Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1909 — Page 1

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■COMMENCEMENT ■3f the St. Joseph Graduat- ■* ing Class Held Yesterday Evening ■SOOD EXERCISES fl|fl — I. ■» ■Another Class Graduatedfl Well Prepared for fl| v \ Work of Life fl The graduating class of the St. Iflioseph high school held their comflnencement Tuesday night, and the fljvent was one of pleasure for every ■me in attendance. Opening the pro■;ram Misses Josephine Lang, Dale flpayne and Mrs. J. Q. Neptune ren■lered a piona duet, “Dance of the ■demons.” The greeting song by the flbhorus welcomed the audience, and fl:he orations and essays followed. fl Miss Agnes Meibers delivered the flSalutory very gracefully. She adfliressed the audience and welcomed ■them. For the next five minutes she ■kept the audience interested in good ■thought and worthy advice. SJnce ■spring is the time when the world Iflhanges for brighter days, so she said ■that youth was the time to change for ■the better. fl “Joan of Arc” was Miss Naomi Nlb■iick’s subject, and during the length ■of time she spoke, she told the story ■of the life of the historic “Maid of ■Orleans.” When Joan was a child ■she had visions or dreams of holy ■things, for she was of a pious nature, ■and finally obeying the command of ■the angel in the dream she fought ■for God and the right, And died a ■Christian martyr. fl Misses Agnes Kohne and Naomi ■Niblick then rendered a piano duet, ■which was received with much apflplause. Following the duet, Miss Lilfllian Dodane gave a reading, “The ■Little Pilgrim,” which was very in■teresting. Mr. Claude Coffee followfled and recited “The bridge Master’s ■story.” The reading was intensely ■interesting. On completing his story ■Mr. Coffee was greeted with much ap■plause. A piona quartet given by ■the Misses Agnes Meibers, Naomi ■Niblick, Agnes Kohne and Marie fl In an easy and smooth manner ■diss Agnes Kohne spoke on Autumn. ■Cheerfulness” was Miss Marie ■Kintz’s subject, and she talked for a ■short time of its virtues. She said ■that it made us all happier to look fl>n the bright side and happiness is ■what every one is seeking for. ■ The Valedictorian gave a splendid fltalk on “True Education.” His ad■iress was very good, and was delivfl»red in usual fashion, die last on the flprogram. Mr. Holthouse has worked fliard while in school, and was much flionored in being selected to deliver flhe valedictory. fl Having finished their exercises the ■raduates were succeeded by some of flhe junior members of the school. To 1 ■njoy the short drama that came next fl>n the program was what every one ■id to the fullest extent. Six of the flighth grade boys, Willie Mougey, 1 ■Herman Ehinger, Clarence Miller, ’ flprancis Lose, Raymond Kohne and 1 fl?.aymond Coffee were the characters. flvillie Mougey, as John Ray, a school < floy, was the “thief of time," and ’ flook the principal role in the drama. 1 fllaving an oration to study instead of < fltudying John went fishing and rob- * fling the watermelon patch of a near- 1 fly farmer. The next morning he < fltarted to school, learning his lesson < flu the way. At the same time Ray- < flnond Coffee, who was the hired man ’ flf the robbed farmer, heard his voice < flnd recognized it as one in the water- < flnelon patch. Before this had been > flumerous interruptions and the un- ! flortunate lad was just captured by flhe irate hired man when his school < flriends told him that the master flvlshed him to report at school. The f floys promised to settle with the lar- 1 fln« ■ after school and they went to t flhe school room. « fl A piano duet was given by Mr. s ■ten Tague, Mr. Joe Dldot, Miss 8 fleona Bosse, Miss Germaine Coffee, e fl short dialogue by Masters Ray- i flnond Gass, Leon Crawford and Elmo t flmith kept the audience laughing. * flhe Holy City in with Miss t fllara Terveer, who sang and Mrs. J. s fl. Neptune at the piano accompanied n fly Mr .Anthony Holthouse bn thej - - - - - - — - —A—

