Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 31 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 mail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Decatur, Indiana, as second class mail matter. J. H, HELLER, Manager. THE PEOPLE'S HEAVY BURDEN (From Mr. Marshall's Salem Speech.) Twelve years ago, under a Democratic administration, there was appropriated out of the state treasury for salaries and expenses of certain state offices a little over $431,000. In the year 1907 there was appropriated out of the same state treasury, for the same offices, in salaries and expenses, more than $925,000. The taxable property of the state of Indiana in twelve years hag increased 40 per cent, but the total state and local taxes have increased eighteen to thirty-six million dollars. During last year the state debt has likewise increased. The state board of tax commissioners has reduced the aßsesßineui of telegraph, steam railway and express companies nearly three millions of dollars. The last congress of the United States appropriated more than a billion of dollars, although we were running behind at the rate of seven millions of dollars a month. The people are groaning under the burdens of taxation. Useless and unnecessary salaries are being paid in some instances, and in other instances men who are doing wonders (or the people of Indiana are living at pauper wages. Offices have multiplied. Petty officials are running around annoying the people and drawing their salaries. Depression is abroad in the land, and the hour is at hand for retrenchment, 1 reform and a general overhauling of the financial affairs of the people. This has been found true in many of the counties of the state and lends support to the necessity of an overhauling of expenditures everywhere. I have not time even to mention the unnecessary offices that have been created. They will arive Involuntarily in I your minds. They may be covered in i general by the language of the average ' sale bill: “They are too numerous to mention.” It is not an unusual thing in Indiana to see the officer himself 1 doing no work, while the people are paying him a salary, his deputy likev. ise being paid a salary. The officeholding craze has grown so serious that the average officeholder imagines that his»duty consists in drawing his salary, saluting the flag and calling for an additional appropriation. Fair week is over. Nothing exciting THE PICTORIUM TONIGHT First reel—“ Wire Tapper.” Second reel —“The Pretty Typewriter.” BONG. "When You Love Her and She Valley Where the Sleepy Schuylkill Flows.” Admission 5 cents. John B. Stone burner

■ 4, — — — COLONIST TICKETS to points in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Mexico, Montana New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Utah and Washington at VERY LOW FARES will be sola September 1 to October 31,1908, via the CLOVER LEAF ROUTE The fares range from S3O to S4O, and the territory to which the reductions apply extends as far west as the Pacific coast. • JT WILL PAY YOU well to investigate these ticket bargains and stop over priviliges, attractive •nd direct routet, etc, to which purchasers are entitled. Complete particularswill be promptly furnished upon application toT. L. McCullough, Agt. j

until rally time. Let's do a little business in the meantime. Try advertising in the Daily Democrat. It will help all around. Decatur merchants should awaken. Right now is the time to advertise, if you don't wan t your .fall -‘business to go- to other cities. Bach of you should help to hold it here. Advertise. « THE MANY VS. THE FEW. «, <v> "Always the cry must be 3 ; <?> sounded in the ears of the peo- 4 ' <£> pie, that the wants of the many 4 <s> are more important than the <9 , desires of a few, that it is the <9 many who must rule, and not <8 the few. If. therefore, my voice $ shall keep this cry ringing un- <9 til someone else takes it up, 4 4> be sure that if not now, yet ♦ some day, the many will again « <s> come into their own, constitu<9 tional government will be re- 3 <s> stored to this people, the rights <s 3> and liberties of all men will be <9 <J> preserved and a just rebuke <9 <J> will be administered to the few 4 <J> who, grown arrogant, deem <9 that the mission of the many <s 4> is but to obey. Please God, 3 pray God, the hour of the res- ♦ toration of a people’s rights <9 *> will strike upon the clock of <9 ♦ destiny this fall ” — From Mr. $ ♦ Marshall's Salem Speech. — o — ■ ' " ' HIS HORSE WAS STOLEN. Locking tha stable after the horse is stolen is about as sane an act as trying to grow hair after the head is bald. If the hair root be absolutely dead, permanent baldness will be your X?t, and you might as well cheer up and I tell your friends that it isn't so bad after all, as to bemoan your fate. But jf your hair is ju§t beginning to

