Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1912 — Page 1

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DECEMBER MEET Ot County Commissioners Opened Today—Macadam Roads Accepted. reports APPROVED More Men Than Women Ate Inmates of County Infirmary—Other Notes. The county commissioners open.d their December session this morning. Re|>orts of the county treasurer, county clerk, county auditor, of fees collected; reports also of docket fees and of ex-county clerks’ fees were made and approved. The quarterly report of Martin Laughlin, superintendent of the county infirmary, was also presented. It ahows some interesting figures. There are now twenty-eight inmates of the county infirmary—slxten males and twelve females. Therejs one child inmate under the age of six. of the Inmates are, invalids, and six inmates are able to do manual labor Four were discharged since the last report was made. Van Wert county, Ohio, filed claim in regard to the construction and re pair of the Freeh and Rumell bridge os the state line Xnd their claim was allowed in the sum of 3406.31, to oe paid from appropriation for that purpose. The credit there given for the old bridge is tatified.* — ■ Acceptance of several roads was made. These included the A. J. Judav. William Buuck, Joseph M. Peele. Mt. Zios and Hart macadam roads. Certain extras, including tile, not to exceed ISO were ordered for the Baumgartner macadam road Through Its attorneys. W. O John sou and A. P. Beatty, the Chicago «: Erie railroad asked for the right to build its new double track over the highways htrough Adams county, at the grade of the old line. The bonds of Phil L. Macklin, sur-veyor-stoat .and T. J. Durkin, sheriff, were presented and approved —a — MAY GET 330,000 SCHOOL. Monroeville will probably within a yew get a new 110.000 school house, built on the site of the present old strurturo. Recommendation for the new one was made by Dr. Hurty. who pronounced the old unsafe and unsanl tary. The Fort Wayne Sentinel Sat urday contained an account of the proI’owd new building. and a picture of Prof Albert R. Parker, superintendent of the Monroevill-- schools Mr. Park »r married Miss Iva Steele, daughter •f Mr and Mrs. D. V. Steele of this city, and Is well known here The artl de says of him- "The present Is the test year of Professo'- Parker as *u perlntendent of the Monroeville schoota. He ass«med his duties henin September, He Is. however, an ■« perieneed teacher and finely qualified in every way tor the duties of the po••Hon, having been engaged in the pro fesaloa of teaching for the last foer ’cen years Professor Parker is a r.n live of St. Joe township In this «**<> ty. the son of Wllllatß Parker, a promtneat farmer He attended the town •hip schools and afterward '*’•’ h ’ sh •chooi ia Fort Wayne, from which h* graduated in June of 1888. »"•> v ”’ r ••aching several years he graduated from the Indiana university at Bloom Incton «|th the degree of ft A H* Uugbl the schools of his township f* Mt years and was then ouportatendent of ib* schools at Harlan and afterward ?<* three years at Caytiga Fills He rviM from the'latter place to Monro’•lto, succeeding Prof N W f’ o * l ** •uporintendent here Professor Park *r has the honor of having represent Altai county In the state lefflslatun Ba waa elected representative In P> n * •hll. touching in the St Joe whoo'* ■nd served tn the regular session •ba legislature in IBM snd also the •pecisl session of 1»o« “ Mias Alexander of Wren. Ohio. •‘‘ anted cars here this noon enroute «• Fort Wayne, where she will h »r second year's course at the Bible •"bool Mtsa Alexander was prevented ftwm attending the early weeks of this M by to* Utoms of h«* mother

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1 ! OID timers called on us. I l ncle George Gates and Uncle Jim Ferguson, two old timers, who cast their first votes for Stephen A. Douginas in 1860 an( j h ave l)een worklng at the trade in every campaign since that jtime, called Saturday to pay their respi < tn and register for the campaign 'ln four years from now. There is positlvely no use talking bull moose or I anything else to them for they have their minds made up. Both are good fellows, who have enjoyed life as they b have passed along and still have more - fun than many of the boys half their age. AT LOS ANGELES I Henry L. Archbold, Former ; Adams County Boy, Was Married Friday to ■ I 111 ■ FORT WAYNE GIRL ,t _ Miss Elizabeth Gage, Who I i Made Long Trip There to ( Meet Her Lover. i' ■ * Mrs. J. M. Miller received a message late Saturday afternoon from her brother, Henry L. Archbold, of Ixs Angeles, Cat, announcing his wedding to Miss Elizabeth Gage of fort Wayne. , This took place Friday afternoon at 4 ! o'clock at lx» Angeles. Miss Rage , leaving Fort Wayne a week ago last . Friday to meet him. Henry formerly , lived here and Is now engaged in civil engineering in Ix>s Angeles, where j they will make their home. His bride is a daughter of Mrs. Ed Miller of Fort Wayne. The groom is a brother also of Mrs. Homer lx>wer of this city and Mrs. Wash Gilpen of Cardwell, Mo. THE CHURCH