Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1909 — Page 4

THE DCMOCMXT gOBTTBBBMAY MOaKUSn »T LEW E. ELUNGHAM, Pnbtlbhor. SMSPB* YBAB n AJDVAKCI. _ ‘ —J* "'" K Entered at the postoffioe at Decatur, Ind., as second class mail matter. •FFtCIAL PAPER OFAEAMO CO. i ii [ i in EXCELS IN TWO IMPORTANT RESPECTS Recognition accorded dignitaries of the Catholic church today is in sharp contrast with the proscriptive ideas that have had wide vogue in at least two periods pt our national life. Neither in politics nor religion are men of the world or protectant clergymen afraid to greet the priest, the archbishop or the pope’s representative as man and brother. Nor is this wholly due to toleration from the protestant side. Greater fraternity has been manifested by Catholics toward protestants, especially among the higher prelates of the church in the United States. J Thought is measurably free in our protestant denomination; ‘and while this may lead to chaos on the one hand, it has enabled many eminent ministers of brains and character to s.tudy Catholism with an open mind —historically as in the heroic annals of New fiance, and contemporaneously as revealed in missionary and charitable work. Many ihave been greatly impressed with the wisdom and effectiveness of the Catholic organization, and still others with the devoted service and self-sacrifice of the benevolent orders. If relaxation of creeds has tended toward feHgious indifference, it has at least promoted *• JCh ‘ " tolerance and charity. . It is a common observation of Protestant scholars that, tire Catholic church excels in two -important respects—one being its assiduous lat- ' **l r\ •11 Jl J tention to children and other its un- ' ‘ interrupted hold on the ( maasefl, which protestant congregations too

often find. themselves far removed For these phenomena there ’Sfe mhny explanations, but one in' particular, may be worth mentioning., TJNfe X the emphasis the church lays on ,worship and service and the latitude it allows in matters of personal conduct. For one to pay his vowS to die Moat High and to do some good as one goes along must have a great power of living. Is it significant that it Riupon these heads that protestant opinion so of; ten condemns the church of Rome? Is it a suggestive theme for study 1 that sometimes in our circles we seem to pay more attention to long prayers and the tithing of mint and Janise fend cummjn, the playing of cards, the use of Sunday afternoon, attendance at the theater, than*we do to the visitation of the sick and the hungry, the clothing of the naked and cups of cold water in the name of Christ? Do the masses still flock to Catholic services'Re - cause they are more comfortable there and not repelled either by superciliousness or reproof for amusements? At least one would dislike to admit that the growth Os Catholicism in numbers and standing is un-

explainable by natural' causes. At , leant U would be unwise to comp’aln of the church’s success with children I and with the-poor without an inquiry into the reasons that have made such | success possible and perhaps ah effort ] to adopt and adapt those principles j and methods in the other denomina- , tions.— Indianapolis Star. ■ SSSBBeSESEESSSSI A TARIFF LESSON , J FOR THE WOMEN 4 > Says President Taft in bis speech It' 1 defending the new tariff law: “The high coat of living, of which 50 per cent is consumed in food, 25 per cent in clothing and 25 per cent, in rent and fuel, has not been produced by the tariff.” i Says Harper’s Weekly, also a Rej publican authority: “Last year, Mr. Con Sumer and his wife made a New Year resolution. They agreed to keep an itemized account of all their expenses and save |9OO toward i house. They kept half the resolution: that is, they madp )U itemised account but not only did ths

