Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1912 — Page 2

D A I L Y D EMOCRAT Published Every Evening, Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER — - ..•■-=! . J-=“ Subscription Rat’s Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier ~..55.00 Per Month, by mail 2t> cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at ths post* flics In Dccßtuf*; Indiana, as second chrss mail. The omni-partisan convention in Adams county will be held January 30th, I with ex-Governor Hanly and Mr. Bal-' lard as the head-liners. The exact purpose of these meetings which are being held all over the state will probably develop later, and on the sincerity thereof will depend to a great extent the success. The new automobile tire truck, chemical engine, hose and ladder wagon, combined, is a beauty, and it works a# it was guaranteed. The demonstration today was witnessed by committees 1 oni Richmond, Fort Wayne and other cities, who expressed themselves as delighted with the apparatus, a strik- 1 ing difference from the past, when visitcis to Decatur stoon on the corner and smiled an our fire department' struggled past, pulling the wagons byhand. We are certainly advancing. The Indiana State Teachers' asso ciation elected Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, president of the association for next year. The resolutions committee reported a resolution congratulating Mr. Greathouse and his co-workers for the efficient conduct of the department of education of Indiana, which was unanimously adopted by the association. On all sides are heard favorable comments concerning the prompt and effective manner of dealing with the educational affairs of the state. A dispatch from Lansing, Mich., states that Governor Osborn, while waiting for a train there, walked out to where a number of foreigners were cleaning snow from the tracks,

QUITE A CUT in our Boy’s CLOTHING DEPARTMENT during this sale All the high grade suits and overcoats at these prices ■ Will, 1 ". 11l JI U MMWB— Boys' Knickerbocker Suits $2.50 Suits, now $1.67 3.50 Suits, now 2.38 4.50 Suits now 3.09 5.50 Suits, now 3.67 6.50 Suits, now 4.34 7.50 Suits, now 5.00 8.00 Suits, now 5.34 Boys' Overcoats 2'/ a to 16 YEARS $1.75 Overcoats, now $1.17, 2.75 Overcoats, now 1.84 3.50 Overcoats, now 2.38 4.00 Overcoats, now 2.67 5.00 Overcoats, now 3.34 5.50 Ovrcoats, now 3.67 6.50 Overcoats, now 4.34 7.00 Overcoats, now 4.67 The Myers-Dailey Go. Clothiers & Furnishers

- grabbed a shovel from one of the gang, - and worke dsteadily for half an hour. I When his train came in he modestly told them who he was and departed. This action of course proves that the governor is not stuck-up or proud and that he is simply one of the hornyhanded sons of toil who would much prefer shoveling snow with a bunch of garlic-pertumed dagoes to sipping champagne with Della Fox on his knee i i and J. Pierpont Morgan sitting across | the mahogany singing a rollicking | I song of the Spanish Main. How nice It is, to be sure, to have such stab i wart and incorruptible patriots as , , Governor Osborn in office. —Ft. Wayne j ■ News, REVIVAL NOTES. Unitea Brethren. In spite of the inclement weather i there was a large audience present at | the U. B. church Thursday evening to • hear /Rev. Goodwin, the pastor, speak I on the text, “Friend, how cometh thou I hither, not having a wedding garment? j and he was speechless." The meet-| ings there are gaining in spirit and en-1 thusiasm. They open with a song, | prayer and testimonial service, which j is a great blessiug. There have been i ten conversions and the revival spirit is at its zenith. Great returns are ex- , pected. Everyone is cordially invited ! to .attend these se’-’-ices. Two young , men were reclaimed and wonderfully blessed. Baptist Church. Rev. Jones changed his subject last • ’ evening and preached on “Who Can ■ be Saved?" reading Matthew 19. ! Those can be saved who are lost, and I the lost ones are those who realize : they are sinners. No matter how sin j ful they have been God will save i them if they repent of their sins. So I than the repentant sinner can be sav-i ed. Then we must believe on him, and | next we must confess him before men. i If we confess him «e will confess us before his father which is in heaven. If we expect to enter heaven we must j begin to prepare for that home here I on earth. Rev. Jones expects to use i the subject, “Short Beds and Narrow ! Covers" tonight. Come and hear him Services at 7:30. Sunday school night at the Methodist church. The meeting at the Methodist church will be especially for the Sunday school. The pastor will preach to the children and will illustrate his sermon with a trick of magic. Parents are asked to bring their children to this service. The Sunbeam choir will do the singing.

