Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1914 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT *ubli«h«fi Cvary Evening Except Bunday by DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier........ 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Montb, by ma 1126 cents Per Year, by ma 1152.50 Hingle Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made knows on application. Entered at the postoffice In Decatur, <ndiana, as second class matter. WILL STAY ON THE ROCKS The circunianibululions of the itpublicaus who are trying to put their party on its feet again are amusing to the disinterested observer. They want the progressives to c<»nie back to the fold but. try to conceal the I fact as they may, they do not wish 1 them to come back on equal terms.They do not want them on the front seats or in the amen corner or on. the platform With the elders. They have no desire or intention of killing ' the fatted calf for any returning wanderers. even though various speakers | nt the recent republican “love feast" j in Indianapolis tactfully referred to the progressives as ' prodigals." Sometimes they are frank enough to admit' this. Here is the Kansas City Jour-: nal .a paper whose standpatness is of j the antedeiuvian kind, which is very j anxious that progressives who we.e once republicans shall aliandon all they have fought tor and all the principles of the new party and reunite with the old. but it gives warning that I they need not expect to have a hand j in tlie management of affairs. Here are the words: “Possibly the personnel of the oper j uting force will be subjected to imd-! dental changes but it is incouceivabl? i that there will be any wholesome dis-] charge of the faithful, and especially that the train will be turned over to the wreikers with the supine admit-1 kiou that the whole system on which : tlie train was being operated was i wrong." And the Journal does not know that) in this assertion, which is a confes-l sion that the once g o. p. has <ea.wd ti learn and is the same old political' machine. it is explaining why the j party is on the rocks and why it will i remain there.—Muncie Star. Indianapolis has several hundred j rases of smalipox and there is a j chance that the city may be quanta-. tined. just at the time, too when three i state conventions are being held there. The meeting of the Decatur Imti-, ness men last evening was one of the j best ever held here and again proved I that our merchants are a bunch of live ■ ones. With the spirit shown last even-. Ing they can do anything. We believe it was the beginning of a new era in | business i-ntcrprlse in this city. We j are tor an organization any time and i all the time that has for its aim Uh- J desire to do things for the comma- j nity. and you understand that t.iei THE "PAN CAKE” -TIEBOY’S -—hop to them while they’re hot. Nifty patterns in new and popular Spring Shades 50c I If ii IBi *** ww *"* *i I THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

’ only way the busine i men can help j themselves is by helping the entire community. I Not in sixteen years has there been one-fiifth of a hundred empty houses in Decatur.—Decatur Herald. We leave this statement to the real--1 dents of this city and vicinity with ’ the assurance that there is about the I ( same amount of truth in it as ;heri I is iu the average wild statement the ' Herald is making in its tariff discus i I sion. It don't require a very old citt Jzen to remember a time when there were dozens of empty houses here , and the statement can bo verified by any mail carrier or any one else who paid particular attention to the propo sition. The cold weather seems to have as fected very seriously the editorial »riter of the Herald. He says Isaac I Chronister has only done what, he 'hould have done in cleaning the I streets of the city and deserves n< praise therefor, that the Mexicans will turn the arms shipped there against ! the Americans, that the snow storm iis the only thing that saved ever) man in the nation from being out of a job and that the passage of the tariff j law has ruined every millionaire it | the country. Isn’t it awful* And tin , people keep right on doing business and not paying much attention to such ; tommy-rot argumet and mud-slinging Yes. sir! That's the idea! The thrifty citizens of Berne and other hustling citizens of the United States must pay the expenses of the government rather than the manufatcurerv, importers and producers of foreign countries who have been given the markets of America, established by American enterprise, free of charge.— Decatur Herald. Gee, that’s some nerve. The ma a ufacturers have been paying the ex penses of the government? Now souie way or other we had the opinion that the consumer paid it. Any wa; lit has been the manufacturer who got rich, not the laborer or farmer. It't thin argument for every one knows that every time the big corporation j had to pay one cent out he charged the consumer ten. I And talking about the shipment o Argentine products to this country Mr. Adair, popular congressman froir this district, says, according to a dis I patch from Portland: “As a matter 'of fact, there hasn't been enough Ar gentine com shipped to the United States to teed the horses of New York j City one day," was the statement lot Congressman John A. M. Adair. made yesterday in defense of tlie new i democratic tariff measure. The quc» i tion arose over the much discussed ions to corn growers of the United States by reason of the new law. Cun , unuiug Congressman Adair said Uiat the reason that eggs had been placed ion the free list was to stop the big cold storage concerns from the purchase of hen fruit when it is selling at from fifteen to twenty cento per dozen and after holding them until , hens are not so productive, forcing I the people to pay exorbitant prices be . cause of the demand being greater than the fresh supply.” SILENCE. illy Our Religious Editor) Out of tumult, away from tlie noise of dm. of the world’s seething atoms of life, t1 hurry to the realm of silence, and there shut in. . Listen to the voice of the Master: O J speak to me Biassed One. I Out of the utmost allene# where I ■ annot be. and I’ll try hard iTo hear what thou sayest and learn [ i what thou wouldst have me to be it) speak tn m» Master, out of ths EildßCd, where none I Where none but Thee and I appear; i bpeak to my Inmost soul: < ome »n close ! can hear: () yes. now I hear Thee. “Go hack to thy place!" do I hear? “Go teach, lift up. help some one now fallen far to the rear. IA nd the silence Itself will loudly proclaim you have heard." . I go swiftly, dear Master, glad 1 have icarneti what to do. and When 1 am wearied from toil for the needy I'll rout la ths siteir.s Mth you.

