Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1909 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by UEWG. ELI-INGHAM. Subscription Rates Per week, by carrier..lo cents Per year, by carrier >5.90 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 postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. MR TAFT AND HiS PARTY President Taft’s position on the tariff question during the 1908 campaign was not satisfactory, but he at least tried to create the impression in all of the states where tariff reform sentiment is strong that he would favor a downward revision. As the bill which has now been agreed on increases the average of the old rates —in other words revises the' tariff upward—Mr. Taft either has little influence with his Republican brethren or else has not worked very hard to redeem what the people believed was his own and his party’s pledge. This leaves a very serious situation. It is evident that the Republican organs realize that it is serious because they are laboring hard to prove that both the president and his party have “substantially’ l or "in a measure’’ or , in some other uncertain way done < something or other along the line of i keeping faith with the people. But ... .... . ;

the organs are, not able to produce any evidence. The facts are all against them. All of the papers throughout the country, saving any excepting only the hide-bound Republican organs, franklv admit that the present tariff bill is the worst hing of its kind ever passed by congress. Everywhere there is revolt against it and the party that is responsible for it. The next election will show whether or not any part? can pursue with impunity such a perfidious course. H. Clay Pierce who is nothing but another one of those dear citizens who can steal in sums so large that the public look upon him as a benefactor, is married. Most any one can get married nowadays, though. The Frankfort Crescent with twelve pages of local advertising, does not look half bad to the eye of a newspaper m-.n. By the way, the Crescent is one of the good newspapers of the state, and deserves all the good things going. i 111 Tariff revision on print paper is a . mockery. The Dingley rate on print paper is $6 a ton, one of those altitudinous items that stand as a monument of folly. After months of investigation the house committee fixed the rate at $2; a compromise to greed. ; Then the senate put it at $4, which is robbery; as another compromise the conferees put it at $3.75. And the

paper trust rejoices.—Anderson Bulletin.

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The Washington correspondent of the Enquirer points out many ’’jokers’’ in the new tariff bill. A "joker’’ it must be remembered, is the opposite of a joke. It is a serious thing because it means intentional deception. It is an attempt to do a thing by indirect, devious and fradulent means which cannot be done openly and directly. The Enquirer correspondent sets out facts which show that those in charge of the tariff bill while in conference slipped into it, under various covers, many provisions which are more scandalous than highway robbery. They, in their working, are of the sneak-thievery variety. The full extent of the villainy will doubtless not be known for a long time. IT’S THE LAST DAY

Commissioners Are Closing the Business for the August Term BONDS ARE SIGNED The Sprunger Bonds Go to the Leslie Bonding Co., of Van Wert The commissioners are allowing bills and taking care of other matters due for action at this session of commissioners court, expecting to end the session this evening. They will go to Bluffton tomorrow, where they will act jointly with the Wells county board on macadam road matters which affect the two counties. A. H. Sellemeyer, treasurer of the Decatur school board, and L. A. Sprunger, treasurer of the Berne board, made their reports and the same were approved.

Samuel Teeters et al, filed a petition for a drain which was accompanied by a bond for costs which was approved. The report of Clerk Haefling on change of venue costs, and which embraced an exhaustive report of these fees, together with the amount due from this county to Jay county, was approved. The board signed the C. C. Sprunger macadam road bonds and they will be taken up tomorrow by Peterson & Moran, who are representing the Leslie Bonding company of Van Wert Commissioners Laughlin & Miller went home with Commissioner Zwick last evening and spent the night with him. They were able to be on deck this morning, and reported a pleasant time with the good people of Bingen. The petition of John H. and Christena Hilty to have taxes refunded,was continued.

The board spent the afternoon with their estimate of expenses for next year, and the job proved to be a good hard one. They have shown their knowledge of financiering the county by lowering several items of expense. — - V. E. Kuntz of Shelby, Mich., arrived in the city today and will make a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick.

IT’S SOME WHEAT C. H. Gage Will Have Twen-ty-Five Hundred Bushels this Year HE IS AT MOTT North Dakota is Not Slow When It Comes to Raising Good Wheat Where is Mott? This was a form used several years ago for the advertising of Mott, North Dakota. A letter came to C. S. Niblick, president of the Old Adams County Bank, written by C. H. Gage, a former Adams county boy, but who now owns a section of this great wheat growing soil. The letter imparted the information that Mr. Gage would harvest about twenty-five hundred bushels of wheat this year. That is the prospects looked that good. They will not begin to cut their wheat for about ten days yet, but as it stands in the field the yield looks anything but discouraging. Mott is where the Beery boys have gained fame and fortune, and from the tone of the letter from Mr. Gage there is no hot air about the stability of the fortune that in a few years will come to those who invested in land in and around Mott Several Adams county people are located there and so far as we know they are all doing well, and are making money in various ways. North Dakota has much rich and fertile land and the older it gets the more productive it becomes.

