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The engineer and viewers’ report on the Martin Retaking macadam road in Preble township was approved and the road ordered sold on the first day of the September term of commissioners’ court, it being Monday, September sth. The treasurers for the school cities of Geneva, Berne and Decatur have made their annual settlements with the commissioners. The board spent the forenoon today looking after a proposed bridge over the Wabash just south of Berne. Many of the citizens in that locality have been persistent in their demands that a bridge be built at this point, so the board visited the grounds to look it ( ever. ; Bids will be opened Thursday for the Monroe Elevator Macadam road, a short piece of highway in the town of Monroe, and which up to this time "has run the regular routine of the macadam road extension law. -e - 1 —- The first reports from the state accounting board upon the officers of Adams county reached the board of commissioners during their session this week, and in compliance with their request were marked filed and are now a part of the public documents of the auditor’s office. The reports dealt with the office of sheriff, and embraced the time from January 1, 1904, to December 31, 1906, when A. A. Butler filled that Office andfrom January 1, 1907, to December 31, 1909, under the present official, Eli Meyer. "The examinations were made by F. M. Wilson and William R. Pressnail, two expert accountants, representing the state board of accounts, and during their stay in Decatur that they knew their business, and besides thfey are genial and accomplished gentlemen. A summary of the report follows: A. A. Butler. ' " January 1, 1904, to Dec. 81,1906. Executions and sale fees....l 784.54 Fees collected and unpaid.... 4.30 Drawn from county treasury. 1646.53 Error in prison board bi 11.... 31.05 Total >2440.42 Credit ........ 20.00 Total due >2420.42 Ell Meyer. January 1,1907, to Dec. 31,1909. Executions and sale fees... •> 319.44 Fees collected and unpaid..., 42.83 Drawn from county treasurer 623.43 J Error In board bill 25.60 Total ..... x 11011.30 In a note upon the report the examiners say: “fa reference to uncollected fees as shown ‘by the records, we find there remains on the books nothing except worthless matter, such as non-residents, whereabout unknown, due to the fact that the clerk has made an exceptional effort along this line, collecting the sheriff’s costs along with the fees of the clerk’s office. Mr. J Eli Meyer, upon assuming the responsible duties of the sheriff’s office, followed the custom of his predecessor. The proper records have not been 'kept, which necessitates much laborious effort qgd consumed considerable time making the examinations of his accounts. The'.quarterly bills of expense presented by the sheriffs have at no time been in proper form for the reason that they have not been sufficiently itemized. We have given ; Mr. Meyer Instructions we thought to enable him to keep his books properly. He seems willing to carry them out and we believe much improvement will be made along this line. Wertake this opportunity to tiuyikjMr. Meyer and his deputy, Mr. Green, for the courteous treatment accorded us during this examination.’’ In nearly If not every instance the amount charfeed against these two officers are for feee which there has al- . ways been more or less contention as to whether they belong to the county or the officers themselves. The report will show the contentions bf the state accounting board, and if they' are correct settlement will be made along the lines of the report as filed. The report shows that there were no wilful misappropriation of the public funds, but merely a contention over .the fees of their office. It Is but fair to also state that there is not a county in the state in which thesb same fees have not been retained by the officials, and according to the report filed here, they will all have to dig up. ______ I

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1 ” a JP° ,i8 ’ Ind > August 2—(Spec4 democrat)—Senator Bev1 erldgb ♦ Qa, -«te and personal f opinion ofhu * 'ore the recent i- republican state ’s terser ly summarized m teles. sent by him to friends in Washington, D. C., that same evening. , 1 “I have kicked the stomach off the h tariff bill.’’ Thus wired Senator Bev- " eridge in the afterglow of his oratorical effort. This telegram was not the first that r figured in the day’s proceedings. It f is understood that some of the senar tor’s progressive friends at Washing- ’ ton were not altogether sure that he would “whack” the Payne-Aldrich bill ! as he had promised. They kept urg--1 Ing him to be firm and keep a “stiff upper lip.” Messages of this sort are , said to have been received by Senator , Beveridge prior to the convention. * The doubt of Senator Beveridge’s ) sincerity appears to have existed Ih Washington as well as in Indiana and the other “progressives” felt called upon to spur him into the action and to force him to commit himself be- ■ fore the state convention. They fear* t ed that if he were not persistenly ent couraged by them he would “trim his i sails” to any policy of expediency that 1 might be suggested. They felt that • their efforts had not been in vain when. ■ reports of his convention speech and , this attack on the tariff bill reached ’ them. They had hoped for an elol quent criticism of the tariff bill and i were somewhat surprised to receive, , instead, a telegram announcing a surg- . teal operation. Those who have heard . of Senator Beveridge’s telegram put » it in the same class with his statei ment that Indiana would go 50,000 ref publican at the November election. L This statement was compared to the ■ action of the small boy who, going ■ through a graveyard at night, whistled > to keep up courage. They see in the telegram an element Os false assurance and exaggerated bravado that neither necessity nor good taste demanded. Reference to the. republican i slate convention recalls President : Taft’s action in cancelling, immediately afterward, a speaking date which had been arranged for him in Indiana. It was understood in Washington at the time that the president, while totally at variance with Beveridge on the tariff and other matters, did not desire to embarass the senator by coming into Indiana and answer mg that convention speech. This de ieit tie would be compelled to do as a matter of honesty. At that time, however, he was urged by Charles W. Fairbanks and other “regular” republicans, to come, regardless of the Beveridge situation. President Taft stuck to his determination until recently, when it was announced that he would make one Indiana speech at Winona Lake. Just what pressure was brought to bear, and by whom, in thus bringing the president into Indiana is not known. The perplexity of the situation is< increased by the latest development—the announcement that the Winona Lake engagement has been cancelled and that the president will not come to Indiana. These surface disturbances indicate a lot of “wire-pulling" and many guesses are hazarded as to the names of the men who hold the wires. Senator Beveridge, who is, of course, look-ing-after his own Interests, does not desire the presence in Indiana of the president, who could only voice his disapproval of Beveridgelsm. On the other hand there must be some powerful and influential republicans who are urging the president to come. With an honest vote in Lake and othfer counties Where the foreign population must enter largely into politicalculatlons, U.J3. Jackson, democratic state chairman, believes the democrats will elect their entire state ticket this fall, Including every congressman, says the Indianapolis Sar. He bases sols belief upon three facts. First, that an honest vote Jn such counties two years ago would have elected the entire democratic ticket. Second, that the democrats then elected have redeemed their pledges. Third, that the stand of democracy upon prevailing issues is right, and that the trend of public opinion is toward democratic principles this year. MORMON MISSIONARIES HERE. Owing to the misrepresentation of the Mormons, there will appear on the streets of Decatur, August 6th and 7th, at the hours or 3:30 and 8 'p. m., six Mormon elders, wno will give the I people a chance of hearing their I teachings from their own standnoint. For the benefit of the people the

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Aug. 4,1910

. following has been submitted: We accept the Bible as the word of [ God, and our religion is founded upon : the revelations of Jesus Christ. We . not only accept the utterance of mspired men in the past age, but believe that God has spoken again in this dispensation for the guidance of , his people; that subsequent to the . death of the Savior, the transgressions , of the people were so great that the authority of the holy priesthood was . taken from the earth, and this we . .claim in fulfillment of divine prophecy. Consequently, it was necessary for -immortal beings to visit the earth to • bring back the gospel in its fulness [ for the benefit and elevation of mankind, and that the church has again been organized with the same officers that-existed in the apostolic age. We also believe in the free agency of mankind, that he has been placed upon this earth tp go through the 1 trials and tribulations of life to prepare himself for a higher sphere. And that each individual is responsible for his. acts, and will be punished for his sins and not for l *Adam’s Transgression.” In regard to the book of Mormon, we believe that it is God’s hand real* tags to the people of this American continent, from 600 B. C. until 420 A. D. By taking up history and also the researches of the scientific world we see that the American Continent was’ once inhabited by an intelligent people. But through the wars and contentions which prevailed, the white people were all slain, and the result is the red-skins, or the American Indians today. This book also informs us of Christ’s visit to the Amerlean continent