Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1910 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. __J■ ' ■ - Publlih.d Every Evening, Except Sunday, by BECATUB DE HOCBAT COMPANY. LEW & ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates: Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier $5.00 Per month, by mall 25 cents Per year, by mall $2.50 Single Coplee 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Hntersd at the postofflce at Decatur, tndiaac as second<lass mall matter. MR. ROOSEVELT NOT DISAPPOINTED After reading the rather savage editorial In the New York Evening Post, Mr. Roosevelt said that it was just what he “expected.” It is pleasant to know that he was not disappointed; for it would have been a pity had anything been lacking to make his present trip a delight. In every feature It seems to have measured up to his fondest expectations. He even saw once more the famous act of “bulldogging” a broncho —that is, biting '. through his ear. This pleasant performance was apparently a feature of the program. And so of Mr. Roosevelt's half-mile dash round the track on the back o< a fiery steed. His thir-ty-ml.e ride Sunday proved that he was “fit.” His speech showed his old devotion to the fine arts. And as a result of it all the cowboys, the cowgirls and the Indians were delighted, as was Mr. Roosevelt himself. We have seen no reference to moving pictures in connection with the Cheyenne festa. It is to be hoped that such pictures were taken. They would be most interesting and instructive, not only to the people of today, but to future generations. May we not hope ; that some enterprising and public-I

School Time The getting ready for school store for Boy’s We are here with the school suits for you and you know this is ‘the store where you can come alone and be fitted just as carefully as though your folks were with you. Mother’s send your Boy’s here--Strong sturdy suits that will stand the hard knocks $2.50 to SB.OO The (Myers-Dailey Go. Clothiers & Furnishers. v , ir.~-.. [I The County I 11 van Wert,' Fair... | 11 II I 0 Bigger,Better,Greater f| fj Grander than Ever | A story of progress, of z' energy, and proud ac- || 1910 ) complishment—in agriculture, ri] \. J horticulture, domestic science, bd , -— fine arts, stock raising and mechanical invention, with program 111 of pleasure, horse racing, music, r-a balloon ascensions, rube acrobatic & acts, and many forms of amuse- K-j ______________ ment only witnessed at a county ————————————— f a j r> J SEPTEMBER Eemem ~ he Dates . jJ i 12 13,14,15,16 Special trains on all roads ’ JI E. V. Walborn, Sec’y. | qr" —r ''~~i . ir 1 ' i

spirited cltlsen has conferred this boon on the American people* Tew of us have ever seen a broncho “bull-dog-g<Ml.' few, indeed, have ever seen a broncho "busted.” And no man now alive ever saw a former president of the United States dashing wildly and happily found a half-mile track amid the tumultuous applause of cowboys and cowgirls and Indians. The scene Is really one for a great historic painter—Meissonler, for Instance. But the moving picture is the great educator of the present day. New types and new experiences are always interesting. Both were presented at Cheyenne. It would be a calamity to fail to make the most of them. —Indianapolis News. GOOD PROGRAM AT SALEM. Miss Bertha Carver, the blind soloist, will give a concert at Salem M. E. church Thursday evening, September Ist, at 8 o clock. The program is as follows: Selection—Decatur Orchestra. Song—“ Hosanna" —Jules Granier. Song—" The Swan” —Jules Granier. Violin Solo—Warren Hamrick. Song—“ Ave Maria”—From Rusticana. Song—“ Springtime—Becker Beck- ; ers. Violin Solo—ll Travatore Selection. Song—"My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" —Cantabile, from Samson et Dalita. Five Minutes’ Rest. Selection by Orchestra. Song—" Spring Flowers —Carl Reinecke; with violin obligato played by W. A. Hamrick. Song—"ln Sevilles’ Groves" —Martin Van Lent. Orchestra Selection. Song—“ Holy City”—Steven Adams. Orchestra Selection. A number fronj this city will be in attendance. Mrs. Frank Butler has returned from Detroit, where she visited with her sister, Mrs Frank Kern. Another sister, Mrs. Fred Avery, was also a . guest there, returning the preceding ' week.

