Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1909 — Page 2

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Who played ball at Kendallville. If it was a good game. Whether “Curley” Ellis made a hit. If it isn’t a shame that E. A. has to leave her at 10:30 each Sunday evening. If you are coming to town for Merchant’s Day. If John Bowers new building near .the postoffice is having what might be called a mushroom growth. Whether you’re going to burn gas. If you have made a deposit with the new trust company yet. If their place of business isn’t “out of sight.” Who threw that brick. Who’ll be our next mayor. \ Why some one isn’t getting busy about the primary. If you attended the meeting at the library Wednesday evening. If you ard giving any aid toward keeping the Coppock people here. If John Moran has that “smile that won’t come off.” If “Giggle’* Gast thinks that his new home will be near the north pole. If he already has a Sunday night date with an Eskimo girlie. If Bruce Patterson is studying to be a farmer. - . If Lawrence Biggs is too tired to operate the moving picture machine. 1— L-!”. l-XJ BOYS LOST VAN WERT GAME The high school team from this place went to Van Wert Saturday, where they played a close and exciting game with the lads of that town, losing by a score of two to one. It was a well played battle. Biggs was in the box for the Decatur boys, and did good work, striking out six men. A return game will be played here next Saturday. r —o —— Mrs. John Fleming was given a farewell party Saturday evening by the members of the Christian church. Since living in the city, Mrs. Fleming has been a valued member of that congregation, and the church members regret to lose her. About eight o’clock they came to the Fleming home and enjoyed a pleasant time with the hostess. Mrs. Fleming

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If Stoneburner and Biggs aren’t giving the people more than their money’s worth. If it is true that the cigar was hidden from Daniels at the Conter ice cream factory for a triple advertisement Why Henry Thomas did not have magnetic force to show Daniels where the cigar was hidden. If Mayor France, Marshal Butler, Attorney Beatty and Henry Thomas didn’t make a “shocking bunch—electrically enthused” so to speak. If Mercer avenue is to be used as a canal this winter. If Julius Haugk will favor it with ice. If you are boosting for Merchants’ Day. If you are helping the town any by knocking and— If there are not some- people who have lived here all their life time andgot along just as well before you came as they do now that you are here with your hammer. If that means yoL If any one got cold going out to Colters last night. What has become of the high school football team. If R. D. Patterson can play “hearts.’’ If he will play the game during the soldier’s reunion. leaves tomorrow for her new home at Kenton. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sellemeyer entertained at Sunday dinner at the Anderson & Dolch restaurant. Guests were Mr. William Spiegel, the piano tuner of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Spiegel and daughter, Miss Marie Spiegel. The afternoon' was spent' at the Sellemeyer home in a quiet social way, Mr. Spiegel playing skillfully on the violin. Music was in order, during the whole afternoon. Mrs. Spiegel gave- several numbers on the piano and her daughter played also. The Aid Society of the Evangelical church will meet Friday with Mrs. Monte Fee on Mercer avenue instead of an Thursday as announced before.

Miss Gertrude Ward and Mrs. Clyde Davis, of Huntington, were in the city Sunday as the guests of friends. They, accompanied by the Misses Celesta Wemhoff and Anna Clark and Chas. Lose and Otto Wemhoff, went to the Murray hotel and enjoyed a six o’clock supper. Afterwards they went to the Wemhoff home on Fourth street and spent the evening in a very pleasing manner. The Huntington guests left on the nine-thirty ear for Fort Wayne on their way home. Misses Nellie and Bess Schrock entertained at an afternoon party Saturday. Sewing was in order. A two-course luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Hogsten and Mr. and Mrs. Dell Robers and son Robert, of Fort Wayne, were the guests at twelve o’clock dinner yesterday when Mr. and MYs. S. P. Sheets entertained for them at their home three miles west of the city. A good time was had and all enjoyed themselves very much. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Mt. Pleasant church will meet at the home of Miss Etta Mallonee Wednesday afternoon, October sixth, at two-thirty p. m. All the members are asked to be present as important business will be brought up during the afternoon. Miss Anna Miller entertained at her home yesterday at six o’clock dinner four miles south of the city, the Misses Bertha and Elizabeth Knapp and Mr. Edd Miller and Fred' Ashbaucher. A very enjoyable time was had.

