Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1909 — Page 6

— .w,,.,, x AAA V* INOW ana again you too two women pass- jj ....» tag down the street who look like sisters. Zff \\ You are astonished to learn that they are fff \\ mother and daughter, and you realize that If \1 a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be II M I 11 at her finest end tairest. Why isn't it so P j I The general health of woman ia ao In- llt > «. J I timately associated with the looal health Hl r f ■■ if > of the essentially feminine organa that /> there can be no red cheeks and round vjk /i form where there is female weakness. Women who have Buffered from tfab trouble hero found prompt relief and euro in the neo of Dr. ’^ I ', " l| ", 1 I '* ' • Pieroe’s Favorite Prescription. It given vigor and vitality to the organa of womanhood. It clears the complexion* brightens the •yes and reddens the cheeka. No alcohol, or habit-forming draga ia contained in “Favorite Prescription." • Any sick woman may consult Dr. Pieroe by letter, free. Every letter io held as sacredly confidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Addreeei World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y.

The three mile gravel road repeal Is after all not a repeal, but simply an amendment In which a remonstrance signed by more freeholders than the petition, would predominate and the petition would be dismissed at the cost of the petitioners. How this bill happens to be known as a repeal bill comes from the fact that the original bill was actually a repeal, but it was amended and the original bill was killed, nothing surviving but the amendments. The amendments are as follows: When all matters in respect to damages have been determined finally, wk hereinbefore provided, such board of commissioners shall examine the reports and profiles made by engineer and viewers, and if they find and adjudge the same to be in due form and sufficient, they shall make an order requiring the auditor to give notice by publication for three consecutive weeks In a weekly newspaper of general circularity, printed and published in said county, that on a day to be named by the board the polls will be opened at the several voting-places in • each township named in the petition and report for the purpose of taking the votes of the legal voters thereof, whether the proposed new highway or highways named in the petition and report shall be laid out, established, graded, drained and paved, or the public highway or highways named therein shall be graded, drained and paved, and that said petition and report and all records and matters pertaining to said matters may be found at the office of said auditor, and the auditor shall publish such notice as required by the order: Provided, That said publication shall contain the report of the viewers and englnebr, excepting the plats and profiles: And, Provided, further, That If any petition filed as provided in section 63 of this « act calls for the building or improvement of a road three miles or less in length connecting at each end with an Improved free gravel or macadamized read either within said township or townships or at the boundaries thereof or connecting a free gravel or macadamized road with a boundary of said township, the board of county commissioners may, in their discretion, If they find said petition otherwise complies with this .act, establish and order the construction of said road without submitting the question of building the same to an election of the voters of township or townships concerned: Provided, That if, within twenty days after the day set for the hearing of said petition, there shall be filed with the board of commissioners, a remonstrance signed by a greater number of the freeholders and voters of the township or townships, to be affected by such petition, than appear upon said petition, asking that said highway, three miles or less in length, shall not be opened and Improved, Or improved as therein asked, then said board of commissioners shall not order said road improved and said petition shall be dismissed, at the cost of petitioners. But if no such remonstrance is filed, as above provided, said board shall proceed to have said road constructed in all other respects as if submitted to an election and voted as hereinafter provided: Provided, further, That any taxpayer of the county, aggrieved by the action of said board, may appeal from its decision to the circuit court of said county within ten days in the same manner as other appeals are : taken from the action of such board, and said cause shall by said circuit court be tried de novo. Sec. 2. That section seventy-two (72) of an act entitled "An act concerning highways,” be amended to read as follows: Section 72. If all the roads described in the report of the engineer and viewers are connected with each other so as to form one system, the whole may be voted upon as one road, if the petitioners so pray in their petition. If two or more petitions respecting roads in the same township shall be pending at the same time, they shall be voted upon at the same election. No street in any incorporated town hr city shall be improved under the provisions of this act, without the consent of the trustees of said town or the common council of such dty, by rsMlvtkm duly adopted, a

