Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1909 — Page 2

Official Information la given out that Dr. C. B. Wilcox has withdrawn from thft.ministry and from membership in the Methodist chureta. This, action was caused by his recent marriage, a violation of the Methodist discipline, which upon this particular subject says: “No divorce * * • ♦ shall be regarded by the church as lawful, and no minister shall solemnize marriage in any case where there!, is a divorced wife or husband living, except divorced parties seeking to be reunited in marriage.” In compliance with the above section of the Methodist discipline, Dr. Wilcox is no longer a minister or a member fit the church in which for several years he was a shining light. There is much that could be printed about this disagreeable affair, but we have no desire to do otoer than make the simple and plain statement of facts. Dr. Wilcox was a brilliant speaker, was polished in many ways, and his friends here and elsewhere will regret that he quits the ministry in such an unfavorable way. The standing of the local church demanded that they take such action, and they did it without any hesitation or equivocation. , The official board of the Methodist church at a meeting a few days ago, passed a resolution praising Mrs. Elsie Wilcox, now of Richmond, for her splendid character and good Work while connected with the church in this city. A copy of the resolution was forwarded to her at her Richmond home. Mrs. Wilcox was a general favorite here and has many friends who will wish for her better and brighter days. — —o s — J. H. C. Smltii, of Bluffton, filed a new chse in the Adams circuit court, it being a suit in partition in which the plaintiffs seek to have real esstate, part of which is in this county, appraised and divided among the heirs. The plaintiffs are George W. and Benjamin Fisher and Sarah A. Christman, and the defendants are, Phoebe Fisher, Clara, Jennie and i Ethel Beach. —( * Osie Christman of Hartford tow»- ( ship, and Bessie Wheeler of Geneva, appeared at the clerk’s office this morning, answered the proper questtons and were granted a marriage license. They will be married this evening at the home of Noah Fuser at Linn Grove, the/wedding ceremony to be accompanied by a good time to be enjoyed by the friends of the bridal couple. . - I A petition for partition is being prepared today by J. H. C. Smith in the Alexander Fisher estate. It will be filed in Adams county as it affects the farm owned by the late Mr. Fisher in that county. Early in the week a petition for the sale of the real estate.to pay debts was made in the local courts, and as it is desired that the Adams county farm be included in the sale, a petition for it was necegsary.—Bluffton Banner. —o ■ Adams county will be well repre- ( sented in the commencement exer,cises to be rendered at Angola August twenty-seventh by the seniors of the Tri-State Normal. Those of the B. S. j degree who will complete their course are O. F. Gilliom, Berne; Otis Hocker, Monroe, and J. H. Welty, Decatur. These young men will graduate from the institution with flying honors. Their work has been very efficient. A big home coming will be observed in the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth at which time many who have graduated from the college will gather at Angola to meet both old and new. friends. The exercises to be given on the twenty-seventh will be very interesting and it is understood that a number of the friends of the Adams county young men will be in attendance. At this time there are about twentyfiye students from this county enrolled at the. Angola college. They are doing very well, and this is good news to their friends and relatives. ——, o— — Washington, Aug. 7.—ln reply to what he terms “the misrepresentations of democrats in the papers,” Cfiamp Clark, leader of the minority in the house of representatives, today gave out the following statement re-, garding the course of the democratic members of the house in connection with the consideration of the Payne tariff bill: “The old saying that habit is second nature was never more strikingly illustrated than by the fact that many newspapers —generally republican or near republican—and more individuals keep mouthing about the dissensions among the house t(emocrats and the unity among the republicans notwithstanding the truth known of all men who care to know it that house democrats came out thoroughly united on that question than they have been In a generation and the republicans came out of it worse shattered than ever before. Some papers, either through carelessness of malice, have gone so far as to say that ha 1 !! the democrats not been absent in large numbers unpaired we would have defeated the cou-

