Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1912 — Page 1

’olume X. Number 234.

<RE THINKING I 3FOLD TIMES J flUrhe Letters from Old Decatur Friends Continue to E ' Pour in—Far and Near. k E4ANY ARE COMING i Every Blessd One of I ’Em Would Like to be Here for the We4k. fti h days brings many letters to illlßSßi l ' ary of Ohl Home Week W>1 W" I '' !0 ‘ e.oi>I > ed publishing these, but ■ simply been buried in the details publishing 6,500 sixteen pages as a B wrreciai edition. A glance at those that 10 r ® can,P iD tod * y re ' ealpd a number that 1 |fift re IIlie!ltil y interesting. Mrs. Lucile ■ K<ry sou Terrence recalls the days IK;»»•:» she and her chums used to patIKnnize Grandpa Hart s peanut stand. I Bs here they bought yards of licorice, I ®md heaps of jaw-breakers and all-day IK nnd then sauntered on to She was reminded of the fact her own baby came in and begfor a penny. I’ S Spaulding, now superintendent '|& t,ie schools at Winamac, Ind., Bjr ril " a that he wi ‘ ! oin th( ‘ crowd here Saturday, the 19th. George Nac.'iitsiil^^B r '* Ot (: ° shen Bend ® an acceptance: , s ''a’herine Number Leers of Eon writes that she will be here on KKhursday of the big week; Byron S. an old timer, now located Fort Wayne, says he will try his 'EjStvd best io land here during that o< - ■!. Burt Fuller sends a message on Los Angeles, regretting his ina to be here, but he says: ' Your 1 are 016 kind to ,nake things and your efforts are rewarded with —tiu- little city. Hurrah for. De.-a-Blest Be the Tie That Binds. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind. ■HB Sir and Friend.—The grin ions to the Old Home week in . of recent date re eivi .l and appreciated. We extend to ( committee one and all our sim ere rinks for the kindly remembrance. EKl'e were not with you hardly long to get naturalized, but fully BtjjjgDng enough to make many precious |HHSrien4Blups which will last through RW in,rt and et P rnit - v - Decatur looks to us. I will make a desperate | to attend at least part of the and Mrs. Powell will come along MHf possible. We hope and believe we ' f Krill have a great time and that the ’ company will gladly sing, Blest be The Tie that Binds Our Rrapearts in Christian Love " gy- Yours wholly, K ; SHERMAN POWELL. ffi£ Floyd Brittson's Recollections. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 26, 1912. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 28, 1912. ■K|i Dear Friend: —Your letter of j... ■■ hip weeks ago, announcing the old Week, with an invitation to - r ■. received. We would enjoy t'oof your city more than . ■K ’fls can express. My earliest rec- J of Decatur. It must have. on a spring day that I stood in of the old Dorwin drug store. • I can remember were two rows of Uggltame houses, a team of small mule-. j n mud, drawing the wheels of a farm wagon. Wlmt jjßjgiymtrast is this to my last recoil's From where I stood on that day. ,ooked wilh much pleasure only a weeks ago upon a city of paved ifK' r “«ts. a city of modern brick store tSa?iiiiliiings. a city of automobiles and I Kfiterurbans, a city of friends, a city of xsßhrift, a city of culture, a city of en- " S!aSm ’ a Clty ° f which mighty nations. A wonderful lj®l'"" n try is ours—and among her best I are those of our friends who | >n the city of our nativity. May fj-BB ” of all men prosper her and j her people ne’er forget His bles.-- | Sincerely yours, ■ W. F. BRITTSON. ? o J-' E. Crabbs Acknowledges. I W Chicago, 111., Sept. 30, 1912. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind. 5 Jgg Dear Sir:—l am delighted to ac- . Knowledge the receipt of your invita attend the old home meeting in on October 14th to 19th. It CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE ■n >

