Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1909 — Page 2

Bluffton, Ind., April 9.-A Democratic olty primary In which Interest arV centered In th© races for mayor, clerk and treasurer, resulted In nomina- | as follows: Kj l For mayor—A. W. Hamilton, to suceeed himself, 220; Frank Smith, pree- ' ent city clerk, 289; and George Mock, a young attorney, 194. Smith’s plurallty over Hamilton, 69. For clerk —William Poffenberger, 331, and Thomas J, McDowell, 318. McDowell’s plurality 13. W'/ . Fkir treasurer—WJilson Grove, for $7 re-nomination, 407; John Miller, 138; and Hugh Stout, 154. Grove’s plur.ilP' Ity, 253. For councilmen-at-large — George Rinear, 373; Arthur Hurd, 341; MorEris Edris, 202, and William Cline, 177. L Two were to be nominated and Rinear B and Hurd are the nominees. ’f 1 Council, First ward—Thomas Bulp ger (the only candidate), 130. Second ward —Eli Miller, 153, and e J, B. Clark, present incumbent, 105. .? Miller’s plurality, 48. Third ward—Lewis Staver, 121; ; Arthur Costello, 70, and Jeff Prough, 63. Slaver’s plurality, 58. The Republicans will nominate late in the summer by convention. , . ; —o— fe-J ENDLESS CHAIN LETTERS AGAIN Contain a Foolish Threat —May be Violation of Postal Laws. Some crank is again sending out his series of endless chain letters and numerous Decatur women receive them each day*. The letters seem to have started from Chicago, and in i the form used several years ago, asking a prayer and adding that the lady who receives same must send out one letter each day for nine days. If she don’t the epistle goes on to say she will suffer some terrible calamity and . if she does on the ninth day she will receive some great blessing. ]Such , letters are almost too silly to receive notice, and no person will, of course, pay any attention to them except the , very foolish. It is quite probable that , in sending such a letter to your friends as requested you are violating , the postal laws and might have to ( , answqr to Uncle Sam, for it is a ( direct violation of law to send a . threat through the mails and these , / letters can be classed as that We j advise you to pay no attention to any . such letters. ( —o— ' SOLD SOME FINE CATTLE The County Receives a Fat Check for Cattle Sold Today. Jacob Graber, the superintendent of the county infirmary, Friday morning sold ten head of fine steers, and in payment therefor received a check for i $956.40. This but again demonstrates the management of affairs at the infirmary. Mr. Graber is great on rais- • ing good stock, and the markets each . year gets the best that is raised. W. ; H. Rupright made the purchase and < will ship the cattle east, where he will get the top price. o : ANOTHER ADAMS CO. WRITER ; — 1 —- I The story of the Catacombs, by ] Edythe Blake-Hedges, is a new book i just placed on the market. We have ■ not Ind the pleasure of its perusal, : but have seen , the book and it is < attractively bound, finely illustrated j and printed. The authoress is the ; daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. King of ; this place. The fact that the book t was introduced into conference at . Greenfield and placed on sale at the conference book store, speaks very ] creditably for the publication.—-Gene- : va Herald. Q , ■ . !■■■— WV FILED MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL Anderson, Ind., April 9.—Mrs. Lydia McTurnan, wife of ex-Assistant Superinendent of Public Instruction Lawrence McTurnan, filed a motion for a new trial in the divorce proceedings recently passed on in the circuit court, in whch Mr. McTurnan was granted a divorce and the custody of the child. The motion was 0 overruled and the case may be carried to the supreme court. Mrs. McTurnan has been in California for the past year and was not present in e. court at the time of the hearing of E the case. o Although he refused to say good-by to bis mother and brother, Leonard Sebastian Board, a Wells county boy 4' arrested for incorrigibility, wept bit-* ; terly because he was compelled to leave a small cur dog behind. He has gy,. been sent to tee Julia Work Indus- * trial home. Charles B. Woodworth, for many years in the retail drug business in Fort Wayne and prominently identlto fled with other avenues of fn the city which has been his lifelong home, died at 5:50 o’clock Sunday morning at his residence, west Wayne and Union streets. Mr. Woodworth was 60 years of age and his death wa( due to Bright’s disease with complications involving the heart.

