Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1907 — Page 2

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THE Daily Democrat. Fafellnhed Every Evening, Except Sun day by LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Subscription Rates. BMr w««k, by carrier 10 cents Far year, by carrier $5.00 Fw month, by mall 25 cents' F'*r ys*r, by mail $2.50 copies 2 cents ( «vrtislug rates made known on ■»«M>teetton Watered at the postoffice in Decatur, i ’*-«‘ana, as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER, Manager.

THE WORK OF CONGRESS. The session just closed ends the career of the most extravagant con • gress the country has ever seen. This congress, which c ime into ex. ’ istencn March 4, 1905, and has just expired by two years limitation, has ■ spent more of the peoples money than I any of its predecessors—enormously more. What has it done to compen.; sate the country for the waste of its ' revenues? Two or three things are j pointed out byway of defense. One I

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of these is the railroad rate law. An. other is the pure food law. As for the railroad rate law it has proved to be a delusion to ah but the railroads. They have vastly prospered and pro. flted under it. The pure food and inspection laws are on trial. Under the deft manipulation of both house and senate the sacred tariff has been untouched. subsidy grafts have made headway, appropriations have grown ' so big hat they stagger the imagina. ' tion, salaries of congressmen and cab- , inet officers have been increased fifty i per cent, no reform bills have been i enacted and adjournment comes in the end as a real relief. Henry U. Johnson, former congressman from Richmond, who was elected as a Republican but an ardent Democrat for the past twelve years, it is i said, has been tendered an SB,OOO Indian agency job by President Roosevelt through William Dudley Foulke, the civil service reformer. Many of the Indiana congressmen are sure on the proposition but they can’t change the president's mind. Foulke is one of the reformers and "Teddy" is pret- i ty strong on that class of boys. How.' ever, the"re are many Republicans in :

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Indiana*—and Democrats, too, for that matter, who consider Foulke a fake so far as politics is concerned. Johnson is in thorough disrepute politically in all parties in Indiana. If the president was looking for a crank, he surely landed on the right man for the big job. There is such a thing as working this reform business until it goes to seed and in the present case it 'looks quite a little ‘‘seedy.’’— Columbia City Mail. (Rep.) Look here, young man. You say you want to get ahead? If that be your ambition, make up your mind to go ahead. Don't always looks fox" the beaten path. Plunge into the untrodden fields. Fortune and fame awaits you there. Great men became great because they left the common road. Columbus, Galileo, Newton and Morse did not follow the mob. They mastered what the mob knew and then went on and on. The trails they blazed are beaten paths now. You must make other trails. There are plenty of sheep to fill the old paths. If you want to become genuinely in demand, Vou must prove yourself the superior of the common rim of fellows. Super, ior ability is very much in demand. More so is trustworthiness. Reliability is a very valuable recommendation. —South Bend Times. Senator Tyndall of Adams and Allen, has not made many speeches this session but he was loaded up on the ditch question and his fiery elo. qunce won him a victory yesterday when he knocked out the Parks ditch bill and had his own substituted for it.—Blodgett in Indianapolis News. DEATH MAKING GREAT INROADS Ranks of Grand Army in Indiana are Diminishing.

The report of the Indiana department, Grand Army of the Republic, for the six months ending Dec. 31, 1906, which has just been completed and forwarded to Commander in Chief Robert Brown at Zanesville, 0., shows that death made more inroads | in the ranks of the veterans during | that period than during the six month ending June 30. During the last six months of the year 269 Grand Army men died throughout the state. This is an increase of thirty-nine over the previous six months. The report shows that one new post was organ, ized during the six months. This was at Bunker Hill. During the period 392 new members were added, which maks a total of 14,804 members in the state at the present time. Forty-three members were honorably discharged, forty-nine were transferred to posts in other states and 428 were suspended. Seven posts surrendered their charters. W ith the one new post gained, this leaves a net loss of six posts and 789 members. Taking the number of members gained 'rom the number lost the net loss for the six months was in the neighborhood of 100 members. The figures show that there are 385 posts wi’h 14,015 members yet in good standing. According to the report the i.resent total value of the property owned by the G. A. K in Indiana is $11,618.41. *'

RIPPED THEM UF THE BACK Evangelist Goes After Warren Church Members. Dowm at Warren a big revival is in progress at the Christian church and the evangelist in charge is dealing out some pretty hot stuff to the members of the church. Turning pastor at one point in his discourse, the other evening, the evangelist asked the Rev. Etter if he would accompany him on a visit to the homes of the church members and destroy all the cards that might be found and empty flasks which might be stored in the cellars. The pastor, however, did not reply and the evangelist resumed his speaking and

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continued to flay church members on other alleged evils. The suggestion from the evangelist that members of the congregation were playing cards and that liquor ■was stored in the cellars caused a senation that is creating no end of comment. The evangelist took church members to task for going to Bluffton and Marion to attend the theatres. He said that many of the shows were vulgar. Evangelist Conn urged all to join in the singing. He asked all who could not sing to whistle. He said that many who attend church do not have the spirit and that they have “long faces" and act like they are attending a funeral.

