Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1917 — Page 3

I 1 **■>- - * to'FOR BABY’S FIRST STEP This “First Step" shoe is just the thing for baby to earn to walk. The soles are flexible belting leather, conforms to every bend of the foot and makes learning to walk easier. We have them in ail black, white tops and doth tops. Ask to see them. Charlie Voglewede Sells A Lot Os Them

WEATHER FORECAST | Eair, continued cool tonight, with frost; Thursday,, fair and warmer. Attorney D. B. Edwin has gone to Montpelier on business. Kenneth Miller of Preble was a business visitor in town today. Hubest Gilpin of Root township was a business caller in town today. Mrs. Oscar Lankensu and Mrs. Hugh Hite spent the afternoon in Ft. Wayne. Miss Nellie Daniels, a trained nurse from Fort Wayne, is here visiting with relatives. * Charles Dunn was in Bluffton yesterday trying to recruit men from Well:' county for Company A. Mrs. F. A. Nichols has returned from Detroit. Mich., where she has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Sphar who recently moved there. Ed Miller, who has been on the sick list for the past week, will return to Fort Wayne this evening to resume his position at the Corrugated Paper’company's phi*. Harold Steele returned home from Craigville yesterday afternoon after spending a few days visiting with relatives and attending his grandfather's funeral, held there yesterday morning. What’s become o' th' ole time country dude that shaved with a barlow knife? Th' war has taught us two things up t’ date—that women are equal t’ any emergency an’ parsnips have a food value. —Abe Martin in Indianapolis Star.

The Home of Quality Groceries Pure Fruit Jelly. Lippincott’s, by the lb 17 Fz? Family Size pkgs. Rolled Oats • Genuine Boneless ( od Fish, Tn. • Skinned Herring, lb c Red Beans, 2 cans ....25c toes ..20c Fancy Can Corn 15c Peas, Sweet, can. ...12'/ 2 c Baked Beans, can .... 15c Evaporated Peaches, Canned Whole Toma- 2 lbs 2oc Strawberries. Pines. Oranges. Lemons, Lettuce, Asparagus. __________ We Day cash or trade for produce, Eggs 32c Butter 25c to 32c M. E. HOWER North of <;■ R. & I. »epot ’Phone 108 . , ~ I A girl is not always as pink as she’s painted, so that “beauty” is not always even skin deep but— YOU WON’T GET SKINNED IF YOU BUY THE "WHITE STAG" extra mild cigar It's “beauty” is in the taste. A ROUGH LOOKER, HUT A GOOO SMOKER

9 Dore Erwin went to Bluffton this j morning on business. | Jess Sutton made a business trip | to Bluffton this morning. t Clyde Noble went to Indianapolis today to drive home a Ford car. : The new army seems to be com- , plete, all except the privates.—lndianapolis Star. Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Coverdale went to Indianapolis this morning to spend a few days visiting with relatives. Mr. John Falk returned home yesterday from Mt. Clemens, after taking treatments there for his health. Herbert Dauer will leave today for I Fort Wayne where he will probably accept a position in the electric works. Mrs. Will Biggs returned home this morning from Ohio City after spend- ( ing a few days, visiting with relatives. Miss Bertha Schultz returned home this morning from Fort Wayne to spend a few days visiting with her parents. » Burton Andrews, who has been attending school at Indianapolis the past winter, arrived here yesterday to spend the summer with his grtmd- ( father, John Andrews. Miss Nell Winans left today for Valparaiso, where'she-will take* or work in the university there. Mils . Dreda Parent accompanied her as fir as Fort Wayne and will return this . evening. The heavy rains of the past, few days have caused the wafer to rise in ■ many of the small creeks throughout the country. One of the creeks that , flows across the Fort has ■ risel to such an extent that the water ; has completely covered the road. One i 1 man reported.that the water came [clear up to the foot boards of his auto.

