Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1907 — Page 5

grooming counts But It caaaot aake ■ Pair Skin ar a Oloaajr Coat. f Women with good complexions cannot be homely. Creams, lotions, washes and powders cannot make a fair ekin. Every honeman knows that the satin coat of his thoroughbred comes from the animal’s “all-right" condition. Let the horse get “off his feed" and his coat turns dull. Currying, brushing and rubbing will give him a clean coat, but cannot produce the coveted smoothness and gloss of the horse’s skin, which is his complexion. The ladies will see the point. Lane’s Family Medicine Is the best preparation for ladies who desire a gentle laxative medicine that will give the body perfect cleanliness internally and the wholesomeness that produces such skins as'painlers lov. ‘*>copy.

RE GETTING ORDERS ecatur Gives this New Industry a Genuine Hoosier Welcome. The Oopopck Motor Car factory sat is certainly a model of beauty d convenience, and is arranged with ery detail of their business in view, any new pieces of machinery are arvlng and being placed in position d In addition to this excitement eir plant at Marton is being rapidly smantled for shipment here. Mr. liley and his office force will be mgly located In their Decatur home Ithln the next few days, and from at time on the business of the Copick Motor Car company will be transted from this city. The management this new Industry are more than ixious to settie down to real busess as their orders for future derery are coming thick and fast, makg it necessary for them to expand eir room and facilities of manufacre. Decatur may well feel proud of e beautiful building they present to is enterprising company. There is thing lacking to make it complete, id when it is filled with working en, machinery and raw material, and e hum of industry is manifest, its neflts will become apparent. In the meantime every Decatur paiot takes off his hat to the Coppock otor Car Co., and bids them welcome, rice welcome. p_ TO HAVE ANOTHER COUNT. Indianapolis, Nov. 12. —An amicable ttlement of the school enumeration ntroversy at Terre Haute has been ached between Fassett A. Cotton, ate superintendent of public instruc>n, and the Terre Haute school board, ecause of the settlement of the ques)n the suit filed by the school board the Vigo county courts against iperintendent Cotton to compel him order a third enumeration of school lildren in Terre Haute will be disissed. A new count will be made sginniug today. he makes the flashers. oUftpelier Man Engaged in a Good Business. The following story comes from ontpelier. It will doubtless be news ’ everybody in that town: Mautpeller lasts of a citizen who is doing and “ been dping for years what sciensts have for ages have attempted 1 do and failed, the art of producing amends. He is Isaac Mussleman, a an 84 years of age and his wonderful •hievement is the producing of rare ®s from, coke or common hard coal, is experiments date back thirty lars - As a proof of his system be 18 several dozen crystals of various aes, shapes and colors, of a flinty “Alness. In .color they are pure dte, amber, ruby, green and varb’ shades of blue, all of wonderful Mr. Musselman has carehis secret. —Hartford e=g ws -

Th HANDICAP Seed '•r and Grain Separater will take , e cent of the Buckhorn out of Clow " Alfalfa. Wffl make a marketable xtion of oats from wheat, and grat (tide of grain for seed purpose*HtNRV Occ«tur?fl eB *

