Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 9 September 1909 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.0 : ) Per month, by mail 25 cents Per year, by mail ..$2.59 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. The levy made by the city council is sufficient for all the needs of the city during next year, and if as good a council is selected to succeed them, there can be a still further reduction made in the levy one year hence. Not only that, but if the present business methods are continued Decatur will reduce her debt and her tax levy at the same time. Her credit is above reproach, it being unnecessary to employ a lawyer to collect when due. any account due and owing by the city, and in all, Deeatur is about the best place on the map. Newspapers in different parts of the country continue to speculate as to the probable nominee Os the Democratic party for the presidency in 1912. The names most frequently used are those of Governor Marshall of this state and Governor Harmon of Ohio. Other men are'mentioned, but Marshall and Harmon are given the most serious attention. In the meantime Governor Marshall has returned to his office after a brief vacation and has settled himself down to his official duties wholly undisturbed by outside speculation as to his politcal future. He proposes to give the people of Indiana his undivided service and to do the very best he can to secure for them good and economical government during the term for which he was elected. He has been and will continue to be a good governor. He will be logically in line for the presidential nomination. And if elected to the presidency he has the ability to fill the office with the highest credit to himself and the country. But in his own words “the future will take care of itself.”

BANK STATEMENT. Report of the condition of the First National Bank, at Decatur, in the state of Indiana, at the close of business, June 23, 1909. Resources. Loans and discounts $465,337.01 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 6,063.80 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 36.000.00 Premiums on U. S. bonds. 800.00 Bonds, securities, etc 26,534.00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 7,500.00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) ... 33,984.78 Due from approved reserve agents 71,366.50 Checks and other cash items 878.93 Notes of other Nat'l banks 2,510.00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents 343.01 Lawful money reserve In bank, viz: Specie $22,781.85 Legal tender notes 10,000.00 32,781.85 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) 1,800.08 Total $685,899.88 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in $100,000.00 Surplus fund 20,000.00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid.. 2,943.52 National bank notes outstanding 36,000.00 Due to state banks and bankers ....$55,645.86 Individual deposits subject to check. 148,479.55 Demand certificates of deposit 322,830.95 526,956.36 Total $685,899.88 State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: I, C. A. Dugan, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. A. DUGAN, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 9th day of September, 1909. C. L. WALTERS, Notary Public. My commission expires November 7, 1910. CORRECT—Attest: M. F. RICE. W. A. KUEBLER. DYONIS SCHMITT, Directors.

The First National Bank of Decatur

SWEDE GOT OFF AT RICHMOND The Murray Night Clerk Seems to Have Got Away Slick and Clean. It looks as though Harry Olsen, the Swede, who left the Murray house Tuesday morning, taking with him seventy-five dollars left in his care by one of the guests and an overcoat belonging to another, nad succeeded in making his get-away clean. No trace has been heard from him, further than that the conductor on the southbound G. R. & L train which leaves here 2:48 a. m., reported to Dent Spencer a night bus man that the Swede had rode to Richmond on his train on the morning mentioned. Where he went from there is not known, but it is likely that he will never be heard from in this locality.

TEACHERS TO MEET North Six Townships of County Will Hold Preliminary Institute AT BAPTIST CHURCH An Important Session on for Teachers —Local Talent Will Be on Program The preliminary institute of the teachers of the north six townships of Adams county will be held at the Baptist church in this city tomorrow, Friday. This is the first institute of the year and always a very important one. The program is the regular one, as outlined by the state superintendent of public instructions, Robert J. Aley. The principal subjects are “The Mind and the Making,” “Nature Study and Agriculture” or “A Short Introduction to the Literature of the Bible.” These subjects and the different branches thereof are discussed by two members from each township who are selected for the purpose aad the result is that these preliminary meetings are always very interesting and of much benefit to all who attend. County Superintendent Opliger is expecting a good attendance and is confident that all who attend will be we) repaid in the results obtained.