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violin was splendid. “The Little Workmen” created a laugh when the curtain went up and round them busy working. There were carptener, sawing away,' a baker, a farmer, a shoemaker and others all as busy as could be. They would sing a chorus and in the meantime work away, pound and saw and hammer. As the graduates have done, so the smaller folks are doing, they are beginning to work already and mean to keep at it, until they, too, complete their course of training and receive their diplomas. Father Wilkins presented the class with the diplomas and gave them a few words of advice. Rev. Wilkins, the Sisters of St. Agnes may feel proud of the appearance of the boys and girls of the school who were so well trained for the exercises. THEY WILL BUILD \ The People’s State Bank to Have a Modem New Home DIRECTORS MEET »■ C. A. Dugan Attended a Meeting at Berne Last Evening Berne, Indiana, June 23.—(Special to the Dally Democrat)—Banker Dugan of the First National Bank of Decatur, was here last evening in extended conference with the directors of the People’s State Bank, they having under consideration the erection of a new and modern bank building. They recently purchased the AllisonMorrow building, which is now occupied by Neusbaum, Stauffer & Neuenschwander, clothiers and general furnishers. This firm and which is one of the best in this hustling town, have proposed to the bank directors that they move to the rear where they would be content to remain, and this would give the bank sufficient room to build their bank building. The directors labored with the proposition until a late hour last night, and as yet have reached no decision in the matter. They are agreed, however, that they will build and when they do Berne will see another bank built and equipped as are but few such institutions in the state. A handsome stone front will be one of the additions and the furniture will be handsome In design and modern In every way. The People’s State Bank is now one of the solid financial institutions of the county, carrying a line of deposits that continue to increase every day and In every way doing a business that is most gratifying to those owning stock, as well as to those who are responsible for its man - agement. Besides, It is a credit to the progress of one of the most enterprising little towns in the universe. Mr. Dugan returned to Decatur this morning, and It is likely that something definite will be made public in a few days. , •' ~ . .... , , SUFFERED TWO BROKEN RIBS Anderson, Ind., June 23.—George F. Quick, treasurer of Madison county, is suffering from two brdken ribs as a result of an automobile driven by Dr. Woodruff, of Indianapolis, running off a street grade in a suburb of this city. All the occupants except Mr. Quick were thrown out of the machine. Dr. Woodruff and his little son pitched forward through the glass wind shield of the machine, landing on the hood over the engine. They escaped with only slight injuries. Mr. Quick was in a-rear seat and it was regarded remarkable that be was the only passenger severely injured,white others were thrown out of the automobile and mixed up with broken glass. . ■ . —-o- . GETTING READY FOR THE FAIR The boys are getting busy on the fair arrangements and soon you will know that the Great Northern fair this year is to be the biggest on earth, and the best. Dr. D. D. Clark is the superintendent of the speed horses, and With D. W. Beery as assistant, should put on a week of races that were never equaled in this part of the hemisphere. They are the gentlemen who can do it, and it is believed that the classes will all fill early. The special attractions too, this year will make you all have a good time. Get ready to boost. •

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MANY ATTENDING The Epworth League Convention at Fort Wayne is a Big Success CROWD FROM HERE Went Today in Special Car —Mr. Tritch on Tomorrow’s Program The Epworth League convention at Fort Wayne is being attended by large crowds. A crowd of more than fifty left this city yesterday and took in all of that session. The program for today as given out is as follows; Thursday Morning. z 6:oo—Comrades of the Morning Watch, Rev. C. B. Dougherty, Fremont. B:3o—Song and Praise Service, J. C. Trich, Decatur. B:so—Report of the Third Vice President, Georgia Warner, Fort Wayne. “The Ministry of a Life,” May Gibson, Chicago. “Our Duty to the Aged,” Rev. M. A. Harlan, Warren. Cincinnati Training School, Miss Bertha Bucher. 10:00—Report of the Fourth Vice President, Leota Burke, Geneva. “Social Side of the Chapter,” Rev. W. B. Freeland, Auburn. 10:30—Vocal Duet, Mary and Martha Way, Ossian. 10:40—“The Adolescent Boy,” Prof. Lestre Burton Rogers, Angola. Report of (Junior Superintendent, Jay Griffith, Portland. Junior Program. . Violin Solo, Vern Allman, Pennville. Piano Duet, Irma Shevier and Gladys Lally, Portland.

Thursday Afternoon. 1:30 —Praise Service, Mary Tribolet, Bluffton. I:6o—“Christian Knighthood,” Rev. Ci A. Rowand, Marion. 2:2o—Convention Singing. Ernsberger Pledge. Election of Officers. Report of Committees. ' 3:3o—Round- Table Discussion. “The Spiirt-filled League,” Led by Rev. J. K. Cecil. 4:00 —Quiet Hour, May Gibson, Chicago. Thursday Evening. 7:30 —Devotions, A. S. Elzey, Ossian. Anthem, First M. E. Choir, Fort Wayne. « 8:00 —Installation of Officers, Rev. C. U. Wade, D. D., Fort Wayne. Dudley Buck Male Quartet. Sermon, “The Call of the Good,” Rev. C. C. Travis, Fort Wayne. Farewell Service. ,i -o r 7LANDED CONTRACT A. Van Camp to Build Flouring Mill at Akron, Indiana A MODERN MILL The Contract Will Figure Seven Thousand Dollars and is a Good One

