Decatur Democrat, Volume 49, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1906 — Page 1

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VOLUME XLIX.

THE GRIM REAPER Three are Called From Earthly Scenes. t Mrs. Clara Neptune, wife of Dr J. Q. Neptune, died at eleven x o’clock Tues. night after an illness of six months with cancer of the stomach. Shortly after her illness first became apparent, she was taken to Hope hospital, at Fort Wayne, where she was operated on. in hopes of saving her life. For a few weeks it was believed these ,jj hopes mightebe realizd, but about December first ’.her condition took a serious turn for the worse an d the loved ones knew that only a few weeks of her company were left to them. She sank gradually into the long sleep, enduring the agony and suffering with a pa tience borne only of relief in Him who doeth all things best The husband and two little sone, Gregg and Glen, are heart broken and can scarcely realizs the sad truth : that Mamma has left them. Mrs. £ Neptune was one of the most pop- ; ular ladies in Decatur, a member ; of the Methodist chruch since a young ghl, a club worker and a ■ leader in society. She was a na- ; tive of Willshire, Ohio, her maiden — name having been Clara Counter man. She was forty-four years of age, just at the noon tide of life. She was married during the month ■of December, 1886, at Willshire, to Dr. J. Q Neptune and immediately moved to this city, where she has since resided. Besides he husband and sons, Mrs. Neptune leaves three brothers and three sisters to mourn. They are Peter Counterman, Chitwold, Mo., Marion Counterman, Mercer, Ohio.. Jy Conutermn, Willshire, Oaio, Mrs. Nancy Meyee, Blue Creek township, this ooupty, Mrs. Hays, Mercer, Ohio, and Mr® Wariok, of Wapakoneta, Ohio. The funeral services will be held Friday morning at ten HI o’clock from the Methodist churh, Rev J. C. Whi.e, officiating and W. fi. Daniel. Friends desiring to view the remains may do so today. Tuesday afternoon at four-thirty !li o’clock, Mrs Maude May Newnard, wife of, Charles Newhard died at oer homo at Preble,, Ind. after an illness of saort duration, death reultirg from pelvic poison. She was tout eighteen years of age and one of the most popular women at that place, and her demise is moru ned by all who knew her. Mr. New hard is'acting as operator for the C hioago & Erie at that place, and although their married life was short, it was a happy one. and the husband is prostrated. The funeral v services will be held Thursday morning at eleven o’clock at Un if F iondale and interment will be made ,j in the Uniondale cemetery. She leaves a husband, a sister and three es”? brothers to mourn their loss. Ida Viola, the thirteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Aaron Burk,, who reside east of this city on the Frisinger farm died Wednes--00 ’ day morning at her parents home at two o’clock after an illness of sev aral months, death resulting from consumption. She was a beautiful yonug lady and was a leader among her asociates and was held high in the esteem of all who knew her. of 3 The funeral services have not as yet been arranged, but will be an nonoued later. Interment, howdei’-- ever, will be made in the Mt. Tabor cemetery. ■ —T" Indianapolis. Jan 6—The January apportionment sheet of the condition of the school revenue or tuition for January, ISO 6, which has is', just been completed shows a per capita apportionment of 11.44. The total amount apportioned to counties is <1,107,000, leaving a balance of almost <’’,ooo,ooo in the treasury. The apportionment gives Adams <x»unty <11.000; Blackford, <7,600; Delaware. <2l.■■ ; Elkha# [J|l <18,500; Gibson <1.000; Grant, <26,000; Howard <12,000.

