Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 203.

TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE Annual County Teachers’ Institute Opened This Morning for Five Days. IN M. E. CHURCH Attendance Very Large— Large Number of Instructors Here. It is not difficult to know wherein Indiana's schools excel all others of the United States, if all other countUes are as wen represented in the educational world as Adams county was thi| morning, in the large number of bright-faced, intellectual, wide-awake progressive teachers from all parts ■of the county, who assembled for the annual teachers' institute which convened this morning at 9:30 o’clock in the lecture room of the Methodist church That the town was given over to the teachers this week was evi- j denceil frcm the beginning of the morning, as trains from all directions brought in large numbers of teachers and students, bearing that unmistakable scholarly look, and the assembly at the institute room at opening time thi* morning gave assurance of an unusually large attendance which cannot but result in a correspondingly great interest and a meeting of unprecedented pleasure and profit. All teachers but twelve were present at the opening session. A great many of the instructors who will have charge of the institute work during the five slays' session, closing Friday, were in attendance at the opening this morning, and more will arrive from time to time during the week. County Superintendent L. E. Opliger, who has spared no effort to make the Institute this year the best in the county’s history, opened the morninfg session by announcing the grand old song, “America,’' and as its words, to the accompaniment played by Miss Bess Schrock, the institute’s pianist, were pealed forth, it needed but little vision to see’ that the teachers and educational workers of Adams county would do what they could for the advancement of the county and state, but of grand old; America, as well. The devotional services were conducted in a sincere and impressive manner by the Rev. Charles Ehle, pastor of the Baptist, Hpprch, who read the nineteenth Psalm, showing nature's great text book. "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth hisL handiwork." This was followed by an earnest prayer, after which the regular institute work followed, whim is t>est told in the following notes, contributed by the secretary, E. C. Runyon, assistant principal of the Linn Grove schools: 1 Monday Morning. opened by singing "Amerifollowed by the devotional exercises by Rev. Charles Ehle, he using fori the lesson the nineteenth Psalm. Song, “Jerusalem the Golden. Supei-j intendent Opliger gave a short address of welcome to the teachers. • He asked each one to write a lriend to attend. and Civilization,” by Dr|Charles D. Hoyt, of the Michigan State normal. “I wish to bring loving greetings from the state of pines and ores to a state which has a school system. which has produced presidents.' The great word of the century is evolution. We are living in an age DR. CHARLES 0. HOYT, Professor of History and Education, Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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in which things are moving. We cannot compare the schools of today with the schools of fifty years ago. Feeling Is the primitive and principal data, the thing to work for, the thing to look forward to. We are more or less superstitious, for It Is part of our life. Through the efforts of explorers we are able to go over the world and find human beings In every stage of development. We have five Institutions as the basis of civilization. They are: The home, school, vocation, state and church. The boy is like the bulb of the plant; it is to be evolved. My aim and Ideal Is to be a great teacher. I am going to hold before you this week the names of Rosseau, Pestalossi, Froebel, Herbert and Horace Mann, the headlights to evolution. Music, by Professor Otto Mlessner. I know that you country teachers are crowded with work, but If you only have five minutes time, be sure and sing. It livens the school. The secret of Germany being the most musical of all nations lies In the Folk Songs. The child must have a singing vocabulary in order to sing as well as a speaking vocabulary In order to read. The home should be a singing home. You will get Just as much out of music as you will put Into it. “What Grammar is and What it is For," by Professor George W. Neet, of Valparaiso University. In behalf (Continued on page 2.) PLAN GREAT TIME Modem Woodmen Committee Met Sunday and Completed Plans For LABOR DAY PICNIC At Maple Grove Park Next Monday—Elaborate Order of Affairs. The Modern Woodmen committee on arrangements for the great Labor Day picnic to be held next Monday In Maple Grove park, met Sunday afternoon and brought things to a head, that will no doubt make this picnic one of the greatest held in this district in some time. The committee included Clyde Rice, Walter Johnson, Roy Wolford, Fred Sehurger, Bam Shamp, Frank