Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1906 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT _____ A n. BVERY TUTHSDAY SORXIXG BY UKW p. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER M.OPIR YEAR IN ADVANCE (ctered at the post ffceat Decati.r.lndiana as aeocnd-clan mail matte?FfICIAL~PAPER OF ADAMS COUMTY~ THURSDAY MAR. -2.190

TOO SENTIMENTAL. It is said tha: petitions asking for the pardon cf ex Auditor Sher rick are now in circulation in every ooun-v in Indiana Tne Democrat has no sympathy with these petitions. and in our humble opiaion Governor Hanly should have even lea® sympathy In the first phue it is a travesty on justice to <x>n not a man of crime which is punishable under the laws of cur erate, and then permit sentiment to interfere with the full and free exercise of that law m meting out punishment to its violators. Sher rick is guilty of law violation. A fair and impartial trial in a oourt of j usuce has heard both the charge and the evidence substantiating snob charge. Tne same oourt of justice has heard and given full weight to every word of defense, and then recorded its verdict cf guilty and subscribed the punish mentjat from two to twenty one vears in prison I:' our] courts are to stand for what they are intended and their integrity to go unim peached, then Dave Sherrick must submit to the findings of the oourt that tried him Governor Hanly s own personal, as well as official integrity. is aiso at stake It was the governor who scorned tne advice of persona and political friends and caused the indictment. It was the governor s personality that gave the prosecution a stand inj they otherwise would not ]have had It was the governor a persor ality that ’.rtfuenoed the ve.dict and it will now be the Governor who shall say whether or not cur court* ahail be courts of justice or whether they shall be sentimental shops for sentimental people. And by his decision we may know whether he .s honest and earnest in bis efforts for official purification, or whether as his enemies cor tend, he is simply locking for per sonal gloritioati n. We’believe be is honest. And w» might add that the simple oonvittion of ex Auditor Sherrick will not measure up to the people's idea of justice. It Secre tarv Storm- - gtr.'.-v. he should be punished under the A’ If Adjn tant-Geners Ward is guilty be should be punished under the law The peop e are muuch given to the "square deal/' especially in official life and , fficiat conduct, and they hive grown to expect it and have ]a right to look for it from the chief executive of our state All Indiana now have their eves focused on the executive man sion.

THEN AND NOW. Id that memorable rear les> Congressman Cromer was plair' Gaorge Cromer, an ordinary citizen and officer of the city o' Muncie, and the county of Delaware, ana the -xosseesor of a political and moral record not above critacism and reproach. He that year songh’' a congress ana’, nomination, and s did the Hon. Horace C. Sdlveil ' It was a memorable convention and the battle was fought and the country saved upon neutral ground ; m th:* city. Two days were con sumei and seventy nine ballot* •were recorded before the majoritv I voice of that convention was besrd m favor of any one candidate In ihe break in -he last few ballots ' Mr. Stiiwell thought so well of . <3rcmer. the then citizen and plair. ’ .officer, that his support and hi# j pnreona: eff iris were directed in ttting up h.s friend# for Cromer, j Eight years have passed Plain Mr Oom“r has worn hi# crngree•ioaal garb st least free from any isinanrai tangling alliance#, and bow we find Hon Horace tMtJ- f well arrayed in political combat! against the man he sun ported eight years ago. The question is, do you really think Mr. Stilwell spends much time deploring the uttar depths of depravity into which this district ha# tank, under the cm greeeicna'. leadership of Mr. Cromer or fs he simply playing the game cf poiitio# as any other ward poiiti I emu would play it The friends o‘. Mr. Cromer have a right to | a vwy broad scope in this ana.ys:»; ’ Ts*y hive a rich’ td assim’ * shat Mr S dwell with Iris un

