Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1910 — Page 2

■I ~ I The Daily Democrat. PVbUahad Every Evening, Except Sunday, by DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscript.** Rates: Far week, by carrier 10 cents Per year, by carrier 15.00 Par month, by mail 25 cents Far year, by mail 12.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poetoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. THE SEFRIT CHARGES In the Washington (Ind.) Herald, of which he is editor, Mr. Charles G. Sefrit made the charge on Monday, July 18, 1910, that Senator Beveridge would have voted for the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill if his one vote had been necessary for its passage. If Senator Beveridge would have voteC fur the Payne-Aldrich bill under ANY circumstances, his insurgency—based upon his vote AGAINST the tariff bill—an insincere act for the purpose of catching the votes of the thousands who are opposed to this republican tariff law. Mr. Sefrit is Senator Beveridge’s warm friend and admirer. He enjoys the confidence of the senator. Did he, then, speak from personal knowledge Mr. Sefrit is a member of the executive committee of the republican state committee. Did he, then, speak officially? ST Mr. Sefrit’s newspaper, the Herald, is regarded as “official.” Did he, then, speak with Senator Beveridge's knowledge and approval? The democratic press of Indiana has asked Senator Beveridge and Mr. Sefrit to reply. Neither has done so. Did Mr. Sefrit speak the truth? The voters are entitled to an answer. r~._ POULTRY FOR SALE. ■- - A fine lot of youngsters of the following birds: White Wyandottes of the Owen Farms Strain, White Leghorns of the Wyckoff Strain, bred for fancy and utility purposes. 2?,9t6 G. C. McCLURE, R. R. 6 Monroeville, Ind. MEN WANTED —To cut corn at the county farm. We have about twentw acres to cut and want a couple of men to help. Call at once. 239t2

riL_ ji~u in Special Premiums I <JGiven away on next | - Monday evening at the i rj Saratoga Rifle Range, k B Ist. Premium: Stephens Ideal ; Rifle. 2nd: $2 00 in Cash. y 3d: SIOO in Cash. U ” will be open n I all week until nine o’- 1 ’ clock Monday evening | I of next week. Hi : ""IFI

The Myers-Dailey Company tThe Fall stack of Boys Clothing is the broadest assortment of exclusive high-grade styles ever displayed in Decatur. The fine soft cassimeres and the strictly all-wool worsteds are shown for dressy occasions as well as the serviceable fabrics for School-wear. Every suit shows the perfect workmanship good taste and manly air that should distinguish the well dressed boy of today. Let us clothe the Boy we guarantee complete Satisfaction, Workmanship, Quality and Price. We’re showing the most complete line of Boy,s Hats and Caps -in f ac t the Young men’s store of Decatur is The Myers-Dailey Company.

SOCIETY DOINGS Mrs, Charles Miller Entertains Company of Decatur Friends on BIRTH ANNIVERSARY Young People’s Alliance Meets With Mrs. L. S. Woods This Evening. ' k Happy Thought. With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we have begun.—Abraham Lincoln. CLUB CALENDAR FOR WEEK. Tuesday. Euterpean—Mrs. John Peterson. Sewing—Mrs. Florence DeVilbiss. Historical—Mrs. P. B. Thomas. Young People’s Alliance —Mrs. L. S. Woods. Wednesday. Zion Lutheran Aid—Mrs. Charles Heckman. Shakespeare —Mrs. Boyers. Black Rag—Mrs. Bart France. Thursday. Thimble—Mrs. C. C. Shafer. U. B. Aid —Mrs. John Hill. Friday. Twilight Club—Oliver Schug. Mr. and Mrs. Schnepp, north of Convoy, entertained at their home Sunday tew or tneir friends, the guests being Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson of Wren, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Noah Murphy of Van Wert, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schnepp, Mr. and Mrs. Vai Schnepp, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Schnepp. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schnepp, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Manley, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence iller. Misses Cora and Dora Manley, Mildred Schnepp. Naomi Schnepp, DoroUry Schnepp and Flossie Manley, Messrs. Owen Mosure, Arthur Manley, Len Schnepp, Charley Schnepp and Henry Schnepp. At noon a delicious dinner was served. A good, old-fashioned time was spent during the remainder of the day, with music and social conversation, — I , .... I 1 ■ — A company of friends from this city were entertained at dinner and supper Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller at their home in Fort Wayne, the occasion being Mrs. Miller’s birthday anniversary. Music, conversation and other social diversions completed a very happy day's entertainment. The party included the following. Mr. and Mrs. Max Cline, Mesdames Sam Frank, Carrie Sutherland, Flora Patton, Peter Mougey, John Keller, John Barnett, Julia Colchin, Frank Keller, Henry Myers, Henry Voglewede. Will Badders, Ben Pillars, Celia Zeser, Miss Lizzie Voglewede and Edward Parent. Rev. and Mrs. Bauer, Rev. and Mrs. Dornseif and daughters, Clara and Milla, Prof, and Mrs. Dorn. Mr, and Mrs. Getting and son, Chester, Mrs. Sofa Wehmeyer, Mrs. Charles Graber were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer. Mrs. Wehmeyer will leave Thursday for Fort Wayne where she will visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Pyke and daughter, Zola, of Route 12 entertained at dinner Sunday a company of neighbors and friends. In the company were Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bohnke

