Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1913 — Page 5

| “Have you got a work shoe foi men that will be S 1 easy on my feet? $ R “You bet.” H ■ “Will these stay soft?” H “They wear soft and mellow.” j/1 ■ “Will they keep out any wet?” I “Yes, they are the best we know of.” , ' ■ “Try on this pair.” I “Yes sir.” Id “Well, the. are easy, how much? |S a “Three and a half.” | “Thank you, call again.” E I Charlie Voglewede 1 I THE SMOE SELLER |

iWEATHER FORECAST I t ♦ 0 I »«>>>** »* B Showers tonight, slightly cooler; ' Thursday cooler and generally fair. Mrs. C. J. Lutz went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon. Henry Heller made a business trip to Geneva yeaterday afternoon. John Gillig was at Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon on business. Mrs. Amelia Adler and Mrs. Mid Beavers spent yesterday in Fort Wayne. . I « k ■ Mrs. F. V. Mills and daughter. Margaret, were Fort Wayne visitors yes-, terday afternoon. Mrs. P. L. Stone returned to Fort Wayne after a visit with the John Hull family on Seventh street. Mrs. Luther Boyers and daughter went to Lynn yesterday afternoon, where they will visit with relatives. Mr and Mrs. James Fristoe left this morning for Winona Lake, where they will spend tne summer. Mr, Fristoe rill return to this city in about three weeks to look after, some business. ,

—■' I W* »i*W WM I*i M tfwn Xf.xjfr S® :j ;! J • I THEj'HOME OF Y Kd '1 J’ I Quality’ Groceries what ' place |/ Can be more tantalizing to the kids than the nanIS uL Jlu fry with -J door especially When they know it’s filled with good things from OUR STORE Blackberry preserves qt jar3oc. Raspberry preserves qt jar SorgumJqt jar . . . ■ Jelly assorted flavors glass • • • PUfn olives jar IStoS' Pitted olives jar ... 10c 1 Pickles sweet and sour bottle . . • Pickles mixed and mustard bottle OurSast week for canning pine apples. Get.in while we have the quality and price, plenty o . good country butter all the time. Strawberries Every EJay Hower and Hower, North of G. R. & I. Depot. Phone J*. | F -“- SC Snt YER I THEjBOWERS REALTY CO. I REAL ESTATE, i-BONDS, LOANS, L abstracts.; > The Schirmever Abstract Company corn P‘ I stract Records, Twenty years Sxpene Farms, 'City Property, 5 per cent X MONEY ■

L. T. Brokaw went to Garrett this morning for a visit with his daugbi -r Mrs. L. G. Cole. Mrs. Henry Biting went to Fort* Wayne this morning to visit with her sister, Mrs. Mausbaum. C. L. Felty, who has been visiting with friends in the city, left this' morning for Deep Haven, Minn. Mrs. Anna Laman went to Chicago | this morning, where she was called on i account of the serious illness of a friend. Elmer Sark left Saturday night for Oklahoma, where he will be employed in the oil fields of that state. His 'brother, Clyde Sark, of Bluffton is (working in the Oklahoma oil fields. Mrs. Sark will join him a little later. 1 . Mr. and Mrs. Will Berling of Bluff'ton were visitors over Sunday at the home of Mp. Berllng’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Ehinger. Mrs. BerI ling will- remain for a several days' ■ visit . •> I ’ ( Mr. and Mrs. Christian Pohler of Route 9, Fort Wayne, motored to Dei catur yesterday morning and purchased from the Ward Fence company, i one of their best designs of iron i fence to enclose and further beautify their already artistic suburban home. — -——-——-»»»