NEWS. Evangelist James Bennett of Grand Rapids. Mich, closed a three weeks' revival meeting at the Christian church, this city, and left this morning to enter upon work at a new place. The humorous lecture Saturday evening, by the evangelist, was one of the best of its kind ever given hen- The subject was "Benefits of Being an Old Maid." compiled by the speaker from personal observations that have come to his notice during his twenty-four years' experience as a minister. Mr. Bennett Is an impersonator of ability, and this ability contributed much to making his lecture a success and unusually Interesting. His sermons Sunday on ■Responsibility - ’ and "The Church' - were practical and «ontained many good things in parting injunction to the church. Kvangdbl Ben nett is • preacher and worker of power, his anceetors for many generations being ministers He la a nephew of General James A Garfield, the martyred president of the United States—in fact he was named for his distinguished unde Mr. Garfield was a minister of the Christian church nnd , M president of the Christian college at Hiram, Ohio. The revival meetings In progress at the Evangelical church were well at tended Sunday ahd r>rhl >' W*** 4 « God in the morning liecis ion Da>" was observed in the Sunday school Quite a number from different class*. | for Christ- The after service was ■ «b»* * l ” b * f ° r sotten It was only • f * * reptinc rhrirt. but • »'«* ot consecrtinn #nd . yielding 7“'% the ix>rd It »•» ■ •* r * , ‘* ‘? a ‘7 h .... kw-nly the whole church, but ea totally rich for those younger »■ life 7th. evening Re* «""»•' -J* lit .ords from ’»«'* '**’<•" ? Itrtween Two Opinions?" Th* speak pr , irt ed immediate decisioni for wboTeserv -nor service Wboltrnm. Ll.slon. •** “ . tth the church a» ib* a gres. day <« »•* “7’ . .Ms evenlhk. •*' Tuesday evening 7d ,W ail _ tl t>w’n Xts w « ,k,r .m and Mr «■■» John Hls *bm>7 frt „.bt io hrr home thin dement has bw« w^k Her unprovement rapid t

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Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, December 2, 1912.

THE BROTHERHOOD A Debate on a Popular Question Will be the Feature of the Meet ON TUESDAY EVENING Sides Are Represented by Three Different Members —Lively Debate. The regular monthly meeting of the Methodist Brotherhood will be held in the church parlors Tuesday night, commencing at 7:30 o'clock, directly after the meeting which will be held for making arrangements for the week’s campaign which is to start soon, and the subject of the evening will be a debate. Each meeting Is planned to be radically different than any which have been held before It, and thus a good attendance is assured. The feature Tuesday night will prove doubly Interesting because of there being two sides to the question. With the subject. “Is it Right or Weil for the Church to take an active part in politics?" for discussion, a very interesting! and instructive time may be expected by the members. The affirmative will -be represented by Messrs. H. F. Callow, John T. Myers and E. V. Robison, and the negative will be Messrs. O. L. Vance, W. J. Archbold and John D. Stults. The audience to serve as Judges. Several new members will also be Introduced at this meeting. GO T(f MUNCIE Orphans From This County Now at Marion Orphans’ Home. TO BE TRANSFERRED To Orphanage at Muncie To-morrow-Trustees Resign Dec. 7. The local board of children's guard lans received word from the Marion orphans' home that the trustees had resigned and had turned the orphanage over to the board of Grant county eomaaissloners. to be effective December T. This grew out of the trouble arising during a recent investigation of mismanag.-ment of the orphanage. In which it was alleged that children were not given the proper care there Miss Fleming the superintendent again*' whom the Investigating committee made accusations, was exoner ated by the board, but at a later meeting held, the board decided to turn the entire Institution over to the county commissioners. The local board wits advlsmf to come and get the children . and give them other homes. Messrs, Rim Ftrdyce and D. K Sbackley, who are members of the local inward went to Muncie last Friday where they Investigated the orphanage there and finding everything satisfactory recommended | that the ehildren be placed there Accordingly 'he order was entered In the Juvenile court docket thin morning by Judge Merryman authorising tne transferreh-- of the thirteen Adams county rbildren at Marion to the Muncie 1 home Memlsmea D. D Heller, Henty Kriek and Mr Hhsckley will leave tomorrow to make the transferrenee. BAND NOTICE. Tbe regular meeting of the city band will be held tonight at the ball nt which Ums the boy* will start learning some now music for ths next soaaon's work The band h«a h«*n Increased In numbers and next summer will see quite an aggregation of good players in tbe ranks The support of the eltl sens Is highly necessary to the su» reas of the band and everybody should boost tbe borne institutions This meeting begins st ? 30 o'clock and every member of the band should be on time Rome other special work tonight Mr and Mr* Irvin Miller of Rock ford, Ohio, spent Sunday with their pereats. Mr. and Mr*. Charts* Miller

