Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1913 — Page 2

DAILYDEMQCRAT 1 Published Every Evening, Except Sunday by :BE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW Q. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates — tut Week, by carriev 10 cents ter Year, by carrier $5.00 r<aT Month, by mail ~26 cents her year, by mu 11.... $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rains made known on sppiication. Entered at the potualic* in Decatur, ind**'--, as sc*c»d oia-m The free text book, advocated by the progressives, and introduced in the legislature by Mr. Judkins, the lone bull mooser, will soon find a place in the graveyard, the committee having announced that they will report that it be indefinitely postponed. There was nothing in the party platforms about the simplification of the social side of the administration at Washington, but is it for all that, a reform that looks mighty good to ■ the plain people of the country, who, in the past, have been made extreme- < ly weary by some official antics.—lndianapolis Xews. i ( The bill for a highway commission i in Indiana is creating much interest ’ just now with the result in doubt. The . * farmers generally are opposed to it, i 1 because of the opportunity it gives j for graft Adams county has built' i her roads, five hundred miles of good t m OooHo m ov» A k. t

macadam, and it would be wrong to tax our people now to aid in building roads for another county. Dig! Did it ever occur to you howimportant it is that you have that determination if you succeed? Dig right through every obstacle. Fight to uphold the dignity of your purpose. Dig, bore, squeeze, sweat, but get through. You know' the persistent drop pf water will wear away the hardest stop*, and so does a detereffort Win pypry time, Start today. ~--v „ | The Democratic Editorial associa- ' tion of Indiana will hold its thirty- ! second annual mid-winter meeting at i the Denison hotel, Indianapolis, 1 Thursday and Friday of next week. The association has played an impor- 1 tant part in the affairs of the state during the last third of a century and the meetings are always pleasant and , profitable. On the program at the j banquet to be held Thursday evening, are Governor Ralston and Lieutenant Governor O’Niel. Frank Heimbaugh of Muncie will be toastmaster and, Frank Gwin, the president, will give ! an address. Mrs. Mindwell Wilson of j Delphi will read a paper and there will be music and other events worth I mentioning.

\TAW " i i yyjyy — Final Week Os Our January Clearance Sale All $ 7.50 to SIO.OO Suits and O’coats now $ *^7s All $12.50 to $15.00 Suits and O’coats now All $16.50 to $18.50 Suits and O’coats now $ All $20.00 to $22.50 Suits and O’coats now $ £^oo Take advantage of these few remaining days and save $3, $5 or $7 on That Suit Or Overcoat THE MYERS-DAILEY CO. • :

There was not a little excitement about the corridors of the state house yesterday when it was reported that | William Jennings Bryan was in the building and would visit the legislature. The story was that Mr. Bryan lon a lecture tour, had stopped oft in | Indianapolis to see Governor Ralston, and the governor had suggested that! | he say howdy to the general assem-1 ! hly. A number of the patriots brushjed their hair and started on a look I for the Peerless One, only to discover that the supposed Mr. Bryan was ’ Dick Erwin, judge of the supreme court, on his way to his office. Judge Erwin resembles the famous Nebraskan closely.—Billy Blodgett. EATS THREAD—IS CURED. Port Wayne, Jan. 28 —Chewing silk threads effected a cure for fifteenl year-old Katherine Besse, whose throat had been closed since she was two years old. She has tasted her ; first bite of candy. Por thirteen years she had not tasted food, nourishment being provided by means of a tube inserted in her stomach. The case has been under the care of Dr. Maurice Rosenthal, head of the medical staff of St. Joseph's hospital. The girl, when two years old, drank some lye and herthroat was so burned that It closed up. She was treated in a number of hospitals, being fed through the intestines for several years. Every effort to open the trachea failed and finally a surgeon made an incision into the stomach, which has been kept open for the insertion of a pump, by which food was placed in the stomach. Dr. Rosenthal received the case September 3rd. He . had the child chew a silk thread, which has found It way through the trachea and was pulled out through thp hnlA in fhA stomach Th*»n lareor

j me noie in me stomacn. 1 nen largci thread was used, and In time the sur ’ geon found it possible to insert a probe. Gradually the size of the probe was increased and now the girl can r 1 eat solid food. She has had her first • taste of candy and declared it tasted good. She had no recollection of ever having tasted her food. As soon as ’ the hole in the stomach can be sewed |up and heals. Katherine will he sent home to her parents a normal child so far as her ability to take solid food is concerned. Her home is in Millstadt, 111. I CLOVER LEAF EARNINGS GOOD. I Operating revenues of the Clover [Lf'Sf io the second week of January, *>f(» 1*7,268. compared with .j,,,. ’■* *he correspoeding week of j 1912. "increase, grating .revenues of the company jl. 1912, to January 15, 1913, .257-731, an increase of $68,222. SURVEYORS OFFICE DAY. Notice is hereby given that Saturday of each week will be the regular office day for the county surveyor, jWe will be at the office on that day each week, and will be glad tb meet you on any business you may have. PHIL L. MACK LIN, ! 24t3 County Surveyor. !fOR RENT —40-acre farm. 2 miles west and miles north of Monroe. Inquire of Jacob Scherry, Decatur, Ind., R. R. 2; ’phone Monroe. 23t3 FOUND—Ladies' purse; owner inquire at Artman & Hess Case. 24t3

