Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1909 — Page 6

fortv-sIJ summers have in *" Deciur. We had no idea they were so popular until Wednesday.when the big public wedding occurred at the Star Alrdoirie. After an effort of several days, George succeeded In securing a license at Portland land the affair was duly celebrated last evening as advertised. As early as six o’clock the crowd began to gather at the airdome and by seven standing room was at a premium. George had sent out a number of postals to his friends inviting them to see hlta take the sacred vows and many of them responded as did others who were only generally invited. It was only a form of amusement for those present, but for George it was sincerely earnest For days he has been busy with the preparations and no one ever received a more boisterous recptibn than did this couple. At 7:15 the Juvenile band marched down Second street heading the cab drawn by two handsome black coach horses. Inside the cab rode George and his bride, smiling and happy, accompanied by two little daughters of Mrs. Smith. Th crowd at the airdome, reached out across the street and the Interior was packed, it being estimated that at least 1,000 people witnessed the strange spectacle. At 7:20 the party reached the Airdome, George was dressed fin a long black Prince Albert contend suit and looked well groomed. Mrs. Smith wore a white shirt waist and black skirt, a large picture hat, and long black coat. They walked up on the stage while a . mighty cheer from the assembled crowd almost drowned out the band which was playing ’“The Gmqtferihg Hfero Comes.” Mr. Stoneburner announced that he had a surprise for the audience as Mr. Henry Schultz an old time singer, had agreed to render an old love song. He did so as the bride and groom stood awkwardly under the spotlight fa the center of the stage, squinting at each other and the crowd. After the song. Squire Smith, wearing a shfafag silk hat and appropriate robes stepped forward and said the words which made the couple man and wife, while George shook like an aspen leaf. It was all over in a minute and the couple went to the Anderson & Dolch restaurant where they ate their wedding supper. They rode fa the cab, fo’lowed by a .Crowd of a hundred boys who yelled and laughed. The couple were the '“recipients of a number of presents, including a washing machine from Schaub, Gottemoller & Co., appropriately painted, a delicious wedding cake from Frank Parrish, a* pair at blankets from the Fullenkamp store and a large number of others. The affair was a sort of farce, but seemed to please the many who are constantly seeking some new form of amusement. The admission charged was ten cents, but the ticket admitted the - bearer to the Star theater. Os course had the people generally known that the real wedding had occurred on Monday night, for fear the license might be revoked, the crowd might not have been so large. —— o- ”• The Portland Sun says: The suit to contest the will of the late Jane Manor, of Richland township, which went on trial fa the Blackford circuit court at Hartford City Monday morning forth esecond time, has been compromised and ordered dismissed without further trig}. An agreement between the parties was reached late Tuesday afternoon when the defendants agreed to pay all the costs in the case, amounting in all to about 1300. Following the death of Sfrs. Mhnor, her son William Manor, a daughter, Mary Reese and the heirs of the late Samuel W', another son, who had been practically disinherited by the terms of the will, brought suit in the local circuit court to have the will set aside. The suit was fought by other heirs of the estate, who claimed that the plaintiffs in the suit had received their share of the estate prior to the death of Mrs. Manor; that their father, the late John Manor, whose death occurred before that of his wife, had advanced them certain sums of money —the equal to what other heirs had received by the terms of the will. At the trial of the case here, which lasted ten days, during the May term of court, the jury disagreed and fob lowing this a change of venue was taken, the case being sent to Blackford county for trial before Judge C. — E. Sturgis. The plaintiffs In the case were represented by the law firm of Smith & Moran, of this city during the first trial While the defendants’ Interests Were ln charge of E. E, McGriff and ' Theodore Shockney, Jthe litter of Union City. In the trial’ of the eaie at Hartford City, Jay Hindman had been secured to assist the plaintiffs while Attorney Lute Simmons was associated with the defendants. When the case was called for trial at Hartford Cfcy, Monday, the adjournment waii taken until Wednesday mfa-ih& to permit those interested fa the case to return home oa

