Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier 15.00 Per month, b ymall 25 cents Per year, by mail 32.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decauir Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. SKIDDO TO LOW MARKETS At present Decatur markets compare favorably with those of surrounding towns, and if they will continue and the market trust will be as ingenious to keep them close to the top as they have in times past to keep them close to the bottom, Decatur's business will be unrivaled during this fall. If there is one thing above another that a farmer or a farmer’s wife knows completely, it is the market price of produce. You cannot fool them for a minute. Decatur has already lost enough business to satisfy the most skeptical, and future attempts by the market trust should be tabooed. The many miles of improved macadam roads and an interurban should increase the business of Decatur merchants. It will only on one condition. Our markets must be right and our merchants will have to get into the limelight. Otherwise, Decatur will lose trade and lots of it.

AUGUST 20,’07 We will begin to mail Statements to those owing Subscription Accounts to the DAILY AND WEEKLY DEMOCRAT Any of our subscribers adverse to receiving statements should settle their subscriptions before AUG. 20 Either call at the office or mail a bank draft, check or postoffice money order. ADDRESS DEMOCRAT DECATUR. IND.

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON Senator Hawkins is a rich banker of Portland who wants the republican nomination for congress. He has a press bureau which is just attacking Jay county Democrats, and especially Congressman Adair, whom he regards in his way. Later he will turn his mud press batteries on Messrs. Toner, McClure and Vestal, Cromer and all other congressional aspirants. His press bureau is for the extermiantlon of republican opponents. His attacks on Mr. Adair are i merely to get it in sharp running or- • der. The senator’s press bureau will unhorse him. It is evidence of cer- ■ tain defeat. It puts him on the defensive. It is absolute evidence that a few wild darts from this paper has already pierced his “tough bull hide.’’ He cannot stand the lash, and the re- ' publican editors are already laughing at the enjoyment of picking his carcass. The republican editors in the district are for Editor Toner. Even the Jay county republican editors are ' against Senator Hawkins and for Mr. Toner. He had better use his press bureau on the republican newspaper men. The little ’ skinnings” the Sen--1 ator has already received is not a i circumstance to the hide peelings he will get when the campaign opens. He is entirely too sensitive to run for congress in this Eighth district and < his press bureau will not haveSkpy more effect on Mr. Adair’s congress- ■ ional career than a gnat biting an elephant. Mr. Adair can beat Mr. Hawkins j ■worse than he beat Mr. Cromer. The fact is Mr. Adair can win over any republican factionist—but with Hawkins it would be a walkaway.—Anderson News. A thirteen year old Chicago girl has cut off her long golden hair, donned a suit of her brother’s clothes and disappeared from home because she was compelled to take piano lessons. Fond of outdoor sports, and ; detesting the long hours of practice, she finally in desperation ran away to escape them. It would seem that

when parents had arrived at an age to have children of thirteen, they would also have learned by stern experience the futility of trying to force a child to become a musician. There are scores of useful and entertaining things this little girl might have learned, at no greater expense than the piano, which she doubtless would have enjoyed, and which would not have deprived her of her happy outdoor life. True muslciains are born, not made, and there are altogether too many of the forced variety now.— South Bend Times. After the spectacular effect of fining the Standard Oil Trust nearly thirty millions of dollars has subsided it may be well to investigate what advantage the public will gain even if the trust eventually has to pay the full amount. John D. Rockefeller is reported to have said that “Judge Landis will be dead a long time before this fine is paiJ. In fact many things will happen before that.” But suppose the chief trust magnate is not a good prophet and in the course of a year the circuit and supreme court decided that the enormous fine is legal and must be paid. Where will the money come from but from the profits on oil, and it is not quite probable that a cent or two more a gallon will be charged the public, so that the trust's stockholders can still be paid their 40 per cent dividend. In the mean time nobody goes to jail.— Frankfort Crescent. At Michigan City the other day, J. Kirby Risk, of Lafayette announced officially his candidacy for the chairmanship of the Indiana state democratic central committee, to succeed William H. O'Brien, of Lawrenceburg. COURT HOUSE NEWS Not Much Doing This Hot Day

