Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 8 August 1907 — Page 5

I Kemps Balsam Will stop any cough that can he stopped? by. any medicine and cure eoughs that cannot be cured by any other medicine. ;. f . ... H Is always the best cough cure. You cannot afford to take chances on •agr other kind. ... , t 4 KEMP'S BALSAM cures eoughs* colds, bronchitis, grip, asthma and consumption In llrst stages. ' It does not contain alcohol, opium, morphine, or any other narcotic, poisonous or harmful drug. .

RURAL RQUYE TEN. Boys get your bells ready, a wedding will occur soon. Miss Orpha Jacobs was called to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Ollie Jacobs, at Maryland, who is in a very serious condition. Mr. and Mrs. Azle Tucker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry and family. ; . -. Mrs. George Dellinger who has been seriously ill for the past few weeks, is reported some better. Mr. Samuel Shepherd visited his sister, Mrs. Philip Summers last Sunday. Miss Tiny and Nellie Lammiman were the guests of Mrs. M. Stevley and family Sunday. Preaching services at North Pl'asant Valley was largely attended last Sunday evening. There will be an ice cream social at the North Pleasant Valley church Saturday evening, August 3. Everybody cordially invited. ’• — , o— A VALUABLE LESSON. “Six years ago ! learned a valuable lesson,” writefe John Pleasant, of Magnolia,'lnd- "I then .began taking Dr. King’s New Life Pills, and the longer I take them the .better them.” They please exery body.” Guaranteed at Blackbum Pharmacy, 25c.' .- 4 ... The new electric theater was tfeil attended last night by lovers v ofVi? good show and tonight they present two shows in one for the same price of five cenfs. “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp” from the original ! film, bought from Pathe, of France; recently, wilt prove most interesting besides the extra film representing a pathetic scene. These shows will no doubt be well attended. —o Mrs. Ed Coburn and sons Robert and Richard, of Warren, and Miss Mary Coburn, of Huntington, passed through our city last evening enroute to Oden, Mich., where they will spend several weeks,. —o ——— * ~ The Randall case, which was recently. purchased by the Misses Mary, Margaret and Elizabeth Sullivan, will hereafter be operated upon an entirely changed plan. Not only will the case all night. but, in addition to serving short orders, special attention to serving 25-cent dinners JajMl ‘suppers every day. Arrangements have also been made for serving banquets and other private .parties. . Every effort will be made by the new proprietors to give the quickest, best and most satisfactory service in the cit^.—Journal-Gazette. ■V-—i.... .... —... ■<)■ J...;' —— CURED OF LUNG TROUBLE. “It is- now eleven years since < I had a narrow, escape from consumption,” writes C.O. Floyd, a leading business man of’Kershaw, 8. :C. "I had run down in weight to 135 pounds, and coughing was constant, both by day and by night. .Finally I. began taking "Di*. King’s NCW Discovery, and continued this f6r about'-six months,' when my Cough and Jung trouble were entirelygone - and I was restored to my normal., weight, 170 pounds.” Thousands of persons ire healed every year.Gtfarahteed at Blackburn, drug store. TOC and fl.oo. Trial bottle antee at felackbum drug store. Price 50c. ■«»><> ..*. . The count# commissioners in regular session at Crawfordsville, passed a new order regarding the granting qf liquor licenses and Incidentally re- , voked a license ,issued to Dan Long of Darlirigton, which was granted on December 3, 1906. The board declares in,, the . order that a saloon license must be taken out within one month after the board grants them or they wUI h® invalid. The board.it. is not fair to the temperance.forces to applicant secure' to take out a license and then put it - — “For ten yqars I was confined 1 to my bed with disease of my kldneys."wrltes > R. A. Gray, J. P. of Oakville, Ind. “It wasted sayere that I could not move part of the time. I consulted the very best medical skill available, but could’ get no relief until Foley’s Kidney Cure was recommended to me. .Ithas

