Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1913 — Page 1

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IUNERAL SUNDAY >r Samuel Purdy—Will Take Place at Bluffton M Reformed Church. FATHER . UNAWARE Os Son’s Death—Will Prob--1 ably Never Know—Mother Calls There Today. ®Mr. Purdy Died at 4:’5 fl This Afternoon I . — Bl.fwis 11. Purdy, the aged civil war pb raii, who has been lying unconat his home on First street ■’ Inst Monday, rallying only intervals, has not yet bet ti and f robably will never of the murder of his son, Sami.-, urdy, who Thursday noon was in at his home in Bluffton. He is - Ha ’ unab '® ,o recognize even tho. - 1 HmT' 81 aRd dp&reßt at hla beds!.: 1 Purdy, who has been ill sin < lu Friday with grip and complied is said to be sinking slowly at..; thjfr aftemon was not so well as tlnr n *- His wife and her two daugi. Pearl and Grace Purdy, accoi 1 Pfa- : *>> Miss Gusta Cramer, ma • S I* l ’ trip to Bluffton this morning at * r W°< k by automobile, to call at th. - - 4ssFi<home on West Wiley stre. •h< their son and brother lies col fa^deat h at the hands of Murder- « Stic lx*e, his nearest neighbor. Th. ,*) I ‘ at 1 o’clock this afterno. ,2 | to th i bom. here, having done wh„ t-h* rculd to comfort their daughu - sister in her sad hour, returnin hot: to render what they could of at to the aged father her. ■ -sands of life are running 10--1 B S ,un< * ral of Samuel Purdy w. ♦ I bn >e!d Sunday afternoon at 2 St fh«l (Toss VPt>io>4

•-W 0 * aI Kriormed church 1. e SHHNfti’u. conducted by the pastor, th- » l>l *' rnbarh - wd l >urial will tak pUv.- In Pairview cemetery. rife of the deceased, who wa■jj fimßi Miss Mary Conrad of tbi,'J I «&» | lb i UP well, though ah. VI H^^bevc r beep a strong woman. Th. ,1 shock is the more terrible to her ar ] Ute laat two fatal shots Mr Pw|j ad just eaten dinner, and had ’ BBj® lh *‘ r< ** r WB,lt K " to b•’ WOT ’*' Mrs i»urdy and daughter. Esther, ag. i • MMe. were sitting In the hous. When they heard Ute shot and heard Mtf. Furd . cry to them They haste,i ' ed oa< and ssw Mr Purdy felled by th. shot! and sass Mr Lee with the re -jJ vol ver la his hand When he saw th. >fE wtLJjm.f daughter, .Mr. Lee tired tht • « last |w<> fatal shots at Mr Ihtrdy a* he lay on the ground, and then pointed ; IhOP" -er St Mrs Purdy and daugh tor lUki MM them to come. He fin - *Hf ' and they Hastened to the woungr : mtn, who lad merelv •troagt! to murmur a fe» unlntelli • WP"' 1 ' to hl * lu 'cd ones before sassing into the death stupor. ♦IB, last visit to his father's IMuMe i aaS last Monday evening, and his father was at that time was ' unable to recognise him He had planned to < <»ma again Thursdav eight , lo csr« for him. ~ Tfeoae raturnlng from lUuffio* u» I «l*y W***' ’ **•’ Mr.'law has acknowl edge*p>»( twi Mid Ho grudge against J Furdjraod lirf Is said to have told oth 71 ma that he would "shoot M< r ’*• t*ho kh on one aide of his hornet ~ or Mrßhirdi ton the othert before u; iundaj •; (fj Afedgfd’ -to stories of Bluffton t<t • • r m the T 'Tga the t Sludge of lung fe suattag Mat Mt tfc* d**d tn an F4i4> wee LvSVitut big hottie -I u: I- to, «■ eating bls dinner, en ■ t«. the Red i roes factory to <■ w sum hi- k as foreman of <’■' ' •• poach Ha,, laid in wait in the y alley ME* rear oi his residence, «•’" , 4ooy. As «m his ustuL custum, Purdy 1 J mmnd ■Ser just a f*W tr. t on <<>■ I tot «jrc|||c..t by Igw to gain entrant •« ‘JtejGLj. and there he was found U £ to • dytn. condition a few minutes 7 fold?. 'Mm; - living In the neighbor ’Jjh f M bear# tbrrs shots fired and rush . ; *4 kt ttoMrene Many of them were •' near MOlgh to see Lee fire the third ; trtWL Which strucli under the left Jaw f'JJ btrns. ngtfßecording to the physicians' lX |T rssnlled In Purdy a death less than an : hour l 9 fef, at HHry <sl- small son of tin Eten was visiting at 'he hoot" - -of WHMMmotber first door east of