Mr. A. Van Camp canle home Tuesday night from Akron, Indiana, bringing with him a big tat contract all signed and sealed for the building of a flouring mill, the capacity of which will be seventy-five barrels daily. The contract is one of the best ever landed by Mr. Van Camp, and represents to him seven thousand dollars in the coin of the realm. The contract calls for an equipment with the Van Camp line of machinery, upon which he has long since built up a record and reputation), and also includes a oneman elevator/another invention that belongs to the local contractor. Akron Is located on the Erie railroad near Rochester, and is one of the hustling little business points In which Indiana Is noted. The Akron Milling ,company is a strong insti-

I , / tutton financially and othewiae, and they are building a mil) that is modern in every detail and when completed will be one of the best fn the country. Work will begin at once on the contract and it is the purpose of the contractor to have the same complete and ready for business at the end of ninety days. Mr. Van Camp has built many of the flouring mills surrounding here and his reputation and the excellent line of machines made are known all over the central west. The past year has been an exceptionally busy one, in this line, thus showing that his business is growing and the pace set is hard to catch. ■ •. ■ o BEST IN THE STATE flglj" Is What an Expert Says of {She Records of County Clerk Haefling PAY HIM COMPLIMENT A Courteous and. Capable ; Officer —Not so in Many Other Counties Mr. C. E. Ramsey, of Muncie, was in Decatur last evening, his business being to collect foreign fees, that is, fees belonging to foreign corporations. This duty takes him into practically every county in that he go over the records at the county clerk’s offices. After dispatching his business here, which he did in a' very few minutes, he made the statement that without any question of; doubt, the records in the clerk’s office of this county are the best rahged and kept, of any similar office in all the many he has visited, practically covering the 4rtate. The-com-pliment is one of which Mr. Haefling may well feel proud,and while we don’t care to hand out any salve, we wish to add that every citizen of this county who has an ounce of pride in his makeup had likewise ought to feel complimented We believe that when the new system of public accounting is started, that this county will be highly complimented by the expert accountants who visit us. Along with his ability to conduct the office, Mr. Haefling is courteous and always there, paying strict attentionto business and looking for some new method which will improve his office and make it more convenient for the public. Mr. Ramsey also said that the records at Bluffton ingood shape, while in many counties of the state it is simply impossible to find anything in the offices.

A BOLD BANK ROBBERY / - I.- - Fort Worth, Texas, June 23—In true frontier style a highwayman, described as genteel in appearance, robbed the branch banking house of the Waggoner Bank and Trust company, in the most central section of the down-town business district of Fort Worth, yesterday afternoon of >B,IOO in currency, made his escape and up to a late hour tonight has succeeded in evading the searching parties of police and citizens. The robbery was the most daring attempted in Texas in years. Cashier Walter E. King was alone in the bank at the time (4 o’clock balancing the business of the day when a well-dressed stranger walked in. As_the man approached the window of the cashier’s department King looked up and down the barrel of a revolver. Next came demand for the money in sight. “Make a move or a noise of any kind and I'll kill you,” was the greeting Mr. King remembers. The cashier complied, and, taking the roll of bills, >B,IOO in denominations ranging from |1 to >2O, the man backed out of the door under cover of his pistol and as Mr. King ran to a telephone-'he saw the man walking down the street and mingling with the crowds with an air of unconcern. —o The Rev. Naas, who came from Wisconsin to accept a call to the Bethlehem Lutheran church near Tocsin, was formally (installed Sunday hnd will preach his first regular sermon as pastor next Sunday. The Rev. Hinkle, former pastor at the Bethlehem church, is in the grocery business in Coldwater, Mich., and is succeeding.—Bluffton Banner. • • /'■- I* I—l ■■ ■.

