Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1915 — Page 2

__ Spring Silk Opening Never before have we ever had such a large and varied assortment of silks to offer to our customers as at present. This shipment has just been placed on display and affords the greatest opportunity for you to select just the silk you have been looking fjr. All of the most seasonable colors and sty] \s are represent- j ed including Poplins, Canton Crepes -Chiffon Taffetas-Shepherd Checks, in the new putty, battle ship grey, brown ar.:] bl ick colors. A complete line of over nets in a I colors for waists has also been added to our stock. You must see these nets to appreciate them. We have made special arrangements whc eby for a very small charge we are enabled to have any dress goods you may choose, knife pleated or cordion pleated by the most expert operators. Take advantage of this. P-N CORSET SPECIALS f - ■ Front Lace Corsets SI.OO $2.00 $3.00 Olw Back Lace Corsets From 50c to $2.00 t Ur We also carry a Special Corset for Stout S" w f M Ladies. •W] t/T'J MRI J if

FOR SALE Nine room residence on Fifth street, two blocks west of court house. Holland furnace, electric lights, bath and sixty-barrel cement cistern. A. D. Suttles.

FOR SALE—Motor cycle in good condition. Inquire of Dick Burdg. 63t3 I'OR SALE —Baby carriage. Price, $lO. Inquire at 306 North Eleventh street. 71t3

The Peoples Loan & Trust Co. Decatur, Indiana Wants every boy in Adams County between the age of 10 and 18 years to enter our Corn Conttst. We offer the following Cash Prizes for the Best Acre of Corn Grown in Adams County during the season of 1915. Ist. Prize, Trip to Purdue Corn Show or $25.00 in Gold. 2nd. “ 17.50 in Gold. 3rd. “ 12.50 in Gold. 4th. “ 10.00 in Gold. i 5,6, 7 and Bth Prizes, each 5.00 in Gold. Rules Governing the Contest 1. All Contestants shall be between the age of 10 and 18 years. 2. The acre shall be rectangular in shape, one and one-half feet of cultivated ground outside the row on each < of the four sides, which shall be measured as part of the acre. > (r * 3. Each boy shall plant, cultivate and harvest his corn. However, if necessary, he may have assistance in * c breaking and bedding his land and harvesting his crop. ' ' JS * f 4. Each contestant shall keep a record in detail of the amount of work done and the number of bushels harvested. 5. Each contestant shall write an account of how he made his crop and when requested shall read the same. \ 6. Each boy shall select ten ears grown on his plot and exhibit them at the above bank at the time cf n awarding premiums which will be announced later. r f 7. Each boy who finishes in this contest but fails to win one of the «sh prizes will receive a present of a some kind when premiums are awarded. a I Application should be made on or before May 1, 1915, and registration mode at THE PEOPLES LOAN & o TRUST COMPANY. I d Signature of Applicant " t Age Post Office s B R- F. DTownship r Father’s Name 0

MEN —Our illustrated catalogue exi plains how we teach the barber , trade in a few weeks. Mailed fre?. Write Moler College Indianapolis, ; Ind. 74t6

TILE MILL FOR SALE. I will rent or sell my tile mill located at Preble. It is in good condition and it is a splendid point for the business. Prefer to sell and will sell it at less than half price. Has 50 horse boiler and 35 horse power engine, good as new and a good heavy mill. This is your chance 75t30. DAVID WERLING. o EASTER SOCIAL. And free entertainment by the Yeung Ladies’ Organized class, Saturday evening. April 3, Bobo, Ind. Bring your friends. 74t3 —o FOR SALE —Fresh cow. Call Geo Zimmerman. 14-J. or R. R. 9. 56t3»

