Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1909 — Page 2

■smimmhww’.w nv • Geneva, Ind., May 28.-(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The officers Ktf> are busy running down several clews ® looking to the detection of some misfl creants who threw two stones which fl destroyed a large plate glass window in the home of William A. Aspy. The dirty deed was committed on Satur- ’ day night, and some hot clews have! 'already been scented which throws considerable suspicion upon a couple of people here, and it is thought that Mfep in a day or two the true offenders will » be known, and then the law will take jßp" a hand, and some one will have to fIMfIfIBBMIWK > ;• V. • ‘ A real estate transaction was pulled fl off here today which conveys to fliV; James, Frank and Charles Armstrong IK'/: the fine body of land owned by Simon fIK; P. Grace, and which is located but two miles from Geneva. Mr. Grace flhj/ will move to Michigan, and buy a fl" larger body of land* His farm here fljj embraced ninety-five acres '* and j;’ brought a fancy price. Mrs. H. A. Fristoe and daughter, flrcame home yesterday from) exE g tended Absence in Lexington', Ky„ 'Hfeere They visited wits relatives. Ely They enjoyed a fine time& |/ Geneva will celebrate the glorious I Efff-.v' Fourth and preparations ale already) I?' under way for this important event. l i . They will make the effort to eclipse I the celebration of one year ago, and IS ' ■ every one knows that their last one was hard to catch. A bill of par- ? tlculars will later be given out by p, the Geneva celebrators, and it will K contain everything good under the . sun. -- ■ T fl:' ! .’ : i W. B. Hale and Jesse Throup came home yesterday from Indianapolis, where they attended Masonic grand fc lodge, and incidentally looked after ■ Ji business of importance. ' Mrs. C. F. Graves came home yesterday from Waterloo, Indiana, where she visited for some time with her ■ father, who has been in poor health, and who is also showing but slight improvement. Is' . The Geneva school board will meet on next Monday evening, and at that time they will select the teachers for the Geneva schools for the coming year. Some surprises are said to be in store for the patrons of the schools, I and in the meantime every one is doB ing nothing but quietly holding his I I breath. Geneva has fewer loafers and more | men at work than any other town on the historic banks of the Wabash, fl® Geneva is prospering and while we ' ■ do not often take time to blow our fe own hprn, yet the fast pace is exciting the admiration of not a few of our neighbors. This year will prove the | banne rone for the best little town In fl» the kingdom. i - We are informed that a Geneva ‘ | i citizen is again in serious trouble in j fe? >Fort Wayne, and if such proves true we will give the particulars later. — P ’ A. G. Briggs, our leading citizen' fcb and fianneier, is having the round 01 his life. Boils, and boils seem de-’ termined to put one over him. The p last count was three on the back of fb his neck, and he has suffered so long with them that his condition is really flp; - ■ serious. |i? Art Coleman moved his grocery ft stock one door west to the W. W. 1 fc Briggs room yesterday and is already fe" settled in his new home. Lack of improvement in his former place of fe, business made the change a necessity, and Mr. Coleman is not the fel-! y bow who does not know when nec-; essity is after him. '■ |■ ■ * l fl£ Quite large was the funeral of Mrs. fl John Wetter this afternoon. The ft auditorium of the Central Christian P church was filled and the sermon by | r Rev. E. W. Cole was a tender tribute/ In charge of floral offerings were p Mesdames W. O. Eggleston, Ralph fe ?■ Bishop, D. H. Terflinger, Frank ft' Henry and John Lowry. Pall bear- j ft ers were Neal McLean, Henry Deleon, Jacob Bailey, John Lynn, Ell Boylan and Job Shearer. Music was by Mrs. C. K. Lucas, Mrs. F. W. K! Grayston and Misses Ethel and’ElizaB': beth Smith. Interment was at Mt. t Hope.—Huntington Herald. Many of the horse buyers who were I in the city yesterday, remained until this morning to arrange their horses ft for shipment. The sale was a good g one. On Friday of next week L. H. Boknecht will leave for an extended visit .ts to North Dakota, where he will take b' a long look at the country, and if things appear half good, will buy land there and locate. He will go to Eg Flasher, North Dakota, where the land E is good and Improvement has gotten Bg.ft ’ tn its work. Mr. Boknecht a few ? weeks ago sold his farm in Root townft ship for a fancy price, and will find cheaper land in some other part of the country. ft'"-

