Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1910 — Page 5

_ — y r ** t Sprinkle Allen*, Iteot-Base, loqfce •hpe and none In the other, and notice the difference. Just the thing to use when ruhbers or overshoes SiE^SS-* t T". 1 •J 1 •• .■!' A ~ SCHOOLS WILL NOT CLOSK.^, ‘hr . ■ t4 * * J ra»M Report Causing Much Annoy, •nee to Sehool Offlolal*. ' The report that tihs spread ormjjffljit, city regarding the contemplated cloeln * of the Bchppls on account of scarlet fever 4, causing the school officials much annoyance, Inasmuch as It is wholly untrue. There are but a few cases of scarlet fever and <thoee very mild, the patients being able to be up and around, and as yet there is not the danger or necessity of closing the schools. @' ’ -r :.■. 1 'O ' NO BACHACHE OR KIDNEY PAINS. If you have pains l nthe back, urinary, bladder or kidney trouble, dizziness and lack of energy, try Mother Gray’s Australiau-Leaf, the pleasant herb cure. As a regulator it halb no eual. At druggists, or by mall, 25c. Ask today. Sample free. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, Ni Y. — -O- £ -T , . RECEIVED INTO MEMBERSHIP Fourteen, converted during the recent three weeks' revival at the Concord Lutheran church in Root township, were received into the church membership at the services Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Murntpa, Rev. MtupipA If a very able minister and is meeting with the best of success in his work here. . , O • i." n - . ' DON'T GET AL LRU NDOWN, weak and miserable. If you have kidney or bladder trouble, headache, pains In the back, apd feel tired all over and want a pleasant hedb cure, try Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf. As a regulartor it has no equal. All druggists, 50c. Ask today. Sample free. Address, The Mother Gray 0o„ LeRoy, If. Y. gp t , r — — ' TAKEN TO EASTHAVEN ASYLUM. I Deputy Sheriff Fred Adams and Henry Carlisle left this morning for Richmond with- William Fulk, who will be placed in Easthaven asylum. Fulk was adjudged insane several weeks ago and sas been confined in the couiity jail. is a former resident of Adams county, serving a six §« years' term as surveyor there a few years ago.—Bluffton Banner. — o '■ —- ♦ NO SUBSTITUTE. Accept no substitute for Foley's Honey and Tajr. It is the best and ... safest remedy for coughs, colds, throat and lung troubles. Contains ho opiates and no harmful drugs. Remember the name, Foley's Honey and Tar, and accept no substitutes. The ll’i&oltkufte Drug' Co. t' '' ; . ;0 -I ON TRIP THROUGH SOUTH. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith left Tuesday night on a trip through the south, Theli* itinery will Include Cardwell and "Gideon, Mo., Jonesboro. Ark., Memphis, Tenn., Shreveport. La., and Mobile* A}a. They will be gone about ten days or two weeks. Mr. Smith goes on business relating to the lumber firm of Smith & Bell, and large quantities of lumber will be shipped from these points, which are in great lumber districts. a *r*~* -o — It IS said that the Bluff ton Phi Delta Kappas are arranging to some to v Dedatur again this evening when the new chapter will be instituted here. The hoys have engfged two of Seabold’s barouches to make the trip and will not depend on an automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Harty Wlnnes of Reedley, Gal., who have been visiting In the city with his mother for some time, left for Chicago, Where he was doing some buying, and from there they will go to Kansas City, where’ ' they will spend Sunday. From there! they will proceed to their home In California. CAR LOAD OF HORSES WEEKLY. Arrangements have been made whereby a car load of horses will be receivey every week over the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway by I; freight, being shipped here from Kendallville to the Decatur Horse Sale company. They will come byway of the Toledo ft Chicago interurban, thence by the Fort Wayne & Springfield. The Interurban is rapidly increasing In favor for shipping purposes. ' -.-o A NIGHT ALARM. Worse than an alarm of fire at night’lb the metallic cough of croop. Cfcreful mothers keep Foley’s Honey and-Tar in the house and give it at the first sign of danger. Foley's Honey and Tar has saved many 'tittle lives. No opiates. The Holtbhuse DttifCo. ■ ‘f’tf-r- —r-o— —ntfx* Miss Stella EHis Is the

