Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1911 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening, Except Sunday By •ECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER . subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Month by mail 25 cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies “ cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflee at Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mall matter. .■ - Thoughtful newspaper men throughout the country have at last become awake to the situation created by the circulation fakirs, and business men who have studied the matter are protesting vigorously against paying for both circulation and advertising. It is the old, old story of greed overreaching itself and humbuggery meeting with exposure.—South Bend Times. What is meat? Minority Leader Mann asked the question in the debate on the farmers’ free list bill. There are a lot of people who would be unable to answer Mr. Mann's question, having had so slight a personal acquaintance with the article in these recent years of protection and “prosperity.” The Ohio legislature is bidding high for a place in the corrupt and contented class. Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois got there first, but the Buckeye legislators are proving to the satisfaction of all that they are no slouches when it comes to pulling off a neat grafting game. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the city council of the city of Decatur, Indiana, will, on the 16th Day of May, 1911, at 7 o’clock p. m., receive sealed proposals for the drilling of an eightinch or a six-inch water well, 400 feet or less in depth at the waterworks plant in said city; location of well to be made by waterworks committee. Bids to be made per lineal foot. City to furnish casing and coal for power for driller. All bids shall be accompanied by certified check for twenty-five dollars, ai evidence of good faith. Common council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Witness my hand and the seal of said city this 4th day of May, 1911. H. M. DeVOSS, may 5-12 City Clerk. PLANTS FOR SALE. Early cabbage and tomatoes at 6c per dozen at Werder Sisters. No. 347 phone. 524 Marshall street. 106t6

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SOCIAL DOINGS Miss Anna McLean and Miss Veda Ward Guests of Honor. AT EVENING PARTY Mrs. Frank Gass Will Entertain Company of Relatives Tomorrow. May Motto. Question not, but live and labor Till your goal be won, Helping every weary brother, Seeking help from none. All the world is froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone— Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own. ■—A. L. Gordon. CLUB CALENDAR FOR WEEK. Wednesday. Orient —Mrs. I. Kalver. German Reformed C. E. —Ella and Huldah Mutchler. Thursday. Entre Nous —Ruby Miller. Needlecraft—Jessie Magley. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gass will give a dinner party tomorrow, the following guests being present: Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Myers and family and Miss Rose Studer of Celina, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Fullenkamp and" children, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Mylott and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Reid and children, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Arnold and family. Miss Vernia Smith has returned from Wren, Ohio, where she attended the high school commencement, her cousin, Lloyd Callow, being a graduate. The commencement was held ip the U. B. church, which was full to overflowing, and each graduate gave an oration. The Rev. Roberts also gave a class address and there many features to make the commencement a delightful one. The decorations of the church were pink tea roses, the class flower and colors. — ■ Messrs. Charles Leary and George Connell of Elwood will be guests Sunday of the Misses Ode and Letta Fullenkamp. The Flohrul de Purin club girls spent a delightful evening with Miss Mary Stultz, the usual order of entertainment being in evidence. John Kiracofe attended the commencement exercises of the Wren. Ohio, high school, a former pupil of his, DeLlod Pomery, being a graduate. The party given Friday evening byMiss Pansy Bell in compliment to Miss Anna McLean of Circleville. Ohio, and Miss Veda Ward of Sanford, Florida, was a delightful one, other guests being Mi. and Mrs. M. A. Frisinger, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sellemeyer, Miss Frances Merryman, Miss Edna Hoffman. Messrs. Herbert Bremerkamp, Aurentz, Jesse Helm and Avon Burke. In a tasting contest, first honors, which materialized in a bouquet of pink carnations, were won by Mrs. M. A. Frisinger, while in an egg guessing contest, Mr. Frisinger was rewarded for being the best guesser, by being presented with a box of candy. The decorations of the rooms were vases of pink carnations and the color scheme of pink was also carried out in the two-course luncheon and in the appointments,.the napkins being daintily edged in pink and held by little pink napkin rings. Partners for luncheon were found by the ladies inserting their hand? through openings in a sheet, the gentlemen guessing “who's who'’ by their bauds. During the evening, music by various members of the company contributed to the pleasure. WITH THE SICK CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE tion is regarded as being quite serious. The stroke was principally in the right arm, which is entirely useless, and other portions of his body are also affected in the same manner. This morning he was reported as being slightly better, but not enough for much encouragement. Mrs. Sarah Cochran of Nuttman avenue is cleaely confined to her home with a severe attack of lagrippe, with which she has been suffering for several days. The attendance of a physisian has at several times been necessary. but she "is now improving and it is believed nothing serious will result.

