Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1905 — Page 6

WON the SOUTHERNERS. ' — Henry War* Bee<-her'« Display •> Taet and Serve la RichmondOne of the -u«wie.r flhstmuAs of f tact _s to the credit of Henry W ard j Beecher, After the war he made a lecture tour of tie south awl appeared at MoZ---”t h... R- 1.l~ l '.‘.' L With UD undress entitled "Ti.- North ami the South * He was rather doubtful as to the rew tioti b-.- stioivd have, but L-. knew what be wasted ami was determined to get it- No applause welcomed t„;rf as be appeared on the platform, but a few hisses wept heard tn the gal - roxrg of suits were ■ome grim ex-Confederates — General Fitz-Hugh Lee. General Rosser, exGovernor Smith. Governor Cameron ami others. Beecher fixed Lis eye directly on Lee and said (I quote a news- • paper report of the incident-: —j L -e seen pi' tures of General FitzI — -r. . . I --- .me you are the man Ahi I right?” The ~ - - itij taken back by this direct idcre-- nodded stiffly, while the audience bent for w a rd, brent: ess with ..osity as to wLat was g ns to foil iw. ‘■'ii.f..' sßee-i.er. his fare lighting tip, "I want to offer you this right hand. wt»l-;. in . - --wn way fought' ■gainst you .-5:.4 yours years ago. but which I would naw willingly sacrifice to n-.-ke the sunny* south prosperous and happy- Will you take it. genera I'-" There was a moment's hesitation, a moment of deathlike stillness in the hall, and then Fitz-Hugh Lee was on his feet. Ll- Laird w-s exterded across

NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS! !■ ■ "" " ■■■—■*■ - -- Taxes For The Year 1904. „ t j rihL th-Treasurer's office in said County, in the City of Decatur, in full or at option :!* I Notice is herebv given that the taiee leviel for tbe State. County, School and other purposes in Adams County. Indiana, are it. . pa ? a. .. paver, cne-balf. including road taxes in full, on or before the First Monday in Mav, 1905. the same being MONDAY, MAY Ist. 1905, — The second half (in case the first half is paid when due »becomes due and payable on or before the First Mondav in Novembe*. 19J5, the same being -n.— MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1905. — —■ ■ The following table shows tbs-rate of taxation on each One Hundred Dollar’s worth of property, also on each Poi. m the several Townships and ( orp.rations n Adams County, Indiana, fog the year 1914. V\h uiuehats jj half of the taxes charged to a taxpayer are not paid before the First Monday in May, the whole amount will become due and delinquent and the penalty attached. x = x x : i : — Z'-- i'. * Z S*- £ * ■ ■ = ! - cs 7 * ;k, = 7 ” U :: "* z NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS. 21 = =C E |£i-5 c £ ~ ” I“ ?l 1 ->» « Z‘Z 2? i_ — = =? 5 . i Z 1 * . | = 2: i i j - : i : I : ■ *;-*&£lT?aa*& £----- 5 : -- - <y', ~ ~ = = 5 = >-Lzzz_ — AND £ ii-= X 1 i?Z=rT zx , ==.<-< T T T z ’.■ : i :I I : =5 •x 5 t: - ? E ; -=i >ac.kf E. •=, •= =t. = t*s -5 3CL!-rX x-5-5 < ? - - - _ " £ “ — ” — '£ - * ** ~ 2- - I CORPORATIONS. -"5 5 T I1 X I z II I ~~ I = ~ t ~ f ~_1? |S ; I ;~ -i :,i ’ v “t~_y ; 7 v ~ v-- 2 2 J' 77 '- - . - '-- * “ “3 = ~z ~ ~ z ••zzzz--.—•-'—- z = z.r . x - s r z z - ' r 77 5 * -- -- i »x .z ZT- . ~>z - - i i -J. iii7- r- -sz='s <? ~ f C I - 2_“_- -1 * y* f z " - - Union 9:il 53 2t 8 9 ! j ' 20 40 10110 71 .971 .781.75150 50 Root 911 5 3 2j 39| g 9 7 21 9255 14 1.00 .71 1.71:50 50 U--Preble 9 j n 53 2| 39J 8 9 L 15 10 30 IQ 1 5 1.06 .661.72 5® 50; Y Kirkland... 9 H5.3 2} 39J 89 U j ; 13 13 15 58 ■ 5 Klj 81 .95 .801.75 50J 50 Washington. 9115 32| 39i 8911 5 io| 27 ; x5‘105 5 6 7 9 5 15 822 12 4 1.15 1.10225 stj 50 !,t l St. Marys 9 11 5 3 24 :39| 8 9. 3q 31 20 10 8 10 22 2 1.20 1.00 2.20 50; 50 Blue Creek 9|U 5, 3 2J -391 8 9 45 10 15 5 5 12* ; .94 .851.79 Monroe ! 9 .11 2 | >««"* 9 i U 1 53 1 2} | 3911 9. 12 5 5 I ,60i .491"? -• ' J | Hartford 911 5 3 39 > 8 9 . gISI2 6 J LB4 .67 1.51 jSO 50 I Wabash : | 9 | n | 5 i S 2 t ,%i 8 9 18 6 ; i ]5 92515 36; 1 1.00 .84 1.84 50 s!t 'I Jefferßon ; 9,11’ 53 21 39| 8 9 ■ ! 20 20 10 91012 4 .91 .81 1.72’ 50 50 tf | City of Decatur 9115 3 2 | 39|, 8, 911510 2 , 85 10 556 79 5 37 ' 3o| 4,1.30 31.93 50| 50 ■ so!il I TownofGeneva .9 11 5 p 2 j Town of Berne .. | 91» Isjgj | _39jl 8I 9I l__l HJJ ?i 6 qp 35 IQ j ,53 .5:4 3.06 50 ?, .oh< < Road Tax Receipts ■ ' te »- '-P- —<« — x s ,. ito e Ol o, u„,. El . ni „ 5 o», ' I—* - PARTICULAR ATTENTION! Those who have lands and lots and other property in more than one township, must see that they have a receipt for all. County Orders cannot be paid to any person owing delinquent taxes. All persons are warned against purchasing such orders The Books will positively be closed on the First Monday in May and the First Monday in November. Assignees, Guardians. Administrators, and others who pay taxes on property in trust, and persons whose taxes are complicattd suihasnnd' d A The taxes of the Decatur and Bluffton, East Washington, Decatur and Monroe, West Washington, Geneva. Ceylon and Wabash Tc wnshin JZa t n ,es ’. are . earDe6 *lv requested to come before the last few days. p I and Prairie, and Meet Jefferson Township gr*el roads. W illiam Shoemaker gravel road. C. E. Bolinger gravel road, Kirkland Townshin Ceniral 1 ’ *' loDroe Township Central. Pleasant Valley and Oak Gt ve. . | read, South St. Marys gravel road, West Pleasant Mills gravel road, Decatur and Preble gravel road, and Brushwood Collare gravel rld are rc/d W ?? d ’ gravel South Jefferson gravel road, North St. I ■ot paid, ieg grdTel rcad are now uue and payable at this office, and are subject to the same penalties as other tax* The municipaljtaxes of the City of Decatur and the Towns of Berne and Geneva are payable at this office. The annual sale of Delinquent Lands and Lots will take place on the Second Monday in February 19C5 at 10 o’clock A M Persons owing Delinquent Taxes should pay them at once. The late law is of such a character thit there is no opkon left -for the Treasurer b ttn tneoW I the same by sale of property H eir, - re * b '‘ ! enforce the collection of delinquent taxes, however much he may regret to* The owner of property on the first day of Apnl, shall be consideredfas tne owner on that day. ( Section 103. 1 CORPORATION DOQ TAX There is levied $1 00 on each male dog and S3OO on each female dog in the City of Decatur: and 51.00 on each male dog and «00 n„ . k , , . ’ The Treasurer will not be responsible for penalties and charges on delinquent taxes resulting from anv omissions cf the™™ "? female do 8 >“ ‘be Town of Geneva ,««• I poration it was assessed' ” * prison paying such taxes to the state definiulv ~ . 4 «rkat township I Call for property in name of owner March 15,1904 The tax duplicates are made up on that day and never changed ’ property, in whoee name and AUDITOR'S SPECIAL NOTICE. R ' Parties having School Fund Loans on which interest is delinquent, wilFplease give the payment of said interest their attention before v a 1.1 ® 1,19 Cb, as the law requiree the sale of the property mortgaged if the interest i« no P 1 attest, J. H. VOGLEWEDE, CD. LEWTON/Auditor. DECAIUP T 7 - ntv d ecatu r. Indiana Treasurer Adams Count*

