Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1910 — Page 7

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Just tour yerrs ago Wednesday, July 20, 1906, v.ti the beautiful Decatur library thrown open to the public, and while the opening was a most auspicious one, and the expectations for the results of the library great, the institution has grown far beyond the most sanguine and the fifth year, which begins today, gives promise of far exceeding all hopes. While it is impossible to convey in mere figures the tar-reaching educational influence of the -ibrary, and the many thousands of both young and old, who have been benefited by It, the report

, give some idea of the resources and ■ growth of the library, from month to ■ ( month during the year as well as from : year to year, for each month has i shown an increase :u number of bor,l rowers, readers, vis»cors and refer1 ence workers. The total number of , ' registered “borrowers” is now 1871. which is more than twice the number' i of the first year. Os the present number 241 were added during the past ' year. The increase of patronage from year to year can be seen from the ( following table: The first year the borrowers numbered 926; second year, 1,356; third year, 1,630; fourth' year, 1,871. During the year the num- J her of books loaned to the borrowers - -

' ; ; was 19,375, making an average monthly loan of l t W4. As an accurate record of all loans must be made in order to protect jhe property, to see that the books are not kept out longer than the regulation period, some idea of the bookkeeping required in this one department alone can be gained. The greatest demand for books in the past year was made in the month of February, when the loan reached the figure of 2,240, September was the quiet month, the circulation dropping to 933. The circulation by months was: August, 1909, 1,037; September, 933; October, 1,220; November, 1,650; December, 2,095; January, 1910, 2,024; February, 2,240; March, 1,933; April, 1J81; May, 17,95; June, 1,577; July, 1,072. The “banner days” of the year were December 31, 1909, with its loan of 130 books; November 30, 1909, 122 books; and February 19, 1910, 120 books. The resources of the library are large for a new one, the total number of books on the shelves being 4,300, of which number 430 were added during the year. The reading circle books, numbering twenty,, were purchased jointly by the school and library boards and placed in the library to be used by teachers during the school year and at Its close placed In general circulation. In addition to those added by purchase there were two gifts, highly acceptable—“ln and Out of Central America,” by tfie Shakespeare club, and “The American Accounting Encyclopedia,” by H. B. Heller. During March a self-sustain-ing fiction shelf was a new feature. Forty-eight copies of the most recent fiction were added. For each copy a charge of ten'cents is charged, the time limit being seven days. This is proving a great success. Decatur’s great pride can lie also in her excellent supply of periodicals for the read- , ing table, which is said to exceed that of any city library in this section of the state. The list of periodicals has been increased for the coming year and includes: Technical World, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, Century, St. Nicholas, World Today, Woman’s Home Companion, Review of Reviews, American Homes and Gardens, Scribner’s, Munsey’s, Outlook, Hooper’s Bazaar, Pacific Monthly, Success, Etude,' Pearson’s, Popular Electricity, Popular Mechanics, McClure’s, Camera Craft, Building Age, Woman Beautiful, Little Folks, Metropolitan, Travel Magazine, Masters in Art, The Designer, Beautiful Homes, American Boy, Youth’s Companion, Saturday Evening Post, Bay View Magazine, Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, Current Literature, Toledo Weekly Blade, National Geographic, Field and Stream, Recreation, Engineering Review, The Outing, Modern Machinery, Children’s I Magazine. A number of the metropolitan daily I papers and two local dally papers are I also on the tables. The library also I yields a revenue, the amount collected I during the year from fines, cards and [ rental of library hall being 3105.40. I The library is open every day of the I seven in the week, through the year, I excepting legal holidays. The hours ' are from 12 to 5 and 6 to 9. On Sun- ! days from 1 tp 6 p. m.. During the i summer vacation- period the hours 1 change to 1 to 5 and 6:30 to 9 p. m. | From its beginning the library has been, in charge of Miss Annette Moses, ' to whose careful, courteous and painstaking service as librarian is due in a great measure the growth and success of the library. Miss Nelli? Black--1 burn is assistant librarian, proving most capable and courteous. The present library board consists of the following members: | President, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison; I vice, president, Mrs. L. G. Elllngham; I secretary, Mrs. H. B. Heller; treasurI er, E. X. Ehinger; Mrs. C. D. Lewton. t M. Kirsch and T. C. Corbett, n — o —' —-— I’ Chicago, 111., July 21—(Special W F Daily Democrat)—After a thorough I investigation by the Chicago police, I* headed by some of the shrewdest and I best detectives in the country, the deI partment makes the statement that I the death of Ira G. Rawn Was suicide I and not murder. The conclusion is I that Rawn killed himself, and eviI dence is accumulating as th the cause I o? the tragic end. The revelations | that are coming to light in the invest!I gation of the Ilinois Central railroad. I of which Mr. Rzwn was vice president ' before assuming his present place last November. Much of his Wealth is now said to have been accumulated by his connection with fraudulent repair contracts made while with the , Illinois Central Humiliation of ex- ; posure is thought to have been the cause of his suicide. j Chicago, 111., July 21—(Special o Dally Democrat)—Mrs. Gaston, heud of the American Cigarette League, makes the statement that their work ' is greatly hindered by the indulgence in the practice and use of cigarettes by many society women in high place, ’ and names Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and others as being victims of the <i ...... ..1,

