Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

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TO CLOSE TONIGHT M. E. Conference Will Conclude—Various Appointments Will Be Read AT NINE O’CLOCK Rev. Cissell Slated for Presiding Elder—Rev. Smith Succeeds Him Anderson, Ind., April 6—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Bishop Berry has announced that the conference will close at nine o'clock this evening when the appointments will be read. It is stated on good authority that the Rev. C. C. Cissell, pastor of the First church here, will be appointed presiding elder of the Logansport district and Rev. C. Smith, of Peru, will succeed him as pastor here. The rule that pastors may remain as long as desired will be changed to a five year limit, if the conference request to the general conference is favorably acted upon. A resolution to give a delegate for every sixty members instead of one for every forty-five to the general conference was adopted also. Anderson, Ind., April 5. —The session of the North Indiana Methodist conference may continue until Tuesday morning, as the delegates and officers of the church fear that the work cannot be finished by tomorrow, the day set for adjournment. Today the churches and the City were filled with crowds to hear the visiting ministers. Interest centered in the service at the First M. E. church, where Bishop Berry preached this morning. Early morning interurban cars brought visitors from Muncie, Marion, Alexandria. Elwood and Indianapolis. This evening fifteen members of the Men’s Brotherhood came from Muncie to attend the special anniversary service at the First Presbyterian church. The anniversary exercises of the Epworth league took place at 6:30 this evening, led by the Rev. Chesteen Smith, of Peru. Addresses were delivered by A. H. Backus and E. Earl Parker, of Wakarusa. At 7:30 was held the anniversary of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society, presided over by Rev. Clark Crawford, of Muncie and addressed by A. C. Floyd, of Cincinnati. The morning services at the other churches in the city were well attended. The Rev. John P. De Johns preached at the First Presbyterian church; the Rev. Titus Lowe, of Calcutta. India, preached at the Central Christian church, and the Rev. Rawel of New Zealand, conducted the services at Grace M. E. church. President Edwin L. Hughes, of De Pauw university addressed a crowded house at the men’s meeting held at the Central Christian church at 3 o’clock this afternoon. He chose for his theme the fifth commandant ■“Honor thy father and thy mother.” The speaker presented two reasons why the observance of the fifth commandment was most important if not imperative today—the tendency of ■population to go from the country to the city and the changes that are forcing young men and women to leave home and seek employment in a busy city. - - A MONTH TO PAY TAXES IN. May 4, the last day for the payment of the spring installment of taxes without a penalty, is less than a month away, and the county treasurer’s office is beginning to feel the pressure of business. Property owners are paying taxes with commendable punctual ity and the outlook is there will b? fewer delinquents than in previous years. It is not believed that any body who is entitled to mortgage exemption will overlook his privilege this year. In past years many property owners, through carelessness. Neglected to file exemption papers. This year it appears that none will i "sleep on their rights."

