Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1908 — Page 2

CASTOR IA For Infants sad Children. The Kind Ysti Haw Ahr sis Boaght Bears the XTr Ijw»rrra gs HERE FOUR YEARS And Was a Faithful and Esficient Christian Worker —Attend Conference Rev. A. B. Haist, who has most successfully conducted the Decatur and Calvary charges of the Evangelical chutches for four years past, will close his pastorate in this city March 30 this year. During his stay in cur city Rev. Haist has enjoyed the friendship of the people in general responsive to his faithful and efficient woik tor the betterment of community. He is possessed of a striking personality and is a forceful speaker. The Decatur Evangelical church has been greatly strengthened during his pastorate, largely due to his increasing efforts in behalf of the congregation and Christian cause. The people with whom he has been affiliated will be caused much regret to learn that he will soon depart from their midst but 'as a law of the church limits the time in each town to four years, it is necessary that he leave. The relations of Rev. Haist and the congregation were nothing but pleasant during the entir e four years and it will be a difficult task/to fill his place. On the thirtieth day of this month. Rev. Haist will leave for Huntingburg. Indiana, where conference convenes the second day of April. He will go via Indianapolis from where a special car furnished by the Pennsylvania line will convey bim and many other ministers to Huntingburg. The many friends of Mr. Haist and famii” wish for them all the success the future can hold, wherever they may cast their lot. The family will move from Decatur in about four weeks. o— HELD IN JAIL AS WITNESS.

Held in jail as a witness in a criminal case and unable to return to work so that he may send money to his wife and three children at Detroit. Mich.. Frank Gary, the former C, B. * C. section man. from whom Roy Mock is charged with stealing >3O in money on the night of January 11, is making a pitiful appeal to Prosecutor A. G. Emsh wilier, begging that he be re leased Emsh wilier, however, is afraid that if he is turned loose. Gary will not remain in Bluffton to testify against Mock at the calling of the latter’s trial at the next term of court, and will not permit him to go unless a cash bond is put up for his appearance. Gary is without any money whatever, having sent his last dollar to hi' wife and babies, and is consequently helpless. It is believed by some that the stand Emshwiller has taken is an unjust one and that habeas corpus proceedings would accomplish Gary’s liberty.—Bluffton Banner o HARRY MOTE IS RELEASED. Declared Helpless, But He Recovered Anyway.

Ha r ry Mote, “the booster from Bartlesville, Okla.’’ who became violently insane and was placed in the Richmond asylum last August, was released Wednesday afternoon. He returned to Montpelier with his brother-in-law. Frank McDorman. Ha’ry was confined in the Blackford County jail for some time prior to being admitted to the state institution for the insane. Dr. Smith announced his condition as helpless, but in spite of the physician's statements Mote improved. and it Is said, that he Is now in better condition, both mentally and bodilv. than he has been for years. Mrs. Mote and children have been staying at Bluffton Harry and his familv expect to return to Bartlesville, wher e he will again enter the barber business. —Hartford City News. A subscription paper was circulated today for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum of money to send Roy Russell, an orphan boy. who has lang trouble, to Denver, Colo. The Ladies' Home Missionary society will give a missionary tea on Thur'day, March 26th, at th e Methodist church parlors. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. The ladies will serve from five until seven c’ciock. All members of the Rebekah lodge are earnestly urged to be present Tuesday evening at their regular meeting. Business of great importance will be discussed, and the degree staff will prepare for an initiation. By order of Mr. Lieter, the captain of the degree staff.

ONE OF THE JURORS A Divorce Case—Two Marriage Licenses—C. J. Lutz Appointed Special Judge John W. Brown vs. Noah Mangold et al. to foreclose mortgage. C. J. Lutx appointed aa special judge to hear cause and assumes jurisdiction. B. W. Sholty vs. Samuel Tumbleon et al. note |BS. demurer overruled; absolute rule to answer absolute John Amspaugh vs. Noah Mangold et al. note. C. J. Lutx appointed special judge and assumes jurisdiction. Judge Merryman this morning re fused James McCullough a divorce from Bessie M McCullough as prayed for. The case was tried last Saturday. Judgment against plaintiff for costs. City of Decatur vs. G. R. & I. Ry. Co. to collect |125, for electric lights cause dismissed and costs paid. A marriage license has been granted Levi Beeler, 35, and Mary Witsman 40. The i ur T in tb® Kalver-Hurst case will reported promptly at 8.30 tomor row morning, that two hours argument may be heard before 10:30, when the court room has been promised for the use of the republicans who hold their delegate convention at that time. The arguments .will be concluded after noon.

