Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 260, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 260.

LECTURE TONIGHT With Stereopticon Illustrations to be Given at the Court House. AT 7:30 THIS EVENING By Dr. W. F. King and F. W. Tucker on Tuberculosis and Impure Foods. Many who are interested in the vital questions of Health, and especially tuberculosis, both prevention and cure, and in the matter of pure foods, will be pleased to hear that Dr. W. F. King of the state board of health, and W. F. Tucker, a state food inspector, who are here with the tubercular and impure food exhibits, will give a lecture this evening at the court house at 7:30 o’clock. Their talks will be illustrated with stereopticon slides, and the great issues of vital matter not only to the slck but to the well, will be discussed in a clear manner. Everybody is invited to come and hear them. There'will be no charge. Many Visit Exhibit. Dr. W. F. King of the state health board, who Is in charge of the tubercular exhibit now being shown in the Niblick building, first door south of the Daily Democrat office, is a busy man. This morning at 10:30 o'clock he talked to the pupils of the seventh grades of the public schools, and this afternoon at 2:30 to those of the eighth grades. Chairs were arranged in auditorium fashion in the building, comfortably seating the large audience, and there, with the aid of the various charts and photographs, so ably explained by Dr. King, the children were told the story of consumption, how to prevent, how to cure it, and many other things so necessary to the knowledge of the rising generation if they would successfully cope with the world. He told of the value of sunshine, fresfy- air, good, pure food, temperate living, etc., which are the great preventives of consumption, but explained also, the way to prevent the spreading of the disease to others, should you have it. He explained that the disease is communicable to others only through the sputum after it becomes dry, and tha if great precaution is taken in burning the sputum or disposing of it before it becomes dry, there is no danger to others. A ban should be placed upon spitting in public places. Little pocketbook rceptacles, in which paper napkins for sputum can be placed, and closed, and later the paper taken out and burned, should be used by everyone, to prevent the spreading of diseases which are carried through the air in the germs from the sputum when it dries, and breathed into the lungs of all of us who tread the byways. Dr. King visited the parochial schools at 2 o’clock this afternoon and arranged for a talk to be given to the pupils at the exhibit room tomorrow, and at 3:45 o’clock this afternoon he talked to the teachers and the school board at the Central school building. The talks are most practical and .Decatur and Adams count} people will be left with a greater practical knowledge of how to cope with a disease that is causing more death, misery and poverty than all the wars and other disease plagues combined. F. W. Tucker, the food inspector, is also busy in his department, and both exhibits are matters of much interest to the throngs that visit the building at all hours. o - BOX SOCIAL. Next Friday, evening, Noverber 4, 1910, at Washington school house, five miles southwest of Decatur. Eveiybody cordially invited. 260 t 2 RAY SMITH, Teacher. o Miss Ruby Artman will have as her Juests at dinner Sunday the following: Edgar Gerber, Agnes Meibers, Homer Ruhl, Flara and Clarence Fledlerjohann of this city; Ed, Callie and (Nettie Ruhl of Middletown; Ada and fcmlu Ruhl apd Roll Ulrey of HoagBand, Dwight Reynolds of Monroeville, Barnes Artman of Bluffton and Fred Scott of Fort Wayne. i

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LAST DINNER OF SEASON. Dorcas Daughters Will Serve Dinner in Niblick Building Saturday. The Dorcas Daughters of the German Reformed church will serve another of their popular dinners Saturday in the Niblick business room one door south of this office, and are at present making arrangements for the same. This will be the last one that the ladies will serve this year. The menu to be served will be as follows: Vegetable Soup Hamburger Steak Potatoes Gravy Sauer Kraut Corn Bread Jelly Baked Beans • Coffee Pie They will also serve an oyster supper in the evening to which all are invited. COURT HOUSE NEWS The Marschand Divorce Case is in Progress Today in Circuit Court. NOLLES WERE FILED In Three Criminal Cases and the Defendents Were Discharged. Clara M. Marchand, a pretty little lady from Preble township, told her story of a sad two years of married life in court today, asking for a divorce from Earl E. Marschand and SSOO alimony. The evidence required the most of the day. No decision was given by the court. Herman Gerke et al vs. Decatur Packing company, petition for sale of real and personal property, filed and allowed. Sale ordered for November 25. Finding that plaintiffs hold first mortgage on all real estate and receiver ordered to pay proceeds of.sale to them. Abagail Painter et al. vs. George