Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1909 — Page 1

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L 'At a meeting of the township X trustees of Adame county, held Monr£*; day, and attended by every trustee, a resolution was adopted providing I for a series of spelling contests over, the county, which we predict will be ( about the most Interesting event of, the kind ever proposd by those who. are working for the good of the’ schools of Adams county. It will, consist of contests In .each school; district, a general township contest', and a big final county contest. The ... ■ winners of the various events will be watched In this contest by. their friends, and not by them alone, but ’ by aU the people of the county who are Interested In the advancement of the schools. As set out in the resolution the contest will be ag follows; , 1. Two spelling contests to be held In each school district in the! county. 2. A township spelling -contest to * * be held In each township on February sth, 1210. - } . 3. A bounty spelling contest to > >e held at Berne on Saturday, February 19th, 1910. I” The two successful pupils in the district contests will become the representatives of their district to ' the township contest The two successful contestants in the township contest (will represent their township in the county contest This will make a great contest certainly, and one wherein not only the pupils will take an Interest but the patrons and it will Indeed be an honor, to be proud of to receive a prize in the final day at Berne on February 19th. Five prizes will be awarded to the final winners of the battle, the first being a Webster’s International dictionary. The other prizes win be announced later. Rules and regulations governing the spelling contest will be sent to the teachers in the near future. The various schools will now get busy and there will, be fun, real fun, for every one. Watch this contest. It will be the kind to , a-e clHrei. Monroe, Ind., Nov. 2.—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Laben Mattox, an old and respected citizen of near this place, died Monday morning of kidney trouble, aged 77 years. Mr. Mattox was one of the pioneers of this county and was highly respected I <by all who knevr blip. M» - ■- r J iHarlo Mann, who has been sick tor some time, was taken suddenly worse Sunday night, and his conditton has since been alarming. However, he Is somewhat better at this writing. ; . ; /; ’ The small child ot Chas. Jonloz was badly burned on the hand by the upsetting a bottle of carbolic acid yesterday afternoon. John Baker, of near Salem, with an accident to his auto. Sunday night whUe; O|k hls way, home by its being caught to a wire which was t stretched across the road by somd one, demolishing his machine to such an extent that it was put out of commission. Mr. Baker Jt to tindeestood is offering a reward, for the capture. party or parties who .■-..were implicated in stretchtag the /'-Wire, and It he pan discover who did work, will see that they have’ the, J $ full extent of the law meted' out to them. ’. ; "** " Mr. and Mrs. Sim Smith, who reside five miles west of Monrob, are 1 the proud parents of a fine baby girl. Mother and babe are doing nicely. 1 _ . ‘I Will Tague, who has been mentally 1 r affected and in a serious condition 1 tor some time, seems to be slowly ' Improving and it is thought that he 1 may ultimately recover. o • ’ There will soon be something doing out at the old Decatur Furnace 6 Company, now known as the Decatur Furnace, Foundry and Mach- ' Ine Company. They expect to be ' able to make anything that is 1 h made in any first class furnace, ! foundry or machine plant. They were at Cincinnati last week and ■ purchased a car load of machinery ' which they will install and put to ’ work. Among the new purchases 1 < were two machine lathes, iron planer, 1 wood shaper tor the pattern room, ’ Radial drill, milling machine, four I elevator gears, and much other ma- < chinery in sizes and dimensions 1 which will enable them to manufac- 1 tore and repair anything that comes 1 their way. They will have In stock < boiler plate ana I beams and also 1 an efficient corps of machinists and : Mier mUM. they be , toll I Mil in ■' " 1.. «... — '

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able to handle all work for . either a portable or stationary boiler. They wi’l buy scrap castings, stove plates, grate bars and for It will pay the [highest maaket prices. In fact they expect to be able to meet any demands that may arise, and will deal In furnaces and furnace parts. They are making their run this week and ' within thirty days expect to have -twenty people employed. The.direc- '. tors for the new institution are J. 8. ‘ Bowers president, L. A. Graham sec-J retary, BJ. Fritzinger treasurer and manager, Dyonls Schmitt vice pres- ( fident, P. W. Smith, G. L. Gullfoyle 'and C. A. Dugan. It Is a home in-! stltution with home men, home cap- ( Ital and home push, and they are the people who jto ‘things and this manufacturing .busfines*, will grow anti prosper beyodd doubt ‘ I The gutet marriage of Miss Bess Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mte. Cash Andrews of west of the