Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1923 — Page 5

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K Mrg Dan Helm, of east of the city, H a shoi’Per here yesterday. H Mr and Mrs F. A. People*, And H ‘ ’ noru Mario Mngley attended If the funeral of the former’s niece. ■ Miss Lelali Peoples K 1 ' Miss Lucile Duller and Mr. Allen II staher. spont ,Il,y Fort Wayne - K Mrs. Fre«l Bmlth w “ nl to l ’ ort ■ Mayne this morning. E i Mrs. 0. Nurns and baiiy, returned ■to her home at Fort Wayne after fl spending a few days with relatives ■ here. K Rev. I'. S. A. Bridge went to Fort ■ Mayne this morning. , E If you want to buy something real- ■,. wnr th the witlle, spend a dollar for ■ one of the 1923 high school annuals. || ]|g a wonderful book, well edited and ■ attractive in many ways and you will ■ enjoy it. I All members of the Masonic Lodge Mare urged to meet at the Masonic hail ■ at ten o'clock Sunday morning to acHcompany (lie Knight Templars to the ■ Methodist church where special ser- ■ vices will be held. II Mrs. lantha Townsend of Indian- ■ aj-olis is visiting here for a few days ■ and attending to business. |S Miss Catherine Dorwin is collect- ■ jug annual dues for the Decatur Inti dustrial association this week. ■ Every citizen interested in the wet ■ fare of the community should belong. | I Paul Haines, former head of the ■ indiana state public service commis- ■ sion and who had many friends here, ■ died in Boston Tuesday, He had ■ suffered two weeks from brain trou- ■ ble brought on by over work nad |was rushed to Boston for treatment. ■ dying a few hours after his arrival. ■ His funeral will be held at Anderson ■next Sunday. I J. G. Niblick who is suffering ■from a broken ankle received when ■lie stepped into a hole at Rome City ■a week ago was able to be down ■street yesterday an hour or two on ■crutches. I A number of Decatur Shriuers are ■at Fort Wayne today to attend the ■semi animal convocation. I E. A. Barnes of the G. E. was Mocking after business matters here ■yesterday afternoon and reports bus■iuess great. I The members of the Evangelical ■church will hold a pot luck supper ■»t the church this evening at 6:30 ■ii honor of Rev. and Mrs. Haney and ■family who will leave this city in the ■tear future. I Miss Clista Meshbarger, of Fort ■Wayne, will arrive tomorrow tp ' ■spend the week end with the L. L. ■and John Baumgartner families. I Dr. Fred Patterson, James Elber■Bon and Cal Peterson went to Fort ■M ayne to attend the annual Spring ■Ceremonial of the Shrine. I Mrs. Chalmer Porter and son. ■Robert, returned yesterday afternoon ■from Greencastle, where she has been ■visiting with her parents for the ■past two weeks. I Elmer Kampe made a business ■trip to Fort Wayne this afternoon. I Mrs, John A. Mumma, who has

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I HVHD' WCMWL I VICTORY NOTES Victory notes with serial numbers prefixed with the letters G Io L inclusive will be called lor payment on May 20. These notes will be accepted by us at par, and full credit will be allowed for the interest coupons which are not due until maturity date. Wc will pay you cash, or arrange lor you to exchange your Victory notes for other bonds ami securities. Or you can deposit the money in a Savings Account’ and get double m- , teresl until May 20. Convert all your Victory notes now. Ihe 1 reasury Department is ready to make Eifea payment. Js _ Capital and Surplus iDecqtur, Iridiqnq

been con lined to Iter bed for the past three weeks with blood poisoning in her right foot, is slowly Improving, and she was reported us being much better today. — Swathwood and Godfrey Take “French Leave” (Continued From Page One.) appear against McConnehey and Straub, it Is likely, officials say, that both cases will be dropped. McConnehey and Straub both declare they were acting in self defense in their actions Sunday, Swathwood lias said since the shooting that he was the cause of all the trouble anti that he was softy for the trouble he had caused Straub. Tlie case against McConnehey was continued until 3 o'clock this afternoon but the officials expressed litto belief that the two prosecuting witnesses would be found in the meantime. •—- - Movement to Force Resignation of Haynes Washington, May 11.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A deliberate campaign to force tlie resignation of federal prohibition commissioner Haynes is under way. It has assumed proportion that caused some of Haynes friends to fear it will succeed. Started by wets the campaign is intended to turn drys against Haynes in tlie hope that they wiil demand that he be replaced. The alleged break down of prohibition enforcements under Haynes administration is the basis for tlie attack. Reported wide spread corrupting in tlie prohibition force is being used as an argument against Haynes by his enemies working covertly. They will presently carry their case to President Harding who before the 1924 campaign will have to face squarely the question of his position in the next campaign on liquor law enforcements. Operators of Alleged Blind Tigers in Court Indianapolis. May 11—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Owners and operators of 22 soft drink places, said by federal officials to be blind tigers in Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Vigo counties, appeared before Judge Anderson in federal court this afternoon. The GO defendants were named in abatement proceedings brought utider the nuisance section of the Volstead act last month. Long conferences between defendants and their attorneys and federal officials were held before noon. It was understood that the great majority of the defendants would admit guilt and would agree to injunctions closing their places. BOY SCOUTS NOTICE All Boy Scouts who will aid in the Salvation Army tag day Saturday are requested to nieet at the Old Adams County Bank at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. They will receive their instructions and tags at that time. COMMITTEE