Mrs. J. J. Helm went to Ft. Wayne today. E. Woods, who has been 111, is better again. Mrs. J. p Lachot was a Fort Wayne visitor today. Mr. and Mrs, W. H. Droege return- , ed to Fort Wayne after a visit here. ( Mrs. John Gerard returned last ev-'i ening from a two weeks' visit with': her sisters, Mrs. C. W. Lattln and'< Mrs. Philip Ardener, and with her ( (daughter Miss Irene Gerard in Toledo. ; ( J. H. Stone is confined to his home 1 '<>n account of Illness. He is suffering/ | greatly with pains in the region of his (i | eyes and two physicians have been/ attending hljil. '< Mrs. M.-Bal yeat returned to Van 1 Wert, Ohio, this morning. She visited 1 with her son, C. C. Clemens and wife. ’ Mrs. Clemens who has been ill with ' paralysis is better. 1 Messrs. C. A. Dugan, E. L. Carroll and Henry Hite left this morning for Mt. Clemens, Mich., where they will enjoy the baths at that resort tor a week or .ten days. Mrs. J. Koch returned this morning, to her home at Fort Wayne. She stop- , ped off here enroute home from St. I, Louis, Mo., for a visit with Mrs. Guy H Majors and Mrs. Shafer Peterson. Fred Huffman returned last evening ,: from Bryant, fndiana, where he start-(: rd the work on the new school house. 11 The school will be a beauty, costing || $19,000 and will contain every modern |] convenience needed in such a building, i; ( A new set of electric fixtures has/ 'been Installed in the Grand Rapids & ,1 (Indiana passenger station and also in 1 the ticket office. They are the large , 1 Tungsten drop lights and will give,: plenty of light for the interior. i Telegrams from New Ulm, Minn., announce the death in that city of Sister Flavia, who formerly belonged to 1 the St. Joseph hospital staff in Fort • Wayne. Sister Flavia was in charge of the Catholic hospital at New Ulm and many friends will mourn her death sincerely. The Security Casualty company of : Indianapolis, through their agent, Dr. , C. S. Clark, paid Edmund Fulton a check for S6O, this being the amount due him for injuries sustained 1 na fall ' in the Smith lumber yards last February. Mr. Fulton’s foot was thrown ■ out of place in the accident. Mrs. H. M. Romberg of Fort Wayne is a visitor here with relatives. Mrs. Romberg stated that the family expects to come here for a two weeks’ , visit in the near future at their family I home on West Monroe street, which I II is closed during their residence of j several years in Fort Wayne. Rev. George Schroeder, pastor of the Christian church at Winchester and formerly a resident of this city, called on us this morning. Rev. Schroder is building a $40,000 church (at Winchester and the worries and [hustling and responsibilities of that (job have made him use all the energy he could muster, but he is succeeding and that pays for all the work. Mrs. Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson, Miss Jane Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hocker and Mrs. Rainier,) all of Decatur; Mrs. Rosenwinkle of Fort Wayne; Mrs. F. O. Lewellen of Berne; Mrs. Otto Frace, Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson, Mrs. Marie Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Will Keller, John Hendricks, Will Hendricks. Mrs. Margaret Doolan, Mrs. | I Parrish. Mrs. J. Holfert, all of Monroe, f left for their homes Monday afternoon after attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Maud Hughson, which was held Monday morning at 10 o’clock. —Portland Sun. — o—MR. STEELE IS LIABLE. The Great Northern Indiana Fair association rummaged back several years for the contract entered into by them and Willard Steele, when they leased his park for the fair grounds, | and erected the buildings thereon. > They found that .according to the terms of the contract, Mr. Steele is liable for the destruction of any of the buildings. They accordingly served notice on him today to replace all the buildings that were burned. What the outcome is is unknown, but the board has decided to hold him firmly to the terms of the contract. The insurance for th© burned buildings is made payable to Mr. Steele. J. S. PETERSON HAS RESIGNED. Mr. J. S. Peterson has resigned as the manager of the Decatur branch of the Indiana Lighting company and will be succeeded by Mr. Mount of Lafayette, who will begin his servicer this week. Mr. Peterson will coptinne with the company here, assisting the new manager until June 15th, after which time he will be assigned te othor woqrk for the same company. Mr. Peterson has made good as the manager of the local gas plant and will no doubt continue to do so with the comnany.

