Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1907 — Page 2

Misses Louella and Luetta Cordier who were entertained for a week by Miss Winifred Johnson, at Decatur, spent a few hours in Portland Thursday afternoon enroute to their home at Celina, Ohio. —Portland Review. Mrs. John Touhey, of Muncie, is here for a short visit with Mrs. Geo. Stover, of south Main street. She was accompanied by her brother-in-law, James Toiifiey, also of Muncie, who was on his way to Decatur. — Bluffton Banner. Suit was begun at Indianapolis Tuesday to decide whether the act of the last legislature, fixing the salaries of circuit court judges at $3,500 a year, repeals the act of 1893. The suit Is the result of a controversy in the state auditor’s office. The supreme court of Ohio has rendered a decision that means that all church property except the place, of actual worship shall be taxed, including the parsonage of any and all churches. The decision grew out of a test case brought by Bishop Watterson, of Ohio., who versed the auditor of Franklin county on the parsonage the Bishop resided In. Twelve young ladles and gentlemen met last evening and organized a new tennis club and expect in the near future to entertain clubs from Van Wert, Portland, Ft. Wayne, Huntington and Bluffton. A tennis court will be fitted up in the vacant lot owned by F. M. Schirmeyer on Rugg street and many pleasant afternoon and evenings are expected to be spent in this pastime by the young people in the near future.

The Schafer Hardware Co. is busily engaged today in unloading two cars of Turnbull wagons for the summer and fall trade. Already this progressive firm has received thirty car loads of merchandise and fully expect to reach the fifty mark before the end of the year. This is a remarkable record for a hardware store, and speaks for itself and shows the enormous business done in Decatur in this line in a year. People who write things which they would like to see printed in a newspaper should bear in mind that what they write as their personal opinion should be fathered by them, and when they write stuff that is not fit for them to attach their names to it should never be printed. Remember, the rule of all decent newspapers and you will never have occasion to put on the shoe. This is the rule which we give in all kindness. Never ask a newspaper to do anything you are ashamed to do yourself. Street grafters in our city are getting more numerous than the flees on a dog’s back, and as a consequence are carrying away considerable money Xhat rightfully belongs to our local business men. A grafter of no mean ability held forth last evening on Madison street and as usual found a number of suckers, who bought his medicine which was guaranteed to cure any and all diseases. It seems strange to us that some people will never get wise that they are being bled and are always looking for bad bargains.

B. J. Waggoner, of rural route three is short a set of single harness that some miscreant carried away Tuesday evening. However, Mr. Waggoner informs us that he has a remarkable good clew and expects to recover the the goods in a few days. The guilty party is practically known and to avoid further trouble in the line of prosecution had better return the goods and the matter will thus be closed and dropped as far as Mr. Waggoner is concerned. The harness was a good set and he does not propose to lose it without showing some one a warm time. Frank Tucker, of Noblesville, deputy pure food inspector, went to Elwood two weeks ago and obtained samples of various kinds of foods from a number of grocers, milk dealers and others, which was sent to Indianapolis to be analyzed. Tuesday Peputy Prosecutor R. F, Broadbent received notice to file complaints in the local court against W. H. Cavan, a grocer, for selling adulterated ice cream. Nine other Elwood dealers will be arrested within twenty-four hours, says Mr. Tucker, for violating the pure food laws, the butchers of the city being the greatest offenders.

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There are two ways of spending a dollar. You can spend it at home, ■ gain an easy conscience, make another friend and perhaps get the dollar back tomorrow, or you can send it away, feel that you have sinned, offend the home merchant and forever lose the dollar and the blessed influence for good to yourself and neighbor. Rural delivery carriers will not be required to count the number of pieces of mail delivered and collected by them after July 1, next on routes where the records show that 5,000 or more pieces of mall per month were handled during each of the three months included in the quarter ending June 30. Postmasters have been instructed accordingly. Regardless of the wet weather, Julius Haugk is pushing the work on Madison street with a vim and is bound to see it completed within his time limit. Nearly all the curbing along the square between First and Second street has been set and by the first of next week the work of tearing the stone out will be started and pushed rapidly to completion. Lacey, pitcher, and Reese, short stop, telephoned that they could not come. They are at present on the Kokomo-Sharpsville team and the fans there will not consent to their leaving. Their salaries have been raised and they have decided to remain there. This puts the locals in a hole again and it will take some tall hustling within the next few days to complete the team. —Lebanon Reporter.

