Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1914 — Page 3

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I WEATHER FORECAST 8 a Fair and wanner tonight and Wednesday. ;j Mrs. J. D. Steele went to Fort Wayne yesterday noon. Dan Costello of Fort Wayne spent Sunday here. Atty. L. C. DeVoss was at fort Wayne yesterday trying a case. Willis Johnson made a business trip tu Fort Wayne yesterday noon. Mias Maytne Deinlnger went to Ft. Wayne yesterday on business. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Jeffrey and children went to Fort Wayne yesterday noon. Frank Braun, the dray man. returned from Indianapolis where he attended the races. Mrs. Tillie .Myers returned to Fort Wayne yesterday noon after a visit at the Oscar i>nkenau home. WiUiam Buechner. John and Fred Stliinnerer of Bchntnm. Ohio, change) cars here yesterday enroute to Fort Wayne. MW F. L. DeVil bias and Mrs E ] B Newton and baby daughter will at rive Thursday noon tor a visit will relatives and friends. Mr. Newton is expected later. I.ucile White, Fanny Cowan and Gladys McMillen of peasant Mills and Mary Erwin of this city left yesterda: afternoon'for Muncie where they will take a six weeks teachers' course ii the Muncie Normal school

FheHome Os Quality Groceries

Potato chips ... 10c - Fard dates . . . 10c Washington crisps 10c - raisins 1-1---Kel logs flakes . -10 c - Seeded raisins . . . 12c Maple flake ... 10c - Prunes . . . . 10 to 15c Puffed wheat. . 10c - Peaches . --10 to 15c. “ rice. ... 15c - Fancy apneots lb .. J)c Extra fancy old potatoes bu. 11.00, F resh fruit

We pay cash or trade lor produce, Eggs 10c w Butter 12c t> 22e HOWER & HOWER North of C. R. A L I»«pol lh ""‘'

EM.BCHIRMEYER THE BOWERS REALTY CO. REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS,’ ABSTRACTSTh, Scbirmevw Abstract Company Ab? ■tract Keconla. Twenty/•f’ fun. City Property, 6 P« MON Vi

Che Hensley family has sone to Rome (tty for tae summer. Miss Clara Lehman returned to her home in I nlon township after a week’s visit with friends at Convoy. Free Frisinger, a student of Indiana university arrived in the city Sunday for a several days visit with relatives Mrs. Frank Roop will be taken to the hospital for an operation tomorrow. Her illness is of the nature of obstruction of the gall duct. Alva Nicholas returned to Huntington this morning with his brothcr in law. Leo Miller and family, and will make a short visit with them. Mrs. and Mrs. P. H. Jones and daughter. Charlotte, returned yester day by motor tor Toledo. Ohio, after •pendn. Sunday here at the C L. Meibers home. Mary Jane, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Zimmerman ol Indianapolis visiting with the John Moran family is quite sick with stomach and bowel trouble. Howard E. Sikes tne automobile and carage man has purchased an Apper sun jack rabbit car io be used in mak ing out-of-town trips that come up in Mr and Mrs. A R. Bell and Mr. and Mr* J. <se Holm tert this morn ing in their Jackson car for a trip to Rushville, lnd„ where they will visit Frank Bell and family, returning here Wednesday evening. Dr. and Mrs S. P. Hoffman and Mr. end Mrs j..«s Sellemeyer motored to Linn Grove Sunday where they visited with Mrs. Hoffman's parents. They al so motored to BeFne in the evening and attend***! th«* oratorio at the Mention ite church.