BURNS PITCHED GREAT BALL The Locals Needs the Hole in Our Pitching Staff Patched Up— Ball Dope. STANDING. Played. Won. Lost Pct Richmond - ... 1... 8 6 2 .750 Portland 9 6 3 .666 Decatur 8 5 3 .625 Bluffton T 3 4 .428 -Kokomo , 9 <, 3 6 .333 Van Wert 8 2 6 .222 The tail end Kokomos tgdve hs a drubbing yesterday that;-- was practically not only a surprise ifo them but was a surprise to the’ lochl fans'who had been how the locals would increase their percentage at the expense of our,-visitors, but;it was a case of the worm turning and biting, and its bite was a most bitter sting. A fair sized Crowd was present to see the defeat and we& forced to admit as much as they hated to, that the Kokomo team played the best ball and that they were entitled to all the credit for winning the game. Lacey, the auburn haired twlrler, who has been distinguishing himself as a pitcher so far this season, was on the slab for the visitors and their victory was due more to his effective work than anything else, as the locals were unable to solve his delivery to any great extent, and eight men died an ignominous death on the bases. Knapp on the other hand was not as effective as he had been against other teams, and was touched up quite freely, six hits being secured off his delivery in four innings, which resulted in three runs. This was enough for Captain Behringer, and Knapp was sent to the stable and outfielder Burns, the emergency man, was substituted, and he pitched a most remarkable game for five innings, or rest of the game, letting the Kokomos down with one hit, which was" very scratchy and striking out five med, a very creditable record indeed. The damage, however, had been done, and although Biddy worked fiard,' fife team mates were finable to overcome the lead and another defeat was credited against us aHil we flow adorn third place in the percentage''"column.’ What the local team needs - most noW are pitchers, and we must'have then!, else our finish as far as being a contender in the league race can easily be seen. The team ’has practically > biif one pitcher, and he does more work and plays more different positions than any man on the team, and is practically overworked, and needs a rest, and unless the management; up soon he will commence to lose his effectiveness, and instead of being our winning pitcher, will be credited as being our losing pitcher. The management, we understand, have a string on several men, but let us cut the strings and get some one here to do the work. The fans are tired of hearing the same old story, that so and so will be Here today, and when today arrives so and so does not appear, and it becomes a case of falling back on old tellable Oscar Way to do the-work, which so far he has borne up well under. The race in the Indiana-Ohio league is going to be a warm one, and if Decatur expects to be in the race it is up to the management to waken up and get several new pitchers and our team will then be the best balanced one in the league. ( ■‘.s-i A. ■ . Decatur. AB R H PO A E Behringer, 2b.. 4' 0 2 4 5 0 Pierce, cf .... 4 02 10 0 Wallace, ss .. 3 0 0 1 3 0 Burns, If-p ... 4 0 0 1 2.0 Way, Ib-rf .... i 0 0 8 0 ‘ 1 Witham, 3b 4 0 1 I 2" ft Winger, c .... 3 10 71 0 Nash, rs-ls 0 0 0 0 Q ' Knapp, p .... 1 0 0. 0 0 0. Weber, lb .... 3 0 1 4 1 0 ’ Totals;34 1 6 27 14 f . . Kokomo. Name. AB R H PO A E 'Flant, 2b 4 0 1 2 2 Hall, ss 4 11 3 -If ‘Reece, rs. % .. t 3 .1 ..- :L - 2,0 0 Gillis, lb ....,4 0 Xi 9 0 0 Orr, c 4 0 o*lß 0 0 Wise, 3b .... 3 0 IF| 1 2 0 Shinn, if ....3 1? 2r: 2 ' 0 Grimes, cf 2 0 0j 1 ...0 0 Lacey, p .3 0 0J 1 2 0 Totals ....1.30 3 7 127 9 1 ' << 1 .■>. Kokomo .... 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0. o—3 Decatur ........0 0 1 0 0 0 0 O 'o—l ———M O ■■ ■ ; ‘ — MEN PAST SIXTY IN DANGER. .More than half of mankind over sixty years of age suffer from kidney and bladder disorders, usually enlargement of prostate glands. This is both painful and dangerous, and-JPo-ley’s Kidney Qure should be taken at the first sign. 7 of danger, as it corrects. irregularities and has ebred many old men of this' disease. Mr. ■ Rodney BUrnett, Rockport, Mo.,writes: i “I suffered with enlarged; prostrate gland and kidney trouble for years and after taking jtwo bottles of Foley’s Kidney dCure I feel better than L 4ave for twenty, years, although I am now 91 years old.” <£ » ‘ DRUG CO. .