Shroll et al, partition. Final report filed and commissioners ordered to distribute proceeds in a manner as set out in report. State vs. C. D. Murray, selling intoxicating liquor, jucfgment rendered on verdict of fine of SSO and costs. On recommendation of jury the jail sentence is suspended during good behaviour. Three cases, the State vs. James Hancock, allowing minors in his billiard room. Lawrence Emery, voting in wrong precinct, and John Harmon, keeping a gaming room, were dismissed on motion by the prosecutor. —o 1 - AT POINT OF DEATH. *Samuel Johnson, one of Monroe’s oldest and most respected citizens, and a resident of that place for a number of years, is seriously ill, and lying at the point of death at his home there. Four years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and since that time his condition has been quite feeble, be being merely able to move about and care for himself. About a week ago he suffered another stroke, and since the last one his condition has been serious, and he requires constant care. Mr. Johnson is sixty-sev-en year old and is known to all, and his illness is causing much concern among his many friends. Noah Frauhiger of I\eble was a business visitor here today. Miss Rose Schlickman was off duty today at the Boese millinery store on account of sickness. M. A. Hammrick, who was a business caller in our city this morning returned to his home at Willshire this noon. Mrs. Jeremiah Andrews and daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. Franklin Andrews, were entertained at dinner today at the W. C. McKinney home. Word has been received that Miss Hattie Studabaker and brother, D. E. Studabaker, will arrive in this city within a day or two from California, where they have been for several weeks. They will visit here for a short time, attending to business. Mrs. Morrison, who has been with them, has started for Mexico, where she will visit with her daughter .

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday Evening, November 3, 1910.

BABTIST BUSINESS Important Meetings Held Wednesday Evening— Rally Day Nov. 13th. TO BE OBSERVED Baptismal Service Last Evening — There Were Three Candidates. Wednesday evening was indeed a busy one for the members of the Baptist church in this city. A meeting of the teachers and officers of the Sunday school was followed by the mid-week prayer meeting. Then came the monthly covenant and business meeting, which in turn was followed by choir practice. The teachers and officers of the Sabbath school voted to observe Sunday morning, November 13th, as cradle roll and rally day. A program is being prepared that will combine the Sunday school and preaching service into one meeting for that day, This program will not exceed one and a half hours in length. At that time the cradle roll certificates will be given to the babies and their parents. The full program will be published next week. Watch for it. Three persons were “buried with Christ by baptism" during the service Wednesday evening. The report of church officers and committee showed that each department of the work is being systematically pushed by earnest workers. The outlook is very encouraging. A HANDSOME CAR Is the New N. & C. Product, Made by Nibiick and Coppock of This City. ENGINE IS A BEAUTY Has Forty Horse Power, Four Cylinder and the Future Looks Bright. The N. & C. Steele Product company have the first automobile out, using the new engine which they will manufacture. The N. & C. stands for Niblick aud Coppock, the owners of the patent being Jesse Niblick and L. W. Coppock of this city. Many people have looked the new car over and it looks like the goods. The engine, the principal part of any car, is a beauty, four-cylinder motor, twentyone horse power French measurement, which means the equal to about forty-horse nower. generally speaking. The engine is being demonstrated in a special car built for that purpase, and while not geared to a high speed can go down the road fast enough for any ordinary purposes. It is in racer style, with gasoline and lubricating oil tank at the rear, and has a world of power for all ordinary purposes. The engine will be manufactured here and will no doubt have a ready sale, as it is a nengine that meets every demand and can be sold at the necessary price to meet all competition in its class. * — o 7 ENTERTAINS CLUB MEMBERS, Mrs. Samantha Dorwin was hostess to the Ladies’ Shakespeare club Wednesday afternoon. The session opened with the members responding to the roll call with Chinese proverbs, and the hostess had a very interesting paper on “Beginnings of Diplomatic Relations With China.” Mrs. C. A. Dugan, who was a delegate from the club to the State Federated Clubs’ convention at Richmond last week, gave a report of the convention which was unanimously agreed to be the best of all the annual conventions, both in attendance and in brilliancy of program, as well as other features that belong to such a gathering, as Richmond outdid herself in the matter of entertainment and providing for' the pleasures and interest of the visitors.

