Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 235.

II COUNCIL MELTS | And Awards Contracts for i Betiding of Monroe, Rugg | and Ninth Streets. Bgl , I | OTHER BUSINESS OF I Importance--The Bid of I Emanuel Woods DiscovI ered to be the Lowest. B .»• the regular session of the coun-! S T ii u.'*lay night the bids for the ■ construction of Monroe, Ninth and i I Rugg streets were opened and the K I bttil ling of Monroe street was award- | ■ I ed to Emanuel Woods. On Rugg and ■ ■ Ninth streets the bid of W. .1. Myers ; I was just ten cents lower than Woods I I per square yard of brick, and the 1 f l council. thinking he was the low bid -I ■ I cer on these streets awarded the job ' I I to him. However, this morning in | f I going over the bids more carefully it | I was found that the bids of E. Woods I I and Myers was identically the same ■ I as concerns the brick, cushion and | I facing, but that on curbing Woods I I . ttve cents per foot lower, and on I I walks two cents per square foot lowI I er. and on excavation, six cents per ; I I yard lower This will mean a sav-1 I I ing of about two hundred dollars on ; I I each street and the council will re- | I consider the matter at the meeting to | Ibe held Friday night. October 11th. I I Myers entered no bid on the Monroe I I street improvement. I All the streets will be paved with ' | I Wabash block, made at Veedersburg, ’ I Indiana, and which was formerly I I I known as the Culver block. Four bids 1 I. I were entered on the proposed work, ■K the bidders being Wheat, Sisk & « I Sprinkle, R. W Hougk & Bro., W. J. 1 I I Myers and Emanuel Woods R W. 1 I I Hougk and Bro., and Wheat, Sisk & i I Springle. were high, while the other I liwo held together pretty closely. ■ The assessment roll of the Ward I E Fence sewer was presented and a J B motion to spread of record was car- > ■ ried The council will hear objec- | ■ tions on the sewer at the regular j ■meeting October 15th. Plans and I ■specifications for the improvement ct i ■Adams, Rugg and Marekt streets I ■were filed by the engineer and the I ■ plans were amended to include a fiveI Bioor cement sidewalk on each side of I ■the street, on the property lin» on ■ Market street fed on the improve- • gmeat line on Adams and Rugg street.' | Tne library board presented a res-. I ■c!'itiou fixing the library tax at one | ■mill on the dollar. The resolution j ■"as accepted ana a motion to assess I Sthe tax carried. A petition for a sewj ■ «,- to start at Rugg street between ■ Fornax and Market streets, and to ■continue to Oak street was presented Sind referred to the street ard sew. r ■ remittee. A petition for an electric ■ere lamp for Madison and Fourteenth | ■streets was referred to the electric ■ light committee. A petition for an ■ehetric light for Tenth and Madison Sstreefs was referred to the electris ■light committee. The waterworks • ::nteudeiit reported that the new ■ lights purchased would be shipped Kmrt Tuesday, October Sth, in am t ie ® f im« to be placed for the home-com- | The mayor presented his report I B or tiie Quarter, showing he had <ol ■ectcd $333 in fines and licenses. t The street commissioner was ord-T---■rd to buy two lengths of eight inch main to use at the Monroe bridge for drainage purpose?. | The fire committee was authorized 3po figure with the decorators for tli“ SBBecoration of the city building during old home week festivities. | A motion made by Councilman to empower the police depart | to stop persons from throwing was carried. No ordinance ■pas yet been drafted covering the of-■k-use, but the police were informed | ■pat they should tell all who threw it ■■hat they should cease. It is said SEbat the Mazeppa Carnival company the enactment of the rule. ■ Heary Dellinger appeared and ask i SMki for instructions about taking the ■fta* out of the city limits to fires gjy hen emergency calls came. The. Bp a. ter was roferr d to the fire com- . ■fclttee which is to report with rules, Band regulations at the next meeting. . ■ The following bills were allowed,, BBkter which the council adjourned u.i . 111 Friday evening, October 11. when Hpey will take up the street improt eagain-. Lea* R. R. $360.61 W. ft. & I. R. R 144.77 S. Peterson 24.30

