Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 215.

ON THE PAY ROLL Rev. W. E. McCarty Confesses That He is Working for Pay PRICE TOO HIGH "Uncle Nate” Pays the Smiling Parson for His Dope ‘‘The Ides of March” for the Rev. W. E. McCarty fell on last Saturday afternoon. It will be remembered that this is the smiling parson who some weeks ago abandoned his life work of calling sinners to repentance, and has ever since been devoting ,his talents and energy in the cause of Senator N. B. Hawkins, in his congressional race. On last Saturday afternoon it seems that the politicoprelate informed his bride of a few months that he had paid oft a certain note held by a local bank, and she was unkind enough to question his truth and veracity, and mildly indicated a desire to be “shown.” Accordingly the reverend repaired to the bank, In company with his spouse, and secured the corroboration of the teller. Then arose that old, and always impertinent question, “where did you get it?” She knew that marriage ceremonies, funeral orations and other sources of revenue were lacking; likewise that the ecclesiastical purse but a short time since was like the far-famed pantry of Mother Hubbard when she went “to get her poor doggie a bone.” Again in awful tones, she demanded, “Where did you get It?” No answer. Her suspicions growing apace, she switched from the interrogative to the affirmative. “You paid off your note with my money,” she charged. This, he stoutly denied, but that brought back the question again. Meanwhile the joyful bystanders were crowding in rather uncomfortably close. At last, driven to bay, the bald-headed truth was wrung from his agonized soul. "If you must know,” he whimpered, “I got my money from Brother Hawkins for that letter I wrote for him that was published in the Muncie Star and other work I am doi<g for him/’ They say a voluntary confession is good for the soul, but judging from the ghost of a grin that embellished the phiz of the prince of smilers at this tragic (moment, a confession squeezed out with a road roller is not so beneficent as a soul sedative.—Portland Sun.

THE GERKE FAMILY REUNION Held at Robison Park Last Saturday. A goodly percentage of the 128 descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gerke, pioneer residents of Adams county assembled at Robison park on Saturday afternoon and perfected an organization with the following officers for the ensuing year: President Herman A. F. Gerke; secretary, C. L. Daseler; treasurer, Henry W. Buck; committee, Herman Gerke and wife, Henry W. Ropa and wife, and Henry C. Gerke and wife. A most delightful time was had outside of the family interest of the event and it is planned to have all of the descendants present at the next meeting. The following were those present on Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Gerke, Flora and Adelia Gerke, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Erb, Freddie, Willie and Didia Erb, Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Gerke, Marie, Carl and Harold Geke, Misses Clara and Gertrude Gerberding, Mr. and Mrs. Max Richter, Walter, Herbert, Erwin, Alfreds and Eno Richter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Buck, Elmer, Lillian, Clarence and Howard Buck, Mrs. Louise Gerke. Mr. and Mrs, Herman Gerke, Lora and Adelia Gerke, Mr. and Mrs. August Hobrock. Esther, Oscar and Marcella Hobrock. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gerke, Mr. Carl Speckman, Miss Sophia Uebelhoer, Mrs. Engel Gerke. Miss Sophia Gerke. Mr. William Ropa, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ropa and Frederick Ropa, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Ropa, Miss Tillie Ropa, Williard, Georgie and Lesley Ropa, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Raseler and Ruth Raseler, Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. A. Gerke, Matilda, Clara and Herman H. x Gerke, Miss Emelia Schultz, Walter, Ervin and Maria Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gerke and Marie and Herbert Gerke, Mrs. Wilhelmina Boester, Miss Louise Boester, Mr. and Mrs. August Boester, and Adelia, Matilda and Carl Boester. —Fort Wayne News.

BRYAN CLUB AT MONROEVILLE Lawyer Steve Whipple, of Portland, Was the Speaker. Attorney S. A D. Whipple went to Monroeville, Allen county, Saturday afternoon, where that evening he addressed a democratic club being organized that night. Mr. Whipple went at the request of the state committee who had billed him for the speech—and Steve knows how to make a telling and argumentative speech. He was greeted by a large audience and the club starts with a membership of about 175. Mr. Whipple says that the one issue that appeals mpst. to the voters who were at the meeting was the one in the democratic state and national platforms declaring for guaranty bank deposits and the extravagance in state and national affairs. — Portland Daily Sun.

