Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1909 — Page 1

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==* FRANK WANTB OUT Os JAIL. 1 — ; Would Hang His Stockings Up Out. •Ide the Bastite. In hopes that he will get out of jail before Christmas and may eat on that holiday, not at the table of the jail of Huntington county, but some place where he will be free once, more from his rash deeds and be able to once more take pp his thread of life, which has so often been broken by sentences in jail In various part of the state, Frank Cotton Is appealing to his friends to help him get the fees in the forgery case in which he was convlsted at Huntington thrown off. ii.- 'A A,' .ftr.'-r r: With the time tor the celebration hearts of aU men t* th H I oace TT^!.^,.— I POLITICAL f TALK Boom Started at Indianapolis for Effingham for'Secretary of State. JACKSON WILL WIN In the Fight for State Chair-manship-—Ton Honan for Attorney General. S’, ' *-. -’V-’ ’ &•* ■? •:' " ’■ ■' ”■ Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 15.-U. S. .-a chairman the state commltteC when' it meets in this city Japuary 8 th. Mr. JacfcsoQllkely win not have any opposition, although Peter Foley, to be reflected chairman of the Fifth district, and others would like to be the state -chairman. The indications are that Mr. Jackson, for harmony’s sake, will be the unanimous choice of the committee. He will have, at least nine out of the thirteen votes to start with,if not ten. As usual-the committee decided that the basis of representation in the district conventions shall be one delegate for every 200 votes m»d one for every fraction of over 100 votes cast for the democratic candidate fpr Thomas R. Marshall polled more veteg than candidate In previous yean And this means that there will be larger to.thftdlstrict conventions.- alsp.W there will be more than 500 more deegates to tte state contention' 5 next year t>an before, making 1,700 to H • A large slsed boom was launched for Lew EHlngham, present ehajraum of the Eighth district, for secretary of state., EHingham will not bd a cxhdldate for district chairman again, and the light wffl be between George Bebee of Anderson and Henry Eichhorn of Bluffton, according ito the latest gossip from the Eighth. Ellingham is not ready to say that he win be a candi* date. >• ..S?: Thomas M. Honan of Seymour was In the city and announced that he will be a candidate for attorney-general. Mr. Honan ta speaker of the Indiana house of representatives.* He has been studying the situation for some time and he believes: that the democrats have a good chance of electing their state ticket next year, so after canvassing the situation thoroughly he has determined to seek the nomination. V ’ Representative A. J. Behymer of Elwood will be a candidate,for clerk of the supreme court Representative Harry Strickland of Greenfield came to town with his boom for the same office and received considerable encouragement. ' , ’ ■I l~— Former Representative David E. Poor of Shelby county came to the city with the rest of the politicians to talk over the situation with a'view to. becoming a candidate dor state trees-' urer. He felt encouraged with the 6qt-look.-There is another possible Candi- ( date In William Schelman of Fort W„ne. or A U » > , .J--?"' ■■ > \ '■ '