•I The Clover Leaf railroad, whicl t ’ comparatively a few years ago, wai l a narrow guage, and the laughing ' stock of the railroad and travelini world, is now to become a part o' one of the greatest systems in the entire country, extending from the . Atlantic coast to the Missouri rlvei and on to the Dakotas, with a probability in the future of reaching from coast to coast. Behind this enterprise stand the Hawley Interest, allied with which are John W. Gates, Theodore P. Shonts, Paul' Morton and a number of other influential capitalists. These interests already have acquired control of the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Toledo, St. Louis and Western, the Chioago & Alton, the lowa Central and the Minneapolis & St. Louis. It is reported on reliable authority that they have also obtained pontrol of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville road, which has been in the market for some time and which will form a direct connecting link between the Alton-Clover Leaf lines and the Chesapeake & Ohio, over which the Atlantic coast will be reached. The combination thus formed will constitute a system of 4,892 miles of main track, representing a total capitalisation of $358,908,549. It will reach tidewater at Portsmouth and extend to the Missouri river at Kansas City on the south and at Le Beau, S. D., on the north, passing through the Twin Cities. The lines of this system traverse some of the largest and most productive agricultural sections in the country, having tributary to them the wheat fields of the Dakotas, the great com belts of lowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. They tap rich coal fields in every section of country touched by them, and have located on various parts of the system large and varied industrial establishments that ship a vast tonnage of manufactured articles. o Indianapolis, April 9. —Otway Baker, custodian, of the state house, will be called upon on the morning of April 15 by two men, both of whom will demand the keys of the state capital. One will be Thomas F. Colbert, former chief of police of Indianapolis, and a Democrat; the other will be Charles J. Wheeler of Noblesville, a Republics. Both Wheeler and Colbert'were appointed to the custodianship yesterday, the latter by Governor Marshall and the former by Fred A. Sims, secretary of state, and John C. Billheimer auditor of state, who make up the Republican members of the board, which, they contend, has the power to make the appointment. The appointee who fails to get th<f keys will likely file quo warranto proceedings in the Marion county courts and the matter will be rushed through to the supreme court without delay. It is altogether probable that Baker will recognize the authority of Wheeler and give him the keys. The announcement of the selection of Wheeler to succeed Baker came as a surprise. His appointment was a compromise on four or five applicants for the position. Mr. Sims desired the appointment of Mr. Wheeler in preference to some others, but Mr. Billheimer held out for the re-appoint-ment of Baker. A commission was issued to Mr. Colbert by Governor Marshall shortly before the latter’s departure for the east. It will be held in the govenor’s office until April 15, at which time Baker’s term expires, and oft that day it will be presented to the Democratic appointee. 4 certificate of' appointment was issued to Wheeler, signed by Sims and Billhelmer, and it will be this upon which he will demand the keys to the state house. o . »—> — Frank Cotton, the Bluffton desparado, who has the record for having cashed more worthless checks, forged more and then dodged the prison more times than any man in the state of Indiana, was again captured Friday afternon, Deputy Sheriff Ed Green making the arrest at the Harmon saloon. It is said Cotton had been here for two or three days, but kept under cover. He is wanted at Huntington where he cashed a worthless check, a forgery on his father, calling for five dollars. The sheriff of Huntington county arrived that afternoon and took the prisoner back with him. Ke is willing to wager a little that the young man won’t be so lucky there as he has been elsewhere, but there are some who will not believe it until Frank has really been sent up. He seems to bear a sort of charmed life when it comes to keeping out of prison, but then he may break in if he keeps up. the lick. There was a time when he had the sympathy of many, but his persistent crimes have ended that, and it is doubtful If his father wll even aid him this time. — . ... o -— — •< Leo Miller, who has been oonducti ing a barber shop at Huntington for some time, has returned here and i. will live in Decatur for a time at • least His father is in poor health and Leo will remain here with him.