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

FIREMEN, NOTICE! There will be a meeting of the firewent at the city hall Wednesday night, commencing at 7 o'clock, to which every fireman should be present. At this time plans will be suggested for some display to be held during the old home week and your idea is desired. Be there is possible, o— - • RECEIVED MESSAGE. Charles Steele today received a message from Bluffton that his brother. Nelson Steele, was dying. He made arrangements to go to Bluffton at once. His father, David Steele, also accompanied him to Bluffton, where they will be at the bedside of their brother and son. o TORE UP HER HAT Mrs. Wm. Brandyberry Cites This as One Instance of Husband’s Cruelty. WANTS A DIVORCE He Also Threw Cup of Hot Coffee Over Her and Made Her do Farm Labor. Clara E. Brandberry alleges that her husband, William Brandyberry, was cruel and inhuman to her during their entire married life, since October 6, 1906, and she therefore asks a divorce, SSOO alimony, a temporary allowance of $5 per week during the pendency of this cause, and the restoration of her maiden name, Clara E. Booth. They separated September 28. She says the defendant is a farmer and that each year compelled her to work in the fields on the farm and de 1 manual labor, such as cutting corn, ! shocking corn and oats, -making hay . and husking corn. When she protest- > ed she says he accused her of want-; ing to stay at home to meet some other man. He called her vile names, | and accused her falsely of infidelity, i she alleges, and on May 26th struck her across the back with a large leath-' er strap, which loft marks and bruises I and scars, which remained for some j time, causing her great suffering. On ' July 3rd, she alleges, he threw a saucer and cup of boiling coffee, which struck her person, the coffee scalding her body so that the skin . came off, making sores and suffering for three weeks. On September 28th, the date of their separation, the climax came when he became angry, it

is further alleged, and tore up a $4 hat belonging to her, and also a suit case valued at $2. The complaint sets out that he has real estate valued at SI2OO free from encumbrance, and also SIOO in the bank, and a restraining order was granted, prohibiting him from disposing of this until the outcome of this case, or further order of court. The real estate is lot 82 in Monroe. The cash consists of $55 in the Decatur First National bank and S4O in the Monroe State bank. L. C. DeVoss is Mrs. Brandyberry's attorney. MERRIAM BARN BURNS. P-operty of Mrs. Julia Merriam North of Williams. The large barn with its entire contents, belonging to Mrs. Julia Merriam, located between Hoagland and Williams, burned to the ground about S o'clock Monday evening. The barn was filled with twenty tons of hay, between four and five hundred bushels of oats, and other crops, and the loss is very heavy. Mrs. Merriam, who is a widow, resided in the house on her farm, renting the land. . O I—— ■- helping hand. I The Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church will meet at the Sunday school room of the church Thursday afternoon and evening for the regular business meeting. There is lots of work to do and all members should be present. Mis. Hessert will entertain. ■a— WILL MOVE COLLEGE. Word has been received from the Riev. Hessert, who is attending the German Reformed synod at Franklin, Wis„ to the effect that they have decided to move their college and seminary to Sheboygan, Wis. This was the important question in dispute at the synod.

“DECATUR CAM AND WILL"

WEDDING BELLS Rang at St. Mary’s Church for Anna Rumschlag and John Heimann. A HAPPY WEDDING Young Couple Will Reside South of City—Entertain Friends There Tonight. The pealing of the wedding bells at the St. Marys Catholic church this morning at 8:30 o'clock, and the strains of the organ march, heralded •he approach of a bridal party, the principals of which were Miss Anna M. Rumschlag, daughter of Joseph RurwhW. and Mr. John E. Heimann, son of Joseph Heimann, of south of the city. Proceeding to the altar, they were met by Father Wilken, who, with the ring ceremony, united the lives of these two estimable young people. The bricjp was very charming in a gown of pure white, being embroidered net made over white silk, she carried a bouquet of white roses and smilax and also wore roses in her hair. The attendants were the brothers and sisters of the young couple, the Misses Mary Heimann and Rosa Rumschlag, and Messrs. Jacob Heimann and Lewis Rumschlag. Miss Heimann was pretty in a gown of white embroidered swiss over pink, and carried pink car- ' nations, while Miss Rumschlag wore ' white embroidered swiss over blue : and carried white carnation. After ■ the ceremony, the bridal party repairI ed to the Moser studio, where they ! sat for their pictures. At noon a sumptuous dinner was ■ served at the Rumschlag home south j g> the city, the guests being the aunts • and uncles and other relatives in the number of seventy-five. This evening one hundred twenty-five young people will be entertained by the bride and groom at their own home, which they had gotten ready in advance and which is located southwest of the city. Very many pretty gifts received by the couple testify to the esteem in which they are held. » .i i —i■ i Q — MARCHING CLUB Met for Final Organization Last Night and Will Hold Another Meet on

