Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1908 — Page 2

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» 111 "I—- -. Mrs John Bixler went to Decatur this noon accompanied by her son an 3 daughter. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fetters of Warren, and by ‘'Grandma'- Bixler, Who will spend the summer at Decatur The other members of the party will return home next week. —Bluffton News. Excitement was at high tension on east Monroe street Monday afternoon when a big electric light wir e conducting 2.000 volts of electriciy burned through and each end fell to the ground. J. Elzey anemploye of the Citizens - Telephone company was engaged in taking down a Central Union line, when in some manner he cut several wires which fell across an uninsulated electric wire. The electric wire burned immediately and the eight wires which lay across same were heavily charged. Th e charged wires were strung across the street and alley in such a manner as to make it almost impassable for a team of horses to pass without coming in contact with same. The electric light plant was shut down for several minutes to allow the workmen time to remove the wires and thus no serious results wer e sustained. Several men were stationed at different places to keep barefooted boys and curious men from being electrocuted. James Hahn, the Monroe young man who has been a conspicuous character in Decatur police circles for several years, again appeared in the limelight. He brutally assaulted Eley in a saloon and officers Fisher and Behnke arrested him. He was arraigned before Mayor France shortly after his arrest and was assessed sls. The docket was staid and the young desperado was released. Marshal Bohnke reoeived a telephone messag e from Hartford City Monday morning asking him to be ”n the alert for a stolen horse. A young man hired tlhe outfit from a livery man at that place and when last seen !he had two girls with him headed this way. Daniel Straub, a familiarly known character about Decatur, figured in a saloon brawl Saturday night and as a consequence was landed in jail. He was arraigned before Mayor France Monday morning and was assessed the usual amount sls. Daniel staid the docket and was released.

After only an hour and ten minutes for consideration, the jury returned a verdict Saturday afternoon at 3:50 finding Herman Miller guilty of the murder of Marshal Croy, of Woodburn ,in the first degree and fixed his punishment at confinement in th e states prison for life. They retired at 2:20 and at 3:30 sent word that they had agreed. Judge Erwin ani Mr. Underwood, attorneys for Miller, immediately filed a motion for a new trial, and wer e given thirty days in which to file their written reasons. Judge O’Rourke thanked the jurors and dismissed them and Herman Miller, in charge of Sheriff Grice, left the court room for the county jail, where he will await his transfer to the prison at Michigan City. Mrs. Columbus widow of the murdered marshal, heard the reading of the verdict. She was sitting outside the railing behind Miller. She was visibly affected when the words fixing the guilt and the punishment of her husband's slayer were read, and after court adjourned she said, when spoken to by a JoumilGazette representative: “I feel that justice has been done.” Miller had nothing to say, and was taken to jail by Sheriff Grice. During Sunday his wife and children called on him and he wept several times. The JournalGazette said Monday morning: Public opinion generally seems to indorse the verdict of conviction. Th e murder of Croy aroused deep feeling all over the county, and the early failure to make any arrests or to secure indictments w-as the caus e of unfavorable comment that was universal. It is generally conceded that the state made a strong case against Miller and among attorneys th e opinion prevails that he will not be able to secure a new trial,

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Word has reachexl our city an! nouncing the death of the mother of W P. Edmundson, who formerly was manager of the Decatur Lumber company The aged lady passed away at after suffering from paralysis tor some time. The news of her demise will cause sorrow among her many friends. Robert D. Beery, son of Joseph D. Beery of this city, who some time ago went to Mott, North Dakota for bls future abode and was elected subs»?quently to the office of couny auditor, was re-nominated at the primary election held there the twenty-fourth day of this month. ‘'Bob” is a hustler and is admired by a host of Adams coun-y people. He is possessed of excellent business qualifications and is a good jolly and sociable young man. It is safe to say that he will not betray the confidence reposed in him by the people of Hettinger county. N. D. A grand time is to be had at Maple Grove Park next Saturday; July 4. The management has engaged good attrac.ions beside having arranged for ap. elaborate display of fireworks la the evening. Prof. DeKay, the human torch, who makes the slide for life with his clothing on fire, is scheduled for the evening's entertainment, and an interesting time is expected. Decatur merchants should all read the following little article, written by E. G. McQuinn. sales manager of the Hoosier Mfg. Co., of Indianapolis and headed “Furniture Advertising that Pays.” Along with this we wish add that our idea has always been that the proper time to advertise is when business has fallen off. Mt. McQuinn says: Several hundred dollars hav e been practically out of business for three or four months. They a: e not doing any business because they are putting in their tim e talking hard times and complaining. in place of advertsing and hustling. Every live merchant know s that this is true and is taking advantage of the opportunity this condition

