Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1912 — Page 3

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S WEATHER FO CAST 1 |7 c ■ r>*o*o*u«o * OLo«a»o«3*<>* | Rain, turning to snoknd much i colder tonight and Tues<l generally ‘ fair, except snow nearlke Mjchikt«n, and colder in eastpiori n. | Miss Gertrude Moses fct t< Fort 1 Wayne Saturday. | D. W. Peery made a 'lines Strip 1 to Fort Wayne Saturday. I q Clem Heidemann made! biiness trip to Fort Wayne SaturJy. I Mr. and Mrs. David Arcrr of leasant Mills were business viitoihere' Saturday. t Mrs. A. A wst run .oa anMit >t<lle Tr.nnn-1 went to Fort Q’ne j S: turdav na n. I \v. D. Hendricks, who has be visiting with his sister. Mis. Cri left Saturday for his home at Kendrille. ■ Ed Magley this morning rented his work as assistant pharmat at the Plackburn drug store after two months vacation. Recently the Indianapolis ipers 'carried an account of Reatricefiley, scf Geneva, Ind., being rescue from a house of ill fame in that ci<by a pastor. The Geneva Heralc says there is no girl by that namtiving in Geneva, but the people theithink they know the true name of th/oung woman.

| Baled 'orn Fodder In order to reduce stock and make Room for new goods will sell al stock and poultry foods at half price jid have all leading Brads on hand. E. L. CARROLL SUCCESSOR TO J. D. HALE prompt dhjvery guaranteed 808 O ft O ■ O tt O ftOBC-OBOBOBOBOBOBOBUB * J. S. Bowers, Pres, F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres, g s ■ 1 2 ! 2 B The Bowers Realty Company has somes excel- O □ lent bargains in city property anil Adams y ( B farms The company would be Pleased to nave M 2 you call at its office and Fee its oil eri^ s ' i ® 2 * irmv h‘is nlentv of five per cent money to loan on ■ ® Ut'the Schirmeyer Abs Wart ■ q Company prepare your abstract of title. y B| years experience, complete records. O O ■ B a o n The Bowers Realty Co. & french Quinn, Secty. g 01010 fl OB C O* ) B OBC BOKC

J. S. Peterson was a Fort Wayne' business visit >* Saturday. Mrs. Guy Johnson of Columbus, 0., i is in the city for a visit with relatives. Mies Flora Neaderhouser, one of . Gertie s teachers, was a shopper here ■ Saturday. Miss Bertha Kohne left today noon for Richmond, There she will visit with her sister, Mrs. Ida Cole. I E. X. Ehinger is home from a busi ' uess trip to Chicago, which required i his attention for several days. Omer Butler, who spent Sunday ■ here with his family, returned i Berne to resume his school work. , .[ Walter Kauffman left today on his regular trip to be absent for the week ■ in the interest of the Schafer Saddlery i company. i yppnffi Shackley of Pi. Aayfinl ! an<i her cousin. Miss Bessie Martin, 3 f • Lone Kock, Wisconsin, who has been : her guest, are visiting a few days here I with relatives. 11 The bad ’■•gather, «now drifts and 1 other things did not keep a large 1 ■ crowd of bargain hunting ladies from attending the regular special sale con3 ducted by the Morris five and ten cent store. The .ale Saturday was no exi ception to the usual lively one, and i long before the hour announced the s crowd began to assemble, all eager for ; the fine slop jars, etc., etc., etc., etc., r displayed .n the window, which sold r for ten cents to the ones who could grab them.

