Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1912 — Page 5

I Rattling Good For Wet g Looks like we’re going to have some more nasty l| wet weather, the kind that makes it dangerous ■ to have your feet wet, cold, clamy weather. I B asked a fellow today how he liked Barkers Best shoes this kind of weather and he said •‘They’re B rattling good for to keep out the wet.” These shoes do keep out more wet than any shoe I « know of and wear too. Got em in mens, boys ■ and little boys at ■ $2.25 and $2.50 for boys 300 “ 3.50 “ men p Charlie Voglewede I I THE SHOE SELLER $ $ On The West Side Os The Street H *;

♦EATHER FfM?EC«i I o ♦C»O Snow or rain in south portion: snow probably hoavy In north portion to night an<l ednerflay. Colder tonight ij south portion. Miss Rose Hess speu’ yesterday at ; [ Hesse Cassel. ■ William SeLemeyer of Magley was' here yesterday on business. Attorney Prank Cottrell of Heme us here ves’Lday on business. Mr and Mrs. E. 11. Padgett spent yesterday afternoon in Fort Wayne John Wagner was at Monroe yeste--day looking after some business affairs. i Mr and Mrs Eugene Lindsey of Ge-, sera changed cars here yesterday en-, route to Fort Wayne. Mrs Dale Moses spent yesterday at ' the homo of her grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Sampson Pillars. Preston Ake of Blackshire. Ga. a former resident of north of this citv, is here v ; siting with friends and with Miss Vera Scott of Fort Wayne.

- j THE HOME OF j I Quality Groceriesj Shelves Well Filled Artistically Arranged Give Observers Aid In Selecting What They Need. You Will Find What You Want On Our Shelves. Take A Look Our solid pack can goods please others and they’ll please you. Fine Table butter and plenty ot it at 30 cents per lb. We pay cash or trade for produce Eggs 16c Butter 20 to 28 Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. ’Phone 108. ■OIO AO■ O■ O ■OBCDBOBOBOBOBOBOIIOB !J. S. Bowers, Pres. F. M. Schirmeyer, Vice Pres. a I 0 § g ! ° | B I , The Bowers Realty Company h some excel- ~ i lent bargains in city property and Adame c u ty ( ? farms. The company would be pleased to have „ i you call at its office and see its offerings. O 0 Pany has plenty of five per cem money g ■ reasonable terms. Let the • - C 0 Company prepare your abstract of title. fi | years experience, complete records. □ 0 a ■ 0 n 0 J® The Bowers Realty Go. ■ French Quinn, Secty. g

| Mrs. John Gerard returned jesterjday afternoon to Fort Wayne. I Miss Elizabeth Parker returned yesterday afternoon to Fort Wayne. L. D. Miller and son, Milton, were Fort Wayne visitors yesterday afteri noon. Mrs. William Draper and children of Root township were shoppers here yes- . terday. Daniel Hoffman, trustee of Preble township, was a bue'hcss visitor here I yesterday. Milt Leavell, substitute mail carrier, was working in the absence oi Carrier Clyde Rice. I Joe Fuhrman, who recently under- ' went an operation, is able to be on : the streets with the aid of a cane. Mr. and Mrs. W. Jaebker of Preble I went to St. John's yesterday afternoon [to attend the funeral of Mrs. Anna Mary Huser. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Yager, on West Main street, on St. Patrick's day. Sunday, March 17th, a boy. His name is Lawrence Luther Hoffman Yager.—Berne Witness Mr. Yager is a brother of Mrs. John C. Moran of this city.