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H. Dellinger 152.00 L. Hammond .....* 13.00 Ft. Wayne Electric Wks 58 14 Ed Parent 7.40 Frank Aurand 9.53 W Hitchcock 130.00 A. C. Foos pay roll 248.00 Dan Meyers 10.00 M J. Mylott pay roll 216.00 Natl. Mill & Supply Co 6.00 Crane Co 28.53 | Ft. Wayne Electric Wks 7.33 Elec. Appliance Co 92.38 Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Co. .. 7.60 Sam Franks 10.00 ; G. J. Kintz 76.00 J. B. Buhler 178.40 ; Waterworks pay roll 41.80 ; F. Peterson 50.00 ' S. Melchi 50.00 I L. Hammond 14.00 I L. Hammond 10.00 i Wm. Hammell 6.50 1 John W. Coffee 41.61 I). F. Teeple 5.54 Gay, Zwick & Myers 56.25 I Indianapolis Belting & Supply Co 5.40 ' Decatur Herald Co 6.40 Tom Gallogly 48.64 j Democrat Co 43.46 OCTOBER WEDDING Nuptials of Miss Edith F. Smith and Mr. Wm. P. Schrock Announced I FOR OCTOBER 22ND ■ Bride-elect Makes First Announcement to Coterie of Thimble Club Friends. I — The wedding of Miss Edith F. ( Smith, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ,A. J. Smith, to Mr. William -i J . • Schrock, will take place Tuesday, Oc- ' tober 22nd. This announcement was first made known Tuesday afternoon by Miss Smith to a coterie of her nearest and dearest friends, the mem- , bers of the Thimble club, with a fewother intimate friends. I Guests besides the club were: Mrs. W. H. Gleiser, Mrs. Barton France, Mrs. C. H. Colter, Miss Faye Smith, ' Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, Mrs. J. F. Fonner, Mrs. Fred Bell, Elwood; Mrs. P.G. : Smith, Mrs. R. G. Leeds, Richmond. I The rich, warm colors of the autumn i were represented in the floral decorai tions of the rooms, in the vases of chrysanthemums, red and yellow snap dragons combined tastefully with oak foliage. The first hours of the afternoon were devoted to sewing and chatting and it was not until the conclusion of the luncheon at 5 o’clock that the announcement came —-not, however, wholly as a surprise to the expectant friends. The luncheon which was in two courses was served in the dining room by Mrs. Shoemaker, a caterer from Fort Wayne, and was perfect in every detail. Little tables accommodated the guests and pink Killarney roses in vases adorned each table. As the guests were leaving the dining room, each was presented’ with i a favor, a pink Killarney rose, from a tray, by Mrs. Smith, the mother of I the bride-elect. To each rose was i fastened with a white tulle bow, a ' little placard, bearing the names of the principals and the date. This told the happy secret and there was im--1 mediately a little busy hum of voices, ' as the coming event was talked over and made the cause for the out-pour-ing of good wishes to Miss Smith, from those with whom she has ever been a favorite. Miss Smith is one of the highly pleasing young ladies of the city, tai- ' ented in many lines, domestic as well las social. She is especially gifted in music, both instrumental and vocal, ' and after finishing her course in the high school of this city, supplemented her musical training which has been conducted under excellent teachers here, with a course in a music college. Mr. Schrock is a son of Mrs. Nettie Schrock, and is one of the rep--1 resentative business men of the city, i being a member of the clothing firm 1 of Holthouse, Schulte & Company. ■ He is also a vocalist of note, and <s ' prominent in lodge and social circles 1 of the city. royal arch masons The Royal Arch Chapter of Masons will meet this evening. Everyone should attend.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 2, 1912.

TRIPPED BY DOG Chester Johnson Lands from Motorcycle in Ditch on His Shoulder. CLAVICLE IS BROKEN And He is Cheerful Today Under Difficulties—Able to be Out. Chester Johnson, the ever jovial insurance man, is cheerful today under difficulties attendant on carrying a broken collar bone in a sling. The accident happened Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, a mile and a half south of Pleasant Mills, while he was riding through that district on his motorcycle. Mr. Johnson had reached a plank bridge over a ditch or small creek, when a dog ran out directly under the cycle. Mr. Johnson was thrown off the wheel into the ditch, a distance of four feet or more, alighting on nis head and shoulders. While the injury was painful, he did not lost consciousness, and was able to go to the Leonard Troutner home nearby, where he telephoned for a physician. The physician went to the Trputner house, dressed his injuries, which consisted of a broken left clavicle, and brought him to this city. He was able to be at his office at 4 o’clock, but suffered considerably.

