Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Every E«e», ■hj, Exeect **» tay. by LEW & ELLIN G-fAM. petal Fjcm. Per week. Sy carrier It e*ta» Per yeir by carrier li » Per mroth. b jmA. — tewti Per year by sal .82.54 eopto* 1 «■*« •kirerjazf rvu» *xta cz.*z -jz Eczcred *z tie pint ff to t* Deewtrnr it vsfx~.i. e_a£e ul. matter i J. H. HELLER. Hawager. — L h/estwemf AHO TRADE T» 2EX'.'SSC*SZ«SX'. of tier IXXtoi • saewisg of *tc«k2»:-. fieri of the Ctts- ’ zeaA Trieste** ecmpAiy t-mg* top mixi aataher hern* enterprise wfchj i ■.- tit i Sense m.iZ.22 '.:-- Lit , pr&iz rsceefk W*£* B.ufi'ro stsd; acker items *c«d their sou. for a =*S3 of potzags- **• •** ■* grvimg tt-eir | p*Cta* von red tape 'tro se-rrieep Deeazur held fast 4Z.fi trae to tar | t-vu Tx* '.c< -.‘. Zi tetr. .ti-terii-i' tittim.-s im earth, Gcoi service rot ewsroeous treatmest has ever beet. ttatr <as* ' gut fizz star. rot as a result the errotpaxy hae grows axaztxzly -z aad impertasee. Their Btooareee have kept else* pace with their growth god the cwner of i trioek of its capital : < keeps -be sleep of the righ teams, j k&owisg that tie Citizens T*iepac*e company is as sc.id at tie r-xk of ' •ta* I! izerohazrs expect to draw tie at-* tea tam of prospective tayers sway from the a’zrtzg catatagie-s ssppßed . by «;' order brose*. they can csly : hope to succeed by **ppLyfiug facts . ata figures to these self same prospect re tayers The facts are that itzte Bteroirofiise is cheaper rod the 4 figures wi.l prove it. Rot the omly i way to Cta-rt&ee a buyer to tc f irrtsi . the amrot-tiro. of proof. M-sceila-necas ridicnie wul act suSEee. Co.fi tard fairs tocxed «p with persuasive energy and reasoc wtlf KT the zx~e that 'ay* the gosdes. egg for the Large mail order hewues The '.W school of trading with Bill Jones beeaxse it's Bill Jones has iong been, refegaaed tor the more nwdem method, yew will have to show EEI Jtaes—he • frtir. Missoari. The haneater trast. the sewing sach.Ee tmst. the watch trsst. and the ocher bkored htfan-.s" which the present, tart? prixecrs' against outside eon: petition, ail ship their goods abroad and sell them cheaper to foreigners than they serif 'hem at home Having eoctrol of the Acserican maritet they fix their own prices aad levy soea a private tax on con sumers as they see fit. Senator Fred Iruhc-s of Idaho, says the political power of the Mormon chorea is spreading and that even now no man can be elected to the governorship in Utah. Idaho and Wyoming or to the United States senate or the iover branch of congress from those state* witbtot hawing the approval of the Monnoa*. This is a mat . ter Senator Irabois knows something about. He has had more than one fight with the Moraot church and be was one of the most streanoaa of members opposing the seating of Reed * Smoot in the United States senate.— . Fort Wayne Sentinel : a The Chicago Tribue has been feel- ‘ ing the pubiic poise to eteoen of the t middle state* on the question of prert- t

denftnl ptofcrams boat * icpaMkaßl •tandpcnE’ with tie ressft that Taft by the f4vorfte..w±±. LaFoSette 4. Ltiriy gacd second ac.'i Fairhaxhs >K of the rsmhxg except is. his tr»tx state, ix. aT s.taterjLi2ig hie V* conrressmen. editor*, lawyers asd poets•tasu were adiresaed. Several qtseeItfcas were proposnded. one ts which wa* wtxther am aggress tve man like Rcoseve-t was preferred oe a eomservxtre a&am. Fhve-sAths of tie repies favored the aggresKv* t-atiihat* toi twoiKrds of them saht-ei Taft as first efisnee Out at ahc zt IN replies f—e In i aaa ill were for Fahrtosks. asd scattered aaseng e- era! pro =t izet t repuh . -t:sx s Tie grew .xg of fata, rai road iceidents has caused the president to eocsider the matter of JeghsLatjoe which, wtii pe—f the zrrvemeet to -ah- hi veet-gatites of aeesiests ifieetizg itemate traxa This restrictive make the rairtads mire careful as to the safety of their eqmtp-me-st and to shenes the hcurs of labor cf raE~«d THE SOCIAL NEWS —— Church Societies to Meet This Week . 