SOCIETY COLUMN The C. W. B. M. of Christian Church Will Meet Next Thursday Afternoon THE MASONIC LODGE Miss Mathilde Sellemeyer Entertained Friends at Six O’Clock Dinner The C. W. B. M. of the Christian church will meet next Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. McKinney in the south part of the city. The Aid Society of the church will meet with Mrs. Harry Helm, north Third street Friday afternoon. The Masonic lodge will confer the masterfs degree this levenjmg, ghe victim being L. L. Baumgartner. The lodge room will no doubt be crowded to witness the conferring of this work. Miss Mathilde Sellemeyer entertained at a six o’clock dinner party last evening at her home south of the city. Miss Sellemeyer pleasantly entertained during the evening with music. The dinner was elaborate, covers dieing laid for twelve. Guests were Messrs. Carl Moses, Ben Elzey, Dale Moses and Misses Florence Kunkle, Esther Sellemeyer, Lucy Krutzman Ella Mutchler, Emma Mutchler and Emma Schlickman. The Misses Frances and Grace Butler entertained a number of their fi iends at twelve o'clock dinner Sunday, and all those present had a very enjoyable time. The out-of-town guests were Carroll Wiltrout, and Edith Rief of Monmouth.

The ten o'clock car this morning was loaded down with a jolly crowd of picnicers, members of the Christian church, bound for Maple Grove park. With well-filled baskets they started out to have a happy time. During the noOn hour a number of GET WITHIN. Pile* Can’t Be Cured from the Outside. External treatment won’t cure piles. Nor will surgical operations. The cause is inside —bad circulation. To cure piles you must free the circulation of blood in the lower bowel. Dr. Leonhardt’s Hem-Roid is the only Internal tablet remedy for piles. It removes the cause. $1 at Holthouse Drug Co. Guaranteed to cure any case. Dr. Leonhardt Co., Station B. Buffalo, N. T., proprietors. Write for booklet o Democrat Want Ads. Pay

: people went to the park for their dinner, then came back to the city. o MOMENTARY DESPONDENCY In speaking of the divorce suit filed by Mrs. Huff of Berne, the Berne Witness has the following: Prof. Huff arrived here yesterday evening and In an interview stated that he had no knowledge of his wife’s actions here of last Friday until Saturday, and considers the whole a deplorable affair, the result of momentary despondency on the part of Mrs. Huff, induced in part by some outside influence. The matter has already reached a temporary settlement, by Mr. and Mrs. Huff parting for the present, Mrs. Huff taking the boy with her to lowa where she will stay awhile and Mr. Huff taking the little girl. COURTHOUSENEWS I he Will of Herman Dierkes Filed for Probate in the Clerk's Office MARRIAGE LICENSE A New Case Filed by Attorneys Butcher and Ar- • mantrout

I The last will and testament of Herman Dierkes was filed for probate the same being witnessed by John Sprague and John G. Hoffman. All real and personal property is given to the surviving widow, and at her death it goes equally to the four children, they being Henry eleven years old, Detrick nine years old, Herman six years old, and John four years old.- The widow Is named as executor and to her is given entire charge of the management of said estate,with the privilege of disposing of any of it. if such a necessity should exist. Clerk Haefling issued a marriage bcense, it being taken out by Harvey Meyer and Lizzie Hubner, both residents of French township, and where they have a number of friends who will wish them happiness and other things too numerous to mention. John T. Meyers transfers to Martin Worthman house and lot in Decatur, the consideration named being $2,150. Butch reand Armantrout filed a new case in the Adams circuit court, the title of which is Earl Burley vs. The Peoples Union Oil company. The complaint alleges the non-payment of $379.85, that amount being due for labor -and jwork performed. They want a judgment for the above amount. Dell Locke of the Bliss Hotel company, has filed suit against J. L. Snyder, who formerly conducted a shoe store in one of the rooms of the hotel building for SSOO damages for alleged violations of the terms of his lease. —Bluffton News. o — Any person having empty bottles belongin gto Wm. Mersman should please return the at once, as I am in great need of them. This is my second notice and hope you will give this your attention. 167-12 t

