Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1900 — Page 1

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BEII Peterson was a Clover Leaf passer to Van Buren yesterday mornItidge Heller is kept at home pretty Be these days on account of a severe i ack of rheumatism. Hiss Cora Moore returned to her’ aw ' it Fort Wayne this morning era weeks visit with friends. ,, ran d picnic under the auspices WKthe Mt. Pleasant and Alpha Sun I <fa schools is announced to take ||K c ,. a t the Evans grove Aug. 16. I Senator Edmunds, a printer who I aii employed at this office several ■ W rs ago. came in last week and j with Decatur friends. He ■ ■ been located at Knightstown ■K’.. leaving here. | Blr-. IL "Bert Peterson who has been di during the past week and I wl -e life has been dispaired of for days, is said to l>e improving K friends have hope that she will I . w '> ve - E ■George McKean was home yesterI de > from Marion, where he is superthe construction of four ■ Sees of gravel road. He was slightly ■ Bder the weather for a few days, but top again. IBflie young son of Mr. and Mrs. G. K Bittner of Union township, fell Bini the roof of a shed nedl hi' barn last Saturday and broke 1 hi left arm. He was brought to this and his arm properly eared for. ■ 1 number of Adams county attended the democratic conI . liai convention nt Hartford City and report a great time. D. E. Smith of this city was permanent chairman of the ■ HE. I’. Menefee has purchased the of Adams county for the J. C. portable fence, which has on display on Short street by Harts’ barlter shop for several The fence is one of the best has come to our notice for a long I ti te. Farm rights are now for sale KK E. P. Menefee, who may be seen HHthe office of Smith A Bell. E Hit is an erroneous idea that some ■ b - a-'' men have about advertising' time to do the most advertising business is dull and the merneeds business. Instead a great of the business men who think w rong time, and they do theirs trade is good. Study this subsome and see where you are E Hln this issue may lie found an artwritten by a hustling, energetic citizen of Decatur urging HSat farmers and business men of the unite in having a county fair this fall. The gentleman who the article is in earnest conthe matter and will do ail in power to push the enterprise should he receive the support Help it along. Squire James H. Smith seems to inquiring quite a reputation m the business. Since he has held position of justice of the peace he united in the holy bonds of wed IK<'k considerably more than a him couple. The latest entry to his ■K ! ‘g list are Solomon Coons and Miss Sullivan who were married at Clerk Johnson’s office last ■■atiirday afternoon. Several of the house employes witnessed the and say same was per BK" lj d in a masterly manner and Mr J Hid Mrs. Corna went on their wav hieing. annual meeting of the Indiana Liquor League closed a two K- Vs . session at Peru Monday after Kiting the following officers: H. A. ■nebke. Fort Wayne, president; ■t’si-ph Stoebe, Marion, vice-president: K- J. Lennon, Fort Wayne, corresponding secretary; John Helenkamp. Wayne, financial secretary; ■rank Bougher, Fort Wayne, treasurK' A resolution reccommending the •peal of the war tax of a dollar a _^K rr,, ‘ on beer was unanimously passE<' , The various phases of the liquor ■ ""re discussed. The beer tax resolution will lu< placed in the eK'} I ."'','’ "* congress at the short session tK“ l, ’h opens in December. The next ■ will be held at Terra Haute | 11901. third great sale of western IK"’’' I '' Beery A Lynch took place IV , ‘ 1 " U. AE. stock yards in this city •' Hll< ’ e *#hty horses ranging ■ 0,,H to five years of age were disI * l °f’ Th® sale began at ten o’I K :l ’ continued until late I Bl i" ilft !* rnoo n< "very animal Ixnng IE >“ l’ r * <,ps °f from two dollars to I B"' hl|lll ’ r,M ' Tn every wav the sale ■Be ““cceusful, and everyone is | V isfied. Mr. Lynch, who brought E Bl" | rsoH here, said the sale was a i B* 1 ' although the bidding was I■/ K " M pirited as at the former sale ! IK 0 Weeks “go. He also stated that I Bta 1 U Was a r®tnarkablehorse mark IBi '?' H " arou nd good town. In IK* , trav ®ls over ten of the central IS t ' v, ‘ Htt 'rn states he says he lias IK no city which in any way com l “* H “ s “ horse 'market. He I I.' ■ lat at “ time when all other IHj, , D '7'J " aM a t a standstill the farm horsemen here were active in bumuosa.