got a chance, and a great big chance. If your hair is falling out or thinning out, don’t wait another day; go to Holthouse Drug Co. the druggist, and get a bottle of Parision Sage, the most efficient hair grower the world has ever known. Don’t say, “It’s the same old story; I’ve heard it before," but try a bottle at Holthouse Drug Co.'s risk. They guarantee Parisian Sage to grow hair, to stop falling hair, to cure dandruff, and stop scalp itch in two 1 weeks, or money back. | Parisian Sage is th e most invigorating hair dressing made. It is antiseptic; it kills all odors that are bound to arise 9rom excretions of the scalp during the hot months, and every one knows that sage is very cooling to the scalp. Parisian Sage is a prime favorite with discriminating ladies, because it ; makes the hair lustrous and luxuriant. I Get a large bottle from Holthouse Drug Co. for only 50 cents, or by express, all charges prepaid, from the American makers, Giroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Citizens’ Telephone company of Decatur, Indiana, will be held at the office of the secretary of said company in the City of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, on Monday, September 7, 1908, at 7 o'clock p. m., for the election of five directors and for the transaction of such other business as may be brought before said meeting. F. M. Schirmeyer, 202-T2t Secretary. LOST —Pocket knife, between Erie depot and down town. Not valuable but a family heirloom. Please return to Charles Dunn or to this office. 208-3 t o Last wek for paying your bill for electric light and power. 204-5 t

THE SOCIAL DOINGS Mrs. Fanny Cole Entertains the Bridge Club this Afternoon MODERN WOODMEN Many Dinner Parties Are Being Given—Other Society Notes Mrs. Fanny Cole is entertaining the bridge club this afternoon in honor of Mesdames Harry Daniel and Lesh. of Chicago, 111. A number of guests were present and the event was a most delightful affair. The regular meeting of the Modern Woodmen lodge will be held on WedI nesday evening. Special business ■ will be transacted as usual and all I the members are earnestly requested to be present. The ladies of the W. R C. Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Joshua Parrish on next Wednesday afternoon. The ladies are requested to be present at 2:00 p. m. A special program will be rendered and 'important business will be looked after. Refreshments will be served and the afternoon will be a most delightful one. Mrs. C. K. Bell will entertain this evening at six o'clock luncheon a number of invited guests, in honor cf Mrs. Rose Stone, of Muncie. Ind., and Miss Emma Jackson, of Paragould. Ark. The ladies will also spend the evening there in a social way. I Miss Fern Hendricks was pleasantly surprised at her home in Monroe j Saturday afternoon in celebrating her ; fifteenth birthday anniversary. The i afternoon was spent in many amuse- ' ments and games and later in the afternoon a three course luncheon was served. The guests were Misses Dessie Andrews, of DeWitt, Ark.. Daisy Andrews. Frilia Prandyberry, Olive Tague. Mabel Hocker, Hattie Laisure. Florence Hendricks and Mrs. Cera ; Kapp. Mflss Fern received several beautiful presents. The Queen Esther band will meet with Miss Frances Bryson at her home on Fifth street Tuesday evening and all members are urged to be present. Miss Victoria Stone entertained a few guests Saturday evening in honor of Miss Maude Shoaf, who has been the guest of T. T Lutz and family for several weeks. The event was a delightfully pleasant one for all. The first meeting of the season of 1908-1909 cf the Ladies' Shakespeare Club wilt be held at the home of Miss Jennie Studabaker on Wednesday afternoon. The paper for the afternoon | will be "Stratford-on-Avon, the home cf Shakespear. The first half of the year's meetings will be devoted to the works of Shakespeare and the second half to Alaska and Mexico. The season will close April 21, 1909. The club now has a very large attendance they having just recently had their year books completed and they are expecting a most prosperous year. All the ladtes are requested to be present 'Wednesday afternoon at the first meeting. Miss Agnes Voglewede pleasantly entertained a small crowd of young people last evening at six o'clock dinner in honor of Miss Loretta Clever, of Fort Wayne. Af’er the dinner the guests enjoyed a merry sociable time. o + 4- + + + + 4.* + tt*+ + + + + Decatur cigar makers turn + ♦ out 35,000 a week. Let’s make * ♦ It 70,000, not by smoking more + ♦ Cigars, but by buying only Deca- + ♦ turmade cigars—they are all + ♦ good. |> ♦++++++++ + + + -f + + + o— Waterway or Railway D. & B. LaksLine Accepts Railway Tickets All classes of tickets reading via the Michigan Central, Wabas hand Grand Trunk Railways Between Detroit and Buffalo in either direction are available tor transportation on D. & B. Daily Line Steamers. This arrangement enables the traveler between eastern and western states to forsake the hot, dusty cars and enjoy the delights of a cool night’s rest enroute. Send stamp for booklet. Address Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co., 6 Wayne St., Detroit, Mich,

