Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1907 — Page 5

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FIFTEEN YEARS < * i and Hundreds of Cured Happy Pa ’ tients. , ’ The Marion Keeley, Institute has j been under the ntoaagemeat ©f Dr„ ' W. ’’V;' I^niels' for almost fifteen ' years, during which time hundreds of patients havp taken tor I Mquor ,|nd Morphine doctor will be glad to refer you (by 1 permission) to former patients and ' ' let them tell abouf the marvelous work. Wfite to-day to Dr. W. V. manager, the Marion Keeley Institute, Marion, Indiana. ' dispersion Sale. ’ * ’ '? ■ < . , • ■ .:< •. • A J I will sell at public sale on my farm » S'&lles-'West tot- ‘Geneva; Indiana, Thursdaw, March 21, 1907, my entire, , feerd of 18 toaacf Double Standkrd Rolfl'i . Durham and Short; Horn cattle. Also I. -'-’IY totod of gay herd Gwd /£uek aq<TSrandf Lord, M ' nead' pare” blood-Chester >■; ’ es* ' ‘ 0 D. PORTER, 1 . Geneva? Indiana. j and MoniAnatodfaeinAbe East, ter the i man- of -small means. Northern Bulletin 82' tells all about them., Sent . free. Address C. W. Pitts, 220. South Clark street, Chicago. t' ■■■ .' no+ice of sale of macadam ROAD BONDS. ;... • ■■ Notice; is hereby given that I, J. F. Lachdt, treasurer of Adams county, state of Indiana, will on Tuesday, March 26, 1907, at the room of the board of commis- : sioners in the auditor’s office in the < city »f Decatur, Indiana, receive seal- , ed bids for the purchase and sale of , certain macadamized road bonds hereinafter described ordered issued by the board of commissioners of said ; county for the construction of the roads hereinafter named as follows, I to-wit:' For the construction of the French ' Township extension two macadam road in French township, Adams county, Indiana, the entire issue of bonds ( for said road being' in the sum of . $5,560.00, being in twenty semi-annual payments bearing date of March 15, 1907, and each bond being in the sum of $278.00 with 4% per cent interest, payable semi-annually with coupons Vl pel * * Sealed'bidg will be received until 10 o’clock a. m., of said day. Each bid , must be accompanied with a certified check in amount equal to three per cent of the amount of the bid, which check must be drawn against moniesdeposited in any reliable bank in said county; said check must be made payable or endorsed to the board of com* missionerg and shall be held as guaranty for the, performance of such bld, and should such bid, be accepted the said check shall be forfeited to the county, should the bidder fail to comith the.conditions of his said bid. Each of . paid bppds will bear date of Mardh 15, 1907,' and should the; bohds be not' ’ready*' foi; delivery’ ori the day the said* blds are received Hhd accepted, ths-.interest, will ‘. be refunded7 by the pugchaspr the 'rate.of four and • one-half per .cent from date, of March 15, 1907, Until thfe dhte whefi the purchase price.df said bonds are paid to r the county treasurer and. the fronds delivered-...A - \ The above described bends will become due on‘the'lsth day of May, and the 15th day of Novenfber of, each,, - yea?; commencing with November 15, 1907, and are made payable, .ineluding interest, at the. First Nationalt Bank, ; Decatur, Indiana. 4 Said bonds are-is-sued excliftively for the expense of the construction of the above described roads pursuant to the laws of 1897, 1899 and 190,3, The amount Os bonds to bd sold including bonds al- , ready sold in said townships for free gravel and macadam roads is less than four per cent of the total valuation of said township for taxation. Further particulars will be furnished on application; ■ 1 T” Bids -must be on each set of bonds 6C p a rat ol y. F laWot . ■ <;ft. Cotinty Treasurer. D. M s , Osborne & Company, vs. Mattie Young, deiaurrer'filed to fifth paragraph of answer, interrogatories to be answered by defendant within fifteen