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ARE SPRUCING UP Methodists are Making Improvements at Their Church PAINTING PARSONAGE Church Will Be Frescoed and a Heating Plant Put in Operation The Methodists are sprucing up. Painters are now busily engaged in spreading the paint on the parsonage, which was in sad need of such a tonic. It will look fine when the work is done, which will not take long In addition to this, committees from the church are wrestling with the matter of frescoing the church throughout, and also placing of a heating plant there that will keep the shivers down when the blasts of winter resemble anything but a hot day on the third of August. The frescoing will embrace the whole interior of the church, and will be a much needed addition to the appearance of this house of worship. For some time the membership have been discussing a building project, which will finally terminate in an addition to the present church or an entirely new structure. This will be delayed for the present, but it will not be long until such a project is undertaken. The church is much too small for the present needs of the congregation, especially for the Sunday school needs, but these improvements will likely be delayed for another year or so. — o A force of workmen are busily engaged at present tearing down the big gas tank which was constructed by the Kerr-Murray company in the Nuttman addition. It will require at least six weeks to place the tank in condition to hold gas, and will as previously stated, cause the expenditure of >2,000 extra by the contracting flrm ’ ■* ' *ll Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as trustee of Root township, will on Thursday, August 5, at one o'clock p. m. at the Frank Roop farm, let to the lowest and best bidder an allottment of 690 feet of the Peter Holthouse ditch, allotted for cleaning. CHAS MAGLEY, 183-2 t Trustee Root Tp. —- ■ o UP BEFORE THE BAR N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pittsfield, Vt„ writes: "We have used Dr. King’s New Lite Pills for years and find them such a good family medicine we wouldn't be without them.” For Chills, Constipation, Biliousness or Sick Headache they work wonders. 25c. at all druggists. o— ■ ■■ — Ask for Allen’s Foot-Ease. A powder for swollen, tired, hot smarting feet. Sample sent Free. Also Free Sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy N. Y.

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A FEW MORE OUT IN MADISON Six Saloons There Quit Business this Week. There will be another shifting of the option scenes in Madison county this weke and a half dozen more saloons will go out of existence. Eleven o’clock next Wednesday night will sound the death knell for six saloons that will pull down the blinds and turn the key in the door for at least two years. Three of these saloons are located in Anderson, two in Frankton and one in Elwood. The Anderson places to close this week when their licenses expire August 4 are those kept by Charles Diltz, George Livingston and Fred Brown. The Elwood saloon that goes out of business is the one kept by George Hutchinson. —Anderson Bulletin. GET THEIR SAFE Safe for the Citizens’ Trust Conapany is Here IT IS A BIG ONE It Weighs Eight and OneHalf Tons and is a Monster The safe for the Citizens' Trust company has arrived and now the trouble of removal from the car and placing in the Lafayette Ellis room will begin. The safe is a monstei, weighs eight and one-half tons, and ought to hold secure the valuables that will be placed in the custody of this trust company. Their furniture has also been purchased from Attica bankers, but the time of possession is (Continue don page 4.)

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ANNUAL ELECTION The Old Adams County Bank Hold Their Annual Election — DECLARE DIVIDEND The Old Directors and the Old Officers are Re-elected for Another Year An important election was held is Decatur today. The polls opened it ten o’clock at the Old Adams County Bank, it being the day for their annual election of directors. Previo® to the hour named for the openin 6 the election the directors met and wound up the business for the year just closed, which by the way was the most prosperous in the history of thia great banking institution. The board closed their business by the passage of a resolution declaring the usual five per cent semi-annual dividend, and in a few days more the stockholders will be in possession of this amount in interest upon the face their holdings in stock. The old board of directors were re-elected, they being C. S Niblick, E. X. Eh’ Inger, Mat Kirsch, John Niblick, J. S Bowers, Henry Hite and W. J. Vesey. Likewise the old officers were re-elected and they are C. S. Niblick prefsdent. Mat Krisch first vice president, John Niblick second vice president, and E. X. Ehinger cashier AU of them are gilt edged, and their retention means that the Old Adami County Bank will continue to grow and expand, be a great bank for a great city, and what Is more will continue to make dividends for its stockholders.