Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1908 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 1# cents Per year by carrier SS.W Per month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 Single copies .3 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana. as second class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. THE FARMER ANO THE TARIFF The farmer understands that while he has to bny everything in a protected market, where, on nearly every purchase. he is compelled to pay tribute to the trusts and tariff beneficiaries, he is ecmpelled to sell his products in a free-trade market, where he comes in competition with all the rest of the world. He looks no longer with indifference upon the fact that the farmer of Canada. Argentina. Australia and ether civilized countries buys agricultural implements of American manufacture cheaper than they are sold to him. In these days American farmers read and think, and are fully advised as to the enormities.—From Mr Kern's Notification Speech. Hearst and Hisgen are not creating any very far reaching excitement by their grandstand exhibit in Indiana The republicans in this county hare nominated a county assessor and Uncle George Gentis who still has two years to serve, is wondering what's to become of him. ‘ls the world growing better?" was the subject of a sermon last Sunday Os course it is. The world is always growing better. Why waste time debating that subject? What's this? A special session of the legislature to make more appropriations? If it's absolutely necessary and Governor Haniy knows it why con-

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sult every two by four politician in the state? It is more than a month since Taft was nominated, and the day after his nomination the big daily papers gave much space to reports of the instant revival of business:" But there seems to be some hitch. One day we read that a factory has started up. and the next day we see that in another factory wages have been cut. Is the Dingley law maliciously interfering with prosperity? And Walter Wellman says: Information from Indiana which cimes through Republican channels is that at the present time the state is on an even balance between the two parties. A letter received in Washington today from a Republican leader said: “No man can say today whether Indiana is for Taft cr Bryan. We are having trouble with the labor vote, both as to Taft and as to Watson. \Xe are sure to lose something ameng this class of voters, and the local prohibition question hurts us. too. As to the labor vote the most encouraging sign we have is that the situation is not quite as bad as it was and if the improvement continues we shall save the state in November " IS AT HONG KONG (Continued from Page One) a bamboo pcle. Two coolies shouldered the pole and carried the prisoner out. The army officers went first in the procession. The four prisoners next, the execution with broadax and swerd next and the magistrate last, out to the execuion ground. The execution ground in Canton is right near the street and street execution ground and all are no wider than one of cur narrow streets. One very queer thing about a Chinaman is that he will not remove a dead body nor help a man in distress, because he believes be will thus make himself responsible for the man's misdeeds. [Beggars are very shy here and they I come up in every conceivable need and corner. American graft is certainly aired out here, and meet men seem to think that when a man is tried in court, that the accused and accuser go up to the stand and each turn their money over to the judge and the man who has the most is given the decision. So long BERT

THE SOCIAL DOINGS Pleasant Picnic Party Was Given Last Evening at Maple Grove OTHER SOCIAL NOTES Mrs. C. O. France Entertains at a Six O’Clock Dinner Party The Joseph Miller family reunion was held at the home of J. A. Fleming in Vn‘on township yesterday afternoon and a great time w«s enjoyed by the eighty people present. A big dinner was served and an ideal social session ensued subsequently. Those present are the descendants of Christian Miller and were as fellows: Calvin Turner, wife and son Floyd and daughter Lila, of Convoy. O.; Samuel Brown, wife and son Lawrence and daughter Helen, of Monroeville: Albert Manlier, wife and daughters Esther and Rosa and son Albin, of Pleasant Mills; J. A. Fleming, wife, sons John and Harry and daughters Edna. Haxel Monema and Ladle; . John Huffman, son Herman and daughter Rosa: Eugene Rnnynn and wife. Chas True and wife, D. B Erwin. wife and daughter Doris, of Decatur: N W. Rabbit- and wife, of South Pend; Daniel Rider and wife and Mrs. S. F. Baker, of Dixtn. O.: G W. Miller ard wife. Albert Kna- ' vill. wife, son William and daughters | Ella. Ida and Pearl; Sarah A. Bark- ■ ley: Mrs. Jane BBrown, sons Morris and Cleveland and daughters Lilly and Rosa: J. D. Miller, wife, sons Ora and Forest and daughter Ruth; Minnie Woodward; Christ Miller, wife and daughter Lucile; Theo Beatty, wife and daughters Rosa. Haxel and Sylvia; Chas Shafer and wife; Jaceb Barkley, wife, sons Ivan and Lawrence and daughters Xariffi. Iris and Beulah, of Monroeville: Melvin, Clem and Leslie Myers, of Monroeville: Clinton Jeffrey, of Caledonia. O: Or- : rille Crissenberry. of Dixon. O.: Rev. ■ J. B. Ccok. son William and Mrs. Sellers, of Monroeville: Wm. C. Miller, wife and daughters Glenola and Catherine ard son Clyde, of New Haven: Freeman Walters and wife, of Decatur; Mrs. J. A. Wybourn. of Fort Wayne; Wm. Harden and wife, of Union township. An elegant program ' was rendered consisting of the foU j lowing: Song; prayer by Rev. Cook; ' reading Edna Fleming; song the Misses Fleming: address. Rev. Cook: song. J. A. Fleming; recitation. Leia Turner; address. Mr. Babbitt; song. Lucile Fleming. address. D. B. Erwin; reading, Edna Fleming: song J. A. Fleming. Freeman Walters.