■— gaegsgsartp—ference report on the tariff bill. Tnere is not a syllable of/truth in it ana to so charge is eltlfcr unadukeratad malice qr criminal negligence. Now mark how plain a tale will put them down: Upon my motion last spring to recommit the Payne bill with In-structions—-which instructions constitute a comprehensive duplicate form so far as the tariff is concerned 1 i —all democrats voted for it except spur. On the Payne bill itself voted on immediately after my motion to recommit was defeated, the republicans lost one vote and the democrats lost four, a net loss to the democrats of three*—a more nearly unanimous democratic vote than has been cast on a tariff bill in a generation. Farmers near here are beginning to doubt the extravagant talk about' bumper crops. It seems that the old time cinch bugs are getting in their I devilish work th a sweet fare you well, i and that great damage is being done to the prospect of a large corn crop. Added to this the continued dry weather is helping? add fuel to the; flames and is dally lessening the 1 chances for the proper development of the corn crop. Some of the best’ fanners in the county have been J bringing in these discouraging reports and there is something serious in the air or they would not be so emphatk in their declarations. Rain is badly needed. All around us come reports of refreshing i showers, but they all' have missed this particular spot pn the earth’s surface, and as a result nearly every sort of vegetation is simply drying up, and is about ready to blow away. The weather man has I threatened us several times but the’ real article of rain has -failed to come. It is the hope that within the next day or two relief in a good shower will be with ns. It is said that every oorn field adjacent to a wheat field wdl npt bring forth a half crop. We allj trust that this wail is a sooner, and that the corn crop will come up to the scratch. — o • . ■' I Another deal in Adams county real- , ty has just been closed and which will transfer the A. B. Cunningham farm J of 138 acres in Root township to John H. Mabis of Champaign county, l Illinois. The deal was made through the 0. Gandy real estate dealers of Fort Wayne, the amount of the con ■ sideration being unknown. Mr. Mabis comes to this community well recoin-1 mended and will make a welcome. citizen here. The farm in question is one of the many good ones in this’ ’county, and the new purchaser got h’s money’s worth, as every one else has done who has purchased land here. The future intentions of Mr. Cunningham are not He has lived on the farm just sold for some time, has it in a good healthy condition and it is good as a revenue producer for a long time to come. The Cunninghams are good citizens and it is the hope that they will continue! as citizens among us, although it is <not known to - lis, what they intend jto do. 0 Gandy & Company seem to be getting in their work in disposing of Adams county realty, as this is the second sale within the past two or three weeks. I —oButler Sons and Peterson, of Decatur, landed a contract for the construction of fourteen blocks of cement sidewalk and they landed the plum in the midst of hot competition. Tht contract calls for the building of cement sidewalks on both sides Oi I Creighton avenue from Broadway tu Calhoun, a distance of fourteen blocks and the contract price hovers might, j near to the $4,000 mark, thus making it worth while bidding for. The board of public works awarded the job and the Decatur firm will begin week after next to do work. A force of about eight men will be put to work ane they will be able to complete the work | within four weeks, it is thought Eight contractors had blds in for the job, but Butler and Company succeeded in landing it. They will also bid for the contract of grading a street in Fort Wayne next Thursday. The Decatur firm has built many feet of cement sidewalk in this section during the past few months, and their work has been highly satisfactory. o- . The lots in the Hocker addition at Monroe have all been sold, but one, since David Fuhrman closed a deal for the purchase of three yesterday and Mr. Hocker has already begun negotiations fqr the platting of another addition. Mr. J Fuhrman wilt build a beautiful new home on the lots he purchased and Frank Martz will erect a dwelling there in the near future. Monroe is booming as she has never boomed before. The new plat to be made by Mr. Hocker will embrace two acres of land and a number of ideal lots will be offered for sale at a little more than one hundred dollars each. They will undoubtedly be gobbled up. > Charles Hocker, who is the possessor of the new Monroe addition, Is contemplating moving from Decatm to his farm In Monroe township.

