Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1912 — Page 4

DA I L V I) EMUCR A T Pubhabed Every Evening. Except Bunday by TIE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER subscription Rate* Per Week, by carrier 1# cents ■°«r Year, by carrier. $5.00 ►er Month, by Shan. ..<25 cents Per year, by mail $2.50 'ingle Copies 2 cent# Advertising rates made known on tprliraticm. Ente'ed at the poeWfJtee in Decatur. Indiana, as geeond class rjul. One week irons today you will be readinc bow it was done and wonder ing why you couldn't have figured it out. % The ballots were printed today al this office and will be ready for the inspectors of the thirty-three precincts Saturday. Over ten thousand county ballots are necessary and five hundred are retained at the clerk's office for use in case of accident. The live nu-xcliant is an advertiser. If you want to find out where you will be the best treated, where you can buy the most goods for the least money, read the Daily Democrat. Our columns tell you eacu day. To the merchant we can only say that our list continues to grow, and if you want to reach the readers of Adams county and the people who trade at home, advertise in the Democrat Only five days and tne battle will be over. Every indication points to the almost unanimous election of Woodrow Wilson. In Indiana Sam Ralston will win by a large majority and the entire state ticket will be elected, unless the democrats neglect the duty of voting because of over-confidence. Every’ voter should take part in this election. It is important and you if you have registered and have the other legal qualifications, should cast a vote. Re a part of the government This is when you do your duty. Ex-Mayor Holtzman, who speaks here Saturday evening, is one of the best orators in the state. In a recent speech at Indianapolis he told his audience some startling facts about the ownership of the large newspapers and showed why the Star league i* supporting Mr. Roosevelt. He will make a speech in Decatur that will interest every voter who hears it. James Robinson, who will also address the voters here Saturday night, is one of the best campaigners in the country and it will oe an evening of politics. In his speech at the democratic club Tuesday night, Dore B. Erwin said: i "If the democrats, who have been fighting for fifty years Cor the principles in which they believe, do not win this year, they should realize that it does not mean a temporary defeat, but a defeat forever." And that's the truth. If with the republican party divided, they do not secure an absolute verdict in their favor this year, it will

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be because the democrats do not support their own ticket, and will prove their Inability to win. Hut we are going to win, and it will be Jhe moat conclusive victory eves known in this country. The people, irrespective of politics, have made«up their minds, 'and the ballots next Tuesday will 'prove that they have decided wisely. The report or the democratic national committee of its contributors was filed at Washington today. Henry Morgenthau, chairman of the finance committee, submitted a detailed report of the expenditures, along with the report of Treasurer Rolla Wells, showing the receipts and ffxpenditures. The report shows the amount of receipts received up to October 24th. The total number of contributors nt 53,303. The number of contributors—and this is the most remarkable point of the democratic list—shows 52.246 persons who have contributed under SIOO. There are 1,057 people who contributed SIOO and over. The amount received to October 24th is $678,364.73. Os this sum $28,825.36 was received as surplus of the Baltimore convention fund. The amount of contributions under SIOO is $236,456.02. The amount of contributions of SIOO and over $441,908*7. How different is this report than was that of Mr. Roosevelt, where four people gave practically all of his campaign fund. George Barnett’s name will appear on the ballots in Adam* county, as a bull moose candidate for county auditor, noth* ithstanding the fact that he does not want to belong to the progressive party, has so published the fact and made an attempt to have his name kept from the ticket, he was not a candidate for the honor, and when informed of the action of the convention said he wuulu not run However, he did not file his resignation as provided by law within three days after his nomination had been certified to the county clerk. Under the law the election commissioners could do nothing else but place nis name on the ballot. However, there was some opposition to this, and the commissioners/Tuesday evening called up the attorney general's office and were advised that the only thing to do was to place the name on the ticekt. Another point argued in favor of placing the name on the ticket was th—i his resignation was not substantiated by as affidavit and is therefor held noi to be legal record: At any rate ike name is on the ballot and here we find a man running for an office on a ticket which he himself cannot support It’s a queer business, but a • lot of funny things are happening in politics just now, among them being that Mr. Wilson is to be the unaniI mous choice of the states for the presidency.. George Barnett is a good fel(low and we hope he becomes disgusted enough with all the branches of the republican party that he votes the democratic ticket straight. The activities of Mr. Beveridge when a member of the United States senate, as inscribed in the congres-

