Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1912 — Page 5

i L-narne vogiewede g THE SHOE SELLER On The West Side Os The Street

g ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ g hEOK fOr EC AST : » ♦ B »h iiii»♦♦♦♦>V Fair tonight and Thursday; cooler in extreme northeast portion tonight Marine Teeple and Ida Brown weie Ft. Wayne visitors today, Albert Selletneyer is home from a business trip to Ft. Wayne. . 1 Mrs. D. V. Steele and daughter Edna have gope to Ft. Wayne to spend the week end with relatives. Commissioner Crist Eicher of Berne was numbered among the bus inees callers here this morning. William Hale of Geneva returned at noon to his home. He attended to business affairs between trains. Will Mougey returned to Ft. Wayne this morning to resume his school work after spending the night with bis parents. Earl Heffner of Ft. Recovery, Ohio, transferred here this morning on his way to Ft. Wayne where he is taking eye treatment.

MN nSMMMMMnKHMM I THE HOME OF * Q Groceries F We Like to Meet You Face to Face, That Would Be Our Choice! But When This Can’t Be The Case We Hope To Hear Your Voice! ! Use ’Phone 108 For Choice Groceries! _ I F A pound of tea for 25c. The drinking quality will I suit you. Have you tried our Ice Tea.' It is a blend of six varieties of quality kinds, and sells at 50c lb. We have a few switzer cheese left for this week. , We always have good Country I We pay cash or trace for produce Eggs 16. Butter 18 to 22c I Hower and Hower. J North of G. R. &I. Depot ’Phone 108. j MO—MM ~ _ I JNO. S. BOWERS F ;? L^ CI f t I S M T^Is R I I President V.-Pres t & Treas. ■ S FRENCH QUINN ■ Secretary 1 I THE BOWERS REALTY CO. | | REAL ESTATE, BONDS, LOANS, || I ABSTRACTS. g I The Schirmeyer Abstract Company complete Ab- g 1 street Records, Twenty years Experience g I Farms, City Property, 5 per cent g I MONEY I

|' Mrs. Bertha Coon is at Geneva vis ' t : iting with friends. ) ■ Howard Shackley was numbered J among the business callers at Ft. • Wayne today. , I; Mis. Frames Baumgartner and 1 daughter of Geneva who visited hereJ ; with friends have returned home. i 11 Gus Griesinger motorman on the | | interurban was at Ft. Wayne today. '' looking after frieght for the company. • 'i F. H. Hubbard secretary and man-1 ; ager of the beet sugar plant has gone i ■ to New Castle to look after business I In the interest of the plant. Mrs. Henry Moyer and Ella Mutschler went to Richmond to attend the j 1 state Sunday school convention which • convened Ahis week and lasting until 1 Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kinsey of Vera Cruz changed cars here today Jon their way to Kalamazoo. Michigan, 'to visit with » h ‘r daughter who is quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Parrish of Chicago, were in the city this morning between trains transferring to Howe. Ind., to spend the summer. Both are deaf and dumb and Mr. Parrish made known their destination by filling in the local on the reporter's pad.

