Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1912 — Page 3

I.— .. 1 If I Could Take You I ....through Barkers factory and show you with what care the best qualities of > leather are selected, the care taken in fitting the uppers and lasts to get the v’ draft of every individual shoe just right see the shoemakers making the shoes and finally see the last inspector go over them and throw out every pair that has any imperfection, you’d say la Barkers Best For Me | Charlie Voglewede 1 THE SHOE SELLER On The West Side Os The Street |

0 n'EWtfg FORECAST s o Fair tonight and Wednesday; rig. Ing temperature tonight. Ixio Weber was a Fort Wayne business visitor yesterday. Miss Marie l.aniles will attend the •commencement at Geneva Thursday. Miss M. Springer has gone to Herne tor a several days visit with friends. I>ick VanTilburg of Portland made a motorcycle trip to this city yestet •day. Miss Marie Daniela w ill attend the commencement exercises at Geneva Thursday. Mrs. AV. L. McMillen of Fort Wakne v as a guest Sunday of the Dr. W. W. P. McMillen family. Miss Leota Bailey left yesterday for Terre Haute, where she will take a three months’ course in the state normal. Martin Klug of Ft. Wawne and his sister, Mrs. Margaret Lang, of Terre Haute, returned to Fort Wayne last •evening after a visit here.

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JW whir w I Appreciate The | *" iiiS «. n iceties Os Snowy Linnen, Rare China And Glistening Silver Also Knows The Appropriateness Os Quality Groceries You will find quality in our goods and a price that will suit you. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 18c Butter 18 to 25 I Hower and Hower. North of G. R. &'L Depot. Phone 108. SOM O & O ■ O 8 0 ■OBODBOIOIOBOBOBOIOII j J.s Bowers, Free. F. M. Schlrmeyer, Vice Pres. | 8 !S O Q 8 O O w H 2 The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- O O lent bargains in city propertv Adams county B « farms. The company would be pleased to have K g you call at its office and see its offerings. The com- q S pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on | reasonable terms. Let the Sc^.e^ r b S Company prepare your abstractor title, twenty l£l years experience, complete records. O o e 8 « Q g she Bowers Realty Go. g f French Quinn, bevty. Q osoboboboiobobbobobobobobobc

Rev. W. H. Gleiser made a business Hip to Fort Wayne yesterday. Elmer Miller and son, Robert, went to 1 on \\ ayne yesterday on business. Mrs. A. A. Kist and son, Robert, have gone to Pierceton, Ind., to emaiu for some time. Mrs. Albert Buuck and children of Ft. Wayne were guests of the Chris Boese family over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Barton Schraluka today began housekeeping in the Mike Smith property on Jackson street. Attorney Frank Cottral of Berne numbered among the business call- ' ers here this morning left at noon for his home. Ren Shrank, the barber was off duty yesterday. Fred Hancher working in his stead during the short absence ot Mi. Shrank. The Misses Agnes Balha , Mertle 1 and Irene Budweiler ofßluffton were geests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R. Hoffman on Grant street. i Mr. and Mrs. Flox of South Bend returned yesterday to their home.after . a visit here with their daughter, Mrs. ; I. Bernstein. Joe Flox, her brother, t of Columbia City, who also visited here, returned yesterday.

