Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1909 — Page 1

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I UviEW OF DECISION REFUSED I I Washington, D. d, Jah. 4.—(Special) ■ : -The supree court today denied the i petition of the government for a re®l rlew of the decision which overruled I Judge Landis’ >29,000,000 fine of the li |taiidard Oil company. — I | A sufferer for months from a comI plication of ailments, “Tommy" Mc- ■ Wulty for many years a resident of I Decatur, died Saturday evening at the I ( ||Dunty infirmary at the age of sevI ent-two years. The aged man who I (h the early history of Decatur moved I jo this city was well and favorably I known by almost" every resident. He I Krked for a number of masons here I capacity tender, and his I jpsrvices were always In demand. As I * consequence of his geuerousness, Igowever, he failed to provide for the I P lture ’ and when stricken witll an all ' I Sent he was forced to seek .food and L ■belter at the county Institution, lilriiere for ninety days he has hover- * tod between life and death. The deI Leased Was born in Pennsylvania, alII |thi.ugh he has lived here almost his I'tentlre Jiffe. The jrealns were t<ikI Jen to Fort Wayne Tuesday morning I rvla Fort Wayne & Springfield interI j turban, where he was burled by a I nitee who Is said to be his only surI pricing relative. Many Decatur peoI p'e will sadly miss the smiling coiinI Stance of “Tommy’* who has been a I norite among his acquaintances. ♦ I 1 » .... .. I pMrs. Asa Blunt, who has gained II ftpre or less notoriety recently on I account of the escapades of her hus>ind, and who was offered a home ]My a Mr. Miller in the columns of ■his paper, called at this office a few Wcftnents after the paper was out and a desire to accept the kind She Immediately sent word to ■*, Miller, and it is probable that K" will have a good home so long ■ she cares to do her part. ■n response to a telephone message the chief of police at Lima, Ohio, Bouncing the arrest and detainment lBw re of Asa Blount - wanted here on i jury indictment, chargign him IlWfth the serious crime of criminal asMpault on Fay Layman, a fourteen-year-jg pld girl from Blackford county, Sheriff I S. J. King went to Lima, on the early Line ruing train Saturday and arrested | Blount returning with him to this city Fat nobn. Immediately upon arrival l the prisoner was taken before Judge k Lt Follette, who placed his bond at R >I,OOO and in default of ball he was j committed to jail to await arralgn- |' ment. The date upon which the alleg- | ’ed offense was commltteed,as stated in K the indictment, was November 17,when R.the Layman girl was a guest in this ■ city at the home of her sister, Mrs. ■lsaac Blount. She with her sister had, tgone to the home of M>s. Flora Leen»n. They found Blount there and at a when others were not in the Rpouse it is alleged that the accused 1 man induced the girl to accompany .him into another room of the Lepnon Wome Where the criminal assault was Jcommltted. When Interviewed at the Lcounty jail Saturday afternoon by a ■Representative of the Dally Sun, VBfount declared his innocence of the Jprlme and'said that he thought that Yhe would have no difficulty proving I that he was wrongly accused. He said Mte was not aware of being charged Mi'ith the crime of criminal assault ||<whe he left this city and did not F find it out until after his arrest at ■ Lima. Shortly after he left this city ■he was at Decatur where he became Rei.tagkd In a fight with a James Har£sm?n. The latter knocked him down . FJHth a chair °nd afterwards pounced g|bpon him and bit off the end of his ■twe. He said that he had some fear •of being 3 nested for his part in this ■affair and when Policeman J. D. Neejppy attempted to arrest him he thought Phe was wanted Jor assault and batRtery. Blount still wears a plaster J?C'*er his nose which has pot yet healjPfed from the effects of the Decatur inijjhtry.l One week ago he went to Lima ■where he eecured employment In the TObel docks. Saturday before leaving wfcre with Sheriff King he turned ov■j* *o the chief of police of tlpt city ■fl the money he had, amounting to j-Bfrut five dollars, together with an MBor for the unpaid salary which ■0 due him for labor at the docks ■w requested the officer to send the ■Sney to his wife, who Is now at with her mother, Mrs. Mc■hdvnebey, who keeps house for Har- ■ man, the man who bested Blount In Sthe fistic encounter. Blount Is the Lfirrt prisoner to be taken into cusr'.tody under the administration of f Sheriff King.—Portland Sun.