Mrs. Will Boehnnan and children of Fort Wayne are visiting here with relatives. Miss Edna Klracufa of Wren. Ohio, I Is the guest of bet brother, John Kiracofe, and wife. Attend the pedro party and danco at the C. B. L. of I. hall tomorrow evening, Thursday. June 27th. I Misses Bessie and Pearl Baumgarti ner went to Ginn Grove last evening j to make a short visit with relatives I —Bluffton News. Remember the Adams county Sun- ! .day school picnic to be held nt the j i Lehman grove, Berne, Thursday, July •fourth. A big program of events to , delight all. Don't forget the pedro party and dance to be given Thursday evening j by the C. B. L of f. at their hall. AdI mission only 15 cents. A good time Is assured all who at- | ’end Lie C. B. L. of I. dance and pe- . dro party tomorrow evening. Admisi sion is only 15 cents. • i Dr. C. C. Rayl of Monroe, Adams | county, drove to Fort Wayne in his auto yesterday to demonstrate a patI ent that he recently invented.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. IThe carpenters are well under way with the erection of the new apaitment Louse being built by E. X. Ehinger on Fifth street, at the rear of his own residence, the frame work being reared. The Misses Naomi Niblick, Agnes Melbers and Marie Bultemeier are ' among those from this city who will I attend the dance to be given this evening at the Henry Scheumann home near St. Johns. The Epworth League juniors of the ! Methodist shurch will give a soc ial Friday evening on the church lawn. There will be refreshments, a program and music by the orchestra. Everybody is invited. I Miss June Knoff, who recently graduated from a Chicago business college, and returned to her home here, has taken a temporary position with the Graham & Walters office force until there is another opening for her. Miss ? abel Fahl of Huntington arrived yesterday afternoon for n visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart. She returns to her home Thursday, and Sunday, accompanied by her sister, will leave for Denver, Colorado, to visit another sister. A cordial invitation is extended to all to hear Mr. M. D. Adams at the Christian church. Thursday evening June 27. Mr. Adams was twenty-six years a missionary in India, and the will illustrate his talk with curios bearing upon the I’fe and religions of the people of India. J Mrs. B. B. Thl and children arrived yesterday from Mansfield. Ohio, and after a stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Christen, will go from here to their future home in Illinois, where Rev. Ihl has taken a pastorate. They were accompanied here by Mr. Christen who went to Mansfield last week. The funeral of Amos Spangler, the well known resident of Selma, who died suddenly at his home at that ' place Monday noon, was held at the J residence this morning at 10 o’clock, j The Rev. C. M. Hollopeter of Monroeville, assisted by the Rev. C. B. Dougherty of Selma, will conduct the services. Interment will be made in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. i Albert Mutschler of the firm of ■ i Mutschler. Meyer & Co., who was bad- ■ ly wounded Tuesday afternoon at the ■ meat market on Monroe street, when I a large meat cleaver fell and strtek | him on the right shoulder, is getting j • along well. A gash about seven inches I long was cut perpendicularly at the j | posterior side of the shoulder, requir- ■ ! ing six stitches and seven adhesive ■ strips to close. Everybody should make arrange-, ' ments to attend the big Sunday ■ I school picnic at Berne, July Fourth. ; : All the Sunday schools of the county i will be there. A big program of events: a parade, three bands, good I music and speaking, base ball, flre- • works, fire-department demonstra- • tion. picnic dinner, plenty of refreshments and good water and games of all kinds for the children. In a shipment of raspberries received by Harry Russell, a Tipton grocer, a box had the inscription neatly written, “Raymon Gorman, Pekin. Ind., wants a wife.” A high school girl bought the box, and she immediately told her classmates, and the members I of the school fraternity. The man who wishes a wife will receive a deluge of ; ostcards and letters designed to matte him realize that this is leap year. The Erie construction company has moved its well drilling machine to Kingsland, when. their camp Is temporarily established, it requires a large supply of water for the laborers and the teams and the company has decided to drill their own well to furnish the supply. The company put in sidetracks and other equipment. west of Kingsland as one of the start-' ing points on the double-tracking. - Bluffton News. -■' • •*'. *-■•'

Mrs. George Everett had as her. guests today, Mrs. Vince Bell, Jr., of Honduras, and Mrs. O. P. Mills. Miss Grace Purdy, who has been 111 is better, and It Is thought her fever has been broken before the development of typhoid. Mrs. Victoria Hill entertained at dinner today for Miss Winifred Elllngham of Indianapolis, and the Misses Dorothy Dugan and Margaret Mills. George Mor 4 * and Festus Rhoten 1 have Joined the local force of the ! Morris five and ten cent store to as- , slat In the rearranging of the stock in the new addition, which has Just been completed. Owing to a delay in receiving the repairs from Salem. Ohio, for the broken engine for the interurban power house, the Interurban cars were still unable to run today. It was thought that the parts would be hers by today noon and as it will take but'a half hour to make the repairs when the parts arrive, It was thought that the cars would be running this afternoon. The repairs are expected to arrive on any train and the full schedule on the Interurban will doubtless be In full effect again tomorrow. Henry Lhiddleson of Jamestown, Ohio, arrived in the city today from Ridgeville for a visit with his cousin, Mrs. William Blackburn. Forty-six years ago. before there was any means of conveyance between this city and Fort Wayne, outside of cab service. Mr. Duddleston struck Fort Wayne and Inquired as to the best way he could reach this city. When told how he would have to make the trip by the hotel keeper, he inquired for the hack driver, and upon finding him learned that it was William Blackburn, the well known citizen, who brought him as far as Monmouth where he had many relatives. He formerly made his home at Chillicothe, Ohio, until three years ago, when he went to Jamestown. He will remain for a day or so before returning home. OLLIE JAMES IS CHAIRMAN (Continued From Page 1) to Daily Democrat) —Conservatives in ' the national democratic convention ’ halted today. Rattle plans for the ' coming struggle with the strong pro- : gressives for the presidential nomina- ‘ tion were formed slowly. Political experts claimed the conservatives had the vote to defeat at any time any progressive candidate. The conservative leaders, Rodger Sullivan, Chas. Murphy and Thomas Taggart were undecided whether or not to force the issue. Progressive ‘■antiment appeared strong in the convention yesterday. ,— o POLICE COURT NEWS. Walter Gunsett, formerly of Ohio, but now residing in this county, was | arrested and brought before Squire ! Stone on a charge of bastardy brought I I by Miss Ina Erown of Wren. Ohio. He I was adjudged guilty and paid the fixed | ' amount and costs. I o NOTICE TO FRESCOERS. -■——— . The Decatur school board will onj Wednesday Evening, July 3rd, at 8 o’clock receive sealed bids for the frescoing of the North and South Ward school buildings; also assemI bly room of Central building. I Bids wi'l be received on work and ' material together and on work and I material separate. | The paint shall be white lead and j pure linseed oil, mixed by the paint-, ' er—coloring to be selected by the i board. White lead to be of standard I quality, such as Extine or (arter s, I etc. , . || Walls to have two coats, with sten- ■ I cil work on upper border of walls. Old | paper to be removed from walls *n, North Ward. | Seats must be covered with canvas j while ceiling and walls are being, painted. Board reserves right to reject any j and all bids. F. V. MILLS, O. L. VANCE, IRVIN BRANDYBERRY, Trustees. For Sale Or Trade | My home at No. 610 Monroe Street. Will sell outright or will | trade for city or farm | j property. Chalmer Schafer