2. StSDAY SCHOOL =CS C A Be -* a rt t-e S'- Grove F- day—-a-pe Att®ndm»ee s Expected. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bapttst dnnek wC h.ol-3 their regilar meecteg ax tie heme of Mrs. John '.'hrtoListw cfi. Th : sr*day afte—tex. Mrs. I>. IL He-Uer wfil entertain the*. Ladies' Mite Society of the Meth'.diet I church oc Friday aftem.-xz. Ail sa-,: i.ee are —’.ted to be pre-ent. L Txe United Brethren Sunday sehoc-i will h>ld a picnic ax St. Ji-ht-s Grove:' ta the intenrtax next Friday The ears will star*, from, the statiOE at • and ample pcowinacs ha; been —a.r- for the emire school Tickets will be dis.t—a«ied at the ehirrh Wed-Sfes-ffay rrg a.' 7 c <d#dL It 15 the purpone of the coenr.tee to place a ticket in the hard of each member jot the school amd this tax be fact.:ted by their presence at the churoh. Let each see that everybody else is tof ir—--1 so that no one may be cverxed. Adnlts and aos-te-lders of tickets wi3 be asked to assist is -iefnying expenses by paying the regular fare Vs cents, for the round trip. Let aB assist in ztvmg the children this healthful azl esyryable -.■rixz If yen can't gts y carself pay a fare any way and he’p a good eases. Friends of the seh-toi as iavj-ed to Join for tie regular fare. Hit.per baskets will be placed in th* taggage car Hammocks, fans art ropes so-r swings win aH come hardy e The trustees cf the Salens Evangelical ehxreh will meet Friday. August .1 a.t * I'l * m_. for the ptrjcse of eLeaxmg the cemetery. Ail zersotts interested in the eemetry are ed to be present and lend a helping hand. o □AH ERA H HAMED AS TRUSTEE - tre Danie P. Bo M Ba-erootcy Matter. In the case of Daaiel P. Boids, a petrttosz filed before the United Stares eosrt at LndiamapoL-a. uaniel X. Erwin. of this city has been appointed trustee Mr Boids sow lives az Van Bures, where he was supposed to be< prospering According to hi* petition Mr Boids' liabilities are JIaJM. with assets amoußtißg to SLK. The osGy creditor who appeared before the court yesterday the time appointed, was Judge H. K Erw-.a, who holds a claim for several hundred dollars for legal services rendered seven years ago The fact that be was the only creditor present gave him the right to name the trustee which he did. The proceedings will be watched with iaterest. Q SALEM CEMETERY. AH parties interested is maintaining Salem cemetery in a manner befitting to th* memory of their friends who rest there, are requested to meet on Friday afternoon Aog. zhnd to give aid in this good wwfc. Grass weeds and brash need to be cut, headstones need to be reset- Come and help ini this goo work. By order of the tro-| t*e». 2kl-M|

