Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 277, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1903 — Page 3

TIME tables (In effect Nov. 89. W) TRAINS NORTH, , . n.tiy 1:18 a m N° ? Daily to Grand Rapids H:oo a m 2° IZpaily (except Sunday) 4:31 p ni w ° TRAINS SOUTH _, A . Daily •„ 2:f)9 a m li- Daily (except Sunday) 7:14 & m v,s-ie»ly except Sunday !:>:) p ln 51 (O-Paiy. except Sunday 18— Sunday only p tn clover leaf. In effect May 8, 1903. EAST, v . s-Commercial Traveler, dally... 5:85 a m 5®., up i. daily, except Sunday .11 .Wan. ,-i>av Express, dally «-43 p m KSI-Local Freight 1:10am ■ WEST y_pav Express, dally 5:85* m ci 1-Mall, dally, except Sunday ,U;2sa tn ?! S-Con.men-lal Traveler, dally .. 9:19 pm Local Freight 12:05 pm CHICAGO & ERIE. In effect June 14, 1903. WEST. v. 9-Buffalo-Chicago Limited, daily 3:10 a m {ll;—Express, dally ..I:42am 3 J-Ncw York and Chicago Limited ‘ through coach Columbus and Chicago daily 12:38 pm ... ,B—Wells Fargo Express except Monday 6:12 p m So 21-Marlon-Huntlngton Acc'm.. 10:10am EAST V. s—Vestibule Limited for N Y 2:55 a m yfl 21-Marlon and Columbus except Sundav 6:sHam u 0 4—w York and Boston Limited through coaches Columbus and Chicago . . 3:24 p m Ko 10—Buffalo and Chautauqua Lake 9:56 pm So 1 i will not carry baggage. 3 and 4 has through coach Columbus to Chicago.

A P. Beatty is transacting legal business at Fort Wayne. Alex Leßrun made a business trip to Williams last evening. William Roe of Monroe is transacting business in the city. William Russell returned from Salem here he was transacting business. The Ladies Historical Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. A. Lower this evening. .Mi'S Margaret Kenyon returned from Redkey lust, evening where she was visiting with friends. Mrs. Will Lyman will entertain the Rathbone Sisters at her home on Norh Fiftth street this evening. The Masonic lodge will meet tonight at seven o'clock to give the third degree work. All members are requested to be* present. Mi's Loretta Fletcher and Miss Daisy Haines returned to Fort Wayne last evening they having been here giving their dancing lesson.

of What You Wear | IN CLOTHING you want the liest your money can buy. You don’t want "bargain counter" cloth- ■ ing or antiquated neckwear You don’t expect two dollars w liar or a $25.00 ■ Overcoat for $9.99. You expect to pay tor what you get and have a right to expect what you pay for. b OUR OVERCOATS. > *A We have all the latest styles and colors in OverXj. T coats to fit any man's purse, as well as his person, B AfloJßlh a ‘ P r ‘ ces ‘hat w, “ astonish you. Come and see flf JJ/TA I and be convinced. /Ml n BOYS AND YOUTHS OVERCOATS. IflL'jNX k rjL' We have just received a large new assortment of IflJljM I Boys’ and Youth's Overcoats. You should see ■ XvZgMF/jl /■ !ffi'' them before you buy. jgKftm !i SVITS - I A-. ' I Ujf If you want to see a coat that will fit you per- f — U fectly just drop in someday and try on one of ■ "A %• '**; our good Fitting coats and your curiosity will H ■j lllwU'Vi be satisfied. I ? U'flw'tfc I t WARM AND durable. | ■ ' Imk'A/ 'v ee our new Corduroy Suits. If the suit suits ■ ■ _ Y you ‘he price will. I V .fir" I I fr" if you want to begin ■ Mp-' ' To lay away Christmas Presents you should see \ a 'W. our new Smoking Jackets. Bath Robes, Shield w C ''<s& \ ■ wS® Mufflers, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers and other « ■ Christmas Goods too numerous to mention. ■ ■ ” K I REMEMBER we do not trv to nake you believe we will give you TWO or IHREE DOLLARS worth of goods for a dollar, but this we guarantee ■ fi (»E POLLAK S WORTH OF GOODS FOR A DOLLAR | I Loo k where you like but see us before you buy. I I AckeG E_lzey & Vaqce ( (’(truer Eiisl •>! < "’l' l ~Gllse - Decatur. Ind.