DOINGS IN SOCIETY Sophomores Entertained by Miss Veda Hensley—Delightful Class Party. THE BEN HUR LODGE I Will Install Officers Tonight —Mrs. Will Parent Celebrates Birthday. Every noble life leaves the fiber of it interwoven into the fabric of i the world —John Ruskin. Miss Fannie Magley entertained Inst evening for the Needlecraft club. Mrs. George Simmers was a guest and Miss ! Clara Weiland became a new meinbei of the club last evening. — Mrs. Will Parent celebrated hetbirthday yesterday, as is the usual cus tom, by taking dinner with a number iof friends. A good old-fashioned baeki bone dinner was served. Miss Jessie Brumbaugh of Bluffton ; arrived today noon to attend the basket ball game this evening and to be the guest of Miss Glenys Mangold | One of the most notable of the so- : cial events of the Sophomore class of 1 the Decatur high school was the party ■ given Thursday evening by Miss Veda | Hensley. The class numbers forty-six and these, with the teachers present, ' swelled the number of guests to fifty. Black and red, the high school colors, were prominent in the tastefully ar ranged draperies, and provided an agreeable and pleasing setting for the 1 festivities. Games of many kinds, with contests and music, were entertainment features. In a guessing contest, 1 questions were answered with words I ending in “sting," and Daniel Falk cari ried off the honors and prize in guessing the most, but awarded the prize to Miss Clara Williams. The picnic supper was a pleasing feature. In the center of the dining room was arranged the table, with red and black streamers, leading from the chandelier over the center to the corners of the table, forming four arches or bowers. Places under each archway were given the teachers, the Misses Rose Dunathan, Clara Williams and Bess Schrock, and the class president, Carl Beatty, who did the serving, the mem bers of the class being given places around the room. The Presbyterian Christian Endeav orers are arranging for a special service for Sunday evening under the leadership of Jesse Cole. There will be good music and other features of the 1 program, which will be announced in lull later. — The Ben Hurs will hold their in-! stallation of officers this evening. Sev 1 , eral candidates will also be initiated * , and every member of the degree staff i is requested to be present. Miss Celia Smith went to Ft. Wayne this morning, where she will be the I guest of friends and this evening will j i attend a party to oe given by Miss Be. th;. Koons. ■ Miss Hilda Smith entertained at dinner today lor Miss Esther Evans. — “THE FIRST LADY” Os State of Washington. Mrs. Elisha P. Ferry Passed Away. — WAS SISTER-IN-LAW Os “Grandma” Ferry of This City—Funeral Was Held Monday. “Grandma” Ferry and granddaugh- : tor. Miss Minnie F Orris, of this city, have received announcement of the death of their sister-in-law and aunt, , Mrs. Sarah B. Ferry, widow of Elisha I P. Ferry, who was the first governor of the state of Washington, and had also served as goverhor of the territory, Mrs. Ferry thus being the “first lady of the state." Her death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary, at Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Ferry had been ill but three days and her death was very sudden. Had she lived until Thursday she would I have been eighty-five years of age. For a lady of her age, her activity,

1 ' 11 ■' BIG DISSOLUTION SALE j I i— ■mbw rwwwwwriurT m = Os Harness, Stoves, Buggies, and Implements s I — The Schaub, Gottemoller and Co. I Kg j Have Dissolved Partnership and will hold a big Ilissolution ~ 1 I sale to reduce stock. All goods will be sold for cash i s | or Rank able Note. J I p Sale started Wednesday Jan. 17th Ends Feb. 3rd. j | | Come in and take advantage of cost prices ■ | S During This Sale Only 25 o cent off on all HEATING STOVES I | And 20°|o off on j : | ALL COOK STOVES and RANGES | - JF IS to fl Buy Your Spring Implements at Cost | « K Take advantage of this sale and buy what you need for | tr ' THE SPRING g » al a SCHAUB, GOTTEMOLLER AND CO. n : X. —WWIWWSSgWIW* J" 1 11 . I I ..■lull Illi I «—p s