The supreme court ruling relative to selling and giving away liquor is as folliws: “The two offenses of selling intoxicating liquor to a drunken man and giving it to such a person, hough both forbidden by section 573, acts 1905, page 720, are entirely distinct and not provable by the same evidence, and an acquittal for giving away liquor to a drunken man is no bar to apros ecution for selling the same liquor to the same person.” Another society meeting which was pleasant and enjoyable was the Ladies’ Aid of the Zion Lutheran church held at the home of Mrs. Charles Heckman, on Ninth street, Thursday afternoon. The afternoon was spent in conversation and other topics, at four o’clock and elaborate four-course luncheon was served the guests who were: Mesdames Ed Luttman, Will Zwick, Fred Scheiman, Henry Lankenau, Ella Blazy, Lew Mialand, Gus Reinekuz, Fred Boehnke. C. F. Alexander, of Ft. Wayne, who represents the Packard Music House of that city, has leased the front room of the city offices here and will open a music store therein. Mr. Alexander comes highly recommended and he will move to this city about the fifteenth of this month. He says he will be one of the boosters of Decatur, and *Will be a thorough Decatur citizen. He will certainly be welcomed to our midst, and we hope he will be attended by success in this new field.

Rev. Perry Reed, on account of ill health, has resigned as pastor of the Huntington circuit of the Methodist church, after but a few weeks’ service, and will go west for his health. F. P. Myers will take charge of the White church and Clear Creek appointments for the present. The lung trouble coming upon Mr. Reed was quite sudden and unexpected.—Huntington Herald. Rev. Reed was quite well known in this city and his many friends will be grieved to learn of his misfortune. The Gregory building, which is at present occupied by the city offlies, is undergoing some much needed repairing and painting. A partition has been placed in the front part of the building and this room will be occupied by Mr. Alexander, the Packard music man, who will open a branch house in our city. The room was larger than the city needed, and as Mr. Alexander could secure ho other quarters, they deemed it policy to lease him a part of the building, which he will occupy. The two pipe liners who were arrested yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Dallas Butler were arraigned this morning before Squire Smith and after telling their little tale of woe, were given fifteen minutes to get out of town. The boys were glad to avail themselves of this opportunity and at once started back for the Standard Oil camp near Preble. The men were hard working fellows, who meant no one harm, but merely came to our city and could not resist the temptar tion to go against the booze game. There is a rumor afloat that the citizens and property owners along Ninth street and a part of the property owners along west Monroe street were Vntemplating the ciroulatJon of a petition for the construction of a brick street. There is no question but that these streets need repairing and if he property owners want brick should >e given the privilege of using them in preference to having the street macadamized as in former years. .Vhat the result will be will be known at the next regular meeting of the council.

Almost every day a bunch of dagoes pass through this city enroute to St Louis. There must be a great demand for the common laborer in that pity, else their home people could get along without outside. assistance. William Farndf" was at the liepot yesterday morning all dressed up, carrying a cane in one hand and a ten dollar bill in the other, ready to go to Decatur, but when the train pulled in his heart failed him, he changed his mind and stayed at home. —Berne Witness. Julius Haugk received his first shipment of brick this morning from the Metropolitan people to be used in the square between First and Second streets on the Madison • street improvement,and are being placed in position along the street so that they will be ready for use when needed. The Decatur high school base ball team will leave next Tuesday for Portland,where they will play the Sluggers of that city. The local boys defeated the Portland team here early in the season by a score of five to two, and feel as though they can repeat the trick next Tuesday. Well, here’s luck boys. Most of the banks of the state, private and state, have complied with the requirements of the new law which makes it prohibitory to return a sworn stateemnt to the auditor of state within five days after receiving a call for it. The penalty after the five days have lapsed is SIOO each day until the statement is forthcoming.

