Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1907 — Page 5

•SSSSSWSSS ••••♦• M—• • < > ii A Safe and Sure Cough Cure. Kemps Balsam ? • • Does not contain Opium, < > Morphine, or any other narcotic ] ■ or “habit-forming** drug. ( , o There bwNarcctie in leap's Balsam. J! JI Nothing of a poisonous or harmful < ' <> character enters intoits composition. < • ' > This clean and pure cough cure ] 1 ] J cures coughs that cannot be cured ’ k < ( by any other medicine.; < i < > It has saved thousands from con- 1 * ’ J sumption. o 'lt has saved thousands of lives. < t < > A 25c. bottle contains 40 doses. 1 * < |>. At ail druggists’, 25c., 50c. and sl. I Don’t accept anything else. ,J ’ I *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ RURAL ROUTE EIGHT. Farmers are much in need of rain at present. The hot and dry weather is causing a considerable amount of sickness throughout this community. Frank Kern, who has been sick for the last few days, is now somewhat Improved. Dallas Spuller, who is confined to his bed with the typhoid fever is not making any improvement. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Swartz who has been with the summer complaint, is improving slowly. Mrs. Washington Steele ,is f at this writing in a serious condition' with a complication of diseases. , Riley Dailey is lying at the point of death with the typhoid fever. Miss IJazel Dykman, of Ft. Wayne, is vlsting friends in this neighborhood. A great many young people, especially those interested in education, are attending the teachers’ institute this week. Carl Lucky will leave this vicinity in a couple of weeks for Kentucky, where he will take a four year course in college. Joseph Spangler contemplates going to Arizona this week. His voyage is the purpose of inspecting the country. ' ' ~ The farmers are all very buhy threshing and taking care of their grain this week. They are generally not very t weil pleased with? the way their grain is yielding. Oats is yield-* ing all the way from twelve to .twentyfive bushels per acre, which is anything but good. The weather is dry hnd hot and just right to take care of the grain. —.—o HAY FEVER AND SUMMER COLDS Victims'of hay fever will experience great benefit by taking Foley’s Honey and Tar, as it stops difficult breathing immediately and heals the inflamed air passages, and even if is should fail to cure you it will give instant relief.” The genuine is in a yellow package. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. o— FOR THE MOVING OF CROPSNew Plan for the Deposit of Government Funds. New York, August 24. —Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou has announced a new plan of depositing government funds in New York, Boston and other cities to afford relief to the money market in the approaching crop movement period. Beginning next week he will place each week at such points in.the country as he shall designate government funds to such an amount as he deems sufficient to prevent an acute monetary stringency and possible panic when the demand fdf money is greatest at the height of the crop-moving period. The new plan of the. secretary for monetary relief, he. believes, will prove more efficacious than the old method of waiting until the country was severely shaken financially and then coming to the relief at the last moment by placing large deposits in New York banks. Secretary Cortelyou did not state how much money he would deposit each week. . . . J., : o —’ . "TO KEEP WELL The whole year through,” writes L. A. Bartlett, of Rural Route 1, Guilford, Me., I and my family use Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They have proven most satisfactory to all of us.** They tone the system and cure biliousness, malaria and constipation. Guaranteed at Blackburn drug store. IT WAS BOYB DAY IN DECATUR Arrival of Sons Brighten Two Households. David E. Smith, the well known attorney called at 7 o’clock Monday mbrnlng with a handful of cigars and his face wore the beaming, happy appearance, signifying the arrival of a son. Dave oays he has every appearance of a democrat and a good base ball rooter. Mrs. Smith is recovering. Jacob Buhler also passed the cigars this morning and his manly breast swelled with pride as he announced a bright facfed boy. He is ateo great: ly elated-over the fact that Mrs. Buhler is recoverly nicely. t

