Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sun <*ay, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Fes week, by carrier.W carts Pee year. by carriersS H Per month, by mai1...36 cents Per year, by mail $2 W Single copies 3 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Bettered at the poetoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter J. H. HELLER, Manager. The real question now before the democratic party is whether it is or is not to become a Roosevelt party. Only a few days ago Mr. Bryan was urging the democrats in congress to take up the suggestions made by the president and force a vote on them. This. Mr. Bryan thought, would be both patriotic and politically wise. Now we have Judge Gaynor, of Brooklyn, taking the same view.—lndianapolis News STATE BANKS IN GOOD SHAPE. More Banks and More Reposita Since Financial Stringency. A summary of the condition of state banks of Indiana. December 3. 1307. prepared by R. B. Oglesbee. head of the bank department in the state auditor s office, shows that Indiana's banks were affected only slightly by the general financial depression which spread over the country last fall. This fact is definitely shown by a comparison of this report with the report i of the condition of banks September I 30. 1907, before the unsatisfactory re-1 suits in the financial world were noticeable. One encouraging feature is that there were nine more state banks in Indiana December 3 than there were September 30. indicating that men with money still have confidence in the banking business and that they believe that the people have not lost confidence in banks. September 30 there were 235 state banks: December 3 there were 244 such banks. An increase is also shown in the capital invested. The capital stock paid in of ail state banks at the close of business September 30. was $9,120,800. The capital stock paid in at the close of business December 3 was $9,839,037. LOST—A ladies' new overshoe between telephone office and John Niblick residence Finder please return to this office. 29-2 t o —. Democrat Want Ads. P?j>. i . THE I RYSTAL “THEATRES OPEN TONIGHT MOTION PICTURES. First film —"Handling a Battleship Fleet.” "The Irrisistible Piano.” (A comedy. I Second film —A Christmas Adoption " "May and December.” ILLUSTRATED SONG. “Just for Tonight.” SCHMUCK & MILLER

Iqa oi 77 e ave Decided to Continue Our Discount Sale P 1 20 k ~ " ft FOR TEN MORE DAYS 20 off Hundreds of customers have taken advantage of this opportunity to buy good honest merchandise at prices lower than ever before offered, and as we need more space on our counters, we will continue this bargain giving sale 10 days more. Look at the many useful articles in this slaughter of prices. Men's Suits Men s Corduroy Coats Men s Underwear Youths'Pants Caps. Mittens. Etc. Boys' and Children s Over- Bovs’Knee Pant. Mens Overcoats Men's Heavy Blanket-Lined Youths'Suits Youths’Underwear Boys'and Children's Knee <?»« ys Knee Pants Men's Corduroy Suits Coats Youths' Overcoats Sweater Coats Pant Suits 1 Children ' s Under- and Children's Caps, y OOI ’» d Fleece lined underwear-all Heavy Wool Shirt., Everything mentioned will go at reduced era ... goo . have not been ““ *" ““ ELZEY & VANCE Comer East of Court House.

