Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1907 — Page 3

Do You Appreciate Comfort? /t' I know if you do you will di bu y a P a i f °f Ur. A. Reed’s Cushion Sole Shoes. Men’s I' at $500; women’s at $3.50 a ® PM > ®al pair. This Ido know —if we mA;TV' VX'H sell a tustoiner one °f these Mfc* k WEB ?S-I shoes it calls for another pair. Al \ vt' » You can’t sell them an imita'U \ ' I tioii sboe ' We are the sole \i >, agents in the city for the Dr 1} A. Reed’s cushion sole shoe. F. B. Tague’s SHOE STORE

♦+t*++*******T WEATHER. Continued warm and generally fair weather toinght and Saturday. +++*+++♦♦ + + + + ♦ Toledo, St. Louie 4 Western Railroad. East. No. 6. Com. Traveler, daily. 5:22 a.m. No. 2. Daily Mail, ex. Sun. .11:42 a. m. No. 4. Daily Express 7:00 p.m. No. 22. Local Freight 1:25 p.m. West. No. 1. Daily Mail, ex. Sun.. 5:53a.m. No. 3. Daily Express 10:37 a.m. No. 5. Com. Traveler, daily. 9:12 p.m. No. 23. Local Freight 10:37 a.m. FORT WAYNE 4 SPRINGFIELD RY. In Effect February 1, 1907. Decatur —North Ft. Wayne—South 6:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 am. 12:00 noon 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. •« 7:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m. GET WEDDED TO THE MODEL WITHOUT A MATE W. H. LINDSLEY Dr. Beavers went to Ft. Wayne this morning on a business trip. Mrs. Mary Niblick went to Ft. Wayne this morning to visit friends for some time. Carl Schultz, of Portland, arrived in the city this morning to be the guest of friends over Sunday. John Cramer, of Kendallville, arrived in the city this morning to be the genets of his mother for the day. Mrs. McKean and daughters returned this morning from a short visit with friends and relatives at Monroe. Mrs. A. M. McConnehey passed through here today enroute to Bluffton, O, where she will visit her parents for several weeks. Mrs. Laman took her little daughter Naomi to Ft. Wayne this morhing, where she will be given treatment for her ears by a specilaist. Mrs. Louise Kinse and children, of Ft. Wayne, arrived in the city yesterday and they are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wertzberger, in Union township.

ONE MORE DAY as For the Elk display in our south window. If you wear work shoes it will pay you to look into this window to-mor-HHHHS row, read the testimonials we have pasted on the glass, see ]||||||W a list of some of the men who have bought these shoes; ask them how they wear, I sell V Men’s at $3.00. 9 Boys’ at $2.50. Charlie Voglewede The Shoe Seller

Mrs. Scott returned to her home at Geneva yesterday afternoon from a visit with friends here. Red Beam and several others from Willshire came to the city today in an auto for a pleasure trip. Mrs. V. L. Snow returned to her home at Geneva last evening from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wagner. The masons completed their part of the Murray hotel last night, and their job is a very neat one. The tile floor will soon be put in. Miss Bertha Drummond, who has been visiting with her cousin, Mrs. Erman Mentzer, in Bluffton for several days, has returned to the city. The Wemhoff property at the corner of Fourth and Monroe streets has been neatly painted and otherwise fixed up and now presents a very attractive appearance. Judge Erwin and wife, of Decatur, passed through Bluffton last night over the Clover Leaf on their way to the far west to be gone two months. —Bluffton Banner. » Miss Mary Rudy, of Muncie, visited Wednesday with her brother, Adney Rudy, leaving on the evening train for Decatur where she will spend several days with her nephew, A. L. Peck. —Portland Review. Decatur is endeavoring to organize a company of home guards. Just what they want with them is hard to understand, unless their ball team needs protection. Certainly no citizen over that way needs any one to look after him.—Bluffton Banner. P. Poyneer, who was painfully injured yesterday morning in the G. R. & I. yards at Richmond, passed a restless night last night, as his pains were quite severe. According to the physician’s statement, he will be able to resume his work within three or four weeks. Rev. Joseph Egly writes from Phoenix, Arizona, that his family are all well and that they had very delightful weather this spring. Mr. Egly received and accepted a call for gospel work in Los Angeles, California, and moved there with his family last week. —Berne Witness. Wheat harvesting usually begins in this section a few days before the Fourth of July and by that holiday farmers are either in the midst of the harvest or else have finished cutting the grain. A backward season, however, means that none of the grain can be cut by that time and that the middle of the month will see the farmers in the midst of the work.