McConnell, Eli Meyer, Clifford Haughton, men of many and various talents, who will provide a well-round-ed-out order of entertainment. Among the many speakers will be John D. ' Volz of Indianapolis, state deputy; A. F. Hoffmeister, district deputy, of Fort Wayne; T. W. Capeland of Lima. Ohio, a deputy from that state; Attorneys C. L. Walters and D. B. Erwin, prominent workers in the local order. There will be music by the newly organized Woodmen orchestra and quartet, under the management of Roy Wolford; there will be a ball game between the Decatur and Monroe Woodmen camps; a dance morning and evening in the pavilion, under the direction of Fred Sehurger, the master dance-master; and many other features. Among the very special numbers will be a fancy drill put on in the morning by the Decatur Royal Neighbors, and also one by the Fort Wayne Royal Neighbors’ degree team. The Fort Wayne team will no doubt be a fine attraction, as it Is now preparing to enter the United States drill contest at Buffalo in October, and will put on the drill to be given by them here in competing for national honors. Refreshments of all kinds can be obtained upon the grounds and nothing is being left undone to make the event one of pleasure. Thousands will he in attendance, as not only Modern Woodmen and their families and Royal Neighbors and their families, but their friends, also, are invited, and these include every member of the public. Special invitation has been given to the camps at Bluffton, Monroe, BerneGeneva, Tocsin, Ossian and the Fort Wayne camp, as well as the Edwards camp of that city. The interurban will accommodate the public by giving them thirty-minute service on that day. Every one should attend. . —— BOY AT CHAS. HOUK HOME. The stork, in its numerous visits in Decatur and Adams county this season, did not forget to stop at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houk of near Bingen, Sunday, where it left a fine baby boy.

Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, August 29, 1910.

LANDED SAFELY Miss Pansy Bell Wires Relatives That She Has Reached New York. AFTER TRIP ABROAD Will Arrive Home Within a Day or Two—Visited in Various Countries. Mrs. A. R. Bell this morning received a telegram from her daughter. Miss Pansy Bell, stating that she had landed safely in New York. She will probably reach home Tuesday some time, after an absence of nearly three months, spent In a delightful tour of Europe. Miss Pansy left here tbout the 15th of June, sailing from New York on the twentieth, and landing at Naples, Italy, July 3rd. She was with Miss McCombs’ party, which also included Mrs. Eva Gregg, son, Kenyon, and daughter, Naomi, of Green castle, Indiana. They visited various cities and places of attraction in Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland, France and England, sailing from Glasgow, Scotland, August 20th, on the steamer, “California." That the journey has been one of much pleasure as well as educational, goes without saying, but Miss Bell’s many friends and relatives here will be glad to hear her experiences. ——o - ■ WILL GIVE A SOCIAL. A social will be given on Thursday evening of this week at the home of John Shafer In Union township, a half mile south of the Allen county line. The social will be given for the benefit of the East Liberty Sunday school. Quite a number of pleasant features will contribute to the good time, among them being music by the Shafer orchestra. THE ART DISPLAY Every Woman in the County Has Goods That Would Win a Premium. GET THEM READY A Few Pointers on What to Do and How to Do It to Get a Premium. In nearly every home in the county there are various articles which would secure for you a handsome premium, if it were only taken to the Great Northern fair. This is so simple and easy that it is a wonder that the art department is not much larger in display each year than it is. Thinking perhaps that many do not understand just how to go about making an exhibit we offer a suggestion or two. Get a premium list. There you will find that each article listed has a number. If you wish to make an entry, find the number that your article is to be entered under, then write the secretary of the fair, giving him the various numbers which you will exhibit, so that when you reach the fair grounds he will have your entry tags ready for you. Take your articles to the fair grounds Monday or Tuesday. If the cash premiums you ask total five dollars you will be required to buy an exhibitor's ticket, which entitles you to admission all during the fair, and costs one dollar. Get your display ready this week. Don’t wait until the last minute and then crowd In on the secretary because he will be up to his chin in work any way. oTRIP TO NEW YORK. Dan Niblick, the buyer for the Niblick & Company’s large store, left Sunday for New York City on his annual visit for the purpose of buying the new stock for the firm. Mr. Niblick will be gone a week and the trip will no doubt combine many pleasure as well as business features.

