Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1909 — Page 3

|g| tlcinars were given, but that she took I suddenly sick and passed away In a ■ short time. Rev. and Mrs. Imler were fl at the place at the time of her death I and stated the funeral would be he|d |B some time Sunday, and interment H will be made at that place. Mrs. fl Conrad was a lady beloved by all fl who knew her, and here friends will ■ be grief stricken to hear of'her sudden death. She reached the ripe old ■ age of four score and six and during ■ which time performed a great deal of B good for herself and others. o- ' ' ? I WILL REMOVE TO KANSAS SOON HI Wentz Ruprlght Owns a Section of Hitt /' : Land Their. ' Wentz Rupright, the well known ill Adams county farmer, living east of M. Tocsin, brother of W. H. Ruprlght of |H Ossian, who spent several weeks in H Kansas, is home. Mr. Rupright was favorably impressed with Kansas soil | and has decided to make that state IB his future home. While there he purfl .chased 640 acres for which he paid ■ >27 an acre. The section is improved. ■ wHU-buildings valued at >5,000. Mr. Rupright ip. trying, to .induce his sons ■ and sons-in-law to leave , good old Infl dlana next spring and take up their J abode in Kansas. As a special inducement he offers to give each of £■ his five sons and three sons-in-law an I eighty acre farm. It is likely that his I children will decide to accept the offer I and will go to Kansas early in the ■ spring and establish a Rupright col-Mony.-Bluffton News. M o DOES NOtIMPROVE 111 Family of Johh W. Terrell See No ||| Change in Hir Condition. gfl Mrs. John W. Terrell and daughter, were in the city today on busThey stated that John W. Terjflrell is still on the farm near Notting||Bham. His condition, they claim, is gfl about the same as it was when he ■was taken from the jail, he appearing ■worse and uncommunicative the maIgßjority of the time. Friends of Ter||Brell do net anticipate that he will ■ever recover his normal condition of ■mind. They do not think that he will HBeyer be able to be brought up for gfl trial, as the letting of him out on ball Sflat the last term of court practically that, there will never be a trial Iflas long as his mental condition is the BgMhe as ncrtr. The aged man Is kept ||Bat home, according to his family, and igßdoes not express any desire to leave |Bthe old farm, being content to sit in ■■the yard and smoke his pipe or walk Uthrough the barn yard. HgH o K COURT HOUSE NEWS ’’ '• ' |||l Real estate, transfers: B. B. Adams Bto'-lfttry A. Bartrim, tract in Monroe llflownship, quit claim deed, >I.OO. Clin--‘-flon S. Woolfath to Frederick Hubner, Ijflract in Kirkland township, $5,000. 118 A marriage license was issued to ■Edgar H. Kilbourne, aged 24, merBflhandise broker, Fort Wayne, to Berflha A. Deininger, aged 25, of Decatur. |||l “— 0 gfIjOMES BACK FROM OKLAHOMA llflvirs. D. P. Reynolds Says Adams |fl County Looks Mighty Good to Her. ■ Mrs. D. P. Reynolds arrived home ■Thursday from Oklahoma, where they ■ ' slave lived for a year past, spending a flart of the time at Noble, and the. flat few riionths- at Dill City. She llßays the hot winds have burned up Bhe corn crop in that section, also the ||flther products Including garden stuff ■fl nd many of the people are actually ‘Bl want. She says she does not beBieve that many of them can get Brough the winter without help. Her ~ flnahand has gone to Robstown, near Blorpus Christi, Texas, to assist a Bon, Will Reynolds, who has a big .'■ flontract there. Mr. Reynolds will ( UHome herd as soon as his work is Mrs. Reynolds says Adams llßounty and home looks mighty sweet .... |||B Mrs. George Schoch, of Ossian, Ind., ■fl-turned to her home this morning, glfltef spending a few days In this I //"/ . ■I TM> XAH (Mgr Taat. '' | Sprinkle Allen’s Foot-Mwe tn one BXLd DOt use taS OtABT, BM BOCIO® | Ke difference. Just the thing to w everywhere 15a- Don’t We atihatifotf r I - - -n ■ - — — | Mr . Joseph Shady returned to his B 1 Kirkland township today af-| wme n toe. thG “'J'*’**"'[ ■ I

