Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1910 — Page 3

Bt flt ih«n 24 fA Final* tn M Innia TV 1 "** 1 * I ■L ’\J, . Huff *2l fariti r Tass ’ Ison to Coy ierr, l»,’daughiter of'William Kerr, Jefferson town■ship. ■ ■ ~— I Evidence was concluded 1 nthe case |of Charles C. Schug et al. vs. Sarah ■'J. Passon et al., to set aside final re- ■ port but no decision was rendered. ■T W-r*. ; | George Zimmerman vs. Mallnda. S Froepfield, to have defendant declared B of unsound mind, motion for change f| <sf Venue sustained and cause sent to ■ Allen circuit court. Ten days granted I to pertect change - I Clara Eckert vs. M. B &E. Traction ® C 6., personal injuries, reset for TuesI day, January 17th. , -r - I Real estate transfers: Paul G. I 2 ,M T J acres, Washington tp., $1,00; Sohna ■ Barnett et al. and Alva C. Halser, T acres, Washington tp., $4220; B. N. f Allen to D. D. Jones to Ben Allen, | tract In Wabash tp., $1.00; Adam NuasI Mo^b^tp BWydeDeathtoLet 8 WydeDeathtoLet ■ tie M. De , lot 28, Ri re, $ 00. - FROM NOTED PAINTING. "The Hero,” Appropriate Subject of k ; Horse Sale Co. Calendars. W W' - Nothing prettier, or more appropriate, in the way of a calendar can be r MeX The»a2XcowlXl.“o f by three feet in size, and bears a f beautiful picture reproduced from the * painting, “The. Hero,” by Carl Kahler, la distinguished painter, who has spec- ?'.■ i<>i|2jpQ the horse Th© picture rei)- I rSSE gained national honors on the turf. an offer of $15,000 for him. The dog Is also painted from a celebrated model, and is the most valuable collie owned by J. Pierpont Morgan. The calendar is certainly a beauty and the V -company is receiving the hearty * thanks of all the recipients. What makes it of double worth to the patrons is that at the head it contains x’Oi we Saaes COxa* f ducted by the company in this city as ! day Bnuary 6th, the dates falling on SSay this season Instead of on UUIDUCwJ DvLMJVA* “ k_ . , i' |». ..j* .[jZrti.-■ ' .Mb, . ' itiF.iiiiia <■■■«» HOWARD WISEHAUPT’S SCHOOL I , Mr. ml Mn>. J. D. Wl.ebawt Md Jew. Trtub left tbl. moraln, •«!>-. was a special day with the school and the patrons, the occasion being a I Christmas festival. At noon a most i; sumptuous dinner was served by the and the devoted to a good program given by the | children of the school. A Christmas b tree was also in evidence and was a [source of great delight. Howard is with much success in his I teaching, and is ohe of the very prok gressive young teachers of the county. I Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt and son I wiH leave Saturday for Fort Wayne, I Ed, and family. I Wesley Hitchcock, a farmer living I two miles east or this city, on the I G. A. Light farm, had' a thrilling expeI rlence Thursday night at 8 o'clock j while returning home from this city, by being held up by a bold hlghwayI robber, who forced him at the point of a revolver to hand over his purse. I Fortunately Mr. Hitchcock had disposI ed of the greater part of the money I he had with him in making his Chrtet--1 mas purchases before leaving town, ■band the robber gbt a little less than dollar for his work. The robbery I occurted near the George Zimmerfl man farm. There Mr. Hitchcock was I accosted by a man wearing a false ■►face disguise, who demanded that he I halt, surrender his pocketbook and I then hasten on. Os course Mr. Hitch- | <iilxmgfi, was dumrounded and spent I some time in collecting his thoughts, ■ before a full tea sat o> I TWwlTbrol g?*abTut inTmost defl cfded way when he suddenly found ■ himself looking into the muzzle of I