The Monroe, Grain, Hay and Milling company is doing a big business at present. Much grain is being taken to the popular place of business. i ' wy • The Monroe State bank is certainly a healthly institution and its business is by far exceeding the expectations of the stockholders. —o — ALABAMA HAS PROHIBITION The Law Was Made by a Vote of 70 to 29. Montgomery, Ala., August 7.—Amin scenes of wild enthusiasm the bill making prohibition constitutional passed the house late yesterday at ternoon. The vote was 70 to 29, six more than the constitutional threefifths majority. Speaker Carmichael 1 closed the debate for the bill, and was ’constantly cheered by the gallery, i The speaker several times threatened to clear the galleries. The bill provides, among other things, that buildings shall not be let for the sale of intoxicants; that any right or lease is forfeited in case a tenant violates the laws;, that liquors shall not be advertised in newspapets; delivery to 'any public place is an evidence of sale; right to raid And break open any place thought to contain violators of the laws; grand juries must indict; servants may not be excuses from testifying against principals; 'soliciting for outside houses prohibited; also, shipping from one point to another; prohibited liquors are to be contraband; the presence of a government license is prima facie evidence of guilt; that no one shall drink intoxicating Iqiiors on trains. o AMOS STUCKEY IB DEAD Amos Stuckey, aged 34 years, livlhg two miles north of Vera Cruz, died 'at his home Thursday night, after suffering from an Blness lasting only five days. His condition was due to acute intestinal trouble, which totally obstructed the bowels. His illness was not thought to be serious until a few days ago, when an operation was seen necessary and he was found un(able to stand this. The deceased was I a resident of the neighborhood in which he died for many years and was surrounded by scores of friends and relatives. With the young wife (five small children also survive. The funeral will probably be held'Sunday | morning at the Numanese church, of ■ which the deceased was a devoted member. Interment will be made in i the cemetery there.—Bluffton Banner. ) — —■o —— THE PRESS IS YELLOW Mobile, Ala., Aug. 7—The national convention of the Knights of Columbus before adjournment last night went on record deploring what appears to be an increased -tendency on the part of a portion of the American press to give undue publicity to sensational trials and publishing in full testimony of a degrading and immoral character. It was also decided that the reserve fund of $621,000. left over when the Insurance rates were adjusted was the prpperty of the order and could not be prorated back to insurers. " O TTAt the last regular meeting o< the Board of Children’s Guardians oi J Adams county, after transacting otbe» important business, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, Mrs. William Beachler has honestly, faithfully and conscientiously served as a member of the Board jof Children’s Guardians of Adams county, Indiana, since her appointment on the 17th day of November, 1907, and she has now removed from' Adams county, Indiana, thereby vacating her position on said Board, therefore j Be it resolved, By said Board that by such removal the Board of Chil dren’s Guardians of Adams county, deeply feel the loss of the timely assistance, counsel and advice so cheerfully given by Mrs. Beachler. - She has given, while a member of, our board her time and services to the work unreservedly, and we, as individuals and as a board desire to adopt these resolutions as a mark of our profound respect for her and her services to the unfortunate of our county. Her good work will be an incentive to us. Be it further Resolved, That a copy of these sesolutions be forwarded to Mrs .Beachler, together with our best wishes for her health, happiness ana prosperity in her new home. Dated at Decatur, Indiana, this 6th day of August, 1909. , Mrs. D. D. Heller, President £ Attest:—Mrs. C. S. Niblick, Secy. . . — -o - GET VOTING MACHINE FEVER Wells County Officials Talking of Making Buch Purchase. Senator J. W. Rlnear, of Liberty Center, was a business visitor in the city today and while here, expressed himself forcibly upon the proposed request oi the county commissioners for. ■

