Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1908 — Page 2

The_DailyDemocrat. Puun.beu Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G, ELLING HAM Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier ss.vo 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 postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. FAVORS IT’S REPEAL In a recent speech delivered at New Albany, Thomas R. Marshall, Democratic candidate for governor, said: “I am in favor of the repeal of the metropolitan police law. This metropolitan police law has enabled the governor to build up a machine throughout the state of Indiana; it enabled him to manage and control the police affairs of the state at long distance. It believe it is the duty of each city to grow in civic righteousness. The best way for it to grow' in civic righteousness is to have somebody who is directly answerable to the mass of the people for a failure to discharge the duty resting upon the officer; that while the officer is only answerable to the governor and not to the people of his own community, he will be very likely inclined to manage the affairs of his office as the appointing power requests him to do. I hope, therefore, that the legislature in the discharge of its governmenal functions will repeal this law and reinvest the citizens of every city in Indiana with the right to control their own police, but that If the law is not repealed and I have the lawful power to do so. I will appoint as members of the police board such citizens (of each efty as the mayor and common council of the city recommended to me. This, in my opinion, will be handing over to the citizens of the city again the right of local self-government, will give to such citizens, officeholders who are ‘directly amenable to th e judgment and conscience of the citizens of each city, and I would remove an officer at the rquest of the mayor and common council. In other words, I desire to divorce myself from the idea that if elected governor of this state, I will either directly or indireotly, attempt to build up a machine in the state of Indiana. The only machine that ought ever to be set to work in Indiana is the untrammeled judgment and conscience of the people of this state.” Swindlers are reaping a rich harvest in the dry towns of this and western states. They are disposing of bottles containing a dark brown fluid labeled “cold tea” at $1 each, and have many purchasers for same. The sale is accompanied by a suggestive wink, and the thirsty purchaser thinks that he is obtaining a bottle of whiskey, but it’s real tea, and the seller is immune from arrest. The Waring Glovo factory resumed operation this morning after a shut down of about a week. Prospects now are that the factory will be run steadily the balance of the year, as many orders have been booked and the outlook for a busy season is very good. The probabilities are that quite a few vacancies will be filled before the last of the week and the prospects of the gentler sex for securing positions is very good. —Huntington News-Democrat. — - Want Ads. Pay.

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VALUATION LOWER Assessments for this Year Not so High as Last REASON S ARE GIVEN County Assessor Gentis Talks About the Valuation Figures As soon as Auditor Lewton completes the footings on the township assessor’s books, we will publish a complete list of assessment by townships with comparions with 1907. The general total will show a slump over last year, and from our exchanges we note that the slump is general the state over. The decrease comes in the assessment of personal property, and in conversation with County Assessor Gentis, this decrease comes from poor crops of last year, and the general decrease in the market price of nearly al! farm products. The same thing is true of stock. Added to this is the fact that the township assessors placed a lower value on most all kinds of personal property. Incorrect figures from I’nion township show a decrease in the valuations there of $31,000, and this with a tax rate of $1.90 would mean $589 in taxes to that township. Should this decrease hold good the county over, it would mean to exceed $7,000 to Adams county. The city of Decatur is also showing a shortage of $39,000 in its taxable valuation. The figures at hand are very meager and it may be that much of this apparent loss will dwindle when the correct footings are made. The losses here, though, are comparing with those reported from many other Indiana counties. County Assessor Gentis is busy with the many duties of his office that follow the adjournment of the board of review. Many assessments were changed and other duties that will require his time. -o AN AERIAL HORROR. The Very Dreadful Thing That Strohachneider Did. A group of aeronauts were talking aeronautics. "Did you ever hear of Strohschnelder?” said a German. "He did a dreadful thing once. I’ll tell you about it. “Strohschneider appeared In a certain village and advertised that he would take the landlord of the village Inn up with him on a trapeze hanging from the car of his balloon. "Though the landlord's wife made a kick and the authorities, upholding her, forbade the man to accompany Strohschneider, the landlord eat in state on the trapeze beside the famous aeronaut when the ascension began. "But those nearest to him noticed that he was paler than a ghost and that his arm was thrown around Strohachneider’s neck as if in terror. And, , noting these things, the people nodded ominously to one another. “Up and up went the balloon, and now a murmur of horror arose among the multitude. The aeronaut and the landlord were quarreling; they were fighting. High up there in the clouds, perched on the swaying trapeze, they struggled, thumped, kicked. "Suddenly the aeronaut, in a mad burst of rage, seized the landlord by the throat, thrust him backward and flung him into space. Down the poor fellow dropped like a stone, turning over and over. He alighted on bis heed. “The people, mad with horror and rage, rushed to the spot. And there, to their amazement, stood the landlord, laughing heartily. The figure that had fallen was a manikin dressed up in hla clothes. "And this,” the speaker concluded, "is the only practical joke that has ever been played from a balloon.”— New Orleans Times-Democrat Cheap Fun. He—You talk about men playing poker. It Is no worse a vice than the shopping habit of the women. She— Perhaps not, morally speaking: but, then, it takes money to play poker, whereas a woman can shop all day without it costing her a cent except what she pays for car fare.—Boston Transcript.