SIGN OF THE CAT Barometric Cat at Winnes Shoe Store Predicts Storms by Way it I CURLS IN SLEEP Sleeping With Nose Up is Prediction of Storm, Say Some. It is going to storm again. So says the "Sign of the Cat "—the barometric pussy cat at tlie Winnes »hoe store. But aIP those who think we have had enough storms are hop Ing that this sign will fail in dryweather. Just as some people "feel the hange of weather in their bones"— just as the hovering of a swarm of gnats predicts that it will or will not rain—we never could remember just which it was—and just aS the crow Ing of the rooster in a certain tone, or scale of tones, predicts fair or foul weather, according to the almanac of -ome established households, so does the way the pussy cat snooze, pre iict a storm. So say some. Miss Winnes did not know that she possessed an alleged barometric cat until several visitors at various times came Into the store and seeing the deeping pussy remarked—“ Well, it’s' going to storm. "Why. how in the world do you pre iict that?” asked the puzzled Miss Winnes. looking out at the unclouded sky. "Just look at the way that cat itlying sleeping." She looked, and there sure enough the pussy cat was cnrled up in a com sortable way. but with her head turn ed so that she lay on the hack part of her head with her nose turned up at 'hough trying to get as much of the life-giving air as possible—for all the world like a yawning, stretching sleeping snuggled up baby, with its head stretched back and its nose turned up. When a cat sleeps that • way. she was informed, it means a storm. Miss Winnes kept tab on the ful fillment of the cat's slumber predic tioms. and sure enough, they came true in many instances —fully as aften a> the real-for-sure weatherman's predic tions came true Some who try to give a scientific turn to the least credence they may hold in the “sign" say that they sup pose the air is more oppressive before 1 storm and the cat has to sleep with her nose up to get a good breath. 'O"" - • * aw S ! DOINGS IN SOCIETY ' SOCIAL CALENDAR. Thursday Evangelical Aid— Mrs. Frank Kern Rebekah Social—l. O. O. F Hall. Euterpean—Mrs. E. B. Adams. Friday Mite society—Mrs. J. M. Miller. Christian Aid—Mrs. Harry Helm. Saturday. Baptist ladies' Aid Pastry SaleBaker A Hower. At the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sprunger. in Ge neva, occurred the marriage of their oldest daughter. Metta, to Preston Pyle. Tlie young couple will make their home on the O. M. Graham farm, near Geneva. Mr. and .Mrs. Homer Lower threw open their country home last evening (or a company of twenty neighbor* including also a bob-sled load from this city, taken out by Mr. and Mrs Ad Ahr. Among those from this city who went were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Huusi< her and children. Donald and Leona; Mr. and Mrs. Al Gentls. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Chronister. Mr. amt Mrs. Ed Ahr and sons. Fred and Lloyd A fine time was enjoyed and the host and hostess had prepared a tempting lunch for the refreshment of their guests. Unique announcement is being made of the "Poverty Social’’ which the March section of the Evangelical La dies’ Aid society, of which Mrs. Eu gene Runyon Is chairman, will give i rext Thursday evening, March 5. at the home of Mr and Mra. Lavi Miller > There will be a program, refresh meats, and entertainment In accord •mv with the occasion Everybody if to wear the oldest clothes possible . and fine* will b«- imposed for any violation of the "old clothes" idea. A sleigh load of young people from! ■ the Ulcekc settlement will go thh evening to Bingun where they will be! * wh-i Laiuad.

