Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1907 — Page 7

SEVERAL COUNTRY PARTIES Dinner Parties, Surprise Parties and Other Social Events of Last Evening. BY PEARL BURDG. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Lutz were the victims of a delightful surprise last evening, given by Miss Bessie Parker. The guests assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mills on Mercer avenue, and went from there to Brookside Farm. The special amusements of the evening were games and music. ( In the boot and shoe contest, Mrs. Dugan took the honors. Mrs. Lutz gave Bgme of her fine piano selections, which everyone enjoyed, after which each guest brought forth his well-filled basket that they had prepared and seating themselves on the library floor in a picnic style, proceeded in giving an elaborate picnic supper, and then closing with the glorious old hymn, “Nearer, My God to Thee.” Those * present were: Messrs, and Mesdames C. A. Dugan, Ernsberger, W. H. Nachtrieb, J. C. Patterson, J. N. Frlstoe, C. Colter, F. V .Mills, C. F. True, F. M. Schirmeyer, Ed Lyons, E. B. Adams, ' Wesley Hoffman, and Mastlck, and Messrs. Rev. Fowler, Hugh Hite, Kelley, Oscar Hoffman, Will Schrock, W. L. Lehne, and Misses Marie Patterson, Nellie Schrock, Edna Hoffman, Rose Dunathan, Emma Byerly, Irene Schirmeyer, Bessie Parker, Frances Dugan and Pearl Lyons. A crowd of young people drove to the country home of Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Bowser, south of Peterson in response to invitations Issued by Miss Anna Bowser, for an evening party, last evening. The luncheon which was served, was elegant and each guest did justice to it. The guests were the Misses Anna Amspaugh, Bessie Baumgartner, Dessle Beery, Pearl Purdy, Luoile Cusac, Velma Schroll, Lllah Lachot, and Nellie SimIson of Berne, and Messrs. Harry Welty, Otis pibble, Ben Beavers, Ed Bowsman, Frank Mills, Ed Coffee, Howard Wisehaupt and Ross Mills. One of the sociable afternoons that are enjoyed by the members of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian church was spent Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Eli Meyers of First street. Mrs. Fristoe opened the meeting by reading from the Bible, * the story of Dedrock, from the book of Judges. During the three hundred years which covers the tinje of the Judges, there were fifteen judges and Dedrock is the only known woman who has ever served as a judge. A Very fine vocal solo was given by Rev. Fowler and he certainly did exceedingly well and a couple of selections were rendered by Mrs. Lutz, after which very dainty,, refreshments were served and a social hour enjoyed. ■ ■■■ ■ —o— NEWS FROM THE COURT HOUSE Two Claims are Filed—The February Term Begins Monday. Andrew Gottschalk vs. Andrew Gottschalk, administrator of the estate of Silas Oliver, claim $22.55, was the title of a new case filed at the clerk’s office today. Hoffman & Gotschalk also filed a claim against the same defendant demanding $72.96. vs ' The February term of he Adams Circuit court will convene next Monday morning. The jury will very probably he drawn tomorrow. ‘ The docket | shows a number of cases to be disI posed of. There are no very startling criminal cases, but several civil suits of importance to come up. —o When Bishop Berry of the Methodist church was a young preacher he once gave a lecture in a rural community. Wishing to be witty, he announced to his audience that he was .a berry and called upon them to state ■what kind of berry. Nearly every berry known in the vicinity was guessed, and -the speaker refused to share the qualities of any of those named. At last an old lady who was not sympathetic with the seeming levity of the lecturer, arose and exclaimed in a squeaky voice: “I know what kind of a berry you are. You are a gooseberry s.nd a very green one at that. Go on with the lecture." And the lecturer did quickly. — -o A GTTAMA.IVTBED CURB FOB MUSS. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to <»r<re in <5 to 14 days 50c. / Shake into your shoes Allen’s FgotEase, a powder It cures Tired, Aching, Callous, Sweating, Swollen feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmstead. Trfißoy, N. Y.