and children, Frank Verne, Mary, Arthur and Gleny; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Railing and children, Mildred and Chris; Mrs. Lewis Murphy and children, Willie, Drussllla and Eva; the Misses Eva Boob, Clara Tricker, and Messrs. John Cline, Tim Sprague. The day was spent in conversation, and music was furnished by Miss Nellie Bohnke. The Young People’s Alliance of the Evangelical church will hold its regular business and social session this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Woods on Mercer avenue, beginning promptly at 7:30 o’clock. Each member is requested to be in attendance and to bring a friend. The society is planning to give a music recital in the near future and expects to have some good musical talent from out of the city as assistants. The Dorcas Daughters of the German Reformed church are preparing invitations for a “sock social" to be held in the near future. The invitations are both unique and witty in the form of rhyme. A penny for each number of size of the sock worn by the attendant will be the fee paid. Miss Huldah Mutchler entertained the Girls of True Blue of the German Reformed church at 6 o'clock pinner at her home northwest of the city. The merry party comprised Lydia Kirsch. Emma Weidler, Agnes Sellemeyer, Effie Miller and Huldah Mutchler. The Girls of True Blue of the German Reformed church are planning for a great Hallowe’en festival, and about seventy invitations will be issued. Fortune telling and other contests will be in order, the proceeds to go to the building fund of the new church. Henry Hite and family and C. E. Hocker made a trip Sunday in the Hocker auto to Maples, where they were entertained at the home of Mr. Hite’s sister, Mrs. Fred Fry. Box social at Union school, St. Mary's township, three and one-half miles southwest of Decatur, Friday, October 14th. H. A. Suman is the teacher. • • T - ’ : 'k - M_ -. 1 _ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knapp were visitors at Wren. Ohio. Sunday and enjoyed the day at the home of their niece, Mrs. L. E. Woodward. The Ladies' Aid society of the Zion Lutheran church will meet with Mrs. Charles Heckman Wednesday afternoon. A good attendance of the Black Rag i club is desired at the meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. Bart France tomorrow afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ross and children, Arthur, Harry and Bertress, of near Willshire, Ohio, were guests of John Barnett and Joe Cloud and families. A box social will be given at the Brandbyberry school. District No. 6, Washington township, next Saturday night if the weather permits. Everybody invited. Perle Miller is the teacher. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Salem church will meet -with Mrs. D. A. Helm Thursday afternoon. A full attendance is desired. o Mr, Krimmel, the piano tuner, is in Decatur this week. Parties wishing their piano tuned will, please leave word at the Murray Hotel, ’phone 57, at their earliest convenience. 240t2

SOAKS THE BOSS Hartford City Politicians Take the Advice of Senator Beveridge. RIGHT AT HOME A Republican Newspaper Turns on the Senator and His Various Bosses. DEMOCRATIC NEWS BUREAU, 325 Pythian Building. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat ! —Over in Hartford City, as well as in many other Indiana cities and counties, the voters are preparing to take advantage of Senator Beveridge’s invitation to “soak the political boss.” The Hartford City Times-Gazette, a republican newspaper, edited by Henry Geisler, speaks plainly upon this subject under the caption: “Soak the Political Boss? All Right." Continuing. the Times-Gazette says: "In his speech at Wabash Senator Beveridge declared that the ’day of the bosses had passed and that the safety of the people lay in their willingness to cast off the collar of petty bosses and take a stand with those who were for the measures that mean the greatest good to the greatest number.' “The senator advised the people to vote for the man and break away from the party bosses. “And the senator is right. He should sever his connection with the Eleventh district boss, Elam Neal. Then his talk about bosses might have more weight if he would tie a can to sub-boss Harry Pettit of Wabash, who travels the state over at the expense of his position. United States marshal, to have hand-me-down resolutions adopted that are first prepared by Beveridge himself. Here is what the Wabash Times-Star says of Beveridge's 'Sub-bosses at that city: “ ’lt is the opinion of many republicans in this county that Beveridge has very greatly injured his chances here and hurt the party generally by yielding to the tenacious grip of Harry Pettit, who is unable to carry his own precinct. Pettit’s appointments in Wabash county have been a sore disappointment to the republicans generally and disgusting to the democrats.’

