Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1912 — Page 3

Os Course A y° u want a pair of white shoes this summer, most every one does. Our white Nubucks are the talk of the town. They stand washing with soap and water and come out like new. We’ve Goodyear Welted white island duck plain toe and tipped shoes with bright or dull finished Milo buttons. Drop in tonight and ask to see them. Island Duck $2.50 Nu-Buck $3.00, $3.50 ands4.oo I < Charlie Voglewede the: shoe seller On The West Side Os The Street

I. WEATiiER FOIfECASI I o J«o*o*o*C -<L •>‘X»GCCr»O«O« • 1 Thunder showers this afternoon and I tonight. Sunday fair and colder. Dan Sprang/vent to Ft. Wayne yes- ; terday afternoon. Oscar Hoffman made a business trip jg to Ridgeville this morning. Dan Baumgartner has gone to Linn ' K Grove to spend Sunday with his K, mother. ■ Miss Neva Hrandyberry was the I' ■guest of Mrs. O. T. Hendricks at Mon- i ■Toe today. K Ferd Lit*'?er left today, south, on' Khusines* in the interest nf the Schaler j ■■Hardware company > Miss Bertha Stuckey of Berne, who I ■was visiting here with friends, re-1 ■turned this morning to her home. 1 Mr. and Mrs L. B. Cole «f Garrett! ■fcfctarted Friday o- rt n extended trip 1 ■ through the south and will stop at all ■of the principal places. They will be about three weeks. Mrs. Cole ' ■is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. of this city.

f THE HOME OF I Quality Groceries 8 ' -JH o ur gin (jf p are Extensive and Varied at our P atr ° ns Have a Wide Range For Selections BUY SELECT GROCERIES That Have Been Carefully Seletecd Let us supply your pantry with Pork and Beans, Kidney beans, Salmons, Sardines, Canned meats, Kraut, Hominy, Corn, Peas, Tomatoes, Sweet potatoes and succotash. Be supplied. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 18c Butter 20 to 28 Hower and Hower, | North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108. bOHS O O 210 210 ! J. S. Bowers, Pres; F. M. Schtemeyer. Vice Pm. -a ! c ■ o ! ® b The Bowera Realty Company has some excel- C ) lent bargains in city property and Adams county ® * farms. The company would be pleased to have £ ■ you call at its office and see its offerings. Ihe com- q pany has plenty of five per cent money to loan on s reasonable terms. Let the Schirmever Abstract g ■ Company prepare your abstract of title. Twenty I years experience, complete records. — i 3 I « I The Bowera Realty Go. t < French Quinn, Secty. G lif OBOBOBOBOBOBBOBGfr^ 1 ® 0 ® 0 MOWC

Mrs. C. L. Meibers was a Fort Wayne visitor, today. S. E. Brown made a business trip to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon. Mrs. H. Kookens and daughter. Alma, were Berne visitors today, returning on the afternoon train. Mrs. Adam Buetell and daughte", Miss Idella, have gone to Carey, Ohio, and other places on a visit. B. F. Brown of Pleasant Mills transferred here yesterday afternoon enroute to Ft. Wayne on business. Wilber Poole of Indianapolis will spend Sunday here the guest of the |C. L. Meibers family and Miss Margaret Clark. | Miss Orpha Sheets will leave soon 'for Valparaiso to take a normal course in the college there, while Miss Neva i Brandyberry will go to Terre Haute. I Both are members of this year’s graduating class from the Decatur high ' school. J. L. Edge, of North Fifth street, is reported as being much Improved this week. Last Saturday his condition was most serious and it was thought then that he could not survive long, but this week he has shown marked Improvement.

