Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1907 — Page 7

trust companies. Good Reports to th e Au ditor of State. K t companies of Indiana are In JKjondidon financially, according which have been compiled In o f John C. Billheimer. audi- ■ grate, by R. B. Oglesbee, clerk . tank department. The figures entered in the annual report of which is now in course Mr. Oglesbee has comof the items of the reis now being made with items of the report of he finds that the trust comnJ||| are in as good or even better than they were at the close fiscal year of 1906. At the the present fiscal year there trust companies in At the close of the fiscal 1906, October 31, 1906; there seventy-two such companin assets, profits and dehas been commensurate with the in "ease in the number of such The ratio of increase in debeen unusually large during year. The people of Indiana with the trust companies, $7,more than they had on dbHHn October 31, 1906. The amount deposit at the close of the fiscal year was $41,541,061.11. ■ the amount of deposits at the Boalof the preceding year was $33. 866,®.71. r i- - | good show here tonight. Hetbit Scoville Will Present “As Told I in the Hills.” Scoville comes to the Bosse Spera House tonight -with his big Italic melodrama, “As Told in the KS' They are not new to the pathe Bosse, as they have visHKir city before. This is the class Mart ion that Pleases both old and ■oung and you will not be disappointed if you go to the opera house tonight. is a melodrama of the kind as many thrills as the most Mf-' The incidents are drawn life and presented in a mauler Kat is intensely realistic and inThe scenic environments aHK-auiful, all painted by the very making “As Told in the one of the best attractions that M our city. o — i The wedding of Miss Catherine Gase Ms dty to Clem Llngerich, also county, will take place next at the St. Marys Catholic b at eight-thirty o'clock in the I s L O —- I new Georgia prohibition law roes into effect the first of the |g year has no provision for the If sacramental wines. A request le made by the Baptists of that that the governor call a special n of the legislature to make some kion for the sacrament if he rules the statute forbids Its continu-

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eat plenty dried currants English Discover Many Good Qualities of this Food. Bed by Sir Francis Laklng, King Edwards physician, the pure food enthusiasts of Great Britain are making a remarkable campaign of education in favor of dried currants. Chemise and dletists extol the highly nourishing and wholesome qualities of the fruit, which is shown to contain 54 per cent more nutriment than beef. Unsweetened currant bread has become almost as common as ordinary bread on .he tables of rich and poor alike. Adding three parts of currants to sevej. parts of dough doubles the nutritive value of the loaf, makes it far more agreeable to the taste, and saves butter is the way the argument runs. One enterprising weekly lately held a competition in which there were thousands of contestants for the prizes offered for the best loaf of currant bread. Another discovery is that currants are a “beamy food,” producing a clear and healthy complexion. o ■ ONE WEEK FROM SUNDAY Decatur People Will Take Part in the Program Which Looks Interesting. Programs have been printed for the St. Marys township Sabbath school convention to be held at St. Paul church on Sunday afternoon and evening, November 3rd. The program promises to be very interesting, including parts by several Decatur people. The afternoon exercises will be as follows: Song, congregation; invocation, Rev. Payne; Song, St. Paul; Welcome address, Rev. Bayne; song, St. Paul; address. A. Van Camp; song, Pleasant Mills; address, John Shifferly; song, St. Paul; address and round table, Jesse Rupp; election of officers. The evening program will be rendered as follows: Song, congregation; prayers; song, St. Paul; How to Hold the Child in the Sabbath School after he is Grown, Mrs. Voght; general discussion; song, St. Paul; address, Mrs. C. T. Payne; song. Van Camp sisters; address, Hon. Dore B. Erwin. o Sheriff Hudson continues to laugh at the secretary of the city board of health over his order to have the jail cleaned. The sheriff says Dr. Dodd’s evidence is all hearsay. The secretary did not visit the jail himself to see whether it was sanitary or not but gave his order on the information of one of the inmates. The sheriff says the secretary, if he wants to do his duty, should inspect personally and not take a long-range guess on matters he knows very little about. —Hartford City News. E- P. Rucker, editor of the Elkhart Truth, was Thursday cited to appear in the circuit court at 9:30 next Monday and show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court in the publication of an article in Tuesday’s Truth which was headed “Lawyears of Elkhart are very wroth” and which showed that lawyers whose names were not given had criticised Judge Dodge’s action in appointing J. L. Harman special prosecutor and in giving certain instructions to the grand jury.—Plymouth Democrat.

