Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1910 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM Subscription Ratns: Per week, by carrierlo cents Per year, by carrierls.oo Per month, by ma 1125 cents F«r year, by mail $2.50 Slagle copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce at Decatur, odiana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. It is said that if the wealth of the public domain in Alaska could be divided it would give sßO,t>oo to every voter in the United States. And it was this wealth that the Morgan and Guggenheim syndicate were in a fair way to get under a complaisant republican administration. As was predicted, the majority of the new committee on rules is made up of friends of Cannon and he will continue to be the whole thing. The only way to crush Cannonism was to remove Cannon, as the democrats proposed and could have done if the “insurgent" republicans had not bad an attack of “cold feet." ti—"i_— j l .i -isesw The republican leaders say that if , they can make the right kind of planks on the tariff and on the county option questions and get them into the plat- 1 form to be adopted by their state convention next week they will feel a little better. But the rub will be in getting "the right kind of planks.” If they indorse the ft.yne-Aldrich tariff law, even faintly, they cannot hope to receive a single honest tariff reform vote in Indiana. If they do not indorse it they will put themselves in opposition to the national party and in an attitude of rebuking and stultifying President Taft, which course will alienate thousands to whom party regularity is a sacred institution. As to the county option law, if they fail to pledge the republican party to maintaining it, they will offend their allies of the Anti-Saloon League. If they re-afflrm it and face toward prohibition they will have the opposition of all persons who favor a contrary policy. So it seems plain that whatever the republican state convention may do on either of the questions mentioned it will make trouble. FOR SALE OR RENT. A good, two-story, f>-room house, situated on one acre of ground, with all kinds of fruits, with good stable and corn crib, in the town of Magley. Will be sold at reasonable price or rent to good party for a term of several years at reasonable price. Call on Ernest Schlickman, 2nd street feed yard. 72t6 o - WANTED. A good, reliable man from Decatur, Ind., with small capital to engage in a good paying business at Wayland, Mich. Write for particulars. J. M. GILPEN, 73t2 Wayland, Mich. All kinds of fruit trees, the best < quality at the very lowest price. Fri- < day and Saturday, April 1 and 2 at < the Riverside Feed barn. 73t3 1

Shirts for Men — Mens negligee shirts made of fine woven madras, all light grounds with neat designs and stripes, full made with attached cuffs, both pleated and plain bosom and a good variety in each size 14 to 18 * ONE DOLLAR The Myers-Dailey Co Open evenings till 8 P. M.

CITY BOARD OF HEALTH NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to all those living within the corporation of the city of Decatur that they must rejnove all rubbish, filth and other nuisances from their premises, and clean up their lots and alleys within the next ten days. All persons failing to comply with this notice will be deemed the author of a nuisance and will be prosecuted the law directs under the state and city boards of health, when the state inspector comes around the middle of April. No further notices , will be served or given, so govern yourselves accordingly and clean up at once. DR. H. E. KELLER, Secretary of City Board of Health, Decatur, Ind. o . ....» James Watkins of Pleasant Mills was here yesterday on business. FOR SALE —Six full blooded Plymouth Rock hens and a rooster; also early row seed potatoes. Phone 588 or enquire of Clyde Rice. eod2wks THE COURT NEWS Suit For the Partition of the Spade Estate Has Been Filed Here. TWO NEW SUITS Other Items From the Records in the Adams County Court House. Peterson & Moran have filed a new case entitled William G. Spade et al. vs. Mary H. Spade et al„ complaint for partition. The Spade estate >s valued at about $20,000. L. C. DeVoss is attorney for the plaintiff in the case of Benjamin and John J. Summers vs. David D. Habegger and Fannie Habegger, suit on contract, demand SIOO, filed today. Real estate transfers: Grace A. Whitman to Nathan Shepherd, 21 acres, Wabash tp., $1200; James J. Miller to D. F. Ault, 40 acres, Wabash tp., $2600; Clara Bultemeier to Lusetta Bultemeier, lot 832, Decatur, $1.00; Ida Peters to John Hilgeman, to John H. Peters, 80 acres, Kirkland tp., $6000; H. B. Heller, com., to Sarah R. Imboden, 60 acres, Wabash tp., $2525. William G. Spade has been appointed executor of the Jacob Spade estate and filed bond for $2500. The petition of Dallas Butler to dismiss his action regarding the vacation of Market street was granted. . Kalamazoo National Bank vs. Coppock Motor Car Co., note, $450, demurrer filed to complaint. Laura A. Van Camp vs. Charles VanCamp et al., partition, rule against guardian ad litem to answer. The will of the late Jacob Spade was probated. It was written March 16, 1910, witnessed by John Limenstall and Joseph Peterien and after providing for the payment of deb;s and funeral expenses says that the property shall be divided among the children and his wife, which is a second wife, according to the provisions of the laws of Indiana. His son, William, is named as executor.