J thTont vaStion thV compro- . miso was reached. . —o— — ‘ - Real estate transfers: Irvin Branu n.'Z.i a " > * « w ini At I*7*7 * * - * i' i tt ■' t to EH H. Catapbell, one acre Monroe township 3625; Cora E. Zehr et al to .. -Lewis Reynolds, tract fa Hartford . r The drug trust ease, mentioned r some days ago fa this paper, has ' 1 been filed here on change of venue [ from Jay county. It is entitled Harry i L. Wilt vs. Fort Wayne Drug Co. et t al, damages. • s The divorce case Malitada Fronei field vs. William Fronefield, has been I sent to the superior court at Fort * »v ayne, on motion iur vuu ©c t by the defendant The case was set. i for trial here tomorrow. i —— The granting, of a new trial In the j case of Conrad D. Gallmeyer, trustee, I vs. Edward Gallmeyer et al, caused I week. Judge Macy was only here * a few minutes, leaving for Fort Wayne t on the same car on which he arrived. > He stated that he beßeved there r should be a new trial in this case and i that a new coxnplafat should be filed, t' completing the cause of action. The , record shows that separate motions ; for a new trial Were filed by Wilhelm ■ and Dora Gallmeyer which was sus- > taiped. Judge Macy also entered of > record the statement that for business ; reasons he would decline to serve , further fa the cause. A marriage license was issued to i Ed F. Smith aged 25, a Whbashj township farmer, and Modest Law-1 I horn, aged 20, of Wabash township. This Was pension tray and Clerk j Haefling and Deputy Roop were busy boys at the county clerk’s Office. , Perhapslt might Interest the Democrat readers, especially the women, to have some explanation as to what the American Woman’s League is, and Izens. It is a simple business prop-j ositton, a plan of co-operating between leading publishing concerns and local societies of women. These publishers giving to the League one half of their I subscription price net cash. The I gross receipts of the magazines arid I other publications of our country is I estimated to be about 360,000,000 on I subscription Income. The League plan is effecting a permanent co-operativel national organization between the lon di blishfn ew ' Hhyl ' manufacturer and these thousands of I local societies as the sales organize-1 tion on profitable basis. Membership I in the league has but a sitagle requirement, the securing of 352 for women! anil Fat mPIl—-RR thPV AFP hODOr- I .. . I the publications co-operating in the plan, When this has been accomplished the appHcant is a member 1 r nr Uh t nfher Snaa nr rannire.l ’ ments, and are entitled to all benefits which the League organization can offer, which is fin part: The Peo- ’ pies’ University, The Building Loan 1 and Relief Fund, The National Worm I ■ an’s Exchange, Postal Library, The __ , , j n Homeless I s' < --- V- > I tton of minor children of deceased | members who may be left without > means of support. It means a beau>tiful chapter house for Decafar, in - ■ • - '1 I i dommodious Well furnished rooms for : iledture courses, social functions of all kinds, and many things for which itmay be needed. This is being reil1 ized all over the country, &d i rher- ] f A hllf I r hnnor to t being fulfilled, the of th» plan. By giving your sub- ’ j derfption to our League members you fjback to benefit the town, It also bene-i * * fits you two fold. This is not a ’ vision, but facts which L hfeve beheld i i with my eyes, and Seeing Is believing. ’.The chapter houses are divided into 1 . local chapter and the populatfan of j 1 t the town. We as a population of morel r than 5,000 are entitled to class three B chapter house, costing at least >4,000 * and we must have 75 members, of '■ | whom 50 have completed the memB , bership requirement We have now 1 ,21 members of whom several have »' completed their membership and others are almost completed, and we are ■ working to get this 75 members be--1 fore Uhrlstmas eye, when the foun--1 dets chapter, win close, and some of the good things will close ■with the j 5 completion of the required number to; * the founders chapter. We have a- ' boosters club of business men, wfafj r are working with might and main * for manufactories of all kinds to] 1 jboom our town, but tjlis league W for 1 men, women and children, not only t for a few, but for eveiry home ln| ' Adams county, to give complete ed-j * l ucatfon to our children free of]

