Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 42, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 16 December 1908 — Page 4

ft T Christmas Bells will soon be ringing, but the ‘livily jingle of Christmas offerings has already begun at Hartman Bros. * We aim each succeeding year to be better and "Inand' new patrons'-than- the preceding year. Our efforts have not been in vain and we feel we have the right to extend the invitation to old and young to Get Off Here If you are looking for a suitable present for 'family or friend we can assist you. Gents Furnishing's In this department there are numerous suggestions—one is, the nobbiest line of neck ware in this viciiHty, ako mufflers, handkerchiefs, suspenders and all accessories for agent's wardrobe. * N Special Offering's Given on suits and overcoats for Holiday purchases. Our usual display of ladies’ handkerchiefs will be all the more interesting on account of extra values and neat designs. All through the ladies’ department you can find neat tasty little articles, collars, fancy ribbons, purses, hair ornaments, etc. ' Dress goods, furs and ladies’ coats are special features. - ... . - 3 Tons of Candy 50 varieties to select from. Price 6to 40 cts. per pound. Special prices to teachers and Sunday schools. Crocßery When you see our line of decorated china you will know why we are enthusiastic on this question. Hand painted salads, Berry Sets, handsome .water sets, Toilet Sets, Haviland China dinner .-sets complete or open stock. Are you in doubt what to give? You will find the answer here. HARTMAN BROTHERS. Triple Store.

| Put s to the test! j Yon will do yourself an injustice if j i you buy .Christmas Presents this year] § without first getting! our prices. Gome in and see for yourself. I "W atches j and Silverware j i A 939 4- . '• I Stoops & Sanders, | i JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS.

—Most disfiguring skin eruptions, scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc. are due to impure blood. Burdock Blood Bit-, ters is a cleansing blood tonic. Makes you clear-eyed, dear-brained, clearsjdnned.

Marriage Licenses. Isaac Richards, Waterford Mills, 70; Martha Ellen Mann, Waterford Mills, 68. E. E. Tiedeniann, Goshen, 57; Clara* A. Simmons, Jefferson tp„ 45. ' _ ' 4 ■ ’ '

THE NAPPANEE NEWS Nappanek, Elkhart Countv, Inx>. Entered at the Post-office; at Nappanee nd., as second-class matter. i .. i A Paper For e lht People. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, owe year .' $ 1 50 One copy, six months... 75 One copy, three m0nth5........ 40 — ; 1 f—; 1 —: By Gordon N. Murray. The President’s plea for the preset "vation of the forestiliTaTrright,"notwithstanding that in some quarters it may be considered as having been a case of “taking to Jtlie woods” to avoid coming in touch witli the ques- ' scion of tariff reform. Gov. Hanly received SI,BOO from the State for house rent. Gov.-elect Marshal has found a house in Indianapolis lit for a governor to reside in which will cost him S7BO per year—that’s it, will cost Mr. Marshal tire amount, as he intends to pay his own house rent. It appears that congress did not take kindly to that portion of the President’s message referring to the secret service in the treasury department. A committee of live will report on the manner in which the Chief Executive shall be rebuked for his unwarranted reflection on the dignity of the law-making body. The matter of voting some 2,500 foreigners in Lake county on their “first papers” is still a matter of contention with defeated candidates and politicians in that county. The records of immigration at Ellis Island, it is claimed, do not disclose the names of 50 percent of the foreigners coming to this country on the dates given by them in taking out their papers. In writing of the local option law passed by the recent special session of the State legislature, the Milford Mail says among other things: There was no provision that the county council should grant an appropriation to meet fche expense and should they refuse they have violated no law, and the only way out would be to raise the money by private donation. This seems to be an error on the part of some newspaper which did not look up the provisions of the new law. Section eleven of the law provides that the election and expense of the same shall be under the provisions of the laws governing general elections. The Republican press is still very sore because Prohibitionists did not leave their standard bearers in this State and help elect the Republican ticket. It seems to be a very muddled state of mind into which some writers fall. They forget that President Roosevelt carried Indiana by nearly 94,000 when the Prohibitionists voted their own ticket. Now they forget to account for this nearly 74,000 Republican vote first, before they tackle the Prohis for not electingthe Republican ticket. These writers need to find fault first with their own household before-trying fco hunt in the dooryard iof their neighbors for reasons for defeat. There is little or no doubt but - that many Prohibitionists and Democrats voted forMr. Watson by reason of the county option law and yet they failed to overcome the defection from the Republican Tanks by a number almost as large as the entire vote of the Prohibition party. This condition makes the argument of the faultfinders with temperance Democrats and Prohibitionists look like thirty cents. ORIOLE CONCERT COMPANY The second ntimber on the Public ►School Lecture course was a delightful entertainment given by the Oriole Concert Cos. at the Auditorium last Tuesday night. The company is comprised of Miss Mullineaux, violinist; Miss Tinker, contralto; Miss Hecker, violoncellist; and Miss Rickard, reader. Every number was wprthy the high class entertainment and the program was sufficiently diversified to please everybody. Every number was encored—and then slime. The generous applause must have tried the patience of the young ladies as well as their physical endurance as they almost doubled the program. Miss Rickard is a charming reader and one of thebestever appearing at the Auditorium. As an impersonator and delineator of character Miss Rickard is a genius.

