Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1910 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. ■ i "■" ' 1- L Published Every Evening, Except Sunday, by LEW G. ELLINGHAM Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier 15.00 Per month, by mall 25 cen(s Per year, by mail 12.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postpffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM The democratic state platform has the merit of clearness and concise-• ness. It says what it does say so as | to be distinctly understood. The platform falls in two parts, the first given | up to national topics, which is proper | enough, as the election of a senator is at stake: and the second to state questions. In the first part the democratic doctrine in regard to the tariff

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I Our Great Sale of Ladies Spring Tailored Suits i x Every Spring Wool Suit Goes in This Sale. —This will be of interest to every woman in Decatur wn | will profit by the loss we are going to take in all Ladies Tailored Suits. Remember we have not g B one old suit to show you and you can secure a suit at less than manufactured cost. | I One-Half the Regular Prices L I S / / The Spring Season is not over-with and we want to make room for our Tub \\ a&h ' W Suits, Lingerie Dresses and Colored Wash Dresses. Your choice of any suit heie, at fe One-Half the Regular Price 'jgsM. | » This half price takes in your choice of the entire stock of the newest models for | H the Spring and Summer of 1910. T S /J/ W This Safe Starts Today—Saturday, April 30, 1910 | S /Ml < Attend this sale early and get the size, color and'style you want. Remember every [1 ■!&./ 1 W 'MUL suit must go, regardless of what they cost. S liWWfl All $15.00 Suits $7.50 All $20.00 Suits SIO.OO All $25.00 Suits $12.50 f | X Wi All $30.00 Suits $15.00 All $35.00 Suits $17.50 1 'Ww' ! H lltol This will be the greatest sale of high class suits ever held in this city and we have / I FlIf I s^oc k t° deliver at advertised prices. !Il ~ IfjU~ I ! NIBLICK & COMPANY WF n "tiiiitiii'ii .ll',^

is expressed, the Payne-Aldrich law is condemned and the inconsistent attitude of the republican party in Indiana in regard to the law set forth. Condemnation is expressed also of the ship subsidy, of the indiscriminate use of the Injunction, and, of course, of “the extravagant administration of the affairs of the nation by the republican party." The conservation of natural resources and the improvement of Interior waterways are favored, also the income tax amendment, and (demagogically) the proposed dollar-a-day pension. In state affairs the platform opposes the multiplication of offices and boards; speaks in favor of better roads; wisely demands a general registration law, better child labor and sanitary laws and other enactments in the Interest of labor, and the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. The public accounting law, “nonpartisan in its inception and bipartisan in enactment and administration," is very properly commended and the party is pledged to its maintenance and its improve-

s inent where experience may demon l_ strate such a possibility. That Governor Marshall and Senator Shively were endorsed goes without saying. Wnatever may be thought of hhe plank presented, It must be said to the democrats’ credit that they did ’ not dodge the liquor issue. The ' plank, which is unequivocal, concludes Iwith saying: We favor the amendment and modification of the present local option • law so as to make Incorporated cities. 1 townships and the territory in town- .. ships outside of such cities the units of election; but such amendment and modification shall be so drawn as not s to affect and to preserve the remon--1 strance laws of the state; provided r that territory voted "dry” under the ;- present option law shall remain so I for two years from the date of such election. B This plank was evidently the result of prolonged and heated deliberation. Action on the liquor question was politically dangerous, whatever might be, and it is clear that there is an effort to do as much as possible to satisfy the so-called liberal element ' without offending the people oppose 1 ( to saloons whose political power has been shown by the voting of sixtynine out of Indiana's ninetytwo counties "dry.” The democrats might better have declared in favor of giving the county option law, which has worked satisfactorily thus tar. a thorough trial. There can be no doubt that this plank—favoring the reopening of the question—will put the saloon question into the campaign in a large way. It will also force the republicans, who ignored the question in their platform, to declare where they stand. —Indianapolis News. "INSURGENCY’S PURPOSE." The Pittsburg Gazette Times is an adjninitsration paper and staunchly regular. -It looks with doubtful eyes upon republican prospects, however, and is not afraid to put the responsibility for what may happen to the party on the shoulders of the insurgents. A few days after the Beveridge state convention was held in Indiana the Gazette Times, under the heading, “Insurgency’s Purpose,” said:

