Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1912 — Page 5

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‘ WEATHER FORECAST i Fair and colder tonight: Saturday fair. Horace Callow made a business trip to Ft- Wayne yesterday. Jack Dailey returned fmm Fort Wavne where he was oi business. Mrs. Minnie Doehrman of Fried helm was a shopper here yesterday. Mrs. Joe Loce returned yesterday a'temoon from St. Marys and Celina, Ohio. Dan Berr; .eturned /esterJty afternoon from a business trip to Fort Wayne. Miss Gertrude Moses Is preparing to lease in the near nt tore for Tucson. Arizona, where she will spend the winter for b«r health. Chauncey Lauzenhlier, attorney at Herne, clerk of that and well .lows over the county. Is moving to Brownstown, Indiana, where he will open a law office.

I HOME OF The Discovery g of ike north POLE J > J# at was A Great Achievement I Rut You Will Benefit More, Personally, Ry Discovering the Place to Buv the Best Groceries. Turn Your Search In This Direction. — — Many expressions of surprise have reached you will be surprised at the variety, qua i y if you direct your afternoon stroll to our s us see you, and you will see us again. Hower and Hower.* B _ v m schirmeyer h ■ JNO. S. BOWERS y .|» rw .’l & Treas. ? | President \ R I french QViNN B ■ Secretary ■ I THE BOWERS I I The hehme'ee I ■ MONEV ■ B

Miss Helen Knouse of Warsaw is the guest of her cousin, Miss Gertrude Moses. Mesdames M. Fullenkamp and Conrad Gillig have returned from Celina laud Ft. Recovery, Ohio, where they I visited with relatives. Miss Huth Suttles, who has been 1 visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Suttles, will leave for her home to- ‘ morrow at Cranesville, Pa. Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of I the speaker of the house, a popular ,Washington girt, who aspires to be la newspaper woman and is busy 'learning how under the direction of a woman reporter in the capital city. i Andrew Harting j.ud Joe Kanapke ■went to Berne yesterday morning where they looked after business during the day pertaining to the New , Area Rope and machine co., of which Ijoe Kanapke is the agent in this county. A farmer driving in a buggy to town, did not notice the wire stretched across Monroe street at Thirteenth street, to bar the way to the road which is now being macadamiziled and driving into the wire, his rig was overturned, hut luckily no one .was hurt