(limited wealth, is working a oonfi I denoe game upon the eighth dis- > trict republicans to satisfy the persona! ma.ice of George F MeCul- ‘ lough. also of unlim.ted wea.th ! They have a right to assume that when the cry gees forth that Boss 'Goodrich is a Fairbanks boss, that there are some ether oss-es whose skirts need polish and their hands washed. Tnere aie severs, other things they would have a ugh* t: assume, but time, space and me?, nation forbid® an eiao-oration. The Ax.dereon News is now try. :ng to launch Sanai or Sendee as a congressional candidate, but at this stage we refuse to be stampeded from the teaten path John fl. Terhune has come to and has called the district committee fcr a meeting in Muncie. Thursday afternoon. John will no doubt be a little more timid about the size cf the one sided "square deals ' he ' hands out. The democrats m congress are looking to Bryan as the presidential Moses in - We may add. m perfect safety, that this hope is not alone confined to the members of congress About ninety nine out [of every one hundred of the rank and file are also casting their eyes upon the peerless leader It is hinted that J hn D. Rocke feller is suffering from mental dis orders Charles M Schwab is sup posed to be afflicted in the same manner. David B. Hill is down m F.onda in the nope cf benefit ting his heath, and Grover Cleveand is there for a ike purpose The rich and the great have their troubles as well as the peer and the humtie.—Columbia City Post. Representative Gilbert has received hundreds of,cong rate, at tenon his foresight in accepting a Philippine jndgesh.p. His frieucs frankly tell him that they think a democrat will be elected from the Twelfth district this year There is tn inclination among re publican '.euaders to concede to the Oe-mocrats some other Indiana districts new represented by reput.i cans.—Donis Ludlow in Muncit Star. Hon. Richard fl Hartford c Poriiarxr. was mingling with his democratic brethren here yesterday, and to a num "er cf them he confided his intention of seeking the nomination for appe..a*e judge of this judicial district, before the coming democratic state con venson Mr. Hartford was the party's candidate four years ago. he is an able la •yer and a dist-nguiLsheo ! citisen. and would honor the appei i late bench cf the state

The democratic state oommittee take# no stock m the effort to establish a democratic organ in Indianapolis. *'We have 14C democratic newspapers in the state." «aid Chairman W H- O'Br.er. "and what do you want better than that?" Chairman O Br.en might have added that when the demcrate had an organ at Indianapolis better equipped than any t’.(X . proposition would be the party got along no letter than ft did after that <rgan began to’decay—Hart‘ord City News. One cf the most noticeable things at the republican meetings -hie year is the lack of enthusiasm. Mr. Stilwell had a very unresponsive audience last night. Two or -hree time* he auded J President Roosevelt in his peroration, thus giving his hearers a chance to let cut with a few pent-up whoop*, but only cue time did the applause come and that was started—and finished—by an Andresen man who came along for that purpose. Had he men tioned Billy Bryan the democrats present would have responded manfully —Bluffton Banner <>ae of the interesting features of the present political situaticn is the tendency of republican leaden in congress to bow grace fully away from the chairmanship cf the republican congressional committee. The cold, hard fact is that the repuhean leaders are afraid that the democrat# are going to carry the house this year They don t say so aloud, but it is noticed that each one insists m nominating seme one beside# himself for con gressional chairman Whenever a feeder 's name is mentioned for congressional chairman .he begins to ♦el? why he cannot serve—Louis Lu ilow in Muncie Star

GENEVA NEWS Geneva. Ind, March i —The remains of Mrs. Angelina Markie. who died at the home of her daughter. Mrs O. E. Kemp. Sun day afternoon, were taken to Bar d na, Ohio, Monday afternoon where intex mens will be made. The de ased was seventy years of age and has been an invalid fcr some time her death being caused by dropsy. G. W. Pyje has opened a ’Union Mission ' in the vacant room just ea-i of the Acker A* Teeple clothing store Seats have beet placed in the roocm and pulpit erected. The meetings were to have epened last night but the weather prevented Mr. Pvle has a! ways been known as a good man and be will be sup- ■ irted in his commendable work by the peopl® of Geneva There are net many peep.e who would give their time and room to this work but Mr. Pyle t'eeis that it is needed and he is willing to do this for tie fe.low man Hist There is a rumor that the Shamrock wi" be opened and this time the report is not * grape vine Parties were here Monday locking ict? the matter and here's hoping that things w:T be arranged satis factoriiv. There is nothing needed worse in Geneva than the hotel. Geneva Ind.. March 17—Plans and s- ecicfiaf.ins now being prepared by Architect J E Hammons cf Portland fcr the new L O <» F block which is to be erected there, this spring The bm.ding will be erected on the site where the present frame building is standing and «ri 1 be built Bedford stone and pressed brick There will be a frontage of 4 fee* and the rooms w. . be feet lore The second floor will be used by the lodge. A big banquet hall kitchen ante rooms and reception rooms wi be m the front part and the lodge nxm preper will be behind there. There will be two bisiness rooms below and the er -rances to these rooms and the ha way w-.h ne in the center cf the building in a six foot vestibule Tne building w. cost t* anc wi be by far the most oompie *e and hands-? mt st -dock in the town Tne Geneva ioage nas a membership'of ICO or mere and is the largest lodge in the oouty. Work jn their new home will be started as soon as the weather settles

