Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1907 — Page 3

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MACADAM ROAD REPORTS Settling With Trustees and School Board—Land Values in Adam* Unchanged. The' commissioners opened what will be an important session, there being many things to be officially considered at this time. I The viewers reported on the C. E. Bollinger macadam road, approving the viewers report and ordering the road sold on the first day of the next term, September 2. The Elzey macadam road petition was given a place of record, and John Hessler and Henry Elting were appointed viewers, they ordering to meet August 8 to qualify. The viewers report on the Blomberg macadam road was found correct, the auditor being instructed to offer the same sold on Monday,September 2. Nathan Shepherd of the Geneva school board, made annual settlement of the affairs of this board with the commissioners. Such a settlement is required twice a year. County Assessor Gentis and the members of the local board of review are satisfied over the way the state was raised to $33.06 and Allen county to $33.57, with this state of raising the reported land values, they standing at $31.33 an acre. Wells county was raised to $ — and Allen county to s—,$ —, with this state of raising values, values, Adams county was fortunate. Four per cent was added to Wells, and flee per cent to Allen counties. DRY FOR TWO YEARS MORE* Lagrange File* Blanket Remonstrance Against Saloon*. Yesterday afternoon a blanket remonstrance was filed with the auditor of Lagrange county directed against any and all applicants for saloonkeepers’ license in Bloomfield township. The remonstrance contained 359 names, which constitutes many more than a majority of the votes cast at the last general election. After having had experience for two years without saloons, it seems that the people in general throughout the township are well satisfied with the result and want present conditions to continue. Some who prophesied that the absence of saloons would work a hardship to the town of Lagrange are now ready to admit that business and industrial conditions were never so good as at the present 'time. The merchants and business men in general seem to be having a good trade, and even unskilled labor is so scarce that it readily commands $2 per day, while contractors and other* wanting to employ teams have advertised in vain for sufficient numbers at $4 per day. —*' ' ' ■ *i ,i . ■ ■. ■For Mater Blooplnf Car. Aa Ingealou* taveator haa pateatod a faldlag bed that caa be tarried aa a aaoter car. J

PROMINENT INDIANA DEMOCRAT Hie Health Has Been Declining for Several Years—The Funeral Occurs Wednesday. Alonzo Greene Smith, one of the best known members of the Indianapolis bar, died at 1 o’clock Monday morning at his home, 1606 north Pennsylvania street. His death was due to the hardening of the arteries of the heart. He had suffered from asthma and heart disease. He left a widow and two children, Turple Smith and Mrs. William Mitchell, who made their home with him. He was born September 6, 1848, on a farm in Meigs county, Ohio, and came to Indiana when nineteen years old, settling at North Vernon, Jennings county, where, in 1869, he was admitted to the bar. His education was obtained in the common schools of Ohio, supplmented with a partial course at Franklin College, Ohio. He entered actively into the practice of law and also into politics, soon coming to be recognized as a leader of the Democracy of his county. In 1884 he was elected to the Indiana state senate from the counties of Jackson and Jennings and Served in the sessions of 1885 and 1887, acting as president in the latter session. At the session of 1889 he was elected secretary of the senate. In 1890 he was elected At-torney-General of Indiana and served from November 22 of that year to November 21, 1892, and in 1892 was re-elected for another » term of two years. When first elected to the office of attorney-general he removed to Indianapolis, which, since that time, has continuously been his homee. As attorney- general, Mr. Smith was largely instrumental in the passage of the tax law which put a just taxation upon railroads, telegraph and telephone companies and other corporations that had before that time not borne their due share of taxation. The contest Mr. Smith through all the courts, including the supreme court of the United States, and was sustained. As a result of this law Indiana is now paying off its state debt. One of the most exciting episodes in his career occurred in 1887, when, by the resignation of Mahlon D. Manson, lieutenant-governor, he became president of the senate. It was at this session that David Turple, caucus nominee of the Democratic members, pitted against Benjamin Harrison, was elected to the United States senate, a result made possible in large measure by the coolness and dogged obstinacity of Mr. Smith, whose doorkeepers ejected from the senate the late Colonel. Robertson, who had been elected lieutenant-governor in the off year of 1886, and who vainly attempted to preside over the destinies of the senate. —o WILL OPEN A RACKET STORE He Has Lived Here Many Years, Being Engaged In Furniture and Undertaking. Mr. James O. Ball, who quite recently disposed of his interest in the furniture store then belonging to the firm of Ball, Meyer and Presdorf, to Carl Moses, has completed arrangements prepartory to opening a racket store at Lagrange, Indiana. Mr. Ball has been in k this city for many years, and was a charter member of the firm that borne into existence the furniture and undertaking establishment that he has just retired from, he being the only one of the initial proprietors of this concern that has been interested in it until the time of his retirement Mr. Ball is an undertaker of ability, and is possessed of business qualifications that will undoubtedly bring success to him in this business venture. The store that will be conducted by- him at Lagrange will be the only store of its kind in that eity, and this fact alone assures abundant success for the proprietor. Everything will be in readiness to open the store by the first of next month and the many Decatur friends of Mr. Ball wish for him much success in this undertaking. —o Murderer's Hiding Pise*. A rich man in a village near Foggia, southern Italy, who has been ssarehsd for by ths poke* for sight years on a ehargs of murder, has at test been found tn a garret, where ho had only a space about four feet high, three feet long and two feet broad available He had lived in this place the whole of the time. The police had to take the tiles off the roof to get at him. Wise Counsel From the South *‘l want to give some valuable advice to those who suffer with lame back and kidney trouble,” says J. R. Blankenship, of Beck, Tenn. "I have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positively cure this distressing condition. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles, I was completely cured; so completely that .it becomes a pleasure to recommend I this great remedy.” Sold under guar-

