Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Pdbhshed Every Evening, Except Sunday, 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 copie? 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. MORE THAN A MILLION The appropriations mad e by the last session of congress for one year’s expenses of the national government amounted to more than one billion dollars. To get some idea of what this means it is only necessary to remember that the total taxable property in Indiana wag assessed in 1907 at one billion, seven hundred and sixty-seven millions. It appears, therefore, that an extravagant congress spent in one year nearly two-thirds as much as all the property in Indiana is worth. One billion dollars would buy homes costing $2,000 each, for five hundred thousand families. It would pay for ten million acres of land at SIOO per acre. It would pay the total expenses of 100,000 families for ten years, allowing SI,OOO a year to each family. And the only “defense” that the Republican leaders make against the charge of extravagance and waste is, that “this is a great and rich country.” The non-partisan New York Realty Journal gays: We have contended, as reference to our editorial columns will prove, that there no longer exists any antagonism in th e ranks of legitimate business men of the country to Mr. Bryan, who has won the entire confidence of the business community. Mr. Bryan is only opposed by the

Er eg SEVENTH ANNUAL BIG ”“ | I JULY STOCK REDUCTION SALE! HSAI_E STARTS. MONDAY JULY STH. 19081 gon Monday, July 6, 1908 we will start one of the largest Reduction Sales that has ever been given in this 11 city. We have the largest open stock in the city and we always give you the reductions in all classes of H Rfe merchandise we carry. || THIS SALE CONTINUES ALL DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 0 Kg Wash goods will be sold at a big reduction. There will also be some big bargains in Silks and d • a era Carpets, Lace Curtains and Underwear. Make our store your headquarters, as dailv dnrino *u^ SS S ’ EH will have special bargains to offer. ’ ' lB Ba * 9 we I A GREAT BIG SAVING FOR THE PURCHASER | g Your Money KJTRT TCV Rt CC\ Good. Soid | Counts Double 1 N KulX. OC ♦ Strictly ® ra Advertised SB maSaoniaMnini ni n-i ■mira aminir ramito* ■ - ■ , - -

members of the special privileges party, as is President Roosevelt. The special privileges party is made up of a membership that thrives on Illegitimate business interests, as opposed to the legitimate business inter! ests of the country. ADAIRS ROYALLY RECEIVED. A Reception Given for Them Sunday Evening. Congressman John A. M. Adair and wife returned home Sunday afternoon from Anderson, where on Saturday he was one of the principal speakers at the Fourth of July celebration at Mounds Park. During she evening Mr. and Mrs. Adair were tendered a reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Loeb, which was very largely attended, many republicans calling to pay their respects, among the number being Ex-Governor William T. Durbin. Enroute home Mr. Adair also attended the Shatto family reunion which was held Sunday afternoon two miles west of Dunkirk, and made an address. Almost three hundred people were present. o *++++-i-+++ + + + + + + 4. + SMOKE DECATUR-MADE + + CIGARS. * + You can't go wrong if you + + smoke a Decatur-made cigar. -J +*++*++*++++*+++ ■ o Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse In the Children’s Home In New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 10,000 testimonials. They never fall. At all Druggists. 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. o — All members of the Eagle lodge ar e requested to be present at the hall next Thursday night as business cf importance will be tranacted. 160-4 t + + 4"4> + + + + + + + + + + 4>d. 4- Decatur cigar makers turn 4- out 35,000 a week. Let's make •* 4- it 70,000, not by smoking more 44- cigars, but by buying only Deca- 4> + tur-made cigars—they are all + •fr good. J. 4-4’4-4 , 4 > 4>4‘4'4 > 4 , 4 t 4 1 4 < 4 > 4 > 4<

THE SOCIAL DOINGS Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Helm Entertain for Children of Sunday School Class THE LADIES’ AID Mrs. George Flanders Entertains—Other News of Local Interest Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Helm royally entertained the junior class of the i Salem church of which Mr. Helm has been the teacher for the past twenty, five years. At one o’clock an eieI gant dinner was served to the little ; ones and later in the afternoon Ice I cream. The little folks enjoyed the i dinner as well as play. The class j consists of Miss Essie Koos, Hilda I Bernice and Herbert Kern, Clara. I Crystal, Lawrence and Maurice Tricker, Harry Trickle, Forest and Johnny Walters, Daley Straw, Nellie . Helm. Velma Alfather, Freeman Schnepp, Maggie, Florence and Emery Hinderlang, Evangeline, Ivy and Jennie Venis, Frances, Mary and Naomi 'Helm The other guests were Forest | Light and family, Ray Light, Rev. D. iO. Wise. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Helm j and daughters Nora and Laura. AH , report a good time. ] There wll be an ice cream social given at the Zion Christian Union I church at Honduras on Saturday evlening, July 11th. Everybody invited to come and spend an evening of enjoyment. Proceeds for the beefit of the church. Mrs. Fred Bell will entertain the Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church Friday afternoon. The ladies will first meet al Mrs. John Flemings on First street.

Miss Carlyle, of Cincinnati, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Flanders. will be the guest of honor at a card party, to be given this evening by Mrs. T. M. Reid, of north First street. The other guests will be the members of the Friday Night club.

