Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1914 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Puk'iuhuß Ivury Kvenlnq Eactpt Bunday By TSE DECATUB DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rataa. Per week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15 00 Per Month, by mall 25 cent* Per Year, by mail 12.50 Mingle Copies 2 eentc Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the poetoffice In Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Every democrat In Adams county should register and thus qualifq him-i self for voting at the November elecUon. Fred Rohrer of Berne and Alpha Graham, bull moose county chairman, held another consulation last evening,' presumably discussing how they can 1 best deliver the republican and progressive voters to the anti-democrats. Politics make strange bed-fellows. Boys it can’t be ’'did". The Indiana Bankers’ association I lias sent out hundreds of cards calling attention to the fact that last year the European countries now directly affected by the great war. raised nearly two billion*bushels of wheat. The United States raised 763,000,000, of which amount they exported only 155.000,000. Just after threshing the price was about 72 cents per bushel, but the crack of a rifle in Servia raised the price fifty per cent. What will the war do if continued for any length jf time? It will be years before the European crop can reach normal propor- - ■ » ticns and the United States must supply the greater part of the deficiency. Adams county, as well as all those of Indiana have the opportunity to help. Let her grasp it. It is seeding time. Increased acreage and a better seedbed will be rewarded next harvest. The Indiana bankers are showing the right spirit and it will make us soon move out of this war funk into the most

prosperous times ever known in this or any other country. The Democrat is not content with having declared the AntiRing Democrats “renegades,” “suckers”, and “primary” Democrats, but now applies to them a new epithet which it declares means “false or counterfeit” —“Pseudo Democrats.” After this there can be no doubt as to how the Ring organ regards the Anti-Ring Democracy of Adams county-“false or counterfeit. The advocates of the Citizens’ ticket will take sweet revenge at the polls for the dastardly insult. EVENING HERALD. Now the Berne Witness will ba inad at you for stealing their thunder and turning it over to the Democrat. The “Psuedo” epithet came from Berne and was directed against those who vote the democrat ticket. Really Mr. Herald man, don’t you wish we would call the members of tile bull aid society something so you could say so. We are willing that the voters decide all these quections at the poll, including “fairness BAEMACCAN RAINCOATS and SLIP-ONS —Military and convertiable collar style, and a wide range of fabrics at $5.00 to $20.00 THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

in quoting expressions.” The prosecuting attorney was allowed SIOO and the attorney for | the petitioner was given the same umoutu for then services in the proceeding. These fees are ordered to be taxed as costs to be paid out of the estate of the defendant, as are also the other costs made. —Tiie Herald. The above is taken from an item concerning the case of Martin Beery vs. Joseph Shady. Mr. Parrish, the, prosecuting attorney, was allowed ten dollars for his services. Every news-' paper makes mistakes, honest and unintentional mistakes, but it is a most peculiar co-incident that the Herald makes so many when a democratic candidate has anything to do with thej matter at hand. It will be remembered that the Herald reported that th.? county council had allowed $3,500 for expenses of the surveyor’s office when Tt really was $350. Numerous other statements made have been as far wrong and we call attention to this additional one to show the unfairness used in circulating reports. The Huntmgton Press is wrong and they owe the Decatur Herald an

HURRAH FOR THE OLD EIGHTH

William A. Kun-' kel, ohairman of i the Eighth district, who visited state headquarters, after making an organization tour over his district, brought enthusiastic I reports of success-, ful work in his sec-

