Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 42.

TIME OF PENANCE Len ten Season of Forty Days /to Begin With Wednesday of Next Week. AMUSEMENTS CEASE Following Are the Regulalions to be Observed at St. Mary’s Church. with Ash Wednesday, of next week, the Catholic church enters upon the holy season of Lent, or a time of forty days penance, extending until Easter Sunday, April 7th. During this time all amusements are to cease and a more rict or penitential Ofew- 'vance to be Iwd. The following SMI the required regulations prescribed Jor the diocese., of the Fort Wayne district, and to ba carried out at the St. Kary’s church, jthis city: In accordance with faculties granted by the Holy S«J, the following are the regulations fo| Lent for the diocese of Fort Wayqje Al Ithe faithfulApver twent-one and under sixty yeardtof age, are, unless legitimately ’ dispensed, bound to observe the fast of Lent. They a: e to taA only one full meal a day, Sundays excj pted. The full meal allowed on fast days should be taken at noon. But If for any’ good reason, the principal meal cannot be taken at noon, it is permitted to take the collation at noon and to put off the full meal till evening. Both fish and flesh are not to be used at the same time, not even on Sundays. g' A refreshment, commonly called a collation, is allowed , in the evening. No general rule as to the quantity of food permitted at this time is or can B be made: but the practice of the most regular Christians is never to let it exceed one-fourth of an ordinary meal. On account of the existence of such custom the church tolerates the use of bread, butter, eggs, cheese, milk and all kinds of fruit, salads, vegetables and fish at a collation. For the same reason it is permitted ter take in the morning some warm liquid as tea, coffee, or thin chocolate, with a little milk and a cracker, or a small piece of bread. Necessity of custom has authorized the use of lard instead of butter tn CONTI Ners» ers page TWO DISTRICT deputy W. E. Mackelf resh of Fort Wayne Visits Ben Hur Lodge Last Night. — A NOVEL CONTEST — Will be Given—Fort Wayne Team Will be Here to Initiate Class. W. E. Mackelfresh of Ft. Wayne, dis-' trict deputy of the Ben Hurs, was here Friday evening and paid the local lodge a visit. Mr. Mackelfresh gave j a t»ltf ’or the benefit of the order and there! were also speeches by others. Durin; tiie social period, refreshments were served. Seventy nine were in at tendance at this interesting meeting. ArAne-ements were made with Mr. Majkelfresh whereby the Ft. Wayne team will be here March 7th to initiate a largo class of local candidates. It is thought that there will be thirty new members to be received at that time Finns were also made for a £ fancy drill contest to take place on the Trida' before Easter. The contest will be between three teams of the local lodge the winner to be given a Hen Hur banner The contest will not ciose with this one trial, but the three teams will continue to vie for the holding of the banner. Those entering thejeontest will be an elderly ladies' team, of w’hich S. E. Shamp is drill master; a young ladies’ team, of which Mrs. Earl Butler is drill mistress; and a young men’s team, under thecharge of Drill Master Adam Weis. Th| lodge is making rapid growth, the total membership now numbering 253. Os this number 196 are beneficiary members and 57 social members.

