Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 283.

HONOR THEIR DEAD Very Appropriate Services Conducted Sunday by the Elks for Decased BROTHER MEMBERS Eulogy of Mr. French Quinn Most Fitting One—Memorial Was Private. A more fitting memorial service for their deceased brethren was never before paid by the Elks’ lodge than the one of Sunday afternoon, when most appropriate services were conducted and attended by members only. A large number gathered at 2 p. m., the appointed time, and took part in the ritual service, prescribed and carried out on the first Sunday of December each year. Brief addresses to their deceased brothers were given by the Hon Judge J. T. Merryman, David E. Smith and Amos P. Beatty, while the principal tribute was delivered by French Quinn, whose part is given below, a better one never before having been paid by the local lodge. Several vocal and musical numbers were also rendered, appropriate to the occasion, and although private, was the most largely attended service in years. Mr. Quinn said in part: “I speak in eulogy of those brothers who have passed on. I approach the subject without a feeling of sadness nor with any particular degree of solemnity. I am sure that neither my hearers nor myself desire to call up to our mental vision the personalities of our departed brothers for the simple purpose ot shedding a tear or misting that vision with darkening shadows. P.ather would I wish that the sky be clear, the perspective broadened and the glory of the sunlight diffused thereon. I am also sure that the spirits of those who have gone before, if in God’s wisdom, they have been endowed with the consciousness of temporal happenings, would rather know that lingering memories intensified by occasions such as these would be rather that of mellowed joy and sweet retrospection than clouded by the gloom of sorrow, in such a gathering as this 1 address Christian people, the God of our Fathers and His teachings are the staff upon which this concourse leans If this is so, then these ex; r -sions must he your conclusions \VI ; ’i he wisdom Oi inscrutiabk iiovi dence these, have hastened er. t’> •• Juurneyings, while you end I abide a time, 1 know not. nor .'uch care I. To meditate upon that insolvable problem, is idle mental gymnast; s and adds not sny to spiritual betcrmont. But this we know, that in the incomprehensible plan of the Great Architect not anything is for nothing, each insensate molecule on the divine unit serves its purpose and passes on not until its work is fully done This, too, is rather beyond us and most difficult perhaps to square with our perfections and our reasonings. Thus we might think that these our dead were not yet through that we cannot reason but that their destiny had not been fiultilled and support our contentions by most subtle argueings, but alas, all for naught, tor the Architect makes no erasures and the blue prints of His plan read simply to those who understand. 1 feel then that these our brothers some where along the line gave to our F.i ther some service as reason for thei' existence. Just what that service was I have no wish to know’, perhaps an upright life, a gentle, sunny smile, a warm hand-clasp, the softly spoken word, the hidden charity, or what not; at least I grant them the consideration that they gave what environment In all its phases permitted them to give. “I take i*. that it is more our duty to please our minds with sweet mom cries of the dead, Hiking, if seeking anything, to help ourselves to better | things by such contemplation, than to ( embitter our thoughts by attempting to assume that critical attitude that tends to cast up a debit and credit .i< count of virtues and of fallings. "This noble order benefltted by their comradeship, and their souls, know, will travel gentler for wha. few moments’ teachings that were gi'en them within these walls. If consciousness is now denied them, the time shall come when perfect knot - edge shall be theirs and to them all. s known then they they shall know on