THE CONFERENCE A Big Methodist Event to Be Held Here Early Next Month A GOOD PROGRAM Session Will Be a Busy One in Charge of Bishop Joseph F. Berry The program for the Fort Wayne district conference to be held here March 2, 3 and 4, gives promise of being unusually interesting, as is indicated by the following. It will be , noticed that Rev. J. C. White is ' scheduled to take part in the service the first day. The event will be in charge of Bishop Joseph F. Berry. D. D.. presiding eider Cyrus U. Wade. D. D., and Pastor Charles B Wilcox. Ph. D. The program: Monday Evening, March 2, 1908. 7:30 Devotional Service.C. V. Wade 8:00 Sermon Edwin H Hughes After ServiceJ. C. White Tuesday Moming, March 3. 8:00 Communion Service.C. V Wade 8:30 Organisation and Appointment of Committees. 9:30 Address —The Preacher's Aid SocietyT. J. Johnson 9:50 Reports of the Presiding Elder 10:00 Reports of the Pastors and Non-Effective Preachers. 11:00 Address to the Pastors and N jn-Effective Prachers.. H N. Herrick 11:20 Address. "Ministerial Cour tesyW. J. Myers i 11:40 Discussion, led by..®. H. Brown 12:00 Adjournment. Tuesday Afternoon. 1:30 Devotional Service.C. M. Hobbs 2:00 Reports of Local Preachers and Exhorters. 2:30 Address to Locsl Preachers and Exhort ers..H W. Bennette 2:50 Reports of District Stewards. 3:20 Address to District Stewards B. S. Hollopetev 3:40 Reports of Presidents of Ladies' Aid Societies. Woman s Foreign and Woman's Home Missionary Societies. 4:20 Address o the Presidents of the Ladies' Societies C. A. Rowand 4:40 Helpful Suggestions W. E. McCarty Tuesday Evening. 7:30 Devotional Service W. B Freeland 8:00 Lecture.. .Bishop J. H. Vincent Reception in the parlors of the Church. Wednesday Morning. March 4. 8:00 Devotional Service.R. L Semans 8:30 Miscellaneous Business. 8:50 Reports of Class Leaders. 9:20 Address to Class Leaders.... Sherman Powell 9:40 Reports of Sunday School Superintendents and of Epworth League Presidents. 10:20 Address to S. S. Superintendents and Epworth League Presidents T. M. Guild 10:40 Address. Bishop John H Vincent 11:20 Address. “The W. £>. Pall: 40 Helpful Suggestions.C. E. Line 12:00 Adjournment.

Wednesday Afternoon. 1:30 Devotional Services Chauncey King 2:00 Reports of Committees. 2:20 Examinations of Candidates for License to Preach in open ConferenceChr. Committee 2:50 Address to Candidates for License to Preach. Frank Lenig 3:10 Granting and Renewal of Licenses to Local Preachers and Exhorters. 4:00 Address. "Old Peoples Home” M. A. Harlan 4:20 Helpful Suggestions P E. Powell 5:00 Adjournment. Wednesday Evening. 7:30 Devotional Services L. M. Edwards 8:00 Sermon J. K. Cecil After Service .., -G. W. Martin CAUSES BIG t STIR (Continued from page 1.) hope Governor Hanly can see this letter. If he knew the truth I believe he would have my case investigated Dr. Smith insists that Terrell is crazy and that his stattments are as crazy as he is. Several months ago Judge Erwin called on Terrell and declared him violently insane. Relatives and others at Bluffton are again insisting on an investigation. COURT ROUSE NEWS (Continued from page 1) Civil cases have been set for trial as follows: Grant G. Owens vs. Peter Helmrick; warranty. February 25 ; f Susie Connant vs. Louis J. Habegger. damages >3,000, February 29; State ex rel. Sarah Gleason, admx.. vs. E. E. Young et al. damages $5,000. March 31. Mathias Miller et al petition for drain. February 12; Horace Kohn vs. Joseph W. Hakes, note, March 27; Henry Young vs. Sarah and Walter Ketler. to reform deed. March 30; Nina A. Beeler vs. Samuel E. Beeler, replevin. March 26; Daniel B. Ford vs Smith Shoemaker et al, damages. $4,000. March 23; Frank H. Barthel vs. Henry E. Keller, damages $5,000, February 27. Margaret E. Scott vs. Harry D. Scott, to annul marriage, default of defendant. Prosecutor ruled to answer. W. E. Swartx vs. Journal Publishing Co., receiver, appearance by L. C. DeVoss for P. L. Andrews and Decatur National Bank. Lydia Donnelly guardian for Mathias Donnelly et al. filed his current report, which was approved. In the guardianship of George A. Frits et al. Tazewell Fritx guardian, a new bond was filed. E. D. McCollum being released. The personal property in the Viola Gilbert estate was ordered sold at private sale. Cora D. Sheets, administratrix of the William Sheets estate filed a partial report which was approved and the cause continued. W. J. Vesey and John Niblick, executors of the David Studabaker will, filed their final report and proof of publication.

