Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1916 — Page 3

A WINNING CROSS STRAP This exquisite cross strap A low shoe is a wonderful valUC * must seen a *’ preciate its goodness, its dainty tines and its extreme- **' * y fine Prices so reasonable, too. $3.00 Charlie Voglewede AT THE SIGN OF THE BIG SHOE i.. .

~ i , rianattatnajucixnasxttMtttnmattij; WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Dr. Rayl of Monroe was a business visitor in the city today. Attorney H. B. Heller of the firm of Holer, Sutton & Heller attended to business at Bluffton today. L. C. Waring has returned from a several weeks visit at Columbus, Miss, with his sister and friends Lew G. Ellinghani left this morning for Indianapolis after attending to business here for several days. Walter Kauffman arrived home today from his weekly business trip in the interest of the Schafer Saddlerycompany. F. H| Hubbard, manager of the su- - gar plant here, is driving a handsome new Jeffrey car which arrived yesterday It is a seven passenger 1916 car and a beauty. Miss Bertha Heller,'book keeper at the Indiana Girl’s School at Cleremoat Indiana, arrived last night for an over Sunday visit with her parents, Judge and Mrs. D. D. Heller. Jay county has 789 automobiles listed for assessment, this being I • forty-nine less than Adams county. The average value of Jay county autos is $211.23, while that of Adams county autos is $204,60. Grover Hoffman of Fort Wayne a traveling representative of the Schaf- : er Saddlery company of this city was i here today checking up his weekly carload of orders for the high standi ard harness made by this well known i factory.

! The Home Os Quality Groceries Lutz Gloss Laundry Soap, 7 bars 25c, Purani Scratch Feed, 100 lb. bag $2.50 Purani Chick Feed, 100 lb. bag $2.65 Hawaiian Pineapple in Syrup, per doz $2.00 ■ Ripe Pines, for canning, size 24’s. See our price and quality. Late Seed Potatoes, Carmen, bu $1.50 A Fly Swatter with every Grocery Order. We pay cash or trade for produce, Eggs 19c Butter 17c to 23c M. E. HOWER | North of G. R. &I. Denot ’Phone 108 r.,'” - ■ • Il YOU’RE PAYING FOR IT | i Why Not Have The Best | | ASK FOR THE I | WHITE STAG I | EXTRA MILD I | CIQAR | "B I ALL GOOD DEALERS SELL ’EM 0

U. S. Cress went to Fort Wayne today noon. Joe Johnson, of Monroe was a business visitor here. Miss India Young of Wren, 0., changed cars here enroute to Fort Wayne. Miss Vivetta Young of Swifton, Ark. went to Berne on the 1:05 train for a visit. Mrs. George Stewart and son of W’ren, Ohio, went to Fort Wayne to attend the funeral of Mr. Siebold. Miss Myrtle Click left on the 1:05 train f<?r her home at Berne after a visit here, with her sister Mrs. Ira Bodie. Edna Neaderhouser and Elma Lug inbill returned to their homes in Berne on the 1:05 train after attending to business here. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Book of Watt 0., were here today to met their daughter Mrs. Sarah Wood, of Sturgis Mich., who came for a visit. Mrs. James Artman and son, Junior, arrived home for a three weks’ visit They have been with Mr. Artman ir, Ohio, where he is engaged in the picture business. Misses Etta Miller and Flossie Mil ler of Willshire, Ohio, who were the guests of the Elzey Miller family left on the 1:05 train for Portland for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Walters went to Fort Wayne to visit with their son in-law, Albert Lochner and family and they will also go to Cedarville to visit with Mrs. Walters’ sister . Tipton Bud bought a reg’lar nickel cigar this mornin’ an' now it’s rumored he’s |iakin’ munitions. Strawberry short cake is another thing that’s designed especially fer smooth faced people.—Abe Martin. -

