Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1910 — Page 5

g- ■ ... ■ LL'LJ , „ . .—J fl''Rev. Sherman Powelt paritdrof the Methodiet church of this city/left Tuesday for Bluffton, Where he will ’ attend the annual North Indlhna' c6nference. While this began Sunday I morning with a sermon by H. A. Cobln, vice president of 'the Depauw unlversity, and with sermons Sunday | and Monday evening!, the coriference proper did not opeh'Until this afternoon at 2 o’clock With the conference | examinations by 1. K. Cecfl, chairman j , and with addresses In the evening. The past year for the local church has been a most prosperous One. A tfhort < review brings to notice the successful revival of last winter, and the net I gain during the year of fifty members, with twenty-five probationers. There [ were more unions to the church dur- | Ing this time, but as some of the old ones were removed on aacount of change In residence or by death, the net gain may be considered in this way. All of the societies and organizations of the cnurch have become I strengthened and enlarged and the I Sunday school In particular is flourI ishlng. During the past year noted I improvements of the church building I have been made at a cost of four I thousand dollars, and both spiritually and materially the church has gained I during the closing year, making the I period one of rejoicing. The service | of Rev. Powell has been most effiL clent and great In results and the fact ( that the board asked for his return I to the charge this year Is but one of | the marks of the great esteem in Bwhich he and his wife are ’held here, p ,— r ——I I I This Is an Easy TreL I t - - h | Sprinkle Ansa's tart** 1a |> shoe and none la the ether, and notice the difference. 4hwt the thing I to use when suhbeps or overshoes I becOßle I to pinch. *M everywhere, 15c. | Don’t accept any etibstMnrte. , I " ■ ■ u jr,l’j*"" l ■ INO BACKACHE KfDNEY WAINS. I If you have pains -1 mthe ’back, ur- ■ tnary, bladder or kttinay trouble, dis|j ziness and lack Os energy, try Mother H Gray's Australtan-Leaf, the pleasant I herb Cure. As a regulator it has.no I euaL -At draggWts, or Uy mall, 25c. ■ Ask today- Sample ffree. Address, | The Mother Gray Co., LeTtoy, N. Y. ■Stfe ~ o—- 1 I S. C. Cramer, well .known teacher I and minister of this city has returned ■ from Kokomo, where on last SaturII day he was married Ao Miss Leona I Spraher a popular young lady of that ■ city. Mr. and Mrs. Cramer are now ■ moving their household goods to the H ' Cramer Cann east of this city, where II they will make rtheir home, and Mon ■ day evening they were given a great, ■ ovation and welcome —-in other words ■ an old fashioned helling—-and the air | In that vicinity was quite merry for ■ many hours. The wedding came as a fl great surprise to many, for when Mr. I Cramer left last Friday for Kokomo, ■ very few knew of his Intentions in ■ the matrimonial line. Mr. Cramer ■ has been engaged in the profession ■ of school teaching for some time ,and ■ is at present principal of the south B ward schools. He is also a minister K in the Evangelical church and in con- ■ I nectlon with his school duties served ■ for some time the past winter as pasfl tor of the Evangelical church at Port- ■ land. The wedding was solemnized fl by Elder J. X Wise of .Fort 'Wayne. 9 > Mr. and Mrs. Cramer have the best B wishes oC all. oB DON’T GET AL LRU NDOWN, HI weak and miserable. If you 'have kid■Xney or bladder trouble, headache, B pains in the back, and feel tired all B over and want a pleasant bedb cure, fl try Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf. As B a regulartor it has n® equal. All drugfl gists, 50c. Ask today. Sample dree. B Address, The Mother Gray <Co„ Le- ■ w. m. y. a Ij GIVE BENEFIT PLAY APRIL IWK IB The Decatur High school Athletic |B association is pushing arrangements bl for the minstrel and play to he given Bl by them April 15th for the benefit <rf |B th® association. The first half of the |B evening will be given over to the minH strel, in which Free Frlstnger, Carl France, Earl Colter, Lawrence Biggs. H Gregg Neptune and Frank DeVoss B| will serve as end men, and bring forth 111 in their inimitable way all the latest HI hits in this line. The second part HI of the evening will be devoted to the fll presentation of Frank Dumont’s, ‘The B| District Convention.” This will be a M| burlesque on modern political convenB|tions. Each nationality with all its Hu peculiarities will vie for the office of B| mayor, and in the end a woman will Bl come along and bring things to a cilMmax by taking the position herself. The parts in the performance will all ||Hbe taken by the high school students, jflmany of Whom are quite well known Hlto the public, having often before apgglipeared in amateur theatrical produc■Htions. The association should be givHflen the encouragement of the public. ■■Tickets will be sold for twenty-five ■cents. SMK —— o Ben Beavers, who has been spendHBng his Easter vacation with his par- ' Kents, returned to Crawfordsville MonH|day noon, where he will resume his UrtudiM. :