ON THE STRENGTH of this statement of our condition we solicit your business. Cash reserve 27 per cent. Increase of deposits from Sept. 23, 1908 $123,212-68 Supervised by the United States government. Managed by an alert Board of Directors— P. W. Smith, W. A. Kuebler, M F. Rice, D. Schmitt, D. Sprang, E. C. Bleeke, C. A. Dugan. Officered by bankers of experience. Wide awake and progressive. Always courteous, always accomodating. Try us.

SOCIETY COLUMN The U. B, Housewarming to Occur on Next Tuesday AUTOMOBILE PARTIES U. S. Girls to Meet Saturday—Other Society Items The U. S. Girls will meet Saturday afternoon on the lawn between the Van Camp and Conter homes, the Misses Frances Ward and Edwina Van Camp entertaining jointly. Miss Ruth Hammel will be a new member at the next meeting. Several automobile parties went from this place to Van Wert today to attend the Van Wert fair. J. L. Gay and family, A. Van Camp and family left the city about noon in their touring cars for Van Wert, where they expect to spend an enjoyable day. The U. B. Aid Society will entertain next Tuesday evening at “A Trip Around the World.” The countries that will be visited are Germany, Japan and our own country, and the globe, and the ticket only costs a quarter. In each room of the upstairs of the new parsonage, tables decorated in the style of their country will be waited upon by girls who will serve to the tourists. The trip will be given Tuesday, Sept. 14, south Ninth street.

TO GIVE RECITAL A Delightful Entertainment Has Been Announced to Occur at Library IN TWO WEEKS Miss Gertrude Moses and Mr. Tucker Will Render Musical Program The music-loving public of Decatur will be delighted to learn that a treat is in store for them on Thursday evening, September 23, on which occasion, a recital will be given at the library hall, by Miss Gertrude Moses of this city and Mr. C. F. Tucker of Marion. Indiana. The event will be strictly a piano and song recital and will he one of the entertainment features of the season. Miss Moses is a musician of merit, whose accomplishments are well known to many in this locality, and they will be glad of this chance to hear her. Mr. Tucker, while never heard in public here, has a reputation over Indiana as a musician of great talent. He has organized ladies and gentlemen's choruses here and comes highly recommended. The admission for the recital has been placed at twenty-five cents, and no doubt the hall will prove a popular place on the evening mentioned. The program will begin at 8:15.

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THEY NEED HARVEST HANDS The Bumper Crop* in Canada Cannot Be Handled. Winnipeg. Manitoba. Sept. 9. —Roblin, premier of Manitoba, has given out the following statement for publication regarding the shortage of harvest hands: “The great crop in Manitoba is not only ripe, but is now nearly all cue The serious problem at the moment is how is it to be taken care of until it reaches the elevators. The supply of farm laborers is totally inadequate to meet the demands. Eight thousand men are wanted today in this province, and there are not more than 500 in sight at the moment. Grain has been cut and is lying as it fell from the binder, and threshing machines are standing idle. Rain or unfavorable weather at this time would do millions of dollars' worth of damage, and all this for lack of help.” LOOKED IT OVER

Fort Wayne Makes a Favorable Report on the Coppock Motor Car Co. SHOULD KEEP IT Decatur Business and Financial Men Should Keep It Here The effort to bring the Coppock Motor Car company from Decatur, Ind., to this city assumed a definite shape this afternoon when at a meeting at the Wayne club it was decided to issue a subscription list asking for SIOO,000. The manner in which this is received will determine the future of the Coppock factory. At the meeting were William J. Vesey, Louis F. Curdes, W. M. Griffin, Willis Hattersley, Howell C. Rockhill, W. H. Kelley and D. L. Quinn, of the Coppock company. The above Fort Wayne gentlemen have been conducting the matter thus far and they have on hand a number of letters from users of the. car recommending it in a high degree.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. It would seem to a man up a tree, that if after careful investigation by business and financial gentlemen of Fort Wayne, that if the Coppock company are good enough for them to raise one hundred thousand dollars to locate in that city, it is good enough for Decatur business and financial gentlemen to raise the same amount to keep in this city. The future of the Coppock company is bright They manufacture a good product, it is marketable as fast as they can manufacture them at a handsome profit their cars are in demand, and all they need now to make them succeed and make money is for the necessary capital with which to push I the gigantic enterprise. There is (plenty of men in Decatur able to fur- , nish the capital, and it is to be hoped tnat they will put their heads together and make the Coppock Motor Car company the greatest manufacturing institution of its kind.

