Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1912 — Page 4

i I THE home of I Quality Groceries I 1 DO YOU FIN 1) « 4 Your PantryF Shelf Empty fejnoi ibijiwi l! f ° r a hurried Meal Or Unexpected gy- 1 | 1; J COMPANY Quality Goods Will Keep As Well THERE * As On Our Shelves I I always order before lam out” A good idea. Let us help you put in a supply of neccessities and note the good results and satisfaction. We pay cash or trade for produce | Eggs 16c Butter 20 to 27 I Hower and Hower, North of G. R. & I. Depot. 'Phone 108,

HOUSE WANTED —Five vu seven . rooms. Will occupy house for year I or more. Address “W” care Demo- 1 crat office. 57tf |

—" ■■■■■— —■■ii—»i I MBM—MM—— —■* All Hands Join Q P ra i se °f our whiskey once they have tried it. It has that mellow rich flavor that comes t' rom perfect distilling and I L-—P ro Per ageing. You can pay »-*' ISiEciri MfiS® more but you cannot get a -ox I nil Uil better whiskey than ours. If ?r| you don’t try a bottle you don’t know a good thing. Corner Second and Madison Sts. GOFfIXY

S Special Display B!G SPRING SUIT AND COAT I I of : DISPLAY =~ | | FRIDAY MARCH 151912 i I r» » Coats and Suits SATURDAY MARCH 161912 R H £EF, / ’ 'j\| I / hOk \ 'These are exclussve Bischof models— *“? Ss tX\ Wjl v V in trimmin & brought out in many unusual On the above date we will have on Display || H f 'jf ■ J nslk The;. - show the touch of a master-hand models of Suits and Coats shown by the famous H V ■ T in creating styles. WM lj f 5 ! rL j Bischof Manufacture H 'W V® I " * A7XJSI We will also take special measures. We will have @ S x Ml' “ re “ vcst ’ styles that are exclusive to our store, Style, Fit /\s/’ and Workmanship guaranteed. <<o «« ® Yisit ° Ur St ° re at th ’ S t ’ mC an d get your aster S uit or Coat ggjfc- § i < • Special Prices This Week I f . v — ' m 8 If NIBLICK KOMPANY fl

. WANTED —Ten first.clans linemen for electric light work; 29 cents per j ! hour. Non-union preferred. Gary j Light & Water Co., Gary, Ind. Got 2

ASSESSORS BUSY Have a Big Task on Hands— Please be Ready to Greet Them When THEY CALL ON YOU i Have Some Funny Experi- ’ ences--If You Have a Dog Better “Own” Him. ' No use to dodge the man that comes , to your door, be it front, side or rear, I carrying unde.- his arm a large black! book and a number of papers. He will come again if you don't answer j the door. In fact, he will keep com- ■ ing until you admit him and give him ! the information which he must have. The man is the assessor of your township or one of his deputies and . it is useless to try to dodge him. He is more persistent than the famous tax ferrets. The men in charge of the work of appraising the personal property of the taxpayers of Adams county I are very busy. They are working as fast as possible in order to complete j their task within the time prescribed j ■by law. In order to do so it is neces ; Isary that every one in the county give; the men all the assistance they can. ; i When the assessor comes to the door | he demands no money. He simply. ’ wants to ask you a “thousand and one" j questions and will do so as quickly as | i possible and get on to the next house , j if you will open the door, invite him in . i and take a little pains in giving him : the information he must have. i Most of the men are well along in years and a long walk back to this or that house means much to them. Again they are men who have raised families and are well aware that the house I cannot always be tidy and the lady of the house cannot always be dressed j in her best. He realizes there are i wash days, ironing, sweeping and i ' cooking days, and does not expect to I be greeted at the door by a woman I dressed for a social morning or after-1 . noon. Just admit him and the work i ' will proceed without delay and the assessors will be able to make their ' i report on time. The assessors are having all kinds of