Miss Vera Hower went to Fort Wayne today noon. Mrs. Ulen Glancy of Monroe was a shopper here today. Amos Hirschy of Berne was a business visitor here today. Mrs. G. T. Burk and daughter, Win ifred, went to Fort Wayne today noon. Prof. Paul Wlthaus, of Berne, the musician, was here today on business. Mrs. A. S. Ayres and children returned to Fort Wayne today noon after a visit here. Clyde Otto Miller lias taken a position as clerk at the Morris five and ten cent store. Johnny Stultz has taken his old position as clerk at the Mills grocery | during Hie summer. Free Frisinger lias returned to his studies at Bloomington after spending Decoration Day with his parents. Thad Butler and daughter, Jean, have taken tlie Jesse J. Helm furnished home for the summer and are nowlocated there. Attorney C. L. Walters and F. G. Roehm, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants' bank at Willshire, Ohio, went to Fort Wayne today on business. Rev. Edward Vurpillat of Logansport assisted Father Seimetz pastor of the St Mary's church at the double wedding which was solemized this morning. Herman Yager returned last evening from Indianapolis where he attended Hie Fourth Degree initiation of the Knights of Columbus and visited with friends. E. H. Shoemaker will leave this evening for a trip through Ohio, including Cleveland and Hudson, in the interest of the Ward Manufacturing company of this city. Mrs. Jess Deam returned to this city last evening from a several days visit with friends in Bluffton. While there she was the guest in several delightful automobile trips. Helen and Loren Christy of Toledo. Ohio, came to spend Sunday with Mrs. George Dixson. Ixiren returned Sunday evening but his sister. Helen, returned today byway of Fort Wayne. As Decoration Day came on Satur day all Union Barber shops were closed yesterday in order to give the barbers a little holiday not to disappoint their large number of customers on Saturday. O. P Edwards left today for Toledo. Ohio. and will return tonight Tomorrow he will accompany his wife and babe to their iiome at Leipsic. O. They visited here with Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick. Stewart Niblick lias taken a position at the Niblick grocery for his sum mer vacation. He succeeds Alph Gentis who will go to Warren where he will open a five and ten cent store in partnership with Homer Lower. Miss Ruth Hubbard will join Mr and Mrs. Will Kremers Thursday in an auto trip to Holland, Mich., where rhe will visit for some time with relatives. Site will also visit at .Montague. St Louis, and Saginaw. Mich., before her return home. Over twenty thousand people crowd ed Huntington today as the result of a booster day being held by the mer chants of that city. Ideal weather con ditlons brought the people into the city at seven o'clock this morning and by eight-thirty the streets were crowd cd. ( * Mr. Holden, the clever salesman who is in charge of the Vance A Hite sale tells of many interesting incidents during liis career in the business. At one place he was written up as the "Hold up Savuge Company” but he only smiles. He says his sales always help every merchant for It brings In many people who would not otherwise come to town. The smallest baby in the world. Earl Clover, weighing 1% pounds and upon whom the eyes of all physic ians have been turned with Interest for the past two weeks, passed away last Wednesday afternoon. The ehild lived for eleven days and was kept in an Incubator. being fed with an ink dropper owing to the fact that Its mouth wits too small to use any other instrument. The babe was said by authorities to have been the smallest Imby in the world. He was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl ‘’lover Sr., and was being kept at the Dukes hospital In Peru. As the result of the heavy wind and electrical storm which visited tills section Friday evening, three Delphos residents, David Ctirtls. Frank Smith, and flay Hannes. members of a Clove r Leaf switching crew wore seriously Injured about JI:M when they were knocked from the top of a freight car by n w Ire which had fallen ahd stretched acrons the trac k at a lielglihi which just cleared the top of the train All wore Injured tn a more or less serious extent, Curtis IH-ing the most seriously Irijurrd of throe and the out<om« of the injuries were doubtful Hatj ui day.

Dr. .McOscar of Fort Wayne was hero today on professional business. Walter Welcher of Lima spent Sunday in the city as the guest of friends Miss Eula McKinney Is oft duty at the Morris store today on account of illness. The Steele racket store is closed on account of the death of .Mrs. C. J. Weaver. Mrs. Bernardo Welsmuntle of Elwood Is iiere visiting with her brotiler, Frank Gass and family. Tilt’ Alvtt Nichols family returned to Huntington witli Leo Miller and fam iiy in their automobile. They will visit there until tomorrow and attend the “Booster Day” celebration. Miss Della Sellemeyer went to Fort Wayne tills morning where she spent tlie day visiting with her mother, Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer who id at the Hope hospital. Messers Will Kramers, J. C. Patterson and Carl Pumphreys motored to Paulding, Ohio, today where Mr. Kramers is attending to business in the interests of tlie Holland-St. Ixiuis Sugar company of this city. PILES! PILES! PILES! M ILLIAMS’ INDIAN PU£ OINTMENT Will Cure Blind. Bleeditiff and Itching’ Film. It absorbs th? tumor*, alHyn itching at once , acts an a poultice, five* inntant relief. For sale by ail druggUta, moil 50c and 1100 MUUMS MFG. €O., Cleveland, Ohio The Enterprise Drue Store.

