Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1907 — Page 3

chapel Minus During the ; a p as Reported from Pai s Wentral Building. J, aged(^Bpa y? With this subject C. h of rßrs entertained the Decatur K ,1 at chapel Friday mornafteri«^ff. a3 highly enjoyed by the tr 7 faculty. Mr. Walters has ’’ saying the right thing at >r of > timet. His experience in )f , he enabled him to talk r He emphasized the fact ns hip, IqV fr )iu the ghoulder on down WB fo<»Bg m ount to much, but that it a ?o intellect that counted; also of moral character and ill school and of the opporPhy<icj^B o f receiving an education in being in fact his talk was 1 thattMull of good advice and enfcarteejKient to the pupils. An aned andfrßient of his return, would be =e she rKith delight. iber of (■jigh SCHOOL NOTES, ent andH Sellemeyer and F. V. Mills. o f the school board, visited be sadljß) 00 i last week. in Bryson gave a good talk tl servifMpi Thursday morning. ' ■dance is fairly good, considertime of year and the winter ihfir !(>■ W ere held in the eighth grade ’ two aMeh, but the grades will not be grand till after vacation. .'l isHpr Wertzberger was on the sick will Wednesday. i. m. ■.>> o f the teachers will attend ■cbers' meeting at Indianapolis )T IN >■ -he holiday vacation. ■second literary program for this d rendered Friday afternoon. <s ' ■ ' H. Perkins visited high school afternoon. • tv-fkins gave a very instrucinteresting talk at chapel morn i n g. lodedfc Case and Brice True, two s high school pupils, visited Friday. bome^B ou t of town teachers have gone > respective homes to spend t Miss Dunathan to tone Miss Gray to Detroit, Mich., be tlil^K. a2ee to Peru. shot lOjral of our old students who are school at the various coltle uM were up to the high school gun ■ en( ] ( he literary program. rt Wire did small damage. entiß foot ■ — " ! Arrival of Fire Company Saved >uld. ■ toncß Parrish Homen ot. ■ —— —■> al >rm came in Thursday niornnine o’clock and the west ■addies responded at once, finding ■the chimney at the Josh Parrish ablaze. With a few buckets Water the fire was extinguished. BftW 01 until tlle en tir.e upstairs of the ■ was filled with smoke. Had the ;q, ■bers of the Parrish family not no ■ the conflagration when they did. ■tould no doubt have a different of ■to relate, as a bedstead was :his®d close to the defective flue arid moments later would have been 1 atßmes. As it was however, the loss ,-,-Bfcri was very small, and Mr. Parbtiß considers himself very fortunate rso®the entire building was not conThe chimney will be repaired heßoce to guard against any more ri B s Ps. The central department was riH at the scene but it was all over they arrived'. -■hey will soon leave. le. ■ ; »B and M rs. J. R. Schafer Going to e ■ Dallas, Texas. .JB t ' "' nd MrSl ’ J ' R Schafer are pack- , ■ Hr ir household effects and getting to leave for their new home ■alias, Texas. They will sell many before leaving and have adver- " fa,e to be held at tbeir resi ujß®- south Second street, at one on next Saturday. December iou will note their advertisement jß’here. They expect to leave I) - rrB r some time during holiday week. ' — o ‘■NED STORE OVER TO WIFE. .■ -4 Dalrymple, who purchased ■ notion store here several months ]■ bas turned the store over to his sold his property on Meridian ■ et a “d disposed of all of his per- ■ a! property. The cause of thl« -c- ■ is alleged to have grown from ■by troubles that have been brew- ■ for several months. Mrs. Dalrvm- ■ will continue to run the s*ore. ■ Dalrymple, it is stated, intend, to ■ to the southwest where b« ’’l F-t a new business. They have one F a Httfo. boy.- who wilt be und'r of hit mother —Redke -'

