Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1912 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT. KVKHYTHUKHDAY MOHNINO BY k EW G. ELUNGHAM, Publlßher. <t.OI‘F.K YKAK IN AUVANUK. Watered at the poatoAee at Decatur, nd., as second class mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAM 3 CO. It takes move than zero weather to hold back enthusiasm in a town when work on a million dollar industry begins. if the workmen can stand it the rest of us ought to keep our spirits up. We are still waiting for the announcement from the Clover Leaf that they will put back the two passenger trains taken off ten days ago. Every citizen of Decatur and tno surrounding country is interested in the convenience. The democratic national convention will be held at the armory building in I ’.a ti more June 25th. Thomas Tagg,- i of Indiana presided at the meetings at Washington Tuesday when the matter was decided. He voted first for Chicago and second for St. Louis, believing that these places would better please the Indiana democrats. Baltimore has five times been the meeting place for democratic conventions but they have not had it since 1872. Decatur needs more houses and I needs them at once. What are you going to do about it? A number of modern cottages, five to eight rooms, < ;>uld be rented right now and as spring approaches the demand is going to be greater. The town will make its greatest strides within the next year and if we want to grow, we must get ready for it. You can rent your house before it is built if you are skeptical. Get busy. Five car loads of material and tools are in for the new sugar plant. The first crowd of men has arrived. They are clean, honest workmen, experts in their line, good citizens and they will be here for months. We are about to wake up. Do you realize it, or will'

Mother'sDo you realize what a saving this sale means to you. At these prices you can’t afford to neglect this opportunity; of selecting a Suit or Overcoat forthat Boy. Boys’ Knickerbocker c>uits |; $2.50 Suits, now $1.67 ,jj 3.50 Suits, now 2.38 j 4.50 Suits, now 3.00 5.50 Suits, now 3.67 6.50 Suits, now 4.34 7.50 Suits, now 5.00 8.00 Suits, now 5.34 I Boys’ Overcoats 2'/ a to 16 YEARS $1.75 Overcoats, now $1.17 2.75 Overcoats, now 1.84 3.50 Overcoats, now 2.38 4.00 Overcoats, now 2.67 5.00 Overcoats, now 3.34 5.50 Ovrcoats, now 3.67 6.50 Overcoats, now . 4.34 7.00 Overcoats, now 4.67 The Myers-Dailey Go. I Clothiers & Furnishers

yolt have to be right in the midst of It Irefore you open your eyes. There is no come buck to this deal. The sugar plant la being built. It is no longer In I the future. Other things are going, to tome as welt. Do your part, whatever ft may be. Th. Wo' Id .-; Wo ... < lie of the |>«>l"t lar magazines of the city, published by Doubleday, Page & Co., of New York, In Its January Issue, now out, contains a splendid likeness ol Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, Adams county s talented and gifted authoress, whose nature novels, "The Harvester, "Freckles." and "A Girl from the Llm berlost," have reached editions of more than a half-million copies, and as the magazine says, "give a good indication of tlie wide popularity of nature subjects in the United States. Mrs. ] Porter Is also the author of a number, of other books than these and is known as the greatest of all nature 1 writers of this age. ABOUT THE SICK Francis Schmitt. son of Dyonit Schmitt, proprietor of the mea* mat ekt, is suffering from a case c blood poisoning in a finger of the left hand About two weeks ago. Francis, who is a clerk in the inert mo--, ran 8 piece of steel into his finger. It was necessary for the ph. sician to cut it out, and blood poizoLoig 'C the wound i.e- i veloped later. Miss Pearl Purdy of the telephone exchange, who lias been ill with rheumatism for a lew days, shows no improvement, if anything, sh» is not quite so well. Mr. and Mrs. William Schumaker and daughter, Mary, left this morning tor Fort Wayne, where they were called by the serious illness of Mrs. Schumakers father, A. G. Blauvelt, who is at the point of death from Bright's disease, with which he has been afflicted two years Harry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fisher, returned to school this morning after a week's illness with lagrippe. <> ■ LOST -Gold cross, somew here in the l city. Ret." n to the Catholic rectory ' and recei.c reward. 304 d ■ ! WOMEN- Sell guaranteed hose, 70 per cent profit. Make $lO daily.; Full or part time. Beginners invest)-] gate. Strong Knit, Box 4029, West Philadelphia, Pa. 298t20 ‘ ——M—-

