Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Pu®lt»hed Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Pe» week, by carrier it cents Per year, by carrier >5.00 Per wooth, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail >2.50 Single copies ‘....2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Batered at the postoffice at Detcaur, Indiana as second class mail ma.ter. J. H. HELLER, Manager, The eighth district committeemen will meet at Muncie on Thursday of this week to fix a time and place for holding the congressional convention, Hon. J. A ,M. Adair, present congressman will probably be the only candidate, and the convention will likely be held about the middle of June. The Democratic state committee is in session today at Indianapolis. Counseling with them are a number of the candidates, including the Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, Democratic nominee for governor. Plans for the campaign will be discussed and a speakers schedule arranged. Mr. Marshall expects to speak in every county in the state, and it is safe to predict that the campaign this year will be one of the warmest in the history of Indiana, the scene of so many political battles. The distress among the unemployed at Indianapolis is so extreme that the city authorities, in response to a public demand, decided to give men work on the streets. When this fact was announced the crowd that appeared clamoring for work was so great that scarcely one out of twenty could be provided for. And Indianapolis is probably better off than most cities of its size, from which it may be inferred that the general business depression caused by the panic shows no sign of improvement. The terrible fire horror conitnues the principal subject of discussion. To be sure there have been many worse accidents, but this one is so close home. It will doubtless serve as an incentive to more rigid regulations, etc., regarding fire-trap hotels, boarding and lodging houses, etc. Absolutely fireproof buildings may not

Just Received \ < a lot of Tan Oxfords, just what you have < been wanting, a Russia calf Oxford with a light turned sole 1 J. H. Voglewede and Son. The Foot Fitters < Opp, Court House I ♦♦♦♦♦tttt»»ttttttttttt»M»Wtf ♦♦<>» 95.00 First Class Excursion Tickets via "Clover Leaf Route” To ST. LOUIS and Return Going May 9 and 10 Return; leaving St. Louis until May 11 TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS ! AND . WESTERN RAILROAD Ask the ‘‘Clover Leaf Agent

> ! yet be attainable, but an approximate - j approach thereto surely is. And this '• surely ought to be required of all wherein any considerable number of people are sheltered. Whosoever erects a building for public s purposes should be required to have ) it constructed with due reference to s ) public safety. 3 JI 1. ' For years upon years Indiana has been sounding the merits of its building stone. Its sale has been pushed everywhere on the claim that no better or more durable stone exists. This claim was well founded. Experience has shown that it is true. The state house, the soldiers’ monument, the United States postoffice building and other buildings at Indianapolis, and countless structures elsewhere in the state and throughout the countrystand as evidence that Indiana stone is all right. But now comes Governor Hanly and says it is not all right. He has decreed that the new Tippecanoe monument shall be built of granite, on the ground that it is better than the Indiana stone that was used in Indiana’s state house, the great soldiers' monument and other structures. Mr. Hanly has given a big state industry a blow and has placed in the hands of granite producers a weapon that they will not be slow to use. And the question is—why? REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Henry Hight, trustees Washington township, Decatur, Indiana; Mary E. Hanij: Mary Voglewede; Nicholas Colchint Susannah Archer; Maria Coffee; Bernard Coffee; Peter Heiman: Frank Hetman; Oliver T. Johnson; CatharSarah Coverdale; David C. Myers; George Raudenbush; James M. Johnson; Jennie Wells; Lena Sipe; Florence Johnson; Verna ' May Johnson; .Pricilla Johnson; I Trustees St. Paul Christian Union Church, Washington township, Decatui Indiana; Jacob Zerkle. — oI NOTICE. I am sow permanently located at Decatur, and persons who contemplate purchasing pianos will find it very j much to their advantage to call at my ; residence 114 S. 3rd St., second door north of library, and make arrangements with me to go direct to the Packard factory at Fort Wayne, at my expense, where they can select from a large assortment of pianos, and avoid used and shop worn goods. L. F. ALEXANDER, Representing the Packard Music House of Fort Wayne. it

