Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1909 — Page 6

vid F. Allen, one Os Indianan best! at Mb apartment* in this city from a stroke of apoplexy. He was stricken while alone about 5:30 Sunday evening and for nearly twenty-four hours lay on the floor of his room conscious but not able to aid himself or call for Major Allen was born in this city March 15, 1843, and was reared here. When eighteen years old he enlisted as a private in Company C of the : Tenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, serving for three years in the Civil war. He was promoted through various rankd to second lieutenant. He was also assigned to special service, including duties as adjutant of the regiment, division quartermaster and as aide on the personal staffs of Generals Steadman, Schofield and Brannon. He fought in the battle of Rich Mountain, Mills Springs, Perryville, Chickamauga, Knightstown and various others, and served to the siege of Vicksburg. He was severely wounded at Chickamauga. Major Allen organized the First National Bank of Frankfort and was a director of the Frankfort & Kokomo railroad and the Logansport & Southwestern, the former road now being a part of the Clover Leaf and the latter a part of the Vandalia. When the Spanish-American war broke out he was made 'captain of Company C, One Hundred and FiftyEighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Following this he earned the distinction of organizing Company I of the Thirty-Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry, which served in the Philippines with honor. It was the only company in the service that was organized entirely from one community, all of the members being residents of Franklin and Clinton county. Major Allen is prominently connected with various local Interests, being a director and stockholder in the First National Bank, and he took the lead in securing the location of the McDoug. all kitchen cabinet plant in this city. He was made brevet major for Sis 1 services in the Philippines by congress. He is an uncle of Secretary of State Sims. . - 1 — ' This evening at the St John’s Lu- ■ theran church north of the city will be ’ held the first meeting of the season , of what is known as the pyrography class, an organization of boys and girls of the church for the promotion of the , fine arts and social fellowship. This class was organised by the pastor, < the Rev. H. C. Jaus, more than two years ago, and comprises about thirty or forty of the boys and girls and young men and women of the church who meet every Tuesday evening In the assembly room near the church. The meetings are held only in the winter evenings, and during the summer months a vacation Is enjoyedThis meeting this evening will be the first one since early spring. The classes are under the supervision of the pastor, and there are two rooms, a workshop for the boys and a finishing room for the girls. The boys* room is fitted with tools of all varieties, and here they fashion the articles of wood—frames decorated with wood carving, work boxes, foot stools, and all varieties of useful and ornamental articles, which later go to thd giris’ room where they are burned with beautiful and artistic designs. The young people have become quite skilled and the work they turn out Is equal to some of the best article* In this line in the country. Visitors at the class meetings are given a cordial welcome. Eighth grade pupils over die county are working zealously with the great end in view that they may. successful* pass the examination for county diploma and thus be ready to enter upon the high school work. Lawrence B, Oplinger, superintendent of county schools, announces the date for the examinations for county diplomas as follows: At Berne, March 19; at Geneva, April 16; at Decatur, March 19 and May 21. The class that was graduated from the common schools of the county last spring was the largest in the history of the county, and the record this year will doubtless be as good. The applicants for county diploma will be required to pass a good examination in English grammar, physiology, arithmetic, United States history including the constitution) geography, reading, orthography, penmanship and music, and to make a general average of eighty per cent, not falling below seventy in any branch. Candidates for graduation must have completed the full eight years’ work, and tehchers are to recommend for graduation only pupils who have been thorough in their work and have pased successfully the bi-monthly examinations furnished by the state. «C.,« Christmas Decorations. —