Celia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gaffer is 111 of tonsilitis. John Baltzeil went to Indianapolis to visit with his sister, Mrs. Harry Williams and to attend the auto races. Mr. and Mrs. Henry May returned yesterday afternoon to their home at Mongo, Mich., after a visit here with relatives. Robert Johnson of Monmouth has been the guest of the £. 8. Christen, Dan Kitson and Mrs. Newton Parrish famine;; since Wednesday, Mrs. John Raudebush of Decatur is spending a tew days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Heckler and family.—Monroeville Breeze. Mrs. Forest Vail, who was here a short while yesterday on business, was accompanied to here home at Delphi yesterday afternoon by her sisters, Milled and Lucile Butler. Mrs. Harvey Harruff and daughter. Della, went to Berne this afternoon to attend the funeral of Mrs. Will Spangler, formerly Miss Della Clouser. Miss Harruff will be one of the pall bearers. Mrs Mary E. Walter left this morn mg for her home in Convoy, Ohio. Sh< attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs Snkali Henricks at Berne and stopped off here with her sister Mrs. Lavina King. Robert, Kenneth and Norman Christen, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chris ten of Fort Wayne arrived for a visit with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs John Christen and their uncle, E. S Christen and family. • Faye, six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Robert Fritizinger is very ill of liver trouble and complications at the-'home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Fritzinger. A nurse has been sent for and will be in attend- . ance Ratch Blackburn arrived this morning from Portland where he was call,ed because of the very serious illness of his unyle, James. Fulton. H< -reports that Mr. Fulton is very low and it is believed to be only a matter of hours until the end comes. John H. Schug of South Third street is driving a new Willys-Knight automobile, which was delivered to him Friday by Mr. Schug’s brother, C. C. Schug, of the firm of Schug & Metier at Berne. The new car is a beauty and the Schug family expects to enjoy it to the utmost. The Ben Hur lodge has accepted an invitation to go to Decatur next Friday evening to confer degree work oh a number of Decatur candidates. The mebers, about twenty in number, will go in the jitney‘bus, which will not return until after the lodge meeting.—Bluffton Banner. * Mrs. Maud Bell has been granted a divo/ce from her husband Frank Bell ■in the Wells circuit court. She was granted alimony in the sum S3OO and fifteen dollars a month to Sup -port thir only child, Irene Elizabeth. The divorce was granted on the grounds of cruel treatment and abandonment. The family formerly lived here. W. H. Myer, commander of the Sam ; Henry G. A. R. post and one of the well known retired citizens of De aUur'left today with Mrs. Myers for his old home at Bowling Green, Ohio. He will remain there several days attending the first observance of Decoration Day he has attended there since the war closed. He has appointed Comrade John D. Hale to serve as commander here on Decoration Day and he will have charge of the services. The Daily Democrat of La Junta. Colorado, contains a lengthy article on the church improvements which have just been completed on the Presbyterian church there, of which the Rev. Allen, former pastor here, is in charge. The improvement cost about $4,600, all of which has been raised, the church being clear of debt. The interior has been refrescoed. woodwork restained, new carpets laid, pipe organ overhauled, new cement sidewalks, curb and gutter placed, and other improvements made. Five hundred Tipton county pioneers raised a log cabin in the park at Tipton which is to stand as a monument to the early settlers of the county. The logs used were cut from virgin timber of that locality. The Rev. Marion S. Teter, the first white child born in the county, after its organization, was in charge of the erection of the cabin. In it were placed a number of relics, including a pair of spectacles said to have been worn by George Washington. The building of the cabin is regarded as a part of the celebration of the state centennial. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. English service Sunday morning. Ascension day service Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. The quarterly meeting of the congregation will be held next Sunday, June 4. Sunday school at 9:15 o’clock. A. W. HINZ? Pastor.

AT THE CHURCHES ST. MARY’S CHURCH. Lrfw UMi, 7:30. High mass, 9:30. Christian doctrine. 2:00. Vespers and benediction, 2:30. REV. J. A. SEI METZ, Pastor, EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.; L. L. Baumgartner, superintendent. Divine worship at 10:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. At the morning service the Lord’s Supper will be observed in connection with the Sunday school. Y. P. A. at 6:45; Ida Fuhrman, leader. Topic, “How Missions Are Blessing the World.” The public is cordially invited to attend the above services. J. H. RILLING, Pastor. ■■ - o METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday school, 9:00 a. in. Administration of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper at 10:15 a. m. Junior League, 1:30 p. m Epworth League, 6:30 p. m. Evening sermon by the pastor, 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7:30 .p.‘ tn. FRED F. THORNBURG, Pastor.