VANCEasdBITE Clothing Store In The Hands Os Holden Salvage Company To Be CLOSED OUT COMPLETELY SALE STARTS THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 4. AT OAM

THE whole story in a nutshell is this: The building occupied by Vance & Hite has been sold to the new Bank. \ ance and Hite are forced to vacate and have leased the Niblick building just across the street north from the present location. This building will be re-modeled and made over new, and it is the determination of Messers Vance & Hite to start up a new store throughout. This store has been placed in the hands of the Holden Salvage Co. to be closed out. These people are experts at closing out stvcks of merchandise. They will not consider cost or value. Their only thought is to sell the goods. Sale starts Thursday morning June 4, at 9 o’clock. Everything will be tagged and marked for quick selling. Mr. W. R. Holden, Manager of the Holden Salvage Co., will close the store Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in order that every piece of goods can be tagged and remarked. Vance & Hite have been in business here for ten years and always handled the very best goods on the market. Nothing trashy nor unworthy has ever been put in this store. Don’t let anything keep you away from this 3ale. Bargains will be here that will amaze you and please you. It will pay anv person to come fifty miles to buy a suit of clothes, and overcoat or furnishing goods. Twenty five experienced clerks wanted. All fixtures for sale. Open every evening until eight o’clock.

>lO MEN'S SUITS. Casslmers, worsted and Cheviots—browns, grays and mixture-—tlie very best that were ever sold fur *lO fur a man or young matt. All sizes. Tu t,< *“ 6.95 >12.50 MEN'S SUITS. Tlih line in. hides a pur v rated him serge. worsted and cai.»lm<*ria in grays and browns. \ chance t-> buy a good suit for less than Vance a Hitpaid fur them. To close 8 95 5c MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS.' , — White, hemstitched: we have fifty, do-.en us thia numta-r: we will give our customers the iw-neflt. To close 2 50c OVERALLS. About fifty pairs of bogs' band over i alia, made from blue denim and nti to dose 29c 50c WORK SHIRTS. Fifty dozen men's work shirts: they I are as staple as neat; think of the saving: ail colors. To close .Me >I.OO UNION SUITS. Men's tibls-d summer union suits. | long or short aleeves and legs; <*] xreat snap. To close >79c, 15c DRESS SOX. Men's biack or brown drew sox; lay In a supply, every pair must be sold. To eloer. pair .........

VANCE & HITE CL %X g ORE IN THE HANDS OF THE HOLDEN SALVAGE CO.

>■ A GIFT S WITH Real Merit Pumphreys Jewelry Store IF IT’S NEW WE HAVE IT

sls AND >15.50 MEN'S SUITS. This is a strong line—about two hun ' drevi suits In tlie lot. Built for ail men.! Rt*gnlar cut dims or u.ut . Ail de pirabie patterns. You will apprecfetei ■ these. To close 10 .95 >2O MEN’S SUITS. . Ma<h.» by Kupp<?nht*lnH*!’*"*"*tho v»*ry I nutkem in the tradf*' ~<»very hmß : math* by thin | ind pmranteed in very way. A tetectkm of new patterns that win please T ‘ J ‘ 14.95 10c CANVAS GLOVES. On<* hunilriul dfui-n men's cunvas gloves, rlblMsi wrists, lay In tl supply now For dozen 55c ! 12.50 BOVS' SUITS—-Neat mixed put '«ros In castlmeres and worsteds, sit sixes; to dose >1.75 I *3.50 AND >4.00 BOVS' SUITS They [are a snappy line, in all the new I eiindea. fix tile boys up at leas Ilian Lost. To dose... >2.95 1 15.00 BOYS' SUlTS—Absolutely all wool. "Best Ever ' liratxl. guaratlleed I to give satwfa>'tioti; blue serge or I I fancy |Mlterui ! . To dt> >r ....... >3.95 M. 50 BOYS' SUITS Hie very best beys' suits nn the market, macle from itnest imported blue serge. To I dose >5.0'1

