Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 December 1908 — Page 5

ou -?W3cxggaaix-.-:drt AliU ■M^KHHHMMHaMBG^^&aBBKSaSBK We have now completed our stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Etc., and have a full ; line of Cigars, Tobaccos, Tablets, Etc. Prescriptions and Family Recipes a specialty. Purity of Drugs, Chemicals, Etc., and accurate compounding guaranteed. We solicit your patronage. ^alkerton pharmacy A. S- BLAINE, Prop, wnrinnnnr^^ :LOCAL NEWS| ° " —j: o Happenings; of Walkerton and Vicinity ° Told in Brief Paragraphs o mnnmnnnnr^^ Wear “Reiss” hats. The beet lunch in town at Shirley's restaurant. Try our steam baked bread. Everybody likes it. At Shirley’s. The next number of the lecture course will be the Potters at the opera house December 12. Sale of seats open at the Central Drug Store next Saturday. Dr. William Hildebrand, veterinary surgecn, of LaPaz, was in town Thursday and reports a great deal of sickness among horses in this and adjoining counties.

SIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXZ § —a § — HUDELMYER’S J | OPERA HOUSE | Q M. S. WOLFE, Manager A 8 Russell's United 8 | COMEDY CO. | Q PRESENTING Q X An Up-to-Date Company of Artists X Q Saturday Evening Q o December 5 8 Q Prices 20c and 30c Reserved Seats !0c Extra Q ^xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm

NEWMAN S-WILLIAM 11 Everything Altered I Out-of-Town Customers “The Style Shop for Women g uarantee ^ | 123 South Michigan Street SOUTH BEND, INDIANA _______ _ I CUT PRICE SALE N 0.31 Cbe Greatest Uaiue Giving Sale of moments ReadHo=Uiear | Hpparel Ever Reid in South Bend I Women’s Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Waists and Millinery, Corsets and Gloves to be sold at prices that are bound to make J I things hum in this store. The results of our past “Cut-Price” Sales proved that women consider them sales of importance and extraordinary advantage to them, and this sale coming just at a time when the m I wasmer garments is most apparent, will convince even the most skeptical buyer that no other store has ever dared to offer such bargains. Early customers will naturally get the best b<r I REMEMBER, WE DO NOT EXAGGERATE VALUES

Buy "Reiss” shoes. See our prices for raw furs in this ' paper before you sell. W. B. Apple, I Walkerton, Ind. j A box social will be given at the Three ! Oaks school on the Quinn road Satur- 1 day evening, December 5. Everybody | come. Ward Wisenbaugh, Teacher. Mrs. L. E, Dial has moved her mil- . linery store into the Dougherty room, one door south of the Independent * I office. The room has been overhauled and improved. After you nave used Plymouth steam baked bread, try home made bread i baked in a good brick oven. At Smith’s Bakery and Restaurant. We will let । our goods do the talking. DeWitt’s Carbolized ‘Witch Hazel Salve has many imitators. There is one original, and the name DeWitt is on ! every box. Beet salve for burns, scratches and hurts. It is especially good for piles. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store. Just a little Cascasweet is all that is necessary to give your baby when it is cross and peevish. Cascasweet con- , tains no opiates nor harmful drugs and is highly recommended by mothers everywhere. Conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store. Public Sales Benjamin Bunton will hold a public sale at his farm, two miles east and onefourth mile north of Mill Creek, at 10 a. m., Thursday, December 10. The following property will be sold: Eight head of horses, 40 head of cattle, 50 head of full blood Poland China hogs, 17 head of Shropshire sheep, farming implements, clover and marsh hay in stack, corn in shock and many other articles. A credit of 12 months will be given on all sums over $5 without in terest if paid when due. Five per cent off for cash. bTholser ® co. We are in the market at all times for all kinds of grain and seeds. We wholesale and retail all kinds of grain am 1 seeds, Perfection flour, Sleepy Eye flou,, new buckwheat flour, bolted corn meal, bran, middlings, chopped feed, Buffalo gluten feed, oil meal, cracked corn, chick feed, Michigan barrel salt, lump salt. Feed grinding given prompt attention B. I. HOLSER® CO.