provides him to strengthen his own position. I know of one merdbant who actually increased his summer sales by keeping his stock in good shape and advertising when the other dealers in the town didn’t have the nerve to do it. Th e advertiser got the pie—the other fellows took the crumbs, and that is the way it always goes. The man why waits for business to come to him in place of going after it, and who regards advertising as a useless expense. never gets anything more than the crumbs which fall from the advertiser’s table. I spent practically all of the momh in the Chicago and New York markets, and I met dozens of merchants who expect to increase their business this year. They are not the kind who arc satisfied with “their share.” They get all they can and keep all they get, and they do it by the right kind of advertising. When the dealers who are not pushing and advertising for business finally wake up they will find that thes e merchants have a lot of their business and have it for keeps, too. Rev. N. C. Shirey, district manager of the anti-saloon league, discussed their work to a fair sized audience at the M. E. church Sunday morning. The speaker claimed the league had neither politics or religion, and their bole aim in life was the banishing of th e liquor traffic from the state. They want to hold fast to the Moore remonsrance law. and at the same time favor local option with the county as a unit. In this respect the league ts in variance with the arguments of the prohibitionists, as they contend that but one law can \e constitutional upon any one subject. The speaker endorsed the Democratic

Candidates for the , legislature in Adams, Wells and Miami counties, but severely opposed the senatorial ambitions of Steven B. Fleming. At the game hour Pref. Whitenock, formerly a professor of history in the South Bend high school and now manager of the anti-saloon work for the Terre Haute district. gav e a similar argument at the Presbyterian church. He gave no facts as to when a direct fight would begin in this territory but simply gav e an account of the leagues work in the past and how it is done. Rev. Minton was scheduled for here, but a change was made on Saturday and Prof. Whitenock came in his stems. The occasion was Temperance Day, observed generally all over the country. At the close, a collection wa s taken for the support of the league, the donations to be quarterly for a year. Temperance services were also conducted at the various otfcer churches during the day, the two evangelists putting in a busy day. At the conclusion of services at the various churches last evening a bosi-j nes s men’s session was held at the Methodist cfhurch. where th e possibility and plans for starting an antisaloon campaign in Decatur were discussed. Varied opinions were expressed and a committee was appointed to investigate and report some time during the week. About twenty men attended the meeting.

Mrs. DeVilbiss went to Fort Wayne this morning, she being joined by her father. Mr. Kunkle, at Monmouth, where they will proceed to Fort Wayne and visit the DeVilbiss fruit farm north of that city. Mrs. W. A. Warner. of Decatur, who has been making a short visit here, returned home this noon She was accompanied by her hostess. Mrs. W A Markley, who will mak e a short visit with her and with other Decatur friends.-—Bluffton News. Alva Shoemaker, of Oklahoma, son of John Shoemaker, who was married at Marion on the 13th inst.. left with his wife for Maricn Saturday after a visit here with his parents. They will visit in Maron a few days and from there go to their future home in Oklahoma, where Mr. Shoemaker is engaged in the oil business. —Geneva Herald. Mr and Mrs. A. J. Latchaw, of Findlay, Ohio, left on the Wednesday evening train for their home, having been to Berne attending the marriage of their son Guy C Latchaw and Miss Lillian Egly which took place Wednesday noon at the home of the bride's parents. Mr, and Mrs. William Egly. Mr. and Mrs. Guy La'.chaw left on the same train for Findlay, where they will reside. —Portland Sun. Postmaster H. P. Loveland, of Peru has bene notified that unless many of of the roads in Miami county are improved within 90 days the government will order several rural routes out of Peru abandoned. Postmaster Loveland has called a convention of township trustees, road supervisors and farmers, to be held in the Commercial Club rooms July 11, to take steps toward the improvement of the roads.

