Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1911 — Page 1

EmmelX. Number 215.

fcES WILL CLOSE! ■ ' ■. , ur Business Houses to Close During I Afternoons of the Fair * 1 ■ I 1 SWELL CROWDS fl — i ; ■p.. Clerks and Store People ■ ■ ■ d Decatur to Attend the fl Great Northern. — MB i i flfl and business men of De , 3 r<- wing to take in the Great ■ ■k r <j;pru fair next week. They have , all signed an agreemen' their stores from 12 o'clock , SM-”' on the afternoons of Thursday , Friday This action is due the ■ (lirrasnaiiers and will assist material 9|y in increasing the size of the ■ Those who have signed the ' |flfreemen t are: B Vance. Hite & Macklin. ■OW & k - |fl The Myers-Dailey Co. :fl Henhouse. Schulte & Co B Old Adams County Bank B F. V Milla. B Niblick A Co. B Tecpie. Brandyberry & Peterson B Everett & Hite. B D M Hensley. fl Yige Bros & Reinking fl First National Bank, fl Charlie Voglewede. B F-xalc McConnell. ■ Die Kuebler Co. fl The Holthouse Drug Co. fl Schaub. Gottemoller & Co. fl Smith. Yager &> Falk fl W. L fl Pate Blackburn. fl) C. I' Baughman. 1 1 fl Peonies & Gerke. fl Tree 4 Runyon, fl Laman & I-ee fl) Lachot & Rice, fl Henry Knapp, fl Steele & Weaver. fl Reiter * France. 1 1 fl George F. Menig. ■ arbafer Hardware Ce. i 1 fl C rudeniaker. ! 1 fl ’ I. A Kalver fl U£. Andrews. fl Hower & Hower. ■ Brush wilier & Baker. I Meyer. Scherer & Beavers I I. Bernstein. I Au 4 Steele. ' I S. B Hite. Gay, Zwick & Meyers B'innee Shoe Store. ' M Burns & Son. M. Fullenkamp. AN EXTRA “EXAM.” 1 ; . 1 1 I Superintendent Opliger Re- ' ceives Instructions For < Ninth Examination. ( i FOR THE TEACHERS ■. i ( Wil! be Held in This City on ' Saturday, September 30 —Regular Rules. i i fi County Superintendent Opliger has I1 Reived the following from the state 1 department of education: “At the last meeting of the state ' hoard of education it was decided to hold nine regular teachers’ examina-1 ' Hons this year. The last examination. will be held on tne last Saturday in September. Lists of questions In all subjects wilFbe furnished and the examination in all respects will, be conducted the same as regular examinations are conducted. All eligible persons desiring to do so must be permitted to take the examination. “Last year this department was i greatly inconvenienced by the large number of requests for lists of ques- j Hons for special examinations. It is •toped that this ninth examination will obviate the necessity for other special examinations thia year.” in accordance with the above decision the regular teachers’ examination *'•• be bold i a Decatur, Saturday, s eptemt>e,- 33 th. -— — M rs. Ua. Gwinn of Marion is the Khest of her daughter, Mrs. E. H., Sh ieaaker.

