Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1913 — Page 2

DAILYDEMOCRAT 1 =S=.==?=gSg I Published Every Evening, Except , Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM. JOHN H. HELLER. Subscription Rates. Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Tear, by carrier... $5.00' Per Month, by mail ...25 cents Per Tear, by mail.. $2.50 [ Single Coidea 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at th e postofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. c- *• *• ** *• ** »»»• WUUUVvIsHWtsWIf W i»j ;s O 8 DOINGS IN SOCIETY g 1 .. .. .» ~ .... w >• W .. *« »• W, ... WEEK S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Wednesday. Tri-Kappas—Frances Dugan. Thursday. Shakespeare club —Library. W. C. T. U —Mrs. John Niblick. A merry bunch took advantage of the pleasure that is afforded at Rome

Citv Sunday and returned Sunday ' i evening very tired but well pleased with their trip. The party included ( L The Misses Thelma Horton, Blanch*’< r Ford, Nell Smith ami Edith Cougiil ol j ? Portland. Grace Arnold and Naomi I, Rr.pel of Briant and Mary Laughlin | and Celia Gillig of Decatur and Mess- ; is Harold Smith, Leo Ford, Will Den- j ney, Augustus Ford. Merril Lloyd, t Chester Bryan and Paul Beard of Portland and Leo Gillig of Decatur. ] The country home of Mr. and Mrs. , W- D. H. Brown, near ißivarre, was the scene of much festivity last Sunday when their daughter. Miss Lulu. , pleasantly entertained a company of , her young friends at a chicken din- | ner. Outdoor sanies and conversation. I , enjoyed in the. cool, inviting orchard. , Quickly whiled away the afternoon. Everyone present reported an unusual ■ ly good time. Those present lieside: , tne hostessi't* were Misses Nellie ami Lottie Lett, Florence Koos. Ethel and i i Pearl Tutnblesou, Kost pangler ami Fern Davis and the Messrs, llarvie ; , Ward and Forest Bunner. Miss Fanchon Magley entertained at tea last evening for her aunts. Mrs. A. E, Magley, of Kenton. Ohio, and Mrs. John Christen, and the Rev. B 3. Uhl, of Nokomis, 111. Mrs. Minnie Daniels and family hail Hie pleasure of entertaining a company of relatives and friends at dinner and supper Monday. Guests were their cousins, Mrs. Sarah Gilchrist and daughter. Lulu, Wichita. Kans.: Mrs. Belinda Beedle and son, B“rt, Canton, Ohio; Frank Burgett. Alliance, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs Will Burgett Cayuga Falls. Ohio; John A. Barkley, Union township. Mr. and Mrs. E. G Keifer and baby daughter. Vera Jeanette: Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Keifer’s parents, all of Dayton. Ohio, motored here Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday with Mr. Keifi r’s parents Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Keifer. of R. R. No. 10, near Salem, returning home Monday morning. Mrs. George Flanders and Mrs. J S. Peterson will leave tomorrow for Rome City to bo the guests of Mrs T. M Reid for a week at her cottage. Tlie Sheets family is holding its annual reunion at Swinney park. Fort Wayne, today. Mis Mildred Strobe went to Mon month this morning to attend a party given by Miss Helen Fonner. Master John Moore of South Russel (street was given a very pleasing surprise In honor of his eighth birthday Tuesday afternoon. The little folks

VVE invite you to ” call and see the handsome assortment of Fall and Winter Woolens. Prices range from I S2C. to S4O. I * THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY ■ L.X. .. 'Uai

hid in tlie school building until they '1 thought the time wu good and ripe toll march in upon him. Tlie afternoon ’ was spent in playing games, in a peanut game John Teeple won first prize, and Bobby Fowler tlie booby. Mrs. Moore was assisted by Mrs. H. Thompson and Mrs. J Ross in serving a dainty two-course luncheon, after which the little folks bpd their pictures taken. Those present were; John Teeple, Tlietus Hocker, Vernon Niblick. Wayne Peterson, Herman Lee, Charles Brciner, Christian Macy, Harry Thompson, Bobby Fowler, Walter Baker, G -raid Ross, Ruby Thompson, Franklin Moore, John MooreMrs. Frank Parent entertained a company of friends at an evening party and luncheon Monday evening for ' Miss Lulua Beechler, who returned yesterday to West Milton. Ohio, and ; for Miss Irene Gerard, who returns I Sunday to Toledo. Ohio. A very good I time is reported. Tlie other guests v ere tlie Misses Minnie, Bessie and Nora Weber, Marguerite Gerard, Mildred and Hazel LaDclle and Mrs. John WeberAll tlie Shakespeare club ladies are urged to attend tlie business meeting ct the library Thursday evening. n't... if. z’’l» .1.*:..

