Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1912 — Page 3

We Could Not ...have built up such a shoe business in ten years people would not follow us as they do if we did not give extra values in our shoes. Take for instance ‘Barkers Best work shoes for men and boys, built of the best leather known to the old shoemakers, Puritan Calf skin uppers, flint oak soles, every lift in the heels solid leather and the best sea island thread to sew the uppers. If you’re hard on work shoes try a pair of these. Charlie Voglewede the: shoe seller On The West Side Os The Street

•♦D4O»O#O • o*o*o4o*o4 LEATHER FORECAST 1 2 ♦ o. o*r>*<xo*o*o« Snow or rain tonight or Friday; code: north portion Friday. Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter, Midge, spent yesterday in Ft. Wayne. Mrs. C. ¥.• Connell went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon for a short visit. Mrs. Dick Hill and daughter, Mabel, attended the Concord Ladies’ Aid meeting at Monmouth yesterday’ afternoon. J. T. Coots returned home to Decatur yesterday after doing some organ repairing here, out of town. —Berne Witness. Professor Withaus of Berne was here Wednesday, giving his regular musical instructions to his various pupils here. “He used to be a straight enough chap. What made him get so crooked?" “Trying to make both ends meet I believe.” —EX. To insure timely insertion, notices or announcements should be brought or telephoned to this office before 10 o’clock in the morning. Those having announcements to make, or notices of any kind, should telephone or bring them to this office before 10 o'clock, to insure timely insertion.

COTTON AND LINSEED OIL Cake Meal Millet, Clover and Timothy seed. Fresh stock of Farm and Garden seeds just received and as soon as weather will permit shipment will have supply of Bulbs and Roses Carload of Salt just received, Both Medium and Fine, guaranteed to not get hard in the barrel. Table and Dairy salt. Early Ohio and Early Rose Seed Potatoes t£. L. CARROLL SUCCESSOR TO J. O. HALE PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED

JBOIOBOBO aoBODnOBOaOHOHOIOBOB J S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres, £ O ■ o o ■ The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- g lent bargains in city property ana Adams count} 7 farms. The company would be pleased to have H you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- q pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on M reasonable terins. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ■ Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty years experience, complete records. ■I e ■ o The Bowers Realty Go. v French Quinn, Secty. g _ '-inriMndnir

Harry Schindler of Berne returned to his home after a short business stay in the city. C. W. Merryman of Monroe, who was a business caller here yesterday, has returned home. Mrs. May Kenyon of Kalamazoo. Mich., who spent the entire winter here with friends, left today for her home. Attorney C. L. Walters returned this afternoon from Berne, where professional matters required his attention between trains. .Jacob .1. Moser is so-ely afflicted in one eye and has had other complaints the last few days but is somewhat improved again.—Sonnenberg (O.) notes in Berne Witness. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mygrant left Wednesday evening for Auburn, where they will visit a short while before going to South Bend where they will make their home, Mr. Mygrant to engage there in the grocery business. If you have a news item telephone 51. If there are many names to be recorded therein, it is best to write them out and bring them to the office, to avoid error which usually occurs in telephone communication. The Witness has a curiosity in the shape of a common match on which the whole 23rd Psalm was written by E. Stauffer at Mcaroe by the use of a common lead pencil. He says he can write a man’s name and address on a grain of wheat. —Berne Witness.