SHAKESPEARE CLUB Meets at Home of Mrs. C. A. Dugan Tomorrow Afternoon—Other Notes. The ladies of the Aid Society of the Christian church are making preparations to have their church which is located on the corner of Monroe and Fourth streets painted in a pretty and attractive color, which will add much to its appearance. The interior as well as the exterior will be decorated in fine style by Contractor Charles Railing, to whom the job will be let, and when completed it will present a Very neat appearance. The pedro party and dance that is scheduled for Thursday night at the K. of C. hall promises to be a brilliant feature in this week's society. The members of the St. Agnes society, ander whose auspices the affair is to be given, are working hard to sell a large number of tickets and make the event a success financially as well as socially, so if any of these ladies call upon you to sell you a ticket do not hestitate as you will be amply repaid by a royal time. At the home of Mrs. tangle, Thursday afternoon, the Ladies’ Aid Society ‘of the United Brethren church will hold a meeting. Every member is urged to be present as important business will be transacted. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harting entertained Sunday at a 12 o’clock dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harting and Mr. Wm. Phristmeyer, of Ft. "Wayne, Ind., and an elegant time was 'had by all. At the home of Mrs. W. H. Daniels next Friday afternoon a meeting of the Ladies' Mite Society of the M. E. church will be held and It is important that every member be present. The proceeds of the meetings of this month will be used for local charity. The Ladies’ Historical Club will have a session at the home of Mrs. O. L. Vance this evening. The principal paper on “Alexander the Great’’ will be read by Miss Kittle Christen. The entertainment will be furnished by Mrs. R. S. Peterson. What promises to be one of the most interesting sessions of the “Ladies of the Shakespeare Club” is that of tomorrow, which will be held at the home of Mrs. C. A. Dugan. The study Os new and old Russian music will be taken up, with suitable sub-topics on the same. Mrs. C. J. Lutz will delight the members by illustrative selections on the piano.

The West End Needle Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Peter Gaffer on north Ninth street. —o ~ — —— FORTY-FOUR YEARS The Funeral Will be Held at Willshire Tomorrow. McClellan Tague, of St. Marys township, brother of Fred Tague, of this city, who has been critically ill for more than two months, died Monday afternoon at four o’clock at his home, one and three-fourths miles south of Pleasant Mills. He was taken ill about two months ago, but his was not considered a hopeless case until the closing hours of his life. He retained consciousness until within five minutes of his death and talked intelligently upon any subject that was advanced. The deceased was reared in the vicinity of Willshire, and lived there until the time of his marriage, when he purchased an eighty acre farm from his father in St. Marys township and moved upon it for his future abode. Two years ago he was the victim of a sad stroke when the death angel visited his home claiming his wife, leaving two girls whose respective ages were ten and sixteen years for him to care for. The news of his demise will cause sorrow among his innumerable friends, and they are joined by them in this hour of breavement. The deceased was forty-four years of age. The funeral was held at Willshire, Ohio, Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Four brothers and four sisters survive himMsidea his tWo children. Fall Festival will make a specialty of serving business men who wish to go from their places of business direct to the fa tory. An elaborate menu has been prepared, changing each evening an ranges from the old reliable ham sandI wiches to squabs on toast. Down town prices.—Bluffton Banner.

WRITES TO FRIENDS He Wants to Appear Once at the Bosse Opera House. A letter was received Tuesday morning at this office from James "Humpty” Pierce, who played right field on the local base ball team this past season, in such a sensational manner, ju which he desired to ascertain what the local opera house could be secured for on Christmas eve for a white minstrel show. From the tone of the letter it would seem that “Humpty” during his off season, has organized a minstrel company and is about to make a tour of this section of the country and show the natives what kind of material the capitol city turns out. There is no question but that should Pierce be able to secure the local play house on the date he de’sires, that the same would be packed to its utmost capacity and that the citizens of Decatur would be treated to a production worth going miles to see. Jim is an actor and whole show within himself and his appearance alone would be the cause of many turning out to hear his witty and original remarks. He claims to be leading the best white minstrel show on the road today and says that the people of Decatur will be treated to something ■grand should he be able to make arYangements with Manager Bosse that ’were satisfactory to his company. He expects to put on a matinee on the same afternoon for children and promises to entertain the people in a royal manner. Further arrangements will be announced later together with ths cast of characters and the entire program.

