Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1910 — Page 1

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Geneva, Ind., Jai|. 25—(Special to Dally Democrat)— Sylvester Pontius, living three , miles southwest of Geneva, is in an Indianapolis hospital taking treatment for a complication of diseases, and it, i» the hope of his friends here that a permanent cure will be effected, j ■■■xJames H. Guilin of Vining, Kansas, is here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wood. My! Cullln left this county in 1886 and/this is nis first visit since leaving, and as a matter of fact he finds'much that calls for, a congratulatory commeht Mrs. Wood and children will return to Kansas with Mr. Cullln. 'B. F. Kizer, an old Adams county boy, and at one time proprietor of the Decatur News, but for several years located at Portland, Oregon, was calling on friends here. Monday. N. M. Richter, who "has been hi charge of the Anderson & Knepper . drug store fbr some' time, has res' signed and accepted a similar position at Hammtind. His resignation will go Into effect on February 16t. Mr. Richter thoroughly knows the drug business and-while residing here has demonstrated that he is a thorough. gentleman and his friends are sorry to see him leave. , Rev. Roberts, formerly pastor of the UXB. church here,, but now located .. at Marion, preached an interesting sermon at the' church here Sunday, and Incidentally saw many of his former friends. Rev. Waldo, the pastor, is out of the city engaged in pas- | toral work. O' -■ 11 A splendid congregation, the largest Monday night congregation of the series, assembled at the Methodist church Monday evening, and aU’were amplf repaid. The mixed chorus* led themusic splendidly and the men’s chorus sang three excellent selections. |The pastor preached Romans ' hearty. Two/souls bowed at Walter and found rest in Christ and there were many anxious hearts in the congregation. The church jras cheered by the pres- ; ence and help of the Revs. I. Imler and L C. Hessert of this city add the Rev. Geo.'Hunter Meyers of Montpelier. The meetings will continue afternoons and evenings. Wednesday afternoon will be Sunday school teachers’ day. The men’s chorus will-rehearse this evening at 6:30. All come to the parsonage. ' ■ .... . ■ . ■ o County Assessor Gentle has received word from John W. McCardle, a memhWoY the state tax board, to tiie effect that he would be in Decatur on Monday, February 2nd, and at 3 of that day he would like to meet every township assessor, of Adams county. f Mr. Gentls will arrange p the meeting and it is expected that the township , assessors Will attend and get a line on their work for this They will begin an active Can-j , Vase of their townships on the Ist day of March and will for the sixty Gays following that be WMy assessing the personal property of the townships. The meeting with Mr. Mc-f Cardie is an important one, and everyt township assessor should be en hand and get all the pointers that;seem to ■ . X ?' .. V K room at the auditor’?'office is beginning to fake on thfr* sort of improvement as was and it will prota a great convenience for'botfi the officers and the public having business with the boarl .Z- .’X There is nothin# of apparent interest to come up before the .board at their February session, unless the sup'reme court should happen to reverse themselves on the three-mUe macad'gm road law, and then you would see much doing in macadam road building In this county. As It stands there - is much dissatisfaction over the ruling, the public generally being inclined toward the betterment of the public highways. | Real estate transfers:, F. A. Peoples to Margaret Mayer, pt lot 70, Decatur, >870;, W. A. Kuebler to H. R. Moltg, pt. lot 548, Decatur, >306; F. M. Schlrmeye?,' to Eli Meyer, Inlots 15 and 52, Decatur, >sß(k Attorney J. W. Teeple filed a new case entitled Charles M. Myers vs. - Chicago ‘ & Brie Railroad company., damages; demand, >55. The suit Is