APPOINTMENT OF ADMIN- c ISTRATRIX. ( Notice is hereoj given that the un- 6 dersigned has been appointed adminis- ( trix of the estate of Rrcd Lullernian, deceased, iate of Adams * County. The estate is probably solvent. ANNA LULLERMAN, Administratrix. i J. Fred Fruchte, Attorney. 25-1-8 t —o ■ - — SHERIFF’S SALE. j The State of Indiana, Adams Coun- r ty, 88: e In the Adams Circuit Court of Ad- t ams County, Indiana. 1 Jesse Koos vs. Charles Dirksou, i Lelsette Dirkson et al. No. 8870. t By virtue of an order of sale to mo < directed by the Clerk of the Adams i Circuit Court of said County and t State, I have levied' upon the real es- < tate hereinafter mentioned and will expose for sale at public auction at the 1 east door of the Court House in the City of Decatur, Adams County, Inai- < ana, between the hours of 10 o’clock . a. m. and 4 o'clock p. ra., on Saturday, the 17th Day of April, 1315, the rents and profits for a term, not , exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, situated in Adams County. State of | diaifi, \ wit: First: j Commencing at the southwest cor- < ner of section eight (8) in township i twenty-eight (28) north, range four- . teen (14) east, thence running north, ' on the section line, thirty-nine (39) ; rods and fourteen and one-half (14>£) i feet to the public highway known as i the Piqua road; thence in a south- I easterly direction .along said road, to the south line of said section; thence west, on the south line of said section thirty-eight (38) rods and fourteen (14) feet to the place of beginning; except the following described real estate. to-wit: Commencing at the west line of section eight (8), township twenty-eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, at a point where the south line of the Piqua road intersects said section line, thence south on said section line to a point twenty (20) feet from a line of stakes established by the Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Company, thence southeast parallel with said line of stakes and fifteen (15) feet therefrom to the south line of said section eight (8), thence east to the west line of the Piqua road, as established by the Commissioners of Adams County. Indiana, thence north forty-seven (47) degrees ;nd thirty (30) minutes west parallel with said road to the place of beginning. heretofore deeded to the Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Company. Second: The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section seventeen (17), except ten (101 acres off of the east side; also the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section seventeen (17), except that part lying north and east.of the Fort Wayne and Piqua road. Also commencing at the southeast corner cf the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section eighteen 18), thence north twenty-eight (28) rods, thence west eighty (80) rods, thence south twentyeight (28) rods. thence east ning. Also the northeast fraction of the southeast quarter of section eighteen (18), lying north and east of the St. Mary’s River. All in township twenty-eight (28) north, range fourteen (14) east, in all one hundred twenty-six (126) acres. And on failure to realize therefrom the full amount of the judgments, in said cause, interest tlieron and costs, I will at the same time and th the same manner aforesaid offer for saie the fee simple of the undivided twothirds of all of the above described premises. And on failure to realize from the undivided two-thirds of all said real < estate, the full amount of tile judgments in said cause, interest thereon and costs, 1 will, at the same time and , in the same manner aforesaid, offer for sale, separately, the fee simple of all the real estate above first described, and /le fee simple of all of the re-’l estate above second described. Taken as the property of Charles Dirkson to satisfy said order of sale this 18th day of March. 1915. ED GREEN, Sheriff. Heller, Sutton & Heller. Attorneys for plaintiff. 25-1-8 ‘ o NOTICE OF RECEIVER’S SALE OF < RAILWAY PROPERTY , Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned, French Quinn, Receiver, heretofore appointed by the Adams Circuit Court, for the Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Company, a corporation, in a certain action therein pending,wherein William Fuelling is plaintiff and the Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway com- ■ puny et al are defendants, and pursu- ‘ ant to an order, judgement and decree I of said court, duly entered of record ‘ in said cause on the 26th ds| of February, 1915, will as such receiver, on Tuesday, the 4th Day of May, 19’5, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four o’clock p. m., of said day at the east door of the court house in the City of Decatur. Indiana, offer for sale at public auction, all of the pro)>- , erty. asests, rights and franchises be- . longing to said defendants company/ e Said property so ordered sold will be q offered and sold as an entirety and hi all things as ordered, n>fiidged and directed by said court in said cause as aforesaid. Terms Os Sale No bid will be received, accepted, or entertained unless the same shall be accompanied with a deposit of $1,600.00 in cash, or in lieu thereof, p a certified check in like c amount, on some reputable, solvent <j Bank or Trust Company, in the city p of New York, Chicago, Fort Wayne or a Decatur Indiana, on the express con- j t dition that the said cash or cheek will be forfieted to said Receiver and j r then become a part of the assets of c said company in the hands of saids Reeceiver, if such bidder should f«>l,!j( refuse or neglect to comply with the Iff terms of said sale and pay the balance j et of his bld within sixty days after the fc

