Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1913 — Page 3

[ WEATHER FORECAST • :W S" " cooler tonight and s, : .. day. A gii baby waa born t,> \| 7hfb. Joe Warner of near Momm •3 a,h * K ri,, 'dd;tilg'mi . | Gauze, went to Wayne this morning. Kircher went to Ft. to npen<l the day with .Mrs. Humphn Ton Hackman returned last evenJar.>»ni Celina where hi the fair. Fred Fullenkamp will niun u , eventag from Celina where he htfr been Attending the lairMrs J. S. Peterson and d. _ Utas. v to Home < its ’od.rv i wUhjMra. T. M. Reid. Mrs. >l. Fullenkamp «, t > Wttyn> business visitor v estrl d.i'. John Stark spent the day in Fort Wayne. JMti< -rstien w Fb min. . ished jthe work of painting the barn <3jß the Oscar Fritziiige larm, hand .

I THE HOME OF I I Quality Groceries I Our Bill Os Fare | Is So I Extensive and Varied * That our Patrons t Have a Wide Range for Selection. Buy Select Groceries That Have Been Carefully Selected Try our pie goods. Mince meat in jars . ... 25c Mince meat in pkgs 10c 3 for 25c L Pie peaches can .. . 10c Pie pumpkin can . . .10c Black raspberries can 15c ; Seeded raisins package 10c Seedless “ “ 12c | Currants “ 10c ; Hand picked apples pk 20c We pay cash or trade for produce. Eggs lSc Butter 16 to 25c . • - -_Z= i Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I, Depot. ’Phone 108? ■ F.M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN r I B | President Secretary Ircas. B M THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I E 3 REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, B ABSTRACTS. B The Schiun , r Abstract Company complete AL-« q sb act K cord , Twenty years Experience B B Fann , City Property, 5 per cent MONEY - - ? '? ’ jKirni M — ■■ ij - i ——

1 liarles Myers was at Fort Wayne ■ today on business. i’yard Smith will spend next week | at Rome City at the Reed cottage. 1 hard - Niblick was a business visitor at fort Wayne this morning. 1 'I Boan returned to his home at I’erne this afternoon after attending i to business matters in the city. John Coh hin went to Fort Wayne ■ tliis morning to l<x>k after business Pertaining to his ice cream parlor. Mis .1. s. Peterson ana daughter, . I ois, went to Rome City this alter- ' noon to sp. nd a vviek al the, Peterson I cottage. Tim Concord Lutheran church of . Root township is having its annual ; Sunday school picnic today in the I Clark woods near .Monmouth. I eter ami Bernard .Miller returned I yesterday afternoon from a several ' days’ visit with their brother. F. M. i Milh r and family in Fort Wayne. The senior < lass of tjie Decatur ! high s< hool of 11(13 will hold an inI tet’-sting meeting tonight at the home ic, Mi -. Lulu \tz. Arrangements will I be made to give an annual reunion of the class each year.