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SHORT COURT SESSION. Daniel Straub Divorce Case Is Reviewed. . Real estate transfers; B. W .Sholty to John M. Keller, lot 545 Decatur, quiet title and >118; John C. Magley to Susanah J. Butler, lot >1,200; Katherine Schafer to Fred Seheiman, 40 acres Root township, >2,250; M- F. Porter to Edwin Fldederjohann, lot 48, Decatur, quiet title deed >1.00; C. W. Johnson et al to C, W. Yager, lot 730 Decatur, >2,375; Della Harruff to H. H. Harruff, 40 acres Washington township >3,000. Sarah J. Straub vs. Daniel A. Straub divorce, rule to answer ade absolute within Ave days. - Frank Burger vs. Chicago & Erie Ry. Co., damages, >2iooo, set for trial, Friday, January 15. ■ —.si~-— .——a , i ■ Mrs. John Niblick entertained Saturday evening at six o’clock dinner for a number of the immediate friends of her daughter, Helen. A sumptuous dinner was served and a delightful social session enjoyed. In the party were Misses Frances Dugan, Harriett Morrison, Bessie Boyer, Leota Bailey and—Helen Niblick. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kuebler entertained delightfully Sunday night at ati elaborate dinner party given in honor of Mrs. Spies, of Cleveland, sister of Mrs. Kuebler. A very enjoyable social session was experienced. In the party were. Messrs and Mesdames W. H. Wiley, Frank France end C. A. Dugan. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hensley gave a dinner party Sunday evening for the foliowing guests: Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tyndall, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Reed, 1 Mr Carlisle and his two daughters and Mr. and Mrs. George Flanders. The ladies'of the Maccabees will meet with Mrs. James Bain at 7:30 o’clock Juesday evening and all ; bets requeued to be present. Mrs. George Wemhoff entertained a crowd of boys Saturday afternoon for her son, Adrian, the occasion being ' his eleventh birthday anniversary, and of course the lads had the time of their lives, They came at four o'clock and remained until four, busy every mh ute at having a good time. Those 1 present were Elolsa Smith, /Richard Ehinger, Bernard Parent, Medrick Miller, Arthur Meyer, David Teeple, Raymond Keller, Jerome Doeffe, Dav'id Snyder, Walter Melbers and Leonard Deininger. Adrian received a num- . bcr of useful and prjstty gifts, and during the day the boys entertained themselves at various games which . appeal to youth of their age. At 3:30 Mrs. Wemhoff served a delicious • luncheon. Frank Davidson and wife entertained Sunday for dinner in honor of F. Lucas and wife of Frankfort, Ohio, i and a brother of Mrs. Davidson, who i resides at Ossian. A delightful fam- . lly gathering was occasioned in which all the members of the Davidson family participated. Yesterday for the second time in her life Mrs. Davidson met her half'brother, Mr. Lucas, who is fifty-sevn years of kge, while she ts forty-one. They met five years ago for the, first time. An enjoyable time I was had yesterday and without a doubt all who were present will long remember the occasion. —j, D. E. Studabaker is busy at this time preparing for a big mid-winter sale of his Duroc bred sows, which will be held at the Rice bara on First street, on Saturday, January l«th. At this sale he will offer eighteen yearlings and two-year-old sows and seventeen gilts, bred to the finest boars in the world, including Mr. • Studebaker's three herd boars and also various others of national reputation. Seven are bred-to boars that took state championship and the rest to boars which took first in class. The sale is to be a bona-fide one with no by-bidders and a large number of foreign buyers will probably be here to get their share of the prize offerings. At this season of the year, however, it is not probable that the bidding will be very spirited tad this win give local buyers a chance to gel in on these fancy bred sows. It is certainly a great opportunity and pne that no progressive farmer can pass up. .a - j ■ _J— o . ' J. D. Hale and daughter Lucile returned this morning from a visit with relatives at Bluffton.