' ail HIM IW j PERSONAL... I Mrs Bert Apple was at South Bend Saturday. Mies Hattie Reed visited in Gary last Tuesday. Mieses Mabel and Anna Conrad were at South Bend Saturday. Mise Agnes Quirk of Gas City visited at home over Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ball have been visiting with relatives at Mansfield, O. Samuel Hudelmyer was the guest of relatives at South Bend over Sunday. Roy Keesey of Chicago spent Thankegiving with hie parents, Rev. and Mrs J. T. Keesey. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Harden were guests of friends in Chicago on Thanksgiving day. Orr Granger of South Bend was in town Wednesday while on a business trip to Bremen. Mrs. Ina Hudelmyer and daughter, Gladys, were guests of relatives at South Bend over Sunday. Miss Beatrice Wolfe came home from South Bend last week and expects to remain here during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. John Schwartz spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rose at Michigan City. The Misses Elizabeth Mease and Inez McDowell of Goshen visited over Thanks giving with Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Bel linger. Mise Hazel Ake came home Thursday from South Bend to spend Thanksgiv ing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Ake. Mies Edna Witte of Test, Ind., was the Thanksgiving guest of Mrs. Cooper. Miss Witte is an efficient teacher in the public schools of Test. S. W. Gose of Indianapolis was in town Saturday while enroute home from Sonth Bend where he was looking after insurance business. Mrs. Maude Cornick (nee Mise Maude McGogy) of Norfolk, Va., has been visiting in town for several dajs with T J. Wolfe and family and other relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs. Andrew Cunningham ! of this place have just returned from a protracted visit with her daughter, Mrs George Ultz, of Burr Oak, Michigan. ■ , - - - ■ I THE DEATH RECORD. Evans. Walter Evans, eon of William and An na Evans Wadkins, was born in LaPorte county, Indiana, March 8, 1893, and died November 29, 1908, aged 15 years, 8 months and 21 days. He leaves to mourn a father, mother, two sisters and | one brother, and many friends. He will! ?«+■•—"tf-hy TlTs loved ones, but most by bis mother, to whom he was a great help and comfort. Hie funeral was held in the United Brethren church Tuesday and a large congregation was assembled. The sermon was preached by Rev. J. T. Keesey. I'he burial was held at the Williams cemetery. J, T. K. ‘Cripe. Verne Isaac Cripe was born Septem her 12, 1891, and died November 29, 1908, aged 14 years, 3 months and 17 days. He is said to have always been a well disposed boy, popular with hie comrades and bright and studious at school. Some four or live years ago, in response to an invitation given by the pastor of the United Brethren church, he, with others, went forward to the altar of prayer thus indicating his purpose to confess hie sins and to be a Christian. He was for several years a member of the Pres byterian Sunday school, and always well behaved and regular in attendance, having received two bibles as a reward for regular attendance, and was expect ing in a few weeks to receive from the school a silver pin which was promised to all who would attend every Sunday for a period of six months. Nearly

■ ~,■ N,,, . —- year ago, when the Presbyterian Chris- ; tian Endeavor Society was reorganized, ! he became a member and signed the following pledge: * "Trusting in the Lord, Jee-us Christ, for strength, 1 promise him that 1 will strive to do whatever he would have me do. 1 will make it the rule of my life to pray and read the bible, to support the work and worship of the church, and to take my part in the meetings and other activities of this society; these things I will do unless hindered by conscientious reasons, and in them I will seek the (Savior’s guidance.” C. 11. K. Lampson. Charles E, Lampson died at his home in this place Monday evening of meningitis and complications, the result of a e erious injury received several months ago in an accident. Mr. Lampson was born in Walkerton March 16, 1874, being in his 35th year at the time of hie death. Theldeceaeed was an industrious and respected citizen. He was married to Mise Ai|na Clark in March, 1903. The widow ind three small children, a father and mother, four brothers and tvo sisters, sire left to mourn his death. The funeral services were held at the Methodist cljurch Wednesday forenoon and were conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. S JEteady. ’“The remains were laid to rest in the Wiliams cemetery. NEWS OFTHE CHURCHES. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Junior League at 2 p. m. Epworth League at 6 p. m. Thursday prayer meeting at 7 p. m. The choir will meet for practice on ! Friday evening at 7:30. Miss Jnha Platt will lead the League Sunday evening. The subject is, "The i Gain of Being Sure of Salvation.” The sermon for Sunday morning is on, “How to Have a Revival.” G. S. Reedy, Pastor. UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. Walkerton Church—Sunday school--9:30 a. m.; Y. P. C. U., 6:30 p. m.; preaching at 7 p. m. Preaching at the Island church at 2 p. m. Ladies’ Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. B. B. Williams. Preaching at Walkerton church at 10:30 a. m followed by Communion. John T. Keesey, Pastor. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 6:00 p. m. Bible study class every Friday evening at 7 o'clock. The Bible Study class will meet dur ing December at the Methodist church. Preaching evert Sunday at 10:30 a. m । and 7p. m. „ cv-^ Thurs miy evening at-7~0 C^iyu^ACQEE, Pastor. William J. W^lfe Lake Andes, South Dakota, and his sister, Mrs. Mag gie B Chapman, of Poe, Ind., have bought S. J. Nicoles’ property in the west part of town and intend to move to Walkerton and make their home here. Both were former residents of this place. Ths price paid for the property was 11,500. Jesse A. Shull, a young farmer living near Nappanee, while attempting to board a moving freight train at LaPaz Junction Wednesday of last week was run over by the train and almost instantly killed. He had just returned from Michigan and was on his way home. Not caring to wait until evening to take the milk train he attempted to j board a freight train at noon for his home at Nappanee to spend Thanks giving with hie folks. — ' Shoe Repairing. All kinds of shoe repairing neatly and 3 promptly done by Samuel Blocksom ‘ next to Independent. Bring in those old shoes and have them made as good as new.

