank Nussbaum, the Linn Grove j barber, was a business visitor here I yesterday. J. A. Fleming of Union township I was in the city yesterday morning for a short time attending to business affairs.

, rnaverials required. Wefurnm’.i eLc.fl,u:;u' , ’ I iTrt demand exists now, the profits are ■ j ft, I • s ta»s«sfcA big «ht- ® YOtifiL'feH iJ'.m - u ’ Je ■ -k-: -cu to the p”bl ; sher ofpcra-’. 6'jG CanU Yshe .< .■ tc, u. 4 n f* — j*— l ~ ****—***'* 1 ■w’i.—.'h* ' «'•" • j iMWßMiwi'gaa A ■ - -14 i fifSM * ... e ~-.****** 4 * *♦* ♦ ♦ ■ ♦*♦♦♦*»{ J- O. HALE i ' SEEDS, COAL AND FEED I j.' —— x * Portland Cement, Gypsum Rock Wall : <■' * i Plaster, Lime and Salt C i r <Ve make a specialty of furnishing Seed Goods good Z in quality and low in price. • Call, Write or Phene No. 8. 201 S. 2nd. D. |

The members of the adult : j class of the German Reformed day school, of which Mrs. Henvy Moy I er is teacher, will hold a' pasta.-' s«'.> at the meeting of the Ladies’ Aid ! ciety Wednesday afternoon at i ' home of Mrs. Martin Miller.