Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1905 — Page 5

NOW READ THIS Is ■- y'. T AST week we t Id vou to read our ad, and a great many people did so. Did you? Those who did read it were wise and took advantage of the bargains we offered. WE DON’T ADVERTISE for FUN. WE ADVERTISE ■*-' FOR BUISNESS and WE GET IT TOO. NOW 7 LISTEN, there isn’t any use trying to make you believe a falsehood, so we rton’t trv. Some of the other fellows do trv, but they take it out IN TRYING. -t keep in the game. ALL the time and not onlv tell you but prove that ‘•ECONOMY MEANS SAVING.” Os course we can’t make EVERYBODY believe this, ’cause you can’t make SOME people believe anything. 1 fault, not ours. It isn’t very often we indulge in long talks but SOMETIMES it’s a good thing. We generally make ourselves heard through our prices. They are always low, but never the less you can hear’em. ' to plainly understand our business methods., There is only ONE right wav to do ANYTHING. This is true in business as well as anything else. Therefore we want to do business the RIGHT way. If you are one c; ,'jr customers YOU KNOW’ IT. NOW THEN, if YOl do not appreciate THE ECONOMY STORE whose fault is it? Simply through our honest business methods and honest and conscientious advertising, we have estal bed our ti- e. Therefore wea k you candidly why YOU don’t come here? '

de j CROCKERY ‘■Economy Means Saving.’ Decorated soup dishes per set ?8c | Plain white soup dishes per set 29c I Cups and saucers per set for 19c I r Handled cups and saucers per set 23c | 10 inch white meat platter 6c I Decorated pie plates each 5c | Decorated b eakfast plates each 6c All $1.33c salads 79c it e All $1.23c salads 69c ' All 15c cup and saucers 9c T All 33c cups and saucers 17c All 49c cups and saucers 25c % All 15c fruit saucers 10c Decorated fruit saucers per set 27c Decorated oat meal dishes per set 30c — MISCELL INOUES Good tack hammer 4c Cast steel adze eye hammer 8c | Good hitchet for 8c I All 5c hinges per pair ■•.... 3c All 8c hinges per pair 5c All 10c hinges per pair 7c j All 15c hinges per pair " 10c . j Any size chair seat 4c ■ , 0, All 5c shelf brackets per pair 3c . <■ All 19c shelf brackets per pair 8c j ■ All 7c shelf brackets per pair 5c - I 10 bars Aak soap for 21c ] F:e Good Wash board for 13c 1 Stove pipe per joint 91 , £ 1 Gallon Oil can for 12c 1 7 ft cloth window for 19c od> . ■ ’ ■ ~ „„ zz:

HWe have a full line of Sleds at ECONOMY Prices We are through with our inventory and are pleased with the result. Consequently we are in a position to offer these 1< We are not closing out any goods but we are selling them. When you think of low prices (all the time) think of We Deliver Goods The ECONOMY CM. EPPS N he • ■ ; ' ed

The admirer of a high-class play iroduced by a clever company with •eautiful scenery, costumes and iffeots, should not miss M. A. lunt’s production of Monte Criso, vhich will lie with us Friday, Jan. 7. Mrs. C- J- Lutz returned Sunday rom Fort Wayne, where she .as been confined in the Hope hoslital, taking treament for an inury received in a wreck at Ko:omo some time ago. She is refer ted as being mproved. Jesse Brandyberry, seventy-seven ears of age, and for more than a alf of a century a prominent resient of Adams county, is dead, le located on a farm in A dams ounty in 1841, served as a soldier 1 the civil war, and was one of ae best known men in the country. •Albion Democrat. Robert Monroe, of Muncie, J. K. '. Current, of Portland, Guilford . Roberts, of Alexandria, Harry tardie, of Anderson, have been seated to collect the manufacturig statistics in the eighth district, >r the census bureau. The position ays three dollars a day, and will st about six months. William Stine, for twenty-eight jars a resident of Ossian, fell dead ist as he was preparing to sit iwn to his evening meal Monday rening. To his family a 1 to his imerous friends, the news of his ■a th comes as a terrible shock, e was an uncle of R. W. Stine of .is city, and was a man univerUy loved and respected.—Bluffton inner. Rev. W. E. McCarty, pastor of e Hoagland M. E. circuit was suri«ed last evening in}a most subintial manner. Just before leavg his home for church Clark Hartl called upon him and on behalf a large number of friends outle his church presented him with beautiful pocketbook, the inside which was lined with crisp bills, presenting the 'gift Mr. Harrod d: “I desire to say in behalf of who have contributed that ® purse is presented to you as a rk of their repsect for your effioiyin your good work and your sonal friendship, which has ght us to admire you as a man

