Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1910 — Page 4

? THE democrat" ' rWKTTHVBBBAT MO*BW« *Y LEW a ILL'NOH AM, PwtellaHar. BLMpn YBAB IM ABTAMOB. ■■.■■■■■■■——.Xu— ■—■■— ■■■!«■■ —■ — I " Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, lad., as second class mail matter. ' -I ■■!■■■- I, J II BffFTCIAL PAPER OF ADAM* CO, CALAMITY A8 A CAMPAIGN ASSET The public must “watch its knitting.” A democratic legislature at this time would mean another democratic United States senator from Indiana and only the gods know what else. The fight is going to be for the control of the legislature in Hoosier politics this fait Don’t be led astray by trumped up issues.—Winchester Herald. Could you Imagine anything worse? Another democratic United States senator would certainly be a calamity that would be shocking, especially to the'ambitions of one Senator Beveridge and his particular wing of the republican party. Another democratic United States senator would mean that the postoffice appointing .power would be transferred to an other and that would mean a greater calamity to those who feel disposed to hold down a soft place with Uncle Sam as a paymaster. The Herald simply cannot stand for all this calamity,’ so it has this early started its calamity campaign, which has for its object the lining up of the faithful with a view of saving the country from the calamity of another United States senator. To save the grand old party, it may be necessary to fight the war over and wave the red'flag until they are black in the face, but anything Lord is better than all this calamity. The democrats do not need to lose heart over this early -cry of the Herald. They have been making these calamity campaigns for a season or two, their chief grievance them being the disgrace as well as calamity of electing John Adair to congress in '-'the Eighth district' Their appeals have swollen majorities of * Mr. Adair until now it is conceded on all hands that he is not only the best congressman that ever represented the district but that his re-election should be endorsed by all political parties as 'it will be by the people on election day. This being true, the unterrified should cheer lip and take new courage. IT IS / DISCOURAGING » Regardless of what might have been expected, the boom for Thomas R. Marshall for the presidency did not materialize at the Jackson club banquet in Lafayette. The match was applied, train was fired, but after a mild explosion the face of Governor Harmon appeared Instead of that of Governor Marshall.—Anderson Herald. Isn’t it discouraging. After reading the big black headlines that Governor Marshall was headed straight for the white house, and that nothing known to political science could head him off, and just as we see him covering the big executive chair of president Taft, and then comes the ice water brigade. It is headed by the Anderson Herald and they read Harmon’s name where Marshall’s should appear, and (hey even see a faint vision of the form of the Ohio executive in place of the Hoosier governor. It is either a case of bad Indigestion or there is a venomous streak running clear through that Herald writer. We move that he be banished along with Mayor Becker to the room below, and that the fires be kindled to a heat that will even touch their tough hides, and that the Sentence shall last until all danger to future Marshall booms is past We believe this punishment it little enough. In the face of what we hate suffered in the phst dozen years it is slight indeed in comparison tn the offense committed- It recalls the regularity of the many Fairbanks' booms, the booses, tfie Watson boAms. the Durbin booms, was a timd wheff we stifferCromer booms. During all

(bl. we loyally Mld-ta a -M.p.ramen, God speed all Hoosier booms. " The first time the deal Is changed and here comes the piping voice of an ' insurgent, hammer in hand and with = his fingers on the cold water faucet It is discouraging. A WARD POLITICIAN .AND NOT A STATESMAN L _ To tjie averagfe layman it Is next to revolting to read of the president of the United States holding up the appointments of the senators and congressmen, simply because those senators and congressmen do not believe as do thq president and Speaker Cannon, as to certain legislation. If the key to statesmanship is to agree with the president and speaker, the question naturally arises why have a congress and senate, and why not turn the affairs of the government over to the two wise men of the country, the president and speaker, and save the money, The very spirit of American independence is shattered by this example of ward politics as being played from the white house. The dignity of the presidency Is lowered, and