Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1913 — Page 3

How MtaOIII SHOES hold their shape and let your feet hold Mezrs. Because they are made on foot-moulded lasts, they are comfortable from the first and stylish to the last. Try Ralstons $4.00 to $6.00 Charlie Voglewede ? n e £ ec S

g♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦••♦»»♦♦♦ g | WEATHER FORECAST I * W *»♦♦♦•♦■?■ »11 *♦+ 6 Rain tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature. Ran Beery went to Berne this morning on business. George Kinzel made a business trip to Berne today. Miss Vivian Close of Fort Wayne spent Sunday in the city visiting with relatives and friends. W. C. Kauffman left this morning on ibis weekly business trip in the interest of the Schafer Saddlery company. William Mougey of Fort Wayne spent Sunday in this city as the [guest of his parents and other relatives. ' E. W. Johnson left this morning on a business trip to Eaton, Ohio, and other places through the Buckeye state. Mr. and Mrs. John Watson returned to Huntington after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Burr, at Monmouth.

_j r ■ THE HOME OF rr^Rrir|i T ! iI T| I Quality Groceries fe|BMSS| it Tickles Us To be able to quote you _Jj The Best Goods 7*l At a Standard Price Our Seed Potatoes are registered stock and can sell you Early six weeks bu SI.OO Early Ohio’s bu SI.OO Early Rose bu . . . SI.OO Home grown early seed potatoes bu 75c Onion sets, yellow qt 7 l-2c Onion sets, white, qt 10c Full line of flower and garden seeds at 5 and 10c pkg. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 14. Butter 20 to 27c I Hower and Hower. I North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108 | F.M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN g ■ President Secretary Treas. g I THEJBOWERS REALTY CO. I I REAL'ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS. ■ g U The Schirmever t * Abstract Company complete Ab- I ta struct Records, Twenty years Experience g Farms, “City Property, 5 per cent MONEY' >

| ’ E. Fritzinger was a Fort Wayne > business visitor toady. ► J. H. Gentis made a business trip to 1 Hoagland this morning. ! Harry Smith went to Fort Wayne • this morning on business. , The Oliver Johnson home south of the city is undergoing a course of in- ■ terior redecorating. Bert Lenhart and Eli Meyers left this morning for Elkhart to look after , some business matters. Otto Wemhoff returned to his work . at Fort Wayne this morning after , spending Sunday in the city with relatives. • Dan Costello returned to his studies at the Fort Wayne business college after spending Sunday here with his parents. Paul and Lucile Lichtenstelger of k Wren, Ohio>, were entertained over the week-end at the home of their aunt, Mrs, Oliver Johnson, south of i the city. ; * i. The Hiram Potts family wishes to 1 express thanks to John Brothers and all the neighbors who assisted so I bravely in the rescue of their son, ■ Lawrence, when he nearly met death by falling into the well, Thursday evening.

Miss Esther Evans is ill with the mumps. Miss Mae Rademacker of Fort Wayne spent Sunday here. Michael Miller attended the dedication of the Catholic church at Auburn yesterday. Miss Stella Wemhoff of Fort Wayne spent Sunday here the guest of relatives and friends. Henry Koenotnann, the well known stockman, Is quite ail'll from inflammatory rheumatism. Miss Dora Schultz visited in Fort Wayne with her sister, Mrs. Car! Banna, over Sunday. Will Butler and Boyd Rex have gone to Buffalo with a car load of cattle for the Buffalo markets. William Harting was at Auburn yesterday where he attended the dedication of the Catholic church. Postmaster Ix>wer reports letters remaining in the Decatur postoffice for Harry Todd, Chester Throp. Miss Vivian Closs of Fort Wayne visited over Sunday with her grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Closs. Miss Edna Staker of Bluffton joined her mother, Mrs. John Staker, in a visit at the Milt Leavell home. Carpenters began work this morning on the reshingling of the Fred Sellemeyer home on Tenth street'. L. G. Ellingham left over the G. if & I. Sunday mprning for his home at i Indianapolis after a three days’ visit here. Mrs. Henry Tettman went to Mon--1 roe this afternoon to visit with friends. Mrs. Hyde and daughter, Mrs. Kaufman, of Richmond, are guests of their granddaughter and niece, Mrs. W. 11. Gleiser. Rev. G. H. Myers of Bloomington, Illinois, is here for a visit with his parents and other relatives and friends. Ezra Cutting, Hope Hoffman, Mr. i and Mrs. Crofoot are ill of the mumps. The mumps is a disease exceedingly prevalent at present. Sam Miller is working in tthe Girod> & Baker restaurant in the absence of Milt Girpd, who is confined to his home with th© mumps. Mrs. John Staker will return to Bluffton this evening after a two weeks’ stay with Mrs. Milt Leavell, whom he assisted in nursing. Mrs. James M. Marks and daughters, Mary and Frances, returned to Huntington, after a two weeks’ visit with her aunt, Mrs. Peter Gaffer, J. Larson of Portland, Ore., visited over Sunday in this city with the David Gerber family, leaving this morning on a business trip to Pittsburg, Pa. D. M. Cushman of Springfield, 0., is in the city the guest of Charles Dunn and family. Mr. Cushman likes this city and may conclude to locate here. ’ i Miss Eula McKinney is off duty at the Steele & Weaver store on account of the illness of her mother, who is suffering from an abscess of the eye. j Miss Josephine Lang is working in her place. Dallas Reed came from Fort Wayne to get his daughter, Margaret, who has been making a two weeks’ visit with her grandmother, Mrs. M. Fullenkamp. Mr. Reed returned last week from Toronto, Canada, where he has been engaged in the real estate business, Mrs. William Crozier received the ! first word from her sister, Miss Ida Merriss, of Dayton, Saturday, since the flood, which swept part of that' city off the map. She gave a description of some of the terrible suffering which some of the poor victims had to endure. Mrs. Merriss was not injured in the flood. I Mrs. T. W. Holsapple has word i that her son, Glen, of Indianapolis, is I ' safe, being five squares from the 1 J floods. His cousin, Searl Lundy, a traveling salesman of Dayton, was in ■ Kentucky at the time and went back 1 to Dayton and rescued his wife and baby from fifteen feet of water around their home. His father, John Lundy, Mrs. Holsapple's brother, of Shelbyville, was almost forced to move on account of the floods, but when safe he started to Dayton to get word to his son, and missed him, by passing him and his family, as they were enroute to Indianapolis, thence to the Lundy home at Shelbyville. O , THOMAS MORAN ILL. Thomas Moran, aged 84, is able to be up again today after being confined to his bed with lagrippe. Mr. Moran is the father of attorney J. C. Moran, and is on of the pioneers of the city, jolly in spite of the infirmities of age. o— - - DID NOT SIGN REMONSTRANCE. John C. Coffee, who conducts a restaurant near the C. & E. depot asks that the statement be made that he did not sign the remonstrance against saloons in the Second ward. The name was that of another John Coffee. (Advertisement) It