TO MAKE MATCH BOX. Decatur Woman Oot Small Slab of Wrecked C«r at Preble. There are hobbles and hobbies among collectors. Some collect pic.tures, some pitchers, soma carry away the paper napkins from the ice cream social, some take the silver (spoons at state dinners, and some one thing and some another. Some even run to grewsonie things, su< as pieces of ropes which lynched a negro, or other criminals. At the Preble wreck Sunday, there were some who carried away splinters or slabs of the wrecked cars. One Decatur lady who had a slender slab of the polished veneer from a car, took it home with her to make a match box, which she will keep as a menionto of the only serious wreck the county has ever had. WELL KNOWN TO MANY. J. B. Frye, Veteran Conductor on the G. R. 4. 1., Died Saturday. Jerome B. Fry, aged sixtyone years, and the oldest passenger conductor in the employ of the Grand Rapids railroad in point of service, died Saturday at his hom 0 in Fort Wayne, following a fifteen-months illness of Bright’s disease. Mr. Frye was known to many in this city, having served as conductor on the southern division of the G. :R. & I. during the past thirty years. [ Fourteen months ago on account of falling health he was, compelled to give up his position with the road. The remains passed through Decatur Monday morning on the 8 o’clock train, enroute to Richmond, where the funeral services and burial took place Monday afternoon. --. o—-- ■ - RETURN FROM MICHIGAN CITY. Sheriff and Mrs. T. J. Durkin, and Herman Yager arrived last evening at 5:30 o’clock over the interurban from Michigan City, where they went Monday, with Will Ward to the prison. While there they saw the ’’Decatur colony” or, more strictly speaking the men sent up from this county, as none are strictly Decat* or Adams county people. They are Ode McClish, Ed Tobin and Lester Cook. IS YOUNGEST PATIENT. Five Weeks’ Old Walter Frucchte Operated Upon. Reports from the Lutheran hospital (Tuesday night were that Walter Fruechte is recovering nicely from the ( effects of the operation to remove a tumor, which was performed on him Saturday. The boy is probably youngest patient that has undergone a surgical operation at the local hospital for a long time. He is only five weeks old. The operation was performed by Dre. H. A. Duemling and E. H. Kruse. Tl»e young patient is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fruechte, who live near Decatur. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. BOARD OF REVIEW. Notice is hereby given that the .Board of Review of Adams county. State of Indiana, will meet at the Commissioners’ court room in the City of Decatur in said county at 9 a. m., on Monday, June 2, 1913, at which time and place all complaints of unequal or unjust valua- , tions of personal property will be equalized and all property omitted will be added to the tax list. A uniform valuation of ail personal property will be made as nearly practicable as defined by law. Returns made by the township assessors will be corrected and amended so as to make a uniform valuation of all property as nearly as practicable. T. M. BALTZELL. ~ 21-28 Auditor Adams County, Ind. ——o Miss Gertrude Butler is clerking at the Steele five and ten cent store in absence of Miss Quid McKinny.

COMMENCEMENT PRESENT ..-POINTERS May we be permitted to give a few suggestions for those commencement presents you intend to buy; for instance a set of Parisian Ivory Toilet articles, silver mesh bags, silver toilet sets, braclets, lockets, diamonds, jewel cases, rings, and souvenir spoon for the young lady graduates. Watches, scarf pins, fountain pens and umbrellas for the young men graduates. We will gladly lend our assistance in selecting your presents. W L. LEHNE THE JEWELER

' YOU 1 0 Don’t need glasses to see the Big n Bargains we are givng you in II Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum and Cur- = tains. Extra good bargains this I = week in the carpet room. We will = 2 be glad to show you this line, and ij we know we can save you money. U = THE BOSTON STORE j! = DECATUR INDIANA S

THE CLASS PLAYS Will be Given Tomorrow Evening— Confmencemert Friday Evening. The high scho>l seniors are very busy today on their last rehearsals for their class plays to be given tomorrow evening at the Bosse opera house. Two plays will be given—“ The Private Secretary," and “The Mock Commencement.” The commencement address will be given Friday evening at the opera house By Professor Thomas Moran, of Purdue University. This will be followed by the senior reception.

| STAR GROCERY Vanilla cookies lb. . 10c Fig Newtons lb. . 10c Fresh Pretzles lb. . 10c Fresh salted crackers 10c Ginger snaps lb. . . 10c Graham crackers lb. 10c Iced ginger cookies 10c Large honey cookies 15c Cocoanut marshmellow lb. . . 15c Strawberry cream cookies lb. . . . 20c Will Johns, K

wb: offeb $16,072. TAX EXEMPT SCHOOL BONDS 4 1-2 per cent St. Mary’s Township, Adams County Dated May, 20-1913. Principal and Interest Payable at First National Bank, Decatur. Amounts and Maturities $574 August 1, 1914 $574 August 1, 1921 $574 February 1, 1915 $574 February 1, 1922 $574 August 1, 1915 $574 August 1, 1922 $574 February 1, 1916 $574 February 1, 1923 $574 August 1, 1916 $574 August 1, 1923 $574 February 1, 1917 $574 February 1, 4924 $574 August 1, 1917 $574 August 1, 1924 $574 February 1, 1918 $574 February 1, 1925 $574 August 1, 1918 $574 August 1, 1925 $574 February 1, 1919 $574 February 1, 1926 $574 August 1, 19F19 $574 August 1, 1926 $574 February 1, 1920 $574 February 1, 1927 $574 August 1, 1920 $574 August 1, 1927 $574 February 1, 4921 $574 February 1, 1928 Prices To Net The Investor 4 per cent Certified copy of our attorneys opinion Messrs. Smith Hornbrook & Smith with each purchase GAVIN L. PAYNE & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS FOR RENT—Pleasant rooms on first'FOß SALE —Hard coal burner and floor—Dale Moses, corner Fifth and gasoline stove for sale. Inquire of I Jillian, streets. 114t3 Mrs. Amos Yoder. Coal Contracts NOW IS THE TIME I • z- I * Contract Early I and get YOUR WINTERS COAL at the Lowest Price | E. L CARROLL & SON |