Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1907 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT [ ■VKBYTHURSDAYMpRNW BY. lIW G ELLINGHAMT, PUMJSHCD , , ■ < r ■> • •LKPSB TBAR IN ADYANCK. - — ■ 1 • . ,;f i ”. ——— Eat irad at the poetoffice at Decatur,lndiana aa eeoond-claaa mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS CtHIRH THE INHERITANCE TAX. The inheritance tax bill has been passed by the house and may become a law. As it now stands the bill provides for two scales of’ taxes. One applies when the transfer of property is to father, mother, brother, sister, child or lineal descendant and the other when relationship is. not thus clear or when blood connection ,i does not exist • ■:. In the first scale the taxes Are. as follows: On legacies valued between $20,000 and 150,000, s2,on each SJW; between $50,000 and $200,000, $4 on each $100; between $200,000 and ,$400,000, $6 on each $100; between $400,. 000 and $500,000, $8 on each $100; between $600,000 or more, $lO on each $100,000; bequests less than $20,000 in the first scale shall not be taxed. * The second scale is as follows: On bequests valued between $5,000 to $25,000, $5 on each $100; between! $25,000 and SIOO,OOO, $6 on each $100; I between SIOO,OOO and $200,000, $7 on eacty $100; between $200,000 and $300,000, $8 on each $100; bptween $300,000 and $400,000, $9 on each $100; between $400,000 and $500,000, $lO on each $100; between $500,000 and $600,000, sl2 on each $100; $600,. 000 or more, sls on each SIOO. The tax shall be due at tjie time of the grantor’s death, and 10 per cent a year shall be charged for the' failure to pay. The tax shall be charged against the property bequeathed, and the person inheriting the property shall become responsible'foV'the'pay. ment of the tax. ' l> '’ 1 «: n • PARTY BEARS THE. , Only two weeks more‘ U iWh<£ . , . - “Amg’i a* latures session remains and it is now :■ . • ..*■» MIK UWat 3riT apparentthat .a. pprtipn qf the. work that should be accomplishment. It isilm|»ossiitia. *&q the time riemainiffg to tefAMfd . the many blits of ' to look as’if some of'pa'rtimriuri- i-a? pbrtance might be For ,this, condition 1 there are seveftd explanations, but hardly ah adequate excuse. It is true that W'iugtsliteftye undertook took 5 mucb/'ithat’ithe tDbcwp cratic*'minority blindlf >-obeyed'M-the: dictates of Mr. Taggart of French Lick, and that the pjp| ) hofis of the governor rather than promoted allj these things will. Republican party for .of failure. It has had thq to do things placed within It?, .hands and while faijuie to get may be Attribute 1 th th? dqrpiictinii qf p few, it is the whole partv that. must beai, the censure. There is. still ti’i'i Kr." the legislature to save• dts .reput v i .u in a measure and it certainly, .behooves the leaders of the Republican party to get busy. If platform pledges are not redeemed the peo,

Specialist Coming .'4 1 * Doctor Moreland | ( > mi 11 II 1 ■■■Ml ___ ♦ «( The well known Indianapolis SpedfflUt iff the treatment of all ♦ J Chronic Medical and Surgical will be at $ [Hotel Murray, Decatur, InuJi In : '» l qt - : ” ' M 08 1 r - . ' i« , i O ; Wednesday, March 6. 1907 • • < ' ‘ ill v.* C- ' ' T I!!') 46 1 . ONE DAY ONLY and return .every 28 days. Office hours 9 a. ml to o <;5 p. m., where he c£n he,Consulted Free'and Confidentially *-*. *. o < —.... ■. . .< , . ■ ■ ■ * * < ► The Doctor pleilgrife hiA word of honor as a gentleman -that any O < > case presented to mrii fffr fYeatilimt will receive' most careful and' .! J* painstaking treatniefit. He treatsdi > (, successfully all c'hrohrc'and lorig btandlng diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose O Throat - Lungs, fe, ’ft6a< ; Stomach, Bowels, Liver, Kidaeys, Bladder, : Skin afid Nerves. • b ‘ . i Pjs ‘p- /< ? ;; , v .' j; . : ■ Young, Old o» Tttlddlo Agad Men ' ' 1 I mtte'Ang -G«aerli lenity. Loss <rf Vitai- ' i .< ; ity Varicocele,' Spferifiktorrhea, Atrophy'; Wasting, Gietot’ or Blood «! „ , Poison can be cured , fay his treatment -so that the trouble may never ° return.- k -h . . ‘ ' •.