Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1911 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening, Except Sunday By DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER 1 11 '-J -e— — Subscription Rate* Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier $5.00 Per Month by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies • cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poatoffice at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mail matter. MODERN MERCHANDIZING. Some of the merchants who hold to the older business methods do not quite realize how modern trade has abandoned its former passive attitude. Our older men will recall a time when buyers of manufactured goods used to visit the factories to make J their purchases. Manufacturing then was pretty well concentrated in the . eastern states, and the long difficult journeys were taken to see the goods personally. A manufacturer of those days would have laughed at the idea that he spend his good money in sending . out salesmen on costly junketing I trips to jolly up the retailers. He was sure of a certain trade by sit- ( ting in his tracks, and waiting for the business to come to his door. Today the buyers sit down in their stores and wait for the manufacturer to send salesmen to see them, and manufacturers that fail to do this lose their trade. But a remnant of retailers still think they can do business of the old time principle of let- ( ting trade come to you. The public, however, assumes that the man who thus fails to play the game of modem merchandizing lacks confidence in his , goods, since he is not willing to pay I the ordinary expenses of selling; them. The newspaper advertisement serves with marvelous efficiency as

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the retailer's traveling salesman. It tells his story to thousands of readers in the time a salesman would spend talking to one customer. r Watch a train load of people when the new periodicals are brought in. Two out of three turn first to the : advertising. They read the stories and articles a little afterward, and , finally turn to the advertising again. I If you enter the homes when the 10-1 1 cal newspaper is distributed, you would find a similar searching scrutiny of the store news. The reason is obvious. The general news relates to things not directly connected with the personal interest of the reader. The advertising talks about one's every-day interests, like clothing and house furnishings and personal belongings. It appeals to the ever-present desire to live comfortably and attractively, and to reduce the cost of living. How can people help reading it? How could McNamara, the Indianap'olis man recently rushed to Los An- ' geles, for connection with the dyna- ! miting cases, be a fugitive from jusj tice, if he had never been there? That is the question now asked, and with some merit. Under the law. a man charged with a crime cannot be taken from one state to another unless he is a fugitive and it is held i that a man cannot be a fugitive unj less he flees from one place to another. Since McNamara had not been , to the coast it looks like he had some defense. But the fellow who says he couldn't be taken, is like the man who told his comrade that they couldn't put him in jail for certain reasons. He's there just the same. Local option elections were held in seven counties yesterday and the I ‘ drys’’ won in eight units and the “wets” captured but two. Union i township in Gibson county and Wash--1 ington township in Green county vot!ed '‘wet,” while Cass township. Green I county; Patoka, Pike county; Penn, ; St. Joseph county; Cicero, Tipton j county, and Brown. Posey and Washington in Washington caunty, voted “dry.”

Burns, the great New York detective, was arrested at Indianapolis by an ordinary constable. The detective smiled and joked about the matter, while the local officer swelled with pride over his accomplishment. It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good. No less than a dozen men have grown famous in the past week over the dynamiting case, and there may be more before the matter is definitely settled. Congressman John Adair has received another recognition of his worth and ability, having been named as chairman of the sub-committee of the District of Columbia committee that has charge of the streets ahd alleys of the national capital. His work is similar to that of the chairmanship of the Board of Public Works in other cities. He will prove a valuable man in this capacity. SOCIETY DOINGS Miss Lilah Lachot Will be Hostess to Entre Nous Club Thursday. A DOUBLE AFFAIR Was Birthday Celebration 'at Wolf Home —Family Reunion. • Life Lines. Jollying is an art made up of flattery, lies, and a smiling countenance. —John Emery hite. CLUB CALENDAR FOR WEEK. Wednesday. Priscilla—Grace Purdy. St. Vincent de Paul—K. of C. Hall. I. O. O. F. Anniversary Celebration. Thursday. Entre Nous —Lilah Lachot. Evangelical Aid—Mrs. J. A. Smith. Flohrul de Purin—lnez Coverdale. Friday. Mite Society—M. E. church. Orient—Mrs. W. R. Dorwin. Queen Esther Social—Miss Estella Chronister. ■ Christian Aid—Mrs. D. F. Quinn. Sunday at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs S. W. Wolf,