I * ■ l 'J ’ " Vi’ ■r l .. ’ ‘■’ ■■! ’ ‘ j $ t ****** **♦♦♦♦* * CLASS ROLL. * * — * ■* Marie Allison * ]♦ Bessie Boyers * * Fannie Hammell * * \ Helen Niblick * j* Benj. F. Beavers ♦ * Otis Dibble * * Catherine Jackson * * Tracy Nelson * * Inez Snellen ♦ • * Hugh Perkins ♦ ' * Vemla Smith *' * -Leota Bailey * ( * Fanchion Daugherty- *. * Esther Sellerheyer ♦, * Theresa Baltzell * * Josephine Krick ' * * Beatrice Van Camp * ********** * * * * * J... ’ „ . At a few moments before eleven o’clock, Mr. Dore B. Erwin, president of the school board, presented to the seven teen /members of the class of 1909, the diplomas for which they have labored for a dozen years past, I each member fully appreciating the honor thus conferred. So far as the Decatur high schools are concerned, their education is complete, and they are ready for the harder lessons of j life. The class was one good to look ’ at, thirteen* pretty young ladies dressed in white and four handsome young (men appropriately and modestly attired for the occasion. The commencement exercises occurred at the Bosse opera house and that building was crowded to the doors when the curtain arose at 8:30. Seated on the stage were the graduates, Prof. Beachler, D. B. Erwin representing the school board, and Dr. Wikersham, the speaker of the evening. The entertainment provided for the occasion was a most delightful one, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. After a piano selection, the program began with a vocal solo, nicely rendered by Mr. Ned Steele, the accompaniment played by Miss Madge Ward. An appropriate prayer was given by the Rev. D. 0. Wise of the Evangelical church, who asked God’s blessing on the class of 1909, and who gave thanks for the privilege of the gathering. A pleasing violin sold was then given by Mr. Anthony Holthouse, who was accompanied on the piano by Mrs- J- Fred Fruchte, and this was followed by a sweet and delightful vocal solo by Miss Clara Terveer, with piano and violin accompaniment, which greatly delighted the audience. Superintendent William Beachler then Introduced the speaker, the Rev. L. B. Wikersham, of Des Moines, lowa, saying that it gave him great pleasure to be able to present to the people of Decatur a man who was known in his own state as the return date lecturer, and a man who had appeared on the lecture platform fin every state in the Union. Dr. Wikersham held up his end of the string by more than making good and he will be greeted with a crowded house iif he ever plays a return engagement jin this city. He is a brilliant, witty, logical lecturer, who held his hearers every minute of the nearly two hours that he spoke and it was actualI ly with regret that the audience heard , him close. His subject was “Day ,Dreams,’> and he poured forth in an impressive never-to-be-forgotten manner, lessons that will impress the minds, not only of the graduates, butt of each and every one who heard him.; He is splendid and this opinion is not only that of the writer, but the con-1 census of expressions heard among j the six hundred or more present. Di. | Wikersham can soar higher than most. any man we ever heard and light! quicker, that is to say that he changes’ i from the sublime to the ridiculous In ; his line of thought with an almost ( ’lightning like rapidity. He kept his| ■ audience in a good humor all evening, 'other distasteful duty pictured in their' day dreams such a future and who j had the will power and force to carry j it out. His closing words of advice .to the class were so good one could almost see them sink in and take , rbot, and we don’t believe there was, a person who heard the lecture who ( is not better today for having done so. ■ i At the close of the address, Mr. 1 Steele favored the audience with an- ' other solo, the quartet which was to' have appeared being prevented from’ doing so because of one member being detained. Mr. Erwin then gave a | short address, thanking the public for -the Interest shown in the schools and asked for a continuance. He asked that as the names of the graduates were called that they step forward and receive their diploma. At the close of this important part of the program, Rev. Sherman Powell appeared upon the stage and pronounced the benediction. The only decoration on the stage was a class 1909 banner, and as Rev. Powell Stepped forward telling one interesting anecdote after the other and only ceasing to inter-. mingle some quaint truth in such a way that the audience grasped it instantly. At times he seemed awkward, purposely so; at others he had the grace of a polished actor; anyway he was great to hear, and we would like