Eh Crist is transacing business at Geneva today. John Welier is transacting business at Fort Wayne. ! . E. M. Ray of Berne is transact1 itig business here today. i Frank Cottrell of Berne is transi •R'ting legal business here. i • . <>. Sipe made a business trip to bort Wayne this morning. J. D. Beery Jr, made a business trip to Foi t Wayne this morning. ' Idella Butler returned to Geneva 1 this morning after visiting here for a short time. [ Tom Gause lias accepted a position with Dibble and Meibers and I assumes his duties today. Clayton Murray and funlily arrived las’- evening from Cardwell, Mo. < layton is very sick with consumption. Mrs. Frank Schirmeyer returned from Glendale this morning where she was visiting with her daughter Irene. , Mrs. L. T. Brokaw went to Fort . Wayne last evening to visit for a few days with Mr. and Mrs. D. I Stone. | Bart France returned to Huntington today after making a short visit i with his mother, Mrs. John : France. Mrs. Heuer and daughter returned < last evening from Richmond where . they were visiting for a short time with relatives. < Miss Clark returned to Fort , Wayne this morning. She was here acting in the capacity of nurse for Col. Miller. Mrs. Peterson returned to her home at Fort Wayne last evening after making a short visit here with Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brokaw. i J. C. Kuher and wife [returned to their home at Defiance, O, this morning after visiting hero for a few days wih Dan Sprang and wife. Mrs. “Sammy" Miller returned to her home at Fort Wayne last evening after spending a week > here with her son, Med Miller and ! family. Sister Isadore, formerly Rosa Schurger left for Fon du Lac this j morning after visiting for a short I time with her parents and other relatives.

Julius Haugh is a business caller at Berne today. Tom Gallogly is transacting business at Geneva today. Cal Miller is transacting business at Fort Wayne today. | John Vail is transacting lumber business at Urbana, ()., today. Nick Detro is transacting important business at Geneva today. O. C. Matthowson made a business trip to Fort Wayne this morning. C. D. Porter arrived from Geneva today and will transact business here. Minnie Coffee returned to Monroe this morning to resumo her school duties. The city council will meet in regular session tonight at the council chambers. . Mr. Corson and Mr. Canfield of Lima are transacting business in this city today. * A. Smith returned from Genova this morning where he was doing a job of plumbing. Frank Brown returned to his home at Hoagland last evening after transacting business here. A. Buettle returned to Geneva this morning after a short visit with P. K. Kinney and family. Chris Meyers returned to Geneva this morning after visiting here for a few days with his family. Maggie Moran arrived from Geneva this morning and will visit for a few days with her father here. A. Tubman returned from Cleveland this morning where ho was transacting interurban business. All members of the Bachelor Maids will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow evening to take in the Wizard of Oz. Mrs. H. P. Moses returned to her home at Fort Wayne last evening after visiting here for a few days with Mrs. Moses. Miss Vera Patterson returned from Richmond last evening where she was visiting for a few days with P. W. Smith and family. John Yager an old Decatur who is now employed as private detective on the Erie railroad is in the city today visiting with his sisI ter.

HENSLEY’S — SLAUGHTER SALE

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IIEITE AH.E SOIMC33 OF TVTV miCEH: —— RINGS, 50c to SIO.OO reduced from. .SI.OO to $15.00 $15.50 WATCHES now $12.25 CLOCKS, SI.OO to $lO reduced from $1 50 to $15.00 SIO.OO WATCHES now $ 8.50 WATCHES, reduced 15 per cent, $ 7.50 WATCHES now $ 6.25 which makes my $20.00 Watches now... .$17.00 $ 1.50 WATCHES now § 1,00 Other goods too numerous to mention, but all goes at this sale. You will miss it by waiting. Come early and get the cream. I will lay anv of my goods away for you for Xmas at the prices tqu pay when got at HENSLEY S. NO GOODS GOES OUT WITHOUT THE CASH OR A BANKABLE NOTE AT THESE PRICES. D. /V\. HENSLEY

Otis Jackson ofOhio City is in the city. E. Biggs returned to Williams last evening. A. J. Smith returned from Bluffton last evening. J E. L. Carrol made a business trip to Craigville today. Dan Beery returned from Fort Wayne lust evening. FredJHuffman returned a business trip at Craigville today. Rosa Deßolt returned to her home home at Willshire today. Dick Reed was a business ealler at Willshire last evening. W. S.Steele returned last evening from a business trip at Marion. Miss Smith went to Fort Wayne last evening to transact business. Blanche Porter returned to her home at Bluffton this morning after visiting Miss Edith Porter. The Baptist prayer meeting will be held Wednesday evening at the parsonage instead of the church. Miss Blanche Gaut left last evening for her home at Payne, 0., she was here visiting Mrs, M.P. Burdge.

