Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1924 — Page 1

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hundreds at dedication OF NEWCHURCH Total Os $25,000 Raised At pledge Service Held In Evening L. A. S. GIVES $5,000 Dedicatory Services Impressive; Bishop H._ 11. Font Speaks The First United Brethren church i of Decatur. located at the corner of Ninth and Madison streets. was dedi rated Sunday with appropriate serv ices, the formal dedication ceremony being held at the evening service [ Bishop 11 H Font. I), it., of Indian- | „roli> officiated. Approximately [ I persons attended the services | during the day. During the pledge service held in the evening a total of $25,1)00 was obtained in pledges. This amount was 15,000 higher than the pastor and members of the finance and building committees had hoped for and the re spouse for funds front the < ongrcg:: tion was most gratifying. The largest pledge received was made by the I’ B Ladies’ Aid. the society pledging $5.t)00, payable SI,OOO each year Ten or twelve pledges of SSOO were received from members of the congregation and the cash donations totaled nearly $3,000. The outstand ing debt on the church, which represents an expenditure of $45,000. is only $6,000, Rev. B. F. Dotson. the pastor, stated this morning. The total indebtedness of the congregation for the new church was $31,000 1 previous to the dedication The program of services was carried out as announced in Saturday's paper. Bishop Font spoke at both the morning and evening services and the pastor. Rev. Dotson, presid ed at the services. Others on the program who delivered talks were Dr. J A. Groves, conference superin tendent; Rev. C. J. Miner, former pastor of the local church, and Revs. ■'l K Richardson. Fort Wayne. B. B Blauvelt. Monroeville, and fl W Thompson, of the First Christian church of this city. I Bishop Fout delivered two excel- 1 lent sermons during the day. In the morning he spoke on ’’The Beaut) of the Church," and in the evening , his subject was. "Mary’s Memorial Offering." Mrs. John Hill, president of the church missionary society, presided over the dedication of the memorial window in memory of Miss Ella Schenck, martyred missionary of the local U. B. church, who met her death in May. 1898. while serving as a missionary to Africa. Mrs. C J Miner delivered the dedicatory address and Dr. Groves lead in prayer during the service. Mrs. D .1 Schenck, mother of the martyred Kiri, and her sister, Grace Schenck? (Continued on page three) BAPTIST CHURCH OPENS REVIVAL Rev. Barney E. Antrohus, Os Madison, Expected To Arrive Today The series of revival services at 'he Baptist church started Sunday and *HI continue every niuiit this week. Ute meetings beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. Barney E. Antic I'tte, of Madison. Indiana, will arrive '*) this city this evening and will preach tonight. He comes from a church which is a dynamo of spiritual Power, a nd which has Ji great Sunday School and remarkable prayer meetings. Every effort is being made to get out a big crowd to greet Rev. Antrobus tonight. A largo chorus choir, under the direction of E. " C armi f | l acl, will sing this evening. Tim public i a cordially invited to atI' nd these services.

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Divorces Outnumbered Bj ; Marriages, Three-To-On< Divorces granted during the montl of November to Adams county coup I ies , qu.ill< d one-third of the nttmhe ■of marriage licenses issued durim the same period, records in th< County Clerk's office showed today During Novemb -r four divorces wen I granted and twelve marriage license: i were issued. Last November. 1! | marriage licenses were issued. Tin I year 1024 has been a poor one so ■ Dan Cupid, the number of niurriagi licenses issued this year being mud I less than a year ago. I. -ap Yea: I evidently has not been a help ii | Cupid’s business. AGED RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIES Mrs. Susan McCormick, 91 Dies At Her Home In Linn Grove Fun, tai services were held from the Evangelical church in Linn Grovi at l::10 this afternoon Tor Mis. Susar Lanning McCormick, age 91, one of the eldest residents of Adams county who died at the home of her, Albert I anning. in Linn Grove, Friday even ing. Death was due to paralysis. Sinhaving suffered a stroke on September 28. Lorn in Gi>ern-» y county. Ohio. March 2*l. 1X33, Susan McCormick , was a daughter of Christopher Pope joy and Susan Bowers. She was six years old when she came to Indiana : with her parents. Her first marriage was to JohiH Lanning in W 52. He [died March 6. 1875. and she thereafter married Samuel McCormick in 1878 His death occurred the following year, of the ten children born to the first union two survive. They are: Mrs Julia Arnold, of near Bluffton, and Albert M [sinning, of Linn Grove Children deceased are: Mrs. Jennie 1 Davis; Mr-, ilulda Huffman; Jefferson. Jasper, Francis. Mary Homer and Madison. Four brothers nnd three sisters preceded her in death. Most of Mrs. MCormick’s life was spent on a farm eight miles south east of Bluffton. She was widely known and hail the respect of the en jtire community. She was a member of tlie Salem Evangelical church. 