Ellen Faust went to Fort Wayne' this afternoon. Miss Grace Shroll is a new clerk, at the Whines shoe store. Sam Wyatt was a business caller at Monroe this morning. U. E. Cramer left this afternoon for Fort Wayne, where he will work. Ernest Doehrman of Preble was a business caller in the city today. Martin Honck, from Preble, was a business caller in this city today. Franklin Frueehte of Magley wus a business caller in this city today. ‘ Barney Kalver guide a business trip to Bluffton yesterday afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson were visitors in Fort Wayne this afternoon. Celina (O. > high school is graduating a class of forty-one students this week. Father Kroeger went to Ft. Wayne this morning to look after business affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Scheimann of • Freidheim were bsiness callers in this City today. Joe Spangler, living in Washington township, was a business caller in this city today. , Miss Elizabeth Dailey of Bobo was in this city today visiting with ’ friends and relatives. Charles Schug of Berne was in 1 this city today, attending to business and calling on old friends. ' Julia Morrison of Illinois, who has been at the John Fisher home, went - to Fort Wayne this afternoon. The Goshen city council passed an ordinance to the effect that all ‘ t poplar trees should be removed in' I ninety days. Elmer Trieker went to Ft. Wayne . this afternoon, where he will prob- . ably be employed at the Wayne Machine shops. . The weather was bad last night but . the Red Cross concert at the Masonic hall was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. Joe Johns. Felix Mayer and Ralph Miller motored to Fort Wayne to attend the boxing matches held at the Majestic theater last evening. Delphos is holding a special election to determine whether or not they should have a commission or' city management plan of government. Van Wert is going to observe June ■ fifth—registration day—as a legal holiday, and they are going to have a . flag raising with plenty of music and ' speeches. . Captain Dunn has returned from , Bluffton, where he has been securing . recruits for the local company of militia. He hopes to secure a number of boys from Wells county. Dr. P. B. Thomas and grandson, Tommy Haubold, and his sister. Mrs. Bertha Jenkinsin, of Spencerville. 0., I left on the 1 rOS train for Glen Karn, 1 ()., to visit with their mother, Mrs. J Caroline Thomas. Attorney J. Frank Mann of Muncie was here today attending to legal business. He has just resumed work after a very serious illness of several months, during which his life Vas despaired of for many days. He is I nearly as well as usual. A representative of the play ground association at Willshire was here today securing information concerning ,the school ground slides. They are fixing up grounds at that place and will include a slide similar to the • ones in the school yards here. John Wessell, Jr., for three years past secretary and treasury of the* "Fort Wayne water department has been found short in his accounts SB.000 by the field accountants. Wessell resigned a few days ago and enlisted in the arnip but was Utter returned from Columbus and has now gone to Fort Harrison where he is trying to get in the officers corps. Wessell was well known here and over the state. He served two terms as reading clerk in the legislature and was popular and efficient in his duties. His short-’ age has been made good by relative) - . 1 Weldon H. Wells, Kansas City broker's clerk, who last January, l murdered Mona Simon, a girl of the streets, in a leading hotel in Colum-I bus. Ohio, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary.' Wells’ mother, whose home formerly was at Huntington. Ind., was in' the court room when sentence was pronounced. The young man was convicted of second degree murder. Weldon H. Wells is the son of Mrs. C. E. Benfcr of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Huntington, Ind. Wells, was captured there soon after »the murder had been committed in the Columbus hotel. He formerly lived at Huntington and worked at various times in a Huntington restaurant, but for several years had been employed as a clerk in a Kansas City commission house. COMMISSIONERS ALLOWANCES Mupson Supply Co., Clerk's expense $ 3.50 Citk Tel. Co., do 2.85 Burford by Democrat, do 18.45 Burford by Democrat. Auditor's expense 2.80