“President Taft’s suggestion that republicans should be judged by their fruits. If applied to the insurgents, permits of no misunderstanding either as to their drift or purpose. It is they, and not the democrats, who make the most vicious attacks upon republican policies, leaders and officials. • • • The campaign materia) for 1910 which will be employed 11 every debatable distrlce and state to win victory to rthe democracy,,is not supplied by democrats, but is being manufactured by insurgent republicans. What Senator Beveridge said in Indianapolis a week ago about the Payne-Aldrich bill and what Mr. LaFollette said dbsterday about the administration will be repeated by every democratic stump speaker and newspaper from now until election. Out of their own mouths, seemingly, republicans thus will be condemned. Summed up for what It is, the insurgent campaign is a game or republican betrayal, of throat slitting and ship scuttling, desperate beyond the range of decency or fair play. ’ The above is only a sample of what may be found In other regular republican papers in different parts of the country. And there are even some in Indiana which speak out to the same effect. Congressman Adair made a splendid race for U. S. senator, not to be a candidate. Despite vne fact that there were twelve candidates bfeore the democratic state convention tho Eighth district gave him a solid vote for each of the three ballots and he also secured a good “sprinkling" from over u>e state. —-Portland Sun. RETURNED HOME. E. Pulver left this morning for Three Rivers, Mich., after being tn the city for several days attending to business matters. He is the agent for the Stark, White & Constantine Land Co., for whose Interest he was in the city. Just a few days ago he sold eighty acres to Mr. Bauserman, who will in a short time move to that place. He is also making arrangements for the taking of a number of prospective buyers to Michigan about the twentieth of May. Several people from here have already invested ami seem to be well pleased with their property.

SOME SOCIAL NEWS Miss Ida Van Camp Entertains Friends in Honor of Birthday. A MERRY PARTY Given by Miss Margaret Mills to Sophomores— Other Social Notes. You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother, dear, Tomorrow 'ill be the happiest time of all the glad New Year; Os all the glad New Year, mother, the maddest, merriest day; For I'm to be Queen o the May, mother, I’m to be Queen o' the May. All the valley, mother, ‘ill be fresh and green and still. And the cowslip and the crowfoot are over all the hill. And the rivulet in the flowery dale 111 merrily glance and play, For I'm to be Queen o the May, mother, I’m to be Queen o' the May. —Tennyson. "The May Queen." No lovlier nor more charming birthday party has been given this season that than of Miss Ida Van Camp, when she entertained a large number of her friends Friday evening at her home on First street in celebration of her nineteenth natal day Everything combined to make the event a happy one. and even the home took on a specially rose-colored glow for the occasion, with great bowls of pink carnations here and there massed against pots of green living plants and vines, and with the rosy glow of pink-hooded candelabra thrown over all. Through the open archway of the library came the view of a most realistic gypsy fortune teller, seated before her open tent, its front of which glowed the red tire beneath a pile of real fagots, and over all was the shade of real maple branches. A card over the tent door proclaimed it "Esmeralda gypsy camp. Your fortune in a nut shell. The fortune teller in her gown of vivid red and yellow crepe paper, with a

