Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1913 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

I OURTH ALFALFA CUTTING, I! ' mv 1 ,;llk - °f the Dorwln farm at | Moum.mtli, j- K oing to make iU H fourth n,t,in! of alfa l fa this week, making a MMI harvest of eight feet or eight T'"T from an acre and a half of al"lh" ll: ‘ some doubt about the ' 1 "‘ °t cutting ihis last growth " ann!' i- t the cutting may kill the «' rf ‘P this winter, but lie is going to trv lor all experiment. Thus far j 11,1 ' x i"'rinieiit in alfalfa growing lias | 1 very satisfactorily for Mr. I Clark. THE TAX LEVIES For Each Township and Corporaton in the County j —The Highest IS BLUE CREEK For the Townships—Decatur the Highest of the Corporations. Deputy \nditor l*aul Uaumpartner a -uiiipieted the sheet showing the •ax letics for tin* various townships lid ion .rations for the ensuing year. | Tlu* amount per lii.ndi* d dollars folI lows: j • nion $2.19 Hoot 2.32 | I 'ruble 2.28 | Kirkland 2.07 Washington 2M I -L Mary's 2.60 | l'.lit*' Creek 2.69 ! Monroe 2.M ! L'reiich . 2.18 ! Hartford 2.50 t a basil 2.62 Decatur ?. . 4.72 j Monro- i 2.85 H-rne 3.17 . *l7*) in dir'inn to the aforesaid there is a late poll tax of Hfty cents and a ,st it m .-! isill tax of fifty cents. ii,.,king total of $1 |m>ll for each i, hip. 'jue coriNsrations have a j, ~,• $2.00 Monroe 1.23 I S.Ot) ... 2.00 ANOTHERCHAPTER Has Been Added to the Pathetic History of German Lyon This Morning. LIND AND CRIPPLED And 1 radically Penniless IP Was Removed to the County Farm. >i.i cue more • liapter remains to told • the path-tic and heart rendi, |„|.y of a nip whluft lias met ,11 of the adversltlea tlmt a person ,otdd lie e| with during the short eg(in,, earth, and tlmt chapter .( ~,,,| when the soul, which has (~,,.! all of m thtwe ad,p., with such 1 iiu—rfiiiness and , «i|| he returned to the v ; dp. buttle lor survival wilt i, . rite stor) Is one of the „ .ii table and soul stirring that ! ~ , v, t been tuought liefor- the jmilsi i entering nrottnd the life of tierm t.yon. Mr. Lyon was born In Pine Creek township and was tit* of David l.yon, When hht father dp d he Mt the son a farm roinprtalofty IP res. Shot tty after aetpilr this land Mr. Lyon was stricken pip.d ami n-l being able to hike care Up farm .sold It. lie then pureluisl i house and lot at Hulem. and, bea bachelor, hired a woman by the up* of I.i'o Wells, and her husband , house for him. At this tint” ~. ~( dpout $2.b |1 <) whleh he placed „ of the local hanks Kot being ,i,l- to handle his buslneaa nffalra, he iso gave the woman poder of attorwlih li allowed her to sign his, (Conllt.net, on I'age 4)

' \£Z£Z:+m*> 1 ;» '‘ ■ „ R '~ r ARMY MANEUVERS IN THAMES VALLEY. (Copyright by International News Service; Supplied by New Process Rlectro Corporation, N. Y. Tlio Thatneß valley has been a scene of unusual activity during the Rnglish army maneuvers. Added to the bustle of tho army Is the brilliancy of a dally social gathering. Nearby the scene of activity is a pontoon bridge; that la. a floating bridge consisting of a long series of air-tight compartments covered with boards which stretches across the Thames river. in the course of tiie maneuvers the bridge was hfougiit Into use when tip' excitement was mos( intense and the spectators, especially the ladies present, were most thrilled, in some manner the pontoons supporting tin* bridges became detached, the sections oaimized. and the dignity, uniforms and ardor of the men ami officers were very much danip-ned by a plunge into the Thames. This photograph shows men. horses and gun carriages in tiie water.