LOST MONEY ON APPLES. Firms Who Held Them in Cold Storare Unloading. Last fall it appeared to the apple dealers that the scarcity of apples would cause them to bring fabulous prices in the spring. Hundreds of thousands of barrels of apples were placed in the cold storage and doled out through the winter at prices that were nearly prohibitory. But the consumers seemed to have lost their appetite for apples and the demand was small throughout the season in which should be eagerly sought. They did not besiege the cold storage houses in a struggle for apples and the speculators were surprised. It is now the time of year when even cold storage apples cannot long be in demand and the speculators are turning them loose on the market at prices that spell ruin. It is said one New York firm that went largely into apple storage last fall will lose nearly $2,000,000 by the strange turn in the market. SOCIETY’S ECHOES Queen Esthers Band of M. E. Church Held Brilliant Event I AT THE HALE HOME Mrs. Ed Beery Will Entertain Foreign Missionary Society of M. E .Church The Young Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet with Mrs. Ed Beery on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. The young ladies who belong to the Queen Esther band of the Methodist church met at the home of Miss Lucile Hale Saturday afternoon and held their first meeting of the new year. The hostess called the members to order at 2:30 o’clock and Mrs. Ed Beery had charge of the devotional followed with the Lord's prayer. Next came several readings on the subject of the “The Child Labor” by different members of the society. The roll call promised to be very good as each responded to their call of the name. A very fine paper on “Children of Toil’’ was read by Miss Frances Merryman, which was followed by the transacting of the business of the society. Misses Josephine Krick and Grace McKean favored them with an excellent instrumental piano duet, and then the minutes of the last meeting was read, which closed the meeting of the afternoon. During the last week the Queen Esther band shipped a barrel of clothing and furnishings to the Methodist home at North Carolina, to help rebuild it after the destroying of the home by fire. The barrel was valued at forty dollars, and the girls wish to thank the ladies who so kindly assisted them in their work. Babies, babies, everywhere. Now you must not think they were for sure babies, for they were only the young girls of the A. H. C. club dressed to iemitate babies when they responded to the telephone call issued by Miss Frances Dugan for a small informal evening party Saturday given at her home on Monroe street, before her return to her school duties at Ferry Hall, Chicago. 111. After arriving at the home of the hostess, the songs which are sung during the years of kindergarten were once more sang and very much enjoyed, as each one brought back to the minds of the girls many, many pleasant and happy days of long ago. The games, too. were played and oh, how happy they were once more At ten o’clock the guests still dressed for the occasion were taken into the dining room where each found their place by dainty cards fastened to the high chairs which had been cleverly arranged around the large table. During the delicious luncheon which consisted of all the dainties of the season that such guests are permitted to partake of. it seemed as though they grew rather restless, and did as in their childhood. Before departing for their homes the girls talked and chatted over the good times they have had since the girls have been home from college, for their spring vacation, and they voted Miss Dugan a royal enter(OnUtiM on pw* «•)

SNYDER ADMITTED Deputy Sheriff Green Returns from a Pleasant Trip to New Castle TAKES AN EPILEPTIC He States That the Epileptic Village is a Great Institution Deputy Sheriff Ed Green returned Saturday from Newcastle where he accompanied Joseph Snyder to the Epileptic institution. He was agreeably surprised to see such an elegant I institution which is yet in its infancy and he takes pride in stating that it is the most promising of any like , institutions that have ever come to his notice. Thirteen hundred acres of land embody the site upon which the management are authorized to erect buildings, and at the present time five structures are complete to shelter the 'Unfortunate ones who have contracted epilepsy. Notwithstanding the fact that but twentynine patients have been admitted, two new buildings are to be erected in the very near future, the plans for same having been already prepared. The Newcastle Epileptic village bids fair to rank among the very best of its nature in the United States and Indiana can well be proud of it. S. W. Hale, of Geneva, president of the board of managers, to whom much credit falls due for the progress of the village, continues to work in its behalf. He is among the number who inspects the prospective patients before they are permitted to enter. Mr. Hale visited the county farm a few months ago and he brought about the acceptance of Mr. Synder, whom he thinks can be cured. Mr. Green also ! mentions that the Maxwell automobile works at Newcastle is the largest concern of its nature in the world, eight hundred workmen drawing a salary therefrom. The main building is 760 feet in length and 370 feet in width. o Upon his return from the republican convention at Indianapolis at midnight Thursday, Justice S. S. Whisler, of Goshen, found his wife unconscious and she suddenly expired at 1:30 i o’clock Friday morning. When Mr. Whisler left her a tew days ago to go Ito the convention she was apparently |in the best of health. Death was due {to apoplexy. A SUDDEN DEATH A Veteran of the Civil War Died in His Room at Geneva WAS 72 YEARS OLD Coroner Grandstaff Was Called and Attributed Death to Natural Cause Coroner J. C. Grandstaff was called to Geneva yesterday to investigate the mysterious death of John Reid, an aged man who has made his home with J. C. Stiver at the Shamrock hotel during the past six months. The old gentleman who had pasesd his sev-enty-second milestone, retired early Saturday evening, presumably in the best of health. An employ of the hotel saw him in bed at 7:30 o’clock that night. He was accustomed to sleeping rather late in the morning, although suspicions were aroused when he did not appear by 9:30 o’clock. An investigation disclosed the fact that he was cold in death and the coroner was immediately notified, who, after an examination, reported that natural causes, senility and rheumatism which produced paralysis of the heart, caused the demise. The deceased was a soldier of the civil war. He was a member of Co. H, 38th voluntary infantry. His son from Michigan will remove the remains to Bryan, Ohio, where interment will be made. The home of the departed man was at Camden, Michigan.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening April, 6 1908.