Albert Meyer, eldest son of ilfnest Meyer, living northwest of Decatur, near the Bethlehem Lutheran churcn In Wells, county, died Monday even- * Ing at 5, o’clock from diabetes. He t had . been ailing for some time, but 1 had been' bedfast only since Saturday, ’ and Friday* afternoon he wdi wed ' enough to males a trip to Echo. 1 ue. ( young man was born September 4, 1892, in Fort Wkyke, but in childhood , went with his parents to Wells county, where he spent the remainder of ‘ his life. His mother has preceded j .him in death -and he leaves fatiftnV t step-mother and several brothers and sisters. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock 1 from the Bethlehem Lutheran churcli. : ■ - ■■ - o 1 — .» SAVED A SOLDIER'S LIFE. Facing death from shot and shell In the civil war was more agreeable to J. A. Stone of Kemp, Tex., than facing it from what doctors said was consumptnln. *1 contracted a stubborn cold,” he writes, "that stuck to me in spite of an remedies for years. My weight ran down to 140 pounds. Then I began to use Dr. king’s New.. Discovery, which completely cured me, I now weigh 178 pounds.” For coughs, ceMte, lagrippe, asthma, hemorrhage, hoarseness, croup, whooping cough and lung trouble It’ b supreme. 50c and |I.OO. Trial, bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists. • 0 — An Informal business meeting of the trustees of the townships of Adams county was held Monday at the office of L. ®. Opllger, couqty superintendent of schools. The quarterly report, Showing the total sales of the schodl books 'during the last quarter was made and the trustees also qualified lor lhe taking of the . annual enumeration of the school children of : the county, this including all children between itbe ageb of six and twentyone years. The enumeration must oe taken between April 10th arid 30th. The iarriinffements for another county 'commencement were also made. This will be held at Geneva June Sth, and Dr. W. M. Ferris of Big Rapids, Mich., president of the Ferris institute, will £ive'the address. Dr. Ferris is known to all here, having been one of the instructors at the county institute last ftill.’ The trustees of all the northern townships and nearly all of lhe southern townships agreed to give their teachers the privilege of attendIpg tthe Northern Indiana Teachers* association convention at Fort Wayne < on’Friday of this week at regular pay. This graqt ig ..made because the meetring this year is so close and the ati tendance will be of infinite advantage. ’Any teacher wishing to attend the convention may secure a ticket admitting him to any of the sessions by remitting twenty-five cents to Mr. 'Opliger. ■ ’ O 111 HOW GOOD NEWS SPREADS. L 1,.. - ' “I am 70 years old and travel most ' Os the time” writes B. F. Tolson of ’ Elisabethtown, Ky. “Everywhere I ■ go I recommend Electric Bitters, because I owe my excellent health and ■ Vitality to them. They effect a cure • every time.” They never fail to tone I the stomach, regulate the kidneys . and bowels, stimulate the liver, in- ■ vigorate the nerves and purify the blood. They work wonders for Weak, run down men and women, restoring strength,’vigor and health that’s a dally joy,j Try them. Only 50c.. ‘ Satisfaction- is positively guaranteed [ by all druggists. z ~, , * r" . ... I It sems .quite probable that Sam Fisher and family, who for, many > years have been town characters, have left to seek their fortunes in pastures green. Jbr the past year they have ; been living in a Mttle house at the extreme end of High .street and neighj bors in that Vicinity' state thiat one i evening last Week < Sam "Was seen to i load himself and family into one of ! the box cars standing on the side J ttrack> on the Stover iLeaf railroad and . the next day the car was gone and , Mr. Fisher and family have not been seen here since. The little house in i which they made their abode, has been t broken, into in the meantime and the ' Sidewalls and the windows broken in ' and what little furniture they had , broken and ransacked. It is said that ( Sam Md some of the neighbors bei fore their departure that they were . going to Buffalo, but whether on a i pleasure trip or for permanent resf idence is unknown. On the eve of [ their departure he came to town and . stocked UP with provisions to last for some time on their trip.... Among the [ many children of the Fisher family is a babe but four weeks old. o- ; Miss Gertrude Moses, who went to . Marion last Tuesday for a visit, and . who suffered an attack of rheumatism that left her unable to walk for sev- , eral days, is much better and yesterday was able to leave for West Baden, where she will take a course of treat- . meat. Misses Celia and Cecil Andrews and . Master Vane Thompson went to Fort , Wayne to visit with their aunt and mother, Mrs. Roaenwinkle-