Mr. and Mrs. John Miller who resides with Miss Maria Robison at her home near Monmouth, were business visitors, here yesterday afternoon. VACATION TIME Was Subject of Interesting Talks at the Methodist Brotherhood Meet. FIRST OF THE SEASON Last Night—Many New Members Received—The Boys at Next Meet. A great and interesting meeting was that of the Methodist Brotherhodd Tuesday evening at the church, the first of the season, as the program subject, "Return from Vavation,” implied, the talks bearing this out, In addition to the nearly two hundred members of last year, sixty-three new ones were taken in Tuesday night, j The meeting was called to order by 1 John R. Parrish, president, opening j with a song, which was followed with I prayer by Rev. R. L. Semans. The ■ opening address by the president, John Parrish, was good and instruc- . tive, setting forth the object of the , organization. The regular order of business was taken up, dwelling on the reports of committees longest, under which the sixty-three new names were presented. The male quartet, composed of Messrs. Rice, Tritch, Baumgartner und Neptune, were very welcome 1 with their religious and comic songs. The question for general discussion, ‘‘What. Can We Do This Year?” brought forth the opinions of many. The talk on this question by Henry Heller deserves special mention; also those of Rev. Semans and C. E. Hocker. The regular program, consisting of stories of vacation trips was very interesting. Daniel Sprang came along with some good fish stories f’om northern Michigan. Daniel Baumgartner's trip to Canada was interesting, as he told of the beautiful scenery and the storm in Canada, which struck Regina and the neighborhood where he was visiting. Rev. Semans' story of a trip to the Thousand Isles and visit to the Adirondack mountains was good. He, with Rev. Earl Parker of Richmond, had some thrilling experiences, camping and tramping and climbing the mountains. They also had a pleasing time canoeing and visiting different islands. After another song by the quartet a motion was introduced to adjourn the meeting until November 12th. The November 12th meeting will be a “Father and Son” meeting and

everyone is requested to bring a boy. If he has none of his his own, he is asked to borrow one for the occasion. Everybody over seventeen is with us, so come join the hustling organization. The new members will be announced later. n ■... OTHERS TO BE DRAMATIZED “Freckles,” Gene Stratton-Porter’s most popular and best selling novel, apparently possesses that magic quality that brings fortune to everyone connected with it; the sale of the book lias reached Half a million copies and it is still one of the six best sellers, which means that it has earned a fortune for Mrs. Porter and Doubleday Page & Co., and Grosset & Dulap the publishers. Manager A. G. Delamater was so well pleased with Neil Toomey to dramatize two other popular novels of which he controls the dramatic rights. This will undoubtedly bring fame and fortune to Mr. Twomey, judging by the liberal partronage and the extravagant praise given it by the dramatic critiecs, it is sure to coin another good-sized fortune for its producer, Mr. Delamater. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. WED THIS MORNING Nuptials of Daniel M. Niblick and Miss Kate Henneford Solemnized BY FATHER WILKEN At St. Marys Catholic church —Well Known Couple Leave on Eastern Trip At St. Marys Catholic church at six o’clock this morning was solemnized the wedding of Mr. Daniel M. Niblick and Miss Kathryn Henneford, the Rev. Father Wilken officiating, in the presence of a large number of the relatives and friends. The bride and groom were attended by Mr. and Mr.t L. A. Holthouse and the wedding was a very pretty one. Miss Henneford wore a neat tailored costume of navy blue, which was also her traveling costume. With this she wore a blue blouse, trimmed in American beauty red, and hat and gloves to match. The groom wore a dark blue traveling suit. At 8:30 o clock a three-course wedding breakfast was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, covers la : d for *he following; Mr. and Mrs.

John Niblick, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Nib-, lick, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Niblick, Mrs. Christens Niblick, the Misses Mary and Amelia Niblick, Miss Matilda Henneford of Vera Cruz; Joe Rice, Cincinnati, Ohio; Jesse Niblick. I Omer, Mildred and Harold Niblick, | Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse. The centerpiece of the bridal table was a bowi of bride’s roses, with trailers of smilax, and the little side tables, where the other guests were I accommodated were decorated simi- ( larly, the colors of white and green being carried out effectively. Decorations of the living rooms and parlor were bitter-sweet with its green foliage and bright red berries, and big daisies. Mr. and Mrs. Niblick left Ft. Wayne st noon today for a ten days’ trip through the east, the itinerary to include visits in New York City, Phil-j adelphia, Washington, and other inter-' esting cities and places. Upon their . i eturn, they will be at home in the j groom's residence on Fifth sfreet. The trip to Fort Wayne was made by automobile. Miss Henneford, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henneford of ( Vera Cruz, is too well known here to | need any introduction. Suffice it say that for several years she has been engaged as clerk at the Niblick & Co., store in this city, where, by her courtesy and efficiency, she gained friends of all who met her. During her employment here, she made her home in this city and because of her pleasing personality, is a favorite in her circle of many friends. Mr. Niblick is a member of the firm of Niblick & Company, where he has been actively engaged, and he, too, Is known over the greater part of the county, because of the store’s large patronage, being a business man of enterprise, as well as possessing other highly pleasing personal qualities. Everybody unites in extending to them, . v'ishes for all that is good in life. i