• t O. P. Schug was in Fort Wayne on I I business today. I D. N .and D. B. Erwin went to Ind!-: I anapolls today. 1 Paul Withaus of Berne was here to I day op business. I Miss Olive Goodwin went to MonI piouth this morning. I 8. J. Martz, ex-marshal of Monroe, I was here today on business. I Miss Margaret Clark returned today i I from a visit in Van Wert. | Otto Wemhoff made a business trip I I to Fort Wayne this morning. I John Christen spent the day In Fort I Wayne with his sons, Harry and Jesse. | The Misses Anna Clark and Naomi I Niblick spent the day In A>rf Wayne I I F. V. Mills went to Indianapolis to-1 I day to attend the democratic conven-1 I tion. I The Isaac Raver family will move tomorrow to Clark Brothers’ farm I east of the city. . Mrs. Serena A. Johnson left this I morning for Fort Wayne and Van I Wert, Ohio, for- visit. ! Miss Vernia Harkless of Poe wont to I I Monmouth yesterday to visit with her I aunt. Miss Marla obinson. I Mrs. Harry Van Kirk of Celina. Ohio, is expected to arrive today for a visit [with her mother, Mrs. Bice Metzler. 1 J. Q. Gay of Marion, Ohio, stopped joss here last evening and was a guest over night of his cousin, J. L. Gay, and ‘ .family. , Yesterday being the feast of St. Joseph, and the patronal saint of the St. , Joseph's school, the pupils were allowed a free day. Mesdames Baxter and Grandstaff of Monmouth attended the funeral of i Mrs Sarah Decker yesterday after- ' noon, all being identified with the W. ' R. C. Mrs. D. M Reid and daughter, Mar- ! garet, of Fort Wayne will spend Thursday here the guest of her mother, Mrs Mary Fullenkamp, and other relatives. I Will Parent, owner of the Crystal theater, went to Fort Wayne yesterday to attend a convention of moving picjture sh<?w men held there yesterdav and today. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ashbaucher and daughter, Margaret, returned from • Bluffton, where they attended the funeral of Benjamin Ashbaucher, and vis- . ited wjjh relatives. | Marks—“lt seems to me your new’ house doesn’t look much like the archiI tect’s design.” Parks—No, but it looks more like it than the actual cost looks like the original estimate.—Boston j Transcript. Pauline and Martin Huser have re-1 turned to Fort Wayne after attending | the funeral of their grandmother. Mrs, Anna Mary Huser, held Tuesday afternoon at St. John's. They spent the night here with their aunt. Mrs. C. Boese. I The funeral of Mrs. Anna Hary Huser was held yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the St. John’s Lutheran church, the Rev. Jaus officiating The death of Mrs. Huser occurred at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Louis Schroeder, where she had made her home. The funeral was largely at-' tended. A boy looking for something to do • saw the sign, “Boy wanted.” hanging; outside of a store in New York. He picked up the sign and entered the store. The proprietor met him. “What did you bring that sign in here for?” asked the storekeeper. I “You won’t need it any more.” said the boy cheerfully. "Pm going to take the I job.” Indiana is bound to make herself j famous as the corn state. If it can t , grow one place, it will another. Three ! grains of corn that had begun to sprout I were found in the appendix of James B. Powell, a wealthy farmer of I<awrenceburg, when he was operated upon for acute appendicitis. The appendix was eleven inches long. Powell had a habit, he said of eating a few grains of ; corn every time he fed his stock. I Mrs. Joseph McAlexander. living 1 three miles east of Geneva, fainted on . the streets in front of the postoffice . ! Monday morning at about S': 30. Sh« I was carried to the office of Dickes & I ‘ Schwartz, where she received medical : j attention and within a few hours had j I almost entirely recovered. Mrs. McAlexander came to Portland on the % i o’clock train Monday morning to spend the day in the city shopping.— Portland Sun. A well known instructor was explaining the principle of the autmo-1 bile to an Indian. The Indian was intelligent and the explanation was a model of directness and clearness. I-Well.” said the teacher at the end, 'do you understand the automobile now?” The Indian, who had listened intently, replied: “Yes, I understand all but one thing.” “And what is that’" asked his instructor, thinking to clear up s«he little point. “I do not understand what makes the automobile go without horses.”

1 COURT HOUSE NEWS C. L. Walters Files New Quiet Title and Deed Reformation Case. REALTY TRANSFERS Depositions Ordered Published in Ft. Wayne Case —Court Quiet. A new case was filed Saturday in the clerk s office under the caption of Odis Wolf against Lemuel D. Adams, of Huntington county, and Frank Adiams,.of Wells county. The complaint i is in tort and alleges that the defendants entered upon plaintiff's lands, i without right, and cut down, destroyed ;and hauled away all of the timber, including small trees growing on the premises, all of the value of SSOO. The 1 laintiff says that by reason of the trespass he has been damaged In the sum of SSOO, and prays for that relief. —Huntington Herald. Hanna Brackenridge Co. vs. Henry Pfeiffer et al., Allen county case. All depositions on file ordered published on motion filed by defendant. Samuel Barger vs. J. H. Koenig et al. Answer in one paragraph filed by Koenig. The Bank of Tocsin vs. Ernst Gall- ! meyer etal. Answer in one paragraph filed by Koenig. C. L. Walters filed a new case entitled Mary E. Davey et al. vs. Aylett Miller et al., for quiet title to reform deed - and for a nunc pro tunch entry, correcting errors made in a former deed — Serena A. Johnson qualified as guardian of Vallie R. Johnson, giving sl,000 bond. Realty transfers: John S. Hocker to Abraham Everhart, lot 1, Monroe. | $175; Abraham Everhart et al. to Da! vid M. Everhart, lot 2, Monroe, $1500: Sarah E. Edington to John Bener, lot 4. Pleasant Mills, $135; Esther Rose et al. to Clyde M Beam. 60 acres, St. I Mary’s tp.. $6,600; Wade M. Barnes to Carleton R. Fink, lot 697, Decatur, I $800; Martin Beery et al to Strauss 1 Brothers, realty in St Mary's tp., $15,- «*• o . THE HOUSE QUESTION AGAIN. Mr. Lyons, who sold his farm in Blue Creek township, was in the city this | morning. Mr. Lyons wishes to come to Decatur to make his home, but thus far has been unable to secure a house Again the question of “more houses” comes up. G. H. McManama of near Monroe was in the city today, making arrangements to rent his farm there, preparatory to coming to this city to make Ih’s home. ,+++++++++++++++++++++♦ J + + t Millinery Opening t ♦Wednesday March 20th. t | AT | | Mrs. A. Boese j I !

