Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 258.

HAVE PAID THEIR FEE Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company Files Application to do Business IN THIS STATE Bonds Received Here, Covering All the Details to Conclude Our Part. I Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The Holland-St. ixiuis Sugar company, with the home offices at Holland, Mich., today filed at the secretary of state's office their application to do business at Decatur, [ Indiana, this being necessary because hey are a foreign Corporation. The 1 total capital is $2,800,000, and the smount to be invested in Indiana is about three-quarters of a million dollars The fee is $61150 — Ihe above message shows that the company is progressing with its atfairs, and that they have paid their lee to do business in Indiana. This morning J. H. Heller, local secretary ■ the association, received the bonds which are to be given by our citizens that they will carry out their promises. in regard to the furnishing ot ■he land, extend the water mains, furnish water, wells and hydrants, the >mpany agreeing to locate their factory here. The bond was referred to attorneys here and will be signed bynumber of Decatur citizens and returned to the Michigan company. These details are given to the public because they have a right to know '•cm and because they show that the work is being pushed along as rapidly as possible. The Holland-St. Louis otnpany is doing all that they have Promised and their relations with the Decatur business men's association rre entirely satisfactory. The big sugar plant is thus assured.

FOR DR. WALTHER * St. Peter’s Church to Celebrate His Centennial Birth Anniversary. HE WAS FOUNDER Os Missouri Lutheran Synod—An Excellent Service For Sunday. the St. Peter's Lutheran church, northeast of this city, of whicfi the Rev. L. W. Dornseif is pastor, will on next Sunday celebrate the centennial birth anniversary of the late Dr. C. F F. W. Walther, founder of the Mis souri Lutheran synod. The annivei sar y occurred a week or so ago, and many congregations held celebrations at that time, this- church postponing the event until next Sunday. Prof‘ i; 6 ° r Luecke of the Concordia college, of Port Wayne, will be present and '■’ill preach at the morning service, ’nd the children will assist in the pro vram by giving recitations and songs appropriate to the occasion. The male quartet from the senior class of 1 oncordia college will also render music, and the entire service will be me in accordance with the occasion. RECEIVED SAD NEWS Mrs. Aaron DeVinney received a e tter from her niece, Mrs. Charles *‘Ult, of Kort Wayne, stating that her Pandfatlier, Mr. Ezekiel Elzey, of. ■ !, ‘ar Bluffton, was lying very seriously sick, but did not state anything elative to the nature of the illness Jlr Elzey is favorably known here j and has many friends in the nearby 'X'inlty who will be patiently await mg woid of his improvement. Ihe ■etter, going on further, stated that, v,r - Ault, who has been very sick for ■’Otne legnth of time, is improving " sht along, and will be able to re- ( his work at the Pennsylvania sh OPB next Monday

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WAS HAPPY wedding. Last Saturday evening at the Lutheran parsonage in Uniondale, Miss '■'•i l.e.di and Chas. F. Kleinknight , «as united in marriage by Rev. Slater 'hat place Til's couple was accomI Ponied by Joshua Brickley and Cecil ■•'-til. 1 lie latter a brother of the bride. I < lie . 1 a,ng couple are very popular in I that < ’ on ®unity and a host of friends 1 ioi them much happiness and I P roß l>*''ity. The: will reside in Fort j " ayne Markle Journal. SALABLE HORSES The Brown Horse Stands High in the Commanding o’ Good Market Price. CHESTNUTS GOOD While the Black is Always in Demand and Can be Used Any Place. 1 The advent of the automobile as a means of transportation and other wise sunnly recreation and pleasure once provided almost exclusively by the horse, is ortnging torward more prominently certain dislikes that add . to or detract from the horse's value, by reason of color. People nowadays are becomnig People nowadays are becoming tions. Age and breeding no longer constitute the chief factors in the sale of carriage horses Indeed colors not only influence the price, but there are established certain prejudices that actually work against the sale of a horse endowed by nature with a certain kind of coat. These prejudices are not entertained by a few people but quite generally so over the country, especially where the horse and carriage remain a family institution. For example: A coal black horse : will not sell in the markets for as much money nor as readily as a brown, or a bay. or a chestnut. The reason for this is purely a matter of 1 olor, backed by an unusual preju-

