Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1915 — Page 1

Volume XIII. Number 57.

MEN FILLED TABERNACLE Eighteen hundred Hear First Sermon To Men-Presbyterian Church Crowded To Hear Mrs. McCombe

* « « * * * j|j * 4: ;]. * * : : : * COLLECTION. « * t * * Previous $571.30 * Saturday Evening 20.20 4s sis Sunday Morning 25.20 4s f s’: Men’s Meeting 83.44 4s 4= Sunday Evening 37.30 ♦ 't —4: * Total $737.44 « * * * .“Is 4: * * * * * * :|s * # Sts#***#** * 4s 4s 4s 4= 4« 4s DECISIONS. 4< 4s 4s 4= Friday Night 230 4s 4s Saturday Afternoon .... 294 4s 4s Sunday Afternoon, Ladies 24 4: Sunday Night 95 4s 4= 4« 4s Total 643 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s * 4s 4= * 4= 4s 4s 4s 4s :Js A crowd eitimated at eighteen hundred, more than that number than less, listened to Rev. Honeywell deliver his first sermon to “Men Only” Sunday afternoon. It was a great crowd of men, we believe the largest one ever gathered in the county in one body, and they looked good to us. They were firm of jaw and clear of eye ansi it President Wilson were to turn them loose we believe they could help restore order in Mexico or anywhere else. Rev. Honeywell’s subject was “Paying the Fiddler,” and he held that great throng of men for an hour and twenty minutes while he told them plain facts, how their s<is followed them and l>w it was everybody’s business what they did. Stripped for Action. While the crowd sang "Happy Days,” the evangelist removed his coat and collar, turned down his shirt at the neck and rolled his shiit sleeves up to the elbow. He looked like the athlete and he waded into his subject in a manner that left no doubt in the minds of his hearers that he had actually served an apprenticeship with the boxing gloves. Music Was Excellent. The crowd of men filled the big tabernacle with music. Mr. Clase planned on interesting program and the men answered willingly. They sang TABERNACLE PROGRAM. Monday. Rest day. No services here. Party will go to Willshire by autos, leaving taliernacle at 6:30 this evening. You are invited to join them. Tuesday, February 9. 10:00 a. m —Cottage Prayer Meetings. 2:15 p. m.—Afternoon Services. Blackboard lesson, Mrs. McCombe, on personal work. 3:30 p. m—Girls’ Bible class, with Mrs. Clase at Baptist church. 3:30 p. m.—Boys’ Bible class, with Mr. Clase at high school building. 7:15 p. m.—Evening Sermon. Special musical program, using electric cross. % Wednesday, February 10. 10:00 a. m.—Cottage Prayer Meet ings. 2:15 p. m.—Afternoon Sermon. 3:30 p. m.—Junior Choir Practice. 6:45 p. m.—W. C. T. U. meets at library. 7:15 p. m.—Evening Sermon. Thursday, February 11. 10:00 a. m.— Cottage Prayer Meetings. 11:00 to I:3o—Luncheon for business women at K. of P. Home, Mrs. McCombe in charge; 15 cents. 2:15 p. m. —Afternoon Services. 3:30 p. m. —Girls’ Bible class, with Mrs. Clase at Baptist church. 3:30 p. m.—Boys’ Bible class, with Mr. Clase at high school building. 7:15 p. m.—Evening Sermon. Friday, February 12. 10:00 a. m.—Cottage Prayer Meetings. 2:15 p. m—Afternoon Program. 7:15 p. m — Evening Services. Sermon. Amusements. Saturday, February 13. No cottage prayer meetings. Afternoon and evening services at usual hours. Sunday, February 14. 2:30 p. m.—Sermon, “The Four Square Man.” For Men Only. 7:00 p. m— Sermon. "The Unpardonable Sin.”