The Ladies Missionary Society of the Baptist church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Sam Hite at her home on Winchester street. Letters at the postoffice are for Mrs. Crist Phillips, Mrs. John Monrow, Abe Newman, Albert Leper, Mary Kizer, Mrs. Johanna Fitz gerald, Alice Bentz. The funeral party who left for Winchester this afternoon, accompanying the remains of Col. M. B. Miller included Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Knecht. Mr. and Mrs. El lingham and children, Mr. and Mrs Louis Mailand, Miss Ida May and Attorneys ('. J. Lutz, L. C. DeVoss. F. M. Schirmeyer, H. H. Hurruff, | D. N. Erwin and H. B. Heller. A story is told of a young edu- : cated lady near Markle who came into the postoffiee to buy stamps She stepped up to the window and asked for a nickle’s worth of post-' age stamps and in return received two two cent stamps and a one cent stump. On receiving same and staring at the postmaster for a few moments says, ‘‘is that all you get for a nickle,” the postmaster assarted her it wusj and thereupon she refused them saving, “why, when I was visiting in Bluffton I got six for a nickle.” Florida? Yes, I’m going. Well there's something new for you to consider. The Southern Ra Iwiiy in connection with the Queen and Crescent Route will take you down one way, and bring you buck another for a slight advance in the reg ular tourist rate. Low round trip rate’s now in effect to all tourists points in Florida and the south. Good . connection, through sleepers, fine equipment, best of everything. For literature and full particulars, write J. S. McCullough,. N. W. I*. A , 225 Dearborn st.. Chicago, 111., G. B. Allen, A. G. P. A., St. Louis, Mo.

I HAVE just received my holiday stock, and . feel that I have bought too much, and in order to dispose of it, I will offer the entire stock at the greatest slaughter prices that have ever been offered. Now it is easy to say anything in advertising, but it is not so with me, as you can plainly see, by coming and getting my prices and comparing them with prices you get any place, I don’t care where- lam determined to sell, and someone is going to get my bargains. If you don’t get one it is your fault. Come early and I will show you the finest line you ever saw.

Mr. Fox, of Berne, was transacting business in the city today. P. W. Smith returned from a business trip to Fort Wayne today. John Martz has returned to Berne, . after transacting business here. Mr. Larue has returned to Geneva, after attending to business here C. C. Sprunger returned to Berne today, after transacting business here. Miss Hirschy returned to her home today at Berne, after transacting busi uess here. Jim James returned from Fort i Wayne, today, where he was transacting business. W. H. Fledderiohann went to Roseville, Ohio, today, to transact interur > ban business. “JMiss Florence Beavers returned to her home at Peterson after visit- i ing her brother here. |i

- Sl>i < IAI- — HOLIDAY RATES We Will Make 500 Dozen Imperial Photos on Bxlo mountings, at $1.50 - Regular price $3.00 Now avail yourself of the opportunity and get at least one dozen of these beautiful High Grade Photos at HALF PRICE. Special Attention is called to our line of Burnt Wood Novelties, and Framed Pictures, which will be sold at greatly reduced prices. Call early and select your presents and have them laid away. MOSER, Pbotograpfier i 1 i— iiri'ii 11 1 1 .•jn.MtßMaisgaßT nw iiqi 11 1 in a t—m —• -4'. fiff—■'iimßi i uni mi iii ■iiiiiiiirxaaa w MADE IN DECATUR—SOLD IN DECATUR N y —| THE unvarying quality of our Harness makes it the ■ safest Harness to buy. You can buy a set today, one ■ next year and another ten years lienee, and you mil g find the same even, reliable quality in each. The satisfac- I tion which one customer gets is the satisfaction of all. We also carry a full line of Robes, Blankets. Collars, 5 ■ Whips and everything in the Horse Goods lino. When in H doubt call on Kauffman X Smith and lie convinced. ■■ ■ J 11 I ■ — ■■■■»- .»- I ■■■■■MISWIO II ■»»!,«■»■ . . . »•»«». • -«■*. - J KAUFFMAN & SMITH ] ?Jortli H. eoncl Stree t — ■■■i■ii——llllll in if iii tv:;/ -uca. J

J. Rinaker, who was here look ng after business’matters, returned to his home at Berne today. Mrs. Jane Haviland, after transacting business here, returned to her home at Geneva today. Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore, of Bloomfield. Ohio, are in the city, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sprang. Fred Patterson returned to Indianapolis this morning after visiting for a few days with his parents. Mrs. Patrick Bobo and son, arrived today from Chicago and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hart. J. H. Koeing. the interurban man who lost his grip between here and Fort Wayne last week, has offered a reward of S2O for the recovery of same. G. W. Snyder and wife ard Mrs. Henry Wyer of Findly, O. arrive 1 today and will tie the guests ot Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. JI fall for a few da vs.