TWO MACADAM ROAD SALES James O'Neal Admitted to Eastern Insane Hospital—The County Institute. The sale of the Fred Blomberg macadam road in Preble township, and the C. E. Bollinger extension four in Monroe township, will occur at the room of the board of commissioners on September 6. A permit was received for the admission of James O’Neal to the Eastern Insane Hospital. Sheriff Meyers will take the new inmate to Richmond tomorrow and it is hoped that treatment will prove beneficial. Superintendent Opliger now has all arrangements complete for the county institute, which begins in the lecture room of the Methodist church next Monday morning. The program has been generally and most favorably commented upon and a pleasant and profitable week is expected. o - - ■ EXPRESSION OF THANKS. At the session of the M. E. Sunday school last Sunday by a unanimous rising vote of the school the following vote of thanks was passed: Appreciation of the picnic of the Sundayschool and friends held at the Robison Park, Ft. Wayne, Ind., on August Bth. First, We thank Almighty God for giving us such a lovely day, such a charming country over which to ride, such a beautiful park in which to hold our picnic, such a Sunday school superintendent and efficient committees, and such warm hearted interurban management. Second. We thank our worthy superintendent, John W. Vail, and his excellent assistants; we thank Mr. W. H. Fledderpohann and his corps of officers for the pleasure and enjoyment of the day which their provision and carefulness made possible. A copy of resolution passed by M. E. Sunday school August 11, 190". By order of Secretary. ———c Mrs. Frank Robinson will leave Monday for a trip through the west and northvlesf. She wjll visit her husband, who is in the state of Oregon near Lake View, employed as engineer with the Harriman nailroad lines. The trip will take her through twelve states. Her daughters will make their home in this city during her absence.—Bluffton News.

TIED FOR FIRST Won Two Last Games From the Quakers LOCALS PLAYING GREAT BALL A Letter from Humpty Pierce—Richmond Plays Here Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. STANDING. Played. Won. Lost. Pct Decatur 13 8 5 .615 Richmond 13 8 5 .615 Portland 14 8 6 .571 Kokomo 14 6 8 .429 Bluffton 12 5 7 417 Van Wert 14 5 9 .357 SATURDAY S GAME. I will drop you a few lines to tell you I have a hard time getting the box score. The official scorer is a joke. He gave us 28 put outs and Richmond 26. He gave us three errors and the others eight. We did not have any and the others about four. Witham got two three base hits and only credited him with one. Nicholas Winger got a hit. but this big jing did not give it to him. If we had any errors I will give up. You do not get a hit here unless it is clean cut. Well, Bones, fix this up and old Wallace got two hits. The reason he only gave Walace one hit was because he hit a line drive and it hit Weber going to second. Well, tell the boys around the stem we are going some. Not a man struck out on either side. I claim Rasty and I are both cripples, but I guess we have got to keep pegging. Fix this box score according to this letter, for it is nearer right than the book. Nicholas Winger is going out auto riding with the mayors daughter; Laxon, the cutest little southpaw, in the world, arrived here today. Keep your eyes on him girls, when we reach Decatur. Weber is love sick, and says he is checked off. Bums is holding hand with the cook. Oscar Way is dropping all his nichels in the pianola. John Cullen is a singer with out birdseed; Wallace is looking younger since he got shaved. Knapp and Engle are tied on devouring the most vituals. You will not know Humpty, for he is having his hump turned around. Hoping we will meet you all bye and bye. Humpty. Behringer has got that same old walk and tell the fans he cannot change it.