NATIVE OF CITY Charles W. Caffyn, Born in Decatur in 1842, Died at Lincoln, Neb. AT AGE OF SEVENTY Was Resident of Rochester \ —Had Gone West for Medical Treatment. Chariot W. Caffyn, alio was born in Decatur, November .12, 1812, but later became a prominent resident of Rochester, died rlday night in Lincoln. Neb,, According to word sent his children, Walter and Mrs May Await, of Rochesti r. according to the Rochester Sentinel, Ills wife was with him at the time of death. Mr. Caffyn was pust seventy years of age. Some of our older residents will remember him. The Rochester Sentinel says: 'The news camr ds n shock to local relatives, ns tin y have Iren under the Impression that Mr. Cutlyn was gain Ins In health A few weeks ago lie left Rochester to consult physicians In Minnesota. After staving there a few days he nnd Mrs. Caffyn went to Lincoln, Nebraska, to visit Ills sister. Mere he seemed to get better and the telegram reclevcd this morning by Ids daughter. Mrs. Await, was very much unexpected, li nth was caused by anemia. Charles Caffyn has been for mnny years prominent In local affairs and for (wo terms h>'d the position of county auditor. He lias always taken u prominent part 111 politics. “Deceased was born In In-catur. Ind.. November 2. 1842, the son of John nnd tfcinth Caffyn. Ills early education was received In the schools o' that county and litter he attended the high school at Kokomo for wo years. Ills early life was siient on the farm. In May, 18*8, he was married to Josephine Klam. T othla union there was horn one child, now Mrs. May Await, who survives him. Mr*. Caffyn died In 18|2 and n few year* later Mr. Caffyn marrt<d Kmma Await, who survives him. One child was born to this union. Walter Caffyn. "After moving to Res heater, Mr. Caffyn engaged In the dry goods bust ness for several years. Os late years he was engaged In the contracting business and with Marion carter, of this eity, did ronsider ible work In the south. “The funeral arrangemenu have not been made, but the lusty will lx l brought here for burial."

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, September 29, 1913.

NUTS APE PLENTIFUL. Illckor yarn! walnuts are said to be quite plentilul tins year. Although the frosts have not been heavy enough to make their harvest very easy, several nutting expeditions have returned with good luck anil plenty of nuts. Kd Macy of the iHistoffice force Is probably the heaviest harvester in one day, securing more than six two-bushel sacks of hickory nuts. George Kverett of the postoftice force got two sacks in one da.v. The hulled and unhulled are mixed, but maiiy of them are bulled. HE IS CLEARED Money His Fellow Countrymen Put up to Indemnify Him Against Loss IN THEIR SERVICE Retained by Him When They Faled to Comply With Contract. Vungel lialnhoff. the Macedonian interpreter, who has been in jail herlor some time, charged with grand I larceny, has been discharged, as It | wmh found tlo ro Is no evidence j against him. Galtihoff was arrested j at Huntington on charges preferred | against him by Ills fellow conntrym-ii. j workers on tea Brie mmlilc truck ! farce, who accus'd him of taking and appropriating to Ills own use sums of motley Willett they alleged having given him for safekeeping, lb was luier brought to this county, a* if was alleged Ilia wrong-doing* incurred In the Jurisdiction of thh court. Today John Romanoff, a Mac.tlnn inn lawyer from Indianapolis and <* R Haller, a lawyer from Huntington | appeared on behalf of Galubnfr, will! i hi* local attorney. L. lloVosk It j liaa transpired (hat Galultoff, wlilh I working In Albany. N. V., was ap j proachcd by hla fellow countrymen | who asked him to accompany them > here ami act a* their Interpretator j during the time that they worked op | the Brie, It seems that tlalubnfl | wished o Indemnify himself against j any In**, should he sons here and ■ then the men fall lo employ him or I make good any losses he might »U* tain by leaving hi* work there to crime here. Accordingly each man paid him n sum of money as % sort ot indemnity bond, and he e*m«. I p.hi arriving here they had a quarrel, and (Continued on rage 2)

