Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1906 — Page 3

A NEW PARTITION SUIT FILED The Hamil Case is Heard and Judgment is Rendered —Other Items of Interest. Tb* last will and testament of James W. Place was probated Thursday It was written November sth ,1906, and witnessed by D. E. Smith and Vernon McGonagle. After providing for the payment of all just debts the deceased bequeaths to his beloved wife, Kate Place, all the residue of his estate, including all monies, personal and real estate. Andrew Niblock of Owasso, Mich., is named as executor, with full power to settle all claims and when the estate is fully settled he is to continue to aid Mrs. Place in looking after her said property, she to have power to sell or dispose of same if she so desires. Mr. Niblock is a brother of Mrs. Place. A marriage license has been issued o Newton Ford of Geneva, and Miss ra May Engle of Ceylon. Lawyer C. J. Lutz filed a new parttion suit, the title being Della M. Chapman vs. Ester and Lulu Chapran The summons was made retuma>le December 6. (Edward E. Hamil vs. Diamond Chain 0.1 company, foreclosure of mechanic’s li«n, SI,OOO, defendant offers to confess judgment for $175 on the claim for la; bor and $730.90 for goods furnished and expense money paid out. Offer accepted. Judgment rendering according to confession. Andrew Miller vs. G. R. & I. Railroad company. Motion to suppress summons on defendant overruled. Dore B. Erwin, administrator, vs. Peter A. Heath, et al., commissioner ordered to sell mortgage for balance unpaid purchase money to the Old Adams County bank. Delilah J. Butler vs. Margaret and Henry Mayer, trespass, defendants ruled to answer absolute within five days. Wilson Mclntosh vs. William R. Haines, foreclosure of landlord’s lien, demand SI,OOO, from Allen Superior court, dismissed on motion by plaintiff, judgment against plaintiff for costs.

Helen B. Caston vs. Martin V. Caston, complaint for support, demand $750, default of defendant, submitted, finding for plaintiff. John C. Moran appointed receiver to take control of property set out in complaint, sell the same for cash and bring the proceeds into court. Receiver’s bond fixed at SISOO. Chris. Hoffstetter vs. National Supply Company, its officers and agents, injunction, set for issues for Monday, November 26. Sarah J. Steele vs. Charles S. Clark, S. 31. Hench and L. C. De Voss withdraw then - appearance for the plaintiff? ’ i. Kerr JI. Albertson et al., vs. Winfield S. Hughes, account, $175, ordered left off docket at suggestion of plaintiff. State vs. Thomas Macy, trespass, set for trial Friday, December 7th. In probate court Abraham M. Habegger, guardian for Menno Stauffer and others, filed final report as to Menno. Josephus A., Fleming, administrator tot Nancy E. Fleming, rendered his final accounting and was discharged. Coffee and Coffee filed a petition for an .order against E. X. Ehinger, executor for the Christena- Eiting estate, to cancel a mortgage. & ? Sutton, as attorneys for Jacob J. Bollinger, has filed suit against. Jay W. Chapman, August Koeeneinan, John Ryan, Nathan Ayers Williams, suit on note, demand 4703. John Lob'fger vs. Joseph Botkin et al., suit to quiet title, submitted, evidence he?'’'l, title quieted in plaintiff and d?sc'iption ordered corrected as prayed for in petition. E. B. Lenhart appointed commissioner to make deed. Sarah E. Helmer vs. Abraham Helirer, submitted, evidence heard and a divorce granted the plaintiff. Judgm nt against plaintiff for costs. State vs. Henry McLain, intoxication. motion to quash overruled, set for trial Wednesday, December 5. Hooper & Lenhart have filed a new case to quiet title and cancel mortgage. Clara B. Whomas is the plain-