OUR CITIZENS ARE ENERGETIC Social Conditions Finds us Leaders— Interesting Paper by Ladies' Hla>. torical Club. The brief sketches which the members of the Historical Reading Club have gathered and prepared for publication, have now covered a period of about ninety years of Adams county history. The smiling landscape of Adams county, with her thrifty looking and well-tilled farms, her flourishing villages, fine farm buildings and growing county seat, give but little hint of the almost unbrokei forests, the swales and marches mid the occasional log cabin of seventy years ago, when Decatur had but three or four log cabins and two unfinished frame houses with thirty' inhabitants all told. The citizens of this county have ever been of the energetic and plucky sort. Year after year they have waged war x with unfavorable conditions. Muddy roads, swamp, low-lyingri&nds, primitive bridges and over-flowing streams, but at last they are coming “out on top.” The growth of this county has not been of the mushroom variety, springing up in a night, but is the result of years of toil, and intelligent planning for future generations. The growth has been but her progress is now assured. Adams county how has miles and miles of macadam roads, and is still making more. Miles and miles of ditches are draining her lowlands, and her citizens are petitioning for indfd. Railroads traverse the county from east and west, north and south. A trolley line connects us with the county seat of Allen on the north and will shortly reach the county seat of Jay on the south. The long forced journeys to mill or market through the deep black mud of the early roads are now but a dream. The old log cabin is but a memory. Year after year the forests have melted away, until now the question is, how to preserve what is left. The little old inconvenient school houses built after 1853-4 have given place to brick buildings nearly all over the county. The old time church buildings are all gone, or nearly so. Bridges qf stone and steel, have replaced the first flimsy structures oyer our streams and waterways. In , Decatur and the surrounding towns the buildings nqw going up are of the best. The half finished frame of the store box pattern has been re-“ placed by the modern house, with Decatur’s school children now wend their way to four substantial, and handsome brick buildings situated in different wards of the city, and,equipped with all the necessary appliances for successful instruction. Our church going people now find a home every Sabbath in nine good modern church buildings, five of which are brick. A visit to our court house will show that our county oflicers are well provided with suitable rooms and every facility necessary for doing thq business of the county. Our citizens now walk over brick and cement sidewalks and traffic is Carried on through streets paved with brick or filled with crushed stone from the quarries just a little north of the city. The Carnegie library overlooking the court house square, under its efficient board of managers, blds fain - io rival that of any other city of the same size in the state? Decatur has many social features and of a variety to suit all classes and conditions. Every church has their-Missionary, Ladies’ Aid and Young societies, and there are enough fraternal societies for both sexes to meet every night in the week and more too. The I. O. O. F. and the Daughters of Debekah The F. and A.. M. and the Eastern Star. Thie Knights of Pythias and the' Pythian Sister si The G. A. R. and the Woman’s Relief Corps. The' Red Men and Po-. cahontas Wigwam. The ’Woodmen, the Ben Hurs, the Maccabees; “Utol Elks, the Eagles and the Knights of Columbus all have strong and enthu* SiastiC organizations; Bdffides these fraternal societies, Deeatdir has her Commercial Club,- with'lts foetal features, her Women’s clubs devoted to literature, art and music; Oneo ofthese the “Ladies Shakespeare Club.” celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, last April. The Woman’s < Historical Reading Club is now nineteen years oitf. - “The Euterpean” devoted print cfpSlly to music, is five years old. There’ are other women’s clubs which are purely social with no line of study, ’then there is society at large, which is always giving teas, luncheons, afternoon and dinner parties and receptions, on a scale quite in keeping with Other cities of any state, east of west. ' ' ’ The old’-time ‘amusement's and social gatherings of early days have passed - The •iog'-roMingmitettoi- raisings 'and husking becfe, lhe - :qi it> parties, Wool pickings, carpet t rag e sewings, taffy pullings? spelling schools and singing schoote, fife all laid away in the memory •of the “oldest inhabitant” along- with the wooden latch, the punchetm floor, the hickory broom,

