Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1910 — Page 4

SILVER WEDDING Surprise Planned and Executed For Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Shirk. OF NEAR MONROE ■' ■' ‘I : ' .i !< ■ • ; Eighty-Five People Aided in Making the Day a Joyous One For Them. A complete and pleasant surprise was planned and executed on last Saturday evening on Mr. and Mrs. R. A.Shirk. who reside one and one-half miles east of Monroe, it being the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of this esteemed couple, and in consequence eighty-five took advantage of the occasion, and wended their way to the pleasant home of their victims, whom they completely surprised. The crowd went on hay-racks, in wagons, buggies and on foot, arid all arrangements were carried out to the letter. Mr. and Mrs. Shirk were the recipients of some very handsome silverware, which was presented to them in commemoration of the occasion and for the friendship and esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. Shirk are held by their neighbors and friends. A social time was had from the start and all present had a fine time, .which can always be had at this home. Various games were indulged in and ice cream and cake were served. Those present wereT Tdessrs. and luesdames Fred Busche and family, Charley Helmer. Mrs. H. W. Thompson, Frank Haggard and family. Menno Lichty and family, J. W. Newlon and daughter, Misses Hazel and Zola Newlon, and Miss Smith of Tipton county, and relative of R A. Shirk; W. O. Newlon and family, Jake Lqpgenberger, David Laisure, Mrs. Mary Nieman of Tipton county, Mrs. Bertha Hoffman. Kokomo, Mrs. Emma Viting. Indianapolis, Rev. McNary and family. Mr. M. L. Oliver, Mrs. John Hocker, Jonathan Andrews and wife. Julius Hofer and family, Dave Fuhrman and wife, Rolla Longenberger and wife, John Elzey and family, Ernest Busche and family, Edgar Doty and family, William Graham and wife, Frank Gilpen and family, Haze Tabler and wife, Samuel Bowser and family, Oliver Hendricks and wife, Jesse Essex and wife, Joe Johnson and wife, Harmon Osterman and wife, Dr. C. C. Rayl and wife, Dr. M. F. Parrish and wife, Jim A. Hendricks and wife, Charles Merriman and wife, James Hendricks and wife. The crowd dispersed at a late hour, after wishing Mr. and Mrs. Shirk that they may live to see a few more such occasions and all felt that they had a good time and the evening was well spent.

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F' O R S A L_ E£ I • 50 acre farm, located four miles from this city, good five room house, a barn 36x60, and other outbuildings, well fenced ajjd well tiled, on gravel road, soil is nearly all black sandy loam. This is an extra good farm and you can buj worth the money, fl We also handle North Dakota and_Canada lands. Come up and see our list before you buy. (Office over Bums Harness ERUCHTE & LITTERER

THE SOCIAL NOTES (Continued from Page 2.) the city and the home of Mr. Atx, which has just been completed, presented a very happy appearance on this occasion. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sowers and family, Gottlieb Sowers, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Linn and Mr. Herman and Miss Hermena Ashbaugher of Bluffton; Dr. I Martz and Mr. and Mrs. John DrlebulI ties and his mother. Mrs. Anna DriebI ultiss of Fort Wayne. An elegant dinner was served at noon and the remainder of the day spent, in a social way, AB members of the Royal Neighbors are requested to attend the meeting this evening to prepare for the special drill work. Mrs. Fred Reppert has issued invitations for a linen shower to be given Thursday afternoon for Miss Emma Mutchler, who will be a September bride. Miss Mutchler is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mutchler of this city and is a sweet - and charming young lady. The grdom-to-be is the Rev. Edward Worthman of near Mag- , ley, a minister in the Reformed church, who now has a charge in Wisconsin. Miss Frances Merryman will return today from Bloomington, where she attended the biennial convention of the Kapp? Gama sorority of which she is a member. The convention was held last week and was one of the great events of the university city. The regular weekly dance of the Phi Delta Kappas will be held at the Maple Grove park on tomorrow evening, and because last week s dance was postponed, a good sized crowd is looked for. Excellent music will be furnished and a number of out-of-town guests have assured their presence. Levi Barkley, president, and U. S<Cress, secretary of the Barkley famriy organization, today issued cards announcing that the ninth annual reunion of the Barkleys wouli be held September 21st at Steele’s park. These reunions have been held at this place for the past nine years and each year finds an increasing interest and pleasure. The event this year will no doubt prove to be unusually so. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kitson and granddaughter, Miss Donna Parrish, left on the 8;30 ca>- for Monmouth, where they spent the day with the former’s daughter, Mrs. Charles Johnson and family. The Woman’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers south of the city. She will be assisted in entertaining by Mrs. John Parrish and the program will be in charge of Miss Nellie Blackburn, the subject to be ■'Young People's Work.” Conveyances to the country home of Mrs. Meyers will be provided, and those wishing I to attend should meet at the parsonage, the Fledderjohann home or at the IF. V. Mills home, promptly at 2 I o’clock Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher of the I west part of the city were given a 1 surprise donation Monday evening by ‘ a number of neighbors, relatives and i friends who took this way ot showing their esteem and good will in a subi stantial way. and at the same time to spend a very pleasant evening. Mr. Fisher has been badly crippled for the past nine weeks with rheumatism, during which time he has been unable to pursue his usual work, and Mr. Fisher stated that he wished in this way to extend the thanks of both himself and his wife for the liberal emembrances of their friends, as the kindness is appreciated by them very much. I have just secured new cistern forms andtools for the building of cement cisterns. I nave been in the business tor eignt years and am ready to build you a cistern from thirty barrels capacity up. Give me your orders and you wi 1 be more than satisfied. ELWOOD BLAZER, 202t3 Grant Street. FOR RENT —Nine room house with five closets, toilet, city and cistern water in kitchen; piped with gas for lights and cooking, at 226 South 4th street; five blocks from court house Enquire at residence. —Mrs. C. A. McLain. - 204tf*

