Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1912 — Page 5

— ■ I WE WANT YOU I ■ 1 K ....to take a personal interest in this store, con- ■ H aider its advantages are for your benefit and con- ■ venience. Everything you ouy here is sold with ’J the untierstanding that it’s right—in both quali- ■ ty and price, and if its not right we are here to ■ make it right. Try us next time you need shoes IS Charlie Voglewede d THE SHOE SELLER I On The West Side Os The Street

» ,-o*o*o • o*o*o«o*o*! LEATHER FORECAST . ♦ O. V>*o«H>*o»o»C» Generally fair tonight and Thnra-, day; warmer Thursday. C \ Neuenwhwander of Berne was he r yesterday on business. Attorney C. J. Luts made a businesr trip *o Fort Wayne yesterday after-' noon. Father Benzinger returned last ev- • en ng to Heese Cassel after a visit • here. •- j■. - • Mrs Andrew Stewart of Cleveland, Ohio, who visited with her aunt, Mrs Polly Reed, returned to Fort Wayne last evening. Mrs Elizabeth Passwater of Will- - shire. Ohio, is the guest of her daughter. Mrs. Vern McGonagle, and Mrs. Frank Carroll. .1 C Evans. Louis Weis, \l and Chat ley Fritnnger left this morning fur Bloomington to finish a house for tF. I utcher of th pla-e Mr and Mrs. N. 3*. lope of Wren. I Ohio, spent Monday with their daughter. Mrs McMichael, and hwpiy. living a mile south of the city. Mr and Mrs. ’’ern McOonagle have returned from Lima, Ohio, where Monday they attended the funeral of little Pauline Riker, daughter of Mr. McGonagle’s half-brother John Riker.

I COTTON AND I I LINSEED OIL I Cake Meal | I Millet, Clover and Timothy seed. Fresh stock of I I Farm and Garden seeds just received and as soon I I as weather will permit shipment will have I supply of Bulbs and Roses E. L. CARROLL J I SUCCESSOR TO I J. O. HALE I PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED I ■oaoioioioBo»coio«o«o»o»oao*(•« I !J. S. Bowere, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer. Vice Pres. B IS i I 2 i: 2 I ■ The Bowers Realty Company has some excel- □ I 2 lent bargains in city property and , Ada ” ls . E O ■ j farms. The company wonlu be pleased to q I a you call at its office and see its offerings. The com q I 0 Pany has plenty of five per cent money to Joa ■ I a reasonable terms. Let the Schirmeyer Abstract ■ II 0 Company prepare your abstract of title. y m I a years experience, complete records. I 2 j ■ • a I o 0 I The Bowers Realty Co. _ 9 French Quinn, Secty. ■■ ■■ ■ jartaaTlOlC tfOKC

John A. Teeple' left yesterday afterI noon for Angola for a visit. Father Travers of Portland, who i was here yesterday the guest of Fr. I liter Wilken, returned this morning to \ I Ins uonie Jerry Evans, Louis Weis, Charles I and Mell Friuinger lep. ibis uorning ' for Bloomington, I r .<* where they will I 1 be employed for some time John Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. John i Pries were at Winchester looking aft I er some business matters which re- ' quired their attention for a short’ , while T'.t. Julius Baugk family Is moving* ' today from their residence on Wes*, j Monroe street to the old Fritzinger ( farm north of the city, recently purchased by Mr. Haugk from James Moses. 4 I 1 Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner was home over Sunday from Marion, where she is keeping house for the family of her sister, Mrs Jennie Carter, who is still at the hospital there with pneumonia. ?’rs Carters condition is favorable bvt she has not improved sufficiently to b«- taken home. —Bluffton News. is Fulk of Loganspot was he • yesterday on business relating to the packing of some books which hq will take back with him. Mr. Fulk was a former employee of the Smith, Yager & Falk drugstore, and is now employed at the drug store at Logansport in which George Flabcock is interested.