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“A RACE FOR A WIDOW” COMING In “A Race for a Widow” which appeared at the Elks’ theatre last eveitng, the people who attended toe theatre in Parsons were given the opportunity of seeing a clever piece put on by one of the cleverest companies that has been here this season. The story of the play hinges around the efforts of a fairly honest gentleman in keeping secret the fact that he has carried on a flirtation with ta Amefcfcan \widow. There Is the everpresent mother-in-law, a number of other relatives and a real “Cholly boy.” It was one of the best balanced attractions that has been here this season. The members of the company were exceedingly well costumed, the scenery was good, and the whole production was bf a quiet,-refined nature without the necessity of resorting to the, usual clap-trap of men in cows’ clothing, or similar devices to produce a laugh.—Sun, Parsons, Kans., Oct. 24. “A Race for a Widow’* cornea to the Bosse opera house Monday, January 11. ! —————— '...e ■ —» • That many new homes will be built In and about Decatur in the near future Is evidenced by the fact that several are already making preliminary arrangements to that end. Architect Oscar Hoffman 1» drawing plana for, a live tnousand dollar home to be built by John Schug this spring and the louse will be modern in every respect. It will have nine large rooms without the bath and. closets, and when done will, add greatly to the i appearance of south Third street. Mr. Schug is building this new home for his own use, and he will not spare either time or expense in making it i convenient and beautiful. Ernest Gallmeyer, residing near the St. Johns church, is preparing to erect a beautiful eight-room house and Oscar Hoffman is drawing plans for same. The work will begin soon i and rushed to completion. A large number of houses win be built in Decatur this summer, as , several Decatur people have the bulld- ■ Ing fever. [ The delinquent tax list for Adams ' county will appear in print this week, : and as usual from a printer’s stand- ■ point, it is the worst that ever hapi pened. Just twenty-one descriptions I comprise the list for 1909, and before : the second Monday in February comes , the list will be so small that the I purchasers of this sort of chattels will : be as disgusted as is the printer now. Rut with all this gyowling it* certainly denotes that prog>cess and prosperity . of which you read about in campaign times. Think ot a county like Adams with the taxes upon comparatively every piece of realty paid and the money safe in the coffers of the county’s strong box. It is an emblem of that sort of prosperity that counts and . places Adams in a class all by itself. , The f delinquents as published are.dli vided over the county, one being in Preble township, one in Washington, , one in St. Mary’s one in Blue Creek, three in Monroe, one in Hartford, six for Wabash, two in Decatur, two in . Geneva, and two in Berne. i The sale of delinquent lands and i lots will take place at Hie east door of the court house on the second Mon- . day in February, the same being Feb- : ruary 8. On the day of sale last year there were but two or three unpaid abd it is expected that the numbei will be even less this year. Praise for considerable of this good record is due to the strenuous efforts made by Treasurer Lschot, who is a constant worker in looking after the business of his office. ,, , — John W. Tyndall and John H. Heller lef* at noon for Indianapolis, where they will spend a couple of days amid the hosts of Democr*cy. They will witness the opening of theileglslature and otherwise enjoy life at the capital city. , * Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Deam went to Decatur I’st evening, where they will visit for a few days with relatives. Mr. Deam will go from there to Chicago, where he will attend to business matters. Mrs. Deam will return here in. a few d’ys.—Bluffton Banner. Bluffton newspapers arb still printing the sensations of the d n y, and that means that Mrs. Cotton is somewhere on earth. It would save some | time and anxiety if the aforesaid Mrs. 'Cotton would give her itinerary to the Bluffton press, together with »11 tne side issues she will engage in. This suspense is terrible. -

1 WILL NOT STOP HIS FACTORY Ed Beelers Glove Factory Returned Work Yesterday. Alexandria, Ind., Jan. 4.—The suicide of E. D. Beeler,president of the Beeler Manufacturing company, which operates a cotton glove factory here, will in no way Interfere with the working Os the local factory, according to a statement made by F. M. Smaltz, the superintendent here, today. The factory, which has been idle for ten days to give the employes a holiday vacation, started this morning with several additional operatives, and now, albout sixty-five persons are employed tiers.- During his visits here Mr,. Beeler was always very enthusiastic aboht €he future of dhe and seemed wrapped up in it so thoroughly that at no time did fee give impression of despondency. —a o At last James Harmon has disclosed hls whereabouts, a telephone message from Willshire revealing the fact that he has propelled his anatomy from the Hoosier state. Such a complicated affair has never before presented itself to the minds of Adams county peoplh, as has the Harmon-Blount escapade of a few weeks ago. While Harmon was shaking in his boots, crying and trembling for fear that he . would be arrested for biting off the smelling member of Blount, the latter , was equally as fearful of his arrest upon the charge of assault and bat- ' tery upon the pqrson of Harmon. Harmon anticipating the filing of the ‘ charges against him by Blount, and , Blount thought Harmon was preparing to file charges against him. Mr. Blount did take a preliminary step by engaging Decatur attorneys to notify . his oppon’ent that he had better settle . the affair for a money consideration , or a prosecution would follow. In the , meantime no action whatever was taken, and each of the participants took i tfor granted that the silence would be suddenly broken and [ Blount went to Lima, Ohio, and Har- ! man to