Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1908 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published 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 mall 25 cents Per year, by mall $2.50 Single copies ..2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Sintered at the postofflce at Decatur, Indiana as second class mail matter. “T H. HOLLER, Manager. The teachers' institute is in session. Two hundred men and women are here in whose hands rest great responsibilities —the foundation for those who in future years will manage affairs. To them we owe respect May they receive many new thoughts from the able instructors and the splendid program as arranged by our ever progressive superintendent, Prof. L. E. Opliger, to whom is due the successful meetings now in progress, declared by all the best ever held here. Hon. Geo. W. Cromer, the man who has the Eighth district In his sack for sale, trade or barter, together with Ancil Alexander, the deputy state treasurer, was a visitor in Bluffton Saturday night. He didn’t stop to tighten up the spokes in his Wells couny machine, f)nr George never wastes any time on things he don't need, and besides his henchmen always come to him at Muncie when they are sent for. He had been in Fort Wayne showing the republicans how to run machinery, and when he got through they were willing to agree that he was as good a man as ever grabbed the throttle. He had been engineering for ten years and still holds his license i n this district to get in at his trade any old time he wants to. Bluffton Banner. BOARDERS WANTED. We are prepared to furnish board for $4.00 per week. We will make an effort to please you. 195-6 t PARK HOTEL.

| Greatest and Grandest tsx/e-nt in Adams County's History Great NORTHERN INDIANA FAIR 1 WEEK OF AUGUST, 25-26-27-28- ■ Don’t Forget The Dates — Then Come 4 BIG DAYS 4F~~ " ~4 BIG BANDS 4 rru T%- ! T» ** XT H A. A Fort Wayne Packard, Bluffton The Displays are Better Newer, City, Decatur and Dixon Bands Bigger and Brighter than any will furnish music for the fair previous year. - < MANY BIG ATTRACTIONS ’’ - AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY That are N ew. N ovel and Up-to- ■Uve** stocTand ‘swi?* will* °hlve date wilt be entertaining. all former exhibits eclipsed — — 3 Big Race Meets 3 $6,000 Purses-Premiums Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. $3,500 to be paid in purs- = — — You pah • av« es. Come and see the fastest -== GREAT BIG ANNUAL SHOW horses on the fastest track. z that will EcliptXPotheS E:xcLJrsiorn Rates: Railroads arid Interurban Entering Decatur, Ind. The G. R. &I. will operate SPECIAL TRAINS South on Wednesdav Thn ™ evenings, as far South as Portland. Get a Family Ticket. Then Come and Bring the Family Along BEST FAIR GROUND, FASTEST TRACK, BIGGEST DISPLAYS,' OF ANY FAIR IN THE STATE

THE SOCIAL DOINGS The Thimble Club Enjoys a Picnic at Maple Grove ICE CREAM SOCIAL Many Other Society Events Are Given in These Columns The ice cream social which was to have been given last evening at Preble by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Mount Pleasant church at the home of Mr. R. H. White has been postponed until next Saturday evening, Aug. 22, when the affair will occur. Good music will be furnished on that evening and refreshments will be served. The public is cordially invited to at l tend on that date. An ice cream social will be given at Monroe next Saturday evening by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. church. Ice cream and cake and soft drinks will be served and the ladies extend an invitation to everybody to be present. The members of rhe Afternoon Thimble Club are enjoying a picnic this afternoon at Maple Grove Park. The ladies left on the 2:30 car with well filled baskets of good things for an old fashioned picnic supper, which they will enjoy at the supper hour. Their gentlemen friends will join them this evening and enjoy a sociable time. The event will be a very pleasant one. The Ladies’ Historical Club and the Shakespeare Club will soon with their regular meetings which have been discontinued during summer months. They will begin about the first week in September and as these meetings are very sociable times and instructive, the ladies are expecting a most prosperous year. The ladies of the Pocahontas lodge will, enjoy a picnic this evening at Maple Grove Park and a most enjoy-