; certified copy of which resolution i shall be filed in the office of such , auditor and entered upon the records i of such board before such improve- , ments shall be ordered: Provided, That if any street of any incorporated town or city is improved udder the provisions of this act, and the expense of improvement of the roads in the township outside the corporate limits of the cities and towns in such township,, then .the ,qx|ra expense for such improvements shall be* paid by the city or town to the township in which such streets are improved and the common councils or boards of trustees of such cities and towns are authorized to levy a tax “upon the whole property of the city or town or to assess the amount as benefits against the abutting property in the manner provided by law for such assessments’* to pay the amount due from such city or town to the township on account of such improvements. After any street shall have been improved hereunder,. the trustees of such town or the common council of such city shall have control of the same and shall maintain the same in repair. Provided, That the materials used in road construction under the provisions of this act outside of cities and towns shall be such materials as are usually employed in the construction of country roads, such as gravel, broken stonq and combinations thereof, and that street paving materials shall not be used except upon street within the corporate limits of cities and towns. Sec. 3. This act shall not affect any pending petitions, litigation or proceedings, but the same shall be concluded and be effective in all respects as if this act had not been passed. Sec. 4. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from and after its passage. ■ ■— o - Letters, telegrams and other evidences of disapproval are whisking Washingtonward opposing the reduction in the tariff duty now maintained on crude oil. The independet operators are the ones that wll get it in the neck, should President Taft and his tariff congress see fit to either reduce or remove the tariff on crude oil. The Standard would be benefitted, and as a matter of fact they are not tearing their shirt to have the duty retained. Were it otherwise they would be sending* their mighty lobby and other influences to head off the breakers. It is the history of this Industry that it is the operator who discovers and develops new territory, and in fact takes all the chances of loss and failure. After a good thing has been assured the Standard usually gets in and helps themselves. So it has always been and likely always will, but the greatest card of all Is the fact that all the oil production is sold to the Standard, so you see that when the price lowers on the crude product, the Standard, is benefltted. They could buy cheaper, but their prices to the trade would be the same old song. This section of Indiana has in times past been great in oil production, and as a consequence they appreciate all the fine points that a reduction on this commodity would mean. The Indiana senators and congressmen are hearing from this part of Indiana. .. . - The next jury trial is that of Conrad GaJlmeyer trustee so. Edward Gallmeyer et al, which is scheduled for next Tuesday. The case will be bitterly contested and is for quiet title and damages; The will ot Daniel J. Schenck was duly admitted to probate. ■ Millard McGath et fil vs. Mary B. > McGath et al, plaintiff asks leave to > dismiss affidavit of non-residence filed ! which was ordered returnable May L Continental Insurance company vs. i John J. Summers et al, cause dis* - missed -and costs -paid. I Union Savings Co. vs. Elley Baser,' I cause dismissed aid costs paid. L _n k | Uaica Savings 00. re. Clinton W.

[Hunt, cause dismissed tod iosts The last will and testament of Daniel J. Schenck debts be provided for, and gives to John < Schenck |2OO, Ida M. Plshbaugh 1200, Harry Schenck *IOO, Dove Schenck ,100, the remainder to go to the surviving widow, tod at her death to be divided between the children named, Maggie M. Campbell, Grace G. Schenck, Charles D. Schenck tod Rollo Schenck, share and share alike. A marriage license was issued to Thomas W. Sullivan of Jay county, sixty-one years old, and Matilda Donovan, twenty-nine, of Geneva. Martha Pogue to Luella Sullivan, Inlot sixty of Berne, |7OO, is reported . upon the transfer books at the re- ( Corder’s office. 