Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1909 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat' Published Every Evening, Except i Sunday, by i tI W G- EL-LINGHAM. 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 I application. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. Another booster for the Fort Wayne ' merchants introduces the novel idea of taking the lid off Fort Wayne,; open up the sporting and gambling houses and then have week end excursions to the summit city, that the Fort Wayne merchants may get the, candy and get it easy. The Fort Wayne merchants are evidently a pa-

triotic band. They little care for life or morals so they get the money—and they want it all. Manufacturers are up in arms against the tariff schedules on woolens and all articles of wearing apparel. Letters from some of the largest manuracturers in the country have been received by their customers in this city, urging them to telegraph the president, telegraph their congressman and their senators setting forth the abuses that are following in the wake of the beautiful protective tariff. It must be more than serious when business men will thus protest, and it is to be hoped that the people will make it so infernally hot for the members of congress that they will quit serving the interests and give a little heed to the wishes of the American people. Fort Wayne retail merchants are protesting, and doing it vigorously, against the habit of the railroads there running cheap excursions to Chicago on Saturday and Sunday. They are fearful of losing a little trade, and a little business to the merchants of Chicago. They would!

This Sale is for Cash — —— — THIRD | Cash Brings Resultsj Ik GREAT AFTER HARVEST CLEARANCE SALE ONLY 12 DAYS—SaIe Starts Mondav July 19, and Closes Saturday July 31. We claim for this Great Reduction Sale that it will be the greatest opportunity ever given the people of this community to purchase dry goods at a price far below their value. We are conducting this sale for two reasons: Ist. To advertise True & Runyon’s store. 2nd. To reduce our big stock. We want you to visit our store, knowing full well that we can please you if you will do so. It will be to your advantage to attend this sale. | Dress Goods Batiste Lawns worth isc and RIBBONS LACE CURTAINS UMBRELLAS I ~ £° 3 , The After Harvest Sale in this De- $5.00 and $4.50 Lace Cur- ftn rn T aatpc papacat q | One lot of dress goods 75c, $1 Poplins & Indian Heads 15c Ml/n partment includes a reduction that tains ijidU ladies fakasols 1 and $1.25, this sale .... uUu 17c go at l£/2u you will have to see to believe. 7f - „ . nn T „„„ r Parasols ß7o I On ue!°^ f sd? s gMds ’ 50c . va1 -. 25c Tissu Plisse WOTth 15c Ladies ShODDinaSaas ““' ‘ Sot. ’. '. '. ’.'. s®?9 J - - LOdieS SROppiny DCJCL $2.00 and $2.50 Lace Cur- rn 1-75 and $2 Parasols .. . $1.49 I Colored Wash Goods Shirt Waists I aftertax-vest sale—See them. I nS ’ •••••• • SliuU 125 anu $2.50 Parasols . $1.7 || * T , , - $1 Lace Curtains, during sale . 79c men’s umbrdllas I P^ d 2-e’±~ dSwiS^20 ISC Thistle . SILKS I 2OC vata,. I3G this Harvest Embroiderles-Laces »i.y, suo umbrellas. . 99j I Law™ and Swisses 12 l-2c value Op TableLinenS 50c Values go at 3Sc Will be present at this sale 4 5 0 Umbrdlass '79 ■ Golden Cross Batiste goods, |QI/n 35c Values go at 22c ™ c J'? lues g 0 at §§ c \Y/uitr 1 15 c and 18c go at .. . IZ/2U 50 and 60c Values go at .. . . 42c $1 Values g° at79c RUGS WHITE GOODS I xxeai* Mt SKiiS; HHB 5825 :IS I Batiste Lawns 10 and On and Qn $1.25 Values go at 99c Will play an active part m this big 19 and S2O, 9x12 Rugs . . sl6 50 30 35 and 40c Onndq at 23C I Revalues... .QU and JC 0.60 Values go at sl.23 after harvest sale. 22, 522.50, 525,9x1? Goods at 3 |( ■ There will be special prices on our Queensware and China during this sale, also specials in the Grocery Department as well, that will be cf interest to vou There 'll k ■ tioned that will have an active part in this sale. Our stock is large and there are many good things to select from. Remember the date come earlv i r JP an y °th er things not me I which we will be unable to duplicate. y ’ at the close °f the sale there will be item. I SdARVEST* SALE R TRUE AINO RUINYoFI p-°°gjgQ I -

even take away the privilege cf those who can ill afford to pay full fare and who otherwise might never see the greatest city in the west. They would do this for fear they might i lost a little trade to Chicago No in Decatur ever heard of them protesting against these same railroads running excursions to Fort 55 ayne. Anything that will give them a chance Ito catch the fellow with the dollar, goes with the Fort Wayne merchants. : No others need apply. The News notes that a number of papers in this part of the country bare commented editorially upon the Detzer defalcation and that almost without 'exception they ha\e drawn a lugrub rious moral from an absolutely false assumption. It is set forth that the unhappy man was driven to his error by the social ambitions of his wife, whose exactions he was not able to meet from his legitimate income. A