President Taft could have done nothing that would have shown to the world his utter unfitness to grace the’ highest office within the gift of the American people. The people wanted to. think better of President Taft, they were drilling to trust him and to be- ( lieve in him, but the tactless blunder- , Ing of using official power given him j by a trusting people, shows that he is . not measuring up to the standard ( of a president The best thing that ( the president can do. Is to call off the dogs of war. / Now comes Hon. Charles S. Hernley, _• 1 both physically and politically a big gun in the republican ranks of Indi- ' i ana, and makes the bold prediction that the state is lost to the republicans * by forty thousand or more. In his an- 1 alysis he says there is no republican 1 party but that the insurgents In con- 8 gress are trying to divert the purposes 1 of the party from its original channels —protective tariff. Mr. Hernley 1 further adds fuel to the flames by as- * serting that Senator Beveridge will 1 fall short of the required number of 1 votes to return him to the United 8 States senate, and it is now but nat- 8 ural the average republican should be 1 seriously Inquiring, what next? All 8 of which is making the life of a democrat one sweet and continuous dream these days. Congressman J. A. M. Adair Is agaih ‘ being put forward as a suitable per- ] son to be nominated for governor < in 1912 by the democrats of Indiana. Mr. Adair has Awice been elected to congress from a strong republican district. This in Itself is evidence of , extraordinary personal popularity, but there is more to his credit than merely being popular. He has ability and is actuated by a sincere desire to be useful to his constltuehcy and the people in general. But it is too early to spend valuable, time in boosting candidates for 1912. The proper thing to do just now is to place the demo- > cratic party upon a solid foundation * for the championship ,of measures in ’ the interest of the country at large, i so as to justify party leaders in api pealing to intelligent voters for sups port at the polls.—South Bend Times, t » IL-LUUU—-r Notwithstanding the fact that Mayor <■ Becker and the Anderson Herald are i insurging, here comes a red hot “dis- ; patch from Washington to the effect t that Governor Marshall made a dlsi tlnct impression upon the great men o' 3 the country and that now his chances b of being the party’s candidate for the r presidency are as certain as any cinch b could be, that is not a cinch. From i the viewpoint of Mayor Becker and the Anderson Herald they must be t ah awful slow lot of people over there i, in Washington. 1 Esae=Baae==K99 i The Democrat appreciates the many t compliments being paid us over the ext cellent market reports that daily ap--1 pear in this newspaper. Our Buffalo 1 malket is correct up to the last min- ■ Vto and is the same report that appears in the metropolitan papers the 1 following morning. There are no flies » on the Democrat, that* sure. » -- I AUw county start-

• ready the field is pretty well coverei with candidates for the various ol i flees of the county. This usuall; i shows interest and is a good indies . tion of success in the elections. The democrats in congress are a last p’ayins good politics and at pres put writing are even making Speakei Cannon sit up and take notice. Th< ‘ public is enjoying it and every demo ' crat simply cannot contain hlmseli ’ for joy. <’ - The Indianapolis Star Jias undertak ' en to locate the handsomest man in ' Indiana! This is a serious undertaking. The price of shoes is to be advanced and when |his is done we guess about everything in the catalogue has been boosted in price from fifty to one thousand per cent The fellow that can, stand for ail these boosts and keep out of the hole himself, is in luck. Congressman Adair’s speech on economy in national exposes, and on which he paid especial attention to the white house, has seemingly struck a popular chord not only In Indiana, but throughout the country*. The congressman’s mail fairly bulges these days, most of it being requests for the speech ahd congratulatlons to the speaker. It will likely be given wide circulation as a campaign document antT again stamps Congressman Adair as a champion of the people. John X. Walsh must go to prison. He goes not because he has offended ■ * > the law as no other man offended it but be goes because he got caught and because the government wanted to make an example of him. In one respect he is entitled to but little sympathy, but on the other hand be was a great man in the business world and had he made good beford the government sleuths caught him, his name would now be heralded as one of the