Rev. Jones Sunday preached his sermon of acceptance at the St. John's Lutheran church and a large crowd was present to hear his talk which was a powerful oration, he being a fluent talker and having good command of the English language. Robert Allison, Jjr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Allison has been very sick since last Saturday with an attacK of lagrippe and billiousness. His condition has been serious, but Dr. Thomas who is attending him reports him greatly improv ed today. Brenton Barkley and John Eddington left Sunday evening for Rathdrum, Idaho, where they expect to make their future home. A brother of the latter, James, is already located them and the boys wil step into lucrative positions. James has been in that country about three months and has already landed a 160-aore farm. The boys are bound to succeed. Nineteen years ago the 19 instant the big Karg well was ushered into existence, and the people of Findlay went wild with excitement, which continued for many months. The thunder of its noise fairly shook the earth, and the light from its huge flame made it possible to read a newspaper at night at*a distance of six miles. It was estimated at the time that fully a quarter ot a million strangers visited the great well before it was finally “caged.” George Thornhill, the subject of his sketch, was born in Shenandoan county, Virginia, January 12, 1830, and departed this life at his home in Alains county, Indiana, January 12, 1905, aged 75 years. He grew to manhood in Virginia, later emigrated to Ohio and afterwards to Adams county, Indiana. He was united in marriage to Miss, Harriet Hookins and to this union were horn four children, George and Thcmas, who preceded him to the better land and Walter and Nora, who with their mother, are left to mourn the loss of a kind and loving father and husband. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wells, of the M. E. church, of Geneva, at the Ford school house. Interment at the Wabash cemetery. —Berne Witness.

GRANITE WARE ‘•Economy Means Saving” 10 qt. Granite water pail 39c H 14 qt. granite dish pan 49c | No. 8 granite tea kettle 56c | No. 26 granite wash basin 10c | 24c granite sauce pan ......................... 15e 0 18c granite sauce pan 10c R 19c granite preserving kettle 13c 33c granite ” ” 22c 8 qt. granite ” ” 34c 6 qt. granite ” ” 31c 2 qt. granite tea pot 19c e Any size frying pan 10c Painted tin chamber pail 19c Reflector lamp complete with No. 2 burner f0r.... 15c Any 25c glass lamp complete 17c 2 packages tooth picks 05c 50 envelopes for 03c Full quart bottle ammonia 06c 8 boxes carpet tacks 05c Large bottle machine oil 04c No. 2 lamp burner 05c l-5c shoe soles for 10c All .3 and 4c laces per yard 02c All 5 and 6c laces per pard 04c Ironing wax 6 for 5c Cabinet hair pins for .. . 3c Pants buttons per dozen 1c Hooks and eyes per card 1c 3 bars 5c toilet soap 10c Nickel-plated comb and brush case 10c

The Library committee had a regular session Monday evening and discussed some changes in the proposed plans for the new' building. The committee will not be hasty in accepting plans as they wish to secure as go id a building and as much room as possible. In the case of the State vs Lillie Marshound before ’Squire Smith for assault and battery on one Miss Em ma Smith, the defendant plead guilty and was fined one dollar and costs, which she promptly paid and was released from custody. Constable W. E. Smith made the arrest. R. C. Chamberlain has placed his property on West Water street on the market and expects to leave in about six weeks for California, where his wife went some time ago accompanying J. L. Fulton’s party. The party has arrived at Los Angeles, California, and the members write that they are enjoying the mild climate.—Portland Commer-cial-Review. Fristoe, of Decatur, the man who runs the Decatur Smoke House, is working the gullible Decatur people nicely. He has inserted in the Decaur papers a notice to the effect that he will pay fifteen dollars for 1903 pennies. When a penny of this denomination is brought to him ho asks for the other 1902 before delivering the fifteen dollars. Almost any old gag will catch a Deoaturite.— Bluffton Banner. A. N. Roughton, born in Australia nearly forty years ago, who claims Johannesburg, South Africa as his home, is a guest of the city of Huntington. He claims to speak seven different languages, to have traveled 17,000 miles on' foot, to have visited fourteen and 132 republics and fought in five wars.. He has spent apportion of the past year with the Boer War company at St. Louis and is now in the city looking for employment. He hopes to secure a position as fireman for the Erie and during the time he is awaiting an answer from Erie officials he is stopping wherever he can. Tuesday night he put up at the city lock up as a sleeper and this morning was as fresh and active as though he had slept in the best hotel in the city.—Huntington News Democrat. ®