the tallow "manufacture, the hickory torch, the. Jews harp and the squeaky accordeon. In the way of public amusements and public demonstrations, the county fair and circus show seem to be the only two institutions which- have survived the progress of the last forty years. Decoration day is observed with appropriate ceremonies. The agricultural fair brings crowds from all over the county, and it goes without saying that the circus when it comes is liberally patronized. But the political rally. is* extinct. Once in a whild we hear that Mr. So and So will address the people at the court house the speaker comes, and is appreciated on acertain evening or a certain day, on the political issues of the day, and by the party, which brought hita, but the township delegations of the old time, with the flag and the drum and the man on horse back with the red sash, fail to appear. They are busy on their farms and it pays them better than the political rally. The good and great and glorious 4th of July, which psed,. to be ushered in at daybreak, by the booming of capnons from-neme place away off, and early-tn the day by the marching of Sunday school children, and the long procession of citizens to the grove where the opening ceremony was prayer and the singing of “America” anfe the reading of the Declaration of Independence. And then the orator of the day let the eagle loose to spread all over creation, and sometimes there was a public dinner -qfter, but always there was lemonade and striped candy and tire dchildren, and at sunset everybody was at home weary, may be, but proud and glad that they lived in these United States of America. Now the 4th of July begins along about the twentieth of June, with the incessant popping of the firecracker, varied occasionally with the torpedo and the toy pistol and ends about the sixth of July, when the local paper begins to publish the list of castfalties. The crowd comes sometimes and the flag is unfurled on the 4th, but every particle of patriotism seems to have been eliminated from the day and only the ball game, the fire cracker and the small bQY are In evidence. Now it is left to the public schools to see to it that the children are taught the .meaning of the 4th of July, and the significance of the flag. But with all this seeming indifference on our great national day, thfere is no questioning the patroltism of Adams county. Her sons have taken part In every struggle this nation has had since the county was organized. In Mexico, in the Civil. War, in Cuba and the Philippines and fief' Representatives are in every branch of the military service of the government. As we close these papers on the history of Adams county,, we must admit that in her social and public life there is still yast room for ’improvement, and there is not the shadow of a doubt but that the advance will be made and Adams county will ever remain, the equal-if not the superior, of any of the ninety counties of Indiana. < MACADAM ROADS CONTINUED r Li-..-- 1 ' Ditch^Ordqr^dCoqstructed-—Corporate f '* H ’Property Aciessment-JFlling Estimates. . bl ■ 3 ■ ’ ■ i -J.t ' Henry Scherry was granted a license to retail intoxicating liquor at his place of business near the G. R. & I. on Monroe Street. • I ■ ' " ' ''■ ‘ l‘. The reviewers on the Mattle E. Young’ petition for location and vacation of a highway, were given time until the next session to make their report. The Fre'hch township’extension fo&r macadam road whs continued, as wefe also Tonnler’s extension one, Decatur and-Bluffton number 7, Geneva, Ceytowship four, Monroe township .six. Tito; engineer’s report on-the Fred L. Hndler ditch petition, Including assessment was approved and - , the, ditch .ordered constructed. sot The assessment of railroads and all corporate property has been received from the auditor of state.; The railroads will pay on an assessment of |l,048,730, and the. Fort Wayne and Springfield on a valuation of 442,460. The Citizens’ Telephone company is assessed ninety dollars a mile On over 300 miles of service lines. ——o — Rochester numbers among her citizens an old gentleman who has harvetsed wheat in five different ways, that is, has lived long enough to see the invention of five different methods 6f harvesting.. He first used the sickle, then learned to cradle. Next drove a self-rake and: a self-binder and now he sees the improved harvester at work. The gentleman to uncle George Goss, and M think* that, thtre are but few men in th® country cap.qqua) this record.—Rochester, fletatlnel.