1 Judgment was rendered on the verdict in the Melbeta-Kinta horse case, the plaintiff getting one dollar. The I defendant the benefit of the i costs. : 0 ' - » i A dispatch sent out from Washingi ton recently conveying the news that . a number of Geneva parties forwarded to Congressman Adair a box ' of ore with the request that.lt be examined for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it contained gold, has been the source ot county wide rumors, and' some of the farmers are wondering if the vein does not extend to their tracts of land. However, a dispatch from Geneva-received this morning gives the information that the ore was not found in the county or in the state, hence the tension will find immediate relief. Messrs. Homer and Vernon Pontius and M. E. Hutton found the ore elsewhere and immediately forwarded it to the authorities to have it examined. Congressman Adair arranged with the director of the mint to have it examined and in the event that the ore contains gold in any quantity a fortune for the Geneva parties will be the result. No word has been received as yet, however, in regard to the matter. The ore has every appearance of being a gold producer say those who have seen it ■ __ ——o.' rSOME RECIPES. Several Decatur people have contributed the following excellent recipes to th|fo column. The inttala are of those who gave the items. Chocolate PieHave an under crust pierced and baked. One cupful of sugar, one egg, saving out the white, two tablespoonfuls of flour, butter the size of a walnut, Two cupfuls of water or milk, one level teaspoonful of chocolate or coacoa, and flavor with vanilla. Cook and stir till thick. Fill your crust, beat the white of the eggs stiff and put in the oven to brown. R. M. MacaroniTake a half yound of macaroni and break in short pieces, boil halt to hour in salted water, then put the macaroni in cold water and drain through colander. Make a sauce of one cupful of milk, two tablesponsful of flour, one of butter. Butter well a baking dish, place In the dish a layer of macaroni, cover with oysters and then With the sauce. Make other layers in this way, using in all a pint and a half of oysters. Spread over the top a cupful of cracker crumbs. Dot with butter and brown in the oven. » L. 8. f 0 b ... Paul Baumgartner began his duties at the auditor’s office today most of the time being spent in going through the various details of the work and in away getting a line on what has to be done and the way to do it For the present he will still live’on his St Marys township farm, hehav? Ing just last summer built a modem and well arranged home, and his family as well as himself are loath to part company with fit. Both he and his wife have spent a pleasant year on the farm, and paved the way for a country life that has proved en-’ joyable and profitable to well Mr. Baumgartner being sp familiar with' official life at the court house, it will not be long until the labors in the auditor’s office will be familiar and easy for him. The new accounting law increases the duties <rf an auditor not a little, and this, fact made the, need ot more help there 'more imperative. If | The treasurer’s office today completed the work of making the re-< ceipts for the spring installment of taxes, tod now all that remains is for every owner of a receipt to whack up. It is no little job to write receipts or every taxpayer in the county, and there came a breath ot relief when the work was completed. , Arthur Trenary, of Fort Waynel was adjudged in contempt of court at Blufftojj fcr failure to pay the monthly allowance, stipulated for support when his wife was divorced from him. Judge Sturgis ordered the man sent 'te jail for ten days.

i ’hi circuit court this ihora/ng busima Schau^vT 3 Morton J. Martin et ■ al, partition, appearance entered by , J. 0. Sutton for all defendants, rule i to anewffil? i Lona Runyon vs. Daniel Runyan, » divorce, cause continued by agreet ment. i t Charles F. guardian for Mai hala Magner, a person of unsound , mind, filed a petition to expend 3125 for repairs of dwelling and drainage of land; petition was granted. F. 8. Armantrout, administrator ot the estate of Hubert Tapp, and Catherine (Lewis, administratrix of the , Grace Chrisman estate, filed inventori ies end appraisements. Silas W. Hale, executor of the John A. Anderson estate, filed a petition for to order to appoint C. D. Porter , to take charge of store and stock, so i ordered. Real estate transfers: Arthur M. Fisher to B. F. Boocher, 96 acres Washington tp., 39,000; George ,W. . Cramer to James M. Anderson, 40 acres Root tp., 32,600; Ormand Friend ec al to Rufus Lehman, part of lots 73 and 79, Berne, |9OO. A marriage license was issued Saturday evening to Forest W. Danner, aged 21, a school teacher of Blue Creek township, and Iva Irene Fuhrman, aged 19, of Washington township. .---— 1 ' A message bringing with It tidings of grief to a host of Adams county folk was that received by Mrs. George W. Patterson of Line street Saturday from Seattle, Washington, which stated that her brother, Berton F. Cox, many years a resident of this city, was lying at the point of death with no hopes whatever for his ifecowery. The young man left this city several years ago tor the west in search of relief from chronic lung trouble and settled in Washington. Subsequent to his arrival in that city his health greatly improved and he secured the responsible position of traveling salesman for the Sugar Beet and Land comptoy, discharging the duties characteristic to the position with much credit However, his health began to decline again and his condition became Berpous suddenly whch prompted the sending of the above stated message. It is expected that death will occur in