Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1909 — Page 2

The German Reformed church received ana confirmed into the church i seven girls Sunday: Lydia Kirsch. 1 Agnes Sellemeyer, Hulda Mutchler, ’ Emma Wldler and Flora Peters. The 1 confirmation services are always Im- t presri ve- and sacred, and the class i yesterday went through the confirms- ( tlon exercises with unusual grace. f " This class was all girls,, an unusual 1 fact. Tn all the preparations neces- i Sary for a member of the church to t 1 ■ Be instructed in, those confirmed yes- 1 ? terday have been well taught. The ; Reformed church observes Lent very i strictly. Last night an excellent ser- 1 mon, appropriate for the occasion, < was delivered in English by the min- t Jeter. Rev. L. C. Hessert, the services t In the morning being in German. I There will be meeting at the church 1 Wednesday, Good Frday, and special j services Easter, all being preparatory < services for the confirmation class ex- < cept the last. The class will attend 1 Wednesday and Rev. Hessert will talk i to them and prepare them for com- i muniop next Sunday. Good Friday, < another such service will be held, { the seven girls attending. Communion < will follow Sunday, and each member i will be fully prepared to partake t of the sacred bread and wine. 1 — i Sunday was Palm Sunday and ; solemn and impressive services mark- 1 ed the day of celebration at St Marys i --.church. The palms were blessed be- i forq* a late mass by Fr. George, as- t sisted by Fr. Wilken and Fr. Felix, a t Precious -Bipod father from Cartha- 1 ginia, Ohio. The palms were then < distributed among the people and a 1 solemn procession through the church < In memory of Christ’s entry into t Jerusalem. High mass was then cel- t ebrated by Fr. George and during 1 which the Passion was sung, assisted j t again by Frs. Wilken and Felix, as i deacon and subdeacon. This Is in 1 memory of His bitter passion, which 1 bu ta short while the upblic c who had acknowledged Him as their king now shouted to put Him to death. < - t Mr. and Mrs. Alva Amand. living s three and one-half miles west of the I Mty, celebrated their golden wedding i anniversary Sunday, April 4. A large s dinner was served to which all did r Justice. They were given several gold 1 pieces. Those present were her only I sister Mrs. George Young, of Fort s Jennings, Ohio; Mr. J. P. Hall and t daughter Elizabeth of Lima, 0., Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bolinger and son Peter j and daughter Flossie, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Chris Welty, Mr. and Mrs. Marlon 1 , Johnson and two daughters, Mr. and < Mrs. Harve Beery and daughter,, Mr. 1 and Mrs. John Amspaugh, Mr. Joe 1 Beery ar»r daughter Dessie, Mrs. J. 1 ? Bright, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Amand 1 and children, Mrs. John Baker and 1 daughter Rosa. Mr. and Mrs. Philip 1 Cayser and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Forest 1 Light and children, Mr. and Mrs. < Frank Dibble and children Zoe, Alta, 1 Effie and John, Mr. and Mrs. George S Bright, Mr. Samuel Beavers, Mr. 5 Charlie Cloud, Johnny Strait, Frank Arnold, and the Misses Helen Baker, t Mary Stults, Georgia Beery, Edith 1 Beery, Maggie Poling. 1 r Mrs. J. C. Paterson and daughter ] Marie were hostesses at a dinner 1 party Saturday evening. The .guests i were Mrs. C. A, Dugan, Mrs. W. H. t Wiley of Marton, Miss Frances Du- j gan, Miss Harriet Morrison and Em- I mett Wiley. They were delightfully t entertained during the Mrs. H. E. Butler was given a birth- 1 day surprise party last night by her 1 friends and neighbors at her home in 1 the country. Her friends presented 1 her with many presents. Mr. Butler . presented her with a handsome rug. 1 Mrs. Butler entertained her guests'! delightfully during the evening. The : guests were Mr. and Mrs. Coate Cook, Mr. and Mrs. 0. I. Newhart, Mr. and Mrs. A. Malonee, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. William Singleton, Samuel Warner, John Warner, John Warner, Irene Evans, Helen' | Evans, Fannie and Cleo King, Mr. and Mrs. King Sheets. Announcements of the marriage of Miss Mabel Cunningham, of Hamilton, ® Ohio, to Mr. Jared Spencer of that E' . place, have been received in the city. , - The bride is well known here, having K- visited here on several occasions. Km: * K 0 — K; HE BUYS A HANDSOME CAR w*. ' . - ? Dr. D. D. Clark Is the Owner of a Ford Automobile. Dr. D. D .Clark is the owner of a Ford automobile, the pur- : Chase being made late Saturday, the |, tar being sent here Sunday and placed in commission, and the doctor jf’? can now spin with the best of them. It fs one of the best on the market and cannot be beaten for speed and twinfort, the summer will be used to the limit. The fever for i such facilities for transportation is breaking out and it Is likely that several cars wll be purchased by Decatur people.