r COURT '"house news • ‘Maty vidi ' houser, administrator, claim, $1,166.i 40, rdset’ for March filst. <• ‘ • Bank ofGenev* ru* George W. Bolds et al., note, $2,000, dismissed and ebat, paid. J ™ '» . vfv . i Vtrt i .-v*B fimanUel Woods vs. Frederick BA* ' sick’ account, $150; demurrer to complaint filed by defendant. A. P. Beat- , ty Appears for'defendant Samuel Bailer, convicted for re- , ceiving Stolen property, filed a motion , for his discharge. He has served bis « five days, but still hOs a fine and costs . of about $37. Real estate transfers: Magdalena , Yager to Lyda Ellepberger, lot 374, Berne, $1500; John H. Striker to Frederick Braun, lot 362, Berne, $1000; Susan Juillerat to Henry Michaud) > pt. lot 85, Berne, $100; L. Juillerat to Tom Wulliman, pt. lot 83, Berne, $660; Levi Wulliman to Jeremiah Lublnblll, pt. lot 83, Berne, $650. The motion of Samuel Bailor for his discharge from jail was Overruled by the court A new case filed by Attorney D.‘HL Smith Is entitled Christian Helmrlck vs. Wllhelmina Hilgeman, petition for guardian for person of unsound mind. William Glendening et al. ex parte, proof of service of notice filed, cause Ordered docketed. Isaac Teeple vs. Joseph Ellenberger et al., -suit on account separate demurrers filed by Enneberger and Botkins to complaint Dyonls Schmitt guardian, vb. John Brown, partition, final report filed. A marriage license was issued to Lulu Deel, 17, St Marys township, to Eli Taylor, 24, an operator at Glenmore, Ohio. In the guardianship of Carl H. and Edna F. Sprunger, inventory filed and approved. Guardianship of Susan Hlrschy and others a current report was filed and allowed Real estate transfers: W. O. Gandy to John H. Mabls, 138 acres, Root tp., $18636; Edwin Heller et al. to L. L. Baumgartner, lot 8, Buena Vista, ifji; John D.» Merica to Anipe Meriea, pt lot 440, Decatur oemetery, $10; P. J. Everhart to Ira Wagoner, 40 acreß, Monroe tp., $4400; B. E. Connor to Grace A. Whiteman, tract in Wabash tp., $1000; R, B. Smith et al. to Grace A. Whittman, 20 acres Wabash tp., $1.00; Fred Relnking to Henry Reinking, 40 acres, Unon tp., $2,300; Frank Johnston to Kerenhappuch Johnston, lot 231, Decatur, S6OO. Isaac Teeple vs. Joseph EUenberger, et al., on account $139.87, separate demurrer to oomplaint by Ellenberger and Botkins overruled. i* Two affidavits have been filed in circuit court against v James Hancock of Geneva, charging film with aliow- . ing Merle Teeple, Earl Ault Ralph Wheeler and William Cooper, persons under twenty-one years of age, t 6 congregate In his billiard hall. The other charges him with permitting Merle Teeple, a minor, to play a game of billiards In fils room with one-Bert Juday. The affidavits were .sworn to by Henry" Dickerson before - 'Squire Armantrout. A. A. Butler, administrator of the estate of Jesse Butler, filed a report of the sale of personal property, which was approved. Final report filed. Notice ordered returnable April Ist. j Before Special Judge R. S. Peter- ! sou the matter of the surviving partnership of Ray and Durbin was taken up. Durbin was ordered to. appear within ten days and show cause why the final report should not be made. Real estate transfers: Rhinehart Limenstall to John E. Johnson, 80 acres, Monroe township, $10,000; Silas Sprunger to Chris Beers, 46 acres, Monroe tp., $4500; Adda M. Hahnert and W. J. H. Hahnert to Simon Smith, 79 acres, Washington tp., $8000; Mary A. Cramer to David W. Wagoner, inlot 289, Decatur, $835. . The Jury in the case of Beckman vs. the Fort Wayne & Springfield railroad company disagreed after being out twenty-four hours and were discharged by the eourt. The trial was held in Huntington county. —; -O" - ■ — The Adams County Retail Druggists’ ‘association held its semi-annual meetb* in the K. o| .P blub rooms Tuesday for the purpose of talking oyer tasiness matters. AH the drug oa <i»ty were represented, those present being!