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CLOVER LEAF AGENT. At Liberty Center Left Suddenly With Sack of Cash. Charles George, Clover Leaf agent at Liberty Center, has been missing since Saturday, and during his absence officials of the road who have been making an Investigation of his books, find that he is six hundred dollars short, and by the time this work is completed, it is believed it will be considerably more. Detectives of the company are on the look-out for the missing man. wane Ills father arrived from Frankfort and agreed to make good his son’s account in full. Even this will not prevent the young man’s prosecution, unless he returns und fur nishes the necessary bond ana voluntarily offers himself up to the officials. The money obtained by George was obtained from several large freight bills which he collected and absconded with, instead of turning it over to the company. CLASS The Maccabees of the World Initiate a Large Class Last Night. WORK BY FT. WAYNE Rebekahs Also Give Work, Which Was Followed by Picnic Style Supper. . Tuesday night the local order of the i Maccabees of the vv orld gave the de ‘ gree to several candidates, who have ‘ been in waiting. Some time ago the order was reorganized and the members made an effort to secure a class. This was easily accomplished and another class was at once started. They worked hard and secured several applications., and giving an invitation to the Fort Wayne tent to come and give the work they set the twelfth as the day. About thirty of the Fort Wayne members came down on the 6 o'clock car and were entertained by the local members, after which they repaired to the hall which was found to be too small. They transferred to the Red Men hall where the work was given. The entire three degrees of the order were conferred on the waiting class after which several good addresses by visiting members were enjoyed. The local order now numbers nearly a hundred and in the near future a degree team will be organized and drilled so that the work can be given here. All of the members are boosting and the intention is to make the order one of the strongest in the city. During the evening the exempli fieation of the work was watched with interest by several of the state officers who were present. The lodge will at once commence ) forming another class and by the time the new team is ready to give the work there will be another large class awaiting the degree. All the members are enthusiastic in the promotion of the order and great efforts will no doubt be put forth during the next few weeks. One of the many social affairs so common to the Rebekah lodge was held Tuesday evening , and with the large number of members present a real good time was had. The work of conferring degrees upon one candidate was first given, Walter Johnson being the candidate, after which a supper in picnic style was served. Each member was asked to bring his or her supper, and when ail were collected at the hall ready for the meal, the many good things were put together and one square meal served to one and all. All did the accustomed justice to what there was to eat and none were forced to leave hungry. No better time was had at a regular meetting than that Tuesday evening, and the happy occasion will long be remembered. FAMILY LONG SEPARATED. Mrs. Nancy Bright left for an extended visit with her brothers and relatives at Watertown, South Dakota, Sheridan, Minn.. Traer, lowa, and various other places. One brother she has not seen since he was a little boy eight years old. now a grey-headed man The father was drowned in the Mississippi river while returning from the war, and the children were scattered. The reunion surely will be a happy meeting.

TO GRAND LODGE Many of the Local Odd Fellows Making Arrangements to Go. BIGGEST PARADE EVER Will be Feature of the Week in Which 50,000 Men Will Take Part. I A large delegation of Adams county Odd Fellows will probably go to Indianapolis next week to attend the meeting of the sovereign grand lodge which will be held there all the week. Great preparations have been made and it is expected that fifty thousand Odd Fellows will be in line on the evening of the twentieth, when the order gives a parade. There will be 100 bands in the line, many of the coun-. ties bringing tbeir home band along. Many of the lodges will be uniformed and will furnish floats which will be , seen in the parade. Every partici-. pant in the huge spectacle will be pro-1 vided either with a flag, torch or lantern and the line of march will be several miles in length. It will require, over twe hours to pass a given point | and the parade will consist of fifteen divisions which will contain different features. One division in particular will consist of none but members whose names are Jones and Smith. ' There are several thousand through-' , out the state and a big effort will be ’ made to make this the largest divisi ion of the display. Souvenirs will be provided for all who attend and they may choose be- ) tween a cane or a badge. Two excursions will oe run to the home, a feature which will be availed of by many , of the visiting members. There will be degree work every hour of each day in different halls engaged for the purpose. About forty of the local Odd Fellows are making arrangements to at-, tend at least a day and they will probably go on Wednesday, the 20th. ANEITsSYSTEM I For Time Saving and Pro- 1 tection of Patrons Being Carried Out IN BANKING HOUSES "■ ■— Numbers to Replace Names Heretofore Used—Home Bank Approves It. I i The numerical system of the American Bankers’ association for the better protection or tne many patrons of each bank as well as the doing away with much extra labor, and the saving of time, as well as a better method for the carrying on of the extensive business of these institutions, is being brought to the front more each day, I and the practice is at present being I followed out by the First National bank, as is being done elsewhere. Pamphlets were sent out from headquarters to the different banks and after careful consideration it was hoped that they put into effect what would be of great benefit to them, and I time-saving in the handling of the cheques, drafts and other large bulk l of matter which is turned out each I day. The number is to be secured from the secretary of the American I Bankers' association and to be placed beside the name of the bank in this style (55 —8) the same figures to be used on every draft or check. The system is a good one and instead of the writing of names which heretofore had always to be looked for, the number will replace them. It is receiving favorable comment from all sides, and will soon be a universal practice. POWER ENGINE OFF DUTY. A refusal of the mechanism of the, engine at the interurban power house ( to go on duty this morning early, oc casioned a delay until 10 o clock, | when the break was repaired, and the, cars given the necessary impetus that, i sent them spinning merrily to the Ft. ( : Wayne fair thereafter on regular time, i

Decatur, Ind. Wednesday Evening, September 13, 1911.

