Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1908 — Page 4

THE COMMONER ' IS NOTIFIED (Continued from Page One) inet, dominated the senate, controlled i the house of representatives and ocen-! pled most of the federal judgeships Four years ago the •topuhllenn plat ft>rm boastfully declared that since 1 IB6o— with the ex<-eptlon of two years —the Republican party had been in control of part w of all the branches ot the federal government: that for twc years only was the Democratic party In a position to either enact or repeal a law, Haring drawn the salaries; hav-l Ing enjoyed the honors; having secured the prestige, let the Republican party accept the responsibility! Republican Party Responsible. Why were these “known abuses" permitted to develop? Why have they not been corrected? If existing laws are sufficient, why have they not been enforced? Ail of the executive machinery of the federal government la tn the bands of the Republican party. Are new laws necessary? Why have they not been enacted? With a Re publican president to recommend, with a Republican senate and bouse to carry out his recommendations, why does the Republican candidate plead for further time In which to do what should have been done long ago? Can Mr. Taft promise to be more strenuous in the prosecution of wrong-doers than the present executive? Can he ask for a larger majority in the senate than his! party now has? Does he need more] Republicans in the house of represent stives or a speaker with more unlim Red authority. Why No Tariff Reform? The president’s close friends have been promising for several years that ha would attack the iniquities of the tariff. We have had intimation thatl Mr. Taft was restive under the demands of the highly protected industries. And yet the influence of the manufacturers, who have for twenty live years contributed to the Republican campaign fund, and who in qptnrn have framed the tariff schedules, has been sufficient to prevent tariff reform. As the present campaign approached, both the president and Mr. Taft declared in favor of tariff revision, but ■et the date of revision after the election. But the pressure brought to bear by the protected Interests has been ■ great enough to prevent any attempt at tariff reform before the election; and the reduction promised after the election Is so hedged about with qualifying phrases, that no one can estimate with accuracy the sum total of tariff reform to be expected in case of Republican success. If the past can ba taken si a guide, the Republican party Will be so obligated by campaign contributions from the beneficiaries of pro-> tectlon, as to make that party powerless to bring to the country any material relief from the present tariff burdens. Why No Anti-trust Legislation? A few years ago the Republican leaders in the house of representatives were coerced by public opinion into the support of an anti-trust law which had the endorsement of the president, but the senate refused even to conaider the measure, and since that time no effort has been made by the dominant party to secure remedial legislation upon this subject. Why No Railroad Legislation? For ten years the Interstate Commerce Commission has been asking for an enlargement of its powers, that it might prevent rebates and discriminations, but a Republican senate and a Republican house of representatives were unmoved by its entreaties. In 1900 the Republican national convention was urged to endorse the demand for railway legislation, but its platform was silent on the subject Even in 1904 the convention gave no pledge to remedy these abuses. When the president finally asked for legislation he drew his inspiration from three Democratic national platforms and he received more cordial support from the Democrats than from the Republicans. The Republicans in the senate deliberately defeated several amendments offerred by Senator La Follette and supported by the Democrats—amendments embodying legislation asked by the Interstate Commerce Commission. One of these amendments authorized the ascertainment of the value of railroads. This amendment was not only defeated by the senate, but it was overwhelmingly rejected by the recent Republican national convention, and the Republican candidate has sought to rescue bls party from the disastrous remits of this art by expressing himself. in a qualified way, in favor of ascertaining, the value of the railroads. i Over-issue of Stocks and Bonds. Mr. Taft complains of the over-issue of stocks and bonds of railroads, “for the unlawful enriching of directors and for the purpose of concentrating the control of the railroads under one management,” and the complaint is well founded. But, with a president to point out the evil, and a Republican congress to correct IL we find nothing done for the protection of the public. Why? My uouorabie opponent u~.s, by his confession, relieved me of the necessity of furnishing proof; he admits the condition and he can not avoid the Jogi cal conclusion that must be drawn from the admission. There is no doubt whatever that a large majority of the voters of the Republican party recognize the deplorable situation which Mr. Thft describes; they recognize that the masses have had but little influence qpon legislation or upon the administration of the government, and they are beginning to understand the oause. For a geaeratlon the Be-