| F. V. Mills has returned from ChiI cage. Abe Boch was at Fort Wayne on I business. I F. C. Temple made a business trip to Fort Wayne. I Charles Patten was a Fort Wayne business visitor. H X. Ehinger made a business trip to Geneva this morning. | John Colchln made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. Mrs. H. L. Merry went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. John Noll went to Middleton today to visit with her niece, Mrs. Summers. Mrs. Dallas Hunsicker went to Fort | | Wayne this morning to visit with; friends during the day. Many from this city will go to Fort' Mayne next Tuesday to hear Mme. | Emma Calve in the opera “Carmen." Guy Grown, a student at Valparaiso, is at home for a visit until next week, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Brown. | Mrs. C. N. Christen and daughter . went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Lee 1 Hindman. William Noll, living at Preble, teaching at Linn Grove, will move in a few weeks to the Bosse farm south of the city. | A little change in the weather, and we had it coming. That Indian summer just couldn't continue all winter 1 and there are those who were a litI tie afraid it would. President Taft has removed from I office for “pernicious political activ- | ity” two Texas marshals who joined the progressive camp. Apparently even Mr. Taft's patience has its limits. PhU Heiman, representing the Ft. Wayne Printing company, was here today attending to business for his company. Mr. Heiman has charge of the calendar and novelty line for the company. j Massachusetts has discovered that by putting insane patients into warm water and keeping them there for hours they become so docile and susceptible to suggestion that the most i incorrigible are easily brought into ' subjection. Women jurors were excused from service in a salacious divorce case in Kansas because the testimony was such as it seemed ungaliant to make women listen to it. But it is believed ■ that the non serving jurors will be able to And out whs* the drift of the teaI cirnony was. Judge R. K. Erwin has gone to Chicago on legal business and will return in a short time. The Sigrist and Green Real Estate company has movled into the offices o eupled by the I judge, although the tatter has reserv|ed desk room for the remainder of | this month, after which he will go to Indianapolis to assume duties as judg- ■ lof the Indiana supreme court —Fort j Wayne Journal-Gazette. A deal nt C’-aitville han been com- ! pleted, and Merritt Abbott and his fa , ther-in-law, Jack Drum, have taken charge of the restaurant and meat market which W. J. Diehl has con ducted there for several years. Mr. Albott »a» employed until this week in the Foncannon grocery In Bluffton, and he and his family have now movjed to Cralgville to reside. Mr. Diehl I will devot<- his attention to stork buying and to his farm. * I The Eagles held an Important meeting last evening, at which time C. C. I Clemens was Initiated into the order and the following officers were elect-, ed: Green Burkhead. past worthy president; Henry Thomas, worthv president; I»y Lehman, worthy vice president; ix-m Merryman, worthy chaplain; Joe Knapke. secretary; Pink Ball, treasurer; William Harting. C. C. Clemens and Charles Omlor. trustees; j J H. Meyer. Inside guard, and Marcus Mayer, outside guard. A W. Tracy of Washington, D. C.. former owner and editor of the old Hartford t’lty Times, later of the New Castle T.rnes. and more recently connetted with the bull moose press bu-j I renu In the national capital, has pur- ( chased the Tipton Morning Advocate. . which recently suspended publication ' owing to lark of patronage The price paid for the property waa •*.•>•» and the transfer will take pinre December . 24th. Edward T Staley, late secretary of the republican central committee, la the owner The democratic national committee expended lI.iMM<M «® •**’«''*' «*»•• election of Wilson and Marshall, according to the statement of contributions and expenses tiled with the house of representatives Wednesday Charles H CIW of Chicago was the heaviest contributor, with Ito.bOO; Cleveland H. Dodge, of New York waa neit IJ-'.OOO, and Herman Ridder of New York contributed the third largest about. 130.01 J. W J. Bryan gave ILOOO The total of ILi IJO.S6J was received by the committee from W.M4 separate contributions of which all but LM6 *•"» 5® amounts les stban 1100.