THEY ANSWERED THE CALL The First National Bank Makes a Statement of Their Condition. The report of the First National Bank appears in our columns today, and the report is one that ought to gratify all those connected with it in any way. The deposits are $526,956.36, and the total resources and liabilities $685,889.88. The First National, is one of the strong financial institutions and is growing bigger and better every day. o — MUNCIE PRESS SOLD. Muncie, Ind., Sept. 9.—Announcement is made of the purchase of the Muncie Evening Press by John E. Clarey, of Great Barrington. Mass. The purchase was made from James E. Burke, of Anderson, who bought the paper about six months ago. The Press is the only evening newspaper in the city. Clarey is a practical newspaper man, having been connected with the Boston Journal, the Burlington (Vt) Free Press and the lowa State Leader, of Des Moines. — o — NOTICE Piano Tuner Wm. Spiegel of Fort Wayne, will be in Decatur about Tuesday, Sept. 27th. Any one desiring work done may leave their order at Gay & Zwick. 215-3 t Foley's Kidney Pills cuse backache, rheumatism, kidney, bladder and urinary trouble. Do not risk having Bright's disease or diabetes. THB HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

FATAL ACCIDENT George Magner of Bluffton, Eleven Years Old. Grasped a Live Wire FROM ARC LIGHT Received the Full Current of Two Thousand, Three Hundred Volts Bluffton, Ind., Sept, 9 •— Magner, 11-year-old son of Eii Magner, a section foreman, met his death about 8 o’clock last night, by electrocution. The deplorable accident took place within one hundred feet of the lad's home. Magner, with a brother, Charlie, and other companions was playing on the street comer when the

ill-fated lad took hold of a heavycable which supports an arc light at a street corner. While holding to the wire the lad shouted for help. Paul Crill, one of the lad's playmates, rushed to his assistance and attempted to pull the Magner boy from the cable. The fact that Crill wore rub-ber-soled shoes is all that saved bis life, as he was severely shocked. After a time the weight of the boy’s body pulled him from the wire and he fell to the ground. By that time his father had reached his side and the boy was carried into his home. Deatn occurred before medical attention reached him. An official of the electric light company stated that the boy had received the full current of 2,300 volts. It is thought that, when the lad pulled on the cable it caused the heavy tension wire to become crossed. The dead child's parents are distracted with grief over the affair and it was necessary for medical attention to be administered to them. The entire city is in a stir over the accident. o YARNELLE-PORTER WEDDING Occurred at Fort Wayne—Parties Are Known Here. The wedding of Miss Clara Phelps Porter and Mr. William Page Yarnelle, which took place at 6 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church on Tuesday evening, was marked by both beauty and lack of ostentation. The dignity of the members of the bridal party, the general effect of the decoration in the colors of white and green, the appropriate bridal music and the impressive solemnity of the plighting of the troth which the bride and groom recited from memory, combined in lending to the wedding a distinction not common. The marriage service was read by Rev. Henry B. Master and the bride and groom, surrounded by bridesmaids and groomsmen as they stood grouped in front of a tall banking of ferns and hydrangeas, all made a fine appearance. The soft music of the organ, at which John B. Archer was presiding, the light of the setting sun through the windows, the summery gowns of many of the guests, all served as an effective background, and when Miss Elizabeth Porter, the bride's honor maid, threw back the folds of the bridal veil and the bride and groom turned to lead the party from the church, it was seen how beautiful the bride looked. Her gown was a duchess satin, made with train and trimmed with folds of the satin and rose point lace. A coronet of orange blossoms held the veil to the hair and the bridal bouquet was composed of lilies of the valley and orchids, tied with embroidered gauze ribbon. The bride wore a gift from the groom, a necklace of platinum with diamond setting. —Fort Wayne Sentinel.

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