Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 232.

married today Mamie Kitson and Mr. Cornthwaite Wed at Noon— Event Announced TOR NEXT TUESDAY Surprise Friends—SprungerBrewster Wedding Occurs This Evening. Wishing to surprise their friends anu thus be enabled to get away from the city before any time-honored pranks could be played upon them, Miss Mary Charlotte Kitson, and Mr. Clarence Cornthwaite of Pem, were marred ’oday noon instead of next Tuesday evening, as they at first announced The wedding was a very quiet one and was solemlzed at high noon at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kitson, on Flm street, by the Rev. R. L. Semans, o the Methodist church, using the. nil r‘ng service. The bride was very pretty in her girlish frock of pure white. Only the members of the bride's ‘mmediate family, and the sisirrs of the groom from Frankfort were present. Mr. and Mrs. Cornthwaite left immediately after the wedding dinner for Pepi, where Mr. Cornthwaite is employed as a printer on the Peru Chronicle. His parents reside at Frankfort. Mr. Cornthwaite was formerly employed in the printing department of the Herald office in this city, where Miss Kitson was also employed as Simplex operator. Rev. J. H. Rilling will officiate this evening at a quiet wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs. Henry Sprungi , »h.« principals benig Abe Sprunger, jr. of Berne, and Miss Edna Brews er. daughter of Daniel Brewster, of Jefferson township. The bride will wear a gown of cream serge, becomneb made, and the only witnesses will be the groom s brother, Henry Sprunger, and wife. The couple will reside at Berne. Both are well known voting people of the county, who start their new life with every good wish of a host of friends. The bride has been employed for some time as clerk in a grocery near Geneva. o VAN WERT BOYS’ TRAGEDY. Van Wert, Ohio, Sept. 28—Wilbur Witherow, aged 16, son of John Witherow, was instantly killed late Friday b’temnon when a 32 calibre rifle in rhe hands of Poe Harbaugh, aged 15, a playmate, was accidentally discharged. Th. boys were alone at the home of a braham Harbaugh on Burt street, and were examining the rifle when the unfortunate accident occurred. Toung Harbaugh held the gun, and forgetting that it was loaded, permitted liis hands to slip off the cocked hammer as he was handing the gun to his companion for inspection. The weapon was discharged and the b illet struck the Witherow lad in the breast just nbove the heart. The boys were pupils at the Second ward school and were spending a half holiday togetnet x, f. ..i— ■ ER'E BRAKEMAN DIES "netting between two cars of a ireight train while connecting the air hose, Arthur Herneise, of Huntington, a brakeman for the Erie railroad, suffered the loss of a leg near the hip and died within a short time after reaching the Huntington hospital While Herneise was between the cars with his right leg across the rail, the engineer started ahead without warnto tatte up the slack in the train. Horneise's leg was caught under the wheels at a point a short distance below the hip and crushed. He managed to extricate himself from his position and after suxgical aid had been given to him at Servia he was taken to Huntington on a passenger train. He died, however, shortly after reaching the Huntington hospital. TEACHERS’ SALARIES ALLOWED. The meeting of the school board Friday evening was a very quiet and ordinary one, the only thing done being the allowance of the teachers' salaries for the first month just closed, and a few other bills. Unless there is a special call, there will te no meeting until the regular time, the last Friday in October.

DECATUR DALLY DEMOCRAT

BLUFFTON MEN VISIT HERE L. C. Davenport and Frank Eble, of the drug firm of Davenport and Eble, owners of several drug houses in Bluffton and of the Enterprise Drug store, tiiis city, were business visitors here yesterday afternoon Carl Bonham, manager of one of the Bluffton stores, known as the Publiq Drug Company, was also with them, as was Wilber Oman, who is bookkeeper for the several stores, Including the Decatur stores. Frank Ehle is manager of one ot the Bluffton stores. ' They visited here with Herb Borrughs, who is manager of the local store, which was purchased recently from Page Biackburn. BEVERIDGE HERE Albert J. Beveridge Arrived Here at 1:30 O’clock to Speak to Crowd • # OF PERHAPS 500 A Program Carried Out— Will Speak at Muncie Tonight. Albert J. Beveridge, Hull Moose candidate for governor of this state, arrived in this city from Fort Wayne at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon and at once was taken to the Murray house, where about forty of the leading Bull Moosers were assembled to greet him. They made their' way to the dining room of the hotel, where a hasty lunch was taken. Forming a line headed by the ex-Senator and County Chairman L. A. Graham, they marched to the court house, where the following program was carried out: Call to order at 2:00 p. m.—County Chairman L. A. Graham. Song Invocation—Rev. Semans. Song. Introduction of Speaker—Chairman of Meeting. Speech—Senator A. J. Beveridge. Song. About four or five hundred people assembled to hear the senator. He