LINN GROVE GRIST MILL. Haa Been Purchased by H. French, Who Will Operate Same. By a deal which was consummated a few days ago. Hubert French of near Linn Grove, purchased the Linn | Grove grist mill and flour exchange from Fred Studler, who has owned tli<’ : business for the past two years. French will tatce possession on Mo:, j day, September 18th. Mr. Studler, who has been ar I dent of Linn Grove for many yeat is undecided as to what business I will engage in, but has several gv openings in view. The new owner is making pre; ( tions for a big farm sale to be he! 1 i’ , October 10th at his farm, a mil ml a half northeast of Linn Grov •*. tn i will move to that place shortly after.• where he intends to make if l:c-.. permanently. Mr. French has . esmied in that vicinity practically all his life and is known to nearly all the residents. making his success in his new venture assured, and he will doubtlessconduct the place In the successful manner that Mr. Studler has ope. at<d it. —Bluffton Banner. DIGGING INTO IT —. I William Pressnal of State Accounting Board, Well Known Here, is NOW AT FT. WAYNE I • Digging Up School Fund I Settlements Dating From the War Times. i William Pressnail of the state accounting board, who spent several i months here going over the Adams z county books, and is well known here, is now working in Fort Wayne, where, according to the following article from 1 the Journal-Gazette, he has a good | i task on hands: ‘‘For the first time in forty-five yea's ' Allen county’s school fund settlement sheets with the state of Indiana are being readjusted. William R. Press-; nail of Huntington ana E. T. Carson of ! Shelbyville, field examiners of the! state board of accounts, arrived in the city last week ana are engaged in going over the county school fund settlement sheets from war times down to the present to confirm the settlement or to find inaccuracies and make 1 corrections. Similar readjustments j are being made by the field examiners ’ j ail over the state and in most places ! some discrepancy or other is found ! in the entire forty-five years’ time. “But two adjustments of county ! school fund settlements have ever been made by the state of Indiana. The first was in 1843, when the county 1 school agents transferred school funds to the office of the county auditor. A readjustment was made in 1866 just at the close of the war, by special act of the legislature, and none has ever been made since that time. ‘‘Examiners Pressnail and Carson are now going over the school settleI merit sheets in the county auditor's of-' flee for the entire period of almost half , a century. Following the completion ' .of this work theexaminers will take ( up the examination of the books cf Auditor Calvin H. Brown and his pre- i decessor, Mr. Lindemuth, as well as the books of the county treasurer. . Former examiners went over the. books of the county clerk and sheriff., Mr. Carson came here from Koscius-, ko county, where he completed an ex-' amination, and Mr. Pressnall came ( from Davies county, where he has just completed similar work. This is Mr. Carson's second assignment by the board." o TO CLINTON COUNTY. John Lett, a prominent farmer of south of the city, is making arrange ments for the holding of a farm sale on the 25th of this month, after which time he will leave for Clinton county, where he expects to make his home. He will engage In the medicine business and has taken the agency for the entire county, with the Shoar Medical company of Tripoli, lowa. He will hold one of the largest sales to have been held in this county for some time, and it it present engaged in billing the county from one end to th* other. I