Harry Mote, the Bartlettsville booster, woh is going to organize base ball leagues over the face of the earth, bring a band of Indians here and do a few other things like that when he finds the time, was hooted off the base ball grounds yesterday afternoon when he tried to make a speech before the grandstand and explain some of his mental halluciations. He started for Montpelier to organize a few leagues there this forenoon. —Bluffton News. According to the statement issued by the members of the Decatur Horse Sale company they will discontinue these popular sales until some time next fall. The reason of this Is that the company was unable to purchase good horses and rather than put up poor stock for sale they concluded to close down until fall when horses will again undoubtedly be plentiful. The company, with its past sales made and established a record for themselves in the manner of selling good stock, and they desire to retain that reputation and the confidence of the public. The barbers union that for a time was talked so much about by the scrapers has fallen through with, and the old scale of prices, which* have predominated for years will still remain in force and those wh<x contemplated letting their whiskers grow may now come forth and have them chopped off at the usual old price. Although a barber’s union is a good thing, several of the local men claimed they would not join the same, and the balance concluded that if all could not be secured that they did not care to organize and the scheme fell through.

In an official interpretation of the full crew law, adopted by the Indiana railroad commission, it is held that the flag man on a train of fewer than fifty cars, including passenger and express trains must be a man of at least one year’s experience; though the law does not provide so specifically. The law provides, however, that in the case of a train of fifty cars or more the flagman shall be a man of one year’s experience or more. The commission holds that it was the intention of the legislature to require a man of a year’s experience in all cases. The transactions of C. D. Carr, justice of peace, and secretary of the Ossian Mutual Live Stock Association, will now be protected from fire and from burglars. Monday, a safe weighing 1,515 pounds and costing a whole pocketful of modey, was hoisted up the precipitous stairs that lead to the suite of rooms in the Elzey building occupied by. the insurance company. On its broad top rests a huge plaster cast of Nancy Hanks —or maybe it is Joe Patchen—and in its commodious center, well protected by a Yale and Towne lock repose the formadable ledgers and registers and piles of greenbacks that symbolize the prosperity of the insurance company.— Ossian News. Local autoists who were planning to attend the state meet which was to have been held at Kokomo July 4, will hear with regret that it has been declared off, the promoers having failed to get the consent of thd property owners along the streets on which it was proposed to hold the speed contests to use them for racing purposes. A persistent effort was i made to get the property owners to waive their objections, but most of them refused to do so. Some of them were so violently opposed to the racing idea that they gave notice that they would bring prosecutions against all participants if an attempt were made to use the streets for either races or speed exhibitions. ; . 'I

SCORE WAS EIGHT TO THREE Fair Sized Crowd Saw an Interesting Game—Boys Leave for a Week’s Trip Through State. The Decatur ball team made it two straight from the Frankfort boys by cleaning up on them again Thursday afternoon by a score of eight to three. At that it was a good game to see, and the attendance showed that interest in the national game is blooming again. Had it not been for the fatal second, when Mr. McKee formerly erf Hartford City, who joined the Clinton county bunch here, met his Waterloo, the locals batting once around, securing six hits and as- many runs, the game would have been a close one. In the first inning neither side scored and in the second the visitors again went out one, two, three, but when Behringer’s men started the balloon went up several thousand feet. Daniels started it with a two baser, Winger followed with a bunt hit, was safe at first and advanced Daniel to third. The “kid” stole and both scored on Welden’s clean one. Ayette flew out and Weldon went to second on Behringer’s hot drive, which put the latter on first. Linderbeck got a hit, filling the bases. Burns got a Texas leaguer, scoring Weldon and again filling the bases. Then old Oscar Way hit one square on the nose for the grape arbor and cleaned the bases. Pitcher McKee was taken out and Riley finished the inning Malicote, released from Bluffton, finished the game, allowing but three hits in seven innings. The locals did not score again until the eighth, when with one man down, Winger hit, Weldon sacrificed and was safe, Ayette bunted and was out for interference, Winger going to third and Weldon to second and both scoring when right fielder Boyd dropped a pop fly. Frankfort got no score until the sixth, though they filled the bases in the fifth, Weldon showing the goods by striking out the famous “Red” Hurst. In the sixth with two down, Boyd hit for two bases and scored on singles by Bennett and Malicote. In the ninth Weldon let up a. little. Malicote secured a bingle, so did Diehl and both scored .on a hit by McCray. Way retired the side by making a running catch and doubling McCray at second. The score; Decatur. AB R H PO A E Ayette, 3b .... 5 0 0 0 3 0 Behringer, ss.. 5 11 4 5 0 Linderbeck, cf. 4 1 2 2 0 0 Burns, If 4 11 11 0 Way, rs ,2 0 1 2 1 0 Pierce, 2b .... 4 0 0 2 3 0 Daniel, lb .... 3 11 10 0 2 Winger, lb ... 4 2 2 6 0 0 Welden, p .... 4 2 1 0 1 0 Totals 35 8 9 27 14 2 Frankfort. AB R H PO A E Diehl, cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 Corriden, 3b .. 5 1 2 0 5 0 McCray, If ... 4 0 2 1 0 0 Hurst, ss 4 0 11 0 1 Wilson, 2b-p... 5 0 0 0 3 2 Hanna, c 4 0 1 6 1 0 Boyd, rs 4 11 0 11 Bennett, lb ... 4 0 1 12 0 0 McGee, p-2b ..0 0 0 0 1 0 Malicote, p ... 3 1 2 0 2 0 Totals 37 3 11 33* 13 4 ♦Ayette out for interference. Score by innings— Decatur 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 x—B Frankfort .......00000100 2 —3 Stolen bases —Burns, Daniel, Winger. Two base hits —Daniel, Way, Boyd, Linderbeck, Malicote, Hurst. Hits—Off McKee, 7 in 11-3 innings; off Wilson, 0 in 2-3 innings; off Malicote, 2in 6 Innings. Bases on balls — Off Weldon 3; McKee 2; Wilson 1; Malicote 1. Struck out —By Weldon 6; Malicote 4. Left on bases —Decatur 7; Frankfort 7. Double plays— Way to Behringer. Time of game—--2 hours. Umpire—Frisinger. — O- —— A REAL WONDERLAND. South Dakota, with its rich silver mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges an mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and strange natural formations, is averitabel wonderland. At Mound City, in the home of Mrs. E. D. Clapp, a wonderful case of healing has lately occurred. Her son seemed near death with lung and throat trouble. “Exhausting coughing spells occurred every five minutes,” writes Mrs. Clapp, “when I began giving Dr. King’s New Discovery, the great medicine, that saved his life and completely cured him.” Guaranteed for coughs and colds, throat and lung troubles, by Blackburn, druggist. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free.