“In Hartford City,’ continues the Times-Gazette, “his boss is Deputy Revenue Collector A. F. Kniseley. who never mis§es a convention and whose political activity in violation of the civil servce rules has long been notorous all over the district. “Mr. Beveridge ought to stick to ‘Mary of the vine-clad cottage’ and bear on the soft pedal when referring to a boss-ridden community of his own making, like the Eleventh.” The Times-Gazette then quotes verbatim in a letter written by Elam Neal to party workers in the Eleventh district, showing Neal's dictation in the matter of choosing delegates, which, under his orders, was to reelect District Chairman Stults. An extract is also published from another of Neal’s letters regarding the selection of delegates to the republican convention. The fact of the matter is that while Senator Beveridge is tearing up and down the state, waving his arms and crying "down with the political boss,” he is, himself, the finest example of a political boss in the state of Indiana. Through the federal patronage, which President Taft has never denied him as he did the real insurgents, Senator Beveridge has built up a political machine in Indiana that is without equal in the state’s history. He sits at the throttle, and every man who dares to oppose him by word or deed is crushed by the Beveridge road-roller. Senator Beveridge has captured the republican machinery and dominates the organization from precinct committeemen to the members of the state committee. They are ail of his own choosing. And never has a political machine in Indiana had at its head a man so domineering, autocratic and head-strong. He has sub-bosses in each district and in each county. The situation in Hartford City is no different from that in dozens of other counties. It is the result of Senator Beveridge s methods. He is a “boss.” All authority is in his hands and it is passed out at his discretion to his trusted sub-bosses. His attitude is well illustrated in the appointment of a postmaster in one county. The incumbent was an applicant for reappointment. He had opposition, other candidates springing up for the place. The contest dragged along, Senator Beveridge permitting it to flourish until all parties to it, and (Continue Gon page 4.)

MAGLEY ITEMS. Mrs. Jennie (Parks) Shalle is recovering nicely from a siege of typhoid fever. Mrs. Charles Kolter is reported as about the same. She has a lingering case of malarial fever. A girl baby came Sunday to brighten the home of Mail Carrier HarryBauer and wife. Dewey Cassada, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Cassada, is very sick with typhoid fever. Trustee Daniel W. Hoffman and wife entertained Ed Luttman and family for dinner and supper Sunday. Misses Hazel Van Camp and Emma Reppert and Mr. Charles Reppert spent Sunday at Vera Cruz, visiting friends. Misses Adella and Hannah Fruchte and Miss Amanda Fruchte spent Sunday in Decatur, the guests of Christie Bucher and family. Mr. and Mrs. Christ Annen entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Fruchte and Miss Mildred Fruchte for dinner Sunday. Ed Luttman left for Fort Wayne this morning with a load of produce for the Wayne market. Miss Catherine Fiske of Ft. Wayne will be the guest of Mrs. Ed Luttman this week. Charley Scherry has been suffering from an attack of gall stone colic, but is reported as better. The carpenters and masons are very busy working at the new home of Peter Helmrick and hope to get it ready for occupancy before cold weather. The muck corn is badly frosted; also other crops in the lowlands. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Worthman of Decatur spent Sunday with friends here. Mrs. Charley Dettinger is suffering from a badly sprained ankle and is compelled to use crutches to enable her to be about the house. Ralph Dettinger has accepted a position on the Erie section after spending the summer in Huntington. Jake Conrad is again able to go to work after about six weeks' lay-off on account of sickness. Dan Scherry left today for Fort Wayne, where he is taking treatment from a specialist for a complication of diseases. Grant Pyle of Bluffton was a business visitor in Magley today. e— FOR RENT —Four roomed house on South Third street. Call on Dyonis Schmitt. 239t3

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REWARD—A reward of five dollars has been offered by Jacob Martin for the return of his watch and fob which has been missing for several wee Ks. The reward will also be divided for the return of either watch or fob. 240t3

FOR RENT —Seven roomed house, N. Second street; gas, cellar, water in house. See Jacob Atz. 237 U SEWING WANTED—WiII take work home or go to patrons’ houses, inquire Annice Wilder, R. R. 7 or 'phone M-10. . 234tl