Other members of the company were artists in their work, especially did the sweet singing by Miss Tinker delight the audietace time and again. , The recent meeting of the city and town superintendents of Schools held at Indianapolis favored free text books. The nest legislature will be called upon to take notice of this particular proposition. The present school book law was supposed to give the schools uniform text books at a -A • nominal price. But it is far from being up to pretentions. Some time ago a township teacher informed the writer that in his school were five kinds of text books in use. The same township never carried any books as required by law, the other townships paying tlie dealers’ commission. Tiie books, and the law, have been changed so many times that school patrons hardly know where they are at. The law cheapened the books, it is true, but"the big end of the reduction came off the retail book man and notoff the manufacturer. For this reason many pupils go without books because the dealer can not afford to have his money tied up in a surplus of school books in which there is really no profit to exceed fixed expenses. The only real way out of such a state of affairs is to wipe the entire law off the statutes of the State and provide free texPbooks in the common brandies of study that are afforded the whole people. This would be more in harmony with the compulsory education law, and it would also afford the school teachers a better opportunity in the conduct of their schools in the use of uniform text books. Under the present system no teacher will demand that his pupils go to the expense of obtaining new books as long as they have old ones which have been bought in good faith and to comply with the rules which then obtained. The Democratic legislature could do nothing better than to give the State a school book law, clean cut, and providing for free text books. There are few if any dealers who have handled school books during the past ten years who have not arrived at this conclusion, perhaps. FOUR WILLS ARE PROBATED. LATE CITIZENS OF COUNTY BEQUEATH PROPERTY. Estates of Jacob Wisler, Mary E. Cox, Viola R. Jay and Rowena Cooper. The will of Viola R. Jay, wife of Oscar Jay, was made Oct. 29, 1908, and was witnessed by Aaron S'. Zook and Mary E. Davis. Mrs. Jay died Nov. 23d. She bequeathes her entire estate to her husband in fee simple and he is named as executor. Mrs. Rowena Cooper died at Middlebury, Dec. 3d. Her will was made in December of 1899 and witnessed by E. Yarns and Mrs. Clara Varns. Mrs. Cooper directs that a legacy of S3OO she got from her uncle Hine and Aunt Minard, be held in trust by her daughter, Fa.nny J, Cooper, and that the interest be paid the Church of God or First Day Advents and be divided equally between the charity and the evangelistic funds as has been her custom. The remainder of the estate is given to the three daughters, Fanny J. Cooper, Millie C. Dunham and Belle C. Walker, Fanny J. Cooper is named as executrix. - 'V' , Tiie will of J acob 11. Wisler of Union township was made April 24, 1896, and L. B. Whippy and Anthony Deahi were the witnesses. Mr. Wisler provided that $4,500 be paid his wife, Sarah Wisler, to re-imburse her for money she inherited from her home and loaned him. She is also given a one-third of the remaining estate, both real and personal, as her own. Tiie two sons of the deceased, Louis A. and Isaac S. Wisler, and the one daughter, Anna S. Wisler-Housouer, are each given one-fourth of the rernai rider of the estate, and The two children of William H. Wisler, a de-' ceased son, are bequeathed the other one-fourth, after $1,468, which was advanced to the father, is deducted. I. S. Wisler Is named as executor of the estate. The maker of the will died Nov. 4th. Mary E. Cox of Elkhart executed her will August 24, 1890 and Elliott Crull and Hattie M._Touslay were the witnesses. David B. Cox, son, is named executor. All of the property is left to the two children, David B. Cox and Martha M. Light. Good Set of Books Cheap. Have a set of 40 Cyclopedic Reviews and Columbian Annuals up*to 1899, which have sojd for S4O, now marked down to SIB.OO. They would make a handsome Christmas present for any library. The News Bookstore,