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John Kern, manager o' the Klo> - : dyke Bowling Alleys, informed us today that the new balls had arrived and that the alleys were being put into perfect bowling shape, and would soon be as good as new. Vernon McGonagle nas sold his restaurant at Willshire to Frank Edington of this city, the Utter taking possession Thursday. Mr. Ed ington is a well known young man, experienced in the retsaarant business, a taker by trade and will undoubtedly succeed. Mr. McGonagle will return to this city and will probably resume his duties at the J. W. Place company’s factory, where he worked for a number of years. At the G . A. R. hall Thursday night, a program was given and the W. R. C. installed the following officers for the year 1906: Presi ident, Mrs. Lou Kennedy, Senior vice-president, Mrs. Sarah Wertzberger, junior vice president, Mrs. Libby Kitson, chaplain Miss Debo rah Parrish, treasurer. Mrs. Maggie Louthan; secetary, Miss Margaret Poling; conductor, Mrs Lucy Fisher; assistant conductor, Mrs Lillie Hill; guard, Mrs. Martha Stevens; as sisrant guard. Mrs Lydia Hunter Pal Int. Mrs. Jennie Roinier Press corrspondent,Mrs. Aminda Ruesell; color bearers, No. I —Myrtle Mullonee;No. 2—Charilne Louthan; No. 3—Maude Russell; No. 4— Mary Durr. The season for calendars is here and many of our entrprising mer chants and business men have supplied their patrons with beautiful and costly ones. The most oonveni ient, unique and approbriate one we have seen is the calendar isued by thh First National bank It is known as the presidential calendar, the first page, 23x28 inches in size, contains the days and dates for 1906, also the pictures of all the presidents from Washington to Roosevelt.'’ Attached is another page the same size, giving a very good map of Adams county, showing townships, sections, rivers, pikes and rural routes. It was published specially for the First National, and is a clever piece of advertising, thoroughly appreciated by the public. In our walks about Decatur, in and out of the various offices and buisness houses, we find many modern and citified establishment. None of them appear more so than the offices of the Decatur Loan and Abstrat company, Hooper&Lenhart, managers, located in the new Studabaker block.JTheir suite of rooms is nicely arranged with up to date cabinets, desks and cases for the various departments of their daily increasing buisness. A number of the conveniences are home patents, having been constructed to suit the convenience and ideas of the managers themselves, and some of them are certainly of merit. They have a complete abstract office and are well prepared for the rush of work which they enjoy almost constantly The many friends of County Sup-, erintendent Irvin Brandyberry wiW* be sorry to learn that the efforts to regain his health have failed, and his physicians state that the I cause of failure is due to the con slant labors of his position With this condition and in the hope that a relief and rest from the trying labors of county superintendent, he has tendered his resignation, the same reaching Auditor C. D. Lewton late yesterday. He is now at West Baden springs and in a letter received today, we &re led tn infer that he hopes that a complete rest and treatent will benefit his physical condi tion. We, with many other of his friends, sincerely hope that com plete recovery will follow the lay ing down of the duties and rospon sibilities of county superintendent. He has filled his place well and will retire with the knowledge that he perfcimed well the duties of his official obligation. Auditor Lswton has issued a call for the township trustees to meet at the auditor’s at ten o’clock on Monday, at which time his successor will be elected. ®

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1906,

Judge Heaton of Fort Wanye,i Tuesday gave his decision in the case cf the Bank of Berne vs , Monroe school township, finding for plaintifffor full amount of war-1 rant with interest. excepting' four months. C. J. Luiz and D. B. , E twin and Judge Vesey were at torneys in the case. The Royal Arch Masons installed officers last evening for 1906, P. L. Andrews acting as installing officer. I Those who were sworn in were L. I C. Miller, high priest; T. H. Moore, ; king; Henry B Heller, Captain of j house. Godfrey Christen, treasurer;: Roy Archbold secretary; L. C. | Helm, captain; J. W. Tyndall, deacon ; Norman Lenhart, guard cf second veil; ti. Kalver, outer guard. Three other officials, regularly elected, were not able to attend the meeting last night and consequent ly will have to be installed later. A deal was consummated Monday morning, whereby Arthur Russell of Fort Wayne, and C. E. Sullivan of Berne, became the owners of the barber shop formerly cwred by Gert Reynolds, and located on south