Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1910 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGMAM Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier 25.00 Per month, by mall 25 cents Per year, by mall 52.50 Single copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Decatur, *>dlana, as second-class mall matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. - ii -!.» A TARIFF COMMISSION DOES NOT MEAN TARIFF REFORM The rank dishonesty of the Beveridge campaign has not at any time bee® in doubt, but it becomes plainer every day. As the Beveridge crowd is in the saddle and will (it is said) give direction to the republican campaign this year, the public should understand how the plan is to talk "tariff commission.” The hope of the Beveridgeites is that the republican voters of all factions can be hoodwinked by that cry into forgetting what particular theory they hold as to the tariff. By shouting "tariff commission” instead of tariff reform the standpatters are notified that they art not threatened. while it is expected that the people will be deceived into believing that through a “commission" all the evils of a tariff are to be corrected. If a commission is created it will be a “protection” commission, will be controlled by the trusts and will “study” the tariff question for a few years and in the end will probably not find out —or at least will not report—the facts that the people have known and complained about for a long time In the meantime the ordinary citizen will be fleeced of his last penny by the protected trusts and monopolies. Genuine reform of

You Ought to be Just As particular about your working clothes as you are with your dress clothes in that you get the best your money will buy. Work clothes must wear well, fit well and be made right, else they’re not satisfactory. Our Work Shirts Pantaloons Jackets Duck Coats Corduroy Coats are guaranteed to give you satisfaction. We believe they are better than anyone else’s in town, and the prices are right. We’d like to show you. Holthouse Schulte & Co. Good Clothes Sellers for Men and Boys.

I Now is the Time You want that set of Hamess Oiled and we are fixed , to take care of you in just about the proper shape. Our > prices are lower than you can afford to do the work yourself. Are you in the market for a buggy? If so all we ask J is your insp< etion, our work and prices will do the rest. Blankets and Robes at Cost Price. J 7V\. Burns <fc Son.

> the tariff will never com* through * either of the republican factions. If it the people want relief they can get ft by voting the democratic ticket—and they can get it In no other way. « The suggestion that a joint debate ® ■ between Senator Beveridge and * James E. Watson on the merits of 0 , a 1 the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill be ar- " ranged In this state is timely. The The senator fought the bill hard and r voted against it: Watson says it is the >. best thing in the tariff Uno that the ‘ country has ever had. Both men are brilliant speakers and the joint debate is the thing. By all means arrange the schedule. —Columbia City Post. i.rwws * REV. ELLIOT TONIGHT a We could not ask for finer weather conditions. Os course it was co'd 1 Wednesday night, but just enough to s put snap into one. A brisk walk to i the Presbyterian church will put you ■ in fine physical condition. You may ! be sure that, however cold outside, we will keep you comfortable within the church. 1 Rev. Stewart of Portland brought a great message to us last night on “The Anchor of the Soul,” Heb. 6:18 and 19. We hope to have him back again. Word has been received that Rev. 1 Elliot will be here this afternoon. A ’ good interest is being shown by those > who are attending. Let the people come out to share in the blessing of these special services. A cordial welcome to all. —o SPECIAL SALE. I On smoked hams and shoulders., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25th and 26tfi, only, at the Packing House. 47t2 | o ’ WANTED —Girl for general housework. Inquire of Mrs. Catherine Niblick, 326 N. Second street. 47t3 LOST —On Mercer avenue between the Presbyterian church and Rugg 1 street a pair of rimless nose glasses. Finder please leave at this ’ office and receive reward. 46t3