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this day and at this hour a humble few of old-time friends and brothers met together and said and thought sweet things of them without slighest tiace of bitterness or unkindness and • breathed a silent prayer that the fullness of the Creator’s promises shall he their share and that their lives shall not have been lived in vain." BAZAAR OPENS TODAY. —— . - Pretty hand-made, useful and fancy articles of all kind, that make just the best kind of Christmas gifts, are for I sale at the bazaar opened this morning by the Presbyterian ladies in the Morrison building, a door north of the Myer, Scherer & Beavers store. The ladies will conduct the sale this week, , and of course those who come first will have the first choice. Patronize the ladies, and at the same time do a favor for yourself by getting your 3 pretty Christmas presents early. t — —o :0N THE HISTORY !| Os Red Cross Christmas r. Seals—Date in Origin to Charity Stamps. — r FIRST USED IN BOSTON r I 1 For Soldiers’ Relief Funds— Remarkable Growth of the Movement. il * — Red Cross Christmas seals date 5 back in their origin to “charity r I stamps.” first used for the soldiers’ . relief funds in Boston in 1562, during :' the civil war. After the war, this method of raising money was discon- ’ tinned in this country for a genera- ; tion, although it found vogue in Portu- . gal, . Switzerland, Austria, France, > Spain. Denmark, Norway, Russia, > Sweden and other European coun- ' tries There are now several hundred ■ different types of charity stamps used ■ in all parts of the world as many as i forty being used in Austria for chili dren’s hospitals alone. i Stamps or seals were first used to 1 get money for the anti-tuberculosis ■ crusade in Norway and Sweden in J f '■pX > y 7 5 < 1904. After being used in these countries for three years, as a direct result of the interest of Jacob Riis in ! this movement, the Delaware AntiTuberculosis association, headed by Miss Emily P. Bissell, and the Red Cross society of Delaware, combined in issuing a tuberculosis stamp. So successful was this campaign that nearly $3,000 was realized, and the next year, in 1908. the American Red Cross was induced to issue a national Red Cross Tuberculosis stamp. From this sale $135,000 was realized, that amount being almost doubled in 1909. Last year, for the first time, the sale was organized on a comprehensive basis, taking in all parts of the’Unitod States, and $310,000 worth were ! sold In 1911 the slogan for the campaign is “A Million for Tuberculosis from Red Cross Seals.” YEOMEN TO ELECT. 1 very important meeting of the Yeomen lodge will be held on Tues- ' day evening, at which time the eleci t j O n of officers for the ensuing year 'will take place. Other business is 'also in store for the time set, and ; when the presence of all members is 1 requested to be on hand and take part in the work outlined for thejsvening. SMALLPOX AT BERNE. According to a message received this morning by Willis Fonner from his brother-in-law, Will Rawley of Berne, that town has about fit teen cases of mild smallpox, and there is talk, he said, of closing the c hurche ® and schools again, as they did last winter.

DIED AT ALBANY Mrs. Mary Jane Syphers Passed Away on Friday From Nephritis. WAS RESIDENT HERE? Mr. Syphers is Brother of Adam Syphers, Step-father of J. W. Merriman. Albany, Ind., Dec. 4 —Mrs. Mary J.' . Syphers, aged seventy-three years, | died at 3 o'clock Friday morning from I acute nephritis, at her home here. Mrs. I .Spyhers had been ill for some time be-1 fore the fatal ailment developed. Mrs. Syphers was the wife of George W. Syphers, a retired merchant of this place, and was one of the best respected and oldest residents. She leaves her husband and two sons, Clarence L. Syphers and Carl Mills,! both of Muncie. Funeral services were; held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at the M. E. church in this place and the body was taken to Flushing,, I Ohio, for interment. The deceased, with her husband, was for many years a resident of this county, Mr, Syphers having conducted a grocery and dry goods store at Salem, south of here, until fifteen years ago, when the moved to Albany, and where they have since lived, he engaging in the same business as be- . fore. Mr. Syphers is a brother of Ad- , am Syphers of Berne and a stepfather of J. W. Merriman of this city, and well known here, as they also be- > came while at their home in Albany.; i Mr. Merriman received the sad news . on Saturday morning, but was misinformed, as the message read that Mr. Syphers had died instead of his wife. Both had been in failing health for > some months. Mr. Syphers having , reached the advanced age of four- . score and five, which is somewhat I against him. The funeral of Mrs. Sy I phers, which was held Sunday from . the M. E. church at Albany, was well . attended by the many relatives and friends of the deceased. > MONTHLY SESSION Board of County Commisi J sioners Are Grinding Out the Work for Term. I BONDS ARE FILED For County Officers Who Begin Work Jan. I—Reports by Officers. 