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Saturday Evening, April 17, 1909. THE DECATUR I Page Three. Pana DEATH OF MRS. D. M.

MCLAUGHLIN April Mrs. D. M. Mclaughlin. aged 49 years, died at' her home In Loutavtllp.

Friday a at 4:10, after a Ions i of cancer. Mrs. McLaughlln was a resident of Pana for over i years. A number of years aso Mrs. Mclaughlin attempted to a a mnlr her faeo and It developed i a cancer.

Time after time ehe underwent operations, tint the cancer invariably returned to the flnme plnre and i a struck a i a pnrt i i a She la tmrvlved by her husband, and seven children as follows. Mrs. R. C. Panford of Pana; Miss Clara MeLaugh- of Pflna; Irma, a and Fern, and MeWfjrp.

I and MVLaughlin. Mrs. Dan ford to Louisville Thursday and was at her bedside when she- died. Dr. a and Miss Clura a I In went to Louisville i a evening to a the a i will prob- nbly a plarp Sunday from the I i be- i Cave i ceme- tery.

i CAPITAL. I At a i oT the Progressive; a a i and a i company the capital stock was i ased to Jir.0,000 The a is grow- i in and more a i a was needed to sell the a i a a ed on thr market The plant is the largest in Pana and made its growth from a small i i i in i city leveral yearn ago. INVITATIONS. I i a i a been Issued to the a i a of Miss M. to A.

B. i to a place at home of the bride on a A i 19. FELL ON A FENCE. At the a of Mooney, whosf remains wore here Friday, it developf-ci lhat the a i of Mr. Mooney was rtup to ht'ltiK impaled on a i fence at Pf ia.

I seems he was on a a doinsr some i cpalr work tit' tost his a a and a i i i a resulted In a The fuiu ral was largely a A A MAN A A I A is belne; a i in i i i i over a i a i of the hoard of super i The organ- isation i he in a and i Orr. who is the oldest of the board, a resident of i is a a i date for a i a II Is opposed by Supervisor of Gt t- i.wood lownship. PERSONALS. Mr. and Mrs.

P. M. a i went i i a a lend roral of George Morgan, a a i of Mrs Davidson. Rev. M.

Sotithgite. of Toledo. a i a i i i i a evening. F. i a a r- sirlent of Fnna.

has a i to South a a he a a 1GO acre farm, and expects to locate. i i Wisher has leased the i pa i room on Kftst Second street, hf i move his a a Third The a nf the West srlirml en- a i the teacher." of the hools ill home of Miss Graces on Friday rv ning. Sarah i a of Mr. and Mrs. O.

C. i i assist in the musical a of a i i service at Y. M. A. at Oakflale, next i RY MAIL.

A DanleLs of i I a A Brnny.in, a i i play a i of i by a i Mr. a i a a it i a a weeks to coin 1 The hoard is marked a the move." chronicled. a i postal card. Mr. 13 1 any an a i move and Mr.

Dank'1? ts now up Mr. Branyan. Jnneph a a for I a i France a He -sMs sail New i a i on the steamer. La Provence. Tho "ppnny" by 1 Ladies' Al1 nf dif i i church in a ttaa attrndnrl finn they A pcnni wilt- for atl- and a to ci "in and rat'h i i was sold a i i i V.i' and i T.

B. IK. 1 Wodncpdav. Sum TMfrsnn nf Plerson a i i here Thursday. AT TtASQTKT Amonff thopp fu a rl HIP banquet of ihc I i i i at i i Wnlm'fHlnv wcr' .1.

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I.WUIP. "Wm. TUfnnl. -1'thn i i i i .1 Si hmet- son, Charles Lust and Mr. and Mrs.

W. E. Fisher. Mrs. William Stout of Decatur is visiting here this week with relatives.

Mrs. Cynthia Cunningham is very low at her home at this Mrs. William Fairbanks of Bement visited here this week the guest of her sister, Mrs Y. Vanhoolt. Mrs.

H. T. Williams of Sedalla, Is visiting here the guest of her parents, S. Carter and wife. IMPROMPTU CONCERT.

The Bement band passed through here Wednesday i i on their wav to ington i a at the banquet and stopped off on the platform and played several selections. Miss Bertha Kimler of Milmine was here the first of the week the guest of friends. Mrs. H. Broyles and Mrs.

E. A. South were the of Mrs. J. R.

Mitchell north of tnwn Thursday. Mrs. A. .1. Gardner Is visiting In Springfield the guest of tier sister.

MTB. J. R. Worth am and Mrs. R.