greatest men of finance in. the world. Bqt he must go to prison and serve flye years, and that means that Ms days of usefulness'are at an end. We are sorry for him and for his family, but if the example made of him keeps some one else straight, the law will be vindicated. * Attorney C. J. Lutz filed a new case, Jacob R. Graber vs. Frances May, complaint to have defendant declared of unsound mind, and declaring that he is is unable to manage his own estate. Attorney Lutz also filed a divorce case, Murle Laisure vs. Lizzie Leisure. They were married in September, 1906, and lived together just a year, when the wife abandoned her husband. They have one daughter, aged two years, who has been in the custody of her . mother. Mr. Laisure asks the right to visit said child at seasonable times and places. Real estate transfers: James M. Anderson to George L. Bobilya, 40 acres, Root township, $2200; W. B. Welty to N. R. Aurand, lot 657, Decatur, $1300; John Habeggar to David J. Habegger, 12 acres, Monroe tp., |l2ob; Emil Erhart to Joseph Stucky, lot 386, Berne, 12500. A warrant for Dr. H. E. powers oh a fraud jury indictment, charging him with practicing medicine without a license, was served today. The trial will test the question of whether Dr. Sowers can practice here as as assistant to Dr. Johnston, the Fort Wayne osteopath. Dr. Sowers feels very confident of his position in the matter. ». ’ A grand jury Indictment charging Albert Knavel of Union township with assault and battery was made public today when officers went out to serve the papers. The arrest Is probably the result of an altercation during the fair last fall between Mr. Knavel and Bob Peterson. This Is ah Easy Test Sprinkle Allen’s Foot-Ease in one shoe and none in the other, and notice the difference. Just the thing to tue when rubbers or overshoes become necessary, and your shoes seem to pinch. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute. , * a i Miss Ethel Bothoff, who has been spending several days the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bothoff, returned to Fort Wayne last svsttag/’ >* ■ ....... - ._i.U '■* I

>a | Marya irtvwr north of the city frot ' f I the threatened Ice gorge Mose Henr; y and the crew of men in the employe a- of the interurban company .went ou about 4 o’clock Tuesday evening am with dynamite blasted the caked mas k t so that today the pieces are floatlm B . easily away jmd no further troubb is anticipated. This was done t< >r protect the concrete abutments o e the bridge and possible damage to th< > bridge Itsplf. When the great thav If sets in and the levers are swollei and choked with the tremendout quantities of heavy ice that sweet t down with the curren, the abutmenti of bridges form a ready stopping 11 place for the Ice, around which 11 masses and threatens to undermine the bridges; or what is worse, should the ice pile up sufficiently high to i touch the bottom of the bridges, the t spans would be lifted up and carried away with the sweep of the ice gorge down the river. The ice floes in the 9 St. Marys river are unusually heavy t at this season and from many places 1 come the reports of the breaking of t the ice gorges by dynamite. The new Clinton street bridge over the St Marys at Fort Wayne was threatened Tuesday in a similar way and 1 for awhile ice was blocked to a dist tance of a square east of the bridge. The ice gorge, however, moved away 1 just as the officials were preparing to : blast v '-"-a ■ ■'* — A WRETCHED MISTAKE I —. f . I to endure the itching, painful distress of Piles. There’s no.need to. Listen: *1 suffered much Trom pUee " writes; Will A. Marsh of Silver City, N. C., “till I got a box ot Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and was soon cured.” Burns, boils, ulcers, fever sores, eczema, cuts, chapped hands, chilblains, vanish before it 25c at all druggists. . —aA. .fr/ The poor faithful horse of the Decatur Lumber company probably never found itself in so cold Water, or pushed up against as tough a proposition as that of the swift-running, ice-bur-1 dened current of the St "Marys river! Monday afternoon about o’clock.! The fight that the poor animal put up for Its life, before It was finally rescued from the river with a lasso, was! a noble one, and worthy of a gold med-1 al, if any are ever offered fbr dumb! animals. The horse and wagon, with! a load of trash from the lumber yards! had been driven to the river bants! behind the Bremerkamp mills on I First street by George Appleman, I driver for the lumber wmpany. ? As 4 the trash was being unloaded,' the! horse backed over the steep river bank and fell Into the river, where its struggles would doubtless have ended ini death had not Mr. Appleman succeed-! ed in cutting the horse loose from the! wagon. And then began the fight for! Hfe. The poor beast swam thrice cold waters of the unusually high river several times, and each time found escape to the steep banks impossible because of the ice that coated I the sides. Great sheets of ice . cover-1 ed the edges of the river aad 'about half the time the poor animal was driven under these, In an attempt to Catch I to them with its teeth. At times only! the ears o fthe animal were visible as I it breasted the swift current. In the! meantime others of the lumber com-] pany were summoned to help in the! rescue and the banks of the river! were thronged with onlookers.