Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 16.

THREE TO UNITE Adams County to Have Oratorical Association—Already Been Formed. DUE TO PROF. RICE Decatur, Berne and Geneva Commissioned Schools to Take Part. Adams county Is to hare an Oratorical association, the credit for the lime going to Prof. E. E. Rice, end it ia to be formed between the three •onnnissioned high schools of the e»unty—Decatur, Berne and Gen*v*. **w object of this association is to ereete a greater interest, in the use of correct English, to secure training in public speaking and to increase the lore for good music. The association will be divided into two groups— one and two —the former to be made up of seniors and juniors and the second of sophomores and freshmen. The aseociation will have a president, secretary and treasurer and the superintendent of the school where the contest is to be held will be the president for the year. The contests will be held at one place not oftener than once in three years and this will be decided by the representatives of the three schools. The officers will assume complete management of affairs, deluding the finances of the association and is to announce the annual j contest ninety days previous to the event. The representatives will meet annually for the purpose of electing officers and transaction of such business as may come up before them. This annual meeting will be held on the last day of the county institute and the place to be designated by the president. The contest will include oratory, reading and music. All those taking part in the annual •contest will be required to be in good standing in the school, and must be certified to by the school which he represents. Post-graduates will also be allowed to enter this contest, but will be compelled to give the required conditions as given by those in school. The prize which will be awarded will be a pennant and shall be held by the winning school for a period of one year. There will be . three judges for the literary and three for the music, said judges to be chosen from outside of the county by the executive committee. In the discussion and in the oration, one-third will be given for composition, one-third for delivery and one-third for thought.! The reading and music will also be judged according to the degree of perfection and the orations and discus- j sions will be counted according to the work of the student. A field meet will also be held in the forenoon ac- ■ cording to the rules of the Indiana l . High School Athletic association. The service of one disinterested judge, Shall be procured for the field events,' Who shall judge with the represents-1 five sent from each of the schools taking part. Events: Discussion, oration. reading, vocal solo, vocal duet, quartet, piano solo, piano duet, piano trio. Piano, violin solo to be one event. — * - — WILL MOVE TO DECATUR. Mrs. Elizabeth Myers and Son Prepare to Hold Sale. Mrs. Elizabeth Myers an«* son, Wade, residing south of the city, will in a few weeks hold a sale of the personal property of the farm, preparatory to Mrs. Myers’ moving to this City to reside. Wade will go to Tulso, Oklahoma, to be employed in the oil fields, his brother, Charles, having a position there as superintendent The Myers will rent their farm, and their removal will undoubtedly break up j the Coon Skin club, which had Its headquarters in a building on the Myers farm. - WILL OPEN STORE SATURDAY. ; Mrs. Al Garard went to Monroeville . this morning to join her husband. Mr.! Garard has been there some time getting things in readiness for the opening of his five and ten cent store, which will probably be Saturday. Much of the new stock, however, has been delayed in the shipment, but it. is hoped that everything can be gotten in readiness for the opening Sat-' urday. |

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death of friend. Mr*. Sarah Laman Receives Word to That Effect. Mrs. Sarah Laman has received word of the death of a life-long friend, who passed away at the home of her daughter at Carnegie, Pa., while visiting there. The cause of her death was tuberculosis, and she was called to her reward on last Sunday. The funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church at Delphos, where she had been making her home at 2 o'clock. The bereft children are William, Frank and Sam, all engaged in business at that place, and Mrs. Gnfly. GEAKE RECEIVER Bankruptcy Proceedings in Indianapolis Referred to Fort Wayne IN ALLISON AFFAIRS Allison Real Estate Company and Cardwell Mill and Lumber Co. The Journal-Gazette said this morning: “The Allison Real Estate company of Decatur, Ind., engaged in the busines of logging and the sale of timber products, with liabilities ol 1162,246.77 and assets of 1217,278.37, and the Cardwell Mill and Lumber company, of the same place, a kindred corporation, with liabilities of >119,139.44 and asets of 386,628, were declared bankrupt by Judge Anderson in the United States district court at Indianapolis yesterday and Attorney Will C. Geake of Fort Wayne was named receiver for both bankrupt concerns and the affairs of the two companies were referred to Judge Sol A. Wood, of this city, referee in bankruptcy, for adjudication. The action of the federal court at