little red shawl over her should..', countless bracelets on her arms, and a jaunty Iftt'e cap cn her dark hair, proved to be none other than Miss Bea Ice Van Camp. * BO provided much amusement by handing to each guest a little nut shell, in which was written the fortune of each. These were read and quite a merry time resulted. A number of other amusemen's were planned by Miss Ida. One wax a contest in which questions were answered by words beginning with •corn." Rev. Wise answered the greater number of these correctly an 1 was awarded a beautiful leather bound volume of Hurns’ poems, while the booby went to Don Smith—a brightly wrapped parcel, which, when he opened he found a sack of peanuts. In a contest for the forming of the greatest number of words from "April twentyninth” Free Frlsinger won the prize which was also a book, that favorite. "An O d Sweetheart of Mine." Music was rendered by the Misses Lilah and Naomi Dugan and hai>piness reigned during the entire evening. The hostess was assisted by the Mises Edwina Van Camp. Eola Gentis and Juanita Boch In serving a luncheon, which was very tempting and served in two courses. Bounteous raeasu'.es of good wishes for Miss Ida's future were given and echoed by all the guests, who were Misses Lilah Lachot. Ruth Ernst, Naomi Dugan, Ada Murray, Juniata and Eva Boch. Vernia Smith, Alice Dailey. Irene Smith. Messrs Herbert Lachot. Dick Boch, Woods, Don and Fred Smith. Rer. D. O. Wise, Bruce Patterson. Free Frisinger, John Cline and Mr. McQuay of Jackson. Mich., Bess and Clyde Baumgartner of Linn Grove. Quite the merriest of all class parties was that given Friday evening by Miss Margaret Mills at her home on Mercer avenue, the guests being her classmates, tne members of the sophomore class ot tne Decatur high school Just one glance at the home would proclaim that It was a high school party for everywhere were the colors —purple and gold—festoons of bright colored crepe paper streamers, caught to the walls and draped to the chandelier in the center of the room An interesting round of contests and games had been arranged, all of which were novel and highly enjoyed. Among ' such was a musical contest in rebus ' form. Various suggestive phrases I were given, to be answered by names, analagous to the two bodies in form. I but different in meaning, as "A part

scale," and so on through tITTT* ] scale,” and so o nthrough the i* * fourteen. The guests were the * * ed to play “fortune telling ** one was given a pie. e „ f note **» and asked to write a short par/**’ prophetic of some other the class. These were read a-j od to be quite Interesting Hri(J come true this class will t urn 0M * of the most wonderful, briliiam . best men and women in the A story contest was also interest?? instructive and amusing each J asked to write a twenty .fi Vt . Wor(1 ' naplng story, many of which quite thrilling. Refreshments, cslating of Ice cream and <ak e , w served. Those in attendance Zelda Snitz, Arthur Sheets, Teepie, Velma Lenhart, Lillian Blanche McCrory, Naomi Dugan, HgJ en Fonner, Gregg Neptune, Winitrar Burke, Neva Brandyberry R Ut h zell, Gladys Kern, Fran.. s Ward, li>. ta Erwin. Rose Green, Jennie Frances Cole. Sim Burke. Milton Y». ger, Dallas Elzey. William Boww. Lynn Shoemaker, Edgar Vancil, Cart Brodbeck, Carl Meyers. Shermn Beery, Perry Smith ana Vergil Kriet A very successful term of school« ; Washington township, district number one, west of thifi city, was closed Friday by the teacher, Miss Josephine Krick, of this city. To show their ip. preciation of her effort.’ during the 1 year the patrons of the s< hool plat. 1 ned a very pleasant surprise for bet. The pupils earn® as usual in the iuor> ing, bringing their usually innocwt looking dinner baskets, but at the noon hour the teacher was much* noprised to see the patrons coming h with well laden baskets filled *ti the best of substantiais and daintia from which a dinner was spread aai enjoyed by the thirty or forty vig surrounded the board. After dinar a well prepared program of recns tlons and addresses was given by the patrons and the day nosed happily, with the interchange of good wishes The home of Mrs. Irma Syphert, Hll Crescent avenue, was the scwe of a charming wedding last night, when her daughter. Edna May. became the bride of Mr Otis H irons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hirons. The lev. J. K. Cecil performed the ceremony tn the presence of the relatives of the bride and groom. Palms made a bank of graceful green for the bridal party and many carnations made the air (Continued on cage four.)