Mrs. C. O. France will also entertain for Miss Carlyle during the week. The date of the Modern Woodmen of America initiation in this city has been changed from Wednesday, Aug. sth, to Saturday. Aug. Bth. The Fort Wayne lodge will partake in the affair and promises to send two hundred strong. All th e members will please notice the change. The Knights and Esquires of the Holy Grail society will have a specitl business meeting this evening at the church, and every* member js ret quested to be present. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Evangelical church will meet next Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. A. Smith for work. A full attendance is desired as matters of importance are to be considered. o CELINA CHAUTAUQUA OPENS. Fourth Annual Assembly Begins July 18th. The management of the Celina, 0., Chautauqua has issued a twentypage year book containing a complete program for the fourth annual assembly to be held at the Chautauqua Park on the banks of the reservoir beginning July 18th and closing August 2nd. Among the prominent numbers on the program will be George R. Stuart, the great southern lecturer; Senator Ben. R. Tillman on home-coming day, Friday, July 24th; Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota on Monday, July 27th; Lu'u Tyler Gates, the entertainer; Youna, the Japanese Juggler and Bishop Hartzell, of Africa.

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THEY ORGANIZED Indiana Delegation Elected Their Committees ALICE IS THERE Congressman and Mrs. Longworth Attending Convention Denver, July 7. —The Indiana delegation held its caucus last night to elect members of the various convention committee. John W. Kern, who had already been elected chairman of the delegation presided. The following selections were made: Resolutions John E. Lamb, Terre Haute, Credentials—Abram Simmons, Bluffton. Permanent Organization—Frank M. Kistler, Logansport. Rules and Order of Business— Charles Murphy, Brooksuon. . To Notify the Presidential Nominee —Perry McCart, Paoli. To Notify the Vice-Presidential Nominee—Sig Kann, Ligonier. William Robinson, of Vincennes, was elected honorary vice-president of the convention from Indiana, and John W. Eggeman, of Fort Wayne, was elected secretary of the delegation. Thomas T. Taggart, of Indianapolis, re-elected general committeeman from Indiana. All the action was unanimous and the meeting was brief. More Indianlans rolled in all day i yesterday and today the number was | increased by several carloads of Hooi siers on the Indiana Democratic I Club special train. i Thomas Taggart, national chairman, I has appointed A. E. Manning, colored, lof Indianapolis his courier—a some- . what unusual proceeding in the DemlOcratic party. Denver, July 7. —Congressman and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth arrived here today to attend the convention as guests of Medill McCormick, the Chi-

cago newspaper man. They came over the Union Pacific after h&V ” B x thrnuah one of the Everest paaovx* —— - - . . , elemle.l ’ a per the convention they go to YU jowstone Park and the Grand Canyon. Mrs. Longworth, piquant, freshlooking as a daisy in spite of h--1Z trip, refused to be InterMeweL -Oh no, no, no, I never talk for publication," she said and her mouth set in the manner of her father when he is pounding home an argument for a greater navy or giving his op inion of the predatory rich. But if Mrs. Longworth refused to be interviewed she was accommodating enough to the picture men She posed in several groups and with be, husband. Mrs. Longworth stepped from the McCormick private car into the Union Pacific railroad yards like a ray of light piercing the gloom -f a dungeon. She wore a simple traveling gown of brown, with stripes <•- a darker shade. It showed the effects of having been packed up all night in a warm car. Her hat was a straw and feather affair of brown with a long feather A lace collar—not of the exaggerated merry widow style —held a jabot over which trailed a gold chain, that ended in a golden heart. — CONDITION ABOUT THE SAME J. D. Nidlinger is Still a Very Sick Man. The condition cf John D. Nidlinger, the well known stockman, who is suffering from appendicitis, is but little changed since yesterday, but bis physician believes he has the attack under control and that the next twenty-four hours will show a decided change for-the better. He passed a restless night, but his symptoms today were not so aggravated as heratofore. o — Every Woman Will Be Interested. If you have pains in the back, Urinary, Bladder o r Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant herb cure for woman’s ills, try Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf. It is a safe and neverfailing, regulator. At Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample package Free. Address The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y. o ++♦++++++ + ♦ + + + + <• 4 1 You owe it to yourself as a 4- citzen to use Decatur products. 4> + You have neglected this in the + 4- cigar line. Start now. 4>

gas men we re here Messrs. Murdock and Wishhard, of Lafayette, Visit Decatur gas is assured Two Franchises for Artificial Plants to Be Presented to Council Samuel Murdock, one of the owners of the Logansport and Wabash ValleyGas company and Thomas Wishhard, th e general superintendent, both cf Lafayette, were here last evening looking after affairs pertaining to the installation of an artificial gas plant Mr. Murdock said “We will have artificial gas in Decatur within four months. Our company will drill a number of wells for natural gas this summer and if successful opening a good producing field, we will furnish that fuel, but if not we will certainly furnish artificial gas." They will ask the city council for a franchise to furnish artificial gas for sl.oft per 1,000, their petition to be filed tonight at the same time the Fort Wayne men who were here recently will ask for a franchise, with a maximum charge for artificial gas of $1.20 per 1,000. The old company has a franchise, but the maximum, price is $2.00, and this rate is cut in two by the new one asked. They can use their old mains and sav e the city the expense and inconvenience necessitated by a new line. The action of the council will be watched with interest. Artificial gas, however, is Assured, no difference what action is taken, at least it locks that way now. o————— ELZEY’S CHOLERA BALM. Has been sold for the past eighteen years and has proved itself a valuabl remedy. Try it. lam also agent for Dr. Clark Johnson’s Indian Blood Syrup made in New York. All persons . having any disease arising from imj pureb lood such as rheumatism.dropsy, i kidney disease etc., should see me. x JOHN ELZEY. ! 154-30 t 1108 Monroe St.. Decatur, Ind.

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