Mrs- Al Gerard went to Fort Wayne to visitGeorge Yarger made a business trip to Fort Wayne today. Raymond Dale is the name of Ihe baby 'boy born to .Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fritzinger. The weekly dance of Fred Schurger given at the C. 11. I. of 1. last evening was largely attended. Mrs. Amelia Hoagland left today for Laud and South Whitley, where she will visit with her daughters. Mrs. George Flanders and son, Car lisle, left yesterday for Rome City to visit at the T. M. Reid cottage. Miss Mary Erwin went to Pleasant Mills this morning to be the guest of her cousin ami grandmother till Saturday evening. Rev. Carl Roop of Wren, Ohio, who has been visiting with his father, lames Roop east of the city, went to Fort Wayne today. t harles Dunn and Dick Peterson of Bluffton motored to th,is city this morning, where they were looking up friends and attending to business mutters. Will Hammell returned from Portland dast night after spending the evening with his sister Mrs. C! B. Smith and her guest Miss Hulda I alter of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Ellen Dailey and son, Gerald, left this morning for a visit in Chicago with Mr. and Mrs- T. R. Keyes. Mrs. Keye 8 formerly was Miss Cortine Dailey.—Bluffton News. What's become o’ th’ ole fashioned I eau who considered a girl’s intellect ual qualities? Lots o’ folks applaud a Wagner selection jist t’ get a piece o ragtime fer an encore.—Abe Martin. Mr. and Mrs Henry Tonnelier ot Travers City, Mich, who motored here Tmsday in their American automobile left last night for their home after being the guest of the Joe lonelier family in this city. Rev. Othmar Knapke of Washington D. C. .and his mother, Mrs. Anna Knapke, of St. Henry, Ohio, are here visiting with their brother and son. Bon Knapk?. Rev. Knapke is attending the Catholic university at Wash ington, D. C The work of macadamizing Fifth street will be delayed for a few days on account of the heavy rain which we had yesterday afternoon and last night. The squares between Madison and Adams street is one mass of mud It. will be sometime next week before workmen can begin again. The Misses Helen Cowan and Midge’’ McMillen of Pleasant Mills have returned to their homes aftei a two weeks visit, with the W. F Beery family and Mr. and Mrs. Bos of Morris, Ind. A most enjoyable time was had by them, they making sev r al extended automobile trips through out the state. During the heavy rain that prevail ed for a half hour yesterday alternoon tiie rain fell in such torrents that the I sewers were unable to carry the fall oft fast enough As a consequence the streets ran like rivers. The court house was practically isolated like an island, and pedestrians were unable to cross at intersecting points of the street. The terrific and steady downpoui of rain Thursday afternon cause) 1 I many of the sew*rs to overflow and run into tho cellars- The gush of water was too strong for the outlets to carry it off and as. a lonsoquence it backed up wherever it could. A number ot cellars had water in them yesterday that were perfectly dry dining the March Hoods. Samuel and John Fuhrman motored to Celina, Ohio, yesterday taking a number of friends along as their guests. They attembxl the big lair there and had a delightful time. Those attending as guests were .la.' Cline and son Harold: John Evans W. A. Fojjiter. Chris Sheets, William Singleton .Charles ami Clark Fuhr mnaAttorney and Mrs. Elmer Brothers of Chi< ago, Mr. ami Mrs. James Mi - Connell of Marion will leave today in their autos for Marion ami tomorrow will proceed to Chicago. Mrs. Mabie Hanley will accompany her uncle, Elmer Brothers, and wife to their home ’ll Chi) ago lor a week's visit Th" visitors were guests at tho Clark Brothers ami Dr. Elizabeth Barter homo. Levi Frnuhigef, aged I, a son ol John Frauhiger.west of Decatur, lias been suffering from an injury since last Sunday, but the parent* did not know the child hail mot with an aclident anil di mil riallze until today be. had a serious injury. As ho continued to sulf’ r mote and more he vva: brought to Bluffton today and Dr. Cook disi overeii he was suffering from a dislocated hip. Hegdipfied the horn Into plpce but it. -could not be made to stay in it s socket. This aftti'rnoon arrangement), are being com pleted to take the boy to Hop)’ hlspital at Fort Wayne, for X-ray examination. aud for treatment—Bluffton I News. ,

’ E. M. Ray of Berne was u business visitor here today. 1 J. D. Hale was at Ft. Wayne yesterday on btislnesH. ’ Dan Erwin has returned from a busines strip to Kendallville. D. M .Hensley will spend Sunday ■ with his family at Romo City 1 . ’ Mrs. .1. S. Snow left this afternoon on a week's visit with relatives in the southern part of the state. Bob Merryman will go to Rome City Saturday where he will be tiie guest ol Bob Quinn at the Quinn cottage. Mrs. Emma Balyeat returned to Van Wert, Ohio, this afternoon alter a viat it with her son, C. c. Clemjus, and I family. Sam Bailor has resigned his position with the Kirsch, Sellemeyer At 1 Sons’ lumber yard to accept a place ■ at Wren, Ohio. > Mr. ami Mrs. Joseph Garwood and babe of Blue Creek township returned this afternoon from Ft. Wayne where they visited'Tith relatives. I Mrs. R. .1. Holthouse who has been •pending the week at Toledo as the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. R. I hl. will return home Sunday. Ed V. Price & Co . the Chicago tailors, say, "If you feel down in the mouth, remember Jonah and the whale—he came out all right.” The Fort Wayne Blues will ftnyet the Decatur Shamrocks in a stub base ball game on the local base ball field Sunday. The game will be called at 2:30 o’) *-k Mrs. F. 11. Hubbard and daughter. Fredericks: Mrs. J. C. Patterson ami Miss Edna Hoffman motored to Fort Wayne this alternoon where they visited with friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Albert Moyer, who commited suicide by tak•ng carbolic acid, Wednesday evening, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, ::iG West Williams Fort Wayne ■T. W. Myers of Wren, Ohio, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Myers, vent to Fort. Wayne this afternoon to call on the former's life-long friend, lohn Wagers, of near Wren, who is recovering from an oi.eration for appendicitis in the Lutheran hospital. The original ami only James E. Hardy, the world's greatest high wire performer. The famous Ernest Alvo trio, great aerial comedy bar act. the Roman Gladiators and Miss lean Bentley, who will give a pelfoi malice in front of the grandstand each day of the Portland fair. Grand stock parade and motorcycle races on the track, Wednesday, only Mr. and Mrs. J. Pearl Ross ami Mr. and Mrs. J. ißussell Klim' newly wedded collides, of Fort Wayne. Ind., walking to Winchester, Va., as a moneymoon trip, passed through Newark yesterday morning. The quartet spent the night in the observatory at Denison university. Tiny will go to Zanesville from Newark. The party is in splendid health and spirits.—Van Wert Daily Times. "We certainly had a splendid time (and you may spell 'splendid" in up-per-case letters)” said Vice President Mat Kirsch in speaking of the Spangler reunion held yesterday at StJohn's grove. "The rain that came up and drove us into the eating house only brought us closer together, and there, after dinner we sang. r> ited ami had a. good time. The same officers were le-ebctiil for this year: President. Jacob Spangler: v|ce president, Mat Kirsch: secretary, Mrs. Ella iliee; treasurer Gns Sellemeyer. Editors are all horn boosters. The other day the editor was solicited to . join a lodge and was handed a petition printed by a supply house: lie dug •> dun from a merchant in a government stamped envelop)' and written on , gurgling oil statement: he 'mail' a purchase at a store and got a duplicate) bill prlnt)'il in Chicago, and wrote a check on a Think printed in Denver. • Ye Gods! how can an editor be expected to join lodges ami pay hills on 1 such treatment, a|d all the time tel! tho people to trad)' al home? Ever ’ think of it? Editors have Io be horn ■ boosters, prepared to live on dried ’ herring ami stand for anything. ' Hillsboro Journal. With tin' heaviest downfall of rain in a half hour that lias ever been known in the city the water fell for n 1 while yi'sti'Dhiy afternoon In -u< h torrents that Hie sewers win unable to ' carry off the rivers that ran down lhe t streets. The water from f v am! • front rushed into the basements of the 1 business bouses on Second stH' t ami ■ many that were never before known f to have water hml that unenviable I distinction vi stertlny. In many >a.i s < the water stood four or five imli<' ; ’ deep in the lower places in tic eels’ Jars and merchants who. had stork in tiie basement waded around shoe top deep in many eases, placing th" • goods high and dry and beyond reach - ol the water. The water soon went i down, however, as the rain was of short duration

