Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 311, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1908 — Page 2

YHEDAILY democrat Polished Every Evening ExcepTsuie **y. by LEW G, elli n G H A M. Subscription Rate*: Per week, by carrtar 10 cents Per year, by by mail . K cent. Per Jear. by mail. 12.50 Stotfe copies 2 wnt3 AJ »«j-Llaing rates made known oa application. Entered at the postoffic® at Decatur, Indiana, as eecond-clasg mail matter. J - H - HELL ER, Manager. It the local option elections in the t. o counties which have voted is any indication of the sentiment of the people over the state, it will cause scm e hesitation among legislators who v ant the present county option law repealed. The drys won overwhelmingly. Pike county votes today, and the anti-saloon league is planning foi twelve more county elections early in January. These elections will greatly influence the action of the legislature. The local lodge of Elks will give their annual charity show on the evenings of January seven and eight. These yearly functions are not only enjoyable, but they make prominent the cne great fundamental principle of their order—charity. There is not another society'that so fully and faithfully practices instead of preaches the an of giving. Many of the poor | of Decatur can testify to the benevolence of the local Elks. The public is invited and they should be glad 01 the privilege of helping them distribute charity to those in need. SERVICES AT THE GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH. 7:15 this evening, service in English. Text, Psalm 119:54. "Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 10:30 New lYears |norning. Services in German. Text, Psalm 43:3-4. Our guides for 1909. You are cordially invited to worship with us. Louis C. Hessert. Pastor. Be sure to visit True & Runyons store during the next two weeks. The big sale begins next Monday and lasts sixteen days.

: the : : GRAND: » * ♦ One of the finest shows ever ♦ * * come to the city. Don’t forget • • « TONIGHT « » Buffalo Bills Wild West « • A Farmers Trouble in a Hotel « MYSTERIOUS KNIGHT * SICILIAN HERMIT # •» Music. * ♦ "O’Brian Has No Place to Go” ♦ * * “Everybody goes to the # * Grand” * * s'- * ***************

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A REAL BIG ENTICING AND ENJOYABLE IVII3XrSTK.E;L SHOW TO BE GIVEN FOR CHARITY, BY THE ELKS OF DECATUR I AT THE BCSSE OPERA HOUSE ONThurs.and Fri. Nights Jam. 7th. and Bth. GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY AND FOLLOW THE BAND WAGON BIC PARADE AT 2 O’CLOCK F*. M. Don’t Miss It

IN CIRCUIT COURT Lulu Johnson Was Granted an Absolute Divorce this Morning I ’ 1 THE OTHER ITEMS i I - Amended Complaint Filed in Suit of Wisconsin Lumber Company Wisconsin Lumber Co. vs. Cardwell Box Co., suit on drafts $l,lOO, amended complaint filed making new parties ■ defendants. Summons ordered for ( new defendants returnable January 11. Lulu Johnson vs. Pleasant Johnson, submitted, divorce granted. Judgment and decree for absolute divorce , on payment of costs. E. P. Reed & Co., vs. Fred B. Tague account $250, reply filed to second, third and fifth paragraphs of answer. Answer filed to counter claim. C. C. Burry et al have transferred to John Burry 6>4 acres in Monroe township for $650. Isaac M. Dickerson, guardian for Lulu Johnson and Grace Chrisman, filed a petition to sell real estate, which was granted and Thomas Drew and W. W. Briggs were appointed ' appraisers. Three cases are set for trial next week: Butcher vs. Wade on Monday. 1 Williams vs. Clark on Wednesday and Butler vs. Mayer on Thursday. TO DOUBLE TRACK — - - Clover Leaf May Soon Be One of Best Roads in Country THE “KATY” ROUTE May Be Added, Also a Line to the Great Northwest

z According to the unofficial statement of one of the high officials in this city yesterday the Clover Leaf and Alton system is soon to absorb new property which will make the road with its subsidiary lines one of the greatest systems in the country and will enable it to cross the United States with through trains from Detroit to Galveston, Texas. The road which will be absorbed is the M. K. & T., or Missouri, Kansas and Texas, known as the “Katy” route, and its 3,072 miles of track will swell the mileage of the Clover Leaf-Alton system to over 5 000. The statement that the merger will take place was made in apparent gcod faith and the local agent has every confidence that the deal will be put through on the first of the year, just as stated. The M. K. & T. connects with Kansas City, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Texas, Shreveport, La., and Galveston, and with the Toledo and Detroit short line owned by the Clover Leaf and the Grand Trunk

