Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1909 — Page 4

' EPE — rVBBTTHUMBAY MOaNING BY LEW a. ELUNGHAM, Publisher. w»r— 11 ■ \.~=±=z n.aopßß tbak im advanob. Entered at the postofflce.at Decatur, Ind., as second class mail matter. btficial paper of adamb co. KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE ENOUGH The statement that James Bingham intends to go before the next republican state convention as a gubernatorial candidate representing the temperance issue, is Interesting but not particularly Impressive. The Honorable James has never been regarded as an especially strong factor anyhow, so his complete elimination by appearing before the convention in the role indicated is nbt going to cause much of a sensation. It has come to be recognized by both political parties in Indiana that the temperance question has no place in party platforms, and it will require a much grander little chunk of humanity than Mr. Bingham to get it into that of the republicans. The republicans got enough of it last year. Realizing that an overwhelming majority of the people of the state favored the abolition of the saloon, the party catered to the vote by declaring for county local option. And the people straightway showed what they thought of such a bid temporarily putting the party out of business. The so-called liberal element bolted the republican ticket in a body and no portion of the temperance democracy came across to take its place. The result fcas rather harrowing, but it was almighty Instructive. A moral issue should not be made a party issue, and when »t is the party so parading it gets the worst of it. The republicans of Indiana are not exactly stupid and they will let the temperance question severely alone in the future. And the democracy can be depended upon to I do the same. —'Fort Wayne News. THIS SUSPENSE IS SOMETHING AWFUL Last fall, before the election,, the solemn, assurance was given by the Republican party and its corporate supporters that the success of Bryan meant a continued business depression while the election of Taft would cause an instantaneous revival. A good many persons who ought to have known better allowed themselves to be deceived by this ‘'argument.” Taft was elected and the Republican control of congress was not disturbed. But where was that “instantaneous revival?” And where is it now? Such activity as there is would be with us if Bryan had been elected. There might even be more of it. Conditions could not have'been worse, at least Between December and March con’ gress, with a tremendous deficit staring it in the face, proceeded to spend more money than ever before. And now a special session is fixing up a new tariff law, framing it to suit the special interests and not to benefit the people or to Improve general business I • I • by removing unnecessary handicaps. So, therefore, what is the trouble? Why have we not had some sort of a revival even if we coul dnot have had the “instantaneous kind'? When are we going to get it? If any one knows it is time for him to speak up. The Republican governor of Ken- ■ M tucky pardoned all of the men indicted for alleged participation in the assassination of Governor Goebel except Youtsey, who turned state’s evidence. For that sin Youtsey stays in prison. And yet, with all of these pardons, It will not be forgotten that Governor Goebel was murdered and that he is still dead. No pardon restores his life or wipes out the crime which took it. The legislature made a mistake last winter by refusing to enact a law giving the governor of the state the power to remove a prosecuting. attorney for neglect of duty. The action of the preoscutor in St. Joseph county in summoning the governor and his private secretary - to appear before the grand jury is a piece of horse play. If there has been prizefighting In South Bend, nobody knows it any