The Woman’s Christian Temperance inion will obs/*ve tlie animal field day Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Niblick, instead of Mrs. Nettie Schrock- Each member is expected to come amt tiring a new mem her, or a membership card, signed Mrs. Henry Krick will have charge of the program; Mrs. Mary Eley, the round table; Mrs. Rex, the devotional; Mrs. D. G. M. Trout, a sketch of the life of Neal Dow; and Miss Ruth Myers, of Bloomington, 111., charge o, tlie special music. Mr and Mrs. James McConnell motored through from Marion and stopped off at the I ir. Burns and Clark Frothers’ home for a visit. They are enroute to Convoy, Ohio, for a visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs E- IK Brothers of Chicago and Miss Mildred Seibold of Hemlet arrived in tlie city yesterday for a few days’ visit with the Clark Brothers and Dr. Burns family. They came by automobile and expect to return byway of Marion, Ind. After reaching Chicago, they expect to go to Lansing, Mich., to visit Mrs. Brothers' jieople. The ladies of the Afternoon club i-njoyer "five hundred" and a luncli- * on yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. U. Deininger. o COURT HOUSE NEWS. Tlie' sheriff and deputy sheriff's aid was enlisted in the search today for a bicycle stolen from one of the beet workers on the Coverdale farm. The man hail ridden his wheel west along the Erie where h* left it s\‘. inding while lie walked a half-mile td interview tlie boss relative to getting a job on the road fore*' He got t“' job and returned to get his wheel, finding it gone. Workers at tlie cemetery stated that they had seen a man taking a wneel toward Decatur and the officials traced the tracks to this city Tlie ouls description of tlie suspected thief which the cemetery men could give was that he wore a cow-boy hat it is thought lie will lie run down soon. A marriage license was issu'd to Norman Hirschy, evangelistic singer ot Berne, born, April 4. 1891, son of Elias Hirschy, to wed Esther Spning- * r, compositor of Berne, born July 7. 1888. daughter of Daniel Sprunger. Real estate transfers: German Lyon to Bell Wolfe, really in Blue Creek Ip, S2OO. D. B. Erwin, attorney for A. 11. Perfect A- Co., lias brought suit against Altman & H*-ss for $125, on account.

BIG CAR CAPACITY Work on Construction of New Erie Railroad Yards at Huntington. 1,000 CAR CAPACITY Part of the Fair Grounds is

Being Used—ls a Big Undertaking. , i Huntington, Ind , Aug. 20 Kork began yesterday on on ■ of tlie most ini- ; portant undertakings ever attempted here when tlie first step toward con- . struction of the new Erie railroad yards will be launched by the Erie Stone company. Tlie stone company lias tlie contract for entire work, witli tlie exception of the laying of tracks. Tlie entire yards, which will be one i.nd a quarter mih-ts in length and 140 It/'t wide, will 1 e tilled to an average depth of eight feet. Tlie area of the track, it is evident, calls for an immense amount of dirt, all of which is to be obtained from tlie stone company's grounds east of the railroad. Eight or tentracks will be laid the entire length of the yards and the car| capacity will easily reach I.OM according to the officials. The Erie, it is understood. will begin the laying of track as soon as a sufficient area lias been led and will continue as rapidly as th*' grading permits. Tlie construction of the new yards here will moan much to the railroad and to tlie city. Part of tlie fair grounds will b* used by the Erie for their new yards. 0 NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Root township, in \damt'ounty. State of Indiana, and to the taxpayers of Madison towhship in Alien county, Indiana, that tlie board ol commissioners of said Adams county and tlie board of commissioners of ■ said Allen county will me* t in joint session in tlie commissioners’ room > in the auditor's office in the City of Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, Wednesday, October 1, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. in.. to consider the re--1 port of tlie engineer and viewers on a ■ free macadam road on the county line ■ let ween the counties of Adams and Allen aforesaid, known as the Fred Hoile macadam road, as petitioned lor by Fred Hoile et al., which said petition is now pending. I The improvement petitioned for is j r over and upon the publie highway, on ’ tlie following route, to-wit: e Ccmmencing at the southwest cor- ? tier of section 34 in township 29 north. ? range 11 oast, on tlie boundary line between the counties of Allen and AdII tuns aforesaid, running thence east on n the southern boundary on sections 34, 8 35 and 36 in township 29 north, range V 11 east, and on the northern boundary of sections 3, 2 and 1 in township 28 •' north range 14 east, and terminating at the sontlseast corner of said so* - 11 tion 36 in township 29 north, range d 14 oast- Tlie same being on the counI ty lino road dividing said soetjons and II being the same highway, described in llio petition for this improvement That it is propos'd to Improve said ° highway by grading, draining and ma >' radamizing Hie same with crushed *' stone and screenings as provided in : the plans and specifications for con- ■ strucling said improvement, which are now on file in the Auditor's office of Adams county, Indiana, and of the Auditor's office of Allen county, Indiana. Any and ail residents of tlie aforeraid townships opposed to. anil nffoct*d by the proposed improvement may 1 file their remonstrance or remonstrances against the construction of said improvement witli tlie Auditor of Adams County, Indiana, where said petition is pending, at any time up until Hie hum of Hl o'clock a. m., on Wednesday, October 1, 1913. and not thereafter; that on the said I t day of October, 1913,the said board of commission* ns, aforesaid, acting in joint cession will hear any and all remon strances filed and the only ground for a remonstrance tin provided bv Jaw shall lie that said improvement will Tjot be of public utility or conv* nieii< • . T. H. BALTZEI.L, Auditor, Adams County, Ind. I CALVIN IL BROWN. 20-27 Auditor All ’ll County, Ind. FALLS IN CELLAR. Dtay Leaded With Farm Machinery Bieaks Through Opening. A heavy dray belonging to Frank Teeple and driven by *Ralph BenU, broke through the opening into the cellar of the gas company's office j shortly bet'oie noon today. The dray was leaded down with heavy faitn ■