* A] lasso was secured and finally as the] horse made a last attempt to grasp] an ice shelf withits teeth and pull himself up the lasso encircled his body and helped in bringing him out on the bank. He was taken to the barns and given a good rub dowiv-and Warm] drinks and today is as well as ever. Roy Mumma, one of the office men who helped In the rescue, fell into the Ice water and today is suffering from a very bad cold. Otherwise there were no serious results. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children. ’ Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children’s Home in Jiew ' York,- ; Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and , regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 10,000 testknonlals, Thdy never fail. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen ; S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. l —-O ■'■■in ATTENDS CONVENTION. i Dan M Niblick left this noon tor Ini dianapolis, where he will attend the ■ state convention of the Retail Merchants* association. Mr. Niblick has been attending these meetings for several years past, which are of much interest and benefit to the business man. The convention began yesterday and will continue, the fast of the week. . ’'.fc ? r — I&WEN YOU PUT ON gTOCKINGB. Os the heavier sort, do your shoes , pinch, and your feet swell and per- ' spire? If you shake Allen's Foot Ease , ih your shoes, It will give you rest and comfort, and instant relief from any annoyance. Sold everywhere, 26e. Don’t geggt any' sUWifote. , , -■ i ,

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— rl 1 II Wl' 4 1 The great spelling contest in the leountry schools of Adams county is Jon, a*nd from this on until the final b contest, February 19th, the’ interest f promises to be Intense. Last Friday M afternoon the first district “bees’ 1 J were held in many of the schools and Jon next Friday afternoon spelling I contests will be held in all of the dis- • tricts. On the following Friday, January 22nd, all schools who have not ’lheld their second contests bn previous • I occasions will hold them at this time. I The winners of the first district bee wiU be delegates to the township con- | test, while tne winners at the second I contest will be other delegates, the I alternates to "be the ones standing Becloud to the winner at the second bees; |The 'township contests will .be held February sth, the winners there to be I the contestants at the county contest I . ' o ■ ■ .. I Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy never disappoints those who use it for obstinate coughs, odds and Irritation of the throat and lungs It stands unrivaled as a remedy for all throat land lung diseases. Sold by all dealjers. • > I I —. I. - ! ». I The people of Linn Grove are preI paring 'for a miniature boom with I the starting of cars on the New B. G. & C. traction line. The first action has been taken by the Studebaker | A Son firm oD this city, who have I purchased a plat of ground and'are I preparing to instal a coal and lumber I yard and possibly gn elevator. They I have men on the site ready for work., Several men inXinn Grove and vicinity are also planning on the organ!. Izatlon of a bank, which will occupy la new building to be erected within la short time. Bluffton men will also 1 hold stock in this institution. Several farmers living a short distance from I the city are making arrangements to build residences in the town to that they may be able to live there and yet look after their farming interests. At I least ten houses will be erected next summer. Linn Grove with the new] I road will be one of the best locations lin this part of the state for an elevator’ and the organization* of a bsn| in the little city will also be an atr I traction for farmers many miles around.—Bluffton News. I - , - O -... | WEN RUBBERS BECOME .NECESSARY And your shoes pinch, Allen’s Foot.