Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1910 — Page 5

January: Phot Oracle—Maggie Dvelfa. - « Oracle-Cora Evans. Ru /4t- L 11 t Ji n H jf , «ecor4«W<ettfe Busche. , Receiver—Minnie Parrish. • Marshal—EdnaUhric. , / % k - THE BIG SHOW. ’ '. ~ : Carses Octoroon Co. at Bone Ofc era House Wednesday, Doc. ,14. u ■/ -.W*» ■'.v‘ s:>■ v Carson's Octoroons, the big colored t musical ifomedy, with band and orchestra, Will beat the Bosse opera house-Wednesday, December 14th, -with ,tbei’r new comedy success, "norht th £nnntown ”4 A alde» 'ls MM Blanche Davenport, J. ( A. ! Morning and thefammorning at the usual place. - Itjtou Bites this one you will miss a . good one. At | YOUNG MEN’S SOCIAL CI.UB. ’/’V ’ - f *"'*?** ' Bt ittentid'n, members! < Those ftpowing ’themselves indebted-wHI try and \ arrange to pay same before the 16th. Regular meeting Thursday evening. Each member requested to be present. The club expects to give a grand v opening ball In the* near fhtort. Date Wilf be given later. Push; don’t . knock, for the world has ng. use tor knockers. . t ■?'' ilrmv.' — evening we gave an account of the ? basWball game played herjs between the local high school team and the Monroe boys, in which the victory was' given to the Decftttr. team. Owing to the fact that there xtf® a. number of Other places to coyer' that ev- ■ just ail it had been given us. today, • however, the score was disputed, when we received a telephone message from Monroe. An investigatipn . pjwveth tfcat the official score-keepers, •vme from here and one, from StonrOe, both gave out the score as 23 to 22' •in favor of Monroe, and this nounced by the referee, Mil/er, :of ‘ Bluffton, teachers and others along ’ ■ ■ the side lines who had kept tke We, announced, however, that 'ibis was ' wrong, and that the locals had won 24 to 23. As .in other Aborts the ' report of iheofficial scorer,is".the one -that counts and the gante belongs justly to Monroe as we understandjt, aid we gladly make this correction, C<»Murlng. them that there was no intention on our part.to majte a statement that wai not correct.’The .Mon-, i result of the game,JtshoiiUlhletre- . , '*<<•. ■' | AuAHSB .Jff’Msw’v *“ an gwu rc*o v “M nrioc nf Pl OA so Tit Mlfifi ” Written ’ by E. F. Gilpen of Indianapolis, a for- 1 . mer resident Mills, and brother of Mrs. J. ’W' Merryman of this city, shows that he still thinks with loving tenderness of his old -. home: .• - -*.< A rambling child of nature wandered S o wnnrt dd«P into a wood, .. a clear,M .To, rest and flirt with nature, for a • restowould -do him good, , a dream. \ . ' ' Should pdlh and i its twain, brjim , , - J > 'ua- ‘ kata j I wandered..to and fro, vv avwa v i . a I 1;,.--.. ~ii.uHLtgkM I I Again along the river, I roamed its I banks at will; wh r j sought' the mussel I *55: i Al I

Where the water as ‘"'VfXXry.sfreeC* And flashed upop a stretch of golden rod. ■. • ■ ' 11 stood where oft we gathered in the sunny days of June; . . Where boys could shout and. frolic I as they please; > ■ .«.» i vvnere we oavuer in crystal waie*s I / - on a sultry afternoon,> I I Or lounged upon the grass beneath ■I jrty the trees. >. « I t filrtj?.’?' irt'tf II AWT the careless swallow as he dip- | , ...ped .tbe, waterte edge; •; ■ " | Where the lazy cattle sauntered up [I Stood again at twilight on the mysI tic wooden bridge, And listened to the snipe and whip|i ) ptotf-wfll.- . ... . fA' ‘ <■’ ' I’Thfiugh thirty yeare had vanished. a. /■*' giris> ■'< "rt‘ ■ For there was Laura Dailey, with | hair to chestnut brown, ' And. Sadie With her dainty golden I ; *.< curls. ■ *•*<’" ray on the store was V .. g nda I’ll not I id just the them lastr lends with " ’ f of the disthat Clasps ~rt i • • lt , I Andmay the pasNto one and all new | resolutions bring; • I Look up to Him who hears his chib |O! iMy He guide and teach us and f 'from ftls teachings sfiring ■ | /A bower that will bloom another t's-'i'ttay;'' * ■ ■■ : ■ I lifts Jetmte Shickley-to FL Wayne, |bXg ft the MteX Addl B Fuhrman and I I Ida 'Green of this city, Misses Edyth I Colby ahd Wibla Wallic of Van Wert, Ohio”; Misses Almeda Plotts and Allie Btirrell of Fort Wayne. ■I J——> ’" The St/ Vincent dr Paul -society Will not meet Wednesday of this week |as erroneously on. the last Wednesday to the month, when ! M ™ .> j.i J’pf •Root towhshlp. In the, afternoon| . .thA'-^fUty:joined, by -Mrs. Jftnry | Ova'zW •. ««!«», should, sound good to .any man. w °- man or child who is looking for something that will do as a .gift for most any member of, the family. Read it. Included in the list are dressihg tableg, desks and cabinets, chairs, cases, hall trees, beds, couches, go- . carts and baby carriages, side boards, and in fact about everything that yoii can think of in the furniture line. An lilem ot Interest In «w,«mouMemetit ing special bargains in pianos. They Sa “ 7 a t _ i a i ▲ a' i* ° j i ' »t. . l" , fekEN: • JT’ i 3 ’fl ’ ’Jh '» lmZh»rS<Ae mtefortane toTave