The police had their riets opt Saturday evening and when they dragged it In they had caught Just even seven who had been taking advantage of the opportunity to buy drinks while they could. In the crowd were some familiar faces, Including the veteran Charles Ackerman, also Uncle Jimmie Swift, John Kibler, Thompson Stetler, David Kohler and two farmers who gave their names as John Browh and Charles Roe, both of which are fictitious, but as the men still have pride enough to wish their real names withheld, the courtesy is granted on the police docket. The men were conveyed to jail In a rig, several of them being unable to walk that distance. BrOwn and Roe put up cash bonds Sunday morning and were released, appearing next mo/nlng and' pleading guilty, each paying his fine of five and costs, amounting to fifteen dollars. The other gentlemen were brought down at nine o'clock Monday morning and all plead guilty. Ackerman “wished to lay his fifteen days out, if you please” and the favor was granted. Kibler took a similar dose calmly. Stetler got fifteen dollars worth, but will llkey be able to stay the docket though he was taken back to jail until the matter could be arranged. David Kohler who works foiv Jonas Neuenscfiwander In French' township had eight dollars left. It» was his first offense and he got off j with a dollar and costs, amounting to eleven dollars. He paid the eight and arranged to send the rest soon. Uncle James Swift explained that his. downfall was an accident, and being: really penitent and not in the habit,' of acting thus he was released with the promise of thirty days the next time up. The arrests were made by Marshal Butler and Nightman Fisher and there were a half dozen other men who were subject to arrest, but before the officers could handle them in the’rush tney had been taken care of by friends and escaped punishment. 0 — Elkhart, Ind., April 4.—Assignments of ministers for the ensuing year in the Indiana Evanegelcal assocation were announced this evening by Bishop S. C. Breyfogel of Reading, Pa., presiding officer of the fifty-seventh annual conference which closed tonight with a general service at the First Evangelical church. Bishop Breyfogel preached the confirmation sermon this morning and the ordination services were held this afternoon. Fort Wayne district—J. J. Wise, presiding elder; Fort Wayne, <3. D. Rarey; Kendallville, P. L. Browns; Huntington, J. W. Metzner; Berne, C. P. Maas; Decatur, D. 0. Wise;-Sa-lina, J. M. Lantz; Hicksville, C. H. Burgoer; yZalcottvllle, to be supplied: Edgerton, W. H. Fresuleyj Webster, D. R, Hell; Lima, Grove J. Rees; Markle, E. E. Miller; Van Wert, W- H. Mygrant; Ohio City, E. R. Roop; Fort Recovery, C. D. Overmeyer; Defiance circuit, J: E. Joung; Defiance Mission, E. Hauser; Blppus, E. F. MiCJlnro; Scott, A. D. Kroft; Waterloo, G. F. Zube. As will be noticed by reading the above, Rev. D. 0. Wise will return to Decatur for another year and this is good news to his many acquaintance and friends. During the past year he has been an earnest and faithful worker for the good of every one in this locality and he is a young man whose each year will be productive of more good than the year before, # therefore we are all glad that he will work among us longer. —I- . . 'pi-'...: Five bids were filed and opened for the construction of the. August Walters macadam road, in Root township, the bids being as follows: Michael Miller >3,398.00 August Walters 3,245.00 ■ Eli Engle 3,119.00 E. H. Faust ; 3,137.35! Merryman & Fugate 3,194.00 Ell Engle was the lowest bidder and will get the contract which will not be officially signed up for a month yet. A remonstrance signed by more than two-thirds of those interested in the Frederick Schuler et al, ditch petition, was acted upon by the board. The cause was dismissed at the costa of the petitioners. Trusee Moser of French township, asked that aid be extended to Albert McDermott, a poor person. The petition was granted. Application was asked for the admission of Glen Gllpen to the Home foi Feeble Minded and the proper credentials were given her as a resident of this county. The C. C. Sprunger macadam road was continued. —o ;— ACTING AS TEMPORARY AGENT It was announced today that it ; would probably be the fifteenth of the I nfonth before It is known to acerI tainty who will serve as permanent • agent at the G. R. & I. railroad stas tlon In this city to succeed Mr. Bry- : son, but In the meantime the business • here Is bein glooked after by Mr. G. 'McFarland, of Kalamazoo, Michigan