OLD TIMES l‘N WELLS COUNTY The Cromer and Anti-Crbmer Followera Getting Ready for Battle. The news that reached Bluffton Tuesday of Geo. W. Cromer acting as Watson's right hand man from the Eighth district will put a crimp in Jim’s chances for the delegation from this district in his fight for the republican nomination for governor. However, it may not lose him the delegation, as it is a toss-up as to just who does carry the balance of power in this county, at least. Cromer has some valiant workers here that will never let up in their fight to again see him on top the heap. Should Cromer have the most friends, Watson would have easy sailing for the delegates. One tiling is dead sure, and that is, the fellows who figured they had Cromer downed have another guess A good friend of the ex-congressman told the Banner just last evening that George was lining up his henchmen and would be the livest dead duck that ever went into a political fight. The anti-Cromerites are wary and afraid that George is not as dead as they would like to have him, and, with their wa chfulness, the scrap will be a pretty one to look at. While the anti-Cromerites seem to be in the majority, the real foxy politicians are most all lined up with Cromer and are liable to turn over a log most any time. In the meantime Mr. Adair is making a pretty good congressman.— Bluffton Benner.

CHILD IS THREE WEEKS’ OLD Was Found at Two O'clock in the Morning When Superintendent Heard Its Cries. A foundling child was left at the poor farm last night by some unknown woman who evidently is in very destitute circumstances. This would seem to be true, from the condition of the child, which appears to be about, three weeks old and it a veritable living skeleton. According to people who have seen it it is in a very sickly condition. About 1 o’clock this morning John R. Ditzler was awakened by the crying of the child. He got up and went to the door, finding the baby there wrapped in a cotton blanket. He took it into the house and in the blanket with the child found two bottles of medicine and a nursing bottle. There was a note attached to the blanket which stated on one side: “My name is Goldie May Longlive.” On the other side was a message to the child from its mother to this effect: “Dear Goldie I would like to keep you but I can't. lam too poor. Your papa is dead and I can’t work A with you. I must leave you here. May God be with you.”— Bluffton Banner. STILL A LIVE ONE. That ex-Congressman George W. Cromer of the Eighth district is still very active politically and will be an important factor in the next congressional convention is the impression that Charles Van Matre, Republican chairman of Delaware county gives out. Chairman Van Matre is one of Mr. Cromer’s closest political friends. “Mr. Cromer hasn't said whether he will be or whether he won’t be a candidate for the Republican congressional nomination,” said Mr. Van Matre. “Whichever course he decides on he is bound to cut a big figure in congressional politics. It’s not likely that he would be content to permit the nomination of a Republican who fought him for election last year.”

N. K. Todd, the Bluffton attorney, now connected with the new piano factory in his town, was here Tuesday night working up interest among the local Elks in the indoor fair to be given by the Bluffton Elks. Mr. Todd said the Bluffton Elks would offer many attractions, including roller skating and dancing. The fair is to be held in the building of the piano factory and while it is in progress half the piano factory will be in operation. —Hartford City News. Joseph P. Williams, former editor of the Indiana Redman, who shot and killed Herman Pugh, a printer, during an argument about wages, was found guilty of manslaughter Wednesday by a jury in the Delaware circuit court and was sentenced to prison from 2 to 14 years. Pugh had called Williams a damned scab which insult Williams took as sufficient provocation to kill him. After the Incarcertation of the editor-murderer in jail the lodge paper suspended publication but is now being printed at Pennville. W’illiams will be taken to prison next week.

TEACHERS MISCONSTRUE LAWS Suite Superintendent Don’t Want Them to Quit and Gives His Views in the Matter. Fassett A. Cotton, state superintendent of public instruction, is having troubles of his own. He is trying to get the teachers of the state to read and understand thoroughly the new law in regard to teachers' qualifications. From reports he has received he fears that a number of teachers of the state have “stage fright” and are thinking of “quitting the game.” Mr. Cotton received word from a young woman who had been teaching two or three years, but who had never attended a normal training school for teachers. She informed him that she would quit teaching. Her idea of the law is that it requires that every teacher shall have attended a training school and shall be a graduate of a high school. She is not a graduate of a high school. She thinks she has been crowded out by the march onward. This woman and many others, Mr. Cotton believes, have not studied the new laws thoroughly and do not understand them. The new law provides that a teacher without experience shall be a graduate of a high school or its equivalent, and shall have had not less than one term of twelve weeks in a school maintaining a professional course for the training of teachers, and shall have not less than a twelve months’ license. A teacher of one year’s experience, according to the law, shall be a graduate of a high school or its equivalent, shall have had not less than two terms of twenty-four weeks in a training school, shall have not less than a two years’ license and shall have a success grade. A teacher with three or more years’ successful experience according to the law, shall be a graduate of the high school or its equivalent, shall have a three years’ license or its equivalent, shall be a graduate from a school maintaining a professional course for the training of teachers or its equivalent and shall have a success grade. Teachers who have been teaching several years and have the required licenses do not need to have a high school diploma.