NOBLE LIFE ENDS Mrs. Sarah Fisher Passes Away at Age of Seventyseven Years. ILL SHORT TIME Was Resident of County for! Over Sixty Years—Died Today. Mrs. Sarah Fisher, aged 77 year.- j and 27 days, died this morning at 6:45 o’clock at the home of her daughter. Mrs. James Hurst, on West Monroe j street. She had been In tailing health | for some time, but did not become se ■ riously ill until four or five weeks ago. I While at Eaton she took a severe cold at that time, and on returning home her decline was most rapid, lung trou- I ble developing. For the past several days her condition grew more serious j and all her children were summoned j to her bedside. Yesterday it was I feared she could not live through the ■ day. For more than sixty years she had been a resident of the county, though I she was born in Ohio. January 29. | 1837. She was the daughter of Dan- i tel S. and Mary Malonee. pioneer residents of Root township. She was j married in young womanhood to Wil i liam A. Fisher, a minister in the j Methodist church, whose death occurred in 1879. Mrs. Fisher was conversant with the) early pioneer life of the county and , city and well remembers when this I city was in its infancy. It was very I interesting to hear her tell stories of; pioneer life. She was a devoted Christian woman , and whenever possible, even when she | Itecame feeble through the burden of j many years, she attended the Meth-| odist church in this city, and nearly I every Sunday was in her place there She was a noble woman and her j friends were many. The following children survive: Ma-j lissa. wife of James Hurst. Decatur; I Daniel 8. Fisher, aton; Lemuel N.I Fisher. Huntington; Clara, wife of I’e er Chase, Eaton; Ellen, wife of Harry E. Butler, Root township; Jonas Fish ' •r. south of Decatur, and Amos Fish ! ur, Decatur. Three died in childhood.* ' ■ • is Fisher, aged th ■ nonths. Rachel, aged ten days: Wil-i Ham E.. aged eleven years. They died n 1865. 1869 and 1874. respectively I Jne brother. Thomas Mallonee. of this ' ■ity is living. The pall bearers will be j her grandchildren. The funeral will be held Saturday j ifternooo at 1:36 o'clock at the Deca ' ’.ur Methodist church, leaving the house at 1 o'clock. Rev. D. T. Stephenson, assisted by the Revs. Love md Grimes, will officiate. Burial in he Reynolds cemetery. POINT OF DEATH Rev. H. Kohne of Willshire. < 0.. in Critical Condition at Hope Hospital. WAS OPERATED UPON L For Liver Trouble—Notes of Other Illnesses in City and County. John We< hi'-r, ot Blu. Cr • k town J ship, left thk noon for Fort Wayne' to lie at the bedside of his father In-' mw. th«< Rev. H Kohne. of Wilishirv.l Ohio, at the Hop* buaplial. Hu was, ipernted upon tbort* for liver trouble; last Wednc day. Hh condition h very terbms. It was hop«d to b e ab!" to bring him home today, but the pity- < skians attending stated that he would prolmbly die on the way home and that it would not be practicable to' o take him. R«v. Kohne is a Methodist minister and widely and favor xbly known. No hope to extended for, his recovery. A. T. Studabaker Ims bwn siting i for several days, but is reported bet-1 ter tfxlay. He <*ufl'< , rod from an In flu tn J mi foot and it was fear<-d that therej might Im- dang* r of blood pot -uning tlufltixi Nev . Mr. Kiud.il>ak<r is the father of Mr*. L. 1* ItouwgartiM r ut his city. ■ .p-~w.il ‘ I—SALE ROSTPONED. The Joseph R. Moser sals advertis,sd for February 26, has been postpon ltd to Saturday, rebtuaty s£.

THE MOuRSS CO. 5 & lOc Store THIS STORE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS' As usual. In spite of the past blizzard’s we invite you to come in and see the Bi r Saturday Special . Friday and Saturday Special Fancy decorated 8 inch Salad dishes 10c Light cut glass grape design Beil shano each. Fancy decorated 10 inch lisbon cake water tumbler 10c each. Lh’ht cut phS plate eachloc clover design Touraine shape tumbler 10c Blue willow pattern of Japanese cups I K Oz. bottle Peroxide Saturday only and saucers regular 98c sets Special Sat- 1G Oz. bottle Peroxide special . . ‘ urday eachloc 1 1 pound can Talcum powder * Big Cut on Sleds Lamp Special ir $1.48 Coaster sled at $1.19 Large No. 2 Sewing lamp II Itu |; 1.24 “ i( at .89 complete special .. . 48c . 1.24 Steel runner sled .74 10 in. stem lamp .. . 24c J JSt COHIC IB and SC? .98 “ “ “ .68 No. 2 hand lamp. . .24c n ur |i np Haviland .68 “ “ “.43 Iron bracket lamp comple- Haviland Now is the time to Buy te4Bc China ahu PfiCfS Shadow Laces stone ware ouauuw Brown and white bake disht?s 3 with insertings to match 5 and 10c <• “ “ custards 2 styles each S per J ard 7 and 8 in. Blue bake pans 10c. Large blue mixing bowls 10c. 6 in. yellow mix. bowls sc. 2 & 2 Vai Laces and Insertions 2 yards lb covered butter jars 10c. 50c stone siop*jaß 5c and 5c yard Special each FIRST IN QUALITY--LOWEST IN PRICE “Z - The morris co. | 4 5 fit lOc Store