THURSDAY EVENING To Make Arrangements for Marching Friday—Uniforms Will Not be Here, The marching club organization was I completed Monday night with the report of the committee on rules. They reported their rules and the same was accepted as corrected. It was found that the unforms could not be gotten here for the marching Friday and hence no election of treasurer was made. The secretary, Ansel Bremerkamp, will act as'such until the election. On next Thursday evening there will be another meeting at which time the club will make arrangements to march in the demonstration upon the arrival of Ollie James, who will speak here Friday. Already seventy-five men have joined the club and about a dozen business men Monday night pledged themselves to bring in from four to six names by Thursday night, which will swell the club to proportions that will make an impressive display. There will be several speakers for the meeting Thursday evening and the meeting will be one interesting and istructive to the first voters of the county. Bring in your neighboring democrats and come yourself. o BOX SOCIAL FRIDAY EVENING. Roy Smith, teacher at the Mooneye school, one mile east of the St. Paul church, has announced a box social for Friday evening of this week. Os course everybody who attends will thoroughly enjoy this occasion and you are invited to be one of them.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, October 1, 1912.

ADAMS COUNTY ORCHARD Will Yield Monster Crop of Very Fine Apples. County Auditor H. S. Michaud was a visitor Sunday of Fred Thieme in Union township. He is very enthusiastic over the orchard on the Thieme place, which will yield from 150 to 200 bushels of fine apples Chis year. The apples are all perfect specimens, Mr. Thieme having gone into the orchard business in the true way, all the trees being sprayed and kept in the best possible condition. Mr. Michaud brought with him several fine samples of the fruit, which are on display in his office. One very small twig contained eleven perfect apples. A HORSE - THIEF Visited Our City Saturday and Left After Dinner for Van Wert. HOT ON THE TRAIL Are Officers from West Milton, O.—Say They Will Get Him Today. A horse thief, tall, weighing about . two hundred pounds with a companion arrived in Decatur Saturday morning and put up at a local barn feeding his horse and otherwise enjoying himself, bitching up and driving out of town again after dinner Saturday saying he was going to Van Wert, Ohio. Notice of the theft and the fact that be had been trailed this far was received here this morning by Marshal I’eterson and he at once began an investigation and found the additional facts. The horse stolen was a natural pacing mare, bright bay in color weiglp ing about 1625 pounds. The right hind foot was white with a scar and a small star also appears in the face. The rig was one with red running gears, Troy build. This morning the owner Howard Wheelock of West Milton, Ohio, arrived with the sheriff of bis county in an automobile hot on the trail of the thief and are this morning picking up his trail from here. It. is thought he will be captured today. o A. J. Smith will leave tomorrow for a ten days' trip through the south, including Missouri, Arkansas, Mississipi, Tennessee.

THE REALTY DEALS Dr. D. D. Clark Purchases D. N. Erwin Farm—Residence Taken in Part. NICK WAGONER BUYS X.. Gunsett Farm South of City —Will Build—Earl Butler Purchases. The 120 acre farm in Union township, two and a half miles east of the city, owned for ten years or more by 1 D. N. Erwin, has been purchased by Dr. D. D. Clark of this city, he to take I l*ossession December first. Mr. Er-! win has taken over in part consideration, the Dr. Clark residence on Third ( street. Dr. Clark will, however, retain possession of this until December Ist,' 1913. Nick Wagoner has purchased the forty acre farm of Henry Gunsett located near the county Infirmary south of this city. Mr. Wagoner will build a new house on the farm and will reside there. i >:? I < Mr. and Mrs. Earl Butler have purchased the Charles Walters new residence on North Fifth street moving to their new home this week. William Jackson of Dixon, Ohio, was in the city today closing a deal for the purchase of the forty acre farm which Ed F. Miller recently purchased from David Liby, and located near Preble, The farm has been tenanted by , Mr. Noll.