*. . ■ V !!” ■ i *' < * ’ •' •. * * . j. .... «> I ~ Women. Who are Weak - - ] , find despondent; sufferng, from' the many ailments peculiar to their ► •i > sex, can be oured. if possible,, without an operation’. Marrfed '"feedies;. ~ Should be accompanied; by. their husbands when coming tot ctmsuHa- 1 ‘ ' ' ™ cer ’ Pites >' fistula,; Constpatibn, litchirig or Bleeding Piles. I > o Rectal Fissure, RectaXv Ulcer, Diarrhoea, Indigestion, treated’ thor-' ’ k oughly and successfully without pain or knife. ! s The Doctor is a* .graduate of a regular school of medicine, on© of * ► the largest in the middle west, and has this to say. 0 < ► I give the very best treatment and advice in every case sub- < ► o mitted to me, and exert every possible effort on behalf of the patient <► < and expect to .be compensated for the treatment and advice as it is < ► rendered. It lies not within the province of man to guarantee life or < ► o health. My terms are not exorbitant andLmy proposition is this* I 0 o will guarantee to treat until cured every case I accept for treatment.” o fEdgar W. Moreland, M. D. t Indianapolis, Indiana ♦

i pie* of the state* wfll'waKt to- ’know Why. —Fort Wayne News, (Rep.) THE TEACHERS' BILL. The Jhiß jelatlng to the and qualifications of teacheWr ' schools, as prepared by the State EBu- I cational Commission, has been passed* by the senate and is now pending in the house. The effect of the reclas- ! silication of the salaries and the basis of determining them, would be an increase over present .wages of 22%, ‘ 45 and 67 cents a day, depending on the length of service of teachers. As to qualifications the bill provides that teachers entering the service must have had a high schodl education, or its equivalent, .least twelve weeks -in a training school, for. teachers and a twelve months’ license? Teachers, I in order td’ bfe” classified as having ■ J ■' t.l “one year’s must bavej had a twenty-four weeks’ course to-a, training school and must-have*’gained a two years’ license. ‘For teadhers in the highest class, a three years’Jl. cense pnd a certificate of .graduation from a training school are required. Whether this measure, if It becomes a law, wjlj be generally satisfactory is not known. The (Commission which framed it was appointed by Governor Hanly to investigate the questions involved. I THE MAIL CARRYING CONTRACTS The government has been paying the railroads about double what they are entitled to for carrying the mails. It has been doing this for years and apparently has made no effort to correct the abuse. Some person, however, without the knowledge or consent of the people’s paid servants at Washington, discovered the truth and put it in the newspaper spotlight. Then these paid servants avowed that they would cut off some millions of dollars a year from the soft thing pnjoyed by the railroads. And then the railroads intimated to the people jalong their lines that if the soft thing Iwas mafle less soft they would be f Icompelled to retrench their expenses Ry taking off some of their trains. The result is that the government (authorities are besieged not only by rai’-oad lawyers and officials but by . i scared “business’ associations” to ‘niaae no reductidn in the mall con. trac s. " Doubtfess the government A ill yi ?fd' the point and allow the graft' to continue? The virtue of the Roosevelt administration is not of that stern and uncompromising quality which insists upon right though ithe heavens fall YT THE ANTI-TRUST FARCE. , A So-called anti-trust bill is making ; a slow but not altogether stately progress through the legislature. It is of Republican origin, as no real antitrust bill fathered by a Democrat has had a ghost of a show from the beginning. The bill that has been worried through the senate and is now worrying Jhq house and which is known as fit Hawkins bill, is declared by Competent authority to be no better than the useless laws we now have. A Republican senator declared in a speech that it would 'not touch the Standard Oil company or any other murwj>ML.M('ii*i-iii.M uii i i-.--’-- —i’-’-l. .--I,- - - . t __