•Ing aftor the happiness of thb lioinea J MRS. J. N. FRIBTOK. J ■ ■ ■ i(days. ' - i ■■■■■» '2'tWipH' The T. B. G. Club met with Miss joyed a pleasant social time with conversation and embroidery work and • refreshments. The next meeting la i with Miss Bertha Kinney. ? • —~ ' I ■- was held last Wednesday at the home I y a Tftmnvlnr miua I ■ E «™ e r n 1 A nt 1 fihmhar hnnhv NpyF i » Touch in Whlc'l < si Mra IvrikA MpihATR hnnhv * liinAhnnn was RATVPd bv th© hOStCSS , nrtfasl wtahinff’ Mtr IK ra mftnv mnrfi SUCh h&DDV OC“ ‘ 7 a OTlAftta WAFA MAflfiFS , allU. IVI VHrtA v | ’ rhaa Zeser Jamea ' x a m VohrkA Tlnh I "1 la II 1* • I ■ Ail hv An iinumiany lararo • I Pedro Club at a pleasant afternoon I vvai vxzw v ** ** •»■ •% I wkwdivA IWTfCJ Tft wiAti - RAA* I Charlie Voglewede fourth and Mrs. U. Deinlnger Jittfa Refreshments | I Dore Fred BtUhß and A* 1 I tilpi that the coSv o*l |thisj| me sefaWl hoard could ' board does not fail able to meet the > that If the people desire a system ! 'jit fe within their reach, according to! s the statement of one of the school > [trustees. m ] I , O ! WILL HOLD SPECIAL EL.ECTIGN I I Vote tor Miyor at Auburn Resulted t . L lit Tfa. ■ '[election held here* Tuesday the vote! JJ. E. Pin Slay demtocrat, and Hugh I 1 Culbertson republican, receiving 488 dvotes, and as a result when the elec-] * I tion board met.»neither ot tne i >iThe opinion was general that wjthl t the consent of the candidates the I d matter could be settled by the draw-i •j }vy<r As cuts or the tossing pp of a | r I coin or in some other yiymnar f bwM i Icily Attorney Charley Brown soon | 1 1hAtore He tom them ft’

Odald not be settled to thia way, but that a special election was aecessary. The city attorney had a decision of the supreme court to this effect Such a special election will be held. The call for it will be Issued at once and the election will be held some time this month, the vote being taken on mayor alone, with Mr. Kinsley and Mr. Culbertson being the candidates. Both are popular and well known and the election promises to be a hot one. The covered bridge north of the city is to be lighted with electric light the same to be furnished by the Fort Wayne & Springfield Tractton company. This will prove a great convenience to the traveling public. All covered bridges are about as dark as they make them, but this particular bridge is a little worse than any other, o ‘ -MB —. ■— TONY FORBING WINS OFFICE Elected as Town Cleric at Milford at the Election Last Tuesday. Tony Forbing, son of Peter Forbfog of this city, and who formerly worked at this office, was Tuesday elected as town clerk at Milford, Indiana, where be has been in the newspaper business for several years. Tony defeated the republican candidate with ease and he will prove a proficient and worthy officers. “Seed time and harvest again have come and gone. War and famine pestilence have passed us by. Peace dwells In all the borders of out realm, and a large measure of plenty fills the garners of our state. Civil and religious liberty continue the priceless heritage of this people. The faith once delivered to the fathers is our faith. The sum of good is so much larger than the sum of evil that the whole feltteenship of our commonwealth should gladly give one day to thd grateful worshfo of that God who, thus for, hath dealt so with any other people. “Sin and sickness and want are-not unmixed evils. They furnish the avenues where only the Samaritan can gladly go. Let, therefore, this spirit of thankfulness and worship manifest itself not only in song and psalm and sermpn, but in that larger worship which consists In the brother’s blessing and the brother’s gift to all who are in distress body or mind. Back of the gift standsthe giver; and fraternal giving is ttk golden mote and of divihe approbation. . . “To the end, therefore, that the citizens of this state, in song and prayer and loving ministry to thetr fellows, may disclose their gratitude to God for His’continued mercies to them, and thefr firm reliance upon Hie ftitherly care I, Thomas R. Marshall, governor of the state of Indi-, ana, do hereby proclaim - Thursday, Nov. 25th, 1909. “Make of It a day of genuine thanksgiving, on which we not only reverently acknowledge our reliance upon the Divine, but gladly discharge our duty to all men as our brethren. And In this spirit of worship and service from year to year may God bless the commonwealth of Indiana. , “Given under my hand and the great seal of the state of Indiana at the capital in the city of Indianapolis, this 4th day of November, in the *year of, grace, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and ta the year & fight, one thousand rilne. and nine. “THOMAS R- MARSHALL, . Governor ,of Indiana. By the Governor: ‘ j FRED A SIMS, Secy, of State, fe. — ' ® STIRRED UP THE PEOPLE Adam Richey Threatens the People , of Cralaviitet L- Adam Richey, who hail threatened to apply sos S liquor license in Craigvlfie, has succeeded In creating a stir among the natives In that portion of Lancaster township. Some of them are taking Adam seriously, while others do not exactly know what he I might possibly mean it Adam said Wednesday that It was getting decidedly too quiet at OralgviUe and It needed something to stir up the town. I He saM he Intended to make his bluff good, but the citizens do not know whether he really means this or not Richey Is great on starting something he being pretty much for the theatrical. Havltag Just concluded a restaurant war, he thinks that a remonstrance war would be about the next best thing. He announced that he would make arrangements next week to file his application for a liquor Ucen#e. The remonstrance in Lancaster township runs out November A— Bluffton Banner. ■ .i .. t>— ———- Monroe, Ind;, Nov. s.—(Special to the Daly Democrat)—About 40 of the young rnenas or Miss Esther MeNairy met at her home at parsonage test night to celebrate her. birthday anniversary, and | was A, merry party that assembled for Rstlwr was the re- J

