Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1912 — Page 2

DAILY DEMO CRAT *‘ubTi»hed Every Evening, Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rates »*»r Week, by carrier 10 cents j Per Year, by carrier 15.00: Per Month, by mail 2t> cents; Per Year, by mall $2.50 j Single Copies 2 cents Advertising rate* made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur, ndiaua. as second-class mai’. Adams county beet farmers who expect help should not neglect the important duty of looking after the s - curing of hand labor. If this is not obtained within the next two weeks, they will have trouble in getting help. Register May 9th. If you have any i doubt as to your right to do so, look ■ it up now. If there are any tangles,! straighten them out. Protect your | own vote. Every man who has the ' spirit of dempcrpey in his bones, I should be glad to do this. i RL. = - JiT liniil l ißMir M was the remnr? of Mr. RoosCTSlt; ®*- president. college man, literary genius, and once famed as a lion hunter. The remark was expressive, but sounds more like an interview with the manager of Jack Johnson, than the words from a candidate for the; highest office in the land. The victory of Roosevelt in Lllinois—and by the way that was some victory, when you consider that the foxy colonel was fighting against the president of the United States, who was simply asking for that which has become the habit —a second nomination —seems only to have spurred the Tait people to more strenuous effort. They will help themselves in Michigan, without a very high regard for the primaries of Tuesday. Ben Schrank who was on the sick list is again able to be out and at his post shingling hair and doing other tonsorial work as always.

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THE TOWN CONSTABLE In spite of the fact that several of ; the characters were secured only a f ew ’ys ago, and therefore had not m> me for study and rehearsal, the !■ , ‘The Town Constable,” a pretty rural drama, laid in Maine, presented at the opera house Wednesday evening, was a very good one, and well received by the large audience. 1 nearly every seat in the house being taken. The play was put on under the auspices of the Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors, under the direction I of H. Raymond Snedeker, who took the par tof Gerald Blake, the villain. Cecil Dare, his wife, and the heroine of the play, was portrayed in an excellent way by Mrs. Oliver Sciiug; Hiram Ridley, the elderly man, was represented by Ed Miller: Arthur Ridley, his son. by O. P. Schug; Pert Ridley, his daughter, by Mrs. Anna Ilancher; Nancy Ridley, the old maiden lady, by Mrs. C. J. Weaver; Ned Perkins, the town constalble, and bachelor, by S. E. Shamp; Cinch, the negro, by Luther Bone; and Si Stebbens, chore, boy. by Bart Schraluka. While every j r art was performed in a very creditI able and pleasing manner, that ot Ba: t I Schralaka, was remarkably clever and true portrayal Good specialties, including vocal solos by Mr. Schralaka, I Scott Ellis and ClifTord I.aDelle, vit ' |a witty character sketch and vaude-l ; ville stunt also by the latter, were | ' nil received. g. r,. & i. m'x-up. tit of trouble at noon tuda>" when aj freight train which was doing some j switching, the rear trucks of a loaded coal car tailing to follow the foregoing cars for more than a hundred feet, running along the ties until the roadbed was reached, and then sank ! ,nto the ground as far as the axle would permit, tearing up the ties for | quite a distance. Why the trucks should leave the track could not be understood by the trainmen, and it is thought that the switch might have been thrown while this ear was passing over that part of the track. A .tinning switch was being made at the time just north ot the Monroe street crossing, ail of the cars remaining on the tracks except the rear trucks of the above stated car. The ear upon leaving the tracks split a number of ties spread the rails tor some distance. Efforts to replace it upon the tracks without the wrecking crew were impossible, and it arrived as soon as it could be secured from Fort Wayne. No. 2, the southbound passenger train, was held until the track could be cleared and its way made passable.