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[ SPECIAL TY COBB ISSUE. The March Baseball Magazine which is a special Ty Cobb number, contains tiie greatest Ty Cobb stories ever writ- > ten and many heretofore unpublished facts about the king of all ball players. This special issue contains features on boxing,, six-day bicycling and stories by Hugh Jennings, William A. Phelon, John Evers, Alec McLean, , beside a great detective serial story. I FOUR CENTS MORE Is Adams County’s Tax Levy for 1912 Than it Was for Last Year. I STATISTICAL REPORT —--- { Thirty-four Counties Decreased Levies Huntington Makes Increase. Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 17 —The an nual reports to Thomas W. Broiler, | chief of the bureau of statistics, from t county auditors, concerning county tax levies, shows that of the ninetytwo counties of the state, thirty-nine I increased- their county levies last September over the levies made the year I before. Thirty-four decreased their tax levies and nineteen made no ' change. The levies reported are for ountj purposes only and do not In- j • elude the state, township, city and town levies, which are made separate-! ly. The levies for 1912 just reported, ’ 1 are those on which taxes will be paid this year. Os the counties making increases, nine increased their levies more than 10 cents on the SIOO taxable. These counties and the amounts of increase 1 were as follows: Porter, 35 cents; i Huntington, 26 cents; Clay, 17 cents; ' Jay, 15.5 cents; Davies and Jennings, 15 cents each; Dubois, 12 cents; Franklin, 11.85 cents; Elkhart, 11 cents. Seven counties made decreases of 10 cents or more. They were as fol-1 I lows: Scott, 29 cents; Hamilton, 19 cents; Clark and Lawrence, 16 cents each; Pulaski, 11 cents; Pike and Wells, 10 cents each. Jennings and Spencer counties reported the highest rates, each levying 97.15 cents. Ohio and Switzerland counties were next, each levying I 93.15 cents. No other counties levied las high as 90 cents. Benton county, with a levy of 19.15 cents, had the ! lowest rate reported. The levies made in 1910 for 1911 and thos-3 made in 1911 tor 1912, in some of the counties are as follows?, :ie figures representing the rate in i cents on the SIOO taxables: | County Levy 1911 Levy 1912 I Adams 53.15 57.15 ■ Allen 47.15 48.15 I Delaware 39.15 39.15 ' Henry 34.15 39.15 | Howard 36.15 38.15 I Huntington 53.15 79.15 I Jay 31.65 47.65 Madison 43.15 45.15 Randolph 30.15 36.15 Tipton 47.15 45.15 Wabash 29.15 30.15 Wayne 45.15 45.15 Wells 50.15 40.15 —< i TONIGHT The. Last Night for the Shannon Stock Company at Opera House. Tonignt the Shfennon Stock company will close its engagement, at the Bosse ! opera house. Last night's bill, ‘'The ' Price He Paid,” was presented to a well-filled hduse and the audience was delighted. ‘Tonight, the last of iheii engagement in this city, the company will present, the first time in this city, "The Boy of the U. S. A." This is one of their latest and strongest bills. This company has given the best satis--1 faction of any stock company ever in ibis city; every member an actor — no dead ones, and tonight will be your last opportunity to see them. The 1 house should be packed to the doors. 1 Seat sale at the drug store at the same price—10, 20, 30c.. — - , masonic lodge notice. All members of the Masonic lodge are requested to meet at the lodge room at 7:30 o’clock this evening to 1 arrange for the funeral of Brother Ali bert Buhler. The services will be held ' Sunday afternoon and the lodge will ■ convene promptly at 2:00. Members I should be there.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, February 17, 1912.

WORK ON BUILDING I. J John Bolinger and Force of Men Are Laying Brick on the Lime House. AT SUGAR FACTORY I Farmers Are Preparing to Get to Work Early—Other Items from Site. John Bolinger, with a dozen assistants, are busy laying the brick on the I first building at the sugar factory site. I The first completed building will be ' the lime house, the walls of which ' have already reached a height of perhaps ten feet. With anything like fair weather the work will mow prog- : ress rapidly and a few weeks from now will see a little city of buildings erected on the site. Farmers are arranging to begin their work on the beet crop early in the spring. Those who did not plow ! in the fall should do so as early as possible now. The heavy frost will aid the crop, and if the soil is properlytaken care of there is no reason why every farmer In the county who plants beets and takes care of them should not realize a handsothe profit. Remember that a good crop of beets on your | farm means a big increase in the price ’ per acre you can get if you want to ! sell . i i ‘ ' ; Mr. Post of St. Louis, Mich., is here arranging to start a boarding house for the workmen on the new factory. He will probably move here if he can 1 arrange to get into the business on a , 1 scale large enough to pay him. i $ i Julius Haugk, who is furnishing the stone for the new factory is arranging to open his quarries as soon as the ice has gone off the quarry. He hopes to be in operation by the middle of, March. o THE YEAR’S WORK I — Will be Rounded Up and Matters Closed at Last Quarterly Conference. — AT THE EVANGELICAL Over Sunday, Week from Tomorrow—Annual Confernce to be Held in April. The last quarterly conference of the local Evar.gelical church will be held over Sunday of next week, from February 23rd to 25th. The presiding elded, the Rev. J. J. Wise, of Fort Wayne, will preside At this time there will be the rounding up and closing ot' the work for the past year .although the conference year does not close until April first. The annual conference will be held this year in Dayton, Ohio, the first week in April, and will be attended by’ the Rev. D. O. Wise, who has been pastor of the Decatur church for several years, and who has done an excellent work. There is much interest as to whether he will be returned here by the conference another ■ year, the appointments being a matter I ot great interest In the conference tics ' sion. The Rev. Wise is now in the midst of special evangelistic services, which are being conducted from night I to night with great interest and excel- | lent results. The public is cordiallyinvited to attend. LODGE DOINGS There will be a called meeting of the Royal Neighbors to be held on Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock, at which time ail members of the degree team and those belonging to the fancy drill are urgently requested to be present for the meeting. The Elks held their regular meeting Friday evening, with their usual line of work confronting them as on most all gatherings. A large attendance was present and a good time was spent by the many who responded.