1 ■ ■ • ' « rvv «a, » greens and decorations. The Boston! store this morning received from the! sunny regions of Evergreen, Alabama, sy magnolia leaves, which are being used with the holly in beautifying the interior of that store. Charles S. Clark et aL vs. Clifford! Death, account, 360; dismissed and the costs paid. Robert C. Speicher vs. Peter D. I Roth, foreclosure of mechanic’s lien, $100; default of defendant Leota Hoss vs. HoWer Kaudenbush, breach of promise, 32,000; apeparanco by Peterson & Moran for defendant; rule to answer. Samuel Darr et al., petition for drain; proof of service of notice filed; cause ordered docketed. John W. McKean vs. Mary A. Loch et al„ answer filed, cause submitted. IThe finding was for the various patties as their Interests were proven and the entry on the clerk’s docket is one of the most intricate ever docketed in the Adams circuit court Anna Holler vs. Edwin Holler, for support affidavit for citation filed. Clerk ordered to issue citation against defendant to show cause why he does not comply with the order of court in matter of payment of allowance to plaintiff. He Is to appear next Monday. Gottlieb Brandt vs. Thomas E. Mann et at, suit on note; all depositions on file ordered published. Real .estate transfers: Jennie Gehrig et at to John J. Augsburger, part lot 17, Beuna Vista, 335; Adam Syphers et at to Charles W. Feasal, 96 acres, Blue Creek tp., 34,600; Chas. W. Pease! to Frank C. Wechter, 40 acres Blue Creek tp., 32,200; Mary Snyder to B. F. Cramer et al., 3 acres, Blue Creek tp., 31-00; Clifford Death to Atis E. Shifferly, 20 acres, St Marys tp., $2,400; Clifford Death to Charles ; H. Schnitz, 20 acres, St Mary’s tp., 31,600. >' VAttorney C. J. Lutz filed a new case entitled William F. Moellering et al. vs. Robert B. Gregory, suit on account demand, 3100. Theaccount is for groceries delivered at Ray, When Bob was : in business there and the balance due tef7M4. ■■ ■ ■■■» j l Decatur can probably claim the youngest life member in the United States in the great Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist church, having membership of about 150,000 women. This distinction belongs to little Gretchen, two-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C7 Schafer, and granddaughter of Mrs. Emma Daniels, through whom the life membership was given. At the missionary conference at Marion a few weeks ago, a statement of the intention to give the babe a life membership endowment In the society was made by the grandmother, Mrs. Daniel,' and at the last meeting of the local order at the Nachtrieb home, the child was formally made a life memhar. Quite an interesting history is connected with the announcement at the Marlon chureh, as both the babe's grandfather, the Rev. W. H. Daniel, late of this city, and its great-grand-father, Mrs. Daniel’s father, were Identified with the Marlon church, Mrs. Daniel’s father being the pastor Gt thq church at the time it was built, and assisting In the laying of the cornerstone. The late Rev. Daniel, while never a regular pastor of the Mario nchurch, often served in the pulpit and was quite closely connected with It, and was quite fitting that the announcement be made at the missionary conference at that place. Thus the little Gretchen is given an early start in the. great life work to which her family has devoted itself, and will no doubt prove a great blessing in the furtherance of the cause. The best home talent show ever • witnessed by Decatur people in this • city was that of Monday evening in ■ the “Jolly Widow.” Mr. Lebaddie, • who has been very sick for some time, ■ was unable to take part, but was on ; hahd to see that everything went along . all right Mrs. Lebaddie, who took the i part of the Jolly Widow, played her , part to perfection and received ap- • plause throughout the play. Dr. Fred i Patterson, who had the part of a sport, ! kept the large audience In an uproar • from start to finish and also Howard Wigehaupt, who was the clerk. Lit-1 tie Hiss Virginia Pratt, as ‘‘Little! Trixey," surprised all by her clever | way of acting and the songs and recti tations which'she took part In, The! cast throughout was of- a splendid] make-up and it would have been hard i to select others that would have taken! ” —-

