Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 243.

RECORDS SMASHED AGAIN A total ol six hundred secured by the solicitors in one days work

MR. ALLEN S TALK Large Crowd Heard Him at Tocsin Last Night—To Speak at Willshire. TOTAL IS -GROWING Interesting Interview With Banker Allen of Paulding, Ohio. Six hundred acres Monday. Guess that’s s .me start for the fifteen hundred It makes the total about 2.800. Everywhere the farmers are talking beets, are signing contracts, are boosting the work, and It looks as though Gifs v eek's work will be better than that of last week. The meeting at <s:n Monday night was a dandy, interesting speeches being made by Mr. ’I v Wagner or the St. Louis company and Banker Charles Allen of Paulding. Mr. Allen is well versed in i eet language and gives every one who hears him much food for thought. He tells us how every one will be benefited in a direct and indirect way, how the farmer secures larger crops of ever: thing he raises, builds up his farm, prolongs its life, and becomes independent. The farmers of this section do not realize what is being done for them in securing this Industry, but they will, and the beet crop will soon i.e the leading one here. Monday was the banner day so far in securing acreage, showing that the project is being met in a friendly manner by ail who have investigated it. This evening quite a number of the boosters will go to Willshire, where a meeting will be held, and Wednesday evening a meeting will be held at th I’trt house in this city, at which time Mr.. Allen will lecture on the sugar beet question. Every farmer who can Jkould hear him and everv citizen of Decatur who wants to post himself on this important subject is thus given an opportunity to hear a tnan wqil versed and a raiser himself ci several hundred acres. This morning the boys again started on their canvass, the rain failing to stop them in this important work. The slogan 6f fifteen hundred will certainly be a reality before the week is over and v.e may have to raise the edge a—little. George* E. Smith, the agriculturist, and L. A. Thomas of near Monroe, broke all the records for a single day's work Monday, when they brought in contracts for 243 acres. Others did njlghty well- and altogether it was a Ri’eat old day. The contracts are coming and there is no longer a question of doubt concerning the outcome. In fact It looks as though if you want to raise beets you had better fee getting in as the required amount is soon going to he secured. Sign up now and be sure of it. The finance committee is still i doing good work and that end of the affair win soon be completely arrang'd- Keep talkin’. Keep workin'. After i this is over we will have a regular jubilee. Mr. Allen, the Paulding banker, who is here assisting us for a few days, was i interviewed this morning and said: 1 What advantages have the farmeis ' Paulding county found in the establishing of a heart sugar factory at Paulding? The farmers of Paulding county : been raising beets hi a small way •or five or six year, before the build- 1 ' nt of a factory at Paulding, and dipping them to Blissfield, Mich., Fre"tout, Ohio, and Mt. Clemens, Mich., ■'nd making money out of the product 1 iust the same as they would out of the 1 'aising O s corn or oatg or an ything else 1 nn the farm, but the indirect results ' ''•re very small simply because the ' ‘ ,n ’-ount of acreage the companies ! "'oulij contract for were necessarily Comparatively small. The sugar companies mentioned their largest acreage In beets clos*r io their factories, as that saved : considerable to them in the way of 1 and they used the section 1 Oc| ud Paulding simply to fill in it '