Mrs. George Wtrtzberger went to Fort. Wayne this morning. i Hair cmut, 15s, at the Reiter H 1 France barber shop -Clem Knuff. 57tt> I Louis Gehrig was a Berne business I caller today, returning homo this aft I ernoon. The Fort Wayne Ben Hur degree ;' | team will lie here Friday evening toil ! initiate a large class of local candi- ■ dates. Mrs Sadie Cowley arrived this j I morning from Fort Wayne for a visit | with the C .1. Weaver and G. C. Steele I families. Frank Roop of north of the city, who has been ill the greater part of I the winter with a nervous breakdown i j and th« grip, is somewhat better. Mrs Godfrey Kurt and daughter, i ! Mrs. Dan Hill went to Monmouth this i morning, where they will attend the I Concord Ladies’ Aid meeting at the!, home of Mrs L. N. Grandstaff tills | 1 afternoon. i Fred Deininger, an employee of the | ( I Decatur automobile company, will i move to Grand Rapids, Mich., where I he will work for the plant which is being moved to that place. Mr. Deln inger will go alone to secure a house and arrange for the coming of his wife later. Miss Mayme Deininger returned yesterday afternoon from Cleveland. 0., where she has been several weks | studying the new styles in millinery and trimming models for the Deininger store here. She will enter at once. upon her work here in getting things ready for the coming season which promises to be a very busy one. Miss Frances Miller of southeast of i the city was in town Tuesday after-' I noon to call upon a phys'eian.relaliv.to an injured eye, as the result of an' accident with which she met Monday 1 | evening, when her brother accidental-' jly struck her glasses with his elbow j breaking the same and S'l atching the interior of the lid. The >ye was blooJ-l ' shot on Tuesday and paired Mirs Mil , ll.r considerably. 4 Murray Scherer, the undertaken,' was busy yesterday moving his house- ' hold goods from hfs home at the corI I tier of Fifth and Jefferson streets to, ' the Charles Walters home on North i Fifth street. Mr. Scherer has been experiencing quite a bit of trouble in regard to keeping a home when on< e I into it, and to make sure of not having to move again he asked for a lease lon one year, with the privilege of remaining three, if so desired, which I vas given him by Mr. Walters Tues 1 day afternon he was “tickled to pieces," when he related to his partners that he made the deal, and no more house-moving until he getr ready to do so.

7 /T ' ! • • •. / . • '3k /■ I i ' TK i ! I " S, >7 Z I"‘TJTT7 CT TXT’Q ’JlLllt SUN 8 W ONLY RIVAL The new j 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 practical uses when given ordinary care in handling. Let us tell you how these lamps make it posrible for everyone to afford electric lighting. I Big Cut In Prices ’ i 100 Watt Tungsten Lamps sl.lO 60 “ “ “ -If 25 “ “ “ .50 100 “ Edison Gem “ .30 50 “ 9 ‘, “ “ -20 HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

Mias Pansy Bell spent the day In > F'ort Wayne Miss Jean Lutz is (pending the day i In F’ort Wayne Judge J. J. Moran of Portland was here today serving as si>ecial judge. Judge J. T. Merryman left on the 10 i o'clock car for Bluffton on professional I business. William Michaels of Monroe wits! numbered among the business callers ; here this morning Judge R. K_ Erwin of F'ort Wayne was here toda.. on professional bit's iness betwee ntrains. Jim Hendricks of Monroe, who wa here Monday and Tuesday, let! this morning for his home. C. W. Hocker and daughter. Ruby, of Elkhart are visiting with their daughter and sister, Mrs. E. B. Macy. Marshal Peterson went lo Pla’nflcld Tuesday, taking with him the young boy who was committed to the Indiana Boys’ school there upon pleading guilty to petit larceny. Robert Miller, who has been residing on the George Keller farm north of the city, and who recently held a sale of his personal property, is moving his family to this city. They will reside with his mother, Mrs. Verena Miller. Mr. Miller bad contemplated moving to Michigan, but will probably abandon the plan. I Mrs. John Steele went to Ft. Wayne this morning to call on her daughter. Mrs. Wilson Miller, who has been In ' poor health, since the fright and shock sustained when her husband ■ figured in the recent Pennsylvania > railroad wreck. Mr. Miller is a brakeman on the road on one of the trains which was wrecked. He, however, had gotten off his train and was at tending to the matter of a broken rail ' when the other train crashed into his, he thus escaping injury. The shock, howevei, of his narrow escape, brought on Mrs. Miller’s illness. SPECIAL AT THE STAR. The Star theater is now showing an excellent program called The Kidnapper,’’ or “Almost a White Slave." This special feature is a London master ' piece, showing how innocent girls are lured away from home. It is one of the most instructive, refined and edu j I rational pictures ever seen in the. city and is a strong moral lesson for. all mothers and daughters. The 3,000 | feet of film used in thi sone picture are j pronounced by critics to be wonderful , and the many thrHFing escapes and struggles of a young girl who has been stolen by unknown enemies is indeed remarkable. The Star is showing this feature today and tomorrow only. Prices, 5c and 10c.