TINWARE “Economy Means Saving.” | 5 or 6 qt. pudding pan for 5c | I Any size pie pan 3c I 3 or 4 qt. coffee pot 10c | Tin cups each 1c (only 5 to a customer) 10c collender for 7c No. 8 tea kettle for 19c 8c wash pan for 5c 5c wash pan for 3c I 10c wash pan for 7c I 4 qt. preserving kettle 9c I 8c heavy tin bread pan 5c I Any size dipping pan 10c | Any size sauce pan 15c y No. 8 galvanized bottom wash boiler 49c | No. 8 all galvanized wash boiler 57c No. 8 copper bottom wash boiler b9c No. 8 copper bottom and rim wash boiler 93c $1.98 wash boiler guaranteed $1.49 No. 8 all copper boiler 1.79 | 25c dinner pail for v . 21c ) 33c dinner pail for 26c I Galvanized coal hod 24c j All 10c hese, per pair for 8c i 2 pairs men’s 10 sox 14c I Curling irons each 4c ' Shoe tacks box for 3c Sodozen best safety pins 10c All 2*c purses for 19c i All 50c purses for 37c 8 x 10 Mirrors for 10c Iron handles each 5c

a I Little Tommy Dinkelspeil, playe | “hookey” one day last week and 1 his teacher called him to account for it. He was afraid to ask his good old mother for an excuse and w’rote it himself. It read like this: “Dear Teacher —Pleas exous Tomy for not comeing to school yestterday. he cudnot come. I tore my pants.— Mrs. Dinkelspeil.” Dr. C. Schenck, of Berne, and his brother, Dr. W. F. Schenk, of New Corydon,w ho spent several days at Martinsville, returned to their homes Wednesday. Both gentlemen are sons of G. F. Schenk, of Salamonia. — Portland Sun. The three Schenks are trying to buy the sanitarium at Martinsville. If they succeed Dr. C. H. Schenk will leave Bmne and become a resident of Martinsville. —Berne Wit ness. It is said that Walter Brown, the erstwhile politician of Elkhart, and factory promoter, who is serving time in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, for complicity in the wrecking of the Indiana National bank at Elkhart, is dying with consumption at the prison, ! and an effort is being made to get him paroled in order that he may be taken home to die. The prison physician says he has been attacked on the average by one hemorrhage a day. Word was received here Friday that Charles Franke, seventy-seven years of age, had died Friday morning at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Seemeyer, at Schumm, Ohio, of senile debility. Mr. Franke left Fort W’ayne five years ago, after a long residence here, to live with his daughter. He was formerly employed by ex-Justice of the Peace Huser. He is survived by the following children: Martin Franke, of Chicago; Judge Franke, of Moi roe, Mich.; Fred Franke, of Grand Rapids; Mrs. Henry Brudi, of Fort Wayne Mrs. Spiegel, wife of the Rev. Spiegel, of Jackson, Mich.; and Mrs. Seemeyer, wife of the Rev. Seemeyer, of Schumm, Ohio. Mrs. Sophia Buck, of West Jefferson street, is a sister, and a brother resides in Germany. The funeral will be held at Jackson, Mich., next Tuesday.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

