Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1911 — Page 1

■Volume IX. Number 86.

REV. SEM ANS IS PASTOR bf the Decatur Methodist I Church—Announcement Made Known Late AFTERNOON |Rev. C. M. Lantis Appoint- | ed to Decatur Circuit— Other Notes. ■ The congregation of the Decatur; Methodist church is much pleased Lith the appointment of the Rev. R. ML Semans as minister of the local fchurch. the appointments being made known late Tuesday afternoon at the Conference at Kokomo. The Rev. Kernans will colne here from Kenfaallville, where he has been serving [in the ministry, and the first services conducted here by him will probably [be next Sunday. The Rev. C. M. LanItis. who for the past year had served ks superintendent of the Old People’s [Memorial Home at Warren, and who [resigned to again enter the ministry, ■vks appointed to the Decatur circuit, phich includes three churches —Beulah, Mt. Pleasant and the Washington church. The Rev. C. W. Church, rwho has served the unexpired term (of the Rev. Powell as pastor of the Bocal church, was placed upon the retired list, he being unable to continue lon account of ill health. I It was not until late Tuesday afternoon that the great bulk of the business of the sixty-eighth annual session of the North Indiana Methodist [conference came to a close at Koko|mo, Bishop E. H. Hughes of San (Francisco reading the appolntmen.s as the last thing in the proceedings. | The committee upon moral and social relations submitted a report which /Was adopted, deploring the desecration of the Sabbath, touching [upon divorce evil, favoring a dignified Fourth of July and recommending the Methodist discipline in the matter of the government of the amusements of the young people of the church. E. F. Albertson read a supplemental report of the committee on education, retiring from membership on the board of trustees of Depauw university former Governor Winfield T. Durbin and putting Arthur S. Cecil ip his place. The following ministers were placed upon the retired, or superannuated list: N. T. Fleddycord, William Lash, J. W. Miller, C. W. Church, A. Greenman, T. C. Neal. J. W. McDaniel, W. M. Vanslyke, William Peck, E. A. Robinson, Milton Mahin, M. H. Smith, A. L. Lamport, T. H. C. Beall. S. C . Miller, C. E. Disbro, A. M. Patterson, J. W. Welch, W. S. Stewart. C. E. Davis, J. V. Terfinger, W. C. McCaig, H. Bridge. J. A. Lewellen, J. W. Paschall, J. B. Ford, H. M. Johnson, P. J. Albright, H. A. Ewell, J. E. Erwin, R. S. Reed, E. F. Hasty, J. M. Rush, R. Sawyer, W. H. Pierce, J. W. Tillman, F. M. Kemper, O. S. Harrison, W. E. McCarty, G. H. Hill. M. C. Pittenger, A. S. Wooten, Eli Davis. C. G. Hudson, J. A. Ruley, R. H. Smith, W. F. Walker, C. H. Brown. A. J. Carey, E. L. Semans, P. S. Stevens, H. C. Smith, W. W. Brown, H. D. Wright, L. A. Retts, S. Billheimer, H. N. Herrick, S. J. Mellinger, J. T. Fetro, S. C. Norris, J. H. McNary, C. King, W. R. Jones, J. S. Cain. C. H. Murray, J. K. Waltz. Supernumerary relations were given to L. E. Knox. D. A. Beeks, F. L. Erlougher. Stewards were elected as follows: M. 8. Marble and J. B. Cook to succeed themselves, and F. M. Lacey to take the place of L. A. Beeks. In ad ditlon to these David Wells. W. T. Arnold and A. G. Neal are on this board. On motion E. L. Jones was elected superintendent and financial secretary of the Old Folks’ Home at Warren. P E. Powell was made organizer of the Holy Grail. C. U. Wade, S. Powell and G. H. Myers were made financial agents of Depauw university. The appointments were given out at the close of the session after much discussion, the following being for the Fort Wayne district:

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James A. Beatty, district superln-I tendent; Angola., M. 8. Marble; Au-1 burn, T. F. Thornburg; Bluffton, Clark Crawford; Bluffton circuit, J. C. Valentine; Bobo, D. A. J. Brown; Coesse, F. P. Johnson; Decatur, R. L. Semans; Decatur Circuit, supplied by C. M. Lantis; Fort Wayne: St. Paul, J. W. Jeffras; First Church, J. K. Cecil; Simpson, W. A. Grlest; Trinity, T. M. Hill; Wayne Street, C. C. Travis; Fort Wayne Circuit, supplied by Joshua Jarvis; Fremont, Frank Hickman; Garrett, C. Tinkham; Geneva, C. V. L. Harbour; Geneva circuit, to be supplied; Hamilton, R. A. Morrison ( Harlan, P. V. Westhafer; Hoagland, M. F. Stright; Hudson and Ashley, G. W. Keisling, Huntertown, E. E. Bunner; Leo, Edwin Dixon; Monroe, G. A. Crafts; Monroeville, L. D. Rehl; Montpelier, J. M. Haines; New Haven, supplied by E. G. Pelley; Orland, R. W. Stokes; Ossian. C. B. Dougherty; Pennville, G. M. Mcßride; Ponet», Henry Lacy; Portland, L. M. Edwards; Portland circuit, Emory Dunbar; Spencerville, C. A. Byrt; WoodI burn, P. H. Walters; York, Alda R. I Gillian. A number of appointments in other districts will be of interest to Decatur people. Rev. J. C. White was returned to the Grace Street church at Kokomo, and Rev. J. A. Sprague to the Main Street church; Ralph Jones to Windfall; C. B. Sweeney goes to 1 Trenton; B. E. Parker is returned to 1 Hartford City, and G. B. Work to Warren. _________ CARPENTERS BUSY I -K Various Places of Business Making Improvement for Betterment of Trade. MANY CHANGES Decatur Lumber Company Finishing Extended Building Operations. The Decatur Lumber company today started another force of workmen on an improvement that is intended to better the facilities of the plant for turning out only the highest grade of products for their many customers. The carpenters are busy building a dust-proof wareroom for the accommodation of the many ear loads of sash and frames used by this firm. At the same time other work- ! men are building a foundation for the machinery which they bought recently and which will arrive shoftI ly. This is a combination machine and Is designed for getting out any ' special sizes of shapes of material i that may be specified. This enables the company to take anything in the way of building material and have the knowledge that they can get out the job on time. ' Another improvement is being carried out at the building formerly occupied by H. S. Porter & Son as a second hand store, where the workmen are tearing down the old wooden awning, a landmark and relic of Decatur’s juvenile days. The front gs the building will be repaired and repainted and will present a beautiful appearance when finished. CHICKEN DINNER THURSDAY. ' In the Building South of the Interurban Station. In addition to the white sale of today and tomorrow, conducted by the Christian Ladies’ Aid society in the building on Second street, formerly occupied by the Bowers millinery | store, the society will have a chicken dinner tomorrow noon, the following being the menu: Noodle Soup Chicken Mashed Potatoes Scalloped Corn Cold Slaw Pickled Eggs Potato Salad Bread Butter Jelly Pie Coffee The public is cordially invited. NEW TIME TABLE. The G. R. & I. ticket agent has received notice from headquarters at Grand Rapids, Mich., that a change in the schedule of trains will take , place in the near future and cards announcing the changes will be distributed in a few days. The attention of 1 the traveling public is called to this 1 matter, which will take effect in a ! short while.