confirmation of said sale by said Court, provided, however, if auch sale should not be confirmed by said Court, then said cash or check so deposited will be returned to said bidder. Should said sale be confirmed by said Court, then sutjt, cash or check, upon payment thereon to said Receiver shall be taken and received by said Receiver as partial payment of the purchase price for said property. Said sale will be made without relief from valuation, appraisment or redemption laws, for cash and free of all liens thereon, except taxes and the assessment against said Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Company. for the improvement of the extension of Calhoun Street in the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Said sale will be made subject in all things to the order, approval and confirmation of said Adams Circuit Court. FRENCH QUINN, Receiver, Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Company. Clark J. Lutz. James T. Merryman, Atts for. Receiver. 25-1-8-15-22-29 a NOTICE—ADMINISTRATRIX' SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Notice is hereby given that Addie Andrews, Administratrix of the estate of Caleb B. Andrews, deceased, by order of the Adams Circuit Court of Adams County. Indiana, on Thursday, the 15th Day of April, 1915, at the law office of James T. Merryman, in the Odd Fellows Building, corner of Monroe and Second streets, in the City of Decatur, Indiana, between the hours of ten o’clock a. m., and four o’clock p. m. of said day. will offer for sale at private sale, for not less than the appraised value thereof, the following described tract of real estate situated in Adams County, Indiana, to-wit: The north half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-nine, township twenty-' seven north, range fourteen east, containing twenty acres more or less. The same to sold free of all liens thereon. Terms: —One-third cash in hand on day of sale; one-third in nine months and one-third in eighteen months from day of sale; deferred payments to bear six per cent interest from day of sale until paid, and secured by mortgage upon said land so sold. If said land should not be sold on said day herein named, then said sale will be continued from day to day at same place and on same terms and conditions until the same shall have been sold. ADDIE ANDREWS. Administratrix. James T. Merryman, Attorney for Administratrix. 18-25-1-S o APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTRIX. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executrix of the estate of Simon Traister, late of Adams County, dee.eased. The estate is probably solvent. MAHALA TRAISTER. Administratrix. Peterson & Moran, Attys. March 16. 1915. 18-25-1 o APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executor of the estate of James Wagner, late of Adams County, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. MICHAEL MILLER. Executor. Peterson & Moran, Attys. March 15, 1915. 18-25-1 o APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTRIX. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed executrix of the estate of Lucy J. Gregory, late of Adams County, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. CORDELIA I, TOWNSEND, Executrix. Heller, Sutton & Heller, Attys. March 17, 1915. 18-25-1 — o APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of tlie estate of Lizzie M. Bittner, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. WM. H. BITTNER, Administrator. March 24, 1914. Dcre B. Erwin. Atty. Ip-1-8 oAPPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby green, that the unsigned has been appointed Adminisistrator of the estate of Mary J. Magner, late of Adams County, deceased, The estate is probably solvent. JAMES L. GAY, March 23. 1915. Judson W. Teeple, Atty. 25-1-8 o APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Newton Stevens, late of Adams County, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. SMITH STEVENS, Administrator. March 17, 1915. Dore B. Erwin. Atty. 25-1-8 NOTICE TO S£XPAYERS. Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Union Township, Adams bounty, Indiana, and Monroe Townhip. Allen County, Indiana, that the Boards of Commissioners of said Adims and Allen Counties will meet in oint session on the lOth Day of April, 1915, n the Commissioners’ Room in the 'ourt House in the City of Ft. Wayne, Ulen County, Indiana, at the hour of 0 o'clock a. in., to consider the petiicn and report of engineers and viewers for a free stone road, petitioned or by Joseph D. Barkley et -1. which