hl The Evangellcal eongregattaeoft&l « city are to have a new and handsom g church. This is not to happen tame g dlately, but plans which have beei )f under way for some months assuri it for the not very distant future While this may surprise many of otr readers, ft will toot the members, ,r who are manifesting much Interest ft i- the project. The idea is to secure a n least a good part of the necessary money for the purpose before’ anj actual steps are taken. With thii d idea in view, the Sunday school ant - the Ladies’ Aldo Society are quit* a busy. The* members individually art • also working to increase the fund bj e means of the birthday boxes whlct i have been given over to the fund, - Beginning last New Years, the Suna day school have been giving the first -• Lords’ day collection in each month - to the building fund, and this is i growing rapidly. The Aid Society is I doing its share by placing sixty per i cent of its earnings in the fund and i thus every one in the church is work- - ing toward the one end—a new house i of worship. The church offering and i that of the Missionary Society are • retained to pay expenses, but if there - is any surplus, the money will go to J the new project. The present church, ■ though comfortable, is > too small and i is inconvenient. The new one will 1 be a building of architectural beauty, 7 commodolus and modern in every , way, with rooms for each department, s The present plans are that the old ■ church and the parsonage be sold, I this money converted to the fund and s the new edifice erected where these ’ buildings now stand. The effort is , most commendable and will be re- ■ ceived with pleasure and aided in I every way possible by the good peo- ' pie of Depatur and vicinity. [ o • Mra. George H. Martz, one of the i best known women of Monroe township, died at six o’clock this morning after suffering for several months from a complication of ailments. On . the 14th of January last, while attempting to alight from a sled at the Pleasant Valley church she slipped and fell, sustaining a broken hip. She recovered, but while still on crutcher, fell again and the hip was again fractured. To this injury were added an attack of grippe, sciatic rheumatism and other complications which completely wore her out and death came as a relief today. She was fifty years old, having been bbrn in Union township, this county, December 26, 1850. Her maiden name was - Martin, and she was formerly married to William Stodgill, her marrlagb to Mr. Martz occurring April 26, 1877. She Is survived by her husband and five Children, two sons and three daughters. The funeral services will be held Monday afternoon , at one o’clock from the Pleasant Valley church, the Rev. Johnson, probably officiating. Mrs. Martz had many acquaintances over the county, who will be grieved to hear of her death, and who will console with, the sorrowing '■*’ o All the township trustees were in the city Thursday attending a meeting with County Superintendent Opliger. At this meeting it was settled and -sealed by the unanimous voice and vote of every trustee in the county that the second Adams county commencement would occur this year in June, perhaps the 10th. This news will please every public school in the county, and besides that, it will please a large number of the patrons and others who are interested in the education of the American youth. It is likely, too, that the commencement will be held in this city, as the one last year, was at Berne and the north half of the county may lay claim to the honor and distinction of entertaining this commencement, and. have all the argument for such a claim. There are also many from this part of the county who will be in the class of graduates. The first county commencement was held last year and ’ it was the greatest success ever attained by any similar event County Superintendent Opligefr wants it announced that the second . diploma examination wilt/be held at the central school building in this city > on Saturday, April 17. A similar examination which was held on March s 20, will be known the last of this week or the first of next. Mr. Opll- ; ger says that forty per cent, of the i country pupils were successful in that ! examination. This speaks for itself I in denoting the efficient work that is > being done in the public schools, and, -about doubles the per cent Os success over last year. . & i ' 1 Amorig the beautiful floral gifts • which make the room in which Judge s Allen Zollars Is lying at Hope hospi- ' tai appett a veritable bower is a magnificent bunch of American Beauty roses sent by Governor Marshall, a ■ lifelong friend of the Fort Wayne ■ jurist. Judge Zollars steadily conI tlnues to improve and it is hoped he - will be able to leave the hospital i within a short time.—Fort Wayna Sentinel. E