HE WILL GIVE BOND Luckily the Case Will Likely Not Be Tried Again. Frank Cotton, of Bluffton, who was convicted in the circuit court a couple or three weeks ago. on a charge of perjury, was on Monday afternoon granted a new trial by Judge LaFollette. The court held that he had erred in permitting parol evidence to be introduced, showing the empanneling of the grand jury, before which Cotton was alleged to have given the false testimony, which resulted in his indictment. This fact, the court said could only be proven by some record of the court. Cotton has been in jail here since his conviction, but as soon as a new bond can be arranged, which his attorneys said would be done this week, he will be released, pending the second calling of the case for trial. It is possible that this may never be done, as under the holding of Judge LaFollette, it is doubtful whether a good case can be established. There is no written record now in existence, showing the empanneling of the grand jury, and the court, at the trial, allowed the fact to be proven by the oral testimony of Judge E. C. Vaughn, who was on the bench of the Wells .circuit court at the time and A. N. Plessinger, who was the clerk. The needed recod, under the law, cannot be supplied by the making of a nunc pro tunc entry, unless there is some writing in existence which it can be based, this is said to be lacking. —Portland Commercial-Review.

BEGIN OPERATION THURSDAY. King Piano Plant at Bluffton Ready for the Start. The wood working department of the new King piano factory is to be put into operation next Thursday. This announcement was made Saturday night by Superintendent Carlisle accompanied by the proviso that no serious mishap occurred between now and that time. All of the wood working apparatus has been Installed and is now ready to run. It is thought that by Thursday all cor nections such as shafts belts, etc., necessary to operate the machinery, will have been installed and ready to run and in that case the wood working machinery will be started to grinding out material for the first new pianos to be manufactured in Bluffton. If the machinery is put into operation it will be one of the main attractions of the Fall Festival as the people of the city will have their first opportunity of seeing the plant or at least a portion of it, in active operation.— Bluffton News. - — o Eddie Opliger andk his sister Miss Leona were at Decatur Saturday. Mrs. L. E. Opliger and baby accompanied them to their home at Linn Grove in the afternoon. —Berne Witness.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT The Press Lavish in Boosting this Play Elsewhere. Detection as pictured in story books has to thousands of people seemed the most fascinating occupation that a man could engage in, and no doubt has led to the determination on the part of many a youthful reader to firmly make up his mind that when he should reach his majority, he would choose detection as a profession... The old detective stories is kept as a favorite book in the corner in many a library. Those have been superceded by Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes,” which William Gillette dramatized and made himself a great stage persopage. It has remained for that clever author Lincoln J. Carter, to evolve a detective play in "Too Proud to Beg” that ’or originality of theme and locale compares favorably with the novels of Doyle, Poe and Collins. Local theater goers will be eager to judge Mr. Carter's correctness of theme and story when “Too Proud to Beg” is given at the Bosse Opera House, Wednesday, Nov. 13. It is said that Mr. Carter has introduced a love interest into his drama which is an engrossing one. Especial attention is called to the fact that every bit of scenery for the production is carried by the company intact, requiring a special baggage car for its transportation. The east, which is a capable one artistically, is one strong numerically, numbering twenty people, Including the clever Follls children, who do a neat specialty, aside from their clever reading roles.

BEING TRIED FOURTH TIME. Caleb Power* on Trial at Georgetown for Murder. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 12. —For the 'fourth time Caleb Powers was put on trial at Georgetown, Scott county, Monday, for alleged complicity in the assassination of Governor William Goebel. Goebel was shot January 30, 1900, dying February 3, 1900, of his wounds. The fatal bullet is alleged to have come from the office of Caleb Powers, secretary of state under Re-' publican Governor W. S. Taylor. Although Powers was at Louisville on the day the shooting took place, it is charged that he loaned others the key to his office so that the murderer or murderers of Goebel could stand by his window. Judge Morris will preside, having been appointed special judge by Governor Beckham. NOT BIG CROP THIS YEAR. A Different Story is Predicted for Presidential Year. The corn crop of the present year is not as satisfactory as at first thought. Farmers generally are feeding the grain to swine, hoping that the present low prices will soon soar and they may thereby realize more handsomely than if the corn were sold outright. Some farmers have been caught by drop in hog quotations and expect corn to drop likewise. The prespects for next year’s grain crop are exceptionally good. Indications point to a record-breaking yield. The fly has made its appearance in the wheat in some localities, but this generally is not feared. A banner yield of fruit is expected in 1908, as the lull this year in away rested fruit bearing trees and canes, to such an extent as to give them strength. oWILL TRAIN AT WEST BADEN. The Chicago Cube Getting Ready for Next Year. Indianapolis. November 12. —President Charles W. Murphy of the Chicago world-beating Cubs, has returned to that city after a brief vacation, and has made the announcement that his team will train at W’est Baden next spring and that it will play a series of exhibition games in Indianapolis. A stack of letters from minor league magnates begging for spring dates awaited Murphy, but he made only two definite announcements. The Cube will train at West Baden two weeks and will then go south. The Indianapolis application for spring dates was one of the first received. The secret of successful advertising is in understanding that an advertisement must have news value, or it will have no value of any kind. In other words the advertisement must be news as well as being a business proposition—otherwise it is of no use to anybody —not even to tire publisher who is paid for printing it, because a useless advertisement which brings no business discredits the value of the newspaper space it occupies and as a result eventually does the newspaper more harm than good.