A Ck,l J \T7Uz» /ACniicl wire II II • By EMILY B. PARKHURST ... Pre. „ R .. The daughters of all good families ip India must be married; 'lt would bp a ppbllc, disgrace as well »« a crime against the Hipdoo religion for an indlgn family of good, rdnk to keep a daughter unmarried. Since it is difficult for their parents to And husbands lor them the daughters arb made away with. Those of high birth, called rajpoots. are pill to death by men especially employed to do so. The British government having passed laws against these murders, the par ehts of those girls who' hive net found husbands hajgp resorted to a method of in name, though not in- fact There are /a number of Brabmang. old and dftefepid; called Kullan Brahmans, who go about with the object of hiring themselves out to go through th? ceremony of the •seveh steps" with young girls upon being paid so doing so. After marriage they leave the country and never see their ytmng wives again. , - ' In , Allahabad there lived one of these rajpoot, men who had a'daughtei over twelve years old. In the next house lived another fa in. fly, to which there was one sop, aged ■ eighteen. The two childfen had been brought up together, and their childish friendship had grown torn toye. The parents of the youth wire very proud of him and destined him to marry some girl who should be not only of high caste, but whose parents Would' be able to bestow on her ’* One -evening after It wifti dark he was walking to the compound- (gar-, den) about his father’s house when he heard a low call from the compound of the next house. Going to the fence, fie des'CrieJ tfie ?r§ycbing figure of fife sweetheart, evidently suffering from some great misfortune. "What is it. dear girl?” he said, springing, over the fence and taking her in ms arms. “I am te die." “To dter ? ''Yea. Tpday a man—a horrible looking mftn—effme .to the bouse and talked with my father. 1 had been told to go on an eriand. doubtless that I-should be away at the time and apt bear what passed between my father andfhis man. But J bad not yet gone. I have been suspecting that, not being E married. 1 would soon be madi away With in sonfe fashion, though father and mother have tried to. keep the awful knowledge from me- So when 1 saw this frightful creature come to the houto I concealed myself behind.#. bamboo screen and heard every .word.” She gave way to her feeling' and ■was unable to proceed. Her loter kissed tier again and again, beggihg her to tell him -all. : “My father bargained with the man tor a hundred rupees to strangle me,." “When-where?” "Tomorrow night to take me out for a walk by tfie river,, when this mat) is to come upon us suddenly as if to fob, seise me add after he his killed me throw my body tsto tbe agDBF Qf to that of the.rfrl. - Both knew no atall for her to’refuse'to go to Walk With her father dr to fry to any way to escape her fate. The ybuqg man dare-mot disobey the commands of LWs pawwtSv 'Should ha. fly toe llfei. thk flMbitePf ,toe Indian poii.ce, [ for them together, not iaytog plans to [prevent the calamity, but Weeptogdn [each other’s arms. At last the girl [heand her mother caUinfl ta*; and one cUngiug- embrace nbe- rgn Into, ~ The next afternoon an old man leaning heavily on his staff stopped at the bouse and asked for a bit of bread and a little Wino. ‘ The girl, who Waste die that night-knowing the secret, though her parents were not aware that she knew ft—went to the cupboard by her father’s order and brought the refreshmenL ; , "Is your daughter married?” asked the visitor. p' “No,” replied her father. “We have no husband for her.’’ ’ ' / ..»- » ! "But you cannot keep a girt like that longer. Our jeligion forbids." "No." whispered the father; "w.e shall aot keG P fe* longer'’* The leek that accompanied the words Was not’ lost oh tbe old man. ‘ “Hew much Wilf you give me to marry her?" ■' .? : "Xoa ere a KuflanF "I Mi.” “I. will gladly give you your price if near * *9 saw her father count «jt man "w£?’ahi mme to hereelf she wM told that she was to bo married to the Visitor. whlch had been so near, seemed worse to her than tiring ft separation from her lover, and she ktfadly went with her father and tbe old man that the ceremony should be performed. After it wa» ended the husband weht away, and tt was understood that he was never to’return. From that day the young lover was missed. Long after his love received from him tbe means to take her to AmoHc*. And th* old hnsb&nd were one

