Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1915 — Page 3

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«... „ _ : u. . _ IWB«:n»:»iiiiiniMiin;iiiiii;;n;gm.: WEATHER FORECAST uMUMMMimiiiiiHMiHumnmmmn Pair tonight and Thursday.* Rising temperature. So much of the energy is wasted energy. Two clocks in the house are worst than none. Sheriff Ed Green has returned from Detroit, Mich. L. F*. Schroeder went to Delphos yesterday on business. Miss Marguerite Burnett of Ossian is here for a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Tom Druiy. Mrs. Wash Gilpen of Fort Wayne attended the funeral of Daniel Railing. If there was a minimum wage in your field of endeavor, would you have to work for it Don’t be too free with the words certainly and undoubtedly. In other words, don’t be too positive. A returned traveler tells us that comic opera sailors sing more than the real article, an<f swear less. Mrs. A. T. Vail and daughters, Martha and Lucile, returned to their home ■ in Fort Wayne after attending the funeral of Daniel Railing. , Mr. and Mrs. El’.ts Condit of Condit, Ohio, arrived in the city for a several i days’ visit with Mr. Condit’s nephew, ; C. C. Pumphrey, and family. I, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Peterson and Miss Grace Miller went to Newar, Ohio, on i business, and also stopped at Toledo, Ohio. On their way home they stopped at Shelby, Ohio, and were guests i over night es Mr. Peterson’s sister, Mrs. Frank Alwein. i

The Home Os Quality Groceries Home grown potatoes..... .60c Sugar Corn, 3 for ....••...25c Extra fancy Cabbage3c Country Gentleman, 2 for- 25c Red Onton, fancy 3c Baby Corn 15c Yellow Onion, fancy 3c Early June Peasloc Spanish Onions 6c Sifted Peas, 2 for 25c Ex. fancy Baldwins, pk3sc Sweet Peaslsc Fancy Baldwins, pk3oc Hominy, 3 for 25c Oranges, doz2sc Kraut 10c We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 20c Butter 18c to 27c' t HOWER & HOWER North of G. R. & I. Depot Hiooe 108 IF. M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN I President Secretary Treas. I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. I REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, ABSTRACTS. J The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- g 5 stract Records, Twenty years Experience Farms, City Property, 5 per cent. I —=— I

Mrs. Tom Bess went to Monmouth today. Mrs. Jeff Bryson of Portland was a visitor here today. j J. F. Snow was a Fort Wayne business visitor today. Miss Fanchon Magley visited with I relatives in Monmouth today. Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Grimes and son. Buford, spent the day in Fort Wayne. Some men would never have an idea if they didn’t borrow one aceasionally. , John Spuhler went to Monmouth this morning, where he cried the Dor-win-Clark sale. Mrs. C. L Walters was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Ben Pillars, in Root Township today. A man always marvels at the number of people a woman can bluff without the ability to whip them. Egg on th’ chin is bein’ revived down our way. Some folks think that passin’ a law is all that’s necessary.— Abe Martin. Mrs. F. Lardolf and Mrs. William Griebel, who visited at Willshire, 0., changed cars here today enroute to , Fort Wayne. A young editor starts out to be “a moulder of thought,” but finally becomes satisfied if he can pay the printers.—Ex. The easy, extemporaneous liar wins more friends and admiration than the party who always insists on telling the Plain Truth. Ralph Amrine, who was operated two weeks ago Thursday, and who returned from the hospital Sunday, was able to come down town yesterday afternoon. He rode down and walked about the office with the aid of a cane.