1 The lineage of Mrs. Lannings fam ilv includes many of the most estab lisbed families in Wells and Adam* counties. There are twenty grand I c hildren, forty-six great grandehil dren and three great groat grandehil ,dren. Mrs. Buzzi Is Placed On Trial Again Today (United Press Service) New York. Dec. I—Out of the shadows of Sing Sing’s death house ■ Mrs. Anna Buzzi was brought back today to the Bronx, where she lived Lind loved Fred Schneider, to be tried !in the supreme court a second time for her lover’s murder. Women who had known Mrs. Buzzi as a neighbor and friend for many years, stormed the little courthouse ft see how she looked after 11 months in the shadow of the electric chair. Found guilty of first degree murder Mrs. Buzzi only escaped execution by a grant of the court of appeals awarding her a new trial. —o - Hunters And Fishermen Busy In Adams County Hunters have been busy in Adams county this year, records in tht Office of County Clerk John E. Nel Jon Showing that 1.094 hunting ant: fishing licenses have been iasuec since the first of the year. Dunns November. 465 licenses, including J non-resident licenses, were isseued November. 1923. a total of 391 Junsus were issued. The week be f Ol e Thanksgiving was one n heaviest weeks for hunting licenses , than 200 being issued. Ou rXe Thanksgiving 65 license* isa „ed and this morning ten WW / were issued before ten Xk S h«n - taking to the wood* in view of the snow and typical rabbit weather.

«COMMISSIONERS ■i MEETING TODAY IIBills And Claims Allowed Today; Council Meets f>S ■ On Tuesday io; tel The county commissioners met in or regular session This morning ami dur- .(> ing the forenoon checked up hills and •h billowed claims. Tomorrow the board tr will hold a joint se-sion with the la’County Council, which lias been called into special session in order to [make appropriations for several of ; the county funds. The exact amount |to be asked by the commissioners was not known this afternoon. 51 The commissioners will also hold a joint session with the Van Wert I County, Ohio, commissioners, Tues- | day, relative to final acceptance amt | payment of the Teeple-Brown I, macadam road in St. Marys township |The road was constructed by the two counties this year. The board of commissioners will meet again the later n part of this month for the purpose of swarding the .contract for printing n the books needed by the county and iIo allow bills before the ch cos the ,f j years. V. i In the opinion iff the county com •t * miss-oners, no new roads will be con1. st rm ted in the townships next year. p Kirkland and Washington townships 1 being the only two townships where the bonded indebtedness is below the , two per cent, limit, petitions for new i roads in these two townships have a not been filed x a Automobile Stolen At Berne Sunday Night p - ■■— : sr Berne, Iml.. Dec. I.—(Special to < Daily Democrat I The Ford sedan ber. longing to peter M. Moser was stolen it from in front of the Missionary s. church on Jefferon street last evening d while Mrs. Moser ami son were ata. t tiding the church services. The e car was a 1921) model. Mr. Moser did f. not remember the engine or license >r number ami wrote to the Secretary of d State today to obtain the information needed in the search for the car. 1 Richard Hoffman Being Returned Here For Burial 1- ’ r Word was reee’ved here by the S. E. Black undertaking firn- this morn- ’’ ing that the body of Richard Hoff--5 man. formei* resident of this city. 18 would be shipped here for burial. It is thought that the body will ar--1" rive here sometime tonight or tomor- -- row The message was received by the local Red Men’s lodge and stated that funeral arrangements would be wired later. y ISAAC GRIMM IP ■ DIES AT HERNE •(1 • d ” Retired Shoe Cobbler Dies !( After Illness Due To y - Infirmities o n Isaac Grimm, age 85. years, died at his home in Berne at 12:15 o'clock , r Sunday afternoon, after jin extended v illness due to infirmities. He had 1'- been bedfast the last two weeks. For many years Mr. Grimm was engaged in the shoe cohblef’s trade at Vera Cruz, hut since moving to Berne bad led a retired life. born f ill Ohio. Mr. Grimm, lived nearly all his life in Adams County, coming here S when a small boy with his parents. '' For several years he lived on a farm '. west of Decatur and about twenty 'Jyears ago moved to Berne. Mr. Grimm I was 85 vears old on June 8. He was ~ born in 1839. 7 Mr. Grimm survived by one daugliter and one son namely. Susanna Martz, of Berne, and John Grimm, of p Michigan. Mr. Grimm was also an uncle, of* J. D. Andrews. Jacob Grimm e and Mrs. Wash Pyles, of <his city. J Funeral serlvces will be Reid from n the homo in Bern« at one-thirty 0 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Erne Is of the Evangelical church, officiating, d Burial will he made in the Bertie cemetery.