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Mrs Boyd Price is at Fort Wayne this week, the guest of friends and relatives. R. K. Erwin, Elmer Johnson. D. E. Smith, L. G. Ellingham, L. C. Miller, Henry Eiting, Louis Bochneet and from here were at Hartford City Yesterday attending the convention. Dave Waggoner was taken verv sick the first or the week with inflama’tory rheumatism and his condition is still very serious. Dave is a popular young man and his friends hope for an early recovery. The Richmond base ball team has ascended into the air and fallen with a deafening crash and a financial failure. They had a winning team but played in bad luck. Jesse Reynolds, the pitcher, was with them. Hop. S. \\ . Hale of Geneva, was in in the city Monday looking after business and incidentally his friends. His visits to the county seat are not very numerous, but as a matter of fact pleasing when they do occur. Gus Muhler of Fort Wayne, well known here. w tt s arrested Monday at Omaha. Nebraska, and is now in the I Allen county jail charged with embezzling 'l.-VMi from the Eckert Pack ing company where he has lieen em I ployed for several years. Marriage licenses as recorded on Clerk Johnson’s books this week have been issued to George C. Mcalhanev and Elsie T Lewi.' E. Rape and Bertha Barber. Frank Everett and Auice Huffman,Solomon Coon and Zoe Suilivau, Frank J. Keller and Mary Schafer. Will Woods, of Pearl Bryan notoriety. who has been employed on the battleship lowa as yoeman since the tragedy, until a few months ago, eloped from Lebanon last week with the .eighteen year old daughter of ExState Auditor Dailey. They married at Danville. 111., and expect to go to ! Lansing. Michigan. The parents of both are much vexed over the event. Five dollar silver certificates of new design have been issued by the government. The feature of the new note is a large typical Indian head in the center, with a blue seal and a large letter V, and the word "Five” also in blue, running in a curved line across it. As an artistic production, this note is regarded as equal to any ever issued by the government. About two hundred people took in the excursion to Robinson park. Fort Wayne, last Thursday and enjoyed a day of outing. The weather was perfect and everybody seemed in an especially holiday humor, thus enjoying the occasion and making overyone else do likewise. The affair was in charge of the Ladies’ Mite Society of the Methodist church and was as much a success financially as it was socially. More than a quarter of a century ago William Rollings and his family resided just over the Ohio line near Chattanooga. All seemed to lie happy and to be getting along nicely until one day the father deserted his wife and children and mysteriously disappeared. No news of his whereabouts were ever received and he was believed to be dead until a sow days ago, when he arrived home, after an absence of twenty-seven years. His son whom when Rollings left home was a three months old babe.i.s now a barber at Fort Wayne, and has many friends there. He passed through here last week to visit his father, whom he nad never known. A great big wagon load of merry girls and boys drove to Lengerick’s grove three miles south of the city Sunday morning and enjoyed themselves completely until late in the evening. The drive was delightful, the lunch excellent and the time between too happy to lie described. The party was composed of Misses Gertrude Weissel. Florence Graff. Clara Terveer. Bertha Deiningen Myrtle Miller. KateMylott, RoseFullenkamp Gertie Rademacher, May me Fallenkamp. and Gertie Forbing and Alphonse Volmer. Tom Ehhiger. Jessie Niblick, Frank Wemhoff, Clarence Hollhouse, Earle Snow. Raymond Bremerkamp. Tonv Schumacher, Lawereuce Smith and Martin Brunnegraff. Mayor Beatty presided Tuesday evening over the regular session of the city council and roll call showed Messrs. Suttles, Haefliug, Myers, LeBrum Niblick and Mann present. Minutes of the meetings of July 3, July 5, July 6 and July 10 were read and approved upon motion. Mr. Suttles moved that the petition of ! rank Teeple and others for t sewer from Nuttman avenue, thence to Fifth street, thence to the St. Marys river lie refernsi to the sewer committee and same was carried. Mr. Suttles moved that the |>etition of S. E. Shamp. J. C. Roop and others for a sewer from Line street east be referred to the proper committee. Motion carried. Mr. Haetling moved that the board of health and the secretary of the board of health investigate the sanitary condition of the property near Frank Teeple’s property and said board were ho iniitriictw* This con* eluded the business and the meeting was declared adjourned.

INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1900.

Push the county fair through. Make it a great big success and you will never regret it. A dinner was given by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Coverdale last Friday in honor of Mrs. E. A. Allen of Kokomo, and a delightful occasion is reported. Misses Grace and Lizzie Peterson entertained a number of young ladies and gentlemen Saturday evening in honor of their guest, Miss Cora Moore of Fort Wayne. Dau Bieberick, democratic committeeman, announces in another column that he will hold a special meeting at the school house in district No. 6 for the purpose of nominating a supervisor for District No. 4. In another column will be found an interesting letter from Robert F.hmger, an old Decatur boy now serving his country in the Philippines. The letter is interesting and shows that Bob is still in good health and spirits. Alex Leßrtin’s store on south Seventh street was entered by thieves Monday night and uuite an amount of goods stolen. Several watches which Mr. Leßrun had on hands as the result of trades were also taken and the loss amounts to about fifty dollars. Local parties are suspected. Three new cases have l>een entered at the clerk's office this week, lieing entitled respectively Fred Schaffer et al vs Mattie Schlegel and George J. Bippus, mechanics lien; demand 375. Erastus Fritzinger vs Mattie Schlegel and George J. Bippus. mechanics lien demand 375. John B. Holthouse et al vs Mattie Schlegel and George J. Bippus, mechanics hen, demand SSO. Blessed is the man who magnifieth ■ the advantages of his own town and , standeth by it with loyal deeds when others speak ill of it continually, for upon the last day the man of praise and good work will get a harp and a i crown, but the kicker and tho man with no public spirit will be bunched with the mules and the goats and shipped to the land where they don’t shovel snow. The twentieth century will have 24 leap years, the greatest number pos- ■ sible. February will have five Suni days three times 1920.11G4 and 1967. The earliest possible date on which Easter can occur is March 12. The • last time it occurred on that date was iSl's. .The latest date that April can occur is April 25. It will occur but one time .in the coming century on ’ that date—l 943. The middle day of the century will be January 1, 1951. There will be 380 eclipses during the coming century. > In speaking of the new propostal i Fort Wayne. Decatur A Bluffton ’ electric line, the Journal-Gazette yes- . terday said: A Journal-Gazette repi resentative saw Mr. Dreibelbies last evening, upon his return, but he would not give out any information . about his plans. He admitted that he had been over the route in a buggy with Mr. Huntoon, but would not say whether he had any assurance that ' such a line could or would lie built. The route is generally acknowledged to lie a good one. and the gentlemen named are not the first in the field there, as eastern capitalists have been ’ viewing the locality for some time, with the same territory described to ( be tributary. The initiation of six new memlters ; into the Red Men’s lodge occurred as announced Wednesday evening of last week and was a great night for the | boys. Everything was conducted in a strictly up-to-date Indian style, and from the war yelps heard bv outsiders • the poor fellows who were riding the goat must have been badly frightened. A sumptuous repast at the People’s ■ Restaurant followed the exercises, .' and the evening was easily passed by those who know ihe pass word. This • kxlge is becoming one of the most popular of the city, and has grown i rapidly from but a few members to be ■ one of the strongest. The order is i growing in a like manner all over the United States and will soon lie recognized as a leader of secret organiza- ■ tions. The Decatur lodge expects to • soon occupy more commodious quarters. The question often asked, “What will we do when the natural gas gives out ?” seems to have been solved by a farmer. A recent issue of the Muncie Times said: Solomon Hiatt, a well known Delaware county farmer, residing near Bethel, claims to have discovered a substitute for natural gas. He says the discovery will lie cheaper than the natural fuel. While experimenting with a combination of oil and salt and* other things, the nature of which he refuses to divulge, Hiatt found that the air that passed I through the solution was changed to 5 a gaseous substance that burned like the natural fuel. Hiatt forcwl air through a solution in a tank. An intense heat was produced. Hiatt says that there is but one obstruction to prevent the fuel from becoming practical. He is unable to devise a means of forcing a sufficient amount of air through the solution. Huge pumps will probably solve this question. ' Hiatt says the solution he uses can be used for years as it never loses itg strength ’ For this reason th(>new heat will bo inexpensive.