city, Payne, son of Rev. CT. Payne, occurred Monday night at k the homg of Dr. add Mrs. Burt Mangold on Mercer avenue, Mrs. Mangold being a sister of the bride. The wedding was performed by the Rev. Edgar Jones of Ossian, who with his wife, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon. : Vases of chrysanthemums and ferns made the rooms attractive for the wedding. Promptly tit five *o’clock the ceremony was pronounced. The bride looked very beautiful in a princess gown of messallne gray satin. (Following an elegant wedding supper the bride and groom left for Fostoria and other cities of Ohio on a short wedding trip. They will return to this city before going to Hammond, where they have furnished a home. The groom holds a good position as manager of a lumber yard at that place. The bride has many friends in the city. ' .Mb,. The people of Adams county who are interested In Sunday z school work torward to the annual convention ofthe Adams Obun £ ty Sunday School Association Which meets at Decatur nett week on Nov. 10th and 11th. An excellent program has been prepared for the occasion. The state association has especially favored this county and will send two of their leading workers, the general secretary, Rev. Halpenny, and Mrs. Baldwin the state primary superintendent These workers wilt be here on Wednesday evening and during the day sessions on Thursday. On Thursday evening Dr. H. T. Sell, of Fort Wayne, the well known author, will give an address at the M. E. church. At thite session the Mennonite male choir of Berne, will ren- ■ der some special music for the occasion. . Other special features of the convention w|U be on Thursday afteWoon at the Chrfetian church < when there wilt be a "Rolf call by Townships/’ During this same afternoon'there will also be two special, sessions, one., tot \/ihe teacher training! department sh charge of Rev. Kllewer, and one for primary ■ workers, in-charge cif Mrs. Baldwin, < nf . Indianapolis. In addition to the 1 above- mentioned speakers some ol talent in foe county will participate In the program. Sun- < day school workers from all parts of Adams county wffl be present. < The past year was the most success- 1 ful in the history of the organized < Sunday school work of this county, ' and the annual convention will be 1 the crowning event of the year. Ar- 1 range your affairs If possible, so • you : can attend all the sessions, beginning 1 on Wednesday evening at the Pres- I byterian church. You cannot afford 1 to miss this great convention If It is 1 possible for you to attend. Every- 1 body Invoked. Don’t forget the date 1 and place. 1 0 — 1 The young men of this community 1 who find enjoyment in the destruc-;i tlon of property, under the guise of 1 celebrating have had an extended period of three nights this year, and they have taken advan- 1 tage of H- Saturdfay, Sunday and 1 Monday nights have been used for < this purpose and it Is doubtful If at 1 any time In .the recent years has, l there been such a reckless destruc-‘< tton of property. Monday night waa the i worst and It la said and we are ln-jl formed that the total loss as prepar- t ed by the officers will be several’! hundred dollars. It Is wrong. A 1 hundred extra police could not pre- 1 vent this for the boys are smooth 1 enough "to do it when not expected. 11 However, It may be erf interest to the 1 yodng men who did the work last 1 night and during the past several 1

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days to know that the grand jury will 1 convene In a very short time and that already the officers have under way a plan whereby they expect to apprehend the ones who committal these acts,, at least a Sufficient number of them to teach all a lesson. There should be reason in all things but it looks as though the lads had acted too hastily this year. The same thing Is reported from all over the county and elsewhere over the state. At Butler a gang of young men attempted to Injure the property of William Ware who conducts the Cottage Hotel and that gentleman ‘fired a load of buckshot into the -crowd, resulting in Fred Showalter, (aged twenty, recriving such a quanIts ty of the shot that he will lose his right leg. Ware Is under arrest. While the people of course do not approve of such rash measures, the man Who was protecting his oym property will ffind many sympathizers. One of the most dastardly and cow-1 ardly deeds committed here was one] at foe home of the Widow Rada-1 macher on Third street I o —— .J J Bluffton, Ind., Nov. 2— (Special to Daily Democrat)—There Is absolute-1 ly no truth in the statement that a z ' ,r ’ J young man here bis confessed to the murder of Fred Haag, whose dead body was found in his butcher shop Sunday morning, the heart pierced by a 38-callbree bullet The truth' is that the officers are no nearer a clue than they were at first, and it now seems doubtful If the truth is ever known. The fourth bullet has been located and there is still one missing. The fourth was found last evening when Mrs. Haag was eating supper. They had secured some bread from the shop for me meal and while Mrs. Haag was eating a piece of the bread she discovered a bullet Thfe struck the case In which the bread was kept at the shop and