Messrs. G. M. Wilson. John Burris. Henry Stahl and C. O. Rayn of Geneva attended the I. O. O. F. lodge at Berne last Thursday night. The initiatory and third degree were conferred on candidates. The visitors all enjoyed a very fine time. Berne lodge voted to attend the Geneva lodge the first meeting night in August. and this order will try to have some candidates ready for degrees to be conferred on that night.—Geneva Herald. John Fulk is now attempting to organize a company for the manufacture of on e of his new perpetual motion machines. Some time ago an account was given of Mr. Fulk’s work along this line and the flattering success he had achieved. He now wishes to give a practical illustration of bis theories and it is for this the company is being organized. Already he has secured several men to go in with him. and if successful in getting others, th e engine will be made.—Bluffton Banner. A telephone message to J. L. Snyder from Decatur this morning, brought the word that Morrow, the Fashion shoe clerk, was taken suddenly and rather seriously ill at that place last evening and is now confind to his room at the Murray hotel, unable to removed to this city. Gene went to Fort Wayne yesterday and attended the ball game, going from Fort Wayne to Decatur to call on friends and intending to return home on the Commercial Traveler last night.— Bluffton Banner. If a man I, down on his luck and thinks he is tired of farming because he cannot lay up something year by yeas, just let him (remember that there are thousands of men as honest as he, who are working in the cities at day or week labor and eat up everything they make so that if they get out of work for a day they must go in debt for rent and fo«d, and let him be thankful that he has a hearth and home of his own and roof to cover himself and family and that

he can raise enough wholesome food to live on, and breathe wholesome air and call no man master.—Exchange Fred Stevens was in Bluffton last evening for a short call on his brother T. B Stevens He had been on a trip to various points and is incidentally looking for an opening for a good hotel. The News is informed that he is not a member of the new hotel firm which incorporated Tuesday under the name of the W. D. Jones company, of Fort Wayne, with a capital stock of $7,000, with John McAlevy, HarryPalmer and Mary C. Rossiter, incorporators. Mr. Stevens returned to Fort Wayne last night and he was visited there today by his brother, L. B. Stevens, and wif e and son Belden. —Bluffton News Mr. and Mrs. Pete Carolos and the members of the party of Greeks that went to the old country early in the spring to spend the summer, ar e now in New York and will return to Marion in a few days. A telegram was I received in Marion Tuesday evening i announcing the saf e arrival of the party in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Carolos and their party have been in Sparta, Greece, and they have visited Athens, Rome and other famous cities. Mr. Caroles is a member of the firm of Chocos and Carolos, proprietors of the confectionery store at Fourth and Washington streets.— Marion Leader.

Rev. C. U. Wade, Rev. J. K. Cecil, and A. B. Cline, left this morning for Warren, where tney wi!' make a short business visit In the interests of the Old Peoples Home Mr. Cline was elected a trustee of the home during his absence while on his recent trip through Europe and the Holy Land. Bluffton News. The regular meeting Wednesday evning of the Bluffton lodge No. 92, Knights of Pythias, was an epochmaking event in the history of the order. A splendid class of forty-seven new members was initiated, raising the total to 330, and in addition to this increase beyond the long-coveted three hundred mark, the lodge took steps which means another large class, and the enthusiasm is such that predictions are freely made that the lodge will reach the four hundred mark by October first, and eventually will go to the splendid figure of 500 members. —Bluffton Chronicle.

To foreclose a mechanic's lien for $3,000 against five miles of the track and roadbed of th e C. B. & C. railread in Lancaster township. Philip J. Herzig and Herman M. Herzig. the firm of Herzig Bros., ooutraetors, have brought suit in the circuit court. The defendants in the case are the Inland Construction company, which employed the plaintiffs: the C., B. & C. Railway company, and J. C. Curtins. general manager and receiver of the line. Before this suit could be brought permission was first granted by the Huntington circuit court, as the road is in the hands if a receiver. There is not much doubt but that Bluffton will be going out to the west side ball ground rooting for Bluffton's own team in the 1.-O. league around about July 4th. Ever since the letter came from Maggert stating that be would come to Bluffton at any time to manage and captain a team, the bug has been working, until this morning it began to bore in to the extent that an effort to do something was started. It is already known that finances can be raised, and all that remains is to locate some good players, who seem plentiful this year, and start doing business. The I. ’O. league now has four teams and want two more, and it is expected that Kokomo and Bluffton will take a go in the league.—Bluffton Banner.