IPLENTY OF TIME Expert Advises Farmers Nut to Hurry Beet Harvest Too Miu!i. BEETS ARE GROWING Mdi'j; —— Public Demonstration of Beet Harvester Machinery Wednesday. Some of tiie farmers commenced | harvesting beets’ last week hut have stopped, as beets are yet very green and ar increasing in weight and sugar faster now tlu/> probably at any time during tin- season. The sugar company Is advising bidding off from harvesting until tiie last of this week or tiie first i*f next. The farmers should not tie in a hurry now, as thero will do doubt bo plenty of time witli good weather to get in tiie beets without harvesing them green or rylng to rush them in. The weigh stations will lie opened about tiie first of next week if tiie weather remains favorable. There will he a public demonstration of a beet harvester Wednesday [afternoon at 2 o', 10-k on the farm ol L. A. Thomas, south of the dty. It is claimed tlmt tills machine w ill, with one nmn and a team harvest two acres per day and do it as well as it is done by hand. IS FIELD WORKER For C. W. B. M.—Miss Mar} A. Johnson Active Worker. FOR MISSION BOARD Prof. Kauffman, Former Science Teacher, Will Publish Book Soon. IK*< itur friends of Miss Mary A. Johnson, teacher of Ktiglleh in the Ixcatur Isißh school thirteen years I ago. will lie pleased to hear of her She Is now corresponding secretary and field worker for the Christian Wo* man's Hoard of Missions ill Michigan, | with lieadiinurters at Ant) Arbor. She ! visits t.ic various cities and churches lu Michigan, in the interests of the mission hoard and gives addresses and otloTwlso assists in . the mission braird work. Today, with Mrs. A H Jennings of Ann Arbor, who Is a stair president of the C. W. It. M., she will go to Toronto. Canada, to attend the j national convention and has beep ' quia busy recently preparing the nee —unary state reports forth» eonven ' thin. Last year Miss Johnson taught ! In the Christian nthn-ioti school a* 1 ber kley. Va.. having taken up tl ; sloti and church work and for s-v j era I years was assistant psstor it Ohio churches. During her brief slays at her head . j quarters in Ann Arbor, Miss Johnson i visited with I’rof. and Mrs. C. II : Kauffman, form* rly of tills city, Pro | fessnr Kn affirm it having served ar ' t-jo tier of science In the Decatur high i school during the tin)- Miss Johnson | IsUgtit here, professor Kauffman I* j now a member of the faculty of tin j Michigan university, lie la rising in j hl« profession and will publish a book . upon Mushrooms scon, n volume ol -vrrsl hundred psgse. Decatur students who were so for ‘ tunnte as to have Professor Kauffman for th-lr teacher in ihemislrv, phyI slca and leitany, will have ,*sp «lal in I lerest In reading tits new t ook which will treat of his own research work in a part of the botany division. The case of Drown vs. Itautuan w-nt I to tho Jury at u> o'clock this morning ; and at 4 o'clock a verdict whs returned 1 for the defendant, Dauman. giving I him $5.

ON “OCEAN WAVE." ' Although Loom Isxk- ha- been :i sailor boy In the U. H. navy, the 'Ocean Wave'' swing at the lllufftou ■ street fair, for which lie waa a ticket collectr,'proved too much for him. Tiie I’.lulYton Manner says: “Leon Locke, ticket collector on the “Ocean Wave, ’ took a very hard fall last evening , when in attempting to alight from the swing while it was in motion, lie 1 fell lu some manner. Mr. Locke fell on Ii is* head on tiie aspliult pavement and received several hard bruises. No serious injuries w-ie received, however. and he is about town today as usual” MR. REISER DEAD I Well Known Indianapoli.4 Military Band Master Well Known Here HAS PASSED AWAY Cousin of Mrs. Henry Knapp —Often Visited Here —Funeral Today. The funeral of llenry lleiser of Indianapolis, well known in Decatur, and having relatives litre, was held this morning at lu o clock at ills home, .1122 North Capitol avenue, Indianapolis. His death occurred Thursday morning following an illness of several mouths from Itrlght's disease. Mr. lleiser was a cousin of Mrs I H-liry Knapp, who was called to In dianaimlis a week ago Saturday by tiie dentil of a friend and also by the illness of Mr. Itels-r. He was forty-five years of age and manager of the Indianapolis Military band, be ing one of the best known band masters In tile state. He was a native of I Indianapolis and bad lived there ail his life. He had visited in Decatur olten and has many frieuds here. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Liederkrun/ and the Indianapolis Musicians' Protective union, lie is survived by Ills widow, his mother, Mrs. Catherine Heiser; a brother, Edward lleiser. and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hines and Mrs. Charl-s Newman, all of IndlanApolis The Indianapolis Star published his picture with a notice of ills death. WORK IN AFRICA Theme of Address Given by Dr. E. 11. Richards, a Missionary. HAND IN HAND Go Bible and Commercial Activity — Missionary Convention. The Rev. Dr K 11. Rh'liards, a mis shaiary to Africa, t-isik- yest-rduv tui a large aitdi-urc at flu* M— ilwallstl church. Ills address wa>- on the mis | slimary work In Africa uud wras very j Interesting. Me contends that the HI-1