Decatu r. Name. AB R H PO A E Behringer, 2b.. 5 11 5 1 0 Cullen, 3b .... 4 0 1 0 5 0 Pierce, cf .5 1 2 11 1 Burns, If 4 0 1 4 0 0 Weber, lb .... 4 0 0 13 1 0 Wallace, ss .. 5 1 2 2 2 0 Witham, rs ... 3 2 2 1 0 1 Winger, c .... 3 I'l 11 0 Alberts, p .... 4 11 0 5 0 Totals 37 7 11 27 16 2 Richmond. Name. AB R H PO A E Ritter, cf 5 11 0 0 0 Cameron, lb .. 2 11 13 0 2 Weaver, rs ... 4 2 2 1 0 0 M-rris, ss .... 3 0 0 2 4 0 Jessup, c .... 4 1 0 0 0 0 Wiltermood, If. 3 0 0 4 0 2 Mintzler, 2b .. 4 0 0 2 4 0 Fisher, 3b .... 4 0 1 4 3 3 Conner, p .... 3 0 1 0 3 1 Totals 32 5 6 26 14 8 Summary— Three base hits —Alberts, Witham 2, Sacrifice hits —Cameron. Morris, Cullen, Bums, Weber. Witham. Stolen bases —Weaver, Jessup. Base on balls Off Alberts 4; off Conner 2. Hit by batted ball —Weber. Time of game—--1:33. Umpire—Hicks. AT PORTLAND. Bluffton .1 1000000 1— 3 8 1 Portland 51020004 x—l 2 16 5 Boyd. Eichler and Spicer; Gray and Hardin. AT KOKOMO. Kokomo ..0 0000110 o—2 6 0 Van Wert .0 0100000 o—l 5 4 Grimes and Orr; Hay and Wolf. GAMES SUNDAY. Portland, Ind., August 11. —Portland dropped the third of the Bluffton series here today by a shut out score of 3 to 0. Bluffton ..0 0030000 o—3 4 1 Portland ..0 0000000 o—o0 —0 2 1 Guhl and Spicer; Romine. Hunt and Hardin. We took the locals into camp again Sunday on their own grounds by a score of 11 to 5, and as a result we are now tied with the Quakers for first place. The game was replete with excellent fielding, but the locals won by their superior hitting. Fleming, who is considered their best pitcher, was batted from the box and Horn, a new man substituted, who fared but little better. The Richmond team will arrive here tn the morning for a ser-

ies of three games, and we fully expect to repeat the dope and become fully entrenched in first place. Witham's hitting was a feature in yesterday's game. The score: Decatur. Name. AB R H PO A E Behringer, 2b.. 3 11 ‘ ” Cullen, 3b .... 2 1 0 0 2 0 Pierce, cf .... 4 11 2 0 1 Burns, If 5 2 2 3 1 Weber, lb .... 5 11 12 0 0 Wallace, ss ... 3 3 2 0 2 0 Laxon, rs .... 2 11 1 0 n Winger, c .... 5 0 0 1 3 0 Way, p 4 1 2 0 3 0 Witham, rs ... 2 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 35 11 12 26 1* 2 Richmond. Ritter. If .... 3 1 3 5 0 0 Comeron, lb .. 4 1 0 10 0 0 Weaver, rs ...’. 4 1 0 1 0 0 Morris, ss .... 4 2 11 - ® Jessup, c 4 0 1 6 0 0 Wiltermood. cf. 4 0.1 1 0 0 Wintxler, 2b .. 4 0 11 1 0 Fisher, 3b .... 3 0 0 1 2 0 Fleming, p .... 2 0 1 0 4 0 Hom. p 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 8 26 9 0 Stolen bases—Ritter, Weaver, Behringer, Burns 2. Two base hits—Way. Witham. Three base hit—Morris. Base on balls—Off Flemi.g 3, Horn 2, Way 3. Struck out—Fleming 4. Wild pitch —Way. Hit by pitched ball—Witham. Time,' 1:47. Umpire, Hicks. Decatur .0 2000350 I—ll1 —11 11 2 Richmond 00013001 0— 5 8 0 Way and Winger; Fleming, Hora and Jessup. Kokomo. Ind., August 11. —Van Wert won from Kokomo at Atheletic park today by a score of 2 to 1. Kokomo ..00000000 I—l1 —1 3 1 Van Wert .20000000 o—20 —2 4 0 Lacey and Raines; Moore and Hillinger.