Cool Soft Negligee shirts in Madras Percales and Flannels Some with Collars To Match Comfortable to wearthiswarm weather. A great assortment to select from. Prices 50 cents to $3.00 r ___________ Holthouse Schulte & Co. Good Clother Sellers for Men and Boys

STEELE & WEAVER'S U | STORE TAI KS | We have no long speech to make, all we ask is to just take a look at our win- BH J dows and then judge for yourself w’ho has the goods, the prices, and then it u-J W will ne easy to understand why our business has made a ret increase of 45 per gM ! ■ ct. over last year. . EQ — — ■" —■——— ■ S & lOc Department ffi ; || Visit our 5 and 10 cent department where nickels and dimes do double work. gg I This is the place to spend the nickels and dimes, you will never appreciate I*l the size of a nickel until you see what it will buy here You will never know | j the.might of a dime until you visit our 10c department. We are after the lw nickels and dimes more of them, to get, and we’re going to by making them buy p® more then can be bought anyw’here else, w r e supply practically all househo d ■ needs and do it for nickels and dimes. ' SMOOTH BLACK PETTICOAT SALE This is the most popular made in the country and rj Cioffi I we have just received another large seipment, be ! | g Lt nFli sure and see them when in need of a nice skirt [»| J at a Pirtle money. Prices from SI.OO ta $3.00 K # — ftp'. | ‘V" ; ! AN all Silk Petticoat well mare ■ I lISO i'W i Special 12 50 | [tfßj '< t | FRESH SALTED PEANUTS ||| X, ’ i ; I We sold more peanuts last w r eekthen ever sold S f A’SjH in the city in the same length of time by all other ■ I i stores combined. A new shipment just came in ■ f same old price 10c a lb. k| FIREWORKS I"" Fourth of July Will Soon Be Here FIRE WORKS - Fourth of July will soon be here, come to our store and buy the boys the arti- |j cles they want such as fire crackers, Romon candles, sky rockets, sparklers, || torpedoes and hundreds of other articles. We have & complete line. Remember the store that has the goods and advertise what they have, sells ■ S what they advertise. No bluff work here, It is ! P 1 111 — J STEELE A WEAVER S BIG RACKET STORE

i -v < C r Si □laerearas A 4 "*- ' and Buffets 1 I" THE crowning glory of a nice dining room is an elegant side board or buffet. The • magnificent selection tnat has just arrived at this store will suit the most critical taste—and the prices are designed to fit your pocket book. Every year sees new ideas in this kind of furniture, Inspect the latest—here. Some Specials for this week. Sideboards $12.00 and up Buffets $14.00 and up • OTHERS FOLLOW I V r DECATUR. IND.

I FOR SALE —Sow, with litter of nine: pigs: cheap if taken soon. See Dyonis Schmitt. 149t6 rOR SALE—OId city hall building; will make a good m.oiness room. See Mrs. A. C. Gregory. 151tf

| WANTED—Boarders and roomers, at 411 N. Second street. 151(6 WANTED— Competent and experienced girl for general nousework. Good wages—Mrs. Wm. Kremers, 422 Jefferson street. 151tf