WORDS OF PRAISE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1. tered upon for the advancement of the interests of the community or the betterment oi tne town in which he had his home but what received the full measure of his approval and support. As a lawer he was true and faithful to every trust and he endeavored to advance the cause of justice in the way he saw and believed it to be: and to those of us who saw him most and knew him best in this, his life’s work, he was uniformly courteous and kind and genial and loveable in a marked degree, ’and In every professional engagement his word was taken without any allowances and no professional confidence reposed In him was ever betrayed. Three of the best years of his youth he freely gave to the service of his country in that war that tried men’s souls; his bravery, loyalty and patriotism was worthy of the highest emulation and the memory of that contest with its glorious results which he helped to achieve and the respect, the friendship and the love of his comrades he cherished until the very end. His last worldly and fitting honor came to him in the closing days of his busy life when he was chosen as a representative of the whole body of people of this county to serve in the last session of the law-making body of the state. The end of this service fittingly marked the close of an industrious, faithful and busy life, and to this last great trust he gave the full measure of his devotion and not the faintest breath of criticism for neglect or unfaithfulness ever fell from the lips of friend or foe and we will carry him hence to his place of rest, covered with a mantle of honor, spotless and undefiled. And now at the holy threshold of hi? late happy home we pause, for there he was all and more than any of us have said, and more than all than any human soul can say or think. Again, we recur to our first as well as last thought, “If a man die shall he live again?" and we hear echoing through the hills and valleys of old Judea and rippling over the waves of Gallilee those memorable words that will never be forgotten so long as tears fall and human hearts beat, "Let not your hearts betroubled, ye believing in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions, if it were not so I would have told you. Igo to prepare a place for you—-that where I am ye may be also.” And we today can rest content in the belief that where we write “ended," angels write "begun.” There is no power than can take away life’s breath and he, whose pain and questionings are done now knows at last this truth, “There is no death. Jua as the sinking of the full-orbed sun cheats mortals into thinking it has gone, so is death a dream and he has won God's verities in the eternal dawn.” BAR RESOLUTIONS. To the President and Members of the Adams <County Bar Association: Your committee to whom was appointed the duty of preparing and submitting to you. a suitable memorial touching the life, character and services of our deceased brother, the Honorable Jacob Butcher, begs leave to submit the following: Jacob Butcher was born in Jay county. Indiana, March 19, 1844, and died in Geneva, Adams county, Indiana, May 2, 1911. He was a son of fiacob Butcher and Rachel Butcher, nee McCullum. His childhood and young manhood were spent on a farm in Jay county. Excepting the time spent in the service of his country as a soldier, he has lived in Jay and Adams counties all his life. For more than thirty-five years he has lived in or near Geneva. He was educated in the common schools of Jay county. . He was twice married, his first wife being Jemima Conkel. To this union were born three children. Minnie Burke, Lola Hutchins and Gladys Oettinger. His first wife died many years .ago. His second wife was Katharine Williamson. To this marriage were born two children, Roy and Elizabeth. This wife and all bis children survive him. Jacob Butcher was a loving husband and a kind and indulgent father. He was ever loyal to his home and family. His home life is reflected in the filial devotion of his surviving children. He was called by the people to serve them in various political capacites. At an early age he was elected a justice of the peace. At various times he was deputy prosecuting attorney of Adams county. He was appointed attorney for the town of Geneva, which office he held for several years. In November, 1909, he was elected representative for Adams county to the general assembly of the state of Indiana, which office he held at the time of his death. In the dis-