{Ease, a powder to be shaken ihto the | shoes, is just the thing to use. Try |it for breaking in new shoes. Sold | everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute. - > RIVER UNUSUALLY HIGH. IO " “ I The recent rains and the sudden I melting of the snow and Ice have swelled the St Marys river to overI flowing and the water has spread lover the lowlands east ot the city unI til both sides of the road oast of the Monroe street bridge present the appearance of a miniature lake. It will make a fine skating rink should it freeze enough. ————■—<»—-■■ —• MANY CHILDREN ARE SICKLY. Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders fqr Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse In Children’s Home, New York, break up colds In 24 hours, cure feverishness, headache, stomach troubles, teething, disorders, and destroy worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed free. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Leßoy, N. Y. SAVED AT DEATH’S DOOR. The door of death sdemed rpady to open for Murray W. Ayers of 'ftanslt Bridge, N. Y., when his life was wonderfully saved. “I was in a dreadful condition," he writes, "my skin was-- almost . yellow; eyes sunken; tongue coated; emaciated from losing 40 pounds, growing weaker dally. Virulent liver trouble pulling me do death fa aptte of doctors. Then that matchless medicine, Electric Bitters, cured me r I regained the 40 pounds lost and am’now well «■ strong.” For all stomach, liver and Ist v

e NO BACHACHE OR KIDNEY PAINS. If you have pains 1 nthe back, ur. 8 inary, bladder or kidney trouble, dlzd ziness and lack of energy, try Mother . Gray’s Australian-Leaf, the pleasant 1 herb cure. As a regulator it has no y eual. At druggists, or by mall, 25c, >< Ask today. Sample free. Address, 4 The Mother Gray Ob., Leßoy, N. T. ? TUMOR REMOVED. k | £ Abner Parrish left this moon for s Monroe, where he will undergo an operation for the removal of a turned , on his left arm. The operation will *' . be performed by Mr* Parrish**. son, [ Dr. ‘ M. F. Parrish, who but a > year ago last March removed a smalller one just a little nlgher dp on the v same arm. The one previously reI moved was about the size of a hen’s > egg, while this one is as tenre as a goose egg. Os late it has palled him quite a great deal and the only way * to stop the pain was to have the tu- . mor removed. Whether or not the f third one will return is not known, . but unless every particle is removed * it will return. r , ‘ ’ REV. I. W. WILLIAMS TESTIFIES. ■Rev. I. W. Williams, Huntington, . W. Va., writes as follows: “This is to certify that I used Foley’s Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and am free to say that Foley’s Kidney Remedy will do all that you claim for it** 1 , *"■————————— SECOND SALE OF SEASON. Is Scheduled by Horse Sale Company. ’ For Friday. ' '< - . . ‘ The second sale of the season is . scheduled by the Decatur Horse Sale f \ company for next Friday at the company’s barns in this city, and the nutm ! erouß employees have been busy ranging for the great event. The lot.' . of horses comprises about three hundred head of all kinds and some very a good bargains can be secured by one in need of a horse. Many ore buying them at this time and fattening them for the spring market, . gt which time the price of horses us- I ually takes a soar. I I BIRDS OF THE BIBLE. I “Birds of the Bible,” the latest book -I of Gene Stratton-Porter, the Geneva | authoress, is on the I shelves of Decatur book stores with other books of the Adams county an- I thoress. It is illustrated in a very ex- < I cellent way, and will be much appro- | elated by nature students as well as I Bible students. • " r "•'£$■ 30 Miss Emma Werder returned from I Fort Wayne last evening to which I place she had accompanied Mrs, D. P. | Reynolds to the hospital. I Ohildren/Ory- I FOR FLETCHtirS I CASTORIA I ■ "dr 1 " r - If you have patps tn the back. Irin- I . ary. Bladder er Kidney trouble, and | want-a certain, pleasant herb euro I ' ftr wosnan’a IBs. try Mother GraTb I I Auntrallan-Leaf. It is a safe and nev- I ; er-folUng regulator. At Braggteta or | by teafl M ete. Sample postage ■ Fftffiß. Address, The Mother Gray | Op,. Leßoy. N. T. 1 P. P. P. c. ' ■ — , Positive,' Palnlsss Pile Cure **«■' Z V ' I The most thorough and complete, ■ practical and painless method of M treating all curabale diseases of the 1 | rectum ever placed before the public. I ’ It displaces al! the old, barbarous ■ 1 methods of cutting, ligating and in- ■ * jectlng. Piles are permanently cured ■ ' in a few weeks by the use of this N 1 troatmeuc. Fibsurs Fistula, Catarrh, «■ : Inflammation, Ulceration, Prolapsus, |>i f Constipation, Bleeding, Blind and J * Itching Piles are cured as if by magic. E ‘ Ask your druggist* for IL or send di- B B. U. TARNEY, AubMm. li»4 CASTORIA I V-