> able time is looked to. Quite a num- | ber of the members will attend the same. A picnic supper will be a feature of the affair. o I A NEW WILD WEST SHOW Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Show at Fort Wayne Soon. Miller Bros.’ 101 Ranch Wild West Show, recruited entirely from the great 101 ranch, at Bliss, Okla., will appear in Fort Wayne, Friday, Aug. 28, giving two performances and in- ' auguratlng the day with a big free street parade and free show on the grounds. Many- residents of this vicinity will take advantage of the ppportunity to see the famous amusement institution. The Miller Bros, entered the show business last year when the directors of the Jamestown Exposition urged them, as representatives of the cattle-raising business, to give an arenic illustration of its features. The show was a sensational triumph of the fair. Enthusiastic crowds flocked to it« every performance, never seemltig to tire of its stirring, unwonted scenes and movement. So tremendous was the popularity and patronage that New York City demanded an entertainment like it. The Millers hurried back to the ranch, recruited another show, and sent it on to Brighton Beach, New York City where for six weeks it broke metropolitan records of attendance and favor. The organization which is coming to that city is a consolidation of the two which astonished the country last year. o PUBLIC SALE OF FARM. The Christian Sprunger farm one mile northeast of Berne will be sold at public auction on Tuesday, September 1, 1904. Sale begins at 1 o’clock p. m. and closes at 4 p. m. Said farm consists of 79 acres of good land, 12 of which are in heavy oak timber. Farm is well drained, has a good orchard and plenty of good water. Buildings are many and in pretty good condition. Barn is 40 by 76, house 22 by 34, all frame: other good ■ smaller buildings are on the place. TERMS:—One-half cash on day of i sale and one-half in one year, note to i draw interest after March 1, 1909, ■ when purchaser will be given possession. For further information, call on or J Write to C. C. Burry, Berne, Ind. t Jett Liechty, auctioneer. - ecd THE SPRINGER HEIRS.

THIRTY WILL GO To the National Encampment of G. A. R. to Be Held at Toledo A FIVE QAYS’ SESSION Daniel Shackley of this City Goes as Alternate from Eighth District The members of Sam Henry Post G. A. R. are urgently requested to meet at their hall tomorrow (Thursday) evening for the purpose of completing arrangements to attend the na tional encampment which will be held August 31 and September 1,2, 3 and 4 at Toledo. Ohio. Daniel Shackley. commander of Sam Henry Post has been chosen as one of the three alternates from the Eighth district and he inferms us that about thirty members of G. A. R. from this city will attend the national meet, among whom are T. R. Moore, Jacob Railing. S. B. Fordyce, George B. Kline, Andrew Teeple, E. Cutting. F. F. Freeh, John Oswald and several others. A rate of $3.40 for the round trip will be charged. The parade which is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2nd. promises to be the most gorgeous event in the history of the country. Officers from the posts of every state in the Union will participate in the parade. The Indiana delegation will have its headquarters in a downtown hotel. The Eighth district sends three alternates and three delegates to the encampment. o — STOVES FOR SALE. One Art Garland hard coal stove, one Jewel No. 9 range, one Round Oak heater. Will sell cheap if purchased within thirty days. Samuel D. Beavers, Madison St. 196-15 t A RARE INVESTMENT. $5,000 worth of stock in a good live corporation, paying 6 per cent above taxes. With SI,OOO of this stock you can secure a good position. C. Lautenheiser, opp. Court House. tf-2tw

County Fair Week at Our Store Although we intend to have a booth at the fair there is one interesting display that you T* Q * will not be able to see at the fair ground. We jL WEfc refer to our excellent showing of new fall styles, in Men’s and Boys’ Overcoats —not to forget /■ Children’s School and 7 lz \ Dress Suits • • • • We extend a cordial invitation to visit our / r store and make it jour town headquarters. on \ will not be urged to buy. We want you to see our new fall styles and we know you will come If back when you get ready to wake your final F selection. \ « Some Bargains in 1 I | I Season’s Ends HF I » < f » Pl ' 1 gtr ? Men’s Summer Suits: Trousers, Shirts etc at -WMfes 25 per cent off. I 50 Children’s Suits. Just the thing for school ‘ or dress, size 4 to 10, 25 to 40 per cent off. A Few Men’s Suits-One or Two of a Kind at Cost Men’s and Boys’ two piece suits 25 to 50 percent off. If you are ia need of anything in theclothing line, or if you expect to need any in the near future it will be greatly to your advantage to call and see us while attending the fair COME-.-Make yourself at home whether you buy or not. ELZEY vance Corner East of Court House DECATUR, INDIANA