Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1910 — Page 1

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I ,1 * ’ k 1 « *k tnt k*k rrTd« u ’* u,ct “j® 1 h ® re pi?. . <1 and Saturday, August, 80th, as the a‘. date. Only a few of the county chairmen were in attendance at the ftaeeting, denoting this early a lack of interest in this event. Wednesday, I , IZ" jtwo™ .1 W “d‘ ™e I I doctor iir 1308 No discussion~of csn* I didates was considered at the meed A chairmen who were present thought { a. I I MOVED GOODS OUT. I Xme th a e nd theJoSs out on the ft Street, thuft giving H&lcy possession. iMnne important state and civil I' frt. « * V 1 . . i r •, . . . - tv. ‘“v_i 1 BS aMvn th Jiwand dollar damage other era. ttat .Oita hotI ly contested. ■H& fe. Attorn DV ss filed two cases toI' ■ • y. , —. te;.. y B . I _ -1 fl j . XL e. i > r E* r until October m, f. me nt Is also alleged. ft — v I . tataxtzeoAk. WILL BE BRAKEMAN. fc** «tato. «»» tor »«’•■»> ta»f I X T C tao K>; • ■ . » work wk the G R & I as brakeman I He passed his examination success I signed °to duttes” It ’s I n d etoatehißh™nt e hiB h ™n wiUto railroad for some time and is well ae- | quainted with the work, and he win I no doubt make a good man in this h f th h Ineas F Frank J O'Donnell the press repI | their exhibit in this city on WednesAugust lOtn. Their first oili carl Ltete oombtaea'°Xta'” bo

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i*®* 4 ™’ and tagtaows this year ey expect, an V used to t e tie about it. The Colmnbiasi^ Qffict spoke of their performance there a| week or so ago and they pronounced the crowd in attendance the largest ever seen in that city, and the show everything and more -an was mti pected. One of the causes for the crowd there wm a circus war between this combination and the Robinson show, and both ot them cut their belt in the advertising lines, 'me [ Hagenbeck-Wallace show, however, laid their opponents in the shade. They come hero from Bluffton, where they show on the 9th, and from here are transferred'to the Grand Rapids tor Portland the day following their date here. Every man. woman ami I child in Adams county should see this show in thU city on Wednesday. morntog 0 ’ aea uie 0 ® I n fe jL ABOUT'tH< SICK. >d | n n ■■ . I AJiSS Gvp uorwin, wdo was very i Wayne, but Who had recovered and returned home, suffered a relapse and to ForWayned where she wHI take a course of treatment. ' ■ - -'“‘i rts that C S P eHemeye e r ornearMagley, who Zl lastZeZ and'sustained what was thought to be weaker. Her Wtreroe OM age of I ninety-two years Is said to be against i her rapid recovery. <. > . 1 The family of Dr. J. C. Grandstaff of Preble Is suffering from colds and [ crOUp. ••- •• . John Hoffman and daughter, Rote/ Bertha Bieberiek at Preble. Miss i Bieberick was taken very sick last I week at the >#»me of Charite VogleI '"'W' * ■r ■ W v»fncr fwsm <rnll ctoTtAQ QT>TVPT)(Ii« | SlITIvl citfs and other complications* She is somewhat better. J o- ■ ■■—.• .. In the list’ of 285 Hoosiers whose names are enrolled in the great book, I “Who’s Who in America,” Adams county is honored with one place, given to Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, of Geneva, author and Illustrator, whose books have become universally read in the United States and become so famous that one of her latest ones is listed seventh or eighth among the best sellers of last year, an honor not easily attained. The edition of “Who’s I Who in America?” Is revised and issued every two years, and as one per, iwwe ta the woote It will tart »<m out and tell th. world who you are and why. Our neighboring city of Ft Wayne has thirteen of its ciUxens In the “Who’s Who” list, including the following: Herman Joseph Alerding, bishop: Wililam P. Breen, lawyer; Thomas Emmet Ellison, lawyer; New ton Whiting Gilbert, lawyers William George Loutit, author-lawyer; Martin Luecke, college president; John Morris, lawyer; Mlles Fuller Porter, surgeon; James M. Robinson, congressman; Joseph Martin Schmidt, college president; Henry Thorne Sell, clergyman; Frank Buysley Taylor, geologist; Robert Stewart Taylor, lawyer. o ONLY COST HER TEN. I TnsHttnoYwllc Tnrl Tiilv 97close the mouth of her mothLmlaw, was fined |lO, but lost her mother-in. law'as a member of the family. Mrs. Lavina Brandoh, toe mother-in-law, admitted’in court that she was a “very tedious old person,” and told of the pasting of the fly paper across her mouth. — o- — Miss Pansy Bell, who, with Mrs. Eva Gregg and children of Greenfield, I left June 20th for a tour of Europe, r^ y ™ tee kted I O . tF D I aXZXh^te^°tZon B U?eZX i fnrmA.l hut intAFAfitinff t hrouffhout I I Ala -1 11 I