Fred Johnson, an outfielder from Davenport, lowa, arrived in the city today and affixed his name to a contract for his services with the Bluffton team during the remainder of the season. He is well known to Bluffton tans from his connection with the Anderson team of the last season interstate league.—Bluffton Banner. Both in the city and county there is experienced the same -difficulty in getting teachers as- was mentioned several days ago. There-toam applications, but all toß>soms.rga£pn or another are undesirable,., and the ones that are desired- have secured better position than Huntington county can offer ’ them. —Huntington News-Democrat. - " ’ Kishiro Ikedo, a young native of Japan was the guest of Noah Bixler yesterday.’ Mr. Ikeda came to this cdtrtitry six years ago to learn watch making. He studied at the . same institute at ' Toronto, Canada, which Noah is attending and where the two became well acquainted with each other. The young Japanese leaves again today for Syracuse and Chicago. —Berne Witness. Hartford City’s base ball team which has had as many deaths as a cat has lives, has bumped the bumps again.) Sunday’s g|ime with the Matthews Giants was the last exhibition for the team and the paraphernalia has been turned back to the ssociatlon by Manager Swelgart. —Hartford City Gazette. In railroad circles there is a persistent rumor to the effect that Supt. McArdle has left the service of the Clover Leaf company and thql his successor will be a brother-in-law of Mr. Houlahan. Parties that are supposed to be in a position to know the facts in the case refuse to discuss the rumor. —Frankfort Crescent. The Van Wert team needs a reorganization. It is hardly proper to give advice to the enemy but if Kelly, captain and second baseman, could be supplanted by a fast hard hitting second sacker and Wolfe made captain and catcher, the outfit would look entirely different. The Buckeye team has a splendid corps of pitchers, but they get little encouragement.—Richmond Palladium. : ' ‘ J; 3 * j' ; “Gilded dining rooms and greasy kitchen are conditions too commonly observed in restaurants and hotels,” observed the bulletin of the state board of health, just published. This bulletin contains the results.of the sanitary inspections made throughout the st&te during the month of June, and says, eight hotels and restaurants were visited, six were fair and two were poor, due to poor light and ventilation and being unelean. It appears that the McCabe university, which is the outgrowth of an attempt to steal Taylor university from Upland, will die a-bornln’. The school has no funds and no prospects. Taylor university, at Upland, on the other hand, will go along as if nothing had happened. It never was and never will be much of a school, but such as it is it will not be greatly affected by the Muncie abortion. The old students show a disposition to stand by Taylor and the outlook is that the school will open in the .fell with the usual attendance. vp.p-..*. it “Was 5 * 'Reported on the street ’morning that two of the apirt-efitices of the local machinists’ unibfi weft driven to their homes by some of the strike breakers Wednesday night. While sitting on one the seats in the vicinity of thl Erie depot some of the strike breakers are alleged to have come from one of the saloons and said, “Where are some of those machinists?” Spying these two boys, the fellows made for them and drove them almost to their • homes. The young fellows were afraid to stand fight and so fled.—Huntington Democrat. This evening at Rome City, will he held a meeting of the Cottagers’ association for the purpose of discussing ways and means to ri<i the lake of weeds. The meeting is but a preliminary one, but It. is thought enough headway will be made to held a much iaige rmeeting next week the tabernacle on ,|he island,. or some other suitable pftce that will be oonveient to All qf the cottagers. An effort will be mhde 1 to purchase a > mowing ma-1 'chine that will enterminate the weeds that have increased so rapidly in Sylvanlakp as to hinder the uses of the launches and boats. —Journal-Gazette. The farmer who replaced his old binder with a flew one this season instead of putting it off until next, is a lucky man. Implement dealers have just received notice that there will. be advance of ten per cent in prices of all harvesting machines next year, the advance being due to the increased cost of iron and wood, which, are the principal materials of which the machines are built. The harvester trust has a pretty firm grip on the market, but dealers say that the statement that the raw material has advanced considerably is entirely correct and no doubt has : ,greßit deal to do with the advance 'in post of ; machines. »•