THREE CASES WERE DISMISSED The Gardner Attachment Suits —Action Taken in Various Other Causes. The cause of Wilson P. Clymer vs. W. H. Gardner et al, account and attachment, was dismissed and the costs paid. The same entry was also made in the cases of Alexander O. Smith vs. W. H. Gardner et al and David Bailey vs. W. H. Gardner et al. The total demand was SBSO. Daniel B. Ninde vs. Richard Klein, damages S2OO. The plaintiff remits SSO from finding! Motion for new trial overruled; an appeal to the appellate court was granted and bond filed for S4OO. . Francis M. Andrews, guardian for Harry, Cecil and Celia Andrews, filed his current report, whifh was allowed. A. W. Holmes, guardian for Truman Dudgeon, filed a current report which was examined and allowed. Horace Kohn vs. Joseph W. Hakes, suit on note, demurrer of defendant overruled. Henry Young vs. Sarah Hetler et al, to reform deed, demurrer of each defendant overruled, answer filed in one paragraph. Ida Koldeway vs. William Koldeway et al, partition, demurrer to second and third paragraph of answer sustained. o — TREASURER'S OFFICE TO KEEP OPEN. The county treasurer’s office will remain open from 7 a. in. until 8 p. m. beginning Monday, October 28th and continuing until Monday. November 4th. Office will not close for noon or supper hours, during these days. 258 tt o More grief for the small boy. There is one less circus on earth. Ringling Bros., having absorbed the great Barnurff and Bailey show. The price paid Was $410,000. The Ringlings are [ gobbling up all the circuses in sight, #id unless new ones are latlnched they will virtually have’a monopoly of the bljf ’shows season. —belphos Herald.

KILLED IN PORTLAND WRECK Coroner Rendered a Verdict That Death Was Accidental—Name Was Clement Boes. The remains of Clement Boes, who was killed in a freight wreck Wednesday noon in the north yards of the G. R. and I. railroad, were taken by Charles Stolz from the local undertaking establishment, Thursday morning to the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah J. Gleason, in Geneva, where the funeral services will be held Friday. His stepfather and mother drove to this city Wednesday evening to make arrangements for the removal of the body to Geneva. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, from the Crawford church, near Berne, in charge of the Methodist minister. Interment will be made in the Crawford cemetery. A verdict was rendered by Coroner G. L. Perry, finding that the man met accidental death Wednesday noon in a G. R. and I. freight wreck at Portland, breaking his neck, crushing his heart and inflicting other slight injuries.—Portland CommercialReview.

OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE PRISONER Dallas Had a Minutes’ Talk With Joe Osborn, of this County. Deputy Sheriff Dallas Butler arrived home form Michigan City Friday morning, where he safely landed Gotthard Brown in the prison north. Brown was known by various officials who immediately recognized him. Though only forty-three years old, Gotthard Brown has already served two terms in prison, a total of ten years, part of which was spent at Michigan City and a part in the Illinois prison at Joliet. This is his third term for burglary and as his sentence is from ten to twenty years, it is probable that he will spend the greater part of the remainder of his life behind prison walls. While at the penitentiary Mr. Butler had a five minute talk with Joe Osborn, who has served nearly four years of his life sentence for the murder of his father-in-law, John Busenbark, in this county. Joe is looking and feeling fine. He is a trilsty about the prison and has the respect of every official. The employes of the telephone company have been busily engaged during the past few days in mending several telephone cables that some mlscreatn shot through. These breaks In the line must be mended at once for should the lines on the inside become wet it would ruin the entire system. Persons using fire arms should find some other mark to shoot at and not injure private property. Grover Hoffman has accepted a position with the Metropolitan Insurance company as local collector, made vacant by the death of Charles McConnehey and assumed his new duties today. Mr. Hoffman is a hustling young business man and the company has made no mistake in securing his services. If you have any business with the company call on Mr. Hoffman and he will enlighten you. Wheat on both the Chicago and Toledo exchanges has been going off for the past several days, and as a consequence the local market has been affected a great extent until the staff of life is now quoted at ninety-two cents. Oats has also taken a big tumble going from forty-nine to fortyfive cents. The local merchants, however, expect both these lines of grain to increase in price in a few days. Sadness and gloom have cast their shadow over the home of William Selby, near Vera Cruz, where, between the hours of 5 and 6 o’clock last evening occurred the second death of a member of the family in less than two weeks time, the two deaths being those of twins born to Mr. and Mrs. Selby one weekjjago last Monday. The first child died within an hour or so after birth. The second lived until yesterday evening when it also passed away. The funeral will be held this afternoon at Vera Cruz - Bluffton News. It is stated in several papers in this part of the state that the bonds of the projected Fort Wayne-South Bend Interurban line cannot be floated because of the financial flurries in the money market. Work on the construction of the line was to have commenced several weeks ago, but has been<elayed from time to time and it Jt npw intimated that {he road will be afendoned. Perry Randall, of Fort Wayne is president of the company.