I Peculiar Epidemic j (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) II rouble is an suto-infe<.tion of the int testines which also affects other parts of the body. These cases are toeing treated preciously as typhoid and have many of the symptoms. but < <>nu unusually from indigestion and from not any specific germ as in typhoid, i am convinced tl at there is not an epidemic of typhoid here, but intend to make every effort to awertata Hie truth so long as these reports contiu ue. I will insist on an examination of the nhlk -old in Lb. itiir <• t | water at the city plant and will do every thing possible to give the puty Ik the exact conditions as 1 find them.” Arfother physician* statement We also interviewed another well known physician who made the following autement;"There Is a misunderstanding as to their being an epidemic of typhoid fever in Decatur. There fa a < lass of cases. 1 am informed by our health officers and know from some personal experience, that has some semblance and symtotns of typhoid fever, but whkh upon careful inquiry, we find in .the greet majority of case* are irom a toxemia or auto-infection, ’ which fa produced from eating too i much food md such foods that poism the *ystem,esi>e< ially so al this time, owing to the extremes of weather. the cold and the lack of exercise end pure air. A part of this infection we are I. <1 to believe is due from milk. Tht-ro-fon- before any milk i* used, no dis tereace front whence produced, it hould he hrov 'lit to the fan ling point, lurfore Using. it may be retl i_fao io h t«- that it m proper to bo partied . i.i lb hand* I linn and car* of a'l th « (Clients. I wouli state alto that this autoiuI frwtion has produced as touch d. :urhiamc of the lung*. throat and air i pa*, axes aa it has of toe bowels. We I think thnt whan better weather is tip on Us and th* pcopk get Oft and have more fr-h ah’ and better exercise that all this Jrouhlr a Iff disappear. It might alao fa’ stated that ail I drinking water abould toe l*dl«4 be ! fore using and all food well and < an* tull) cooked. Tlk-w prwantlons may save sortie member of your family a very sertous Illness." The Assailant Is At Large ! ICONTiNUKD FUUM PAGE ONE) * [look-nut. When Um train pulled In here, about twenty Minute* after the wwMtr, the ort'dals renrelud the <ar ihc man bad down, but th” <arUidg*w| were found In the ear. Th«« revolver used was a thirty-two calibre-. As tiio officials sort- ut III* ii-sits tuey miw a Clover Leaf freight peeking wuetward and noticed u tall maa standing in a car. Thinking liuit the | criminal might have cUaapNd tallioad I

they sent word on to Bluffton to have i the officers search there, whkh they did. but found no trace of him. The i Decatur officers alao telephoned IO Ma-| > rion. tut only one pelkannn was on ■ duty there and he refused to go to I the railroad. Later it waa learned that the train was wrecked at liberty! J Center, no it Is quite probable that j .jhe may have gotten away at that! i] place, if he were on the train, though] I, it is the opinion of some that he jump-1 •led from the moving train after rfre’ ■! Erie freight had left Ohio City. i The man at large, charged with the -shooting, is a young Bollock. tbouti • twenty-three years old. light i .nuplexion. six feed uil. lie wore overalls. I overall jacket. cap. tan shoes and s peaks the Pollock language, though' he can speak English also quite well. | It is not known whether* robbery or a grudge was the cause of the shooting. i Al daylight this morning the u.amd-1 ed man had becotne better aud war abb • • . ■ very . ff« rt will to run down the assailant. $1 STARTS YOUR SON AND DAUGHTER. We want the children to form poed habit*. People acquire good habit* a* easily a* bad one*. But •t i* hard to convince *om* people of th* fact. If we succeed in cilcating the habit of thrift upon th* children we will not only give G them a competency when they I grow up. but we will have given tnem wna t c* mor*—character •nd industry and thrift. Wc want our children to realise that they can no more build a fortune without the first dollar than they can build a house without th* first brick. We want them to r**i lM that a dollar in th* bank i* worth two in th* pocket. We want to taach them ** th.y gr* w o|enough to underhand what mon«y i*. to make an invariable rule I to get the daily habit of econo »ni*>ng. it matter* little how 'f H I. reguiar. Th. child Will be delighted at the end of I •he yea* to see how much ha* I been accumulated w.thout being missed. Then a* th* year* roll < n and th. tjab. t *f thrift firmly ffseg thfy w „ ( portunity that rtl y to(ret I •very man ano woman in lif*. Three p. r cent pa,g , n „ Us mgs Department. MUST NATIONAL BANK; A Safe Place for Saving* Dc “ , “ r . Indian*. ’ •• — • •

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