Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1913 — Page 1

"Volume XI. Number 4.

DISCUSSED I LEGISLATE ■Quite a Number of Adams County Farmers Discuss Proposed Legislation. AT MEETING TODAY Mr. Beatty Asked to Prepare Bill for Township Road Superintendents. Quite a number of farmers ga' *4 at the court room this mornitu answer to a call to meet the men who will represent this district In the < - ing aessiou of the legislature to : cuss matters of interest. Henry Blakey of Union township presi-l-c and a number of propositions u.talked over.- Mr. Beatty, the repre.--tatlve, was present and read a letter t Mr. t-'ieming, stating that he « Tory sorry, but that he could not at tend because of a previous meet •mug. I for in the Twelfth distr He expressed himself, however, good road* and offered his services anythin. the farmers of Adams cou felt to be to their interests. C H Oetting was named secretary of t meetinc and the chairman asked talks The first mattettoaken up v - that of increasing the four i»er c> township limit for road building to per «ent It was discussed for so time, but the motion for a resolut that SU< -h a law lie passed lost by large majority. Both Mr. Beatty and Mr Flemi • ggjte OPP •to the proposed uio ■ent to have a state highway comn •ton, and to any other law whi makes Adams county help build re p tn Other counties after we have bi; fContvwneo on X’age 2) A NEW CARRIER Martin Jaberg Gained Higl est Grade and Received Appointment as RURAL MAIL CARRIEL Will Take Route EightTwo Carriers Tiansfer- | red on Routes. PMtaMai'-r W. A Lower announce.! this ■arninc that word was received fromt IjMquarters that Martin J a berg who psa*- the recent examination for of frural mail carrier to Ml ai n.urt ;n the local nttsl mall Wrier* force, on route three, made the highest grade, and Is thus eligible for the position He will be give® tout-- eight, as upon applies tloo of two other carriers who have been tong in the service. they were given • fransferrenre to other route* Roy Halford, who has lw> a carrier to rtind route twelve, was allowed Wtofil i Ir. . to route throe, succeed Inc Hooter Ixrwer Route twelve, which wag rolitwished by Roy Wolford. Lgtosix'" '' to Miss Maude Mag ley, who formerly had route right Th* chans- will be effective January Mr. Jaber, who wa. the successful candidal., out of a rlae* o ftwrnty-. two, Is a veil known m b<e»l teacher of ths eosaty k Mr, Jgbr-.: has bcm principal of the Maaaoo-. •, school. Where he has glvsn atop* . nt satisfaction and there ft itofot to task her and l*a trona over Ma resignation The fact that the ae» position will give him empfoyastot the satire year, la an In■lucemont. bowever. to him to relinqutab the teaching MO WOW AT FT. WAVNff. White wa are having a several Inch fail of anow. with prospects of several more. It la said that Fort Wayne has only a »»lffbt sprinkle I

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building goes on. The new house erected by Roy Mumma on Aii-"» street, between Eighth and Ninth streets, is well under way, in spile of the wintry weather, Teeple ft Whitman are the contractors. Mr. umma’s father-in-law, Lewis Jaffers, “ lao making one on the lot adjoin «- Herbert Pennlngton has the i ract f °r the Jeffets house. It is thought the residences can be gotten ready for occupancy by spring. It is said that the coming spring will see a great building boom, is many conti ctors are figuring on many prospective jobs. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Ole Miss Snookums alius sez she * udn t mind be >' a man, except she'd alius be ’fraid he’d git a wife—no a Aife'd git her het wud be extravnaat er dirty er slack an’ wudn't keep th* tidies straight un th’ chairs er uld b-t th’ darnin’ g >, er let th’ krearn git sour er uld go to runnin’ around suffracettln’ er wudn t sweep in th’ korners J er’under th’ bed er-or sumthin’. NINETEM FREED 1 f . From Maritil Bonds in Past Year in Adams County—--203 Marriages. 