Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 7 May 1913 — Page 3

White Duck Shoes mgn tops with fancy Milo buttons sto 8 $1.25 9to 11 1.50 12 to 2 1.75 Charlie voglewede the shoe sell er

| WEATHER FORECAST i W i Fair tonight and Thursday. Slight frost tonight Mrs. E. L. Carroll went to Ft. Wayne for the day. J. H. Koenig of St. Mary's, Ohio, was here today on business. Mr. and Mrs. William Kipp of Delphos, Ohio, went to Fort Wayne this morning. Miss Martha Schinnerer of Willshire, Ohio, changed cars here today enroute to Fort Wayne. Mrs. John Gerard will go to Toledo this evening to visit with her daughter, Miss Irene, and sisters, for a few days. Nelson Gentis of Decatur is spending a few days in this city visiting with friends and also on bustness.— Bluffton News. # Elmer Sark returned to this city this morning fro* Decatur where he spent Monday looking after business affairs—Bluffton News.

I I THE HOME 0F I Ua! ' !y GrOceriCS I =3» lw(~ ?£= There Is A PLACE. A SEASON f? For Every Thing! .<IBw 1 This Is The Place For Every Seasonable Thing In f.The Grocery Line And There’s A Reason Why We Sell Them THE QUALITY Extra fancy new cabbage lb4c Fine solid old cabbage lb. . : •£ c New Bermuda silver skin onions lb• ?c Early Rose seed potatoes bu ‘ oc PINEAPPLES TO CAN Size 30’s per 50' “ 24’s " ta ft-ZS “ “ “ case Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. x hone 108 ■ =- I F.M.SCHIRMEYERSE. FRENOI■ g g President J g I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I g REALJESTATE, BONDS, LOANS. V S ABSTRACTS., |> I The SchirmeverJAbstract Company complete Ab- B | Btract Records, Wenty Wnce £ Farms, City Property, 5 per ■ money g -- -

I Mrs. Waller returned yesterday to I her home at Convoy, Ohio, after a visit l her Lavina King. J Attorney L. C. De Voss left this' ' morning for Van Wert, Ohio, where' I[ he will look after professional bus!-! nets. I 1 E. Baughman of Homer, Mich., : who has been in the city on business, | . and visiting friends, left this morning for his home. i Mr. and Mrs. Herb Burroughs were j visitors in Bluffton yesterday, Mr. . Burroughs attending to business for i the Enterprise Drug company. R- L. Gearhart of Fort Wayne, dls■j trict sales manager for the Imperial automobile, was in the city last evening transacting business with Vaugbn ) Murray, local representative. The G. R. & I. pay car will arrive here Friday in accordance with the new law, which the recent Indiana - legislature passed, that all railroad ; employes must be paid twice a month. Frances Miller went to Fort Wayne to visit with her brother, J. W. Miller. - The two children of her brother’s famj 1 ily, who have been ill of typhoid fes fer, are better. The little son of Frank 'Jones of Fort Wayne is also better.

F Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly was at I Geneva today. Mrs. Henry Schroeder of St. John’s was shopping here today. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Steele will leave tomorrow for Peru and Logansport I on business. Mrs. D. Costello has arrived from Chicago to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brunnegraff. Mrs. William Wesson returned to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon after | a visit with her mother, Mrs. Margaret Scherry, at Preble. C. R. Dunn, who recently sold the j Watkins agency to Mr. Chapman, moved yesterday to Bluffton, where .they will reside temporarily. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Green, who were J married in February, went to housekeeping In the Fruchte residence, formerly the Joe Harris property. Tenth and Monroe streets. Edgar H. Kilbourne of Ft. Wayne left yesterday for Dallas, Texas, to attend the annual meeting of the Imperial council of the Mystic Shrine. He Is a son-in-law of U. Deinlnger, this city. Alexander Tanvas and Henry Gamp, of the Schafer harness shop, have started on a wagon trip to Saginaw, Mich. They expect to be gone a I month and will stop along the way at ,the lakes. Herbert Borroughs of Decatur was a business visitor in this city todav. i Mr. Burroughs has charge of the Enj terprise drug store in Decatur, which lis owned by Bluffton gentlemen.— Bluffton News. R. C. Minton, of Indianapolis, atjtorney for the state anti-saloon league arrived last evening and will be here ■ during the hearing of the remon--1 strance. Clarence Baughman returned this morning to Lansing, Mich., where he will join his wife. They have decided not to move back to this city for the present. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith will arrive I this afternoon at 3 o’clock over the ;Erie from Chicago, returning from their two months' stay lip California and the Hawaiian Islands. I A check from a Fort Wayne creamery, made payable to T. A Hendricks, i for morethan eighteen dollars, was found at the Morris store, this city, ,by one of the clerks. Thus far the check has not been called for. i Nearly all the counties around us show a loss in school children this year. Besides those of Wells and Jay ( Counties, mentioned yesterday, Whitley county reports a loss of 57. Adams county had a gain of forty-nine, i Lola, Dorothea and Gossard Dunn of Decatur arrived in the city this morning to start their studies in the local schools. They are the children of Charles Dunn and wife, who will move here this week. —-Bluffton Banner.