! Leo Eh er visited with Mr. and Mrs. Will i.eilinr nt Bluffton. | Miss Lizzie K .iitenbrair went to Geneva this mortiing for a short visit ; with his friends. 1). E. Latiferty of Huntington was here today on bus ness with the Wat- ; ing Glove company. Mrs. M. E. B am of Willshire, Ohio, changed ears here yesterday morning enroute to Fort Wayne. 1.. N. Grandstaff of Monmouth was c here this morning looking after busiless affairs, which required his attention lor a short time. M. E. Brackett r>f Grand Rapids, Mich., was here e'er Sunday visiting | with his family, and settling up affairs I previous to his moving there. Mrs. Hi Mann and daughter, Ellen h Elizabeth, returned yesterday morning || to Fott Wayne after spending Sunday J here with her mother, Mrs. ThompI ton. I Henry Graber of near Linn Grove visited here Sunday, making the trip |on motorcycle. A slight accident was cceasioned here when the motorcycle fell over, breaking one of the pedals. , Mr/and Mrs. Charles Barnhart and | two daughters arrived from Attica lor a visit with relatives. They were accompanied here by Mrs. Chester hnler of this city, who bad been their guest. C. I T . Dorwin of Geneva, who spent Sunday here with his family, returned • this morning to resume his work in • rhe butcher shop of which he and his brother-in-law became the proprietors last week. » 1 The building, corner of Jefferson and Second streets, former!., occupfel ■ by the Cress S Beavers marble shop i now the H Pennington carpenter shop, has been improved w'th a coat oi . red paint. Mr. and Mrs. Cla'ance f’atighman, ■ who have been at Lansing. Mich., and other cities of the north, expect to go . this week to Merrill, Mich., to visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Reitz, who lately moved to their f.-.m near that place. Dr. Webster of Whitley county who owns a peach orchard of I.COO bear- ' ing trees has made an examination and states shat all of the peaches have been killed by the cold snap. He i thinks he will do well if he gets fruit r from ten trees. Many attended the funeral of Mrs. j Rose Houk which was held this morning from the Antioch Lutheran churdh at Hoagland at 10 o’clock. Mrs. Houk's death occurred Saturday morre ■ ing from burns received in a gasoI line explosion at her horn? near WiF I Jiams. I Ben Shrank left this morning for IlMotfroe and Berne to make a short. 11. visit with relatives, and will then go "•‘st Badeti to take treatment for which has been failing him !< .he will be ab-

| . »int depends? . I tiis condition. Sheri: Durkin is iWreceipt of word ■ ’ from the Van Wert county, Ohio, sher-1 I iff, asking him to be on the lookout I II tor a robber or robbers who Sunday night broke into the William Hertel j produce plant i.nd got away with! about $125 in cadh and a bunch of Stirs. John Gerard arrived home from Ft.' 'Wayne, where lie was on business rel- j ative to his moving his household goods to that place, where he will live. Mr. Gerard has been working in the Wabash shops, lint his family has been residing here, he now having secured a good position there and will make I that pSaee bis borne. Carpenters h«ve begun work on the remodeling of the Henry Vian house on West Monroe street. The root is [ being raised to provide tor the form- ’ inp of a SHCond floor and other imI provements are also in order. Ihe mason work on the cellar is nearing com-1 pletion and the cement block foundation for the large porch is now in the , course of construction. The Magnolia tree r.i the Mat Kirsch I home on North Second street is now j m bloom and it Ist perhaps the only one of its kind in the city. Many pedestrians stop and marvel at its beauty this time of the year. Although its many limbs arc- covered with the bloom, Mr. Kirsch states that the’ frosts have somewhat affected it, otherwise it would have been still more - beautiful George A. Braden of Los Angeles. I Cal., named in the.list of survivors of the Titanic disaster, is a second cousin of Forest Braden of Portland. He was .bout twenty-five years old. Recently graduating from Leland Stanford university,, he had gone io Europe so a postgraduate course and pleasure t ip, I and was returning home. With two miler ir.-:a ’ eped f-jm the ship as is was going down; After being in the water about two hours be was picked ; up by one of the lifeboats. In college 1 he was known as an athlete, and it is said that his endurance powers, developed by his training, stood him in good in this iHlgf cement of his life.