CINCINNATI,' RICHMOND A FORT. ’ WAYNE RAILROAD* COMPANY. j ■The annual meeting of stockholders 1 3f the Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort j Wayne Railroad Company will be held it the principal office of the company, In the city of Richmond, Indiana', on ! >■ Thursday, April 4, 1907, I st ten o’clock a. m, for the purpose < as electing eleven directors and tran- ] sacting such other business as may properly come' before the meeting. S.’ B. LIGGETT, ' to Apr. 4. t. I Secretary. < .■■ J o NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: , William L. Keller vs. John Higgins el al., No. 7352, suit to quiet title to real estate. It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause, that John Higigns, —— Higgins, his wife, whose true Christian .name is unknown; all the unknown heirs of John Higgins, if he be deceased, whose Christian names are unknown; all the unknown heirs of —Higigns, of John Higgins, wifose Christian, names are unknown, if she be deceakfd, of the above named defendants, are nonresidents of the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given the said John Higgins, —— Higgins, his wife, whose Christian name is unknown; all the unknown heirs of John Higgins, if he be Alaceased, whose Christian names are unknown; all the unknown heirs of Higgins, wife of John Higigns, whose Christian names are £ unknown, if she be deceased, that they be apd appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams court on the 13th day of May, 1907, ffre! same being the 31st Jurldicfal day Os the next regular |erm .thereof, to be holden at the court house .in the city of 7 Decatur, tomfiiencing on Monday, the Bth day df April, 1907, and plead by answer, or demur- to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. • Witness, m£ name, and the seal of said court hereto frjfixed, this 15th .day of March, 1907.. (SEAL.) DAVID GERBHiV, Clerk. By PAUL BAUMGARTNER, 1 ’ ■ ; Deputy. Schurger fe Sniith, Attys. ~ 3-3 t r " ' J. r * ■ i-w-i 1 r ' - _ . NOTICE OF FINAL BETTLEMENT OF ESTATE Notice is hereby given to tfye creditors, heirs and. legatees of JacOb Fretrag, dec6ised, ;tp appear in the Adams Circuit court, held at Decatur, JSsiiiana, op tfaei 10th day April;..lß(l7, Pid showrqause, if any-, why tfre.Rinal 'Settlement. ‘Accounts with the Estate gs said should not be 'apprbved;7and' Baid are notified to thenrand there make proof of heirship, .and kefrteiire; their distributive shares. LiC¥XBLICK, . of We estate df WiiHwH. Nibjfekji formerly executbr oT Jacob Freanjt deceased., am> Sujttcm, Attys. . MarchF2&,*«9o7j , .. 3-2 t COUNCIL HEAR GBJECTIONS Thirteen#! Blkeet Property . Owners '■ ,• ■ ■ "■ •- •• ' ■■ ‘' Say Water in Knee Deep There - —Relief Promised Them. ■.> . T ■ -s?' '' ' •’ '• ' I;-*’ ' . f ir- - , ,1 The common council met in regular session Tuesday even, at the council chamber, Mayor Coffee presiding and every councilman present, with the exception of Btims. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. A delegation of property owners who reside along or near Thirteenth street, appeared before the council and asked that something be done to relieve them of the over supply of water that has accumulated upon their properties caused by the recent heavy rains, stating that they have no outlets and that they are unable to step off their porches unless they step into water knee deep. Upon motion the street and sewer committee was instructed to go to the scene examine the condition and to give the property owners some kind of temporary relief. Attorney A. P. Beatty representing a number of the property owners along the North Second stteet improvement; filed a! petition asking that the council order that cement sidewalks be constructed along the improved street dri both sides and that the city advertise'and sdlf’ the sidewalk contracts, thfe saihe as they did . the street. The property Owners' believe this will be. the cheapest 'in the long-run and'will avoid the trouble of pubhipg ittdivtddals to Complete their portion of the work. A resolution confirming the petition was read and ad opted ,-an d the city attorney 'Wafi insthiicted'to a’ nbtice ft»r t-he hearing, of objections to’the same. A petitidn Was fildd ’by Carrie Slitherlafid and others|' Asking the cotiiicir to' adopt a Plat Which <W presented, concerning a certain tract of lafad in ■the south part’ 6f the city. ’ The plat was