London, Eng., July 21 —(Special to • Daily Democrat) —What will perhaps • be the greatest ceremony ever wltt nessed in London will occur at the i coronation of King George, which f will take place in June, 1911. ! — o- >. Bluffton, Ind., July 21—Thomas t Smetherst, aged thirty-one, of Warren • was Instantly killed; his cousin, Geo. -■ Smetherst, of Warren, slightly injur11 ed, and James B. Tailor of Columbia > City, a traveling salesman, was seri- | ously and perhaps fatally injured at i 9:15 o’clck last night, when an auto- • ’ mobile, owned and driven by the lat- ■ ter and carrying the party’from War- , ren to this city, plunged from an , 1 abutment into Rock Creek, two miles ■ I north of Liberty Center. The bridge 11 over the creek, broken down by a ! hay baler, had been out of repair since I early spring and a temporary span tft ' ( one side has been used. Not knowing I this and the danger unmarked by f• warning lights, Tailor drove his ma- ■ chine through a weak scantling, the -' only protection, into the stream. : Tailor’s injuries cannot be fhlly del termined as the doctors fear that be • has been hurt internally. He is con- ; scious and able to give a complete account of the accident.. He is forty1 two years of age and is unmarried, i and travels for the Harper Buggy ' company of Columbia City. He had | caned upon the hardware firm of Smetherst & Smetherst, at Warren, operated by George Smetherst and his brother, Thomas, and was on his way ; home, George and Thomas Smeth- ( erst, the latter a clerk in the stdre, ' accompanying him, the latter intending to come to this city and return home by traction. Thomas Smetherst > was one of Warren's best kwown ' young men. His wife and child, a | babe, are spending the summer with relatives in Canada, and a message sent informed them of his death. Tailor will probably be taken to his home at Columbia City tomorrow. o Mary C. Passon changed her mind, and Wednesday was in the city with her husband, both apeparing at the clerk’s office, where the costs were paid in the Passon vs. Passon divorce case and the same dismissed. She : made some very serious charges ' against her husband, but all this is • for the present at least, forgotten and : forgiven. Sheriff Meyer came in this morning from Clear lake, where he left his ; family enjoying the pleasures of life at the lake. He is attending to a few ' pressing official duties, and in the list • will likely be the acceptance of the ‘ bond given by Benjamin Lett, one -of the implicating parties in the • Schwartz horse stealing case.. The 1 bond is for the appearance of the defendant when the case is heard in the ' Adams circuit court, which will prob- ‘ ably come up during the September ' term. 1 —- ■ - Bonds for the John J. Soldner macadam road are now in the hands of ! the auditor, they comjng fresh from > the lithographer. The Soldner bonds ; with three other sets are now await- • ing purchasers and as soon as they are 1 taken up, work upon the roads will ' begin. MOSE RICHER SLEEPS WELL. He Snores Loudly and Other Prisoners Are Complaining., Fort Whyne, Ind., July 21—If Mose | Richer’s conscience bothers him it is | not reflected in the loss of sleep as the men who have been compelled to occupy the same cell with him at the county jail say that he snores so loudly that they cannot get their rest and a change of bunk has. been asked by the men assigned to keep an eye on him. He is restless during the day because he has nothing to do which 1 is an unusual experience for him but i at night he turns in promptly and > sleeps the limit allowed by jail life. I He eats well and is a good prisoner. ■ That he is anxious to get through with the hearing in the lower court > is shown by the fact that he never lost 1 ’ an opportunity to ask when h? wi’l be • taken Out to enter his plea. Since the ' visit of his wife, and her pareilti! on ' Monday morning he has been allowed no callers and the same rules that apply to other prisoners in the jail apply to him and he will not be shown any favors that the other men are not granted. — -o— ’’ ' Miss Lena Miller, who makes her home with the L. W. Coppock family, is suffering from quite painful burns about the face the result of an explosion which putted into her face while cooking, and that sne was not more seriously burned is indeed a matter of much good luck. Miss Miller had opened the oven, not knowing that in same way the gas in the oven had been turned on. The fire from under the cooking vegetables on the top ignited the gas which escaped from the oven, into her face, resulting in the burns. Her hair, eye-lashes, brows ahd eye-lids, as wen as her

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