—-r— — i Walter Fuelling went to Ft. Wayne today. Mr. Moser of Berne was operated upon at the Decatur hospital. Mrs. B. F. Kiser and son, B. F., >., were visitors in Monmouth today. Dr. D. D. Clark made a professional business visit to Hoagland today. Mrs. Lena Yager of Berne is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Moran. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dugan attended the Dorwin-Clark sale at Monmouth today. Mrs. C. C. Stover of Rockford, Ohio, changed cars here today enroute to Ft. Wayne. The Misses Madge Hite and Fanny Frisinger were Fort Wayne visitors this afternoon. Tlie order for fourteen issues of in»cadam road bonds for this county itaa been received at this office and will be turned out by March 1. Mrs. Dan Erwin left this morning for orth Manchester, where she will visit over Sunday with her Vousin, Mrs. T. Pugh. She will be joined Sunday by Mr. Erwin. The almanacs are going out rapidly and those who wish them should get in before March 1. The supply on • hands will probably not last beytyd i that time. Renew your paper to January Ist next, and secure one of these 9 valuable reference books. "I hope it ain’t sinful and greedy,” said Ma Culberson, "but 1 would be glad if we had a cow. No Culberson has got any call to try to boss the Lord round; that’s what you would be doin’ if you just prayed and then t settled back and expected the Lord to drop down the cow and all.” —Elinore Stewart in The Youth’s Companion. 1 Sheriff Ed Green, who took young Otto Harb to Detroit Monday, where he turned him over to the officials at 1 Fort Wayne barracks, made a little trip over to Windsor, Canada, where he saw a number es soldiers parading, ’ wrote a few postals to his friends anti then beat them home, arriving yesterday morning, just to show how an Indiana sheriff can move about. The seats nave been arranged >n the tabernacle and the stage is being arranged for the speakers, the choir of 150, the piano and a reporters' table. The building will seat about 1,500 comfortably and will hold several hundred more than that and yet it is believed that it will prove , too small, as much interest is being manifested. The meeting opens next Sunday In the March Woman's Home Companion appears a department called The Exchange in which readers give suggestions which have developed <|»t of their own practical experiences. A Massachusetts woman tells as follows how to mnke a child stop crying: i lt often happens that little children, especially those that are nervous or highly strung, are disposed to keep on crying when they get started. When you wish a child to stop sobbing get him to take a good drink of cold water. It almost always will stop the sobbing immediately.” We call attention to the fact that announcements ought to be hi this office as early in the day as possible, if you wish them published the day you bring or send them. In order to finish the day’s work and get our paper out on time we must go to press 1 at 3:30 and to do this, the news must be in. We will appreciate your assistance in this matter. We want all the news all the time and want you to help us get it. Please send in the, items as early as possible. This is especially necessary during the tabernacle meetings, when there will no doubt be many announcements. We will do our best at all times to use them, but to make sure, get them in early. Announcement was made today of a deal by which the Morris Five and and Ten Cent Stores company, of this city, has added Store No. 13 to their string of stores of that description. Store No. 13 is located in North Manchester and was bought by the Morris company from Frank Kunkel and Harry McFarren. The store has been under the management of Mr. Kunkel and he will continue in charge as manager for the Morris company. The other stores are in Bluffton, Decatur, Columbia City, Portland. Plymouth, Hartford City, Greensburg, Noblesville, Elwood, Franklin, Newcastle and Hillsdale, Mich., the latter being the only one outside of Indiana.— Bluffton News. -— 1 — OPPORTUNITY. To join the Pacific Exposition club, know the exact cost from the time you leave your home until you return. For full particulars write O. O. Snider, Suite 21, Pixley-Long building,. Ft. Wayne, Ind. 39t2 — LOST —Silver mesh bag, containing small black purse with sl2 in bills, between postoffice and N. Fifth street, by Miss Ruth Daniels. Finder please leave at this office or call 558. Reward offered. a9t3

AGEDLADY DEAD ’ Well Known Corydon Woman Dead of Lagrippe —Daughter in Geneva. t WAS 83 YEARS OLD I - - , Funeral Will be Thursday Mornng New Coryr don Lutheran Church. i " Mrs. George Martin died early on 1 Tuesday morning at her late home at 1 New Corydon. She had been ’ll of lagrippe and other complications tile I greater part of the winter, her condi--1 tion having been critical since Satur- . day. The deceased was born in Ger- ■ many about eighty-three years ago and when fifteen years of age came r to this county. She leaves besides - the husband, the following children: i Fred Martin and Mrs. Martin Foltz I of Portland; Henry Martin and Eliza- . beth, wife of Adam Saxman, of Now . Corydon; Catherine,, wife of Charles Muth of Geneva and Miss Sophia Mar- . tin, at home. The funeral services will be held Thursday forenoon at ten o’clock from , the Lutheran church at New Corydon • in charge of the Rev. Mr. Richardson, pastor, and interment will be in Mt. Zion cemetery. o THE COURT NEWS Many Probate Matters Disposed of in the Circuit Court Today, JUDGE OFFICIATES At a Wedding This Morn-ing—Jacobs-Bugh Nuptials Performed. E. B. Lenhart, guardian of Janies H. Stone, filed petition that he be not charged with the rent of the dwelling in which the ward lives as long as :e resides there. He also asked that he be not required to take charge of the .household goods and that the same be left in the ward's dwelling for bis <ise. These were sustained. He was also authorized to enter into contract for the care of the ward# and contract was reported and approved. A marriage license was issued to Lorenzo Dow Jacobs, a young fanner of Wells county, born September 25, 1897, to wed Mary Ethel Bugh, born September 6, 1895, daughter of Ezra Bugh, of Hartford township. The couple was married at 8:30 o’clock this morning in the county clerk’s office by Judge D. E. Smith. The groom’s father accompanied them here and witnessed the ceremony, giving his written consent to the marriage, as the groom is under age. David D. Coffee qualified as_ guardian of Jerome, Mildred, Adrian and Henrietta Coffee,‘minor heirs of Anna Coffee. Benjamin F. Butler, administrator of the Jesse Williams estate, filed current report and the trust was continued. • Margaret J. Drake, administratrix of the Jacob Drake estate, filed a petition to sell real estate to pay debts and summons was ordered returnable “March 1. i Joseph Wetzel, executor of the Peter Wetzel estate, was authorized to sell personal property at private sale without notice for cash at not less than appraisement. Report is to be made within thirty days. John Hessler was granted letters of administration in the estate of Anna M. Coffee. The two cases entitled Emilon Yandrick vs. The Holland-St. Louis Sugar company, venued to the Wells circuit court from Adams county, were dismissed today on motion of the defendant. An appeal was taken in the Wells circuit court by the defendant in the Nettie Roop vs. Frank Rood divorce case, which will now go to the appel- : late court. A motion was filed in the Weils ' circuit court yesterday afternoon uy • the defendant tor a changer of venue i tn the case of Mrs. Ella Andrews