THE SECOND DAY An Important Session of the Board of Commissioners COUNTY COUNCIL Subsidy Election October 9—Much Other Important Business The annual session of the county council began at the sheriff’s office this morning. The appropriations for next year will be carefully compared and their official seal given to what is necessary for the needs of the county 1 . They will meet again •morrow ana alter a second approval the appropriations for next year will bo complete. The date of the special election to vote a subsidy to the Bluffton, Geneva and Celina traction company, has been set for Friday, October 9. From this time on, it is expected that most of the voters in Wabash and Hartford townships will devote much time to this election. It is important to them both and means an east and west road, a convenience that will be hard for the to overlook. John Ranone was appointed superintendent of construction on the E. W. Dailey macadam road. Peterson & Moran were allowed $35. The A. W. Bowman macadam road was continued to the October term. Election inspectors were named for the thirty-two voting precincts iu Adams county. A list of them will be found printed elsewhere.

The board selected Indiana limestone for the curbing on the Decatur and Monroe No. 5 and as soon as the. bonds are sold Julius Haugk, the contractor will begin work upon the construction. The stone will be furnished through the Wemhoff Monumental works, agent. MRS. BOSSERT SEEKS BROTHER Who Has Been Absent for Over Five Years. Anxious to find her long lost brother and incidentally to tell him that he has fallen heir since he left home to a portion of his grandfather’s estate, Mrs. Daisy Bossert, of Vera Cruz, south of Bluffton, was in Marion yesterday in an effort to find Elam Levi Maddox, who left his home et Markle over five years ago and has not been heard from since he left Nebraska shortly after. Yesterday afternon, while going to Bluffton to shop, Mrs. Bossert received information leading her to believe her brother is in Marion. She hastened here immediately and searched the city over but up to this time she has learned nothing. Young Maddox's parents died when he was young and he and his sister were reared by an uncle, William Maddox, of Markle. It seems Maddox and his uncle did not get along well and the youth left. For a time he wrote his sister regularly and then one day a letter came saying he would soon leave Nebraska and for her to not write until he wrote again He has never written and until yesterday it was thought he was probably dead. —Marion News-Tribune.

GAVE HIS REASONS , Wants His Party to Redeem Its Campaign Pledges URGES SUPPORT The Cost Will Be Two > Thousand Dollars a I Day Attica, Ind., September 8. —Governor Hanly yesterday gave to the members of the Northwest Indiana Conference ' his reasons for calling the General Assembly in special session. It was not a campaign speech, but it was a political document of great import, and ' the members of the republican committee that meets at Indianapolis this evening will do well to read it carefully. The governor, in. his address, urged the moral forces of Indiana to stand by local option with the county as a unit, and to pass the bill that will be introduced into a law . in words that had no hidden meaning. He asked the four thousand ministers of Indiana to advocate from their pulpits the passage of the county option law. The governor asked that the law and order people, the members of the ' churches, the prayer-meetings, the ! Sunday schools, and all the religious r societies to urge the members of the 1 legislature to vote for the county opt tion law. “Say to your representa--5 tive,” declared the governor, with emphasis, “that it matters not what your ! party affiliations are. If you vote for this measure we will stand by you.” The cost special session, the , governor said, would not be more than $20,000 or $30,000, and its work . could be finished in from ten to fifteen j days. The special session was not t 'called, he said, to repeal the Vincenj nes University bill, but the opportunj ity was embraced to put that ques- , tion before the General Assembly. The governor declared that he had no part p in making the conditions out of which came the necessity for a special session. The session of the legislature will afford an opportunity to put before the people matters that could not j be put before them in any other way. It gave the republican party, he said, a chance to redeem a solemn pledge I on the liquor question, the sincerity of which is being daily questioned.