L. Wnrtham visited Friday in Decatur with relatives. Mrs. J. W.

Dick was a Decatur visitor Friday. DEATH OF MRS. JESSEJJHOCKMAN Deland, April Jesse Shockman died at her home in the west part nf town Thursday i at 11 o'clock. She had only been bedfast since last Friday a week. Her death was caused by nervous prostration and paralysis.

Mrs. Shockman's maiden name was Ellen Cara. She was born In Canton. in 1857. Aug.

15, 1875, she was married to Jesse Shockman at Bethany, they lived i 1891. when moved to a a near Deland. Sixteen years ago they bought prop- in West Deland and they have lived there ever rince. Mrs. Shockman was a member of the Church of God.

She leaves no children, but her husband, Jesse Shockman; one sister, Mrs. Warren of i one half-brother, Finkler, of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. J. W.

Kline, uncle and a of Mrs. Nicholson, another aunt of i a survive. The a i he held a a a at 2:30 o'clock the a i home. Elder McConuell i i i a and the i a i be in the Deland A OF MRS NANCY DIIVALL. The a of Mrs Nancy Duvall was held her son's home.

Heath Prine's. at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. The Methodist a composed of Mesdames CfUhcart a i and Messrs. Cathcart antl Troxell, i the music. Mrs.

I. W. Gantz played tho i Rev. O. B.

Huston of Dec a i i a The a was largely a Burial at i Mrs. a Propeck of Lakewood, Mr. and Mrs Warren and a i of Mont i a i and Mrs. Kline of Dec a are here to a the a of Mrs. Shockman.

i A a and children of Blnnirtinslnn have come here to live. Mr. A i is the new baker. They have a rooms at II. Gessford's.

The I. C. i give a social at 0. J. Porter's May 4.

Diessback's received an i i a i to the i of Ben a a of Ohio Ben used to work i and made a friends. Quarterly i and i be held a a and Sunday. A i 17-18. District i Taylor i a i i the sacrament. OHLMAN.

E. II. Vetterman returned to his home In GihFnn Thursday a a two ivpnk's i his daughter. Mrs. Hftiry Tmyer.

Frank Gav returned to his home in Griggs- i aftei a visit i his paicntb, P. F. Gav and wifp. John Dftrmer nf rhnrnpaiRn, is his iipphnv, i i a Robinson. Misses Ola and Leiah Jostes went to Macon TliuiMlay.

Miss Ola returned Friday. The latter peels to remain dunntj the summer Miss Clara Barter and Lydia New were shopping in Pana Thursday. Mesdamps Henry ke and John Peper were shopping in Pana Friday. A. C.

Uindy returned to his home Thursday aft or a week trip through the Pan- hand IP of Tcxns. Charles Mayhry has returned to his home in Frerpnrt, a visiting at the home 1 rnver. i A and rhildren. I.loyrt and Loove, aril Mis. Emrnitl Waclrtmgton and daughter, Eleanor, drove to Nokomis Fri- tlaj afternoon.

Mrs Xancy I'mpbely went to Pana Thursday for short i her son, J. F. Umplcby. BOODY Capt. H.

A. Miller of Vrbana. I his sister, Mrs. John PastonouF. Tuesday.

Lower and i ot a spent Sunday" i relatives. The postoffire huihlfng is getting treated to a rout of paint, i helps the appear- a nf it. Charles Musch was a Decatur visitor Thursdav. E. Jokisch transacted business at i i Fru'av.

I I I Is on the sick list. Mr. And Mrs. Hr-nry John on of -IXatur pi rented then- mother i a reclining chaii Mondav. T.

i hipert a car load of hogs to Indianapolis Tuesday. Town i i Hill transacted business in Decatur Tuesday. Tuscola YOUNG WOMAN TO INSANE ASYLUM Tuscola, April Walter Dolson, County Clerk Charles Hawkins, State's Attorney Mart Newman and Deputy Sheriff Caleb Stovall went to Arthur Friday to examine into the mental condition of Miss Maria Rlgney, aged 22, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.

B. Rigney of that place. She has been in a i i health for two or three years, but has been gradually growing worse in the hope that she may be benefited, they finally decided to have her placed at Kankakee for treatment. Her trouble is of a nervous order, a i i itself by the 'frequency with which she dressed and undressed herself. She was taken to Kankakee by Sheriff Fiddler.

LIQM SESSION. The corning session of the county court, convening Monday the will be very light, with six or eight cases to be tried, mostly liquor cases. AFTER A BUICK. Sheriff Joseph L. Fidler went to Chicago Saturday and if his new Buick car is i i expects to drive home it Monday.

