Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1910 — Page 6

«««■»«! I 1 <-» Washington ’Di C H Dec. 17—Stokes JacKson, democratic state cnairman or i Indiana, probably will be elected Ser* ? / ti ii na! nf I representatives, and thus one of the biggest and rudest plums in the house organisation of the Sixty-sec-ond congress will fall to Indiana. The place pays a salary of $6,500 a year and certian fees besides. For example, every time the sergeant-at-arms i - arrests a representative and hales him before the bar of the house to I answer a roll call he gfets a fee. Sal-1 ary and fees combined are sufficient to put any occupant of the office in rich, red, luxuriant clover. Jackson made much headway and his boom was put in such fine shape by the united action of the Indiana democratic delegation that it was generally conceded he already outdistanced his competitors and left them so far behind they will hardly be in sight at the finish. His most active competitor is Clyde Tavenner of Illinois, but the latter candidate is fundamentally weak in the fact that he I does not have the backing of the dele-1 gation from hie home state. There are several reasons, which, I combined, put Jackson in the lead I from the start. In the first place there is the advantage of geography. The speaker of the house will come from Missouri and the clerk of the! house from Kentucky. Unless all signs fail the chief doorkeeper willl come from Virginia. The north is I entitled to one of iihe big places and, what Is more natural, say members of congress, than that the fourth impor-l tant place—the office of sergeant-at-ai ms—should go to an Indiana man. I Indiana not only is a northern state but it is a pivotal state, politically, I and a battle ground of the first importance. It has been conceded all along ] that if the Indiana delegation should I get together and, give its unanimous ! indorsement to some Indiana candl-l date for one of the big places that I Indiana candidate would stand al most excellent- show of winning. I That is exactly what the delegation I did when it was formally and unanl-| mously adopted resolutions apprising I the nation at large what a faithful and | tireless old party wheel-horse Stokes Jackson is and putting him forward as the state's candidate for sergeant-at-arms. Representative Korbly, who has been an Insurgent all week, came back to the reservation on this proposition and joined in indorsing Jackson. . . .s. . The caucus of the democratic mem-bers-elect of the house will be held here January 19th, and that will be a field occasion for Jackson. John W. Kern and Governor Marshall have promised to come over to Washington and work for him then. "All of the democratic state officials have promised they will come, too,” said Jackson. Senator Shively Is backing Jackson, also, though not obtrusively, as the sergeant-of-arms is a house matter. Steve Fleming is expected here at any time to put in some licks for Jackson. -n« ■ w THEY HAVE ENOUGH. Republicans Have Paid For Two and Are Ready to Call it Quits. When the democrats won a little over two years ago a supper was wagered on the outcome of the congressional race between N. B. Hawkins and John A. M. Adair, as to who would be successful at the polls. The wager was made between three Dunkirk republicans; Thomas Rogers, Dr. D. P. Murray and Earnest McConnell, and three democrats, C. M. Higman, W. G. Lineback and Joseph Huberts;. At that time the democrats won. The losers cheerfully paid the wager with a fine spread. The same wager held, good this fall when Warner ran against Adair and the result was the same. Last night a fine supper was again paid for by the republicans. The winners again wanted to keep up the wager, but the losers backed out.—Anderson Bulletin. b " ■ — _O—HOODOO IDEA NO GO. Kingsland Wreck Car Nearly Repaired, Retains Number, 303. i Interurban car, No. 303, the illfated car in the Kingsland wreck, which ploughed into a loaded I. U. T. car, killing forty-one persons and injuring two, will be out of the shops within two weeks, ready for service once more. The car will have several improvements to make it meet with the requirements adopted by the Indiana railroad commission. These Include the installing of a separate compartment for the motorman, enlarged baggage room and standard height rear platform. The car will remain as “No. 303,” the company putting no faith in the hoodoo idea. —Bluffton News. J Miss Minerva French, living southeast of the city, went to Fort Wayne today to see her father, Henry French, • who underwent an operation for a cataract upon one of his eyes about tea days ago. The operation was ; pronounced a success by the special

