Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1907 — Page 4

THEDEMOCRAT ■VXBYTIUMDAYMOXMIKG BY • <W « ELLINGHAM, PUDLWMK* t .< MJom TBAB IM ADVAMOB. Bator*a«r th* poatoMcaM D*catur.lßtflM» >* m mall witter ..... hi '• teau «■ ■ f — IFFKIAI PAPER OF ADAMS CIIITY IT DOES ' THE BUSINESS Tuesday a load of one hundred bushels of new oats was sold to Decatur grain dealers, because the price was four cents more than that offered at Monroe. That four dollars accompanied by several, other dollars, was spent among Decatur merchants. Who profited by ’ that transaction? Does not good markets do the business? And who but the merchants are directly benefitted by high prices for grain and produce? Any merchant engaged in putting the.brakes on good markets is simply curtaining his own revenue. The thing to do is to throw down the bars and give the farmers a better market than any other town. When that is done, Decatur business men will increase their own trade fifty per cent. All records were broken yesterday when a clean cut Amish, attired in his usual dress, subscribed and paid for the Democrat. It is the first instance on record. We will bet that this fellow has heard something, and we have a sort of a feeling that he, too, is reading up on markets. It’s a great business. SAME OLD STORY Same old telephone, same old song, sung at the same old time —buy and sell butter and eggs today at the same 014 price The buyer and seller is not supposed to know that competition is stiffled. Keep it dark. The market buying price on butter yesterday was sixteen J cents a bound. One dealer sold a’soft shelled customer a pound for j. twenty-eight cents. That'S going'some,' ■» ' 1 1 .test e. A farmer'hks handed us a few questions to brobound to the market trust. But honestly,’ they are so well directed that we are ashamed —for the trust —to give theid-publicity of space in the Democrat. - * * The Democrat is getting some very clever editorial notices these strenuous days. But we care nothing for them. We are neither seeking notoriety or a medal for dashing bravery. We are only interested in making Decatur the best town in its class. The Democrat has covered many columns in booming Decatur as a manufacturing place, that the city may grow, taxable values increase, and business expand. The latter is the chief stock in trade of .the merchant and he should be vitally interested in attracting buyers. The business of Decatur merchants will* retrograde unless they place a free and open market at the command of the farmers, who want to trade in Decatur. It is the only solution of a problem that is yearly cheating Decatur out of many thousands of dollars in business. Some time ago the paper trust was broken up. There has never been a day since when paper could be purchased for the same price asked for it before the trust' Was dissolved. But the strangest part about it all is, you can write to any paper hquse in Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit or St. Louis and get exactly the same quotations on the samekinds and grades of paper, Thjb'yall have the same price to an. Now will some one arise and explain this condition? - The trust is “busted,” yOtx know, but the fact is prices have been gradually pushed up until they -ferei *9or- 70 per bent higher today than they wete before the “bust-, ing” took place, and newspaper men begin to realize that “trust busting” is hot profitable to their lines of business. The trust has perhaps been superceded by a “gentlemen’s” understanding.—Columbia City ‘Petet. The democratic editors of Indiana Were favorably impressed at French Lick with Congressman Adair of the Eighth congressional district. If Samuel Ralston is not in the race for governor, it is apparent that the editors .will pretty generally advocate the nomination of Adair. —Plymouth Independent. Out in the country the farmers are anxiously watching the’ growth of the corn. Corn requires 129- days to develop and mature,'and much of it was not planted, because of . the cold spring, at' a time when it is ordinarily * some sit inChes high. Numerous rains further retarded its growth, and unless the autumn weather be exceptionally favorable, much qf the drop is liable to prdvb a loss.—iouth Bend Times..