| machinery being delivered to the Lee ■ Hardware coni)>any. and was just entering tin- alley whfc'U the front wheel passed over a rotten board used for the purpose of covering the hole and went through. Neither the horse nor Mr. Bentz were injured, but had tin exceedingly narrow escape. The other drays belonging to Mr. Teeple were quickly dispatched to the scene and the machinery was transferred to them. The wagon was removed and I except for the straightening out of, several pieces, it was not badly damaged.

OBITUARY. Elias Ellsworth Mitch, son of Christian and Mary Ellen Mitch, was born in Adams county. Indiana, August 14, 1969, and di xl August IS, 1913. aged 44 years and 4 days. He was united in marriage to Estella K. Harker of i Van Wert. Ohio. November 28, 1894. j To this union were born five children. , two sons and three daughter—Vora A., Tony A., Emma C., Page B. and 1 Parth A- He leaves to survive him, a I wife, five children, a mother, four brothers, one sister, and a host of rel- . ativee and fib nds. He was a member ( in good standing of tlie Brotherhood ( of American Yeomen. He was a good neighbor, a kind father, and a con- , sistent <oni|Hinion. and was held in , high esteem by those who knew him. His death will be keenly felt in the , community where lie residedo OFF FOR REUNION Boys from Decatur Left This Morning for Logansport for Reunon. IOF 160TH REGIMENT — I Will Assist Bluffton in Endeavoring to Secure Reunion for Next Year. With the same spirit Os patrioaism burning in their breasts that they had I fourteen years ago when they were in actual service during the Spanish- ■ American war, many of tlie local members of Company B, Ifiotli I. V. 1., left ■ tills morning byway of rail and auto- 1 mobile for Logansport w here the four teenth annual reunion of the regiment is being held today. Those who left byway of automobile were Frank i’e- 1 terson, Charles Miimma. James Hakes of Wren, Ohio. Charles Hower and , Roy Wolford. Those who left on the train were John Andrews. Ed Fulton. ‘ •lames Hudson, Charles Brother and i Richard Myers. Every year these men endeavor to ■ . meet with their comrades and talk I . over tlm olden days when they were I i tented on the battlefields, protecting the right and honor of this . idorious country. Bluffon is endeavoring to secure tlie reunion for next ; year against Lafayette and Marion ; and the local boys ai'e going to the . encampment determined to assist Bluffton in every way to be sue< ess- . ful in their endeavors. 1 0 , FIRE LOSS IS $321,367 FOR WEEK OF AUG. 1. I According to tlie records of the state I fire nuirslial's office. August has started out witli a decrease In tlie . number of fires, and an increas in , losses, as compared with the last week . in July. , Durin the first seven days of Au- . Hist. 150 fii-r-s were reported to the lire marshal, with a total loss of $321. 367. During the last week in Jnlv . there wore 199 fires and a loss of $146,- ■ | 752. Os the loss for Augn4, $22,061 ." as on the contents of buildings, and ■ $299,306 on the structures themselves, r As usual, a large percentage of the I Week’s fires are < lassed as being of . unknown origin. 49 fires 'being in , eluded in this classification Next in t importani e, numerically, were the ad joining fires, 29 all told . i Causes of Fires. Os specific causes, sparks led the' , list, 14 tires being attributed to sparks I • from chimneys, locomotives and oilier i engines. Defective flues, and lightning j each caused 10 fires, while mutches I caused 6 and burning ruliliish. tires. Among the oilier causes w<>re; Spoil I taneous combustion, 4; gasoline explo-J I slon 4: gas jet. 3 kornmeno stive, 3; ! and ashes agaiust wood, electric wires, gas explosion and hot iron, 1 each. 'J here were six fires due to other miscellaneous causes. The II fires attributed to sparks! ' caused a total loss of $3,912, while] i tiie'six fires caused by matches • re-i suited in damage amounting to $408.' I The ten fires cawed by lightning resulted in a loss of $32,371. Os the t*'n buildings only one was roddeii. , Democrat Want Ads Pay.