USE OBJECTIONABLE LANGUAGE Some of Our Young Men May Suffer a Penalty. Along with the other violations of the law comes one in which a little or a great deal of authoritative discipline would well please the people. It has become a habit for young men to congregate on the streets and street corners at night and conduct themselves in an objectionable manner, especially when young ladies and women pass by and many a time their foul and insulting language has brought blushes to those who- hear them. This practice is most disagreeable and the officers expect to see that the young men who imagine they are possessors of the city, discontinue same or arrests will follow. This warning should be suffiicent, ——- ■ o H. A. Dulensky, of Berne, passed through the city to Bluffton and from there he will go to Indian territory to make his future home. GOES TO ILLINOIS Rev. A. B. Haist Sent to Olney and Rev. Wise of Waterloo Comes Here A PRESIDING ELDER Rev. Jacob Wise, Former Pastor Here Given Honor in this District Rev. A. B. Haist, who has served as paster of the Evangelical church here for four years past, telegraphed Sunday from Huntingburg, Indiana, where the conference is in session that he had been appointed to the charge at Olney, Illinois, and that Rev. D. O. Wise, of Waterloo, had been named as the new' pastor for Decatur. Rev. Jacob Wise, who was pastor of the church here twelve years ago, and is well known, was made presiding elder of this district. Rev. Wise will probably arrive here next week and will preach his first sermon Sunday, April 19th. He is a young man. unmarried, and has been in the active ministriy three years. He is a college graduate and considered one of the ablest ministers in the conference. Rev. Haist has served the church here for four years, the limit in that church. Hs is one of the most popular men who ever held a charge in Decatur, and the many friends of Rev. Haist and family most sincerely regret the fact that, they are to leave. However they wish them as much success in their new home, as they have had here. Olney is a town of 5,000 and the church is a strong one. - ■■ - o TO BUY RIGHT-OF-WAY. Company Organized at Winchester Meeting Today. Winchester, Ind., April 6. —(Special to the Daily Democrat)—A meeting was held at the court house today between officials of the Fort Wayne & Springfield interurban and representative citizens from Portland, Winchester, Fountain City, Richmond and several other towns along the proposed route of the line. Mayor Walter Parry presided over the meeting and the preliminary organization was effected in which it was decided to raise SIO,OOO worth of stock and a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions to that amount. After $5,000 or one-half the amount is raised, work will be begun in purchasing right of way between Portland and Richmond. Every person present manifested enthusiasm in favor of the project and it is now an assured fact that the line will be constructed as proposed. The party visited the Winchester power house (Continued on page 4.)