SPECIAL PRICES ON FARM GATES For the next 30 dayi> we will offer Muted prices on all farm gates as a special inducement as followsKard Premier Gate r’r.L L' i ii.fLcs .>u’-W *’ t , "* I** ing, ccnbT support 11- > SEEmmmm J* inch steel tubing diag-H'MI B fS onal brace rod titledK flflfl flflfl Sm K : iHl&lO ■MB BrimtfSil SoBfeJM tat with nut to take up ahU ■ drag ■ I (SHE Hfl flflfl fl flflflfl flfl BBSBfI E BBS Fabric-steel wire, chick• ■-I B B BB Saji ' en proof, non-slippin- K' | flflfl flflflWfl flfl • twist, square ord amend M l ESS SSSSSSSSSffiS SB flnßfl mesh. I ESfl SEaflifllfliff TC?SjOMg* • <l I V.'l’O’- ' i.o- HLJ, I B extra. ■ . ’• shilS Length Height F’riee Length Height Price 54 in S 3 50 14 foot 54 in, S 3 90 12 foot 54 in. $3 75 16 foot 54 in. $4.10 a *ard Double Strength Farm Gate Frame-13-4 inch double strength steel tubing. Center Supports- 11-8 inch steel tubing. Brace rod- fitted with nut to take up all drag. Fabric—Double strength steele wire, chicken proof, non-slipping twist Guaranteed to be strongest most durable gate made. Galvanized frames SI.OO extra. Length Height Price Length Height Price 10 foot 54 in. $4 36 ' 14 foot 54 in. $4.99 12 foot 54 in. $4.61 16 foot . 54 in. $5.14 IWe are making this offer merely to introduce our goods to the farmers in this vicinity and will absolutely close the special offer at experation of above set time. <JWe are also making special low prices on Farm, Ornamental and Iron fences. Call at our office or factory and see our lire and get prices before making your purchase. r J HE WARD FENCE COMPANY Decatur, Indiana-

PUBLIC SALE. I will offer at public sale at my residence, 6 miles east of Bluffton or 2 miles north of Vera Cruz on Friday, Aphil 11, 1913, the following described property, to-wit: Horses: —Ten head: One fancy team sorrel brood mares, 7 and 8 years old. we'cht 3100 lbs.; 1 team gray mares, weight about 2800 lbs; 1 roan mare, 4 years old; 1 three-year-old brown mare, 1 three-year-old gelding and several good 1 and 2-yearolds. Cows: Nine or ten head! A good bunch of milch cows, 5 of them fresh and the remainder fresh soon. Hogs: A fine bunch of brood sows and shoats. Sheep: Eight good ewes. Farming Implements: One wagon, with bed, 1 breaking riding plow, 1 cultivator, 2 spring-tooth harrows, 1 Deering binder, 6 foot cut and in good running order, 1 single disc harrow, i 1 corn planter, 1 gasoline range and numerous other articles not mentioned. Twenty-five bushels of potatoes. Terms: A credit of 12 months will be given, the last 6 months bearing interest, purchaser giving bankable note; 3 per cent discount for cash on all sums of $5 or over. No property to be removed until settled for. Sale to heg!r> at 12 o'clock, sharp. OHN DUBACH. Jesse Michaud, Auct. Frank C. Waugh, Clerk. 7-9 o CAR LOAD OF- FERTILIZER. Any one wishing fertilizer this spring for their potatoes, com or beets, will do well by buying it of ELI MEYERS, 81t3 Meyers’ Cement Factory. o POTATOES IROR SALE—3S, 40 and 50 cents per bushel. Inquire of Lew Brokaw. 8113 FOR SALE OR TRADE—Good building lot; incubator, good as new; drop-head sewing machine. Easy payments if desired. —Daniel I. Weikel, 'phone 39. 78t3 FOUND—Pocketbook containing sum of money. Loser please call at this office. 81t3