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the railroad and for the killing of a hog. ————»——o— FRACTURE OF RIBS. Robert Andrews of the south part of tEe city, fell Tuesday and sustained a fracture of the ribs. ,Mr. Andrews had climped to the hay mow to look for eggs, when lie slipped and fell. Dr. Clark dressed' the injury. ’ ' Xy. ■».. A telephone message received Mpnday night from Fort Wayne by Newtort'Anderson brought the horrible tidings /that Mis brother, i Joseph Byron Anderson, a well known insurance agent of that city, had been struck by eastbound No. 6 Wabash passenger train, at Winter street at 5 o’clock Monday evening and Instantly killed. The 'Watchman, August Ladigr the only witness of the accident, stated that he and Mr. Anderson had been engaged in conversation a few minutes before and when Ladig went to the street to flag down the crossing? he warned the unfortunate man to step back. As the train bore down on the crossing he stated he called to Anderson again, but instead of getting out of the way the latter stepped toward the tracks. The train, which was going at a high rate of speed, struck him a blow which fractured the skull and huripd him a distance of twenty feet against the watchman’s house. Death Was instantaneous. The body, Which was taken to Wellman’s under- . taking house and* prepared for burial, showed few injuries. The skull was fractured almost in the center of the forehead, qn inch and a half above the nose and slightly to the right, with slight bruises on and above the nose. A deep gash was cut in the lower left leg but the bones were not fractured. The report of the watchmgn, who was the only witness, shows him tp believe that death was suicidal though friends and relatives of the unfortunate man firmly believe that it was accidental. The! deceased was bom and feared to .Adam# bounty anTte known mad related to many here, being a grand-* son of the late Pendleton Rice. He was bom about thirty-five - years agoj In Union township, this county, the

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To be Given Away; by Management of the Decatur Daily Democrat. VALUED AT $,1000.00 Sifch an Opportunity May Never Knock at Your Door Again. v ... . •; ; ' . ? V.' The first grand prize is an autijmch bile valued at >505.00, with rumble seat, making a three passenger car out of earne. Here arw eomd »f W things that the Brusht-Car his done: In tiie Glidden tour the Brush dbvered

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son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Anderson. He grew to manhood there and was married to Miss £>ena Roth. They later moved to Wren, Ohio, where he • worked for his brother, Will Anderson, In his sawmill, and about three years ago went to Ft. Wayne, where he served as local manager for the HOosier Casualty company. He resigned this the first of the year, and was considering the agency for the Home Health and Accident Insurance company. About h month ago he was taken 111 with smallpox, but recovered. The unfortunate man leaves a widow, but no children. He was the fourth one of the Anderson boys, next younger than Newton of this city. The following brothers au|d sisters survive: Will P. of 5t- Lopls; german of Gideon, Mo.; Franklin of Paulding, Ohio; Ora, of Rockford, Ohio; Newton, of this city; Mrs. Oscar Hunter of Hobart. The father Is living at Gideon, Mo., but the mother died about three years ago. The relatives have all been notified of the death and funeral arrangements will, not be made until they can'be heard from. The brother, Newton, went to Fort Wayne as soon as the message reached here and has been there since, and Mrs. Anderson went to Fort Wayne this afternoon on the 1 o’clock car. The affair Is a very sad one and greatly deplored by his friends and relatives. • 1 -o WILL HAVE AN OPERATION. Tom Miller of Bluffton is Off Duty for ' a Time. The traveling auditor of the Clover Leaf is in Bluffton today checking the accounts of Agent Tom Miller preparatory to a vacation of several months on the part of Mr. Miller, who will go to Marion on Wednesday to have an operation performed for the removal, of growths on both eyes. Operator Amos Neff will act as,agent during Mr. Miller’s absence and an operator named Wanamaker will be transferred here from* some ©hfotown' to Mr. Neff’s position. Mr. Miller Trill require at least two weeks In which i to recuperate from the operation and may take a longer period as he kfid

technical scores and won tiie Gregg trophy t over three four-cylinder cars. It climbed Pike’s peak in eight hours every inch of thp way under its own power. , It crossed the American continent. Last year it won the Algonquin hill climb'ln its class. Banred this yean In the Denver Motor-club run, Denver to Pueblo and return, (he Brush was the only car out of sixteen— most of them biff ones—to finish with a perfect technical score. In the 1909 one-gallon fuel test, the Brush made 40.6 miles on one gallon of gasoline. In- the Buffalo contest itmSae4l\2 miles ohohegallon. This : means jess than three-eights of a cent a;mile for fuel. ■ fp. ""v The Brush carAteorte practically I. nothing to keep In running order compared with the larger make of cars and will take three people any place

that they may want to go and at alt good rate of speed. The car that the 1 Democrat is giving away is geared at i thirty-five miles per hour, which is < about as fast as any one cares to ride, i