MANY CHILDREN ARE 6ICKJ.Y. ' “1 Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for ( Children, used by Mother Gray, a ( nurse in Children's Home, New York, break up eOlds In 24 hours, cure fever- 1 Ishness, headache, stomach troubles, ’ teething,' disorders,' 'and destroy ( worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sampie mailed free, Address, Allen B. Olmstead, Leßoy, N. t- ■.... .i. ; ' o < ’ For Deep Seated Colds and coughs < Allen's Lung Balsam cures when all ] other remedies fall. This old medi- . cine has been sold for over 40 years. , 25c., 50c. and 11.00 bottles. All deal- 1 srs. ', . i —-— o- ' 1 The Smith & Bell Lumber firm, qne j of the oldest and most reliable busl- ( ness concerns in this city, Is no longer , in existence, as may be seen from a j notice of dissolution elsewhere. The ( deal has been on for some time arid was closed Monday, On which date , A. J, Smith took over the Interest of ■ A. R. Bell in the big concern. The Smith & Ben was fonhed . in 1886, twenty-four years ago, and has existed continuously since. Dealers in hard Wood lumber their business has extended far into the thousands each year, growing into one of the best known concerns of the kind in the middle west. Until a few years ago they conducted a sawmill here and at other places over the country, but during the past ten years they have acted as jobbers, buying and selling the lumber. About a year ago they established a yard in this city, Where .they store the timber instead of having it scattered all over several states. Mr. Bell retires from the firm, simply because he wishes a-rest ’ from the burden of so many ydars in a business in which every minute is a strain. Mr. Smith feels that being ten years the junior of hjs partner he will be able to continue the business, and he will do SO iri thri same business like manner Os the past Mr. Bell will probably., spend several months this summer at Where he Jias a cottage. Further than this he has ne, plans for future. According to the dissolutlo i notice A. J. Smith takes over all the matters pertaining to the business. Messrs. Smith & Bell are well known here as well as in the timber world of the entire country. Mr. Bell, who retires, is the oldest member of the firm in years and service, having been engaged in the tie and lumber business for • twenty-eight years. He had the tie contracts for the C. & E. railroad and’for the Clover’Leaf when the latter was made a broad gauge road. ,In 1886 park nerehip with ML Smith was i§med and the business relations between the two men have been moat pleasant and congenial. Each has worked faithfully and have accumulated some proof as a result. We wish both Smith and Bell cohtinued success and prosperity. ' — < ' •-o ■ I —— IF YOU ARE A TRIFLE SENSITIVE About the size of your shoes It’s some ' satisfaction to know that many people | can wear shoes a size smaller by shaking Allen's Foot-Ease Into them. Just the thing for patent leather sboes, and for breaking In new shoes. Sold everywhere, 25c. INTERESTING SESSION. The local lodge of Odd Fellows held a very interesting session 'last evening at their hall and mwdh ’business pertaining to the betterment of the order wae talked over. The -degree work was given to three'candidates, and a good time was '.had while the work was admiatetexed. Arrangements were, also made for a celebration, which will take pteoe 'on next Monday and which will be sa motable event for the lodge, A number of speakers from dut of the ettjy will be here to address the membets and a large delegation from the south part pf the county Is expected. ——; ■ Medicines that aid nature are -ffiways most successful. Chamberhiftn's Cough-Remedy acts ori this plan. It loosens the cough, relieves the tangs, opens the secretions and aids nature In restoring the system to a healthy condition. Sold by all dealers. ATTENDS DISTRICT MEETING. Otto Wemhoff, local Prudential insurance agent, reports the meeting which he attended at Fort Wayne Monday a very good one. About fifty agents of the Fort Wayne district were present, meeting at the district offices In the Physicians’ Defense Building. Special and general work In connection with their business was taken up, and Mr. Nash of New York, formerly special ordinary Instructor of the company, was present and made an address upon the new monthly insurance policy originated by Mr. Nash and to be made a special feature of the company’s work. A general staff meeting followed. 1 o —————-— Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linn and sons, Lawrence and Billy, are spending the day in Fort Wayne. They will call on Mrs. Linn’s brother, Homer Lower, who Is recovering nicely from an operation for appendicitis at the Lutheran hospital. ’ ’, .