NOTES. Strawberry Jelly Bums, demon left fielder of the Decatur team, failed to (Continued on Page 4.) AT FOUR OTLOCK Bids Opened for Coppock Automobile Plant MARION GENTLEMEN ARE HERE Bids Opened at Four O'Clock When the Cointract Will be Given the Lowest Bidder. W. H. Wiley. M. W. Coppock and M. E. Brackett came in from Marion on the noon Clover Leaf. Bids for their mammoth automobile plant was opened at the office of Architect Hoffman at four o'clock, but we went to press too early to learn any of the results. At noon there were four of the local contractors who had filed bids upon the construction work, and several more were on the wing and likely made figures. This has been a busy season for all of our local contractors. but they are all in position to handle lots of work. The companyare anxious for immediate results and sixty days will be about the limit allowed for the completion of the building. The city council have ordered the pipe for the furnishing of a water Supply, the sewerage is being figured out, and in all the preliminarywork is moving as rapidly as could be expected. The company are getting ready for the big show U Chicago the last of November, at which time they expect to sell more machines than they can manufacture within the next year. Q The second ball team of this city under the captaincy of Charles Pennington played the fast Watt, Ohio, club yesterday at Steele’s park, and won from them by the score of nine to five. The game was replete with sensational plays, that held the crowd until the last ball was thrown. The feature of the game was the umpiring of Dale Spahr, who, after two strikes had been called on Catcher Ed Coffee he called him out for not getting a home run. Watt played nice ball and had it not been for several questionable decisions that were decided against them, the score would have undoubtedly been closer. TENTH DISTRICT HAVE FEASTThe Editors Will Greet Mr. Bryan at Remington. There will be a Democratic love feats at Fountain Park, near Remington, next Wednesday, in which the central figure will be Mr. Bryan, and among the men who will greet him on that day will be James K. Risk

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A VACATION If so you will need a Suit Case, won’t youP We just received another shipment of cases Saturday. We’re proud of them and would like to show them to you. Holthouse, Schulte & Company Clearance SALE WE now commence our August Clearance Sale of Summer Footwear. Onr object in conducting this sale is not profit, but to close out as quickly as possible, BEGABDIZESS OF PROFIT all Summer Shoes, in preparation for Fall. Such price reductions as we offer here make it an object for you to buy, not only for your present requirements, but in anticipation of your future needs. Oh, yes, we know some stores adver* tise cut prices all the year roundclose money all the time”—in business for fun, etc. Note the reductions care* fully, WE DON’T DO IT THAT WAY. Twice a year, and for a few weeks each time, we hold these sales and we can afford it.

Winnes Shoe Store LEHNE’S ANNUAL WATCH SALE During All of August Take advantage of this sale and get you a good watch at greatly reduced prices. Look at this for a bargain. -S For Men—GOOD ELGIN or WAD THAM, in a 20-YEAR GUARANf (AJ teed CASE, for $t 1.00. Also for Ladies—GOOD WATCH. GUARANTEED FOR 20 YEARS, $10.50 and $12.00. This will be a GREAT OPPORTVNIT\ for the teachers who need a fSfci wa^ one at a bargain We carrv Hie leading makes, such as ELGIN, WALTHAM, ROCK FORD, SOUTH BEND, and don't XflSrWjjigy forget the HAMILTON, the best time-keeper in the world. Remember this sa’e will last during August only. Everything guaranteed. _ LEHNE, The Jeweler

and Thomas Barnes. Democratic leaders of Lafayette. The primary object of the meeting is t 0 arrange for coming of the distinguished Nebraskan to this ctty next November to sound a keynote in this section of e state AU the Democratic editors

■ of the Tenth district will also greet Mr. Bryaii, and a dinner will be served ! by Robert Parker, superintendent of Fountain Park. The banquet will be ' in the nature of a political conference, ■ the Lafayette meeting in the fall bei ing the all-absorbing topic.