Second street. The new proprietors are both experienced men and have been engaged in the barber business for a number of years. Mr. Russell is today at Fort Wayne getting everything in readiness to move to this city at once and Mr. Sullivan will move his family some time this week. Possession of the shop was given this morning and is being run by Ed Colohin, who will remain in the employ of the new firm. Mr. Rey nolds who retires, has been engaged in the barber buisness for a number of years, but was forced to give up the business on accent of poor health. He is undecided as yet what he will do, but may make a trip for his health. The new firm solicits a share of your patronage. Notwithstanding the fact that Thursdaay was a cold, mise r ably day, the Decatur Horse company, with Col. Fred Reppert as chief cook and bottle washer, pulled off one of the most successful sales in Adams county’s famous history for such events. The sale was held at Peoples & Holthouse’s Fashion livery barns, and a cro vd of fl ve hundred packed the space about the aoutioneer’s stand. Eighty head were offered and practically all sold at prices ranging from twenty-five to two hundred\and twentytive per head. The average was high, though it is understood that at this season horse flesh is cheap. Mr. Reppert announces that the next sale will be held January 25th, in this city, when, besides draft and general purpose horses, they will offer twenty-five head of ragistered, well brad, oata logued drivers. You miss great opportunities if you fail to attend these sales. Dr. J. N. Hurty. secretary of the state board of health, says that ex-Consul-General John K. Gowdy is unqustionably right in his contention that our houses are too warm here in America. “A temperature of 70 degrees is too high,” said Dr. ■ Hurty. ‘lt has bsen proved over and over again by experts that we can Jive in perfect comfort at a temperature of 65 or 66, provided rhe relative humidity is not less than frem 60 to 70 per cent. It is found that people sitting in a temperature of even 70 degrees without the proper moisture, become chilled and uncomfortable, the reason being tnat the dry air, abstracts moisture from the lungs, and thus produces an abnormal condition. This abstraction of moisture from the throat and nose prepares the membranes for the invasion of germs causitive of coughs, colds, influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis. I might even say that a high temperature, with a low, moisture condition and bad ventiltion, causes practically all the diseases of the air passages and the breathing organs.” Dr. Hurty then explained exactly what was meant by the term relative humidity.” It means the proportion < f vapor present at a certain tern perature, compared with a fully saturated volume of air at a temperature of 100 degrees.

| The Decatur Cemetery association met last evening at ’Squire 'Stone’s office, it beina the annual stockholders’ meeting for the elec : tion of trustees. The board as chosen include the following seven ■ well know business men: John Niblick, J. S. Coverdale, Sylvester : Spangler, J. H. Stone, Solomon Linn J. W. Teeple and Mathias IKirsh. Immediately afterward the i new board held a meeting and rei elected the following officers: 1 President, Solomon Linn ; secretary, J. B, Stone; treasurer, J. S. Cover- ‘ dale. The reports made for the I previous year by the various officials showing the association to be in excellent financial condition. The directors of the base ball j association held a meeting last evening, every director being present, and from a;l apperances tho busg ball spirit is still alive and this sport will flourish in Decatur during the coming season. A committee was appointed who will meet this evening with atorney s and draft the articles of incorporation and by-laws and the associa tion will then be • ready to get busy. All of the first assesmrnt have been paid and the oommitte is now after the second installment. On next Mo nday evening another meeting will be held and tho committee on grounds will I be instructed to close a contract for the grounds aud work will then be started as early as possible to getting them in shape. The members are all enthusiastic and i its success is assnrred. Mrs. Floyd Smith Monday ! received a message from Memphis, I Tennessee, announcing that her I youngest brother, D. J. McLean, I had been killed at that place and j desiring to know what dsipositicn should be made of the remain?. The message did not state how Mr. McLsan had met his death or 1 when, and Mrs. Smith is at a loss I to understand the sad truth. The last she heard of her brother was that he was working at Marion, Indiana, and was apparently in the best of health, but at that time did not say anything concerning making a trip into Tennessee. Mrs. Smith is anxiously awaiting