Mrs. C. O. France entertained Mrs. ' Frank Christen and son Stanley at a six o'clock dinner last evening. Miss Marie Tonnellier entertained : a few cf her friends at a picnic held fat Maple Grove park last evening tn honor of Helen Dcswell and Georgian • Laser, of Fort Wayne. Tbe merry | crowd left on the 5:39 car and as sacs jas they arrived there partcok at a I sumptuous supper. The rest cf the evening was spent in taking in the | various amusements ax the park and dancing The guests were the Misses Agnes Costello. Frances and Agnes Radamacker. Emma Terreer. Anna Clark. Celestia Wen-hoff. Georgia Meibers. Ada Murray. Inez Snellen. Lillian Harris. Rose Tonnellier of this city and Sylvia Droppelman cf Jeffersonville. Ind : Georgian Lauer and Helen Doswell. of Fort Wayne: and Messrs. Brace Patterson. Troy Babcock. Bernard Terreer. Win and Js&a Geary. Frank Bremertamp. Herbet* Ehtnger, Fred Pu'lenktmp. Jack Harris. Francis Gast and Otto Green. They returned on the last car. Tbe Pncab ntas lodge met last evening and a good attendance wi 5 present After the transaction of their business, refreshments were served and short talks given by several of the members. The Ladies' Aid Society «ts the Christian church met with Mrs. Harvey Lee this afternoon at her hose on Third street. Quite a large axtendtnee was present. The Home Missionary Society of the M £. eturrh met yesterday at the home cf Mrs. D. E. Studabaker east of the city. The following program wa* rendered: DevotioeaJ* Mra A R. Bell Roll Cal? Secretary Music Mia, Myrtle Beachier Paper: Tcuag People's Number "Just How Industrial and Settlenwcu" Mra D. M. Meyers , Music Mia* Mazie Beery Reading Story cf Qoeea Esther

NOTICE FOR BIDS. ' Notice is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Decatur. Indiana, will rec'tve proposals for the ccnst ruction of a cement sideI "alk On the north aide «m Park street, between Third and Fifth streets (running south of the city water works plant) in the City of Decatur. Indiana. Said knprovement to be built according to the plans and spec:Scati<n a now on file in the office of the ejerk of said city on the 15th day of Septee-bee, 19C8. bids to be received between the hours of eight o'clock a. m. and six o'clock p. m. Eact bidder must ale with th* clerk of said city, when he files his bid. the usual statutory affidavit and deposit with him the sum ct one hundred dollars in money or certified check as a guaranty that he will accept said bid ard carry out the construction cf said work. The successful bidder will be required to gi»e bond with surety to be approved by the Common Council insuring the faithful completion of said work according to the contract. The Common Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids and readvertise tor bids for said Common Council this Ist day of September. ISOS, lewft THOS. F EHINGER. Clerk. o NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERSNotice is hereby given to property owners whose lots and parcels of land abutt on Sixth street, from tte north line of Monroe street to the south line of Nuriman avenue in the City of • Decatur. Indiana, that said streets hare been completed and thst the city civil engineer has filed his final estimate and report with the ettnmon • council of sa d city and rta-. the rom- , mon council of said city has caused an assessment roll of the costs and expenses of said improvement tegethj er with the names and the description of the property and the amount of: such assessment to be filed in the of- 1 See of the City Clerk of said city and that tie comm.u council will on the 15th day cf September. 1908. - at seven o'clock p. tn. at the council room hear any and ail remonstrances against their respective property on said assessment roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots or parcels of land have been or will be benefited by said improvements In the amounts named in slid roll, or in a greater or less sum than named therein or in any sum. Wit-, ness my hand and seal of said city this Ist d»v cf September. ISOS. lew*t THOS. F EHINGER. Clerk

