Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1907 — Page 5

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It Is claimed that Hartford City is so quiet that dogs have taken possession of the court house and that chickens scratch in the yard around the temple of justice, thinking it is a meadow. No wonder the base ball team expired.—Jay county Record. A report from Fowlerton is to the effect that Cal Sinniger has given up the fight at that place and will discontinue the publication of a paper, not because his enemies have frightened him or the whitecaps have scared him out, but because his paper there has too limited a field and does not pay him. The Hon. L. V. Ulrey spent a few hours in the city yesterday morning while enroute from Toronto to California, where he will inspect an attractive mining proposition. From California he will go to Old Mexico to view the extensive properties in the state of Sonora of the gold and copper mining snydicate in which he is interested. —Journal-Gazette. L. A. Holthouse, proprietor of the Fashion Stables, has purchased a complete driving outfit for his employees and the uniforms were worn for the. first time Sunday morning at the funeral of Mrs. Edington. The uniforms make the outfits appear in better shape as the men are all in the same dress. Mr. Holthouse is to be congratulated upon his progressiveness, which not only speaks well for his business, but speaks well for our city. Second baseman Eichler, who mysteriously disappeared from Bluffton, has joined the team again. Eichler is one of those who think the managers of the Bluffton team are kickers of high degree. He came here several days ago and asked for a berth on the local team. For fear he would be accused of “stealing” men by Bluffton people Manager Hubbard turned him down. Still Bluffton makes a noise like a donkey.—Hartford City News. An ordinance is to be introduced into the municipal assembly, or city council, of St. Louis to restrict the sale of gunpowder, blank cartridges, giant firecrackers and other noise producers made of high and dangerous explosives. The ordinance finds much favor and will certainly be passed. St. Louis suffered more than two hundred casualties as a result of the Fourth of July celebration this year, and people there have come to the conclusion thht the abuses to which they were due must stop. A large crowd was present last evening at the carnival grounds, and every show and every stand did a thriving business. The night was a beauty, in fact it was the only night that the carnival company has experienced that it did not look cloudy, and rainy and the people took advantage of the same and took in the various shows. The carnival is in many respects far above the average and the shows are clean in every respect as the management does not tolerate anything out of the ordinary. This will be their last day in our city. Marshal Green received a notice thia morning announcing the fact that the safe of C. W. Butler, of Defiance, 'O., was blown open on July 12th and the following amount of money taken: Four ten dollar gold pieces, seventy dollars in paper money, thirty dollars in old silver coins and a gold filled open face watch, man’s size. A reward of twenty-five dollars is offered by the county commissioners and Mr. Butler also offers a reward of the same amount for the recovery of the goods. If the farmers of the state had only known last fall what they know now, it is- probable that they would have made several changes in their crop plans. Owing, probably, to the fact that the wheat crop was such a success last year, a greater wheat acreage - was sown last fall for this year’s crop than for some years, and if this year’s yield were average, Indiana would almost regaiA its old prestige as a wheat state. The aver-' age yield of wheat an acre this year, however, will be low, as compared with last year.

■ "1 •*——* ——■ ■■ The Misses Mayme, Ada and Bert Deininger, Bert and Dude Vogelwede, 1 and Mayme and Rosa Confer, will go 1 to Rome City tomorrow for a two weeks’ outing. Mrs. M. D. Costello and Mrs. James Brunnegraph accompanied by Miss Rose Jakop, went to Minster, Ohio, today, where they will visit with friends and relatives for some tiine. A fierce fight took place early in the evening at the carnival ground, between two strangers, but the men were both separated before they did any material damage to each other. This is the first fight that has been reported on the grounds since the show opened. H. Peed, the night operator at the Clover Leaf, has resigned and Ralph Newcomet will take his place. Newcomet has learned the business in the local office and is a splendid operator. Peed will go to Minnesota City, Minn., where he has secured a position paying more money than he got here, as engineer in a large flour mill. —Bluffton Banner. E. F f Gass has changed the color of his cottage home that was generally known as the red house on Adams street to a beautiful shade of cream, edged with a moss green. When Mrs. Gass returns home tomorrow evening she will surely not know her home, as the change has been made since she left on a/ visit and it has been kept from her. Marshal Green is keeping nls weather eye open for a horse that was stolen from Dr. K. C. Evans, of Edgerton, Ind., on July seventh. The horse is a bay, eight years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds, hind