publican party has drawn Rs campaign funds from the beneficiaries of special legislation. Privileges have been pledged and granted in return for money contributed to debauch elections. What can be expected when official authority is turned over to the representatives of those who first furnish the sinews of war and then reimburse themselves out of the pockets of the taxpayers? Fasting in Wilderness Necessary. So long as the Republican party remains in power, it is powerless to regenerate Itself. It can not attack wrong-doing in high places without disgracing many ot its prominent members. aad it, therefore, uses opiates instead of the surgeon's knife. Its malefactors construe each Republican victory as an endorsement of their conduct and threaten the party with defeat if they are interfered with. Not until that party passes through a period of fasting in the wilderness, will the Republican leaders learn to study public questions from the standpoint of the masses. Just as with individuals, “the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the truth," I so in politics, when party leaders serve far away from home and are not in constant contact with the voters, continued party success blinds their eyes to the needs of the people and makes them deaf to the cry of distress. Publicity as to Campaign Contributions. An effort has been made to secure legislation requiring publicity as to campaign contributions and expenditures; but the Republican leaders, even in the face of an indignant public, re- i fused to consent to a law which would | compel honesty in elections. When the matter was brought up in the recent Republican national convention, the plank was repudiated by a vote of 880 to 94. Here, too. Mr. Taft has been driven to apologize for his convention and to declare himself in favor of a publicity law; and yet. if you will read what he says upon this subject, you will find that his promise falls far short of the requirements of the situation. He says: “If I am elected president, I shall urge upon congress, with e?ery hope of success, that a law be passed requiring the filing, in a federal office, of a state- i ment of the contributions received by committees and candidate? in elections for members of congress, and in sueh other elections as are constitutionally within the control of congress.” I shall not embarrass him by asking him upon what he bases his hope of success; it is certainly not on any encouragement he has received from Republican leaders. It Is sufficient to say that If his hopes were realized—if, in spite of the adverse action of his convention, he should succeed In securing the enactment of the very law which he favors, it would give but partial relief. He has read the Democratic platform; not only his language, but his evident lUra, indicates that he has read it carefully. He even had before him the action of the Democratic national committee in Interpreting and applying that platform; and yet, he falls to say that he favors the publication of the contributions before the election. Os course, it satisfies a natural curiosity to find out how an election has been purchased, even when the knowledge comes too late to be of service, but why should the people be kept in darkness until the election Is past? Why should the locking of the door be delayed until the horse is gone? An Election a Public Affair. An election is a public affair. The people, exercising the right to select their officials and to decide upon the policies to be pursued, proceed to their several polling places on election day and register their will. What excuse can be given for secrecy as to the influences at work? If a man. pecuniarily interested in “concentrating the control of the railroads In one management,” subscribes a large sum to aid in carrying the election, wtiy should his part in the campaign be concealed until he has put the officials under obligatlon to him? If a trust magnate contributes SIOO,OOO to elect political friends to office, with a view to preventing hostile legislation, why should that fact be concealed until his friends are securely seated tn their official positions? This is not a new question; it is a question which has been agitated—a question which the Republican leaders fully understand-a question which the Republican candidate has studied, and yet he refuses to declare himself in favor of the legislation absolutely necessary, namely, legislation requiring publication before the election. Democratic Party Promises Publioßy. How can the people hope to rule, if they are not able to learn until after the election what the predatory interests are doing? The Democratic party meets the issue honestly and courageously. It says: “We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund, and any individual from contributing an amount above a reasonable maximum, and providing for the publication, before election, of all such contributions above a reasonable minimum.” The Democratic national committee Immediatrly proceeded to Interpret and apply this plank, announcing that no contributions would be received from corporations, that no individual would be allowed to contribute more than SIO,OOO. and that all contributions above SIOO would be made public before the election—those received before October 15 to be made public on or before that day, those received afterward to be made public on the day when received, and no aueh contributions to be accepted within three days of the election. The expenditures are to bp published after election. Hera