■ will enable the merged system to connect two of the great lake ports | with the principal shipping centers :of the great southwest. The Railroad ■ Telegrapher, a paper devoted to rail- ; reads, also forecasts the deal and also i includes the Minneapolis & St. Louis road, 500 miles in length, in the deal. I It reaches central northern states. If the deal goes through it is said the' Clover Leaf will be double-tracked. — I Bluffton News. PREPARING A BILL - Senator Aldrich Looking j Out for the Special Interests WILL BE A FIGHT Revision That Does Not Revise Will Be Pushed by the Interests Washington, Dec. 31. —Senator Aldrich is preparing a tariff bill which, according to inside Information, will represent the last stand of the reactionaries. The Rhode Island senator is pre-eminently and conspicuously the ■•angel" of the special interests « hick President Roosevelt has been fighting during the last eight years. The interests now look to Aldrich to save their faces in the tariff fight and, while the ways and means committee is making a tariff bill that provides fcr a real revision, in accordance witb J the Chicago platform and the wishes | of President-elect Taft, Senator Al- j drich is quietly framing another bill which will hav e the “O. K.” of the interests. His activity in that line became known through a leak in cne of the channels through which he Is seeking data for his measure. The enormous aggregations of wealth which are concerned in the mainten- ! ance of certain schedules, or in a revision upward, if that were possible, have abandoned hope so far as the house of representatives is concerned, and have shifted the base of their opetations to the senate, where Senatoi 1 Aidrich is on the watch tower. Ignorance of Our Customs. "What caused the hitch in the progress of the courtship of Miss Coynerox ■ by the duke?” asks one interested i party. • i "fle got the idea that her father j didn’t have any money,” explained the . other. “But couldn’t he look the matter up?” “He thought he had. The trouble ' was be looked at the tax duplicate just after the old man had finished swear- 1 Ing off bis assessment”—Judge. 1 Resentment. An old toper, being very hard up. went into his favorite bar and asked the publican for a glass “on tick.” “No,” said the proprietor, “I won’t give you whisky on credit, but there’s a sixpence. Now, what do you want?” “Nothing here.” replied the tippler, lifting the coin and putting it in his pocket “The man who refuses me credit won’t get my ready cash,” and with an elevated nose he marched out at the door.—London Telegraph. Knew All About George. “Do you know, my daughter, that •very name means something? For instance. Charles means brave, William resolute. George”— “Oh, I know what George means, mother.” “Well, what is it?" “George means business. He told me so last night”—Chicago Inter Ocean.

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SOCIAL COLUMN ,Mrs. George Flanders Gave a Euchre Party for Her Guests OTHER SOCIETY NEWS Delightful New Years Party to Be Given by Mr. and Mrs. Ned Steele Mrs. Geo. Flanders gave a prettily appointed eochre party fest Eight complimentary to her guests, Mrs. Robert Carlisle and the Misses Carlisle. The guests, twenty in number, played euchre for points and Mrs. ■ Dorothy Durkin and Mrs. Fanny Cole secured the highest score. Mrs. 1 Flanders served a most delightful luncheon after the games. The guests were Mesdames John S. Peterson, T. M. Reid, J. H. Heller, L. A. Graham. Ned Steele, C. O. France, H. R. Moltz. Chas. Meyers, Fanny Cole, Dorothy Durkin, J. W. Tyhdall and the Misses Gertrude DeVoss, Minnie Orvis. The out-of-town guests were Mr. R. Carlisle and daughters, and Mrs. Jenny Owen. Mrs. David M. Flanders will give a New Year’s dinner tomorrow for Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Flanders, guests who are Mr. Carlisle and the Miss Carlisle. On Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hensley will give a six I o’clock dinner for the same people. Mrs. F. L. DeVlibiss will have for her guests tomorrow Mr and Mrs. Bert Lower and Mr. Harold G. Wilson for the day. Another delightful party for New Years will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Ned Steele. Their guests being Mrs. Steele’s parents, Mr. Mrs. Barker, and Mr. A. E. Steele and Mrs. Ellen Steele, father and aunt of Mr. Ned Steele, all of Marion, Ind. A number of brilliant social events are scheduled for next week and the serial het promises to be unusually busy from now on. Several clubs have resumed their meetings. The Shakespeaee Club will meet next week and a most enjoyable time! is anticipated. .—> — AT THE POSTOFFICE. The postoffice will be open tomorrow from eight to nine o’clock and it will be well for those wanting- mail to keep this fact in mind. The office will be closed for the balance of the day. o Jerome’s Mistake. One of the early vicissitudes of Jerome K. Jerome as an actor was to be offered his choice of playing the part of either a soldier or a donkey in a pantomime, a real donkey with four legs. After careful consideration he thought the red coat the more becoming disguise and chose the part of the soldier. Apparently he made a mistake, from the point of view of success, at all events, for a few days afterward the manager came to him and said: “You made a great mistake, Jerome, in not taking the part of the donkey. It would just suit you. and there’s 5 shillings a week more in it” _o i True & Runyon announce- a Jan- , vary sale for ths season, and you will find bargains there to your heart’s content.