* ' " Louis Rice, Page BlaVjtburn,' John , ?aUc Callow, of this city, k and Andrew\ Gottschalk 'and Chris ~ glengel of Berner D. M. Hensley alsc mist with the association and put hefor th, members the proposition for t|ie handling pf “49 remedies" to be I manufactured by the Leah Medicine i Company. All the drug stores will ’ handle thefn. The annual election of i officers was also held and resulted . ajs’ follows: President, Andrew Goth , «chalk, Beriie; vice president, Louis Rglk, Decatur; seenstary, Louis Rice, Decatur; treasurer, Horace Callow, , Decatur. The next session will he , hjsld at Berne in October. ' v j , —* , In preparation for the spring Athletic season, the Athletic association of the Decatur high school will give its first t benefit play Tuesday evening, March , 29th. The proceeds will be devoted , to the purchase of equipment—base- . hall uniforms, and other things need- . ed to carry on the work of the association. The play will be Frank Dumont’s “The District Convention,” a . burlesque of modern political meetings, In which the risible will be given futt-sway. Thirteen men representing politicians of all nationalities, and oqe worman, a champion of woman’s rights—American of course—will bn the characters, and these will all be represented by the members of the high school, who have already gained’ quite a reputation for their histrionic skill. The boys will soon be put selling tickets for the perform* an<?e and everybody should encourage them in their effort by buying. Tickets will sell for twenty-five cents. The Decatur association today joined the Northern Indiana Athletic league, and will, as soon as the weather permits; meet in contests with the various associations in the league. ' ; O —— ■ ■ THIEVES HAVE A PARTIALITY For the Dr. Trout Farm—Visit There Again Sunday Night. Thieves must have ti partiality for the Dr. Trout farm south of this city, for they visited there again Sunday night and for the fourth time pried the locks off the outbuildings and got away with some tools, chickens and other things of value. Among the things taken away were a saw, one double and one single brass spray nozzle, one-half-inch aguer and four chickens, the latter belonging to the tenant, Mr. Vines. It is thought that the thieves were a man and a‘boy. A passing neighbor noticed a horse and rig standing in front of the house about midnight Sunday. In every case of thievery here the buggy tracks ran toward Monroe. Some time ago thieves robbed four stands of bees- of honey and killed the bees. Mr. Trout is justly indignant over the lawless acts. .. —- o— — " - ■ WILL REPAIR THEIR GAS LINE. Jack Monahan arrived this morning from Decatur to help remedy some trouble on the gas lifie north of this city, supplying only the Villa North residents at the present time. The regulator got out of order in some manner and there was some trouble supplying gas. Mr. Monahan is an expert on gas lines and a call was sent for him to come ahd get the line in good order again. -Jack yrill be brought to this city when the work Is started on getting the Bluffton gas lines in goo<f order for the supply of artificial gas to residents pf this city. This will ,he done just as soon as the gas holder controversy is settled. — Bluffton News. -O . ROBERT PERKINS AT LA JUNTA. Mrs. Robert Perkins has received a letter from her husband announcing his safe arrival at LaJunta, Colo., last Thursday. Mr. Perkins will at once purchase a team, erect a temporary dwelling on his farm, which is,-but -the second one out of LaJunta, and begin farming in earnest. Oh a prior trip he had engaged ~ a man to do some plowing and expected to find forty acres plowed ready for cultivation. For some reason the man failed to do this, bo Mr. Perkins will he obliged to attend to this now, making his work much heavier. Mr. perkjhs stated that the sun was shining and the weather much that of May here. ■ ■' ' e-— . '■ l " Jesse McCullum who on Thursday night rode away the wheel belonging to James W. Moran and was taken in charge Saturday at Geneva, Was returend* here that evening by Marshal Ftauding and Is now an inmate of the county Jail. McCullum admitted his guilt when arraigned in the court of Justice of the Peace A. G. Lewlß and was Jield to answer to the charge of larceny ih the circuit court Unable to furnish bond in the sum of S2OO he was sent to jail to await the action of the higher court. McCullum said that whe he took tjhe wheel It was not his intention to Iteal' it but he wanted to go to Lima, Ohio, and heard a freight train whtatle