charge of all of his official duties he stood firmly for law enforcement and endeavors*] to give to the people that which appealed to him was their desire. He was faithful to the trust reposed in him. He enlisted as a soldier in the Civil war on August 15, 1862, in Company K, 89th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and was mustered out July 19. 1865, at Mobile, Alabama. His regiment participated in many important battles. He was a brave soldier and loyal comrade and always at the post of duty. For more than thirty-five years he has been engaged in the practice of law in Adams county. He was a wise 1 counsellor (tnd his advice was sought by those In his community. In court, he was courteous and fair and ever ' ready to extend a word of kindness to his opponents. He was an able trial ’ lawyer and an eloquent and fearless advocate. At the time of his death he was. an active member of the I. O. O. F. lodge ' and the John P. Porter Post, both at ' Geneva, in which orders his wise ' counsel and good cheer will be miss- ' ed by his brethren and comrades. I He was a life-long democrat and ' prominent in the counsels of his party, yet he ever showed a spirit of tolerance to those who were opposed to his political belief. As a citizen he was inflexibly honest and his integrity was beyond reproach; as a friend he was as true as steel; as a man among men, he was fearless in espousing his ideas of right. As a lawyer and co-worker at the Adams County Bar, we mourn his departure. We present the above in token of our esteem for our deceased brother, and recommend that the same be adopted and spread of record in the order book of this court upon a page set apart and dedicated to his mem'ory, and that a copy of the same be furnished the family. JESSE C. SUTTON. C. L. WALTERS. JOHN C. MORAN. STORY’S SEQUEL D. N. Erwin Writes Rhyme Finishing Tale of the Midnight Ride, SAYS IT RHYMES Though It Doesn’t Tell the Truth-~Read What It Says. AU good stories have sequels and here is one that was written as a sequel to the poem-story of the judge’s ride of many years ago behind the brindle steer —which was published a few days ago. The following poem was written by D. N. Erwin of this city, and he says while it is highly imaginative and doesn’t tell the truth, it “rhymes.” Here goes: I read in the Democrat's news page Os a Judged life in an earlier age. How he hitched a steer to a Dutchman's sleigh And returned what was borrowed one winter day. He tells of John and Fred, and the Dutchman’s sled And the speed of the steer, and how fast they fled. Os what they borrowed, and what they’ took back, Os the fun they had, and for nothing lacked. I read how the steer did bawl and kick, And how the Judge alighted so quick. How they all piled up with the Judge on top, And how glad they were when the steer did stop. I read how before they started out, Put lines to his horns so good and stout. And also that the jug they hit, But the Judge doesn’t say that he drank a bit. I learn from the poem they butchered that day, And meat for the judge was stored away. But I cannot tell for the life of me here Why all these boys couldn’t hold that steer. I have asked “John and Fred” for the truth of the story, And they say “the jug” put.the Judge in his glory. And he it was omy, who acted so queer, And they never went with hirn, driving a steer. That he drank of the jug, and to the barn went.

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And hitched up a steer without their consent, That they Drought the Judge home and put him to bed. And thought when they found him he surely was dead. They say they can’t tell by the speed of his flight How he ever survived from the shock and the fright. That the poem he wrote doesn’t near tell it all, For the steer as he ran, did much worse than bawl. They think ’twas the steer but say they don’t know And no one could tell by the color of the snow. And more of the story and plight they won’t tell. But congratulate Tom, that he came out so well. - And as to the route he took, no one would know Except from the change in the color of snow. They said, “Tell the Judge since he tries cases well. That the worst of the story they never will tell.” But to tell you the truth, though he stuck like a witch, Tom was underneath all when they fell in the ditch. And though he much feared he had lost his good name, He now is the Judge with honor and fame. SPECIAL, SATURDAY ONLY. « —I There will be a special sale and demonstration of * National Biscuit Company In-ner-seal Trade Mark package goods at the store of F. V. Mills, including the “world-famous' Uneeda Biscuit. 5c packages, 4 for 15c 10 packages, 3 for 25c 10612 WANTED —Few middle aged gentlemen with good references to cover Decatur, Monroeville, Ossian, Markle, Huntington, Berne, Vanßuren, Pennville, Wabash and Ft. Wayne. All summer’s job. $2.75 per day. Commence now.—Glen Brothers, Rochester, N. Y. o NOTICE. I have plenty ot money to loan on farms. No raise in interest, rates, and no commission charged. DORE B. ERWIN,

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