tiff, but the defendants are not named on the docket. The service is by publication and is returnable January 16. James and William Glendenning vs. Michael McGriff, recovery of property, appearance by Peterson & Moran for the plaintiff. Ada Major et al., vs. Alma Oliver, et al., partition, Attorney C. J Lutz entered his appearance for Andrew Gottschalk, administrator of the Silas Oliver estate. John H. Green vs. Rachel Dailey, damages S2OO, demurrer to cross complaint overruled, answer filed, set for trial Tuesday, December 11. In probate court John Shaffer withdrew his application for letters of administrator of the estate of Matthias Shaffer and Ed X. Ehinger was appointed and filed bond. Coffee & Coffee withdrew their petition for an order against E. X. Ehinger, executor of the Christena Eiting estate to cancel a mortgage. In the Iva Roebuck estate, George W. Brown, administrator, a request was filed for a special finding of facts and conclusion of law. A marriage license was issued to John F. Teeter aged forty-nine, of Jefferson township and Martha E. Springer, aged thirty-seven of this city. Each had been married once before. Levi L. Baumgartner has filed his bond for $5,000, as superintendent for the construction of the Henry Scherry ditch. The Federal Union Surety Co., of Indianapolis, is surety. o HEALTH AND SCHOOL BOARDS Unite and Will Make Effort for Better Sanitary Conditions. It has been announced that the State board of education has joined hands with the State board of health in a crusade for better sanitary conditions of the school houses in Indiana. That the conditions of many of the country school houses are such as to be inducive to contagious diseases and in many cases found to be contaminated with disease germs is not denied but the public seems to be reluctant about taking any steps for eliminating these hindrances to education when it would be just as cheap to construct sanitary buildings and then keep the premises in a condition that would insure the pupils good health. The State board of health has been active along these lines a number of years and the State board of education has taken steps several times to make conditions of lighting, heating and ventilation of the school houses better, but the opposition in many localities has been so great that seemingly little can be accomplished in some districts. Peculiar as it may seem, where the health conditions have been the worst and where the. have been bad the longest time is where improvement brings the strongest opposition. The State board of education has published a circular for distribution among the teachers, pupils and the patrons of the schools. The circulaexplains the necessity of better health conditions by giving the report of the rapid growth of tubercular troubles and bronchial diseases. The report is taken from the reports of the various health officers in the different counties and are based upon the records of the State department at Indianapolis. - o FORTY-FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE Were Guests at a Party Given by Mrs. Ed Vancil. Mrs. Ed Vancil entertained fortyfive boys and girls in a most hospitable manner at her home Friday afternoon at four o’clock, in honor of her son’s eleventh birthday. One of the features of the afternoon was a soap bubble contest in which Annie White and Walter Corbett were the successful ones. A luncheon was served or ice cream and cake, after which a fancy autumn leaf was given to each for, a remembrance of the happy event. O ; Independence, Kas., is engaged in raising $150,000 with which to purchase the bonds of the Johnston Glass Co., necessary to secure the removal of the two Johnston plants in Hartford City and the Schlossstein factory of Dunkirk. o Had a Close Call. "A dangerous surgical operation, involving the removal of a malignant ulcer, as large as my nand, from my daughter’s hip, was prevented by the application of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve/' says A C. Stickel, of Miletus. W. Va. Persistent use of the Salve completely cured it.” Cures Cuts, Burns and Injuries. 25c at Blackburn Pharmacy.

CONCLUDED AT INDIANAPOLIS Inaugurating a New Movement in the Church, Especially for the Men of the Nation. The first national Presbyterian Brotherhood convention has just closed a three days’ meeting in the city of Indianapolis. It was a great success. There were present about 1500 delegates from all over the nation. And some of the most representative speakers of the day were present to address the people gathered there. Among uie most noted speakers who carried the audience by storm were Dr. Charles W. Gorden, known as Ralph Connor by his books, “The Sky Pilot,” etc. He is pastor of the ’argest P. soyb.rian church in the city of W’nTpeg, Canada. Also J. A. MacDonald, a foremost Presbyterian minister of Toronto, Canada, and now editor of the Globe, simply carried the audience by storm with his fiery oratory. Then followed, at the evening service, the orator from Lincoln, Nebraska, the Hon. W. J. Bryan, delegate as elder from the First Presbyterian church of Lincoln. Mr Bryan by his masterful address made a profound impression upon the minds of the four thousand or more people who heard him. It is pronounced as the most powerful orations he has ever uttered upon a public platform. He said in one of his striking sentences, after making illusion to his observations of the religions of the heathen as he witnessed it in his recent? tour of the world: “The cleap- . sing of the heart and the law of love can conquer anything. . I believe that this gospel of ours is going to be preached to the whole world and that it will conquer all other religions. I . was never so proud of my nation as when I saw what it was doing for other nations in a missionary way. . You can value a religion only by its fruits.” The Presbyterian church is Inaugurating a new movement in the church for men. The object of the movement is to rally the m§n for ag- ' gressive Christian service. ’ o t ELEVEN SEASONS OF SUCCESS : This is the Record Held by “The Missouri Girl.” 1 “The Missouri Girl,” which will be 1 seen at the opera house, Thursday, - November 29. has been on the road : continuously for the past eleven seas- • ons and for five years, two companies : have presented this ever popular play. . It has probably covered less territory > than any other play in the world in I the same length of time on account of playing so many return dates. i Mr. Raymond soon discovered that • he had a great repeater and had been . playing the same theatres year after , year to an ever increasing business. , Most plays grow stale with the public . after a few seasons and are either shelved or sent put on “one night stands” at cheap prices, with inferior companies. But the case of “The ‘ Missouri Girl” is exactly the opposite, and this, in theaters where it has played as high as ten different engagements. The companies have been kept up io the standard of excellence and no pains nor expense has been spared to 1 make the productions strictly up-to-date and complete in every detail. — o ' FRED SIMS AND J. BILLHEIMER ; Former is Secretary of State and Latter is Auditor —Deputies Also Take Oath. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24—Fred Sims, Secretary of State, and John Billheimer, State Auditor, were sworn into office today. Sims filed bond of $50,000 with a number of Frankfort citizens as security. Frank Grubbs was sworn in as chief deputy in Sim’s office, and John Reed took the oath as deputy auditor. Mr. Billheimer announces that he will follow out the same plans and .policies as mapped out by retiring Auditor Bigler. This statement is important because of the fact that Mr.' Bigler, under instructions from Governor Hanly, started a terrific fight against the various life and fire. insurance companies and it is now clearly understood from Billheimer’s statement that he will continue that fight. o MAY GO 'TO THE PHILIPPINES WA IHINGTON, Nov. 23.—1 t is possible thai. President Roosevelt may accompany Secretary of War Taft on a trip to the Philippines. It is stated that the president has the matter under serious consideration and will announce his intentions later. Unless something unforeseen occurs to prevent Secretary Taft from leaving his duties at, the war department, he will visit the Philippines September of the next year. It was his original purpose to make the trip in April. The delay is due to the secretary’s desire to be in the islands when the general assembly meets.