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EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN? The Single Woman's Demand For the Married Man’s Wage a New Feature of the Suffrage Movement. With the admission by the New York women school teachers that they are not working merely for an Increase of pay, but for equalization of salaries as between men and women, it is realized that the equal pay movement has become an important feature of the woman suffrage propaganda. This demand for equal pay by the teachers has been taken up by the aggressive suffragettes. who see in it an opportunity to enlist indifferent sisters in the cause. Nothing less than the equalization of the salaries of single women up to the wage of the married men will satisfy thte teachers. That 80 per cent of men teachers are the beads of families and that 60 per cent are aiding other relatives in no way abates the women's demands, nor are they dismayed by the fact that for well settled economic reasons stenographers and other women workers receive less pay than men. What a concession to the equal pay demand would entail in the way of increased taxation is shown by the fact that it would cost New York city alone over $9,000,000 a year lo equalize its school teachers’ salaries. This Is only one of the factors that Jed the superintendent of New York schools to state that “neither by any received economic theory nor by the analogy of any practice in any walk of life can it be regarded as sound policy to determine the salaries of the great majority (women) of the teaching force by the salaries paid to a comparatively few (men) who are employed for special purposes.” Free School Luncheon*. In England the problem of feeding Insufficiently nourished school children has become *o acute that many municipalities have been compelled to supply free breakfasts at least to thousands of public school pupils. The Salvation Army abandoned its work in this field for awhile, but the need was so great that it had to take it up again, and last year it supplied over 350,000 breakfasts to children at a charge of half a cent each. In looking for a food that would be cheap and at the same time sufficiently nourishing the experts employed recommended a breakfast consisting of a currant roll weighing six ounces and a mug of cocoa. This decision confirms the conclusions of some of the world's leading diet specialists that currants are one of the most nourishing and wholesome and at the same time one of the cheapest food products. Nature’* Food* B*«t, The craze for prepared and patented foods of all kinds is moderating. In their place natural food products are being substituted. The dried fruits especially are increasing in popularity. If properly prepared they have lost nothing but water in the drying process, and the addition of this moisture restore* the fruit to practically It* original condition. Currants are increasing in popularity perhaps more rapidly than any other dried fruit largely as the result of a better understanding of their wholesome qualities. No artificial processes enter Into the curing of this fruit in Greece. The home of the currant The finest qualities are dried In the ■hade, others in the sun. It takes about five pounds of the small seedless fresh grapes to make a pound of dried currants. Peril* of Crinoline. The dangers of the historic crinoline are illustrated by a story told by Lady Dorothy Nevill in her “Reminiscences.” Going too near the fireplace, her voluminous skirt caught fire, and in an instant she was in a blaze. There were no men present, and the women could not help her, because if they bad gone near enough to be of use their own skirts would have been ignited. Fortunately Lady Dorothy had sufficient presence of mind to roll herself in the hearth rug and thus subdue the flames. A Judge of Land. Proud Father—Welcome back to the old farm, my boy. So you got through college all right? Farmer’s Son—Yes, father. Proud Father—Ye know, I told ye to study up chemistry aud things, so you’d know best what to do with different kinds of land. What do you think of that flat medder there, for instance? Farmer’s Son—Cracky, what a place for a ball game!—Kansas City j Independent

Food Value of Dried Fruit. Sir Francis Henry Laking, King Edward's famous physician, has an article in the Scientific American on “The | Food Value of Dried Fruits,” in which he says: "From recent analyses of samples of dried currants the fact has been verified that the fruit contains no less than 73 per cent of sugar in Its most valuable form. This great saccharic proportion is already in the shape of grape sugar, and thus is potential to take up Its work of producing and maintaining energy and vitality. It is what is known as ‘lnvert sugar,’ a composite of dextrose and levulose. It assists digestion, it allays nervous excitement and provides nourishment in case of nervous exhaustion. “In the dietary of the peasant classes of Greece, a people remarkable for their hardihood and health, the currant appears at almost every meal, while in Germany and Holland currant bread is a common article of food. Indeed, among the many shapes in which the currant may be brought to the table a bread made of, say, thirty parts of currants to seventy parts of dough is one of the best “For children and those who must of necessity adopt a diet currants will prove a digestive aid and act as a gentle and natural laxative. Therefore any accusation against the delicious, economical and valuable little fruit must fall to the ground as absurd.” o — WAR DECLARED. Who Will Enlist In Thl* Popular Movement? War has been declared by our leading druggists. They are going to fight stomach troubles with Mi-o-na Tablets. They feel so sure of success that they guarantee to refund the price of any 50cent box that does not give satisfaction and do all that is claimed for it. Mi-o-na is an absolute strengthener and cure for the stomach and digestive organs. If you suffer with headache, dizziness, palpitation, bad taste in the mouth, nervousness, coated tongue, distress after eating, try Mi-o-na. It will not be long before all these symptoms have disappeared and you are strong and well. I)oilthouß|e Drug Co, sell Mi-o-na under an absolute guarantee to refund the money unless it cures. - *■ — TO THE CITIZENS OF DECATUR. I Any orders received after eleven I (11) o’clock a. m. will not be deliv'ered until after one o'clock (1) p. m. Any orders received after five (5) o’clock p. m. will not be delivered until after 7 o’clock the following morning, except Saturday evening when orders will b e accepted not later than 5:30. We believe by this system we can serve our customers to better advantage and the some time be quite a help to us. True & Runyon, Kuebler & Moltz, Niblick & Co., M. Fullenkamp, F. V. Mills, Everett, Hite & Son, Hower & Hower, S. E. Hite. o I am prepared to do all kinds of masonry work, raising of buildings and , all kinds of cement work. T. F. Sny- , der, phone 578, S. Seventh St. 150-30 t o ELZEY’S CHOLERA BALM. 1 Has been sold for the past eighteen years and has proved itself a valuabl remedy. Try ft. lam also agent for Dr. Clark Johnson’s Indian Blood Syrup made in New York. All persons i having any disease arising from im- ■ pureb lood such as rheumatism,dropsy, • kidney disease etc., should see me. JOHN ELZEY, 154-30 t 1108 Monree St., Decatur, Ind.