Mrs. Charley Johnson gave a dinner party yesterday, covers being laid for six guests. The afternoon was spent socially in conversation. —— ■ -I"- —O— ■ ii„ „ Robert Schrock came in Monday morning and spent the day with his mother, other relatives and friends. He will leave tomorrow for Cornell university, where he teaches again this winter. He is just returning from a long (rip which took him to different parts of, Alaska and which also gave him a good opportunity of peeing that country as well as different part of the United States. He was with a government surveying party, leaving here some time the latter part of last May and all during the summer was helping set boundary stakes between the Deminion of Canada and Alaska. There was about thirty in the party, Including government surveyors of note, representatives of the Canadian government, and other officials and the trip was one of value to those fortunate enough to be one of them. The party reached the point of about eighty miles north of Ketchiman, which is six hundred miles north of 'Seattle. They were within four hundred miles of Fairbanks, where the Decatur colony is located. He enjoyed the trip and had a good time, and returns to his school work fresh and in fine fettle. Southern Alaska only has mineral resources and these cannot be worked until railroads (are built through there, and that will likely be some time yet. He the weather as being delightful and not as cold as some people in this country think it is. — o- — ■ Berne, Indiana, Sept. 27.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A committee, including J. C. Augsburger, C. A. Mumma, J. Cosure and A. L, Carboden, met here today for the purpose of auditing the books of the French Township Mutual Fire Insurance company, preparatory to making a report at the annual meeting to be held next Saturday at the Election school house in French township, at which time also will occur the election of officers. The report shows an enormous growth in the company’s business the past year, and it looks as though this company will soon be a recognized one over the state, though they at present write business only in Wells and Adams county. Last year the amount of business on the books totaled $591,085, an increase over the year previous of over $200,000. The company has been in existence for twenty-seven years and now has more than fifteen hundred members, it being strictly a mutual company, making assessments after each fire.

Miss Mary Heffner of this city, but who has been at Denver, Colo., for the past year trying to Improve her. health, has returned to the city for a visit with friends. Miss Heffner says the change of climate has benefitted her very much and that she is feeling much better. J. P. Hale has presented to the high school museum a piece of Obsidian glass from the Obsdiani cliff in Yellowstone park. Mr. Hale visited the park a few weeks ago and while there was able to get a piece of the volcanic organ for the school collection—Bluffton Banner. The Montpelier police announce that interurban crews must observe the ordinance in that city regulating the speed limit, and that infractions in the future are to be followed by arrests. Officer Will Reynolds yesterday filed an affidavit against Motorman Ora Brown, Who is charged with running one of the limited cars through the Montpelier streets at an excessive speed.—Bluffton News. Earl Steele secretary of the Northern Indiana league, was in Bluffton Friday evening with the Huntington crowd at the fair. He has not yet got data from which to furnish an absolutely correct standing of the six cities in the league. He reports that the official scorekeepers in three cities have failed to report to him, and therefore he had been unable to compile official figures.—Bluffton News. Mr. John McMullen, of Fort Wayne, is the architect and builder of the new business block which is to be erected by Mr. John Bowers on Monroe street. Mr. McMullen is not a stranger here, but is well known by a large number of our business men. About twenty years ago he built the Mrs. Barthel and Frank Ferrall residences on Fourth street Mr. George Frank is also well known here, he having worked on the construction of our court house. Sunday was the eightieth birthday of Jeremiah Archbold, one of the oldest and best known citizens in Adams county. The event was celebrated in a quiet way, the children and a few other relatives being present and spent a most pleasant day with both Mr. and Mrs. Archbold. The children included Mr. and. Mrs. William Darwechter, Peter Amspaugh and family, W. J. Archbold and fam-