A. Schumm of Schumm, Ohio, was a visitor here today. • Charles Steele was a business caller at Willshire Wednesday. Dr. C. V. Connell was a business visitor in Fort Wayne yesterday. Miss Frances Coffee has begun work at the Deiniriger millinery store. Ray Smith is moving from the south part of the city to Chestnut street. Miss Madge Hite went to Ft. Wayne to spend the day with Miss Zoa Miller. Mrs. Andrew Artman made a tri]) to Bluffton Wednesday to visit for a few days. Rev. and Mrs. B. Ruf of Fort Wayne spent yesterday afternoon with their daughter, Mrs. L. C. Hessert. Mrs. A. Kenworthy and babe left today for Camden, Ohio, to be the guests of friends lor several days. Mrs. J. A. Smith, who has been a sufferer from gall stones for some time, is improving, and is now able to sit up. Mrs. George Longnacker of Columbus, 0., returned home this afternoon after a visit with her sister, Mrs. L. C. Hessert. The suit of the Decatur Packing company against. William Lutz et al., was dismissed at the plaintiff's cost. —Wabash Times-Star. Frank Gass, manager of the Fullenkamp store, who had been ill for a number of weeks, has nearly recovered and is on duty again. Lawrence Linn, who has been suffering with symptoms of appendicitis for several days, is better. He was able to sit up for a while. E. D. Engeler arrived from Berne this morning and attended to business at the Runyon & Engeler store in ; which he has an interest. C. W. Hocker returned today to Elk- , hart after a visit with his daughter, Mrs. E. B. Macy. His daughter, Miss ' Ruby, will remain for a two weeks’ i visit. The Charles Ross family is moving into the Voglewede residence on I Fourth street, recently vacated by C ;H. Schafer, who moved to North | Third street. i Vern McGonagle returned from i Monroe, where yesterday he was look- : ing after the securing of contracts for the furnishing of ice cream during ! the coming summer. i Mr. Rhoton of Columbia City, gen1 oral manager of the Morris five and | ten cent stores, arrived today from Bluffton to attend to business at the store here for a day or so. Mrs. Florence Bright of Kirkland township and Mrs. Rosa Andrews have : gone to Phillipsburg to be in attend ance at the M. E. conference which is I being conducted there this week. | Traveling Salesman Wesley Hoff- ■ man has gone to Tipton, Ind., to at- ; tend a convention of harness makers land aid in demonstrating harness for I the Schafer Saddlery company, for ' which he is a representative. Miss Maria Robinson of Monmouth, who has been ill for several weeks with a complication of ailments, is ' getting better. She has been able to I sit up and take her meals at the taI ble during the past few days. Mrs. Ernest Nahrrtald and son, Hilbert, arrived yesterdtfy from Fort Wayne for a visit the remainder of the week with her mother, Mrs. L. Bnltemeier, on North Third street. They will bo joins' 1 Sunday by Mr. Nahrwald. The Ben Hurs are making grand preparations for the entertainment ol seventy or more Fort Wayne members. The Fort Wayne team will confer the degree upon a large number of local candidates. The meeting will be held in the I. O. O. F. hall. Bloomington saloon keepers are going to “get even." They say they will sell no drinks to men whose names appeared on the saloon remonstrance. They say that several who signed were habitual drunkards and when they come in tor drinks, they will he ousted. Homer Krick of Fort Wayne, has been named superintendent of the garbage collection department of that city, at a salary of *OO per month, he to furnish his own horse and rig. He has been in the employ of M. Saul as collector, and is highly recommended. Mr. Krick is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. David Liby of Preble. Charles Hockemeyer of Williams moved yesterd“7 to Midland, Mich., where he has purchased a farm. His residence at Williams will be occupied by the Fred Musser family of Rou£e 10. south of this city. Mr. Musser is a contractor and has the contract for building the three-mile-Allen-Adams county line road. Decatur, Indiana, is becoming metropolitan since it has secured a mil-lion-dollar beet sugar factory. “Niggers’’ have previously been run out of that town as fast as they appeared on the streets, but now there are several families there, and several of the dusky pickaninnies are attending the public schools.—Columbia City Mail.

Loyal Woods went to Fort Wayne this morning. Frank McConnell is at Convoy, 0., on business. C. L. Walters was a business visitor at Berne today. Mrs. Sarah Bell of Magley was here today on business. Miss Alice Dailey is visiting with friends in Monroeville. S. E. Hite made a business trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon .1. D. Martz of Monroe w r as numbered among the business visitors here today. Attorney J. C. Sutton made a business trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon. Helen is the name of the baby gill born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Voglewede. Charles Voglewede, who has been at Indianapolis, will arrive home late this afternoon or evening. Mrs. J. F. Baugher and Mrs. J. G. Balderback of Willshire transferred here today noon enroute to Ft. Wayne. There was a touch of spring in the air today and every one began to smile. It will be great when it gets here. Mrs. Lewis Weis is seriously ill at her home on North Fifth street. She is suffering from an abscess near the heart. Nell Brown of Willshire, and brother, Harry Brown, of Pleasant Mills, changed cars here this afternoon enroute to Fort Wayne. Harry Gilman, superintendent of construction on the sugar plant, has moved into the D. W. Myers home on Rugg street, formerly occupied by Mr Rundell. Mrs. George Syphers, who has been quite ill with strangulated umbilical hernia, remains about the same. It is vet undecided whether an operation will be held. i The snow' drifts along Second street, discolored from smoke and coal dust, present anything but a beautiful ap pearance and now that the weather has taken a more polite stage, should disappear. The sooner the better.

