Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1908 — Page 2

THE DAILY_DEMOCRAT Published Every Morning, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.00 Pe r month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail 12.50 Single copies 2 centg Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. SHOULD CHANGE CAMPAIGN METHODS ' It seems that there ought to be a change in the manner of conducting campaigns. The idea of a presidential candidate riding night and day and making speches from one end of the country to the other seems to be both unreasonable and unnecessary. The same thing is true of candidates for governor and other offices. It is asking entirely too much of the candidates and is a tax on thei r health and strength that should not be imposed or required. It satisfies the curiosity of the public, but it does nothing more. As a rule a very small fraction of the people to get to hear presidential candidates speak, and those who do hear' them speak are of the same opinion still. A better plan, it would seem, would be to have the presidential candidates make a few speches during the campaign. The number could be limited to a half dozen. Most any man could completely cover the ground with six speches.. The newspapers reproduce those speeches and every voter in the land has an opportunity to read and ponder over them. A candidate for governor could say all he desires to say in a half dozen speeches also, and he could avoid the expense and the fatigue and hard work involved in three months of the hardest kind of campaigning. The work of Taft in traveling over the country from a speaking standpoint amounted to nothing, for the reason that he made few speeches and is not a ready public

speaker. Bryan is a great campaigner, but if he had gone to Lincoln after he made his regular set speches and remained there, there is a probability that he would have carried every ei litoral vote he received; The people read these days and are not carried away or convinced by noise and parades. So the speaking tours might as 1 well be eliminated in future, and there is a probability they will be. —Columbia City Post. A Governor-elect Marshall has returned all contributions, thus showing that his political independence is real and not fancied. He has now given office seekers cause for partial paralysis, by advising them to go away back and sit down. This is another revelation that is in keeping with the sprit of the times. Governor-elect Marshall is evidently going to be governor, and we congratulate him now, as we expect to do again. The lesson can hardly be too strongly impressed that while office-holding is honorable, office-seeking is precarious. Every citizen should devote himself to some business in which he cannot only support himself and those dependent on him, but contribute to the weil-being of the community in which he lives. He should also be alive to his duties as a member of the body politic. His voice and vote and influence should always be in evidence and directed with patriotic intelligence. If the people call him to public service, he should be ready to serve —but he should await

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(he call. In office, his only object need be to serve the interests of the people who have commissioned him. Thus, only, is he safe from the biting irony of political fortune. —South Bend Times. GENEVA NOTES. Mr. Ed Kraner is setting them up to his many friends account of the arrival in the home of a son, eight pounds. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kraner will rejoice with this popular couple in the new found joy that has thus come to their home. Mrs. H. A. Fristoe has been on the ailing list during the week past. Rev. G. M. Meyers, the pastor, and the members of the United Brethren church will begin special evangelistic services on Sunday night. They will run for an indefinite tme. Mr. Xorma E. Roe will move with his family, to Fort Wayne, shortly to go into a general business handling musical instruments and music. Mr. and Mrs. Roe will be greatly missed from the community, and they will be a worthy addition to the people among whom they will live in the future. Mr. Roe has been quite successful in business in Geneva. He is affable and agreeable in business and makes friends of all with whom he deals. The lecture given by Prof. Byron W. King, in the lecture course last Saturday night, especially the Bible readings he gave in the United Brethren church on Sunday morning, and in the Methodist church in the evening, have been the subjects of favorable comment in town during the whole week. The lecture course offered by the association in Geneva this season has so far been quite satisfactory, and the interest the people show in it by the patronage they give, is certainly gratifying is greatly to the credit of our citizens.