LIGHTNING AND TOOTHPICKS. Sylvester A. Long Will Give Lecture Here Thursday. Sylvester A. Long, the noted lecturer, will give the second number of the senior lecture course at the Bosse op- 1 era house Thursday evening. He will) speak on “Lightning and Toothpicks." | If you have no ticket get one of tho seniors. Mr. Long lectured op this recently and was given a unique compliment.' After the lecture the manager of the course was listening at the rear of the hall to the comments of the people as they passed out. One man said to his daughter, a ruddy-faced German: “The lecture was all right,' but I don’t like that subject." “Veil," i/ld the German, “Id vas pesser to name a legsure dat vas some- 1 dlings like id vas nodding* dan ’to name a legsuh- dot vas noddinks like Id vas somedllngs." —- o— HOME FROM HUNT I Dr. J. Q. Neptune and Party 1 Return from a Three Weeks’ Stay IN WISCONSIN WILDS Each Member of the Party of Thirty Brought Back a Deer. Dr. J. Q. Neptune returned early this mornin? from a three weeks' hunt in 1 the wilds of Wisconsin, near Flfisbi. ' | He brought with him a fine buck deer which he Shot and steaks and choice, cuts from thia Will provide the Nep- 1 tune table with savory dishes for days to come. The deer was at the G. R. & I. depot this morning a short while after its arrival here and attracted much attention. Each one of the thirty members of the Neptune party brought back with him a deer, success having crowned their bunt with the choicest garlands. Heretofore the annual hunting expeditions had been made by the party to northern Mlch'gan. A recent change In the hunting laws, however, which prohibited them taking deer from the state, was the point which made them decide to go this year to Wisconsin. The finest of weather during tbe entire three weeks made their stay an unusually pleasant one. TAXES FOR STATE ______ From Adams County Funds' for the Half Year Are $27,622.38. SETTLEMENT IS MADE By County Treasurer Chas. W. Yager Today at Indianapolis. The semi annual settlement with the state In turning over the taxes due from Adams county on the past half year's installment, was made today by County Treasurer Charles W Yager He took with him hs due from this county, 337.423.3*. This amount la derived from the taxes paid In on ac count of the following State tax. 17.343 74; benevolent Institution fund. 13,771 33: suite debt sinking fund, •1.1-1135; state school tax, 311.M772; state educational institution fund. 33.074 36; school fund Interest, 32.093 23; permanent endowment fund Interest. 3160 71; docket fees for clerk ot court. 360 SCHOOL TRUBTEEB MEET. Will Attsnd Bute Mssting In Indiana pall* Nest Waste. The varto-'s township trustees of the county met this morning at the office of Washington Township Trustee Ram tiel Butler. Among other things given ' attention, wee the arrargement to attend the state meeting o( trustees at IndlaaapoUa. Ctessssnber 10 and 11. j

THE AUCTION SALE Many Farmers Attend the Auction Sale Held in This City Saturday. 'MANY BUGGIES SOLD I And the Extra Premiums Were Given for Largest i Purchases—Many Win, The public auction sale held on Madison stret Saturday afternoon by the Schafer Hardware company was a ' great, success, and considerable comi petition was evidenced for the prizes wihch were offered In addition. 1 Early in the day a huge line of buggies was strung along both sides q{ the street and before the sale large j numbers of interested people were Inispecting them. At 12 o'clock the sale started, with John Spuhler as auctioneer, and the buying went rapidly. Fair prices were obtained, although all who bought got a bargain. The securing of the ten prizes offered was one of the features of the day's sale, the prize being given for largest < purchases. The extra premiums were given out aa follows: Shot-gun, P. P. Klopfenstein; buggy harness, Permella j Kleine; knives and forks. Clark Jahn; knives and forks, Susan Innlger; plush robe, Clyde Butler; plush robe, James H. Wagner, Jr.; horse blankets, Erwin Schatnerloh and Ruth Zerkle; granite roasters, Margaret Drake and W. S. Meyers. BIG ATTENDANCE I Characterized the Funeral Services for Harvey H. Harniff. WERE HELD SUNDAY Body Taken to Former Home at Berne Today for the Burial. The funeral services for the late . Harvey Harruff, conducted Sunday altI emoon at the home of the son, Orval ' Harniff. In the south part of tbe city, were largely attended The body arrived Bunday morning at 3:30 o'clock lover tbe G. R. A I. railroad from the temporary home at Fremont, Mich, where death occurred suddenly Thursday aftemon after a short Illness from I pneumonia. With tbe body were the ' widow and daughter. Opal, who resided with him at Fremont, and tbe son, Russell liarruff, of Fort Wayne, who went to accompany It here. The body was taken to the Orval Harruff home. The religious ceremony waa conducted by tbe Rev. J. H. Rilling of the Evangelical church, and following that, the Ben Hurs and Odd Fellows lodges gave their rltuallstlr work The Knights of Pythias of which Mr. Harruff was also a member, also attended In a ' body. The flora) pieces were unusually beautiful and many Thia morning al 7:30 o'clock the procession left for Berne, where the intermeci took pise.in the M R E cemetery. Mr. Harruff resided at Berne before coming to this city, and the Heme K of P, of which he was a charter members, conducted the services at the grave In Memoriam. Harvey Harruff was bom In Manon county, Ohio, In tbe month of April. I*6j, and departed this life al Fremont. Mich., on November. 