The People’s Voice Darwin, Inyo Co., Calif. April 2G, 1022. Editor Daily Democrat: In the issue of the Decatur Dally Democrat of March 29, 1923 under the heading “Do You Remember Wuy Back When" are several errors that 1 would like to correct. Evidently my memory reaches further into the past than the writer of that column. I think there are a number Os “boys and girls" of my age still living ih Decatur who remember “Early Decatur" as I do. Yes, Nutman's store was the largest store in the county. It did not stand where where Winnes Shoe store now is, but where the new building of the Old Adams County Bank now stands, on the southeast corner of Second and Monroe streets. It was a long white frame building, tlie first fifty or sixty feet being two stories. Men's clothing and crockery ware was kept upstairs. The front part down stairs given over to dry goods and groceries in the rear, a general store suited to village and country needs of that period. Joined to the tear of Hie store was a ware house of one story, and back of that, a space of about twenty feet given over to chicken coops, for the store took about everything in trade. In front you mounted several steps to enter the store. A wide sidewalk covered with a board awning was across the front. These steps up into tlie store and the board awning was in front of every business house on both sides of the street. In front of the sidewalk and along the side of the building wdre long hitching racks, for most peole came to town horse back. Across the road, west, where the Odd Fellow's building stands, was Nuttman's Warehouse. A big white building about the size of the old school house just torn down, Which was not Decatur's first school house, so long occupied by Carroll and Son as an office and warehouse. Mr. Dayton Nulman was the owner of these properties, lie built and lived in the home now owned by Mr. Ed Philips on North First street. It was a beautiful place. White frame with green shutters, and a Dutch Colonial porch, or “stoop,” in front. The rear of the house was a long ell, the south side having a long “gallery,” or porch, running the two stories of this ell. Baek of that was a long wash house and wood shed, joined to the house, all painted white. There were locust trees in front and lilacs in the yard. Remnants of both are to be seen now, if one passes by and looks for them. This house, however did not satisfy Mr. Nutman very long. He sold it to Mr. Benjamin Blossom and bought over on Second streej. There ’he erected the house now owned by Mr. Chalmer Schafer, and planted the grounds to evergreens and shrubs of various kinds. He lived hero a few years, then decided to go to Fort Wayne and enter the banking business. He sold his Decatur interests to his brother, Mr. Joint Nutthian. In a few’ years Mr. John Nutman wanting to leave Decatur, sold his interest in store, warehouse and bouse to Mr. Jesse Niblick. I forgot to say that Mr. John Crawford was connected with the Nutmann Store in a partnership. Tlie new firm became Niblick and Crawfe-d. I think it was 1840 the Nutman Store was started, and about 1866 that the firm of Niblick and Crawford took it over. Later it became known as Niblick, Crawford and Sons, Mr. John Niblick and Mr. Frank Crawford becoming members. This firm outgrew its old quarters, and built the brick store on Monroe street, now known as Niblick and Company, the Niblicks buying the Crawford interests sometline in the late eighties. When Niblick, Crawford and Sons moved across the street, the vacant building was rented to the Rev. Mr. Curran, a retired Presbyterian minister, who put in a drug store. We had two drug stores already, Bollman's and Dorwin’s. Mr. Curran kept the store some years and the succeeding occiipant was Iloltholtse, Schulte Company. The big white warehouse was moved north on sbeond Second street, when tlie lot was sold to the Odd Fellows, to a site near the Weber Livery Barn, later known as ‘lßombergs." The warehouse jin Inter years was destroyed by fire. As to the store occupied by The Winnes Shoe Store, it wus built by my uncle, Mr. Joseph Crabbs sometime In the 40's I think. He sold to Mr. Wm. Smith, of Willshire early in the 60’s and moved away. His home was the house moved from the interurban lot, so long occupied by Mr. James Niblick ami family on North Second street. It was another pretty place, white frame with green shutters . 1 can remember the piano in the parlor, and ift the b|t tipper hull, a spinuet, a large size dulcimer and a small mclrnlion, all predecessors of

