Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1902 — Page 5

MID-SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE! % We are now in the midst of our Great Mid-Summer Clearance Sale, the great yearly event that has become famous for its extraordinary values. We inaugurated this sale last week and * J uantit y of goods sold is strong evidence of its popularity. In this sale some goods wul be sold at a small profit, some at cost and others at less than wholesale cost. We are recognized headquarters for best goods at lowest prices. To indicate the remarkable character of the values we are now offering, we quote the following prices: :::::::::::::::

Gonje in And See Us, And be Convinced That We Mean what We Say! GUS ROSENTrtAL, “ THE SQUARE MAN.” DEGATUfI, INDI/VN/V.

I I Mrs. S D. Beavers is in Pennsyl I visiting relatives. | I The family of Peter Soldner of I left Tuesday for their summer |s® at Oden, Mich. ! IE. G. Conner and family of Lima. | M*hio, were guests at the home of Mr. [ Mud Mrs. Frank Cri" Monday. I I Acting Clerk Haefling has been | to be sick this week, but is still i Mble to attend to the duties of his of ■ j ■ Fied Reppert ex-commissioner of ; M'rench township, was in the city yes ' Mtrday, his first visit for several [ IS. W. Hale of Geneva, was here i to meet with the county I Hioard of charities, and who visited [ She county infirmary. | Thirty-three years ago Tuesday I and rs - D- D. Heller were unitI in marriage, and in honor of the I ■vent a family six o’clock dinner was i Merved at their home on Fifth street. I I Marriage licenses were issued this I Meek by County Clerk .Johnson to but I ■wo couples and their names are reI Monied on the public docket as folI Phillip S. King and Ocea B. I BJarmon, Metla Houser and Dora I ■luffman.

■ VISIT THE — ICE CREAM AND SODA PARLOR AT THE City News Stand THE coolest place in the city. Everything up-to-date. We have the finest line of Candy in the city. Cigars, Tobaccos and Smoker’s Sundries. Daily Papers and Periodicals N.C. COVERDALE, Prop.

$4.95 buys an all-wool up-to-date suit worth $7.50. $5.00 buys a black clay worsted suit worth SB.OO. $5.95 buys an all-wool serge suit, fast color, worth $9.00. $6.95 buys an all-wool steel gray worsted suit, worth $10.50. $3.75 buys an all-wool serge coat and vest worth $5.00. 50C buys a pair of men’s crash pants worth 75c.

Dr. and Emil Franz of Berne, were in the city Tuesday, business being the principal drawing card. Samuel Kunkle and daughter, Mrs. Florence DeVilbiss are enjoying a few days visit with relatives in Wells county. Mrs. French Quinn and children are at Rome City, as guests of the Hensley cottage. They will remain a week or ten days. Mrs. Frank Arnold who resides southwest of town was attacked by a viciqus cow Monday and quite badly hurt. Her left collar bone was broken and she was otherwise severely bruised. Miss Josephine Niblick was hostess at a large party given at her home last evening in honor of Miss Margie Robison, her guest. The decorations were complete and in all it was one of the most pleasant society events that has ever occurred in the city. Following is the list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Decatur postoffice uncalled for: Levi Lewis, Mrs. Julia Lambrigger, Eddie Hughes Esq, B. Schneider, Harry Ryder, Chas. Miller, Geo. Hill, Charley W. Houser, Mrs. E. A. Gastman, D. B. R. Freeman, S. N. Thomas & Son, Mrs. Lou Rath, Mrs. D. D. Mumma.

PHENOMENAL

Bids will be received today for the Woods macadam road bonds, the first of the Blue Creek township roads voted for last spring. New subscribers to the Democrat are coming in each day and if you want a true, correct and complete report of the doings of Adams county each week you should get in the band wagon. A copy of the Douglass, Arizona, Dispatch has been received at this office. It is a clean bright looking and very readable sheet and among the items of interest we notice the articles of incorporation of the Atlas Exploration and Mining company, of which company R. O. Johnsen, seems to be one of the leading spirits. The company will deal in all kinds of real estate, mines, oil lands and other lines of investment and we wish them unlimited success. Frank C. Foreman was the object of a big gathering at his house last Sunday, on the occasion of his 37th birthday. Mrs. Foreman, his wife, had successfully planned the program and to that end had about 35 relatives besides some friends gathered at their house on East Main street to spend the day in a social way. Besides the meals served, ice cream helped to keep the temperature down. Mr. Foreman was presented with a beautiful K. of P. ring from his wife. — Berne Witness. “Interurbans may not be the whole pie,” says the Lafayette Journal, “but those cities of the state which are conceded to be growing most rapidly and solidly are the ones which have succeeded in getting interurbans in their midst. Anderson and Muncie are notable examples of this. Their interurban systems have proved firstclass for them and they are crying for more. Unless Lafayette wants to be buried and heard of no more, it should get a grip on some interurbans at the earliest possible moment. The interurban means progress. Its absence means decadence and that’s nd joke either.” The doctorsusually encounter many laughable situation® and enjoy telling their experiences so long as no breach of ethics may occur. One of the physicians save he recently sent to the address of one of his patients a bill for professional services, and within ten days received the following letter wri tenon the back of the memorandum: Deer Sur this noat was put in my box by mistake I hant the man heus ded and aint any relashun of mine anyway. I doant sea how your conchens will let you dun the ded. Why dont you live a better cristen life and live and let live and try to meat that man who died in heaven which is worth more than forty dollars to any man.