feet white, a letter Y branded on the left hip, with a heavy mane hanging to the right. A reward of fifty dollars is offered for its Recovery. Carl Centlivre, who played with the Shamrocks, on the Fourth and on last Sunday, yesterday signed a Shamrock contract and is now a member of the team that has sent more ball players into league company than any ' semi-pro. team in Indiana. Centlivre shows up fine, and if he doesnt make the Notre Dame team next spring it will be because they have an abun- - dance of mighty good material up there. —Journal-Gazette. Daniel Nowlan, superintendent of roadway for the Clover Leaf railroad, is personally seeing the section foremen of the system in regard to a wage schedule which they have presented. He has had several of the men present at a conference held in this city, and it is said, their wages will be advanced. Mr. Nowlan. left here for points on the west end of the road where he will meet the foremen of the various sections and make propositions to them. —Frankfort Crescent. LOST —A bracelet. Finder return to this office and receive reward. The harvest is so great in the state of Kansas that the trains are met and all who will are taken to the grain fields in automobiles, and carriages at two dollars a day and board. In Topeka the merchants have signed agreements to close their stores for ten days and allow their clerks to help the farmers care for their grain. At Atchison, the shops and railway people have given their help a vacation of two weeks and are urging them to go into the harvest fields, saying to them their position will be held for ■ them on their return. Washington, July 15. —In an interview printed here, Representative Overstreet, of Indianapolis, expressed the opinion that George Bruce Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury, will have the New York delegation to the ■ republican national convention next . year. Mr. Overstreet has closely watched the straw signs indicating ■ the direction in which the political wind is blowing. He has reached the ■ firm conviction, and expresses the con- • elusion, without hesitation, that Mr. Cortelyou will be the choice of the I New York republicans as a presiden- : tial candidate. There was joy in the camp of the 1 Bluffton team last evening when Pirl Larue announced that he had decidi ed to turn down the offer from the 1 ■ manager of the South Bend Central , .league team and would remain here 1. for the remainder of the season. He said that if he intended making base ball his life profession, he would have accepted the chance, as it would have . given him a better opportunity to rise, but he now thinks he will retire from the game at the close of this season and enter business per- > manently.—Bluffton Banner. Farmers should be careful about putting wet hay in their mows. It is hot only liable to spoil, but becomes . dangerous. All kinds of grain, wheth--1 er threshed or in the straw, will go 1 through a sweat when a quantity is > placed together, and there is nothing ; more dangerous than clover hay. Many barns have been burned in this . 'way and no one seemed to know the - real cause. After hay is put in a mow I every window and door of the barn ■' should be thrown wide open for a week , or more, and not closed unless it bel comes necessary on account of a storm.

The directors and officials of the new hotel company will meet this evening to close the leasehold on the Rurode property at Berry and Harrison streets, which will be the site of the new caravansary.—Journal-Ga-zette. Mark Twain was asked at one time whether it was good or bad luck to open a newspaper and have a spider drop out. Twain said it was neither good, nor bad luck, for the spider was merely looking over, the paper to see who of the merchants were not advertising so that he might weave his web ever his front door and be undisturbed. Another Wells county young man has been most fortunate in becoming associated with one of the world’s largest manufacturing concerns. Geo. Snyder, of Craigville, left this morning for South Bend to take a clericat position which was secured for him by the faculty of the Bluffton Business College, with the Studabaker Wagon Co., whose factory covers 101 acres of ground, being the largest of its kind in existence. —Bluffton Banner. Street commissioner Stults has completed his work of taking up a portion of the old tile sewer on Adams street and putting in new tile and the same is now in excellent condition, and shape to carry off all the surplus water that may accumulate. Mr. Stults will always remember this Job as it was here that he had two fingers and a rib broken by coming in contact with a piece of falling timber. Taking advantage of the fact that most of the population of the city had been drawn south of Wildcat by the circus, thieves opened and entered a freight car in the Clover Leaf yards and made away with property of considerable value. It is not known just when the robbery occurred, but the police are strongly inclined to think that it was in the daytime. It was seen that the seal had been broken on one of the cars and investigation disclosed that thieves had made free with the contents. —Kokomo Tribune. ■" Manager Murray, of the Bluffton team, has more games to cancel. South Bend has asked Larue third sacker, for his terms. Eichler, the second baseman and Larue had