BEN HUR LECTURE Will be Given Friday Evening at Opera House by Dr. N. W. Tracy. 'A NOTED LECTURER 1 . ' Who Uss Been Conducting) Series of Temperance Lectures Here. I Hie climax in the series of ten night lectures given at the Bosse opera house by Dr. N. W. Tracy, the i Kentucky temperance evangelist, under the auspices of the ministerial association of this city, will doubtless reach the climax Friday evening, when his famous lecture, "Bon Hur,'' a Tale of the Christ," will be given. | The lectures from night to night have been most excellent and no , charge, other than a free will offering, has been received. The admis- • sion for the Ben Hur lecture Friday evening, however, will be twenty-five cents, this being charged to assist in defraying the expenses of the ministerial association, in the rental of the opera house for his engagements here. The lecture will be worth much more . than the admission fee charged, how- • ever, and everyone should take this opportunity of hearing and seeing ' this presentation of the famous book, of which the press and public in gen- ' eral speaks so highly, being, accord- ! ing to a press notice: "Hen Hur; a Tale of the Christ. The pictured story of a famous book. 145 beautiful illustrations and appropriate moving pictures. The footsteps of the Master are followed, not in fancy, but In fact, through the real cities and plains of Palestine to Calvary's hill an<| the grave." Tickets can be obtained of any of the ministers and members of their ) congregations. COURT HOUSE NEWS j ! Affidavit Against Edward Tobin, Alias Smith, Was Quashed Today. OF UNSOUND MIND Is Francis May and Therefore Incapable of Making an Affidavit. The case of the State vs. Edward j Tobin, alias Frank Smith, on the I charge of sodomy, whicn was set for j ’ trial today, received a set-back this ' morning, when Judge Merryman found . '.for the defendant on a plea in abate-1 1 ment, quashing the affidavit, but or- j ' dering the defendant held for further ) ■ proceedings on the part of the state. ’ ' Bond was ordered in the sum of 11,000 1 and the defendant was taken back to 1 jail in default of giving this. The I plea in abatement was made on the grounds, that Francis May, aged 1 , twenty-four, who is an inmate of the 1 county infirmary, and who made the ' affidavit that the offense was commit--1 ted upon him. is of unsound mind, j and incapable of understanding the i nature and consequences of the oath, therefore incapable of making affidavit; and that the court has no jurisdiction of the subject matter of the ' action, and therefore there is no affidavit. The plea stated that the Ad- i [ ants circuit court has ad 'ged May c.f ! unsound mind, and thai he is therefore also incompetent to testify as a 1 witness. The jury appeared this 1 morning but was excused until the 1 judge heard the plea in abatement, the jury therefore not being called. Tobin has lived here for some time and has been employed by the Erie railroad. The offense, May alleged, was committed June 20. John C. Moran is i Tobin’s attorney. Amos Z. Smith vs. Margaret Herring et al., quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff on complaint that mortgage CONTINUBD ON 'AGB TWO.

MEET AT BLUFFTON. State Gathering of Baptiste Will be Held There Next Month. Extensive are the arrangements being made by the various committees of the Bluffton Baptist church, relative to the state convention which is to be held at that city on October 10th to 13th. An Important meeting was held Monday evening and arrangements were made to take care of the 500 visitors which they expect to entertain, and to afford accommodations while there. A canvass of the city will be made In the near future for the securing of lodging and breakfast for the delegates while in the city and this work was left in the hands of the committees who will see that this part is fulfilled in but a very short while. A number of people ! from this city will be in attendance, ) during the important gathering, ,ev- j ery church in the state being allowed one ministerial and one lay delegate, the most of whom, it is expected, will be in attendance. SILVER JUBILEE German Reformed Ladies’ Aid Society Will Celebrate This Evening. AT THE CHURCH Their Twenty-fifth Anniversary—Program Arranged For Event. This evening at the German Reformed church will- be celebrated the silver jubilee, or tne twenty-fifth anniversary of their organization, by the Ladies' Aid society of this church. Just twenty-five years ago September 12th, was the band of workers organized by the Rev. Henry Vitz, who was then pastor of the local church, he being the first president of the society. There were but ten charter members, and during the past tweu- * ty-five years, the order has grown till now it has fifty active members and is one of the strongest bands of its | kind in this section of the state. The society has especially devoted itself to the material advancement of the church and the efforts lately ha.ei been devoted to the raising of a building fund for a new church, a large sum having been made by these ladies. Os the ten charter members I five are still living, they being: Mrs. ' George Wertzberger of Hammond, I Mrs. Henry Mayer. Mrs. William Wet-1 ter, Mrs. Henry Knapp and Grandma j Bealer. These, ladles will be given j the place of honor in the march this evening, all members being requested I to meet at the home of the president, ! Mrs. Chris Vogt, at 7 o’clock, from which place they will march to the I church where the following program I will be given: March. Song—" Onward Christian Soldiers" j . —Congregation. Scripture Reading and Prayer—- ; Rev. L. C. Hessert. Song—“l’m a Pilgrim"—The Society A History of the Society. Song—“ Sunshine and Rain" -Con-) gregation. Address—Rev. L. C. Hessert. Duet —Mrs. Fred Reppert and Mrs. , C. Vogt. Song—" Rock of Ages" —Society. Collection and Benediction. Ail the members of the societies of the other churches have been given a special invitation to attend, and everybody in general is cordially invited. LOST HIS LIFE. (United Press Service.) Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 13—(Special j ; to Daily Democrat) —The body oi George Fueller, a watchman, was today taken from the ruins of the Cincinnati Veneer company's plant, where he lost his life in an attempt to fight a blaze single-handed, and which cost a damage of'sso,ooo. Two persons were injured. HAS A NEW SONG. Harry Stow of Root township was here today on business. Mr. Stow has gained considerable fame as a song writer, and announces that his latest one, “Give Me a Good Old-fashioned Kiss,” will be out about the first of the year. He is the author of the words of “If I Only Had an Automobile," and others that have made hits.