ANNUAL MEETING Citizens’ Telephone Company Re-Elect Old Board of Directors OFFICERS CHOSEN Same Men Will Serve Another Year—Six Per Cent Dividend The stockholders of the Citizens’ Telephone company met last evening pursuant to notice, at the office of the secretary, F. M. Schirmeyer, it being the annual session. Reports from the various officers and committees wete heard, showing the Institution one of the best investments, financially in Adams county, and everything to be in excellent condition. A six per cent dividend was declared. The company re-elected the old board of directors, including John S. Bowers, Godfrey Christen, D. D. Clark, E. X. Ehinger and F. M„ Schirmeyer. Immediately after the stockholders meeting, the directors held a session and proceeded to elect officers. John S. Bowers was chosen as president; D. D. Clark as vice president; E. X. Ehinger as treasurer and F. M. Schirmeyer, secretary. The Citizens is the oldest independent phone company in. the country and their success is well known in this locality. The fact that they will continue to progress is evident from the selection of the board and officers, all of whom are careful, [intelligent business men.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, September 8, 1908.

DAVID MILLER SOLD OUT Retires from Crystal on Account of Poor Health. t David Miller of the firm of Smuck & Miller, proprietors of the Crystal theater has sold his interest to his partner, who will conduct that popular place of amusement in the future. Mr. Miller is in poor health for several weeks, suffering from catarrh and left today for Pcrtland, from where he will go to Dayton, Ohio, to take treatment fro ma specialist. Mr. Miller has made many friends here who hope he will soon recover his health.

A LECTURE SERIES Will Be Given by Dr. Wilcox at the Methodist Church WILL BE INTERESTING • Special Services Begin Next Sunday Evening—Continue to Oct. 4th Dr. C. B. Wilcox, pastor of the Methodist church Bas arranged for a series of Bible lectures at that house of worship that will no doubt prove of great Interest to Decatur people, and all who can should arrange to hear them. Dr. Wilcox is an eloquent speaker and his sermons are full of those thoughts which inspire one and makes him better able for the battle of life, no difference in what line he may be engaged. The subjects as set out and the dates are as follows: On Sunday night, September f 3, “tarah, the Princess;” on Sunday night, September 20, “Esther, the Star of the Orient;” on Sunday night, September 27th, “Our Mother Eve and the Lost Atlantis;” on Sunday night October 4th, “The Witch of Endor.” ' Every person in this city and locality are most cordially invited to attend these special lectures on Bible subjects, sure to prove as interesting as their subjects implies.

MEET AT BOURBON United Brethren Church Hold Conference There this Week REV. STANGLE THERE May Not Be Returned Here —J. A. Lower Goes as the Delegate The United Brethren conference for this district convened at Bourbon, Indiana, today and will continue over next Sabbath, the list of appointments will probably be read Monday afternoon or evening. Rev. Stangle of this city left yesterday to attend the meeting and Joseph A. Lower will go tomorrow, the latter being the delegate from this county. Rev. Stangle delivered his farewell sern/ms in his churches here last Sunday and it is said it is very probable that he will not be returned here as he has in view another charge. Rev. Stangle has proven himself an able pastor, .a sincere and earnest worker in the cause of religion and has a legion of loyal friends here who will regret to hear of him being sent elsewhere in the conference. INFANT DAUGHTER IS DEAD. The twenty-eight day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Long, living near Honduras In Kirkland township, died yesterday afternoon of peritonitis, having been in poor health since birth. The child was a granddaughter of Levi Johnson. The funeral services were held this afternoon. o ■■ Bluffton won the first game with Huntington yesterday morning by a score of 4 to 2. Red Braden pitched for the locals held the visitors down to but a few hits while the Bluffton team only secured four of the . bingles. There was a dearth of sensational fielding.

TOURS THE EAST Bryan Left Chcago Today for a Campaign Tour THE WEST ALL RIGHT Now Wants to Line Up to the East and Sweep the Country Chicago, Sept. 8. —William Jennings Bryan starts today on his first campaign tour of the east, which is to last almost a month and will include the territory which he once called “the enemy’s country.” This tour is regarded by Mr. Bryan as the most important of the campaign, for it will give him an opportunity to make his appeal and sound the sent!- • ment in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and West Virginia, and he fully believes that this trip will tell the story of his chances of election. As for the middle west, he is satisfied with the outlook. He believes he is certain to sweep this part of the country and that startling surprises are in store for the republicans in such rockribbed states as lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota and South and North Dakota. Except for a few speeches he is to make in Illinois and Indiana on his way east, and a lash through Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin on his way back, he has finished up his fighting in the west, and believes that as matters stand now there Is to be a landslide in this part of the country. From now on he is going to make the east the battleground, so far as his efforts are concerned. Especially is he to concentrate his efforts for reports which he has received in large numbers daily assure him that he has a special fight- ( ing chance there. Republican lead|ers admit that there is going to be 'a great falling off in their vote, and privately they also admit that Bryan is likely to carry several republican I states of the middle west. This conjdition of affairs in, the west is what makes Mr. Bryan so anxious about his tour of the east. He believes that if he finds things as promising in the east as he has found them in the west he can spend the last three weeks of the campaign at Fafrview, content to wait for the result of November 3.

