Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sun day, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.00 Per month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter. J. H, HELLER, Manager. ——— AMONG THE DEMOCRATS Now comes the Hon. Abram Simmons. of Bluffton, who aspires to be one of the Indiana “Big Four’’ to the Democratic national convention at Denver. The honor is one that well befits the Bluffton Democrat, and we hope the powers that be will recognize his many good qualities, and will gratify his ambitions to the limit. Mr. Simmons has long been one of those consistent, high minded and self sacrificing laborers in the Democratic vineyard. He is ever and always in i tune with his party and a loyal supporter of its organization, both in season and out. In fact he is just the sort of an Andrew Jackson-Bryan Democrat that it is a pleasure to recognize and honor. Here is to Abe Simmons, and here, too, is hoping that the Democratic state convention will recognize the political good sense of naming him as one of the delpgates-at-large to the Denver convention. Col. C. G. Conn, of Elkhart, is the latest arrival and addition to the list of gubernatorial aspirants before the Democratic state convention. He wants it, and apparently he wants it as badly as any other of the half dozen ] candidates. Hon. Walter J. Lotz, of Muncie, should be proud of the many flattering press notices that are being showered upon hitn, in response to his announcement as a candidate for attorney general. He occupied that place on the ticket two years ago. and made a vigirous campaign for the Democratic ticket. He belongs to the youtfg school of Democrats, is a law-

LET US OIL YOUR —HARNESS—and give it that thorough overhauling it needs. You will not be able to get much use of your harness in the next few days and this is the time we can best give you the benefit of our experience. Our undivided attention is now at your command for OILING AND REPAIRING ==VOUR HARNESS= We have a new process that will soften »nd put new life into creeky old straps. Your money will come back to you many times in harness service. CLEANING AND OILING Single set Buggy Harness 95c Double set Buggy Harness $1.25 Double set Team Harness $2.00 Atz <Sc Steele Phone 505. North 2nd. Street.

REAL ESTATE Do you want to buy a farm? We have a large list of farms for sale located in this county at prices that will interest you. We also have some attractive propositions in Michigan timber and farm land. Quite a number of Adams county farmers have located there, and all are doing well. We have many more good propositions there for buyers of cheap lands. If you have only a small amount of money and want to own a farm of your own, come in and see us. Among the farms located in Adams county we have the following: A 40 acre tract, 6 room house, small barn, other outbuildings, fairly well fenced and drained, soil all black sandy loam, a good bargain. Also an 80 acre farm. 7 room house, large barn, other outbuildings, well fenced and fairly well drained, partly black and partly sandy loam; this is a bargain if sold soon. A 100 acre tract in good community, excellent 8 rom house, barn and other outbuildings fair, well fenced and fairly well drained, soil partly black and partly sandy loam; some timber, can be sold at a bargain if sold soon. MONEY TO LOAN — We have plenty of money to loan on improved farms at lowest rate of interest. No delay. Complete or partial payments allowed. No commission. Write us for full information. Phone 430. Office over Bums Harness Store Northern Indiana Real Estate Co.