TWO RAILROAD LAWS < Become Operative March Fourth—Currency Bill. Washington, December 21. —The action of the Republican county commit tee of New York in laying the Hughes presidential indorsement resolution over for one month, is regarded here as a victory for the president, who is determined to cripple the Hughes boom whenever opportunity offers. It is very well understood that Herbert Parsons, the president’s personal representative in New York politics, and the chairman of the county committee, received instructions from the white house. He saw the president just be. fore he went to New York to preside at the meeting, and other of the president’s lieutenants, including State Chairman Woodruff, Representative Bennett and Cooks and others, went over the situation with the president before the final program was agreed upon. Washington, December 21.—The railroads of the country are turning their attention to two federal laws which will go into effect the coming year. March 4 the act “to promote the safety of employes and travelers upon railroads by limiting the hours of service of employes thereon” will go into effect. May 1 that section of the Hepburn rate bill which prohibits railroads from being directly or indirectly interested in the production of coal for general consumption will become operative. Washington, December 21. —Chairman Fowler, of the house committee on banking and currency, is confident that his committee will soon after the holidays, report his currency bill. Mr. Fowler has been campaigning vigorously in favor of the legislation he pro. poses and it is evident that his plan has growm in favor since the session of congress opened. Mr. Fowler is not yet certain that he can get his bill through the house. o — THE WAYS OF A DRY TOWN. Sears & Roebuck Methods Working at Winchester. “I don’t have to go to Union City or anywhere else to get all the ‘booze’ I waint for I have it delivered right at my door,” said a local citizen the other day to a Herald representative. A little investigation brought out the fact that the mail order whiskey and wine houses are doing their best to relieve the drought in Randolph county, and especially in Winchester, and with considerable success, as the express companies say that large boxes of “wet goods” are delivered daily in this city and other places such a® Parker City, Farmland, Ridgeville, Modoc and Lynn. This is also true in the ! rural districts.—Winchester Herald. FIRST CAR GOES TO CINCINNATI. Coppock Takes Initial Order from Merkle and’ Company. The Coppock Motor Car company of this city closed a deal with the Merkle and company, wholesale plumbers. of Cincinnati, for one of ttieir up to date commercial cars, to be shipped at once. If this car proves satisfactory, as it certainly will, this firm will purchase a number of the machines to replace the horse trucks they now use. Various other firms will also test this car and no doubt a number of orders will result from this sale. While this is the first order, the flrm has a number of deals on which indicate that the entire output for the year will be sold within sixty days. Such success even before the plant has begun operation is almost marvelous, and is proof of the future success of the Coppock. Watch ’em grow. SUFFERS FROM APPENDICITISMarshal Bohnke was called to his home Saturday on account of the sudden illness of his nine year old son, Harry. The boy h’s been ill at several times recently with what was supposed to b e appendicitis and it is quite evident that that is the cause of his sickness today A physician was summoned this morning -nd medical aid admini tered although an operation may be necessary to relieve the boy from his affl'ctlon. C. J. Holdrege the sale manager for the Coppock automobile company has returr-d from a business trip through Mlch'gan. While gone he di-posed of a car to the Lubeck au tomobile company of Grand Rapids Mich. The car -’•’ch was sold to the Grand Raptd= r '-m B^.° w at Chicago and It is a beauty It i thought tha’ -' vt.six.cap, ffill >£• sold at O’-rt-d' 'the' nHr’ future. n

THE C. E. OFFICERS Nominated by the Committee Recently AppointedOther Society Events. One of the most unique events of the season was the birthday party which was given by little Miss Josephine, the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Suttles Friday afternoon at their home on Fifth street, to the relatives in honor of her first birthday anniversary. Litle Josephine seems rather young to be ties, yet she entertained her guests very charmingly. She also had her birthday cake, which had one candle placed on the top. Many pretty gifts were received. The relatives who were present were: Mrs. John Niblick. Mrs. D. E. Studabaker, Mrs. O. P. Edwards, Mrs. Champer, Miss Hattie Studebaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Mor. rison, Misses Harriet Morrison and Helen Niblick. The young ladies who compose the Y. M. H. C. club were delightfully entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Boknecht of north Third street, by their daughter, Miss Clara. The main feature of the evening was progressive pedro at which the Misses Marie Tonnellier and Georgia Meibers captured very pretty prizes for having the highest score. Dancing was indulged in by the members. At the close of the amusements dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. The outside guest of the evening was Mrs. Gilbert Jack, formerly Miss Nellie Snellen. The next meeting of this club will be held at the home of Miss Leona Harting on next Thursday evening.