~ — — * -**■ l *“ I-..' — ——«... _ 4 i : I YOU'VE GOT TO HURRY F -IF- | You Want to Take Advantage of I I Our Buggy Sale | ■ I Remember we must move these I I Buggies this month I | SCHAUB-DOWLING CO. I I

STAR GROCERY I Qt. can sour pickles 15c I Qt. can sweet pickles 25c I Qt. can olives plain 25c g Qt. can olives stuffed 25c I Qt. can -peanut butter 25c English Channel Mackeral .... 20c Red Salmon .... 15c Pink Salmon . . .10c Deviled Ham ... 10c Kippered Earring . 15c Tuna Fish .... 10c Clams 10c Cove Oysters . . . 10c Dried Beef .... 15c Sardines in Olive ‘ Oil 10c Mushrooms .... 25c Will Johns. SE I .7? BMW iKBSgfcU

I AFTERTHOUGHT SALE £ • Be Sfi i nB The bargain clothing sale just conducted by us has S ’ S been the largest and most successful of any sale ever ys £ held during the history of the store. While some of S g the articles advertised in this sale have been entirely * ® sold out. we still have some excellent bargains which K II for a few days. only we are going to offer at still ® greater reductions than our former sale. i.k * i WE MUST HAVE MOKE ROOM S J® . . ifi , Hence the following prices: S One lot of two piece suits worth from s7'oo to $15.06 your choice $5 00 Hi •• gg All SI.OO underwear union or two piece now 75 cents. ' ’ One lot boys knee pants 15 cents each ' One lot of boys school suits, good value 1-2 price 681 1 S Odd vests up to size 36 go at 25 cents each' & 1 * i jni One dozen and a half stiff bosom shirts go ut 20 cents each HR Straw hats any old price • K nil y; You will have to hurry. These goods and prices will not always last. ' I VANCE & HITE | ■ UiAUI Ui !j, J,: ' 4l 3. y; J,

Old Adams County Bank Decatur, Indiana. Capital 1120.000 3 r" '\Q '••V'l Surplus . 530.000 t J r J I C. S. Niblick, President “ y l, A M. Kirsch and John Niblick «f ' L Presidents -> Xf.'SfcA '■ Rh‘ n K*r, Cashier. t harm loans y ) 4 KvdU a Specialty Reflect K Resolve Collections | krwrinm iibu, Made There’s Nothing Like atFworA BANK ACCOUNT abieiiX. To Give A Man The Courage To Lace The World ‘"S?; With Safe —— jxxx Banking And All That’s Hurled Methods Against Him To Discourage. Extended Cnj Dollar Starts It! To juf Patron : We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on 1 Year Time Deposits