2 more unfortunate or more unjust pre- _ sentment of the case could not have been made, and it is high time that such nonsense be given a quietus. Mrs. ? Detzer was never an extravagant woman nor was she socially abitious. ■ i She was. according to all reports, a good wife, a good mother, and a thrifty manager. To represent her as a friv- ! olous, vain woman who hung like a 1 millstone about her husband's neck, 1 dragging him down to ruin, is cruelly I false and viciously brutal. She has I suffered enough already without being i editorially crucified as a vampire.— Fort Wayne News. The people have been told campaign after campaign that the Repub • lican party is controlled by the protected interests, and that no honest tariff law would ever be enacted by that party. On the other hand, the Republican papers and orators admitted that the tariff ought to be revised, but insisted that the job be left to its "friends,” and the Republican party was given the job. The Republican party has been at work on it since last March and it is doing just what anyy®ane, thoughtful man 'ought to have known it would do. If]

the people want a revision of the tariff in their interest instead of in the interest of the “protected corporations,” they must look to the Democratic party for it. The Democratic party is going to fight along that line, and if there is anywhere any man claiming to be a Democrat who is not in harmonj* with that policy, he will be driven into the Republican party, where he belongs. —Lebanon Pioneer. C. F. True now sports a Ford automobile and has the same in use. It is a beautiful little car and the True s will get much pleasure out of its ownership. It is rather astonishing how the automobile fever has developed in this city during this summer. Decatur has been rather slow in this respect, but now more than twenty cars are owned in this city, and it will not be long until twenty more will find homes here. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Torrance and baby, of Marion, who have been the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bryson, north Pleasant street, left Wednesday morning for Wawasee Lake, where they will spend several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. Lachnit, of Hammond, her mother, Mrs. W. R. Smith, of Decatur, who have also been guests at the Bryson home, left on the Wednesday evening train for their homes. —Portland Sun. Jesse Hurst while driving the Everett & Hite delivery wagon, turned to go down Monroe stret and in so doing the wheel of the wagon stuck in the interurban track. Mr. Hurst attempted to go on and the wheel broke. For some time the grocery firm have been doing an unusually brisk business and the wagon was not able to stand the strain. It was repaired, and is now about as good as new. Mr. and Mrs. George King were in town yesterday from Kingsland and settlement was made by the Greek agency of the insurance on their building which was destroyed by fire at that place ten days ago. The full amount of the policy, S3OO, was paid. Mr. King expected to file further claim against the Lake Erie & Western railway company, alleging that a spark from a Lake Erie locomotive set fire to the building. —Bluffton News. o July 31—Last day for tickets. Yager Bros. & Reinking.

SOCIETY COLUMN The Dance at Maple Grove Grove Park Will Be Well Attended -W • - v SOCIETY IS DULL The Thimble Club Spent Yesterday at Robinson Park A number of the young people of the city will spend the evening in a very pleasant way by attending the dance at the park tonight. Messrs. Will Lehne, Elgin King and Vane Weaver have charge of the opening. During the summer dances will be given regularly at the prak. Among the events to occur in connection with the log rolling celebration tomorrow will be adance to be given by the Woodmen if arrangements can be completed by this afternoon. With dancing, the round of amusements for the day would be complete.

The crowd of young people, composed mostly of members of the Thimble Club and* their gentlemen friends, who went to Robinson’s park last evening on a picnicing trip report a delightful occasion. The chicken was excellent and the shoot-the-chutes and the roller coaster furnished plenty of excitement. The crowd also visited the Majestic Airdome after returning to Fort Wayne from the grounds. They came home on the last car last night A merry company of Pythian Sisters left the city this afternoon with baskets for Maple Grove park, where they will give a picnic supper in honor of Mrs. C. L. Leiter, who leaves soon for Akron, where the Leiter family will reside. The Bachelor Maids who met last evening at the home of Miss Mayrne Deininger, passed a very pleasant evening, and prizes were won by the Misses Ada Deininger and Emma Terveer.