WOMEN IN TIGHTS Paraded Streets of Coney Island Last Night in a Final Carousal. THEY MUST LEAVE Marshal Law Saves Two Negroes—A North Dakota Town Destroyed. (United Press Service.) New York. Aug. 30—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Fortt concert hall • women, attired in varied colored tights paraded the streets of Coney Island early today—that is until the sun came out —shouting, "Down with Coney; we got ours.” Unaccustomed to the sun s rays, they broke up hurriedly, donned 1 proper clothes and departed for less censured grounds. The parade was a ' stunner, even for Coney Island, following the action of Mayor Mitchell in 1 closing several sensational resorts. Back and forth, through the narrow streets and back alleys along the "bowery.” they marched, screaming 1 and shouting undisturbed by the po- ‘ lice. Coney Island is today practically free of the element which caused the ' acting mayor to take the action. i - ’ (United Press Service.) Huntington, W. Va„ Aug. 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —With the city ' under martial law, the companies of ■ militia today are guarding the city jail where Jack Wayne and Joe Clyburn, two alleged negro murderers, are confined, following attempts to lynch the prisoners last night. r- ;■ (United Press Service.) Jamestown, N. D.. Aug. 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The town of r Heaton, N. D.. on the Northern Pacific railroad, was struck by a tornado last night and nearly the,entire village was destroyed, according to reports rece. . • are , known to be dead and a number are . badly injured. COMMITTEE DIVIDED’ . —a. 1 J 3 *.ML (Coatinned from page 1.) "left the meeting rather out-of-fix. Talk J was heard of Rev. Watts of Randolph and Mr. Warner of Muncie. The convention was called to order this morning at 10 o’clock, with District Chairman Dr. Culbert of Portland , presiding. He named the committee on resolutions which was as follows; Adams county. French Quinn; Delaware county, Charles Vannelse; Randolph county, J. L. Moorman; Wells. Lewis G. I-ancaster; Madison, Winfield T. Durbin; Jay, Charles W. Smalley. The various counties held meetings in the rooms assigned to them. o BAND BOYS ATTENTION. Band Director Engle requests all members of the city band to be at the rehearsal this evening and Friday evening to practice the music for ‘he lair. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Vail entertained Mrs. George MeKean and children. Tom. Claude, Grace. Tena of Granite City, 111., and Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hall of Cardwell, Mo., at 6 o'clock dinner last evening. « Miss Lola Bell Erwin, who is taking a month's vacation from school duties at Valparaiso, is the guest of D. B. Erwin and family. Miss Erwin will be the guest of honor at a number of social affairs. Among them is a picnic to be given Friday evening of this week at Maple Grove park by the T. T. F. club, and several other socials are scheduled for next week. The Sunday school class of the Christian church taught by Mrs. A. D Artman. met last evening with a number of other members of the church at the home of the Rev. J. if. Dawson on Madfson street. The class has arranged for giving a number of socials, one each two weeks, besides enjoying a social time. Those in attendance besides the pastor and wife, and son. Paul Dawson, were Ruby Artman. Dossie Beery. Vivian and Mildred Dawson. Gretel Shoemaker, Dora Schultz, Emma Shultz, Margaret, Ruth, Nellie, Velma and Marie Daniels, Winifred Burke, Margaret Mills. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weaver and Mrs. Arthur Fisher. > It is a positive fact during fair week I will have a cut price sale. This is no kid. The prices will be at the lowest. My stock of watches, clocks, chains, rirtgs are the cream of the market. I say the prices will be very low. John Dldot, Jeweler, north side of court house.