The committee which was appointed by the president of the Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church the night of the C. E rally, held a special meeting at the library to nominate the officers for the coming year. Each one who has been nominated has been seen and will serve, so the C. E. society are looking forward to having a strong society in the future. The following young people were selected as officers: President Hugh Perkins; vice president, Inez Snellen; secretary, Edna Hoffman; treasurer, Bruce Patterson; corresponding secretary, Thomas Perkins; Chairman of prayer meeting committee, Perle D. Burdg; chairman of lookout committee, Ada Springer; chairman of missionary committee, Bennie Beavers; chairman of social committee, Lucile Cusac; chairman of flower committee, Lulu Atz. The members of the committee have not been selected, but will be Sunday evening. Dr. Ober, of the director of the agency for the Anchor Insurance company, gave a stag party at the Park hotel Friday night at a six o'clock dinner, given to a party of his agents and policy holders of this city. The dinner was served in courses and many compliments were i passed on Mrs. Dilber’s ability in pre. paring such elegant dinner. Mr. Ober is very jovial and has friends wherever he goes. The announcement that the St. Marys schools will close Monday until after New Years day was made this morning by Father Wilken. A large party of jolly young people from Magley drove to our city Friday evening in a bobsled to spend the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reppert at their home. There were no special amusements only a bean contest. Mrs. Frank Yager proved to be the winner. During the evening an elegant luncheon was served by the hostess. The guests who spent the evening In such a delightful man. ner were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yager. Miss Ida Bieneke, Miss Tillie Schlickman. Miss Rose Yager, Messrs. Henry Schlickman, Ed Dome, Lester Yager, Mrs Milton Girod. Messrs. Milo Elezy, Charles Philips. Curley Ellis were at Willshire Friday evening to attend the home talent play giv c n by the young people of the Willshire high school. The play was given in benefit of the school library. One main feature of the evening w->s the drill which represented twenty-six different nations, this deserves much praise by the ones who were so favored. The opera house was crowded to its u‘mo t capacity and the pupils cleared a neat little sum. o —- —-— The Chd=tian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church will have their regular Sunday evening meeting at six o’clock. Every boy and girl Is invited to come and spend one short hour with the members. This vil be one of the many interest Ing tn Minis which are to tike plic*.” A sped* I-program will be prepared by the leader.

THE PARING KNIFE No Currency Law—A DoNothing Session this Time. " \ Washington, December 19. —The Republican leaders in congress have had their heads together and they now have a pretty general idea a® to the legislative program for this session of congress. Their decision may be summed up as follows: A currency bill will represent the ,only general legislation of the session. Appropriations will be scaled down to the lowest possible figure. The legislative body will not commit itself hastily to projects which will call for a large expenditure of money in the future. The work of the session will be so so shaped as to make it possible to adjourn early in May. There is small prospect of enacting a currency law early in the new year. Adjournment will be taken next Saturday until the first week in January and it is not planned to give any serious thought to currency legislation until after the holidays. The leaders say a bill may possibly be introduced soop after the re-assembling of the body, but there are indications that senators and representatives will wish to debate the subject at length, and it will not be a surprise if the talk runs unchecked until March or April. Washington, December 19. —A delegation of prominent Philadelphia Republicans waited on Representative Charles B. Landis today, and invited him to make an address at the Union ’League banquet in Philadelphia on the of February 12. It is likely that he will accept the invitation.

JUDGE PETERSON HELD COURTHeard Various Steps in Shepherd Estate Case. R. S. Peterson, as special judge in the probate court, disposed of the W. H. Shepherd estate cause Friday. A half dozen attorneys appeared for the various claimants and the case was rather a complicated one. Judge Peterson rendered a finding that the personal property was insufficient to pay the debts and gave judgment as follows: First lien, for taxes, Adarns county S6O; second' liens, Mary Snyder, $1,370, Jacob Puple, $866.93, Joseph Rich, $1,044.67. Other liens are, Wells county taxes, -5.54; street imjrovement $45.81; Alex McChee, $684; Edward Euhle, $242.14. All the real estate described ordered sold at private sale, after giving proper legal no. tice. Andrew Gottschalk is the admin, istrator. I DETECTIVE ASSOCIATION MEET. Regular Session Was Held Here this Morning. The Adams County Detective association held a very interesting business meeting at the Grand Army hall, Saturday at ten o’clock. Some very important business was transacted which will prove that the men have been working in the past, and will in the future. The attendance was excellent and the next meeting will b“ held the third Thursday tn January at Berne, and the following one will be held the third Thursday in February at Geneva. The men have shown great interest during the meetings and there is no doubt that the future ones will have a larger attendance than ever before. COMPLETE PROGRAM Christmas Songs and Sermons Most Fitting for the Occasion. Os all the special religious days in the church calendar, ' Christmas appeals most to our hearts. On Sunday December 22nd this day of days will be celebrated at the Methodist Epis-' copal church. The choir of this church has long been noted for thß'jexcellency of its music and fbt" this occasion has • prepared a ' SpetflMiy p ®ae program which, together with the sermons appropriate to IM CbfriSWts Ude, to be delivered bf Dr:-"B. Wilcox *iH wrrtce.- -'P6lfc>wfa< Uftf-tfrtW'knritor’ morning ’Uhd- even inc*.