In a runaway nonh of Bluffton, W. J. Dustman, democratic nominee for county treasurer of Wells county, was severely injured. He and Richard Rienhard wer e driving to the home of Mr. Dustman in Villa North ia a wagon belonging to Rienhard. when the team of horses became frightened and ran away. Dustman jumped from the wagon. He was picked up with both bones of the right leg broken above the ankle, but it is not. thought internal injuries will develop. Rienhard stayed with the team and succeeded in stopping them after they had run a mile, and he escaped without injury. A marriage license was issued last Wednesday to Mr. Philip Leander Andrews and Mis s Lillian B. Lewton. both of this city and both popular and well known. The details of the wedding were not made public, an ffort being made to keep the affair a secret until they had departed on their wedding tour. Mr. Andrews has been prominent in Decatur affairs for a number of years and has a wide acquaintance, having served as postmaster for four years, practiced law and for a year or, so was editor of the. Decatur Journal. His bride is also well known, being a daughter of the late Perry Lewton, an ex-sheriff of th* county. While the plans for their future is also a secret, it is intimated that they may reside in the far west in the not very distant future as Mr. Andrews has been talking of such a move for some time. Charles Rainier, formerly of this city ,who last October purchased a restaurant at Willshire, disposed of same last Monday to Charles Lackey, the man who abandoned the Eagle saloon a few weeks ago, leaving a large number of creditors in this city. Mr. Rainier did a flourishing business at the Ohio town and while there mad e a host of friends by his upright principles and courteous treatment. Mr. Lackey, the new proprietor, was in business in this city for some time. He purchased the Eagle saloon from L. L. Shelin e and after conducting same for some time he did not find it to be a very prosperous business so he packed his belongings and left the city unexpectedly. However he was not broke as he had at least part of the necessary lucr e to pay for the restaurant he has purchased. It is hoped that Mr. Lackey doe? not make a mysterious disappearance from the enterprising town of Willshire as he has from Decatur.

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The Ministerial association of Mar- ' ion is back of a move to establish a • stone pile for the clty P‘dson«’' s The I ministers point to the ineffectiveness of imprisonments without labor and io the inconsistency of handling prisoners better than they might expect outside the iron bars. The stone pile has a moral effect that the ministers seek to obtain. They believe there would be less drinking and less misdemeanors of other sorts under a regime of the working policy. At the Methodist church in Wabash the minister, Rev. Dan H- Guild, has ruled that coats are not requisite for worship. Consequently hereafter the men attending services will be privileged to discard their coats. Rev. Guild says it is a return to sanity and country simplicity, which is decidedly lin good taste this sort of weather. Rev. Guild is a member of the Northern Indiana Conference quartette. In Decatur some of the women attending Methodist services remove their merry widows. As yet the men have not removed their coats.

To the editor of the Daily Democrat —You may publish this notice for the benefit of all the farmers that arc not familiar with the city milk and cream ordinance. This ordinance only affects those who sell milk and cream within the city limits. Those who make and sell butter only are not required to have their cows examined as the state pure food laws govern the butter as that comes under the food laws of the state, and as there Is a misunderstanding of the new milk and cream ordinance of the city I authorize you to publish this notice so that all the farmers understand what the new ordinance is for. If they wish to sell milk and .cream in the city of Decatur they must then have their cows examined and get a license to do so, but to sell butter they need not take out license or have their cows examined. Hoping that this makes the matter plain, I am rspectfully yours, DR. H. E. KELLER, Secy. Board of Health. Fire which started at two o'clock Friday atfernoon destroyed the S. W. Peterson barn in the sou‘b part of the city and the home of his son Frank Peterson, with a total loss of perhaps $3,000. The origin of the fire is unknown, The big barn was filled will baled hay and the blaze was fierce and rapid in its headway. Mr. Peterson's loss could not b e estimated. but will probably not be less than SSOO to S6OO. The home of Frank Peterson nearby, a pretty little cottage, was soon ablaze and was beyond control before anything could be saved. Every piece of furnitur e and all the family’s totally destro’-' 1 ' F -Vsl-s i chided an olds" -h’r °d '"ble waier set, which h e sc’urf' iri Cnl"'. --d - ’ ic’' he valued r: $1 W H< -'«o I t n $70.00 set of harness. His lew is estimated at $2,000 beside the water set, with SI,OOO insurance on the house and SSOO on She contents. The hom e of Charles Peterson, also near, looked like it was doomed and all his household goods were removed, but the flames were controlled before they spread to that building. Mrs. J. D. Bollinger delightfully entertained a few of her friends at her home on west Monroe street in honor of Mrs. E. S. Bollinger, of Columbia City. Th e evening was spent in a good social way and at a late hour dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Those present included Msdames Doak, C. Hower, M. Berry, Fred Heuer, L. Annen, J. Harris, Sellemeyer, L. Baumgartner, Franks, D. O. Steele, E. S. Bollinger, of Columbia City, and the Misses Lilly Steele, Pearl Baumgartner and Flossie Billinger.