b.« W th. proHcutor. and U would be entirely unnecessary for witnesses to present the matter to the grand jury:—Columbia City Post. It occurs to us that since the secretary of the city board of health has issued his orders for a cleaning up of the dirt and filth, that it is no more than fair for the city council to provide some place for the dumping of this refuse. The city is in dire need of a place of this kind, and while they are perhaps not prepared to purchase ground for such use, yet they might arrange for the rental or lease of such a plot of ground. The Indiana Democratic Club at Indianapolis wants to increase its membership to fifteen hundred right away. It ought to succeed. This club while it is located at Indianapolis, is a state institution. Outside members have all the privileges that local members have. With fifteen hundred members assured, a fine club house will be built at once. It will be a home for every member —open, ready and hospitable at all times. Considering the advantages, the cost of belonging is trifling. The Republicans have such a club and it has been a tower of strength. According to the plans, the Democratic club will be superior to any other now in existence at the capital. Every Democrat who wants to help the prospect along and enjoy the benefits of it, should send in his application without delay. ■——i i. Marlon lawyers have fixed a new schedule for divorces. The price has been >ls for women and >25 for men in the past, but in future there will be no distinction. It will be straight twenty-five, no matter whether the applicant wears pants or pettycoats.— Columbia City Post. The best speech thus far delivered in the United States senate is that of Senator Rayner, of Maryland. It is a powerful plea for equitable federal taxation. Unlike most of the Democratic senators from the south who have spoken, Senator Rayner did not make a plea for special (or local) interests, but argued in favor of treating all interests fairly. A revision of the tariff on this basis woul I be heartily ' jp’auded by an overwhelming majority of the American people. - South Bend Times. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ V Mt. David C. Stout, one of the best known Democrats in Fort Wayne, has entered the race for the Democratic nomination fro city clerk, and his annominatlon for city clerk, and his anStout has been one of the best workers in the Democratic party ever since he attained his majority, and few men in the city have a wider acquaintance and none enjoys greater popularity. He is a man of family and possesses every necessary qualification for tmr. office—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. =—=te—

Decatur stores were sever so well stocked, and Decatur merchants were never so well prepared to take care of their trade as they are this spring. It is needless, in fact utterly us >1 tvs, for Decatur or Adams county buyers to invade other markets for the purchase of anything to eat or wear. Adams county is the best county on the fdce of the earth, and Decatur is the best town in the universe. The way to preserve it, and the way to make it grow and still further prosper is for every booster to be a b<»cst>r. The first essential is to patronize Decatur merchants, and as they prosper the city prospers; Editor Gordon, of the Richmond Item, is wise in some things but not in all things. He is the author of the best written editorials that appear in any of the many Indiana newspapers, and he is a shining star in the profession of journalism. He concluded that he ought to be mayor of Richmond, and sought the nomination of his party for this preferment. The primary election was held Monday and he headed the list of aspirants at the tall end. Editor Gordon should havo known better —in fact any ordinary newspaper man would have known better than to have gone against a game of this kind. An Indianapolis preacher who has

no use for the saloons, In hia sermon Sunday, said he thought the government should pay all saloonkeepers for the property rendered valueless by popular vote. He don’t believe it is right to take property from a man and give him nothing in return. The same preacher believes that many men engaged in the saloon business or employed as bartenders will find other avocations and be successful and happy when accustomed to their new surroundings. As a rule saloonkeepers and bartenders are goodhearted, jovial men and know how to get along with the public, this preacher says, and he thinks the present crusade will make a wonderful change upon the people so far as the liquor business is concerned.— Columbia City Post. I L_lfW!W ECZEMA IS NOW CURABLE. Zemo, a clean liquid for external use, stops itching instantly and. permanently cures eczema and every form of itching skin or scalp disease. Smith, Yager & Falk, the druggists, say they have been shown positive proof of many remarkable cures made by Zemo and that they endorse and recommend it and believe Zemo will do all that is claimed for it. Ask for sample. 0 Mrs. Henry Shultz, who has been dangerously ill with neuralgia of the heart, is no better today, and her many friends are greatly alarmed over her condition. ——a SMASHES ALL RECORDS As an all-round laxative tonic and health-builder no other pills can compare with Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They tone and regulate the stomach, liver and kidneys, purify the blood, strengthen the nerves; cure ’Constipation, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Jaundice, Headache, Chills and Malaria. Try them. 25c at all druggists.

