Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1909 — Page 2

The daily Democrat, Published Every Eveninsj, Except Sunday, by LEW CL ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier..., s*- 00 Per month, by mail ... — ~.25 cent* Per year, by mail $ 2 - 50 Stngla copies .....2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second class mall mattar. J. H. HELLER, Manager. UNCLE NATE THE NOTORIOUS In the senate Wednesday Senator N. B. Hawkins, of this city was called a liar by one of his colleagues, and he stood for it just like a little man. The facts are Senator Hawkins did make some rather rash statements. For example, he said he was defeated for congress by the Democrats and the breweries. The senator is not far enough away from home to make such a statement wash. The breweries had no part in Hawkins’ defeat for congress. Hawkins himself was the issue, and he was defeated not even by the Democrats, but by several thousand of the best Republicans in the district, the greater portion of them being staunch temperance men too.—Portland Sun.

AN ELOPEMENT (Continued from cage 1 ) who knew her, and her acquaintance spreads over a vast territory. Mr. Monroe and Miss Porter first met at Geneva several years ago, when the oil business was on the boom, and it is thought that that friendship ripened into the love affiar that terminated yesterday in their marriage. Miss Porter is well known in this city, she having visited here upon several occasions with\ relatives and friends, and during these short visits made a host of friends who will no doubt be very agreeably surprised to learn of her marriage. Democrat Want Ads. Pay

YAGER BROTHERS & REINKING | | Furniture Store and Music House I @ I wsi g I Known as the House of Quality, Established 1864. Having enlarged our ||| la 'll store which gives us 1,400 square feet of floor space enables us to add to our ® l ar S e stock of Furniture a full line of Pianos and Organs. We have taken the || RQ Agency for the Old Reliable Packard Piano and Organ which needs no introtS I duction - We have on our floor the largest stock to be found in the city. We g ' Can shOW yOU Oak ’ Walnut, Mahogany to be sold for prices that are right. gg I buy a piano until you.have seen our full assortment of various makes S 3 E We can BhOW yOU the largest line t 0 be seen in the cit y- You can see and play | on them and pick out the one you like best. Cs-U and see them before you buy. §j H Encourages the Young KRp Anything that is a pleasure is well done. Youthful * • '»- z v SCX) I fingers take to the Packard —its action is so light, even, MSI I elastic; its tone so easily brought forth in all its sweetness. Start your children Give them the instrument that Q I develops the musical education perfectly from the first lesson. AkT IJI IVY B XI I j The Packard has been a real aid to beginners in thousands of ■ B JPB ■B*BB B B fjiU II Come in. *Bring the family to hear it. The boys and II girls will enjoy a Packard concert — will see what pleasure it AfIITIA Old "Pin no ~. KM /1 wou ld be to play it themselves. * • East Side Second St. It 1 DECATUR, I IND. ||l || | |

SOCIAL COLUMN Misses Rose Christen. • an!| Dollie Durkins Were Hostesses SOCIETY IS BUSY Mrs. Rena Hoffman Will Entertain Rebekah Lodge Miss Rose Christen and Mrs. Dollie Durkins were hostesses yesterdayafternoon to a company of their friends at their home on Adams street. The spacious rooms of the house were decorated with vases of flowers and profusion of smilax. A delicious luncheon was served. The guests were entertained by contests and an enjoyable afternoon was spent by those at the party, who were the Misses Nettie Moses, Laura Alban, Gusta Cramer, Bessie Congleton, Eva Acker,

Lizzie Peterson, Jessie McClain, Verna Johnson. Florence Johnson, the Mesdames C. J. Lutz, W. H. Lee, C. F. True, J. C. Paterson, Eli Myers, Richard Spetnagle, John Heller. W. A. Lower, Tom Reid. Fred Huer, 0. L. Vance, David Hensley, Frank Schirir.eyer, Chas. Dugan, Will Kuebler, C. O. France, Bart France, John Peterson, Chas. Myers, French Quinn. John Tyndall, Chancy Fuhrman, Chas. Christen, Fred Oaugh, Harry Moltz. L. A. Graham. Frank Burns. Robert Gregory, Geo. Flanders, Dick Christen, Bruce Christen, Flora Smith, Kate Place, Fred Mills and Frank Gast. Miss Jessie Brineman, of Huntington, was an out-of-town guest. Mrs. W. M. Weiland, Misses Clara Weiland, Celia Mayer, and Mr. Martin Weiland were at Convoy, 0., yesterday afternoon, where they were guests at the wedding of Miss Schamerloh and Mr. Railing of near Convoy. Both the bride and groom are well known here. An excellent dinner and supper was served to the guests, appropriate to the occasion. Those present at the wedding were entertained during the afternoon in a very pleading manner. Mrs. Rena Huffman will entertain