also a niece Mrs. James Archbold and family of Wells county. Several others were present and a delightful day was spent at the Archbold country home. George Wertzberger and his children, Marie and Walter, and George Conrad, yesterday afternoon took a stroll in the south part of the city along the G. R. & I. when the six year old bon of Mr. Wertzberger ran about a square from them along the track. Just at the time a freight train was backing up and unnoticed by the little fellow, as he was running at the time, and did not think the train was in motion. Lucky as it was, M|r. Oonrad reached the boy just in time to pull him from the track and In doing bo saved the boy’s life, as he had no sooner reached him when the train rushed past. Twenty-five or thirty men, interested in the welfare of Decatur, met at library hall Monday night, to discuss plans for the general betterment of conditions. Before they adjourned each of those twenty-five or thirty had promised to attend another such meeting next Monday evening and to bring along three other men who should be interested in Decatur, so that the next session promises to be a little better. It is the idea to continue "these meetings until we are on our feet again and everything running smoothly. Its wonderful how a fellow can go to one of these sessions, feeling blue and kinder “don’t care a durn,” and come away full of enthusiasm. Try it and see. The meetings are not held for the purpose of raising money but for heart to heart talks as to the best way to help the town and community. Last night’s meeting was called to order by F. M. Schirmeyer and Judge J. T. Merryman was chosen as temporary chairman, accepting the duty with an easy grace and a neat talk in which he stated his idea of the purpose of the meeting. He spoke of the community as the “big family” and said that what helps one must help all of us. His call for talks was answered by a call for C. J. Lutz who said the town chaps oughter be ashamed of themselves to have to send out in the country to get a feller to make a speech. His was a good one just the same and showed that the boys who sent for him knew their business. He said that the conditions here now come to every town, to every family, even to the churches and what we need now is a little revival like is held by the churches. He also made a point by urging that we work together, that we extend words of encouragement instead of criticism to our fe’low citizen, F. M. Schirmeyer, that we hold the meetings oftener and get closer together. French Quinn spoke- on confidence in each other and the pulling together of the young business men. H .R. Moltz has confidence in Decatur and lots of it, and made a splendid talk along that line. Mathias Kirsch talked plainly and said it was time to put on the brakes, that we should step forward and do it at once. J. S. Bowers gave a half hour of plain advice, reminding us of the lectures of a self-made merchant to his eon, and his remarks would have been of interest to every citizen of Decatur. It was a speech as the chairman expressed it, that'ought to last those who heard it for a hundred years. He told of the many times in his life he had turned defeat into victory, of ,the way to do it, of past experiences wherein Decatur had suffered because the men behind the gun gave up. He said he had been busy and had perhaps not given the attention he should to the various matters of so much public ) interest, but he had watched with Interest the fight made here for the betterment of conditions in general, and that from this time on he would be with them and “we will fight it out together to the end." He said that more men should be at the meeting and suggested that we start from this time on, keeping a record to see who are-’interested and who are not, and that at each meeting the roll be called. W. P. Schrock suggested that another similar meeting, but an enlarged edition should be arranged for next Monday evening and the suggestion was carried. If you are a "booster” for yourself and your town Siu should be there. At library hall eight o’clock. —o Tomorrow morning at the home of her parents at Beamond, Ind., Miss Marguerite, the beautiful young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Moore, will be united in marriage to Mr. Bert Chambers, a prominent young man at that place. Miss Marguerite is well known here, she having lived at this place for a number of years, and who has a wide circle of friends who will be glad to hear of the happy event. About five years ago she and her parents moved to Beamond, where they have since resided. Mr. Chambers is a prosperous young farmer, he having lived there for a number of years, and and also has a large number of friends. Immediately after the wes- - ding a sumptuous dinner will be served at the home of her parents, and

the place to make it a happy and long remembered event. Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Moore and children left this monoIng for that place to be in attendance at the wedfing, Mr. Moore being -a brother of the bride. ■ — Indianapolis, Sept. 27.—The theory. of J. Frank Hanly, former governor of, Indiana, that the act under which the Vincennes university bond issue of $120,648 was authorized by the legislature in 1907 is invalid, was given setback when Judge Vinson Carter, in the superior court, handed down a lecision declaring the act to be valid < and refusing a writ of injunction ’ asked by Mr. Hanly to prevent the delivery of the bonds to the Vincennes university MJr. Hanly will take an appeal to the supreme court as soon as the papers can. be completed. During Mr. Hanly’s administration as governor he refused to sign the bonds on the theory that the act under which the issue was authorized is an invalid one. Later Governor Marshall, however, affixed his signature to the papers, but before Secretary of State Sims had signed them as required by law, Mr. Hanly went into the superior court and secured a temporary restraining order directed against Sims to prevent his signature to the bonds until the matter could be threshed out in court The ground upon which the injunction was asked was that the act was contrary to the state constitution. The board of trustees of the Vincennes university said there was an indebtedness standing against the state in favor of the board, the debt having been contracted by the sale of certain lands. Judge holds that there is a moral obligation on the part of the state toward the University, afid that the debt contracted through the sale of the lands was an existing debt at the time the legislature passed the bill authorizing the bond issue, and that the enactment of the law did not create a new obligation. 1 ''O- • Geneva, Indiana, September 28.— (Special to the Dally Democrat)— Rev. Waldo, .the newly assigned U. B. minister, preached his initial sermon her® last Sunday. The sermon was universally praised and much is being said complimentary to Rev. Waldo. He is about fifty years old, and with his wife and. four children are now located in Geneva, where they have received a royal welcome. They came here from Noblesville, where Rev. Waldo was located for soffie time previous to being assigned to the Geneva charge.