SOME SOCIAL NEWS > I ' Annual Ball Given Monday , Evening by Columbian t Club a Brilliant One. 1 i REBEKAHS INITIATE i f Three Candidates This Even- ’ ing—Mrs. A. R. Bell Entertains Club. > • The Friendly Hand. s O, the world's a curious compound, with its honey an' its gall, , With its cares an' bitter crosses: but a good world, after all. An' a good God must have made it—leastways, that's what I say When a hand rests on my shoulder in a friendly sort o’ way. ' —Riley. Tuesday. Young Matrons —Mrs. Harry Moltz. Historical —Mrs. Dr. Thomas. Wednesday. Shakespeare —Mrs. Dan Sprang. Thursday. Euterpean —Miss Mary Miller. Fortnight—Mrs. Waldo Brushwiller. Thimble —Mrs. C. C. Schafer. Miss Dale Payne entertained thirteen girls of her Sunday school class Sunday in honor of her sister, Elma's. thirteenth birthday. At noon an Easter dinner was served. In the center of the table stood a white birthday cake, around which thirteen candles, one for each year of the maiden’s ‘ life, twinkled merrily. The girls were Mary Myers, Ruth and Margaret Myers, Lulu, Bess and Merle Coppock, Iva Harvey, Marie and Elva Sager, Frances z-erkle, Esther Zerkle, Ruth Zerkle, Frances Miller, Elloise France of Decatur. The ladies of the Presbyterian church have completed arrangement-, for another one of their very excellent dinners to be given at the church, Thursday, March 31st. Dinner will be served for the very small sum of twenty-five cents from the following menu: Chicken Pot-Pie Mashed Potatoes Scalloped Corn i Cranberry Sauce Piakles Jelly Salad Deviled Eggs Bread Butter Coffee Cranberry and Banana Pie Everybody is cordially invited to the dinner. The birthday social to be given ■ Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Chris Voght by the Ladies' Aid society of the German Reformed ■ church promises to be an entertaining one. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. A musical program will be a part of the program. The social is called a birthday social because each member of the society is to contribute a penny for each year of her age. Visitors are not asked to do this, and only a general offering will be taken. Tracy Nelson, Free Frisinger, Dick Peterson, Bruce Patterson, Dwight Archer and Will Hammell enjoyed their Easter dinner in the Frisinger woods Sunday in true sportsman fashion. They took baskets of dinner with them, and to this was added a fry of frog legs, which they fried themselves over a fire built in the woods. They report the time of their lives. The St. Vincent de Paul society will meet on next Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank Gass. z Mrs. John Niblick, Mrs* Catherine Champer, Mrs. O. P. Edwards of Leipsic, Ohio, and Miss Helen Niblick Went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Champer will remain for a several weeks’ visit with Mrs. W. J. Vesey and family. WEEK END EXCURSION St. Louis and Return SATURDAY AND SUNDAY April 2-3 >d 16-17 1910 RATE $6.00 Call at Depot Ticket Office for Tickets and all information. Two fast trains carrying free reclining chairs, Pullman sleepers and modem coaches leave Decatur, Indiana every day for St. Louis. 0. F. HARRIS, Agent. CLOVER LEAF ROUTE ■