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APRIL TENTH TO • FIFTEENTH I Bishop McDowell of Chicago, Will Preside—Many Prominent People on the Program. Decatur Methodists are already tak- • ing a keen interest in the forthcoming - North Indiana conference session at • Logansport in April which will attract ■ hundreds of members, of the church. Some of the greatest men of the dei nomination will take part in the pro- . ceedings. The conference will be held . in the Market street M. E. church ; April 10 to 15. , Bishop McDowell of Chicago will l preside during the sessions of the I conference. Prominent ministers and [ educators will also be on the program • for from one to a half dozen lectures, ; addresses and sermons. All the leadi ing church organizations, publications, , etc., will be on hand with representaj tives. It is expected there will be j 500 people from out of town in attend- . ance. The principal speakers on the . program thus far are: . Rev. W. F. Anderson, New York, in- , ternational secretary of the board 1 of education, who will deliver the an- . niversary sermon of the educational . society. Rev. J. H. Fitzwater, Delaware, 0., , district secretary in home missionary j work, will deliver the address on “The a Anniversary of the Home Missionary Society.” Rev. F. H. Sheets, Chicago, general } missionary secretary, speaks on “The ’• Anniversary of the Foreign Mission- *• ary Society.” 3 Rev. Edward Thompson, San An- > tonio, Texas, general manager of the i Sunday league of America, will speak 1 of the work of the league. 3 Rev. C. C. Cissell, Anderson, will L > deliver the annual temperance sermon. > Rev. C. O. Merica, Warsaw, will 1 present the work of the M. E. HosL - pital and Deaconess’ Home of Indiana. Rev. Steven J. Herben, Chicago, edi--1 tor of the Epworth Herald, will speak » on Epworth League work. President Hughes of DePauw is on the program for three lectures on t evangelistic work. rs. C. J. Little oi 9 Garrett Biblical institute, Evansville, will deliver the conference lecture on f Friday evening, April 12. f On Sunday during the conference, 8 leading ministers will occupy various ! » pulpits throughout the city. Bishop £ McDowell preaches at the Market 1 street church in the morning. 8 Sunday April 14, will be the big i day of the session. After the bishi op’s sermon in the morning there will be ordination of deacons. Sunday afternoon there will be memorial serI- vices followed by ordination of elders. 3 This will be the second time in the r history that the North Indiana con--3 ference has been held in Logansport, the conference having been entertained at the Broadway M. E. church eleven 1 years ago. 'f JOHN KERN VISITS WILLSHIRE ■" Editor Hoffer Discovers That He Once * Lived in Decatur. a 9 John E. Kern, formerly of the Big Store at Decatur, was in Willshire and vicinity Tuesday, calling on Ells1 worth Brown and taking dinner at tht, " home of John Hoblet, sr., south Oj town. Mr. Kern is now a resident o| * Midland, Mich., said to be the pret? f tiest and most prosperous small cit\ r in the Wolverine state, and is engager *- in the real estate business. He is a ’ Michigan enthusiast, which is only ( » natural after having lived in Becatur ( 3 so many years, and he reels trtl the land values and the beauties of rural life on the Michigan prairies as readily as he once measured off and sold 3 a / ' cent calico for 6 cents a yard, and hand-me-down suits of clothing at a price and profit that would have made 3 Jake Kalver green with envy, or could } be duplicate the feat, jump over the moon in giving vent to his ecstacy. And Kern will succeed in Michigan 5 real estate too, even if he did live in ' Decatur and was once a country school ' teacher. He Is all right, if for no * other reason than that he is a new J subscriber to The Herald.—‘•Wilshire J Herald. ' i . / Frank Schumaker of Decatur, Ind., better known as Shucks, was defeated in a fierce wrestling match here this afternoon with Bob Walls, of \ Jimtown, Ind. Both boys are champion wrestlers but Frank’s back was 1 too weak. The bout was to be ten rounds, and nine times little Bob put Shucks on his back, three points down and was ready to do it once more, but the ijinth time Schumacher fell. He was all in and had to be carried to his corner and was unable to finish. Both boys are feeling fine this evening with the exception of a few stiff joints. Schumacher’s weight is 131 pounds and Walls’ weight is 113. — Rockdale Correspondence. TO CURE A COM) IN ONE DAV. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists will refund money if it i is on each box. 25c. j