1 ’ The December term of the Adams 1 county commissioners, which conven-1 1 ed this morning, promises to be a rather quiet one, as there is not as ’ much business as usual to come up. I The meeting is being held in the al-: I ditor’s room, as the clerks are busy , ( closing up the work on the tax dupli- j . cates. — The bond of Charles W. Yager, . county treasurer-elect, who begins his second term, January Ist, was approv- . ed. It is the sum of $200,000 and was . signed by nineteen men, whose com- ; ; bined wealth is several times that amount. The bond of Andrew Welfley, coun- ■ ty recorder-elect, who begins his term ■ January Ist, was filed and approved,* • calling for $2,000, and was signed by six freeholders. s The quarterly reports of Recorder I steele, Clerk Haefling and Auditor s Michaud and the monthly report of Treasurer Yager and Mr. Laughlin, manager of the county infirmary, were filed and approved. The clerk also filed his report of uncollected fees, which was approved. 1 ~ i Petitions for refunding taxes were f filed by Delilah Juday, John Wechter i and J. L. Myers. s A letter from Mr. Butler, notifying t the board that the license of the ' Children's Home Society of Indiana

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had been revoked was referred to the Board of Children's Guardians. None of the Adams county wards had been placed with that, society. The lease of Miss Hattie Studabaker for the room occupied by the county surveyor’s office was continued for action of the county council an additional appropriation. o —— HOVERED AROUND "O” MARK. The weather Sunday night was' without doubt the coldest of the season, thermometers this morning registering from 6 degrees below zero upward, according to the “cut” of the thermometer, or the place it w r as I hung. BERNEGETS HONOR Os Holding Next District Christian Endeavor Convention Next Year. i HELD IN NOVEMBER O. F. Gilliom of Berne Elected District Secretary— Other Notes. ’ With two hundred and fifty delegates in attendance at the annual Ft. Wayne district convention of the Christian Endeavor society, at Churui busco, started Thursday night and I closed Saturday noon, the best attendance of any convention that has been held in several years, being a feature, even in a small town with poor railroad facilities. The sessions were all well attended, and the choice of the convention ■ for next year was Berne, Adams county, and will be held some time in November, probably the last Thursday, for a couple of days as it was at this time. The officers elected were as follows: O. F. Gilliom, of Berne, district secretary; Elizabeth Bettie of Fort Wayne, junior superintendent; Miss Mina Sternen of Fort Wayne, missionary superintendent; Miss Ina Maxwell of Fort Wayne, secretary, Allen county; Miss Bessie I. Jones, of Huntington. county secretary, Huntington county; Miss Ina Chalfant, of Bluffton, county secretary of ■ ■ Wells county: Miss Ruby Bair, of Churubusco, county secretary, i . Whitley county. The Fort Wayne district Christian Endeavor convention was held at . Hie Churubusco U. B. church Thurs- ; day evening. Friday and Saturday forenoon. The program was exceptionally strong and complete. i Mrs. W. I. Alexander, Mary Alex I ander, Ella Clugston, Marie Gal-1 breath, Mabel Lawrence and Lester ■ Whiteleather, drove to Busco, Fri-1 day to attend the session. In the I afternoon, Miss Galbreath sang a solo | and Mrs. Alexander gave a very force ■ fttl talk on, “The Disciple, a Fisher.” at the evening session.—Columbia I City Post. ‘ Miss Treta Erwin of this city, one of the delegates, gave the response to the welcome address given by Prof. L. F. Gates, superintendent of the Columbia City schools. — ° "THE SHOW GIRL." — Manager Bosse of the Bosse opera house is to be congratulated upon his success in securing such an attrac- ! tion as that musical festival of tun, 1 I “The Show Girl.” under the manage i ment of Ben Falk, to appear at his 1 theater. The company comes intact, I direct from its metropolitan triumphs , : and although this is the first season of the piece in one night stands, it is ! still the solid, sweeping sensational 1 ,-age of the entire universe and play ing to capacity houses at every per- ! forance. The Philadelphia Gazette in ' ' reviewing “The Show Girl,” recently 1 had the following to say: "Gaily com--1 parisoned girls, smiling faces, dainty forms, tuneful music, ingenious comedy, real comedians, novelties galore and Vernon and Clark are the chief essentials of “The Show Girl.'' It Is 1 one long laugh from start to finish, in ! fact from first to last you are pleased . lor nothing on this earth can please you.” Seats on sale at Holthouse drug store, and judging from the nu- : merous inquiries that Manager Bosse has had in reference to this attraction, "Standing Room Only" will be at a premium before the curtain rises on the first act.