INTEREST INCREASES nant interest of the school, and I heartily endorse; The adding to the course of study, tlie subject of agioculture. Professor Burnell a'.so explained the changes in the course ofi study. "The Method of Grammar.” Do you know whether grammar is taught as wtll in the school as the other subjects? I will hav« ,0 convince you that it is not. in order to get you to see the necessity of using method In grammar work. As I sa*d before, grammar is a language subject, a science, and an art, and 1 think we should study it as a science rather than as an art. The unit of grammar is the sentence. There are two kinds of science, the inductive and ductive. Now. the idea is to which does sflmmar belong, as a science. I have come to the conclusion thfit grammar from its infancy is an inductive science. Now,, are the teachers teaching grammar inductively or de ductively. We find that they have been rubbing the fur the wrong way. (i. e.) they are teaching it deductively. Get away from these technical definitions. Get above them and give them natural things. This is the only way to make grammar interesting. Music, by Professor Miessner. This period was spent principally in singing. "Social Education," Professor Hoyt. There were two social institutions in France:* The chunSi and the state. Rousseau broke up the state and V oltaire broke up the church. The reasoning of Rousseau was that everything is feood as it comes from nature, and it becomes bad as it gets into society. Rousseau was one of those men who tears things down btt never atempts to build them up. He spent the first twenty-nine years of bis life mingling with the common people in order to find out wuat they were thinking about The question is, what good can come out of an immoral tnan. as Rousseau? The answer comes, the good that comes from any man that tears things to pieces and leaves others to build them up. The youth is the time to take up new Shings. There is a time in a boy’s life-when he can xead certain books and if not read at that time, he cannot read them with any interest. His best age for reasI oning is in his yotmg life (from sisI teen to eighteen.) We have three classes of people, and we belong, to at least one of them. There are people who do not do very ffiuqlr, then we have the aristocrats. Jhey are what we Call conservatives; and then the commoner, who has the power, the vote. All we need to have is to have some one to give suggestions and the commoners will take it up and promote the work. Wednesday's Program. 8:45 A. M. Devotional Exercises —Rev. J. W. Dawson. Sense Expression —Motor Expression—Professor Hoyt. Rest. Music —Professor Miessner. Rest. Grammar and Primary Language—r Professor Neet. 1:15 P. M. Music. Interest and the Course of Study—' Professor Hoyt. Rest. Mhsic—Professor Miessner. Rest. Aspect? of Education —Professor Neet. ♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦+ ;; Attention | Everybody | j: < W | + SoJbri I ; ; The lime Jfor sale, draw, X ’ J J near and you will soon begin T 11 to figure on what auctioneer ♦ : willfget you the top prices for X J J your property. 11 :: JOHN SPUHLER t ♦ is the man you want. He gets * ' J : tlA* prices and has [had [years 1 • ’ of experience in the live stock 1 J ■ < > and general auctioneer busi- •> | J ness. Secure your dates early. JI ; ' Phones, Residence, 531; office JI i > 430. Decatur, Indiana. •• \ '‘ ■ • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦ ♦ ♦ ++++4-M-++++

COURT HOUSE NEWS Attachment Suit Filed--Last ; Will of the Late David Meshberger. PROBATED TODAY _JPerry F. Miller of Wabash Township DeclaYed of Unsound Mind. Attorney D. B. Erwin has filed a new case entitled Bank of Berne vs. John‘Townsend, Milo Wilson. Sophia Stauffer and Amos Steiner, note and attachment and garnishment,,demand. 1100. ■ A— The will of the late David Mesh berger of Linn Grove was probated. He provides for the payment of debts, that forty acres in Hartford township be kept intact from any or all claims as a home for his wife. Jane Meshberger. He also wills all his property, real and personal, to his wife during her life, then to be divided equally among the eight children, Cora Sales, Lilly Banter. Amelia Beeler, Rufus Meshberger, Carrie Mosser. Harry, Effie and Oscar Meshberger. Ig case Mrs. Meshberger should marrw again she is to have one-third the property during her life and the other twothirds is to be divided. x Mrs. Meshberger and sons. Rufus and Harry are named as executors. The document was written June 27. 1908, and witnessed by Samuel Opliger and Fred Liddy. w A--An insanity Inquest was held on Perry F Miller, the board being made up of Drs. O. M. Graham and L. L. Mattox and ’Squire F. S. Armantrout and he was recommended to Easthaven asylum. Miller is thirty-nine years old and has been failing in mind for three years. He has threatened to kill his family and doctor. He has been married eighteen years a#d is the father of eight children. o Home-made cake served with every dish of ice cream at the Pythian home Tuesday evening. 202t3 FH ■' 1 EZJ 8 DON'T H FORCE!! ' s B Ll U n . THE r x DATES ' _ — GREAT t I ■ 5 INDIANA 2 FAIR I - - AT - JDECATURL ' ■ 1 M * q Sept. 6th to 9th g

