Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1910 — Page 1

■ Volume VIII. Number 81.

■NOMINEES I CHOSEN I Republican Convention at Indianapolis Selects the Standard Bearers. I BUT FEW BATTLES I Big Crowd Heard Beveridge’s Speech—Eighth District Organization. (United Press Service.) Convention Hall, Indianapolis, 3 p. I m. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Up ■ to this hour the convention has been lan unusually tame one. Temporary I Chairman Beveridge after his speecn I surrendered the gavel to Permanent ■ Chairman George Cunningham of I Evansville, and after a short speech ■ hy him the nominations began. The ■ only excitement up to this time was I the expulsion of Mayor Shank of InI dianapolis from the floor because he I was blocking the aisle. He went I good-naturedly and there was no row. SI The nominations are as follows: Secretary of State —Otis E. Gully, I Danville. Auditor of State —John E. Reel, ■ Muncie. Treasurer of State —Jonce Mony- ■ han, Crawfordsville. Clerk of oupreme Court —E. V. Fit .- I Patrick, Portland. Superintendent of Public InstrucI tion — State Geologist —W. S. Blatchley, ■ Terre Haute. State Statistician—J. L. Peetz, Ko- ■ komo. Judge Supreme Court —Oscar Mont- ■ gomery, Seymour. Judge Supreme Court, Third DisI trlct — Appellate Court, First District —C. | C. Hadley, Danville, and Ward H. | Watson, Charleston. Appellate Court, Second District— The only scraps were for treasurer, I superintendent of public instruction I and judges of the supreme and appelI late courts, and they were not very [ exciting. (United Press Service.) Indianapolis, Ind., April s—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The republican state convention opened here at ' 9:30 o’clock this morning. The Tom- , linson hall was packed, over 5,000 peoj pie being present, and while there ; was not the excitement of former ■ years, there was enough stir to make one feel that the session was an important one. The reports of the various committees were taken up and adopted and Senator Albert J. Beveridge, the temporary chairman, then delivered his address. When he criti- ; -cised Senator Hale on his proposed measure for publicity he was interrupted by a delegate for specific instruction. The question was ignored and was not repeated. Beveridge showed signs of fatigue. At the conclusion of his speech he was cheered and congratulated by those who could reach him. His advocation of the government ownership of the Alaskan coal fields and the abolition ■of child labor were most favorably received by the delegates. Delegates to the convention met by ■districts early Monday night and elected the following as members of the committee on resolutions: First—Judge Roscoe Kiper, Warrick county. Second —Charles G. Sefrit, Daviess. Third—M. Burt Thurman, Floyd. Fourth—W. E. Springer, Bartholomew. Fifth—Howard Maxwell, Parke. Sixth—Rudolph G. Leeds, Wayne. ’ Seventh—H. W. Bennett, Marion. Eighth—Frank H. Snyder, Jay. Ninth—Ralph K. Kane, Hamilton. Tenth—W. J. McAleer, Lake. Eleventh —George B. Lockwood, Grant. Twelfth—O. N. Heaton, Steuben. Thirteenth—Wilson Roose, Elkhart. Officers of the Convention. Temporary chairman —Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Permanent Chairman —George V Cunningham, Evansville. Secretary—Will H. Hays, Sullivan.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Sergeant-at-Arms—Joseph B. Barr, Bruceville. Chief Usher —J. A. Kautz, Kokomo. The Eighth District. District Chairman James S. Colbert called the meeting of the Eight district to order and upon motion of Senator Lambert was made chairman of the meeting. The delegates got into a contest over the election of a secretary and the contest was settled by a motlo nthat the chairman appoint a secretary. Chairman Culbert named Philip Andrews of Decatur as secretary. Dr. E. M. Conrad mov that the chairman appoint a nominating committee to name the various district representatives on the committees. This motion was laid upon the table upon motion of James P. Goodrich. The following mon then were elected to membership upon the committees: Committee on rules, George H. Ward, Randolph county: committee on credentials, Joseph Q. Fields, Madison county; committee on resolutions, F. H. Snyder, Jay county; W. A. Lower, Adams county, was named as vice chairman of the convention for the district and D. H. Swain of Wells county was named as assistant secretary.