ATWOOD DEATH. tho i a daughter of Mrs. Sarah Crane, passed away at their home in Atwood Friday afternoon from pneumonia. The a services i be held at the First Christian at the place o'clock Sunday a Rev. I.

M. Hoel of Tuscola, officiating. PERSONALS. Mr. and Mrs.

Giorge i have from Chicago where they have been for several days making chases for the Bragg-Jeffers slore at Camargo. Oscar Lozier and son-in-law Harlie Lauglilln a to North Dakota, Monday i and if they find i a locations i later move there to reside. Mrs. Fidelia Barere has gone to Chicago to remain over Sunday i her a Mrs. Charles i of Hayes was a Tuscola Friday a Prof.

Louis Hoover and a i Henrikson of the Tuscola i school faculty have been asked to i i a as judges for the debate at Atwood Saturday evening. Orin Root of a was in Tuscola between a i Friday a PETIT JURY. Thr petit for April term lie- ginning Monday, April 10th, Is follows- Arcnla--Sontt P.eccl. John Black, A. L.

Btvcrl'ove, John Mcrann. Bourbon--Sam Glnder. Hans Jones, Frank L. Davis BOVMIre--Morris Welch. D.

W. Curtis. Hade flippy. II. H.

Davis, John Gill, Harry Wal- linu, J. P. Alfter. CamarKo--T. Roughlon.

John Wiseman. Slie Garrett-- Henry Rahn. Murdock Levi Driver, W. A. Thompson, John Lewis.

Newman J. B. Lawrence. Thos. B.

Hat- thews, D. H. Ellington, M. B. Gossett, G.

D. Barnett, Ell McClaln. Sargent M. S. Temple, J.

Coffey, John KIncald. Tuscola W. P. Lear, A. S.

Hartman, A. J. Baker, Charles Bostlc, E. R. Ira Cooper.

RECEPTION IN NEW PARSONAGE Will be on Fiftieth Anniversary of Assumption Church. Assumption, April Rev. Mr. Rogers and family are now occupying the new Presbyterian parsonage. The parsonage is a modern one and makes a i addition in our city.

The old parsonage is being moved away. The members of the church are making preparations for a grand reception to be held May 9, that being the church's i i anniversary. Only two of the members of thre original congregation OTHER NEWS. The Woman's club will meet on Monday to elect officers. Miss Ethel Taylor came home Friday evening from Moweaqua to spend Saturday and Sunday at home.

Vern Mclntlre was in Pana Friday evening. The a of Miss Bessie Sharp was held Thursday a at 2:30 o'clock at the residence privately, by the order of the board of health. The Domestic Science club met at the home of Mrs. i i a Friday. An election of officers was held.

Mrs. E. G. Coonrod left Friday morning for St. Louis to attend the bedside of her i granddaughter, who is critically III.

Mrs. O'Hara and Miss Leda Larochelle went to Taylorvllle Friday. Mr. John B. Moulten of Chicago came Thursday to attend the bedside of his mother, Mrs.

John Moulten, who is dangerously ill. Her son, George D. of Ledyard, is expected to a i today, Mrs, R. W. Johnson is reported very I I I EINDSBOEO W.

E. Foster went to Shelbyvlllc Tupsday. Dr J. C. Dutjan spent Sunday with Dr.

R. Dupan and Inrnlly of Ashmore. Rev. Mi-. Nash of Mat toon filled the Methodist Episcnpal i Sunday night.

Ernest Patterson and wife and son from Fair Grange visited relatives here Wednesday. W. E. Jordan and Charles Cambridge spent Wednesday i A. II.

Wentz in Decatur. r. W. a i was In Camargo Wednesday. Mrs.

J. Dupan returned Tuesday from TuBcola where she had been visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Ever sole of Terre Haute is visiting her sons, Ernest, Clark, Cooper and Carrie Eversole. Mrs.

Charles Cambrfdge and son were in Tuscola Wednesday. Harry Crawford was in Camago Thursday. Charles McDonald was here Thursday on business. Tho Pupils Reading Circle gave their prngvam In the Methodist Episcopal church Thursday evening. Superintendent Ghere attended and -P 8e tsd the Monticello QITIET WEDDING AT BRIDE'S HOME Monticello, April Lillian P.

Weaver, the popular abstractor and tenographer at W. P. Smith's abstract office, and Fred W. Mulr were married at the home of the bride Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock by Rev. Dudley V.