1 SOME • STATISTICS — — As Compiled by the County Clerk—Nine Convictions for elonies. n —• rmring the past year there were two 5 I idred and 'hree marriage licenses :ed in Adams county, and nineteen ■ iivtfces gra:.' -I, the number of dl--11 ' ces grrnt.d being a little more * ’in nine per crot of the marriages. •ther in'<-. -ting court statistics ti e been com fled by Clerk Frrdiand Bleeke r nd Deputy L. L. Baum- | 'ner, tn m; -g the annual rejiort I to the state s ntistician, Thomas W I - Iley. I Hiring the p; t vear there were 192 ' eivil cases flux’, and 190 disposed of in 'be circuit court. Four were venusd to other connties, and five recelvhere on dumve of venue from other -ountle* There were five children’s cases in the juvenile court. Forty-one letters of administration > were Issued, and twenty-eight guard . ships. Five persona were adjudg ►I of unsound mind. One bundrod twenty-four hunters* licenses were to- • Hied. The total number declaring Intent to naturally* was twenty-six. Os thia number eleven men were from Au-’ria, one from England. one from Rn nania, three from Germany, one ( - m Holland and Belgium, one from Inland, five from Switzerland, two 1 trorn Hungary, one from Tarkey. , Nueteen dlvoec«a were granted duri ine the year—wevea to wives and Mi to husband* One wife was grant- j a llvorce on 'he charge of abandon | It-'nt: Ore for cruel treatment, and ' ' one for failure to provide. Os the alx i urnnted to m»’ four were for aban-, i ts .nmeiit and two were for adultery, , of the <as«»s fll»d sis wore denied or i diamiessd. Inirtaf the y«nr twenty-six criminal . wore AM nineteen dismissed, and tilnt dlsjwnod of. and nine conv«ct!.>n» for ftloniee, of three con' -tiona for assault and h»tt< ry with Itt'etu, two were fined n- ’’ one »--nt to jail. Two for cotwlracy to rommlt a felony wsro .rs to Indian- i.rlaon. One ->r grand larceny wen flnod only.' h! i nite sent to jell, while two wer« flti.-i for petit Urreny. Ono waa ehnt t n •' >te*b prison for raps Os these only "»t, ctovfrted for petit larceny. Iw < of foreign birth. Th- followlna fuetlcoe of the psaco gro r- ixirted In \dame county: Union tn«ti*hip. Fannie Kucher; Root, Lewi* II yi-ster: Klrviand. Amos K. Sfonn bttroef: Waahlnaton, James |< Mono; St MarrX Irvli. ShafferMotin*.. It. « I trow n; ttert’nrd. Noah A Fussy. W«i-r«h, Henry Dirknroon; Jefferson. John T. Ault and FVank Brewster CHANOff in SCHIOULC. Th- interurban announces a change In the freight r*r achedule beginning nev Monday, Jknuary flth. when the freight car will hWO at ( o’clock instead of at •:45 In tbs morn IM |

SEMI-ANNUAL PAY! • I Adams County Schools Get ' Sum of $11,661.06 from ! the State FROM SCHOOL FUNDS Total Sum of $1,469,683.42 Apportiond to all Counties of State. The semi-annual school apportionment, made Thursday by Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, resulted in the distribution to the counties of the state of *1,469,683.42 as a per capita basis of *1.93 for each pupil enumerated. The number of pupils in the state as-, cording to the last enumeration, was 761,494. The apportionment is of money paid to the counties by the state on a per capita basis for school purposes. It is made up of the state school tax, less the deficiency fund, and the additional sums of the interest and unclaimed fees on the common school fund. The money was paid into the state treasury by the counties at the December settlement. The state school tax for the half-' year amounted to *1,250,584.02. The deficiency fund wax *65,030.37. Tne ■ interest on the common school futfd . was *280,500.31 and the unclaimed fees *406.22. The state retains a bal ance of *7,000. Apportionments to counties In* this immediate section are as follows: Adams *13,266 82 .Allen 51,085.17 < I Mackford 8,760.27 Huntington 15,885.83 Jay 13,693.35 J Grant 29,n«1.24 Wells 11,661.(16 NEARLY A CENTURY Had Silvered the Head of Joshua McCardle. Who Passed Away Today AT AN EARLY HOUR At County Infirmary—Was Ninety-eight Years Old December Fourth. ! Nearly a century had silvered the i head of Joshua McUardle, a pioneer of I th* county, who passed away this morning at 7:30 o'clock at the county. I Infirmary, of which he had been an J Inmate for the past nineteen yean. Mr. McCardle had been In failing health for several months and bedfast *the paet month, from ailments super Induced by bls old age He was formerly a reeldent of Blue Creek township and was* well and favorably known. Hl* wife passed away several years ago, and many of the thirteen children born Io him are still surviving. Mrs Clinton Fisher of thia city la a daughter He atoo has a son In Geneva and several children In Illinois. Mr. Metterdle was probably the I oldest man In the county, having hern born December 4, I*l4, and at death Iwas Just nlnety-etgbt years and one month of age to the very day. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the county infirmary chapel, and Rev. L. C. Heseert will probably offletate, ■ i o •T. JOhflRH WINS AND LOSES A dome with the St. Mary’s Team of Fort Wayne. The Ft Joseph high school team went to Ifort Wayne Friday evening, where they played the second team of the Ft Mary’s high school and also the first team of Ft. Mary's at Oden hall The first game between the second team of Ft. Mary's roeultnd In a victory for the Ft, Joe boya. «he score being 16 to 13 The st. Joseph boys had a game scheduled with the Bluffton boys, to be played at Fort Wayne, but gome