“BID” BURNS LEADS Is Batting Three Hundred and Forty-Seven T~E AVERAGES LP TO DATE Seww t.-e Scaed- wg es t*e Va-oti v e -;t*i the -to* Base Ba CA* — Fred Taxgtrn oOtSal scorer far the .oca. team, today tax zee ms the zax- — g and fieldmg averages of tie respeetiTe szembero of the kcal team xpto and -tc.zdmg Bandar s game The sorrier average* iV.w that we have ■jeiy two men z-attzug ovw that stark they being Buras, who has a per cent of Is" >•' Laxto.. with a per cent at Jim Pierce, who has teen batEmg well np- over the mark, had a slam? last week aad as a re akt is tatting third with a per cent at hi.- However. z>i me zs wo-rryun* as Jim is a hard t-.tmszst.ei.-. tatter azd is sore to come. The reroarzder of | ; tae team is well wp in the race and j tefore asother week expires several { more will have reached the coveted i roa*k The fielding averages Now I ’ that we have fear men with a perfect. , per cent, they beisg Barms. Jo&mse® • : Alberts and Winger The work cf the j : .iter being rather psencminai. eocad-t -rmg the hulk of work be ma* sad to | Ido. Taken m all Vfezer. oar first I sacker, has h-inied MS chances in IS ‘ with bur. ccze error and has t iper cent cf Behrtuger is sen • m having tan-filed the largest ntm--.er of baas, and has had b-ro i errors m li games, a very creditable average The remainder cf the team is well halaneed and shews a decided c-ver last week. The fcCowing is the tabulated score BATTIXG AVERAGES. ■ Names G AB R H TB SB SH Pro sßwros .11 U 14 25 J 3 « 1 -Ml iLaxoa 3 1» 1 3 3*»3*& Pierce .l» 'i 11 21 i 5 « 8 2» Wit am. Is 5S 1 I'l 1-- ■ Weber Is 5-* ~ 1« I> * 2 Tfd wit « i» » 2 3 J 5»! Be ng r li 7d 1-? 1« M 5 4 ill iCullen 11 34 » * 1* 4 i JU ■' Alberts 5 15 3 3 7 • • J» Winger 16 52 6 $ 1* 7 2 J.s WaTee 17 6 16 M 11 -161 * Joßmb 3 11 • 11 • • *t i Eagie .4 8 • • » • • fteulixg averages. Names G PO A E Tot Pm Bums IS 38 4 • 42 1 'rtd Joiznsc-a 3 13 2 1’ LWd Alberts .... 5 #ll 6 11 TW Winger .16 76 16 6 W 1-4’X 1 Weber »2» 71 216 »5 Perce 1» » 2 1 31 MS I Behringer .. IF 5i 72 5 123 Ml I Wa. 14 26 12 3 41 JJ7 i Witham ...U 24 » 5 <2 JU Lax *n 3 1 5 I U -MS' Wallace . -IT 2s 53 11 SI JU Cm>n 11 IT 36 8 <1 MS Erg’* 4 1 S 3 12 .7x DOPE FOP FANS The ytuEg Infiiaaa-Ofeto League is sailing ikng -m-tctKy aad w gaining strength ra?:d.y. The league is meeting a success that ec'.ipees the highest hopes of the meet enthusiastic pronnocer The adii'.-x. at a pennant race has more than dr. uiied the attesdance at seme at the tosss. and as *-arce is essentia, to the success of any enterprise, the way that the money has eome into the coEers of *he organixaxiott has been mere than encugh to keep the .eague away from tie rocks that usually menace new base ball t-idie-s. —indiaaapc-s star. “'Red' Hurst, the crack centerfieidefor the Frankfwrt bail team, who afpzit here, west to Portland has quit the team there aad has gen- to , Maztccn wb*-* he play* with that ■>i~ ta the Eliacis League. WHson < with the team and Williams and Hannah are is the same league ’ Hsrat wsi make the Brider* go some if they beat him to a 8y tall for be j is recognised as one of the fastest and stsrest Se’.der* playing the came [ ''Red" has also been timing the tai’ hard —Frankfort Creaewt. i r Where to find taE playe-s is whaz > U w'.raying the local managamcKt mere '.at. anything else Good ones l are hard to find they are after them. ■ and two or three parties are scouting i around looking foe them One or two ■ have been offered as high as 3156 a , month to finish out the season, bat they al’ have Ready places or have been picked «p Henry Strohm is now ' Armagh MJchigan looking for some crack hitters. —Bluffton News. The grounds’ at Kokomo 'coatinae rough Nothing ba* been done to them steee Elsffton played there before The Kokomo grounds are the worst ever—all of which i* partially excusable for our errors. —Bluffton New*. 1 President Kling fell down ou hi* job again yesterday and toiled to have aa amps The management humped |