m of St. Marys township, b- at the clerk’s office Thursday mornm ing. By the terms thereof .this well' *« known citizen, provides to" the paye - meat of debts and funeral expenses, rr He then gives to his son. George, *n the northeast quarter of the northeast it quarter to sectlpn 29 in St. Marys y township, and also inlot 30 in Pleasy ant Mills. Tb his son Decatur I. Is d Steele, he bequeaths the north half of e the south halt of the northeast quar■e ter of section 29, In St. Marys, and y Inlot 28, Pleasant Mills. To his son, h Ira,' the south half of the northeast I. quarter of section 29, St. Marys town- .- ship, and inlot 27, Pleasant Mills. Hts it grandson, Milton Yager, was rememh bered by being given itolots number s eight, six and twenty-nine in Pleass ant Mills. Os the rest of his entire r estate, Ira Steele gets one-third, »n<l d the rest is then equally divided be- - tween the three sons George, Decatur e and Ira. The latter is named as Hie 3 executor. The will was written ’ Oce tober 8, 1907, and witnessed by David e E. Smith and John Schurger. 3 ■ -0...... i, WANTS ALL THE REPUBLICANS 1 *“—“ 1 Mlles J. Furnas Is hooking for the Impossible In this District. ■mu iiwimimii iw Representative' Mlles J. Furnas of 1 Randolph county, is thought to have , an eye on the congressional nomina--1 tlon in the Eighth district. He,don’t ? want it very badly, it seems, but s would take it under certain conditions. • He is thus reported by an exchange: i “I have been mentioned as a candidate ■ for congress, but haven’t fully made up my mind as to whether I will get in the race or not. There is no mon- > ey in politics, and I have reached the time In my life when I must look after providing for the years when I i shall not be able to do the work I i am doing now. However, if the Republicans, mind you, all the Repubs licans in the Eighth district wish me. to make the race, I may make it, but will not be a factional candidate.” ’ o-— ' — Attorney D. E. Smith filed a new entitled Peter Hoffman and Air drew Gottschalk vs. Sam Mushber’T’r. complaint on judgment, demand $450. Fred Christner, aged 26, a laborer from Monroe township, and Flavins B. Davidson, eighteen, of Berne, have been granted a marriage license. Ira Steele has been duly appointed as executor of the estate of his father, the late Samuel Steele and filed bond for $3,400. Real estate transfers: Albert Shaw to Albert Bracht, lot 368, Decatur cemetery, $35; Robert H. Galbreath to John Smitley, lot 534, Decatur,.' $2,025; Old Adams County bank to John Steele, inlots 921 and 922, in Lynch addition, Decatur, $275. The will of Anegline Schlegel was probated. After the payment of the debts she gives her property to her son Henry during his life. Should he die before his wife, she is to receive the use of the estate so long as she remains his widow, otherwise' the property is to be divided share and share alike among the four children of Henry Schlegel. The will was written December 23, 1902, and witnessed by Barbara Knot! and Emeline Koover. o A marriage license was issued to Marion J. Tlnkham, 24, a farmer, and Della Yeuhg, eighteen, both of Blue Creek township. Attorney D. E. Smith filed a new case entitled . John F. Lawson vs. Catherine Miller et al, for partition of real estate. Attorney Dore B, Erwin filed a new case at the clerk’s office Friday afternoon entitled Mathias Kirsch and the other members of the Kirsch & Sellemeyer Lumber company against D. E. Studabaker, suit on note, the de- ■ mand being $650., Another new suit was that filed by Attorney A. P. Beatty la which the plaintiff is the National Bank of Commerce of Toledo, Ohio and the defendants the Cardwell Box com- : pany and the members of that con- ■ pern, suit on note, demand $5,000. I —w—» Charles W. Yager was appointed guardian for his son Jacob Milton Yager, who recently inherited property valued at SBOO, from his grandi father, Samuel Steele. | . .O’"; . " 11 The heavy winds of yesterday did ' some damage as usual. It tore off ’ the big smoke stack at the Confer i Ice Cream, company’s plant, completely ruining same. The windstorm a few evenings ago did a similar trick i at the H. H. Bremerkamp mils, and that stack was replaced yesterday. IJ These accidents cost each concern ' I about fifty dollars.