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Ito attend lot Sunday. July Mte. I which la a portrayal ot the Ute and sufferings of the Savior, given by the I people of the village of OberammerTaRIUM ken by them whan visPI ed by- a great plague many years-ago. The Decatur party will proceed on their tour from Munich, Germany visiting tod chief pointe of interest in Holland, England, etc., and set sail from Glasgow, Scotland, August 20th. w. : - ; ..—n I ,"——. ——O-——— —— For one time in his life Father Wilken has to acknowledge that he was surprised. The ice cream social which was so extensively advertised for Tuesday evening packed the parochial school yards to the limit, and Just before the reaF festivities began a short program was given and this was not previously advertised. Father Flaherty, assistant at the St. Mary's] church, made several pleasing remarks, and then introduced Judge Merryman, who as a citizen, spoke I eloquently and earnestly es the church and the great good done under I the pastorate of thirty years by Fatfiler Wilken, much ot his remarks beI ing a personal testimonial of the I worth, high standing and friendship for the veteran priest whp has for so I many years devoted himself to his I Christian work, both in the church I and out of it. Father Eberly, a tormler assistant at St. Mary’s, and who I was here five years ago, find who had I charge of the silver jubilee at that I time, was present and spoke feelingly and with much earnestness. He is I now located at Goshen, where he is 1 making great progress in his life’s I work. E. X. Ebinger, representing the congregation, then pretented T Father Wilken with thirty silver dollars' and a basket of roses, and on beI half of the congregation denoted their continued love and friendship for their pastor. This is the surprise, and then Father Wilken wakened up to the fact that they had completely fooled him. He was equal to the occasion, however, and made a happy re ply and all during the rest of the evening he was the happiest of the many hundred in attendance at the ice cream social. Following the program ice cream and cake were served, and’ a mighty good social time enn:—L— PERFORMED AN OPERATION. • '•1 •’ William Schamerloh Underwent an Operation at Home Today. Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne and . Drs. C. S. and D. D. Clark of this city performed an operation on William Schamerloh of Union township, the 1 operation being performed this morn--1 ipg, and it was a success in every . way. For some time Mr. Schamerloh I has been suffering from appendicitis and it was of such a nature that it ' required toe removal of the appendix ' and this was done this morning. A > nurse is in charge of the case and * unless something unlocked tor turns ■ up the patient will be entirely recovi ered In a short time. o — NICK WOULD BE FOR HIM. . -j* . ??$-;•- . The Indiana Situation as Viewed by - Ohio Keynoter. In a neighboring state there Is being waged a fierce contest for a senatorship, a republican and-a democrat have been named by their respective parties as candidates. The republican, candidate voted against the tariff bill at the last session of congress, as I believe, mistakenly, through dissatisfaction, I am convinced, with only some of the details of the bill and not because he did not support the elemental principles upon which it was based. In those, I am convinced, we are in hearty accord. Jhe in whether a republican or a democrat- shall Iks senator. If I lived in Indiana I would be for Senator Beveridge.—Nick Longworth in Ohio Keynote. It is now Mr. and Mrs. John Kratzer, if you Please, that happy and smiling groom Informed his friends {here Wednesday, with great pleas|,ure, when he and his bride, formerly I Miss Mary Deeber, returned from | Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the said I ceremony took place. The couple I were refused a marriage license here hast Saturday because they, fn toe opinion of the county clerk and judge did not measure up to the requirements of toe strict Indiana marriage I law. The couple, ft is said, left that [supposed was in the lax and easy

