Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1909 — Page 2

There seems to be some dispute as to whether Andrew Jackson left |p ! - his wife or his wife left him. A few I' , days ago Mr. Jackson filed suit for divorce from his wife alleging abanHP'! L donment. Today Mrs. Jackson filed donment. Thursday Mrs. Jackson filed © / complaint alleging that her husband feft her. Sne asks for the decree and fe- the restoration of her former name, Mrs. Jane Thomas. it;'' 1 v Ella Debolt vs. Chancey Debolt for divecee, plaintiff was allowed fifteen dollars to prosecute case. The defendant was ordered to pay to the clerk that sum within twenty days. In the matter of the Fred Bracht and others ditch petition, it was or-, dered that Louis Goldner be appointed the third commissioner in place of, Rinehart Leimenstall who is disqualified because of his kinship to parties interested. Attorney D. B. Erwin has filed a' petition for a drain in Union township which affects a number of property owners of that section. The clerk was ordered to cause to be drawn from the jury box the names of two men to serve on the petit jury for September in place of fe .' Coffee and Schindler, who are excused on account of sickness. Mary Neaderhouser, administratrix of the estate of Fred Neaderhouser, filed a petition for an order to pay i a ditch assessment lien which was granted. -- —1 Real estate transfers: Charles E. Shafer -to Rosa E Shafer, forty acres i in Union township, $3,100. I 1 Judge Merryman, of the Adams cir- 1 cuit court, will decide the motion of I W. H .Eichhorn, attorney for D. D. 1 Studabaker, in the Studabaker-Faylor I case, within a few days. In the mean- i time the restraining order which was 1 issued will hold. —Bluffton Banner. 1 - i'i Pursuant to an order of the court, < Clerk Haefling has drawn the names of Robert D. Patterson of this city and Frank Sullivan of Geneva, to . serve on the regular panel of the j September petit jury in place of the ( two excused. 1 o < The merchants of Decatur are going to haVe a display day, providing Mrs. M. Burdg has her way. She is now circulating a petition asking for the ' signatures and donation to a fund ' which will be used for the purpose of devoting Wednesday, September 29th, as a merchants’ day. The ob- i ject is to have them make fancy dis- ] plays in their store windows, to ginger up and be as lively as the best of ; them? It will attract the fall buyers to the fact that they have their 'fall stocks ready for the purchaser, and : 1 it will give the merchants a good opportunity to start right in the fall : business. The idea originated with ' Mrs. . Burdg, and it is a mighty good one, and it is to be hoped that she : will succeed in the mission of having ] a merchants’ display day. They will have a band and many other things ■ that attract and amuse the people, i and it will be a good time for the people of the city and the county to get next to the best things on the market, where to buy them and be ; suited just right. Most of the met- ■ chants are taking hold of the project ' and if the thing succeeds some mighty handsome displays are already assur- ( • d - ■ i- ;i J : i •14^521 1 ; —. —o— —— James M. Hower, a veteran of the civil war, and fur many years a resident of Warren, died Tuesday after an illness of several weeks during which he suffered with pneumonia. Mr. Hower was one of the best known and highly respected citizens of Huntington county and numbered his friends by the score. He had many relatives in this city and county and was quite well known here. Mr. Hower was born in Champaign county Ohio, in 18’47. He enlisted in the Union army at the breaking out of the war when he was but eighteen years of age and served with distinction throughout the conflict. He came to Indiana at the close of the war and was married to Miss Myra Orn April 1866. He is survived by his widow and one son, Orville, who is now lo- ; 1 cated at Smith Park, Wash., three ' < . half brotheft who live in Bluffton and three half sisters who reside in Deca- •/ tur. He was an active member of the ' * a. R.. his membership having been 4 with the Bluffton poet. The funeral ■ > ■ was held today at the Christian " church in Warren and will be conducted by the Rev.' J. E. Etter. , o . M .TO TEACH AT GENDALE Miss LuCHe Locke Will Teach Music this Term. Miss Lucile Locket, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Del Locke, of this city, has accepted a position in the college of Glendale, near Cincinnati, and will ■ ”■ V” > &jfey.. Vvt. s 'l"' «• . - • ’ z ‘ “ --r * . >’• ,J - VA? .v'Cl ■«, V;