tho Purdy home and he heard tho first shot and rushed to the rear door. lie. Saw shot fired and said before Lee pulled the trigger Purdy *as on the ground screaming and had kne leg thrown into the air. After itiie third shot was tired the boy said thfl man did not make a sound with the exception of hard breathing. Indications are that Lee stood behind the closet at the rear of the lot and Bred as Purdy passed. From evii- nee secured it appears that Lee and Purdy bad a few words before the Ha I*l shots and that Mr. Purdy had I irned toward Lee before the first shot was fired. Ralph Staver, a neighbor, and others rushed to the scene, on hearing the shots, carried the "ian Into his home, where physicians vlio were called to attend him, could a< nothing to save his life. Deputy Sheriff Fred Adams and Marshal Charles Pierce arrived on the scene and located Lee in his b‘>tne, next door, where he could almost hear the moans of the dying man. ■ W.th his wife -hanging to his neck and . s bbtng in a pitiful manner, Lee cont seated to accompany the officers to l Jail and nid not attempt to deny any i :urt of the shooting. W. A. Likkey r »-is also in the home and asked where I the revolver used in the killing was . sept. The wife secured it for him out i of a dresser drawer and Mr. Lipkey . timed it over to the police. rands, aged ten, the younger Lee > son, was with the father. He said- , they had been playing about the toilet 1 room and barn, and that be had asked 1 s father to get some icicles.- Mr. himself, says he had taken the rsv >lver to the barn to shoot rats. Mrs. Lee said they had it when they t lived on the farm, and had used it there fa butchering. , "Oh, my poor, poor man,” was all j that Mrs. Lee could say as she threw her arms around her husband's neck aad kissed her husband several times i u he was being led to an automobile, I which carried him to the jail. The i ■ « man followed him to the doorway .ind screamed and sobbed as the ma- i chine pulled away. When Marshal | I", co went to the door of the home; « short time later he found it locked i Mrs. Lee finally appeared at the door ! snd he placed her under arrest and ' •AAk hpr so th a 1a <1

. toes ner io tno jail On the advice of neighbors. Mar ihal Pierce placed Mrs. Lee under arrest just about the time of Mr. . Purdy's death. The woman was in an „ hysterical condition and is said to K have made threats against Mrs. Purdy t . sad also on ter own life. She will be , confined in jail at least a time and the two small sons of the Lees will be 1 under the charge of W. A. Llpkw*. ( probation officer. .Mrs Purdy stated j !.r the shooting that Mrs. Lee had made threats against her life and she I was afraid of her. May be Insane. , John Ix"e, the man charged with the murder, may be insane. At one > .:. a sou tried u> have a guardian . ,;•« uted tor him. saying he was > | mentally unbalanced Several months ! .j he moved to West Wiley . centra In the first house west of the! . Purdy home, and was employ wi for I , some time in the galvanising room st the Red Croon factory. He lost hie , position there a short time ago and , since that time had made many < .«ts against the dead man. claim ! ns that he caused him to be rei.sM.l Mr Purdy, however, was the ort-man of the punch room at the •cry and had nothing to do with t>>«. galvanising department and often r.ii.sked to friends about Lee's thnwts, and said that he had done t .ti,. :.g to the man and had said nothing or taken no action which n st lusve caused him to lone bls po sltlon. it is »aid that Loo made the state m< nt to people In the past few days that be would end l*urdy's life before th» "id ot the week and be laid in wg in the alley to make bis promise <vne of his sons Is said to have h. It a closet, just g few feet from wh.r. Purdy (mil. and It ta thought th c iee was hiding In tbs building. «h- he saw Purdy approach from hi. i.,»ne. Visits Trustee. John t/»e, the man charged with th, murder, called on Trustee William |,it>n "• dneaday, asking for aid He Mi «l that hie ryes ha*! been eoltxmed while he WM working in the gnlvanlsif,M room at the tt-d rvosa factory and M id that hr was unable lo get any work which ho could do on that *c rotint He said be needed food and fuel fnr bls family. To other persona is -aid to have declared that "he would kill Ham Purdy and end hie own Hf« If h« did not get a job" Does Not Remember. ■1 etpMt I have kilted a man." was ib<. only remark about the shooting that could be secund from John Lee tConttnoet. on Page 1)