"Pl'?"" 1 y ..I,— , which to defend himself, bo he decided pretty quickly to hand over hit pocketbook. After he did so, he was told by the robber to drive on. As far as he could boo, upon looking back, the robber was still keeping watch in the road. When Wesley reached home he at once reported the matter to his nearest neighbor. No search was made, however, as the robber had ample time to escape, and a search would have been useless/ The alarm In that Community Is very great, as never before has. there been such an occurrence In that vicinity. That the safest proposition is to put your money in the bank and check it out when needed, thus avoiding the carrying of any great amount, is the opinion of all, who will henceforth go prepared for any-Buch emergency. A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. — — Prominent'Citizen Charged With Trifling With a Lady's Affections. For some time, it is alleged, one of our prominent citizens has pa|d more or less attention to a young and beautiful lady of this city, forgetting, or at least not heeding the advice of the immortal Mr. Weller to his son, Samuel, to "beware of the wldders.” He now claims that he was not serious in bls intentions and that he was not attached to her, but, however, that may have been, the lady became attached to him, and, as he seems to have lost interest in the matter, she has attached his property, which is a form of attachment that he does not enjoy. The result is that he finds himself the defendant in a first-class breach of promise case and his questionable attitude towards the widow will be given an airing In the near future. The parties In the case are so prominent that it is feared no court room will hold the vast crowd desirous of attending the trial, so it will be held In Bosse's opera house on Tuesday evening, January 3rd, under the auspices of Decatur Lodge, 993, B. P. O. for whose benefit the proceeds will be devoted. J/ . 4 In other words, it will be a Mock Court Trial, and it promises to be one of the most enjoyable affairs of many years, a 8 a large number of our leading people will participate In the proceedings. Sa/'' ' "The committee having the trial in charge have engaged V. Newton, the well known lawyerltecturer of Worcester, Mass., to attend vl the details and personaiiyconducT we entertainment. ? Colonel Newton has had remarkable success in conducting similar entertainments and without doubt the Breach of Promise Trial will be here, as elsewhere, an event long to be remembered with pleasure. ' , - --7 n*' Washington, D> C.» Dec. 23—If Stokes Jackson becomes sergeant-at-arms, as seams probable, he wiU have nominally at his disposal about forty plums, seme Juicy andOthere not 80 full of Juice, but still very attractive for a hungry office seeker. It is not likely, however, Indiana state Chairman will be able to pass out these plums with a tree hand, since the powers that make Stokes sergeant-at-arms hre likely to reserve unto themselves considerable latitude in dlsposing of the places ip the sergeant-at-arm’s office. If Mr. Jackson had his way and there are, say forty places,* there would be forty smiling Hoosier faces surrounding him at Washington and yielding obedience to his orders. But theta are other states which insist that Indiana is not all there is of the United States, there being forty-five states besides, each with its hungry horde of patronage seekers. At that, it Is expected Stokes win slip in a few from Indiana. Representative Barnhart of Indiana says he has at last found an answer to the query as to who are the most pusillanimous persons on earth. "FOr pusillanimity,” said he, “the republican 'lame ducks,’ who carried the motion to rip the bath tubd out of the house office building, sell them for junk and turn the proceeds into the federal treasury, certainly take the cake and all the rest Os the pastry. For years these lame ducks have been accustomed to stretch their Apollo-like fprms on marble slabs, while expert masseurs would rub and pound and slap them for hours at a stretch and they would lave and lave and lave at the expense of the federal treasury. Now when the democratic party is coming into power in the, house for the first time In fourteen years, and the democratic representatives are racing an opportunity to get a bath, these pusillanimous lame ducks, who are going xjut of office March 4th, put through an amendment ;thait takes away the washing privileges.. For downright meanness I have never known anything like it.” L*xington, Ky., Dec. 84—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—Judge Gregory today refused to grant a new trial to Joseph Wendling, the convicted Slayer of little nine year old Alma Kellner.

