Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1912 — Page 5

YOU FELLOWS THAT ... are wearing Barkers Best are not afraid of these little wet streaks, you know that you can go and come back and have your shoes with you. All solid leather from the loop to the top-lift of the heel. Mens Black or Tan $3.50 Boys Black only $2.50 Charlie Voglewede THE SHOE SELLER On The West Side Os The Street

g»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦g : WEATHER FORECAST | It « * * * * < « -t Kl TTTT I T I TV ■ I 1 I TTTT I'l TTT ■■ Unsettled tonight and Thursday. Guy Dorwin is home from Geneva, where he spent the day. John Heller is home from a short busines strip to Fort Wayne. Carpenters today placed an awning in front of the Winnes shoe store. Harry Ward, who has been at Indianapolis on business several days, re- : turned home. • G. C. Momma left today for Casey,' Illinois, to attend to business matters I for a few days. Mrs. Charles Voglewede and babe and Miss Emma Terveer were Fort Wayne visitors yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John Brooker left last evening for their home in Pittsburg. They viei'.Su here with Mrs. Mathias Schafer. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Miller of Indianapolis, who visited here several days as guests of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Holler, have returned home.

(?ohV» »te»| ■ THE HOME OF «ra">? U * ER’) a Quality Groceries | JACK SPRATT IF M/1 HIS WIFE Fs\ Would Eat No More Until it Was Thoroly Understood That it Came From Our Grocery STORE! FORM THE HABIT! New Cabbage, New Potatoes, Fresh Vegetables, , Fresh Fruits. Get our special price on Strawberries in case lots. We al wavs havO plenty of good Country BUTTER We pay cash or trace for produce Eggs 16. Butter 18 to 22c Hower and Hower. North of G. R. & I. Depot. 'Phone 108. JNO. S. BOWERS E v L p SC^ n J A TrIs R President V.-Pres t & Treas. ’FRENCH QUINN Secretary THE BOWERS REALTY CO. REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, ABSTRACTS. The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Abstract Records, Twenty years Expedience Farms, City Property, 5 per cent MONEY

11 Miss Frances Miller left this morn- , Ing for Fort Wayne for a visit. • Miss Lucile Case of Celina, and a J; friend are here visiting with friends. ' | Wai Wemhoff was attending to busI iness matters south of the city this i morning. S. 8. Buchannon of Willshire was here today for a short while, transfer- , ring on his way to Angola. I The St. Joseph's school term is now i over for the present year and the puTils w ill be granted their annual vaca- . tion until the first of September. Mrs May Walters and daughter, I Corinne, returned yesterday afternoon j from Warsaw and Columbia City, where they visited with relatives. Mrs. Dick Miller returned yesterday I afternoon to Indicnapolis. She was accompanied to Ft. Wayne by Mrs. J. H Haller whose guest she has been. Mrs Levi Barkley lett tnis morning for Fort Wayne, Albion and Cromwell for a visit with relatives. At Cromwell she will visit with her sister, Mrs. Kohr. James Hi..st who stepped on a nail and developed a case of blood poisoning. is able to be out on the streets again though he will be disabled for I some time.

Walter Johnston OJ Tocsin Is here today on business. Leo Welier was at Fort Wayne this morning on business. Miss Bertha Heller went to Ft. Wayne for the afterndon. • Commissioner Zwlck of, Willshire was here today on business. Miss Gertrude HLLkenc of Indianapolis is here for the Kuapp'Ashbauchcr wedding. Mrs Fred Brinkmtip of Muncie, Ind , Is visiting with her brother, Henry Schults, and family. • Mr. :gnd Mrs. Ward Sunler of Fort Wayne came to attend the wedding of her brother, Fred Ashbaucher. Mrs. Willis Van Camp of Jackson, Mich., arrived to attend the wedding of her brother, Fred Ashbaucher. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ashbaucher and son, Claude, of Hammond, are here to attend the wedding of his brother. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Suiir of Bluffton are here end will attend the wedding of Mrs. Stair’s son, Fred Ashbaucher. Bob Gregory and force of paper hangers were busy today pattering the addition to the Morris' five and ‘.en cent store. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Borroughs, Miss Mabel Ashbaucher of Bluffton are here to attend the wedding of their brother, Fred. Charles Knapp of Chicago is here for the wedding of his siteter, Miss Bertha Knapp, and Mr. Fred Ashbaiicher, which will take place this evening. Art Sites of Fort Wayne has taken a position at the Schlickman & Hailey succeeding Guy Dorwin, who resigned to enter business of his own. The reservation of seats for the commencement exercises of the St. Joseph high school commenced at 1 o'clock today vnd a large attendance is assured. Mrs. W. H Oakes and daughter, Helen, who have been guests of Mrs. L. A. Graham, were at Monroe today visiting. Miss Gladys Graham also accompanied them. Mrs. John Wolford of Monmouth was here this morning shopping. She has not been in good health for some time and this was her first visit here since last winter.