ARE YOU SAFE? When you go for a trip in the country are you always sure of being able to get back on your own power? Does your engine ever ‘'balk” on you when you need it the most? Bring it in to us and we will guarantee you a safe and enjoyable trip. THE ARK GARAGE H. E. SIKES

MODERN FLAT FOR RENT—lnquire of Jonus Bain at Mutchler Meat market, Monroe street. 12413 —o ■ — PLANTS FOR SALE—Egg, mango, tomato, cabbage, celery, yams, al Werder Sisters, 524 Market st., Phone 347. • 129t6.

>25 MEN'S SUITS. ' Tlie finest in the store. City stores get, as high as >35 for the same goods ' Every pattern that is new and desirI able. You cun buy a strictly high grade suit now at the price of a cheap I ?" , 17.95 >25 MEN'S OVERCOATS. I Carried over from last winter. The I finest < oats we have ever handled. On ; account of the warm winter we hud, I they curried over a lot of evercoats.| They must nil move. Your choice to *IOO WORK PANTS Made from lii.ivy cotton worsted, neat stripe put-1 t«m. To close 79c i *2.00 0 cess Pants A line of neat pat ■ terns: a big liargain whil*- they last. To i lose >1.65 *3.00 AND *3.50 DRESS PANTS— Made h> high-class tailors, perfect fitting, Stag" Irousera; every pair guarantied. To dose ....>2 65 >5.00 Men's Dress Pants Mage from iln»*st ImixirtiMi worsted; blur sorgo amt neat fancy stripe patirrrs to ‘loee >3.95 j ‘>oc DRESS SHlßTS—'Famous Brand' I the beat 50c shirt in the world; a big 'inc of choice summer patterns. To 'l‘Mo 39c *I.OO DRESS SHIRTS— Silver Shirt** you know tin* brHtid; look (or th** hiln * ITo dose ■........ y. 79c

SWEET POTATOES and YAM plants for sale. 25 cents per 100 at G. A. Bunners. Bobo. Ind. 129t3 o FOR SALE—Brush runabout in A 1 condition. See it at 304 North 9th st. Phone 513. 129t3 FOR SALE —Pony and her colt. See DORE B. ERWIN. 121t6

sls MEN'S OVERCOATS. < All new lam fall. They will please you next winter. Pick them out. All wool. Serge linings. Think of the saving > Vance a Hite will not move them to [the new store. To closeß9s SIC RAIN COATS. Slip on*. .Made front a tine vuhanixed • overt cloth. Every man should have 1 one. Tan and gray. Just the thing for [ riding. To close •j $1.50 AND 52.50 IDE SHIRTS—The I nappy dre»ner« will appreciate this. To clone 51.19 53.00 ALBERT DRESS HATS—Every new attntmer atyln; all alia des; beat I on the market. To < lone $2.35 $2.00 MEN'S HATS—Soft ami rtiff; ••very new style; pick them out. To > ton* 51.45 50c MEN S AND BOYS' CAPS A I n • selection, made from all wool cloth*. ■ To dose S9c i SI.OO MEN'S CAPS—Xe w summer line, i just received. To floor 75c l 25c AND 50c NECKTIES—Hit fined • we have ever shown. To clone 19c, 39c J 50c BOYS' K. A E. BLOUSE WAISTS 'I Tile very beat ever put on the mark. j vt. To clone' > 50c KNEE PANTS FOR BoY6—l.v c tra well made To dote 39c "■51.00 KNEE PANTS FOR BOYS—--1.1 Made from nil wool material. Tc c clove t 79c