Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1909 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEWG. E 111 NGH A M. 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 post office at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. THERE ARE NO FLIES ON DECATUR In speaking of boosters, it brings to mind some of the really good things accomplished and it also brings to mind, especially to those who were in the thick of the fray, the time taken from their own business just to make Decatur go some, and benefit the whole commonwealth, including those who were too wise or too busy to lend a helping hand. It is really surprising when you know the number of men —and women too —who are unselfishly interested in the welfare of this city. The number who with no thought of helping themselves, will labor until the cock crows on any project that looks good as a booster to the business and real estate interests of this city. Much along this line has been accomplished' and the real benefits from it are yet to come. Much more along the same' line will be accomplished, because with the real and genuine boosters, such as Decatur has, there is no such thing as laying down or standing still. Decatur is bound to grow and prosper. She is bound to improve. As an evidence that this is true comes j in the fact that with the going out of the saloons in this city and the throwing upon the business market seven or eight good business rooms, yet rentals are increasing. You canI not rent a business room today for . as little rental as you could one year ( ago, and it is pretty hard to contract for one at any fair price. This means j : much more than might appear on | the surface. It shows a stability not I. i alone in the real estate market, but , in the business that is being done in Decatur. Those engaged in the mercantile business and have to occupy a rented room at first glance may not appreciate the real significance of tms ( state of affairs. When the business side of the proposition is presented to them they will see in a minute that this condition means that Decatur's commercial affairs are growing at a fast pace. When a town is commercially good, it is good all over, and Decatur can give all the towns around here cards and spades, permit them to run in a few jokers and then beat them every time. There are no flies on Decatur. The Hon. 3. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, is back from a trip around the world, with the prediction that the United States* will be involved in a war with China within ten years, and that the only thing tfiat can save us from annihilation is an alliance with Great Britain. Ham is very considerate of course, but hardly far seeing. Great Britain, according to the confessions of her own statesmen and

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soldiers, is decadent and not able to cope with a power like Germany. It would seem more promising, if we have to form any alliance at all, to tie to Germany.—Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazette. In his recent correspondence with the railroad commission about the train crew law passed by the last legislature Governor Marshall showed again, as he has proved on other occasions, that he will consent to no act which tends to confine the duties of the three departments of government. The governor holds that, each department is supreme within its own province and that there must not be any encroachment by one upon another. The railroad commission had undertaken to construe the penal provisions of the train crew law and had done it in a manner agreeable to the railroads. Governor Marshall believed that if necessary to construe the law the courts should do it and not the commission. And he said so very p’ainly. OCCIDENT AND ORIENT UNITE With Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Far East Which Comes to Fort Wayne July 7

The Interesting announcement is made that Buffalo’s Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East will exhibit as indicated above. It is further stated that arrangements have been made with officials of the railroads to run reduced rate excursions on that date, thus affording residents 'of this vicinity an opportunity to visit the exhibition at a minimum of ex- | pense. Two vast enterprises are now allied under one management. The union of Buffalo Bill's Wild West with Paynee Bill’s Far East brings together two great factors in out-of-door entertainment. 'While, of qourse, the general style of the combined entertainment remains the same as when they were separate units in public amusement, there will be many features entirely new to this style of exhibition. The Far East contingent will be represented in an Oriental spectacle of great beauty and splendor; introducing the many picturesque types which inhabit the romantic East. In this scene and as a particular feature, Rossi’s Musical Elephants, imported at an expense of SI,OOO per week, will introduce their remarkable exhibition: playing variou musical instruments, dancing, and in other manners evidencing their remarkable and wonderful training. In the Wild West section, Col. Wm. F. Cody, the last of the great scouts, will appear in the saddle at every performance, leading his Congress of Roughriders in some remarkable exhibitions of expert horsemanship. The chief scenic feature will be The Battle of Summit Springs, a reproduction of one of the deciding conflicts in Indian warfare: a battle in which Col. Cody participated and in which he shot and killed Chief Tall Bull. Another pantomimic melodrama will be The Great Train Hold-up by Indians, in which will be depicted the robbery of a train; a practical engine, cars, and a realistic and true-to-life representation of one of the many scenes of depredation which the W’est has known. In a Holiday at “T-E” Ranch will be pictured the pleasures and pastimes of the plainsman, cowboy sports and a dance upon the green. The contrast to this scene of peaceful revelry will be shown in a sudden attack by Indians. o — Will Berling went to Fort Wayne on business today. Miss Frances Zimmerman returned from Continental today. Ladies night at the Grand tonightspecial music.

