Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 29 February 1916 — Page 5

1 y —f -■ - T , - S&4 • «*<<t-' '-■' »* * * B . “W ' v< " ■■ LOOK AT THIS “AJAX RUBBER FOR BOYS See the heavy corrogated sole, the Armored toe cap, and the Clincher heels. Look like they will hold a Boy up and they do. . They are “TOP NOTCH” Charlie Voglewede - Hgy AT THE SIGN OF THE BIG SHOE

, gIIMHIIIIIiUHIIIIUIWCL ::i.'itrc: ’( y WEATHER FORECAST ■ 0 ntm»»«H«tntnuux::ntnnnu..i:n?n'.P Fair tonight, Wednesday increasing cloudiness probably followed by snow I and warmer. ■B Mil ton Miller of Geneva was a business visitor here today. in John Loshe and son, Albert, went to « ' Fort Wayne this morning. Ui C. M. Andrews went to Ft. Wayne this morning on business. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hart of Rockj ford, Ohio, passed through the city t yesterday enroute to Fort Wayne. Mrs. Charles Gibbel anil daughter. ? Bessie, returned, to Fort Wayne yesterday after a visit at Willshire, O. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Moser and children returned to Watson, Canada, y-’s- . terday after a visit here with relaf tives. C. B. Smith of Portland visited in the _ city yesterday with his wife who is the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. 81 C. R. Hammell. Miss Mayme Deininger returned la-4 night from a two weeks' stay in Cle reland, Ohio, where she attended the millinery opening. The democrats will conduct a school of instruction for the election Soard officials, meeting at Monroe to- . morrow evening, at Berne Wednesday, here Thursday morning and at Geneva Thursday evening. We have already put out a number of “Heart Songs” and every one who has seen this book containing 400 of the old songs, is delighted with it. _ The offer is still on and you are invited to call and inspect the book. If 'l you don’t want it after you see it we || assure you it is all right with us.

f he Home Os Quality Groceries You can buy groceries anywhere, but WHERE to buy is the vital point to YOU. Being able to save you money is where WE come in, and you, too. Kraut, 3 for .25c Norway Sardines, 6 for 25c Hominy, 3 for ..25c Crystal Domino Syrup, Peas, E. J., 3 for2sc 3 for.2sc Sweet Corn, 3 for ....25c 5 lb. Bag Pure BuckCider, No. 3 can. 3 for 25c wheat 20c “Best and Cheapest” No. 3 Can Pure AppleCoffee, lb2Bc butterlsc We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 16c Butter 18c to 27c M. E. HOWER North of G. R. & I. Depot ’Phone 108 IF. M. SCHIRMEYER FRENCH QUINN President > Secretary Treas B REAL ESTATE,\ BONDS, LOANS. |g ABSTRACTS * H The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- ■ stract Records, Twenty years’ Experience Farms, City Property, 5 per cent, MONEY B

Al Steele was a Fort Wayne visitor today. Dan Cook went to Fort Wayne this morning. T. M. Reid was a Fort Wayne visitor yesterday. • Mrs. P. B. Thomas and grandson. Tommy Haubold, went to Ft. Wayne this morning. Mrs. Minerva Wilkinson and Mrs. Gladys Myers went to Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Walter Mumma, asistant manager of the Morris store, went to Bluffton today on business. Miss Nota Strickler of the Wilson & Hartings restaurant, was off duty today on account of illness. Mrs. P. L. Hartzell-®f Hoalgand was a visitor here yesterday, returning on the 3:22 train on the G. R. & I. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilbert returned yesterday on the 3:22 train, on the G. R. & I. to their home at Sturgis, Michigan, after a visit here with relatives. Runnin' fer office to you can’t notice it is one o’ th' latest novelties in politics. Some folks are too shiftless t’ collect ther own thoughts.—Abe Martin. Mrs. tlrobate left yesterday afternoon for her home at Garner, lowa, after a visit at Willshire, Ohio, with the Morrison and Miller families. She was accompanied to Fort Wayne by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Willshire. H. Sims. 20, of Columbus, was sent to jail here yesterday afternoon for thirty days for whipping his mother-in-law, Mrs. Albert H. Blume. The mother-in-law filed an assault and battery charge against Sims, who, in pleading guilty, explained he whippecT his mother-in-law because she refused to go to church with him.