Today was the longest day in the year and it was a warm one at that. Shaffer Peterson left this morning for Cleveland, Ohio, on legal business. Mrs. H. G. Thomas passed through here today enroute to her home at Bryant. Jeff Lobeinstein went to Monroe this afternoon to visit his parents for some time. John Stoneburner and daughter Louva went to Geneva this afternoon for a visit. G. W. Dull will go to Willshire tonight to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dull for a short time. Miss Sprunger, of Berne, who has been visiting Miss Florence Sprunger in this city for some time, returned to her home yesterday afternoon. E. F. Oliver, of Bluffton, passed through the city today enroute to Monroe, where he will visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Oliver, Mrs. Merryman Hubachek and her sons, Harold and Herbert, of Minneapolis, Minn., are visiting Mr. L. Cherryhohnes on north Seventh street. C. E. Hamilton, of Michigantown, has arrived in the city to accept the position of night operator at the Clover Leaf railroad He will stay here permanently. C. F. Pierce who has been acting in the capacity of night operator at the Clover Leaf for some time was sent to Lerua this morning to act as operator at that place. There is surely joy and gladness in a man’s heart when he will get out of bed at 2 o’clock in the morning and go over to the city lighting plant with an arm full of cigars as did Ed Bultemier this morning and with a loud voice he said it was a boy. Many thanks, Ed, call again. Tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock is when Joseph Murphy will have his trial before Squire Joel Liddy for plowing up the church yard on his farm northeast of Berne. The trustees of said church have sued him for trespass and damage. The case will likely go to the circuit court. —Berne Witness. Our little city is being overrun this spring with dead-beats, cripples and plain every day bums. It is true that some are needy, but there is a place for the needy where they can be properly taken care of. There should be the proper steps taken to stop this nuisance to our citizens as most of the characters if you don’t give them what they ask for give you in return almost invariably an insulting remark. Dan Lanigan, Fred Plessinger and Frank Stafford will leave this city in a covered wagon drawn by a team of mules belonging to the latter and will spend the summer somewhere in northern Indiana or southern Michigan. The wagon will be equipped with all cooking and camp utensils and conveniences and stocked with a hundred days’ rations for three. The start will be made from the Smoke House promptly at 7 o'clock. —Bluffton Banner. Developments at the Bass strike have been slow during the past fewdays with the exception of about forty new arrivals since Saturday last there has been nothing of special interest. 1$ had been expected that several of the strikers would have returned to work; in fact one of them had applied for and received a position, promising to return to work the next morning, but according to the officials of the foundry, was dissuaded by the strikers. —Journal-Gazette. An exchange says: The question of what the Indiana state seal stands for was being discussed the other day. The particular significance of the rising sun, the woodman wielding his ax and the buffalo scampering away as if affrighted, were made subjects of extended speculation. Finally one man gave an explanation that seemed to satisfy everybody. “It is not original with me,” said he. “I got it from the editor of of a two by four handpress paper in the country village down in my part of Indiana. ‘The meaning of the seal,’ said this editor, ‘is that you have to get up darned early in the morning if you want to catch a buffalo asleep and kill him by chopping down a tree and making it fall on him.’ ” A party of Richmond men. including Henry C. Starr, Daniel G. Reid ’and Everett Lemon, have formed a million dollar company for the creosoting of railroad ties. The concern, which is to be known as the American Creosoting company, has been incorporated in the state of Illinois, and its general offices will be in Chicago. Much experimenting has been done by the Pennsylvania railroad company at Shirley, Ind., with creosoting railroad ties and the results have been so satisfactory that they have led the Richmond men to form a company for the purpose. A large part of the company’s output will be used by the Rock Island, C„ C. & L. and Wisconsin Central railroads, in which companies Messrs. Reid and Starr are interested. —Hartford City News.

