Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 November 1910 — Page 6

ENJOYED EARLY MORNING WALK And Feasted on Oranges and Bananas Did Emigrants. A car load of emigrants were delayed here early thia morning on the Bries on account of the wreck near Magley. The young ladies and young gentlemen of the company enjoyed an early morning walk -over the streets of the city near the railroad and feasted on oranges and bananas to their heart’s content They were very fine looking people, and apparently of the higher class than is the usual order of emigrants. IB'/'. ° — o— — I — Hunters have been quite plenteous since Thursday, November 10th, the beginning of the open bunting season for grouse, prairie chickens, woodcocks, rabbits and squirrels, and law books are brought into frequent requisition to learn the laws and rules governing hunting. The following is a synopists of the state game and fish laws: It is lawful: To hunt quail with gun only, between the 10th day of November and the first day of the following January. To hunt, destroy or possess ruffled grouse prairie chicken or pinnated grouse between the 10th day of No1 vember and the first day of the following January. To hunt wild geese, wild duck and waterfowl from the first day of September until the 15th day of the following January. To kill or possess fifteen wild geese, wild duck, brant or other water fowl in any one day of the open season. To hunt woodcock from the first day of July till the first day of the following October and from the 10th tyy Os November until the first day at the following January. ' To hunt rabbits from the 10th day November until the first day of the following October. To shoot squirrel from the first day of July until the. first day of the following October, ' To hunt upon land owned or controlled by yourself without a resident hunting license. . , x It is unlawful: To hunt, kill or possess, more than fifteen quail in any one day of the open season. To shoot wild deer, buck, doe or fawn, wild turkeys, or any pheasant of any kind, bred In this state, except that owners of private parks may shoot deer reared therein. To kill, trap, possess, sell or offer for sale any wild bird. To destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird. To shoot any species of games with any kind of firearm on Sunday. To hunt with dog or ferrets on any land without first securing consent of the owner or the tenant thereof. To hunt on any land without first securing the consent of the owner or tenant thereof. To hunt any kind of game, except wild dudk and other water fowl between the first day of October and the 10th day of the following November. To hunt or pursue Wild duck, wild geese, brant or other water fowl in any kind of boat except a row or push boat To hunt on any land that is not owned or controlled by yourself without first securing a hunting license Muncie, Ind., Nov. 18—(Special tc Daily Democrat)—Benjamin Smith, aged twenty-two, is confined in the Delaware county jail here updh his confession that he last night beat his father to death with a brick, and then hid the body in an abandoned well. The father's name is also Benjamin Smith, an old and well known cltlsen, aged sixty-nine. Young Smith quarreled with his father because the latter demanded two dollars per week from him for board. According to the boy the old man picked up a brick and threw it at him. Young Smith grabbed the brick, knocked his father down with it, and then beat his head into an unrecognizable mass. The boy then loaded his father into a buggy, drove to a farm a mile away and put the body into an abandoned well. He then started home and when he reached a neighbor’s house he ran in and told them that he had been assaulted by two masked men who bad beaten his father and taken him away . with them. A search was started and at 2 o’clock this morning the body of 2 the old man was found in the well. Young Smith was arrested arid after some persuasion confessed, telling the Whole story. He is being held without i bail on the charge of murder. o — > • A hundred or more of the degree of Pocahontas and their families joined ■g& making the social given at the hall Thursday evening one of the most successful of the season. An atmosphere of general social cheer prevall- | ed, a program or music and contests proving delightful. In the two contests, in one of which questions in rebus form were to be answered with the name® of various kinds of nuts, and another with worts oedtag to