SOCIETY COLUMN Miss Marie Allison Entertained Some Friends Last Evening OLD PEOPLE MEETING Other Interesting Happenings of Decatur and Vicinity The Yeomen lodge members will give a reception next Monday evening. A committee will receive the members and their families and an enjoyable time is promised for all who attend. All members of the ladies’ guard and all members are invited to practice for the reception. * * * The Ladies' Mite Society of the Methodist church will meet at the home of Mrs. John Rex on north Second street Friday afternoon of this week. * * * A barn dance was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bentz near Rivarre Tuesday night. Those who attended enjoyed a very pleasant and happy time. * * * The old people of Salem and vicinity held a meeting at the church last Sunday, and their meeting was a success, as usual, on account of their large number pnd interest in the meeting. Opening the program the audience sang “Far Away,” followed by a prayer by the Rev. McNary. After the coronation bad been sung with vim the class meeting was opened by Grandma Roe,who is ninetyone. She is a pious old lady and testified for the church, the audience singing “Just as I Am." During the next half hour the minister preached a good sermon, and told many stories of half a century ago. On completing the sermon the minister asked Miss Carver, a blind girl, to sing and during her solo, the collection was taken, amounting to $11.75. Among those present were some of the most respected and pioneer residents of the county. * * * The dance given last evening at the Elks- hall was attended by a large number of people, some of whom were from out of the city. The merryyoung people enjoyed themselves very much, and danced till a late hour. Those present from Fort Wayne were Messrs. Perry Cooper, Fred Reitsic, E. H. Mauth, Eno Ralf, Bell Miller, and the Misses Fannie Matson, Gladys Miller, Bonnie Druhot. Misses Frances Merryman, Pansy* Bell, Lucile Hale and Mr. Jesse Helm of this city are especially warm friends of the Fort Wayne company, and they enjoyed the evening greatly as it was a happy gathering of their crowd. * * * Mrs. Hunt will entertain the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian congregation at her home, south Ninth street. The members and friends will attend. * * * The Helping Hand Society of the German Reformed church is in session this afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Fred Heuer, on west Monroe street. The ladies are engaged in making aprons which will be given to the Orphans’ Home Society to be sold at their big festival to be held at Fort Wayne on August fifth. * * * Miss Marie Allison entertained a number of her friends at her home last evening in honor' of Miss Alta Miller, of Greenville, Ohio. A good time was enjoyed by all present, and a two-course luncheon was served hv Miss Marie before the guests departed for their homes. Those present were Emma Terveer, Anna Amuspaugh, Alma Miller and Will Geary, Bernard Terveer, Clyde Baumgartner, Chas. Lose. Miss Anna Amspaugh also entertained the same guests at her home on the previous evening. * * * Mrs. Roy Archbold entertained the Thimble Club this aftemon at her home on Monroe street. The hostess served refreshments tc her guests and royally entertained them during the afternoon. o ' The Bachelor Maids will meet this evening at the home of Miss Ida Kohne and all the members are requested to be present as a good time is in view. * * * All children who are taking part in the childrens' day program to be given at the Evangelical church next Sunday evening, are urged to be present Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. prompt. Parents please urge your children to be there as this is their final practice.