Dr. D. D. Clark was a business caller at Ft. Wayne today. S. W. Hale, of Geneva, was a business caller to our city today. John Schug made a business trip to Berne this afternoon. O. N. Snelling made a business trip to Geneva this afternoon. Joo Engle of Berne, came to the city this morning to remain here for two days on a visit Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Nidlinger went to Union City this afternoon to visit D. W. Brown and family. Just received a car load of washed nut coal. The very best for cook stove and range. J. D. Hale. 151-12 t Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas, of Bryant who has been visiting friends in the city, returned to their home this afternoon. James Artman has accepted a position at the Coffee and Rinehart restaurant and he assumed duties this morning. Miss Etta Mallonee returned this morning from Montpelier, where she has been attending the Epworth league convention. Miss Anna Carlisle will return to her home at Cincinnati, 0., tomorrow after spending a month with her sister Mrs. George Flanders. Jesse Leßrun is in the city on a vacation. He has been working at Huntington jointing staves. He will return to Huntington and resume his duties next Monday. Joseph McFarland, who has been slightly under the weather for several weeks past, has fully recovered and has resumed his work at his barber shop in the west end. The provision of the shippers law requiring the railroads of the state to keep a uniform order book at all stations for registering all orders for cars and all deliveries of cars will go into effect Monday. A fight occurred this morning out by the G. R. & I. railroad between two fellows who were supposed to be tramps. One of the men had a wooden leg, but he seemed to be some handy with his crutch according to reports from standers by. The old fashioned picnic to be held Sunday at the Fuelling church will no doubt attract a number of Decatur people who enjoy festivities of this description. Everything has been arranged for the pleasure of their guests and a fine time is assured those who attend. If you have nothing else to do go out and enjoy a day with these people. War has been declared between the railroads running out of Pittsburg to Chicago and the Vanderbilt system at present holds the lead. There will most likely be a tightening up of schedules very shortly as the Pennsylvania lines, in order to hold their prestige, will have to cut off twenty minutes of their running time between Pittsburg and Chicago, and as the road has now about all it can carry in the way of speed, trouble is in view. Thousands of dollars in prizes will be awarded this year by the Pennsylvania railroad to track supervisors having the best tracks on the lines, both east and west of Pittsburg. Competition for these prizes has been keen. The prizes will be awarded in Pittsburg by W. W. Attenbury, general managler, after completing his annual inspection. Last year the Pennsylvania lines east awarded $4,000 in prizes to the supervisors, and a similar amount was distributed among the supervisors west. The crops of peaches native plums and apples will be much better than was expected, according to the fruit growers of the county, who have examined their orchards since the beginning of warm weather. One man said his peach trees would bear about a half bushel apiece, if nothing happened to kill the fruit that survived the frosts. The apple trees are in much better condition than was expected. Japanese plums and cherries are all killed. A water spout between Cayuga and Humrick, Ind., on the Clover Leaf Wednesday evening delayed No. 4 in coming to Delphos two hours and twenty-five minutes. This did away with a special which it was intended to run east as far as Malinta to take delegates to the Fireman’s convention to their homes. They boarded the belated regular.—Delphos Herald. P. J. Hyland has a force of men at work at the John Cowan home near Pleasant Mills putting in a large plumbing contract. The state railroad commission, in a ruling handed down today, decided to notify all the roads in the state at once that they must obey all of the laws passed by the last legislature referring to the running and management of trains. The commission also decided that in the future the railroads must not only obey the laws, but that they must do so promptly. It is claimed that many roads in the state have evaded he laws passed by the legislature and it is the Intention of the railroad commission to begin prosecutions against these.