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Berne Young Man Hurt In Automobile Accident Berne, Ind.. Dec. I. (Special to Dally la mocrat( -Weslej Lehman, age 23. son of Mrs. Judith Lehman 1 was injured just evening when he at- ! 1 tempted to turn his . trtomohile from : (he /slat- road onto the paviment at the Al> t edge of town of Berne. His actojnoliile ion over the ditch atid into a corn field and was badly damaged. three wheels being broken and the body of the car damaged. Mr. Udi- 1 man received several cuts and bruises ! He was cut about tin- bend nnd chest, but as far as known n<> Internal injuries were received. REVIVAL CLOSES AT M.E. CHURCH — Closing Day Is Marked By Three Excellent Services The revival which has been in pro-; gross at the First Methodist church for the last three weeks, dos d Sunday with three excellent services.’ All day Sunday a fine spirit prevailed and the services were well attended ! The evangelist, the Rev. E. H Lano,. preached three excellent sermons, 1 making an earnest appeal for his hear-, ors to live a devoted life anti to ae-1 cept Christ. There was an old-time - testimony service .in the afternoon and in the midst of it many got happ I and shouted. The gathering of the young people: about the alter in the evening service, i to consecrate themselves anew was' [ an impressive sight. It promises well for the Yuture'of th" church. Rev. and Mrs. Lane are servants i true anti faithful. Rev. Lune in a i very good way, preached the go pel. I They can not do other than good wherever they go. L.’nder their leader-1 ship here, the local church has taken advanced ground. I Rev. ami Mrs. Lane and son. |gi - * mont, left today for th"ir home in ' Toledo. Ohio. --OMINISTERS NAME i OFFICERS TODAY 1 i Rev. Bridge Re - Elected President Os Ministerial Association r At the regular meeting of the DeI catur Ministerial Association held in ? the directors’ room of the Ohl Adams County Bank this morning the Rev. I'. S. A. Bridge, pastor of the First which will cover the amount of damident of the association. The Rev. F. D. Whitesell, pastor of the Baptist j i ehttreh. was elected secretary-treasnr-i j er. ■ An interesting paper on. ‘Community Daily Vacation Bible School." was given by the Rev. R. W. Loose, pastor ? of the First Evangelical church. A discussion of the community daily vacation Bible school was held, and it is possible that such a school may be organized here. Herman Colchin Carried i Liability Insurance Harmon A Colchin. local citizen, who was made defendant in three suits for dumnges totalling SI,BOO. Saturday, as the result of an auto--1 mobile accident, which occured on 1 the state road south of the city re- ’ | cently. carried liability insurance ■ witch will cover the amount of dam--1 ages, providing the court renders Judgment for the parties bringing the 1 suit, afcalnst Mr. Colchin. it is said. ’The suits were brought by Mr. anil Mrs. Verne Rim arson, of Van Wert, ’ Ohio. ’ ***"——— _ . . ~ Y* j I/ays to CJiwp 1 VsXJ / I Ij j Kai