AN UGLY MUDDLE Is That of the Republicans in the Eighth District Just Now. IT’S CROMER AGAIN Also Leffler—A Mr. Eiler Speaks Right Out and Just What He Thinks. I DEMOCRATIC NEWS BUREAU. 325 Pythian Building. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 30 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—The growing rebellion among the real republicans of Indiana against the domination of Senator Beveridge’s state committee 1 is well illustrated in Delaware county where George Cromer has arisen again to the surface and through a deal with the Beveridge lieutenants is for the present clothed in his oldtime powers as a “boss." No county in Indiana is entirely free from dissatisfaction and defiance, growing out of the dictatorship of Senator Beveridge. The situation in Delaware county is an aggravated example, and is made plain in a letter from John C. Eiler. published in the Muncie Star. Mr. Eiler has worked for and with the republican party most of his life and has been county chairman in Delaware county, as well as city chairman in Muncie. He is one of tfle wheel-horses of Delaware county. Cromer Is distasteful to the real republicans of Delaware county and the Eighth congressional district. They retired him from congress and suggested. forcibly, that he retire to private life. Now Cromer Is a candidate for judge of the superior court in a circuit comprising Delaware and Grant counties, and the deal by which the Beveridge state committee upheld Cromer’s position in a controversy with" a rival candidate in Grant county. has capped the climax. In 1907 Mr. Eiler published a statement warning the republicans of Delaware county against Cromerism and calling their attention to the significant defeat of Cromer in his congressional race. “Unless the republicans of Delaware county get rid of the bosses (referring to Cromer and Joseph G. Leffler) the city of Muncie and the county will reap the same fate experienced by What is the remedy? It is this: That the Eighth congressional district. George W. Cromer and Joseph G. Leffler, together with their cabinets, 'go way back and sit down and keep very, very still.’ ” When I wrote the foregoing I little thought (and yet I am not surprised), that Muncie, with a republican majority then of twelve hundred, would so soon demonstrate by unanswerable evidence, the truth of my prediction, by the democrats, at the last electeion electing every city officer by about twelve hundred majority, so that there is not even one or a piece of one republican saved to tell the tale. "And more than that, the chances seem very favorable to a like result in our next county election. Neither Cromer nor Leffler, or both combined, in loving harmonious action, could save the city ticket, neither will they be able to do so in the county results.” Mr. Eiler goes on to show that the so-called republican central committee in Delaware county is merely the personal organization of Cromer and that the last real republican committee in that county was the one elected in 1890. “Since then,” he says, “the republican party has had no committee. It has not now. The bosses, usually Cromer, have had a committee. Cromer has one now. The republican party has none. Cromer's interests are first and paramount and the republican voters get what is left, which is usually 'dog-goned' little. Who dares deny this?” Mr. Eiler refers to and quotes from a statement issued by the secretary of the Delaware county committee in which it is admitted that the membership of the committee is of Cromer’s own choosing. This statement Includes this paragraph: “Practically unanimously it (the committee) standsfor the candidacy of Judge Leffler for congress, so long as Mr. Leffler is insured the support of Cromer. On the 1 other hand Mr. Cromer’s friends are , demanding that there be no Delaware county opposition to his candidacy for superior judge.” This arouses Mr. Eiler. "Did you ever?” he inquires. “L Is a great error to say that the frienus of Cromer demand so and so. for it is Mr. Cromer himself who demands it, with a notice served on Mr. Leffler that, unless he kills every Delaware ;

