Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 51.

A GREAT GROWTH Was Made in the First Year ■by American Yeomen Lodge—First ANNIVERSARY EVENT Celebrated Appropriately on Monday Evening—Contest Ended. Monday evening was a gala one for the Decatur order of Yeomen, the -occasion being the celebration of the first anniversary of the institution of the Decatur onier. Just one year ago Monday evening this lodge was established here with thirteen members, and during this time, the number has increased until now the membership numbers sixty-five. Besdes these, there are eleven applicants awaiting initiation, which will probably take place next Monday evening. The membership was greatly increased by a unique contest. Three months ago captains for two divisions were chosen —Mrs. S. E. Brown for one and Mrs. U. E. Cramer for the other, the two factions to work for increase of membership, the losing side to furnish refreshments for the lodge on the anniversary night when the contest was to close. This ended Monday evening, and Mrs. Brown’s department was successful in having gained one more member than Mrs. Cramer’s. The honors, indeed, were very close, so each is perhaps deserving of equal praise. For Monday evening's celebration a program was prepared and speeches were made by various members, including S. E. Brown, John Cramer, Dr. C. S. Clark, Mrs. James Bain and others, on matters of vital interest to the order. Music was provided during the evening by Mrs. Sadie Cowley and the hours in general were happy ones. The luncheon provided by Mrs. Cramer’s department was an excellent one and consisted of chicken sandwiches, coffee, cake, fruit salad. ice cream. This order is indeed one of the most progressive in the city, and it is quite likely the new year will see as great an increase as the first. AT POINTOFDEATH Aged Couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Barnett, are Both Seriously Sick. OLDEST RESIDENTS Os the City—Aged EightyFour and Eighty-Three Years Respectively. A very sad state is that of John |Barnett, his aged companion, who are (both lying at the point of death at | their home in the south part of the | city from infirmities incident to old I age. The couple are perhaps the oldI est living in the city, Mr. Barnett bellng eighty-four years of age and his i wife, eighty-three years old. They are also, perhaps, among the oldest in ' years of residence here, as well as in age, for they have made their home ! in Washington township about seventy i years, living many years of their life ■ on a farm southwest of the city and coming later to this city. Mr. Barnett is a veteran of the Civil war. Both have been in feeble health for several years, the infirmities gradually creeping upon them until at the present | time both are bedfast, and it is i thought that they will never recover. ! There seems to be no disease, only a ’ gradually weakening of the body from many years of service of useful lives well spent. They have three daughters, Mrs. T. R. Moore, Mrs. Joshua Barnhartt and Miss Della, at home, who are tenderly caring for them during their long illness. Mrs. Mary Chrosten and grandson, Tugene Johnson, went to oMnmouth to visit with her sister, Mrs. Martha Dutcher. , .

