Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 90.

AN ATHLETIC MEET Between Decatur and Bluffton High Schools Will be Held in Decatur. SATURDAY, MAY 11TH Date Finally Arranged by Profs. Worthman and Croninger of Schools. Auer £onie the a..ii A"... meet*, h. of the high b. is morning re- 1 ceived a letter fu ofessor F. H. Croninger, principal «. the Bluffton high school, stating that May 11th would be satisfactory for the holding! of the meet in this city between the : Bluffton and Decatur high schools. I The place has not yet been secured I but an will be made to get I Steele's ,ark, and the contest will be : called promptly at 1 o'clock in the I afternoon. The boys of the high school are spending their spare mo-' ments each evening and morning in preparing themselves for the meet. Good athletes are found in both schools and new state records are expected. The following events will constitute the meet and six contestants, three from each school will be allowed in each event: Fifty-yard dash, 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 440yard dash; one-half mile run, one mile run, throwing the ball, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vaulting, putting shot, throwing discus. The Decatur contestants have nol yet been named, but fifteen of the t best athletes will be selected. A return date will also probably be i arranged, Decatur going to Bluffton to play later. c N-1W? FOR BEET FARMERS. L. A Thomas, one of the field mon for the sugar company, has returned from Craigrllle anu vicinity where he closed up labor contracts with a large number of farmers. Mr. Thomas had some mighty peculiar experiences, and returned greatly refreshed in spirits. He has turned over a new leaf and will begin his work Monday morning with a youthful feeling, body and soul. ■ sift E. M Wagner left at noon’today i for Cleveland, Ohio, where he will i contract with hand laborers to come i to Adams county, for work in the beet 1 fields. He will return next Wednes- i day and will leave on the following I FTiciay for Chicago. That will be his ; last trip this season on the labor problem and those who want hand workers should get their application in if I they have not done so. — — 1 ANNUAL MEETING Os German Eu 'ding Loan Fund and Savings Association Held. he annual meeting f the stockholds: sos the German aiding Loan Fund and Savings association, held at the office of tbc Bowers Realty company, the re-election of the seven directors was made, and the three va-[ cancies made during the year we’ A also filled. A number of business questions were brought up before tuc , members, according to the genera! j routine of work end the past years' work, which was excellent, was also: briefly gone over. The three new . directors selected to fill the vat ancles are J. K. Moser, C. .1. Voglewede ami G. E. Steele. The following were reelected: Mathias Kirsch. C. S. Niblick, J. G. Niblick, Will Schrock. Otto Kirsch, lease Sellemeyer, F. M Sclti'meyer, L. G. Eilingham. The electlcn ] of officers was then made. Including Mr. Kirsch, president; Will Schrock,, vice president; Charles Niblick, treas-| urer, and Frank Srhirtneyer, secre-, Ury. —« NOW GREAT GRANDMOTHER. Mrs. Julia Moses received the glad nows of the hlrth of a great granddaughter—a baby girl, born to Mrs. Chester Place, ol L.uia, Ohio, Mrs. Place was Miss Alice Moees before her marriage and Is tbc eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Moses.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCR AT

