Decatur Democrat, Volume 1, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1899 — Page 3

3 ■ Revised Standing Committees for 1899. 5 B ~r<K-G. H. Hill, H. N. Herrick, L. M. Krider, G. B. Work. C d 3) SK W q Hollopeter. 3 B A. W. Lamport, J. K. Walts, J. A. Beatty, W.M. Nelson, 5 ■ j EdtK ar j. F Albertson, A. S. Preston, D, V. Williams. ■ E -frrence Relations B. A. Kemp, 0. S. Harrison, C. E. White, H. S B 5 Cont< c Smithj w> h. Pierce, J. A. Ruley, E. B. Westhafer. ■ - r Qualifications M. Mahin, J. M. Haines, A. L. Weaver, J. H. 3 3 5 * Jackson, B. S. Hollopeter, D. H. Guild, J. B. Alleman. B C wMman's Work in Church W. H. Daniel, T. J. Johnson, 0. E. Pars- 5 B ? and Moral Questions J. B. Ford, 0. E. Davis, L. E. Knox, C. 5 Br 501 E. Disbro, Richard Jones, M. E. Nethercut, R. H. Smith. „„,«>naaes and Furniture—E. M. Baker, H. A. Ewell, A. A. Turner, 3 Mr Por sonagc AB . Sara h. l. A. Retts, W. E. McCarty, J. W. Tillman. 3 ■ r meetings and Voung People's Work U.S. A. Bridge, George 5 B ‘ COS Cocking, B. Sawyer, W. W. Martin, John C. White, J. P. 3 B 5 Chamness, J. S. Cain. 3 ■ 8 Mictionarv Cause —W. R- Jones, O. V. L. Harbour, J. D. Croan. J. B. 5 B - 11,5,5,01 Cook, R. C. Jones, Henry Lacey, J. M. Baker. 3 B? Church Extension -T. F. Freeh, C. Tinkham, M. F. Stright, J. W. 5 B S ChU Miller, H. M. Johnson, C. B. Wilcox, W. W. Brown. Brea and S. E. Society H. A. Davis, W. M. Nelson, W. P. Herron, W. 3 B c- ' B 0. P‘ erce ’ Eli Davis, J. B. McNary, N. D. Shackelford. 5 ■ - American Bible Society—S. C. Miller, M. C. Cooper, Wm. Lash, J. O. 5 ■ Al ’ Bills, J - H - slack ’ J - W - Lowry, W. J. Vigus. 3 B ? c.mriav Schools and Tracts H. J. Norris, W. E. Murray, A. H. Me- 5 By SU Kee, J. W. Paschall, J. J. Fred, M. A. Harlan, A. J. Carey. 15 B ? cuUentation—C. C. Cissel, M. J. Magor, J. F. Radcliffe, C, Harvey, C. 3 B 5 Sustenrai H Mettg) j. M . Rush) F . M . Stone. 3 B 5 conference Board of Examiners F. G. Browne, C. King, B. S. Hol- 3 B r lopeter, John C. White, L. M. Krider, J. W. Cain, B. A. B ■ ? Kemp, F. M. Stone, C. H. Browne, A. S. Preston, M. J. 5 B 5 Magor, C. W. Smith, W. D. Parr, E. L. Semans. J. A. □ H y Beatty, S. Light, M. A. Harlan, A. S. Wooten, E. F. Al- 3 ■ j bertson, J. A. Patterson. 5 H -

I Local News. ■ H. M- Romberg was at Geneva on ■ business yesterday. I Colchin will have a special line of I baked goods for conference week. I C E. Watz left last evening for I his home at Bellefountain, Ohio. I Leave your order with Colchin for I the finest Bread, Pies, Cakes and I Rolls. I If your conference daily is not deI livered promptly notify us and we I will see that you get the paper. I George McKean and Homer Cross I were attending to business pertaining I to the Surveyors office at Berne i yesterday. I We will continue our sale on eurI tains, rugs and tapestries at prices in I circular, don't miss a bargain but call I early, at Archbold & Haugh. I Remember the City Meat Market, I onlv first class meats of all kinds. I Home made, sugar cured, Hams and I sausage a speciality. Dyoms Schmitt, I Prop. I Fisher A Webber shipped a car load of horses to New York yesterday. Thev will leave that port Satunlay for Hamburg. Germany. Decatur’s horse market still remains unequaled in the west. Norman Lenhart came home from school at Upland, last Friday, and on Saturday he was admitted to practice in the courts of Adams county. He will return to his studies at Upland. Monday. E. Woods and son. Hugh left yesterday for Columbia City, where they will finish their contract with the city of putting in a sewer system. The cold weather has caused them to suspend work for several weeks. It has Ixsen decided by the supreme court that when an employe of a railroad. having the system known as the "Voluntary Relief," accepts funds from that relief organization, or if assistance is drawn by relatives who survive him, he nor his