\\ ill Studabaker, the traveling salesman, was in town the first of the week calling on the trade and telling funny jokes to the boys. Miss Lottie VanStueben returned to her home at Elkhart last Saturday, after a brief visit here. Miss Arbie Loch accompanied her. Henry Thomas, the cigar maker, is passing out Markets this week like a Cuban prince and as he does so a lieautiful smile suffuses his face when he announces the cause the arrival of a girl baby Friday evening. Miss Genevieve Hale etertained a number of her young friends last evening at her beautiful home on Fifth street in honor of the Misses Grace and Mariette Hale, of Bellefontaine. Ohio. The occasion was an enjoyable one. Misses Bertha and Minnie Holthouse of Joiieslioro, Arkansas, and Miss Lula Miller of Auburn. Indiana, were guests of honor at a very pleasant picnic given at a grove south of the city Sunday. Thirty young people participated in the event and the occasion could scarce lie anything but a happy one. A gentleman was on our streets yesterday selling a species of the lizard family known as the chameleon. This little animal is a strange one and is bought by many as a pet for the children, being perfectly harmless. The peculiar thing about them is their color, which changes a dozen times a day. Business here was poor and the owner left last evening. A party of Decatur ladies were nicely entertained at dinner last Friday by Mrs. Martin Beery at her country home. The crowd was composed of Mrs. A. J. Smith, Mrs. J. C. Patterson, Mrs. Charles Colter. Mrs. D. W. Beery, Mrs. J M. Miller, and Misses Midge Smith, Marie Patterson, Dessie Beerv and Mary Fonuer. The dinner was a treat and every moment a happy one. Dwight, the youngest son of J. S. Peterson, had his right arm dislocated at the elbow Monday afternoon. He was watching his father catch a colt which he had bought at the Beery A Lynch horse sale, and in order to get a lietter view of the proceedings climbed upon the stock yard fence. Suddenly the herd of horses made a dash towards Dwight, and he, forgetting where he was, let go and fell, with the above results. Dr. J. S. Boyers was called, who fixed the young man up in proper shape and he will be as gay as ever in a few days. Lewis A. Graham, special census enumerator for schedule No. 3, manufactures, is creating quite a stir in the city today by his list of questions that must be answered. Lawyers were besieged by business men who desired to know whether they were compelled to answer them. There was no use kicking and laying one’s self liable to a heavy fine. Any one who does repaying or makes anything for gen eral sale comes under the list. The list asks the capital invested, number of persons employed, number of months business within the year, value of stock and a number of others. Very few persons were aware of such a list to answer, hence the surprise.—Bluffton Banner. The talk of an elecrtic line from Fort Wayne to all the surrounding towns within a radius of half a hundred miles, still goes on. but not a great amount of stock is taken in any such enterprises. In speaking of the proposed lino from Fort Wayne to this city by wav of Monroeville, last weeks Breeze said: “The hope of Monroeville getting an electric railroad has been blasted anil now something else must turn up. The promoters of the proposed Summit City and Decatur lx*lt line scheme has fallen through, having exhausted all their wind, their plans have lieen punctured and the dynamo fell to pieces in its infancy.’ The latest proposed scheme now is to build a line from the Summit City to Decatur, thence to Bluffton, but this, although ap|iearing a good thing on pai>er, will no doubt join the list Sf dreams and go flickering by. A recent issue of the Bluffton Banner is authority tor the statement that W. S. Silversof that city, two brothers a sister and a half brother, who are supposed to live in this county are heirs to an estate in New Y'ork and Boston valued at $140,000,000. It says: “Win. S. Silvers, a prominent oil operator of Marion, has disposed of all his interests there and made preparations io establish the heirship of an estate valued at $140,000,000. Silvers will go to Missouri next week, and from there he will go to Hamilton, Ohio, where his father lives. His father is seventy-six years of age and is too old to go into the case and has requested his son to do the work. His father, John H. Silvers, has made two trips to Germany in the interest of the cast«, and has st>cured enough evidence to justify the heirs in going ahead with it." If there are any people in Adams county by the name of Silvers they are not known here to any extent, and if they are heirs to any such an amount they should Is* mak ing themselves known. However. W. S. Silvers is quite well known here we hope he will I>e successful in securing the vast estate.