THE GREATEST EVER Reception in Afternoon and a Banquet to be Given that Night. The Bryan banquet at Lafayette next Monday evening seems to be an absorbing topic among the Democrats of the state. Lafayette will also see that the visitors on this occasion are shown all the courtesies going. One hundred automobiles will be at the command of the reception committee, and if there is anything in Lafayette that is not thoroughly inspected, we lose the watch. The program follows: James K. Risk, Toastmaster. Address of Welcome Mayor G. R. Durgan Address of Welcome... .T. J. Barnes Address Thomas Taggart The Preacher in Politics Rev. T. H. Kuhn Consc.ence ae a Political Asset... M. B. Lairy Old Fashioned Democracy A. S. Venneman Indiana DemocracyL. Ert Slack Public Conscience....!. A. M. Adair Centralization John Eggeman The Man of the HourJ. T. Heflin Our Duty M. E. Foley Aggressive Democracy. .John W. Kern Is the Democratic a« Old Fogy PartyT. R. Marshall Address Arch Stevenson Local Self Government Samuel M. Ralston The Laboring Man’s Duty In Politics Fred L. Feick State Committee 8. N. Stevens Invocation ....Rabbi Nathan Krauss Short TalkW. H. O’Brien The Anarchisms of Bryan in 1896 Ollie James Address W. J. Bryan The banquet begins at five o’clock, and from the looks of the program it will be nothing short of twenty-four hours of solid comfort and enjoyment to every Democrat who attends. The Lafayette boys are among the best that are produced, and this event will be evidence of this fact. “Rasty” Witham received a telegram yesterday stating that his sister Florence had died last Friday. This was sad news to Mr. Witham, and inasmuch as the telegram had in some manner been delayed, he could not reach his home in time for the funeral. The Misses Anna Martin and Nona Forbing, of Decatur, Mrs. Clinton Johnson and baby of Huntsville, and Mr. George Maddy, of Decatur, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Ulmer. Mrs. Johnson will extend her visit for two or three weeks —Bluffton Banner. The German telephone company of Craigville is moving from the quarters it has formerly occupied to the house recently purchased from B. P. Jones. A second story has been added to the building and in many ways it has been improved into the most desirable office for the company. —Bluffton Banner. Benjamin Straub was granted a divorce and was awarded S9OO alimony in the circuit court at Warsaw. The court held that his wife must pay him S3OO in cash, S3OO in one year and S3OO in two years. The property is in Mrs. Straub’s name, but Judge Royse tyeld that the husband helped to accumulate it.

The wedding at thts Fall Festival will take place onejevening this week The preliminary papers have been filled out by the prospective bride and groom, and they have given their word to be present on the night agreed upon, and Judge Sturgis is letter-perfect in the ceremony.—Bluffton Banner. West bound passenger train No. 5 on the Clover Leaf, was about an hour and a half late into Delphos Sunday evening. The trucks under a car of a freight train broke down at Copeland, near Toledo, and blocked traffic. It was necessary to detour No. 5 over the Wabash to Napoleon.—Delphos Herald. The hunting season is on, but instead of killing the few quails that are in this county at present, hunters should adopt some plan to aid in their preservation during the winter months, and in a year or two there will be plenty of them to hunt. If the few that are here are killed, in a year or two there will be none to hunt. John Moore, employed at the Clover Leaf shops, was taken to the Palmer hospital Monday morning, after being hurt in the yards and at the time it was feared that he had sustained a broken thigh. He was at work moving a heavy drawbar whefl it slipped off th a jacks and fell upon him. At the hospital it was learned by examination that the bone had not been broken, but the flesh was badly bruised and he will be compelled to remain at the hospital for several days.— Frankfort Crescent