Wm. I). Burford, do 173.95 I Cit. Tel. Co., do 2.83 |D. F. Teeple. do 25 t Burford by Democrat. Treasur I or's expense 4.tif) |Cit. Tel. Co., do 1.70 Wm. B. Burford, do 11.88 J. G. Adler, do 8.00 Cit. Tel. Co.. Recorder's ex- | pense 1.60 Munson Supply Co., do 3.50 Wm. Burford, do 115.60 Ed Green, Sheriff's Comm. Ct. 18.00 Ed Green, board, prisoners... 25.60 Cit. Tel. Co., sheriff’s exp. N... 3.10 Burford by Democrat, do. ... 9.00 Wm B. Burford, do 15.90 Ed Green, do. 20.40 Burford by Democrat, Surveyor’# Expense 6.00 Berne Witness Co 2.25 Citizens Tel. Co., do 2.50 Wm. B. Burford, do 31.00 E. S. Christen, Co. Supt 112.50 E. 8. Christen, office exp 10.50 Wm. B. Burford, do 47.00 Burford by Democrat, do 2.75 Cit. Tel. Co., do 4.40 F. M. Christen, deputy hire... 36.00 Wm. Frazier. Co. Assessor ... 70.00 Wm. B. Burford. Co. Asses s or’s supplies 11.49 John W. Clark. Cor. inquest... 2.00 • Ralph Amrine, do 2.00 Dr. Eliz. Burns, do 1.50 Dr. D. D. Clark, do 17.70 J. C. Grandstaff. health comm. 27.30 Henry B. Heller. Co. Attorney 50.1)0 J. H. Steele, attend, officer. . . 60.00 Erie Ne.whard, poor. Preble township 2.00 Wm. Jaebker, do 1.10 E. L. Carroll and Son, poor, i Washington township 2.00 Peoples Hr Gerke. do 5.50 Jacob Buhler, do. 2.70 Dr. Eliz. Burns, do 13.50 Bowers. Niblick Grain Co. do. 6.50 Niblick & Co. do 5.60 Bert Hunsicker. do 11.80 M. E. Hower, do 14.40 Ed Coffee, do 3.70 Fisher and Harris 14.75 T)r S. P. Hoffman, do 24.00 |C. 11. Elzey, do 5 00 Kirsch, Sellemeyer £ Sons, do 21 00 Geo. I. Davis, poor, St. Mary’s t township . ~................ 1.50 Aimstrong & Conner, poor, | Wabash township 24.14 Harrison £ Martin, do 2.50 J. D. Stults, custodian 7.7.00 Decatur Lt. & Power Plant, Ct. I House Supplies 9.00 Decatm* Lt. £ Power Plant, do. 61.00 Ed Parent, do 6.00 Clean Sweep Co. do 4.50 D. F. Teeple, do 1.21 Northwestern Mfg. Co. do 23.00 A. A. Augsburger, do 1.50 Runyon Engler Co., do 1.00 P .1. Hyland, jail repair 68.93 J. G. Adler, do 150 L. D. Jacobs, janitor 20.00 Cit. Tel. Co., jail supplies ... 1.40’ liecatur Lt. £ Power Plant, do. 3.28, Nor. Ind. Gas * Elec. Co., do. 7.80 Standard Oil Co., do 4.00 Krick & Tyndall Co. Co. Infit m. 604.74, L. H. Zeigler, do 3.( 0, Albert Heuselman, do 30.00 Rev. L. W. Stolte. do 4.00 , Rev. Peter Schrader, do 4.00 John Tull, do 3.00; Lottie Heuselman. do 25.00 M. A. Laughlin, do 25.00 Emmett Leughlin, do 30.00 1 Dr. S. P. Hoffman, do 41.67 E. L. Carroll £ Son, do 16.40 Runyon & Engeler, do 27.26 Cit. Tel. Co., do 1.60 Ollie Heller, do ... 13.10 Northwestern Mfg. Co 26.25 R. E. Heller, do 27.38 j Niblick & Co., do 7.00 , Burk Elevator Co., do 1.40 Martin Laughlin, do .44 ! Kirsch. Sellemeyer £ Son, do. 42.58 j Children’s Home Del. Co., Children's guaidians 160.40 Mrs. 11. M. Crownovei*. do 15.00 E. F. Gass, do 8.24 C. H. Elzey, do 2.50 Meyers Dailey Co., do 1.00 Wells Bros, do 20.00 M. J. Scherer, do 50.00 Democrat Co., printing 44.97 | Decatur Herald Co., do 24.56 Cit. Tel. Co., highway supt. ... .50 l Win. B. BurflSrd, do 3.00 C. S. Momma, farm, Inst 88.75 Hattie Obenauer, office rent .. 30.00 Jim A. Hendricks, highway superintendent 140.0 U .Jacob Stuber,, Tpk 71.1a iOtt Ray, do 295.17 Noah Yoder, do 119.27 I Dan Augsburger, do 93.75 iJacob Mitch, turnpike 94.70 A. P. Duer, do 708.38 J. C, Augsburger, do 114.51 J. A. Hower, do 195.86 J. D. Winans, do 135.55 H. F. Reinking, do 63.00 Fred Ostermeyer, do 50.85 Otto Boerger, do 358.85 Dick Boch. Holthouse road ... 10.00 ' Phil L. Macklin, do 5.00 Mike Miller, d.o 20.50 Pete Whitright, do 2.00 Rufus Meshbcrger, do 10.00 John Draper, do 2.00 Geo. Dutcher, do 2.00 . Fred Behler, do 10.00 .Tony Hackman, do 2.00 Geo. Colchin. do 2.00 I Jesse Niblick, do 2.00 Fred Jackson, do 2.00 ■Abe Hahn, do 2.00 Ed Gaffer, do 2.00 I Democrat Co., do 100.12 | Peterson & Moran .. 50.00 Chris Eicher. Schroll road .... 2.70 ' Phil L. Macklin, do 5,00 ' L. O. Beais, do 8.00 • L. L. Mason, do 10.00 James Kelley, do 10.00 , Eliis Eicher, do 2.00 Glenn Bryan, do 2.00 Dick Boch. do 10.00 The Democrat Co., do 63.00 The Democrat Co., Hendricks road 63.00 (Urban Hauck, do 2.00 James Murphy, do 2.00 James Shaw, do 2.00 Chris Eicher, do 2.00 Harve L. Smith, do 10.0(1 Dick Boch. do 15.00 Frank Martin, do 10.00 John A. Hendricks, do 6.51) Phil L. Macklin, do 10.00 Theo do.' 2.00 Ellis Eicher, do 2.00 Dick Boch. Fred Minger road 5.00 John Wittwer, do. 10.00 Norman Jacobs, do 10.00 Jesse Shimp. do 2.00 Clyde Dunn, do 2.00 Jesse Mann, do A. J. Macklin, do 4.50 Silas Shimp, do 2.00