ARE LETTERING STONE. Cress & Beavers, the up-to-date monumental dealers, are at present lettering a beautiful stone which, when completed, will be placed on the grace of the Ifite Mr. John Reed, who at the time of his death reached the advanced age of one hundred and four years. The stone Is a beauty and will be set up by these people in the Reynolds cemetery, where the body lies. Mr. Reed was the oldest person living In this county, and no doubt the only peron that has ever reached that age in this vicinity. weds in Chicago Miss Reicheldeifer of Geneva Surprised Her Friends and Relatives. THE GENEVA NEWS G. R. & I. Making Extensive Improvement—The Beeler Reunion. Geneva, Ind., Aug. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The G. R. & I. railroad company Is making an improvement here that is employing a large amount of labor and requiring some time. John Logan of Decatur has charge of the fifty-one men who are on the job. They are elevating the track, beginning at the switch just south of the depot and extending to the Lob bridge, raising it from four to six feet. The idea is to even the track with the new Lob bridge and place it above the high-water mark. Miss Mildred Edgar, the trimmer, has gone to Mentone, Ind., where she will take charge of the millinery department in a large store there, serving as head trimmer. Thirty-four tickets were sold here this morning for Decatur, the attraction being the annual teachers’ institute. Dr. C. R. Graham, a graduate of the Louisville Medical college, who was here for a visit with his brother, Dr. O. M. Graham, left Saturday for Terra Haute, where he will begin the practice of his profession. He recently passed the examination in Indiana and has received his license to practice in this state. He has many friends here who wish him the best success. Miss Luella Reicheldeifer, one of the teachers of the schools here, and who had been selected to take charge of the second room again for next year, surprised her friends here by telegraphing that she had been married in Chicago last Thursday to Mr. L. H. Mathews. She had gone to lowa to visit relatives and enroute home stopped for a few days with friends in Chicago. There she met Mr. Mathews, an old sweetheart, and the old courtship was resumed, resulting in the wedding. Mr. Mathews is at Che head of one of the departments in a large clothing store in that city. The school board here at once got busy and selected Miss Ethel Harbour, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. V. L. Harßour, to teach the second grade. Miss Harbour has resigned her place at Converse to accept the place here. O. G. Rathbun came home this aftternoon from Redkey, where he attended tne funeral services of his aged motner, Sarah E. Darst, who died last Thursday. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at Redkey, Rev. Noll officiating, and interment took place at the Zoar cemetery, ten miles east of Redkey. Mrs. Darst was seventy years of age. The third annual reunion of the Beeler family was held at the home of Daniel Beeler, two and one-half miles south of this place Sunday. It was a glorious occasion, enjoyed by every man, woman and child there. Exactly 203 took dinner and enjoyed the day. The crowd was protographed by P. G. Williams of Decatur. An orchestra of ten pieces, led by Prof. Allen Bliss of Geneva, furnished the music for the day, and it was great. Uncle George Pyle was the orator of the day and the program also included readings, solos, duets, etc. A committee was appointed to select a tract of land near Jay City, Indiana, which they are to lease and where these reunions will hereafter be held each year.