They are busy. ■ A.;..'. ■ Force of Clerks Kept on the Jump and It’s a Good Place,to Buy. l-'One of the busiest places in the down town district Is the racket store and they are dolnfl a land-office business. They have .an extra forte of clerks and all art. kept busy from early in tbe morning Until the quitting hour at night. Notice their large ad in another part, of this lssife, ih which they tell you of a few of ths many articles which "they keep in their large listed stock. You won’t go amiss by dealing at this place. Y. P. A. ELECTION. ' /"'■ ’’ '' •*" The Sunday School .Will Elect Officers Thursday Evening. , x '■•'■•’•■/■•I ■■ ■ • ■ ■' ■ .*• - ‘ The Young people’s Alliance of the Evangelical church will hold its election Os officers this evening, the officers to serve for the coming year. Jhe Sunday school will fi'oM its election on Thursday evening of this week. These officers wifi also look after the affairs’ of the Sunday school for the year 1911. . ' . ■■ ’■ .t«v i > ' “if * ' '•’ •' ' •-r—T" —~ GOES TO AUBURN COURIER. , Ben Gnrard, a well-known printer of this city, will leave this evening for Auburp, where he'has taken a position. with the Auburn Courier of which R. Earl Peters Js 'manager. Mr. Garard received a.telephone call from that place Saturday, giving him the offer, and S-unday. he jnade- a//trip there, and finding things to his liking, ’decided to accept. He will serve as an all-around printer for a while,.and then come*in on ‘the make-up line. A costly blaze to' Washington township,' which, will require more than $3,000 to replace the building alone, with the additional loss of about >125 ‘worth of books, the individual property of the pupils, arid a library worth about ?50—was that which destroyed the Deßolt school house to Washington township, about six ififles southwest of the city at' 2 o’clock Tuesday morning. The school house, of which Melvin Mallonee tfie teacher, is in total-i ritfns, 'with only the brick wails bettig left standing, and the entire contents a total loss. The fire is- supposed to have originated from the stove, but whether it fell down, letting tbe live' coals falT out on tire ptfrer wax b '.‘wig ( probably never be. known. The fire' hotised at 3 o’clock by Mrs. Sam Yost, who lives just across the road from school to who got up #t that .time to attend to. a sick child,. When fche/nbticed it the building was all ablaze, and though she gave prompt notice to the neighbors, and they arrived nastily On the. scene, do nothing to save, the house?. The school house - was built in 1892, at a , cost of |1,20T, but with the great advance in xpaterjals, eta., the same kind of a. building stow eofitd hoi; built Only SSOO ''insurance was fiartftd,' inhere were fosy-five pupils attending this school,, and these wijl hart to be trannfeiir§a ~tp Other , districts pntil Anotiiex.'school, house can 'fie widoh apting. Tn the meantime the pupils will probably bXenfOtrtd.to take a va* cation until seats and other supplies can be gotten for their accoxhmodaiion. Saipgutter of of Washington township, • Visited the. scene of disaster tfift mottling. The Httiie toWn ‘of Monroe exporienebd a rtal sensation Tuesday mornih& when it became known, that during the night, supposedly about 2 o’clock, burglars had broken off the lock of the,front door of the William keller general mercantile establishment, walked in and then blew open the sate at the rear of the front room with nitro-gyicenn dr 1 some other such powerful agent, and made way with seventy dollars in cash, besides some deposit as well as individual checks, amounting to several hundred dollars in all, which had been deposited in the.safe the evening before fir tfie proprietor. The flrtt inkling Os the robbery came tq Mr. Keller when he went to the store this morning and noticed the lock broken. The outeF door& art baited. Wh iron, and the. lock op tbi&fe. was bfbkeri off. The to-' net doors' wert ’more frail and were easily pushed but by the InvadersEven this give nd presage to Mf.’Kelthe seriousness Os the damage. The sate sttt’at the rtflt, partially bidden frdm the Me*" bf the approacher by the desk. - As ‘Mr. Keller approach: ed the fear, he bbticed* ehse of eggs whiefi hai been broken, and a number of lemons' scattered about, and other signs of k general tear-up. Going on further the” Sight Os tod broken-safe came upon him. The doors were blown off and the Wrerwise badly battered and'damaged. < It is supposed toat the wqg| : was done about 2 o’clock that as at that time, Mrs. Joe Hockai. who lives across the afreet from the storey and several other residents of the '