DOINGS IN SOCIETY "Josiah Alien’s Wife’’ Tells' of Australian Travels at Shakespeare Club. A SURPRISE VISIT | Wedding of Miss Bash and I Dr. Porter, Jr., Will Occur This Evening. WEEK'S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Shakespeare—Mrs. D. E. Smith. Thursday. Presbyterian Aid —Mrs. W A. Low-1 e:. Euterpean—Mrs. Henry Heller. Queen Esthers —Leah and Veda Hensley. U. B. Aid —Mrs. John Potter. Florhul de Purin —Clara Bultemeier 1 Embroidery—Della Harruff. Needlecraft —Agnes Gillig. Friday. I Mite —Mrs. John Vail. Medical Meet —Dr J. M. Miller. A ' Rev. aflu Mrs. Earle If. l aiksr by ii.e ; : members ol !:.<■ ’••. K. church, in the 1 I parlors of the Mvthodict enuren Tues- ! day evening. Many of the members ! were present, ajid following a musical t program. Rev. and Mrs. Parker were i presented with a cut glass vase and a I cut-glass sherbet set as a token of, the esteem of those whom he has serv- 1 ed so faithfully during the past two j I years. Rev. Paiker was sent to Ricn-1 inond at the recent M. E. conference at Wabash, where be has a much larg i er pastorate, and wnile the members of the local congregation are sorry' tc lose him they are glad to know j that the move is an advancement. ; Rev. and Mrs. Parker left today for ' their new home in nlcbmond. —Hartford City Journal. Rev. and Mrs. I Parker and family, who were guests since Wednesday of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D Hale, left this afternoon j for Richmond. Mrs. Burton Niblick very pleasantI ly entertained tue members of the I 'Mothers' club Wedvcsday afternoon, j Mrs C. E. Beil also being 9 guest. ' I Needlework, followed by a luncheon,! were entertainment ‘.eatures. and Mrs. |

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| Dick Myers will be hostess in two j I weeks. | The wedding of Miss Hester Bash ' and Dr. Miles Fuller Porter, jr. will take ; lace this evening at Fort Wayne. ; i It will be a very quiet affair owing | ■to the recent death of the bride's ■ grandfather. The ceremony will take place at 6 o'clock at the home of Mr.' ■ and Mrs. Charles S. Bash, on West I Wayne street, and will be witnessed

— I — by members of the two families, the many invitations issued to the church having been recalled because of the bereavement A wedding dinner will | be served after the marriage service. •“ which is to be read by the Dr. David XV. Moffat, of Madison, wi.? has been a life-long friend of the bride's famI 1 *’ . I Mrs. Samuel Wyatt gave a farewell i dinner party for Mr. and Mrs. J. L. i Reitz before they left for their fui ture home at Merril, Mich. Those who i spent the day in reunion before su - ing sad farewell and who enjoyed the delicious dinner prepared by Mrs. Wyatt were Mr. and Mrs .1. L. Reitz, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geimer and babe, Mr. and Mrs Robert Laugermann, Idella Sherlock and Josephine Eiting. I Mr. and Mrs. Aaron T. Vai! of Fort I Wayne enjoyed an auto ride to this city, where they spent Wednesday aiternoon and evening at the Dan Sprang i home, being guests at supper. A number of ladi- s of the Presbyterian church are at Columbia City where they will attend the thirtyI sixth annual meeting of the Woman's ' I Home and Foreign Mossionary society of the Fort Wayne presbytery, : which opened today noon and will extend through Friday afternoon. The! opening prayer service today noon was conducted by J’ra. S D. Beavers. The Shakespeare club had a dew I cidedly interesting meeting Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs D j E Smith, when the study of Australia ' was continued. Mrs. John Tyndall was the leader and she did away with the ordinary style rd xrogctn by Introducing one in the form of tbe oldfashioned literary exercises. There was tho welcome address, several readings and soliloquies bearing on the subject, and then from the stairway, unannounced, came “Mrs Sa-1 tnantha Allen.’’ w ife of "Josiah Allen," I In her usual gala attire, and who provI ed to lie —much to the surprise of all, as they did not know that she was In i the city—one of their honorary members, Mrs. Jennie Fhhrman, of Marion. Ohio, formerly of this city. “Mrs. Allen" announced that she Lad just returned from a trip to Australia, with “Josiah," and proceeded to give. In her Inimitable way, a story of her travels. Then there was an Interesting debate by four ladles, as to whether it is more des.rable to be an Australian squatter or a Canadian farm- I er, the negative winning. MetulamcsJ John Niblick at,d P. G. Hooper were| on the affirmative side and Meadames

I I). E. Smith and J. S. Boyers, the ■ negative. The singing of the English,: ‘ and therefore the Australian national ! song, "God Save the Queen,” was a i closing number. MRS. BURKETT DOING WELL. George Burkett and daughter, Ve-’ i da, will leave this afternoon for Fort' | Wayne, where they will call on Mrr.

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! Burkett, who Monday was operated ■ upon for gall stones and a large cystic j I tumor. She is reported as doing as - i well as can be expected. The Bur-! | kett family moved here several ' ' months ago from Wells county, having i purchased the old Doak property on : I Monroe street. (Bluffton papers pleaue ; copy. I DEMOCRAT WAN7 ADS’

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