Mrs. D. F. Quinn went to Ft. Wayne today noon. J. S. Peterson went to Fort Wayne yesterday noon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Colter of Bobo were visitors hero today. ' P. W. Smftn of Richmond was a business visitor here today. Mrs. John Elzey of Monroe was a business visitor here today. Mrs. Don Smith, of Indianapolis is here visiting with relatives. J. W. Tyndall returned from Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Rev. Hinz nnd son, Theodore, left today noon for Fort Wayne. Mrs. Ed Johnson and children went to Monmouth yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Prank Rumschlag. of Monmouth, was a shopper here yesterday. Prof. Withaus came in on the 3:22 train from Berne yesterday afternoon. Mrs. William Heiner of the Madison House, left today noon for Ft. Wayne. Dr. C. T. Rainer who has been very ill for a long time, continues bedfast. Roxy Stove and Glee Spittier of Willshire returned to Fort Wayne yesterday. Mrs. Charles Hoffman returned today noon to Fort Wayne where she : s nursing. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowman loft :oday nhon for Payne, Ohio, on their i wedding trip. Mrs. Victoria Hill is still bedfast ■ since a recent fall. Mrs. Kate Mangold is attending her. Miss Nell Brown of Willshire, Ohio, ' passed through tMe city today noon enroute to Fort Wayne. Mrs. John Elzey and her sister, Mrs. Martha Duer returned to Monroe on the 1:05 train this afternoon. Mrs. Maynard Johnson went to Monroe today to visit with Mr. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Johnson. Mrs. Charles Case left today for , Monroeville where she was called by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Rebekah Emery. Mrs. C. B. Smith returned to Port- ■ land on the 1:05 train on the after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cy Hammell. Mrs. Walter Gotsch returned home on the 1:05 train this afternoon from , the hospital in Fort Wayne where she | underwent an operation. j Blanche Bayes returned again noon t to Fort Wayne after a visit here with < friends. She stopped at the Murray i hotel during her stay here. Mr. and Mrs. John Christen went to Fort Wayne 'yesterday on account of ‘ the illness of their grandson, Robert, ‘ son of Mr. and MW Harry Christen. 1 Mrs. C. H. Hayslip and grandson. . Charles Madison Harper, left yester- ( day afternoon for Plymouth where , ' they will visit with her daughters, j Murtie Dunbar and Flora Harper. The trucks and steps on the 1:05 t G. R. & I. train that came in from the I north, were covered with snow, show- I ing that a much heavier snow 101 l north of here than here this morning. ■ Mrs. Joe Rich and daughter, Alice, 1 Jeanette, returned to Monroe on the 1:05 train this afternoon after a visit < here with her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Rainer and also coming to ( shop. A local store has secured the very ! latest in garden seed arrangement. I Lettuce and radish seeds tliat come already fertilized and placed just the exact distance apart ready to plant. The seeds come in paper tape. In the taps lies each little seed at the requir ed distance apart, held in place witli a sort of fertilizer glue. The trenches are dug in the garden and the tape laid therein and the earth covered over, letting Mother Nature to do the rest.

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THE COURT NEWS Isaac Wible, Former Geneva Saloonist, Charged With Blind Tiger. CONDUCTS DEFENSE For Himself—Trial Before Jury—Marriage License Issued. A very unusual thing in the Adams circuit court is Hint of Isaac Wible, of Geneva, who is charged with conducting a blind tiger, pleading his own case. He was arraigned this morning, pleaded not guilty, and, the trial began before a jury and Judge I). E. Smith. In the affidavit which was filed by Marshal Grant Winship. Wible is specifically charwod with illegally selling whiskey, September 25, 1315, at Geneva. The jurors arc: George Dellinger. George Chrisman, Emil Baumgartner, Sam Butler, Chauncey Sipe, Lase Baker, Anthony Wertzberger, Fred LaDelle, Z. O. Lewellen . George Ineichen, David Flanders and A. F. Thieme. Wible is said to have formerly conducted a saloon in Geneva. He has hired no attorney but is conducting his owji defense. In the case of Michael Miller, executor, vs. Mary C. Andrews et al. answer was filed in one paragraph of Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons company and cross complaint. Rule vs. plaintiff and all defendants to answer cross complaint. Charles O. Bowman and Miss Velma Lenhart secured a marriage license hero this? morning. , Real estate transfers: Wiiliffln Narr et al. to Philip Sprunger, 40 1 acres. Wabash tp.. $3500; Philip Wen- 1 del et al. to Katie C. Sprunger, 1 acre, 1 Monroe tp., $2700; William T. Wag- 1 oner et al. to Philip Wendel, quit claim deed to land in Monroe tp.. $1; ! Wm. D. Hoffman to Samuel Barger. ; SO acres, Kirkland tp.. 13,350; William ■ D. Hoffman to Earl Martin, 40 acres, * Kirkland tp.. $4650; F. M. Schirmeyer ' to the Bowers Realty Co., lot 81, De- < eatur, $305; John R. Bowlin et al. to Eli Beer, realty in Kirklaud tp., s2l.- ‘ 500; W. A. Kuebler et al. to The City of Decatur, lot 85, Decatur. $1,000; Julius Hofer et al. to John Baker et ■ al., 40 acres. Washington tp., $4600; I George McWhirter et al. to Henry F. I Diehl, % acre. Kirkland tp., $450; Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., guardian, to H. F. Diehl, guardian's deed to % acre in Kirkland tp.; George L. Bobiiya to Fred C. Kiefer, 60 acres, Washington tp., $9000; Fred C. Kiefer to John B. Anderson, 24% acres, Kirkland tp., $4500; Jacob T. Schwartz to Charles E. Marschand, 20 acres, Monroe tp.. $2800; Alvin C. Neuensell wander to Harvey Egly, pt. lot 2, Berne, $1400; Marvin E. Kelley to ARin C. Neuenschwander, pt. lot 2, Berne, $1400; Otto Neuenschwander et al. to Katherine Sprunger, lot 267, Bern a, $3000; Enos W. Lehman et al, to Katherine Sprunger. lot 268, Berne, $210;; Katherine Sprunger et al. to David J. Schwartz, 80 acres, Monroe tp., $11,200. z Further issues were made in the •ase of Josephine Hoover vs. Stella '.Lay Delagrane which was venued lere from Allen county. Miss Mabel Burns returned last j night from Minneapalis, Minn., where | die spent two months at the home of j ter uncle, Harvey Brothers, who had an operation, has recovered/ and nas j eturned to his work. — I