I against Jeff Klopfenstein of Preble, hi which she demands damages of >IO,OOO for the death of her husband, alleged by her, due to intoxicating liquors sold to lien huaband at Freble. ’ The motion was granted and the ease sent to the Jay circuit court. publkTservice * (CONTINDE* FROM PAGE ONE) of them out of the way. They wifi either be on their way to passage or ’ killed in the various ways only known to the legislative expert, it is a safe bet tliat many of the wills will suffer agonies infiicted by the legislative axe, and by the way thia sort of legislation is about the best kind. Wonkt men's compensation, uTiiupulsory prtf uiaries, appropriations, legislative apj portion ment, and platform measures will now be rnshed with a view of having them out of the way before the final stampede begins. Only three more weeks remain in which to clean calendars and complete the work of ’ the sixty-ninth general assembly. Representative Mark W. Lyday of 5 Vermillion and Vigo is one of the . pushing young members of the house. ■ He is always on the job, works hard , and is conscientious in everything he . says and does. His record will be a record of achievement and accomI plishment and it will also be a record i of which his friends may well ».e i proud. , o . FOR SALE—Bundled fodder, or shredded fodder; will deliver it if desired. —W. C. Baker, R. R. No. 6, 3% miles southwest tof town. 3813 FOR RENT —Furished rooms, heat and bath. Inquire this office. 39t3 ■ ~r~~ ~ ' ( CRAVENETTE WEATHERPROOF To Dress Your Head**choose a hat that fits your personality. Look for good style, good workmanship, good qualityThen, consider the reputation of its maker as an indication of the hat’s probable good wear. The Mallory fits each requirement,—and there’s more being sold each year. , Let us show you the latest . Mallory. VANCE & HITE TAX EXEMPT BONDS WE OWN AND OFFER $45,000 414 per cent non-taxable gravel road bonds, due May 15, and November 15, each year, of denominations: / $192.00 $338.00 $396.00 $300.00 SIBO.OO $200.00 $502.00 First National Bank : DECATUR, INDIANA a J

MAKE MONEY BY SAVING IT 4 per cent interest on Savings. We cash checks. Write certificates of deposit, and do all other business transacted by Banks. "Safety deposit boxes for rent We solicit your account. : THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. James Rupel Pres. M. Kirsch Cashier W. A. Lower Sec’y i BANK OF SERVICE HORSE SALE Friday February, 19th 1915 The Company at this coming sale will offer another large run of horses and among them will be a Full Blooded Belgian Brown Mare REGISTERED, 8 YEARS OLD. WEIGHS 1860 POUNDS, SOUND AND A SURE BREEDER. This individual is a real mare and will positively be sold for the high Dollar on day of sale. If you are in the market for a high class mare be sure and attend this sale and try and buy her. DECATUR HORSE SALE CO. Col. E. S. McNabb, Auct. 1 - ■ 1 1 ■ Ll' . . I , . , — . FOR SALE—One Durham and one i ROOMS FOR RENT—Furnished or Angus bull calf, 8 months oM. — j unfurnished. Inquire at this ofV. L> Forbing, R. R. 6. SMllfice. 21t6 V z ■■ ;< & Have Purchased tfa xtpiningt.Md&. -TQ OfjT 11 BOMB PROOF BOMB-PROOF CELLARS ADVERTISED. Some few months ago many bomb-proof cellars weer built, due to the fear of invasion by Zeppelins. The activity of this style of building is rapidly progressing. Make This Store Your Grocery Store JELLY POWDERS Make the most delicious dessert. More quantity and better quality than any other jelly dessert on the market. We’re so sure of this statement that we will give you two packages of any other brand if you do not agree with us after trying it. At Your Service. Star Grocery S