, an appropriation, of $13,000 forthepurt chase Os voting machines. Mr. R'ni ear if one of the members of the county council tad at first declare* that he was unalterably against the r proposed expenditure at this time, i When the proposition of the salesman, J who agreed tp allow the machines to bp paid for from the amount saved at each election by their use was explained to him, he declared that such a proposition might put a different f phase on the case but when he considered that it would greatly reduce the number of voting places and coni centrate a large number of voters at l each precinct, he declared himself I against that feature.—Bluffton News. - — r- : TRYING TO LOCATE A FACTORY : Portland Business Men Are Trying to ’ Put Life In the Old Town. Portland is boosting for stock and 1 bonus In a bottling factory, which they hope to locate, and which they ’ claim win furnish labor to a great | number of employees. The wage scale 1 in such an institution Is the best wages paid In any sort of an Industry, and this fact Is helping the boosters in shaking up the loose change that is lying around loose. They have subscribed for over thirty thousand dollars of the capital of the institn tion, and then they have to give ton thousand dollars more for the site and buildings. The committee in ' charge are succeeding, and they hope to land the enterprise. « >■ < • i 0 ' Fort Wayne, August 9.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—Frank Nicolai the defaulting Auburn assistant bank - cashier arrived in the city about noon in charge of a United States marshal, the local officer at Auburn, and quite a number of the personal friends of the guilty banker. They appeared in the federal court where everything was cut and dried. His bond was fixed at $3,500 and sooner than it takes to tell the tale, the bond was supplied and Nicolai was free until the case comes up fir federal court. Much sympathy is coming to the surface in Auburn and it all tends to the making of a hero-of the defaulting officer. I<■ ——> v Auburn, Ind., Augusts.---Facetious i editorial writers who emptied vials ■ of wrath and scuttles of scorn on the ! people down at Tipton who gave a public repeptton to a defaulting banki er can get ready their quills for another outpourihg; Tn this case Auburn win take the place of tipton. For assuredly and beyond peradventure there is no more popular man in thia loveliest village of the Hoosier I plain than Frank H. Nicolai, the assistant cashier of the City National bank, who has confessed to having ■ been systematically “robbing the bank ■ for three years. In the hospital wara of the jail today Nicolai received a > good many callers, and some of the ■ i leading citizens of Auburn were among - the visitors who assured him of their I sympathy in his hour of great soritow, : as the rural cards of thanks have it > When Nicolai goeq to Fort Whyne for • preliminary appearance *n the federal • court tomorrow he Will be in charge of F. E. Huffman, of Washington, p. C., a government secret service agent,. ! and Sheriff Ralph Thomas and today i it looked as though he would be attended by a guard of honor and a • host of men of means who are not only willing but anxious to go on his i bond. Mr. Huffman arrived in the • city this afternoon. He expected to I meet Bank Examiner Frazier of Warl saw, here, but there was some hitch • in the arrangements and Mr. Frazier , did not appear and could not be reachi‘ ed by long distance telephone. It Is ■ expected, however, that he will meet , o the detective in Fbrt Wayne tomorrow, when Nicolai Is arraigned before ; United States Commissioner T. J. Lo-, ’gan. There is no doubt of Nicolai’s , ability to give bond. It is likely the ■ bond will be fixed at $5,006, but if it • were twice or thrice that sum, it would i be forthcoming, for as I have stated ■ Frank Nicolai is the most popular > man in Auburn. Dan M. Link, at ■ whose house Nicholai hud living apart- ; ments, is representing him, and he • stated that Mr. Nicolai would appear • on time tomorrow in the federal court . in Fort Wayne and something like s a dozen other Auburn gentlemen assured me that there would be no dlffl- ’ culty about the bond business. > o t Court Reporter DeVoss is busy on i a transcript in the Amacher ditch case. This court case has had so many ; i triangular turns that we have long ago given tip keeping tn touch with .the correct legal status of the case. . At. any rate this transcript is one that Amacher is having made to appeal a ruling in the circuit court of Allen county, on his prayer for a new F trial which was overruled. Johnson secured a new trial on the ground of a faulty record in the case, and now. ' Mr, Amacher wants a new trial on his » own motion. The Amacher ditch ease I has been on the trial dockets or in ■ the mints of those spending gny time L-around the qourt house for the past