I The parents of the youth were very | e woo ccl- I old wan that the ceremony should be performed. After ft was ended the Prom that day thoyanny foyer was IpSß* l ' " I S . ■ 1

tv n q awrcmvn* wit Who Won l O __u _u , . , .— Kasslna Pasha when minister of war for Egypt was very particular in re* gard to the personal appearance of his omcera ana issuea stringent orders that they should never appear unihnvon <n nnhHn Ann s<a«r hn mat • snaven in punnc. une aay ne met apon the street a lieutenant who had bearded the pasha and disregarded bls orders. "To what regiment do you belong?" demanded the indignant minister. “To the *— — regiment, at Abasant “Get into my carriage at once so that I can carry you to the encampment and have you publicly punishfollowed. The young man obeyed, and the some time, when the pasha stopped his carriage and entered an office Where he would be detained for some time on business. Seizing the opportunity, the culprit sprang from the vehicle, darted Into a neighboring I barber’s stall and regained his post I before the return of his jailer minus I his beard. For thp remainder of the route the officer burled his face in bls prehension. Bee “ * P °** I Abasseuh was reached at last, and I boss the degradation of their comrade, I who all' the while , kept well in the roar of his chief. “Come forward, you I when there stepped before him »n I and a look of the most supreme innoI cence. His excellency, gave one look I of blank astonishment and then, with I an appreciative smue oreaKingj, over I his war worn features, turned to the I assembled officers and said, “Hero. I gentlemen, your old minister is a fool. I and your young lieutenant is a capI ” I . • THE HOMEMAKER. I Maa's Chivalry to the Pried Goddess I of the PlroeMe. I As we men frequently admit, ft is I cur chivalrous regard for woman I which leads un to desire that she shall I confine her wholly admirable energies to the making of our homo and ths I keeping of our houses. She is tender I and frail, and so we urge that she | shall not for a moment drop her role I as the goddess of the household. There I bl nothing that so foubcd our Almost I ODO u&Uu ADU A u*ylHg pan ID t-u® OlD* er. Let us never desert this high Ideal [ of womanhood and its lofty purpose in Use. ' ■ Particularly let us not do so because if a woman does not keep the house it will not be kept Would we tnen I engineer and prepare 1.095 meals in one year? Would we wash dishes 1.096 times, wipe them 1,096 times, I bow rinro mend. devote our lives to I monotony of troadmlll effort? I Not <m~your Jife! Our chivalrous roI card for adored woman would not perI toft ft And we would go crazy within six months if we tried. I know nt I nothing that we should cling to more dosely than tMs chivalrous regard I tor our womankind. It saves the coot of many and many a hired girt. | X have penned this little tribute to I man's chivalrous regard tor woman I because anybody can see that ft deserves it Woman, the housekeeper I (and nothing else), the fried goddess I df the fireside, the queen of tear dunesI tie domain, with a stewpen tor a tiara I and a stove hook for a scepter, let us I tontber Dtedce Mbf white w< rodstor I our chivalrous vow that wo will keep her where the is uniere we men need I Dev as a stenographer or I else, in which event our chivalrous re- | gard may stretch a tew points.—Ooll--1 fiornla Monthly. Drink and Diplomacy. I Prince Bismarck once boasted that I in his youth he drenira bottle of champagne at one draft from a “puzzle I goblot so constructed that one could ■ not Ming it close to one's Ups, yet one was not allowed to spill a drop. Not a single drop Ml on my waistcoat Every one was Immensely surprised, hut I said, 'Give mo another.' Buch tricks were formerly an Indispensable pert of the diplomats’ trade. They druk tte weaker vessels under the out of then a*d made them agree to I wnga contrary to their Instructions. I When they got sober they could not I imagine why they had acted so.” What They Were Hawking. ’At an exhibition of paintings to London to one of the galleries hung the I notable picture “Hawking In the Oldwife paused before this picture, viewing it with evident satisfaction. that?* John then turned over the leaves of the catalogue he carried. Time,’“said he. ; , j Why, what are they hawking?” she inquired. they’re trying to sell them birds.” latte Reteran young Willson, 2? said your love for him was purely platonic? half .a milHpu ukd asked mo to marry hlm.-Ghtea<pJtewn ■.:‘X ■ ' >- Miss BddeTSshi Curio haa dyad her hair black. Don't teU anybody. XmHMobo. , '»4’.VwL,A. . "ft iq.