SOME SOCIAL NEWS Mrs. Henry Thomas Given a Birthday Surprise by a Masked Host. MANY WILL ATTEND Scottish Rite Exercises— Mrs. Hannah Barkley Entertains Aid Society. This above all; to thine own self be true, And it will follow as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man. ■ Polonious, in Shakespeare's “Hamlet." A large number of the ladies of the Zion German Lutheran Aid society are spending the day with Mrs. Gus Reinking and devoting themselves to quilting for the society. The members were entertained at dinner In a hospitable way by Mrs. Reinking. Mrs. Henry Thomas was given a complete surprise Wednesday evening in celebration of her birthday anniversary by a number of the members of the Pocahontas lodge. The company assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Bain quite early in the evening and then went to the Thomas home. They were all masked and represented a very motley crowd indeed. After unmaskin the jolly good time was spent further with contests tof various kinds. A guessing contest, |in which questions were answered with names of trees resulted in the i awarding of the prize to Mrs. G. C. Steele. In another contest in which questions were to be answered with the words ending in “age,” Charles Helm was the successful one. A luncheon, consisting of veal loaf sandwiches, cake, pickles, peaches and coffee, was served. Mrs. Thomas was presented with a beautiful dish, as a remembrance together with best wisheh of all. Those present were Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Ed Murray, Mr. and Mrs. George Steele, Mrs. Sadie Cowley, Mrs. Hildebrand, Mrs. George Hunt, Mr. and MTs. George Bain, Mrs. ’ L. B. Brokaw, Mrs. Jacob Ehdy and daughter, Cecil, Miss Effie Hildebrand, C. J. Weaver, Mrs. Charles Helm, Mrs. C. E. Hitesman and Mrs. Al Gerard. Mrs. Jesse Sutton Tuesday proved herself a delightful hostess to two societies of which she is a member. The Presbyterian Woman s Missionary society having been scheduled to meet with her in the afternoon and the Historical club in the evening, she invited the club members to the afternoon session also. The regular missionary program, in charge of Mrs. Charles Loch, with a paper and talks by Mrs. James Fristoe and others, followed by a social hour, characterized the missionary meeting. The club ladies remained to supper and in the evening held their regular meeting. ■ The home was prettily decorated with flags and national colors in streamer effect; while the dining room was given over to the club colors —red and white. Mrs. Arthur Pontius of Fort Wayne was an out-of-town guest. “Grandma” Barkley will be eightyone years old next Saturday, and though she is not able to attend the church services as often as she would like, she heartily loves to have the church folk come Into her home and spend the day with her, and of course this way is just as agreeable to the church folk too. It was with great pleasure, therefore, and in celebration of the near-approaching birthday anniversary that the Ladies' Aid society of the Evangelical church met Wednesday at the home of her son, Henry Barkley, south of the city, with whom “Grandma" lives. Carriages conveyed the large number to the Barkley home during the morning hours, and there at noon, they found to their enjoyment a dinner of all good things known to the well-stocked

