Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1907 — Page 5

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■ hunt in autumn leaves Kill Be Given by Presbyterian Ladies ■ p, e v. Bergman to Lecture at Passion Play. Ha party that was most enjoyable ■ those who were fortunate in reHiving invitations, was that given by Hjs Marie Beery, of north Fifth H-eet Wednesday in honor of Mr. RayHond Gerould, of Warren, Pa. Music K I dancing was indulged in by the Kerry crowd and an excellent time ■ vailed. The party consisted of Hisses Lucile Hale, Frances MerryHm, Pansy Bell, Winifred Johnson, ■ma Baily and Messrs. Jesse Helm. Hon Burke, Arthur Mangold, Dyke Krisinger and Jesse Helm and Mr. Kd Mrs. Charles Loch. Special music i|as rendered during the evening. ■ This afternoon at the home ■k Mrs. Jesse Sutton the ladies of the Kngregation of the Presbyterian Hmrch and their friends are requested to gather and indulge i.i an autumn Has hunt. All should be present at H3O sharp and enjoy an afternoon of Keasme. ■ The special evangelistic services H>at are being held at the Methodist Kuirch are proving qute interesting. Rev. E. E. Bergman, of the Baptist Hmrch delivered an excellent discourse Kt night which pleased a good sized Kidience. Great success is anticipat■i >n these meetings and Dr. Wilcox H doing all in his power to make this Hferies of meetings most memorable. ■At last nght’s session at the ReHekah hall, initiatory work was conKrred and the members enjoyed an Krening of pleasure. The meeting was H" st interesting and refreshments K er e served during the evening. ■ Large posters are out announcing Passion play that will be put on H. the Electric theater under the ausHees of the Ladies’ Aid Society of K>e Presbyterian church. Tomorrow ■ftemoon the entertainment will start ■nd from all appearances many people will see this popular entertainment. Kev. Bergman will deliver the lecture and there will be special music for K>” occasion. ■ A stag smoker will be given at the t of C. hall tomorrow night to the Members of this organization. John Koran fs scheduled to give a talk and ■then prominent members of the club will be called upon to deliver adKesses. A delightful time is expected. ■ On the thirtieth of this month the K. of C. will give a dance at their ■all for all who desire to attend. Excellent music will be had and all lovKs of this popular pastime should attend and enjoy an evening of pleas■re. — ■ I A party of Decatur people composed -jff Mesdames C. Vogt, C. Helm, L. MeiKnd, William Dorwin, and the Misses Ketta Wetter. Susie Mayer, Bertha Rid Lizzie Knapp, Ella and Emma Rutchler, Emma Schlickman, Lucy ■frutzeman, Myrtle Beachler, Nona Harding, Iva Steele, Lucy Fruchte Emma Sellemeyer went to the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scheiman K>rth of the city Wednesday night Where they were entertained in a Ryal manner with Mias Anna ScheiRan as hostess. Progressive peanuts Knused the merry guests until a late ■our, when an elaborate luncheon was Rrved. Special music was in order

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during the evening and nothing was overlooked by the hostess that could have made the occasion more agreeable. The Ladies’ Historical club met at the home of Mrs. L. C. Miller on Wednesday night and experienced a most interesting session. The principal paper of the evening which was a study of the prophets of the restoration, Hagar. Zachariah and Malachi was prepared by Mrs. Blackburn and it. was interesting indeed. The entertainment of the members was in the hands of Mrs. Allison and she acquitted herself grandly in this feature. These meetings are very interesting and many logical and interesting subjects are discussed. The club will meet with Mrs. Amos Gillig next week.