S. E. Brown was a For* Wayne business visitor today. Ada and Orpha Death spent Sunday at their home in Bobo. Miss Jessie Meyers spent Sunday with her parents at Pleasant Mills. G. 11. Laughery returned today to Colfax after a several days' visit here ■ Mrs. John Gerard, who went to Ft. Wayne yesterday for a visit will return today. Will Loshe will leave on Wednesday of this week for Coldwater, Ohio, to make his home. Mrs. Henry Bauman and daughter, Mary, of Monmouth, were here, shopping this morning. Rufus Stuckey of Berne returned to his home after a short stay here Saturday on business Miss Clara Houck returned today to Fort Wayne after a visit here with the Conrad Giliig family. Mrs. William liege returned today to South Bend after a visit with her sister, Mrs. L. W. Coppock. Floyd Smith of Fort Wayne spent Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Veronica Smith, and daughters. Mrs. Ed Phillips, w’jo has been mak- | ing a visit with her son. Will, at Lima, | Ohio, returned home Sunday. Daniel Scherry of near Magley has ■ purchased a ney Lambert automobile i which he will use the coming season The Misses Neva and Naomi Laman returned to school this morning I after a several days’ illness with the grip. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fleming and babe of Berne, who spent Sunday here with relatives, left this morning for their home. Miss Lettie Lang,\who has been on the sick list for two weeks past, was able to be at her post this morning at jthe Boston store. Miss Leota Bailey returned to Berne this morning to resume her school work afte r epending Sttndai here with her parents, ] MlSg Wneholl Daugherty, who ■ spent SiiiiAay here with relatives, I returned this morning to Berne to resume her school work. Mr. tthd Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Samuel Purdy returned last evening to Bluffton after spending the day here with Mr and Mrs. L. H. Purdy. John Foughty, who is ill the etn ploy of Heckman & Co., left this morning for Berne, and then further lon south, to be gone the remainder !of the week. Atz & Steele received a shipment of two car loads of buggies, which they will retail the coming season. Mr. Atz recently purchased

them when he was on a tour of the ; state. Aaron DeVinney has just completed a series of photographic scenes which ; show the huge snow drifts, which adorned our streets the past week. He ■ lias introduced human interest in the photos by including many well known people. He will probably manufacture them into post-card views. J. W. Merryman is home from Berne where he spent Saturday night with his mother, Mrs Adam Syphers, who celebrated her eighty-first birthday Mr Merryman, who reached his sixty.third birthday on last Thursday, w ished to spend the happy occasion with his mother, so spent the day with her on the anniversary of her birth. The Morris company, which recently purchased five and ten cent store at Hartford City, has arranged for the extensive remodelin.' of the \place. The invoice has just been complied, and the store was opened with a special sale under the new management Saturday. C. B. Larrimer is [the new manager—Portland Commer-cial-ißeview. . Postmaster Lower reports letters remaining uncalled for at the Decatur 1 ostoffh'e for A. W. Gates, Mrs. Mary Olinan. Lee H. Kidder, E. A. Stark- ' weather. Mrs. E. A. Swanson, Mrs. ! Charles Wert. Elizabeth Riley, Mrs. I 9, T. Ross, Cards, Tillie Schlickman, ! Mrs. Lottie Ryder, R. D. Smith, E. L. Watson, L. H. Crawford, Mrs P. House, Charles Bunks, .1. A. Gray, George Hintalone, Bertha Reeling. Joseph & Lang were busy todaypacking their goods and getting them in shape for their moving into new headquarters on Tuesday. They will be located in the Ehinger building Just north of the Blackburn drug store, and everything is in readiness for their | occupancy. It has been arranged to meet the requirements of they bust uess, and it will present one of the most attractive places in the city. Miss Ida Lukens, who has been making an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. W. G. Spencer, left last night for her trip to her home at Paoli. Kans. Miss Lukens will stop oft in Illinois for a visit with a friend be- : fore continuing her trip to Paoli. She had intended to leave a week ago SunI nay, but became suddenly ill, and I was ill the greater part of last week, being unable to make the journey.

Mrs. A. R. Bell and daughter, Pan sy, spent the day in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Al Steele is able to be up again after a week’s illness with the grip. Frank Gass of the Fullenkami store, who has been confined to his home seven weeks, with an illness that resulted in pneumonia, is recov ering. Saturday he Wis able to take a" short walk out of doors. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Home and Foreign Missionary society will meet on tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. F. M. Schirmeyer, and it is hoped that the attendance will be a large one. Several important papers will be read at this time and the meeting of Tuesday promises to be one ot exceptional interest. Mesdames Joseph Helm and Joseph S. Lower called on their sister, Mrs. Rachel Dailey, In St. Mary’s township Sunday Mrs Dailey, who fell last week and fractured her right hip, is now belter, but her condition is very serious, the seriousness of the injur? being agumented by her great age. Mrs. Dailey is past eighty years of age. She makes her home with he. son, Willard Weimer. JOHN O’BRIEN HAS RESIGNED. John O’Brien, manager of the Ward Fence company, and who has been connected with that concern almost ;-lnce they b egau business in this city, i esigned ,iis position this morning. Foi the present his duties will be taker fare of by Mr. Rundell. — <>• —— ROOSEVELT WORKERS HERE. .1. Frank Snyder and Morton S. Hav. kins, of Portland, recognized as the leaders in this district of move hient to give the Indiana vote in the national republican convention tc Theodore Roosevelt, were here thia morning and held a conference with a few of the g. o. p. workers at the office of Graham & Walters. o ATTENTION, LADIES! I Free Paper Bag Cookery Demonstration Tuesday Atfernoon. There will be a free paper bag coo' ery demonstration Tuesday afternoon beginning at 1 o'clock at the local g office, to which nil are invited. Mr? Stella Phillips conducted the dem tnstration for the high school elasthis afternoon and Tuesday afternoon she will be assisted in the demonstia I tion by Mr. Kaaffman of Lafayette. ! The advantages of this new way oi J cocking are many and these will be ! explained fully in this demonstration. We owe the ’.ivention of paper bag cookery to Nicholas Soyer. Soyer, until recently, was chef of Brooks’ club, London, England. The paper bag is ■ air tight and moisture proof. Cooking in paper is not altogether a new idea The Chinese coolted in paper long b fore the paner bag was made. MOVES TO OHIO.