DR. CRIPPEN HELD He and Miss Leneve Will Face Court September 6 —A Human Vampire. ARRESTED IN SPAIN Colonel Roosevelt Welcomed by 100,000 at Denver This Morning. (United Press Service.) London, Eng., Aug. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —In the Bow street police court today, Dr. H. H. Crlppen, alleged wife slayer, and Miss Ethel Leneve, his typist, were formally accused of the murder of Mrs. Belle Crippen and were remanded to jail until September 6th, when they will face trial. The additional charge of ‘ maintaining, assisting and harboring” Crippen was made against Miss Leneve. (United Press Service.) Lisbon. Spain, Aug. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat) —"A human vampire” Is under arrest In Galizama, in the person of Don Faldarrey, who is said to have confessed to the murder of the young son of a blacksmith and to have drank the blood from the child’s body. He was suffering from a queer disease and was told by a gypsy that the only cure was to drink the blood from a human. (United Press Service.) Denver, Colo., Aug. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Colonel Roosevelt spent today in Colorado. He mingled reminisences of the Spanish-American war and fraternized with his old comrades when he rode the range. He was the guest of honor at a “truck wagon” dinner given by the Denver Press club. The largest crowd that has greeted him on the western trip was here, the police estimating the visitors at 100,000. betterthanlver Tom Railing Won a Fourteen Inning Game Allowing But Six Hits. HAS GREAT RECORD Is Known in the Michigan League as “Pleurisy”— His Best Sason. Tom Railing, who has won much glory in the Michigan league this year and who has done almost sensational work for the Battle Creek team, is holding up and as the season draws to a close is better than ever in his career. He is known as "Pleurisy” in that league, is batting 283 and has won a large per cent of his games. Recently he pitched a fourteen-inning game against Adrian, winning it 4 to 3 and allowing but six hits. A Battle Creek paper in its story of the game said: “Tom Railing, who is becoming more dependable every day as a pitcher, did magnificent work on the mound. He whirled the &ame 0 f his life and if ever a man deserved to have success climax his efforts, why ‘Pleurisy’ was it. Tfme after time when he would sink a little in the quicksand, his old control, decorated with various sorts of puzzlers, would return and he would proceed to make the opposition look sick. He struck out ten men in all and the farther the game proceeded, the stronger Tom grew, and correspondingly slimmer were Adrian’s chances. He struck ten men out, allowed but six hits and donated only three basses on balls. He was using nothing but a fast anderhand ball, mixing a curve in now and then, but the darkness of the day was an advantage which he was not slow to grasp." o ABOUT THE SICK. Mrs. Israel Stonehurner, who has been at the point of death several times In the past several weeks. Is reported as much better again, and it is believed that the danger period is passed and that she will recover.

WILL MOVE TO DETROIT. Jacob Eady Spending Week Here Closing Business Affairs. Jacob Eady, who has been employed in an automobile factory in Detroit for some time, is spending the week here with his family, and closing up business matters here preparatory to moving to Detroit, where they will make their home. Mr. Eady returns next Sunday and his family will follow In about a. month. Besides the advantages of his family residing near his work, the children will have advantages in music and Bchool work not given in a smaller place. Mr. Eady and family have spent practically their entire lives here and there will be many loath to have them leave. ENTERS BUSINESS COLLEGE. Miss Flora Fledderjohann, daughter of XV. H. Fledderjohann, president of the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, today entered the Fort Wayne business college, where she will take a complete business course. Miss Flora, for several weeks, has been an assistant at the interurban office, gaining much practical experience, which with the commercial course, will admirably fit her for entering upon her life work. JURY IS SELECTED To Serve During September Term—Fifteen Names Were Drawn Today. REPORT SEPT 19TH Jury is a Strong One—The Real Estate Transfers as Recorded. Jury Commissioners H. A. Fristoe of Geneva and S. B. Fordyce (ft this city met at the county clerk's office this morning and assisted by Clerk Haefling. proceeded to select the following petit jurors who will serve during the September term of the Adams circuit court: Marion L. Oliver, Monroe; James Higgins, Geneva; Henry Wefel, Preble; Courtney Heller, Hartford; Alfred Bollinger, Kirkland; John Bogner, Decatur; James Armstrong, Wabash; Ross Wolfe, Root; John Custer, St. Mary's; Alfred Ayres, Blue Creek; Steven Miller, Union; Jonathan Merryinan, Washington; Ed Fox, FYench; Samuel Slmison, Berne and Henry Eiting, Washington. They will report for duty September 19th. Real estate transfers: Hiram A. Sprunger to Amos Ellenberger, pt. lots 25 and 26, Berne, $80.00; Amos Ellenberger to Hiram Sprunger, 80 acres, Monroe tp., $10,000; Samuel Zerkle to Susan A. A. G. Clay, 20 acres, Wabash tp., $1,700. MET WITH MOTORCYCLE MISHAP. Rruar Mail Carrier Elmer Archer Received Fall Sunday—Not Serious. Elmer Archer, the rural mail carrier, met with a slight accident Sunday morning. He was driving his Armac motorcycle to Craigvilie, where he was to visit during the day. When about a mile this side of that place, he rounded a curve, his wheel slipping from underneath him, and he received a hard fall, the motorcycle falling on top of him. His right leg was badly bruised and sprained, but he crawled on the machine again and finished his ride. During the day, however, his leg became so sore that he could not walk and it was necessary for his son, Ike, to drive out after him. He was able to go out on his route today, but his leg is not just as good as before the accident. o SAM BUTLER REMODELS HOME. The home of Trustee Samuel Butler on West Monroe street is undergoing an extensive course of remodeling, including the building of a stone foundation under the structure, a cellar, porches, and other additions, with a second story to the house, making it one of much convenience, comfort and beauty. o — Mrs. Burt Mann of Liberal, Kansas, I was a guest Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. FYank.