1' southeast of Decatur ih St Marys - township. With the exception of . Monmouth, thia town is the oldbst ( ih ~ the county. Its populatlve growth has t not been especially marke<T during the 1 i passing of the years, this probably . being the case as a result of its contiguity to the county seat, Decatur. , Located within the corporate limits are a number of healthy business institutions, however, all of which are enjoying a wide patronage. A Mr. Braddbx erected the first residence in Pleasant Mills and the next promitent man to locate there was Alex Acker, who at that time conducted a woolen factory and saw mill. Thus ■ the town started on her business career. The St. Marys township land being of good quality it was soon sought for, and but a- short time elapsed until farms were marked out arid sold to people who settled to stay. The land was well tiled and proving productive, ft made for its owners neat fortunes. As a rural district thrived the town flourished and as dwellings were erected new families moved thereto. Thus one of the most fertile and promising strips of land to the county was revealed to the gaze of the outside world. A class of people assumed control of the business interests of Pleasant Mills and St. Marys township who labored industriously for its advancement, and today the township can well be presented as a criterion of good government, excellent citizenship and as other features unspeakably commendable. There is riot a road in St. Marys township which has not been macadamized or petitioned therefor, and this la Indicative of the progressiveness of the people. Pleasant Mills has a population exceeding two hundred and fifty, consisting in most part of retired farmers who have as a consequence of their toil and thrift accumulated a sufficient quantity of th© world’s goods to assure comfort for them in their declining days. I. Dr. J. W. Vlzzard, who is probably one of the most prominent men in the township, and who has gained a state wide reputation politically, as well as professionally, went to Pleasant Mills sixteen years ago yesterday. His success has been boundless, his patronage extending Over sever*! of the townships, and Dr. Vizard is held in the high esteem of the people. He has been the choice of Adams county people to represent them In the legislature, and this spring was elected chief clerk of the house 'of representatives, thus reflecting much credit upon his ability. . U. St .Drummond, formerly of Decatur, is the possessor of the general merchandise store which for years was conducted by Charles Yager. He is succeeding nicely, and is enjoying a liberal patronage. His store Is well stocked. A. M. Mauller, another of the merchants, has a line of general merchandise, Including boots and shoes and he, too, is succeeding well. L. D. Brown,who for eight years has been the owner of the grocery store located on the west side of main street, Is among the progressive merchants. The general hardware store is conducted by Edwin France, and an excellent line Is carried. Mr. France has owned the store for five years and is doing well. H. M. Mathewson, the restaurant owner, is doing a good business. He has everything to his line, and Is keeping in pace with the times. O. Fortney, possessor of a hardware store and blacksmith shop, Is being liberally patronized. He carries a good stock. A. N. Acker Is owner of the elevator and this institution Is flourishing. Much grain is taken there by the farmers in the township. Pleasant Mills has an excellent system of education. Besides the graded schools she has a non-commissioned high school. There are also three churches, the M. E., United Brethren and Baptist Among the oldest*residents of Pleasant Mills are William Armstrong, 84, Henry Steele, 77, and Gilbert Thompson, 79. Judge Richard K. Erwin returned Friday night from a professional trip out of the city and he is now busy preparing exceptions In the case of John Baker, convicted of the killing of Columbus Croy. He will file his motion for a new trial In the Huntington circuit court probably early this week, says thb Fort Wayne News. In the view of recent developments in the case Judge Erwin to confident that his client will be granted a new Ji/ '