closely examined by the council and a resolution adopting’ the 'same was passed. The second payment on the new machinery .being due, the city clerk was authorized to draw his warrant on the treasurer for SBOO.OO, payable to the Allis-Chalmers company of Milwaukee, Wls. A resolution authorising the city clerk to drawhis warrants for the various city officials’ salaries wad read and adopted.: The cferk’l and treauter’s reports for the month of February were filed And upon motion,’ were referred* to the finance The Mayor then filed his veto on the resolution formerly passed, declaring the office of water works superintendent vacant, and discharging W. & Fulk, which

was read,and disclosed the following reasen ß: - First, that the council could not prevent the said Fulk from' drawing pay from the first day -es March,1907, when the resolution was not passed until the 16th day of March. Second, that tfre notice served by the city clerk pn the said Fulk to resign his position was not authorized by law, ordinance or legislative action of , the council,; or by the water works committee, under whose jurisdiction he reports. Third, that it would be detrimental to the city’s welfare, because his place could not be filled by any person unaccustomed to the work, and two years and a half experience. No action was taken 'on the veto as the council has ten days within which to act and the matter went over. The mayor also filed his veto to the resolution employing C. N. Dorwin as superintendent of the plant for the reason that the resolution delegated to Dorwin privileges now vested in others and that the action of the common council grating such privileges has not been repealed. No action was taken on this veto and the matter went over until the next meeting. An objection signed by several property owners was filed against the Madison street improvement and this was carried, over until Mareh 28. The following bills were then raad and allowed: , <_,r , eCf, j. D. Stults < 45.83 David Gessinger ...... ...... Sunday Creek Coal Co. ... --. 257.73 John Coffee . > ... 6.30 L. C.„He,lm J.....?- 39.00 Jacpb Martin 7.02 A. '. C, Gregory 15.00 C. .Q,, France,....,. M > .■. 4 .■. j 4.00 D. F. feeple 39.86 Peter ' Goffer 2.80 Ft. Waype Paper Co. 12.75 No 'further business coming up, the council adjourned, until March 28. > ' FIRE AT -SHAMP REBIDENCI ■■-A ■■■■•.' —*— Destroys Summer Kitchen With Lose ‘ qf 4 About S3OO. ’ A fire ihat .fpr a time looked to he disastrous? broke out Tuesday evening aL five o’clock at the. home of.Samuel Shamp tu MexCer. i avenue, and--it~was only by prompt action on tkß.'WWt. -Pt the neighbors , euUre house was* not destroyed. * The x>Ut during thfr winter had been used to store coal and in.“ £ 'MA J Shkfiin ia coafident that be left no fl£ e . in the kitchen, >s he. “tad not been home since ten o’clock in- t&e inerningi ifrp fire was discovered first,by.Mfrs. Yager who reside® across the street and she immediately'terned tn tbe alakm. The neighbors responded in fine •shape and by heroic work the fire was confined to the*summpr until the department arrived and the blaze was dbon put ent A numbex of people stated that the fire started from an incubator th< wap stored in summer kitchen, this is not true, as the incubators were in the house and had been for a wqpk past. Mr. Shamp’s loss will probably be close to the three hundred dollar mark, which is fully covered by insurance. He is very thankful to those who assisted in keeping the fire down and ts‘ loud in his 'praise of the department AT AN INFORMAL RECEPTION The Ex-Congressman Severely Flayed Several of His Political Enemies. . George W. Cromer, smiling and cordial, with ’■ nothing apparently worrying him, arrived home <at B<■ o’clock •last night and fell an immediate victim oif more than' 500 of his loyal :, Wo tendered the ex-con-gressman a hoipbtkble home-coming reception fir Red ; Metf halt ■ 7 Oh bis arrival Ms. Crohjer was greeted , bjv* delegation of friends at the Union statton/ wte’ conducted him- to the W-' ) Am tofortntt. ’ kfrtfrsidpg ♦ ®Mfite^^frg R tered sf tremendous outburst pt applause went ufr' The demonstration did