spoke for a considerable length of time and at various points was interrupted by applause. Mr. Beveridge is making the trip in a big Pathfinder “40” car, furnished through the of the Pathfinder company. He spoke at Ft. Wayne Friday evening and will leave here at 5 o’clock this afternoon for Muncie, where a rally will be given this evening. In the car with him were hfe private secretary, J. R. Blocher; J. M. Maxwell, a staff correspondent for the Indianapolis Star, and H. Knippenberg, driver. A FINE CORN CROP. W. A. Former Has Some Excellent Specimens of Corn. A. Fonner of Root township is justly proud of his fine corn harvest, and two ears of his corn, on exhibition at this office, are ample proof of its excellence. One measures 12% inches In length, ie 8% inches in circumference, and has 865 grains. The other is 13 inches long, eight inches in circumference and has grains. Each weighs one and a third pounds, and are apparently perfect specimens. The seed was obtained from Mr. Fuelling. / CRADLE ROLL WELCOME, .... bo Sunday Morning's Service at Presbyterian. Miss Jean Lutz, superintendent of the cradle roll department of the Presbyterian church, will have the annual cradle roll welcome service at the Sunday school hour tomorrow morning. Invitations have been issued to the babies and their mothers, and a special program will be given at this time. A cordial invitation is extended to all. THE BASKET BALL TEAM. The high schol basket ball team will begin using their hall on Madison street in about theree weeks. They have rented the rooms to the independent team until that time, but they will be ready by November Ist with a team that will well represent the Decatur high school.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

THREE DAYS’ MEET , District Christian Endeavor I , i Convention Held at Berne Next Week. BEGINNING ON FRIDAY And Continuing Over Sunday—Will be Held at the Mennonite Church. The Christian Endeavor societies of the Fort Wayne district will hold thetr annual convention at the Mennonite church in Berne the latter part of next week, commencing on Friday and continuing over Sunday and in attendance there will be deleg-ates from the different societies in Decatur. It will be the twenty-sixth annual convention ot the district organization. The state secretary. Miss Florence F. Lanham of Indianapolis will be present, as will also Prof. P. P. Bilhorn of Chicago, and other prominent Epworth league workers. In fact it i= expected that the convention will be the most interesting district affair e'er held by the societies, and Berne is making great preparations for the entertainment of the delegates attending. The Mennonite church in which the* tessions of the convention will be held is the second largest church in Indiana and a beautiful one. In its basement rooms the ladies' society of the congregation will serve dinners and suppers on Saturday and Sunday, ar 1 15 cents for a single meal, or two meals for 25 cents. The musical program will be a feature of the convention. This, in part, will be furnished by a large chorus choir of the Mennonite church. A special program will be given on Sunday afternoon during the meeting of the convention. This is the chorus choir, which some weeks ago, under the direction of Prof. O. E Richard of Fort Wayne gave a splendid concert that attracted wide attention. o

ANOTHERPROGRAM Os Exceptional Interest Will be Given by Epworth League Sunday. AT THE M. E. CHURCH i Address and Music, Both Instrumental and Vocal, Will be Given. The attendance at the Epworth League session on Sunday evening at the Methodist church has been exceptionally good for the past several weeks. Mrs. J. C. Tritch will be the leader tomorrow night, and another good program has been arranged for that time, which everybody is invited to hear. The program: Song. Bible References. Song. Prayer. Song—Ladies' Quartet. “Making the Most of Disappointments" —Mrs. Emma Daniels. Piano Duet—Erwin Merry, Miss Crystal Kern. “The Disappointments of Jesus” — W. J. Myers. Vocal Solo—Miss Hallie Leonard. Piano Duet—Miss Nellie Nichols, Miss Vera Hower. Song and Benediction. e GOTTSCHALK BABE. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk of Ottawa, Ohio, are happy over the arrival of a son, who has been named John S. The (babe was born at the home of Mrs. Gottschalk’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Simison, at Berne, where she had been for a few weeks. Mrs. Gottschalk was Miss Nell Simison before her marriage. The babe is the second in the family, the older child being a girl.

