Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1908 — Page 2

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BY HIS RECORD YOU SHALL KNOW HIM It was a glorious convention, pleasant meeting of men whose minds were but singly upon a worthy cause, and then there was the candidate — the best candidate that ever happened. Many were |the eulogies paid and truths spoken, but nothing that was said or done, told half the story of the record of achievements that was accomplished by the Hon. John A. M. Adair as a member of the national congress. It was a marvelous record with not a blot upon It. It was more marvelous in view of the fact that he began the session both new and untried. The aristocratic blu e laws laid down for new congressmen were completely crushed before he had worn the congressional robe long enough to soil the cuffs. H e had the western nerve to enter into debate upon the floor of the house; he did debate; he won his point! So the story goes. Never missed but two roll calls, a record never equaled before and perhaps never will be again. Introduced thirteen bills that passed both house and senate and was signed

by the president, better than twice ] an average. Giving all widows a pension of twelve dollars a month was due to his persistent efforts. Has a bill in committee giving every private soldier a pension, and while it has not yet passed, you just watch John Adair’s smoke during his next term. During his term more money has been paid out in pensions than were paid out during the entire eight years previous. Introduced a bill to repeal the duty on lumber, and when passed will save one hundred thousand dollars to this district alone. He will never quit until it is passed. But what’s the use. We have neither the time or reserve force to keep up this clip until the whole story is told. Our congressman, nominee and next congressman just worked, made hay and a record such as no other congressman ever made, is as an open book before you. No politics in all his career. Just a congressman whose labor and whose votes were in behalf of the common people. He bolted caucus after caucus of his own party, and he is ready to do it again.

We congratulate John Adair upon his record, upon his sincerity of purpose, honesty and independence, and we congratulate the people of the Eighth congressional district upon having him and the opportunity of keeping him as their representative in the natcnal congress. J«hn, go to it.

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE WINS Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1, Cochran. Ga., writes: “I had a bad sore come on the instep of my foot and could find nothing that would heal it until I applied Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Less than half of a 25 cent box won the day for me by effecting a perfect cure.” Sold under guarantee ar all druggists.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Motion for New Trial Filed in the Kohn vs. Hakes Case THE PROBATE CAUSES Several Reports Filed—A Jefferson Township Farm Sold

Jacob Butcher has appeared as at torney for all defendants in the case of Warren W. -McQuiston et al vs. Charles F. Felty et al, partition. Citizens’ Bank, of Portland, vs. Rosa E. Smitley et al, foreclosure of mortgage, $1,850, answer filed in one paragraph, cross complaint filed, rule to answer. Charles D, Krick vs. Julia A. Elliott et al, partition, notice of sale of real estate filed, deed reported and approved by court. Horace Kohn vs. Joseph W. Hakes, suit on note, in which verdict was returned for SIOO, motion was filed by defendant for a new trial. Fort Wayne and Springfield Ry. Co. vs. G. R. & 1., injunction suit, demurrer to answer sustained, exceptions by defendants, who refuse to answer or plead further. State of Indiana ex rel Tillie Lenhart et al, vs. C. D. Lewton, auditor, mandamus proceeding, suggestion of' death of relatrix, Tillie Lenhart. Thomas Faylor et al vs. David D. Studabaker, motion filed by defendants to retax costs; proof of service of notice filed. A final report was filed in the Edward Pontius estate for which J M. Wells and W. H. Shepherd wer e the administrators. A petition filed by W. M. Meyer, administrator of the Henry L. Buuck estate, to erect a monument, was granted on condition that all debts and costs of administration be first paid. John A. Hendricks guardian for Alice Kinney, filed a petition for a construction of the judgment of Lizzie Hendricks vs. Hubert Topp. Finding that all said judgment belongs to Lizzie Hendricks except SIOO which belongs to said ward, Alice Kinney. Addie K. Forrey has deeded to Seth A. Winters eighty acres in Jefferson township for $7,000. The election of Robison Peoples, as president, J. D. Wisehaupt, secretary d Joseph Lower, treasurer, board of trustees of the U. B. church, has been recorded at H. S. Steele’s office.