Engineer Welsh and his assistants are busy on the Erie lines, making the grade. The contractors will probably be here within a month and after their work is done the Erie’s men will finish the work of daying the track. Clayton Schafer, who has been making his home on South Fourth street, was busy moving today to the house just north of the Peter Kirsch planing mill on North Third street. Chas. Ross will occupy the home occupied by the Schafers. The horse sale tomorrow- promises to be the biggest of the year. The time is arriving when a good team will be a good asset, and at this season the demand for good horses, such as are raised in Adarrfs county, find a more ready sale than at any other time. A Mr. Williams was in the city today, a busy man, taking pictures for an industrial history of the city. Pictures, both interior and exterior views of the school houses, business houses of the city, including the telephone force, various institutions, etc., will be taken Dr. J. Q. Neptune and daughter. Isabelle, will go to Fort Wayne this evening to call on Mrs. Neptune at the Hope hospital She was operated upon Monday for appendicitis and other serious ailments, but is getting along - nicely considering the seriousness of the case. Dr. Porter was the surgeos. FARM FOR SALE. Sixty acres of well improved land, nearly ail black ground, well tiled, good fences, good house and barn. For particulars inquire of .1. H. Nicholas. R. R. No. 2, Bryant, Ind. 39t6 ■■l —• — ———l IB •—- - HE WON'T LIMP NOW I No more limping for Tom Moore of Cochran. Ga “1 had a bad sore on my I instep that nothing seemed to help till i I used Bucklen's Arnica Salve,” he i I writes, “but this wonderful healer soon 1 cured me.” Heals old, running sores, 1 ulcers, boils, burns, cuts, bruises, eczema or piles. Try it Only 25 cents at the Holthouse Drug Company. FOR SALE. Farm, consisting of 200 acres, with new bouse and good out buildings; IGO acres under cultivation and 40 acres in timber. For terms and other particulars, see Serena A. Johnson, South First street, Decatur, Ind. 39tt5 TO BREAK IN NEW SHOES ALWAYS USE Allen’s Foot Ease, the antiseptic powder. It prevents tightness and blistering, relieves bunyons, swollen, sweating, tender feet. At druggists, 25c. Sample mailed free. Address A. S. Olmstead, LeToy, N. Y. —O ' - Democrat Want Ads Pay.

Easter Post Cards ITHE MORRIS CO. St. Patricks Postcards E><& IO Cent Store Don’t Miss Them (3 BIC LS Don’t Miss Them No. 1 Sale Fancy Art water jugs Regular 35c ones on sale Sat 2p. m. only 10 cts. Only one to a customer, see our window [2sc towels 10c] No. 2 Sale high grade table oil cloth guaranteed first quality only 10c a yd. 3 yds. to a customer. No. 3 Sale 12 boxes of extra good matches only sc. Oil cloth and match sale any time Saturday

DRY GOODS SPECIAL Ribbed top taclies hose per pr. . 10c Mens Wool socks per pr 10c Curtain goods extra fine per yd. . . 10c Ruching, the 25c kind per yd. 10c Mens and boys silk ties only ... 10c Silk Ribbons per yd. . . 5, 10 and 15c 5c yd. laces 2 yds for 5c 20c Embroidery per yd 10c 10c pillow tops .... . . 5c Thread & darning cotton silk floss 2 for 5c — Easter novelties now on display prices lc to 19c. see them. DISHES DISHES, WE HAVE THEM Cups, saucers and each 10c 20c decorated salids each 10c Fancy china deep dishes each . . . 10c Glass ware and stone ware .... 10c Lamp complete only 24c 35 and 40c china salids 24c 75c china dishes 48c Fancy white cups & saucers a set . 48c Bowl and Pitchers per set 89c 25c china plates each .... .19c FIRST QUALITY ENAMEL WARE Special $1.25 slop jar -89 c 65c pails 48c SI.OO tea kettles 68c 90c kettles 69c Coffee pots 24c 4qt. granite pans each 10c 3 qt. granite kettles each 10c 10c granite cups each 5c