THE SECOND DAY Board of County Commissioners Are Closing Busy Two Days’ Session. NEW ORPHANS’ HOME Plans Submitted by Architects —Board Will Confer With Charity Board. The board of county commissioners practically closed their April session with this afternoon. Among the business was the looking over the plans for the proposed Orphan’s home, as prepared by Architects Charles Christen and Oscar Hoffman of this city and Abraham Boegley of Berne. They were simply sketches as the board is not yet in a postion to receive plans. All were attractive and had points of merit. In the near future the board will meet with the board of charity and talk the matter over and an effort will be made to complete the plans so that some action can be taken by the county council at the meeting in September. The petition filed by Peter Hoffman and about forty others to change the name of Buena Vista to Linn Grove was continued. John JI. Stoneburner filed a petition to annul the contract with J. N. Fristoe for the collection of insolvent taxes on the ground that the appintment should be made by the county treasurer. The matter was continued. Superintendent Graber of the county infirmary was ordered to look after the raising of one of the buildings there, the expense not to exceed 1105. The petition for the A. Shaffer roai was sufficient and in all ways according to law. Bonds were issued for the Joseph Heiman road. The petitioners of the J. A. Swoveland and W. R. Mann to have taxes refunded were continued. The auditor was ordered to advertise for bids to be received on May 2nd for the rental of the fair grounds as pasture lands. County Surveyor C. C. Ernst was ordered to prepare plans and specifications for the repair of the Zook bridge in Monroe township, to be presented at the May meeting of the board. The auditor was ordered to advertise for bids to be received at the next meeting for gravel road repairs, to include tile, sewer tops, Iron tops, bridge planks, etc. — —O'. ■ ... Fred Reppert left this noon for Shelbyville, Ky., where on Wednesday afternoon he will cry a large cattle sale at that place. He will be joined Wednesday by A. J. Smith of this place, who will look after some business there.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, April r, 1910.

PROSPEROUS YEAR Has Been the Past One For the Local Methodist ConCongregation. PROSPECTS BRIGHT Pastor and Many Will Attend the Conference at Bluffton. The Rev. Sherman Powell, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, left today noon for Bluffton, where he will attend the annual North Indiana conference. While this began Sunday morning with a sermon by H. A. Cobin, vice president of the Depauw university, and with sermons Sunday and Monday evenings, the conference proper did not open until this afternoon at 2 o’clock with the conference examinations by J. K. Cecil, chairman and with addresses in the evening. The past year for the local churc* has been a most prosperous one. A short review brings to notice the successful revival of last winter, and the net gain during the year of fifty members, with twenty-five probationers. There were more unions to the church during this time, but as some of the old ones were removed on account of change in residence or by death, the net gain may be considered in this way. All of the societies and organizations of the cnurch have become strengthened and enlarged and the Sunday school in particular is flourishing. During the past year noted improvements of the church building have been made at a cost of four thousand dollars, and both spiritually and materially the church has gained during the closing year, making the period one of rejoicing. The service of Rev. Powell has been most efficient and great in results and the fact that the board asked for his return to the charge this year is but one of the marks of the great esteem in which he and his wife are held here.

GIVEN CHARIVARI Bellers Pay Homage to S. C. Cramer and Bride Who Returned. HERE FROM KOKOMO Where the Wedding Took Place Saturday—Bride a Kokomo Young Lady. S. C. Cramer, well known teacher and minister of this city has returned from Kokomo, where on last Satuiday he was married to Miss Leora Spraker .a popular young lady of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Cramer are now moving their household goods to the Cramer farm east of this city, where they will make their home, and Monday evening they were given a great ovation and welcome —in other words an old fashioned belling—and the air in that vicinity was quite merry for many hours. The wedding came as a great surprise to many, for when Mr. Cramer left last Friday for Kokomo, very few knew of his intentions in the matrimonial line. Mr. Cramer has been engaged in the profession of school teaching for some time ,and is at present principal of the south ward schools. He is also a minister in the Evangelical church and in connection with his school duties served for some time the past winter as pastor of the Evangelical church at Portland. The wedding was solemnized by Elder J. J. Wise of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Cramer have the best wishes of all. o KRUCKENBERG-STEELE. Another wedding to occur in the near future will be that of Miss Bertha Kruckenberg and Mr. David Steele, bpth of Union township. The wedding will take place on Sunday, April 24th. Invitations have been issued to their friends and the affair promises to be a happy event. Both young people are well known and held in high esteem by their many friends.