—- D on the L. E. ft W. railroad and thought r> be Would ride the wheel to the vicins ity of the butter tub factory and leave o it there when he caught the traih but (• upon seeing the'train pulling out so f slow he threw the bicycle on board o mounted p par, taking the , wheel b with him to Lima, where he pawned it, j inte second hand stpre fpj tyenty-flve f cepts. He said that he bad money I and that ft was unnecessary for him r to resorf to stealing. The Lima police ii "Wfte telephoned to search for the , "»•«? but” tfaejr failed to find it and , it looks as if Moran would hot get the'; , bicycle hack—Portland gun. 1 ' * »* ''•*.} t .if. 4 *,l ‘, - %, -*r { A ■ i ‘ —> J - Bids were opened for supplies at . the county Infirmary, the successful » bidders being Schafer Hardware'comt papy for hardware; Smith, Yager ft , Faik, drugs; Everett ft Hite, refriger--1 ator; Frank McConnell, tobacco; Nib- . lick ft Co., dry goods and groceries; . C. R. Dunn, stock food; T. R. Moore, . oil and gasoline; Yager Bros, ft Rein- . kjpg, mattress; Vance, Hite ft Macki lin, clothing; J. D. Hale, mill feed. i The West Lawn Cemetery associa- . tion wae permitted to incorporate. i The Magley macadam road was ork deresd sold at the April term of comi missloners’ court. P - f . - r,lhe auditor was ordered to adver•tise for bids for bridges and arches, pUeu and specifications already being onVfife at the auditor's office. • ihU auditor was instructed to make out a deed to Christian Christianer for school lands pufchaSed and paid for. .• ’B. "W. Sholty was refunded $5.84 in taxes, that amount being- erroneous. Specifications for an arch known as the *Neuenschwander arch on the township line between Monroe and Wabash townships, and bids were or- 1 dhred for the same. The board spent considerable time in going through plans and specifications for a number of bridges and arphes ordered at the last hoard meeting, and the same will be adopted and ordered sold. . ■' i— . o '■»— ~ : Tvi*6 young ladies were badly fright- ’ , - to' ened,, Tuesday after attempting to and Succeeding in securing quiate a little money under false pretenses. They’gave their names as Misses Draper apd May, and they came to town on an early interurban car. They solicited funds from ministers and others, Saying they were helping a widow lady, Mrs. Garber, who, they said,-Jiv-ed east of town and was destitute. Their story was rather disconnected and resulted in an investigation by the ministers and Marshal Peterson, which proved they were not doing As they represented. The marshal sighted them and started towards them. They proved they were good Sprinters by the way they traveled down street. They were finally captured and admitted that they had i not tdld the truth. The officer took : them before the mayor, who gave : them a good lecture and after they had returned the money they were given i their liberty. This game has been i played here often this winter, but it i is safe to eay that these ybung ladies : will not repeat It for some time. Miss i Draper was formerly Mrs. Goldie Nei--1 man and was divorced a few weeks - ago. i .. o- . ■ DEPORTED TWENTY-NINE GIRLS. Contracted Leprosy In the Big department Stores. Columbia City, Ind„ March B—Mrs.8 —Mrs. , Will Beatty of Minneapolis, Minn., has : written her cousin, Mrs. Lottie McConnell of Sidney, who was formerly Miss Lottie Compton of this county, of having witnessed the deportation of , twenty-nine leper girls down the Mississippi river to the Hawaiian islands recently. Mrs. Beatty lives outside of Minneapolis, but happened tq be in town on the day of the deportation. Attracted by the crowd, she followed to tbe.%yer pier and there a most horrible sight met her eyes. Twentynine girls, twenty from Chicago, five from Minneapolis and four from St. Paul, were struggling with men who were putting them aboard the vessel destined to bear them far from home and loved ones to live the remainder of their lives on a lepers’ isle. Each girl was clothed In a rubber sack, except her head,, and the cries of the stricken young girls were heart-rend-ing. The girls were said to have been from big department stores and to have contracted the disease in the hair department, where they made the puffs, rats and turbans from imported hair, which are so popular among the women nowadays. Mrs. Beatty writes that she Is now sorry to have witnessed the scene, as she cannot efface it from / her mind's eye. j -B" 1 — Mrs. W. A. Kuebler and Mrs. Frank Crawford,, who were guests of friends at Fort Wayne, returned home this morning.