is a plan which is complete and effective. Popular Election of Senators. Next to the corrupt use ot money, the present method of electing United States senators is most responsible for the obstruction of reforms. For one hundred years after the adoption of the constitution, the demand for the popular election of senators, w bile finding increased expression, did not become a dominant sentiment A constitutional amendment had from time to time been suggested and the matter had been more or less discussed in a few of the states, but the movement had not reached a point where it manifested Itself through congressional action. In the . Fifty-second congress, however, a resolution was reported from a house committee proposing the necessary constitutional amendment, and this resolution passed the house of representatives by a vote which was practically unanimous. In the Fifty-third congress a similar resolution was reported to, and adopted by, the bouse of representatives. Both the Fifty-second and Fifty-third congresses were Democratic. The Repub llcans gained control of the house as a result of the (lection of 1894 and in the Fifty-fourth congress the proposition died in committee. As time went on. however, the sentiment grew among the people, until it forced a Republican congress to follow the example set by the Democrats, and then another and another Republican congress acted favorably. State after state has endorsed this reform, until nearly two-thirds of the states have recorded themselves in its favor. The United States senate, however, impudently and arrogantly obstructs the passage of the resolution, notwithstanding the fact that the voters of the United States, by an overwhelming majority, demand it And this refusal is the more significant when it is remembered that a number of senators owe their election to great corporate Interests. Three Democratic national platforms—the platforme of 1900, 1904 and 1908-spertfically call for a change is the constitution which will put the election of senators in the hands of the voters, and the proposition has been endorsed by a number of the smaller parties, but no Repub llcan national convention has been willing to champion the cause of the people on this subject. The subject was ignored by the Republican national convention in 1900; it was Ignored in 1904, and the proposition was explicitly repudiated in 1908. for the recent Republican national convention, by a vote of 866 to 114, rejected the plank endorsing the popular election of senators—and this was done in the conventioa which nominated Mr. Taft, few de'egates from his own state voting for th* plank. Personal Inclination Not Sufficient. In his notification speech, the Republican candidate, speaking of the election of senators by the people, says: •Tersonallv. I am Inclined to favor It. but it is hardly a party question. * What la necessary to make this a party question? When the Democratic convention endorsee a proposition by a unanimous vote, and the Republican convention rejects the proposition by a vote of seven to one, does it not become an issue between the parties? Mr. Taft can not remove the question from the arena of politics by expressing a personal inclination toward the Democratic position. For several years be has been connerted with the administration. What has he ever said or done to bring this question before the public? What enthusiasm has he shown in the reformation of the senate? What influence could he exert in behalf of a reform which his party has openly and notoriously condemned in Its convention, and to which be Is attached only by a belated expression of personal inclination? The Gateway to Other Reforms, ‘•Shall the people rule?” Every remedial measure of a national character must run the gauntlet of the senate. The president may personally incline toward a reform; the house may consent to it; but aa long as the senate obstructs the reform, the peo-' pie must wait The president may heed a popular demand; the house may yield to public opinion; but as long as the senate is defiant the rule of ths people is defeated. The Democratic I platform very properly describes the I popular election of senators as “the gateway to other national reform*.” Shall we open the gate, or shall we allow the exploiting interests to bar the way by the control of this branch of the federal legislature? Through a Democratic victory, and through a Democratic victory only, can the people secure the popular election of senators. The smaller parties are unable to secure this reform; the Republican party, under ita present leadership, la resolutely opposed to it; the Democratic party stands for It and has boldly demanded it If I am elected to the presidency, those who are elected upon the ticket with me will be. like myself. pledged to this reform, and I shall convene congress in extraordinary session immediately after Inauguration, and ask, among other things, for the fulfillment of this platform pledge. House Rules Despotic. The third Instrumentality employed to defeat the will of the people !» found in the rules of the bouse of representatives. Our platform points out that “the house of representatives was designed by the fathers of the constitution. to be the popular branch of our government, responsive to the public wilL” and adds: “The house of representatives, as controlled in recent years by the Republican party, has ceased to be a deliberative and legislative body, responsive to the will of a majority <X the members, but has coma under the absolute domination of the speaker, who

has entire control of Its deliberation! 1 , and powers of legislation. “We have observed with amazement the popular branch of our federal government helpless to obtain either the consideration or enactment of measures desired by a majority of its members."