GIVE BENEFIT PLAY APRIL 15TH. The Decatur High school Athletic association is pushing arrangements for the minstrel and play to be given by them April Isth for the benefit of the association. The first half of the evening will be given over to the minstrel, in which Free Frisinger, Carl France, Earl Colter, Lawrence Biggs, Gregg Neptune and Frank DeVoss will serve as end men, and bring forth in their inimitable way all the latest hits In this line. The second part of the evening will be devoted to the presentation of Frank Dumont’s, ’ The District Convention." This will be i burlesque on modern political conventions. Each nationality with all its peculiarities will vie for the office of mayor, and in the end a woman will come along and bring things to a climax by taking the position herself. The parts in the performance .will all be taken by the high school students, many of whom are quite well known to the public, having often before appeared in amateur theatrical productions: The association should be given the encouragement of the public. Tickets will be sold for twenty-five cents. THE GRIhT REAPER Garners Life of Albert Meyer, Son of Ernest Meyer, of Wells County. DIED MONDAY NIGHT From Diabetes—Funeral to Be Held Thursday Afternoon. Albert Meyer, eldest son of Ernest Meyer, living northwest of Decatur, near the Bethlehem Lutheran churcn in Wells county, died Monday evening at rff o’clock from diabetes. Ho had been ailing for some time, but had been bedfast only since Saturday, and Friday afternoon he was wed enough to make a trip to Echo. Ine young man was born September 4, 1892, in Fort Wayne, but in childhood went with his parents to Wells county, where he spent the remainder of his life. His mother has preceded him in death and he leaves father, step-mother and several brothers and sisters. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Bethlehem Lutheran church. o A NEAT PUBLICATION. One of the most attractive pieces of advertising matter that has been • our pleasure to examine, has just found its way to our exchange tables. It is Carpenter's Commercial College Messenger published as the name indicates, in the interest of Carpenter’s Commercial College at Ossian, Ind., and Middlepoint, Ohio. The Messenger, which is a six-column, four-paged folio, is printed on super-calendared eighty-pound book paper. It is largely embellished with half-tones of a number of the graduates of the school. It contains interior views of the commercial and telegraph departments of the Ossian school. It also gives letters from railway officials, students and parents of students. Taking it all in all the Messenger is worthy of a careful perusal by young people who are looking forward to useful careers. A postal card to the president, C. A. Carpenter, at Ossian, Ind., will bring you a copy of the Messenger. Send for it. o CHURCH OF CHRIST CONVENTION Many from this city will attend the annual convention of the Churches of Christ of the Fifth Indiana district at the Jefferson Street Church of Christ at Fort Wayne today and Wednesday, Among the speakers of interest to Decatur people is Grant K. Lewis of Cincinnati, who will speak Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock on “Home Missions.” Mr. Lewis was pastor of the church in this city many years ago. Mrs. C. J. Weaver and Mrs. Sadie Cowley, Mrs. A. M. Fisher and Miss Margaret Daniels are among those from this city who will attend at various times during the convention. o — - Miss Mary Bogner went to Berne this afternoon for a short visit with friends.