Sadie Meyers vs. Harvey E. Meyers, was the title of a case filed last Thursday by Attorney C. L. Walters. The plaintiff wants a divorce, her most urgent reason being that her husband has for years failed to support her. They were married April 9. 1899 «and lived together until Monday of this week. They have lived on her fath er’s farm and the father has provided for the family. Mrs. Meyers asks for a divorce and the custody of the two children. Otis aged seven and Beulah aged six. A marriage license has been issued to Homer D. Osterman, 20. and Goldie F. Noffsinger. 19, both of Monroe township. o TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS They Are Peaking Progress —Treasurer After the Delinquents A petition for a macadamized stone rosd over the Aschbold road in Root township, will be presented to the commissioners at their April session. The improvement begins at the old Patterson mill and intersects with the Elzey macadam road. The township assessors are making headway with their work. The Berne meeting last Saturday showed even more than usual progress. Tomorrow they will report the work done up to date, and at this time County Assessor Gentis is well pleased with the showing made. Treasurer Lachot is busy with the tax delinquents. Stacks of letters are going out of his office conveying the information that there will be something doing should the cash for this delinquency be not forthcoming. He will make a red hot campaign, and will be content with nothing less than candy. o DITCH CASE TO BE APPEALED. Famous Little Case Wil! Go to Higher

Plans are being made by petitioners on the Little River ditch to carry to the state supreme court the litigation which has been pending since 1901, and on which Judge O. N. Heaton of Fort Wayne, with some uncertainty as to th e exact intent of the law, made a ruling adverse to the petitioners, holding that under th e law of 1907 the court had no jurisdiction. Thirty days are given for an appeal, and already papers are being prepared to perfect the appeal to the higher courts. A decision there will probably not be reached for several months. AN INFANT CHILD IS DEAD. Au infant babe, son of William and Stella Rowlln. of Monroe township, died Thursday iuoruiug and was buried during the afternoon at the Smith Chapel cemetery. The records show that death was due to prematurity. Mrs. Rcwiia is recovering. -— o James Parks, of Van Wert, was attending to business here today.