2». 1312. He came to Adame county In the year ls»3 and has lived here continuously tmill a short time ago Ils waa record er of Adams county from 1336 to 1333 He was admitted to the Adame routily -bar In tho year 1333 The Bar of Adams county know Itarvey Harruff as a rorteoua and obliging 1 official and while he waa never engas od actively as a pmctlc'ng attorney at ’ thia bar. except for a short time while ' a member of the law firm of Harniff • Lwhart, yet all through hie buxines* en<l professional career he bore the highest degree of personal esteem In tbe death ot Harvey Harruff the public has lost a trusted cltiaon and we SB bL. associate*. * kind and true | friend

We, his professional brethren, who i knew him intimately during his pub- | He and professional career, and therefore hold in high appreciation the noble qualities which characterized his useful life, do hereby extend to his 1 family our sincere condolence. We further recommend that a page In the Order Book of the Adams circuit court be set aside and dedicated to the memory of our brother and friend, and that these resolutions be entered in full thereon. CLARK J. LUTZ. JOHN C. MORAN, RALLEIGH C. PARRISH. 1 Committee. ARM WAS BROKEN John Stewart of Wayne 1 Walks Off Step and Fractures Bone I OF ARM SOCKET Mrs. Frank E. Welsh Undergoes Serious Operation— Sick Notes. John Stewart of Fort Wayne had the bone of his right arm fractured at the shoulder socket Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Mr. Stewart and wife had spent the day at the home of his mother, Mrs. E. J. Stewart, near Wren, Ohio, and had come to this city to take’ the car home. While they were waiting at the station Mr. Stewart, to pass ’ jthe time, walked around the corner of , the office on the sidewalk. In the dark ' ' be did not see th* step that led Into 1 ; the stairway at the rear of the building , ' and walked off, falling In such away that the arm bone was fractured at I the socket of the shoulder. He is a, son-in-law of Mr. and Mr*. Clark Brothers of this city and a call on his sister-in-law. Dr. Elizabeth Burns, who resides with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Brothers, was made. The arm was given attention and tbe Stewarts remained here over night. This morning Dr. Burns accompanied Mr. Stewart to | the Hooe hospital at Fort WayneJ wliere an X-Ray examination of thejl arm was made to determine whetherj I the bone was splintered In such away • that complications might arise. Mrs. Frank E Welsh was taken to Fort Wayne Saturday morning to enter the St. Joseph hospital, where at 5:40 o'clock Saturday evening she underwent an operation for appendicitis, and other ailments. Mrs. Welsh has had attack* of tbe appendicitis for some time, the last attack being of some two weeks' duration. She was accompanied to Port Wayne by her •husband, a friend, Mrs. and her J local physician. Dr. J. 8 Coverdale. 1 who assisted Dr. McO»car in perform ! Ing the operation. Her condition is quite serious but there are strong hopes for her recovery Mr. Welsh is chief engineer of the construction' company now engaged In laying the. 1 Mria double track in this vicinity, and Mr. and Mr* Welsh have been here since last February. Barney Wertxberger. the Second street barber, met with a peculiar aecl- > •dent about 11 o'clock today at hl* bar-1 ' brr siu»|> He snd some other* in tbe I shop were scuffilng about when one playfully pulled the chair out from uu drr Mr Wertvl>erger. He fell In such away that h« *truck a cu*pidor. sinkI Ing hl* ba< k snd also bi* head on thia. • His spine was hurt and hr was uncon ‘ stious for some time He finally recovered sufficiently to be driven home, where hr sprni the afternoon In rest It I* not thought hat his injuries are serious, though he is still lame, Mrs Henry Schult* waa taken dsn gerously 111 Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock with an attar kof acute Indi- , geation Fbr a while her life waa dr , apalred of but with prompt medical at ( tent ion she was revived and I* some | what better today, not suffering so ( much pain. -I “ ROWER "GOEB DEAD." | Owing to somethin* going wrong < with the motor* at the Interurban pow i er hotter Sunday night, the car due < here at midnight was held Juki out t aide the city limit* at Fort Wayne 1 until thl* morning The ear wa» filled with passenger* who did not gat here until 330 o'clock thia morning The , car which left Decatur at 1:30 did not t get into Fnrt Wayne until 7 o'clock It < *l*o was filled with passenger* bound t for 'be Alloa county metropolis.