eipient of many beautiful and useful presents as a token erf the high ei»teem In which she is held hr her many friends. The evening wasspext in music both vocal and instrumental and a general social time was had by all present Atß:3® o’clock a boon- ' teous jojast ..igM.JWWOd, which al! enjoyed highly, after which all de* parted for their ’respective homes wishing Miss Esther many happy returns and many more such enjoyable occasions. . The Monroe Grain, Hay & Milling 'Co. shipped three car load of wool from this place and Willshire, Ohio, Wednesday to ’Weil Bros., of Fbrt Wayne. The wool was of excellent quality and amounted to a neat little sum. The half mite siding which is being put in here by the G. R. 4 I. railroad is ready for the putting down of the rails, and when completed will be quite an improvement in the way of passenger trains being switched at this place. G. McFarland/ of Kalamazoo, Mich., who has been here for the past five weeks, as operator at the G. R. & Idepot at this place wil leave Thursday for Geneva, where he will take care of the business of the railroad company for the next three weeks. Mr. McFarland is a genial and courteous young gentleman and has made may friends while here, and we highly recommend hhn to the citizens of Geneva. There has been “nothing doing” In artificial gas matters, at least not on the surface, since the last council meeting, and the Indiana Lighting Company has made no effort to have the council take any action since the vote to defer the matter for two weeks At that meeting a representative of the gas company declared that there were two points on which they would make no concessions. First they would not accept a franchise at less than |1 per thousand cubic feet Second they would not accept a franchise by which they sure rendered all rights under their old so-called perpetual franchise.- City Attorney Stine said last night that this Was equivalent to declaring that the question of the validity of the old franchise will have to be tested by the courts, on the merits of the in* junction suit filed by the city, because the city will not grant a franchise recognizing the old franchise and will not make a dollar price for 550 heat unit gas, which te declared 50 heat units below the standard; . A fight on the law suit in court means, very likely no gas in Bluffton this winter, for it seems probable that no matter who wins the case will be appealed to the state’s highest courts. The attorneys for the city have several points on which they .express confidence that they wjll win out and defeat the use of the old franchise. —-Bluffton News. ■ O Thursday afternoon beginning at 3:80, ’ W pupils of the third and fourth grades of the Academy of Music gave their first recital of this year at the academy. Thepe recitals ■will be given once a month in order to get the students acquainted With each other’s progress and also for each individual to reap their oWn pexspiWl benefits. These students are dll "expecting to be promoted to highdt’grades and- -to ncfAre their lTgi^^t\^K. r bee. 30. recto Os yesUr** was opened W Sett* rae>er^ 3 whp Played ‘ftbo’ Merfy. iMw* tilda Hetman played “CbnVeht Bells Stella Braun also played this piece with good expression. Eva Stein then rendered “borne, and was given much credit for her excellent rendition. “Silvery Waves” by Emma Kinney and “Cuban Dance" by Lorene Keller were both well given. Miss Bernice Andrews who played “Palmetto Schottteche” and “Evening Prayer” are deserving of especial mention for their good memor/work, they rendering their pieces from memory with ease and accuracy. Others who gave selections were Ina Martin, “Midnight Fire AXannjf {KJatherinje KJeMar, “Philopena;” Dora Schlickman, “Tripping Through the Meadows;” Marte Gass, "Galop JoyeauX,” which were all well given. ~ Geneva, Indiana, Nov. s.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)-OWlng to the very able manner in which our secretary of the board of health has handled the scarlet fever epidemic to closing the schools, requesting and avoiding the congregation of all children on the streets and other public places, we are glad to announce that O*>m*W* that the public schools Witt open after ■a vacation of oiveftf Mdr thh open'mg day being next Mdn&f, Novern-

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