Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 29 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 $5.00 Per month, b ymail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. THE GREAT NORTHERN INDIANA FAIR The Great Northern Indiana fair is in full blast. It is a big show and deserves the success it is attaining. All Adams county owes nothing but kind words of encouragement for those financiering and otherwise connected with this home enterprise. While the large crowd in attendance testifies better than hollow’ w’ords, yet in some instances the kind words would not come amiss. The fair is a great institution for Adams county and Decatur. It brings together our people and a visit through the various departments shows what our progressive people are doing in nearly every walk of life. From these* displays comes the lesson of thrift, enterprise and knowledge. People learn, they improve their minds and become better and more useful citizens. A county fair is a good thing for any community and the Great Northern is especially beneficial to the county of Adams and city of Decatur. Mayor Orwin E. Price, of Elgin, 111., has established a precedent which must afford relief to the mayor of Huntington, Ind. Some time ago there was talk of impeaching the mayor of Huntington because of his indulgence in robust “jags” at inopportune times. However, the mayor apologized and the matter was allowed to drop. Mayor Price, of Elgin, is made of different material from that which comprises the mayor of Huntinton; he declared he had a right to get drunk as a private citizen and defied his enemies to do their w’orst.

Winchester citizens held a factory locating lot sale Monday and that old town is going to start a boom with "Winchester 10,000” as the battle cry. If the Winchester boom is as successful as the one started in Portlandia few months ago she will have something to look forward to for years before that 10,000 is a reality.—Portland Sun. There isn’t much chance for a man to make good in any public office unless he was reared on a farm. A log cabin as a birthplace always helps a good deal, too, but so few of us were thoughtful about providing a log cabin to be born in that this qualification will soon have to be omitted from the list of a candidate's virtues. —Muncie Jay Hindman, of Hartford City, who is well known as a successful lawyer in Bluffton, has formed a law partnership with Judge Branyan at Huntington, and will move there soon to take up his duties. Mr. Hindman has been quite successful in Hartford, but for some time has been seeking a change. He at one time was prosecuting attorney for the counties of Blackford and Wells. FOR SALE —160 acre farm in Preble township, three miles north and three quarters mile east of Preble. Good sail, barn 40x80, 10 room house, and other good buildings. Can be bought right. Seventeen arcree good timber, and farm is located close to church and school. Charles Miller, R. R. No. 4. WANTED—GirI to do dining room work. Inquire at Park Hotel. 206-3 t

STUNG ’EM AGAIN Took Another from Poor Old Bluffton RIGHT ON THEIR OWN GROUNDS Big Oscar Beat the Village Blacksmith at His Owne Game—Score Two to One. GAMES THURSDAY. Bluffton at Decatur (2 games). Richmond at Van Wert. Kokomo at Portland. WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS. Decatur 2; Bluffton 1. Richmond 1; Van Wert 0. Portland 4; Kokomo 1. STANDING. Won. Lost. Pct. Decatur 16 11 .593 Richmond 16 11 .593 Portland 16 12 .571 Kokomo 12 16 .428 Van Wert 12 16 .428 Bluffton 10 16 .384 “Well, I claim the county school teacher beat the village blacksmith in a pitcher’s battle,” said Jimmie Pierce, official editor of our “fun and frolic" column, when he returned from Bluffton last evening, where the locals cleaned up another from their old rivals, the tailenders. Oscar Way, former school teacher, and Mr. Prough I a blacksmith with brawn and muscle, both from Ossian, were opposing slab artists and each performed nicely, with Oscar having a couple of shades the best of it. Bluffton made a score in the second inning and Decatur came back in the third with two. Wallace went to first on an error, Johnson sacrificed him to second and Winger to third. Behringer walked and Pierce hit one on the nose for two sacks, scoring both and winning the game, the final count up being two to one. Bluffton comes here today for two games and big crowds are looked for at both games. Richmond and Decatur are still even up for first place, but today should change it one way on the other. The score. Bluffton. AB R H PO A E Boyd, cf 5 0 1 4 0 0 Laßue, 3b .... 3 0 1 0 3 0 Wills, lb .... 2 0 0 13 1 0 Vogel, c 4 0 1 5 1 0 Partlow, rs .. 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan, If 3 1 0 11 0 Pfefferle, ss .. 2 0 0 1 3 1 Donovan, 2b .. 4 0 1 2 1 0 Prough, p .... 3 0 0 1 6 0 Total 29 1 4 27 16 1