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS. Notice is hereby given to property owners whose lots and parcels of ’and abutt on Fifteenth street, and which ■ lots and parcels of land are as follows: Le ts No 921. 9’3 924. 925. 9«. 940. 943 and 936 all on Fifteenth street , in tbe City at Decatur. Indiana, that the common council of the City of Decatur. Indiana, on the Ist day of September. 190$. duly adopted and 'passed a resolution to improve said ’ sidewalks, in front of lots above men■iooed on Fifteenth street in said city of Decatur. Indiana, with cement sidewalks. That on the 15th day rs September. 1908. at 7 o'clock p. m the council win at ' tbe council rooms hear all persons whose nroperty is affected bv tbe proposed improvement and will decide whether the benefits that win accrue to the property to be assessed abutting os the proposed said tm- \ movement and to the city will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of the proposed improvement. By order ct tbe Common Council made and entered o' ~cord this Ist day of September. 19 , '$ lew2t THOS. F. EHINGER Clerk. CANE MULL RUNNING. I am ready to operate my cane mill. Bring in year cane. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mill located a half mile north of Alpha c-huret. 31* north of Decatur on the Fuelling road. 21141 JACOB WEDLER - o - - — PEACHES FOR SALE. I have for sale twenty bushel of Alberta peaches. Cal! at eace. E. B. Macy, Srse door ves: cf Trw's I eery. Madison sweet 21Mt o ATTENT’ON REPUBLICANS! I The Republicans of Jefferson township, Ad’tns county. Indiana, are hereby called to meet in mass eo®ventioe at the home cf Dan Brewster ia said tewasaip cn Saturday, septemhee 12th. XMM. at the boar of 3 p, tn. for the purpose of nominating town- ’ ship officers for said township. St GEORGE BP.EWrTFR

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JURY IS SELECTED 'To Serve During September Term—Will Report Monday, September 21st Mother court items Isaac Hilty Declared Insane —Was in Famous San Francisco Earthquake Jury Commissioners H. A. Fnstoe and S. B. Fordyce met with County • Clerk Haefling this morning and selected the twelve men who will serve as petit jurors during the September term of court: They are: E- W. Larue. Wabash township; Garrett Voglewede. Washington: L L Mason. Geneva: Burrell Ryan. Jefferson; Coat Ccok. Root; Charles Watson. Hart-i ford: William D. Cowan. Preble: Wil j Ham W. Smith. St Marys: George B I Headington. Monroe. Charles Walters I French; William Hart. Union; Ezra Reber. Kirkland. The jury will repert | for duty September 31s: the third I Monday. ' Isaac Hilty was declared of un- > sound mind and recommended to East ■ Haven hospital for treatment The: inquest was held by Squire F S. Afmantrout, assisted by Drs. O. M. Gra- j ham and C. H. Backoven. Hilty is | forty-one years old and a laborer. He | was in California during the famous , earthquake of 1906 and in October. I ISO?, was sent to the asylum where he remained until tbe following May. He is unmarried and has no home. He refuses to talk and imagines he is pursued by officers. Recently he tried to throw himself in front of a moving train, but was prevented from doing so.