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SOME REAL FAN DOPE. Richmond, Ind., June 7, 1907. Dear Friends, Mr. France, Directors and Society Editor: We arrived here at 9:40 and took a suite of rooms at the Arlington. The clouds have been perspiring all day, so we could not play. AU of the boys were disappointed when we did not play, for it was almost a sure victory. John R. Gentry Dog and Pony show is giving a performance here. All of the boys are going this evening but me, and I would like to go but I have a fear he might take me for one of his trained canine. Eddie Ayette has been over to the depot all day watching the cars bump. Winger has gut his eyes toward Cincinnati, but he is a broker. Way and Behringer cannot leave the hotel for fear the rain will spoil their straw hat. Weldon, and Geyer were out hunting gutter navy this afternoon. Daniel and Linderbeck are stfll following the parade. Biddy Burns has just left with a wheel barrow to take the mayor's daughter out riding. He ought to stand it for he had a sparrow omelette for supper. We will meet Kerwiir at the depot in the morning and frisk him when he comes in. No game today. You could hardly class this in the sporting columns. So please hand it to Miss Burdg with my compliments for her society column. Watch the town while we are drifting. We still remain the world’s greatest croquet players. JOB LOTS. P. S. —We will send full details tomorrow evening.—Charles Dryden. o— A deal was consumated Friday whereby Tom Peterson of this city became a full partner in the Ramsey & Davis cement contracting business .and is now busily engaged in looking after matters relating to this firm. The new firm will go under the name and title of Tom Peterson and company and are hi the market to take care of and handle all kinds of cement and concrete business. The ■ firm is a strong one, owing to the fact .that every member of the same is thoroughly versed in the business, and (can handle any branch of the work. Mr. Peterson will do all the finishing work, as he is considered an expert in this line. The new firm guarantees their work in every respect and solicit a share of your patronage. Commencing at ten-thirty o’clock tomorrow morning the interurban people will adopt the every hour and a half schedule to accommodate the crowds. This schedule will also remain in effect Monday for the benefit bf the Ben Hurs, who will hold a convention at Ft. Wayne on that date. They have also made arrangements to have two cars awaiting at Ft. Wayne at eleven o’clock to handle the people who attend the convention and desire to return home at a late hour. The management especially cater to the Ben Hurs on this date and promise them excellent service.