country larder, spread for them. The afternoon was devoted to the regular business of the aociety, after which the company returned to the city, being brought back in a large sled by Mr. Barkley, much to their delight. That they may be privileged to greet Grandma on many returns of the birthday anniversary was the wish of all. Among those who attended were Mrs Will McCoßnehey. Mm. Will MeBarnes. Mrs. Clifford Lee, Mrs George Winters, Mrs. U. 8. Cress, Mm. Kern, Mrs. Harvey Harruff, Mrs. Asa Engle, Miss Eliza Spangler. Mm. Noah Loch, Mm. Jesse Johnson. Mrs. Jacob Tester, Mm. Clay Engle, the Rev. D. O. ! Wise. Otto Wemhoff, local agent for the I Prudential Insurance company, went f to Fort Wayne today to attend the business meeting and banquet to be held at the Anthony hoted. The guests will be about two hundred members of the staff of the Fort Wayne district of the Prudential Insurance company. Miss Hattie Wilder entertained the Misses Monema Fleming and Erma Houck at a slumber party last night at her home in Monmouth, the girls, who are students in the Decatur high school, going out on the 4 o'clock car. The Ladies' Mite society of the Methodist church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. P. G. Hooper on North Second street tomorrow afternoon. The Friendly Few club will meet this afternoon with Mm. Ralph Mallonee at her home on North Eighth street. Miss Esther Foreman entertanied at a slumber party last night, the guests being Misses Naoma Butler and Zelma Foreman. CLOSING SESSION tContlnued from page 1.) dairy cow is responsible for the greater part of the progress in the farming world. The kind of feed prescribed for the dairy cow by Mr. Benjamin is in the following proportions: Two pounds ground oute, five pounds corn meal, thirty pounds silage, five pounds clover hay. The silo, or the place where the silage is kept, should be ’ built twelve feet in diameter by thirty feet in height, which is large enough for the product of ten acres of corn. The silo should be built of wood in preference to cement or stone. J. T. Burley of Geneva was among the afternoon visitors and was given a place on the program. Mr. Burley spoke on sugar beet raising, which just -at present is the main topic of discussion among the farmers in the south part of the county. This year the farmers in the vicinity of Geneva and Berne will experiment in the raising of sugar beets, and if successful a sugar refinery may be established at Geneva. “Points to be Observed in Successful Corn Growing,” by D. F. Maish. Indiana, he stated, produced forty ' bushels of corn to the acre in 1909. If corn does not average thirty bushels to the acre it does not pay for the raising thereof. Foreign countries refuse to take American corn because it is not carefully enough cared for, and that is the point to which American farmers should strive. The success of a good corn crop does not depend on any one thing, though uniform shape is an important item to be considered. Four things of vast importance in the raising of corn are these: First, ideal soil; second, the seed; third, the planting; fourth, cultivation. Ideal soil conditions include warmth and good drainage, and clover sod is the best for a corn crop. The seed com is best selected from the stock as soon as the husk is turning brown, instead of waiting until the corn is shocked. Fourteen ears should plant an acre, and the seed corn should be carefully graded to insure a uniform stand. The seed should be planted about one and a half inches deep in the ground if the ground is in a proper condition. The address of Mr. Maish was followed by discussions by various ones of the audience. Wednesday Evening. In the absence of President C. S. Mamma. D. N. Erwin of this city presided at the evening session, opening with the statement that he fit at home with he farmers, as twentyfive years of his life had l>een spent in good, practical work on the farm. Miss Gertrude Moses, one of the true artists in music, gave a piano solo, drawing her auditors into the completes! sympathy with the spirit of the composer, through her excellent interpretation, after which a vocal solo and duet, "Boyhood's Happy Home Down on the Farm,” was happily rendered by Dr. and Mrs. J. Q. Neptune, proving very appropriate

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for the occasion. An address, "Our Rural School and Country Life.” by D. F. Maish, struck the keynote of popular favor. He touched upon the importance of the life of the farmer in the world, and dwelt upon the reasons that the farm boys are leaving and going to the city, and that to * , move these causes will be the only means of inducing the boys to return. Too often the farm houses are void of those luxuries and conveniences, which draw the boys to the city, and while often the broad acres and the great crops stored away show every indication of wealth, the home life is one of great poverty in its advantages. Better a poverty in acres and produce, and a wealth of cheer in the home. Farmers are more and more realizing this, and are beautifying their homesteads and are acquiring real luxuries —pianos, horses and carriages, automobiles, telephones, rural mail delivery, light and water plant, by which he can run his saw, other machinery and attain to an independence not acquired by the wealthiest resident in town —if only the boys can be brought to realize this. He then touched upon the school life in the country. While he realized the advantage in one way by the centralization of the schools, he deplored the destroying of the “country life" in this very way. The young people are drawn into the villages to seek their schooling and amusement, breaking away from the country spirit, and, too often imbibe the poisons with the health giving. Many of the country schools are abandoned, and often because of this very fact, the churches also decline. The old-fashioned spelling school, debates, the last day of school, exercises, al of which provided amusement, and advanced the mental nature of the youth, because he felt himself a part and took a part therein, are gone, and to get amusement now, the youth has simply to put a nickel in the slot, sit back and be amused, with no part therein, all to the deterioration of (Continued on page 4.1

r — ~ % Giant Strength Is the motto of our Work Shoes. All our men’s $2, $2.25, $2.50, $2.75 and $3 shoes aie stiong and durable, yet light, pliable and solid. Good material and good workmanship has made this store of more than ordinary goodness. Our shoes are strictly guaranteed. Visit the The Hoosier Shoe Store. I and Gerke

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