Bluffton, Ind., April s—(Specials—(Special to DgJ|jr Democrat)— The day before the ’ opening of trip great North Indiana J conference find Bluffton well fortl-, 1 fled to .take care of the crowds that .1 will attend from over the district. The . assignment committee has a place i for every preacher and his wife, and 1 while the task has been a strenuous i one, it has been accomplished, and 1 everybody is welcome tp (the. best 1 Bluffton has in store. All day long : the ministers and their wives have i been arriving and as soon as they have reached the church they have been taken to their temporary residence i in one of the five touring cprs that are at their call. By this evening i they will all be housed and ready ; for the opening of the session at 9 i o’clock in the morning. The city electrical department has strung Wires all around the church yard, and its approaches and the place will be one blaze of light. The stores are taking on a gala appearance and there is no doubt that Bluffton wiil present her very best foot to the many visitors that will be here during the week. The committee is receiving word every hour of a crowd that is coming from some point <u the conference, some coming in a special car, and great preparations are being made to entertain a record crowd Saturday and Sunday. A check room is installed in the church, where articles of clothing and lunch baskets can be checked, as it is expected some of the people coming Sunday will bring lunch for fear of the eating houses being overcrowded.. However, the committee on and boarding, houses Is constantly urging the people on What to expect, and several hundred can be handled at any time during the big mootin'. Uncle Saqi has provided c a branch postoffice with a regularly appointed postmaster and all mall will lie handled from the, church. A .telephone has. been Installed, telegraph station, and with the numerous "parts” of the church in this city there will be plenty of places for rest, after giving each committee all the room it needs. In this respect the local church will prove ideal for holding the conference. The Decatur minister, Rev. Powell, has been nicely located as to a place to stay during the session, he going to the home, of Mr. and Mrs. John RtudabakeL, well known In Decatur, as Bluffton’s wealthiest, man and quite an ardent prohibitionist. -. L - SAUNDERS. I'-i«n i •{•iiF’-aw o 1 ■, ■■■"; ALLEY’S XUN,G BALSAM. Has been used successfully for years for deep-seated coughs, colds, bronchitis. Everybody should know about it It is simple, safe and sure. ——— o Judge’ Merryman was at . Fort Wayne today, hearing Some action in i cases before ’Mm there as special ! judge, and consequently there was no session of . court here today. The February term of court will close Saturday and the April term begins next: Monday. This term will last nine weeks after which will come the summer vacation. The February term was not a very brisk 1 one, but it is expected that the Apr.l term will prove more lively. The lively appearance of the court house Monday has faded today and ‘ the old-fashioned quiet prevailed. The 1 selling of the stone roads Monday ’ caused the stir. k. V ; 1 Real estate transfers: H. 8. Michaud, auditor, to Jesse G. Niblick, “ 'pt. lot 28, Decatur, >1600; Ida ML 1 Beavers'e<? al to Fred W. Jaebker to [ Seth Beavers, pt lot 21, Decatur, >1; ' <Geo. D. Brown to Mary E. Gerdes, pilot 316, Decatur, >625; Howard Shacklley to C. C. D. Beberick, pt, lota 77L ' T 72, Decatur, >llOO. i The assembly room of the Fort i Wayne & Springfield railway office was a busy place Tuesday when firem seventy-five to one hundred of tae stockholders gathered In special session to consider some important snattor of business relating to the Aomgpany- The meeting was held at i: 30 e’clock and at the time of going to press nothtag definite could be gi /- en out for publication. Many of the stockholders were from various parts of Ohio and every train Into the city from early morrtag until the time of the meeting brought large numbers of them. At noon a Sumptuous dinner was served to the stockholders, the tables being laid in the large assembly room. During the day special Interurban care conveyed the stockholders along the line, where they viewed the line and the numerous points of interest along it e ... ‘ Chamberlain’! Stomach and Liver Tablets are safe, sure and reliabta and have ben praised by thousands of women who have been restored to health through their gentle aid and curative properties. Sold by all deal- ** • - y? (WEfegllill ■ . .. i. w* A •