Real estate transfers have been filed as follows: Patrick H. Rourk et al, [to Cornelius W. Watson. 120 acres in j I Wabash township. 88.000; Henry Hitel et al to John S. Petersen pt. lot 348 I Decatar. $1,400; Jonas 3. Coverdale | et al to Harve B. Sprague et al lot 423 Decatur. $200: Permelli* J, Martin to Henry Marbonke pt. lot 256 Decatur $1,100; Phillip Gephart to John Conrad let 190 Decatur $2.5(»0; , John Conrad et al to Phillip Gephart, 60 acres in St. Marys township $4,000; ; Union Nat. Loan Association to E. O. ‘Death. lot 23. Rivarre. $89.63: F. M. Schirmeyer. trustee to Hattie Studa- ’ baker, lot 54 Decatur, $275; Mary Stet-1 I ler et al to Wilbur Woods, 7 acres in i •Union township $475. CURES COUGHS AND COLDS. Hyomei Gives Relief in Ten Minutes— Cures Over Night. Everybcdy knows, or ought to know, that Hyomej is recognised among scientists as the specific for Catarrh. Asthma. Bronchitis and Hay Fever, but there are a great many people who do not know that Hyomei will cure a ecugh or a odd in less than 34 hours. But every one should know that the soothing, balmy and antiseptic air of Hyomef when breathed over the raw and inflar;med membrane of the nose and threat will instantly allay the inflammation, and will effect a prompt cure. Complete Hyomei outfit, including inhaler, costs only $1.06 at Hohhonse Drag Co. Extra bottles, if afterward needed, will cost but 56 cents Joseph M. Harbaugh. Heldredge. Neb., writes: "I have used your Hyomei in my family far two years or mu, c. and find it one of th best remedies we ever used for a cold or sore throat We find that ft gives quick relief in eases cf catarrh.” —— On the top wave of public favor— If your dealer does not handle Admirai coffee, ethers do Jo9»f FOUND—Tbe lady who a black ice wool shawl at Maple Grove park some time ago can have same by -alites at this office and paying for this ad. 313-3 t

FEPUBLIEAN TEMCE BISHDNESff Tn* Republican state platform of 1874 contained this declaration: “We are la favor of such legislation as will give a majority of the people the rignt to determine for themselves, in their respective towns, townships or wards whether the sale of intoxicating liquors for use as a beverage shall be permitted therein" The Republicans made no further reference to the liquor question in their platforms until 1886, when they said: "We favor such laws as will permit the people in their several localities to invoke such measures of restriction as thby may deem wise." Two years later, in 1888. the Republican platform said: “We favor legislation upon the prit-Jple of local option, whereby the people of the various communities throughout the state may, as they deem best, either control or suppress the traffic In Intoxicating liquors.” In 1899 the Republican platform contained this declaration: “We favor legislation upon the principle of local option, whereby the varl•us communities throughout the state may. as they deem best, either control cr suppress the traffic, and approve the recent action of congress remitting the control cf this subject to the several states.” In ISS2 the Republican party organization renewed a long-standing flirtation with ths liquor interests, and all reference to the temperance question was omitted from its platform. In ISM the Republican platform was also silent on the temperance question It was in this year that the celebrated compact between the Republican party and the organised liquor interests was entered into at Evansville. By the terms at this compact the liquor interests agreed to throw their financial end toting strength to the Republican party. Since ISM the Republican party has controlled the legislature in both house and senate. It has also had the support of the organized liquor interests and its piatforms have been exceedingly tender toward its brewery and salcon allies. It never even started to pass a local option law of any kind. During all of this time, according to Roger R. Shiel, a prominent oils Republican and former candidate for treasurer of state, “twenty-seven breweries have put up for the Republican party.” During the session of the legislature of 1907, John D. Volz, a Republican representative from Marion county (being one of the eight Republican representatives from that county), in explaining his opposition to a proposed liquor UU, said this in an Interview in the Indianapolis News of February 14, 1907; “Right in the midst of the last campaign a committee, who said they represented German societies, met with the Marion county Republican candidate* for the legislature, and promised us their support, financial as well as supp rt of influence, if we would promise to vote against any temperance legislation. We made this pledge, and I am for keeping it. I think that this committee was speaking .for the brewers. I made the proposition to the other members of the delegation that If we would pay back the money, we might feel tree to Vote as we pleased; we would not be bound then.” In February, 