CHECK UP CHANGE OF VENUE Clerk Plessinger, of Bluffton. Pays a Visit to Clerk Haefiing. Gus Plessinger, the jovial, pleasant, and thoroughly competent clerk <-• Wells county, came over from Bluffton on the noon train and spent the as ternoon in checking up the change of venue fees, with County Clerk Haefiing of this county. He had a grip that looked like e> young box car ■and said he expected to take it home full of Adams county cash, but his balance looked more like thirty cents when he got through balancing. Gus is all right at that. Attorney J. C. Sutton and family will leave tomorrow for a ten days vacation at Crooked Lake, near Angola. They have been going to that place for several years and think it about the nicest in the land for a good rest Os course they will enjoy every minute of the time. SUMMER HAIR DRESSING The disagreeable and repulsive odors that come from the hair in sum-

mer are caused by danruff. Dandruff is caused by microbes which are hard to kill, but which can be killed by Parisian Sage, the quickacting, money-back hafr tonic. Dandruff can never be cured until the small, aggravating and indomitable dandruff germ is conquered and destroyed. And millions of danruff germshave been destroyed, thanks to the great scientist and dermatologist who gave to the world Parisian Sage, the only real dandruff cure and hair grower the world has ever known. If you have dandruff, Parisian Sage will cure you in two weeks, or your money back. But besides ridding the scalp of dandruff, Parisian Sage is guarantee to Stop falling hair and itching of the scalp. It keeps the scalp cool and clean in summer. It is a prime favorite with women of refinement. It makes the hair soft, lustrous and beautiful in a week, and is not sticky or greasy. A large bottle for 50 cents at Holthouse Drug Co., who guarantee it. Sold b? leading druggists everywhere. The girl with the Auburn hair is on every package. o July 31 —Last day for tickets. Yager Bros. & Reinking.

STURCK THE BARN Barn on Babcock Farm I Burned to the Ground LAST EVEN IN G Lightning Struck the Structure, Igniting the Same A fierce stroke of lightning struck f the barn on the farm which Is oc l cupied by Melvin Babcock last even- ’ ing at eight o’clock, and the large structure burned to the ground as a consequence thereof. Subsequent to the terrible lightning the Babcocks saw a blaze in the roof of the barn and they at once made an alarm. It was but a short time until many of

the neighbors gathered, but their efforts were fruitless and they could but stand by and watch the devastation of the building by the devouring flames. Quite a large quantity of hay was burned as well as a few implements, but luckily no stock was in the barn at the time of the conflagration. The farm belongs to a Frankfort gentleman, who purchased it from I. L. Babcock some time ago. It is understood that insurance will cover the greater part of the loss. o — Mrs. John Everett and daughter Ina are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gates and family near Wren. B. S. Brown, the Monroe real estate man, was a business caller in our city today, and has returned to his home. Anna H. Piper, of South Bend, and Margaret Myers of Montpelier, are spending several days with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers. Mrs. Elizabeth Myers and daughter Nellie, and Mrs. C. C. Myers, of Robinson, 111., are spending the afternoon with Mrs. W. J. Myers on north Fifth street. —o— July 31—Last day for tickets. Yager Bros. & Reinking.

SEE THE Big Base BaJLCam, blufftoV vs HUNTINGTON AT BLUFFTON, I | .. SUNDAY, JUiy IS Special Train and Speai Rates on the CLOVER LEAP ROUTE These clubs played a 17 k ning game last Wednesday resulting in a score of Ito 1) T. L. McCullough, agent Mr .and Mrs. John home today from their wedding titj after an absence of about two months. They have been visiting WTeft , places out west and report a very pleasant trip. Mrs. Lilly Hammond, of Blutttia, returned to her home today after * visit with her mother, Mrs. Ida Whit-' right, who has been quite sick rq stomach trouble. She is much hetter at present J. A. Harvey and daughter ha and son George, and Mr. Price, who recently moved to this county, returned today to Clinton county for a vtst Mrs. Samuel Laman, who has bea quite sick for some time, and wk was operated upon last Wed»esdsj, is still in a very serious condititt. She is feeling some better today, but is still unable to take nonrishmat, which helps to keep her fromgainiq strength. - ■ -o BOYS, CHANCE TO LEARN TRADE Lose & Thomas want a good bey, one who really wants to lean i trade, one that will assure him i good living al Ihis life, and if som young fellow wants to do this be should apply at once for the job u an apprentice. — o — July 31—Last day for tickets. Tiger Bros. & Reinking.