several years, and its settlement would seem unreal. ' ’fl ' " ’*’** ’ ■j ‘ The delinquents are beginning tu take notice and pay that arrearage due on taxes at the treasurer’s offljce. There is quite a number io yet make good their spring payment, all on personal property, and a campaign for the payment will be started that will brlh gsomething, is due in a short time. Some are coming in now and it is thought that not much trouble will be experienced in getting in the amounts due. Laporte, Ind., Aug. 19—At Saturday’s session of the Ohio Kentucky and Indiana German Lutheran church synod, the following board of managers of the relief fund was named: Rev. A. Lange, Fort Wayne; Prof. Goekte, Cleveland and F. Schuermann Lafayette. The synod ejected William Melcholr of Cleveland, trustee of the Schoenewald fund and directed that in the future the income be used for the support of students who are studying for the ministry. The election ot officers was completed as follows:", Rev. A. Lange, Fort Wayne, first vice, president; Rev. fi. Wmabsganss, Columbus, Ind., second vice president; Rev. J. Keller, Cleveland, secretary; Rev. H. A. Bentrup, Holgate, Ohio, assistant secretary; Prof. C. A. KampfCleve T and, treasurer. The following representatives to the national meeting of the synodical conference were named: Rev. Wm. Moll, Fort Wayi* Rev. G. Schurdel and Rev. Paul Eickstadt, Laporte. The following official visitors were for the Six conference districts: 'Evansville district, Rev. C. A. Frank; Lafayette, Rev. G. Schumm; Northwest Indiana, Rev. T. Thieme; Northwestern Ohio,, Rev, L. W. Fischer; Cleveland, Rev. A. S. Schmidt; Central Ohio,.Rev. A. Kau-' meyer; Cincinnati, Rev. C. Fischer. —o . A. M. Fisher and G. W. Ruprlght came home Shnday, having been gpne just thirty-two days, and in that time Saw the greatest part of Kansas and Oklahoma. It was two days after they left here that they were caught In the floods and had a hair raising escape with their lives, the details of which were given the puo11c at the time. It was even more than a thrilling experience and hardly one of the vast number of excursionists ever expected to get out with their lives. Both of the Adams county men were fortunate, although for a time it was thought here that Mr. Fisher had met the worst fate imaginable. After recovering from that nerve racking experience they went on their way, and saw most of the good country in that region, and after Investigation they both purchased Kansas farms in Pawnee county, nine miles from market Mr. Fisher now owns a half section, and Mr. Rupright a whole section. The country there is well improved, being properly -drained and having the best- buildings that q farm could have. The land there is rich and fertile and every acre is adapted for either farming or grazing and ft Is all adopted for either. The purchases were troth made for an investment. Perhaps some of Mr. Rupright’3 family will g<\ there and take charge of the Pawnee county realty, and Mr. Fisher' will farm by proxy. Whatever happens the boys say they double their money within the next ten years, and we guess that Is going some. The farms are located just a short distance southwest from the center of the state, and we have no doubt that the boys got their money’s worthy — The trustees of the Methodist church held a meeting Monday a. m. and reported progress in the way ot making Improvements spoken of being made on the church property. The parsonage was painted and now a steam heating plant will be put into the church, the tower to be rebuilt and the Ladies’ Aid Society of the church proposed and it was accepted to pay for the frescoing of the building, and this work will be done by Mr. Kover of < Fort Wayne, and will cost about four hundred dollars. The trustees have been divided against themselves as to a rebuilding project. Some of the members want an entire new building, one that will cost forty thousand dollars, and the old church torn down, and this may eventually be done. It will be a few years yet before such a project is undertaken, as the present building is not yet in the stages of being entirely i obliterated and besides the congregation is hardly able to undertake ,the load of debt that would be necessary to carry out such a project Rev. Wade, the presiding elder was present at a quarterly meeting of the congregation, in which reports of the church and the work d<»ne was reported.. The first quarter since the coming of Rev. Powell finds the congregation meeting all expenses incurred, their finances being all that could be desired.. ', t Mrs. Molly, widow of the late Joseph Weldy, formerly of this city, is