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"Brighten the Corners” and a halfdozen other songs. Mr. Clase read, “Say Hello and Howdy Do,” and Mr. Honeywell then introduced a surprise, the Hoosier Corn Buskers’ Double Quartet, including Mr. Clase, Dr. Neptune, Dan Beery, Dr. Fred Patterson, Mr. Engeler, Wesley Hoffman, C. L. Walters and Jonas Tritch, who sang so well they had to repeat. At the close of the sermon Mr. Honeywell asked those who believed they had been helped to stand and then asked those who wished to live a better life and to have a prayer offered for them to lift their right hand. Every man arose and nearly every man lifted his hand. When he invited them to return next Sunday, he asked also how many lived out of town and at least a third ot those present raised their hands. The sermons follows in part: Paying The Fiddler. “God pity you old, gray-headed sinners,” the evangelist said. “I almost despair of doing you any good. I am afraid you will never awake until you awake in hell. I pray God to have mercy on your souls. But I hope to be of some benefit to you younger men who are following the track. I am preaching this afternoon not only for you but for your wife, for your home, for your children. “Some men say they do not believe in any man addressing men alone on these subjects. The fellow who says that is either a fool or a scoundrel. The man who goes away from these meetings complaining at what has been said is almost without exception the fellow who was hard hit by something the. evangelist has said. People here in Decatur who have been squealing against the revival meetings are those I have hit up to this time and those who howl the loudest are the ones who have been hit the hardest.

“The great majority of men obey the command of platan and cas» down before him their- inheritance of virtue to take up vice and sin. Young men are the chief transgressors. The Sane Thing. “You might as well expect to pour something on a skunk to make him smell bad as to try to make the sins of some persons seem worse than they are. “You may sey it is nobody's business how you live just so you are satisfied with tlie life you lead. It is everybody's business what you do or what kind of life you live and the laws of the land will make it their business to see more and more how and what kind of a life you live. When you sin your wife, your children, your home, your neighbors, and your town suffer. Still you say it is nobody's business, but your own. “Blood always tells. We of today have our thorough-bred horses, sheep, cattle, hogs and chickens that are tlie best in the history of the world, but we turn out the most damnable, good for nothing young men that ever existed because they are the product of poor fathers. It is hard to get a SSO boy out of a 10 cent man. Perhaps, that worthless boy you know had a razor-back daddy. Others Suffer. “When you sin your boys and girls stiffer after you. I haven’t a quarrel with the saloon-keeper, the gambler or any other sinner. I am only opposed to the sin. I do not want Decatur to have her streets filled with staggering drunkards’ sons and the homes filled with fallen women. "God never damns anybody. We all damn ourselves. If we serve the devil in a life of sin we might expect to get our pay from the devil: but if we serve the Lord God, then we may expect pay from God. “You may be alright, but how about your son? If you have had your eye teeth cut and know anything about the conditions with young men of today you will know you will need to be worried about that son cf yours. While you go around the track; once, that swift son of yours can go around it twenty times. Boys of fifteen years of age know more about life than old Methusaleh knew when he was 969 years old. “I would rather have a dozen saloons in a town than have twelve dirty mouthed men standing on the (Continued on Page 4.)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, March 8, 1915.

J SUDDENJJEATH Edvyin D. Carey Passed Away Sunday After a Very Short Illness. FUNERAL SERVICES Were Held This Morning at the Home—Will be Taken to Cairo, 111. Coming as a distinct shock to the host of friends of the family and causing much sorrow among the entire community, was the news ot the sudden death of Mr. E. D. Carey Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at his home on First street. Especially intensified was the shock owing to the fact that Mr. Carey had been ill only for a few days and but few of his friends and associates were aware of his Illness. The deceased contracted a severe cold about three weeks ago, but thinking that by local treatment he could effect a cure, did not take the matter seriously. Mr. Carey spent the first part of last week in Detroit attending a convention and returned home Thursday morning. Shortly after his return his condition grew worse, developing Into an acute attack of lagrippe, and he was forced to take to his bed Friday afternoon. As is usual in an illness of this nature, the weakest organs of the body are affected, and in his case the kidneys were attacked. So rapidly did Mr. Carey’s condition grow worse that he became unconscious Saturday morning and remained so until his death. The direct cause of death was uremic poisoning. Although having moved to this city only a year ago last October, Mr. Carey had formed a large circle of friends and acquaintances by whom he was highly respected and honored, and to whom his death has caused much sorrow. In the capacity of traveling salesman for the Indiana Board & Filler company, Mr. Carey had also formed many warm friendships throughout the business world of the country. The deceased was affiliated with the Presbyterian church and was also a member of the K. of P. and Elks’ organizations of Cairo, 111. Edwin David Carey was born In Grayville, 111., April 24, 1863, being (Continued on Page 2.) was Impressive Rev. A. W. Hinz Installed as Pastor of Zion Lutheran Church