bl- is the forerunner of all commercial activity. Where the Itl'd** has gtme, prosperity has followed. He stated that Africa lias vast resources and gr-at wealth, but that the w—lth of th- eotitlrieiit wiis undeveloped until the Dltde was tarried to the p-ople. At pi i sent there ar« mll'lons and miliums of dollars' worth of wealth coming from the comm-rclal life of th* country, and more to be developed as last ns the Hilda Is carried onward to more of the p-opies, The audience paid close attention to the uddross. width was of gieaf Inspiration Missionary Convention. Rev. I), T, Stephenson wept to Port Wayne today to sit l ml the iSntrbt mlsotonory convention at tin* Simpson M. K. church. Rev, Richard- alsogave I nildresMos then today, Several of life members of the local ebon It expect to I go down this riming to attend th» banquet at 8 30 o'clock and tiie evening session.

Price, Two Cents.

ELZEf REUNION Was Attended by 250 Members of Family Yesterday at Steele’s Park. r - - A GREAT DAY I Family Connected With tho Early History of County and United States. • Although it was the first attempt to have i family reunion of the Klr.eys, the register showed the presence of 250 Sunday when tlu* gathering waa held In Steele's park. Tiie ideal w-alli-er made tiie event one of uitusmtl pbasiMt- Vfter mingling informally during tlu* morning. Hi- dinner was spread at noon in one of tlu* halt-.;, and flu* assembly was later ealloi together for tiie afternoon program. The organization was effected with the following officers; President, Aimer S. Klzey, Ossian; vice president, Mrs. BH Meyer. Decatur: secretary, Rallelgh Parrish. Decatur; treasurer, Thomas Store, Port Wayne; corresponding secretary, Dallas Klzey. Preble; historian, Den 11. Klzey, Decatur. Tin- time for tiie reunion next, year has not been set. hut it is thought it will he held at tiie -ante place. Addresses were given by Rev. A. S. Klzey. Ossian; Thomas Htoue and others, and the history as given l»y lb 11. Klzey was very Interesting. He also had a number of letters to read from members of the family, in the east, witli a genealogical three siiawing the ancestry, made by Mr. Ktone. The great l r number of attendants yesterday were descendants of James and William M. Blz-y, sons of John and Mary Klzey. The oriKinal Mary (Continued on Page 3) STRONG SERMON On Ten Commandments Given by Rev. Borton at Christian Church. WAS RALLY DAY Third Week of Attendance Campaign Shows Marked Growth and Interest. Tin* nine weeks' attendance campaign entered upon Its third week yest-rday at tin* Christian church with an HneniVD rally. Already all departments o> tin- i .turdt hate shown increased attendance and int-rcst and It is e\|»-i l-d that a craud ■ Umax wMI Is* reached oil iMcisiol) Day, November 9. The i»uator..the Rev. Denjaiiiin I torton. Is a very strong minister, und preached very good sermons both morning and evening. Bor tiie morning sertuoli tie gave all cxpo-dtioti of tiie t- < ommsndmcts. While the comma lid III* tits as given In the Old *|V*tnmeHt are no thliidlng upon us letter for letter, as the were Upon the I p-oplc h-foi - the New 1 estunielit tie* I came effective, he statd that th same j eotumandtnentM are emliodled in the I Now Testament, with the addition of I more for our uplifting Nig only Is

the letter of the Igw, hut the spirit of the law required for their fulfillment in tile New Testament. Whereas th“Old Testament Is th- New Testament Cioncegl* d. the New Testament is the Old Testament fevooled. ' Venn dlgg to the New Testament commaads, the third's Dny lw not a day for doing nothing, gs the Old Testament oh* served the Kahhath, hut a day of divine servl-e to Ood and man. Another Instance,'mentioned bf lb* pastor, showing iiow the commandments of the New* Testament carry more with them than those of be old. is bat regarding sW'aaring, or taking the name of ttori In vgin. Accordfttff |0 the .New Testament, this command, men! Is violated ts we blaspheme or i speak disrespectfully of anything ssi ,-rtdl. any person, orthlng. and not only the name iff tied. He-r-uipllfied the relative importance of the commandments how breaking the last one, relating to covetousness may lead to the breaking of nit others.