SET for; JUNE 9 County Commencement Will be Held This Year on That Date at Geneva. A TRUSTEES’ MEETING Yesterday With County Superintendent—Prepare to Take Enumeration. An informal business meeting of the trustees of the townships of Adams county was held Monday at the office of L. E. Opliger, county superintendent of schools. The quarterly report, showing the total sales of the school books during the last quarter was made and the trustees also qualified for the taking of the annual enumeration of the school children of the county, this including all children between the ages of six and twentyone years. The enumeration must oe taken between April 10th and 30th. The arrangements for another county commencement were also made. This will be held at Geneva June 9th, and Dr. W. M. Ferris of Big Rapids, Mich., president of the Ferris institute, will give the address. Dr. Ferris is known to all here, having been one of the instructors at the county institute last fall. The trustees of all the northern townships and nearly all of the southern townships agreed to give their teachers the privilege of attending the Northern Indiana Teachers' association convention at Fort Wayne on Friday of this week at regular pay. This grant is made because the meeting this year is so close and the attendance will be of infinite advantage. Any teacher wishing to attend the convention may secure a ticket admitting him to any of the sessions by remitting twenty-five cents to Mr. Opliger. TO PARTSUNKNOWN Sam Fisher and Family Load Themselves Into Box Car in Evening—Gone THE NEXT MORNING Have Not Been Seen Since —Their Home Broken Into and Ransacked. It sems quite probable that Sam Fisher and family, who for many years have been town characters, have left to seek their fortunes in pastures green. For the past year they have been living in a little house at the extreme end of High street and neighbors in that vicinity state that one evening last week Sam was seen to load himself and family into one of the box cars standing on the side track on the Clover Leaf railroad and the next day the car was gone and Mr. Fisher and family have not been seen here since. The little house in which they made thieir abode, has been broken into in the meantime and the sidewalls and the windows broken in and what little furniture they had broken and ransacked. It is said that Sam told some of the neighbors before their departure that they were going to Buffalo, but whether on a pleasure trip or for permanent residence is unknown. On the eve of their departure he came to town and stocked up with provisions to last for some time on their trip. Among the many children of the Fisher family is a babe but four weeks old. —o ■ ■ Seth Smith of Petoskey, Mich., who has been visiting his cousin, Carl Smith, left last night for St. Louis, Mich., where he will visit before returning to his home. Miss Velma Schroll, who has been clerking for some time at the Manton, Rosenbloom store at Fort Wayne, visited here a short time this morning with her parents, returning on the 10 o’clock car.

APRIL 29TH IS ARBOR DAY. Governor Thomas R. Marshall has issued a proclamation designating April 29th and October 28, 1910, as arbor days in Indiana. The people of the state are requested to devote themselves on these days to the planting of trees “that in the years to come their children may hear from them, voices more impressive than the whirlwind of the storm." The governor in the proclamation says: “It is to be hoped that the citizens of Indiana 'find tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything.’ The ‘tongues in trees' voice is a finer language than the tongues of men, the watchful care which the God of nature has over all his creatures. They proclaim that the duty of life is to grow to lift self sunward —to shelter the songsters of our state, to shade the eare free child and him who stoops with age; to be young and hopeful, but at the last to be cut down for the common good. Day by day the remorseless onslaught of commerce is silencing these tongues in Indiana. Others must find expression or soon these voices rarely will be heard." A BUSINESS CHANGE A. J. Smith Assumes Full Controll of the Smith & Bell Lumber Co. IS NOW IN CHARGE Partnership Has Existed Twenty-Four Years— Senior Member Retirs. The Smith & Bell Lumber firm, one of the oldest and most reliable business concerns in this city, is no longer in existence, as may be seen from a notice of dissolution elsewhere. The deal has been on for some time and was closed Monday, on w'hich date A. J. Smith, took over the interest of A. R. Bell in the big concern. The Smith at Beu partnership was formed in 1886, twenty-four years ago, and has existed continuously since. Dealers in hardwood lumber their business has extended far into the thousands each year, growing into one of the best known concerns of the kind in the middle west. Until a few years ago they conducted a sawmill here and at other places over the country, but during the past ten years they have acted as jobbers, buying and selling the lumber. About a year ago they established a yard in this city, where they store the timber instead of having it scattered all over several states. Mr. Bell retires from the firm, simply because he wishes a rest from the burden of so many years In a business in which every minute is a strain. Mr. Smith feels that being ten years the junior of his partner he will be able to continue the business, and he will do so in the same business like manner of the past. Mr. Bell will probably spend several months this summer at Oden, where he has a cottage. Further than this he has no plans for the future. According to the dissolution notice A. J. Smith takes over all the matters pertaining to the business. Messrs. Smith & Bell are well known here as well as in the timber world of the entire country. Mr. Bell, who retires, is the oldest member of the firm in years and service, having been engaged in the tie and lumber business for twenty-eight years. He had the tie contracts for the C. & E. railroad and for the Clover Leaf when the latter was made a broad gauge road. In 1886 the parinership with Mr. Smith was formed and the business relations between the two men have been most pleasant and congenial. Each has worked faithfully and have accumulated some proof as a result. We wish both Smith and Bell continued success and prosperity. o— Mr. and Mrs. John Walters went to Fort Wayne this morning to visit with their son, Sidney Walters, and family and to see the new daughter, Ruth, which arrived in that hous<hold two weeks ago. J. M. Willey of Blue Creel? township, who has been at the sanitarium at Martinsville for several weeks, writes friends that he is getting much better. He has been in ill health the greater part of the winter.