A LINCOLN SERVICE Sunday at M. E. Church—G. A. R. and W. R. C. to Attend. At the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday morning the Rev. R. L. Se- i mans will preach a sermon on Abraham Lincoln The members of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman’s Relief Corps will attend. The music will be appropriate to the theme *. of the day. The sermon will be of value to the young people because of I the patriotic Instruction it will give, i o 11 WAS BADLY STUNGI I Allen County Widow Gave Up Good Pension to Wed Wells County Farmer. I SAID HE WAS RICH I He Ate All Her Good Jellies, Lard, Etc.—She Now Sues for Support. i i Bewailing the fact that she gave up her good widow’s pension and yielded to the beguilements of Peter Felton, a Wells couni-y widower, who claimed that he was rich and could give her a . better home, if she married him, which , she finally did, Clara E. Felton, a former Allen county widow, has found , that life with him is impossible and t is now suing for support. She wants - $75 a month, and a receiver appointed , to sell his $12,000 eighty-acre farm, located a mile and a third from Markle, ■ and also asks that the receiver collect > certain notes. The transcript and pa-' 1 pers in the case were received in the • : Adams circuit court from Wells county on change of venue. The complainant j recites that she was a widow and re- ■ sided with her two sons in Allen county, that she had a pension of $144 a ( year, and stock, including horses, cows, etc., and had a co-mfortable 1 , II I home. Along came Peter Felton of , Wells county, and beguiled her to give ; up her pension, marry him and'live happily ever after as his wife, surrounded by every luxury that he, a ' ' rich farmer, could live. She did. She! ! took him for her valentine and they j wer emarried. February f 3, 1911. In • four short months she found her j i dream cf bliss a horrible nightmare, i and she could live no longer with him, 1 Iso they separated June 9th. She says ; ■ that when they were married he repi resented that he had been a widower,' l I had not been keeping house for some ( ; time, that she should bring to their! I home her good supply of canned goods, I 1 jeliles, vegetables and her winter's . I lard and that he would pay her for ' i them. She took them, with chickens i and other things, valued at S3OO, where they were eaten by her spouse and the ditchers who were employed by him. She says, also, that she found after she married him that he owed a big board bill, owed for clover seed, ditching, tile, etc., for his farm, and also owed his daughter a $l,lOO mort- 1 , gage on the place. She says instead of the happy life she expected, he 1 cursed her, caller her a liar, threat-' : ened to strike and beat her, forced her to mend for a son who was not a member of the household, forced her to , cook for ditchers when she was not able and kept dangerous weapons *, about the house, on account of which she lived in great fear. She also said 1 . I ' , he did not contribute to her support, 1 and when she left him June Bth, she'. , went to live with n son, where she I now resides. I o LOST IN THE FOG. Monroe Township Babe Causes Excitement in Monroe Township. ' — Hemmed in and dazed by the heavy;' fog, the three-year-old son of Mr. and I Mrs. Ed Laisure of Monroe township, I strayed away from home this morning at 10 o'clock and was lost an hour. The frantic parents, failing to find the babe, notified all tho neighbors of the! I surrounding district by telephone and I all turned out in a mass to search. 1 I ■ The mother finally located the babe through her calls, which were answered by the faithful dog, which was with the child. The babe had strayed into a field and becoming overcome by' cold and wet, had sunk down exhausted in a fence corner. Had It not been for the timely rescue, the child would in all probability have soon died from exposure. It is thought no ill effects will result. i