obituary. In life we are in the midst of death. It is appointed unto man once to die. In accord with that appointment, death claimed Joseph Hocker, one of Monroe's prominent business men at 1:30 ioclock Tuesday afternoon. Mar. 17. Death came most unexpected and when the news spread through the village and afterward near and far, over telephone, to his children and relatives in other parts of the country and state, every one said “It cannot be; Joseph Hocker dead? No. it can- | not be!’’ But we are often forced to | believe the most unweltotr' news, and as his neighbors cim< into the home, and the friends arrived one by one, faith became sight, the report was confirmed, we saw that again Mother journey was ended, his spirit had gone. Yes. Joseph Hocker is dead. The family has for the first time been broken, and they are called to pass through an experience altogether unknown prior to this time. Mr. Hocker had not been considered seriously ill, though he had not been well for more than a month. On the day of his death, he ate dinner with the family, and at i:3O o’clock, while working in the store he was seised with neuralgic pain. He walked from the store to a couch in the sitting room, where he died before effective medical aid could be administered. And thus ended the career of husband, father, brother, comrade and neighbor. Joseph Hocker was bora In Starke county, Ohio. March 11. 1848. and was at the time of his death, 60 years and 6 days of «ge. He was the third in the family of Stephen and Susan Hocker, and was one of nine children born to this union. Os this family four brothers and one sister survive him. The brothers are Samuel H.. of Bluff ten; C. W., of Elkhart; Abe, of Berne; Franklin P.. of Oklahoma and the sister is Mrs. Mary Baumgartner, of Berne. Vary early in life Joseph came with his parents to Decatur county, Ind., thence returned with them to Stark county, Ohio. A little later the par ents came back to Indiana, locating this time in Adams county. In the year 1864 at the immature age of sixteen years, as a substitute, he enlisted in the army, being assigned to Co. K. 48th Indiana infantry. He served only nine months or to the close of the war, and though he did not see much service, he performed the duties assigned him and has always taken pride in the fact that he was a soldier in th e war. He has always loved the veterans and great patriotism has swelled within him as he thought of those who, with him wore the blue But he has answered the last roll call, as soon, every comrade of the Grand Army of th,» Republic must answer that call, and be. with tender hands laid beneath the sod. Ho loved his country well, and his feelings for the old flag, might be expressed in words like the following: Long may the star spangled banner wave, o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Mr. Hocker came to Monroe more than 29 years ago. Most of the time since, he has been engaged in the drug business. It is not known, if ever in all that time, be has been accused of dishonest dealings. For sixteen years he was postmaster. He has practically seen the town grow to its present size, having been there before the town was a telegraph station or the trains would stop except on flag. The rough side of Joseph Hocker was out. He was no hypocrite. Everybody knew where he stood, and though he often stood on the wrong side of important questions, yet all knew that underneath the rough exterior there beat a kind heart. He had many stanch friends. He was an accommodating neighbor. He will be missed by all. More than 39 years ago, he took the hand of Jesteen Sunier in the bonds of holy wedlock and their home was blessed with six children, four boys and two girls. At the cost of great labor and self sacrifice on the part of the parents all th e children were given the best education which the neighborhood afforded, and Mrs. Hocker was often known to remark. “I have educated my children.” Many friends with all the sorrowing family, survive him. Funeral services from the home at 10:00 o’clock Thursday morning. March 19. in charge of Rev. E. L. Jones. Interment in Berne cemetery. —— o PHILLIP HENKLE SERIOUSLY ILL His Aunt. Mrs. D. E. Studabaker, Summoned to Goshen. Mrs. D. E. Studabaker and son David left on the 10:30 car this morning for Goshen in response to a message received shortly before that little Philip Henkel, of Chicago, was fatally ill of pneumonia, where he and his mother were visiting The lads mother was formerly Miss Gertie Geddis a niece of Mrs. Studabaker, and visited here on various occasions and the serious illness of little Phillip is sad news for the Decatur friends of the family.

FISH TRADE IRREGULARITIES. Pure Food Violation® are Reported t< Federal Authorues. According to H. E Barnard, stats food and drug commissioner, the fist trade of Indiana is in a demoralised condition, and consumers are paying for fish they nerer get. As a result Mr. Barnard has reported to the fed eral authorities that certain fish pack era outside the state are swindling the i people of Indiana. The retailer whe i sells fish at short weight is not amen , able to the law so long as the fish are sold in th e unbroken pail, and this way it is necessary to appeal to the federal authorities to get at the hotI tom of the evil. Frank W. Tucker, inspector in the food department of the state board of health, found numerous violations of the law at Peru last week. Investigation showed that pails jof fish which were supposed to weigh six pounds net, weighed in some instances as low- as four pounds. All of the six-pound pails in a carload were one-fourth of a pound to one pound short in weight This meant that the consumers of thia caritMd of fish would pay 150 for fish they never received. ANOTHER PIPE LINE COMING. Ohio Oil Company |« Again Taking Right of Way Deeds. Fterty right of way deeds for the laying of the pipe lines of the Ohio Oil company, a branch of the Standard OH company, through forty farms cf Grant county farmers in the southeast and eastern portions of the county were filed of record In the office of the Grant county recorder Wednesday, says the Marion News-Tribune. It is the preliminary step in the traversing of the county with the pipe line system which is to be a part of the big network which will eventually lead from the Robinson (Ill.) oil fields to the eastern refineries.