BANQUET LAST NIGHT. I - — Did You Ever Eat Too Much, Drink Too Much, Smoke Too Much? It takes a mighty good stomach to! i feel ready for breakfast the mbrnlng i 'after the banquet or social session. “What do you want for breakfast?” inquired Brown's good wile. "ust a pleasant smiie and a breath i of fresh air,’’ answered Brown the morning after an important meeting, k If you eat, smoke or drink too much remember that two little MI-O-NA 1 stomach tablets taken just before you 1 go to bed will stop fermentation and leave you with a sweet, clean stomach 1 and clear head in the morning. For indigestion and all stomach dis-' tress MI-O-NA is the best prescription • in the world. Large box 50 cents at' 1 the Holthouse Drug Co., at Decatur. 1 guarantees it. For trial treatment, 1 write Booth's MI-O-NA, Buffalo, N. Y. • apr-7-11-14 I STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the an--1 nual meeting of the stockholders of • the German Building, Loan Fund and ’ Savings association of Decatur, Indi- j i ana, will be held at the office of the ’ secretary of said association on Monday evening, April 14, 1913, for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before said meeting. FRANK M. SCHIRMEYER, 72t12 Secretary. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEW ENDING APRIL 12. Tuesday Evening, April 8. Decatur Lodge, No. 571, F. & A. M., . regular stated meeting. Wednesday Evening, April 9. Decatur Chapter, No. 112, R. A. M., , called convocation, Mark Master’s degree. i Friday .Evening, April 11. i Decatur Chapter, No. 127, O. E. S„ I regular stated meeting.

IT ften you feel Safe-! vous, tired, worried or despondent it is a sure sign you need MOTT’S NERVERINE PILLS. They renew the normal vigor and make life worth living. Be sure and ask tor Mott’s Nerverine Pills £?£ WILLIAMS MFC. CO . Props. Cl.vel.nd. Ohio For Sale BY ENTERPRISE DRUG CO. Dr- C. V. Connell VETERINARIAN Phono JL Ilvilti Residence 102 FOR SALE —IJS acres good black' soil mile to market. Interurban stops in front of farm; good improvements. Price SIOO per acre. One him- - dred acres, good improvements. I, Price, SIOO per acre. Lee H. M. Mil-' ler, Bristol, Ind. 79t2 >, DR C R WEAVER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Office above Bowers Realty Company. Phone 314 Hours by appointment Answer calls in City or Country. Brick Building For SALE on 2nd st. fine Location Always Rented CALL ON Dan M. Niblick |

DR. L P. MEYER VETERINARIAN Office at Residence After April, 15th. i Phone 39 Hoagland, Ind. =■ PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at public auction at his residence, 1 mile west and 1 mile south of Peter- * son, or 2 miles south and 1 mile west of Preble, or 1% miles north and 3 'miles east of Craigvllle, on what is known as the old Bobby Niblick farm 'on Tuesday, April 8, beginning at 10 o'clock, the following property: Three ! Head of Horses; One gelding, 6 yrs. ]old, weight 1400; 1 gelding 2 yrs. old, land 1 mare colt 1 yr. old. One 5-yr.-old cow, coming fresh last of April. | Hogs: 23 head shoats, weighing about 100 lbs. each. Machinery: | Troy wagon, good as new: Dain hay 'loader, Deering buy tedd-. rood as (new; mower, 10-hoe Sup-. lor disc 'drill, almost new; Deering binder; corn planter, 2 John Deere riding breaking plows; Shunk breaking plow, double-shovel plow, 5-tooth cultivator, riding cultivator, spike-tooth harrow, disc harrow, set double team haruepM. t-t buggy harness. b’i! r ry. American hand cream separate.; barrel churn, Wilson heater stove, brick house, 25-ton mixed bailed hay, and many other articles too numerous to mention. Terms:—AlT sums of $5 and under, cash in hand; over $5 a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser giving note with approved security; 4 per cent off for cash. No property removed until settled for. W. W. MILROY Johp Spuhler, Auct. —• C. B. L. OF I. SOCIAL. The C. B. L of I. ladies announce a pedro party and dance for their hall 1 next Tuesday evening, April 8. Fifty cents a couple. Everybody Invited. , 81t3