Is it net human nature to think that if a trust rules the buying and selling price of produce, that the same kind of a “gentleman’s understanding” exists and governs the sale pride of merchandise which this merchant sells? Is it a good business proposition to hammpr down the buying price of produce, when in reality you want customeere and buyers for the merchandise, ofc Your shelves? v. « ——• ■ ' .Are not merchants pulling some one else’s chestnuts out of the fire, when QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR As usual, the buying and selling price on butter and eggs was telephoned to.each dealer this morning. Who made, that price, and why is he Interested in a tow buying.market? Will farmers sell their produce to the store of a market trust; when they can get more money from hucksters at their door? they fall to make high prides for produce their best drawing card for business? What makes more business in a town than high top prices for everything the farmer sells? < QUITE AN ACORN Sometime ago one of the new deputies in the state auditor’s \ office — and there are about a dozen new deputies, costing |30,000 a year—was delegated to start a little boom for Cortelyou for vice-president on a ticket with Fairbanks. This new deputy had access to a small paper in a small town in Hamilton county and there he launched the great Falrbahks-Cor-telyou combination. News of the achievement was spread quickly abroad. It was. such lan innocent, spontaneous thing! And now the Cprtelyou end of the ticket is the settled policy of the whole Fairbanks outfit. The fellows who are blowing the Fairbanks bubble are afraid of Governor Hughes. Both Hughes and Cortelyou are New Yorkers. The idea is to, have Cortelyou head off Hughes. Cortelyou is secretary of the treasury. He is close to Wall street. Fairbanks has long been a part of Wall streetThe combination of. Fairbanks and Cortelyou would be a dandy—for Wall street. This is the great political oak that is expected to grow out of. that Hamilton county acorn planted by the new deputy in the costly state auditor’s office. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW Good nature is as contagious as measles. You cannot live in an atmosphere of cheerfulness without absorbing some of it, in spite of yourself. The greatest benefactor of the race is the chronically cheerful person—the one who finds it impossible to look upon the dark side of things even when he realizes that he should. There are only a few 'of this class in existence, but they make themselves felt throughout wide spheres of influence. Thte ever happy person generally is deeply sympathetic. If the clouds are. dark,, fee will not admit that fact if~-he. it, but if he must he will call -yqur attention to the little streaks of silver that come through them and will remind you that behind the cloud the sun is ever shining and that the mere fact that we are unable to see the sun for the moment is no proof that it is not there, just the same, illuminating some part of the world. The deepest grief sometimes liefe behind the smiling countenance. It requires more courage to mask one’s private sorrows that the courage of ; others may be upheld or that those about us may not feel cast down, than. ■■■■nmKSSSBBESBe f* i OVER ( THETELEPHONE , King Bee—Hello. 1 " i * . High Private—Hello, my’Lord. King Bee—Pay 15 cents >for eggs L ‘ today. ’. ... ' s'/ :WHigh Private—All right, ifyLord. King Bee—Fay 16 cents-for butter I tOday ’ High ..right,, my Lord. King Bee—-SeUpggs sos ■*-* cents k today. ‘’ ur t . High Private—Alt right? my Lord. > King Bee—Sell butter tor — cents . today. .•’ ” 5 I s ' a . High right, my Lord. j King Bee- —Permit no customer to > falsely accuse you of being any part . of a trust. High Private—All right, my Lord. King Bee—Tell them; too, that that paper is going to be run out of busiJ ness for lying on us fellows. '•/ - High Private—All right, my Lord. King Bee--That last statement is s the truth with the bark oh; I have 1 it fixed. i i J High Private—All right, my Lord. 8 King Bee—Brace up. This little 1 stink will not last long and then we wilt have -fat picking./ -i ? High Private—All Jight, jay Lord. 1 Kfiilg Bee—Good - High Private—Good 'bye, my Lord.