sional record, makes iua.ru.flve read i ing, especially when they are com par- | ed with his del euse u presented orally to the people of Indiana. Mr. Beveridge entered the senate on March 4, ] 1899. The senate in those days was in the grip of the Aldrich ring the early , counterpart of the "Invisible govern I meat" we hear so much about today.! For years it had been Mr. Beveridge's ambition to become a senator. Onee a senator it was his ambition to be- I come one of the "inner circle" directed ! by Aldrich, of Rhode Island, and participated in by Hanna. Hale. Kean, Spoonea the two Platts, Ellison and 'Elkins. Mr. Beveridge entered the [distinguished body comparatively unknown, but with the power of a great state behind him, and be it said to tne credit of his ambition thaL after cultivating the. leaders mentioned, he succeeded in the brief space of two years in becoming a meiDbf of this I omnipotent "steering committee." Mr. Beveridge contributed to the congressional record many pages ot I debate, but it is not on record that ue ' ever, publicly or privately, renounced this unholy machine. Even after Senator LaFollette began his lone handed , struggle against the Aldrich oligarchy, Beveridge continued to associate and to train with the bosses. He has had much to say concerning his tariff record, but thoß who have studied political history know that not until the voice ot Indiana unmistakably demanded tariff reform. rei ealing his utter helplessness in seeking re-elec-tion if he did not heed it. did he make his sei: glorified break with his party ■ over the question of revision. And even then tie congressional record has some interesting things to show. During the consideration of the tariff bill there vtere 11* roil calls on proposal amendments, and on thirty-eight o: these iteveridge dodged.—lndianapolis News. , POLITICAL. CALENDAR. ’ Wednesday. Oct 30—St. Johns Root township, D. E Smith and Fred Fruchte. Wednesday, Oct. .10 —fiartfo.d ’ township. School No ?, C. J. Lutz and R. C. Parrish. Wednesday Oct '.O—Preble. Ind.. ; John Morar and D. D Coffee. Thursday, Oct. 31—Honduras. Jonn Moran and John Tyndall. Oct 31—Geneva, R. K. Erwin, nominee for Judge of Supreme Court. Alov. 2—Decatur. En-Mayor John W. Holtzman, of mdianapolm: Hon. James Robinson, Fort Wayne Thursday, Ot 31—Kobr Schoo! House I’nfcn township. Hon. D. E. 1 Smith and David J. Schwartz. 1 Death Is The Result — j i > i*> - t*ouec r »w. P tee, t1 < fected with short periods of aberra- < tion. It Is not thought his condition , is caused from the injuries received i Gerhart Hessler was the son of Ger- t hart and Elizabeth Hessler, who emi- < grated here from Hanover, Germany. ; in 1841. working on the Ohio canal ( two years and settling in this county t on the farm now owned by Gerhart ; and his brother, John, in 1852. He s was married to Elizabeth Smith in < 1851 and six children, were born to ; the union. 1 | Mr. Hessler was born May 16, 1856, ; and was never married. Being a fanner all his life, in which vocation he was extremely successful, he accumn- ; lated a large and modem farm of 186 < acres including part of the old homestead. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church in this city. ] He has one brother and two sisters . living, John Hessler, who received sei rious injuries in the accident, and who ' .lives on the same farm; Mrs. D. D. ; , Coffee, who lives in this city and Mrs. < . Bernard Meyers, who lives . south ol 1 i town a few miles. Two brothers, 1 I Frank and August, are dead. He also i I has two half-brothers, Joe and Henry Smith, both of whom are dead. I The funeral will be held from the 1 i St. Mary's Catholic church Saturday morning at 9:30, standard time, the I | burial being in the St. Joseph cemei tery, west of this city. Father Wilken 1 will officiate at requittem high mass, j i - r„ —, 1 BIRTH OF TWINS. |1 ■ — «— I Twins—a girl and a boy—were born i i Tuesday night to Mr. and Mrs. John Ballard, residing on the S. Pillars, 1 farm. Mrs. Ballard was Miss Lizzie Kurt before marriage. BAND NOTICE. —- r All members of the band be at the Iband hall at four o’clock Thursday aft-1 emoon to go to Geneva to take part in the demonstration. Be there prompt.