Indianapolis is to take the matters out of the hands of the receiver for the two companies named in the receivership proceedings recently in the Adams county circuit court. Judge Anderson declared the concerns bankrupt upon voluntary petitions in bankruptcy by the companies themselves, and upon involuntary petitions filed ■by creditors. The result will be looking toward a more rapid closing up and settling of the affairs of the bankrupts. “Attorneys present in the federal court yesterday were J. M. Harper = and Judge Erwin of Fort Wayne, and ! Charles Barnett of Indianapolis for the corporations, and Judge Vesey and C. H. Worden of Fort Wayne and ' Judge Beatty of Decatur for the receiver. Local attorneys in the case returned home late last night. “The failure of the Allison Eeal Es- ' tate company and the Cardwell Mill and Lumber company are the most se- , rious busines disasters in northern In- ' diana in a number of years. Various I concerns are involved, including parties in Indiana and Arkansas, where operations of the defunct concerns were laid. In Fort Wayne the First National bank is one of the heaviest creditors. The companies are understood to owe that bank something like which is amply and fully protected by security. In fact it is the contention that both companies will be able to pay all creditors in full.” The above action will possibly do away with the proceedings in the I court here. Mr. F. M. Schirmeyer has been acting as receiver for the company and the above action means that the cause has been transferred to the federal courts. Mr. Geake will serve as receiver until the creditors meet and select. i 0 I SHEHAN IS LOSIN GSTRENGTH. Albany, N. Y„ Jan. 19—(Special to Daily Democrat) —In the senatorial | fight here William Shehan, the demoi cratic caucus nominee, lost two votes, ion today’s ballot, one going to Park- ! er and one to Kernan. o ! Tonight the Young Men's Social club will give another of their popular dances, and as before a large attendance is anticipated. Invitations have been issued to a large number and many from out of the city are ex- , pected to be here for the evening. Excellent music will be furnished and * the home will be a scene of much • pleasure until a late hour tonight.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Trustees Can Make Their Semi-Annual Draw of State Funds Now. CHANGES OF VENUE Taken in Two Cases—Motion For New Trial in the Guyselman Case. The semi-annual draw from tha state funds has been made, amounting to about >13,000 and the township trustees can now secure the respective amounts due their townships by calling at the county treasurer’s office. Arguments were heard this morning on the demurrer to the answer Ip the case of Irvin Brandyberry vs. O. L. Vance, for contribution. The attorneys are Heller, Button & Heller and A. P. Beatty for the plaintiff and D. B. Erwta and ». B. Smith for the defenAnt. TW ease Oliver W. Storer vs. W. W. Wyer, suit on note. WOO. was sent to Jay county on change of venue. John Schafer vs. Buckeye Brew1 ing Co., suit on contract, demand, $500; motion to require plaintiff to separate cause of action overruled. ■ Case sent to Allen circuit court on change of venue. A motion for a new trial was filed ’ in the case of Sarah Guyselman vs. Fort Wayne Outfitters Co., in which a verdict for the defendant was returned last week. The November term of court will close Saturday and a two weeks’ vacation follows, the February term convening February 6th. The many cases of sickness in the city and county are keeping the local physicians more than busy and they are kept on the go day and night. DISTRICT CONTEST Adams, Randolph, Wells and Tav Will Join in the Spelling Contest OF EIGHTH DISTRICT At Portland February 18th Arrangements For Same Are Made. L. E. Opliger county superintendent of schools, has returned from Portland, where he met with other i •county superintendents of the Eighth ' congressional district to make arrangements for the district spelling contest, which will be held in Portland February 18th. Four counties in . the Eighth district—Randolph, Adams 1 Wells and Jay—will be represented, and their county school superintendents —Lee Driver of Randolph, L. E. Opliger of Adams, A. R. Huyette of Wells and W. R. Armstrong of Jaycomprised the meeting, at which rules governing the spellers were adopted. The contest will be held in the Au- j ditorium, beginning at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon and an admission fee of ten cents will be charged to defray the expenses incident. The judges of the contest were also : agreed upon, but the announcement of their names has been deferred until they have been notified of their selection, and have accepted the appointments. Persons competent to do so were also agreed upon to select suitable ; words to be used, from the fourth and fifth readers. The names of these men will also be made known later. Because of the failure to enter the contest of Madison and Delaware counties, it was agreed at the meeting that each county should be allow- ‘ ed to send five contestants and five al-1 ternate contestants to the district match, instead of three as provided for tn the state rules. The rules in full as adopted will be made public within a day or two.