THEN CLOSED THE DOORS United States Treasury Secretary, George B. Cortelyou Rushes to Its Assistance. New York, Oct. 23. —Secretary of the treasury George B. Cortelyou made the following statement shortly before 1 o'clock this morning: "The national banks of New York City are in an exceptionally strong condition. The general situation here seems to b well in hand and is being loked after by many strong and influential men, such as those whose recent action in the clearing house received emphatic public approval. The movement for similar concert of action among the trust companies should have a helpful and far reaching effect. I shall spend the day tomorrow at the sub-treasury.” New York, Oct. 22. —Credit the under surface foundation of all business, trehmbled for a time today and before confidence could be restored New York’s second largest financial institution had emptied its cash vaults, under pressure of the biggest run experienced here in a generation; a stock exchange finn had failed for $6.000,000; Wall street's principal securities had settled from $5 to $8 a share; call money had risen to 70 per cent; and local bankers, unable to stem the tide of distrust, had been forced to appeal for relief to the secretary of the treasury at Washington. All this was in the face of reassuring statements by the acting state superintendent of banks that the suspected bank was solvent; declarations by prominent bankers that there was no true basis for alarm and assurances from Washington that Secretary Cortelyou would not hesitate to act promptly in any situation where legitimate business was threatened. - —-o IN THE ENEMY’S COUNTRY. W. J. Bryan Hailed as the Thomas Jefferson of Twentieth Century. New Y’ork, October 22. —W. J. Bryan who spoke at Cooper Union, under the auspices of the Progessive Democratic League, was greeted by a large and enthusiastic crowd. He dwelt on the evils of centralization, advocated the federal licensing of corporations seeking to control 25 per cent of the total output of a commodity and the limiting of the business that such corporations migh do to 50 per cent of the total business in that commodity. In opening the meeting Tammany leader James J. Hagan declared, without fear of contradiction, that “the rank and file of the Democratic party in this city and state are true to William Jennings Bryan, the Thomas Jefferson of the twentieth century,” and that “all the professional politicians and political editors from Buffalo and California put together” could not prevent the people from insisting on their choice. There were cheers at this, and Bryan did not attempt to qualify the statement. WAR HORSE AT RAILROADING. W. I. Babb, of Aurora, is in the city representing Chicago capitalists interested in the C. B. and C. extension to Huntington, is an old warhorse la the Hns of railroad building and he will be remembered by a few of the elder residents as one es the seen wbe was responsible' for the life es the old narrow gwuge Clover Leaf railroad, when, like the C. B. and C. it suffered all sorts of hardships and misuse and finally landed in the hands es a receiver, William Craig, of thio city. He remained as one of the attorneys for the struggling line until it finally regained its feet, the receiver was discharged and was well on the way to the prosperity it is now enjoying After leaving the employ of the Clover Leaf he returned to Aurora, set up as an attorney and was later elected judge of the circuit court at that place. He has now retired from active practice and, as in the matter that brings him back to Bluffton he is representing Chicago money kings as attorney. —Bluffton Banner.

WATTERSON’S CANDIDATE AGAIN His Dark Horse for the Presidency is Again Being Much Discussed. Washington, October 23. —Ali this talk about Lieutenant-Governor Chanler, of New York, running for the Democratic presidential nomination and the favor it seems to be meeting with, has caused all sorts of comment here, but the chief thing that the politicians of both parties are discussing in that connection is the fact that the Chanler boom will smoke out Roosevelt. Roosevelt knows that Chanler is popular and strong in New York and that it would be dangerous to the Republican party to have him nominated, unless a New York man was nominated also by the Republican party and a man at that, who has proven his strength there. That means only Hughes or Rosevelt himself. Everybody here knows how Roosevelt hates Hughes because the latter was too independent and refused to be bossed by Teddy last winter, and tjjat Roosevelt would go to any lengths to kill the Hughes ambition. That would be going back on his word not again to be a candidate under any circumstances, also mashing his pet candidate, Taft, in the ground with a maul. If the Chanler boom continues to grow Teddy has a bad half hour ahead of him when he again lands in the White House and picks up the political ravelings. In fact, he is going to be pestered powerfully. The interview given out in New York, a few days ago by Henry Watterson, declaring that Chanler and Johnson would suit him as well as any,ticket, has attracted more attention in Washington than any other political event of the week. The great Kentucky editor has written more Democratic platforms, state and national, and been prominent in the work of naming more successful candidates of his party than has any other Democrat alive. No other liv- | ing American is listened to with keener interest by all sort and conditions of politicians in the national capital than is "Marse Henry." When early in the summer, he announced that he was grooming a dark horse that would run under the wire in 1908 several lengths ahead of the Republican nominee, whoever that might be, Washington sat up and took notice. The Kentuckian started a guessing contest here that reached even into the White House. For several weeks Colonel W’atterson continued to speak and write cryptically of his Candida'e. Finally he described rather indefinite geographical limits as the range of his dark horse. “He lives west of the Alleghenies and north of the Potomac and Ohio,” said Marse Henry, when persistently pressed for a fuller description of his dark horse. This narrowed the guessing bee down somewhat, as it eliminated the southern man idea from further consideration. Mr. Watterson’s next concession to the guessers was that the last time he had seen his candidate he had “a dark mustache.”

