Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1913 — Page 3

OUR Big Shoe Sale started off with a rush this morning. Ladies are interested in the Patent, Irun Metal and tan shoes we are selling at $1.95, $2.45 and $2.95 See them in the south window

Charlie Voglewede TME ©HOE SELLER

B WEATHER FORECAST l * X lip X*4- '<+*•* ■ Cloudy tonight and cold, r in ~x . ■ treme southern portion. Tuoduy Hbu r and slightly warmer. ■ Miss Anna Yager went to Fort Wayne this morning. ■J. C. Haugh went to William.- this MBorning on business. ■ Mrs. Minerva Wilkenson to Wayne yesterday afternoon. ■ M. V. B. Archbold of Fort Wayne here yesterday on business. K Mr. and Mrs. Wash Kern have pur Wfchaseij a fine large farm near Fort | Wayne as an Investment 1 John Scare, John Ruechner and J ‘ M Schumm were among the Fort 'Wayne visitors thin morning. ■ Alvin Goodwin of the Goodwin Luru--9 ber Company, Pleasant I.ake, was here on busines with Smith & Hell yestermmy- ■ Among those receiving an increase Os pensions is Mrs. A. J. Hill, widow Os Captain A. J. Hill. The increase Was five dollars per month, raising . ;||er pension from twenty to twentyfive dollars.

m HE ! Groceriesjj l^|yC\Each Day 1 Brings It’s Problem I y fe — Os What To Order J For The Ceming Meal When Up The Stump Call Us Up, And We’ll Help You Down Bv Suggesting Something Good That Will Appeal To Your Appetite. * These Staples Will Interest You Fancy New York Eating Apples per pk. •• • 30c White smooth home-grown potatoes per bu. . . 60c ' Large solid onions, white or yellow a bu 75c Close trimmed slaw cabbage per lb 2c 25 lb. granulated sugar $1.35 h - - - 1 — We pav cash or trade for produce Bggs 20. Butter 20 to 27c je, ..rrrrrLL--- ■- I Hower and Hower. ilMorth of G. R. & j. DepoL Thonej|loß. F.M. SCHIRMEYER FRLNCHQUINN President Secretary freas. THE BOWERS REALTY CO. REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, abstracts. * I The Schirmever Abstract Company complete Abstract Records, 'twenty years Experience E I Farms, City Property, o per cen„ i MONEY I

Charles Sether went to Ft. Wayne this morning on business. Don't forget the firemen's show at the opera house Friday night. Mathias Kirsch made a business trip to Hoagland this morning. Rev. Koch of Preble passed through jhere this morning on his way to Fort Wayne, where he will visit his daughter, who is very sick. Miss Agnes Crosbie arrived home this morning from Decatur, where she has been visiting for a few days as the gruest of Miss Sylvia Droppleman.—Bluffton News. | William Oswalt has resigned his ; position as clerk at the Tbrop restaurant and he will start to work in a few days on the Clover Leaf railroad as fireman, he informed his late employer.—Bluffton News. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Coverdale and daughter, Ruth, who have been visitjing with the J. S. Coverdale family, went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with Mrs. Coverdale’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Huches. Dick Peterson began work this morning at the Morris five and ten cent store. His home formerly was in Decatur, and he came here from Elwood, where he has been working in a store for the Morris company.— Bluffton News.

Miss Jean Lutz went to Fort Wayne this noon. Will Hammell was at Fort Wayne on business yesterday. William F. Stephler of Monroe was in the city today on business. Clem Michaels of Geneva was a business visitor in the city today. Ji ff Klopfenstein of Preble was a visitor in the city this afternoon. Azie Tucker and Orland Marshal made a business trip to Tipton county. Miss Josephine Krick, of the Hope hospital nurses' training staff, returned to Fort Wayne after a half holiday here, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Niblick are entertaining Mrs. Niblick's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Nowell, of Payson, 111. William Loshe and family of Coldwater, Ohio, are in the city to attend the funeral of Charles Rumschlag, which will be held Thursday. The last meeting of the Question Club until after lent was held with Miss Vernia Smith Monday evening, the girls devoting themselves as usual to embroidery work and conversation. Miss Frances uetnlnger. a student at the Sacred Heart Academy, Fort W ayne, is at home until tomorrow, coming to have some dental work done. Miss Frances has been suffering very severely with the toothache.