his wife are figuring on a short vacation trip to Texas. The growths which will be .removed consist of small coats on| the outside of the eye. They have been interfering Mr. Miller’s health for some time and are beginning to interfere with his vision.— Bluffton News. "5 O- ~ Eli WAGNER WRITES FRIENDS. ' • ■■ He Thinks Montana is the Greatest ■ State of West —Land Ch c ap. Daily Democrat: < A former Adams county resident, no4r living In Central Montana, near Csib<iade, In the county which bears! the same name, though I would write a few lines to the old friends. The winter here hartieen fine, with but very little snow; no rain, an but little coTd weather- Cattle, horses "and sheep are on pasture now, just as though it were summer. I would like to see' some of my old friends In Adams county take advantage of the opportunity to buy cheap land here, for' ,It is soling fast and cheap, the prices ' ranging from >ls to >3O an' aete. I will be glad to answer correct-' ly any questions you may care to ask : if you write me at Cascade, Mont. < ELI WAGONER. •' <> ‘ FUNERAL held today. The funerdl of the late Mrs. Ida Whitright was held Tuesday at 1 o’clock from the Christian church, , the services being conducted by the Rev. Inrfer, pastor of the United •Brethren church. A large attendance ■ characterized the funeral. The body! , was laid to rest In Maplewood ceme- . tery. H -:i- I ' - fl** - ' ‘ 1 A very quiet, though happy wedding * took place Wednesday evening at 6:30 1 qjclock, when Miss Rebecca Steele, L< one of the best known ladles of the city, became ' the bride of Elmer > EL Sprague, a prominent farmer and ’ stoqk man of near Monroeville. The I wadding was ? home of tife. bride, comer et Marshall I and Fifth streets, by the Rev. Sheri man Powell, pastor of the Methodist I church, the only witnesses being the Kbrlde’s nieces, Mrs. Letta Peters and

Next comes the diamond rings, of which there are two, one costing >IOO, and one costing >75, of which either one would be a very nice thing to have, for just a little work on'your part. If you have ever been contemplating getting an automobile or diamond ring here is you chanqe. Then there are several other prizes, too numerous to mention in the columns of our paper now. There is also another thing that you don’t want to overlook in the great offer' made by the Democrat, and that is that every candidate turning in five n«> subscribers for six months or longer will be awarded a nice prize at the end of the contest that does not get one of ths regular list prizes named in the announcement ad of the contest. ■ \ Subscriptions are easily gotten for the Daily and Weekly Democrat and

there is no reason why any one should hesitate about entering this contest as it coqts you nothing to become a candidate and it costs your friends nothiiig extra to for you, and you

Miss Mayme Cloud. The bride’s wedding and going away frock is a handsome tailored suit of green cloth, with a blouse of green messallne silk, made surplice style with trimmings of delicate oriental Insertion, with old-rose color predominating, and with old-rOse lining?. A hat and gtbves of green to match the suit, complete the very handsome costume. The 'groom will wear the usual black. Mr. and Mrs. Sprague will leave Thursday for the home of the grosm near Monroeville, where Thursday eveflTng a sumptuous dinner, prepared at the Instance of, the groom by the bride’s sister, Mrs. CteCTge Gault, living near that place, will be given. Guests will be Mr. -and Mrs. George Gault and Mr. and Mrs. Will Daugherty. The bride Is the daughter of the late Joe Steele, and was born and reared in this county, where she is known to all as a most estimable lady. For a .number of years she has made thip city her home, where she has been tngaged in dressmaking, becoming known as one of the leaning dressmakers of the city. The groom is a son of Randall Sprague-and a brother of_Harve and John Sprague of this city, and has become/one of the best farmers and stockmen of Allen county. They .will make their home on the groom’s farm near Monroeville, and will, as soon as the weather permits, erect a fine new home there, ; the house being modern in 'all ways, with all the moder nconveniences. Though the wedding has been expected for some time by a number of their many friends ami relatives, the exact time was known to very few ! and this announcement will, no doubt, come as a surprise to all, who, nevertheless, hasten to extend wishes that ! all joy and happiness may be theirs. o 1 Another business deal occurred in i Decatur business circles this morning, , when Charles Elzey disposed of his [ interests in the big clothing store of t Elzey, Vance & Hite, to the other ( members of the firm. The invoice I began immediately, the clerks at the ■ store, the proprietors and Mr. H. L. : Confer looking after these details. > The invoice will require several days I and the store will likely not be to-