The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCray, living on High street, is John Joseph is getting his candy kitchen about ready for the opening, which will likely occur within a few days. The room Is papered and otherwise Improved and will be an attractive place. It is already known that Mr. Joseph will deliver the goods, and will keep a nice place. Dr. Homer Souers now makes Geneva regularly every Tuesday and Friday. Mrs. M. F. Aspy, of P’easant Mills, was here during last week spending the time with he? old friends. Mrs. I. N. Veley Is recovering from a serious illness which has kept her bedfast for some time. This will be good news to her many friends who have anxiously awaited news of her recovery. The contractors on the traction line are fast completing their work. The grade is about done, the track is fenced and steel is arriving at both ends of the road, and the work is being pushed fbr all there is in it They want to have Hie cars running by the first of the year. n ' The ladles of the Birthday Club were entertained at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Boids on last Friday. The ladles went out In automobiles and enjoyed the time and entertained Immensely. One of the attractions was the Immense onion crop which is just being harvested on the Bolds farm. Quite a number from here took in the street fair at Bluffton last week and reported a good time. One section of the Ladles’ Mite Society gave a musical at the M. E. church last Friday evening, which was not "only well attended, tyit was' a success In every other way, and enjoyed to the limit t Rev. C. J. Graves is in Chicago visiting with his brother and other relatives, but will be home In time for services at his church on 'next Sunday. Calvjn Miller, of Decatur, was here - I", • > ’■ ■ -rMineja.

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Samuel Murdock, one of the principal stockholders of the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley traction company, head of the Murdock traction syndicate in the northern part of the state and general manager of the Indiana Lighting company, S. E. Mulholland, sistant general inanager of the Lighting company and Attorney Barrlck, Fort Wayne, passed through here this mprning for Hartford City, where they attended the funeral of Harry B. Smith—Bluffton Banner. TWAS A GLORIOUS VICTORY. There’s rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. A man’s life has been saved, and now Dr. King’s New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing C. V. Pepper of deadly hemorrhages. *T could not work nor ge| about,** he writes, “and the doctors did me no good, but, after using Dr. King’s New Discovery three weeks, I feel like a new man, and can do good work again.” For weak, sore or diseased lulgs, Coughs and Colds, Hemorrhages, Hay Fever i? LaGrippe, Asthma or any Bronchial <1 affection it stands unrivaled. Price 1 50c. and |I.OO. Trial bottle free. Sold I and guaranteed by all druggists. I - o i James Clark, auditor of the M. B. I &E. and his wife and son, Ralph, I went to the home of relatives in Adams I county Saturday for the purpose of I "Spending a ten days’ vacation,but they had been there only a short time when I Mrs. Clark became seriously sick from I an attack of stomach trouble and had * I to be brought homl. She was in a I serious condition Saturday night and | Sunday, but is much better today. If I she Improves sufficiently the family will return to the country to complete | their visit. —Bluffton News. I CURED HAY FEVER AND SUMMER I ■ COLD. g A. S. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana, I writes: “Last year I suffered for three I months with a summer cold so dis- 1 tressing that It Interferred with my ■ business. I had many of the symp-<| toms of hay fever, and a doctors prer I scription did not reach my case, and I I took several medicines which seem- '■ ed only to aggravate It. Fortunately M I Insisted upon having Foley’s Honey H and Tar? It quickly cured me. My B wife has since used Foley’s Honey B and Tar with the same success.” B THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. ■

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