Big Coal And Suit Reductions Mhing Will Be Reserved Your Choice This Seasons Newest Models, We are going Io pul the jrice in every Coat and Suit /ilil v\ re B ar^ess fo rm ~ er cost - ver y B armen t will H /J be remarked and at wonderful saving. All this sea- i I ' ' son models to select from and from the best standard manufacturers. Women’s Tailored Suits At Nobby Spring Coats Less Than Mfg. Cost. . , . v.. . These Coats are all this season’s These Suits you will find are all High Class Garments and styles that are nvvvcst ellects. right up to date. No odds and ends or N()bby Spring Co . lls in ~n lbe fending badly tailored garments to select from. shades, former price $25.00, $18.50 I $35.00 Spring tailored Suits, PC fl This Sale New models in (’oats that d* 1J? dVI wire $20.00, This Sale.... ♦DIeJ.vV $25.00 Tailored Suits (I* 1 r (Wl Spring Styles ipJLO.W Nobliv Spring Coats that were $17.50 to SIB.OO, Op) A $20.00 tailored Suits, UjlQ KA This Sale Newest Styles Good Fine \Vjl»ol (’oats, the newest styles, $15.00 Tailored Suits, d* O7K worth $12.50 to $13.50, d* ATP Nobby Styles ep «/.<♦) This Stile tP J, 6 O .lust received new lot of Summer Wash Dresses from $2.50, $3.00 to $5. Elegant values. New Lot Middy Suits, $1 and up. NIBLICK & CO.