the arrival of her brother, J. C. Mo Lean,of Chicago, whom she thinks can throw some light on the subject. Mrs. Smith sent a telegram this morning to Memphis, ordering the remains shipped to this city for interment. During the holidays just passed the Boston Store was robbed of a set of furs by a certain party whose name is withheld at this time until a further investigation can be made. At the time of the alleged robbery the young man was ma k ing some purchases in the fur department, which is located on the second floor, and while the clerk’s back was turned, he took a set of furs and stuffed them in his overcoat pocket His action, however, was noticed by a young man who was with him at the time, and after leaving the store this young man came back into the store and disclosed the circumstance to Oscar Lankenau, an employe of the store, who immediately proceeded to the Fashion stables and there found the young man. Mr. Lankenau told him of his suspicions and asked if he objected to his buggv being searched. Receiving a favorable reply he made the search but found nothing. Immediately after this transaction the young man went into the basement of the barn, but soon returned. Nothing more was thought of the matter as far as this young man was concerned. But this morning, while thro wing hay to the horses, one of the employes of the stable found the furs in the hay chute and immeditely turned the same over to Mr. Holthouse, one of the managers of the stable, who took them tG the Boston Store, where they were identified. It is now thought that when the young man went into the basement he disposed of the furs and was afterwards frightened and did not dare return to get his stolen jproperty. Tae young man is well! Known by the Boston Store firm and some action may be taken to teach him a lesson.

Attorneys in the case of Wash ing ton township vs T. S. Coffee and his bondsmen received notice from Judge Heaton of Fort Wayne, Monday that he would rule on the demurrer to the answer in the case tomorrow morning In the letter he told the decision ho had reached, 'sustaining the demurrer as to all but two paragraphs of the answer. How ever, Attorney Beatty says one > of these is the one wherein; the right is claimed to offset the ! amount due the township by the j actual value of the goods received. t Tais means that the issues are I complete and that the case will go to trial. C. J t Lutz appears for the township A, P. Beatty for the bondsmen, and Henry Coleriok for the defendant Traveling alone on the train from Chicago to Decatur with her two months-old baby in her arms, a young mother whose home was in the latter city became frightened by the sickness of her child. Sympathetic travelers crowded the Pullman car of train No. 4. through this city at three Friday afternoon and having become aroused by the oocurence, the conductor telegraphed from Rochester for a doctor to met tho train at its stop in this I city. Dr. M. H. Thomas was summoned to meet the train upon its i arrival. Upon boarding the train the physician found the baby asleep in the arms of the affectionate mother. It developed that the child was not seriously sick but had only I j been suffering from the colic. Some j one of the sympathetic passengers ■ had produced u a bottle of soothing i syrup which had quieted the young I child. As the young mother had , only a short ride yet to get home the baby was allowed to remain i asleep until the arrival at the home when the family physician could be ! summoneed. It was the first baby I of the tender-hearted and affection ate mother and with a mother's love she was anxious to relieve the child from its suffering when it created disturbance with cries of pain. The mother was young, goodlooking and possessed of a very intelligent appearance.—Huntington News Democrat. The announcment is made that A. F. Norton, the grocer, has placed his business in the hands of trustees, to await the action of his creditors as to sett ement. Friends predict that Mr. Norton’s creditors will make an harmonious settlement and that his familiar figure wilFoontinue in Marion business circles, beoause Mr. Norton is essentially hones*, and energetic, and such a man is never a menace to his creditors. But the lesson comes in the fact that Mr. Norton found it necessary to take the temporary step to tide over his difficulties’ Perhaps less than a year ago, Norton’s Gold Mine groceries were veritable bee hives of trade, and were the envv of most other grocers. Mr. Norton was popular with the musses of the people, and he was considered one of the most unique and energetic advertisers in the whole state of Indiana. His theory of running a business as Christ would run it was attractive. He was the first grocer in Marion to run large newspaper advertisments continu osuly, and the publicity that course