not tease until 4ftef 7 Mr. *Uromer had shaken hands ’wfitti every persdfl- at the reception. Wfrh the ovattoteended, etoMayor C? Wi i Sherritt wjjis ■ qnafrjniousiy named to preside, which he did in his usual happy manner, bringing the reception ditto a genuine Republican love fe Ist Mr. Sherritt ordered that the cigars be passed and, after all had been served, the ceremonies opened. ' In a brief but appropriate address Mr. Sherritt warmly welcomed home the man who for eight years represented the Eighth Indiana district in congress. The speaker praised Mr. Cromer for Ms work as congressman after ■ which he presented Mm to the audience. ? 1 '’ : x Mr*. Cronier’S appearance as h!e proceeded to the front Was the -Signal of applause and his friends fairly went' wild in their cheering. ■ Not ■ until .after the ex-congresbman had vigorously waved Ms hands 5 for silence was he permitted to speak. Every one in the-

• 1 audience was anxious to hear Mr. .Cromer and he, was listened to attentively. In one of the best speeches ever delivered "by hfmln this city filled with sarcasm and irony, Mr. Cromer keenly flayed Ms political ene- • mies from the United States senate down to the city administration, par- t ticularly the latter.—Muncie Star. 0 AT AN EVENING PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Lord Entertain—Mrs. Linker’s Birthday— Euterpean Society to Meet. J . <_ - The Christian Endeavor 'of the Presbyterian church will give a social at the church parlors on Friday evening at 7:30. The admission will be ten- cents. An interesting and ex-1 be ten cents. An excellent and interesting program has been prepared and every one is cordially invited. The program is as follows: Piano solo, Marie Boknecht; vocal duet, Mary .Erwin and Carl Atz; piano solo, Irene Schirineyer; reading, Frances Dugan; song, Boys’ Quartette; piano dtet, Margaret Hughes and Hilda Tudor; vocal holo, Florence ing, Faye #ni|th; pia*) solo, Jean Lutz; song, Girls’ Chpri»3> Mr. Linker Celebrated his 5Uh birthday anniversary, and Mrs, or celebrated her 32ird blr.hdsry anniversary at the home of tfe ? eight miles, v.est of the city. There was an noon, and games occupied the afternoon’s program; The gueu.o Mr. and Mrs. George Erma, Mr. Mrs,, Jacob ,Yaeger, Misses Lidy nicke, Laifra Knitzman, John Bower, Rude Darts, Linker, Mw and Mrs. Johns of kort Wayne. >The ladiqg who- ajceepted Mrs. Deam’s ijyffiUiOo to, spend th» day her, at bpr 'beautiful ' hofije In ißluffton, were ffiost delightfully tertalned. After a sumptyious dlnrter the afternoon wa* taken Up: kt the Presbyterian ftiurch with a- musicale given ,by program, was rendered by s members of the club. After a short Sketdh pt the aims ahd ideals of this great composer, the pipe,, organ, pi#po and vofce were (feed <ip giving setae of MS flne'st ■Too” much oonnot be said in praise of all who carried th'rorQjihi' such 4 difficult ■programme wjfe perfect ease and skiH. TaunhWSev March playdd ense 0$ tpe ] piano and organ ffifiterves eei«Nial m<itft4n. A£ter a ’tery pleasant hdar spent fit n*ejrtng and greeting the; ladies of B®ston, Mrs.>staaxn edrved a fine limcMen at five o’clock. ! . it 1 ARE PLEbfeED Tt> WILLIAMS CongMwmen Acfyir dnd -Raufrh' Pledged for Speaker. . Both Adafrafid Ranch are warmirig up to John Sharp Williams, Depiocra.tic leader,.of the house, in a fay‘ which gives promise that some heat 1 may radiate in their direction in return and prevent them from being left out in the cold in the matter of committee assignments. It is as certain as anything in politics can be that Williams will be re-elected Democratic leader next fall. and that he will be accorded the right by the speaker of arranging the Democratic committee assignments. It Is understood that oOth Adair and Rauch have pledged their support, to Williams in the race for leader and by doing this early in Che contest, when favors are appreciated, they may expect that their loyalty to Williams, like bread cast upon the. waters, will return to them in the shape of committee plums aXter many days.