land started* to walk home to GreenI town ,W» ptecattir. while walking north ©a Jefferson street he fell to I the sidewalk suffering from epileptic fits. Mow had been working iff Michigan, where he suffered a similar jpell , of sickness just before starting for ’ home and was robbed of his money except about enough to take him to Decatur, where by mistake he failed to get off. At the home of Philip Sprunger he was fed and medical help was called. A number of men of town made up enough money to pay his way home on the northbound evening train.—Berne Witness. . — —————" Every Woman Win Be Interested. There nas recently been discovered an aromatic, pleasant djerb cure for woman’s file, called Mother Gray’s Australian-Leaf. It is the only certain regulator. Cures female weaknesses and Backache, Kidney, Bladder and urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mall 5S cts. Sample Free. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. T. ' ' , ~ i. * o ■ii , Moses Schumacher an Amish farmer living a mile south and a mile and a half west of Nappanee, was married five years ago and Is the father of nine children, three of whom are triplets and four were twins. The last set of twins arrived last week, a day , after the father left for North Dakota on a prospecting trip. —m—eesns— * HAS EIGHTY TURKEYS. Mrs. Ellora Sonnemaker, Glasford HL, aays: “My neighbors have lost all young turkeys. I have eighty head' of fine Bourbon turkeys and I give them Bourbon Poultry Cure in the drinking water twice a week and have not-lost any.” Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. t . >’ t —o Great interest has be ( en aroused throughout northern Indiana and western Ohio in the announcement that Charles Strobel, of Toledo, is to make two Airship flights daily at the great Fort Wayne fair, which will be held Sept. 14-18. Mr. Strobel, who is a famous/ aviator, will use the airship with which he won thq great international races at St L6uis. He willi pnake two flights around the grounds each day of the five of the fair. The feature will be one of the : greatest ever secured for a fair meeting. O A Many Children are Sickly Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children’s Home, New York, break up Colds tn 24 hours, cure Feverisbnesa. Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teethipg Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sam- 1 pie mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. The play “A Woman’s Secret,” given at the Guy Stock company tent last night, was well attended, and It was greatly appreciated. This company always makes a hit in Decatur. They have clever actors and actresses and their bind Is simply fine. Tonight “The Cry Baby” will be staged. — 4 Fifty Years’ Experience. , Mrs. W. W. Ralston; Hopkinsville, Ky., says: "I have been raising chickens for fifty years and Bourbon Poultry CUre is the most satisfactory remedy I have ever used or chicken cholera and gapes. I would not be without it. Sold by H. H. Bremerkamp. ■ ; u : '■■■' \ • 1 0 r - In hopes of making the reunion of the Forty-Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry outrank anything which has ever been held, the veterans of the regiment in this city and county are making gigantic preparations, for the coming o fthe visitors — , Bluffton Banner. o ; A Certain Cure for Aching Feet. Shake into your Shoes Allen’s FootEafce, a powder. It cures Tired, Aching,. Callous, Sweating, Swollen feet At all druggists and shoe stwos. 2Sv. Sample Free. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. a -i. ..,4o .1. in v ■ .... Whitley county officers are going to try to colect fees due the county on change of venue from other counties. The amount due Is approximately |l,500, about one-half of which Is due from Allen county on account of the John B. Scott murder trial Wabash county still owes Whitley in the Snearley case about |75, and the balance is owing from Huntington, Kosciusko and DeKalb. Os course everybody is planning to attend the Great Northern Indiana fair to be held at Stole’s park next week. It will be a big' event and < [ two days will miso* some great featI Charles Franklin, of 'west Hammond, is being sought by the police land will be prosecuted for cruelty to

C HatXv'smit'h returned from Brvaatl after performing some worktifere. ' HartT Amrine returtied last evening * from a business trip to Fort Wayne. ’ Clem Voglewede returned this morning from a business trip to Ce- ’ Una. Attend the Van Wert county fair , every day and you will go home satisfied and happy. ■ •Mie monster airshjp will be the great attraction at the Van Wert county fair, Sept 7-10. < Mrs. G. Berling returned from Fondulac, Wis., last evening, where she has been for the last week. Wm. Custor, of Pleasant Mills, went to Fort Wayne, where he will look after business during the day. John Yager returned last evening from a trip to Michigan, where he enjoyed a several