Gangs of workmen who have been employed for th e last month laying the pipe line through Madison county, and are now on the Grant county line, are practically through with their task to the south of this county, and will be ready in a few days to cross into the Grant county field. Scores of these workmen have been camped at the outer edg e of Summitville for the last several weeks. The pipe line now being laid is known as the Martinsville-Montpelier pipe line system. It is a part of the great network being laid throughout the state and neighboring states by the Standard Oil company for the transportation of the crude oil to the refineries. The Grant county field has already been tapped by another part of the system, and it is believed the lines now being laid will also connect with the local fields. ITS ONLY A NEWSPAPER STORY o Says M ss Good of Her Engagement to Congressman Rauch. If Congressman George Rauch and Miss Good are engaged to marry Dr. Good knows nothing about it. Dr. Good was asked by a newspaper re porter if there w-as any truth in the rumor and his reply was, “If there is, the old doctor is not next.” Supposing the case should turn out to be a truth in reality, wouldn't it be an interesting situation? And wouldn’t it be better to let pa stay at home and send the daughter to Washington? Sure, ladies first every time, said Charley. Miss Good says there is absolutely no truth in the story and declares it is a campaign fabrication. However, she admits that Mr. Rauch and her self are good friends. Miss Good and Congressman Rauch are fourth cousins and the story is of unusual interest considering that Mr. Rauch and the girl’s father are aspiring to the same honor, taking it for granted that the Eleventh district democrats will nominate Rauch as their congressional candidate. —— _ HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE. A house owned by O. N. Tyndall, located in Pleasant Mills, and occupied by Dick Boyd, was partially destroyed by fire at 5:30 a. m. Saturday. The blaze originated from a defective flue and spread rapidly the entire roof and a part of the kitchen being destroyed before the flr e was controlled by the neighbors, who quickly gathered and formed a bucket brigade. The loss to the house is estimated at S3OO fully insured in the Graham & Scott agency, while Mr. Boyd’s loss is estimated by himself at $l3O, insured with L. C. Helm.

FOLKS KIDNEY CURE sEi I Will cure any case of RiHn. Do not risk bevond the reach of medicir®” 6 M B , adder Disease not UOiTn„. No m ?dicine c«n do more. x mol phouse drug company ■

CONVENTION MAR. 21 Delegates Selected to the State and Congressional 1 Convention — Contests f _ Sandwiched in between the argus meets in the fertiliser case, came the ’ republican mass convention to select delegates to the state and congressional conventions. Whether the ' time was planned with th e idea that ‘ the odor from the famous nuisance caae might aid in the productiveness ‘ of the results, or not. we eannot say. but at any rate pursuant to a cal! made ' byCounty Chairman Frisinger several hundred republicans gathered at the ' court room at 10:30. More than usual interest was manifested and the court room was packed when Mr. Frisinger called the meeting to order. Seven delegates to the state and district con- ’ venions and as many alternates were chosen, and at the same place the republicans of Washington township selected a candidate for trustee. It was 10:40 when Mr. Frisinger announced the purpose of the meeting, fa a short talk. Upon motion by F L. Litterer the old war horse. Judge Robert S. Peterson was unanimously chosen as permanent chairman nf the convention and assumed his duties after a five minute talk. L. A. Graham was selected as permanent secretary upon motion by Mr. Frisinger. The, county was divided into seven districts for the purpose of selecting the delegates. and each was given a part of the court room in which to hold their side convention, while a centarl voting system for the selection of a trustee condidate, voting by ballot at the chairman’s tablg,. After a half hour's commotion the results were made known as follows: District No. 1. Union. Root, Preble and Kirkland —State convention delegate. John Evans; alternate. Harry Butler. Congressional delegate. Chas. Munrma e ; alternate. D. M. Rice. District No. 2, second and third wards Decatur —state delegate. C. L. Walters; alternate. W. A. Lower. Con gressionaP <Jelegate, Dan Weikel; alternate. M. L. Rice. District No. 3, first ward Decatur and Washington township—state delegate, J. M. Frisinger; alternate, Jacob Rawley. Congressional delegate, Jas. G. Smith; alternate, Al Garard. District No. 4, St. Marys and North 1 Blue Creek —State delegate. R. O. Ellston; alternate, Wm. Teeple. Congres-: sional delegate, J. P. Hilyard; alternate C. A. Krugh. District No. 5. Monroe and French township and Berne -State delegate. James Louden; alternate, John Hilty. I Congressional delegate, O. P. M. An-| drews; alternate D. R. Grinnell, District No. 6. Wabash and Geneva — ■ State delegate, Sam Teeters: alternate W. A. Wells. Congressional delegate. ! W. A. Aspy; alternate, I. N. Dickerson. | District No. 7. Jefferson. S. Blue Creek and Hartford townships--State j delegate, G. W. Brewster; alternate, i Ed Ferry. Congressional delegate, C. C. Jones: alternate Luther Martin.