I wmil tilled to Ur* HVwilt’igtan ci c it > couri a few weeks Z>. He caused r the arrest of Clarence Omo, one off r the witnesses for the state and Omo i was arrested Monday, and Wednesday he gave what is being termed a confession, and stated that the particular testimony had been written out for , him to commit to memory. The tes- ’ timony was important to the fixing of ’ 1 dates; the testimony of Omo z in the trial of the case was that the tftne ' jvas fixed to January and according to his confession it was in June. The ' confession has caused a sensation in. Fort Wayne and Allen county, on account of the two trials of Herman Mll- ' ler and John Stout and their convlc--1 tion of murdering COlUmbus Croy, marshal of Woodburn. The third trial was that of John Baker,, the case being heard to the Huntington circuit dourt. ;Judge Erwin defended in all three cases and tbeywere hotly contested and much feeling brought into them. The prosecution to the case brands the confession, of Omo as false, and they will ep-] deavor to prove that Omo Is not telling the truth. - — 11 o " . '<■ The official count to the recent local option elections in Blackford and Cass counties has reduced the “wet* majorities slightly, but they are still sufficient, being over a hundred to each county. In Blackford the exact majority is 134, and there is copslderable talk of the "drys” contesting, though it is thought Hkely that they will in a few days decide to take the matter philosophically. It is said that over $5,000. was won and lost on the election, and this is the cause of the most sore spots. Only one arrest was made for illegal voting. In Cass county the official vote showed a “wet’’ victory of 108, and there the merchants* association who were responsible for the victory of the licensed saloon, have issued a statement that they will , fight the issuance of a saloon license to any person who should not have same and will prosecute all violators of the law. A statement sent out from Logansport says that already there is a revival in business and they expect the town to be better than ever. Everybody is busy making up and the war is over for the present at least, although the anti-saloon league promises them another as soon as possible. > .1 T — Now copies the Coppock Motor Car company with enough spring business to make them hump for the next sixty days, and to the meantime the prospect is bright to cinch enough orders to strain the output of the plant for the year. D. L. Quinn, the manager, , la just home from Indianapolis, where he landed four cars, that is four more card. He came in last week with three, and this four makes seven, and the four already sold and in commission in that city makes eleven cars that wiy be in Indianapolis when the > present orders are complete and shipments made. This is going Some, and means that the Coppock is a favorite , ■ in the capital city. These eleven cars mean the sale of many more, and it means too, that the Decatur plant will in a short time be on its feet and be going so fast that it will be impossi- ’ ■ ble to* catch them. The Decatur boosters are rejoicing today at the good fortune and the good business that is in store for the Coppock peopie. they have labored long and they have labored hard for just the accomplishments of the past two weeks. The seven cars that are now under construction* will mean lots* of work at the plant here, and for the next thirty or sixty days they will be busy. The management proposes to keep up the hostilities and during the year to place the business of that company on the high road to success. That this will be done there is no doubt, and like all automobile concerns, after a good start is registered, all troubles are ended, except the trouble of making the output meet the demand. *■ ' 1 .■ o 1 I ■■ RESIGNED IN DISGRACE Washington, Ind., April 9.—The Rev. Elmer E. Davidson, of the Christian church, yesterday tendered his resignation as a result of charges by Miss Laura Bunn Clark of this city, j that the minister had tricked her into a fake marriage. According to the woman’s story, she entered into a false marriage contract with the minister at the Metropolitan hotel- in St. Louis last December. Shortly before the minister submitted his resignation today, love letters, purporting to be from him to Miss Clark, were made public. —o m A party of Decatur sportsmen, Including D. M. Hensley, T. M. Reid, Lase Ellis, Anson Bremerkamp and Clem Voglewede were expecting to go to Rome City this morning for an early try at the bass and blue gills, but when they peeked out from the covers 1 and saw the snow falling they de-