A happy birthday surprise party 1 was that given Sunday by Henry Bloemker and Miss Minnie Bloemker. in honor of Mrs. Henry Bloemker's twenty-eighth birthday anniversary. Although the weather outside wad dis-' 1 agreeable, a very good time was spent inside with numerous social diversions and both dinner and supper were served to the guests. Mrs. Bloemker received many beautiful presents and good wishes for happy returns of the day. Those present were Grandma* Kreutzman, Lewis Kreutzman and children, Ida, Rosa and Elmer, Mr. and Mrs. William Kreutzman and children, Minnie and Otto, Mrs. Henry Hildebrand, Henry and Rosa Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Conrad and children, Susie, Walter and Martha, Mr. and Mrs. William Bracht and daughter, Emily, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Reppert, Mr. .and Mrs. Fred Bloemker, Sarah, Elmer, Alfred, Eddie Jaberg, Annie and Adolph Kolter. All arrangements for the dance to be given this evening at the hall of the Phi Delta Kappa lodge have been completed and the event promises to be one of the swellest affairs held in the city for some time. The members have gone to a great deal of trouble and expense to make the event an elaborate one and are looking for a large number of their friends to be present and make it a memorable One. A number of out of town guests will be in attendance and the music will be rendered by the city orchestra, which is made up of Bruce Patterson, Wilbur Drake, Elgin King, John Geary and Ralph Moser. o _______ Miss Glennys Mangold is arranging for a house party for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, guests from out of town to be Doris Acker, Mary and Helen Hale, Althea- Throp and Marjory Reddout of Geneva, and Zoa Hart of Huntington. - The Queen Esther Circle will give a ten cent social Friday evening at the home of Miss Ruth Gay to which the public is invited. An excellent arrangement of entertainment has been made. The Christian Woman’s Board of Missions will hold its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. E. H. Shoemaker Thursday afternoon at o’clock. The Adams County Medical association will hold its regular monthly business meeting at the office Os the Doctors Clark Friday evening, April Bth. Dr. Clark will read the paper. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Wilson H.’i pee. The meeting will open at 2*: 30 and there will be-a special program. Mrs. Guy Johnson will entertain the Fortnight club Thursday afternoon.

The Rebekah degree team is requested to be at the meeting this evening at which time the initiation of . Mesdames McCrory and Florence Tyndall will take place. The initiation was postponed rrom the last meeting until this evening, on account pf the illness of the candidates. .. ■■ Mrs. Albert Katterheinrlch will en- . tertain the Young People’s Bible class <rf the M. E. church at their regular bi-weekly meeting next Tuesday evening. It was.* royal banquet served At* noon today in the assembly robm of , the interurban building to about sixty of the stockholders of the compasty, who attended the business . meeting today. The dinner was a , most excellent one, those assisting in the preparation and serving being Mrs. W. H. Hedderjohann, Mrs. Herman Gerte, Mrs. Oliver Schug, Mrs. • Albert Katterheinrlch, Mrs. Roy Edi Inger, Misses Ida Dirkson, Flora, Ruth, arion and. Bertha Fledderjohann. ————o Artie DeVoss is here for a visit with ids parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. DeVom. He sea former Decatur man, ivrt for a number of years has been located in Houston, Texas, where he is prospering in the real estate and law business. He will be here for tw’o or three weeks. Miss Ruby Artman has returned from a visit with her brother, James, at Bluffton. James is working in that vicinity in the interests of the art company, known as the Decatur Photo company, which he and Will Burdg have established, with headquarters in this city, in which they are quite successful. ■ ”7 ■■ - — w TO MOTHERS IN THIS TOWN. Children who are delicate, feverish and cross will get immediate relief from Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the stomach,- act on the liver, make a sickly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Sample free. Address, Allen S Olmstead, Leßoy, N. Y.