Mrs. C. V. Connell spent the day in Ft. Wayne. Mrs. David Liby of Preble was here today on business. .lames Stockard of Williams was here today on business. Will Baker of Williams was a business visitor here today. .lames Stogdill of Fort Wayne was here today on business. Miss Bertha Deam went to Fort Wayne to visit with friends. S. B. Fordyce of Monmouth was a business visitor here this morning. ! Dr. Vlzzard of Pleasant Mills was here this morning attending to business. Mrs. .lames Watts and grandaughter Merle Marhenke, of Monmouth were shoppers here today. Dr. Grandstaff of Preble township | was numbered among the business callers here this morning. | Charles Kiracofe transferred here to-, day on his way to his home at Fort Wayne from Glenmore, Ohio. Miss Midge McMillen a student in ,lbe Detatur high school went (o Pleasant Mills to spend Sunday at her home. | A ''ground" on the ear due io leave here at 10 o’clock necessitated its return to the car barn for a few repairs, | hence the calling oft' of the run, the [next car leaving at 11:30 o’clock. J Mrs. Marcus Jahn of Peterson, who the forepart of the week underwent an operation for gall stones, is reportled as doing nicely and it is believed i will get along all right from now on. I Miss Emma Magley, teacher at the 'Monmouth schoo', left this morning 'for Ft. Wayne where she will spend 1 Sunday with her parents who recently I moved to their new home west of Ft. ' Wayne. | The Misses Louise and Myrtle Conipock left this morning for Logansport 1 where they will visit with their grandparents, until the family becomes located at Grand Rapids, The rest of the family will leave Sunday for their new home city. Another beet cultivator has been added to Adams county’s list, a big baby boy having been born to Mr. ami Mrs. Michael Palbe, who have been engaged to look after the raising of beets on the Conrad Gallmeyer farm in Root township. Both mother and babe are doing nicely. The Methodist Sunday school of Decatur has entered into a friendly contest with the Methodist Sunday school at Auburn for three months. Each school will strive to have the larges’ attendance and collection. The report of both schools will be put on the blackboard for the preceding Sundn.v. BAD INDIANA WRECK. Two Men Killeu and Seven injured Today Near Vincennes. (United Tress Service.) Vincennes, Ind., May 11— (Special to Daily Democrat) —Two persons were killed, one fatally injured and six othI ers injured at Smith’s switch near here • early today, when the Chicago & East- ! ern Illinois Dixie Flyer, northbound, swiped a freight train on a siding. The dead are W. L. Miller, Vicksburg, lad.; F. M. Hyatt, Sherbury, Ind. The fatally injured is Joseph Ramsey of ; Clinton, Pa. Fred Martine and Renseile Vyne, vaudeville players, sufteried severe bruises. Many other passenders were badly shaken up but none •of them hurt. The two men killed and Mhe one fatally injured patient were ; brought to this city. No members of I the train crew were killed or Injured. I The passenger engine and six of this , freight cars were piled in a heap along ithe side of the track. Physicians were hurried to the scene of the wreck and a wrecking train was rushed from ! Evansville. The two men killed are ! said to have been stealing a ride on i tho freight.

CHARGES HAVE BEEN PREFERRED A postoffice squabble in Decatur, J that promises to be real interesting, started today, when Postmaster Lower presented Samuel Shamp, one of the clerks, with a copy of charges i which are to be filed with the depart- | ment. The charges contain six ! counts, including neglect of duty, talking about the postmaster, immoral conduct and others. All are vigorously denied by Mr. Shamp, who will, within ten days, as prescribed by government rules, file his answer, a general denial. The papers will then be forwarded to Washington and the matter taken up by the department. It is rumored also that charges have been filed against at least one other employee of the postofflee, but this, could not be confirmed today. WANTED —To care for your lawn. J use my own machine. Also clean wall paper, carpets and cisterns.—J. C. Coverdale. ’Phone 448. 114t3 THE BEST: Life insurance on earth is Uial of the Lafayette Life. I write it. Let me take year application. Let me explain.—L. C. Helm. 114t5

We Want a Good Dealer Here for a Delivery Car Already Successful ■ -T"] X li 11 J I Open Express Body with Canopy Top - *6l O

To the energetic business man now engaged in the sale or care of automobiles— To the man not in the automobile business, but who sees the Detroit Motor-Wagon’s almost unlimited possibilities, and who equip maintenance quarters The Detroit Motor-Wagon brings the opportunity of a lifetime.