Congressman. Adair was Rwt tn congress Saturday, he paying his respects to the Payne tariff MR. In part, he said: . “I have the honor of representing on the floor of this house the second largest congressional ' district tn the United States, a district whose reputation for both agriculture and manufacturing is known throughout the length and breadth of this broad universe. I never was so proud of that district as I am today. During the preparation and consideration of this bll not a single manufacturer from the great industries of my district has lobbied the ways and means committee or the membership of this house for a prohobltive duty on the products they produce. The manufacturers of the Eighth district of Indiana, as well as their employes, are honest, enterprising and progressive, and ask nothing at our hands in the way of tariff duties except absolute justice, and that I am determined they must have. I believe in a tariff for revenue, but I also believe It should be so levied as to ’give incidental protection where It s needed. In other words, I believe a duty upon manufactured products should be levied sufficiently high to cover the difference In the cost of production lat home and abroad, plus the cost of ■transportation. A duty in excess of jthls Is unnecessary and should not be levied upon any manufactured product. There are many provisions In the Payne bill with which I heartily ■ agree, while ’ there are otherg .with : which I do not agree. The duties ! fixed on the luxuries are entirely too low, while others on the necessities of life are too high. I am certain the people will not indorse the bill as a whole by reason of the fact that the average duty of the Payne bill is higher than the average duty of the Dingley bill. The people of the country have been demanding with great ■ earnestness the revision of the tariff , and in making that demand they were . insisting upon a revision downward , and not upward. I believe practically everybody knows when this special session was called for a revision o* • the tariff that the schedules were tn , be lowered and not raised. Inasmuch as a revision downward Is expected J cannot support the Payne bill In its present form. If the bill is taken no , under the five-minute rule and I” - thrown, open for amendment I shall ■ support i such items in the bill as I believe to be in keeping with the demands of the people and shall , make a vigorous effort to amend those ; schedules which I am sure are en- , finely too high and have been placed , in thd bill at the request of the special ( interests to the detriment of the con- j suming public.” The sugar schedule , Mr. Adair denounced as “robbery pure j and simple.” He also attacked the ( coffee and tea schedules which had ( been eliminated by the ways and , means committee before his speech ( was delivered. ( The building of macadam roads in ( Adams county is still popular with the people. As an evidence of this | fact it is but necessary for one tp | spend a Ittje time around-the com- ( mlssioners’ room during their month- ( ly sessions. Monday morning was no exception .to the rule and when the j board got ready for business the au- < dltor’s office was crowded, and nine out of ten there were Interested In the construction of some road. This < is certainly a healthy sign, and it • means that there will be no let upL in hostilities until practically every L road in the county is Improved. At;; this term of commissioner’s court action will be asked on four viewer’s reports, five petitions, *qne sale, three < transcripts for the sale of bonds, and| one set of bonds will be taken up., i after being signed by the board. Old ( petitions that have been laying dormant for some time will be revived, . and the board will be pressed for ac- , tlon at an early date. It Is a genuine fight for roads, a reversal of the , order of things of a ew years ago, when apparently everyone was fighting to block the game. PORTSMOUTH BUYS ROBINSON C. O. France, northern scout for J. W. Gardner, president of the Texas league, received a letter from that gentleman Monday, saying that he had sold Cal Robinson, of this city whom he had signed as a pitcher, to Portsmouth, Ohio, of the Ohio- ' Pennsylvania league, and that his mileage would be forthcoming from there In a few days. The 0.-P, Is one of the fastest leagues In the country and if “Brownie” mates good there he is sure of a high place tn base ball circles. He will probably go to Portsmouth within a few days. Mock & Sons attorneys, this morn--1 Ing filed appellant briefs on the celebrated Rockcreek ditch case of Mark- : ley againts Frantz in the supreme court. The filing of the briefs opens another chapter in one of the hardest i fought legal battles which ever originated in the Wens county circuit • court—Bluffton Banner.