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MONTH IS PASSING One-third of January Has Slipped Along— Anniversary a Success. AL FRISTOE WRITES One of the Old Stand-bys of the Daily Democrat Sends His Greetings. One-third of the month of January has already passed. The days are slipping along rapidly and those who intend to assist in the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Bally Democrat should get busy In-fore they forget IL The ten days have been more than satisfactory to us, and hundreds have pledged their support and renewed their faith by paying their subscription to January, 1914. You want the Democrat next year. Why not pay for It this month? Besides those who call at the office to do their share toward making this month a success, each mail brings in a number of re- „ plies, and practically each letter includes a message of good cheer, i Among those today was one from our old friend, Al Fristoe, former marshal of this city, and well remembered as a business man of Decatur and Geneva, which reads as follows: Rochester, Ind., Jan. 9, 1913. Editor Dally Democrat, Decatur, Ind.: My Dear Sir and Friend:—Enclosed you will please find .check for $2.50, plus sc, for Daily Democrat and your anniversary knife. 1 was among your first list of subscribers, and it seems almost Impossible that ten years has so quickly flown, and I still want to |be one of its readers. The Decatur Daily Democrat Is a household necessity with me. Send her along, and may her popularity never grow less. Yours respectfully, H. A. FRISTOE. — - ’—lt* ■— •

TIME DRAWS NEAR For Holding of Farmers’ Institute in Adams County —Two Days’ Meet WILL BE HELD HERE Institutes Will be Held at Six Various Places in the County. The farmers’ institute work for the year in Adams county will begin with a two days' meeting at Decatur, February 6 and 7. Mr. James Kline of Howe, Ind., an experienced institute worker, will discuss alfalfa, corm growing, silos and ullage, noil fortrtlty, live stock and ihe country boy and girl, or such of the nliovr topics as may be deemed most Interesting, on Ute first day of the institute. Mrs. Laura H. Imonard of lndlann|> oils will discuss general household topics on the second day II will be remembered that Mrs was present at last winter's institute nnd rendered valuable service in the meeting Her work being so acceptable to the management that she is being returned thia year. tn addition ot the state workers the assistance of everyone who la Inter eat rd in better farming la urgently so Hefted. Program* will br published in a few days, and will be fnalled on request only. As the announcements will be made from time to time through the papers, it Is deemed un necessary to distribute the programs, before the date of the Institute tn accordance with the new order for things recently Instituted by ths extension department of Purdue uni varsity, there will be sis farmers* lost I tut ea in Adams county Instead of two as heretofore The following are the dates, places and presidents having charge of the different meatings Peterson. Feb A—Valet M ikef, Deme, Fbb. 10-11—Charles L. Dsv liurtoo. • Monros, Feb 11—E. W. Hustthe Geneva, FVb. 1114- Mr ghumaker Hobo. Feb. U-W W Miller

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, January 10, 1913.

Announcements will be made and programs issued in due time. CHAS. 8. MUMMA, County President. o MARRIAGE VS. DIVORCE. Wells County Has Many Married Couples Made Happy. During the past year two hundred marriage licenses were issued In Wells county. Forty divorce cases were filed and forty-one divorces granted during tho year, one filed the preceding year being granted last year. In Adams County ehere were two hundred three marriage licenses .nineteen divorce cases hied and thirteen divorces granted. ELECT OFFICERS Cemetery Association Elects Trustees and Officers for the Year 1913. REPORT SUBMITTTED Showing Total Assets to be $750.54 Over and Above Indebtedness. The election oftrustees and officers of the cemetery association was held Thursday evening at the office of 'Squire Stone for the ensuing year. No change was made in the board of officers, the same being elected for 1913 that held office in 1915, as follow*: Solomoa Linn, president; J. H. Stone, secretary; J. W. Teeple. treasurer. The report was also published, showing the financial condition of the company to be in excellent condition.' The rejwrt shows the following: I Since the association purchased the F. M. Schlrmeyer land at an expense of $3,000, they have paid all debts up, to the present date, including the