LEAD THE PERCENTAGE COLUMN Engle Wins Pretty Twelve Inning Battie—Oacar Way Gave Only Four 0 iiits in Second Gam*. STANDING. Won. Lost. Pct. Decatur ...14 11 .560 Richmond 14 11 .560 Portland 14 12 .538 Van. Wertl2 „ 14 .461 Kokomol2 14 .461 Bluffton .10 14 .<7 Richmond, Ind., Aug. 26. Decatur Champs were in fettle form Sunday and took a double header from the Quakers. The first was a twelve Inning battle, which Decatur won 5-3. It was due to the masterly pitching of Mr. Engle who let thejn down with only six hits in twelve innings. Engle is one of the greatest southpaws who ever twirled in this section of the country. The second game was easily won 6-2, with the big Ossian wonder on the slab letting the Quakers down with four hits. As usual he kept them guessing at all times. Both Decatur lechers were given good support by the marvelous fielding of Behringer and Cullen. When the games were over the large crowd went home with ' their heads bowed down in sorrow. While the little band of Decaturites headed by Mose Krohn, left the field in glee. Once more the Decatur Champs are tied for first. They are beyond doubt the best road team ; who ever traveled. Begging all the fans to assist in our race for the flag, we are still for you. Humpty Pierce. FIRST GAME.Decatur. Name. AB R H PO A E Behringer, 2b.. 6 11 5 3 1 Pierce, rs .... 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cullen, 3b .... 5 0 2 2 6 0 Weber, lb .... 5 1 2 15 0 1 ; Bums, If 5 1 2 3 0 1 , Wallace, ss ... 5 0 0 2 3 0 Johnson, cf .. 5 0 2 4 0 0 ! Quinn, c >.... 5 1.3 5 4 0 Engle, p 4 1 t 0 0 3 0 Totals “. . ....45 5 11 36 19 3 ■■ ■ ’ ' •. t ' - Richmpjjd* * ■ AB PO A E . Ritter;-If “L.L. 4 1 0 0 0 1 . Wiltermdod; rs 4 1 ; ~1 2 1 0 Weaver, cf .... 4 10 1 0 0 Jessup, c .... 5 0 1.7 2 0 | Hicks, lb .... 5 0 1 14 0 2 Mintzler, ss .. 5 0 1 '5 3 1, Fiantt, 2b 4 0 1 5 2 2 Fisher, 3b .... 4 0 0 1 5 1 ' Horn, p 4 0 1 0 4 0 • Fleming, rs ... 1 0 '0 1 0 0 Summary: • ' Sacrifice hits —Weber, Bums, Wal--1 lace, Engle. Stolen bases —Burns, En- ; gle, Weaver. Base on balls —Off Hom 2. Struck out—Engle 4; Horn 3. Hit by pitched ball —Engle 2; Horn 11 Three base hit—Hicks. SECOND GAME. Decatur. Name. “ AB R H PO A E ’ Behringer, 2b.. 5 0 1 3 4 1 [ Pierce, rs .... 5 Q 1 0 0 0 Cullen, 3b .... 4 1 3 2 4 1 ' Weber, lb .... 4 2 1 13 0 0 Burns, If 4 0 1. 0 0 0 Way, p 5 0 0 -0 4 0 . Wallace, ss .«.5 2 2 2 2 0 . Johnson cf ... 4 0 1 3 0 0 Quinn, c 3 11 4 0 0 I ■ ; • Totals 39 6 11 27 14 2 RichmonS. Name. AB R H PO A E ’ Ritter, If 4 1 0 2 0 0 ! WUtermood, rs 4 0 1 3 0.0 Weaver, cf .... 4 0 2 3 0 1 Jessup, C..... 4 0 0 7 3 0 ’ .Hicks, lb .... 4 0 0 7 0 2. Mentzler, ss .. 3 0 0 1 0 1 • Fienat, 2b .... 4 0 0 2 3 0 . Fisher, 3b .... 4 0 0 1 2 0 , Hunter, p .... 3 11 11 1 Totials 33 2 4 27 9 5 Summary— Sacrifice hit-—Ritter. Stolen bases 1 —Weber, Johnson, Wlltehnood, Fiant. Base on balls-—Way 4; Hunter 4. Struck out—Way 5; Hunter 2. Three base”- hits— Weber and Cullen. Two , base hit—Wallace. - 1 ’ SATURDAY GAME. ' - i ' We lost the first of the ■series in a pitcher’s battle. The game was lost ’ by a little reckless base running. Lax- < on pitched great ball, but the team i failed to hit behind him when hits i were needed. So the Decatur Champs : went down in a hard fought victory. i .-■ ' i Decatur. i AB R H PO A E ’ Behringer, 2b.. 2 “ 11 0 O' Pierce, rf...,4 0 1 2 0 01 Cullen, 3b .... 4 0 11 2 0 i Weber, lb ... 3 0 0 71 1. Buriisjf 3 0 11 "0 0 Wallace, ss ... 2 1 0 1 2 0 Johnson, cf .. 1 0 0 2 0 0 i Winger, c .... 3 0 17 0 2 i Laxon, p 3 0 1 2 2 0, Wayl 0, 0 0 0 0 ( Totals ...L,27 1 6 24 7 3 Richmond. Ritter, If t... 2 0 11 0 0 1 wntermood, v rf 4 0 0 11 0 i Weaver, cf ... 4 11 1 0 0 1 Jessubj 4 0 1 5 2,01 Hicks, Ifirtdet'Wx. 2 0 0 2. 0 0 1