| arnes^’ieeply neesedi by an Immense aJienoe at the Bradley M. B church, a class oi nine, elected as deaconß-and* fifteen aft elders was ordained thin evening by Bishop Anderson, presiding, at the North Indiana conference. The bishop was assisted in the ordination 'services by the six presiding elders of the conference and various ministers chosen by the candidates themselves. The following were ordained as deacons: James S. Newcombe, Ell 0; Fisher, Bert B. Jones and 8. Burt Stookey. The following were ordained as local deacons: Chester L. March Warren W. Wyant, and Francis P. Myers. J. Ira Jones was ordained g deacon under the missionary rule. George W. Imel was ordained as deacon under the seminary rule. The following were ordained as elders: Charles B. Dougherty, John W. Zerbe, Franklin P. Johnson, Chester G. Nelson, Freeland Hall, Herbert Boase, Charles B. Sweeney, Benjamin E. Kendall, Conde A. Hile, H. L. Overdear, Erastus R. Wpod, Rufus W. Morrison and Morrison B. Graham. Erastus R. Wood was ordained as local elder, and J. Ira Jones was ordained as elder under the missionary rule. He'will go to Japan. The ordination services followed the annual memorial addresses. The Rev. D. V. Williams, secretary Os the Conference, presided at the memorial meeting. The memorial sermon was preached by the Rev. Someryille Light of Marion. _— ' p HERE’S A.CHANCE FOR DECATUR New Base Ball League. Is to Be Organized. Peru, Ind., April 4.—A meeting of prospective managers of teams for the Northern Indiana baseball league was held here this afternoon. The representatives were R. C. iJames, of Huntington; S. D. Sewall, of Marlon; A. C. Parn, of Peru; C, A. Klunk, of Wabash; E. D. Hill, of Kokomo, and Bluffton was represented by proxy. Hill Was elected president; Earl Steele, of Huntington, vice prseldent; and Klunk secretary, and treasurer. There will be another meeting next Sunday at Kokomo, when three other cities will be admitted to the league. The season’s schedule will open May 15th. . ' ,_■> 'O ■■ —— Mrs. Angelina Rover Schlegel, wife of the late Daniel Schlegel, died at her home in the southwest part of the city, Sunday evening. She was one of ihO’ pioneer women of this-section and well known. Her death was due to old age and the complications usual to one who has passed the four-score mark. She was a native of Pennsylvania,, bom in Kutztown, Works county, October 28th, 1827. In 1852 she was married to Mr. Daniel Schlegel and seven yeats later they imlgrated to this city. Here they have since lived, watching the country grow from a wilderness into one of the greatest communities of the entire country. When but a young girl, Mrs. Schlegel united with the Reformed church, but about fifteen fears ago she transferred her membership to the Baptist church 'in this city. She is survived by one son, Henry, of this city and one brother, John Kover Os Fort Wayne. Her husband preceded her in death a tew years ago. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krick, Rev. imler officiating, and the music furnished by the United Brethren choir. Interment at the' Decatur cemetery. i '-5.., — o- 1 —— Attorney David E. Smith received a telegram Monday a m. from his cousin, Mas Anna Smythe, of Pittsburg, which said: “Mother died Thursday: father died this morning.” The father is a brother of Mrs. James H. Smith of this city, and he and his daughter have visited here and are quite well known. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been in rather poor health for a year past, but it was not known they were seriously ill until Thursday, when a message announced the death of the mother. It Is supposed the shock caused by her death was so severe that it hastened the death of Mr. Smythe. Mr. Smythe was a veteran of the civil war and fought in a number of the hardest battles of that greatest- of all wars. The case is a very sad one, and the relatives have the sincere sympathy of all their friends here and they are many. BECOND CITY IN STATE . i " Fort Wynne, Ind., April 4.-r The financial report for the last quarter shows that the Fort Wayne poetoffice is doing business at the rate of >260,000 a year, thus maintaining its position as second city in the state in point of poetoffice receipts. March was the biggest month In the history of the office, the receipts exceeding any other Aonth by 1100. The receipts during March were >24,411.