I S-WW lUVIUUIUR lU' .'above amount and in addition a $304 '.expense account and now have notes' on hand amounting to 1412.54, and cash amounting to $.108.00, making the' total assets over and above indebted-! . nees. $750.54. A-e.. PRE-COMMUNION SERVICES At The Presbyterian Church Next Wook. ! Heginning Monday evening at 7:30 and lasting until and Including Friday ! evening, devotional services - will bo 1 . held at the First Presbyterian church. Rev. H. G. Gleiaer, of Watseka, H1..! father of the local pastor will be the' t peaker. On Monday evening * sub- 1 ject will be, "How We May Know God Better,; On Tuesday evening. "The Investment of life and energy'; •. tin Wedneaday evening, Force and I jo* er of prayer". The sujecta for Thursday and Friday evenings will be announced later. Members of the church are specially requested to 1 make extra effort to attend these devotional services previous to commun- [ ion services. The general public la , cordially Invited to attend these ser- , Gees. (kxM music. Com* and enjoy the week with us. FARMERS' INSTITUTE DATES The farmers' Institute work in Ad , ama county will begin the sessions to ! be held in this city February Sth and seventh. Other meetings kill be held at PoteHMMi. February Bth; Berne, i February loth and lllh; Monroe. February 13th, Geneva. February 13th and 14th, and Bobo, February 14th. MiSMMM > • 8080 CIRCUIT. Preaching service next Rundav nt Ralrra at 10:10 a m. nnd at Pleasant Mills at 7Sop, m On account of th* special meetings at pleasant Mills th* evening service at Mt Hop* will b* <li»jM<na*d with. J. k. HOCHVHBDLER ■Mwaamsaw waaMMwaaMSse CHRIS AUOOBUROER DEAD. Visitors from H*rn* this morblmt brought news of th* death of Obris Aug»b»rg*r, living four mil** w*st of B*m* Th* report or detstis could n<>t be secured or verified, on aswount of the storm stayed telephone connection ■ II <— ■ o UNCLE MEEIKtAH OBSERVES. T' moat o' folks wants doktura who tail em' f k**p on nllvlb* just like they h»v Mo.

HAS OPENED SHOP Guy Majors Already in Business in Tyler, Florida, on Own Land. BUYS A HOUSE And Moves it on Lot—Mrs. Majors Will Join Him There Later. Schafer Peterson has received word jfrom his son-in-law. Guy Majors, late of Fort Wayne, that he has arrived safe at Tyler, Florida, and has already opened a barber yhop there. Mr. Majors owns a lot in the business part of the town, and on this he has moved a building purchased from the Town Site Company, and has opened his shop therein. He owns [live acres of land adjoining the city and is arranging to erect a house on IL As soon as this is finished, Mr. and Mrs. Majors will move their household goods there. He will break a part of the land at once for cultivation. Mr. Peterson also owns five acres of land near Mr. Majors, both purchasing through an agency, without seeing the land first. Mr. Majors Is well pleased with the land and {country. Mrs. Majors is staying with I her parents here, until arrangements for joining her husband are made. o SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS. The high school students are now in the throes of agony or the seventh heaven o f delight—as the case may be, according to the application heretofore over their first semester exam- ' inations. The examinations are held I semi-annually, the present exami na!tion closing the first half of the school , term. Somo making the required general averages are exempt. - — —e — — - -