DOINGS IN SOCIETY Bachelor Maids Defy “Thirteen” and Portending Horrible Dreams. , MADE SAFE TRIP By “Horseless Carriage”’— Mrs. W. P. Schrock to Entertain Two Clubs. Tuesday. I Afternoon—Mrs. C. V. Connell. Shower—Misses Gerard and Drop pieman. Historical—Mrs. Fred Schafer. Wednesday. Florhul De Purin —Bula McKinney St. Vincent de Paul —Mrs. Henry Schulte. Poinsettia—Esther Corbett. Shakespeare—Mrs. D. E. Smith. Thursday. Thimble—Mrs. W. P. Schrock. Euterpe an —Mrs. W. P. Schrock. Ruth Circle Social—Minnie Daniels' Home. Young Matrons — Mrs. French Quinn. Euterpean—Edna Hoffman. Friday. Needleeraft—Jessie Magley. Christian Aid—Mrs. E. H. Shoemaker. Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows, Which shows like grief itself, but are not so. —Shakespeare's "Richard II."

T On account of the Ruth Circle social. Miss Jessie Magley will postpone the Needlecraft club meet until e Friday evening, when she will be hostess. it The newly elected officers of the g Pythian Sisters doyally entertained j the other members of the lodge last { evening after the regular session, Imj mediately following, & good program i i w as given. This included a duet by j 3 Vera Hunsicker and Merle Leonard; | song, Hallie Leonard; duet, Nellie ■ Nichols, Mrs. Fred Fruchte; duet, Mabel Hower, Mabel Butler; reading, 1 ' Mrs. I. A. Kolver; reading, Mrs Dal-! las Hunsicker; duet, Irma and Thel-j > ma Houk. The assembly then repair-' 1 ed to the dining room where a lunch-! r jeon was given. The hostesses who : ( thus provided for the Jolly evening, r j were: Mesdames A1 Burdg, f. A. Peoples, J. N. FYistoe, Charles Elzey,* 'J. C. Tritch, George Houser, D. F., ' Charles Patton, Dallas Hun-‘ J sicker, the Misses Ireta Erwin and j ( Nelile Nichols. , 'A fins time was had Sunday at the i * home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bleeke, I when their daughters, Louise and Lydia, gave a very fine supper to y j their friends. The party included: i Ella Bleeke, Frieda Koldewey, Paula' ! Bienz, Ruth Marbach, Aaron Wei- j 1 land, Rob Marbach, George Erhardt, ( • iWalt Thieme and Herbert and Arnold, - Meinzen of Fort Wayne. [ . — •*’- Mrs. W._ P. Schrock will be hostess) 1 to two clubs this week-the Thimble \

f Thursday afternoon, and the Euterpean club Thursday evening. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid will meet in the church parlors Thursday ■ afternoon at 2:30. - The latest thing in "horseless car-! riage” is not an automobile, a factwhich the Bachelor Maids learned to | 'their great pleasure last evening,! when Miss Mae Berling, with the I | Berlins mules and hay rack, “chauf- I | ferred” (if such a word can be made) ! I them to the home of Mis Amelin „ | Kohne south oi the city. While they j were speedily driving along two of the party happened to remember 'dreams of the night before in which Jthey had met with horrible accidents ;on the way out. One dreamed that just as they neared the Clover Leaf railroad, a train ran into them and: | cut them all v pieces. This dream [>- was recalled as they approached the railroad track, and the driver was called to halt. At this point a count of the party was taken and it was f. j found that there were Just thirteen yj in the crowd. Making no more ado, about nothing, however, they drove jon. got over the road without trouble, | and in fact made the entire trip withj out an accident to mar the event. The j girls declare in fact, that they had never had a jollier time, and terrible dreams, and the number thirteen, say. hold no trrors for them now h They took their lunch with them and ! after playing "SOO" had a picnic supper. Prizes were won by Miss Mae Berling and Miss Bess Tonnellier. -I ■ ■ —— . I, , ■ . COURT HOUSF NEWS ? Petitions Asking for Local Option Election in Decatur and Township

I FILED LATE TODAY February 28 and March ! Will be Only Eligible Dates for Election. - Late this afternoon, C. L. Walters, attorney for the “drys," filed wTh .County Auditor T. H. Baltzell, the two I petitions signed by voters of Washington township and Decatur, asking that the county commissioners call an .election to determine whether the I sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage shall be prohibited ia Decatur and Washington township. The Decatur petition, which requires only 1210 voters' signatures, was signed by 294, and is known as the petition of Simon Brandyberry et al; that of ] Washington township, requiring 63, was signed by 13S. These are presented t 6 the commissioners for action in their February j session, which opens Monday, February 3rd, the law requiring the filing of the petitions at least five days before the board meets. ! The law requires that thq election be held between twenty, hnd thirty | days after the action of the board granting the same. This means that ;the election ©**gt be held between February and March 1. | Thenb ig pot much choice as to the fixing of the date, however, as the ( law, also requires that the election | must not be held within two years J after the prior election. The last j election, turning the township and [city "wet," was held two years ago thia February 28, the two years ex pirlng next February 27. Hence the only eligible dates will be February 28 and March 1. ' The election would affect five retail dealers in this city, and two whole jsalers: and one saloon in Washington j township—in the half of the town ol , Monroe, that is located in Washift ;