weeks’ outing. Adam Schaffer went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he will spend the day at that place with friends. ' Paul -Harrick, operator at the G. R. & I. depot went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he will spend a two weeks’ vacation. »• Mrs. J. W. Merryman arrived home from Berne this morning, where she has been visiting with relatives for the past few days. / Mrs. Chas. Dutcher left this morning for Elkhart for a’short visit with friends, and from there will go to different parts of Michigan, where she will make a visit with relatives. Among the many interesting features at the Van Wert county fair ,this year the exhibit from the Ohio agricultural experiment station which is worthy of more than passing notice. Mr. George Thomas from south of the city went to Elkhart and several t parts in Michigan for a visit and will also look at some land at the latter place, and i fsatisfactory will make s purchase. Bud Brokaw is opening an up to date three cent restaurant on north Second street, which will no doubt be well patronized. Mr. Brokaw expects to handle the best of everything in his line. • i. The Elkhart Carriage and Hamess company, the gigantic concern owned by the Pratts in Elkhart, has announced it wHll make automobiles on a big scale/, Rev. Emmet C. Mason, Hillsdale, i Mich., haa.been selected agent and . general manager of the United Brethren Publishing estabUshment at Huntington to succeed the late Rev. H. C. ’ Foote. . * . \ J The young man, louis Rettic, of ’ South Bend, who attempted suicide in a Fort Wayne drug store a week ago today, war seen, by Mrs. C. J. Weaver of this city just after he fired the shot which may be the cause of his death. Mrs. Weaver was dose by at the time and went in with others where the doctors were working with the youth. He now lies in a very serious condition at the hospital 1 A large crowd last night listened to Dr. Ferris at the M. E. church as he discoursed upon the theme “Making the World Better.” Dr. Ferris is a truly practical man, having a forcei fulness of speech and an excellent line of thought. His work during the institute has well verified the report ' that he is one of the ablest lecturers on the educational platform. The new electric theater which has been constructed by J. B. Stoneburner ■at Stele’s park is a beauty. The ’ building was constructed by D. J. Weikel and it has been conveniently arranged. Mr. Stoneburner will have a, show during each day of the fair beginning in the morning at nine o’clock and excellent music will be furnished. Valenti, the former base ball pitcher, who has performed on the local lot many times, will arrive here in a few days to take a position with the Decatur Produce company. He was employed with the same company at Decatur last winter.—Bluffton Banner. Bales, the new pitcher, x was slated to be here sure this evening. He comes from the 0.-P. league just the man needed to fill out the complement of oar twirlers to pitch the Babes to victory and the “peanut”— Bluffton Banner. ’The citizens* premiums to be offered to Adams county exhibitors only at the big fair will be- very attractive. The merchants have nobly responded in this movement by subscribing liberally to the fund for which Adams county people only can; compete. The Bluffton, Geneva Sod Celina I Traction company has instituted condemnation proceedings against two people residing along the route of the proposed line. Iti a not thought that I they will have much trouble in settling the affair. Calvin Moon, for more than a dozen years superintendent of the South Bend public schools, has been ousted and J° hn Woods, superintendent of 1 ceed him. Chargee were filed against [Moon. t - 6 .' ft "vs/ * »Qi-Aa*- sm

Friday Afternoon. Song “My Old Kentucky Home.” “.Relation of the Teacher to the Par- < ent, by Dr. Ferris. The teacher' shohld spend the major part if not aU her time in the district In Which she Caches. Get into relation with the parents. Never put yourself in writing, but take every excuse to go into the homes. Visit the children in their sickness. Show every little kindness you possibly can. Inside of one month, if I was a school officer, I j would ask you to resign, if you hadn't visited each and every family in the district After words of thanks to the institute ,and words of encoiir- ■ agement to the teachers, Dr. Ferris, bld his new friends goodby. Rest Music, Dr. Hanson. The Institute spent fifteen minutes in reviewing some of