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HAS APPENDICITIS W. I. Crozier Receives In-L jury While Shoeing I, • Horses. -.-" V■ ' k ’ 1« FORCED TO RETIRE X l From Business—Will Enter!. Hospital for Operation— I Sells Shop. | ?/' ’T.. . ■ ; . -J/B QborgeDixon, a well known resident] of the north part of the city, haa.-hel proprietor of the W.l.Crosler| blacksmith shqp qn Seventh streetl taking possession this- morning. Mr.l Greater, whocame to this city lasi May 3rd and has conducting tbel blacksmith sinc®, btitMinfli. [up a large, profitable custom, isf [forced to account of 1111 [health, and fn k’short time will prob-1 ably enter the. Lutheran hospital at? Fort Wayne where he will undergo an operation -for appendicitis, which is thought to be the only recourse to the re-establishment of his good health. About five weeks ago while shoeing a horse, Mr. Crozier was in-> lured by being jerked about in a vtolent manner by the horse, and for three days at that time was very bad indeed. At times since he has suffered; much and he has been advised by five of the best doctors that his trouble is appendicitis, and that the only possible permanent relief would be by an operation. Mr. Crosier ha# spent his entire Hie, with the exception of a few months in Union town-1 ship, where he owns a farm, and | next week he will move his family to home,and later, though the time has not’been decided upon, lie will enter the hospital. He .is well known pver the countyand.aH his friends join In wishing hijn the reBtoratlon of his goodlieaJih. EXPECTS -ARRIVE ■ 1 , , a n .1 >. •• - > Purdue Experimental Station Began Tour of Spec ial Train Today. ~~ -.; ■' -■. ,y ■ ‘ “ - A THREE DAYS’ TRIP ftectltfeSbyltaiWeirVers-Milk-Crowd Smlal. The Purdue Experimental Station and the Chicago * Erie railroad tfe conducting a special dairy train ever the Erie, beginning at this place at Btls Wednesday. The fact that party was to be in Decatur today yas not generally known and consequently there was not a very large number present to hear the lectures. The train left here at 8:45 for Preble, and stops will be made at Tocsin, Kingsland, Uniondale, Markle, Simpson, Bolivar, reaching Huntington this evening. Tomorrow they\ spend between : Huntingtoll and Rochester and .the i next day proceed to Hammond. There < is a demand for special information on the production of milk and this is i furnished by experts, including O. F. i Hunsicker, head of dairy department at Purdue; H. C. Mills, field man at Purdue; 0. E. Reed, assistant in milk production at Purdue; B. B. Johnson, president Indiana Dairy association, ] Moresville, Indiana, and 0. B. Benja- i inln, member of the state board of ( agriculture, Crown Point, Indiana. A ( stock car is attached to the train and - two dairy cows are carried for inspec- - tlon and demonstration purposes. ] — -o —1 PLAY BY ASSOCIATION. I High School Students Will Put One j on About New Years. 1 The high school students are prac- i |ticlng for a play which they will be 1 give about New Years, though ‘ they are rather quiet about the affair ’and will not say anything definite 1 ’about the matter. The proceeds will i go to the Athletic association. [1

IbTATE TEACHERS’ ABSOCIA TION. I htay, Decernber °SnZ B city 8 Tuesday, Wednesday ana inursday, December 28th to 30th, the State UUUII» IV <* SUUU ItiVW • |

—w Superintendent Mylott Got a Severe Jolt While Testing Electric Light. ■■• AT THE CITY OFFICES . . t • CmJSI • ‘V? Was Hurled Fifteen Feet and His Hands Badly Burned ■ , ■*■ ■>* •"“•"ZZOO -7/ I •>■ '■ . *£.»> J Martin Mylott, superintendent of the. city electric received j shock Tuesday from akctrfc curwhile hid burated open by the force of the current, he is Con- [ sidering himself mighty lucky that he escaped with his life. About 7 o’clock Tuesday evening, Mr. Mylott and Ed Parent, an assistant, were Working at the office in the city hall on Madison 11 I street, testing the street lamps, which I had recently been giving much trouble. I In some way Martin got hold of a live I wire and instantly received a shock I from the direct current, 2,200 volts. I whirling through his body. The shock [threw him about six or eight feet across the room. The nature of the current; direct, with which he came in [contact, was such that he was thrown [away from the point of danger; and I had it been an alternating current he I would probably have been drawn into its death-like grasp and held until I dead. As it was, his injuries are very painful, and the services Ma physiIclan were required. The fingers of both hands are blistered and on two of I the fingers of the right band, the flesh is bursted open, and they bled pro- | fusely at the time tit the accident. The 1 general shaking up and shock hereIceived also fold heavily on him. : . THE NEW OFFICERS I . ' Masonic Lodge Held an Important Session Last Night L and Choose Officers. D. E. SMITH, MASTER Installation Will Occur on Tuesday Evening, janr uarjr 11—Good Year. J [ The annual meeting Os the Masonic W Os Decatur was held Tuesday ! | evening , and there were present quite la number of the members. The most [important part of the program was I the election of officers which resulted lin the selection- of the following: D. E. Smith, master; Charles- Dunn, senior warden; Will Winnes, junior warden; Earl B. Adams, secretary; G. T. | Burk, treasurer; L. C. Helm, trustee. [The master will appoint the bther offiI cers, including the deacons, tyler and [stewards. Only one of these has been [announced so far, that being the ap[pointment of Ned Steele as senior [deacon. The new officers will be in[stalled on the evening of Tuesday, JanJuary 11th. The lodge hah prospered | during the last yeafj’seventeen having [been taken in, while there are a half [dozen on the road and several appli- | cations on hands. The outlook for [another successful year with a steady [growth is bright The boys are talk- [ Ing newt and better quarters which may materialize fiuring the coming yoar. DECATUR DE WIT 13 DEAD. Decatur DeWitt aged eighty-three, [long known familiarly as the ‘‘Hermit of the Wabash,” because of his long residence by himself in a small shanty on his forty-acre farm along the Wabash, four miles east of this city, passed away at 8 o’clock last night at the home of his nephew, James M. DeWitt, [ the well known carpenter and contractor, at 123 East South street He had been cared for duYing his last sickness by his nephew and the latteris Bister, Miss Victoria DeWitt and had been at his nephew’s home in this city since September Bth iast,ja little more than three months. His'death was due to ! lung trouble.—Bluffton News. I • r ® SI - ' 1 '