•• » ■’ ’» - • • ■ big concern< but that it might catch some little ones. Whep It.rWA B put | on its passage all of the Democratic , senators, voted for it,;.however, be- < cauhe it was the only thing in sight, though they denounced it as a sham .and a fraud when compared with what is really needed. Editor Fred Rohrer, of the Berne i Witness, continues to do yeoman service for law enforcement and the temperance cause in his community. His most recent exertion resulted in the uncovering of a “blind tiger” in Berne, the arrest of the proprietor and the seizure; of a couple of drayloads of contraband liquors. Mr. Rohrer has been both vigilant and Courageous in his war against the traffic iff Berne, and has been made to ■ suffer much for his righteous interest In the moral welfare -of that place. 1 But with resolute spirit be has kept at the work. and Berne has become a better place- to live im. enjoys greater prosperity and higher state of order that it ever before .the militant editor began to lead the crusade against the saloon. The senate committee on elections has at last, when the session is nearly at an end, decided that E. Volney Bingham, Democrat, is entitled to retain his seat in the senate. Mr. Bing- . ham received a majority of votes over his opponent, Thad M. Talcott, at the November election. Afterward, Tai. cott, yielding to machine influence, instituted a contest. His case was absolutely baseless and should have been disposed of at once. Instead of that, however, it has dragged almost through the entire session. The fact that right conclusion has been reached in the end proves that Mr. Bingham’s case was too meritorious to furnish even a partisan reason for reversing the judgment of the voters. The appropriations to be made by the present session of congress may exceed a billion dollars. The aggregate is- simply enormous and shows stupendous extravagance. In (every department of the government there is the utmost recklessness in expenditures. The river and harbor.inbiU, which is known as the “pork barrel,” appropriates nearly a hundred million dollars, the biggest sum on record. All other appropriations are fragged i on the same scale-: That fur the frl department totals •which exceeds by mapy previous mark. The army and * both get tremendous sums., And so it goes. But then it is only the .people who foot the bills. . ~, < S ■ ■ ■< The part which a community takes in the increase of individual property is well illustrated in the growth of real estate values in New York city. H. O. Havemeyer paid $150,000 in 1889 for a site now worth sl,ooo,ooo;’Andrew Carnegie ffi 1898 jaid S2OOO-a front foot—it is now worth SSOOO. Sixty blocks in upper Fifth avenne ; have increased $500,000,000-within ten years and for this increase the QWii. Srs have expended neither an* hour’s labor nor a dollar’s value. The hddl. tlon is made to their individual property by the growth of the community. Do they not ethically, at least, owe the community some substantial return? —South Bend Times. r ; -.. ■araiT~iirni imiiTTrT"asaaH» According tb filirbin, former governor 6ffpt. Harry S. New is not yet chairman of the Republican national committee.* Col. Durbin declares that Cortelyeff Is chairman until his resignation has been submitted to and accepted by the committee. If, this view is correct, Gapt. New is still on the waiting list—a»d he, has waited a long time. As the newspapers have ! quoted Col. sus favoring .the ■ renomination' of Roosevelt for. the ! presidency, he may think it important J to -keep Handyman - Cortelyou at the head of the national-organization. j I ' ' i ; -‘A-•»[(’**' ■ < ' ■ •? -io? , In referring to the question of [ “swollen fortunes,” Mr. Bryan iff''an ► address befqrg .the legisiatffre, I said: “Let herethe pcest [ dent of the United States for what • he has dohe ift’aToUslng public atten. t tlon on this subject. I believe that [ no * I ► for since’ he has th poir|t J I out ► about half as much abuae f r "‘BS;F used uj get. <3 tiw.lp .now shattog’ ' ’’ T ' 1 ’ ► Roosevelt Complains that those who ► are finding fault with, his mthodp sug. ► gest nothing to‘ take* their place. It is ► to be supposed that many things that ► he has been advocating lately but t which were advocated by feryan ten ► years ago are to be credited wholly to ► him, and not to those who took a ► stand for them before he was elected k president. A man who is simply a ► citizen is not in position to do things, ► and is obliged to confine his efforts to , agitation.—Columbia City Post.