The Kind of a Change that Ever Happened to Any Mlagazine Has Happened This Kfionth to THE SCRAP BGDK THE SCRAP BOOK for July is Issued in two sections—two complete magazines, each with Its own cover and its own table of contents. One of these sections is an ALLILLUSTRATED magazine; the other is an RLL-FICTION magazine. Each is a mammoth magazine in itself. The one presents an overwhelming array of human Interest articles and Illustrations; the other an enormous tonnage of fiction—l6o pages of absorbing stories. Ten years ago I created a new type of magazine—the ALL-FICTION magazine. Now lam creating another distinct type—the ALL-ILLUSTRATED magazine. This is the age of specialization. The conventional magazine, with its smattering of illustrations and its smattering of fiction and its smattering of special articles, doesn’t contain enough of anyone thing to make it satisfying. The ALL-BICTION magazine and the ALL-ILLUSTRA FED magazine, joined together as a unit, strengthen each other, and make something really big and forceful and convincing. The Only Way to Know a Thing- is to Try It The two-section magazine idea is brand-new to the world. It is not quite new with me, however, as I have given it, at odd times, four or five vears of thought. It first came into my mind in response to a desire to couple, in some way. the strength of the all-fiction magazine with the illustrated features of the conventional magazine. It has been a difficult problem to work out. Now that the idea is perfected, I wish to see what there is in it. It looks to me to be very good, but the only way to know a thing is to try it. Two Magazines for a Quarter— Easy Money The price of this two-part magazine is twenty-five cents, which is equal to twelve and one-half cents a magazine. Most magazines which were selling at ten cents have been advanced to fifteen cents. THE SCRAP BOOK in two parts means two magazines for twenty-five cents against thirty cents for two fifteen cent magazines. Now Ready on all News-stands FRANK A. MUNSEY, - - - New York

Burt Nichols, of Jackscjp, Mich., was a business caller to our city today. C, E. Smith returned to his home at Richmond this afternoon from a business trip to this city. Third street between Madison and Monroe was plowed up today and it will be ready for paving soon. With the present warm weather work on the Madison and Third street improvements goes merrily along. The Kokomo-Sharpsville aggregation will leave this evening for Kokomo, where they will play Saturday and Sunday against Bluffton. The team is composed of a list of perfect gentlemen. both on and off the field and would be welcomed to our midst soon again. The interurban people have consented to put on the every hour and a half schedule Sundav for the benefit of the fans desiring to attend the ball game at Ft. Wayne. With this mode of travel and accommodations the fans from this city should turn out in force and root to beat the band for the locals. All arrangements for the teachers commencement to be held tomorrow at Steele's park providing the day is nice, otherwise to be held at the opera 'house, Have been cqmplieted and a large crowd of teachers and outside people are expected to be present by Professor Opliger. A neat program has been arranged and everything will be called promptly on time. A letter received yesterday from Ft. Wayne states that John B. Miller has been suffering from an attack of smallpox for over a week stating that he was somewhat improved and was apparently out of danger, and it was anticipated that the quarantine would be lifted some time next week. This will prove encouraging news to his many friends in this city. John Wingate, state tax commissioner, was the victim of an accident at Logansport, which it is hoped may not prove serious. He was stopping at the Barnett hotel and had stepped to the elevator to go upstairs to his room. The elevator door was open and he confidently walked in, but the elevator was on the floor above, and Mr. Wingate fell to the basement, a distance of some twelve feet Both his back and ankle were severely strained and he had to be carried to his room. —Frankfort Crescent. J. F. Knepper, who formerly lived in Jefferson township where he owned 240 acres of land, returned last week from Los Angeles, California, after an extended trip through southern, northern and western states and into the Pacific islands. He was twice hurt in railroad wrecks, and both times taken to a hospital for treatment. One time a man sitting in front of him was killed outright, and he himself received several cuts in his head. He carries many souvenirs with him that he gathered at various distant places which he visited. Mr. Knepper is an elderly man, still single, and does much good by getting religious tracts printed and distributing them free of charge.—Berne Witness.