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

REV. ARRICK AGAIN TONIGHT. Kendallville Pastor Will Preach at the Presbyterian Church. The sermon by Rev. Arrick of Kendallville at the Presbyterian church Monday evening as a very excellent one and the minister won all his hearers. His discourse was able and productive of much good, and it is hoped that the church will be well filled this evening, when he will preach again. The public is most cordially invited to attend this evening and the rest of the week. Rev. Spetnagel has secured excellent talent certainly to assist him in these meetings and everyone who can should attend. IN OTHERCOURTS Big Damage Case Against Fort Wayne & Springfield at Huntington. IS NOW IN PROGRESS Judge Vaughn Left For Indianapolis With FaylorStudabaker Brief. The damage suit of Beckman vs. the Fort Wayne & Springfield traction company, venued here from Allen county, is expected to take up most of the week in circuit court circles here. It began today and from the large number of witnesses to be used and the array of legal talent will require two and possibly three days. The suit is for damages, SIO,OOO being asked for the death of a lady whose horse was scared at a construction engine and used by the traction line. Her death occurred about a year after the accident and it is alleged to have been the direct result of the mishap. One unusual legal question which will play an important part in the fight is: The plaintiff will contend the traction line was operating a franchise to build and operate an electric line was acting outside the franchise in using a dummy steam locomotive for construction purposes.—Huntington Herald. Judge E. C. Vaughn went to Indianapolis this morning and the purpose of his trip was to file the transcript in an appeal which was taken in the celebrated Faylor-Studabaker case, in which heirs of Miss Catharine Faylor are seeking to wrest from David D. Studabaker, residing south of Bluffton, a farm of 100 acres located northwest of Bluffton. The case has been through the lower courts four times, and through the appellate and supreme courts of the state once. Sent back to the Adams circuit court for retrial the Faylor heirs won out in the lower courts for the second time, and besides geing granted the farm were awarded $2,000 damages, and it is from this last verdict that Studabaker through Attorneys Eichhorn & Vaugh, is appealing. Attorney Eichhorn said this morning that the papers submitted today for the consideration of the higher court are not bulky as might be supposed, but that they present only a legal point, on which the defendant hopes to get a reversal. — Bluffton News. Q. ■■ ■ ■ THE RESCUE WORK AT WALLACE Number Have Been Taken Out Alive and There are Hopes of Others. (United Press Service.) Wallace, Idaho, March I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —One thousand men and boys, bonfires built from the debris of wrecked cottages, worked frantically all night and today at Mace, Burk and Murray, where homes were destroyed and men and women entombed by the earth and snow slides. A number of persons have been rescued alive and there are still hopes for others. Early today twenty-four bodies had been recovered. A resious disaster was narrowly averted last night at Mullen, where many refugees had taken shelter in the opera house. While gathered there the roof gave away and the entire structure caved in. Fortunately the cave-in was slow and the occupants had time to escape.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, March 1, 1910.

NIGHT SERVICE On the Western Union Will Likely be Much Heavier— Special Nigt Rate. WILL BE ADOPTED That Greatly Lowers Cost of Sending Messages—J. C. Patterson Notified. J. C. Patterson, local operator for the Western Union Telegraph company, this morning received a letter from headquarters that will no doubt make his nignt work much heavier. The message stated that as soon as practicable the company would establish a “special night letter service” in which the transmission of night' letters would be greatly reduced. Under the special terms all night letters of fifty words or less can be transmitted at the same rate that ten words can be sent under the day rates, and one-fifth of such standard day rate will be charged for each additional ten words or less. This night rate will be in effect from 6 o’clock in the evening until midnight, and letters sent at night in this way will be delivered the next morning. At present this new service will be confined to the Western Union offices in the United States. The "Night Letters" must be written in plain English language, code words or foreign languages being eliminated. The company makes this offer because it has large unemployed mileage of wire at night which is not earning anything, and as these wires must be maintained in any event to take care of the regular day business, the company decided to give the public the benefit. The company has heretofore had special night rates, which, however, were only about ten cents less than the day rate, hence it will be seen that the new night rate is a much greater reduction over any previous rate.

“FLITTING” TIME Number of Changes in Habitation Take Place at This Time of Year. THE DOAK PROPERTY On West Monroe Street is Leased by Adolph Hoffman—Webers Move. March Ist is a general moving time —or “flitting" is it is more poetically called by the natives of central Pennsylvania, where the occasions are attended with much celebration, in which all the neighbors join. Adams county can claim her share of the usual number of changes of habitation which take place at this time of the year, and this week will find many in their new habitations. Adolph Hoffman, who has been making his home in the Bain farm, has leased what is known as the Doak home on West Monroe street, now owned by E. Woods —and is moving a part of his household goods today. The James Bain farm, vacted by Hoffman, has been leased by John W. Robinson, who will take possession in a few days. The Jacob Mangold residence on Nuttman avenue, which was just vacated by James Hoffman, who has moved to a farm east of this city, has been purchased by Mrs. Louis Weber and family, living west of the city. The Webers are holding a sale of their personal goods on the farm today and wil move to town to make their home. Frank Boyers, who has made his home on Walnut street for some time, is moving today to the Mumma farm east of Decatur, and the Walnut street property vacated by them, wil be inhabited by Cliffton Haughton and family. L. L. Baumgartner and family will move next week to their new property at Linn Grove, and this will likely occasion a number of other changes in the city.