RESOLUTIONS. The officers and members of Fort Wayne Lodge No. 2926 Knights and Ladies of Honor, resolve that: It is with regret -we notice the absence of one of our most valuable members, Brother Gaskill, late deceased. While we feel a loss together with the family, it was God’s will. He has traveled the journey of life. He was beloved by all who knew him; he was not one who made enemies, but on the contrary was beloved by all.

He has passed into that great beyond, to that place from “whose borne no traveler returns.” He lived a valuable life up until the time of his death. To his family he was devoted; while His will was not ours, we pray for his ultimate disposition with his Maker. We feel that he was a Chris-I tian at heart, a lover of the Great ' Spirit. He gloved his comrades in j the Knights and Ladles of Honor. He I was attentive to its meetings, and 1 took upon himself the responsibility of a working member. We cannot, therefore, place his credit too high. Our sympathies extend out to the family, in this, the hour of their sad bereavement. We trust they may see it as we do, that God’s will be done. Be it Resolved. That the charter of our lodge be draped in mourning for thirty days, and be it resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family. Lillian Krock, Secy.

A Lesson in Health Healthy kidneys filter the Impurities from the blood, and unless they do this good health is impossible. Foley’s Kidney Cure makes sound kidneys and will positively cure all forms of kidney and bladder disease. It strengthens the whole system. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

PROSTRATED UNDER TREE Farmer Found by Son, Who Suspected Poison the Cause. Bluffton, Ind., June 9- —A Tieport reached this city late this afternoon that George Chenoweth, a farmer, living four miles northeast of Bluffton, had been found unconscious under a tree on his farm and was dying fnom tearbolic acid pisoning. Physicians hastily responded to the call, and aftpr their arrival Chenoweth soon revived. The physicians say that he did not drink acid and there was no positive evidence that he had taken poison of any kind. He seemed to be sick the greater part of the day and it is thought that he had been overcome by the pain. When his son found him he told the boy to go away and leave him alone. The son fearing his father had taken poison sent the messages.

ARE BEST ON EARTH Adams County Roads Are— An Important Order is Issued WEEDS AND RUBBISH Along Highways Must be Taken Care of—Law in Regard to Matter

For several years past much confusion has existed in regard to the question of cutting weeds, brush and rub- ' bish along the free gravel and macadm roads in this county, in some instances this was done by the gravel road superintendents and paid, for out of the gravel road repair funds; in other cases the road supervisors allowed land owners to cut the weeds, and Issued road receipts in payment therefo r ’ The law now in force relative to the subject is as follows: “That all land owners through or along whose lands public highways are laid out and extended, shall, be-

tween the first day of July and the twentieth day of August in each year, cause all briers, thistles, burrs, docks and other noxious weeds growing along said highways and contiguous to their lands, to be cut down and destroyed for the length and distance the said highway shall extend along and through thei r lands.” The law also further provides for the payment for said work by the supervisor issuing land tax receipts as other w-ork is credited. While from a legal standpoint there is some question in regard to the matter, yet the board of commissioners of Adams county at their February term, 1908, in order that all might be treated alike entered an order which may be found in commissioners record "W” at page 229, the substance of which is as follows: “It is ordered by the board that hereafter no payments will be made out of th e gravel road repair funds for the cutting of weeds along the free turnpikes of this county until the further order of the board. All township trustees and road supervisors are ordered to comply with the law now in force compelling land ■ owners to cut weeds and rubbish along I lands owned or occupied by them and [to receive credit for such work on their road land tax.”

From this it will be observed that it is the duty of each and every road supervisor in th e county to see to it, that all weeds are cut by land owners along ail highways, including gravel and macadam roads, and to issue receipts for work actually done to the extent of the land tax only.