DAILY MARKET Corrected ;Every Afternoon

East Buffalo Market East Buffalo, N. Y.. Aug. 30—Special to Daily Decomcrat) —Receipts, 640; shipments, 190; official to New York yesterday, 5510; hogs closing strong. All sold. Mediums, heavy Yorkers and pigs, [email protected]; roughs. |8.05@|810; stags, |6.00@»7.00; sheep. 400; steady; lambs, strong; tops, 17.25; cattle, 100; Steady CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago. 111., Aug. 29—Wheat—Sep .' 99%c; Dec . $1.04; May. 91.0914. Corn —Sep.. 60Hc; Dec., 57%e; May, 59%. Oa’ts—Sep., 33%c; Dec.. 36%c; May, 3»Hc. TOLEDO GRAIN. Toledo, 0., Aug. 29—Wheat —Cash, $1.02%; Sep. $1.03; Dec., $1.07; May. $1.12%. Corn —Cash and Sep., 63c; Dec., 59%c; May. 61%c. Oats—Cash. 35%c; Sep.. 35%c; Dec., 37%c; May. 40%c. LOCAL GRAIN. G. T. Burtt Timothy seed, prime v 52.25 No. 2 Red wheat 91c No. 2 White wheat 89c Corn JBe White corn 80c Standard White oats 30c

FOR SAL E Gasoline stoves and Coal Ranges. Over 30 different styles, almost new, can be bought at your own price. Inquire at Indiana Lighting Co., 5 doors West of Old Adams County Bank, Monroe st. Decatur, Indiana. Democrat Want Ads Pay. > — -- ————' ATTENTION FARM E RS! AND STOCKMEN The fall sale season is here ta n d D. F. LEON A,RD is now ready to book your sales. He has had 7 years experience in The Auctioneering business and he can get you the high dollar. See him for dates early. D.F. LEONARD DECATUR, IND. R. F. D. NO. 4 Preble Telephone Line 95. GREAT HEREFORD SALE At Decatur, Ind., on ' Wednesday, Sept 28 ' —>— On this date we will offer 60 head of Pure Blood Hereford Cattle including our entire show and breeding herd. Smith & Ulman D 192tf

■ Red Clover seed ... | Barley, No. 2 Rye Alsike seed vats, new He LOCAL PRODUCE H. BtßLlha «««» *...A Butter "’7 I Fowls I Ducks Geese "" *• Old turkeys Spring chickens * ****** • • ‘III ' By Becat'ir Pmdc.- Co Young nuksys ' Old turkeys , Po . wU •■'’’■''k. Spring chickens Ducks ’ * Geese Butter „ Eggs is* BUTTER AND EGGS M. FULLENK4 MP*B, Eggs , lie Butter 18c, 20c & Butter, packing ' NIBLICK A CT. Good roll butter 18c to 22* Eggß lie WOOL AND HIDES > B. KALVER and SON. Beef hides ■ Calf hides . Bhee> pelts, Jsc to |l4 Merchantable wool ; Tallow

P. J. HYLAND > SANITARY PLUMBING Gas Fitting, Steam and Hot Water Heating, Gas and Combination Fixtures 23 Hoarse St. fhose JM W-L... --V-- 7- —— Ice cNWi and nome-made cake u. the Pythian home Tuesday evening ms i STRAYED —a cow, to the hpme of Lee Stultz, 176 Oak Street. Owner can secure it by calling, describing same and paying expenses for its keeping. LOST —A ladies' fountain pen. on Wednesday. Finder pb-ase return > to this office and receive i < ward. 200t3 ! TYPEWRITERS, aT WHOLESALE We have sold over 110 typewriters sinee * March -’4 and all of ('■ -J our cust.-mersare ••••iasi-i well pleased. Call and 1 see us and we wid sell you -, typewriter I for less money than anyb in the city. All makes carried in stock THE TYPEWRITER SHOP, 7M Clinton Street. Home Phone 2987 FORT WAYNE, INO. I MONEY | on Easy Terms Y <ju can borrow what money you need on your household goods, pianos, horses, wagons, fixtures, etc. You can have from one to twelve months io which to pay it back. Our contracts are sirop.e and all transactions are clean cut and private. >1.20 per week for fifty vveeks pays a >50.00 loan. All amounts in proportion. If you need money, AU out th * following blank,, cut it out and mall it to us. , Our agent Is In Becatur « T ety Tuesday. Name Address Am’s Wanted Kind of Security Rellabl. , FL Wayne Loan Gomp»ny Established 1898 Room 2 Sec ond Floor, 70« Calhoun Stree • Home Phone, 831.