Decatur. AB R H PO A E Behringer, 2b.. 3 1 0 1 5 0 Pierce, rs .... 4 0 1 3 0 1 Cullen, 3b .... 4 0 11 1 0 Weber, lb .... 4 0 2 10 0 0 Burns, If 2 0 0 2 0 0 Way, p 4 0 1 0 3 0 Wallace, ss ... 3 1 0 0 0 1 Johnson, cf .. 2 0 0 5 0 0 Winger, c .... 3 0 1 5 1 0 Total 29 2 6 27 10 2 By innings— Decatur 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 o—20 —2 Bluffton 0 1000000 o—l Summary: Two base hit—Weber. Pierce. Sacrifice hit —Laßue, Pfefferle, Burns 2, Johnson. Struck out —By Prough 3; by Way 4. Bases on balls—Off Prough 1; off Way 5. Double play —Prough to Raßue, Ryan to Vogel, Way to Winger to Weber. Stolen base —Wills. Left on base—Bluffton 8; Decatur 4. Time of game— Attendance — 300. Umpire—Jack Burke. NOTES. Tom Railing will be home about the tenth of September. Tecumseh bugs think Big Tom is the whole show. Railing hould be with the Central league, where we would be a star. Red Farnan, of the Hillsdale team, returned home yesterday, the Wolverines having disbanded. Hillsdale was carrying one of the highest salaried independent teams in Michigan. If we can win both games toay we will be in first place, even if Richmond takes the third from Van Wert. If we win one and lose one and Richmond loses, we will still be in first place and tied with Portland if they win. If we lose both and Richmond and Portland wins we will go to third place. Talk about your pretty fights. Watch the 1.-O. Johnson, our scrappy little center fielder, lost his temper in yesterday's contest and tried to murder several spectators by hurling his bat at the wire netting in the grandstand. The Bluffton fans are very insulting and

are extremely sore at Johnson because he is putting up such a marvelous game for us, when they claim he could do nothing with them. The trouble with the Bluffton fans is that they do not know a ball player when they see one. Jim Pierce stumbled over one of the mountains in the Bluffton outfield yesterday and came within an ace of being hit in the head by a fly ball. Jim says he does not care to be hit in the head, but when it comes to the hump he backs down. At that Bluffton has the rottenest outfield in the league. Pierce stung out a two bagger just when we needed it yesterday, scoring two men and clinching the game. Rotten, isn't he? Bluffton will not send a very large delegation to see the game today. They are so sore they could bite themselves. Remember how chesty they were last year? Don't cheer, the poor devils are dying. FIELDING AVERAGES. Names. G PO A E Tot. Pct. Johnson .... 9 29 4 0 33 1.000 Alberts .... 6 0 13 0 13 1.000 Winger ....17 77 16 1 94 .989 Weber 25 280 9 5 294 .983 Burns 25 45 4 1 50 .980 Pierce 25 38 2 1 41 .976 Quinn 4 20 6 1 27 .963 Behringer . .25 65 87 9 161 .944 Laxon 5 3 14 1 18 .944 Way 17 27 17 3 47 .936 Witham ....19 26 34 5 65 .923 Wallace ...23 37 69 11 117 .906 Cullen 17 29 53 10 92 .891 Engle 6 1 11 3 15 .800 BATTING AVERAGES. Names. G AB R H TB SB SH Pct Burns .25 95 18 34 43 7 5 .358 Laxon . 5 16 1 5 5 0 0 .313 Cullen .17 63 11 18 22 5 6 .286 Quinn . 4 14 2 4 4 0 1 .286 Witham 4 14 2 4 4 0 1 .286 Pierce 25 99 11 23 27 6 9 .232 Weber 25 100 11 23 27 3 5 .230 Way ..17 58 3 13 20 2 4 .224 Alberts 6 19 5 4 10 0 0 .211 Johnson 9 29 2 6 71 3 .207 B'h’ger 25 103 12 20 24 5 4 .194 Winger 17 55 6 10 13 8 2 .182 Wal’ce 23 83 12 14 15 1 4 .169 Engle . 6 12. 1 0 0 11 .000 o ASSEMBLE NAVAL STRENGTH Cordial Relations Exist Between th e U. S. and Foreign Countries.