improvement so petitioned mences at the southwest corner • tion thirty-two (32), towns! p twW nine (29) north, range fifteen (I > east. Allen County, and on lie bout dary line between the counties or alen and Adams in the State of Indiana, and running thence east end south on line of said section thir y two and thirty-three, township twentynine north, range fifteen east, Allen County, ami on the north line of section five and section four, towmitiip twenty-eight north, range fifteen east. Adams County. Indiana, and terminating at the southeast corner of said section thirty-three in township ty-nine north, range fifteen east. Allen County. Ind. It is proposed to improve said road by straightening, grading, draining and macadamizing the same with crushed stone as provided in the specifications for constructing the said improvement now on file in the Auditor's offices of said Adams and Allen counties. All resident taxpayers of the aforesaid townships who are opposed to or affected by said proposed improvement may file remonstrance against the construction of said proposed ini) rovement with the Auditor of Allen County, until 1U o'clock a. m. on the 10th day of April, 1915, and not thereafter. On the said 10th day of April. 1915, at the hour of 10 o’clock a. m., the said Boards of Commissioners acting in joint session will hear any and all remonstrances filed. T. H. BALTZELL. Auditor Adams County. Ind. WILL JOHNSON. 25-1 Auditor Allen County, Ind. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the credittort, heirs and legatees of Sarah Fisher, deceased to appear in the Adams Circuit Court, held at Decatur. Indiana, on the 12th day of April, 1915, and show cause, if any. why the fiinal settlement accounts with the es- ■' tate of said decedent should not be ■ approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heir- . ship and receive their distributive shares. JAMES HURST, Administrator. i Decatur, Ind.. Mar. 27. 1915. Dore B. Erwin. Attorney. 1-8 i o ! APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. > Notice is hereby given that the unI dersigned has been appointed execuI tor of the estate of August Henry . Heuer, late of Adams County, de-j . ceased. The estate is probably solv- , J. H. H. CHRISTIANER. : Executor. Marclt 25, 1915. Dore B. Erwin, Atty. 1-8-15 . o APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed adminis- , trator de bonis non with will annexed, ! of the estate of Maria Engle Louisa Heuer, late of Adams county, decea - ed. The estate is probably solvent. J. H. H. CHRISTIANER. Administrator. March 30. 1915. Dore B. Erwin, Atty. 1-8-15 STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the an- ■ nual meeting of the stockholders of 1 the German Building. Lean Fund and Savings Association of Decatur. Indiana will be held ot the office of the Secretary of said Association on Monday Evening. April 12, 1915, at 7 o’clock for the election of eleven directors of said association to serve for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may. be properly brought before said meet-' ing. F. M. SCHIRMEYER. , 7Stl2 Secretary. —o FOR SALE —Twin cylinder HarleyDavidson motorcycle, in good condi j tion. Will sell cheap.—Louis Rein-1 king, R. F. D. No. 4, Box 60. 74t3; WANTED—Corn Fodder— at once call Decatur phone 8-U, 75t-3. j You will never know what kind of woolens we have or what kind of work we do until you come in and have a look.—Elwood Tailoring Co. Rear of People’s Loan & Trust Co, 75t6 i

the ford car is built to serve and to save, it IS LOW IN FIRST COST, BUT ITS GREATEST ECONs, OMY IS IN THE AFTER-COST OF OPERATION. NO EXTRAVAGANT LPKEEP CHARGES--NO HEAVY TIRE AND REPAIR BILLS-JUST THE SATISFYING DAY AFTER DAY ABILITY TO GO ANYWHERE, OVER ANY KIND OF ROADS—IN ANY KIND OF WEATHER—AND ? GET BACK AGAIN—LESS THAN TWO CENTS A MILE. | OWNERVto C SEVEN HUNDREd THOUSAND FORD PERIENCINr R TM ENJOYING F ° RD SERV,CE AND EX ’ THE REALITY OF FORD ECONOMY. FORo’cars a if We Se “ at retail 3C0 ' OCO " ew Cars between August 1914 and August 1915. 1c7"575C U 7 4 h 0: T ° Uri " S Cars49 °; Town Car $690; Coupelet $750, Sedan $975, f. o. b. Detroit with al! equipment. On display and sale at KALVtR & SIKES, Agents . ... ;

MOTHERS I “Clotlie Your Boy I In The Clothes That Last” I We want you to buy oneß of our Xtragood Suits fori your Boy because they arel designed and made from the I standpoint of extraordinary■ wear and tear requirements I --every seam, every thread! and every peice of cloth, is putß together to withstand the® hard wear given them byE your Boys. We think so well of these! Boys Clothes that we guar-E antee them to give satisfac-E i tion and we will replace with! a new suit wherever they failE Ito do so. Buy your BoysS Suit this week. Buy it here,E Large assortment of mod-E els and patterns to choose] from-Xtragood Suits $5.00] to $8.50. a Other Good Suits $2.00 to] $4.00. | HOLTHOU IE, SCHULTE I and Company I .Good Clothes Sellers For Men & BoysH —' — - - ■ — M WANTED —Married lady for icjcaziaeß collecting. J. C. Mahan. WoodruJ® Place, Indianapolis, Ind. EASTER OFFERINGS I At Moses Greenhouse Cut Flowers Rjses and] Carnations. Orders should] be placed now for Saturday] delivery. Potted plants ii] bloom, Easter Lillies. Tulips,] Jonquils, Hyacinths, Cinera-] ries. Call Early and Make Yoorl Selections. TELEPHONE 476 Moses Greenhouse Companyl ■■■ ■-< ■ K