ON SUNDAY MORNING Rev. Hoffman Preaches Fine Sermon and Conducts Installation. With impressive ceremony Sunday morning the Rev. A. W. Hinz, late of Mahnomen, Minn., was Installed as the pastor of the Zion's Lutheran church on West Monroe street. The sermon of the morning was preached by the Rev. Hoffman of Union township, and related to the duties of the pastor to his congregation, and the duties of the congregation, in turn, to their pastor. Rev. Hoffman then installed tlie pastor. Professor Gotsch of Union township served as pipe organist during the service, in a very capable way. The church was very prettily decorated with potted plants and flowers and was made very attractlvev for the occasion. The attendance at the service, to bid the new pastor and his wife a hearty welcome, was very large. The Rev, Hinz comes to take the place of the Rev. Wehmeyer, who went to Bridgeport, Conn. —o — CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. Postmaster J. W. Bosse has received a bulletin announcing civil service examinations to be held from March 23, to April 15, at various points, the nearest here being Fort Wayne. These will be for applicants for various government positions. Moredefinlte information can be secured by calling at the postoffice.

TELL WHERE THE FIRE IS. The fire reported this afternoon caused considerable annoyance und some expense. Some one called i:i and said there was a fire on Mercer avenue, caused by a gasoline explosion. They failed to tell just where and the fire company could find no blaze. It has been several times requested that when a fire occurs tho party seeing it call central and tell just where it is. If this rule is followed much Inconvenience and expense may be saved. Please do it. o SECOND BLACKBOARD LESSON. Mrs. McCombe will meet the personal workers at the tabernacle at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon, at which time she will give her second black board instruction to the workers. It is important that all the ladles who can possibly do so, attend this meeting.

WINS Picks Easy Victory from Huntington Team to the Tune of 34 to 17. ARE TO REPRESENT This District in State Chamship Contest to be Held at Bloomington. With a majority of seventeen points, the Bluffton high school basket ball team went to glory Saturday evening in the final contest with Huntington in the series of elemination games flayed nt Bluffton and Saturday' played at Bluffton on Friday and Saturday and won the honor or representing this section in the state high school championship contest to be held at Bloomington March 12 and 13. Late Saturday afternoon four teams still remained in the field of battle, they being Bluffton vs Liberty Center and Huntington vs Craigville. The Bluffton-Liberty Center game was probably one of the fastest games of the tomment, every player on his toes and working tooth and nail. The score of this game resulted 38 to 23 in favor of Bluffton. In the Huntington Craigville game, Huntington easily proved the winner by a score of 29 to 20. In the evenings game the greatest ot excitement prevailed and both teams showed great class. The winning of Bluffton in the finals was due to a large degree to the great defensive work of their guards although excellent team work was demonstrated. The winners of the other section, which will appear in the state contest at Blooming are: Manual, Rochester, Westport, East Chicago, New(Continued on Page 2.)