yer of high standing and ability and deserves the nomination at this time, hands down. State Chairman Stokes Jackson will be a visitor tn Decatur, arriving at one o’clock on Friday of this week. i j He desires to meet every Democrat in Adams county, if such a thing is possible, and to this end arrangements will be made and the details announced later. It will be seen that Chairman Jackson is already making good his statement, that of being chairman ' of the whole Democratic party and that the carrying of Indiana for Bryan was his sole ambition. The Adams county Democracy will not only give Mr. Jackson the glad hand, but they will materially assist him in realizing ■ upon his mission as state chairman. ■UUJL » The party organ is passing, the j independent newspaper has taken its I place. Os course the transition is not yet complete by any means, but the change is going on and the time is not far distant when there will be mighty few newspapers that will blindly support any and all princi-, pies and candidates because they happen to be offered by the party. I J Slavery to party is just as base and ignoble as any other kind of slavery.—Muncie Press. The Democrat's map and wall chart is the best that ever happened. They are already scattered all over the four corners of Adams county, and the one who fails to possess one is a big loser. Come in while they are fresh and hot. IT’S FRIDAY NIGHT (Continued from page 1.) furnished by the High School orchestra. Admission 25 cents. Seats Reserved without extra charge at the j Holthouse Drug store. Board opens Friday at 8 a. m. Children under 12 years will be admitted to the gallery for 10 cents. Remember “Uncle Rube’’ Friday the 28th. One night only. SAVED THEM. Dr. J. O. Greeson. State Secretary of A.merican Veterinary Medical Association. KoKomo, Ind., says: “The herd of hogs on which the Bourbon Hog Cholera Remedy was used, was sold yesterday. We give this remedy the credit for saving them.” Sold by HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

COURT HOUSE NEWS! John D, Steele Awarded Judgment on Claim by the Jury NEW PARTITION SUIT Was Filed Today—Some Probate Business and Other Legal Notes The jury in the case of John Dayton ' Steele vs. Joseph W. Smith, executor ' of the Polly Steele estate, returned I a verdict about eight o’clock last evening after four hours' consideration, the same reading: "We, the jury, find forth- plaintiff and assess his dam- ■ ages at tne sum of $790.21. E. J« Bailey, foreman.” Judgment for this amount against the estate was renI dered this morning by Judge Merry--1 man. the said judgment to bear six • per cent interest until paid. j A new case filed today was by William Drew and entitled Tazwell Fritz | vs. George A. Fritz et al. complaint for partition of real estate. In the suit of Elizabeth S. Kern vs. J. W. Hakes et al, suit on note, D. E. Smith entered appearance for defendant. Ed S. Hall, guardian for George Snyder, filed petition for sale of personal property and same was orderedsold at public sale after due and lawful notice. Willis C. Glendening. guardian for Luke E. Glendening et al, filed a current report, which was allowed. A marriage license was issued to Richard Kreiselmeyer, aged twenty- ’ one, of Van Wert county, Ohio, and ! Louise C. Krupckeburg, aged twenty, of Union township. Attorney Dore B. Erwin filed a new case this afternoon entitled Albert and Samuel Butler vs. Noah and Rachel Mangold, to foreclose mechanic’s lien, demand $75. Th° account is for building a cement sidewalk. PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer at public auction at his residence known as the Brock larin, one mile south and one mile west of Peterson, 6 miles west and 1% miles south of Decatur, >. at ten o'clock a. m.. on Friday, March ►: 6, 1908, the following property to-wit: I' Live stock —Four horses, consisting of *; two good work horses, 1 brood mare. • one spring colt, two good milch cows, , both fr sh about June 4th; 2 two-year- [' old heifers, one will be fresh June 3d; ►. 1 spring calf. Hogs—Nineteen head • of shoats, weighing about 75 pounds I i each; 3 brood sows, on© will farrow ’ soon, two will farrow April Ist. > Farm implements — One %-inch > broad tired farm wagon, triple box; ; 1 spring wagon, 1 wood wheeled wag- ’ on, 2 top buggies, 1 Rock Island hay > loader. Milwaukee mower, hay tedder, I 1 grain drill, 1 sled corn cutter, 1 ’ check row corn planter pair hay lad- » ders, pair bob sleds, Shunk breaking ,1 plow, single shovel plow, double shov- ', el plow, spring tooth harrow corn >: shelter fanning mill, log chains, 2 >. double sets heavy work harness. 150- ’ egg incubator and brooder, corn sod - - ' der in field and mow, and many other > articles. ! Terms —All sums of $5.00 and under J eash In hand; all sums over $5.00, a • credit of nine months will be given >j by purchaser giving note with ap- [ proved security. Four per cent off [ for cash. HARRY G. CLOUD. i John Spuhler, Auctioneer. , — o ; PUBLIC SALt. The Undersigned will sell at the - Frank Ray farm 2% miles southeast of Monroe and 5 miles northeast of Berne, Ind., the following property, to-wit, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m. on Friday, February 28, 1908. Horses —1 ten-year-old horse, 1 colt, coming 2 years old in spring. 2 cows, 1 fresh at this time, 2 yearling heifers. Hogs—9 head of shoats, 1 full blooded Poland-China sow, young. Implements—l Indiana new disk drill, 1 new riding cultivator, 1 new lever spike tooth harrow, 1 spring tooth harrow, 1 low wheel 3 inch tire wagon. 1 wooden wheel truck wagon, 1 buggy, some good number one selected seed corn, corn in crib, timothy hay tn mow, corn and fodder in the field. Other articles too numerous to mention. Terms —All sums under $5.00 cash; all sums over $5.00, a credit of nine months will be given purchaser giving note with good security. ELMER J. RAY. > J. N. Burkhead, Auctioneer.