ito«n. h. 4 M, rd . dead.' muffled ‘sound, but not rousing sufficiently I from their sleep, to 'make investigation, gave the matter very Httle at-. I tention, until the report of the safei blowing this morning, when they ; were convinced that the sounds that ■ had awakened them were the reports i attending the work of the burglars. .■nt ’ » i! life* ■ ,A Am » il’dJiffl * *> '’• CORKWELL IS GETTING BETTER. May SoOn Step From Asylum to Face Trial hr Court. » ■ ♦ .I't ■■■-’.(, ''•'y.-iij < r 1 ■ 1 Benjamin T. Corkwcli, the Wabash Valley motorman, who received serious injuries in the (Kingsland wreck, and was later removed to the Easthaven’ hospital tor the insane by the . Fort Wayne officers, has' improved rapidly in the test few weeks, accordmg to word received by Sheriff Reichelderfer of Allen county. Corkwell whs taken to a Fort Wayne hospital immediately after the wreck and after recovering from the injuries he received, his mind became affected ahd an insanity Inquest was held by the attending phyfeictans and hospital authorities, which resulted in him being sent to Basthaven. • A warrant is, held by Sheriff Carlisle, charging him with involuntary manslaughter as the result ot the grand jury lnvestigation of the Wreck and the officials of the asylum will notify the local sheriff .of any improvement in the condition of the motorman’in order that he may serve the papers. Corkwell was in charge of the southbound extra car. Dbl Wi 1 !-; son, the conductor, is held under the sime charge, his trial being set for the next month in the ' Jay circuit court—Bluffton Banner. ■" •• w »■■■■■•'> - ■ ■' About eighteen members of the Ruth Circle of Loyal Daughters, the Christian Sunday school class taught by Mrs. A. D. Artman, with a few guests held their fortnightly meeting • -with Jessie Magley on West Monroe street Monday evening. During the business period the young ladies de--cided. to give a chicken dinner some Friday in January, and a committee comprising Misses Dessie Beery and. Vivian Dawson and. Mrs. Artman was appointed to arrange for the menu, and the securing of a building. Following!, the business period, a Biblical contest, in which letters were to be transposed to form names of Biblical characters, was in order. There were nine ties for this, prizes finally being awarded to. Vivian, Dawson and Maud, Cqwley. Xhein (©flowed “Under the Daisies,” fortune telling with riddles, and charades and conversation to-, pass away , the time. A luncheon in* seml-buffet fashion was served, each member finding her plate which was ‘marked by a slip of paper bearing her 'initials, these, initials being also those of, adjectiyea descriptive of the one sos whom, the place was intended. The club will not'Meet again until after the holidays, when Miss Reba Quinn shll, be hostess. Guests other ihan ( eIMSi zpgmbera z; werd ,Mirt EotorGen-,. tisl.and Martha Stevens. ■; meeting 'wak also jin tfie. nature. o£ fi farewefi ? fo» tore of the metnbers> Miss , Leh* Dickinson, wfio left tbismorping fpr Monroe, where she ,wttl tfslt with g sister, days before going ’ ■to her heme at Ohio { then to Cleveland, Cfiio, Whefe wijl enter* W hospital nurses’| - training class for a tfiree years' course. . * A #eek add a half Christinas yaca,-,. tion will be giyen the pupfls of the . Decatur pnblic . scfipols- Js 1 } the * announcement, madehy the school board-. School wlll/ dfemiss for ..the holiday vacation a week .from .YVfid-. nesday, December 21st, and continue during. the week between Christmas and New Years, Unless otherwise announced later, school will reopen on Monday, January 2nd. The two days’ vacation of next week is allowed that the teachers may be given the privilege of attending the Indiana State Teachers’ association at Indian- ( apolis, December 22nd and 23rd, they being, allowed regular payment for attending these sessions. Many of the . classes of the city schools’ have ar- ' ranged for special, Christmas projgrams to be given just before the. hoi- j iday adjournment. The vacation of ( the various district of the' county is determined ihr ftmeh town- ; varies accordingly; some enjoying a week, and others more or less, dependent, upon' conations or circumtoances, attending tfie, refl 01 *- tion of the torm. *.;« I Bettoson ft Moran,' as. attorneys foir Mrs., Elizabeth Bosse, werp PWWing a complaint ,this morning which 'they , filed later in the Adams circuit court in which,Mps-,Bfiten demands tfie , sum of $2,000. from the Indiana Lighting- Company for alleged damages to her -residence property on Nuttman avenue, and to the comfort * nd health of herself and. family. The trouble arises over the erection of the large gas tank by the company on two lots near the Bosse residence, Mrs. Bosse claims in her complaint that the smoke, steam, Cinders, ashes, coals of