MANY SUCCESSFUL Ninety-seven Out of a Hundred Seventy-eight Win County Diplomas. AT FIRST “EXAM.” Monroe Township Had the Highest Number—Two More Examinations. County Superintendent L. E. Opliger has completed the work of grading the manuscripts of those who took the first examination of the year, last month, this ‘ exam." being for eighth grade students who wish a county diploma. which admits them into any high school in the state. Examinations were held at Decatur and Berne and 178 tried to pass, ninety-seven succeeding. This is a very high percentage and excells those of surrounding counties. Another examination will be held at Decatur and Geneva next Saturday and the third will be held next month. A complete list of those successful will be published after the same is completed next month. The number securing diplomas on this test was divided as follows: Union township, 7; Root, 2; Preble, 8; Kirkland, 7; Washington, 12; St. Mary’s, 8; Blue Creek, 6; Monroe, 14; French, 2; Hartford, 11; Wabash. 12; Jefferson, 7; Berne, 5, and Decatur, 1. Decatur students are also eligible to pass these examinations and their papers will be graded if they desire to do so. LAID TO REST. Two Funerals Were Held at the St. Mary’s Church Today. Two funerals were this morning from the St. Mary’s church, one being held at 7:30 and the other at 8:30. At 7:30 the last earthly rites were held over the remains of the late Louis J. Smith, whose death occurred at Huntsville, Ala., where he had gone for his health. Father Flaherty was in charge of the services and interment was made at the St. Joseph cemetery. Gase Funeral. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Edward Gase took place at the St. Mary's church at 8:30 o'clock and a high tribute was paid the life of the deceased by Father Wilken, Mrs. Gase having been a faithful member of the parish nearly her entire life. A large number were in attendance, including many from out of the city. Interment took place at the St. Joseph cemetery. - -o AT POINT OF DEATH. Dr. L. H. Zeigler Called to Butler by Brother-in-law’s Illness. Dr. L. H. Zeigler of Monmouth was here this morning on business, leaving this afternoon for Fort Wayne, thence to Butler, where he was called by a telephone message received this morning that his brother-in-law, William Squires, was at the point of death. He has been a sufferer from heart trouble for a year or more and his condition is now critical. He is a man about sixty years of age. Mrs. Squires is a sister of Dr. Zeigler, and his boyhood days were spent in the vicinity of Butler. — COTTON SEEDS Received by John Joseph From North Carolina. .John Joseph this morning received some cotton seeds from a friend, J. R. Weeks, of Clinton, North Carolina, where the latter is engaged in cotton raising, in an extensive way and who each year raises a large crop. Two different kinds were sent and Mr. Joseph will plant same in a hot bed just for a test. o — GOT CHECK FOR SICK BENEFITS. Ed Green, agent for the North American Accident insurance company has received a check for $34.28, the amount due John Conrad on account of a two weeks’ Illness with erysipelas. The policy costs but $5.00 per year and covers accidents and sickness, good for $2,000 in case of death. Ed says it’s the best policy on the market and Mr. Conrad will no doubt agree with him.

Decatur, Ind. Wednesday Evening, April 12, 1911.

DR. CULP COMES FRIDAY. Will Lecture at Monroe—ls One of the Very Beet. Dr, W. T. Culp of New York will deliver his great lecture, "The Uncrowned King,’ at the M. E. church in Monroe Friday night, the 14th of April. Monroe is fortunate in securing this gentleman. He Is endorsed by press and pulpit. A born orator, with a commanding presence, a magnetic personality, he has a message for all. He is welcomed in every state as a lecturer and carrying everywhere his message of the ultimate triumph of right. Scattering polished thoughts before countless audiences, he Is a sower of truth, an inspirer of righteousness, a constructive force in a transitional age. A philosophical student of great themes, with tremendous convictions, he has a message brilliant with satire, wit and humor, yet voiced in tenderness and pathetic appeal. The Rome, New York, Sentinel, says: “The subject was “Uncrowned Kings," and it may truthfully be said that Culp is one of them himself. A master of language, wit and pathos.” Monroeville, Ind.: “He held the audience for two hours and all would have been glad to have remained! longer.” Prof. East of the school has placed the admission to all at 25 cents and an attempt will e made to interest many nearby towns for it will certainly be a rare treat for all and perhaps the opportunity for hearing such a man will not come again in years. The date is Friday night, the 14th, at Monroe. SOLEMN YeRVICES i Will Mark the Closing of I the Season of Lent at St. Mary’s Church. i REMAINDER OF WEEK All in Memory of Savior’s Passion, Which is Yearly Commemorated. < Beginning with tomorrow and known as Maundy Thursday the St. Mary’s church will In a very solemn way commemorate the closing of the holy season of lent. Tomorrow is the anniversary on which the feast of the Holy Eucharist, or the Lord’s Supper, was instituted by our Savior before he entered upon the bitter passion and death, and which since then has been very solemnly observed each year with the passing of these days. At 9 o’clock solemn high mass will be celebrated, after which the blessed sacrament will be deposited in the grave on the south side altar throughout the day. In the evening lamentations and other prayers will be carried out. On Good Friday morning, which is the only day of the year when mass is not fully celebrated in the Catholic church, solemn services will mark the observance of this day, both morning and evening, and which will be brought to a close with a sermon on the passion and way of the cross. On Saturday morning the Easter fire will take place, followed with the blessing of the holy water, which is used during the year, and a high mass at 9 o’clock. All during these days no bells are rung, no church music, and the altars are all draped in black in memory of the sorrowful death of the Savior. HORSE s)aLE TOMORROW. The horse sale to be held tomorrow at the sales stables on First street will be peculiar in the fact that few of the heavy horses, for which this market is noted, will be on the block. The majority of the horses | will run about 1,600 pounds and are a good looking lot. The stables today are full, and with other stock, known to be coming, will make the sale a hummer, as far as the number of horses can make it. A good big bunch of buyers are here and the management is making arrangements to handle a large delegation of farmers, as the fields are not in condition to work, and the farmers vitally ininterested in horses, and having nothing to do, will naturally come to the sale. The market is running high, and the ,buyers for the company had great trouble in securing stock for the sale at any reasonable price.