after his resurrection, teaching Christianity among these people as he did to the Jews on the eastern hemisphere, ELDER ORA L. HANSEN, Salt Lake City, Utah. ? , o ——. —— AT 8080 SATURDAY EVENING. J. L .Chronister will again serve ice cream at his place of business at Bobo on Saturday evening. Everyone invited. - -r-—--——to— WABASH WILL VOTE AGAIN. Second Local Option Election to be Held Early In 1911. Wabash county, the first county in Indiana to vote under the law granting county local option, is also the first to enter the fight for a second election. The wet element has indicated an intention of calling an election as soon as possible. The first election was held December 29, 1908. The second one can be held, therefore, any time after December 29th. Sunday at North Manchester the first gun was fired in the campaign for this second election. Not to be. caught napping, the temperance forces held a mass meeting in the chapel of Manchester college. Ministers and others made speeches. — O 111 ■ . ‘‘Curfew shall not blow tonight,” according to action taken by the city council at their regular meeting held Tuesday evening. At that time a petition signed by R. S. Peterson and about thirty other residents of the north part of the town, was presented, asking that this noise which disturbs the people of that section greatly, be dispensed with, and upon motion it was so decided. This does not effect the ordinance which prevents children remaining on the streets after 8 o’clock, and the officers will see that the law is followed just the same. The petition also asked that a smoke consumer be placed on the stack at the city plant and this matter was referred to the electric light committee. All the members were present at the meeting but Mr. Chronister and Mayor Teeple presided. Property owners adong Cleveland street were ordered to build sidewalks. Some discussion of paving Adams and Mercer streets followed. Mrs. Sullivan, who lives on Adams street, was present and said she was not able to build a cement sidewalk as ordered and asked a delay, which was granted. D. F. Teeple asked that some action be taken on a petition filed months ago, asking a repeal of the hack and dray ordinance and a twenty-minute dispute followed, in which Mr. Teeple and City Attorney DeVoss handed each other some rather hot shots. Marshal Peterson filed a new bond for >5,000,. signed by A. J. Smith, J. M. Frisinger, E .Fritalnger, and W. H. Fledderjohann, which was accepted. The finance committee reported the report of Mayor Teeple for the first half of the year and the report of

Treasurer Archbold for May as corf jected and they were accepted. The a following bills were allowed: e City Telephone Co | 9.80 i- Geo. Schlegel ~ rn 4.70 K W. McConnehey 4.40 i G. R. Ic. I, Ry. Co 251.49 f Clover Leaf 38.58 e Sunday Creek Coal Co 377.87 s C. & E.,Ry. Co 236.66 e United States Oil Co 8.19 5 Water Works Pay Roll 140.62 3 Frank ePterson 50.00 . Producers Oil Co 41.13 r Geo. Keiser & Co 28.42 > L,J Hammond 24.00 a Henry Peters 11.20 * M. J. Mylott pay roll 247.25 1 G. F. Kintz, salary 34.<Kh 3 S. Melchl 50.00 A. T. Brown 29.93 r J. Buhler 2.90 i U. Beckner 1.13 I J. G. Smith 50.00 - J. J. Serift .................. 11.70 1 J. J. Swift 11.70 r William eGary 10.00 I C. U. Dorwln 225.00 * J, Brite, salary 121.52 R. E. Gilpen, salary 100.00 r « r fr"” 1 Just what plans were considered i by the ninety stockholders of the Fort ) Wayne & Springfield railway company > at the special meeting called by the I directors and held in the assembly t room here from 12 till 4 o’clock Tuest day afternoon, have not been made i known, but suffice it to say, they re- - lated to the southern extension of the i road. President Fledderjohann in- • formed us today that the matter had - not been determined, but has been - placed in the hands of a committee , of twenty, who will meet at St. Mary’?, i Ohio, August 19th and there determine * the, same. The decision at that time wIU do doubt be of vital interest to the company, which is making every endeavor for the extension of the road south to Monroe. Os the six miles to be covered between this city and Monroe, three and one-half are graded and 5 the| tfes hauled. The most difficult t part has been graded and the remain- - ' der of the construction would be smooth sailing. The decision will be awaited with much interest by the many who will be benefitted thereby. ■ ■ 1 o » Oklahoma City, Okla., August 3— (Special to Daily Democrat)—-William Cross, democrat, present secretary of 1 state, and probable nominee for audi- • tor of state as a result of the primaries t held yesterday, died here early this • morning. It is not yet known whether I or not he was nominated as the re- > turns are slow in coming in. i — — New York, N. Y., August 3—(Specr ial to Dally Democrat)—Miss Agnes t Moore of Terre Haute, who was shot ’ last March by a fanatical Moslem at 1 Jerusalem, arrived here today and left » at once for her home in Indiana. She ’ is totally blind in one eye as a re- ■ suit of the