i teach there this winters Miss. Locke ; had contemplated entering the Presbyterian hospital at-Chicago to take the nurse training, but abandoned the plan when the offer came from the college. Miss Locke graduated from Glendale last June. She is an accomplished musician, and will teach music there, taking an advanced course herself. She is a popular young society lady and her many friends are delighted that she has been so honored. She will leave Tuesday to begin hbr duties.—Bluffton Banner. — o A message from Washington to the effect that the authorities there are considering the proposition of chang- ' Ing the rural route carrier system so that the contract of delivering the mail will be let to the lowest bidder, has caused much controversy all over the country. The announcement was; evidently put out as a “feeler.” The department knows the abandonment ' of the present system for the contract system would be extremely unpopular. Possibly the suggestion will never be seriously considered. The change | could not be made without legislation by congress and it is not likely to adopt it. Some 41,000 rural Carriers' are now employed. Those who carry J full routes of twenty-four miles each, receive the maximum salary of S9OO. 1 Salaries are graded down, according to the length of routes, so that thousands of the carriers receive from S6OO to SBOO only. Carriers assert salaries are not adequate. Many car- 1 riers wear out two horses on a twen- 1 ty-four mile route in a year* and they point out that after they have purchased new horses they have not much left And yet officials discuss-1 ing the proposed contract system say that if the government should decide to ask for bids for carrying the mail there would be men at every town ■ from which rural routes radiate ready to do the work for much less than! now paid. “I have no doubt blds would fee as low as ssoo,’’ said one official, “and on the face of things it 'would appear the savings would be enormous,” said the official. —o It develops with each day that there are more children in the Light and Hope orphans home near Vermilion, Ohio, than were at first suposed to 1 be there, and an effort is being made ■ by numerous relatives to secure the ! freedom of the children. Mrs. Louis Freang, who has been living at Fort' Wayne, was here last evening enroute to the home where she will make an attempt to secure her two children, I Whom she will care tor herself or place in some institution where she knows they are well cared for. She took with her clothing for the children having been informed that the clothes worn by "them are not fit to travel in,and in fact are not even comfortable. Mrs. Freang will secure counsel if necessary to get her children, and it is likely that she will be back here with them in a few days. It is also reported that there are other people here who are arranging to change the abode of their boys and girls, and : it looks as though the homd would! be somewhat depleted before the cold winter days begin, when according to the testimony the children had to crawl into bed fully dressed to keep warm and even then they suffered. o— 2—; The twenty-seventh annual meeting and election of officers for the German Fire Insurance company will be held at the school house in district three, in French township, on Saturday, October 2. The meeting Is called for ten o’clock, and it is quite probable that the meeting will be well attended by the many members. For the past year the business of the company has been mostly done through its secretary, Mr. John C. Augsburger, and it has too been the banner year of the company, they writing two hundred thousand dollars in farm Insurance. • It is an Adams county organization, and has shown a wonderful growth since its organization twenty-seven years ago. They now cover quite a territory and do lots of business among the farmers’ over this and adjoining counties, and the indications point to an Increase in the years tp come. They are well organized, have good live business men at the head of the company, and 1 could not help but succeed. They are advertising their annual meeting for the second and hope to have a large representation of the membership, at which time reports of the year will be made. I | o—— —— I . ' ■ 'I i Mrs. Louisa Johnson, wife of the I late R. B. Johnson, and mother of Mrs. E. Bert Lenhart of this city, died Thursday at, her home at Peterson, after a long Illness with cancer of the stomach. The death of this good woman has been expected for several, days, but the announce- : ment nevertheless brings with it a ! shock to the many who knew her. Jfihe had lived at Peterson for about . thirty years ,and Was one of the best i known ladles of that locality. She t was aged about sixty-five years, and I is survived by four chlldreh, Mrs.