WORRIESUNCLEJOE Members of Congress Run Away From Important Business THEY ALL AGREE On Preservation of Natural Resources—Anti-Trust Bill Washington, April 6. —Speaker Cannon and other leaders in the house are concerned over the growing practice of representatives in running away from the chamber during the consideration of important business. It always has been difficult to keep members present during the daily sessions, but absenteeism has become a positive evil this year. This is due to the fact that the house now owns a large office building, put up at a cost of several million dollars, and containing fine quarters for every member. In the seclusion of the office building the member who is not burdened with any responsibility than to cast his vote when he gets the signal to do so, spends his time sending out seeds, writing to the folks back home, and in other ways planning for renomination and re-election. The office building is a fair distance from the capitol, and members are disinclined to take the walk except in urgent circumstances. Washington, April 6. —It is significant at this time that there is one great movement in which all the political parties are willing to co-operate —the movement for the preservation of the country’s natural resources. Forty-three of the forty-six state governors have now accepted the invitation to attend a conference at the White House May 13, 14 and 15 to further this movement). Democratic governors were as quick to respond as were the governors of republican states. Each governor will bring with him two or three distinguished citizens of his state chosen without regard to political affiliations. Washington, April 6. —Seth Low, former mayor of New York, representing the National Civic Federation, appeared before the house judiciary committee in support of the Hepburn bill, amending the Sherman anti-trust law. He explained how the new bill is expected to remedy defects of the Sherman law. RECORD BREAKER Was the Last Quarter of Fiscal Year at Decatur Postoffice YEAR WAS GOOD Showed Increase of Over Two Thousand Dollars in Cash Receipts Postmaster Frisinger has forwarded his report to Washington or the quarter ending March 31st, and it exceeds any quarterly report In the history of the local postoffice, in point of receipts, mail handled, etc. The amount of business reached $4,918.14. just a few dollars short of the $5,000 mark, as an average which, if continued, would mean a $20,000 business. The increase is due to the large business transacted by the Ward Fence Company and the various other new industries in Decatur. It is expected that the next years business which begins with April Ist will show a handsome increase. The fiscal year ending March 31st showed a total business of $13,340.08, a gain over last year of $2,000. and this too, with the first six months very light. During the last six months of the quarter the business aggregated over SB,OOO. Had the first half been equally as good, the year would have been a record breaker and caused a comfortable increase in the postmaster’s salary, Mr. and Mrs. C. Frederic, of Putnam county, Ohio, arrived this morning to look after business affairs.

DEFENDANTS WON DAMAGE CASE Judge Sturgis Ordered Verdict in Huntington Case. Miss Mayme Balzer, the young lady who was injured in the Waring Glove factory at Huntington two years ago. will get nothing for he,- injuries. This is according to the decision of Judge C. E. Sturgis and the final result of the damage case Miss Balzer Instituted against the Waring company in. the circuit court at Huntington. The plaintiff was an employe of the Waring factory and while working with a machine she dropped a shuttle. She stooped to pick it up and her hair caught in the revolving shaft. As soon as the testimony of the plaintiff was given the defendant made a motion for the court to instruct the jury t oretum a verdict for the defendant as the plaintiff had shown that the injuries were caused by contributory negligence. The judge sustained the motion and the verdict was immediately returned. SCHOOLS PROSPER As Term Nears Its Close, Attendance is Good and Interest is High BEEN GOOD YEAR President Mclntosh, of Wabash College to Lecture— Other Notes of Schools Inasmuch as according to law the wages of school teachers will be advanced next year, a number of the teachers of the city schools are making preparations to do advanced work during their feummer vacation and others of the school belonging to the present senior class who are expecting to teach next year will attend this summer to meet the requirements of the minimum wage law which states that all teachers without experience must graduate from a commissioned high school or its equivalent and do twelve weeks of professional work before eligible to teach. The following seniors will prepare to teach: Lucile Gillig, Florence Kunkle, Fannie McConnell, Helen Evans. Clara Boknecht, Etta Brandyberry, Margaret Walters and Fancheon Magley. The commencement week program which will be observed during the week of May 20 and consist of the following: Junior class reception; baccalaureate sermon; class day exercises and commencement. President Mclntosh, of the Wabash college, will also lecture at rhe commencement and an excellent program is assured. The members of the Senior class who are scheduled for promotion are: Harry Weldy, Willie Conrad, William Hammell, Frances Bryson, Margaret Walters, Etta Brandyberry, Florence Kunkle. Fannie McConnell, Lucile Gillig. Clara Boknecht, Helen Evans and Pansy Bell. The members of the school board are contemplating to repair the south and west ward buildings during the summer months and will continue to add to the equipments as far as practicable and funds permit. It Is probable that the appointment of teachers for next year will be made during the next month. G. L. Mclntosh, president of the Wabash college, a recognized able speaker. will deliver an address to the patrons of the city public schools next Monday evening, April 13, and it is promised that a large audience will greet him. The lecture will be given at the Presbyterian church. The closing of the Decatur public schools is near at hand. The attendance is good and interest high. Every student is making a vigorous effort to cause his or her promotion and the public institutions are indeed busy places and will be until the close of the school year. The final examinations in the high school will be held one week before the close of the term while in all other grades they will be held during the last week. Mr. and Mrs. William McKean and family who moved here from Michigan six week ago, left this morning for Germantown, Ohio, to make their future home.