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how they did not show up and the De-1 catur team not being satisfied with one victory, and still in excellent condition, decided to play the first team of the St Mary's high school. Hero they met their match, and had to lay down the victory to the Fort Wayne boys, the score being 25 to 17. The St. Joe boys put up a fine game, and if it had not been for the fact that they were a little out of wind toward the last of the game, hey would have "copped” off another victory. The line-up for the Decatur boys was: Shoemaker and Niblick, forwards; Smith, center; Gass and BremerkamP. guards. Norbert Holthouse, George Baker and a number of boys accompanied the team from here. "MUTT AND JEFF.” You’ve seen them in the newspaper and laughed at their absurd antics. Now you have a chance to see them In real life, flesh and blood, at the Bosse opera house, Tuesday, January 7th, just as if they stepped out of the ( "funny paper.” They'll be there with their entire family of comedian", singers and dancers, also a bunch of 'nert little "squabs ' - Don t miss "Mut and Jeff.” You'll be sorry if you do COURT tIOUSF NEWS W. J. and Dan Myers, Contractors. and City of Decatur Are Defendants V— ■■ < IN S3OO DAMAGE SUIT Horse Fell Into Trench— Judge Merryman Able to Hold Court. I William J. Myers and Daniel W. My'era, contractors for the Butler sewer, ion West Monroe street, begun last ’July 16th, and the (Tty of Decatur.are I made defendants In a |3on damage I suit. In which William Bernard, a i farmer, living west of the city, is i plaintiff. The suit was filed In the circuit court thia afternoon by Attorneys Peterson & Moran. The Meyers were constructing the Buffer sewer, and between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, on the night of August 16th. had an excavation ten feet deep and seven feet wide, the dirt therefrom being thrown on the street north of the sewer. On the north side of the street, the city of Decatur was making a trench, the dirt therefrom being thrown south of the trench. Into the street, thus blocking the way and making It impassable. The Butler sewer, it Is said, was open except for a tilling of two rods, west of Eleventh street. On the night of August 16th, white Bernard's sou and daughter, aho had been in this city, were driving home with horse and buggy on Mojyoc street, and not knowing of these excavations. and seeing no lights or signals. and nothing being up to block their way. they attempted to drive .through the street, the horse falling into the Butler sewer trench. It tocelvsd injuries from which It is said It died later. The son and daughter also were Injured, receiving cuts and bruises The damage* »ii»t<incd or* set out as follows: Horse. 1300; vst ••rlnary’s *ervlces, 810; buggy. US; harness, 810; services of drayman with block and tackle to get the horse out of the ditch; lid. Some HnTF •go the claim was presented to ths city for settlement, but no satisfactory action was taken. Judge Merryman, who was ill yesterday and unable to attend court, was better, and able to take his place on the bench this morning for a while. The divorce case of James g Wood* vs Effie M Woods haa been dtomlasrd naain from ihe court docket* The couple were married January 37. of last year Before many weeks passed Mr». Woods applied for divorce, and later dismissed the case Then the husband filed one, this being dismiss ed thia morning He staled that he had not been a resident of the state long rtio'iali to begin proceeding*, and hinted that hl* *pmum would soon file a sulf. Ism Btoel vs Thad B nisei, divorce A counter showing waa filed by ths defendant t® the appllratlon for allowanca Hied by the plaintiff. The application waa sustained as to the sum of 1136 to be paid to tbs clerk of this court within 16 days for the sup (Ctotnwto to Vte«e I) .