Managers of flve-cent theaters at Elkhart, are circulating petitions among the business men of the town in order to get permission to operate their theaters on Sunday. Q Hoarseness, bronchitis and other throat troubles are quickly cured by Foley’s Honey and Tar as it soothes and heals the Inflamed throat and bronchial tubes and the most obstinate cough disappears. Insisjt, upon having the genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar. The HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. -- o " Mill Lelah Timmons, of Colfax,who has been attending school at Marlon, visited with Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Burke, yesterday afetrnoon. She returned to her home this morning. o — — This Is An Easy Test Sprinkle Allen’s Foot-Ease to one shoe and not In the other, and notice the difference. Just the thing to use when rubbers or overshoes become necessary, and your shoes seem to pinch. Sold everywhere, 25c.’ Doh’t accept any substitute. I | i. ■ i iQw i * ■ The eight-weeks’-old son of Mrs. Theodore Schwler died in its mother’s arms at the Pennsylvania depot at Valparaiso Saturday evening while she was waiting to take a train ■ for Chicago. ■'■ ' Q If you want to feel well, look well, and be well, take Foley’s Kidney Remedy. It tones up the kidneys and bladder, purifies the blood and restores health and strength. Pleasant to take and contains no harmful drugs. Why not commence today? t The HOLTHOUSE DRUG f ,gQ. • 0 ’ ■ Mother Gray’s tweet Powdero, for ChlWroa. - /. 1 Successfully deed by Mother Gray,; nurse tn the Children’s Home ba New York, Cure Fevertshnesa, Stomach. Teething Disorders, move and regulate the bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 10,WO testimonials. They never ML At all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. T. — ■ ———o — 1 " '■'* Miss Leia Timmons, of Colfax, who has been attending schol at Marion, enjoyed a visit with G. T. Burke and family. She is a school teaoherut the former place, and has been visiting the schools during vacation. While at Spencerville and Fort Wayne, Miss Timmons visited the schools, and to this city this morning. She says that the schools here are in a splendid condition. If you desire a clear complexion 1 take Foley’s Ortoo Laxative for const! p tat lon and liver trouble as it will stimulates these organs and thoroughly cleanse your system, which Is what every one needs In the spring In order to feel well. The HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. — - o- ■ ■<■<» . In the window of the Harmon saloon on north Second street appears two amusing placards, with these words, the first one, ‘ Closed on account of local option,” and the second, ‘‘Gone, but not forgotten.’’

For Construction of the Gas Main to Decatur and Bluffton WILL COST MONEY Estimated That the Expense Will be sloo,ooo—Service by July Ist } V A •/ , V ' V‘ S V; The Indiana Lighting company today awarded to the Oscar J. Current Construction company, of Red Key, the contract for the construction of its artificial gaa line from Fort Wayne to Bluffton and Decatur, and General Manager S. E. Mulholland estimates that it will cost the Indiana Lighting company >IOO,OOO to prepare to serve those cities with artificial gas. Work will begin on the pipe line Thursday, the pipe having been already distributed over practically the entire route from this city to Bluffton, with a branch from Kingsland to Decatur. Four-inch pipe is used, and it will be placed two feet beneath the surface of the earth.* Work begins Thursday upon the construction of the gas holder at Decatur, which is to be installed by the Kerr Murray Manufacturing company, of this city. Before July 1 the company will be serving both Bluffton and Decatur artificial gas made in Fort Wayne. —Fort Wayne* Sentinel. o ■ 1 — LIVED 152 YEARS. Wm. Parr—England’s oldest manmarried the third time at 120, worked in the fields till 132 and lived 20 years longer. People should be youthful at 80. James Wright, of Spurlock, Ky., shows how to remain young. “I feel just like a 16-year-old boy,’’ he writes, "after taking six bottles of Electric BHters. For thirty years Kidney trouble made life a burden, but the first bottle of this wonderful medicine convinced me I bad found the greatest cure on earth.” They’re a godsend to weak, sickly rundown or old people. Try them. 50c at all druggists. —«—o — George Michael Springer, a pioneer near Ossian, died Monday after suffering from a stroke with parlyals. The deceased was a prominent citizen and was well known in the vicinity where he lived for so many years.