ni w -—n —~«i In order to encourage the use of fertilizer in this vicinity the Armour Fertilizer Works have offered through their local agent, E.L. Carroll a prize of U I fl $25.00 IN GOLD [ 1 For the best acre of beets, delivered at factory, Decatur, Indiana. Season of 1912, grcwn by the aid of , Armours Sugar Beet Special , | •Fertilizer II 1 Inquire for particulars of E.L. Carroll • U i □1 Z3E=II -"=3l

A. ' YOU'LL Like The style and the fit and the Wfi \! Z 4 W general smartness of the new spring 11 )/ cloth i V. fl jl lyjM clothes. *lOl L They have the Hart Schaffner & \ W Marx fashion and quality in them: j an d e y’ re tailored in away to keep % th n sha P e - V* '-K' k n! I V \' Q be glad to show you the new \ styles that have arrived. ™ Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Good Clother Sellers for Men and Boys CoprriFM Hart Schaffner & Marx

FARM—Of 120 acres for rent, 2 miles east of Monroe. For particulars call at farm. G. H. McManama. Decatur, R. R. 10, or Monroe 'phone. 69t6 LOST—Watch, movement 18 size, gilt open, 15-jeweled Elgin. 14208079; case, 18 size Nick. S. B. & 8—864370. Finder return to Democrat office. Reward. 69t6‘ WANTED—GirI to work at the poor farm. Apply at once. 6913 Elizabeth Brothers Burns Physician & Surgeon Office & Residence over Bowers Realty Co. Office Hours-9 to 12 a.m., Ito 4 p.m. and evenings ♦♦♦» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ :Your Debts: e ♦ 4 Let us pay them 1 06 way * a to do this is to find out how * 0 much you owe. Come to us and borrow the money to paj' . them, thus making the payments within your income. . We loan on furniture, pianos, . horses and wagons, etc., without removal. 60c per week pays * a $25 loan in 50 weeks. ♦ * ALL OTHER SUMS IN PRO- ♦ * PORTION. « ♦ OUR NEW METHOD of mak- « > ing loans does away with the « ♦ old-time red tape and makes It « ♦ a very simple matter to open * ♦ a credit account with us. 4 4 If you need money, fill out 4 4 and mail us this blank and our 4 agent will call on you. * 4 Na mi 4 4 Address; St. and N 0... 4 4 Amount Wanted 4 4 Our agent is in Decatur every # * Tuesday. 4 # Reliable Private « ♦ Ow Lean sammy« * Established 1896. Room 2. Sec- ’ * ond Floor, 706 Calboun Street. Home 'Phone, 833. Fort Wayne. Ind 44*****»* '• ♦ *■<*

Chiropractic The Wonderful Science WHY BE XXILIINC When you know that your Spinal Column is where the cause of your Disease is Located. Can you imagine an effect without a cause? Effects such as appendicitis, Brights Disease, Stomach trouble, Headache, Nervousness, Deafness Piles, Insanity, etc., are caused from some spinal defect. 1 Locate And Adjust The i Cause Os Disease Through The Spinal Column. Nature cures without the use of drugs, knife, electricity or massage. If you’ve never heard of Chiropractic, don’t tell it, but investigate and get posted. Spinal analysis free. B. C. FRY, CHIROPRACTOR Over Lachot & Rice Drug Store Hours 10-12 A.M. 3-5 & 7-8 P.M. Phone 636

II Old Adams County Bank Decatur, Indiana. *** Capital |l2O 000 rSF I Surplus. no.ooo ■ C. S. Niblick, President Kir ch and John Niblick I Vice Presidents [yp I S X Ehinger, Cashier. ~ I ''■nJ Ja£ Rpad parm ioans Reflect ~ r > Resolve collections : DOLLARS . ! Deposited To The Credit ablc Rates - • Os Every | : A BANK ACCOUNT Accomoda- I ■ MAKE A NOISE l stent I That Sounds Like Success! Banking I 1 HAVE Extended | i YOU HEARD IT! | We Pav 4 Per Cent Interest on 1 Year Time Deposits |

COTTON AND | ; LINSEED OIL ! Cake Meal I Millet, Clover and Timothy seed. Fresh stock of I Farm and Garden seeds just received and as soon •• * as weather will permit shipment will have * j supply of Bulbs and Roses Carload of Salt just received, Both Medium and Fine, guaranteed to not get hard in the barrel. Table and Dairy salt. Early’.Ohio and Early Rose Seed Potatoes E.L. CARROLL SUCCESSOR TO J. D. HALE | PROMPT JJELIVERY GUARANTEED