a fight July 4th and Eichler has disppeared The only real ball players in the Bluffton bunch have now left. They Are Hardin, Gillis, Larue and Eichler. The Bluffton management has the reputation of being the hardest loser in Indiana. When the team loses none of the backers or the fans will speak to the players, it is said. Harry Mote, confined in the Blackford county jail at Hartford City awaiting to the East Haven asylum at Richmond, has lost a few more of his marbles during the past fe wdays and yesterday took complete possession of the inside of the bastile, Mote’s particular misguidance since coming back from the south is that he is forming a base ball league and yesterday he formed a few leagues of water on the jail floor, piling all the bed cltithes in the center of his cell and turning the hose on them until floated.—Bluffton Banner. Not a cigar or an ounce of chewing tobacco was sold- in Noblesville Sunday as a result of Mayor Wilson’s reform proclamation declaring that in the future Noblesville must be a “closed” town on Sunday. Every cigar store was closed and in restaurants and drug stores where cigars and tobacco are handled, the stock was removed from the cases in order not to tempt customers. The most available town was Cicero, and the travel between that place and the city was so heavy that the traction company’s supply of tickets to Cicero was exhausted by noon.—Frankfort Crescent. A traveling man struck town today and before leaving Delphos left some of. his friends unmistakable signs of his feelings over lack of paved streets. Walking down the principal business street said he to a passerby “Is this Mud street?” “No,” replied the man thus addressed “This is Main street” “Well,” retorted the salesman “from all appearances it is mud street. Before reaching Delphos I heard in Lima a rumor that you people were talking about paving one or more of your streets. Well, you cretainly need a pavement. Towns of this size and even smaller than this have nice brick streets. You people had better brace up to the times and put in a pavement.” —Delphos Herald. That Cal Sinniger, formerly of Warren, now publisher of the Fowlerton Review, free lance of the editorial room and well known fearless fighter, has declared to give up the unequal battle he has waged at Fowlerton for many weeks, was the text of a report' that reached this city last night. It was stated that while undaunted by the threats that were poured upon him by residents of Fowlerton and vicinity, unaffected by the whitecap notices (left at his unmindful of the persecution in the courts, Sinninger has found that the field of the Review was too limited to make it a financial success and has determined to remove to a more congenial place.

SEVERAL ADDRESSED MADE Eaglet From Every Which Way are Celebrating the Day With Their Decatur Brothers. Regardless of the inclement weather, the Eagles from the surrounding cities turned out in goodly numbers and werd on hand Tuesday to help celebrate an occasion that will long be remembered by all who were fortunate enough to be here. Many of the business houses were suitably decorated for this Important occasion, and the people in general whether members of the order or not, manifested their enthusiasm, and extended courtesy to the visitors. From early this morning until 1:30 o’clock this afternoon Eagles from surrounding tqwns were arriving and the reception committee took care of their interests as they arrived. This morning at 10:30 o’clock Rev. McCarthy, of* Portland, delivered an address at the hall to! Eagles and their friends and it must' 1 be said that every sentence that was uttered from his lips contained good logical thoughts and his attentive . auditors were more than pleased with . this excellent discourse. After dinner a gorgeous street parade attracted the attention of the people and this cannot be overlooked in mentioning the features of the day At 3:00 o'clock a special car from Ft. Wayne conveyed a large number from that city, accompanied by the Citizens’ band, of that place. They then marched to Steele’s park where an excellent program was in store for those who had braved the weather. The ball game between Ohio City ■ Eagles and Decatur Eagles was begun promptly at 3:30, after which the fol lowing program was rendered: Swimming race, tub race, high dive, pony race, mule race and many other things that proved interesting to the spectators. Refreshments of every description were on the grounds, perfectly free to all, and to say the least this occasion was a glorious one. The jolly Eagles will have an extensive session at the hall tonight after the boxing show. The Decatur band rendered some fine selections during the day. o ENTERTAIN NUMBER OF FRIENDS Were Married Forty-One Years Ago and Fifty Guests Took Sunday Dinner With Them. Mr. and Mrs. William Breiner, who reside east of our city Sunday entertained a number of friends and relatives in honor of ’’’their forty-first wedding anniversary and from all reports, a most enjoyable time was had by all present. The event was held at their country home,where the guests commenced to assemble early in the morning and at dinner time something like fifty people were seated in the spacious dining room, around a table that fairly groaned under the load of good things to eat and ybu can imagine what a lot of hungry guests did to that repast. The afternoon was spent in playing numerous games, and in pleasing conversation, and the music was furnished by several large phonographs, which had been secured for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Breiner were married forty-one years ago and soon after that time came to this county, where they have resided and made their home. The guests present were entertained in a royal manner and many were the compliments be- . stowed upon the host and hostess. Those present frlm this city, besides , the fourteen grandchildren, were Mr. . and Mrs. John S. Falk, Mr. and Mrs. ( David Liby, John H. Yager, Rev.