C. T. Lee of. Monroe, numbered among the best known farmers of this part of the county, is completing arI rangements for t'.e moving of his family to W apako'.eta, Ohio, where he has ? purchased an eiyb'y-aere farm, and ■where he exp-.etu to make his horn >. I Mr. Lee ha'- been a resident of this I county for the past twenty-seven years and it is with regret that he leaves this i county, although he says lie can do better in the move His many friends here will, with regret, learn of his an- | ticipated leave. BAPTIST BR r .HERHOOD Will Meet at Cnurqh Tuesday Evening —J. C. Tritch to Speak. The Baptist Brotherhood will hold an unusually interesting meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the church. The chief address will be given by Prof. J. C. Tritch, of the high school faculty, and there will be oth■er features of the program. all men of the city who Llsh to do so, are invited to attend. ATTEND EDUCATIONAL MEET. i E. E. Rice, superintendent of the i city schools, left this afternoon for j St. Louis, Mo., where lie will attemthe meeting of the National Education al associati.-n, whir’ will be held the entire week at tbo Planters' hotel. Mr. Rice goes to attend the superintendents’ division and will be present with ’ a large number of Indiana high school superintendents. STAR OF BETHLEHEM. There will be a special meeting oi the Star of Bethlehem this evening at the G. R- rooms and the at : tendance of ~!l members is wished at this time. Th<~ meeting will be tailed promptly 7:30. . o — NOTICE. We have plenty of money to loan or farms. Long time. No commission T&F-tf ERV/IN LAW OFFICE.

BANK STATEMENT. C. S. NIBLICK. President. M. KIRSCH, JOHN vice presidents. E. X. EHINGER. Cashier. Report of the condition of the Old Adahts County Bank, a state bank at Decatur, in the state of Indiana, at the close of its business on February 20, 1912: RESOURCES Loans and discounts ... $830,687.70 Overdrafts 9,773.37 Other bonds and securities. 7,857.06 Banking Furniture and fixtures..., 3,700.00 Other real estate 721.05 Due from banks and trust companies 204,123.28 Cash on hand 32,800.73 Cash items 3,555.58 Current expenses 897.01 Interest paid 1,004.28 Profit and loss 8.57 , Total resources $1,102,295.80 LIABILITIES. Capital stock —paid in 5120,000.00 Surplus 30,000.00 Undivided profits 5,790.62 Exchange, discounts and interest 2,531.84 Dividends unpaid 1,362.00 Demand deposits $307,016.91 Demand certificates 543,101.84 850.118.75 Due to banks and trust companies 92,492.59 Total liabilities $1,102,295,80 State of Indiana, county of Adams,ss: I, E. X. Ehinger, cashier of the Old ' Adams County Bank, do solemnly ' swear that the above statement ie true. E. X, EHINGER, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 26th day of February, 1912. JESSE C. SUTTON, Notary Public My commission expires January 5. 1914. o NOTICE. Now is the time to file your mortgage exemptions. See Will Hammell. attorney, over Vance, Hite & Macklin's. 49-e-o-d-ts o PUBLIC SALE. ! i The undersigned will offer for sale. at his residence, 2 miles west of Decal tur, opposite the Peter Wetsel farm, | .on Wednesday. Feb. 28, 1912, begin-1 1 niilg at 10 o’clock a. tn., the following ; property, to-wit: Three; Head of i 1 Horses: One sorrel mare, 6 years old, i in seal, weight 1600 lbs; 1 bay hors?. I ■ 12 years old, weight 1200 1 lbs; 1 colt, [ ■ coming one year old in spring. Sevc , ! Head of Cattle: Three milch cows. < will be fresh in spring; 1 heifer, will I be fresh in March, 1 Durham bull, 3 | 'years old; 2 spring calves. Hogs anil 'Chickens: Two sows; eight pigs, 175 chickens. Farming Implements: One. Turnbull wagon and bed, hay ladde", 20th Centruy manure spreader, spring | i wagon, Thomas hay tedder, Sure-drop j corn planter, McCormick mower, John] Deere cultivator, Syracuse breaking i , plow, 2 spring-tooth harrows, 1 6 J- 1 tooth spike-tooth harrow, double shov- ' el plow, Rock Island hay loader, single l , shovel plow, set breeching harness. j 250, shocks corn in field, American ': ervam separator, butter churn and a lot of other articles too numerous to mention. Terms—For all sums of $5.00 an! under, cash in hand, all amounts over $5.00 a credit Os 9 months will be giv 5 ' en, the purchaser giving note with a r--3 i proved security. 4 per cent off for 3 : cash. No property removed until settled for. J. W. MANKEY. John Spuhler. Auct. B. B. OINTMENT lias cursj hundreds of cases of ecze--1 ma, barbers’ itch, itching piles, iv? poisoning, pimples, scalp eruption:-, cuts, chapped hands, or any skin trouble. B. B. Ointment is a true, anti- : septic disinfectant, and ..should be in every home. Price of Ointment, 50c. If not handled by your druggist, send ' 50c to Brudg Bros., Mfgs.. 217 East ' Monroe street, Decatur, Ind. 39-21 w 3m i ■ o ‘! FOR SALE —Good eight room house. with modern conveniences, barn and cement walks. For particulai. call 291. ’ 43t:i FOR SALE—Barred Ko«-v iuu i Bl n < l Orpington cockerels a* .1 pullets: I bronze tom. —J. E. Mann, Decatur. 43t16 Dcn’ocrs* Wont Ads P •