COURT HOUSE NEWS Beberstine Berne Milling Co. Case Went to Jury at 2 O’clock. f _ A NEW SUIT — To Cancel Mortgage Filed by Fred Fox Against Kirchhofer. The case of Adam BebersUne vs the Heme Milling Co. which began trial Wednesday morning, went to the jury at S o'clock thia afternoon FYed Fox has filed suit against Chris Kirchhofer to quiet title and cancel mortgage. In the case ot the State ex rel. Dawn Dibble vs. Clark Dibble, upon request of the prosecuting attorney, it apjiears to th* court that th* defendant has fi-ft the juriedictloti of court and ba* gone to some other part of th* sta'e. and th* courts appoints Jesse Kelly, special agent, to serve th* warrant in thia cause. The relatrixDdtHthcET A suit in September, alleging that th* I defendant, who ma/rled her tc escape paternity proceedings, bad atanduned her January lllh, of laat year. She asks ll.noo for support -, | Thomas Adam* M al. vs. Hom*r Faison, quiet title, cross-complaint i filed by Homer Pearson Rul* against plninilffa io answer same William P. Barkley has filed with I ih* county auditor hl* resignation as aaacaaor of t'nlon township and Audi lor Mlchuad today announced the opt>ointm*nt of Frank Mclntosh to Mil the vacancy Mr. Mclntosh has already qualified and la now the assessor of Vnlon Real estate transfers: Dor* B. Erwin, commissioner, to John M Dolleo bacher. lo scree, Jefferson tp. sl2s: Dorn D. Er*ln. commissioner, to G«o W iwker. 40 acrea. Jefferson tp.. $4.ooo; Catherine D Uucher tn Roy L. Bucher, 10l 11$ and pan of lot 111, Geneva, quit claim deed, SIOO.

( SAMUEL JORAY LAID TO REST. Funeral services for Samuel Joray, aged seventy-eight years, of near Vera Cruz, were held this morning at the ' Six Mlle church. He was a native of Berne, Switzerland, but lived in this country since he was nine years old. He was married to Miss Esther E. Baughman, November 23, 1864, the couple going to housekeeping in Vera Cruz. For thirty-five years he was a wagon maker there and for the past twenty-five years resided on a farm In that vicinity. Five children survive. Mrs. Emily Luginblll of Berne is a sister. Mr. Joray's death was caused by paralysis with which he was afflicted since October 29th. EXPENSE FOR YEAR I ———— — Sum of $104,341.72 Paid Out of Adams County’s Funds for Year. — 1 STATISTICAL REPORT I Made to State—Total Receipts $119,269.64 — A 1 Good Balance. 1 - i One of the dosing works of retiring I Deputy Auditor Paul Baumgartner 1 was to concilia figures for the annual 1 statistical report, which was mailed to the state department at Indianapolis Thursday. This shows the receipts and expenditures of county funds for ( the year 1912, as follows: , Receipts. , The total receipts, from tlfe follow- . ing cources were $119,269.64. . I Balance in treasury, Jan. 1, 1912, I $16,345.43. Turnpike repair, $21,776.32. II County taxes, $45,917.25. i Auditor, clerk, treasurer and sheriff's funds, $4,548.99. Prom poor farm. $1,293.99.

On account townshij* poor fund, $347.07. Account ot bridge and bridge rej«air fund. $20,174.35. Account change of venue, $209.50. Interest on county funds, $3.<442.88. Miscellaneous receipts. $4,903.96, Expenditures. ' The total expenditures, used as fol lows, were $104,341.75: Auditor s salary. Including fees an. ! allowances. $2,950, Clerk's salary, etc., $2,657. Sheriff, $2,616.15. Recorder. $1,657.63. Treasurer, $3,153.81. Surveyor. $1,888.50. County school superintendent and Ideputy. $1,998; his office expenses, $289 Is. I County truant officer. s32<t. County commissioners, salaries and expanses, $1,792 45. County council (seven members», s7<». Coroner and Inquest expenses. $387 Assessors and expenses, of board of r.tvied. $3.8C3. State accountants' work. $833 99 Cost of grand and petit jurors and bailiffs. $3,891.75. Paid for change of venue, $269 M. Prisoners' board. $854 90 All jail expenses. 81.337.13, Caring for poor. $5,780.11. Insane, $163 *l. Inmates of state benevolent and co rectlonal Institutions. $419 50. Dependent children, $1,334.06. Burial of soldiers, 8450. Highway surveying and vtewln slll Bridges and bridge repair. $31,443,64. Free gravel road repairs. 813.484 County printing, lil.oiola Court house maintenance and t> pair*. 84.060,71. Paid to slate, Internet on unloand school funds. $1.600, November election, 83.*04 s.’ Registration expvn«e*. $3,441,15 Township poor relief fund. $1,97774. Tnltemlted expenses. 86.195 01. County Institute allowance, s|oo Farmers' Institute allowance, s7l s•* Balance had December 31. 1912. 8I« 92791. Additional Figures In addition th* report show* that about thirty-six mH** of macadam made were built, making in all about 176. There are still about 476 mil** of unimproved mads t Macadam mad bonds outstanding. |'.34.444 79. Paid during the year o« bonds anfi mt*e**«. 9105.047 46 Coat of road building during year. (CWMVeeM aw *a«o 8)