Mr. and Mrs. Alph Gentis gave a; family dinner party in honor of his sister, Mrs. Courtney Runyon, and daughter, of Linn Grove. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Henry j Gentis and son; George Gentis and daughter Bola; Mrs. Esther Liddy j and daughter. Clark Coverdale arrived from the j south to join his family in a visit here with his parents, T>r and Mrs. J. S. t Coverdale. This is his first visit here . in five years and the visit is a very happy one. With his wife and daugh- j ter, he went to Fort Wayne this 1 morning for a visit with relatives. Miss Clara Bultemeier of the Peoples & Gerke store, it as Fort Wayne, where Monday she was operated upon for the removal of a growth that had grown so that it nearly closed one of the nasal passages. The operation was a slight one and Miss Clara will probably return here Thursday. She is at the hone of her sister, Mrs. Ernst Nahrwald in Fort Wayne. Mrs. J. M. Dawson of Andrews, writes that her visit to the hospital In Huntington, Sunday, found her husband improving nicely. He expects to be able to go home In about two weeks, but will not be able to continue his work there as pastor of the Christian church, until about March 1. Rev. Dawson was stricken with appendicitis while conducting revival services j there and was obliged to have an »peri ation at once. This week's attraction at the Bosse opera house, commencing last night, is the “Mark Lea’s Musical Comedy company, an attraction playing at popular prices, in which the plays jare adequately staged, correctly j dressed and admirably acted, will be I found in the “Mark Lea’s Musical Comedy company. Manager Bosse j should be congratulated upon securing such high class attractions for the patrons of his theater. The musical comedies given during the performance are delightful and result in making the following of this company determined to stand by such musical comedy companies. Each of the comedians has a different role to carry out and he has already given entire satisfaction both to the manager and to the public. This is saying a great deal but cannot be gainsaid by the I severest critic. The girls are pretty jßnd the costumes handsome. Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Mills returned this morning from Cincinnati, where they attended the funeral of their niece. Miss Mary Reynolds, daughter lof .Rev. and Mrs. C. G. Reynolds, of | Elizabeth. N. J. The body was taken Ho Norwood, a suburb of Cincinnati, ! where the funeral services were held yesterday afternoon in the Presbyterian church. The parents Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds, an uncle, Mr. John Fharpe, another uncle. Rev. Walter Reynolds and wife, of Greensburg, Indiana; two very dear friends, the Misses Olga Adams and Emily Oheseworth, of Joliet, 111., where the Rev. Reynolds’ family formerly resided; were members of the funeral party. The grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Hill of this city, who has been spending the winter at the Reynolds home In Elizabeth, N. J., did not accompany the body to Norwood, but remained at home with the twin daughters, Mrs. John Sharpe, an aunt, also remaining there. u— MASONS, NOTICEI The master degree will be given this evening. All members are requested to be present. ■ o FOR SALE —House and lot. corner or Second and Jackson streets, vacant lot Third and Jackson. Write J. K. Niblick, R. R .No. 8. 13t30

REPORT IS FILED Settlement of C. D. Lewton Returned to Treasurer by State Board. AMOUNT IS SETTLED And Paid in Full, Mr. Lewton Refusing to Take Advantage of Time Limit. The state board of accounts has j completed the settlement resulting from a complete investigation of the j books of Cary D. Lewton, former auditor of Adams county, and a check for $2,202.39, together with a report j showing all the details of said settlement were received today at the office of County Treasurer Yager. The | report covers the period of time Jpom j January 1, 1905, to December 31, 1908, and the report of the examiners [was made September 22, 1911. The report of the state board was dated January 17, 1913. In justice to Mr. Lewton It should be explained that though the greater portion of the | amount charged against him was void because of the statute of limitations,

that ex-official refused to take advantage of it, claiming at all times that his desire was to reimburse the county for any money that was not lawfully his. During the past there has been many disputes as to what fees rightfully belong to the auditor and some of them are still in doubt. As will be seen from the report as given below, the original sum charged was $5,184.83, most of which should not have been charged and for which part Mr. Lewton was given credit by the board. The findings as filed were: Charges. Salary overdrawn $249.66 Fees not accounted for 897.93 Making gravel road duplicates 900.00 Making ditch duplicates 600.00 Trips to Indianapolis ....... 21.00 Making annual reports 850.00 Clerk of turnpike board 300.00 F. S. Webster, stationery ... 9.35 Adding machine 25.00 Booth ditch 100.00 Errors in warrants 173.92 Delivering poll books 30.00 | Duplicate warrants 441.67 Collecting change of ventre costs 138.00