“cake,” Frank McConneN carried off both first pdizes, Mrs, Jacob Eady i and Ireta Beavers securing the boobies. One of the novel contests was a tqtyh contest, in which articles - were passed to each behind their > backs, and they were required to ■ guess what they were. Pig tails, peel- ; ed carrots, pickles, rubber gloves filli ed with water, were among some of i the articles passed, and, the varied I* sensations produced by handling the i unknown articles brought forth i shrieks of terror or mirth from the ■ unsuspectihg individuals, all dependi ent upon the state of their nerves. This contest proved to be one of the most mirth-provoking. A luncheon, ; consisting of weiners, sandwiches, ■ pickles, cake and coffee was served. A social club of young ladies, recently reorganized, but who have not yet decided upon a name, were entertained in a royal manner Thursday evening by Miss Vemia Smith at her home on Winchester street. The club is a sewing club and as they chatted their fingers busied themselves briskly with their needles in many dainty pieces of embroidery or more homely but useful pieces, and the tempting luncheon served during the evening was thoroughly enjoyed. The party included besides the hostess the Misses Clara Weiland, Sue and Celia Mayer, Lena Dickinson, Dessie Beery, Fanchon and Jessie Magley. On account of next Thursday being Thanksgiving, the meeting will be postponed until Friday, when Miss Clara Weiland will be hostess. Thursday evening was art evening for the Euterpeans, who spent a very profitable time at the home of Miss Fanny Hite, Mrs. Peterson haying the program on the life and works of the VtJst, Gilbert Stuart, to which all contributed. A beautiful solo by Miss Florence Sprunger was an entertaining feature, Miss Carrie Craig, one of tbe valued members of the cltiu, who leaves soon foil Indianapolis, tendered her resignation from the club. Mrs. John Niblick and Miss Hattie Studabaker were guests. Mrs. Eugene Runyon will be hostess at the next meeting, which will be held December Ist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the poet, being the study. <■ - Many things combined to make the party given last evening by Miss Marie Heckman at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heckman, on Marshall street one of the most pleasant of the social events given for the Misses Dora and Rose Schlickman before they leave Tuesday for their new home in Denver, Colorado. Guests numbered twenty of the friends of the two honored guests who had thus assembled to bld them goodspeed on their long journey. Music and contents contributed to the entertainment, Vera Meyers and Charles Zimmerman winning first honors in a bean contest. Another that taxed the ingenuity of all was a contest in which mixed letters were to be transposed to form the names of kitchen utensils and in this Hulhah Bauer and Frank Mills were most successful. A delicious luncheon in two courses was served at little tables in the dining room by the Misses Esther Heckman and Mary Stultz. The tables were very pretty with their vases of Wandering Jew—a dainty green vine, and potted plants of other kinds were used in decorating the rooms throughout the house. Those who attended and report a very pleasant evening besides the guests of honor were the Misses Huldah Bauer, Emma Heckman, Hannah Jaebker, Vera Meyers, Mamie Harting, Lydia Miller, Anna Boese, Mary Bieneke, Alice Knapp, Messrs. Fred Jaebker, Albert Mutchler, Henoch Heckman, Aany Harting, Paul Reinking, Charles Zimmerman, Roy Jahn, Rolland Poling and Frank Mills. The Florhul de Purin girls, comprising Flora Fledderjohann, Grace Purdy, Inez Coverdale, Florine Edwards and Huldah Loser, were enter--1 tained in a hospitable way Thursday evening by Miss Loser, the girls I spending a pleasant evening over • their needlework, with a luncheon at ! the close. Miss Dessie Mann was the i only absent member. Miss Grace ■ Purdy will entertain the club next 1 week. r . 1 Thirty members of the Evangelical f Aid society met Thursday afternoon • at the hotae of Mrs. U. E. Cress, r where they enjoyed an unusually s profitable and pleasant meeting. Aftt er the regular business period, in which plans were discussed for the holding of a bazaar in the near fuf ture, and other business matters at--1 tended to, a social hour with a lunchl eon were in order. t i- The box social given by the Baptist I- Ladies’ Aid at the home of Mr. and • Mrs. Harvey Scholl Thursday evening - was an enjoyable one to the fifty or h mor® -who attended. The price of th® J boxes had been limited to i, coats by th* society, but brought a I Goodly sum to odd to th® society's