SOCIETY AFFAIRS Mrs. C. B. Wilcox Entertained Miss Hattie Studabaker’s S. S. Class BACHELOR MAIDS Will Meet Tonight at Miss Deininger’s—Holy Grail Held Meeting The Women’s Missionary society of the United Brethren church will be held at the church Thursday evening and a good program has been prepared. The public is cordially invited. All members and friends of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the M. E. church are invited to meet at the home of Mrs. John Miller on Winchester street, Thursday afternoon May 7. Mrs. W. J. Myers will lead the devotionals. Mesdames Heller, Ellingham and Niblick will give short talks on the subject for the afternoon |The Mistaken Faiths." The business to be transacted will interest all members. Mrs. W. H. Nachtrieb will assist Mrs. Miller. The Adams County Medical society will hold its May meeting at the office . of the Drs. Coverdale on the evening of Friday the Bth. The papers which were carried over from the last meeting will be read at this time. Drs. s Thomas and McMillen will be the es- j sayists. Let every member of the ( society be present. < C. W .B. M. program for May meet- ’ ing to be held at the home of Mrs. 1 Henry Stevens on Thursday next at 1 2 p. m. Topic, “Industrial Missions;” < Why have them? What have they t done? Our Industrial work; hymn; t prayer; bible lesson; study and dis- t cussion of the topic; ten minutes re- t view of May “Tidings;” business per- j iod. The Ladies’ Aid society will hold ( their meeting jointly with the Mis- < sionary meeting and the members of i both societies are urged to be pres- t ent. Refreshments served at close, j and a social hour enjoyed. s t The box social given by the C. B. t L. of I. last evening at their hall was 1 a success in every respect. Only 1 about twenty-five couples were pres- 1 ent, on account of the bad weather. 1 The bidding on the boxes was spirited ' and very enthusiastic. ! The box social to be given at the Peterson school house tomorrow evening will be largely attended as this . school has a reputation for these socials. Mr. G. W. Warner, the school teacher is to have charge of the program and the proceeds will be for the benefit of the school. The public is invited to attend. Jesse Hurst of north Eleventh street royally entertained his Sunday school class last evening at his home at which time a most interesting time was had. The class composed of Misses Flossie York, Marie Ball, Leona Miller, Bertha Dean and Blanche McCray composed a class song after which music and games furnished the amusements of the evening. Miss York won, the honors in the peanut contest. Despite the bad weather quite a fair sized crowd attended the entertainment given by the Gleaners club at the Presbyterian church last evening, The characters of the Bible were portrayed in a beautiful manner and not a mistake was made, as eacu one did his or her part to perfection. The ladies realized about >9.30 from the entertainment, and wish to thank the public in general for their patronage. The entertainment proved to ■ be a very interesting one throughout and should the ladies repeat it again in the near future they will no doubt be greeted by a large crowd. The Royal Neighbors met last evening at the Modern W’oodmen hall. I The session was a very interesting one, and two new applications were filed. This Is a new order auxiliary td the woodmen, organized here a fewweeks ago. The Bachelor Maids' club will have their meetjnfe the first in several weeks, this evening at the home of Miss Mayme Deininger. Progressive euchre will be played and a royal good time is in store for those who attend. The Holy Grail society held their regular meeting last evening and a (good attendance was present. The boys initiated “Gruber” Miller into the ranks of the first degree, after

• I which they had the senate and a soHcial session. Mrs. C. B. Wilcox and Mrs. John Parrish entertained last evening at the home of Mr s.Wilccx, the M. E. Sunday School class of Miss Hattie Studabaker. The invitations num bered nineteen and were all responded to. At six o’clock a picnic supper was served which contained all the I dainties of the season. During the evening various games and contests were engaged in. Miss Pearl Cline, of Sandusky, Ohio, favored the guests > with excellent readings in a charming manner. At a late hour the guests departed voting Mesdames Parrish and Wilcox royal entertainers.

ROBISON WAS HERE Ex-Congressman of Twelfth District Talks of the Democratic Outlook PROSPECTS BRIGHT Says the Distinguished Politician and He Predicts Many Victories Ex-Congressman Robison, of Fort Wayne, was in the city this morning on legal business and in an interview with a Democrat representative he stated the Democratic prospects were never brighter than at the present time; that the republican divisions are the natural results of the republican bad government, as no set of men can be expected always to stand for evil such as republicans have cursed the country with. “The depression in business largely,” he continued, “Is due to the money manipulation and to the class legislation of the republican party.” Mr. Robison predicts victory for Bryan, Marshall, Congressman Adair and the Twelfth district candidate, Mr. Cyrus Cline, also a Democratic house of representatives. Not only democrats predict victory for their candidates, but there are many republicans who can feel the ground slipping from beneath the supposed strong holds of their party. Mr. Robison is a typical politician, and is well posted on the political affairs of the country. He has gained much’prominence in political circles and he is said to be the best acquainted man and best vote getter in the Twelfth congressional district. ARE NOT SELFISH Decatur Citizens Will Give Cash Prizes to Adams County Farmers AT GREAT NORTHERN A. J. Smith Has Started a Movement in Behalf of Our Farmers A movement has been started by A. J. Smith to establish a premium list on horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry for the Great Northern Indiana fair, for which only residents of the county can compete. It will be a citizens premium list and will consist of purses made up of the citizens of Decatur, and Mr. Smith started this morning to secure subscriptions to the amount of s2oo.which will be distributed to the Adams ’county farmers only, who exhibit the best stock. The names of all of the contributors will be published as soon as the required amount is subscribed for and Decatur people wish' to demonstrate to their farmer friends that they have no selfish interest at heart. The Adams county farmer can this year compete for both the citizens premiums and the premiums of the fair association, but the non-residents of the county can but compete for the one. Mr. Smith the instigator of the movement has experienced no difficulty whatever thus far, but he finds • the people willing to subscribe their share in the creditable movement. > Each of the banks of the city subl scribed >IO.OO this morning, as did • Smith and Bell. Krick and Tyndall have also affixed their signature to ’ the subscription list. 1 — — i WANTED—House or carriage paint- • ing. Satisfaction guaranteed. Homer H. Knodle, phone 529.