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tion of the state. “The Eighth district will return a hdndsome majority,” declared Mr. * Kunkel. "Every place I went 1 fohnd | the democrats well organized and working like beavers. Congressman John A. M.’Adair will lie re-elected by a big plurality, many republicans and progressives declaring their intention. to vote for him. Adair has made a splendid record in congress and the Eighth district is proud of him. “The Eighth is fortunate in its county chairmen, every one of them being a man of energy and ability. ■ The county chairmen have performed wonders, and we have an air-tight organization that is bound to carry ev» erything before it.” Mr. Kunkel’s tribute to the chairmen who have made his district organization what it is was not undeserved. The Eighth is a model to the state, a condition that woltld not be possible to even a man of Mr. Kunkel’s extraordinary ability, were he not supported by a splendid working force. In Adams county Henry B. Heller is giving a good account of himself. Adams is the banner democratic county, tiie one county of Indiana which has never had a republican officeholder in its history. Heller promises that the county will proudly live up to its reputation in this campaign. Heller is a man of courage and ability, the right man in the right place. Frederick Van Nuys. county chairman of Madison county, is one of the brightest and most brilliant democrats in the state. Van Nuys is a member of the legislature, being a hold-over senator. He made a fine impression during the 1913 session, and quickly established himself as a leader. Under his generalship Madison county is certain to show splendid results. Van Nuys expects to pile up a recordmaking vote for his home candidate. Dale Crittenberger, candidate for auditor of state, who is not only one of the most popular democrats in the state, but the unquestioned leader of the democracy of Madison county. Head and front of Randolph county democracy stands E. S. Edger, of Winchester. Edger has fought the battles of his party tor a life time, ad did his father before him. He has stood to his guns through the dark and lean years, when democracy faced an almost hopeless task, and it is not too much to say that it is due to bis unfailing courage and indefatigable work that the party is now on a splendid basis in Randolph. Edger’s father was a pioneer and a man who left his impress on Winchester. A man of great ability, he was the leading citizen. He served in the legislature, walking to Indianapolis from his home in the dead of winter. At the close of the session he again walked the long dis-, tanc.e to his home. Some good work in the legislature is credited to him. It is an interesting fact that Chairman Edger is the uncle of “the Goodrich boys,” and Edger, himself, is now the only democrat in the family. James P. Goodrich, the republican leader of the state, is one of the five Goodrich re-

apology— there is a republican partv !tn Adams county. We don’t know just where it is. We don’t know : where they hold their monster pub- | lie gatherings, but in last evenings Herald, on a back page, in a location almost as hidden as the spot where that big meeting was held by the republican state candidates several I weeks, ago, appeared a small announcement that the Hon Charles W. Fairbanks, once vice-president of the United States, a former senator of {lndiana and one of the biggest men [in his party today will open the campaign here on October Ist. So of course there must be a republican party here some where, even though ithe Herald is trying to hide the fact. J Only a few weeks ago the Herald 1 spread the news over half a column 'on the first page that a former democrat would appear here to discuss issues so rthe bull moose aid society. He hasn't come yet, but we can’t help thinking it strange that the one story should be given so much prominence and the other almost burried, if as the Herald has stated in verious editorial replies to the Huntington ■ Press they are still faithful to the g i o. p.