t Workmen will son begin to put ou r the finishing touches at the Murray - Hotel, and then it will take but a - short time to complete he Job. J It was a. lucljy game for the locals 1 for, as shown by the dope sheet, they had little to crow over, outside the bare victory. They were outfielded and had but one th ebest of it in the r swatfesting, but they were lucky and 1 combined hits with the visitors errors 1 and had but one the best of it in the f game by a large and safe margin.— Bluffton News. 3 A traveling man arrived at a hotel I one evening and was duly assigned to 1 a room. While unpacking his person--1 al effects he found hanging in his closet a garment left there by the pref ceding lodger. It was a feminine robe r de nnlt —a daintily trimmed nightie, s The traveling man rang his belt 1 “Here, son,” he said to the boy, who responded, “take this" and have it 1 filled.”—Ex. J The re-numeration of the persons 1 between the apes of six and twentyb one was ordered, last week at Terre '• Haute by state' superintendent of instruction, the work is nqw being done j under the watchful eye of the Mr. t Cotton’s representatives. The reason 3 for the new census is the result of the , enormous increase in the population of Terre Haute! The actual increase is thought to be about 2,000. ) A freight train, west bound, came . near going through a burning bridge on the L. E. & W. near Fort Recovery, 0., yesterday. The men in charge # of the train discovered the fire as the ' train was passing over the bridge and stopped the train. As they did so. a f part of the structure gave way, participating a coal car into th ecut be- } low. Passengers Were transferred 5 around the wreck until repairs could be made. ( ■ Down at Newcastle the four railroads entering the city—the Pennsylt nania, Big Four, Lake Erie and Western and Rushville branch of the latter j will in the future pay more money inj to the county treasury in the way of taxes than they have ever paid. Pret liminary steps are being taken by the r city council to take into the corporj ate limits of the city all of the factories and thus be able to tax all of -the sidings of the railroads. j ' J Farmers are ' securing » unusually 3 good prices for*: their early potatoes f this year. New potatoes are now bringing from eighty ,tq ninety cents on .the market ahd.-the demand for i them seems to hold up the present ' high price* pretty well. The crop this ' year,*;while it. Is fair, has not turned s out as well a& it might and all the new r crop is being easily marketed. The funeral of Henry Chronister was held yesterday afternoon at the United Brethren church, Rev. Kessinger officiating, and a large crowd j being present to pay their last tribute j of respect to the deceased. Interment was made in the Decatur cemetery. r The floral offering was beautiful and I profuse. The. G. A. R. of which he r was a member, attended the funeral } in a body. r A well-to-do widow, who never 3 went to sChool but once in her life r and that was at night, when they 1 had nd light and the teacher didn’t - come, says she is going to build a condition to her residence so she can t ascertain her friends with more hos- ; tility. She will have a purgatory on , top of the house and memorandum , all lit up with indecent lights for them to lemonade on. k A large crowd of rooters are expect■fl to* arrive from Portland tomorrow •to pull for their teai®. The rooters 1 will arrive in the morning and return > on the late train. A big crowd is ■ expected at thq park, and the managei ment will see that everything is con- * ducted in a clean manner. Rooting 1 will not be tolerated by any one and 1 quiet will be the order of the day. M. V. B. Archbold, of Ft. Wayne, , came to the city today to be the guest of friends over ’Sunday. Yesterday a heavy piece of coal ’ fell oft the tender of- east bound passenger, train- No. 30 on the Pennsylvania roadrr.when feat train pass* ed through.- Elida. - Section Foremaa Foust, who. ;was standing near when, the train passed, was struck on the head by the coal, resulting in a most serioqs wound. He was rendered {unconscious and bled profusely. It was learned last night that the injured man had regained and lost consciousness* times during yesterday afternoon and that his condition is serious.—-Van Wert Bulletin. Ten thousand dollars will be spent in the improvement of the plant of the Union Telephone company in Huntington this fall and winter. An equal amount- will be spent in further Improving the plant in accord with an extensive system adopted next summer; Flails aqd estimates ’for the work have been completed and it Is understood that at Bluffton Friday the United Telephone company will receive bids on supplies for the work, along with bids on similar supplies for other systems in the United Telephone company’s list of towns. —Huntington Herald,