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TOBE PRESERVED Mrs. Emma Daniel Purchases Niblick Homestead For Residence. WILL REMODEL IT Magnificent Estate Will be Occupied by Herself and the Chalmer Schafers. With the purchase of the Jesse Niblick homestead on Second street by Mrs. Emma Daniel, a business transaction which was closed at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon through the Bowers Realty company, there will be preserved to the city and made even more beautiful and attractive, one of the finest residence estates in I this part of the county, the home to be occupied by Mrs. Daniel and her son-in-law, Chalmer C. Schafer, and family. The Niblick homestead includes the fine, large, colonial residence and grounds of six full sized city lots, embracing a half square or a plot of ground, 198x276 feet in dimensions. For more than a half century this has been the home of the ' Niblicks, and the house, which has thirteen large, confmodious rooms is one of the most substantially built in the country, the timbers being of solid oak, built at a time when the oak was the king of the heavy forests here. Mrs. Daniel will as soon as posI sible. place the matter of remodeling • in the hands of the architect and the ' residence will be remodeled, making | the home modern in all respects in i the way of conveniences, but an ati tempt will be made to preserve the old colonial style of the home, which li In fact, one of the things that i makes this an ideal home. The situI atiou, also, is one of the most desirable in the city, the home being within a block of the business section of > the city. I The work of remodeling will begin as soon as possible, that it may be ready for occupancy this winter. Mrs. Daniel has been looking for a home for some time and it is her conviction, as well at that of her friends, that she could have made no more suitable selection. That the homestead, which has been so long familiar to the residents of the county, will be preserved intact, instead of being subdivided into lots, as heretofore planned, will be a source of graification to all who have the beauty and welfare of the city at heart. The consideration for the property was $15,000. ABOUT THE SICK .. . , , , , Mrs. Harry Funk Remains About the Same—At the St. Joseph Hospital. — YOUNG MAN HURT Mrs. James Wyer Taken to ! Hospital and Operation, Perhaps Take Place. Mrs. James Sherrey of Geneva is a patient at St. Joseph s hospital, recovering from an operation performed by Dr. E. J. McOscar.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Mrs. Herman Gerke, who was operated upon at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, several weeks ago for appendicitis, has recovered sufficiently to be brought home. Mrs. James Wyer was accompanied by her husband to Fort Wayne this morning, where she will enter the , Hope hospital. Mrs. Wyer may undergo an operation, though she is somewhat undecided as to whether to submit The condition of Mrs. Harry Funk remains about the same and there is little change noted from one day to the other. She is still receiving the closest attention at the St. Joseph hospital. Fort Wayne, and yesterday she rested somewhat better, but she is still serious. Hope is extended for her recovery and a change is looked for soon.