GOODFELLOWS - CLUB PLANNED Delta Theta Tau Sorority Sponsoring Club Again This Year The Delta Theta Tau sorority told: v announced -he plans for their [third annual Good Fellows Club. I |which will be opened for donations to i | morrow. The funds raised will be ns-1 I ed in bringing Christmas cheer to the I poor and needy children of the city. I (The contribution box s will be placed | I tomorrow in the old Adams County I IBank, the First National Bank, the | Peoples Loan and Trust Company and [ the Daily Democrat office. The Della Theta Tau sorority has I opened the contributions with a dona-i tion of $25. There is a b.ilain e of I $26.1(1 left from last year, making a [total of $51.10 with which to start the ball rolling this winter. There was a [total of $273.64 contributed to the [Good Fellows Club last year, but of that amount. $26.10 was given after the (bib was closed the day before Christmas, leaving that much as a [balance carried over to this year. I The Good Fellow club brought' ! Christmas cheer to a total of 32 fatnillies and 112 children last Christmas. | [The motley was used in pun basing [toys, candy, nuts and. in many cases, 'dothing for the kiddies. Many little I hearts were made happy when Santa | Claus brought the toys and other articles on ’the night before ! Christmas." Anyone who contributes to the fund | wil be enrolled as a member of the Good Fellows club Envelopes will be j provided hi which the money may be plated before dropping it in the conItributton boxes, and on which the conitributor may write bis name. Th" committee from the Delta Theta Tim sorority, which will have I charge of the Good Fellows Club, [consists, of Mrs. Glennys Kern, ehair- [ man. Mrs. Leona Kohne. Mrs. Floy Blair, ami the Misses Geneviece Berl- , ing. Virgene Smith. Margaret Holt[bouse. Florent e Holthoiie. Margaret Mylott. Waiter On Trial For Murdering Five People Wheaton, ill.. Dec. 1 John Kammerer. an eccentric waiter, was plated on trial here today before Judge John K. Newhall, for the- killing of five persons. The state charges he murdered Mr. anil Mrs. Otto Ader and their three children in their home on Jun" 29. A plea of insanity is expected Io be the chief defense. TREASURER HAS A NEW DEPUTY Miss Anna Smith Assumes Duties As Deputy Co. Treasurer Miss Anna Smith, a well known young lady of this city begun her duties this morning as deputy county treasurer in the office of County Treasurer Louise Kleine. Miss Smith 1 fills the postion formerly held by Miss Goldie Gay and will serve as Mr. , Kleine deputy during the remainder inf bis term of office. Mr. Klein" Is ' now concluding his first year as Jcounty treasurer ami was elected last i November to a second term of 'wo Jyears. His term of office wil not exJplre until December 31. 1927. Miss Gay served as county (reasttr- , [er for neary eleven years, starting ns deputy in the office during the term "f [ Comity Treasurer W. I Archbold. She also served under George Kinzle apd Hugh Hite and since last Jami- ; ary lias been deputy under Mr. Klein". Miss Smith Is a daughter of Mrs. Dina Smith and for several years was employed in th" office of the De. atm- In/urance cotupany. Her many friends will be glad to hear of her appoint tnent as deputy comity treasurer. MDs Smith acted as se- rotary of th" .Democratic central committee at headquarter,s riming the last campaign.