aamMißWHiiiiii Bp ' ' - ' I 1 ■ I v I “if I OSH • I Canvass the world and you will not Snd as big a car ■ as the Overland Six at anvwhere n ir so low a price, 1 SH4S. I You who prefer seven passenger capacity, must pay -I a heavy excess in price to get so much real seven pas- ■ senger comfort in any other car. . W ‘ And to back up its big roomy seven passenger carry- ■ ing capacity there is the powerful six cylinder Overland I motor. I Take your full quota of seven big passengers and see I itow smoothly and easily, without a sign of effort, your I powerful motor speeds away witl^e ven an overload. i Slow down to a crawl -don’t touch the gear shift — I I keep it in high—byt just touch yotir accelerator. !■ Without a tremor, smoothly, easily, swiftly, you B acquire any desired speed. I -I --1 L —I- y"""! - I - That’s genu-ue ix cyihiuerpick-up—a bigoutstandI ~i ing Overland Six fact. | And it’s that big fact about hi big car that makes I •—* — J 'its price, $1145, so small in comparison. I M<MBG—f.o.l. Toledo Overland four cylinder models will “pick up” with B many another six. I Our only purpose in building a six at all is to supply I with genuine Overland finality and economy that exI ' tremist demand for the luxury of bigness and lightning . I fast pickup., I Overland production—double that of any other I builder of cars of like class—makes possible the unapI i proached value which you get in so big and exceptional | ' a car at so low a price—sll4s. I Havo the Overland dealer overload the six and dem- | castrate its comfort and lightning fust pickup. r I " You cannot equal it for anywhere near the price. THE HOLTHOUSE GARAGE K Ji x The Wiliys-Overiand Company, Toledo, Ohio -■ “Moatu. x. a.”

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 9:15, Sabbath school. 10:30, morning worship. Sermon subject "The Pre-eminence of Duly.” 6:30, Christian Endeavor, "How Missions Are BteMing the World." Ezefc. 47:1-12. 7:30, evening worship. Surmon subject, "Your Signature." A cordial welcome for all at all services. C. HANNA, Pastor. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. .Bible school, 9:30; Mr. Frank Kern, ■ superintendent. I Communion and preaching, 10:30. In the morning service this church uses the unified program, beginning , at 9:30 and closing at 11:15. i Junior Endeavor, 2:30. Senior Endeavor, 6:30, ' Preaching by the pastor, 7:30. Sermon subject, "What is Christianity?” The public is cordially invited to these services. • J. H MAVITY, Minister; Residence, 312 North Fifth street; telephone, 741. t . o FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 9:15, Sunday school; Clarence E. , Belli superintendent. 10:30, morning worship; theme, i “Some Are Fallen Asleep.” This service will be in honor of our departed loved ones and friends. This will

bo our church*memorial service and a full attendance is desired. 6 30, Young People’s meeting. 7:30, evening worship; theme, "The Outliving of the Indwelling Christ.” ' 7:45, Wednesday evening, Pastor Ezra Duncan of the New Castle. Ind., church will preach for us and all the members and friends are invited to this service. Let us give him u good hearing and enjoy a fine message. A message, a prayer and a glad welcome for all. FLOYD G. ROGERS, Minister. UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. Sunday school, 9:15 a. m.; Ross Hays, superintendent of the main school; Blanche Elzey, superintendent of the basement. Preaching, 10:30 a. m. This will lie theannuai memorial service. The G. A. R. and the Relief Corps will be present :n a body. The Sons of Veterans are herein kindly invited to this service in a-oody. We will announce no Junior service for the afternoon, but will for the following Sunday. Christian Endeavor, 7:00 p. in., led by Herbert Gilpin. Preaching at 7:30 p. m; theme, “A Double Minded Man.” James 1:8. Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening. 7:30 p. m. An especially interesting prayer meeting at this time.

i Business session of the third quarterly conference Monday evening at 7.30 p. m. In the basement of the , church. At this session a delegate ; will be elected to the annual conference to be held at Winona September 6. It is desired that every ofiicinl of the church be present as important business will be up for consideration. Business session of the C. E. at tho home of J. S. McCrory Tuesday evening at 7:30 p. m. This is a very important meeting and it is hoped that all members of the' society will bo present. T. H. HARMAN, D.‘D., Pastor. ZION REFORMED CHURCH Sunday school 9:30, M. Kirsch, Supt. Morning worship 10:30. Sermon by Rev. J. Winter, Fort Wayne, Ind. E services 6:45, Harry Knapp, loader of Senior society. Junior and Intermediate Society will have Mission Band Story given by Mrs. C. Brodbeck. Evening worship, 7:30. Sermon Rev. J. Winter. Fort Wayne, Ind Members and friends of the congregation are hereby given a cordial Invitation to all services. L. W. STOLTE, Pastor. - Q - - Democrat Want Ads