HONEYWELL HITS I preach not only for you men who sin but for your wife, your home and your children. * • « The people who attend these meetings and howl the loudest have been Hit the hardest. • * • You might as well expect to pour something on the skunk to make him smell bad as to try to make the sins of some people seem worse than they are. • • • It is hard to get a fifty dollar boy out of a ten cent man. Perhaps that worthless boy you know had a razor back daddy. • * • If we serve tlie devil by a life of sin we must expect to draw our pay from the devil. • • • Boys of fifteen years now days know more about life than Methusaleh knew when he was 969 years old. That boy of yours can go round the track twenty times while you are going once. • • « I would rather have a dozen saloons in a town than have twelve dirty mouthed men standing on tlie corner spreading filthy talk. • • • I handled my dukes before I was converted and today can give as good an exhibition of muscular Christianity as you ever saw. I can go six rounds so fast you can’t see me for dust.

USED IN CHANGE Counterfeit Buffalo Nickel Displayed at Ft. Wayne Debating Club. BRINGS OUT STORY From “Col.” Larry Waring —Occurred When He Was Railway Agent. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: “A counterfeit buffalo nickel, displayed at the regular meeting of the Sunday Afternoon Debating society at the Commercial club, brought out a number of interesting tales of experiences with spurious coins, among them the following from Col. ‘Larry’ Waring, the Decatur manufacturer: “‘I was the agent for the Muncie railroad at Bluffton some fifteen years ago,’ said Mr. Waring, ’and one day I received a bag of money from headquarters with a note saying it contained $32.75 in counterfeit that had been found In my regular remittance. “ ‘I couldn't believe it possible that I had taken in that much bad money, so I called an agent at Bluffton, Ohio, which is on another branch of the road and asked if he had had any counterfeit lately. He admitted that he had, saying that Barnum & Bailey’s circus had been there and crooks had flooded the town with “queer” I then told him what had been sent me by headquarters. “ “Keep it, I've no use for the stuff,” he said and I threw the bag into an unused corner of the money drawer, had my account with the main office rectified, and thought nothing more of the matter until several months later I was notified by the auditor that .ny last remittance was $32.75 too much, and .the letter enclosed a check for that amount. ■ This was indeed unusual for mt and I couldn’t figure out how such a mistake had been made until I happened to think of the counterfeit money and made a look for the bag. It was gone! “ ‘Turning to Lol Plessinger, the operator, I asked him if he had seen anything of a sack of coin in tlie drawer. “ “Sure,” Lol answered, “I used it for change; why?” “ ‘The next day 1 had a new suit of clothes.’ ”

SUNDAHVEUDING Lewis Adler and Stella Klopfenstein Plight Vows on Sunday Evening. AT THE PARSONAGE Rev. Koch Officiates —The Groom is Young School Teacher of County. Sunday evening at 6 o'clock at the parsonage of the Preble Lutheran church was solemnized the wedding of Lewis 0. Adler, a well known young school teacher of the county son of Mr. and Mrs. William Adler, to Miss Stella Eva Klopfenstein, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Klopfenstein. Rev. Koch officiated. Tlie only witnesses of the nuptials were the bride's parents. For her wedding frock, the bride wore a pretty dark blue tailored suit and her becoming hat was of a shade to match the suit. A wedding supper was given at the bride’s home after the ceremony to a few of the nearest relatives. The couple will live until spring with the bride’s parents, but have not yet decided upon where they will locate after that. The groom Is a teacher in the Preble schools. He is a graduate of the Decatur high school og 1910. Both are fine youilg people and wholly deserving of all that is good. o CALLS FOR REPORT Washington, March 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Comptroller of currency today issued a call for report on the condition of all National I banks at the close of business March 4„