■1 ■ 111 i. ..... - ■■■! It does to give way to our feelings. Habitual good cheer will manifest itself, however, even under the most unfavorable"' conditions. The crocus lifts a smiling countenance toward the sun, when, in order to do so, it must push itself up through the cold and frozen earth and the snow. —Mun--1 cie Press. ‘ OBITUARY. Harriet C. Lord, oldest child of Reuben and Sabrina Lord, was born •in Summit county, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1832„ Died JWy 30, 1907, aged 75 years, 6 months and 7 days. She was united in marriage to Lyman Hart Jan. 1, 1849. To this union was born, three sons and three daughters. Two sons and two daughters preceded her to the great beyond. Surviving her are beside the aged husband, one son,-Henry M., of Ft. Wayne, and one daughter, Mrs. Hannah Swaidner, Colorado Springs, Col. -Three grand children, three great grandchildren, also three brothers, Martin and William, of Monmouth, and Franklin, of Decatur; four sisters, Mrs. Martha -Dutcher, of Monmouth, Mrs. Mary ■ Christen, of Decatur; Mrs. Martha Marker,' of Guthrie, Okla., Mrs. Mina Nickey, of Buffalo, N. Y. In August, 1838, when six years old she came with her parents to Adams county, Ind-, where she has resided continuously for 69 years. For more than fifty years she has been a member of the Lutheran church and lived a conscientious Christian life. She patiently bore the privations of pioneer life, and was always ready and willing to help those in need. She will be kindly remembered for her many acts of kindness and assistance in times of sickness. The occasion is doubly sad owing to the fact that the aged companion is lying at the point of death. The funeral was held at the home in Monmouth, Thursday, Rev. L. C. Hessert officiating. She was laid to rest in the Monmouth cemetery. -—— o— **—— GREAT WESTERN WHEAT CROP More Than Sixty Million Bushels to Harvest this Year. 1 , „ . »■ . . ... , k Spokane, Wash., Aug. 7.—Early estimates of the grain yield of the Inland Empire, placing thp wheat crop at 45,000,000 bushels, were topped today by figures compiled by Samuel Glasgow, one of the foremost millers in the Pacific Northwest, who declares more than 60,000,000 bushels will be cut this season. The top price in this phrt. df ! the Country, he added, will probably be 70 wilts a bushdi, Which is as good as dollar wheat in’the middle west. Mr. Glasgow does not believe much of the wheat in this part of the country will be sent east of 1 the Rocky mountains, as more‘than 85 ■ per cent of it has already been contracted for delivery along the Pacific coast and the mills in the jn1 terior. . ! —■(> Horticulturalists from all parts of Indiana,, the principal fruit growers of the state, will assemble at Purdue university Wednesday and Thursday 1 for the. summer meeting of the Indiana Horticultural society and. a most interesting -sessßfe' Qs frbomised. The ! Purdue Ration invited the fruit growers to meet there and the invitation was accepted. The labora- ' tories at Purdue, the experimental orchard and other facilities make it an ideal place for the annual summer meeting of the horticulturalists. In addition to the regular session there will be a competition for valuable ■ prizes any many will participate. _ .; HUNTING FOR TROUBLE. “I’ve lived in California 20 years,and - am still hunting for trouble in the way , of burns, sores, wounds, bddls, cuts, , sprains, or a case of piles that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve won’t quickly cure/’ writes Charles Walters, of -Alleghany, Sierra Co, Mo use hunting Mr. Wat ters; ft cures or money refunded at Blackburn Pharmacy- drug <stoi*e. Bscz FOR ASSAULt^-ON^PfOiXER.-■>X i 'F i B V It ■ ■ ■■ ; t : Harv«‘'Bftnth Had an Inning in* the--1 J ' Judtlca* Court, ■i'y. 1... ,' | ■ - HarVe Sffilth, Who resides-sdutii' of this' city, Jirid 1 IS better -known as “Musk Melon Harve,” was arreeted last evening by Marshal Green on a ’ charge of assault and battery upon the person of a Syrian peddler and for a few moments it looked as if 1 Smith was billed for the : jail; However, by earnest pleading, he was immediately arraigned before Squire J. H. ’ Stone-and plead guilty, but before the L court > could impose a fine Smith suddenly turned upon the peddler and again struck him, this being* in the b presence of the court and numerous Witnesses. Squire Stone with a stern took ordered quiet in the court room, and he then read Smith’s title clear > and to perfection, telling him he ought ! ■ to impose a jail sentence for contempt of court. The fine was fixed at two dollars and costs, amounting In all 5 to -eleven dollars and eighty cento." i The- prisoner was permitted to go Itome last evening under the promise that'hWnwonrd return today. pay hiS ' find ‘and" straighten all matters up ■ pertaining to the case.

