Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1911 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT. »’ ■▼■KTTBDBBDAY NORKINS BY j ' ufW O. ELLINGHAM, Publleher. |' 11.00 k>«R YEAH IN ADVANCE. 1 t Entered at the poatoffice at Decatur, j 1 ad, as tucund class mail matter, i i -JIS I —II I !■! 11l 1 OFFICIAL FAFER OF ADAME CO. FIRST l ANNOUNCEMENT The Kokomo Dispatch sounds the t first ]>olitical keynote by the follow- I ing: 1 "The Dispatch authoritatively ani nounces the candidacy of the Hon. Samuel Moffet Ralston of Lebanon for , the democratic gubernatorial nomina- < tion by the forthcoming party state ( convention. ( "Behind this movement stands the i democracy of the Ninth congressional , district in solid phalanx—hopeful, aggressive, determined, militant; and * from every section of Indiana come as- ( surances of support that presage his triumphant nomination. " ‘Sam Ralston has long been a state-wide and potent force in party . politics. He is admittedly in the first f division of democratic leaders in Indi- . ana, and as a stumper and thinker has « probably no superior and but few ( equals. . ( “The campaign of 1912 will be hardfought and arduous —not only in the Hoosier state, but all over the nation. t We shall require our heaviest ord- , nance and our most valient fighters. ( It will be emphatically a speaking t campaign—a campaign of argument , and appeal to the judgment of voters. , The man who shall lead the democrat- j it* hosts of Indiana to victory must s be a warrior who can tight, an orator s who can present the issues forcibly, . and a leader who can point the way £ to success. t " ‘Sam’ Ralston is known to the de- . mocracy of Indiana in every point of j the compass. He needs no introduc- t tion to the voters of the state, for he f has been fighting the battles of his „ party for twenty-five years. He comes from the loins of the common people d and is truly a self-made man. lie was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, December 1, 1857. As a farmer boy he r attended the district school and was f graduated from the Danville Normal ( college. He taught school and finally ( read law with Robinson & Fowler at f Spencer, Indiana. In 1866 he located f for the practice of his profession in . where he has since continu- . ously resided. He has a wife and three children and is a member of the Presbyterian church. He is a Mason and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. "Though he has never held office he has twice been the party’s candi- g date. In 1896 he was the democratic nominee for secretary of state and was renominated in 1898. In the last s state convention he was a candidate r for governor, but withdrew before the I nomination was made. For a quarter * of a century he has been in the fore- . front of all the party's engagements with the common enemy. Few men have campaigned the state more frequently, or more thoroughly, or more 8 effectively than Sam' Ralston. There « may be older party soldiers, but sure- I )y no better party Soldiers, in ths 1 length and breadth of Indiana. 1 "There will doubtless be compel i- < tors of Mr. Ralston for the democratic t nomination for governor, but in our ■ opinion no one is his equal as a speak- I er or stronger or safer in intellectual < grasp. Indeed he appears to ns to be ' in a class to himself, and we feel that i he is the party’s logical candidate for state leader in the greatly important campaign of 1912. "In his nomination there will be the sign and token and merit of success at the polls—hence for governor, big, brainy Sam’ Ralston!" DECATUR MARKETS It is with pride that we call attention to the tact that the grain men and merchants of this city are this year paying more for grain and produce than any of the towns or cities in this locality. We have always contended that it could be done and are more than glad of the privilege to an (

nounce that it is now being done. A well known lady of this city, who owns a number of farms and markets her products at four different places over the state, has informed us that Decatur is paying one cent more for oats than any of the others. The price at Converse, Ind., is thirty-five cents, at Winchester and Peru, thirty-six, while here It is thirty-seven. Investigation as to prices paid at Marlon, Wabash, Monroeville and various other places shows that our market Is the best, and this does not mean on oats alone, but on other products as well. No one thing helps a city more than good markets, and tvhaiet er ihe cause may be, it is welcome. The fact that we are paying more for grain and produce is not the result of any fight, but apparently simply a desire to pay the top price. It has been true all season and will continue so. Farmers should get the price from Decatur elevators and merchants before hauling their goods elsewhere, for it will pay them to come here, the best town in the state, where you get more for your stuff, and where your dollar