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there was a shortage in their home , crop. This condition of affairs became intolerable financially, and It was not | developing our land to the extent it should be developed. Consequently a few people at Paulding decided that an attempt should be made to obtain s a factory at Paulding. "They believed that the indirect ben efit of a factory in their midst would I be of much greater benefit to the farm- j . er than the mere price he would got for bis beet crop from year to year.. “We tried hard to get the officials i of the Blissfield and Fremont plants to , see the justice of our claim, but they declined to do anything. “We took up the . proposition witll other people and finally as you are well aware, we did get our factory, and as a result our farmers have benefited indirectly by an increase of from $25 to SSO an acre in one year, in the value of their farms, and the end is not yet. "This all came about simply because of the building of the plant and affected the value of land as far south as Ce-| lina, Ohio. It had the same affect on i the value ot land as the condensed | milk plant at Bryan. Ohio, had on the value of cows, not only in Williams county, and Defiance county, but also in Paulding county and Van Wert county, but of course to a much greater degree. “This increase of value wouid never have come if we had kept shipping our beets to factories at a distance. The proof of that was that it did not come until after our factory was in operation." “What do you think will be the ultimate value of sugar land or land that is adapted to the raising of sugar' beets?” we asked Mr. Allen. “That is very bard to state, as there are so many elements coming in to affect the prices. For instance, the tariff is an important feature. Another thing that will affect this value is the establishing of enough factories In this section to take care of all the acreage that will want to be put into beets. “If we can get enough factories in this section to develop it so it will be known as a sugar beet section, I see no reason why our lands should not bring the same prices as the land ground the factories in Colorado and Utah, and that ranges in value from S3OO to SSOO an acre. “Why shouldn't it, when one farmer last year made a net profit of SSO to 575 per acre? “What are the chances for the developing of this section into a sugar country?” “I am very glad to statqihat it looks -very bright. The building of the plant at Paulding opened the eyes of the officials and stockholders of the factories In Michigan to the fact that one of the finest sugar territories lay south oi them in northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio. Land that was capable of raising a greater tonnage and more sugar than in Michigan. One of the most practical sugar factory superintendents In the United States told me that this section raised a better beet than California or Colorado. “Including the factory at Paulding, which cut its first beets a year ago and including this factory which will be built at Decatur there ate four factories in operation or being built in this section. “This looks very good for one year’s work, especially when you take into consideration that these four factories involve an investment of nearly $3,000,000 in plants alone, and an additional amount of money to be paid ao the farmers of this section annually of sl,500,000.” “To what factories are we to look for this development?” “Unquestionably to the independent companies. In the Investigation now being made before the senate at Washington the officials of the sugar trust, I mean the American Sugar Refining company, for there are really two trusts the American and Arbuckles — testified that it was their policy not to erect any more beet sugar plants and the well known opposition of Arbucles to the development of this industry in this country precludes any asistance from him. The Independent Sugar companies, like the Holland-St. Louis company, r.nd the German-American Sugar company, must be depended upon to do the great work of the farmers of this section."

WAS SAD MESSAGEI ' I Mrs. W. H. Sheler Received Death Notice Os Brother, George Cockburn. IN LOS ANGELES, CAL. i Remains Will be Taken to Muskegon, Mich., For Burial. A message of the sad news of death i was received Monday by Mrs. William Sheler, stating that her brbther, George A. Cockburn, ot "Denver, jColo., i had passed away on Saturday eveiing, I last, while at Los Angeles, Cal., where she had gone for the restoration of his health. Mr. Cockburn, who was a broker of Denver, some months ago, while in his office and suffering with a severe headache, took a headache tablet lor relief.. Instead of bringing the desired results It was the beginning of a niore serious ilness, and perhaps the cause of hfs death five months’ later His system had been i entirely poisoned throughout, mostly I affecting his liver and bladder. He left • for Los Angeles, believing that perI haps a change in climate might benefit him, but he grew gradually worse until death called him. Previous to going to Denver he resided at Muskegon, Mich., where the remains will be ; taken for burial, a daughter still living there. He leaves, besides a loving wife, one brother, Robert, of Chicago, Hi., and three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Comstock of Benton Harbor, Mich., Miss Emma Cockburn, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Sheler of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Sheler and son, George, will attend the funeral services, and will leave at once for Muskegon, Mich., ■ upon receiving word as to the time of the funeral, which it is thought, will be Thursday or Friday. THE DISTRICT MEET Pythian Sisters Preparing for Meet to be Held in Decatur in Early Spring. WILL BE BIG EVENT First Time in Fourteen Years That Decatur Has Had the Privilege. At the Pythian Sisters' meeting Monday evening it was announced that the . next district annual convention would I be held in this city some time in the . early spring, probably in the month of April. There was much satisfac-! tion expressed among the local lodge , membership over the fact that the district convention would be held here, as it has been about fourteen years j since this city was honored with the district gathering. The event last i year was held at Bluffton. As the dis-1 trict embraces Adams, Wells, Jay, | Huntington and Blackford counties. I several hundred delegates are expect-: ed and the occasion will warrant an J elaborate scale of entertainment, prep- i arations for which the local order has ■ already begun. At Monday evening’s ■ session it was decided to divide the . lodge membership into two sections, each to vie with the other in making the largest amount of money to be j used in the district entertainment, i Leaders for the sides will be appointed soon by the most excellent chief. Mrs. Fred Fruchte. and the campaign will soon begin in earnest. Two candidates were voted upon favorably ■ Monday evening and will be initiated i in the near future. — — MARINES ATTACKED. (United Press Service.) i Hankow, Oct. 17—(Special to Daily I | Democrat) —Fear has broken out to-■ < day and a body of German marines , i has been attacked by a mob. The na-. 1 tires resented the attempt of the Ger- ! mans, that has been going on. There is great fear that an attack on all for- 1 eigners will result. I