PURCHASED VAN WERT FACTORY King Piano Company Are Buying up Some Rivals. A deal has been completed whereby the number of men employed by the King piano factory in this city will probably be greatly increased, meaning also an increase in the number of pianos, which are made in this city, the King Piano company purchasing the Anderson Piano company stock and patents at Van Wert, Ohio. A. J. King, president of the company, and N.K. Todd, local representative, where been at Van Wert for two days, where Monday morning they completed the deal tor the purchase of the Anderson company. Arrangements will be made for the removal of the stock to this city as quickly as possible and the pianos will be made in this city in the King piano factory. The Anderson piano is a fine tone and up to the standard. The same high grade of excellency will be kept up after it has been started in the local factory as has been maintained by the old firm. — Bluffton Banner. CONTEST CLOSING Finish in the Big Gift Election by the Daily Democrat is On. IT’S A GREAT RACE In Which No One Can Pick the Winner With Certainty—Watch It. The last week of the Daily Democrat's popular voting contest is now on, and the candidates are fighting every inch cf the way. It is simply impossible for any one to say who the winner is to be for there are a dozen of the candidates in a bunch and any one can yet secure the Brush automobile. Os course interest centers in who will win that handsome prize, but there is also much interest in the other winners. Any one of these is a gift worth securing. The second prize is a valuable and costly diamond, as is the third prize. The fourth is one of the new 1910 ladies’ suits at Niblick & Company’s, the choice of any $25.00 suit in the house. The one in their window is only one, and if it doesn’t suit the winner she may select something that does. Fifth and sixth prizes are handsome gold watches that may be seen at the D. M. Hensley jewelry window. Seventh prize is a twenty-dollar seamless 9x12 Brussels rug, displayed at Fullenkamp’s. Eighth prize is a $12.00 set of dishes, 100 pieces, and ninth is a beautiful silk umbrella, both of which may be seen at True & Runyon’s. Tenth is a ten-dollar hand bag, ordered especially for the occasion by the Boston store. The voting will close at 10 o'clock Saturday night, by which time the contestants must have voted all the vouchers in their possession. The final vote will be placed in an envelope and left at this office before that hour. The judges whose names will be announced within a day or two will at nnce begin the work of going over same and adding up the vast array of figures. The results will be announced that evening. Every effort has been made by this office to conduct the contest in a fair manner, the contestatns have worked without ill-feeling, and the finish, while it promises to be most spirited and interesting will be strictly fair to every one in the race. Watch for it. Jt’s a good time to help your favorite out by voting this week. . o REVIVAL AT EVANGELICAL. The second one of the revival services, which opened Sunday morning at the Evangelical church in this city, is progressing nicely, and another very good meeting was held Monday evening by the pastor, the Rev. D. O. Wise, who is getting things ready for the coming of Evangelist Klein of Reading, Pa., who will be here Thursday evening to conduct the services. ■' O'— CONFERENCE AND BOARD MEET. The district superintendent, C. U. Wade, will meet the quarterly conference in special session this evening at 7:30. The official board will also meet at the same time for important business. Let every member be present. SHERMAN POWELL, Pastor.