shooting. She was accom- : panied by Miss Anna Sankey, also of Terre Haute. London, England, August 3—(Spec- , ial to Dally Democrat)—“There is I doubt that we will be able to identify the body of the woman found as that I of Mrs. Crippen when the inquest is resumed,” said a Scotland Yard offi- . cial today. Scotland Yard denies any knowledge of a reported confession of Crippen at Quebec. \i . n— 1 ■ TO WELCOME FATHER TRAVERS. I X - Special Program For Priest Who Has Toured Europe. » i The members of the local Catholic ; church are making arrangements for i a reception to be tendered Rev. Fath- . er T. J. Travers upon his return from ; his trip abroad. A*special program will I be given at the church on East Wal- . nut street on the evening of Tuesday, . August 16th, when Father Travers . will be welcomed back by his congre- ■ gation. About two hundred invitai tions will be extended to the members ; of the church and their friends. , Father Travers left here the fourteenth of May for the old country, and during the past three months has vis- . ited Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Ger- . many, England and other places of in- . terest His last stop was in Ireland, i where he visited relatives, leaving that place Monday on his homeward i journey. Arriving at New York next . week Father Travers will spend a ■ week at Notre Dame, South Bend, ar- . riving in Portland cm the evening of , the 16th.-r-Portland Sun. . — > MUSICAL MONDAY EVENING. ———m ! The Y. P. C. U. of the U. B. church

- will give a musical at the library hail t on next Monday evening, August 8, 1910, the program will be ad follows: ) Music —Orchestra. ) Anthem—Choir. ) Instrumental Music —Miss Nelson. I Solo—Miss Vera Hammond. I Reading—Marie Ball, r Instrumental Music —Mrs. Yoder. > Song—U. B. Quartet. > Music —Orchestra. ! Solo —Miss Zelma Nelson. ) Reading—Miss Grace Baxter. I Song—M. E. Church Quartet. ! Instrumental Music —Miss Rex. I Reading—Zelma Stevens. I Pantomime —Three Girls. t i Music—Orchestra —. k Conclusion. ) Admission 15c and 25c. ( o I Recently an inquiry was sent to this > office for some means of getting rid of • the chinch bug, which has been doing • quite a little damage over the coun- • ty. Charles Voglewede, the well > known shoe man, has made quite a • study of this problem, during his I spare moments, and has given us • the following suggestion, taken from Circular No. 113, published by the I United States Department of Agricul- : ture: ’ “In fighting the chinch bug there > is at present no more useful substance ’ than kerosene, either in the form of - an emulsion or undiluted. From its s penetrating nature, promt action and • fatal effects on the chinch bug, even > when applied as an emulsion, it be- • comes an inexpensive insecticide, I while it has the further advantage of i being an article universally found in » every farm house, and is therefore al- . ways at hand for immediate use. The i emulsion has the further advantage i of being capable of sufficient reduc--1 |ion in strength to preclude injury to the vegetation while still strong enough to be fatal to insect life. Di- • luted and ready for use. the emulsion • is prepared as follows: Dissolve onel half pound of hard soap in 1 gallon of : water, preferably rain water, heated • to the boiling point over a brisk fire, » and pour this suds while still iiot into : 2 gallons of kerosene. Churn or othi erwise agitate this mixture for a few . minutes until it becomes of a creamlike consistency and, on cooling, forms -a jelly-like mass which adheres to i the surface of glass without oiliness. - For each gallon of this emulsion use 15 gallons of water, mixing thoroughi ly. If applied to growing corn, it will i be best to use the emulsion either ' during the morning or evening, say - before 8 a. m. or after 5 p. m., as al these times it will be less likely to affect the plants than if applied In ■ the heat of the day.” Many from this city and county, ns ■ well as from Allen and Wells coun- '■ ties, are attending the W. C. T. U. 1 rally day picnic held today in the Leh- ' man grove at Berne. Speakers rep- ' resenting all of these counties are on the program, to which also, some of the best talent in musip and elocution are contributing. In the addresses Wells county is represented by Mrs. E. A. Willis of Bluffton, Adams county by Lenore C. Hoffman, Linn Grove: Allen county, Mrs. A. Niven, Fort Wayne; Jay county, Mrs. Nettie Stovenour, Portland. Music will be furnished by the male choir of Berne and by Milo Neuenschwander, Emma Bixler, Mrs. E. D.,Engeler, of Berne; Carl and iVan Welty of ‘Fort Wayne; Howard and Daniel Hoffman, Linn Grove; declamations by Josie Sauder, Ada Shell, Lester Smith, of Berne, and reading by Miss Pontius of Geneva and Minerva French of Linn Grove, added much to the interest of the day. The morning session was opened at 9:30, with the invocation by Rev. Hiram Amstutz, and at 2, after the picnic dinner, by the Rev. J. W. Kliewer of Berne. All the ministers of Berne, besides many others from out