relatives can recover further in the way of damages. Miss Dessie Moore, of Huntington, is attending conference and is the guest of Mrs. John Niblick while in the city. Miss Moore is the popular young organist of the M. E. church at Huntington and has gained an enviable reputation by playing at various meetings of the conference. Tickets for the lecture “Jean Valjean” are on sale at the post office in the basement of the M. E. church; also at Nachtreib & Fuelling’s and Holthouse & Callow’s drug stores. The limited number of 400 seats will be sold for the auditorium and 600 for the lecture room and gallery. Com mittee of Arrangements. 2d3 The Devotees of Pedro Club were handsomely entertained by Miss Lena Barthel at her elegant Fourth street home last evening. Cards were the order and the evening was an elegant social affair. Prizes were won by Miss Amelia Smith and John Reiter, while Miss Jessie McLain and Otto Ehingerwere unfortunately compelled to accept the booby prizes. Dainty refreshments aided in making the affair an altogether successful and pleasant one.

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Work done in five hours at the Decatur Steam Laundry. 1 Harvey Meyers was at Berne yes- . terday looking after business interests, i “On the Swanee River" is booked for Bosse's opera house next week. The best and finest line of Chocolates, Creams and Home-made Candies, at Cholchins’. Mrs. N. K. Todd and daughter of Bluffton, are in the city the guests of D. F. Quinn and family. Seventy ministers who have as yet not reported are expected to arrive ’ on various trains this morning. I Rev. W. H. Shepherd, former pas- ! tor of the United Brethren church in this city, now of Ossian was among Decatur friends yesterday. Rev. Jay Dorwin, who is attending conference here is just recovering from a severe attack of the gripp with ' which he has been suffering for some time. Marriage licenses issued during the week are Samuel L. Frank and Mary i Scoles. George I. Reichar.l and Leusena P. Constable, Will S. Porter and I Susie V. Calderwood. , In the circuit court Tuesday, in the case of Maay L. Stultz vs. John H. ■ Delevan et al, judgment was rendered ' the plaintiff for 8175. This was order;ed paid out of the estate of J. H. Delevan, deceased. . Rev. Stabler, a former Decatur pastor, now residing at Indianapolis, made this office a pleasant call yesterday. He is the same genial, kindly gentleman as of yore and his . visit to our sanctum was certainly a ! welcome one. Work at the Studabaker-Allison i building, corner of Second and Madi- j son streets is progressing in good ; ' style this week. Stone and lumber' have been placed on the ground and work on the building will soon be under headway. , L. C. Davenport and Will A. Kunkle of Bluffton came over yesterday I morning and went south to Portland, where we surmise they are investigat- ‘ ing some important oil deal. The, 1 ■ latter is just recovering from a serious 1 1 and prolonged illness of typhoid fever, j Rev. W. A. Peirce, of Atlanta. Ind- ! iana, who is here attending 1: ence and who is the guest of N Blackburn and family, is suffering j from a relapse of the lagripp. His ! condition is not considered dangerous ! although he was quite ill last eveni in SThe finance committee of the conference have their office in the rear of the old Adams County Bank. Rev. Cecil, treasurer of the conference and ; a corps of able assistants have charge lof the department and the way’ ‘ they were making things hum yesterday is conclusive proof that they : know their business. Forest Sells, one of Monroe township's bright young men, died Tues day night after a short illness. He rwas first stricken with lagrip pe, which afterwards developedinto pneuimonia. The funeral services takes , place at ten o’clock to-day from the ! Methodist church at Monroe, with i interment in the Ray cemetery.