Gowdy. Only the family and Immediate friends of the bride were present. COMMISSIONER. Albert J. Hlrt has been appointed by J.

C. TIppett, mayor and president of the board of local improvements, as special commissioner, to assess the special tax In a of the special assessment 1 for the extension of the present water main system of the city. MAKES CHANGE. Miss Lena i i has resigned her position as stenographer with the Pepsin Syrup company to take a similar position with the W. P.

Smith Abstract company. Ross Churchill and wife of Mansfield were In the -city Friday. Churchill is center fielder on the Monticello Grays team and says he is in i form. William Coyle and i of White Heatli were in the city Friday en route to St. Louis, where they will start the Royal Carnival company.

Mr. Coyle has been manager of this organization the past three years. They open at Bunker Hill. 111., next week. ASKS DIVORCE.

Leafy Peck has i a bill for divorce against Millard F. Peck. Both live at Cerro Gordo. She alleges cruelty. She also obtained an injunction from Master In Chancery R.

I. Tatman restraining her husband from selling any of the personal property. Joseph M. Y-lnson, appointed school treasurer of township 19, 6, In place of Helen C. TIppett, deceased, filed his bond as such Friday.

Hig securities are J. F. Heath and Hiram Artman. About forty from here attended the i a and scholastic meet at Cerro Gordo Friday. E.

A. Thorpe's restaurant will he the headquarters of the ball players this season. He has already i up dress- Ing rooms for the use of the players. SHOWER FOR A BRIDE TO BE Mr. and Mrs.

James Huffmeyer of Bement. Mr. Cline worked for the I. T. S.

at the time the road was being constructed, and made this place his home for a time, but has recently located at Indianapolis, where they will live. PERSONALS. Mrs. 3. K.

Bodman, who has been In poor health all winter, is quite 111 again the past week. J. E. Breen attended a horse sale at Bloomlngton Friday. Mr.

Fritz, living la the west part of town, will move his family to western Kansas the first of the week. Superintendent S. W. Wright and a number of the high school pupils attended the literary and musical contest at Cerro Qordo Friday night. There was a stereoptlcon lecture by the Pilgrim's band at the Presbyterian church Friday night About twenty-two Rebekahs attended the banquet given by the Monticello lodge Thursday night in celebration of their twentieth anniversary.

Mrs. Charles Carmen, who has been staying in Decatur since her husband went to the "Wabash hospital there last week, returned home Friday and reports Mr. Carmen as getting along well. Will Combes and wife were in Decatur Thursday. Mr.

Combes was look- Ing at automobiles while there with a view to buying. 4 FAEMEE CITY Farmer City, April the funeral of B. F. Sparrow on Thursday, the body was placed in a vault at the cemetery to await the arrival of two children from the northwest expected Saturday. Mrs.

Roy McBrlde, of Council Hill, a daughter, arrived Thursday some little time after the funeral was concluded. "Singing Skule BeRinment" given Thursday night for the benefit of the local Be- bekah order by local performers, was quite SUM Inez Huffmeyer to Wed William Cllnc. Bement, April miscellaneous shower was given Miss Inez Huffmeyer by the members of Miss Louise Taylor's Sunday school class and some of the C. Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. William Camp.

Miss is to be married Saturday evening to William Cllne of Indianapolis. The wedding will take place at the Presbyterian parsonage. Miss is the second daughter of HOYAL Baking Powder Absolutely Ture The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar --made from grapes- Royal Baking Powder conveys to food the most healthful of fruit properties and renders it superior in flavor and wholesomeness. a success, having a crowded house and fur- nlshln? unlimited fun. Tom Johnson, our beat known colored Inhabitant, passed through aa operation of rather severe character In Blcomtnffton hospital Friday.

Headache Can be cared only ty a remedy that wlu remove the causa. The oftener you stop it with headache powders or pills the quicker it will return. Generally, headache comes from a disturbed stomach or irregular bowels, and almost invariably Lane's Family Medicine (called also Lane's Tea) a tonic laxative, will cnre headache in short order by regulating the bowels and reinvigorating the stomach. It Is a great natural herb blood medicine and the favorite laxative of old and young, At druggists', 2Sc. and SOc.

Swept Ovei Niagara. This terrible calamity otten happens Uecause a careless boatman ignores the river's warnings--growing ripples and faster current--Nature's warnings are kind. That dull pain or ache In the back warns you the Kidneys need attention if you would escape fatal mala- I dies--Dropsy, Diabetes or Brig-ht's disease. Take Electric Bitters at once and see Backache all your best feelings return. "After long i from weak kidneys and lame back, one $1.00 bottle wholly cured me," writes R.

Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn, Only BOc at Ellis W. Armstrong's, Archie Davis' and Krone's Drug Store. Up Before the Bar. N. H.

Brown, an attorney, of Pittsfield, writes: "We have used Dr. King's New Life Ellis lor years and we wouldn't be without them." For find them suoh a good family medicine Chills, Constipation, Biliousness, or Sick Headache they work wonders, 25c at Bills W. Armstrong's, Archie and Krone's Drug Store. Poor Digestion? This is one of the first signs of stomach weakness. Distress after eating, sour eructations, sick headache, bilious conditions are all indicative that it is the stomach that needs assistance.

Help it to regain health and strength by taking BEECHAM'S PILLS for they are a stomach remedy that never disappoints. They act quickly and gently upon the digestive organs, sweeten the contents of the stomach, carry off the disturbing elements, and establish healthy conditions of the liver and bile. The wonderful tonic and strengthening effects from Beecham's Pills, make them a safe remedy--they Help Weak Stomachs In Boxes with full directkna, Its. and 2Se. Truth and Qaalf-ty appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing.

Aeeor- ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of kuown value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objectionable substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine-manufactured by the California Fig Syrup only, and for sale by all leading druggists. OFFICIAL BALLOT. SEVENTH WARD City of Decatur, Election, Tuesday, April 20,1909 Republican Democrat Socialist OFFICIAL BALLOT.

FOR THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF DECAUR. For Mayor CHARLES F. SHILLING For City Clerk ALBERT LEACH For City Attorney W. NAY BOGGESS For Superintendent of Streets JAMES C. LEMINGS For City Treasurer CYRUS M.

IMBODEN For Alderman For Mayor CHARLES M. BORCHERS For City Attorney D. D. HILL For Superintendent of Streets SAMUEL THRIFT For Mayor EDWARD MOORE For City Clerk JOHN FORMAN For City Attorney OSCAR MYERS' For Superintendent of Streets H. HENLE For City Treasurer MARTIN LINDSAY For Alderman PEEBLES'-- For the annexation of the following described territory: Beginning at the North West corner of the North West Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section Thirteen, Township Sixteen North, Range Two East of the Third Principal Meridian, thence South on said section line for a distance of 827 feet, thence East to the East Line of Second Street, thence North to a point Thirty Feet South of the South Cor.ner of Block One (1) of H.

A. Turtle's Addition to the City of Decatur, thence East to the East Line of the North West Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section Thirteen, Township Sixteen North, Range Two East of the Thard Principal Meridian, tihcnce North to the Center of East Wood Street, thence West along the Center of East Wood Street to the place of beginning, all of said territory being situated in the County of Macon and State of Illinois. Yes Albert Leach, City Clerk for thie City of Decatur, do hereby certify that the above lists are complete copies of all names certified to me as receiving nominations as per returns from Primary Election held March 9th, 1909. ALBERT LEACH, CITY CLERK. Grand Wednesday, April 21 THE MUSICAL EVENT Max Faetkenhener THE SUCCESS OF TWO CONTINENTS "Madam Butterfly" Music by Glacomo Puccini, based on the works of John Luther Long and David Bejasco.

Direct from its great success In London and New York, where It surpassed all previous grand opera records. Presented by the Faznona ENGLISH OPERA CO. AND ORCHESTRA. Seata Now Selling. Prices ROc, 75c, 1, (2 Grand Saturday, April 17 MATINEE AND NIGHT.

The Season's Most Worthy Offering The Peculiar Comedian W. B. PATTON IN HIS NEWEST COMEDY The Blockhead A Clever Supporting Company Beautiful Costumes and Scenery Matinee Prices 25c and SOc I Night Prices 25c, SOc, 7Sc, SEAT SALE AT BOX OFFICE. No. 158 Is entitled to two matinee stats and No.

189 evening. $3.00 To Indianapolis $4.00 To Cincinnati AND RETURN Saturday, April 24. Leave Decatnr 5i25 a. m. and 11:35 a.

m. Parlor-Cafo ear OB 11:35 a. m. train) ceatti, 25cj at low rate. Tickets good returning on all trains up to train leaving apolli 3t30 p.

m. Monday, April 26, and Cincinnati 3iOO a. m. day, April 27. CHILDREN ONE-HALF OF ABOVE RATES.

J. S. Ferris, T. P. A.

Decotur, IlL 'SPAPERf fSPAPEJRI.

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