FIVE MORE AFFIDAVITS FILED Two of Yesterday's Offenders Already Paid—Gossip About the Strenuosity of the Time*. Editor’s Note —The name of C. D. Lewton, as given in ohr account yesterday, is used by Prosecutor Heller simply in an official capacity. As auditor of Adams county, Mr. Lewtou issued’ all saloon licenses, and his testimony bears upon this one question only. The house cleaning started Monday by Prosecutor H. B. Heller still continues and this morning five more affidavits were filed in Squire Smith’s court against the following named saloon keepers: Ludlow Shpline, Lase Ellis, Curley Dadamacher and wo against Henry Ostemeyer. The affldivits are all properly signed and all contain the names of many people who will no doubt have to'appear and testify if the cases are tried. Squire Smith has issued warrants and the offenders will no doubt appear sojpe time today and either plead guilty or make their arrangements to pay. These are the only affidavits ffiled to date and charge the various offenders with keeping open on Sunday and selling drinks wiiicfi is a direct violation to the statute of the state of Indiana. The affidavits are not lengthy, but meet every requirement of the. law and are good in the opinion of all lawyers, who have examined them. How many more affidavits Prosecutor Heller has to spring on the public we are unable to say, and until the matter is finally closed a number of Sunday offenders will be kept in hot water. The crusade has caused considerable argument on the streets and groups of men can be seen standing on every corner discussing the events of the past forty-eight hours. Two of the offenders who were arrested on yesterday appeared last evening before Squire Smith and plead guilty to the charges made against them, they being Charles France and Chas. Omlor, the later pleading guilty to two charges, one for keeping open and the other for selling. The men were given the usual dose governing these cases, ten dollars and costs, which amounted in all to eighteen dollars and eighty cents, which they paid and thp cases aainst them were closed. The members of the base ball team -were also served witfy.tjieir warrants yesterday by constable F. E. Smith and Manager L. A. Holthouse, acting for both the Portland and Decatur aggregations, appeared last evening before Squire Smith, "plead guilty to each and every offense and each player was fined a dollar and costs, the entire amount aggregating one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty cento. Mr. Holthouse gave his check for this amount and the cases in so far as these persons are concerned are closed. What the attitude of the management will be in relation to playing further Sunday games has not as yet been determined by the officers, but it is possible that they will play every game as scheduled for the IndianaOhio league in this city. The fans demand Sunday ball and it is possible that further Sunday games will be played. ~—; —°~ *■'•: i A BUSY>> SESSION LAST NIGHT -• n .0 ■ Cement Walk for Winchester Street ■—Consent j jlisfufed for > Another * Macadam Street—Other Business. The council met in regular session Tuesday evening at their council chambers, or Coffee presiding,.. and every councilman answering to roll cal Van d, after the reading the mlnutee -the council immediately;,got down to work and proceeded to 1 dispose of the business that came before them. A remonstrance was filed by the ownersalong Winchester street against the petition asking /or a cementside walk from Adamis * street to the* Chicago and Erie raifroad, the remonstrators claiming that/the present walk was good enough fOr the public use. The committee to whom this petition had been referred filed their report recommending the same, which was approved, and , the council will, at their next regular meeting adopt a resolution ordering the construction of the same. A petition for a cement sidewalk in the west part of the city wa§ filed by D. I. Weikel et al and was upon motion referred to the stfeet and sewer committee for investigation. A petition signed by seven property owners residing along Mercer avenue and asking for a brick street to be constructed thirty feet’ wide wfts taken up and. discussed, and upon motioniwas referred to the street and sewer committee. This committee will no doubt report favorable and during the winter months the preliminary stepSc necessary will be taken and when -spring opens up, the street will no doubt be sold and constructed. The contract and bond of Dan W.