a Lenhart of Decatur, Mrs. Grain. Ball -of near Peterson, William, who »•- » sides in the west and Herman WW j came home from the south last Saturj day in time co see his mother alive; i also by a brother, John T. Baker of • west of town, a sister Mrs. H. H. i Myers of south of town, and numerous other relatives and friends. MT. Johnson died several years ago and four children have preceded their i mother in death. Two years ago Mr» i Johnson united with the Beery church, i o— —-———— LANDS MACADAM ROAD JOB The county commissioners were in , special session Wednesday, opening bids and letting the contract for the construction of the Elmer Gibson stone road in Wabash township. The I successful bidder was W. V. Bufekmas--1 ter, of six miles east of Geneva, who [will do the work for $5,988. There were five other bidders.—Portland Commercial-Review. —o — Articles of Incorporation for the middle district of the general confet- | ence »of the Mennonite church of North America, were filed at the county recorder’s office. The district 1 seems to take In a wide scope of territory as the trustees lived between Ohio and lowa. The purpose as sec ’out in the articles is the support of religious worship,the maintenance of home and foreign missions, and the general purpose of all churches. The place of business or the main office 'for this district is located at Berne, (Adams county, Indiana, and the trustees named in the articles are J. ( F. Lehman of Berne, P. B. Welty of Pandora, Ohio; C. A. Neuenschwander | of Berne; J. P. Showalter of Wayland, lowa, and S. J. Moser of Fortuna, Mo. The time limit on the incorporation as designated is perpetual. The Mennonite church has a large congregation at Berne and they are a. faithful, ■earnest, sincere and devoted people, the members being excellent people and splendid citizens In every way. —o—t— —— Mrs. W. A. Lower has received a letter from A. W. Butler, secretary of the Indiana board of charities, inviting her to serve on the committee on county and township affairs at the state conference of charities and correction to be held at Columbus, Indiana, October 23rd to 26th. Mrs, (Lower will very probably attend the ( meeting as a delegate from the Mams ( county board of charity and will like- , ly serve on the committee as requested. This committee is one of the imI portant ones and holds round table sessions on Monday and Tuesday and a general session on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Lower has had considerable experience at meetings of this kind, and will prove a valuable member of the committee. The meeting of these societies this year will be the greatest in their history and it Is the desire of those in charge that each county send as many representatives as possible. The field of work is a worthy one and each year the Indiana societies advance in ideas, this state ..being recognized as one of the leading ones along this line in the United States. —O ——r— , NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM Last week the Calvary Evangelical church east of the city Installed a new lighting system, which consists of the well known hollow tube gasoline light, the lamp bulb representing that of an incandescent light Heretofore the church has been lit by the,common oil lamp. The new system was given a trial last Friday evening and declared by all who saw It a perfect success. They were used in last Sunday’s service. u O ■ .■ (' **fe.George Richards, an old and well known citizen of this place, and who was seventy-four years old Saturday was fatally injured Thursday evening at 4:35 when he was struck by a north bound special interurban car. The traction company were running extras Thursday on account of the Fort Wayne fair, and ope of these , specials in charge of Motorman Kruel, left here at four o’clock. The story of the accident as told by Mr. Kruel who is one of the most cafeful men on the line, was as follows: "Our car left the station at just four o’clock. As we approached the gravel pit, and when 500 or 600 feet from the switch, I noticed Mr. Richards, standing near the track. Thinking that he being old, some accident might occult I slowed down until within a few feet of him, when I saw he was clear of the track and opened up again. Just as we reached him, Mr. Richards turned half around and threw up his • right hand, in which he held his din--1 ner pail. The act was similar to that ■ often used by 'the men as a greeting I to the motorman as he passes down ■ the line. The car struck the bucket i which was hurled against the unfor • tunate man’s head with such /force - that he was thrown away from the ■ track about four feet, alighting' on his ! right side. I stopped the CAT and t we did what we could for hisf'.’’ The injured man was brought to city