DOINGS Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoff- 1 man Were Royal Entertainers Last Evening. THE SEWING CLUB With Guests Entertained by Mrs. D. Sprang—-The Social Affairs. ‘ Jus' Keep on Keepin' on. There ain't no use in growlin’ An' grumblin' all the time. When music’s ringin’ everywhere, An' everything s a rhyme— Jus' keep on smilin' cheerfully If hope is neaily gone, i An' bristle up and grit your teeth, An’ keep on keepin' on. —Anon. I CLUB CAO-' .mOAL FOR WEEK. Wednesday. Orient —Mrs. i D Lewtoß Shakespeare Mrs. Schafer Thursday. United Brethren Aid—Mrs. Geoig. Chronister. G. W. C. Rose Colchin. Evangelical Aid—Mrs. E. B. Kern. M. E. Missionary Mrs. John T ! Meyers. Presbyterian Aid—Mrs. 11. S. Mid.-1 aud. Baptist Aid Mrs. S. E. Hite. K. of P. Installation. Bachelor Maids—Mayme Terveer. Euterpean—Miss Edith Smith. Friday. Ben Hur fnstniUtion. T. F. Club-Hope Hoffman. Saturday. W. C. T. U. —Library reference rooms. Miss Hope Hoffman will entertain the T. F. club Friday evening. Miss Jessie Simiaon of Berne is be ing entertained a couple ot days at the J. F. Lachot home. The Misses Ella and Huldah Mutschller, Pearl Purdy, Ruby Miller, Electa j Glancy, Matiloa Sellemeyer, Golda Cay ■and Ada Murray will Torr, a theater I party, going to Fort Wayne'this even | ing to hear Lillian Nordica sing at the I Majestic theater. Mrs. George Chronister will be hostess Thursday afternoon to the United Brethren Ladies' Aid society. On account of the illness of her sister, Miss Pearl Purdy, Miss Grace Purdy will postpone the Flohrul de Purin club meeting from this evening I until next week. Pedro was the game of the Afte -I noon club at the home of Mrs. Carrie | Ehinger Tuesday, prizes being won by Mrs. J. H .Bdemerkamp, Mrs. C. L. Meibers, Mrs. H. H. Bremerkamp, Mrs. C. V. Connell. Refreshments followed the games, and the club will meet in two weeks with Mrs. H. H. Bremerkamp. The Poinsettia club played pedro Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Edith Miller, refreshments following, with music also as a pleasing feature of entertainment. Prizes were won byMamie Harting and Alice Knapp. Miss Lydia Miller will entertain next week. — The Sewing club, with other guests, including Mrs. H. L. Merry, Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Myers'and Rev. R. L.Be-i mans, spent Tuesday afternoon at the i home of Mrs. D. Sprang, who was a delightful entertainer. Mrs. P. B. j Thomas will be hostess in two weeks, j The country home of Mr. and Mrs. ■ Charles Hoffman, three miles northeast of Decatur, was a scene of good cheer Tuesday evening, when they royally entertained a number of young people in honor of their daughter, Celia Hoffman, it being her fourteenth birth anniversary. The evening was spent in playing games, music and a number of recitations were given. At a late hour a delicious three-course ; luncheon was served, which was cer- ; tainly relished by the following i guests: Mr. and Mrs. Cressenbury and son, Frank: Luella Conrad, Marie i Wiedler, Caroline Dowling, Lucile Railj bitt, Ruth Brokaw, Ina Rabbitt, Orie' Richards, Edwin Rabbitt, Otto Roden beck, I.ester Richards, Ra'leigh Richards, Ralph Rabbit, Celia Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman. All departed, wishing Celia many more such happy anniversaries. STOCK FOR SALE. Four nead of young cattle, 12 head of good breeding ewes, 4 brood sows. - W. W. STEWART, Wren, R. R. 1, phoae 5 aud 53. 300t6

YOU TAKEN ADVAN TAGIz I OF THE SPLENDID OPP(^™ IHt 01 >-< n ] FERED BY OUR BIG ANNI al I I 11 i i pre-inventory sale now I » —— oiN - ■ ■ r I , i y xt nncp The bargain days are slipping. Let I k If you hav’nt vou should get busy and at nee. l ! I I a lot of Men’s suits £ I i ’ 0 Boys Suits, all sizes at one half price Q I V f A MENS OVERCOATS “ ™ "■■ .< too | I X All $25.00 overcoats goat this sate at SIB.OO BOYS OVERCOATS J I Fl D “ "nn? .. 15 00 All SIO.OO overcoats go at this sale at $7.50 R ~ io.™ 14.00 " 8.00 6.00 . t ~ “ 7.00 “ “ “ 5.00 ; $ ffl ~ S “ " 8.50 “ 4.00 “ “"■“ “ “ 3.00 | << gqo << ““ “ “ “ 6.50 “ 3.50 “ ““ “ “ 2.50 ~j I I THIS SAIF. IS FOR CASH ONLY ? I □EZ3CL 2CV VANCE, MIE AND HAM J X-J — —UC 201 - . — - ——— ——.—.. —