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SUNDAY WEDDING Charles Beall, Formerly of this County, Weds Miss Wilding, of Ft. Wayne WAS A PRETTY AFFAIR Only a Few Guests Were Present Including Mrs. Dor win of this City A pretty home wedding, and one of special interest to the many friends of both families, took place at 8 o'clock last night at the home of Mrs. James Wilding, in west Wayne street, when her granddaughter, Miss Myrtle Wilding became the bride of Dr. Charles Giffen Beall, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Beall. The bride, who is the daughter, of Mrs. Ella Wilding, had no attendants, and the only guests at the wedding were relatives and the members of a little club of which she is a member. The parlor of the Wilding homestead was simply decorated with vases of delicate pink enchantress carnations mingled with the deeper pink of the awson variety and bride roses of white combined with pink bridesmaid blossoms. The chandeliers throughout the house were hung with graceful sprays of plumosus fern, and the top piano, where Miss Jessamine Bailey played the wedding music, was covered with the delicate vine. In the living room, where the ceremony was read by the Rev. Frank Fox, of the Third Presbyterian church there were many pots of Easter lilies, and these pure white blossoms were grouped against a background of small palms and ferns. One corner of the room was banked solidly with the green and white, and here Dr. Beall, with his best man. Mr. Charles Porter, of Buffalo, awaited the coming of the bride, who entered the room with her uncle, Mr. Charles Wilding, to the strains of the “Lohengrin” bridal music! She looked unusually sweet in her bridal costume, and her dark beauty was heightened by her (girlish gown of white silk, simply fashioned, and trimmed with oriental laces. A bridal bouquet of white rosebuds was carried, and a wreath of buds was worn in the coiffure. During the service Mr. Clinton Willson, a brother-in-law of the bride, sang charmingly. After the relatives had presented their felicitations a buffet supper was served in the dining room, where decorations of red made the room exceedingly attractive. The table had an epergne of bright scarlet carnations, with many red hooded candles surrounding it. Vases of carnations were placed on the mantel, buffet and serving tables. Miss Anna Newton, of St. Louis, a cousin of the bride, presided at the table and was assisted by the younger cousins, Elizabeth Porter, Dorothy and Margaret Wilding. Miss Mabel and Miss Clara Newton, of St. Louis, assisted in ushering into the dining room. After the wedding collation the bride and groom left on a short trip and will be at home upon their return on east Pontiac street, where the house is all ready for occupancy. For traveling the bride wore a tailored suit of Copenhagen blue, with silk waist of the same shade and a smart hat to correspond. Both bride and g’-oom belong to prominent Fort Wayne families. The groom is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Marion E. Beall, former residents of the city. The groom received his medical training here and has been house physician at the state institution, but has resigned from that office and will devote himself to general practice. Among the guests from out of town who were present at the wedding last night were James Porter, who is at. tending college at Ann Arbor; Mr. Charles Porter, of Buffalo, a cousin o. both bride and groom: Mr. C. H. Newiton and the Misses Newton, of St. Louis; Fred Huston .of Pittsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter and Miss Jeanette Porter, of Geneva; Mr. and I Mirs. Ned Hodgman. ipf Coldwater. Mich., and Mrs. Samantha Dorwin. of Decatur—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. —o— — The brick house located directly south of the Decatur Steam laundry, owned by Irwin Brandyberry, is undergoing a complete overhauling. Mr. Brandyberry is having the house remodeled for his own use and when completed, It will be modern in every respect. He expects to occupy same within six weeks.