I RESIDED HERE SOME YEARS AGO . . Was a County Surveyor—Lives in San | Francisco—Tells of Death of Al Dillery. if San Francisco, Jan. 27, 1907. "~ ’ Editor of Democrat: — > You, no doubt, will not remembei t me, but I was born and raised in Ad t ams county. I set type, • taught school, was the first city en- - glneer for Decatur and was county - surveyor. My father started the I “Eagle,” the first newspaper in the< x county and surveyed the town site of! Decatur. I had just been thinking ofr I the old town, it having been just 20p j years ago tonight since I was there T I the last time, (a case of the old oaken j x bucket, you know.) lam now living r in one of the greatest states of the ’ . Union, have prospered fairly well, ' , have been blessed with seven chldren, ] _ and if we had a few more Hoosiers 1 » like me here, we might stand off Pres- 1 . ident Roosevelt’s love for the Japs. ' B There is no doubt but that the Japa- ' nese imigration has been a greater 1 . curse to California than was the slave j question to the South. The school question will soon be settled in the j courts. I believe nearly every American here agrees with me in saying that I would just as soon have my y children go to school with the ‘blacks’ e as with the Japs. The earthquake P and fire which destroyed our beautiful city is a story you have heard and j to which I could add nothing, but .to e see the energy displayed by everyone t in rebuilding would be worth the trip* across the continent. Graft is mentloned in the newspapers, but our mayor and other officials have not had time to graft. There was much to do and they may have made mistakes but I believe they did the best they could. In five years this city will be grander than ever s Al Dillery, an old Decatur boy, died here two weeks ago Among those of Decatur who were friends of mine forty-five years ago were George A. Dent, C. Radamacher, George Smith, J. D. Nuttman, George n Q Crabbs, Jesse Niblick, D. Studabaker, John Crawford, Jacob King, Ell s Zimmerman, Henry Derkes, John ” Fonner and James Stoops. My memory has been constantly referring to s these friends of my youth tonight and ” have inspired this letter. Hoping that the Democrat is proSt pering, and with kind wishes to all the good people of Old Adams County/ I remain, Yours truly, JAMES F. SIMCOKE, j 1416 DeHara St. * . SMITH HAS CHANGED HIS MIND I. The relatives of Andrew J. Smith are waging bitter legal warfare in the t superior court to obtain possesion of J an estate of $25,000 left under a will Q to his daughter, Mrs. John Ryan, and some peculiar conditions have developed. E In June of last year Andrew J. Smith gave a deed for his property, B which consisted of a farm, to his son, Charles H. Smith, made a settlement with his wife with part of the money and retained' the remainder. Aftere ward, through Attorney W. H. Reed, ( the father brought suit to recover the t? R ?>Xjng that he was not mentally as to be construed as a forecast of tl weather conditions for this mont The mean, or normal, temperature i< at least thirty-five Februaries wi ’ul Th® warmest February was 1882, with an average of tempeatui , j of 42, and the coldest was in 190/ P with an average of 20. The highesj j temnerature was 72, February 16, 18rj his daughter, to wuoin ne left the r money. 5 In the present suit Charles H. ( I Smith, who bought the farm and who , t fought bitterly against having his , } father declared of unsound mind, is ( j one of the claimants who insists that . } the elder Smith’s mind was so Im- J paired when the will was made that ( he was not capable of disposing of L his property. Attorney Reed, who ] 1 was defeated in his attempt to show j ( the farm transaction was made qt a ; r time when Smith was insane, is now ( ( engaged in trying to prove that he . was mentally capable of making the , will. 1 He said in his opening statement to ( ! the jury yesterday that he would in- , b trodiice evidence to show that one • f It , the sons had beaten his father until t the blood gushed from his ears and ( in point of family hatred few cases j in any of the local courts have ever { developed more bitterness.—Ft.Wayne j Sentinel. o C. D. Murray informed us today that t everything in the way of contracts < had been completed for the erection of c his new hotel and that as soon as the 1 spring opened up work on the con- s struction of the same would be c started and it would then be rushed to i completion. The building will be mod- f era in all respects and will be erected 1: especially to accommodate the travel- 5 png public. t