In the past fifteen years the .good people of Adams county have expended the sum of more than eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars in the construction of gravel and ston e roads until now Adams county has the well j earned distinction, in point of area, of having more miles of stone roads than any other county in the state, we believe that the people of this county will join heartily in this movement, and that In the next thirty days we will have a general cleaning up along this line, so that it may be said of us iq the future as in the past, that Adams county is the “garden spot” of the state of Indiana. — J. B. Stoneburner, of the Pictorium, has a new business “booster” which begins tomorrow evening. From now on until furthe r notice he will give away on each Tuesday and Thursday evening three of the famous Grab keyless basket banks. For particulars see hand bills. Every boy and girl in Decatur will be interested in this bank and will want one when they see it

URGENT BUSINESS

Will Be Transacted by City Dads Next Tuesday Evening UNUSUAL INTEREST Will Act Upon Mercer Avenue Pavement—Also Order Sidewalks Built ' . • We have been authoritatively informed that the meting of the city council to be held next Tuesday evening will be of unusual interest, in which issues of importance will occupy the attention of the city dads. An action will be taken in regard to the construction of Mercer avenue and it will in all probability be definitely decided Upon. The property owners who hav e been notified to construct cement sidewalks at their properties will be given a final notice after Tuesday’s meting to construct same at once, and If they do not construct them at once, the city will have the work done at thei r expense. The sidewalks to be constructed on the following streets: Oak street, Elm street, Monroe street, Madison street, Winchester street, Fifteenth sCeet, Fourteenth street, Grant street and th e Chicago and Erie sidewalk.

WERE HERE TODAY C. R. Magley, of New York an W. W. Ogden, of Newark, N. J. Inspect Car

WILL TAKE AGENCY They Were Very Well Pleased With the Great Commercial Car Messrs. C. R. Magley, of New York, City and W. W. Ogden, of Newark, N. J., are in the city for the purpose ■of inspecting the Coppock motor car plant. They express themselves as being agreeably surprised as to the feasibility of the proposition and that in their opinion it has the most promising future of any similar invention in the United States. The eastern gentlemen were greeted at the Commercial Club by a large number of our ever progressive, business men this afternoon and an enjoyable business and social session followed. The visiting gentlemen who arei nfluential business men of their respective places wer e not only favorably impressed with the great commercial car, but the plant as well, and they have assured the Coppock people that they will assume the agency for th e car for the eastern market. It is an important step in the career of the Coppock company, and is an advancement well worthy of mention.

WALK THROUGH THE CEMETERY An exchange says: Take a walk through the cemetery alone and you will pass the resting place of a man who blew into the muzzle of a gun to see if it was loaded. A little further down the slope is a crank who tried to see how close to amoving train he could stand while it passed. In strolling about you see the monument of a hired girl who tried to start the fire with kerosene and a grasscovered knoll that covers the boy who put a cob under a mule’s tail. That tall shaft over a man who blew out th e gas casts a shadow across the grave of a boy who tried to get on a moving train. Side by side the ethereal creature who always had her corset laced on the last hole and the intelligent idiot who rode a bicycle nin e miles in ten minutes, sleep unmolested. At repose is a doctor who took a dose of his own medicine. There with a top of a shoe box driven over his head is a rich old man who married a young wife. Away over there reposes a boy who went fishing on Sunday, and the woman who kept strychnine powders in the cuboard. The man who stood in front of the mowing machine to oil the sickle is quiet now and rests besides the careless brakeman who fed himself to the 70-ton engine, and over in the potters’ field may be seen the bleached bones of a man who tried to whip the editor. o ice: ice! We deliver nothing but artificial ice. Send your order. Phone 92. * 124-ts

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HON. JOHN A. M. ADAIR RE-NOMINATED (Continued from page 1.) more liberal appropriation for carrying on that work and securel it. When I go back to Washington next December, I want the farmers of the district to ask me for all the bulletins and books of information they want and I shall b e more than pleased to supply them. I also made a hard fight for the repeal of the duty on lumber and for other legislation in the interest of the farmers, and I am sure the work I have don e in their interest will not be forgotten at the ballot box in November.

What else did I promise the people? I told the laboring men of the district, and especially those working in the mills and factories, thatl knew how to sympathize with labor, for it was in the factory I earned the money with which I finished my education. I promised then I would support such legislation as would do full justice to their interests. I now ask them to examine the Record and they will find that I voted for every bill which came before the house recommended by labor. I had the distinction of casting the first vote for the Employers’ Liability Bill, a measure in which they were especially interested. I knew tho men who labor in this district appreciate the service I have rendered in their behalf during the session of congress just closed and I know they will show that appreciation by again giving me their hearty support iu November.