i.xjt:iguis ano was qtncsry met t>i the warm grasp ol the preacher's. At first there w*» a murttw, half ot suTrise and half of doubtfulness, from the allien,.*, then there wa* a besi’ating «. lapping of bands, and before Beeclier had unloosed the band of Ko srt E Lee s tepLew there were cLeera such as were never before heard in ..id Mozart, though it bad been the acene of hiany a war and poliUcsi i BC -Lag. E-t wi3 only the beginning of the enthusiasm. IVLen the noise bad •ufflciently subs.ded. Beecher continued: “WLeu I go back borne I sha’l proudly tell that I bare grasped the hand of the ne: tew of tte great southern chieftain. I shall Tell my people that I went to the Confederate capital with a heart full of love f>r the >reopie whom icy prii. e obtted me to oppose, a:.l I w - tart bslfway y the ora 4 southerners who can forgive as wel. 1 as they can tight-” Five minutes of applause followed.: and then Beecher, baring gained the Leans of bis audience, began bis ■«- j tore and was applauded to the echo, i That uicbt l.s carriage was driven to Ms hotel amid shouts such as Lave never greeted a northern m..n in liicbmotid shite the war.—Marshall P.. Wilder in St. Louis Kept, .lie Gsided by Parrots. B< • e t-e • - • 'as ted as our national emblem Benjamin Franklin urged the Haims of the turkey. It' was purely American, fie said, which I the e;ig'*■ was not. It was a proud and j '...d. and it was good eating.; If Franklin had known more About our I

eariv ÜBtory oe f,>- the parrot Wb« Columbus sailed westward over the unknown Auan— Le expected to n.-.L Z;« - - ; ■- ““ After several days sail from Gowera. ue of the Canary iftamte. be became uneasv at not discovering Z..--ngii which according to his re>koD.og s Lou id have teen 216 tiautivi! mii’rmore to the east After a long dis. han be F to the opinion of Martin j . j x.,m the commander of tbejlnta, »nd steered to the southwest. Pinzon influenced in Lis opinion sole.y oy « flight of parrots whoL t.-s w --r J that dire*.ti-ou. It was >■: -. j follow in the wake of a fl-xs wet engaged upon a voyage of a---oven, a widespread superstition among Spanish thaS Z s and the great rurig-r r was thLfed to the new wortd. Interest la the HiwlsS o - There are larger . than the flamingo and birds with more bra-wit plumage, but no other large : ird > - . brightly colored, and no other Lng-.uj colored bird is w Urge In brief. SLie and beauty trf plume united reae- t-xeu maximum ot development in this remarkable bird, while the open nature of its haunts and its cregariotsness SpeL'-ii-’y dt'SlSDf’l tO“ d->I -3? - — marked characteristics of form and color to the most striking td' - stage. When to these m-.re superfi.;:.ij -"tactions i.- added the U«t that iicie or nothing is known of the nesting l ■- of this singular bird, one may in a measure at least realize the intense longing of the natnra.'.st s-t behold a flaming-j cirv. without .ues-

