Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1911 — Page 2

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DAILY DEMOCRAT .. “ ■ . — . PvWlshsd Evsey Evening, Exssp* Sunday By ttUTUt BENOCtAT CONFAM LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN M. HELLER Subscription Rats* Pgr Weok, by carrier 10 cent* Par Tear, by carrier W OO Per Mosth by mall 25 ceaU Per Tear, by mall 82 50 •ingle Copies 2 cent* Advertising rate* made known on application. Entered at the poetoffice at Decatur, Indiana, a* second-class mail matter. FUTURE FOR AUTO TRUCKS The recent hot spell in New York killed 1,708 horses m two weeks. Not an automobile died from heat. This, with the soaring price ot bay and oats, adds jusj a little more to the speed with which the age of the horseless city seems to be approaching. The recent investigation made by the Wall street Journal indicates that the price or horses still holds up fairly well, but it seems probable that the horse's days are numbered in the city. The condition is by no means limited to j this country. The auto has monopolized Paris; in London the famous old horse bus has all but disappeared; and now there are some unreliable figures which indicate that 70 per cent of the automobiles in this country are used for business purposes The figure is undoubtedly too high, but it is evident ahat the auto is passing from the status of a pleasure and touring vehicle to the utilitarian basis which the bicycle reached. Already 1 there are 240 different kinds of motor trucks manufactured in this country within a week a string of forty different ones will make a trip through Indiana. What is to become of the horse? Os course, the automobile, and even the motor truck, will dis place him in some instances in the country, and there, too. he will probably be pressed even . harder by the sturdy mule. But even at that he will always be the mainstay of the man who raises our breadstuff* It I seems that he 1* losing his hold as an entertainer. The automobile and aero- ■ plants as racers, draw the crowds now. His old place in front of the fire wag-I on is being taken by the motors, and there are even automobile hearses in Europe Certainly the future of the horses and horse raiser, notwithstanding the continuance of high prices, is not very rosy. But whatever comes, there will always be some at least who will have a warm spot in their hearts for the animal that, next to the dog, comes nearest being man s companion.—lndianapolis News. STRIKE MAY FOLLOW. (United Press Service.) Chicago. 111., Aug B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The demand for an increase in wages aggregating >50,(iOO.OOO may threaten a general strike on railroads west of Chicago, according to Julius. Kruttschnitt. vice president of the ‘ Union Pacific and Southern Pacific companies, here today. The demand is said to have been presented by shopmen. An eight-hour day is demanded, with union foremen. The road cannot stand the increase. v . . WANTED —Good lathers. Will pay 3*4c per yard, board and room. Apply Knapp's hardware, Decatur, Ind. 17513 o ■ WANT ADS’

WHILE our suit sale has been the most Successful ever conducted, never the less we have some exceptional values in each of the following lots, QE3O At $9,15 Suits worth $13.50 and $15.00 At $12,45 Suits worth $16.00 and SIB.OO At $15,00 Suits worth $20.00 and $21.00 At SIB,OO Suits worth $22.50 and $25.00 OE3O THE MYERS-DAILEY CO.