Niblick and Company are advertising a special sale on ladles suits and you know that means that they will do just what they say they will. If ■you need something in the line, read the advertisement and then call and look over the line. Mrs. Knepper, living in the south part of Washington township, is Recovering from the effects of a second operation for a malignant caneer,which has been bothering her for some time, and which has caused her a great deal of misery. It is hoped that she will continue to Improve. 7" o 1 > A HARP STRUGGLE Many a Decatur Citizen Finds the Struggle Hard. .1j With a back constantly aching, With distressing urinary disorders, Daily existence is but a struggle. i No need to keep It up. Decatur people endorse this cltim:, v (Barati >A- Cochran, 524 Nuttmahi 'grateful to Doan’s Kidney Pills for the relief they have Aie. My kidneys were disordered for twenty years or more and the many remedies I used failed to relieve me. My back was very weak “d ached so severely at times that I could hardly get around. I also had pains in my head and frequent attacks of dizziness On the suggestion of a friend I, procured a box of Doan’s Kidney Fills from the Holthouse Drug Co. and soon after beginning their use, I was benefitted. I give this remedy my endorsement, for it relieved jhe’ after other preparations had failed.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents, Focter-MUburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agepts for the United States. Remember the name —Doan’s —and take no other.

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(Continued from 1.) divorce, appearance by Peterson ft Moran for defendant is withdrawn. Wllllard McGath et al vs. Mary E. McGath et al, partition, default of defendants. Shafer Peterson appointed guardian ad litem for Eva and Edward McGath, minors, and answers filed by him. ■" ■ - No more divorces. “Hubby" will stay a tover true, Every wife his only sweetheart, too, Perpetual matrimonial bliss ’twill be. If both take Hollister’s Rocky Mountan Tea. SMITH, YAGER & FALK. -—*-» — ■ PETITIONS ARE FILED (Continued from page 1.) of preparing the new boilers was referred to the waterworks committee i with power to act as they deem advisable. John R. Porter, who fives on Mercer avenue south of High street, asked for a continuation of the water mains to give them fire’ protection, and asked that this be done before а. pavement be built. This was referred to the street committee, who Will report the costs at the next meeting. It was then reported that new gongs are necessary at the city plant, as there is so much noise there that it is Impossible to hear the alarm. In discussing the matter it developed that a fire occurred at the Niblick warehouse last Saturday afternoon, and it impossible to give" the alarm, as they could get no response from the station. Street Commissioner Stults asked for six shovels and one spade, and there is going to be some street work done, his requisition being allowed. The Indiana Lighting company gave notice that they accepted the ordinance as recently passed, giving them a franchise. A resolution to refund >4.85 to John Harmon on his city liquor license was adopted. His place of business closed yesterday. C. D. Murray asked for the privilege of repairing the north end of the Gregory building used by the city, and to rent it for his automobile and this was referred to the finance committee. The police asked for twenty dollars with which to repair bicycles that they may reach the out districts the quicker, and this was referred to the judiciary committee. The following bills were allowed: True ft Runyon ....... I .62 John Bollinger 70.79 B. J. Hyland 20.05 J. Diner 12.35 C. Vogt 75.40 б. U. Dorwln . # 263.31 Globe OU Co 2158 D. F. Teeple 89.80 Thomas O’Neil 2.75 Wemhoff Monumental. Co.. ... 1.00 Clover Leaf 71.96 C. ft E. 253.57 J. D Stults 45.83 E. F. Klgusmeyer <.... 8.25 John Sprague ........ 18/50 Julius Haugk 10.00 John Lake , '• .75 Alex Barnett .........../...2.63 Amos Fisher ........... 50.00 William Geary ............... 10.00 Fred Spuller ................. 23.36 J. Swift 3.30 Henry Stevens .............. 2.00 Ft. Wayne Electric Works.... 15.65 Union Oil Works ;....., 36.75 J. F. Richards 2.63 IJ. J, Mylott ................. 225.00 Sunday Creek Coal C 0....... 242.10 Bass Foundry Co. ’. 10.00 D. F. Teeple ................ 4.35 .—/. • ° 1 ’•* ’Theworkmen are pfiftlng the finishing touches, on the Sam Hite residence on north Third street, and which will be completed within the next week or two. It is one of the .handsome residences of the city, and quite an improvement to the appearance to that, part of the city. Miss Helen Evans has gone to Ah* gola to atend the normal school. . Mrs. Henry Shultz is very ill at her home oh Line strut, and is in a critical condition. She Is one among many who are sick. Several have lagrippe, and it is hoped better weather will reduce the amount of sickness. Mrs. Jennie Studabaker writes us from Marion, Ohio, that they are nicely located in their new home there, and that she thinks she is going to like the Ohio city very much, though, of course, she cannot forget Decatur. Her address is 125 Grand avenue. , *