DUIM.S IN SOCIETY Historical Club Gives Farewell Social for Mrs. M. Bums. THE NEW OFFICERS; Elected by W. C. T. U.—A Farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Bachelor Maids -Mrs Fred Schaub. St Vincentxde Paul-Mrs Henry Meyers. Shakespeare—Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. Thursday. Baptist Brotherhood —James Coverdale. j Euterpean—Ruby Mi, Iler. Y F S. C E U. Social—Chester Imler Home. I lx»fil Daughters Mrs. Rebecca Eady. | ME. Missionary—Mrs. J. D. Bolinger Preebyterian Aid 'lre J. C. Sutton. Baptist Aid—Mrs T. L. Jones. •Friday. Thimble—Jfiss Mari* Patterson. I. B. H. E. club- Irene Evans Alba Theta—Effie Miller. Needlecraft—Jessie Magley. Marriage is like a flaring candAe. Placed fa the window on a summer s eve, i Inviting all the insects of the air. To come and Singe their pretty winglets there. Those that are out butt heads against the pane. Those that are in butt to get out again. —Holland. The Women s Christian Temperance Union held a splendid meeting with "the vice president. Mrs. John Rex. Tuesday afternoon, the hostess being! leader of the program given. The annual election of officers took place at this time and resulted as follows: President, Mrs. John Niblick: vice president, Mrs Mary Eley-, secretary, Mrs. John Hill; treasurer. Mrs. Henry Krick; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Dr. Trout. The will meet every two weeks henceforth —on the second and last Tuesda's in each month Mrs. A. M. Anker wHI give a »ewi..g party Thursday afternoon Alfred Meyers and sister. Miss Mary, Bving Just across the state line enter-. tained delightfully Sunday, October 1 27th. in Honor of Mrs. James Bash o r Nebraska Those present to do aniple justice to the sumptuous spread were: Mr. and Mrs. Kan Myers and son. I George; Mr. and Mrs. John Myers and daughter, Goldie, of Wren; Mrs Os, car Myers of Belle Center, Ohio; Mr and Mrs. Floyd Myers of Decatur; , Win Myers, wife and family of near; Wren; Mrs. Daniel Jackson and j daughter. Arcola; Miss Maria Koos, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Myers of Belle Center and Frank Myers of near Wren, and Mrs. James Nash of Re-, publican City, Neb. The day w .is, spent in recalling incidents of ty-gose < days and ended all too soon. It will j always be a pearl in memory's cas- • ket" to those who were so fortunaie as to be present. ’ • Miss Irene Evans will entertain the girls of the 1. B. H. E. club Friday evening. Miss Marie Patterson w ill be hostess Friday afternoon to the Thimble elu'o. The Poinsettia club had a good time Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Margaret Gallogly Pedro was the principal amusement, and prizes were won by the Misses Ode Fullenkamp and Frances Coffee. Tempting refreshments completed the entertainment. The Dorcas club met in their regular session Tuesday with Mrs. Gs B. Wilcox at her home on North Second street. At noon a sumptuous dinner was served by the ladies to their husbands. and in the evening a 6 o’clock dinner was enjoyed by the club and their guests in the dining room HaiJaweeo decorations abounded and covers were laid for twenty. Music . and good cheer abounded until late in I the evening when the club adjoun«d - to meet in their next session with Mrs. Earl Robinson. The Yeomen will give a children's testivai Thursday evening from 7 to 8 Nit the hall. Everybody is invited to come and share the pleasures with : them. The entertainment will be free. The affair will be a masquerade and a first prize will be given to the best masked lady, while the best masked