Washington, August 29. —Recent and impending movements of the great navies of the world are attracting the attention of persons who keep in touch with such matters Great Britain has adopted a policy of naval concentration; Japan is adhering to policy of that sort, and as is now generally known, the United States will, about the first of the year, assemble its entire naval strength in the Pacific ocean. Students of world politics and world policies see in the new naval program new evidences that cordial relations are to continue to exist between the British government, the United States, Japan, France anJ Italy. Under Great Britain's plan of concen tration the North American and North Pacific squadrons are withdrawn, and, to use the language of a writer on naval topics, “Thus the naval supremacy of the United Staes is left absolutely uncontested in recognition of the good faith of the American people, and as a tangible admission of Great Britain's hearty concurrence in the Monroe doctrine.” This same authority says the United States has taken upon herself the onus of maintaining the status quo on the American continent; nad, by withdrawing her naval squadrons, Great Britain tacitly affirmed her acceptance of this great central principle of American national policy.

M , REBATING NOT TO BE TOLERATED Auditor of State to Make New Ruling for Insurance Companies. John C. Billhelmer, auditor of state and ex-officio insurance commissioner, said that he contemplated making a ruling to the effect that any local or special agent of any insurance company that rebated the whole or any part of the premium would lose his license to do business in the state. He has not made the ruling in any formal way as yet, though he has for months been urging the companies against the rebate practice. Indiana has no anti-rebate law. Probably twothirds of the other states in the Uutvu have laws prohibiting the granting or receiving of rebates. Some states prohibit the granting and some both the granting and receiving. Indiana has no law on the subject at all. Only by a ruling of the state auditor can this same end be achieved, in the absence of any specific and definite law on the subject. Under his general powers, as insurance commissioner, he could make such a ruling which would apply to all companies, foreign and domestic.

SOCIAL COLUMN Mrs. C. S. Niblick Entertained Club AFFAIR WAS MOST DELIGHTFUL Out of Town Visitors Were the Guests of Honor —Columbian Dance this Evening. Another delightful meeting did the ladies of the pedro party have, when Mrs. Charles Niblick royally entertained the members at her home on north Third street in compliment to her visitors, Mrs. Swiney, of Chicago, Mrs. Hinzy, of Tipton, and Miss Elize Clark, of Van Wert. The hostess arranged five small tables in the parlors and twelve very fascinating games were played when dainty little tally cards proved Mesdames Martin Mylott, Charles Meibers, as winners of beautiful hand painted Japanese plates, while the second honors were received by Mesdames O. N. Snellen and Charley Ehinger, who captured pretty Japanese cups and saucers, and the third prizes, olive dishes, were given to Mrs. J. H. Bremercamp and Mrs. Kuebler’s guest, Mrs. Hinzy. There will arrive several out of town guests to attend the dance which will be given this evening by the Columbian boys. They are expecting visitors from Fort Wayne. Berne, Geneva, Van Wert and various other places. o Miss Edith Wemhoff, in the role of bride-elect was honored last evening by Miss Mayme Terveer at a china shower, held at her home on corner of Madison and Fifth streets; All i pieces of dainty bits of china were brought by the guests, who were for the most part her lifelong friends. The parlors were artistically decorated in pink and white. Here is where the merry guests spent a very pleasant evening playing euchre. In the beginning of the evening each guest was given an envelope containing some predictions of the future. Miss Ediths was a verse of poetry which led her to the shower, after which euchre was played and Miss Ada Deininger and Miss Kate Mylott won first prizes, while Misses Gertrude Holthouse and Mayme Conter captured second prizes, which they all turned the pretty pieces of china over to the bride. Immediately following this, each one was requested to write a piece of advice to the bride. Miss Jessie McLain proved to be champion by giving the best advice. Another beautiful piece of china was given as a reward and this was also given to the bride to be. At the close of the main amusements a delicious two course luncheon was served and the color scheme of pink and white prevailed throughout the decorations and luncheon. The out of town guests were: Miss Boechlnger, Miss Sweeney and Wall, from Chicago; Misses Grotte from Louisville, Ky.; Addie Foley from Covington, Ky.; Blanch Hart, Ft. Wayne. May, Ada and Bert Deininger, Stell and Celesta Wemhoff, Mayme and