Anderson Local .Option. Workers Out for Blood , • HELD A MEETING —- Local Option i Campaign There is Already Warm-. ' ing Up — Anderson, Ind., May s.—The enthusiasm and energy displayed by local men in all lines of business and professions in perfecting the organization of the Citizens’ Option League of this city, gives such a striking expression of the sentiment of the heavy investors m Anderson business and property as to surprise the advocates of the abolition of the saloon in thia county. There has been no let up to- ' x the vim that characterized the meeting held at the public Uta-ary last night. No gathering ever called in ■ this city ever developed so many enthusiastic responses as the one that resulted from the word passed around to business men last evening to assemble at the Übrary building. No published notice of the affair had been given and the men who passed the - word around expected a limited number of those invited to report and in an informal way discuss the campaign. At the appointed hour the as | sembly room was, filled with representative business men of the city, and when Judge W. S. Dlven arose to cal! the meeting to order he faced a crowd of determined men who represented millions of dollars of investments »n this city and who are determined that the saloon must go. Thomas B. Orr was selected as chairman and, within a few minutes, the sentiment of the audience found expression in the formation of the Citizens’ league with every man present demanding that he be made a member of the general committee. When it was announced that some money would be needed men walked to the front and laid down cash or checks until >1,500 lay on the table for the use of the executive committee. The merchants who doesn’t advertise is a little too slow to secure his share of business in this enlightened age. It is evidenced every day in every town and city. Get in the band wagon. Tour money will come back to you a hundred fold. The commissioners concluded their work for the May term at noon and adjourned. They succeeded in transacting considerable business during the time they were in session'. They may be in session a short time Friday to sign up some macadam road bonds,. -Q ' — BUSY BUSINESS MEN Science Helps Them Out After Recklessly Abusing the Stomach. F —— The most reckless man inregard to, health is the busy business man. At noon he rushes out for a- bite to eat. He bolts hie food without prober mastication, and heaps on his stomach am extra burden greater than It is able* to carry without breaking down. His overworked stomach is crying: for help; It appeals to him sos relief in various ways: Expulsion of sour gas; waterbrash, sour taste in mouth; heaviness after eating; shortness of breath, bad breath, etc. - r " 0 Ohe Ml-o-na tablet taken with or after 1 each meal will help any sufferer from dyspepsia wonderfully. It aide the stomach in the work of digestion which it must perform. /s r Mi-o-na tablets are sold by, H6lthouse Drug Co. at 50 cents a large box, with a rigid guarantee to cure dyspepsia and All stomach troubles, or money back. They make eating a pleasure. . ; "r ,;V Ml-o-na cleanses and prifles the stomach and bowels and puts vigor and strength Into the overworked tissues. It is the surest somach tonic in the world. Mi-o-na is sold by leading druggists everywhere.

HYOME| Cures catarrh or money back. Jnrt breathe it in. Complete outfit, including inhaler Extra bottles 600. Druggista-