buys more than anywhere else. With the packing house open, furnishing a market for stock, with the best horse market in the world here, and now with the elevators paying the very top-notch, this town should look good to every farmer. TRADE IN DECATUR. It took the center of population thirty years to get across Ohio; and its rate of progression is now even slower. In twenty years it has moved only forty-five miles. We take this as a piomising sign that it has finally made up its mind to settle down in Indiana and stay there forever. We sincerely hope so. Indiana is a good state. Political conditions are better than in Ohio, and there is a great deal more literary atmosphere. Sanitaria, which are said to be excellent for the aged and obese, are near at hand. We are decidedly of opinion that a center of population, which is now one hundred and twenty years of age, and was born in Baltimore, might go farther and fare worse. Moreover a locomotory center of population is a bad thing for any country. It breeds jealousy, boasting, sectional prejudice, real estate speculation and other ills. It keeps people in the foolish way of comparing their own size with their neighbors' size, and if the really important thing for a town or state were to beat some other town or state in population. We should like to have it definitely settled not only that the east will continue very' populo“s and will steadily increase in population, but that the more populous and prosperous it is the better for the west, the north, and the south; also that the west, the north, the south will grow, and the more each of them grows—especially in genuine prosperity—the better for the others. Indeed we should be perfectly willing to assure migratody old Center of Poulation s permanent residence in Indiana by burying him there.—Saturday Evening Post. One Colonel Liller is said to be organizing Indiana democrats for Governor Wilson. Who this Colonel Liller is, where he comes from and how -e acquired his military title, are all matters of mystery. Vague and uncertain rumors is that he has his habitat in the corrupt and contented commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that he conferred upon himself the military distinction for gallant and meritorious conduct in working the Spanish-Amer-ican veterans after the close of that bloodless conflict. This, however, is purely speculative. A better and more illuminating theory is that the colonel is like unto the winds of heaven, in that no man knoweth from whence he cometh and whither he goeth. But it is no speculation to say that whoever he is and whatever he is, the colonel is on full pay. He is no orchid. He subsists on something heavier than air. in his hypical self there is nothing in the colonel’s make-up to suggest the etheral; there is much to suggest that he is of the earth, earthy. Hence the irresistable conclusion. Nor is the colonel’s physical perfection out of keeping with his mental accomplishment. A man who can successfully pull off a great mass meeting, at-

. tended by three people, elect officers ; and adopt resolutions, presented and • signed by men who were not present ■ and who promptly repudiated them, such a man bears the unmistakable i mark of greatness The colonel may be and doubtless is a political soldier pf fortune, but he is undeniably a ! peach, somewhat over-ripe, perhaps, i but still a peach.—Columbia City Post. Decatur is located just right to beI come one of the best trading centers and one of the best towns in which to , live, in all the world. We have a de- [ lightful climate, everything considered . with as many perfect days as any , place on God’s footstool. We are surrounded by land almost unequalled. Our crops never fail. Now the ques- , tion is, how can we better our conditions? We believe that the proper way to do this is to encourage such industries that will aid the farmer. Every time we raise the price of his land we make Decatur a better town. Among the things that would do this would be a milk condensing plant, which is now being talked of, a sugar beet factory would aid, and there are other things, for instance a free teed yard, a ladies' waiting room, a place of welcome to the farmer. From twenty to thirty thousand people reside within a radius of twenty miles about Decatur, if we increase the number who trade here, we certainly help every man, woman and child in the i county. We sincerely believe that this will work out and thet in the years to come, Decatur will be the best place on earth in which to live. As is known, we have a great marekt now, let’s keep making it better. Such a growth will be a conservative, safe, and sure one, not a boom, but much better. We have more macadam roads than any county our size in the United States. We have all the modern improvements atyj have them about paid for. The time is here when we will begin to reap a benefit therefrom. Do your part. Boost a good thing. He did it. As predicted, President