’ non the most su , , i;e , Q IWt the world, but st . , -..j' /neo's home veil through Lfe Las been i 'it ■ r „-. surre.eer After Gei.eral « e ‘*^ tli ",; ordol . to breik tn'"'--' 1 the eneuy vvi possible General Lee that » " 7 >th ..; leftuu He said- Tht ' : - / ' '<• - • ■ wb1 IHK t o goand ..nd: •«ne me “.a history >-V -Oh. geuvral. WUt ja lb of the surrender - -- field : ’ He replied things of ‘ I,o ‘ how we we- ’ ' B V,J -L- ,-sls t right u i ,rmv'- If it r.g tsurrender - -Lnon-oliity" AD ' 3 then I use a-: - • 'x ' ■ ot be did - Ke<'“e. ano uei. General Lee.” Serio His F»te. .-r .-1 -ditor says *-i tnst M’i ♦■ ** -•*■ * * 1 . f ~t w. ineß *‘HE C "“’ c ~~ . .. .. ... for eating ■ clubs ■ u - - - * ; .. ' and drinkiJ - meals. ‘•Horrid thing' be ” ;ed or S;:h ' -L f he's either he doesn’t deL eve'wd Ph.in Dealer. serve to be. — Whst . the Answevt Joke’xy-Heres a c-nu: Irum for i-iipr—l e ,- s have it. Jokeiey ytm. < <xe.-.. •--- ■ -If -time is money, wbat is j a,v ■:-> ■v. - -I -de.pbia Ledger

CbU««» >• Spelled. C * S °> “ U k?tt an >• ’««“ ot the nntuber bis kept .i . cbk>r> j. Recently the record showed , WH vg Some ripe scholar sent a’letter to his brother 13 "red ti.e name of the Garden ' Z -t zo still another foreigner, r with a sinister motive, speiled 1 i Jaeago. HipaLo. Jajljo. «• Cl “ clud “ are also pr- me sivor!te». ... -‘re J s’iee David J Brewer 3 /- ’ i-mted Stat*’ supreme court «.... s jeLsation in the International rr ; er «. of Lawyers and Jurists at tte World’s Fair by saying regarding « pi- ’ippir.es: — -yl purchase which this great ; ..noc‘-'on commemorates was not the L< f conquest and came not as the of war. A lawyer, not a sol-n-aje the transfer. The giory cf\be'tror s fer is one of the laurels of -i f profession. **You can see t wenty acres of PhilJpD »n* life at the World’s Fair, but you . a „’, , see a square rod of the conrn perhaps it is because it has be.- ‘ ally declared that there Is no connection between the two.’’ 7 v- w Foster, former Secretary of c-.'e wb” followed Justice Brewer declared that the navy is too big. Re g a -“ he hoped that the Secretary of th* Navy had not made the statement -il to him. that he wished to nmke the nary of the United States equal to the ftreatest

T*e Cocon not Tp There is no trre , v T*/ throughout tLe tr- . , Even on remote hseas, which geoiot. recently formed - ; . e s volcano and th- t A •_ <*i«| from its bue, ■ , '*<.■ J The parent tree • of one u ■ Into the sea, to L the * away peril.. . - . r ■ world. Then In m- e the waves cast tl..- , aa ,. t sprout and ,; tt aaott *’■ after lu own kind “ ‘ Th. Apple. The apple is not ■ complete food in u> <, t . ut on list It has a value f ■ u„-, v . . meat it poeeess. Jdg stomach In the dig- - - , ls ol> and therefore the ■-■ r es ”S talned from eating • .- ffi than before meals :er panl ; an unusually heavy . - !aer of an apple will t- • -nd to an early digestion u„l atf ord ‘ lief from the suffer atbadu, Indigestion. XOTeh Verna, liaabaad, gome women w. ‘-Here thi® '■■7# novels that their 1 'Kbandi w * 5 make stick with ait '■ viu.-GiirL News. - — - ■ u *".r c as*, “Father, what's .'?1 tween a lunch and teony “About a dollar a qsute J boy.”—Cincinnati -aertL. - ? . J -