* HOT die an inglorious death, but the pair just managed to see the 31st day 1 of December die away before the last cent of Mr. Sumer’s yearly salary had disappeared. Yet this gentleman is a : confidential clerk; he gets a salary of $3,60T a year and makes a noble attempt to keep up a good appearance. “MJrs. Sumer bought two street > dressed and an evening dress during * the year, and even Mr. Sumer had no cause to object to the price. For her spring dress she paid s2o,and for her winter dress $25; while for her evenr ing dress she paid $35. Now for these , precious dresses, when they are imi ported, the customs authorities come * along and collect a duty of 44 cents a yard, and in addition 60 per cent, ad , valorem, which means that Mrs. Sumer had to pay $9.31 duty on the S2O dress and $11.32 on the $25 dress. In . other words, if there were no duty on . dresses, she could buy these same dresses for $10.69 and $13.68, respectively; or the two for less than she paid last year for one. “For that evening dress that she paid $35 for she had to disburse a duty I of exactly sl4, so that if there had been no duty the dress would have cost s2l. In other words, these three dreeees that she paid SBO for cost her just $34.63 in customs duties. The actual cost of the dresses without duty would bo $45.37, so that the duties ate up the east of her evening dress. That $34.63 which she indirectly paid In duties would have bought an extra dress that she felt she sorely needed, 1 but instead some manufacturer got probably S3O of it and invested it in 1 real estate in his wife’s name.” HARD ON 1 .. i SENATOR BEVERIDGE ( President Taft does not propose to j leave Senator Bevenoge and the other 3 Republican “insurgents” a leg to stand c on. Mr. >Beveridge and hie friends, in- I eluding his special organ, the Indian- 1 apolis Star, belabored Senator Al- S drich unmercifully accused him and 1 truly of being the chosen reprCsen- « tative in the senate of the mercenary <

UMJVV acuate Ul UIC - interests and opposed to the welfare t of the common people. And now oomee President Taft in a speech at a Boston banquet and thus eulogizes 1 Aldrich and his new project:* "I am told that Mr. Aldrich will bwing around the cirole* in the present fall and will lecture in many of the cities of the middle west on the a defects and needs of our monetary 1 4 system.'l cannot too strongly approve of this proposal. Mr. Aldrich, who is ’ the leader of the senate, and certainly 1 one of the ablest statesmen in flnan- f cial matters In either house, has been ! regarded with deep suspicion by people, especially in the west “If, with his clear-cut ideas and 1 simple but effective style ot speaking, he makes apparent to the western 1 people what I believe to be his pollti- ’ ad career by the preparation and 1 passage of a bill which shall give us 1 . a sound and safe monetary and banking system, it would be a long step toward removing the political obstacles to a proper solution of the . question." Mr. Taft plainly wants it understood s that any Republican who insurges . against Aldrich insurges against the . Republican party.

the president IS A PETTIFOGGER President Taft has shown on more than ode occasion—and evenrepeatedly during the last campaign—that it is not at all difficult .for him to descend to the language and methods of the commonest kind of a common pettifogger. In a speech defending the Payne-Aldrich-Cannon tariff on his present tour [for which the public pays) Mr. Taft said: "If the country desires free trade and the country desires a revenue tariff and wishes the manufacturers all over the country to go out of business and to have cheaper prices at the expense of the sacrifice of our manufacturing interests, x then it ought to say so and ought to put the Democratic party In power if it thinks that party can be trusted to carry out any affirmative policy in favor of a previous tariff.” Mr. Taft knows as well as any other i intelligent person that neither free i trade X which no one is demanding)