, held good there also. They then re- ; turned to this city, where they rei mained six or seven hours, and left for Ann Arbor, where Mr. Kratner says there was no difficulty in getting the knot tied Tuesday, and the erstwhile twain are now one. John han proven himself a man of enterprise and wiH. let no obstacle stand between himself and the height of bls ambition. - ■ hi in* ■ -A . fl, . BOCIAL A SUCCESS. The ice cream social given last ev ening at jthe home of Miss Pansy Ball on Fifth street was a success throughout and a neat sum was realized from toe effort. It was given under the! auspices;of the gold side of the membership Os the United Brethren church and all -worked ardously to make it a success. A large number were in attendange and those in charge are thankful for the patronage received. * Columbus, Ohio, July 27—(Special -to Daily Democrat)—Today’s republican state convention opened at 1:55. James R. Garfield dropped his fight against the endorsement of the PayneAldrich tariff law. Without a fight or a protest the convention adopted the administration plantform as presented by Senator Dick. Senator Burton . wan named as permanent chairman, and the platform as adopted endorsed President Taft for renomination in 1912 ,and endorsed the Ohio congressional delegation. Thq mention of the president was generous in toe extretae, tad the endorsement of the present tariff law was written by the friends Os the administration and no change was made in its phraseology. Grand Island. Nebr., July 27— (Spec! ai to Daily Democrat)—After listening to a passioned appeal made by W. 3. Bryan, the democratic state , convention rejected county local option. as i°ne of their platform princi- . pies. The vote was 465 to 394, and upon the substitution of the minority . for the majority report the vote was > 647 to; 198. The majority report was > then by acclamation. : «■ ■ ..Yi; ■-■-1»- O PICNIC LARGELY ATTENDED. German Reformed Sunday School Has Day of pleasure at Maple Grove. In spite of the rain* last night the ' weather was very favorable today, tn fact more so since the dust had been 1 allayed—for the picnic given at Mar pie Grove park today by the German 1 Reformed Sunday school. There was 5 ■special arrangement made by the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway for the ' conveyance of the crowds to the park, 1 and all the regular cars took large 1 crowds to toe park, and all the regut lar cars took large numbers to and c fro during the day. Refreshment L booths did a thriving business, as did 1 all amusement stands, and pleasure 1 reigned everywhere. > — ■ >, I — ~O— • —" The National Dairy Union of St. Paul, Minn', has some good things to say about the dairy cow, which may prove Interesting to many of our t farmer friends, so we reproduce it: The dairy cow, if able, 3 to express herself in away which toe humau - family would tamprehend, might well . lay claim to being ffiAfi'S bflSt ftiehd. - She might establish such a claim by . calling attention to the fact that from , her product and from her carcass man - manufactures more of the necessities t of life than from any other similar , source. She furnishes these necessi ■ ties to him from infancy until such [ a time as temporal things are no long- ; er associated with his existence, and t she does it ungrudgingly and con- ; stantly. In addition to contributing to man's . necessity and his pleasure, the prosi perity of an agricultural community l is more closely identified with her ; than with any otner of toe domestic animals. The horse is quite essential in tilling the soil, but where ne- . cessity requires it the sturdy son of the cow can take his place, as he has done in every agricultural section on . earth. The horse can only furnish labor and can only return a profit to his owner when conditions are right for returning satisfactory grain crops. It is a wel known fact that the dairy cow Is the salvation of toe farmer in times of poor chops, as she is able to convert the rough crops which are never a total failure, into dairy products, which always have a cash value, j In addition to this she furnishes skim milk and butter milk tor the calves, pigs and poultry and fertility for toe toll, without which a farm v becomes tone vatanbfe each year and