Indian Runner Ducks Eggs for Sale Ducks took first premium at the Great Northern Indiana Fair. Light Fawn. Pricer SI.OO for 13 egg’s or 30 for $2 Herman T. Miller Decatur, Ind. R.R.N0.2 o" A a '• Srf.’js Live Stock and General Auctioneer 9 years of experience means Dollars for you J. N. Burkhead Monroe, - - - Indiana Telephone at my expense TO GET AHEAD Get behind a pair of properly made glasses. Ihe quality of your work and the time required to perform it depend upon your eyes. If you desire efficinency, a pair of our glasses will j help you achieve it. r lhey will enable you to I earn more with less effort I and will prove comfortable and secure under all conditions. You save' our fare on every pair. No charges for examination 4-EYESIWT SPEXIrtLISTyh 4P An.t-LoTvy’BcV.el Corner « roP-T ■wzAgNt.iNij L vterxirbtotAlidS,

iiMini mi -g-wm 11 SOME FORD FEATURES II - i' II Planetary Transmission. Most Flexible and handiest control. Can, be driven | | I I day in and clay out with hands never removed from rim of steering wheel. f Possibly 90 miles out of every 100 are driven on high gear. When on high gear or “Direct” no gears in Ford Transmission in service. All sliding gear cars use four or more gears on all drives the entire 100 miles. Transmitting through gears reduces motor effeciency and invites wear because of friction. No crunching of gear teeth in a FORD. Clutch pedal into “Low” back into “High” ana off. Any woman ora 12 year old child can handle the FORD. 2 or 3 passenger Fords fully equipped $610.00 5 passenger fully equipped $710.00 Lights off the magneto SIO.OO I THE GROVE GARAGE COMPANY. 1231 N. MAIN STREET Bluffton, Ind. J.H. STEWART, Decatur Representative Phone 168 0 11 IM imiil n i l

YOU’LL SEE SHACKAMAXON WOOLENS Advertised extensively this spring in : all the leading magazines as the best , cloth to have your suit made of. We carry this make of cloth in Serges, Cheviots and clear finished Worsteds and we’d be mighty glad to show you the Spring Cloths for your Tailor Made Suit. Shackamaxon Cloths are made exclusively for Merchant Tailors, /-tollhouse, Go. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys. 1 111 II 1 ' _JR!H w'ltß • rWi JI Or Jrf'l A ■ J GOING TO BUILD? fr' -/J M. ‘ Specify flood Hardware . One of the most important details in the planning of your > new house is the selection of the hardware. i 1 Hardware furnishings must be durable, safe, artisticmust harmonize with the architecture of the house and the interior furnishings. The safest wav is to get youi han - ware here. Our hardware j. us not only the beauty of ; your house, but to its selling ,’alue. Your choice of design is ve.’./ liberal—we offer many different patterns to select fi' i'. Before specifying your ; hardware, be sure and see y. We can save you money land give you a more beautifi:' home,