It) wg» brought, put fr < debate in the UMted States senate 4 oveft Xhe proposition to increasb-the salary of the head qf .the forestry DureaA’ r ’thkt I the cost of n the forestry .servjpp to two years ago was s37sJtftO a yepcq Now It is $3,000,000 and ’the stealing of timber from the public lands goeson unabated. But the senate voted to increase the salary of the official just the same, though he is a millionaire. The Washington correspondent of the Indianapolis Star says the Repub. licaa congressmen from Indiana have become scared by ,the popular indignation over the ship subsidy proposition and that some of .them will not vote for It unless ‘lt is “modified.” Well, we will just wait and see. They, said something of the same sort once before, but they did not mean it and they probably don’t mean it now. , Thore is no denying the fact, tur people are universally, pxpufl of Tom Railing, and durned. if they do not have a right Io sing .thq praises of their traction line connection with the outside -world. We tried, the line in a. trip to Fort Wayne the first of this week and found it all right We wish Willshire could boast of a sinqilar convenience.—Willshire Herald. f Wl———BWß|— Advertising your business is just like any other department, it must be done in an intelligent, systematic manner if you wish to reap any benefit. Persisting, I‘keeplng everlastingly at it” is what brings results. Spasmodic advertising really works an injury. The men who have achieved success invariably used printer’s ink without stint. i It is a little bit early to make a guess, but it appears that the Prohibitionists are getting ready to their presidential nomination next year to Judge Artman. His decision that the state has no authority to authorize the licensing of the sale of intoxicating liquors warms all of the poltical cockles in the Prohibition heart. Senator Slack states that flovernor Hanly tried to secure his Support for the insurance bill by offering to help him win the Democratic gubernatoHal in 1908. Just how does Qqvernor able to Swing hominatfens of* "the Democratic party?—Ft. Wiyne News? *’ ———B ' The Republicans, in deciding ?to let Apostle Smoot keep his seat dn the United States senate,* were, .merely carrying out their agreement with the Mormon hierarchy. They regard the Mormon vote as of more importance than the opinions of all the women in the country. , •-B- I" .MU■ 11 If. ■? , The great anxiety on the part of the governor for the passage of his antijobby bill, is now thoroughly understood. He wanted a monopoly of the business. ■" The dispatches say that Mr.. Cromer received Mr. Adair kindly in Washington. Regular old brotherly- love spirit, wasn’t it? —Muncie Press. For good building stone, best Hod*.’ ing Valley “oal ;.nd dynamite, see Julius Hau,.-.k r • . FRIGHTFULLY BURNED. Cha*. W. Meore, a machinist, of Ford City, Pa., had his hand frightfully burMd in an electric furnace. He applied Bucklens Arnica Salve with the usual reuult: “a quick and perfect ©ure.” Greatest healer on earth for burns, wounds, Sores, soma and piles. He at Blackburn's Pharsaacy. NOTICE OF PETITION - TO SELL REAL ESTATE. Probate cause No. 1071. ' Edward X. Ehlnger, administrator with the will annexed, of estate of Mathias Schafer, deceased, vs. Katha-, rine Sehafer» et al. T ytj ... In the. Circuit . court of. J Adamp county, February term, 191)7? ’ ■' To Mary Schmitt, Anna ftnplum. Peter Schafer, * Michael Schafer. .And o; .IfefrF Sfrinback: ! r " You are severally hereby ‘ notified that the above named petitioner as adnrfnlstraFMor with the will annexed, >of .the estate of aforeejtid, has filed ih f the circuit court of Adams county, In- . diana, a petition, making you defendthereto'and pFaylhg therein for an >drder ana decree of said court au- ’ > therlteng the sale of certain real tate belonging to, the estate of sald. de- , Cedent, and in said petition described,' to. make assets for the payment of the debts ahd liabilities of said estatq; and has also filed an affidavit avering therein that you and each of you are non-residents of the state bf Indiana, or that your residence is unknown and that you are necessary •parties to said proceeding, and that said petition, so filed and which is now pending, is set for hearing in i said circuit court at the court house in Decatur, Indiana, on the first day of April, 1907. Witness the Clerk and Seal of said court, this 4th day of February, 1907. (SEAL). DAVID GERBER, , Clerk Adams Circuit Court. Schurger & Smith, Att’ys. 49-4 t

AM/NISTERS Or COMMENDATION. r F/HE BIG FACTORIES. uj “ I have been trying to get some firm hereto put in a line S of yo.ur shoes, as we have a hard time getting a good shoe ' f “ in this town. I believe if you will take the matter up* you I can arrange with Messrs. & Co. to handle “ Diamond Brands.” I have no interest in the matter only that I want > B to buy a good shoe once in a while. You will remember that N I handled your shoes when in business in Quanah, and know . ! > what they are ” REV. WALTER GRIFFITH, h ' Silverton, Texas. , I Could the superiority of Diamond Brand shoes be ' more convincingly shown ? You are just as anxious for good shoes as Rev. Griffith and it is equally worth I your .while to insist that your dealer supply them. Ask your dealer for Diamond Brand Shoe's;.. j F/MZ SMOES TMaTM AMY OFF/E9 MQaSE 7M THE