CHARLES MELCHI WAS KILLED On Pennsylvania Railroad. —Had Rel- ’ atives Here. A horrible accident occurred near Forest, Monday morning when Chas. Melchi, a Pennsylvania section foreman ,was killed by the fast mail, No. 18, on the Pennsylvania road. He met instant death, his body being ground to pieces. Mr. Melchi was working on the track with his men and stepped put of the way of a freight train on the north track, to be instantly struck down by the train on the south track. The train was delayed some time by the accident. The remain were gathered up and were taken to Forest, where they were prepared was burial. The unfortunate man was forty years old and was a son of Mrs. A. Alspach, of Washington township, Van Wert county. Aside from his mother and wife, deceased leaves many friends in this vicinity and at Forest, The remains were taken to Middle Point today and will be interred in that town tomorrow. —Delphos Herald. Mr. Melchi had a number of relatives and friends in this city and county. o —- Card of Thanks. We desire to thank our friends neighbors and the Woman’s Relief Corps and Pocahontas lodge who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our daughter, Bertha. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. HOWER. Democrat “Want Ads” pay.

To the man up a tree it looks like a toss-up. You want the best suit or overcoat you can get for the mcney. You read the clothier’s announcements and everyone has “the best made,best fit and best everything.” Some of them must be guessing at it,you say; and you give it up as a hopeless job 1 or drop in some place by accident and afterwards wish you hadn’t. Why not use the same judgment in buying a suit that yon would in buying anything else. The trouble with too many clothes is that they are put in shape with the flatiron. These clothes can never hold their shape. If you want clothes that will hold their shape you

SOCIETY IS DULL (Continued from Page 1.) ment. Their first anniversary should be fittingly celebrated and the meeting tomorrow evening should be attended by every patriot who wants to see Decatur grow in the saving grace of cleanliness oTry a Democrat “Want Ad.” Democrat “Want Ads" pay.

Almost Entirely New Ils acres on interurban 3 miles from city, will exchange far city property. Farm is well improved. 30 acres, 2 mi. from city will trade for citv property 96 acres 3 mi'e< of rity 55500 60 acres 4 miles South East of city good buildings S3IOO 00 . acres j mih do west Craigvijle gocd soil well improved price ruht to !lns 40 Acres iu Root 1 O a Ds hi P s•> 00 acre,gcSFbuJdingß° fCity im P roved and ditched 180 00 per 60 Acres tract 2 miles of < itv good improvements, prices right hltUJv? 8 We l improved all tiled and cleared good building j biack soil near St. Paul Church St. Marys Tp. Pine uV We unproved in Roct Tp. near Preble proved " aCreS traCt ’ n Kirkland Tp.sßs.Copefacrewellim--2Z^l C, i^ Ver - V^‘ improv(ments in Kirkland Tp. acre pr ° Ted acres tract in Unicn Tp. s7oand?Bo F er HO acre- w^iV a,m Six miles east of town Stone road and aWwrt f ° U F from ci V a ‘ S°° d P ri< *’ 93 acm?” ♦ n r deßlr able advantages. 40 Tmi 006 farm ’ ri * h ‘ P’i e a l | J'' e ar , ‘d'a£d BDd drOVe WeU 62 f ° r garden or prultiy at a bargain 75 laDd ‘ n Kirklan< townahi P “ go® l Rood^^cPn a^'r ?tOn - t ° Wn^ lp we h improved with tile and 77 TWacw. M„ P, u aT mi,ee 01 Decatur 83 30 aoreTtlo mS 01 D^“ r ' fine «° d . per acre. 160 per acre * eß f rom Decatur, unimproved, all cleared at S2IOO ree tE ‘ l6B from Decatur, all cleared, no buildings *2IOO mdes Oom Decatur, all cleared, fair buildings, 97 ? .well improved, WO an acre. of soil ” n township, fine improvements and best P>ke, a bargain Ts two and a h«lf miles from Decatur on 108 acres near n? aken . at $7500 k Some of XX f 16500 if Fold b y Feb -I*1* Purchased for ev en on eas Y ‘«rms and for cash can D X of this list» ill be f . ?°, Ee y- Any information concerning .Besides these faX "?u ,shed on application. L° r metsnce: Two and ß^"?/ I ** Bmad tracts in and about the at a bargain. Some , ° ", a half acres with two houses on ISth.st. , ta iDdl e ? 'unenkamp P a(Mlr e P^P® 1-1108 up town. Two vacant m the citv, a f en t 0 cheap vacant lots in other parts or m nthlypayments. DECATUR. IND

CRUISERS GO TO JAMESTOWN TokioL Feb. 28. —The TokioJapa. nese cruisers Tsukuba and Chitase, left today for the Jamestown exposi. tion and were given a patriotic send, off. Roman Barthel left today for Bak. er’s Ferry, 0., with the tank builders who have been working at Preblj The gang will construct several large oil tanks at that place.