— to repeat the dose any time its convenient to the speaker. He divided MS subject into three parts; first, “Day dreams, what are they?” Second, “Their relation to reality." Third, “Can they be realized?" Dr. Wikersham contende dthat no man or womna ever accomplished anything without having first dreamed it in his youth’s soul and as illustrations he referred to the lives of Isaac Newton, •Henry Clay, ex-presldent James A. Garfield and others who, when but ' lads following the plow or doing some to dismiss the audience the banner 'was loosened and fell to the floor, with which act the class took their places in the real college of life. Immediately after the exercises, a reception was held at the library building, where the members of the class received the congratulations of their friends and where a delightfully happy hour was spent In an Informally social way. During the time punch was served and .also a light lunneheon including ice cream, cake, etc., this duty being daintily looked after by eight little girls, the Misses Veda and Leah Hensley, Winifred Elllngham, Bertha Hllpot, Reba Quinn, Dorothy Dugan, Gladys Meyers and Glenys Mangold. It was a pleasant commencement event and will be long remembered by the graduates and their friends. -. ■•' ■-......... Avon Burke, a well known and popular young man of this city, was greatly honored at Bloomington a few days ago by being elected head of the law students of the Junior class. The law students are a strong part of the Junior class. Each class of Freshmen, Sopohomores, Junios and Seniors have the different departments of'studycivil engineering, electrical engineering, law, medicine', architecture, art, and science. A comparatively new idea has been the election of presidents of each department of each class for it makes work done by the college much more progressive, as the best man in his profession or study is selected as president, he is usaully a man of ability. During Mr. Burk’s residence in the city he has made a large number of friends, who will be pleased to hear of his ability and this honor. A week or so ago Avon was one of the electors of the editor of the college paper. It has been but a short time since he was admitted to the bar here in this county. Indiana University Is the alma mater of about twenty Adams county students. and they are all getting along well. When school is out, about June 18, most of them have decided to spend their vacation* in this city. The state university, having within the last several years greatly advanced, now ranks with the best in the country. With an education from this institution a graduate of Its Instruction are broader men and thus better able to advance in life. ——: — ""O— < Rev. W. E. McCarty, the aged Methodist minister, whose little flyer in matrimony with his bride’s bank account as his goal gained him statewide notoriety, has decided to enter politics again and has confided to a number of influential republicans, with which party he has been affiliated since the Adair-Hawkins campaign last summer, that he will be a candidate for the nomination for mayor. Just when this particular bug lodged I itself in the thinkery of the smiling 'parson is not known, but he is said .to have it, all right, and he has even 'gone so far as to make arrangements ' with a young attorney to share his I office should enough voters be invelgled into making the mistake. Resigning as pastor of the Portland circuit ,of the M. E. church two years ago, Rev. McCarty went to Frederick, Okla., this spring where he was placed In ('charge of a mission of twenty-two churches. He returned to Portland /several weeks ago, and has since been j engaged in soliciting funds for his (mission. In an Interview yesterday, he stated about not wanting to return to Oklahoma until after the hot sea- ' son has passed, but, from his own con'fldential assertions, he was only fool- ■ ing and his visit here Is for the purlpose of ascending to the city’s hlgh■est office. “Surely in vain the net Is spread.” —Proverbs 1:17. — Portland I Dally Sun. I « ; THE THEODORE DITCH WAS SOLD John Mayer of this City Was the Successful Bidder. Surveyor C. C. Ernst Saturday sold the Theodore Thieme ditch In Union township, John Mayer being the successful bidder, his bld being >3BB. The other bidders and their respective blds are as follows: Dallas E. Butler, >389.75; Frank Schnepp, |400; and B. Boice 1469. The ditch is to be 3,050 feet in length and when completed will be a great benefit to the farmers in that vicinity. o . ■ ■ Albert Schout, 57 years of age, a farmer near Corunna, was stricken by apoplexy while doing chores about his place Thursday, and died a few moments later.

-; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Conter will end tertain at six o'clock dinner this evu'ening Mr. and Mrs. D M. Hensley, ■ John Peterson and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. I, Flanders. ’ The Misses Rose Dunathan, Norah * Smith and Annette Johnson had a 8 surprise fa| store for the Seniors. They came this morning to arrange ’ everything for tonight’s commpnoet ment. The instructors told them that 8 they were to spend a social hour tor gether. Ice cream and cake were ’ r served and every pupils enjoyed this farewell gathering to the limit * Miss Marie Allison will give a fare- } well party after commencement to f the members of her class. The girls 7 and boys of the class are all lookihg r forward to It with much pleasure. * Mrs. W .B. Weldy gave a family 3 dinner an dfarewell party yesterday r at her home on First street. Those I who composed the party and spent the afternoon so pleasantly were Mr., ’ and Mrs. 0. D. Weldy and son Bryco j of west of the city, Mrs. Sarah Cochran, Mrs. Willard Hartman, Daniel Weldy, Mrs. Sarah Cassel and chll- . dren of Detroit. Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Hartman have started on a trip to Seattle, where they will visit the [ former’s son and the latter’s brother. They will attend the exhibition at that place and take in all the r sights. They will remain several i months. ■ -o > Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Baker have . received word from their son Lou at > Tulsa, Okla., stating that their only * child ,a one-year-old babe, was very low. This will be sad news-to Deca- . tur friends of Mr. Baker. On account of the babe being so young the chances are against its recovery. ' Mfrs. Frank Bryce went to Fort Wayne today where she will remain some time with friends. She will visit here several days before returning to her home in Clinton county, near Frankfort. Her husband and daughter Ruth are in Fort Wayne today I on business. P. H. Wagner has resigned his 1 position as operator at the Clover : Leaf, and Earl Hughes, a former Dei catur boy, is now in his place. Earl , has been working in various other ; cities for the railroad company, and when Wagner resigned was sent, to this place, where he learned tele- ' graphy. Decatur friends will be very glad to know that he is located here again. A short time before his death J. M. Buck bought in Jay county a valuable tract of timber in Jay county, it con- ■ slstlng of fifty-five acres on the Rupel farm. Today this was sold to Fred Bimel & Co., of Portland, at a fancy figure. The timber wife sold by sealed blds, the Mercer Lumber Co. and the Delphos Hoop company of this city, having blds in on the tract.— Bluffton Banner. Sunday is the great feast of Pentecost, the day on which the Holy ' Ghost descended upon the Apostles 1 in the form of fiery tongues. Services on this day at St Marys church will 1 be at 8 a. m. and 10 a. m. and in the afternon at three o’clock solemn vespers, benediction and the singing of [ the Teduem. A novena in preparation ’ for the feast was begun on Friday a week ago, and will end on the vlgal or th eday before the feast. 1 Davis J. Foster, a former resident 1 of this county, is here visiting old friends. He is now engaged in the rea lestate business at Indianapolis, ' where he has convenient offices in the ' Law building, and where he is doing ’ an extensive business. His company 1 own big automobiles with which they ' convey their patrons over the country to show them the property and he is 1 succeeding in great .style. We are ‘ glad of it, and so are his many friends. ’ The present outlook for crops is very encourgalng and a continuance of the weather conditions will meet . with the hearty approval of all. Wabash women, angered at the un- , disturbed presence of two reputed , houses of bad repute in that city, [ took matters into their own hands a few nights ago and made .an assault upon the places, smashing all the ( windows after having first cut telephone wires so that assistance could ( not be summoned. Marshall H. Durnell, an engineer on the Pennsylvania, sustained a loss of S3OO today when the roof of i his home at 1311 east Creighton avi ’ enue caught fire from chimney sparks. ,jThe blaze had a good headway when . the fire department arrived and took .' some little time to subdue. The alarm was turned in at 12:29 p. m.— > Fort Wayne Sentinel. Mr. Durnell . is well known here, especially by > those who visit Rome City where he spends the summer. I Edwin P. Gage, of Garrett, a brakei man on the Baltimore & Ohio* rallr road, has filed a voluntary petition in ! bankruptcy in the federal court in - Fbrt Wayne. Liabilities, $2,837.60; assets, $2,098.70. ■ ft i '' ■■ '’j ;■ '■ I’ ■' 4