I u Tfbmer De i* catur people, pit of whom pering in that country. At Jonesboro| he talked with JT. B". Mtaron,who owns; 1 large timber interests in that section j f al'so with his son Joe, who holds a*a splendid position with a banking's house. The JLyncfr, HWUhouse and a Fklk families are located that place and are all doing well. At Pargould, rifitr. Luts called upon Alfred Ayres, who conducts a targe paint and wall paper store, owim-a/ handsome home and IS prosperous. T This city fs also the home of Thomas J Woodruff, the veterinary, who enjoys li a good patronage. In fact has all he can do and Hires the country immensely. Billy Middleton operates c one of the best barber shops th the o city and a few mites from here his li father, James Middleton, owns a dan- 1 J dy 480 acre farm, which is paid for J and which win Within a few years f be worth a snug fortune. In fact it Is g at this very foment a valuable piece b of real estate. At Cardwell, Mr. Lutz called upon M. Gilson and family, whom he found well and happy, and t with whom the southwest seems also e to have agreed. The farmers of that o section of the country busy plow- / cotton land, the peach trees c are hr blossom and everywhere were r found evidences of spring. From West Plains to Springfield, Missouri, a distance of 120 miles, it is estimated c that' there are forty thousand acres t of peach orchards. r ' ' ——o —————— , I By a deal wh|ch was closed Friday I night U 8. Drummond, of Pleasant 1 Mills, has become the sole' proprietor a of the general merchandise store which for three months past has been the possession of Drummond and Nld- i linger. The business place was ]>ur- S chased by these gentlemen from a county treasurer elect, Charles Yager, and they have successfully conduct- ' ed the store. However, Mr. Nidlinger ( was desirous of returning to the farm a and negotiation! began several days r ago for the transfer of the property. The retiring member of the firm is a thorough business man, but the s mercantile business - (did not appeal f as favorably to him as does farming, c hence the change. Mr. Drummond c needs no introduction to the people of this vicinity. For nearly twenty years he assumed the position of c salesman at the Niblick and company t store, during which time estab- t lished a wide acquaintance and t friendship. He starts today on his business career under the most pleasant auspices and his many friends i predict for him a prosperous future, I 1 Henry Lankenau, the county probation officer, has filed his semi- t annual report at the office of the county cleric. During that time he has been called In fourteen cases, c Where the children got into trouble. < Usually arrangements were made where the lads were given another opportunity to behave, but In three < cases the boys had to be sent to the i Tdformhttdry *at Plainfield, as they i absolutely, refused to be controlled, ( these being two brothers named Ba- 1 ker and a boy named Ayers. The 1 Baker boys were set up, according 1 to the report, because their mother i paid no attention to- them andlper- 1 mitted them to run the streets con- < stantly. They were finally caught i stealing, and this on top of other 1 Charges caused them to go to Blain- i field. Two boys from the south part 1 of the county are under probation on 1 charges of larceny, having broken in- < to stores, but are being good just now 1 and so long as they are they will not 1 be punished. This Is also true of a youngster from Monroe township who ’ broke into a church about Santa Claus i time and stole a number of oranges. !! Mri Lankenau Is required by law to make this report, which shows just 1 how the boys and girls are acting. Except where they have been sent to the reformatory, we have purposely omitted the names because, if they 'are being given a chance to regain their reputation, it is perhaps best not to give them any more notoriety than they have. HI —°—? —*22' ADMITTED TO HIGHER COURTS D. B. Erwin Can Practice In Supreme ; ~ . 7 and Federal Courts. Attorney Dore B. Erwin, returned Saturday from Indianapolis, whore : he attended the sesslpns of the annual state meeting of the teachers’ associations. He says the sessions were all very Interesting and were, being fully enjoyed by the Adams county teachers. While In that city ■ Mr. Erwin was admitted to practice i before the supreme court of Indiana and the United States court, Clerk of ■ the Supreme Court, Mr. Ed Fltzpat-j i rick very courteously assisting him in the necessary preliminaries. r ■: I” ■ liublV—' —«—» ; Have you got your Easter bonnet and suit ready. Only a few days more In which to think It oven Read the MnxuraMt. «*»-. urn. ■