This arraignment is fully justified. The reform Republicans in. the house of representatives, when in the minority in their own party, are as helpless to obtain a hearing or to secure a vote upon a measure as are the Democrats. In the recent session of the present congress, there was a considerable element In the Republican party favorable to remedial legislation; but a few leaders. in control of the organization, despotically suppressed these members. and thus forced a real majority in the house to submit to a well organized minority. The Republican national convention, instead of rebuking this attack upon popular government, eulogized congress and nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president one of the men who shared in the responsibility for the coercion of the house. Our party demands that “the house of representatives shall again become a deliberative body, controlled by a majority of the people's representatives, ai?d not by the speaker,” and is pledged to adopt “such rules and regulations to govern the house of representatives as will enable a majority of its members to direct its deliberations and control legislation.” “Shall the people rule?” They can not do so unless they can control the house of representatives, and through their representatives in the house, give expression to their purposes and their desires. The Republican party is committed to the methods now in vogue in the house of representatives; the Democratic party is pledged to such a revision of the rules as will bring the popular branch of the federal government Into harmony with the Ideas of those who framed our constitution and founded our government Other Issues Will Be Discussed Later. “Shall the people rule?” I repeat is declared by our platform to be the overshadowing question, and as the campaign progresses, I shall take occasion to discuss this question as It manifests itself in other Issues; for whether we consider the tariff question, the trust question, the railroad question, the banking question, the labor question, the question of Imperialism, the development of cur waterways, or any other of the numerous problems which press for solution, we shall find that the real question involved in each is, whether the government shall remain a mere business asset of favor seeking corporations or be an Instrument in the hands of the people for the advancement of the common weal. Democratic Party Has Earned Confidence. If the voters are satisfied with the record of the Republican party and with its management of public affairs we can not re/.orinbly as¥ tor" ■ change in administration: If. however, the voters feel that the people, as a whole, have too little influence in shaping the policies of the government; U they feel that great combinations oi capital have encroached upon th* rights of the masses, and employed the instrumentalities of government to s» cure an unfair share of the total wealth produced, then we have a right te ex pert ■ verdict against the Republicai party and in favor of the Democrats party; for our party has risked defeataye, suffered defeat—ln its effort tc arouse the conscience of the public ant! to bring about that very awakening u which Mr. Taft has referred. Only those are worthy to be entrusted with leadership in a great cause who are willing to die for It. and ths Democratic party has proven its worth* ness by its refusal to purchase victory by delivering the people Into the hands of those who have despoiled them. In this contest between Democracy on ths one side and plutocracy on the other, the Democratic party has taken its po sldon on the side of equal rights, and invites the opposition of those who us« politics to secure special privileges and governmental favoritism. Gauging ths progress of the nation, not by the happiness or wealth or refinement of a few, but “by the prosperity and advancement of the average man.” the Democratic party charges the Republican party with being the promoter of present abuses, the opponent of necessary remedies and rhe only bulwark of private monopoly. The Democratic pan ty affirms that tn this campaign it is the only party, having a prospect ot success, which stands for justice in government and for equity In the division of the fruits of Industry. Democratic Party Defender of Honest Wealth. Wo may expect those who have committed larceny by law and purchased Immunity with their political Influence, j to attempt to raise false Issues, and to employ “the livery of