A CHICKEN SUPPER. The ladies of the Paptist church will give a chicken supper this evening from 5 to 7 at the home of the pastor, Rev. Ehle, on Monroe street, to which the public is invited. Following is the menu that will be served for twenty-five cents: Chicken Stew Hot Biscuit Mashed Potatoes Gravy Cold Slaw Jelly Home-made Bread Butter Cake Fruit. Coffee Tea Following the supper the ladies will hold a social. At this time they will report their experience in earning the dollar which each pledged to earn. POLITICAL FIELD Big Crowd Heard Jerry Kelleher and Others at Democratic Rooms. MR. WARNER HERE ■— / Spoke at the Court Room— Speeches by Judge Marsh and Judge Jackson. Democratic headquarters was packed Wednesday night, in fact there is a good-sized crow there every evening now, discussing the coming election and planning for getting out the vote. Wednesday night, however, there was a special attraction, it having been announced that Jerry Kelleher, the contractor, would talk to the laboring men. He stated that he had no political ambitions, further than leaving a good government for his children and for the laboring men. He has been a laborer all his life and has studied political questions long. He advised the voting of the democratic ticket to free the working man from the chains that hold them in bondage. Dore B. Erwin and others also made speeches that, were listened to attentively by those present. Rollin Warner of Muncie, republican nominee for congress, was the attraction at the court house Wednesday evening. A fair-sized crowd was in attendance at the meeting, which followed a tour of the county during the day with speeches at Pleasant Mills, Bobo, Monroe, Berne, Geneva and Linn Grove. At the meeting Wednesday night Dr. J. S. Coverdale presided. Mr. Warner made a halfhour speech, there was a short talk by Judge A. O. Marsh of Winchester, former pension agent of Indiana, and Judge Jackson of Newcastle then gave an hour’s talk on the issues. This was Mr. Warner’s first appearance here. ABOUT ThTcOON Will be the Address of Wade Meyers at the Coon Skin Club Meet Tonight. WILL REORGANIZE At Meeting Tonight—Turkey Roast Will Follow Business Session. Wade Meyers, one of the prominent young men of the county, and a memmer of the Coon Skin club, will give an excellent address this evening at the meeting of the club at his home south of the city. The address will treat of the nature and habits of the coon, origin, etc., and had we space, we would like to publish it in full, toons are said to be quite numerous here, and much damage is done to corn in the milk, the animal having a great fondness for both vegetable and animal foods. The coon is one of the most cunning of animals and is addicted to night prowling. The Coon Skin club expects to enjoy some good hunting this fall. They will effect an organization this evening and make arrangements for the purchase of a pedigreed coon dog to help in the hunting. A turkey roast will follow the business session of the club this evening.