[man will be given a booby prize A prize will also be given to the child [giviag the best recitation. The foli lowing program has been arranged Song--America --By the Order Prayer- Chaplain. Mre. Brown. Solo--Mollie Daniels; piano accom | paninient, Mamie David. Recitation —Naomi Cramer. Recitation- Corrine Walters. Duet—Ada Stevens and Ruth Patter- 1 son. Instrumental Solo—Miss Eva Peo-1 pies. Recitation Richard Ymtsy Flag Drill- -Twenty-four Children Duet—Erma Hauk and Crystal Kern | Recitation—Glen Lake. Recitation- Marie Smith, Solo— Mary Brown. Recitation—Don Brown. Instrumental Solo —Alma Brown I Talk by Brother Brown or Brother , Carter. Pantomime —“Nearer, My God, to Thee"—Ada Stevens, Imo Sowle, Mrs. Ed Johnson The Mt. Pb-asant Epworth League, will give a masquerade social Friday evening. November first on the church lawn. A bon fire will be built and there will be a marshmallow toast and refreshments of weinerwurst and other eatables will be provided. At eight o'clock there will be a grand march of the masqueraders and a prige will be given for the best masked Everybody is invited. The Historical ciub departed from its usual regular study into the social path Tuesday evening at the home cf Mrs P. B. Thomas in farewell to Mrs. IM. Burns, who has long been identi- ! fied with this duh. and who leaves • next Tuesday noon, with her husband 1 for their future home in California. Instead of the usual imper, a series of I questions and answers had been prepared in advance and these were given under the direction of Mrs Cong'eton They covered a wide field and proved very entertaining as well as instructive. The dub also swerv.-d from its regular course and provided refreshments for the occasion. Mrs. ■ j Burns was presented with a fine garnet pin. as a token of love from her associates, who regret very much that she is going, but whose love and good ’’ will will follow her to her new home Bowls of red salvia were used in decorating the Thomas home. JJr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson, who will leave next week for the south where they will spend the winter, were given a farewell surprise by forty ot the Ben Hurs, with which lodge they are identified. A general good time was in order, and refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. Mrs. Johnson was given a gift—a book of the story Os "Ben Hur.” The Johnsons go south for the benefit of Mr. Johnson's health. They will pack their goods here and lease their residence on First street. ■> I The missionary program to be rendered by the Baptist ladies Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of , Rev. and Mrs. T L. Jones is as iol lows: Opening hymn; prayer; hymn; reading of paper on "Chinese Religions, " Mrs. L. C. Miller; reading. "Southern Baptist Mission in Canton," Mrs. Myrtle Brown; vocal solo, Mrs. IC. E Bell; reading, “Two Weeks in the Chusan Islands. Mrs. H. N. Shroll; vocal duet, Mrs. John Everett, Mrs Cal Peterson; "Story of Saya Ba Teh," .Mrs. '»Vm. Wmnes; reading. [ “The Fukufn Mani," Mrs 8. E. Hl'e: hymn; benediction. ’ 1 The Sine Cura club opened its season auspiciously with a Hallowe'en party Tuesdaj- evening by Miss Marie Kintz. Pumpkin faces, black cats, witches and other eerie things, supposed to go with Hallowe’en season were u*ed tn decorating the home. In a progressive peanut contest. Miss Agnes Meibers won the prize. Miss Agnes Kohne won the prize in a magazine and guessing contest Anotlw-r Interesting contest was that of biting a swinging apple and Mrs. Carl Beatty proved most successful in that. The hostess was agisted by her sister, Mrs. J. Q. Neptune, in serving a twocourse lunch. Pumpkin and black cat lanterns were given as favors. Tb<club comprises the following: Mrs. Carl Beatty and the Misses Agnes Meibers. Agnes Kohne. Naomi Niblick, Esther Corbett. Frances Cole, Edith Butler, Irene Smith, Genevieve Bremerkamp and Marie Kintz. I The Tri-Kappa sorority continued a very interesting study of the various political parties, meeting Tuesday evening with Miss Frances Dugan. The I evening was lengthened into social enjoyment, with music and refreshment . contributing to the pleasure. At the Shakespeare club -meeting this afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Tyn dall, Mrs. C. A. Dugan gave a report of the federated clubs’ convention held in Fort Waynq last week. The Ruth Circle of the Christian . church has railed off its social for Halloween

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