■. AT BAKER & ANDEfIBON BAKERY Blaze at Eight O’clocKLaet Night Did 1 SSOO Damage to Restaurant and rsday, February, - v •■■■■. ” , =1 CH Hit LIVE NEAR 1 a s /IL Sad Newt Sent by Whc“ ried to Hi« Bedside a Few d IWeeks Ago. y ' ' 'r he A' message was received yestll ■ed from. Miss Rose Baker, At |s Ith Kansas, announcing thatjy r’s browser, Noah Baker, aged forty V XhM.ftp khcireT" "as- iae time and says that where or how the fire originated is a mystery to him, and that the first he knew there was a fire was when the flames began to surround him. He immediately spread the alarm and with the assistance of the employees and t,he fire department soon had the- flanjes under -control. The kitehen was badly damaged as was all the cooking utensils and the the firm estimates their loss at five hundred dollars, which is fully covered by insurance. The building loss will reach two hundred dollars, which is also covered by insurance. The origin of the fire can be attributed clearly to an explosion, but whether it‘was gas or gasoline, no one will ever be able to state. O " - THE LABELS ON SOFT DRINKS Must Say Just What the Bottle Contains. The pure food law will affect soft drinks as well as the product of the distiller and the rectifier. All soft drinks are not what they purport to be and they must be. labeled in accordance with their contents. The orange cider turned out by the pop-makers Is not orange cider at all. Indeed, it is not certain that there is such a thing as orange cider. What is sold under the name of orange cider is flavored chemically and it will have to be labeled “limitation Orange Cider.” Strawberry pop will have* to take on a new name. Most people who patronize soda fountains are not aware that there Is no such thing as Strawberry extract. The strawberry flavor is obtained by manipulating chemicals. pop will probably be known as “red pop.” What the alleged strawberry syrup sold at the soda fountains will be called is not known at present. The. pure food law will make changes in the name of a number of extracts which have been supposed to be fruit extracts. Any flavor can be Imitated with chemicals, and manufacturers have in past years put upon the. market many counterfeit extracts. These will be labeled exactly whf(t they are. Whether one drinks them with pop or soda water he will know what he is getting. Eugene Abbott, who operates the most extensive bottling works in this section, says he will have to change the labels on but twb of his products. They are his strawberry pop and orange cider., All of his other products are what they purport to be. -' " " o PATRONIZE HOME MERCHANTS Another Instance of Dealing With Mail Order Houses. It does not pay to buy of mall order houses or from a gang of agents sent :out by some firm bent on skinning the public. A case in point. Some tlim ago, only a very few years, a gang o" 1 buggy salesmen canvassed the country and sold 85 buggies to individual purchasers at S9O apiece and a carload? of twenty buggies to one farmer at S7O apiece. Notes were taken on six months’ time and sold to a local bank. The point to the story is found In the fact that a Muncie dealer in buggies was selling the buggy for SSO. The farmers whot bought from the buggy gang paid s4&.j extra for the privilege of buying fronty a stranger who paid no taxes in Dela-y ware county. The buggy story its counterpart in the case of the maU»| order house. They fleece the and deprive the local merchant trade. It will pay any man to read the advertisements of the local mer- e chant at his leisure around the ing lamp. He will save dollars andn at the same time help his neighborly the merchant. —Muncie Press. o County treasurers ask that warning be given to people buying live stock or other personal property at this time of the year, whether at sale or privately to see that the taxes charged up against the property are paid. Taxes due* follow the property and if care'is not exercised, purchasers are Hlely to find that property to be clear, really has taxes charged up against it, and which will be the duty of the treasurer to collect wherever he finds it.