BLUFFTON LOST I . Fast Game of Basket Ball Resulted in Victory for the Home Team. I PLAYING WAS CLEVER Good Game Also Witnessed i Between Freshmen—Portland Next Scheduled. The Bluffton high school basket ball team lost another game to the fast locals here Friday evening in the presence of a large crowd which enjoyed the sport immensely from start to finish. The home boys appeared in their same excellent trim, and with their fast and clever work victory was seen early in the game. The score stood in favor of the locals by seven points at the end of the first half, and in the latter half they ran away with their opponents, finishing the game with forty-one points to their credit, and Bluffton had twenty-seven. Good passing was made by both sides and the game proved to be fast, clean and interesting throughout. The work of Sherman Beery is deserving of especial mention, his work of the evening being above the average and it was greatly to his fine playing that victory came their way. The next scheduled game will be with Portland, next Friday evening in this city, and another fast contest is assured for this time The following is the line-up for both teams: Decatur Bluffton Beery Forward Daily Tyndall McConnell .... Forward .... Walmer Vancil Center Ware Peterson Guard Stout Lose Guard. .Poffenberger Field goals: Dailey and Walmer, 3; Ware, 2; Beery, 10; Tyndall, 1; Vancil, 3; Peterson, 2; McConnell, 3. Decatur fouled ten times to Blufften’s eight. CONTTNm; tfN PAGE TWO. ALL CREDENTIALS Have Been Obtained by Con Whipple and Sister, Blanch, to CLAIM THE ESTATE Left Their Deceased Mother by Their Uncle—Will Go to Toronto. All credentials for their claiming of the estate left by their uncle, C. C. Bowen, of Toronto, Canada, to their deceased mother, Mrs. Mary Whipple, formerly of this city, have been obtained by Con Whipple, and his sister, Blanche, at Howe, and they passed through this city today noon enroute from there to their home at Marion On arriving at Marion, Dr. Kimble, who is Blanche’s adopted father, will enliste dthe aid of the judge at Marion, : in drawing up the necessary palters, and the Whipple heirs will then go to Tenorio, Canada, to claim tiie estate. The exact amount is not definitely known, but from letters from Mr. Bowen's landlady at Toronto, it Is said he left money, diamonds, and an amount of real estate. Mr. Bowen was an agent for an express company hi Toronto. He was a thirty-secend degree Mason, a Knights Templar and also an Odd Fellow’, having been a member of the last named at Lafayette. Tho Whipple heirs came to this city Friday noon from Marion, and then went to Howe, where they learned the secretary of the regiment in which their uncle served in the civil war, resided, and from whom they knew they could secure information regarding their long-unknown uncle. — —-o CALLED BY DEATH. A. P. Beatty received a message at a late horn this afternoon apprizing him of the death of a cousin, Miss May Trescott. of Frankfort, Indiana. Mr. Beatty will leave tonight over the Clover Leaf to be in attendance at the funeral, which will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

> K. OF. C. MEETING. The regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus will be held on Monday evening and the regular routine of I business matters will be up before the members for discussion. They also wish to call the attention* of the public to the pedro party and dance to be given on Tuesday evening, which will be the last evening of entertainment before lent. COURT HOUSE NEWS Evidence Concluded This Morning in Hamrick Case —Arguments Later. A. J. TEEPLE WILL ) 1 1 Probated Today—Claim in Van Camp Estate Will 1 i be Compromised. i , The evidence in the Hamrick diI vorce- case, which had been on trial I since Thursday morning, was concludI ed this morning at 10:30 o'clock. The arguments of the lawyers were defer- - red until a later date. > The Andrew’ J. Teeple will was probated this morning upon oath of J. 11. I Stone,’ who, with Simeoa B. Fordyce, were subscribing witnesses. The will was executed March 21. 1908. To his son, Charles D. Teeple, and his grandi son, Oscar Teeple, he gives certain real estate in this city, described in i the will, and to the grandson, also, ■ a special bequest of a bed. All the j remainder of the real and personal es-j - tate is bequeathed to Charles D. Tee- ■ pie, who is named executor, he to serve without being required to give • bond. Laura A. Van Camp, executrix of the Anson Van Camp estate, filed petition for authority to compromise a SSOO claim of John C. Leiter against the estate, which claim is pending in a suit in Wells county. Agreement to compromise for $225 was made and the i court granted the petition. The inventory filed by Nathan B. Shepherd, guardian of Alexander Bolds, an infirm person, w’as approved. Additional bond was ordered in the sum of $12,000. Henry Pfeiffer vs. Herbert L. Sommers et al., case from Allen county. Demurrer to first paragraph of com plaint sustained. Separate exception by plaintiff. Leave granted plaintiff to amend first paragraph of complaint. ■ Demurrer to second paragraph of complaint overruled; exceptions by -defend Sommers. I In tho Mills -Rupright partition case, final judgment and decree for partition was