—Ludlow. . ■. ——o- ————* *, MISS CARRIE THOMAS’ SUCCESS will Conduct Repital at University. >■ f-'U-! '■'/ «’■ > 1 . fifteenth students’ rgcyM. .the NoriffiwMftarmduttWer-’». School EvanstonjjjJUt, have been, received here. This event vrilj occur at Music Hall, Wednesday, jtfternoon, March 20th, at four o’clock., 1 For Jhis .event MJss Carrie Thomas is, 1 the pianist and the prpduc- 1 tions announced, prove the,confidence * the faculty thffity. Miss Thomas is the daughter of Mr. and 1 Mra. P. B. Thor|ee‘tof this city and ’ her j many friends- jkre proud pt, her ? success. i Jack Smith, one of the best base ball players, in Fort Wayne, has de- 1 cided to turn down .a. number of flat- I tering offers made him by teams in < minor leagues and will be on the ros-, 1 ter of the Shamrocks and will be uped , where ,he is most needed. It is wfiis- 1 pered that Ms decision was reached by 1 reason of the fact that he will in the s near-’future tsign contract that will i make- him: the managerial bud of a i life-time, alliance and tMs probably in- e fluenced him to remain at home. — 1 Fort Wayne Sentinel. 1

KLONDYKES WON TWO GAMES t » * -Vt I■* > < A **•’• » i And Third One Was an Exciting Battle to the Very Finish—Games All Good Ones. I• • - STANDING. Played. Won. Lost. Pct. Postoffice 52 38 14 .730 Elks ...... .....32 17 15 .531 Klondykes 54 28 26 .518 K. of C. .... „...57 25 32 .439 Palace .... ....41 18 23 .439 ( The Klondykes did the unexpected again Tuesday evening when they took ' the Postoffice team down the line for j two games out of their series of three, thereby reducing the lead of ; the later and increasing their own ' per cent. In fact, the Klondykers should have won all three games and only lost the last owing to one mem- ; ber of the team falling down. The games were all well played and showed the teams to be evenly matched. The Klondykes are certainly entitled to a chromo for their Work, as they seem to be the only team that has the Postofflce lads buncoed. We only trust that some of the other teams will spruce and repeait the dose. The Elks alffd Postoffice teams will battle it out tohight. Th» spores: POSTOFFICE Frlsinger ... ... .115 161 188 155 Vaughn 167 163 158 163 Foreman ... ~..123 139 143 138 Schafer ... ...,,.J67 164 191 174 Peterson ... .(.,..213 156 171 180 Tota|E ... .• p*.-.785 783 851 KLONDYKES. Klein ...... . „.158 14t 175 160 ELankenau . A .. ~,.194 178 169 180 | Bell ......145 190 155' 163 lUhristeh . Peterson .J. ../1.65 >ll 129 168 Totals ...' —‘ '* jfJjUriffig week more than a dozen people in Auburn and vicitity frave been made seriously ill by eat■ng cheese Vyhfch .purchased ftom gVocers there, 'flrstuff is noyr being exairfiried by tee state chemist to determine jthe: caw* for the toorn Me. ' * '• A- •** •' : The loßh.l order of Knights' of' Pythias ‘turned, odt tweztjjreitfit strpng ' this morning to’ go to Rorttand to attend the ■ rtifetrl<x£ me&ifig? WhaT’the members iMkeffi to made, up ifi- enthusiasm and All &Btp«nted to be , royally. entertained ■by the JBoO-,j lantl lodge. A fine program Jtois been arranged by the Portland j r A draft was received today by Mrs. Mart A D. Sputter, cajNng for SI,OOO covering certificate No. 31A36 of Pathfinder’s lodge, this - 'ffieing the,| amount of insurance her husband carried in ordet The payment was •prompt dud shows the reliability of this progressive order. The Helping Hand Society of the German Reformed church will hold apron ahd bonnet sate, next Thursday afternc|»n and evening, March 21st, at the of Mrs. Fred Heuer, 915 West Mtonroe street. Everybody cordially invited to attend. Mr. E C. Bristol of Perribine, Wis- ( consin, arrived today for quite an extended. visit with his step-daughter, ( MVs. James Hendricks of rural route 3, Monroe.. Mr.-Bristol is 80 years of age, and is veil and hearty. He spent , the winter at Benton Harbor, Mich., . with his daughter, Mrs. Daigneau. James Hurst left this morning for < Lampton county, Canada, in response ( to a telegram announcing the death , of his sister, Mrs. Sykes, who died ( Monday morning. Th® funeral will be j held Wednesday at two o’clock. Mrs. ( Sykes is well known by a number of Decatur . people, having visited here upon several occasions with her brother.