four miles west of Monroe, occurred one of the most pleasant surprises of the season, the event being in honor of their eightieth birthday anniversaries, their birthdays occurring just ten days apart. Present were their son. Joseph and wife, fifteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchil-dren. Three grandchildren were absent and also their daughter, Mrs. B. F. Hartman, of Ross, N. D. Everybody came with well-filled baskets and enjoyed themselves immensely, and it was late before everyone departed to their respective homes, however, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Wolf many more returns of the day. Those present were Messrs, and Mesdames Joseph Wolfe and son, Lloyd; George Wolfe; Chadles Wolfe and sons, Kenneth and Leßoy; Ora Andrews and sons, Alvin and Virgil; Ernest Lusk and daughter, Mabel of Decatur; Morris Studabaker of Vera Cruz; Noah Hoffman, son, Paul and daughter, Naomi; Dick Hughes, Edward Hecke and son, Paul, and Mrs." Ernst Heche of Bluffton; Orval Osterman and sons, Harlan, Rolla and Robert, of Monroe; Otto Gilpen and son, Marion; Frank Johnson and daughters, Golda and Dorothy; Misses Dessie Wolfe and Mary Kline, and Mr. Jacob Hoffman. Mrs. B. B. Harkless and Miss Edna Welty left this morning for Collett, where they will attend the Auglaize branch of the Woman's Missionary society of the United Brethren church. The ladies go as delegates from the Pleasant Grove United Brethren church east of this city. A very good program has been arranged for today and this evening. The Misses Della Ehnnan and Le-' na Dodane of Fort Wayne were the guests of honor at a 6 o’clock dinner given Sunday evening by Miss Mayme Harting, who invited several of her friends to spend the evening together. The invited guests were Misses Edith Miller, Lena and Anna Meyers. The society will hold a strictly business meeting Friday afternoon in the church parlors and it is the request that all members, and especially the chairmen of all committees be in attendance. The Needlecraft club enjoyed an

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unusually good time Tuesday evening with Miss Clara Weiland hostess at her home on West Monroe street. There were several guests, including the Misses Henriette Yocke, Madge Hite, Martha Gotsch and Gladdes Bowers. Music, both instrumental and vocal, by Miss Henrietta Yocke and •others, added much to the pleasure of the evening, as did the tempting refreshments served by the hostess. Miss Vernia Smith will be hostess next Tuesday evening instead of the regular Thursday evening. Miss Lilah Lachot will entertain the Entre Nous club Thursday evening.

The Woman's Missionary society of the Presbyterian church held a very interesting meeting Tuesday . afternoon at the home of Mrs. Eli Meyer, carrying out the program as ; announced, and closing with a so- ! cial. OH— ———— A MASS MEETING Has Been Called by Reform ! Element at French Lick For Next Sunday. ROB JEWELRY STORE Chicago House Robbed of Valuable Jewels —President Taft in New York. (United Press Service.) French Lick, Ind., April 26 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —Charging that gambling is being conducted on a more extensive scale than at any time during the past year, the reform element has called a mass meeting for next Sunday. It is asserted that as high as 500 people have been admitted to the gambling parlors of Brown's hotel in a single evening during the past week. Chicago, 111., April 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Driving to the jewelry store of Edward Alberti in an automobile today, three men held up Alberti, his son and a salesman named Abe Strauss, and escaped with between |25,000 and $50,001) worth of jewelry and S3OO in cash, which they took from the safe. Cleveland, Ohio, April 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —When the grand jury reports this afternoon on the probe into the alleged rebating in Ohio, it is reported, that one of the biggest railroad men in the country and several lesser railroad men and steel trust officials will be indicted. Washington, D. C., April 26 —(Spec-

ial to Daily Democrat) —President Taft left this morning for New York where he will fill a half-dozen engagements. After becoming a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, this afternoon, he will go to his brother's home. Tonight he will deliver an address at the opening of the industrial exposition for the blind. o COVINGTON WEDDING. Announcements of the wedding of Miss May Overman of Covington, Ky., to Mr. Joseph Dressman, also of that city, were received in the city this morning, stating that the wedding occurred Tuesday morning at the Mother of God Catholic church. Miss Overman enjoys a wide acquaintance here, and is also related to many, and on several occasions visited here during the summer seasons. The Cincinnati Enquirer today contained the following concerning the marriage: "The wedding of Joseph Dressman and May Overman, daughter of Henry Overman, of the firm of the H. Schleutker Wholesale Grocery company, were married yesterday morning at the Mother of God church by Rev. Henry Tappert. After the ceremonies a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, 40 West Sixth street, and the couple left for a trip through Kentucky. They received many presents.

IF ITS rtftßDWftßt WE’VE GOT IT We can t afford to be without it. W hen our business is based on quick, competent, accurate service-we must have it. Your wants will be supplied without dissapointment, without delay. Our stock is complete-wanting nothing. Our quality is not surpassed by any-we have the best, and nothing but the t)CSu Your visit to our store will be appreciated, even if you do not buy. We just received two car-loads of buggies-all beauties-also several car-loads of farm implements, sewing machines, washing machines, and cutlerv In fact we ve got anything you want. J ' LAMAN <& LEE Sellers Os Good Goods

PROPERTY FOR SALE. Good 80-acre farm in Union township, fair buildings. Also 7 room house on Tenth street, Decatur. Also house and lot in Monmouth. Write or call Nora Ahr, lock box 165, Decatur, Ind. ’Phone 386. . 95t6 — —o 1 DEMOCRAT WANT ADS' PAY BIG

TOMORROW, TODAY WILL ’ BE YESTERDAY put off doing the right thing the harder it looks. Smoke home cigars try a “WHITE STAG” jlNow today and be no regrets for yesterday. ASK ANY DEALER

FOR LEASE —Factory building,lo.ooo j sq. ft. First, second, third floon, adapted to light manufacturing. Elevator, good light, steam heat. Central. Close to market. —O G. Norris, Alton. 111. FOR RENT —One new house, also one for sale, cheap, and on reasonable terms. Enquire of P. K. Kinney agency, over interurban station 9St'