COUNTY INSTITUTE PROGRAM Superintendent Opligtr Getting Ready for Institute Work, Beginning August 19. Drs. Graham and Mattox and Esq. Veley, of Geneva, held an insanity inquest and declared James O’Neal, of Hartford township of unsound mind. Application for his admission to the asylum at Richmond has been made. James E. Linton, George B. Mann and George W. Fravel, of Geneva, have been gratned a resident hunters’ license, and now have the legal right to kill game during the open season. County Superintendent Opliger has about completed his program for county institute, which opens in this city on Monday, August 19. The list of instructors include Prof. Latus D. Coffman, of' Charleston, Illinois, Prof. W. Otto Miessner, of Connorsville, Indiana; Florence C. Fox, of Chicago; Dr. Robert A. Armstrong, of Morgantown, West Virginia; Miss Carrie Thomas of this city, and Prof. Withaus of Berne. The program will be one of the best ever given in Adams county, and the teachers are already anxiously awaiting the benefits of institute work. It will begin at the Methodist church at ten o’clock on Monday and will end on Friday evening following. o— 3 MANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE It Is Well Managed and Shows Business Methods In Control of Its Operation. That Decatur can now boast of the finest and best equipped municipal plant in the state at present is beyond argument, and a visit to that place would convince the most skeptical. During the past year some very extensive improvements have been made at this place, that brands it as a leader of all municipal plants for its size in the state and the citizens have a just right to feel proud of the same. A number of represntatives from various cities surrounding who are contemplating making improvements upon their plants and some of whom are contemplating putting in a municipal plant, have been in our city during the past week and fully gone over the machinery and fixtures and pronounce it far in advance of our neighboring cities. The new Allis-Chalmers engine, installed last spring, is a beauty, and is carrying the heavy load demanded of it in easy fashion and the city officials are to be congratulated upon their move in purchasing this piece of machinery. The engine is pronounced the best on the market, and at the price it was purchased, was indeed a bargain. The newly established three phase machine purchased of the Ft. Wayne Electric Works, 4 is meeting with all requirements and certainly all that has been said concerning it, and the service furnlsheed is satisfactory to all. The only thing lacking is a new boiler, which must be installed for the heavy work required of the plant during the winter, and as bids have been asked for in this respect this defect will soon be remedied. The plant under the supervision of C. U. Dorwin and Electrician Mylott is moving along in excellent style, and is now more than paying for itself. Nothing but first class firemen and other laborers are employed, and they are thus keeping the plant in the condition it should be kept. A close tab has been kept on the firemen during the'past several months. A registering machine having been installed and it shows that the steam pressure has been kept about the same thing for every twenty-four ] hours, which is something new for the plant During the past week the 1 plant has been equipped with a new ( cement floor in the boiler and engine ( room and that portion of the building ( now looks as neat and clean as the ] main part of the plant The various ( superintendents are to be congratulated upon the condition of affairs, as the plant now stands, it is in the 4 best condition of its history. If you are dubious concerning the workings and equippment, it would at present pay you to visit the plant. Mr. and Mrs. ' Colonel Foreman and child who were here Friday afternoon attending the funeral services of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Wh. Foreman of south Portland, returned on the Friday night train to their home in Decatur.—Portland Commer-cial-Review. Here is Relief for Women. If you have pains in the back, Urin-. ary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant, herb cure for woman’s ills, try Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf. It is safe and never failing monthly regulator. At Druggists or by mail 50 cents. . Sample package FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. T.