Plant, 2b 3 1 0 2 6 0 Fisher, 3b .... 3 0 1 2 2 0 Cole, p 3 0 1 0 2 2 Totals ......29 2 6 27 14 2 Richmond.o 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x —2 Decatur 0 00 0 0 0 1 0 o—l0 —1 Summary: Left on bases —Richmond 7; Decatur 5. Earned run—Richmond 1; Sacrifice hits—Buras, Wallace, Johnson. Stolen bases—Cullen, Winger, Ritter. Struck out—Cole 3; Laxon 6. Bases on balls —Cole 4; Laxon 3. Double play—Fiant to Hicks. Hit by pitcher —Johnson, Winger, Ritter. iTme — 1:30. Umpire—Burke. Attendance —350. , —o ’ : ROLLA DAILY DIED SUNDAY After Battling Nearly Bix Weeks Against the Disea*e —Funeral Services Tuesday. After five weeks and five days of intense suffering, Rolla Daily, son of Davis Daily, living three miles east of the city, succumbed to the ravages of typhoid fever Sunday morning at 1:40 o’clock. The deceased has lived in this county all his life' and has enjoyed the friendship of all who knew him. His congenial ways and upright principles made for him a multitude of stanch friends, who will be caused the most poignant sorrow by the news of his demise. A little more than five weeks ago he was taken ill with symptoms of typhoid fever. Although the case was not considered serious at firsts his condition grew worse and his temperature became unusually high, as time went on and during the last two weeks, of his illness, but slight hopes were entertained for his ery. Last Saturday he was the victim of a sinking spell and in the afternoon his death was expected momentarily. His. remarktbly strong constitution kept the death angel away until one-forty o’clock Sunday morning and he passed away as though going into a deep sleep. People who were at his bedside state that he died very easily and seemingly without pain. A father, stepmother and sister beside a large number of friends are left to mourn the departure of their loved one, his mother having preceded him to the great beyond when he was but six years of age. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at one-thirty o’clock from the Bobo M. ‘E. church Interment was made at the Mt Taber cemetery. The deceased was twenty-two years of age. oFROM TOLEDO TO ST. LOUIS t J Made Necessary by New Business Following Purchase of Chicago "j ’ ' and Alton Railroad. The purchase by the Clover Leaf of the Chicago and Alton, is one of the greatest surprises in railroad circles in recent years and by making the purchase the Clover Leaf has taken a place in the franc rank of the great railroad corporations of the country. The announcement is not based on mere'rumor, for T. P. Shonts, who is not only president of the Clover Leaf, but the head of the New York interborough system, admits that it is true, although it is explained that the sale of the Alton to the Clover Leaf is tentative, And that tpe conclusion of the deal is contingent only upon the government’s granting immunity to the Alton system in return for the evidence furnished concerning the rebates granted the Standard Oil company, upon which Judge Landis based the normous penalty recently impos--ed upon that corporation. “The story of the tentative purchase of the control of the Chicago and Al|,on by the Clover Leaf is true,” said vice president Ross. “All the 1 details of the negotiations were; worked out some time ago, and all, 1 that remains is for the actual I be made. “The control of the Alton by , the 1 Clover Leaf means that the additional tonnage handled by the Clover 1 Leaf will be enormous, because the ’ combination of the mileage of the two 1 systems will give the Clover Leaf im- < portant connections in the west And 1 northwest heretofore beyond its ’ reach. The handling of additional ’ tonnage has already been made P° a " ' slble by the improvements on the i line between Toledo and St. Louis, 1 but if the present deal goes through < it will probably be necessary to dou- 1 ble track the entire Clover Leaf road 1 in a short time. Jonathan Kelly, of Van Buren, was < a caller in our city today and left 1 this morning for Geneva, where he i will be the guest of friends and rel- J atives for several days. < -.. ... . - 1 -— A VALUABLE LESSON. “Six years ago I learned a valuable * lesson,” writes John Pleasant, of. Mag- i nolia. Ind “I then began taking Dr. t King’s New Life PUTS, and the longer E I take them the Wetter I find them.” They Mease exerybodfr. Guaranteed at Blackburn Pharmacy. 25c. ■p