I Mr. Merry, the genial and gentlemanjly agent of the G. R. & I. railroad- i 5 ill, and is at present recuperating |in the homes of relatives and friends jin Michigan. —o A LIBERAL OFFER. The Smith, Yager & Falk Drug Co., Guarantee to Cure Dyspepsia. If They Fail, the Medicine Costs Nothing. To unquestionably prove to the people of Decatur that indigestion and : dyspepsia is curable and that Rexall ' Dyspepsia Tablets will effect the cure, |we will furnish the medicine absolutely free if it fails to give complete satisfaction to any one giving it a trial. The remarkable success of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is largely due to i The new and successful method of manufacture, whereby the well-known properties of bismuth, subnitrate and pbp.ein have been combined with carminiatives and their agents. I Bismuth Subnitrate and Pepsin are i recognized by the entire medical profession as specifics for acute indigestion and dyspepsia. The Pepsin used in Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is manufactured by a new process which develops its greatest efficiency. Pepsin supplies to the digestive apparatus one of the most important elements of the digestive fluid, and exerts a tonic influence upon all the glands which supply all the other elements necessary to proper assimilation and digestion. The carminatives add properties which promptly relieve the disturbances and pain caused by undigested food. < The perfect combination of»these ingredients make a remedy absolutely incomparable and invaluable for the compelte cure of indigestion and dyspepsia. We are so positively certain of this that we sell Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets on our own personal guarantee that they will either cure you or cost you nothing. 25c., 45c. and 89c. The Smith, Yager & Falk Drug Co., Decatur, Indiana. e There will be a box social at the election school house, two miles south of Peterson, on next Thursday night. Nov. 12. Something new. R. M. Houck, teacher. 268-3 t

The lady who found the infants’ hot water bottle in front of the jail is requested to return the same to the Democrat office. The owner has called for it. 264-31

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Louis Goldner of Preble Was Victim of Pleasant Surprise Yesterday OTHER SOCIAL NOTES Mesdames Niblick, Daniels and A. R. Bell Going to Peru, Indiana

The members of the Rebekah degree staff are earnestly requested to be present at lodge Tuesday evening to prepare for future work and business of importance. By request of captain and drill master. The convention of the Christian Endeavor societies of the Fort Wayne district to be held in this city the 26th and 27th of this month will be a glorious event. The large delegations expected to arrive will be royally entertained and the citizens of Decatur are solicited to help make the occasion pleasant. The Christian Endeavor Society is a noble organization. • The Democrat will be pleased to receive items for the social column at any time and those who know of events are requested to notify us in case you are not called upon by our reporter. AH such communciations will be highly appreciated. The Sunday school board of the M. E church met yesterday afternoon and in the course of the session, they planned Jfo r a Christmas entertainment. It was decided that a cantata be given on Christmas eve with corresponding musical settings. The entertainment promises to be delightful. Mesdames Jor.iu Tritch and Ella Bell were appointed to dispatch the event. The usual Sunday school treat will also be given again this year. The W. R. C. social club will be delightfully entertained at the home of Mrs. John Bollinger Wednesday afternoon and the entire membership is earnestly desired to be present. These meetings are proving of much interest. All members of the 'oral camp of Modem Woodmen of America are requested to be present Wednesday evening as business of vital importance will be transacted. It is being arranged to take another class of candidates to Fort Wayne December 21, for adoption.

Mesdames John Niblick and Emma Daniels and probably Mrs. A. R. Bell will leave tomorrow morning at ten o’clock for Peru, where they will attend the convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the North Indiana conference, which convenes Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock and closes Thursday afteroon. Mrs. Niblick holds the position of corresponding secretary, Mrs. Daniels is one of the speakers, while Mrs. A. R. Bell will go as a delegate. Interesting sessions are anticipated. Saturday was a big day for the Woman’s Home Missionary bazar in the city offices. They disposed of much clothing and sold a large quantity of baked goods. These ladies expect to continue their sale this week, closing Saturday with a market. They deserve the support of the people. The members of the Christian church will hold a business meeting at the church at 7:30 Tuesday evening. Every member is requested to be present. About thirty of the children and grandchildren of Louis Goldner gathered at his home near Preble yesterday and assisted him in celebrating his sixty-seventh birthday anniversary. A grand time was had by all, an elegant dinner served and many other pleasant features.

The Helping Hand Society of the German Reformed church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. George Henneford Thursday afternoon and a full attendance Is desired. Business of importance. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the German Reformed church will meet with Mrs. Bertha Heuer next Wednesday afternoon. The presence of each member is earnestly desired. PERSONS desiring to purchase ranch lands or wheat lands in the Mccleod, Southern Alberta, Canada, will do well to correspond with the undersigned. X have a large number of places of both kinds listed for sale, suitable for grain cr stock raising ana some suitable for mixed farming or either. Joseph Hicks, Barrister, Box 7, Macleod, Alberta, Canada. 281-3 M