i AT THE MAJESTIC TWO NIGHTS. Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie's successful | play, which Charles Frohman will prei sent at the Majestic theater at Fort Wayne, on Friday and Saturday and Saturdy matinee, in point of popularity has eclipsed any modern dramatic offering. It has been played wherever the English language is spoken. It has held the boards in England for five years, and the enthusiasm of the British play goers for it shows no sign of subsiding. This is its third season in America and in this country it has been seen by more people than have'attended the performances of any other half dozen plays In the same time. Wherever presented the single judgment of the thousands who have seen the Barrie play has been “It is good.” J. M. Barrie had already endeared I himself to American play goers by ■ »his “Little Minister." but in Peter Pan he has made the conquest of American hearts complete. There never‘was so wonderful a boy as Peter Pan, and for I wealth of imagination and potency of charm no play of modern times is at all comparable to Peter Pan. To i witness Peter Pan is like taking a ' draught from a spring of eternal youth. It is all sunshine and laughter. A man of less audacious fancy than Barrie would not write, nor a manager of less insight into the value of things dramatic or less courage; I than Charles Frohman dare attempt to put upon the stage such a work as Peter Pan. In the success of this latest Barrie play Mr. Frohman’s judgment has been vindicated and his courage rewarded, in a most gratifying and remarkable way, and Mr. Barrie's fancy has never so charmed the Eng-lish-speaking people, Mr. Frohman’s production of Pet°r Pan here will have all the artistic richness that marked the performances in'the Empire theater in New York, and the Duke of York’s theater London. Prices —matinee and night lower floor, 75c. SI.OO, $1.50. Seat sale opens Tuesday. Feb. 25. Mail orders accompanied by remitt race and addressed envelope will receive prompt attention. o PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence. 2% miles south of Decatur, half mi'e west of the Hnines school house, at ten o’clock a. m., on Thursday March 5, 1908 the fallowing property, to-wit: Live Stock, etc. Nine head of horses, including four good work horses, colt coming three years old, two colts coming two years old, 2 yearlings. Five milch cows, 2 yearling heifers and one yearling steer. Eleven head of butcher hogs, 1 Duroc sow, will farrow in April; full blooded Berk'shire boar. Farm 0m- ! plements —McCormick binder and 1 mower, 2 new breaking plows, 2 good ■ double shovel plows, 2 wagons, 2 1 double sets work harness, hay racks. hog rack, 2 single shovel plows, 500 f bushels corn, 400 bushels oats, and ■ many other articles too numerous to ■ mention. Terms —All sums of $5.00 and unde' cash in hand; all sums over $5.00, a 1 credit of nine months will be given 5 by purchaser giving note with ap- ' proved security. J. P. BAKER. J. N. Burkhead, Auctioneer.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS. Notice is hereby given to the property owners whose lots and parcels of land abut on the alley commencing in the alley on the north line of Monroe street in said city, between First and Second streets to the south line of Jackson street and there to terminate, also commencing at the alley at the west line of First street running thence west along the alley between Monroe and Jackson street to the east line of Second street and there to terminate. That the common council of the city of Decatur, Indiana on the 18th day of February, 1908, duly passed and adopted a resolution to improve the alley, commencing in the alley at the north line of Monroe street in said city between First and Second streets to the south line of Jackson street and also commencing at the alley at .the west line of First street running thence west along said alley between Monroe and Jackson streets to the east line of Second street with first class number two paving block That on the 17th day of March. 1908. at 7 o’clock pu m., the council will at the council room, bear all persons whose property js effected - by the proposed improvement and will decide whether the benefits that will accrue to the property to be assessed abutting and adjacent to the proposed improvement and to said city will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of the proposed improvement. By order of the common council made and entered of record this 18th day of February, 1908. CART/ O. FRANCE. 2teachw3w City Clerk. —o — La Grippe and Pneumonia Foley’s Honey and Tar cures la grippe coughs and - prevents pneumonia. Refuse any but the genuine In the yellow package. THE HOiLTHOUSE DRUG CO. }<4OTICfL Henry Krelnlkocit grind - corn with or without cobs; also ether grain at his home In Bingen, Ind., every Friday. 88-lw o Democrat Want Ads. Pay.