1 14 A second Sunday school class of the Evangelical church met at the church and organized on the basis of the In; ternational Adult Bible Class. The class of which Mr. Runyon Is teacher, organized with twenty-seven members on roll. The class chose for its name “The Young Mens New Movement Class.’’ Its motto is “We are for the other fellow.” The second charter and International emblems have been sent for and will be here, probably by Sunday. Two classes are now organized—both men’s classes—with tWenty-flve members in one class and twenty-seven In the other. Mr. Runyon’s class, “The Young Men’s New Movement Class,” elected the following officer#: President—Charles Van Camp. Vice President—Joe Linn. Secretary—Robert Garard. Treasurer—Eugene Runyon. .—.—o — Fully one hundred guests, Including the Rebekahs and members of the subordinate I. O. O. F. lodge were royally entertained at a social session Wednesday evening by the Reiter I. O. 0. F. encampment A miscellaneous program, to which many contributed with speaking or music, was enjoyed, after which there came a lunch. Every one reports an excellent time. The encampment is preparing for the initiation of a large class of candidates—fifteen or more — January 20th. The entire afternoon and evening of this day will be given over to the work, which will be done by the encampments of Bluffton and Geneva. There will be. many guests from out of the city and the day will be a great one in the history of the encampment, which has been a most prosperous one. — —» — WILL SELL YOUR REAL ESTATE. Monroe W. Fitch & Sons, the Earth and Insurance Men, opposite postoffice, Fort Wayne, Ind., are no doubt selling more farms In this locality than any other agency, as they are not only workers, but do their work in selling for a smaller amount of commission than do other agencies. Above agency sold during the first week in December, just before winter actually set in, 1,176 acres in AUen county alone, amount paid for same by buyers being $119,000.00. During the same time Fitch & Sons sold two business in Fo< Wayne for $26,000.00. T wo farms in Ohio and two In Michigan, this same week,' we understand the firm sold 695 acres on the Gulf Coast, price paid being $39,000.00. ' Total amount of sales, Including business property, Fort Wayne city property, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan farms, as well as Gulf Coast land sold, amount to $202,000.00. Monroe W. Fitch A Sons will give our readers, from time to time, descriptions of farms owned by them, as well as those listed, and ft Is needless to say they are likely to be bargains. — . . ‘ » LAWSUIT THIS AFTERNOON. 'Squire Stone’s Court Was the Scene I of the Conflict. 'Squire Stone’s court was the scene of a lawsuit this afternoon in which the Ward Fence company Is plaintiff and the Toledo, St Louis & Western railroad the defendant The suit is account The railroad’s attorney from Frankfort, with A. P. Beatty, the local attorney, appeared for the company and C. J. Lutz for the defendant. The case was still on at the time of going to press. ; CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT. Baptist Sunday School Will Hold Exerclses Friday Evening. Members of the Baptist Sunday school, together with their families and friends, are looking to Friday evening with keen anticipation. At that time their Christmas entertainment will be given. Already a large tree has been put in place and the committee on deoorations will begin its work this evening, continuing through tomorrow. The same spirit of earnestness that has brought this Sunday school up from an attendance of twenty-two last spring to an attendance of seventy-two last Sunday, is bound to make a success of this entertainment Charlee H. Gabriel’s “That Wonderful Night,” will certainly be enjoyed by every one who may be present. The church doors will open at 7 o'clock and the entertainment will begin promptly at 8. Every member of the including the cradle roll and home department matebert, should be present If possible. Parents are urged to bring the cradle roll bhbies to enjoy the fun and receive their treat. COMMITTEE. i ■ O— • X ; Christmas with all Its fun, the hanging of stocking* and the coming of a real live Santa Claus to fill them, was a very realistic thing tor the girts of