TIPPED CAR OVER The Clover Leaf Westbound Local Has Wreck Four Miles West of City. ON REVERSE CURVE Traffic Delayed Four Hours Until Wreck Was Cleaned Up—No Injuries. The westbound local on the Clover Leaf had a serious wreck about four miles west of town Tuesday evening, when upon running onto the reverse curve that is there one of the cars overbalanced at the swing and topI led over while the train was running thirty or forty miles per hour. The local was running several hours late and was hurrying to get through before the sixteen hours and consequently ran a little fast. The crew of the local was setting in the caboose and one of the brakemen saw the car topple and fall. He yelled to iis companions, but the expected crash did not come. The couplings held and the car was dragged a distance of half a mile before it struck a bridge and broke the air line, stopping the train. The local section men and others along the line were summoned to the scene of the wreck and began clearing up the track for traffic, which was stopped for three or four hours. None of the crew was hurt aside from some bruises and the cars between the wrecked portion and the caboost acted as a cushion.

BERNE THE CENTER I Os Interest of Christian Endeavorers in Five Counties This Week.THE TWENTY-SIXTH | Annual Convention Opens There Friday Evening— Excellent Program. - “All in line for Berne,” is this week's slogan for the Ft. Wayne dis-i trict association of Christian Endeav- 1 er. The twenty-sixth annual convention of the district will be held at i Berne in the new Mennonite church, , beginning Friday evening and con- ' tinuing through Sunday evening, and I an elaborate program has been outlined.. O. F. Gilllom of Berne, who 1 is district chairman and secretary, l was in the city Tuesday, on business j relative to the convention, and is enthused over the prospects for a ban- i ' ner convention. The district includes . the counties of Adams, Allen, Wells, Whitley and Huntington and the majority of the churches in these counties will be represented at the meet | The convention will be held in the 1 new Mennonite church, dedicated las' Easter. The church is the second largest of any denomination in the' ' state, and is the largest of its own in ' tiie world. It has a seating capacity | ' of 3,000, and it is expected that this ' | will be taxed during the convention.! Speakers of state and national fame' will be on the program, as well as local workers. Efforts have been made to make | the musical services especially atI tractive. Professor P. P. Billhorn of Chicago, a chtoir director and musician of international reputation will lead the music. There will be a choir of 200 mixed voices; a male chorus of 125 mix.ed voices; a children's choir of 250 voices, and an orchestra. The regular Mennonite male choir, known far and wide, will also sing. The hospitable people of Berne will outdo their reputation for hospitality and all attendants will be royally entertained. Lodging and breakfast will be,free. Dinner and supper will be served in the basement of the church at only a nominal cost of fifteen cents for a single meal, or two for twenty-five cents. Practically all the churches of this city will have representatives at, the I convention.

ANOTHER COMET VISIBLE Gale's comet can be seen every evening between sunset and 8 o’clock in the southwestern heavens, according to R. E. Fosdick, director of the Dayton, Ohio, astronomical observatory. The comet is visible to the nak, ed eye. Just now the heavenly visitor is slightly south of being in line with the sun. On October 4th It will be in direct line with the sun and then will proceed on northward. According to Mr. Fosdick, tile comet is distinctly visible if a field glass is used. Up to tiie present it has not developed a ta<l but scientists believe that an appendage may be acquired at any time as tiie body approaches. The comet was discovered only September 8 last by Astromer Gale at Sydney, Australia. o TO ATTEND FAIR. Frank Pearce and Paul Reinking left this morning for Springfield, 111., where they will attend the state fair at that place and make an exhibit for the Ward Fence company. E. H. Shoemaker will join them next week. GET IN EARLY And Do Your Plowing for Beets in the Fall is the Advice Given. TO BEET GROWERS No Crop Failures Reported Where Ground is Given Early Breaking. Farmers in Adams county have already found raising sugar beets so profitable that they can place tenants on the place, give the tenant a share of the crop and still have more earnings from their lands than they enjoyed before the advent of the sugar beet in the county. As the result of this there will be a number of farmers retire this fall and next spring as is indicated by a large number asking the sugar company to secure tenants for farms in all parts of the county. The only difficulty the sugar company is having in securing tenants is among the farmers who don’t want to leave their place and turn the land over to the tenant until next spring. One of the necessities for good sugar beet raising is that the sugar beet land shall be plowed in the fall. 1 Where fall plowing is done a crop failure is scarcely known. The sugar company now has a number of good tenants ready to take charge of the farm and who wiii see that fall plowing is done and it urges that farmers get the tenants on the place at once instead of waiting until next spring. If the farmer expects to have as good sugar beets as his neighbor, he must make arrangements to permit his tenant to plow the beet ground in I the fall and give the tenant an equal chance with the neighbor. There are lots of good tenants ready to do this if the farmers will give them a chance. The sugar company has already placed a number of tenants on farms and the majority of them have proven to be successful. Those who spent their time hauling stone and gravel on the roads instead of cultivating sugar beets will al! be replaced. Only a few of these cases are to be found in the county.