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, September 28. 1912.

IS NOT A SPY. W. R. Brown, a bricklayer employed in this city, wishes it understood that he is not a spy, as he has been accused. He says that he was seen talking with Marshal Peterson, the only man he knew in town, and others thought he was spying for the po- 1 lice department, and that he is not in * the employ of the police department. — o BASE BALL GAME. i A very exciting game of base bail 1 was played Friday afternoon when the team of the West Ward school crossed bats with the seventh gra le team of the Central building. The game was lively throughout, and the West Ward succeeded in carrying off the victory, the score being 8 to 4. FIVE GOOD ONES Numbers on the High School Lecture Course This Year The Best Ever ARE SELLING TICKETS Boys and Girls are Hustling —First Number, the Pierces, Last of October The High School boys and girls are hustling just now and for a cause that is deserving of encouragment. I They are selling season tickets for the best lecture course ever given in Decatur. There are five big numbers in this years course, each a treat for the ■ public who will take advantage there-; of It costs more, out those in charge I feel that because of the support given 1 in the past the Decatur lovers of this form of entertainment are deserving, of the best. The tickets sell at 11.50 each and they are worth more. The' first number wil be Harry Raymond Pierce and Zulette Spencer Pierce in sketches and short plays, coming the last week in October. Others on the program are Sylvester A. Long, the; man who says things; The Euclid Male quartet; The Victorian Serena-' ders, two ladies and two gentlemen and Albert Edward Wiggam, ’the apostle of efficiency," Indiana sfunniest man, who came here last winter : and was almost frozen out. We insist ; that he be given a warmer date this year for we heard just enough of him to want to have more. When the young folks call on you, dig up the $1.50 and take it from us that you will never regret it. OLD FOLKS DAY i I I The Methodist Church Will Hold an Old Folks’ Service Sunday. SERVE BIG DINNER — To the Old Folks Who Will Then Stay for Afternoon Services. ' The Methodist church will hold an oid Folks’ service at the church Sun-1 day morning at which it is expected t-very old member of the church will be present, and to which all old people are especially invited. Automobiles have ben secured which will call at the home of those who cannot walk i to the church and convey them to the ! church where the morning service' will be held, appropriate songs and sermon will be had. Should there be any whom the committee failed to see and who would like to ride to church they will be sent after immediately, if they will ’phone to the pastor, number 150, Sunday morning. The ladies of the Mite society will -serve a dinner at noon to the old people, chicken and noodles, and in the afternoon the “Love Feast" service will be held, commecing at 2 o’clock. This meeting will be of interest to all and all are welcome. The yearly old people’s meeting is a successful feature of the church and is held every year in the fall.