experiences and many of them are reported to those gathered about the family board in the evenings and cause much amusement. It would take a volume to record the experiences of any one of the men engaged in the work. There are 128 questions to be answered, but it is probable that each assessor asks no less than one hundred other questions before he succeeds in completing the schedule of each person assessed. From over the country comes reports to the effect that the work of the various assessors is moving along rapidly- and in most cases smoothly. The work must be completed by May 15th. Already several instances have been encountered in which men have sought to avoid payment of poll tax but so far without success. This is one of the features of the work of the ’ assessor which it is hoped to build I up this year and it is believed that when the.v have completed their task . that there will be many more polls scheduled than last year. I There are two extra questions at the ! bottom of each schedule that many persons shy al and 'which gives the assessors considerable trouble. They are: ! “Does any member of your family or any one living with you own any property subject to taxation?" "How many male dogs are harbored by you, and how many female dogs?" I There are many persons who tell ■ the assessors that the.v are not the ' owner of a dog and when their atten- ! tion is called to the fact that there is I a dog on the place, they will come j back with: "It don't belong to me. it's a stray and I don't know where it I came from," and there are numerous ! similar excuses to avoid having the ■ animal scheduled, despite the fact that | it may have been in the possession of the person being assessed anywhere from a few weeks tc a year. THE HOME CHARITY FUND. The following is a list of money subscribed at this office for the Charity Fund: i Old Adams County bank SIO.OO C. R. and J. G. Niblick 5.00 i The Democrat . 2.00 I J. B. Holthouse 2.00 :S. Spangler 50 I Mrs. C. E. Neptune 50 i Thomas Baltzell 2.00 Michael Miller 1.09 j Marion Andrews 2.00 | Jacob Atz 1 00 Henry Hite 1.00

9 Father Flaherty 1 , 3 C. W. Boknecht ? Pythian Sisters 300 PUBLIC SALE. Having sold his farm the undersign- ■ ed will offer for sale at his residence, 1 eight miles northwest of Decatur, on 1 the Winchester road, four and one-b.rJ-miles north of Preble, and one and onehalf miles west and one mile north of; ‘ Freidheim, on the Charles Heckmann farm, Preble township, Adams county,' ■ on Monday, March 25, 1912, beginning j at 10 o’clock a. m., the following prop-I erty, to-wit: Horses: Four head of ; good work horses, all middle age; 11 1 bay horse, weight about 1,200; 1 roan horse, weight about 1200; 1 blackl ‘ horse, weight about 1400; 1 bay pacing 5 driving mare, lady broke, coming 6 years old. Three Head of Cattle: One | ' red cow, giving milk, was fresh in De- / cember; 1 cow, part Jersey, will be j ‘ fresh in May: 1 red cow, will be fresh! 5 in July. Hogs: Six head of brood! sows, will farrow by day of sale; 1A fullblooded Poland China male hog, 2 C years old; 19 shoats, average 75 lbs r each. Farming Implements: One i | Milwaukee binder, Milwaukee mower, j Black Hawk corn planter, Cassiday rid- r ing plow, Gale riding corn plow, 2 c breaking plow’s, 2 double shovel plows, 2 single shovel plows, land roller, hay ' rake, spring tooth harrow, spike tooth harrow, Ideal manure spreader. 1 good as new; Hoe drill, 2 farm wagens, Turnbull wagon, good as new . gravel bed, 2 top buggies, 1 steel tire, ’ 1 rubber tire, good as new; 2-seated spring wagon, set single buggy harness, set double driving harness: 2 sets heavy double work harness, 6 ’ horse collars, fanning mill, hand cut- '' ting box, grindstone, hay, fork and rope, 3-horse power gasoline engine steel frame buzz-saw, 8-in. feed grind er, International make, good as new: Blue .Bell Cream separator, hay ladders. wood rack, corn in shock, 15-cord sawed wood, 9 doz. laying hens, more or less; 3 turkey hens, 1 Tom, 7 ducks, . ’ 2 geese and other articles too numer- . - ous to mention. Terms—All sums of $5 and under, > cash in hand; over $5 a credit of 9 I months will be given, the purchaser ' giving note with approved security; 4 • per cent off for cash. No property re- > moved until setled for. I ED MARCHAND. • John Spuhler, Auct. > Fred Fruchte, Clerk. ) v i WANTED —Experienced girl for house 1 work, Flo Monroe street. 54t3

I wk* «■ Co»ni«ht 19W. by C. B. Zimmerman Co.--N u . ♦ THE OLD CABINET MAKER SAYS: THAT the new, tall chiffonier, modeled after the old English High Boy, with its special drawers and wealth of room, makes an addition to a bedroom as desirable for its usefulness as for its remarkable beauty. If there is a place m your bedroom that looks bare, or if you need more drawer capacity, there is nothing with which you can embellish it so appropriately as with a chiffonier. Genuine birds-eye maple $25.00 will be $21.00 $21.00 value at SIB.OO Solid oak with mirror worth $20.00 at $17.00 $26.00 value at .. . ...... $22.00 22.50 value at 17.50 14.50 value at 11.50 12.00 value at 0.50 10.75 value at 8.50 7.00 value at • , 5.00 Heres your chance to get a handsome piece at a genuine reduction. Prices effective for Saturday, March 16th. only. MEYERS, SCHERER & decatur Beavers INDIANA