the work of the week, and in taking up some new work. At the close of the exercises the doctor 1 dropped a few words of kind advice and bid the teachers goodby. “Literature and Life,’’ by Prof. Thomas. The power of appreciating literature is exbanded according to , the study we have given it Do not sfeoil the beauty of literature by over-, dissection. Study the setting of the piece. Study the plot. The significance of incidents is pleasing to the mind, yet these come better when we understand the plot Character is portrayed in fiction first, by what he or fails to say. Second, by what is said about him. Third, what he does, or does not do. Fourth, what he causes others to do. There is only one person in a novel you can trust, and that is the author. Those who can analyze character in the novel are the ones who are able to analyze character in the school room. Wishing the teachers success and joy in their work, and bidding them goodby, the Prof, closed the week’s work. The week’s work, just closed, has been of great benefit to the teachers. Inspiration has been the keynote gll through the week. The teachers Will go to their work better qualified to go ‘ before the children of the county, by having associated with such men as Dr. W. N. Ferris, Prof. Chsfiles Swain Thomas and Dr. S. C. Hanson. ■ o— Saturday At two o’clock while working on the gas tank located in the Nuttman addition, Cal Robison, son of Perry Robison, became overbalanced and fell from a scaffold to the bottom of the tank, a distance of twenty-four feet, and as a consequence thereof he sustained injuries which may prove fatal, his right kidney being badly injured. The young man was engaged in extricating pieces of timber from the floor of the scaffold When in some inconceivable manner he became overbalanced, falling forcibly to the hard floor of the interior' of the tank. Jacob Eady and John Good who were working near heard the crash and hurrying to the spot where he lay they found Cal unconscious, in fact they thought him dead. Fellow workmen wept as they gated upon the motionless form and an ambutanee and a physician were hastily engaged. Within flftoeen' min- ' utes the ycAing man partially regained consciousness and he was conveyed to the home of his parents, where a i thorough examination was instituted. This revealed a large and dangerous appearing bruise over his right kidney which threatens serious illness. Oth- , er than this the injuries are not thought to be of- a serious nature and w the family members are enterr taining hopes for his early and ultimate recovery. •. L— o Friday was an Ideal day and a great day for all the Bpanglers tyid their connections. At 8:40 a. m. the friends began to gatther in the Maple Grove park and continued to come in groups until the noon hour, when a sumptuous picnic dinner was spread and of course, a real plenty was done to the dinner. Immediately after the picnic dinner a business meeting was called, and letters from W. F. Brittson, Dallas, Tex., and Wm. W. Spangler, of Auburn, Ind., were read followed by reorganiaztion which is as follows: Pres., Jacob Spangler, Decatur; vice pres., Matt Kirsch, Decatur; sec., Rev. D. D. Spangler, Elkhart, Ind.; cor, see., Mrs. Sylvester Spangler and Mrs. J. B. Rice, Decrftur, and Mrs. J. Schafer, Dallas, Tex. Program and Invitation committees were also appointed. The following is a list of the Spanglers and relatives from out of the city: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hobrock and Frank Hobrock, Fort Wayne; Mrs. E. F. Myers, Fort Wayne; Wesley and Arthur Selby, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bpangler, Poe, Ind.; Nellie Bicknell; Fort Rev. and Mrs. 0. W. Spangler and children, Irvin, Olive, Ralph and Lucile Spangler, Peru, Ind;; Dorothy S. Brittaon, Dallas Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Schaefer, Dallas, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. ,W. W. Miller, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mr. apd Mrs. L D. Jameson, Chicago; John and Lillie Wilhelm, Poe, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. John Sargent, Poe, Ind.Rev. D. O. Wise, Decatur; Rev. D. D. Spangler, Elkhart; Iffxrie Hobrock, Fort WVM; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mriching, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Margaret SiV'i x&wq ; t■' > ■ .Z/ayh • -.. i