Decatur, Ind. Thursday Evening, January 19, 1911.

VALENTI BABE DEAD. Victor Anthony, the tlve-months-son of Dave and Bertha Valenti, who reside on South Third street, died at the family home Wednesday evening at about 9:30 o'clock after an illness of but little more than two weeks. The' child first showed symptoms of the grip, which later took a more severe hold on him, terminating into Bright's disease, which was the cause of his demise. He was the pride of the home and the grief-stricken parents are much bereaved over their loss. The funeral services will be held at 8 o’clock Saturday morning from the St. Mary's church. Interment at th* St. Joseph cemetery. OPTION MEASURES Were Discussed at a Democratic Caucus Held Yesterday Afternoon. THE PROCTOR BILL Will be Reported in an Amended Form and Pushed Through First. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19 —Unity of party action was decided upon yesterday afternoon at separate caucuses of the democrats of both house and senate for the purpose of deciding what should be done on the local option and restrictive measures now pending before the legislature. The Proctor-Keeney bill as a result of the caucus will be reported in an amended form and pushed through as a party measure and not until that is disposed of will the restrictive measure be taken up. The amended bill as agreed upon ' provides that the recent county op- ■ tion law be followed as nearly as possible except for the substitution of the platform unit, cities and town- ' ships, with the necessary changes caused by the unit. In this way the measure is brought into conformity with the platform by the elimination of the incorporated town feature. Two changes have been made in the Proctor bill by the committee on public morals. The provision for making incorporated towns the unit of election has been stricken out, and the method of determining the percentage of voters necessary to call an election has been changed. In its present form the bill requires that the number of names on a petition to call an election shall be equal to 20 per cent of the votes cast for a mayor in a city and 20 per cent of the votes cast for secretary of state in a township. Senator Proctor saiu yesterday that the wording of his bill is exactly the same as that of the present county unit law, except where it changes the unit of elections. The present law was pased by a republican legislature in 1908 at a special session of the leg- ■ islature called by former Governor ■ Hanly. While a tacit agreement has been , reached whereby the Proctor amend- ' ment bill will be reported out of comI mittee either today or tomorrow, there are some members, it is under- ' stood, who are not just satisfied with the way the measure is drawn. It is said that some members desire to consolidate the Proctor bill with that introduced by Senator Fleming in the upper house and the one introduced by Representative Wise. If this con- ' soiidation could be brought about it is I said that an effort would be made by some of the democratic members to include a provision for a high license and tho restriction of the number of saloons to one for every 1,006 popula- : tion. It is understood that this would meet the approval of Senator Aiken, who is in favor of a high license. e REVIVAL MEETINGS. The evangelistic meetings still continue at the different churches of the city with increasing interest. The union service Friday at 2:00 p. m. will be held at the Evangelical church. Rev. Hessert of the Reformed church will have charge of the service. It is earnestly desired ’hat the members of jail the churches unite In these day | meetings and at the night services, each be found at his own church helping in the good work. Clayeon Carroll made a busines* trip to Fort Wayne thia afternoon.