p SERIES OF MODERN SERMONS. At the Presbyterian church Sunday evening, Rev. W. H. Gleiser, will deliver the first of a series of special modern sermons, and the public is most cordially invited to attend the I Services. The subject will be new, | and yet will be the discussion of old problems on which every person I should desire further knowledge. , I he theme for the first sermon will be Will not a man inherit Eternal Life, ; if he does the best he can?" There will be special music and the sermons ('should attract a crowd that will fill . the church. PLAYED POSSUM t • I , Monroe Man Refutes Claim limi ne Slept while ■ I Hearing Bryan Speak. TOLD THEM SOME About the Lecture When Asked—Tearing Down Landmark at Monroe. Monroe, Ind., April 13 —(Special to Daily' Democrat) —Monroe sent quite a delegation to Fort Wayne on Monday to attend the lecture of W. J. Bryan. Os course they report a good time, with the exception of. one of the party, who could not keep awake long enough to hear the comnlete lecture, and it is said that to was tendered the price of admission, owing to the fact that he had missed part of the lecture. But be that as it may, the aforesaid can repeat as much of the points made by the speaker as some of those who were wide awake, and says he is not always asleep, even if his eyes are shut. At the same time, two of the party purchased a bushel of potatoes at a fancy price, and car- ■ tied them home in ‘‘pokes,’’ thus re- , ducing their car fare. The point in : question is. Who Is loser on the deal? as it is said they could get the same in Monroe at the same price. 1 The supper given Saturday night by the Ladies' Aid society was a com-1 plete success and was largely at- • tended. > • Monroe is .gaining a reputation as ' having several of the finest breeding I horses In the state. They are those ' owned by Jim Andrews and are con-1 sidered fast stock and good, all-' around horses. Also J. M. Andrews, I the itopular horse man, has a fine sta-I ble of horses and fanners are invited I to call at these stables and examine the fine stock which Monroe now supports. Work has begun in tearing down the old land mark —the C. W. Hockor building, which was lately purchased by W. S. Smith, and will be replaced with an up-to-date brick business room in the near futons. The Berne Lumber company, locat- 1 ed at this place, is preparing to build 1 an addition to their already large building and will install a complete set of machinery in order to do their own sash and door work and sawing and planing. The firm is now und?r the management of Messrs. Stuckey and .Nussbaum, both hustling young men. The Monroe tile mill has already commenced making cement blocks, ' and has quite a number on hand. The ' ' locks are all right and no doubt theh will be a steady demand for the sup- ■ r’yA. 8. Keller left for Fulton county Saturday morning, where he will look 1 after the real estate business. Mrs William Sherer and Mrs. J. J Mayer attended the m'illncry open- I ling of Mrs. 0. F. Lewdiri at Berne | Saturday. J. Fred Mayer and Loo Scherer of Indianapolis visited over Sunday with tliclr parents here. Mrs. L. DeVoss and daughter, Doris, of Decatur, came on the Friday afternoon train to spend Sunday i with her Mrs. D. M. Robbins, and Miss Llbble Kendrick. South Meridian street-Portland Sun.

Decatur, Inai«ira. Saturday Evening, April 13, 1912.

ANNIVERSARY DAY J __ I 1 . .Arrangements of the Odd ■ Fellows are Nearing Fnal j Completion. , — — — ' A BIG MEETING 3 g is Planned for the Evening 1 of the 22nd—Degree Work A .Iso. 1 | Preparations are going forward I merrily toward having one of the larg- | est and best anniversary meetings ev1, er held under the auspices of the local targe commitI tee being uusy rangements for the holding of the ]

same on the twenty-second of this month. While the anniversary property comes on the twenty-sixth, in order to secure a well known Odd Fellow speaker for the evening the date was changed to an evening upon which he could be present. The musical program under the direction of the Rebekah committee will be replete with excellent numbers, both vocal and instrumental, and will represent the best musical talent in the city. The | active arrangements of the meeting are under the direction of Charles C. Helm, district deputy grand master, who is exerting every effort to make the meeting a success. The meeting will be semi-public tn nature, all Odd Fellows, Rebekahs, and immediate families being invited. Several sojourning members of the order have been invited and the evening promises to be one long to be remembered. In the afternoon the meeting will be opened at one o'clock at which time there will be five candidates who i will take the initiatory legree, and i six candidates who will accompany them in taking the other three degrees. It is thought that the entire afternoon will be necessary to give the four degrees, and it is probable that an out-of-town team will be invited to assist, following the action of the lodge next Monday evening FT. WAYNE WINS I ) I Decatur High School Girls’ j Basket Ball Team Loses to IT. Wayne Team j BY SCORE OF 11-17 Played at Smart School, F". Wayne Friday Evening —A Good Game. The girls’ basket ball team of the! I Fort Wayne high school in a game i I played at the James H. Smart school j gymnasium at Ft. Wayne, proved to be I rather "smart” in basket ball last even, when they defeated the Decatur high schoc' girts' Basket ball team by a score c* se'enteen to eleven. The game was t. good one and was witnessed by a large number of friends of the two teams, who were enthusiastic rooters. Among those from this city who witnessed the game were Misses Rose Dunathan, Bess Schrock, Mary Frisinger, Leah Hensley, Juanita Boch. The Decatur team included the following: Forwards, Jennie Ixmg. Grace Butler; centers, Veda Hensley, Dorothy Dugan: guards, Lillian Rice, Fanny Hammell; substitute, Glennie Mangold. Miss Clara Williams of the Decatur high school faculty, wns a refere\ . GOES l 3 VAN WERT. P. C. Masterson who for-seme timu has been in charge of a number of horses for racing and otherwise breaking them for driving purposes will leave soon for Van Wert, Ohio, where he will open up his stables there. His leaving here la owing to the fact that the track at Steele's park where he has been doing his training Is so rough and the commission will not put same in proper condition until the last of May.