Willshire. Mr. Harmon called a Decatur attorney* yesterday by telephone and said “Are they after me?” From his antic® it would naturally be ; supposed that he .is lacking mentally, for nothing whatever has been done ’ in regard to his arrest. - —o i A new case was filed by D. E. ( Smith, entitled Daniel W. Myers vs. i Samuel E. and Lydia A. Shamp. The , suit is for the collection of a promI isory note, the note involved being >75.00. r C. D. Lewton, administrator of the j. estate of L. W. Lewton, filed his rei port, which was approved. Report of . sale of personal property also fifed and approved. i ~~~~~ t The petition case of Charles F. t Rinehart vs. Cbgr'es F. Rinehart, et al, was submitted before Special . Judge D. E. Smith this morning. i Attorney Dore B. Erwin filed a new case entitled Dallas E. and Mary : Grim vs. Zehmana Grim and Malinda i Burns et al, suit tor partition of real estate. ' [ Anson B. Cunningham vs. Chicago • & Erie Ry. Co., demurrer of . defendant overruled. . , William G. Smith vs. Muri Lalsure, [ judgment rendered on verdict for >IOO and costs. i Daniel B. Ford vs. Smith Shoemaker e> al, damages, motion filed by plaintiff to retax costs. There was a rush of filing of deeds ar the recorders office today as shown in the following Items: Isaac Michael er al to Edward Amspaugh, 40 seres in Wabash township, >2.000; W. E. Everts to Nlcollaus Stucky inlots 451, 452, Berne, >2.600; Joel H- Habegger to Peter Neuenschwander, 40 acres Wab-sh township, >3.300; Jacon Habegger to J. H> Habegger, 80 acres Wabash township, >V.OAO; Nicholas Stucky to W. E. Everts 40 acres Fiench township, >2,600; J. H. Striker tn W. H. Clark, 40 acres Blue Creek >".800; J. A. Habegger to Alfred Penney, 7 «.cres Monroe township, >4.300; P. Neuenchwander to J. »M. Neuenschwander, quit claim, 160 acres Monroe township, $5,000; J. A. Habegger to A. M. Habegger inlots 336 and 4-9 Berne, >2.800; Alfred Romey to J. A. Habegger, Inlots 336 and 418 and 419, Berne, >3,300; S’muel Slmison to Henry Ellenberger, lot 369 Berne, >2OO.

WANTB TO FINE THEM. Twenty-Five Dollars to the One Not Voting. Indianapolis, January s.—Linton A. Cox, holdover Republican senator from Marion county, expects to introduce a novel bill in the senate —a bill to punish legal voters who willfully fall to vote. Mr. Cox said yesterday that he had been considering the bill for several months and had spoken to a number ot his friends about it, and that most of them had believed that it would be a good law. He has drafted it roughly and will likely, inti oduce it. the bill, as he has drafted it, is very.brief, being in two short sections. The first provides a fine of >25 and Costs for a legally qualified voter who, not being sick and not being necessarily out of his voting precinct all day, shall fall to vote. The other section makes similar provision as to primaries. As far as Mr. Cox has been able to learn no law of the kind exists in any state in the Union. But he believes it would do away with the expense of “getting out the vote.” , J o—, — The commissioners’ docket shows that the Sherman Glehdenning macadam road petition has been acted upon favorably, and that W. V. Buckmaster and Ell Crist have been appointed as viewers and C..C. Ernst a; engineer. They will meet at the office of I. N. Veley in Geneva on the Sth of January to begin their report. The Broadstock macadam road in Hartford township has been ordered sold, the date of sale being the first day of the February term of the board of commissioners. The first business transacted by the county council in session Tuesday morning was the acceptance of the resignation of Frank Wecter now trustee of Blue Creek township. They ! immediately elected thereto Mr. J. W, Merriman, who accepted the place, was sworn in and took part in the <lj--1 liberations of that body. Mr. Merriman will make a good county councilman. 1 - : The meeting of the county council was of short duration Monday a. m. ' A resolution was passed diverting the ■ surplus in the various funds of the 1 county to the general fund. This ended the business and it likewise ended the session and an adjournment was taken. The board of commissioners are allowing bills left over from last year ’ which were awaiting the action of the county council. All accounts will now soon be closed up and business - will be deme on a clean slate. It was expected that Martin Laughlin would t be at the meeting of the board today, 1 but he did not appear, not being able to stand the trip and wear and tear that a commissioner is subjected to. o ■ Bluffton, January 4.—-This forenoon Peter Neuenschwander and Joseph Gerber, with Judge Vaughn as their ’ attorney, filed with the county commissioners a petition asking for an i election in Harrison township to vote I on a subsidy of >IO,OOO to help defray the expense of constructing the Bluff- 1 ton, Berne & Celina interurban rail- • road. The petition is signed by twen- ! ty- two freeholders of the township, and with the paper is a certified check for >3OO to defray the expense , of the election. The petitioners rei cite that it is their Intention to construct a substantial railroad, carrying passengers and freight at the usual rates and that it is their belief that the road will be a public utility and benefit to Harrison township. . - ' Petitions have not ss yet been filed in Adams county for subsidy elections for' this proposed line, but they will be, and that likely within a few days. The petition for Monroe township is ready, but no action upon this will be asked or desired until the petitions for French °nd Jefferson townships 'are ready. They are working upon [them and they will be ready for subi mission in a few days. Elections will then be held and should they all carry Jt will be ’ big bbest for the Bluffton, Berne & Celina interurban line, and 'will furnish them with considerable backbone in furthering the financial future o< this company. Several Berne gentlemen are Interested in the ro’d the majority of the directors being -business men of little i o Miss Grace Hendricks returned to her home st Kendallville after visiting relatives in this city.