ton township. < Apylicaticn for the recommittment ' Mr*. Martha wife of of Henry Heidemanr. to the Kaathav- 1 en asylum at Richmond, was filed today with the county clerk this afternoon, upon affidavit of her physician, Henry E. Keller, as to her condition. Mrs. Heidemann was a patient there from December 2, 1909, to September 14, 1911, when she was discharged. Monday afternoon late, she became violent again, and it w a* decided best to recommit her to the asylum. She imagines that l»«r husband gives herself and children the black diphtheria but that "The Spirits” cure here thereafter. She imagines also th* “The Spirits” tell her to kill her husband and children, and Monday afternoon it is said she made an attempt to kill one of the children. — Real estate transfers: Jessie E Evans to E, C. Garmon, lot 887, Decatur, $2700: Philip Harlow to Albert Harlow, 27 acres. Wabash tp., SIOO. Attorney D. B. fin* in has Sled » new suit entitled Henry Knapp vs. Frank Lynch et al,, complaint on note. sllO. « t Slfe

■ THE LAST WEEK 1-“ - l I i | ======== Din closing the celebration of our tenth anniversary, the Daily Dem- I ocrat wishes to thank those who have assisted them in making this the most successful subscription campaign ever ccnducted in this county. It has been more than pleasing to us and the w ords of enQcouragement have been sincere and numerous. We have added a large number of new readers and nearly every subscriber who secures the paper by mail has paid up and renewed. If you hav'nt done so, you should attend to this matter at once. W’e would like evenreader of the Democrat to have one of our souvenir knives. There is still the opportunity but the days are slipping. Better get in on this. t ___ | Till- DAILY DEMOCRAT CO.j

Given Away Free For 10 days onlv ending Jan 31st one 25c wliip to each partv for every set of team harness oiled Harness Oiled at Following prices Single buggy harness $ .96 4 Express “ 1.25 Double surrey “ 1.25 Team hip strap “ 1.50 “ breeching “ 2.00 CHAS. TTIIIELE N. Second Z'\ ~ for 7a L £ “““ Aiovir.g picture mvcH : r _ . ; *.d C..!c...r.i lighting ou.ut, for t: avelir.g, will trad3 for hot se Incuire of Allen P'uZq Kof Court House, wCCatuv,

MAURICE COSTELLO. Maurico Costello, the famous actor of the moving picture shows, acts in one of the shows at the Crystal tonight, the subject of the show being “A Mistake In Spelling.'' This show alone is worth the small price of admission. An excellent drama is also on the bill for tonight: “A MISTAKE IN SPELLING," Vitagraph, featuring Maurice Costello. "THE GIRL AT THE CUPALO,” Selig Drama. "THE STRIPED BATHING SUIT,” j Pathe Comedy. The CRYSTAL Theater. i 4, ”' —— —•- 1 11 1 ** “ I ;Dr. Z, V, Connell; \ j —— ; VETERINARIAN ' Office 143 -1 li - -v> Residence 102 t ” ■■ phone: { Office m * Dr. Sterling P. Hoffmann Practitioner of General Medicine and Surgery Office Over Interurban Station , Rea. 223 N. Fifth B*-

THE BOWERS-NI6LICK GRAIN CO. ' HIGHER PRICES PAID FOR-ALL KINDS OF Gram, Field Seed, Hay and Straw SEE US FOR COAL GARDEN SEED, OIL'MEAL - TER SHELLS] and CHICKEN FEED PHONE 233 $5.00 to ST. LOUIS, MO. from DECATUR via CLOVER LEAF ROUTE | Saturday Feb. Bth and 22nd 1913 j See Agent for particulars Say Fellows Try the White Stag "Extra Mild" Cigar once, you’ll find it your Dream smoke come true. j FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS LOWiRATE SUNDAY EXCURSIONS TO TOLEDO, OHIO VIA CLOVER LEAF ROUTE . Sunday February 9th. and 23rd. 1913 J ran c ieaves Decatur at 4:48. See Agent for particulars

kHN'r— r our rurnished rooms for Ugh? housekeeping, 609 Monroe i street; 'phone No. 52L-Mrs. B. W. Sholty ' 17-e-o-dtf TOR SALE—Dining room suit Call P one 178, or inquire of Mrs. Dan -' ( * ry * 20t6

FOR SALE Ground Bones the greatest Egg Producer known for chickens at Dynois Schmitt

FOR SALE— Cheap,' four 6-ft ’ ■ ; show cases. —U. lAslnlnger. FOR RENT—Four unfurnis&ea rocat 116 So. First street, wiui ai provements, waier ana quire of Win. O. Klst at Democra^ flee, or at house.