Oraigville, suffering from a severe®'-: case of pneumonia and but very slight® i hopes are entertained for her i ery. Mrs. Weldy moved from Decatui®® to Chicago several years ago and watH|| ion her way.to Adams county for aß|| visit with relatives. She bad just ten to the home of her sister neat®® Cralgvllle last Friday when she was® taken suddenly 111. a hastily summoned and a diagnosis ol®|f the case revealed a serious case o® pneumonia. Since Friday she been notified to hasten to her bed-®|| •side if they wish to see their mother® alive. The afflicted woman is a sister® “■ of Alex and John Barnett of this city® and is a cousin of Mrs. J. B. Stone® burner. The many Decatur friends ot® Mrs. Weldy will join m hoping that® 1 • she is restored to health. — t> — BH ADJUSTED THE FIRE LOSS E. E. Gant of Greenfield, Indiana®..) was here Monday and adjusted er fire loss, which succeeded in ing Homer Lower’s barn and doing® considerable other damage. The in-HE surance of $350 was allowed in full®|| in about three minutes after the ar-®||| rival of the adjuster. The was carried in the Home company,H||| and a draft for the amount win likely® ' be along within the next few days. B|| o— ■|| MARRIAGE BANS ARE PUBLISHED®. 1 — Frank Faurot and Miss Mary man Are to Wed. Rev. H. Theo. Wilken, published theßS bans that will later be followed by a® inarriage ceremony that will unite Mr.® . Will Faurot and Miss Mary Appleman® : as husband and wife. Mr. Faurot is®||| the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Faurot®|g and Miss Appleman is the daughter®"” of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Applemah.®B| Both are estimable people, well known® by every one in this locality and a host of friends who will wish them® all the happiness possible. I||® o ■|| M. A. Ripley and wife left®® Tuesday for an extended visit in the®B west, and will be gone from Adams® county about five weeks. Leaving ®® here they will go to Spokane where® they will remain for a few days &0® guests of Mr. Ripley’s brother, B. C.®|| Ripley. From there they will proceed®|| to Seattle to see the sights at the big® H exposition after which they will go®jH to Longmount, Colorado, for a stay®.; with nieces. of Mrs. Ripley. From ® there they go to Lafayetteville, Ar-®® kansas, for a visit with another broth-®y. er of Mr. Ripley, who is teacher in® the schools there. From Lafayettee-®|| ville they will return ro Decatur. Mr.® and Mrs. Ripley expect a most de-®® lightful time on their journey. They® will visit many historical places in®£the west while gone, and will see®® relatives that they have not seen for®'.' years. Many JDecatub people!,have ®® witnessed the Seattle exposition and®/;.' they have all returned saying that it®® is simply great 0 Illi Impressed with the tone of his let-®|l ters descriptive of the Philippine Is-®® lands and the industrial advance- ®||| ment thereof, the management ot®® “The Contractor,” a periodical pub-® lished in Chicago, has written the®|| Democrat for the address of Bert®® Segur, that they may be able to engage his services as a writer for theii ®|| lows: Dear Sir—l have a clipping from®®| your issue of July twenty-seventh ®|| giving a letter from Mr. Bert Segur, from the Philippines. Will you be®® kind enough to advise us the address ®|g of this young man? I imagine that®® he would be able to write some teresting matter for our paper. ThankIng you for your kindness, lam ®® Yours truly, E. S. Hawsbn. Mr. Segur has written some interesting and scholarly letters from ®® the Philippines since being there. His position with the government ll® makes it possible for him to be con- ® versant with the inner workings ot ®® the industrial movements in vogue ®® and should the “Contractor” be able ®|| to secure his services his writings will no doubt prove interesting to ®S their readers as they have so proven ®® to Democrat readers. The engage- ®® ment will mean a neat sum of money ||| to Mr. Segur and he will no doubt accept. GOVERNMENT LOTTERY BEGAN M Spokane, Wash., August 10.—Al- ®® though the crowds of land seekers ®® were not so large as thev had been ®® dally during the last three weeks,when I' ’ filing applications for registration on®® the Coeur d’Alene, Spokane and Flat- ®® head reservations, several thousand 1® people yesterday eagerlv awaited the®® hour of 10 o’clock when the drawing®® for the Coeur d’Alene land, began. I® Each of the 105,000 persons applying®® for Coeur d’Alene lands has one chance I in 333; in the 100,000 applicants for Spokane lands one in four hundred, ®|| and of the 37,000 for Flathead land, ®® one In fifteen. '. / do