Heaven” to conceal their evil purposes, but they can no longer deceive. The Democratic party is not the enemy of any legitimate Industry or of honest sccnmnle-. tlons. It is, on the contrary, a friend of Industry and the steadfast protector of that wealth which represents a serv. ice to society. The Democratic party does not seek to annihilate all corporations; it simply asserts that as the government creates corporations, it must retain the power to regulate and to control them, and that It should not permit any corporation to convert Itself Into a monopoly. Surely we should have the co-operation of all legitimate corporations In our effort to protect business and industry from the odium which lawless combinations of capital will. If unchecked, cast upon them. Only by the separation of the good from the bad can the good be made secure. fiot_Revotatton, tert Roferwartiew. _>

The Democratic party seeks not revo-; lotion but reformation, and I need hardly remind the student of History that cures are mildest when applied ut once; that remedies increase in severity j ■s their application Is postponed. Blood poisoning may be stopped by the loss of a finger today: it may cost an arm tomorrow or a life the next day. So poison in the body politic can not be removed too soon, for the evils pro- ■ duced by it Increase with the lapse of time. That there are abuses which j need to be remedied, even the Republican candidate admits; that his party i is unable to remedy them, has been fully demonstrated during the last ten years. I have such confidence in the intelligence as well as the patriotism of the people. that I can not doubt their readluess to accept the reasonable re- , forms which our party proposes, rather than permit the continued growth of ; existing abuses to hurry the country on to remedies more radical and more drastic Our Party’s Ideal. The platform of our party closes with a brief statement of the party’s ideal. It favors “such an administration of the government aa will Insure, as far as human wisdom can. that each Citi- j zen shall draw from society a reward commensurate with his contribution to the welfare of society.” Governments are good in proportion as they assure to each member of society. so far as governments can. a return commensurate with Individual i merit, Ths Divine Law of Rewards. I There is a Divine law of reward*. , When the Creator gave us the earth, ’ with its fruitful soli, the sunshine with j its warmth, and the rains with their i moisture. He proclaimed, as clearly as if His voice had thundered from the clouds, “Go work, and according to your Industry and your intelligence, so shay be your reward.” Only where might has overthrown, cunning under* mined or government suspended thia law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the government to this law | ought to be the ambition of the states- I man; and no party can have a higher mission than to make It a reality wherever governments can legitimately operate. Justice te All. Recognizing that I am indebted fee I my nomination to the rank and file of our party, and that my election must come. If It comes at all. from the unpurchased and unpurchasable suffrages of the American people, I promise. If entrusted with the responsibilities of this high office, to consecrate whatever ability I have to the one purpose of making this, tn fact, a government In which the people rule—a government which will do justice to all, and offer to every one the highest possible stimulus to great and persistent effort, by assuring to each the enjoyment of his just share of the proceeds of his toil, no matter In what part of ths vineyard he labors, or to what occupation, protKSl on or calling be devotes himself, TO CUT TELEGRAPH RATES. Automatic Apparatus For Sending and Receiving and Lower Line Cost Will Bring Price Down to a Cent a Word How the new telegraph company, the Telepost, will be able to do a profitable business at its rate of a cent a word between ah points was explained this week by a New York representative of the company. “We have in the Delany automatic sending and receiving apparatus,” he said, “a means of reaching speeds ot 1,000 words a minute. Making the most liberal allowance of time for the preparation of the tapes by which this system operates, we can handle telegrams several hundred times faster than the present companies do. “The result is that the four wires of our trunk lines will give us the same capacity as sixty-eight Western Union