On a wager as to whose stomach had the larger capacity for ice eream, Fred Stuart and Harry Templeton, two high school at Hartford City f took part in a cream-eating contest Saturday '*rhich was won by TeTtafjletori,'but toot ttatll after both deathly, sick. The vjflnhlr got away with i sixteen dishes of Wfr&zCn delicacy; Mrs. Harry cjsam had as guests today twenty-one ladies from DecatuK f >hd' came to attend the Wagner recital given at the Presbyterian church this afternoon by the EL May Foljt%/plub. Misses Leia Page and Katharine Spease of Montpelier, were also here ,to attend the recital and to attend the bridge whist party given by Mrs. Ralph Todd tonight.—Bluffton News... .3 ' W. H. Parker, who resides In the west part of the city, reports the biggest rat killing that has come within our , scope for some time. Yesterday while cleaning oift an old corn crib, hilled a bushel basket full of large and small rats. To substantiate his case h.e brings in Daniel Kitson and' Elmer Parker a witnesses, who were present .at the time and assisted in the rat killing. This best story submitted u$ so far and we are inclined to vote the rat killing belt to Mr. Parker.

Old People NeedVINOL it strengthens and vitalizes With old age comes feebleness and loss of power; the blood is thin and digestion weak. - ". Vinol repairs worn tissues and checks the natural decline. It tones up the digestive organs, aids assimi- . lation, makes rich, red blood, and strengthens every organ in the body. In this natural manner Vinol replace! weakness with strength. Vinol contains all the medicinal elements of cod liver oil in a concentrated form, taken from fresh cods* livers, the useless oil eliminated and tonic iron added. Try it on our guarantee. SMITH, YAGER & FALK. IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU To Know that Many Saloon Men Endorse the Treatment. Among the hundreds cf pat’ents cured of the whisky habit at the Marion Keely Institute have been sever-al-iinen engaged in the business of selling liquors, and taefe men have ever after been loyal to the Institute, sending friends for treatment and never letting an opportunity go to recommend the treatment. to-day to Dr. W. V. Daniels, manager, Marion, Ind. '•. ' » ■'" ir statistician of a Chicago newspaper adds up all gifts and to ©parity in.this country for thp preening twelve months. Only Os a teousand dollars or more only those gifts that have been announced in the newspapdrt; The' total for 1906 was a hun<ired and ..six Anillion dollars. This is since 1901, the total; wteMa hundred and twenty-three millions. In these big figures no reckoning made of the humbler gifts which those who are not rich liaye freen privileged to make. In some of Wells county, the outlook for wheat this season ’S none of the brightest. Whole fields dead and withered in appearance Bfrff it is feared that the warm weath’er of spring will not be able to the growth. The trouble was a lack of snow during the latter part of the winter. Wheat left unprotected in this fashion was frozen and the chances are that it will not make nearly as good a crop as was reported last season. There was a considerable acreage this year.—Bluffton Banner. The Athletic and Amusement association’s directors had a business meeting Friday evening in the office of Hollingshead & Hubbard, but nothing of importance was brought up. Secretary Will Hess has received - about fifty letters from ball players from all parts of the country wishing to secure berths with Hartford City. Some of the applicants ask salaries similar to those paid in the leagues while others offer fair propositions. One of the applicants is Asher, the former Lebanon twirler. Asher is one of the best playing outside the big leagues, but he asks too much money. —Hartford City Gazette. A bunch of commercial men were sifting out in the office of the Hotel Hays, after their orders were written

preparatory to Cooling off before turning in. Said one of them who boasts of being worthy fifty thousand, as he Interfaced his’fingers over his bay window in a self-satisfied way: “I tell you, all in practicing economy now: T started in by clerking in a humble grocery store at a salary oL$3 a'week? and I-managed to save money on that.” “But,” replied the tall man" who carried flannel samples, “that, of course, was before the cash registers were Invented.” At a meeting of the official board of the M. E. church last night it was decided to carry out plans for an additon which has been under consideration for several months. This addition is to be a frame structure 20x 46 feet in dimensions, and will occupy a space directly east of the Sunday school department, in the rear of the parsonage,, and the site for it will be Cleared by moving away the barn on the property. The purpose of the new addition is to provide a gymnasium for the boys of the church. A boys’ organisation has |>een in existence for more than a year and a gymnasium has been one .of . the greatest desires. It will thoroughly equipped with clean, healthful gymnasium parapheranalia. —Bluffton News.