—— - ■— I treasury. A general social time was y enjoyed. h ■ ,i ' s The Bachelor Mgids, a club which b was formed several years ago, will r reorganize some time next week and » arrangements made for their meet- - Ings to be held during , the coming - winter months. A meeting will be f held in the near future at the home 1 of one of the former members and b more definite plans will be made.. 1 ■ j A jolly party of masqueraders, rep- - resenting all nationalities and classes . in life, greatly and* pleasantly surprisj ed Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jones and , daughter, Addie, Thursday evening. , After- a season spent In guessing ’’who was who” games and a taffy pulling j were in brder. Dorsie Hoagland was CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR L the most effectively masked, he alone - remaining unidentified. Among those ' present were the famlies of Frank ■ Brown, Dorse Hoagland, Frank Sny- • der, L. W. Frank, Ben Rice, Baker, I Levi Poling, Will Biggs, Dick Hill, ■ Ester and Robert .Kberiemann. o •' ' Dr. Homer E. Sowers, who recently : left here for Sharon, Pa., where he has opened an osteopathy office, writes us that he is well pleased with that city. It has a population of 16,000, is located along the'Sheuang river, and lies along the side of a beautiful hill. Continuing ,th® doctor says: “Smoky is no name. There are many factories here. Wo are rip® on the Ohio state line. WhHe Idm writing this I can look over into Ohfo<, about a mile away, and part of the city is in the Buckeye state. Business is growing nicely already, and was not ready to do business until the first of th® month. Osteopathy takes well here and It will not be long until I have a good practice. This is the home of Mr. Whitta, father of the boy who was kidnapped. I am a fhernber of Mr, Whltta’s Bunday school : class.’’ Dr. Sower's principal idea in writing to us was to renew his allegiance to the Daily Democrat, which : will henceforth furnish him the news i of this community. ' - ——o ———. CAMP WAS INSTITUTED. Modern Woodmen Now Have Home j at Pleasant Mills. i! wising ( District Deputy A. F. Hoffmeister of .4 Fort Wayne and assistant, Walter ] Johnson, of this city were at Pleasant i Mills Thursday evening, where they 1 instituted a camp of Modern Wood- < men. The local team will go over i Tuesday evening and confer the de- 1 gree upon the candidates, this part 1 of the work having been deferred un- < til then. i NOVEMBER 21 ST THE DATE 1 — 1 '• l Fer Adame and Mercer County Com- < mieelonere to View Ditch. I ' i The Adams county, Indiana, and i Mercer county; Ohio, boards of cbm- 1 mlssloners, which met Thursday at ' Celina, Ohio, in the matter of the David Berger ditch, effected an organization and named Novpmber Ilst as the ( date for meeting at the ditch, viewing > the same and appointing engineers, j etc. | -o ; .— was good fiirnwa — One of th® most interesting mbetIngs held by tty K. of P. lodge for ( some time was the one of Thursday evening, when two candidates were taken into the ranks of the order, > they being Will Wlnneo and Dr. Mangold. About seventy-five members , were in attendance, nearly filling the room. The time was spent in a social - way and was the beet had fer some : time. . . .... ~ . . -i—.. ■' ; HELD FUR OPENING. Many Attend Opening at the Niblick Store Today. — There were many who thronged the fur department of the Niblick store today, the occasion being the fur opening. This was in charge of Mr, Snlffen, representing the large W. H. Miller fur house of Detroit, Michb gan. The assortment of furs displayed was larger, richer, and more varied than ever before, and those who delight in furs will be highly pleased with the patterns and styles of this Word received by Horace Porter from his wife, who went to Chanute, Kans., about eight weeks ago to reside on account of her falling hqplth, is to the effect that she has not been so well recently. Mrs. Porter had been seriously sick prior to going there, but found at first that the climate did much to improve her health. A slight reaction has set tn, however, and she to reported now‘as being not : quite bo well again. Mr®. Porter to with her son, Clarence,., and family, I • and her daughter, Miss Edith, at Cha-1 Bute, Clarence having opened an ice’ cream and soft drink manufactory at • that glace. A eon, WH»or, ffho re-1