JUDGE ERWIN IS ENCOURAGED j His Friends Over the States Gracious- I ly Received His Gubernatorial Announcement. Hon. Richard K. Erwin of Adams county, was in the city today appearing as special judge in the Blauser di- i vorce case which was set for trial in : vacation time. Some time ago this' < paper was permitted to announce that j Judge Erwin would be a candidate for the nomination as governor on i the Democratic ticket. Since then 1 the idea has been taken up with the i greatest of enthusiasm by the papers : throughout this section of the state in particular and the announcement has been received favorably in all sections. Judge Erwin stated this morning that he was receiving the greatest possible encouragement this early in the day and says that his announcement was received by his friends with much more enthusiasm that he had even dared hope for. Wherever the question has been discussed in this country, Judge Erwin’s name has been the one that en-. listed the most encouraging remarks. The judge has always been popular with the people of this county and he has frequently appeared here during ' the campaigns engaged in working for the success of the Democratic party. ' —Bluffton Banner. —- O' TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. “God’s finger touched him and he slept.” ‘ - > • i Whereas, through the dispensation of divine providence our beloved Bro. * L. C. Miller was removed from our midst without a moment’s Warning, therefore as a last tribute of respect ' we Submit the following: ’ Resolved, That in the death of our ' beloved brother, L. C. Miller, the lodge has lost one of its most useful, upright and steadfast members, but amid our sorrow, we rejoice in the memory ! of his blameless and spotless character, ' Love for humanity ana every grace ’ that made him an honored brother. We wljl keep his memory fresh in our 3 hearts and seek to eradiate his virc tues. 1 Resolved, That in the departure of Brother Miller to one of the “many mansions,” our lodge is sorely bereavy ed, yet we meekly bow in submission to the will of Him who doeth all 3 things well and deemed it best that J this genial brother should be exalted ’ to the lodge above. His chair is vacant in our lodge, but God called him t to fill one that was vacant there. And may we each so live that when 3 we come to the river that marks the the unknown shore, our hands may be 3 filled with deeds of charity, the Golden Keys that open the palace of ’ Eternity. Tb the family bereft we offer our deepest sympathy praying him who 1 wept at the grave of Lazarus to as- ’ suage their anguish. Resolved, That the charter of our 1 lodge be draped in mourning for thirr ty days and that this heartfelt testlmonal of our sympathy and sorrow be ' spread on our record and a copy be given our city papers for publication, ’ and a copy be sent to the bereft fam- ' ily. Respectfully submitted, R. D. PATTERSON, DANIEL SPRANG, CHAS. ERNST, Committee. Q ’ The case of the state of- Indiana vs. I Leo Miller, charged with provoke, the affidavit having been filed by Miss Elsie Eley, was heard this morning in ‘ Mayor Coffee’s court and resulted in '■ a verdict of not guilty. The provoke s «h&ve..j»ccjirred while with a woman of his congregation tv ■D minister called a meeting of the mqt bers of his church and proved b innocence. s ~At this meeting, it is said, it d demonstrated that two women of 1church were responsible fore stories. They, when cross-questioi first denied the accusation and t J. said they had made no crim • < charges, but had merely stated t e ,y the* actiops of the two persons 100 i suspicious. j t. Among the reports circulated e id that Rev. Harris had been asked . 1 .a resign, when the fact of the mattei j > s that he resigned some weeks ago w j j. the view of accepting another char f n but he says now that he will not lei t 1 until the matter is settled up and £ a. can go honorably in the eyes of a d Rev. Harris has always proven h ' 1- self a man in every sense of the wo * V and the responsible people of the to, punlshifiefiU and ne believes that if the people of Indiana would be per- e mitted to take a vote on the question 1 the law legalizing the death penalty for murder would be stricken from J the statutes. The plan that Judge t Mock proposes is to let the people of Indiana take a vote on the question p by offering an amendment to the con- $ Matution. T-0 am be to simply strike out the capital punish- A ment clause and fix matters that such t penalty cannot be made legal in Indi-1 ana. i]

AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT Began Duties Last Tuesday—May be the Superintendent Next Year— Continues Other Work. Charles Teeple received a letter this morning from H. A. Hartman formerly superintendent of the public schools of this ciy, but who is now located at Boulder Colorado, in which he stated that on last Monday he was elected to the position of. assistant superintendent of the public schools of Boulder and that he assumed his new duties last Tuesday. He will retain this position until the end of the term in June, when the school board has promised him something better and Mr. Hartman was inclined to think that this would be the superintendency. This new position enables him to handle his other work after and before school hours, and puts him right in line for a better positon in a few months. His many friends will no doubt be glad to learn of his good luck, as he is capable and competent to fill the position and will do the school and himself justice. He reported the balance of his family as being in good health and stated that they all liked Colorado immensely. o ONLY MILLIONAIRES NEED APPLY This Seems to be the Rule for Ambassadors. At the present time we are represented in European countries by seven ambassadors, of whom six are very wealthy—the exception being Henyy White, our envoy at Rome. White- p law Ried, as everybody knows, is a multi-millionaire;' so likewise is Robert S. McCormick, at Paris; and the same may be said of George V. L. Meyer, at St. Petersburg. Charlemange Tower, at Berlin; Charles S. Francis, at Vienna; and John G. H. Leischman, at Constantinople, are all three rich men. Unfortunately, under present conditions, the highest appointments in our diplomatic service are of necessity almost restricted to millionaires, simply because mefi of moderate means cannot afford to accept them. It is a fact well known that John C. New refused the English mission a few years ago, on the ground that it would ruin hini’financally, accepting instead the place qf consul-general at London, which, paid him thirty-five thousand dollars a year, with no incidental obligation to' entertain expensively. To show honor to Alice Roosevelt Longworth and her husband, h few mdnths ago, Whitelaw Reid spent a sdi|i .equal to his salary for a twelvemonth ($17,500) on festivities covering two days. It was an exceptional' case, of course, but even the ordinary social demands upon an ambassador make a frightful drain upon his purse. The situation is especially to be lar mented because 1 we have in this country no orders of knighthood, no nobllary titles, and not even any deeoratons which may be conferred on persons eminent in leters or science,* or who have done something noteworthy for the state —for which rear son it is most desirable that the chief executive should be able to bestow ambassadorships, or other high diplomatic appointments in such cases, as expressions of approval and esteem by the people, without reference to the wealth or poverty of the deserving recipient of the honor. — Rene Bache in February Lippincott’s REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Transfers of Real Estate Reported by The Decatur Abstract & Loan Co. E. Burt Lenhart, Commisisoner, to David C. Schwarz, section 10, Monroe ownship, SI.OO. E. Burt Lenhart, commissioner, to Clara B. Thomas, part section 34 St. Marys township, sl. Oscar Byerly to George F. Byerly, pt section 8, St. Marys township, SBSO. Levi N. Stahl to John S. Whitehead, part section 1, Monroe township, S2BIO. Ernest Schlickman to -Simeon J. Hain, out-lot No. 30, Decatur, SIBSO. Albert N. Steele to Harriet Magley, in-lot No. 616, Dcatur, S3OO. Jesse F. Evans to J. F. Snow part section 11, Washington township, 22 acres, $1350. Zachariah Aspy to Eli Krause, inlot No. 130, Geneva, S7OO. Frank Colchin to John S. Colchin et al., part section 32, Root township, 100 acres, SI2OOO. Paul G. Hooper, commissioner, to Jerry V. Elzey, in-lot No. 494, Decatur, $475. Joshua A. Harman to Henry Smith, part section 15, Blue Creek township, S2IOO. r - Jacob W. Baumgartner to William A. Fleetwood, part section 2, Wabash township, 12 acres, $825. Henry A. Miller to Sarah E. Baker, in-lot 555, Decatur, $llOO.