nor a tariif for revenue (which most people are deinanding>wUl put any honest manufacturer or any Wrer honest man “out of business." It 4ould be bad enough fer Mr. Taft to make such a statement if he were traveling over the country as a private citizen at his own expense. But it is Inexcusable for him to make it while traveling as president of the United States at public expenses. IT’S TO BE A HARD ONE These untimely frosty mornings indicate that the agricultural seer down in New Jersey is not without wisdom in his prophecies of a cold fall, and what he terms "a riproaring winter,” by which he means “intensely cold.” He reports that the corn this season grew long “whiskers," and in this respect the New Jersey seer notices that the corn patterns after the wise farmer, who “raises” a good crop of hirsute appendages as the frost approaches. Then, too, the sunflower blossomed early. Because o* this he predicts a blizzard of the 1888 kind about the middle of November. Then the apple crop was short; a poor crop, such as noticeable this fall, showing that the trees are storing up their sap and energy against a long winter and a “hard spell of weather." Yet more, the cabbage head is no mean Indicator. Phis year, on this New Jersey farm, it is growing thick, tough leaves so that they may have w&m covering for the cold weather Which is coming. There are weather prophets in Indiana —acres of them —who tell by the bark on a tree, the migration of birds in early fall, the industry of the squirrel, etc., what to expect, but it seem as if none of them Mas yet based predictions on the growth of the corn "whisker,” the early bloom of the sunflower, or the thick leaves of the cabbage. They should' get busy. It should*hot he left for a New Jersey seer to warn us agdinst arctic conditions when there is such ' l ~v. ■.. /<■'. a wealth of atmospheric talen|,in the Hoosier state.—lndianapolis N?wp., .. wsssussanesßHsesv i b£s& - The Democrats of Brown ;?vqsgrty hzive already nominated their- county ticket to be voted forth November, «- . -v, ® f - 1910. That Is going some. c-'* 1 411 > AS S The Auburn Courier have cut put all. clubbing features and from thia time on will sell their newspaper men its own merits. This is what every newspaper should do, land in the place of premiums give their readers every item of local news that is-fit to print f ' —===-—= ' The Democrats of Hartford City yr-.' ‘ r ‘ •'*! . v” *■ held their nominating convention, Tuesday evening and i selected a strong ticket headed by Dr. G. Sweigert for mayor. Hartford City is the livlieist political spot on map, and the Democrats are usually fast enough .to get the gravy. - At 'no time did politics play any part in the affair and Democrat and Republican councilmen work- f ed together for the . accomplish-. ment of the one purpose, the ereetu tion of the phtat—P. L. The last account we had, was thft the plant was built, and that it to pretty good the money Snd everybody is happy. But is the debt contracted tn ■.. ■ 4 " ■ . > the building of the water works . plant the cause of our present * trouble —P. L. < < . . • Now, id it, or isn’t itt Which? Seems to a/man up a tree that any one possessing the worldly wisdom i about municipal affairs and-good gov- ' ernment that you do, P. L., ought to solve that problem quicker than scat sBBBBanBanBBBBai 1 The fact will be recalled that some, i weeks ago Governor John A. Johnson ■ declared that the psychological mot ment for his -elevation to the presU r dency of the United States had pass* . ed. The Times commented on that » declaration at the time, expressing the belief that the governor’s phy- > slcal condition probably impelled him i to take that gloomy view of his political future. His death warrants the r inference that Governor Johnson had ea premonition of approaching dissolu- ) tion. Maa’s mind is st times won*

[drous fn its bend r Times. j .*■ I ■sammMM MAKES >AN ADMISSION * .4 : In as much however as the reports are volunteer matter not ' verified by oath or asked for by the counit we gsant |IN; the right ' to make such classifications as are most calculated to suit bis convenience or answer the expedience * of the situation.—P. I* yhi ' ’ Here is an admission. An admission that there were a few things done, a few acts performed ’by the present council that are subject to discussion on their merits. This is good. It certainly will have to be. admitted that the present council did not build the water works, nor did they steal out in the dead hours of night to destroy the private property of a then citizen of tEis city in order that we might have a monopoly on the business of an electric light plant. Neither did they obligate the city right and left and in the middle without any pretensions of meeting thost? obligations. All they did was take hold of the* affairs of the city when it was Impossible to even get a car of coal without their private endorsement, pay off the bills, the court/ judgments, reduce the indebtedness, put a system in operation so that the affairs of the city are now on a business basis. These are a few of the accomplishments of the present council, and while they may have their faults, yet when it comes to'business | they have, a record of which they at i least, may always be proud. ' 1 i,, IIIT y I .i ■■■ ■ < 11 The new governor of Mtaneeota Is ' Adolph O. Eberhart. When he got ( married he concluded to drop his own name and take that of his Wife! ‘ He did thia foj reason thgt .the name Olson was very common. He . Is a republican, the democratic candidate for lieutenant governor being defeated along with the rest of the democratic state ticket, Johnson alone being elected.—Columbia Qty Post l ‘ : ' :.'i. a (