NEXT MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY Executive Sets Out Numerous Requests for the Occasion—Not Generally Observed Here. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 26. —Governor Hanly issued his Labor day proclamation setting Monday, September 2, as the day set apart for the observance in honor of labor. The proclamation follows: ' - - •- “By virtue of the authority vested in me as govenor of; the state of Indiana, I, J. Frank Hanly, do hereby designate, set apart, and proclaim, Monday, September >2? 1907, as Labor day, and I do further declare the same a legal holiday and recommend its observance as such by all the people Os the commonwealth. .: “It is meet and proper that this day should be set-apart by the executive and observed by the people. Custom and law contemplate its recognition, and duty and privilege prompt its observance. Labor is the bedrock of our greatness as a state and the founds tion of our civilization. Willingly undertaken and rightly understood, it is a boon and not a burden; a blessing and not a curse. It ennobles and exalts him who performs it, gladdens the heart, stirs the soul with the exultation of achievement and makes consecrated citizenship a possibility. He who has never known the joy of creative toil is indeed unfortunate. The man who toils, without bitterness, to build a home for those dependent upon him, where family altars may be erected and into which the love of wife and child may come to sweeten and inspire his life, is an asset of incomparable value to any people, and especially so to a free, self-governing people. His well-being and happiness makes for the advancement and security of all we most love and should constitute our first concern. That all should share in the annual celebration of labor’s worth and accomplishments, ( therefore,-but the recognition of a high And an admitted obligation and the exercise of a grateful privilege. In this spirit let the day be celebrated. Let all public offices, state, county and municipal, be closed and all labor be suspended wherever possible. Let tasks and' burdens be laid aside an dthe day be given over to rejoicing, to rest and to thoughtful sane consideration of how the tiller’s present high estate may be yet further advanced. “The law forbids the sa.Je on this day of intoxicating liquors to'be used as a beverage. It is important that its mandate should be obeyed. First, because it is the law’s word; second, that the ceremonies of the. day may not be marred, but may be suited to the presence of women and children.” _o DURING MOMENT OF INSANITY --- -J - ,l_ Was Sorry a Few Moments Later— Had Just Returned from Richmond Aeylum. Berne, Ind., Aug. 26. —Jasper Leming, aged about fifty-eight, committed suicide Sunday by drinking a large quantity of, green. Leming was formerly a farmer, and well known in this locality t ? About two years ago his mind weakened, he was declared insane and sent to the East Haven asylum, where he remained until a week ago, when he was pronounced cured, and returned to this place, where his wife had removed after he was sent away. He seemed perfectly rational and happy to be at home. Sunday morning he arose in usual spirits apparently and about seven o'clock stepped out on the porch and swallowed a quantity gs Paris green, a deadly poison. He then 1 returned to the house and sat down to breakfast, eating a hearty meal. Mrs. Leming finished before, he did l and-..stepping out on the porch noticed some of the powder scattered about and immediately became suspicious.. Returning into the house she asked her husband who-confessed that he had taken the poison, *ud didn’t know why he. had done so, , unless.; that his old trouble , bad momentarily., returned. He seemed. very- anxious to reeover, and aided , the physicians, who were immediately summoned, all-he could. Usual anti- ! i dotes to cause vomlting were used and owing to the fact that he had taken < so large a dose, it was thought he , would recover. However, about two ( o’clock he began sinking, and died i two hours later. His wife, one daughter, Mrs. John Abnet a son, Homer Leming, a traveling man with headquarters at Cincinnati, survive. The s funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at nine o’clock from the home j and at ten o’clock from the Crawford ( church east of Berne, < < — 0 — J In a letter from some of the Oden 1 colonists it was stated that , and Saturday a terrible storm viated j that resort. Two launches were up- • set and swamped. When the letter 1 was sent .the storm was still raging.—■ , Bluffton Banner, . ",