Myers, Fort Elghty-flve in all were present , O— ■ " Five dollars and costs, in other words fifteen dollars is the sum total of a fine paid by Ous Uhl of Toledo, in Mayor France’s court Saturday after a plea of guilty was entered to t|je charge of operating his automobile at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles per hour. Uhl who is manager of the Standard garage, Toledo, ac- : eompanled by Jacob Gerold, proprie- ■ tor of the Hong Kong Case and a Mr. Beddin, who represents the Firestone . Tire company, had gone to Indlant apolls to attend the big races and ■ returning drove thirty miles out of ; their way to pass through Decatur that Mr. Uhl could make a short visit . with h’is many relatives here. The Meibers are his relatives. The party came down Second street and when--1 near the Democrat office Marshal Butler hailed the driver and placed him under arrest upon the charge of fast driving. The case was scheduled before Mayor France, who assessed a fine of fifteen dollars subsequent to a plea of guilty. Uhl claims that he , was not going at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles but inasmuch as he was compelled to be tn Toledo by j three o’clock he would plead guilty, and avoid further delay. “The engine was making a lot of noise,’* Mr. Uhl said, but I had opened the cutoff valve to clean the motor and that was the reason for it The party left for Toledo. Wands piassed between Uhl and Butler after the trial and Gerold let loose on the officer unmercifully just before they left the town. oMiss Clara Smith, of whom an article appeared in Friday night’s issue as being very seriously ill, is dead. A telegram from Fondulac, Wls., was by Mrs. H. Berling, which stated that she passed away Saturday morning at four o’clock, and who broke the sad news to the children as ’ best she could. Just one week before she had left xor that place intending to enter the convent of the sisters of St. Agnes. But on Sunday Aug. 15 took a very severe headache with fever later on, and which from day to day grew steadily worse until death occurred. Mrs. Smith and son Martin left Friday for that place and arrived just- a few hours before she died. The untimely demise of Miss Smith will cause much sorrow to her many friends in and about Decatur, as she was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. The deceased was but twenty-six years of age and all during her lifetime was a devoted member of St Marys church. She was also a member of the St Agnes Sodality who will have charge of the funeral The funeral services were held from St Marys ■■ church on Tuesday morning. /, o The case entitled State of Indiana vs. Charles Grim and Mrs. Howard Louthan in which living in adultery, is charged, and which was set for trial yesterday in Squire Smith’s court, has been indefinitely postponed and probably will not come to trial until week after next, if ever. Officer Butler was out of town yesterday afternoonjience the prosecution was not in a position to prosecute the case properly. Should the charge be proven it will mean a severe sentence for the as the law demands unusual stringent punishment in cases such as this. The defendants are represented by Attorney D. E. Smith. It is hinted that when the case comes to trial other sensational evidence will be introduced bearing upon occurrences before and after the arrest of the parties which will tend to prove the charge. Mrs. Louthan is desirous of a legal separation from her husband, Howard, with whom she lived for ten Jong years. The husband does not object to her* getting the divorce but the court does. It is obvious that before the matter comes to a close Mr. and Mrs. Louthan and Grim will have a merry timej. Four children of the Louthans are in an orphan home and two have died. —t u——o — O. N. administrator of the James W. Jones estate, filed a petition to sell oats and clover seed. The sale was ordered as petitioned for, at pri-, vate sale, without notice and for cash. Treasurer Lachot did some business today at his office, quite a number of the early boys coming in to pay the. fall installment of taxes, and a feW| delinquents from last spring paying up. From now on the business will, be constantly on the increase and another month or two will find the treasurer and deputies in the midst of the regular fall rush, which closes the first Monday in November. The only real estate transfer recorded since yesterday was that of the M. R. E. cemetery association to C. D. Sheets, lot 185 at cemetery, 140A marriage license was Issued to Will Evans, aged 23, a farmer to Dessie Butler aged 20, daughter of Benjamin Butler. r V-. ‘ k - »i' ■