had entered the loaf of bread. The city council will hold a special session thfe evening and Will appropriate >SOO to be used towards clearing th® mystery. The; county commissioners now in session arc also making an effort to have a similar amount set aside and this will be done If the county council will agree. ' ~ The autopsy ot foe physicians showed that the bullet entered cm the right side, between the flfh atid s : xth ribs, passed directly through both of the lower valves of the heart land came but on fthe_ jbther fside bet wen the sixth and seventh riba, and lay just beneath the skta. It was .38 calibre. Haag’s white apron did not have the least burn or powder mark, showing foe bullet had been filed from some distance. Mr. Haag is remembered by« number of people here as he was one of tbe witnessbs, fo.foe famous Fay-lor-Studabaker case, appearing for r : 'y Washington, D. C., Nov. 2.-(Sfootol to Dally DemocratJ—The court erf appeals es the District of Columbia today'affirmed sentence of President Gompers for year, of President Mitchell nine months, Os Secretary Morisrlty six months, all of the Ameriaan .Federation of Labor. They wpre convicted about a year ago of contempt in violating the injunction In the Ruek Stove Range case. The opinion today was rendered by Associate Justice VanOredel and was concurred in by Justice Robb, Chief Justice Shepherd dissentfog. The case Is the outgrowth of the Federation placing the Buck’s line of goods on their “We don’t use” list which was published in foe monthly official organ of the Federation, following a failure to adjust a dispute between foe molder and polishers’ union and the company. This decision will call for a Storm of protest from the workmen all over the country as the men sentenced to prison are all favorites with them. .— — o — There is an old saw that says something about a new broom always sweeping clean, but if the predictions made by local grocers come true fit Is more than likely many a worn odt one will be called upon to do duty until nothing but the stumps are left The prices of this household necessity are soaring and will soon be beyond the reach of the ordinary person. Right how they are more precious than fine raiment and are bound so become ey ? en more valuable, says a well known local grocer. The ordinary 25 cent bWpm has advanced to 35 cents, and probably will go still higher. The sharp advance has been caused by the

’failure of the crop of broom corn, it is safid. The production this year Is said to have been only about a third ot ai crop, due to the unfavorable weafoer In the southern States,' where great quantities of broom corn is raised. The long, hot, dry spell the past summer caused the biggest portion of the crop to burn up and, with the supply of material limited, the natural thing for the factories to do was to advance the price of the finished product. And that is just exactly what has been done. Wholesaled houses have notified their cus-1 tomers of the necessity in boosting price*. (Bhe cheapest variety of grooms that the grocer can purchase at this' time Is >4.00 a dozen, whtin Six l&nths ago the same broom I could be bought for >2.75 and -2.80. A year ago these, could be had In any quaaHty for even less money, but just are copsidered cheap at tifoOl A merchant paying >4.00 for ifos jfoeapest kind of brooms and kriUtig foem at 35 cgifts each, makes Tpßty'io cents on foe whole transacItion. The prices ran from 35 to 60 leenta, where formerly the same quality of brooms could be retailed at 35 and *SO cents. But time* I have i changed since Taft became j president and the new tariff law I went:. Into effect. Bfityoma are not I the only commodities that have been boosted and it has come to a pass where the average man has to rake an< scrape and lay awake of nights trying to figure odt how he is going to make both ends meet. While the failure of the broom corn crop may have ’had something to do with foe advance, some erf the grocers are Inclined to believe that the main cause was the pressure brought to bear by the broom trust ifefw _, O'The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian church, who have been conducting a rummage sale in the city‘hall on Madison street ror the past two weeks, closed their place of business yesterday and report having cleared a neat sum of money. They disposed of nearly everything they had for sale which consisted of every Ing in wearing apparel and many other useful articles which they received from their friends as donations. Everything Was sold at reasonable prices and they always cleared a. little offtiof each article sold. The amount cleared was one.hundred and ten dollars, which they will use in paying off their church street assessment. Mrs. Henry Stevens is the president of the society and since she was elected in March has , done some very good work in fob tine, by giving socials and other gatherings. The society wishes to thank the public who pateonized them during their sale, and also the ladies of the Methodist church Who were so kind toward them. ... i ■ 'Attorney L. has filed a new case in which Goldie F. Neiman asks a dlrorce from August H Neluan, on the grounds ot abandonmint snd adultery- Notice w» ordered by g-jblitetion. 