the whole country less prosperous. The elimination of the dairy cow wofftd necessitate an almost revol jtionary readjustment of man’s tastes and requirements. It would mean untold suffering and hardship. Os -course she will not de dispensed with I but her value can perhaps best be appreciated by contemplating such a loss. , She will continue to be man’s best friend as long as the human family exists and will keep on supplying him 1 with his greatest* needs, just as she has done through all the ages. THE NATIONAL DAIRY UNION, ff K. Slater, Sec’y, St Paul, Minn. -o The Waynesburg (Pa.) Times gives the following account of the funeral services tor Leyton Potter, the young man who committed suicide in Steel’s park, this city, a week ago Tuesday, and whose remains were taken to Carmichaels, Pa., by bis fiancee, Miss Martha Armstrong: Shortly after 5 o’clock on Sabbath evening the remains of Prdf. Leyton , Potter were laid to rest in Laurel Point cemetery at Carmichaels, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends and acquaintances. The body had arrived at Rice’s Landing on the noon train, was taken.in charge by the Huffman undertaking establishment, and was to the home of James D. Fienniken, where the services were held at 4 o’clock. The services were conducted by Dr. J. C. Mead of Waynesburg, who was a close personal friend of the deceased, and who was assisted by Dr. Hudson of Waynesburg. Solemn and impressive were the services throughout. Dr. Mead spoae in part as follows: “Leyton Potter was a choice young man. As his pastor I knew him well and loved him much. On the Sabbath he was usually in his pew, an alert and appreciative listener, or in the choir with his violin, of which he was both master and servant He was a musician by natural instinct and culture. He was also a literate tad acquainted with philosophy, often conversing upon the underlying prin ciples of a Sababth discourse with an interest and animation seldom found i in sermon hearers, and especially noteworthy in one so young. His wta the trandescended type of mind. His ■ materialization, however, was distinctt ly poetical and artistic. The spiritual i predominated and a spiritual that re- ■ sponded to the divine, rather than the i sensual, which is not true of all t spiritual natures. He was scrupulous- ; ly clean, both physically and morally. > “As a musician he was a master of , technique, and his performance show- > ed how studiously and conscientiously - he had labored under master instruo- [ tion. He was a genius, but a eultl- ; vated genius. Prot find Mrs. Best 1 were his “fbster parents” and loved » him hs a son, directing his musical educatton in American and making it him to have the best that line that Germany ! had to offer. i “But it was the ‘soul’ rather than • the ‘technique’ or his music that most impressed us. He seemed to me co f be at his best in sacred music and l grafid anthems and «>mns. F is s^nl- [ predominated his violin, now rising 12 . Bublime adoration, now sobbing in penitential notes, now trembling with dei vout awe, now tender and sweet with the passions of love. The violin, the , most personal of all musical instruments, was distinctly his instrument, “No soul can have these qualities and a morally pure mind and body without having a pure faith. His complex nature, strung so tensely as his violin, was delicate in the extreme; struck by the hand of sympathy and love it responded superbly; struck by the coarser necessities of practical life it—well, like a violin struck by rough hand —broke. Alone and moneyless bis courage failed, but I do not believe his faith, which turned his soult to the infinite, I do not believe his faith failed.” Among the many Waynesburgers who were in atendance were Dr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Mead, Dr. William Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Huffman, Mr. and Mrs. William Stewart, Miss Nannie Randolph, Misses Anna Jeffrey, Sara Bole, Lena Hook, Mr. Tabler, Arthur Patterson and A. G. Crago. — > • ~ o —. > ■ ■ Hugh Daniels of Bobo was acquitted of toe charge of stealing chickens, while Clinton Death was bound over to the circuit court, his bond being fixed at |IOO, which was promptly furnished by his father, Clifford Death. The two young men were arrested Sunday morning on the