, ,'s "> ~ ■ *4*-' f' Taft has made a lot of trouble for the Republicans of IndiWifa. He has put it up to them whether'they shall be loyal to him Or to Senator Beveridge. Indeed, he goeseven farther than that, for by declaring that the Republican senators who toted against the new tariff bill took themselves out of the party/ he puts the flepubllcana of Indiana in a position where, if they endorse Beveridge’s course, they take themselves out of the party. And if they fail to endorse .Beveridge they leave him entirely without a political home. ’ l ' ’* _ r- -- ■- S.t;' , There is a class of citizens in Decatur, most of whom are benefi- * \ claries of the present administra-,, tion, who every time attention is called to the failures of the present administration begin to sneer , and in a sort of far away insinua- ' tion . hint that all our present troubles are toe outgrowth and fruits of action taken by some y. previous administration.—P. L. Was there ever anything more cruel. Think of those nincompoops who are growing filthy from &*** distributed with a lavish hand by the present city fathers, sneering a mean sneer every time a real reformer like

p. l.‘ points his index finger at the faults and failures of oar city government. It is. fairly maddening., CHHBH2SHSEBS3BSHB A writer in the Indianapolis News says: ‘ "Never before in history has a president felt called on to stump the country, within six months after his inauguration, and defend his policy i and decry the opposition.” And never before did any president do it at public expense. CESE99K9SE9B9K9 / i American farmers ought to fe'el hu- - miliated that the number of bushels v of Wheat to the acre averages a frac- ■ tlon less than 14 bushels tn this count try, while the average in Germany is ( 31, in England 33, Scotland 39, and • Ireland 87. There is not the slightest i doubt that the average could x be ■ doubled in this country if the same » pains were taken to cultivate and fer--1 tilize the soil that are applied in the . countries named. lowa is moving i> - that direction.—South Bend Times.

CAVC CMC HE ANT IT J/il »JIILi AB. Cora Hooker-Gross Maintains That She Trie# to , Suicide. cali. dr. McMillen *•>»<"it* Her Condition Was Hysterical and She Had No Chance of Shuffling Off Cora Hoker-Gross fell in love again and then tried to end it all by the suicide route. Dr. McMillen was called on the case this morning and while the patient was in a sub-rosa condition, breathing hard, refused to talk and was hysterical, yet an examination revealed no poisonous concoctions taken internally. The doctor, not to be fooled, gave the patibnt an emetic, and in due time she let go of everything but her shoes, and after today will be able to fix things with her fickle lover and the world will move along just the same. She stoutly maintained that she did the awful deed, and dldf it too for the purpose of ending all the trials and tribulations this is heir to. She refused to state what sort of poison she took, how much or where she got it. The doctor, however, says that her condition was only hysterical and that she had no chance of shuffling off this mortal coil Gora is sick today, but she will be all right tomorrow, when she will be tickled to death that she was saved to meet face, tosface another lover that will discount hhe old one two to one. There is plenty of Esh in tiie sea, Cora. Brace up and be a good fellow. IKE CENTENIAL Mayor France Will Attertd Big Celebration at* Bs. Louis Next Week LEAVES HERE SUNDAY

l£very Mayor in the United States is Invited as Guest of Honor i i 1 Mayor C. O. France of this city wilt leave here Sunday night for St. Louis, where he will attend the Centennial of the Incorporation of < that city. He was notified today that the invitation extended to him as well as to the mayor of every other city / in toe United States W of the genuine kind, which they were ekpected to accent, and that all expenses would* be paid after the officers arrive in the city; Great plans have been made < for the event which bgins next.Mon,*. , day "and toe occasion will be one of ] the biggest of the kind known to his- j tory. Among the guests who will par. ticlpate in the celebration-are a number df toe mayors from toe great titles, including New York, Chicago, San Frapcisco, New Orleans and others, hnd the program of entertainment rs- 1 eludes some events of great interest, it win, prove a delightful trip foru Mayor Stance, and the Othefs from J this section who will attend. , • * . ~ . o—i— —— r • RtbOLUTiONC .r • r. :;Whe : teds/ ; we have, learned' wito Pte- , found sorrow of the death of OUh ea* " teemed brother, Charles F. Colchfa, 1 whose death occurred Sept. 23, 1900. 5 Whereas, by his death our council

has lost a valued member, wtxous ht* tormost efideavor was always for tte welfare and good of the order, and whose upright and noble life is one worthy of our imitation. Whereas, by his death his parents lost a kind and loving son, his church a devout Christian and one of itslfest and most valued members, the* ttwngiunity aa honest- and upright young man. Be it further resolved that as Mtoken of out respect for our deceased brother, our charter be draped in mourning for thirty days, that a copy of these resolutions be given w the family of our deceased brother, that a copy be given to each Os the newspapers of Decatur for publication, and that a copy be spread on record in the record book of our council. And be ft further resolved that we extend to the family of our brother our heartfelt sympathy in this hour 1 of their bereavement H. J. YAGER, . JOHN HESSLER, W. A. KUEBLER. — ■■■ o . "'a - 1 Miss Laura Fishbaugh, of Huntington, returned to Ur home thia