dice. The dislike for a black horse as a propeller of the family vehicle grows out of his association with funeral di- ' lectors and hi- presence at the head of the procession on these sad occa- , sions. A black horse is an ever-present reminder of recent sorrow and loss. For this reason he is relegated to third place in the list of popular horse colors; his satin coat, splendid spirit and conformation, notwithstanding. The colors that take precedence in popular esteem over all others are the bay and brown Jhey njust, however. be of proper shade to gain this distinction in the market. The next in favor is the chestnut. There is some dispute as to whether a good chestnut horse is not entitled to a place alongside of the brown and the buy horses but while his admirers re legion, be is not usually regarded with as much favor as the latter. However, the breeder who has any number of fine carriage horses that lie intends disposing of at a sale would make no mistake in adding a lew chestnut coats to his collection. The black horse comes next Jn point of popularity after the browns, ■lie bays and the chestnuts. While this classifying of colors does not hold true in animals used in other lines of work, *he prejudices referred to place him in third place so far as the family carriage horse is concerned. Xext in popularity is the dapple gray. The last on the list of colors ' is the white horse. There are two deep-seated prejudices against the latter First, he is a difficult animal to keep tidy, and is sometimes classed among the white petticoats, especially when Jupiter Pluvius holds forth His other fault is most conspicuous at shedding time. When this season 'arrives and he begins changing his coat of long hairs for a new and shorter one, and the 'stray hairs find a lodging place on dark clothing and carriage upholstering the prejudice against his color becomes more prominent. The graj horse has a small advan- ' tage over the white one in these two respects, because the nearer his coat is to being iron gray in color the bet'ter he is liked. The matter of a white star in th< CONTINefEf w" PAGE TWO.

MEMORIAL SERVICE Local G. A. R. to Join in Paying Respect to Indiana’s Dead Warrior. OLIVER P. MORTON Special Services Will be Conducted Sunday Evening at Christian Church. * D. B. Moore, local commander of the G. A. R., is in receipt of an order from the state commander of the G. A. R. telling that November sth has been set aside as memorial day by the state department of the G. A. R. in memory of Indiana’s great war governor, Oliver P. Morton, and at vyhich time it is asked that all cities join in paying respect to the dead state official. In this city memorial services will be observed at the Chris tian church Sunday evening at 7 o’clock, when the pastor, Rev. Dawson, will deliver a fitting tribute for the occasion, with the G. A. R.. ex-sol-diers and ladies of tho Relief Corps in attendance. A special announcement is issued by the local commander for ail to meet at their hall one hour previous to the time set and to make preparations for the attending in a body. It is the initial memorial service of Its kind held in honor of the dead executive and it is deemed by the war heroes still living as well as all other devoted citizens that the tribute be made to his memory. It is the expressed wish of those in charge of the service that all will avail themselves of the opportunity by being present and to hear the address to be delivered by Rev. Dawson.

POLICE COURT NEWS Police Court Quietude Broken This Morning With Two Affidavits. AN ASSAULT CHARGE Claimed by Golda Teeters Against Amanda Hamrick—Provoke Another. — Police court headquarters known to many as the washing place for soiled linens proved to be the case this morning when a real laundry piece came up for cleaning, it having be~ come soiled to such an extent that additional washing outside of the . wringer was necessary for its whitening. ' It was the first police court doings for several days, ueing pulled off in 'Squire Stone’s court when Miss Golda Teeters filed an affidavit against Amanda Hamerick for assault and battery. The defendant later appeared and plead guilty to the offense, and was assessed a fine, amounting in all to $8:30, which she paid, and was released. Following this the defendant then filed an affidavit against .Miss Teeters on a charge of provoke, also ' with ’Squire Stone, and the trial was set for this evening at 7 o'clock, when it will be tried. The two ladies are both employees of the laundry, and the affair resulted' over a quarrel which took place this morning at the above mentioned bus- j incss place, which led to blows and other things in the quarrelsome line.. and after the smoke had cleared away | Miss Teeters came out apparently the j worse, showing a number of scratches and other after effects of the battle. 1

WAS SUCCESSFUL. Agnes, the little three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, in the west part of the city, underwent an operation for the removal of her tonsils. She withstood the operation well and it is thought she will get alone all right. The Henry* Knapp new brick building on Monroe street in nearing completion and Mr. Knapp is moving his hardware stock into the new and com niodious quarters.