■! Charles Loch arrived today from Ft. Wayne. i i J. D. Winteregg of Berne was here today on business. 1 ! C. H. Colter made a business trip to Fort Wayne today noon. -1 Charles Meyer made a business trip I to Fort Wayne this morning. 1--J Lyon went to Portland this afternoon to look after business. Judge R. K. Erwin of Fort Wayne was here today on business in court. The Red Cross Christmas seals are now on sale at the various stores of the city. Mrs. Ed Kleinhenz went to Fort Wayne to visit with her mother, Mrs. Dayton Baltzell. Joe Winteregg, the Berne real esI tate man, was here this morning, look- ! Ing after business affairs. County Surveyor C. C. Ernst will go ito Indianapolis next Wednesday to attend the good roads convention, which convenes there that day for a three days’ session. Fred Schaub has returned from Chi-1 cago. While there he made arrangements to take the exclusive agency for the Indiana motorcycle for the Schaub-Dowling company, this city. Hon. E. G. Hoffman of Fort Wayne, democratic chairman of the Twelfth district, and one of the leading attorneys of northern Indiana, was transacting business of Importance here today. The last load ot stone was placed on the Bell road easF of town Thursday afternoon and it is now open for travel. The road leads to the New Monroe street bridge and is one of the ones most traveled in the county. Mrs O. L. Vance, who was operated upon three weeks ago today at the St. | Joscn*’ hospital. Is getting better. She! is now able to be up and walk about I from room to room, and it is thought will be able to come home next week. Mrs. Elizabeth I-ang, the I.ogans port bride, who shot the woman who said at her wedding that she was old and ugly, plead guilty to manslaughter Thursday and was sentenced to from two to twenty-one years in prison. Some honeyhoon that! The Decatur high gchol basket ball team, accompanied by Professor Martin Worthman, left this afternoon over the G. R. & I. for Pennville, where they expe«'f to ch-a-t up the Pennville boys. Cy Vail, “Boomer” Falk and Harold Murray went along as rooters. Mrs. C. J. Weaver arrived today from Fort Wayne. .She vlsl’ed with her daughter, Mt*. Cowley, nr.l also att*-rd»d a birthday surprise given last evening by Mrs. Oscar Jones for her husband. Guests were the members of the Decatur club at Fort Wayne Miller Elllngham was operated on at his home in Indianapolis Thursday for the removal of the tonsils, which have been causing him much trouble for several weeks. The operation t was a success and the lad will sonn be I ready for football, skating or any oth er old sport that cornea along. The court room Is attracting a large number of people this week, the attraction being the trial of Willard I Hteele, who Is charged with sliooting young Kelper. with Intent to kill. At each session the room Is well filled with people of every class It will likelv not conclude before the first of the week. Thomas Gsuze. employed at the De catur Lumber company s plant, had a valuable sheep-skin lined coat stolen from the wagon Thursday. The thief . waa a very slick one. evidently, as the: men were working not more than forty , feet from the wagon from which the: coat was taken. Thia afternoon Mar-| sbai Peterson got a clue to the thief, and is busy tracing him down. The Presbyterian ladles W-o are i rondcctlng a bazaar In the Krick building. corner Monroe and Third streets. | am being well patronized. The sale. • gives many the opportunity to pur-1 chase fancy goods for Christmas pres- j ents. They are also conducting a nas-, | rry sale nnd are disposing of quite a lot of wearing apnarel They will' close the bazaar tomorrow. The completion of the taking o' the I boys' nnd girls' census of tTo city In j preparation for the cam'-nlvn to he held hare next week by the A ’V t on-! nor evangelistic company, will prob | ably be completed tomorrow. The city has ben divided Into four districts and the work Is being done in a v»ry definite way. A W’ Conner and help-j era will arrive Monday to begin the j campaign which will continue a week | Do nnt put vour shmpine off too Ion? as the weather is liable to turn bad and besides vou will have to take what is left, go early and get the cream of the stock at Hensley’s the Jeweler. ■ 1,. . le.-.L.n.j Anything you want in the fancy work line, pastry, clothing, at the bazaar, Krick building. It closes tomorrow.—Advt.

ra r" 4r— ir-ri ifti — r WHEN THE CRISP WEATHER n COMES II And the snow begins to fall you will want to get into your new warm coat. One lot real snappy coats for children from 2to 14 yrs at $1.98 to $5.00, special < all this week. Also great reductions in ladies and Misses coats and suits, whether it be heavy cloth WfMjfr j a novelty, a plush, a chinchilla or a caracul garment we can fit you out. rj | w ■ Beautiful serge dresses in all the newest > m effects and colors, for children, sizes, 4 ' / !//' \ to 14 years at $3.00 and $3.50 / | Serge Dresses for Misses and Ladies $5.00 to $16.00 Also great Novelties for Christmas, New Purses, New Neckwear, New Jewelry. BA CHRISTMAS IDEA:- 1 I Hwl jq There is nothing makes so acceptable and > sensible Christmas gift for the boy, be he » y »ung or (Id, as a suit of clothes, an over- : i , coat, underwear, shirts or any of the many S furnishings to be found at our store. i Now’why not give them now, aud allow the boy the advantage ! of wearing them during this month, which promises to be one [jy of the real winter months of the year. How About a Nice Cap, Or a Sweater [-] -j Or Sweater Coat? a We have the goods and we want your busincps. We are sure I -J if you will come in we can find just what you want If you jj don’t approve of this idea of Christmas giving, come in anyway Sj and buy the winter outfit now, while the picking is good. Don’t |l| put it off a month for then you get only whats left over. The SI buyer at this time of the year gets the choice goods and has the M I advantage of having them when he needs them. Our line of suits from SIO.OO to *25.00 for men, and from |3 50 to SIO.OO Cl for boys can’t be beaten under any circumstances. I I — Come In And Let Us Show You — 9 I VANCE, HITE ii MACKLIN J