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THE DAY BEFORE Bluffton is Ready for the Delegates to the North M. E. Conference. IT BEGINS TOMORROW Rev. Powell is Snugly Quartered at the Home of John Studabaker. Bluffton, Ind., April s—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The day before the opening of the great North Indiana conference find Bluffton well fortified to take care of the crowds that will attend from over the district. Tha assignment committee has a place for every preacher and his wife, and while the task has been a strenuous one, it has been accomplished, and everybody is welcome to the best Bluffton has in store. All day long the ministers and their wives have been arriving and as soon as they have reached the church they have been taken to their temporary residence in one of the five touring cars that are at their call. By this evening they will all be housed and ready for the opening of the session at 9 o'clock in the morning. The city electrical department has strung wires all around the church yard and its approaches and the place will be one blaze of light. The stores are taking on a gala appearance and there Is no doubt that Bluffton wiil present her very best foot to the many visitors that will be here during the week. The committee is receiving word every hour of a crow! that is coming from some point hi the conference, some coming in a special car, and great preparations are being made to entertain a record crowd Saturday and Sunday. A check room is installed in the church, where articles of clothing and lunch baskets can be checked, as it is expected some of the people coming Sunday will bring lunch for fear of the eating houses being overcrowded. However, the committee on restaurants and boarding houses is constantly urging the people on what to expect, and several hundred can be handled at any time during the big meetin'. Uncle Sam has provided a branch postoffice with a regularly appointed > postmaster and all mail will be handled from the church. A telephone has been installed, telegraph station, and with the numerous "parts" of the church in this city there will be plenty of places for rest, after giving each committee all the room it needs. In this respect the local church will prove ideal for holding the conference. « The Decatur minister, Rev. Powell, has been nicely located as to a place to stay during the session, he going to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Studabaker, well known in Decatur as Bluffton's wealthiest man and quite an ardent prohibitionist. GEO. L. SAUNDERS. o ATTENDS DISTRICT MEETING. Otto Wemhoff, local Prudential insurance agent, reports the meeting which he attended at Fort Wayne Monday a very good one. About fifty agents of the Fort Wayne district were present, meeting at the district offices in the Physicians' Defense Building. Special and general work in connection with their business was taken up, and Mr. Nash of New York, formerly special ordinary instructor of the company, was present and made an address upon the new monthly insurance policy originated by Mr. Nash and to be made a special feature of the company’s work. A general staff meeting followed. o INTERESTING SESSION. The local lodge of Odd Fellows held a very interesting session last evening at their hall and much business pertaining to the betterment of the order was talked over. The degree work was given to three candidates, and a good time was had while the work was administered. Arrangements were also made for a celebration, which will take place on next Monday and which will be a notable event for the lodge. A number of speakers from out of the city will be here to address the members and a large delegation from the south part of the county Is expected.