SOCIAL DOING' Lee Anna Vance Entertains Sixteen Little Friends at Birthdeay Party. GIVEN ON THE LAWN Leo and Gertrude Ulman Entertain Friends—Other Social Affairs. Life Line*. A happy disposition is a prism that deflect* the blue rays.—John Emery White. The Sunday school classes of the Christian church, taught by Miss Dessie Beerv and Miss Vivian Dawson, met at the church tnis morning at i 8 o’clock and then went to Steele's. pafk, where they enjoyed a picnic. In the absence*of Miss Dawson, who is at Columbus. Indiana, Miss Ruby Artman has charge of her class. Leo Ulman and sister. Miss Gertrude. delightfully entertained Sunday j evening for their sister. Cecelia, at! j the beautiful country home of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Ulman, in Union township. The evening was spent in playing various games, inter- i mingled with music, after which a delicious luncheon was served, making it a very enjoyable occasion, one not to be forgotten very soon. During the evening first prizes were won by Miss Ixuiise Wertzberger and Mr. Herman 1 Geimer and the consolation prizes by i Miss Bertha and Mr. Roman Steigmeyer. The invited guests included the Misses Bertha Ulman. Louise • Wertzberger. Bertha and Dorothy ! , Steigmeyer, Verena Niblick. Anna, Teresa and Agnes Miller, Messrs. Joe Florien and Herman Geimer, Roman i Steigmeyer, Charles Miller, Pau] Hoff-, man. John Wertzberger. Leo Meyers i and William Lichtle. The marriage of Miss Art ha Vere; Kleinknight. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin H Kleinknight. and Mr. j John Ralph Pursley, a son of L. P. Pursley, took place Saturday evening at 6 o’clock, at the home of R“v. J. C. Valentine, pastor of the Epworth, | church, at the home on South Morgan i street. The couple reside near Kings-* land, and he is a young gardener.— Bluffton News Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gick of 943 Erie ; street celebrated their silver wedding \ anniversary on Sunday by entertaini ing relatives and friends to the’number of seventy-five. Tables for a fin° dinner served by Mrs. William Ger- ’ hardt, who catered, was enjoyed by ' the company in the large yard of the Gick home. At the center table were the immediate family and Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and Rev. and Mrs. Pau! Miller, of St. Paul’s Lutheran church, with which the Gick family is prominently connected. The immediate family of Mr. and Mrs. Gick consists of their four daughters. Misses /'sther. Cecelia, lona and Gloa, ind one son. Paul Gick. all of whom are social favorites with their young friends. The tables were very pretty with their decorations of baskets of white flowers and ferns, while the flowers in the garden furnished all the bright colors needed. The house was decorated with asters and sweetpeas. Mr. and Mrs. Gick were married in Decatur August 6, 1886. Mrs. Gick was Miss Minnie Runge and she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ered Runge of that place. Springfield. 111.,.was hei birthplace. Mr. Gick is a prosperous business man who tra'els for the Baxter Stove company of Mansfield, Ohio. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. ' Mr. and Mr*. Henry Peters of Fort*

Wayne, formerly of this city, enter-1 rained a happy company of rotative* at dinner Sunday, the guest* being Mr. and Mr*. Mart Miller, Mr. and Mr*. Chris Borne, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reppert of thia city and their guests, Mrs William Hi hl man and daughters of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr and Mrs Gust Yager and Mr. and Mrs. Charts Houck ot Bluffton, Mr. and Mr*. Elton Crumm gnd Mr. and Mr*. Oscar Crumm of Fort Wayne. One of the very pleasant dinner parties of Sunday was given by Mr. and Mrs H E Butler of Root township, covers tor the following guebts being laid at the sumptuously spread table; Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Leonard and family and their guests, Earl Dill and Elma Helvie of Pontiac. III.; Mr. and Mrs. Will Butler. Mr. and Mr*. Charles Cook and daughter. Dorothy, the Misses Beulah Fuhrman and Edith Rice. The day was otherwise spent in a general, quiet, social way. , Bernard Terveer is said to be getting along very nicely since his operation of Sunday. Mr*. D. B. Erwin gave a dinner par ty today noon for Mr* O. L. Vance and her guest, Mr*. Tom Miller, of Bluffton The same ladies were entertained at supper this evening by Mrs. Fred Sellemeyer. Y Sixteen little friend* joined with Miss Lee Anna Vance in making merry on the afternoon of her third birthdayanniversary Monday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mr*. O. L. Vance, the spacious and shady lawn being given over to the festivities. Games of all kinds delighted the little ones, and then little tables were set on the lawn where, with fo|ir tot* seated at each, a tempting luncheon in three courses, carrying out the pretty colors of pink and white, was served. The feature was the large birthday cake, prettily iced, bearing the figure three in the center in-dainty icing, and surrounded by three twinkling taper®. Miss Lee Anna herself cut the cako. and distributed it* tempting piece* to the guests. A gue*t of honor was Miss Mary Ann Miller of Bluffton, who with her little sister and mother, Mrs. Tom Miller, bare been guest* at the Vance home. The mother* of the ‘ babes were also invited to spend the afternoon at the Vance home to meet Mrs Miller, and the older ones enjoyed the day fully as well as did the tots Miss Lee Anna received several very fine gifts from her friends in memory of the natal day and its manv happy promises. The Baptist Ladies Aid society will be entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. H. L. Coverdale. This will be the first meeting in a month, or since the beginning of the evangelistic services. when the society discontinued its meetings and it is desired that a large attendance of the membership be present. Mr. and Mrs. EarUßurdg. Mrs. Ed Schuler of Toledo. Ohio, and Mjss Inez Dawson of Portland, who was enroute home from a six weeks’ visit in Toledo. Ohio, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Burdg. — MRS. C. BRITTSON DEAD. Death Occurred This Morning From Tuberculosis. The death of Cleona, wife of Carey prittson. well known here, occurred this morning at the home of her laifather, Harvey S. Miller, just across the Indiana-Ohio state line. Mrs Brittson had been ill for many month.with tuberculosis, and death came tc her this morning while sitting in he chair. Since the death of her father Harvey Miller, which occurred last January 16th, she has been living at the homestead with her husband, and her two brothers. Arthur and Joe Mil ler. She leave* a husband and one daughter, Dorothy. The funeral wil be held Thursday morning, leaving the house at 9 o’clock for Clark’® Chapel, where the burial will take ' place.