publicans. Alfred Davis of Muncie is a keen. 1 hard-working young democrat, who is sure to give a good account of himself. His father was one of the men who stood by the party through the hopeless years, and the son has inherited his staunch courage. A. W. Hamilton, county chairman of Wells, was formerly mayor of Bluffton. He is a brilliant young lawyer and has the confidence of the people of his community. The county stands solidly behind him. A. A. Adair, chairman of Jay, is the brother of Corigresman Adair, and possesses his share of the family's devotion to the democratic party. Adair is a quiet-worker, but he gets results and :is known as an especially good chairman. With such a telling organization behind him. Mr. Kunkel can be pardoned' la bit of justifiable pride in the showing that his district is making. And by the- way. Mr. Kunkel is a I whole host in himself. It is my own I firm conviction that lie could go out i and line up a district all by himself — | for he is one of those forceful r.ot-to-t lie-denied individuals who has the power to carry the pepole along with him. Anybody’d know right off that Mr. I Kunkel is a man who "dees things.” Keen, resourceful, quick as lightning, he is always ready. One of those born leaders—you : know. He can’t talk right good until he I gets a big fat cigar tucked into on - corner of his mouth and his hat tipped at a rakish angle. ■ Then his eyes begin to snap, and his ■face puckers into deadly earnestness, i and he grips hard on his cigar, and a | pair of expressive hands start a series of restless gestures, and then —' Why then Kunkel talks. Talks mighty fast and says things. Although he manages to handle a good Meal of language in record time, none |of it is wasted in useless gossip. Talking straight to the point he clinches his facts in the most vigorous I manner and after he gets through with —well say a republican assertion that | that party is going to get so much as a look-in up in the eld Eighth—why* there is not enough left of either the narty or the assertion to wad a shot gun. There is nothing obscure about Kunkel except his signature, and if ycu should chance to meet it meandering down the street some day. do mot, as you value your reason, stop' it in the hope of figuring it out. It simply “can’t be did.” Kunkel is an oil man. That does not mean that he is oily, but that he operates oil wells for the purpose of eking out an existence. And leave it . to Mr. Kunkel that it is not a miser-j able existence that he ekes. If the oil j did not spout out voluntarily and spon-1 taneously in spots where he determined to locate a well, why he'd go right down and gee about the matter and convince the oil that it would be to its advantage to flow upward without further waste of time. That's the kind of a man he is, and ■ that is why the democratic donkey, iup in the Eighth is always a good lit-: ; tie donkey—no manner of use to balk , on its Uncle Kunkel. Best thing he does is to. handle balky—propositions. f / f j fl '"/> Al * I

| DOINGS IN SOCIETY | WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday, Wednesday "500” Club—Mrs. Fred Schaub. Euterpean Picnic—Mrs. J. S. Peterson. Thursday. Presbyterian Aid —Mrs. Dolly DurkI in. I Mt. Pleasant Mite —Mrs. Sam Fuhr1 man. Helping Hand —S. 8. Room, Mrs. Fred Heuer, Hostess. Friday. Mite Society—Mrs. Amos Yoder. Saturday. German Reformed Pastry Sale — Kirsch & Robinson’s. Christian Aid—Mrs. John Barnett. ——— “A little health, a little wealth, ' A little house and freedom, i With some few friends for certain ends. But little cause to need ’em.” Mrs. John Barnett will entertain the {Christian Ladies’ Aid society Friday I afternoon. The Aftemon club had another delightful time at "five hundred” yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Carrie Ehingl<*r entertained. The games were followed with a luncheon. The prize winners at cards were Mesdames E. X. Ehinger. H. H. Brernerkarap and C. V. .Connell. Mrs. Charles Christen has invited the club to her home next (Wednesday evening. Mrs. Lawrence Kleinhenz entertained the Bachelor Maids at the home of I her mother, Mrs. Carrie Ehinger, last evening. Refreshments followed the {“five hundred” and theevening closed with music and a general good time. Prizes at games were taken by the Misses Rose Tonnelier and Mayme Terveer. The Pythian Needle club had another fine social yesterday afternoon when the ladies brought their sewing 'and talked and then had a luncheon, the hostesess being Mesdames Emerson Beavers. J. C. Tritch and M. E. Hower. In two weeks the next meeting will be held and the hostesses will be Mrs. S. E. Shamp, Mrs. Charles Yager and Mrs. Wilson Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Viere Max of Mobile, ' Alabama, are guests at the home of .their aunt, Miss Hattie Studebaker. Mrs. Max was formerly Miss SaHie Vesey of Fort Wayne, and has many ( Decatur friends. They came north *o attend the wedding of her brother Saturday. Miss Studebaker gave a dinner party today noon for them, other guests being Mr. and Mrs.. A. D. Suttles and Mr. and Mrs. Burton Niblick. The Research club, a new organize {lion, will have its initial social opening next Monday evening at the home of the president, Mrs. R. Q. Myers. A picnic supper will mark the opening. The study for the year will include miscellaneous subjects. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Brite, who were married today, will give a reception *h!s evening at the C. B. L. of 1. hall ]for their friends. o FINE BED OF ASTERS. If a "wealth of golden daffodils” in- ’ spired the English poet, Wordsworth, Hto write a poem that lived so long, 1 {what would not a great bed of asters inspire—for instance, the one that 1 Miss Genevieve Smith, young daughter t of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith, on Third ' street, has brought to perfection with