1 on the 5:15 car, and taken to Ns • home in the south part of the dty, ►'where medical attention was given - him, but be has never regained ; eeiQusness. The right side of Ms t head was crushed, and the skull frae- . tured, the physicians stating that 3 there Is not he least chance for his recovery, any poeslble chance being I taken away from the faet of Ns old • age. His right arm was also broken and bruised. Mr. Richards was sllght- . ly crippled and had some nervous trouble, so that no one can tell just why he happened to throw out his hand as he did. He has worked for i the company for some time, being-em- ; ployed at the gravel pit, and was an i industrious hand. His son, William i Richards, is the foreman of the gradi Ing force south of town. The accident Is deplored by the company, and > by the crew, but no one Is to blame and It is believed that those In charge . took extra precaution. — Florlne Naomi, Infant daughter of Simon and Effie Bowers, was born June 13, 1909; died Sept. 8, age 2 months and 25 days. Father, mother, brother and two sisters, one of which Is a twin sister of the same age, are |pft to survive the dear little one. Early in the dpwn of Infancy this tender babe has been called to (Its heavenly homo Where lit shall know no more suffering. It and its twin sister, Laurlne Catherine, were baptized on Sept. 6, and we have that blessed consolation that Its soul nas fled to and been accepted by Its ma* ker and keeper our Lord and Master. Again the Angel of Death has visited our earthly home and taken with it, our darling Laurlne Catherine, daughter of Simon and Effie Bowers. Was born June 13,1909. died Sept. 13, 1909, age 3 months. Mother, father, one brother and one sister are left to mourn the. loss of this dear little one. It has been but a few days since the twin sister, Florlne Naomi, has been called to join the angels in that heavenly home above. They are gone, our darling babes, but let us comfort our sad hearts with the thought that their souls are. resting In blessed peace with our Lord. Their days of suffering have been f ew I® comparison to the trials and suffering of mature years. May this suffice to console us that it Is God’s will be done, and He has called them to fulfill a holy and more glorious mission on that bright and shining shore. We loved them, yes we loved them But angels loved them more; And they have sweetly called them To yonder shining shore. The golden gates were open, A gentle voice said “Come,” And with farewells unspoken They calmly entered home. o — J. F. Lachot and wife came borne Thursday from a two weeks’ vacation trip to Michigan. They spent some time at Petoskey and later visited Oden, Traverse City, Mackinaw City, and several other places which aS usual was filled with pleasure seekers fyom all over the United States. On their return they stopped at Fremont and spent several days in that northern hustling town, and while there visited the country in general and Harvey Harruff’s fruit farm in particular. They brought home some fruit from the Harruff farm, which looks mighty good and which they say is a fa|r sample of the fruit to be found on their farm. They recently sold their peach crop getting SBOO from a Chicago commission house, and later on comes the apple crop which Is better from a remunerative standpolpt. They describe the Harruff farm as being a fine piece of realty, well improved, good fruit, six miles from Fremont on a well improved road. While gone the Lachots had a pleasant trip and a good time from start to finish. p.— Ossian, Ind., Sept 16.—While out driving A. S. Elzey and daughter Miss 110, experienced one of the realty thrilling experiences of their lives, and one In which a serious accident was averted by merest good luck. Mr. Elzey and daughter had set out to drive to Five Points for the purpose of showing up the good features of a piano which was on sale. It was -dusk and they were driving along at a good gait and had almost reached the Goshorn farm, west of Ossian, when a big heap of ashes showed up '• at the side of the road. Owing to the ' peculiar light upon the ashes the • horse became badly frightened and 1 practically unmanageable. He back--1 ed and twisted, cramping and overturning the buggy and throwing Miss '■ Elzey out. The force of the upset : threw Miss Elzey In such away that she was directly endangered by the ; fall of the buggy. By good fortune, however, she managed to avoid ser- > ious danger and escaped with a severe > shock and some bruises. After some i trouble the horse was calmed down, but owing to the breaking of harness land damage done to the equipment ’’and the fact that they had narrowly