25c for a pair of good overalls. 33c a garment for fine Balbriggan underwear worth 50c. We still have in stock an endless variety of men’s and boys’ suits, in all the fashionable shades and patterns, bought to sell at from $12.50 to $15.00, clearance sale price $9.98 Also a fine line of two-piece outing suits, which go at clearance sale for . . . . $5.00 to $12.00

The first oil well ever shot at night in Indiana was shot at Marion last week in the presence of a big crowd that had gathered on the property of Lee Hall, in the city. Five hundred quarts of nitro glycerine were used and it took one entire day to pack the well which was 1,090 feet deep. The charge cost S4OO and was the heaviest ever placed in a well in this state. After it was over the flow of gas was so strong that no examination could be made to ascertain the results. When an editor asks a man to subscribe for his paper and he says, “0, I never read much and besides the times are too plagued hard” for God’s sake apologize and leave him, chirps an exchange. Life is too short to teach a jack to sing soprano. All gentleman nowadays read newspap ere, and lots of them. Show us a man who lives for years in a town or com munity and never subscribes for the papers published there, and we will show you a man whose head is shaped like a piece of pie, w‘*h the point up, and whose ignorance is only exceeded by his gigantic gall. Last Friday’s Berne Witness said: The first well of the Enterprise Oil company of this place, which was drilled in Wednesday night on the Joe Engle farm near the famous Hunsicker well in Jefferson township, flows since yesterday morning and promises to be a highly productive well. A second well has been located 400 feet west of this one, which will be drilled at once. The members of the Enterprise company are John Craig, Theo. Biersdorfer, Fred Neaderhouser, E. T. Haecker, C. L. Simkins and E. F. Lowe. The company was founded several weeks ago when the phenomenal Hunsieker well came in. Tanks were put up yesterday, and the well will for the present lie pumped natural. The output estimated at several hundred barrels per day. The water in the reservoir at Celina, which, for the last five or six years has continued to go down, has at last commenced to rise again. The recent heavy fall of rain has caused the largest artificial body, of wat«r in the world to rise the heighth of 16 inches. The water has been falling for so many years that it was feared by a great numlier of people in the neigh borhood that the lake was destined to dry up, but once again the old high water mat kis approached. The fact that the lake was being drained so rapidly made many believe that the abandoned oil wells were the cause, but there is so much argument against this that the idea has almost been abandoned. If rain continues to fall as it has been doing this season, the lake will sqpn regain its former appearance. Many of the old stumps which have lieen in the water for years have disappeared as a result of the rise.

J TRUE'S BIG X I July Cut Sale J 1 ON SUMMER GOODS 1 This will be your chance to get two 1 DOLLARS WORTH FOB ONE DOLLAR * B 1,000 yards fast color thin summer goods, former price _ B ■ 5c and 10c, now go at oC g K 1,000 yards fast color double width percale, former price — k fl B 900 vards Sea Island perca. j, none better, fast color, Q I a B ■ full 36 inch, former price 12}c, now Q3Q I fl The very best 36 inch madras cloths, nice line of pat 4K a fl a terns in stripes and fancy, former price 20c, go at.... |OC B W Fancy mercerized suitings, former price 25c, now 4 B g Ro at |OC I I 35c fancy summer waistings. now go at .. 25c I I One lot 20c and 25c white goods, now go at.. 15c * B One lot of muslin underwear g B to close at less than first cost. B fl One lot of sunbonnets, very best on the market, now 4Em fl ■ go at each |OQ ■ B One lot of turkey red table cloth, 15c and 20e kind 4 B ■ One lot of regular 5c wide lace, yard now goes at I B One lot assorted wool dress goods, former ■ g price 25c to 50c, now go at from |vC kvC fl B 'T’HIS will give you some idea as to the price we will B B x make on stutt while these goods last. You must B B come quick or you will miss the greatest bargains ever E fl offered. Remember we have had no hot weather yet, B K and these goods will come in good place from now on. fl ■ Don’t forget the place ■ [True’s Cash Store.J