1908, the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association adopted Che following resolution: “With a firm belief In the righteousness of the Democratic principle of the rule of the majority as expressed In a free and untrammeled ballet, we would add to the present jaw* regulating the liquor traffic a local option law giving to the people of •ech community an opportunity to express their sentiments regarding the sale of liquor in their midst, freed from the turmoil .annoyances and bMiness disturbances in many Instances attending the operations of the greseet resnonatraace law.” On the 2Cth of March, 1908, the Democratic state convention made the following declaration tn its platform: "We recognize the right cf the people to settle the question as to whether totuLcat;ng liquors shall be sold in their respective communities, and to that end we favor the enactment at a local option law under which the people of city wards or townships shall have the right to determine whether the sale of such liquors shall be licensed in their respective wards or townships tor the two years ensuing by vote at a special election; but we declare that such law ■hall be supplementary to the laws now tn force relating to remonstrances ■gainst the granting of license." When the Republican convention met on April 1 It felt that it was between the devil and the deep sea. For forty-eight hours its platform committee fought about what should be said on the liquor question Five of the thirteen members of the committee opposed any local option declaration whatever. Ln the end a compromise plank was reported to the convention which purports to give the people of the counties the right to vote on the question of excluding the saloon' therefrom, but mentioning no period of time and containing no reference to the intoxicants by licensed or unlicensed clubs, hotels, restanranu, drag stores and the like, or by any fora of "blind tiger." After de daring In favor of the retention of the remonstrance laws, the Republican plank says: "We favor the enactment of a county local option law extending to the people of the respective counties of the state the right to exclude the saloons therefrom by vote at a special election.” This Republican declaration on tbe subject of the sale of intoxicating JJquors is insincere and deceptive on Its face. It was framed to mislead. It Is declared that already more than twenty of the Republican nominees tor the -eg.s,a;ure have either openly or privately repudiated the “county op Con declaration cf their party. Included among these are at least three of the Manon county nominees, three in Vaaderburg county, two in Vigo county, two ta St. Joe county, cne in Madison county and others in different parte at the Former Gcvsrnor Durbin, whose "closeness" to the organized liquor element was notorious, is charged with the task of keeping the brewers and satooc keepers in line for the Republican ticket. It is charged that he has been saying this to his party'* oid allies: “Don't pay any attention to what Jim Wi’jcc says oa the stump. He win be all right If elected." And. according to the Indianapolis News, Colonel Durbin is telling the brewers that “We (tbe Rspab .caoa) have enough Republican candidate* for the legislature under pledge to defeat county local option." There are certain conclusions to be drawn from the above facta. Among thee are the foUowing; 1. Tbe position cf ths Democratic party upon the liquor question is dear, h«ie«t and strictly in accordance with the Democratic principle of local self-government, and win be carried out. B. Tbe Republican attitude wa* forced by campaign exigencies, is deceptive ud —i-.-sere, gad is maintained for th* purpose cf diverting attention from other -issues. 8. The Anti-Saloon League, -trough the partisan folly of its officers, is being used as a cate pa* by the Republican state machine. Joe Cannon has been put in charge of the congressional end of the RepubBeau campaign, with a separate fund and a separate treasurer. There will be ■a pubdrity given to the fund that Cannon win use. This fund will come from th«*e who wfu **k special legislation in return for their-contribuuons. Tffie omy way to defeat this scheme is to vote for the Democratic candidate for anagress An Ohio Republican said that the reason why the Taft organization would *°* B * s ® w Senator Foraker to make a speech opening the eemnaign was beZT"** ** rT * 4 « Cincinnati just what he would do the first time a crowd uj liatea to him, to-wit: He would take the hide off Rooseve! t Taft to 4«th with it. Those Ohio Republicans are surely s I»PP r Wm * *'* co °imittee, through ft* “Anti-Saloon League” allies, - ® n,,l *liai at the names at an Democrats who have signed reRepublican state committee is sending to these teat Al ti-SaJoam League" literature. Some persons might Mbileaa ■” <S ’ o!e * le Mue. but thia ia not the ease. Tbe R»gai i,*. . „** * oia * baalneaa— not to help the cause of temp*** o * Dwhocma aM etWtrs to vote the Republican Uckat