i malned here has atone to Cffiknute to we»4 th. bo IMw with one, an dthat she wUI soon recover ■ — o — IN TROUBLE IN HUNTINGTON. — Huntington, Ind., Nov. 18—Seeking to protect local retail business; davits were filed in court yesterday charging two strangers with violatlon of the city Ordinance pertaining to the sale of merchandise in the city without appearing before the city clerk and filing an invoice of their goods and making payment of 1B per cent. Complaint was made by retail grocerymen in the western part of the city. The strangers had shipped a full car load of groceries and domestic supplies into Huntington to filll orders subscribed to agents or by mail. The car was on the Erie siding and local residents flocked to the car and early yesterday morning farmers with farm wagons and lighter vehicles to get their wqres. There ip no local agent, hence the alleged violation. Deputy Chris Bischoff filed the tharges and the agents gave the tames of Rannells and Smith, representing a wholesale firm of Dayton. Ohio. Mr. Smith was brought Into police headquarters on a bond at 8100 was fixed, when he announced he and his partner would fight the charge®. Mr. Smith say® they were arrested In Decatur and Angola; They fought the cases and secured acquittal®. Mr. Smith says his firm will back their agents to the last ditch, even to th*supreme court, Smith was h?’.d at police headquarters pending arrival of boad money on telegraph order from Dayton. The trial was set for next Tuesday, •“■"'.On., — Fred B. Tague, now of Fort Wayne, for many years one of the prominent shoe dealers of this city, and Clayson Carroll, a hustling young business man of Decatur, are preparing to bper a new shoe store in Fort Wayne, ana will have it ready for the opening by February. They have leased for this business one of the most centrally located business rooms on Calhoun ■street, near the Heidelberg. They expect to put in a new front, a steel celling and improve the room in a number erf other ways, making it thoroughly up-to-date. In addition to this they will a large supply of the best and most modern fixtures, the finest in the city, and will have a model shoe store, up to the second in all respects. The fixtures are now being made, and everything will be in readiness for the opening in February. With Mr. Tague’s long experience in the shoe business, and Mr. Carroll’s excellent qualifications, the firm to a strong one. After selling his ■tore here Inst winter Mr. Tague went to Greenville, Ohio, and later to Fort Wayne. ‘‘ 11 •' -I ' '■ ' '■■■ A new law went into effect on the Clover Leaf railroad the trot of November, whereby nearly all of the employes along the line will receive an increase in salary. A committee, made up of several helpers from V rious places, held a meeting with Buperintendent Clement on th® thirteenth of this month at Frankfort, Indiana, and it was at this meeting that the Increase was granted, they have been working tor the raise for some time back, on account of the great increase of business over the entire system, and the employees coming together formed a committee and sent it to headquarters with the above result The increase of ten per cent has been granted to all agents, operators, clerks and helpers, and It to thought that with the beginning of the new year anomer ten per cent increase will be made. News has been sent to all agents on the road and the news was made known to all employees this morning. For the past several months the road has increased its business to a great extent and owing to this the increase was made. o— — THE ADAMB COUNTY TEACHERS. Their First Meeting of the Year Will be Held In Decatur. f ■ v-'-' The Adams County Teachers’ Association win hold a meeting at Decatur, Indian®, Saturday December 8, 1910, irtrtnrA room of the Methodist ID. me lecture ruuui vi urt Church. The date to set one week later than usual to accommodate the teachers who wish to take a Thanksgiving vacation. Prof. George H. Tapy of Wabash college and Prof. L. w nf Trt shWa college wIM deliver addresses at this meeting. The complete program win be published to the near future. ; '“i I J 1 Via* AEUAia® . _