have been fatal, they gave up their i trip and returned to town. In • WILL PLAY AT KENDALLVILLK t Fast Local CM Will Go to That Place J Next Sanday for a Garns. t The Shamrock ball team of this city 1 will go to Kendallville Sunday, where i they will meet the fast aggregation - from that city and expect to make a i good showing against this club which t claims the championship of northern i Indiana. The locals will be strength* • ened by Tbm Railing of the southern - Michigan league, who will do the i twirling. The Shamrocks is classed i as one of the fast independent teams -of the state, and should draw well - at Kendallville, having lost but three I games this season. / > . I o - —• > New York,. Sept. 17 —A hundred brief words, weighted, each with apI $1,000,000, and containing in their entirety the last testament of ! E. H. Harriman, make his widow, ; Mary Averin Harriman, one of, the i wealthiest women in the world. It is perhaps the briefest will on record ; for the disposal of an estate of such magnitude. All property is left to i Mrs. Harriman. Wall street estimates tfeat Mrs. Harriman will inherit in i realty and personal property between $75,000,000 and $100,060,000. Mr. Hari riman’s private fortune is supposed i to have been greater than this by ; many millions, but there is reason to believe that his unmarried ' Mary and Chrol, his married daughter, Mrs. Robert Livingstone Cferry, and Ns two sons, William Averin and Roland, a boy ot 14, together >lth Ns surviving sister, Mrs. Simmons, and other relatives, have all been substantially provided for in gifts out of hand and trust funds set aside by . Mr. Harriman during his lifetime. Mrs. Harriman was Miss Mary Averill, daughter of W. A. Averlli, a wealthy banker of Rochester, N. Y„ who made his money in the Rome, Watertown & 1 Ogdensburg Jrailroad company. She brought her husband financial aid th his early struggles in the market,when aid was most valuable to Him. He ' never needed It again, for his administrative ability soon won him the support of Kuhn, Lioeb & Cb., the National City Bank and the powerful Standard Oil clique. Their thirty-six years of married life, it has always been said, were ideally happy. On Mrs. Harriman’s shoulders will now rest the management of the 43.000 1 acres of woodland, pasture land and fertile black bottoms in the Ramapo valley and on the steep sides of Tbwer Hill; the completion of the great ' house on which its master had already spent $2,550/000 without living to see it finished, and those forest reserve- 1 tion—which, it is known, Mr. Harriman cheslshed. the state measures up to expectations Mrs! Harriman, according to common estimate here, is the wealthiest women ih the world. Mrs. Hetty Green’s holdings have been estimated at $40,000,000; those of Mrs. Frederick Courtland Penfield at |°o,000,000, and those of Mrs. Russell Sage at a like amount. — — 0 —; ~ Attorney Dore B. Erwin fifed a new . case entitled Henry Knapp vs. Samuel A. and Abraham Debolt, suit on - note, demand $75. So far this month fourteen marriage ; licenses have been Issued In Adams county, which is one more than was , issued during the entire month of September last year.. The case of the city of Deea'w . vs. Andrew and Charles Baiter, on ■ appeal from the mayor, has reached ■ circuit court. , | ' ' *•" James Touhey vs. City of Decatur, ? damages, SIO,OOO, demurrer overnited, i motion for order on to appear I at office of L- C. DeVoss Saturday, September 25, for the purpose of having Ns deposition taken; motion was ; overrated. r - ■ Adda M. &W. J. Hahnert vs. Mar-, , tha Dfefntneij, partition, subndt-ed. ; finding for plaintiff, sale ordered; J. ' . C. Sutton appointed commissioner, I bond fixed at $1,500. r Rosie Passwater vs. Charles Pass- ( water, divorce, demurrer filed to com- : plaint. I — , Henry A. & Sarah A. Tindall vs. > /Jacob Fogle, partition. All depostj tlons on file ordered published. ' , I Real estate transfers: F. H. Nich- • ols to Samantha R. Nichols, lot 229, • Decatur, $100; Joseph J. Tonnellier » to Frederick Thieme, 20 acres Union t tp., $1,650; F. M. Schlrmeyer to James t P. Haefling, lot 38, Decatur, $240. • , - oMrs. John Fleming will entertain • the Historical Cltty Tuesday 3 night at Its first meeting. The tell* ~. s Mali 3 ing of current events win open tnei , I meeLiug aim mt; papvi v . ■