'a May Laneaster va. Persa B. Bell, note, cause ordered left off docke’ The Geneva Supply Co. vs. Melon T. Sumption, et al. suit on account 1206, was closed Monday afternoon, and the jury returned a verdict after a few minutes finding for the defendants. . V i . Marriage licenses have been Issued to Warren Henry Payne, aged 24, lumberman, from Hammond, to Bess Andrews, aged 20, a milliner and daughter of Cash Andrews; Maurice Perrine, aged 26, a steward from New Jersey, to Myrtle Burkhead 25, daughter of Samuel Burkhead of Deeatur; Leon J. Neuenschwander, 22, farmer from Wabash township to Hilda Sprunger, 2L of Berne. The sum taken In yesterday at the . county treasurer’s office, was about 135,000. Real estate transfers: Wm. Sud- . deth to Fred Scheiman, lot 507 Decatur, 3500; Fred Scheiknan to Wm. Suddeth outlot 12, Decatur, 3900; F. M. Schirmeyer, trustee, to Agnes Krick, lot 46 Decatur, 3340; Peter Steffen Jr. to E. Gerber, 20 acres Kirkland township, 32,820; Robert B. Derickson to John E. Taylor, 13 acres Wabash and Jefferson township, 3700; Enos Hacrod et al to Uriah Grim, lot 8, Williams, 325; Mary Re« to J. M. Dickerson to J. H. Reif, lot 242 Geneva, 31.000. The divorce case of Ruth Garloch

vs. Harry Garloch drgr heard in, efir■fculf court this afternoon. O *3 This evening at the church parsonage the congregation of the Zion ' Lutheran church will give a reception for their new pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Wehmeyer, of Alberta, Canada, who will from now on have charge of the congregation here. Great preparations have been made to mak the event a long remembered one and the Rev. Jaus, pastor of 8t j Johns church, will be ih charge. R6V. | and Mrs. Wehmeyer and Rev. Jans' will arrive on the seven o’clock cat' this evening and will be taken to the parsonage, where an elaborate supper will be served for their new pastor, after which the evening will be spent id a most pleasing manner. On next Sunday morning at ten a. m. he will, be insfotied as pastor of the congregation, Rev, Jaus having charge of foe services. One week, from next Sunday he wll deliver his first sermon and the church will with<fot doubt be crowded. He is but a young man havMg charge <rf a parish so! Alberta fdr about five years besides ted other missions and sea vary fluent orator. He was born and raised in Ohio, and has a number of relatives there. The congregation has < been, very fortunate in securing Rev. Wehmtyer. , ‘ jy —o— County Chairman Gallogly has issued a call for a meeting of the Democratic central committee to meet in this city at ten o’clock on neit Tuesday, November 9, the object of the call befog the naming of a day for the Democratic primary election. This call is always one of the most important of the committee and many Democrats from all over the county will be here to hear the result of that committee conference. Already there are many candidates In the field and from next Tuesday there will be many more and for the next several weeks they will make it lively trying to take down the nominations for foe several offices to be voted tor in the general election next year. The offices to be voted for at that time are representative, prosecutor, clerk, treasurer, sheriff, surveyor, coroner, county assessor and commissioner in the third district The latter promises to be an interesting contest, the candidates now being Joseph Feel, Farion Ketchum, Crls Eicher and John O. Kraner, with a dark horse or two that may yet enter.' Some of the contests promise to be fast and furious and some interesting times are ahead, judging by the surface Indications at this time. ... o—\ 1 I’-.-Tfi e council held a short session Tuesday evening, Councilman Christen presiding. AH the councilmen were preset and the business was transacted In a short time. Proof of publication ofthe notice of election of a councilman for. the second ward was read, and by a unanimous vote John D? Hale was elected so flll the unexpired term of Anson VhhCamp, deceased. This was the only business transacted except the allowance of bills, and they are as foltows: Gara Coal Co, —I 71.46. Eesex Goal Ce>.... v - Electrfo Appliance Co. 34.33 Sunday' Creek Coal Co. 6T.83' FL Wayne Oil and Supply Co. W. B. Burford John Sprague ................ 55.20 A. & C. Stone & Lime C 0.... F. Q. Schroeder ............. 92.56. D. F. Teeple 187.54 ( Grand Rapids & Indiana Ry.. 70.14 j Chicago-& Eble Ry 531.03! O. B. Wemhoff 1.30 ( W. J. Archbold 3.00 W. J. Archbold 1-90 j C. U. Dorwln 247.40, Frank Snyder 19.80 * Waterworks Pay roll 125.07, M. J. Mylott 241.50 ( Wm. Geary 10.00 D. F. Teeple 19-54 J. D. Stults 8.75 Harry Kooken 50.00 ( Ft Wayne Electric Works 1. 23.15 H. Harruff 20.00' John Sprague ................ 82.50! Anna Fisher ..;.... 50.00, George Keiser & Co. 885.18, FL Wayne & Springfield Ry.. 303.92. I Mr. Davis Dally from east of the, city, and Mrs. Ed S. Moses left this morning for West Baden, where they. will both try to benefit their health by drinking some of the mineral waters. Mr. Davis Is all broken down In health, having been so for some time back. Mrs. Moses has also been in failing health for quite a while and a tew weeks spent at West Ba- ( den wtil do them both puch good.