A RESTAURANT DEAL AT OBBIAN A. 8. Elzey Sells Qut for a Snug Sum of Ceeh. —■ ■ n By , a deal completed at Ossian this morning Mrs. Dora Hoover purchased the old Quackenbush restaurant which has been owned during the past year by A. S. Elzey, and under the management df Mrs. Niblack and a baker. Mrs. Hoover bought the place from ‘ Mr.Elzey and will retain the baker and Mrs. Niblack in her employ and her son Joseph, will also assist in running the place of business. Mrs. Hoover will-conduct both a rooming and eating house. She has been conducting a boarding house fa West Ossian for several years with marked success, making money and accumulating property. She paid Mr. Elzey $2,500 for the restaurant.—Bluffton News. o — YOUNG KERN 18 IMPROVING After Another Serious Attack from Old Trouble. Mrs. J. Oscar Henderson yesterday \ received a letter from Mrs. John W,, Kern, who is at Bay View, Miclu, saying that the health of John W. Kern Jr., the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kern, had improved somewhat since the little fellow collapsed on last Friday. The entire Kern family went to Bay View one week ago Tuesday fa order to avoid the hay fever from which the boy suffers each year. The attack was feared more than ever this year because for several months the boy has been suffering from infantile paralysis and his condition has befen regarded as serious. He was in a critical condition last fall when John W. Kern, the father, was called home from a tour of the country in the interest of his candidacy for vice president On the way to Bay View the hay fever at'tack came and the boy’s condition grew worse from that time until last Friday, when he ‘Co’fapsed. Immediately after this there was a consultation of physicians and the first word which had been received in Indianapolis was the letter to Mrs. Henderson saying that the boy’s condition had improved slightly and that he was able to take some nourishment —lndianapolis News. o— HAS MADE FIVE ATTEMPTS Eighteen-Year-Old Girl Drinks Carbolic Acid—May Be Saved. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 21.—Hovering between life and death, with but j slight chance of recovery, Elizabeth i Harris, age 18, of Crawfordsville, ’lies j in her room at 603 east Colfax ave- , nue, where she swallowed a quantity of carbolic aedi and ; chloroform in her fifth attempt to die. Despite her serious condition the attending physidan states that he hopes' to save her t life. Despondency is believed to have caused Miss Hands to attempt suii clde| Her home life at Crawfordsville was not pleasant, it is said, and six . weeks ago Miss Harris came to South , For the last two weeks she ( has been employed fa a local clothing store. If she recovers from her < attempt at self destruction, it is said, /the young woman will be an invalid. ——o — * - THE ORPHEMM STOCK CO. I ' They Want to Know—" How Can It Be Done?” ' * ■ n How in th eworld can they do it? ! That is the question that seems -.o , baffle the minds of many intelligent people who try to solve how Edward L Doyle can give the public the same plays and the same actors during the ; engagement of the Orpheum Stock Co. ; ,that they have been accustomed to [paying as high as one dollar, to see .'for ten, twenty and thirty cents, yet it is easy to figure out When one , considers that mail used to cost three cents to send a letter, now it is two. Newspapers used to cost 5 cents now you can secure the latest city edition for one cent Railroads used to cost three cents a mile, now It is two, and all the above make money. But they i do a greater amount of business than before, profits are small but numerous, and that is why Edward Doyle can give a dollar show for ten, twenty and thirty cents. The profit is small, but\he Orpehum Stock company always plays to standing room, [and that-accounts for the “quality* of the performances. This company . begins an eagagesent in your city at the Bosse theater starting Monday Auig. 23rd. Opening play “A EoHfer of the EmptiW Ladles’ free* Monday nir'' 1 . Seats on mie-.at Holthpuse Drug Co. Prices, 30c and 50c. Mrs. Butler of Ninfoi ‘street, rites ’ suffered a stroke of apoplexy Tfiurs- ' day morning, is a Ittlte better, and hopes are now entertained -for her ? recovery. However, Abe Js. still -kv* very critical condition, and time only 4 can decide whether she can live or not. Dr. J. M. Miller, her brother-in-law, 1» constantly tn attendance. - . ■ A-■ -'A'