'! Hon. Elmo St. Clair, of Cleveland, Ohio, was the guest of Miss Effie I Brakaw, Tuesday. j W. H. Niblick, R. R. Allison, W. ;A. Keubler, were transacting busi . ness at Berne yesterday. J. L. Head, claim agent for the Wabash railroad system was a witness in the ease of Miller vs Wabash | railway Company, yesterday. F. Ebbinghouse and wife and IJ. H. Biriley and wife, of Wabash, are registered at the Burt and are attending conference. Mrs. R. K. Allison went to Willshire at noon in answer to a summons stating that her sister Miss Fanny E oster was sinking and perhaps had not long to live. She has consumption. Moser makes a special rate on photos to those attending conference. Y T our picture is an appropriate present which will be highly appreciated by friends and acquaintances. All work furnished promptly and guaranteed to please. Rev. Charles Metts is a member of the North Indiana conference and is in the city, the guest of D, French Quinn and family. Rev. Metts is a son of Rev. M. S. Metts, who a number of years ago was the pastor of the M. E. church here. Charles entered the ministry in 1895 and during the past year has been located at Durbin. The April section of the Ladies I Mite Society have arranged to make a conference souvenir quilt and desire all who are in attendance upon the conference who feel that they’ can, to have their names in it. A fee of ten | cents is required and your name will be embroidered upon the quilt. Hand your dime and your name to your host or to Mrs. Daniel. Rev. Charles McConehey, an Adams county boy, who during the past year has had charge of an Evangelical circuit near Cicero, Indiana, is in the city, the guest of bis parents. He has been attending a conference of the church at Rochester, Indiana, which closed last Monday. During the coming year he will be stationed at Altomont, Illinois, for which place ; he will leave next Monday. Dr. H. A. Gobin, president of DePauw University at Greencastle, arrived in the city yesterday morning and was in attendance at the conference. During the past year he has done much toward making this uni--1 versify one of the best in the country and his efforts have been splendidly rewarded. On account of the commencement of revival meetings at Greencastle on Friday evening he will be unable to attend DePauw meeting to lie held here Saturday evening. George Krick was at Bluffton Monday where he represented the Decatur high school in a meeting of the committee to arrange for the Eastern Indiana oratorical contest. The committee selected judges and each representative selected the seats for his respective school at the contest. The committee also adopted the following resolution: “Resolved, That during the rendition of the program of the I annual contest of the E. I. O. A. there i shall be no school yells, stamping of i feet, or any disorderly conduct. That 1 the teachers of the respective schools shall exercise partial control in enforcing this resolution." Thel con test will be held at Portland, May 5. Rev. G. B. Work, a former pastor ’ of this city, but who has had charge of the Dunkirk pastorate for several years, is attending the conference. I Edgar Work, his eldest son, who is a 1 marine guard, made the famous trip lon board the Oregon from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast, a distance of 17,000 miles about a year ago. He was also cn board the Oregon at the famous battle of Santiago, at which time the Spanish fleet was destroyed. In answer to a question as to his son’s whereabouts at present, Rev. Work said: “Ed is now doing marine guard duty on board the recruiting ship Vermont, stationed at the New York harlxir. He was transferred to that boat from the Oregon last September and is therefore not with that , vessel on her present trip to the Phil- ■ lipines. He enlisted with the navy at San Francisco in 1895 for five years and his time of service will expire one i year from next month, after which | time he will very probably return to ' Hoosier soil.” ~ Rev. Work has re-j ceived a number of interesting letters from his son and also several hand-1 some souvenirs. The Vermont is a ■ vessel used for the training of marines, who enlist in the service, and is one of three ships used for that purpose in the United States.