AFTERNOON WORK Os Adams County Teachers’ Association Fully as Interesting 'AS MORNING SESSION I I Many Good Thoughts Were Brought Out by Ablest Teachers in County. The afternoon session of the institute convened at the appointed hour. Mr. Pepe, assistant principal of the Monroe high school, took up the subject, “Teaching of History in the Upper Grades.” Mr. Pepe stated that the two leading phases of history teaching were the geographical set ting and the co-relation of the facts ’ under consideration. Under head of the round table, Clark Spahr, principal of the West Ward school, Decatur, led in the discussion of “School Decoration.” Some very good suggestions were given. The second topic of the round table was “Why Some Teachers ! Fail,” by Miss Leota Bailey. Miss i Bailey’s discussion was well received Iby the teachers. Ben S. Colter disi cussed “Manual Training." Mr. Colter, having done quite a bit of work of this kind, spoke out of his experience. Another subject, of interest to school people at present is “Agriculture." The subject was ably handled by William Jackson. The subject of i “Centralization” was discussed by Martin Jaberg, as announced on the program. Mr. Jaberg spoke in favor of centralization of schools. Herman A. Polack, teacher at St. John's, discussed “Medical Inspection. Mr. Polack took the medical inspection law, passed by the last legislature, and explained the sections of the law in detail. OYSTER SUPPER. Miss Irene Evans, teacher at the Dent school, cast of this city, an-I nounces an oyster supper for tomorrow i evening, Tuesday, December sth, to which everybody is invited. PARALYTIC STROKE — Suffered by Simeon Fordyce —Affects Speech and He is Unable to Talk. KNOWN MAN Mrs. Julia Moses Also Becomes 11l Suddenly—OthNotes About the Sick. _____ Simeon Fordyce, formerly of this l city, now of Monmouth, one of the 1 nest known men of the county, is ly-1 ing very ill at the home of his son-in-) law, Charles Teepie, on North Sec- 1 ' ond street, suffering from a stroke of ; I paralysis, which lias rendered him un- : able to speak. Mr. Fordyce had not I . been as well us usual Saturday and ' I came to this city to the doctor, being i ■ able to return home on the evening I I car. During the night he became [ worse, and was unable to arise In the ' morning. Thinking that he could be given better care here, ho was brought in a cab to this city Sunday morning, I he later becoming worse so that he i was unable to speak, and at 2 o'clock . this afternoon was reported as being I still unable to talk. He suffers no pain and while there is no change in his condition, he is getting along as well as could be expected, though the outcome is uncertain. About four months ■ ago, or in August, he fell while hitch-. 1 ing his horse, and it is now the opinion that he suffered a paralytic stroke at that time also. Mr. Fordyce grew somewhat better after the fall at that time, though he never fully recovered ' his good health. Mr. Fordyce is sixty-I seven years of age. I “* Mrs. Julia Moses suffered an attack of the heart Sunday morning while attending the servi'es at the Presbyterian church, and was taken to the parsonage nearby where medical assistance was summoned. She recovered sufficiently to be taken to her home In the afternoon, and it was thought that

she will recover with no ill effects, as •be is much better today. — Ferdinand, three-year-old son of County Clerk elect Ferdinand Bleeke, who was badly scalded two weeks ago Saturday, when he stumbled over a basin of boiling water, is very sick from the effects of blood poisoning, which set in. His fever Sunday night registered at 105, and the iad is very ill, Indeed. Mrs. John Fuhrman, living three miles north of the city, while walking on the porch Sunday morning, slipped and fell, breaking both bones of the right forearm at the wrist. o SALE OF SCHOOL BONDS. The sale of the Decatur school bonds will be held at the office of Attorney D. B. Erwin on Thursday, December 14th. The issue is for $11,500 in denominations of SSOO. COURTHOUSE NEWS Mrs. Belle Smith Files Suit for Divorce from John Me. Smith. A NOLLE PROSEQUI Wipes James Hancock Case from Docket—Appointment of Guardian. Belle Smith wants a divorce from John M. Smith, the custody of their children, a weekly sum for her and j their support, and SSOO alimony, ac- j cording to her complaint filed today ■ in the circuit court, by her attorneys,' Hooper & Lenhart. It sets out that' they were married July 6, 1900, and lived together until December 2nd. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, in that he has cursed her, vilified her and called her vile names.; ; She also says he has been an habitual ; I drunkard, during their entire married ; I life and that for the past three or' i four years he has spent all his earn-1 i ings for drink, so that she has had to ; 1 take in washings and do other house i I work for the support of herself ami j children. They have three children: I Archie ,aged 11; Dwight, 4, and Del-j I her M., aged seventeen months. She j ' states that they have household goods ! I which she feared he might sell, pawn I i or remove and asked an order from ! I court restraining him from molesting j or interfering with her or the children,; f which was granted until further or-1 I dei of court. I A nolle prosequi filed in the case | of the State vs. James Hancock, charg- i ed with allowing minors to play pool I resulted in the discharge of the de-1 fendant. In another case against him on the charge of keeping a gaming device, ' a motion was filed by the defendant to I dismiss the case for want of jurisdicI tion. Orley Myers, charged with petit lari ceny, was arraigned this morning and i entered a plea of not guilty. The case of Hannah J. Paxson et al. ' vs. Frank P Adams, suit from Jay | i county, which was set for trial De- j i cember 7th, was ordered left off the - trial calendar by agreement. Upon application of Her ry 1 Kreuckeberg, Louisa Kreuckeberk ■ was adjudged of unsound mind and' I incapable of managing her own es- ' tate. Henry Kreuckeberg was order-1 led appointed guardian. The plaintiff's ' attorney was allowed sls. J. M. Miller, administrator of the | Ida Whitright estate, filed petition to ■ settle as insolvent, which was so i found, and notice ordered. C. C. Beer, administrator of the Amos Ellenharger estate, reported : deed, which was approved. David Steele, administrator of the Mary E. Steele estate, filed petition I for sale of personal property, at private sale, wiiich was so ordered, without notice. Sale reported and approved. Henry Kreuckeberg qualified as I guardian of Louisa Kreuckeberg, adjudged of unsound mind, with Fred Koldeway and Henry Schamerloh as bondsmen on his SI,OOO bond.