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An Interesting Program Has Been Arranged and a Large Attendance Expected. Three-fourths of the county commissioners of Indiana are expected to be present at the fourth annual meeting of the association to be held in Indianapolis, September 24 and 25. One hundred and fifty members attended the sessions in South Bend last year and Emmett Huggins, clerk of the Marion County Board of Commissioners, says that the responses received thud far indicate that the attendance will be much larger. The association appears to be gaining strength with years. A program of interesting features, in an educational way, has been arranged, and the entertainment will be- unusual. That long anticipated McGregor banquet on a bridge is one feature. At noon, September 24, all in attendance will sit dbwn to an elaborate spread,on the new Emerlchsville bridge, beneath the great arch that distinguishes the handsome structure from other bridges in this section of the country. A banquet at the Grand Hotel will close the two days’ session. The meeting will be opened by Mayor Bookwaiter’s address of welcome and Commissioner McGregor will respond. W. L. Taylor, former Attor-ney-General, will deliver an address. During the afternoon of the first day D. A. Kochenour, county attorney of Jackson county, will discuss the legal status of .county commissioners; James T. Cutler, attorney for Vanderburg county, will give an interpretation of the laws relating to boards of county commissioners. Gates Sexton, attorney for Rush county, will discuss the management of county institutions. For the second day, two governmental experts have been obtained. Vernon M. Pierce, chief engineer of the good roads department of the bureau of agriculture, Washington, will talk on modern road building, in the morning, and J. O. Wright, of the bureau of agriculture,. the apportionment of benefits and damages in drainage districts. Arthur Stem, president of the Good Roads Improvement company, of Cincinnati, will talk about oiled roads; James O’Brien, of Greencastle, will talk on bridges; Dr. Hugh A. Cowing, of Muncie, on county boards of health,and attorney Caleb S. Denney, of Indianapolis, on the relief of the poor. —o — HUNTING FOR TROUBLE. “I’ve lived in California 20 years,and am still hunting for trouble in the way of burns,' sores, wounds,, bolls, cuts, sprains, or a case of piles that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve won’t quickly cure,” writes Charles Walters, of Alleghany, Sierra Co. No use hunting Mr. Walters; it cures or money refunded at Blackburn Pharmacy drug store. '2sc. Q — —- . From Anderson comes the story of Hartford City and Anderson desiring berths in the Indiana-Ohio league next season. The writer says there will be eight teams in the league instead of six and that Hartford City and Anderson yill fill the vacant berths. Local followers are not very enthusiastic over, entering such a league as 1.-O. If Hartford City has a team it will doubtless be an independent aggregar tion. A little wind storm could blow the league away now. —Hartford City News. CURED TROUBLE. “It is now eleven years since I had a narrow escape- from consumption,” writes C. O. Floyd, a leading business man of Kershaw, S. C. “I had run down i> weight to 135 pounds, . and coughing was constant, both by day and by night. Finally I began 1 taking Dr. King’s NdSr Discovery, and ■ continued this for about six months, , when my cough and lung trouble were ■ entirely gone and I was restored to my normal weight, 170 pounds.” Thou- 1 sands of persons are healed every i year. Guaranteed at Blackburn drug j store. W and SI.OO. Trial bottle . antee at Blackburn drug store. Price 50e. ■ ... . ... 1 .. .