Over at Kempton the smallpox situation now seems to be under the full control of the health officers. Only one new case has developed since Saturday. A scare was created when a dog, which had been tied up in its shed at the home of a family the members of which have smallpox, broke away and came running up town. Almost every one recognized it as coming from the smallpox district. But he was soon run back to his home and his owner instructed to keep him securely tied until the malady was stamped out. One family of six has the smallpox. The pipe liners of the Standard Oil company, who are located at Preble, have during the past few days made considerable trouble for the police in the way of coming to our city, loading up with booze and then taking offense because the officers arrest them. The boys are all good hard working fellows, and mean no harm by their actions, and spend their money freely. The police have notified the foreman of the gang to keep them at camp or they would run In the entire force. Whether these instructions will be obeyed or not will be ascertained at a later date. A common old box car is now answering the purpose of a transfer house for the three railroads on the site where the fire recently occurred. It was rumored in railroad corcles for a while that the three roads intended to construct a brick biulding with a slate roof one that would be practically fire proof in every respect. But up to the present time they have made no move in that direction, and from present indications there will be none made for some time to come. In the mean time the box car will answer all purposes.

BOOSTER FROM BARTLETTSVILLE Is Trying to Organize a Base Ball League in Indiana. Harry T. Mote, a former Montpelier citizen and barber, who for the past couple of years has been located at Bartlettsville, Ind. Ter., is back among the cities of the gas belt, as the “Booster from Bartlettsville,” proclaiming that Bartlettsville is the greatest oil and gas center of the world and tellin of a full-blooded Indian ball team he will put on the road as soon as he and President Roosevelt can come to terms and he be given permission to take the Red men from their reservation. He has also inculcated the idea iof forming a base ball league, embracing almost every city of over 1,000 inhabitants in the country, and has already had the schedule made out and printed. Last evening he honored Attorney Frank C. Dailey, of this city, by offering him the title of “Father of ithe League?’ Business cares farced Mr. Dailey to decline the place. At the beginning of the third inning yesterday, Harry T. stepped to the home place and, raising a pasteboard megaphone to his lips, started to address the crowd. But Harry T. did not address the crowd. He got no: further than “Doutless all of you know that 11 am a base ball promoter and ■” when from the grandstand, side lines and bleachers the rude spectators drowned the address with cat calls, hoots, jeers and cries of take him. off, throw him out and other impolite utterances. Again Harry T. Sung onto his speech but the derisive din would not abate and thoroughly aggrieved and insulted the promoter Left the field, promising to have the crowd written up in the newspapers. It was rumored last night that as revenge Bluffton was to be excluded from Mote’s league.—Bluffton Banner. o ERIE HAS NEW DEAL ON. With the C. 4. O.—Wiii Take a Lease on the C. H. & D. New York, June 7. —The Times today publishes a report which it says was prevalent in the financial district yesterday that the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railway is to be leased to the, Chesapeake and Ohio and the Erie railroads as soon as the road’s finances have been readjusted and the Morgan interest can make application for the discharge of the receiver, who was appointed a year ago last December after the Morgan interests bought the property back from the Slrie railroad.

MRS. FRONEFIELD GIVES NOTICE Another' Divorce Suit Will Probably Result. Mrs. William Fronefleld informs us that her husband has agaein left her and that without cause, and another divorce case, one which she will “make stick” will likely soon result. This family had more than their share of domestic troubles and Mrs. Fronefield, who has the respect of the community, is entitled to sympathy/ She will not be responsible for any debts contracted for any one but herself. o Albert Buhler received a letter from his daughter Miss Grace, who is attending the deaf school at Indianapolis announcing that she had successfully passed her examinations and would graduate from the school on the twelfth of this month and expected to arrive home on the thirteenth. Miss Buhler has attended this school for the past three years and during that time has successfully passed in every branch of work in the school. She will spend the summer with her father. Charles Sullivan arrived last evening from Huntingburg with an engine that will be used by the intqrurban people in ballasting their line. The locomotive is now on the G. R. & I. tracks and some time this evening will be transferred to the Interurban tracks and run to the gravel pit Where it will be placed in operation at once. Eight cars of gravel were taken from the pit yesterday and distributed along the Hue where needed most. Blackford county nas four of the most determined trustees in the state. They have been in continuous session since last Monday and taken seventyeight ballots for the purpose of electing a county superintendent to succeed Finley Geiger, the present incumbent. Two of the trustees favor any one but Geiger. Geiger is a Republican and so are three of the trustees. The objection to Geiger seems to be that he has held it twelve years and that if elected that he will serve sixteen.