GOT A HEAVY FINE Harry Christen Was Soaked For Seventy-Five and the Extra Costs. TOTALS EIGHTY-FIVE City Judge at Fort Wayne Also Gave Him a Good Grilling. Harry Christen got a good grilling from Judge J. Frank Mungovan in the city court this morning and also got an opportunity to separate himself from SBS to liquidate a fine of $75 and costs assessed for selling liquor to Charles E. Drummond, who had no prescripiton from a physician and who afterwards robbed the Christen drug store and was sentenced to the state reformatory. “Yours is worst than a saloon case," said Judge Mongovan. "A saloon man closes up his place and goes home and obeys the law while you sit around and open youd store to sell young men liquor. No doubt this liquor made that young fellow rob your store. I want to warn you not to come up here before me again for this offense. Your fine will be $75 and costs, but if you are ever proven guilty again here you will get from SIOO to SSOO and from one to six months in jail." Another thing. Christen didn’t promise to send his check and get his release on the primise. He went to his store in charge of Lieutenant George Eisennut and was not given his freedom until he had paid the officer in cash. There was no defense made. Christen knew that the state could prove him guilty and he did not even employ an attorney, but entered a plea of guilty himself and took his medicine. The affidavit was filed by Chief Ben Elliott and it was not necessary to introduce any witnesses. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. DEATH FROMFEVER Scarlet Fever Caused Death of Little Thomas Drew at Geneva. PONTIUS FUNERAL Will be Held Wednesday at Hartford Church and Interment at Geneva. Geneva, Ind., March I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —William T. Drew, little one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drew, died at 3 o’clock this morning irom scarlet fever. The remains were laid to rest this afternoon at 2 o’clock at West Lawn cemetery here, the funeral being private on account of the contagious disease which caused the child’s death. The funeral services for Sylvester Pontius, who died Monday morning, will be held at Hartford church about three miles west of here Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. Harlan of the Friends’ church at Portland. Interment will be made at West Lawn cemetery here. Mr. Pontius is survived by nine children, seven daughters and two sons. They are Walter, Emma, Osa, Lola, Grace, Myrtle, Alverta and Herbert. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Martz went to Monroe this morning to attend the funeral of Mr. Martz' brother, James Martz. ’Squire F. S. Armantrout returned Monday afternoon from a business at Decatur. ’ —— Miss Dorothy Brown, little daughter of C. M. Brown Is detained at her home on account of sickness. The stork visited Preble again yesterday morning with a double burden, leaving twin baby girls at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wefel.

MORTGAGE EXEMPTION SEASON. That the mortgage exemption season is on is evidenced to any one who called at the office of 'Squire J. H. Smith Monday and saw the large number of blanks which he had gotten on hand for use when the season opened today. The exemption is given in any sum under S7OO provided the amount of exemption asked for does not exceed half the valuation of the mortgaged property. The affidavit is made before any person qualified to administer oaths, and the season for filing lasts two months from March Ist. THE GOLDEN WEST Allures Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Meyers to That Land to Reside. LETTER FROM THERE Tells of Delightful Climate and the Many Opportunities in Life. W. H. Meyers and wife are planning to move from fair old Indiana, where they have lived so many years and about November Ist they expect to land in California, where zero weather and the summer thunder storms are unknown. They have had this in view for some time and the following letter from W. F. Bolinger, who went to that country eighteen months ago, has caused them to make up their mind definitely. Mr. Meyers will try to dispose of his property here this summer but if he does not, they are going anyway. The letter says: Redlands, Cal., Feb. 22, 1910. 71 W. Poineer Ave. Dear Brother and Sister: First. After being here about eighteen months we still like the place and are well satisfied with the change. Would not move back to Indiana for a good deal. Too cold in winter and too many electrical storms in summer. We are not stuck on either of them. To be sure this place has some drawbacks, too, along with its many good points. Some of its bad features are these, viz.: We are apt to have a few very hot days during the summer and sometimes gets a little too cold in the winter to suit the oranges. This winter has been the coldest since the weather bureau has been located here to take and keep the report of the temperature, etc. And it was established twelve years ago. Oldtimes say it was the coldest in thirty years. It froze some oranges and hurt a few young trees. Not near all of the oranges were frozen but Some are. The like may not happen again in ten years or more. The coldest it got was eight belowfreezing (not zero as with you.) We thought that very cold. But the greater part of the year the climate is very fine. At least it suits us very well. The soil in the most part is good and the w-ater is fine. To be sure the price of land is very high when compared with eastern land, but when compared with the good fruit land in the west it is not so bad. Some of the apple and cherry land is as high as the orange land is held here. Land is selling here from SSOO to $2,500 per acre, according to location and improvements. Land has advanced quite a bit in the past year. There is a valley just being opened up near here that I think will be a great place some time. It is ten miles east of here. The land is not suitable for citrus fruits, but all decideous fruits do well, especially apples and cherries. These fruits do well and the prices so far have been very good. The market is unlimited. There are a number of large cities near here that depend upon this section for their supply of such fruits. Land can be bought here for $250 per acre with water. In my opinion the man is lucky who owns a piece of that land and plants it to good apples and cherries. If I was able to do so I would buy a few acres and plant cherries and apples. I think I would want to stay here in Redlands for a fewyears at least. I will mail you a booklet on this valley. Read, an dis any question arises, just ask all and I will try to find an answer for you. The climate is cooler than here. It is at the foot of the mountains. A beautiful valley (Continue* on. page 4.1