FORMER RESIDENT OF DECATUR Indicted by Allen County Grand Jury and is Now in Jail at Fort Wayne. Lemuel Wormcastle, a former resident of this city, but who for the past three years has been residing in Fort Wayne, is in the toils of the law, he having on yesterday been arrested by Sheriff Grice and his deputies of Allen county on a charge of criminal assault upon an alleged feeble minded woman of Ackerman, Ind., a small country town near Fort W’ayne. The arrest waa due to an indictment returned by the grand jury and from all reports Wormcastle will be compelled to faee a very serious charge as the evidence In the hands of the prosecutor ia most damaging. Wormeastle 1* at present lodged in the Allen county jail, be having been unable to give bail. The charge of criminal assault is s serious one and carries with it a term in the penitentiary should the defendant be proven gulty. Wormcastle, however, denies the charge, and says that he can readily prove his innocence when the proper time arrives. While here Mr. Wormcastle, although a hard working man, was held in high esteem by all who knew him and his many friends here believe there is nothing in the charge. — o Carpenter Jacob C. Miller mislaid a chisel at the Weber livery barn yesterday and would greatly appreciate the return of it to the barn from where taken. ®

RICE CASE SET FOR TRIAL Sensational Divorce Case Will Be Heard Next Week —Action Taken in Other Causes. Hooper and Lenhart are attorneys for the plaintiffs in a quiet title suit just filed, entitled Abagil Painter, George, John and Silas Schroll and Dora Merica vs. Anson and Samantha Roll, People’s State Bank, International Harvester Company, Roscoe Kimple, W. S. and Clara Hughes. Peterson and Moran have entered their appearance for the defendants in the case of The Old Adams County Bank vs. John and Herman Yager, to foreclose alley improvement assessment. C. J. Lutz appears for H. S. Porter in the case filed by the Old Adams County Bank to foreclose an alley improvement assessment. In the case of Mary Rice vs. Clement J. B. Rice, divorce, and $350 alimony, the defendant has filed an answer and the case was set for trial on Thursday, October 31st. Cora Knepper vs. William H. Knepper, divorce and SSOO alimony, answer filed in. one paragraph. Clara Watkins vs. John Watkins, suit for support, demand $1,500, reply filed to answer. Emanuel Woods vs. John S. Bowers, account, demand $2,500, motion to make complaint more specific sustained. ‘ A new appraisement has been filed in the Lewis Evans’ estate, showing the property value to be $465. o Fred Hoffman this morning started work on his cement sidewalk at his re; idence on Madison street and expects to have the same completed within the next few days. WHAT IS AND IS NOT A TRUST The Government is Trying to Determine this Knotty Problem—New Federal Building. Washington, October 23. —Will the President satisfy the managers of the Taft campaign by reiterating on his return here that he will not accept another nomination? It will be a disappointment to the men who are promating the candidacy of the secretary of war if the president does not say something or do something which will make it possible to segregate the Taft Roosevelt booms. Arthur I. Vorys, the chief Taft manager, revealed the feeling that exists among the Taft peo pie in a statement he gave out last night, in which he said: “The Taft movement would not have been in augurated, and would not now be pros ecuted. except on the assumption that the president will adhere to his resolute determination not to accept another term, and except upon good grounds for that assumption.”