NEWS OF GENEVA (Continued from page 1.) gue at Fort Wayne on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Mrs. Clayton Dorwin of Decatur, is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Jerry Swank on Main street. Mr. Jesse Barber went to Wapakoneta, Ohio, Wednesday, to look after business and visit with friends. Ell Burdg has received a real live cayote from his brother-in-law, who lives at Minco. Oklahoma. The animal is about six months old and has caused a lot of interest about the Burdg home, where it is being exhibited. > o OUTING MAGAZINE FOR JULY Most critics doubtless agree that “The Inocents Abroad, - ’ by Mark Twain, is the masterpiece of American humor. Doubtless, too, the multitudes who have smiled and chuckled with the Innocents would delight in their return now, forty years later, with the intention of traveling again their old trail abroad. Something of the kind will appear in the August Issue of The Outing Magazine. Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine, a close friend of Mark Twain —beg pardon, Mr. Samuel L. Clemens—has written a series of delightful travel articles, entitled, “The Ship Dwellers.” The first installment, to appear in August, is illustrated by Mr. Thomas Fogarty, in his best style. There are three short stories: “The Test of a Code,” by James Oliver Curwood; “Blount’s Patrol,'’ by R. D. Keefer; and “Their Houseboat Vacation,” by George Ethelbert Walsh. Mr. Curwood's story has its scenes in northern Canada, a region where he has traveled and in which he has had many real adventures. The men of a Hudson's Bay Post, who are guided by the honor of the “Big Snows,” the womanly young wife of the Factor, and a white man, <Wrect from “civilization' ” are the chief characters in a gripping piece of fiction. “Blount’s Patrol,” is a story of a missed reward, of a day dream and of a chance stranger by the way. Some of the other notable features are: “Forest Fires,*' by James S. Whipple, state fish and game commissioner of New- York; “The Railroads and Their Terminals," by Edward Hungerford; “Drawing Wild Birds in Their Native Haunts,” by David T. Wells. This is an interesting sketch of the personality and the methods of Louis Agassiz Fuertes, our leading bird artist. Os unusual interest is “Across Japan in a Motor Car,” by George MacAdam. Mr. Mac Adam traveled around the world in the car which won the New York to Paris automobile race. The fetching account of his travels and odd, experiences going across the Flowery Kingdom is valuable for the new light it throws on Japanese customs and their attitude toward Americans. A revelation that will touch the heart is that contained in “Unto the Least of These, My Brethren,” by Lewis E. Thiess. It is a real story of conditions borne by the little children and the uncomplaining mothers of the metropolis, and of the bighearted attempts to give them their portion of sunshine and fresh air. Mr. T. O. Abbott, a lawyer who has taken the trouble to look into the matter, writes in the August issue a valuable article entitled, “The Lawmaker and the Automobile.” It doesn’t pretend to be the last word upon the subject. But it does, in a satisfactory way, untangle the knotty skein of automobile laws in the different states, shows how good they are, how bad they are, and what is yet needed in the way of legislation, in order to give justice to both the man in the machine and the man, woman and child who aren’t. - . o - A ROUND WITH SMALLPOX • ' ■ The smallpox scare, or what little scare there was, south of Poneto, over the report of a case of the disease has entirely passed. There have been no new cases reported and the quarantine has been lifted from the residence of Isaac Brittenham, whose grandson, Charles McClure, was quarantined two weeks ago. The case was so mild that the family treated it only for chicken pox until a physician was called, and even after the doctor’s diagnosis many still refused to consider it smallpox and were not alarmed. A brother and a sister had the disease before Charles and did not call a doctir. —Bluffton News. o Hamricks big orchestra at the Grand tonight. Ladies night at the Grand tonightspecial music.

TO BE GREAT EVENT Sunday School Picnic in the Lehman Grove at Berne ARE MAKING PLANS Congressman Adair is on the Program in the Afternoon The program for the union Sunday school picnic which is scheduled foi the Lehman grove at Berne, on the fifth of July, has been completed, and it includes an address by Congressman J. A. M. Adair, who has promised to attend and make a speech in the afternoon. The first thing scheduled for the day is a parade which is announced for nine o'clock in the morning, and which forms on east Main street in Berne, and the march made to the grove, where the morning program will be given, and after its conclusion a picnic dinner will be enjoyed and it is the hope to have large delegations of Sunday school workers and others present at this dinner and to enjoy the pleasures of the day. In the afternoon Mr. Adair is on the program, and it is expected that many of his personal friends in the county will attend just for the purpose of seeing and hearing him upon this occasion. The officers of the Adams County Sunday School Union are all working to make this the greatest event of the kind ever pulled off in the county, and that they will succeed we have no doubt. — o WILL BE INTERESTING MEETING Election of Officers and Partial Report of the Building Committee. There will be an interesting meeting at the K. P. hall this evening, which includes the annual election of officers and a partial report of the building committee, who have in charge the new K. P. home which will soon be a reality for this order. The election in itself is an interesting event and there will be a crowded house in the session at the Knight's hall this evening. — o ■ Hamricks big orchestra at the Grand tonight. OUR OPENING We will open our new ice cream parlor to the public today June 24th. and we want you to call. MUSIC during the evening from 7:30 to 10:30. We will also serve and sell all kinds of baked goods, fruits, etc. We will appreciate your patronage. HUNSICKER BROTHERS. At the Old Colchin Stand

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