t Geneva, Ind., March B—(Special to - Daily Democrat)—Sunday evening 8 marked the closing of the revival t services which have been in progress > at the Uuited Brethren church for i gome time, when Rqv. Waldo preached I a wonderfully earnest and ipterestt ing sermon from the subject, “The s Prodigal Son.'’ The speaker becamer vdry earneit at the start and as lie i moved along lost none of his sinoer- « Ky, making his : remarks sharp, pplntr. s ed And forceful, muc bto the satlsfapI tipn of the hearets. The work accoms. plashed during the revival will be a ' blessing to the members of the dhirfeb now but in time to come. t ■ --*r • ( « ..v-./i 1 Rev. C. J. Graves of the M. E. . church is in attendance at the district ; conference now in session at Fort Wayne. These conferences are always held prior to the general conference, which convenes this year at , Bluffton In April. Professor Ault of the Geneva high school was called to Miami county Monday on account of the death and funeral of his grandmother. V 1 ‘> r: * . Green ft Company closed their picture show here Saturday evening. It is currently reported that other parties will re-open the show about the fifteenth of March. Business is getting better in Geneva and the faces or the business men are again taking on the old time smile. " Scarlet fever in Geneva is now a thing of the past, the last quarantine being raised today. 1 '• I G. B. Sawdy, who went to Oklahoma some time ago, Is expected to ahrive home within a few days. He is suffering from malarial fever, which he contracted from drinking impure water. Hiram Scott of Route 1 was a business caller in this town on Tuesday and looked up his many friends. A delightful banquet was given at , the I. O. O. F. hall on Monday evening and thoroughly enjoyed by those privileged to attend. Degree work was also given. . • O’ T — Miss Margaret Mills was hostess at ' .-■■■■ t a slumber party Monday night for Miss Pearl Baumgartner, who goes Thursday to her new home at Linn Grove, the party including the Misses Baumgartner, Genevieve Bremerkamp, Winnie Burke and Margaret Mills. The girls attended both picture shows in the evening, after which came a lunch, and then “sleep, sweet sleep.” This morning the party enjoyed a long walk before breakfast, and the Misses Baumgartner and Bremerkamp attended school with the Misses Mills and Burke as their guests. John Ehrmann of Fort Wayne, formerly of Union township, was in the city Tuesday a guest of Henry Gerke at dinner. Mr. Ehrmann is preparing to leave about the fifteenth for a two month’s trip in California for his health, which has not been of the best lately. He wijl visit with Henry Gerke’s brotner, Fred, and family at Oakland, California, and thence go to Los Angeles and other cities of the southwest. Before leaving on his long trip he will visit with his sisters and other relatives at Plymouth, Indiana, and Chicago. 4 - ■_ - The home of Mrs. William Zerkel was the scene of a happy wedding Sunday, when at high noon her daughter, Miss Elva May, became the bride of Quincy Orlando RRter of Steele. The wedding was solemnized by the Rev. Horace Kohn of WHlishire, Ohio. Both are highly respected young people and are wholly deserving of the many good wishes bestowed uppn them for a happy and prosperous voyage through life. to our hearts are the scenes of our childhood.” How happy then were the hearts of the Bright children, when “Ma” Bright of Craigville said, “Come home next Sunday:” for only they know what it is to go home to mother and her well-filled table, which It was last .Sunday when all- the children and their families responded to the invitation. The Ladles’ Mite society of the M. E. church will hold an important meeting in the church parlors at the close of the quilting bee on Thursday, afternoon, March 10th. Some business will he transacted and a bargain sale of gingham aprons, handkerchiefs and other ready-made articles will be held. All members are asked to be present. 0 Seth Smith of Petoskey, Mich., was the guest of honor at a dinner given Sunday by Free Frisinger, Covers were laid for seven, other guests' be- : ing Tracy Nelßon, Dick Peterson, Vane ■ Weaver, Will Hammell and Carl i Smith. - . 1 —' 1 Theodore Hale Parker is th« name ,