to become a bride, wwothehostess at girls last evening a| her home on Chestnut street, and she entertained her guests delilghtfulTy. lor the past month Miss Schultz has been given several showers by the girls of the office, and the event last evening was a kind of farewell gathering. Music , and games were in order. Late in ' the evening refreshments were served. m.i hi i ■mi m. ,m The Rebekah lodge will celebrate its fifty-eighth state anniversary next Tuesday night. It has been thirtyseven years since the lodge here was organized and since that time it has’ grown wonderfully, and every member of thia flourishing order will be present to celebrate. A large class of candidates»will be’ taken in. . ■■■ ! fl’ —.l. WILL GIVE FARM EALE OCT. 7 John Smltley Purchased the Dyonis Schmitt property. OH First Street. ' John Smltley is going to have a public sale of stock, implements and farm products at fils farm in St Mary’s township, the date of the sale being October 7th. Although the Smitley’s have lived in this city for a year and .more, yet they never gave up farming, although they intend tonow, as they sold their farm there some time ago, and will soon give possession of the same, hence the sale advertised for next month. Sincecoming to this dty they have occupied’ a residence purchased by them on west Adams street, but recently they purchased the Dyonis Schmitt property on First street and will soon move there, where they win likely live for the balance of their days. ■ ■ i —- o — —■ ■■■. LEFT FOR BLOOMINGTON Mr. Frank Mann, who lives about five and' one-half m'les west of the city left Friday a. m. for Bloomington, Ind., where he will resume his studies in medicine at the university at that place. Mr. Mann is still young ih yeast, but fe entering upon his third year, wNch speaks very well erf him. Along with his studies he also teaches one ot the classes there, giving Mm a more thorough knowledge In his line of study, and of which he fs bound to succeed. ' , j "'O— 1 ■ "SAUL OF TARSUS*' “Saul of Tarsus” the new biblical play in four acts, which will be seen at the Bosse opera house Wednesday, Sept. 29, is a play dealing with the great events in the life of St. Paul, who was known in his earlier history as Saul of Tarsus. The play, besides presenting the great features of this man’s life, has a subsidiary love story > of great charm and beauty. The play’ ; Is built upon facts taken from the New Testament and from the histories of the times. The scenery has been painted from drawings and pictures so the British museum, and the costunes are also historically correct All of the great figures represented ih the life of St. Paul are represented in the piece, and the dramatic situations of hfs life are also presented in a remarkably vivid and graphic manner; Eugene Moore, an actor of long experience and fine opportunities, is seen as Saul. He is supported by a. most capable company. v —o— —— Ben Devor, of Greenville, Ohio, is moving his family here this week, and will be located in the John Schug k property on south Third street Mr. w [Devor will take charge of the local ! lumber yards, now being opened by the Smith A Bell company near the . C. & E. and Clover Leaf railway yards. He is an experienced lumber 'man and will prove a good manager 'for this establishment The company 1 is ready for business, but will be delayed a few days because the Brie is a little slow in putting in a switch but they will be ready to open the yards within a week or two. As mentioned before in this paper, this company does a wholesale lumber business, buying all over the state, and Ohio, and selling to the big manufacturers. They will gather the lumber here and ship it as required by their orders. They do an Immense business, and this new move will make it much easier for them as they will have their stock at one place, Instead IS of it being scattered over two or 1 three states. Messrs. Smith and Bell and Charles Colter will continue to J spend the greater part of their time 11 on the road, while Mr. Devor will look after the local office. 1 . ■ ■ o ■ ' — I Dr. Sowers went to Portland* this I morning, where he will look after pro-j_ I fessional business during the day. I T"check for $1,056 as the state’s j share of the remuneration to the Bat- '| tery B boys who spent ten days in J camp at Sparta, Wls., has been 1 celved from Adjutant General Friday j and the money will be distributed bF%I Corporal Roesener, treasurer, this I evening. The privates will receive J I SI.OO per day, the corporals $1.05, the sergeants sl.lO and the commissioned I offlcers ln proportiom-Bort Wayne I final ] j