Iness, which was taken care of as folfor a justice of the peace in Wabash township was dismissed. A petition by F. S. Armantrout et al. for a constable in Wabash toW ship was granted and Charles M. Chrisman was appointed as such officer. The board refunded taxes as follows: William Shoemaker, $8.22; William E. Ramey, 34.40; Joel Baumgart-] ner, 36-61; Carle Sutherland, 312.54; Krick & Tyndall, 31-10-1 L ' I A petition for a drain was filed by I Samuel Teeter and others. N otice of such action was ordered to all new parties returnable January 3rd. It having been reported to the board the county h&d sufffttftd ft loss by I nre to tne county lanus causou iromi sparks from a Clover Leaf engine, the auditor was ordered to draw a voucher I ne tumen over to tne county treas-1 I uren 1 Notices were ordered printed In the Decatur Democrat and Decatur Journal as provided by law that Oia board I tor tne yera isiu, on weunesaay, ue-| cember 29, 1909. — ■ | The opening of bids for the goods at the county Infirmary were opened and the various contracts were let as follows: Clothing, P. Holthouse & Company; shoes, The Wlnnt® Shoe Company; oil and gasoline, T. R. Moore; tobacco, Smith, Yager & Falk-, drugs, Smith, Yager 4 UWHr groceries, Niblic & Co; dry goods, Niblick & Co. I 'O •— '■»' -k-J I Martinsville, Ind., Dec. 7.—Captain I John K. Gowdy, who, with Mrs. Gowdy, is a guest of the Martinsville sanltar-1 ium, has given out an interview con-1 cernihg the future of the republican! party in Indiana, and also has reasons ! for tiie defeat of the candidate for govJ ernor in the last election. He said:] “There is a tendency among repubU-T cans to drift away from the lines 1 which have made the party great and! a power for good. They are gradual- I ly, but surely, drifting into liberalism] in voting. If republicanism was right in the sixties, culminating in 1900 to] the election of McKinley to the pres-| idency, It is right now. I hope the day! will never come when we will not have | two strong political parties in thls| country. We need them. This tei| dency to liberalism in voting against! a party candidate rather than stand ! Ing by end-upholding a party prinel-] pie has a strong/tendency to destroy! the sertDgth of political parties ahft organized bodies for the promulgation! of principles. I am opposed to Hber-I allsm, because it leads men from party] principles and'tends to make the pli&f form a secondary matter.” Captain] Gowdy sald that If he were advocating] the course of the party In next ctiri| palgn, he would only point to the veSI over the. state, P put the same plank tot the platform, and go before the people] in that manner. He believes it to 3 right, and says it is what the peopig want, as has been shown by their] vote. J. Riley Broyles of Muncie was in the city Tuesday attending to ness. Mr. Broyles is the circulation! man for the Muncie Star, but side! from this is just now loking after jk|| other very important duty. He is the! supervisor of the census for the] Eighth congressional district and It’s] up to him count the noses of all the] I Iditia per 1 da^HeTas 1 made^o^l

JUDGE MACY WILL TRAVEL.Will Spend The Winter In Quest of Health In California. Portland. Ind., Dec. 7.—A new Judge will have to be named to hear evidence In the suit brought by L.’ S. Burkett to enjoin the city of Portland from purchasing and installing an electric light and power plant Judge John W. Macy, who, a few weeks ago was ngmed, was In the city thia morning, and after noting the filing of an amended complaint declined further jurisdiction. The reason assigned is his failing health. Judge Macy suffers from stomabh and heart trouble, which of late has become more serious. Seeking relief be is planning a western trip, and expects to leave about the first of the year for California to spend at least the remainder of the present winter. ———j — OFFICERS OF MINE BLAMED. Cherry, 111., Dec. 7.—The testimony taken today at the coroner's inquest into the Cherry mine disaster was directed mainly toward showing that the officers of the mine had not made an early effort to rescue the miners and that poor protection of the lives tof the miners while at work had not been supplied and maintained by the mining company. Mrs. Jemima Miller, the widow of a victim, testified she had seen coal being hoisted from the mine as late as 2 o’clock in the afternoon of November 13th, which, according to other testimony, was two or three hours after the fire In the mine was discovered. George Jones, a carpenter employed at the mine, testified that the third vein cage was not in working order the day of the fire This Is said to have been directly responsible tor the death of most of the miners employed in the third vein. • O?.