Geneva. Ind.. March 21 —S W Hale, who list w.ek received hi* appointment from Gov. Hanly to a membership on the board cf trustees -?f the epileptic host ital which is to be .ut.t near New Ca#'> wifi -eave Friday for that 'City, where he. with the ether cf -he board, will .-ook over the grounds and location far . the hospital. Next week the board will go to the east for the porpe<se of visiting the hospital tn Boston and other eastern cities Next Monday evening is so be a jreat time for the memnres cf tbe K f P lodge for on that the erenng they are expecting to initiate a class cf ten or fifteen new men and the go»t will gc it. The intention of the mem Dev* is to form the un: 'form rank here and tbe outlook i« very The work next Monday evening will be done by •he Decatur team and quite a irge number cf visitor# will be her#

Dzspite -he inclemency of the we*’her there was a very good sized crowd attended the five cent i social given in tbe Masonic banquet hall sat evening by Mesdames Thrcp and Towne. The ;acies served a silent id luncheon fora tickle and cf course there were .other daintiaa that cost more. Toere was qui-ea neat hitfe sum , added to the Eattern Star piano . fund. Doctors Are Puzzled. i The remarkable recovery of Kenneth . Mclver, of Vanceboro. Me..i« tbe eub- ■ ieet of moeh interest to the medical ! fraternity and a wide circle of fnonde. He say# of ius case: “Owing to severe infiammatioo of the Throat and couI gestioc of tbe Lungs, three dockers gave me up to die, when. as a last resort. 1 was indoced to try Dr. King # ’ New Dfscoverv and I am happy to say it saved my life." Cure# the worst I Coughs and Odds. Bronchitis, Tousilitis. Weak Lungs. Hoarseness and LaGrippe. Guaranteed at Blackburn and Chrietn drug wore. 50c and SIXO Tri Jeb tile free Mrs. Ella Suyder returned to I Fort Wayne fast evening, after be ng the guest of relative# in this <:ty

The funeral services of Jacob Cl»e. sr.. were held yesterday at the St Mary's Catholic church at >3O oc lock There was a -.arge attendance and Father Milker spoke at length concerning the past life cf the deceased Interment was made in the St. Joseph oemeterv The macadam road fever in Ad sms county continues, the latest of this i cd coniine frOaRoot u wnship. where a petition has already been prepared and -urned by the required number c: icitizens, fifty, and will be file: within a few days The road s on the county me between Root and Madison township cf Allen c-oun’v, beginning at the village of Will.ams and running west one mile. The! farmers cf Adams county are deter mined to hare the best roads on 1 earth and we now have mere miles of ma *dani than any other county in Indiana No ether improvement s: rapidly increases the price ofarm lands, so keep up the ’icx. boys. Marguerite, the seven years old daughter of Councilman Peter Gaffer and wife, who reside on North .th street, died yest-rday at 11 30 o'clock, after an illness of one bay death being caused from toe effects of a spasm The .life girlhad been feeling as well as usual and had net complained of bein.r .11 fcr some time until yesterday morning about 11:3. o clock, when she informed her mother she was sick. A general collapse followed: quickly and in a short time she was seized with a violent spasm Mean time medics 1 , attendance had been summoned and with the effects of ch..reform she was given relief for a short time She gradually be came weaker and as a .ast resort »he doct.rs bled the child, thinking this might he.p and return het to ! o. nscionsness, but she never rallied and at 11.3: o'clock today death relieved her She was a bright little girl and was the flower of the ; household and her daily smile and ■cvia manner will be sadly missed by those who loved her. The fa nera services will be he.d Friday morning at - 30 o'clock from the Sr Mary s Catholic church. Father Wilken officiating and interment wi. be made m the St. Joseph cerretsry Those desiring to, view the . remains may do so any time after 9 o’clock "morrow morning.