MOTHERWINSOUT Judge Merryman Gives Mary C. Payne Possession of Her Daughter. STAUFFERS PAY COSTS

In the Case—D, B. Erwin Appears for Plaintiff in DeVoss' Absence. The mother, Mrs. Mary (k, I'ajne, who brought habeas corpus procc d , legs in the Adams circuit court lot ; the possession of lier ten-year-old daughter, Clarice Ruth Clymer, by a former marriage, won out in her case After hearing the evnience this morn , Ing, relative to tlie competency ol th* i mother to provide a home lor the; child. Judge Merryman awarded h-’i’■ tlie possession and custody ot tlie girl 'liie costs of the case were tax'd i against Ferdinand Stauffer, who witli , Katie Stauffer, are made def- ndants., The Stauffers took the girl ironi th* , comity infirmary seven years ago and have kept here during this time, without adopting her. The mother furnished evidence this morning that she is able ti give her daughter, now. a fairly good home in Elkhart, and that her I ■husband lias given his consent to her bringing the girl, his steiedaughter,, into home and to provide lor her. j Tlie judgment in the plaintiff's favor i was therefore made. In the atisence ; of Mrs. Payne's attorney, 1.. C. DeVoss I lion. D. B. Erwin appeared for her. | ~o < HELP WANTED. MALE- Railway mail clerks carriers, good pay. fine positions. Fay for instruction after i you receive position- Liberty lustilute. Dept. 76. Rochester, N. Y. 16-23 FOR SALE Coke heater, to be attached to gas range. Good as new. : Call 'phone 168. 19 '43 STAR GRO€ERY~| Qt. can sour pickles 15c Qt. can sweet pickles 25c Qt. can olives plain 25c Qt. can olives stuffed 25c Qt. can peanut butter 25c English Channel Mackerel .... 20c Red Salmon .... 15c Pink Salmon . . . 10c Deviled Ham . . .10c Kippered Harring . 15c Tuna Fish .... 10c Clams 10c Cove Ousters . . .10c Dried Beef .... 15c Sardines in Olive Oil ICc Mushrooms . . . . 25c I £ eHHosagMflßWMaßMarKmKrx are Will Johns. ■UMmißii w ■!—ma—t siwih »

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Hro I th o use, Schulte GoJ Merchant Tailoring Dept f Invites you to call and inspect S the New Woolens for your Fall ■ and Winter suit-you’ll find the ■ fabrics very pleasing, colors are ■ handsome and qualities excel-lent-splendid time to leave your order for Tailor Made Clothes. SUITS 525. TO S4O. I ’ SB.OO NIAGARA FALLS E and return Sunday, August 24, 1913. VIA Clover Leaf Route to Toledo, Lake Shore Electric to Cleveland, Steamer See and Bee to Buffalo and International! j Return Limit 12 days, Stop overs allowed on return trips;. Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo. Special Train Leaves Decatur, at 5:00 a. ni. See nearest Clover Leaf Agent or address Chas. E. R® A. G. P. A.’ Clover Leaf Route, Toledo, Ohio. I THE Persistent, Insistent, Persuasive arc. Palatable flavor of • ’ THE “WHITE STAG i Made it Popular with the Smoker Ig Built with both Broad Leaf and Sawatra Wrappers Ask your Dealer for it B