TO SEPARATE AND WEIGH MAILS Another Duty Assigned Postoffice Employes. Commencing with the first of July another strenuous duty is to be imposed upon the postoffice force, for beginning with that date all mail must be separated into its respective classes, first, second, third and fourth, and weighed. Heretofore all the weighing that has been done in the office has been the weighing of newspapers. The purpose of the order i is not stated, but it is surmised it is to be used as a check on the railways where the mail is weighed or else to better enable the department to figure on the problem of handling the mails. Sometime during the six months, the time not having been announced, every piece of mail must be counted for thirty days. Whatever the purpose of the department, it will make much additional work for the local force of postoffice clerks. o An erroneous report has been circulated that preparations are being made to celebrate the Fourth of July in this city by a big display of fireworks in the evening of that day and that there was yet in the treasury a sum of SBS and this wrauld be expended in the purchase of the display. The truth of the matter is that there will be nothing of the kind this year and the treasury of the committee of last year is entirely void of funds. The SBS spoken of was given to the husband of the lady who was fatally injured here last Fourth. In view of that depressing accident few citizens would think of a celebration within such a short time —Bluffton Banner. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kuebler, of Detroit, arrived in city Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller, o£.Marshal street. While here they attended the Nix wedding. They also have many relatives and friends whom they will visit on their stay which will be for a week. The many friends of Mrs. Kuebler will be remembered as Miss Ella Miller, who has made ■her home in Detroit for some years. Mr. and Mrs. George Steele are the proud parents of a baby girl that made its appearance last Tuesday night. Mother and babe are doing well. The hopes of State Secretary Halpenny and others who predicted great things for the annual convention of the State Sunday School association, in session at Kokomo, are being realized, and the 1.000 out of town people expected are now in attendance. This is, all those in a position to say, the greatest convention ever held by the association, not only in point of attendance, but as regards the excellence <sf the program, the entertainment of the visitors and the general interest shown. Its benefit to the Sunday schools of the state can hardly be overstated. J. F. Mondy, representing the International Correspondence schools of Scranton, Pa., went to Geneva this afternoon on business.

The New Electric Theatre Admission 5 Cents. Program for Friday. Entire change for Saturday. A Carman in Danger. An Unskilled Skater. Proceeded by illustrated song. A new up to date film and will please all, just for tonight only. KEMP & JAMES, Proprietors. To Co Corbett SELLS | ••jfjyoa wouldchoost a friend, | tjo choose your stationery." » I Wc sell and recommend ojs « the latest /ft. and best stationery made. ■ ■ Shall ** pl ea9ed te show you samples at anytime, and help you in your selection. SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES via CLOVER LEAF ROUTE. CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, N. Y. Special excursions, July 5 and 26. NORFOLK, VA. Jamestown Exposition. Very low rates. Tickets on sale, April 16th to Nov. 30th. PHILADELPHIA, PA. B. P. O. E. Tickets on sale July 12, 13 and 14. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. Triennial Conclave K. T. Tickets on sale July 5, 6 and 7. SEATTLE, WASH. I. O. G. T. AND CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. Tickets on sale June 19th to July 12 th. SPOKANE, WASH. BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLES’ UNION. Tickets on sale, June 19th to July 12th. SUMMER TOURIST RATfiS to all the popular resorts; tickets on sale June Ist. For rates apply to nearest Clover Leaf Agent or address W. L. ROSS, Genral Passenger Agent, Toledo, Ohio. FOR SALE —Three O. I. C. male hogs for sale, two of them fit for service. Pedigrees furnished. P. B. Dykeman, R. R. No. 12, box 66. 250-6 t