t ' John E. Taylor vs. William H. Taylor et al, partition, W. H. Taylor files , waiver of issue and service. Answer filed in one paragraph. Fred Brachet et al, ex parte, petition for drain, cause ordered docketed. ■ George Zimmerman vs. Chicago & Erie Ry. Co., damages SSOO, separate and several demurrer filed to complaint Real estate transfers: United States to Joel Todd, 160 acres Monroe tp., paten tissued November 10, 1840; H. M. DeVoss et al to Jesse C. Sutton et al, lot 590, Decatur, $2,600; Charles F. Rinehart et al to Julius Relchart, 100 acres in Monroe tp., SI.OO. EMe A. Emery et al to Solomon Luglnblli, 99 acres in Blue Creek township, $5,750; A. J. DeVlnney to Everett & Hite, 1 acre in Washington tp., $675. James W. Archbold, administrator of the estate of Mary J. Beglin, filed a petition for an order to ( paper .a ’ room of the dwelling, which was granted. . / — -o DON C. HALL AS RICHARD 111. There is much of interest to the educated patrons of the theater in the coming production of Shakespeare’s Richard 111. While soulfullness and sentiment are bound to be appreciated by people of understanding, no matter what may be the surroundings, the grandeur of thought and expression appeals more fully to the listener if it has a background and setting in keeping with our time. In this age of progress, the depth of human sentiment is not Tost, in fact it has broadened and deepened by reason of man’s added capabilities of perception. And this power of utilizing his gifts for beautifying. In Shakespeares text the language is sublime and under the inspiration of his most wonderful work, there has grown in the mind of Don C. Hall, one of his most ardent admirers ,a desire to bring out all its glory by introducing all that can be used for making the stage attractive giving light and shade, weaving the story into the settings with such a nicety, as to hold the auditor in wrapt attention interested as he has never |>een before. And the reading is done intelligently and with such clear enunciation that the language can be easily understood by all. The production will be seen at the Bosse opera house all next week. o The J. A.. Long Produce company, with home offices at Portland, Indiana, have opened a branch in this city, locating in the J. E. Moser block, just north of the laundry. D. W. Ashcraft is the local manager, and they began business today by receiving over fifty crates of eggs. They will buy butter, eggs and poultry and the manager says he expects to get their share of thb business in this locality. The Long company is one of the biggest in this section, owning stores ht St. Marys, Coldwater, Celina, Bellefontaine and a dozen other places in Ohio and Indiana. They also own a big butter renovating plant at Union City, where they ship all their butter. They buy this product in four or five states, including Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. They also own four big filler and egg case factories located at various places. They have been in the business a number of years and will do a good business here no doubt. Mr. Ashcraft is a hustler and is busy looking after the things necessary in opening such a branch. The company is also opening a braach at Ohio. City this Week. o _ OPPOSE STATE PROHIBITION Louisville Merchants Condemn Intemperance and Saloon In Politics. Louisville, Ky., May 27.—Nearly all the wholesale merchants and many men in other lines of business in Lopisville filled the Board of Trade hall today and passed resolutions condemning state-wide prohibition 1 for Kentucky. The resolutions condemn the saloon in politics and intemperance, but declare state-wide prohibition detrimental “to the best interests of Kentucky.” THE RAILROADS COMPROMISE Officials of the Clover Leaf railway were here yesterday holding a conference with the officers of the Fort Wayne & Springfield and it is reported that the affairs concerning the crossing of the railway with the interurban tracks were compromised without any difficulty and the work there will proceed. It is expected that the suit for Injunction recently filed in court by the Clover Leaf will now fie dismissed. Among the features of the Don C. Hall Co., are the Ladies Symphony Club and The Sports and Pastimes of the Ancient Court. At opera house all next week.