SECOND ANNUAL CORN SHOW Will be Held at Purdue the Week of January 14th. The second annual com show will be held by Vhe Indiana Corn Grow’ers’ association, January 14 to 19, 1907, in connection with the corn school at Purdue university. This show being in connection with the com school, is of great educational value. At no place in the State will there be brought together more representative samples of com than at Purdue. The State will be divided Into five sections, as was done last yeah Pre miums will be offered for the different classes of com in each section. In this way every farmer the State has a fair chance—competition being limited to exhibitors from his section. Exhibitors from the north, central and southern parts of the State will come into competition only in sweepstakes classes. Large premiums, as corn planters, walking plows and fertilizer, contributed to the premium fund. It is hoped that the premiums offered will be sufficient in number and size to encourage the best efforts of every farmer in selecting and exhibiting a sample of com. Q. DR. BLACKMAN TAKES VACATION Will Leave Soon on a Trip to Cities of the East and South. Dr. Wilbur Blackman, the popular osteopath physician, who for a number of years had had officers at Bluffton, Warren and Decatur, will leave early in December on an extended trip through the east and south. During his years in this locality, Dr. Blackman has labored earnestly and has been rewarded by a practice which has required his almost constant attention. He has undoubtedly done much towards the popularity of osteopathy in this city and has made hundreds of friends. While his trip will be one of pleasure and recreation, he expects to visit the large osteopath hospitals of the country and will no doubt gain further knowledge in the profession in which he is already considered most proficient. He will visit New York, Boston, Cleveland, Toledo, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Richmond, Va., going by boat from the latter place to Jacksonville, Florida, and from there to De Land, where he will enjoy several weeks of life at the famous John B. Stetson hotel. While at the latter place he will engage to a limited extent, in his professional work. He will return here in about sixty days and resume his practice. The trip will be a most delightful one and vacation a well deserved and neeeei one.

NO SPECIAL HOLIDAY RATES Railroads May Net Give Rates During Holidays. Frobably for the first time in the history of railroads no special holiday rates will be granted this year. No rates were granted for Thanksgiving Day and unless some action is taken at a meeting of the General Passenger association at Chicago this week passengers will be compelled to pay the regular fare during Christmast week. Railroad officials figure that they would not be justified in granting special holiday rates this year in view of the many reductions made in passenger fares all over the country. Usually the special rates are announced during the latter part of October, but so far no circulars have been issued and it is generally believed that none will be issued. Officials of the various roads here, have so far receivno information of any intention to low r er the rates, and it is long past the time when these notices have been received. o A SUPREME COURT DECISION Holds That Cases Pending Were Not Affected by Last Law. Whether or not the ditch law passed March 6, 1905, by the General Assembly deprives the board of commissioners of a county of jurisdiction in cases filed under section 2 of the ditch law of 1852, was a question that the Supreme court decided. The Supreme court held that all pending proceedings were saved by Section 14 of the law of 1905, which repealed all drainage laws theretofore enacted, but did not affect any pending proceedings in which a ditch had been ordered established and which did not lower or affect any lake or body of water that has to exceed ten acres of surface at high water mark. The supreme court also held that pending proceedings and all remedies in relation thereto are concluded and effective in all respects as if the act of 1905 had not been passed. ■ ■ "'O — TO CURE A COLD IX ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists will refund money if it is on each box. 25c.

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THE NEW MODEL IS SUPERIOR P. Poyneer Has Improved His Machine —Securing Patent. W. M. Gamble, a representative of patent lawyer, B. 11. Lockwood cf Indianapolis, was in our city last evening. in consultation with P. Poyneer, the manufacturer of the seed cleaning machine, and gathering some new ideas for his 1906 model which will be different in several respects from the 1905 pattern. Mr. Gamble is very enthusiastic over Mr. Poyneer’s ne.v ideas and says he has, without doubt, something unusual in the patent line and a great improvements over his 1905 machine. It is now Mr. Pcyneer's intention to quit the retail buiness and from this lime on he will devote his energy and time to selling territorial rights. The machine has proven itself to be a winner in 1-be past and with the new attachment? he expects to receive patent papers on, he will have an almost perfect machine to introduce to /the public next year, and a m.vTdqp when 'nee seen operated, that will be desired by / every farmer. y -T o—4J. R. Graber, superintendent cf the county farm, was greeting his many friends here Thursday. Mr. Graber has the distinction of keeping the] county farm in a first class ..condition j to the satisfaction/>f all ennesrned the same. —Berne News.

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