■o ■ — LEFT FOR BOSTON Messrs. Coppock and Niblick Are in the East on Business DEMONSTRATE CARS Special Call from Bostom and New York—Several Cars Sold L. W. Coppock and Jesse Niblick left last evening for Fort W’ayne, where they caught the "flyer'* on the Pennsylvania route for New York City where they landed this morning. After a few days in that city, they will go to Boston in answer to a summons from the agent of the Coppock company in that city, the message stating that orders have been received for several cars and they wanted Mr. Coppock to demonstrate the greatest automobile truck in the world. They will be absent ten days or two weeks, and should take a number of orders in the meantime. The Coppock company are growing every day and one of these mornings our citizens will awaken to find the biggest auto truck factory in the world, right here at their doors. From now on they will turn out a car a week and next year is going to be a banner one in their history. The bos s have the goods and are built of the right stuff and have passed . the experimental stage. Watch ’em grow.

INSANITY INQUEST IS HELD i Sixteen-Year-Old Boy is in Serious Condition. Drs. D. D. Clark and J. M .Miller, * with Justice of the Peace James H. Stone, held an insanity inquest at the latter’s office for Clarence Giipen, a sixteen-year-old youth from St. Marys township. The papers were certified to thfe county clerk with recommenda- , tion that the boy be admitted to the ! Richmond asylum. Young Giipen has | been in a bad condition for several weeks, and is plainly unbalanced. He imagines that some one is constantly following him and trying to kill him. He is afraid of the dark and has other symptoms. Mrs. Al Burdge is at Indianapolis, attending the state fair and demonstrating the famous B. B. Ointment. THEINSPECTORS They Were Named by the Board of Commissioners A NEW PRECINCT There Are Now Thirty-Two Precincts in the County Election inspectors were appointed by the commissioners, the law requiring such appointments to be made at the September term of their court. The names of the appointees follow: East Union —Frank Mclntosh. West Union —J. D. Nldlinger. East Root—George Gase. West Root —C. H. Getting. North Preble —Louis Klein. South Preble —W. H. Rupright. North Kirkland —Henry Brciner. South Kirkland —J. M. Pease. East Washington —Conrad Gillig. West Washington—Henry Eiting. North St. Marys—Elzey Jackson. South St. Marys —John Noll. North Blue Creek —J. M. Willey. South Blue Creek —William Raudebush. North Monroe —M. L. Oliver. Middle Mofiroe —Jacob Kus»r French —John Augsburger North Hartford—Moses Augsbu-ger. South Hartford —Otto Bolds. North W'abash —Sam Soldner. Ceylon—Henry Decker. East Jefferson —Abe Bebout. .< West Jefferson —Marion Ketchum. Decatur — First Ward, “A” —Henry Hite. First Ward, “B" —George Patterson. Second W’ard "A” —Chas. Voglewede. Second Ward “B” —Charles Elzey. Third W’ard “A”—J. F. Snow. Third Ward “B”—D. M. Hower. Berne “A” —Louis Gehring. Berne “B”—J. D. W’interegg. Geneva “A” —Phil Macklin. Geneva “B” —W. W. Briggs. The township trustees living in East Union, East Root and North St. Marys were disqualified, owing to being related to candidates on the countytickets. —~o -— i ■ ■ GREAT LABOR DEMONSTRATION John D- Saw the Event at His Home in Cleveland. Cleveland, Sept. 7.—Seated in his big new tou-ing car, relatives and acquaintances with him, the richest man in the world today viewed the marching thousands of organized labor in the Labor Day parade. John D. Rockefeller was not noticed by the cheering crowd that lined Euclid avenue at Thirtieth street, where his machine was halted in a jam of motor cars. Nor was the presence of the Standard Oil magnate noted by the marching thousands. Only a few spectators noticed that he was watching the parade and commenting to his guests on the show of organized labor. Mr. Rockefeller had expressed himself l as desirous of noting the appearance : of labor on its day of celebration, and ’he gratified his desire without osten- | tation. Asked for his opinion of the demonstration, he smiled nodded and ignored the question with a remark on tbe fine weather. t, Mrs. Judson Teeple and son Ray will leave the latter part of this week . foi a vacation trip among friends and I relatives in Pennsylvania. |