Taft vetoed the wool bill about as soon as he could get to it. In his message he gives six or seven reasons for his act, but only one was necessary—- " The platform on which I was elected binds me to promise of securing and maintaining protective tariff.” Then why all this talk about the commission, the tariff board and-all other rot? Protection means the taking care of the big interests, who own all the mills that would be affected by a tariff reduction on wool. We don't believe the president himself is in accord with such an act, but that he agreed to deliver the goods and has no way out. The people will no doubt congratulate him for keeping his promise, but will certainly condemn him for making such a one. Protection of the infant industry may have been a good argument a third of a century ago. We never thought so and don't now, for it has been the upbuilder of the great trusts and combinations, but be that as it may, the man who contends that “infant industries’' need protection now must either be "influenced” or forget the fact that these infants have grown to be about the largest adults on the face of the earth. X'o one can deny the value of the able party leaders who have come rapidly to the front in the various democratic state administrations throughout the country. The party 1 has now a brilliant array of presidential possibilities, more seasoned and substantial timber than it has been ’ be good fortune of any party to have available lor so important a contest I in many years. Democracy has been * building up both men and issues. Giv--5 en the opportunity its representatives t have quickly demonstrated their fitr i.ess for high executive and legislative I office, so that the party approaches e the presidential year rich in candii dates of splendid attainments. We do i- not take away from these state ,- achievements, however, when we say the party’s greatest boom of the pres- '- ent is written in the congressional recr ord. Democracy, in state and nation t together, formled an indestructible i- document, a record of splendid accoms- plishment, which inevitably will bet- come the slogan of the next cam-

paign—The Laporte Argus Bulletin- « The wool bill has passed and now < goes to the president, whose veto, it i is said, has been ready for some days. r The bill passed the senate by a vote o. i thirty-eight to twenty-eight, all of the ( progressive republicans excepting two ( voting with the democrats. As It places a flat advalorem duty of twenty-nine cents on all raw wool and t proportionate rates on woolen manu- . factures. The bill la the most merited I ious that has passed the senate for 1 years, but notwithstanding this fact the president prepared his veto with out even waiting to read it. The time ■ to do a thing is when it can be done I and the people will never forgive Mr. Taft if he, because of his power to do so, defeats this opportunity so long anticipated to reduce the wool schedule. His excuse that the report of the tariff board should be first heard is a flimsy one. The entire country, excepting those interested, have reported long ago unanimously in favor of a reduction and it’s up to the president. Here are some of the important things the democratic house has done at the special session of congress: A complete reformation of the house rules; passed the Canadian reciproci-' trade agreement; a bill requiring publicity of campaign funds before elections; a resolution providing sot the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people; a resolution authorizing the admission of Arizon i and New Mexico to the union; the farmers' free list bill; a wool bill that reduces the average ad valorem duty on manufactured woolens from 90 per cent to 42H per cent; preparing a bill that will make a very decided reduc tion in cotton goods.—Tipton Daily Times. Once in a while you hear it said that tariff tinkering is the cause of tariff depression. Why? If the tariff is wrong, if the people are being robbed to satisfy corporate greed, must that greed be led and the people suffer? Dare not there be any relief planned? Are we as a nation thus under the heels of these corporations? If all this is true what is the cause of trouble from tariff legislation? Is it those who now seek to aid the people, or is it those who for years have passed the tariff legislation which has matured and fattened the trust and corporations?