the very near future. A ddfible sorrow overshadows the life of the afflicted young man. It has become known that he was engaged to wed a charming young lady in the west and their matrimonial inclinations have been abruptly brought to an end by the inception of the dread ailment, tuberculosis. The friends of the young man in city are grief stricken over the sad news. i-a,.., o —'' 1 "" The outgoing of another long and useful life has been recorded in Adams county history in the demise of David Eley, occurring at his late home on Third street Sunday (afternoon at one o’clock. The illness of Mr. Eley extended over a period of many months during which time he suffered untold pain. A complication of ailments developed which together with the infirmities of old age, caused his confinement to the home for some time and the subsequent death. When Mr. Eey was eighteen years of age he began teaching school, continuing several years, during which hS alternated attending college and teaching in the intervale After graduating from the state university he entered the practice of law, which he .continued for several years. In 1876 he was united In marriage to Mary C. Lang. He was a Democrat jn politics and a member of the Sam Henry Grand Army post of this dty. The profound sorrow of innumerable Adams county county folk has been signSed'bOe'sad ’dUth. The deceased was bom In Adams county rebnw, A7, 1141, tod during his entire life hto been a resident there* of. Vdt many years fie resided on a farm near the Washington church and before moving to this dty to live a retired life he had established a friendshp ln tha( vicinity with 1 his every acquaintance which held him in the high esteem of.' aiL It was but a short time after coming to this dty that Mr. Eley became noticeably impaired physically and since that time ho has gradually declined until death as relief from the awful pain. The deceased was a member of Co. K, 23rd Indiana Infantryy It being toe of Gen. Sherman’s Indtaha regiments for which he had high regard.; Mr. Bley was with the regiment and parGclpated in Its marches and battles of 1964-5, he being with Sherman <m his famous march to the sea. The funeral services was held from the home Tuesday ? afternoon at fw° o'dock, Bev. Wilcox offktatfog. , j Tom Baltsell was in the dty this nwntoff trosstotlng business

member, David Eley, who died Sunday ' .ft.™., . Mr . w of the bar of this county, tod his - legal mind was toe of the best tod his training as complete as toy attortjey ’ta'tke cototr, thbtigft for many Jtom he had not practiced his I profession. Thirty years ago • uated from the University Os Indiana ’ at Bloomington, with the degree Bachelor of Law. Returning to this dty ho entered the office of France & _ Heller, where he studied for two years, when he Opened an office for himself. He was very successful, served as justice of the peace for several years, was deputy prosecutor for the county for five years and rep--1 resented this district two. terms in ‘ the Indiana genral assembly. He was a deep student tod had prospects 1 of a brilliant future when his health failed and he left the practice and took up agricultural pursuits. At the session this morning Judge D. 1 D. Heller presided, the president, R. > 8 Peterson being absent. It was decided to attend the funeral’ services in a body and committees -were appointed as follows: Resolutions, 0. J. Lutz, L. C. DeVoss and R. 8. Peterson; to confer with the family, A. P. Beatty, J. F. pnow and Judge ’ Merryman; flowers, D. E; Smith, J. ' C. Sutton and J. C. Moran. The pall bearers as selected from the bar association were Messrs.-P. G. Hooper, J W, Teple, D. E. Smith, A. P. Beatty. L. C. DeVoss and J. F. Snow. Upon 1 motion it was decided to meet at the court room to 1:45 Tuesday afternoon i to attend the funeral services. ■■■ - o - GREAT DAY FOR THS MABONB Vincennes, Ind., March 15.—Grand masters from three states and a number of Masons of high degree and high iu the grand lodge and a thousand Masons from neighboring cities tod towns, including commanderies of Knights Templars from Washington, Terre Haute, Evansville, Princeton, i and Olney ,111., came here Saturday 1 to celebrate the centennial of Masonry in Indiana. Vincennes Lodge No. ! 1 F. and A. M. was one hundred years old, the oldest in the northwest territory, and is the host for the i visitors. O- n. n T-W,, TO BUILD PAROCHIAL BCHq&L Indianapolis, March I&—A parochial school to cost 32(1000 js to be erected in connection with the new Catholic church now under construc- : tlon to North and Rural streets, according to an announcement made yesterday. The new church is being built by the Rev. George J. Smith, formerly an assistant pastor of St Peter and Paulis Cathedral. The Rev. Father Smith was removed from the cathedral parish several months ago to establish a new parish farther east 1... ,1,. tl ;■ , , i . William Rose, an aged man now in the Huntington jail, has confessed 1 that he burned the barn of Adonijah Farmer and poisoned two fine horses owned by Hurley Morford. He implicates Charles Grau tod ylfe, whom i he says induced him so commit the t crimes because they .had a spite • against Farmer and Morford. Grau and his wife are in jail awaiting forther in vestigation of the affair.; Some time last Sunday night an un--1 known person mailed two postal cards at the Warsaw postoffice and not hav--1 ing any one cent stamps, cut a two [ cent stamp in two and placed one-half on each postal card. The cards are 1 being held tor postage and unless called for will eventually be destroyed. This is the first time that this stunt ’ has come to the attention of the em- ; ployes in the Warsaw postofflee. There 1 is a postal ruling to the effect that damaged stamps cannot be used 'for 1 postage. It Is probable that Mr. and Mrs. , Frank Mdrlca will make arrangements for the placing of their fourteen year ' old daughter, Elma, who, it Is claimed, L spent the nW a few days ago with Gus Brown to the home of his moth* ( er, in a home for girls. While Mr. t Merica was very much wrought up i over the incident immediately folt lowing the incident and the officers . believe that he would have killed '■ Brown had he found the young man, . he has decided that as Brown is in ( jail there is nothing more to do.— Bluffton Banner. The announcement that Dr. Charles H. Good, formerly of Warren, cfo- • didate for congress on the republican i ticket last fall, will locate jn Huntington, has brought forward much conjecture on foe ,pert of his friends > here. It is believed that he still has an Incllnattoi to run for congress and 1 that ho desires to remain so the seventh district Heretofore tho doctor has always had some opposition in Us own county, principally in the eity of Jtanttagton. By Us moving to the dty this opposition tt Js thoughL may be onreotta,

188 JjTgjLStt fo.tr- •smonenty ■MW e.ffi.mWMirrM:T«tooo.a ... .. '' " MAY TRY IT IN ALLEN An Enthuslaetlo Meeting Held There Yesterday. While no definite announcement of an intention to call a county option election in Allen county was made, ’’ tbe intimation that such a step would |m_jyUcen ere long was plainly made by the Rev. N. C. Shirey at the tern- r perance mass meeting held yesterday afternoon in the Wayne street Methodist Episcopal church. The meeting may be said, therefore, to have marked the actual opening of a campaign against saloons in Allen county. Mn Shirey, who is superintendent qf the Port Wayne district of the Anti-Sa- 1 loon league, presided at the meeting, > which was addressed by Judge A. Z. Blair, of Portsmouth, 0., and at the conclusion of Judge Blair’s speech the superintendent called for campaign funds and expressed a hope that a test of 'the anti-saloon sentiment would soon be made here.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. -' i g WILL SPEAK IN NEW YORK ’ Indianapolis, March 15.—Governor Marshall accepted an Invitation to make one of the addresses at the banquet of the National Democratic club at the flavoy hotel, New York city, April 13. The invitation was delivered by a representative of the club who called off the governor while on a special trip made to invite Governor Marshall, Governor Harmon, of Ohio, tod Governor Johnson of MinAll three have accepted. They are the only governors of the nottli, and With Senator Benjamin F. Shively, recently elected from Indiana, constitute the moat important democratic officeholders north of the Mason and Dixon line. __— -0 —— ERMAN MENTZER INJURED ! 1 "■ r Former Decatur Man Receives In- **• Ri ■ 11 —■ Brmto Mentzer received a painful injury while helping- move a piano into the Eagles hall over the Progress store yesterday afternoon. At the first landing of the stairs the piano slipped and the log of Mentzer was caught between the instrument tod the wall. The limb was badly mashed above the ankle and Mentzer had to be taken to his home in a rig. He was better last night, however, tod . able to be on the streets with the use of a cane, The accident of yesterday was the third that has befallen Mentzer in a few months while he was helping move pianos and he begins to feel that the musical instruments are his Jonah.—Bluffton Banner. > - ■'<> ■lin || ii i‘ 'ill' TO SOUTHERN INDIANA A. M. York Wtfr Conduct WISS Stock Factory at Paoli, Indiana. A. M. York returned Saturday night from Paoli, Orange county, Indiana, where ho selected a location for his Whip stock factory. Mr. York was gone three days and while at Paoli was given much encouragement from the citizens of the town, they urging * him to locate in their town. During the month of April be with Ms family will go to the southern Indiana town for future abode and with them WIIJ. go the best wishes ot their many acqualntanoes. Mr. York will remove his machinery to that place. .. «■■■■ . O'' 11 , Gus Brown, of Bluffton, charged with enticing 14-year-old Edna Merica from home keeping her ovep n W at tjhe homo of his mother When the latter was absent, was unable to give ,1,000 bond and has been landed in Jail to await the action of the grand for?- . '■ &"' Hero Is RelW for I! you have pains In the back, WDM ary, Bladder er MMney trouble, and wmtt'h certain, pieaaant bort cure lor womto’s ills, try Mother Gray’s MMffi Addroes, The Etother Gray CASTOR IA M. ' biff ~ hpw a w CAfyrm&A ; -