The Defrost Motor-Wagon Company, Detroit, Michigan Traveling Representative H. E. Babcock

BERGHOEF BEER A Real German Brew We Absolutely Guarantee That This Beer Will Never Cause Biliousness Costs no more than any other first Class Beer Instead of machine-forced methods, we use nature’s method—time, and store our product for months to get the .proper age and that pleas! ant mellow taste. The brewing secret of the old German masters, the material, the water, the equipment and the will, combine to produce a beer whose nourishing, nerve-strengthening and stimulating qualities are unexcelled A beer whose purity., wholesomeness and flavor have secured for it friends unnumbered. Delivered By The Case CURLEY’S Phone 38

S. A. SCHROLL Practical Painter and Paper Hanger. I am located in Decatur permanently and prepared to do paper hanging, painting, natural wood graining, etc. Prices right. Leave orders at Callow

WHY GRANITE FACED? Thai question was asked our salesman the other day. rafflßEOSß®. The party wanted to know why the blocks were granite laced, and the few reasons were summed up for the customers benefit. First the granite facing has a “sheen” to it.’ Shines liko silk. This is permarfhnt. Second it makes a harder face,which means that the block is more impervious tp moisture and hence more durable. Third it gives a smoother finish to the product adding dignity to a much maligned building material. We’ve a full line of samples, see them at our factory. ■—■. ■■l . , ■ ,Il I ■■■■■,— ■ ACKER CEMENT WORKS

& Rice drug store. 113t3 S. A. SCHROLL. PASTRY SALE. The Presbyterian Guild girls will hold a pastry sale at the gas office next Saturday morning. All kinds of pastry will be for sale. lilts

No other car so well meets the peculiar needs of delivery service. A f icMry representative is now driving a Detroit Wagon to Decatur. He will b • here in a few days—ready to close the local agency. We want a man such as we have described. Be ready to talk business with our representative when he arrives.

OUR GUARANTEE "7 IS BACK B ( UY ) of all liquors we sell. You W \ JliXx - know exactly what you are getting when you purchase - ..... itW wines or liquors here. We ru « r-J BprF p r handle various grades of IllwitlShr' course but not a single un- = - j worthy one. All our stimu- > iL'Til ===- lants " and beverages are — wholesome. All are economically psiced. Corner Second and Madison Sts. GURLEY RADtMAGrtE.n

FOUND —Ladies' geld bracelet on Jes-1 ferson street. Owner can obtain same by calling at the Martin Mylott home and describing property. 112t3

DON’T BUY AN AUTOMOBILE UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN R E O the Fifth :F. H. HUBBARD Agent for Adams Cotinty. Decatur, Ind. Why 1 Am Selling REO Cars I have been using REO TMETHIRD for six yea*, and it h as made good, and is new doing duty here in Adams County 3S efficiently ss ever. The Reo Company has always treated me fairly on repairs and an 1 occasional overhauling of the car. My brother has used a PEO THE . FOURTH for two years and found it satisfactory. Three of us Sugar Company employees have been considering for the past ! year the purchase of cars and have attended several automobile shows ' and investigated the different makes of cars. Our chief engineer at Hos and is an auto expert and we have asked his advice, also. The result ot our investigations has been in favor of the REO by long odds. In fact w» have concluded that there is no better car made for any price than the REO HIGER PRICED CARS REPRESENTING ONLY ADDED POWER SIZE AND SUPERFLUOUS APPLIANCES. After considering these points carefully, we have all purchased REO cars for ourselves and are now using them in our every-day business, and are not disappointed in the least. I am too busy to try to give any time to trying to sell cars, but belie* mg that these cars will sell themselves have taken the agency for the REO cars in Adams County, and will be pleased to demonstrate my car while driving in my regular business to any prospective purchasers The price of the REO TOURING CAR, completely equipped, is $1155 CO THE REO TWO PASSENGER ROADSTER, completely equipp d $1 COM THE REO MARKET GARDEN TRUCK, $750.00. MWO.M Call and see me at any time you can catch me in. HI. I—IUBBARD Local Manager Holland St. Louis Sugar Co. Decatur, Indiana.

FOR RENT—An 8-room house an Eleventh street; water and gas. 'Phone, 3 rings 595, or see Sam Wyatt. 10713

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