JUMPS FROM INTERURBAN Near Kendallville—Head Struck Interurban Pole. William Spittier, aged forty-nine, living two miles southeast of Kendallville, jumped from tile Toledo & Chicago interurban passenger car due there at 1 o clock, while the car was going at a rate of eight mile.s a,:t hour. He struck one of the poles and suffered concussion of the brain. He was perhaps fatally injured. The supposition is that Mr. Spittk-r thought he had arrived at his stopping place and that the car did not stop, and he attempted to get off. He had. however, not arrived at the point, and no .me was to blame. The accident was witnessed by several who arrived in tills city Friday evening. Elks Enioy IBH|

J J -o sion Last Evening With Many Present. THE NEW QUARTERS Will be in Readiness for Them to Take Possession About May Ist. At the regular meeting of the Elks Friday evening the installation of the newly chosen officers was made and this, with the other doings of the evening, furnished a most interesting affair. Several questions of importance were brought before the members, there being a very large attendance and the action on the questions brought up spoke well for the lodgp in general. The new- hall r i jp’ m w ! talked over and it is belle, ed eve i thing will be in readiness by the firs of May when they will occupy th. e: tire third floor of the Morrison bulb! ing over the interurban station. ' I, following officers were instalk-t! Fi ■■ day evening. Exalted Ruler—Jesse Hein: Esteemed Leading Knight- - J h :t I Bremerkamp. Esteemed Loyal Knight—-Louis i Rice Lecturing Knight—Chas. N, Cl .isI ten. Tyler—Guy Dorwin. I Herman J. Yager was selected to j . represent the lodge at the national i i convention to be held at Port’-rtd,' ■ Oregon, in July. Following the work of inst illation ' ■ a social session was held, ending w,, . , a smoker, and greatly enjoyed by al’ GOLDNER RETIRES Sells Interest in Schlickman & Goldner Restaurant to John Bailey. THE NEW FIRM Known as Schlickman & Bailey—Goldner in 11l Health Cause of Sale. W. J. Goldner, late of Preble, who two months ago purchased a half interest in the SchUckmr" restaurant and bakery, Friday evening sold his Interest therein to John Bailey, who for two years has been connected with the establishment as baker, and is there conversant with the business in many details. The new firm will now be known a* Schlickman & Bailey, Mr. Bailey's partner being Henry Schlickman, who has been engaged I In business at this place for several years. The restaurant is the best I no country 4ud the high stanu rj will be maintained, Mr. Goldner di. posed of his interest therein on account ot 111 health and is us yet undecided as to what business he will take up. , Albert Strahm of Preble wns in the city today and stated that he was the purchaser of a laimbert touring car, another added to the list of buyers In that township. Thr tannbert is • fine car, finding a ready market whore In troduced.

SICK LONG TIME Death Claims Mrs. Margaret Koenig, Well Known Elderly Lady of City. SEVERAL AILMENTS End Came at the Home of Mrs. Mathias Shaffer— Funeral Monday. Policing an illness of more than a