m 3 get o*e finally when, they saw the erßwhue L-O league president, I who promised to pun-iisd ta» secr-s -v use star vita p romnsed to c«mp«e ta.—.mg aad fieafeg averages, wht J ~ e- : m whax s the use —nat uj £«£ iosy—l Poor ESsL 1-mrfiasz tertaimy pctod ro- ■ e® a craze of grape firxr. wises he 1 lamtet te this z- xrg The past tw: ■games he fits zees at iaz aia* tm.es I aad has bees wKffed six umes. €c£« ’ ] treexed >— dres Sazurdiy and ire I smz gtds ni- wied in them gSee.. Bx. I has y« tc - tv- his first set is tiie 1 pre-sent series. He mate a xxe roe- I handed tar.ci Sarxrdiy — Ricmmrod. Pa_adixm 1 Besides N-Lr-r z divt ast tince —. the L-O. league, th* B3*Bta* team s ■ aac taidmg tie sack fee a 31fi*i j ta-fcst. That is <h* wsaßcsaCaa -e I short that mack. B.ufftro stared 1 tie se&kt z 3 ©xt’i »tape having sold F- fi>? w irm cf «s*«k. Poor az- ; j 2_y£Z. SOCC. J’a- | a prta&p tx ro£E 1 ior B-.-TjSS. I fans were Hide to -izg w? to-rther I 81ata with tirs she xsßCtatiiu ] hoses to be az e to go tirough the j j •eases.— Emtfzri City Ganeme. I NEXT WEEK’S RACES _—— Will be Best Program Ever Offered Here — “-4REE DAYS OF GREAT SPOrTT Fwe —sf tr;s De ;dfa Awrose meat—Fa - Gr-a*-ns W Boe* Be a B-iy S:--e The Great N-triherti Fair opens roe ‘ week frac today az.fi aS necessary • p rejaratic: s are betag made fir the | eveat. Fnm the inf irmatits tazaiz-1 I ahi* az tkzs time the ramng pmeram I j win be the test ever polled iff in thus. . neck of the wood*. Beginning with ■ Wedsesday there will be three races j each day. and every beat wffl prove :an interesting ome. The entries are | already wtog to aod every race wiß .be Shed with suffesrot starters toj pad the result in dro'ro The program ‘ ■ for Wednesday includes a 2 2-4 trot! and 2:13 pace, test three heats in five ?, each far a 37TL purse also a half mil* I ram two m three for 17' On Thwr*-| I day ccn.es the 2;2S pace and 2:3>) s j tnx, three in five, for Be>L aad a half i : mile run. two in three for 3*' The : i Friday program to an exceedingly in-1 teresting oee. including a 2:13 wot. I Jh'-e a . 15 pace 31' aad a aT? " eights aß* run. two in three for Sltol purse Horae* will begin to arrive to ». few days and the last of the week win find a busy scene az the fair grounds. o PUBLIC SALE. The tmdersigned wfiE offer for sale at public aaetion on the Ragg farm, two miles n-irtheast of Decatur, ax It o'clock a. as.. aa Monday. August 26, 13*57. the fnrowtnz persena. property Three bead of horses, ecnsisting of two brood mares aad one work horse, oae milch cow and one heifer: fourteen bead of hogs, cocatoting of roe brood sow with pigs by her side, roe sow safe in pig three shciato weighing about W pounds each and ■toe pigs weighing about 25 pounds each: three dozen chickens. 3-inch tire farm wagoc.. top buggy, set work harness, set buggy harness break'-z plow, spring tooth harrow, eheck row erro pfaster. 2->-or«e cultivatn* shovel plow. John Deere hay rake. Deering binder and mower, hay ladders gravel bed. og chains wagiro bed and spring seat, iron kettle, grind stone and many other articles Free iuneh az uoott Terms of sale—A.’’ sums of 85 and trader cash in hand; oo smns of 85 and over * credit of 3 months wi” be given, pure baser giving security to the sazisfaettoE of the undersigned. Four per cent off far cash L. P WORKINGER. Frochte aad Litter*r Clerks Fred Reppert. Arotkneer. o The order which went into effect last month, ccmmandinz that the mail which passed ‘hroagh the postoSce* should be weighed up to this time has not proved to be a hardship upon the ofEcials of the department. This is the dull time of the year and it is little trouble for them to weigh aB toe matter which panes through the oflee. A* a rale the business vffi increase during the month of September and then the clerks wQJ have their hands more than full until after the holidays It is possible that additional hetp win have to be added to the I forte in order to comply with the decree urtag the busy season