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A COMIC OPERA I “The Captain of Plymouth” Will be Third Number of Lecture Course. —— i ON FRIDAY EVENING •—- Given by a Chorus of Sixty of the High School Students. The comic opera, “The Captain of Plymouth,”- taken from Longfellow's, “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” will be the third number of the lecture course, to be given Friday evening, December Bth, by a chorus of sixty of the high school students. This will be the first attempt of the kind by the high school, and the event promises to be a most interesting one. The students have been diligently practicing under the management of Miss Bess Schrock, supervisor of music, assisted in the Miss Clara B. Williams, teacher of English, and by Dr. Fred Patterson. The Misses Erma Houk and Esther Evans are pianists. The cast follows: CAST. Miles Standish, who is wonderfully like Caesar—Robert Peterson. John Alden, the diligent scribe — Greg Neptune. Elder Brewster, who believes life is only sorrow —Charles Brodbeck. Erasmus, Miles’ right bower—Sherman Beery. Wattawamut, chief of the Pequots—i Rex Sowle. Pecksnot, an Indian messenger—- ! Dwight Peterson. ! Richard, Stephen and Gilbert (lads !of the colony)—Dwight Lachot, Dan ' Tyndall and Forest Vail. Priscilla, the fairest maiden in Ply- [ mouth —Ruth Patterson. Kotonka. an Indian princess—Naomi Dugan. Mercy, an elderly American girl— Gladys Kern. Charity—Margaret Mills. Patience—Florence Meyers. PLYMOUTH GIRLS. Florence Myers, Nellie Daniels, Reba Quinn, Effie Miller, Lillian Rice. Nellie Myers. Eola Gentis, Gladys Mangold, Leah Hensley, Helten Foni ner and Mary Frisinger. INDIAN MAIDS Gladys McMillen, Ruth Bowers, Dor- : othy Dugan, Crystal Kern. Olive Perkins, Estella Perkins, Nellie Baric ley, Ruth Myers, Agnes Sellemeyer, Agnes Eady, Zelda Snitz, Gladys Meyer, Esther Enos, Lucile Smith. Ethel I Smith and Veda Hensley, INDIANS. Rex Sowle, Erw’in Merry, Huber I Fonner, Theodore Braden. Dallas EII zey, Kenyon Walters, Walter Corbett. Frank Txme, Kenneth Vancil, Cecil Cole and Owen Edwards. SOLDIERS. Virgil Krick, William Bowers, Joe McConnell, Paul Myers .Tesso Cole, Edgar Vancil, Guy Kidd, Clarence FJedderjohann, Milton Yager, Ben Teepie, Daniel Falk and Floyd Butler. BLUFFTON PUTS UP OLD CRY. The Bluffton Banner puts up the old familiar cry that the umpire beat their I high school boys in the basket ball game last Friday evening, when De- | catur trimmed them by nine points. Any of the old-timers around here I know how an outside team of any kind 1 playing on Bluffton grounds could be | given the worst of a deal and get ■ away with all their clothes, and any one who knows I’rofossor Worthman, knows that he is a fair and square ref eree, and that the Decatur team won on their merits. The Bluffton News ; was fair enough to say that their team i lost because they didn’t make enough : goals. TOWNSHIP INSTITUTE. Next Saturday at the Aber school, of which Miss Caroline Dowling is the teacher, township institute will be held, which event is being looked forward to by pupils and teacher with much interest. It will convene at prompt 9 o’clock, and all patrons are earnestly requested to be present and take part in the program to be rendered at this time. These institute gatherings always result In much good for | those who attend and it is for this reason that all patrons are earnestly :<rged to be in attendance. CAROLINE DOWLING, Teacher.