~r' 1 - ~'-77 HEAVIEST DAY AT LIBRARY. Was Yesterday—l2s Books Taken Out —Reference Work Heavy. Monday was by far th ebanner day of the library in its severil years’ existence was the report of ( Mlss Annette Moses, the librarian. The reference work was unusually heavy on account of the school children’s preparing for Christmas exercises, the preparation of the club meetings of the week and the unusually ‘‘wintry’' weather drove many indoors to the reading tables, where the entertainment and the warmth of the buiMlng 1$ most grateful. During the day 125 books were taken out by borrowers, Which is the highest number ever Issued in one day by the local library. BeMdes this, the ministerial meeting was held in the reference room in tie afternoon, the ladies* physical culgM class in the library hall in the afternoon and in the evening a meeting of the children’s board of guardians, making interest at this building unusually great yesterday. '2; ’£ j. . o — . THE INTEREST WAS GOOD. At “Health artd Happiness” Meeting— Another Free Lesson. Mrs. Louise Mclntyre and Miss Margaret Hall, who yesterday afternoon conducted a physical culture class In the library In thia city, returned last evening to Bluffton. The ladles wIU return Wednesday evening to this city and o’clock will give another free lessen to which all ladies of the city are invited A class will be organized, the purpose being for the promotion of good health and the happiness that results fro mphyslcal freedom and well being. The purpose is a praise-worthy one apd weft worth the striving. On account of the Inclement weather and the number of other attractions, social and, otherwise, the meeting yesterday Afternoon was not so well attended. The interest was good, however, and it is expected that a touch larger attendance will be In evidence Wednesday evening. —■"' ■ o—_• ■ r UNDERGOES OPERATION; ;- ; Mrs. Charles Krueckenberg Operated ' Upon at Lutheran Hospital. Mrs. Charles Krueckenberg, wife of a prominent farmer In Union township, submitted to a surgical operation at the Lutheran hospital at Fort Wayne Monday, where she had gone for treatment Mrs. Krueckenberg Is get. ting along as, well as could be expected, and her friends hope for her a and complete recovery. ’• .. ' - -o - —— CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT. Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The department of agriculture in a report made public today gives the condition of winter wheat on December Ist at »5.8 as against 85.3 and 81.1 for December of 1908 and 1807 respectively. » ' . ■ 1 0 —■ ————- H. CLAY PHtRCE IS ACQUITTED. Austin, Texas, Dec. 7.—(Special ‘ v * ■■, ■ > . - ...

I - J I "What Women are Doing for the I Betterment of Their Sex** will be the I Lw A. Lower, the paper being pre-1 led by Hunsicker Bros, attheir case, I Ito be given at the new cathedral at I Thursday Niflht. I

I Niblick, jtr&ftu kiuKutl Jodi lick, financial secretaryr Lose, re* , T »<«« WnvAtta wanAlb 1 Tfolchto XX ™. X X for three yeark The state delegates elected to atDr. D. D. Clark and Dan Ntolfck. INDIANA WON THE SWEEPSTAKE* . ' Fred hillto of Newton Has Finest ear of Com Ever Rated at Omaha. . .. ;! _ Fred d IWta ol Newton. IM. b~ wo. th. prim tor the W ew ot oom ta th. world at th. National Com exposition being held In Omaha; J. R. Overstreet of Franklin has won the grand champion sweepstakes for the best ten ears and another Indiana : w vl*“ Ulßv jjeltWa fvl L**v UvBV UUOU a L seventy ears in the world. The exposition opened to Omaha on Monday, December dth, and continues all done before the gates opened and the three Indiana men had the honors. Mr. Palin wins the famous Kellog trophy, worth 11,000; J. R. Overstreet gets the SI,OOO stiver trophy offered by the Indiana Corn Growers’ Association while Mr. Kerlin wtos prizes worth |s<Mk This is the third year to succession which Indiana has won the grand champion sweepstakes at the Nationa! Corn expositions. "I have worked seven years to grow the best ear of Rwd’s Yellow Dent and Alexander Gold Standard. <We planted two rows of them and then two rows of the other, cutting off the tassels of the Gold Standard corn the first two years. This gave us the seed from which the best ear .of corn in the world wm grown.” . «« dse 4’t° on gk' ' tlw' ear fa far sutor cob” i-. : . .. . __ 0 - It seems quite probable at this time < town of about..twentHfre thousand in d b 14 an T fIAA flvffl Vfiftl* fr-h/QY eleoud a democrat m mayor by « eomnwt.M. mMortty. it la mid that u. selection waa due to a large extent to rollroad Zen aZT stoce Dick has been urged to accept the place ot chief of police. It Is said ,he has ah excellent chance to land the 12,000 per year his many Decatur W 6 the . Pennsylvania roilroad and I fa harmony - > I .■/«>'*'!■■■ for a visit algWO W . vawwwe .. :■**. - - - I WNMNMw wW oßwWßnwWb wZx Chtfdm — ri ' — f Children, wed by Mother a break up Golds to 24 houro cure Fsvsrlstaess, Headache, Stomach TrouHes, Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At all druggists, 25a Sample mailed FREE. Address AM|g| —■»" 1 SrIn a Pinch,use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE xxss'xrxj sweating feet and makes walking Don’t accept way substitute, z o .... Fifty Year* Experience. Mrs. W. #. Ralston. HopktosvUK sw: *1 have been ralstof |ronpily I have ever need