Decatur, Ind. Tuesday Evening, October 17, 1911.

j | ARMENIAN STDUDENTS. Will Lecture at Poe and Pleasant Mills Tonight. Dr. M. K. Dyer and his cousin, Professor Baxter, Armenian students here, who gave a most interesting entertainment at the Christian church Monday evening on Turkish and Armenian customs, will give entertainments this evening also, Dr. Dyer at . Poe and Professor Baxter at Pleasant , Mills. o FOR THE PLAINTIFF, 'Charles Lammiman Awarded $3,300 Against Fred Scheimann by I THE PORTLAND JURY J Verdict Returned* a Little Before Noon Today— Case May be Appealed. ....— t ' Portland, Ind., Oct. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A little before noon today the jury returned a verdict awarding Charles Lammiman $3,300 against Fred Scheimann of Decatur, this being the result of the $4,000 damage case brought by Lammiman against Scheimann, which was venued here from Adams county, the trial beginning last Wednesday. The case re- ( quired three days last week, resting ( over Saturday on account of the illness of Judge D. D. Heller. The case tesumed again Monday with the beginning of the attorneys argument, at : 8:30, one hour and thirty-five minutes being allowed on each side. This was followed by the instructions of the court, the case going to the jury about 2:10 o’clock Monday afternoon. Lam- : mi ma n alleged in his complaint that he was defrauded cut of a part of the value of his farm in Monroe township , by misrepresentation of the value j the shares of stock in the Decatur j packing house. Some time in the spring of 1908, Lammiman alleged, he traded Scheimann his farm of 126 ; acres, taking as a part of the consid- . | eration, thirty-three shares of packing i house stock, which were placed in the trade at SIOO ier share, and which he says he afterward found out to be ■ not only below par, but absolutely , I worthless, and being subject coatin-1 ' ually to assesntnenfs to meet expenses lof the comt. ry C. J. Lutz of this city and O. A. D. Whipp'e of Portland ( represented Lammiman. while Judge , D. D. Heil'r ord P. G Hooper of this • r:ty and Judge John M Smith of PortI land were for the defense The de- , I-sense may appeal ‘he case. I o GOLDEN WEDDING — Hundred or More Relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Bell Joined i WITH THEM TODAY I ■ - , [ In Celebrating Fiftieth AnniI j versary of Wedding at * Craigville Home. - More than a hundred relatives of Mr. . j and Mrs. Vincent D. Bell are joining . i with them today at their home in ] ! Craigville in celebrating the golden ' i wedding of this aged and prominent , 1 couple, who for fifty years have shared . the joys and happiness of life together. < The event was marked by a reunion of l their ten children and their families, j together with many other relatives, ; who returned today to spend the day . under the parental roof, with a big 1 feast spread at the noon day hour. The i children of this couple who spent the t day at home, with their families, are: ■ Chas. Bell of Craigville; Osie, wife of, Alfred Zerkle, of south of the city: j Mamie, wife of Jesse Parrish of Poneto; Vincent D. Bell, jr., of Hondur c as; William J. J. Bell, at home; O. J Godfrey Bell, Portland; Viola, wife of a O. P. Mills, Decatur; H. H. Bell, of r near Craigville; Grace, wife of George t Everett, and Minnie, wife of Hervev d S. Steele, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. i Bell were married in Ohio and have e lived in Indiana for more than forty t years. •'

