Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1908 — Page 2

T>® Daily Democrat. Puo'iihed Every Evening, Except Sunday. by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subtcnpt on RMeii Per week, by carrier ..10 cents Per year, by carrier... *5-00 Per month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail 12.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. In the city of payton there are said to be over 10.000 workmen out of employment They held several mass meetings during the past week. There is no hall in Dayton big enough to hold all the men that wanted to take part in these meetings. Most of the speeches delivered were of a decidedly suggestive character. The substance thereof was that the idle men did not ask for charity. What they wanted was work. It the factories could not furnish work, the municipality must furnish employment byway of public improvements. Emphasis was given to the sentiment that in a country of plenty men willing to work will not permit their families to starve on account of failure to get something to do. —South Bend Times. Marion, the capital of Grant county. this state, is something of a boom town. It is located in the gas belt, on the Big Four railroad, about midway between Wabash and Anderson. Near Marion is the Soldiers’ Home, which is of course considered quite an adjunct in a business way. Marion has been boomed, pushed and coddled in tirtous ways. The report having been circulated that there are at present 1,000 vacant houses in Marion, Postmaster Evans caused to be made a canvass cf the town to ascertain exactly how many empty houses there

really are. The report is 311. In South Bend the city authorities have opened a soup house to provide for the hundreds of people in distress throuK'’ ‘he cold winter months. In Elwood U cb ches are left open during the d tirr: ■ and late at night that all who ate c ,ld can step in and warm. Free coffo and something to eat is afford where such people are in need. —Anderson News, rep. An Ohio factory is so hard up it paid its bands in ax handles last Saturday, Wouldn’t it make a wife scream with delight, though, to have her husband come home in these republican prosperity times and give her her weekly allowance in ax handles? —Rochester Sentinel. Taking the tariff off lumber looks first rate to the plain people. Mr. Adair but the plain people, you know, are not running it. They are so impractical as to think that a little disturbance of the right kind would be a good thing for business —lndianapolis News. DEMOCRAT WANT ADB.

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THE DEATH ANGEL Calls Mrs. Matilda Nichols, a Pioneer Lady of this City ILL SEVERAL MONTHS Was Eighty-Six Years Old and Had Lived Here for Half a Century Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock, Mrs. Matilda Nichols, one of the oldest | residents of this county, responded to | the call of the death angel after suf- | sering from complications for several I years. The aged lady who had passed her eighty-sixth milestone has been suffering intense pain for' several months and while she was troubled with minor affections characteristic to old age. senility was the direct cause of her death. The deceased was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1821. She was married to Martin Nichols in Lancaster county, Ohio, in 1845. After residing there for some time, they removed to this city for their future abode and have lived here since. Having been totally blind during the past eight years. Grandma Nichols has spent the closing chapter of her long life in total darkness, which only adds to the grief of her many friends and relatives. She was a kind hearted woman and known by many people, large and small, old and young, all of whom join the bereaved ones in their profound sorrow. The deceased is the mother of eight children, six of whom have preceeeded her io the great beyond. namely Charles. John. William and Frank Nichols and Mrs. Matilda Beery and Mrs. Ellen Miesse, while Miss Samantha and F. H. Nichols survive to mourn the loss of a loving mother. The funeral services will be conducted from the U. B. church tomorrow morning at ten o’clock, Rev. Staugle officiating.

TO THE REPUBLICANS OF ADAMS COUNTY. In accordance to the call of the Republican State Committee of Indiana, you are requested to meet in each of your voting precincts as hereinafter set out on Friday evening, January 31st, from 6 until 7 p. tn., for the purpose of electing one delegate and one alternate to attend the District convention to be held on Tuesday, the 4th day of February, 1908, at Muncie at 2 p. m., for the purpose of selecting two delegates and two alternates for the Eighth congressional district of Indiana, whose duty it is to attend the Republican National convention to be held at Chicago June 16, 1908. The delegates elected at the various precincts will be entitled to seven thirty-thirds of a vote, as Adams County is entitled to 7 delegates, that being one delegate for each 200 votes cask for Fred A. Sims for secretary of state at the November election. 1906 Various precincts will meet as follows: Union Twp., East P.—Residence of Charles C. Miller. Union Twp.. West P.—Residence of Nathaniel May, Root Twp., East P.—Residence of Jesse Warner. Root Twp., West P. —Harry Butler's residence. Preble Twp.. North P.—Residence of J. E. Spangler. Preble Twp., South P.—Residence of Fred Sheeler.

