Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1907 — Page 2

The Daily Democrat. MlIrM Ev»ry Evening, Except Sunday by LEW a ELLINGHAM. — ■ I —— Subscription Rates. Per ww»k, by carrier 10 cents Fw year, by carrier 15.00 Frr month, by mall 25 cents Pw year, by mall >2.50 «U!« copies 3 cents <A wising rates made known on •veMeatlon. ■stered at the postoffice in Decatur, ta<lan* as second-class mail matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. LAID OUT THE CROAKER. The spirit of real progress and life In Decatur was never better demonstrated than at the meeting of the Business Men's Association last night, at which time better fire protection! was discussed. It was the sort of dis- 1 cussion that counts, for decisive action was finally agreed upon, and as a result, we will get a fire equipment equal to any city five times the size of Decatur. The city needs the fire equipment and protection and the citizens and business men are to be] congratulated upon the fact that they are willing to meet the officials of our < city and with them figure out ways] and means of overcoming the perplexing problems that confront any city that wants to push ahead. There isn't any doubt but that a I new Decatur has supplanted the rightsand titles of the old; that the out_of ' date croaker has been relegated to the infernal regons; that the pessi-! mist has been shorn of his credit and, standing and that business men of . twentieth century progress are now j guiding the destinies of business en. ] terprise. This means that five years; from this date Decatur will number | ten thousand souls, and that every,] one of them will be a booster of the i first water. The same manifested spirit of good ] business enterprise will give Deca, I tur a factory fund of fifty thousand dollars quicker than you car. soy; scat. This is what we need and vlrt we will have to have in order to

TO THE PATRONS OF THE CITIZEN’S TELEPHONE COMPANY Telephones have been installed and removed since issuing the last directory as follows: 149 Acker. Irvin .Residence 555 Angola Furnace Co. Factory 205 Burrell, Dick News Stand 556 Butler. Albert Residence 452 Daily, J. DResidence 558 Daniels, Margaret Residence 342 Doherty, James Residence 553 Fritzinger. E. Residence 551 Foos, A. CResidence 287 Heller. D. D Residence 345 Kocher, J. LResidence 251 Lee. Harvey Residence 559 Mellotte, J. WResidence 552 McGonagle. V. LResidence 199 Opliger, L. EResidence 325 Parrish, John RResidence 97 Presdorf, Eli Res dence 450 Reppert. Otto Residence 549 Rinehart, Wm. DResidence 294 Rinehart, Chasßesidence 415 Russell, A. JResidence 521 Sholty, B. W Residence 461 Smith, J. AResidence 170 Mangold, Noah Residence FARM TELEPHONES. I 11 Braun, John PFarm I 12 Chronister. Edward Farm C 14 Elzey, Alfred Farm K 8 Keller, George Farm M 15 Marhenke, M. FFarm TELEPHONES REMOVED 97 Daniels, W. HResidence 100 Burt House Hotel 158 Gregory. Robert BResidence 168 Gillette, W. HResidence 170 Mangold, Burt Residence 194 Hendricks. Byron DResidence 214 Weaver. C. JResidence 236 Markley. W. AResidence 248 Eady, Jacob Residence 317 Miller, T. LResidence 386 Kern, John Residence 415 Evans Mont Residence 503 Rice, J. MResidence 427 Ernsberger, W. FStudio 432 Nichols, F. HResidence 440 Sprague. John Residence 450 Dutcher. Chas. Residence 507 Ernsberger. AResidence 521 Blossom, Purl f ßesidence FARM TELEPHONES. C 13 Eiting. Ben Farm D 10 Zimmerman. Wm. Farm G 2 Worden, W. FFarm Please note the above changes in ycur directories. F. M. SCHIRMEYER. Secretary.

make the first advancement toward a greater and a new Decatur. Plans are about complete for this latter project and will likely be given the public in detail in a few days. Every mother s son and several daughters must then make this the greatest achievement ever accomplished in our city. When we win—which we will —the world is curs. We are on the eve of a genuine boom—one that.. has no hot air attachments. Oppor. tunities come but once in a lite time and this one is ours. There is no jtjeh word as fall. About every so often we hear that the saloons and drink-shops have been shut out of Berne, Ind., and just as we have come to believe that story along comes the news that the Hoosier legislature has clothed Fred Rohr[er with new legal superlatives, and he comes into court with a half-dozen barrels of whiskey, a dray-load of Hop Cream, with the bar-keep attach, ment. Verily, we do not believe there is a “dry“ spot on earth, Willshire excepted.—Willshire Herald. THE LEGISLATURE (Continued from pag* L) bash county, moved that Sweeney's motion that the bill be indefinitely postponed, be laid on the tab.e and King's motion prevailed, the bill being advanced. Speaker Branch said the house would spend today and tomorrow exclusively on house bills, no senate bills to be handed down. The speaker instructed the chairman of committees to report such bills upon which favorable or divided action has been taken. This means that a mass of bills will be smothered in the committee rooms. The senate was busy all this morning receiving numerous committee reports on various bills. FOR SALE —Four houses in good repa? . three on Tenth street and one on ..cjroe street. Inquire of Titus E nst ■ • Court House. 52-12 t FOR ??XT —Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Inquire of Mrs. B. W. Sholty. 619 Monroe St. 52.6 i