THE COURT NEWS • if-'"'-’ ‘ : Special Judge Morau Ren- ,7. ders Judgment iri the Albert Knavel Case. A QUIET TITLE CASE Was Heard This Morning— Two New Cases Were Filed in Court. D. E. Smith has filed a new case entitled C, M. Andrews vs. Joseph Pfeiffer et al., quiet title. Heller, Sutton & Heller filed a new suit, Fort Wayne Foundry and Machine Co. vs. Geneva Murray et al., on note, >l5O. Geo. C. Baker vs. Catherine Place, contract, >175, appearance by C. J. Lutz for defendant. Oliver W. Storer vs. George Ep- . . stein, note and foreclosure of chattel mortgage, appearance by Peterson & Moran and J. R. Fleming for defend ant. ’ Eliza J. Sturgeon et al vs. William • G. Young, on contract, rule against plaintiff to reply to answer and crosscomplaint -- George W. Cramer vs. Peter Zlegenfus et at, quiet title, finding for plaintiff on complaint P. 0. Hojrer appointed commissioner. Deed reported. i v . Judgment was rendered on the verdict in the case of the State vs. Albert Knavei, who was fined one dollar andcosts. • '.!■■< —'-o James Schwartz of Monroe was a business visitor here Monday. e CONGREGATION MEETS TONIGHT Presbyterian* W|ll Hold Annual Sessioncat the- tbUrch Tonight The members <of the Presbyterian church will held itheir congregational meeting at the this evening and it is the earbest desire of the pastor and officers that all members 1 be present who can possibly do so. I This is an annual affair, at which time . reports of all departments of the church work and of the officials are heard. The work P ast y ear a ' will be reviewed and plans made for

the ensuing year, that it may be better and busier than ever. The officers will be electee., including elders and trustees, and there will be much to talk over. — „ o— A good crowd witnessed the play at the opera house Tuesday evening and were more than pleased with the performance. This evening will be their last performance here and they will present “The ex-President of Liberia,’’ which promises to be the best of the three plays. It is known everywhere s as a first-class comedy ,and if you are looking for a chance to laugh, don’t fail to be present this evening. ’"•Jaifk Mohytian, who has been stationed at Decatur, arrived here tod y to commence the work of testing out the gas lines in this city, preparatory * to the furnishing gas to Bluffton patrons. S. E. Mulholland, the district superintendent, is here also, from Fo.-t Wayne, looking after the business matters of the company here relative to business .. and office room, etc.—Bluffton News, Donald Woodmancy of Pittsburg is here the guest of Miss Margaret Cummings, who is making her home with Mrs. S. J. Laman. The engagement of this couple will likely be announced soon. Miss Cummings formerly lived in Ada, Ohio. She is a graduate of the art department of the university there and the best wishes of her many friends here will follow her. —O' ■ ■ — THIS IS A NEA3Y TASK. Shake Alien’s Foot-Ease in one shoe and not in the other, and notice a difference. Just the thing to use when rubbers or overshoes become necessary, and you shoes seem to pinch. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept and substitute. WHEN YOU’RE AS HOARSE as a crow. When you’re coughing and gasping. When you've an oldfashioned deep-seated cold, take Allen’s Lung Balsam. Sold by all druggists, 25c, 50c, and >I.OO bottles. o Qhildxaxi Ory - FOR FLETCHER’S C A S T O R IA