Washington, October 23. —In ordering the seizure of a shipment of 8,000,000 cigarettes belonging to the American Tobacco company, at Norfolk, Va„ under section 6 of the Sherman anti-trust law. the department of justice has, in the opinion of corporation attorneys in Washington, undertaken to determine what is and what is not a trust without preliminary resort to the courts, The move is regarded by them as an attempt by the government to evolve out of the anti-trust laws a short cut to raise the trust issue, and, as such, it is predicted the trusts will fight the new issue to a finish before accepting It. Washington, October 23.—Supervising Architect Taylor, of the treasury, began advertising this week for bids for the construction of the new SIOO,000 federal building for Marion. The bids are to be opened on this work in the supervising architect’s office on November 29. o David Miller, a brother of Mrs. E. E. Snow, who for years has been traveling over the county doing acrobatic stunts is at Fort Wayne all this week at the Temple theater and the Journal Gazette in speaking of the show has this to say concerning him: Cauture and Gillette as the football acrobats did several turns not ordinarily seen in this style of an act, and they were well received. David Couture, the senior member of the team is a Decatur, Ind., boy, and the citizens of his home town may well be proud of him. His name in private life is David Miller.

BIG DINNER WAS SERVED A Crowd of Relatives and Old Friends Enjoyed the Day’s Festivities. Daniel Welty, a pioneer of this county, celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday yesterday at his home on Ist street. The affair was a joyous one and many people were present to partake of the sumptuous dinner and other festivities of the day. Mr. Welty has a celebration of this nature every year and all previous events have been most happy ones, as well as that of today. Mr. Welty is unusually healthy in consideration of the fact that he is more than four score years old. and from all indications lie will live to enjoy many more such occasions. He is the father of Mrs. Noah Mangold, Mrs. Arthur Fisher and Ciiris. Weldy of this city. The many pc ople who attended declare that the affair was a success from every point of view. The guests were as follows: George A. Snider, Philip S. Snider, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Mangold. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Beery, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Mangold and daughter Gladys, Arthur Mangold, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Weldy, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Beery, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Beavers, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fisher, Mrs. Sarah Boyer, Union City, Ind.; Mrs. Mary Beery, Greenville, O.; Rosa Baker, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gault, Frances Gault, Frank Gault, Eva Gault, Francis Lehman, Harry Weldy, Mrs. Frank Amrand. Vernon, Mary, Ruth, Elizabeth and Robert Aurand, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Beery, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Snider, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Beery, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wedy, Mrs. E W. Johnson, Miss Edith Beery, Seth W. Snider, Joseph Shady, J. H. Stone. John H. Schug, wife and George, Robert E. Brown, Mrs. Geo. W. Woodward, Mrs. S. P. Sheets and son Merle, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Weldy, Edward Brown, Miriam Snyder.

DON’T YOU BE A GROUCH. Fight Life’s Battles in a Manly Way —Not Cowardly. One of the most appropriate words that ever sought entrance to the language is the word “Grouch.” It is expressive; it tells things; it calls up a mental picture of somebody disagreeable, surley, sour-faced. A “grouch" next to a dishonest or vicious man, is the worst specimen of human being. But all of us may, in time, become "grouches,” if we are not careful. "Grouchiness” is insidious. It creeps upon one like a burglar in the night. We meet a financial reverse, say, or a friend we trusted deserts us, or a dear relative dies, and the sunshine goes out of our lives. That is the beginning of “grouchiness.” One incident alone may not do it, but before we know it we go around with a frown upon our faces and bitter thoughts in our minds against all mankind. Just so surely as man was intended to fight life’s battles, just so surely it was meant that he should be, at times, defeated. The greater the defeat, the greater we should be stimulated to renewed endeavor. A man in good physical and mental health who will allow the world to defeat him and not fight until he is victorious, is a coward. And he is the one who develops soon into the "grouch.” Don’t be a "Grouch.” o CLEM BOWEN WAS KILLED A Geneva Man Caught Between the Cars and His Life Was Crushed Out. Portland, Ind , Oct. 23. —(Special) — Two G. R. and I. freight trains, No. 40 southbound and No. 61, an extra, running north, collided at the curve in this city at 11:30 this morning. No. 61 was derailed and considerable damage was done to both trains. Clem Bower, a young man from Geneva, who was riding between two cars on No. 40. was caught and instantly killed, his body being crushed to a pulp. The special was just coming off the switch onto the main track when the collision occurred. The track damage was small and the section men cleared the debris without calling out the wreck crew. None of the passenger trains were delayed. o Judge R. K. Erwin left today for Monroeville, where he will address the Knights of Pythias of that city. A banquet and general good time is, in order.