COURT HOUSE NEWS County Commissioners Will Hold Joint Session With Allen and Wells. COUNTY LINE ROADS Grand Jury Will Conclude Work Soon—Business Transacted Today. The grand jury will probably conclude active work this evening and tomorrow make the customary visit to the county infirmary and the jail, and report tomorrow some time or Friday. It is not believed that many indictments will result from the session. The case of Charles Lammiman vs. Fred Scheiman, scheduled for trial at Portland this week, has been continued by agreement. Eulalia Drage has been appointed guardian for Grace and Harold Drage and filed her bond. C. S. Niblick, administrator of the estate of Minnie D. Niblick, file a petition to sell personal property. So ordered and sale reported and confirmed. Amos W. Snyder, surviving partner, vs. Chris Musser et al., appearance by D. E. Smith for plaintiffs, with Cottrell and Lautzenheiser. It is a suit on note. I James E. Complin vs. Fred Hoffman, damages, demurrer filed to complaint. Isadore A. Kalver vs. Decatur Furnace Co., final report filed. Louis Meyer et al. vs. Marie L. Miller et al., partition, amended complaint filed. Appearance by Peterson & Moran for A. B. Bailey, administrator, and for all other defendants by Mr. Bailey. The Adams county commissioners will hold two joint sessions within the next two weeks. Arrangements have been made for them to meet with the Wells county commissioners at Bluffton on May Ist and to meet with the Allen county commissioners here on May 2nd. Both meetings are for the purpose of planning for county line roads. o- - ARRIVED WITH HORSES. Late Saturday evening the arrival of Mr. Sprunger with their shipment of Belgian horses was announced, and the unloading was at once undertaken, the horses being taken to the barns immediately. Mr. Sprunger says that the trip over was all that one could desire, the weather being very good until they struck New York harbor, where they ran into the fog and narrowily missed being beached, as was the Princess Irene. The trip was accomplished without any accidents whatever, and the firm is already making arrangements for a return trip for more horses. o NEW SPECIMEN OF DUCK. D. M. Hensley has added two fine ducks to his large collection of i mounted specimens. The same were sent to him by W. M. H. Hardy of Huntington, division freight agent of the Erie, from Rochester, where he had bagged the ducks while hunting. They are very fine specimens, finely colored in white, black and blue. A very unusual thing about them is a file-like piece along the lower part of the beak. Mr. Hensley has never seen this on any other duck, and he is at a loss as to what kind this is. o PURE FOOD INSPECTOR Makes Another Visit to the City of Decatur. O. C. Roberts of Lafayette, of the state pure food inspection department, was in the city today on business relating to his office and it is said some action may be taken soon in tHe matter of those who have not lived up to the requirements of the pure food law. Mr. Roberts visited here also about three or four months ago In the interest of his office.