IMPORTANT MISSION Will Vote for Six Delegates to the General Law Making Conference. An election was held at the M. E. church Wednesday morning and evening to choose a lay delegate to the annual conference to be held at Anderson April Ist, where six delegates will be elected to represent the laymen of the North Indiana conference in the general conference which will be held at Baltimore, Maryland, next year. The general conference, which as generally understood, is the law making body of the M E. church. The delegates assemble and make church laws in away similar to the legislature in making laws for the state, and delegates are sent to represent each conference of the United States the same as representatives are sent from each county of the state. The election at the church yesterday resulted in electing A. J. Smith as delegate and J. W. Vail as alternate. These gentlemen will represent Decatur in the annual conference at Anderson and at this time they will cast their vote for the election of the six delegates who will attend the general conference at Baltimore. The general conference meets but one time every four years, and their session usually continues one month, during which time the law makers, if possible, improve upon the old and make new ones. o SOME CURIOSITIES Elks Guarantee Their Performance to Be a Bigger Blunder than Ever. Many a person had a good laugh today as they perused the big bills announcing the Elks’ minstrels to be given on New Years night. The bill is headed “Our Second Stab,” given for the benefit of the Standard Oil company to assist in paying that $29,. 000,000 fine assessed by Judge Landis.” Continuing the poster says it will be a grand spectacular performance, a bigger, better, busier blunder than the one of last year. Among the curiosities to be exhibited are big long Bones, Schrockenheimer, Leather Lumpkins, the ice man, the rube, the light man, the Chinaman and 379% home grown, corn fed, dead broke ac. tors. It will be three hours of side splitting, rib-breaking amusements — coon songs, bad dancing, punk jokes, rotten specialties by a bum bunch. All the animals, including Billy Goat Bosse and the Walking Lunch Conter. will be in the big parade in the afternoon. Buy your tickets early for there’ll be a warm bunch, a chilly lot and plenty of hot air. - —-o 1 ~ SELECT DELEGATES To District Convention — Will Also Elect New County Committee Officers.

County chairman John C. Moran has issued a call for the democratic central committee to meet in this city and this will be a most important session, it being Mr. Moran’s final one. At this time a new chairman, secretary and treasurer will be elected and there may be quite a scramble for the various places of honor. At this time also the Democrats will name delegates to attend the district convention at Portland on January 2nd, and may name delegates also to the senatorial, congressional and state conventions. The contest for district chairman promises to be an interesting battle. The candidates are Lew G. Ellingham, of this city present chairman; W. H. Eichom, Bluffton; W. D. Carter, Muncie, with a dark horse or two mentioned. The convention will include 108 delegates, as follows: Adams, 15; Delaware, 19; Jay, 14; Madison, 35; Randolph 10; Wells, 15. Necessary for a choice. 55. No doubt a large delegation from Decatur and Adams county will attend this big district meeting. —o —— S. W. Peterson informed us today that he had ceased baling hay for this year and on last evening moved his machines in from the country. The season has been an extra heavy one to'this line ilr nd Mr. Peterson is more than satisfied 5 wiUi the seasqnls t work. <k»»he r thHik*:he has done something fcior’tfrMn M* stare. He expects, to start d«t*l«ain *W<t*’ aS* toon 'as 'the' seasoa will permit.