wires. The saving on construction is enormous. Our outlay per mile will be only one-fifth of the cost of the old companies for lines of equal capacity, “These are the main but not the only economies that will enable the Telepost to make money at Its rate of 25 cents for twenty-five words. There will be no bookkeeping, the blanks on which messages are written being sold like stamps for face value. We expect to employ experienced operators, but for a given volume of business we shall not need nearly so many as the old companies employ. “Os course our rates were not decided upon without the most careful computation of costs. We shall, as a matter of fact, have a larger margin of profit than the Western Union or Postal show even at their higher rates. This Is true of ‘teleposts’ delivered by mail for 25 cents for fifty words as well as of telegrams.” “Identical Education” a Failure? That tfie present identical education of boys and girls has been weighed and found wanting is acknowledged by those in closest touch with the children approaching adolescence. What habits acquired by the child will Insure success for the man or woman? Certain habits—regularity, punctuality, personal cleanliness, moral rectitude, respect for authority, devotion to duty—are needed by both men and women and can be instilled by either men or women teachers into both lx>j - and girls. As the boy approaches the age of puberty then let his teachers be men. Other qualities—physical courage, a spirit of fair play, resentmen, nnder Insult, business Integrity—can be best developed by men teachers in boys’ schools, just as gentleness, ten derness. sympathy, tactfulness, the spirit of hospitality, charity in thought and kindred traits can best be instilled by women teacher* in girls’ schoote.Julla Richman, District Superintends •f Schools, tn New York Tribune,

1000000000000 o ° o THE MARKET O O REPORTS O O ° 000000000000 Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchant* for various product*. Corrected every day at 2 o’clock. EAS TBUFFALO, N. Y. Aug. 10 — Receipts, hogs. 10 cars; market slow. Mediums and heavies @ s’-00 ■Yorkers @57.00 Pigs SHEEP. Wether sheep @54.50 J nite. clipped @54.00 Wether sheep @54.60 PITTSBURG MARKETS. Aug. 10. —Hog supply 20 cars; market steady, Heavies .. — @56.90 Mediums @56.90 ■ Yorkers .... @56.90 ! Light @ $6.6,; pigs ..... @56.00 TOLEDO MARKETS. Wheat cash 94% September wheat -... 95 Com. cash Bi% Oats, cash i- 60 September oats 4!M4 PRODUCE. By Decatur Produce Co. Butter i Eggs 18c Fowls 8c Chicks 12c Ducks 8c leese 6c Turkeys, young He Turkeys, toms 9c 1 Turkeys, hens 9c HIDES. By B. Kalver and Son. Wool 13c@l?c 'Calf hides 7c Beef hides 4%c Tallow 4c Sheep pelts [email protected] DECATUR GRAIN MARKET. Niblick and Company. Eggs 18c Butter 15c Mixed ear corn 93 Yellow ear com 95 White oats 45 Wheat 87 Alsike clover seed 8.25 Red clover seed 7.50 Timothy seed 1.50 Rye 62 Barley 50 •j PRICES ON COAL. 1 By Girt Reynolds. s ' Chestnut coal .*57.50 ' i Hocking Valley 4.00 , West ‘Virginia splint 4.50 } 1 Wash nut 4.09 t j The Decatur Packing company, : , Phons 81, will pay the following ■ prices for liv e stock: t [email protected] . 3.00@ 5.00 - Calves 5.00@ 5.50 s i GLENDALE FARM HERD DUROCS t , Now is the time to buy your tried 1 sows and get ready for next year's 3 spring pigs. You sold your sowg this 1 last fall and winter, why not tAiy a tried sow or spring gilt and start right. I have them in the reach of . every farmer. If you need a good male 5 pig, I have them and will sell them a right, and will register all hogs, sold 1 to fanners during the next thirty days. 1 My fall sale is on Oct. 29. Write or 1 phone at my expense for prices and • sale catalogue. Don’t forget the date—- ’ Oct. 29, 1908. D. E STUDABAKER, ■’ R F. D. 3, Decatur, Ind. > ELZEY’S CHOLERA BALM. ‘ Has bee* sold for the past eighteen U years and has proved itself a val r uabl remedy. Try it. lam also agent s for Dr. Clark Johnson’s Indian Blood Syrup made in New York. AU persons having any disease arising from impureb lood such a s rhetxmatism.droosy a kidney disease etc., should see me’ y JOHN ELZEY, n l.ti-30t 1108 Monroe St., Decatur, Ind. O ' d PICKLES—We have pickles for sale >- any size you want. Phone No. 113. Benj. and Wm. Beavers. 181 St n — d Ask for Alien’s Foot-East. , r A powder for swonen, tired, hot, s smarting feet Sample sent free eSt Samp!e Os lhe * Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address AUen S. Olmstead, U Roy.