jlpany is a new financial 'institution r that will soon be launched In this city. That there is room for such an institution and that it will succeed - is already evidenced by th’e fact that - the stock was subscribed in just a day and a half, and that is going some when the capital stock of fifty thou- : sand dollars is taken into consldera- . < j > tion. There’ are sixty-three stock- - holders, and about as many more that are clamoring for stock, those « who already have subscribed want 1 ’ j larger amounts. But the stock is all | , gone. A good location has been se- j . cured and they expect to begin bus- | i iness the first day of July. The stock- 1 i holders will have a meeting on next | , Wednesday afternon at which time dl- ! rectors will be elected and many oth- J , er things appertaining to the future I , of the Citizens’ Loan & Trust com- : pany will be discussed. The list of . stockholders Includes a large number of the business men and the farmers I • and it is expected that the new in- I I stitution will begin business under i . very favorable circumstances. There J i has been some talk of such an insti- I tution in this city fol" several years. | — - I —o Mrs. Esther Stevens, for many years I a resident of Monroe, died Thursday I I morning at 5 o’clock at home of her I 1 daughter, Mrs. Miller, at Daleville, I Indiana, at the age of eighty years. I The decedent lived in Monroe during I the most of her life, leaving that I place a little more than one year ago * 1 for Daleville, to take up her abode I with her daughter. She has been I ailing for some tlme»resultant to ail- I ments peculiar to old age and during SI ’ the past few weeks she has been in I a critical condition. Death has been I momentarily expected. The many I Adams county friends of the departed I estimable woman will join the be- I reaved relatives in their hour of sor- I row. i The remains arrived in De- I catur Friday, from where they were I be conveyed to the Martz cemetery I for interment. The deceased is sur- I vived by relatives at Monroe and has I children living elsewhere. The fun- I eral services were held from the I home of the daughter In Daleville ||| Friday. o ■ BACK AFTER A LONG ABSENCE W. H. Hower and Daughter Arrived I thia Morning from Denver. I W. H. Hower and daughter, of Den- o ver, Colo., arrived here Thursday ■ morning for an extended visit with B relatives. Mr. Hower is known by I many of our people, he having left ‘fl here twenty-nine years ago and since fl then has all over the west, but for I the last several years has lived in- I Denver, where he is doing well. This fl is Mr. Hower’s first visit back to the fl old home since he left twenty-nine fl years ago, and of course the change I that met his eye on every hand, could hardly be realized. He with his fl daughter went to Craigville at noon, 9 where they will visit the former’s I mother, and whom he has not seen I since leaving here so long ago. I o — ■ JUNE SURE TO BE STORMY I Says the Rev. Irl Hicks, Who Knows> 9 No More About it Than We Do. According to Rev. Hicks storm con- /yM dlticns will develop on the first and I move regularly from west to east. I Thunder storms in June will be more -.S sporadic; this is liable to break out I in several scattered localities. From the first to the 20th is the seismic cy- ' cle, during which we may momentarily > H expect to hear at any time of cities ; I® and nations being dropped into the ■ sea or shaken off of the map. Volcanoes will be active and will be lavish with their lava. The regular ■ storm period will be on the 10th, lasting from the Bth until the 13th in- ■ elusive. Here is where the lightning ■ will cut capers and will give partic- ® ularly fine exhibitions within three ® days of the 11th. Some earthquakes ■ are billed tor the 13th. The reaction- ■ ary period of storms will be from H the 16th to the 18th. The culmination H of the seismic strain will come with- H in three days of noon on the 17th, but, fl the forecast consolingly says, the -/fl rumpus will doubtless be in the ex- fl tremes of the earth. From the 19th to the 23d will be regular storm per- H iod. Thunder storms can be expect- fl ed each and every afternoon, with B fluctuations of the barometer, high afl temperature, great humidity and start- fl ling electrical displays. Sunday, June fl 29th, will contain all these thing*. fl High winds with possible tornadoes fl will attend some of these storms. H Overflowing of storms win be a nat- fl| ural consequence, but no extreme high fl waters need be feared. A second re? fl actionary storm period is from the H 26th to the 28th. ■ A party of eight Dunkards, residing ';-|fl near theWells-Adams county line were fl in this city this morning enroute to H Harrisburg, Pa., where the national fl meeting of the Dunkard church is be- fl ing held—Bluffton News. fl I