SHAKESPEARE CLUB i Held Most Enjoyable Meeting of the Season—Mr. and Mrs. Lyons to Entertain. Grandma Gunsett was a victim of a birthday surprise at the country home of her son, Mr. Henry Gunsett, south of the citsy Wednesday. When the time came for grandma to leave her home at Thirteenth street to spend the day in the country, she decided to stay at home and finish her quilt. Before convincing her she must go, her son was compelled to give a small inkling of what was doing by telling her that Mrs. J. C. Lutz and Mrs. James Fristoe were their guests for the day. so finally she gave in and proceeded to the nome. An hour after their arrival, Mr. Thomas Perkins with a sled load of ladles, and Mrs. James Fristoe and Mrs. Ed Lyons with carriages, drove into the ard and completed the surprise by stating to the honored guest that they had come to spend the day and to cele- , brate her sixty ninth birthday anniversary. The company was composed , -of Dr. S. D. Beaver’s Bible class of which grandma Gunsett is a regular j member, and a few outside guests. At . , twelve o’clock fourteen guests at a t j time were shown into the dining room where a large table was fairly groaning under the load of eatables. A i ! description of the dinner could not 1 be given by pen; all we need to mention is that very little was left. The afternoon passed by swiftly. At three- ■ thirty o’clock the company commenced to disband for their homes. Before leaving they sang “Blessed Be the Tide that Binds” and Mr. Thomas Perkins led' in prayer, after which they sang the closing hvmn, “God be with You Till We Meet 1 Again.” This part of the closing 3 1 scene was very impressive to each “ ■ member of the party. The class mem--1 bers who enjoyed such a pleasant day j were: Mesdames Fannie Fristoe Violet Perkins, Grandma Lutz, Samantha ' Dorwin, Julia Moses, Nettie Schrock, • Mary Steele. Mary True, Haley Lee, ’ Orpha Erwin, Edith Duer, Anna Lutz, 3 Vinnie Lyons, Ida Beavers, Etta x ' Tague. Outside guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gunsett, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Geo. Gunsett, Thomas Perkins, James Fristoe, Mrs. Dottie Parent, Doris Er- ? win, Piney Lyons, Bertie Gunsett, Lida r Gunsett. During the day. a beautiful e set of furs were presented to Grand- , ma. Gunsett by Mrs. S. D. Beavers in 3 behalf of the Sunday school class as ’• a remembrance.

strumental solos by Mrs. L. G. Ellingham and the Misses Irene Schirmeyer and Bessie Schrock, who illustrated the different musical composers. This number of the program was quite a treat to each one present. Immediately at the close an elegant luncheon was served, during which unique souvenirs were given the guests. They were little Christmas gifts of cushions made in shape of vegetables and flowers. The guests who were present besides the members were: Mrs. Frederic Macke, of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Ernst Weicking and daughter, Herminta of Bluffton, Mrs. David E. Studabaker, Mrs. Katherine Champer, Misses Irene Schirmeyer and Bessie Schrock. The most successful meeting of the Ladies’ Shakespeare club of this season was held' at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison on Jefferson street, Wednesday afternoon. The meeting opened with a very excellent paper on the continuation of the subject music, given by the hostess, while each member had a sub-topic which were arranged in a very careful manner. Between the readings of the different papers, the company was favored by 'instrumental and vocal solos rendered by Miss Herminta Weiking, of Bluffton, and Mrs. John Niblick while in0 The postoffice boys are coming in for their share of the hard work at this time as Uncle Sam's store seems to be doing a thriving business. The mail matter today is very heavy and as a result the carriers are forced to suffer. At this time of the vear the boys are not allowed to ring in any substitutes and are compelled to do the work themselves. Miss Johanna Fruchte arrived this noon from Terre Haute, where she has been attending school, to be the guest of her parents, John Fruchte and wife pf Magley. Ten men have signified their intention of entering the billiard, tournament that wil Ibe pulled off at the DeWitt cigar store commencing next week. The' men are all f ’fr hfaybrs and the contest should ptbve •'Mteresting and exciting. ••’A ,veryt-«pptt>-prtate wdil be tendersttJhev.wJcx fli&Jrnj: era will be cdjinot. be stated at thip time ■tf>e"<jirawiug tas - not*fis' > yet i been made.