Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1909 — Page 5

I relatives. Mr. Babcocfc it will be rell membered, purchas<®a furniture ■ store Id Frankfort ago. He | Immediately went to tnR place where ■ he expected to conduct the, business ■ for a short time and then dispose of ■ It. However, since being there he ■, bas been so taken by the city that he I has decided to move his family to I Frankfort for permanent abode, and I preparations to that end are now unI der way. Mr. Babcock has been In I the real estate business In Decatur I for several years and while here was ■ successful In hfs' line of I The many friends of the family will ■ deplore the fact that they will leave I the city and will give them their well I - wishes for a prosperous future. The I furniture store owned by Mr. Babcock I was obtained through a deal In which I he disposed of his farm and It has I proven to be a good business. I ——■ o I At the regular meeting held Monday | night the I. 0. O. F. lodge of this I ’ city arranged to extend invitations' I to all the lodges of the city to join I with them In observing their annual I Decoration Day next Sunday. RepI resentative members of each organ!I ization were present and accepted the ( I invitation cheerfully. Those who I will receive invitations are Rebekahs, I Knights of Pythias, Pythlap Sisters,.' I Modern Woodmen of America, Royaf I Neighbors, Ben Hurs, Eliks, Yeomen, | Maccabees, Red Men and Pocahontas.' As arranged the different lodges will I assemble on Second street at two-. thirty o’clock Sunday afternoon and I /will from there march to the pecatur I- cemetery followed by a brass band. Upon entering the cemetery the various lodges will decorate the graves of their departed members after Which they will assemble to hear an '*■ address on Fraternallsm by Hon. D. »E. Smith. The occasion will be a most memorable one sand without doubt hundreds of Decatur people will participate in the services which will . be very Impressive. ———o -— ; The big Woodman log rolling Is . i but five weeks hence and consequent- , ly the various committees are*b‘usy- , ing themselves In making great prep- 1 aratlons for the great event There have been a number of camps over the district join the log rolling asso- ‘ elation during the past few weeks, and many more have indicated that they would join soon and a big crowd ■ is assured, The committee on ar- 1

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[tees are dispatching their work. The local camp expects fully two thousand people to be present on July i seventeenth and arrangements have been made to well take care of that many. Beautiful Steele’s par|c will be the scene of the various contests and dinner will be served in a pavlllion, which will be erected on an Ideal spot therein. Decatur business men have Indicated their willingness to give the log rolling association their loyal support and the event will certainly be the most memorable held In the city for many years. " ■ 1 ■»".<> On Monday occurred the birthanniversaries of Edward Martin of Alaska and Louis Corbin of this city and these gentlemen together with a number of their friends, celebrated the occasion royally. To begin with Mr. Martin purchased for himself and Mr. Corbin new wearing apparel from head to foot and to him Mr. Corbin is very grateful. They with some fiiends went fishing along the river 'durlhg the day and enjoyed a sumptuous repast In commemoration of the passing of a milestone in their lives. It was a great day for the men and they would welcome another such ( event. Mr. Martin will remain in the city as the guest of his many friends 'and relatives for about four weeks, ! after which he will return to Alaska to resume duties in his restaurant at that place. He has enjoyed his vaca 1 ■ tlon Immensely and has had the pleasure of visiting his friends whom he ' had not seen for a number es years. RAILSBACK IS EXONERATED Farmer Who Killed Two of the Meeks Family, Cleared. Richmond, Ind., June 7—Joel Railsback, the farmer who killetkAlexander and Raymond Meeks, during a quarrel over a fence line a month ago, was exonerated in the report of the grand jqry to Judge Hepry C. Fox this evening. Railsback was immediately discharged from custody,. Railsback gave himself up Immediately after the shooting. He declared he shot In self defense. The court congratulated the grand jury on its finding. , ■ tW Washintgon, D. C., June 7.—(Special)— Secretary Meyer’s recent order to the cadbts of the naval academy forbidding them the joys of a matrimony until they are In a position 'to take to themselves the troubles