the piano, probably the first piano in the county. Decalui was * very pretty village in Its youth. Ils streets lined with loeust trees Which made the whole town fragrant in the spring. There were ninny big elm trees on vacant lot*, and every yard had blooming shrubs and climbing roses, for those early settlers were great lovers of tlie beautiful, as witness their homes and neat yards, fragrant with the Oder of Howers and blooming trees. I can remember something I believe, about every lot in tlie older purt of Decatur. When Decatur was plotted, canals were a popular and much lauded means of travel. All streams had their potential value. When I was u child, the 3t. Mary's Riven was bank full nearly all the year, fed by springs and creeks now dried up, because of the destruction of the heavily wooded hardwood forests that covered the state, and the use of millions of feet of tile drains all over the county. The custom of those days, was to begin with the river and work back from it in growing the town. So we had Front street (It was called that until we began to number pur houses) Front, Main, Third. Fourth, etc. “Harlo Manns Grocery in the count try?” Well, not quite, although it was an inovation to have a grocery so far from Main street. But out beyond Harlo’s was a big stove factory called the Empire factory, later known as Clevers Factory. I think it was about South Eighth street and Adams streets near The Krick and Tyndall Factory, but before its existence I think. Anyway a little group of homes sprung up out there, and Mr. Harlo Mann saw the needs of the community, and as a progressive citizen, supplied them by building his grocery store. But the grocery, although a sort of pioneer community grocery, was never in the country any more than Mr. John Rice's Grocery on North Second street was in tlie country. Both of them supplied a local need.

The questionaire also asked, “Do you remember when the Monmouth Tavern was a leading Hostelry?” I doubt if many now living in the whole county remembers that. 1 think it was built in the middle 30's maybe a few years earlier, possibly before Decatur was plotted in 1836, for Monmouth is older than Decatur. Monmouth was on the Mann road to Piqua, Ohio from Fort Wayne. The road was much traveled and Taverns a necessity at Middletown about eleven or twelve miles south of Fort Wayne there was a big tavern, often that was a hard days journey from Fort Wayne, because of tlie almost impassable condition of the roads during most of the time. I remember as a child, in going with my mother to visit her father, living in Fort Wayne, seeing the decaying frame of a big woolen mill standing gaunt and stark in Middletown. We sometimes stayed all night at Middletown, unable to go farther. Now there is not a vistage left of the town. More often we stayed at the “Nine Mile House." There were two big taverns here. In Monmouth there were two or three big taverns, but we were so near home then, whatever the condition of roads, weather, or darkness, our horses plodded on. In Decatur at that period, my earliest remembrance recalls there were four taverns. The plank road had been built and was almost worn out. I do not remember When it. was new. Decatur was growing, but the need of four taverns, no five, I forgot to mention The Burt on Monroe street, was lessening with the switching of travel from hacks to railroads. In time only two survived, The Miesee and The Burt. Those early taverns were on the two principal streets of the town. The Miesse Tavern was on the corner northest of Front and Main streets. I can just remember it, built flush with the street, two stories in height, the older part of logs, the south part frame. I do not know when it, was built, but 1 think in the late 30's. Eventually the Miesse's sold the property to Mr. George Dent. Later he lore down the house; moving part to the rear of the hrt. and building a fine brick residence for himself upon this ground. He lived here several vdars. After his death. Dr. Dorwin, Mrs. Dugan's father, bought (lie place, and his family lived there for malty years. Mrs. Dugan still owning the property. The Floss House stood whore the Old Adams County Bank's Vncant biiilding now stands. It was the same construction, first building of logs later a large addition of frame construction. Another tavern of that period wks The Fetlck TaVern on Main street where Charles Brock building now is. It, too. was logframe. But there Was this difference from tlie others in appearance. It was set back 30 or more (eet from the street, with a high stockade around it. There was a. tragedy con hoctbd with this taterb in those oldeto days. I often used to hear refernffeoß to it, when 1 was a child. I

forgot tvhotlitr it was a Breinerkump or a Meibcrs that bought the old tavern. Then farther along south on Second street was the Flagg Tavern on the northeast corner of the alley between Madison and Jefferson Sts. facing Court street. Early Decatur had live good size taverns and was ffulte a cosmopolitan place. The Clows were German. I do not know the nationality of tlie Miesses. Tlie Fetlcks Were French, the Flaggs. Eng lists. The Burts were Yorkers, 1 Engiisii ancestry. So Decatur „gradually drained Monmouth and Mon mouth settled back to gradual decay. I have written ten timbs more than 1 expected to write when I began. But I love that old Decatur, and my mind runs along so fast, I do not know when to stop. And there are so many errors printed at one time and another. I have been waiting, hoping that some one who knows would correct them. But they seem like myself waiting for someone else to do it, just like 1 have been doing. 1 hope they will now take courage and go ahead. If they don't 1 shall be driven to go ahead myself. I hope "Do you remember way back when” will continue. It is a spur to the rest of us. I have so many things I Wanted made straight. 1 am not a pioneer either. Decatur was a thrifty town before I was born. 1 saw never n deer in Adams county county. 1 heard of an occasional black bear in the big black woods down where Monroe now is, and the Indians had left the country years before 1 was born. Hunters went over in Eastern Ohio in Paulding Co. when they wanted bear and deer. Yet, I see in the paper when men and women have died, years younger than my age. statments made that they were “pioneers”. Perfectly absurd! 1 must close, or 1 will weary you to the verge of nervous prostration. Yours sincerely, Elizabeth Studebaker .Morrison Envelope Bags Envelope bags of black satin striped moire with ebrners of gold and a tiny gold cut-out monogram are very smart these days.

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