Joseph W.

TRIAL TEST TRIP A Coppock Automobile Bound Overland for Cincinnati IS HEAVILY LOADED ! Carries Two Thousand Pounds of Sand Sealed in Bags Tomorrow morning at seven o'clock a Coppock automobile will leave this city on a trial test trip to Cincinnati The car will be in charge of Nat Hull, with Frank Tukey as assistant car driver. It will be loaded with ten bags of sand weighing two hundred pounds each, two thousand pounds in all. The bags were weighed and sealed by the Alams Express agent in this city and will be delivered to the Cincinnati office of the Adams Express company. The route Is by way of Portland, Winchester, Lynn, Fountain City, Richmond, the old national highway through Hamilton, Ohio, info the Queen City. The schedule is twenty hours, running time, laying over tomorrow night in Richmond. This demonstration will be made with the first car ever manufactured by this company. It has been knocked about from A to Israel and has already traveled 23.879 miles ! The test means much for the Coppock | people and upon this test hangs several tat and juicy orders. The car is sold to the Suburban Auto and Garrage company, who are the Cincinnati agents for the Coppock Automobile company of this city. The company are now busy upon several future orders, and indications now point to a busy year at their Decatur factory. IN SOCIETY’S RELM (Continued from page 1.) Lewis Kinta. Frank Giliig, Lewis Rumschlag. The Young Matron's club met with Mrs. Harry Malta this afternoon. The ladies were invited to take their sewing and spend the afternoon in a social manner. A delicious luncheon was served by the hostess. Only the members of the club were present. The ladies of the Afternoon club and their husbands were royally entertained last evening by Mr. and Mrs. J. H Bretnerkamp at progressive pedro. The prizes were won first by E. X. Ehinger and Mrs P. Hyland: second by Mrs. C. S. Niblick and James Haefiing. After which luncheon was served. The Ladies* Aid society of the Christian church will meet with Mrs. Artman. of Ninth stret. on Thursday afternoon. AJI ladies and friends are invited to attend. The West End. Needle club will meet with Mrs. John Bright, on Wednesday afternoon. The Afternoon club is being entertained by Mrs. Chas. Meibers this afternoon at her home on* north Third street

The meeting of the Euterpean club will be postponed on account of the lecture at the Presbyterian church until Feb. 13th, instead of meeting the evening of Feb. 6th. as previously announced. A complete surprise was the birthday party given at the Park hotel Satiurday afternoon in honor of little Helen Florence Petty when her little girl friends came In and reminded her of her seventh birthday. The afternoon was spent pulling taffy, poping corn and other amusements. A little I luncheon was served to all the little i lots then taking their departure, wishi lug little Helen many more such hap- ! py events. JESSUP’S ’ VICTORY Boots Bluffton, Marion and Kokomo Out of the 1.-O. League GOT TOO FRESH Said Something that Didn't Suit Jessup—Gamble is the President The Indiana-Ohio league in which Decatur won the pennant last year is having a struggle in its reorganization this year. Several meetings have been held, the latest one at Van Wert yesterday. Five of the clubs represented i favored Frank Runyon, of Bluffton, for president, but Clarence Jessup, of Richmond, was for A. R. Kling, of Indianapolis, and succeeded in raising such a tumult that the meeting adjourned without doing anything but agreeing to meet at Fort Wayne next Monday. The selection of a president is not the only disturbing element that confronts the reorganisation of the league. Jessup was staunch in his demands that the league agreement be formulated under the protection of the national association, but no sooner had this coup been sprung than Kokomo. Bluffton and Marion announced that under no consideration would they consent to "protected” base ball. The three cities ware favorable to the adoption of the national rules governing base ball, but they would accept nothing but an independent circuit. Jessup is accused of engineering this deal in the hopes of electing to the presidency some friend who “had a stand in" with Secretary Farrell, of the association, but in his attempt he had the minority end of the fight After the meeting adjourned Jessup got two or three managers together and held another meeting in which they voted Bluffton. Marion and Kokomo out and reorganiz’d a league composed of Hamilton. Piqua, and Van Wert. Ohio, and Richmond. Muncie and Anderson. Indiana. Officers elected were: Frank Gamble. Van Wert president: Phil O’Neil. Anderson. vice president; W. R. Poundstone. Richmond, secretary. Whether the other teams will organize or not and who will retain the name 1.-O. is a question of the future. We predict some future changes, as Muncie and Anderson are the worst ball towns in Indiana. o- - Democrat Want Ads. Pay.