i _ both physically and mentally, was very great, and to the last she took an active part in the charitable work of the city, being the founder of several charitable orders of Seattle. During , the past five years she had been to Europe twice, and her activity was very notable for one of her age Her maiden name was Sarah B. Kellogg. She was born in Maine, but her girl- , hood was spent in Waukegon, ill.. where her marriage took place to Elisha P. Ferry, a prominent attorney. i they later going to Washington. F.x- --' cept for the time spent in Olympia, during Mr. Ferry’s several terms as . governor, their life in Washington , was spent at Seattle. Governor Ferry died October 14. 1895. Mrs. Ferry . leaves three children—Mrs. Leary, < 1 James and Pierre Ferry, of Seatie. PUBLIC SALE. — | The undersigned will offer for sale at his residence, 414 miles southwest iof Decatur, or 2 miles north and •% mile west of Mo'iroe, on Monday, January 22, 1912, oeginning at 10 o'clock a. m.. the following property, to-wit: Eight Head of Horses: One bay draft mare, 6 years old, in foal; 1 bay draft j mare, 9 yea-a old in foal; 1 general purpose mare, ‘ years old, in f oal; 1 ; sorrel mare, coming 3 years old in; spring: 1 brown mare, coming 2 years i old in spring; 3 spring colts. Four Head of Cattle: One 6-year-old cow. I Jue to be fresh in February; uno good I heifer, wid be fresh in Marob; 2 spring I calves. and Sheep' Four | brood sows, v-LI farrow in March and April; 20 snoats; 15 Shropshire owes, II Shropshire buck. Farmins: Implements: One Milwaukee binder, McI Cormick nrwer, a new Deere corn i, planter, John Deere riding breaking I plow. 2-horae breaking plow, spring [tooth harrow, spike tooth harrow. ; Rock Island hay loader. Turnbull wagi on, hay ladders, set double harness, , grain drill, seven dozen chickens, about 150 bushel of oats, about 400 ", bushels com in crib, cultivator, mud > boat, wheelbarrow, drag, some corn ! fodder and numerous other articles » not mentioned. 1 Terms—All amounts of $5 and unr der, cash in hand; over $5 a credit of I*l months will given, the purchaser ■ giving note with approved security; 4 1 per cent off ror cash. No property removed until settled for. GEORGE COLCHIN. John Spuhler, Auct. s Fred Fruchte, Clerk. I ♦»- -- — 500 copies of latest in sheet music, I Just arrived; 10c copy.—Yager Bros, ft Reinking. Jst4

EASI fiCWALO. East Buffalo, N. v „ uan. 19 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Receipts, 8,800; shipments, 2.855; official to New York yesterday, 2,090; hogs closing steady. Mixed, medium and heavy, $6.5'1; Yorkers, [email protected]; lights, $6.15(5 $6.25; pigs. [email protected]; roughs, $5.70 @ss 85; stags, [email protected]; sheep, 17,000, steady: lambs dull, $7.00; cattle. 200; slow. OBITUARY CLIPPING Os J. R. Watkins, Head of the Watkins Medical Co., Received by Chas. Dunn. ME EMPLOYED MANY Death Came Suddenly While r on Pleasure Trip to Kingston, Jamaica. I Charles A. Dunn, state secretary of the Watkins Medical association, is in receipt of a-paper from Winona, Minn . giving a full account of the death :>• J. H Watkins, which neettrred in Kingston, Jamaica, on December 21st, and who was the head of the great Watkins Medicine company, spren I throughout the United States, giving employment to thousands. The Winona Daily Republican, the day following the receipt of the news of his death, contained his obituary, which was, with grief, read by thousands, who during his business career, became so well known. On his voyage with Mrs. Watkius from New York to Jamaica he became somewhat seasick, | and suffered from Indigestion, but on the morning of the twenty-first he stated that ho felt so well, that they took a carriage ride and called upon some of bis friends. Upon his return to the hotel he complained of severe pains and In spite of the best and prompt attention death overtook him within an hour after the attack. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. August 21, 1810, .and from his cnildhood days was an energetic, ambitious young man, and the founding of the coast-to-oast business which he established, will forever remain as a standing monument The funeral was held Sunday, December