It’s Easy to Select Your Rockers Here • . L * 4 You’ll have the pleasure of choosing from an excellent stock, one worthy of being shown in much larger cities. The variety of designs, finishes and upholstering makes it very easy to find one to your own liking. The wide range in price—from $1.25 to sl4.so—will permit you to choose one that suits your purse. fß.ocKer Special For Christmas By buying an unusually large number of those rockers—see illustration—we are enabled to quote an interesting price during the holiday season. It is unquestionably the greatest rocker value ever offered here. Made of select oak throughout; the frame is well bolted making it unusually strong. The finely figured quartered oak in the roll seat and back adds to its beauty. This rocker will make an acceptable gift. It has no rival anywhere; especially at the low price of N. A. Lehman, Nap^tanee A ■-* V / m

Only 7 Buying Days Until Christmas. Read the list of Christmas presents in the News supplement and come in early for your selections. We are sure to have what you want—especially those making selections for Sunday-school classes. News Bookstore. A ' - -* T Nappanee, Opposite Postoffice.

HINTS For the HOLIDAYS ' - We have this year the best and most complete line of Christmas presents ever shown in Nappanee. We have a large line of Mechanical Toys for the children such as: Steam Engines, Tool Sets, Automobiles, Fire Engines, Skates and Sleds. Don’t forget the useful presents such as Silverware, Pocket knives, Table Cutlery Chafing Dishes, Baking Dishes;, Carving Sets, Razors, etc. • * Don't* fail to stop in our store and see our line of Holiday Goods. HOWENSTEIN-BURBACH CO.

SSTTER TUI MM. S—tckicg does not cure children of bed■woyjeg.; Thera is a constitutional cause lor tins trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box Vv, rsotre Dame, Ind., will send free to any mother her successful home treatment, with full instructions. Send no money, sent w rite her today if your children trouble you in this way.. Don't blame the child, tiie chances-are it can't h.clo it. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled With urine difficulties by day or night.

V. T. WEATHERHEAD Practical Plumber. BREMEN. INDIANA. ®"Leave Nappanee orders for work witfi W. E. Weldy. Phone 343.

—There are a lot of people in town who do not patronize your store—people who ought to—people who could make your dullest day a prosperous one—and who could be won to your store by stronger advertising. —Another victim of a corn shredder is reported. Jesse Oswalt was caught in a machine, on the Stackhouse farm southeast of Nappanee recently and his arm was badly mangled. The young man is twenty-three years of age and is the son of Michael Oswalt of Leesburg. —ls you haven’t the time to exercise regularly, Doan’s Regulets will i prevent constipation. They induce a mild, easy, healthful action of the bowels without griping.. Ask your druggist, for them. 25c.