Mammoth Sale Mammoth Sale The 25 percent discount that we are allowing on all of our heavy winter clothing Is b-imrim? ™t» our store. On last Saturday our store was crowded with people who had seen our ad on Friday evening T,Z tV° came in to take advantage of this slaughter of prices, A wise bnyer will quickly realize the best place to make his purchase of winter clothing when he x ing to us make a saving of $1 in every $4 that he invests. ° “ “ c by com - We still have a good assortment left to pick from. Do not wait until it is too late n„t „„ happy with a fine suit or overcoat at a very small price. Notice’some of the bargains In our wi”Xw b<> “* a ’ • THE MYERS DAILEY COMPANY

Kirkland Twp., South P —Residence of Jacob Spade, Kirkland Twp. South P — Residence of Jay L. Sostenberry. tv« tn g oTwp., lit est P.-“ Residence of George Barnett. Washington Twp. East P. —Residence of Elmore Cook St. Marys Twp.. North P. —Residence of J. L. Chronister. St. Marys Twp., South P. —Pleasant Mills. Blue Creek Twp North P. —Steele. Blue Creek Twp., South P. —Residence of Chas. C. Jones. Monroe Twp.. North P. —Monroe. Monroe Twp., Middle P — Residence of Lee Reifey. Berne, A and B. —Town ball. French Twp.—Residence of Ferdinand lake. Hartford.North—Residence of Noah Posey. Hartford, South—" Residence of Luther Martin. Wabash. North.—Residence of Sam Teeters. WlAash, Ceylon P —Ceylon. Geneva. A and 8.-A' Geneva, places determined by the Committeemen. Jefferson. West. —Residence of Jesse Buckmaster. Jefferson, East. —Residence of Geo. W. Brewster. City of Decatur — First Ward. A and B. P.—Frisinger & Co.’s office. Second Ward, A and B. P. —Office of C. L. Walters. Third Ward. A and B P.—Office of Fruchte and Litterer. J. M. FRISINGER. Chr. Adams Co. Rep. Com. F. L. Li.terer, Secy. o — An Exception. The Philosopher—Tell me what 8 person reads and I ean tell you what he is. The Dyspeptic—Not always. There's my wife, for Instance. She’s always reading a cookery book. The Philosopher (confidently)—Well? The Dyspeptic- But she's no cook!

A Humana Woman. The Cabman-Gimme your bag, lady, and I'll put it on top of the cab. Mrs. Oatcake (as she gets in)—No; that pool horse of yours has got enough to pull. I’ll carry it on my lap.—London TitBits. A Pugnacious Super. When F. R. Benson, the actor, was training two armies of “supers” for a battle, he had some difficulty in persuading the weaker side to submit to be conquered. Even at the first performance the vanquished force, which Included a somewhat pugnacious Irishman, who may be called X.. upset traditional usages by severely mauling its victors, and the play must have suffered if the hint of one of the warriors had not been taken. “Look a-here, Mr. Benson,” he said, “if you want us to be beaten, you must put X. in the other army. That's the only way.”—London Standard. Margaret’s Alphabet. Little Margaret was having difficulty with the alphabet, which was beIng taught her in the good old way. I The letter H was a desperate pitfall. H she could not remember, so her mother said, “See, Margaret, it looks like a gate.” That was an inspiration. ‘ Now Margaret is in clover. She never | forgets, but this is what she says: A, b, c, d, e, f, g. gate. i, etc. Her mother sees still harder work ahead in making the little maid forget.—Washington Star. Proved. De Million— l must say lam very much disappointed in you. You told me that when you were married you would prove that you had business ability. Du Purely—Well, my dear sir, • I did prove that when I married your risnghter Doesn't Agree. “You should never take anything that doesn't agree with you,” ths physician told Mr. Marks. “If I had always followed that rule, Maria,” he remarked to his wife, “where would you be?”

WENT TO MARION Crowd of Adams County Citizens Attend Ward Fence Co. Meeting ANNUAL SESSION Important Affairs Discussed —Directors and Officers Elected About twenty of the stockholders of the Ward Fence company left this morning for Marion, where they held a very important business session rela tive to the future of this enterprising concern. It was necessary that the meeting he held at Marion for the reason that the Ward Fence company is incorporated and the meetings must be held at the place where the com pany has been admitted to the incorporation. according to a state law However, the sjckholders at today s meeting voted their office to Decatur, where all meetings will be held in the future. Business of vital importance was rranacted by this corps of men. involving transactions that will bear upon the future of the Wire Fence company, as well as the disposition of their buildings at Marlon. The project of utilizing the buildings at Marion for a foundry wherein castings for the ornamental wire will be made, was a vital issue of the meeting and in ■ fact all business preparatory to the • launching of the Ward Fence company on the bu-iness horizon of Decatur was closed up. Tomorrow bids will be rei ceived at their office hi Decatur for the construction of the fundations and buildings that are to be erected by May Ist and Decatur can well be proud that the business of our new industry even at present, indicates a most prosperous future. Officers and directors for the ensu ing year yere elected today. Those who attended the, meeting were: Messrs M. Blakley. Charles Elzey, J. T. Myers, A. Voglewede. J. S. Colchin L. G. Ellingham. S E. Hite, L. A. Graham, W. P. Shrock. F. Schirmeyer. Ed Blakley, J 8. Peterson, E. L. Carroll. C. C. Schafer, W. Schamerloh. D. D. Clark, F. V. Mills. M. E. Brackett Henry Krukeberg, F. Thieme, F.Hciman.