A CURRENCY BILL Real Fight Will Take Place in the Senate this Week ALDRICH IS SCARED Representative Lilly Stirs Up a Hornet’s Nest in the House Washington, February 25.—The real fight over the Aldrich currency bill will take place in the senate this week. The senator proposes to try to get the bill through before the week ends. Mr. Aldrich’s change of front on the railroad bond question is possibly the most important development from some standpoints that has come about for a month. Events during the last two weeks have been such that Mr. Aldrich has unquestionably reached the decision that his bill will be much harder to force down the throats of the public than he had supposed. Time and reflection are necessary in order to assure its pasage and there will have to be a good deal of sharp legislative meneuvering. The railroad bond developments are the first step in the game. What Mr. Aldrich now has in mind is the acceptance of the idea of physical valuation of railroads and the security underlying their issue of bonds by the interstate commerce commission in order to furnish a basis for the regular acceptance of these bonds by the treasury department. Mr. Aldrich was visibly perturbed some time ago when Senator LaFollette broiight forward his amendment on this subject. In the discussion of methods the acceptance of the market value as fixed on stock exchanges gave so good a handle to the opposition that it was plainly seen to be out of the question. The plan accepted by Mr. Aldrich, that of requiring that only those bonds should be taken that were issued by roads whose stockholders for five years preceding, has also been found out of the question because of its “sectional” character. This has thrown Mr. Aldrich back upon the idea of physical valuation, and now he Is expected to come to the front, notwithstanding his dislike for the senior senator from Wisconsin.

Washington, February 25.—Representative Lilley, of Connecticut, submitted to the rules committee of the house formal charges that the Electric Boat Company, of New Jersey, makers of the Holland type of submarine, had used wrongful methods to obtain legislation. He declares his ability to prove his charges when the committee takes them up for consideration, which probably will be today. o NOTICE. Owing to the fact that I will change business on the first of March, the city clerk’s office will be moved from the Democrat office to the city offices at the comer of Madison and Third streets. All bills should be filed at this place and the records will also be kept there open to the public. Orders for labor or supplies will be issued from that office. The public will please bear this in mind and govern themselves accordingly. CARL 0. FRANCE lOtevery day city Clerk. If you have Catarrh, rid yourself this repulsive disease. Ask Dr. Shoop of Racine, Wis„ to mail you free, a trial box of his Dr. Shoops’s Catarrh Remedy. A simple test, will surely tell you a Catarrh truth well worth your knowing. Write today. Don’t suffer longer. W. H. Nachtrieb. —o Foley’s Honey and Tar cures the most obstinate coughs and expels rhe cold from the system as it is mildly laxative. It is guaranteed. The genuine is in the yellow package THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO ’ Q. . SOMETHING NEW. A complete line of Ash Trays, Card Trays, Cigar Pans, Smoker Sets and Tobacco Boxes, w’hich are all decorated with fancy cigar bands. Also a supply of plain dishes and cigar bands for decorating purposes. Call and look the line over T. C. CORBETT. As the bonds on Madison and Third streets have been due since December 1, 1907, and I need the money, I would ask all who have assessments due on same to please call on City Treasurer and pay their assessments or same will be put in hands of attorney for collection if not paid by March 1, 1908. Please give this your early attention. JULIUS HAUGK. 44-4 t