- D. . B. Kessinger, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Moran, J. E. Moser, Mr. and Mrs. Jos- ' eph Lower, Olie Gaunt and family, . Ed Augenbaugh and family, William Liby and family, Henry Tell, Frank , Breiner and family, Mat Breiner and 1 family and Simon Moore and family. . JOE ELEY ON A SUNDAY DRUNK Got Licked by His Wife and Was ‘ Lodged in Jail. 1 Joe Eley, a well known local char- • acter, was arraigned before Mayor Coffee Monday morning t oanswer to a , charge of public intoxication, he hav- ‘ ing been arrested yesterday afternoon 1 by Marshal Green and Policeman Bohnke. Eley plead guilty to the charge and was given the usual old dose of ( a dollar and costs, and after staying ( the docket was released. Eley from j all reports, started drinking Saturday , evening when he accumulated a fair I sized jag. Not content with this package, he started out Sunday morning and in some manner procured a half pint of whiskey, which he drank at j one time, and he was then loaded for 1 bear. He proceeded home and started < to abuse his wife, who in self defense 1 seized a brick and struck her husband 1 in the mouth knocking out two teeth. 1 Joe then came up street and a few 1 hours’ later was found in the alley 1 in a stupid condition and was lodged 1 in jail. He gave the officers quite a 1 battle, but it didn’t last long, until : he quietly submitted. 1

PITCH TENTS AT STEELE PARK Rev. Wilcox Forma Clubs to Help Keep the Boys in Close Touch With Church Life. Dr. C. B. Wilcox delivered two excellent sermons Sunday to large audiences at the Methodist church. The theme of his morning sermon was “The Three Great Pillars” of the twentieth century; namely, labor, love and God. The talk in the evening was a Bible lecture and was very interesting. In this stage of the world, with so many outside attractions, it is indeed difficult to interest the boys in church work, but Dr. Wilcox has solved that problem by forming organizations for the boys that keep them closely affiliated with the church. : About thirty boys of the church who I are too young to join the Holy Grail . society, are members of the boys’ club, who will hold campat Steele’s Park for one week, commencing two weeks from tonight. Each boy is requested to bring a dollar, also a knife, fork, plate, bowl, soap, comb, towel .sheet, comfort and a market basket full of baked goods. The general things to eat will be furnished from the dollar that is to be furnished by the boys. The boys are anxiously awaiting for this outing. The Holy Grail will initiate in the lecture room of the Methodist church tonight and all members are requested ' to be present, after the initiatory work the boys will give a spread. This organization will go into military camp at Winona Lake August 20th and the boys are expecting a good time. The boys club will meet Friday night for the purpose of perfecting arrangements for their outing at Steele’s park. 0 THEY TRY TO KEEP THEM Their Contract Will Be Carried Out and by November Fir«t They Will I Be Located Here. That a determined effort will be made to prevent the directors of the Coppock Automobile company from removing the plant to Decatur, as has been arranged, was the report started yesterday by a member of the Commercial club, who is Interested in preserving the Industry for this city. He stated that the attempted meeting of the club Tuesday evening was for the purpose of discussing a plan to prevent the removal of the factory, and although there was not a quorum present, the matter was discussed and plans were made which will be carried out as soon as possible. In the meantime the residents of Decatur are expecting the factory to remove to that city and continue firm in the belief it will soon be among the manufactures of that city.—Marlon News-Trib-une. The above is true in part. The Marion Commercial club are endeavoring to keep this compnay in Marion, but Mr. Brackett, who is yet in the city, says that the Coppock Automobile company will absolutely fulfill their contract and that before November first of this year, their buildings will be erected and their future home be Decatur, Indiana. That is as strong as any one could make it, and we believe him. The testimony here given by Mr. Brackett is further supplemented by the same assurance from Mr. Wiley, Mr. Coppock, Mr. Ward and Mr. Gartling, all reliable business men, and whose contract is good. Within two weeks from this date there will be plenty of evidence that the Coppock Automobile company is actually carrying into effect their contract and intention of locating in this city. We are glad indeed, that Marion wants them. It is but additional evidence that the factory committee made no mistake in landing them for this city. They have a good