Decatur, Ind. Friday Evening, November 3, 1911

DELIVER SANTA CLAUS MAIL. Washington, D. C., Nov. 3—The postoffice department has raised the, ban on Santa Claus mail after ail. Rescinding a recent decision, Post • master General Hitchcock today directed that any letters /addressed to "Santa Claus" may be delivered to charitable organizations or benevolent persons that ask for them instead of having such mail returned to the . senders or destroyed. Mr. Hitchcock said he did not think the practice o', delivering "Santa Claus" mail would lead to abuses, as was feared by some of the officials of the department. The many poor children who can be blessed with a happy Christmas in tins way, he declared, makes the department’s handling of Santa's mail I worth while. — -■ Q ■ i COURT HOUSE NEWS

Eleven State Cases Wiped off Docket by Filing of Nolle Prosequi. ! ~ THE FOUGHTY CHILD / Is Given Into Care of His Father—Maurer Land I Ordered Sold. — A nolle prosequi was filed in each of eleven state cases, the defendants discharged and the cases wiped off the dqcket. The cases thus disposed of are: Morris M. Boyd, charged with obtaining money falsely; Charles D. Murray, search warrant; Orval Wells, provocation: Ed Neadstine et 'al., disturbing meeting; Dani ' •' Straub, selling liquor without license: Ferdinand fabler, being interested in public contract while an officer; I Charles Ault, petit larceny; Warren Hamrick. wife desertion; Frank ' Muter, disposing of crops, on which was a landlord’s lien: Grover Odle, ' larceny; James Worden, for peace I bond. I In the old divorce case of Elnora Foughty vs. William H. Foughty, upon ' petition of the defendant, the care and custody of the child, Howard Foughty, wan given to William Foughty, the mother, Elnora Fougthy, to have the privilege of seeing and conversing with sal; child at all reas- ' onabTy convenient tines and places ' Joseph E. Russell vs. Lydia Shamp iet al. Separate demurrer of Lydia A. ' Shamp overruled, and separate exception; separate demurrer of Samuel Shamp overruled, exception. Separate answer filed by Lydia A. Shamp in two paragraphs and counter-claim in one paragraph. Rule to reply to sec- . ond paragraph of answer and answer to counter-claim. Frederick Maurer, administrator of r the Melchoir Maurer estate, vs. Frederick Maurer et al., partition. Decree of partition entered and upon finding of indivisability, order of sale is made, John C. Moran being appoint ed commissioner under $6,000 bond, he to report sale when made, but no distribution of proceeds to be made until further order of the court. Sale is to be private, with four weeks' no- , tice; terms, one-third cash, one-third lin nine months, and one-third in eighteen months' time

At the time of going *o press the several attorneys in the Huntington ' county case, Lucinda J. Branyan et al. vs. Asael Brookover, quiet title, were in court, the matter of the appointment of a receiver coming up at this time before Judge J. T. Merryman. — In the matter of the Amos Ellenj berger estate, annual report was filed and allowed. Petition to settle as in--1 solvent, resulted in the findihg of insolvency and notice was ordered. ~ I The divorce case of Merle Laisure vs. Lizzie Laisure is set for trial tomorrow. Auditor H. S. Michaud today received from the state accounting board a report of the examination of the I field examiners, who worked here re- | cently. The report covers the work of his office during the year 1 1909, and shows that there is due the state the sum of $5.02 from the auditor’s office. The total was 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.