HAD COON SUPPER Adams County Bank Employees Enjoy a Royal Treat Last Evening. WAS THE BEST EVER Given by Wm. Jackson and Was Served in Assembly Room of Bank. One of the best feasts ever partaken of by the employees of the Old Adams County bank, at least in some time, was the coon supper of Wednesday evening, which was given in their honor by William Jackson. Mr. Jackson, who is very fond of hunting, some time ago captured a tine coon, and for a while back has been promising the members of the force at the bank that he would give them a royal treat. However, the employees somewhat doubted his word, and kept asking him when the supper would be given. So Wednesday evening Will made good his word, when he told them to gather in the assembly room and he began to prepare the table for the event. The supper was prepared and served by Schlickman & Girod, the popular restaurant men. and consisted of everything that was good, and was fit for a king. The menu consisted of roast coon and dressing, pickles, sweet potatoes, bread and butter and coffee. Those who enjoyed the treat were Henry Hite, John Bowers, John Niblick, French Quinn, W. J. Vesey and son, Dick, of Fort Wayne, and all of the employees of the Old Adams County bank. WILL BE W.R.C. DAY Annual Convention of W. R. C. of Eighth District to be Held Here. AT THE K. OF P. HOME Ritual and Secret Work to be Given During Day— Camp-fire in Evening. Decatur has been honored this year with the annual convention of the W. R. C. of the Eighth district, which will be held November 10th, the event having been postponed from October 6th, on account of other conflicting conventions. The Knights of ’ Pythias have given the ladies the use of their new home, which will be an admirable place for the entertainment of the visitors. Fully two hundred are expected and the local corps is making elaborate arrangements for their entertainment. The secret and ritual work will be given during the day, and a camp-fire in the evening, the G. A. R. attending the camp-fire in a body. The special program which will be given will be announced later. All members of the W. R. C. are requested to meet at the hall Friday afternoon to make the final arrangements for the convention. As this will be the last meeting before the convention, all members are urged to come to the hall at this time. o RETURN FROM CANADA. Ralph Johnson and Earl Steele, who have been spending the summer in Canada with a threshing machine corps, have returned. They worked in the vicinity of Watson, Canada, and near tne place where Carl Moses and Tony Hackman have taken tracts of land. Moses and Hackman, it is said, will return here to stay until March, on account of the great severity of the winters there. A WILL UNGERGO OPERATION. Mr. and Mrs. John Barrone went to Fort Wayne this morning to be with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Samuel Traster, who underwent an operation this morning at the Lutheran hospital for the removal of a tumor. Mrs. Traster, who is now a resident of Columbia City, until a year ago resided near Bobo, and is known to many here.

OPERATION A SUCCESS. Sight Restored to Mrs. Henry Ehresmann of Bobo by Operation. Mrs. Mary Ehresmann of Bobo, who was taken to Fort Wayne Wednesday morning, where she underwent an operation on hey eyes, returned Wednesday evening. The operation was for the removal of a growth over both eyes, extending from the lachrynal glands over the sight of the eyes, causing blindness, and was performed by Dr. Keller of this city and Dr. White of Fort Wayne. It was a success in all ways, Mrs. Ehresmann’s sight having been restored though it will not be as good as it formerly was. The blindness has been coming upon her for the past fifteen or twenty years. SOCIETY DOINGS Annual Thank Offering of M. E, Missionary Society Tonight at THE HOOPER HOME — N Mrs, Lehne Entertained at Afternoon Party—Miss Todd’s House Party. One of Margaret Sangster’s ten resolutions for the year: No. I—l will finish each day's work before I leave it. CLUB CALENDAR FOR WEEK. Thursday. C. W. B. M. —Mrs. Henry Stevens. Thimble Club —Mrs. E. B. Adams. M. E. Thank Offering—Mrs. P. G. Hooper. Euterpean Club —Mrs. Jesse Dailey. Flohrul de Purtn—Flora Fledderjohann. Friday. Zion Lutheran Aid —School house. A company of young ladies from this city will be entertained at a week-end house party by Miss Margaret Todd at her home at Bluffton. ■ ■ v Mesdames .Ella Redding, J. R. Porter, Dr. C. T. Rainier and R. A. Davis of this city are guests at a quilting party at the F. W. Dibble home east of this city oday. Grandma Heckman and Mrs. Chas. Heckman were entertained today at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dirkson in Root township. Mrs. Reuben Lord of North Eighth street is entertaining the Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church this afternoon, the session being a pleasant and profitable one. The annual thank offering of the Woman's Missionary society of the | Methodist church will be held this evening at the home of Mrs. P. G. Hooper. The