county man who dares exercise his privilege to oppose Cramer, bls name will be 'Dennis.' And yet this is the | man who shall be our judge * * * Wi>) such a man who thus demands and threatens destruction to all opposition, usurping the rights of the people, hesitate to inflict punishment upon him, seeking justice solely because he has exercised his God-given rights?" This is the trend of popular opinion in Muncie and Delaware county, as well as in the Eighth district, and it is in the face of this that Senator Beveridge's stale committee has entered into an alliance with Cromer to restore him permanently to power. In return Senator Beveridge expects to receive the vote in the republican leg illative caucus of David Lambert of Muncie, who is a hold-over republican senator and Cromer’s brother-in-law. SOCIETY DOINGS Mrs. Dan Beery Entertaining Sewing Club and Other Guests. ATTEND CONVENTION Os Kappa Kappa Gama Sorority—Birthday Celebration for Mrs. America. CLUB CALENDAR FOR WEEK. Monday. Lady Maccabee Social—Mrs. Jacob Eady. Tuesday. Sewing Club—Mrs. Dan Beery. Evangelical A aid —Section 1, with Mrs. Sol Linn; Section 2, at the parsonage. Wednesday. St. Vincent de Paul—Mrs. W. A Kuebler. Thursday. M. E. Missionary—Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers. This world that we’re a livin’ in Is mighty hard to beat. W’e get a thorn with every rose, But ain’t the roses sweet! —Frank L. Stanton. The seventy-first anniversary of Annis America was celebrated Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Zerkel. About thirty-seven people gathered mere to remind her that she had reacnea ner seventy-first ’ milestone. At noon a sumptuous din- ! ner was served, consisting of al! the ' dainties imaginable. Ice cream was then served in the afternoon and all had an enjoyable time. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John America and daughter, Glennis; Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Fisher and children, lola, Ireta and 'Glen; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baxter ; and children. Charlie, Floyd and ‘ Grace; Mrs. Coppock and children, ’ Rolla, Walter and Delbert; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hawkins and children, Pearle, Kenneth, Emegene and Eloise; Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins and ' daughter, Mary of Tipton county; Mr. , and Mrs. Harry Fuhrman and daugh- * ter, Bernice; Mrs. Ida Chronister and mother, Mrs. Durr; Mrs. Emma Zerk- ! el. Mr. Neil America of Wren, Ohio; i Mr. and Mrs. Orland Ritter and Perle ! Miller. All departed at a late hour, i wishing her many more 'such happy occasions. Mr. and Mrs. David Fennig of Mercer county entertained an automobile crowd from Adams county, composed of well known people, including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martz and their aged mother, Mrs. Susan Martz, who is eighty-seven years old; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hendricks of Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Schroyer, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and daughter. Music was rendered by Miss Fanny Fennig and Harvey Fennig, which was fine, and a very sumptuous dinner was served. ' consisting of chicken and every known delicacy. Everybody had a most enjoyable time. Mr. Jasper Wabble, the chauffeur, said that the Meecer county people surely know how to entertain. All left wishing for a safe journey home, and a promise of a welcome upon a return. Miss Bess Failing of Flint, Mich., who is visiting with her sister, Mrs. E. B. Adams, is the guest of honor of a number of social gatherings this week. Miss Minnie Orvis gave a theater party for her, the company numbering six, including besides the guest of honor and her sister, Mrs. Adams, the Misses Nettie Moses, Bess Schrock and Laura Alban. After attending the Crystal airdome they enjoyed refreshments at the Joseph parlors. Mrs. Adams has issued invitations for a party in her honor Saturday evening that promises to be a pleasant one. Mr. and Mrs. William Drake enter-

I * I I There Will be Plenty of I Hot Weather Yet | Get the Girls School | Now<m | We are in readiness with juvenile apg parel suitable for school and fall wear. I Girls clothing in the most popular 8 models, a great variety of stylish effects I in girls dresses, rain caps, coats and >4 s suits. g We are alsojshowing our Fall Dress A 1 Goods in all medium prices. w S We are showing greater values than | ever before. Come in, we are glad to 11 I show you around. JL > f I I

tained at 12 o'clock dinner Sunday, the guests being Mr. and Mrs. Levi Mumma and family. Mr. and Mrs. Denison Krick, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackson of Fort Wayne, Mrs. L. W. Schnepp of Van Wert, Ohio; Mrs, Ruth Drake. Mrs. Louisa Krick, Clarence Drake and Miss Lola Drake. The afternoon was spent in music and a good social time. Mrs. Frank Roberson and daughters, Pearl and Erma, Mrs. Kern and daughters from Rockford, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Evans, son and daughter, Royland and Polene, of Chattanooga, Ohio; Miss Goldie Hendricks of Monroe, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Lobenstine, where an enjoyable time and a good dinner were the attractions. Mrs. Dan Beery was hostess to the Sewing club this afternoon. Guests other than the club members were Mrs. Pressnail of Huntington, Mrs. Mil ss Pillars. Jonesboro, Ark., and Mrs. Dan Erwin, and a very enjoyable time was spent. J. R. Porter and family were enter- , tained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Merriman. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Atz entertained a number of friends at their home on North Second street last Sunday and a most pleasant time was enjoyed by all. The guests were all from out of (Continue don page 4.) SIGNS JUST received a roll of sign cloth and if you need an advertising Mgn at the fair come in. Decatur Carriage Paint Shop E. Madison St. W. B. Porter

STJLAYED —A big yellow Jersey cow, from the Abe Bock farm. A reward or returns same to Mr. Bock. 199t3

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