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w*******aM>*a*A ♦ THE RESULTS. * W Mayor—Judson W. Teeple (Re- ♦ ♦ publican). ♦ City Clerk—Hubert M. De Voss + ♦ (Democrat). * ♦ City Treasurer—W. J. Archbold * ♦ (Democrat). * ♦ Councilmen-at-large—Jacob Mar- * ♦ tin (Democrat) and Jacob * ♦ Atz (Republican). * Ward Councllmen. * I♦ First Ward —Isaac Chronister [♦ (Democrat). * Second Ward—John D. Hale * '♦ (Democrat). * ♦ ♦ Third Ward —Charles N. Christen * ♦ (Denfocrat). * ************** Well it’s over again. Another elec- . tlon has passed into history and there are foe usual amount of surprises, dis* and jollifications. While the Democrats retain the administration so far as the council te conr eerned, they test the mayorship, Jud- ' son W. Teeple defeating Herman L. , Con ter by a measley elev<fo votes out > of a total ot about eleven hundred -cast and Jacob Atz, Republican, won 'a place on the council, crowding M. Bums the Democratic candidate and present incumbent out It is In every sense a victory for the Democrats and an endorsement of the policies of the men who have served the city for four years past, but the fact that the head of the ticket was lost took the . jollifying spirit out of many of the boys who had worked hard for the success of the entire ticket The election day passed off quietly and I the vote cast was an usually large one for a city contest. By seven .o’clock this office was packed with ■ men anxious to know the results. The > ! first precinct to report was A of the first, and it was at once apparent that {there was something doing, the re{suits showing that there had been : a large amount of splitting done. ; Confer lost the precinct by twentyseven, while Chronister for councili' man carried it by twenty, DeVoss by ■ thirteen and Archbold by thirty-three, ■ while Fordyce and Atz were the fav- ■ orites for councilman-at-large. The Jnext to report was B of the second /'and this added to the discomfiture of i-those who were expecting an easy victory. Teeple carried it by twentyi six, DeVoss by nine, Fordyce and Atz , leading while Archbold ran away k ahead*und his aace at least was set- ■ tied, all admitting his election. Then i came the old “bloody thfrd” A pre- * cinct known as the one which always > comes in when needed, but something seemed wrong there and Conter carried it by only seventeen. Hdwever Martin came along with a dandy vote, i Atz running second, while Fritzinger l carried by two over Christen. •’ The * A precinct of the second ward, stood by the ticket, giving Conter forty-six foe best gs it and the vote there as- ' pured the election of Martin and DeVoss. At this time Conter was ten votes ahead of Teeple with two pre- ■ cincts to hear from and there was , much speculation. B of the first came in next and T eeple carried it by sixteen, Chronfeter and Peterson were even for councilman, electing the for- ■ mer by. foe twenty majority he rejbelved in the A precinct Then it j was up to B of the third which Teeple by five votes, electing him ;by eleven. Christen carried the pre- ! cinct by fifteen and was thus elected ’by thirteen. In the second ward J. ID. Hale won easily defeating his Opponent by sixty-two. Mr. Burns who -has made a good record as a public 'officfel was defeated, running fourth ! while Fordyce was third, With nineteen less votes than Atz and twentytwo behind Martin, who led the tick- * et, securing a total of 518 votes. The ■ results may be seen from the above list and from the table which appears ’ elsewhere in this issue. It was one of the hardest elections ever fought [in Decatur and winners and losers ’are glad its over. For two months -past the results have been discussed and con and there has been some ” [real hard work done on each side. 'lts all over and the new officials will take their places next January Ist | The men elected are all well known In Decatur, and need no further intro- ! duction. The city clerk, Mr. DeVoss, |is a competent young man and will make a splendid record we predict. 'Billy Archbold wui conunue at the treasurer’s office and the council will not show much change from that of the previous four years. o This evening the T. B. G. club will be entertained by Miss Ode Fullenkamp at her home on Adams street * A good time is assured for those who

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