ber home. Although .., ailing for some time she was bedfast for only a week but sank rapidly until relieved by death. She was seventy years, eight months and twenty- , four days old and was born in Germany. Twenty-six years ago she and her husband came to this county di- . rest, after their arrival settling on a fari}i. Nineteen years ago Mr. Koenig died, and since the she has for the greater part of the time been living with her son, Fred, in Washington township. She was one of a family jf seven children, five brothers and two sisters, all having preceded her to ( the better world. She leaves two children, Fred, of this city, and Mrs. Theodore Hendricks, of Berne. Ten grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held at 8:30 o’clock standard time, Monday morning from the St. Mary’s church, with interment at the Catholic cemet. ’ HAIN SPOILS DOCTORS’ MEET. ’ I account of the rain of Friday ; » ■ ning the doctors did not turn out for their regular monthly meet- ,' ...g at the office of Dr. J. M. Miller, i ur Jones of Berne, who was to have i ’he paper, was among the abi sent, so the evening was spent in a ' purely social discussion. FAMILY OF MANY I Is the Emil Egley Home, the i Seventeenth Child Born I Last Night. I SIXTEEN ARE LIVING — All Well and Happy as are the Parents of Higly Respected Family. Once again was the hospitality of I the Emil Egley home, near Peterson, opened wide, when at the hour of midnight Friday, the seventeenth child, a baby boy, was born to Mr. and Mrs. . Egley. Frank Egley, eld- | est son, was in the city this morning! passing out cigars for the father of I the new arrival, and staled that both mother and child were doing nicely.' The home of the Egleys is Indeed a 1 i happy one. Os the seventeen chll-1 • dren born to them sixteen are living, eight boys and eight girls, of which I i all but three are at home. But one' i child has been lost by them, a son of I twelve years, who about three years I I ago, contracted rash, terminating in ■■ the measles, later causing his death. II Three are married, Frank, the eldest. twenty-seven years, with n brother r 'and sister. The mother is forty-six I i years old, a strong, healthy lady, beIj It of German stock, whose tender ■ i ~iv for her children makes the home I happy, a. i-M by all. But little sick ■ I nets preva.ia In ttje Egley homo, all I - oeffiK healthy ai>d strongly built, and i- whose life In this %a> I. doubt dim I to the close, careful attention to vach | and all of them. The Egley family I io one of the most lespected in the •• I county and the now arrival will be e gladly welcomed by all. -, . o— —» n Miss txila Baker, v ho la employed o In Fort Wayne, arrived home last ori onlng to spend the week-end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Baker.

; PULL »AIR IN COURT. The court room of John W. Brannon, a justice of the peace at Lawrenceburg, was the scene of an encounter between two angry women, in which an umbrella and hat pins played important roles. Mrs. Frank J. Licker x was on trial for assaulting Mrs. Ralph C. Tilley, wife of a well known physician, who attempted to horsewhip her. after court ’ convened the women went at each other in hammer and tongs fashion and before the magistrate and his : constable could separate them their hair had been disarranged and their clothing torn into ribbons. Each was fined $l.O and costs. A SPECIAL SESSION iCcurty ArtoKaeser If

ABUTMENTS FELL IN Registration Place in North Hartford Changed to Bank Building. The county commissioners held a special session this morning to dispose of several items which were deemed important enough for immediate action. Mr. Zwick could not be present, but Messrs. Hendricks and Eicher transacted the affairs. The most urgent matter was to arrange for taking care of the Kaeser bridge in Wabash township, where the abutments have fallen in, making the bridge unsafe. Tne county surveyor was ordered to prepare plans and, specifications for the repair of same J which he did immediately, and the au-1 ditor was ordered to advertise for' bids to be received on May 7, at 10 ■ o'clock. Concerning the registration of vo- i ters in North Hartford township, the , place of registration was changed I from the school house to the directors' rooms of the Linn Grove bank and the' auditor ordered to give notice cf i same by publication. It was ordered by the board that Oscar Hoffman prepare plans and! specifications for a hog barn at the county farm and file same by the May I session of the board, he to receive ten dollars as compensation. A correction on the records shows: ■ that the contract for clothing at the county infirmary was let to Teeple, Brandy berry & Peterson, who were four dollars below their competitors. HERE NEXT WEEK. Won Highest Favors.—Yysilanti , theater goers evidently took heroic J medicine in heroic doses last week, j judging from the reaction following I the usual ‘‘chronic,’' apathy. "The I Cornell-Price Players" opefied for a I week of repertoire and the size of the audience increased nightly. The plays were all popular, with "Happy" Hal Price and Miss Florence Maderia, the co-stars, taking stellar parts. The company was excellent throughout, and each and every member won high • favor. The specialties were new and proved a drawing feature, in which I Mr. Price, the talented comedian, was ably supported by Miss Maderia. This little lady possesses a high soprano voice, of charming purity and sweetness, to which culture has imparted rare flexibility and compass. Her rendition of "Good Night, Dearie," wns a superb number. The theater was crowded for the Saturday mat':' ?, and for the evening presentation of I ‘‘Across the Rio Grande." Many were turned away for want of seats. Mr. Cornell has promised to play a return engagement next season.—Ypsl-1 I lantl News LECTURE ON "SAVONAROLA." Rev R. L. Semnns will glvo> lecture on "Savonarola, the Florentine hero, nt the Methodfat church Sunday night. This address will be of interest tn students of history and religion. Mr. Semanft has visited France and Is able to give the local color to the history that adds to the Interest. The male quartet has been secured to furnish the music.