Jacob Buhler, who Tuesday evening was appointed by the mayor as street summissioner to succeed James Smith, who tendered his resignation, was on duty this morning, falling right in line With the work. Miss Etta Mallonee. district secretary of the Epworth League of the Fort Wayne district, left this morning for Fort Wayne to attend the annual convention, which begins at the Simpson M. E. church there today. Mrs. John Niblick and daughter, Helen, and Mr. aid Mrs. Edwards, who are enroute home from the east, by automobile, will probably arrive p.ext Monday. They left Springfield, Mass., last Monday and the trip here requires B week. William Zwick of the Gay, Zwick & Meyers furniture firm, was at Fort Wayne today, where he took a load of furniture for the home of Mr. and Mrs., Theodore Walda, who were tnarried last Sunday. Mrs. Walda being Miss Emelie Bleeke before her marriage. John D. Hale returned home yesterday from Rome City, where he had been enjoying a week's outing. He came to attend the Theodore Kennedy funeral this afternoon and to carry out his duties as councilman at the regular meeting Tuesday evening. Mrs. Joshua Krick returned last evening for he; home at Monroeville. She had been here with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Joshua Krick who seven weeks ago suffered a stroke of paralysis, and who is still helpless, with very little improvement in her condition. S. S. Buchannon of Willshire was in the city this morning on his way to Angola for a fishing trip. He, with a party of others, were to leave this city together, but v/nen he arrived here, learned that they had failed to show up from some cause or other, and the crowd was separated, and he had to wait their arrival. They will be absent a week or ten days. Sheriff Wilson, of Van Wert, Ohio, who was here last Friday on the trail of a chicken thief who made a raid eight miles east of Ohio City, returned her at noon today, and from the information that was dropped on the subject it would not be surprising to see him make an arrest before his departure again for Ohio. After his investigations here last week with local officers it was understood that he had sufficient evidence that he was warranted in filing a charge and his return here today strengthens the belief that he feels so strong on the scent that he intends at least to satisfy himself more fully in the matter. —Bluffton New*. —— o —’ FOR RENT—Eight room house on Third street. Inquire of Mrs. P. B. Thomas, 228 So. Third street. 144tf

COURT HOUSE NEWS Action of Judge Merryman in Sustaining Demurrer to Complaint in the BUTCHER-GREEN CASE i Sustained by the Appellate Court—Motion for New Trial in Eady Case. / Attorneys Feterson & Moran this morning received word from the clerk of the apjiellate court of the state of Indiana, that the decision of Judge Merryman in the matter of the case of Samuel A. M. Butcher vs. Hamer J. Green, action on an oil lease had been affirmed. The case grew out of a controversy over the rental of oil property by Green, owned by Butcher. Judge Merryman sustained the demurrer to the complaint on the grounds that Butcher was not entitled to recover rental under the circumstances, and the higher court's sustaining him, will end the matter. Had it not been sustained, the matter would have been referred to the circuit court here and the trial gone on. Mr. Butcher formerly lived in Geneva but Is now a resident of Seattle, Wash. Peterson &■ sfr>ran were Green's attorneys, and C. J. Lutz. Mr. Butcher’s. Marriage licenses: llannie Board-

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All $25.00 Suits This Sale $12.50 All $22.50 and $20.00 Serge suits this sale SIO.OO All $15.00 ane $16.50 Serge suits this sale $9.50 We have few cloth suits we are offering at $6.75

Visit Our Ready to Wear Department we Have Some Great Bargains [NIBLICK AIND CO.

James A. Liddell, of Ohio, to wed Joe 8. Harris, tinner, born November 5, 1864, son of E. Harris. Both have been married before, the bride's husband dying August 10, 1908, and the groom's wife, October 10, 1909. The attorneys for the ,Clty of Decatur In the 110,000 damage case brought against the city by Mrs. Rebecca Eady for the death of her husband, the Jate Jacob Eady, are preparing a motion for a new trial which will be filed this week in the Allen circuit court, where the case was tried last week and a decision rendered in favor of Mrs. Eady, awarding her $4,750. Licensed to wed: Bertha Knapp, born February 7, 1889, daughter of Henry Knapp, to wed Alfred R. Ashbaiicher, tinsmith, born April 15, 1884, son of Peter P. Ashbaucher. Q William Stauffer of Blue Creek township was here today on business. W. T. Waggoner of Monroe township was a business visitor here today. Mrs. Godfrey Kurt went to Monmouth to visit over night with her mother, Mrs. Martin Lord. Rev. Karl Thompson left this afternoon for Fort Wayne, where he will attend the Epworth League convention. Miss Josephine Blauvelt returned this afternoon to Fort Wayne after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. William Schumaker. Mrs. W. H. Oakes and daughter, Helen who has been the guests of Mrs. L. A. Graham have gone to Monroe to spend the day with friends. Gladys Graham also accompanied them.

Big Closing Out Sale BBKBkaBriMHKaiMaaaBBMBBB In Our Ready To Wear Department ) ANOTHER BIG CUT We have decided to make another big cut in this department and will give your pick of any Suit or Coat for Cost and Less.

They Go Together Quality, Low Prices and Store Service that is always Courteous. We count these things as the first and most important things in our business, they go together. See our great showing of Suits for Men and Young Men at SIO.OO to $22.50 H-olthoUse, Schulte # Go. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys.

OUTING SHOES Now is the time to wear OUTING SHOES They are light, cool and Durable Men’s and Boy’s $l5O to $3.00 Tan and Black PEOPLES & GERKE New Location In Meibers Block First Door South of Schmitt Meat Market.

All $22.50 Long Spring Coats $12.50 “ 18.00 “ “ “ 10.75 “ 16.50 “\ “ “ 10.75 “ 12.50 “ “ “ 7.50 “ 10.50 “ “ “ 7.00 Ladies Skirts We'are offering some great bargains in Ladies and Misses Skirts. We have some Skirts that sold for $6.00 $7.50 and $8.50 to close this sale $3.00.

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