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BUSINESS RUSHING. New Geneva Glove Company is Up and Going. Clem Heldeman, who is in charge of the new mitten establishment just put in operation at Geneva but a few weeks ago, was in the city Monday evening for a short stay on business to attend to affairs relating to the factory. Mr, Heldeman stated that they were running in good shape and have many orders ahead of them to be filled. At present they have a good force of men employgd. who are kept busy and should their 'business increase as the start has begun, the company will, before very long, enjoy a rush satisfactory to all. ANTI-KISSING LEAGUE. The World's Health Organization with headquarters at Cincinnati, 0., is sending out literature organizing an anti-kissing league as a guard against the spreading of disease. With the literature is a pledge to discourage the custom of kissing which all are asked to sign and return to headquarters upon receipt of which a button bearing a motto, "Kiss Not," will be sent. We doubt whether the wearing of the mottoes would do any good; it would doubtless be taken as a challenge and who ever heard of a person, especially a daring young man, refusing a challenge Wonder how many buttons will be worn in Decatur? FATHER INJURED Mrs. P. H. Wagner Receives Word of Injury to Father, Henry Bricker. OF NEAR BRYANT Rolling Sack of Grain Causes Fall From Wagon Which Runs Over Him. Mrs. P. H. Wagner received a letter this morning telling of a bad injury received by her father, Henry Bricker, of Bryant, the accident taking place at Portland. The Portland Sun gives the following account in detail: “Henry Bricker, a well known farmer, residing in Wabash township, was severely injured in this city Monday afternoon, when he fell from a wagon load of corn on which he was riding, and the wheels of the heavily loaded wagon passed over his arm and leg. “Mr. Bricker had brought a load of corn to market in this city and as he was driving out of the runway at the Haynes Milling company’s plant on East Votaw street, a sack of corn on which he was sitting rolled from the wagon, throwing him forward. He , was unable to avoid the fall and fell : directly in front of the wagon. One wheel passed over his left leg and arm. “The injured man was picked up and taken to the office of Dr. R. E. Brokaw, where it was discovered that no bones were broken, but the flesh of the left hand had been mashed and ground off by the wheels of the wagon, in some places leaving the bones of the hand bare. “Although considerably dazed by the fall and unable to tell in just what manner he had been injured, Mr. Bricker displayed unusually strong will power and immediately after the injuries had been dressed, he refused to remain in the city or to permit any one to accompany him to his home, five miles east of Bryant. He made the trip home in his own wagon. Mr. Bricker is the father of Mrs. John Bonifas of this city." Mrs. Wagner may go to Bryant to be with her father, although his condition is hot considered serious. He is sixty-four years of age. o LEASED BELL PROPERTY. I. Landis Family Will Arrive Tomorrow to Reside There. I. Landis of Nappanee has leased the Bell property, formerly occupied by Mrs. Ella Bell, and will move his family here. The family is packing its household goods today and expects to arrive tomorrow. Mr. Landis has been editor of the Advance for some i I time and it is understood that he comes here to take charge of the 1 Times.

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DOCTOR THE ACTS Many Errors in Original Copy of Lately Passed Statutes. THE WORDS SUPPLIED By Secretary of State and Deputies to Help in Interpreting. Indianapolis, Ind., April 12 —Secretary of State Ellingham and his force of deputies and clerks found a number of cases by which they could "exercise their prerogative," when the acts of the recent legislature were compiled, by filling in words and phrases to make the proper sense out of otherwise nonsensical sentences. In the 705 pages of the laws, the deputies found twenty-six places in which to fill In words and phrases. The words filled in by the secretary of state are placed in brackets to show that they were not put in by the members of the legislature. In one case the enacting clause, without which the act would be invalid, was inserted by the secretary of state. This was the act amending the law governing annexation proceedings, the enacting clause having been omitted by error. By reason of this omission the act, it is pointed out, will be of no effect, although it appears in the acts of 1911 among the other laws which, to all appearances, at least, are valid. The enacting clause is placed in the act in brackets, showing that it was inserted by authority other than that of a member of the general assembly. The act was designed to do away with the annexation of one city by another. It was to be made applicable particularly to cities in Lake county. In another case the word “that" was left out of one of the acts passed by the last legislature, making the reading of the statute meaningless. In another chapter the superintendent of the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors' home "are" given certain powers by the late legislature, but the secretary of state noted the error and made the superintendent singular by inserting the word “is” instead of having him plural, as the bill made him. In one chapter the word “cemetry” appears instead of “cemetery, as Webster and other authorities assert is the correct way of spelling a burial place. The word “damages" appears in one section [of the act instead of the word "damaged,” and in another portion of the same act the word "not” was inserted, which completely changed the meaning of the statute that was “doctored" by the secretary of state. The insertion of this word is shown to be correct by other portions of the act, which plainly indicates that the legislature intended the word “not" should be used. In the act authorizing political parties to adopt or reject certain constitutional amendments the word "may" was omitted, which left the act meaningless. The missing word was readily supplied by the secretary of state. In the act amending the pure food law there is a provision against the sale of “skim milk" without its being properly labeled. In the act as passed the general assembly a portion of the law read: “Provided, however,* that this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of skim milk when such skim milk is as .plainly labeled." By the insertion of the word “sold" and the word “and” the sentence and meaning are made complete. In another portion of the act the word “treasure” is used instead of the word “treasury.” In another place the word “scales" was used instead of the word “sales.” In the back of the book there is an affidavit made by the secretary of state that the acts as they appear in the book are the same as the enrolled bills which were signed by the governor, with the exception of the changes as indicated in the brackets, the changes having been made to aid in interpreting the meaning of the various statutes. The contract for the setting up of the three large package mail boxes was awarded to Fred Linn, who was busy today setting them in place. One each was put at the Boston store, the Sam Hite and the Hower & Hower ' corners.