—The Hammond News. The county fair is the annual gath- ■ ering of people from all over the coun- . ty, the regular home-coming of al! the boys and girls, the time for a visit from the cousins and uncles and aunts. It’s a good time to talk over plans, to meet those whom you love, to see old friends, to compare notes in a business way, to see the latest improvements in machinery, to learn the best breed of "hogs,” and the best seed potatoes. It’s a general school and a pleasant holiday combined. The Great Northern is the best of all. Let's boost it. State Chairman Lee is conducting a canvass asking for his re-election as chairman of the state republican committee. Personally, there is little objection to Mr. Lee, but if he is really declaring, as alleged, that ex-Govern-'Or Durbin and other old-line republicans "committed an unpardonable sin’’ last year by clinging to their ancient ideals of the republican party instead of swallowing the Beveridge insurgent doctrines, he will make a sorry figure as a harmonizer. —Huntington Titnes l Rep.) A Washington dispatch says Presii dent Taft has bought a new saddle 1 . horse and has named it "Reciprocity." j The horse is the largest that could be - found in West Virginia, standing six- > teen hands high. Now the president 1 s can feel that he is not riding his "per- - sonal hobby" that has come so near > breaking his neck, because the J naughty standpatters persisted in puli' ting sand burrs under his tail, if It i- does bear the same name.—Warsaw ■- Daily Union. i ■ - e ®)The president will make a recordi- breaking trip this fall, covering more miles than ever did the “strenuous i- one." He will make some speeches

~ d w m be assisted by members of t the cabinet, who will join him at vari-, out points along the route. The press-. < dent la allowed enough m<m * y | » ma ke these campaign trips. Nice, S isn't it? If the chief executive can 1 explain all the doubtful Issues, he will • Indeed prove his worth. * Food inspector John T. Willett of j the state board of Inspection la here 1 and apparently here for real business , He has talked mighty plain English ’ to some of the merchants who have violated the food laws, and they know ] by this time that the laws must be , complied with. A few affidavits have been tiled and suggestions given that i will make the storekeeper more careful in the future. Only the enforcement of the law will make it of value to the people. The extraordinary session of congress is about to adjourn. They should have done so a month ago. The session seems to have been called that the president might work through his pet measure, the reciprocity bill, and this done, he took his "things" and went home—that is to saj he proceeded to frustrate any other legislation without giving any heed to how good or how necessary it was. The president Saturday signed the campaign publicity bill which was passed by congress some time ago. This is one of the many bills passed by the democrats and it is one of the very few approved by Taft. It limits the amount a senator can spend -o SIO,OOO, and a representative to |5. 000. It is one of the good results oi the Lorimer investigation and is a step in the right direction. —Columbia City Post. The farmers of this section are invited to compare the markets of Decatur with those of any other town or city within r. radius of a hundred miles. We hive them beaten on about every line and you are cutting off your ow n nose if you don t take advantage of this chance to get more for your goods than anywhere else. Bring your grain and produce to Decatur. A progressive farmer insists that a milk condenser located here would double the price of farm lands, create much labor the year around and give to the farmers of this section many thousands of dollars. Let's have one. WIND TOO STRONG. i Bell Island, Aug. 22 —(Special to Dai.y Democrat) —A strong wind prevented Aviator Atwood from making an early start for Albany today. He annouuced he would wait until the wind dies down, which will probably not Le before night. .Atwood is confident that he will reach New York tomorrow. o-— LITTLE DAUGHTER IS DEAD. Mary, little daughter of Mr. D. F. Suman. who had been sick for several days, died at the home north of the city Monday and in the evening the remains were taken to Portland where Interment took place privately at the Antioch cemetery, where Mrs. Suman and other members of the family are interred. o .. . CHAPEL PICNIC. Beulah Chapel will hold their picnic in the Steele grove naat that place next Saturday, the 26th. Everybody is invited to come and hear the various good speakers and the excellent program that has been prepared for the day. -——— ■ - - CONCORD PICNIC. Many are making preparations for the Concord picnic to be held tomorI row In the Clark grove just east of the interurban station at Monmouth, and one of the largest crowds present at a picnic is looked for. Twentyfive schools have been invited and with but very few exceptions all have responded with their intention to be on hand for the day. The Decatur ■ band has been selected to furnish music for the day and this evening the members of the band will put on the | finishing touches, when they will pracI tice for the day of pleasure. Nothine will be lacking to make the day a hap py one and all amusements of the pic . nic style will be provided for the day 5 Everybody is invited to attend and il i you are looking lor a day to forgei your troubles join the party and enjoj yourself with the others who are goin?