——— 11! I■■ ■■ ■ ■ 111 |M •- - - . J/ s ; ' I/•/'k r / V® We invite you to inspect n \ our y \ Spring and / A \ Models C-Jj p in Coats and Suits yip NIBLICK 4 COMPANY X

L. F. MAILAND Is the nifty dresser’s friends. if you'd look well your old clothes send To this house for clothes ill Whore they all orders quickly fill. Send to Mailand have them made new And at a very low figure, too. Have clothes cleaned and pressed. Keep them clean and be well dressed. ,’Tis not so much what you wear As how you keep it in repair. Here, ladies’ clothes get special care; If yours needs pressing, take them there. L. F. MAILAND, Over Model Cigar Store. 51tG o LOST—Purse containing $5 and small change, also other articles. Either on interurban car or on Marshall street, between Second and Fifth. Finder return to Miss Marguerite Burnett, or to this office. 42t3 Miss Thomas ;s the trained nurse attending Mrs. William R. Smith of North Third street, who is ill of aenemia. She has been confined to tlie home for eight weeks, the later illness followftg an attack of the grip. democrat" wan Fads PAY BIG • Mat, ■.g'.

_ ■ him BIG HALF PRICE SALE On Children’s Coats Os All Makes and Descriptions. Sale Opens At Our Store Today And Continues During Week. In order to prove to you that our childrens' coat department is one of the most I complete and handiest in the city, and as a special inducement for you to visit this department with your daughters who, may be greatly in need of a new coat, we will during the next few days hold a Big Half-Price Sale on every childs’ coat in the house.’ Come In And Make A Visit To Our Store A Profitable One. Childrens coats from 3 to 14 yrs. in materials of Corduroys, Astricans and Plushes. SOME'HING THAT WILL STAND THE WEAR. Coals formerly sold al SB.OO $4:00 Coals formerly sold at $6.00 pTA this sale W.dv Coats formerly sold at $4.00 this sale Coals formerly sold at $3.0() dM this sale | In Blacks, Red, Tans, Navy Blues and Browns. I a W ce sa te clos9 Sai. Hight.

CHILDREN'S GUARDIANS. The board of children’s guardians i will meet Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the library. ■' 1 — ,i--

PUBLIC SALE

I will offer for s: my farm, 3i miles south east of Decatur, or 3 miles west of Pleasant Mills, on the old Dailey farm, March 3, 1916, at 10:30 a. m., the following property: Horses: Work team, 9 and 10 yearolds; driving mare, 10 years old; hackney mare colt. Cattle: Red cow, <oming fresh March 22; red cow, coming fresh April 5; red cow, coming fresh April 1; Durham calf. 9 months old. These are all good Durham cows and hard to beat. Hogs: Two brood sows, will farrow sth and 23rd of March. Chickens: 150 head of White Leghorns and Rocks, and 4 turkey liens and 1 tom. Bronze. Farming Implements: Osborne hay loader, used last year, good as new; wood hay tedder, used last year, like new; Mil-

V. L. FOBBING J. J. Baumgartner, Auct. Lunch on grounds. mch3

FOR RENT. i Fields for spring crops. Inquire ot i J. K. Niblick, R. r. u. No. 8, or tele phone 6-T. 39tf

waukee drill, Osborn mower and 2 sets of knives, hay rake, spike and spring tooth harrow, 2 corn plows, single shovel plows, good wagon and buggy, DeLaval separator, single and double harness, 2 ft.; hay knife, forks, shovels, augers, mud boat, grind stone; canvas stack cover, 16x30. Household Goods: Brown leather davenport, kitchen cabinet, trimmed oak brown leather davenport, kitchen cabinet. Seven tons of hay in mow; 200 bushels of corn, 250 bushels of oats. Terms:—ss.oo and under, cash; over $5.00 a credit of 9 mouths, with bankable note, with approved security; 2 per cent off for cash. No goods removed until settled for.