NO WINNER TODAY Prize Doubles Tomorrow in the “Missing Word” Contest INTEREST CONTINUES How Your Answer Should Have Been Returned this Moming It's a two dollar bill to the lucky person who guesses the missing words in tonight's issue. So get busy. Out of a stack of envelopes which nearly smothered the editor. Miss Burdg. not a single one was correct, so the prize goes over until tomorrow, the winner taking two dollars. The answers for last evening's issue were simple and though every answer had a part correct, no one had all the four which wert: “you" missing from G»y & Zwick's advertisement; “free” from Kirsch & Sellemeyer; “Ones” from Schafer’s, "and” from The Holthouse Drug Co.’s. The interest continues and we want it to for it pays the advertiser and he pays us. In tomorrow’s issue, we offer a special prize' of a dollar to the first person from out of the city who sends the first correct answer. Mark these envelopes “rural" so we will know which contest you are in. These envelopes will be opened at nine o’clock Friday morning and the winner declared. —o NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. While there has been several complaints made to me in regard to different persons going around in the city, soliciting funds for the mission. I take this plan to tell the citizens that we have already two men to solicit, namely Dan Haley and Isaac Raver. Money paid to these men will be turned into the trelbury of the mission but when paid to any one else the mission does not receive it. We thank the good people for their support in this good work and everything paid to these two men will be received gladly and turned over to a good cause. Mr Haley and Mr. Raver have a book showing who has given money for this cause. Make them show you the book before you give anything, then you are sure you are paying to the right parties. Chancey Stetson, Leader. o PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence on the Elias Crist farm, three miles south and three miles west of Decatur, at 12:30 o'clock m.. ou Tuesday, February 25, 1908, the following property, to-wit: Saw Mill, Tile Mill. Engine and Boiler, sheds and kiln. Two head of horses, one a sorrel mare 5 years old; one cow, will be fresh in March. Two brood sows will farrow about May Ist. 150 chickens, two-horse wagon, set double work harness, breaking plow, double shovel plow, mud boat, spiketooth harrow and many other articles. Terms—All sums of $5.00 and und<? cash in hand: all sums over $5.00, a credit of nine months will be given by purchaser giving note with approved security. Four per cent off for <tash. HENRY SOVLNE. Noah Frauhiger, Auct. TRY DEMOCRAT WANT ADS.

Farmers Attention

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When it comes your way to hold a tale. Don’t forget the Monroe man, a good judge of property and its value. Telephone me at my expense. J. N. Burkhead The farm, live stock and general auctioneer. Monroe, Indiana.

FOR SALE —A lot of household goods will sell Tuesday and Wednesday at 327 north Second street. Alice Walch. 2S-2t RKR MS For Sale In Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Call on W, H. PARKER 212 Burt Street, Van Wert, Ohio A SECOND HAND STORE—WiII do repairing, upholstering or specialty work. Corner of Second and Jefferson streets. Phone 433, J. 8. Tindall, Prop. Jtsaw Attention : A Everybody *wMw§Are yon going to HAVE A SALE The best prices always obtained when you have JOHN SPUHIER the Live Stock and General Auctioneer to call your sale. Claim dates early. Phone, Res. 531. Office 430