WILL SOON MARRY James Artman and Martha Tribolet of Bluffton To Marry. SURPRISE TO FRIENDS Wedding to Occur at Bride’s Home on Eighth of February. The Bluffton News Wednesday gave in Its news columns an announcement of the wedding of James Artman ot tnis city and Miss Martha Tribolet of that place, the marriage to occur in that city on the night of February Bth. Mr. Artman is the son of Mr. and Mrs Andrew Artman, well known he»W, and for some time has been connected with the Decatur Photo company, and has been meeting with much auccee in tha business. The announcement will come as a great surprise to hie many friends here, they being unaware of his having had any Intentions of the step. The following is th* clipping from th* Bluffton N*w*: "Announcement was made today by Mr. and Mr*. Adolph J. Tribolet of West Wiley avenue that the marriage ■ of their second daughter, Miss Martha ’ Tribolet, and Mr. James Artman of . Dcratur, Ind., will take place on Wed- > nesday, February Bth. There will be , a quiet wedding ceremony on the aft- , ernoon of February Bth at the home of Miss Tribolet’s parents in this city, with the Rev. W. W. Martin officiating. ! The wedding will be a quiet affair, . with only injjnediate relatives and i close friends of the couple present. “The young couple have a wide circle of friends in this city and Deca- , tur, where both are well known and popular, and they will receive the . congratulations of a host of friends, f Miss Tribolet has been employed sev- . eral seasons in local millinery stores, i Mr. Artmaii is a photographer, and has visited this city often. He and his bride will locate in southern Indiana , shortly after their marriage.” 1 * SHOES ARE STOLEN I i Chas. Voglewede Received , Shipment of Shoes That Had Been Opened. i WHILE ON JOURNEY Seven Pairs Are Taken But He Will Not be Loser —Hobo Work. Charles Voglewede, the shoe merchant, Wednesday received a shipment of shoes from Detroit, Mich., and upon examination of same it was discovered that several of the cases had been opened and shoes removed. The shipment consisted of six boxes, four of them having been opened and seven pairs of his Menz Elk-skin shoes stolen. The boxes arrived here in good shape, and although they showed that they had been tampered with, one would not have thought that they had been broken into. The cardboard boxes, which originally had cardboard boxes which contained the shoes were never removed from the outside case, and were cut open with a knife and the shoes pulled out. Upon their arrival at Mr. Voglewede’s place of business they were opened and four cases and two paper boxes had been molested, but goods had j been taken from but two of them. He at once notified the local agent of the , Clover Leaf, who will look into the matter and see that the owner will not be the loser. When removed from the car the boxes were scattered all over the floor, and the work is thought to have been that of hoboes. Ed Bultemeier and family are moving into their fine new home at St. John’s. The new home is built on the site of the old one, known as the Wischmeyer home, which, on last July sth was burned to the ground. The new home has all modern conveniences, including heating plant, and everything, making It equal to the beat city property.

ATTENDS CONVENTION. C. M. Hower Taking in Annual Meeting at Anderson. Charles Hower, a member of the firm of Hower & Hower, grocers, has gone to Anderson to attend the Indiana Retail Merchants’ association convention, which is being held at that place. This was the last of the three days' meet and Mr. Hower desired to be in attendance at the close. Business men from all over the state are in attendance and many pointers from the many speakers are beinv obtained by those attending. Mr. Hower will return home byway of Muncie, making short stops before returning to this city. LIFE’S JOURNEY I Is Closed For James Drage of Fort Wayne & Springfield. i I — ; DIED LAST NIGHT I J Was 11l But Nine Days With Pneumonia—Well Known Man. r i—t t Life* long journey closed W*dnes--1 day evening for James Drage, th* well f known motounan of the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway, when, acting 5 on instructions from the all-wise Heavenly Director, the life current 9 ceased at ten minutes till six o’clock, • his life’s journey having been a good • one, well made. The deceased, though but thirty1 nine years of age, had run a good race, one consistent in all ways with the schedule of jiis Master. He had been ailing but nine days, with pneu1 monia, and was conscious to the last, 8 though on account of the great diffi- '• culty in breathing, was unable to give full utterance to his thoughts. All '• the members of his immediate fam--3 ily, his mother and others, were at 3 his bedside when he passed away, ex--1 cept a brother, who arrived just a short while after his death. James Silas Drage was born AuIgust 20, 1871, near Middletown, Allen county, the son of Frederick and Ellen Drage. The father died when James was but fifteen months of age, but the mother survives, and was at ' the bedside when he passed away. In 1899 Mr. Drage was married to Miss Eulalia Archbold, the union being a very happy one, and blessed with two children —Grace and Harold, who, with the heart broken wife, . survive. Besides the aforenamed immediate relatives, Mr. Drage leaves two brothers —John Drage of Wells county and ; Edwin Drage of Allen county. Three years ago Mr. Drage and family came to this city, he being in the employ of the Fort Wayne &> Springfield railway as motorman, and one of its most valued employes during his residence here. Mr. Drage was known as a most upright man of every good quality, and there is sincere sorrow among his fellow employees and every resident along the line of his route, as well as among his host of relatives and other friends. The funeral will be Sunday after- , noon at 1 o’clock from the Evangelical church in charge of the Rev. D. O. Wise. Burial in the Decatur ceme- ; tery. THE MESDAMES NIBLICK. I — Mrs. Charles Niblick, who Wednes- , day underwent an operation passed a good night, considering the seriousness of her condition and this morning and later during the day was reported as holding her own. Mrs. Daniel Niblick is still lying at the point of death and may be called lat any moment. Relatives are at her bedside. TWO MORE CANDIDATES. Wednesday evening was one of much pleasure for the members of the Modern Woodmen lodge, when two candidates, Ed Kintz and Dick Bock, were taken Into the ranks of the order. A large number were In attendance to witness the degree work and after a late hour the evening was wound up with a smoker, which was enjoyed by all. This Is one of the most active lodges In the city, and i their membership stands right up to th* front.