care. The bed fringes one of the rear walks, and is a “rich riot of color” — pink shading to red. lavendar shading to purple, white and all the colors of this well known flower, all of fine size and form. The bed has given much pleasure to the friends of the family, who have teen the recipients of its bouquets. Miss Geneviev recently won one of the first prizes in the Woman's City Improvement society’s aster contest. —— o UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Y’ve all saw wimmun tryin’t’ ware hats like th’ men but whoevur saw a man tryin’ t’ ware a hat Ilk” a warn-, mun’s. They’ve got bettaf judgmunt. LOST—Ladies’ hand-bag containing i purse and $lO Saturday evening in the city or on the river road. Find-. er return to this office and receive rcward. 222t3 ( WANTED—Hay and straw. Pure timothy or mixed. Wheat or oats straw. Must be well baled. Car lots only (10 tons). Describe and state price loaded in car, your station. Address Grain & iTay Dealer, Box 284,, Kokomo, Ind. 22H10.

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THE PATHS SPLIT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) N. J. and ask for Emel the bartender and tell him that the Ohio Kid is in jail and wants knuff money for you to get a couple of hack saw blades send as soon as pospai we have net much time The bartender will give you the money. I will pay you for it in a- coupel days. I can get a hundred dollars for breaking jail of a murder here and if you will send them to me I will wack up with you for I am coming to Harrison just as soon as I get out. Show this letter to the bartender and he will give you the money, write away, answer right away. JOHN RANKIN, Decatur, Ind. Care County Jail.” According to tlie sheriff. Rankin is twenty-two and Jones, twenty-six. instead oi vice versa, as the jury specified. Rankin and Jones were also fined $lO each. The costs of the case will amount to about fifteen dollars each, this making fifteen days more in jail for each one. Judge Srflith immediately passed sentence upon the men. o TAKE LIFE VOWS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE') the best young ladies of the parish. Miss Agnes Rumschiag was ttfeltave been the bridesmaid but last evening she became very ill and was unable to serve. A cousin, M;°s Rose Rykhifi of Terre Haute, therefore, took her place. o ■■ GRAHAMME STOCK COMPANY.

Mr. Grahamme, the proprietor of the well known stock company, which beins a week’s engagement at the Bosse opera house next Monday night, is quickly spotted in every city that he and his company visit. This easy Identification is caused by the fact that Mr. Grahamme is accompanied, wherever he goes by an immense handsome dog of the St. Bernard species, answering to the name of “Teddy.” When asked, as he frequently is, why he bothers with such a huge animal on his travels about the country. Mr. Grahamme invariably replies: “It is the dog who is bothered the more —he is wiser than I.” When pressed for an explanation. Mr. Grahamme smiles and says: “I’ll prove it to you. My dog can see in the dark —I cannot. He also knows instinctively each night when the show is over; I must either listen or be told. And, strongest proof of all. my dog understands what I say to him. while I cannot understand what he tries <a say to me.” . And. as a clincher to his argument, Mr. Grahamme advises all scoffers to read Senator Vest’s I "Tribute to.a Dog.” or’Jack London’s (“Call of the Wild." Incidentally. Ted is quite an actor In his own right, doing excellent dramatic work in sever'al of the plays, during the Grahamme shows’ engagement here next week. 'Seats on sale Saturday at the Holthouse drug store. MEN—Our illustrated catalogue explains how we teach the barber trade in few weeks, mailed free. Write Moler College, Indianapolis, Ind. 216 U

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