WORD RECEIVED Mczeppa Carnival Company I Notify Committee Men Will be Here Soon. TO MAP OUT TOWN i ■ Will You Loan Your Auto One Day?--Hcadquartcr» Will be at Library. The amusement cepimltter of the | Old Home Week is a happy bunch to- > day About a month ago they contract ed for the famous Mexeppa Carnhii company to take care of the midway here, but since that time they hat been unable to hear from them and with the show only two weeks away they were getting rather nervous Friday evening they received a reply to a message, however, that the representatives of the company would arrive here the first of the week to ad vertiee and lay out the town This Is ample assurance that the amusement part of the program will be well tak 1 en care of. If you own an automobile, and you are public spirited you can make a hit with the advertising committee by offering the use of your car for on<day to advertise the county. Won t you please? It’s a big job and you ought to spare one day, to make this ! event a big success. Be a good fellow and thaw out. It is practically assured that the headquarters for the Old Home Week will be at the library, where every a: ! rangement possible will be made for ' the comfort of t|»ose w ho report there A register will be kept and each per | son from a distance who calls will re j ceive a souvenid. The information I bureau will also be established there. The big twelve-page edition of the Daily Democrat will be out Monday. ■ It will contain a complete list of those ; Invited. The advertising has all been taken and it will be a paper no doubt i highly valued by those who are watch-(Con'-aueeon ffkge 21 REPORT IS FILED Appraisers Fix Value of Ft. Wayne & Springfield at $403,491.00. WAS A RIG TASK Completed by Appraisers’ i Board and Filed Today in Court. J . The total appraisement of the prop- | erty of the Fort Wayne & Springfield i railway, as reported to court this ' morning in the receivership case, by 1 the -eceiver, French Quinn, is listed lat $403,491. Tile appraisement was made by C. F. Franklin, R. F. Cummins and A. R. Bell, who were recently appointed by the court as such, and the report is a very • voluminous one The recapitulation shows the appraisement of the following general items in detail; I Office fixtures, $389; directors' room, $145.75; farm produce on hand, $239.66; track and roadway, $265,000; equipment, $40,290; overhead system, 840,000; power house and contents, $32,150; car barns and contents, $ >,• i 420; real estate $12,350; sidings com- [ plete, $14,400; miscellaneous material at power house, $2,609.65; miscellaneous items at gravel pit, $2,422; miscellaneous material at power house, $266.45; tools and supplies at shops. $1,052.25; blacksmith tools, $100; supplies in store room, $3,276.30; track tools and supplies in charge of roadmaster, $895.70; printing matter, $172.05; cost of Portland extension to date, $21,644.78; list of material on hand for southern extension, $3,727.71, notations of proposed extension, $16,640. BURIED AT ST. JOHN'S. The still-born child of Mr. and Mrs lx>uis Malland was buried at St. John’s cemetery Friday morning

FUNtttAL Off MM Lt BRUN, The o’ Mm wheww death nffred tit hej Ipie home at Cur ifftt ed Friday «v eOIM «’»«>» the «'|mef •cromtmnIll* 4 ••• lh« rtf • Mrt Hlimld*. oh Ninth IktlWtv Mhtll ftffr'HtCMlh Mt • fc Whj’h lbw ftwti *<*«*4i Urfi’ hri’l Ml ih r HrrtMrh • h *rrh Am Ihr hrW hM w l«« <!»•• . Will t»r hrfr Uh<H Ihr Hr% J HHlim of • thr (CtansHiml rhufth oTtkiairo lhtff«rmrnt took )4a»<’r Im lb» tiwMiur rwuMwry • l»r< M!ur •'f’fhrtrf | WINTER'S WORK In Decatur Offers Many Winter Jobs to Man Who Has to Work. MANY BIG FACTORIES Work Through the Winter and Use Large Numbers of Workingmen. Mom t««M> the wise »f iMK'Mnr always have an abuadaace of labor durma the Manner time, but very few are no fortunate an Decatur in tta offering for Mendy labor during the * inter. Plrnt. la peiata ot importance to common labor, cornea tbe Krick-Tya-dull tile factory Thia firm uses large atmlcera of mea. both winter and rummer, and during the cold season run almost day and night to keep up with the large Influx of orders which come at that time The winter force tn the past has usually been from lorty to sixty men. but it is believed that thia rec-ord will be exceeded this year as much new machinery has been installed The handle factory will run through the winter steadily and employ about twenty men in the factory and twenty to thirty men in the country a> teamsters. The Vail hoop factory will also emI ploy a large number of men both in the factory and in the country, getting out the timber and hauling it to the factory. The ('oil heading mill uses large quantities of men and their mode of operation la similar to the Vail factory and factory The Coll ph#t will use about as many men The Ward Fence company expertcnees a winter rush season also, and it 'is not an uncommon matter for them | to run night and day during the winter When in full operation they use itom forty to sixty men and work from ten to thirteen hours, in some cases running a separate night gang. The sugar factory will offer employment to some common labor, although at this time’ It Is Impohslble to give an accurate estimate of the number employed, but It will probably exceed any other single plant in the city, The period of employment here will be