VIOLENT DEATHS In Indiana Numbered 264 in Month of August—Nine Were Murders. MANY ACCIDENTS Claimed Toll of 193—Lightning Killed Four—The Statistics. There were nine murders and for-ty-four suicides in Indiana in the month of August, according to figures made public by the state board of * ea t . Eight men and one woman were murdered and thirty-five men and nine women committed suicide. Accidents were responsible for 193 deaths, according to the state board's | r , ePOrt ' makin S a total Qt 864 deaths , during the month from ‘'external'’ j causes—l 92 me(( a n(l 54 womeu< • Six men were murdered by gun--1 shots, one woman was murdered by ( drowning, and one woman was killed Iby sta' I'* 1 '* Atld one beaten to death. Yix men used to kill themselves. Two men cut qwjj throats, and fifteen drank carbolic acid. Four women took the carbolic acid route of “passing out.” Four men and four women took other poi- ; sons which resulted in death. One i woman and one man asphyxiated themselves and one man killed himself by stepping in front of a train. In the accidental deaths twentytwo were from drowning, sixteen be- • ing men and six 'women. The drown ing total is unusually large for one month. Thirty-nine persons, including thirty- seven men and two women, were accidentally killed on interurban mads. Twenty persons were killed by falls. Six persons, five women and one man were killed by scalds and burns. Lightning struck four ) ersons and killed them. Fourteen were accidentally poisoned. One man : strangled to death bepause of eating.: Eight died from ptomaine poisoning. 1 Eight men were killed by electricity; and six died from injuries received in runaways.

A COAL FAMINE I w Decatur is Facing an Anthracite Coal Famine— Worst in Years. ;IS NOW UNLISTED I — And Only a Few Tons Are Received at One Time by Dealers Here. With chestnut hard coal unlisted ’ and almost unobtainable at any price, 1 Decatur faces one of the worst coal , famines it has experienced in years. . There is practically no hard coal in 1 the city and several of the dealers are I refusing to accept orders, not knowj ing when it will arrive here for de- : livery. They have enough orders on hands at the present time to take up ' several car loads and they have no idea when these will be filled. | In the larger cities it is estimated ' that the supply is from 40 to 75 per [ cent for this time of the year and all ! over the country the shortage is being noticed. Primarily the cause of the shortage here is due to the coal miners’ strike this spring and the large shortage in the anthracite output a year ago. This shortage is estimated at 7,000,000 tons. The congestion of freight and the shortage of cars is another reason given. It is thought the closing of navigation on the great lakes will increase the supply of coal in this section, but unless this comes by the latter part of October there will be little relief. Local dealers are receiving only a few cars of chestnut coal and the cold weather of the past few days has caused the demand to be great. Soft coal is plentiful and many of the people are using this, — ■—o Mrs. Uriah Grimm of Williams spent the day with her daughter, Mrs. • William Draper, at Monmouth. i

BOUGHT A BUICK. Nathan Ehrman, a prominent farmer o f Root township, Is the new owner of a 1913 moled, five-passenger Buick car which was delivered to him by the Mr. Lee of the company went to Indianapolis last week and brought the car up and after a thorough trial it was turned over to the new purchaser. ■ 1 .lll——.. — AT THE STAR. Tonight the Star theater will show an Imported film taken in London, England, at the time of the death of General Booth, the leader of the Salvation Army. The film shows the cortege which equalled the late King Edward's in richness and display. NEW STAMP SERIES Will be Ready for Distribution Dec. 1 for Parcels Post System. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 To be Larger Than Ordinary Stamps and Distinctive ’ -, s in Color. Washington, D. C., Cidt. I—Arrangementsl—Arrangements have b6en made by Postmaster General Hitchcock for the engraving and manufacture of a series of twelve stamps unique in size and novel in design for exclusive use in the forw rding of packages by the new pan els post. Under the law recently enacted by the congress, ordinary stamps cannot be used for this purpose. The special parcels post stamps will be larger than the ordinary stamps and will be so distinctive in color and design as to avert any possible confusion with stamps now in use. The new issue will be in three series or designs. The first will illus-; trate modern methods of transporting mail, one stamp showing the mail car on a railway train; another an

ocean mail steamship; a third, an automobile now used in the postal service; and a fourth the dispatch of mail by aeroplane. The second series will show at work in their several environments the four great classes of postal employees—postoffice clerks, railway mail clerks, city letter carriers, and rural mail delivery carriers. The third series will represent four industrial scenes, showing the principal sources of the products that probably will be transported extensively by parcels post. The stamps will be ready for distribution December 1 in order that the 60,000 postoffices may be supplied with them before the law becomes effective January 1.