Miss Ina Everett spent the day In Fort Way nr Miss Jea Lutz went to Fort Wayne tills morning. S. E. Hite made a business trip to I Fort Wayne this afternoon. Rev. T. H. Wilken made a trip north on ths interurban this afternoon. A large numlor wiG attend the T. P \. convention at Muncie May 3rd and 4tt. A. J. Smith attended tire funeral of Mrs. Rose Hauk at Hoagland this morning L. C. Waring has returned from a several weeks’ vi?'*, in the south and southwest. Mrs. Charles Fritzinger* returned this afternoon to Monmouth after shopping here. Henry WefAl of Preble township j was numbered among the busine; s I callers here firs morning-. Mrs. William Dailey and Mrs. Mary Case returned to Fort W'-yae this afternoon after a v isit ai Willshire, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Moore returned to Fort Wayne this morning after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. Sadie Potts. Misses Margaret Long and Eva Davis and Mess.-s. Hugh Russell and Walter Sawyer spent Sunday afternoon here with friends. Charles Roon of the Fred Schaub . hardware store, who has been off duty ; lor nearly a week on account of sickness, was able to be at his post of duty again today ! City CounciliLan Ike Chronister, who has been on the sick list for several days, was able to attend the ses-1 sion of the council called ’or Monday I evening by May T.cple. ’ Miss Pear', Baumgartner, who Is ‘ staying with her grandfather, A. ’ Studabaker, at BTuffton, visited here over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and ’ Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner. Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer and daughter, Martha, went to Fort Wayne this ’ morning to meet Mrs. Edward Wilson of Nappanee, who is coming here for 1 a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale. t w NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. Notice is hereby given tnat Monday, the 6th Day of May, - t " is the last day to pay your spring installment of taxes without the penalty being added. The law is very strict and will be observed. No receipts will be laid away, and all not paid on r or before the last day the penalty cf t ten per cent will be added. The treas- > urer’s office will be open from 7:00 f < clock a. m., until s:ooa>’clock p. in., : but will not be open at night, as we - will have to have all of that time f '— I’ %y(L J if • ' H I

I be ait tin so that are deiiw | quent. v Yours very truly, CHARLES W. YAGER, ; 97tf County Treasurer. YEOMAN NOTICE. ■ All lady members of the Yeoman i lodge are requested to meet at the hall ! cm Wednesda' evening. i -i I Demncra. T ,/> an- Arre Pp ' - ■■—— I //fjjpSk it ° \ ! — We Have No Choice Each of us must go thru the world; I We can and must choose what we will do as we pass thru. We Earn Our Money, we can throw it away or we can save it and use it wisely The Choice is ours l The people that you and I i “look up to” in the community arc those that saved. A few years from now we will be in their place, s Will the next generation look up to us? i To be prepared then, we must begin now. Open An Account Today FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DECATUR

I \ r I OU’LL like the style and I 1 the fit and the general smartness of our new spring’ suits. They have the f ‘ HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX - fashion and quality in them, and they’re /1 tailored in away to keep shape. We want you to see the varsity and shape- ‘ M /f---maker in the new shakes of Tan. Gray 7 I / j land Blue. We can interest you if you’ll L i > I give us a chance. I i H. S. &M. Suits Priced /Wk $16.50 to $25.00 Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx HOLTHOUSE, SCHULTE & COMPANY GOOD CLOTHES SELLERS FOR MEN AND BOYS S Nr* 81 B LJ Ujgs. a a -—fez a g THIS SPLENDID R-C-H g Hi CAR g 5 passenger, 110 inch wheel base, long stroke motor three speeds QQK A inclosed valves, Bosch magneto, 31X3 1-2 inch tires, fob Detroit. The Self-starter model Equipped with self starter, gas tank, demountable rims, undone extra rim (vy 32X31-2 inch tires, tire irons. Splitdorf dual ignition, fob Detroit $950. Buy The Car Value That Beats It—ls You Can Find One , The through systemizaiion and co-operation between departments of /tm our factory produce the parts of this remarkable automobile at a much lower initial cost than any other plant. And then too we emplo v better men better ■ materials, use more drop forgings than any other manufacturer. toV 1 H SALES AGENT - - - fiHHH i—mimw 3HHS r"''—l iwm ISIIITS, COATS ANO SKIRTSI ■tg We still have a s ‘ Wlf very good select- -L*- B rp M 'VvA ionofSuitsCoats U | 117 K/U and Skirts. | MTHL- A new line of A ' I g t ; ' wrappers,Dress' ~i q fl l w es and Rain d d O I J Coats. Come in 9 i| ■ g L and see our line ! I fy 3 g] i\\ before purchas- i r ■ U J Big, It will save | j ■ g sTr—4 y OU money. || I THE BOSTON S FORE | a uaiki bbbhmhS