Are you in favor of a county fair? It’s the greatest means on earth for bringing the merchant and farmer together. Homer Bottenberg was fined a dollar and costs, amounting to nine dollars by ’Squire Smith last Friday, on a provoke charge brought by Mrs. Lizzie Gilpen. The walks along the business houses of Pete Holthouse A Co., Coffee A Baker, Nachtrieb A Fuelling, M. Burns and Lew Voglewede have been torn up and relaid for the purpose of securing a bettor grading. The im provement is a good one. Mike Johns and Frank Conter engaged in a lively battle Saturday evening and as a rsult the latter has not appeared in public since. The boys am said to have fought like demons and both were pretty badly used up before they were separated bv some of the crowd who had gathered. No arrests have been made as yet. A Chicagoan who has just returned from Paris says that on most restaurants there are signs announcing “All languages spoken here.” He remarked to the manager of one of these places “You must have a great many interperters in vour establishment. "Not one,” was the suprising reply. “Then who speaks all the languages?” asked the Chicagoan. “The customers,” said the Frenchman, blandly. Quite a number of Adams county people took in the excursion to Chicago last Sunday, although the number was not so large as usual on account of the extremely hot weather. The excursion started from Spencerville and was run in three sections, the other two starting from Huntington and Rochester respectively and about fifteen hundred people were on the trains. The present census will probably show, says the Minneapolis Times, that the center of population is somewhere lietweeu Terre Haute and Vincennes on the western border of Indiana. That imaginary point, north and east of which there are as many inhabitants of the United States as there are south and west, has been moving westward near the forty-first parallel! of latitude ever since the first census was taken just a century ago. The first census found it twenty-three miles east of Baltimore. The next one placed it just eighteen miles west of that city. Articles of incorporation for the reorganization for the Clover Leaf railroad under the title of the Toledo, Kansas City and Western were filed in the office of the secretary of state last Thursday. The new company is capatilized at $20,000,000 and under the law of the state paid a fee of S2O, 000. Early in the year the road was purchased at receiver's sale by Richard B. Hartshorne anil Morton S. Patton and assigned to James N. Wallace. For the first year the board of directors will lie composed of Jas. N. Wallace, Arthur H. Vanßrunt. H. J. Bigham, J. Edward Wycoff. Fred M. Browne, Henrv Mattison. Charles Flynn, William H. Fain. Lewis H. Freedman. Grant Notman.and Albert Rathbone. The Black Hills Press in its East week’s issue said: "H. L. Conter, of the Meade county Bank, leaves for New York next Saturday to be gone six weeks. The object of Mr. Conters visit is of great moment io Sturgis, for he goes to confer with eastern capitalists who are contemplating the construction of a railroad from the eastern portion of the state to the Black Hills and have been corresponding with him relative to securing ground in Sturgis necessary for division headquarters and shops. Mr. Conter was formerly in the employ of the principal projector and has therefore been intrusted by him with this important business. He has already received several very favorable offers from local real estate holders of tracts ample for the purpose.” This is pleasing news to Herman’s Decatur friends and we know of nobody whom we would rather see maturing into a railroad magnate. H. Alliert Fristoe, the genial proprietor of the Smoke House, has received a box of El Valle Naeional Mexican cigars from R. O. Johnson who left here about two weeks ago for Nogales, Ariz., having received a government appoinment as collector of customs revenues. The cigars were of the finest, real dreams in their line, and a variety which retail in cities of this country at fifty cents each. Mr. Fristoe did not act one bit selfish with his rare prize and passed them out to the boys who have ever since been chanting the praises of he and Roswell. In fact we ourselves have lieen permitted to Inhale the extravagant perfumes from one of these delightful smokers, and hereby express our thanks. The box was accompanied by a letter from Mr. Johnson, stating that he arrived at Nogales Monday. Julv|9, upon his duties the foflowmg morning. He is greatly pleased with the country and his work, and sends good greetings to his Decatur and Adatvscounty friends. He, howefer, has lxs>n removed from Nogales and now has charge of the port at Lochile, Ariz., where he expects to remain and will lx> half’py to near from his old friends.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