The hardest fights were in the delegate election of District No. 2 where Isador e Kalver and C. L. Walters fought it out. The trustee election continued until 12:15 o clock and 269 votes were cast. There were three candidates, Elmore Cook. C. B. Poling and Samuel Butler. Jacob Rawley and E. B. Adams were clerks and J. W. Teeple judge. The result follows: Butler 141; Poling 78 and Cook 50. Mr. Butler is a resident of this city and a member of the firm of Butler & Butler, cement contractors. NOTES. Uncle Nate Hawkins, of Portland, was the only candidate for congress who was present and he was not very noisy. It was a hard meeting to fathom. Cromer and antis mingled in a mysterious manner and Frisinger surprised all when named Graham for permanent secretary. Judge Peterson was at home i n the office of permanent chairman and handled the meeting in old time form. Editor Fred Rohrer, the Berne tea m lea ” °” e of the factlons in a fight m the fifth district. and Geneva each sent a delegation which Attorney Frank Cottrell estimated at lfi.ooo,

AT HALL LAST NIGHI : Fifteen Candidates Were In itiated Into Encampment Degrees One of the most important and tn teresting events that has ever beei held in our city by an organlxatki was the district meeting of the en , eampments of the I. O. O. F. lodgi held at hall Friday night.with men a , 1 prominence in lodge circles preeen to assist In the initiatory work. Bq resentative members from Berne, Ge neva and Linn Grove to the numbe lof fifty and the Decatur members wt-r ‘ royally entertained at the Andersoi & Baker restaurant to a six o’clnci banquet after which they repaired t the hall for the evening’s wor] Promptly at eight o’clock initiator I work in the patriarchal degree ensaei five candidates being given the wor Five candidates were Initiated into t| mysteries of the Golden Rule and the same number in the royal pu pie during the session. At tw»h o’clock the work was completed at speeches were made by Joseph Ha grand junior warden of grand e representative of sovereign of q iworld; H. W. Hodson, of Martinsvil] grand juniro warden of gram e catnpment and L. C. Helm, of U lefty, grand patriarch of the state, i of which were highly appreciated I ' all. Another banquet was in ord at thf close of the speeches. T] Geneva encampment did the initiato work Under their administration, ■ C. Helm, grand patriarch and Jose® Hall, of Indianapolis, grand Instruct® have taken in more candidates th® have been during the part fifteen y.-a® in the same length of time and th® Iwork is pleasing to all concern® Indiana is the strongest in the wo® in the patriarchal and fellowship A grees and they hope to maintain t® honor. On next Monday night M-="® Helm and Hall will go to Fortvi® Indiana. wher e Candida® will be initiated Into the order. N® Thursday they will take in Candida® at Monon and in the near future tl® expect to encampment® Gary. Indiana L C. Helm of t® place will retire from the exalted ® sition ot grand patriarch of the st®| the twentieth dry of next Novemfc I and he will be succeeded by J. ■, ' McSheehy, of Logansport, a n-®i paper man, who has published j Chronicle for years. 1 —■ —- o — ASK PRESIDENT FOR PROS® Collinwood Folks Desire Federal quiry Into Fire.

Cleveland Ohio. .March 20.—Deci ing their belief that no one could held responsible under the Ohio I for thg fire that dstroyed the Cci | wood school building in which I childrn lost their lives, the parent: j those who perished, at a meeting 1 in the village last night, decided to peal to President Roosevelt for ait obtaining the enactment of a meal that will result in a federal inn gatio of the fire. A committee was pointed to draft resolutions reqt ing the president to urge legisla that will apply to all such disasl Coroner Burke, after an exhaus investigation, found that there wafl statute in Ohio that could be invifl in this particular case and so infer® the committee of Collinwood men fl called npon him. —— -o -g DOWNING WILL JOIN MINIS® Well Known Actor Will Leave SB flor Good. Robert L. Downing, the actor. Bl has often been seen in and other romantic plays which an ert conceived called for all strength of his resonant voice. is® to have abandoned the stage wi® view to entering the ministry. determination of Downing to quit® ing and go to preaching will astiffi , nobody as much as it will the bauds who hav e heard the recting things behind the local stage hand says that Downing “cussed” he never soft pedal and the person could understand every word :id®| ed to him.

The second division of the 1 section will entertain the Ladies' society of the Methodist churl the home of Mrs. Sim Fordyl Fourth street, Friday afternoon ladies and friends are invited tend.