A GOOD DRUBBING Local Bowlers Trimmed at fort Wayne THREE GOOD GAMES PLAYED The Fort Wayne Team Rolled a Marvelous Series With a Total of 2907 Pins. The local Ail Stars team, which has been playing with remarkable success at the bowling game for some time past, met with a stinging defeat last evening at Fort Wayne, where they stacked up against the Corner Rod and Gun Club, by a total of three hundred and nineteen pins. The Ft. Wayne bunch were in excellent condition and never rolled a score lower tha 843 and made a grand total of 2967 pins, which is remarkable. The locals put up a fair contest their lowest total being 815, and their highest 927, making a grand total of 2588. Hills did the most remarkable bowl, ing for Fort Wayne, he securing -tn average of 212. while Vaughn did the best for the locals and secured an average of 179. Hills also made the high f score for Fort Wayne, it being 221, and Klein rolled the high score for j Decatur, 216. A return game will be rolled here in the near future when the locals expect to regain lost laur. els. The scores: DECATUR. Klein 167 147 216 176 Frisinger 16" 164 265 176 Vaughn ...186 156 194 It 9 Berling 147 191 167 168 Peterson 155 188 145 162 Totals 815 846 927 FORT WAYNE. Parnan 193 182 204 196 Reynolds ... 261 182 191 191 Kauffman 212 179 192 194 Hills -...198 221 217 212 Saunders 139 192 204 178 Totals 943 956 1 008 the social doings I ■ (Continued from Page 1.) Today the society is one year old, so tonight the anniversary will be celebrated. Every lady is invited to be present this evening at the Library Club rooms. This evening is the evening for the weekly meetings of the Elks lodge and Ben Hur order. The Elks will initiate two candidates through the mysteries of the lodge tonight. All members are requested to be present.

A most Enjoyable party was given by Mr. White Meyers at his beautiful > country home east of the city, for some of his schoolmates and friends. While there they spent the evening i in games and other enjoyments, after I which a two course luncheon wasi served, of which ail partook largely. < Those present were: Misses Blanch j Worden, Ruth Worden, Locia Garner, i Mabie Moses, Golda Gamer, Messrs Cliff Brown, Carl Luckey, Roy Luckey. John Baus\iman, Roy Gaunt, Carl Worden. Arthur Garner, Oliver Schnepp. Freeman Schnepp. Grover ' Ray, Dale Osborne, Willie Meyer and i Lawrence Meyer. All went home vot- | ing Willie a charming entertainer. T—AN IMPORTANT MEETING Do not forget the meeting of the City Improvment Society at the Li. i brary at 7:30 o'clock this evening ■ The meeting is important as the elecj tion of officers is on the calendar. . Those who have a pride in the civic virtues of our city, let them display that pride by attending this meeting. At 7:30 o’ciock this evening, a* the Library. TOUGH ON ALL BASHFUL PEOPLE Will be the New Marriage Appli. cation. The state board of health is contemplating the adoption of a new form of marriage license application blank for «ce throughout the state and if a decision should be reached those matrimonially inclined, especially those of a bashful disposition, will again find it hard indeed to appear before the county clerk and be "crossexamined,” as wii! be required. The board proposes to make the application more stringent. ■ The marriage law of 1905 makes it the duty of the board of health to provide the form of application. It is the board s purpose to work toward the ultimate end of prohibiting the marriage of persons who are physically unfit. Vt bile many such persons

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secure marriage licenses at .the pres, ent time the restrictions made by the board throw a stumbling block in the way and work considerable good When the new law went into effect exceptions were taken throughout the state by the bashful matrimonially inclined to appearing before the countyclerk and answering his questions. The obnoxious part of the new system. however, has been removed. The board has interpreted the law to ■ the effect that the parties are not required to appear. The board holds that the man can send for the ap. ■ plication blanks, have them properly 1 ailed out and the affidavit made be. ’ fore a notary and can then send a messenger after the license.

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. REVIVAL SERVICES CONTINUE X — - ? The revival services are still in pro. . gress at the City Mission, in charge -of Evangelist H. F. Roberts and wife s of London, Ohio, who are expecting - to remain with us for some little time, y Large crowds are attending every night and much interest is being man. - ifested by the old and young. There I. has been between 90 and 100 conver. 0 sions in the Mission and conviction ■- has seized upon many more hearts, s The outlook is for a wonderful time 1- yet. Tuesday night one man came y to the altar crying unto God to be 1- 3a-cd from sin. The Lord wonder, a fully answered his prayer and sei him free shouting the praises of God.

It was plain to be seen that he had an answer from the skies, for the people were Jumping, some laurhing and others shouting the praises of God. The girl preacher has been delivering wonderful sermons. She was called into the work when only 12 years of age, and has spent four successful years in the Lord's work and has led many souls to Jesus. Two years ago she spent six months in the southern states on a mission tour and met with great success in every city. We are undenominational. Everybody invited. Other workers are expected from Ohio to fight the battle on for God. Meeting every night at 7 <O, sharp, Sundays, 2:30 and 7:30. H. F. ROBERTS. '