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COURTHOUSE NEWS Eli W. Steele on Trial on Charge of Assault and Battery With INTENT TO MURDER Moses Kimble Gives Bond— Released from Jail — Court Notes. Eli W. Steele, bettor known as “Willard" Steele, owner of Steele's park, east of the city, was placed on trial in the circuit court before Judge Jderryman and a jury today, on the charge of assault and battery with Intent to murder Jacob Helper. The affair, with which all are familiar, rd Wednesday, May 22nd, whsn Mr. Steele shot and wounded Keiper, ax the park. Keiper waa in dangerous condition for some time, but finally recovered. Steele alleges the shooting took place in self-defense. Keiper is twenty-seven years of age, waa born in Union township, but since the age of nine years had lived on the park grounds, with hi* father, Henry Keiper. The two worked for Mr. Steele, raising vegetables and truck, and assisting In a general way. Keiper's mother has been an Inmate of the insane asylum at Richmond since the ' boy was about nine years old. Steele, it is said, had practically raised the ' Keiper boy. This morning was spent in getting a Jury, and at 1:30 o'clock !tbe trial began. It will probably last two or three days. R. C. Parrish. . prosecuting attorney, is assisted by J. ,C. Moran. Judson W Teeple. Heller. Sutton & Heller and A. P. Beatty are jconducting the defense. The following Jurors are hearing the case: Henry Gunsett. Ernst Franz, Edward Miller, Sam Teeter, John P. Nussbaum, Jacob Scherer, Henry Ehlerding, George Holloway, David Coffman. Rolla Calderwood. Ixxii* Springer, Peter Heimann. Jacob Keiper was the first witness called and at time of going to pres* was 'still on the witness stand. I Many Adam* county people were at Fort Wayne today attending the trial of George Baker against Jesse Rupp, of the Berne bank Baker ask* damage* from Rupp, whom he claim* falsely and maliciously secused htm of forgery It is said that Baker was arrested and imprisoned in Jail for several days, and the case against him later dismissed, ft being found that the wrong George Baker bad been arrested. The case waa called in the Allen court today, where it was taken on change of venue from this county. Charles Freduck* and Joseph Kane, chanted with robbing Charles Murphy, were arraigned in court Saturday afternoon after Judge Merryman's return 'from Huntington They pleaded "not i guilty." J; C. Moran was appointed to defend them aa poor person* at sueh sum a* the court may derm proper. .Mos<-s Kimble, charged with assault and battery on his son. Levi, pleaded j not guilty. D. B. Erwin entered ap'|w>er*n<'« tor him snd upon application I the defendant's t>ond of S2"u waa rc- ' dticrd to |l®o. The caar haa been set for trial for Deceml'er 13th In tbe George K Jacob* estate, appraisement of timber was filed Bond of 3*l "> filed snd approved Rale of timber ordered at private sale, without n«Hlcr, for cash, at not lea* than appraisement. The fine! report of Rs rah J Rteeta, guardian, aa to LWWt E Steele, and report ns to Arthur l>. Steele, were approved The guardian la ordered to pay to Arthur D th* amount shown in the report to he due him snd upon such payment and filing of hl* receipt therefor, with th* clerk of thl* court It Is ordered that th* guardian b* discharged. Ferdinand ttleek* vs T Ad*l Neptun*. partition and quiet title Proof of publication and posting filed Default of Craven K Neptun* Summons nrdwred for T. Ad»l Neptun* and Kenneth Neptune, returnable December 11th Maae* Kimble, charged with assault and battery on hl* child, whoa* bond we* reduced from 320" to Bind, suereeded In giving thia yesterdav and was released from Jsll lOumtMd so Page 1)