TIME TO READ UP Attorney General Besieged With Many Questions About It. Indianapolis, Nov. 12. —Numerous questions have been received at the attorney general’s office recentlj" from county auditors in regard to the construction of the public depository law. Some of them indicate that the county officers have not studied the law very carefully. One question asked was: ’“When does the depository law become effective?” The depository law becomes effective December 1. Another questioner wished to know whether a rate of interest higher than 'that stipulated in the act may be obtained from banks bidding for the township funds. There is nothing in the law, says H. N. Dowling, assistant attorney general, to prevent a higher rate of interest being obtained. However, a bank offering to pay a higher rate of interest than that stipulated in the law will not have any advantage over the other in its efforts to become a public depository. It is not likely, Mr. Dowling says, that a bank would offer to pay a higher rate of Interest than that provided for in the law when it would obtain no advantages from such payment. Another inquiry was in regard to the "township fund to which the interest ■would go. It is provided, Mr. Dowling says, that the interest on township funds shall go into the township fund. Work on the interlocking switch system at the junction of the three roads, is fast nearing completion and will soon be ready for use. The system is being put in for all three roads and is the latest and most improved device of its kind. The men are losing no time and are working day and night on the same so as to have it completed with the required time. Because his conscience hurt him William Zeek, a laborer, turned himself over to the Marion authorities Sunday and asked that he be taken to Upland, where he owes a board bill. Zeek claims he can see the Upland police before his eyes each night after retiring and that he can't stand it any longer. Court Reporter Homer Ormsby is confined to his home with the grip and Frank Chalfant is looking after his court work temporarily. Mr. Ormsby is secretary of the Fall Festival and his sickness is especially trying to him at this time as it makes it necessary for others on the committee to look after the secretary's work for him. It is hoped he can be out in a day or two. —Bluffton News. Matchmaker Knapp, of the St. Joe Athletic club, is now figuring on the December bout which will be pulled off under the auspices of the organization. Mr. Knapp is now in communication with several prominent fighters and it is prtbable that a good bout will be between Dick Hyland and Kid Goodman or Packy McFarland and Murphy. Mr. McFarland, it will be remembered, failed to get a chance at Murphy at Indianapolis recently owing to the latter's illness. Either of the fights would be a warm one. — Fort Wayne News.

Two fingers may have to be amputated as a result of an accident Friday afternoon at 2:30 to George Barborlock, an Austrian employed as a handy man about the Erie shops. He was grinding a steel key on an emery wheel when the key slipped, letting his fingers in between the key and the rapidly revolving wheel. The ends of the little finger and ring finger of the left hand were almost ground off, the nails having been torn from the flesh and the flesh frightfully lacerated. —Huntington Herald. The hotel directors will complete their inspection of the plans and specifications for the hotel this afternoon after which Mr. Weatherhogg will invite bids on the plans and specifications as approved. It was stated yesterday that it is hoped to let the contract within the next ten days, when the work of excavation and foundation laying may be begun. It tills is done there is every prospect that the hostelry will be in position to be thrown open to the public by the first of next September. —Journal-Gazette. The numerous burglaries reported from all parts of the state, which convince people that banks, after all, are the only safe places in which to keep money. The foolish timidity of those who rush to a bank to withdraw their money because the Wall street speculators have brought about a scarcity of currency in New York is an incentive to tSe enterprising burglar to fpt busy. By some means these crooks learn what people have withdrawn their money from banks and they venture forth in the night to find the hiding places.