the Rebekah lodge members at six o’clock dinner this evening at her home in the country. The Queen Esthers will meet with Mrs. Jesse Sellemeyer at her home on north Fourth street tomorrow afternoon. All of the girls who failed to bring their mite boxes to the missionary meeting at Mrs. Niblick s are to bring them to Mrs. Sellemeyer’s. All the girls are invited to bring a friend along and enjoy a pleasant afternoon. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist church was entertained by Mrs. John Chronister. Much interest was shown in the meeting, and a collection of five dollars and fifty cents was taken. — A VICIOUS HORSE Kicked George Wolfe this Morning at Horse Sale HIS BODY HURLED

Injuries Inflicted Are Not Serious as Expected George Wolfe, residing southwest of the city, was kicked a terrific blow, by a furious animal the First street sale stables this morning and it was at first thought he was seriously if not fatally injured. The young man was standing near the auctidneer stand when the horse was being led back and forth to be shown to the , buyers, when in an instant the animal leaped to the side of the barn, kicking simultaneously and Wolfe was caught in the leg by the horses hoof. His body was hurled a short distance, bystanders catching him before he reached the ground, and he was laid in the rear of the stable where he soon revived. His leg is badly bruised, although it is thought no serious complications will develop. He was able in a few minutes to be about although he is suffering much pain.

THE LEGISLATURE Several Important Bills Passed by Both Branches NEW BILLS FILED Fight on Local Option Bill to Come Up in House Today The house's fight over county local option, expected to occur yesterday, was deferred because, it was explained, of the pressure of other business. The Kteckncr bill, providing for the substitution of township and ward local' option, and providing a higher license, is the measure on which the first important liquor fight of the session will occult Walter

Ratliff. Wayne county representative, continues to hold the balance of power. His vote means victory for the side that gets it. but he still refuses to indicate how he will cast it. Yesterday. however, the Democrats working for the Kleckner bill were unusually free in their predictions that Ratliff would join Schreeder and Hewig. the two Republicans known to be lined up with the repealing forces. Seidensticker's bill to permit the city of Indianapolis to make a tax levy of one-hslf cent on every SIOO of Indianapolis property to assist in maintianing the Herron Art Institute as a‘ part of Indianapolis public school system, to enable the Indianapolis school board to issue bonds in the sum of $75.0(1* annually to construct school buildings, and also providing for branch public libraries in Indianapolis. went to a vote without debate and was passed 88 to 0. By the provision of the bill the bond issue is not to be made unless the regulaf tax levied for building school houses proves insufficient. The bill was introduced at the request of the school board of the city. • The Bebymer bill, enlarging the powers of the state entomologist and giving him power to inspect apiaries, was reconsidered after it had been

an.ended by the author according to suggestions from the floor and passed 64 to 12. The amendments were minor ones,, designed to correct technical errors. Senator Beal’s bill providing that engines used in switching shall be equipped with footboards and proper headlights was passed by a vote of 42 to 0. Fleming's bill making Good Friday a legal holiday for all banks was prssed by a vote of 30 to 15. After a discussion that lasted nearly all day in the senate, the Mattingly bill known as the housing bill, the prrpose of which is to make sanitaryregulations for the construction and maintenance of tenement houses, apartment houses and flat .buildigns. was . passed by the senate by a vote of 37 to 6. yesterday afternoon, but not until after it had been amended out of all resemblance to its original form.

The first bill up for passage was that in troduced by Maas, providing for the creation of boards for examination of plumbers in cities of more than 5.000 population and for licensing master and journeymen plumbers. The vote was 61 to 30. Only one negative vote was registered in the senate yesterday against the veto bill allowing sheriffs of the state in and out fees, when that bill w?s considered on the motion of Senator Wood. The vote was 43 to 1. The bill was passed by the last legislature, but was vetoed by Governor Hanly. It has already been passed over the veto in the house. The bill fixes the fees for practically all of the duties performed by sheriffs in the state, but the most important of al! the changes is the one wherein it gives the sheriff 25 aents for locking in a prisoner in the county jail and 25 cents for discharging each prisoner and fixes the price at which prisoners shall be boarded while in jail at 40 cents a day. The bill also fixes the pay of riding bailiffs at $2.50 a day, the number and length of their terms to be determined by the judge of the circuit court of the county. The supreme court has held that under the old law the sheriff was not entitled to the in and out fees and several sheriffs throughout the state have been compelled to pay back to their counties the money which (Continued on page 4.)

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