The sugar company's men are taking great interest in getting good farming done as it is to the mutual benefit of the sugar company and the farmers that this is seen to. The farmers are asked to assist in this work of guaranteeing a good crop of beets next season by giving the tenants the opportunity of doing the plowing this fall which is an essen tial factor In raisiftg big profits on the beet fields. ANOTHER ONE IS “NAILED." I have just heard with much surprise that I was named by County Chairman Graham as a member of the Beveridge reception committee. I wish to say that I was never consulted about this and there is not the least reason why my name should be used In connection with any doings of the Bull Moosers. I have not been affiliated with them, have never even talked to any of their officials, nor do I expect to. I am working for file Interest and success of the democratic party. JACOB R. GRABER.

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COURT iiOISE NEWS Jury Disagreed in the Ben Ayres Wife and Child Desertion Case. AFTER 18 HOURS Deliberation—Jury Trial for Ritter Guardian Petition Case. After deliberating since 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the jury hearing the Ben Ayres wife and child desertion case, reported into court this morning at 10 o’clock that they could ' not agree on a verdict, and were discharged. It is said the ballot stood i seven for conviction and five for ac- | quittai. The disagreement is said to I have arisen chiefly over the punishment. One of the seven for conviction stood pat for a penitentiary sentence at first, but was finally won over to a jail sentence of ninety days with a heavy fine. It is said that doubtless some of the would ha. e been won over had the punishment been agreed upon in a lighter form. About a year ago Ayres was tried on ' a similar charge, the jury also diaaI greeing at that time, the vote being , six to six. A motion was filed by A. B. Bailey, administrator of the Jacob Miller estate, to strike out Cue motion made by Louise Meyer, asking for a final report. In the case of William Graham vs. the Ft. Wayne & Springfield Railway 1 company, on note, SI,OOO, appearance .by C. J. Lutz, was withdrawn for W. H. and Edward Fledderjohann, MarI tin Gerke, John H. Koenig and Chas. Dirkson. D. E. Smith entered ap- ; pearance for Martin Gerke; Peterson & Moran for the others. Rule to ans- ! wer. In the case of John Miller vs. Susannah Ritter, to declare her of un- | sound mind, the plaintiff was granted leave to file amended complaint. R. I C. Parrish entered appearance for the defendant, and L. C. DeVoss for the ( plaintiff. An order was made to have Che defendant brought into court. This was done and a jury trial was i begun this afternoon. A decree of quiet title was entered j lor Lewis C. Scherry in his suit against Samuel Davis et al. Schafer Peterson assumed jurisdiction as special judge in the quiet title case of the First National Bank of Decatur against Amy Smith et al, and judgment of quiet title for the bank vas rendered. The defendant is ordered to make a deed to the plaintiff and on failure to do so, E. B. Lenhart is appointed commissioner to make I such. L. C. DeVoss entered appearance for Landon Smith. E. B. Innhart was allowed $3 as commissioner, mid L. C. DeVoss $7.50 as guardian ad litem. In t3>e two cases of the C. & E. railroad against Sarah Baker et al. and against Maria E. Hower et al, D. E. Smith entered appearance for the defendants. The suits are condemnation proceedings. A. P. Beatty, attorney for the C. & E. railroad filed another condemnation case, the defendants being Rosetta and William Teeple. Real estate transfers Wm. J. Burdg et al. to E. Merle Rurdg, lot 959, Decatur, $100; Edwin F. Miller et al. to Wm. L. Johnson, 40 acres. Root tp.. $4700; Noah D. Schwartz to Hiram A. Sprunger, lot 16, Monroe, $200; The U. 8. A. to Letitia McGuire, 160 acres, Union tp., patent deed. Licensed to wed: Kathryne L. Henneford, clerk, daughter of Michael Henneford, of Vera Cruz, to wed Daniel M. Niblick, merchant, son of Jesse Niblick. Mat Kirsch of the Old Adams County Bank, returned home this morning from Franklin, Wis., where he was attending the German Reformed synod, which was held there. The synod came to a close Tuesday evening, and Mr. Kirsch was re-elected to his position as a director of the Fort Wayne Odphans’ home.