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THE BANK DEPOSIT PLANK Editor Democrat—The following editorial was taken from the New York , Times and is headed WILL ENFEEBLE SAFEGUARD It cannot be for the interest of depositors that there should be changes made in the banking laws that would encourage unsafe and reckless management of banking institutions. Unquestionably the amendment Mr. Bryan proposes would act as such an encouragement. A banker who felt that , the sums intrusted to him by a government fund if he should lose them, would certainly be under temptations not likely to beset the banker who felt that the responsibility of his trust rested upon himself alone. The above editorial is being quoted by all the leading Republican newspapers of the country and is given to the public by them as being on a par with the gold reserve in the U. S. treasury. This guarantee plank in the Democratic platform is not a new thing. It has been tried and tested in more ways than one. The express companies have been using the system with great success. So have the railroad corporations. If you do not believe this, secure a position with either a railroad company or an express company and see jf you are not required to give a surety bond. These gigantic corporations do not argue that a surety bond breeds recklesness. Who J would think of allowing the trust and responsibility resting upon an express agent or upon a railroad agent to make him more trustworthy or more safe? Because either agent realizes that his shortage will be paid out of a guarantee fund does not make him nor does it help him to evade the penitentiary if he goes wrong. A premium of $2.50 per thousand dollars creates a guarantee fund that covers all loss and gives a big profit to the surety company. Political prejudice is making depositors blinder than bats if they cannot see the benefit of this ■ law. A little thought on this subject ’ would place the voter aright and would work to the good of both the banker and depositor by preventing unnecessary runs on good banks. Who would not be benefited. W. J. Archbold. o ——__ 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. I C. Lautenheiser, opp. Court House. tf-2tw oSTOVES 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 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. For sale, 149 acres good black land very best buildings, fences, well tiled close to German and English schools and churches; 80 acre of good land at a bargain; also a business establish ment for sale. Come In and see me Call on C. Lautenheiser, Opp. Court House, Decarar, Ind. FrlTus The Decatur Efeg Case cornjiany having completed its sheds along the G. R. and I. railroad, can furnish coal of any kind at reasonable prices. Also kitchen and kindling wood a specialty. Phone 116. G. F. Kintz, Special Agent. ts - — -o — WANTED —Ladies to do plain sewing on aprons, etc. $9 per week to good workers. Home work. Call at once. Mrs. C. Vogt, 316 N. Fourth St. 205-3 t o MONEY TO LOAN —I have plesty es money to loan on farms. No commission charged. Dore B, Ersrin, attorney at law. tufrl o MEN PAST SIXTY IN DANGER More than half of mankind over sixty years of age suffer from kidney and bladder disorders, usually enlargement of prostrate glands This is both painful and dangerous, and Foley’s Kidney Cure -hould be taken at the first sign of danger, as it corrects irregularities and has cured many old men of this disease. Mr. Rodney Bu-nett, Rockport, Ho., writes: “I suffered with enlarged prostrate gland and kidney trouble for years and after twenty years, although (I am now 91 years old.” Sold by HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. • o HAY FEVER AND SUMMER COLDS Victims ot bay fever will experience great benefit by taking Foley’s Honey and Tar, a s it stops difficult breathing immediately and heals the inflamed air passages, and even if it should fail to cure you it will give instant relief.” The genuin e is in a yellow package. Sold by HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o Quick relief for A«fhmg Sufferers Foley’g Honey and Tar affords immediate relief to asthma sufferers in the worst stages and if taken in time will effect a cure THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. _o —— ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Smoke Decatur-made cigars— ♦ ♦ no better in the world, ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

1 1 " fl •, x. HMK**^"* 1 * Spend your vacation on the G "?‘ Lakes ■nd tmvel via the l« r g*. “ ? and comfortable steamers of the D»C Line. Your local ticket agent will sed you through tickets via the D « <- U“e to all Great Lake * mammoth new steamer cost ng Jt.rso.ooo hrs been built for this summer's service between Detroit and Cleveland. LAKE ERIE DIVISION Learc Detrok daily - - - - 10’50 JArrive Cleveland daily - - • 5-’° *• «• Leave Cleveland daily - • W- 4 ' r. M. Arrive Detroit daily - - - *«- Daylirht th pa between Detroit and Cleveland every Tuesday. Thuraday and Saturday during July and August. MACKINAC DIVISION Lr. Toledo Mondavs A •Saturdays 9.30 A. M. •Tuemlay * Tburjteya P. M. Lr. Detroit Mondtya <k ♦Saturdaya 5.00 P. M. •Wedneadaya A Fridaya 9. JO A. M. Four Trips jmf •coramancipg June 15th Express Steamer City of St. Ignace operatea three tripe per week between Detroit and Mackinac from June 25th to September 10th and thus maintains with the regular D. A L. Strnmers a daily service to Mackinac. BAY CITY DIVISION Every Wednesday and Friday eveninn ft o ® Detroit to Bay City, stopping at Port Huron. 1 Lexington, Port Sanilac. Forester, Forestville , and Port Hope enroute. J Cleveland a Toledo division Daily daylight trips between Cleveland. » Put-in-Bay and Tole&> from June 10th to September ICth. Send two-cent stamp for illustrated pamphlet. Address, L. G. Lewis, G. P. A.. Detroit. Mich. ( Detroit Na v. Co. PHILIP H. MCMILLAN, A- A SCHANTZ, G«" MGR.