i David Kline, living at Vera Cruz, ! has bought through the Mosure real \ estate agency the Joseph Roof farm jof 55 acres east of Vera Cruz for $l,lOO. He expects to erect buildings on the place and will move onto the farm with his family. He and his wife have become reconciled since their troubles last Friday.—Bluffton News. An English bishop owned a portable bathtub which he failed on one occasion to take with him on a pastoral visitation. When he returned he found that the housemaid had used the beloved tub. Calling her into his studv, he said kindly: "Mary, I de not so much mind your using my tub, but what I object to is, that you should do behind my back what you would not do before my face.” Every Sunday evening a number of Decatur’s young men board the Grand Rapids train and go to Berne where they spend the evening. This occurrence has been going on for some time and we are at a loss to understand what the attraction is, unless there are girls m the case, and should this be true, it is high time our own girls were geting busy and corraling these young men and make them spend the railroad fare for candy Wake up, girls, and get busy. The filing of suits against the Fraternal lodges of Ben Hur, The Pathfinders and the Fidelity and Casuality company of New York today by the widow and daughter of Geo. W. Bergman, recalls to the public mind the tragedy of last summer, says the Portland CommercialReview. No special investigation was made at that time as to the actual cause of death ; the coroner’s inquest was a mere formal affair, sufficient to satisfy the form of law, and the verdict of suicide was written up. filed - away and forgotten. The suits were brought about on the three companies’ refusing to pay the policies. The companies refused payment on the grounds that the insured came to death by his own hand. In the oases filed all the widow has to prove is the death of her husband and unless the insurance companies clearly prove suicide and not accident they will be liable on their policies.

FANCY LAMPL I • r “Economy Means Saviu fc All 73c lamps , 50c All 98e lamps 69c All $1.23 lamps 75c All 1.88 lamps 51.25 All 2.33 lamps 1.38 All 2.48 lamps 1.60 | All 2.88 lamps 1.79 I All 3.45 lamps 1.98 I All 3.88 lamps 2.19 I All 4.19 lamps 2.33 I Al[ 4.98 lamps 2.79 I All 6.38 lamps .3.63 I All 6.95 lamps 4.13 I All 7,98 lamps 4.69 Here is a chance to buy a fancy Lamp at LESS than cost. We have’nt figured cost i at all. In some cases there are only one or two of a kind, so if you want one it’s up ■ to you. . , — I j Horseshoe bottom tumblers, set 8C 1 All 10c glassware, each 8c Wash bowl and pitcher for ..69c No. 3 galvanized tub for 59c j No. 2 “ “ 49c No. 1 “ “ 43 c 8 wardrobe hooks for 5c 10c scrub brush for 7c 25c box paper for 19 c 2 cookey cutters for 5 c I—l

Charles Ross arrived last evening from New York City, where he has been visiting for several months with relatives. He has again resumed his work with Lyman Bros. Monroeville, Ind., Jan. 23.—80 lieving that the death of his son, Russell DeWert, might have been the result of ill-treatment at the Indiana reform school, at Plainfield, William DeWert today dug up the body for the purpose of satisfy ing himself that all was right. The cause of the boy’s demise was given as diphtheria, and DeWert, fer that reason, was not allowed to remove the body from the cemetery. Coroner Stnlts was summoned from Fort Wayne, and his finding was that the boy came to his death by reason of diphtheria, as stated by the reform school authorities. The dead boy. who was fourteen years of age, was sent to the reform school about two weeks go for having stolen some articles from the residence of his aunt in this city. Saturday morning his father received a telegram from the school authorities stating i.iat Russell had died the night before, of an attack of diphtheria. T • body was brought home in a tied casket and for the reason the death was due to a con’ ■ s disease, the coffin was not ip ned. The burial took place S y. Yesterday the father oami ’be conclusion that it was poss. his son had died from harsh tr ment as he was in good health > taken to Plainfield. At last ■ solved to exhume the body at ’. out for himself whether bis ms-were well founded. He i ’red to the cemetery, but when body was taken out he was no wed to remove it from the cei ’-ry. It was placed in the sexton Y L and Coroner Stultts, who na> n asked to investiage the mattt- -ived here tonight at 8 o’clock. ompanied by Dr. Mentzer, o’ city, the coroner went to the rery and made an exarmnati Both doctors stated positivel iat the boy died from tht effects diphtheria, and their finding wa i great relief, not only to the paren • to the entire people >.f the ~, who had taken a sympahetio interest ia the case.