following program will be given: Devotional —Mrs. Sherman Powell. Responsive Reading. Solo—Mrs. Jesse Sellemeyer. Paper—“ Our Indians; Where and What?” —Mrs. Mary Eley. Duet —Dr. and Mrs. J. Q. Neptune. “Echoes From the National Convention at Buffalo” —Mrs. John Niblick. Piano Solo —Winifred Ellingham. Business Period —Refreshments. The Misses Reba Quinn, Florence Meyers, Neva Brandyberry, Lillian Rice, Naomi Dugan and Winifred Sowers will be guests at the week-end house party of Miss .Margaret Todd at her home at Bluffton. The girls will go over Friday afternoon and remain until Saturday evening. A dance Friday evening is one of the social affairs planned by Miss Todd for them. A very charming and delightful informal party of Wednesday afternoon was that given by Mrs. W. L. Lehne, thirty ladies responding to invitations to greet Mrs. Lehne’s sisters. Mrs. S. E. Willey, of Cincinnati. Ohio, and Mrs. T. R. Brown of Venice, Ohio, and to spend the afternoon hours with their needlework. The entertainment was carried out in a delightful way, a luncheon, pleasing alike to sight and palate, concluding the afternoon. Mrs. Francis of Pennsylvania, who is visiting with Miss Bess Schrock, was also an out-of-town guest. (Conunuea on page 4.i

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BETTING BOARDS Indicate That the Democrats Will Carry Indiana and Elect Kern. ONE LARGE WAGER Is Laid, $5,000 to $4,000, That Legislature Will be Democratic. DEMOCRATIC NEWS BUREAU, 325 Pythian Building. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The democratic tide in Indiana is shown on the betting boards in Indianapolis, where democratic money is standing without takers. While these wagers are not in themselves conclusive evidence of the way the election will go, still they are a pretty fair indication. Men who watch the political game closely and are willing to bet their money, have weighed the chances well and as a rule know what they are doing. The full significance of the betting is manifest in the fact that it is all one way. There are only two bets posted in Indianapolis that Senator Beveridge will be reelected to the United States senate, and in both of these the man with the Beveridge money wants odds. A bet of $560 to SSOO that John W. Kern will be elected to the United States senate to succeed Senator Beveridge was posted at the Denison hotel for several days before it was taken. Another bet of S2OO even that Kern will defeat Beveridge, and which was posted at the same time, remains on the board with no takers. At the Hotel Kingston here are several bets that Beveridge will not be re-elected. "*> At Harry Walker's there is one bet, at odds, that the next legislature will be democratic. This bet is SIOO to S9O, and it has been on the board several days with no takers. There is another proposition to the same effect at SIOO even. One bet is posted that Senator Beveridge will not be reelected—odds being offered in this case at SIOO to S9O. There is also a bet of $lO even to the same effect posted. The two Beveridge bets referred to are at Walkers. One is sl4 to S2O that Beveridge will be re-elected, and the other $9 to $lO. The Indianapolis Star says: One bet of $5,000 to $4,000 that the democrats will elect a majority of the members of the Indiana legislature was posted yesterday at the Denison hotel. This was the largest single wager that las been offered in Indiana during the present campaign. The same man offered SI,OOO in even money that the democrats will elect all of their legislative candidates in Marion county. He also placed SSOO against SI,OOO that the democrats will elect the heads of their tickets in Ohio, New York, and New Jersey. He offered SI,OOO against $4,000 that the democrats will elect their tickets in Ohio, New Jersey, New York and Indiana. None of the bets have been taken. It was stated at the Denison house board that the man who offered this $7,500 bet is a republican. The odds of 5 to 4 are the largest that have been laid against Senator Beveridge in the present contest. One bet of SSO against S6O was offered at the Denison that the democrats will have a majority of ten on joint ballot in the legislature. At other betting boards odds of 10 to 9 have been offered that the democrats will elect a majority of the members of the legislature, but only a small amount of Beveridge money has appeared up to this time. A few small bets at eight to ten have been posted that the legislature will be republican on joint ballot. While a great deal of money has been offered, it was said yesterday that very little has been taken either way. The indications are that the republicans are going to be on the short end of the betting and that the odds may beeven greater, that the democrats will control the legislature. CLOSES SPECIAL SERVICES. J. M. Dawson, pastor of the Christian church, Wednesday evening closed his several weeks’ special evangelistic campaign with a sermon on "Paul’s Conversion." The campaign has been an earnest one aud resultant of much good.