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MANY TRANSk J Recorder Steele and His Deputies Are Certainly Busy These Days. i ' LIST FOR TWO DAYS Adams County Farm Lands 1 and City Properties Sell For High Prices. i That there are quite a large number of properties in this county . changing hands at this time is evidenced from the fact that the following is a list of the real estate transfers recorded at H. S. Steele's office during the past two days: Eli W. Steele to Daniel Esert et al., ' lot 509, Decatur, $465; O. N. Tyndall, admr., to John Hoblet, jr., 110 acres, Jefferson tp., $9026.70; Susan Yakes to Jasper Wakle, tract in Blue Creek tp., $3000; Louis Bracht to John Meyer, 120 acres, Kirkland tp., $12300; John E. Johnson to Reason Schaffer, 40 acres Monroe tp., $5250; Emily Eg- ; ley to James O. and Sarah E. Manley, ■ 80 acres, Kirkland tp., $9200; Samuel I C. Cramer to Nellie Walters, 10 acres, ' Washington tp , $650; Alfred F. Ryf to Luella Sullivan, 40 acres Blue Creek tp., $3700; Luella Sullivan to George E. Paille, 40 acres, Monroe tp., $4000; George E. Paille to John Merryman, 10 acres, Wabasn tp., $1100; A. B. Cunningham to W. O. Gandy, 13S acres, Root tp., $17250; Lillie M. Baumgartner to Emma Glancy, inlot 213, Decatur, $2200; Reason Shafer to Levi Shafer, tract in St. Marys tp., $150; Anna M. Stone to Ear] Farlow, 37 acres, Wabash tp., $1800; Agnes Cline to Albert pt. outlot 71, Decatur, $1600; People State Bank to W. F. Schug, pt. inlot 22, Berne, $5475; W. F. Schug to J. C. Schug et al., pt. inlot, 22, Berne, $5000; Jno. Stewart et al to Frei Scheiman, 166 acres in St. Marys tp., $6360; S. D. Beavers et al to William Shoaf, 80 acres, Kirkland tp., SBBOO. HOGS STILL SOAR Price in Indianapolis Today Reaches the Unheard of Mark—slo.ls. THE PATTONS QUIT Retire From Chicago Wheat Pit—Will Cause Big Buying in Wheat. i ’ Indianapolis, Ind., March I—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Indianapolis hog market again broke all former markets today on the price of that valuable animal today when best hogs were quoted at $10.15, the highest in the history of the city. Dealers expect the prices to reach the eleven dollar mark before they begin to fall. (United Press Service.) Chicago, 111., March 1. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The announcement of James A. Patton, the “wheat king,” that he is going to retire from the grain pit was made today and caused much surprise among the men of the trade. A sort of pandemonium pre- - vailed and it is believed the statement • will result in the unlimited buying of ! wheat. After July Ist, James A. and i his brother, George, and his partner, s Bartlett, will not be seen on the 1 board. The firm will be reorganized - and will be controlled under the direc--1 tion of the younger members of the ■- firm. Estimates place the combined t wealth of the three members of the v firm at thirty-five millions. James Patton wil sail next week on a short s European trip. n ——o - ~ -■ □ Will Meice of Lancaster, Ohio, is e in the city for a visit with friends, f He will leave in a few days for the y west, where he will make an extendled trip.