Remember this is the place where you get the same goods for less money, or more goods for same money. Don ‘s£ The |THE MORRIS _ 5 & 10c STORE I Don ’S The

POLICE LOURT NEWS. Affidavits were filed this afternoon with ’Squire Stone against Barkley & Co., the south end butchers, also Baker & Hower, on a charge of selling adul terated goods. The warrants were issued upon the affidavits and the a: rests were made and the parties brought to court, where they were ar raigned, and pleaded “not guilty.” The trial has not yet been held, not the time- set for it as we go to press. The arrests are the outcome of the visit of the pure food inspector, who was here in January. Charges were made in the first, case of selling hamburg with sulphate preservatives. The meats handled by the local dealers are bought of the packers, which haw passed government inspection before being sent here and the local dealers will stand trial. NOTICE. We have pienry ot money to loan on farms. Long time. No commission charges T&F-tf ERWIN LAW OFF’OE.

WISHED SHF CGULD TELL ALL SUFFERING HUMANITY No one knows how I suffered with aches, pains, lagripp, rheumatism, kidney and stomach trouble. I had a nervous head ache all the time for over a year nothing 1 did gave me relief, I heard and read so much of 49 General Tonic I concluded to try a bottle, and as sure as 1 am telling you I had not taken half a bottle until I was feeling as well as I ever felt in my life. I have taken it since November and have not had any signs of a Headache, or pain. I could not keep from comming and telling you I only wish that I could case to all suffering Humanity, I am telling Everyone I see. The above is word for word uttered by a Decatur lady who is only one out of hundreds of such praisers of 49 General Tonic, there is no equal to 49 General Tonic forstagnated system, which causes Liver. Kidney, Stomach and Rheumatism, and you could not believe how quick 49 General Tonic will stop a cough, and cure colds in children, Try it and be convinced 49 is perfectly safe to give children as it contains no narcotics. 49 Is Sold By All Druggists

[Tach \ \ hite S tag CICAR Is like the rest, looks the *■ me, tastes the same, IS the i same every day in the yea . It smokes with ave vety richness, burns with the same evenness without bite without sting and draws freely and the ash doesn’t flake like old mice these cigars are aged i >to perfect flavor Made up with either samatra or broadleaf wrappers which ever you prefer ASK YOU It DEALER

SALE OR RENT- Three houses. 4 lots, 1 six-roomed house, and 2 five-roomed houses, near South Ward school house: price, $2,000; also 2 five-roomed houses and 3 lots in west part of city; price, $1,300- Inquire of Mrs. Elizabeth Kern, R. R. N". 9, Decatur, Ind. 55t3

SPECIAL IN GALVANIZED AND TIN WARE Galvanized only 49c Boilers $1.25 ones • 98c 20c milk pails only ,15c 30c galv. pails 16 qt. only . . . 24c 10 qt. dish pans and pahs ... .10c Flour sieves 2 kinds each . . . . 10c Jewelry and Combs big assortment 10c goods that you would pay 25c for elsewhere See our assortment of 24 and 48c Jewelry, combs and barrettes. Candy, Candy Just received new shipment 25 different kinds at 10c lb, fresh, 40c hand dipped chocolates our price 10c 1-2 lb. Fresh salted peanuts, just received 500 lbs at 10c lb. try them. TOILET SPECIAL 6 oz. peroxide 10c Talcum a can 10c 25c face powder 10c 3 cakes soap 10c Chamos skin 10c 25c tooth brush 10c HARDWARE SPECIALS Files all sizes 10c 25c curry combs 10c 25c trowels 10c Hatches, hammers 10c 4 ft. folding rule 10c 6 good spoons 10c Half soles per pr. 10c

. FOR SALE—Sult'and overcoat for larfje wan, a Bargain for son.ebody. I Proceeds for church work. Inquire at this office. ’512 ' FOR SALE —Se v on room house <J> North Fifth street; has lights j>nd . city water. See Alt Gentis, at Nil lick’s store. 54tt>