of town, who were m attendance, gave talks. This will be the last meeting of the Berne and Allen county organizations together until the state convention, which will be held iq Fort Wayne October 14th to 18th. E. A. Hoffman, who has served most faithfully and efficiently for several years as assfistant engineer for the Indiana Pipe Line company at the station at Preble, has received a promotion to the position of engineer for the company at the station at Griffith, Ind., thiry miles south of Chicago, and is how moving his family to that place where they will reside. The position is quite an advance over the one held at Preble, and for that reason the regret, otherwise felt at leaving Preble, where Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have lived since their marriage four yean ago

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l and gained many friends, is somewhat , lessened. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have sold their residence property at Preble; including a comfortable and beautiful new house which they recently . erected, to J. Jaebker. The new position carries with it a home in the station house, including all modern conveniences, with tight, heating plant and bath, so they will be very comfortably located there, besides being located very near Chicago, with the advantages of a suburban residence. That they may have abundant success in their new home is the wish of their host of friends here. ' Q ... . HIS MACHINE WAB MISSING. Dr. Clark’s Hupmobile Was Taken Possession of by Two Young Men. Two wejl known young men Tuesday evening took possession of Dr. C. S. Clark’s Hupmobile, and proceeded to enjoy a ride about town. Dr. Clark in the meantime had a call and wanted his machine very badly, and finding it absent from where he had left it, supposed it had been stolen. The police were summoned and shortly afterward the boys drove the car up and hustled away. The doctor was rightfully favery dlgnant and at first decided to prosecute the lads, but later decided not to do so this time. The offense is one, however, tnat should not be' repeated by these or other boys’ or young men, as the consequences might prove rather serious. Bubbling sanitary drinking fountains will be installed in the central school building along with the other plumbing improvements now under way, making this building one of the most comfortable and convenient in the district. This new system will do way with the highly unsanitary ttacup system, where germ after germ is passed along from tln-cup to mouth and from mouth to tin-cup again, a system which, contributing to the spread of disease, has been the bane of health' Improvement societies and the doctors’ great source of revenue. The school board has closed the contract with P. J. Hyland for the establishment of two fountains in the lower' hall and two in the upper hall, and these will be put in at once, as it is much more convenient to do so now, while the water system is being installed than it would be later. The fountains are made of porcelain, with porcelain bubbling pipe, as well as a basin made of this same material. No cups are used, the mouth of the drinker being applied to the bubbling pipe. The ever on-coming flow of water keeps the pipe and basin clean and wholesome, and all the clatter and noise, and the inconvenience, as well as the dirt and slopping from the use of cups is done away with. It is said also by those who have used this system that less water is used than by the ordinary faucet method, in which it is necessary to let the water run for some time before drinking in order to get a cool drink, and in which so much is wasted by the pupils in rinsing the cups. This fountain system has also been installed this year in the Bluffton and Montpelier schools and in many schools of the large cities and public buildings and parks, where they have been used they are spoken of in the highest terms. —___o MAT CRUM OUT ON BOND. Craigville Man May Not be Prosecuted For Forgery. Matt Crum, former Craigville man, who was returned here from Minneapolis to answer to the charge of forging the names of his brothers to notes, was released from the jail this afternoon under bond of >I,OOO, which was furnished by his two brothers and G. W. Burkett, the three signatures all being placed to the bond. It seems very likely that Crumm will not be prosecuted on the charge. He was specifically alleged to have forged a note of >75 and although there were others reported, no charges were filed on them. This note of >75 has been paid off to the Wells County bank, which was out on the forgery. Matt himself, had a certificate for >SO, which he applied, and his brothers paid the other >2s.—Bluffton News. w ' — A BIG YIELD OF OATS. B. F. Booker of Washington township, living on the old Arthur Fisher farm, four miles west and one mile south of this city, has threshed 1,700 bushels of oats from twenty-four acres which is the best report on yfeld yet made this year. /

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