HIS BEST WISHES P. W. Smith of Richmond Sets Mark of Our Subscription List at 6,000 IN TEN YEARS MORE We Shall do Our Best to Reach That Mark—Anniversary a Success. The anniversary of the Daily Democrat is a pleasing event It is more than you think unless you really stop to consider that for the first time since this county was organized a daily paper has been conducted for a period ten years. That means that it lias come to stay for we are glad to say it is now a self-sustaining institution. There are, on our ooks many people who have taken the paper every day since « irieii. ami amonc them is B. W. Smith, president of the First National loimer resident here, and who ■ '•■tex us the following inter, the -.rood wishes in which we -'eel are genuine: Richmond, Ind , Jan. 3, 1913. Mr. J. H. Heller, Decatur Democrat: My Dear Sir:—Enclosed find my check as per yours of even date. Wishing you all the prosperity and contini ued success possible, and trusting that the future may be even more successful and satisfactory to you, with a circulation of 6,000 in ten years hence. Yours very truly, P. W. SMITH. VOTE OF THANKS. Local Branch, No. 106, United Brotherhood of leather Workers, on horse goods, wishes to extend a vote of thanks to H. A. Colchln for the donation of a l>ox of cigars, given to them on Christmas. FRED C. HARRINGTON. Pres. HARRY rfRADEN. Sec’y-Troas. BEGINS TUESDAY Series of Addresses Will be Delivered Next Week at M. E. Church BY DR. P D. JOHN Under Auspices of Methodist Brotherhood — Regular Meet Dispensed With. On account of the series of special addresses to be given next week at tbo Methodist church,.by Dr. John P. D. John, the lecturer and preacher, under the auspice* of the Methodist Brotherhood, the regular monthly meeting of the Brotherhood, announced for Tuesday evening, will be dispensed with. Dr. John will tiegin his services Tuesday evening, closing Bunday evening. and they will consist of talks on the fundamentals of the (’hristian religion. Dr. John, who was former president of Depnuw university, la a matchleaa orator, strikingly forceful. There will be st Irvin* music, ndmi* •lon free, and everybody fa welcome. The subjects for the serlee are; Tuesday. January 7. 7'3» p tn, "A Glimpse of God In the Microscope ” Wednesday. January 8. 7:30 p. m. "A Glimpse of G<»d In ths Human Body.” Thursday, January 9. 7:30 p n>. •IMd Man Make (tod. or Did God Make Man?" Bunday, January IS. !0:3<» a. m.. "The Most Notable Event in History “ Funday, January IS, «:«M» p tn. "The Worth of a Man " Men’s meeting. Bunday, Jnnuary IS. 7:30 p. m, "A Fire proof Convlctloo" —' i -«o —■ »IVCN BELOW A YEAR AGO. Just a year mo today, the theremnmeter roglrterod seven degree* below zero, according to a notation made r»n a book by Ugppy Johns of the Fuilenkamp store, which he hap pened to run across today At that today to the coldest day of the year (1913) hrcordlng to johlet that soma one irted to aprlng to unsuapectinfl people,

SMALL HOUSE SEES FINE SHOW. The production of "The Girl and the Drummer," Friday evening at the Bosse opera houtee was one of the best shows that have been here thin season. A very small house witnessed the production, but every one of them left with words of praise. The company carries its own special scenery and the effects obtained were fine. Mr. Bosse has been very fortunate this season in securing the best of the shows on the road and the theatergoers have received their money's , worth at every production. HELD IN A TENT. From Berne comes the word that the ninth annual poultry show, which opens there Tuesday morning for the • rest of the week, will be held in a ' big tent. It was the intention of the ' executive committee to try to sectm > the new Berne Wlness building, now In the course of construction, shoul' i it have reached a point in its con struction to allow the holding of the I show there. RECOVER LAURELS I High School Basket Bal » I Team Won Easily from Pennville Champions. IN GREAT FORK'' t Locals Romped Over the Floor and Vicitors Never Had a Look-in. M’lth a rip, boom, bah. and a rah, ’. rah, Decatur high school's team of f championship basket ball players Fri ! day night won back the laurels take, from them a month ago by the Penn ville team when they played in tha. town. The game at Pennville result . 37 to 24, and the defeat was due to .