MADDY TO BUILD NEW FACTORY. Work Started on Finest Ice Cream Plant in Southwest. . Ground was broken today for the new building of the Maddy Ice Cream factory, which will give, when completed, floor space of 75x75 feet. The new addition will be a one-story brick building 50x75 feet and will be located on the same lot of the present building, the old building having been moved south. In conversation with Mr. Maddy today it was learned that he will after the fair, close down the factory, in older to complete the new building and will add all new and modern and up-to-date machinery, which will give the company a much larger capacity and in order to accommodate his increasing business this new building and machinery is needed. George Maddy has succeeded in this business and by his uniform and courteous business dealings with his trade he has won the confidence of the public in this city and <TI through the section of the state and southeast Missouri, where he has a large business. When completed the new plant will be the most modern and sanitary ice cream plant in the country and will turn out nothing but first-class products. —Jonesboro Tribune. —o MASONIC MEETING TUESDAY. The Masonic lodge will meet Tuesday evening at which time the FellowCraft degree will be given to a worthy candidate. All members requested to attend.

Price, Two Cents.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Ben Ayres Sued for Divorce Before Wife Desertion Case is Finished. GOES TO THE JURY At 3:30 O’clock—New Partition Case—Jake Grim Case Filed. Benjamin Ayres is no doubt convinced that “troubles come not as single spies, but in batalionsAt noon today, when adjournment was taken in the case in which he is on trial for wife and child desertion. Sheriff Durkins served on him a summons in a divorce case just filed iu the circuit court by his wife, Grace Ayres. The couple were married April 26, 1902, and lived together till April 5, 1911, when she alleges her husband deserted her, leaving her I with HO means of support, so that I she has been obliged to work put to j provide for herself aud fiv e chiidrem I She says that he swore at her, cursed her, cadled her bad and vulgar names, and would ofteh leave her alone at night until midnight or 1 P’clock in the morning. During their marital life, according to her complaint, he failed to provide her with clothing, and she was forced to ask her parents and sister for aid in this way. When he left her, April 5, 1911, she was ill and unable to do her own household work, and he left her without providing a person to care for her, the children being too small to assist. He also accused her of marital infidelity, and stated to her that he was not the father of their last born child. They have five children: Edith E., aged 9; Hoyt, I aged 7; Doyt G., 5; Tillford, 2; Shel- | don L., 1. She asks for the custody of . the children, $5,000 alimony, and the ' sum of $lO per month for the sup- ! port of the children. A. P. Beatty is her attorney. The evidence in the Ben Ayres wife and child desertion case was finished this morning at 10:30 o’clock, and the arguments followed. An hour and a half was given each side, the case going to the jury about 3:30 o'clock. Prosecutor Parrish is assisted by A. P. Beatty, while D. E. Smith and G. L. Walters are attorneys for Ayres.

W. J. Vesey vs. Coppock Motor Car • Co., appointment of a receiver. A mo- . tion filed by receiver for order for partial distribution, was sustained. A . distribution of twenty-five per cent was ordered on allowed claims The . receiver and his attorney, C. .1. Lutz, were each allowed S2OO. The transcript and papers in the case of the State vs. Jacob Grim, for selling intoxicating liquor to an intoxicated person, were filed in circuit court today in appeal from the mayor's court. Hooper & Lenhart, attorneys, filed a new suit in the Adams circuit court, entitled Ferdinand Bleelje vs. T. Alel Neptune, Craven E. Neptune and Kenneth Neptune, for partition and quiet title, to lot 216, in the First addition to the City of Decatur. Marriage licenses were issued as follows: Frances Laman, born May 9, 1892, daughter of William Laman, to Ralph Dettinger, born March 29, 1892, son of Charles Dettinger. The groom was tinder age and the written consent of his father was filed with the application. Anna Mary Rumschlag, born March 11. 1889, daughter of Joseph Rumschlag, to John E. Heiman, born February 8, 1886, farmer, sod of Joseph Heimann. Real estate transfers: David Liby et al. to Edwin F. Miller, 40 acres. Root tp., $3700; Clark Spaha to Elsie S. Thomas, northeast corner of lot 1. also lot 2, Decatur, $900; Thomas J. Durkin to Ferdinand Bleeke, lot 216, Decatur, sheriff's deed, $2,000. 0 —. STONE FALLS ON HIM. John Marmon, a painter, employed on the Mrs. Emma Daniels home on North Second street, had the misfortune to have a stone fall on his arm Monday while he was painting on the house. He was brought to town, where the necessary attention was given him.