Bwe Here!* the majority of our Fall in our store and will be i to you. " New Suits We have New Fall Suits in all the latest styles and patterns Worsteds, cheviots and cassimeres, in brown mix. tore, greys and plaids. Men’s Suits, $7.50, SB.OO SIO.OO $12.00, $15.00 slß.oo* $20.00 $25. ■ /*»-—«< -j .j fcz ve ■ FA I ‘if fi jfcjt’ r t l iv .<* iwn v Gix xi r \ t i ; j ß *- >"-■ _ *3T| y-At j Hats f A Our Hat stock is now complete for ra i and Winter. If yon need a new hat buy it now. It f will be in style Winter as well as now. J I 1 Shirts and Neckwear ■'JI 7 We have the greatest values in 50c and SI.OO M| Shirts ever shown in the city. » j V|7 All goods guaranteed to be worth what YOU fXJY for them or money re- r t . funded. Elzev & Vance

A SERIOUS FALL Raymond Gluting Has His Ann Broken AND WAS OTHER* SE Fe. From Hgh Fence. While Cta* a Ru-saway K .e. W'-c" He Was F f ag. Rzyxczd G’urirg. the tittle sc® of Join G’trtiag. who hxs bee® makiug bi< home with. his uac’e. Tony VogSewede. a few mile® south of Ok dry. was the victim of a pair.ful xect-ief. yesterday, whet he fell front a sign fence arc broke his arm below the e7s»», aad also dtskxated the eib.w joint. The boy was fiyiug a kite in a field when the string broke He tried to rrtmh over a fence is haste asc ic.tz so, became overbaiatced and fen is away that caused the injuries. A physician sooe arrived and took care of injured boy. He wiir boc be able to nse his arm for several weeks 9 G. A. R. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. V. On September sch Tth and s b the Erie R R. will sell excursion tickets from Decatur to Saratoga Springs asd return. at fare of SI4.W, return limit September I'ta Upon payment of il W at Saratoga. return limit will be extended unt! October Sth. For further information, apply to Erie Agents or O. U ENOS. Traveling Passenger Agent 2M-1« Marios Ohio. —o STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of stockholders of the Citizens' Telephone company, of Decatur. Indiasa. wfl! be held at the office of the secretary of aaid company in J>e city of Decatur on Monday. September 2nd. IWT, at 7 o'clock p m . for the election of a board of five xfi-ectcn and the transaction of i*>A other bnsiness as may be property brought before said meeting. 2M-12t F. M. Schlrmeyer, Secy

Hofse Gornforts lt’s a mean man '»hat will not provide some sort of protection for his horse against the pestiferous fly. H L.eathef Fly Net Is without doubt the best protection aqd rnore durable ttjan aqy other Kind... 50 Lash Flank Net $2.50 Schafer Hardware Co. *• ——— l ■* ThETRUSTIS BUSTED And Down Goes the Price on Your Winter's Fuel! Choice Anthracite, $5 to $7; Kennel, $5.25; Pocahontas, $4 25; Sootless Jackson Hill, 14.25; Tennessee Block, $4.00; BLACK Nancj.or any other I Nancy, at $3.75; Hocking, any eld price; Indiana at just a trifle more than freight. Drayage, 25c extra. Coal is CASH— No Cosh, No Coal If you wont these Prices order nowResident Phone 311; Office Phone 534 | Tricker & Merica