I o’clock from pneumonia, though she I montn and Lwcnty-nvo nays or * ago, I having been born October 21, 1842. She was a daughter of- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coleman and a native of AltIBauB B trip tO V©r& vTUS tO QXBIuIIM I I into a sort of epidemic of skin di- 1 I Bnynig school children. It is not I matter. Dr. Goodin reported that one pupil is attending school who has a pronounced case of tuberculosis.— Bluffton News. o John vs. The Buckeye Brewing Co., suit on contract, leave asked and granted to file amended complaint and same filed. Irvin Branbyerry vs. Oscar L. Vance, contribution, motion to make more specific and exception by defendant. Old Adams County Bank vs. The Decatur Filler Co., cause set for December 30th. A board of insanity composed of Drs. Ernst Franz and Amos Reusser and ’Squire Joel Uddy of Berne, has declared Ephraim Baumgartner of unsound mind and recommended that he be sent to an asylum for treatment Baumgartner is sixty-five years old, weighs 250 pounds, has nine children, the youngest being twenty-three years old. He was an Inmate of an asylum once before, abont thirty-six years ago. He is melancholy and nervous. His home is at Berne. Real estate transfers:' Albert Strahm to Emilie Scherry, pt. outlot 71, Decatur, $1600; Adams County to Susannar Haley, % acre, Washington tp., $25. ’, ' o REVIVAL AT BEERY CHURCH. Will Begin Tuesday Evening, December Twentieth. i Revival services at the Beery church, southwest of the city, will be- , gin Tuesday evening, December 20th, [ Miss Esther Kennett of Kentucky, a singing and preaching evangelist, and Rev. Erwin Snyder of New Carlisle, Ohio, pastor, will have charge of these meetings. The Antioch class . extends a cordial invitation to all to attend that much gocd may be accomplished. j ' ■■ — 0 ! i Professor Worth mann and his band of basket ball warriors left FridaV aftx trnoon for Columbia Gjty. where they j met the team of the Columbia City g high school ina friendly contest. If i- was a more interesting game than e the final score would indicate. The i Decatur lads had a little stage fright e during the first half and lost out :- badly, but during the last half they ;- rallied and showed real form, winning r the half. The final score was 52 to 8 28 in favor of Columbia City. A re--0 turn game here will probably be a a feature of the near future. The boys say they were treated handsomely at Columbia City and every good play mad» by the locals was cheered equall, ly with that of the home boys and the a Decatur team will always have a t warm feeling for the boys from Gov’jernor Marshall’s town. The game l " was scheduled through Carl France,

rapidly as possible and everything will be in readiness when the time comes. The entertainment this year will be in the form of a Mock Court Trial and it will be the best ever, according to all the forecasts, the bill of fare, showing the actors, will be out in a few days. The boys will soon be out selling tickets, too, and we wish to call your attention to the fact so you win be ready for them. Remember the proceeds go to charity. The fwwtAi 4* Q CF/Wk/I /MIA I _ yv a o >■ something entirely new for this section, and with so worthy a cause, there should be no trouble in packing the opera house. ■ Five men and one lady from Willshire, Ohio, took the civil service examination here this morning, being applicants for the office rtf postmaster ‘at Willshire, Ohio, succeeding the late Jacob Beam. The examination' was held from 9 to 12 in the local postoffice and was in charge of Geo. Everett and Jesse Helm, who have been appointed civil service examiners. The examination covered reading, writing, arithmetic, letter writing, copying of addresses, making out money order statements, etc., and was quite a stiff one. Two of the applicants—Harry H. Beam and Mrs. Myrtle _B. Fisher—are son and daughter of Jacob Beam, the late postmaster, whose death occurred recently.' The other applicans were Jefferson T. Cully, Garrie W. Metftr, Will’am P. Miller and Harry Weimer, all of Willshire, Ohio. The Willshire postoffice is one known as a cancellation office —that is the salary is equal to ths amount of stamps cancelled during the year, which in the case of the Willshire office, ranges from SBOO to SI,OOO per year. o— . A special meeting of the common council for the purpose of hearing objections to the assessments made to the property owners along Mercer, avenue J was held Friday evening and was presided over by Mayor Tdeple. with all the members being in attendance. This was the only question to be considered at Friday evdn ; Ing's meeting and a number interested in this street improvement; who had objections to make were present to present their cases or were represented by an attorney, who laid their complaint to the city officials. Some claimed that their assessments were entirely too high, others that they were illegally assessed and asked that those in charge look into the matter and lower their assessments according to/ the benefits received, and the increase in value to their property. Mr. Kelleher of Frankfort was represented by his partner, Mr. Holfine, that were asked mm regarding, vue street, saying that they would do all that they agreed to do in their contract. The council then appointed the street and sewer. committees am! the civil engineer to go over th «