I is in accordance wit hthe annual custom or th, comp-,, w year, Decatur has furnished tty birds. The order has alreadv been Dlaced by Local Agent Ben Elzey and the birds will be distributed next Tuesday. At that time Route Agents Thomas, Hughes and Rice and Superintendent DeWitt will be here to superintend the distribution. This number is but a small per cent of the birds furnished its employes over the United States by the Wells Fargo, the total number of turkey®,<iven out last year by them being 175,000. —.—: o — — FAST BASKET BALL. J < ■ -s “ jj- - •' VGsme Will Come Off in This City This Evening. The basket ball game to be played this evening between the high school team of this city and the high school of Geneva will in all probability be one of the fastest games in dulged in by the locals since their organization, and who will surely have to go some if they expect to be the champions. They have been disposing of their tickets for the last few days and hate sold quite a number, the proceeds to be used in defraying the expenses. The Decatur team is a fast aggregation, and are going to make the visitors go some to win. A' - ' ; C:-, <.• ’‘'’’J •’ . .• ' A-;.. >

Vincennes, Ind., NoV. 18—(Special to I Daily Democrat)—Albert Lee ptevent- : ed the blowing of a safe at Edwardsport in Knox county early this morning and captured the yeggman who attempted the robbery, but Lee paid fw his brave-y Vy retiring a wound that will cost him his life. Lee is dying from a bullet wound over the heart and from loss of blood. The robber gave his name as George Boyd and claims Indianapolis as his home. He is in jail and wUI no doubt be held on the charge of murder, after the death ot' Lee which will probably occur today. ■a.'’-./'"- x’ Lon Angeles, Cal., Nov. 18—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Myron Crippen, aged eighty-seven years, father of Dr. H. H.' Crippen, who is undqf sentence to be hanged in London for the murder Os his wife, Belle Elmore Crippen, died here today of privation and worry over the fate of his son. He has always maintained , his belief in the innocence of his son, of whom he was always so proud. .............. ; WILL ATTEND DEDICATION. Os Anderson's Now High School Building, Professor E. E. Rich, superintendent of the city schools, went to A* deraon today, where he Will attend the dedication of th® ndw high school building, said to be ose of the finest to the state. The Aadereon Daily Bulletin of yesterday’s date, says regarding it: , “All plans have been completedftor the dedication of the new high school building tomorrow night. Governor Marshall will be hem and deliver an eloquent address along educational lines. Good music has been provided and those who visit the high school are assured one of the best programs ever heard to Anderson, A large crowd will attend the event.” iTi.woua.zi i. ■■ i ) imn. ini' ATTENDED SCOTTISH RITE MEET Quite a number from here attended the Scottish Rite meeting at Fort Wayne Thursday evening, when the thirty-second degree to Masonry was conferred upon 104 candidates. Among the number who took the work were Dr. E. G. Coverdale, Cal Magi ley, Charles Elzey and Lou Fulk of this city. Those from here who attended included D. M. Hensley, Chas. Dunn r 0. L. Vance, Harry Moltz, Earl [ Adams, Charles Ernst, L. G. Elllng- > ham, H. L Conter, W. L. Lehne, J. H. ■ Heller, Dr. Roy Archbold, D. E. Smith ; and several others. i A rather serious wreck so . far as property damage is concerned occurr- , ed at about 3 Thursday morning near the Motz farm one mile east of I MagleJ, on the Chicago & Erie tollway. At that hour, an east bound through freight was dashing along, -. when a car loaded with California , apples jumped the track from some , unknown cause. The next two cars t did likewise and the three cars were t piled UP along the track. One of the i cars was loaded with meat and the - other contained 6,000 head of live poul- . try, Including chickens, geese and tur- - keys, bound for the east to serve I Thanksgiving Day feasts. The car of apples took fire and burned complete- - ly up, causing a large loss, as they were of choice gtode, each apple beinr wrapped to paper. At least a I . "7 • •• '' ’ ifcid