THE SYNOD CLOSES With Session Last Evening —Rev. L. C. Hessert Elected Member of PAROCHIAL BOARD I Os Education —Next Synod | to be Held at Franklin, Wisconsin. ! After having been in session since last Wednesday, the synod of the northwest of the German Reformed J church, which was held in Fort Wayne, and attended by about 150 ministers and as many laymen front Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin. Kentucky and Indiana, closed Monday evening. Many Adams county representatives of the were present and the Rev. L. C. Hessert, whose nomination as a member of the board oi' parochial education was announced t last week, was elected to fill this Impel tant piace. Among the elections of others known here was that of the Rev. H. W. Vitz to the board of home missions and the Rev. F. H. Diehm of Huntington to the board of orphans' home. Among the business matters was the sustaining of the Portland. Oregon, classis in its decision against Rev. Paul Ebinger, charged with heresy. The delegates all set forth their opinion that the mission house at Franklin, should remain there, although the east synod advocated its removal elsewhere. The 1912 synod will be held at Franklin on the occasion of the golden anniversary of the mission. At that time an addition will be built at a cost of $75,000, of which $62,000 is already subscribed, much from this classis being added to the fund. Fort Wayne hopes to have the convention again in 1916, on the fiftieth anniversary of the synod which was organized in the Fort Wayne k church. WILL CELEBRATE I Ft. Wayne Lodge of Perfection Will Observe Twen-ty-Fifth Anniversary. I i f j ON NOVEMBER 20THi — Grand Commander Barton | Smith and Governor Marshall on the Program. > * Beautiful announcement cards for | the twenty-fifth anniversary celebra-I tion of the Fort Wayne Lodge of Per- i section, to occur the week of Monday,! ' November 20th,-bave been received by ! the local members. The celebration proper occurs Monday evening, No-1 vember 20th, at which time a big ban- i quet will be served at whieff William Geake will preside as toastmaster, introducing Barton Smith, grand commander of the thirty-third degree; Thomas R. Marshall and C B. Stemen, recently appointed active members. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of that week the Scottish Rite work from the fourth to the thir-ty-second degrees will be given, concluding on Thursday evening. In the center of the announcement book appears a two-page photo of the charter members of the lodge, the likenesses of the late Robert K. Allison and James R. Bobo appearing. On the reception Committee for the week appear the names of Charles Dunn, W. P. Schrock and D. M. Hensley of Decatur and W. B. Hale, J. H. Hardison and James Cochran or Geneva. The boys from this city will attend the meetings, and are anticipating a splendid time. -—————o ] FUNERAL HELD TODAY. ( j Several from the north part of the ( county attended the funeral of Simon . Neuenschwander, which was held this afternoon at the Christian church, < near Berne. Mr. Neuenschwander was thirty-seven years of age, and his death occurred Sunday morning from inflammatory rheumatism. For sev- . eral years he conducted the Wade restaurant on North Main street. He leaves a wife and four children.

THE FIRST GAME. The first basket ball game of the season between the eighth grade of the public schools and the eighth ! grade of the Catholic schools took place Monday evening on the grounds of the latter, which proved to be very Interesting throughout. Although it v as the initial game, some very good plays were made, the Catholic boys I defeating their opponents by the score of 9 to 7. Another game will be pulled off in the near future and some good practice will be put in before it is i called. COURT HOUSE NEWS Harshman Case Dismissed- ■ I Henry Dickerson Plain- ( tiff in Case. I I ■■ WAS FILED TODAY ‘ Three Blazer Children Will i ! i be Taken to Marion Orphans’ Home. Christian C. Beer, administrator of ■ the Amos Ellenbf-ger estate, upon i petition, was ordered to pay to the ■ widow and guard's:; 07 ihe deceased the $5,000 received from the traction ' company for damages on account of 1 the death of the deceased. Mr. Ellen- ‘ herger was a victim of the Kingsland ’ wreck. 1 Lucinda J. Branyan et al. vs. Asael ’ Brookover et al., quiet title. Demurrer 1 to each paragraph of complaint over- ' ruled and joint, separate and several exceptions by defendants. Rule to answer absolute in five days. Levi Harshman vs. Wayne Investment ■ Co. et al., damages, $5,000. Case dismissed at cost of plaintiff. A. P. Beatty is attorney for Henry Dickerson in a suit against Winfield S. Hughes for foreclosure of mechanic's i i lien, demand, S2OO. Real estate transfers: Simeon J. Hain to Margaret Jane Grim, lot 924, Decatur, $700; Sophia Nuerge to Carl Nuerge, 60 acres, Preble tp., $3000; Sophia Nuerge to Henry Nuerge, 80 acres. Preble tp., $3000; Julius J. Hofer to Menno S. Liechty, lots 60, 80 and part of 59 and 79, Monroe, $450, j .Marriage license: Mary E. Kohne, j born February 25, 1885, daughter of . Henry Kohne, to wed Peter A. Hess, farmer, born March 7, 1884, son of Peter Hess. -PTT- ■ Osie, Albert and Alta Blazer, eh.'i ' dren of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Blazer, i were, upon application of the mothe-, ’ made wards of the children's board of ' guardians, and were ordered by the i court to be placed in the orphans' home at Marion. Mr. Blazer is to pay ; the sum of $3 a week to the board ■ for their support. o ATHLETICS TOOK THIRD GAME. (United Press Service.) New York, Set. 17—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Another recordbreaking crowd gathered today to watch the third of the world series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics, and they were not disappointed, for the game was one of those which makes the fan hold his breath. In the first two innings the batters went out, one, two, three, j but in the last of the third New York i scored one run. when Baker, .Mathew- j son and DeVore singled. Philadelphia tied the score‘in the | ninth inning. Neither side scored in I the tenth. In the eleventh Philadel-1 phia scored two runs and New York I could only come back with one. Math- j ewson pitched for New York and Coombs for Philadelphia. o - — WAR EXTENSION POSSIBLE. London, Eng., Oct. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Possibilities of the extension of the Turkey-Italian war to Europe, with all its dangers and international complications, has again appeared hare today. A dispatch from Rome here fears that Italy is preparing to withdraw a portion of her fleets. „ o Banker Charles Allen of Paulding, Ohio, will leoture at the court house, Decatur, Wednesday evening at 7:30.