. red- » Strawn/ both day and night the smqke sta'JK of the btoler of gnt, or the stea|n pipes—and hhs so both winter and spring since ectlon of the plant in 1909, and :he present time —has greatly innienced her as well as depreciatle value of- the property. She i that the sparks from the stack en her house with fire, that the md smoke prevent her from ng, and from even keeping the and windows of her house open it ruining her furnishings and gering health and. comfort self and of ‘her family, and that team from tfie pipes spreads >nto the ground of her property, Ig dampfldlfe,’ which is also a :e to their Maith. anapolis, Ind., Dec. 13—(Special ily Democrat)—Laws providing te punishment of employees of rban railways; directly or indireeponsibiS' for the interurban nts in wbtofi jdeaths or injuries requiring certain standards of ticy before an applicant may be yed tn capacity by an rban railway 'and requiring adberenpe te certain fixed rtiles jeration and the installment of :k system o( signals on all inan railways, as a measure for ition against accidents were in a special report made to the lor by the members of the Indiailway commission .on recent r wrecks in Indiana. The reras read, in the governor’s office in the presence of the railway isslop and representatives of lly all the electric lines in Inwho, gathered .to attend tbe ence on the, points raised. The ers covered fiy tfie report occur-. ; the past, few months and were Ingsland wfeck.od the Fort e A, Wabash . Valley road, tfie l wreck, an tfie. Union Traction fie. Union City,wreck on the I. line and the Terre, Haute, Indi- , lis & Eastern wreck on the Indilis and Cincinnati line. The id men approvpd the report genaqd the result will be a bill be--esented to the legislature,; covthese points. . — ■ 1 —” ■■■—— next Sunday, the 18th, at Wren, will - occur, the dedication of the United Brethren church, which sen under construction for some The churefi is considered finest t in . . that county outhat. in. the fifcL and has been at a cost 01-.oyer |12,000. Rev. ger. cf .Linfa. Ohio, trill be in e to the. dedicatory service and e. assisted by a number *of visitinyiters,, Rev. Imler of this city e one of the number from-here ’ apd an d will also,fie one of those det at the services. Rev. W. Z. ta, who wps fissignpd at the last •ence meeting,, will be the new ■, and will take .up his charge at He is an earnest worker and iked by all make gped e, ne,w, place pf worship. The j f of ,that towfi are. much elated the iugw witich by 'theft' :r fiapd jabots tfiejr have been d in cpmpkting, ADd it wifl aP stands as .a. credit to the - stness pf, ths members. / Bunday, schp<M board of 'the 41st church keM a . *«T inter-’ >■' ; .session at church parlors . inday. afteipoop which tttpp iction. serve ip, coming year wfis field. Most B Ojd pnes were re-elected, thay. gi serypd, during the past Year ' e complete satisfaction of all rned.- The, election resulted as >: Superintendent, C. L. Wak assistant superintendents, W. H. erjohann and Mrs. Letta Pesecretary,Frank Mills; assistant ary, Stella Chronister; treasur--rtfiur Suttles; choristers, Ethel r and. Mrs. Tritch; pianists, te Edwards and Josephine Krick; ians, Joe McFarland and Harve . After the election the board a meeting as to the celebration iristmas and. it-was agreed upbn Id an qld-faahipned Santa Claus teinment on. Spturday evening, ith, which the custom number of Years. At this time e pupils Wil? be’ given a present t, wifi be ,one of the happiest rings tfiat bas -taken place for years. A. .program will also be by the pupils, which promises very Interesting.. . . ' ■’ -rt-. ■- o • » O DRUNKS TO. INFIRMARY. l. T v E. JSltoop of Fort Wayne rafted A fill} to ..fie presented to ext legislature; which will profiat drunks be sent to the counIrmary instead .of to jail. The of keeping prisoners at the jail isiderably greater than the cost eping poor people at the inflrmind what a travesty on justice—a plan ip to send the drunkards e infirmary and set them to —Kendallville Sun. locrat Want Ads Pay.