» Will Erect Buildings—Association InI corporation with Fifty Thousand Dollar Capital Stock. At a big meeting of Methodists at j Winona, attended by hundreds from ; Indiana, Illionos, Michigan and other - states, it was voted to make Winona j the summer resort of Methodists. I! Rev. C. U. Wade, presiding chairman, f It was the opinion that the church j could not go into 'the proposed - building project but that it should 1 be carried out by churchmen as j individuals. The* Rev. Naftzger, i of Muncie, said that if the Methodists i had a summer resort of their own - they could not get as much benefits i out Os it as they could at Winona, I Where the Presbyterian, Baptist, Unil ted Brethren and other denominations > ffimgle together. Dr. Wade and Dr. I W’/ J. Vtgus, ■secretary bf the ; ’tenta- - tltb organization; developed the buildj liiig project where eigfit were f ‘purchased for structure, • and subscriptions' secured to the f amount of ' The Methodist I Building Association's a stock enter- . prise incorporated with $50,000 capital r stock. • Dt. Vigus said that a tenant . had already been secured who would 1 pay five percent .qf 3 the cost of the . structure for ten months in the year. o r When the Indiana-Ohio base ball [ league is reorganized next season, not [ only will there be an eight-club circuit, but another change will be the . affiliation with other minor leagues . under the national commission. Ow- > ing to the fact that two or three in the Indiana-Ohio league i are black-listed for jumping contracts, . or for other difficulties with teams in . other leagues, it was impossible to or- . ganize under the national agreement i this year unless these players should i be released^—Frankfort Crescent. o — "T 1 THE CLINTON COUNTY FAIRFiguring Up the Receipts for Their County Fair. Treasurer Walter Brown, of the Clinton County Fair Association, reports that the receipts for the Week will reach not less than $6,50Q and may run as high as $7,000, being the largest amount ever taken in by the association since it was organized. The receipts as figured up do not include the entrance money paid by the owners of the horses that took part in the races. The receipts' at the several gates were the largeS't ln the history of the association find this bears out the statement that the attendance this year was also the largest. The Weather had much to‘do with the attendance, While the' fact that the fair was conceded to beL among the best ever held here and the faces the most exciting, did their part'toward increasing the attendance. i o_ ' RISING FORM THE GRAVE. A prominent manufacturer, Wm. A. Fertwell, of Lucama, N. C., relates a most remarkable experience. He says. /’After taking less than thre bottles of Elecritc Bitters, I feel like one rising from the grave. My trouble is Bright’s disease, in the Diabetes stage I fully believe Electric Bitters will cure me permanently,for it has already stopped the liver and bladder complications which have troubled me for years.” Guaranteed at Blackburn Pharmacy. Price only 50c. o— —:—, ■ JE» Clepper, of Pflsburg, Pa., a representative and scout of the Pittsburg National league was in our city today looking over the local players with it view of giving some of them a trial in fast company. Mr. Clepper will go to Bluffton tomorrow and see the team work out and will then make a. little visit to Portland and Richmond. He says that Yes Maggart, of last year’s Bluffton teanj r will be seen at Pittsburg next season.