Price, Two Cents.

BACK TO INDIANA All the Homesick “Hoosiers” Will be Given Invitation to Come Home. DURING SEPTEMBER Opening of the Beet Factory —A Harvest Day Poem on Old Indiana. A number cf the business men of Decatur are planning a big eclebratioji in Decatur for next September, when the first sugr., factory of old Indiana will begin grinding out granulated No. 1. It is the idea to have a several days’ combination home-com-ing, street fair and harvest day, with :is ’ he big - -

4 1 ' ’ " - I ’--‘A —hmm A meeting will probably be called soon to formulate the plans, and in view of the fact we publish the following poems wiilch have reached our desk and which read just like we would feel if we were away from here: "Homesick,” by Newcomb. I was born in Indiany and I’m pinin’ to git back, From these prairie winds that howl and snarl and., moan around my shack, From this empty, endless, wideness fur as I can see, And my heart is put nigh breakin' for the sight of just one tree. I was raised in Indiany and I'm wishin' I was back, Where the shiftin', shinin’ Wabash cuts its twistin’, trailin’, track, Plowin' thru the rustlin’ corn fields, loafin' under hangin’ boughs, , Where there’s pools to hide the fishes and there’s sbadeto cool the cows. My old home's In Indiany, and I’m heartsick to git back, . Them creeks and woods have got a voice these lonesome prairies lack, For there's nothin’ here but silence ’cept the never-endin’ cry Os the winds that mourn apd moan ’til I think I'll surely die. ■ And I hain't no wish for livin’ and the dearest thing I crave Is tc die and have it over, if they’ll only make my grave, Back there in Indiany where the Wabash twists and turns. Where the sun has trees to shine on and the autumn color burns. . Indiany's purt night Heaven, and I'm wishin’ I was home, If there's them that's thinkin' different, they’ve got license fur to roam, | Rut Heaven and Indiany's the two things I most lack, ! I’m a good ways off from both of 'm but I'm prayin' to git back. By Our Favorite Poet. I I know my prayer'll be answered, so back alive or dead, I I hope I'll git a Pullman seat, 'stead the baggage car ahead, i Back to dear old Adams county, where my heart has ever gone, : And the best folks on this footstool live, God bless ’em every one. Adams county, Adams county, I want to see "you all" once more. And you dear St. Mary’s river and to wander long its shore, And to gaze enwrapt on big Dutch barns and motor down your pikes, 'Long where beets have griund to grow in and the corn the sol! it likes. i If you wore raised in Adams county, bet you're within' you was bftek. Up there In old Indiany folks have comforts others lack, Adams county's purt nigh Heaven, darn’ whyever did I roam, I I just, envy folks as stayed there, Gosh, I'm wlshln' 1 was home. o— i "■ ■ ■ CUT HIS CHIN. Frederick, little two-year-old gon of Dr. and Mrs. ('. V. Connell, while playing with several of the neighbor children Friday afternoon, fell out ot an express wagon and fell In such » way that hlg little chin struck tho curb or gome other sharp obstacle, cutting a deep gash to the bone, and the attendance of a physician was necessary.