P, J, HYLAND SANITARY Gas Fitting, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Gas and Combination Fixtures 23 Monroe St. phene 256 ***** | Flower Bulbs! | Hyacinth,, 1 ♦ Tulips, ♦ ♦ Lillies, | ♦ and other ♦ | ♦ Bulbs for | fall planting 1| J. D. HALE t FIRST NATIONAL BANK DECATUR NDIANA CAPITAL $ JOO,OOO SURPLUS $20,000 INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS Attention ’ Everybody jAre yon going to HAVE A SALE The best prices always obtained when you have JOHN SPUHLER the Live Stock and General Auctioneer to call your sale. Claim dates early. Phone, Res. 531. Office 430

50,000 ACRES Os Farming, Grazing, Stone, Coal and Timbered Lands in large or small tracts Prices and terms to suit the purchaser. Write w. L. ®ROWN REAL ESTATE COMFY 4<>3ot MITCHELL, IND. PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence three-fourths mil • west of Magley and 2% miles east of Tocsin, at ten o’clock a. m„ on Thursday, March 12. 1908, the following property, to-wit: Liv e stock etc - Grey mare colt, weight 1,400 lbs., colt tj 6arS ° W ’ 4 Shr °PShire ewes gU . glbie to register; 3 brood sows. one full blood Poland-China, one that will have pigs by side by day of gal “ '" 7 s wiU farrow last of Marchto mo lbs Bh ° atS WPighing from 40 to 100 lbs., some extra breeders Farm implements-Milwaukee self, bmder, good as new, Buckeye mower S a CUltiVat ° r ’ Bradle V cultivator’ good as new; Oliver steel riding mow' 2 section spike-tooth harrow with fii Ually as good as new; set of otber e artici e es. Os by purchaser giving note with U cd security. Five ™ „ appr ° Vcash. cent for ™ D John Stine, Clerk. democrat

farmers Attention 1 When it comes your w?y to hold a sale. 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. Real Estate Farm and city property to sell and buy. Call and see my list. Here is a few of our bargains: 168 acres, 1 1-2 miles of Decatur; good improvements for $75 per acre. 160 acres S7O per acre. Bank barn, good hot»e. 40 acres, 2 miles of Decatur at a bargain. I also, handle Michigan lands and have some at a I bargain,. good as Adams county can afford at S3O, S4O and SSO per acre with good buildings. And city property in aM parts of city from SBOO to six thousand. Also have property to rent. I. L. Babcock & Ward Decatur. Ind.

FARMS For Sale In Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Call on W. H. PARKER 212 Burt Street, Van Wert, Ohio For Spouting, Roofing Galvanized Iron and Tin Work. Copper and Galvanized Lightning Rode. See T. A. Leonard Opposite Hale’s Warehouse. »R. J. m. miller Eve, Ear/. Nose and Throat Treated EYES TESTED ANDSGLASSES FITTED 220 South 2nd St Decatur - —■gj GET WEDDED TO the model WITHOUT A MATE w. H. LINDSLEY When at Hoagland, call at the Midget’s Restaurant for Lunch or Meals w - STAFFORD, the Proprietor, will treat you right.