Myers, who secured the contractthe Brwln sewer and the contract and bond of Henry Stevens, who Secured the contract for the construe* lion of the Rice sewer, were read and approved by the council and thw» contractors may now start work their respective contracts when Qmr see fit. This being the night set for the hearing of the objections on Chronister sewer and on the Elm street sidewalk, the mayor if there was any one present who deslrefi to be heard and receiving no response to his inquiry, declared that the improvements should be maae aqd a reaolution will no doubt be adopted" kt the, neyt meeting ordering the construction of the same. a , Owing to the fact that but one jegal bld * had been filed upon the Roop sewer, which had been advertised to be sold, the council rejected the same and ordered the clerk to ye-advertise the same and bids will be received at their next regular meeting on Aug. 20th. Upon motion by Martin the water works superintendent, W. E. Fulk, was ordered to notify various firms over the country of the letting of a contract for material to be used in constructing the Meibers street water line to the new factory site and bids will be received on August 20th. Attorney E. Burt Lenhart, representing a number of the petitioners on the extension of a macadam road running over and along Elm street in the city of Decatur, which he asked to have constructed, the same as a free macadam road in the country, and according to the law, the consent ofl the council must be had before the board of commissioners can act intelligently. Mr. Lenhart stated his case briefly and to the point; and was followed by Henry Krick, who made a short address to the council, telling them of the desires of the people and how much the street was needed. The council, however, did not take very favorably to the proposition, < and upon a vote being taken the same was lost. Chronister and Burns voting for the same, and Christen, Martin and Van Camp against it. The finapce committee reported favorably uppn the reports, of" the qlerk and .treasurer for she month qf t jiipe, and thesame were ordered ~spread of .recordUpon motion by Van Camp th e wa ter works superintendent was ordered ; and directed to set a water plug on, Fornax strpet and place the same in ,at once, By motion the old orders, payable to J. D. Wisehaupt and J, Si Peterson were, ordered, re.-ipsued and . the old ones destroyed, this being done so that the above named parties could receive credit from the city for the amount of the orders. Upon motion by Christen the bill of the Sunday Creek Coal company, amounting to $261.40 was allowed and the clerk was ordered to draw his warrant for the same. From all present appearances the council and city is experiencing some trouble with the W. J. Hamilton Coal company, who a contract to furnish coal to the city some time ago for one year and. to avoid all unnecessary delay and shortage, The matter was referred to the purchasing committee, who will look into the validity of the contract and declare the same cancelled and will no doubt enter into a new contract with the Sunday Creek Coal company, who in the past had been very prompt in their deliveries. The following bills were then read and allowed: M. E. Babcock ..$ 1.25 D I. Weikel 77.71 Wm. Geary 10.00 Sam Frank 45.00 C. W. D0iwin,.,^........ -••• 235.50 G. R. & I. M. 40 D. F. Teeple .i.i; 60.13 Telephone Co. . .... 77.. ‘ Ft. Wayne Elecric Works. .. » 177.20 Geo. Keiser & Co. .......... 43.57 National Carbon C 0........... 54.00 Monarch Electric-Wire Co. .'. .154.47 Milt Leavell . .v.v,. a'./I <65, M. J. Mylott ...,.,247.50 C. Vogt ;..... 72.75 D. D. Coffee 4;.*....;/ 5.00 G. R. & 1... /...10818 National Supply Cd.....;7^; 2.bz W. E. Fulk . ...4.7* 62.50 Carbondale Coal Co. s ... 121.00 Geo. Keiaer & C0........j.... 11.49 Kalver and Hurst 1.00 Ijf. Harruff 20.00 Tom Peterson 24.10 F. Hankins 1.50 W. J. Hamilton Coal C 0..... ... 472.47 J. J. Foughty 7...... 2.00 J. C. Patterson 1.00 No further business coming before the council they adjourned to meet at their next regular meeting. " I