Just the Coat Yon Want rpHE prevailing models this season are along the y. Direct J Parisian artists have vied with each other in producing so z. eara ,ent that it is easy for every woman to get the proper styles tn a becoming garment. The “Bischof” garments we show have been c "f? 1 1 ! y “J?® original creations. They contain all the foreign features m ic s - ’ modified as to be thoroughly practical for wear. No matter what kind of cloth you prefer, no ma.tter "hat -' ou '' to .JV ’ we can becomingly fit you in one of these models. And the onger x ‘ , .. nd more satisfied you will be that in this ‘‘Bischof line we gixe you e ‘ ... . best made garments ever sold in this section. Because of their mime and sales, the makers of these garments give such values as xxe ax before. Look for the label, ‘‘B. S. & S.” It will pay you well to come in this week. To start buying at once Me gixe you the choice of several models at special prices. Among them you mi ARRIVING DAILY .yer* 'Sßr . New Parisian Models in the Directoire coat. Made with the new'Empire back in all the leading shades, |uFf K brown, navy blue, red, green, tan,and black. Prices from 7J \ Ifc $7.50 to $35.00 NIBLICK & CO -m-nr

THE LADIES NIGHT Admitted Free at the Opera House this Evening BIG STOCK COMPANY .Opens a Week’s Engagement at the Bosse—Good Company Tonight "Over the Ridge” with the added inducement of ladies free is the attraction with which the Maud Henderson company opens their week’s engagement of repertoire. The com- ' pany Is too well known to need much eminent in our columns, but the press exchanges so far this season have all been unanimous in giving the Maude Henderson company credit for a better. stronger and more evenly balanced organization than ever before. The i list of plays is said to be entirely new and we are promised a complete change of specialties for each performance. Seats are on sale at Holthouse drug store. Prices are 10, 20 and 30 cents, with ladies free tonight under usual conditions.

A GREAT SHOW AT MAJESTIC. “The Servant in the House” which has created a greater sensation than I any other play produced during the past ten years, will be presented at the Majestic theater, in Fort Wayne, on Monday night, Nov. 16, for an engagement of three nights and a matinee—the 16th, 17th and 18th. It will Be recalled that the play was first produced in New York last March and proved such a popular as well as artistic success that it ran at the Savoy theater until late in the summer. It was then taken to San Francisco for four weeks, and moved from there ■ direct to Chicago, where it played to packed houses for ten weeks. No drama in the recollection of the present day theatergoers has received such ■ amazing criticisms as has “The Ser--1 vant in the House.” Harper’s magazine calls it “The most remarkable ■ play In the English Laguage.” The Chicago Daily News says: “The most beautiful play of all ages.” The New i York Evening Post told its readers - the week it was produced in that city: I/‘Those who wish to see the best ex- - * ample of dramatic work now' extant ! must go to the Savoy theater. The , ; Chicago Inter-Ocean calls it “an epoch : making play.” The Chicago RecordI Herald says: “Before the majestiy and the feeling of such a drama as this the shop phrases of a reviewer’s smug approbation seem very nfeaning-

less. The Chicago Tribune terms it "a work of art that is simple enough and true enough to touch the heart of the world.” In every city in which it ha§ been presented the critics have told their readers that “The Servant in the House” is one play they cannot afford to miss. JOKE J’URNS INTO TRAGEDY. Plan to Frighten Girl and is Accidentally Killed. Laurens, S. C., Nov. B.—An effort to perpetuate a practical joke upon Miss Mary Brown, whom he and Wade C. Pinson, his friend, were accompanying home in a buggy from a party late Friday night, resulted in the accidental killing of Thornwell Boyce by his friend. Boyce, it is said, suggested to Pinson that the latter discharge his revolver to frighten Miss Brown. The pistol missed fire. In trying to readjust the hammer Pinson accidentally discharged the weapon, the bullet entering Boyce's head. Pinson has been released on bail. —o TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. i A five dollar horse blanket was stolen from Thos. Leonard, the tinner. The party who took the same is known and in case he does not return the stolen property in twentyfour hours, prosecution will follow. o The Decatur Efeg Case company having completed its sheds along the G. R. and I. railroad, can furnish coal of anv kind at reasonable prices. Also kitchen and kindling wood a specialty. Phone 116. G. F. Kintz, Special Agent ts BROOD SOWS FOR SALE—I have for sale five brood saws that will farrow about October 20. Joe. Brun■egraff, R. R. No. 11. 245-6 t FOR RENT —A five room house and I three lots, good drove well. Inquire Decatur R. jr, D. No. 9, Elizabeth S. Kern.

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