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$2.75 I From DECATUR to I DETROIT I and back via 1 “Clover Leaf Route" I Good going Saturday Ang. ls I Good leaving Detroit Unt Q I Monday night Aug iyth. I Rail to Detroit with option of I return from Detroit to Toledo I by boat, without extra charge I A splendid three days cutinr I Cheaper than staying at home I and lots more fun. Write or I talk to me about it. I can | tell you all you want to know I T. l. McCullough, a«. I Toledo, St. Louis & Western I Railroad. I 000000000000 I ° 0 I O DEMOCRAT n I O WANT COLUMN 0 O 0 000000000000 I WANTED 1 BOARDERS WANTED—At private I home within three blocks of court I house. Inquire at this office. i9Ht I WANTED —Reliable, energetic young | man io. represent Mfg. company in I Adams and adjoining counties. One I owning team preferred. Shlary or T commission. Fairfax Refining Co., I Cleveland, Ohio. FOR SALE FOR SALE —Two brood sows. Will farrow soon. Inquire of George Zimmerman. 190-6 t FOR SALE —Some fine Double Staadard Scotch Shorthorn bull calves, 6 to 12 months old; also som e good spring Poland China boars, recorded. Fred D. Bell. Fairview Farm. 161-ts First class building stone, crushed *to*e, stone screenings. Portia*d ee merit, cement blocks, dynamite in cap* and lump coal, ts JULIUS HAUGK. FOR SALE—Household goods. Call before Thursday over laundry. Mrs. Alice Smith. 184-St i —— , FOR SALE —An 1$ hors e power Huber engine and one 32-54 Huber separator, run one season. Price $1,400 if sold any time before July 16. Call or address A. W. Werling, Preble, Indiana, Box 55. 162-lft IN ABOUT ten days crab apples, the same as I sold lapt year, will be ready for use. For jelly they should be used before fully ripe. D. G. M. Trout, Phone 203. 184-6 t LOST AND FOUND I LOST —A watch charm of rather handsome design. Finder will be re- ' warded by returning same to Dr. J. ' M. Miller. 192-3 t LOST —A boy's sweater, near the interurban office Friday. Please returne to this office. LOST —Gold bracelet near Everett, Hite & Co. The bracelet contained Initials D. C. Return to this office and receive reward. 185-St ' LOST —Day’ book and a number of postal cards. Please return to this offic e as the day book is important. 185-3 t FOUND—A duster lap robe. Loser may have same by paying for this ad. and calling at T. C. Corbett’s cigar store 186 3t FOUND —Some money. Inquire J. C. Augsbuager, R. R. 1. Berne. FOUND —Purse containing some money. Inquire at Hower & Hower’s grocery. 191-3 t FOR RENT FOR RENT —Wheat ground between 26 and 30 acres. Will rent on shares. Inquire of Mrs. Malinda Fronefield, R. R 9, just east of De catur. 190-64

$1.25 SUNIMV EXCURSIONS From DECATUR To TOLEDO and return Marion sx, Frankfort si-5° Bluffton 50c CLOVER LEAF ROUTE • •For particular* call on or ad<Tes».. T. L. McCullough, Agt. Toledo, St Louie and Weatem R. RDECATUR, IND.