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k EXPENDITURES AND TAX LEVI& I ~FOR THE YEAR W. i The Trustee of Jefferson township, Adams county, prdpos& for the yearly ‘ expenditures and tax*levies by the I Advisory Board at its annual meet- , ing, to be held at the office of Trustee OU ’the 3rd day of L commencing’ al ofie ts clock, p. m., the • IpUoWlng estimates and for ’ 8 1. y toiteKlp $719.67, , and township tax 11 cents oh the hundred dollars. v u - r - K 1 & -Local -/Tuitionexpenditures, * $654.25, and>tar 10 cents on the Jy idred dollars. . , 1 W , < =2. SpqMal ~ School r J a F, , tures, $1,308.50, tad tax. 20 cents on the ■nppdred dollars. '' . 4. Road Tax and tax ,5 cents, on the hundred dollars, f J; |. Additional l 'lißa& i ~Ta> expenditures, $664.25, and tax 10 cents on the > ” 6. Poor expenditures for preceding year, tSSJ.SF, and tax 6 cents on the hundred dollars. , Total expenditures $4,056.34, and total tax 62 cents on the hundred dollars. Signed ABE BBBANT, Trustee. Dated August 1, 1907.- 23-lt whaT a new jersey editor' 1 SAYS M. ,T. Lynch, editor of the Phillipsburg, N. J., Daily Post, writes: “I have used many kinds of medicines for coughs _and colds in my family .hut never -anything so good as Foley’s Honey and Tar. I cannot say too much in praise of it,” ’ THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. , T The death of Mrs. Anna Neuenschwander, widow of the late Christian Neuenschwander, one-half mile west of Berne, occurred on Monday, shortly after one o’clock. Mrs. Neuenschwander was ill only about three weeks and death was the result of blood poison. She leaves tp mourn seven-children, four sons and three daughters, her aged mother, three brothers, one sister and many other relatives and friends. One brother, - Abe Amstutz, is located with his family at Chehalis, Wash-, and the others are all, living in this county. The deceased gives her age.at 41 years, months and 6 days. ‘The funeral services will bp held at the'home Thurs- 1 ,day‘ forentan, ai 9 o’clock sun time. fnrßerne News. / . ± - HAY FEVER AND SUMMER COLDS Victims of hay fever will experience great benefit by taking Foley’s Honey and Tax. as it stops difficult breathing immediately and heals the inflam, ed air passages, and even if is should fall to cure you it will give Instant relief.” The genuine Is in a yellow package THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. Tomorrow the connection gang working at the Indiana pipe line station, south of the city, will cut the 12-inch line there and connect it with the gate house. In order to do thia it would have been necessary to stop pumping the oil in all the main stations from Casey, 111,, to Lima, Ohio, had there not been a parallel line, a smaller’ one, through which the effir was forced while the connection was being made. —Bluffton Banner. Charles Phillip this morning while working at his usual trade as cook for Anderson and Baker, came near losing the sight of fiiß left eye, owing to seme hot grease flying from the frying pan into hiS' The optic is very sore and Charles is forced to have the same bandaged up to keep the light from striking it. However, his physician advises him that the sight will not be impaired by the accident which is fortunate indeed. 0 The moving pictures at the new electric theater more than pleased the crowds that assembled at this popular place of amusement last night and tonight’s program will undoubtedly), l be enthusiastically received by those who care to enjoy good interesting amusement. The proprietors, Smuck and Miller are making every effort possible <0 please their patrons and thus fir-they have abundantly succeeded as they shdw only the latest and ipost tatbhy films on the rosjl; The people es /Decatur ’ make no mistake in paying them a visit. I — * I RISING FORM THE GRAVE. I A prominent manufacturer, Wm. A. ■ Fertwell, of Lucama, N. C., relates a ■ most remarkable experience- He sajsJ I “After taking less than thre bottles of| I Elecritc Bitters, I feel like one rising I from the grave. My trouble is Bright’s I disease, in the Diabetes stage I fully I believe Electric Bitters will cure mJ I permanently,for it has already stopped ■ the liver and bladder H which have troubled me for years? ■ Guaranteed at Blackburn Pharnfacy. ffl Price only 50c. F t *- I 1 .