I SUITS so OVERCOATS I I ■ I For the Next Thirty Days your sssss 3 will do Triple Duty at Our Store | X.. . , $ J /\UR 15-store buying ability enabled us (because we could use them all 0 J I ■ to get bold of the entire overstock of one of the best manufacturers in the country at a great bargain. The goods are on sale now. Come ) and see us; it’s worth your while. t ce nn?‘;' L £7 ein w ^ L BU T~n s "“i X ♦ db.UU Sul ? a - m’ er L VIIUU coats, fancy AI II and Overcoats all wool T WWiWW C oats in black worsteds, fine caesimeree, beav- and a yard wide, beau- kJ and fancies, well made very kerseys, etc., which sell tiful patterns, well made,which I A durable and easily worth $b 50 anywhere for $lO 00 seL everywhere at sl2 and sls. y : i !We Save You Money on Children’s Suits and * Overcoats, show the very Latest Patterns and * ♦ a large assortment. 50 cents QI Est ? | upto . OfiwU * • X Z Chon WILL BUY—Suits A WILL BUY — Suite WILL BUY —Suits JkXjj aQ d Overcoats, the A JklJI and Overcoats in all and Overcoats, Im- WfcW like of which is not ® !^®^^Jthe prevailing shades ported Cloth, swell found in the average clothing & and shapes, hand-made, full of garments, latest styles; others store. They are superior in snap; they are worth $lB. get S2O to $25 for no better. style, fit, cloth and workman- W ship to tailor made. Great values A I | We want you to see our Shoes; one profit from the * ! hide to you. Our personal guarantee v • goes with every pair. £ X Men s Heavy Arctics, sl.lO £ !We offer you a chance to buy merchandise which does not present itself every day. It’s up to you. ! Guss Reiss & Company | WALKERTON, IND. | M am am x a o n •

WANTS, FOR SALE, FOR RENT, Etc I WANTED.—Man to represent us in your locality taking orders for our fruit and ornamental trees. Steady work. Good pay. For terms address C. S. Pickett & Son, Clyde, Ohio. FOR SALE—Plymouth Rock Cockrels and Duroc Jersey male pigs. W. W. Place. FOR SALE —20 swarms of bees at $3 a I stand complete. Wm. Sawyer. _ _— __ — FOR SALE—About ten tons of clover and timothy hay. Inquire of Mrs | 1 Allie Sheaks. , ; । FOR SALE—One good cow with calf by side. Daniel C. Swartz. I FOR SALE—Some good ewes. 1. E Skinner, Route G FOR SALE—A fresh cow. L. A. ' Schmeltz. ! I FOR RENT.—Good farm of 255 acres situated three miles from Walkerton. Slick & Curtis. FOR SALE—White oak fence posts. 1 Enquire of C. H. Beechgood. ii — — 0 I FOR SALE.—A reclining baby cab in j good order. Call at Independent i office.

WALKERTON MARKETS. Corrected Every Friday. Eggs 28 Butler 22 Lard 10 Green Hides 6 to 7 Potatoes 70 j Timothy Seed 2.25 Clover Seed §4.80 ; Wheat, No. 2 100 Oats (white) 45 I Rye, No. 2, 56 lbs. test 65 ■ Corn,sound, 100 lbs, new 78 I Beans, hand picked 2.00 i Onions, bushel 50 Chickens, old 7% : Turkeys 10 to 12 ■ Ducks 8% | Fat Cattle, per cwt §3.50@4 00 1 Stock cattle, “ “ 3.00 | Cows, *• “ 3.00 I Calves, “ “ 5.00 | Hogs “ " §5.00 to 5.75 Sheep, “ “ 3.50 Lambs §3 50 to 4.50 CAI ECMAM WANTED. One good dALrdmAH hustler to take orders for our goods in your own county. Full line of Ornamental and Fruit Trees. Ex perience unnecessary. Write for spe oial terms. Rochester Nurseries, Rochester. N. Y. Soothes itching skin, Heals cuts or i burns without a scar. Cures piles, ec- ’ zema, salt rheum, any itching, Doan’s Ointment. Your druggist sells it.

Emi ' U juwi m W I T II VS We will look carefully after your banking interests and treat you with every courtesy and consideration. Our methods are thorough and conservative, our resources abundant, our facilities ample, and our stability and trustworthiness beyond question. Why not open a Bank Account? Do It Now! We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Deposits. The State Bank of Walkerton