Ir-lating to the reopportionment of the! | _ I jests received here the past few weeks i

capltoi building, Room 11, January 2, < 3 anh 4, The meeting will be called to 1 order at 2:30 p. m. on Monday, Janu- i ary 2. These meetings will be quite i important and ell county assessors i will make it a point ,to be there. An < invitation 1b also extended to all town* 1 ship assessors, to whom an attend- < ance at these meetings would be i highly beneficial, and a large, number j from Adams county will accompany ( Mr. Gentle to the convention. The i tax Commission board wants it un- 1 derstood that these meetings are not i held in secret and any citizen or tax | payer, is at liberty to attend if he bo ’ desires. i o ----- ' s I YOUTH’S COMPANION ' CALENDAR FOR 1911. The publshers of The Youth’s Com- i panion will, as always at this season, j present to every subscriber whose < subscription (31.75) is paid for 1911 i a beautiful calendar for this new i year. The picture panel reproduces < a water-color painting of an old-time i garden in a flood of summer sunshine, 1 with a background of Lombardy pop- i lars, through which one catches a i glimpse of distant hills. The picture i being in 12 colors, the tones of the 1 original are faithfully reproduced, i ,v t. O' v — ■ < Indianapolis, urn., Dec. IT*-Addlng 1 deep pathos to a scene before the 1 State Board of Pardons yesterday, I when the friends of William E. Hln- 1 shaw were battling tor his release 1 from the state prison, where he is confined for wife murder, Mrs. Sarah Oyler-Smith, mother of Mrs. Thuna i Hinshaw, the murdered woman, sob- ii bed out her protest against the pa- : role. Mrs. Smith, who formerly was i Mrs. Oyler, began her protest in mild : tones, but as she proceeded her voice : became eloquent and she spoke rapid- 1 ly K sitting A. while and then standing i at different times. Her flushed face i revealed keen mental anguish and 1 when she had finished she settled i back in her chair exhausted. She said the letter written to former Governor Durbin, asking that Hinshaw be paroled in the first place was written at the instance of Unicm B. Hunt and Ellsworth Hinshaw, the < latter a brother of William E. Hinshaw. She said she had been willing . to give Hinshaw a chance and that she would have been willing to bury , her grief if Hinshaw had conducted himself as he should. For the first time she recounted that Hinshaw had in the early period ot his courtship with her daughter, then a mere child, threatened to kill her. The pardon board began the Hinshaw hearing «t 1:30 o’clock yesterday. It continued until late In the afternoon. The board had expected to , adjourn sine dine, but the session was longer than anticipated, and a session will bo held thia morning. The members announced yesterday that the finding In the Hinshaw case will not be made for several days. That Hinshaw Is somewhat of a gallant and particularly partial to women, whom he flatters and dajoles, was stated by Mrs. Smith. "He kisses old women, middle-aged women and young girls alike,” she said. He is audacious, determined, and will either rule or ruin. "I am the mother of Thurza .Hinshaw. When the news ot the murder reached me, I took it for granted that the story of the burglary was correct and I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt I was talked into signing the letter to Governor Durbin, asking his parole, by Union B. Hunt and Ellsworth Hinshaw. I don’t know anything about law, and I told tfhem I could npt write the let■toK Union B. Hunt wrote the letter and I signed IL After the murder they told me that they would soon get the men who committed the deed, I had pity tor Hinshaw and his parents. ’ VY ''j "I had hoped better things of Will Hinshaw. After his pardon, if he been a law-abiding citizen, I would have buried In my heart all things -against him. Before her death my daughter told me things that I have never told. The Hinshaw family has the dollars and the thousands of dollars to fight this case. We have been an humble family, trying to work together for the common good. I want Will Hinshaw to stay in prison. If be stays there until he dies maybe he will, confess. After his pardon he passed my house, tipped his hat and sneeringly to me.’’ » I - mO' ll '• I , A Christmas Thought. Not what we give but what we share For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three — Himself, his hungry neighbor and Me. . —Lowell, “Vision of Sir Launfal.” An unusually beautiful bridge party of the Christmas season was that .given by Mrs. H. W. Pierce and Mrs. C. F. Kettler at the Pierce residence on East Jefferson street. An elaborate decoration transformed the stairway Into a Christmas pathway, hung with southern smilax and with holly and , red berries at effective distances.

? ■ nations and gay Richmond roses. The J doorways and chandeliers were beauThompsqp. and Jennie Winbaugh as- « i social Friday afternoon at the home - of Mrs. J. T, Merryman. The attendamounting to four dollars. The so- ® dety has planned o give a Jubilee • tn Z 1 lars In rejoicing over the fact that last thek^apportionment of the