•EGAN WORK TODAY. I ' Portland Comenittss "Gos*" Right RigM-of-wsy. •’To take up the right-of-way for the i extension of the Fort Waynb & Spring- : field traction line, from this city to : the Adams county line, the committee i' named at the last Thursday evening • meeting at the court room will start out Tuesday morning,'" say* the Port-. land Commercial-Review. ‘ From that time they expect to continue actively I at the work until It is completed It . is probable that all of the member* of ; the committee will be at the work. It was expected to start the taking up r of the land Monday morning, but on i account of delay in securings ?ome of . the descriptions, there was a day * > latenes*. si “It is not expected that any difficuli ty will be encountered in securing the j t necessary strip of land. A number of those whose lands will be needed have already signified a willingness ■ -to donate the strip required. The work • will have to be done within the next week, if the conditions laid down to the traction company by the eastern - capitalists are to be met. “At Berne, Geneva and Monroe, meetings have been held of the busi- i ■ ness men and other* interested, and the same proposition presented to' them as to Portland people. There was much enthusiasm and pledge* i were made that the right-of-way would be secured in the time given.” — o G. R. A I. TIME TABLE. Goes Into Effect. Sunday June 25, 1911. Southbound. No. 4 2:01 a.m No. 27 2:39 a. m No. 12, daily except Sunday 7:08 a. m. No. 2 - 1:11 P-ni. | No. 16, Sunday only 8:06 p. m.i Northbound. No. 5 1:18 a.m. No. 19 11:54 p.m. No. 3, daily except Sunday. .3:24 p. m. No. 7- 7:54 a. m. i o FOR SALE. One Auburn runabout; also one fivehorse power vertical, air cooled atM>j mobile motor. In good order. P. KIRSCH. 179t12 N. Third St. j Miss Marie Gass has returned from ! 'a two weeks’ visit with her uncle, D. M. Reed, and family at Fort Wayne.

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EXPENDITURES AND TAX LEVIES FOR THE YEAR 1912. . w Thfe trustee of Root township. Adam* county, propose* for the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at it* annual meeting to • be held at the Trustee s Office, on the , Sth day of September, 1911, cotnmem ing at 9 o’clock am., the following ing estimates and amounts for said year: 1. Township expenditures, >2008.09,, and township tax, 15 cents on the hundred dollars. 2. Local tuition expenditures. >l.- ; 338.73, and tax. 10 cents on the hundred dollar* 3. Special school tax expendi'ure*. (4.016.19, and-stax, 30 cents on the hubdred dollars. 4 Road tajt expenditures, >669.39, and tax. 5 cent* on the hundred dol iar*. To be workeq out. 5. Additional road tax expenditures, (1,338.73, and tax, 10 cent* on 'the hundred dollars. To be collected as taxes. 6. Poor expenditures for preceding I year. >133.87. and tax. 1 cent on the j hundred dollars. Total expenditure*. >9,504.98. t ad to- j tai tax, 71 cents on the hundred dollars. The taxable* of the above named ‘ township are as follows: Total valuation of lands and improvements >858.060.00 Total valuation of personal property , 266,300.00 Valuation of railroads, express companies, palace car companies, telegraph line*, telephone lines, etc., etc. Estimated from last years tax duplicate) .... 260,755.001 Total 4 >L385d15.00 | Amount of credit on account of mortgage exemption .. 46,385,00 Net taxable property of township 81,338.730.0“ 1 Number of polls. 206. CHAS. E. MAGLEY, Trustee Dated, August 2, 1911. FARMERS! As I have been sick and can not attend to my business, would say that anybody wanting anything, can get it ■ by calling on Mr. Jacob Spangler, j just across the street from the G. R & I. freight house Red cedar posts of six different sizes, wire fence of any size you want on short notice: barbed wire, brace wire, staples, stretchers, braces to brace the corner posts, in fact anything you want to build a wire fence, and guarantee to make the price right. ’Phone to Preble, Ind., and call Sam Shac’dey, for i any special order*, at my expense 186t6 HOWARD SHACKLED* FMIYS Osino laxative TBoua-.e and Cwutimtio,

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