AUTO HIT BUGGY Rev. Roberts Hurled From Rig, But Escaped Without Serious Injury. RIG WAS WRECKED i Harry McGill, Driving the J. S. McCrory Car, Met With a Smash-up. Rev. Roberts of Wien, Ohio, had a harrow escape from serious Injury, when his buggy was struck by an automobile driven by Harry O. McGill of this city, Thursday afternoon. Mr. Roberts was driving east from this city, about three miles, and McGill was driving the car of J. S. McCrory, going in the same direction. According to the driver of tbe car, he sounded his horn and Rev. Roberts started to turn to the left, directly in front of the car. The machine hit the rig with considerable force, hurling Mr. {Roberts some (eel, but he miraculously escaped injury. One front and one rear wheel were torn from the buggy, the shafts broken, and the horse was i injured, his left hind leg being quite badly cut. Harry immediately arranged with Mr. Roberts to repair all damages, the adjustment being satisfactory to both parties and Rev. Roberts was taken home by a passing rig. McGill telephoned in to Mr. McCrory, who went to the scene and pulled his auto into town behind his buggy. The car was slightly damaged, one light being broken and one of the pipes to the gasoline tank beingtorn loose.

FOR THE LECTURES < 1 • Seat Reservation For High ? * School Lecture Course Begins Tomorrow. 1 i AT EIGHT O’CLOCK 1 Students Have Made Wide Canvass--First Number ,! Next Tuesday. 1 The students of the Decatur high ; school have made an extensive ca»1 vass for the sale of the tickets for the lecture course ior this season, but it anyone has been missed, tickets can be obtained by calling up any of the high school students, or by calling ot , the Holthouse drug store, where the reservation unseats is made. The reservation of seats will be in order tomorrow morning, the board for season tickets being open at 8 o'clock, and for the single lecture, at 10 o’clock. , No tickets will be reserved prior to ' this time, except individual tickets for ; the senior class under whose auspices , the lectures are given, so there will be no favoritism shown. Otherwise, I "first come, first served." The first | number of the lecture course will be ] given at Bosse’s opera house next I Thursday evening by the Apollo ConJ cert company and bell ringers. Every Jone of the five numbers of the course . will be entertaining and instructive, and combined will make a course that has seldom been equalled in a city of this size. If you haven’t gotten a ticket yet, get one at once, and have ; it reserved tomorrow morning. v I TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. I ■ Frank Gass left Thursday afternoon for Elwood, where he was called by the Illness of his brother-in-law, Iler1 nard Weismental, who with his eldest ,' daughter, Beatrice, is seriously sick ' with typhoid fevsr. Seven of the family have passed through the typhoid epidemic, which has been in the family since the middle of July. But two members, Mrs. Weismentel and the youngest daughter, have thus far es caped. No telephone message had been received tins morning from Mr. Gass, and as he said he would telephone if Mr. Weismentel proved to be extremely serious, it is supposed that there has been no change for the worse.

HEAR FROM MR. BUTCHER. Members of the local bar are in receipt of a letter from S. A. M. Butcher, who for many years practiced law at Geneva, Ind., stating that he is nowlocated in the Northern Bank building at Seattle, Wash., with his son, C. L. Butcbor. Mr Butcher writes that the business prosper ts of the j 1 new firnj/are flattering and that he and his family are very much taken with the northwest. —Portland Sun. THE REASON WHY I z I Recent Compilation of Fig- , ures Shows Republicans Raised Appropriations. I IN THE 1909 SESSION Boosted the Original Bill More Than Half a Million and Insisted on it. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3 —That the republican senate of 1909 increased the appropriation bill submitted to it by the deliiocratle house by more than half a million dollars, is revealed by a compiliation of figures just completed. The agitation relative to the condition of state finances has resulted in a thorough inquiry and it has been definitely established (hat almost $650,000 was added to the house bill when it reached the senate. As passed by the house, the appropriation bill of 1909 called for appropriations both regular and .specific, totaling $8,444,459.13. As signed by the governor the bill carried appropriai tions aggregating $8,955,662.35, an inI crease of $511,203.22. I But this was not the full increase that the senate had made as the bill was threshed out in conference between the time it was passed by the I j senate and signed by the governor.' IHe had announced his intention to ; veto if the bill came to him in the I form that it passed the senate. He I demanded that $600,000 be cut out of j it. that i( might not greatly exceed I the estimated revenues of the state, i He did not succeed in bringing about i this much of a ..cut but the sixteen i I hours of conference, during which the ' democrats stood solidly for reduc-1 tions and the republicans were divid-' i ed on their stand for the bill as pass-1 ed by the senate, did not result in the eliminating of numerous items! must of which were large. It was only after the report of these cuts had brought from the govI ernor his consent to sign the bill that j the democratic members of the con- : ference committee permitted the bill ■ to be reported back to the two houses , This was long after midnight. The I democratic house immediately coni curred in the report of the conference I committee, but even at that late hour i a flurry was started in the senate by two or three republican members, ; who announced their determination i to prevent an adoption of the report. Leaders Os their party succeeded in ' silencing these members, however, j and the report was concurred in at I i about 2 a. m. In signing tbe bill, the governor ex-1 pressed his disapproval of it because of the fact that it carried appropriations exceeding the estimated revenue of the state, but voiced his sat isfaction with the democratic house I and members of the democratic con I ; ference committee over their vigorous I | fight to reduce the appropriations and explained that in his opinion it | was better and cheaper to sign tbe j bili, even in its unsatisfactory condi I tion, than to involve the state in the I expense of an extra session of the leg-1 islature. ELKS MEET TONIGHT.The Elks are planning for another interesting meeting and evening of pleasure for this evening, when they will meel in their regular weekly ses-, -sion. A social session will be in order, as well as the usaul routine of justness which will come up, making it one of interest, and all should malto It a special point to be there. —o — STAR OF BETHLEHEM. The Star of Bethlehem will meet this evening at the hall on important business that demands the presence ' of every member.