• DISPERSION SALE. I will sell a*t public sale on my farm 2 miles west of Geneva, Indiana, Thursdaw, March 21, 1907, my entire herd of 18 head Double Standard Poll Durham and Short Horn cattle. Also 12 head of good grade cattle out of my herd bulls, Good Luck and Grand Lord, 15 head pure blood Chester] White hogs, six head horses, etc. Send for catalogues. C. D. PORTER, 52-3 t. Geneva, Indiana. LEGAL ADVERTISING Appointment es Administrator. Notice is hereby given, That the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of George Hart, late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. SARAH E. HART, Adm’r’x. l D. B. Erwin, Attorney. , I February 23, 1907. 52.3 t NOTICE OF ;FINAI- SETTLEMENT, OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and' .-legatees of Barney Hackman, deceased, to appear in the Adams Circuit court, held at ifidiana, on the 28th day- of-Mstrch, ,1907, and, show cause, if any, Wny the Final Settlement Accounts with (the estate of said decedent' should ! not be approved; and said heirs, are’ notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distrib. 1 •Alve shares. ’ MARY HACKMAN, Adm’r’x. D. B. Erwin, Attorney. Decatur, Ind., Feb. 26, 1907. 52-3 t ; - ■ — ■ , ‘ NOTICE QJr RECEIVING BIDS. Notice is hereby given that estimates are on the auditor’s office of Adams couffty, Indiana, for the furnishing of supplies for the county asylum. Said estimates of supplies ai*e ulyided under the following headings: L. . . t . Shoes, Dry Goods, Drugs, Hardware, Clothing, Stock Feed, Seeds, Harness, Oil, etc. 1 Sealed bids are requested for each el&ss of goods separately. All bids must be fifed in the auditor’s office not later than ten o’clock a. m., oh Monday, March 4, 1907. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, The Board reserves the right to re_ject any or all blds. Successful bidders will be requited to enter into contract for the faithful performance of his bid. -’w ) C. D. LEWTON,, 51-2 L Auditor Adams County, Ind. i NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. The State of Indiana, County of Adams; s?: In the Adams Circuit court, February Term, 1907. EMIL JUILLERAT Vs. , No. 7339. JOSEPH ROBBINS, LOUISA ROBBINS, JAMES ROBBING, MARY ROBBINS et al., . Qaiet,Title. . ■!? It appearing from affidavit filed in

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1 the above entitled cause that Joseph 1 Robbins, Louisa Robbins, James Rob. bins, Mary Robbins, Carl Smith and Floyd Smith, of the above named de. fendants are non-residents of the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said Joseph Robbins, Louisa Rob. bins, James Robbins, Mary Robbins ! Carl Smith and Floyd Smith, thal they be and appear before the Hon Judge of the Adains Circuit court or the 18th day of April, 1907, the same being the 10th Juridical day of th< next regular term thereof, to be hold, en at the Court House in the city o! Decatur, commencing on Monday, the Bth day of April, A. D., 1907, and pleat by answer or demur to said complain! or the same will be heard and deter, mined in their absence. WITNESS, my hand and seal of salt court hereto affixed thia 20th day o! | February, A. D., 1907. ■, I (SEAL.) DAVID GERBER, Clerk I a By PAUL BAUMGARTNER, 4-' ; Deputy F. M. Schlrmeyer, . , Merryman & Sutton, ; 51.3 t Attorneys for Plaintiff. 7 , ■ . -1 - NOTICE SET- , d ' TLEMENT OF ESTATE j Notice is hereby given to the cred, dtors,H* HJolchln, deceased-, to appear ln th< 1907, and show cause, if any t /#liy tht Final Settlfunent )ckcc©unts . with the estate of said deradent. should not be approved; and sala heirs are notified to then and there* make proof of heir, ship, and receive tiieir ! distributive shares. FRANK COLOHIN;, f . JOHN S. COLCHLN, . , „ jixecutbrs, Decatur, Ind., Feb. 20, 1907: 1Peterson & Moran, Attys.: . sLi3l APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR Notice is hereby given that the. un. dersigned has been appointed execu. tor of the estate of Lewis C. Millftr; late of Adams county, deceased. The estate is probably solvent. fi.NANCY L. MILLER, Executor. , Feb. 18, 1907. sf-St ■ ?•*'"• ' * Appointment of Administrate. I - Notice is hereby given that the un. dersigned has been appointed: admini. strator of the estate of Shelby Ray. late of Adams county, deceased. The deceased is probably solvent. ALICE L. RAY, Ad’m’r’x. Merryman & Button, Attys . Feb. 16, 1907, 51_3t 100 ACRES WITHOUT A CENT. Farmer’s Paradise. “In 1904, after paying entry fee on 160 acres, I hadn’t a cent. I went jn debt for supplies,” says Sylvester Co. der, McGregor, North Dakota. “I can pay every cent Towe from 1906 crop and will have my land free frons debt.” Renters and me® with means should get Bulletin 82, issued by the Great Northern Railway arid learn how to gbt a farm. Sent free Address, C. W. Pitts. 22040utk Clark street, Chicago. ,