iQgJI , Spend your vacation on the Great Lakesand travel via the larre safe and comfortable steamers of the D a C Line. Your local ticket agent will sell you through tickets via the D & C Line to *ll Great Lake Resorts. A mammoth new steamer costing Si.aso.ooo has been built for thia suinmer's service between Detroit and Cleveland. LAKE ERIE DIVISION Leave Detroit daily • • • - 1030 P. M. Arrive Cleveland daily - - • 530 A. M. Leave Cleveland daily • • 10.45 P. M. Arrive Detroit daily - • - 6.00 AM. Daylifbt trip* between Detroit and Cleveland every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday during July and August MACKINAC DIVISION Lv. Toledo Mondays A ♦Saturdays 9.30 A. M. ♦Tuesday A Thursdays 4.00 P. M. Lv. Detroit Mondays A •Saturdays 5.00 P. M. •Wednesdays A Fridays 9.30 A. M. Four Trips per week •commenciag June 15th Express Steamer City of St. Ignace operates three trip« per week between Detroit and Mackinac from June 25th to September 10th and thus maintains with the regular D. A C. Steamers a daily service to Mackinac BAY CITY DIVISION Every Wednesday and Friday evenings from Detroit to Bay City, rtuppmc at Port Huron. Lexinfton. Port Sanilac. Forester, Forestville and Port Hope enroute. CLEVELAND A TOLEDO DIVISION Daily daylight trips between Cleveland. Put-in-Bay and Toledo from June 10th to September 10th. Send two-cent stamp for illustrated pamphlet. Address. L. G. Lrwis. G. P. A., Detroit. Mich. Detroit & Cleveland Nav. Co. PHIUF H. HMIUAH, Mil *■ *• SCHANTZ, MOK. Whea at Hoagland call at the Midget’s Restaurant for Lunch or Meals Q- - ' STORES TO CLOSE ON JULY 4TH The following stores will be closed all day July 4, 1908: NIBLICK & CO. KUEBLER & MOLTZ CO. TRUE & RUNYON. M. FULLENKAMP. The board of health has ordered a clean up. We will clean your sewers and closets. Call at Indiana House. F. Vorhwess. iSO-5t | oCHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF MAPLE GROVE PARK, Last car leaves Decatur for Fort Wayn e at 10:20 p. m. Last car leaves mapie Grove Park at 10:45 p. m. Cara between Decatur and the Park one-half hour from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Last car leaves the park for Decatur at 10:45 and 12:30 p. m . The FT. WAYNE & SPRINGFIELD RY. CO., A. G. KELLY, Pass. Agent Cars furnished for all occasions. 4th. JULY LOW RATE EXCURSIONS VIA Clover Leaf Route TO ALL POINTS More Than 2.5 Miles Distant Tickets good going July 3 d and 4th. Good returning until July 6th, inclusive. For tickets and information,call on T.L McCullough Agent. Toledo, St. Louis & Western R, R, Decatur, Indiana,

We’d like to supply Your I. Needs For Summer I B ( UNDERWEAR I Union, Two piece or Athlet- I J ic styles in Balbriggans, lisle I thread, and Nainsook 50c to I I $2.50 a suit I SHIRTS I ■ I ] Plaited and soft bosoms in all I the new shades 50c to $1.50 I Soft shirts with collar at- I tached for outing purposes I 50c to $2.00 I STRAW HATS I All the fashionable shapes I at SI.OO to $5.00 I SUMMER’SUITS I Maybe you’d like a nice blue I Serge or Chalk Striped Wor- I sted, very nice weights, styl- I ish and good wearers $12.50 I to $20.00 I Holthouse,Schulte & Co I Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys I

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$1.25 SUNDAY EXCURSIONS From DECATUR To TOLEDO and return Marion si. Frankfort J 1.50 Bluffton 50c CLOVER LEAF ROUTE ..For particulars call on or add r ess.. T. L. McCullough, Agt. Toledo, St. Louie and Weotem R. ”• DECATUR. IND.