I WHAT IS IT? IT-ISa Rcmedy-for-Barren Mares I Cows, Sows and Ewes ' •“It’s Guaranteed” Ask Smith, Yager & Falk eff'T’T’ IWHBWng. DR. RL. STARKWEATHER OSTOPATH Acute and Chronic Diseases. Office and Residence Over Bowers Realty Co’s. Office DECATUR, IND. Phone 314.

BOSSE OPERA HOUSE Tues., Feb. 27th. Engagement Extraordinary Positively Guaranteed Attraction The Wagenhals & Kemper Co. Present THE GREAT AMERICAN PLAY PAID IN FULL By Eugene Walter With the same excellence of Production and Brilliance of Cast that characterized its Sensational Engagements of two years at the Astor Theatre, New York, and six months at the Grand Opera House, Chicago. Most Important Theatrical Event of the Season Greatest Dramatic Success in 20 Years Seats on Sale at Usual Place Prices 25, 50, 75, 4 rows SI.OO

r- • ~=n ITS WORTH* WH-ILE You owe it to yourself to investigate our spring shoes and oxfords, because their attractive appearance and good fit make them easy to select. ' i - _ ■■ -— ' PEOPLES & GERKE New Location In Meibers Block First Door South of Schmitt Meat Market. fc—“ " ■ ' ■-■ T IL.. _ ■ 111 Ilf - - A A GLASS OF OUR i ' MALT tONIC I before lunch, dinner or supI ~l tr about as,good a medidne as you can take and as I gccod a drink. If you are ’ n e i^ er body or J run down in any way drink I RIA orir roast ton ’ c cr a cn d y° u ’M scon be a new man or a new woman. Costs only .St** 1 Si.so a dozen.“ Good as medicine costing many times as much. Corner Second and Madison Sis. GURLE.Y R/YDE.M/YGH'E.R ssTm I THE HOME OF r | EES ft Un E H IpkreiH ® Quality Groceries | mg : H WE KEEP ——l A GROCERY STOPE. ‘ £But We Don’tiE fcep j GROCERIES THEY ARE NOT INTENDED I TO BE KEPT! I We Sell Them! Sell Them Fresh! H We are still selling Salt fish at 5 cents lb. 10 lb. sack of pure Buckwheat flour 40c. Fresh Lettuce i Fine Spanish Onions ■ , Fancy Holland Cabbage p • Sun-kissed Oranges ’ Fresh O vsters Olivts, Dates, Figs, Pickles and Honey We pay cash or trade for produce j .Eggs 22c Butter 20 to 27 I Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108.