gave to him and his business resulted in a great flood of trade that went to his stores. Then Mr. Norton b*came in vol ved in a quarrel with the Marion newspapers as to their rates, which wa s concluded by Norton “cutting out” all advertising. Gradually business slipped away until the present state of affairs were the result. In this day of commercial activity no re tail business can prosper and hold its own in competiton without the great drawing power of newspaper advertising. The shrewdest merchants are finding out the truthof the statement, and the value of advertising is becoming apparent to them. In truth, newspaper advertising is" valuable beyond any i arbitrary rule that can be fixed by i any manor men It is a force ! hardly possible to measure in d< 1lars and cents. It Is only im.I ured in success and failure. SA

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A commotion was made in repub . Jioan ranks Friday by the arrival in the city of F. G. Birdseye of Detroit, a postoffice inspector who is intrusted by tho department with only the most important of business connected with the service. Mr. Birdseye registeied at the Bliss and when he commenced aoj tion it soon developed that he was : investigating charges of “perni- | oious activity” that ’’ave been lodgjed against various members of the j local force. Postmaster Sharpe and j Deputy Wilbur Oman and pissibly I others are said to be the persons under investigation but nearly all ■ of the employees cf tbo office have been called before the inspector and have had long interviews with him in room 20 last night and today. It is reported that Dr. Sharpe and Deputy Oman have been sending newspapes devoted to the interests of Congessman Cromer all over the district from this office and that Mr. Sharpe has of recent days been writing innumerable letters to republicans urging them to attend precinct primaries on the 1 12th when county oommittemen are to be held and that he had rented a second typewriter and employed Miss May Lynch to assist in his additional duties.— Bluffton News. There is little question but that the general purchasing public fully realize there has been for years a constantly increasing retrograde in the real value of American products. The purchasing public have felt for years tnat the merit credited to the goods prodcued in the past could not be found in those upon the market today. However we do not think that the public at large have given the subject of the retrogade in American standards of value sufficient thought to fully realize how vital to the perpetuation of our prosperity is the meeting of this tendeny by such influences and regulation as will regain for us that integrity in prodcution which has to great a extent been or owded out by the intense competition in all lines. The subject was brought forcibly to our notice today in an nterview with Mr. A. LSackett, a representative of the Dueber-Hampden Watch Conipany of Canton, Ohio, whose company is the formost leader in a movement now on foot to secure legislative regulation of values in the particular line of goods in which they are interested, and who are at the same time lending their strength, as a strong commercial institution, to a general movement for better ing in the standards of value in foods, fabrics and all classes manufactured articles. The gentlemen in the discusison of the question brought out the causes for present conditions. He showed most clearly that tne retrograde tendency today in the standards of value of American manufactured articles was the direct result of an intense national competition, following local and general customs. This retro grade tendency has been recognized by the best manufacturers for years, and every commercial plan which could be conceived by the honest manufacturer was adopted to stem this tide of ever increasing degradation in values in this particular lire. The remedy of general publicity through advertising was used, but it seemed almost fruit less against the alluring prices and deceptive claims of the unscrupulous, and the first real step toward improvement was taken last year when, at the request of the Duebers Hampden Watch Case Manufacturing company the United States Congress passed a law forbidding the use of the name of the government, and the deceptive mark, ‘‘Warranted so many karats, U. S., Assay,” was declared illegal, and the use of it made a misdemeanor, punishable by heavy fi xe and im i prisonment. Both the people, the manufacturers and the law makers are awakening to the necessity for reformation along the line of the standard of American manufactur- > ing values, and at this session of congress, through the untiring fforts of the Dueber Hampden company, a broader measure will be introduced, regulating the mark . ings cf the precious metals as used ■ io the arts.