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ORGANIZING FOR AN ELECTION The Anti-Saloon Forees In Jay Coun- „ ty Getting Busy. » The first actual step toward holding a option election in Jay county was made Saturday evening with thirty prominent temperance workers met in the office of 'W. A. Thomas and made the preliminary plans for the campaign for driving the saloons out of the two remaining wet towns - Redkey and Dunkirk. The conference Saturday night and another to be held at the same place Tuesday night are for the purpose of perfecting organization. The campaign, as carried on by the prohibition forces, will be th roughly systematic and will be waged by them, in the same manner as a political struggle. The work will center in a general central committee, composed of men from all over the cc-unty, which will have its headquarters in Portland and direct the operations of the workers.—Portland Sun. o—. — * The funeral of the late Edward Beeler was held at Tipton,lnd., Tuesday afternoon, in charge of the Knight Templars. Mrs. Wash Kern, Mr. and Mrs. Davis Dailey and Lizzie Dailey, of Adams county, were in attendance. - Mr. Dailey telephoned from Tipton yesterday requesting Mrs. Kern and Miss Dailey to be sure and attend the funeral, hence they left early this morning via Kokomo. Unfortunately Mrs. Stephen Merica, of Wren, Ohio, the aged mother of Mr. Beeler, could not attend the funeral on account of her serious illness. Mr. Beeler was a member of the Elks, K. P. and Mason ledges, and was prominent in their circles. He was known to be a shrewd thrifty business man, and his progressiveness wIR be sadly missed in Tip-, ton, where he was bent on advancing the interests of the town. It is probable that Mrs. Beeler will come to Adams county for a visit with relatives soon. 5 i? 4 <»■ ■- . The lxiard of finance of Adams county which is composed of the board of commissioners and the auditor of the county, met and accepted proposals for the public, funds of the county for 1 the next two years. All the banks of ’ the county were designated as the depositories, they each receiving such deposits based upon their capitalization The banks so designated i& the Old ’ Adams County and First National banks of this city, Bank of Berne, and Peoples State Bank of Berne, Bank of Geneva, and the Monroe State Bank. The depository law proved a good i financial investment for Adams county during the just closed. The county realized in interest the follow- ’ ing sums each month: January >159.80 ’ February 127.88 March 154.50 i April.... >...198.10 1 May 323.09 July 224.96 1 August 171.94 1 September 179.68 iX ‘ 0ct0ber216.72 November 343.81 1 -December 269.47 : -y- ■ 1 Total , . ...12430.97 This money goes into the general fund, thusswelling it the amount stated above. • O TI Z The annual election of a board of ‘ ‘l • directors of the Studabaker bank, Bluffton's oldest and ever regarded as one* l of the state’s strongest financial ’ institutions, held today between the hours of ten and two o’clock, the easting their ballots at the bank 4 The balloting resulted in * the re-election of all of the old board of directors, composed of seven memIbers.j They are W. A. Kunkel, J. W. v. ■Sale, A. B. Cline, H. C. Arnold, Samuel Bender, J. S. Gilliland and R. S. Todd, all prominent and-twell known gentlemen of this city. The directors will meet at the bank this evening for the purpose of organizing by the election of officers.—Bluffton News, j Although the exact date for the i dedication of the new K. of P. home . has not been set, it is* thought that te big meeting will be held in the 1 first week o fFebruary. The work on , the building is being pushed so as to I have everything in readiness by that k time. —Bluffton Banner. [ | Judge Vaughn came home this morn- ; Ing from Marion and reports that Mrs. i Vaughn, sick there with erysipelas at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Patton, is better. It is thought that. > the spread of the disease bas been , stopped and that the Improvement will hi {continue. —Bluffton News.

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