Alec Clark, of Tipton county, is visiting with H. C. Clark, of Monmouth. Hint of Untidiness. “If you want to study human na ture just try being a salesman in a department store for even a short time,’’ said the clerk over his evening meal. “There isn’t a day but I have a quiet laugh over the remarks of customers or, more frequently, would be customers. Today, for instance, I was approached by a well dressed elderly woman with the request to show her some cups and saucers. She did. not want china ones—something in porcelain, for ‘common everyday use,' she said. I brought out samples, and finally her choice simmered down to a plain white and the other a white with a dull grayish green figure. As if to account for her decision she said to me in a most confidential tone: ‘I guess I’ll take the gray ones. They won't show the dirt so soon.’ ’’—New York Press. The Dolphin Violin. The Dolphin violin was so named on account of the beauty of the wood, the back of the instrument resembling the color of a dolphin. It was made by Siradivarius in 1714. and it is considered the most beautiful violin in the world. It is owned by an Englishman and is valued at £s,ooo.—Musical Home Journal.

WILL GIVE SOCIAL (Continued from page !•) loading game of the evening. Mrs. W A Kueble? led the ladies in having highest score, and Mr. O. N. Snellen captured the genttemsn’s prize. The second prizes were won by Mrs. Henry Schultz and James Haefilng Immediately following the twelve games which were played an elaborate th course luncheon was served by the hostess. assisted by her si«er. Miss Anna Martin. The guests presented Dr. Cornel! with a beautiful black silk umbrella. They were: Messrs, and Mesdames E. X. Ehinger, B. J Meibers. James Haefling. O N. Snellen. W. A. Kuebler, Henry Schulte, Frank Crawford. U. Deininger, P. J. Hyland and Mr. Jacob Martin. The Afternoon club will meet with Mrs. P. J. Hyland on Thursday afternoon instead of tomorrow. —-p— Staring at Royalty. Royalties are early cured of any shyness of being looked at They are there to be seen, and both the king and queen when they go to the opera and turn their glasses on the occupants of opposite boxes are openly amused bv the disconcerted loots ot persons who feel abashed under the inspection. Not a trace of self consciousness is left on the face of an English royalty, with the exception of perhaps a single princess under an artillery of glances. Such attentions are anything but resented. Indeed, the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire used to say that when the butcher boy ceased to turn round after her in the street she would know her reign was over.—London Chronicle.

Ignorance Not Bliss. “There is a certain gnawing uncertainty about calling on people who speak a different language from their servants.” remarked the woman who does. “You can never tell whether they are saying. ’Make another cup of tea, Katie: I have company,’ or ‘She always drops in about tea time, confound her! Pour some more hot water in the pot’ "—New York Press. Saw For Himself. A man carrying a looking glass said to a newsboy. “Come here and look into this glass and you will see a donkey.” “How did you find that out?” retorted the boy.—London Express. Opposites Often Wed. “Miss, you are a hoiden. Nobody ■will ever care to marry a boisterous girl.” “Don't worry, mother. Fll find some nice, girlsterons boy.”—Kansas (3ty Journal. Cheap Fun. He—You talk about men playing poker. It is no worse a vice than the shopping habit of the women. She— Perhaps not morally speaking; but, then, it takes money to play poker, whereas a woman can shop al! day without it costing her a cent except what she pays for car fare.—Boston Transcript Generally the Case. “I wish you would mention this to Jinks. It is highly important” “I’U mention it to him today.” “But how do you know you will see him today?" “I’m bound to bump into him. I owe him money.”—St Paul Pioneer Press. No Mercy. Mistress—Sarah Jane, what has happened? Sarah Jane—Oh, mum, I’ve fallen down the stairs and broken my neck! Mistress (firmly)—Well, whatever you’ve broken will be deducted from your wages.—Sydney (N. S. W.) Bulletin. He Could Not Wili. “Can you lend me a fiver, old fellow.'” “Surely I can.” “But will you?” “Ah, my will power has utterly deserted me these daysf’-Town Topics.

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