The case of Clara E. elton vs. Peter Felton, for support, was dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff at Decatur Monday. Since the suit for support was filed Mrs. Felton secured a divorce at Fort Wayne.—Bluffton News. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bedell of Toledo, Ohio, who arrived in the city Monday to attend the wedding of Miss Irene Schlrack and Peter Gabel, which was solemnised yesterday from the St Mary’s church,. left this morning for their home. Albert Scheumann, general freight and passenger agent for the Interurban, is the proud possessor of a new Meerschaum pipe, received from a. Fort Wayne friend as a birthday gift. Any one desiring to see the pipe may do so by calling at the office. Mrs. W. H. Gleiser and her aunt, Mrs. Coffin, and her grandmother, Mrs. Hyde, of Richmond, who have been making a several weeks’ visit here, left today for Covington, Ky„ where they will visit with friends. Mrs. Gleiser will be gone a week and the others will make a more extended visit. The Misses Juanita and Lola Boch lef this morning for their future home in Fort Wayne. Their popularity was attested by the large number of school friends who accompanied them to the station and waved them farewell. The rest of the family went to Fort Wayne the first of the week. They have leased the Dan Erwin residence in Lakeside. The five lady employees of the Ward Fence company, formed a walking club yesterday and this morning decided to take their Initial trip, so about 4 o’clock all met at a prearranged meeting place and started on the hike. Everything went fine and dandy until entering a woods north of the city, when an innocent little garter snake, just making its first debut from a long winter sleep, crossed their path. It is needless to state that the “club” retreated In defeat, In fact according to the report from an eye witness he was seriously thinking of having the young ladles arrested for breaking the speed laws.

| ARRIVALS IN RLGSct I |We have just received an immense shipment of small I | and large Rugs-We have bought them from the manu- S a facture at prices, that we will be able to make very low | | prices on this immense assortment. * | | Special This Week I ® 27x54 Wilten Velvet Rug - $1.28 9x12 Tapestry $11.75-$12.50 to $15. 1 S 11-3x12 Tapestry $16.50 to $22.00 9x12 Axminster from S2O. to $25. S I 11-3x12 to 12x15 Axminster Rugs At Bargain Prices | ! NOBBY NEW LACE CURTAINS 1 g We have them from 50c per pair up to $8.50 per pair. | | Nothing but the newest styles shown. Largest s | open stock to select from. | | COMPLETE NEW ASSORTMENT OF COLONIAL DRAPERIES I S In this line you can select material to make you stylish I | inexpensive curtains—prices from 10-15-25 cto SI.OO S I per yard. Come in and look them over. g IA VISIT AT THIS TIME WILL PAY YOU | g — g | Complete Line of Carpets in Axminsters, Velvets | | Tapestry and all Grade Cotton and Wool Ingrains | IM I! I.IC K & COMPANY I KifitffitSfitifitStifitSJifitifitifififitifiXSitffiJStHitffiJHiafitffitififffiJS: KMKifiJlßSJßififiJffitißißffijsl?

Mrs. Charles Deems and three children left this morning for Stroh to join her husband in making that place their home. Mrs. Deems is a daughter of Mrs. Emily Sideler and a sister of Mrs. John Lahey and expects to return here in two weeks for a visit.

i STAR GROCERY I Succatash 3 for . . 25c I Sugar corn 3 for . . 25c | Hominy 3 for . . . 25c " Sour krout 3 for . . 25c | Mustard sardins 3 for2sc L i Red seal lye 3 for . 25c I B Santa Claus soap 6 for2sc I Lenox soap 6 for . . 25c Day light 10 for . . 25c Raisins 3 lbs. . . .25c Shreaded wheat 2 <? for2sc Matches 6 for . . . 25c Will Johns.

A home-made motorcycle caused | much excitement on the street this , morning when it came chugging

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along at a merry clip, guided by Frank Parent. The engine of another dis- : abled motorcycle was placed upon

the frame of a ladles’ bicycle and formed a great combination.