invention, and with business management, 'the future for this company will be rosy. It can easily become the leading Industry of its kind in the country. - -o— — The new electric theater will present the same show tonight that they ' did last night, owing to the fact that , rain kept many people away. This show is fine in every respect, and no one should fail to attend that enjoy s a good clean exhibition. ' The Pathfinders of this city are not • pleased with a notice that appears in 1 the current issue in the paper published by the order. It seems that the supreme lodge has decided to require 1 the old members to pay an assessment ' in order to equalize the receipts of ! the order. The death benefits have ‘ been so heavy that the officers are < afraid they will not be able to meet : all the claims if they do not adopt 1 some plan for Increasing the reven- , ues. t j. 1 :

CORN WILL EQUAL LAST YEAR Oats Crop Also About the Same as Previous Year —Statistics by Miss Stubbs. Practically complete reports to Miss Mary A. Stubbs, chief of the Indiana bureau of statistics, show that the farmers made a bad mistake this year. In spite of the fact that this is going to be a bad year for wheat, the records just completed show that the wheat acreage this year is about 200,000 acres greater than that of 1906, a condition that would not have ob- ' tained had the farmers been able to see into the future. The acreage this year will be close to 2,396,501 acres, as compared with 2,105,197 last year, showing the increase greater. The corn acreage is almost exactly ' the same, according to these returns, the figures for 1906 and 1907 being 4 - 020,232 and 4,023,144 respectively. The oats acreage is-a little less this year, ' 1,703,599 acres, as compared with 1,787,103 in 1906. These figures are not absolutely accurate, for twenty-two of the 1,000 odd townships have not reported. Taking however, the acreage on these crops for last year on these twenty-two townships, the 1907 totals are as given above. Miss Stubbs says that the above totals are very close to correctness. In this early report there is no estimate of the number of bushels of any of these crops—nothing but the acreage. Judging, however, from unofficial reports, the wheat will fall below last year’s crop; the corn will be practically the same, and the oats practically the same. No figures are available on these yields, however, nor no official estimates at the office. o THIS WILL DEMAND ROOSEVELT Representative Overstreet Predicts That New York Will be Solid for Cortelyou. Washington, July 15. —That Charles Warren Fairbanks is to drop his campaign for the republican presidential nomination in 1908 in favor of a movement to insure his renomination as vice-president, with Roosevelt as the ticket’s head, is the tip heard in Washington. The tale, originating in quarters usually well informed, as to the machinations of the tall Hoosier, is backed up by declarations that the Indiana candidate’s shift in front is the result of the gruellings he has been subjected to by investigators of his record. Particularly, the story goes, the effect of the expose of alleged glaring inaccuracies in “The Life of Fairbanks” which sought to give to Fairbanks’ youth a Llncolnesque flovor, is responsible for the shift. It is declared Fairbanks realizes that he is out of the running as a presidential aspirant, and is trimming his sails to hold his present job. The prevalence of sentiment demanding Roosevelt’s . re-nomination is to be utilized, runs the story, by the Indiana politician, whose agents, if not himself, soonfWill begin a movement to force the president’s re-nomination, it is declared. As an echo of the cry for Roosevelt will come a demand, from these men, for the re-nomination of “the winning ticket of 1904,” meaning Roosevelt and Fairbanks. A government report places the percapita of money in the United States at |34.16 for each man, woman and child. During the panic back in the nineties the per capita was only about half this amount and when Bryan said we needed more money the republicans said we had money enough. Since that time the republicans have steadily increased the yolumne of money and times have been prosperous thus proving the democratic quantitive theory to be correct. Quick relief for Asthma Sufferers During the summer kidney irregularities are often caused by excessive tend to the kidneys at once by using Foley’s Kidney Cure. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. The marriage of Senator A. J. Beveridge and Miss Catherine Eddy will take place August 7 in Berlin. Senator Beveridge »s a distant relative of Mrs. Mary Kennett and Miss Eddy is a relative of Mrs. Sarah Frash, of this city. The original plan had been to have the wedding In Chicago, but Miss Eddy was obliged to go abroad with her mother, who is in poor health, and it was decided to have the wedding ceremony solemnized in Berlin. They will reside in Indianapolis. —Hartford City News. o————— — All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the “white plague” that claims so many victims each year. Foley’s Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of consumption. Do not risk your health by taking some unknown preparation when Foley’s Honey and Tar is safe and certain in results. The genuine is in a yellow package. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.