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The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Old Adams county Banking House will occur August Ist. iAt this time seven directors will be I elected. Since the last election, held I a year ago, one of the oldest and most influential directors, John Meibers, died, and the vacancy will be filled at this meeting. Mr. J. D. Holman, who has been in the retail shoe business here during the pastyear, is arrangingto close out his stock of goods and remove back to his former home at Rochester. During his stay here he has proven himself a splendid citizen and it is with regret that we hear of his contemplated change of residence. He will probably leave about the first of October. Anyone in this country can nowwrite to his friends in the Philippines, Guam, Tutuila, and any other island of the Samoan group owned by Uncle Sam. Hawaii or Porto Rico " and a pretty, rose-colored two-cent stamp will carry the letter, subject of course, to the usual regulation regarding weight. Cuba dosen’t come in on this, as she isn’t as present a part of the United States. Misses Minnie and Bertha Holthouse, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Miss Gertrude Weissel and Miss Florence Graf, of Fort Wayne, and Miss Lulu Miller, of Auburn, were the guests of honor at a most pleasant pedro party given by Mr. Tom Ehinger at his home, corner Fifth and Monroe streets Monday evening. The amusements were many, including progressive cards, music, dancing and refresh meats, all being participated in with enthusiasm by the young people. In the pedro games Miss Mae Niblick and Louis Holthouse secured first prize Says the Bluffton Banner of last Tuesday: “Madams James ForCannon, Jennie Merriman, Dave Studa baker. Fred Ashbaucher, Frank Forst, Del Locke, Robert Barr, I. N. Hatfield and C. M. Miller went to Decatur at noon and were entertained by Mrs. Holman for dinner and by Mrs. Al Fristoe for supper. It goes without saying that this is a crowd of Blufftonians that will have an enjoyable time of it. and will give the Decatur ladies long to remember them. Edith and Dwight Miller also accompanied them and visited young friends.” The entertainments were all that could have liet-n anticipated and all enjoyed themselves. Mrs. George i Dawson of Rochester, was the guest | of honor. A cyclone of pretty large proportions swept across the county about three miles south of here Tuesday i noon, doing considerable damage. t The storm came up quickly and lasted I with untold fury alxiut fifteen min utes. Trees were broken off and hurled many feet, fences were torn down, grain blown over many acres, corn injured and a number of shells and light buildings destroyed. The large barn of Joshua Parrish was unroofed and several other build- | iugs ruined. In this city the storm i was a'-o quite severe. A portion of : the tin roof on the Methodist church I tower was torn off and hurled to the i street below, a number of trees were I broken down and some other damage 1 done. In fact the storm was the j closest we have been to a genuine tornado for years and much closer ; than we care to see for the next century. About the only thing favorable i about the thing was the fact that it I was soon over. The cruel hand of death has again I entered our midst and within a few short days made wretched and miserable one of our happiest homes. Georgia McCullough, the bright little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. McCullough, died at their home, corner I Fourth and Adams streets, yesterday | morning about eight o’clock. One ! week ago last Monday she fell from : the porch at her home, alighting upon j her back. She did not suffer any, however, and her parents were notuneasy alxjitt the fall, believing she bad not been injured. On the following Saturday she began to complain of her back hurting her and was sixin seriously ill. Dr. J. 8. Boyers was called and did everything possible for the relief of the little one, and on Monday Dr. Von Sweringer of Fort Wayne was called into consultation, but all to no avail. Little Georgie was beyond relief and nothing could be done but the alleviating of her pain. Developments showed that she was affected with Bright’s disease of the kidneys and the fall had hurried the actions of tho disease. Her life would have been short had the accident not occurred, but her bright young life might have lx«en spared a few years at least. Georgie, who Was six years old. was a bright and amiable little child who made friends with all who met her and whose charming manner made them all love her. Among these her loss will be greatly felt, but how much more the parents will miss the happf smile and cheering words. They are almost prostrated with grief and have the sincerest sympathies of the community. Tho funeral services will be held from the Methodist church, Friday morning, conducted by Rev. C. G. Hudson, after which the remains will lx> taken to Bluffton for interrment. Services will be held at nine o’clock.