Obituary. John Nelson, son of Henrv and Martha Smitley. was born November 16, IS6O, in Boas county, Ohio, and died at bis home in Blue Creek township. Adams ccunty, Indiana. March 10, 19C6, agea forty five years, three months and twenty two days. When about seven years of age he moved with his parents - Mercer county. Ohio, where be grew to manhood. On September 16. IcSO, he was united! in marriage to Marv E Foreman of this ccunty. and to this union were born nine children: Jesse L., I William A . Mrs, Bessie Lautzenhuser, Homer. Blanche. Haael. i Walter. Roy and Ivan, all of whom survive him He was a good neighbor and a kind citizen, was a. ways ready to help those who were in need of him and was loved by all who knew htn. Among his lest words were: "1 am going;, good-by to all." He w;p be greatly . missed by his friends and neighbors and especially by hi# wife and •hildren. Besides the children there survive him his father, moth er three sisters and four brothers, and a number of other relatives. The funeral was held at the M’ | B pe churcn at 2 o’clock Monday, conducted by Rev. fl. Kihn of Willshire, who took for his text. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the dav dot the h- nr, wherein the son of man ocmetb. - "Matt 25.13. Interment was made in tbe Mt Hope cemetery. We desire in this manner to i thank all our friends and neighbors who sc "kindly assisted ua during the i, mere and death of our beloved husband and father Mary E ' Smitley and children

The children’s triend-— Jayne’s'Tonic Vermifuge WuC r,ve> ° Ut bl<X>d im P urities - Makes strong nerves and muscles. Givc * tone ’ vitaJ ity and snap. '* “ om J'our druggist V, V 1

HOME ' SWEET - HOME Do Vn» Care to be Your Own Landlord? U 1 ,riv i' -ed -onie valuable locations, in both city and We have recently fistea ]andg are , rac , g o{ 16fl ]uo ■arm pr J Pe rt '*. ° f g 011 t i :e gravel pike and stone roads. \V fc -9. , : o^^’^ n y Sr. 9th., 10th„ 11th. 13th.. have also, city si7so, >ISOO, 81350, 81150, 8950, 8825,1725 andlotn.. streets jeß oil Grant , L ine. Mercer 8650. >6OO, and >-.00, s Too, 81400, 8950. 8900. 8850. and the snow agency a 'PHONE 230.

How Rapid Life is Killing Our People. lnprecedented from heart disease.

Thp fact that I- 5 persons died recently 1 "At»- in 1”4 was only 56. '■ '2 ■■■ the t-lief among phyAmer can po. P !e gem-nlly, ter. are i.vinc too rapidly. The stra.u i b-.'n.-xi and carex attendant on inr.e competition and the worry attendant on anx l-tv to gain wealth are given a- an explanation by physicians of the condit .’-'ha vp' ■ . v'-hed the fact that t’.p nerve *' .r.-— which control the stomach and the heart, are affected bv the h- -rv of in the daily scramnle to b . - ’heir food, in order to quickly resume •h.--ir exciting careers. Many young men bow - 'cumb to heart dis-a->-. where 50 v- -r- ago, a case was rare when a person ; un i-r 30 years of age died from this , maladv. . . W. ni-n are also victims. This is attr t.-d to the manner in which they | worrv over s.- ial engaaements. also to O v—V. rk. Worry and ex-itement to- i g. r with manv nerve - lock- which come t- ail in their daily life, of bu-tle | and h;<le. are the principal causes w eh -nap the heartstrings. We Americans, both men and women, are living fast. We work too hard and w >rrv too much. How can the strain behest contracted anl the damage done , t-- quickest repaired? Only by humor- i inz and assisting the stomach to act in a ' more healthv manner. Thus wiil the bi oxi be enriched, the nerves invigorated and the action of an enfeebled heart and regulated. Dr. Piero? s | < . . n Medical Discovery contains just the right increlients to do this, as will be - n from what eminent medical authorities sav of the different ingredients composing it- To make the weakened -tomach itronz that it may properly digest th food and thus manufa t ire rich, rea blood. Golden Seal, a prominent ingredient of the "Golden M-i: li Discovery” is pre-eminently the article needed. The late Prof. John M. Seudd>-r. M. D.. of Cincinnati, author of | 'Sr*. - ? Medication,” mvs of it: "It stimulates the digestive processes, and increases the assimilation of food. Bv these means the Wood i» enricliol. •" * * * The consequent improvement on the nervous and glandular systems are natural results.” He further says: "In relation to its general effects on the ' svs*em. there to no mctliGnc in w«s nix>ut I tefttoh there U general unanimity of ' opine.n. It is univerxally regarded as th< tonic useful in all debilitated states.’ The U»tted States Dispensatory say* of Golden Seal root: ’As a local remedy Hydrastis (Golden Seal) has a remarkable effect upon the mucous membranes. I'-ed in gastro-intestinal (stomach - bowel i catarrhs. ♦ • * ♦ •In its influence upon the nervous rr-tem this azent 'Golden Sealk hastimulatinz properties, affecting respiration and circulation, imparting tone and uu-T«i*c»i potter to the henrt’s action.' Then besides Golden Seal, which, according to the best medical authorities, stands' at the head of all stomach and heart tonics and invigorators. there is Stone root Collinsonia Canadensis .which enters largely into the composition of "Golden Medical Discovery.” and it is an acknowledged stomach and heart tonic—especially superior to all other remedies in valvular and other affections of the heart The late Prof. Wm. Paine, Xf. D., of Phila.. says in his work on Concentrated Medicines: "I. not long since, had a patient who was so much oppressed with a valvular disease of the heart that his friends were obliged to carry him up-staire. He. however. gradually recovered under the influence of Co liii-onin the active medicinal priadple of Stone root), and is now at-