IB NOW A R Ell DENT OF MONROE: ' John Mayer Expects to Open Hie Five and Ton Oeat Btore There. John Mayer came in from Monroe yesterday the first time since leaving Kendallville and locating at Monroe. He is getting ready for the opening Os his new Qve and ten cent store tn tbht "place and expects to be ready by, the, middle of next month. His atogk of goods is ordered and by the time mentioned he expects to be ready fob business. Himself and wife are new living there although they were unsuccessful in getting a house to live’in, which is a little inconvenient, but* at toe same time ft looks good for hustling Monroe. SOCIETY COLUMN Woman’s Missionary \ Society Held Banner Meeting Yesterday PATTERSON FAMJLV® Enjoy Another Happy Reunion at Home of Mrs. ■ Schrock Whe following program wffl be rendered at toe Salem church fa Blue' f Creek township <m Saturday - October s. r i.: 1 Song—'“All Hail the Power of Jesus * Name.” JRrayer. p Stang—By the choir. - . Band selection— Salem band. Solo—" 0, Dry Those Tears”—Bertha Carver. tar**'*’ Recitation—Alta Bryan. - f Duet—’Mid Evening Shadows”— Pruda Danner, Frances Meyter. Flag Drill. ", ' J Mixed Quartet. Recitation—Fern Krugh. Solo—''Four Leaf Clover*—Bertiia j i Carver. ... Song— “ Thou Canst Hear a Little ' . ’ Child"-Primary class. Solo—“ Rose, Itoee, Lynch. ‘ ■ :•> Recitation—Harry Datmer.

Male Quartet. Solo—"A Little Thief’—Bertha Carver. Recitation—Edna Lynch. Instrumental Music. Solo—“ Sing Me to Sleep”—Bertha ' Carver. ■ ■ 1--- . C> ; » Pantomime. Band Selection. The purpose is.one of charity. An. | offering will be taken for the benefit of Miss Carver, the blind solo singer. , Everybody come and help fa a worthy » cause. -•. 7" .‘V ~ '■ <■, . ■ »« • The Christian church Aid will meet with Mrs. Ed Shoemaker at her home on north Fifth street, Friday • afternoon. At that time the ladies win pay In their dollar which they have earned and relate their experience in earning it., . . ' * ■' The Ladies’ MiteSoeiety of the M?s E. jcburch has completed all pifeaa for I It# Colonial dinner , ana supper . Which •. are to be given In the dining hall of Qiechnrcti Thursday, Sept 30Jth. Tbfi.% J proceed#. FB Y»ed the ’ eUng bt the cfcurth and the society j solicits the liberal patronage of all. Dinner dT cento; .supper 15 cents. ' & ■. 4 (Mery ‘ Roaat anfc Fried Chicken, gravy Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Cranberry Sauce Cold Orpam Slaw • E&calloped Oysters *■'-’■**?■ ‘ Homemade •Butter Apple and Pte ,• ‘ . Coffee ‘ ' j topper V Sliced Tomatoes ■ <■ < - Baked Beans M ■ «r! Rmwuur, ~ \’* - .’J t i Home-made Cake • J* Brea# Butter. Jelly ii fc Coffee „ -230-3 t ;.» fa . —— The BachelorMalds metTuesday ev- ‘ S ening at the home of Miss Emma Terveer and the event was a happy one. i Progressive euchre was played . throughout the evening and Mrs. Tom ’ Haeflfag ahd Miss Clara e Terveer ? ! proved themselvee as the best play* ! era. At*> late hour refreshments were, served after which the guests > departed for their homes. « . ■ ■ ■ Q . Tu —w Mrs. Fred Blosser returned home to. day from Hicksville. Ind., where she has been visiting for the last week or' i so. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Knoff, who-wqre in the city this morning as toe guest • of frlepds, returned to their home at Borne tMs aftornopc. "