COURTHOUSE NEWS Webb Case Went to the Jury This Afternoon —Creates Interest. THE REYNOLDS CASE lb — —- I Continued Until Next Term of Court—Sheriff Durkin Out Today. Contrary to expectations, the evli deuce in the case against Bert Webb, I (charged with assault and battery with, 'intent to commit voluntary man slaughter, the trial of which was ( ( begun Tuesday, was not concluded tin-. . til this morning. The attorneys, R. C. ( j Parrish, for the state, and L. C. De- ; Voss, for the defendant, were each given an hour for arguments, both j presenting some very good pleas. The ( ] court deferred charging the jury until | directly afte- the session was taken j j up at noon and the case was given to I the jury about 2 o’clock. Instructions i one to seventeen, by the state, instruc-1 • tions one to twelve, by the defendant, | ,and instructions one to eight, by the ( court, were all given to the jury. Sheriff Durkin, who suffered an at tack of the heart the latter part of last week, has recovered sufficiently to be able to be at his office and hi court several hours today. Samuel Acker vs. Genevieve Gause et al., to foreclose mechanic’s lien. Appearance by Heller, Sutton & Heller for the loan association. Rule to an swer. , The final report of B. E. Van Camp. guardian of Hazel Van Camp, was allowed and the guardian discharged. IReal estate transfers: Emil Erhart to Henry Schindler, lots 385, 386, Berne, $lO. Notice of trustees’ election of the Missionary church of Linn Grove was filed by the church clerk, John C. Hirschy, with the county recorder, | Noah Winteregg being elected for a , j three-year term.

A marriage license was issued to Deliah Daugherty, born September 18, ■ 1889, daughter of Shep Daugherty to I wed Edward K. Ke'ly, born February ■ 16, 1886, laborer, of Pennsylvania, son of Nathan Kelly. —■ —— The case against Gert Reynolds, which was set for Tuesday, January 9th, has been positioned until the next j term of court, on account of the ill- I ness of the defendant's counsel. 1.. DeVoss. I I This is the forty-fifth day of the fifty-four days' term of court, next .week being the last of the term. Through typographical error, in the • I court clerk’s report published yestei'-j day, the total amount of clerk's fees ( corrected was made to read $446.30, instead of the true amount. $2,446.95. j At the meeting of the Tri-Kappas last evening at the home of Miss Edna Hoffman, Miss Madge Hite had the 'paper on the Panama Canal. Miss' ' Adda Donaldson of Warsaw', who is a I I I member of the sorority chapter there, ,and will spend the winter here, was a I guest and' will continue to meet with | the local chapter. At last evening's meeting the sorority adopted a resolu ; tion thanking the business men of I the city, and the picture shows, and all I for assisting them in pushing the sales [Of the Red Cross Christmas seals, the ' proceeds o4' which will be used in fight'ing the white plague in Indiana — Democrat Want Ads. Pay PUBLIC SALE. Having rented my farm and arranging to move to Ft. Wayne the undersigned will offer for sale at public auction at this residence 5 miles west of Decatur, and % mile north of Preble, on Thursday, January 18, 1912, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m„ the follow ing property, to-wit: Five Head of Horses: One dun mare, 8 years old, weighing about 1700 lbs; 1 dunn mar'-, 10 yeats old, in foal, w-eighing about 1600 lbs.; 1 driving mare, 13 years old, lady broke, weighing about 1200 Tbs; 2 colts, 9 months old. Fourteen Head of Cattle: Six milch cows, 1 fresh cow, 3 will be fresh in February. 1 will be fresh in April, 1 will be fresh in May; 3 heifers, 1 will be fresh In April, 2 will be fresh in May; 2 yearling steers, 1 3-months-old bull calf ’> small calves. Hogs: Three brood sows, pigs by their side: 3 young brood

so', s 10 shoats, weighing 50 to 125 libs. e’ch. Poultry: 125 chickens, 12 : good young stock roosters, 9 turkeys, '2 goblers and 1 Farming implements: One land roller, Milwaukee ] binder, Buckeye mower, Gearless hay ] loader, good as new; hay tedder, hay 1 rake, Oliver riding breaking plow, good as new; walking plow, spring tooth harrow, Black HawK corn planter, side shovel plow, 2 farm wagons, bob-sled, hay ladders, set dump I boards, 2 sets working harness, 2 sets single buggy harness, carriage, good as new; top buggy, good as new; road , wagon, tank heater, conper kettle, iron

IB - v Mflt JL ■ J Jlj jL 11 \ ! - -SB THE SUN’S 01 T ONLY RIVAL The new I Edison Mazda Lamp is rightly called the Sun s Only Rival. It gives a bright white light like sunshine—twice as much as the ordinary electric incandescent lamp that uses the same amount of current. New Edison Mazda Lamps, in all sizes, are strong enough for all prac- i tical uses when given ordinary care in handling. Let us tell you how these lamps make it possible ,i for everyone to afford electric lighti in g- ' I I 1 S! THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CG. £ ! i -Jas X

—- » j kettle, feed cooker, ceam setiM 50 gal. cider vinegar, meat biociH sage stutter and lari press, 2 M ( ing stoves, 6 tons timothy :rl I shocks corn fodder and many dkH ' tides too numerous to mention 'oH I served on the grounds Terms—All amounts of $5 k§| der, cash in hand; all amouK m $5 a credit of 9 months will Wfl purchaser giving note with a;'L| security; 4 per cent off forest, property removed until settles HENR7 WERIK | Noah Frauhiger, Auct. ' Fred 'i