I also made a promise to the soldiers of the district. I said to them that I believed the private soldier had never received his merited share in the way of pensions and that the commanding officers had received more than their share as compared with the pensions paid to private soldiers. I told you I would never cast my vote to lower the pensions of any man, but that I would gladly use my vote and influence to increase the pension of the private soldier who had been discriminated against and who was not so well fed.not so well clothed and not so well sheltered as was the commanding officer, and who stood in th e forefront and fought the battles which saved the union. I also told jou I tvould have the law changed, whch gave to one widow of a soldier sl2 a month and another just as deserving, $8 per month. There never was any sense or justice in that law and it should have been repealed years ago.

MA D E | N THE DECATUR MiU, ‘ hß of ‘he combustion XX” H>t / — Fl fcRRh then enter the drum traveling around r 1 1. I back to a point near the front then down and fr ‘ \/I \ - - - ta a rvel th 8 i Thifl a longX 1 ’ tarvel that insures great fuel economy J /F <1 1 I'l ' paits exposed to intense heat am V• A A/ '< __. / (Note the fire travel.) CB6 ‘ lroD ' A The Decatur Furnace, U H® furnace on the market, has more X 0 r—< pomts, more satisfaction giving fXe B F ' than furnaces costing more money. L '|| I■. Schafer Hardware Co \ agents *

On the first day of the session I introduced a bill increasing the pensions of all widows to the sum of sl2 I per month and time and time again I went to the members of the committee and urged a favorable report on that bill. I kept up the fight for its passage until finally the committee reported a committee bill containing all the provisions of my bill, except that it applied only to widows who were married prior to June 27, 1890. This provision I did not like, as I believed it should apply to all widows who were married prior to the passage of the bill; but it was a long step in the right direction and I went to every democratic member of the house and asked them to vote for the bill, and I now call your attention to the fact, that, although two-thirds of the democratic members were sons of confederate soldiers, every one of them voted for the bill and it became a law. While the bill as it passed was a committee bill, no one can honestly charge that the enactment of that law was not due to my own efforts. If you had seen the hundreds of letters I received from grand army posts in almost every state of the Union, thanking me for my work in the interest of the soldiers and their widows, you would not deny me the credit for the enactment of that law. I also introduced a bill to increase the pensions of private soldiers, which bill was endorsed by over 2,000 grand army posts, but the committee decided that as the widow's bill carried an appropriation of $13,000,000 annually, they would not report another bill at (Continued on page 4.)

WILL BE GREAT PLAY. "In the Village by the Sea” is a play as pure and clean as it is strong and dramatic, intense In situation, rapid in action. It is a whirlwind of excitement. The story | s anew one to the stage and is told in a natural and consistent manner free from the improbabilities and exaggerations so common to the romantic comedy drama. The plot is touchingly pathetic. the emotional scenes have the true nng and brings the tears to the dryjest eyes. While a torrent of real comedy provokes screams of laughter. This beautiful play will be presented at Bosse opera house Monday June 15th, by local talent fo r the benefit of the Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church and the admission will be twenty-five cents: no extra charge for reserved seat. Seat -e STm OUT 8 ’ P ' aCe ' B ° ard opens a ' of the nlav y h ° W - street a ‘° meet the b *<* street assessment on the CthrUH church property and the ladies all their friends to attend this Zy as they need the money.

RYSTAL WHEATRE» OPEN TONIGHT MOTION PICTURES. First film—“ The Under Dog.” (Very interesting.) Second film—“Tfye Mystery of a Diamond Necklace.” (A Thrilling Detective Story.) ILLUSTRATED BONG. “When the Sunshine in Your Heart Turns Night Time into Day.” SCHMUCK & MILLER

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THE PICTORIUM TONIGHT Frist reel —“Lost, a Pretty Dog.” In a Difficult Position.” Second reel —“Who needed the Dough.” SONG. May Down Yonder in the Corn Field." J. B. BTONEBURNER. Prop