Cash in hand, change of venue 301.10 School fund interest 144.00 Total $5184.83 Credits. Having investigated and heard evidence In this matter and after careful consideration the following credits were allowed: I Fees not accounted for $ 511.33 Expenses to Indianapolis.... 24.00 Making annual reports 800.00 Stationery. Webster 9.35 Adding machine 25.00 Errors in warrants, accounted ! for 173.92 Delivering poll books 30.00 Duplicate warrants accounted for 257.17 Collecting change of venue.. 138.00 Secretary board of finance... 4.17 Over paid treasurer, Septemi ber, 1910 129.90 Paid into treasurer, Ang. 23, I 1910 .’ 164.00 Paid, same date 301.10 Paid, same date 20.50 Paid, same date 250.00 Settlement, Jan. 17, 1913.... 2202.39 i Total $5184.83 Mr. Lewton was an efficient county auditor. The charges made by him were the rule in other counties as | well as here and he is to be commended for his settlement of the claims in this examination, especially those exempted by the lapse of time. The matter is thus disposed of and the books duly credited. BROTHERHOOD MEETING. _ j The members of the Baptist. Brotherhood are invited to a special meeting this evening at the home of the pastor, Rev. Bail, 411 Adarriß street. lAn invitation is also extended to strangers and all who have a desire to come. A short program will be delivered and talks by the members will ( be included. The pastor requests all members to be present, especially the men. o RECEIVES DEATH MESSAGE. A message wrik received this morning by Robert Case, Informing him of the death of his brother, Dr. J. H. Case of St. Louis, Mo. What was the cause of the brother’s death Is not known by Mr. Cp.se. Dr. Case had been in the habit of taking short trips to the Danville soldiers’ home, staying two or three weeks and then returning to his home in St. Louis, and it was on one of these trips that he became. 111. Mr. Case left Immediately for St. Louis.

|p||l=l||||=|||||=||||| = ||||| =| ||; |==|!^ !==e4ie==s S -oOaDOon <OQDcx> -®OGDOo- — £ Only 4 days more and our big January f[ jj Sale is over. This is your last opportun- !! ity to purchase goods at sale prices, take § £ advantage of this remaining 4 days and II j] save money on what you have to purchase = Uin Dry Goods. This sale closes January, ff 5 31, 1913. Only 4 more days. I H = S THE BOSTON STORE \\ II DECATUR INDIANA =

MR>. RALPH HOOVER DIES CONTINUED MiOM PAGE ONE about the matter, but his grief over-! came him and the sheriff questioned him no more. It is the general belief that he will confess. “Deputy Sheriff Wilson hunted all day Monday for a man, whose name the authorities would not divudge, to whom Hoover is alleged to have made statements concerning his married life. The man was found toward evening and has been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury when it reconvenes tomorrow. In a conversation with Hoover, the man is alleged to have heard the former remark: "I am getting G—d d —d tired of this married life.’ “Although Hoover is not thought to have had trouble with his young wife, i whom he was forced to marry, Van Wert people who are well acquainted with both of them say that their married life was not happy. Hoover is i also alleged to have said to this man that he ‘guessed he would have to get rid of his wife.’ | “After Prosecutor Good had arrived in Fort Wayne and found Mrs. Hoover in a dying condition, he immediately sent word to the authorities to | rescind the $2,000 bond upon which he was supposed to gain his freedom. Although none of Hoover’s relatives had said they would sign the bond, it had been agreed that he was to be I turned loose if it was signed. “The grand jury will return an indictment against the young husband it is believed. There Is also a strong j chain of evidence upon which the would-be-murderer can be convicted.” o BIRTH OF SON. Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Steele received word of the birth of a son to their [daughter, Mrs. Charles Barnhart, of ; Attica. This is the third child in the family, the two older being girls. Mrs. Barnhart was Miss Lilly Steele before her marriage. AN tLEVATEN TASTE is displayed by thore who eat our pie, cake etc. They have learned to discriminate between g< od, bad and indifferent. We are able to please the most particular palate, because we bake only the daintiest and use the purest I and most wholesome materials. Jacob Martin

D. vV. Beery, Mgr. Kd J. Ahr, Secy. A.Boch, Treas HORSE SALE 250 Head . 250 Head Friday Jan. 31,1913 At our coming sale the Decatur Harse Sale Company is going to offer one of the best bunch of horses ever offered at theie Auction Sales. At no time since the organization of the company were there so many farmers, feeders and local dealers present as at our last sale. These sales are becoming a business proposition with them for many of them purchase horses at every sale, feed them a few weeks bring them back and realize a nice profit. What others can do you can do. All horses bought and owned by the company are sold regardless of cost and must be as represented. Many sales and small profits is the Companys Motto. A commission of $3.00 for horse sold and a commission of SI.OO for horse not sold will be charged. Any one wishing to consig in a horse can do so. Decatur Horse Sale Company E. S. McNABB I AUCTIONEER CUT PRICES ON COAL See Us Before Buying Elsewhere DECATUR LUMBER CO. =iiiiaifsati&iqg We are corefui about ihe word “BEST'* But the sturdy wearing qualities | Ball Band Rubber Footwear | have convinced us that we carry s 1 in them the best line of rubber 1 ’ footwear you have ever seen. \ Come in and v/e wiii prove to you. PEOPLES & GERKE Ztmmmmt = iiiiiiiiimiiiiS