iphil L. Macklin. Bibeistein Rd. 5.00 Chris Eicher, do 2.70 Ellis Eicher, do 2.00 ’ Dick Boch. do 5.00 Ben Schrank, Stoneburner rd. 8.00 Wni. Reppert, do 3.00 Phil L. Macklin, do 5.00 The Democrat Co.. Worthmail load 63.00 Chris Borne, do 2.00 Wm. Worthman. do 4.50 Phil L. Macklin, do 5.00 E. Burt Lenhart, do 50.00 Andrew Idlewine, do 10.00 Ben Miller, do 10.00 Milton Girod, do 2.00 Dick Boch. do. 15.00 Fred Schlickman, do t 2.50 Chas. Arnold, do 2.n0 Indianapolis Star. Wemhoff rd. 2.34 Orval Harruff. do 75.00 Jacob Schindler, do 10. on Wm. Baumgartner, do 10.00: Leland Frank 2,uu

2,000,000,000 I United States Government Bonds 3X Per Cent Liberty Loan I These bonds will be issued June 15, in de- I nominations of $50.00, SIOO.OO, $500.00 and up, I will be made payable in installments, are free I from all taxes except inheritance tax, convertible into any higher rate bonds at par issued dur- I ing the war. Additional particulars furnished by the un- I dersigned whose services are freely offered foi I making subscriptions and attending to tne details I Liberty Loan Committee FIRST NATIONAL BANK I OLD ADAMS COUNTY BAN K I THE PEOPLES LOAN & TRUST CO. |

Frank Bogner, do 2.00 j i Abe Hahn. do. , 2.00. 1 Wm. Schamerloh, do 2.00 Mike Miller, do 5.00 Wm. Bernard, do 2.00 Decatur Democrat, Miller ami Wemhoff roads 97.90 Indianapolis Star, do 2.52 Democrat Co.. Miller road .... 63.00 Indianapolis Star, do 2.82 Phil L. Macklin. Scheuman rd. 10.00 Henry Wishmeyer. do 10.00 Democrat Co.. Durr road .... 63.00 Orval Harruff, do 75.00 Democrat Co.. Bollenbachftr rd. 63.00 Peterson £ Moran, Steiner rd. 50.00 P. L. Macklin, Parrish bridge 10.00 Phil L. Macklin, Hirschy rd... 8.50 Democrat Co., Gilliom road.... 59.06 John Mosure* certificate on nine roads 10.50 John Mosure, transcript and ' certificate 71.50 Burk Coil. Co., -lack bridge... 767..7(1

| Do.. Parrish bridge 2512.00 i Orval Harruff. do 10.00 ! Treasurer’of State, insane hospital 137.55 Wells Bros, burial of soldier.. 20.00 Burk Con. Co., Jack bridge... 367.50 M. J. Scherer, burial of soldier 50.00 Haugh & Sons. Drummond rd. 720.00 - Orval Harruff. Comm, expense 10.00 W. B. Burford. Record, office 38.40 E. 11. Merriman, elect, expense 4.15 Beel and Hendricks,'"do .80 John H. Runyon, do ■ 3.80 Dr. S. P. Hoffman, poor. Washington township 23.75 Dr. C. S. Clark, do 14.50 Emerson Benett, do 6.00 Burford by Democrat, Prosecutor's expense 4 2,> Phil L. Macklin, Comm. ex. .. 10.50 L. W. Frank & Son, Stoneburner road 1170.16 Haugk & Sons, Scheuman rd. 1797.25 JOHN MOSI'RE. Auditor.