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Masonic Lodge Gets Call [ Concerning An Accident! Eml Admits, secretary of Hie local ! Masonic lodge, receive a telephone I I me-sage from parties in Cincinnati i 11. is! evening, asking infot niallon eon-i eeiining an automobile accideti I whk h was supposed to have occurred near Deme Saturday anti in which I friends of the men who called were [ said to be seriously injured. Mr. Adams ealb<| Berne. Portland mid I Bliiffton. but could not ascertain alii facts (on-.-erning the accident and it I is believed it must have happened I some where else than in this section, i No report has reached any of the hos- ! j pitals in this pan of the state. ALMOST DROWNS IN ICY STREAM Motorist Rescued From River Near Bluffton; Auto Sinks — William AJolching. who resides south of Vera Cruz, had a narrow es-; cape from drowning in the icy waters j | of the Wabash river near Bluffton, j [this morning, when his car plunged: into the river and sank. Melching j | tame to tlie surface of the waterand: ilteld to a piece of ice until lie was I rescued by a Mr Gerber. Melching : was starting to sink when Gerber I reached him. Mr. Melching was driving to Bluff I ton along the river road, in his Ford ; roadster, and in attempting to open : the side curtains, be lost control of| the car. it plunging into the river. " Investigation Os Furnace Mystery At A Standstill — (United Press Service) Columbus,' O . Dec. l-e(Special to Daily Democrat)—-With official invest gation of the death of Mrs Addie Sheatsley. Lutheran pastor's wife, whose body vas fount! in the parsonage furnace, virtually at a standstill. Dr II M. Brundage patho logist, said his report on the v etini’c charred organs may be ready today. I ’Whether the report will open any ’new avenues of investigation into ! the mystery is doubtful Authorities say that even if the report shows 'Mi s. Sheatsley was dead when her I body entered the furnace, the in [formation will be of little value in the light of a solution of the mystery. —— Orders Arrest Os Those Indicted Bv Grand .Jury Judge Jesse C. Sutton today order ed the county clerk to issue warrants for the arrest of those Indicted by the Adams county grand jury last week. The bonds for the defendants 1 mimed in each of the three indiet ments were as follows: No. 1. $2,000; No. 2. $500; No. 3. $2,000. The arrests had not been marie late this afternoon '- - o Four Persons Killed In New York Blaze I (United press Service) New York. Dec. I- Four persons I ■ lost their lives here today when fire t ' roared through a crowded west side 1 rooming house, cutting oil' escape of ‘ many upon upper floor ami causing injuries to many who leaped from ledges to a small rear yard. Two of the victims were burned beyond recoguizalimt. one was found overcome by smoke and a fourth died I in Roosevelt hospital. The tire which 1 may have been of incendiary origin. , started in the basement ami spread i with great rapidity. - - BIRTH Word has been received here by! relatives announcing the birth of an eight mid a half pound baby horn to Mr. and Mrs Leo Miller at Huntington The boy has been named Earl Joseph and is the third son anti seventh child. Weather Fair tonight and probably Tuesday; rising temperature.

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ADJOURNS AFTER SHORT SESSION THIS AFTERNOON Preliminary Organization Is Accomplished With Precision BUSINESS TOMORROW — Formal Consideration Os Nation's Business Begins Tuesday CONGRESS CONVENES Washington. Dec. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Senator Albert B. Cummins, lowa, acting president pro tern of the senate, called the upper branch of congress to order at 12:01. Ths house was called to order at noon by Speaker Gillett, of Massachusetts, who defeated Dav id L. Walsh in the recent senatorial elections. Gillett was accorded a tremendous ovation- by his republican colleagues as he J walked up to his desk. The senate adjourned at 12:22 until noon tomorrow out of respect to members who have died since the summer adjournment. — Washington. Dec. I.— The , turbulent 68th.. congress came back today, held a brief routine i opening session and then adjourned in respect to members who died during the six months’ j recess. Preliminary organization was accomplished with precision in both house and senate and the | way was opened for the formal consideration of the nations ' i business beginning tomorrow. The senate session lasted [ only about 20 minutes while the ■ house was in session nearly an hour, adjourning shortly before 1 1 1 o’clock. s | Washington. Dec. 1. The turhul"‘jaiV GSth congress convened at high I noon today for its regular short 11 session. . j Amidst all lb" official glamour of it social function, th" house of repreI si-ntativcs and th" senate of the ' United States were called to order to attend to the state of the nation l until the newly elected congress I comes into power in March. s The galleries and floors of each ’ house were crowded with trocked ' diplomats and dignitaries and austerely gowned social leaders, when the presiding officers ascended their rostrums and with a tap of flu- gavel summoned congress to business. 'l The soft tones of the grandfathj er’s clock in the senate had hardly died awav. proclaiming the noon [ (f'onriiined on Paire six) TEMPERATURE TAKES A DROP Zero Registered In Several Places Over County Early Today Today was the coldest day of the [present fal season. In the country and out in the open where thermo- » meters were expound to the cool present fall season. In the country ■in the county. Several farmers reI ported that il was zero at about six o'clock this morning. County ComEmission B. F. Breiner and Ernst Cott.[rad stated their thermoniters registerj.ed at the zero mark at a little before I sun-rise, street thermometers in this [city registered from 1 to 8 above, be-. • tween 6 aud 8 o’clock this utoruiug. ■At one o’clock this afternoon the !tbermomters stood between 2t) au-i I above. A fairly heavy snow Ml "b s terday and froze with the drop in tentjperature during the night