! have everything to gain and nothing , to lose. If your name is not already • in the list of names published daily in • the paper, see that your name is ■ placed there at once and__get busy • among your friends and win yourself ■ a valuable prize with no cost to youri self. > Another thing that is important to i candidates. There is no buying or • selling votes allowed in this contest ► Once you have secured the subscrip- ' tion you cannot sell it to any one t else. You must turn it into this office ' and have the votes counted for your- • self, even though you may have inteni tion (p not get any more votes during ; the balance of the contest This is I done in order to protect the candi- ■ dates that gqt out and do the wort. > If time is anything that yon dp not • understand about- ■ the contest write I or phone the Dally Democrat office

and some one will call on you and explain any points about the contest that you do not thoroughly understand, and try to make same clear to you -

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opened/ before Saturday, Mr. Elzey will, retire from the store, but has not fully decided As to. his future. He may conclude to seek a location in the west, to which part of the country he made a trip 4ast summer. The stofe is one of the largest and best of its kind in the since its entrance into btfßhtesS some years ago has done a dhndy share of the business. Mr. Elzey is one’ of the orig- • inal members of the firm and has many friends who wish him all kinds of success in the future wherever he may locate anW whatever he may decide to do. Messrs. Vance and Hite, who will continue the business, are hustlers and know their business well. Mr. Vance has also been a member of the firm since the store opened, while Mr. Hite became a member of the firm last June. They will have an official announcement to make in a few days and will make every effort to continue the high standard of the store. Being hustlers and men who pay strict attention to business affairs they will do this and will keep abreast of the times continuously. — -t . . - Theodore Miller of Milwaukee, Wifi., spent Tuesday as a guest of'the Rev. H. C. Jaus, pastor of the St. John’s German Lutheran church, and while here will also visit the pastors of all other Lutheran churches of Adams county. Mr. Miller is working in the interest of the feeble minded institute ot the German Lutheran Lutheran church of the Missouri synod, is located at Milwaukee, Wis., and supported by the church at large. In this the feeble minded children of all the members of the church who may desire to do so are placed apd given special care, instead of putting them in state institutions at pub- 1 lie expense. Heretofore the institution has been using a rented building in Milwaukee, but now a fine new building of their own has been edecti ed at a cost of from >45,000 -to >50,000 r in which there are.better equipments , for the care of the children and room . for the care of a larger number. At i present there are but forty-five in- . mates, but three hundred more applications from all states of the union have been received, and it Is believI ed that all these can be given care. The various churches of Adams county will respond in a liberal manner toward the support of this Institution, ; which is indeed doing a great work. , ! , For a cash consideration of >21,050, , G. S. Fahl sold his fertile farm in . Union' township Monday evening to >' Frisinger & Sprunger, a Decatur firm. . At the same time Mr. Fahl acquired* the handsome residence property on , Clark street, formerly owned by Dr. . DeHart \ Mr. Fahl hqs decided to become a . resident of Huntington. He will , move to his new property on Clark , street early in the coming fall, it . being his Intention to give practically . his entire time to the horse business. , A Spacious "barn will be erected on j the ClarK street property and >quarj ters provided for both breeding, and sale stables. Although hd has not t stated definitely that this will be the , case, it is thought that Mr. Fahl is f placing on horse importation and that his idea is to conduct regular sales - after his new barn has been erected. The Tarin sold by Mr. Fahl is one of the largest and best equipped' ’tn thb dounty. It consists of 186 acres of soil, well cultivated and full of rich opportunities. The buildings on the farm are all in first class condition and attractive. It has been the home of the Fahl family many years anß hlff long been known as one of the neatest farms in this section of the state.—Huntington News-Demo-erat ———— o 1 -————> PILAQES HOLIDAY STOCK ORDER Mrs. C. E. Baughman has returned from a business trip to Bluffton. While there Mrs. Baughman placed the order for the holiday stock of imported goods for their five and ten cent store. The goods, consisting of doll heads, postcard albums, medallions, and other goods, will be ordered through a New York firm that receives the goods directly from Germany. a—!■«,, o Mr. and Mrs. John Niblick have received a card from their son, Burton, 1 at Quincy, 81., brings the glad news t that his wife, who had been sick for '■ the past week with pneumonia, has o safely passed the crisis and is on the . way to recovery.

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