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A SUDDEN DEATH k f ; Mannassa Gilson. Former Decatur Man, Dropped Dead Last Night at i & I PARAGOULD, ARK. i i Moved There Nine Years > Ago From Decatur—Sev- ' enty-one Years Old. ' A telegram received this afternoon j at 1:30 o'clock by Mrs. Alex Hoyer, brought her the unexpected news tha> ! her only brother, Mannassa Gilson, born and reared In this county, where he lived until nine years ago, when he went to Paragould, Ark., had dropped dead Monday night at his home there, and that bis body would be brought I here, arriving Thursday evening. >.o I details of the death were given, and it is thought that his death catne un- | expectedly, as was the case with his I mother, who died totally without warning Hom an attack of the heart. Mr. Gilson, who was the son of William Gilson, a pioneer of this county, f was born on a farm east of this city, i in 1840, and at death was seventy-one e years of age. He spent the greater j part of his life here, being a carpenter by trade. Nine years ago he went to j: Paragould, where he was foreman in ; the car shops. He was twice married, j His first wife was Miss Rosetta Ayres who died many years ago. Three children born to them survive. They ] : are: Hattie, wife of John Young, of ; Winchester; Lizzie, wife of D. B. , Bunn, of Akron, Ohio, and a son. Alj pha, an operator, now living in CaliL fornia. Mr. Gilson is survived by his second wife, who was Mrs. Mollie Gilpen Eicher, when married to Mr. Gilt son, her second husband. Mr. Gilson . was a member of the Baptist church jof this city and was prominent in lodge affairs. He was a man highly j. - esteemed, and the news of his death . ! spreading rapidly here, brought forth 6 I universal expressions of sorrow. I sister, Mrs. Alex Hoyer, is the only ; member of the family now living, a brother, James Gilson, having met ; death several years ago in a railroad I wreck near Ceylon. No further arrangements were known here, other ) than the body woufd reach here on Thursday evening. Burial will probI ably, take place in the family lot in the Decatur cemetery. The message was sent by A. E. Ayres, a brother-in-law pf the deceased. .. . 'ill.; n yas a veteran of the civil war. being a member of the 47th Indiana regiment. KNIGHTSOFARTHUR Is Name of New Organization For the Boys of the Presbyterian Church. ARE THREE DEGREES Girls Also Organized and Will Educate Mountaineer Girl With Funds. The order of the Knights of King Arthur has been organized in Decatur by the Rev. W. H. Gleiser, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Boys I ranging in age from fourteen to eighteen years are eligible and they must be either members of the church or atI tendants of the Sunday school. The ' purpose is to develop all that is I knightly—to develop the boy along all lines, the physical, mental and religious. There are three degrees, page, esquire and knight, it being necessarj’ for the boy to earn the degrees after that of page, making the candidate acquire certain proficiency In outdoor work, etc., before he is promoted to the next degree. Fourteen beys have been initiated and it is beiievd that much interest will be created by the work. Tonight they will elect their officers. Not to be outdone the girls of the church have organized themselves into the Pres'byterian Guild, their purpose being to secure funds to educate a mountaineer girl. The following are the officers: Miss Ruth Hammel, president; Miss Dorothy Dugan, vice president; Miss Gladys Meyers, secretary and treasurer.