about one hundred days and while running every day may be worked. Other butlinestr places employ from one to five and ten men throughout the winter and all in all almost every laboring man in Decatur may expect employment through the winter. A RECORD BREAKER The Stronger Love, David Fisher's great drama ulilch will be presented here Thursday October Ist, will pass into history as a record breaker. It hns achieved success since its inital performance and received the apptoI atlon of press and public everywhere. Not a melo drama it unfolds a beautiful story -carries an appeal and goes straight to the heart of every Ameri can man and woman Fisher Groos Fisher h(jve secured n really excellent cast and offer a magnificent equipment of scenery. WILL ENTER NORTHWESTERN. Dr. J. Q Neptune and son, Gregg, will leave Monday for Chicago, where tlie latter will begin a three years' course in the Northwestern university to prepare himself to enter the dentistry profession. He has had some experience in his father's office, and he will be well prepared to take up the practice when he has concluded his university work. Dr. Neptune will return Tuesday evening.

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FOUR SPEECHES Governt r Wilson Will Speak at Kokomo, Peru, Plymouth and Gary, Ind. ON OCTOBER FIFTH ■■■■ II I Will be °rincipal Speaker at Big Indianapolis Meeting the Night Before. Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 28— (Specal to Daily Democrat)—There is great jubilation among the democrats because of the arrangements that have been perfected with the democratic national committee whereby Woodrow Wilson will devote, two days to Indiana within the next few days. In addition to speaking at the Conservation Congress on the afternoon of October 3rd, he will address a rousing rally at Indianapolis at Monument Blase, provided the weather permits an outdoor meeting, in the evening, and on the following morning he will leave the city in a special train and will stop at Kokomo, Peru, Plymouth and Gary for speeches of some length. There will be no rear platform speeches and the addresses at the four towns mentioned will be for almost an hour. The moment Wilson accepted the invitation from the Conservation Congress. Chairman Korbly of the state committee got busy with the national committee with the view to getting the nominee for some political addresses. By persistently sticking to it he finally prevailed, and the above arlangemenis have been made as a result. It is probable that the meeting at Monument Place or Tomlinson Hall, in Indianapolis, will be the banner meeting of the year. Not only will the whole of Indianapolis turn out to hear a man it has learned to like and admire, but it is anticipated that thousands will flock to the city from the tour corners of the state, and the committee is making arrangements with the probability in view. It is thought that many marching clubs and political organizations from over Indiana will come in a body as in the ilays of old, and it is expected that a l-arade with plenty of red fire and skyrockets will result. It is announced iror.i the state committee that all such organizations from the oldest and most famous down to the small»st precinct club of first voters will be welcomed and a place assigned them. All clubs intending to avail themselves of this opportunity to participate in a rally that is destined to be historic should notify the committee of its Intentions. Mr. Wilson will not be able to i the night of the 4th in the state owing to the fact that he is forced to leave Chicago at 8 o’clock that evening tor the west, and the meetings on the 4th will all be in the day time. ( Mr. Wilson will return to Indiana for a day later in the campaign, but his present visit will be the most im-1-ortant of the campaign. As soon as the committee has consluded its arrangements for the Wilson meetings, end the nominee has come and gone, it will be forced to begin making its arrangements for the reception of Wil liam Jennings Bryan, who will devote three and possibly four days to Indiana. In the meanwhile Senator Kern and Senator Shively will.be busily engaged upon the stump, and toward the close of the campaign it is probable that Governor Marshall will make a swing around the state. —o TO TRAIN FOR NURSE Miss Neola Mayer left today for Ft. Wayne where she wil enter the Hope hospital nurses’ training school to fit herself tor this profession. Miss Moyer is a well known young lady who is admirably fitted for this work and will undoubtedly make rapid progress in her studies. For the past two months she has been the guest of her uncle, Henry Mayer and family in this city. o SYNOD LARGELY ATTENDED. Reports from the German Reformed synod at Franklin, Wis., are that over three hundred delegates are present. This is said to be the greatest number that has been at the synod for ten years. Rev. L. C. Hessert of this city and others of the county are in attendance there.