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tending to his business. Heretofore physicians knew of no remedy for the removal of so distressing and so (ianz> rou» a malady. With them it was a, s work, and it fearfully warned t!.. atflicud that was near at hand, u nsonia unquestionably affords relief in su e h c;ue->j aud in most hstances effects a cute* "Golden Medical Discovery ' so xtr ngly and faithfully repre-ents the a. tiv- medicinal principles resin ng in both Golden Seal and stone root that it can be de. (M-nded upon to produce their combined and best curative effects. It mu-t not, however, be expected to perforn, miracles. Those who have abused thom-eives by over-work, and thus invited stomach and heart weakness must not exj*ct a cure . . unless they reform their hal is. They , must let up on their strenuous later, and I not over-tax their brains, nerves or muscles, take rational exerci-e in the out-door air. and simple food and not ■too much of it —never gormandizing cr ioverloading the stomach, let to .’ten early and take plenty of rest n bed. i With these improved habits of life the broken-down one may confidently expect relief and cure from the use cf that great stomach, nerve and heart tonic and invigorator. "Goluen Medical Discovery.” It is a trite saving that no man is stronger than his s’tomach. fir. Pierces I Golden Medical Discovery -trengtheM the stoma.-iL— puts it in shape to make pure, rich blood —helps the liver and j kidneys to expel the poison- from the j i bodv and thus cures both liv. r and kid- j ' ney troubles. If you take th.- natural | blood purifier and tonic, you "ill assist your system in manufactur ne each day a pint of rich, red blood, that imigoi rating to the brain and neryts. The weak, nervous, run-down :• hi’laud condition which so many suffer I from, is usually the effect of wison.- in the blood; it is often indh nt.- vn m: :es or boils appearing on tin- - '. n • ! becomes thin and tin- f.G.rzs "blue.' Dr. I‘ierce's ’Discover) ■u>' a. 1 oed humors as well as beins a tonic that makes one vigorous, strouc ai?l ' r -' fui. It is the only medicine pm up hr -al® through druggists for like : -;r;«-'-* that contains neither alcohol nor harmful drugs, and the only o:;e. ever) "cr-.ihttt of which has the profession;,s endorse- ! ment of the leading medical writer- of this country. Some of these endorsements are published in a of extracts from standard mf-dicu. works and will be sent to any addr-.-/’<■* on receipt of request therefor ty -trer or postal card, addressed to Dr. R 5 Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. It tells just wrat Doctor Pierce's medicine* are made ~f. . Tlie "Words of Praise* for ’he severa. j ingredients of which Dr. P r • . m'diciues are composed, by learn r» n so 'he several schools of medical practic ana recommending them-’or the cure o. tne diseases for which the "Golden MedicalDiscovery ” is advised, should nave .ar more weight with the sick and I than any amount of the so-caned .estlmonial-" so conspicxiously . ;■ \ '"<■ efore the public by those who are afraid to *• the ingredients of which ii ' t nieuic n ■ are composed tie known. Brer in that the'Golden Medica. has THE BADO-E OF HONESTY ' ■ evert Wll» wrapper, in a full list of its j.zrni-nt.. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant pe.c •- ■•’•re-J.®-stipation. invigorate the i:ve< and reg • late stomach and bowels. Dr. Pierce’s Common bepse Medic" Adviser, containing more tban a too sand large pages, h sent ’”« pn reeeP of stamps to pay > ■ only. Send 31 one-ceut .'amp- ‘j-cloth-bound volume, or on v . -ta i►for the hook in paper c■'• ,r- A<W‘ ea Dr R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N 5.