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No doubt every person in the bull i ing had gone to tlie meeting with tin expectation of hearing Mr. Honeywell speak but Mr. Honeywells associate Evangelist Mr. McCombe is fully car able of steping to tlie platform at- any time and addressing the meetings with out slighting the interest of the work this he prove* in his very intrrestinsermon that night. He took for hi:text Jonah 1-6. at the point in Jonah'i life when he was called on to do ser vice for God. He heard tlie voice call ing unto him and he ran away to get from the reach of God. He boarded a ship and paid "Full Fare,” to fit taken away from the country when he heard the voice of God. There ar thousands in Decatur paying full fan to get away from the work and service of God and they are paying a tremendous price. Mr. McCombe’s ser mon was of great'strength and full oi truth and good meaning. At the close he gave the invitation to all those de siring to become Christians and sis teen people went forward, shook th< hand of the messenger and gave them selves to Jesus Christ. ■ o SENATOR RINEAR RECOVERS Indianapolis, March 8, —(Special tc Daily Democrat) —Senator Rinear <f Bluffton had recovered sufficiently today to take his seat. He has been ill several days from overwork. JOIN THIS PARTY. The Honeywell party will go to Willshire, Ohio, this evening, leaving the tabernacle at 6:30 o'clock in automobiles. You are jnvited, urged, and coaxed to take your machine off the jacks in the garage and join the party. You will enjoy the meeting and the party has been promised a hearty welcome in the Buckeye town. Bet--1 ter come and go along.

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COLUMBIA CLUB Is Being Boomed and Free Cards Given to Republican Editors of the State TIGER IS FEATURE I Primary Bill Is Satisfactory —Every Platform Promise Has Been Kept. (By Lew Ellingham) Indianapolis, March 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The o|>ening chapter for a bigger and more influential Columbia Club and a bigger and more influential blind tiger, was duly celebrated at tlie spacious apartments of tlie state. Speeches were made. President Hamilton making tlie hit of tlie day in a patriotic utterance in which lie admitted his own and the club's generosity in furnishing free of cost to the newspaper men of the state, honorary membership cards. He assured his guests that the latch string would always hang upon tlie outside, and of all the welcome guests, none would be so warmly received as those who write the news of the day and the politics of tlie hour. These favored few are to receive his warmest greeting, but incidentlly it is hoped that tlie Republican editors will find it convenient to reciprocate witli plenty of space in behalf of tlie great Mr. Hamilton, the great Columbia Club and tlie great blind tiger, although it may be just as well to keep the latter a little dark. Confidentially you know tlie Republican party of Indiana is pledged to the cause of temperance, the county option and incidentally state wide prohibition. AH those tilings will really help make the Columbia Chib with its blind tiger just a little more important and prosperous—lienee President Hamilton and his blind tiger are for temperance. Other speeches were heard in which tlie names of Lincoln and Harrison, party patriotism and the flag were playe-l to the limit. Some of the Editors responded in kind, and gave Mr. Hamilton and his blind tiger assurances of their hearty approval and co-op-eration in the great but pleasant task of reviving tlie life of the Republican party of Indiana. It is proposed to make this a state wide movement and carry the membership of this club and blind tiger into every district. It will not only be great politics for tlie G. O. P. but one can readily see that it is not halt bad as a business proposition for those who are holding the sack as holders of stocks and bonds in the not very flourishing; Columbia Club and blind tiger. Such a revival of business is enough to make these stock and bond holders delirious with joy. Tin y doubtless see dividends where heretofore red ink only was visible to tlie naked eye. All this is to be done in tlie name of that grand old party. According to Mr. Hamilton it is deal easy. Invitations are-now being sent to the county chairmen in the state that they too may see the glorious and tlie benevolence of the Columbia Club and its blind tiger, and also that they may hear the gospel as preached by Rev. L. O. Hamilton, president of the Columbia Club and its blind tiger.

If all reports are true the compromise primary bill is about the right kind and will permit a refereendum on candidates for the United States Senator and Governor. This preferential is nothing more than instructions to the delegates to lite state convention Hut by not including them in the primary it preserves the state convention, which is a time honored institution in Indiana. Witli all that has been said and written about primaries there has never appeared anything that would indicate that state conventions in Indiana have not always done about the right thing. Usually men of character and fitness have been nominated for the various places at tlie disposal of such a convention and but little of no scandal has reflected against the delegates of officers of a state convention. The compromise bill has passed and goes to tlie governor and now no charge can be made tliat the Democratic majority failed to keep any and all campaign pledges made by the Democracy of Indiana in state convention. After the registration bill passes (Continued on Page 2.)