(■Our Clothing Possesses the tinction of Style and Quality | Without Being High Priced * at a time like people feel it necessary to buy JSfc economically as possible, it is even more important to m their CLOTHING MONEY count for SATISFACTinv i VLJI " an<i SERVICE. With this object in view ue are especiali i prepared to give our customers exceptional values\n suiZ | hats f urais hings at prices to suit the desires of all ' S I/ i AWe Have all the Newest Styles I ESStV ;'V s ' ■ ‘r jfFg in Suits, Hats and Top coats,—Snappy, modish modeh— a8 V A • IL J well as the quiet £ enteel tffects favored by the. moderate \ dresser. I 1 ~ Men’s durable, servicable suits qq Men’s guaranteed suits, in all the (frA AA AA 1 Jt f latest styles and colors. . 10 3>12.00 j ffi I Men ’ s S grade ’ handtailored . sls.oo to $25.00 I WI Children’s Suits | We have an unusually large assortment of boys and Child- « ren ’ s sui, sin all the new shades and models.’ WE ARE OFFERING the greatest values in children’s suits, ranging in prices from $1.50 to $3.50 ever offered in the city. Knickerbocker suits $2 to $7.50

ELZEY & VANCE Corner East of Court House Decatur Ind

GREAT SPEED SALE Decatur Horse Company Dispose of Valuable Horse Flesh Tomorrow AT SALES STABLES One Hundred Head of Harness, Speed and General Purpose Horses An evidence of the boundless progressiveness of the Decatur Horse Sale company is manifested by the clever manner in which preparations have been made for the great speed sale tomorrow’ and with favorable weather, it is thought that more than one thousand people will attend the horse flesh auction that has been so widely advertised. Teamsters were busy all day hauling sand on First stret to prepare for speeding the fast horses that are to be sold. One hundred head of speed horses consisting of animals with and without marks, high class harness, saddle and general purpose. Among the fine consignment are high schooled saddle horses that are the best ever shown in this section of the state. They do all tricks known under the saddle, kneeling down for the rider to mount and doing the same for the rider to dismount, as well as other saddle stunts. A car load of high class speed horses will arrive tonight from Kentucky and beside these and the above mentioned. Diamond D, the well known race horse and Lady Horton, the Schafer mare with a low mark are also consigned. First street is sanded ready for the fast horses and policemen will guard the safety of the people. The following day the regular sale will be held in which one hundred and twenty-five draft, drivers and general purpose horses will be disposed of. Both sales should be well attended. o——- — NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as surviving partner of the firm of Woods, Morris and company will, on the 11th day of May, 1908, commencing at 10:00 o’clock a. m„ of said day, offer at public auction for not less than two-thirds of the appraised vaule thereof the following personal property belonging to said firm, to-wit: 1 80 hp. boiler, 1 40 hp. bailer with pumps, belting complete; 1 centrifugal pump (steam); 1 double action steam pump; 1 crusher No. 3 and elevators; 1 hoist and cable; 2 steam drills; 4 cars; 15 ton steel rails--5 crow bars; 6 picks; 12 shovels; 2 tanks; piping, line shaft and pulleys. Terms of Sale—Cash in hand or three months’ time, deferred payments to bear six per cent interest from date and to be secured to the satisfaction of the undersigned. E. WOODS, C. J. Lutz, Atty. Surviving partner

I ™ "74 i^™ 11111 -i SPECIAL ATTRACTION I At The PICTORIU M I I Thursday, Friday and I I Saturday, this week | I (L E 1 CO I wJ > i I > ZIBKOHBM I I n I . p h II ? I Ih e I I B m I PROF. E. D. MARTIN 1 Slack wire and chain artist and novelty balancer, I j will give an exhibition after each picture show. A | ‘ | great attraction ißrice 5 Cents! . Prop. J j

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speXX° ° D ters, pacers knee.anti head ° f harness horses, consisting of tr ot ‘ family driving horse/ 18 °a S ’ COaCh and carria ge horses, hearse teams, them is Diamond D 2 17V h ° rSeB W ’ th and without records - AmonS fectly trained a hizh aJ 4 ’ a Cream colore d saddle horse 6 year, per white, 16 hands a nair beauly: a pair Arabian mares, sno« horses from Paris k v n ® aUt ’ eß: a car load of saddle and barneSS Commission on hnr K ° May Bth we wUI sell head of draft horS€S 0“ ° D h ° rses WIU be 12.00 per head if not sold, and $3 if sold Fred Reppert Auctioneer Decatur Horse Seile Co 1