j — PLUMS FOR SALE. I have some choice plums for sale. Inquire of K. H. Nidlinger, R. R. Na 12, Decatur, Ind. 196-6 t o Ask for Alien’s Foot-East. A powder for swollen, tired, hot, smarting feet. Sample sent FREE. Also Free Sample of the Foot-Ease ' Sanitary Corn-Pad, a new invention. I Address Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y. o MELONS FOR SALE. A lot of fine Jackson county, Indiana. water melons. Inquire at Bremerkamp BltL Madison St., west of True's grocery. E. B. MACY. 203-3 t Pay All Delinquent Account for Lights and Power All accounts for lights and power due the city must be paid before September Ist. or the current will be shut «ff and your account left for collection. / Please pay attention to this. M. J. MYLOTT CITY ELECTRICIAN 37th Annual IL2 FAIR Portland, Indiana Aug. 31, Sept. 1,2,3, 4 $3,100 Purse en Races The Engagement The Gregory Family Famous Acrobats The Greatest Company on the Road / —: — ALSO Kennedy Bros, and Mack in their novel trick house comedy and acrobatic act. Grand Military Drill tv Indiana National Guards' and Stock parade on Wednesday only — I— Many Grand Special Feature ••• •— J.F. Graves Secretary

FROM ■ $5 MACKINAC ISLAND I AND RETURN I Rail to Toledo ami thence I y the magmtieent steamers of m troit and Cleveland Navigation Uo across Lake Erie, through nJ* and St. Clair River and up the entire length of Lake Huron Mackie? ft Tickets good leaving St Louis September 4th. Boat T* S ledo Saturdav morning. September stb. Good returning until SgJ H ember 15th. For sleeping car berths, staterooms and berthsontL \ steamer and all information apply to ||| clover t. l. McCullough, Agent. LEAF Toledo, St. Louis & Western ROUTE Decatur, Indiana A RARE I FOR SALE—BO acre farm. 6 miles from Decatur, gooj six-room ho®, I large barn, all other necessary outbuildings, wind pump and drov. well drained, fairly well fenced, eye to school and church, on p ik e I soil sandy clay loam mostly slightly rolling, all under cultivation bat vl acres of second growth timber. Price $5,000.00. If you are in the market for farm or city property, come in I us before you buy. Northern Indiana Real Estate Co.l Office over Burns Harness Store. Decatnr, Indiana. I " 1 I THE VAN WERT I COUNTY FAIR I Every indication points to a larger and better I meeting than ever before. Many improvemtnts at the grounds add to their attractiveness and make provision for the comfort of patrons The I I general show will, as in the past, be educaticnal I in its nature, and good races and special featurI ed daily for the entertainment of patrons. Sol- | diers’ day will be observed on Wednesday. Arrange to be present. f SEPTEMBER I 8,9,10,11/08. THE JOHNSTON Institute of Osteopathy Has removed its Decatur office into Booms 10 and 11 in the MORRISON BLOCK, DEOATUB. IND. All kinds of diseases successfuly treated,—No Drugs Main office over First National Bank, Ft. Wayne, InC Dr. W. H. Johnson, Mg’r Dr.JHomerE. Sowers Asst LOW RATES For HOMESEEKERS EXCURSIONS First and Third Tuesdays of Each Month during Year 1908 VIA THE GLOVER LEAF ROUTE From Decatur To TEXAS, MISSOURI, COLORADO, ARKANSAS, q KANSAS, OKLAHOMA And other Southwestern and Western states and territories attentinn C » OVS », Agenta and Employes are instructed to pay spevW nrslon Tickets # COnifort convenience of holders of Homeeeekera’ For particulars call upon or address T. L. McCullough gent, Toledo, St. Louis & Western R. R. Decatur, IndLOW" RATES! c. A. R. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT Toledo and return via Clover Leaf R< RV A " E: ' 1!t 28 to 3 l inclusive. until O ? tl September r s thwith privilege of extens»« ™1 ° ctob,r ‘Sfl*- Full particulars from the Ag«t. oledo, St Louis & Western R®'