Miss Murtie Hendricks, of Scio, Ohio, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank Grill, for several weeks. Easter and the closing Sabbath of the conference year created special interest in last Sunday's services. Services appropriate to the occasion were conducted by the Sunday School in the morning. Responsive reading, songs by some of the children and several exercises by the Queen Esther j Circle were well rendered. Mrs. W. H. Daniel in her usual happy style I gave an interesting and instructive I review of the Sunday School work. Rev. M. C. Cooper, of the St. Paul i M. E. church, yesterday closed tiie ninth year of his ministry in Fort Wayne. He was first two years at the Simpson M. E. church. He then organized the St. Paul M. E. church in 1887, and remained there until 1891. He was then absent from the city for five years attending school in the Garrett Biblical Institute, and was then returned in the spring of 1896 as pastor of St. Paul, where he has remained until the present time. No other minister in the conference has given so many years to the city of Fort Wayne. The quarterly conference has unanimously petitioned the presiding elder to use his good offices to secure Rev. Cooper’s return for the coming year. The financial condition of the church is gratifying. The pastor and presiding elder will be paid in full, and the current expenses of the year will also be discharged in full. Ft. Wayne Gazette. Dick Townsend received a postal card yesterday from J. N. Free, better known as the “Imortal J. N.” The card was written from Burr Oak. Michigan and after mentioning several private matters he makes the announcement that he will arrive in Decatur either Thursday evening or Friday morning for the purpose of extending greetings to the members of the North Indiana Conference, many of whom he knows quite well. Mr. Free never fails to keep his promises and the conference may as well prepare to receive him. There is probably no man in the county who is more widely known than J. N. There is said to be hardly an important railroad line in the country on which he has not been as welcome to ride as its president. He has life passes on many railroads and they read, “Pass ‘J. N.’ over this road for life.” They are duly signed and executed. He works the hotels too. He stops at the best hotels in the cities he visits, and when the landlord throws off half of the charges, the “Immortal J. N.” usually shows his generosity likewise and throws off the other half. A few months ago he was taken suddenly ill and for several weeks was thought to be dying. He refused to take any medicine saying he was amply able to “throw off the pressure" and he finally succeeded in doing so. He will no doubt lie the center of a great deal of attraction when he arrives this evening or in the morning. Beyond the question of a doubt the most interesting occasion of the year to the members of the Decatur high school and to many other students of our various schools is the annual meeting of the Eastern Indiana Oratorical Association, which meets each year, and to which the school usually sends two delegates. Second to that event are the primary contests which are held for the purpose of selecting the orators and readers for the grand contest, and that occasion will take place at Bosse's opera house Friday evening, April 14. Great preparations are being made for the event and it will no doubt be a gala day for the students. The contestants who have been selected are, for declamation, Fred Patterson, Josephine Niblick, Harriet Hill, Robert Schrock and Fay Smith: for oration, Nora Smith, Arthur Suttles and George Krick. The pupils select eel are all excellent students and good readers and the program will be highly interesting. A prize of five dollars will be given to the winner and one each from the oratorical and declamatory classes be chosen to enter the E. I. (). A., which meets at Portland May ,5. Representatives from Bluffton, i Portland. Winchester and Decatur 1 will meet on that day for the final battle, and our schools have deI termined to win. The winner of each : contest at Portland will be awarded a I prize of thirty dollars, while those ‘ securing the second decision will each receive twenty dollars. These contests have always created great interest and several hundred students attend from this city each year.

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