Miss Goldie Brown, of Chicago, and Miss Stella Ellis, of Decatur, who are the guests of Miss Estella Gerhardt of south Thirteenth street, have been honor guests at a number of social functions since their arrival and the remainder of th e week is booked with interesting outings for them. Monday night they attended tb e K. of C. dance and last night a theater party was given them to see “Twelfth Night” presented by Maude Adams, which was followed by a luncheon. This afternoon they attended a party given at the.hom e of Miss Hinton and tomorrow afternoon and evening a boating party ha R been planned for them Thursday evening they will have a brewery party. On Saturday evening Mis s Brown and Miss Ellis will go to Indianapolis where they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cooper for a few weeks before returning home. Mis s Gerhardt will go to Indianapolis about July 1 where she will visit Miss Brown and Miss Ellis at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cooper.Terre Haute Tribune.

A great time will be had « Grove Park the fourth and sis July. The management has ing undone In securing the Ter " ® attractions. Tills season's acreage of toma . says an Indiana packer, win be 20 per cent short. “We are reCf ,,. almost daily reports of serious i age to the ’omatoes—inroads hs been made by cut-worms, army W( j and other pests. Os course, som { . ,i age was expected, and most of packers thought that they had situation fully discounted, but a« season advanced our country cli, who had contracted acreage of to toes with us kept calling f or n plants to replace thos e destroyed the worms, until our stock of ph was depleted. Since that tinu c plaints of damage have still been celved. but now it is too ] a t e plant. -

That Decatur can well be calle manufacturing city is evidenced the fact that many useful articles made within the boundaries of city. Ther e are but few peopi e realize the enormity of the volume business carried on in our enten ing place and for that reason quote tb e different articles manu tured in the city: Washing machii cement blocks, shingles and pin mittens, gloves, tile, brick, whipsux castings, forgings, ax handles, broo flour, ice cream, soft drinks, inct tors, furnaces, automobiles, fann mills, grain separators, wire fei Acme medicine, B. B. Ointment, mo ments, wagons, harness, egg cai butter tubs, barrel staves, htwps fillers for eggs. With these mi flourishing industries it Is no won that Decatur people prosper even wl the surrounding cities experience pressions in business. Everybi should boost cur town and help mi it even better than it is. Bert Segur, one of the most pi perous young men that Decatur I ever produced, who recently gradt ed from Purdue university with ing honors, in civil engineering, ceived a civil servic e commission few days ago. and Wednesday mo ing he left for San Francisco, fn whence he will sail for the Philipp islands July 1, wher e he will w( in the government’s employ. Mr. gur, while at college, was recognl: as one of the most intelligent and i gent students on th e roll. His grai were very creditable. In the civil 3 vice examination he recently took, 1 1 Segur had the coveted average 94 per cent. While awaiting the turns from his examination, Bert w< to Angola, where he took a semi-n mal course of study. The governmi which has justly been git : ” tb 1 ’ ‘"-ter —izing young man c I lies • i*l it t' ? neat salary of sl,l I”'— y i- ss a starter, with peri t'al r jv-nce and all of his i peases are paid by the governmi for his transportation from Chia to the Philippines and all other I cruing expenses necessary in his tr els. The very best wishes of all 1 catur people accompany Mr. Segur his far off home. A very important transaction 1 occurred in telephone circles witl th e past day or two and the res should b e appreciated by the path of this modern mode of communi ’ tlon in this section. The Cent .Union or Bell Telephone coinpt , have disposed of all their lines ; this pan. of th e country to the Ul ed Telephone company of Bluffton I have as a consequence withdra from this field so to speak. By an rangement entered into with I Bluffton company, the Citizens a pany of this city now have the use all the lines from this territory. s

ing them service to Cincinnati, C cago, Pittsburg, New York, in fact the large cities as well as the smal ones, everywhere in the United Stat reached by 'phone. As a consequei the Bell booth at the newstand 1 been cut off and foreign service now secured through the local phe offices. It is quite likely that a do’ town booth will be established witl a few days by the Citizens’ cotnpa It is assured that this arrange®’ will b e more satisfactory to all I patrons than heretofore. The $5,000 stock offered f° r sale the Citizens’ company a few days < at $1,20 was “gobbled” up quickly a the entire bunch has already spoken for, showing the high placed upon this stock here. The of for this guaranteed six per cent st< was first made to the stockhokh and so anxious wer e they to secun that four times as much c 0 have been disposed of without -c outside of the original company. 1 a record certainly speaks wel 1 ot local institution. _