the Flohrul de Purin club who had a slumber party at the home of Miss Flora Fledderjohann last night During the evening the girls toasted mashmallows,sang and played flinch. When bedtime came, there was nothing but a row of “little” stockings hanging at the fireplace, as evidence of the club’s presence, except smothered giggles from the bedrooms, and then from delighted girls to whom sleep came with reluctance. Mrs. William H. Fledderjohann had beenpressed into service by the girls to put their gifts, which they exchange at Christmas time—into the stockings after they had gone to bed, but-Mrs. Fledderjohann sprung a little surprise on them also, by dressing in Santa Claus’ costume and popping into their rooms/after they had retired for the night. The girls were genuinely surprised, and not a little frightened at first at the unexpected apparition—the dream of their childhood days—which now seemed to be coming true again. After but an hour and a half’s sleep, the girls arose at 4 o'clock and began a "progressive eat" They began with refreshments at the Fledderjohann home, going from there to the home of Grace Purdy, Where another course was added to the breakfast thence to the homes Os Huldah Loser, Dessie Mann and'lnez Coverdale, where the "eats” were continued. The club, needless to say, had a jolly time. A happy birthday surprise was that given at the John Harvey home south of the city for their son, Raymond, in . honor of his nineteenth birthday anniversary. Games, music and refreshments constituted the order of entertainment. A good time was by those present, who were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Meschberger, Laura, Aurilla, Frank, Carl and Edgar Moschberger, James Hoffman, Perry Smith, Tom Coppock, Rolla Coppock, Floyd Shoaf, Enoch Fairchild, Leonard Strickler, William Boyd, Ira Fuhrman, Clarence Davis, Ruby Wynn, Grover Carver, Morton Railing, Dan Railing, Laura Wolfe, Virgie Wolfe, Merle Coppock, Frances Hoffman, Frances Tabler, Iva Harvey. The party given Friday evening in Mrs. T. W. Holsappie for the members of her Sunday school class of the M. E. church was an enjoyable one. As Mrs. Holsappie leaves this morning for Anderson to spend Christmas she took this way of presenting to the class her gift remembrances in advance of the holiday. The class pre- ■ seated to their teacher, with their very best wishes, a beautiful handpainted plate. Delicious refreshments were served, including popcorn and candies. Mr. and Mrs. Hols- f apple will spend Christmas with her brother, Rev. W. L. Lundy, at Anderson, Mr. Holsappie returning Sunday evening, but Mrs. Holsappie remain: ing longer. Their son, Glen, of Indianapolis, will join them here. A farewell surprise party was given by about forty friends for William Boyd, who in two weeks will leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green Boyd for Michigan, where they will make their home. 4- j°Uy good time with a round of social amusements was enjoyed. The ladies of the Christian Aid society held an important meeting Frik day afternoon with Mrs. Jacob Eady. The following officers were elected for ‘ the new year. Resident, Mrs. P. Williams; vice president, Mrs. , Shoemaker; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Jacob Eady. Mrs. Eady, who has served faithfully six years in this of- ' flee, was presented with a set of handsome Haviland china cups and saucers by the society. Following the business, there was music and a social time, during which the hostess served refreshments, consisting of sandwiches, pickles, cake and coffee. O ’ 1 BELATED MAIL ( - Many Christmas Packages Will Arrive Late — According to Mall Clerk A railway mail clerk of the G. R-. & i I. who passed through the city this morning said that every train oh the G. R. & I. was overloaded with mail containing registered letters, Christmas packages, papers, letters, etc. Owing to the new system that the postmaster general has put in vogue this year for the 'sake of economy, no extra help can be hired and consequently the clerks are forced to do much extra work. They cannot do all of it, so much mail is each day is untouched.- The clerk stated that there would be many who would not receive presents this year on account of this new system. So if you do not receive your Christmas mail in time, do not blame the government employees but - the. system. The clerk said that this is the case on all railroads and in all offices of the Upited States mall department. Many cities that have been accustomed to hire fifteen to twenty substitutes, are forced to do the work without the assistants this year, and consequently the government employees are disheartened and the public is being imposed upon.