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HAD A GOOD TIME Elks Bowling Team Enjoyed • Trip to Fort Wayne Last Night OPEN NEW ALLEYS | — Defeated by Small Margin— Were Banqueted and Toasted The bowling team and the other Elks (who journeyed from this city to Fort Wayne last evening to attend the opening of the new and handsome ht me returned this morning and repcrt a most delightful time, they participating in all the festivities of the evening, including a grand banquet, to which was attached all the good th'ngs in season, and the toasts were apjropriate and were thoroughly enjoyed. In the bowling contest the local team put up a great battle, but were defeated by the small margin of twenty-nine pins in the three games. The score was: Fort Wayne— Tcnkel 143 177 189 Volz 137 161 159 Kielll7o 193 166 Ryan 157 198 169 Wiliamson 162 174 169 769 903 828 Decatur — France2o6 200 143 Stud'abaker 150 171 103 Vaughn 159 144 159 Frisinger 162 177 137 Peterson 203 154 203 880 846 745 Grand totals —Fort Wayne, 2,500; Decatur, 2,471. Democrat Want Ads. Pay

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I FREE—IOc. package Conker's Laying Tonic and 25c. Poultry Book. Bring ad. to Smith, Yager * Falk. By man 7e. 249-30 t o TRICKER'S Jackson Sootleea coal leaves no whiskers on the stove lids. Hocking Splint and other grades at the low price. Office Phone 534; Rea. 311. ts o If your dealer floes not handle Ad ■Ural coffee, others do. 809tf All meats at 10c a pound. Beef and pork until after New Year’s. Boiling meats at 6c. Alex Leßrun. 306-3 t o NOTICE —Piano tuner Wm. Spiegel of Fort Wayne is in town now. Any one wishing work done may leave their order at Park Hotel. 2t NOTICE —I am operating my feed mills every day and can grind ear corn and small grain any way you want it Satisfaction guaranteed. Respectfully P. Kirsch. 299-12 t o ■ PENNY PICTURE STUDIO—Over Clem Voglewede’s. 303-6 t

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL Cris Never, The Tailor

QBO. TRIUkER has for sale a brani new Splint coal, hard a g a rock, per ton for a few cars. You han not seen its equal. Phone 534. 258-lft that lasts equal to Anthracite at $3.51 o— — Yoh have inea the rest, now try the best —Admiral eoffee. 339tt More people are taking Foley s Kidney Remedy every year. It is considered to be the most effective remedy for kidney and bladder troubles that medical science can devise. Foley’i Kidney Remedy corrects irregularities, builds up worn out tissues and restores lost vitality. It will make you feel well and look well. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. 0 Feed Perlesg Crushed Oyster shelli to raise poultry and eggs profitably. For sale at all drug stores and at Hale’s warehouse. 284-llt ■ o SAVED THEM Dr. J. O. Greson, State Secy ot American Veterinary Medical Assn. Kokomo. Ind., says: “The herd of bca on which the Bourbon Hog Choleu Remedy was used.was sold yesterday. We give this remedy the' credit ot sating them.”