Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Pubiiihed Every Evening, Except Sun day, by LEW G. ELL INGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier... Id cents Per year, by carrier ...$5.00 Per month by mail 25 cents Per year, by mall 12.50 Single eoplee 3 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Ekitered at. the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. TWO PLANKS Mr. Taft is the leading Republican Candidate for the The tariff plank adopted by the Ohio Republicans, in ft convention that instructed for Taft’s nomination, must be taken as expressing Taft’s views. | This plank—the same old. dreary, monotonous thing—is as follows: "A revision of the tariff by a special session of the next congress, insuring the maintenance of the true principle of protection by imposing such customs duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to the end that, without excessive duties, American manufacturers, farmers, producers and wage earners may have adequate protection." Mr. Bryan will be the Democratic candidate for the presidency. In view of that fact the Democrats of his own state, in a convention that instructed for him, inserted the following tariff resolution in its platform: “We welcome the belated promise of tariff reform now offered by a part of the Republican party as a tardy recognition of the righteousness of the Democratic position on this question, but the people cannot safely intrust the execution of this important work to a party which is so obligated to the highly protected interests that it postpones relief until after the election. And we call attention to the significant fact that the promise now

SPRING OPENING AND CUT PRICE SALE Beginning March 17 and Ending March, 31 Our Harness and Machinery Departments this Spring are running over with Rare Bargains. We have made 75 Sets of Farm Harness and 100 Sets of Buggy Harness that we offer at prices lower than we ever expected to be able to make and sell high grade harness I We bought one car load of Grain Drills, Disc Harrows than manufacturer’s nriees and and Farm Wagoa. that cou.igh.d to the Decatur the .am. discount "““ d Offer ,hem at Hardware Co., one car load of Rock Island Hay Loaders, WE HAVE JUST RFOFI 1 of a Toledo, Ohio, firm that went into the receivers’hands. One car John Deere machinery CEIVtD |Wv still have left from the Loch, Dirkson & Co.’s stock of machinery, one car Union Citv ° hl ° Rake C °’ S machinery bought last year, six farm wagons, four riding All goods will be offered at this p CarriageS ' plows, nine breaking plows, seven buggies, fifteen har- We have just receive* th “ ae at cut rate Pricesrows, seven corn plows, ten cultivators, and three Clean Fence Posts that will be sold d iOadS ° f Red Ceder Sweep Hay Loaders. We bought all these goods at less Ceder Posts, all sizes and nr‘ Unngthls sale at cost. Red I During these two weeks we will make special prices on American Fence. (Buy when These Two Weeks will be Cut Price Weeks. We take a great deal of pride in the fact th Save moneyi) thing we do just as we agree to do. raat w hen we advertise anyI ' Schafers Up-to-date H a rdwa reS — e DECATUR, IND. OlOfC.

' made by those Republicans who favor tariff revision is wholly vitiated by the use of the very qualifying words under which the present tariff iniquities have grown up. We favor immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of ! import duties. Articles entering into competition with articles controlled by trusts should be placed upon free list; material reduction should be made in the tariff on necessities of life, and reductions should be made on such other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tariff to a revenue basis.” In connection with the Nebraska utterance, please notice the “qualifying words” in the Ohio platform. If the Republican state convention indorses Governor Hanly, “as a matter of politics,” what will it say about the , last legislature, which Hanly charged with perfidy? If it indorses the legis- ( |Jature, which twiddled its fingers at i Hanly most contumaciously, knocked 1 the stuffing out of his favorite bills and ' mussed up his nerves, what will it say about the governor? That convention | is going to have a good many puzzles before it. ’ I Lieutenant Governor Hug Th. Miller ' of Columbus, and one of the four Re- . publican candidates for governor, was i meeting his party friends here today, i Th lieutenant governor is the only 1 candidate of his party who is dignify- 1 ing himself and the high office of gov- , ernor by not engaging in a rough- • and-tumble bar room method of secur- 1 ing convention delegates. If nominated he will represent good citizenship to say the least. The Connersville Courier, a Republican paper, says that “it is worse than foolishness for a Republican congressman to go before his constituents and tell them that this is no panic that we are passing through.” And then the Courier, with a justifiable impatience, asks: “If this is not a panic, what the > h —l is It?” John Edwards has done a neat job of painting and graining on the inter. ' lor of the new Carroll home.

OLD FOLKS HOME Methodists Discussing Pro ject—May Not Be Erected at Warren BLUFFTON WANTS IT And May Land It If They Can Raise the Required Money Bluffton. Ind.. March 12. —It will be of interest to every Methodist to learn that there Is a movement on foot by which the M. E. old people’s home, which it was proposed to erect at Warden, Ind., probably will be erected elsewhere, if at all, owing to the inability of the old home committee to raise the necessary funds for a home at that place. The town of Warren came into prominence two years ago as a site for the home through the offer of William H. Chopson, a pioneer resident of that place, to donate $25,000 toward such an institution, his offer being subject to the stipulation that the church should raise a similar amount in order to scure the donation. Later he augmented his original offer by offering to raise his donation to $50,000, provided the church raised a similar amount. Work hard as they might the committee could not get the pledges for the amount desired to balance Mr. Chopson’s donation, and then it was that the committee began casting about for other propositions. There now seems to be a good prospect that Bluffton may land the home, as parties in this city hav e told the committee that they have confidence that if the home is promised Bluffton they can raise the amount desired to balance the offer of the Warren philanthropist. There was a meeting of the old home committee at Warren yesterday and it was attended by Presiding Elder C. U. Wade, of the Ft. Wayne distict and by the Rev. J. K. Cecil, of this city, and at this meeting Mr. Chopson said that he would agree, since it (appeared, that the money could not be raised for a home at (Continued on page 4.)

CARD OF THANKS. We desire in this way to thank the friends, neighbors and Methodist choir for their kindness to us during the sickness, death and funeral of our husband and father. Mrs. Etta Rinehart and children. —, . COURT HOUSE NEWS Owens vs. Helmrick Horse Case Went to Jury About Noon THE NUISANCE CASE State vs. Kalver & Hurst Next Monday—Some Probable Business Phillip J. Eady vs. Ruth Fisher et al, partition, waiver of service of notice, appearance /by all defendants excepting five minors for whom D. D. Heller was appointed guardian ad litem. The case of Grant G. Owens vs. Peter Helmrick to recover on a horse sold as sound, but which is alleged was not. went to the jury at about eleven o’clock this morning. The evidence was concluded yesterday and the arguments heard this morning. Mr. Owens paid S2OO for the horse but says it was only worth from SIOO to $125 and therefore wants judgment that will return to him SIOO of the amount. Ats 2:35 this afteroon the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The Kalver Hurst nuisance case to abate the operation of the fertilizer plant, north of this city, will begin next Monday and the witnesses are I now being subpoened. Nancy Sheets, guardian for Ruby | V. Sheets et al, filed a report of the i death of Sidney Sheets, one of the | wards. i Henry G. Gunsett, guardian for j John M. Burns, was ordered to file a report within five days. Chri t G. Egley, guardian for Rosa Drayer et al, filed a final report as to Fred Drayer.

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