• problem. Veneral Bell, chief of stan ’ of the army, has said repeatedly that ( the department wants no young mgrt ried soldiers, and the aspiring sec- “ ond lieutenants who come out of West ( Point with* their commlsslones and the idea that the world is at their ( feet are usually taken aside by their ( grave ahd elderly superior officers, ( who have gone through hard fpught domestic as well as military samI palgns, and told that they should not ! be so cocksure of their careers as to add a wife to their encumbrances without mature consideration of the trials and tribulations such an ac- , quisition involves. But it is not . really the fault of the young officers. It’s the latter day girls wh oare to blame. EYom the military point ■of view the beautiful, young things who flutter so coyly about our embryo admirals and major generals and cling so demurely to the brawny right arms of ttys middles and cadets don’t measure up to the requirements of an army or naval officer’s wife. General Elliott, who is in command of the marines, has an expressive way of putting It. “There Isn’t one modern girl out of a hundred,’’ he says, “who is fit to take up the duties of military life.” They are very beautiful and charming at commencements and balls and teas, and they make perfectly entrancing brides at a ‘military wedding in an environment of orange blossoms and smilax and gold braid. But when the young hero-husband is ordered to sea for three years or sent to a forlorn post at the tail end of Mindanoa In the, Philippines, the pretty things collapse like a Mary Garden hat in a thunder shower. And if they don’t happen to have an experienced maternal bosom at hand to collapse upon, heaven, knows what’s to become of them. As a rule they cling to their military betterhalves up to the moment the last launch puts out, and he tears himself away ruthlessly because “orders is orders,*’ and he has been t bred up to this sort of thing. The brief moment of triumph and romance for the young military bride is over. She comes back to face the problems of life alone. She begins to realize for the first time in her happy career that the loathsome practice of keeping an eye on the bank balance is a necessary ccmcomitant of married life. She has to mind the pots and kettles or the cook will get away with them. She has to squabble with the landlord

, If her husband Is in the army she may be obliged to live in officers’ quarters, where the chairs and bookcases are not a whit better than Mrs. Jones’ who was quite below her set at home, and whose Pa was a green grocer. Or she has to put up with brown servants who speak Tagalog and defy her efforts to make them cover their chocolate colored bodies with the decent habiliments of civilization. . Then the babies come and it’» worse than ever. There Is the question of Hubert’s health. Tha climate doesn't agree with him. If he survive the Illnesses of tropical child-' hood and attain the age of educational susceptibility what school Is there to send him to? Likely as not when the boy is In the midst of the mumps papa Is ordered off on an expedition of three months where the tsetse flies are thickest, and fever germs runriot. And about the time she gets the problem worked out and has reconciled herself to hpme-made gowns and the slmiple military life, there comes an order 'from Washington— What’s-his-name always did dislike John, who is, perhaps, a first lieutenant by this time—and the family is shunted back to Arizona or Alaska. So it is easy to see that what is needed is a co-ed military school, a sort of Annapolis or West Point seminary for girls for their education as prospective officers’ wives. -‘' - — GUS CHRISTEN VISITING HERE Says Louisville is Ready for Thirty Thousand Visitors--the Shriners. Gus Christen, of Louisville, is .here for a few days’ visit with friends and he says the southern city is abeautiful place just now in anticipation of the Visit of the Shriners who arrived there yesterday and today. It is estimated that 30,000 visitors will be entertained in the Kentucky city this week and the people of that hospitable city hftve spared yp expense to make it the greatest in history. Every merchant has spent hundreds of dollars to make his place the most attractive and the citizens have made the town appear like a garden of electric lights. All kinds of animals, Including the camel, are represented and those who visited the town this week will long remember the occasion. . o— —- Mr. and Mrs. William Schaab, of Van Wert, after making a pleasant visit in the city returned to their home last evening.

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Jacob Colter was in the city today on business. Representative Babcock, of Lagrange, announces that he will not be a candidate for He has served two terms which he says is all it has been the custom to give to one man. For years the unwritten law in his county has decreed this and he does not care to oppose it Amos King, accompanied by his son, Fred King, went to Chicago, this morning. The son will go on to Montana, where he will spend several months. The father will remain at Chicago for a few days, where he will, with F. C. Bracey, buy two portable crushers to be used in the gravel road contract in Tennessee. The tools which will be used for the contract, will be loaded today and sent south. Next week the local men will go to Tennessee to take charge of the contract.—Bluffton Banner.

The St. Marys river is quite high at present and a few more rains as we have had recently will cause her to overflow. There are some great fights on in the various base ball leagues and interest is being manifested by the fans here, which includes about every one, young or old. The person who doesn’s enjoy a good ball game is certainly a peculiar one. Washington dispatches report that Dr .and Mrs. J. W. McKinney, of this city, who are sightseeing in the east, in connection with tfiwir trip to Atlantic City, where the doctor will attend the sessions of the American Medical Association, were callers at the White House in Washington Saturday afternoon, and were introduced to President Taft by Representative J. A. M. Adair. The president remarked that it always gave him pleasure to meet Indiana people—Bluffton News.