BURNB HAS A LONG LEAD The Boys Are Playing Great Ball and Show up Well on the Dope Sheet. Owing to the fact that no ball game was played Monday in the Indiana-Ohio league, and knowing the fans were' hungry for some kind of base ball dope, we publish the batting and fielding averages of the various members of the team, since the opening of the league up to and including Sunday’s game. The batting averages disclose that up to this time we have but two men batting over the coveted mark, three hundred, they being Burn's, who is leading the team with .391 per cent and old reliable James Pierce, who' is clouting the sphere at a .333 clip. The remainder of the team so far have not shown much strength, but ’are bound to come and it will not be many days until we have several more over this mark. The fielding averages show that we have five men with a perfect average, they not having up to this time a single error and the remainder of the team are closely bunched and have nice averages for the number of chances they have handled. For the benefit of the fans we let them figure out the dope the best they can from the following; table. BATTINS)AVERAGES. Names. G AB R H TB SB SH Pct Burns ...7 23 6 9 11 2 1 391 Pierce ...7 27 5 9 13 2 4 .333 Weber ....7 29 2 8 8 11 .276 Witham ..7 24 2 5 7 0 1 .208 Way 7 24 1 4 8 0 3 .167 Behringer .7 25 7 4 5 0 2 .160 Wallace ...7 27 0 4 6 11 .148 Winger ...6 19 2 2 2 2 1 .105 Nash 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knapp ....1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 FIELDING AVERAGES. Names. G PO A E Tot Pct Burns7 10 1 0 11 1.000 Pierce 7 8 0 0 8 1.000 Way 7 15 2 0 17 1.000 Knapp 1 0 4 0 4 1.000 Winger 6 28 5 0 33 1.000 Weber 7 74 0 1 75 .987 Behringer 7 21 27 2 50 .960 Witham 7 12 24 4 40 .900 Wallace .......7 10 30 8 48 .835 Nash 2 0 0 11 .000 'O'- ' ■— -- UNIFORM RANK IN CHARGE Huntington Has Largest Uniformed Rank in the World—A Great Event in K. of P. Life. ■«r -gr.— ’< 't Ti : Beginning on the twelfth day of this month the uniform rank of K. P.’s, of Indiana, will dedicate the new Indiana Pythian building at Indianapolis in a royal manner. Uniform ranks from the different orders of the state will be on hand to make their prize drills, military reviews and other exercises characteristic to the order.. At this dedication Huntington, Indiana .will send the largest uniform rank of the K. of P.’s that exists in the world, it having been formed especially for this occasion. The encampment will be held at Riverside park, and this part ) of the affair will be prominent among the features of the event. Cash prizes aggregating $5,000 in all will be given for the largest company present, best drilled company, the most attractively uniformed company and for several other exercises that will be indulged in. The Indiana Pythian building is among the finest structures in the state, and in all probability will be taxed to its capacity between the twelfth and seventeenth days of this month, when the dedication ensues. Although Decatur will not be represented by their uniform rank at this affair, many members of the local order are planning to be present and enjoy the good time that is in store for all members of the lodge. o The German Lutheran senate of Indiana and Ohio will be is session commencing Wednesday morning and William Schamerloh of this city will go to that, place as a delegate from the church of this place. At this .session all the Lutheran churches of Indiana and other states send delegates to represent them, and the different mln- i isters will be assigned to the charges they are to take for the ensuing year.

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The Keeley Institute of Marlon. Indiana, baafifr teen years of uninterrupted success behind it with a universal demand for it ahead. The medical department ia in charge of Dr. W. V. Daniels who has made the cure of Uqoor and Drug Habits a life study. The patient finds the Treatment a pleasure, and to him the time epent at the Institute eeeme more like a pleasant vacattoa than time spent at a Sanitarium. The Institute will be glad to refer you to Cured, men and women in your vicinity (by permission)., or address THE KEELEY INSTITUTE ■ 1204 South Adons Street, Merlon IsMhm, TOeosßSßKmnnssHssTO— —«sug BLOCKED CROSSING 30 MINUTES Marshal Green W«nt to Marion to Land the Violator of our City Ordinance. Conductor McMullen, of the Clover Leaf railroad, who passed through the • city Thursday morning in charge of a west bound freight train, left his train blockade Grant street for thirty minutes, while in the city, and this morning he appeared in the police court, where he was relieved of twenty dollars and thirty cents for the violation of the state law. During the time the street was blockaded many people had gathered on each side of the train, waiting to cross the railroad, and several of them demanded the crossing cut, but no attention was paid to their entreaties, consequently Marshal Green was notified of the affair. He hurried to the railroad, but just in time to see the train leave the city. He then tried to get the sheriff or marshal at Bluffton by telephone, and when he found it impossible to locate either, he boarded the ten-thirty-seven passenger train with the determination of overtaking the freight, if he was compelled to go the limit. The freight, hdwever, was given orders to take the siding at Marlon for the passenger to pass, and here was Green’s chance. He hurried to police headquarters and engaged the assistance of a plain clothes officer and the two easily located McMullen near his train. He was taken into custody by the officers and* had not given cash bond for his appearance in police court here, he would have been taken from his train and returned to this city last night. Mr. McMullen arrived on the morning train and was given a hearing before Mayor Coffee, where he plead guilty to the charge, and was promptly fined twenty dollars and thirty cents. Mayor Coffee took this opportunity of notifying the conductor that the law forbiding trains from holding crossings wiuld be rigidly enforced hereafter and that he will profit by noting same. > Although! we have city ordiances for- ' bidding trains holding crossings, there is a state law to that effect also, and when a case is such that it can be prosecuted under the state law, the city ordinances are null and void, and the action must be take nunder the state law. o — James O. Ball, who a few weeks age disposed of his Interest in the furniture business to Mr. Moses, is moving to LaGrange, Indiana, where he expects to engage in another line of , trade. He is putting in a new stock of goods, for ,a Racket store. FARMS Bought Sold and Exchanged CALL OB WRITE O. GANDY CO. SOS Berrz St. FT. WAYNE, IND.