rendered by agreement of the parties. * Martin Miller vs. Dallas Butler et , al. Answer filed by defendants. , The Brackenridge Co. vs. Pfeiffer et 1 al„ case has been set for trial March ‘ 26th. William J. Ba rzne vs. Henry ’ Knapp, foreclosure of mechanic's lien. * Demurrer overruled; exceptions by ’ defendant; answer in three para- ’ graphs filed; rule to reply to 2nd and 1 3rd paragraphs and set off in one paragraph filed; counter-claim in one para graph filed. Rule to answer counterclaim. » I t Real estate’ transfers: James B. i Sales to Simeon Sales, quit claim deed - to 10 acres, Hartford tp., $10; Delilah > Hoffman to same, $35; Philip Sales to ) Simeon Sales, quit claim deed to real- . ty, $35; Rich Clark to Simeon Sales, . realty. Marriage license: Opal Marie Ray. 1 born October 20, 1893, daughter of Elmer J. Ray, to wed Jennie Bevington, 1 born January 10, 1891, merchant, son ’ of Jacob C. Bevington. The Gert Reynolds trial is set for Monday. — (» ” A crippled tramp was taken up Frit day night by Night Policeman Melchi : and lodged In Jail. He was drunk and had hid his peg leg under himself to . more effectually beg the alms he de- - sired. He attracted too much atten- ■ tion, however, and it was necessary to haul him to jail in a cart. He has 1 not yet been arraigned.

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THE MONROE GRIST “American Knots, Split and Unsplit,” Subject of Monroe Lecture. NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Helen Pence, Formerly of Monroe. Claimed by Death at Newton, O. Monroe, Ind., Feb. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Sherman Culp will again visit Mcnroe on next Friday Night, February 23rd, at the assembly room of the school house, when he will deliver one of his best subjects on “American Knots, Split and Unsplit.” All who were fortunate enough to hear him last year will remember his lecture on “The Uncrowned King,” which was one of bis masterpieces, and was ably handled. Dr. Culp is one of the kings of the lecture platform today and no critic has ever pronounced him less than the best philosophic student of great themes, with tremendous convictions, and he has a message brilliant with satire, wit and humor, yet voiced in tenderness and pathetic appeal. He is recalled time and again to the same place to repeat his famous lectures. With rare charms of eloquence he carries his audience from laughter to tears, but only to intensify truth and make it more effective, cosmopolitan in manner and matter, he appeals to and inspires all classes and ages. Truly he has been said to be a man with a I worth and mission. No more able and j grander speaker has lectured in Adams county in years. Monroe has been more fortunate than some of her neighbor cities in that Professor East is closely connected with one of the largest lecture bureaus in the middle west, having acted as their representative for the past year, and he Is enabled to secure the best talent available. The management claims that Dr. Culp is one of the finest and ablest men on the platform. Don’t forget the date and place—at the school house on Friday, February 23rd. < \ At a meeting held by the stockholders of the Monroe State bank on last Thursday afternoon the business of the past year was gone over and was found to be far above the expectations CONTTNTTEB ON PAGE TWO. A LONG RESIDENCE Jerry Archbold Has Lived Seventy-six Years Continuously on One Farm IN ROOT TOWNSHIP This Runs Ahead of Record Made by the Wells County Pioneer. Bluffton papers have made a great Ao-do over the fact that Joseph Mendenhall has resided continuously in Liberty township, Wells county, for seventy-one years. Adams county and Root township, in particular, can beat that. Jerry Archbold, a pioneer Root township resident, father of William Archbold, city treasurer, and democratic nominee for county treasurer, has resided in Root township continuously for seventy-six years. What is more, he has practically lived that entire period on one farm, a mile and a half west of the Heckman mill. Mr. Archbold came here in 1835 with his parents and settled on forty acres in Root township. Later, the son, Jerry, purchased twenty acres of this forty, and later eighty acres lying across the road, he maving from the twenty acres to the eighty. Mr. Archbold is in his eighty-third year and bids fair to live many, many years longer on his farm. G. A. R. NOTICE. All members of the G. A. R. are requested to meet at the hall at 10:00 o’clock sharp Sunday morning, to go in a body to the Methodist church, where the Rev. Semans will hold a epecial Lincoln day service.