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GRAND HORSE SALE AT MAPLEWOOD FARMS. On Piqua and Fort Wayne road, or (Schumm pike), 3 miles northwest of Rockford, and 5 miles southeast of Willshire, Ohio, on Thursday, November 7, 1907. Horses, Grain, Stock. Implements, Household Goods. Fifteen head of horses —Matched team of sorrel brood mares, % Belgian, 4 and 9 years old, weighed before spring work 3530 pounds; both have fine colts and are in foal again by Wren : Co.’s imported brown Belgian si.-.ihoil Morneau de Ville. Roan bread mare, ; :4 Belgian, weighs about 1680, has fine coit and is in foal again ;■ Moineau de Ville. Roan brood mi.-v. A Belgian weighs 1660, has fine colt and is in foal again by Moineau de Ville. Extra large, go,.thy loan yearling mare, -„s Belgian. Large bay mare colt, year old August 31, Belgian. Good Urge yearling bay gelding, % Belgian Extra laig. blocky bay iuoi< npiiug col., 15-16 Belgian, siivd by imported Belgian stallion owned by llilty Bros., Berne, Indiana. Extra Urge sorrel late spring colt, % Belgian, sired by Goliah, imported Belgian stallion owned by Habegger Bros. Berne, Ind. Two year old bay draft gelding. Large roan spring mare colt, % Belgian. Large, blocky, stel-gray yearling horse colt, % Belgian. ’io, sy, sorrel brood driving mare, 14 years old, speedy, sure breeder, sired by Baywood, by Wilkeswood, by Nutwood. Extra large English Hackney yearling, plenty of style, seal brown, two white stockings, star in forehad, sired by imported English Hackney Lord Bratton, dam Topsy, mentioned above. Sorrel spring colt, dam Topsy, sired by Bourbon Patchen; a picture of this famous horse; a colt of great promise. Hogs and sheep —Eleven good brood sws, some with pigs by side, others will farrow soon. Six of these sows large and fine, others as good but younger and smaller. Five young sows, especially fine, kept for breeders, but not yet bred. Thirty-five shoals, ranging from 120 to 160 pounds. Best Poland China and Berk registered male hogsi kept on the farm for years, and all this stock is well bred. Ten young Oxford and Shropshire ewes, and six good spring ewe lambs. Good registered Shropshire ram. Registered Oxford and Shropshire rams have been kept and stock has been well graded up. Farm Implements—Ohio hay loader good as new. Champion binder in good condition, Cron farm wagon, spring wagon, driving cart, buckboard or oil wagon, new gravel bed, new bay ladder and grain bed, extra good new mud boat, New Bremen breaking plow walking corn plow, steel spike tooth harrow, log bunks and chains, two large iron kettles, eight pairs hay slings, Hog rack, matreial all cut to dimensions, with staples, bolts, rods and fixtures, bu:i not put together. Spray pump and fire extinguisher, two stands of bees and six new hives, two sets of safety lifts for wagon beds and hay ladders, grindstone, good set of farm harness and fly nets in use less than two years. Set of single harness and netk. And many other smaller articles not here mentioned. Corn, Potatoes and Hay—Eight hundred and fifty shocks of good corn in field, was cut in good time; will go around two bushels to the shock. Fifty to one hundred bushels of fine Michigan White potatoes in piles in the field. About 25 tons of good timothy hay in mow. About 200 fine chickens, mostly Plymouth Rocks. Household Goods—Furniture, pic tures, kitchen utensils, etc., injured for $1,200.00. aSle begins nine a. m. sharp. Ootne early. Free lunch at noon. Terms —Sums of $5 and under eash Over $5 a crediti of 9 months, purchaser giving note with approved so curity; 4 per cent per annum discount for cash. LORIN C. SPRINGER Ed Kirkland. Auctioneer. C. S. Behymer and S. J. Robinson. Clerks. o Water Worlds Superintendent W. E. Fulk is making all preparations to install a water main from north Fifth street across the new addition to De catur to the Automomible works. The piping is all on hand and the next move will be to get some one to dig the trench which is no small task. The line is expected to be completed within the next four weeks.