of a nine-pound boy born to the Rev. and Mrs. Earl B. Parker of nete. Mrs. Packer ,waa formerly Miss. Genevieve Hale of this city, daughter of; Mr. and sfs. - JoVn Minnie Fuelling was given- a Patty In eelebrntion of her birthday anikiltersary, which proved to be a Yepr ttkpoyable one, frt which a large junnher of her friends and relatives - <*• J 1 ' " . ' & >•■!'«■ ffTr-MCS Mrs. Irvin Brandyberry and ' family jhad as their guests at dinner BAbday Mr. and Mrs. Sheline. formerly of Denver, Colorado, and Mrs. Luoinda Coon. > i*k mmmmrnmmmm tAe' Lady Maccabees held their semt-annual installation of officers Monday evening, the officers being thoflp announced a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. of Baldwin are spending the week with their children, Mrs. Oscar Jones and William Frank and families. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid will meet with Mrs. Charles Loch at her home on Fifth street Thursday afternoon. The Fortnight club will be entertained by Mrs. Fred Blosser Thursday afternoon. ' Mrs. D. F. Quinn and children were entertained at dinner Sunday by MrsMary Eley. Mrs. Sarah Decker, one of the oldest members of the W. R. C., has invited all thb members to a dinner to be .given W her home tomorrow noon. This promises to be one of the pleasant events of the W. R. C. life. . fid — o Miss Margaret Gordon was at Fort Wayne Sunday, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Anna Golden. Homer Lower, mail carrier on Ruruhl Route 3, who has been suffering from a threatened attack of appendicitis, is somewhat worse and he has been obliged to discontinue his work again. He had been off duty for about tw<> weeks, and Saturday resumed work, also working Monday. His substitute is carrying the mail again today in his place. Mrs. Frank Kiser and ten months’ old son of Portland, Oregon, are visiting uer Drotner, Roy Wolford, ond other, relatives and fr|ends here. They came to this city from Linn Grove, where they had been visiting with his parents and relatives. Mr. Kiser is working at Huntington, and they will probably spend the summer here. Mrs. Kiser was formerly Mill Lizzie Wolfofd of Root township and was born and reared here. Mr.' Kiser was formerly editor of the Decatur News. Mrs. Louis Holthouse went to Fort Wayne this morning to spend the day. Henry Scherry of Preble, wjho in January had his right eye operated upon for the removal of a growth, went to Fort Wayne again this morning for treatment. The eye was not doing very well and it was necessary to operate upon it again Saturday. The large tan hound sent by WellsFargo express, which broke its crate and escaped Sunday while being transferred in this city, has been recovered by Agent Ben Elzey and sent on its way. The dog went to the home of Aaron Devinney, where it made itself at home and was fed until Mr. DeVinney learned to whom it belonged and turned it. over. V. D. Bell of Craigville was in Bluffton today on business. He annoufaces that he has had the old sawmill put into shape for operation and will have it started running next week. His first work In the mill will be to cut timber for new buildings on a farm of 160. acres north of Craigville on which his son lives. He will have the barn enlarged and will have a large com crib built and some cow and stock sheds erected. When the work is completed the farm will he one of the best equipped with buildings in that sectloh of the county.— Bluffton News. After being out more than fortyeight hours, the jury in the damage case of Beckman vs. The Fort Wayne ft Springfield interurban line brought in a verdict of disagreement Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock and were then discharged by Judge Cook. The vote for the first twent-one hours of deliberation varied from seven to nine for a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and from three to five for the defendant During the last twenty-four hours the balloting had been in favor of the plaintiff nine to three. The case was venued to this court from Allen county, Fort Wayne.—Huntington N ew8 ~ Democrat '■k; -——-— 1 m. ■ Take a hint, do yoiir own mixing. Rough on Rats, being all poison, one 15c box will spread or make 50 to 100 lltle cakes that will kill 500 or ffiore rats and mice. It’s the unbeatable exterminator. Don’t die lu the house. Beware .of imitations, taubstltutea and catch-penny, ready-foe-use. devices.