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RETURNER FROM THE SOUTH. Rev. Pleasant W. Barker, of near 'Charleston, W. Va., is now in Indiana. 'He is a brother of Rev. G. H. Baker, who was pastor on the Berne circuit of the U. B. church. He says he left all of West Virginia there that he could. He don’t like the country very well and it is supposed that he will not leave old Indiana again unless he accepts a position open for him now at Hanley. He is as well and pleasant as ever. He is a member of the M. E. church and has helped much in some of the Indiana churches. He was superintendent of a Sunday school also While at his parents’ home in West Virginia. 4 .ZSX3Xvrsrssrr«e--<>-— —— ■ v tl I w wjl ' Lg Lo Evangelical Alliance Elected Officers for the New Year. ON TUESDAY EVENING Mrs. Runyon is Re-Elected President —Strong Corp of Officers. The Young People’s Alliance of the Evangelical church held its regular monthly business session Tuesday evening at the church and quite an interesting time was in evidence. The principal feature was the election of officers for the new year, and this resulted as follows: Mrs. Eugene Run yon, who has served so well as president, was re-elected; Mrs. E. IX Kern, viee president; Miss Lilah Lachot, recording secretary; Miss Allie Burrell,, corresponding secretary; missionary secretary and treasurer, Rev. D. O. Wise; treasurer, Eugene .Runyon; organist, -Vernfe. Smith; assistant organist, Crystal Kern; choristers, JJlah Lachot and Rev. 4 O. Wise; librarians Hope Hoffman and Joe Linn. The regular devotional services of the society are held Sunday evening at the church and on every second Tuesday of the z month the business meeting is held, usually in turn at the homes of the members. No place of meeting for the next month has been announced, as it Is quite probable revival services will be in progress at-that time and that the meeting will he postponed. ■ - ——-—I V’ NOT DOING SO WELL. H Harmon Bospe, the eldest son of Mr. and Itfrs. Frank Bosse, who has been in the St Joseph’s hospital, at Fora Wayne, for about ten weeks on _ account of tuberculosis in his left leg, is in a very poorly condition. Since he has been in the hospital hehas undergone several operations and was-thought to be improving nicely by his parents and friends. Oh last Monday he underwent another, as the wound was not healing as it properly should and since' that time he has been in a very bail condtfl'diL” His many friends are anxiously awaiting the outcome. "■ i" ' \ fr 1 '' '' An automobile from Monroe met with quite a serious misfortune Tuesday morning while making a trip to Salem. One of the wheels of the auto broke off and it was necessary to telephone to Monroe for a team to come and get the machine and its party and cart them back. The Indiana Lighting company Is undecided as yet, or at least Henry Honeck, local representative, has not been notified in regard to what will be . done relative to the method of furnishing gas to the people of Blueton. Gas will either be furnished by a storage tank or direct through regulators at first, but no news has been received here as yet Regarding the method which will be used. —Bluffton Banner . A report given circulation about town that the Grand Rapids and Indi- - ana railroad company Is to erect a new station in this city has been denied by Agent Jeff Bryson. That official stated that if there was any thing of that kind contemplated he had not been Informed of it. The rumor was that “a high” official had made the statement to a Portland merchant that in the spring a new structure would be erected on the site of the first depot of the road in thq north yards.—Portland Commercial-Review. fH't; ... • ■ ■' <

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