WORK OF DANGER Is That of American Girls Converting the Heathen Chinaman THE SIGEL MURDER Calls Forth a Storm of Protests from AH Over this Great Land The story of the terrible murder of Elsie Sigel, a white girl, kind, beautiful and devoting her life ; to the conversion of the heathen Chinese in New York, by Leon Ling, whom she was trying to lead into the right paths has caused much excitement all over the country and a discussion as to whether or not there is any use in continuing this The following editorial Appeared in a recent issue of the Chicago Journal, and will be agreed to by many: “A young girl fanatically devoted to reading .the bible in Chinese laundries and chop suey cases, inspired by her mother to believe that her life work was conversion of Chinese to Christianity, has been slain by a man known far and wide as a Christian Chinaman, and held up as an example of the great value of such work among the almon-eyed. This sort of thing occurs every now and again. Os course, when the victim is a mission worker of good family we hear a great deal about It. When the Chinaman’s victim 'happens to be a girl of the streets no one is concerned but the police. One is tempted to ask whether this business of missions among the Chinese is right,since the history of the movement shows that the Chinaman is more likely to convert the mission worker to opium than the mission worker is to convert the Chinaman to Christianity. Sir Robert Hart, for many years in charge of the Chinese customs, on behalf of the British government, and probably better acquainted with china and the Chinese than any other white man, has made the frank statement that, no matter what missionaries may believe and say, not one Chinaman has ever really been converted to Christianity. He contends that the sole object of attending Englishspeaking schools is to learn and to pick up foreign methods, and that John Chinaman’s pretense of conversion is pretense and nothing more. There are more white heathen in New York than all the Chinamen missions will ever convert, here or in China. And such girls as Elsie Sigel can find better employment for their energies among the children of the American poor than among . the almond-eyed devils of the Chinese hells, infested by the very worst of the underworld.”

IS AN ABUSED MAN Rev. W. E. McCarty Wants Damages from the Old Girl - \ HE ASKS FOR $2,500 .. He Sues His Former Wife T on Ante-Nuptial Contract * Demanding $2,500, Rev. W. E. McCarty, the aged Methodist minister, has brought suit against hjs former wife, Mrs. Isabella Williams, from whom he was divorced last September, asking an accounting under the provisions of an ante-nuptial contract into which the two entered in August, 1907, a month prior to their marriage. Attorneys for Mrs. Williams, who reverted to her first husband’s name after th egranting of the decree that freed her from the parson, say that the contract became null and void with the decree, while Rev. McCarty’s counsel contend that the contract was not affected by the divorce and remains effective. The plaintiff’s attorneys further state that, even if (Continued on page 4.)

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MAKE SETTLEMENT WITH STATE Harbert 8. iLachot Is at Indianapolis today on Business for the County. Herbert S. Lachot, deputy in the county treasurer’s lofflce, Is at Indianapolis today, wtiere he is making settlement With the commonwealth of the state for Adams county’s share of taxes due in the July settlement. The total amount that goes to the state treasury is $27,191.09. There had been advanced on this payment the sum of $9,000 which left a balance which was liquidated today of $18,191.09. The same amount Will be pa|d the state again this fall, which makes Adams county’s share of state taxes for the year exceed thirty-six thousand dollars. o — NEW CENSES Bill Senator Beveridge to Name Eleven District Supervisors SPECIAL TAXES An Effort to Have Some of the Tariff Talk at Regular Session Washington, June 23—The census bill now seems to be over the rocky places and there is every prospect that it will be agreed on in conference before the first of July. As soon as it is signed the preliminary work of arranging for next year’s census will be begun. The first step will be to divide the country into supervisors' districts. In most of the states each congressional district will constitute a census district That plan will be followed in Indiana. A supervisor will be named for each district In Indiana Senator Beveridge will be permitted to name the supervisors in all the districts except the Sixth and Tenth, which are represented in congress by Republicans. The senator will be prepared to make his recommendations as soon as the bill is signed. The enumerators will not be appointed until late in the fall. Under the senate amendment, to which the house agreed last evening, Indiana will be entitled to about eight temporary clerks in the office here. The employment will last about two years. Entrance to these places will be through competitive examinations conducted in each state by the civil service commission.

Washington, June 23.—Many influ- [ ential Republicans are urging Presii dent Taft and the senate leaders to i consent that the subject of special taxes shall go over until the next I session of congress. So Tar there are no indications that an agreement of sort can be reached, but the subject has not yet come up in a formal way and will not until after the corporation tax amendment has been submitted by the finance committee. The point raised is that it would be a parlor mistake to attempt to rush through such important legislation at the fag end of a long session, with the mercury up in the nineties every day, and senators unwilling to devote the proper study to the proposed legislation. Washington, June 23.—The senate this afternoon,. by a vote of 46 to 30, decided to take hides off the free l&t, as provided in the tariff bill as it passed the house, and to put them on the dutiable list at 15 per cent, ad valorem, which is the Dingley rate. When it came to a showdown eight Democratic senators voted for the Aldrich schedule of 15 per cent., and their votes made the tariff on hides possible. If they had voted against the schedule the result would have been a tie. o - • ■ —— Mrs. A. F. Shoaf went to Fort Wayne on the early car this morning. A team of horses belonging to J. W. Vail, and hitched to a road scraper ran away this morning and caused considerable excitement The team was being used on Adams street and were left standing. They became uneasy and finally ran away down Seventh street, making as much noise as a thresher machine. They were finally stoped when they ran into a tree near Jackson street. No one was hurt and no damage done.

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