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THE WOMEN’S PART In the Farmers’ Institute a Notable One—They Reorganized. THE NEW PRESIDENT Is Mrs. Charles Schenck— Fifteenth Annual Closed Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon’s session closed what was acceded th* best institute cf th* fourteen proceeding ones held by the Adam* County FaruieM' association ano tne Woman'* Auxiliary, both in interest and attendance. One well known farmer present said ha had seen but one where the attendance was larger and that wa* held in a grov* in th* aouth part *f th* oounty. At th* clot* of tbs afternoo* eee•lob th* following officer* wer* *l*«t---•d by th* Woman's Auxiliary: President —Mrs. Charles Scheack. Secretary and Treasurer —Ma*. Netti* Harden. Vic* President*. Union Township—Mrs. C. S. Mumma St. Mary’s—Mrs. Laura Dailey. Monroe —Mrs. Etta Heffner. Root —Mrs. E. S. Christen. : Washington—Mrs. T. H. Baltzell. Kirkland —Mrs. C. M. Andrews. . St. Mary’s—Mrs. O. J. Surnan. I Root —Mrs. Dora Evans. Mrs. E. H. Lyons presided over the ■ afternoon session. A full account of the I proceedings is in the following report 1 of the secretary, Mrs. John Evans: I The opening of the afternoon ses- • sion was a duet by Mesdames Runyon . and Opliger. The result of the reorganization ‘ was then heard, which resulted as I follows: C. S. Mumma, president; ■ Essais Dailey, secretary; William Milt ler, treasurer. The report of the committee on resi elutions was next. “Onion Growing’’ was then handled • by C. S. Bash of Fort Wayne. i He said the onion is the most wide- • ly cultivated vetgetable in the world. 1 Its uses as a food have been known . from time immemorial. The soil is first considered, then the preparation of the same. Three-fourths of an Inch is about the right depth to put in the seed or even deeper. It is very important that the weeds be kept down while the plants are young. The red or yellow onions are much easier raised than the white. He tells us how to dig them, then let them dry out ready for market. Buy good seed. The onion which is kept over a year produces better seed than those which have been recently pulled, such as the California onion. Store them in a cool place ,as near twenty-eight degrees as possible. Mrs. Lutz entertained the institute with an instrumental solo, which was delightful. Piano duet by Tony Holthouse and Miss Irma Houk. W. H. DeVilbiss spoke on "The Care of Fruit Trees.” The care includes planting, pnining and spraying. The San Jose scale is the most destructive enemy of the trees. A pair will breed four billion in one year. When you plant a young orchard give It a good seed bed. When setting it in the ground always lean it toward the prevailing winds. Then in the course of two or three years it will be straight. It was then told how the different sprays were mixed and applied for the different diseases. Mr. Martindale spoke on “Preparation of the Soil for Planting and Tillage of Corn.” If you are going to prepare for a good corn crop begin a year before by preparing the seed bed. Rotate the crop—clover, corn wheat — but every third year have it in clover. Break the ground with any good plow so it is thoroughly broken. Have uniformity of corn for planting. Use either drill or check-row. Test you seed so you will be sure it will go. Don't cover it too deep. Three or four cultivations, or even more are to be given. A demonstration was made of the capillary procses. The fine large palm, belonging to Mrs. Eugene Runyon, which has beautified the library for some time, will be a permanent fixture there, much to the delight of all .the palm having been presented to the library by Mrs. Runyon.