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PRODUCED A PICTURE r » I Strange Power of Spiritualist Causes Wide Discussion at Geneva. IS EXHIBITED THERE Charles Reicheldeifer Furnished With Photo of Deceased Fother. The people of Geneva and that community are considerably “up In the air” ju#t at present over a most astonishing accomplishment In Spiritualism. Charles Reicheldeifer, a pioneer of that place, was killed in 1858, when a tree fell on him, while he and Alexander Bolds were at work in a woods near there. His son, Charles Reicheldeifer, never saw him, and though he has tried for years, has never been able to secure a picture of him. On August 13th last, Charles and his friend, A. P. Hardison, made a trip to the Chesterfield Spiritualistic camp near Anderson. At 5 o’clock that afternoon they attended a seance held in a business room there. Mr. Reicheldeifer was asked if he would like to talk to any one and told the medium he would appdeciate a conversation with his father. He made the request in writing, placed it in a slate and was soon answered by message that his father would talk to him. Soon a voice asked him what he wanted and he said he would like a picture of his parent whom he had never seen. The father agreed to s£t for the picture. A canvass was placed upon the window and the two Geneva men faced it and watched for developments, which came. Soon an ear appeared, then the eyes, and in a few minutes a clear, life sized photograph of a man dressed in the style of fifty years ago came upon the canvas. Os course, Charlie could not tell whether it was a photograph of his father or not, but consented to have it finished and framed and sent to him. Ten days later it arrived and was placed on exhibition in Sam Acker’s window at Geneva. It is one of the finest works of art ever seen there and has attracted much attention. A day or two ago, Alex Bolds, who as stated, was with Mr. Reicheldeifer when he was killed, was brought to the store, without being told what was wanted or that a picture had been obtained. As soon as he saw the picture he recognized it as that of his old friend. The affair has all of the people of that place guessing and many have made trips to Chesterfield camp since. —o —— COREAN KINGDOM IS NO MORE. (United Press Service.) Tokio. Japan, Aug. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—After an existence of more than 600 years, the Corean kingdom was “swallowed up" by Japan. The formal promulgation of the treaty of annexation took place today. By the annexation Japan increases her area by 22,000 square miles and her population by about thirty million people. No disturbance followed the annexation. BUYS A STANLEY AUTOMOBILE. John H. Stewart, linotype operator at this office, was at Dayton, Ohio, over Sunday, where he purchased a handsome Stanley five-passenger automobile. It will arrive tomorrow and John expects to derive much pleasure from the car. Aside from this he will also take care of evening parties to any place and will likely be called upon frequently during the fall campaign. o ATTEND ATTORNEY'S FUNERAL. Attorneys A. P. Beatty, C. J. Luts, Judge J. T. Merryman and J. C. Sutton were at Huntington Sunday where they attended the funeral services of Major J. B. Kenner, a prominent attorney of that city, who died Friday. He attained the title of major during the Spanish war, when he was appointed paymaster with rank of major. The funeral was a very large one. o Miss Ida Dirk Son of St. Johns was an early morning shopper here, the , occasion being a preparation for ’ threshers, which were at the Dirkson home today.