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THE SECOND DAY Another Busy Session at the Circuit Court Room TWO partitions Were Disposed of and Sales Ordered—Other Court House Items Henry Meyer vs. Andrew Meyer, appcintent for guardian, answer filed by clerk, appearance by H. B. Heller for defendant. H. L. Conter vs. Fort Wayne and Springfield Co., damages $250, appearance by C. J. Lutz for defendants; rule to answer. B. W. Sholty vs. J. J. Meyers, notes S2OO, default, judgment for $78.38 and for $4.45 and for costs. Default of defendants was noted in the following cases: Henry Kleble et al vs. H. S. Porter, notes $200; Keubler & Moltz Co. vs. John J. Meyer, account SIOO. T. A. Hendricks vs. Salomon Sturgis et at quiet title, proof of publication and notice to non-residents ordered. A similar proceeding was made in the case of Newton C. and Helen Anderson vs. Charity C. Hetrick et al. Appearances were entered in various cases as follows: D. E. Scott vs. L A. Graham by DeVoss and Peterson & Moran for defendant. Aetna Life Insurance Co. vs. Cardwell Box Co., Decatur Egg Case Co., and Cardwell Stave Co., by C. J. Lutz for defendants; Mutual Mfg. Co., vs. Christine Kuntz, by F. M. Cottrell for defendant; Rurode Dry Gods Co. vs. Schafer, by C. J. Lutz for defendant; Eugene Morrow vs. William Anderson, by D. E. Smith for defendant; G. F. Gemmell vs. John T. Hamlin et al, by C. J. Lutz for defendants. Bessie L. Davies et al vs. Clarence Williman et al, default of defendants, titled quieted and partition as petitioned for; sale ordered; P. G. Hooper appointed commissioner, bond fixed at $6,000. Bert Newcomer vs. Lizzie Champion et al, partition of land ordered as asked: sale ordered; Jacob Butcher appointed commissioner, with bond of $1,000; finding that Bank of Berne holds lien against Newcomer’s interest for $95. Belle Johnson vs. Frank A. Johnson, divorce, proof of non-residence notice filed; default of defendant; Prosecutor Heller ordered to answer. Frank Sullivan vs. G. R. & L RyCo.. damages $610.60, demurrer to each paragraph overruled. James H. Sullivan vs. G. R. & I- Ry. Co., damages $1,650, demurrer to each paragraph overruled. Tazwell Fritz vs. George A. Fritz et al, partition, proofs filed, report of sale filed, ratified and deed ordered. Susie Conaut vs. W. B. Tucker, amages SI,OOO, dismissed at cost of plaintiff. Della M. Chapman vs. Esther R. Chapman, et al, partition, final report filed. Henry Miller, guardian for Sarah E. Buckingham, a person of unsound mind, filed a current report which was approved. Alice L. Ray, administratrix of the Shelby Ray estate, filed petition to sell personal property at public sale. So ordered after three weeks’ notice. The case of Margaret Mayer vs. The Ward Fence Co., an account was dismissed and the costs paid. Malinda Fronefield vs. William Fronefield. divorce, cause dismissed and costs paid. Letters of administration were granted to Charles E. Simon, who will look after the estate of John C. Simons. He filed bond for $1,600, signed by Jacob Butcher. Emanuel Warmer has sold to John Yoder, 40 acres in Hartford township SI,OOO. Gillam Inninger et al transferred 78 acres in Wabash township |to Emanuel Warmer for $5,800.