ENTERTAINED AT A BANQUET Entertained at Eiting Home—Stag Smoker—At Christen Home— Other Item*. The autumn leaf hunt Thursday afternoon at ths home of Mrs. Jesse Sutton was interesting indeed. Not only was this session interesting, but It was appropriate for this season of the year. Little envelop s were neatly arranged containing a souvenir autumn leaf, also quotations from the different authors who have written poems on autumn and in the quota ions some word was left out, and the holder was expected to fill the word in. Quotations from some of the best poems, including Thanatopsus and several other prominent. writings were selected and much inteiest was manifested by the twenty people who attended. Rev. E. A. A lien, of Epworth lowa, was present, and be enjoyed the meeting very much. Miss E hel Sutton, of Geneva, was also present. Immediately after the presenta ion of “My Uncle from Japan ’ Thurs lay the cast and chorus were entertained at a banquet at the Anderson and Baker restaurant. Arrangements had been completed for this and the different members of the cast and chorus were royally entertained. L. C Helm, chief of the fire department, in a few chosen words, expressed the sincere appreciation of the fire laddies for the efforts put forth by the members of the company, as well as Mr. Thomas who guided them in working the show a complete success. The banquet was elaborate and everything on the calendar was served. Ed Philips, the veteran printer, is walking about the streets with a bad looking left eye. Now this was not brought about by a fight, but was caused by being poisoned. Mr. Phillip’s face Is very sore and he was forced to seek the assistance of a physician to take out the swelling and soreness. The doctors say that the disease will not affect the eye in the least so if you now see Ed and size up his face you will know the true state of affairs. Frost on the rail probably saved an M. B. and E. car from being struck by a Clover Leaf freight train Tuesday morning. The first car out of Bluffton at 5 o’clock and due at Warren at 5:36, was approaching the Clover Leaf track when the motorman tried to stop for the derail. The frost on the rail prevented the brake working and the car ran off the rail. Just a few seconds after it did so a Clover Leaf freight dashed across the street. Had the car not been derailed it would probably have got on the track just in time to have been struck by the freight train. —Frankfort Crescent. Chas. Rainear. the Decatur baker who has leased the business property on State street now occupied by Baucher and Counterman, shipped in his bake oven last week, iand is this week building it into position. He expects to locate in Willshire in the bakery and restaurant business just as quickly as he can secure possession of the building he has leased. Willshire seems to be an attractive proposition from many points of view in a business way, and there Is a feeling that the town’s business resources are just beginning to be developed. With the business awakening that seems to be in the air, Willshire may yet walk off with a gold medal for being the most active, attractive and progressive town of its class in the country. —Willshire Herald. The Ohio Brewers’ Association, in session at Cincinnati, has just adopted a resolution providing for the establishment of a bureau to investigate complaints against disreputable saloons. This bureau is to co-operate wi'h municipal and state officials in the suppression of vice. The motive is to raise the standard of places where beverages are offered for sale, and to compel a respectable conduct of the business. A retired farmer who moved to town and promised to contribute $2 toward the preacher’s salary as soon as he. sold his calf, failed to keep his word. He went to church a few nights ago and the choir sang that beautiful song, “The half has never been told.” He is a little hard of hearing and he went home boiling ov,er with rage. He told ‘ his wife the choir had insulted him by singing “The calf has never been sold." The rabbit law as passed by the I last legislature has a hole in it, acI cording to some exponents of the ' law. It provides that rabbits, squirrels ahd other game may not be 1 hunted between October 15 and NoI vember TO, and makes it a mlsdemean- ! or to do so, but in fixing the penalty j the' section only specifies a fine for i hunting doves. Some of the rabbit h.unters who would like to be out I hunting now are afraid to chance it.