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WILL FIX THE DATE County Chairman D. N. Erwin Calls Committee to Meet Next Friday. IIN . THIS CITY Date of the Democratic Primary Will be Arranged— Battle Soon to Start. The official call of Daniel N. Erwin, chairman of the democratic county central committee, asking for a meeting of that body in this city on next j Friday, November 10th, will be found in today s issue. As stated in that notice the principal and all important duty to be performed is the selecting . of a date for tbe democratic primary I at which time there will be named candidates for judge, prosecutor, representative, sheriff, treasurer, surveyor, auditor, commissioner, etc., , and the big battle will soon be on. While the lines have not all been set many of the candidates have been at work for a few weeks and a week ‘ from today the campaign will start in a friendly but decidedly earnest way. Under the new “corrupt practice act" j the candidates will work entirely on | their merits, as it is not permissable to spend any money except for the '■ real expenses, a strict account of which must be kept and a report filed after the election. It is believed that the date for tb» primary will be fixed ’ i for about the middle of December, thus allowing a four or five weeks’ campaign. Chairman Erwin has filled ! the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Lankenau, secretary of the committee, and representing "B" third ward, Decatur, by the appoint ment of Charles Ernst. anotherfireToss Stave Sheds and Staves of John Vail’s Cardwell Stave Company BURNED YESTERDAY At Cardwell, Mo.—Message Was Received Here This Morning. •r 1 ' ■ A telegram received this morning by D. F. Quinn, from F. M. Schirmeyer, who has been in Cardwell, Mo., several days, brought the news of the ! burning of the stave shed and staves of tho . ardwell Slave company's ex- ' tens ,e plant there owned by John AV. Vail of this city, the fire occurring Thursday. The value of tke destroyed property is great, but the damage is covered by (insurance. No damage was done the mill, fortunately. No i further details of the destructuni were 1 received, and relatives are anxiously awaiting further developments by letI ter. The stave factory in Cardwell j is a very extensive one and has been owned several years by Mr. Vail. The i Vails have been quite unfortunate in , the matter of fire destruction, a large I cooperage plant at South Whitley, in I which Mr. Vail was interested, also having been burned recently. ARRANGING GAS FOR SOCIAL. J. S. Peterson, the new manager of . the local gas plant, was busy todai arranging gas in the Morrison build Ing just south of the Interurban de ; pot, where the Eastern Star lodge ■ will give an oyster supper this even Ing. Mr. Peterson Is proving a very i clever and efficient representative of I the gas company and the busincsr of that, corporation Is advancing in t strides that’ should bring joy to the hearts of the district and state managers of the Indiana Lighting company.