> The Woman's Home Missionary soj ciety of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:30 prompt, with Mrs. John Rex, who will be assisted in entertaining by Mrs. r W. H. Redder Johann. This session will be an Important one, as the usual election of officers will take place. All are therefore especially urged to be In attendance. , Mrs. A. R. Bell was hostess to the ‘ Healtlf and Happiness club last evening, a large number of the members being devoting 'themselves - to the various exercises. The paper on the selection and preparation of foods was read by Mrs. D. G. M. Trout. Mrs. Nettie Schrock will be hostess next week. Among the many pleasant family dinner parties of Easter day was that given by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Beery t of West Monroe street. Guests were Wilson Beery and family of Pleasant ‘ Mills, Ed Beery, wife and daughte", Jeanette; Mr. and Mrs. Israel Rex and 1 daughter, Effie; Miss Edith Beery of Peterson and Charles Colter and family. All members of the Rebekah degree • staff are urged to be at the meeting this evening. The initiatory degree will be conferred upon three candidates —Mrs. Florence Tyndall and Mesdames McCrory and Fuller. Next Saturday evening the degree staff will • go to Fort Wayne, where they will assist in the initiation of a large class. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Rice gave a • family dinner party at their home ‘ near Monmouth Sunday. Those pres--1 ent were Mrs. James O. Ball, Mr. and 3 Mrs. Clyde Rice and daughter, Dor- ‘ othy, of this city; Mr. and Mrs. Ben ' Rice and daughter, Wilma. s 6 The Lady Maccabees held an inter- ’ esting meeting at the hall last even- • ing. In two weeks the regular month- ’> ly social session will be held at the 1 home of Mrs. A. D. Artman. s Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fair of Rockford, Ohio, were in the city today, guests 1 of the Rev. and Mrs. R. Spetnagel. • i Mrs. J. N. Fristoe is entertaining ■ the Presbyterian Missionary society 1 this afternoon. f 5 Mrs. P. G. Hooper is entertaining the Sewing club this afternoon. -« i WILL CELDBRATE The Modern Woodmen Will Have Gala Time on Their i Fourth Anniversary, f i 1 OF ORGANIZATION T 1 s i District Deputy Hofmeister > of Fort Wayne Will Give f > an Address. I Quite elaborate are the preparations ‘ under way by the Modern Woodmen for the celebration of the fourth anniversary of their organization on the evening of April 9th at the Woodman hall. This will be for the Woodmen, Royal Neighbors and all prospective candidates and quite a festive time is assured. There will be a musical program, and addresses, among the speakers being District Deputy A. Hofmeister of Fort Wayne. After the program, instead of a banquet, the members will be taken to the moving picture shows, where the very best will be provided in that line by the proprietors. This order has grown much in the four years of its life, until it is one of the most progressive orders in the city. The growth in the years to come prom- ! ises to be quite as great. - o — GENEVASHOCKED (Continued from page 1.) and Sixth streets. . I ■Work on the B. G. &C. is making great progress, the track being complete to the corporation, and it will not be long until the cars will be I- moving into Geneva. W. H. Fledderjohann, Charles Dirkson, F. M. McCorpiell and John Koenig were in Geneva this morning on their way to Celina, Ohio, via the au> tomobile route. There will soon be a new millinery store in Geneva, the Misses Beerbower and C. Shaffer will open such a store in the Pyle building on April 15th.

GETS A PROMOTION Charles Bell Promoted to Agency at Akron, Ohio, For Wells-Fargo. WILL GO THURSDAY Akron a Hustling Place For Wells-Fargo — Fourth Best Agent. Charles Bell, formerly agent for the Wells-Fargo Express company In this city, and who two years ago received a promotion to the agency at Fort Wayne, where he has been since, has I received another boost. On Thursday he will go to Akron, Ohio, where he ■ will take charge o( the business for the company. It is said that Charles is the fourth best man in the WellsFargo agency line, and that Is saying ' a good deal. The charge at Akron is a very responsible one, the business ( being so enormous that a private stenographer and twenty helpers are re- , quired by the agent. Charles hts made a rapid rise in his work and his many friends join with him in rejoicing. His family will go to Akron later. Some idea of the size of the Akron agency may be seen from the fact that his force Includes fifteen drivers, a I solicitor, cashier and assistant. Only the New York, Chicago and Cleveland 1 agencies excell the one at Akron for amount of business. o Surpassing all others in beauty, • splendor, atjendaace and beauty, was ' the annual Easter ball given Monday evening by the Columbian club. The hall itself took on splendor for the , occasion, and not least flower-like in 3 beauty, fairness and coloring, were the fifty-two young ladies in beautiful costumes, who, with their fifty-two J companions, enjoyed the round of f dances that from 9 to 12 o'clock made one continuous whirl of pleasure to music furnished by the orchestra com- ? prising Elgin King, Bruce Patterson, Mr. Drake, John Geary and Ralph Moser. Many guests from out of] , town were in attendance.

8 Special Ftftef Easter Offerings f I- — I 8 1 pi On every Suit, Top Coat or Skirt bought g . 5 this week we ft per cent discount from regI! uiar price. 1 ’ Our trade has increased J *3 I in this department and this F I is on account of the splen- ■ PgMm If did values we are offering Wsl? I *1 } and styles that* are right. ! Fine Line Top'Coats j| j ! |wf\ I ; In this line we have styles 1 1® ® ; that are exclusive to our JL.H-41 1 J store. Prices from lop | I F I . $5.00 to $15.00 jP || I E Jf 111 | 8 Pongee and Cloth of it ||l | (Gold Long Coats « 'lll I We have them from $lO to nlfl 1 Illi 8 S S2O. Long Linen Coats W ||l V f g from $5.00 up. They will 3 1 be veiy popular this season. • g | NIBIJ6K & GOMPftNY |

-][- — . j| JI. JL —JI ..... j[ y Q IT, « B J P/Wf B z = C... z _ < S • | Flowers after April Showers k are not more fresh —more lovely in color and form than A Wash Dress f WOULD BE E - made from the | beautiful ging- 1 hams and em- 1 broideries at I . Fullen- I kampsl II | THEY COME FROM THE WASH I BRIGHTER AND FRESHER THAN EVER L See the display of fine ginghams in the' season’s fancies; and the embroidery insertions and edgings. They make up handsomely in the one piece suits»j*j»