111 H. UM 1 l <1 .y,.W~«.. 11l h ll z.l.1 .1 1..., ' ’ V ! P" - trouble and much expense. The car 3 of meat was also badly damaged The - owner of ths poultry had left Chicago llhat-he was killed or hadl inin nd J hni a .anrnh nf the r.r fallL f J flnO bf hl I. h \ t some clothes were found and it is ba- „ lleved that he left the train at Huntt' Ineton and took a najiMnmr train tn . mgion ana ioos a passenger train to i New York. The wreck crew from : Huntington was summoned and immal dlately began the work of clearing the ( track. Trains both ways were delay- • ed until nine o’clock. Quite a crowd i gathered to watch the work and the news spread rapidly, it being first rumored that several people had been killed. No estimate of the loss could be ascertained but it will amount to • wtawi. thousand dollars, as the cars were badly damaged, besides the loss of the apples, ppultry and meat. —— ~. ;il Q Geneva, Ind., Nov. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Mr. Robert F. Longworth received a message Thursday evening conveying the sad news of tile death of his brother, Ross S. Longworth, of Somerset, Ky. Mr. Longworth was a member of the R. - Longworth Co., manufacturers of mission lumber. While at work a few days ago he had 'the misfortune to break his arm, from which blood poison developed, causing death. Longworths seen! to be haitog share of trouble as only in August Mrs. Longworth’s father, the late L. P. laill, feU from a street car in Brad- J ford, Pa., and was killed, and now comes the sad intelligence of tty death of his brother. Mr. and MrsLongworth have the sympathy of their hose of Geneva friends. They left Friday morping for Somerset and the tbme of the decease , Married at high noon, ThursdayNovember 17th, Miss Orpha Waldo, Mr. Shawl of Noble.rlll., IM The ceremony was performed by the father of the bride in the presence . of a few invited guests. Mr. and Mrs. Shawl left at 3:55 for NoWesville, their future home, and where the groom had to waiting a beautiful furnlshed home. The best wishes of our townspeople go with them and during their voyage to life. Mrs. W. W. Briggs entertained at 12 o’clock dinner Friday, the guests being H. O. Weldon of Elyria, Ohiu r and Mrs. G. W. Bolds of west of Geneva. ■>; ■ 7?- a" v David Teeple, W. J» rfeeter, W. R Hardison, John A, Green, J. El. Hardison and Bert E. '"Redout returned Thursday from Fort Wayne, where they attended the Scottish Rite fall convocation and witnessed tho w»rk exemplified on a large class. Mrs. Earl Burley and her mother, Mrs. Hiram Parkinson, of Rural Route J, left Friday for Troy, Ohio, being called there by the serious lltoess ot a relativ®. ' : -■ >. Mr. A. J. Hardison of Los Angeles, Cal., sad who to sevrtty-four year® old, arrived la Geneva a few days ago sad will spend tho winter with hto ' 'A Tt Iff a ■Oil® *• XMUXiIOQbI. o— ———— The Hartman Hme Company sad Frtoinger A Sprunger of Decatur effected a trade In live stock this morntag, exchanging tha Haftman Company’s big Belgian stallion for an imported mare and another stallion. The Decatur animals were brought herd today and are at the Rinehart feed barn.—Bluffton News. > The majority of the business houses of the city have agreed to close for the entire day Thanksgiving. Those who usually wait until the last minute tor the finishag touches to their Thanksgiving dinner will do well to bear this in mind and do their marketing. Wednesday, else the dinner may have to go without some of Its frills. The Modern Woodmen who went to Pleasant Mills Thursday evening, report a good time and were more than pleased with the manner in which they were entertained by the members of the new order at that place. Pleasant Mills has had no „ Modern Woodmen lodge, and with the organization of this one, it is a thriving little lodge city. The degree work was given to a class of more than twenty, which is a good record for a starter. Ralph Amrine will leave tomorrow night for hto home at DeGraff, Ohio, having received a letter today that , his mother, Mrs. Charles Amrine, who . a few weeks ago was seriously sick . with stomach trouble, is again worrt , and confined to her bed. t Last week was a nextraordinarty ■ busy week at the Berllng & Molts ' packing company’s plant in this City. • During the week «O,ON pounds of turkeys were handled at the plant,