|iarg> because of tbe liberal': ; in calling fouls, fourteen or fifteen being called on the Decatur boys. Friday night the locals were determine to get even and they were in great > form to do so. They played ll' i streaks of lightning and again shov. o. their ability to enter the stute toui m ment, winning the first half 21 to » and the second 28 to 5, a total of 49 u 13. Last year the teams were selec'>-< on points and if the same plan fa us - [ this year It gives Decatur a clear fie 1 since the total with Pennville 1s to the credit of the locals. The gum * . Friday night was clean and fast Both 1 sid’-s did excellent passing, but the locals managed to keep the ball the greater part of the time, due to th" guarding of Lose and Peterson. Each member of the team was upon his toe* and deserves a share of the credit for I the victory. The line-up follows: s Decatur. Pennville Franks F Harper r ( R»lk IstH F .Alberson flz* Tyndall 2d Mi F Nlude 2d', i Vancll C Smili r'Loze G C Thornbti I Peterson G J. Thornbti Field goals—Franks, 8; Ftelk. .* i Vancll, 7; Prterson. 8; Tyndall. 1 . Harper, 3; Smith. 3. i Fbul Goals—Decatur, 1; Pennville i 3. > Referees--BuckWz and Worth mt n i timekeeper. C, E. Peterson; srororv . Vail and Ninde. The n»*t game for the blah school . team will b« placed next Friday evenIng. when the Ft. Wayne team comm* , The city t**«m will meet a Fort Wayne team hero next Monday evening. BRIDGE GANG BTRIKE. Got Docked for Round Trip and Cut In Wages. Several of the local men empolvnd ’ on the bridge gang of the Erie double • track at Rlvarro. worn on a strike thia morning The men claim they were t aiipt«»*o«l to get 12 25 a day, with no docking for the time It took to make the trip to and from their wora. an auto truck being engaged to convev them Thia morning, It la aald. they ■ teamed that they were to get onto i 11 76 a day and docked an hour for the i round trip. They quit and came back f to tows A few nt the foreign laborora > It to aald stuck to the work. u o ■- r The Pennville basket tall team left e for their home this morning after to g cetving a terrible walloping from the Decatur high school Friday night

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EASTER IS EARLY Falls This Year on March 23—Has Not Come so Early Since 1856. WHO REMEMBERS IT? Will It be too Early for the Annual Easter Parade of Finery. March 23, 1913, That is the date on which Easter Sunday falls this year. With cries of “Do your Christ' mas shopping early" still ringing in the atmosphere not many people have thought of other holidays to ' conquer. But let it be here set down that Easter will arrive promptly on March 23, and that it hasn't arrived so early ince the good old days of 1856, when there was no Easter parade, and folks had not taken to blossoming out in a brand new .almost summery attire in honor of the occasion. If you were to take the Fourth of July and present it to the 90,000,000 or so of our citizens of this land in mid-June, or if you were to grant them Christmas and all that goes with It in early December, the upheaval would he no greater than it will be when •-Taster makes its untimely appearance n the blustering, stormy, cold, checr'ess and altogether unliked and disagreeable month of March—the month of the great blizzard of 'BB, and other regrettable things atmospheric. Whatever comfort there is In knowing that Easter came as early as this fifty-sev-en years ago, or even a day earlier in > ’Bl2, or even two days eartar in the ' year 381 A. D. in that part of the world known as Gaul—may be expected at will. The point fa that in 1787, tlso in 1812, and in 1855, so far as records go. Easter parades were not in 'ashion and the particular date did not matter very much. T HE DEATH ANGEL Calls Relatives of Decatur People—Madison Deam Dead at Ossian. HAD BROTHER HERE i Jas. Hall Passed Away at Huntington— John and J. C. Evans’ Aunt Dead. Adam Deam of Root township has received word of the death ot an older brother, Madison Deam, unmarried, who resided at Ossian, his death ocurring Friday evening The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian church there. A niece, Mias Bertha Deam. who fa employed In this city, left this morning for her home upon receipt of he word of death. John and Jerry C. Evans left today noon for Fulton county, where they were called by the death of an aged aunt, Mrs, Jane Mogle. which occur*e«l Friday. The funeral will be h«ld tomorrow. to—**"— ® Another death message waa received In this city this morning by Mrs. William Mcllarnea and Mrs. Alice Peterson, bringing the new* that their I "ti«l». Jarnea Hall, an aged man of Huntington, waa dead. The funeral will be held Tur*day afternoon at 3 I o’clock and the Decatur relatlvea will • attend. I EAGLES INSTALL OFFIC*RS. , »i—" - • At a splendid thafaltodon service i Friday a-cuing the now oftcers of ita f Eagles’ lodge entered upon their new t dutlaa They are f Worthy President— Henry Thoma*, i Worthy Vice iTestdrot Lbat mon. i Worthy Recreiary Joe n Knapke. Worthy Treasurer-Pink Ball. Worthy Chaplain Leo Merryman, t in* Ide Guard-4 H Meyers. • Outalde Guard—Mareu* Mayer. » Trusts* C. C. rtomoM, William Harting. Charles Omtor.