to attend. All are Mary Irene Hemietta, so daughter of Mr au<! M ra A ' k ' Wr *i K moller. passed awav t( . n ® 9 o'clock Tuesday .„ ' H lly home on First st, st '' ■ en sick on Wednesd.,;. ® Vith cholera infantum and tl ■ sions and from the first da» illness It was seen to be O s a nature. Although >.• Intense she was <onand never uttered a was patient thro, • , Tfc , / infantum was thou, in t 0 lia> *■ checked and she appeaiej ■ last Friday ami s.,- ni(ir „ then being extend,',; |, y ti; „ ■ parents. Saturday vht sh,. restless night and . t. Sunday was serjous, the f'ui.d i|] nes< ' bth J| other complications ■ Shewaa the second •: three, the pride of the lu . , nii are heart broken <,.. , >heirl,> b day and this moir i.. up t 0 ~ M of her death the end was |"S| and expected when it came. leaves besides the , , mwjns two sisters. Mary Lmisa and RutiH Mary. K The funeral sent. will be held A 8 o'clock Friday m, ~: . o fromthes.® Mary's church, with 'erment at n,® St. Joseph’s cemetery ■ laaac Peters, aged about fifty. u I employee at the city water «orj|B plant, was seriously injured 'hg| morning when his ladder slipped he descended from ;he top of boilers where tie had been norkiitß He fell a distance of eight or ten let® and alighted on hi- head and shod® ders. The first e\ • ■nation »® Dr. .1. \V. McKinnev showed‘hat had received a terriHe cut back the left ear, that his left .-i.o;:lie® was dislocated, and that he IK® shoulder bone was broken in n® places. He vomited Hood tor a tin® and there is some fear of internal*® juries, although it is probable'hail® swallowed the blood durinz wa® nose bleed from «!> ,:. lie .-s:!t® ing when picked up. ■ Peters was alon, «..® happened, as he v. as working or® the north end of the boilers, :r® from the fire pits. H's moan-at-i® ed the attention tlie firemen rr® soon after he fell ami they pokedlr® up and applied first aid. He mis® conscious for a time and had nut inlir® roused from his dazed condition t® half past twelve ■ The shoulder will probably be |*® manently deformed more or less. ■ Peters was removed to his i.omee® West Cherry street. He is a metal® of the Odd Fellows lodge and tli® order is caring for him A nurse*® be engaged for a time at least. ■ Mrs. Erman Mentzer, a daughter® Mr. Peters, who has been ill severe® days herself, was oveieoine ■ when she heard of her tathe, s an® dent, and she fainted Bluff'' n Nr’® Mr. Peters is well known n th® city, and for many years lie gineer at the Krick-Tyndall ti,e r' Bt ® His many friends hen "ill be sen?® hear of his unfortunate ac<ii!<nt. E | is the father of R E I’et. :s. thf I® burn newspaper man ■ “HUMAN HEARTS." I Good plays, like wine, improve’® age. This is certainly true of J® marvelously successful meiodan'B "Human Hearts," which special. To insure a good s ■ The company to be seen in the P this season comprises all of last y ® favorites, and whereever a pa a be impre ed upon, the chanft ■ been made, and it is promise ■ never before vas this ' made, and it is promised | before has this beautiful play | well presented. "Human Heartsi ■ a pure, wholesome lesson t a the heart-strings in the J J scenes and excites the li ®‘‘ 1 the humorous ones. 1 119 p j( l ’ comedy are so well b lended J ' audience is in tears one mon>« ■ ’ convulsed with laughfe. " ie t jnf v| scenic equipment will be : ' e ‘ ia | .ry deull. .« I. I- M agement has done everyth'"- ■ to insure a first-class P/ f 0 l J r Bosse opera house Monda.. | • 28th. | MISSION FESTIV E >g o]‘ Next Sunday the St. I 1 ling church, will obsene e mission festival in the (bf (IJ( | e grove and arrangements leie s| r of pleasure are fast " ell \ S being iU ; '| t- and many are anticipatn’b he)dilll l| e tendance. Services "■ e morning and aftenltX ’ l .' 1 he tbetff’j :• from Schumm, Ohio, » 1 jn :?'| «er at the 10 o’clo< k s . PI ' b aDß sol f ''| J-. afternoon the Rev. a(il |;es«*| >, Wayne will be present i Rf(re! ,| f■ many that wilt be 1 1 , a))( | S I if. ments will be had a tur « amusements will also r| iy the pleasure of atl I g invited. ■