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■ 1 ■ r*—TTr charge of chicken stealing, preferred by Adam Gephart, and their trial set for today before ’Squire Stone The court room of this justice was filled Wednesday at the time of the trial with the many friends of the two I young men who are quite popular in their neighborhood. Prosecutor H. B. Heller appeared tor the state, while the defendants bad as their counsel, Peterson & Moran. A clerk of William Stettler, a poultry buyer of Willshire, Ohio, was one of the chief witnesses in the case. He stated that he had made out a check in payment for some poultry to W. F. Williams, the seller, and he thinks that Death was the man who represented himself. as Williams. He could not, however identify Daniels as being in any way connected with any poultry dealings, and there being no circumstantial evidence against Daniels, he was acquitted, but Death was bound over to the circuit court. Mrs. Gephart, whose busband preferred the charge, was the loser of nine chickens April 28th, and the charge of the theft was laid at the doors of the two yenng men. ——————o— —•—— Indianapolis, Ind., July 27 —“The Indianapolis Sun, which is a republican newspaper, owned and edited by Rudolph G. Leeds, charges that? every republican elected on toe state ticket two years ago and now occupying office in the state house was elected dishonestly, through illegal and cor nipt practices. Now, will these gentlemen, who profess to be honest officials, rest under this charge, coming as it does, from their own party? Or wil Ithe Sun go a step further, and demand that these officers surrender their offices to the democrats who were defeated on the face of the returns?” This is the statement of U. S_. Jackson, democratic state chairman, based upon the admission of republicans that their state candi dates, elected two years ago, were elected illegally. This charge was made by democrats at the time, but with the machinery in republican hands there was no possibility of mak- . iqg ft stick. Evidence was, gtahered show that 2,000 of the 2,700 foreigners who voted the republican ticket in Lake county two years ago were voted illegally. Records es the immigration bureau show that they had not been in the. United States to exceed six months when they voted. The law requires a year’s residence. The 2,000 votes which are now admitted by republicans to have been illegal and corrupt, defeated the democratic ticket with the exception of governor and lieutenant governor and superintendent of public instruction. If they had hot been cast the entire democratic ticket would have been elected: The republicans wofl utH to pl? ceed 1,099, which was the plurality of David A. Myers, for judge of the appellate court. First district “The democrats charged fraud and illegal practices at the time,” said Mr. Jackson, “and nbw the republicans admit it. Is it not up to them to resign and surrender each office to the democrats who were thus illegally defeated? I call upon them to do so if they are honest, conscientious men.” The Sun is a rampant Beveridge supporter, and is understood to be Very C) ose to tanqtor, Sv cioSO fn fact that the inference being drawn, that if Beveridge did not know ani approve of the Sun’s charges before they were made, Me was at least not averse to their being published. The Sun says: “The cornipt practices in Lake county in the last campaign are still fresh in the minds of the people. It was proven that nearly 3,000 foreigners were illegally voted in Lake county, men who had not been in this country long enough to be naturalized. The tremendous republican majority which that county gave and which saved the republican state ticket, was illegal, corrupt and rotten to toe core and it is the shame of the republican party in this state that it ever defended the voting of a herd of foreigners less than six months aWay from Castle Garden, men who could not read or write or understand the English language.” .. o- — INITIATION THIS EVENING. A Class of Four Will Take Work in Modern Woodmen. The weekly gathering of the Modern Woodmen wil be held this evening at their hall and a class of four candidates will be given the degree work. Everyus in readiness and all tnat Is required is that a large number of the members be on hand to help make it a memorable affair. Be sure and come.