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THE VALUE OF BEET TOPS FOR FEEL (By C. C. Lillie. State Agriculturist oi Michigan.) What value in dollars would you place on twelve acres of sugar beet tops, beets going twelve tons per acre? They are to be fed from the field the ; coming winter. 1 have no silo to put them in.—Livingston Co. F. P. S. So far as I know there has never been a careful feeding of beet tops and so their value would be nothir ; more , than guess. 1 have fed the n an I corn I pared them with corn silag -. My opin- ; ion is that a ton of beet tops is worth i as much as a top of corn silage, when • I liny ale led in an action with o. -er lOOUS. I don t thin : ney aro n kind e. food that you could feed liberally ami , i use for the entire amount of the suceu : lent food. But feeding one feed a day 1 th’nk they will take the place of corn silage. Now what is a ton of corn si- i . lage worth? People differ with regard,to tl value of that. It is probablj I ! worth $3.50 a ton. Now the next pro. osit‘o-1 is to know how many tons o 1 beet tops are on twelve acres of sug,i [ beets that will go twelve tons pe. 1 acre. F. P. S. can find this out better than anybody else that 1 know of. It \.i uldn l be a difficult task it he has 2 poll of platform scales to weigh the beet tops of an acre. I would like to kn< w myseit. Just judging the way an ordinary farmer wo-uld, I have come to the conclusion that the beet taps are worth about $lO per acre for feed. I can not give you very definite figures to prove this but from my experience in feeding I think they are worth about that much. I wouldn’t want to sell my beet, tops for less than that. , C. C. LILLIE. I Sugar beet growing will not only create a new source of wealth in Indi ana, but it will actually help in othe’ agricultural lines. The sugar in the beets comes entirely from the utmos phere. Six-tenths of the soil elements which the beets take from the ground are contained in the top of the beet. 31st. from his former home, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. King, with tAe Rev. T. S. Devitt of the First Con gregational church, ami the Rev. Frank Doran of the Central Methodist church officiating. Interment was made In the

which the farmer cuts off and fer - to his stock. The good cultivation • quired in raising beets fits the I admirably for ether crops The customary rotation adopted the Michigan tarmers is as followBarnyard manv'e is hauled on the •- I ‘ground during the winter months, an-1 in the spring the ground is plowed j •' a crop of corn raised The follow i:g year the farmer raises on the field ‘ crop of beets with commercial if. lizer sown with the beet seed, aeco ing to the soil. The next year iii»* entire field is sown to oats and seeddown with clover. The following ythe farmer takes off a crop of clove ' '■» in June, and a <■ -_,p of clover seed Oetou. |.,3t u r?i the ground latI the tali, and during the winter niontli.- oH , spread on it his barnyard manure, t . - ( beginning the second period of a K year rotation. The farmer? nave found true t which the official reports of Germa: .fully establish, namely- Thar win -- j they adopt a prop":’ rotation they -- I not only getting a good money crop their beets, but the yield ot r 0;... j beans, oats, and bav are act'iall' I creased by virtue of beets raised | true is this that it has <-opr- to recognized fact that in the beei d tricts of Michigan the farmers ' securing the largest yields per sen i all other kinds of crops w hich they II tate with their beets. The beet - ’lls not only a scarce of wealth in 1 . self, but it actually improves the ricultural conditions throughout tin - districts in which the beets are raisAnother word to the farmers: i 1 Place your ord“-s early for your b- ■ tools. Especially your drills, so tithe dealer may equip hlmaolf with I be necessary beet tools, as he must ord-- - ahead of time. Don’t think that y< grain drill will do the work. Yo” not regulate the depth of sowing, and ’ beets must be sawn shallow, not m<' than a half-inch deep T> ; .- deal*- 11 5 ? Decatur can accommodate you witi> 1 the necessary up-to-date Leet toolE. M. WAONBF, Field Manage: Watkins family vault in the Woodlawn cemetery. The business in charge U ’ Mr. DUnn here will be conducted tli* same as heretofore, everything to t continued as previous to Mr. Watkins i i death, and no change whatever will M a ' result because of his demise.