»■ pom, JI R UUmM. guardian for Clarence Sprunger ett al;. filed 1 an inventory and: a petition tosew real estate. Property ordered sold at private sale and’ Jbsee Roop, amt JI D. Winteregg sere appointed appraisers.. —r, Real estate transfers: Margaret Oberbach to Ernst lech, tract In French township, >5,800; George K.. Jacobs to Orpha. McManama, 5T acres In Monroe tp;, tl'.OO; The record room at the county clerk’s office was the scene of another event at 8:15 Saturday morning when T. L. Beerbower and Miss Allie Blowers were wedded by Squire James H. Smith. Both parties haff from the south part of the county, the groom being 22 years old and the bride 2V. Avon Burke has been admitted to the Adams county bar, having been examined by a committee composed of E. B. Adams, J. C. Sutton and v A. P. Beatty. Fe is a popular and capable young man of this city. He passed the cigars. I The cases against the Geneva men charged with Sabbath breaking when they assisted John Brandt Ip his hay making, have been dismissed. The men'released are Charles Mann, Peter Burke, Gottlieb and John Brandt, William Pierce, Doc Ferris, John Pitts and John $ F. Manley. \ D. E. Smith has appeared for the defendant In the case of Catherine Snyder vs. William Eicher, possession of real estate. S. A. M. Butcher vs. Homer J. Greene, suit on oil lease, rule to answer madd absolute on first day of next term. Emma Echaupp vs. M. J. Martin et al, partition, appearance by C. J. Lute for plaintiff* motion to strike put part of complaint overruled. Motion that complaint be made more specific. Mary Knavel vs. Edward Knavel, divorce, attachment against defendant to show cause why he does not pay the allowance of >15.00 as ordered by court. * Charles F. Challmeyer, guardian for Wm. Cross vs. 8. -R. Alden et al, defendant Alden Ordered to appear on Wednesday, April 4th at office of Ip. W. Harris, Fort Wayne for examlnation. W. R. Case and Sons vs. Noah Loch et al, account suit, dismissed and costs paid. — T- —* Washington, April 3.—This was Indiana field day In the house of representatives. Ytour Indiana congress-, men spoke on the Payne tariff bill, all (from the Democratic viewpoint. Those four wert Representatives Cox, Dixon, Cullop and Clltf. Mr. Cullop Dixon, Cullop and Cline. Mr. Cullop party in general and the Payne bill in particular. He was given a round of applause, and when he concluded many representatives crowded arqund to congratulate him oh his maiden speech. He spoke with a great deal of vigor and in a voice that could be heard to the remotest confines of the Cherokee strip. Mr. Cullop told the Republican members that in writing the Payne bill upon the statute books they are writing their own death, knell. He ridiculed the tariff of 25: cents per bushel on-wheat provided ift the Payne bill. This, he said, is Intended as a “sop to the farmers,” but in fact It benefits no one except the stock gamblers, as the price of wheat In America Ifc regulated by the Liverpool market. Branching from specific schedules, Mr. Cullop denounced the whole theory of protection. He' said that under the Dingley act, the highest protection this county has ever known, public souphouses have been In operation In all the metropolitan cities of the country. In Chicago, he said, where thrift, prosperity and enterprise ought to abound 15,000 children have been fed from the public treasury. Pittsburg, he pointed out, has appropriated >220,000 to furnish work for the unemployed. o— .. John Smltley has sold his St. Marys township farm and has moved to this city, occupying a residence at the corner of Adams and Eleventh streets. Mr. Smltley has long been one of the prosperous farmers, of the county, and has worked! hard enough to ear^: a little rest fop a time. „ . | Henry Albert Fristoe, a former Decatur business man, now engaged In ■ the notion business at Geneva, where ,by the way he has a dandy stoye, and an equally dandy business, in» aMaw/Uno- affairs at tha nnnH hX.aa Ca>LttJuU<Uf£ Uv O <•*> Vl*v wm v UMludv today and incidentally looking um old V. i