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WITHOUT EYES We May See God, Says Dr. P. D. John —Faith is Seeing Without Eyes. ELOQUENT LECTURE Given Last Night—To Speak at Rockville Saturday Evening. The third of the aeries of lectures by Dr. P. D. John was given Thursday evening at the M. E. church, when he spoke on “A Glimpse of God Without Eyes," or "The Domain of Truth.” This evening's lecture will be on "Did Man Make God, or Did God Make Man?" The series will close here Sunday evening. There will be no lecture here Saturday evening .as Dr. John will speak at Rockville. On last evening's theme in his usual eloquent way, he said: "Faith is seeing without eyes. It is t’ e direct and inverted gaze of the soul on truth and on the essence behind the truth. It is seeing the Invisible. It is the immediate contact of the soul with God. It is divine sight and divine insight. It Is pre-eminently , that function tn men th*t makes them . partake of the divine nature. We have fallen upon an era which puts to a severe test our confidence in ' the validity of faith. In the midst -of this trial we sometimes recoil at the demands of faith. Faith is the foundation of the Christian religion. If it is * satisfactory foundation for all human affairs in general, ft should be a sufficient basis for a universal religion. All the activities of human life, physical and intellectual, proceed on faith. The very processes of life are Ulus trations of the validity, authority and universality of faith. Whence come the air you breathe? From every , where, from other lungs, human and animal; from the hospital and dun- ■ geon: from the upper rim of the atmosphere, and from the dark car. eras of the.earth; from kissing the dew-drops and from fanning the waterfall and through the poisonous breath of the peshball. It has come from ’where death Is, and it may bear death on Its wing. But you open wide your lunes to receive it and bid It welcome. Do you know what It contains? How long would you live, if you stopped to question every atom of every current that flows into your lungs? You breathe by faith. So. you eat by faith. Are you sure I that there is no treason between the , farmer who sowed the wheat and the servant who placed the tempting loaf on your dinner table? So, you drink by faith. Whence comes the water issuing from the crystal spring. From the crouds, through the air. tainted with poison; over rocks on which the venomous reptile has sunnM himself; through poisonous germs and fetid remains in the soil: through vaults and caverns where disease breeds; at last leaping with Joy through the crust of the earth Into the sunshine and air Do you stop to analyse each drop? You slake your thirst by faith In God and the uniformity of his law When vou He down to sleep you close your eyes In faith that you will open them again with the morning sun. You go out of consciousness with an abiding faith that you will return to consciousness with the new day. Thus ail the processes of life proceed on faith. Your physical life la a contfawme act of faith. The relations of life are equally II levtrqtfana of th« authority and universality of faith. As children In the I l >»me, as students In school, as brothers and sisters, so fathers and mothers. as husbands and wives, you live by faith. O, pur* and h«dy was the faith that was born with your birth, that was devoloned In the nursery, that grew brighter around tho fireside, that kindM Intn the hope and love, and that youg would not extinguish for all the wottith of the wnrtd. i Got nut Into society, Whnt Is the i bond that holds the community toI gothor’ It Is faith 'of mon In mon. i end society will become impregnable when the faith of man in tne manhood , of men becomes universal and norma , B o«t. Ixsdt at the world of commerce. I Row long would the wheels of businoss revolve If faith were dead Or. . look at human government. Happy is tronrwea on Tage JI