LIND IT WHOLESALE sJg-. 9/Sn!' _ A Harvest of Dollars Don’t firm ju»t for the sake of farming. Don’t farm just for the harvest of train. Make farmla< • Oualn«M proposition. Look to the harvest of dollars. Throw prejudice and eon time nt to the wind. Bean your yearly profit* with a bugiaoee eye. Bee that you get a fair return on the money you have Invested ae well ae for your labor. Did you earn a fair late rent on youi capital and a fair day's wa<oe for every day you worked laet year! That’s a hard thing to do when you’re farming hUrh-prioed lande, but it’s eaey when you’ve got good, cheap land. Farmers In Worth Dakota make four tinea the profit* they did In their old homeefn other states. Ton can veil to or 10 acres of htgh-prioed land, take the money and buy 800 or 400 acres of just as good or better land In North Dakota and increase your profits proportionately. We are Mfllng good, rich wheat land for lit to tSO an acre. Borne we sold laet year produced 010 to 01T an acre tn wheat this year. Does the harvest of dollars In any other state make the same showing on the money invested* And remember you escape the risks of a purely commercial business. OUT THEY GO To NORTH DAKOTA Land of Sunshine and Wealth As the people come in prices are advancing. The quicker you oome the more land you can get for your money. We own over 100,000 acres for you to select from. Ask today for maps, plats, prices and Drmen’s farmer, in whose columns the farmers in this land of big crops and free fuel teH what they aredoing. They tell how they raise wheat, flax, oats, barley, spoils, potatoes. They tell about their livo stock and dairy products. Come right out—don’t wait until land goes higher. Bring a bomeseeker with you. Write 131 La BaDe St., Chicago. 111., or Mandan, Richardton or Mott, North Dakota. We base 18.000 seres of ohsloe Wheat lands for sale st wheleaale. L E. WATSON AGENT DECATUR, - INDIANA

NEW FALL SUITS ALL THE LATEST PARISAN STYLES We have a complete new line of t ladies’ up-to-date Suits that are strictly Man-Tailored and styles exclusive to our store. Make your selections early this season, as it will be impossible to get a nobby suit late in the season. We have a complete line at $12.50, $15.00, SIB.OO, $20.00 to $25.00. Our new line of Skirts will be in in a few days. Wait and see them. NIBLICK & CO.

Rose Conter; Bert and Dude Voglewede, Kate Mylott, Gert Radamacher, Clara Terveer, Anna Holthouse, Amelia Tonnelier, Bert Hart, Tena Radamacher, Jessie McLean, Nettie Smith, Mrs. Mary Krick, Mayme Brake, Lizzie Haines, May Berling. Emma Gellig, Mary Heffner, Rose Tonnelier, Bert Fullenkamp, Nona Forbing, Rose Hess. o A GREAT CROP OF TOMATOESJacksonville, Tex., August 29. —The tomato shipments from Jacksonville and points within a radius of eight miles of here aggregated eleven hundred cars for the season that has just closed. The average price received a car was SBOO, or a total of SBBO,OOO that had been turned into the pockets of the farmers of this immediate section as a resutl of their season’s work. Jacksonville this year has captured from Crystal Spring, Miss., the palm for being the greatest tomato shipping point in the United States. It is only within the last few years that the worth of the soil in this section for tomato growing became known. Until this discovery was made the land was considered practically worthless. Com, cotton and other ordinary crops do not do well. There was no demand for the land. The farmers eked out a miserable existence with their scrawny patches of the old-time products. Finally a government soil expert visited this section and made an analysis of the soil. He pronounced it splendidly adapted to tomato growing and to peach raising. o FOUND —Pocketbook found on road to Pleasant Mills. Owner can have pocketbook by describing property to Henry Grabil, rural route ten.

THE HANDICAP S«d Clean®r and Grain Separator will take 99 per cent of the Buckhorn out of Clover and Alfalfa. Will make a marketable seperation of oats from wheat, and grade all kinds of grain for seed purposes. HENRY KNAPP, Agent Decatur, IndTO BE GIVEN AWAY Monday, Sept. 2 A $45 Singer Sewing Machine At the PICTORIUM TONIGHT “Looking for a Medal.” “The Poacher’s Daughter.” All show* now belrg put on are new and hare never been shown any plane before. J. B. BTONEBURNIR, Prep-

A COOL PROPOSITION THE “SIBERIA” REFRIGERATOR Made of Quarter-Sawed Oak, Porclain Lined, with or without Water Cooler. Large Ice Capacity. $8.75 to $25.00 SCHAFERI HARDWARE CO. An Entire New Line of Photographic Work Os all kind has been added to the stock of the SAUTBINE STUDIO FOR FAIR WEEK Special offers will be made on all goods during Fair Week onl J- If you are not going to have your photo taken, call and see what kind of work we are doing. An investigation will convince you that we are putting out the finest of High Art work. FRAMING AND ENLARGING A SPECIALTY R* T, SAUTBINE, Pro STUDIO ABOVE NACHTRIEB’S DRUG STORE